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’ OVER 100,000 THE SUNDAY AMERICAN’S NET PAID CIRCULATION The National Southern Sunday Newspaper The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results South Georgia El VOL. XII. NO. 130. ATLANTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1913. Copyright. 1908, Copyrtg By Th« Georgian Ce 9 rttXTTK ,,AY NO L AvILiN 1 O. mork. JACKSON IGNORES BUSINESS MEN’S PROTEST BURG ARS TRACKED BY SAIT; SEVEN CAUGHT Detectives Follow Trail for Two Miles — Cache of Stolen Clothing Found. The masters of detective Action oft- *n have dignified the “trail of blood” in tracking a criminal. But it was a trail of salt—plain, common, useful salt, from a large chunk or plain, common, useful “sidemeat”—that led wo officers Wednesday morning to the capture of a gang of negro bur glars, believed to be the same organ- /.ation that has* * robbed most of the grocery stores recently. When Elmer Hardin opened his lie- tie grocery store at No. 450 Edge- wr.od avenue Wednesday morning, he saw at once that it had been robbed. Among other things, mainly groceries, t tub of lard and a section of “side- meat” were missing. He telephoned he police. Gang of Seven Arrested. Officers Bozeman and Lowe were / Hailed. It didn’t take them long to lek up a trail. Right away from the >tore led an irregular trickle of coarso i.t, evidently spilled or shaken from ; le meat that had been stplen. The trail was followed, with some difficulty, for nearly a mile. It ended No. 2 Walkers alley. In the house were seven negroes—four men and three women. They were arrested and taken to headquarters, where they Rave the following names: Charley Davenport, Eddie Jones, Hf-nry Burley, Blair Johnson, Dilzie Burley, F’annie May Thompson and Elzadia Binson. Two Confess. Davenport and Jones promptly con- * ed when questioned by Captain le. They also made other admis- ns, which led to a more thorough Arch of No. 2 Walkers alley. In addition to the stolen groceries, there as discovered more than $100 worth new clothing, identified as that tolen a few' nights ago from the store of Max Yudelson, No. 303 Edgewood avenue. The hearing of the seven negroes was set for f he Wednesday morning session of the Recorder’s Court. Mill Store Safe Is Blown; $360 Stolen. ' A shrewd bit of “timing'' and an ex ert job of safe-blowing was In evi- ence early Wednesday morning at the mmissary store of the Exposition Cot on Mills. No. 1084 Marietta street, a t;ort distance from the big mill. The irge iron safe had been skillfully blown nd $360 taken. Of the money, $300 belonged to the ompany and $60 to the night watch- nan, who was on his rounds through l.e mill property at the time of the racking. One of the watchman's “stations” was i*ar the store, but the length of his r tind through the mill was such that, w h a careful check of his movements, he cracksmen were able to time the xplosion when the watchman was farthest away from the store. The safe was well muffled with blan- s and bedding gathered in the store, no one was found Wednesday morn- who had heard the explosion. Province Convention OfS.A.E.Trat’ Ends 0OLUMBUS, Dec. 31.—The sixth bi- •nia! convention of Epsilon Province, '&ma Alphan Ep&ilon Fraternity, •d with the election of officers and banquet. Officers are S. C. Thomas, Colum- " president: Jelks A. Cabaniss, Bir- nngham, vice president, and L. B. ; fry. Birmingham, secretary-treas- Butts Sheriff Locates Fugitive in Arkansas MEMPHIS. Dec. 31.—L. M. Crawford, ' rr !ff of Butts County, Georgia, left erf to-day for Jackson with John ar dw'Jck, a negro wanted for assault ( I T irder James Hollis, another negro. ’ ’ "iff Crawford said he found Hard- ^ in Rowland, Ark., living with rela- ' When placed in the city jail here i* ' • r ‘ight, Hardwick had $157 in ... FATAL DIXIE $5,000 Reward Offered for Per sons Who Sawed Switch, Ditch ing M. and 0. Fast Train. MOBILE, Dec. 31.