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OVER 100,000 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 South Georgia E VOL. XII. NO. 129. ATLANTA GA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9,0, 1913. 2 CENTS ;; PAT NO VIORK. 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.