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OVER 100,000 Circulation The Sunday American Leads All Competitors The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS-Use for Results VOL. XII. NO. 126. ATLANTA, UA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1913. Copyright, 1906. By Th« Georgian Co 2 CENTS. EVENING EDITION SION STAYS BULLET AS WOMAN AIMS AT INTRUDER 'SNOW BABY,’ DAUGHTER OF FINDER OF NORTH POLE, WILL MAKE DEBUT C*3 C*3 C*3 Peace in Stride to Follow Calumet Tragedy FORTY-MILE WIND BRINGS COLD WAVE SLEET OPENS Marie Peary to Have Her “Com ing Out” at National Capital on January 22. WASHINGTON. Deo. 2G.—Interest to-day centers in the coming: recep tion on January 22 to be given by Admiral Robert Peary, discoverer of ihe North Pole, and Mrs. Peary, at, ■which their daughter, Marie* known the world over as “Anighito,” the "Snow Baby,” will make her debut. Coupled with news, of the coming- cut party of the young: woman, whd recently graduated from Western High School, in Georgetown, was the i f port that announcement of her en gagement would shortly be made by her parents. Her engagement to Donald B. Mc Millan, leader of the Crocker Island expedition and intimate friend of her father, was made last summer, but promptly denied by both Miss Peary and McMillan. "Anighito” was the name given by the Eskimos to Miss Peary following her birth on September 12, 1893, at her father's winter quarters at Bow- doin Bay, in the Arctic, She was the first white child in history to be born in the frozen North. 'Snow Baby’s” parents kept her in the Northland until she was 2 years ©hi, the terrible cold and long spells ©f darkness not in the least deter ring her growth. She has returned thrice to the Arctic, and has many / recollections of the stirring episodes |j which marked her early life in that section of the world. When her father returned from his iast and which proved to be his suc cessful quest for the pole ‘‘Snow Ba by” journeyed to Cape Breton with ”her mother to greet him, and returned "1th him to this city. Monday Date Set, but " They Wed Christmas Hrs. Ida G. Little and John L. Mc Gregor changed their plans and were Carried Thursday instead of next Monday. The ceremony was per formed by Dr. A. A. Little at his home. The couple will be at the Ho- >! Ansley until Saturday when they "ill leave to visit friends at Hous- l0n - Texas. They will reside at Mc- ) Gregor. r he bridegroom is a prominent manufacturer of McGregor, and the ' '^le is the widow of the late Dr. L B- Little. r'. . i '' J ADMIRAL PEARY AND HRS DAUGHTER. TO-DAY’S RACE ENTRIES AT CHARLESTON. FIRST—Purse, $300, 2-year-old maidens, 5 1-2 furlongs: Peacock, lit; Veilchen, 111; High Class, 111: Boly Hill, 114; A1 Jones, 114; Jezail, 114; Banjo Jim, 111; Massenet, 111. SECOND—Purse, $300; all ages, selling, 6 furlongs: Malik, 107; Tom Hancock, Otranto, 103; Beverstein. 127; Camel, 125; Protogras, 118; In cision, 127; BataWa, 127; Old Jordan, 112; Silas Grump, 127. THIRD—Purse, $500; 3-year-olds and up, selling, 1- 1-2 miles: Napier, 103: Dr. Waildro Briggs, 113; Tay Pay. 98; Over the Sands, 104; Billy Baker, 98. FOURTH—Purse, $500; all ages, selling, handicap, mile and 20 yards: Cracker Box, 94; Eloro, 105; Your.g Embles, 94; Star Actress, 102; Bob R.. 110; Joe Diebold, 115. FIFTH—Purse, $300; all ages, sell ing, 6 furlongs: Frog, 122; Behes; 104; Rye Straw, 125; Chuckles. 126 Helen M , 104; Buzz Around, 109;.Cliff Maid, 109; An:on, 115. SIXTH—Purse, $300; 2-vear-olds and up, selling, mile and 70 yards: Union Jack, 106; Monkey, 111; Yora- shire Boy, 115; Fiel, 105; Schaller, 108; Port Arlington, 106; Reno, 106; Bernadotte, 108; Lasainrella, 100; Ragman, 111. JUAREZ ENTRIES. FIRST—Selling, all ages, six fur longs: Brevity 93, Maud McKeon 100, Florence Birch 105. Nino Mu- chacho 105, Free Will 105, Holberg 108, Venetian 110, Frank Wooden 110, Frieze 110, Jessmay 110, Blaze B. 110, Lookout 110, Prince Winter 113, Fire 113. Dahlgren 115. SECOND — Purse, two-year-olds, maidens, five furlongs: Society Bird 108. Renwar 108. Temple Foeht 108, Summer Hill 108, Hattie Me. 108, Kick 108, Little Will 108, Christmas Eve 108. J. B. Maylow 108, Rodondo HI, John Marshall 111, Claribel 112, Aunt Elsie 112, Decell 112, Superior ity 112. THIRD—Selling, all ages, 6 fur longs: Ooma. 88p; Hyki, 91; Trojan Belle, 100; Swift Sure, 105; Vireo, 105; Senator James, 105; Pretty Dale, 105; Ferrona, 110; Martin Chavis. 