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MIMED TO PROBE CITYGDV'T Chamber of Commerce Backs Movement for a Sweeping Investigation. \ »eping investigation of every r ity department is today planned by the Chamber of Commerce. Outside experts of national reputation are toj be brought to Atlanta to delv<- to the j heart of Xtlanta’s administration af-| fairs in an effort to cut out unneces- | sar\ extravagances, force material economies and bring about improved r., thods, where possible, in the conduct of the < ity’s affairs. Th*- projected probe is planned by the Cliambei of Commerce despite the strenuous opposition of most of the city officials themselves, including some members of council. But the plan has progressed to the point that the au thorizing resolution is now slated for a A ote in council Monday afternoon, with) every probability that ir will be passed. The investigation will be financed by the <’hamber of Commerce, which has already voted to put up the JK.Oon that the inquisitors will charge for their u ork. Experts to Study City Conditions. The men- um introduced st the lasl meeting of council by the Board of 'iunicipal Research, at the instance of the < ’hamber of Commerce. It does not purport to detect any graft or crook , fjprce hut io probe into the present method ; of city business, with a view of pnttuig it on a more scientific and economical basis. The "ork is to bo done as it has been done in New York and other cities. The experts will study the present conditions and offer reme dies to the city ottieials as sugges tions I was on the motion of Alderman ,1..'-,n e. McClelland the resolution was tali'ed until the meeting >f council on Monday . Councilman Clarence Haverty. [ chairman of the board of municipal re s' 3t -n. is endeavoring to engineer the resolu ion through. He has boon pledg ed support by Councilmen Aldine chambers. Claude C. Mason and other lemiors. But around the city hall are mt.nt vigorous protests against an in \ • stig.uion of the departments by any oct Hi! ■ authority. Th" now movement has also inherited some of thi factional feelings of for mer . imilar projects. The Chamber of i omm .co led the fight for commission gotqrmwiil. while the "city hall crowd’’ led the opposition. Rut F". .1. Patton chairman of the municipal research committee of the Chamber of Com m'V e. lias declared that commission govr i tint'nt w ill not be considered. H<- said that 'be t'liainbe of t'ommert • ,1. silt. - -Opel Ilion w ith the city of fi. al o attain more scion' ■ and c on- ; o‘iuy n municipal affairs. It i« < xp'-cted that one of the tilings i the o\poi t will note is the large num-: b r of relatives of influential officials employi d in the various departments. Au ffoi t i ' r i s an ordinance against th" ' !■ in i attsed a bitter fight last <,i Such an ordinance was finally i * .- : . Init so amended as to give ini- i lirrii'. to all. It i- now freely talked! ar'imd 'ln 'ity ball that more rela tive: of nflical- hold 'ity jobs than < vei !;>• *'i >t Eight Pfivctops Factional Feeling. Tv i '• ■ .T<-' 1- ha' •’ b»*cn made to r«. .Hii' i urcs Last y»ur a reso lution appointing a committer for smh ; jo l • passed t <>um il. But before tip romniiHce had gon» far with Hs 'ik the ordinance wh> t* and auollu i m'dimino’. intt odueed l>\ AI <Wrm >ii M- < 'lelland Ibis year. |ia« been in tin hand <>r a committee for months Th'- Chamber of <‘nniniei re official i>.i\- tlldird the work of exports ill oiiif'i i-itir- loi -evf’ral month; The* ( «»minit t ♦ ii r lu-ld several meetings " ; i<-li \\ ii f 1 not public Hut Ibe in loi motion i.