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What Will happen In 1914
Noted Prophets of the World
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The Atlanta Georgian
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VOL. XII. NO. 126.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1913.
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WOMAN WITH GUN TRAPS INTRUDER
Board to Make Tour of Cities in
Race to View Claims at
First Hand.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 28.—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
<onsideration.
"Atlanta’s claim as a reserve city,”
©aid Senator Smith, “should meet
with instant approval. Il dominates
the entire country along the eastern
seaboard up to North Carolina; west
into Tennessee, and along the gulf to
the West Alabama boundary line. Its
growing ocean trade with New Eng
land and with the South American
countries makes it a desirable locality
for a regional reserve city.”
With the intention of completing its
work before President Wilson returns
t the Capital, the organization com
mittee of the new currency^svstem,
omprising Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo and Secretary of Agriculture
Houston, began work in earnest to
day.
It is planned to hurry the organi
sation of the new system, that the
Chief Executive can name the mem
bers of the Federal Reserve Board
and have their duties ready for them
as soon as they are confirmed by the
Senate.
The Secretaries are considering a
plan to visit personally the cities
which present their 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 tjie
new system are reaching the Treas
ury by the score daily. Most of them
are from smaller cities
Monday Date Set, but
They Wed Christmas
Mrs. Ida G. Little and John L. Mc
Gregor changed their plans and were
married 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
tel Ansley until Saturday when they
^ill leave to visit friends at Hous
ton. Texas. They will reside at Mc
Gregor.
The bridegroom is a prominent
manufacturer of MvGregor, and the
bride is the widow of the late Dr.
E. B. Little.
Train Kills 3 Men
Blinded by Snow
PITTSBURG, Dec. 26.—Blinded by
siiow, three men, members of a section
fcang on the Pennsylvania Railroad, were
struck by a train and killed, near Hays
Station, at an early hour to-day.
The men were walking along the track
A'iT their way to obtain some material
b nd tools. They were holding their
[ands to protect their faces from the
blizzard.
Fatally Scalded as He
Falls Into Bath Tub
NEW ORLEDNS, Dtc. 26.—R. CL
Millaapps, secretary to Governor Hall.
Louisiana, was fatally scalded at
;i local hotel when he turned on the
boiling water in a bathtub, fell into
’•I und could not get up.
Oysters, Fish and
Sick Yankees ‘Food’
For Wilson’s Town
PASS CHRISTIAN, MISS., Dec. 26.—
Does President Wilson like oysters and
Spanish mackerel?
This question is agitating the inhab
itants of this little burg, where the
Chief Executive 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 old 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.”
The cold weAther which President
"Wilson found on his arrival here contin
ued to-day, but it did not prevent his
first golf play at the Mississippi Coast
Country Club near Gulfport. The Presi
dent’s daughters. Misses Eleanor and
Margaret, secured mounts to-day and
will take daily rides.
250 Men Rest After
Setting P.0. Records
There is the calm that comes after
a storm in the interior of the Atlanta
postofflce Friday. Where 250 men
were whirling and turning In the big
mailing room handling Christmas
mail l^ss 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 mall and 250,-
000 parcel post packages. To accom
modate the rush, 64 additional clerks
were employed, 137 additional car
riers and 27 extra wagons.
Tolman Pardon Offer,
Usury on $500,000
ALBANY, Dec. 26.—Application for
the 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 law'ful interest added.
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 Wilscn 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.
Minister to Quit
To Save Cabinet
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS, Dec. 26.—Foreign Minister
Grenadieft lias decided to resign to
prevent the fall of the Bulgarian
Cabinet, according to dispatches from
Sofia to-day.
THE WEATHER
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Fair and colder Fri
day; fair Saturday.
Atlanta Whipped by Forty-Mile
Icy Wind—Sleet Adds to
Sting of Wintry Snap.
