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First Photograph Showing the Panama Canal, Uniting the Atlantic and Pacific, in the Culebra Cut
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(C)—Cucuracha Slide.
METHODS OFCRUSAGERS
SCORED BYCHUIICH PAPER
“In Atlanta a Sort of Publicity lias Been Given
on Evil Subjects Which Will Not'Pend to Im
prove Morals, It Says.
Continued From Page 1.
a natural interest in a safer and
more healthful preference.
A comment by The New York
Times editorially on this subject
very wisely and sensibly states
“that lectures In the schoolroom
ran not take the place of home
training, and It Is the neglect of
duty in regard to the moral and
hygienic training of children that la
one of the disheartening phe
nomena of American civilization.”
It further ('ailed attention to the
fact “that no worse, plan could be
devised to set the generation on
the right track than to make sex
hygiene a common topic for dis
cussion at will among the school
boys and schoolgirls. Officious
meddlers of both sexes continue to
get considerable self-advertisement
as moral leaders. The barriers of
polite reticence have been broken
down, and old-fashioned folks,
whose early education was not de
fective, are frequently shocked by
the turns of ordinary conversation.’'
The two editorials—the one from
The Record of Christian Work,
probably the leading magazine for
the advancement of morals and re
ligion; and the other. The New
York Times, are on the right line,
and are worthy of the attention of
all.
In Atlanta a sort of publicity
through the medium of so-called
'bulletins’* has been given to the
public on evil subjects and inherit
ed disease, which, while it assured
ly lowers the tone of social inter
course, quite as surely will not tend
to improve morals or the public
health.
These “bulletins” are read, not
by those at whom the evil is aim
ed, but in a large measure by young
and Immature minds who receive
from them the wrong impression
and consequently their conception
<*f life is erroneous, and often mat
ters mentioned in them become *he
topic of indelicate talk.
The editorial in The Record of
Ghriati&n Work, to which Mr. Pnxon
refers in his article, tills a page in
what is considered one of the leading
religious papers of the United States
y It questions the wisdom of “enlight
riVing" the youth of both sexes on sex
hygiene, and especially denounces the
publication and agitation of Immoral
subjects.
Knowledge Not Protection.
“Innocence and modesty,” the arti
cle declares, “are youth’s greatest
safeguards. A knowledge of evil is
not the protection that many would
have us believe, and the extremes to
which reformers are going in the ad
vocacy of wide and indiscriminate
dissemination of information upon
so-called ‘sex hygiene’ is beset with
gravest peril. To familiarize boys
and girls with evil is far from the
deterrent that many imagine it to be.
Already this familiarity with evil has
resulted in conditions which seem in
credible.”
Mr. P4xon declared vigorously that
every conservative Christian should
oppose the sort of bulletins that the
Men and Religion Forward Move
ment has been publishing recently,
and declared that the activities of the
movement in this regard are directly
in opposition to the wishes and de
sires of many of Atlanta's influential
business men.
“Some of the bulletins that have
appeared recently have been horri
ble.” he declared, “and they have cre
ated the impression throughout the
country that Atlanta is the most vice-
ridden city on earth. I’ve had dozens
of parents who had considered send
ing their children to Atlanta schools
/
tell me that, they wouldn’t lot their
boy a and girls come to Atlanta for
anything in the world; that it was the
moat wicked city on earth—and to
prove their statements they pointed
to the bulletins, which paraded vice
before the eyes of whosoever might
look, and continually agitated immor
ality
Give Wrong Impression.
“A prominent Florida man content
plated sending his son to Marist Col
lege and he told me he had been read-
lftfc some of the bulletins published
by the Men and Religion Forward
Movement, and that he would not
send his son to an Atlanta school
solely because cf them. He was afraid
his son would read these bulletins,
and he also gathered the impression,
through reading them himself, that
Atlanta reeked with wickedness.
“The publication of the fact that a
young woman had died of a disease
contracted while caring for women
who had been placed in a refuge home
was one of the most disgraceful
things ever printed in Atlanta—and
it was printed in one of the bulletins
of the Men and Religion Forward
Movement, for boys and girls to read.
