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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-20
FOOD PRICES
HERE JUMP
IN MONTH
Federal Bulletin Also Shows Enor-
nous Advance in Cost From
Decade of 1890 to 1900.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2O-The
figures compiled by the experts of the
Department of Labor on the prices of
food on June Il last, compared with
prices on the same day a month
earlier and again with prices on the
same day the year before. contain
some instances of interesting ad-
vances in the cost of food in At
lanta.
Several days ago the Department
of Labor issued a statement that the
cost of living in the United States
on June Is last was approximately
so per cent higher than the average
between 1890 and 1900; more than 3
per cent higher than it was a year
ago, and nearly IS per cent higher
than it was two years ago.
The statement was based on a
complete bulletin, then in the print
ing office. The details for cities
were not given at the time. but they
have since become available. The
report gives quotations on the same
article, Of from one to a dozen deal
ers. The prices asked by the deal
ers, and the amount of increase or
decrease in their quotations from one
date to another, differ materially.
Some Advances in Atlanta.
Some of the most marked advances
in price in Atlanta. over the 30-day
period from May Is to June IS of
this year, are as follows;
Rib roast advanced from 20 to
p IL cents pound.
Chuck roast from IS to II 1-2
cents pound.
Pork chops from 20 to 25 cents
pound.
Bacon from 80 to IS cents a
pound.
Leg of lamb from 20 to % 1-2
cents pound.
Hens, live, from tS to 20 cents
pound.
Eggs from % t-2 to 80 cents a
dozen.
Potatoes from 30 to so cents a
peck.
A more complete list, showing sam
pie prices quoted by Atlanta retail
Continued on Page 2, Column 5.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-20
Girl Brought $4,000
Miles To Be Witness

FORT SMITH. ARK. Sept. 20.-On
the last lap Of an $4,000 mile journey.
Thomas V. ODonnelI. a Chicago at
torney, left here for that city with
Miss NJ e. Purcell. of Sydney. Aus
tralia, who, according to O'Donneli.
is expected to prove that a will dis
posing of $4,000 estate is fraud.
O'Donnell stated the deceased was
a former bachelor who gave his en-
tire estate to a stranger. and that
eighteen relatives were cut off with
nothing.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-20
Amazing Cancer Cure
Reported in England

Special Gable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON. Sept. 2O.-Remarkable
success in the treatment of cancer
by radlum is reported from Middle
sex Hospital In several cases the
generous growth disappeared en-
tirely.
Tho treatment consisted of en-
bedding in the growth a platinum
tube containing a small quantity OF
radium and leaving it there y TO "A
hours. As IA result, the cancer be
gan to shrink, disappearing within
"a few weeks.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-20
Man to
Try Oversee Flight

SAVANNAH, Sept. 2O.-Captain
Matthew A. Batson, u. S. A, retired,
announced to-day that his great
hydro aeroplane in which he ex-
poets to cross the Atlantic would be
complete in the next few days and
launched by October /.
The giant air and water craft will
receive its first tryout as a boat on
the waters about Dutch Island. Cap
tain Batson stated he would not at
tempt flight until he had expri-
mented for at least month on water.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-20
Jeferson'S Face
Goes on Post Cards

WASHINGTON. Sept 2O,-Post-
master General Burleson to-day ap-
proved the final design of the head
of Thomas jefferson which is to be
printed on postal cards. The patron
saint of the Democracy is represent
ed in profile, CARRIED in the fashion
Of his day.
The new postal cards will be print
ed In pale green ink, to conform to
the recommendation of the Universal
Postal Union. They will soon re-
place the Mckinley cards.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-20
Wife of Schmidt
Dentist Friend Found

Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Sept 20.-Nera Harris, the
young girl who is believed by the police
to be married to Or Ernst Nuret. the
New ork criminal involved with Hans
schmidt, the renegate churohman was
found to-day. employed in the dress
making department OF a big West End
store.
81 believe l had narrow escape from
the same fate as Anna AumWIer. said
the girl II fear Or Aluret and avn
afraid to say awning asainst hIm-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-20
I'NAUGHT0NS LIFE IN GOVERNORS HAND
RIGHT DEMANDS REMOVAL OF SOLICITOR ROSS
Two Detectives Busy
Picking UpLost Time

