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THE WEATHER
Forecast—Snow and co'der Saturday
night; Sunday snow.
Temperatures—6 a. m. ( 31; 8 a. m., 33; 10
a. m., 34; 12 noon, 35; 2 p. m., 36.
Sunrise, 6:42; sunset, 4:36.
The Atlanta Georgian
The Paper That Goes Home and Stays There
VOL. XIII. NO. 124.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1914.
Copyright, inoo. o C'VMT'i! PAY °
By the O.or*l»n Co. * JJEilN IP MORS.
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GERMANS GAIN 43 MILES IN POLAND
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Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 26.—A German squadron of considera
ble size is reported to have sailed out into the North Sea early to
day, proceeding toward the coast of England to give battle to the
British fleet.
PETROGRAD, Dec. 26.—The German cruiser Hertha and a
German mine-layer have been sunk in the Baltic Sea, according to
information received by the Russian Admiralty. No details ac
companied the message telling of the Germans ’ double loss, but Ad
miralty officials believe that the Hertha was sunk while it was try
ing to protect the mine-layer in its operations along the Russian
coast, being overtaken by a fast Russian cruiser.
BERLIN, Dec. 26.—Though admitting that th^Russians are of
fering desperate resistance to the Germans in Poland, Berlin mili
tary experts declare that the troops of Field Marshal von Hinden-
burg are making steady progress and point out that the advance
to Lubocz shows the Germans have gone 43 miles down the Pilica
River Valley toward the Vistula.
Sifting of the official reports
from Poland shows that the Ger
mans have won no overwhelming
victory there and no claims are
now being made to that effect.
^ The effect of the German advance,
however, has been twofold. It has
kept Silesia from menace and is
threatening Warsaw. Berlin experts
are building the highest hopes on
General von Hindenburg’s exploits.
Despite the early exaggeration of the
Russian retreat in Poland, they an
ticipate the fail of Warsaw at an
early date, with a consequent crip
pling of the Russian army for months
This, they declare, will strengthen
the offensive in the west through the
addition of troops sent from the east.
(Note.—The foregoing dispatch was
passed by the German censor. It is
the first received from Berlin sub
stantiating the Russians’ declaration
that they were not routed in Poland.)
French and Germans In New Drives
PARIS. Dec. 26.—Severe fighting: is
progress at two points - to-day in
ance, the outcome of which will
ve an important bearing upon th6
eat conflict. On the Moselle River
e French troops are trying to reach
etz and cut the German lines of
mmunication leading into Northern
ance.
South of Arras the Germans are at-
mpting a similar drive toward
niens, from which radiate several!
ilway lines upon which the French,
dgian and British troops in Flan-
rs and the extreme northern part
France depend for their supplies,
cept as come from England through
jnkirk, Calais and Havre.
News that the Germans are striving
reach Amiens explains the contin-
d fighting about the Albert, where
e conflict rages from house to house
d the capture of a single trench or
gain of a few yards is considered
iportant enough to chronicle in the
flcial statements.
Conflicting reports reach here as to ,
the situation along the Moselle. It Is
stated unofficially that the French
have made so good progress there
that they have been aole to bring
their heavy artillery to bear upon
Metz and are shelling the outer forts
of the German stronghold in Lor
raine.
It is known that the French troops
have made important gains in the
forest of LePetre, but the official
statement has not yet shown how
these bear upon the efforts to gain the
Norroy ridge, from which their long-
range *guns could reach the Metz
forts.
A brief lull in the fighting in Flan
ders is due to the fact that the Allies
have reached the barriers that halted
the Germans when they tried to hack
their way through to Dunkirk before
the main English forces had reached
the front. This is the inundation
along the Tser Canal. Ice has formed
in the flooded region, but it is not yet
thick enough to bear the weight of
men and artillery.
