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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
RECORD INCREASE
Of APART ME- N is
Greatest Activity in Atlanta
Building in This Line-Num-
Der Reaches Nearly 100.

Contracts already made between real
estate firms and house builders and
citizens indicate that in the year 1912
cent in the number of Atlanta people
living in apartment houses. There are
at present nearly 100 apartments worth
approximately 100000, including the
sites, and capable Of accommodating
approximately 5000 persons, and the
estimate is that 500 additional tenants
viii move in during 1913. With the
exception of hotels, there has been
greater proportionate increase in apart
ments than in any other type Of public
building in the city.
NJ. /. Thrower announced today the
opening of the new $4,000 apartments
at the northwest corner of West Peach
tree and Peachtree place. This build
ing is three stories and built of con-
crete, containing six six-room apart
ments. It is on a lot 75X175, facing on
Peachtree place. and containing front
age on West Peachtree, which will be
used for front yard
B. NJ. Grant s. Co. have thrown open
the Werner apartments on Washington
street opposite the state capitol, and
there are many other apartment build
ings, among which the Albert Howell
structure at the southeast corner Of
Peachtree and Ponce DeLeon stands
out as a "head-lin The Howell
apartments are expected TO be com
pleted in the early spring. The frame
work practically Is done much of the
Brick laid and some of the massive
stone pillars UP in front Apartments
will soon be built on West Cain street,
in Inman Park and in the Ansley Park
section Three of those planned will
! cost about a quarter of million dol
lars
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
w. w. RICHARDSON,
FORMER ALBANIAN.
DEAD IN MARYLAND

News has been received in Atlanta of
the death at Dlummond. Md. Sunday
night of William Wightman Richard
son, native of Atlanta, formerly en-
gagged in newspaper work here. and
lately news editor of The Washington
Star ..
Mr.. Richardson attended the Atlanta
public schools. He early engaged in
the banking business. but soon entered
journalism with Josiah Carriers Even
ing Herald Afterward lie was asso-
ciated with Benjamin M Blackburn on
The Daily Commercial Twelve years
ago he went to Washington to accept a
place on The Star, of which he became
managing editor, as well as news editor.
Mr.. Richardson leaves his wife for
merly Miss Lula Clabaugh, of Washing
ton; child. and a sister, Mrs. r. w.
Hood, of Atlanta. He was a brother of
the late Frank Henry Richardson, who
was at one time Washington corre-
spondent of The Atlanta Constitution,
and later editor of The Atlanta Jour
nal.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
CHAMBER MOVES .
FOR CAR SAFETY
Committee Asserts Many Troll.
legs Are Without Tenders.
Seeks to Enforce Law.

Despite the declaration of troIla,,
company officials that all the cars II,
Atlanta are equipped with Tenders n.
Chamber of Commerce committee IN
public safety is working today on q
plan to force the company to provide
really adequate protection for pedes-
trians. The committee declares tb5,
many of the cars are without Tenders
or so poorly equipped that no real safe.
ty is provided, and the chamber viii
try to have the city ordinance enforced
The death last week of five-year-old
Theo. Hoffman, mangled under car
in Grant street, was the specific case
which stirred the committee to action
The boy was not struck by the wheels
of the car. His little body was rolled
by the trucks until his life was crushed
out. proper fender would have lifted
the child from the rails and tossed him
aside with perhaps only few bruises
Chairman w. ]. Lowenstein. Of tn.
public safety committee, made an in.
vestigation and discovered he Reported
to the chamber, that many cars have
no tenders and many tenders In use ara
wholly inefficient He addressed a LET
ter to President Wilmer L. Moore NJ
the chamber, urging the board OF di.
rectors to start action which would
force the company into providing efi-
cient tenders.
w. H. Glenn, superintendent Of tho
trolley company. declared that good
tenders, so far as there are any good
Tenders, were in use on all cars.
Exactly what is good fender is
question:" he said. Each manufaC.
turer claims his is the best. We have
a new improved mechanism on tbs
Whitehall-Pea line, but even this
has failed to work at critical moment
We are complying with the law the best
we can. 1t is not true that some cars
are fenderless. Those where the fen6-
ers do not appear from the street have
them far under the car Just in from,
of the wheels"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
MAN RUN DOWN IN TUNNEL:
RECOVERY VERY DOUBTFUL