There was no reason for it; It taught
no lesson and pointed no moral. It
simply stained the character of the
dead girl, for thousands of people will
remember the disease she died of who
will not remember the circumstances
under which she contracted it.
“The agitation of immorality and
the discussion of inherited disease by
an organization that was formed for
the furtherance of religious ideas can
have no good effect. These bulletins
arc not read by the people at whom
they are aimed, hut by boys and girls
with immature minds who gather
from them an erroneous impression
of life, and who think that because
the Men and Religion Forward Move
ment can publish such facts, they can
discuss them at school and wherever
they are gathered.
Dr. White Defends Bulletins.
“The boys and girls who read the
bulletins do not gather the lesson
they are probably intended to con
vey; in most instances they regard
them merely ns salacious morsels of
reading, and a discussion of forbidden
subjects, clothed in repulsive, yet
fascinating, language. And boys and
girls read them with avidity, watch
ing the papers for a bulletin to ap
pear. I’ve seen the young boys and
girls at work in our store reading
them and discussing them w ? ith one
another, something that should never
happen, for the Idea that the indis
criminate discussion of immorality is
a preventive is all wrong. Many
times 1 was moved to protest against
the bulletins, and w hen I saw my of
fice boy, a mere lad. reading the bul
letins and even cutting them out and
putting them in his pockets to show
to his companions, 1 thought it wis
time something be done.”
Dr. White, an associate editor >f
The Welder, and a member of tho
executive committee of the Men and
Religion Forward Movement, de
clined to criticise either Colonel Pax-
on or the article which appeared in
the paper.
“it is Colonel Paxon’8 paper." said
Dr. White, “and he is privileged to
publish in it anything he sees fit, and
to give utterance to any of his per
sonal opinions. It does not mean that
it is the official opinion of any or
ganization, v»r of the editorial staff of
the paper; it is merely an expressln
of Colonel Paxon's opinion. It ;s
hardly necessary to say that it does
not coincide with mv own peraon.il
opinion, inasmuch as T am a member
of the Men and Religion Forward
Movement. I consider the bulletins
one of the best mediums of education
at our .disposal.”
! Marion Jackson’s Aid
1 Sought by Savannah
|
j Leader cf ‘Drys’ Thinks Atlanta Man !
Should Make Hi6 Fight
Statewide.
PA VANN AH, Dec. 27. The cru
sade that opened this week with the
closing of six wholesale places by
Injunction and the serving of 23 war
rants on alleged whisky dealers will
bring Marion Jackson, of Atlanta,
into the fight, if he accepts the invi
tation of W. R. Stubbs,' the local
leader.
Mr. Stubbs and his attorney, Ma
jor George Richter, considered to
day a campaign similar to that car
ried out by Mr. Jackson in Atlanta
Including the posting of bulletins in
daily papers. They have, however,
decided that It will be necessary to
get some one experienced with the
work and at a meeting this afternoon
it was decided to make an effort to
interest Mr. Jackson and see if he
will not make his fight statewide.
The leaders say it will be difficult
to raise money enough ip thi.^ city
to prosecute the fight, and unless aid
comes from the outside it may prove
unsuccessful.
NEW M LAW
ILL 1 Suit
If Properly Tried, the Governor
Declares, It Will Solve Geor
gia’s Financial Difficulties
Fourteen-Inch Guns
Will Fortify Canal
Governor Slaton expressed* himself
Saturday as entirely optimistic with
regard to the finances of the State next
year, and is looking forward to New
Yera’s Day with particular pleasure,
as it is upon that date that the new
tax equalization law goes into effect.
The Governor believes that this
law, if properly tried out, not only
will solve all of Georgia’s financial
difficulties of the present, but will
make a repetition of past untowafd
conditions impossible.
“The various county commission
ers are electing local boards of equal
izers, and if these boards are made
up of the very best citizens to be
success of
Cave-Dweller Nation
Found by American
In Southern Tunisia
Edward Johnson Discovers 100,000
People Pursuing Mode of Life
of Prehistoric Man.
