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ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1D13.
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OP
EWERAOF
OSPERITY
“It Ought To Be Just About Best
Year This Country Ever Saw,”
Declares Head of the Atlanta
Clearing House Association.
Two Doubtful Votes
Go to Ragsdale in
Mayor Pro Tem Fight
Lee and Dallas Declare Themselves
and Tighten Race Against Aider-
man Nutting.
Unexpected declarations by two
members of Council that they will
vote for Alderman I. N. Ragsdale for
Mayor Pro Tem strongly Indicates
that Alderman Ragsdale will be a
victor over Alderman James R. Nut
ting. when the election takes place
the first Monday In January.
Councilman Jesse R. Lee, of the
Fifth Ward, and Councilman S. L.
Dallas, of the Seventh Ward, are the
two doubtful members who have de
clared themselves.
Saturday a line-up by political ex
perts, who claim to have made a
thorough canvass of the situation,
gave Ragsdale fifteen votes. Nutting
thirteen and left two doubtful.
Ttat line-up was:
Ragsdale—Harwell, Alverson, Mc
Cord, Knight, Kelley, McDonald,
Shepard. Ashley, Lee, Armistead, Dal
las, Colcord, Humphrey, Kimbrough
and Nutting—15.
Nutting—Wardlaw, Hall, Thomson
Maddox, Sisson, Wood. Boynton, Rey
nolds. Candler, Smith, White, Mason
and Ragsdale—13.
Doubtful—Farlinger and Owens.
LIKEL!
Til ASK VOTE ON
Memphis Society and
‘Sapho’inHissingTilt
MEMPHIS, Dec. 2T.—Olga Nether-
sole, playing "Sapho” at the Orpheum
Theater Friday, was at the climax
of her most impassioned discourse.
Society women, occupying boxes near
the stage, talked among themselves
rather loudly. Suddenly the actress
turned, faced them, and hissed pro
test. Then she concluded her scene.
The curtan fell. Society had its
inning, greeting the conclusion of the
sketch with hissing that outdid Miss
Nethersole’s in volume and vengeful
ness. Saurday night policemen were
stationed behind the boxes, and were
called upon to quiet several small
outbursts of hissing.
“Crisis Is Past; We Have Taken a
Big Dose of Medicine, and It
Will Do Us Good,” He Asserts
Concerning Recent Legislation.
' In my opinion, the United States,
and particularly the South, is on the
threshold of a year of splendid pros
pects and vast possibilities,” said
Colonel Robert J. Lowry, president
of the Lowry National Bank and
r: f official df the Atlanta Clearing
H use Association, Saturday.
1 Ydonel Lowry had been discussing
•},<■ new currency bill and Its rela-
i; n to the South. He also had said
something of the tariff—and the fast
‘hat Colonel Lowry Is a stout protec-
i: nist makes all the more significant
his optimistic outlook for the coming
year
Thinks Crisis Is Past.
Now, I wouldn’t be giving this to
i straight,” Colonel Lowry went
one, ‘‘if I didn’t admit that, in my
opinion, the country has just come
through a crisis. I am sure It was
:.u. generally realized how grave the
.'-itnation was. But I believe it is
well over, now—a
nd an added tribute to the ability
of the American people to cope with
any situation that may arise.
‘‘Being a protectionist, I can’t help
but hold to the opinion that the new
tariff was put over at an Inopportune
time for our Southern manufactur
ers. The New England factories had
enjoyed the benefits of protection for
decades. In former years, the South
did not require any particular pro
tection from the product of the cheap
labor of Europe. Now there Is a
Southern manufacturer at every
crossroads—and the protection is re
moved from all alike.
Cites Power of the South.
“But even that circumstance will
not retard the prosperity of the
South. I feel sure of that, because i ar( j club on Washington street on her
Business Boom Sure,
Says Champ Clark
boston. Deo. 27.—Champ Clark,
thing of the past.! who arrived here to-day, after a bri ' ,f
visit to Maine, expressed decidedly
optimistic views on the general busi
ness outlook and the efficacy of the
currency bill as a remedy for bank
ing evils.
“The hill will absolutely prevent
panics,” declared Mr. Clark. “It will
also give 1 the small merchant and
manufacturer of the country money
to do the business of the country.
There is a big business boom coming
as sure as shooting.”
Slaps Holdup’s Face;
Gets Back Her Purse
When Mrs. R. B. Tope, of No. 158
Washington street, passed the Stand-
I have lived long In this section and
I know its natural resources and its
wonderful recuperative power. If the
hew tariff proves a handicap, why,
means will be found to correct the
trouble. I have every confidence in
tlm power and wisdom of the people
f the South. They are essentially
apable of looking after their own af
fairs.
