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SATURDAY, JANTARY 15 176
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U. S. Coast, Twice “Invaded” in
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War Game Owing to Weakness, |
Now Covered Up, |
What Admiral Fletoher |
a mira report . !
ed to the Navy Department and i
the Senate now withhelds frem
publication: ‘
First—That twice within & year |
the Atlantic coast has been tech: |
nically invaded. |
Second—That this was due to
defects in the Atlantic fleet as to
personnel and material--lack of
scout cruisers and efficient sub
marines. ’
Third—That the navy lacks en. |
listed personnel and trained offi.
cers in sufficient numbers.
Fourth—That it can not hope '
to cope successfully with any |
first-class sea power uniess rad
ical improvements in technical
detail is worked owt. ]
(By International News Service.) i
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -Admlnll
Frank Fletcher, commanding the Al-'
lantic fleet, does not consider the]
United States navy as at present con ’
stituted an efficient weapon for dw‘
sense. That Is the reason why his rv-]
port of more than 10,000 words, set
ting forth in calm, deliberate lan
guage the glaring defects brought to
s attention as a fleet commander,
lias been ordered withheld from the
public and printed by the Senate as -
onfidential document ]
The report, it was learned on high
authority to-day, sets forth in blunt,
unmistakable terms that the Atiantic
senboard was twice invaded within a
year by an “opposing force.™ And 1t
shows why this was possible
With the second of these invasions
which culminated in the landing of
“enemy” forces inside of the Delaware
Capes because the “submarine de
fense broke down,” the public already
s familiar
Coast Proved Vulnerable.
But that the Atlantic coast had
proved vulnerable to an opposing fleet
previously was not known until to
day
The first of these invasions occur
red eariy in 191 when a war game
was held while the Atlantic fleet was |
on the way to Guantanamo for.the |
winter maneuvers An enemy fleet
in forces of numbers designed to test
the efficiency of Admiral Fletcher's
main forces in throwing a net of de- |
senses along the South Atiantic coast |
got the better of the defense and suc- |
ceeded in landing hostile forces, The |
verdict of the umpire was that Ad- |
miral Fletcher's defense broke down
on account of lack of fast cruisers for
scout duty. The other defeat was
charged to the inefficiency of the sub
marines.
“T'ne report was submitted by Ad
miral Fietcher several weeks ago. It
is a thoroughgoing criticism of de
fects. But, as all the disclosures in
the report had been thoroughly stud
fed by Mr. Daniels, it is understood he
was able in his letter of transmission
to the Senate to detall just what steps
siready have been taken to remedy
the deficiencies.
Admiral Fletcher, it is learned, de
elares that the enlisted. personnel \-fl
the navy is far too small; that there
is a lamentable scarcity of hlxh‘.yl
trained officers, hardly a ship in the
pavy having sufficient romlllvmem.'
and sets forth in specific detall rad:-
cal technical improvements necessary.
He also sharply criticises the ineffi
clency of the submarines, as shown by
the war game, and declares that thel
lack of scout cruisers would pern'lt'
almost any enemy to raid our coast
and land an invading army almost at:
will
Change Appears Likelv.
One question deeply interesting na
val men to-day was the probable ef
fects upon Admiral Fletcher's future
career of the loss of the two war
games in 1915, Secretary Dan‘els wml
give no intimation that a change in
the command of the fleet is impending, |
but there is continued dlscussion of
the subject in naval circles. Rear
Admiral Knight, president of the Na
val War College, commander of the
opposing fleet in the war game last
fall and umpire of the maneuvers, is
among those prominently mentioned
as Fletcher's successor.
That Fletcher and Knight engaged
in a vigorous controversy over (ha‘
outcome of the maneuvers became
known soon after their conclusion. Tt
rever could be ascertained that Sec
retary Daniels took sides In this con
troversy. His only comment was that
he thought full discussion wund healthy
differences of opinion went a long way
for the efficiency of the navy as a
fighting force.
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Woman's Suit Fought
The Georgia Railway and Power
Company Saturday issued the fol
lowing statement concerning the suit
of Mrs. K. A, Wilson, who asks
SIO,OOO damages alleging that a street
car hit the ambulance in which she
was carried from one hospital to an
other:
“Our answer to the suit of Mrs.
Wilson is that we owe her nothing.
