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RESERVE IN
ATLANTA
Senator Tells Committee It Is
Their Duty to Locate One
Center Here.
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The hearings of the Reserve Bank
Organization Committee closed at
4:15 p. m. Saturday at the conclusion
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.
'1 strongly counsel," said Senator
Smith, “that under this bill the South
and Southeast should each receive a
separate reserve district and have a
separate reserve bank.
“When the bill came to the Senate
It had provided only for four banks,
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
g ntlemen 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 it 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 Month.
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 some disagreement as
to the proposition that the trend of
trade was followed by the trend of
i banking paper. Mr. Taylor held that
I the first had no effect on the second,
i while E. .1. 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 nleaded. "That
canal has pursued us all over this
country."
Mr. atson took another tack.
Joseph F, Gray, of Savannah, rep
resenting the Chamber of Commerce
•nd 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’s Importance in connection
with the export trade, until Mr. Mc-
Adoo asked if the export trade were
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VOL, vn. NO. 169.
CAN’TSWEAR
TO CHARGES
RE ADMITS
Crane Files Accusations Against
folice, Naming Nearly 200
Lawyers as Witnesses.
Sam C. Crane Saturday renewed his
charges of graft against members of
the Atlanta Police Department in a
long statement of 36 typewritten
pages, signed, but unsworn, which he
submitted to the special Investigat
ing committee of the Police Commis
sion, made up of Commissioners John
son, Vernoy and Garner.
Crane specifically admits In his
statement that he Is unable to swear
to the truth of the statements from
his personal knowledge, but he asks
the commission to abrogate Its rule
in respect to sworn charges and per
mit him to come before the members
and call prominent attorneys who will
swear that many Instances of graft
apd unbecoming practices have taken
place.
Prominent Lawyers Named.
Among the well-known attorneys
in the list of nearly 200 which he sub
mitted to be called for the purpose of
testifying to alleged graft or ether
circumstances are Solicitor Hugh M.
Dorsey, Lowry Arnold, Reuben R. 9r
nold, John E. McClelland. Luther Z. 4
Rossor, Sr., T. B. Felder, John W.
Moore and Aldine Chambers.
Crane repeated his accusations of
the practice of turnkeys grafting and
“splitting” fees with lawyers and bo
gus lawyers who hung about the sta
tion house.
In several places in his statement,
however, he said that he had no ac
tual personal knowledge in support
of the alleged facts.
Crane named Turnkeys Bayne and
Brannen as the officers he was cer
tain, from report, had been guilty of
the practice of getting clients from
among the prisoners and sharing the
fees.
Accuses Two Turnkeys.
Here is his specific accusation in
respect to these two men:
“I charge that Bayne and Brannen,
the turnkeys at the station house,
they being police officers of the city
of Atlanta, are guilty of conduct un
becoming such officers of the law;
they being in collusion with parties
in juggling w’ith criminal cases end
violators of the municipal ordinance,
in violation of the rules of the Police
Department and the laws of the State
of Georgia. .
“I charge that Mr. Brannen has a
nephew by the name of Hilton,
whose headquarters is at the Station
House; that the said Brannen fur
nishes the said Hilton with the names
of prisoners incarcerated in the city
prison and that the said Hilton holds
himself out in many cases, or leads
the prisoners to believe that he is a
lawyer, and in this way gets cases,
collects money and from what I have
heard and from my understanding of
their schemes, the said Brannen gets
a part of the money collected from
the prisoners. That this alliance has
been in operation for a number of
years.
Knows Prisoners’ Cash.
"I charge that every case that Is
carried to the police station —that the
prisoners are searched and the said
Brannen is present while he Is on
duty; that he knows the amount of
money that is taken off each prison
er and their names, and that their
names and the amount of money are
furnished to tne said Hilton.
“I charge that the said Hilton has
free access to the said station house;
that he also sees the prisoners
searched and the amount of money
that Is taken oft them and as soon
as the prisoner is put back In the
prison department that the said Hil
ton waltzes up like a dancing master
and calls for the prisoner and takes
his case upon the advice and sugges
tion of the said Brannen.