Germans Claim Repulse of Allies
3ERLIN, Dec. 26 (by wireless).—
official statement issued here this
ernoon says that a night attack by
glish and French troops was re-
Ised by the Germans, and that in a
ht near St. Hubert the Germans
Dtured 19 officers. 819 men and 14
Lchine guns. It also tells of the
>ulse of four Russian attacks near
tzen, East Prussia, and the cap-
•e of 1,000 Russians there. The of-
ial statement follows:
“English and French attacks on the
night of December 24 were repulsed.
In a battle against the English and
Indians near St. Hubert we took 19
officers, 819 men, 14 machine guns, 12
mine throwers and other war mate
rial.
“Four Russian attacks in the vi
cinity of Lotzen were repulsed. We
took 1,000 prisoners.
“In North Poland, east of the Wei-
chel (Vistula), the situation is un
changed.”
Russians Drive Germans Back 6 ML
PETROGRAD, Dec. 26.—Smashing
their way forward through a blizzard
that rendered operations by the-en
emy’s scouting aeroplanes impossible,
Russian forces celebrated Christmas
Day by driving the Germans out of
Rawa, on the Rawka River, and drove
them back six miles to Jezow. For
five days the Germans had been In
possession of Rawa, part of w’hich
stands on the highest point of a range
of hills between the Pilica and Bzura
Rivers.
A sanguinary battle took place on
these heights, but after a conflict of
three hours the Germans were driven
down the western slopes. The Rus
sians took 2,300 prisoners and three
guns.
According to The Army Messenger,
this victory at Rawa, while not over
whelming in itself, opens a way of
making a breach in the German line
to lessen the pressure that the Kais
er’s troops are maintaining against
the Russians on both the Bzura and
Pilica.
“The Russian positions on the Bzu
ra are now secure,” it says to-day.
“The Rawa heights are of great im
portance and dominate the situation
betweerfi the Pilica aryl Bzura. It i9
fortunate that they were taken at this
time, as the Germans are bringing up
heavy reinforcements.”
Germany is apparently drawing
Mighty Armies Halt
Battle One Hour on
Xmas as Soldiers Pray
By FRANKLIN P. MERRICK.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARJS, Dec. 26.—For one hour on Christmas Day, the war
riors of the nations locked in deadly conflict in Western Europe
ceased to fight. During that brief interval, the clash of arms and
the boom of artillery was halted and hundreds of thousands of
soldiers knelt in prayer to the Omnipotent.
No armistice was officially declared. It was as if a mightier
mind than those of the commanders of the greatest armies on
earth had decreed a return of peace, even for so brief a period.
After the short truce had ended, however, the mightiest
combat in the history of the world was resumed. Frenchman,
Briton, Belgian and German alike put away the visions of
home that the day had called forth and took up again the task
at hand, the slaughtering of his fellowmen.
AT CHARLESTON.
FIRST—Five furlongs: Ortyx, 100
(Shilling), 10, 4, 2, won; Shadrach. 106
(Pool), 2, 9-10, 9-20, second; Holland,
106 (Hopkins), 7-2, 2, even, third. Time,
1:02 3-5. Also ran; Transitory, Zali,
Beda, Humiliation, Ida Lavinia, Trovato,
Yorkshire Boy, Bulgar and Lamb's Tail.
SECOND—Mile: Voithorpe, 111 (Ural),
6, 6-2, 6-5, won; Elbiod, luo (Nicklaus),
3, 6-5, 3-6, second. Jacobbunn, 111 (Ma
son), 7, 6-2, 6-5, thiru. Time, 1:46 1-5.
Free Trade, General Warren. Transfor
mation, Flask, Mlnda, Font, Veneta
Strome, Naoa Mas, Mimesis, Mockier,
'lay Pay also ran.
THIRD—Six furlongs: Petelus, 107
(Vandusenj, 2, 4-6, 2-6, won; Brandy
wine, lOo (Shilling), 5, 8-5, 7-10, second;
Galaxy, 92 (HopKins), 16-5, 6-6, 1-2,
third. Time, 1:1 <. Also ran; Surpass
ing, Toddling, * rank Hudson and King
Radford.