DALTON, GA, Dec. 24.-George s.
Landers' secretary of the Rocky Face
Silica Sand Company, had not this
morning regained consciousness as a
result of being struck by a Western
and Atlantic passenger train in the tun-
mel near Tunnel Hill, north of here,
Saturday afternoon.
Landers was caught in the tunnel and
1t is believed that on seeing the train
approach he dropped to the ground
alongside the track and was struck bv
the engines pilot His skull was badly
fractured. He has only slight chance
to recover.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
PATIENT AT HOSPITAL
INSISTS HE'S NOT DEAD

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 24-Wace Jean. a
Hungarian laborer, sat up in bed at
the city hospital and denied he was
dead
THE report is greatly exaggerated"
said he, paraphrasing Mark Twain. in
fawless Hungarian I'm only badly
hurt"
WAGE, according to a report that came
from the hospital, died yesterday even
ing from a fractured skull, suffered
three days ago, when he tainted in the
Kitchen of his home at 1852 Clayton
avenue, and fell over backward.
Hospital authorities are unable to ex-
plain how the false report got out.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
FOUND DEAD IN WRECKAGE
OF CARLOAD OF WHISKY

MACON, GA, Dec. 24.-In removing the
wreckage Of a recent deraiment on the
Central of Georgia railway at Smarrs near
here, the body OF a dead negro was
found in one of the cars. This car con-
tanned 60 barrels of whiskey, nearly all of
which had been broken open by the col
lision. The negro had evidently crawled
into the car at the original point of ship
ment and had been sealed in with the
liquor. The coroners jury was unable to
determine whether the negro died from
injuries received in the wreck or from
excessive drinking
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
SAVANTS TRAVEL $1,000
MILES, MISS AN ECLIPSE

LONDON. Dec, 24-The official re-
port OF the British scientific expeditions
fruitless journey to the mountains or
Brazil to observe the total eclipse Of
the sun ON october 10-it rained all day
lis thus summarized:
Duration of eclipse. 1l3 seconds:
preparation of charts und instruments
at Greenwich observatory three
months; length Of journey out and back.
1900 miles; absence from England,
ten weeks; equipment carried. three
tons; net results, nil
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
SAVANNAHANS ADVOCATE
INLAND WATERWAY PLAN

SAVANNAH, GA. Dec. 24-Judge 4.
g. Moore Of the Chatham county board
Of commissioners, Joseph r Gray, state
railroad commissioner and executive
officer OF the Chamber OF Commerce.
and Pleasant A. Stovall have returned
from Washington, where they were in
conference with General BiNby, chief OF
the board of engineers of the National
TO the proposed opening of tine inland
waterway trem Beaufort n. c. to Flor
ida
Congr assman Charles G. Edwards met
the delegation IN Washington and help.
ed lay the matter before the engineers
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
GET YOUR FRUIT CAKE
AT ZAKAS' AND YOU
WILL GET THE BEST

There is no better fruit cake made
than that sold at the Bread and Cake
Store of D. Zakas. so Peachtree street
Five Points-and best of all, is the
fact that 1t is cheaper than you can
make it in your own kitchen. Pound
cake. angel food. coffee cake, pie; in
fact everything in tine bakery line is
there, and it Is pure, clean and whole
some. Fresh bread, buns and rolls for
every meal in the day and every day in
the year. (Advt.D
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
Pathetic Scenes as Gift Pack
ages Are Given to Parents at
Office of The Georgian.