"I charge that for several yeurs
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ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1914. Z
Morse’s Departure
For Europe Causes
Stir in Wall Street
NEW YORK. Feb. 14.—Charles W.
Morse, the former banker, sailed yes
terday .on the steamship Kaiserin Au
guste Victoria for Germany. He ex
pects to be gone a month to take
the baths, his son, Harry Morse, ex
plained.
Plans of Morse have been topics of
speculation in the financial district for
weeks, particularly since it became
known that he was active in trying
to force Congress to investigate the
circumstances of his conviction fol
lowing the failure of the Bank of
North America.
A meeting of the advisory commit
tee of stockholders of this bank will
be held Tuesday. The suit of Morse's
sister against the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad has
been looked on as another movement
toward vindication of the charges on
which he was convicted and served
part of his sentence at the Atlanta
Federal Penitentiary.
His going abroad at th! 9 time occa
sioned much surprise in Wall street.
Lea to Keep Up Fight
For L. & N. Records
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—Senator
Luke Lea, of Tennessee, declared to
day that he would at once bring up
again h ~ resolution demanding a
committee of five Senators to assist
the Interstate Commerce Commission
In Investigating the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad.
Senators Sutherland, Root, Works
and Brandegee declared In the Sen
ate that there Is a suit pending to
test the question of whether the com
mission should have access to pri
vate papers of the officials of the
road.
New Balloon Record
Is Made by Germans
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BERLIN, Feb. 14.—A new long-dis
tance record for balloon flights has
been established by Dr. Koern and
two companions who traveled 1,770
miles. Setting out* from Bittenfleld,
the aeronaut and two companions
landed near Perinea, Russia. The old
record was 1,503 miles, made last
year by E. Rumpelmayer.
Anti-Home Rule Fight
Is Crippled by Death
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BELFAST. IRELAND. Feb. 14.
The Right Honorable Thomas Sin
clair, one of the leaders of the anti
home rule movement in Ulster prov
ince, died to-day, aged 76.
Sinclair was president of the Un
ionist Association for years and his
death is expected to cripple the fight
which is notv being waged in Parlia
ment against the home rule bill.
Jack Binns, Wireless
Hero, to Wed in June
NEW YORK, Feb. 14.—Jack R.
Binns, the wireless operator whose
heroism in sticking to his post when
the steamship Republic was sinking
after being rammed by the Florida
off Nantucket on January 23, 1909,
brought the aid that saved the lives
of the passengers and crews, is to be
married in June to Miss Alice A. Me-
Niff, of Flatbush.
Bertillon, Finger
Print Expert, Dead
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS. Feb. 14. —Alphonse Bertil
lon, Inventor of the Bertillon Anger
print system of tracing criminals.
Is dead.
Wants N.Y. State to
Furnish Eyeglasses
ALBANY. N. V.. Feb. eye
glassrs for New York public school
children, upon of necessity I
b> the school autl oriticH, are sought in |
a bill introduced by Assemblyman
Butrin.
POLICE HUNT
ASSAILANT
OFGIRL
Three Negroes Taken Before Vic
tim, but She Fails to Ac
cuse Them.
Failure marked the effort of the
police Saturday to have a young At
lanta girl, lassoed by a negro and
attacked, Identify any one of three
negroes arrested as suspects. The
young woman, as she confronted the
three negroes In her home, admitted
that she found It Impossible to say
certainly that any one of them was
the crlmlnlal who threw a rope over
her head and dragged her Into an
alley off East Fair street Friday
night.
One of the negroes, Nathanial Red
en, 25 years old, of No. 15 Plant
street, was arrested early Friday, and
two others were arrested by Police
man Barfield and Detectives Webb|
and Harper several hours later. ,
Servant Acted Peculiarly.
The last two gave their names as
Tom Weeks, of Hilliard street, and
Romey Stamper, of No. 41 Granger
street. Stamper is a servant in a
house that overlooks the alley, and
was arrested by the detectives be
cause of his peculiar actions during
the morning.
