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What Will Happen In 1914 Noted Prophets of the World predict dire things for the 1 coming year. Read of them in The Sunday American The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS-Use for Results VOL. XII. NO. 127. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1913. Copyright, 1M. By Th« Georgian Ca. 2 CENTS. PAT NO MORE. EVENING EDITION MANIAC BEA TS MAN NEARL Y TO DEA TH ■TSTEif C&) C&J C&3 C&3 C&J C&3 NASH’S ENMITY CAUSE OF TROUBLE, OBEAR SAYS s ss 23 23 8 23 ■ZS PRISONER MAKES DARING DASH FOR LIBERTY Child From Mill at White Xmas Fete - W > Mayor and Councilman Ashley Win Health Board, and Block Proposed Test. That Mayor Woodward has gained complete control of the $260,000 cre matory contract, and will practically be able to dictate the terms of set- ement of the dispute with the De- ructor Company, of New York, was generally admitted Saturday follow- i tlie action of the Board of Health in joining the Mayor in refusing to make an official test of the plant at this time. The $106,000 fire alarm c ontract with the Okonite Company, of New York, already has been In such shape as to b' completely in the control of the Major. Council seems willing to waive all its rights to override in irse matters. The attitude of the members of the majority party, at limes so belligerent, now is to allow Mayor Woodw'ard to conclude these matters in his own way. “Proposal Test Absurd.” Mayor Woodward said Saturday that the proposal of the Destructor Company to have an official test made of the crematory was absurd. Coun cilman Claude L. Ashley, chairman of the Council Sanitary Committee, has, in co-operation with the Mayor, been making a daily test of the plant ever since It was first put in opera tion. He is now engaged in prepar- ng an exhaustive report on defects of the plant, which will be submit ted to the Mayor and Council. "The plant will not do the work the ontract specifications prescribe it •shall do. Councilman Ashley’s in vestigations prove that,” said Mayor Woodward. "The contract states that the offi- ;al test shall be made on 45 per cent garbage. Sanitary Chief Jentzen says there are so much leaves and paper U this season that of the trash hauled only about 10 per cent is pure garbage. The Board of Health agreed Itli me that we should wait until a more convenient season, say in the vegetable period, to make the test. Engineer Blames Sand. "We tried to get them to have the official test made during the water melon season last summer. They re fused.” Councilman Ashley reported at the meeting of the Board of Health Fri day afternoon that the plant was op iating very badly. It was after talks by him and Mayor Woodward that Te board unanimously voted not to make a test at this time. P. D. Canham, engineer for the De structor Company, said that the plant would prove 100 per cent efficient. He said the breakdowns suffered were ■ he usual imperfections .countered •n erecting a large plant of any kind. Re declared that one of the principal causes of the trouble was that there 'as so much sand and dirt in Atlan ta’s garbage and hat the plant was not built to handle sand and dirt. Exhibition Ship From Austria to S. America WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—A larpe Austrian merchant ship 1. preparing 10 start on a trip around South America, bearing . floating exhibition of Austrian gold, silver, bronze, china a nd glassware. The Austrian Government, It 1« un derstood, is actively assisting the manufacturers. Politicians Flock In on President at Dixie ‘White House’ PASS CHRISTIAN, MISS., Dec. 27. Though President Wilson has mapped out a plan for complete rest during his three weeks’ vacation here, a stream of Democratic politicians promises to flow during the rest of his stay. The rush began to-day with the arrival of Colonel Robert Ewing, National Committeeman from Louis iana. “Bill” Forsyth, for many years se cret guard to Presidents, met Presi dent Wilson for the first time to-day. The President went golfing again this morning, and then turned his at tention to business. He spent some time in looking over an accumulation of dispatches and letters which de manded attention. ‘Santa’ To Be Tried For Shooting Child S. G. Rutledge, No. 51 Eades street, will be tried before Recorder Broyles Saturday afternoon on a charge of shooting the 4-year-old daughter of Mrs. William L. Johnston, No. 229 McDaniel street, while impersonating Santa Claus Christmas Day. Rutledge was playing with the child and flourishing a pistol loaded with blank cartridges. The weapon was discharged accidentally, the wadding in the shell striking the child on the arm. The wound is not serious. Chief Beavers ordered the arrest of Rut ledge. He was released on $300 bond. QUIT STATE 250 Tots Get Gifts At Owls’ Xmas Tree Two hundred and fifty children were made happy by a Christmas tree at the Owls' Club Friday after noon, and each child drew an armful from the 2,000 toys that graced the huge tree. When Santa Claus arrived he found the great room of the club taxed to its capacity with the crowd of chil dren and grown-ups. The older per sons also were remembered. Holly and cedar boughs were iised to dec orate the clubrooms, and the walls were completely hidden by the masses of foliage on every side. U.S. Walker Nearing End of World Tramp Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, Dec. 27.