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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-26
SIR THOMAS Upton
REJECTED IN PUBLIC
BECAUSE HE'S TICKLE

BOSTON, Dec. 26.-When Sir Thorn
as Upton was here recently he set all
Boston laughing by telling a good
natured yarn of how Mayor Fitzgerald
once stole" the royal launch by mis-
take. Honey Fitz" retorted in kind
by telling the following, which only
adds to the popular yachtsman's laurels
as a capital humorist:
Following the banquet to Sir
Thomas at the Copley Plaza, 20 or 30
personal friends Joined us in an infor-
NAL chat Some young girls and some
married women were trying to get Sir
Thomas to commit himself as to the
girls he had met. Finally he said: If you
want to know who Lady Upton is go
ing to be, she is right here in this room.
Stand up Rose speaking to my daugh-
ter.
81 won't accept you, Sir Thomas.
You're too tickle my daughter replied.
After the laugh had subsidized, Sir
Thomas remarked: AT last l know
how 1t feels to be rejected
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-26
SEAL SELLERS NOW
HOPE TO INCREASE
THEIRFUND TO$6,OOO

Although splendid progress has been
made, 1t Is up to the women of Atlanta
within the next three or four days to see
If they can succeed in attaining the high
mark they originally set for themselves
in the sale of from $4,000 to $4,000 Red
Cross Christmas seals.
Al first the ultimate hope was to sell
$4,000. but as people responded so eagerly,
1t was announced by the general commit
tee members that as much as $4,000 might
be raised. and the latter sum is the one
at which they now are aiming
OF that amount So 100 is already in the
bank, and fully $1,000 is probably in the
hands of subcommittee. The business
womens committee is expected to turn in
about $500. But it will be necessary to
sell between $1,000 and 1000 worth of
seals between now and New Years day,
and Mrs Hodgson, chairman of the gen
eral committee, has issued an appeal TO
all who are interested in the campaign
10 keep right on working through Christ
mas right up to New Years day. Atten-
ton IS called to the fact that the seals
are appropriate for New Year greeting
as well as for Christmas
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-26
ATHLETE RECEIVERS
FROM BROKEN NECK,
DESPITE PHYSICIANS

NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y, Dec. 26-
Just be cheerful and don't believe all
the physicians tell you about yourself.
That is the philosophy of Waldorf Mill
er, Of this city, who was able to leave
his home and greet his friends
This was the first time in more than
year that he has been out of doors,
and, while he was under the care of
surgeons, he was informed scores Of
times that there was no chance of his
recovery.
Early in July of last year Miller had
his neck broken by diving into shallow
water at Hudson park. He had forgot
ten about the tide and miscalculated
the depth near the diving platform.
His head struck the bottom and he
was carried from the water uncon-
scious. When he was examined in the
hospital the physicians announced that
the mans neck was broken and that he
had only a few hours to live Miller
didn't agree with them. He was always
cheerful. 1t was greatly due to his de-
termination to prove that he was going
to survive that he recovered. The bone
of his neck knitted and he is today as
sound and athletic as ever, except that
for a time he will have to use crutches
in order not to put too much of a strain
on his spine.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-26
TURKS OREJECT
DEMANDS MADE
BY ALLIES
Appeal viii Be Made Then to
Powers Diplomats for Set
tlement of War.

LONDON, Dec. 26-The Turkish
peace ENJOYS will reject the terms Of.
fered by the Balkan allies. When the
conferences are resumed on Saturday
they will Immediately present their re-
fusal and will then submit a counter
proposal, which they will declare theiI
final terms.
The allies will reject the terms pre-
scented by the Porte's plenipotentiaries,
although several days may elapse be-
fore the rejection is announced. Then
according to the program outlined to-
day by diplomat in close touch with
the ENJOYS of both sides, the failure Of
the peace negotiations will be an
nounced to the ambassadors of powers
in London. with the request that they
arrange for mediation. Steps will at
once be taken to this end.
The war in southeastern Europe win
not be resumed" said this diplomat.
I'VE have no hope that the ENJOYS will
reach an agreement. but the powers
will mediate and thus prevent re-
neWal of the war that has cost thou
sands of lives and millions Of dollars.
Humanity demands that the war end
and there is still another powerful pres
sure, namely the interruption to trade
and commerce caused by the struggle.
Recent visits of various ENJOYS to NJ.
Poinclaire in Paris indicate that that
country will take the leading part In
the mediation affairs"
The counter proposal to be submitted
by the Turks will concede to the allies
a slice of what is now Turkey-in
Europe, but only a small portion of
what is demanded. 1t will also stipu-
late that Adrianople and Salonika shall
remain Turkish cities. Bulgaria and
Greece will never grant this.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-26
NEGRO BRUTALLY
ASSAULTS WOMAN
NEAR u. S. CAPITOL

