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OVER 100,000 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. NIL NO. 130. ATLANTA, (IA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1913. Copyright. 1906, By The Georgian C* O r' , LT'V r rC rAT NO - A/l-jiN 1 O. more MISSION HEAD ATTACKS BULLETINS C&) C& C&) C& &<3 C&) East Point City Clerk Arrested as Embezzler EXPERT URGES SOUTH TO SEGREGATE RACES ss £S3 <A Ss iA Scientists Fight Sand Fly as Cause of Pellagra Governor Now Too Busy to Pass Upon Nash-Obear Clash J. R. Sims Denies Charge and Gives Bond—Town Stirred by Arrest. A sensation was sprung: in East Point Wednesday when J. R. Sims, 1 ’itv Clerk, was arrested on the charge of embezzling $1,100 of the city’s Minds. The arrest was made by Dep uty Sheriff George H. Brodnax. Sims, who is well known and has be^n in office four or five years, de nied that he was guilty of the misap propriation. He immediately made bond of $2,500. Sims was indicted Tuesday after noon. J. W. Humphries, £ity Attor ney of East Point, brought the alleged embezzlement to the attention of the '.rand Jury some time ago and a true bill, dated December 23, was found, but was not submitted to Judge Ben Hill until adjournment of Tuesday’s session. Had Access to Tax Fund. It is charged that Sims, who col lected the taxes at East Point, had iccess to the funds and took advant age of his position to appropriate about $1,100 to his own use. He re signed the city clerkship a few weeks ago and suspicion is said to have been irected toward him at that time. Sims is married and has borne a good reputation in the community. The report that he had been indicted and arrested on the charge of embez zlement created the greatest surprise mong his circle of friends and ac quaintances. Sims’ b-—'i was made In short or der, his father-in-law, A. R. Hemper- a well-known real estate dealer of East Point, and the latter’s brother, A. C. Hemperly, the East Point un dertaker, signing it. Both men speak well of Sims and expressed belief in his innocence. Surprised by Arrest. Sims, when arrested, showed dis tinct surprise. He was Placed under arrest at his father-in-law’s home in East Point by Deputy Sheriff Broad nax, who allowed him to make bond without bringing him into the Sheriff’s "ffice. The young man declared to Deputy Broadnax that if there were anv shortages it was simply a case of dis- repancies. He said that an auditor had been working on the books for some time, and that he was awaitUig the auditor’s report to straighten out discrepancies, if there were any. He denied emphatically that he had appropriated any of the city’s monev to his own use. Governor Slaton has not yet ren dered a decision in the Nash-Obear controversy, although January 1 is the date upon which General Nash has announced that he will cease to recognize General Obear either as de facto or de jure the quartermaster general of State troops. ( The Governor is giving this matter careful attention, but because of the tense situation in Louisville, where three negroes are to be tried Wednes day, and the fact that the military may be concerned in the settlement of that situation, the Nash-Obear controversy has been laid aside tem porarily. The Governor likely will not an nounce a decision before next week. Waldo Quits Police Head Job in a Huff NEW YORK. Dec. 31.—Police Com missioner Rhinelander Waldo resigned to-day. He wrote to Mayor Kline: “It appears to be the desire of the incoming administration not to ap point a commissioner, but to have an acting commissioner appointed by me to remain in charge of the de partment. I will not be a party to this plan.” John Purroy Mltchei will take up his Mayoralty duties to-morrow 1 . Mayor Kline annotnted First Dep uty Police Commissioner McKay to succeed Waldo. H1s commission ex pires at midnight. Grand Jury to Probe That $8,000 Dance MACON, Dec. 31.—The $8,000 all- night dance given by Mr. and Mrs Emory Winship will be the subject for Grand Jury investigation next week. Publication that champagne 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. ‘Arabian’ Negro Gets Rockpile for Begging COLUMBUS, Dec. 31.—Israel Smi- ger, a negro, who claims that he was raised in Arabia by a Hebrew family, is serving a septence 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 negrb had worked a similar scheme in Chattanooga. Mayor’s Crematory My! Rockefeller’ll Objections Outlined Be Mad About This At the request of officials of the Instructor Company, Councilman shley, &ctic 0 for Mayor Woodward, irnished them with his specific ob- " lions to the new crematory Wed nesday. The objections arc: A larger dynamo to furnish lights 1 to operate hoists for garbage and 'lies; renewal of furnace doors ned out and proper draughts for protection of these doors; an- o r er arrangement for the disposal of Gnkers and ashes; a grate bar that *‘ ; il withstand the heat; proper ven ation for the building. Held on Atlanta Forgery Charges MOBILE, Dec. 31.