A reward of JSO has been offered by
Webb & Vary, printers, for the arrest
of the perpetrator of the outrage.
After her terrifying experience, the
young woman, halt dead with fright,
made her way to the home of George
Nealy, No. 289 East Fair street, and
reported the crime.
Nearly Strangled by Rope.
She said she was on her way home
after vlsltln" friends on East Fair
street and that as she passed an alley
a negro threw the loop of a rope over
her head and dragged her into the al
ley. The rope, she says, was pulled
so tight about her throat that she was
nearly strangled.
The assault occurred shortly after
7 o'clock, but there was light enough
in the neighborhood for the victim to
get a good look at her assailant, and
she says she Is positive she will be
able to identify him if he is cap
tured. The police were Inclined to be
lieve they had the right man in the
person of Reden, who answers the de
scription furnished by she young
woman.
Reden, who is a laborer, denies tha<
he had any connection with the crime
Wilson to Lead Maine
Memorial Exercise
WASHINGTON. Feb. 14.—Honor
will be paid to-morrow to the mar- ,
tyred dead of the battleship Maine by :
President Wilson, high army and |
navy officers, and representatives of ;
all departments of the Government in i
Arlington National Cemetery upon
the sixteenth anniversary of the sink- ,
Ing of the ship by a mine in Havana <
Harbor.
Secretaries Daniels and Garrison .
have detailed sailors and troops from
the stations near here to attend the I
exercises.
Man Beaten and Put
In Engine Tool Box
SPRINGFIELD, MO., Feb. 14
Tool boxes on all Frisco locomotives
between here and Newburg, Mo., were
being opened to-day In an effort to
find Jerry Malone. Several men, all
fathers, caught Malone here and ad
ministered a sever beating, following
the circulation of rumors concerning
his misconduct at a boarding house, ,
and lo’ked him in a tool box on an
engine.
It was feared that 24 hours’ hn- ;
. risenment had caused Malone s
death.
ILL DIXIE IS
IN GRIP OF
WINTER
CoEd to Stay a Few Days, Says
Weather Man—Other Points
Suffer More.
A temperature of 28, which felt
much colder by reason of the raw and
sweeping wind that lent an edge to it,
was Atlanta's portion Saturday of an
icy grip laid by the supposedly slip
ping hand of winter on the entire
South Atlantic section of the countrv
From all along the Atlantic coast
came reports of shipwrecks and of
vessels being lost in the storm and
heavy snows.
Nine Ilves were lost when four coal
barges were swamped oft New Haven,
Conn., coast, and other loss of life is
feared on the man}' vessels in distress.
Atlanta really was spared much of
| the cold and unpleasant weather that
visited other Important Southern
cities, but it was a. fact hard to real
ize, battling against the chilling gusts
of wind and listening to the crackle
and crash of ice-clad trees, cr walk
ing cautiously over the glassj r pave
ments.
Temperature to Reach 22.
No records for cold will be broken
Saturday night, but the weather man
has issued a bulletin advising that
the water be turned off, pet plants
taken in the house, if portable, or
well blanketed if in the ground, and
preparations made for a temperature
of about 32 degrees by or before Sun
day morning.
Also, the rain is over, and the cold
Saturday night and Sunday will be
clear and dry, with not very much
wind.
"Sunday in Atlanta should be a
very fine, bracing day," Mr. Von-
Herrmann stated, "The coldest point
should be reached early in the morn
ing, and the late morning and after
noon will not be at all severe. The
cold weather will stay with us a num
ber of days, but It will not be un
pleasant either In duration or sever
ity."
Over the lake region, the Central
States and most of the South the skv
Is generally dear. Atmosphere pres
sure is highest in the extreme north
west, where low temperatures still
prevail.
Charlotte Coldest Reported.
