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15 KENTUCKY SLAYERS TAKE REFUGE IN MINE u What Will Happen In 1914 Noted Prophets of the World predict dire things for the coming year. Read of them in Next Sunday's American The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results VOL. XII. NO. 12G. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1913. Copyright. im. By Th# Georgian C*. 2 CENTS. 'mcTre° NIGHT EDITION RESERVE BANK HERE ASKED BY SMITH |Board to Make Tour of Cities in Race to View Claims at First Hand. FOB THIEF Neighbor Getting Into Wrong House Almost Shot by Mrs. Barnett, the Detective. 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. WASHINGTON. Dec. 26.—Atlanta |*as 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 I consideration. ■ Atlanta’s claim as a reserve city,” I said Senator Smith, “should meet [with instant approval. It dominates I the entire country along the eastern (seaboard up to North Carolina; west :o Tennessee, and along the gulf to Ithe West Alabama boundary line. Its |growing ocean trade with New Eng land and with the South American "untries makes it a desirable locality |: >r a regional reserve city.” With the intention of completing its [work before President Wilson returns | the Capital, the organization com- |mittee of the new currency system, omprising Secretary of the Treasury I 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 hief Executive can name the mem- I hers of the Federal Reserve Board land have their duties ready for them f 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 Haims 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 re from smaller cities. I RACING RESULTS AT CHARLESTON. I'lRST—Five and a half furlongs: High ('lass. 111 (Martin). 10, 4, 2, won; A1 Jones, 114 (Glass), 6-5, 1-2, 1-4, second; Peacock, 111 (Pickett), lj, 6, 2, third. Time, 1:11 2-5. Also ran: Marsanet, Vellchen, Jezall, Bank Jim, Boly Hill. SECOND—Six furlongs: Batwa, 127 (Pickett), 4, 8-5, 7-10, won; Camel, 125 (Neander), 4, 8-5, 7-10, second; old Jordan, 112 (Davis), 12, 6, 2, third. Time, 1:18 2-5. Also ran: Silas Grump, Incision, Malik, Ontranto, Tom Hancpck. THIRD—Mile and a half: Over ■’o Sands, 104 (McTaggart), 11-5, -2, out, won; Billie Baker, 98 (Mar tin), 7-2, even, 1-4, second; Tay Pay, 08 (Sumter), 10, 4, 7-5, third. Time, ; 43. Also ran: Dr. Waldo Briggs, -''"apier. FOURTH—Mile and twenty yards: Joe Diebold, 115 (Goose), 9-20, out, "on, Young Emblem, 98 (McTag- sart), 12, 2, 3-5, second; El Oro, 107 1 Pair brother), 20, 8, 8-5, third. Time, P45 3-4. Also ran: Bob R„ Cracker Box. FIFTH—Six furlongs: Ancon, 123 (.McIntyre), 5-2, even, 1-2, won; Rye Straw, 125 (McTaggart), S, 3, 8-5, see »nd; Chuckles, 126 (Doyle), 9-5, eVf m, i-2, third. Time, 1:17. Also mn: Maid, Buzz Around, Behest, Helen M., Frog. JUAREZ SUMMARY. 1TRST—Six furlongs: Fire, 115 •O'Brien), 10, 4, 2, won; Frank Wood- “P; HO (Dryer), 6, 4, even, second; '(no Muchacho, 105 (Feeney), 12, 5, third. Time, 1:14. Also ran: Brevity, Maud McKee, Florence Birch, Free Will, Venetian, Frieze, (“ssamy, Blaze B., Lookout, Prince inter, Dahlgreen. Race Entries on Page 2 Mrs. Hattie Barnett's revolver was 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 the 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. Barnett said. “I had the revolver 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. Sl«ms Door in His Face. The doorbell rang, and rang in sistently. Mrs. Barnett got up, don ned slippers and dressing gowr, 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 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 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. Fails 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 she wasn't acquainted. “My arm came up automatically,'’ Mrs. Barnett continued the story. ‘The muzzle of the revolver w r as al most touching the man’s face, and 1 was pressing the trigger—that man, I tell you, w'as 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 the woman as my next- door neighbor, and t: ■ child as her baby; I had seen them •■ften. “But I can’t for the lire of me un derstand why I associated that man with the picture. I don’t remember ever having seen him before. “I stood ther^. with the gun in the I i JAPS CHEER COLD DUE TD STAY: SKIES LATEST NEWS SCORE U.S. Great Mass Meeting Welcomes Agent of Huerta and Demands No Exhibit at Exposition. Continued on Page 11, Column 2. 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 "He'lo Tango” Com pany. quit after their first perform ance. Council Seeks Secret Caucus to End Fight For ‘Pro Tern’ Place i ■ With no settlement of the contest between Alderman I. N. Ragsdale and Alderman J. R. Nutting for Mayor Pro Tern 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- j cient support for election. Friends of Alderman Ragsdale as- I sert they will consent to a caucus ' provided Alderman Nutting w'ill agree to relieve all members of pledges. 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 deciding bal lot. He has so far refused to take any part in the fight. |Child 2, Badly Burned As Xmas Tree Falls CHICAGO, Dec. 26.—Abraham Gd! • doses, aged 2, was having the time of his life, when he tipped over the 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. 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, AHA., 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 Jialf bales of cotton this year. He is 114 years old and was born in Virginia. He has worked on a farm all his life and has 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. TOKIO, Dec. 26.