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t 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 Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results EXTRA VOL. XII. NO. 129. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1913. By Copyrtrtt, 1906. Th« Georgian Ca 2 CENTS. MEN JOIN IN WAR ON ‘BULLETINS’ MISS LUCY HOKE SMITH BRIDE OF U. S. NAVAL OFFICER IN WASHINGTON K& K& Kfc KM KM KM 533 Divorces in Atlanta This Year S3 JVC CiO >Zi 88 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- Continued on Page 2, Column 2, 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^ Continued on Page 8, Column !■