WASHINGTON. Dee. 26.-Race bit
terness between whites and blacks in
this city was intensified today when It
was learned that a brutal assault had
been committed by negro upon a
white woman almost in the shadow OF
the United States capitol.
The negro Nathaniel Green, % years
old, is being closely guarded today,
while his victim, Mrs. Adelaide Il.
Grant, aged 81, is lying in serious
condition at the Casualty hospital.
While Mrs. Grant, a clerk of the Dis
trict of Columbia, was walking near
the capitol late last night she was
struck from behind and felled to the
ground She was half strangled by her
assailant. who then dragged her into an
areaway off G street.
RegaininF consciousness, she strug-
gled with her captor for twenty min
utes. Her cries for help were heard
by DR.. j. r. Thonesse, of 915 c street.
and the physician called Policeman
Wall, who captured the young negro.
Mrs. Grants Jaw was broken, both eyes
closed and her body badly bruised
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-26
WANT LAW ENFORCED
AGAINST HOG CHOLERA

Steps are being taken today to pre-
vent enormous economic loss to the
farmers and swine breeders Of Georgia
through the ravages Of hog cholera,
loss which affects the pocketbook OF
the ultimate consumer, and which was
lanented at the sixth annual meeting
of the Georgia State Veterinary asso-
citation, held at the capitol yesterday
The discussion of the disease took up
the greater part of the meeting, and as
a result resolutions were adopted look
ing to the enforcement of regulations OF
quarantine.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-26
MOTOR STOLEN FOR
CHRISTMAS JOY RIDE.
RETURNED TO OWNER

4. r. CoIcord head of the Colcord
Lumber Company, is thankful today to
the unknown but enthusiastic autoist
who returned his Speedwell car last
night after using it for Christmas joy
riding
The car was stolen Christmas eve
night from in front of Mr.. Colcord's
residence. 1917 Gordon street, West
End Following fruitless search by
police and detectives and by Mr. Col
cord himself, lie was agreeably aston
.saed last night TO find the missing car
again standing III front of his home in
The spot from which it had been stolen.
The mysterious JOY rider, however,
tailed to leave his card, and there is no
''eW as to his identity. He didn't even
80 much as leave a note of thanks.
The borrowing" Of the Colcord car
came as the climax to a series Of thefts
OF VaIuabies from automobiles in front
OF hotels, office buildings and in vari-
Gus parts Of the city. Gloves, lap robes.
Tools lamps and other effects have been
stolen by the score, and even tires have
'eeu removed from wheels
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-26
st. Elmo Massengale, Jr.
This Little Athlete Weighs 80
Pounds and Is Three Feet
in Height.

81 can tell you where to find the per
feet two and -halfyear-o old Atlanta
baby" said a friend of The Georgan's
expert judge the other day Bring
your camera and tape line to AZ Park
avenue; the boy is there"
And sure enough, he was there. His
name is St. Elmo Massengale, Jr., and
he might easily take a prize in beau
ty show for youngsters of his age, in
addition to being pronounced by an eX-
pert the most perfect baby.
The tape line and scales alone did
not declare Master St Elmo the cham
pion, however. One look at him and
nine persons out of ten, including moth
ers of other healthy boys, would forth
with proclaim him "in a class by him
SELF"
Ii isn't often one finds a boy two
years and six months old who meas
ures three feet in his stockings and
weighs 80 pounds, stripped for his bath.
Then a chest measurement of 20 ga
inches, an 11-inch thigh, and IA
inch upper arm also are unusual pos
sessions for a youngster of that age.
But ST. Elmo Massengale the pride
of one Park avenue family, wears all
Of these testimonials of physical per-
lection, and the smile which accompa-
MES it is not of CONFETTI merely shows
that he is healthy and happy.
That smile, too. is worth something.
When it broadens over his face and his
front teeth are exposed to view, it
shows more than the tape line can. It
shows a perfect set of white, pearly
teeth, which, from present indications,
bid fair to remain free from a dentists
care; dimples, exposed by the smile, to
rave about. and a soft, clear skin.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-26
POOLE, COLLEGE
MAN, IS SMOKE
INSPECTOR
Board Will Give Him Full Au-
thority to End Nuisance,
Says HarWeII.

