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V OVER 100,000 ItHE SUNDAY AMERICAN'S net paid circulation I National Southern Sunday Newspaper The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results VOL. XII. NO. 123. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1913. Copyright. 1906. By The Georgian Ce 2 CENTS PAT NO 1 O. MORE. HOME EDITION 1FE SPURNS FREEDOM WHILE HUSBAND IS IN PRISON FINE WATCH GIVEN TO MAYOR BY HIS FRIENDS ■Captain English | highly praised the Mayor in |the presentation speech. C*3 C*3 Ka raa •esa >■■>&£&■ a v j -* 1 Currency Bill Passes Senate by Vote of 43 to 25 ABOLISH OBEAR’S OFFICE, GEN. NASH URGES "Treasury of Atlanta Safe With Woodward Guarding,” Says In scription on Timepiece. The < Tty Hall was filled with the hristmas spirit Tuesday when a committee representing friends of Mayor Woodward called at his offi e and presented him with a handsome gold watch as a token of their regard for his services as Chief Executive if the city of Atlanta. Friends of the Mayor who had been informed of what was to take place gathered in the outer office. Mayor Woodward walked out with a cigar in T he corner of his mouth, and, leaning i A gainst a chair, crossed his legs In ease, then turned to Captain James W. English, the spokesman for the «ommittee. “I know I have not been selected to speak to you because of my ability to express the meaning of this act,” Cap tain English said. “I suppose it is be cause I have known you so long Mayor 'Woodward, my acquaintance and association with you dates back to the sixties. We have differed on issues and clashed in official bodies, but I want to say that during all those V p ars there has never been any doubt of your honesty of purpose. Unique Inscription. “In recognition of your service to the city, prompted by that element of onesty in your character, I want to present to you, on behalf of your friends, this beautiful gold watch.” Mayor Woodward took the watch in silence and slowly read the inscrip- 4 i on. On the back a safe was engraved, under which were the words, "Treas ury of Atlanta.” In a circle around the top was the inscription, ‘‘It Is Safe With Woodward Guarding.” Those gathered around saw Mayor Woodward more moved in a senti mental way than usual. “I don’t know how to begin to thank you,” he slowly began. ‘‘That inscription on that watch is worth more to me than all I possess. I will carry the memory of this occasion to m\ grave, and when I ain gone I am | prouder to be able to leave it to my ; 1 miiy than all else I possess. m Sorry Because of Friction. The hardest thing in the world is v x C" other regie's money. In inj i life I have been most careful with it —far more than with my own. “I am sorry there has been friction during this year of my administra tion. Council should be as zealous of the people's welfare in expending money as the Mayor. If I have been firm and seemingly severe, it was necessary. ‘T hope that we can have a year of harmony next year. Without wishing to criticise anyone, I will state that when I came into office I found $700,- 000 of Illegal debts. When my two- vear term is up I hope to have it wiped out. "I promise you I will continue to guard your treasury. If any money should be spent wrongly over my pro test, I will let you know where and how it is going. f’ubliQity is the greatest thing in the world.” The other members of the presen tation committee were John E. Mc Clelland, J. Y. Smith and Samuel Venable. $ Grocery Burglars Go to Great Pains to Blow Unlocked Safe The grocery and meat shop of E. R. Cox, at No. 488 Gordon st.t in West End, was entered early Tuesday through a side window and the cash register taped to the extent of 25 pennies. Then the safe was carefully and thoroughly "soaped,” and made ready with great pains to receive the charge of nitroglycerine. At tills juncture something appears to have scared the robber or robbers away. The safe was not blown. And here’s the joke: Had the cautious cracksmen taken the trouble to twist the handle the safe door would have come upon without the least resistance. It wasn’t locked. There was $5 in the unlocked safe. ‘Tiger’ Out on Bond Again Given Limit For the second time within two weeks Will Peek, a negro, accused as a professional blind tiger, Tuesday was given the limit of the law by Recorder Broyles. He was fined $200.75 and* 30 days in the stockade, and was bound over to the State courts in bond of $1,500. It was but a few days ago that Peek was/fined $200.75 and 30 days and was bound over in bond of $1,000. He was under bond pending an appeal in that ease at the time of his latest arrest. Forced to Sleep in Bathtub, Wife Sues NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—Because her husband forced her to sleep in a bath tub. Mrs. Hattie K. Steward sued for divorce. U. S, Ship May Try Canal on Wednesday NEW YORK, Dec 23.