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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-04
BulgarKing
Reported Ill

BUCHAREST. Feb. A sensational
report to the effect that Gar Ferdi-
nand of Bulgaria, is seriously ill was
telegraphed here today from Sofia. Fer
dinand is said to have contracted a
heavy cold while inspecting the Bull
garian lines about Adrianople and fever
followed He is unable to conduct at
fairs of state
According to the Sofia dispatch, the
Bulgarian king gives his physician
much anxiety by insisting upon taking
the field. News of his illness is not
generally known in Sofia.
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LONDON. Feb. 4.--Whiie 400 heavy
n..atsd Bulgarian guns roared death
and destruction upon Adrianople today,
.a. Balkan allies were beginning the
biggest t.oop movement since the
ranoo-Pgus>la war.
DISPATCHES from Belgrade and Sofa
stated that the powers had decided TO
allow The allies to occupy Constantine
pie if they would not cross the Bos-
..,.9s and ca.ry the war into Asia.
Within As hours probably an army of
100000 BuIgars. Servians and Greeks
will ba pressing toward the Chatalja
tors guarding the Turkish capitol.
Teeagams from the war theater
stated that the Bulgarian cannonade Of
Adrianople. which began last night, was
kept up until nearly midnight, when it
.acnened. With the first streak of
lawn today it was renewed with the
almost yigor. Big siege guns, which
had been pushed as close as possible 70
,ae outlying works, belched q continu
Gus stream of fame upon the Turkish
detclses
After q five hour bombardment the
low the foreign consuIs and non-com'
Datauts to leave Adrianople. Later il
was resumed. The eastern section Of
the city was set on fire by the Bull
sarian shells and dense clouds of smoke
could be seen pouring upward from the
heights upon which the besieged bat
teres We're masked.
Guns Flashed in Night.
y Sofia telegram, received here at
noon, gave some details of the renewal
Of hostilities at Adrianople.
Darkness had fallen on Monday night
and lights were twinllling in the army
camps when suddenly the thin shaft of
a Searchight flashed into the sky. It
swung in wide arc three times and
then disappeared. Within less than a
minute a flash of flame lighted up the
Sky on an eminence about two miles
east Of Fort Yildiz followed a moment
after with d terrific roar as a Bulgarian
battery began action.
Almost before the echoes had died
away the batteries lying along the
MARTHA river on the west and south of
Adranople were booming. The heav-
est commandment was upon the eastern
lle OF the city. The Turkish forts Of
BASIN Faki, Kavas. Jevizlik. Yildiz,
hOHlanIk and KaVaiik we're Subjected
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$4,000 SHORTAGE IN
CHAMBERS COUNTY, ALA.

MONTGOMERY, ALA, Feb. "A re-
port has been filed with Circuit Judge
Samuel E. Brewer by Associate Exam
liner Brooke involving shortage of more
than $4,000 against a former official of
Chambers county
Governor O'Eeal has a copy Of the re-
port, but says that If dfvulged 1t should
come from Judge Brewer, as copies OF
county reports are filed with the execu-
tive only by courtesy. Judge Brewer re-
sides at Tuskegee
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nearly all the outlying Notifications
were in action.
Guns Fail to Reach Aviator.

nearly all the outlying fortiflcations
were in action.
Guns Fail to Reach Aviator.
During the early morning Bulga-
rian aeroplane darted into the sky from
a point south of Mustafa Pasha, the
Headquarters of the Bulgar forces be-
sieging Adrianople. The Turks brought
their long range guns into action, but
the aviator did not venture within
range of the shells.
1t now develops that the quarrel
between Bulgaria and Servia was more
or less of bluff to blind the eyes Of
Turkey and the covetous powers as to
the real strength Of the accord existing
among the Balkan states. The Servian
and Bulgarian generals in the field are
acting in unison and without friction,
so far as present dispatches are con-
cerned.
Constantinople dispatches stated that
no bombardment was heard in the d.
rection of Chatalja.
The Turks have become resigned to
resumption of the war. Our only hope
now lies with Allah" was the express
sion used in Constantinople news
paper today, and it seemed to voice the
sentiment of most of the Turkish peo-
pie
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FAILED GROCER'S ASSETS
GREATER THAN HIS DEBTS

Benjamin Franklin Mccoy, an At
lanta grocer, today filed voluntary
petition iu bankruptcy in the bank
ruptcy division of tho United States
district court
His liabilities consisting mostly OF
small amounts due Atlanta firms. 1rr
given as SO-5. tud bits assets. m.uU
ing eW .-U.. Huo open accounts 3s
tltSn
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Montenegrins
Occupy Scutari

THE HAGUE, Feb. 4.-Tho Cettiujc
correspondent Of the newspaper News
Nandcndad tolegraphed today that
Montengrins had occupied Scutari.
Scutari was the HIst Turkish city
placed under siege when the Balkan
war broll. out last october aud since
then has been violently defended
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ELKs DANCE TONIGHT.

