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CONGRESS IN
SESSION AGAIN
Both Houses Met Today and
Adjourned Until Tomorrow
Through Respect.
Washington, D. C„ December 5.—
Scenes that were familiar but none
the less interesting greeted the eyes
of the visitors who packed the gal
leries of the House today at the
opening of the final session of the
Sixty-first Congress. The crowds
came early, and when- the Speak
er’s gavel fell promptly on the
MUST PAY DOG
TAX TO VOTE
Failure to Pay the State Tax
on Canine Disqualifies One
to Register.
Atlanta, Ga., December 6.—It a
man doean't pay tbe state tax ot 31
TRUNKS MAfLAN FA WOMAN
HELD BY CUSTOMS OFFICIALS
GREAT WOMAN
PASSEOAWAY
The Officers ClaiiitThat
Gowns That Were Given _
tion.—An Interesting Story of tlje Work of the Govern
ment’s Custom Officers.
Valuable French Arrangements are Being
Than Their Valua- Made Today for the Funeral
of Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy.
stroke of twelve, the galleries were
filled with gayly diseased women,
who added much to the pictur
esqueness of the scene.
The most of the members also
put in an early appearanco and. for
two hours before the House was
called to order the chamber
sembled somewhat an exciting day
on the Stock Exchange in New
York. Vlctora and vanquished were
there to congratulate and aympa
thlzo with one another over the re
sults of the November ballot. To the
onlooker It was difficult to distin
guish between the two. Everybody
was jovially slapping everybody
-else on the back, and all the mem
bers were acting like a lot of boys
st the 'beginning of school,
The appearance of Speaker Can
non in the chamber was the signal
for a hearty round ot applause from
both members and the gallery,
though. If the truth must be told,
"Uncle Joe” had to stand for a vast
amount ot‘‘klddtng” during the day-
Seated at his old desk and sur-
mndod by a-bevy of friends war
lamp Clark, leader ^f the minor!*
In t^e present session Lid the
fpeaker In the next\ From
the manner. In which his colleagues
were laughing, Mr. Clarke evident
ly had brought iback with him a
new stock ot atoru
Walking up an "down the aisle
greeting old friends was General H.
H. Bingham, of the First Pennsyl
vania district, whose continuous
service of over thirty years has en
titled him to be nailed "The Father
of the House.” General Bingham
entered upon hie seventieth year
yesterday, but he might rasa for
fifty.
When Speaker Cannon, with two
sharp rars of his gavel, had called
the House to order, tho bvizr. 0 f con
versation was hushed while the
chaplain offered the opening pray
er. A few minor formalities were
disposed of and attention was called
to the deaths of three members' of
the House during the recess. In ac
cordance with custom a resolution
to adjourn was then offered and
adopted as a further mark of respect
to the memory of the deceased.
In the Senate tbe Initial session
was equally short. The public gal
leries were filled when Vlce-Pre.il-
dent Sherman called the body to
order. In the suJIenco wero the
families ot many senators and men
In public life. Several membors ot
the diplomatic corps were present.
A few changes wore noticeable In
the membership of Coe senate.
Death had removed Senators Dan'el
of Virginia, Clay of tloorgla, Dol-
liver of Iowa, Mcl.aurln ,ot Mis
sissippi and McEnery, of Louisiana,
The successors of moat of there, by
gubernatorial appointments, were
on hand ready to take the oath of
office.
When the two houses reassemble
tomorrow the annual message of
President Taft will be received and
read. Then both Home and Senate
will be ready to take up the regular
grind of business.
Savannah, Ga„ December 5.—Mr.
W. H. Rowe, United States Custom
on hia dog he hasn't got a right co| Agent ,n ch,rgB of the Savammh
I District, has been advised by I0D1.
M. o. Markham, Surveyor of Cue-
vote.
•And that’s not joke, either, face
tious wiseacres to the contrary not
withstanding.
The state law says that 6 man
cannot register until he has paid
all the taxes he is legally due the
state.
The new attorney-general ,Hon,
Hewlett A. Hall, has ruled that the
dog tax Is legal, according to the
constitution of Georgia.
Therefore, If a man returns a mil
lion dollar's worth of property and
omits bis wife's pcodle he stands
good chance of being disfranchised,
And what's more, it tbe next leg
islature should repeal the dog tax,
It wouldn’t help him any. He could
never voto again legally so long as
he lived unless he went back and
paid the tax on that poodle.
The strict enforcement ot the dog
tax has resulted in a most remarka
ble fatality among Georgia canines.
Tax receiver’s report to Comptrol
ler-General Wright that nearly ev
ery day some man will come In and
say: "Well, I did have a dog, hut
he died.”
