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MISSION HEAD MAKES ATTACK ON BULLETINS OVER f0Q,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. NO. 130. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1913. Copyright, 1900. By The Georgian Ca. 2 CENTS. - ri ... , EAST POINT OFFICIAL IS HELD AS AN EMBEZZLER J, R. Sims Denies Charge and Gives Bond—Town Stirred by Arrest. A sensation was sprung in East Point Wednesday when J. R. Sims, ity Clerk, was arrested on the charge of embezzling $1,100 of the city’s funds. The arrest was made by Dep uty Sheriff George H. Brodnax. Sims, who is well known and has een in office four or five years, de nied that he was guilty of the mlsap- ropriation. He Immediately made ond of $2,500. Sim» was indicted Tuesday after noon. J. W. Humphries, City Attor ney of East Point, brought the alleged embezzlement to the attention of the irand Jury some time ago and a true 11, dated December 23, was found, ut was not submitted to Judge Ben Hill until adjournment of Tuesday’s ression. Had Access to Tax Fund. Jt is charged that Sims, who col- ectecl the taxes at East Point, had access 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 toward him at that time. Sims is married and has borne a K'iod reputation in the community. The report that he had been Indicted and arrested on the charge of embez zlement created the greatest surprise among his circle of friends and ac quaintances. Sims’ bwas made in short or der. his father-in-law, A. R. Hemper- ly, a well-known real estate dealer of East Point, and the latter’s brother, 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 bv Deputy Sheriff Broad nax, who allowed him to make bond without bringing him into the Sheriff’s office. The young man declared to Deputy Broadnax that if there were arv shortages it was simply a c6.se of dis- repancies. He said that an auditor had been working on the books for ome time, and that he was awaiting 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 his own use. Governor Now Too Busy to Pass Upon Nash-Obear Clash 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 ^cognize 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 toree negroes are to be tried Wednes day, and the fact that the military ma y be concerned in the settlement that situation, the Nash-Obear ' >ntroversy has been laid aside tem porarily. 1 be Governor likely will not an nounce a decision before next week. Mrs, Woodside Heads Home for Friendless f 1 be annual election of officers for the home for the Friendless was announced 'ednesday morning, as follows: President, Mrs. J. J. Woodside; first V:ce president; Mrs. D. B. Harris; sec- ond vice president, Mrs. G. J. Dexter; r tasurer, Mrs. Victor Smith; recording * etary, Mrs. F M. Stewart; assistant ‘ Tding secretary, Miss Margaret r gbt; corresponding secretary, Mrs. ''arnegy; chairman board of man- Mrs. J Bulow Campbell. J ’’nited States Supreme Court. LATEST NEWS CALUMET. MICH., Dec. 31.—Offi cials of the Western Federation of Miner* wired to President Wilson to day offering a proposal that the cop per strike in the Calumet district be settled by arbitration under the Erd- man law. CALUMET, MICH., Dec. 31.—The Coroner concluded the taking of tes timony in the fire panic inquest at 2 o’clock this afternoon and the case was turned over to the jury. No verdict is expected before night and perhaps not until to-morrow. To day's testimony developed no new facts. VERA CRUZ, Dec. 31.—Fifty Fed eral troopers were killed to-day when their train was dynamited by the rebels near Simova Station, about 200 miles from Mexico City, accord ing to advices which reached here this afternoon. CHICAGO, Dec. 31.—Federal Judge K. M. Landis to-day ruled that here after former United States District Attorneys would not be permitted to appear in his court defending men against whom prosecutions were be gun while the ex-District Attorneys were still in office. District Attorney Wilkerson called the attention of Judge Landis to the practice of for mer District Attorneys and their as sistants defending men with whose cases they had become familiar when employed by the Government. NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—Despite as surances that the bank was in no way connected with the dry goods houses which were placed in the hands of receivers yesterday, there was a run this morning on the Green- hut-Siegel-Cooper Bank. It is re ported that $75,000 to $100,000 had been drawn out by timid depositors and at noon many were still in line. BERLIN, Dec. 31.—Berlin is snow bound after the most severe blizzard in 30 years. More than fourteen inches of snow has fallen. Trains are block ed and telephone and telegraph com munication is badly crippled. BALTIMORE, Dec. 31.—Secretary of the Treasury William M. McAdoo, who, it is said, has been slightly in disposed recently, is to-day recuper ating at the home of Captain Isaac E. Emerson, at Brooklandwood, Green Spring Valley, Md. GARY, IND., Dec. 31.—Residents of the town of Miller were aroused this morning when a squad of Michigan police searching for horse thieves mistook Mel Ostrander, the town barber, for on® of the gang and open ed fire upon him. Ostrander took refuge in a chicken coop and was besieged there until rescued by John Nelson, the town marshal. Later the police arrested one suspect, while two others escaped into the sand dunes. ATHENS, Dec. 31.