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i lU'j AIJjAjNIA UJiUliViliViN AJN U i\ t, VV ti. GIF BEAVERS’ FOICI STOPS PISTOL TOTERS; Festival Chorus of 400 to Sing in Xmas N GIRL "LOVE SE EVENTS Concert in Armory HERMIT S WEIRD LIFE Record* of tl morning sho B» avers* ed \ un-play had pistol toters didn't alioe Court Friday ed that Chief of Police t against Christmas effectively curbed the The “morning after*’ look like it has in former yearn. There were about 1 f»0 cases in all, i; is true, but that wouldn’t make an unusually large grist for a Mondiv morning, in fact, Monday mornin* entertainments in th« t’ourt frequently show i tendance than that. The arrests for “pistol numbered . nly fifteen ord for the day a tribute to the era against the severe manner Recorder’s heavier a* - toting ’ a distinct rec- after Christmas, and edicts of Chief Beav- practice, and to ine in which Judge Broyles has been dealing with offend ers ’’! believe this cowardly and dan gerous habit of gun toting’ is effe. tuallv controlled in Atlanta," il;” <’hief said Friday morning. “Tnis thing isn’t perfect yet. but we are going to keept at it, and never let up Tiic Recorder is backing our work in fine shape, and the public sen time* t also is responding to our efforts. I am deeply gratified.’’ There were a good many cases in court commonly registered as “plain drunks, but even that list was far shorter than in previous years on the day after Christmas. Of the hospital calls, not one call reached Grady Hospital for an In jured boy or girl who had been play ing with fireworks. Also, there were no calls for any injured persons ex cept a few negroes who had been engaged in fights The single fatality was that of a negro, Charlie Page, who lived in the rear of No. 420 West North avenue. He was shot and killed by a negro, who escaped. Being a gray day, much doused with rain in the early hours, the f’hrlstmas of lr* 1 was a home Christmas. There wasn’t so much of the highways and byways element. The clubs were well attended, and there were well-filled rhuri he- at the special services. A Real “Home” Christmas. Rut it was essentially a “home I’hristmas,” which is by all odds the happiest and most satisfactory kind of a Christmas. t’hief Beavers noted this fact In the quiet and peaceful atmosphere of the streets “I never saw a Christmas celebra tion attended by less noise and roughness,” said the ( Jiief the morn ing after. “As for arrests, 1 believe the record falls far below anything in the last ten years. Everybody seemed to be in a good humor, with out being too much so. which is some times a cause of trouble.” Governor Slaton, speaking for the State of Georgia, said he believed this Christmas was the happiest and most prosperous the State ever had enjoyed. ••Financially and commercially. Georgia is strictly on the top of the heap.” the Governor said, “and the relation of that condition to the fam ily feeling is marked All records show that it is in times of financial and commercial depression that moat of the domestic troubles occur. Con versely, when times are good, people are good. too. 1t was, indeed, a hap py Christmas" Mayor Highly Pleased. Mayor Woodward had much the same opinion to offer concerning the quiet and pleasant celebration in the city. 1 don't remember ever having seen n finer and prettier celebration than that by the crowds on Atlanta’s streets Christmas Eve." said the Mayor. “Everybody seemed happy and well-disposed.” And as to the size of the Christmas well, the postoftice and the«**xpress companies supply the measure for that It is hardl> a matter reducible to • •;.i timires. hut (US ItM BUIS b# gained of the extent of Atlanta’s gifts by noting that the postoftice deliv ered more than a million letters and fhrigtmas cards, and 225.000 parcel post Christmas packages In the five days preceding Christmas. Divided among Atlanta’s population, that would give at least ona package apiece and five letter** and cards to ever> man, woman and child in the city. Which doesn’t include the express deliveries. The Southern Express i\ kept 75 wagons and five big Motor trucks busy all the time, de- ivering Christmas parcels. Record Mail Delivery Work. i; is perhaps a record