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L. XII. NO. 122. ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1913. b> c ^T&?.Tc. 2 CENTS. p morb°
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MA YOR URGES‘DRY’CHRISTMAS
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MOTHER APPROVES GIRL’S SECOND ELOPEMENT
PAVLOWA HISSED
BY GREAT CROWD
AT METROPOLITAN
&
TECH RUNNERS SHOCK SOCIETY WOMEN
ANNA PAVLOWA.
Wed to “Dashing Fellow” When
16.Girl Repents, Divorces and
Marries First.Love.
Maybe it was because Miss Jewel
Shockley bad been a principal in a
runaway marriage before; maybe it
was just* because she felt that this
time she was safely launched on the
matrimonial sea with a life-long
friend as sailing partner.
Anyway, Mrs. Roy Robinson—for
merly Miss Shockley—was back at
work Monday morning, after her
plopement and marriage Sunday aft- ,
*rnoon at the home of a friend, Mrs. j
J. Graham, on Garnett street.
This time I believe it's all for the
best," Mrs. B. K. Shockley, the moth
er, said Monday morning. “Roy had
known my daughter since she was a
baby. Lots of time the little girl
sat on his knee; he is several years
older than she, and at first regarded
her in a sort of patronizing and pro-
| tective manner.
Eloped With Dashing Fellow.
But later he came to love her, and
| I know she loved him. That was why
! I never could understand why Jewel
jan away and married the first time
it was Herman DeArmond, a hand
some, dashing sort of fellow; a Cana- i
dian who worked in the same office
she did, the Western Union s main of
fice, where she Is address clerk.”
it seems her first runaway venture
n matrimony, undertaken when she
was 16, against the wishes of her
family resulted unhappily. DeAr
mond took her to Memphis, and it
was not long before she returned to
Atlanta and sued him for divorce.
The decree was granted the first of
this month.
Then the boy-and-girl romance,
which all the time seems to have been
^ving through the pain of jealousy
on one side and of disappointment on
j the other, came to the surface.
I want you to marry me as soon
as your decree is granted,” young
j Robinson lold the girl. And they set
I the date for January 10.
Mother Willing This Time.
This time Mrs. Shockley was will
ing in fact, she regarded the match
with favor. But a brother of ililiss
Shockley's objected. His idea was
that one mishap in matrimony was
enough. So the young couple just
decided to elope, and the Rev. L. J.
Ehrlich pronounced the ceremony at
Mrs. Graham’s home.
\"ow the bride’s family are quits
reconciled, and young Robinson is
happy in the realization of a boy
hood dream, and Mrs. Robinson is
hack at her desk in the Western
1 nion office, very young and fresh
and cheerful for a young woman of
: - 4 - with two husbands and a divorce
already in her life’s calendar.
She believes she has picked right
this time.
Robinson is an employee of the
Hightower Lumber Company and
• ves on South Humphries street, not
far from the Shockley home.
A wild battle with a frenzied wom
an at police headquarters followed
close on the arrest of John E. Smith,
Eampolla's Will Is
Missing: Italian
Officials Suspected
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ROME, Dec*. 2".—The will of the
late Cardinal Rampolla and papal
diplomatic papers of high Impor
tance have mysteriously i appeared
from the vaults in the Vatican, ac
cording to a sensational article pub
lished in The Message to-day.
This paper says a vigorous investi
gation is being made on ti e theory
that the civil authorities a^e impli
cated in the disappearance of the doc
uments.
Ex-Chancellor Pell's
Widow Is Found Dead
PROTEST
STREETS
ATHENS. GA., Dec. 22. —Mrs. P.
H. Mell, widow of former Chancellor
Patrick H. Mell, of the University of
Georgia, was found dead in bed this
morning, having passed peacefully
awav during the night. She was 86
years old.
She is survived by the Rev. John D.