—The Toomer Music House v>as the scene of a pis tol duel here this afternoon, in which J. T. Gholstin, a former real estate dealer, now in the music business, was wounded twice. C. E. James, who did the shooting, surrendered. Gholstin was wounded in the arm and shoulder. James was unhurt, al though Gholstin fired two shots at him. The trouble arose over a piano sale in a neighboring county, DETROIT, Dec. 31.—In a mad rush of men and women to pay county taxes before the last business day of the year should come to a close, two women. Mrs. Sarah Tizyske and Mrs. Mary Lelski, were crushed and faint ed in a corridor of the county build ing this morning. Police had a fight the crowd back in order to get the women and take them to a place of safety. FLINT, MICH., Dec. 31.—Fred Rob inson, 32 years old, fell 175 feet to the bottom of the Whatcher coal mine and was instantly killed this morning. Frank Jones. 30, working on a scaf fold with him, saved himself by cling ing to the timbers. Robinson and Jones were putting in cage guideB when a plank broke. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—With her crew starving and entirely without water, the British schooner Cheslie, disabled in the gale which recently swept the South Atlantic coast and the Gulf of Mexico, to-day was found and taken in tow by the revenue cut ter Miami. Th® vessels are proceed ing to Key West. PARIS, Dec. 31.—A special dis patch to the Paris Herald from Romo to-day says it is reported in Vatican circles that Cardinal William H. O’Connell, of Boston, probably will succeed Cardinal Rampolla as arch priest of St. Peters in Rome. LANSING, MICH., Dec. 31.—John Mitchell arrives here soon after noon and immediately went into conference with several labor leaders. Clarence Darrow also --Hved at noon and went to the Governor’s offiice. Dar row who is legal adviser for the Fed eration will ask Governor Ferris to declare martial law in the copper country unless a better plan is hit on in the conference. MOBILE. Dec. 31.—The Mallory liner Comal arriving here to-day re ports passing the three-masted schooner Etine in the Gulf of Mexico off Mobile Bay, all sails set and no life on board, apparently waterlogged and abandoned. ASKED FOD Middle Circuit Judge Calls on the Governor for Troops to Pro tect Negroes at Trial. 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 $o at tend the meeting Friday afternoon in the Atlanta Medical College building. Germ Not Found Yet. Dr. J. S. 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 Simullum, or sand fly. "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. Emphasizes perils from tuberculosis and malaria as result of mixing of races. Mothers and children especially menaced, he declares. 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 Councilmen Wednesday. “We need to put the 30 members of the vice »quad back in uniforms.” he said. ”1 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. ALABAMA STORE BURNS. SELMA, ALA., Dec. 31.—The store of R. D. Sturdivant, at Belknap. Ala., 20 miles from Selma, burned to-day. The $4,000 stock was completely de stroyed There was Little insurance. The origin of the fire Is unknown. Woman in Police Court Is Confronted With Two Old Fines Mrs. r. C. Downs, of No. 29 1-2 Marietta street, had a bad shock in Recorder Broyles’ court Wednesday afternoon when, after being fined $15.75 for disorderly conduct, was re minded that there were two old fines | of $25.75 each against her that she j must pay before she would- be releas ed. As Mrs. Downs didn’t have the money, she was returned to the pris oner's room while friends went out to try and raise it for her. Mrs. Downs was haled before the Recorder on a charge of rowing with a newsboy at the corner of Broad and Marietta streets and resisting officers when they sought to quiet her. When fined on the former occasions she was released on bond on the grounds that she would appeal the cases. The cases never were appealed and Recorder Broyles said it was time to collect. Man Who Shot Son Of Councilman Freed Recorder Broyles Wednesday after noon dismissed the case against C. C. Walker, the Marietta street merchant charged with shooting Raymond Sis son. son of Councilman J. D. Sisson, of the Fifth Ward, on the statement of Walker that he saw the boy trylne to enter his store at No. 356 Marietta street and thought he was a burglar. While the boy was reported to be rapidly recovering from the wound he was unable to appear in court, but his father watf there and said he had no desire to prosecute Mr. Walker, as he felt sure the boy was not recog nized when he was shot. 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. Pasehall, three negroes, now confined In the Tower of the Fulton County jajl, when they aro sent from Atlanta to I^oulsvllle, Ga.. to-day, if they are sent, to stand trial to-morrow for the murder oi Mrs. Seth Irby. The judge has asked f^r 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 w-ould 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 to have confessed to the brutal murder and mutilation of Mrs. Irby near Louis ville, and 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 prfhclple. 