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OVER tOO,000 THE SUNDAY AMERICAN'S NET PAID CIRCULATION 7 he National Southern Sunday Newspaper The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results VOL. XII. AO. 130. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1913. By Copyright. i?e« t Tn# Georgian Ca *> pi?v r rvj PAT NO ~ viJii AO, MORE. CONFER FOR WAR ON ‘BULLETINS WOMEN MUST PROVE VOTE DESIRE, SHE SAYS C&3 c&i C&J C&3 C&J C&) Trail of Salt Leads to Capture of 7 Burglars si? ft? 90 si? w >> si? si? si? jIS caJ fXs Cev Cew *0 WRECKERS ROCKEFELLER LED +•+ +•+ +•+ fflTTEN OTFERS TO TIE ILL Mrs. E. G. Graham, of Louisiana, in Atlanta to push votes for women fight. HICAGO, Dec. 31.—James A. Patten, e millionaire Chicago grain and cot- n operator, to-day announced that he •uld accept all the December corn that offered him on the Board of Trade. will not “apply the screws" to the okers who have contracted to deliver rn to him to-day. He said he will not '^n insist upon the corn being dried. * was explained as a display of len- ■ v to the dealers who are “short" in Member delivery. •'ir. Patten is running a big deal in Member corn and he is “long’’ many : nsands of bushels. He said to-day Iat reports that he would not buy un- ss The corn was dried and graded were useless. ! llf “ corn market just now is the most JZ/ - : ’ng situation that ever confronted le Krain men of the United States, ac- :ig to Mr. Patten. 1 have never tried to solve a harder JUzzle /’ he said, as he sat in his of- directing his brokers who were at s elbows. “Taking the tariff off corn finises to flood us with Argentina : -pmenta in April, and no one knows r e he is at.’ f>n top of that comes Argentina ad- that instead of the usual crop of "*•000 bushels they wi'l raise 250.- " • a great deal of which is now of- r, n m New York for April delivery at cents, while we are buying American !< for 69 cents and higher. ft is a long, hot journey from Argen- and the men who buy at that flg- e “on’t know what shape their corn e in when it reaches New York. Kansas generally raises 150.000.000 *' • of wheat. This year they didn't 10,000.000 bushels. The normal de- an ‘l for stock food is 50,000,000 bush- e market will be confused and un- " 11 until we have grown another toerican crop.” “‘Men Are Willing to Grant Right if We Convince Them,” De clares Suffrage Leader. Atlanta advocates of equal suf frage are much interested in the visit of Mrs, E. G. Graham, of New' Or leans, State organizer for the Woman Suffrage League and a woman of na tional prominence. Mrs. Graham made an informal talk to a small gathering of women at the home of Mrs. Frances S. Whiteside, No. 46 Columbia avenue, Tuesday aft ernoon, during which she told of be ing in the famous suffragette parade in Washington when the women were rushed by boisterous spectators. “If it had not been for our love of the cause we w'ould have been com pletely routed,” said Mrs. Graham. Must Convince Men Mrs. Graham said the keynote of the present plan of the feminist movement was to convince the men that the women really wanted to vote. “My State. Louisiana, is ready to give the women the ballot if the men are convinced they really want it,” she said. “That situation puts the obligation wholly on our shoulders. “No distinction is made in sex in the higher arts. People do not care whether a writer, painter or musician is a woman or man. History proves that there is no distinction in patri otism. Women have been Just as loyal, brave and self-sacrificing as men. Started Social Centers. “It is just as logical that there should be no distinction in the right of the ballot/' Atlanta women hope to Increase the Interest in equal suffrage through the visits of such women as Mrs. Graham Her practical leadership al ready has been demonstrated by the success of social centers at public schools. She. with the presidents of the City Federation of Women’s Clubs of New Orleans, established the first public school social center. Since then the idea has taken hold in cities all over the United States. THEFTS Cache of Stolen Clothing Found. Three Bound Over and Four Fined by Recorder. The masters of detective fiction of"- en 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 of plain, common, useful “sidemeat”—that led two officers Wednesday morning to the capture of a gang of negro bur glars, believed to be the same organ ization that has robbed most of tne grocery stores recently. When Elmer Hardin opened his lit tle grocery store at No. 450 Edge- wood avenue Wednesday morning, he saw at once that it had been robbed. Among other things, mainly groceries, a tub of lard and a section of “side- meat” w’ere missing. He telephoned the police. Gang of Seven Arrested. Officers Bozeman and Lowe were detailed. It didn’t take them long to pick up a trail. Right away from the store led an irregular trickle of coarse* salt, evidently spilled or shaken from the meat that had been stolen. The trail was followed, with some difficulty, for nearly a mile. It ended at No. 2 Walkers alley. In the house were seven negroes—four men and three women. They were arrested and taken to headquarters, where they gave the following names: Charley Davenport, Eddie Jones, Henry Burley, Blaii Johnson. Dilzie Burley, Fannie May Thompson ana Elzadia Binson. Two Confess. Davenrort and Jones promptly con fessed when questioned by Captain Poole. They also made other admis sions, which led to a more thorough search of No. 2 Walkers alley. In addition to the stolen g