The company maintains and expects
to show that the accident was due
entirely to the negligence of the
driver of the ambulance in which
Mrs. Wilson was riding.”
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McCord Again Heads
Federal Bank Board
Officers re-elected by the Federal
Reserve Bank were being congratu
lated Saturday, having been named at
the annual meeting which closed on
¥riday. They are Joseph A. McCord,
governor; J. B. Pike, cashier, and M.
W. Bell, assistant cashier.
The directors were much pleased
with reports of the bank’s business
activities and the volume of financial
dealings handled. They were the
guests in Macqn over Thursday night
of L. P. Hillyer.
DECATUR BOOSTERS MEET.
The Decatur Board of Trade Satur
cay announced a meeting of the city
planning committee for next Monday
night, when E. Burton Cooke, of At
-lanta, landscape architect, will deliver
an address on the needs of a ‘“city
heautiful”
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‘Tech Play Big Success;
Miss Rice New Sponsor
*M».ifiu Georgia Rice, new sponsor of Tech Marioneties from a
pieture snapped at a football contest last fall whes the Yellow
Jackets were romping on a fox
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Wisdom ‘Goree, Tech's on-the-job
left end and chosen of several sport
ing writers for all-Southern football
honors, had the reputation of never
missing a forward pass, yet he missed
one Friday night that is apt to cost
him dearly. Albert Roberts, the
clever president of Tech's swell
dramatic organization, the Marion
ettes, was all set on the stage of the
Atlanta Theater for a forward pass
of a bright nosegay of white roses
to Miss Georgila Rice, who it had just
been announced was to be the spon
sor in 1916-17 of the dramatic or
ganization, which was that night pre
senting its merry farce comedy,
“Dandy Dick.”
“Wis"” Goree tarried in the theater
wings walting for the signal, and
when he got it (or thought he had),
he hurried forth, intending to take
the bouquet on a sort of delayed
pass. The delay had also given a
hint to the head usher, who sent one
of his staff, R. T. Hervey, at top speed
down the aisle on the left. It must!
have been a case of mixed signals
between the two Tech boys, for in
stead of making the pass to “Wis'
“Al" sent it spinning into space, and
young Hervey caught it and ran
through a rather broken field, past
President Matheson and a veritable
army of Tech players, for a touch
down to the upper box occupied by |
Miss Rice and her attendants. |
When “Wis” gaw the turn things
had taken he quickly sprained bis
ankle and was removed by friends,
whose reassurances that his fox pass
would not prove at all fatal were
none too comforting. ‘
Mr. Roberts Declaims.
Al Roberts then said to Miss Rl«'e:‘
“Will the young lady please stand
up? (Tumultuous, uproarious ap
plause.) It is a pleasure to proclaim
you sponsor of the club, and 1 want
to ask you to wear this bouquet over
your heart, It is with regret, mingled
with a feeling of pleasure, that 1 an
nounce our sponsor for the last year,
Miss Anne Patterson, is not with us
to-night. She is vut of the city. It
she were here I should need ‘'my
smoothest diplomacy. (Voices rmm‘
the audience, ‘Yes, yes, g 0 on, All)"”
Mr. Roberts extricated himself hyl
quoting something like this from
Shakespeare: |
“With you both alone I make me glad,
“But with you both at once 1 make
me sad!”
Miss Rice blushed and sat down
and then it was high time for one
of the Kappa Sigma boys to pass
around a box of bonbong, for the
others to beg for a rose, and for the
Sigma Nus, who were in front of the
Kappa Sigs, to lean over and bestow
their gentle compliments on the new
sponsor. It was a pretty big one the,
Kappa Sigs put over.on their time
honored rivals, among whom might
be mentioned the Chi Phis, who oc
oupled the front box across the the
ater; the Phi Delta Thetas, who had
drawn the rear box on that side, and
the other fraternities whose mem
bers clung to places in the parquet.
The other girls, it might be mention
ed, .deserted their box seats a few
minutes to congratulate Miss Rice.
Clever Talent in Play.
Mr. Roberts was exceedingly clever
as the Rev. Augustin Jedd; F. D.
Burge acted the part of Sir Tristram
Mardor; J. H. Moss was Major Tar
ver; F. B. Fork and H. Reynolds
were Salome and Sheba, female
characters, and all the others did
exceedingly well, and showed the
careful training of Miss Carolyn
Cobb, who herself received a nice
bouquet and made a speech of ac
ceptance that was generously ap
plauded.