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 $30,000. 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 Raw’llngs 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. AT CHARLESTON. FIRST— Six furlongs; Incision, 110 (MvTaggart), 13-5, 6-5, 3-5, won; Gagnant, 110 (Neander), 8, 3, 8-5, sec ond; Berkeley, 115 (Davis), 10. 4, 2, third. .Time, 1:18 2-5. Clem Beachy, Miss Prirnity, Trov Weight, Bever- stein, Cynosure, Concurran, Pike’s Peak, Gerard also ran. SECOND—Six furlongs: Toddling. 110 (Neander), 6-2, 4-5 2-5, won; Fly ing Yankee, 115 (Rightmier), 16-6, 6- 5, 3-5, second; Daddy Glp, 115 (Glass), 12. 6, 3, third. Time, 1:16 3-5. Kiva, Golliwog, Premier, Volthorpe also ran. THIRD—Five one-half furlongs: Rye Straw 107 (Buxton), 2, even, won; Loretta Dwyer 104 (J. Wil liams), 5, 5-2, even, second; Yenghee 108 (Corey), 8-6, even, 1-2, third. Time 1:09 3-5. Also ran: Silas Grump, Harry McIntyre, Rolling Stone, Ann Tilly, Black Chief, Armor. FOURTH—Seven furlongs: Du- quesne 104 (Neander), 5, 8-6, 1-2, second; Co 111 (Goose), 7-2, 8-5, won; Pardner 111 (Davis), 6, 2 t 7-10, 7- 10. third. Time 1:30 1-5. Also Feather Duster, Loan Shark. FIFTH—Six furlongs: Deposit 103 (Turner), 5-2, 7-10, 1-4, won; Char leston 110 (McCahey), 6-5, 1-2, out, second; Ivan Gardner 90 (Neander), 12, 4, 7-5, third. Time 1.16 4-5. Also ran: Brave Cunarder, Gordon. Boly Hill. AT JUAREZ. FIRST—Six furlongs: Christmas Eve, 100 (Carroll), 9-2, 2, 1. won; Kiltie, 100 (Vandusen), 8, 3, 3-2, sec ond; George, 107 (Groth), 20, 8, 4, third. Time 1:13 1-6. General War ren, Transact, Rodondo, Mystic Boy, Violet MaMy, Irish Ann, Vava, Hes ter, Hyki also ran. Race Entries on Page 2. THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia—F air Wednesday ; cloudy Thursday. Train Runs Into Herd Engine Men Scalded When Atlanta, Birmingham and At lantic train No. 1, due In Atlanta at 8:45 p. m., ran into a herd of cattle near Douglass at 10:45 o’clock Wed nesday morning, the engine and bag gage car were derailed and the engi neer and fireman slightly scalded by escaping steam. Reports given out by the railroad officials were that none of the pas sengers was injured and that the damage was slight. Another train was quickly formed and the passen gers transferred to it. It is proceed ing to Atlanta slightly delayed. Mayor Opens War On Covering Fences With Advertisements Mayor Wood ward’s failure to get the fence aroynd the new courthouso removed on account of billboard ad vertising contracts caused him to de clare war Wednesday on the practice of using the streets for advertising. "An ordirtance should be passed making It Illegal to use a fence in the streets for advertising purposes,” lie said. "Many fences are put up pure ly for advertising purposes, and thay are left standing to carry out the con tracts months after they are unneces sary. Councilmen Ashley and C. D. Knight told the Mayor they would support 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. City and 2 Enjoined In Sidewalk Fight The City of Atlanta, the Cement Stone and Tile Company and the Pine Mount 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 owns on that street. A hearing on the temporary injunction will be held January 10. ‘Ex_boozers’ Invited To ‘Watch’ Services All "ex-boozers’’ of Atlanta are Invit ed to attend the watch night service and yearly gathering of former drinking men at the Salvation Army hall, 29Vs Marietta street, Wednesday night. “An ex-boozers’ 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. Mayor’s Crematory Objections Outlined At the request of officials of the Destructor Company, Councilman Ashley, acting for Mayor Woodward, furnished them with his specific ob jections to the new' crematory Wed nesday. The objections are: A larger dynamo to furnish lights and to operate hoists for garbage and ashes, renewal of furnace doors burned out and proper draughts for the protection of these doors; an other arrangement for the disposal of clinkers and ashes; a grate bar that will withstand the heat; proper ven tilation for the building Minister Declares Closing of Dis trict Only Scattered Evil All Over the City. Albert W. E-Mott, a minister of the gospel and a man who ha? 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 of 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 Atlantans, and many more business men Joined the ranks of those opposed to the bulletins Wednesday and there was more talk of a big mass 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 be done the city socially and rommercially 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 enure crusade against the social evil has been mis taken, has been based on misinforma tion and had 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 bulletins 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 had 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 daily newspapers, which go into practically every home In that part of the State and are read by the children as well 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 were 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 perhaps 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 will? “Will the men who help Tier along Continued on Page 8, Column 1. ;