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Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01
.SG0,000,000 IS
STAKE IN SOUTH
SEA GOLD HUNT
Story Of Buried Treasure on
Island Prompts Expedition
From San Francisco.
SEA CAPTAIN HAS CHART
Bristol, Tenny Man, Relative Of
R. P. Hobson, Takes the
Lead in Quest.

BRISTOL, TENN, Feb. 2S.-With
sLynn Hobson and Captain John
smith, an old-time seaman, of Cedar
Grove, Maine, will be off for the
South Sea Islands on March Is.
It is one of many romantic stories
of buried gold, which has lain long
on a distant island of the sea, undis-
1urbed and with nobody to claim it.
Captain John Smith. the Maine sea-
man, is said to be the only person
now living who knows where the gold
was buried.
Was Plumber From Peru.
Learning this much. Hobson con
ferred with the salvage company and
received an offer to send a vessel on
the proposed voyage. 1t being repre-
scented that the salvage company was
under contract to make a voyage in
that direction, so that to reach the
island on which this large treasure of
gold is said to be buried would be to
steam but a few hundred miles be-
yond the limit of the voyage.
The gold, Captain Smith explained,
was obtained by plumber during the
Il u lcili ttEllSlilE eibOul tllt iiilhhAt
Of the past century. A cathedral,
which had been ornamented with gold,
was stripped and to this was added a
vast bulk of plunder. In order TO
avoid pirates who We're then rowing
the South Seas the vessel discharged
its cargo of gold on one of the South
Sea Islands, west Of Honolulu. Here
ii was buried. after which the ship
sailed for an Australian port.
Is Only Survivor,
CAPTAIN Smith explains that he is
the only member of the crew who got
out Of Australia alive, and he alone,
therefore. knows where the gold
treasure was buried. He had told
his story to many persons, but was
never able to arrange for an eXpedi-
ton until Hobson took hold of the
matter
The party. which is to sail from
San Francisco. expects to be away
about eight II onths.
1t is agreed if the gold is found that
the salvage company is to receive
One-half of it, while the remainder is
to he divided between Captain Smith
and Hobson.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01
Warns Against
Killing Of Birds
Secretary of Pennsylvania Game Com
mission Tells Of AiIurins Prom
ises by 'Taxidermy School!

HARRISBURG, Feb. 2S.-Joseph
Kalbfus. secretary of the State Game
Commission, has issued a warning to
young men in regard to an institu-
ton in Omaha. Neb.. which he says
is known as a school of Taxldermy." !"
DR.. Kaldfus says in part:
These people are sending broad
cast circulars showing how the poor
boy, by paying a $40 bill may be
taught by mail to obtain profitable
employment through the mounting OF
birds and animals.
mo person can kill birds, except
under the provisions of law, and no
person can buy or sell certain game
birds at any time under our law.
The penalty for killing or having
in possession, or selling, game birds
is $25; the penalty for killing, or
having in possession. or selling, wild
birds other than game girds, is $40
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01
SHE HAD AUTO
ANDD|ANONDS
ON S25 WEEK
Wife Acquired AffIuence and Club
Memberships While Husband
Ran Engine