Booth Tarkington said several
years ago, “Never write a moon into
your play. I did once, and it was a
very fine, full moon. But when the
time came, the audience could hear it
go up.” ’ e
The thunder that the stage man-
Milß and Sugar Imitation Said to
Contain Harmful Acetanelid.
100,000 Tablets Seized.
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, Jan. 15.—The District
Attorney to-day asked the Federal
authorities to order the destruction of
100,000 alleged spurious aspirin tab
lets seized yesterday after belng
shipped from Martinsville, Ind, to
cnicago.
That interstate shipment of the spu
rious article is the mode of listribu
tion is the evidence which is being
brought out by an inquiry into the use
of fake drugs here for the past two
months, Canada and the East supply
the bulk of the fake tablets, and yes
terday the names of five additional
manufacturers of underweight aspirin
and acetyl salicyllc acid tablets were
given by druggists, who testified at
the Health Department inqulry. |
Assistant District Attorney Fred-|
erick Dickinson, who handled the or-|
der and gave it to the United States
marshal’'s office for execution, sa:d
this was the third seizure of fake as
pirin made by Government officials
here.
Aspirin is a trade name,” he sald,
“originated by one company for its
acetyvl-salicylic products. TQhese tab
lets ordered to be destroyed contain
scarcely any acetyl-salicylle acid.
They are made of milk and sugar and
have in them more than 7 per cent
acetanelid, a harmful drug.”
Houston Asks Funds
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In Citrus Canker War
(Bv International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—Secre
tary of Agriculture David F. Hous
ton has recommended to Congress the
immed.ate ppropriation of $300,000
to fight “citrus canker” in the Gulf
Secretar Houston also recom
mended the appropriation of several
millions to prevent the spread of the
canker to the Pacific Coast.
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Veteran Ticket Taker
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Undergoes Operation
1. (". Cheshire, Sr., who for several
decades has taken tickets at the doors
to varied Atlanta entertainments,
from chicken ghows to grand opera,
wag recovering Saturday at his home,
No. 46 Angler avenue, following a
gevere operation at Grady Hospitl.
* T, E. Cheshire, of Memphis, his son,
has been with his/father since his ill
ness became serious.
ager had provided could be heard
any time it was needed.
“It is a damp, bad night out to
night,” ventured Major Mardon.
“Can’t you hear the thunder?”
“"Ot yet,” returned Blore, the but
ler,!who was W. M., Werner,
“Rumble, rumble,” said the thunder
as the thunderer took his cue.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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Movie Men Find Cameras Focused
Couple of Feet Too High for
| the ex-Bandit.
The movie camera man and the po
licomen and the newaboys had bees
walting In the Terminal plasa more
than an hour Saturday afiernocn for
the arrival of Al Jennings, last of
the Uutlaws, ox-bad man, ex-candi
date, evangeliat ARG when the doors
Bnaily opened and Ben Cuanteon, mean
ager, merged with a grip in bis hand,
the man a! the camera didn’'t budge.
Hey, this is him'"” yelied the Lrain
caller, whe had enthusiasiicailly =B~
gorted the noted visitor to the deor
My Uswd said the Camera man,
smping for his crank I oughtes
bad this camera ponted down aboul &
fout
For the ex-bandit was most dis
appointingly small of wwusture and in
offensive of appearance. He was §
feet 4 ihches short, blue-eyed, red
headed and utterly unlike 4 movie
bad man. But taen, he didn’t have &
un on bis hip, and o bad an can
Sel slaried wihout & gun
Hes Iveary All Smile,
My Jennings wore 4 plain biack hat,
which even the pulice reporter
wouldn't describe as slouch™ or
sombrer & sober black overcoat
which reached nearly to his heals
and a smile which absorted the en
tire lower half of his countenance. It
was 4 pleasant smile, but & bit out of
drawing It would have Otled a 4 mucn
bigger man—Policeman Carter, for
nastance, who was one of the most en
thusiast members of the reception
commitiee
He stood the ordeal of the movie
without wincing, and ook the orders
of the newspaper photographers
meekly and without protest
1 wold you he wasn't much to ook
at” sald Mr. Ciinton, “and now maybe
you'll believe me, But when he's mad!