Chairman R. NJ Harwell, of the city
smoke and gas commission, today an
,opnced the appointment of Cecil P.
poole as the new smoke and gas in
snacto,, to succeed Paul McMichael re-
signed. The position pays $4,000 year
MT Poole is graduate of Cornell
university, member of the American
society Of Engineers and has recently
baen associate editor of Power, a tech
MICA magazine.
We are going to fight for a sufficient
concentration to equip the department
ana give the new inspector full author
itv to stop the smoke nuisance" said
Mr. HarweIL
He announced indications were
mat the Atlanta Gas Light Com
pauy would increase the stand
ard of its product from eighteen
10 twenty candle power without fight
before the state railroad commission.
This increase in candle power would
cause the utility corporation to give
much better gas for the same money
and would directly effect a large ma
jority Of the population of Atlanta.
Some weeks ago the smoke and gas
commission prepared to protest to the
railroad commission about the quality
of gas being sold here.
Numerous tests showed that the
standard was not constant at eighteen
candle power Members of the COM
mission had many complaints from cit
teens.
Chairman HarWell said today that he
had found the officials of, the company
desirous Of cooperating with the COM
mission to provide better gas and that
he believed twenty candle power stand
ara could be obtained for Atlanta by an
amicable agreement
All the members of the commission
have agreed that the new inspector shall
have full authority to make cases
against the nuisance with the new ad-
ministration, declaring that it alread.
has been demonstrated that the smoke
nuisance can be abated quickly anG
economically in Atlanta.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-26
MODEL HUSBAND"
SUED FOR DIVORCE;
"NEVER TOLD ALE"

KANSAS CITY, MO, Dec. 26-At last
the model husband" has been found. He
is Elijah L. Cooper and he lives in Kansas
city.
Despite this fact, his wife, Daisy Coop
er, is seeking a divorce from him
The model husband" is contesting the
wife's petition for divorce and his con-
tention is that he is as near perfect as
husbands get TO be.
Witnesses testified as follows:
That Mrs Cooper said He's jewel OF
husband"
That every evening before she got home
he prepared supper.
That after supper he helped with the
dishes.
That he never swore, or even "cussed'
in his life.
That he never told lie-to her
That he kissed her fondly every time
he got a chance.
That he gave her IS a week pin money.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-26
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they can
not reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh
is a blood or constitutional disease, and in
order to cure it you must take internal rem.
edies. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure ia
not a quack medicine. It was prescribed
by one Of the best physicians in this coup-
try for years and is regular prescription
1t is composed Of the best tonics known.
combined with the best blood purifiers, act
Ing directly on the mucous surfaces The
is what produces such wonderful results in
curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials free
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, price 75c
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-26
Thousands of UndeLiUered Gifts at Postoffice
TRAGEDY IN XMAS MAIL

thousand little tragedies of Christ
mas time are embodied in a mass of
packages and cards which lie in the At
lanta postoffice, undelivered. a large
section of the Santa Claus express from
the north pole has been delayed, and
may never reach it's destination.
They are little tragedies OF careless
ness and ignorance on the part of the
persons who mailed their Christmas re-
membranes. There are packages and
cards without addresses, without
stamps, bearing names and postoffices
in chirography so cramped that all the
experts in the world can not decipher
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS for the dead letter
office, most of them.
In the scrawling letters of school
child, card is written addressed to
Miss Susie" No postoffice is given.
Dear teacher" says the message, 81
hope you will have a fine Xmas, and
come back to your little Bess."
Mo Hope Of Delivery or Return.
That is all. and there is no hope Of
delivery and no hope of return. Miss
Susie" will miss little token of love
The one card is an example of hun
dreds of the two or three thousand
which clutter the desks of the mike"
department at the Atlanta postoffice.
Many of them will be delivered where
the addresses are sufficient guide. Post
master H. L. Mckee is sending, through
his clerks, bushels of notification cards,
telling consignees that mail is held for
them at the office, to be delivered upon
receipt of sufficient postage. c. ".
Tutwiler, in charge of the Mike" de-
partment, and his helpers have the
work of their lives cut out for them,
trying to decipher names and addresses,
infinitely searching every particle of
mail for evidences of address.
Much of the mail consigned to the
Mike department is the source of
veXation to the postoffice people. 1t
can not be delivered because it is sent
in violation of the postal laws. Cor
geous Christmas cards, decorated with
tinsel and iimcracks, can not be sent
through the mail unless inclosed within
an envelope; yet hundreds of the elab-
crate posters have been dropped in the
mail box, and it is the task of the
Mike" department to so inform the
person to whom it was directed,
Uncle Sam Great on Details.
Hundreds of others are rightfully in
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-26
FORAKER SELLS HIS
WASHINGTON HOUSE

