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VOL. XII. NO. 129.
ATLANTA GA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9,0, 1913. 2 CENTS
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EXPERT WARNS U. S. OF AVIATION WAR PERIL
COMMITTEE INDORSES MEN AND RELIGION LEADERS
Weather Official, Here for Scien
tific Congress. Urges More Ae
ronautic Practice in Army.
Should the United States become
inv.lived in war with one of the great
world powers she would be at a terri
ble disadvantage in the use of that
m ist important adjunct of modern
u; rfare, the aeroplane, in the opinion
W. J. Humphreys, head of the me
teor'logical department of the United
s ites Weather Bureau.
Gr. Humphreys is in Atlanta at-
ng the sessions of the American
ition for the Advancement of
uce and will read papers before
i «,f the sections.
ir. Humphreys i9 not an alarmist.
<>es not anticipate war with any
»• other powerful nations. He
... s not even know that there is a
remote possibility of trouble,
lie believes in being prepared in
•tv department.
U. S. Holds Lagging Record.
He would have the American soi-
r exactly as well trained in the
. nle art of dropping bombs and
i h i' explosives on the heads of the
c! my and in reconnoitering from an
r<.plane in the clouds as the sol
di ws of any other army in {he world.
1 is regrettable,” he said Tuesday,
•Hut the United States has progressed
much more slowly in this respect
than many of the other nations. Here
where- the aeroplane was developed
int.* ;i practical machine for the con
quest of the air, we have fallen be
hind in its perfection.
I notice that another altitude rec
ord was broken in France the other
day, an aviator going up more than
. 000 feet. It has come to a pass
\ iere this country holds only one
r.-' ord, and that is the record for lag
ging behind.
Natural Explanation.
There is a natural explanation for
i 1 believe. War clouds constantly
are hovering over the European
«■.,untries. If there is no immediate
prospect, there is at least the fear
' it one may develop soon. For that
) ison they are taking aviation much
more seriously than we are here.
It did not take them long to realize
it the aeroplane could be made a
most dangerous instrument of de
struction and they set to work per-
fec ting it for that sort of work. They
got at the fundamental scientific
principles of aerial flight and the
i vigators themselves were made
: maimed with all the vagaries of
atmosphere, as well as with the
details of aeroplane construction and
operation.
The United States, on the other
bind, has felt reasonably secure from
r It has been difficult to keep our
ibiuing strength up to the point that
our military men want it.
Expenditure Seems Waste.
To many the expenditure has
'•• emed useless when there appears so
1 'tie likelihood of an occasion for
fi tting our money’s worth out of the
battleships and other fighting mate-
riil. This apathy has extended, to
; me extent, to the study of aviation
>' an adjunct to modern warfare.
Army officers have taken it up, but
Til\ in the serious way that it has
: 1 ■ n taken up abroad. The authori-
' 1 ■. however, I believe, are waking
to the importance of aviation and
v ’-1 see that it is given its rightful
attention in the next few years.”
Mr. Humphreys is on his way to
^ n Diego, Cal., under army orders,
v >ng been "borrowed” from the
■ -ather Department.
To Lecture to Aviators.
He will deliver a series of lectures
the army officers stationed there
1 ” the physics of the atmosphere as
Continued on Page 2, Column 2.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
| Georgia—Cloudy and colder
j Tuesday; fair Wednesday.
Conference Likely
To Clear Way for
Howell Mill Bridge
At a meeting between President
Arkwright, of the Georgia Railway
and Power Company, and a commit
tee of Howell Mill road citizens to
be held Tuesday in President Ark
wright’s office the last points of dis
agreement are expected to be cleared
away from the proposition that the
Seaboard Air Line build a new bridge
ever the Howell Mill road at the in
tersection—a bridge to take the place
of the present condemned structure
and strong enough to carry the heav
iest type of electric cars.
The only difference at present is in
regard to the flooring of the bridge
and its preparation to carry street car
tracks. The railway company declines
to do this on the ground that it is
strictly the work of the street rail
way company. It is expected an
agreement will be reached.