110; Compton, 113; John R. Clray, 113; Palatable, 113; Helen Hawkins, 115; Lee Harrison II, 115; Hannis, 115. FOURTH—Selling, 3-year-old up, 7 furlongs: Belle of Bryn-Mawr, 100; No Quarter, 105; Sister Florence. 105; Mandadero, 105; Husky Lad, 105; Ocean Queen, 105; Collnet, 108; Wise Mason, 110; The Monk. 110; Bob Lynch. 110; Acumen, 110; Dutch Rock, 113; Sigurad, 112. FIFTH—Purse, 2-year-old maidens, 5 1-2 furlongs: Wild Horse, 105; Princess Janice, 105; May L., 110; Florin. 109; Superl, 110; Bob Hensley, 113; Red Path, 113. SIXTH—Selling, 3-vear-old and upward, 1 mile: Melts, 110; Cantem, 102; Nannie McDee, 105; Swish, 107; Henry Walbank, 110. Clear and fast. $25,000 Enough for Judges, Says Haldane Ipecial Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, Dec. 26.—Lord Haldane, :vhose salary as Lord Chancellor amounts to $50,000 a year, in giving evidence regarding the proper sala ries for judges before the Royal Com mission on Legal Delays, said: ”1 am inclined to think no judge is worth |more than $25,000, not even the Lord Chancellor.” Drear Weather to Continue, With Promise of Snow or Rain on Friday. Following a Christmas Day that started out with rain and wound up with a snow flurry, a whooping wind descended on Atlanta and vicinity Friday morning and kept the mercury hovering around not far above the freezing mark, under a leaden sky that promised rain, sleet or snow im partially, depending on the further disposition of the temperature. The mercury was below the freezing mark for several hours in the early morn ing The cold snap came with a 40- mile gale sweeping over the South. It Is making overcoats and furs oi. Peachtree street as common as snow- shoes in the frozen North. The wind reached Its maximum velocity early Friday morning, blowing steadily at about 40 miles from midnight until <j o'clock. 36-Mile Wind en Christmas. Christmas afternoon the wine raced through Atlanta streets and around the corners of the skyscrapers at a 36-mile-an-hour clip, diminishing somewhat as night .-'■.me on, only to exceed Its former speed as midnight approached. At 7 o’fclock Friday morning the official thermometers at the Weath er Bureau registered 33 degrees, and indications are that this probably will be lowered before to-morrow morning. Th cold snap started directly aft er the rain ceased falling Christmas Day, and reached its climax after the sweeping gale. The highest tempera ture during the day"ght hours yes terday was 48 degrees, and at times the thermometer got down to freez ing. At 7 o’clock Christmas night the temperature was 34 degrees, and during the. remainder of the night the mercury ranged between 33 and 34. 6now Flurry Seen. A snow flurry was seen at 4:10 p. m. Christmas Day, and snow 'eh at Memphis, Louisville and Little F.jcl:. Friday was a hard day to keep warm. Tou could keep a house com fortable, unless the searching wind found crannies and cracks on an ex posed side. But out on the street for any length of time a penetrating chill was carried through overcoats and wraps, and the wind had a pecliarly nipping quality usually associated with the clear, bright days of climes farther North. There was a sense of chill dampness In the wind, and it sought out the spot—and generally found it. Toward noon there was a lighten ing of the cloud blanket, but the chill remained, ahd threats of snow continued, with a lessened prospect of that most dismal and distressing of all maladies of the weather—a cold rain Every Variety of Holiday Weather. WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—Weather of every variety except that desired was distributed among the various sections of the United States to-day. It was warm and rainy on the Eastern coast, snowy in the South and upper New York, unsettled in New England and the West reported all temperatures from 14 below zero at Devils Lake, N. Dak., to spring weather in Kansas. Florida was the only area running true to form. There it was warm, the weather bureau reporting the warm est in the country. A 24-hour rain and gale In Washington were like spring weather. The telegrams from meteorlogical observers show holi