Newspaper Page Text
OVER 100,000
THE SUNDAY AMERICAN’S
NET PAID CIRCULATION
] he National Southern Sunday Newspaper
n '-
The Atlanta Georgian
Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results
South Georgia
VOL. XII. NO. 124.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1913.
Copyright. 1906,
By The Georgian C«i
2 CENTS.
ILITARY ROW PERPLEXES GOVERNOR
CRACKSMEN OVERCOME CAPTOR
ESCAPE
till sms
hdjutsnt General Repeats Asser
tion That Quartermaster Gen
eral’s Office Is Needless.
The Georgian’s exclusive news
story of Tuesday afternoon, in which
I he sensational differences of opin
ion between Generals Nash and Obear
preside the State Military Department
urere set forth, has aroused the great
est interest all over Georgia, par
ticularly among the members of the
pational guard.
General Nash is firm in his atti
tude with respect to the uselessness
lof Obear’s present position of quar
termaster of State troops, and will
and by every word of his communi
cation to the Governor, in which he
psks not only that Obear’s salary be
rut off on January 1, but that his
Ltflce be formally abolished.
Governor Slaton, who had nothing
(to do with making the story public,
admits its truthfulness in every es
sential detail, nevertheless.
The Governor says there is nothing
lin the situation that appeals to him
either personally or politically, and
that he will be guided in his final
js^ttlement of the matter solely by the
jlaw in the case, as he sees it.
Governor to Follow Law.
"J have the friendliest of feeling
(for both of these officers,” the Gov
ernor said. ‘‘I shall take such course
as the law' seems to make necessary.”
Further than that the Governor
kould say nothing concerning the
(matter.
General Obear, while expressing no
(great measure of surprise that Gen
eral Nash has made the recommen
dation stated, declined to talk about
[the matter, except to say that his
! (Obear’s) office is fully warranted in
law, as he will be able to show the
jovernor, if necessary.
General Nash said: “The office of
luartermaster general Is unauthor-
zed under the law. It is purely a
sinecure, and entails upon the State
annually an entirely unnecessary and
unwarranted expense. The total ap- 4
propriation to the militia, which Is
only $25,000, is hardly sufficient to
support the troops, and w r e have to
save all we can to get along. Gen
eral Obear, when he was adjutant
general, did not have a quartermas
ter general, as he knew there was no
use for that ornamental person. Why
should he expect the present adju
tant general to have one or w r ant one?
U. S. Would Cut Off Georgia.
Besides, the National Government
ill not permit Georgia to participate
in the fund for the State militia, as
Provided under the Dick law, unless
the troops are organized under the
* xa ct provisions of the same.
If General Obear is carried as an
unwarranted expense of $2,750 an
nually the national fund may be cut
from Georgia entirely—indeed, un*
tfrr the law it would be.
My recommendations to the Gov
ernor have in them nothing personal
0r Political. The law' makes my duty
Plain—and my recommendations to
the Governor are in line of my duty.
will, of course, give the matter
such direction as he sees fit.”
I he Georgian’s exclusive story of
uesday, setting forth the facts in
lllf ‘ Nash-Obear row, was amply verl-
f“-d and legitimately checked up,
* rn every standpoint before putyli-
dr:,) n. anc/involved in no way insub-
°r'Lnatforl or “leakage”- in any at-
‘ eithpr of th^ Executive or mili-
lar - Departments.
Mob of Passengers
Kills Negro Gunman
Da- 'hvESY’ILLE, Dec 24.—A mob of
lingers on a Tallulah Falls Railway
jjj Tallulah Lodge, fired 50 shots,
due *i T d ne *» ro who had fought a pistol
Was n ,he n egro coach as the train
tfte * an< ^ n * at that statlon yesterday
He, 1,00T) ' The other duelist and the
* > woman over whom the trouble
. ^ , Were arrested and are to-day in
V ^ abersham County jail here.
|h ° one was wounded by the shots of
; t >. but the firing in the train
i panic.
Damp Christmas Is
Forecast; Rain Also
Due on Wednesday
C. F. Von Herrmann took a pes
simistic view of the weather pros
pects for Wednesday and Christmas
Day when he sized up the map and
took a squint at the lowering clouds
on the morning of the day before
Christmas.
At first Mr. Von Herrmann figured
it would be clear and cool Christ
mas, but later the prediction was al
tered to prospective rain for Wed
nesday and almost certain showers
for Thursday.
Prospects for a “white Christmas”
were equally discouraging.
Wife’s Gowns Flashy,
Professor Sues Her
HAMILTON, OHIO, Dec. 24.—Pro
fessor J. F. Christian Ringwald, pro
fessor of music at Oxford University,
Oxford, Ohio, to-day asked a divorce
from his wife, also a teacher of music,
alleging she wore “inappropriate and
flashily colored gowns at society
events in that college place and being
negligent in regard to her personal
appearance, wmunding his artistic
feelings.”
