Newspaper Page Text
CITY’S MAIN LO 1ER CLUB WITNESS IS GONE
OVER 100,000
THE SUNDAY AMERICAN’S
NET PAID CIRCULATION
1 he National Southern Sunday Newspaper
The Atlanta Georgian
Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results
VOL. XH. NO. 124.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1913.
Copyright,
By The Georgian C*
o rrvTK PAT No
Cl.A 1 O. MORE.
SANE XMAS ORDERED FOR ATLANTA
CHIEF CHE
RACING
RESULTS
AMPAIGN ENDS;
1912 RECORD 'BROKEN
Officials Consolidate Powers to
Put Lid on Boisterous Cele
bration.
Pistol toters” and other boisrter-
ou° Christmas celebrants will meet
with short shrift from the Beavers-
Broyles combination Thursday.
Recorder Broyles issued his pro-
nunciamento Wednesday in giving
James Moon, a negro, the limit for
shooting firearms within the city lim-
s and then binding him over to the
Grand Jury' under $200 bond for car-
r ing a concealed weapon.
The Recorder made it plain that no
mercy would be shown offenders of
is type, whom he branded as the
most dangerous people at large on
Christmas Day. “It will be the
c < kade or the chaingang for every
Person that is convicted,” he de
clared. f
Chief Joins Broyles.
Judge Broyles' denunciation of “pis-
tiYt toters” was hardly concluded be
fore it became known that Chief of
Police Beavers had joined in the war
against this class of celebrants and
had issued and stringent in
structions to his men immediately
to arrest any person, regardless of
his prominence, who was found vio-
Hting any of the city ordinances In
respect to the carrying or discharge
of weapons.
"I am determined to break up the
dargerous practice of discharging
Alarms 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.”
Th© Chief’s Order.
Here Is what the Chief told his
men:
'There must be no boisterous con
duct on the streets during the holi
day,
"Any disorder that the policeman
observes must be dealt with just as
strictly as on any other day. If any-
'Jiing. the police must be more watch
ful than usual.
No pistol toting’ is to be coun
tenanced.
“There must be no discharge of
l firearms of any sort within the city
limits.
'T f anyone is seen on the streets
with a, weapon in his hand you are
ordered to make an immediate case
*f?ainst the offender.
"If a firearm is discharged on the
SDeet a case must be made
Promise Sane Christmas.
Recorder Broyles and the Chief said
Wednesday that Atlanta would have
R safe and sane” Christmas if it
in their power to bring such a
condition about.
Sufficient warning has been given,”
asserted the Recorder. “It is a per-
sonA own fault if he runs afoul the
la * For my part, I am going to
G up the Chief by giving these
sort of persons the limit.”
AT CHARLESTON.
| FIRST—7V* furlongs; Rye Straw
111 (McTaggart), 4, 8-5, 4-5, won;
Ethelberg II 111 (Sklrvin), 15, 6, 5-2.
second: Incision 115 (G. Burns), 18-5,
8-5, 4-5, third. Time 1:09 3-5. Also
ran: Theo Cook, LaAurora, Bever-
stein. Lady Etna, Clem Beachy
| Batwa, Coming Coon, Edna Laska.
SECOND—Five and a half fur
longs: Charles Cannell. 106 (Tur
ner), 3, 7-10, 1-4, won; Serenata, 106
(Martin), 7, 2, 4-5, second; Penni
less, 109 (Nathan), 4-5, 2-6, out,
third. Time, 1:09 1-5. Tom Hancock,
Madge’s Sister, Woodrow', Otranto,
Malik and Old Jordan also ran.
THIRD—Six furlongs: Loretta
Dwyer, 103 (Williams), 6-5, 1-2, 1-5,
won; Prince Chap. 103 (Buxton), 7, 2,
4-5, second; Cockspur, 110 (Sklrvin),
40, 12, 6, third. Time, 1:16 1-5. Henry
Hutchinson, Cherry Seed, Billy Van-
derveer, Busybody and Chartier also
ran.
FOURTH—Mile: Marshon, 108
(Martin), 5-2, 7-10, 1-4, won; Loan
Shark. 96 (McTaggart), 5, 7-5, 1-2,
second; Dick Deadwood, 98 (McCa-
hey), 7, 2, 7-10, third. Time, 1:43 1-5.
