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News Reaches an Executive Ses
sion of the Senate at 2.25 P.
M,, So That Body Adjourns to
Arrange for a Notable Funeral.
Services Will Be Held in Wash
ington—Body of the Statesman
Will Then Lie in State in Atlanta
Before Being Sent to Macon.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—The death
of Senator Bacon was announced in
the Senate at 2:25 o’clock, while a
prolonged executive session was be
ing held.
The news from his bedside, as con
veyed to his colleagues at noon when
the Senate met and went into execu
tive cession, was that his condition
to- :av was unchanged, and that his
condition was regarded as every way
hopeful. His secretary, Colonel J. T.
Boifeulllet, left his bedside this after
noon at 1 o’clock and came directly
to the Capitol and conveyed the news
to several veterans of the Senate that
Senator Bacon was unchanged, and
that the doctors stated th. t unless
complications set in there was every
reason to believe that he would re
cover. The Senate was then in ex
ecutive session, and this information
was regarded as in every way hope
ful.
Has a Sinking Spell.
At 2:25 o’clock the message came
to the Capitol by telephone that he
had taken a sudden sinking spell and
that the distinguished patient had
passed away quietly.
The executive session was immedi
ately concluded upon the announce
ment of the death of Senator Bacon
by Senator Lee 3. Overman, of North
Carolina, and amid a pall of gloom
the members of the Senate gathered
in a group in the middle of the Sen
ate floor and. with grave faces, die
cussed the death of one who had for
a quarter of a century been a con
spicuous figure on the floor of the
Senate.
It was then agreed that Senators
Overman. Gallfnger, Kern and Swan
ton should go to the home of the Sen
ator. at the New Netherlands, ani
confer with Mrs. W. B. Spark.% of
Maron, the daughter of Senator Ba
ron, as to what plans should be fol
lowed in regard u> the funeral, the
Senate standing adjourned until noon
Monday, out of respect to the de
ceased. They wi!' report the result
of their conference to the Senate when
It convenes Monday.
Body Coming to Atlanta.
No plans have been made yet, but
has been tacitly agreed that there
shall be a public funeral held in the
Senate chamber Tuesday at noon, a id
that the body and the funeral pirty
of twelve members of Congress shall
leave here Tuesday afternoon at
o'clock f or Atlanta, where the body
"■'ll lie in state in the Capitol Wed
nesday, and that the funeral be at
Macon, the home of the deceased, oj
Wednesday or Thursday. Several
public funerals have been held in the
;p nate chamber, notably those ofSen
: t>r Isham G. Harris, of Tennessee,
"hose body lay In state in the Sen
chamber for six hours; also
’bit of Senator Mark Hanna, of
’ no, whose body was brought to the
nate chamber and a public funeral
■ Id here. The last public funeral ex
orcise held in the Senate chamber
"as that in memory of former Vice
President James S. Sherman simul
’aneousiv with the exercises at his
h me at Ithaca, N Y.
Overman Pays Tribute.
■Senator Overman, of North Caro
lina, a close personal friend and ad
mirer of Senator Bacon, offered the
formal resolution providing for ad
journment out of respect to the mem
fry of Senator Bacon. Senator Over
•Tari and Senator Saulsbury and
others hurried In automobiles to the
Bacon home. Discussing the death
his colleague, Senator Overman
’aid:
1 regarded Senator Bacon as one
the ablest men of his creation.
"As a student of the affairs to
" c h he has long given attention by
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SUNDAY AMERICAN
U. S. OFFICIALS INVESTIGATING THE CLAIMS OF SOUTHERN CITIES FOR A REGIONAL BANK
From left to right behind the table facing the camera are David F. Houston, Secretary of Agriculture, William G. McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasurer and John Skelton Wiliams, Comptroller
. of the Currency. On the witness stand with his back to the camera is Colonel Watkins, of Chattanooga. A secretary appears in the background.
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Confusion of Tongues, Garments
and Nurses Cause Unhappy
Situation for Immigrant.