FOURTH—Five andone-half furlongs:
Col: Tom Gfreen, 106 (Lilly), 3, even, out,
won; Carlone, 103 (Shilling). 6, 8-6, 3-6,
second; Encore, 101 (Ural), 16, 6, 2, third.
Time, 1:10. Borax, Jim ravage, Leon-
nine, Yalas, Dr. Carman alos lan.
FIFTH—Mile and one-quarter: Billie
Baker, 98 (Lilly), 4, 3-2, 4-5, won; My
cenae, 98 (Wolstenholn), 13-o, even, 2-5,
second; Banjo Jim, Ida (Shilling), 8-»,
3-6, 1-4. third. 'lime, 2:10 3-5. Also
ran: Moonlight, Stars and Stripes, Na
pier, Milton B and Carroll Reid.
SIXTH—Mile: Duquesne, 111 (Lilly),
2, 9-10, 9-20, won; Husky Lad, 113 (Con
nors), 7, 6-2, 6-5, second; stentor, 113
(Gbert), 5, 2, even, third. Time, l:4o 2-5.
Also ran; Stevesta, Penniless, Plain
Ann, Cuttyhunk, Charley McPerran and
Kinmundy.
Futurity, six furlongs: Fred T 103, Hay
105, Lesbia 112, Ben's Brother 116.
FIFTH—Selling, three-year-olds and
up, five furlongs: xWild Bear 102,
xMlnnie F 102, Judge Gheeng 105, Nifty
107, Mercurium 107, xRosiris 110.
SIXTH—Selling, three-year-olds and
up, mile: xSleepland 100. Hard Ball 101,
Rockdale 105, Rose O’Neil 107, Mudsill
110. Judge Sale 110.
xApprentice allowance.
Weather clear; track sloppy.
AT JUAREZ.
FIRST—Five furlongs: Marie Coghill,
110 (Rice), 2, 7-10, 2-o, won; California
Jack, 108 (Carter), 2, 7-10, 2-6, second;
Kenwar, 105 (Metcalt), 4, 8-5. 4-5, third.
Time, 1:09 2-o. Also ran: Ethel Wicks,
Kate Shelly, Upland King, Jack Nolan,
Luuy Mint and Agnesdale.
SECOND—Seven furlongs: Zinkand.
105 (Hartwell), 8-5, 1-2, 1-4, won; Fan-
euil Hail, 111) (Metcalf), 7-2, 6-6, 1-2,
second; Dave Montgomery, lOo (Gentry),
7-5, 1-2, 1-4, third. Time, 1:39 3-5. Also
ran: Miss Tempo, Cardiff, Mike Donlin
and Louis Descognets.
RACE ENTRIES.
Continued on Page 2, Column 1.
AT CHARLESTON.
FIRST—Purse $300, 2-year-olds, maid
ens, 5‘£ furlongs: Frill 101, Lady May
101, Lady Bryn 101, Hugh 104. oiirews-
bury 104, Strome 107, Miss Francis 107,
St. Charlcote 110.
SECOND—Purse $300. all ages, sell
ing, 5V6 furlongs: Tiara 93, Gold Crest
Girl 93, xEthelburg II 100, xEuterpe 100,
Canto 104, Northerner 106, Batwa ](t6,
Moisant 105, J. H. Barr 105, Flamma-
rion 108.
THIRD—Purse $300, all ages, selling,
5i£ furlongs: Utelus 96, Andromeda 9b,
xPriwer 103, xViley 103, xlluda's Broth
er 103, xMiss Velma 103, Sackcloth 105,
x Elizabeth Harwood 107, xQueed 107,
Miss Jean 108, Parlor Boy 115, Martre
llfc
FOURTH—Purse $300. 3 years up, sell
ing, mile and 20 yards: xHeart Beat 99,
xPatty Regan 100. xLatrd O’Kirkcaldy
100. xFont 104, Holton 105, xDuquesne
107, x Yeliow Eyes 108, xFord Mai 108,
Barn Dance 113, xL’Alglon 115.
