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VOL. XII. NO. 129.
ATLANTA GA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1913.
Copyright. 1900,
By Th# Georgian Ce.
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tJLJMO. MORE.
FINALS
COUPLE HELD TO TRIAL FOR TANGO ON PORCH
Witnesses Tell of Gay Parties at
Home of W. J. Parker,
County Employee.
Stories of tango dances and other
gay conduct on the porch of No. 73
Rosalia street and of automobiles ar
riving at and departing from that
address at all hours of night led Re
corder Broyles Tuesday afternoon to
place Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Parker, who
occupy the residence, under $500 bond
* ach for trial on the charge of con
ducting a disorderly house.
r Mrs. Parker created some excite
ment by her persistent and indignant
interruptions of the witnesses who
were called to testify against her and
Mr. Parker.
She was warned by the Recorder
that she would find herself in con
tempt of court if she continued. She
was quiet for a few minutes, but
nid not restrain herself when an
other witness was called.
•‘That’s not so at all,” she ex
claimed.
1 fine you $5.75 for contempt of
court and I’ll repeat the fine every
time you repeat the offense,” said
Re order Broyles.
Again the defendant subsided, but
her anger several times later was on
the point of getting the better of
her and she would have broken out
again had not her attorney, Colonel
James, quieted her.
Walker is an employee in the Ful
ton County Public Works Depart
ment. *
Record Price Paid
For Peachtree Lot,
Near Baker Street
A record price was established
Tuesday when George Forrester, D.
G (’arson 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.
V.. 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
0s part consideration.
An old brick building used as a
hoarding house now occupies the site.
It is not known whether Dr. Van-
.Hoose intends to erect a residence or
■ a ' office building.
Finding of Mona Lisa
Ends Work on Novel
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
’^RIS, Dec. 30.—For months Gabriele
''nnunzio has been at work on a new'
r *>1. entitled "The Man Who Stole the
'Gi "conda.* "
r <ie famous Da Vinci picture having
h'-en found and the whole history of
theft having become familiar, he
is now looking for another stolen pic-
*tire story, otherwise his months of la-
k° r will be in vain.
Princess Sues for
Cardinal's Estate
Spec: a I Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ROME, Dec. 30.—A legal fight for
‘•state of the late Cardinal Rampolla
begun to-day by Princess Altieri,
' f the Duke of Campobello, the
l^rdlnal’a nephew. Princess Altieri en-
° re< ^ suit to break the will dated 1889,
"hlch Cardinal Rampolla bequeathed
actually all the big estate to his sis-
Baroness Perana.
MISS LUCY HOKE SMITH BRIDE OF
U. S. NAVAL OFFICER IN WASHINGTON
Mrs. Alston R.
Simpson, who
was Miss Lucy
Hoke Smith,
daughter of the
Georgia
Senator.
RACING RESULTS
AT CHARLESTON.
FIRST—Five and one-half fur
longs: Ada, 98 (Callahan), 9-2, 9-5,
9-10, won; Peacock, 97 (McTaggart),
2, 7-10, 7-20, second; Banjo Jim, 90
(Neander), 6, 11-5, even, third. Time,
1:11 2-5. Jezail, Orange. The Gan
der, Ray and Veilchen laso ran.
SECOND—Six furlongs: Laura,
92 (Murphy), 5, 2, 9-10. won; Ethel-
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 Grane, Mama Johnson. Helen
M., Miss Primity, Auto Mail also ran.
THIRD—Six furlongs: Deduction,
104 (McCahey), 33-20, 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.
FIFTH—Six furlongs: Robert,
Bradley, 114 (Goose >, 7-10, 1-3, out,
won; Ralph Lloyd, 106 (Neander). 7,
2 3-5, second; Queed, 111 (Turner),
3’ 7-10, out. third. Time, 1:17 4-5.
Turkey in the Straw, Batouche, Sun
Guide, Ford Mai also ran.
SIXTH—Five and a half furlongs:
Serenata, 100 (Martin), even, 1-2,
1-4. won; Cliff Maid, 104 (Turner).
8 3 6-5, second; Bulgarian, 103
(Murphy), 13-5, 4-5, 9-20, third.
Time, 1:10. Buzz Around, Runway,
Roger Gordon also ran.
AT JUAREZ.
FIRST—Five and a half furlongs:
Thomas Hare. 105 (Carroll). 20 to 1.
8 to 1, 4 to 1. won; LaEstrella, 110
(Cavanaugh), 3 1-2 to 1, 6 to 5, 3 to 5,
j second; Round Up, 110 (Matthews),
' 3 to 1, even, 7 to 10, third. Time,
1:07. Summer Hill, Carona, Ida
Cook. Goddess, Stokes, Society Bird,
Leford, Ooma, Panhachapi, Auntie
Curl, Lamb’s Tail also ran.
SECOND—Five and a half fur
longs: Herpes, 107 (Feeney), 4. 2,
even, won; Little Jane. 102 (Claver),
6, 2, even, second: Chilla, 102 (Car
ter), 4, 8-5, 4-5, third. Time, 1:06.
Madeline B., Tyree, Ruth Esther,
Marsand, Rose of Jeddah, Nila, Caa-
apa Gimli also ran.
THIRD—Mile and a. sixteenth: Cur
licue. 110 (Hill), 9-5. 4-5. 2-5, won;
Clinton, 96 (Metcalf), 5-2, 4-5, 1-2,
second; Sleepland, 110 (Smith), 20,
8, 4, third. Time, 1:46 4-5. Mimesis,
Dow nland, Moonlight, Defy, Brack
Bonia, Joe Woods, Horicon, Wise Ma
son also ran.
Race Entries on Page 2.
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.