- definitely -.-retired today i.iat pi omiiiriif citizens- have «uKscribed t 'c Ah.non necessary to carry on an in vp.>l iga ti*Hi and that the hope of tlu <’hambri <»f Commerce is Io put city aifaii ■; on a more businesslike basis. Anolb* i point in the work of these • xpetts L m irons* 1 a more general in fK'. i in municipal affairs Exhibit; an provided in many cities, and com pli<a(ed features of the government I made ch‘a i er. iim of the new ideas. «.r running a I < it\ is to have a fix'd plan of growth.) Wilmer L Moon*, president of lie 1 Chamber of Commerce. and other load-! citizen have begun .it) ;u live cam- t paign to have Atlanta adopt plans for| general «i\i< improvement/ The idea,} r* ntci s around i plaza l<» cover the railroad t r;n k v huh cm through the MACON GROCER GUILTY OF KILLING RIVAL MERCHANT v v • »x. M ;:<» \ v ■ -r<|i< t of guilt' of mam laughter was leluined l>\ the jury in the ti ia| of .1* w . Land, a Ma* on grprei. u lui .Intt ami killed I’ftward W Hughe . m rival mercnant, f<«r al!«gc f ] attenti.u) f.> Air Laiul 'Flu unwritten la a" \\ a "p< uh pleaded b\ j the defense, notwithstanding that the • oiirt e\rlmle<j such testimony as t nd ed to holstoi up the m.fciU'e’y. case and chaiged ’he jury that th** only lav fm\j them to follow was written in th*- stat-I ut* hooks. Laml told the jury that he caught Hughes hugging Mrs. Lund, but the shooting (ook place after this <•<•- <’urred. Mrs Land was pi< < ni in < *>uH. Hhe and her husbami are n<u h t« m- however. Jessie Conkle. Thr remains of Jessie t’onkic. eight- •r n - monr hf-old daughter of Mr. and Air ,1 Al 1 •pk le, who 'i l ■ ’ i n Ai ‘ i»11 a vr terda'. ’ «>» hr faL-n t : I ..c IJ ,r ( < ]g < tzTunniu-a. fui uauu'uxiuii- I HOW~4 BABIES ARE BEING RAISED The Pure Food Baby The xnp of [)p. Harvey \V. Wiley is being brought up on pure r<>n<] un.l fresh air. After it is weaned, it will he fed fresh meats, boiled eggs, cerealsand fruit .juice. The Vegetarian Babies Dr. David Allyn Gortons twins are being brought up a long scii nt itir lines. Dr. Gor fon. who is a father al eighty, is a vegetarian, and will bring the babies up on this diet. The Meat-Eating Baby The Diidenhoeffer baby, who has been brought up on a meat diet, weighs thirty seven pounds at the age of niiu* and one half months. His mother says meat is the best food for children. /\ ■ I —A. . ' jd I I' A I EsSsf, *■ ’ • Mh- \ y . ySSjlßjfc, .4 , i s % A\ l Eiilßlik ' ,jjMMMik Vv wf/ I ■■■p W; k '" * j|F.. > 'W. "0 v lit K< i '/I b k \A 0 .1' I Mothers All Over the Country Interested in Plan of “Bring ing Up” Youngsters. NEW YORK. Maj Ml. Tim eyes of the mothers of the nation Imlay arc on four babies, who are being brought up by entirely different uuib-uls, and all of whom aeem to he g't inr along with about equal success. The babies ate: WIT.RY, JOHN HARVEY. wo k-old son of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley. and known as the pure food baby. ('■ORTON, the twin: of Dr. David Allyn, who are known as the <■ n-ritifie babies. DI'DEN HO El't Est I lOrODAS DA N IED. the no'at-eating baby. When the Wiley baby opened his eyes on the world a little more than a week ago the proud father, who is the greatest living authority on food hy giene. outlined what ho called a model diet. ■Th 1 ' great infant mortality is direct ly due io ignoram <• as to the care that should be taken of bgbfes. our child is to he a pure food and fresh air baby literally I Al first be will