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The Atlanta Georgian
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VOL. XII. NO. 129.
ATLANTA GA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1913.
Copyright. 1S06.
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EDITION
ONE-SIXTH OF MARRIAGES HERE FAILURES
LATEST
NEWS
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—A man be
lieved to be Professor C. Wentworth
dropped dead to-day in a Lexington
avenue car. A letter found In the
dead man's pocket was addressed to
Miss Florence Bomine, No. 498 Con
gress street, Detroit, Mich., and was
signed “Professor C. Wentworth, New
York City.”
Onslaught Against Cupid Not
Spasmodic, but Regular.
Heavy Docket Remains.
For every six marriages recorded in
Fulton County during 1913 there tvas
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—Colonel
Robert M. Thompson, the banker,
who was indicted with James E. Pat
ten and others under the Sherman
anti-trust law for cornering the cot
ton market in 1909, entered a plea of
nolle contendrede in Federal Court
to-day and was fined $4,000 by Judge
Holt. Similar pleas were entered re
cently by several of Colonel Thomp
son's business colleagues and fines of
the same amount were imposed. Mr.
Patten pleaded guilty.
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 proven the lightest month
of the year for divorce business, only
29 petitions being filled April, which
narks the full bloom of spring and
which, the poets declare, heralds the
• awn of love, was the heaviest, with
59 petitions.
Figures Show Big Business.
Following is the monthly showing
in the divorce court:
January, 29; February. 58; March,
4-'; April, 59; May, 37; June, 47; July,
3U August, 47; September 41; Octo
ber. 54; November 41; December 43.
The total number of divorces
granted during the year topped the
5D0 mark, quite a number of cases
being brought over from 1912. There
still remains a heavy docket, many cf
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
151 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 H. Wilkinson He
ines tu make public the number of
licenses issued on the ground that
GILLETTE. ARK., Dec. 30.—Yegg-
men early to-dav blew the safe in
the Bank of Gillette and secured
$4,000. They escaped after a battle
with four night watchmen and sev
eral citizens.
PENN YAN, N. H., Dec. 30.—Mrs
Olive Johnson, aged 89, committed
suicide b^ hanging to-day. Her hus
band, aged 92, committed suicide a
year ago.
ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 30.—Stephen
M. Weld & Co., members of the New
York and New Orleans cotton ex
changes, have lo3t out in a fight to
recover $27,565 damages against the
Postal Telegraph Company. The ac
tion grew out of losses sustained by
the cotton brokers through an error
in transmitting a message for the
sale of certain cotton. The message
as delivered by the company made
the price to sell the stock in question
read *‘12.07," while the original mes
sage read “12.70.” The error, the
brokers claimed, cost them $27,565.
The Court of Aopeals in a decision to
day holds in effect that the company
is not liable because of the failure to
prove gross negligence on the part
of the telegraph company.
LAREDO. TEXAS, Dec. 30.—Con-
stitutionalists are attacking Monte-
rev and fighting is going on in the
outskirts of the citv. Word was re
ceived to-day that the rebels as
saulted the city last night, but after
a desperate fight were driven back
by the machine guns of the Federal*.
Sixty-four rebels and 92 Federals
were killed. Fifteen Constitutional
ists who forced their way into the
heart of the city were captured. Rebel
sharpshooters on the roofs of build
ings in the suburbs were responsible
for the greater part of the Federal
loss of life.
VERA CRUZ, Dec. 30.—Constitu-
tionalists are again pressing upon
Tampico. A wireless dispatch from
there to-day stated that Mendez
station, seven miles west of Tampico,
was attacked last night and the
Federal garrison of 290 men driven
off, leaving 88 dead.
CHICAGO, Dec. 30.—“King” Cole,
of the New York Americans, was
mentioned to-day as another major
leaguer who may play in a Federal
league uniform next ye«r. Cole has
been having frequent meetings with
Mordecai Brown, who is to manage
the St. Louis Federal league club.