FIFTH—Purs*- $300. 3 years, selling,
6 furlongs xFrontier 92, xSalvaor 92,
Thomas Calloway 97, xHypatta 102,
Flat bush 103. x Humiliation 106, xSonny
Boy 105, xl-amb's Tail 108. Northerner
110. Mr. Mack 113, Jessie Louise 115.
SIXTH—Purse $300. 3 years up, sell
ing. mile and 20 yards: xAve 96, xTom
Hancock 100, Sordello 101, xSteal Away
104. Duke of Shelby 105, xJacob Bunn
107. Fairy Godmother 109, Tay Pay 109,
Benedlctina 109. Cuttyhunk 109, Shorty
Northcut 109. Rulsseau 109, Plain Ann
109, Master Jim 109, Husky Lad 113.
x -Apprentice allowance claimed.
Weather cloudy; track muddy.
AT JUAREZ.
FIRST—Selling, all ages, five furlong*:
xLuella 95. xRinaldo 98, Twilight 100.
Ida Pinack 100. Himyar Lass 100, xRen-
war 107, xJack Nolan 110, xAUce Teresa
110, Peterkin 112, Beyla 112, Calif* -nia
Jack 115, Eye White 116, Annual Inter
est 115, Compton 118.
SECOND—Selling, three-year-olds and
up, six furlongs: xAcumen 104, xBo-
nanza 104. Thistle Belle 106, Orimar Lad
109, Safranor 109, Clark M 109.
THIRD—Selling, three-year-olds and
p. mile: Fairly 96, Andrew O'Day 103,
Trst Star 105, Amity 112, Luke Van-
zandt 112.
FOURTH—Two-year-olds, the Texas
iff;
Gen, Carranza Flees
Vera Cruz as Villa
Wins Fight, Report
EL PASO, TEXAS. Dec. 26.—Dis
patches received here from two inde
pendent sources in Mexico City re
port that General Venustiano Car
ranza has fled from Vera Cruz and
that negotiations are being conducted
for the surrender of that port to the
forces of General Villa.
They state that In a battle fought
Friday morning just west of Vera
Cruz the Carranza troops were forced
to fall back and that large numbers
of thejn surrendered to the Villaistas
under the pledge that their lives
would be spared.
The two dispatches differ as to the
manner of General Carranzas flight.
One says that he fled south from Vera
Cruz, apparently with the Intention of
going to Puerto Mexico; the other
declares he went aboard a vessel that
had been kept in the harbor of Vera
Cruz to serve as his refuge.
Steeple Jack Held
In Auto Theft Case
Carl Burdett, steeplejack, who has
gilded a number of balls on the top of
Atlanta church steeples, was arrested
Saturday by County Police Captain R.
B. Haynie on a charge of stealing the
automobile of F. T. Booth, of No. 61
North Forsyth street, on the night of
December 12 from the front of the For
syth Theater. He was caught on Luckie
street in the rhachine, about a block
from the place where the car disap
peared .
Jim Burdett, brother of Carl and also
a steeplejack, was held recently on a
charge of stealing the automobile of
C. H. Girardeau, Fulton County convict
warden, and “Red’’ Parker, brother-in-
law of the Burdetts, was held for the
theft of a machine belonging to Profes
sor Davis, of the Rock Springs School.
Bowls 20,045 Pins
In 114 Games in Day
SIOUX CITY. IOWA, Dec. 26.—A new
world's bowling record was made by
Dari el Hamlet, of Sioux City, to-day
when he rolled the last ball In a 24-
hour endurance contest.- Hamlet knocked
down 20,046 pins In 114 games, an aver
age of 175 8-10 pins. The best previous
24-hour record, 70 games, was held by
a Los Angeles bowler.