NEW YORK, Feb. 14.—The wisdom
of parents who know their own chil
dren was sadly lacking on the part of
one mother on Ellis Island yester
day. On that account, had it not been
for his acute perception and his per
sistence, Abraham Blaz, 2 1-2 years
old, might now be Miss Josephs La
sich, 2 years old, so far as records are
concerned.
Abraham and his mother arrived
about ten days ago from Warsaw,
Russia, and his first step toward
American citizenship was to acquire
that Inevitable American infantile
malady, measles. The measles hin
dered hl* progress some - hat, for he
was sent to the Ellis Island Hospital,
where he met for the first time little
Josephs Lasich. Josepha's little sis
ter was very ill, so she and her moth
er were detained.
They Trade Clothes.
Abraham emerged from the measles
unconditionally several days ago. and
the physicians (decided that he could
resume his clothes and prepare to
leave the Island. At the same time
little Josepha waked and asked in her
very best Croatian to be dressed. Co
incldentaly, something out in the bay
attracted the attention of the nurses
for a moment, so that Abraham,
reaching for a garment, picked up
something belonging to Josepha be
fore the nurses returned.
Presently the unprotesting Abra
ham was garbed in the clothes of Jo
sepha, which bore the little girl’s tag
of identification as well. Josepha
made no complaint, neither did Abra
ham
"Son” Not Affectionate,
Then Mrs. Blaz called to see her
son and—well, she got his clothes, but
the contents thereof did not seem to
respond to her maternal affections
with all the readiness of a week ago.
"Abraham," furthermore, did not
reem to understand the native tongue
of the Blazes as well as he had be
fore he became ill. Mrs. Blaz at
tributed "his" reticence to the measles
and was passing out of the ward
when a little "girl” ran out and cried,
In pleading terms:
"Mamma! Mamma!"
That was more like the way Abra
ham should speak, but Mrs. Blaz was
certain that she never had a daugh
ter. The Inhabitant of Joseph La
sich’s clothes was so insistent,
though, that Mrs. Blaz, Mrs. Lasich
and the nurses went Into executive
session and Investigated.
$2 a Day, Best Pay,
He Leaves $60,000
NEW BRITAIN, Feb. 14 - Never earn
ing more than *2 a day. Patrick Cough
lin. a recluse, left a fortune of 260,000,
it was shown to-day. ,
(Copyright, 1913, by
The Georgian Company
Mother a Voter,
Son Leaves Home
Chicago Boy Makes Good Threat
Which He Made to Oppose
Equal Suffrage.
CHICAGO, Feb. 14. —Henry Ur
sprung, 18, does not believe women
should vote. His mother, 50, holds the
opposite view. Because she w'ent to
the polls and registered on Tuesday,
Henry left home and has not re
turned.
"But he'll come back when he is
lonesome and tired and hungry,” the
mother said to-day. ‘TH tell you how
It happened. Henry hasn't much use
for suffragists. I believe, however, ft
is a woman's duty to vote. I said so
before registration day. Henry became
provoked. He said If 1 registered he
would leave home.
’’ 'Well, did you register?' he asked
me on Wednesday.
“I told him I had registered. He
didn’t say a word. He just wrent to
his room, packed his things and left
the house."
Boy Wins Fight for
His Bride of Eleven
HANNIBAL, MO., Feb. 14.—Henry
Dodd, 19 years old, has won in his
fight for his bride, who is but 11 years
old, when Judge W. T. Ragland, of
the Common Pleas Court, dismissed
the habeas corpus proceedings
brought by Mrs. Marj’ Schermerhorn,
mother of the girl, to regain the cus
tody of her child. The court ordered
that the youthful bridegroom and
bride be permitted to live together.
The boy and girl were married last
Monday. The girl gave her age as IS,
and the boy's father did not object to
the wedding. When the girl's mother
heard of the rr*arrlage, she started her
court fight.
Oh! You Brown Eyes,
Here’s Your Chance
MACON, Feb. 14.—W, R. Dixon, who
lives near Colquitt, Ga., wants a wife.
But she must be brown-eyed.
Advertising In local papers, he re
ceived over 50 answers. -However,
none of the women said she had
brown eyes. So if there is a brown
eyed girl or matron, who is not toi
fat, nor too old, nor too slim, nor tao
young, Mr, Dixon would like to have
her for a wife.