Celesta and Star Actress also ran.
FIFTH—Five and a half furlongs:
Veley, 108 (Neander), 2, 4-5, 1-3,
won; Premier, 108 (McTaggart), 8-5.
1-2, out, second; Helen M., 90 (De-
ronde), 9-2, 7-5, 1-2, third. Time,
1:09 4-6. John Marre, Silas Grump,
Tomboy and Dr. Hollis also ran.
Race Entries on Page 2
P, 0. Sets New Mark
In First Class Mail;
325,000 Pieces Sent
v
After gazing at the list of records j
that have been smashed at the local
postofflee this week, it seemed there
could be no chance of breaking any
more of them.
But—
Another one went by the board n
the 24 hours that ended Wednesday
morning. Postmaster Bolling Jones
said that during that time almost
325,000 pieces of first-class mail was
handled by his force, w’hich is an
other new record. The great in
crease in this class of mail is partly
accounted for by the fact that last
night was the accepted time for
mailing Christmas cards, and since
most of them were inclosed in en
velopes they went in as first-class
mall.
Mr. Jones announced Wednesday
that the postoffice will be open Thurs
day until about 12 o’clock, when all
departments will be closed for the
day. Two deliveries of mail will be
made, both before noon.
Chauffeurs All Best
in Employers’ Eyes,
Says Judge Broyles
Each automobile owner is alike, so
far as claiming that his chauffeur is
the best and most careful driver iri
town, according to Recorder Broyles.
The remark was made in a friendly
tilt between the Recorder and Pres
ton Arkwright, president of the Geor
gia Railway and Power Company,
during the trial of Clarence White, a
negro chauffeur for Arkwright. The
negro was arrested on complaint of
Steve R. Johnston, former Council
man, who testified that the negro had
speeded out Piedmont avenue. The
chauffeur denied the charge.
“Well, I am inclined to believe Mr.
Johnston,” said the^ judge, as he
named a fine of $5.75.
to bid on subsistence supplies for
Fort McPherson are not to be de
prived of that privilege. Major Gen
eral Aleshire, chief quartermaster
general of the army, to-day wrote
Congressman William Schley. How
ard to this effect. Mr. Howard re
cently protested to the War Depart
ment against an order issued by the
Department of the East, w’hich was
construed to mean that the Fort
McPherson supplies must be pur
chased from New York. General
Aleshire says the War Department
has no intention of taking steps in
imical to local merchants if the prices
are satisfactory and that Circular 31
has been misunderstood.
Congressman Howard expressed
gratification to-day over this receipt
of General Aleshire’s letter clearing
up the situation.
“Atlanta merchants are to get the
business if they quote competitive
prices,” said Congressman Howard.
“Upon Dressing this matter upon the
War Department 1 have ascertained
the policy is td give the business to
the local merchants if they can
meet New York prices w'ith freight
included. I believe the Atlanta mer
chants are entitled to the business at
Fort McPherson and are capable of
getting it.”
Miss Maggie Fields, one of the fair young Red Cross stamp sellers.
Workers, However, Fail to Reach
Million Mark—Still Chance
to Buy Stickers,
Tiie lied Cross seals were off the
streets Wednesday morning, the gen
eral canvass having closed Tuesday
night, though the booth in the postof-
flee still was maintained, and stamps
could be had at most of the big stores.
While the results of the 1913 sale
will not be known accurately for some
days, two things are sure. The million
mark was not reached, but the sales are
ahead of those of last year. It is be
lieved, however, that the per capita
sales will be relatively higher in several
other Georgia cities than in Atlanta.
Fight members of the Boy Scouts
turned out to help the sales the last
day, little Henry Moyer, of Troop 7,
making the best recotd with $2.34.
LONDON, Dec. 24.—The liner Nig
er is ashore on the coast of Smyrna,
near Chesme, according to maritime
dispatches received to-aay.
|Mrs. Manley Still
Content to Stay in
Jail, Near Husband
’ “ gray light of the morning after—
_ eoResday morning—aw'akened in Mrs.
Manley, after her second night in
no desire to take advantage of her
an <3 spend Christmas in the open,
* ith her baby—but without her hus
band.
didn't have an uncomfortable night
all. ’ Mra. Manley said this morning.
' Ver *body I* good to me here, except
’L won’t let me . see my .husband.
