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Forrest Aaair’s Reply to Beavers and Chiefs Rejoinder
I never could have promised Chief Beavers to assist in a crusade when my best judgment was against
such a step. It is a well known fact to hundreds of citizens of Atlanta who have communicated with me in
person, by letter and by telephone, since yesterday, that the evicted women are now scattered in great num
bers throughout 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 and 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 I am sure will make the required report to me if he is informed
of lawbreaking. I am ready to act."
—From Chief Beaver s Rejoinder to Forrest Adair
The Atlanta Georgian
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VOL. XII. NO. 129.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1913.
By
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MEN JOIN IN WAR ON ‘BULLETINS’
MISS LUCY HOKE SMITH BRIDE OF
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HAMMOND HITS TARIFF BILL
THE NEEDS ONE DECREE
PROTECTION,
Economic Expert Says “Partisan
Tinkering” Makes the Country
Dumping Ground of World.
Mrs. Alston R.
Simpson, who
was Miss Lucy
Hoke Smith,
daughter of the
Georgia
Senator.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 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
R ev. Charles Wood, pastor of the
Church of the Covenant, in the home
°f the bride’s parents on California
avenue, and was attended by the
relatives, out-of-town guests and a
f p w intimate friends. Owing to the
continued illness of the brides’ moth-
er - who was unable to be present, the
tedding was a very simple one. Also,
°n account of the recent changes of
The bridegroom’s sailing orders, it
*as difficult to plan for an elaborate
bedding. Just a month before the
date set for the wedding Ensign
Simpson was ordered to Mexican
haters and it was only after inter
cession by his fiancee with the Secre-
tar >’ of the Navy that leave of absence
w as obtained.
Palms, Christmas greens. Annun
ciation lilies and white orchids adorn
ed the house. An altar was formed
• n the front drawing room, before
*h;ch the bridal party stood during
’he wedding ceremony. The Meyer-
Gavis Orchestra played the wedding
inarch and fior the inform: ’. reception
and wedding breakfast w’hich follow
ed.
Escorted to Altar by Father.
The bride was escorted to the altar
her father. Senator Hoke Smith,
'vore a handsome gown of ivory
w Tite velvet slightly draped to one
s *de and finished with pearl trim-
’n ng.e. Her long tulle veil was ar-
r anged with orange blossoms and sha
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
Naw 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
the matrons of honor, and Miss Cal-
lie 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
vet suit with a hat of the same shade.
Miss Callie Hoke Smith wore dark
green velvet, and Miss Maude Simp
son’s suit was of dark blue with a
black velvet hat.
To Reside in Washington.
John Simpson, Jr., of Georgia, was
best man for his brother.
After the wedding breakfast, En
sign Simp c ^n and his brid- left for a
wedding trip, the bride traveling in a
suit of dark blue cloth, with white
pointed fox fars and a black hat.
Upon their return they will be at
home with Senator and Mrs. Hoke
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 Hostetter, Jr.,
of Pittsburg; Miss Hildreth Burden-
smith. of New York, a cousin of Die
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.
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 <v, ^roughly 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
is now looking for another stolen pic
ture story, otherwise his months of la
bor will be In vain.
Servian Troops in
Fresh Balkan Move
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BEI/GRADE. 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 havp invaded Northern
Albania, despite the warnings of Austria.
Politics is conspicuously lacking in
tho 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 volume 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 reualts
of partisanship in the matter of tar
iff tinkering, and especially stressed
the protective feature, “to prevent
our countrv 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 $5,616,000,000.
Germany was next, with $4,239,000,-
000. The United States was third,
with $3,640,000,000.
"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 " A -1 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 the 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 oroducts 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
accessiblli**' 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-
tallv 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 w'ith 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-
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TO EACH SIX
WEDDINGS
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, 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; Juno, 47; July,
85; 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 actuil
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 Issued
probably were never used.
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 62 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
an office building.
I MASS MEE
Princess Sues for
Cardinal’s Estate
8pecial 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 Altlert,
wife of the Duke of Campobello, the
cardinal’s nephew. Princess Altleri 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.
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.
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.
Juror Walter C. Wyman collapsed
under the strain of 24 hours of delib
eration. Foreman Ottlnger reported
to the court that ill feeling had devel
oped among the twelve men.
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.
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 Parlsien.
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.
SLAYER FREED ON BOND.
CHARLESTON, S. C., Dec. 30.—
I. M. Acosta, of Memphis, who shot
and killed E. J. Meehan, of Louisville,
Monday, was released to-day under
bond of $1,000. Justifiable homicide
waa the inquest verdict.
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 eriti_
cisrns 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.
“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 1 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 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
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 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 Realty Company, was upstairs
ever 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 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^
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