He says he is a middle-aged farm
er, prosperous and heretofore a coi
firmed bachelor.
The Parcel Post
has particularly made
possible the selling by
mail of farm products.
The "Want Ad” pages
of The Daily Georgian
and Hearst’s Sunday
American supply you
with busy little sales
men, who can keep
you and Uncle Sam
busy. Start something.
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DEGUIRES BE
SWEGLES
AND PINS IN HIM
“If I Attempted to Show Affection
She Would Jab Me.” Ship
Captain Swears.
CLEVELAND, Feb. 14. —A story of
fourteen years of domestic discord
during which his wife repulsed all his
affectionate advances by pricking him
w-ith pins, was recited by Captain
William P. Benham, in his suit for
divorce from his wife, Hattie D. Ben,
ham, and custody of their little girl,
Mildred.
“Is it absolutely impossible for you
and your wife to live together?” At
torney W. H. Boyd, representing Mrs.
Benham, asked the captain after he
had testified to almost constant quar
reling since one year after their mar
riage.
"Mr. Boyd, I believe I could get
along with anj' one in the world ex
cept her,” the captain replied.
"Every time I tried to put my arm
around her or show her any affection
she always seemed to have a pin or a
needle handy to jab me with, and
when I was going away in the spring
for my summer's work on the I-akes
she generally would stay upstairs.
“Sometimes the little girl would
call to her, 'Mamma, papa is going
away,' but she wouldn't answer and
I would leave without her bidding me
good-bye," the captain testified.
"I think this Is one of the cases
where a divorce ought to be granted,
but I want to take a few days to
decide on the merits of the case,"
said Justice Gott.
‘Peck’s Bad Boy,’ on
Stage, Gets Worse
GREENSBORO, N. C., Feb. 14 —Al
leging that he was injured when
struck In the eye by a textboo-k hurled
from the stage by an actor who was
playing a "Peek's Bad Boy" role in
a school scene, John Ivey has insti
tuted a suit for damages against the
executrix of the estate of the lessee
of the playhouse, setting precedent In
legal lore of North Carolina.
Plain Cap and Gown
For Vassar ‘Grads’
POUGHKEEPSIE. Feb 14. For the
flret time In the hietory of X HRHar the
eenlore wifi wear cape an<l plain gowns
nt the commencement next
June instead of elaborate gowns Per
mission of the faculty has been ob
tained
ISDCIETY COUPLE
TD MIKE HOME
ILL OB STABLE
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But, Such a Luxurious One!—ln
Meantime He'll Superintend
Erection of SIOO,OOO Home.
I STABLE—A building or part of a
I building set apart for lodging and
feeding horses or cattle, especially
I one fitted with stalls and fastenings.
I also for storing hay or putting up
vehicles; sometimes especially car
' riage stable, cow stable, etc. —Stand-
| ard Dictionary.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 14—This
| definition may be all right for the
! customary type of building It has ref
erence to, but it will hardly do for
the stable in which Mr. and Mrs. Hor
ace Hill, members of the exclusive
set, propose to make their home when
they move to their 800-acre tract at
Los Altos next week.
It is not a question of either pov
erty or economy that has induced the
Hills to decide on making their homo
In the stable. Both are wealthy.
Their social connections are of the
j highest. It was John Gallois, brother
of Mrs. Hill, who was the bridegroom
at one of the most fashionable wed
uings solemnized about the bay re-
I gion recently, when Miss Eliza Mc-
Mullin, of Oakland, became his bride
They will move into the •table sim
ply because Hill has decided to turn
gentleman farmer and be with his
wife on their esta.e to superintend the
erection of a HOC,OOOO home at Los
Altos, which is close to Palo Alto.
Here are some of the changes that
will be made to the stable:
The carriage house In the center
of the stable will be used as a com
modious dining and living room, with
rugs, pictures, plate, glistening cut
' glass. Morocco chairs and mahogany
furniture.
The harness room will be used as
a ca rd room
Taft to Speak on
Canada and U. S.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Feb. 14.
