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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24

Turner said today that he would go
before the body in response to mere
request. adding that it would not take
legal force to produce him
It will be one Of the liveliest sessions
that council has held in long time.
FOR all the members OF council are Of
Tended at the accusations, and they are
united on plan to prove the city cleo
trician liar and faker," according
to Councilman Claude c. Mason
Alderman John e. McCleland. chair
man Of the electric lights committee.
said that Turner's charges were the
"dirtiest hlthiest lies he had ever
heard"
The contract with the electric com
pany for the street lighting is as yet
Enacted upon by council, 1t will be
considered at the next meeting, and,
with the favorable report Of the cleo
trio lights committee, there is no doubt
that it will be adopted.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
TO SUSPEND
PUBLICATION OF HIS
PROGRESSIVE"

Through his son, j. d. Watson, Thorn
as E. Watson announces the suspen-
sion, with the current issue, of his
weekly newspaper, The Progressive
Democrat, published at Thomson
The venture was launched some Is
months ago, but has been a growing
financial burden upon Mr. Watson since
it's first issue. The editor says, more
over, that it has been extremely diff
cult TO keep The Progressive Democrat
from tapping over into the field of an
other Watson publication, The Jeffer-
sonian Weekly.
Mr.. Watson announced some time
ago his intention of coming to Atlanta
to start q morning daily, and it may be
that the suspension of The Progressive
Democrat is a step in that direction.
The impression however is that it was
suspended merely because it has been a
pronounced financial failure and q drag
upon the other Watson periodicals.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
4 VASSAR GIRLS TAKE
BABY BOY TO MOTHER
AT CHRISTMAS TIME

CHICAGO, Dec. 24.-John Williams,
six months old, accompanied by four
Young ladies' from Vassar college,
passed through Chicago today on his
way to Minneapolis John is going to
nav a Christmas visit to his mother
The mother. Mrs. John Williams, was
compelled to allow the baby to go to a
state home at Albany, \. Y. She has
In Minneapolis and sent
for the child She had no money to
nay railroad fare and her request was
refused until the four college girls
heard Of the case and determined to
bring the baby with them,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
Georgia Dealers
Completely Shut Out.

Whether Judge Cheney's eleventh.
hour injunction has caused falling
of OF liquor shipments over Georgia is
matter Of conjecture. Express compa-
NY officials are authority for the state
nent that there is no way of deter
mining the weight of the traffic at this
season. especially this early.
But the Jacksonvillians in the West
Bay street liquor section, with. their bill
and their theory about their property
right to q monopoly Of the Georgia bust
ness. because of this states prohibition
law. have shut the Georgia dealers out
If the killing completely.
Southern Express officials said today
ruat the general traffic in Atlanta was
ne heaviest in years. but that it was
moving more rapidly than usual This,
they are willing to admit, is due to the
new express company system, designed
md ordered into effect in September by
he interstate commerce commission.
This is the first Christmas business
be handled under the new system,
thjch Is uniform throughout the whole
ountry. and operates alike on every
..A.IlraC1 sTf,7 NON
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
SUES FATHER-IN -LAW
FOR $4,000 DAMAGES
FOR KILLING HUSBAND

DALTON, GA, Dec. 24--Mrs. Martha
Ludie Davis widow of Hewlett Davis,
who was shot and killed by HIS father,
A. r. Davis, has brought suit against
her husbands slayer for $25,O00 dam
ages, the suit being filed in the clerk S
office here Monday afternoon, by her
attorneys, w f. Mann and w. C. Mar
tin.
In her petition for damages she al
leges that the defendant killed her
husband without any fault or cause
on her husbands part, and the death
resulted from the crime and criminal
and other negligence Of defendant"
She alleges further that her husband
was 80 years OF age, in good health and
with an earning capacity Of $3.50 per
year, having had a reasonable expect
ancy of IS years to live.
The suit is returnable to the April
term of Whiteheld superior court.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
William G. 0bear viii Be Of.
fered His Old Position of
QuartermaSter General.
CHANGE WILL BECOME
EFFECTIVE JANUARY /
Captains EubankS and CoCh-
ran, Veterans in State SerV-
ice, May Be Affected.

