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ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1913.
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EAGAN DEFIES PAXON AND ADAIR
MRS. E. FI.
A triple romance successfully cli
maxed with three weddings had the
firemen at engine house No. 4 ail
astir Monday, vvher** the echo of tha
wedding bells made the ordinary rou
tine of the day seem dull in the ex
treme.
The brid- - and bridegrooms are:
Ladderman Kdward f’arwile and
Miss Violet Lawler, of No. 163 Geor
gia avenue.
Driver Claude Rowe and Miss
Schuyler Moore, a forelady for the
McCall Pattern Company.
E. H. Lawler, a brother of Miss
Lawler—who gets in on this fire ro
mance story only on account of that
relationship—and Miss Willie Male
Hornsby, of No. 200 Wellington street.
The weddings were all pleasantly
mingled with the atmosphere of
Christmas. Across two. however,
there lies the shadow of death, for the
mother of AUa* Wwler and her
LAWLER.
brother died the day after Christmas.
The morning before the holiday Miss
Lawler had become the bride of Car-
wile and in the afternoon the Lawler-
Hornsby nuptials were performed at
the bedside of Miss Lawler's mother.
The Rev. J. S. V. Haul, who wed
the two couples, officiated at the fu
neral services i.jr the mother the next
day, and In the house where, within
the span of a day, there were glad
ness and sorrow the four newlyweds
are now making their home.
Secrecy surrounded the Rom*-
Moore wedding, which followed an
acquaintanceship of but six weeks.
The day before Christmas Rowe tele
phoned the young woman that he had
a surprise for her, and when she met
him he calmly announced that they
were to be married. Miss Moore ca
pitulated, and the Rev. Henry Pace
performed the ceremony.
Miss Knight to Ring
Out Year for Middies
NEWPORT, Dec. 29.—Miss Kath
erine Knight, the handsome 19-year-
old daughter of Rear Admiral Aus
tin M. Knight, has gone to Annapo
lis as the choice of the middies to
ring out the old and ring in the new'
year at the Naval Academy New
Year's Eve.
Hhe was selected by the graduating
class of cadets.
$11,000 Thief Caught
After 2-Year Chase
HARRISBURG, ILL., Dec. 29.—
After eluding the officers for tw'o
years, George F. Wilson is believed to
be under arrest at Spokane, Wash.
Wilson was secretary-treasurer of
the United Mine Workers of America
local at Herrin, Ill., and disappeared
with $11,000 of the miners’ money.
Bonding companies made good part
of this, and his shortage now
cUxioujU* to about $S,000.
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Scientists See Great Future for Atlanta
WEDDING BELLS CALL
CITY FIRE LADDIES
MRS. CLAUDE ROWE.
U. S. and State War Over Moyer
Bank Cashier to Help
Untangle Its Affairs
AUGUSTA. Dec. 29.—It is under
stood that J. P. Armstrong, cashier of
the Irish-American Bank, will go to
work to-morrow to assist in straight
ening out the tangled affairs of the
institution which was closed tw r o
weeks ago bv the State Bank Exam
iner at the instance of the board of
directors.
Armstrong has returned to the city,
furnished bond of $10,000 and is re
ported to be ready for business.
Couch’s ‘Heart Wife’
Strangely Vanishes
MONTICELLO, N. Y. Dec. 29.—
Adelaide Brance, who for fourteen
years was the “heart mate” of Melvin
M. Couch, had disappeared completely
to-day, following her flight undercov
er of darkness from the local jail.
Conflicting reports were circulated as
to her whereabouts.
It is expected that she will eventu
ally be given shelter by a brother liv
ing at Uaimer, Iowa*
E
TEACHING
APPED
President of Visiting Experts
Warns People to Go Slow in
Instructing Youth.
Dr. Collier Cobb, of the University
•f North Carolina, who has made a
special study on the effect of geo
graphical situation and transporta-
>n facilities in respect of a city’s
growth and progress, said Monday
that Atlanta was the most ideally lo
lled city In the entire South and
■at it should make even more start-
ng development in the next decade
'•r two than it has in the past.
Dr. Cobb is in Atlanta attending
Tie meetings of the American Asso-
1 at ion for the Advancement of
> • nee. and wjll read a paper Tues-
Yu before the geological section on
"The Physiographic Conditions That
• '»ntribute to the Making of Atlanta.”
. have had to take into acount,
the human element,” he said.
\n deal location would not have
amounted to much if the right men
id not been here to boost and de
velop the city.”
Gateway of North and South.