Mell. of Athens; Charles Mell, of Au
gusta; Jim and Ed Mell, of Athens,
sons, and Dr. P. H. Mell, of Atlanta;
T. S/ Mel! and Miss Ellen Mell, Mrs.
A. D. Smith, of Birmingham, step
children.
Mrs. Pankhurst Quits
England Under Cover
■
! Special Cable to The American.
I LONDON, Dec. 22.—Officials of the
| Women's Social and Political Union
i announced to-day that Mrs. Emmo-
j line Pankhurst. president of the or
ganization. who was released from
Holloway jail last week on ticket of
leave, had secretly left England yes
terday.
'Veteran Weds After
One Day's Courtship
DALTON, Dec. 22. Joe Harris, an
aged Confederate veteran of Murray
County, after one day’s courtship, was
married to Miss Seney Ledford.
The bridegroom is over 70, and his
bride many years his junior.
Shouts Goes Out to
Meet Grandson, Duke
NEW YORK. Dec. 22.—The Duchess
HeChaulnes, formerly Miss Theodora
bhonts, accompanied by her young son,
ae duke, now 5 years old. arrived to-
oa - r from Europe to spend Christmas
*'ith her parents.
Theodore P. Shonts, president of the
nterboro Rapid Transit Company, and
•ather of the duchess, was so anxious
Sfte his grandson that he went down
! he bay at 4 a. m. in a revenue cutter
to meet the ship.
Hello, grandpop,” cried the 5-year-
°id duke, in greeting Mr. Shonts.
Fashionable London
House Burns; 1 Dead
Spec| al Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
London. Dec 22.—One person was
• rned to death, three others probably
atally injured and a heavy loss entailed
1 a fire which swept a fashionable West
*' apartment house in Knights Bridge.
' res were driven to the street in their
Di Sht clothes.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—Mme. Anna
Pavlowa, the incomparable Russian
dancer, has had, in one little after
noon. one of her most dazzling tri
umphs and two of the most distress
ing experiences of her life.
M. Emi’ Dandre, stage manager for
the danseuse and chief figure in that
romantic mystery of her recall to
Russia during the investigation of
vanished railroad funds, had a diffi
culty with a deputy sheriff on the
stage of the Metropolitan Opera
House that threatened to disrupt the
performance.
Under nervous strain from this al
tercation, involving the man who was
once said to have spent vast appro
priations to gratify her whims, Mme.
Pavlowa attended a "Russian the
Dansant” in the foyer after the
Metropolitan matinee and was ac
tually hissed by a New York society
audience after she had declined to
dance again.
M. Dandre was directing the per
formance when the deputy forced his
way upon the stage and thrust pa
pers in his hands. He became furious,
according to witnesses, and the ex
citement attracted the attention of
the danseuse, who was then execut
ing one of her most wonderful dances.
The matter was adjusted when M.
Dandre paid $250 cash bond to ap
pear in an action w hich had .been
brought against him.
The performance went on. The
Metropolitan was packed to the roof.
The audience was thrilled to enthusi
asm by the dances. People who had
not intended to wait' for the Dansant
lingered in the foyer, discussing
eagerly the work of the artist.
Hundreds of others came in. There
was a dollar extra charge to attend
The Dansant. They waited until about
6 o’clock. Then Mme. Pavlowa ap
peared. She was not in dancing cos
tume, but in a splendid court dress
and was accompanied by many of the
company.
Finally one of the managers ex
plained to Pavlowa that all the eager
people were waiting to see her dance.
Pavlowa, who had been sitting
quietly and demurely, a sweet smile
on her face and seemingly taking an
intelligent interest in being bored, at
once changed. Her eyes blazing
fiercely at her interrogator, she rose
and said haughtily:
“I dance on the stage of the Metro
politan Opera House? I have danced
for charity all afternoon, and now
they expect me to dance here. Mon
Dieu! do they think I am a cabaret
dancer?’’ and with these parting re
marks she left, followed by her suite.
