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VOL. XII. NO. 123.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESD AY, DECEMBER 23, 19 13.
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FINAL!
WILSON SIGNS CURRENCY BILL
ACT 43-2S
Four Republicans Join Democrats
in Final Ballot—Ceremony to
Attend Signing.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—
President Wilson signed the cur
rency bill at 6:01 p. m.
Therp were present at the cere
mony the majority of the mem
bers of the Cabinet, the Senate
and House committees, Mrs. Wil
son, the Misses Eleanor and Mar
garet Wilson and Mrs. Owens.
The measure now is a law.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—By a
if'te of 43 to 25 the Senate to-day
proved the conference report on the
urrency bill and sent the measure to
President Wilson for his signature.
The vote in detail follows:
Ayes: Democrats—Ashurst, Bacon,
Bankhead, Bryan, Chamberlain, Chil
ton, Gore Hitchcock, Hollis, James,
Johnson, Kern, Lane, Lea, Lewis,
Martin, Martine. New lands, O’Gor
man, Overman, Owens, Pittman, Pom-
erene, Ransdell, Reed, Robinson. Sha-
froth, Shepherd, Shiveley, Simmons,
Smith of Arizona, Smith of Georgia,
Smith of Maryland, Smith of South
Carolina, Swanson, Thomas, Thomp
son, Vardaman, Williams. Republic
ans—Jones, Norris, Poindexter and
Weeks.
Nays: Republicans—Borah, Brad
ley, Brandegee, Brady, Bristow, Bur
ton, Catron, Clapp, Dillingham, Gal-
linger, Goff, Gronna, Kenyon, LaFol-
lette, McCumber, Nelson, Fage, Per
kins, Sherman, Smoot, Root, Suther
land, Townsend, Warren and Works.
President Wilson decided to affix
his signature about 6 o’clock this aft
ernoon. He planned to invite members
of the Senate and House Banking
and Currency Committees and a num
ber of newspaper men to witness the
*’-&ning.
Exodus of Lawmakers.
Three-fourths of the time allowed
lor debate on the conferees’ report
"as given up to the Republicans, the
democrats granting this favor to the
minority, led by Senator Norris,
tanking Republican member of the
Banking and Currency Committee.
The exodus of national legislators
lor the holidays was on in full force
j to-day. The Senators were obliged to
I h*tnaln, but the Representatives, t heir
task completed, hurried from the city,
bappy to return home after the long
I •esfion that began last April.
| T he main interest in the currency
bi i centered to-day about a state-
toent which President Wilson was re-
D'Ged to have prepared to give as
surance to the nation’s business men.
"as said that this would be is
It
| at the time the bill was signed
Must Wait on Committee.
e signature of the President will
IJ'ake the bill a law, but It will not
|. »poratlve until an organlza-
-rnmittee draws up a plan uf
r r.iure. This committee consists
‘ ,h . e ''omptroller of the Currency,
" ■ rotary of Agriculture and the
| retary of the Treasury.
v ma > be several months before
n mittee has concluded P
' [ the law into operation. The
•rich-Vreeland emergency measure
Hds been extended until June 30. 1915.
()J. be superseded as soon as the
tly en measure becomes opera -
Brittow Opens Attack.
I on^ enat0r ® r *stow opened the attack
. , tne inference report in the Sena’e
I '^clared the organization com-
to be a “political committee
thfc and sim Ple.” He asserted that
A rf ;gional reserve system “will be
I :^' 2ed ’ of course » along political
i *h» enator Bestow pointed out that
. conferees had so changed the bill
-"tock held by the public wouid
c D * entitled to representation,
f. ®nator Owen replied that the con-
i UkV 9 : assume d that the public would
It?" f -stock and that in any con-
- 'f th p
^[ :s to be safeguarded by <
ra and the Federal Reserve
BOSTON. Dec. 23.—Mrs. A. C, Reta
VonSchroeaer Shaw, the young St.
Louis heiress who became only two
years ago the bride of Arthur H.
Shaw, of a prominent Boston fam
ily, was granted a divorce to-day.
Mrs. Shaw testified at the divorce
hearing that her young husband was
a confirmed taker of drugs.