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS, Dec. 27.—"I haVe discov
ered a nation of cave dw r ellers In
Southern Tunisia."
This remarkable announcement was
made to the Hearst newspapers to
day by Frank Edward Johnson, edi
tor of The National Geographical
Magazine, Washington, D. O., who
sailed to-day for the United States on
La France. Six years ago Johnson
was nearly skinned alive in Tripoli.
He has just returned from his sixth
trip to the Hinterland of Tunisia and
Tripoli.
"There are possibly 100,000 of these
cave dwellers,’’ he said, “in a section
hitherto supposed to be almost unin
habited. They are pursuing the mode
of life of prehistoric men. Some of
their numerous caves are situated
near the summits of crags 3,000 feet
high. The dwellings often extend 150
feet into the hardest porphyry forma
tion I have ever seen and are capable
of sheltering 4,000 men.”
Mr. Johnson also discovered Ro
man ruins in Tunisia and long
stretches of Roman highway.
fouftd in the counties, the mu cues e» uj. t\ ■ T
.he law is assured, ' said the Gov- QutlaWS DlTVeU IlltO
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—A board
consisting of the highest officers and
expert authorities In the army has
been designated by the Secretary of
War to report on the "necessary de
fenses” of the Panama Canal.
The chairman of the board is Major! I hope this is the,last time that vex-
General Leonard Wood, Chief of thing
ernor. “There is nothing lacking
now. but the right sort of local
boards—everything else had been
done to make the new law work
smoothly and equitably.
Pensions Still Vex.
“Of course, we shall be confronted
this winter with the annual question
of how best tcV distribute the pen
sion and common school money, but
Staff, and the second in order is Ma
jor General Wotherspoon, Assistant
Chief of Staff, and recently head of
the Army War College.
The understanding at the War De
partment has always been that the
guns and fortifications should be com
plete and in position at, or near, the
time of the opening of the canal.
The main defense of the canal will
he the fourteen-inch guns for the
fortresses on the east and west sides
of the canal.
Page’s Aide Is Near
Death in Auto Crash
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Dec. 27.—Harold Fowler,
secretary to Ambassador Page, is
being congratulated upon his narrow
escape from serious injuries when an
Automobile in which he was driving
with friends to a Christmas party
was demolished In a collision with a
motor bus at Hammersmith.
All of the oceupffftts of the lim
ousine were thrown to the ground but
none were seriously injured. The
members of the party found ' their
clothes had been ruined and aban
doned their plans for the Christmas
party.
Woman With ‘Fiery
Tongue’ Is Arrested
When Policemen Lasseter and Mc
Cauley refused to disperse a crowd
so Mrs. C. C. Downs, of No. 29 1-2
Marietta street, could complete a lec
ture she was delivering to a news
boy, and instead ordered her to go
into her house, the police say she
turned upon them and hurled fiery
epithets at their heads.
They arrested her and took her to
police headquarters, where she was
charged with disorderly conduct and
placed under bonds of $100, which her
husband furnished.
American Factories
Locating in Canada
OTTAWA. ONT., Dec. 27.—An in
teresting statement shows the con
stant drift to Canada of American
manufacturing concerns since Janu
ary, 1912.
A total of 88 United States firms
have located along the lines of the
Canadian Pacific. They employ 10,-
875 hands, and the capital invested
is $18,025,000.
hall have to be reckoned
with. We shall do the best we can
this year, in justice to all parties, as
has been, done in the past in adjust
ing this situation.
“There are over seven hundred new*
pensioners this year, and there has
been no provision made to take care
of them. We shall have to decide
l whether to let them wait, or to take
! a litle bit from each pensioner now
J on the rolls and make up the deficit.
' It will take about $50,000 not appro
priated to handle the new pensioners
—and they can only be paid now by
taking something from each of the
pensioners at present admitted. That
would seem rather a hard thing to do,
so it may be that the new ones will
have to wait a little while.
