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HEALTH REPORTS FALSE, ASSERTS LOS ANGELES Stories of Epidemic of Infantile Paralysis Vigorously Denied. None Has Existed. LOS ANOEI.ES, CAL.. Aug. 27, Through the medium of irresponsible newspaper correspondents, absolutely false reports have been sent out from this city of the existence of an infan tile paralysis “epidemic.” As a matter of fact this great na tional resort has enjoyed a summer of exceptional beauty, and the “scare” has had no justification whatever in the health conditions of the metropolis. Furthermore. Los Angeles citizens were not even aware that such reports were in existence and were both sur prised and startled to find the city credited with an epidemic of which they had no knowledge themselves. tn this particular the situation is unique. While papers elsewhere contained sensational stories of the spread of the disease, Los Angeles moved calmly on its way enjoying a parade of cool, cloudless days, the beaches crowded with merrymakers, its hotels full and in all particulars blessed with a happv end prosperous summer season. There have been isolated and fugitive cases of infantile paralysis, but not more than might be expected in any com munity of this size, these cases furnish ing a trifling percentage of the whole population. Merely as a matter of precaution the health authorities prohibited children from attending amusement places and k few Sunday schools were closed In Congested districts. Grossly Misinterpreted. These official safeguards were in tended to arrest instantly any spread bf the disease and by no means indi cated an agitated state of mind over the few caees under the care of the health department. But they were grossly misinterpreted, and foolish stories have grown in volume until Los Angeles is credited in certain sections with an epidemic that does not exist tend never did exist. The population of Los Angeles by the latest compilation is 420,00 P The total of 45 death’ from infantile paralysis efnce June R was but one death for 9,333 of population. And even this email aggregation of cases shows a de cline. Furthermore, certain doctors and critics of the health department main tain that through over-zea loti sn ess mistakes have been made in diagnos ing. that many cases credited as in fanttie paralysis have been nothing more than colic and stomach disorders. As a matter of fapt the average of Infantile paralysis in Los Angeles is no worse than In any other city and is much less than in most cities. MOSQUITOES NEARLY KILL AN ABANDONED BABY GIRL PHILADELPHIA, Aug 27.—50 terri bly bitten by hordes of hungray mos quitoes that her life hung by a thread, e six-weeks-old baby girl was found among some bushes in a lot at River avenue and State street, Camden. late last night. The child was sent to the Homeopathic hospital and the doctors expect to save her life. They say that e little longer tn the open would have brought her death. The child was discovered by Peter Knowles and Mark Keller, as they walked along the lonely street of that flection. Their attention was attract ed to a low wail, more like the cry of some small animal In distress than that of a human being. They were greatly astonished when their investigation re vealed the little one. RINGWORMBEGAN WITH PULES ■■ ~ Spread Until Covered Side of Face. Red, Rough and in Circles. Itch ed and Burned. Cuticura Soap and Ointment Completely Cured. — Campbell. Va.—"T have been troubled with ringworm on the right side of my face for six or eight years. It began with just very small pimples in spots and continued to spread more every year until ft covered the right side of my face. It was red. rough and in circles, and itched and burned very much. It was sore when I scratched my face and it worried me so much I couldn't keep from scratching. It looked very bad. I would hate to go out while it was on my face. Every one noticed It and some would ask what it was. I tried some homo reme dies before using Cuticura Soap and oint ment. such as , . and . I could only find temporary relief until I began to use Cuticura Soap and Ointment. I put the Cuticura Ointment on my face and let it stay on for about an hour and then I washed my face with Cuticura Soap. 1 used the Cuticura Soap and ointment for one month and I was cured ” (Signed) Miss Virginia Woodward. Feb 21. 