Atlanta lodge No. rs, Benevolent Pro
tective Order of Ellls will hold their
semi monthly dance at their BAH room
tonight, beginning at $50 Lady friends
are cordially invited TO be present.
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NOOEDFOR Cain,
SAYS COUNTESS
Beautiful Spanish Widow Sues
American, Asserting That He
Abused Her Confidence.

PARIS. Feb. al. DeGuerin. a for
mer citizen Of New York. born in Mon
ueal and long a resident of Paris, is
being sued today by Madame Juana
Lioyeras Countess DeRoss, for abuse Of
confidence and embezzlement. De-
Guerin is a physician and lawyer a
municipal counsel and a knight of the
Legion of Honor.
Upon coming to France a score Of
years ago he took the title Marquis,
claiming it was his family right
He lives in good style at No. 800
Avenue Deschamps Elysees, in the
same house as Gordon Bennett.
Three years ago he was reported en-
gagged to Countess SpotsWood- Macllin,
but the engagement was broken off be-
cause he had doubts about her fortune
and she about his title.
Courts Spanish Widow.
In the winte,' of 1912 Countess De-
Rosa, a beautiful Spanish widow, met
Guerin. who told her his life was mel
anchoIy and his tireside deserted. He
proposed they unite their widowed eN-
istence. They became engaged. Gueflh'
having parliamentary aspirations, trlea
to hasten the marriage. He told ms
hancee she should buy property in the
department which he hoped to repre-
sent in the chamber Of deputies.
His fancee advanced $4,000 to buy
property. and as the villa needed re-
pairs three further sums were ad-
vanced by the languishing widow. She
claims these sums varied from $500 to
$1,000
Postponed Wedding.
The date Of the wedding was fixed
and invitations sent out On the eve OF
the great day Guerin postponed the
ceremony. The countess. having prop
erty in Buenos Ayres, was suddenly
called there, so Marquis DeGuerin
agreed to follow and marry her there.
Having given this promise, he demand
ed and got So 900 more. also $4,000 more
to insure his election, but he wasn't
elected. He bought property in his own
name with the countess money, she
claims. and also that he didn't so to
South America to marry her. The
countess also claims the gay Lothar1o
sold her by legal Vancouver her own
chateau for 1000. She said: Il am a
victim OF enlightenment committed in
relation to marriage" Guerin makes q
general denial of the hard impeachment
which Judge Kaster will decide.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-08-01
INDIGESTION AND SIN TWINS
Much Of Drunkenness Is Duo
to Stomach Trouble.

London.-'A great deal OF the
drunkenness and sin of the world is
due to Indigestion. and therefore.
have yet to meet fruitarian who is a
drunkard." said DR.. Josiah Oldfeld.
the famous vegetarian. in lecture on
diet and Dyspepsia at the Hall OF
the Order OF the Golden Age. Bromp-
ton-road.
In the olden days II the judge were
In bad temper owing to the state OF
his digestion the poor prisoner was
hanged. Many battles had been lost
owing to the bad digestion of the com
mander. he added. and the answer to
the question whether life Is worth
living was 1T depends on the liver"
great many people took to drink
continued the speaker. not because
they wanted 1t, but owing to the con-
dition of their stomach, which craved
for something to drown Its care. In
digestion was largely nerve disease.
and the nerves were often the cause
Of the trouble. The pain OF indiges-
tion was not a primary sign. and when
that happened the trouble was well
advanced and the patient In the way
for gastric trouble.
DR.. Oldfield suggested pint and a
half as the inclusive amount OF liquid
to be taken during day.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-08-01
BOYS BROKEN NECK HEALS
Youth Who Suffered Spinal Fracture
in Chicago Retovers In West
Virginia Hospital.