9 ,T1 811 ol<i cell bn another floor. I
why they-won’t let us talk to
‘My other a little.’'
p t Mrs Manley js firmly resolved
ror nain in jail ‘ until her husband is
1 An d if he goes to the chaingang
—
t * le present intention of Mrs.
ia to to the chaingang,. too.
DON’T MISS THE XMAS FESTIVAL!
ALL INVITED TO JOIN THE GAYETY
This is an invitation to Mr. and Mrs. Atlanta, Miss Atlanta and Master Atlanta:
The Empire City of the South will celebrate Christmas to-night in the good old-fashioned
way at the City Hall Plaza and you’re asked to the festivities.
Wedemeyer’s band, famous throughout this section of the South, will play the kind of music
that drives the clouds away and sends the real Christmas spirit coursing through your veins.
One hundred orphans from the Hapeville Baptist Home, a score from the Decatur Methodist
Home and a bunch of newsboys will sing the old-time carols that would touch the l^eart of Old
Scrooge himself.
And the Christmas tree—bedecked with a dazzling and wonderful array of tinsel and
Christmasy things—will radiate the Yuletiae cheer.
DON’T MISS IT.
The festivities begin at 5 p. m., to-day and continue for two hours; resuming at 8 p. m.,
and continuing until 10 p. m.
All in God's open air and all the fun a,s free as the air itself.
The Georgian extends everybody a cordial invitation and you may be sure Everybody and
His Wife will be there. ..... . i,
&s
Damp Christmas Is
Forecast; Rain Also
Due on Wednesday
(\ 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
Christina *.
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.
Saves Friend From
Another Xmas in Jail
It was the prompt action of a
friend Wednesday morning that saved
Claude Ireland, a young butcher,
from again spending his Christmas in
the city stockade.
On December 24, last year, Ireland
was sent to the tsockade for 30 days.
Wednesday mornir f he was being
ushered into the van that transfers
prisoners to the stockade when the
friend arrived and paid Ireland’s fine
of $1075 each in two case^ one for
disorderly conduct and the other for
drunkenness.
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,
w hich is 100 by 100 feet, and will cost
about $200,000.
The Georgian announced the prob
ability of mich a step some months
ago.
Messenger, Trailed a Year, Ar
rested Here, Reveals Syste
matic Robbery.
The first arrest under the Carlin
law covering mail train thefts, wheth
er from the Government, persons or
corporations, was made in Atlanta
Thursday morning when James
Thomas Turner, an express messen-'
ger, was taken in custody at the
Terminal Station by Pinkerton de
tectives and Deputy United States
Marshal Lee Whatley, following a
year’s investigation.
At first vehemently denying the
charge. Turner finally confessed. He
was taken to the United Stotes Mar
shal’s office, <vhere be spent several
hours writing a list of the articles
intrusted to his care which he had
taken from the express cars of the
Southern Express Company during
the last year.
Turner has been in the express
service two years and now' resides at
Washington. D. C. Prior to bis con
nection with the company he was In
! business at Lavonia, Ga., where be
resided for many years. He is 26
years old and married.
Detectives Put in Cars.
For nearly a year the Southern
Express Company has endeavored to
get evidence against a number of
messengers and members of train
crew’s suspected of a systematic rob
bery of the company.
Detectives have been placed as
helpers to express messengers and In
the train crews and a mass of evi
dence which probably will result in
wholesale arrests has been accumu
lated. According to the Pinkertons,
Turner's arr^trt resulted from his
boasts and confidences to his helpers,
some of whom were Pinkerton men.
A dressed chicken stolen from an ex
press shipment was presented by him
to a detective-helper. His first thefts
were of food, he confessed.
Turner next began appropriating
small articles of clothing. Then he
took overcoats and shotguns. He al
ways passed these things out to some
one along the line and never took
anything in at the end of his run,
either at Washington or Atlanta.
Took Only Certain Packages.
His regular run was on train No.
37, between Washington and Atlanta.
He arrived in Atlanta Tuesday after
noon and was boarding a train at
the Terminal Station Wednesday
morning for his return trip w’hen ar
rested.