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. The mercury was b-t-
low the freezing mark for several
hours in the early morning
The schedule for Atlanta is con
tinued cold, without reaching the de
gree of a cold wave, and with scanty
prospects of snow -«.* practically
none at all for rain, although the
clouds will curtain the sky until
some time Saturday.
“I should say the thermometer
would reach freezing Saturday morn
ing." said C. F. VonHerrmann. weath
er director. “That will be a shade
colder than it was this morning; not
much change in temperature. T*ier
wind will modify its gait, but the
clouds will hang on until about noon
Saturday, though the chance of their
spilling anything in the way of rain
or snow practically is negligible.”
Mr. VonHerrmann said the “Christ
mas storm” that came up out o? the
gulf just in time to stage a dismal
day for Atlanta had worked its way
up to the New England States, where
it was making things gloomy.
No Trouble Ahead for«Dixie.
“There’s not much else on the map
to give trouble here,” Mr. VonHerr
mann said. “A few stations along
the Canadian border report zero
weather, but it h to get 20 degrees
colder there before we feel the ef
fects in this clime. Sunday ought to
be a fair day, and not unpleasantly
cold.”
The cold snap came with a 40-
mile gale sweeping over the South.
It is making overcoats and furs on
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 2
o’clock.
36-Mile Wind on Christmas.
Christmas afternoon the wind
raced through Atlanta streets and
around the corners of the skyscrapers
at a 36-mile-an-hour clip, diminishing
somewhat as night came on, only to
exceed its former speed as midnight
approached.
At 7 o’clock 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 th* remainder of the night
the mercury ranged between 32 and
34.
Snow Flurry Seen.
1 A anew flurry was seen at 4:10
p. m. Christmas Day, and snow feli
at Memphis. Louisvil'* and Little
r *1*.
Friday was a hard day to keep
warm. You could keep a house com-
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‘Newlyweds' Throng
Atlanta Hostelries;
14 Pairs Here Xmas
A way up on Mount Olympus
Christmas night Dan Cupid must
have grinned his pleasure and Hymen
ordered up another bottle of Nectar
to drink the health of Atlanta as
“The Mecca of the Honeymooners,”
for the signatures of fourteen bridal
couples from seven States graced the
registers of the Wlnecoff and Ansley
Hotels Christmas Eve and Christmas
Day, more victims of the bow and ar
row and the marriage license clerk
than have ever before been registered
at Atlanta hotels the same time.
The brides and bridegrooms came
from Georgia, Alabama. North Caro
lina, Mississippi, Florida, the District
of Columbia and Kentucky. Here is
the list:
E. M. Howell and wife, Zebulon,
Ga.; James F. Weber and wife, At
lanta; Alden R. Potter and wife,
Washington, D. C.; 8. H. Thompson
and wife, Washington. D. C.; T. T.
Aubury and wife. Jacksonville, F'la.;
A. N. Chappell and wife, Birming
ham, Ala.; C. L. Grigsby and wife,
Asheville, N: C.: J. B. Fuller and !
wife, Newnan, Ga.; J. H. Hudson a.nd
wife, Rome, Ga.: W. H. Davis and j
wife, Paris. Ky.; J. G. Perry and wife,
Atlanta; S. D. Cherry and wife, Cov
ington. Ga.; R. E. O'Brien and wife.
Columbus, Miss.; W. E. White and j
wife, Comer, Ga.
1 Dead, 3 Dying^roin
Devils Creek Battle
WOMAN DETECTIVE
IN A NEAR-TRAGEDY
Mrs. Hattie Barnett, who nearly shot for a burglar a neighbor
entering her home by mistake. She declares a strange vision stayed
her finger as she started to pull the trigger of the pistol.
BRISTOL, TENX . Dec 26—In a
battle at Devils Creek, in Unicoi
County, a remote section of East Ten
nessee, Jack Edwards was killed, E
E. Glllis. Deputy Sheriff. was
stabbed; Harris Tilson was shot
through the head, and Sam Grind-
staff shot through the breast. The
three will probably die.