jeeries, there was discovered more than $100 worth of new clothing, identified as that stolen a Jew nights ago from the store of Max YuJelson, No. 303 Edgewood avenue. Davenport and Jones were bound over under $1,000 bail each on two cases. Burley, charged with receiv ing the stolen property, was held un der $500 bond. Johnson and the three negro women could not be connected directly with the robbery and we:e fined $15.75 each. Mill Store Safe Is Blown; $360 Stolen. A shrewd bit of “timing ‘ and an ex pert job of safe-blowing was in evi dence early Wednesday morning at the commissary store of the Exposition Cot ton Mills, No. 1084 Marietta street, a short distance from the big mill. The large iron safe had been skillfully blown and $360 taken. Of the money, $300 belonged to the company and $60 to the night watch man, who was on his rounds through the mill property at the time of the cracking. One of the watchman's “stations” was near the store, but the length of his round through the mill was such that, with a careful check of his movements, the cracksmen were able to time the explosion when the watchman was farthest away from the store. The safe was well muffled with blan kets and bedding gathered in the store, and no one was found Wednesday morn ing who had heard the explosion. I '13 BENEFACTORS NEW YORK, Dec. 3i.—In the year 1913, ending to-day, $169,841,- 442 was the total of donations and bequests to educational, charitable, religious and c'.her public organi zations in the United States. John D. Rockefeller gave the largest individual sum, $11,462,000. Carnegie distributed $6,662,000. ) His total in the last few years reaches over $280,000,000. Of the total amount donated or left by will during 1913 $85,109,640 went to charity, $2i,776,977 to ed ucation, $21,230,300 to religion, $23,560,505 to municipal improve ments and $2,162,000 to libraries. 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.” Daniels' Invitation To New Year's Fete Stirs Naval Circles WASHINGTON, Dec. 31—Naval of ficers and the ladies of their families are commenting on the following order Issued at the Navy Department; “The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Daniels will be at home at Single Oak from 2 to 7 p. m., on New Year’s Day. Wives and other female relatives of callers will be cordially welcomed.” Members of officers' families who pre sume that they must be meant by the designation “female relatives" feel that thdy have not been flattered. As a result of comment, responsi bility for the order is dodged. It bean the signature of Hear Admiral Victor Blue, chief of the Bureau of Navigation, but it is said that the Bureau issued it after it had been dictated by the Secretary himself. Boy Loses Speech; Scientists Puzzled SAVANNAH, Dec. 31.—The re markable case of Grover Crawford, the boy who lost his speech and hear ing when he started to ask a con ductor for a transfer, is attracting the specialists in this district. The young man takes his affliction stoically. He spends his days mo toring as if nothing had happened. He stated that It was an act of Provi dence and that he expected to regain his lost faculties in the same way. PLOTTERS Switch Sawed Near Mobile, Send ing Fast M, and 0. Express Into the Ditch. 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 persons were injured, and only through the presence of mind of En gineer William H. Rlggan 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 Rlggan, 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 $5,000 has been of fered for the w’reckers by the railroad DERAIL TRAIN; Pastors Requested To Send in Notices Of Services Early 1 DEAD REWARD OF EIGHT DIE IN Three Fatally Burned and Score of Others Hurt in New York Tenement Fire. Wilkinson at Dinner To Commerce Agent Mell R. Wilkinson, the new presi dent of the Chamber of Commerce, will take his new post Thursday, suc ceeding VVilmer L. Moore, retiri lg head. Mr. Wilkinson announced that he will inaugurate plans for construc tive w'ork by the chamber. Ralph M. O’Dell, special agent for the Bureau of Foreign and. Domestic Commerce, will come to Atlanta Thursday under the auspices of the chamber. He will be the guest of honor at a luncheon Friday at whi h Mr. Wilkinson will preside. company. Grand Jury to Probe That $8,000 Dance MACON, Dec. 31.—The $8,000 all- night dance given by Mr. and Mrs Emory Wlnship will be the subject for Grand Jury Investigation next week. Publication that cnampagne and other intoxicating beverages costing several thousand dollars were served at the dance has prompted the decla ration from members of the Grand Jury that they will propose a probe of the affair. The, purpose is to ascer tain If the liquors were purchased in Macon. Civil Service Chief In Atlanta Changed The arrival of Butler B. Hare, of South Carolina, recently named to take charge of the Atlanta district of civil service, is awaited by E. H. Jen nings. civil service secretary here for the last wo years, who will go to New Orleans to take charge of the same work in that district as soon as Mr. Hare arrives. Mr. Jennings.is directed to report to New Orleans in time to take over his duties there by January 15. Mr. Hare is expected in the next few days. HISTORICAL OFFICERS NAMED. CHARLESTON, S. C\, Dec. 31.—An drew C. McLaughlin, of Chicago, was elected president of the American His torical Association; II M. Stephens, of Berkeley. Cal , first vice president, and G. I, Burr, of Ithaca. N. S . second vice president. Chicago was chosen for the 1914 meeting. Roosevelt Making Animal Collection RIO JANEIRO, Dec. 31.