Newspaper Page Text
Forrest Adair’s Reply to Beavers and Chief’s Rejoinder
never could have promised Chief Beavers to assist in a crusade when my best judgement was against
sue a step. t is a well known fact to hundreds of citizens of Atlanta who have communicated with me in
person, y etter and by telephone, since yesterday, that the evicted women are now scattered in great num-
ers t roughout our city. If this fact is unknown to the police, it is proof conclusive that the situation is not
so well in hand as when they were located in one district.”
--From Forrest Adair s Reply to Chief Beavers
If Mr. Adair won't furnish me with the names of addresses of the places he says are used for immoral
purposes in Atlanta I urge him to submit the list to Colonel Paxon. Colonel Paxon as a special policeman
in his own store is an officer of the law, and 1 am sure will make the required report to me if he is informed
of law breaking. I am ready to act.”
—From Chief Beaver’s Rejoinder to Forrest Adair
OVER 100,000
THE SUNDAY AMERICAN'S
NET PAID CIRCULATION
The Atlanta Georgian
Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results
7 he National Southern Sunday Newspaper
VOL. XII. NO. 129.
ATLANTA OA. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1913.
Copyright. IJ*06,
By The Georgian C*.
O UFXFK! PAT NO
- UJ *.!> 1 o. more
EXTRA
HOME
EDITION
MANY
MEN JOIN IN WAR ON ‘BULLETINS’
C&3
C&3
D?<J
MISS LUCY HOKE SMITH BRIDE OF,, , , ,, / _ ,
u.s. naval officer in Washington 5JJ Divorces in Atlanta. This Year
33
Ctd
CfQ
HAMMOND HITS TARIFF BILL
DTECTI,
HESflYS
Economic Expert Says “Partisan
Tinkering” Makes the Country
Dumping Ground of World.
Solution of Rosier
Mystery Near; Victim
Of Hold-up Revives
City detectives declared Tuesday
they were near a solution of the Ro-
* er mystery. The confectioner who
■was attacked and robbed Saturday
Tvas 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
< ab before, and the detectives ar
rested the negro driver, Ed Bowen.
Chances for Hosier’s recovery were
brighter Tuesday following opera
tions. His left eye was removed and
a broken jawbone set.
Girl Won at Poker
Elopes With Loser
ROLETTE, N. DAlv.. Dec. 30.—
George and James Belknap, brothers,
and rivals for Miss Jessie Peltier,
played poker for the right to woo her
James won, but George dashed to
Miss Peltier's home and persuaded
her to elope with him.
Bank Robbers Cut
Off Town; Get $10,000
LEXINGTON, KY., Dec. 30.—Rob
bers cut all the telephone wires run
ning into Fredonia, Ky., earl" to-day.
then dynamited the vault in the Fr -
'■‘•onia Bank and escaped with $10,000.
As the fitting climax to two years
of romantic courtship, Miss Lucy
Hoke Smith, daughter of Senator
Hoke Smith, was married at noon
Tuesday in Washington to Ensign
Alston R. Simpson, U. S. N., at the
home of Senator and Mrs. Smith on
California avenue, in Washington.
Quite a party of Georgians, mostly
from Atlanta, were guests at the
ceremony, to which, however, only a
few other intimate friends of the
family were invited.
In the Georgia party were Mr. and
Mrs. Ronald Ransom, Mr. and Mrs.
Marion Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer,
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Dargan, Jr.,
Miss Helen Dargan, Mrs. Harry Jaek-
son, Lamar Hill. John A. Brice, Jack
Simpson and Mr. and Mrs. John
Simpson, the latter of Fort Gaines.
One of the most romantic features
of the wooing occurred when Ensign
Simpson was ordered with his ship
to Mexican waters, to be there at the
date of the wedding, which already
had been set. He was permitted to
return on a furlough procured by his
fiancee, who went straight to Secre
tary of the Navy Daniels with her re
quest.
Among the interesting and brilliant
entertainments for the couple was a
beautiful dance and tea Monday on
the President’s yacht, the Mayflower.
Later at luncheon they were guests
of Major and Mrs. Earl D. A. Pearce,
the hostess being assisted by her
mother, Mr3. James R. Gray, of At
lanta. About 40 guests were present.
A ten-day wedding trip will be
taken, and after their return to
Washington other entertainments wnl
be planned for them.
Husband Freed in
Robbery Because He
Stays Home Nights
A man who had been married a
year and a half and who had never
been out of his house after dark ex
cept w’hen accompanied by his wife
was discovered by Recorder Broyles
in Police Court Tuesday. He was
L. B. Denton, of No. 262 Greenwood
avenue, and was held on suspicion of
being an accomplice in a recent high
way robbery.
Denton’s young wife testified that
her husband had never been out after
dark without her and that he, there
fore, could not be guilty. She stated
that she had made him promise this
when he proposed marriage to her
and that he had been faithful.
"You are 4V »oroughly domesticated,
then?” asked the judge of Denton,
who was dismissed when he replied
in the affirmative.
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
D now looking for another stolen pic-
: re story, otherwise his months of la
bor will be in vain.