WASHINGTON. Dec. 26.-Former Sen
ator Joseph s. Foraker, whose retire
ment from the United States senate was
the result of exposure by the Hearst pa
pers of his relations with the Standard
Oil Company through the publication of
the Archbold letters, is about to sever
the last tie that binds him to the ma
ttonal capital The magnificent residence,
where he once entertained lavishly and
where he lived during his appearance be
fore the Clapp investigating committee,
when he unsuccessfully endeavored to ex-
Main the Standard Oil letters in reply to
he testimony submitted by Mr.. Hearst,
is to be sold this week to Mrs, Delos
4 Blodgett Of Grand Rapids, Mich, who
will make her home in washington.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-26
MACON CHILDREN TO SING
CAROLS EACH CHRISTMAS

MACON GA, Dec. 26.-The march of
carols on Christmas eve has been Off
cially adopted by the city council as
the macon idea" of celebrating the
Yuletide holiday. Resolutions indors-
ing the project and providing that it
shall be an annual event, given under
the auspices OF the mayor and council,
were adopted.
More than 10000 children and about
1000 grownups participated in the pa
rade, which consisted of 20 columns.
each starting from a different point and
converging at the city auditorium. AS
the lines passed through the streets,
carols were sung and the church bells
and chimes were rung. Practically all
of the homes along the routes We're IL
Illuminated or decorated Upon reach
ing the auditorium, all of the children
sang the same carol
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-26
TRUCE CALLED IN
FIGHT hi FOR CHILD
Court Places Physical Welfare
of Tot Above Christmas
Spirit in Gray Case.

The physical welfare of four ear-old
Thelma Gray was placed higher than
the Christmas spirit and a fathers af-
fections for his child by Superior Judge
Pendleton today when he stepped in be-
tween Albert Gray and his wife, Mrs.
Lena Gray. and offered a compromise
for their tangled domestic situation.
Gray who formerly was manager of
the Todd Drug Company, came into
court to obtain the custody OF his
daughter few days of the holiday
season and found his wife there to
block his plans.
Mrs. Gray. who recently made her
husband a defendant in an almony
action, charging him with desertion.
told the jurist that the child was suf-
fering with tonsilitis and was confined
to her home in North Boulevard by or
ders of physician.
Disaerses Over Finances.
The husband had proposed that the
court, taking into consideration the al
imony suit pending, should issue an or
der allowing him to have the child at
his mothers home for few days dur
ing the Christmas week. Mrs. Gray
said that she willingly would receive
her husband at any time, but she would
fight his efforts to take the child to his
home.
According to the testimony brought
out by opposing counsel, Moore &
Branch for Mrs. Gray and Ben Black
burn for her husband, the separation
came IL WAS assorted NOT hecause of
temperament. but rather their inability
to adjust money matters.
81 have even sold braid | made for
my hair to help pay his debts" said
Mrs. Gray addressing the court. "On
numerous times ] pawned my jewels
and called my relatives to help him
out"
Involved With Money Sharks.
Gray said that he got a good salary.
but had become involved with money
sharks.
"On the night 1 left Mrs. Gray" he
said. II had but sixteen cents in my
pocket"
Judge Pendleton, after ascertaining
that there was no feud between Mrs.
Gray and her mother-in-law, decided
to allow the husband and his mother
to visit the child at any time.
Il can't go back of the physicians
AFFIDAVIT asserting that the child is ill.,"
said the judge. but see no reason,
where there is as little i'll feeling as
Their seems. to be here, why the father
should not be permitted to visit his
daughter"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-26
OFFICE BOY RISES TO
HIGH RAILROAD PLACE