—Harry M. Da- said to be a member of a promi- ht Birmingham family, arrested r e on December 19, in company ; h Mrs. J. F. Rawsee, a 15-year- ! girl from Atlanta, on a white ve charge, was served with an ad- :r, nal warrant to-day, charging ’Mery of three $10 money orders at ! 'anta_ OROV1LLE, 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 Us name and are pe titioning to have it rechristened the “Jda M. Tarbell School District.” Would Sell Hubby to Open Boarding House BOSTON, Dec. 31 —“I am willing to sell my husband for $1,000 rash." 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. THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia—F a i r Wednesday; cloudy Thursday. ASKED FDD Middle Circuit Judge Calls on the Governor for Troops to Pro tect Negroes at Trial, Mayor Wants Vice Squad Uniformed to Allay Antagonism Striking evidence of Mayor Wood ward’s police policy for the new year was given in a conversation with a number of Councllmen Wednesday. “We need to put the 30 members of the vice squad back In uniforms,” he said. “I advocated that at a meeting of the Police Commission some time ago. I still think it would do a great deal to allay the antagonism against the police.” Several members of the party re marked that if such a motion were made at the next meeting of the Po lice Commission It would be adopted. Governor Slaton has been called upon by Judge Ben Rawlings, of the Middle Circuit, to provide a military escort for William and George Hart and Robert Paschall, three negroes, now confined the Tower of the Fulton Gounty jail, when they are sent from Atlanta to Ixmisville, Ga., to-day, if they are sent, to stand trial to-morrow for the murder of Mrs. Seth Irby. The judge has asked for 200 sol diers, but the Governor has not yet responded to his request, and does not seem likely to do so unless he is completely convinced that every oth er legal means for the protection of the negroes has been exhausted. The Sheriff of Jefferson .County Is in Atlanta, and spent most of the morning In the Governor’s reception room, waiting for assurance that the troops would be provided. He stated openly that he “did not propose to budge with those negroes toward Louisville unless he had a military' escort of 200 men,” and added that “he didn’t propose to be shot up along with the negroes If a lynching took place!” Solicitor General in Conference. Solicitor General R. Lee Moore, of the Middle Circuit, had a long confer ence with the Governor in the fore noon over the situation in Jefferson County, and while the executive would not discuss the matter later, he is understood to be of the opin- | ion that a means may be found to handle the situation without actually calling out the troops. It is fully realized at the Capitol that a tense state of affairs prevails in Jefferson, and that to take the ne groes there for trial now might re sult in serious trouble. Just after the crime was committed the three ne groes involved were hurried to At lanta by automobile in the dead hours of the night and by out-of-the-way paths, in order to avoid a lynching. The negroes are understood tohaye confessed to the brutal murder and mutilation of Mrs. Irby near Louis ville, an 1 feeling is very high against them. Would Cost $20,000. Governor Slaton is known to be most reluctant to order out the mili tary unless absolutely necessary, not only because he is opposed to that on principle, but that it is very ex pensive. It is estimated that to pro vide the escort called for in this case the expense to the State would run well around $20,000. Unless the Governor does provide the escort asked, it will be necessary for Sheriff Smith to get his prison ers to Louisville, nevertheless, or an swer to Judge Rawlings for his fail ure to do so. Sheriff Smith Is scheduled to leave Atlanta with his prisoners late this afternoon or to-night. Whether he will refuse finally to move without a military escort is problematical, al though he has stated most positively that he will not. The Governor is investigating the situation exhaustively on his own ac count, and will decide some time dur ing the afternoon what he will do. City and 2 Enjoined In Sidewalk Fight The City of Atlanta, the Cement Stone and Tile Company and the Pine Moun tain Granite Company were restrained from continuing sidewalk and curbing work at Westwood and Lake avenues under a temporary order issued Wednes day morning by Judge J. T. Pendleton on petition of Mrs. E. L Cox. Mrs. Cox claims that the workmen are laying the curb and sidewalk tiling in such