1912. The regular use of Cuticura Soap for toil,' ami bath not only tends to preserve, purify and beautify the skin, scalp, hair and hands, but assists In preventing inflammation, irri tation and clogging of t ho pores, t be common cause of pimples, blackheads, redness and roughness, yellow, oily, mothy nnd other unwholesome conditions of the skin. Cuti cura Soap (25c. 1 and Cuticura ointment i.-,Or. i arc sold by druggists ami dealers throughout the vert I. Liberal sample of each mailed free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Ad dress post-card "Cuticura. Dcpt.T. Boston.” e,. 'rnder-faceii men -iiouid «:••••• Cutieura Soap shaving stick, 25c. sample Iree. Mrs. Douglas Society's Athletic Star Now ELEANOR SEARS IS DEPOSED ~ 0"" —— —— / H //■ T 1 f I ■■ W / W 7 \\o. / X Ik ' ’ > \\/ JkO \ 'Nz'-jz y wPL 1 Jfy —| -~X -• Z NOTED SUFFRAGE CHIEFS IN PARADE Women Speak From Soap Box in Opening Campaign for Ballot in Ohio. COLUMBUS. OHIO, Aug. 27. Head ed by Dr. Anna Howard Shaw and Jane Addams and with delegations from Cleveland, Cincinnati. Baltimore and other cities in line, the woman's suf frage parade here today, held under the auspices of the Ohio Centennial cel ebration, was the most imposing dem onstration of the ‘‘Votes For Women” movement ever seen in the Middle West. Twenty or more prominent speakers from New York. Boston. Chicago. Los Angeles and Denver took their places at the head of the procession and marched the entire length of the pa rade. Among the elaborate floats partici pating were six chariots, sent herefrom Baltimore, each representing a wom an's suffrage state. “Ohio next," was the Inscription on many of the banners. Hundreds of men carrying yellow pennants and wearing yellow banners with “Votes For Women" stamped on them were in the line of march. Thou sands lined the streets and cheered the women. The parade was the beginning of a' whirlwind campaign for woman’s suf frage which will be waged in Ohio until the special election September 3. when the constitutional amendment giving women of Ohio suffrage will be voted on. Ohio is now the pivotal state in the nation-wide fight, for suffrage. “If we can only get Ohio, New York state will go for suffrage in a hurry,” said Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch, of New York, one of the paraders. Miss Fola LaFollette, daughter of Senator LaFollette, of Wisconsin, and a well known actress, also was in line. When the parade ended many suf fragettes of national prominence mounted soap boxes and made speeches. THREE TOWNS RIVALS FOR COUNTY SEAT OF MURRAY DALTON, GA., Aug. 27.—Interest in the fight to remove the county seat of Murray from Spring Place to Chats worth has increased by another town bidding for it. At a mass meeting of the citizens of Eton SIO,OOO was raised. The last gov ernment census gave Eton 307. Chats worth 314 and Spring Place 242. Chats, worth and Eton are railroad towns near the center of the county. Spring place is a rural town. Besides the SIO,OOO bonus, Eton offers the county - fr< < site for the new court house and jail, to the election of which the SIO,OOO will go. Eton people are backing their offer with a certified check for SIO,OOO. JAIL DELIVERY AT DALTON. DALTON. GA. Aug. 27. Furnished with saws by people on the outside, three prisoners succeeded in breaking* jail here. The cell bars were sawed through, and the prisoners tunneled through the brick wall to freedom. .1. Carroll, charged with forgery, and two hoboes were tile jail-breakers. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY. AUGUST 27, 1012 New York Woman Even Plays Outfield on Newport’s Fash ionable Baseball Team. NEWPORT, R. I. Aug 27. Miss Edith Deacon and Miss Eleanor Sears have been deposed as the athletic lead ers of the Newport colony. They have been forced to give way to the beauti ful Mrs. J. Gordon Douglas, and ail be cause Mrs. Douglas has refused to con fine her athletic activities to hunting, polo, tennis, golf, yachting and riding and other sports so common among the fashionables and has gone in for the grand old American game and has be come an adept at it. Mrs. Douglas, in addition to being an expert in all the above mentioned lines of sport, has donned the spangles of a ball player. An outfielder's glove rests on her shapely hand and she daily ca vorts about the diamond with all the enthusiasm and a great deal of the ability of Mr. Tyrus Cobb. She plays outfield on an ultra-fash ionable nine, which plays semi-vveekly battles on a baseball field near the Casino Critics who have attempted to find some flaw in Hie playing of society’s new all-round champion