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Van Holt
Nash Jr., of Atlanta will be appoint
ed adjutant general of the state Of
Georgia on January I, succeeding uhe
present holder OF that state house Of
fee, General William 6. Obear.
General Obear will be rendered his
old position of quartermaster general
by the governor. but viii not say
whether he viii accept the office.
Governor Brown is understood 10
have had Colonel Nash in mind for the
adjutant generalship for some time, bu1
for reasons personal to Colonel Nash
has delayed the appointment.
General Obear is holding his present
commission to Office from Governo.
Hoke Smith. Governor Brown did not
reappoint General Obear when Govern
or Smith vacated the executive office
the adjutant general holds Office at the
pleasure of the governor-but permit
ted him TO continue as adjutant gen
eral. under Governor Smiths commits
sion
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
MAKES COFFIN OF
CHRISTMAS GIFTS;
KILLS SELF IN IT

DENVER, COLO. Dec. 24.-Kenneth
X. Kane. a railway mail clerk, collect
ed packages containing Christmas
presents, arranged them in the shape Of
a coffin on the floor OF the kitchen in his
home. placed a Christmas card from
his sister Miss Bernice Kane, who is
I'll in a Chicago hospital, at the head,
and lay down inside the casi1et of gifts.
Then he sent bullet crashing through
his brain. A neighbOr found his body.
y am pretty near through with the
whole thing" Kane told the neighbor
several hours before he took his life.
81 want to get along with everybody,
but it makes me mighty sore when l
think Of the big crowd my wife has
invited for Christmas dinner. I asked
her not to have any one there, so that
we could be by ourselves"
Mrs Kane returned from a visit out
of town today.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
Southern Express Company
Tells Georgia Agents Not to
Accept ConSignmentS.
ORDER OF U. S. COURT
IS OBSERVED STRICTLY
Jacksonville and Chattanooga
Merchants Reap All of the
Christmas Harvest.

wholesale liquor dealers, said TO be
onerating in various Georgia cities, are
idle today, enviously watching Jack
sonvfue and Chattanooga merchants
ponopolize the much priced Georgia
Christmas trade.
A recent injunction granted in favor
IF the Jacksonville dealers by United
States Judge John NJ. Cheney, order
ing the Southern Express Company to
refuse liquor shipments from Georgia
dealers consigned to Georgia points,
has crimped all plans for a Christmas
cleanup.
Complying with the order of the Fed
aral court General Manager John B.
Hockday. Of the Southern Express Com
pany, has issued orders to all Georgia
agents to refuse liquor shipments con-
signed anywhere in the state. Geor-
gia. as far as the state dealers are con-
cerned, Is as dry as a bone.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
Miss Lucy Hoke Smith
Loses $4,000 Brooch
At Navy Yard Dance
Georgia Senator'S Daughter Tells
Police She Thinks Diamond
Pin Was Stolen.

WASHINGTON, Dec 24,-Miss Lucy
Hoke Smith, daughter of Senator Hoke
Smith, Of Georgia, today reported TO the
police the loss of horseshoe brooch
containing 80 diamonds and valued at
$4,000.
Miss Smith says she lost the brooch at
the navy yard dance last Saturday night
1t is believed the gem was stolen and
Miss Smith spent several days in personal
detective work before she took her faith
er's advice and reported her loss to the
police today.
Miss Smith is one Of the seasons de-
butantes and as the navy yard dance is
one of the chief society events in the
capital the loss OF the brooch has ere
ated a stir in the smart set.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
People Take to
New System Quickly.

