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VOL. XII. NO. 129.
ATLANTA OA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1913.
Copyright, 1900,
By Th* Georgian Co.
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Weather Official, Here for Scien
tific Congress, Urges More Ae
ronautic Practice in Army.
should the United States become
-.-lived in war with one of the great
rid powers she would be at a terrl-
disadvantage in the U9e of that
important adjunct of modern
? fare, the aeroplane, in the opinion
J. Humphreys, head of the me-
gical department of the United
; rs Weather Bureau.
Hr. Humphreys is in Atlanta at-
ng the sessions of the American
-oeiation for the Advancement of
nee and will read papers before
t of the sections.
Ir. Humphreys is not an alarmist,
does not anticipate war with any
ihe other powerful nations. He
not even know that there is a
rly remote possibility of trouble,
: hr believes in being prepared in
>rv department.
U. S. Holds Lagging Record.
Ie would have the American sol-
r exactly as well trained in the
ttie art of dropping bombs and
ler explosives on the heads of the
?niy and in reconnoitering from an
•oplane in the clouds as the soi
l's of any other army In the world.
It is regrettable,” he said Tuesday,
at the United States has progressed
i more slowly In this respect
in many of the other nations. Here
ipre the aeroplane was developed
o a practical machine for the con
est of the air, we have fallen be
lli in its perfection.
I notice that another altitude rec-
a as broken in France the other
v. an aviator going up more than
000 feet. It has come to a pass
iere this country holds only one
:ord, and that is the record for lag-
ig behind.
Natural Explanation.
Ti <>re is a natural explanation for
believe. War clouds constantly
hovering over the European
untries. If there is no immediate
aspect, there is at least the fear
at one may develop soon. For that
■ on they are taking aviation much
^riously than we are here.
It did not take them long to realize
at the aeroplane could be made a
*st dangerous instrument of de-
tion and they set to work per-
ng it for that sort of work. They
t at the fundamental scientific
in iples of aerial flight and the
iv n?a tors themselves were made
quainted with all the vagaries of
e atmosphere, as well as with the
tails of aeroplane construction and
eration.
"The United States, on the other
nd, ,ias felt reasonably secure from
It has been difficult to keep our
-, ding strength up to the point that
military men want it.
Expenditure Seems Waste.
I ’ many the expenditure has
■ useless when there appears so
tV likelihood of an occasion for
i ” our money’s worth out of the
■ ships and other fighting rnate-
This apathy has extended, to
’ xtent, to the study of aviation
idjunct to modern warfare,
r’liy officers have taken it up, but
in the serious way that it has
taken up abroad. The authori-
however, I believe, are waking
1 ’he importance of aviation and
ee that it is given its rightful
’^ntlon in the next few years.”
• Ip - Humphreys is on his way to
II Diego, Cal., under army orders,
1 - been “borrowed” from the
r Department.
To Lecture to Aviators.
‘‘ill deliver a series of lectures
army officers stationed there
P /sics of the atmosphere as
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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.”
Jury Deadlocked
On Schmidt’s Guilt
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—After wran
gling more than twenty hours, the
jury In the trial of Hans Schmidt,
self-confessed murderer of Anna Au-
muller, was still deadlocked to-day.
During the night it was reported
the jurors stood ten for conviction
and two for acquittal. The jurors
breakfasted at 7:30 o’clock and then
resumed their deliberations, having
been ordered to report to Judge Fos
ter when court opened this morning.
Princess Sues for
Cardinal’s Estate
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ROME, Dec. 30.—A legal fight for
the estate of the late Cardinal Ram poll a
was begun to-day by Princess Altieri,
wife of the Duke of Campobello, 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.
Mrs. Jack Henderson Will Beg
Husband and Band to Give
In to Besiegers.
LEXINGTON, KT„ 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 no shots
have been fired by them, it is sup
posed they are keeping their bullets
in reserve and will use them when
given an opportunity to be effective.
Dowager Queen of
Sweden Dies at 78
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
STOCKHOLM. Dec. 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 chariteia endeared
her to the Swedish people.
Legion of Honor to
Enroll Bernhardt
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS. Dec. 30.—Sarah Bernhardt is
to be rewarded for her artistic achieve
ments by enrollment in the Legion of
Honor, according to to-day’s issue of Le
Petit Parisien.
This paper states that Mme. Bern
hardt will receive the honor with can
didates on New Year’s.
Delavan Comet To Be
Nearest Sun June 28
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.
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
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.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Cloudy and colder
Tuesday; fair Wednesday.
Denies Wright Made
First Stable Plane
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ROME, Dec. 30.—Dr. Itlbiola of
Turin, disputes Orville Wright’s claim
to the invention of the first auto
matically stable aeroplane.
Rlbiola 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.
Grounded Ship With
Nordica Aboard Freed
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA. Dec. 30.—
The Dutch liner Tasman, which went
ashore in the Gulf of Papua Sunday,
was hauled from the reef to-day by the
Japanese steamship Inaho Maru. Two
holes were tom in the hull, but the
pumps prevented the,vessel from becom
ing completely waterlogged.