TO DEVISE
Kid Whittier to Box
Joe Thomas Jan, 1
BALTIMORE, Dec. 26.—A fifteen-
round featherweight bout^wiII be staged
here New Year's Day between Kid
Whitten, of Baltimore, and Joe Thomas,
of California.
The project for a Sou.heastem Fair
to be held at Lakewood next fall and
each succeeding year was discussed
at a luncheon given Saturday by the
Fair Committee of the Chamber of
Commerce, and the chairman, Beau
mont Davison, was authorized to ap
point subcommittees at his own dis
cretion to take up the various
branches of the work and make prac
tical plans for raising the money nec
essary for the scheme.
The fact that there will be a fair
was definitely settled, and the com
mutes will be urged to take the mat
ter up-as soon as possible In order to
get the proposed appropriation from
the 1915 Council In January.
Mayor Woodward heartily Indorsed
the plan and promised his support,
and all the members of the commit
tee, representing almost every impor
tant business interest in Atlanta, of
fered their co-operation.
County and City to Aid.
At a conference last July between
Mayor Woodward and committees
from the City Council, the County
Commission and the Chamber of
Commerce a tentative plan was made
whereby each of the three bodies
should contribute $75,000, the Cham
ber of Commerce’s third to be raised
ajnong the people of Atlanta.
The County Commission has since
approved this plan and agreed to pay
its share; the General Council ap
pears to favor it and indications are
that the city will contribute Its third;
so it only remains for the Chamber
of Commerce to raise the part allot
ted.
Preliminary Conference.
The meeting Saturday afternoon
was only a preliminary Informal talk,
at which all the members of the com
mittee were encouraged to advance
their ideas as to the best method of
raising the money, and the most fa
vorable time to put this project be
fore the people. Besides the mem
bers of the commi ee, there were
present Mayor Woodward, Mell It.
Wilkinson and W. G. Cooper, presi
dent and secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce.
The committee includes Beaumont
Davison, chairman; Preston Ark
wright, vice chairman; H. G. Hast
ings, Asa. G. Candler. John S. Co
hen. L. G. Daniel, V. H. Kriegshaber,
S. B. Turman, C. H. Kelley, ivan E.
Allen, S. A. Kysor, J. T. Holleman,
Wilmer L. Moore, Brooks Morgan,
Morris Rich, W. T. Winn, Charles
W. Smith, David Woodward, A. W.
Farlinger and Albert Howell, Jr.
Oden Wins Bride
On Christmas Day
Friends of Allen Boldand Oden, a
young shipping clerk for the J. M. High
Company, are beginfdng to learn that he
is not the gay bachelor he used to be.
Christmas proved too much for his reso
lutions of single blessedness, and he was
married at noon to Miss Rosa Beatrice
Hestley at the residence of the Rev.
A. C. Hendley in East Lake
They told their friends yesterday they
will live at No. 10 Erin avenue, Capitol
View.
Holiday Music To
Be Concert Feature
The Christmas spirit will form the
motif for most of the selections to be
played at the free organ recital at the
Auditorium this afternoon by Dr. Edwin
Arthur Kraft.
Included in the program will be “The
Halleluiah Chorus from the Messiah,”
Barkers "Christmas Pastorale,” Lut-
kin’s "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing.'
a fantasie *»n old Christmas carols and
Barker's "March of the Magi Kings. ”
Atlanta Is emerging damp and un
comfortable from the Christmas driz
zles and downpours only to *un smack
into one of the most blustery and
bllzzardly snowstorms of the winter
•
season, if on© may put usual credence
in the advance information handed
out Saturday from the local weather
bureau.
The leaden skies, -which dripped
their loads of moisture upon Atlanta
most of Christmas Day, will clear
away late Saturday and the city
probably will have a few minutes of
brightness b?fcre sunset. Then the
mercury, which was above freezing at
dawn, will begin slowly to drop, and
by Sunday morning tne prospects are
for about 20 to 25 degrees above zero.