CHICAGO, Dec. 23.—Joe Tinker is
going to sign with the Federal League
to manage the Chicago team of the
new organization if the Brooklyn
team does not hurrv and make him
an offer that he will feel justified in
accepting. Further, Tinker will sign
to-morrow morning, as he has prom
ised the officials of the new league
to give them a definite answer then.
PRESCOTT, ARK., Deo. 23.—The
vault of the branch of the Bank of
Prescott, at Emmet, Ark., was blown
early to-day, and several thousands
of dollars in currency was stolen.
The explosion wrecked the building
occupied by the bank. The yeggmen
escaped on a handcar.
CADILLAC, MICH., Dec. 23.—Ad
Wolgast to-day wired his acceptance
of terms for a ten-round bout on New
Year’s Day with Knockout Brown in
Tom Andrews’ Club in Milwaukee.
CHICAGO. Dec. 23.—Charles F
Dewoody to-day confirmed a rumor
that he has resigned as District Su
perintendent for the Department of
Justice. He said he would leave the
Government service in a few days. It
was largely through the efforts of De
woody tnat Jack Johnson, negro pugi
list, was convicted of a violation of
the white slave law. He also secured
much of the evidence used in prose
cuting the beef trust cases, the buck-
etshop crusade and the recent case
against Ottoman Zar Adhust Hanish.
PORTLAND, OREG., Dec. 23.—A
tidal wave to-day swept more than a
mile of beach at Elmore Park, Tilla
mook County, washing out several
hundred feet of the Southern Pacific
Railroad track, undermining dwellings
i and doing other damage. The wall of
water swept nearly a mile inland from
the beach. There was no olss of life,
so far as is known.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Isidore
Dockweiler, a Los Angeles attorney,
to-day was appointed a member of
the Board of Indian Commissioners.
V/ASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Imme
diately after the conference report on
the currency bill wag agreed to in
the Senate, Senator Williams intro
duced a bill for the guarantee of bank
deposits. This feature was stricken
from the currency measure by the
conferees.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. —The
House adjourned at 3:10 o’clock for
the holiday recess and will meet
again at noon January 12.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—A joint
resolution providing for the suspen
sion for a period of two years of the
free tolls provision of the Panama Ca
nal act was introduced in the House
to-day just before the holiday recess
was taken by Representative Adam
son, author of the Panama Canal bill
and chairman of the Committee on
Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, Dec. 23.—
More than $1,000,000 in income pro
ducing property will be distributed to
his family in Christmas gifts by Wil
liam Maverick. The children are Wil
liam Maverick, Jr., of Berlin, Ger
many; Robert Maverick, who has just
returned from a trip around the
world; Mrs. Carl Hahn, of New York,
a singer; Mrs. Augustus Maverick and
Leads Maverick, of this city.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 23.—A dyna
mite bomb sent through the mails to
Mrs. John Toranto. aged 24, exploded
when she opened it. She and her
eight-months-old baby were slightly
hurt and the side of the house was
blown out. The woman heard the
clock wo r king and, fearing an infer
nal machine, dropped the opened
package and fled. The explosion oc
curred as she reached the door.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—President
Wilson to-day held the last session of
his Cabinet before the Christmas holi
days. He will not meet his official
family again until January 14. The
| session to-day discussed some of the
I problems created by the passage of
I the currency measure and the ap-
pointment of two more member* of
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—The Sen
ate adjourned for the Christmas holi
days at 4 o’clock.
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 23.— Mrs. Mary
Frances Harris Stafford Clift, origina
tor of the jail school idea, famous
Chicago settlement worker and leader
in charit.es activities, died here to
day.
CHAMPAIGN. ILL., Dec. 23.—Mo
tion for a new trial or Gus Penman,
convicted of the murder of H. Shaw,
was overruled this afternoon. Pen
man will spend his Christmas in the
penitentiary.
NASH PLEA
Adjutant General Calls Quarter
master Generalship Obsolete
and a Needless Expense,
RACING
RESULTS
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.