Finding time to make people hap
py' is the official duty now Of De
tectives Starnes and Campbell. who
were Solicitor Dorsey's right-hand
aides in the investigation of the Mary
Phagan murder.
They are recovering watches lost
by and stolen from citizens and
strangers in the city, and have re-
stored AZ since the conclusion Of the
Frank trial Some Of the watches
found have been missing as long as
two and three years.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-20
Police Magazine to
Advertise Atlanta

Atlanta and the police department. are
TO be widely advertised in the United
States and in foreign countries in = spe-
cial edition Of The Detective magazine
to be issued IN December under au-
spices Of the Police Relief Associa
tion
A. n. Dunlap. Of Chicago. general
representative of the magazine, is now
in the city, getting ma terial for the
big edition. Photographs Of all mem
bers Of the police force and special sto-
ries ny chief James L. Beavers and
other officials Will be features
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-20
Europe Laughing at
Bryan, Asserts Gary

NEW YORK, Sept. 2O.-Judge FL
bert II. Gary, chairman of the board
Of directors of the United States
Steel Corporation, on his return from
Europe said:
All Europe is talking about Sec
rotary Bryan's circus stunt and
laughing at the numerous cartoons
published in their papers. He is so
much in the news that l did not hear
President Wilson mentioned very
much.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-20
Burglars, Surprised,
Drop Loot and Flee

Three negro burglars were sur
prised robbing w. f. Matthews dry
goods store, No. SO Highland avenue,
al o'clock Saturday morning. but
escaped, when neighbors gave chase
The negroes had filed three tin
tubs with dry goods. shoes and other
stock. They dropped these and fled
down an alley.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-20

Many bankers having asked The
Sunday American to explain how
the new reserve banks will handle
their daily business. Senator owen
has consented to write for this
journal a special article covering
the whole ground.
Senator owen was banker be
fore he became a legislator. and
his description Of the practical
working of the new system will
interest every banker in the coun-
try.
1t is proposed to print the arti-
Gle in The Sunday American.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-20
Duke of Manchester
Escapes 'Shylocks'
Special Gable % The Atlanta Georgian.

Special Gable % The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON. Sept. 2U.-The Duke of
Manchester has escaped the tolls Of
the money lenders and their bank
ruptgy petitions When his case came
before the registrar in bankruptcy to-
DAY it was announced that II had
been settled.
Eugene Zimmerman. tn, American
fftueT-in-lsW of the Duke came for
ward d, the last moment and settled
the bake pres sing debts.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-20
IMMORTALITY

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING
10 LIVE FoREVER7-Sr oliver Lodge Tells
YOU Row Science Is Proving Our Immortality.
run Text Of the Great Scientists Address That
mas Set All the World Thinking in the Next
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19

may now be sent down to the shops in safety
to match bit of silk or velvet They are
pretty apt to be successful at the matching.
Most of the buyers and head statesmen in the
silk departments of the large shops are men.
Most Of the large foreign dressmaking estab-
lshments have man at the head. Men have
keener perception of color than many women
believe. Although usually disliking brilliant
tints for themselves, they ara quite aware Of
their charms on the fairer sex and are fully
able to choose harmonizing colors. Today in
the matching corners of the big shops men are
much in evidence. They no longer enter tim
idly and hesitate about choosing colors. Now
they approach the matching corner with conf
dence, laden with the rolls of silk and
choose the correct color as correctly and nearly
always much more rapidly than a woman.
One thing good about the men silk match
ers," said the head of big silk department,
+" they arc willing to take advice If they are
not sure about the match of pieces of silk they
will ask the expert in charge. Then they will
follow the advice given. Women do not like
to take advice They feel that they know bet
ter themselves. Give them expert advice and
they are just as liable to choose the other
color. We cannot compel customers to match
silks correctly. We can just give them our
advice"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19