Ulanta’s opportunities for com
mon e and manufacture are incalcu
lable. It is the center from which
many railroads radiate. It is the
mi tew ay between the North and the
South, between the Northwest and
the Southeast.
I/ocation near raw material is not
nearly so important to the develop
ment and growth of manufacturing
dustries as transportation faciU-
e*. Take New' Bedford, Mass., for
• ample. It is not anywhere near
e cotton belt, it isn’t near the coal
fields, and it isn’t near the source of
p greatest food supplies, and jet it
rns out the finest cotton products
a the world. That is because it has
' Hoped its transportation faeiii-
\tlanta has done the same thing.
There is much still to be done, but
a is in a strategic position right
now.
"The opening of the Panama Canal
i be a direct benefit to Atlanta.
; canal will boom the Southern
i"»rts, and they in turn will eontrib-
/p to Atlanta’s prosperity.”
Warns of Sex Teaching.
Dr Edmund B. "Wilson, of Colum-
hl & University, president of the as
sociation, issued a note of warning
Monday to those who are advocating
the wholesale and indiscriminate
teaching of sex hygiene to children
all ages in the public schools.
Ur. Wilson male it plain that he
favored the teaching of sex hygiene
in the higher instiutions of learning
competent and tactful instructors,
hut that he was a bit fearful that the
'age for the teaching of sex topics
height carry the idea to a dangerous
Point in the teaching of the younger
folk.
It is the parents of America who
' ould be the instructors in matters
J f this sort,” said Dr. Wilson. “Chil-
ii'en should have their first know 1 -
Hge on these subjects from their fa-
hers and mothers. If they are in
structed tactfully and sympathetical-
hey will develop with normal and
-*fcan Ideas.
Children Must be Taught.
But we are confronted with 'the
8 ‘tuation of thousands of children of
'be slums in our big cities never hav-
n g any such instruction. Their
noughts and ideas they pick up on
Q e streets. They must be taught. It
fi a grave question as to when the
instruction should begin. I believe
‘hat every teacher in the public
schools should be informed on these
•objects, but I doubt if the subject
R **ould be approached directly until
colleges and normal schools are
Cached.
R is a most delicate question.
Continued on Page 2, Column 4.
Plan Writ to Meet
Move of Mayor on
Courthouse Fence
Any attempt of Mayor Woodward
to remove the fence around the new
courthouse will be met with a re
straining order sworn out by either
the .County Commissioners or the
contractors erecting the building, it
was said Monday.
So far, though, no official cogni
zance is being taken by the Board of
County Commissioners of the Mayor’s
threat to tear down the fence be
cause no official notice has been re
ceived by the board from the city’s
chief executive ordering the fence re
moved.
The “fence subject” was a live
topic of conversation around the
Commissioners’ office Monday morn
ing, but no one cared to be quoted
“because there was nothing official
about the matter.”
Inside the fence, which runs along
the street eight feet outside the curb,
is stored a great mass of building
material.
Fire Rages as Water
Fails in Montreal
MONTREAL, Deo. 29.—With prac
tically no water to fight the flames,
due to the breaking of the city’s
mains, fire broke out this afternoon
at Hubert and Ontario streets, and
in less than half an hour twenty
houses were reduced to ashes. The i
flames are spreading. The damage
already amounts to $250,000. Four
explosions of gasoline took place dur
ing the fire.
Fire Chief Trettlay has ordered his
men to dynamite buildings in the
path of the flames.
Record Scarcity of
Police Court Cases
It may be due to the strained con
dition of Atlanta’s pocketbook so soon
after the holidays, or it may be due to
the remnant of Christmas spirit that
fills the civic heart—but there were
only 39 cases docketed at police head
quarters Monday for both sessions of
Recorder’s Court
It is the smallest number in the his
tory of the court, and has occasioned
considerable comment among police
and court officials. Usually on Mon
day the cases number all the way
fcom 150 to 250.
Bad Weather Opens
With ‘Blue Monday’
Another sample of the worst the
weather man can do when he tried
real hard was furnished to Atlanta
Monday in a dreary, cloudy, damp
day that made the week's opening
blue indeed.
A chill drizzle fell all morning, and,
according to Federal Forecaster Von
Herrmann, was in town to stay for
the night at any rate.
Monday night was expected to be
rainy and colder, and Tuesday cloudy
and colder still. The same condi
tions exist all over the State.
Man’s Body Found
In Trunk in Street
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—Another
trunk mystery confronted the New
York police to-day, when the body
of a man, the arms and legs bound
with ropes, was found in a trunk
in front of No. 47 Pitt street.