This is a part of the great blizzard
and cold wave which has had virtual
ly all of North America in its grip for
the last 24 hours. Low temperature
records have been set in many sec
tions of the country.
Gale to Bring Snow.
Sunday morning is expected to
bring the cutting winds that have
frozen the rest of the land. On the
gale will be borne a snowstorm that
is expected to cover the ground.
How long the cold wave will last is
a bit of a problem for the weather
man. It may be even a little colder
Monday, but signs of the storm mod
erating in many portions of the coun
try lead to the conclusion that the
blizzard will spend its force in a short
time.
The entire United States east of the
Rocky Mountains, with the exception
of Florida, is in the grip of the cold
wave. A blanket of snow,' nine Inches
deep in places, is reported in Virginia
and Northern North Carolina. The
storm has already diminished in its
severity and is passing over the east
seaboard. It will not be heard from
again, according to the weather man.
Government thermometers Saturday
morning registered 8 degrees above
zero in Washington.
46 Below Is Coldest.
The coldest place on the American
continent Saturday where they have
thermometer^ was White River, Can
ada, with a temperature of 46 de
grees below zero. In the central west
of the United States, Rapid City. S.
Dak., recorded 24 below; LaCroase,
Wis., 24 below, and Fond du Lac,
WIs., 22 below.
Vermont cities reported these tem
peratures: Montpelier, 38 below;
Barre, 42 below; Wrightsville, 40;
Waitsfield, 39; St. Johnsbury, 40;
Randolph, 39.
The official figure in Chicago was 4
degrees below at 3 a. m., but the tem
perature rose rapidly and stood 9
above at 10 o’clock.
Shippers’ advice was sent out by
the Weather Bureau In Chicago as
follows:
“Prepare for zero to 12 below in the
north and northwest, zero to 8 below
in the west and 5 to 10 above in the
south and east for the next 48 hours.”
New York Is Hit by
Year’s Coldest Day
NEW YORK. Dec. 26.—New York
ers arose to-day to face the coldest
day of the winter. From 14 degrees
above zero at midnight, the thermom
eter dropped to 4 degrees above at 7
a. m. A biting northwest wind
Continued on Page 2, Column 6,
DEAD, 50 HURT. BY AERIAL BOMB.
PETRG
G. Dec. 26.—Activity ■ Ihe G ,-man ai*'.
fleet were
resp risible for the death of ...nt person.; ml
the wounc
ing of more than 50 to a: when bombs w.rj
dropped ir
ito Sochaczew. a town in Russian Foland. Jne
of the mis
icsfell in the main Creel T the place ani
scattered
death to crowds that were watching the flight
of the ma
chine. Several buildings were set on fire.
2 HAGENBACKS DIE IN BATTLE.
ST. L0
JI3. Dec. 25.—Word that Lorenz and Henry
Ha-.jcril; .
k, the well-known menagerie owners, of Gor-
many. ha\
/e been killed in battle was received to-day by
George Di
eckman, president of the St. Louis Zoological
Society.
The news originally came in ai letter to Pete|
DUHiiCmi n
. a Hollander, from a friend in Germany.
I0NAL Y. P. S. C. E. OFFICIAL DEAD
V1ICH., Dec. 26.—The Rev. Charles'H. HubbeH.
• perintendent of the Young People's Society ef.
iKieavor of the MethorAi Episcopal Church#
died at hi:
45 years
home here to-day after a brief iiinass. He was
PLOT SHIMS SHINS.
FBI RENTAL IF '
2 THEATERS
ned
JBS-
Frt-
Eight Men Under Arrest Believed
To Be Ringleaders—Fort
Guarded.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
MANILA, Dec. 26—American mili
tary authorities admitted to-day that
eight men had been arrested in con
nection with a plot for a revolt that
was to have started Thursday night.