My! when hes mad those eyes can
ook a hoie through you™
Indeed, ax Mr, Ciinton explained
while walting for the train, Mr. Jen
rings personally directed the bandit
scenes in “Jordan Is & Hard Road”
tecently presented in Atlanta’s movie
houses, with Frank Campeau as the
reformed holdup man. It was gath
ered also, from Mr, Clinton's enthu
siastic description, that Willlam B§,
Hart and Campeau got thelr cele
brated bandit's glare from a study of
Mr Jennings when emotionally
aroused
“T'here was never a movie holdup
staged right.” said Mr. Clinton, “until
Al Jennings showed them how. He
got a hundred and fiftey dollars for
1w
| Has Little to Say.
Mr. Jennings had but little to say,
[nwm that he expected to talk
strhight facts to his audiences, and
hoped they'd llke them. And he in
vited the newspaper men to come and
| hiear him
| “Not that 1 expect to convert you,
lt»..\ s.+or anything ke that,” he said.
“But 1 think you'll be interested
Probably they will, too. For if there
ever was an interesting personality, it
is this Jennings, who proved a man
‘-nn “come back” if he's got the right
stuff in him.
! Mr. Jennings will speak at the Bap
tist Tabernacle, in Luckie street, Sun
day morning at 11 o'clock and Sun
day evening at 7:30 o'clock. He also
will speak every evening for three
weeks. There will be no admission
fee charged, and he invites everybody
to hear him.
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State Hospital Corps
Is Given High Praise
Is Given Hig
Members of the Hospital Corps,
Fifth Infantry, National Guard of
Georgia, were proud Saturday of the
warm praise bestowed upon their
outfit by Major Page, United States
army inspector for Georgla.
He declared the Atlanta corps to be
one of the best in the country and
gave its personnel one of the most
rigid quizzing examinations possible,
stating he was determined to see just
how good the corps really is.
2 Men Arrested on
~ Charges of Woman
R. L. Broom, 35, of No. 107 East ave
nue, & barber, Saturday was held In the
police r*ation without bond, pending au
investigation in police court court in the
afternoon of charges preferred against
him by a young woman. J. L. Reed, 25,
of No. 933 Highland avenue, was held
in defauit of $5600 bond accused of com
plicity in the same offense
Detectives Chewning and Sturdivant
arrested the palr after the young wom
an had told her story to the detective
department.
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Girl School Teacher
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Dead From Paralysis
ADEL, Jan. 15.—Miss Mollie Corn
well, a teacher in the Berrien County
gchools at LaConte, near here, is dead
as the result of a stroke of paralysis.
Misg Cornwell was about 24 years
of age and was an unusually bright
young woman. She was a member
of the Methodist Church and the fu
neral services occurred at Sparks, be
ing conducted by Revs. Ansley and
Rees.
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Postal Appointments
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InGeorgiaAnnounced
WASHINGTON, Jan. Ib~Joanna
V. Bateman to-day was appointed
postmaster at Byron, Houston Coun
ty, Georgia.
The following rural malil carriers
were. appointed in Georgia to-day:
Albany, Route 2, Mortimer B. Rob
inson: Ellijay, Route 3, Raymond G.
Hudson:; Wrightsyille, Route 5, Janies
H. McWhorter.
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UTILITIES FRANCHISE GRANTED
PEARSON, Jan. 16.—The town
council has granted a conditional
franchise to the Pearson Manufactur
ing Company to install, maintain and
operate water and light systems The
light plang is to be installed within
twelve months, and the water system
to follow during the next yuf.
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7 SII t b Own
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! With his vight shoulder shatiered
by & load of shot, fired from short
range, Robert Hanes, 13- year-old son
:..r A. M. Hanes living about three
miles from Puckhead. was brought o
' Grady Hospital Baturday in a serious
condition
The lad, after borrowing a guUn
whi'e his paresis were In Atlanta on
& shopping trip. went oul Funning
for birds. It is belleved by In. C. M
| Adams, who attended him =i Ihe
Pulton County Alms House, that
young Hanes shot himself
t Apparently, the gun Was resting
| with s butt on the ground and was
| dim harged accidentally the load
gntnun‘ the lad in the right breast
(and ranging upward into the shoulder
l.mr! was riddied. He could give no
| clear account of the accident
| The shooting occurred at the
Illnno- home, & farm owned by As
sistant Chief Jeit, of the Atlanta po
[ lice, and the boy Wwas laken 1o the
lalms house, five miles distant, in &
| wagon Dr. Adams dressed the In
jury and Hanes was transferred o
Grady In the hospital ambulance It
is soared he is fatally wounded
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Clemenceau Tells World to Trust
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| in His Country's Army for
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i Final Victory.
| By GEORGES CLEMENCEAU.