The system is simplicity itself and
.-s marked success in aiding the pub
ic and the express companies in han
d,ing the Christmas rush is said to be
due primarily to the fact that it is
uniform.
Under orders Of the interstate com
nerce commission, all collect pack
ages are required to be stamped with
white labels, and a duplicate of the
"ayDiIl also white, pasted on the pack
age Prepaid packages are stamped
'lth yellow label and the waybill on
prepaid package is yellow.
Local express officials are enthusiast
'' over the system, and they say they
4re getting away the bulk OF Atlanta's
business this year with unusual dis
patch.
According 70 estimates given. 80 TO
.'Y wagons are being operated in At
ant to handle the business from the
''lees in the Terminal station.
People are becoming educated rapid
to the new system" said one Off
.'aL This idea of initiating them so
' speak, into the working of the eX-
..ess companies has greatly facilitated
'' conpany's work. They know what
do now, and explanations and much
Ume are saved. There are less incor-
'lt.y directed packages than usual
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
INSPECTION
SERVICE ESCAPES
CONGRESS PROBE

WASHINGTON. Dec 24.-The house
committee on expenditures in the de-
partment Of agriculture has decided not
to investigate alleged irregularities in
the Federal meat inspection service,
which. it was charged, grew out Of ia
voritism to the packers.
1t has been decided that evidence
produced at the spectacular hearings last
summer, when the Rev Caroline Bart
Ietc Crane gave sensational testimony,
is not sufficient to warrant another in
quiry
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.

A 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
500 children a package of shoes and
clothing and a big bag Of toys and
fruit.
81 Bill For Each Mother.
And more than this. there was a new
two dollar bill in an envelope for every
mother on the list. Those two-dollar
bills helped a lot toward putting
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.
1t 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 a 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
Continued on Page Two.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
81 100000 ROOM FOR
MRS. WIDENER IN
VILLA AT NEWPORT

NEW YORK. Dec. 24-The American
ART News, just out. says that an art
urn of this city and London has re-
leFed a commission to arrange an en-
ne room decorated with panels by the
az. lst Boucher in the Newport home OF
Mrs. George w. Widener.
me cost Of the room is put at ST.
.''.0O0 and it will be a feaeure Of the
100000 villa. for which ground has
been broken.
VIC. Widener, who was q Titanic vic
-.. .t, approved the plans for In. house
4Lore mis- death.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24

Alderman John E. McCleland was
the only member Of the committee
Electrician Turner did not say was dis
qualified. But as Alderman McClelland
had denounced him as har, he said
the alderman owed him an apology.
Mr.. Turner concluded by saying that
he did not yet feel that he owed coun-
ell an apology" for charging that mem
bers of the council electric lights COM
mittee were favoring the new street
lighting contract because of the desires
of the president of the Georgia Railway
and Power Company. and that their
conduct indicated that they had been
seen"
Members of council won't apologize.
They are much aroused over the charges
and have announced that they will seek
TO impeach Turner He is certain to
undergo gruelling cross examination,
for no member of council has shown
disposition to defend him.
The members Of the electric lights
committee were anxious to go into the
investigation yesterday afternoon, but
the city electrician could not be found.
Council then voted to meet as q com
mittee Of tho whole this afternoon, and
the marshal was instructed TO have
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24

Colonel Nash has been connected with
the state military for twenty odd years
and is one Of the best known and most
popular men in Georgia. He is now Il
member of the governors staff.
General Obear has served about the
same period of time, and has a long
record of efficiency.
The impending change may affect the
two military clerks now serving in the
adjutant generals office, Captain Eu
banks and Captain Cochran, because
they were placed in their present po-
sitions when the office of quartermaster
general practically was suspended by
Governor Smiths executive order com
bining 1t with the adjutant generaIship
and the salary formerly paid the quar-
termaster was divided between the two
clerks.
If the Office Of quartermaster Is re-
vived and General Obear accepts it. it
may displace entirely Captains Eu-
banks and Cochran, both Of whom live
in Atlanta and have been in the mill
tary service Of the state for years.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
Governor Smith
Combined Offices.