The prisoners are believed to be the
ringleaders of the conspiracy. The
situation is stated to be well In hand,
but it is known that the conspiracy
aimed to have the plot extend
throughout the Philippines. In addl-
dltlon to the proposed uprising here.
It was also planned to have an upris
ing at Pare, Novotas, Gaguambayan
and Caloocan.
At Caloocan the revolt was started,
but was quickly quelled by a force of
American sailors. Definite reports
from outlying points have not been
received, but it 4s said that there was
fighting between the Filipinos and
Americans at several towns far from
Manila.
The plot was revealed by members
of the Philippine constabulary force
who had secured admission to the or
ganization which was organizing ihe
conspiracy. These agents have re
ported that the revolt’s leaders claim
ed to have 10,000 members.
As soon as the scheme was revealed
additional guards were placed over
structures which the rebels had
planned to attack here, Including Fort
Santiago and the medical depot.
Revolt Reports Not
True, Says Delegate
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—Manuel
L. Quezon, resident commissioner for
the Philippine Islands in Congress,
said to-day:
“There is no truth whatever In re
ports of revolutionary activity in the
islands. Somebody in the Philippine
Islands is sending out such stories at
this time to hurt the cause of inde
pendence and interfere with the pas
sage of the bill now pending in the
Senate. The stories are inspired by
persons at Manila, not of our own
people, who are out of sympathy with
independence."
Quezon declares that Ricarte. the
alleged ringleader of the revolt, is in
Hongkong He decla es that while 50
arrests of Filipinos may have been
made, nothing more serious than vio
lations of police regulations were the
cause, in all probability.
‘The Filipinos have confidence in
the United ates.” added Quezon.
Jake Wells and Company Sub
leasing DeGive Houses in At
lanta and Macon Defendants.
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. DIES.
KNOXVILLE. TKN.N, Dec. 2$.—
Mrs. George W T . Hill, wife of a former
national Republican committeeman
for Tennessee, died at her home nere
on the thirty-fifth anniversary of
ihsir marriage.
Charging that the Georgia Theater
Company, of which Jake Wells is
president; has failed to pay rental for
the last three months on the Grand
Opera House in Atlanta and the
Grand Opera House in Macon, the
Shubert Theater Company, of New
York, which has both houses leased,
Saturday brought suit in the City*
Court for $7,500 and interest against
the local company and Mr. Wells
Jointly.
The rental alleged to be du© on the
two theaters is placed at $2,500 for
each of the myiths of October, No
vember and December.
The Grand in Atlanta and the
Grand in Macon are owned by the
DeGive estate, but both were leased
In July, 1910, by the Shubert people
when they invaded this territory *n
their fight against Klaw & Erlanger.
The taking over of the Grand by the
Shubert8 resulted in the building of
the Atlanta Theater for Klaw & Er
langer that they might not be shut
out of the Atlanta field.
Subsequently the Shuoerts gave up
the fight here, and In May, 1912, as
signed their lease to the Georgia The
ater Company and Jake Wells. The
original lease to the Shuberts was
made by Henry L. DeGive, Julius De
Give and Mrs. Louise DeGive Horine,
executors of the estate of the late L.
DeGive. The Atlanta Grand for some
time has been devoted to motion pic
tures.
Leonard Haas, local counsel for the
Shuberts, declined to comment on the
suit.
Hugh Cardoza, who has been iden-
tofled wdth Jake Wells in the theater
business in Atlanta, said Saturday
that the suit was brought by the Shu
berts entirely through a misunder
standing, and that arrangements al
ready were under way for a settle
ment out of court.
Siamese Prince Sees
U. S. on World Tour
LOS ANGELES, CAL.. Dec. 26.—
Prince Kempengpecht. brother of the
King of Siam, with the Princess. Cap
tain Yaco. military attache, and a
retinue of attendants, has arrived ir
Los Angeles from the Grand Canyon
and has taken a suite of rooms at a
hotel.
The Prince resides in Bangkok, and
has been absent from home for mure
than a year on a world tour.