that at noon n Christmas Da\ In spite of the •normous flood of gifts and letters, not • ne remained undelivered, either by the postoffUe or the express compa nies. The Christmas service was won derful. The fact that it was a “home Christmas,” and that the out-of-door elebration by fireworks was much modified from that »f former years, probably accounted for the scarcity of fire alarms and the almost blank hospital records of Christmas in juries Grady Hospital, in fact, went through the day without a singlt emergency call—a record in itself. At the hotels the guests were made The Atlanta Music Festival chorus, imposed of 400 members, which was heard In a big Christmas concert last \ ear by more than (1,000 persons, will appear in a Christmas concert again this season on Sunday afternoon at the Auditorium Armory at U;30 o’clock Ad mission is free. During the last month the Music tlval chorus has been rehearsing under the direction of Herr Wolffungen. the noted singer, and he will be the direc tor at the concert. Charles A. Shel don, Jr., will play the organ. The vocal soloists will be Mrs. Car- thew Yorstoun and Herr Wolffungen. Mrs. Yorstoun is known in the operatic world as Madame Fist her Boone. She possesses a voice of magnificent range and power Policewoman Jails Street.Car Fighter Miss Adelaide Brance, the “heart wife’’ of a former dis trict attorney at Monticello, N. Y., who lived a hermit in a secret room in his offices for years. Headquarters in Atlanta Made to Secretary McAdoo. WASHINGTON', D(-r. 26.—Atlanta was proposed to Secretary, of the Treasury McAdoo to-day by Senator Hoke Smith as a regional reserve bank city in the South. The indorse ment was placed on file for further consideration. With the intention of completing its work before President Wilson returns to the Capital, the organization com mittee of the new currency system, imprising Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo and Secretary of Agriculture Houston, began work in earnest day. It is planned to hurry the organi zation of the new system, that the Chief Executive can name the mem bers of the Federal Reserve Board plan to visit personally the cities w hich present tneir claims for selec tion for the regional reserve banks and make an investigation of these claims before deciding where the banks shall be located. Applications of banks to enter the new system are reaching the Treas ury by the score daily. Most of them are from smaller cities. Formal Application for Regional Big Situations Save Play Replete With Glaring Faults—Play house Is Crowded. By TARLETON COLLIER. The modern drama—a platitude with a punch. Sometimes that punch is delivered pacifically and the pa trons of the box office sniff. Some times it comes in a shouting series of "bif? moments," and from orches tra to gallery there is enthusiasm. Crudities are forgotten, faults are overlooked. That punch has stag gered popular criticism. So it happened in “Within the Law.” which played to crowded houses at the Atlanta Christmas Day, afternoon and evening. The punch was thpre, written indelibly into the lines by the playwright so that the veriest beginner of an actor could and have their duties ready for them i voice it after a fashion. Outside the as soon as they are confirmed by the big situations, there are glaring Senate. faults, crude contrasts, character de- The Secretaries are considering a lineation attempted in single brusque, -i~“ personally the cities unsubtle strokes, and slang, slang, TOWN WIPED OUT. JACKSONVILLE, ILL., Dec. Owing to.the lack of fire-fighting ap paratus, the whole business section was prac- yesterday loss is estimated at $83,000. THIS went LYRIC MATINEES TUE THU FBI SAT The Greateet Laughing Surreal o 1 the Age HAPPY HOOLIGAN WITH ENTIRE NEW BOOK ANO MUSIC A STAR CAST OF SPECIALLY SELECTED PERFORMERS ATLANTA’S BUSIEST THEATER rnOCYTU Daily Mat. 2:30 l l/ilO 1 1 fl Evenings at 8:30 “SERGEANT BAGBY” Irwin Cobb % Comedy Gem Next Week Je Bogannyt Troupe—Creurh 4 Welch. Unnever 4 Fried- land. Burton Hahn 4 Cant well. Burton 4 Lerner. Count Beaumont. Neptune’s Gardens. 