can say noth ing worse than that she can make many a "big leaguer” sit up and take notice. White batting considerably under “.300." nevertheless she has man aged to hit when hits counted, and on more than "tie occasion lias baited in the winning run. At base-running she outshines by far any of her teammates and when it comes to milling tin’ cele brated “hook” and other slides there are not many who can beat her. In addition to this. Mrs. Douglas has won tlie tennis and swimming honors. Every morning during the present sea son she plays tennis on the Casino court for two horns at a stretch and has more than upheld her own with players whose reputations on the courts are far and wide. Her daily swim takes place at Bailey's Beach and no one up to this time has beaten her cither in speed or fancy diving. And in addition, site holds Newport's long dis’anee dancing record, having out danced al! competitors, displaying but little evidence of fatigue. -BLACK HAND” WRITER IS TRAPPED BY CASH ON ROPE TRENTON, Aug. 27. After being ar rested today as a "Black Hand” man. John Lengnan, of Hackensack, declared to the government inspectors that In got his idea of crime from the moving pictures Lengnan was arrested for -ending a "Black Hand" letter to John Banta, a wealthy farmer, living near Hackensack. He demanded SSOO, unde pain of death.. Banta turned the letter over to the government authorities and they set a trap for the writer. Banta was told to put the money under a specified tree, in a canvas bag to be placed there by Lengnan, and then the inspectors placed themselves in hiding to wait for Leng nan The latter almost escaped, as he had cleverly rigged an aerial rope tramway extending 80') feet from the ■ ei to carry the monex to him. Th« Mrs. .1. Gordon Douglas, upon whom the title of all-ronnd ath letic star for lfi]2 has been con ''< rred by Newport's cottage set denient. In baseball, swimming, tennis and dancing and other sports she has excelled her com petitors. uwe TO SPEAK HERE Roosevelt's Atlanta Address Must Do for All Georgia. Johnson Also Coming. Both Theodore Roosevelt and Gov ernor Johnson, of California, his run ning mate on the Bull Moone ticket, speak in Atlanta, according to present indications. In a letter to Lester (’. Rusch, secretary of the LaGrange Chamber of Cop! me ice. George Kmlen Fioosevelt, th€* colonel’s s;eaking man ager, says the T. R. engagement in At lanta will have to cover Georgia, be cause he has too many calls to give more than one date to a state, except, perhaps. New York and Pennsylvania. A dispatch received today from La porte, Ind., where the Progressives have big headquarters, says the California executive also is planning to visit this city. George Einlen Roosevelt, in his letter to LaGrange, says: Tn the tremendous amount of ter ritory to be covered you can see that it is impossible to arrange the speeches so as to satisfy every one, and it is most necessary not to work Colonel Roosevelt beyond his ca pacity. It is not a physical pos sibility to cover the entire country and make more than one speech in a state, with the possible exception of some of the very largo states, such as New York and Pennsylva nia. and I believe that the speech in Goorgia will bo made at Atlanta. I know that Colonel Roosevelt would be delighted to stop at La- Grange If it were possible, hut 1 hoj>e 1 have made clear to you the situation in which he is placed. CHURCH PRAYERS STOPPED BY MAN DOWN IN A WELL 1.1 IHRII-.. t’KLA., Aug. 27. A prayer meeting ,-ame to a smid.-n end last night at the Methodist chur.-h in Orlando township, near here, when a man rushed in to announce that all the men were needed to rescue James Yates, a farmer, from a well. Yates was descending by a rope to rescue a pig that had fallen into the well, w lien tile rope broke and he was precipitated to the bottom and into water over his head. Yates was rescued anil tin party re turned to the church for the benedic tion. FROG WEIGHS 1 1-2 LBS.: SI,OOO SAID TO BE VALUE NEW YORK, Aug 27.—-. Peter .1, Staf ford has captured a frog weighing 1 pounds. It is 15 inches long and 10 inenes in girth Experts at the Bronx zoo say the frog is worth SI,OOO. LONDON CALLS NEWPORT SOCIETY BALLS “VULGAR” LONDON Aug. 27 The Dally Express here editorially denoun< <'s the S»utv»»san* J and Vanderbilt balls at Newport at ”vul gar and tawdry.” REBELS RAID ON 0. S. SIDE AGAIN Troops on Guard Capture One of Band —Stock Driven From Ranches. EL PASO, TEXAS. Aug. 27.