chiffon or lace than to put two pieces of silk
together that do not harmonic perfectly. The
unharmonized silk or trimming is the mark of
the amateur dressmaker. The professional
dressmaker, if shes cannot find two pieces of
material that blend perfectly, abandons one of
them and chooses lace for trimming.
Color varies with texture. A thin piece of
silk of the identical dye as heavy piece looks
lighter. This, too, must be taken into consid-
Grafton when matching. It is difficult to match
two pieces of silk, especially if one is plain
silk and the other brocade. These may be
combined however even if the shades are not
the same, If the tone value is identical. 1t is
best under these circumstances to select the
fancy silk in the darker shade, for it brings
out the brocade or figure when this is done and
adds richness to the finished frock
Even If gown is to be worn exclusively as
an evening frock every bit of the matching of
the colors must be done at the matching cor
be inhamonious. Colors that seem to blend
perfectly under artificial light will be conflict
ing messes of color under natural light at the
matching window. The woman who says, o.
no one will ever see this except at night
don't care If it doesn't match in the daytime"
is doing herself an injustice She is buying a
gown that will look wrong to every one, even
If it is hard to distinguish at the first glance
just what is wrong with it. =" Go to the day.
light" That is the one big secret for the silk
,oo tehar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19

AS soon as the door Of the ferret cage II
opened the little animal scurries into the
conduit after the rat, while the line is paid
out grudgngly behind him. At the end OF the
line he is brought to stop, but Mr.. Rat goes
on. This line Is used to pull a stronger ono
through which In turn draws the big cable.
BY himseR neither the rat nor the ferret
would go through the conduit, but would
stop in the darkest spot.
A man who makes his living by catching
rats alive should certainly have some idea Of
how to prevent them from overrunning
building Although he considers the mat
ter from an entirely different angle than ths
scientists who deal with the bubonac plague.
his remedy is much the same: 1t consists In
the two principles of free use of concrete IN
foundation building material and absolute
cleanliness about the premises.
Somewhere near the beginning of this artt-
Gle there is mention of an emergency medicine
kit Its presence in the rat catcher's satchel
goes to show that the business Of hunting In
the darloened skyscrapers Is not SO unexciting
and easy as might be imagined. Wholly
aside from the skillful use of the hands and
feet and light and the keen insight into the
games habits, there Is an element of real
danger. A rat sometimes fights back. and II
he bites he poisone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19
Black Hardest Color TO Match.

Have you ever tried to match black silk?
Did you have any trouble over it?
That is not foolish question. For, accord
ing to Samuel Fournier, silk and color
pert black is one of the hardest of all "col-
ors Z" to match
There are two kinds of black silk materials.
Yarn dyed silk is silk in which the thread is
dyed before it is made up into cloth. Piece
dyed silk is dyed after the cloth has been
woven. An expert tell at glance wheth-
er or not piece of black silk is yarn dyed or
piece dyed. The yarn dyed is the far easier to
match.
Besides this difference there is difference
in color. No black silk is really black. A
piece of silk may seem black to the casual OBJ
server. 1t may be called black. But it really
isn't black at all. 1t is dark brown or dark
blue or dark red OF course, it is so dark that
it gives an appearance of being absolutely
black. But there is no such thing as an abso-
lutte black in silk in any dress material
Matching black goods is difficult, therefore,
because one must be able to tell whether the
black has more brown, red, or blue in it and
match it to piece of black goods containing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19
Poison Works Quickly.

"Once in department store" said Dor
ney, Il found that the rats were holding
their midnight dinner party under the plumb
ing of the coffee urns. There they were.
lined up on shelf and facing me- Each
one was hunched up in such tight ball that
couldn't get q grip on him. The plumbing
made them hard to reach, and kept my
light on them too long. They got their eye
sight and began to jump for my face.
ducked them, and they ran down my back
on to the floor and scampered back into their
holes.
a. A few of them have been too quick for
me. See those scars on the back of my handf
The poison works into the system pretty
quickly unless the medicine kit is handy.
Men are just as big towards about rats as
women. I have had helpers who got
nerves and cold feet and sometimes de-
serted me-
Dorney himself is an athlete who spends
his spare time in boxing and wrestling. He
has been in the peculiar business thirty
years-ever since he was old enough to be .
helper to his father.
DO you know" he said. g like the busi-
ness. in spite Of the fact that strangers are
inclined to smile when I tell them I'm rat
catcher. Besides. 1T pays pretty good
money
Dorney owns considerable property in hiS
neighborhood and is called rich
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19
The Ferret Is a BLufer.