25 People ATLANTA TO NIGHT 8: IS Matinee Saturday Within the Law ALSO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Nights25c <o SI.50 Sat. Matinee 25c to $1.00 SEATS SELLING RAPIDLY FOR NEW YEAR'S WEEK STARTING MON. OQ MATINEES DEC. — ^ Thursday and Saturday MAETERLINCK'S THE BLUE BIRD Original New York Cast and Pro duction. Prices All Performances, oc, 50c 75c. $1.00. $1.50 and $2.00. to feel that they were as much at home as possible, at that distance from their own firesides. One big ho tel had a gorgeous Christmas tree in the dining room. There were special dinners, of course, and the atmos phere was one of Christmag "ayety and good cheer. All over the country Friday morn ing reports were being carried by the newspapers of the “sane Christmas’’ spent in Georgia and the South. The prevalence of celebration by fireworks at Christmas time in this section has caused the holiday season to be regarded with something of the wuiie view as the Fourth of July, un til the nation’s birthday was de horned and made sane. In the year of 191 1, Christmas day in the South was greeted with a quieter and more fit ting welcome than ever before in the I history of the section. And Atlanta was the leader In the movement. OBITUARY. Mrs. Mary Switzerlet, sixty-five years old, well known iji Atlanta, where a number of her children reside, is dead in Augusta, where she had been visiting her son, (4. p. Switzer let. She is survived by six other children. They are A. G. Switzer let, of Oklahoma; A. R. Switzer!*t, of Atlanta; Mrs. J. H. McWaters, Mrs. C. B. Callaway. Mrs. L. Long and Mrs. \Y. E. Crawley. The fu neral services will be at Poole’a Saturday at 2 p. m. Interment at West view. Maud Campbell, nine-year-old daugh ter of Policeman NY. J. Campbell, died Friday at the home. No. 141 Chapel street. The funeral was held at noon Friday, with interment at Adamsville. Myrtice Moore, twenty-three years old, daughter of J. B Moore, of Conley. Ga.. will be buried Satur day morning in the Cedar Grove churchyard. She is survived by tw r o brothers. Alvin and Thomas, besides her father. The funeral of E. H. Threatt, of Dan- ielsville, Ga.. will la held Fridav afternoon at 3 o’clock, with Int-v- ment at Colbert. Mr. Threatt die! at a private sanitarium. He is sur vived by his father. NY. M. Threatt. The funeral of Maude Campbell, the 9-month-old daughter of Policeman \v J. Campbell, who died Thursday, was held Friday morning. Interment was In Wilson cemetery. The funeral of Mr*. L. P. Kennedy, who died \Vednesda> will be held Friday night at S o’clock at the Patterson Chattel, the Rev NY H. Hell officiat ing The remains will be sent Sat urday to Norcross, Ga.. for interment. The funeral of ElOi»e Sander*, the six- month-old daughter of Mr and Mrs. \Y Sanders, of 37 McDaniel street, was held Friday. Interment was at At lanta Park Cemetery. Judge J. N. Langston, aged 79. died at i his home, 9 West Tenth street. Friday morning at 2:30 o'clock. He is sur vived by one daughter, Mrs Alice Wise; two sons. Walter and Jeptha Langston, and four grandchildren. CONVICTS GET TURKEY DINNER. GIBSON. Dec. 26.—County Com missioner H. G. Sammons and Ward en J. H. Thigpen gave the Glascock Coqnty convicts a holiday and served th(In a turkey dinner on Christinas Da?. K tinv Here are the. leading Incidents, told in pictures, of the Couch, formerly District Attorney of Sullivan County, No. 1 shows Miss .Branch's meeting with the man who It was as a book agent that site < ame to Monticello, strange romance of Adelaide M. Branch anql Melvin New York: was destined to become the controller of her des- N Y. No. 2 reeveals the birth of the young wom an’s love for the lawyer. From the firs* his powerful personality, though he was possessed of a club-fool, dominated her. No. 3 depicts the great sacrifice the woman made to be near the man she loved. At ('ouch's request Miss Branch consented to immure herself in a little room behind his office and pass her days and nights there shut off from the world. No. 4 delineates the life she led in the set ret room It was completely fur nished for Her use. and there she lived, cooked her meals and Couch’s when he remained there and did what ever secretarial work he required. Only in the dead of night, when the town was wrapped in "heart-wife” of the prominent attorney dare lo steal out into the world effected this No. 5 portrays. These were her sole hours of recreation from which sho had resigned herself. slumber, did the had forsaken’ for him. How she the solitary and confined life to nun JOBS DPEN 1MMI SLEUTH IK Clt SERVICE Speaker 56 Yrs, Ago, Rector Is Stricken Examinations Will Be Held at At lanta Federal Building for At tractive Government Places. Continued From Page 1. on the trigger. Then 1 dropped my arm. The man stood where he was, as if paralyzed. Some impulse made me say to him: * ” ‘Maybe you want next door may- fill po- > be you made a mistake in the house.’ And at that, Mrs. Barnett said, the man sort of wilted. And he apolo gized and begged for pardon, and said (to her surprise) that h mistake, and that he ST. FALL, MINN., Dec. 26.—As a re sult of leaving his sick bed to attend the dedication of the new St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. Rev, John Wright, aged 77. rector of the church, was to day in a serious condition and his death expected. The aged rector refused to obey the instructions of his physicians of St. Luke's Hospital. Supported by a man on either side he addressed the congregation. Fifty-six years ago Christmas Day Rev. Air. Wright helped to dedicate the original St. Luke’s Church. Rockefeller Called Typical Good Citizen CLEVELAND, Dec. 26.—“One hun dred years hence, John D. Rockefeller will be regarded as having been a typical good citizen. Unlike million aires who spend most of their time in Europe, Rockefeller gives the people the benefit of his great brain." So declared Admiral Robert M. Thompson, U. S. N., retired, speaking before the Chamber of Commerce here. Depot Agent Kills Obstreperous Negro LOVETT, Dec. 26.—Deal Williams, a negro, was shot and killed by Byron Hawkins, assistant depot agent at Lovett. The negro had called for a package of whisky he had ordered, but had not arrived. Becoming boisterous and insulting, he was ordered from the office. The negro drew a gun and attempted to shoot. Hawkins, how ever, was too quick for him, killing the negro instantly. slang, ephemeral charivari, every where. Audience S a t Unblinking. l But so forcibly did the punch strike when it came that the big audience sat unblinking through the lesser moments, apparently convincing it self that its anticipation of the com ing climax was really interest, and that its delight in the picturesque vernacular of crooks and policemen was really an appreciation of con temporary conditions. Everybody talks in platitudinous epigrams, and you are flattered into feeling that you are a sly dog. indeed, so eaStly you j grasp the quick-flung shafts of wit. Behold the modern drama! But so much talk of shortcomings is hardly fair to “Within the Law.” Probably with its most capable inter pretation the keenest critic might sit through the four acts, actually and undeniably thrilled, and unable or un willing to point out a single fault However, the performance that At lanta saw' Christmas Day was not by far the most capable interpretation. And it was because the actors fell short, of developing full possibilities that the undesirable qualities of Bay ard Veiller’s “play of American life’ are presented. And if carping criticism is unfair to the play, so is a mediocre company unfair, because “Within the Law” is undoubtedly one of the best of the up-to-the-minute school of contemporary' punch-filled drama. It is an excellent melodrama that would be entertaining, to say the least,even in the hands of a party of actors much less capable than those who are at the Atlanta this week. Miss Joel in Heavy Part. Miss Clara Joel, the Mary Turner of the play, w r as at times equal to the demands of her exactingly heavy part. But for a figure ot deep-dyed tragedy she was rather nonchalant and smil ing now and then, when it seemed she unconsciously relaxed the strain of being Mary Turner. Miss Helen Vallely, w ho played Ag nes Lynch, the “sweet girl” crook, has a wonderful opportunity for clev er work. Her lines made a great hit with the generous Christmas audi ences. A young man hearing the imposing name of Thomas fcJeffersfln Evans played Richard Gilder, and a very palpable hero he was. In fact, being’ too palpable was the