Augusta Southern
Re-elects Officers
AUGUSTA. Dec. 30.—At the annual
meeting of the stockholders of the Au
gusta Southern Railroad held here, di
rectors were chosen who then re-elect
ed the following officers: President, A.
B. Andrews, Raleigh, N C.; treasurer,
N. B. Ansley, Washington. D. C.: as
sistant treasurer, E. F. Carham, Wash
ington. P. C.; auditor, A. H. Plant,
Washington, D. C.; assistant auditor, J.
A. Scrivener, Augusta; superintendeht,
J. A. White, Augusta.
The directors are: A B. Andrews,
Raleigh; Hamilton McWhorter, Athens;
Frank R. Clark, Augusta; Thomas W.
Loyless, Augusta; W. J. Wren. Wrens;
J. W. P. Whitely, Gibson; E. B. Rogers,
Gibson; Macon Worthen, Worthen, and
W. A. McCarty, Sandersville.
Princess Sues for
Cardinal’s Estate
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ROME, Deo. 30.—A legal fight for
the estate of the late Cardinal Rampolla
was begun to-day by Princess Altieri,
wife of the Duke of Carapobello, the
cardinal’s nephew. Princess Altieri en
tered suit to break the will dated 1889,
by which Cardinal Rampolla bequeathed
practically all the big estate to his sis
ter, Baroness Perana.
At the instance of the Princess, the
cardinal’s apartments were resealed to
prevent any one from entering.
Dowager Queen of
Sweden Dies at 78
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
STOCKHOLM, bee. 30.—Dowager
Queen Sophie of Sweden, widow of
King Oscar II, died to-day of in
flammation of the lungs. She was 78
years old.
Following the death of King Oscar,
in 1907, the Dowager Queen lived in
retirement. She was married to King
Oscar in 1857. Her chariteis endeared
her to the Swedish people.
Servian Troops in
Fresh Balkan Move
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BELGRADE, Dec. 30 —feervia is ore-
paring for a fresh conflict in the Bah
kans. It became known to-day that the
Government has placed heavy orders
with the Krupp firm in Germany for ar
tillery
Servian troops have invaded Northern
Albania, despite the warnings of Austria.
$40,000 Damage by
Blaze at Augusta
AUGUSTA, Dec. 30.—Fire in the At
lantic and Pacific Tea Company’s store
In Broad street did about $10,000 dam
age to that place and adjoining prop
erty.
The Metropole near-beer saloon, next
to the tea store, was badly damaged, as
was L. J. Schaui’s jewelry store.
Quaker Couple Wed
Without a Minister
PORTLAND. OREG., Dee. 30.—There
will be no clergyman at the wedding of
Clyde Durgin and Miss Helen Crossman,
who will follow- the old Quaker custom
and pronounce their vows to each other.
Four witnesses will sign the marriage
certificate.
Mrs, Jack Henderson to Enter
Besieged Mine and Beg Hus
band to Surrender.
LEXINGTON, KY„ Dec. 30.—A
woman may succeed where men fail
ed in capturing - the thirteen outlaws
hiding in Ely mine, Knox County.
Mrs. Jack Henderson, wife of one of
the outlaws, to-day will go into the
mine and beg' her husband to surren
der.
About 75 men are now on guard. It
is rumored that there is a secret
opening to the mine, and that friends
of the outlaws are keeping them sup
plied with provisions.
Men on duty want to enter the mine
in a body, a number going in each
entrance, and make a search, but this
is held impracticable and a needless
risk of life, as the mine contains
many hiding places and points of
vantage where three men might eas
ily hold at bay 40 or more.
It is thought that the outlaws took
a good supply of ammunition into
their hiding place, and as ro shots
have been fifed by them, it is sup
posed they are keeping their bullets
in reserve and will use them when
given an opportunity to be effective.
For 3d Time Turner
Seeks Salary Raise
City Electrician R. C. Turner will
have introduced at the meeting of Coun
cil Monday a new measure increasing
the salary of his office from $1,800 to
$2,400 a year. At the same meeting the
Council "graft” probe committee will
make, its report on Electrician Turner.
Though nothing more severe than a
reprimand is expected from the probe
committee Mr. Turner wants complete
exoneration in an Increase in salary.