William H. Taft has accepted the in
vitation of the University of Toronto
to open Marfiett foundation lectures
in the session of 1914-15. He will
lecture on some subject dealing with
the relations between Canada and the
I'nite i States Mr. Taft will deliver
I three lectures
For news of special interest
to New Yorkers see Page 7.
Lincoln’s Last Deed
Os Kindness Revealed
Rag-Sorter Finds Two Coins, Gifts to
Beggar, as President Entered
Ford’s Theater.
HOOSICK FALLS, N. Y.. Feb. 14.
That almost the last act of Lincoln
was one of charity to a poor old crip
ple, became known as n result of a
story told by William Jones, a mer
chant here, at a Lincoln anniversary
celebration last night
Henry Babcock, employed as a. rag
sorter, during ths course of his work
discovered two old half dollars sewed
up in an old pair of trousers. On.ln
vestigating he found a note, barely
legible because of its age. which stat
ed that the two half dollars had been
presented to the owner, who was a
cripple, by President Lincoln at the
entrance to Ford's Theater in Wash
ington, D. C., on the night he was
shot.
Maddox Elected to
U.S. Chamber Board
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 —At the
final meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States to-night
the following officers were elected for
the ensuing year:
President, John H. Fahey, of Bos
ton; vice presidents, A. B. Farquhar,
York. Pa.; A. H. Mullikin, Chicago;
J. N. Teale, Portland, Oreg., and Rob
ert F. Maddox, of Atlanta; treasurer,
John Joy Edson, of Washington, D. C.
Morse’s Trip Abroad
Proves a Mystery
NEW YORK, Feb. 14.—Charles W.
Morse is on his way to Germany
aboard the Katserln Auguste Victo
ria, which left here Thursday. His
departure did not become Known un
til to-day.
The departure of Mr. Morse was
considered mysterious by Wall Street.
Financiers were surprised that he
left.
12,000 Dance, but No
Tango, at K. C. Ball
NEW YORK, Feb. 14.—Although
12,000 persons attended the charity
ball of the Knights of Columbus in
Madison Square Garden last night,
there was no tango dancing. The
papal edict against the modern dances
was strictly obeyed, notice being
served beforehand that the musio
would be stopped if any couple danced
anything but the old-fashioned waltz
and two-step.
Minister Discovers
New Asteroid Planet
WINCHESTER, MASS., Feb. 14.
The Rev. Joel Metcalf, Unitarian min
ister and astronomer who discovered
a new comet several months ago, now
has discovered a new dark planet in
the space between Mars and Jupiter.
This planet comes in the class of
asteroids He says the new planet is
about 500 miles in diameter and Is one
of the largest of this group of heav
enly bodies
SCANT COSTUME
IS AID TO MORALS
DANSUESE SAYS
Having Danced Before 1,600 in a
String of Beads, She Now
Applies for Censorship.
CHICAGO, Feb. 14.—M1rs Julia
Carle appears fourteen times a week
before about 1,000 persons each time,
wearing 42 well-matched pearls, 1
cent's worth of Java rice powder (nat
ural colors, and two and one-eight
yards of pink chiffon
That’s why she has applied to Major
M. L C. Funkhouser. Second Deputy
General Superintendent of Police, to
be made the Chicago sensor of mo
tion pictures and of other theatrical
productions
Experience Is Teacher.
Her chief qualification, Miss Carle
says, is the fact she will know at a
glance whether the film scenario or
the plot of the play was designed to
be evil or to come as close to the
border line of decency as possible to
escape the police or whether it repre
sents the effort of a producer to teach
a great moral lesson by means of
bluntness or is designed to present
only beauty—of motion, of form or
art. The 42 pink well-matched pearls,
the cent's worth of powder and the
chiffon, plus her experience on the
stage, she told Major Funkhouser,
were her “stock in trade" for the ne.v
position.
"I really mean It,” tfie said 'I
would quit in a minute to take such a
position, for It gives one an oppor
tunity the stage never could dream
of giving. Those who Interpret, not
merely work, on the stage strive to
educate, uplift and do good work. It's
hard when one Is suspected, is criti
cised and condemned and tias no
'come back.’
Plays Barelegged.