—Panama ad vices received here to-day state that consideration has been quietly given to a proposition to put the United States Steamship Buffalo or some other Gov ernment vessel through the Panama Canal Wednesday, as Colonel Goethal’s Christmas gift to me American people. Eggs Accepted as Tickets to Movies FORT SMITH. ARK., Dec. 23.— Eggs have become so scarce in Fort Smith that operators of moving pic ture shows are accepting one egg for admission of a child and two eggs for the admission of an adult. They are sold easily for 50 cents a dozen. Bank Clearings Gain $20,221,059 Over T2; P. 0. Receipts Jump A striking evidence of Atlanta’s prosperity was contained in the an nouncement Tuesday by W. H. Leahy, secretary of tne Industrial and Sta tistical Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce, that the bank dealings for eleven months in 1913 are $20,- 221,059 in excess of the clearings for the corresponding period in 1912. The clearings in the first eleven months of 1913 were $641,006,804. For the same period last year they were $620,785,745. A similar increase is noted in the postal receipts. They were $1,265,810.75 for this year, ex cluding December. In the same pe riod of 1912 thev were $1,143,237.38, an increase of $122,573.37. Club Will Give Poor Xmas Toys andCandy The annual Christmas partv of the Metropolitan Club will be held Wed* nesday afternoon in the clubrooms, corner of Forsyth and Mitchell streets, when many poor children will he j treated as “honor guests” and given [ sacks of toys, candy and nuts by j the Santa Claus of the club. The club officers, headed by W. M. i Stephenson, president, and T. P Goodwin, chairman of the board of I trustees, have spent a great deal of time making preparations. Their lit - ; tie guests are expected any lime after 1 o’clock. THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia—Rain Tuesday; clear ing and cooler Wednesday. $500 NEEDED NOW TO AVERT XMASTRAGEDIES The Christmas Editor Tuesday faced the sad realization that $500 more is needed for the Empty Stocking Fund if Christmas ; tragedies are to be averted in two hundred homes in Atianta. That many appeals for help—that many prayers to Old Santa Claus—came in at the last moment and it will he ab solutely impossible to fill them unless you who have not helped respond immediately. Don’t wait. Don't let this Christmas see any misery in Atlanta if we can help it. Send your mite in to the Christmas '• Editor at once. WASHINGTON. Dev. 23. By a vote of 43 to 25 the Senate to-day approved the conference report on the currency bill and sent the measure to President Wilson for his signature. The President planned to sign the bill this evening as his Cnristmas present to the American people. )ur Republicans voted with the Democrats. They were Jones, Nor ris. Poindexter and Weeks. President Wilson decided to affix his signature about 8 or 9 o’clock to- r.'ignt. He planned to invite members of the Senate and House Banking and Currency Committees and a num ber of newspaper men to witness the signing. Exodus of Lawmakers. Three-fourths of the time allowed for debate on the conferees’ report was given up to the Republicans, the Democrats granting this favor to the minority, led by Senator Norris, ranking Republican member of the Banking and Currepcy Committee The exodus of national legislators for the holidays was on in full force to-day. The Senators were obliged to remain, but the Representatives, their task completed, hurried from the city, happy to return home after the long session that began last April. The main interest in the currency bill centered to-day about a state ment which President Wilson was re ported to have prepared to give as surance to the nation’s business men. It was said that this would be is sued at the time the hill was signed. Must Wait on Committee. The signature of the President will make the bill a law, but it will not become operative until an organiza tion committee draws up a plan of procedure. This committee consists of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Secreta?*y of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Treasury. It may he several months before this committee has concluded its work and put the law into operation. The Aldrich-Vreeland emergency measure has been extended until June 30, 1915, but will be superseded as soon as the Owen-Glass measure becomes opera tive. Bristow Opens Attack. Senator Bristow opened the atta. k on the conference report in the Sena’e and -declared the organization com mittee to be a “political committee pure and simple.” He asserted that the regional reserve system “will be organized, of course, along political lines.” * Senator Bristow pointed out that the conferees had so changed the bill that stock held by the public wouid not be entitled to representation. Senator Owen replied that the con ferees assumed that the ^public would take little stock and that in any con tingency the genera! Interest of the public is to be safeguarded by Class n directors and the Federal Reserve Board. The direct charge that. Senat »r Owen in