[ PARIS. Jan. 15-With twe
| members of the Senatorial Army
| Commission, M. Henry Baranger
| and M. Gervals, 1 have just spent
a few days at the front inspect
ing the different services
My message to the world is
| Confidence, and still more confi
dence—confidence not in a vietory
mathematically certain, but in the
invincible firmness of the French
soul. which is greater and finer
in this war than at any moment
in our history.
Our soldiers don't need spirit
ual! comfort from civillans all
that is necessary is a still better
rear organization
From the highest chief bending
over his maps to the humblest
soldler attentive at his listening
post in a sea of mud, we found
a magnificent unanimity of reso
! Jution, superior to ai weakening
influences. We saw a nation in
arms. inspired, patriotic, its en
thusiasm invincible, its ardor ex
: pressed simply in a tranqulil
{ smlile
! While our infantrymen bear
the deepest affection toward
their chief, superbly st ained with
French mud, those who con mand
lavish a thousand cares on the
soldiers, for whom they have the
{ most intense admiration
f From the highest moral view
{ point there is really no such thing
| on our front as commands and
| obedience. It is the spontaneous
co-operation of all for the com
mon end
Historians later will construct
l doctrines out of the prodigious
manifestations of those French
l qualities which are a source of
| astonishment on all the conti- ‘
| nents of the earth where people |
' stand amazed at daily victories of
jrreducible moral strength over
the vastest murderous machina- \
tion it is possible to conceive. ;
From the trenches you see
chaos: the end of one world out
of which will be brought a new
world
We did not find a single discor
dant note; only the closeést co- \
operation between leaders and |
men }
I say nothing about the prob- |
lem of our superior command
with which my visit was not con
cerned; 1 merely say, trust to the
i French army to attain final vic
[ tory ‘
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Sen. Cummins Plans
To Strengthen Army
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‘ (By International News Service.) |
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.- -Opposj=
'tion to the ‘Administration’s army
|prc~paw-dno.~s program in the Senate
l(-ulmlrm(fld in the introduction by
| Senator Cummins, of Towa, of a plan
| to strengthen and enlarge Stata mili
’!iu organizations.
Under the Cummins resolution, the
Iml]lmry would be increased to 400,000
lppm-p strength and 800,000 war
| strength, and enlistment terms would
:hr- for three years. 7The time spent by
'mmuamnn in training would be tri
pled. The National Guard would be
}re“eved of all police duty ‘
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Mother of Atlantans
~ Buried at Valdostal
| WALDOSTA, Jan. 15.—The fune ml!
of Mrs. Ella A, Patterson, widow of
H. A. Pattersor, who died at her hnmn‘
here ¥riday, took place this after
noon. |
Mrs. Patterson, who was 69 years
old, had lived in this city nearly -al’|
her life. ‘She is survived Ly five chil- |
dren—Mrs. J. B. Wilson and ‘Mrs, W.|
L. Zin, of Atlanta; Mrs. A. B. Wil-|
liams, of Argyle, and Robert and Si
las Patterson, of Valdosta, 1
DIES ON WINTER VACATION. ]
MOBILE, Jan. 15,—Manuel Adams, |
64, a retired business man, of Van
Wert, Ohio, died unexpectedly 1;.,-,1l
night from p‘yumunm. He was
spending the w#iter in this city with!
a party of Ohio friends. The body
will be sent home for burial.
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“Charter Says Reasonable Amount
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~ May Be Anticipated,’ Assistant
. Municipal Attorney Declares.
i Intricate legal points and & hot
| Council fight Monday are expected to
| grow out of the Finance Commitise’s
approval of a budget calling for §304, -
|°“ more of anticipated funds than
guw city now has In sight. When the
shest went down 1o Comptrolier Gold.