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—Bob Fitz
simmons made a personal plea this
afternoon to the boxing commission
to be alolwed to box again, but was
turned down. The old fellow had a
private seance with the commission
ers and Fitz told them that if he
could not stop any of the present
“white hopes” in four rounds in a
private bout he would not ask for
permission to fight i npublic.
WASHINGTON, D. C. t Dec. 30.—
One of the most Interesting weddings
of the season took place at noon to
day w’hen 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
■vyas difficult to plan for an elaborate
wedding. Just a month before the
date set for the wedding Ensign
Simpson was ordered to Mexican
W’aters and it was only after inter
cession by his fiancee with the Secre
tary of the Navy that leave of absence
was obtained.
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 sh«
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
two younger sons of Secretary of the
Navy and Mrs. Daniels, were the
train-bearers. They wore white sailor
suits.
Mrs. Ronald Ransom arid Mrs. Ma
rion Hoke Smith, of Atlanta, sister
and sister-in-law of the bride, were
the matrons of honor, and Miss Ual-
He Hoke Smith, sister of the bride,
and Miss Maude Simpson, of Fort
Gaines. Ga., sister of the bridegroom,
were the bridesmaids.
John Simpson. Jr., of Georgia, was
best man for his brother.
After the wedding breakfast. En
sign Simr> , " , n and his hrM- left for a
wedding trip, the bride traveling in a
suit of dark blue cloth, with white
pointed fox furs ? nd a black hat.
Upon their returr they will be at
home with Senator and Mrs. Hoke
Smith until next soring. Ensign
Simpson will take up his duties upon
the U. S. R Mayflower upon his re
turn to Washington.
533 DIVORCES
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 flled 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 flled April, which
marks the full bloom of spring ar.d
which, the poets declare, heralds the
dawn of love, was the heaviest, with
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, 64; November 41; December 43.
The total number of divorces
granted during the year topped the
600 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 actu tl
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 t^ make public the number of
licenses issued on the ground that
some of the marriage licenses issued
probably were never used.
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 ha* the
devil in her. A great many people
think they are sanctified when they
only have the devil In them.” Annie
was discharged.
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 near 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.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Cloudy and colder
Tuesday; fair Wednesday.
E. M. Newbourne, of East Point, is
lying in the Atlanta Hosoital, the
victim of a railroad accident which
severed hi s right arm and right leg
and narrowly missed killing him out
right. Newbourne was swept off a
box car in going under the shed at
the Swift Oil Mill in East Point. He
fell under the wheels. The accident
was seen by mill employees and he
was rushed to the hospital. It is be
lieved that he will live.
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—At 5:10
the jury in the Han* Schmidt mur
der case announced that it wanted
to make a report. Judge Foster was
not in court, but a call was sent for
him. It was thought by court at
taches that the juny would report
a disagreement.
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.
GILLETTE, ARK.. Dec. 30.—Yegg-
men early to-day blew the safe in
the Bank of Gillette and secured
$4,000. Thev escaped after a battle
with four night watqhmen and sev
eral citizens.
PENN YAN, N. H., Dec. 30.—Mrs
Olive Johnson, aged 89, committed
suicide by hanging to-day. Her hus
band, aged 92, committed suicide a
year ago.
ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 30.—Stephen
M. Weld A Co., members of the New
York and New Orleans cotton ex
changes, have lost 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 bv 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 Appeals in a decision to
day holds in effect that the company
is not liable because of th© failure to
prove gross negligence on the part
of the telegraph company.
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.
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.
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.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—John W.
Kern, of Indiana, th© Senate leader,
is understood to have given informal
ly his approval of the plan of Sena
tor Martine, of New Jersey, to in
vestigate the strjge troubles in the
Calumet region of Michigan.
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—Adelaide
Branch, the “heart mate” of Attorney
Melvin H. Couch, of Monticello, ha®
accomplished another mysterious
disappearance—this time from New
York. She is said to have sailed with
Mr. and Mrs. Upton Sinclair for Ber.
mud*.
PINE BLUFF, ARK., Dec. 30.—A
mesage received from Dewitt says
yegamen blew the safe of the Bank
of Dewitt early to-day and escaped
with $4,000.
PROVIDENCE, R. I., Dec. 30.—A
Federal League franchise is wanted
in this city by Felix R. Wendel-
echaefer, millionaire and former own
er of the Providence team which
won the Eastern League pennant in
1905. Wendelscha e fer, it was said
to-day, was willing to invest $250,000.
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
Pulton County, and B. J. Eise-
man, secretary of the Eiseman
Bros. Company..Statements were
made by each of them, indorsing
Colonel Paxon and Mr. Adair,
Attorney Blackburn and Mr.
Eiseman promising their active
co-operation in any movement
that would tend to suppress the
publication of the bulletins.
Forrest Adair, whose criticisms of
Chief Beavers Monday 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 po
lice department.
Mr. Adair declared emphatically
that Chief Beavers was mistaken
when he stated that Mr. Adair or
any member of his firm had any con
nection with immoral houses, and de
nies 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 ever
been directly or indirectly, financially
or otherwise, interested in any house
in any red iight 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’ were closed in
September, 1912, my firm received
three notices from the Police De
partment.
"One was with reference to a iftjuse
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 1-3 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 Famine 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 faithful.
“You are ‘^nroughly domesticated,
then?” asked the Judge of Denton,
who was dismissed when ha replied
In the affirmative.
Elks to Give Dance
On New Year's Eve
The Elks wMll give their annual
New Year's dance Wednesday even
ing in the Elks' Home on Ellis street.
All of the members and their la&iea
are invited to attend. It will be in
formal.
The committees in charge have dec
orated the rooms prettily and hare
arranged an excellent dance
gram.
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