‘‘But I certainly can not conscien-
1 "usly minimize the recent period
f unrest and uneasiness the country
has just been through. Two great
measures were pending. Business did
T 't know how to regard either. I’ll
e]i you—it was like the administra-
lion of a dose of medicine In a case
f illness. The dose was powerful;
i some ways it was bitter; it was
ard to take. But I believe firmly
that its effect will be most beneficial.
|1 s characteristic of our people that
h* n there is a big job to be done,
severe medicine to be taken, they
• to do the job, to take the medi
um, in a hurry and get It over with.
Praises the Currency Bill.
As to the currency bill. I am ex-
‘ mely optimistic in regard to its
ring on the South, and particular-
" n Atlanta, for I have little doubt
! * Atlanta will be selected as one
the regional banking locations.
‘This bill, as at first framed, did
r t appear to many of the more con
servative bankers and financiers to
he desirable. I may say that it look-
pretty had to me. But the t*nor
as been changed so radically that,
as It- was enacted, the currency meas-
Ure Provides a sound and progressive
ysIs for the future of our American
hanking and currency system.
And perhaps the finest part of it
P i Is the evident relief and confidence
hat have succeeded the unrest and
isturbance while the two big meas
ures were pending.
"The thing Is settled now. Even
who do not agree with the reg-
uation of the tariff and with the pro-
Continued on Page 6* Column 2.
way home late last night two ne
groes leaped out from behind an au
tomobile and one of them snatched
her purse from her hand.
Mrs. Tope is a woman of considera
ble strength, so she reached out, slap
ped the negro In the face and took
the purse away from him. The ne
groes ran, and Mrs. Tope notified the
police.
Grocer Held Up in
His Store by Negro
Isadore Lubetsky was preparing to
close his store at No. 119 Connally
street last midnight when a negro
walked in and ordered some groceries.
Just as the proprietor turned to fill
the order, the negro yelled: “IJold up
your hands or I’ll kill you,” pointing
a revolver at Lubetsky's head.
Keeping Lubetsky covered, the ne
gro opened the cash register and took
$40. He then backed out of the door,
made a quick dash up the street and
escaped.
“Love Slave” Gets
Offer of Marriage
MONTICELLO, N. Y., Dec. 27.—
Miss Adelaide Brance, “love slave” of
Melvin Couch, to-day declared that
the dead man left no will and al
though Couch had frequently sug
gested leaving his entire estate to
her, Miss Brance said she had re
fused to permit him to do this.
“I did not want his money.” said
Miss Brance. “His duty was to hts
family in this respect.”
Among the 500 letters received by
Miss Brance Christmas Day was a
proposal of marriage from John Dud
ley, 65, who said he was a prosperous
restaurant man of Cincinnati. An
other letter from a Chicago woman
contained a $20 bill and a volume of
poems by Oscar Wilde.
Council Expected to Yield to Re
quest That Question Be Sub
mitted to People.
NEW COMMITTEES SECRET
Woodward Hopes for Re-election
and Probably Will Pick Men
Who May Aid Him.
Beginning the outlining of his pol
icy for the second year of his admin
istration, Mayor Woodward was dis
creetly silent Saturday about the ap
pointment of committees for the new
Council, but he declared that he verv
likely would urge the submission to
the people of the perplexing charter
reform question
The Mayor had before him a list of
all the old committees pasted on pa
per, with apace underneath on which
to write the new. There are no marks
yet on the blank spaces, but between
lookln over them he has expressed
some interesting views on his asso
ciates in office and his hopes of ac
complishment during (he last year of
hi8 term.
One of those hopes is re-election—
re-election with Council that will
co-operate along lines that are to his
way of thinking. He doesn’t say that
—exactly. Yet it Is obviously the mo
tive of many of his acts.
Reaffirms Crematory Stand.
"I’ll remind Council In my annual
message of what I said one year ago
about that crematory contract and
the fire alarm contract,” l.e /said.
Since the action of the Board of
Health in joining the Mayor In re
fusing to make an official test of the
plant until there Is more nure garb
age in the trash burned by it, the
settlement of the crematory matter s
practically In his own hands. This
year’s Board of Firemasters wants to
accept the contract with t.he
Okonite Company of New York for
the new fire alarm system. The
Mayor can be depended on to appoint
a new board that ♦hinks his way.
Therefore his reminders with the
implication that he will urge very
different terms of settlement than
those now proposed will be very Im
portant utterances.
He said he would make no mention
of the policy of Chief Beavers’ vice
crusade. That, he declared, was nqt
a function of the office *>f Mayor.
It is pretty well assured that Coun
cilman A. R. Colcord, of the Seventh
Ward, will be reappointed chairman
of the. Police Committee, which car
ries with It a membersh' on the Po :
lice Commission. Like Mr. Colcord,
there Is no doubt that the other
members wi” be men of liberal views
on matters of police regulation of
near-beer saloons, locker clubs and
the like.