MACON, GA, Dec. 26-J. c. Car
Isle, division freight agent of the Cen
trail of Georgia railroad, has been pro-
NOTED to assistant general freight
agent, with headquarters in Savannah.
He will be succeeded in Macon by r. l..
Ceilings, formerly commercial agent in
Atlanta.
Mr. Carlisle entered the employ Of
the Central of Georgia in 1890 as an Of
fee boy for Edgar A. Ross, the general
freight agent. He has risen successive
ly to clerk. soliciting agent, travelling
passenger agent. commercial agent.
chief clerk to the vice president, and
division freight agent
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-26

closed within transparent envelopes,
but the Enclosure makes first class mat
ter of them, and two cents is necessary
for delivery. But with only a one-cent
stamp affixed, the card must wait until
the other penny is Forthcoming. Uncle
Sam is great on details.
The bundles, however, are the sources
OF the real tragedies. Several thousand
came to the Atlanta postoftice, rejected
in thirteen states, because of no ad-
dress, too little address, no stamps or
too few. Scores of Atlanta people
mailed bundles that bore no sign of
address-some without address or
stamps.
The end of one bundle at the top of
the pile was torn out. From the hole
the yellow hair of doll protruded. The
doll will be lost to the child for whom
it was intended, because the bundle
bore no address. and no means of iden-
tification. The Mike" department has
hundreds of such sidetracked Christ
mas gifts.
More Careful This Year.
1t is the usual thing at Christmas,
says Postmaster Mckee. And yet there
iS silver lining TO the cloud. Not so
many, by far, of such occurrences are
recorded this year as last. 1t looks. he
thinks, as if the public were learning
the rules of the mail.
But there still are "don'ts" to be i'm
pressed on the minds of the public The
greatest of these, says Superintendent
Tutwiler, of the Mike" department. is
the admonition that no one forget to
place, in the upper left hand corner of
the mail he sends, the return address.
in event of misdelivery. And that
should apply, he says, Christmas or not.
It's rule as good for the 1854 days as
for the 365th
repetition of the Christmas trouble
with holiday cards is expected to occur
about New Years day. But they are
hoping at the postoffice that people will
understand about the tinsel cards, and
about the proper amount of mail that
they won't forget, in the zeal of their
Christmas shopping, to attach the
names and address, and to find out
about the proper amount of postage.
And if you can't write so that hui
man being can read it, they tell you as
the last word, get some one to do it for
you.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-26
DALTON MAN, ON BOND,
AGAIN LANDS IN JAIL

DALTON. GA, Dec. 2G-After hav-
inc gained his freedom by making bond
,vhen ne was charged with assault on a
woman living in Manlytown, Ben
staten has again landed in jail, this
time on the charge of assault with in
tent to murder.
staten attacked Hooker Bryant with
n knife, cutting a deep cash in his face.
Rryants wound is not serious. 1t Is
said that Staten grew angry and at
tackled Bryant when the latter took one
of his friends away from Staten's place
of business
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-26
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
THIS HEN OPERATES
BIG COLD STORAGE
PLANT ALL HER OWN

TARRYTOWN, n Y, Dec 26.-GiIbert
Brown, of Eastview, owns d Plymouth
Rock hen who has been operating a cold
storage plant of her own.
This morning Brown was attracted by
the hens cackling and followed her to his
ice house, and there, hidden under the
floor. were " eggs. Brown believes that
last summer the hen wandered into the Ice
house and, finding a cool spot, laid an
egg and after starting the nest went there
every day.
As eggs are much higher now, Brown
says his hen is not alone a good cold stor-
age proposition, but fnancier, and he
expects his neighbors will now train their
hens to lay cold storage eggs.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-26
ANSWERS HORSEWHIP
BLOWS WITH BULLET

DECATUR, ILL, Dec. 26.-Former
Mayor J i. Porter Of Olney, ILL.,, was
shot while he was logging David Bates
with a blacksnake whip as a result of a
quarrel lasting a year which had It's
start in an alleged insult to Porter's wife
by Bates. Bates is a wealthy citizen OF
Olney and Porter was mayor of the city
up to last spring.
Bates was surrounded by a crowd and
several men started to get a rope to lynch
him He was rescued by three police
men.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-26
SEA GULL. BEARING DATE
1869 CAUGHT BY HUNTER

PARIS, Dec ga sea gull, with a
ring attached to it's leg bearing the in
scription "1S69-Return to the Zoologi-
cal Station at Heligoland," was cap
tured by a French hunter