Send 720,000 Eggs
From U, S, to Canada
• __
OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Dec. 24.—
During the scarcity eggs are being
imported from American points.
Sixty thousand dozen from Chicago
have arrived in Toronto within a few*
weeks. Although 3 cents duty was
paid on these (cold storage ones),
they are underselling the Toronto
product.
Vassar Puts Ban
On Chafing Dishes
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Dec. 24.—
The scores of young “blades” w r ho
have been saving their coupons al*
year intending to convert them into
chafing dishes for girl friends at Vas
sar College will have had their pains
for nothing, as that dish has been
put on the “forbidden” list.
Rough Potatoes
Best for Table
NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—The rougher
the skin the better the spud, accord
ing to Thomas P. Gill, Secretary of
the Brtiish Department of Agricul
ture. He came here to protest against
the Federal embargo or. the Irish po
tato. Gill denies 'he potatoes of his
country have any disease.
Rides 6 Days in
Subway After Theft
NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—The record
long distance ride in the New’ York
subway has been established by David
Shapiro, who traveled on the cars six
days and nights. The boy was afraid
to go home because he had stolen his
mother’s gold watch and chain.
Boy Reads Fluently
At Age of 3 Years
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 24.—Marshall
Gretmore is three years old and can
read. On his second birthday his
mother bought him a set of blocks
with raised letters. The child reads
fluently. He is never allowed to cry
and receives whippings without tears.
One Lone Saloonman
Defends Tree Lunch’
CHICAGO, Dec. 24.—Only one of
the more than 7,000 saloonkeepers in
Chicago appeared in defense of ''free
lunch" before a special Council com
mittee.
Representatives of scores of oth-
efs appeared to urge a bill to abolish
free lunches in saloons.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia: Cloudy Wednesday
and Thursday, probably fol
lowed by rain.
FOLLOWS
Good Feeling Throughout Nation
as Democrats Make Xmas
Gift of Measure.
-i ■*»'
ALL ATLANTA IS INVITED TO THE BIG
OPEN-AIR CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—With the
new currency bill made Into law as
a Christmas present to the nation, a
remarkable reaction of good feeling
on business and financial circles was
reported from all over the country
to-day.
The new law, wb ch, according to
the President, is but the first of a se
ries of constructive measures, was
signed by the Executive last night in
the presence of a notable company.
The President made a remarkable
impromptu talk reflecting the admin
istration attitude toward business.
The President's Talk.
President Wilson said, a? he signed
the bill:
“I need not tell you that I feel a
very deep gratification at being able
to sign this bill and X feel that I
ought to express very heartily the ad
miration I have for the men who have
made it possible for me to sign this
bill.
“It is a matter of real gratification
to me that in the case of this bill
there should have been so consider
able a number of Republican votes
cast for It.
‘‘All great measures under our sys
tem of government are of necessity
party measures, for the party of the
majority Is responsible for their orig
ination and their, passage, but this
can not be called a partisan meas
ure. It has been relieved of all inti
mation of that sort by the cordial
co-operation of men on the oth£r side
of the two Houses who have acted
with us and have given very substan
tial reasons and very intelligent rea
sons for acting with us. So that I
think we can go home with the feel
ing that we are in better spirits for
public service than we were even
when we convened in April.
First Constructive Measure.
"As for the bill itself, I feel that
we can say that it is the first of a
series of constructive measures by
which the Democratic party will
show that it knows how to serve the
country.
“In calling it the first of a series of
constructive measures, 1 need not say
that I am not casting any reflections
on the great tariff bill which preced
ed it.
“The tariff bill was meant to re
move those impediments to American
industry and prosperity which had so
long stood in their way. It was a
great piece of preparation for the
achievements of American commerce
and American industry which are
certain to follow. Then there came
upon the heel of it this bill which fur
nishes the machinery for free and j
elastic and uncontrolled credits, put
at the disposal of the merchants and
manufacturers of this country for the
first time in nO years.
“I was refreshing my memory on
the passage of the national baA act,
which came in two pieces, as you
know, in February of 1S63, and in
June of 1864; it is Just 50 years ago
since that measure, suitable for that
time, was passed, and it has taken un
more than a generation and a half to
come to an understanding as to the
readjustments which were necessary
for our own time. *!
Reply With Actions.
“But we have reached these read
justments. , I myself, hkvei^ always
felt, when the Democratic party was
criticised as not knowing how to serve
the business interests of the country,
that there was no use of replying to
that in words. The only satisfactory
reply was in action. We have writ
ten the first chapter of that reply.
"We are greatly favored by the cir
cumstances of our time. We come at
the end of a day c contest, at the end
of a day when we have ben scru
tinizing the processes of our business,
scrutinizing them with critical, and
sometimes with hostile, eye. We have
slowly been coming to this time,
which has now happily arrived when
there is a common recognition of the
* / V.