This has been twice refused by Coun
cil within the last two months.
Finding of Mona Lisa
Ends Work on Novel
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS, Dec. 30.—For months Gabriele
D’Annunzio has been at work on a new
novel, entitled “The Man Who Stole the
‘Gioconda.’ ”
The famous Da Vinci picture having
been found and the whole history of
its theft having become familiar, he
is now looking for another stolen pic
ture story, otherwise his months of la
bor will be in vain.
Denies Wright Made
First Stable Plane
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ROME, Dec. 30.—Dr. Ribiola, of
Turin, disputes Orville Wright’s claim
to the invention of the first auto
matically stable aeroplane.
Ribiola is arranging for a public
exhibition of a hydroaeroplane built
entirely of metal, declared to be un-
capsizable and capable of traveling
150 miles an hour.
Rothschild Builds
$20,000 Paper Palace
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS, Dec. 30.—Baron Henri de
Rothschild has had built near the
Boise de Boulogne a full-sized model
in thick cardboard of a mansion he
plans to erect.
The cardboard mansion, which is
complete in every detail, cost $20,000.
it is adjacent to the site of the
Baron's new home.
Uruguay to Borrow
$10,000,000 Abroad
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—The Gen
eral Assembly of Uruguay has au
thorized a loan of $10,000,000 from
the Ethelberga Syndicate of London
and Berlin, according to intelligences
to the State Department
The loan is to be used to build up
Uruguay's financial system.
Mayor Says Harwell
Won't Head Council
Committee on Parks
Mayor Woodward has denied a re
port that caused some amusement in
City Hall circles that he would ap
point Alderman J. H. Harwell chair
man of the Council Parks Commit
tee. He said the source of that re
port certainly was not with him.
Alderman Harwell has taken a very
positive stand against the plan for an
increase in the salary of Dan Carey,
.General Manager of Parks. He has
been so bitter that his attitude has
bee generally taken as personal, and
the report that he was to be made
chairman of the committee caused
some amazement.
"Politics will play no part in my
appointments,” said Mayor Wood
ward. "The best men will get the
good places and the men I don’t think
capable will fill in.”
Expert to Lecture
On School Gardens
Van Erie Kilpatrick, president of the
School Garden Association of America,
will lecture at the Wesley Memorial
Church Tuesday at 2:30 p. m. on "The
School Gardens of America.” School
children and their mothers, especially,
are invited.
Mr. Kilpatrick’s lecture is illustrated
by slides showing gardens in 20 States
and in many foreign countries. Wed
nesday afternoon there will be a dis
cussion on “Winter School Gardening in
the Southern States,” led by M L.
Brittain, State Superintendent of Edu
cation.
Turkey’s $15,000,000
For Brazil's Warship
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
FRAN K FORT- ON - M AIN, GERM A NY,
Dec 30.—A Constantinople dispatch to
The Frankfurter Zeitung to-day states
that Turkey has concluded negotiations
for the purchase of the battleship Rio
De Janeiro from the Brazilian Govern
ment for $15,000,000.
The warship is Brazil’s newest. It
carries fourteen 12-inch guns, lesser ar
maments and torpedo tubes and a com
plement of 1,100 men.
Grand Opera Fund
Short in Savannah
SAVANNAH, Dec. 30.—Unless
money is subscribed more readily
than it has been in trie last few
months, there will be no grand op
era In this city this spring, according
to an announcement from the Music
Club.
So far an amount that is far too
small has been given to the guaran
tee fund.
U.S. Needs 100 More
Architects at Once
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—Work on
800 Federal buildings has been so
greatly retarded and the office of trte
supervising architect of the Treasury
is so congested the.t 100 architects are
needed at once.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Byron S. Newton stated he will ask
Congress to provide for additional of
ficials. ^
Savannah in Fight
For Regional Bank
SAVANNAH, Dec. 30—Strong op
position developed in Savannah to
day to the movement of Atlanta to
secure one of the regional reserve
banks for this territory.
The Board of Trade, Chamber of
Commerce and all trades bodies, a a
well as the bankers, have formulated
an active campaign, and are deter
mined to oust Atlanta if possible.