a manner that it will close Lake avenue, and injure property which she ow r ns on that street. A hearing on the temporary injunction will be held January 10. ‘Ex_boozers’ Invited To ‘Watch’ Services Ail “ex-boozers’ of Atlanta arc Invit ed to attend the watch night service ami yearly gathering of former drinking men at the Salvation Army hall, 29** Marietta street, Wednesday night. “An ex-boozerr>’ meeting” is the way the Army invitations read. Hot wieners and hot coffee will be served. The first meeting will be at 8 o’clock. At its conclusion the refreshments will be served, to be followed by the watch service. Brigadier General A. W. Craw ford and Captain and Mrs. Miller will be in charge. Searchlights in Mine To Help Catch Gang LEXINGTON, KY„ Dec. 31.—Elec tric searchlights will be installed In the mine shaft at Four Mile, Ky., this afternoon to be used by soldiers and deputy sheriffs in capturing John Hendrickson and his gang of outlaws, who are barricaded there. As soon as the lights are arranged, the posse will be sent into the mine after the men. Paupers on Strike For ShorteuHours Fog Makes Last of Year Like Doomsday LOUISVILLE, KY., Dec. 31.—The last day of the year 1913 dawned like judgment day in Louisville 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. Woman. 45- Marries Dead Husband's Son NEW "YORK, Dec. 31.—Mrs. Anna II. Hall. 45, a widow, married S. Holden Hall, 45, her stepson. Pastors Requested To Send in Notices Of Services Early 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. The first public report of the re searches of the Thompson-McFadden pellagra commission is to be read Friday afternoon before the physi cians of Atlanta, and it Is expected to deal radically with changes in the pellagra theory, in all probability 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. Accused Mississippi Senator Acquitted VICKSBURG, MISS., Dec. 31.— State Senator Hobbs was acquitted to-day of the charge of accepting a bribe. Minister Declares Closing of Dis trict Only Scattered Evil All Ov^r the City. Emphasizes perils from tuberculosis and malaria as result of mixing of races. Mothers and children especially menaced, he declares. transferring the blame from corn to the common sand fiy^-at least, sad dling the sand fly with the active spread of the dread disease. The commission, which has been working in Porto Rico and the South ern States for the last year, is to make its first report as a leading fea ture of the convention of the Ameri can Association for the Advancement of Science, but owing to the vast im portance of the report to the medical profession, the doctors of Atlanta and of the South have been invited to at tend the meeting Friday afternoon In the Atlanta Medical College building. Germ Not Found Yet. Dr. J. 8. Siler, captain, medical corps, U. S. A., who Is to read the re port, is not yet in Atlanta, but Theo dore Hough, who has the chair of physiology at the University of Vir ginia and is vice president and chair man of the section of physiology and experimental medicine, discussed the import of the commission’s work on Wednesday morning. “It should represent the latest au thoritative word on pellagra and its causes," Dr. Hough said, “and I feel sure a great part, If not all, of the blame is to be transferred from corn or maize to the Simulium, or sand tly. “The pellagra germ has not yet been .found, but that is not especially significant. The germ of smallpox is nearly as indefinite, but there is no Continued on Page 2, Column 5. Mayor Opens War On Covering Fences With Advertisements Mayor Woodward’s failure to get the fence around the new courthouse removed on account of billboard ad vertising contracts caused him to de clare war Wednesday on th** practice of using the streets for advertising. "An ordinance should be passed making it illegal to use a fence in the streets for advertising purposes,” he said. “Many fences are put up pure ly for advertising purposes, and tlisy are left standing to carry out the con tracts months after they are unneces- sa ry. Councilman Ashley and C. D. Knight told the Mayor they would support i such an ordinance. Advertising con tracts for the fence around the court house expire to-day, and it is expect ed the fence will be taken down im mediately. Poverty Increases In Atlanta; Labor Conditions Blamed City Warden Tkunas Evans Wed- 1 nesday made publig his annual re- i port showing that poverty In Atlanta I is on the increase. argues that the situation arises from the poor conditions under which so many women and children have to work. “Notwithstanding the comparative ly mild weather the first three months of the year and the pleasant months we have had this fall, the de mand upon this office for assistance j has increased with the growth of the city, and it has become necessary to lender assistance more or less each day in the year,” he wrote. “Should severe weather set in at any time, the demands would tax this office to its capacity.” Mona Lisa Returned To Place in Louvre Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PARIS, Dec. 31.