take natural food front his mother, and it surpasses any babx food that over lias I or cV'T Will be invented \ child ,bmib) not be | weaned until lie is tit teen or eighteen i months Old. and not , until lie ha. | passed Itfs second suinmo . Os course I he w ill have some light food before that tiiiw. but only a little white egg and gruel. Aftei lie begin In cat lie will bay* • •'ii’.ils. fresh, good meats, soft boiled egg barbs broth, starchy food | in moderation and fruit .mice. Wife Picked For Wiley. Jr. Already a wife ba- been picked for the Wiley baby, subject, howeyet. Io ratitii •■lib'll of the respective parties to tltc agreement later." The tv o-r ear old daughter of Food Commissions I! \l. Mien, of Kentucky, is tin- prosper live bride The birth of twin to his wife, «■ I cording to Di Gorton, ill l SO year old scientist, proves that vegetables make the !■■ I diet A Ini'” I 111 bis life 1> Gorton has hern a vegetarian and the ■jbabi'S will be brought upon 'ln same diet. •f find that a vegetable diet has a tendency to make my mind clearer,” he said ''Meat is full of the causes of disease and if eaten at all it should be thoroughly cooked. • .Meat is all right if yon air to raise a race of fighting men. but vegetables produce a better class of men ami women That i tin food which mak* for infelb ct fbl I in 'ipttr of I 'i <;.oi O'' i s niIO” '.lb Dudenhoi’fl'.t hair i. b'jing I'd ai- CHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: THURSDAY. MAY 30, 1912. \ > I I pper right Dr. Harvey W. Wiley ami his infant, who will be a pure food bai>.\ ; center panel Dr. ami Mrs. Gorton and their twins, who will he the vegetarian babies, and below at loft, Mrs. , Dudenhoeffer and her baby, who is fat and healthy, living on a meat diet. most ■ xcliiFivciv on meat, and at the ago of nine and a half months weighs X7 pounds lie is a fai-cheeked, laugh ing baby and is as large and active as th<- average child of two years. Hr is able to stand ahuu and has never suf ferer] from mlir or other infant mala dies. “My baby ha been eating meat sin lie was four and n half months old,” :aid the 1 wenty-year-old mother. Mrs Flora Dudenhoeffer. at her home, 933 Last Opo Hundred and Sixty - sevrnt h street. “I’ntil T put him on a nuai diet Im* was of normal size for h y age. When we started giving hint nirai, he atone b»’gan to grow large Hr was also better natured, healthier and happier. W'e feed him on veal, beefsteak, pork and lamb, always, of < ourso, making sure that il is well rooked. I believ* uu-at is the best dirt f<> children.” NEW SCOTTISH RITE MASONS TO GATHER AT BANQUET TABLE: Man? t hirty-second degree Masons <,4n»< into the world t«>da>, a large class in Atlanta having finished its induction into thr mysteries of Scottish Rile Mm sonr> as founded b\ General Pike For four days this large class has worked, graduating one degree at a time from the fourth up through the tLtirl \ - second, the latter degree was conferred during the forenoon today The <lass and memhci ; who have been forking with them will have a rest dur Ing the afternoon, the onl) afternoon since the class assemhh/] four days ago f«»r tlic initiation I'nnight at Tj’.O r» fort ion will be held T>uritig the hanuuet, which will he par ticipated in by all member of the now • lass a u well as man' other Scottish Rife Masnns of Georgia tonight, two of the three snrviv-ng member of thr class nf ISX* will be introduced to the latest in itiates Harry Stockwell, of Athens, ami Salom Eichberg. of Atlanta, were in ducted inin the order in Atlanta by Gen eral Pik# himself. This banquet will con clude the celebration of th* 1 Scottish Rites for this crmvocation Maudie Lee. Maudb L» * . ttye t wo-y< ,-h -old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. 