one fault of the company, probably. Frank Kilday and T. M. Morris, playing Edward Gilder and Inspector Burke, physically are able to invest their parts with an appearance of realism. Franklin George was pre vented by a painful stage bearing from being a pleasing Joe Garson, the wielder of the silent revolver. “The Haunting Melody” at Lyric. When George /Johan wrote “The Haunting Melody” he expressed ably in a song the power of a little air to linger in one’s memory and haunt his very soul. The audiences which wit ness Norman Hackett’s great play, “A Double Deceiver,” at the Lyric The ater next week will finct a fascinating Spanish tune running through the play, which illustrates Cohan’s idea. It is quite as pleasing to the ear as the beautiful South American scenes of the new play are to the eye. It is called “Mi Lolita,” and was written especially for “A Double Deceiver” by Otto Kruger, a talented member of Mr. Hackett’s company, who p| av , the important part of Casa-Reales in I the production. ‘Neptune’s Garden” Coming. A powerful act is this week head lining the bill of selected acts at the busy Forsyth. “Sergeant Bagby” \ s . story of Civil War veterans on R P ‘ union Day, when some very' interest ing and entertaining events take place. A runaway couple also make their way into the place, creating bit of exciting diversion. The re maining acts which surround this headliner serve to make up a ver\ good holiday entertainment. x ex , week the management will present one of the largest acts in vaudevMh and one of the most expensive ah , “Neptune’s Garden.” Many Wonderful Scenes. Among the wonderful spectacular scenes in “The Blue Bird” production at the Atlanta next week are the Land of Memory, the Fairy Berylune's I’ala<. the old churchyard, showing the trans formation of gravestones into flowers the Kingdom of the Future, with its dazzling blue radiance of heaven, whence the unborn babies come: the soft ly lighted Land of Happiness, the weird Palace of Night, and Tyltyl and Mytvl's Cottage, which the fairy’s wand cause!* to glow' w’ith precious stones On the construction of these scenes a fortune was spent by the directors of the New Theater. New York. They will he brought here in their entirety, with all the pantomime and “trick’’ illusions foi which the play is famous. “Happy Hooflgan." To accommodate the many patron? of the Lyric who were not fortunate , enough to secure seats for Christmas matinee, the management of the Lyric announces an extra matinee perform ance Friday afternoon at ihe usual house prices. “Happy Hooligan” and his splendid fun makers h?ve scored heavily this week at the Carnegi* way theater, and, judging from the advance sale for the remaining per formances, the week should prove one of the most successful of the year. “A Midnight Marriage.” “A Midnight Marriage” is eclipsing any former offering of the Jewell Kelley Company at the Bijou. The production is not only well staged, but the players seem to have en tered into the spirit of the story with the result that the performance is most meritorious and is pleasing probably better than anything that the Jewell Kelley Company has of fered so far. Capacity audiences vis ited the Bijou at Christmas matinee and night performances. Unusual in terest ('enters in next week’s bill. It is “A Slave of the Mill,” a story of the fight between labor and capital. Wires Deplore Death Of Mrs.A.E.Stevenson BLOOMINGTON, ILL., Dec. 26.- Telegrams and other messages of sympathy were received by hundreds to-day at the home of Adlai E. Ste venson, former Vice President of the { United States, on the death of Mrs Stevenson last night. She had been ill since September, when she suf fered an attack of pneumonia. Mrs. Stevenson had recently com pleted a book on the history of the Daughters of the American Revolu tion, of which she was the oldest liv ing president general. 200 Mutineers of Chinese Army Shot Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian PEKIN, Dec. 26—Lined up in squads of ten, 200 mutinous soldiers and their commanders were shot to death to-day. As fast as one firing squad had performed its task another took its place to send the death-deal ing missiles at the mutineers. The men were executed by the ol der of President Yuan Shi Kai lor their revolt against the Government at Kiang Yuan. 83 Divorces Given in Kansas City in 2 Days KANSAS CITY, Dec. 26.