SO far as the dog and cat are concerned the
professional hunter of rodents will speak
more highly of the noisy activity OF the ter
rier than of the all night vigil of Tabby at a
hole while equally as good game plays about
her And the famous ferret is pretty much
of buffer also, as it takes only two victims
TO gorge him, and after that he sleeps like a
boa. constructor for days. Furthe rmore, Mr..
Ferret cannot climb wall and Mr.. Rat can.
A famous club of millionares has cafe or
the seventeenth floor of an office building.
The steward had tried everything from poi
son to traps and ferrets, but the rats remained
with him. Then the rat catcher was called in.
He wholly ignored the cafe, much to the
STEWARDS disgust. and spent his night in the
warm, moist kitchen, which is located in the
basement And the rats disappeared.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19
Blue the Most Deceiping Color.

The woman who sends her husband down to
match difficult shade of silk need not worry
over his selection. He is quite as likely, even
more likely, if we are to believe those in au-
thority to bring home an exact match than
woman might have been.
Matching colors is an art. Before one can
sell silk pose as a color expert there is
system of matching that must be learned. A
person who has poor eye for color cannot
learn 1t.
The first and foremost principle in matching
silk is to get good light, a strong, natural
daylight, on the silk. That is why the match
ing corner is so important.
Artificial light should never be used to
match silks of any kind. Even silks that are
to be worn for evenings only should be matched
under strong daylight. This is the first and
most important rule that should be learned
and remembered by the hatcher of silks.
Nearly every color is affected by artificial
light Some coors seem darker, others seem
lighter. But the great trouble is that some
colors change their entire tone and character.
Under artificial light they are altered so that
they look like entirely different colors and
shades.
Blue is the most deceiving color to match.
Women who think that matching a piece of
ordinary blue silk is an easy matter should
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19
By RAY L. FRAZER.

~HIS reads like fiction but is hard, cold
fact with a clink of coin thrown in as
a motive.
Thirty minutes after the legal clos
ing hour the night watchman of the
Rex cafe stealthily opened the side door a
little distance and admitted two men. The
smaller one carried bag over his shoulder
and a satchel in his hand. The large man
carried some long steel instrument in one
hand and in the other dark lantern. Neither
of the men made any sound when he walked
They spoke to the night watchman in whis-
pers and required him to take off his shoes.
During this operation ray of light from
the dark lantern shone on the feet of the
two intruders. They were clad in golf stock
ngs, which were pulled up over the trousers
legs.
The three men then began a series OF mys.
terious explorations They walked past the
steel safe which held the cafe silverware
and gave it not so much as a sidelong glance
They stopped behind the big cash register,
but instead of examining 1t or the safe be-
mind it they flashed their light under them
From this point they worked their way
around the walls of the room stopping
and then at a corner to place card on end
or balance a toothpicl1 against the wall.
Eventually they made their way to the
kitchen.
Here they repeated much of the same per-
formance that had been watched by the night
guardian in the larger room. When they
threw open a door leading down into the
basement the night watchman hung back.
The big man said something in whisper and
the three gathered around one of the tables.
The lantern and the satche were set upon
the table and little glmmer of light shone
on the big mans hands as he extracted from
the satchel what appeared to be a piece Of
rope and a bottle He cautiously sallowed
three or four drops Of a liquid to fall from
the bottle onto the rope Then he walked
to the basement door and dragged the rope
across the floor to table leg. touched the
table leg with it, and laid it on the table.
The lantern was then closed and the three
men stepped back several PAGES and were
silent. They waited patiently for possibly
a minute. A light scratching sound reward
ed them. Suddenly the lantern flashed on
full glare across the table top. The beam of
light paused in the center of the table for
just second and then went out Instantly
the big man moved two or three steps closer
to the table. He turned on the glare of light
again. In that instant the steel instrument
he carried shot out before him and proved to
be pair of long armed steel nippers They
snapped shut.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19