—President Da Fonseca of Brazil received a tele gram from Uolonel Roosevelt, who Is gathering zoological specimens in Matto Grosso, announcing that the naturalists of the expedition had se cured a splendid collection of animals. THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia—F air Wednesday; cloudy Thursday. Have You A Room To Rent? A little “WANT AD" in The Geor gian will ring the bell and take down the sign. These ads bring results, as the P e °pk read them • very day. v] NEW YORK, Dec. SI.—Eight per sons were burned to de&th 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. Eire Chief Kenton declared there was no doubt that the fire was the work of an tncendiary. 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. Ei remen 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 upijer floors. Three of them were in bed. The body of a girl, burned beyond recognition, was found on the fourth floor. Radium Speck, Worth $4,500 Disappears CHICAGO, Dec. 31.—A speck of radium, weighing 35 milligrams and worth $4,500, has mysteriously dis appeared at St. Luke’s Hospital. De tectives are searching for it. The radium was in a tiny platinum tube and was being used to treat Marie Colton, a daughter of a wealthy Dea Moines family, who is suffering from cancer. The vanished radium was the hos- pital’a entire supply. Anti-Saloon Bulletins Adopted in Savannah SAVANNAH, Dec. 31.—W. B Stubbs, at the head of the Anti-Sa loon Movement, to-day started in the dally papers, here a series of bulle tins on the alleged liquor traffic in Savannah. They are along the line of those conducted by the Men and Religion Forward Movement in At lanta, Rockefeller's Men. Can't Use Cigarettes DENVER. Dee. 31.—An order signed by John D. Rockefeller, chief owner of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, haa been posted In the company’s plants prohibiting the smokln* of cigarettes by employees, whether on duty or not. WAYCROSS ELECTION SATURDAY WAYCROSS, Dec. 31—The formal city election will be held here Satur day The primary nominees are Scott T Beaton, for Mayor. Dr. J. H. I^at- tlmer, W. W. Sharpe, Jr., and Mc Gregor Mayo, for Alderman, and J. E. T. Bowden, for member of Board of Education. CONTEST FOR WARE OFFICE. WAYCROSS. Dec. 31.—There is much speculation to-day about the outcome of to-morrow’s election of a chairman by the Ware County Com missioners. D. J. Miller, of the Way- cross distrtet, is chairman now, and may be re-elected, though he has op position. Pastors are urged to send in brief notices of their Sunday church services in time to reach The Georgian before Friday even ing. The notices should be written legibly on one side of the paper and addressed to the Church Ed itor of The Georgian. Church notices will be printed free in Saturday's paper. Talented Soprano To Sing in Atlanta New Year’s Concert An unusual entertainment is planned by the Atlnnta Musical Association in the concert by Mme Genevra Johnstone- Bishop at the Baptist Tabernacle Thurs day evening at $.15 o’clock. Mme. Johnstone-Blshop Is one of tha leading oratorio and concert sopranos of AmeiMca She is head of the Sher wood School of Music, of Chicago, and has Just completed a tour through Eng land, Scotland. Australia, Hawaii and Mexico. She will arrive in Atlanta Wed nesday night, accompanied by Miss Ruby Askew The two will be the guests of Mrs. John M. Slaton, who Is president of the Atlanta Musical Asso ciation, at the Governor’s mansion. The program will be supplemented by instrumental selections by local artists. ‘Arabian' Negro Gets Rockpile for Begging COLUMBUS, Dec. 31.—Israel Bml- ger, a negro, who claims that he was raised In Arabia by a Hebrew’ family, is serving a sentence on the city rockpile on a charge of begging. Smiger was only arrested after he had imposed on several prominent Jewish families, securing various amounts of money. Rabbi Rosenthal discovered that the negro had worked a similar scheme In ChattAnooga. Fog Makes Last of Year Like Doomsday LOUISVILLE. KY,, Dec. 31.—The last day of the year 1913 dawned like Judgment day in I^oulsville. Every street in the city was lighted as at night. Smoke and fog hung over the city so thick that no ray of light could pierce it. The fog and clouds prevailed over all of the Ohio Valley. Accused Mississippi Senator Acquitted VICKSBURG, MISS., Dec. 31- State Senator Hobbs was acquitted to-day of the charge of accepting a bribe. The case has been on trial for sev eral weeks. 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. Paupers on Strike For Shorter Hours PATERSON, N. j., Dec 31.—Inmates of the almshouse here went on strike for leee work, shorter hours and more food. Their leader was put in jail and the strike ended. Woman, 45, Marries Dead Husband’s Son NEW YORK, Dec. 31—Mrs Anna H. Hall, 46, a widow, married S. Holden Hall, 45, her stepson, 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, wijl meet with the approval and co-opera tion of the entire city. Adair Leads Meeting Move. Forrest Adair, whoa* 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. paniel 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 fhuch opportunity to be heard as those who are against them Time Ripe for Meeting, He Says. “The situation now lifts reached a stage where a meeting would do everybody good," said Mr. Adair Wednesday. “Bv a calm, dispasison- ate discussion of the matter we can arrive at somt* 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