Servian Troops in
Fresh Balkan Move
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BELGRADE, Dec. 30.—Servia is pre
paring for a fresh conflict in the Bal
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.
Politics is conspicuously lacking in
the addresses delivered before the va
rious sessions of the annual meeting
of the* American Association for the
Advancement of Science, held this
week in Atlanta.
But the vice presidential address
of John Hays Hammond, of the eco
nomic section, delivered •Tuesday
morning at the Georgia School of
Technology, progressed from majestic
figures on the volyme of trade to a
distinct statement that the “principle
of protection should be maintained in
the revision of the tariff.’’
There was no criticism, one might
say no suggestion, in the calm, dis
passionate address of the famous ec
onomic expert. But he drew a dis
tinct picture of the probable reuslts
of partisanship in the mutter of tar
iff tinkering, and especially stressed
the protective feature, "to prevent
our country from becoming the
dumping ground for the surplus prod
ucts of nations competing with us in
foreign trade."
Foreign Trade Figures.
“The total foreign trade of the
world for 1911,” Mr. Hammond said,
“is estimated at $26,000,000,000. Great
Britain’s share was $5,515,000,000.
Germany was next, with $4,239,000,-
000. The United States was third,
with $3,540,000,000.
“While third in the importance of
foreign trade, our export trade, $2,-
013,000,000. was in excess of Germa
ny’s and almost equal to that of
Great Britain.
“In the year 1911 the domestic com
merce of the United States amount
ed to upward of $25,000,000,000-
seven times as great as our foreign
trade, and nearly equal to th© com
bined foreign trade of all the nations
of the world.
Look to Home Market, He Says.
“It is the home market which sus
tains the prices of farm products by
developing a demand created in a
large measure by the requirements of
manufacturing industries. Then, too,
all manufacturing centers obtain a
reciprocal advantage by reason of the
accessible of sources of relatively
cheap foodstuffs and raw material.
“The policy of preserving unim
paired the purchasing power of our
domestic markets must be the key
note of our economic and fiscal legis
lation.
“The tariff problem, which so vi
tally affects the welfare of our na
tion, should be entirely dissociated
from our partisanship, and should be
regarded as purely an economic is
sue. In the revision of the tariff the
principle of protection should be
maintained, since by that policy we
would be able to establish the prin
ciple of reciprocity in making com
mercial agreements with other na
tions and at the same time prevent
our country from becoming the dump
ing ground, as I have said, for the
surplus products of nations compet
ing with us in foreign trade.”
Mr. Hammond spoke feelingly of
the “sentimental side” of foreign
trade.
“Sympathy and understanding ad-
Continued on Page 2, Column 2.
Record Price Paid
For Peachtree Lot,
Near Baker Street
A record price was established
Tuesday when George Forrester, D.
G. Carson and Edward Dougherty
sold the house and lot at No. 308
Peachtree for $104,000, or $2,000 per
front foot. The lot was sold to A
W. VanHoose, of Rome, president of
Shorter College.
The lot is just north of Baker
street, near the junction of Peach
tree and West Peachtree streets, and
is 52 by 161 feet, with an alley right
of eight feet. Property on Ivy street
near Auburn avenue and just in the
rear of the Black Building was taken
as part consideration.
An old brick building used as a
boarding house now occupies the site.
It is not known whether I>r. Van
Hoose intends to erect a residence on*
an office building.
Princess Sues for
Cardinal’s Estate
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Cloudy and colder
Tuesday; fair Wednesday.
TO EACH SIX
WE
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ROME, Dec. 30.—A legal fight for
the estate of the late Cardinal Rampolla
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 wiii dated 1889.
by which Cardinal flampolla bequeathed
practically all the big estate to his sis
ter, Baroness Perana.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Folk Quits Smoking;
Saves $2.50 a Day
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 30.—Former Gov
ernor Folk, an Inveterate smoker for
25 years, has quit smoking to test his
will power. Incidentally he will save
$2.50 a day.
Onslaught Against Cupid Not
Spasmodic, but Regular.
Heavy Docket Remains.
For every six marriages recorded In
Fulton County during 1913 there was
one divorce petition filed in the Su
perior Court, there being 2,973 mar
riages and 533 divorce petitions, ac
cording to statistics compiled Tues
day.
Each month - during the year
showed a heavy quota of divorce peti
tions. revealing that the large num
ber did not consist of a spasmodic
breaking of Cupid’s bonds, but showed
a. steady onslaught against his forces.
January proved the lightest month
of the year for divorce business, only
29 petitions being filed April, which
marks the full bloom of spring and
which, the poets declare, heralds the
dawn of love, was the heaviest, wiih
69 petitions.
Figures Show Big Business.
Following is the monthly showing
in the divorce court:
January, 29; February, 58; March,
42; April, 59; May, 37; June, 47; July,
35; August, 47; September 41; Octo
ber, 54; November 41; December 43.
The total number of divorces
granted during the year topped the
500 mark, quite a number of cases
being brought over from 1912. There
still remains a heavy docket, many of
which are pleas for second decrees,
the Georgia divorce system requiring
the granting of first and second di
vorce decrees.