—Joseph B. Mo- Kulec, the American long-distance walker, now in London, says he is nearing the end of his tramp around the world for a wager of $30,000. Since May he has toured Belgium, Holland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Russia and Bohe mia. He wins if he reaches New York in 1914. Russia Orders 24 AirboatsFromU. S. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PARIS, Dec. 26.—Twenty-four more Curtiss flying 1 boats have just been ordered by the Russian Government, making forty machines of this type now owned or ordered by Russia. Samuel Ochs, special representative at Sebastopol, said: "Within a few months the Black Sea will be swarm ing with American flying boats." Monks Lose Statue Guarded 300 Years ! Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. ROME. Dec. 27.—A priceless bronze j statue by Benvenuto Celinl is missing ! from the monastery of San Settig- ! nano, Florence, where It has been I constantly guarded by monks for 300 years. A marble worker who was recently repairing the altar ha* dis appeared, and is suspected. Quartermaster Has Conference With Governor and Important Result Is Expected. General William G. Obear, whose dismissal from the military service of Georgia has been urged to the Gov ernor by Adjutant General Nash, has conferred with the Governor as to his (Obear’s) status in the military es tablishment, but no definite statement as to the results of the conference have been giVen out. General Nash, while qualifying cer tain statements credited to him, "stands pat” on his general recom mendation that General Obear's posi tion he abolished and his salary stopped on January 1. The Governor says he is giving the case his most careful consideration, and will make known his determina tion when he has looked into every legal phase of It. General Obear is understood to have taken the position that his office of quartermaster general is legal, and that he has every right under the law to hold it. Obear Blames Politic*. It is said also that General Obear lays all of the trouble in the Adju tant General’s office to political and personal dislike. He makes no bones of admitting knowledge of General Nash’s enmity toward him, and says he has purposely avoided coming in contact with Nash any more than possible, because of his realization that the chief of the department did not care for him particularly, either as an officer or as a man. That, however, he has not permitted to in terfere with his duty as quartermas ter. General Nash has gone so far as to let it be known that the Governor must choose between himself and Obear. Tf Obear Is retained In his present position, over Nash’s protest, it will so seriously embarrass the lat ter that he may resign. It is whispered that Obear may re tire gracefully, and thus relieve the situation, but that is not authorita tive. In the meantime the Governor is perplexed. He will not make either a personal or political Issue of the trouble in the Adjutant General’s of fice, but will take the course the law plainly lays down. One of Them Will Go. At the same time it is evident that whatever course he takes, that course likely will mean the elimination of either Obear or Nash. In regard to Governor Brown's ap pointment of Obear to be quartermas ter general, and the statement cred ited to Nash that Brown made the appointment “purely through kind ness of heart,” General Nash says: "Governor Brown, in retaining Gen eral Obear in office, obeyed the man dates of the State laws, and restored the two offices which had been con solidated, or merged into one, by his predecessor, as he held at all times the State's laws supreme. "At that time there existed no Fed eral laws conflicting with the State laws, and Governor Brown was en tirely right in restoring the two of fices as prescribed by the State law. Now, however, the Federal law does not recognize the office of quarter master general, and the State laws are also mandatory that conformity with Federal laws shall be made. "Therefore, it is now entirely proper that the office of quartermaster gen eral be discontinued or vacated, and the State statute repealed at the next session of the General Assembly.” BREAK T III PANIC Women Scream as Police Give Chase—Fugitive Finally Retaken. Recorder Broyles’ Court Saturday was thrown into great excitement, women among the spectators scream ed, and one was carried from the room