\ line OF women stretching from the
second floor down the stairs to the
street thronged The Georgian office
early today. Mothers with bent shout
ders and wrinkled cheeks, shivering
even on a mild Christmas eve like this
because their clothing is worn thin;
women whose dull life of toll and hard
ship has not driven out the mother
love; they came intent on bearing home
the packages of toys and garments the
Christmas Editor had promised them
for their children.
For ten days the good people of At
lanta had been pouring their contri-
buttons into the Empty Stocking Fund
For week the Christmas Editor and
his volunteer assistants had been
shopping and packing,
And when the fund was closed and
all the money counted. it was found
that enough had been received TO give
400 children package of shoes and
clothing and a big bag of toys and
fruit.
81 Bill For Each Mother.
And more than this, there was new
two dollar bill in an envelope for every
mother on the list. Those two dollar
bills helped lot toward putting a
Christmas dinner in the pantry for to-
morrow.
With the assistance of the Associated
Charities. which made up the list of
'children in need Of help and which aid
ed in delivering the gifts when delivery
was necessary. the distribution went on
rapidly In most cases the mothers
were sent a note inviting them to call
at The Georgian Office for package for
the children
The Christmas Editor did not care to
humiliate any mother or child by max
ing public delivery OF charity" pack
age. In some cases. where the mother
was unable TO call the gifts were sent
out in a plain delivery truck with no
indication that it came from a public
fund
Pathetic Scene in Toy Room.
II was a pathetic scene. this line Of
silent women waiting at the door of the
TOY room They clutched their cards
tightly in chapped> and Redeemed hands
and huddled together in corner while
their packages We're being looked up.
They seldom spoke among themselves,
There was none OF the CHEEKY. reckless
good fellowship that prevails among
most throngs Of strangers in these days
before Christmas. Hardship and suffer
ing and poverty do not lead TO bon
hqmerie rather they breed distrust and
indifference and silence.
Each Of these mothers was watchful
for her own, each determined to gain
for her children that which they had
been promised. Some Of them wore
clothes SO old. so Thin that the wearers
were blue from cold. But as they re-
ceiyed the packages of warm under
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
GIRL, JAILED FOR ROBBING
EMPLOYER, HANGS SELF

NEW YORK, Dec 24.-Rather than
face trial on the charge of robbing her
employer Mrs. Lillian Scott hanged
herself in Harlem prison today with
rope made from bed sheet. She was
% years old, and was charged with hav-
ing stolen about $4,000 worth of furs
and jewelry from Mrs. Oliver Searles,
for whom she was housekeeper while
Mrs. Searles was abroad.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
REDUCE OFFICERS WHEN
PRISONER GETS AWAY

DAVENPORT. IOWA, Dec. 24.-For
allowing much wanted criminal to
escape after he had been placed under
arrest and surrounded by four officers,
three detectives were reduced to the
rank Of patrolmen and suspended for
fifteen days. Twelve shots were fired
at the escaping prisoner, none taking
effect, although two of the detectives
were expert shots and members of local
gun clubs.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
EX- MESSENGER BOYS
ESTATE $14,600,0OO

ALBANY, n. Y. Dec. 24-The estate OF
Louis A. Heinsheimer. OF New York. who
died three Years ago. has been appraised
by the state controllers office al STA. 900
900 An unusual feature OF the appraisal
is that 10 shows that Ma. Heinsheimer had
a bank balance of S3,500oOo in cash, Mr.
Hensheimer spent an his life I'm Wall
Street. rising from messenger boy to
membership in the firm OF Kuhn. Loeb Il
Co
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
FIRST WOMAN MAYOR
ELECTED IN OREGON

WATERMELON, ROEG. Dec. "a
With equal suffrage only a month old
in oregon, Miss Clara Munson, daugh-
ter of a survivor of the Whitman mas
sacre, was elected mayor of this city
over j. w. DIETRICH by sixteen votes.
She is the first woman mayor elected
in this state. She carried her ticket
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
WILD BULL RUNS AMUCK
IN CLEVELAND STREETS

CLEVELAND, OHIO, Dec. 24.-Lives
of scores OF school children were en-
dangered and several men and women
were knocked down and injured when a
wild bull. escaping from the stock yards
at West Sixty-f1fth street and Clark ave-
nue.. ran amuck over the west side The
beast, pursued in an auto, was finally
killed by Charles Greene, Civil war vet
eran.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
Alhart z knhns Ii

The funeral of Albert F. Kuhns, Jr,
20 years of age, who died yesterday
morning at the residence, 227 NORTH
Boulevard, will be held from the home
tomorrow afternoon at 2;30 o'clock, with
interment in Oakland cemetery The
deceased is survived by his father and
mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert F. Kuhns,
ST., and his wife of a few months.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
RETURN TO FARM TO
CUT COST OF LIVING

WASHINGTON, Dec 24.-The way to
lower the high prices Of food lies in more
intensive farming, cultivation OF unoccu-
pied lands near the large cities and more
intelligent method of agriculture in the
opinion of Professor Milton Whitney. chief
Of the bureau of soils. More people must
return 20 the farm Until this is done
am afraid that we cannot expect subs
stantial reduction in the high cost of lfv-,
ing he said.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
SENDING
LETTERS TO SANTA
IN FLUE, BURN BABY