voting for a 6 per cent divi dend on regional reserve bank stock increased his own fortune was made by Senator Bristow. Charge Against Owen. *T charge that this bill has been drawn in the interest of banks,” he said- “that the Senator from Okla homa is interested in banks; that ne has voted to increase his personal for tune, and that he has voted to give the banks control of this system.” Senator Bristow read from the rules of the Senate the provision that a Senator shall not vote on a. matter :n which he is directly interested. I Senator Owen replied that the charge was a violation of the rules of the Senate and said that Senator Bristow’s statement was “not only ridiculous, but false, and the Senator from Kansas know.? it.” Adjutant General Calls Quarter master Generalship Obsolete and a Needless Expense. . Adjutant General Joseph Van Holt Nash has recommended to Governor Slaton that the office of Quartermas ter General of State Troops, now held by Brigadier General William G. Obear, be abolished and that his sal ary be discontinued after January 1. The Governor has taken no action upon the recommendations of General Nash, but has the matter under se rious consideration. V\ f hile this matter is not acknowl edged to have any bearing upon the known differences existing inside the State military establishment. in which General Obear has figured prominently, the fact of General Nash’s rather sensational recommen dations to the Governor will be read w’ith acute Interest by the military generally, as an open rupture be tween Nash and Obear has been an ticipated by many observers on the inside for some time. Useless Expense, He Says. General Nash In his letter to the Governor recommends that the office now held by Obear be abolished for two reasons: First, that It is entirely useless un der the present organization of the State troops. Is a sinecure and car ries a salary of $2,750 that may as well be saved to the State. Second, the adjutant gener^Kiays that the office must be abolished in Georgia, as it already has been in many States, because the State troops can not otherwise be organized to conform to the present provisions of the Dick law, which does not recog nize the office of quartermaster gen eral In any way. The adjutant general cites circular No. 8, issued by the National War Department in August, which specifi cally fails to provide for State quar termaster generals, and holds that no such office can exist in Georgia under the law. The duties formerly falling to the quartermaster general will be performed by staff officers named by the department, under au thority of the Governor. Calls Office Obsolete. The adjutant general, in his let ter to the Governor, says: “The office of quartermaster gen eral is obsolete, the rank excessive, and it does not comport with the organization and strength of the State troops as recognized by the Federal Government. The duties must e pberformed by certain officers dele gated by the State adjutant general, to whom they are responsible under bond. “Business expedience and conform ity to the law call for the abrogation of this office, and a saving of the $2,750 per annum it costs trhe State.” Unless the State troops are orga nized as the National War Depart ment under the Dick bill requires, the Federal Government will with draw Its support to the State troops. The action of Adjutant General Nash, as indicated in his letter to the Governor, brings to an ac ite crisis the differences inside the adjutant general's office, and it will now be squarely up to the Governor to take action in line with the adjutant gen eral’s recommendations or embarrass that officer emphatically In the fu ture discharge of his duty. It is known that the Governor is not a little worried by the breach in the adjutant general’s office. Splendid Weather Forecast for Great Xmas Tree Festival Ideal weather for the big Empty Stocking Christmas Festival at the City Hall plaza to-morrow'! Weather Man VonHerrmann says: Wednesday will be a great day for final shopping, clear and crisp, and Christmas Day will be gloriously bright and the temperature just above freezing—Just snappy enough to build up a healthy appetite for Christmas turkey. The sudden descent of rain Monday night hurt shopping to a great ex tent. The continued showers Tues day morning dampened spirits for a short while, but by 8:30 o’clock the streets were alive with a merry throng of shoppers laughing at the threatening clouds. The temperature Tuesday ranged around 45 degrees, and but for the dampness the day would have been ideal. A slight rise was expected during the afternoon and a drop of a few degrees Tuesday night. Don’ts to Girls From Country Visiting City CHICAGO, Dec. 23.—These instruc tions for the girl who enmes alone to a big city were given by Mrs. Nan Sper ty. Assistant Labor Commissioner of Missouri: Don’t come to cities If you can Le.’r It. If you must come, don’t ask any stranger for information. Find a policeman, go to a police sta tion «>r the V. W. C. A. Keep vour money in your stocking. Go hack to the country as soon as you can. Mrs. Young Again to Head Chicago Schools CHICAGO, Dec. 23.