hysterical, when Walter Vinson, Just convicted of selling liquor ille gally, broke away from the officers and made a spectacular dash for lib erty. Court officers had difficulty in quiet ing the hysterical outbreak of the young woman, whose screams added to the confusion. It was said that she is the sweetheart of Vinson, and that she hadv been listening to the testimony with an appearance of being hardly able to restrain herself All semblance of order in the court room was lost. Breaks for Liberty. Vinson had been led away from the dock. The door of the prisoners’ room was swinging open to permit him to enter. The morbidly curiotrs were turning their attention from the spectacle of the young man to the next case before the court. They were Ptartled by the shout. "Stop him!" and looked about in time to see the prisoner wrench himself free from his guards, and, threaten ing any who might bar his way, run swiftly through the crowded court room to the main exit and disappear. All appeared too stupefied by the unexpected turn of events to make any attempt to stop the fugitive as he dashed past them, although It would have been a simple matter to check his flight and return him to the court attaches. Vinson leaped down the stairs, taking three or four of the steps at once. The officers were in close pur suit. He dodged through the crowd on Decatur street, turned into Pied mont avenue and was crossing the bridge over the railroad tracks when he finally was overtaken, breathless and exhausted, but still in a fighting mood. Thirty Days Added. Vinson had been sentenced to a $200 fine and 30 days in the stockade and* placed under a $1,000 bond to appear before the State court when he made his sensational attempt to escape. When he was brought back into court Recorder Broyles added 30 days more to the stockade sentence. The young man Is a clerk In a store at Bellwood avenue and Jeffer son street. The place was raided by Detectives Hamby and Vickery and a considerable quantity of liquor con fiscated. Vinson is said to have corv- fessed to selling the whisky. “There is no excuse for anyone vio lating the liquor laws,” said Recorder Broyles. “You knew that you would get the limit if you were caught, and I am not going to disappoint you.” Earle and Child to Make Home in Russia NEW YORK. Dec. 27.—Intimate friends of Ferdinand Pinney Earle ha've heard that he had rented a house in Moscow and had expressed an intention to become a Russian cit izen. The report says Earle had his child with him under the care of a nurse. Little girl of First Methodist, Ohureh giving present to small hoy from poor section HOG WRECKS TRAIN; 2 HURT. HEAFFER. ARK., Dec. 27.—A 150- pound hog derailed fourteen freight cars on the Arkansas Eastern Rail road to-day. injuring two men, when the train struck the porker. ‘WHITE’ XMAS FOR 251 FROM MILLS Poor Children Are Guests of Little Folks at the First Methodist Church. To-day 250 poor children of At lanta are wondering if the “white Christmas” given to them Friday by the children of the First Methodist. Church was a dream. But then they have toys and other gifts to testify to its reality. The First Methodist children are correspondingly happy over the suc cess of their novel entertainment, w hich was the first of its kind in At lanta. Each child was a "personal Santa" to some less fortunate little brother or sister from the mill dis trict, and they enjoyed their roles as much as their guests. The "white Christmas” is symboli cal of an ancient legend in which all the people bring white gifts to the King or Christ Child. The lecture room of the church, in which the en tertainment was given carried out the Idea, being decorated in cotton, which gave a snowy effect. Several Christmas trees were cov ered with silver tinsel. Incandescent lights among the decorations made the scene brilliant. The children from the Sheltering Arms, the Atlanta Woolen Mills and the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills oc cupied chairs, while the Sunday school children sat on the floor. All joined in carols, after which "The Story of Christ” was read by Dr. W. W. Mem- minger, pastor of All Saints Church. The little hosts and hostesses then distributed well-filled stockings to the poor children and served them with refreshments. The "white Christmas” lasted from 3 o’clock to 5. Cold Due to Continue Through New Year’s; Frost Covers State The chilly wind which made ears tingle Saturday morning will con tinue its reign indefinitely, s according to Weather Observer Von Herrmann, who, despite the sunshine, can see no rise in the temperature. He predicted cold weather for New Year’s Day three weeks ago and he Is sticking to his forecast. He declares there will be no changing of his mind, as in the case of weather pre dicted for Christmas. Jack Frost moved about the State Friday night, and what little vege tation had been left after his pre vious