WIFETOHELP
POSSE TIKE
OUTLAWS
Mrs. Jack Henderson to Enter
Besieged Mine and Beg Hus
band to Surrender.
LEXINGTON. KT, Dec. 30.—A
woman may succeed where men fail
ed in capturing the thirteen outlaws
hiding In Ely mine, Knox Couftty.
Mrs. Jack Henderson, wife of one of
the outlaws, to-rlaj 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 ip thought that the outlaws took
a good supply of ammunLion 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.
Record Price Paid
For Peachtree Lot,
Near Baker Street
A record price was established
Tuesday when George Forrester, D.
G. Carson and Edward Dougher f y
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 Dr. Van
Hoose intends to erect a residence or
some of the marriage licenses issued
probably were never used.
Musical Treat for
Friendless Children
Children at the Home for the Friend
less were talking delightedly Tuesday
over the splendid musical program they
had been privileged to hear the after
noon before. The program was pre
sented by the John Orth Music Club,
pupils of Mrs. Esther Kennedy, No. 149
West Peachtree street.
The musicians participating were the
Misses Marion Gaines, Ruth Norris,
Henrietta Smith, Lida Mell, Louise Mc-
Cutcheon and others.
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
‘Gloconda.’ ”
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.
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—Detectives
working on New York's latest trunk
mystery to-day began hunting for a
woman who it is believed can reveal
both the identity of the murdered
man and the murderers. To this wo
man, the police think, belonged the
skirt and shirtwaist which were
found under the body of the victim.
NEW York, Dec. 30.—The lecture
debut to-day of Dr. Frederick A.
Cook, whose claims to the discovery
of the North Pole have been reject
ed by the entire world, proved a
“frost.”
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—A plea
for a national old age pension sys
tem, the cost to be borne by the Fed
eral government, was made to the
new commission on industrial rela*
tions to-day by John A. Fitch, a
magazine writer.
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—One man is
blocking a verdict in the trial of
Hans Schmidt for the murder of An
na Amuller, according to information
from a semi-official source this after
noon. It was said this man wanted
to find Schmidt insane, while eleven
wanted a verdict for murder in the
first degree.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Dec. 30.—
Miss Vera Virginia Bash, the police
woman of this city, has been dis
charged. The reason given is that
she obtained no results and was too
young and attractive. She was paid
$800 a year by the Civic Association.
an office building.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 30.—Negotiations
between the receivers of the Frisco
lines and the telegraph operators em
ployed by the railroad company were
terminated suddenly here to-day, and
no arrangements were made for an
other conference. This action was in
terpreted as the final breaking off of
compromise efforts. The represen
tatives of the operators are much dis
pleased with the action of the road in
discharging 400 telegraphers and re
placing the telegraph with telephones.
CHICAGO, Dec. 30.—A divorca
and $10,000 alimony were granted to
Mrs. Alice Eloise Hawley by Judge
Sullivan to-day. The suit was filed
yesterday and the court acted on it
to-day to permit Mrs. Hawley to leave
Chicago. Mrs. Hawley testified on
the witness stand that Charles G.
Hawley, a prominent patent attor
ney, frequently beat her. Hawley of
fered no defense.
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—A Wild
West hold-up to-day in the restau
rant at No. 2146 Broadway was fol
lowed by a furious automobile chase
up that thoroughfare. The taxicab
carrying the two alleged robbers
broke down, and they were easily
captured by policemen who had com
mandeered a limousine for the chase.
The men gave the n>mes of John C.
Warren and George Kenneth, and
were identified by Herman Wetz,
manager of the restaurant, as the
robbers.
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
*ith the Krupp firm in Germany for ar
tillery.
Servian troops have invaded Northern
Albania, despite the warnings of Austria.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—John W.
Kern, of Indiana, the Senate leader,
is understood to have given informal
ly his approval of the plan of Sena
tor Martin®, of New Jersey, to in
vestigate the strige troubles in the
Calumet region of Michigan.