In his thefts Turner did not touch
packages originating in and billed for
points 1n Southern Express Company
territory. But package*? coming into
Adams Express Company territory
along the Southern Express Company
lines and originating in Adams Ex
press Company territory and billed
for Southern Express Company points
and through shipments, were the ones
taken by him. None of the packages
opened by him could be checked di
rectly against him
His method was not to take pack
ages containing single articles. If
there were four quarts of whisky In a
package he would take one. The
package would go on to fts destina
tion and the protest for shortage
would be made against the shipper,
and the blame be placed on the ship
ping clerk for failure to make a com
plete shipment.
Officials of the Southern Express
Company are elated over Turner’s
arre-rt. The systematic robbing which
has been carried on for more than a
year has worried them greatly, and
in Turner’s detection they believe they
have opened the way for the arrest of
other men.
Poisoner of 4 Gets
4 Life Sentences
ON BOARD PRESIDENT WIL
SON’S SPECIAL TRAIN, SPAR-
TANBURG, S. C., Dec. 24.—“Shake
hands with an old Carolina clodhop
per, Mr. President.” This was tn©
greeting of a lusty farmer at the
village of King'* Mountain to Presi
dent Wilson to-day. A hearty hand
clasp between the two men followed.
A few boys sent up a toy balloon
wu'th a “Wilson” streamer upon it,
and the firet demonstration of the
President’s trip followed, the little
crowd at the station cheering until
all breath was gone.
EL PASO, Dec. 24.—According to
couriers who arrived at Juarez this
afternoon, the rebels are reported to
have retaken Torreon from the Fed*
erals. Th© casualties are heaw on
both sides, say the reports. Thou
sand men were engaged in the bat
tle.
CHICAGO, Dec. 24.—“Not guilty”
was the verdict returned late this
afternoon by the jury that n a s the
case of Harold Schneider, charged
with the murder of Jeweler Logue
some months ago in th© McVicker
Theater Building. The jury was out
three hours.
ROME, Dec. 24.—Pope Pius X to
day received in audience the cardi
nals now in Rome and extended to
them his Christmas areetings. In be
half of the Pope, Papa Secretary of
State Merry Del Val will send felici
tations to all the Catholic sovereigns
of Europe, except Kina Victor Em
manuel of Italy, with whom the Vati
can is supposed to hold no communi
cation. To-morrow will be spent qui
etly by the Pope. After an early mass
he will receive his brother and sisters
and spend the remainder of the day
with his books in his library*
NORFOLK, VA.. Dec 24.—The
steam freighter Freida, which went
aground at Little Island, near here,
during a fog last night, was floated
this afternoon by the revenue cutter
Onondaga and a wrecking tug. She
is now proceeding up the coast under
ner own steam.
MERIDIAN, TEXAS. Dec. 24—Four
life imprisonment sentences were pro
nounced on Mre. Ellen Walker Ether
idge, convicted of poisoning her four
tepchfidren. . •
VICKSBURG, MISS.. Dec. 24.—The
prosecution in the case of Senator
G. A. Hobbs, accused with Lieutenant
Governor Bilbo of accepting a bribe,
won its first legal skirmish with the
defense to-day. Counsel for the ac
cused officials moved to quash the
indictments on the ground that the
State had failed to establish a case.
The court overruled the motion and
ordered Hobbs’ attorneys to proceed
with their defense.
VIENNA, Dec. 24.—Former Turk
ish Ambassador to France Munir
Pasha and his son, Djemil Bey, an of
ficer in the Turkish army, were ar
rested to day in Constantinople, ac
cording to a dispatch from that city.
They are charged with being friendly
to interests inimical to the Turkish
Government.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 24.—All banks
were open and doing business as us
ual to-day, although at the Bank of
London and Mexico check payments
were limited.
NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—John Pur-
roy Mitchel was sworn in as Mayor
cf New York this afternoon by Jus
tice John Ford, of the Supreme
Court. The ceremony took place in
the offices of Justice Ford and was
marked by extreme simplicity. Mrs.
Mitchel was not present, nor were
there cny friends or ^politicians there.
Mr. Mitchel will assume his active
duties on January 1.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 24.—J. # W.
Glover, who shot and killed his wife’s
former husband, Charles A. DeVil-
Iiqres. was not held to blame for the
shooting, according to the verdict of
a coroner's jury to-day. The jury,
after deliberating seventeen minutes,
announced that DeVillieres, the for
mer Paterson, N. J., riding school
master, was killed by “a bullet shot
in the abdomen, inflicted by unknown
parties.”
