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-——— J T- - T--"' , . ' -T SSCOR OVER 100MO THE SUNDAY AMERICAN'S NET PAID CIRCULATION 7 he National Southern Sunday Newspaper The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results VOL. XII. NO. 128. ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1913. Copyright. im. Th« Qe< By The Georgian C*. 2 CENTS. PAT NO WORK. FINALS CHILDREN STOLEN, FATHER ASKS SONS’ ARREST LATEST NEWS HELP STREET WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—A mar riage license was issued to-day to Ensign Alston R. Sampson, U. S. N., j and Miss Lucy Hoke Smith, daugh ter of Senatoi Hoke Smith of Geor- j gia. The wedding will take place to-morrow night at Senator Smith’s residence here. SCIENTISTS PROBERTOLD SEEGREJTER ATLANTA Says He Came to Atlanta With Two Children in Answer to Wife’s Letter. — ! ST. LOUIS, Dec. 29.— Manager Mordecai Brown, of the St. Louis Unknown Man Shown to Have i ^ asebaM t”" 1 in the , Federal l r ea s ue ' i has signed up one player each from Chicago, New York and Pittsburg, it was onnounced this afternoon. A _ D • r\ fourth player is understood to have I WO DOyS If! UaS6. been signed up from Cincinnati. Been Tortured to Death. Somewhat disfigured from an alleg- k] assault by two of his sons, S. C. I ' ns, of Salisbury, N. C.. complained ■ to the police Monday afternoon that ■ of his youngest children had been kidnaped and asked for the arrest of e two older boys. He declared his onti on G f swearing out warrants I against them charging kidnaping and |" iult with intent to murder. ' ins was detained at police head- | ,aarters while ofFicers were sent to “ residence of his wife, Mrs. Ella I Akins, No. 8 Mell avenue, Edgewood, ' » arrest the two sons, Merrill and I Harold Akins. Aeeording to the story by Akins, 1 and his wife separated ten years I so. There were ten children ar\d a declared an agreement was en- 0tpd into between them whereby he I ept the two youngest ones. These ! '0 William, age 12, and Elizabeth, I ?e 10 whom he says were kidnaped LUondav He has been traveling h mt the country and has had the -Idren in different schools. Letter From His Wife. IAvo weks ago he says he received •etter from his wife asking him to rin ff the two children to Atlanta to ’0i)d Christmas, and stating that no uempt would be made to take them "ay from him. Accordingly he r icht them to Atlanta last Wed- osda y and registered at a hotel on ditchell street. Monday morning he left the boy the hotel while he went to the Street Bank to see an old nend, taking the little girl with ,im - When he returned to the hotel 10 boy had disappeared. He spent several hours searching for him, but 1 ithout success, and in the afternoon 0tu to his wife's house to see if he H - s there. He could receive no sat- ‘ > torv reply find was returning to h Elizabeth when he charges : two sons came up and attacked 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. The first clew obtained by the po lice was the name of the maker of a coat which was stuffed under the corpse. It bore the label of Lebulsky and Brother, Vjcksburg, Miss. A woman’s waist and a shirt were stuffed beneath the dead man’s head as though for a pillow. The police learned that the two boys who had been trundling tjre push cart were accompanied by two men, one poorly dressed and stockily built, the other well dressed and of mediu..i stature. They further learn ed that the men had offered to pay a boy for watching the trunk after it had been dumped in the cart to the sidewalk. “City Could Not Be More Ideally Located Geographically,” He Says. CHATTANOOGA, Dec. 29.—Pitcher Jim Baskette, of th© Toledo American Association club, stated to-day that he had received an offer from the Federal League for next season, but with which dub he did not state. Mrs. Manley Finally Quits Jail With Baby NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—Mellie Chat- field, an artist, was found dead in her studio this afternon with a steel pa per cuter driven through her heart. Apparently it was a case of suicide. REPUBLIC, MO., Dec. 29.—After a quarrel, said to have been caused by jealousy, Ollie Blades, a young farm er, shot and killed his bride of a month to-day. Mrs. Blade was 16 years old. MIDDLESBORO. KY., Dec. 29.