Edwards was under arrest’and in |
the custody of Deputy Sheriff Gillis
when Tilson and Grindstaff two j
friends, attempted to rescue him. The
officer opened fire on the three, men.
one of whom stabbed him.
Child 2, Badly Burned
As Xmas Tree Falls
CHICAGO. Dec. 26.—Abraham Go!
doses, aged 2. was having the time •
of his life, when he tipped over the I
Christmas tree in the front room of |
the Goldoses home.
His night clothing caught fire and *
he was severely burned about the }
face and body. His father saved him
in a blanket.
Dispute Over Tolstoi
Manuscript Settled
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 26.—The j
dispute between Tolstoi's widow and
daughter over the possession of man
uscripts has been settled amicably. |
The daughter suggested that two
photographs of the manuscripts be
made, each to keep a copy, while the
originals were deposited in a museum.
E. W. Hines to Advise
U. S. Commerce Body
LOUISVILLE, KY., Dec. 26.—Ed
ward D. Hines, of Louisville, has ac
cepted an appointment to the legil
staff of the Int°rstate Commerce
Commission at a salary of $7,500.
U. S. Comedians Fail
To Amuse Londoners
LONDON, Dec. 26.—Because they j
couldn’t make Britishers laugh. George
Monroe and Harry Fisher. American
members of the “Hello Tango" Com
pany, quit after their first perform
ance.
FOR THIEF
Neighbor Getting Into Wrong
House Almost Shot by Mrs.
Barnett, the Detective.
Mrs. Hattie Barnett’s revolver w r as
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
the early hours of Christmas morn
ing. when a vision stopped t.he trig
ger finger of Atlanta’s woman detec
tive.
She told about it in the Recorder’s
Court Friday morning
“It just wasn’t that man's time to
die,” Mrs. Bamety said “I had the
revoiver fairly in his face and my
finger was closing on the trigger,
when I had a sort of vision.”
And this is the story.
About 2 o’clock Thursday morning
Mrs. Barnett was awakened by the
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.
Thfe doorbell rang, and rang in
sistently. Mrs. Barnett got up, don
ned slippers and dressing gown, and
went to the door
She opened it without hesitation. A"
man outside tried to shove his way
past 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 alammed and
locked the door.
Then alie 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 it 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.
Fail* to Recognize Neighbor.
They were face to face, the woman
detective and the housebreaker, and
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
•lie wasn’t acquainted.
"My arm came up automatically,”
Mrs Barnett continued the story. i
“The muzzle of the revolver was al
most touching the man’s face, and 1
was pree.ving the trigger—that man, I
tell you, was the same a* 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 the 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. I don’t remember
ever having seen him before.
“I stood there, with the gun in the
POLICY 15
Great Mass Meeting Cheers Agent
of Huerta and Demands No
Exhibit at Exposition,
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New Crematory Is
Offered Formally
To City for a Test
The City Board of Health has re
ceived a letter from the Destructor
Company of New York formally sub
mitting the new crematory to the city
for an official test. The letter ; s
taken to mean that the company
wants the $135,000 due on the plant
Included in the new budget w’hich
will be made up in January.
Councilman Claude L. Ashley and
Mayor Woodward held a conference
over th« proposition Friday. It was
the expressed belief of both that the
plant would not come up to specifi
cations. Councilman Ashley said he
had seen the plant Friday and that
it was working badly.
Unless it does come up to specifi
cations, Mayor Woodward said there
was no chance of his approving any
further payment on it.
Negro, 114 Years Old,
Still Active Farmer
GADSDEN, ALA., Dec. 26.—Al
though he is almost as old as the
United States, Fayette Turner, a ne
gro living in Talladega County, was
able to make one and a half bales
of cotton this year. He is 114 years
old and was born in Virginia. He
has worked on a farm ali his life and
lias a son more than 60 years old.