While 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
with 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 organisation 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 general says
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 falls 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 dutlee 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 th^
$2,750 per annum it costs the 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 3
Nash, as indicated In his letter to
the Governor, brings to an ac :tc 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.
AT CHARLESTON.
FIRST—Five and a half furlongs;
Deposit, 114 (Turner), 4-5, 1-3, out,
won; Dainty Mint, 111 (Byrne), 15. 6,
8-6. second: Bulgarian, 114 (Borel),
6- 5, 7-10, 1-4, third. Time, 1:09 1-5,
Mass&nel, Runway, Ambition, Good
Will and Mary Lou also ran.
SECOND—Mile and 20 yards: Earl
of Savoy, 108 iMcCahey), 3, even, 1-2,
won; Early Light, 102 (Deronde), 8,
3, 6-5, second; Golden Treasure, 113
(Davenport), 9-2, 8-5, 4-5, third. Time,
1:44 2-5. Port Arlington. Brave, Tod
dling, Volthorpe and Lady Orlmar
also ran.
THIRD—Six and a half furlongs:
Monocaoy, 106 (Blxton), 2, 4-5, 2-6,
won; Armor, 97 (McTaggart), 5-2, 4-6,
2-5, second; Dick Deadwood, 97 (Mar
tin), 3, 6-5, 3-5, third. Time, 1:21 2-6.
Cracker Box, Prince Ahmed, Llnbrook
and Verona also ran.
FOURTH—Mile and a furlong: Bob
R„ 105 (Buxton), 4, 11-10, 2-6, won;
Pardner, 110 (Deronde), 7-10, 1-4, out,
second; Napier, 95 (McCahey), 25, 6.
8-5, third. Time, 1:57 1-5. El Oro,
Star Bottle and Bryn Limah also ran.
FIFTH—Six furlongs: Robert Brad
ley, 96 (Leander), 11-6, 4-5, 2-5, won;
Coppertown, 107 (Borel), 7-2, 8-6, 4-5,
second; Ann Tilly, 110 (Turner), 8, 3,
7- 5, third. Time, 1:15 3-5. Frank
Hudson, Semiquaver, Right Easy,
Ralph Lloyd, Lord Wells, Camellia
and Sepulveda also ran.
SIXTH—Mile: Feather Duster, 100
(Campbell), 8-5, 3-5, out, won; Kjn-
mundy, 105 (McTaggart), 8-5, 7-10,
out, second; Servl once. 111 (Scharfl,
9. 11-5, 4-6, third. Time. 1:42 3-5.
Flatbush, Ardelon and Hedge Rose
also ran.
AT JUAREZ.
FIRST—Six furlongs: Retente, 103
(Benton), 4, 2, even, won; Prettydale,
108 (Teahan), 6. 2, even, second;
Dahlgren. 116 (Gentry). 6, 2, even,
third. Time. 1:16 2-5. Say, Ajax,
Hattie Mc„ Tom Franks, Jessamy,
Dear Abbey, Lookout and Horicon
also ran.
SECOND—Six furlongs: Ramsy,
116 (Cavanaugh), 5-2, 4-5, 2-6, won;
Ilex, 115 (Taplln), 6, 2, even, second;
Binocular, 111 (Neylon), 4-5, 1-3, out,
third. Time, 1:15. Blaze B„ Rioja.
'The Bailiff’s Daughter, Zlnkand, Fire
and Wicket also ran.
THIRD—Six furl ngs: Hazel C„
111 (Stevens), 4, 6-6, 1-2, won; Hyki,
103 (Neylon), 3, even, 1-2, second;
Winifred D, 112 (Ford), 5-2, 4-5, 2-5,
third. Time, 1:15 2-5. Art Rick, Qa.-i
den of Allah, Calethumpian, Made
line B.. Eddie Mott, Galley Slave and
Balronla also ran.
Race Entries on Page 2.
Grocery Burglars
Go to Great Pains to
Blow Unlocked Safe
The grocery and meat shop of K. R.
Cox, at No. 4*8 Gordon at., in West End.
wan entered early Tuesday through a
aide window and the cash register
tapped 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 this 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.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Rain Tuesday; clear
ing and cooler Wednesday.