—Mrs. Ella Flagg Young will be reinstated as Superintendent of the Chicago Public Schools, according to a prediction to day by Peter Reinberg. president of the Board of Education. Mayor Harrison at this afternoon's session of the board will recommend the election of Mrs. Young and the demotion of John D. 8hoop to the of fice of First Assistant Superintendent. President Gets Gift From'His Only Vice’ WASHINGTON, Dec. 23—Vice President .Marshall’s Christmas gif. to President Wilson is a copy of Kin Hubbard's “Back Country Folks.” On the fly leaf Mr. Marsnall wrote: “To the President ol the United States from his only Vice.” Exposition Boosters Begin Work at Rome Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. ROME, Dec. 23.—Commissioners Andrew’s, Brown and Rees, w f ho were sent to Europe to boom the Panama- Pacific Exposition in San Francisco in 1916, arrived here to-day, having been preceded by Ira Nelson Morris, of Chicago. Mr. Morris’ task lies with the Gov ernment while the other commission ers are working to stimulate interest among the people. 4 European Nations In Anti-Fair Pact Special Canlc to The Atlanta Georgian. PARIS, Dec. 23.—That the question of participation in the Panama Ex position was made the subject of dip lomatic representations between Eng land, Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy was learned from an official source here to-day. According to this information tile interchanges resulted In an agreement of nonparticipation. U. S. Battleship Ohio Hunts a Fumigator W ASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Because proper quarantine facilities are not available at Charleston, S. C.. the bat tleship Ohio sailed to-day for Dela ware breakwater. where she will be thoroughly fumigated and quaran tined, so as to prevent a recurrence of the recent epidemic of smallpox among her crew. Bail Signed, Mrs. Manley Orders Trunks Sent to Jail to Stay Near Mate. Fifty Dead in Blaze Caused by ‘Firebug’ Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. VLADIVOSTOK. RUSSIA, Dec. 23. Fifty men w’ere trapped bv an incen diary fire in a colliery near here to- da> and it Is believed all are dead. “Stone walls do not a prison make”—that is, when they hold your husband, too, at Christmas time. Anyway, that’s Mrs. M. E. Manley's idea of it. And so. with her bond signed, and at liberty at any moment to walk out with her baby girl to freedom, the wife of the young man accused of check forging has sent for two trunks and a suitcase, and she and the baby are Just going to stay in that old jail until the husband and father can leave if wuth them. And if her hus band goes to the chaingang she will go. too. That was the situation Tuesday. Clark Howell, deputy clerk of the Superior Court, had read In the pa pers about the imprisonment of Man- ley, charged with passing a bad check, and how Ills yiung wife had smuggled a file and two saws into his cell, “so he could be at home for ^’hristmas,” and how the Recorder had tried them both Monday morn ing and bound them over to the high er court under a $500 bond apiece. Howell’s Heart Touched. Mr. Howell’s heart was touched by the young wife's devotion. He thought it was a pity that she should be lr Jail—and especially with the 6- months-old baby girl—all through the Christmas season. So Mr. Howell called Judge Broyie* by telephone and told him if he would reduce Mrs. Manley's bond he would sign It. The Recorder did his part. Re put the bond down to $200. And Mr. How’ell signed it. And about noon Tuesday J. T Golden, the jailer, conveyed the gla<* tidings to Mrs. Manley that she and the baby w-ere free. At least, It was Mh Golden’s idea that they were glad tidings. Mrs. Manley didn’t see It that way. "Can my husband go. too?” was her first question. Mr. Golden said he could not. Mrs. Manley’s lower Up quivered. But her decision was swift. Refuses to Leave Without Him. "Then I won't go, either!” she said. “You’ve got me. In a different ward, on another floor, and I don’t suppose I can see him—I haven’t seen him since the trial yesterday. But as long as he’s in this place I’m going to stay, too. Freedom, and Christmas, and— and everything else doesn’t mean anything to me as long as he's In jail.” Well, w’hat to do? Mr Golden for the first time In his varied career as jailer was confront ed with a prisoner who declined ab solutely to be released. There was no precedent to go by. « He couldn’t very well eject Mrs. Manley ungal- lantly. Mr. Golden essentially is a man of warm hospitality, though his guests don’t always appreciate it properly. Brings Trunks to Jail. Anyway, Mr. Golden, at the wish of Mrs. Manley, sent for her two trunks and a suitcase. And by noon Mrs. Manley was pre paring to make her stay as com fortable as possible. But she did wish she could see her husband!