J? t '■ f:|
: -x- v- X •
%
TRIOHE
I East Point Patrolman Did Not
I
Know of Robbery, or He Might
Have Been More Careful.
\
% fVtlJ
r r - Ao
in
%:. * > ’L h
ft) * : V. : : i, % \
,’|f A-* - -
-
r
Miss Lelia Pryor teaching little girls of Baptist Orphans’ Horae Christmas carols to he sung Wednesday evening at the celebra
tion at City Hall plaza.
Judge Broyles to
Jail Persons Firing
Pistols Christmas
Continued on Page 2, Column 3.
Recorder Broyles Wednes made
plain his stand on the discharging 1 of
firearms in the city limits during the
Christmas holidays, when he fined
James Moon, a negro, $100 or 30 days
in the stockade, and bound him over
to the Grand Jury under a $200 bond
for carrying a concealed weapon.
“I am determined to break up the
dangerous practice of discharging of
firearms in the city and am going to
give offenders the limit of the law,”
announced the judge. “It not only
is a violation of the law to shoot a
pistol in the city, but it is exceed
ingly dangerous, and it is going to be
the stockade and chaingang for
those who do it.”
Chanuka Celebration
For Hebrew Children
The children of the Ahaweth Zion
Sunday School will give a Chanuka cel
ebration Thursday at 3:30 o’clock, at the
Gilmer* Street Synagogue.
A special musical program has beeh
$Yran‘ged by Misses Kae JafTe, Ida Rufls
and Bertha Ellison, and addresses will
be’, delivered by Dr Julius T. Loeb,
principal . of the Atlanta Free Hebrew
School; Dr. A. Bryan, Joel Dorfan and
TflS? M. Rubin. Chanuka candy will be
served to the chitM/en by M. Shelnbaum.
superintendent of the Sunday School.
After the celebration, there will be a
general rehearsal for the Chanuka con
cert, which will be held next Sunday at
4 p. m.
Five Firemen Hurt in
10-Cent Store Blaze
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—Five fire
men were injured and a property loss
of $100,000 was sustained In a fire in
the American Five and Ten Cent Store
early to-day.
Celebration at City Hall Plaza To Be Beal Old-
Fashioned Jubilee.
And now for Christmas Eve!
You’ve probably completed your
shopping by this time; you’ve bought
gifts for your folks and your friends,
and you’ve told Santa Claus what to
bring the little ones and how to get
to j«out* house—and incidentally
you’ve filled your soul with the best
brand of joy there is in the world—
the joy of giving.
And so youTe happy—and you've
got a right to be happy. And maybe
you think that the happiness that
surges through your heart deserves a
better celebration than merely walk
ing the streets and mingling with the
joyous crowds or shooting firecrack
ers, or even sitting at home with the
children. Maybe down in your heart
you think that there ought to be
something said or done that would
more clearly bring home the real
meaning of the day to the entire city.
If you do, why
Come to the City Hall, at Forsyth
and Marietta streets, this evening at
5 o’clock.
Come anyway.
Regular Old Jubilee.
For we’re all going to-get together
to-night and REALLY celebrate
Christmas Eve—celebrate it as it de
serves to be celebrated—in (he good,
old*fashioned'way, with a band con4
cert and Christmas carols and special
songs by the children, and a great
Christmas tree that will glow and
glitter with a myriad of Incandescent
lights and hundreds of yards of tin
sel and the other things that make a
Christmas tree a thing of beauty and
a joy forever.
And everybody—man, woman and
child—is invited; and The Georgian
considers it a privilege to foot the
bills.
It’s going to be the greatest Christ
mas Eve celebration Atlanta has ever
seen—and it’ll be about the first of its
kind in the South; the first time that
everybody has been given an oppor-
unity to get togethL’* and join in a
feast of good fellowship and the real
Christmas spirit.
So remember
The Place—The City Hall.
The Day—Christmas Eve—TO
DAY.
The Hours—From 5 to 7 and from
8 to 10.
And remember also that YOU are
invited and that it is absolutely
free. Not one penny will it cost you
to join in this celebration.
The program will begirupromptly at
5 o’clock, whfn Wedemeyer’s Band—
r which everybody knows is one of the
best bands in the South—will give a
concert.
Carols by Children.
Then \here will be Christmas car
ols and special songs by 100 little or
phan boys and girls from the Deca
tur Orphans’ Home and the. Georgia
Baptist Home, who will be brought to
Atlanta in special cars, through the
kindness of the Georgia Railway and
Power Company, and then there will
be more music by the hand.