CHICAGO. Feb. 2S.-Mrs Alice Nc
Mains, of No, 70S North Kedzie ave-
nue., according to a statement made
to-day by her husband, Charles e.
McMains. a locomotive engineer, who
has sued j. f. Stellwagen, a wealthy
contractor for $4,000, in an aliend-
ton of affection suit in the Circuit
Court, accumulated the following IN
an income that was never more than
500 a month:
Thousands of dollars worth of dia-
monds, furs and silks.
SiXtytive thousand dollars worth
of property in Chicago.
A touring car, with a chauffeur in
her service.
Standing in several clubs and in
society
Il make only 5000 a month as a
locomotive engineer on the North.
western, and of this / gave my wife
a monthly sum of 800 for the house
and like expenses yet she has sud
denly acquired wealth out Of proper
tion with what we both had" said Mr..
McMains.
He Wanted to Know.
The break in the McMains house =
hold came, so the husband said. when
ne lObhPu LOT iue SohTte OF lIllS new
wealth and ended in his suit against t
the wealthy contractor who has Of
fees at No. 1886 W-st Harrison
street.
II held my peace for a long time
in face of the newly acquired gems
that my wife was displaying upon my
trips home from the road. | was sus-
picious, but | couldn't say so.
why she surprised me one day by
ordering her car and her chauffeur
to take my sister and her husband
out riding. Think of it, a man who
had so little as I. discovering his wife
maintaining livery like that!
Apartment Too Much.
Things went along halfway
peaceful in spite of this, until my
wife took me to a big apartment
building that, OF course, I thought we
were merely renting. I was disil-
lusionad when ] made the discovery
several months later, that my wife
ordered the apartment building
erected and that it was kept for mel
in anOther's nam | spoke up then
and my wife admitted she had an af-
finity and she loved him. l left fol
Clinton, Iowa and told my wife sha
must move there. away from Chi
cago's life, before / would con-
tribute any more to her support, She
paid no attention to me"
Attorney Frank P. McGinn was re-
tanned by the husband to start suit
about year after he left his Chicago
home Mrs. McMains denied that snt
had any relation with Mr.. Stellwag er
except those of a business nature.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01
The Reason Why
Most People Die

COLUMBUS, OHIO. Feb. 2S.-why do
people die?
1t remained for the State Board Of
Health and DR.. Holland, of the Bu-
reau of Vital Statistics to compile a
few of the unusual causes for departure.
The information is supplied under law
to the department by physicians of the
State.
According to one of the death certifi-
Gates, the cause of death" is given
thus: He lived several years beyond
his natural life and then just petered
out
From an adjoining county came an
entry which described the deceased as
having "iust faded out"
jefferson County contributed case
in which death came ',hy the visitation
of Cod in a natural way" In Pike
County man died OF post -mortem
hemorrhage."
In the case of an infant it is stated
that it died of Inertia"
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01
Women Prisoners
Hold Tango Party

AUBURN. \. y. Feb. 2S Every kind
of dance. from the Virginia reel to the
tango. was on the program at the frs,
annual valentine party of the women Of
Auburn prison, held in the Std.e prison
for women
There were one-steps. two-steps, and
side-step "he locE-s-@p alone was
barred-tris under the ruling made b.
the prison authorities
The recent arrivals were n, only
ones versed in the new steps, and they
taught the older inmates the tango, the
castle walk. and other modern steps
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01
Salts Harmless to Flush Kidneys
and NeutraIize Uric Acid, Thus
Ending Bladder Trouble.

When your kidneys hurt and your
back feels sore. don't get scared and
proceed to load your stomach with d
lot Of drugs that excite the kidneys
and irritate the entire urinary tract
Keep your kidneys clean like you
keep your bowels clean by flushing
them with a mild harmless salts
which removes. the body's urinous
waste and stimulates them TO their
normal activity The function of the
kidneys is to filter the blood. In
twenty-four hours they strain from
it 500 grains of acid and waste, SO
We can readily understand the vital
Importance Of keeping the kidneys
active.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01
TAKE SALTS IF YOUR BACK HURTS
SAYS DRUGS EXCITE THE KIDNEYS

Drink lots Of Water-you can't drink
too much; also get from any phaTma
cist about 4 ounces Of Jad Salts;
take u tablespoonful in q glass Of
water before breakfast each morn
ing for a few days ana Your kidney
will act fine This famous salts is
made from the acid Of grapes and
lemon juice. combined with lithia,
and has been used for generations
to clean and stimulate Clogged kid
neys; also to neutralize the acids in
urine so it no longer is a source of
irritation, thus ending bladder weak
ness.
lad Salts is Inexpensive; can not
iujure. makes delightful efferves-
cent lIthia water drink which every
one should take now and then TO
keep their kidneys clean and active.
Try this also keep up the water
drinking. and no doubt you will Won
der what became of your kidney
trouble and bdckachc.-Adyt.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01
Gay Blonde Of 90 Can
Wait for Marriage