SAVANNAH, GA., Dec. 24.—It is
considered probsble late this after
noon that to-morrow’s big motorcycle
race will have to be postponed owing
to the rain which has been coming
down steadily all day. The race is
known as the Grand Prix and is
scheduled to be run over the Van
derbilt Cup course.
TRIPOLI, SYRIA, Dec. 24.—Jules
Vedrines, the famous French aviator,
who set out from Nansy, Franoe, last
month to fly around the world, ar
rived at Kartoos, near here to-day,
having covered 2,500 miles. Vedrines
said he would strike westward from
here, going to Cairo, Egypt, 500 miles.
His course will take him over the
Suez Canal, and he expects to arrive
at Cairo before New Year’s Day.
NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—President
Charles H. Ebbets, of the Brooklyn
baseball club, to-day declared that
no further inducements would be
held out to Joe Tinker to get him to
sign a three-year contract with
Brooklyn. “We have offered him a
salary consistent with his ability,”
said Ebbets. “This salary, together
with his $10,000 bonus, will make
him one of the highest - salaried men
in baseball. We have gone as far as
we can go.” Ebbets would not state
the amount of salary offered, but it
is reported to be between $5,000 and
$8,000 a year for three years. This,
with the bonus, would make Tinker’s
three-year Inoeme around $28,000,
MYSTERY
Prosecution Forced to Ask Post
ponement—Rumor Man Has
Left Town. x
The city’s star witness against fhe
seven locker clubs raided last week
was missing when the case was
called before Recorder Broyles Wed
nesday afternoon an£ the prosecu
tion collapsed for the time being.
It was announced that the city
was not prepared to proceed, and the
case, already under one postpone
ment, was put off until January 9.
The authorities claimed that they
were able to go ahead with some of
the cases without the witness, but
said they wished to wait until the
witness’ presence could be obtained.
The witness, whose identity has
been ^parefully guarded by the police.
Is the person who went from club to
club to got liquor as evidence. Chief
Lanford would not discuss his opin
ion on the reason for the witness'
disappearance.
City detectives were instructed to
make a thorough search of the city
and also to investigate the report
, that, the witness had left the city.
The managers of the seven clubs
were not present, but were represent
ed by their attorneys. The clubs in
volved and their managers, against
whom the charges have been pre
ferred, are:
Beavers, H. R. Pitts; Central. C.
H. Butts: T. M. A., C. A. Morris;
Owls, William Wolpert; Eagles, S. R.
Green: Metropolitan, A. R. Smith;
Theatrical. H. R. Smith.
Explains He Feared
Mob, But Is Fined
For Carrying Pistol
Fear that he and his friend were
going to be “mobbed” by the crowd
that gathered about them was the
excuse offered by J. P. Green, a trav
eling salesman, in Recorder’s Court
Wednesday for drawing his pistol
Tuesday night and threatening to
shoot the first man that made a move
toward him.
Green and his friend, C. P. O’Far-
rell, were going home Tuesday night,
when several persor»3 at a street
corner addressed some remarks to
O'Farrell about a miniature Christ
mas tree he had.
O'Farrell is said to have replied In
kind and there shortly was a small-
sized riot in prospect. Green rushed
to his friend’s aid, opening his grip
and drawing a pistol.
Piainclothesmen Fort son and Green
were in the crowd and arrested them
Each was fined $10.75 and Green was
bound over to the Grand Jury uoder
bond of $100,
Precedent Broken in
White House‘Santa’
3
WASHINGTON, Deo. 24.—For tlie
first time since the Cleveland admin
istration the White House played
Santa Claus to tile poor of Wash
ington to-day. Although the Presi
dent and his family were absent, a
long list of needy families and chil-
wren were remembered with gifts
delivered in two big loads by the
White House automobiles.
There were big roast turkeys for
widowed mothers with children, and
every kind of toy for the children.
rrm ■ A .wiHl
Xmas Gold Pieces
Total $5,000,000
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24—Mors
than $5,000,000 worth of brigh\ new
gold and silver pieces of 1913 mint
age. most of which will find Its way
into Christmas stockings to-morrow
morning, has been distributed by the
Treasury this month to beutka
throughout the county
t