—The famous art masterpiece, “Mor. i Lisa.” which was stolen from the Louvre Museum in August, 1911, was returned to Paris t6-day. Strongly guarded detectives and public officials, the painting arrive! in Paris from Milan late this after noon and was at once taken to the School of Fine Arts. Fifty gendarmes and representatives of the Louvre and the Government guarded the picture from the railway station to the school. U. S, Commerce Court Passes Into History W A SHINOTO N, Dec. 31. The United States Commerce Court ceased to exist at noon to-day. The four Judges have been assigned to various circuits by Chief Justice White, of the United States Supreme Court. Mrs. Woodside Heads Home for Friendless The annual election of officers for the I Home for the Friendless was announced Wednesday morning, as follows: President, Mrs. .1. J. Woodside: first vice president; Mrs. D. B. Harris; sec ond vie president, Mrs. G. J. Dexter; treasurer, Mrs. Victor. Smith; recording sci ■ re tar y, Mrs. F M. Stewart; assistant recording secretary. Miss Margaret Wright: corresponding secretary, Mrs. L \V i' trnegj : chairnuin board of man agers, Mrs. J. Buluw Campbell. \ \ Albert W. Elliott, a minister of the gospel and a man who ban spent years in reform work among the women of the under world, stood out Wednesday as the severest critic who has yet as sailed the policies rff the Atlanta Men and Religion Forward Movement and the bulletins which the Executive Committee has published in the newspapers from time to time. Two other ministers, not Atlajjtars, and many more business men joined the ranks of those opposed to the bulletins Wednesday and there was more talk of a big muss meeting. In “The Cause of the Social Evil and the Remedy,’’ a book which will be issued at the beginning of the New Year, the Rev. Mr. Elliott leaves out entirely the question of the “rep utation” which may be given Atlanta and the harm which may he done the city socially and commercially by the bulletin campaign, and seeks to strike right at the root of the whole matter by endeavoring to show that the Forward Movement’s entire crusade against the social evil has been mis taken, has been based on misinforma tion and bad judgment, and has been visionary and ill-advised in the ex treme, and that liars have magnified the supposed beneficial results of the campaign. Says Crusade Has Failed. “At this writing.” he declares, “At lanta’s district has been closed nearly one year, and though the police de partment has made every effort to keep immoral women out of the city, they have failed utterly to do it.” The two ministers who joined El liott in the attack on the bulletin? were the Rev. T. B. Thames, pastor of the Baptist Church of Newnan, and the Rev.^Thomas M. Calloway, of the Baptist Church in Dawson. Both of the ministers communicated with Colonel Frederic J. Paxon expressing their approbation of the stand he ha'"’ taken and their displeasure at the tenor and language of the bulletins that have been Issued by the Forward Movement executive committee. “I have objected to the bulletins a long time,” said Dr. Thames. “Their language, to my mind, has not been proper for advertisements in the dally newspapers, which go into practically every home 1n that part of the State and are read by the children as w T ell as by the adults.” Dr. Elliott is the mission worker who created a sensation in social re form circles throughout the United States last spring by abandoning his institutional home for fallen women and issuing the positive declaration that after years of work among them he had come to the conclusion that they w r ere in that sort of life because they preferred it, and that they had no desire to reform. Book Remarkable Document. Commenting on the Men and Re ligion workers in his new book, which is perhans at once the most intimate, frank and remarkable document on the subject that has yet been pub lished, the Rev. Mr. Elliott says: “The Men and Religion Forward Movement of Atlanta, in asking the question, ‘What is to be done with the women who can not or will not re form?’ says, ‘She will be schooled un der gentle but firm hands, backed by authority of the law. until she learns again the true meaning of woman hood. “Such a statement is interesting, but visionary. By what authority will these women be taken up and placed in prison (a reformatory) and kept against their Mil? "Will the men who help ner along Continued on Pago 8, Column 1, it