Judge Hill Broke Records.
Judge Ben H. Hill a few weeks ago
broke all records for divorce court
history in Georgia, when he granted
161 divorces in less than three days.
It was his first experience with the
hearing of divorce cases, but he dis
posed of them at the rate of one
every three minutes.
The marriages were divided among
1,151 negroes and 1,822 whites, mak
ing a total of 2,973. This number,
however, does not show the actual
number of marriages, simply being
the one in which the preachers and
justices have made the return and
which have been officially recorded in
the Ordinary’s office.
Ordinary John R. Wilkinson de
clines to make public the number of
licenses issued on the ground that
some of the marriage licenses i.««sued
probably were never used.
Jury Deadlocked
On Schmidt’s Guilt
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—After w ran
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 day it was reported
the'jurors stood ten for conviction
and two for acquittal.
J. Giampietro, Actor,
Kaiser’s Friend, Dies
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BERLIN, Dec. 30. Josef Giampietro,
one of the best known comedians on
the German stage, and a personal friend
of Emperor William, died to-day.
With more business men enlisting during the day with Colonel
Frederic J P&xon and Forrest Adair in their attack on the propa
ganda and the bulletins of the Men and Religion Forward Move
ment and with both the opponents and the leaders of the Move
ment planning mass meetings to bring the cause before the citi
zenship of Atlanta, interest in the row that has stirred the city
reached an acute stage Tuesday afternoon.
The situation was made more tense by the publication Tuesday
of a bulletin of the Men and Religion Forward Movement, in which
Marion Jackson, the author, replied indirectly to the attacks made
upon the Movement by declaring that “the light of knowledge’'
is the only cure for evil. Throughout the bulletin there was a
veiled attack upon the men who have criticised the bulletins,
though no direct reference to them was made.
Among the prominent business men who indorsed Tuesday
the stand taken by Colonel Paxon and Mr. Adair and declared
that they approved of the criticisms they have made, were John
W. Grant, vice president of the Third National Bank and one of
the city’s best known capitalists; George W. Parrott, president
of the Piedmont Hotel Company; Attorney R. B. Blackburn, mem
ber of the State Legislature from Fulton County, and B. J. Eiseman
secretary of the Eiseman Bros. Company. Statements were made
by each of them, indorsing Colonel Paxon and Mr. Adair, Attor
ney Blackburn and Mr. Eiseman promising their active co-opera
tion in any movement that would tend to suppress the publication
of the bulletins.
Forrest Adair, whose criti.
cisms of Chief Beavers Mon
day injected a new issue into the
fight; and brought down upon his
head a vitriolic reply from the
Chief, issued n statement Tues
day morning in which he denied
any intention of - engaging in a
personal controversy with the
head of the Police Department.
Mr. Adair declared emphatic
ally that Chief Beavers was mis
taken when he stated that Mr.
Adair or any member of his firm
had any connection with immoral
houses, and denies also that he
promised to aid the Chief in his
vice crusade.
“I would hardly promise to aid any
movement that I did not approve in
the beginning.” Mr. Adair said.
“I absolutely refuse to be drawn
into any personal controversy with
the Chief of Police or with anyone
else, in discussing this matter about
which there seems to be an honest
difference of opinion as to the good
or evil accruing therefrom; but I do
desire at this time to correct an er
roneous impression, given, probably
without intention, by the Chief yes
terday, when he referred to certain
notices served on my firm.
Not Interested in Resorts.
“No member of my firm has f\er
been directly or indirectly, financially
or otherwise, interested in any house
in any red light or segregated dis
trict, or in any house, wherever lo
cated, that was occupied and rented
for immoral purposes.
“In handling thousands of tenants
it occasionally develops that some of
them arc not of good moral charac
ter, and upon receiving notices to
this effect from the police or others,
we promptly get rid of them.
“When ‘the houses’ w r ere closed in
September, 1912, my firm received
three notices from the Police De
partment.
“One was w ith reference to a house
belonging to a client of ours, located
on Decatur street, very near th© po
lice station.
“The second one, belonging to a
business man in Atlanta, was up
stairs over stores, at No. 554 1-2 Ma
rietta street, and rented for $25 per
month. •
‘The third, belonging to the Geor
gia Realty Company, was upstairs
over stores at No. 230 Peters street
and rented for $18 per month.
Never Reported as Disorderly.
“I personally did not know' that
they were disorderly houses, as they
had never been so reported, and as
three out of many thousands of ten
ants, I had every right to assume that
they were law-abiding, respectable
people.
“In acknowledging the receipt of
these notices, I may have thanked the
Chief for the information and offered
to assist by a ready compliance with
his notices to order the tenants to
move, as my firm did not desire to
retain such tenants; but I never could
have promised to aid and assist in a
crusade when my best judgment was
against such a step.
“Long before Hester Prynne pressed
little Pearl to the scarlet letter; in
deed, ages before Fantine walked the
streets w ith Cozette in her arms, this
question has touched the hearts ana
engaged the minds of the best men
and women; but the ideal solution
has not yet been found, and, indeed, 1
very much fear wull not be until hu-
/
Continued on Page 8, Column L