—Sawing a switch lock thirteen miles above Mo bile, unidentified persons wrecked train No. 2, fast passenger, on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad late Tues day night. One life was lost and three person* were Injured, and only through the presence of mind of En gineer William H. Riggan in putting on emergency air brakes were the lives of the passengers saved. The dead man Is Fireman John M. Hodge, of Meridian, scalded to death. The injured are Engineer Riggan, of Meridian, let arm cut off; Express Messenger C. T. Humphries, of Cor inth, Miss., badly scalded; Handy Christian, of Mobile, seriously in jured. The engine tender and express car turned over, while the baggage coach was thrown across the track. The second class coach was derailed, but remained upright, the other coaches holding to the rails. A reward of $$,000 has been of fered for the wreckers by the railroad company. N., C & St. L. Agent For 45 Years Is Dead CARTERSVILLE, Deo 31.—J. C. Wofford, for 45 years agent of the Nash ville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Rail way. Is dead at his home here. He was 73 years old, a Mason, a Confederate veteran, and Mayor of the city several times. Mr. Wofford leaves a widow and three sons, James, Harry and Bruce Wofford, and six daughters, Mrs. Paul Gllreath, Mrs. Robert Dunnahoo and Mrs. W. T. McLeod, of Atlanta, and Misses Annie, Lois and Nora W r offord. China Plans Great Panama Exhibition SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 31.—Chu Ting Chai, special commissioner to the Panama-Pacific Exposition, Is here to complete plans for China’s exhibit. ‘‘China is taking a keen interest in the exposition,” Mr. Chu said, "and it is probable that the Government’s ap propriation of $400,000 will be in creased by private subscriptions.” Bryan Back on Job Ahead of Schedule WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—Secretary of State Bryan has returned to Washing ton 24 hours ahead of his schedule. His arrival here, together with Wilson’s sudden summons of John Lind to the winter White House, were interpreted in Government circles to-day to indi cate a crisis in Mexican affairs Sec retary Bryan denied, however, that his return had anything to do with the Mexican situation. Pardon Asked for ‘Old John’ Die^z MADISON, WIS., D«c. 31.—The ap plication for pardon of John Dietz, "the defender of Cameron dam," who resisted the State of Wisconsin suc cessfully from arrest for about two years, was presented to Governor Mc Govern. The Governor will announce his de cision later. King George to Make State Visit to Paris Special Cable to The Atlanta Qaorolan. LONDON, Dec. 31.—If present ar rangements hold good, King George and Queen Mary will pay a State vis it to Paris next spring, remaining there a week. It is their intention to take Princess Mary with them. Municipal Court f IP11T fl i f III Attaches Warned MhH Mil Against Misconduct 1 u 11 1 uil.hi It’s the straight and narrow path for the attaches of Atlanta’s new Municipal Court, according to an order signed by the flee judges decreeing that drink ing on or off duty or misconduct of any kind will not be tolerated. The order reads: “On and after this date any miscon duct or conduct unbecoming an officer of this Court, either on or off duty, will be considered a ground of dismis sal. and so treated, and especially w'e emphasise this rule In regard to all in toxicating drinks. This does not mean intoxication only, but the indulgence to any extent will be considered & vio lation of this rule. E. D. THOMAS. L. Z. ROSSER, JR., T O. HATHCOCK, J. B. RIDLEY. L F. M’CLELLAND. Even beer is tabooed. CINCINNATI, OHIO. Dec. 31.—At torney C. W. Baker, “Adonis” of the Ohio State Bar Association, has asked a lien on 125 love letters, al leged to have been written to Mrs. Caroline Feesler by William B. Po land, a rich real estate man. Lawyer Baker had been awarded $750 attorney’s fees and when Mrs. Feesler couldn't pay, sued for the let ters, part of which were made public in court. \ My! Rockefeller’ll Be Mad About This OROVILLE, CAL., Dec. 31.—Peeved by the fact that John D. Rockefeller has turned a deaf ear to their re quests that he build them a school- house, the patrons of the Rockefeller school district in this county have de cided to change its name and are pe titioning to have it rechristened the “Ida M. Tarbell School District.” Police Keep Card ‘Index’ of Drunks WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—"Have you been carded yet?" is the latest greeting in Washington. The opera tion of the Jones-Work liquor law forbids drunkenness on the streets in the District of Columbia. The police now keep a card index of "drunks.” Roosevelt Making Animal Collection RIO JANEIRO, Dec. 31.