President Gets Gift
From‘His Only Vice’
WASHINGTON. Deo. 23—Vice
President Marshall’s Christmas gift
to President Wilson is a copy of Kin
Hubbard’s “Hack Country#Folks.’’
On the fly leaf Mr. Marshall wrote:
“To the President of th,e United
States from his only Vice.”
Relatives and Police Search for
Clayton G. Weaver, of Logan-
ville, Who Vanished Here.
Relatives of Clayton Q. Weaver, a
wealthy young merchant Of Logans-
ville, Ga., who has been missing from
home since last Friday, Tuesday ex
tended their anxious search for him
to Atlanta, where he came to make
some Christmas purchases.
Chief Beavers has been notified of
the 'strange disappearance of the
young man and has begun a thor
ough investigation of the case. No
clew to Weavers' movements after he
arrived In Atlanta has been obtained
except the meager information that
he visited McClure's store and the
plant of J. K. Orr.
From that point he dropped com
pletely out of sight. Shortly prior he
was seen by acquaintances In the
Whitehall shopping district and ap
peared to have been making some
•purchases. He was to have returned
home Friday night or Saturday morn
ing.
His family is distracted with anx
iety. Some fear Is entertAlr.ed that
he may have met with foul play, as
he had considerable money with him
with which to make his purchases.
He did not drink and had no other
questionable habits.
T, P. Weaver, a brother, living In
Logansvllle, made tl I request of the
Atlanta police department to take up
the search. R. L. Campbell, a repre
sentative of the New York Life In
surance Company, who roomed with
young Weaver while the two were in
the University of Georgia, also was
notified and Is assisting In solving
the mystery.
Park Board Head
And Merchant in
Clash on Street
J. O. Cochran, president of the
Park Board, and J. G. Englehart, a
merchant living at No. 697 Piedmont
avenue, Tuesday afternoon were fur
nished with copies of charge* to ap
pear before Recorder Broyles Wed
nesday morning.
Cochran is accused of disorderly
conduct and Englehart of reckless
driving. The trouble grew out of an
accident at Five Points late Tues
day when Englehart's car ran Into
Cochran and knocked him against
a post at the side of the street.
Englehart is said to have contin
ued on Ills way, turning down Edge-
wood avenue, with Cochran in pur
suit on foot. Englehart stopped his
car at Pryor street and got out. The
Park Board president came up to
him, according to Englehart, and be
gan to abuse him In highly pic
turesque English. Detectives Rosser
and Wiley were near and thev were
asked to arrest Cochran.
The latter at the police station
asked that a case be made against
Englehart on the charge of reckless
driving and this was done.
$500 NEEDED NOW TO
AVERT XMASTRAGEDIES
The Christmas Editor Ttiesday 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 Atlanta.
That many appeals for help—that many prayers to Old
Santa Claus—came in at the last moment and it will be 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.
GIRL, 14, BEATS 2,000
BOYS RAISING CORN
TRIO CULLED
MISS DELPHINE MOORE.
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Little Arkansas Miss Grows 101.4
Bushels on Acre She Tilled
All Alone.
A wort of echo from the recent Corn
Club Show in Atlanta came from Lit
tle Rock, Ark., Tuesday with the news
that a prize of $50, offered by H. G.
Hastings Reed Company, of Atlanta,
offered for the beet corn production
on an Arkansas acre, had been won
by a 14-year-old girl, little Miss Del-
phlne Moore, who competed against
2,400 boy members of the Torn Club,
because ther* wa« no similar girls'
club In the Htate
Miss Moore worked her own acre
and made 101.4 bushels of corn on it,
at a net cost of 12 cents a bushel. She
lives at Wyman, Ark., with her fa
ther and mother.
In addition to the Hastings prize,
Miss Moore won several premiums at
the State Fair at Hot Springs, and at
the county fair In her neighborhood.
The Corn Club contest was con
ducted under the auspices of the
United States Department of Agri
culture, for which W. J. Jernlgan Is
Arkansas agent.