The crowd of men, women and girls
began to hiss and continued until she
had disappeared from sight. Once
Pavlowa turned bfcick, and if looks
could have injured, some would have
suffered. She threw a look of disgust
at the disappointed crowd, some of
which began to demand restitution of
U. S. to Flash Birth
Of 1914 by Wireless
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—The Naval
Observatory has arranged to send a
time signal to mark the death of the
old year and the birth of the new.
It will be spread broadcast by the
Navy’s great radio station at Arlington.
Tangoer on Porch
Roof Falls to Death
RED BANK, X. J., Dec. 22.—While
doing the tango on a second-story
porch roof William Hodsen, aged 40,
| tripped, fell to the ground and was
Una Ernest and Estelle Miller early | killed.
Monday morning while joy-riding in
a cab in the downtown district.
The party was making much noise j
when arrested, and the disturbance
did not cease at headquarters.
The Ernest woman, apparently fran
tic at the arrest and the sight of the
prison, suddenly attacked her woman
friend, scratching her face, pulling her
hair, tearing her clothing. Five po
licemen were soon struggling with the
frantic woman, and the station was in
an uproar.
She continued to fight desperatetv,
and Call Officer Arnold was injured in
the skirmish before she could be re
strained and taken to Grady Hospital.
There she was put under the influ
ence of sedatives and soon was rest
ing quietly.
Smith, who said he came from Lull,
Ga., and the McMillan woman, who
gave her address as No. 587 Marietta
street, were held to appear in the
Recorder’s Court Monday afternoon.
The Ernest wojnan said she lived neir
Bellwood, on the River car line.
Smith said the party was enjoying
itself in a mild and inoffensive man;
ner, and stated that he was amazed ai
the arrest. The officers, however, said
the cab was as noisy as a band wagon
in a circus parade, and that the com
motion had been heard in several
parts of the city before it finally was
decided to que.t it.
Farmer, 101, Bets He
Will Plow in Spring
PATERSON, N. J.. Dec. 22.—
Charles O. Shafer, 101 years old, has
wagered he will plow his 50-acre
farm n^xt spring.
This Santa Claus
Travels in Airship
CORNING, N. Y., Dec. 22 Local
business men have hired an aviator
to distribute gifts to the city’s chil
dren as he flies low over the streets.
If Chief Doesn’t Act, Citizen Says
He Will Give Thinly Clad
Collegians Cold Bath.
,1. A. Eggler, of No. 262 West Four
teenth street, called at police head
quarters Monday morning to see
Chief Reavers. He didn’t see the
Chief, because the Chief was busy,
and Mr. Eggler didn’t have time to
wait
But Mr. Eggler had time to emit a
few threats. And certain Tech ath
letes running, jumping, shot-putting
and otherwise exploiting themselves
under the old Gold and White, had
better pay # some heed to Mr. Eggler’s
complaint, if they don’t want to in
cur the Idre penalties of the law'—or,
in default of the law, a thorough
sluicing, spattering, drenching, spray
ing and otherwise soaking from chilly
hydrant water projected by the com
mon or garden variety of hose.
Right on their bare arms and legs,
Mr. Eggler said, ferklously.
States Grievance Pointedly.
"Those Tech boys just keep racing
around through the streets, training
or something." Mr. Eggler said, “and
wh^ the Milledgevilla people don’t
get ’em is more than I can see.
"I put it to you fair, now—what
man with enough brains in his head
to blow his hat off if they were dy-
| ramite w'oultl go running around
loose in a bathing suit this kind of
weather?
"Maybe il Isn’t a bathing suit, be
cause they do have shoes on. But It
doesn’t cover any more territory than
a bathing suit and looks a heap
worse. The women and girls out In
that neighborhood are awfully shock
ed. and those fool boys keep on
shocking them. (Incidentally most
of the women and girls are of the
class active In Atlanta society.)
“Now, I’m getting tired of having
them shocked, and they're getting
tired of being shocked.