—President Da Fonseca of Brazil received a tele gram from Colonel Roosevelt, who is gathering zoological specimens in Matto Grosso, announcing that the naturalists of the expedition had se cured a splendid collection of animals. Jurors Disagree on Hans Schmidt's Guilt NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—The jurors in the Hans Schmidt slaying trial failed to agree and were discharged last night. Schmidt confessed killing Anna Aumul- ler. The defense was Insanity. Woman, 45, Marries Dead Husband’s Son NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—Mrs. Anna H. HaJl, 45, a widow, married S. Holden Hall, 46, her stepson. HISTORICAL OFFICERS NAMED. CHARLESTON, S. C.. Dec. 31.—An drew C. McLaughlin, of Chicago, was elected president of the American His torical Association; H. M. Stephens, of Berkeley, Cal., first vice president, and G. L. Burr, of Ithaca, N. Y.. second vice resident. Chicago was chosen for the meeting tfl4 Three Fatally Burned and Score of Others Hurt in New York Tenement Fire. New Island Is Born In the New Bebridss Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PARIS, Deo. 31.—A new island has appeared off the west coast of Am- brim Island in the New Hebrides, where the recent volcanic eruption took place. The French commissioner resident reports that the volcano Is becoming less active, but on December 24 lava was still flowing and ashes and cin ders were falling. Attorney Asks Love Notes in Lieu of Fee NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—Eight per sons were burned to death and three were probably fatally hurt early to day in an incendiary fire which swept through the five-story brick tenement house at Nos. 96-96 1 -2 Monroe street, East Side. A score of others were less serious ly burned. Of these, eight were taken to hospitals and the others were taken to the homes of friends or relatives after being,given first aid by ambu lance surgeons on the scene of the fire. Scores of men, women and children were driven into the freezing weather in their night clothing. The lives of twenty who were trapped on blockaded fire escapes were saved by the firemen. Fire Chief Kenton declared there was no doubt that the fire was the W'ork of an incendiary. The fire escapes and apartments were piled high with bundles of va rious description. A number of the heads of families were push-cart merchants who carried their unsold stock into their homes at night. Foremen and policemen formed hu man chains and rescued a number of panic-stricken women and children from the fire escape landings. Most of the bodies were found on the upper floors. Three of them were in bed. The body of a girl, burned beyond recognition, was fouqd on the fourth floor. Hackett to Lecture on 0. Henry, His Friend Members of the Players’ Club of At lanta, of which Mrs. Thomas B. Felder is president, were looking forward with Interest Wednesday to the lecture by Norman Hackett, of "The Double De ceiver" Company, will give on O. Henry Friday at 4 p. m. The club has ar ranged for him to speak at the Geor gian Terrace. The following will be the patrons: Mrs. John M. Slaton, Mrs. J. K. Ottley, Mrs. C. J Haden, Mrs Samuel Lump kin. Mrs. Hugh Willet. Mrs. Keats Speed, Mrs. A. P. Coles, Mrs. Percival Sneed, Mrs. Clark Howeli. Mrs. W. S. Elkin. Mrs. C. A. Wood, Mrs Corra Harris, Mrs. R. L, Cooney, Mrs. Haral son Bleckley and the patrons of the Players' Club. Mr. Hackett was a personal friend of the late O. Henry. Boy, 11, Gives Skin to Save Life of Sister, 8 PLAINFIELD. N. J.. Dec. 31.—In an effort to save the life of his 8-year-old sister, who had been badly burned, Moses Parella, 11, submitted to a skin grafting operation in which one hun dred pieces of skin were cut from his body. Paupers on Strike For Shorter Hours PATERSON. N. J., Dec 31.—Inmates of the almshouse here went on strike for less work, shorter hours and more food. Their leader was put in jail and the strike ended. Eatshop Thief Trades Coats With Governor JERSEY CITY. N. J., Dec. 31.—While Governor-elect Fielder was eating in a local restaurant a thief exchanged the executive's overcoat for a threadbare garment. ‘Keep Happy,’ Advice Of Woman, Aged 103 PORTLAND. MAINE. Dec. 31.