As the time for the renewal of li
censes of locker clubs is almost at
hand the outlook for the *'lubs which
have been threatened with revoca
tions of their license Is much more
favorable. But there Is certain to be
a bitter fight in Council against some
of them.
Humphrey Sets Fine Record.
It’s a prettv sure bet that Council
man W. G. Humphrey, of !he
Eighth Ward, will be renamed chair
man of the Finance Committee.
Chairman Humphrey has made an
enviable record. The city is pracil-
cally free from debt, he and the
Mayor are on very friendly terms,
and there will be more money for
disbursement the first of the year
than at any time in the city’s history.
Councilman Claude L. Ashley, of
the Fourth Ward, again will be
chairman of the Sanitary Committee
on account of his supervision of the
crematory.
Councilman C. D. Knight, of the
Second Ward, can get the chairman
ship of the Auditorium-Armory Com
mittee if he w'ants it, it is believed.
On account of the many conventions
that are to be held here next year
the place will be important. Promi
nent organizations and individuals
are anxious that Councilman Knight
be reappointed.
Farrar, Back After
Illness, Gets Ovation
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—After sorrje
weeks of absence because of illneks,
Geraldine Farrar returned to the
stage at the Metropolitan Opera
House this afternoon as Mlral In Puc
cini's "La Boheme.”
Except now and then when her
high tones seemed slightly worn, Miss
Farrar showed no trace of her recent
Illness. She had six recalls at the end
of the first act.
>.
Wilson 57 To-day;
Sail on Gulf Only
Celebration Plan
President Likely to Visit New Or
leans—Keeps In Touch With
Washington.
• PASS CHRISTIAN, MISS., Pec. 27.
HHaldent Wilson will be 57 years old
to-morrow. He will celebrate It
quietly. The President says he will
go to church in the morning and take
his first Rail on the Gulf of Mexico on
the revenue cutter Winona in the
afternoon, but this is dependent on
the weather.
The President went through a large
batch of mail to-day and a number of
reports from his Cabinet officers.
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo la
keeping him Informed of every move
made by the committee which has In
charge the organization of the re
gional reserve banks under the new
currency act.
Scores of indorsements for mem
bership on the Federal Reserve Board
are reaching the President. He has
not yet commenced work on his anti
trust message, which he expects to
send to Congress directly after it re
convenes.
The President likely will pay a visit
fo New Orleans.
Mrs. Young to Bar
Pupils' Home Study
CHICAGO, Dec 27.—‘‘Before the I
next semester In February I believe j
I shall have brought about a radical |
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Drama League leaders. Miss Carol vu Cobb at top; below at left. Mrs W C, Spiker; at right, i| r] 8 i S
Mrs. Burton-Smith lw II I W
change in the system of study in the
Chicago schools. The main prlnclplo
of this change will be that when a
pupil leaves the school for the day h’s
work will be completed, just as when
a man leaves his shop or his ofHce h’s
work is done.”
Outlining a system to intensify the
school course of study was the first
step of Mrs. Ella Flagg Young as s u
resumed her position as superintend
ent of public schools.
Mr. Shoo took iiis old place as
assistant superintendent.
Woman Routs Youth
Trying to Rob Bank
LOS ANGELES, Deo. 27.—Within
two hours after 19-year-old Ralph
Cartela had attempted to hold up the
Bank of Eagle Rock and had been
driven from that Institution by a
broomstick In the hands of the
doughty woman assistant cashier,
Miss Edith Carr, the would-be robber
was captured after an exciting chase
through the hills and lodged In the
county Jail.
Cartela said he had become des
perate from hunger and planned to
rob the bank.
ROYAL PAIR RECONCILED.
PARIS, Dec. 27.—The report that
Prince El tel Fritz and his wife, Prin
cess Sophia, have separated Is denied
by The Evening News, which declares
the Prince and his wife are now liv
ing together at Potsdam, having been
reconciled after their recent quarrel.
U. S. Starts Probe
Of High Cost of Meat
Nation-wide Inquiry Hoped to Reveal
Secret of Rapid Rise
In Prices.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—The De
partment of Agriculture to-day an
nounced a nation-wide Investigation
into the present high cost of beef and
the generally unsatisfactory condi
tion® with respect to the production
of meat of all kinds.
It. Is hoped that this Inquiry will
bring to light the true cause for the
great cost increases of meat food dur
ing the last score of years and that
definite plans may be formulated to
Insure a reduction in the price of this
commodity to the consumer.
Winthrop Arnos Offers to Aid by Sending New
York Successes to Atlanta.
‘Work the Movement Now Is Doing
i. Is Destructive, Harming the City
and Doing Great Injury to Minds
of Young Children,’ He Declares
‘Good Taste of Citizens Continu
ally Offended by Harping on Im
moral Subjects,’ He Adds.