BOSTON, Feb. 2s-Thomas McNab,
Weymouth's gay 95-year- old blade.
started in to-day TO earn a competence
that would enable him to marry the
woman he has been counting for years,
Mrs. Alice Clark, OF Northampton.
To-day McNab went to work in a
blacksmith shop making automobile
tools.
"Alice's daughter" he said, as he
worked at the forge, Thought her moth
er and ! ought TO wait while before
getting married
II think it was good advice Since
Alice is only ~ and ! am only 95 we
can afford to wait until ! get to earn
ing enough to keep us comfortably"
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01

The easy way. the pleasant way is
10 use Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets that
quickly restore appetite and build up
lne Worn-out body by the perfect as
sanitation Of food
Lhese little digestors are powerful.
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question OF any meal. If you will use
mem occasionally YOU will quickly learn
"hdt JOY food really is. one can not
Lope 10 help nature by eating food
tuiH winch weakened digestion can
"9I take the ingredients it needs.
ne only way is to put these ingredi-
nus IN a pure form into the body
aeh When they are absorbed the syS-
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Vasp!eo 70 soon perform its proper and
. perfect functions.
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UftsIed by the body TO do its work Of
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Na soon as the stomach is enabled to
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Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01
Woman Dress Censor
To Aid Towns Morals

ELKHART, IND. Feb. 2s.-Mayor
smith was confronted with the task of
selecting a woman officer who will pa
trol a beat, charged with the special
duty of bringing before the Mayor for
reprimand young women whose style OF
dress does not meet with the approval
of his woman appointee.
The Mayor is taking radical action
to suppress what he terms an evil by
forcing women, if possible, to wear less
suggestive gowns either for street or
at social functions.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01
Woman Becomes
Deputy Prosecutor

ST. LOUIS. Feb. 2S-Mrs Eugene r.
Senseney, chief ally of State Food and
Drug Inspector f. II. Frickle in his
campaign to clean up groceries. drug
stores and restaurants here, has made
Prosecutor Attorney Sidener so cnthus-
iastic that he has appointed her a dep
uty prosecutor.
Mrs Senseney, who has worked IL
hours a day in the last three months in
sitting ideals of cleanliness and sani-
tation. is partiularly pleased with her
badge of office" because s:Ie now has
the authority to enforce her commands.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01
Would Connect Three
Cities by Wireless

RrRIINGTON. IOWA, Feb 2S.-Bur-
lnstoD, Chicago and St Louis will be
connected by wireless telegra ply, if The
plan of Professor Leslie Lyon OF the
Burlington High school eVentuates. H.
is evbected that by spring there will
be a line Of communication between
these cities.
Professor Lyon is himself an expert
i'm the science of wireless communlc4 =
ZION He saws the equipment which lie
will have erected will be strong enough
easily to rsdiate as far as Chicago and
St Louis if not farther.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01
Fireman Freezes to
Ladder; Is Pried Off

SAVANNAH, Feb. 2s-Charles Zace, a.
fireman. to-day is nursing his wounds
after having his clothing torn from
his body in an effort to eXtriCate him
self from a ladder to which he had
frozen in lighting a bad fire in the
storm.
Face was at the top Of the ladder
and the wind blew a spray back from
the stream he was playing on the fire
1t literally enveloped him in a cloak Of
ice and a crowbar had TO be used to
pry him free. The skin was badly lac
Grated.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01
Kansas Town Mayor
Refuses to Live There

NINE n. KANs.. Feb. Zs.ICan a
in another? That question is puzzlng
citizens of Mineral. a.,
At present Mineral has no mayor .on
the lob" c. b. Coss resigned three
weeks ago. Frank Lanning, President
Of tbe Council moved to Scannon, tlf-
teen miles away several months pre-
viously. but when he heard of Coss' res
ignation he announced, under the law
he was Mayor of Mineral and proposed
to exercise his powers as such.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01
Storm Does Millions
Of Damage to Truck