— “Pres” Hendrickson, one of the clan corralled in a mine on Elys Hollow,! according to information received here to-day surrendered this after noon. He was shot through the hips, the bullet having entered on the left side and emerged on the right side. WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—Hearings on the location of Federal reserve banks were postponed by Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo to-day un til January 5, 6; 7 and 8 for New York and January 9 and 10. WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—The na val tug Paxutent to-day was dis patched to the aid of the British steamer Cheslie Reid, standing off Pensacola, Fla. lim. Bystanders Interfere. IJnc picked up the little girl and ran Dri(, k 10 the house with her, while the Kciest son, Merrill Akins, proceeded 1,1 beat his father, the latter declares, ' n bras8 knuoks. Bystanders sepa- r <ite,] them and the elder Akins <ided a car and came to police headquarters. ' ins says he endeavored to get his ‘ to sign a paper stating that she “Quid make no clg.im to the children ■'ben he arrived in Atlanta Wednes- nnd that she was willing but her would not permit her to sign it. Slayer Schmidt’s Sanity Discussed By His Trial Jury ■ A YORK, Dec. 29.—The case of • s Schmidt, confessed * slayer of J^nna Aumuller, went to the jury at P. m. :30 the Schmidt jury, after be- °ut for four hours, came into >nd asked that certain portions testimony relating to the aan- the* clergyman-slayer be read 1 It also asked a number of ‘ *ns along the lines of sanity r “ Disanity. This was taken to mean _ Hie jury is giving much consid- pa ‘°n to the defense’s plea of in- ■ There seemed little prospect The jury' retired at 5:40 for a before late to-night. 1 ’ n g the nierht Schmidt was on I ' * ige of collapse and the guard /“ ,s been with him in court since r nal began was instructed to ‘J .The prisoner carefully during "V* y * session to prevent an out- After refusing to leave jail because she wanted to be near her husband during Christmas, Mrs. M. E. Man- ley, the young woman who is under bond to answer the charge of slipping saws to her husband while he was confined in the city Jail, was persuad ed by her attorney, J. V. Poole, to leave the jaD Monday afternoon. Mrs. Manley was at liberty to leave the jail last Tuesday, bond having been made for her by Clarke Howell, of the Criminal Court, whose sympa thy was aroused. Her young husband is in the Tower on charges of pass ing worthless checks. Mrs. Manley will board at No. 164 Central avenue, pon leaving the Jail declared she would remain in Atlanta until her husband's troubles were disposed of. She kept her young baby with her during her stay in the jail. CHICAGO, Dec. 29. —Charles Weeghman, wealthy owner of a string of restaurants in Chicago, to-day an nounced that he had been elected president of the Chicago Federal League club, and that he had pur chased ground for a new ball park at Clark and Addison streets, border ing the expensive North Side resi dential district. The grandstand and other equipment of the Federal League baseball plant in Chicago will cost between >100,000 and $125,- 000, exclusive of the site. LAREDO, TEXAS, Dec. 29.—Three thousand rebels under General Gon zales marching to attack Nuevo Leon, had reached a point 45 miles south of that town to-day. They are await ing other forces at San Ignacio be fore making an attack. The small Federal garrison will be unable to put up a long fight. Dr. Collier Cobb, of the University of North Carolina, who has made a special study on the effect of geo graphical situation and transporta tion facilities in respect of a city’s growth and progress, said Monday that Atlanta was the most ideally lo cated city In the entire South and that it should make even more start ling development In the next decade or two than It has In the past. Dr. Cobb is in Atlanta attending the meetings of the American Asso ciation for the Advancement of Science, and will read a. paper Tues day before the geological section on “The Physiographic Conditions That Contribute to the Making of Atlanta.” “I have had to take into