‘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
1200.75 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 case at the time of his latest
arrest
Woman ‘Blind Tiger’
Fined $200 and Sent
To Jail for 30 Days
Mrs. L. M. Bryant, whose house at
No. 140 Rawion street was raided
and a largo quantity of whisky con
fiscated by Detectives Moon and
Patrick several days ago, was given
the limit of the law Tuesday after
noon by Recorder Broyles. Her $en-
tence wap $200 and 30 days in the
stockade.
At the time of the raid there were
found three barrels of filled pint
flasks, a trunkful and two cases.
Mrs. Bryant protested to the detec
tives when they made the raid that
the liquor was for her personal use,
but she refused to make any state
ment in court.
The case of W. T. Clay, whose ar
rest with that of his father, J. I.
Clay, brought on the raid, was begun
Immediately after Mrs. Bryant’s sen
tence.
The case against the son, who was
suspected of being a “blind tiger,”
was dismissed for want of evidence.
J. I. Clay was fined $15.75. He was
found 1n an intoxicated condition at
the Bryant home the night of the
raid.
Sentenced 18 Hours
After His Offense
JACKSONVILLE, Dec. 23.—Jim
Jones, arrested a few hours after
having broken the lock of a postofflee
box, was indicted by the Federal
Grand Jury and taken before Judge
Rydon M. Call, where he pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to serve a
year and a day, all within eighteen
hours of the offense.
JUDGE
Court Thronged by Alleged Vic
tims as Men Are Held to
Trial as Thieves.
“I'll bind you crooks over to
the higher court and fix your
bond at, $10,000 each,” said Re
corder Broyles Tuesday after
noon in disposing of the cases of
three notorious pickpockets, Max
Fine, of New York; Louis Goz-
zollo, of Baltimore, and William
Hoffman, of South Bend, Ind.
The trio were captured by De
tectives Cowan and Andrews and
Policeman W. R. Jones last Sat
urday afternoon at the Union
Station, where they were trapped
riding the pockets of passengers
on a Seaboard Air Line train.
Eight cases were made against
each of the men. Detective Harry
Scott, of the Pinkertons, brought Into
court the pictures and record* of
Gozzollo and Hoffman, showing that
they had been arrested a number of
times for the same offense and that
Gozzollo had broken Jail In Youngs
town and had been recaptured lb In
diana.
Nine of the victims were on hand
to reclaim their property and Iden
tify the three men. Here is the ros
ter:
Detective J. W. Hollingsworth,
robbed of $63 while on board train.
W. A. Watson, Winder, Ga., robbed
of purse containing about $3.
W. H. Elrod, Winder. Ga., purse
containing change and note for $75.
H. N. Hurt, assistant superintend
ent of Public Works, wallet with
$110 In bills. Later recovered, but
thief Identified as Gozzollo, escaped
at the time.
C. G. Hannah, No. 685 Lee street.
Jostled on street car and relieved of
$22. Identified Max Fine.
J. E. Hancock, newspaper em
ployee, purse containing $27.
H. M. Robertson, residence near
Soldiers' Home, lost wallet with $34.
S. J. Herrington, No. 83 Nlckle-
berry street, purs§ with $22 on street
car
Dr. T. R. Whitley, Douglasvllle,
lost $4 on EJgewood avenue car
Recorder Broyles asked the pris
oners if they cared to make any
statement. All remained silent and
were then bound over. A large
crowd was present at the hearing.
Bank Clearings Gain
$20,221,059 Over ’12;
P. 0. Receipts Jump
A striking evidence of Atlanta's
prosperity was contained In the an
nouncement Tuesday by W. H. Leahy,
secretary of the Industrial and Sta
tistical Bureau of the Chamber of
Commerce, that the bank clearings
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 w r ere $641,006,804. For
the same period last year they were
$620,785,745. A similar Increase !•
noted in the postal receipts. They
were $1,265,810.75 for this year, ex
cluding December. In the same pe
riod of 1912 they were $1,143,237.38, sst
Increase of $122,573.37.
LEEDS, ENGLAND, Dec. 23.—Te
show their sentiment hostile to the
striking street : weepers, prominent
politicians cleaned the streets here
today, protected by the police. Strik
ers attacked the strikebreakers with
missiles, but were driven off,