Governor Smith, by executive order
had previously combined the Office OF
adjutant general and quartermaster
general and placed General Obear in
charge. relieving the then adjutant gen
eral, a. j. Scott.
When the Legislature passed an act
last summer combining the two offices.
the present governor vetoed 1t. And
today ii became apparent in the an
nouncement that General Obear was to
be offered his former position, some
thing of the idea the governor had in
mind when he killed the act.
General Obear has been informed Of
the impending change and proposal with
respect to himself, but declines to say
what he will do.
Colonel Nash and Governor Brown
have been close friends for many years
and it long has been an open secret in
Georgia military circles that NASH
might have been adjutant general long
ago had he asked for the position
General Obear was appointed on Au-.
gust Z. 1911. The position carries with
it the title of brigadier general and
chief OF STAFF to the governor, and pay
1000 per year salary,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
Declares He Did Mot Infer
Grating Reiterates Charge
Of Undue Influence"
ACCUSED BODY CONVENES
MEETING TO ARRAlGN HIM
Electrician Asserts He Is Will
ing to Face Men Who Have
Branded Him Liar"

Facing an investigation and possibly
impeachment by the general council,
City Electrician r. c. Turner today de-
family declared thar several members
OF council owed him an apology fol-
calling him a liar.
They should have asked me to ex-
plain what 1 meant by my communica-
ton to council before jumping up and
denouncing me-" he said
II did not mean that they had been
grating when I said that they had
been seen
Il did mean that undue influence had
been brought TO hea1. ON ihenl
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24

CAS- natter of fact. l think several
members of the committee are disqual-
flied to serve on it. While [ did not
call any Names in my communication,
the affiliations of some Of the members
of the committee with the Georgia Rail
way and Power Company are obvious,
1.-THE brother OF Alderman John S.
Gambler is.one Of the directors. s,s
"a number of the directors were ac-
tive in behalf of Aldine Chambers for
mayor He naturally feels under obli-
cations to them,
81. c. Rushin, Of the Atlanta Gas
Light Company, subsidiary company,
was one of the principal supporters Of
Orville H. Hall for council
Councilman Claude c. Mason has al
ways been opposed to me. He had the
regulation of gas put under the city
smoke inspector to keep me from hay
ing ANYTHING to do with It,"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
ALLEGED EMBEZZLER
RETURNED TO ATLANTA

j. d. Adams former bookkeeper for
the Dougherty Little Redwine Compa-
NY recently indicted by the Fulton
grand jury on three counts charging
larceny after trust, was brought to At
lanta today from Sibley, Texas by Dep
uty Sheriff Plennie Miner. Adams is
charged with having embezzled some
$3.50 Of the company's funds.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
CHILDREN, 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 Schubnell, aged five
and seven, were sending letters up the
chimney TO Santa Claus, when they
set fire 70 the baby buggy containing
their eleven mouths-old sister
The buggy was consumed and the
infant burned TO q criap
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
BLEASE PARDONS 70,
INCLUDING SLAYERS,
ON CHRISTMAS EVE

COLUMBIA, s. c., Dec. 24.-Govern-
or Blease today gave Christmas pres
ents in the nature Of pardons or paroles
to 70 inmates Of the state penitentiary
and today the free men are pouring
through the doors of the prison.
The crimes against the men range
all the way from first degree murder
down to minor offenses.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
coAsT Line CHANGES.

SAVANNAH, GA. Dec 90. n
Waring, superintendent of the Atlantic
Coast Line AT Florence, S. c., has been
appointed engineer of roadway. with
Offices at Savannah, succeeding r. :
Tutwiler, who has been assigned {,
special duty. The change becomes Of
fective January 1.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
INMATE OF PO0RHOUSE
GETS 100000 FORTUNE

MIDDLETOWN, n. Y, Dec. 24-Word
believed by the authorities to be anthem
tic has come to Charles Drake, an In
mate OF the county poorhouse, that rel
alive has left him an estate valued at
nearly half million dollars. Drake. who
is sc years old, has been p county dc
pendent for FIVE wears.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
Lovely Day. Official
Forecast for Xmas

Lapslng into the language of .
the common people, the weather .
man declared that Atlanta will .
" nave a lovely day" tomorrow. 1t .
. IS not often that the weather man Q
= speaks thus. Usually he talks of .
highs and lows" and climatic .
and meteorological conditions .
Tomorrow will be even lovelier .
. than today, he declares He ex- .
. plains this promise by the fact .
. that the smoke of the factory dis .
. trict will be cut off, and the skies .
. will be clear enough to inspire .
. poets to Rhapsody. 1t will be no .
. colder than today. .
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
KING" MoURNs BRIDE.