visits is believed to have been killed by his last onslaught. Macon Enters Fight For Regional Bank MACON. Dec. 27. The Macon Cham ber of Commerce and the banks of this city have started » campaign to secure one of the regfonal banks. Senator A. O. Bacon, who Is spending the Christ inas holidays at his home here, was ap proached on the subject, but he gives little encouragement, believing that if a regional bank is located in Georgia at all It will go to Atlanta. Nevertheless, the Macon bankers are planning to make a showing in Wash ington. I SLAYERS IN MINE Militia Sent to Kentucky Coal Shaft to Capture Hendricksons and Their Followers. THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia: Saturday increasing cloudiness and warmer night. Sunday unsettled and wanner, probably rain. LEXINGTON. KY„ Dec. 27.—Forty members of the Pineville Company of Kentucky National Guard to-day started to the abandoned coal shaft at Ely, Knox County, to follow Gov ernor McCreary’s orders to take three Hendrickson brothers and their twelve henchmen from the abandoned mine. The Hendricksons are charged with killing two men a wounding several more in two battles they fought in the last t wo days with officers’ posses. A number of deputy sheriffs have surronuded the place. Colonel Tandy Ellis, acting adjutant general, is in conference with the officials, having been sent by Governor McCreary. Press Hendrickson Is shot In an arm and through the cheek, and two other members of the party are wounded. Toni Horn, who was killed In Wednesday’s battle with the Sher iff’s posse, was buried at Four Mile to-day. According to the reports which have reached here, there are fifteen now in the Hendric kson gang, a num ber having joined them since Wed nesday evening, and a battle is ex pected when an effort is made to cap ture the men to-day. There were only seven In the party when the Hen dricksons left Four Mile, all heavily armed. Card Found on Unconscious Vic tim Fails to Aid in Effort to Identify. An unknown young man, bat tered into unconsciousness and dangerously injured, was taken to Grady Hospital early Satur day morning, being found in an alley a block from Decatur street, between Be!’ end Gilmer streets, evidently the scene of a mysterious and terrific struggle. The young man was well dressed. He appeared to be about 26 years old A single card found in a pocket bor> the name, E. B. Layton, and the ad dress, No. 25 Ira stre't, but inquiries at that number developed that lb< people living there knew nothing o, anyone by that name. At 6 o'clock Saturday morning Po liceman Hanna, on his regular Deca tur street beat, was sought out by t frightened negro woman. Alice Jack son. Heard Cry of "Mother!” She told him that she had beer awakened at 1 o'clock by a noise ir the alley near her home, followed tn someone calling weakly, "Mother! Mother!” She was afraid to go oui to Investigate, she said, but when daylight came ahe went to the spot and found a young man there, moan ing and badly injured. The officer followed the woman en 1 found the young man almost uncon scious. When Hanna touched him and tried to arouse him, he uttered only the one word, "Mother!” in a kind of appeal, and at once became unconscious. He had leen terriblv beaten about the face and head, evidently with a heavy fence paling, which, covered with blood, with a long nail protruti ing from one end, lay on the ground near by. The victim's head was gashed and battered. The police said it looked like the work of a maniac. Pockets Turned Out. The pockets of s e..pensive brown suit were turned out. A dime and a nickel lay on the ground beside him. If he had possessed a watch, it was missing, but his oufT buttons, made of $2.50 gold pieces remained in place. Not a scrap of identification was found except the card. The young man appeared to be of a good station in life. He was we;l dressed and groomed, clean shaven, with thick dark hair. The case was at once turned ove- to the city detectives, who are work ing with the idea that tt was some thing more than robbery that brought the mysterious victim to that secluded spot near midnight and caused him to be so terribly loaten. The turned- out pockets, the police believe, may easily have been to create the im pression of an ordinary robbery. At 10 o’clock the hospital reported that the injured man still was un conscious and in a precarious condi* tion. Mule on Bridge Puts Train 2 Hours Late COLUMBUS. Dec. 27.—A passenger train on the Mobile and Girard Rail- ■e road was delayed more than two hours because a mule ran onto a trestle as the train approached and compelled the engineer to stop until the animal was removed. It took the train crew and several passengers to get the mule from be tween the crossties and back to solid ground. Her One Great Secret Which Concerned the Happiest .Moment of Her Life Is Revealed in The Sunday American, By Evelyn Nesbit Thaw -M- -ir