LOUISVILLE. KY. Dec. 24-Left
alone by their mother while She did
Christmas shopping this morning, Mar
garet and Russell Schubnen, aged five
and seven, were sending letters up the
chimney to Santa Claus, when they
set fire to the baby buggy containing
their eleven months old sister.
The buggy was consumed and the
infant burned to crisp
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
SOCIETY WOMEN ON
JURY CONVICT TOILER

CLAY CENTER. KANS.. Dec. 2t-Clay
eounty's FIRST woman jury served in Jus
tice Guy r. Martins court, They found a
Mexican laborer, who had been caugh,
with number of pairs of stolen shoes
guilty OF receiving stolen goods The
court room strongly resembled a woman's
club quarters when the case was called,
The jurors were all prominent workers in
the woman's suffrage cause.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
SUSPECTED SLAYER OF
DEPUTY SHOT TO DEATH

FORREST CITY, ARK, Dec. ga
sheriff and posse in pursuit of Cecil
Mallory, suspected of having shot and
killed Deputy Sheriff B. S. Moore, came
upon their quarry as Mallory was walk
ing into Widener, a small station on
the Rock Island railroad. Two Of the
posse literally riddled the suspected
mans body with buckshot death re-
sulting instantly Ns
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
KANSAS CITY GIRL is
ROBBED OF $1,000 GEMS

KANSAS CITY, Dec ga robber who
broke into the apartment occupied by
Miss Nina j. Hanna. sos East Eleventh
street stole $1,000 worth of diamonds
The jewelry consisted mostly of heirlooms
Miss Hanna is a niece OF Philip c. Hanna.
consul general 20 Mexico and former con.
sui general 10 Porto Rico.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
PRESIDENT OF THE Tub
TRUST" Is TO WE'D AGAIN

PITTSBURG. Pa, Dec 24.-Divorced a
month ago, E. L. Dawes millionaire head
of the so-called bath tub trust, announces
that he will marry Mrs. Mary Meyers
Toerge, formerly his confidentiay secre-
tary, is March His friends say the mar
riage is most likely to take place within
a few weeks. Mr.. Dawes is Ga years old,
but appears to be much younger. He has
been married twice.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
AGED cAATrANoocAN DIES.

tHAITANVOGA, TENN. Dec, q
Mrs. Rachael Cook S;eisdatter. one of
the pioneer settlers OF Hamilton couu-
ty. is dead here at the age of II
years She is survived by son. Jo-
seph Steisdatter Of New Orleans and
one daughter. Mrs. e. w Guruee. Of
this city. The tuueral took place TO-DAY.
with the intermeut here.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Mrs. Bertha Norton.

The funeral Of Mrs Bertha Norton
aged 80 years, who died yesterday
morning at a private sanitarium, was
held this morning at o'clock at Harry
Poole's undertaking establishment, in
terment following in Greenwood GENE
terry. Mrs Norton lived in Lakewood
Teights. She is survived by her nus
band, w NJ Norton
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
WOMAN TEARS $4,000
TRUST DEED TO PIECES

CHICAGO. Dec. 24-Mrs Emma S.
Haskell walked into the office OF the
county recorder here, asked to see a $50
coo trust deed to which she and three
relatives were parties tore it In three
pieces and ran from the building She
may be arrested
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
S. o Davis.

The funeral of S. D. Davis, 26 years
of age, of Dalton, who died at pri-
vate sanitarium Sunday morning, will
be held this afternoon at o'clock from
Harry Poole's undertaking establish
ment, interment following in Caseys
cemetery
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24