From Charlotte. N. C., came the re
port of the lowest temperature of the
year—2l degrees. Danville, Va., re
ported three inches of snow, the first
of the winter, and at Columbia, S. C.,
sleet, snow, high winds and low tem
perature made the day the most In
clement of the winter
Greensboro, N. C., offered the low
est temperature In the Southeastern
region, registering 14 degrees at Its
lowest point, the mercury rising only
2 degrees during the day. All over
Georgia there was freezing tempera
tures, with snow and sleet or a fine
rain, freezing as It fell, and far down
In Jacksonville the storm signal was
flying, with a promise of more rain
and colder temperatures.
Gale Whips Coast,
Cripples Seaboard.
NEW YORK. Feb. 14.-Railroad
traffic and shipping In the entire
Eastern section of the country and
along the northern Atlantic seaboard
were crippled to-day by a severe bliz
zard. A gale btew along the coast,
whipping every port and driving all
vessels to shelter. In Pennsylvania,
New York, Connecticut, Delaware,
Manland, Vermont, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire and Maine trains
were delayed by heavy drifts
Storm warnings were hoisted from
Cape Hatteras to Nantucket and only
the most daring mariners put to sea
In the face of the storm.
Ten trans-Atlantic liners, carrying
5,250 passengers and heavy conslgn-
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Humphrey Reports
New York Bankers
Favoring Atlanta
Bankers of the North and East are
favorably Impressed with the growth
and development of the South, says
Councilman W. G. Humphrey, who
returned to the city Friday from New
York.
“Every New York banker and busi
ness man I spoke to on the subject
declared himself In favor of At
lanta as the place for one of the re
serve banks,” said Mr. Humphrey.
“There is decided optimism through
out the country as regards Atlanta's
future. Reports from all over the
South show that business is good and
the Indications are that It will grow
better.”
Mr. Humphrey declined to discuss
the city’s finance sheet, which was
tied up in Council when he left for
the East. Members of the Finance
Committee and Mayor Woodward are
still supporting the budget, which will
be argued at the next meeting of the
Council Monday afternoon.
Checks Good, Claims
Ex-Judge Under Bond
Carl J. Welborn, of Kirkwood, for
merly a prominent lawyer and City
Court judge, is being held by the po
lice in default of bond following his
trial before the Recorder on a charge
of passing forged checks. Welborn
insisted that the checks, one on a
Knoxville bank and the other on a
bank in Blairsville, Ga.. were good,
and begged that his case be held over
until P. L Wright, who lives near
Blairsville and whose name is signed
to one of the checks, could reach At
lanta and show that the check was
good.
He said that the money—•*o In all
—had been used for his wife, w'ho was
critically 111 of pellagra. The case
was continued until Tuesday.
New Haven Is Probed
By Interstate Board
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—The In
terstate Commerce Commission to
day directed that an inquiry be made
Into the financial transactions of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad Company and its subsidiary
lines, and that New Eng
land investigation Ihto the rates,
classifications, regulations and prac
tices of the laiiroad be reopened.
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Cubs’Leader Defies
National Officials in
War Over 3 Players
CHICAGO, Feb. 14—Charles W.
Murphy, president of the Chicago
Cubs, to-day openly defied President
Tener and the directors of the Na
tional League. He sent telegrams to
Hub Perdue, pitcher, and Bill
Sweeney, second baseman of the Bos
ton Braves, ordering them to report
to the Chicago club and be prepared
to start. Monday tor Tampa, Fla., the
Cubs’ training camp.
This was dflne In spite of the action
of the directors of the league, who de
cided that Murphy was not to receive
players or money from Boston in ex
change for Johnny Evers, the deposed
Cubs’ manager.
Murphy said this afternoon that If
anyone attempted to prevent his
taking possession of the two players
the Supreme Court of the United
States would have an opportunity to
settle the case.
HungerStrikers,Free,
Whisper New Threats
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON. Feb. 14.—Two militant
suffragettes arrested in the recent
wave of violence which attended the
opening of Parliament were released
to-day bcause of Illness brought on
by a hunger strike. Both are mem
bers of the Women’s Social and Po
litical Union. Their names are War
ren and Pearson.