SAVANNAH. Feb 2S.-The damage
to truck in South Georgia done by the
storm of the last few days will run into
the millions. according to a conservative
estimate of Herman Shuptrine, an eX-
pert In Chatham and the outlying
counties a million dollars in Irish pOta-
toes alone will be the toll.
The plants had just begun to break
through the earth and the snow and
freeze killed them. There were also
thousands of acres in peas that We're
killed.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01
Negro Voodoo Curse
Breaks Kennels S Arm

NEW YORK. Feb. 2S.-Lieu: er ant
William Kennel, who has been in ci arge
Of the Mayors reception rooms since
1875. is laid up with a dislocdted shuUl-
der and two fractures of his left arm,
Just before he left the Mayors office
Thursday a negro called for d license to
preach on street cLcos in course of
wlicn the rars,n pronounced Il voCdoo
curse. condemuirg Kennel to instant
misfortune.
got it" saiG Kennel las- night,
"cnly MS old curse called for a broken
neck instead II a broken ar
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01
Reports Show Loss in
U,S.Merchant Marine

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-The
steady decline % the American mer-
chant marine was shown to-day by
Bureau of Navigation statistics for
January of this year
Sixty nine vessels of various types
with a gross tonnage of 2t,S51, We're
constructed during the month against
Il vessels, of 24,042 gross tons in
January, 1913
in December, 1913, 81 vessels OF
%, 2,SS1 tons were built.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01
City's Car Line Is
39l Feet in Length

OAKLAND, CAL, Jan. 2S.-What is
said to be the shortest municipal
street railway system in the world
measuring 391 feet, the length of a
city block-has been put into opera
ton here. The line was built by the
city to connect the two ends of a
street railway system and give cross
town service 1t is leased to the local
street car company at the rate of 81 a
foot a year and ) per cent of the
earnings
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01
Professor Secures
50Grans of Terbium

DURHAM, n. H, Feb. 2S.-Profes-
sor Charles James. head of the de-
partment of chemistry of the New
Hampshire College, has in mis- labora p
tory so grams of terbium bromate,
worth about $4,000.
Besides this the worlds total sup
ply is seven grams in the laboratory
of Urban in Paris. Terbium is one Of
the rare earths and the little collec-
tion of crystals here is the residue of
several tons of ore
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01

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Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01
MARRIED AFTER FORTY YEARS.

SPRINGFIELD. MO, Feb. 2s.-A ro-
nance of more than 40 wears ended here
when Mrs Fannie Nichols, -, and An
drew Brooks. IS. were married The
couple were swecthearts in childhood
when both lived on adjoining farms in
the Ozarks, i miles west OF here.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01
DySpeptics Envy
All Good Eaters
But L They Would Stop Fearing Food
and Use Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab
let's They Could Eat Heartily.

It is not only sad but amusing as
well to watch dyspeptics regard a friend
as that friend talks about fine meal
he has just enjoyed.
TO the dyspeptic there comes only
the thought of the pain. the belching,
the Indigestion, etc. that follows the
u and the awful sense of repugnance
eaten
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01
Danger Signals.

If these danger signals are unheeded
more serious results may be expected :
kidney trouble in its worst form may
steal upon You.
Thousands Of people have testified that
the mild and immediate effect OF
swamp Root, the great kidney, liver and
bladder remedy, is soon realized-that 1t
stands the highest for its remarkable
curative effect in the most distressing
cases II you need medicine, you
should have the best
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01
Lame Back.