;.nunh'o office 1o be typewritien for
presentation to General Couneil, Mr
Ilu idemith and his chief clerk, Gra-
Lam West, went to Mayor Wood.
ward's office for a conference, and As
sistant City Attorney W. D Eliis, Jr,
| was summoned
! Maver Woodward stuck to the con
tention that the amount asked for the
! ity depariments s excessive, wnd
| that the sheet must be vetosd Mr,
Ellis was of the opinion that the
amount is legal If Tt is reasonable.”™
The charter says that a reasonable
amount may be anticipated.” declared
Mr. Elis “In the event it is deter
mined that the amount named in not
| excessive, then the officials can g
| aheoad.™
| Chalrman Inman and every mem
ber of the commities knows the
amount is unreasonable and illegal”
declared Mayor Woodward, “1 thought
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last year was bad enough In s bud
get. but this year appsars to be worst
of all. The committes always anticl
| pates that $265.000 in back taxes can
|be collected, but the full amount s
'rc-vcr collected. The 1918 taxes and |
(the back taxes are not enough to
guarantes that we shalli come out
| ok
| cioar
| “The committes ususlly includes
every uncollected and une ollectable
bill In its anticiptations. Why, three
| years ago the Georgla Rallway and
Power Company promised $5.000 &
ear toward the sewer work at Ponce
Deleon. For two years they falled to
11-\) and last vear they guve notice
that they were not golng 1o pay, yet
the Finance Committes counted those
amounts in its calculations.™
Mr. Inman came in at this peint,
and sald “1 think the Mayor is ex
actly right about the matter He can’t
get a fuss out of me.”
There seemed to be considerable
difference of opinion as to whether
Council’s acceptance of the budget
would Jzgalize it as “reasonable™
“l think 1t is reasonable to -up-‘
pose that I shall get away ¥Friday
night to Florida for a fishing triu, Mn‘
1 can’t anticipate too much”™ was
Mayor Woodward's parting shot.
Harris Denies Pact
With Dr. Hardm
ith Dr. Hardman
That the Commerce r;m'?nntnnnl can
didate, Dr. L. . Hardman, erred In as
perting that his previous campalgn Was
{ fought out with Governor Harrls on the
| basis of one term for the latter was
| declared emphatically by the Governor
| Saturday
| " Dr. Hardman, in his announcemnt, re
| terred to “consideration of the fact that
| the chief baszizx of the campaign Was
| launched and fought out on the ground
|of one term.”
Governor Harris sald
| ] have never had any understanding
[ur any sort with Dr. Hardman as lnl
| whether 1 would run a second time. 1
‘vH-l not talk to him personally about 'hlll
por did 1 ever authorize any one to
tell him or a representative of him that
1 would agree to run for but one term."
On Toilet Suppliies
Detectives Saturday searched for a
burglar, who robbed the Mcßae drug
store, No. 238 Capitol avenue.
Toflet soap, perfumery, cigars and 31
in money were included in the loot.
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At the Strand. '
At the Strand Theater to-day Francls
Bushman and Beverly Bayne will appear
in & return showing of “Pennington’s
Cholce,” a drama of many stirring sit
uations and a deal of heart interest.
Mr. Bushman is called upon to portray
a part in which he has an opportunity
to show his athletic abilities and en
gages in several fights in order to win
the girl of his heart. He is ably sup
ported by Beverly Bayne in the part
of the girl. This feature is in five parts
and released on the Metro program,
At the Lyric.
After the showing to-day of “Fight
ing for France,” the celebrated war mo
tion pletures produced under the direc
tion of the French Government, the Lyr
fc Theater will be closed for one week
in order that extensive chang«n and
improvements may be made. The thea
ter will reopen on Monday, January 24
as the home of de luxe adition Mutual
masterpleces. |
At the Grand. |
Wallace Reid and Cleo Ridgely, two of/
the most popular of the celebrated Las
ky stars, appear at the Grand to-day In
a thrilling society drama called “The
Golden Chance,” which is in every re
spect a Lasky top-notcher, The Grand
will be ogen Sunday from 2 until 11 p. m.
for the benefit of Belgian and French
war. sufferers. Under the supervision
of Dr. F. . May, *“The Stain,” a thrill
ing Pathe drama, will be the offering
along with Pathe news pictures.
At the Georglan.