—Mexi can rebels are again raiding on United States soil A squadron of the Third I'nited States cavalry, which is guard ing the international boundary between Douglas. Artz., and Hachita, N. M„ had a brush with the raiders early today, capturing one of them. fwenty horses were stolen by the Mexicans from the Victoria i'attle Company's ranch near Hachita and an other band of raiders cut the fences of the Culberson ranch and drove off a lot of cattle. It Is believed here that Pascual Oroz. o. former cotnmander-ln-chief of the northern rebels, has taken command of Salazar's band at Nogales ranch. In Sonora. The insurgent force there num bers about 1,000. Orozco was seen at Colonia Diaz, near the Sonora line, with a bodyguard of 50 men. At that time'he was heading for Nogales ranch. Stewart’s Underprice Basement m JTV A> 1 I ■ k \ z /\ BOYS’ MISSES’ CHILDREN’S Boys' Box Calf Bluchers. Misses’ Gun Metal Button. Children’s Patent Vamp, Guaranteed solid. Sewed soles. White Top, Black Top, But- Q . ~ , .... Sizes 111-2 to 2 $1.95 lon ' SIZPS Jto ?1 ' 65 Sizes 8 1-2 to 11 $1.65 Sizes Ito 5 < $ .95 Sizes 2 1-2 to 5 1-2... $1.95 Sizes sto 8 ....$1.45 Sizes. 5 1-2 to 8 $1.15 f C , Cl Kill Button Pat. Tip Button. P - infant bhoes s Z(S i , 50c stewarts X tennis SCOUTS OXFORDS FOR BOYS. 44k J WHITE and black Sizes 9 to 13 1-2. $1.65 Sizes 12 10 2 6 ° C Sizes 1 to 5 1-2..51.95 Sizes 2 1-2 to 5 1-2.70 c Fred S. Stewart Co. J. M. High Cqmwy. AUGUST FURNITURE SALE Offers Unmatchable Bargains This Week Positively the Last Week of the Sale Within the past few days we have received several ear loads of our New Kall Furniture. We .are going to give the trade the benefit of these recent purchases as well as of our entire stock—not one piece is held out —everything is included in the August Reductions. Bona- 1 / ££ For This Fide Z- I IT I Week Cut /5 VZXX On | y Come, see for yourselves. Every piece of Furniture is reduced one fifth —and you have choice of the host .and newest stock in the South. Remember, the Sale ends positively August 31—next Saturday at noon. Regular prices will be resumed after that date. We will store all Furniture bought until you want it delivered. We Extend Our “Divided Payments” in This Sale Last Week of the August Blanket Sale Every Blanket in this stock is new, fresh—not one pair soiled or mussed. Come this week and take advantage of our Special Offer. Pay one-fourth down and Blankets will be stored until needed SUES HUBBY WHEN HE INSISTS ON COOKING HIS OWN BREAKFAST Mrs. Elliott Rust, 123 East Fair street, sued C. M. Rust for divorce to day and got an order tying up the fam ily household goods, as a result of a quarrel over who should cook break fast. . Mrs. Rust asserts Rust had been treating her badly since March 1, and that yesterday morning he came into the kitchen and announced he was go ing to cook his own breakfast. She says she remonstrated and said she would cook for him, but he flatly re fused to allow her to. She declares he then ordered his seventeen-year-old son to strike her, saying he would pay the fine. The suit was filed through Attorney Frank Harralson. MOTHER AND CHILD DIE AFTER EATING TOADSTOOLS HOWELL, MICH.. Aug. 27. Mrs. Fred Hubbard, her two-year-old child and her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Pittin ger. ate toadstools here, mistaking them for mushrooms. Mrs. Hubbard and child are dead and Mrs. Pittinger is critically ill. ALABAMA PLANNING FOR BIG CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION IN 1919 MONTGOMERY. ALA.. Aug. 27. Plans are already beginning to assume definite shape looking to a celebration In 1919 of the 100th anniversary of Ala bama's admission into the Union. In the form of a big exposition to be held tn Montgomery. Mobile or Birmingham, the place to be decided later. Aid of the entire state will be asked in this project, and the legislature will be asked to make a large appropria tion also. The committee named by Governor O'Neal on the celebration and proposed exposition will be called together soon by the chairman. Dr. Thomas M. Owen, of the state department of archives and history. 307 HOOKWORM CASES. COLUMBUS. GA.. Aug. 27.—Drs. Dobb« and Jacobs, hookworm experts, who have been in Columbus for the past two months, have rendered a report of their work since coming to Columbus, which shows that they have examined 898 persons and that they have found 3U7 to be infected with the disease. A number of those infected have reached advance stages. 5