Although so weak they could not
speak above a whisper, both mur
mured threats of further violence as
they were carried from the jail.
Let us save you
tramping, look
ing, inspecting
and worrying incident
to your quest for rooms
or house.
A glance at the
“Want Ad” section
under “Rooms for
Rent” or "Houses for
Rent" displays a gal
lery of photographic
descriptions of what
you require.
SEN. SMITH
LAUDS HIM x
ASGREAT
Vice President, Speaker Clark
and Georgia Congressman Pay
Tribute to Senator.
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Notable Georgians everywhere joined
In the expressons of grief lit the
death In Washington of A. O. Bacon,
senior Senator from this State. Late 1
dispatches had led to the belief that
the Senator was recovering and the
news of his relapse and death came
as a distinct shock to all who had.
known him Jn public Hfe.
Leaders in the political activities
of Georgia and the nation united In
a tribute to his statesmanship, his
ability, his wide parliamentary and.
political knowledge and his loyalty to
the State and section that he served.
Senator Smith’s Tribute.
Senator Hoke Smith, in Atlanta t<»
participate In the regional bank hear
ing, said:
"I am greatly shocked to hear of.
the death of Senator Bacon. While I
was uneasy the first part of the week,
a private telegram last night made
me believe him out of danger. He
was a great Senator, an able con
stitutlonal lawyer, a splendid busi
ness man, a master of parliamentary
law. He was equipped as few men
are tor parliamentary service. Th *
loss of no Senator could be a greater
loss to the country."
Succumbs to Attack
Os Kidney Trouble.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—Senator
Augustus O. Bacon, senior Senator
from Georgia and chairman of tile
Senate Committee on Foreign Rela -
tlons, the oldest member of the United
States Senate, both in point of age
and of service, on the Democratic
side, died this afternoon after an ill
ness of about three weeks from a<n>> »
inflammation of the kidneys.
The Senator’s death came as a dis
tinct shock In official circles, as a
bulletin issued by his physicians this
morning stated that his condition was
not regarded as alarming, and that
with careful medical attention ani
absolute quiet he should be out in a
short time.
The announcement of Senator Ba
con's death was made in the Senate
at 2:45 o’clock during the executive
session. The Senate promptly ad
journed on receipt of the news.
Daughter at Bedside.
Senator Bacon had been confined
to the hospital about two weeks. Dur
ing that time he had contlnuall v
shown a high temperature until yes
terday when It dropped to normal.
This was taken as a favorable sign
and to-day those about him felt as
sured that his condition had grown
no worse. The immediate cause of a
Senator Bacon’s death is believed to -■»
have been acute pyelitis. The Inflam
mation of the kidneys was flrat re
vealed by an X-ray photograph.
Mrs. W. B. Sparks, of Macon, Ga.
daughter of Senator Bacon, was at
the bedside when the end came.
John T. Boifeulliet, also of Macon,
private secretary to the Senator, was
in the room with the attending phy
sician and a nurse.
Senator Bacon was conscious until
the last. His physician says that a
blood clot struck the heart, causing
death almost Instantly.
Plans Public Funeral.
Senator Overman left the Senate
Immediately after the adjournment to
consult with Mrs W. B. Sparks, the
daughter of the late Senator Bacon,
regarding funeral arrangements. If
Mrs. Sparks does not Interpose an ob
jection. a public funeral will be held
in the Senate chamber at 11 o’clock
Tuesday.
"Senator Bacon is the last of the
said Vice President Mar
shall. “While he was a sturdy ad
herent to precedent, he was a most
valuable member on the floor.
“One should not lose sight of the
fact that Senator Bacon is the first
member of the body to be elected un
der the seventeenth amendment to
the Constitution providing for the
direct election of Senators, and that
he is the first of the Senators so
elected to die.”
Underwood’s Tribute.
Majority Leader Underwood paid
the following tribute to Senator Ba.
con:
"Senator Bacon was one of the
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