"In seeking to suggest to the ad
ministration how best to distribute
the common school and the pension
funds, it should be remembered that
it takes more than 90 per cent of the
State’s total ad valorem taxes to pay
these two Items.
“That statement will astonish many
people, no doubt, but it Is a fact.
And many a Governor has had it to
keep him awake at nights, while he
tried to imagine some new way of
distributing it to make it fit the situ
ation. Somebody has to wait for his
pay—and as more than 90 per cent of
the somebodies concerned come from
one of two classes, it is not difficult
to see where the waiters must come
from.
Law Promises Relief.
“One of the great benefits I expect
to come of the new tax equalization
law is that it will enable the pres
ent and future Governors to take
care of the common school teachers
and the old soldiers promptly, and
with no delay in either direction. I
believe that within a year or two we
shall have wiped out all we are be
hind. will be able to let up on bor
rowing money for any cause, and
that we shall still have a lower tax
rate than we now enjoy.
“As I said before, the new tax law
goes Into effect next Thursday. With
the right sort of local boards, and
I understand those county commis
sioners that so far have acted have,
in the main, selected mighty good
men for these jobs, the new* law will
prove to be the grandest and most
helpful legislation effected in Georgia
in years—indeed, since the war!”
ILL HILLS WIFE,
2 BABIES. SELF
Churchman Wills His $25,000
Estate to Relatives Before
Wiping Out Family.
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—Henry
Knell, secretary of the Philadelphia
Stee! and Forge Company and a
prominent church layman, was to-day
found to have shot and killed his
wife, Mrs. Emily Knell, and then to
have killed himself and two young i
children by gas In their home at
Glendale, L. I., late Friday night.
Knell explained the motive in a
note to his brother-in-law, as fol
lows:
“I may die of heart failure any
minute and don’t want my family to
be left alone in the world to suffer.
Therefore, I am taking them with me.
Good-bye. HENRY.”
The four bodies were found to-day
in a bedroom at the Knell home.
Knell had apparently killed his wife
as she lay in bed. He then drew up
his will, according to another note
found in the room, in which he care
fully divided $25,000 worth of real
estate among his own and his wife’s
relatives.
After sealing up the room, Knell
placed his daughter Edith, 2, beside
her dead mother and turned on the
gas. He then lay down on the floor
beside his son, Henry, Jr., 3 years old.
To make death more certain he
wrapped a night gown tightly around
his throat.
A gayly decorated Christmas tree
was in the room adjoining the bed
room and friends of the Knells who
attended the Christmas party given
the night before at the Knell home
recalled to-day that Knell had lifted
his son high in the air and said:
“Enjoy yourself, sonny, for it will be
your last Christmas with father”
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PINEVILLE, KY.. Dec 27.—'"Happy
Jack’’ Hendrickson and between ten
and twenty clansmen, sought by the
autholties since Wednesday's battle,
during which two men were killed and
two wounded, have been forced to re
treat to an abandoned coal mine by
thirty State militia men and deputy
sheriffs, according to advices received
here to-night.
Reports said that Press Hendrickson
had been shot through the breast and
dangerously wounded; George Hen
drickson had been slightly wounded in
the hip and ''Happy Jack” Hendrick
son had been slightly wounded in th,e
cheek.
The besiegers hope to starve the
outlaws into submission.
State Employees Pay
To Hold Their Jobs
ALBANY, N T . Y., Dec. 27.—For
eighteen years all State canal em
ployees have been compelled to pay a
percentage of their wages as political
assesments. This admission was
made to-day by three State canal of- [
flcials, testifying in the State graft
inquiry before Special Commissioner
James W. Osborne.
As a result of this testimony, it i*
said that Governor Glynn will de
mand the resignation of Duncan W.
Works, who has charge of all canal
work in the State. Further startling
testimony in connection with canal re
pair work is promised for next week.
Mrs. Blake, Suffrage
Chief 40 Years, Dying |
NEW YORK. Dec. 27.—Mrs. Lillie D. |
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the woman suffrage movement, is re-
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