day weather to be more varied and unsettled over the country than for many years previous. Italian Blackmailer Trapped by American Girl Detained as Spy Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. TARANTO, ITALY, Dec. 26 —Dorothy MoVane, the American opera singer, who was recently under surveillance by the Italian Government on suspicion of being a spy, to-day invoked the aid of Government officials and trapped a man who sought to blackmail her. The man. who gave the name of In- nocenio Cicala and said he was a news paper correspondent, called on the sin ger and informed her that he had b^en ordered by his editor to send in a story attacking the character of the young woman. He demanded money In return for suppressing the story'. Miss Mar- Vane consulted with the officials after Inviting Cicala to return, and when he came back the blackmailer was trapped with marked money and arrested. Miss MacVane is also to-day without her costumes. Jewels and furs, which were seised by an Impresario because the singer failed to perform her con tract. 250 Men Rest After Setting P.0. Records There is the calm that comes after a storm in the interior of the Atlanta postoffice Friday. Where 250 men were whirling and turning in the big mailing room handling Christmas mail less than a dozen are now pur suing the even tenor of .their ways. Since last Friday the office han dled 1.120,791 pieces of mail and 260,- 000 parcel post packages. To accom modate the rush, 64 additional clerks were employed, 137 additional car riers and 27 extra wagons. Busch Jewels Go to Children for Xmas i Oysters, Fish and Sick Yankees ‘Food’ For Wilson’s Town ST. LOUIS. Dec. 26;—The jewels owned by Adolphus Busch, who died October 10 at his home oa the Rhine, in Germany, and some of those own ed by his widow' were Christmas gifts from Mrs. Busch to her children. The [ value of the rare stones and set pieces is several hundred thousand dollars. The presentation was made to the St. Louis sons and daughters of Mrs. Busch at the Busch mansion. To the out-of-town children the gifts were sent by express. Convict Wounded by Bartow Sheriff Dies Authorities at Cartersville, Ga.. have been notified that Be 1 Kel’v, the convict shot three weeks ago by the Sheriff of Bartcw County, died j at the Grady Hospital Christmas Day. According to the information at the Grady, Kelly snapped a pistol at "it Sheriff and dashed for liberty while with a squad of convicts at work on' a road. The Sheriff fired with deadly aim. ‘Bill Posters’ Trust’ Plans to Dissolve CHICAGO, Dec. 26.—The so-called “Bill Fosters' Trust” is negotiating with the Government to follow the example of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and dis solve. Suit was begun here recently, but the association is said to be willing to conform to every wish of the Government without further court procedure. White House Gifts of Gold Pieces Missing WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. - White House employees with salaries of more than $1,200 a year, who have received $5 gold pieces from Presidents on each Christmas since 1901, yesterday learned that President Wilson has discontinued the custom It Is said that the sum set aside by President Wilson for gifts was exhaust ed In the purchase of presents which were distributed among the poor of Washington. Town Agitated Over Who Will Bury Bodies, but Strife Seems Ended. CALUMET, MICH., Dect 26.—While four separate investigations of Calu met's Christmas tree disaster, in which 72 persons, most of them chlD dren, were killed, were being mad© to-day and a dispute was being waged as to whom should bury the dead, peacemakers ware at work in a ru- preme effort to bring an end to th© copper mine strike in this region. Over the bodies of the little ones the leaders of the peace movement hoped to see an end to the labor strife which has torn the Galumet copper district for several months. United in grief " over the snuffing out of so many young lives, the war ring factions—mine operators, guards and strikebreakers, and the stricken union miners and their friends- gave no thought to the big labor battle that indirectly is blamed for the most grewsome horror in the history of Calumet. Hostility Less Marked. There was still a dispute over whether the offpr