wear for the little ones there was never
a word of envy, never a hint that some
thing might have been done for them
selves. Was there ever a mother who
would not go cold to clothe her babies,
who would not starvu that her children
might be fed?
Did the Best He Could.
The Christmas Editor looking ON the
line of waiting mothers. wished he
could have given comfort to these
grown up sufferers, too, though the
fund had been started for children only.
But he knew the bits of green paper
given each mother would 20 a little way
toward making her comfortable, and
this was the best he could do.
When the list, made up in advance by
the Christmas Editor and Miss Thomp-
son, of the Associated Charities, had
been cared for and every package de-
livered, it was found that enough toys
remain to give a liberal sunuly to sew
eral orphanages which Santa Claus
might otherwise leave off his calling
list
Appeals Come Too Late
Ihe' Georgian had many appeals late
yesterday and today to supply clothing
and toys to poor families in various
parts of the city, some coming from
the poor themselves some from kindly
neighbors
But these applications came so late
that nothing could be done, Every gift
had been distributed every cent had
been expended. There was no time left
to buy and deliver additional packages.
If the requests had only come earlier
but the, same folk who put off their
| Christmas shopping put off their we'll
meaning intent to tell The Georgian
about that poor family around the cor
ner, until it was too late. Now it is up
| to the procrastinators to help that po1r
family themselves
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-05
WILL co AFTER MARKETING
PROBLEM WITHOUT GLOVES

At the annual convention of the
state board of horticulture and the
state horticultural society, TO be held
in this city December II and IS,
the main topic of discussion and the
most momentous problem that will
receive attention is the better mar
keting of Colorado fruits and the es-
Enlistment of a corps of expert
market finders who will thoroughly
cover the country and create de-
mand for Colorado fruit where here
tofore the products from this state
have not been procurable.
All other problems dwindle to pu-
ny size compared to this problem
which win be the keynote of the con-
vention. There is no doubt of the
dissatisfaction caused by prices re-
ceived this year due to flooded mar
kets and other apparently unavoid-
able causes. while it is positively
known that many sections of the
country, by no means isolated or hard
to reach, did not receive. nor have
they in the past received, any Color
ado fruit.
The work the members of the hor-
ticultural bodies to meet here have
outlined will tend to relieve or en-
tirely Danish the evil of the flooded
city market and create a demand in
the great and extensive small town
communities where the consumption
of fruit would be immense il prop
erly introduced and the sale arranged
for by competent, intelligent agents.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-05

The shop girls are stolidly resigned
to the long hours of the coming
three weeks. Nearly all of them
carry much thumbed copy of the
new S-hour law in their apron
pockets, which they fOndly extract
and read between the typhoons of the
excited shoppers, then fondly dream
of next year, when they will get time
to do a little shopping on their
own hooks.
The usual number of errors are be-
ing made by the shoppers who find
that the gloves they bought for Will
lie were really meant for Susie. The
be made and the candy counters are
the only ones exempt from the eX-
change nuisance, which is the most
taking thing on the shop-girl's
nerves. They say it is ike having a
cat-fondly believed to be safely
drowned, come wandering back-and
they dread this evil and beseech the
shoppers to be sure of their choice
first whack.
Nearly every store has its extra
clerks. Nearly every store has its
many varieties of clerks. There are
the giggling kind, the gum chewers.
the real sensible girls, the doleful
ones with tales of woe for the shop
per and the yard-stick faces and the
opposite sunshine circles with the
marry Christmas spirit back of every
sale.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-05
SHOPPING RUSH IS ON;
CLERKS ALREADY BUSY
Christmas Bargaining on With Whoop and No Rest in Sight of
Tired Sales Girls TIL Next Year-Eght-HouT Law Is
Needed This Month Very Badly, They Say.

It's all off now. No more rest for
the clerks in Grand junction stores
for three weeks. No rest for the
wicked, for the righteous or for the
intermediate mollycoddle, for all are
bound TO get down to work. There
will be stupenduous doings for 20
days and several thousand dollars
will jingle into the Golfers of the
wise merchants who have laid in good
stocks of acceptable gifts for the
Christmas season. The shopping
rush is on.
There is no need of any ones not
having time 10 get their shopping
done early. The papers throughout
the country have sounded the annual
warning to procrastinating shoppers.
The jokesmiths have pounded out all
the latest jokes on the subject and
the nation cartoonists have ex-
hausted their best ideas poking Jess
at the slow thinkers who cannot de-
eide whether grandpa needs sack
of tobacco at l sc a pound of another
pair of carpet slippers.
That Christmas shopping has al
ready started and is now well under
way is admitted by the trade loving
merchants of Grand Junction. The
merchants say the buyers will make
large and many purchases and bet
ter grade of goods Is being taken this
year than ever before. In many of
the stores the stocks are by far the
most complete and expensive in his
tory.