acount, too, the human element,” he said. “An ideal location would not have amounted to much If the right men had not been here to boost and de velop the city.” Gateway of North and South. “Atlanta’s opportunities for com merce and manufacture are incalcu lable. It is the center from which many railroads radiate. It is the gateway between the North and the South, between the Northwest and the Southeast. “Location near raw material is not nearly so important to the develop ment and growth of manufacturing industries as transportation facili ties. Take New Bedford, Mass., for example. It is not anywhere near the cotton belt, it Isn’t near the coal fields, and It isn’t near the source of the greatest food supplies, and yet it turns out the finest cotton products in the world. That is because it has developed its transportation facili ties. “Atlanta has done the same thing. There is much still to be done, but RACING RESULTS Michigan Governor Tells U. S. Agent State Can Handle Mine War. BIG RAPIDS, MICH., D«c. 3*.—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 going to the copper country to investigate the 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 Michigan Is doing its duty. There is a grand jury in Houghton right now | from which Mr. Moyer or anybody j else can get fair play.” Mr. Densmore left immediately after tne Fie conference for the North. 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 when 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. Witnesses Deny Seeing Creator of Panic. Continued on Page 2, Column 6. WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—The schooner Nellie W. Craig, 468 tons, from New York City, is in distress off Kinnakeet Life Saving Station, North Carolina, according to a wireless mes sage to revenue cutter headquarters to-day. The cutters Seminole and Onondaga are steaming to her re lief. Physician Hurt, Car Wrecked, in Crash Assault Will Cost Rosier His Left Eye Whether Jason Rosier recovers from the assault made upon him by robbers last Friday or not, he will lose the sight of his left eye. A care ful examination Monday revealed that the sight in this eye had been totally cestroyed and an operation was declared necessary to remove it. Dr. Willis Westmoreland is perform ing the operation. Monday afternoon a squad of de tectives were working hard on the case. They are. working on the the ory that Rosier was driven to the spot where he was found with the sole intent of robbery. Physicians at Grady Hospital ptill hold out practically no hope for Ro- sier’s recovery. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 29.—An nouncement was made to-day of the engagement of Mrs. Frank T. How ard, a wealthy New Orleans widow, and Henry Sanderson, a rich New York business man and automobile enthusiast who was divorced by his wife less than three months ago. Fol lowing the decth of her husband. Mrs. Howard renounced a legacy of $600,- 000 in order that her two sons might enter at once into their father’s es tate. The Howard fortune was amassed through the operation of the famous Louisiana lottery. Mr. San derson, who is 46 years old, is presi dent of the Automobile Club of Amer ica and director in many corpora tions. Two automobiles were demolished and Dr. H. R. Rosenberg, of No. 439 Washington street, was seriously In jured, when his machine and an At lanta Journal auto truck collided at the corner of Georgia avenue and Washington street early Monday aft ernoon. The truck was traveling along Georgia avenue, while Dr. Rosenberg was driving out Washington street, and the two cars crashed together on the corner. The physician’s car was the lighter of the two and was sent 15 feet across the street into a telephone pole. K. E. McIntosh, who was driving tbft truck, f*s( aped without injury beyond a shaking up. Dr. Rosen berg was painfully bruised and was assisted to his home. CALUMET, MICH., Dec. 29.