—Mrs. Eliza W. Merrill, who celebrated her one hundred and third birthday to-day, says she Is still alive because "L have always kept myself happy.” JUSTICE COURTS CEASE TO EXIST AS MUNICIPAL JUDGES TAKE SEATS Eugene 1). Thomas left), chief justice; .Jos. B. Ridley and T. (). Flathcock. Comes to Atlanta to Visit; Now a Bride! Much interest centered Wednesday in the wedding of Miss Hattie Aycock, for merly of Monroe, Ga.. but more recently of McKlnnie, Texas, and Clarence Graves Hester, business manager of The Walton News, a weekly paper published at Monroe. Miss Aycock was visiting relatives here. Hearing that she was in Atlanta. Graves came Immediately and persuad ed her to marry him. The couple were married at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Haralson. 89 West Harris street. The ceremony was performed by E. A. Caldwell, editor of The Walton News and partner of the groom. Alleged Slayer Asks Prayer for Acquittal DALTON, Dec. 31. W. I. Umphrey, in jail here charged with the murder of Joseph Pritchett, has issued a written statement declaring his innocenec and calling upon the people to pray for his acquittal. In his staement Umphrey says he is 64 years old. had never been drunk and never engaged in a fight. He will be ar raigned before the Superior Court here next week. Would Sell Hubby to Open Boarding House BOSTON, Dec. 31.—"I am willing to sell my husband for $1,000 cash," wrote Mrs. Agnes Bedell to Miss Mary E. Chandler. William Bedell, the husband, is said to have consented to being sold so that his wife could open a boarding house with the cash. Rockefeller’s Men Can’t Use Cigarets L. J’’. McClelland (left) and Luther Z. Rosser, Jr. DENVER. Dec. 31,—An order signed by John D. Rockefeller, chief owner of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, has been posted in the company's plants prohibiting the smoking of cigarets by employees, whether on duty or not. Punishment of Child Is Fatal to Mother SOUTH BEND, IND., Dec. 31.—Mrs. Martin Maloney punished one of her nix small children. The point of a lead pen cil in the child’s hand was'imbedded In her arm. Blood poison set in and Mrs. Maloney died. THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia—F a i r Wednesday; cloudy Thursday. Atlanta’s new municipal court is ready for its formal opening Thurs day,, and a new era In the handling of small court business will begin. With the stroke of 12 Wednesday night the authority of the justices of the pence in Atlanta will cease, and in the fu ture their work will be handled by salaried judges and court attaches. Formal opening of the new court will take place at 10 o’clock Thursday morning in the first division of the Superior Court in the old city hall building at South Pryor and East Hunter streets. There will be ad dresses by Governor John M. Slaton, Judge John T. Pendleton, senior judge of the Atlanta Superior Court; Judge Eugene D. Thomas, of the Municipal Court, and others President Edgar Watkins, of the Atlanta Bar Associa tion, lias issued a call for all mem bers of the organization to attend the opening. Work of the court will be handled by five judges, of whom Judge Thom as is the chief justice. The other four are Luther Z. Rosser. Jr.. L. F Mc Clelland, J. B. Ridley and T. O. Hathcock. of this quintet, Judge Ridley is the only man among Fulton County justices of the peace to land a berth in the new court. Many Assistants. Captain Tom C. Miller Is the clerk of the new court, while W. T. Buch anan is marshal. Each has a large force of assistants and for the next three months expects to ho extremely busy getting the work on a systemat ic basis The new court will have a greater scope than the justices courts, and will also cut in on the work of the Superior Court, taking all civil suits involving less than $50D. That this will greatly relieve the dockets of the Superior Court is regarded as certain, and will also serve to give litigants an earlier hearing. The removal of these cases from the Superior to the Municipal Court will materially reduce the revenue of the Clerk of the Superior Court and a cut in the force in this office may fol low. The places of Captain Miller and others who