Lame back is only one OF many symp-
toms of kidney trouble. Other symp-
toms showing that you may need
Swamp Root are, being subject TO en-
barrassing and frequent bladder trou-
bles day and night, irritation, sediment
etc.
Lack of control, smartnG. uric acid.
dizziness. Indigestion, sleeplessness, ner-
vousness, sometimes the heart acts bad
ly. rheumatism. bloating, lack of am
biton. maybe loss OF flesh, ssllow COM
pleXiOn.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01
Revives Boyhood
Days of Noted Writer

HASTINGS, MICH. Feb. 2S.-Mrs.
Albert Chase. who knew Irving Bachel-
ler the novelist. when he was a small
boy, has Just returned from her old
home and gives a glimpse of the author
Of "Eben Holden"
"T knew Irving Bachelor in child
hood as Addison Bachelor said Mrs
Chase
81 once attended religious services
near the Bachelor home. The future
author was on a bench in front.
81 motoned him to turn but he re-
sented the request and made a face
at me. He was very small boy,
and ! shall never forget how he looked
a frail boy with his hair cropped
short"
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01
Prevalency Of Kidney Disease.

Most people do not realize tts alarm
ing increase and remarkable prevalency
of kidney disease. While kidney dis
orders are among the most common
diseases that prevail. they are some
times the last recognized by patients,
who very often content themselves with
doctorinq the effects, while the original
disease may constantly undermine the
lem.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01
FINDS MONEY ORDERS OF 1859.

FINDS MONEY ORDERS OF 1859.
DALLAS, ORE, Feb. 2S.-Whle look
ing through some old papers belonging
10 his father-in-l law. Isaac Levens,
Frank RoweIl found two money orders
for S24t71. each dated October 4, 1859.
and issued to l.. u Tracey by the Wells
Fargo Company, which had never been
cashed
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01
M YOU GET UP WITH A LAME BACK?
Have You Rheumatism, Kidney, Liver or Bladder
Trouble?

Pain or dun ache in the back is often
evidence Of kidney trouble. II is Ma
lures timely warning to show you lhal
the track Of health is not clear
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01

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Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01
Don't Be MiSIed if
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n vou have lung Trouble. do not he misled
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Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01
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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-24
WILL MAKE BANDAGES
FOR EUROPEAN SOLDIERS

For the first time since the Spanish
American war. members of Louisa st.
Clair chapter, d. A. R., will make
bandages and hospital supplies for sol
diers, being aided by the American
Red Cross society. through whose re-
lief committees the daughters will
work The chapter members are ask
ed to meet In the home OF Mrs.
Charles A. Warren. No. 7S9 Cass-ave.,
Friday afternoon, Nov. 81, equipped
with needlebook and thread and as
much old linen as they are able TO
provide. The Daughters have placed
themselves at the direction Of the To-
cal Red Cross committee and will do
any work assigned them.
The Synchronous club OF the Edison
Illuminating Co.. has sent $92.55 to
the local committee.
Mrs. ]. NJ. Laughton. No. 161 Alger>
ave-, has offered a valuable old Chi
nese silk shawl and three rare copies
OF newspapers, the London Times.
October, 1898, Glasgow Courier, Sept
Is, 1875 end the Michigan Essay or I'm
partial Observer, Aug. 81, 1909, these
to be placed on sale and the money
given TO the relief work.
The Girls Friendly society. which
maintains rest room In the Broad
way market building. has arranged FOL
groups of Its members TO gather In
the rest room every evening, to sew
and kit for the relief work.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-24
boil DRINKING WATER"
DIR. PRICES WARNING

Health Officer William II. Price Is
sues q warning TO all Detroiters tC
boil the water which they drink, as
the city supply is badly contaminated
just at present, and disease may re
suit from drinking the water as II
comes from the tap.
The settling basin at the water
works is being cleaned out, and i'm
purities from the rolled water, stirred
up by the suction pumps, are creeping
into the supply mains.
While tests have shown no indica
ton Of disease germs, 1t Is regarded
as quite probable that some will seer
into the supply mains. and the only
way TO be fafe. Is to boil the water
Boiling will kill all germs In the
water.
The present indication Of contain
ination Is the first that has appeared
since the chloride of lime Treatment
has been given the water.