Which, If they hut stopped to think
doesnt’ relieve them atfer fall, no
more than a sucan get oiffiof pay
ing taxes on a house that wall burn
ed, bnt burned down befofe tlm?
fell due for the taxes to be
All df which means that
Ing to the way the Hon. Hewli
A. Hall has It dored- out there's no
way in the world to avoid paylni
the Jog tax except to refrain from'
owning a dog.
Gen Bell Goes to the Philippines,
San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 5.—
Major Bell, fotmer chief of staff,
tailed today fqr Manila, where he
will sncceed Major General William
P. Duvall at commandering general
of the Philippine division. The
change In command will occur on
Jan. IS, on which date General
Duvall will be retired tor age.
The Cotton Market Today.
New York, December 5.—Cotton
opened firm, ranging from one to
five points higher. Later there was
a slight reaction. March 14.93 and
May 11.U.
NEGRO BLOOD IS DE
CIDED BY U. S. COURT.
No Matter How Little There
i in u Child’s Veins, a Drop
Makes a Negro.
/Washington, December 6.—Hold
ing that oight-ycar-old Isabel Wall,
who has ono-slxteenth of negro
blood In hor veins, is not entitled
to admission Into Washington pub
lic schools for whtto children, Chief
Justice Shepherd, ot the district
courts ot appeals, today fixed the
recital status for the school chil
dren for the District of Columbia,
Under the decision which was
handed down today, the court holds
"hat any child with an admixture of
negro blood, no matter what pro
portion, Is a cnlo-ed person and Is
therefore not entitled to admission
Into schools for white children.
FREEZING WEATHER
COMING BACK AGAIN
Weather Report Says Intense
ly Cold Weather Will Follow
Storm in Southeast.
Washington, December 5.—A
heavy snow fall today la sweeping
east from the Great Lakes south In
to North Carolina.
The suthweat reports rain. The
weather bureau predicts that this
atorm will bo followed by intense
ly cold weather.
Special Train for Landseekers.
Chicago, 111,, Dec. S.—What la
aaid to bo the flrat apeclal train
compoaed enUrely of deeper* and
dlnlng-cara for tbe exclnalve use of
landseekers ever to bo operated out
of Chicago will leave thla city to
morrow for aouthern Florida. Tampa
will be the objective point of the ex-
enrslon, with stops en route at
Chattanooga, Jacksonville and one
or two other cities.
toms In Atlanta of the "seizure ot
two trunks containing jriMjl gowns
and hats belonging to ■ra-'beFdr-
est Algood, ot Atlanta, because ot
the undervaluation of their con
tent! by owner when she returned
from abroad in September. The
trunks are now in the keeping of
the Surveyor ot Customs and the
case has been referred to 1 United
States District Attorney F, 0. Tate,
In Atlanta for further investigation
and determination. It is expected
there will be further development^
within a short time,
Mrs. Algood, who Is a wealthy?
resident of Atlanta, spent the sum- l ( Si poi
mer abroad and >-1160 she returned! nation of
home brought with her eeyeral the porta of
trunks containing articles that were
dutiable. Some of these she had In
spected by the customs authoAtles
at the port of New York but two of
them she had forwarded toAtlahta
under what she termed "IT" con
ditions. Thla meant that the trunks
were to remain in bond until their
contents were Inspected by the Sur
veyor In Atlanta and the decelera
tion was to be made there by the
persons bringing them Into this r esp(ii
country. c jttL V tprifxje
It appears that an flkt otjUHMuaiP
-•gmerloan,. j4ySrq||fMt
reported that RnF Ataood waa
fringing some very valuable hats
and garments to this country and
Inspection of the two trunks In
question was very thorough In con-
seqence. There wero among other
'[lings eleven Paris gowns and four,
or hvo Paris hats In Vac trurik. and
also a Iamb's wool eoas.
Value* .Given at New York.
Mrs. if.lgood, upon reaching New
York, gavo the value of the articles
In the two trunks which she desired
shipped In bond to Atlanta as 31.-
463. The department, after Ita In
vestigation, has declared the val
ue of the articles to bo 92,350 or
12170 francos. The duties on such
articles as the trunk contained aro
about sixty per cent of their value,
Because of tho discrepancy in the
value of . tho wearing apparel and
other things in the two trunks as
apprised by the government exportB
and the declaration made by Mr*.