—Eight) three divorces were granted in two clays of this week by six judges of the Circuit Court. Three of the courts granted 80 decrees in uncontesteo cases. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind YouHaye Aiways Bough Bears the Signature of KILLED BY SKYROCKET. LEXINGTON. KY.. Dec. 26.—\V. M. Watts, aged 40. County Attorney for Jessamine, and one of the best known Democrats in the State, died in a hos pital here to-day of injuries from the w ... - premature explosion of a skyrocket he had made a | was preparing for his little son last did belong next I night. His head was torn open. door, for he lived there. < ■ ■ . ■ ■■■' So he continued to apologize, back - | ing out the while through the smash- A series of examinations to sitions with the Government will be begun by Secretary Jennings, of the Civil Service Commission for the Fifth District, January 5 at the At lantal Federal Building. The first examinations will be to secure a copperplate map engraver for the geological survey at Wash- ed window. And after he h, ington Tin- salary ranges from $3 -'rrested and brought lor trial be per day. when actually at work, to ' he Recordei Hil«s $1,600 per year. On January 7 the Mrs. Rarnett appeared in comt. but secretary will hold an examination not to piosecute the tulpnt. for seven farmers with a knowledge “I want to plead for him. she to$ of irrigation for duty at Indian res- Recorder, and explainer t ervations some power must have been watching Ot her positions to be filled are over Sims in that early morning ad those of civil engineer for the office venture. for (said Mrs. Barnett) it i of public roads; seven places in the must have been that it was not> this Bureau of Plant Industry at Wash- man s time to die. and she could not | ington; a laboratory assistant for the I help regarding him as brought back Bureau of Mines at Bruceton. near j from the \ al!e> Pittsburg; a seed warehouseman fori Pays Fine for Him. the Bureau of Plant Industry at ! “He was the same as a dead man. Washington and a sanitary bacter- the womi n detective said, simply lologist for the Department of Health j ‘My rtigger finger had only the w idth ; at Washington. i of a hair to travel—that was all.” On Wednesday and Thursday. I The Record was impressed with the January 8 and 9. there will be exam- 1 plea an 1 the story of the vision, and inations for a junior chemist and a j he let Sims off with a tine of $1.*..•>. fuel engineer for the Bureau of Mines ; And Mrs. Barnett paid the fine her- and a deck officer in the Coast and ' self Geodetic Survey. “1 can’t keep from thinking of that J vision of a mother and baby that kept j me from killing that man." she said. I "And to think they were his wife and Sale Going On In 15 Cities a! Once $5 $6 $8 TROUSERS Yonr Oiolce Now Typewriters rented 4 mos., j $5 up. Am. Wtg. Mch. Co.! Elopers Missing For Over a Year LAKEVILLE. CONN . Dec 26 — Shrouded in mystery is the strange case of pretty 15-year-old Beulah IV Burch and John W Murphy, who eloped from the home of the girl’s parents here April 29, 1912, and from that day to this have never been heard of. Mrs K K Burch, the mother of the girl has renewed a forlorn search for the couple. Wilton Jellioo Goal $5.00 PER TON Ths Jeiiico Gcal Go. 82 PEACHTREE ST. Atlanta Phono 3663 Bet! Phone Ivy 1585 his child! ASTHMA RELIEVED m 2 MINUTES Or Money Refunded. 50c Pkg. by Mail Isn’t Our Offer Fa!r? Send for “Thomason’s Famous Asthma Remedy” to AMERICAN ASTHMATIC CO. inc.. QUANTA. GA. jives old customers big bargains, makes new friends, and sells off quickly all the short lengths left from our immense Winter Stock. No wonder we sell these trousers about as fast as we can make them. They are the greatest values of the season. OVERCOATS $20 ~ $15 (!hinehillas, Kerseys, Meltons, Oxfords, Blacks, Blues. Browns. A GOOD SUIT MADE TO ORDER FOR $13.50. At least $5 better than ths price—all wool—guar anteed to fit. MORTON C. STOUT & CO. 15 Stores 15 Cities 122 PEACHTREE ST. (Next door to Piedmont Hotel) Good Tailors For 25 Years