Wheeling. w. Va.-Complete recov.
cry from broken neck is the rare ex.
perience that has fallen to George III
Arbenz. twenty years old, son of John
p. Arbenz, prominent Wheeling attor.
ney. who sustained fracture of the
fifth spinal yertebrae in an automobile
accident in Chicago several weeks ago
He was rushed to a hospital, but the
attending physician pronounce the
case hopeless. Undeterred, his father.
who had hurried to Chicago, ordered
him removed to Wheeling, although
physicians declared that he would not
survive the trip.
But young Arbenz lived through the
trip. For weeks he lay in the North
Wheeling hospital his head, neck and
back rigidly encased in a plaster cast
At the end of six weeks he had SO far
recovered that 1t was deemed safe to
remove the plaster cast. By that time
the paralysis which had afflicted al.
most the entire body was gone Since
then the young man has been out ev.
cry day, enjoying excellent health and
feeling no Ill effects from his expert.
ence.
Members of the Wheeling medical
fraternity declare the case to be one
of the seven wonders" of the surgical
world.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-08-01
Blowing Out Candle.

liar to that into which we blew The
result is that the compressed air. di-
rectly the pressure is removed, rushes
out and blowe upon the fame. 1t is
well to use small candle. as II we
have large candle with big flame
the pressure may not be sufficient to
extinguish the flame. II we perform
the trick in front of a number of spec
tators we must not let them see us
blow into the bottle. This part of the
performance can be done outside the
room. and we can bring the bottle in
with our thumb over the opening.
keeping it there till the moment when
we want to release the air. This can
be done in such way as not to at
tract notice.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-08-01
METALS DEARER THAN GOLD
Iridium, for Instance, Is Three Times
as ExpensIve-Osmlum Is Dearer
and Heavier.

Gold is generally looked on as the
last word in costliness, but. as a mat
ter of fact, there are more metals
dearer than gold than there are cheap
er. The number of known metals is
about seventy.
Iridium. for instance. of which big
find was made the other day in Aus
tria, is three times as expensive as
gold. Gold is worth nearly $40 an
ounce. Iridium is worth some $62.
though the price will probably come
down now.
Osmium is another metal much
dearer than gold. 1t costs about $50 an
ounce. 1t is by far the heaviest of all
known substances. being more than %
times as heavy as water. II pennies
were made of osmium 1t would tax
ones strength to carry the change of
half dollar. This metal has the Pc
culiar property of being able to stand
without melting the most intense heat
known.
Palladium. about $40 an ounce. is
just the reverse. 1t is quite easy to
make palladium vanish in steam. Be-
ing of a white, silvery color. and un-
tarnishable, it is used for the division
marks on scales and delicate scientific
instruments.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-08-01
THOUSANDS OF DRAGON FLIES
Queer Sight Witnessed by a French
Naturalist While Making Tour
Through Morbihan.

A professor of zoology at Lille, NJ
Charles Barrios. was making a tour
through Morbihan, In France. AS he
was walking along the road he noticed
that multitude of dragon flies were
singular thing about 1t was that they
all rested at an equal distance srom
each other. and all occupied the same
position, with head turned toward the
west.
From all sides the dragon flies ar
rived and always placed themselves
in the same position, and at the saEe
distance from each other. They re-
mained as If glued to the wire. motion
less and paralyzed. Each new arriva!
few over the fixed bodies of the
others and took its place in the line.
This chain stretched itself out to-
ward the west. and turned toward the
setting sun. Professor Barrios fol-
lowed the route for long distance
and found the same strange phe-
nomenon. He estimated the number
at 10000, at least. At an abrupt turn
of the road to the south, the telegraph
line turned also. There not a dragon
fly was in sight, The wire was abso-
lutely free from theml With the
change of direction 1t seemed to have
lost attraction for them.
Was this chance? Did the electric
currents running from the east to the
west exercise any influence upon
these insects? Was 1t the solar re-
Election? Explain it. who can. In
any case it would be interesting to
know whether this phenomenon be an
isolated one or not.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-08-01
NEAT AFTER-DInNER TRICKS
Really Interesting Scientific Experi-
nent Showing How Compressed
Air May Be used.

An apparently empty bottle may be
made to blow out a candle. The trick
is really an interesting scientific ex-
pertinent. showing how compressed
air. directly the pressure which con-
fines 1t is removed. tends to assume
the normal density of the atmosphere.
We take an ordinary bottle and. see-
ing that 1t is empty and dry. we place
the ball of the thumb over the mouth
with just a small aperture uncovered.
Then. placing our mouth to this. we
blow steadily and continuously into
the bottle.
The result is that the air in the bot
tie Is compressed. When we take our
mouth away we insure that no air
shall escape by instantly closing the
whole aperture with the ball of the
thumb which is already pressed over
part of the opening.
Now we invert the bottle and. plac-
ing the mouth against the flame of
lighted candle, we remove so much of
our hand as will make an opening sim
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-08-01
RoBBER HIDES IN A SPRING
Cold Water. However, Forces Man
Who Held Up Bank to Yield to
Sheriff's Posse.