Business Men to Discuss Protest
Mrs. John Astor Aids j
Fight on Vivisection
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—Mrs John
Astor to-day announced that she has
allied herself with the movement de
manding a State vivisection investi
gation.
This announcement was made pub
lic by Mrs. Clinton P. Farrell, presi
dent of the Vivisection Investigation
League.
Ambitious plans, Including the or
ganization of a local stofk company
to present the best plays and the
ultimate establishment of a civic the
ater, were announced for the Atlanta
Drama League by Its president, Mrs.
VV. C. Splker, Saturday.
The league's work for the coming
year, outlined In prospect by Mrs
Splker, embodies the first rumblings of
Atlanta’s declaration of independence
from the theatrical managers of the
East.
“The South, particularly, too long
has been subservient to patronizing
metropolitan producers," said Mrs.
Splker. “Mediocre and unsatisfac
tory theatrical attractions are the re
sult. There can never be real, robust
American drama, or literature, or art
until each section is left free and in
dependent to develop the best Its peo
ple can produce.”
So far have the Drama League
members gone In the consideration of
a producing organization In Atlanta
that Mrs. Splker has planned to go
abroad at gome time In the next year
to study the methods of the drama
societies of Europe. In many cities
of the Old World there are groups of
students and lovers of the best In
drama who have organized capable
Independent companies Already Mrs
Splker and other members of the At
lanta League have Investigated the
working methods of such Institutions
In America, like the New Theater
and the Little Theater of New York.
To Give Plays Within Year.
Not to wait upon the time when a
civic theater or a civic stock com
pany can be established In Atlanta,
however, the Atlanta Drama League
will present a number of plays within
the next year, enlisting a few capa
ble professionals and men and wom-
Continued on Page 4, Column 5.
Denouncing the present propa-
j ganda of the executive committee of
the Men and Religion Forward Movc-
j ment as harmful, and as having de
structive rather than constructive in
fluences, Colonel Frederic J. Paxon.one
of Atlanta’se beet known civic leudet p,
Saturday night launched a Vigo. .us
protest against the bulletins which
that organization has been publishing
from time to time In the columns of
the dally newspapers, and In which
subjects usually considered “taboo”
In public discussion are treated with
decided frankness.
Colonel Paxon expressed hie opin
ions when he was asked about an ed
itorial In The Welder, a paper rep
resenting the Bible class of the Sec
ond Baptist Church, of which Dr.
John E. White, a member of the Men
and Religion committee, Is pastor.
The editorial, written by Colonel
Paxon, attacks the Men and Religion
bulletins.
Dr. White, while declining fo take
Issue with Mr. Paxon or pass com
ment on his attitude, said he was
fully In accord with Men and Reli
gion leaders' methods.
Speaks for Business Men.
It Is known that In uttering his
protest Colonel Paxon was speaking
tor a large number of the leading
men of Atlanta, who have been ful
some time seriously considering the
advisability of entering a protest
against the continual agitation of tho
subject of immorality by the leaders
of the movement, and against the
language In which the discussion of
the subject la clothed. It is said that
from 50 to 100 Atlantans, Including
some of the most influential business
men of the city, have held informal
conferences from time to time, when
the subject of protesting against tho
activities of the movement was ex
tensively disci seed.
"In carrying on an Insistent agita
tion of Immoral subjects by means of
its so-called bulletins,” Colonel Pax
on said, "and In giving publicity to
evil subjects and Inherited diseases,
the Men anti Religion Forward
Movement is doing harm, and la most
assuredly not doing the work for
which It was formed. The movement
as organized all over the country
was not to give anyone the control
of a city, and It was not organised
to offend continually the good taste
of the citizens of a community and
Inculcate erroneous Impressions of a
city In the minds of strangers by
harping on immoral subjects.
“Harm to the City.”
"Its work was the furtherance of
the religion of Jesus Christ, whica
was of an essentially constructive
nature. The work the movement is
now doing In Atlanta has fallen Into
the destructive class, In that it not
only harms the city, but does ir
reparable Injury to the minds of
young children who read the bulle
tins, clothed as they are In indelicate
language and discussing freely sub
jects that children should not be told
outside of the home.”
The Welder’s editorial which bore
the caption, "A Protest," read as fol
lows:
The editorial In the December
Issue of The Record of Christian
Work should be read by the head
of every household. It refers to a
cartoon in a New York evening pa
per depicting a young and healthy
girl “Innocence” beset by sinister
forms Insistently Inviting her at
tention to all kinds of evils and
suggestive literature. The girl
was, apparently, unconscious of
their presence, or at least unheed
ful of their appeals. Her safe
guard lay In her innocence, for a
tennis racket In her hand implied