By that time the small mans sack was full
How many did you count?" " asked the
big man.
Ninety" the night watchman answered.
Same here. Well. good night. We've
got some more work to do over at the Bull
lion Cafe"
The two men went out the way they had
come and the night watchman turned on a
number of electric lights to rid himself of
a creeping sensation in the region of his
spine.
For that two hours work the two men
with the queer tools were paid more than
plumber would get for days labor. In
addition each of those ninety pieces of
plunder were worth 20 cents to them on the
market Until dawn they went from cafe to
cafe, to hotels, candy factories and canning
establishments.
The game they hunted in the big downtown
buildings and so carefully took home with
them In bags consisted OF live rats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19
The Complete Outfit Except
Medical Bag.

from his retreat by means of the calf 8 tall
Cor bacon strip and the anise seed oil.
Sober minded people who go home from
their downtown offices at an early hour can
not appreciate the possibilities of this kind
of pot hunting. Some few of the night owls
who haunt the shadows of the skyscrapers
until the morning papers are on the street
tell weird stories of seeing droves of husky
rodents gallop across the pavement and into
some building. These tales are usually cred
tied to confused vision and ridiculed. But
the rat catcher can prove that what they say
is true in nearly every large city, and par
ticularly in those which have water front.
One would think that In this age of num-
berless rat traps and countless poisons
the rat catcher would find little demand for
his labor But as matter Of fact the few
men who follow this business find that every
working hour is fully occupied They will
cite scientific authorities, also. to prove that
poisons and traps are of very little value
when large numbers of rodents are to be
exterminated. One rat may be foolish enough
to taste the poison. but in five minutes the
whole colony will know of his misfortune.
let him drop dead in his tracks, and never
go near him. Another may find his way into
cage trap, regardless of the scent of the
human hand upon it, but all his relatives will
hear his lamentaton and remain away. An
other may step in spring trap. but his can
nibalistic brethren will remove hinl-in
pieces-and steer clear of the danger them
selves Nor does any member of a rat col
ony die from sickness or old age
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19
Men Can Match Colors!

1t is simple, after all, the matching corner,
Just couple of big windows and a clear, bril-
liant west light. But it makes more difference
than the average person imagines.
Matching colors correctly is difficult. Not
every one can do it. One must have :" an eye
for color to be able to match two delicate
pieces of silk so that there is harmony in the
result Sometimes it is gift. There are peo-
pie who can never learn it.
Men can match colors
That is a discovery that women are just
making. 1t is an especially joyful discovery,
for it shows a new use for husbands They
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19
Rat Caught wih Tongs While
Bewildered by Light.

ant, Walter Wellbaum, OF Chicago. and Rich
ard Toner of New York. They stalk their
game in the midnight hours among the sky
scrapers and catch each animal alive and
unhurt.
Tools for this trade consist of the stock
ings, the bag, the dark lantern, the nppers
or tongs. a medicine kit. bottle of anise
seed oil, a piece of bacon, and possibly a
calf's tail. The stockings serve the double
purpose of preserving silence and preventing
the pursued from finding sanctuary up
trouser leg. BY the intermittent flashing of
the light the hunter temporarily blinds the
game until he seize it with his nippers.
And the seamless bag is so constructed that
the sharp teeth of the rodent find it difficult
to gnaw upon. So familiar are these men
with the runways hiding and nesting places
of Mus decumanus that only in the rarest
cases is it necessary for them to lure him
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19

works and then by the people who buy his
wares at 20 cents e head.
Naturally the uninitlatedwll want to know
who In the world purchases live rats.
1t was once the custom to sell them to
sporting men, who held rat killing con-
tests in which the dog that slew the greatest
number was awarded the prize, and many
men made and lost fortunes in wagers. But
humane societies and anti-gambling laws
have put an end to much of this revenue. In
the present day of nth power civilization the
rat catcher finds profitable market at the
hospitals. where blood tests and tubercular
serums are tried out on his wares 1t Is
possible also that many Of the animals find
their way into g beaver skin hats. although