Of the Citizens' Al liance, an organization that has been considered hostile to the strikers, to defray all the burial expenses should be accepted. Officials of the Western Federation of Miners declared that the offer should be spurned. “We will care for our own dead." was the defiant response to the al liance. The feeling of hostility was not so marked to-day when it was seen that the citizens of Calumet and other cities in the mine district were in earnest in their efforts to raise funds for the stricken families. Almost unlimited amounts of money were pledged by min© owners and mer chants who have been opposing the strikers The committees represent ing the operators went from house to house to-day comforting the surviv ing members of families whose dear ones were taken from them in the unnecessary panic. Following these committees went others, and suggestions that peace be declared between the forces repre senting capital and labor were diplo matically expressed Peace Suggestions Please. It was suggested that the man who thrust his head into the door of Italian Hall while the Christmas tree celebration was at its height and shouted fire was inspired to the malicious deed by some things that th© miners have done to promote their strike. The peace suggestions were apparently well received. The miners seemed not to blame the mine operators, but they felt that the dis aster would not have occurred had there not been a strike and It appear ed that they felt more remorse than resentment. After the funeral of all the victims, which w r ill be arranged for later to day, it Is expected that the spirit of fight will have been interred with the bodies of the innocent little children and wives of the strikers and that peace will prevail where, had not the disaster occurred, a labor war have continued indefinitely. PASS CHRISTIAN. MISS., Dec 26.- Doee President Wilson like oysters and Spanish mackerel 0 This question is agitating the inhab itants of this little burg, where th© Chief Flxecfltlve is spending his Christ mas holidays. So far the riddle Is un solved. Bushels of the finest oysters and doz ens of the choicest fish ever caught in the Gulf of Mexico are finding their way to the President's vacation home, and the townfolks are anxious to know if he cares for them. The natives also are showering the President with other gifts oranges, mangoes and other gulf products are finding their way to the "winter white house.” When the President visited the post office he met an okl resident who told him: “We live off of oysters, fish and sick Yankees, Mr President, but you are the first sick President that ever came to us ” ‘. - 1 Dead, 3 Dying, From Devils Greek Battle BRISTOL, TENN., Dec. 26.—In a battle at Oevilp Creek, in Unicoi County, a remote section of East Ten nessee, Jack Edwards was killed, E. E. GlBls, Deputy RheYlff, was stabbed; Harris Tilson was shot through the head, and Sam Grind - stuff jshpt through the breast. The three wlh probably die. Edwards was under ftrrest and in the custody of Deputy Sheriff Gill is when Tilson and Grind staff, two friends, attempted to rescue him. The officer opened fire on the three men, one of whom stabbed him. Co-Eds Unite Against Men's Bad Manners INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 26.—An or ganization "for the suppression of atrocious manners of men” has been organised by young women at Butler College. Men of the college are re ferred to as “rude, ungentlemanly, careless and thoughtless.” A letter in the college paper says: “The insults of having a man smoke without asking permission, th© ugly familiarity of having him blow smoke in the girl's face, are sights that we see too often." THE WEATHER Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia—Fair and colder Fri day; fair Saturday. U,S. Comedians Fail To Amuse Londoners LONDON, Dec. 26—Because they couldn't make Britishers laugh, George Monroe and Harry Fisher. American members of the “Hello Tango” Com pany, quit after their first perform ance. CANTATA TO BE REPEATED. Upon urgent requests, the cantata. "The Christ Child.” which was given- last Sunday at the First Methodist Church, will be repeated Sunday even ing at 7:30. Miss Mamie Lee Bear den will again direct the music. Tolman Pardon Offer, Usury on $500,000 ALBANY, Dec. 26.