The aged negro came to Gadsden
for Christmas. He has command of
all of his faculties and can remem
ber many historic occurrences.
Council Seeks Secret
Canvas to End Fight
For ‘Pro Tern' Place
With no settlement of the contest
between Alderman I. N. Ragsdale and
Alderman J. R. Nutting for Mayor
Protem In sight, members of Coun
cil Friday endeavored to get both
candidates to consent to a secret cau
cus. The plan would enable members
who are friendly to both candidates
to avoid the embarrassment of voting
in the open.
The race seems to be a tie, al
though both candidates claim suffi
cient support for election.
Friends of Alderman Ragsdale as
sert they will consent to a caucus
provided Alderman Nutting will agree
to relieve all members ofpledges. A
large majority of the members of
Council are pledged to one or the
other.
Should the issue come to an open
vote and be a tie Mayor Woodward
would have to cast the deriding bal
lot. He has so far refused to take
any part in the fight.
TDK 10, Dec. 26.—As the cli
max of a popular demonstration
over Francisco De La Karra,
Mexico’s special envoy to Japan,
resolutions were adopted at a
great mass meeting condemning
the United States for “discrimi
nating" against Mexico and de
manding that Japan refuse to
participate in the Panama-Pacific
Exposition.
The demonstrations followed the
opening of the Diet by Emperor
Yoshihito with a speech in which he
announced that friendly relations ex
isted wdth all the powers, but piti
phasized the strength of the Anglo-
Japanese alliance.
After the Diet had adjourned a
great torchlight procession was form
ed in the streets by the classes that
have made De La Barra a hero and
marched to the envoy’s hotel. There,
after a serenade, members of Parlia
ment arid other leaders of the anti-
American protest personally welcom
ed Senor De La Barra. They pre
sented him with a sw r ord of honor,
which he accepted briefly, and then
the envoy called for cheers for the
Emperor and his nation.
Then the procession went to the
Mexican legation, before which the
mass meeting was held.
Torreon Added to
Rebel Victories.
Astor’s Fiancee Balks
At 75-Cent Xmas Tree
NEW YORK. Dec. 26.- The Christ
mas tree for Ferncliffe w&s purchased
in Poughkeepsie by Vincent Astor and
his fiancee. Miss Huntington, for 60
cents.
The dealer wanted 75 cents, but :
Miss Huntington said it was not j
worth it and the merchant acoepted I
half a dollar.
6peelal Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 26—The city
of Torreon has been captured by the
rebels, according to reports current, in
Government circles at noon to-day
Large forces of Federals and reb
els are fighting a battle a few miles
from Saltillo, according to advices
received here to-day. This is be
lieved to be the opening of the cam
paign against Monterey, as the lat
ter city is doomed to capture if Sal
tillo falls. One thousand Federal re
inforcements have been sent from San
Luis.
A large fore© of revolutionists near
San Luis Potosl celebrated Christmas
by blowing up a Federal convoy train
and killing 34 soldiers. The railroad
north of San Luis Potoai was de
stroyed as the result of the explosion.
No foreigners were injured. Reports
from other sections of Mexico indi
cate that Christmas Day, for the
most part, was peaceful and unevent
ful.
Philip McLaughlon and his mother,
concerning whom there has been con
siderable anxiety, are reported well
in State Department advices from
! Chihuahua.
Rumors are circulated here dally
; that Venustiano Carranza, the Con
I stitutionalist Provisional President,
is dead, but rebel sympathizers deny
them immediately.
Rebel troops are concentrating on
Tampico for a final attack from three
directions, according to reports re
ceived here this afternoon. Many
Government soldiers at Tuxpam have
deserted to the rebels. The battle that
recently began at Tepic is still rag
ing to-day, but the Federals thus far
have the better of th© conflict.
Her One Great Secret
Which Concerned the Happiest
Moment of Her Life Is Revealed in
Next Sunday’s American, By Evelyn Nesbit Thaw