—Elev en witnesses at the inquest thin morning into the death of seventy- two children and wives of strikers and strikers themselves in the Christ mas Eve calamity denied seeing any person In Italian Hall the night of the panic wearing a Citizens Alli ance pin. Nothing was brought out that would show who gave the first cry of fire, excepting that It was a man, Judging from his voice. It was shown by several witnesses that deputies did not hold the doom shut at th4 bottom of the stairs, but that they were open at the time the panic took place. Before the panic there was consid erable crowding forward by the chil dren to get their Christmas presents at the platform in the rear of the hall. AT CHARLESTON. FIRST—Six furlongs. A1 Jones. 96 (McTaggart). 11 to 20, 1 to 4, out, won; Willis. 106 (Neander), 7 to 2, 4 to 5, 1 to 3, second; Floral Crown, 116 (Pickett), 60 to 1, 25 to 1, 10 to 1, third. Time. 1:16 1-6. Question Mark, Concurran, Lady Orimar, Sil icic also ran. SECOND—Five furlongs: Chas. Cannell, 106 (Turner), 7 lo 6, 1 to 2, out. won; Belle Terre, 103 (Nick- laus), 20 to 1, 8 to 1, 3 to 1, second; Lady Innocence, 98 (Murphy), 20 to 1. 6 to 1. 2 to 1, third. Time, 1:03 1-6. El Mahdl, Dally Waters, Belle of Normandy, Bulgar, Marty Lou also ran. THIRD—One mile : Kinmundy, 110 (Buxton), 6, 2, 4-6. won; Earl of Savoy, 104 (Turner), 12, 5, 2, second; Merry I.*d, 109 (Goose). 11-6, 1. 9-20, third. Time. 1:43 2-5. Colonel Cook, Jabot, Servicience, Mycenae also ran. FOURTH—Six furlongs: Old Ben 98 (Callahan), 6 to 1, 2 to 1, 4 to 5, won; Celesta, 106 (H. McTaggart), 8 to 1, 3 to 1, 7 to 5, second; Samuel R. Meyer, 113 (Goose), 8 to 5, 7 to 10. 1 to 3. third Time, 1:15. L H. Adair, Tarts, Lochiel, Carlton G also FIFTH—Five furlongs Right Easy, 111 (Deronde), 3, 4-5, 7-20, won; Ann Tilly, 107 (McTaggart). 8-5, 3-5, out, second, Coropsis. 112 (Dav enport). 9, 3, 1, third. Time. 1:17. Lord Wells, St. Cliff. Sherlock Holmes, Agnlr, Elsewhere also ran. SIXTH—Mlle'and 20 yards: Ros eau, 114 (Pickett), 7, 5-2, 6-5, won; Shaller, 112 (Fairbrother), 4. 8-6. 3-5. second; Patty Regan, 89 (F. Murphy), 7-5, 3-5, 1-3. third. Time, 1:46 1-5. Puck, Michael, Angelo, Camel, Barn Dance, Woodcraft also ran. AGAINST S i. J. EAGAN DEFIANT AT JUAREZ. FIRST—Seven furlongs: Princess Industry, 108 (Gentry). 4, 8-5, 4-5, won; Calethumplan, 103 (Marco), 15, 6, 5-2, second; La Bold, 1)0 (Feeney), 12, 5, 6-2, third. Time, 1:25 2-5. Maud McKee, Fort Sumter, Chief Desmond, Garden of Allah, Mawr Lad Senator James, Compton, Masalo, Winifred D, Robert also ran. • SECOND—Five and one-half fur- longs: Martin Chavis, 108 (Gentry), 7-2, 6-6, 3-5, won; Great Friar, Ill (Estep), 3, 1, 1-2, aecond; Sir Bal linger. Ill (Woods). 16, 6, 3, third. Time, 1:07. Katty Connor, Star Ber ta. Amohalko, John R. Clay, Henry Williams, Ablhu, King Earl, Hawley, J. H. Reid, Quick Trip, Great Jubilee also ran. THIRD—Six furlongs: Edith W„ 92 (Neylon), 3-2. 2-5, out, won; Flor ence Roberts, 108 (Kirschbaum, 6-5, 1-8, out, second; Gordon Russell, 106 (Gentry), 15, 4, 6-5, third. Time, 1:17 2-6. Hobnob, Sir Fretful also ran. Chief of Police Beavers, replying Monday to Forrest Adair’s al lusions 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 surprised at Mr. Adair’s attitude, and that when he entered the general order closing the houses, he served Mr. Adair, in common with other real estate dealers, with a notice to cease renting prop erty for immoral purposes, and that Mr. Adair promised to co operate with him. The chief also declared that if he is ruined, as Mr. Adair stated, he has been ruined because he tried to enforce the law, “regard less of Mr. Adair or Mr. Anyone else, who tried to keep him from doing his duty. ’ ’ With developments of Monday indicating that the attack by Colonel Frederic J. Paxon on the propaganda of the Men and Re ligion 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.’’ “The work of the Executive Chief’s Retort to Adair’s Charges Race Entries on Page 6. Women Who Refuse To Make Returns on Income To Be Fined “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 streots 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 Aaair that the vice cru sade has only spread vice in At lanta. j ^VASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—Uncle Sam Is going to assess a fine of from $20 to $1,000 against every suffragist who refuses to make returns to the income tax collector and pay the tax, officials of the Treasury Department declared to-day. When informed that Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, presi dent of the National Woman Suffrage Association, had urged all women to refuse to obey this law, the officials replied that the women who took her advice would get into trouble. Treasury officials pointed out that the income tax law clearly specifies that anyone who shall refuse to make a return is liable to a fine. Wilson Puts Lid on Politics; He Doesn't Like Bad Weather HARRISBURG, PA., Dec. 29.