—As the climax of a popular demonstration over FYan- cisco De La Barra. Mexico's special envoy to Japan, resolutions w’ere adopted at a great mass meeting con demning the United States for “dis criminating” against Mexico and de manding that Japan refuse to par ticipate in the Panama-Pacific Ex position. The demonstrations followed the opening of the Diet by Emperor Yoshihito with a speech in which he announced that friendly relations ex isted wuth all the powers, but em 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 and other leaders of the anti- American protest personally welcom ed Senor De La Barra. They pre sented him with a sword of honor, r whtdr he accented* briefly, and then the envoy called for cheers for the ; PImperor and his nation. Then the procession went to the Mexican legation, before which the mass meeting was held. Torreon Added to Rebel Victories. Special 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- j ter city is doomed to capture if Sal- ; tillo falls. One thousand Federal re inforcements have been sent from San LuL'., A large force of revolutionists near San Luis Potosi celebrated Christmas by blowing up a Federal convoy train and killing 34 soldiers. The railroad north of San Luis Potosi was de- ; stroyed as the result of the explosion. ! No foreigners were injured. Reports from other sections of Mexico indi- | cate that Christmas Day, tot the most part, was peaceful and unevent- i fui. Philip McLaughlon and his mother, ! concerning whom there has been con- 1 siderable anxiety, are reported well in State Department advices from ! Chihuahua. Rumors are circulated here daily | that Venustiano Carranza, the Con 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 Tuxp&m have deserted to the rebels. The battle that recently began at Tepic is still rag ing to-day, but the Federate thus far have the better of the conflict. Train Kills 3 Men Blinded by Snow PITTSBURG, Dec. 26—Blinded by snow, three men, members of a section gang 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 on their way to obtain some material and tools. They were holding their hands to protect their faces from the blizzard. TO CLEAR 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 wras be low the freezing mark for several hours in the early morning. The schedule for Atlanta la con tinued cold, without reaching the de gree of a cold wave, and with scanty prospects of snow practical! v none at all for rain, although the clouds will curtain the sky until some time Saturday. “I should say tho thermometer would reach freezing Saturday morn ing.” said C. F. VonHcrrmann, weath er director, “That will be a shade colder than it was this morning; not much change in temperature. The wind will modify its gait, but the clouds will hang on until about noon Saturday, though the chance of thwiT spilling anything in the way of rain or snow practically is negligible.” Mr, VonHerrmann said the “Christ mas storm” that came up out of 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 malting 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 1 • co get 20 degrees colder there before we feel the ef fects in this clime. Sunday ought to be a fair day. ar.d net unpleasant'y 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 the remainder of the night the mercury ranged between 32 and 34. Snow Flurry Soon. A snow flurry was seen at 4:10 p. m. Christmas Day, and snow fell at Memphis, Louisvllte and Little I ck. Friday was a hard day to keep warm. You could keep a house com- Continuod on Page 11, Column 4. THE WEATHER Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia—Fair and colder Fri day; fair Saturday. Mrs. C. L. Lozier, of No. 402 White hall street, was bound over to tho Grand Jury under a $200 bond Friday afternoon by Recorder Broyles as an outoome of th© Christmas joy rid© §ho took with W. F. Williams, of No. 115 East Ellis street. She was accused by Williams of taking advantage of the occasion deftly to remove a wallet containing $40 from his pocket. The cases against Mrs. Carrie Clarke, who lives at the same address on Whitehall street, and Mrs. J. C. eMtcalf, whos© address was given as No. 406 Whitehall street, were dis missed. They were on th© joy rid© with Williams and Mrs. Lozier. PASS CHRISTIAN, MISS., Dec. 26. Mayor Lana to-day renamed Land street Woodrow street in honor of the town’s distinguished guest, Presi dent Wilson. The principal street in th© town was several years ago named in honor of the Mayor, but he decided to-day to pass up the honor to the President. DETROIT, MICH., Dec. 26.—Fire started in the old Michigan Central depot at 1:45 this afternoon and in a short time flames enveloped the en tire structure. Th© poliece believe that one man and two scrub women are trapped in the building. The two women were reported to have been seen standing at a window on the second floor directly over the space occupied by th© waiting room and the man is thought to be on the third floor whore th© fire started. Many women were in the ladies' waiting room of the station when the alarm was given but it is thought they all escaped. NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—Bob Fitz simmons. aged 51, former heavy weight champion of the world, to-day was granted his request—a mqtcn with a “white hope.”