went to the Municipal ! Court have not yet been filled, how ever, and Clerk Arnold Broyles con siders It quite possible that a cut In his force may not be necessary. Eight justice? of the peace will lose their authority through the open- | ing of the new court, and but two of them have been cared for in the new organization Officials Not Cared For. These eight are Judge Edgar H. Orr, one of the hardest workers for the bill, the veteran Justice of Geor gia. who has held his place since 1892: Judge C. H. Girardeau, Judge I F. M Powers, Judge Don K. John- I son, Judge O. H. Puckett, Judge J. B j Ridley, Judge A. A. Owen and Judge t W. T. Jordan. Judge Puckett goes info the office of the new court as a deputy marshal. The new court Is expected to prove j a, money-maker for the county, the ] highest estimate of the operating cost • ompared with the lowest estimate of receipts, based on the receipts of the various justice courts, showing a wide margin for the latter, despite the fact that all of the judges and officers of the new court are to be paid fairly good salaries. The chief justice gets $3,600 a year, and the other four Judges $3,000. The clerk will draw $2,400 and the marshal $2,000 Their assistants will be paid an average salary of $100 a month. More Leading Atlantans Join Adair, Paxon and Daniel—Cru saders Adopt ‘Silent’ Policy. A conference between half a dozen prominent business men who have taken issue with the Men and Religion Forward Movement and come out into the open in their fight against the • propaganda and bulletins of that organization is planned for Wed nesday afternoon. It is gener ally expected that the confer ence will result in the adoption of the plan urged by L. J. Dan iel, president of the Daniel Bros Co., to call a mass meeting of the citizenship to discuss the situa tion and to devise means to com bat the bulletins and the work of the Movement that will meet with the approval and co-opera tion of the entire city. Adair Leads Meeting Move. Forrest Adair, whose criticism of Police Chief Beavers created a sen sation. Is one of the moving spirits in the calling of the conference. Mr. Adair said early Wednesday morning that he expects to get Colonel Fred eric J. Paxon, Mr. Daniel and half a dozen more of the men who have en listed against the bulletins to attend the conference, and that some defi nite plan of campaign probably will be decided upon. Both Mr. Adair and Mr. Daniel favor the idea of the mass meeting, although it is understood that Colonel Paxon has some opposition to the plan. If the meeting Is called, as ap pears likely at this juncture in the controversy, It will be held In the Grand Opera House, and every citi zen of Atlanta, no matter on which side of the question he stands, will be invited to attend and take part in the discussion. The men who are promoting the movement to hold a meeting stated Wednesday that those who favor the methods of the Men and Religion Forward Movement will be given as much opportunity to be heard as those who are against them. Time Ripe for Meeting, He Says. “The situation now’ has reached a stage where a meeting would do everybody good,” said Mr. Adair Wednesday. “By a calm, dispasison- ate discussion of the matter we can arrive at some conclusion as to the sentiment of the great body of At lanta citizens who have not yet taken any part in the controversy, although I do not think there Is any doubt that most of the people of Atlanta agree with us that the bulletins are harmful and that they ought to be suppressed and the activities of the movement curbed. Those who do not agree with us could, at this meeting, have every opportunity to show us the error of our ways, and an ex change of views can hurt nobody." Marion Jackson, member of the ex ecutive committee of the Men and Religion Forward Movement and the author of the bulletins, declined Wed nesday to comment on the agitation for a mass meeting of protest. He indicated that the movement would continue to pursue Its policy of ig noring the protests and criticism* and declared that this policy of si lence would extend even to the Men and Religion mass meeting to be held in the Grand Opera House the sec ond Sunday in January. Mr. Jackson declared that the movement would "pursue the even •f