1,. D <J'ad). diet] last night at her parents’ h* tue in Hapeville afler an 'llm of onh a few r|;n. The funmai will I**- held ihr- ♦ ternoni) »U'l inform* m ■ ill |«* m j-|r ii! ' 'o’ki Lark MRS.GMCEASKS FOR QUICK TRIAL Demand Filed hy Attorneys and Will Very Likely Be Granted by Court. Mr . Daisy E. Grace. under indict ment charging her <xith assault with Intent to murder her husband, Eugene H. Grace, is anxious for an early trial and ha placed a demand on the court minutes to that effect. The demand was filed by her attorneys. Monr** A- Branch and L. Z. Rosser, and has hern signed by Judge L. S Roan, before whom the trial will be heard. Mrs. Grace's demand for a trial was placed on th* minutes of this term. This mean- that I lie accused wife in th** Eleventh street tragedy will prob ably be trie*! -om<- time during the next month. \( the latest, now that she has demanded a trial, it will be held befor* September 1. Th*- d» la\ in taking M . Gram rase before th*- grand jury was occasioned by the condition of In " minded hus band. ami for the same reason h* i trial wa not set for a hearing this: month. Howe'er, aa Eugene Grace is improv ing rapidly, it j expected that th* pros-* eriithm will enter no objection tn th* trial being set for next month. S L. Hill, stepfather of the wounded busband, is reported to have told an Atlanta friend this week that Grave was rapid-I.' recovering ami that soon he expected to he able to move about on crutches. REFUSED A GLASS OF MILK. MAN TAKES COW YONKERS, N V. May 30.—John Leonard refused a thirst' pedestrian a free glass of milk The thirsty stranger returned later and got away with a • •*» H- belie' < - that th* thief, n ith the aid **f • onfederat* f 5. took th* ' <nu t*» the w»»od; 4o*|, if»er milking I h* 1 , turned h*r 'qq-f i FLOWERS STREW FEDERAL GRAVES Confederate Veterans Help G. A. R. Pay Tribute to Union Soldier Dead at Marietta. I.’pon the summit of the green hill | which crowns tiw national cemetery lat Marietta a little knot of gray-hair- I 0,1 mon stood at “attention" today a Itile the hand from Fort McPherson (dated Ame iea" and "The Stat Span gled Bannei." Above them floated the stars and stripes, snapping in the May breezes; below them stretched row upon row of tiny headstones marking the graves of brave men who had come to Dixie to tight for the Union and "ho had nevet returned to tell of the vie lot x they had helped to win. Then "ere just" sixty of tile men in faded blue, all membet s of <M Mitchel post. No. I. of Atlanta; three score vet erans of the Grand Arm' of the Re , public who rally once a year to. do i honor to their comrades of a half een- I iut y ago. Decotation day, the annual festixal of the G. ' R . does not mean so much I in Georgia as in the land beyond the ] line. There is no great parade, with > pennons flying and thousands lining : the streets to cheer the men wlto i march. But each year the veterans of 'the Union who still survive gather at he trolley station of the Marietta line , , uid take special cars for the national ■i mete:.v. whore the\ pay the same tribute to the boys of the Blue which : Southerners on their Memorial day give the men who wore the Gray And the veterans of the Gray arc always in - r iled to join in honoring their form' : foes, and always they accept. Many Confederates