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—Adelaide
Branch, the “heart mate” of Attorney
Melvin H. Couch, of Monticello, has
accomplished another mysterious
disappearance—this time from New
York. She is said to have sailed with
Mr. and Mrs. Upton Sinclair for Ber
muda.
PINE BLUFF, ARK., Dec. 30.—A
mesage received from Dewitt says
yeggmen blew the safe of the Bank
of Dewitt early to-day and escaped
with $4,000.
GARY, IND., Dec. 30.—The Gary
plant of the American Sheet and Tin
plate Company, which has been idle
several weeks, resumed operation to-
lay. and 2,000 men were put to work.
The operation of this plant caused an
increase in orders at the United
States Steel plant here, and assured
several hundred men steady employ
ment.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Den. 30.—
One of the most interesting weddings
of the season took place at noon to
day when Miss Lucy Hoke Smith, of
Georgia, was married to Ensign Al
ston R. Simpson, U. S. N.
The wedding was performed by the
Rev. Charles Wood, pastor of the
Church of the Covenant, in the home
of the bride’s parents on California
avenue, and was attended by the
relatives, out-of-town guests and a
few intimate friends. Owing to the
continued illness of the brides’ moth
er, who was unable to be present, the
wedding was a very simple one. Also,
on account of the recent changes of
the bridegroom’s sailing orders, it
was difficult to plan for an elaborate
wedding Just a month before the
date set for the wedding Ensign
Simpson was ordered to Mexican
waters and it was only after inter
cession by his fiancee with the Secre
tary of the Navy that leave of absence
was obtained.
Palms, Christmas greens, Annun
ciation lilies and white orchids adorn
ed the house. An altar was formed
in the front drawing room, before
which the bridal party stood during
the wedding ceremony. The Meyer-
Davls Orchestra played the wedding
march and for the inform reception
and wedding breakfast which follow
ed.
Escorted to Altar by Father.
The bride was escorted to the altar
by her father, Senator Hoke Smith.
She wore a handsome gown of ivory
white velvet slightly draped to one
side and finished with pearl trim
mings. Her long tulle veil was ar
ranged with orange blossoms and shfl
carried a shower bouquet of white
orchids and lilies of the valley. She
wore a long string of pearls, one of
her bridal gifts.
Frank and Jonathan Daniels, the
MISS LUCY HOKE SMITH BRIDE OF
U. S. NAVAL OFFICER IN WASHINGTON
AT CHARLESTON.
FIRST—Five and one-half fur
longs: Ada, 98 ((’allahan). 9-2, 9-5,
9-10, won; Peacock, 97 (McTaggart),
2. 7-10, 7-20, setond; Banjo Jim, 90
(Neander), 6, 11-5, even, third. Time,
1:11 2-5. Jeftail, Orange, The Gan
der, Ray and Veilofien laso ran.
SECOND—Six furlongs: Laura,
92 (Murphy), 5, 2. 9-10, won; Ethol-
burg II, 113 (Campbell), 3, 6-5, 3-5,
second; Veneta Strome, 111 (McTag
gart), 4, 7-5, 7-10, third. Time, 1:18.
Ella Grano, Mama Johnson, Helen
M., Miss Primity, Auto Mail also ran.
THIRD—Six furlongs; Deduction,
104 (McCahey), 13-20, 1-6, out won;
Supreme, 95 (Neander), 12, 5-2, 7-10,
second; Verona, 96 (Callahan), 15,
7-2, even, third Time, 1:16. Lady
Lightning, Cracker Box also ran.
FOURTH—Mile and 70 yards;
Bryn Lamah, 107 (McTaggart), 20, 4,
even, won; Joe Diebold, 113 (Goose),
11-20, 1-4, out, second; Bob R., 105
(Buxton), 18-5, 2-5, out, third. Time,
1:48 3-5. L. H. Adair and El Oro
also ran.
Race Entries on Page 2.