"As censor, I could shape the edu
cational a.nd uplifting Influence of a
thousand film dramas a month In
stead of one, and I could push the
good work and kill the evil Influence
of 50 stages all the time. It would
be an opportunity no actress in the
world ever had.
"The very fact my coatume is so
brief is a recommendation. It has
taught me the sharp line of demarka
tlon between an effort to depict beauty
and one to expose vulgarity under the
guise of such depiction, and show peo
ple couldn’t 'put it over' on me.
"I play barefooted and barelegged,
but no one notices that fact till at
tention is called to it."
Town Suspends as
Water Supply Stops
ST. JOSEPH, MICH., Feb. 14.—The
water supply of this city to-day had
been entirely cut off for 36 hours.
Slush ice stopped the In-take pipe in
Lake Michigan
All schools were closed and several
manufacturing plants suspended oper
ations to-day.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BIRMINGHAM
APPEALEOR
A REGIONAL
BANK WILL
END HEARING
Chattanooga, Columbia and Sa
vannah Claims Are All Heard as
National Committee Brings to
Close Its Session in Atlanta.
Representatives of the Various
Southern Cities Are Held Down
to Plain Facts in Talks—Pan
ama Canal Discussion Barred.
The hearings of the Reserve Bank
Organization Committee close .1 at
4:15 p. m. Saturday at the conclusio.i
of a strong plea by Senator Hoke
Smith for the institution of two re
serve banks in the Cotton Belt, one
to be In Atlanta.
“I strongly counsel," said senator
Smith, "that under this bill the Soul >
and Southeast should each receive a
separate reserve district and have a
separate reserve bank.
"When the bill earns to the Semite
it had provided only for four bunks,
and there we increased that number
to from eight to twelve for the ex
press purpose of provldidng at least
one and perhaps two banks for the
Cotton Belt. We want them, and you
gentlemen should see that we get
them.
"Atlanta is the gateway to the
South and the logical place for the
location of such a bank. Independent
business organizations have investi
gated this Southern territory and
freely chosen Atlanta as their head
quarters. proving that this is the log
ical gateway to the South In the nat
ural channels of trade.
“We can make such a bank self
sustaining in this territory without
the aid of banks in the North.”
There was much applause of Sen
ator Smith's address, following which
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
asked if a representative from
Charleston were present.
As no one answered, the Secretary
declared the meeting closed. The
committee will leave Atlanta Sunday
morning for Cincinnati, where the
next hearing will be held.
Do Not Need Vorth.
When the Saturday hearing of the
regional bank claims was adjourned
for luncheon at 12:50 o’clock, Chat
tanooga, Columbia and Savannah had
been heard, and the national commit
tee was well under way with its hear
ing of Birmingham, the last of the
cities to present its claims.
B. F. Taylor, a Columbia banker,
stated that Columbia was not at all
In sympathy with Atlanta as a re
gional banking point and recommend
ed Richmond as second choice after
his own city.
Savannah Not Good Center.
"Savannah would be a good point,
so far as Columbia is concerned." he
stated, "but it would not be a good
reserve banking point for the entire
region."
There was tome disagreement as
to the proposition that the trend of
trade was followed by the trend of
banking paper. Mr. Taylor held that
the first had no effect on the second,
while E, J. Watson. South Carolina's
Commissioner of Agriculture, was of
the opinion that banking should fol
low the trend of commerce.
"The opening of the Panama Ca
nal," Mr. Watson began, but Secretary
Houston held up both hands in pro
test.
"Please don’t!" he pleaded. “That
canal has pursued us all over this
country."
Mr. Watson took another tack.
Joseph F, Gray, of Savannah, rep
resenting the Chamber of Commerce
and clearing house of that city, was
the chief speaker for his delegation
"Savannah handles the greatest
volume of basic commerce on the
South Atlantic seaboard," he stated,
"and Savannah finances a greater
portion of that commrce than any
other city or group of cities in the
South.”
Mr. Gray laid great stress upon Sa
vannah » Importance in connection
with the export trade, until Mr. Mc-
Adoo asked if the erpmrt trade were
not negligible In comparison with the
domestic trade.
The district suggested by Bevan nth
included North and South Ogrolina,
Geocgje. Flortda, AlsAmul mml ifruthe