. The Atlantio Garden A. C. signed Fitzsimmons u for a 10-round bout on January (. but did not name his opponent. The selection of Fitzsimmons’ rival will be made to-morrow. Fitzsimmons an nounced that he would at once go into training. VENICE, CAL., Dec. 26.—With breakers rolling 50 feet high for miles along the Pacific coast the city of Venice to-day was in the grip of one of the worst storms in recent years. Heavy damage is being inflicted all along the coast. The homes of J. M. Herndon and Harry Donning, each worth $10,000, are slowly toppling in- I to the ocean. The sea has been un dermining them for several hours, and at noon each giant breaker that ; pounded the shore was tilting the houses perceptibly toward the ocean. Until yesterday the two families re mained in their homes, although even the breakers were rolling extraordi narily high. The big bulkhead built against the sea between Evangeline and Clark streets was entirely swept away to-day. DETROIT, MICH., Dec. 26^— Charles H. Moore, Sr., who was Chief United States Marshal at Detroit dur ing President Cleveland’s administra tion, died here to-day at the age of 72. MANA8QUAN, N. J., Deom. 26.— , Reports received here up to 3 o’clock this afternoon indicated that ten lives had been lost in the storm on the Jersey coast. WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—With her crew clinging to her rigging and her hulk being pounded to pieces, an un identified bark was discovered ashore off Seaside, N. J., by the Forked River Life-saving Station crew at daybreak to-day, according to a report to Rev enue Cutter headquarters. The life- savers are unable to give assistance. A wireless message was sent to the revenue cutter Itasca, which ie be lieved to be near the imperiled ves sel, to go to her aid. LEXINGTON, KY„ Dec. 26—Rev. J. W. Farris, of Atlanta, a Sunday school evangelist, to-day was chosen head of the department of religious education of th© Broadway Christian Church here. He will being work January 1. MEXICO CITY, Dec. 26.—The runs on th© Bank of London and Mexico and the Central Bank were extended to-day to the Banco Nacional. No payments in excess of $100 were made and many business houses are un able to carry on their regular busi ness. NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—Four men who had hidden under the seats at the conclusion of the Christmas night performance suddenly pounced upon the watohman in the Orpheum The ater to-day, beat him unconscious and then looted the safe of its con tents, over $2,000. CHILLICOTHE, OHIO, Dec. 26.— Henry W. Woodrow, an uncle of President Wilson, died h\re to-day after a short illness. He was a prom inent lawyer. Three Hendricksons and Dozen Followers. Heavily Armed, Take to Shaft After Killing. LEXINGTON, December 26. — Strong guard to-day surrounded the ahandoned mine shaft at Ely, Ky., in the hope of capturing George, John and Pressley Hendrickson, with a dozen followers, who took refuge there yesterday following a battle with officers In which George Holmes, an uncle of Hendrickson, was killed by officers who fired into a barri caded house in answer to the fire of the Hendricksons. It is believed a child was shot, as the Hendricksons were seen carrying a body away with them as they ran into the hills. Militia has been asked for. Trouble began when an attempt was made to arrest John Hendrick son for shooting. He had shot one man and killed another. It is alleged the men in the mine are all heavily armed. All three Hendricksons were wounded. Capt. V. G. Mulllkln, who was sum moned from Lexington with his bloodhounds, returned here to-day with the story of the battle* and the trailing of the men to the abandoned mine. Asks To Be Locked In Cell to Escape ImaginaryEnemies Almost frozen by his night's ex posure in the woods near Ponoe De Leon Pork, where he had taken ref uge from an Imaginary mob, L Ivey, staggered into police headquarters Friday and asked Chief Beavers to protect him from his enemies. Ivey is the man who startled room ers In the Williams House at No. 15 1-2 Marietta by his sensational at tempt several days ago to leap from a window on the third floor to the pavement below. He was prevented from carrying out his rash intention by the strips of iron fastened on the outside of the window. He said then he w'as trying to escape his enemies. Chief Beavers complied with the man’s request to be locked up and will later have an examination made. Ivey Is a picture framer at No. 113 1-2 Whitehall street. President Turns Fireman at Blaze GULFPORT, MISS., Dec. 26.—Pres ident Wilson and his golfing party were to-day recruited into service as firemen when a blaze broke out in one of the leading residences of the city as his motor car passed by. When srpoke issued from the home belonging to “Cyclone Jim” Neville, a leading attorney of Gulfport, the President ordered his car to stop, and two secret service men and tw;» chauffeurs were pressed into service in a bucket brigade, while the Presi dent directed their efforts. The lire was quickly extinguished. Atlanta Tourists In Auto Accident I GREENVILLE, S. C., Dec. 26.— When a touring car from Atlanta, oc cupied by Aiken W. Logan and oth ers, turned over near Greenville, the occupants escaped uninjured. Th* car skidded on a muddy road and fell against an embankment. After several hours' work tho car w*as put on its wheels and the pa*ty resumed the journey to Woodruff. Her One Great Secret Which Concer ed the Happiest in ment of Her Lih Is Revealed in Next Sunday’s American, By Evelyn Nesbit Thaw