And .then.,.will .come the crowning
•feature—songs and Christmas carols
by the ent.ire force of Georgian and
Sunday American newsboys. Profes
sor Ge^rd-Thiers has been teaching
the^boys their songs for the past two
weeks, has unearthed some fine young
voices. All the boys are deeply In-
ferested, and they’re going to sing
their w’ay into your heart with the
same energy that they sell their pa
pers.
At 7 o’clock there will*be an inter
mission of one hour, and at 8 o’clock,
and for two hours thereafter, the
band will hold forth with all the lat
est music and all the good old mu
sic that our fathers used to like, and
the music that time hns linked in
separably with Christmas.
And then there will be the great
Christmas tree that must be seen to
be enjoyed. It’s the biggest tree ever
Continued on Page 2, Column 7,
Park Board Head
Is Fined for Street
Row With Merchant
J. O. Cochran, president of the
Park Board, was fined $5.75 by Re
corder Broyles Wednesday, following
an altercation with J. G. Englehart,
a merchant of No. 697 Piedmont ave
nue, when Mr. Cochran was struck
by the latter’s automobile at Five
Points late Tuesday.
The case of disorderly conduct,
which was docketed against Mr. En
glehart at the request of Mr. Coch
ran, was dismissed.
Mr. Cochran, according to the sto
ries told in Police Court, was cross
ing Five Points from the Fourth Na
tional Rank Building late Tuesday,
and Mr. Englehart was driving his
car north on Peachtree street. The
rear wheel of the car struck Mr.
Cochran. Mr. Englehart did not stop
the car, but kept on and turned down
Edgewood avenue, with Mr. Cochran
in hot pursuit.
Mr. Englehart stopped the car on
Edgewood avenue, and when Mr.
Cochran came up the quarrel began.
Mr. Englehart charged that Mr. Coch
ran drew a knife on him. but Mr.
Cochran denied any intention of cut
ting the automobilist, although he
admitted that he threatened to cut
the tires of the machine.
Hotel Ansley to Have
$200,000 Addition
The immediate construction of a
200-room annex to Hotel Ansley is
provided in contracts just signed by
the Ansley management and the
Southern Federal Construction Com
pany. The addition will be built on
the vacant lot in the rear of the hotel,
which is 100 by 100 feet, and will cost
about $200,000.
The Georgian announced the prob
ability of such a step some months
ago.
T. M. Oliver, night, policeman
at: East Point, gained a few gray
hairs early Wednesday morning,
and lost three prisoners and a
trusty revolver, but he probably
saved the two East Point banks
and the post office from an at
tack by cracksmen.
The Atlanta arid West Point depot
was robbed, as it was, $12 being
taken from the broken cash register.
Oliver didn't know that until later.
Shortly after midnight he saw
three men loitering a block below
the depot. The officers decided they
looked suspicious. He went up to
them, looked them over, asked them
a couple of questions, and informed
they they were under arrest.
Prisoners Behave at First.
The men made no active objection.
Oliver walked with one man, the
largest of the party, and told the oth
er two to go ahead of them, indicat
ing the way to the lockup.
The three prisoners behaved in a
quiet and orderly manner, and Oli
ver was just about reaching the con
clusion that he had been overly vigil
ant when the two men in front
wheeled suddenly.
They both held revolvers.
“Hands up!" they said.
Oliver put up his hands. There
really didn’t seem to be anything else
to do.
The man walking with Olivet-
searched him and took his revolver.
“Move on! ’ one of the gunmen di
rected.
Officer Told to “Beat It.”
The party moved on. There didn't
seem to be anything else to do. But
this time Oliver was walking in front,
and there was a sensation as of icicles
tickling his spine. Also, there were
prickles back of his ears.
They reached a dark and secluded
spot.
“Beat It!" said the leader. •
Oliver beat it.
The party lost itself in the dark
ness.
Later Oliver—and others—went
back and searched the spot where he
first saw the three men. On the
ground was a bottle containing half
a pint of nitroglycerin.
It appeared the yeggmen had rob
bed the depot and were preparing to
try the bank vaults when Oliver
broke up their little game.
I. S. Brooks Heads
John Rosier Masons
T’hese officers for the .next year were
elected Tuesday night \>y the members
of, John Rosier J/xlge, Free and Ac
cepted Masons: T. G. Brooks, worthy
master; It. C. McCall, senior warden
XV. H. Jacks, junior warden; D. H.
Ham, treasurer; Claude Woffard. sec
retary; W. H. Rice, tyler: Sam Horton,
senior deacon, and E. M. Rosier, Junior
deacon.
James L. Mayson conducted the in
stallation ceremonies, assisted by Hor
ace Grant. R. E. Prince, retiring mas
ter, was presented with a past master's
jewel.
Beilis Gets Offers
For His Memoirs
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 24.—Men
del Beilis, acquitted of “ritual mur
der.” has been offered $3,000 by two
American journalists for his memoir*
or for material for their compilati-m.