Residents of the neighborhood said
the trunk had been dumped from a
pushcart by two boys.
According to all indications, the
victim had been tortured to death.
There were more than a dozen stab
wounds in the chest, abdomen and
legs.
Corset Raids' New
Crusade in Berlin
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BERLIN, Dec. 29.—Local police are
making “corset raids” as the result
of protests against shopkeepers who
display corsets on life size wax fe
male figures. The shopkeepers made
a concession by putting flimsy petti
coats on the figures.
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With developments of Monday indicating that the attack by
Colonel Frederic J. Paxon on the propaganda of the Men and Re
iigion Forward Movement, backed by the sensational statement of
Forrest Adair that the vice crusade and the closing of the restricted
district had merely scattered the evil it sought to exterminate, will
be followed by a meeting to protest against the issuance of the ob
jectionable bulletins, John J. Eagan, Chairman of the Executive
Committee of the Movement, definitely outlined the attitude of the
; Men and Religion Forward Movement when he declared that the
criticisms are "useless and will be absolutely without effect,”
Chief of Police Beavers, replying to Mr. Adair’s allusions to
himself and to the statements that the vice crusade had only spread
the social evil throughout the city, challenged Mr. Adair to produce
the proof of the existence of immoral houses on the downtown
streets and in the residence section. He declared that he is sur
prised at Mr. Adair’s attitude, and that when he entered the gen
eral order closing the houses, he served Mr. Adair, in common with
other real estate dealers, with a notice to cease renting property
for immoral purposes, and that Mr. Adair promised to co-operate
with him.
The chief also declared that if
lie is ruined, as Mr. Adair stated,
he has been ruined because he
tried to enforce the law, “re
gardless of Mr. Adair or Mr.
Anyone else, who tried to keep
him from doing his duty.’
“The work of the Executive
Committee of the Movement will
continue as it has done in the
past,” declared Mr. Eagan Mon
day. "We will take no official
notice of the criticism of Colonel
Paxon, nor of the editorial which
he printed in the official paper of
his Bible School class, which has
but a limited circulation and
therefore little influence.
“The bulletins will continue, clothed
in the language that we deem neces
sary. Tuesday is our regular day to
Issue a bulletin, and one can he ex
pected to-morrow, probably along the
same lines that the recent ones have
been The bulletin will not mention
the criticisms, although there may be
some indirect reference to them.
“Criticism of the movement and of
the bulletins which the executive
committee pre issuing is useless, and
will have no effect whatever on our
future work. We are satisfied with
what we are doing and will continue
Chief’s Retort to
Adair's Charges
, "I challenge Mr. Adair, or any
one else, to produce proof of his
statement that the vice crusade
has scattered vice throughout the
city and that there are immoral
houses on the downtown streets
or in the residence sections. If
he knows of such places he should
, tell me, for when I closed the
houses’ district, Mr. Adair was one \
of several real estate men who
promised me their co-operation by
refusing to rent property to the
banned women.”—From Chief
Beavers reply to the statement of
Forrest Adair that the vice cru
sade has only spread vice in At
lanta.
Police Seek Youth for
Kicking Class Doors
The police Monday are searching
for a young man, well dressed and
supposed to be insane, who kicked in
the glass doors of the Cronheim Phar
macy at Pryor street and Georgia
avenue, and the Melton Pharmacy at
Pryor and Garnett streets early Mon
day morning, walked in, turned
around and walked right out again.
In neither store was anything missing
wh*»n the owners of the place came to
work.
Neighbors who saw the strange an
tics telephoned the police, and Cap
tain Poole answered with a squad of
men.
Bitten in a Sleeper,
V\fants $10,000 Salve
MILWAUKEE, WIS„ Dec. 27.—‘
Suit for $10,000 has been started in
Montana by a Milwaukee man who
claims damages because of a bite that
happened on a St. Paul Railroad
sleeping car in Montana.
Railroad officials say the car he
complains of was on its first run over
the route.
Superintendent for
Black School Dress
SACRAMENTO, CAL., Dec. 29.—A
uniform style of dress for girls in
the California schools is advocated
by State Superintendent Hyatt, w T ho
believed a simple black dress with a
neat white apron would aid in ob
taining better results in school work.
“I hope to see a uniform style
adopted,’’ said Mr. Hyatt.
Lea Urges Suffrage
As Aid to Prohibition
ASHEVILLE. N. C.. Dec 29 -Sen
ator Luke Lea, of Tennessee, in an
address to men at the Y. M. C. A.
here espoused the cause of woman
suffrage. He stated that the enfran
chisement of woman would be a long
step toward nation-wide prohibition.
