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Comptroller General Wright's original estimate of a $25,000,- 000 increase for this year will be made good, despite the fact that several la>ge counties have shown great decreases. The comptroller has not heard from Floyd or Chatham counties, but sub stantial gains are expected from the two. Present tax returns, independent of Fulton, show taxable valuation for 1912 to bi' in excess of those for 1911 by about $7,500,000. Fulton's 1912 record surpassed any Increase ever made in the state, topping this county's increase for 1911. The total value of taxable property in At lanta and outlying districts is slll,- 375.035. Tom Armistead. Fulton county tax receiver announced today that proper ty tallies showed an increase of $13,- 630.825 for 1912. The value of automobiles has in creased from $311,940 to $501,070. The value of manufactories has in creased from $4,046,450 to $4,30i,<95. Rank stock increased from $6,083,875 to $6,8<0i.650 The imreasi over 1911 is $2,886,205 more than the increase of 1911 over 1910. HOUSE GIVES UP FIGHT TO OUST GEN.LEONARD WOOD WASHINGTON Aug 22 Without the provi-ion !• •-tix'.i ns Ma jo Gem .ai Leonard W nd out of otllce as chief of Flit’!' and th' clause reducing the reg ula a’nt) bs liv< etitalrj i giments. 11 . , > 11,| o| i t ion bill wa- adopt - <, b\ i is-* imi •' rd. . .infci,. . t< ay. 70DU.S.MAHINE5 FOR JVICARAGUII Ten Days Will See 2,100 Jack ies in Little Republic to Pro tect Americans. ASHINGTON, Aug. 22.—Prepara tions were rushed at the League Island navy yard at Philadelphia today for the departure of 700 United States bluejackets and marines for Nicaragua, where American lives and interests are threatened by a revolution. The men were ordered to sail Saturday on board the Prairie for Panama, whence they will be conveyed to Corinto. It is expected that within ten days the I nlted States will have an army of 2,100 marines and bluejackets in Nica ragua More than 200 Americans, alarmed at the excesses of the victory of the mad revolutionists, are crowded Into the United States legation at Managua, Nicaragua, according to dispatches to the state department today from Min ister Weitzel. All Available Men Landed. Twenty-five American women and children have been taken aboard the collier Justin and the gunboat. Annap olis at Corinto and every available man from these vessels has been landed to protect foreign property in Nicaragua. Minister Weitzel also confirmed the press report of the slaughter of 500 federal soldiers in Leon by victorious rebels. General Buron, the federal leader, was murdeted in cold blood and two of his men, said to be Americans, named Phillips and Harvey Dodd, the latter a Mississippian, were killed while taking refuge in a hospital. Fighting lasted all day and the loss of life Is reported to be large. Nicaraguan Revolt Leader Is Captured NEW ORLEANS. LA., Aug 22.—Pri vate cablegrams from Blueflelds say that General Luis Mena, leader of the Nicaraguan revolution, has been cap tured by the Liberal party ami is being held a prisoner. The details of the i itpuie are not given, but Mena, is said to In- held In Leon. A Liberal uprising in Nicaragua has be* n expected for some time, although the acknowledged I" J of tin party . General Irlas, la now in Costa Rica. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS- THURSDAY. AUGUST 22. 1912. * ■ 1 PRICE THANKS~THE GEORGIAN FOR hTs”vICTORY~ I thank my friends for helping me in I my race for commissioner of agriculture, and 11 especially thank The Atlanta Georgian for go ing out of its way to emphasize the fact that I was running a clean campaign, devoid of mud-slinging and harsh comment upon or crit icism of my opponents. I wished to win on my own merits, not upon the demerits of my adversaries, real or imaginary. NEW YORK SUICIDE I IDENTIFIED AS RICH MOBILE RESIDENT NEW YORK, Aug. 22 —"A. W. Rog ' ers.” who committed suicide early yes terday by shooting himself in the right temple while standing in front of a hotel at Broadway and Thirty-sixth street, was identified today as Arthur W. Yerger, a wealthy resident of Mo bile, Ala. The identification was made by Frank V. Kelley, of the Columbia and ( Knickerbocker Trust Company, who i read the accounts of the suicide. Yer ger was known personally to Kelley and he recognized the desscription as that of his friend. Yerger killed himself after telling his companion. Frances Wellington, an ac tress, "to beat it," as he was going to ' shoot himself. Yerger disappeared from Biloxi, Miss., on August 1, after drawing s7oo* from the bank. He had been suffering from melancholia. Friends traced him to New Orleans, thence to Chicago, and finally to New York, where the trail was lost. Yerger left a wife and two , children in Mobile. He was a relative , of a former governor of Mississippi. SPENSE REASSIGNED R E. 1. Spen.se, of Newton. I’nit'-d States army, retired, and incidentally state senator from the Ninth distrl< t. i has been reassigned tn duty by the war department as inspector instructor I of th'- National Hoard of Georgia, with headuuarters In Albany. I shall endeavor Io make a faithful, sincere and efficient commissioner of agriculture, and to that end 1 invite the cordial co-operation of all my fellow-citizens, regardless of late cam paign alignments. To The Atlanta Georgian's voluntary in dorsement and emphasis of my attitude in the campaign. 