— Whatever plans Governor John K Tener has to prevent the Federal Baseball League raiding clubs of the National League will be kept secret for the present, at least. He refused to comment on the “lifting” of Joe Tinker and Mordecai Brown. Evelyn Thaw Coming To Atlanta in Play Plan Writ to Meet Move of Mayor on Courthouse Fence Alabama Primary Date To Be April 6 U.S.Put Next to China In Cheapness of Life LANSING, MICH.. Dec. 29.—A wife deserter can be extradited from an other State, but not from Canady, ac cording to an opinion rendered to day by Attorney General Fellows. He declares there is no law covering this point at present between the United States and Canada. Evelyn Nesblt Thaw, whose diary in The Sunday American has been read by thousands with intense in terest, is coming to Atlanta. She will appear at the Atlanta Theater Febru ary 26 and 27. Miss Thaw is touring the country In a musical production called “The Mariette.” Her interpretations of the latest dances constitute its principal features. Her tango dancing made a distinct hit with New York theater goers. 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. CLEVELAND, Dec. 29.—The Stand ard Oil Company of Ohio, operating two plants in Cleveland, according to information from New York received in banking circles here to-day, is scheduled for a stock dividend ap proximating 100 per cent on the com pany’s outstanding capital of $3,500,- 000. THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia — Rain Monday; cloudy and colder Tuesday. 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 Commls-iioners’ 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 • waieriaJ. MONTGOMERY. Dec. 29—Only one primary will be held by the Dem ocrat® of Alabama and the date se- lectd will be Monday, April 6, accord ing to leading members of the State Democratic F2xeciitive Committee which meets January 7. This will mean that the candidate for each position receiving a plurality will be chosen as the Democratic nominee and that no “run offs” will be held. 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 Presiden' is deeply disappoint ed by the continued cold weather. He had to golf ..nder 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 care for. The White House staff will have to attend to it. The President has for breakfast daily the freshest of fresh eggs. They come by parcel post from the Missis sippi Experimental Farm, and thus far none has beer broken in transit. Eligibles for 1,323 Jobs Being Compiled Couch's ‘Heart Wife’ Strangely Vanishes CHATTANOOGA. Dec. 29—Tom Baine, chief postoffice inspector for the district embracing Tennessee. Alabama and Mississippi, is preparing a list of eligibles for the 1,323 fourth- class postoffices in the district paying less than $180 a year for the Civil Ser-ice Commission. Some of the postmasters are of long standing One reported that he got his first commission during the ad- mlwuaUoa ut gr<*Ukut fhiuharw). MONTICELLO, N. Y., Dec. 29.— Adelaide France, 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- ms at Uftlmer. iowa. 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. Bulletins to Continue. "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 be 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 are issuing is useless, and will have no effect whatever on our future work. We are satisfied witli what we are doing and will continue doing it.” The executive committee of the movement will hold a meeting at the Baptist Tabernacle Monday after noon, which is eagerly awaited by those who have engaged in the con troversy. Although Mr. Eagan has 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 Faxon'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, i'west Adair dpclatad That »ucU 8 \n