Senator Lea referred to the suf
frage movement as the last step In
the evolution of woman.
doing It.”
The executive committee of th*
movement will hold a meeting at the
Baptist Tabernacl* Monday after
noon, which is eagerly awaited by
those who have engaged In the con
troversy. Although Mr. Eagan haa
stated that the criticisms will not be
noticed, Marion Jackson, a prominent
member of the committee and author
of the bulletins, declared Monday
morning that Colonel Paxon's and
Mr. Adair’s attacks “probably would
be mentioned.”
Newspaper Men Barred.
Mr. Jackson stated also Monday
that newspaper men would not be ad
mitted to the meeting, but that it
would be strictly executive. It is
problematical whether a statement
will be Issued at its close.
Intimation that a meeting to pro
test against the bulletins and the
propaganda of the Men and Religion
Movement would be called was made
by a number of business men Mon
day. many of them declaring that
such meeting would be the logical re
sult of the criticism and agitation.
Forrest Adair declared that such a
meeting appeared very likely.
The Rev. VV. C. Schaeffer, presi
dent of the Evangelical Ministers*
Association, which controls the ac
tions of the executive committee, de
clared Monday morning that official
action by the association Is very like
ly should the criticisms attain con
siderable proportions and should de
velopments warrant It.
“The committee's actions and the
publication of the bulletins clothed in
their present language have the
hearty approval of the association.”
Dr. Schaeffer declared, “and we ar %
of the opinion that they are doing a
PRQBERTOLQ
10 Ml HIS
BUSINESS
Inquest Begun Into Death of
Seventy-two—Moyer Still
Very II! of Wounds.
BIG RAPIDS, MICH., Dec. 29.—In
scholarly language, Governor Ferris
of Michigan to-day told the United
States Government, as represented
by Special Investigator John B.
Densmore, to mind its own business.
Mr. Densmore stopped here between
trains for a conference with the
Michigan executive before gjing to
the copper country to investigate the
Wilson Puts Lid on
Politics; He Doesn't
Like Bad Weather
PASS CHRISTIAN. MISS., Dec. 29.
“No admittance to politicians” is the
word that went out of the winter
White House to-day when President
Wilson learned, that a number of
Southern leaders of his party were
planning to come here to interview
him on patronage and other subjects
during his vacation.
The President is deeply disappoint
ed by the continued cold weather. He
had to golf under leaden skies to-day.
He has eliminated all work possi
ble, and to-day sent to Washington
some of the business which he had
originally planned to ('are for. The
White House staff will have to attend
to it.
The President has for breakfast
dally the freshest of fresh eggs. They
come by parcel post from the Missis
sippi Experimental Farm, and thus
far none has been broken in transit.
U.S.Put Next to China
In Cheapness of Life
Congressman Metz
Tired of Washington
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—“Well, I
don’t think I’ll go back to Congress
again. I won't be a rubber stamp
for anyone, and I don’t think you
have much of a show in Washington
unless you are a Southerner."
Ex-Comptroller Herman A. Metz
thus expressed himself when asked
how he liked Washington. He is now
Congressman from the Tenth Dis
trict, but wants to retire.
strike for Secretary of Labor Wil
son.
“The Federal Government has no
business in the copper country,” said
Governor Ferris. “If Michigan were
not doing its duty, it would be the
Government’s duty to step in. But
i Michigan is doing its duty. There Is
a grand jury in Houghton right now'
from which Mr. Moyer or anybody
else can get fair play.”
Mr. Densmore left immediately
after the conference for the North.
CHICAGO, Dec. 29.—Human life is
cheaper in industrial America than any
where else in the world except China,
according to Episcopal Bishop Charles
D. Williams, of Michigan, who lectured
here.
Bullet Removed
From Moyer’s Spine.
CHICAGO, Dec. 29.—The bullet
which was imbedded near the spine
of Charles H. Moyer, president of
the Western Federation of Miners,
was removed this afternoon by an
operation at St. Luke’s Hospital. The
bullet, according to Moyer’s story,
was fired into his back w'hen he was
attacked by a mob of citizens in
Houghton, Mich., where he was di
recting the strike of copper miners.
Dr. George V. Hilton said the oper
ation was successful, and that in a
shore time Moyer would be able to
leave his bed.
“I’ll go back to Calumet soon,” said
the miners’ president to a delegation
of union men who visited the hos
pital soon.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia — Rain Monday;
cloudy and colder Tuesday.