Among the passengers was Mme. Nor
dica, the grand opera singer.
TO BEGIN SEWER SYSTEM.
SAVANNAH, Dec. 30.—L. Sigretto,
the New York contractor, who was
awarded the contract for the $600,000
house and storm water drainage sys
tem in Savannah, arrived to-day. He
announced that he would begin work
within the next few days.
Solution of Rosier
Mystery Near; Victim
Of Hold-up Revives
City detectives declared Tuesday
they were near a solution of the Ro
sier mystery. The confectioner who
was attacked and robbed Saturday
was conscious Tuesday. He could not
talk, but wrote a question for the de
tectives:
“Did you get that cabman?”
Rosier had written the number of a
cab before, and the detectives ar
rested the negro driver, Ed Bowen.
Chances for Rosler’s recovery were
brighter Tuesday following opera
tions. His left eye was removed and
a broken jawbone set.
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 w’ill 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
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 320,000.
It is adjacent to the site of the
Baron’s new home.
Lillian Lorraine, who, after being robbed, seized the psychologi
cal moment to serve papers on her husband, and below is Miss Lor
raine wearing wrap valued at $3,000, which was one of her gar
ments stolen.
Georgia Woman Who
Founded Girl Scouts
Plans National Body
SAVANNAH, Dec. 30.—Mrs. Wil
liam Lowe, who before her marriage
to a prominent Englishman was well
known In the South as the daughter
of General W. W. Gordon, of Savan
nah, of Civil war fame, returned to
Savannah to-day from London.
Mrs. Lowe is the founder of the
Girl Scouts in America and is in this
country now In the interest of merg
ing the several girls’ organizations of
this kind under one head. She will
leave her home here in a few days
for Washington, where she has open
ed headquarters for the Girl Scouts.
Mrs. Lowe is well known in English
society. At the time her friend. Miss
Agnes Baden-Powell, founded the Girl
Guides in London Mrs. Lowe came to
America to found the same organiza
tion. She decided to give it the name
of Girl Scouts.
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
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—Frederick
Greisheimer, of Chicago, estranged
husband of TJllian I>orraine, was
served with papers In a separation
suit when he called at her request to
offer his assistance when he was in
formed she had been robbed of furs
and diamonds valued at $6,000.
Reading of the reported robbery.
Greisheimer called at her apartments
“Tell Miss Lorraine Freddie Greis
heimer is here,” he said to the clerk at
the desk. And he added: “I'm no
easy mark, you know.”
A moment later a trim maid step
ped out of the elevator and present
ed Greisheimer with two envelopes—
one dainty and small, the other long,
and bearing a distrustful legal air
about it.
Greisheimer seized the smaller en
velope and glanced at It. Then he
tore it into fine shreds and stamped
his feet upon the marble floor. His
friend rescued the legal envelope
from a similar fate.
“You see,” Miss Lorraine said,
“they were the papers in my sepa
ration suit which I had had prepared
*Hiis afternoon. When I heard that he
had called, I saw my opportunity.
And it worked like a charm, did it
not? I don’t doubt that he was a
wee bit angry Wouldn’t you be?”
The complaint charges inhuman
treatment and desertion. Miss Lor
raine says he threatened her with his
fists and told her he would cut off
her nose.
Greisheimer said he already has
started to have papers prepared in a
suit for divorce against his wife. He
will name, according to his statement,
two persons.
Hoosiers Form Society
And Will Feast Jan. 20
The first annual dinner of the Hoosfer
Society will be held at Hotel Ansley.
January 20 More than 100 Indian Ians
answered the call for the formation of
the society Monday night.
The executive committee is composed
of W. L. Halstead, chairman; F. W.
Greene, J J. Lautey. J. R. MacEacherri.
Frank B. Jameson. Byron Saunders. VV.
H Harris. Joseph Brown, W. S. Kin
caid. Jr., Charles F. Reno, C. E. Shep
herd. George M Ryan and M H. Swain.
These will meet at noon, January 12,
in Hotel Ansley.
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 the
supervising architect of the Treasury
is so congested that 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.
$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 $40,000 dam
age to that place and adjoining prop
erty.
The Metropole near beer saloon, next
to the tea store, was badly damaged, as
I was L. J. Bchaul’s Jewelry store.
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.
Agitation for a mass meeting of the citizens of Atlanta to pro
test against the present propaganda of the Men and Religion For
ward Movement and the issuance of objectionable bulletins, started
late Monday afternoon by business men who have approved of the
criticisms of Colonel Frederic J. Paxon and Forrest Adair, was
given new impetus Tuesday morning, when L. J. Daniel, president
of the Daniel Bros. Company, and a leader in municipal affairs, en
thusiastically indorsed the plan.
Mr. Daniel declared that such a meeting of protest had become
almost a municipal necessity, if Atlanta is to continue on the up
ward path of progress, unretarded by a nation-wide reputation for
wickedness and vice with which he declared the bulletins are
branding the city throughout the United States. He declared that
he would attend the meeting, and if necessary make a speech
against the bulletins, and expressed his willingness to be one of
any number of men to call the gathering, at which all citizens, on
both sides, would be at liberty to express their views. B. J. Eisman,
secretary of the Eiseman Bros. Company, declared Tuesday that
he favored the idea of a meeting, and that he would attend.