Promises Cold Bath.
"If the Chief won’t do something
to put «i stop to this brand of blame
foolishness, we are just going to
squirt cold water on those bathing
suit affairs with a hose."
Mr. Eggler reckons the water cure
will do the business, bust first, be
ing a law-abiding citizen, he seeks
to invoke the constitution of the Uni
ted States, or the State of Georgia, or
the Atlanta ordinance, or whatever
applies to young men running around
in excessive negligee in cold weather
and broad daylight.
So Mr. Eggler will call again on
Chief Beavers, who will then decide
what to do.
“Of course, I can't say now," the
Chief said. "I haven’t heard the com
plaint formally vet.”
Illinois Women Form
Democratic.League
Contract Let for U. S.
Building at Augusta
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—The con
tract for the construction of the post-
office and courthouse at Augusta, Ga.,
at a cost of $288,800, was awarded to
day to W. H. Fissell, of New York.
SPRINGFIELD. ILL., Dec. 22.—A
woman’s Democratic club, which is in
tended to aid the Democratic party in
Illinois, was incorporated to-day un
der the name of the Illinois Woman’s
Jeffersonian Democracy.
The headquarters of the organization
will be In Chicago. The incorporators
are leading Chicago woman. Among
the men included in the list of incor
porators is Potter Palmer, Jr.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Rain Monday night
and Tuesday.
Fall Through Bridge
From Train Kills Man
CHATTANOOGA, Dec. 22—Step
ping from a Western and Atlantic
train at Tunnel Hill. Ga.. early this
morning while it was still in motion.
Clayton Orr, of Dalton, Ga., fell 30
feet through a trestle and was killed.
In haste to have a ticket extended,
Orr swung from the coach before the
platform had been reached.
Fraud Voids Policy
On Macou Man's Life,
Highest Court Rules
WASHINGTON. Dec. 22.—Because he
misrepresented his physical condition,
the Supreme Court of the United States
to-day held that the Aetna Life In
surance Company could not be held for
\ho payment of a policy of $5,000 to the
heirs of the late John A. Salgue, of
Macon, Ga.
Salgue died shortly after the policy
was issued, and by reason of his mis
representation the court held that the
policy was void.
The lower Federal courts uniformly
decided In favor of Salgue’s heirs, but
the Aetna Company apealed to the Su
preme Court of the T’nited States.
Florida's Pullman
Tax Is Held Legal
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—The Su
preme Court to-day dismissed a case
involving a law of Florida levying an
annual tax on sleeping, parlor and
dining cars hauled in that State. The
Pullman Car Company fought the law
and carried the case to the Supreme
Court.
The Federal District Court of Flor
ida decided against the Pullman com
pany, declaring the State had i%^t ex
ceeded its taxation powers.
The court dismissed the case on a
purely technical question and the
validity of the act was in no wise
passed upon.
Want Uniou Banner
Taken by the South
COLUMBUS, OHIO, Dec. 22.—Upon
receipt to-day of a letter from Judge
Kibler, of Newark, a survivor of the
Seventy-sixth O. V. I., acknowledging
that the State banner of his regiment
was captured by the Confederates
during the Civil War, Adjutant Gen
eral Wood took steps to get the flag,
now in possession of a Confederate
Camp at Selma, Ala.
Supreme Court for
Universal Transfers
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—Univer
sal transfers on the street railways
of Seattle, Wash., was approved by
the Supreme Court to-day. Transfers
are based on a 5-cent fare for adults
and 2 1-2-cent fare for school chil
dren. The street railways appealed
the case to the Supreme Court.
Postoffice Robbed
In Florida Village
A telegram received Monday by the
inspector's department, of the postof-
flee service announced that the post-
office at Lynn Haven, F'la., had been
robbed early Sunday morning.
Six registered letters, one parcel
and $3 were stolen.