Portland. Ore.-A lone robber who
entered the First State Bank OF MIL
waukee. a suburb of Portland. and
with . revolver induced Cashier A. l..
Bolstead to permit him to scoop up
all the gold within reach OF the lat
ter's wicket. was captured in the
woods some miles distant. He gave
the name OF Virgil Perrine. and said
he was from st. Louis. He is.twenty
years old.
After fleeing from the bank. with
citizens in pursuit. the robber on gain
ing the wood. hid himself by standing
submerged to the neck in an incased
spring He remained there for two
hours until the chill OF the water
drove him from the hiding ploca into
the hands OF sheriff's posse.
The robbers loot. about S400 in gold.
was found in his pockets. with the ex-
ception of $40 he dropped in his flight.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-08-01
CHECK RAISER'S WAY

put his hands on that Or else they
use a bit OF money mender and then
peel 1t off.
But what does the crook do? He
has check perforated 5000. He takes
his little punch and punches from the
edge of the check few tiny disks OF
the same size. With a needle tip he
plugs up the holes In the last dollar
sign. After the glue is dry he punches
a cipher in its place and dollar mark
after 1t. Where the machine perfor-
ated an entire letter. the crook bought
a smaller machine and filed up the
perforations before making new ones
to suit himself"
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-08-01
RAILROAD FIREMAN
PROVED REAL HERO
Saves Two-Year-0Id Boy at Risk
Of Life.
FOOT UNDER PILOT
Standing on the Front of Locomotive
Pilot He Tosses Baby Clear of the
Rushing Train-Shoe Became
Wedged on Top of Rail.


Bristol. Tenn.-The attention of the
Carnegie Hero commission has been
called to James II. Johnson, aged
twenty-seven, of this city. who saved
child's life in a notable manner.
Johnson is a locomotive fireman.
His double-header freight train was
rounding a curve near Chilhowie. Va.
on the Norfolk and Western railway
when the engineman saw a small
child on the track ahead Both en-
gines were reversed and the air
brakes applied. but too late. Johnson
sprang through n window of the cab
Of the forward engine and sped along
the running board to the pilot
Clutching the pilot bars with both
hands. he slipped his right foot down
to the level of the rails. intending to
catch the child up and hurl it from
the track. but the weight of the child
pulled his foot under the pilot, the
toe of the shoe being wedged under
the upper part of the rail The en-.
gine ran the length of rail. with his
toe dragging in the groove and the
child balanced on his foot, its curly
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-08-01

nut" afiiuent In verdure and generous
in shade. 1t is. rather. spare and utili-
tartan. And the hickory nut is far
more admirable than the chestnut, and
far more American. 1t is a hard nut
to crack But. after the shell has
once been removed. 1t is found to be
very desirable. Then. too. there is the
hickory bark for building fires with.
In the winter, when a CHEEKY fire in
the woods is most worth striving for.
the cracking of the hickory bark is
the cheeriest thing imaginable. and
Its fragrance Is delightful
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-08-01
Expert Has Little Difficulty in
Stealing Fortune.
Operator Finds It Easy to Alter Fine
Writing, but Difficult With Gale
araphy of Ignorant-"Man-
ual' Used by Crooks.