Delavan Comet To Be
Nearest Sun June 28
CAMBRIDGE, MASS., Dec. 30.—
Observations of Delavan’s comet at
Berkeley, Cal., reported here, show* it
will be nearest to the sun on the
night of June'28.
Mayor Spent $3.50
On 2 Cabinet Men
v
DENVER, Dec. 30.- Mayor Perkins’
expense account, submitted to the
Council, shows that he spent $3.50 to
entertain the Secretary of War and the
Secretary of the Navy.
U. S. GIRL'S CAREER IN
SUNNY ITALY STORMY
MISS DOROTHEA MACVANE AS LUCIA.
TARANTA, ITALY, Dec. 30.—Life
in sunny Italy is, to Miss Dorothy
Alastair Macvane, just one adventure
after another. She is to-day trying
to straighten out her difficulties with
a man whom she accuses of black
mail. as well as trying to recover her
furs and Jewels from a manager who
has attached them.
This unpleasant experience closely
follows the surveillance of the Italian
authorities, w’ho suspected Miss Mac
vane of being a spy, and that followed
other events with managers and oth
ers that stretch out over the ten
years since Miss Macvane left the
classic shades of Harvard to go in the
chorus of comic opera, whence she
gravitated to the position of a star
of real opera.
Miss Macvane is the daughter of
Professor Silas M. Macvane, of Har
vard, who is in Europe on indefinite
leave with his daughters—Edith, who
writes; Emily, who is the wife of
Baron DePlacy, a French army offi
cer, and Dorothea, who is occupying
much attention in Italy on account of
her present and recent troubles.
Rose From the Chorus.
Dorothea Macvane went rapidly
from t-he chorus to the main dressing
room and the leading role. She was
a gay and light-hearted young re
cruit when, in 1904, her chum, Lillian
Carleton, cabled that she had mar
ried William P. Orr and got back the
message. "Lil, you're a fool.”
Then she settled down and began to
study in Paris. She learned parts for
"Lucia.” "Travlata,” "Don Pasquale,”
"Rigoletto” and "Boheme,” and made
her debut in Rome. As a singer she
was well received, and when an Ital
ian manager made some remark about
the inability of Americans to live up
to their contracts she got out of bed
and carried a case of typhoid fever,
temperature 103, to the opera house,
where she sang Mimi in "La Bo
heme” under the Intense strain of
her illness. That game bit of work
gave her much notice.
A few weeks ago she went to Ta-
ranta to fill an engagement at an
opera house. Taranta does not boast
any metropolitan prices, and the na
val officers wondered how a woman
singing in an opera that could not
possibly pay any large wages could
afford diamonds, furs and other
things that a real French maid kept
in shape for Miss Macvane.
CRUSAOERSSAYTHEY
Although more than a score of business men, including Robert
F. Maddox, of the American National Bank, Ivan E. Allen, chair
man of the Atlanta Convention Bureau and the man who put the
Oglethorpe project through, and John E. Murphy, vice president
of the Trust Company of Georgia, have enlisted with Colonel Fred
J. Paxon and Forrest Adair in their fight on the bulletins and the
present propaganda of the Men and Religion Forward Movement,
statements made by various members of the executive committee
Tuesday indicated that they are in full accord with the policy out
lined exclusively in The Georgian Monday by John J. Eagan, chair
man of the Movement, of ignoring all criticisms directed against
the committee and continning its work along the same lines as here
tofore.
The fact that many of the members of the committee refused
to be quoted as making any comment on the controversy indicates
that a pact of silence has been made, and that little will be said,
that does not come as an official committee announcement. This
was intimated strongly by one of the members of the committee
Tuesday.
Those members who consented
to make public statements re
garding their attitude in the con
troversy warmly indorsed the
bulletins as written by Marion
Jackson, and declared that they
have done and are doing infinite
ly more good than harm. By
Harry Etheridge, one of the
members, Mr. Jackson was called
i “genius.”
"He and John Eagan are the great
est moral force that Atlanta has ever
had,” declared Etheridge.
Deny Voting Indorsement.