Schumann-Heink,
Thrice Wed, Sues
CHICAGO, Dec. 22.—Mme. Ernes
tine Schumann-Heink, the opera sing
er, to-day filed suit for divorce from
her husband, William Rapp, a former
Chicago newspaper man. Mme. Helnk
charges desertion. They were mar
ried in 1905. This was the diva’s third
matrimonial venture. She says it
will be her last.
Act Puts Small Suits
Before State Courts
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22—The
Senate to-day passed the Kenyon bill
providing that suits brought under
the interstate commerce act in State
courts and involving less than $3,000
shall not be removed to Federal
courts, but shall be finally determined
by the State judiciary.
Japanese Orchids
Sent to President
VANCOUVER, B. C.. Dec. 22.—A
large consignment of Japanese or
chids was forwarded to President
Wilson from here to-day.
They arrived yesterday on the Em
press of Asia from Yokohama.
Mayor Woodward Monday of
ficially joined the movement for
a “sane” Christmas celebration
and, in doing so, directed an ex
plicit request to the locker clubs
that, they remain closed through
out the day.
Mayor Woodward, in his pro
nouncement on the subject made pub
lic Monday afternoon, makes it plain
that the “law is silent as regards
locker clubs closing on Christmas,"
hut he “officially requests’’ that tha
locker club aid in the movement to
do away w'ith the revelry that is as
sociated with the day here by closing
their doors.
Practically every club in Atlanta
treats its members on Christmas
Day to eggnog, Tom and Jerry and
other seasonal drinks. Preparations
have been on foot for days to do the
same thing this year. The "request’*
of Mayor Woodward came to them
Monday as a bolt out of a clear sky.
Managers Taken Unawares.
None of the managers was pre
pared to say what he would do in
view of the attitude of the Mayor.
Some w'ere inclined to think that th«
Mayor should have given them a lit
tle more warning. Others were of
the opinion that it was a direct in
terference with the customary joy
ous way of observing the holiday.
The near-beer saloons are closed by
the law. No one may go in or out of
them during the day. The locker
clubs are not included in this strict
regulation. They are not, in fact,
mentioned at all, and it is not likely
that the Mayor’s suggestion will be
followed in all of them.
The Mayor’s ptoclamatio gives the
children the right to fire the small
fireworks, but insists that there shall
be no firing of the cannon crackers
and other explosives. He asks the
people of Atlanta that the day be ob
served in conformity with iis signifi
cance and not in boisterous and.
drunken revelry.
Mayor’s Proclamation.
Here is his message in full:
To the People of Atlanta:
Thursday next, the 25th day of
December, being the blrtnday <»f
Christ, our Savior, should be be-
fittingly observed In all Christian
nations, and saying beflttingly
does not mean to be observed in
a bacchanalian manner, but
should be observed in a manner
beflttingly to the Christian re
ligion. It is earnestly to be hoped
that the day will pass off in a
quiet and orderly manner, void
of any boisterous or unseemly
conduct.
The law does not allow the
burning of any kind of fireworks
within the incorporate limits of
the cky of Atlanta, without pe--
mission in writing from the Max -
or. Tho law does not permit the
discharge of firearms within the
city limits at any time. It is
therefore ordered that the use of
firearms and large firecrackers
that produce heavy explosion be
prohibited entirely. Small fire
crackers and such fireworks as
are used around residences will be
permitted for the benefit of the
children. The police department
will see that this order is strict
ly enforced.
Under the provisions of section
1651 of the City Code all near-
beer saloons or places in which
near-beer is Mcensed to be sold
shall be closed on every Christ
mas Day, and the doors thereof
shall not be opened for any pur
pose, nor shall any person pass in
or out of same on that day. While
the law is silent as regards lock
er clubs closing on Christmas
Day, yet I officially request every
locker club in the city to close on
that day in order that the dav
may be thoroughly and properly
observed. Respectfully,
J. G. WOODWARD.
Mayor. j