Elks to Give Dance
On New Year’s Eve
The Elks will give their annual
New Year’s dance Wednesday even
ing in the Elks’ Home on Ellis street.
All of the members and their ladles
are invited to attend. It will be In
formal.
The committees in charge have dec
orated the rooms prettily and have
arranged an excellent dance pro
gram.
Princess Sues for
Cardinal’s Estate
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ROME, DSC. 30.—A legal fight for
the estate of the late Cardinal Rampolla
was begun to-day by Princess Altieri,
wife of the Duke of Canipobello, 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,
two younger sons of Secretary of the
Navy and Mrs. Daniels, were the
train-bearers. They wore white sailor
suits.
Mrs. Ronald Ransom and Mrs. Ma
rion Hoke Smith, of Atlanta, sister
and sister-in-law of the bride, were
tiie matrons of honor, and Miss Gal
lic Hoke Smith, sister of the bride,
and Miss Maude Simpson, of Fort
Gaines, Ga., sister of the bridegroom,
were the bridesmaids.
Mrs. Ransom wore a French blue
velvet gown, with a black hat, and
Mrs. Hoke Smith wore a brown vel-
ve* suit with a hat of the same shade.
Miss (’allie Hoke Smith wore dark
green velvet, and Miss Maude Simp
son’s suit was 6f dark blue with a
black velvet hat.
To Resid® in Washington.
John Simpson, Jr, of Georgia, was
best man for his brother.
After the wedding breakfast, En
sign Slmp^n and his brid^ left for a
wedding trip, the bride traveling in a
suit of dark blue cloth, with white
pointed fox furs and a black hat.
Upon their return they will be at
home with Senator and Mrs. Iloke
Smith until next spring. Ensign
Simpson will take up his duties upon
the U. S. S. Mayflower upon his re
turn to Washington.
Among the house guests of Senator
and Mrs. Smith for the wedding are
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hortetter, Jr.,
of Pittsburg; Miss Hildreth Burden-
smith, of New York, a cousin of the
bride; Mr. and Mrs. Marion Hoke
Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Ransom,
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Dargan and Miss
Helen Dargan, all of Atlanta.
Ensign Simpson is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Simpson, of Fort
Gaines, Ga.
RACING
RESULTS
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Cloudy and colder
Tuesday; fair Wednesday.
Mrs. Alston R.
Simpson, who
was Miss Lucy
Hoke Smith,
daughter of the
Georgia
Senator.
With more business men enlisting during the day with Colonel
Frederic J Paxon 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.
cisnis 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 a 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.
“t 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
w'hich there seems to be an hones!
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 ever
been directly or indirectly, flnancially
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 are not of good moral charac
ter, and upon receiving notices to
tills effect from the police or others,
we promptly get rid of them.
"When ‘the houses’ were closed In
September, 1912, my firm received
three notices from the Police De
partment.
"One was with reference to a house
belonging to a client of ours, located
on Decatur street, very near the 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 Kealty Company, was upstairs
over stores at No. 230 Peters street
and rented for SIS per month.
Never Reported as Disorderly.
“I personally did not knowy.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 surh 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 with Cozette In her arms, this
question has touched the hearts and
engaged the minds of the best men
and women; but the ideal solution
has not yet been found, and, indeed, I
very much fear will not be until hu-
Continued on Page 8, Column 1.
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 when 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 faJthfui.
"You are “'oroughly domesticated,
then?” asked the Judge of Denton,
who was dismissed when he replied
in the affirmative.
Woman ‘Holy Roller’
Stirs Broyles’ Court
Judge Broyles took occasion to rap
the "Holy Roller” sect in Police Court
Tuesday when Annie Williams, a ne
gro defendant, accosted him In the
"unknown tongue.” The woman cre
ated quite a scene for several min
utes. a half dozen policemen being
unable to quiet her.
Annie's sister said Annie was
“sanctified." "You are mistaken,” re
plied the Recorder. "She has the
devil in her. A great many people
think they are sanctified when they
only have the devil in them.” Annie
was discharged.
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