—Application for th© pardon of Daniel H. Tolman, a convicted money lender, has been made to Governor Glynn by the con vict’s counsel, Charles E. Towne, for merly a United States Senator. It was promised in his behalf that In consideration of his pardon Tol man would surrender usurious notes amounting to $500,000, reserving the right to sue for the amounts due with only lawful interest added. German Bishops Call Fashions Immodest Special Cable to Tne Atlanta Georgian. BERLIN, Dec. 26.—The German Uathollc bishops In conference at Fulda passed a resolution censuring the present women's fashions as "de void of any sense of modesty.” The bishops urged the Catholic women of Germany to Join a crusade against the impropriety in dress, which they term “a disgraceful aber ration." Orville Harrold's Uncle Drops Dead MUNCffE, IND., Dec. 26.—Benjamin F. Harrold, aged 69, uncle of Orville Harrold, the famous opera singer, fell dead while sorting a bundle of mall preparatory to making his deliveries as a mall carrier He had been In poor health recently and the excitement Inci dental to Christmas is supposed to have affected his heart. GIRL " SANTA” DIES OF BURNS. KNOXVILLE. Dec. 26.-Miss Sophia Preston, aged 15. is dead from burns received while essaying the rolq^ of Santa Claus. Her clothes caught^fire from a sparKer in the hand** «£ a Neighbor Getting Into Wrong House Almost Shot by Mrs. Barnett, the Detective. Mrs. Hattie Barnett's revolver waa squarely In the face of S. P. Sims her finger was closing on the trig ger; the death of the supposed bur glar was hanging on a hairline in th© early hours of Christmas morn ing. when a vision stopped the trig ger finger of Atlanta’s woman detec tive. She told about It In the Recorder a Court Friday morning. "It Just wasn't that man's time to die.” Mrs. Barnett said. "I had the revolver fairly In his face and my Anger was closing on the trigger, when I had a sort, of vision.” And this is th© story. About 2 o’clock Thursday morning Mrs. Barnett was awakened by th© ringing of her door bell. It was Sims at the door, but Mrs. Barnett did not know that. Sims Is Mrs. Barnett's next door neighbor, living at No. 9 Woodward avenue, while Mrs. Bar nett’s home, where she lives with a sister and a young couple who board there, is at No. 15 Woodward ave nue. Slams Door in His Face. The doorbell rang, and rang In siatently. Mrs. Barnett got up, don ned slippers and dressing gown, and went to th© door. She opened It without hesitation. A man outside tried to shove his way paat her into the house. She did not recognize Sims Mrs. Barnett is robust of physique and her vocation requires and de velops determination. She shoved the intruder outside and slammed and locked the door. Then she went to the telephone and called the police. As she finished her message she heard a smash of glass from her bedroom window. Mrs Barnett knew Just what is was. She ran to her bed and from under the. pillow she drew a revolver It was not a feminine sort of revolver. It was long and rakish as to barrel, blue in color, heavy in caliber—a business like weapon. As the woman detective grasped the revolver, a man swung through the shattered window into the room. Fails to Recognize Neighbor. They were* face to face, the woman detective and the house-breaker, anti still there was no thought in Mrs. Barnett’s mind that this wild-eyed intruder advancing on her was Sims, her next-door neighbor, with whom she wasn’t acquainted. "My arm came up automatically.” Mrs. Barnett continued the story. "The muzzle of the revolver was al most touching the man’s face, and 1 was pressing (he trigger—that man. I tell you, was the same as a dead man. right then. And then there flashed into my mind a picture, like a frag ment from some motion picture drama. “I saw the picture of a mother—a mother and a little child. It was fa miliar, and in the same instant I recognized th© woman as my next- door neighbor, and the child as her baby; I had seen them often. “But I can't for the life of me un derstand why I associated that man with the picture. 1 don’t remember ever having seen him before. "I stood there, with the gun in tii© man’s face, and that picture in my mind's eye. and my finger half closed yfaj I * I "I i Continued on Pago 2, Column 4. 4