‘ ‘ The agitation against the bulletins has reached such an acute
stage,” declared Mr. Daniel, ‘‘that a meeting of protest appears
to be almost a necessity. While I do not care to take the respon
sibility of calling the meeting alone, I will be willing to sign a
call with three or four other reputable business men of the city,
for something must be done. I’ll promise to attend the meeting
and take part in it, and to do my part toward lifting Atlanta out
of the ruck and mire of a wicked reputation into which she is fast
being pushed by these bulletins and by the propaganda of tho
Men and Religion Forward Movement.
‘‘If the movement to call a
meeting is successful, it ought to
be attended by every man in At
lanta, no matter on which side of
the controversy he stands.
Everj’body will be given an op
portunity to express his views,
and if, at the close of the debate,
it is the sense of the meeting that
something should be done to pre
vent the future publication of
bulletins clothed in indecent and
repulsive language, some steps
ean be taken that will have the
indorsement and encouragement
of the entire city. I am most em
phatically in favor of such a
meeting, and am willing to do all
I can to bring it about and make
it a success.”
Movement Plans Meeting.
The Men and Religion Forward
Movement leaders. It was learned on
Tuesday, have engaged the Grand
Opera House for the second Sunday
In January, and a mass meeting has
been called to which all the citizens
of Atlanta have been #ivited. Al
though it is generally understood that
the meeting was arranged before the
controversy over the bulletins and the
work of the movement developed, it is
probable that the row will result in
changes in the contemplated pro
gram.
No announcement of the plans for
the meeting have been made by the
leaders of the movement, and It Is
Improbable that any will be made. It
is understood, however, that the
meeting probably will develop into a
defense of the movement and Its work
and the bulletins and the language in
which they are clothed, which has
aroused the greater part, of the storm
of protest.
New Bulletin Issued.
Following its usual custom. the
Ben and Religion executive commit
tee issued another bulletin Tuesday
and significantly enough entitled it
thus: “The night is far spent.
The
darkness is passing away and the
true light already shineth,” e text
taken from John.
The bulletin makes no direct refer
ence to the recent attacks that have
stirred the entire city. It flings In
direct defiance at foes of the bulle
tins by referring in no uncertain
terms to “children blinded—asylums
crowded—Jails overflowing as the re
sult of vice and alcohol.”
The only part of the bulletin that
seems like a direct reply to the va
rious criticisms reads as follows:
“Christ has shown the way to block
the path of certain sins—light—th#
light of IDs love—the light of k^pwl-
edge. And throughout the world light
in His name is being brought to bear
upon the evils that blight and mar
the lives of men and the children of
men. Christ has said, 'You shall know
the truth and the truth shall set you
free.’ ”
The bulletin continues with an at
tack on the liquor evil and an appeal
to the “social clubs” to curb the Jlc-
uor evil. It declares that any sale
whatever of liquor Is a violation of
the law, and declares that “judges on
the bench, jurors in the box, gentle
men in their clubs have no option.”
“I am not opposed to the Men and
Religion Forward fovement as it whs
originally conceived and outlined in
Atlanta,” said Mr. Daniel, talking of a
public meeting. “The work for which
it was organized was work of a con
structive nature and had my hearty
approval and aid. But it has wan
dered from the paths into which its
feet were placed, and has undertaken
to run the city and be a censor of the
conduct of the entire citizenship.
Says City Has Been Harmed.
“It has done incalculable harm to
Atlanta all over the country, and mer
chants feel the effect it has had on
their business. During the recem
holidays, although most of the local
merchants, Including myself, had the
best season of their history, the ab
sence of one class of trade was ap
palling. That class was the young
men of neighboring towns who usual
ly come to Atlanta to purchase their
holiday goods—there were very few nf
them here this year.
“That condition of things is due di
rectly to the propaganda of the Men
and Religion Forward Movement, and
whenever anything hurts the business
of a city it hurts the city. The young
men are afraid to come here, to some
extent, because of the vice squad that
Is an outgrowth of the movement. If
young men are out after 10 or 11
o’clock at night, no matter whom they
are with, they are likely to be shad
owed by detectives and themselves
and their companions subjected totn-
isult and humiliation. Only yesterday
a young man came in here and told
me of an experience he had with this
vice squad. He had taken a young
woman to the theater and later to
the Piedmont Hotel for supper, leav
ing the dining rooi of the hotel about
12: 15 o’clock. The young woman lived
only a few blocks from the center of
the city and they decided to walk.
And during the entire w*alk they were
shadowed and fallowed by two plaln-
clothesmen, frightening the young
woman badly.
“The damage done to Atlanta out
side of the city and Georgia by toe
bulletins is tremendous. Many pea-
pie have decided not to send their
boys and girls to Atlanta schools be
cause they have read the bulletins and
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