The meeting of the executive com
mittee of the Men and Religion For
ward Movement at the Baptist Tab
ernacle is expected to spring a sur
prise within a few days, although
virtually every member of the com
mittee insists that nothing official
was done regarding the criticisms,
and that no official recognition was
made of either Colonel I’axon’s or
Mr. Adair’s assertions that the bul
letins were harmful and destructive.
It is known, however, that the sub
ject was brough’ up by both Mr.
Eagan and Mr. Jackson, and that
several of the other members dis
cussed the question thoroughly. It
was rumored shortly after the meet
ing that an indorsement of the bulle
tins and of Mr. Jackson as their au
thor was voted unanimously, but this
is denied by various members of the
committee.
It is regarded as extremely likely
that at the meeting of the committee
next Monday some action will be
taken, as well as at the meeting of
the Evangelical Ministers’ Associa
tion, which body, according to the
president, the Rev. W. C. Schaeffer,
, actually controls the work of the
executive committee of the Men and
Religion Forward Movement. It is
thought that by that time the pro
tests against and criticisms of the
Speer Hearing Seems
Sure to Begin Jan, 19
MACON, Dec. 30.—Judge Emory
Speer’s recovery of health is taken to
mean that on the scheduled date. Jan
uary 19, the subcommittee of the House
Judiciary Committee will begin the in
vestigation of the charges of official
misconduct now pending against him.
The committee will assemble In Macon
on that day, and sessions in Augusta,
Savannah, Albany and Valdosta are also
on the program.
The committee's inquiry will largely
determine whether the House will under
take impeachment proceedings.
Alarm Clock Saves
2 From Death by Gas
PEEKSKILL, N. Y., Dec. 30.—An
alarm clock ringing unexpectedly
aroused Mr. and Mrs. George Ingersoll in
a room rapidly filling with gas.
bulletins and tfye propaganda of the
movement wi 11 have reached such pro
portions as to compel some action.
Jackson Has Silence Policy.
Marion Jackson declared Tuesday
morning that no statement of any
kind w'ould hereafter be issued by his
committee, and that the policy of the
movement leaders would be to take
no notice of the criticism. While he
refused to be quoted, Mr. Jackson
reiteraated the statement he made to
The Georgian Monday that the work
of the movement would continue as
though nothing had happened. A bul
letin will appear in Tuesday’s Geor
gian, bu# Mr. Jackson declined to
state what subject It will discuss.
In indorsing the bulletins that al
ready have appeared and approving
the language in which they were
clothed, members of ' the executive
committee stated that the work would
go on and bulletins appear regularly
despite the criticisms and attacks by
Mr. Adaic, Colonel Faxon and oth
ers.
' I will engage in no controversy.”
declared J. W. Patterson, one of the
members, "but I will say this much—
the work will continue as though we
had never been criticised.”
Dr. John E. White, pastor of the
Second Baptist Church and prominent
in the movement, declared that he
thoroughly approved of the bulletins
as they have recently appeared.
Praise by Dr. White.
"They are the greatest educational
force at work in Atlanta to-day,” he
said. "They call attention to our
municipal ills and offer the cure. I
heartily approve of them, and am sure
that they can not be stopped, merely
because some citizens do not fully
agree with our ideas.”
H. Y. McCord, of the McCord-
Stewart Company and a member of
the committee, said:
"I have never attended a meeting
of the executive committee, but the
work it is doing has my approval.
The recent bulletins that have ap
peared, and which seem to have start
ed this controversy, also are in line
with my ideas. I think the lan
guage Mr. Jackson used is O. K. These
bulletins are doing more good than
any movement that has been started
here in the past decade, and they do
the city good all over the country. I
am sorry some of our best citizen
see fit to criticise these bulletins any
the work of the committee, and can
not conceive why they should do it,
unless it is that they are afraid the
agitation will eventually result in a
strict enforcement of the prohibition
laws.”
Dr. C. B. Wilmer, prominent Epis-*
copallan minister and member of the
committee, declared that he had noth
ing to say for publication.
W. W. Orr, of the George Muse
Clothing Company, who also is a
member of the committee, likewise
declined to make any public state
ment.
J. K. Orr, of the J. K. Orr Shoe
Continued on Page 4, Column 1.