POUGHKEEPSIE ~ Y, Dec. "a
stephen Scott the vinegar king" to-
day is disconsolate over the continued
absence Of his nineteen year-old bride
rrhou be- married last summer
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
S4,9S4 ON DRUNKEN MAN
SHOCK FOR POLICEMAN

JERSEY CITY y. j., Dec. 24.--Pa-
trolman Fayer almost died Of shock
when he discovered S4,8s4 on the per-
son Of David O'Keefe, retired butcher.
whom he found lying IN stupOr and
VINO is in jail charged with intoXica-
ton.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
THE WEATHER

Forecast: Fair tonight and Wed
resday. Temperatures: 8 a. M, "a
degrees; 10 a. M, sc degrees; IL noon,
10 degrees; p. M, 43 degrees.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
Declares McClelland
Owes Him Apology.

ing anything to do with
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24

Continued on Page Two.
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-05-18
SWOLLEN SO BAD
LIFE A BURDEN
That Is What Lady In
Craig Told Her Friend,
Who Finally Helped
Her to Obtain
Relief.

| Craig Nebr Mrs Annie Dye, Of this
place, says Z suffered With womdnlT
troubles as only those w DO have such
troubee can know
Il had backache and bearing down
pains, and my body and limbs became
SO swollen that it vas only with great
df1culty could get up on my feet
Life had become almost a burden for
/ me when friend recommended Cardui
the Womans tonic
y began to take Cardui, and within
short time there vas very great i'm
provement
I continued its use and the swelling
left my limbs Now feel like a differ
ent person. ! am FITS four years old
and feel as ver as any one Of my age
"Cardui has carried me through some
very serious ailments, without the aid
of a doctor would not like to be
without it in the house
Cardui is the ideal tonic remedy for
women. Its ingredients are especially
adapted for women's needs Ii relieves
pain, helps weakness nervousness,
dragging sensations headache, back
ache and similar symptoms Of female
trouble
Being vegetable remedy. Cardui has
no i'll effects. Cardui acts In a natural
way. and is adapted for the use Of both
Young and old
Get bottle today
\ Write to Ladies Advisor, pept
4 Tenn for Special Instructions and 81
4 nage book Home Treatment for Wom
en- sent IN plain wrapper, on request
Imperial Valley press., 1912-01-09
LEADERS FAVOR COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-Most of the
labor leaders here today for the coun-
Gil meeting of the American Federation
of Labor, which was commenced yes
terday, look with favor upon the plar
for labor commission" to investi-
gate the conditions under which the
working men of America are employed
provided it is properly organized.
President Taft was urged to create
such commission by number of So
cial workers, who used the Mcnamara
case as an Illustration of what might
be expected if labor conditions are not
improved
Rabbi Stephen S. Wise of New York
is a leader in the movement.
I'VE have yet to solve the problem
of democracy in its industrial rela-
tions," declared the rabbi, "and we
must solve them along democratic
lines. The laborer sees the club of
the officer. the bayonet of the soldier,
always directed against him when the
rights of property are involved, but he
believes that the head of the law,
strong to smite in defense of property
against labor, often drops listless
whenever measures are proposed to
tighten labor's heavy load"
Associated with Rabbi Wise in the
movement are Jane Adams of Hull
House, Chicago; Louis ID. Brandeis
Lyman Abbott, Prof, Irving Fisher OF
Yale, George Foster Peabody, Edward
r. A. Seligman and others.