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EXTRA The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results EXTRA VOL. XII. XO. 128. ATLANTA GA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1913. Copyright, 1906, By The Georgian Ca 2 CENTS. EAGAN DEFIES PAXON AND ADAIR (XO WO WO wo wo wo Scientists See Great Future for Atlanta % s§ 23 30 tr<{ S3 6s WEDDING BELLS CALL CITY FIRE LADDIES MRS. CLAUDE ROWE. U. S. and State War Over Moyer SEX HYGIENE Plan Writ to Meet Move of Mayor on Courthouse Fence President of Visiting Experts Warns People to Go Slow in Instructing Youth. Dr. Collier Cobb, of the University of 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 • wth and progress, said Monday if Atlanta was the most ideally lo- ued city In the entire South and that it should make even more start ing development in the next decade or two than it has in the past. Dr. Cobb is in Atlanta attending ie meetings of the American Asso- ntion for the Advancement of >nonce, and will read a paper Tues- ■ 1 v before the geological section on "The Physiographic Conditions That Contribute to the.Making of Atlanta.” "I have had to take into acount, ' »o, the human element,” he said. \n 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 xample. It is not anywhere near ie cotton belt, it isn’t near the coal fields, and it isn’t near the source ot the greatest food supplies, and yet it irns out the finest cotton products n the world. That is because It has eveloped its transportation facili ties. Atlanta has done the same thing. There is much still to be done, but ie is in a strategic position right now.' The opening of the Panama Cana' ill be a direct benefit to Atlanta. ; he canal will boom the Southern i 'lrts, and they in turn will contrib ute to Atlanta's prosperity.” Warns of Sex Teaching. Dr. Edmund B. Wilson, of Colum bia University, president of the as- >ciation, issued a note of warning Monday to those who are advocating the wholesale and indiscriminate teaching of sex hygiene to children of all ages in the public schools. Dr. Wilson male it plain that he favored the teaching of sex hygiene •a the higher instiutions of learning by competent and tactful instructors, but that he was a bit fearful that the fage for the teaching of sex topic# might carry the idea to a dangerous point in the teaching of the younger folk. ‘‘It Is the parents of America who iould be the instructors in matters of this sort,” said Dr. Wilson. "Chil dren should have their first knowl edge on these subjects from their fa- ; tiers and mothers. If they are in structed tactfully and sympathetical ly, they will develop with normal and clean ideas. Children Must be Taught. But we are confronted with the situation of thousands of children of the slums in our big cities never hav ing any such instruction. Their thoughts and ideas they pick up on the streets. They must be taught. It is a grave question as to when the instruction should begin. I believe ’hat every teacher in the public schools should be informed on these subject#, but I doubt if the subject 'hould be approached directly until ne colleges and normal schools are reached. “It is a most delicate question. 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, Dec. 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 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 from 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. Inquest Begun Into Death of Seventy-two—Moyer Still Very III 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 shopped here between trains ?( inference with the Michigan executive before gjing 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 djty, 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 else can get fair play.” Mr. Densmore left immediately after the 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. Bitten in a Sleeper, Wants $10,000 Salve MILWAUKEE. WJF. Dec. 27.— Suit for $10,000 lias 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. 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. Continued on Page 2, Column 4. Corset Raids’ New Crusade in Berlin Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. BERLIN, Deo, 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. 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 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 been broken in transit. U.S.Put Next to China In Cheapness of Life 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. 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, who believes 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. WILSON SENDS THANKS. MOBILE, Deo. 29.—Secretary Don A. Farnsworth, of the Mobile Cham ber of Commerce, i« In receipt of a letter from President Woodrow Wil son thanking him for a box of Satsu- ma oranges raised in a Mobile County orange grove. MRS. J. E. CAR WILE. 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 two 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. c S OF VICE 1 VESHOTREPLY 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 Ualmer, Iowa. MRS. E. ir. A triple romance successfully cli maxed with three wedding# had the firemen at engine house No. 4 ail astir Monday, where the echo of the wedding bells made the ordinary rou tine of the day seem dull in the ex treme. The brides and bridegrooms are: Ladderman Edward Carwile 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 Mis# Lawler—who gets in on this fire ro mance story only on account of that relationship—and Miss Willie Male Horn#by, 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 Miss Lawler 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 ut the bedside of Miss Lawler s mother. The Rev. J. S. V. Haul, who wed the two couples, officiated at the fu neral services . r 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 acquaintance#hlp of but six week#. 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. 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 Droperty 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. 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.’’ 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 he 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 are Issuing Is useless, anil will have no effect whatever on our future work. We are satisfied with 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, Marlon 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.” Newspapor Men Barred. Mr. Jackson stated also Monday that newspaper men would not be ad mitted to the meeting, but that it Ont Ypnr fnr Mirlflipq would be |,trict,jr e * ecutlv<! it u v Uu 1UI 1V1IU.L11L/0 problematical whether a statement Police Seek Youth for Kicking Glass 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 Cronhelm 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 when 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. 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. Miss Knight to Ring HARRISBURG, ILL., Dec. 29.— After eluding the officers for two years, George F. Wilson is believed to be under arrest at Spokane, Wash. Wilson was secretary-treasurer ot the United Mine Workers of America local at Herrin, III., and disappeared with $11,000 of the miners’ money. Bonding companies made good part of this, and his shortage now amounts to about $8,000. 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 6uch a meeting appeared very likely. The Rev. W. C. Schaeffer, presi dent of the Evangelical Ministers’ 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. She was selected by the graduating class of cadets. $11,000 Thief Caught Aftoy* 0 Vpqv PVlQQP A ® sociat,on > which controls the ao- AAl tbl X Udl L/IIctbv5 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 end ttie publication of the bulletins clothed in their present language have th# hearty approval of the association,” Dr. Schaeffer declared, "and w are of the opinion that they are i^flng a