1 attribute a large share of m.y ap parently fine victory. James D. Price said today. CYCLIST HURT IN mh mm Paul Wiginton. a young boy of 67 .King street, was thrown from a bicycle today in front of the Piedmont hotel when he collided with an automobile. His leg was broken. Charlie Belle-Isle, of the Belle-Isle Auto Company, was driving the machine. Wiginton was taken to the Wesley Memorial hospital. Both Wiginton and Bell-Isle were go ing north. Wiginton was carrying a message for the Multigraph Company and was in a hurry. He attempted to pass the machine and in some manner struck it. As he fell to the ground his leg struck the brass rod on the front of the machine and was broken INSURANCE AGENT SUES, ALLEGING BROKEN PACT Charging the American Life and An nuity Company informed him that re cently enacted Insurance laws forbid it from keeping a eontiact with him. Frank W. Leonard has asked superior court to order his contract to continue. Leonard says he signed an agree ment with the insurance company to get polic.v holders for It. He says no tice ha been given him that It can not bo compiled with by the eompanv, on tn count of one of th* new insurim. > laws. I ARTIST HUTT’S WIFE IN RENO COURT TO PLEAD FOR DIVORCE RENO, NEV., Aug. 22.—The divorce suit of Mrs. Edna Garfield Belle Torre Hutt was heard in the courts here to day. Mrs. Hutt, who was an artist's model and the inspiration for most of her husband’s paintings of fair women, was present in court. Her husband was represented by counsel. The bill charges desertion in New York in 1910. Property settlements are reported to have been made in advance. In Hill Mrs. Hutt brought suit against her husband in New York for separation. It was later dismissed. In the separation suit Mrs. Hutt charged that her husband used physical vio lence toward her and that he indulged excessively In Intoxicants. In answer, Hutt alleged his wife was intemperate, had a violent temper and had twice, deserted his home. SIOO Reward. SIOO The readers of this paper will bp pleased to learn That there Is at leant one dreaded disease that science has been able tn cure In all its singes, and that Is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, re quires a constitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, acting di rectly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foun dation of the disease. and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its cura tive powers fh.nl they offer On»» Hundred Hollers for any ease that it fails to cure. sVii'l for list of testimonials. Add rtw I .1 (TIENEY A < ’(> . Toledo. O j Told by all druggists, 75c ’bUi- Hall's Family I’IIIh fur constipation FREE DOCTORS ARE URGED IN ENGLAND LONDON. Aug. 22.- Free doctors for men, women and children is the object of a new scheme which Professor Benja min Moore, of the Liverpool university, suggests can be worked in conjunction with the Insurance service, to be admin istered by a board of health, under a min ister of public service, with cabinet rank, assisted by expert medical advisers. The whole profession, he suggests, should be organized on the lines of other state serv ices. I. SHOES REPAIRED FREE! —1 I • Friday and Saturday, the Shoe Renury, 78 N-Lh Broad St., will repair every tenth pair of Shoes free of charge, brought to us for half-soling and heeling. We make this livelv bid for vour Shoe I I Repair work in order to demonstrate the fact I That We Do BETTER WORK | In Less Time | For a SMALLER Charge Than any other Shoe'Repair Shop in Atlanta. Get your sporting spirit up to the proper pitch now, and take a throw at the Free Repair game. - The Shoe Renury -J 78 N. Broad St. Bell Phone, Ivy 2310. Next Door To Cable Hall. CHAMP CLARK TO GO ON STUMP FOR WILSON SEAGIRT, N. J., Aug. 22.—Speaker Clark soon will take the stump in Maine, according to an announcement by Governor Woodrow Wilson. The governor said that Edward F. Goltra, national committeeman from Missouri, had so informed him. It Is understood Speaker Clark will go to Maine before the gubernatorial election on September 9. Though Gov ernor Wilson himself will not go into Maine until after the September stajte elections, indications are that the na tional campaign committee is directing its efforts ; to make a strong early cam paign in that state. 3