Chicago.-A Chicago crook sat in q
room Just off La Sale street four
years ago studying a check. 1t was
made out for s27. and was certified by
the state bank on which 1t was drawn.
The crooks specially was check rails
ing. He was preparing to steal for
tune with the little piece of paper.
The president of cement construc-
tion company had written the check.
He had taken what he thought proper
business precautions. He wrote
"twenty.seven," drew a horizontal line
through two short vertical lines. and
added "and O0-100" before the word
dollars on the check.
The long horizontal line through the
two short vertical lines, often termed
a hickey" is frequent device
against the unscrupulous. The man in
the back room just off La Sale street
made three movements with his pen
and the hickey" became ''th." Then
he wrote "ous." the word 'and" COM
pleting thousands" Three ciphers
were added to the figures In the line
above. The certified check was then
deposited in a trust and savings bank.
and withdrawal of $4,000 was i'm
mediately made against it,
A veteran thief catcher In Chicago
recently. in recounting this incident,
added that there exists among pro-
fessional check raisers what amounts
to manual.
itor.
A check for 5000 was written. 1t
was passed over to the detective.
Within two minutes. without an eras-
ure being made, 1t called for $500.
by the manual the figure two is
always potential of Ave." he explain
ed "The aim is always to avoid tho
interlining or the extending of words.
Check raisers know all the characters
which lend themselves to changes that
cannot be detected. The capital IT.
as most OF us write 1t, can. for In
stance, be changed to the capital r.
without the slightest trouble.
Here are few of the changes that
can be made almost as fast as writ
ten:
"'One' to eight
Two to Ave
Ten to 'fifty.'
Four to forty
Twenty to seventy
Now. the figure T. for instance.
may be readily formed into any other
figure save % and 49,
The word hundred may be formed
easily from the ripping scroll that
many write after sum. Almost any
movement OF lines that have any regu-
larity may be formed into words.
"The hardest check to raise or alter
IL the one written By a nearly Hitter
ate person." the expert continues.
THE gracefully flowing hand is the
easiest changed.
There is in fact, no comparison
between raising checks with genu-
ine signature and forging the sigma
ture itself-so far as the ease of exc
cution is concerned.
"Of course. banks and business
house. many OF them. at least. pro-
tect themselves nowadays with de-
vices that brand limitation of the
check indelibly into the very texture
of the paper. In this field. too. many
devices at first thought absolute safe
guards were soon outwittod by the
crooks.
Filling Perforated Chccks.
Take machine that perforated
the paper with the exact amount for
which the check was drawn. Really
all that was needed was a common
li-fle punch and a bottle Of invisible
glue. Every crook knows where TO
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-08-01
GULF STREAM TAKES Squirt
Waters Are So Fast That Ship, Slowed
Down, Arrives Cne Day
Too Soon.

Boston.-Carried along at great
speed by an unusually swift current
4 the gulf stream the United Fruit
company's steamer Sosua. from Port
Limon. Costa Rica. reached here a
day ahead OF time.
Captain Bjoness says that the wa
ters Of the stream were strangely ac-
tive and the steamer began moving so
rapidly that the engines were slowed
down to half speed. Even after that
the Sosua logged on the miles at an
amazing rate.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-08-01
RIDDLES.

Why are fishermen and shepherds
like beggars?
Because they live by hook or by
crook.
Why is a thief picking a coiner's
pocket reminded of a line in Othello?
Because who steals his purse
steals trash
Why is shoeblack like an editor?
Because he polishes the understand
ing of his patrons.
Why is a whisper like a forged
note?
Because 1t is uttered but not aloud
fallowed).
When is a sheep like ink?
When you take It up into the pen.
What is the best way to keep a
mans love?
Not to return 1t. 4
What is a button?
A small event that is always coming
OF
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-08-01
coPPERHEAD IN HER PILLOW
Woman Making Bed Is Bitten by
Reptile and oashes Out Spot
With Knife.

Washington. Pa.-Mrs George
Styles. of near this place. is at her
home in a serious condition as re-
suit of wounds inflicted by a copper.
head snake, which she found under a
pillow when she was making bed
The womans prompt work in CASH
Ing out the bitten spot with a knife
probably saved her from sudden
death.
Entering cloakroom in the Wash
ington High school building. Miss Ger
aldine Henning came upon huge
blacksnake which showed fight After
a terrific battle the girl killed the
snake just as other pupils rushed into
the room to her aid
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-08-01
TRAIN TAKES HIS HEART OUT
Unusual Fatality Between swarth-
more and Morton Station in
Pennsylvania.

Morton. Pa.-isaiah Harris. aged
forty-five. of Media. was found dead
along the Central division OF the Penn
sylvania railroad between this bor-
ough and Swartbmore. 1t IL believed
he was struck by train.
Harris heart Yas wrenched from
his body and found some distance
from the scene of the tragedy. His
watch and chain and 81 were found
intact. Deputy Coroner Griffith re-
moved tho body to the morgue-
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-08-01

head sliding along on top of the rail
directly lii front of the wheels of the
pilot trucks. Then, suddenly, John
sons toe was released and. with a
swing of the foot he hurled the child
off the track. uninjured save for few
scratches
The child was the two-year-old son
Of the widow of Henry Baker. who
was killed last fall by the bursting of
an emery wheel
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-08-01
Vehicle Swing.

the use of the vehicle swing and to
guard against a tendency of producing
dizziness of the user. For the purpose
named. use is made OF a suspended
link pivotally supporting at its lower
end supporting frame provided at
one end with wheels and seats. the
wheels being adapted to travel on the
ground. on the floor. or rails or other
suitable support