Hazel Dawn, star of stage and screen,
la offered to Georgian patrons to-day
and to-night in her most notable screen
achievement, ‘‘The Masqueraders,’” a
fanciful drama dealing with modern life,
society, and the slums, and a variey
mixture of human stratas. In the lead
ing role, Miss Dawn is given an op
portunity to give full play to her re
markable talents.
At the Bijou.
There’s plenty to amuse and entertain
in ‘““The Modiste Shop,” the big musical
comedy which 1s being presented at the
Bijou. There are four really funny coms
edlans and a chorus of pretty flrla who
dance and sing with a vim. tis just
the sort of show to drive away the blues.
Manager McMillan announces another
big company for next week, the Asquitih
Players.
At the Forsyth,
Alexander Carr, the noted character
actor, and Bobby Walthour, Atlanta’s
famous cyclist, are two of the seven
features booked for the Keith vaudeville
bill at the Forsyth next week., The big
Fashion Show, in which Emelie Liea and
twenty exceptionally pretty moy are
seen, is the headline feature th: (Y reek.
Six other acts make up a t teh
eMRe Tl e s
%
OU oan belleve it or not, but
one of the hustiers for
more Chamber of Com
merce members says three differ
ent prospects turned him down
this week for the same reason,
which was
Nao, 1 reckon not. The ("ham.
ber's a Catholle organization, 1
see. And I'm a Baptist. | don't
think | want to join"
_And when he protested that the
Chamber was purely non-secs
tarian, they pulled a newspaper
advertisement on him. It sald
The Chamber is organised
along broad and catholic lines™
And now the hustiers are look-
Ing in the dictionary to learn the
exact meaning of “catholic™ with
a small "o which is ‘along
comprehensive Jines, universal
general”™
Colonel Alexander Q With
erspoon, a visitor from Putnam
County, saw his first game of golf
& day or two ago, and when in.
terviewer as tw his impression,
sald, In part
“Out of deference to my hosts,
whoe are enthusiasts over the
pastime, | would not care fully to
express myself, and if | did I'm
afraid your esteemed publication
would Se barred from the malls
But 1 would like to remark that
the degeneration of the noble art
and science of profanity has
caused me pain
“] stood In close proximity to
several of your East Lake players
as they apparenty tried to knock
the ball into the next county and
falled, and [ gathered from thelr
observations that they were an
noyed. But not one did justice
to the occasion. They betrayed
a woeful lack of originality, an
appalling limitation of vooabu
lary. 1 especially noted one heav
fiy-buflt old gentleman who
viclously broke his bat against a
tree, turned black in the face and
narrowly escaped a stroke of
apoplexy, all the while emitting
futile and hackneyed phrases
which by no stretch of the imagi
nation could have expressed the
emction pent within him. A lit
tie education would add ten years
to his life
*1 was delightfully, even roy
ally, entertained during my stay,
and to reciprocate, I hereby in
vite all golfers down to my Put
nam County plantation, where
lessons in the art of vocal ex
pression will be given fres of cost
by my overseer. He had twenty
years' experience plowing a series
of mules through a fleld full of
rocks and since then has bossed
a couple of regiments of tenants
of Afri~~n descent. And I'll guar
ante t% ¢ 24 hours under his tute
lage and example will make these
stav-at-home golf players »so
ashamed of themselves that
they'll never open their heads on
the course again.”
Dr. Henry Alford Porter, new
pastor of the Second Baptist
Church, invited the Ad Men's
Club, at luncheon Thursday, to
come down and hear him some
evening.
“The Second Baptist, I learn,
Isn't at all an exclusive organiza
tion,” he sald. Loud cheers!
Five minutes later Dr. Porter
was elected a member of the Ad
Men.
“You are hereby admitted to
membership,” announced Presi
dent Jullan Boehm. “Our club's
not a bit more exclusive than
your church, Doctor.”
Wiley West, who belongs to all
the boost clubs and sells Fire
stones to the un-tired business
man, came down to the office to
day to figure on the cost of plg
iron and manufacturing with a
view to laying in a carload of
plumbing supplies. He sald buy
ing by retall was expensive, in
time and money.
“Whenever the thermometer
drops below 20 above zero,” he
explained, “the waterback in our
domestic range freezes up and
explodes with a loud report and
a Niagara of ice water Then
there is skating at our house un
t{l the plumber arrives.