The e. There "ere as many men wearing Confederate crosses in tin throng to i day as veterans with the buttons >f the G. A. R Lucius Perry Hills, a kindly old poet, whose verse has charmed thousands in the last deiade, is commander of Mitchel post, and it was he who de livered the opening address at the cemetery. His subject was ' The Duty of the Day." and was an eloquent trib ute to the valor of lite men "ho sleep in the shadow of Kennesaw. Adjutant ' H. S save read the orders of the day, and E. A. Jones, of the little post from : Tallapoosa, declaimed the masterpiece of oratory’, I.incoin’s Gettysburg ad mess. George B. Leavitt, of Atlanta, delivered an eulogy of the I nion dead, and Rev. Geo ge I. Hanscom, of the Central Congregational church, ami Rev. Edward S. Doane, rector of tin Episcopal church of Marietta, deliv ered addresses. There followed the beautiful custom of decorating all the gtaves with tings ami flowers. Then Company I', of the Seventeenth regi ment. U S. A., fi om Fort McPherson, lin'd a salute and a bugler sounded | "taiis," as lhe soldier's last good night. The Seventeenth regiment sent its : splendid military band to play national airs at lhe cemetery, and at the post the day was observed ■» a holiday. A salute of 48 guns, one for each state jin the Union, was fired al noon. The i I custom house and postofflee, the de partment of the gulf and all othci branches of the government in Atlanta observed a half holiday. New England G A.R. Honors Southerner MACON. GA.. May .10. Beautiful floral tributes from the Grand Army veterans of the New England slates were received Imre today and. accord ing Io directions, placed on the grave ol the late Hugh V. Washingion. Several years ago Mr. Washington, though > Southerner, delivered lhe annual me morial address to the New England veterans, and express' d sentiments that "ere not forgotten So today, on the anniversary of that occasion, these vet erans sent flowers to he pm on his grave. Mr. Washington Is survived I l ' bi- sister. Mrs. Allen Washington ft, I lamy, daughter of th' first daugntcr and toundei of the Society of the Daughters >f the Ameiuai’ Revolution Graves Decorated At Andersonville ANDERSON VILLE. GA. May ML Memorial exercise? were Iv Id h r, re to-| day when thr grave.- nf several thou sand Federal soldier,-, were fjnr<»r I >| j One of th«\ largest army prison? of th* I ("nnfedera* \ was |o< ai*>d her*’ itrtnu thr t’jvil wai an*l thousands of I'ni »i held ;< pri -otir! «of war di* d and w r*-' buried neat «h. p»L'-n. The:, gravrs .«< ]<' d»»-»'t ’tod t.»<’a> Thi morning there " a a program of ■ spro-hrs and aft<-r u hi* h How ers wei*’ strewn owt the graves. At noon a ha<krt dinner u a-- -*-rv« <1 in the gro\♦ about th* romeloy Manx por-ons from nrarhx t<»wn« came lu-ir! sot tl- memorial ox'-rei?*’?, ii’cli>'.’itu> a of Federal veterans from l iiz. ■ griahl. tiuit city being made up largely ..f Northern people CENTRAL BAPTISTS TO GREET NEW PASTOR ON ARRIVAL FRIDAY Hr. Caleb \ Ridley, who aereplrd the I -•all et Hip <-<»ngregati*»n nf tlu Central | Baptist ehureh. will arrive in the eitv.i a<*rompanie<j by his wife and <*hildren a’ | io 4.*» o'clock tomorrow morning l»r R’<l|c\ and his famih u ill l»c mot al the iraln by a host of friend and members of the chnn-b lb will hr for I mgib in -falied a " n<s|«»r of thr ■-)>»]»• It [»n »>r <i noria' q.e. iho i. |.« t !.