Algod the goods havo been seized
and are now held In Atlanta. In al
most every instance tho government
experts Increased tho value of the
articles as give In by Mrs. Algood
Jn some Instances, the Increases be
ing more than 100 per cent. Tho
lamb's wool coat however, wa* an
exception to thl# rule. Mrs. Algood
as worth fWo, It la
but the government put
ofily $190.
eases are Made,
tliai.tho fncroase In
amounted in some
B4n or si* hundred per
Bjp iieen officially stated
pe t^rno In eacjp ((.the
2 exceed 'thqjyan
by more than siwenty
The governing ox-
t Mrs: Algood owes
irai hundred dollars
would owo If her
ero accepted and sho
imported wearing
Undo Sam’s clutch-
payment of the fn r
Indeed, the gov
Boston, Mass,, December 5.—Sur*
rounded by tho same mystery In
UNCLE SAM TO
PAY SOLDIERS
National Guard Wants the
Government to Chip, in $50
a Year For Them.
Atlanta, Ga., December 5.—The
sum of |50 per year from the gov-
death that prevailed during her I ernment to oach enlisted man In
Uf«, the remains of Mrs. Mary Ba-1 the National Guard la not meant us
ker Eddy, founder ot tho Christian Pay, In tho strict sense of tho word.
Science church, lay guarded today
from the eyes of the vast army of
followers in her atone mansion of
Chestnut Hill, Boston.
Simple funeral services will he
held at tho homo of the leader and"
her remain* will be taken to her
girlhood home at Tilton, N. H., tor
Intorment.
Thousand of elegrami and cabled]
grama from all over the world ex
pressing sympathy havo been re-
enough to li t
Ihftt payment. There] P* r lat wrdi were: “Qod la my
^* ' rK — will likely be a contest for
s brought through
untry.
It is expected the United States
District .Attorney will begin an In
vestigation of 'the case in a shoit
timo, ns tho matter wan referred
to him by A Col‘Markham during tho
latter part of last week.
Investigations Become General,
Mrs. Algood's
results of tho
being made by
everywhere in
Collec-
hor private fortune, which la esti
mated at a million and a half dol
lars. Her son, George Glover,, of
South Dakota, is on his way East
ami Will demand a Share of the cs-
talc. The church claim* tho prop
erty also.
For'-the first time In tho hlatorv
of the Christian Sclonco church, a
Archibald McClellan, Is tho
suprem^Aphd,
m Ahead
:ision
Savan-
agrpl' called atten-
t L.at! many travei-
froui Abroad, upon
Now York, .would place
thsff*t»ggige In bond for Immej-
late transportation to some of tho
«ma!ler port* of the country and
suggested that these Arnold ho giv
en close attention because of this
practice. This ha* resulted In in
creased vigilance at the ports like
Savannah, Brunswick, Charleston*
W'lmlngton and Atlanta. It Is said
the amount* pf personal foreign
baggage .ha* Increased more large
ly In Atlanta and Charleston sinco
the rigid Inspections In New York
began than at any other placea In
the Savannah district.
First Seizure In This District.
. This seizure of Mrs. Algood's two
trunks of Paris gowns, hats and
shoes Is the first to he made In thla
district since the officers were no
tified to bo more alert than In tho
past. Mrs. Algood Is a well-known
lady In Atlanta, who travels a good
deal. She I* a native of Savannali
but ha* not lived here alnce she
wa* a girl. She ha* lived In Griffin
also, and 1* known to many
throughout the state.
Flirting! Evil Is
Ruining the Nation.
f
By the Rn. PERCIVAL H. BARKER of the first ConSnsstlonsI Church
of M.ywood, N. J.
LIRTING IB A POTENT CAUSE OF THAT COAR8ENE88 AND
BE8TIAL VULGARITY WHICH ARE DOING 80 MUCH AT PRES
ENT- TO IMPAIR THE BEAUTY AND DIMINI8H THE POWER
OF AMERICAN HOME LIFE, DEGRADING MARRIAGE TO THE
LOW LEVEL OF A CONVENIENCE AND TO THE STILL
LOWER LEVEL OF 8EN8UALITY. FLIRTATIONS F08TER THE SO
CIAL EVIL.
If you don’t know what company your daughter kccp9 or what
time of night ahe turn* in, your tow when gossips get busy will
sound about as patbetio as tho wheeze from a jewsbarp.
Flirting UNDERMINES THE HOME.' And whejt home life,
with ita sanctitie8, its calm and deep joy* and sorrows, ceases to
have its charm for us in America the greatest breakup and catas
trophe in history will follow.
In respect to this menacing evil a good rule for youth is: RE
SIST THE BEGINNING OF FLIRTING, Flirtation is the FIRST
STEP TOWARD SELF DEGRADATION.
The man or woman who flirts is hatching a serpent’* brood that
will one day wake into life to hiss and sting. He is rearing wild
beasts of prey that afterward will turn Upon him and rend him.
Shake it at its birth. FLIRTATION~«WARF MAN’S VIEWS
OF LIFE FAB MORE THAN THSAkQADEN THEM.
tCISIGNS OF U S.