“I ecould not begin to tell vou
how many sleepless nights I have
spent sitting up up with fragile
and delicate waterbacks, with a
hot water hottle in one hand and
a thermometer in the other At
our house we watch every edl
tion of the evening papers for
weather reports and at the ap
proach of the fatal temperature
keep the bureau almost constant
ly on the phone .
“I do not understand why stove
and range manufacturers do not’
turn thelr attention to a more ro
bust and vigorous tvpe of water
back, ene more adapted to the
go-called temperate zones. I be
lleve that with the aid of sci
entists they could develop a spe
cles which would go through an
ordinary Georgla winter without
the use of an anti-freezing solu
tion or the services of a trained
nurse. If investigation can es
tablish the fact that there is a
combination between manufac- g
turers and plumbers in the inter
ests of trade I intend laylng the
matter before Congress.”
Child’s Dress Ignited
'
By Grate;Burns Fatal
Mrs. W. D. Sinclair, No. 71 Lovejoy
street, went to movie Friday after
noon, leaving her two children with a
negro servant, When she came home
three-year-old Lilllan was dying at
Grady Hospital of burns recelved from
an open grate. The child died a few
hours later.
The two children, Katherine, aged 6,
and Baby Lilllan, were playing in the
lHving room when Lillian's dress caught
Katherine tried hard to save her sister
and the servant hurried In, but it was
too late.
The mother did not learn of the acci
dent until she returned some time aft
erward.
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Rumors Say Negro Is Ready &
Assume All Blame for Kills
ing Physician.
By L. V. 8. RUCKER,
Stalt Correnpondent of |
News Service. 1
PROVIDENCE, P L Jan. 15~
. g ran os Mobhr may be ViR
: fore the celebrated murder
stva to the hands of the
’ . st VAgue rumors are our
that the negro chaulfeur, Geofge
Hea w | make sfill another con
! was sald by friends of Mrs
" ) nerate her of the &
. ¢« nired Healis and the
' ned . trial with b"l‘. M..
v we Wl Henry sSpeliman,
. wnd, Dr. . Frankiin
1 . re Miss Emily B:‘r
ere W session of the t o~
% o nment being taken unit
fonda
Healin Sent for Lawyer,
& stor was that one nig this
week Healis, in the «-;xun.&b
eorge . Lewis, attorney for Drows
eWiS WaS Hoston, Other defense
rneys w t to ses Healln, but he
emanded leawis The negro "m
vas sald wve seen him later,
Fhose who were supposed to kneow
about lined to talk. but It was
nderst Healls wanted to repudiate
pres “ ficting statements,
withdraw » plea of nolle contendte
nd assume all the blame for the kill
ne. t t he attempted 1o rob the doo-
T san f ed to shoot him and
Miss Bura wnuse they resisted.
All of the £ wers of the trial to-
Iny wers iening with the story, and
{ WAS exDectle that next week would
bring » e sort of a sensation
Honors Are About Even,
The firet we o the trial ended
wit nors about even, both sides
viming a ger. The State wass
elated t t had succesded In got
ne ths o Hrown and Spellman
admiss fore e Jury
Mrs fohr was delighted because
he rt had told the Jjury theee
times 1 sald he would finally
harge then hat what happened
ohas 3 Mohr was confronted by
Frown i ("Neill's office should
rot be ' ered to reflect agalust
On Monday the State will put on
aDtaiy M han and Inspector
Ahearn 1o . orate previous (es«
timons ) t the niessions™
A remar wotor in the sombre
rama Heabeth C. O'Keefe,
the rt's enographer. In Rhode
sland eac) rt has only one ste
grapher. S s no relief, and
tukes the entire procesdings, averags
words a da She tran
scribed her notes after adjournment,
. ’ SMory « such that she
o tx right the court and the
L " they are in doubt about
bt ’ 1 RIOT without the trous
f s & back over her notes,
‘Salesman Is Robbed
| . .
| 0f 831 at Prize Fight
' 8 “" Segr .',; v‘u;-f:‘:l(n‘ u‘w&l
Hotel i 5:1}»‘.';11':)'":‘?-“’11“ less
wealthy than he was Friday night
Segrist attended the prize %
while his Interest was cente on
activities in the ring, he was “t
{;;\ ,u pickpocket. Detectives were
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