•- I iCetitrgl '.hviu. "U1 mdik the aeiu. •>- BASS BASS BASS BASS BASS BASS BASS BXST 5 Friday Bargainsj ?ln Bass’ Big Sale ? — (71 More Hat Bargains ” a 3 Another Lot On * n of 600 2nd Floor I m New Styles WW FRIDAY J 05 600 brand-new Untrimmed Shapes and Ready-to- , Wear Hats came in by this morning’s express and will be placed on sale Friday. Included are newest and best 55 CZ) styles in Milans, Chips, Neapolitans and other popular > < straws. These are white, black and all colors; small, medium and large sizes. Real values range up to $5.00. (You can’t buy them elsewhere for less); but in this 53 sale you can take choice for 98 cents. > <■ 1 cz> 02 r Dresses, $1.98 Dresses. $4.75 « 21'0 Satnplo Dress,-*, inrhid- l.ingrrir. All-Over Km- 'UI 02 iug piques, linens ami mail- hroidered Linen and Net r;is—all new models and Dresses, incliidinj'drummers’ gg worth up Io $,">.00 and $6.00. samples; worth up lo$1’>.00; Jake choice ip Cl Qfi on sale j| "7E 02 this sale for I iWV only at. choice v Other Second Floor Specials > 2 More new Skirts on sale tomorrow —serges and cc Panamas in white, black and colors new , stripes and mixtures; up to CkC > < SIO.OO values on CQ ! Lad ics ' I louse Di esses of tine | A 11-si I k Sulm Me,s,saline Det- (O niiidras and percale: ticoats. in tie" styles and „ .. , colors ZD I .3U ; CQ ( hildrens I otnpers of good. O(|( , |n( ()f Chi | dr „ n - S Para . ! durable wash ma- | Q , f| ( ; W $ tenals; tins sale I3C ; ~l ls Jp., ] 9(* > << Children's Wash Dresses, in Ladies' Parasols in beautiful CC 03 splendid styles, ex- QQa r l ''" styles: real QQm cellentlv made vUv $3.00 values vOU (Z) ' On First Floor: CZ) > < BEST SPOOL SILK, Full A ~ 100-yd. Spools; this sale, spool bv co CZ) Extra Friday Bargains CZ) 27-ineh Summer Silks in all One lot of full 11 1 size colors; up Io 69c 4 Oz* White Crocheted Bed CZ) values; per yard ... I wG Spreads; up to QOz* Xew summer weight Wool $3.00 values . . vVv (/) Dress Goods, worth up to 51 inch White and <'ream *£ 75c; al. per 4Q— Mohair Sicilians; worth (z> yard I wC $1.50 yard, KQz* Fam v While Flaxons, worth al wwC T 53 (/? 25c and 35e; in this sale at, Best Antiseptic Cotton Dia <t per 4 Ejk per Cloth in this CZ) 2Q yard IWW sale al. per bolt . . vwC Yard-wide, soft-finishAd Sea Yard-wide Butcher's Linen, CZ) Island Domestic.; this white anil best 4 t» sale, per vard vC colors; per yard .... Iww CZ) CO " ________ _ CZ) 72 dozen 76 by 90-inch 4 j| < Linen-Finish SHEETS, bar- A/IP & gains at 75c each, It. ~ "iTU “ S g “ $6 Genuine Fibre Rush » Porch Rockers—s2.9B )> CZ) [’lo genuine t -'A dher I-ihre << Fibre Kush frKush I’orch Bjli"® & SCB livlKM Porch Kock Krs £ Xgß gStfEiJ Kockers from CZ) er illustrated fifll it Rt 'rHt the receiver s *t here is heller i ilftlOOpj sf, k’ °F Ford 02 quality I han .Johnson < al $5.00 and ! " f '' ae,,VP > K u r® 1 bargain rn ft pri,ps ' I s2*9B 1 ee ■ ■ 7 . 95 Other Furniture Specials & CZ) ( bf) L.iigo. h;iutlsmix' Ptirqli Ibickpis in miluivil \\ <><nl* linisli or pnintml getum |-(‘;il x .ilues up to CZ) SL.DO all to go in e OO Illis sale at. clioire « _. 4 CO Best No. I qualify Floor <>d- Polished Brass < iirlaiii Kods, p- 3 cloth in new pal 4 extension style; Il i ns; per yar<l IvG vm y special at 3w C/) Best No I grade Floor Lino Mission style I'ahourets, ex CO letim on sale to- OQf* * r; ' "'' ll f O" 1 1 CO CZ) morrow, al. yard OwG bi<j bargains al I Irish I’oinl ami Nel Door Large t shell Mission Mag CZ> Panels, worth 50c 4Qi azine Kacks in this OOz* Z in I his sale at . . IvG | s;i ie aI. on i v OwC m iBASS’I co C 18 W. Mitchell St.- Near Whitehall g We Give Green Trading Stamps *r CZ) S 3 I ■ DASS DXSS BANS BAnSDASS PASS PASS BASS 3