?jp8§iyi£ cop7 X-DAY
Kentucky Can Collect Fran
chise Taxes Under /one De
cision—Heinz Loses His Case.
Washington, December 6.—The
supremo court today handed down
a decision through Chetf Justice
Hughos In the erse ot the Illinois
Central railroad against tho state
of Kentucky sustaining the circuit
court. Tho decision compels tho
railroad to. puy franchise taxes to
tho stato.
Thu supremo court today revers
ed the doclslon of tho circuit court
of New York In tho case of the
Government against F. A. Heinz,
convicted of misapplication of tho
funds of the Mercantile National
Bank. The enso will tbe remanded
to tho lowor court for trial.
hut a* a reward.'
It Is not meant a* an Inducement
for men to enlist In the military,
bat as an encouragement for them
to help build up the service after
they get there.
It congressmen from other states
rslly to the support of the bin like
titey aro In Georgia It stands a good
chance to pass. Adjutaut-Genorsl
Scott has already heard from five
members ot the lower house, and
Senator Joseph M. Terrell before
leaving for Washington slso .pledg
ed his support of tbe bill.
It provides that the officers and
enlisted men of the National Guard
be paid by the government 25 per
cent of whst the officers and men ot
the regular army are psld.
Except In time of riot, Invasion, o r
other occasion when they are doing
actual military duty. Then tho
states pay them a stipulated per
>d cm.
Tho 350 per year for a private Is
Ion the t.isia that ho attends tho
jftau. of fortv-'-ht drfl*-
por year. if be attends less heigrts
pay In proportion. If he attend Ales*
than 20 he'gots no pay at alL.
1 The National Guards of Georgia
was never in better shape than now,
says General Scott, and If the “pay
hill” panes It will become stllL. bet
ter. It is not fair to expect men to
give moro than a comparative!!
small amount of their time without
any rewards say* he.
SMUGGLED CHINESE IN,
Baltimore, Decamhgr 6.—George
Baldwin, a United States Immigra
tion Inspector was Indicted by the
grand jury today Charged with the
conspiracy to smuggle a Chinaman
Into this country from Jamaica.
Many prominent Democrats
press the opinion that the results or
tho recent general election will In
tho national convention of 1912
bring back the old alignment of the
states east of the Missouri River,
Including the New England and the
middle »n<I the Southern 8t» , .e*i
which brought about the nomination
for President of George B. McClel
lan In 1364, Horatio Seymour
1868, Samuel J. Tilden In 1876.
Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock In 1880
and Grover Cleveland In 1884, 1888
and 1892.
Atlanta's Mayor has Read the Riot
Act to the Contractors
Atlanta, Dec. 3—Thero’ll ho the
dovll to pay If the contractors en
gaged to put new heating apparatus
tn eight Atlanta public schools don't
get busy.
Yesterday five out of the eight,
with a total eprollment of 2,000,
had to bo dlsmlssod beeause It was
too cold for tho children to stay In
tho buildings.
Tho contracts called for comple
tion ot the hestlng plants by Oc
tober 10.
This Isn’t the first time publlo
schools have beon dismissed for
lack. During the last cold spell be
fore this upwards of 1,000 children
were kept st home every day for a
whole week.
The mayor called the contractor*
together yestorday and read tbe lav.
to thorn.
ROME MORE CENSUS FIGURES.
Washington, December 6.—The
census bureau announces the pop
ulation of North Carolina st 2.206,-
287 agslst 1,893,810 In 1900.
Kentucky 2,289,905 against 2,-
143 17b.
Mississippi 1,797 114 against 1,-
651,270.
UNIONISTS HAVE MAJORITY.
London, December 6.—Polling
was resumed today st seventeen
London and forty-nine provincial
districts.
Today st three o'clock p. m. the
party total etood, Liberals fifty-
eight. Nationals twelve. Lahorltc*
eight, and Unionists seventy-nine,
giving tbe Unionists a majority of
one.
HEAT IN ATLANTA SCHOOLS
TAFT'S MESSAGE nANDED OUT.i
Document Is Delivered for Distribu
tion and Will go to Congress
Washington, December 2.—The
President’! message was delivered
for distribution today. It consists of
forty thousand words.
The first day congreee will ad
journ shortly after assembling In
memory of the death of congress
men and senators daring the In-
terura.
The President's commnnlcatlon
will be read at noon of the second
day ot tho session.
INJURED BY FALLING WALL.
Buffington Hotel and Adjacent
Bonding Boned at Vteltla.
Vtnttla, Oklahoma, December 3.
—Buffington hotel sad two adja
cent buildings were burned today
with a lose of one bnndred sad fif
ty thousand dollars. Four man
were seriously Injured by felling
walla,
An explosion of natural gaa In an
undertaker’s caused the blase.
