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the weather f . as t for At'a nta and Geor 9 ia: - -older today; bearing and Rain ano co lder tomorrOW ~ I 'vol.. '<l M>. 108. BS HUSBBND HMD MEIFOR BIGAMY But His Accusations Are Un-' proved and Police Refuse to Detain Son-in-Law. says he will prove TRUTH OF CHARGES' I Trouble Aftermath of Recent Elopement Which Parent Almost Frustrated. ,■ in . ■ by the father of Mrs I ■ j c.mr■>,Khaiii. girl-wife of a West i .ii-t'ir. that the man had an lixiim wife, in addition to his -.i'i ini m the detention of Cun- • veial hours at the po- > .• .... today Following a long i n . vith the father, however, | ~f |-’,. av. rs announced that there isi . \ Monee against Cunning- | >... . .1 his release from custody was , . i Th. father declared that he i>.• : the prosecution drop, but vou I continue search for evidence. tenths ago. Cunningham eloped [ s. .'t Mashburn, a 16-year-old c from the home of her parents, 43 R bins - r. ■ i At that time the fa ther f the sir! so strenuously opposed t it u' tli.it lie called the police to !„• tite • >ny . They arrived just > t ■ a .■:! the concluding words of i oicmony. pronounced by • i tin Walker Street Meth odist church. x I Arrested On Father's Word. I -ihrn i • did not rest, how . i.\ he told Chief Beavers : received information that in id another wife in Columbia, S 1 I, . on this information that C rest ,i< made. Cunningham at 1 ' ■ i ot' -ted innocence. t >n | "oved that Mashburn's I- ' ntirely Indefinite and no u been sworn out. the In contractor's release. ■' • ningham. who is 33 years C ■ ■!< girl-wife, he had been liv -.ime house with the Mash h \\ there that he lost one • ii'i died so suddenly that het - investigated by a coroner's 'inningham was completely * "I. I 1 jury finding that death had t <r inc tn .unto Brights disease. week- afterward, the elope toiik place, Mashburn suspected a mid asked police prevention. It 1 nine too late. GEORGIA-ALABAMA FAIR PRIZE WINNERS NAMED unrs. GA., Dee. 7.—The first "f the Georgia-Alabama in will close tonight at 10 o'clock. ; i greatest interest shown s "f attractions was in the ■ - i'uiiimii exhibits and it was in t't'ni in that largest prizes were •I. \l. Crutchfield and sons, county, Alabama, took first hile Mrs. W. W. Monk. Ga., took seeotid prize, C Motz, of Huntsville, Ala., S2OO, and Gid Morris, of G ... fourth prize, SIOO. more than 100 prizes ! in the poultry department*, liieh were very handsome. UNKNOWN ASSASSIN KILLS RICH ben hill negro , - ALD. GA.. Nov. 7.—George negro, was shot and instantly p by an unknown person. "' ll Io do. He ran a wood i t"r the last two oi three! '■"niil his own home in the ' ’it i of Hill ebunty.l Hid There was no •*\e-' he killing, but a negro man | m 'inning awa\ from the place in his hand. He has not taught. JUVENILE COURT TO BE ESTABLISHED IN MACON Dec. 7. —Plans have ""d for the early establish uvetille court In Macon, "iseincnt of two grand s, '' , med. ;|, j s required behind the project are :i ' creation of tile couit ' months. The Woman's ' nee, in annual ses- i co-operate with th- | ' of taking care of j bi ought before the The Atlanta Georgian * Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results. Macon Society Folk Adopt “Turkey Trot** And “Boston Dip** Fad Eccentric Steps Now All Rage at Fashionable Dances in Central City. MACON, GA., Dec. 7—" Turkey Trot” and "Boston Dip” parties have sudden ly become the rage in the social life of i Macon. Although tabooed at the exclu sive Idle Hour Country chib, where a posted notice prohibits them and "all other wild animal dances.” these new eccentric steps are now very popular in the home entertainments. I Thursday night Dr. and Mrs. Maury I Hunnerlyn Stapler entertained a select coterie of friends at a “Turkey Trot” party’’ at their home on High street, and last night Miss Sarah Tinsley was the hostess at a similar affair at her I home on College street. j Three more "Turkey Trot” and “Griz. I zly Bear" parties have been announced j for next week. LAWYER RESCUING HIS DAUGHTER FROM FIRE FAINTS; BOTH PERISH NEW YORK, Dec. 7.—While making a heroic effort to save his fourteen ! year-old daughter, Lillian, from their : burning home at Woodside, in Queens ! borough, ea’ly today, Melville Mendell, a New York lawyer, fainted and both perished. Mendell was carrying his daughter to safety when he was overcome by smoke and when the bodies were found the girl had her arms still clasped about i her father’s neck. The Mendell family occupied the sec ond floor of the house. The fit* had | made much headway when the lawyer was aroused by the shouts of the fam ily on the first floor. Seizing his wife, Mendell carried her to safety, then re turned for his two children. He found j liis twelve-year-old son groping in the I hallway and carried him out. By this time he was nearly overcome by smoke and the interior of the house was a seething furnace. Disregarding the en treaties of his wife, the brave lawyer again plunged into the building. Those i on the street could hear above the roar of the fire the girl’s voice, crying, "Fa ther, please save me.” Soon all sound died away. Mendell [did not reappear and the firemen knew [ it was useless. to attempt to save him. Half an hour later when the flames were subdued and searchers entered the building they found the two bodies in a parlor, off from the girl's bed room, where they had fallen. FIRST EXAMINATION FOR POSTOFFICE JOB IN GEORGIA AT DUBLIN The first examination in Georgia for the newly created civil service job. a fourth class postmastership, will be held on December 14 at Dublin, for the vacancy created in tF,e Chester (Ga ) postoffice. This is the first of 1.16.7 stlch exami nations wnich will be held during the next t.wo years, as there are that num ber of fourth class offices in the state. The fourth class offices were placed under the civil service rules on Novem ber 25. 1912. A fourth class office is one which pays less than SI,OOO a year. At present there are 1,344 postoffices in Georgia. Os these but 179 are filled by presidential appointment. So. for the first time, the filling of the majority of the offices in the state will not be purely a matter of political plums given to the faithful. JUSTICE CALLS UPON MEN MARRIED FREE TO RE-ELECT HIM MACON. GA., Dei-. 7. —The quadren nial election of the justices of-the peace of Bibb county here today is featured by a lively contest in the East Macon district between Judge Hugh McKer vey, the “marrying justice,” and J. W. Levar. Judge McKervey has married 250 couples in the last four years, and did not charge any of them a fee. He ■ has called upon those made husbands • by him, free of cost, to come to his I support in the election. In the Godfrey district there is.no candidate. Judge J. I. Davidson has declined re-election, and no one else , has announced for his place. NEW COMMISSIONERS FOR WARE COUNTY TO RENAMED ' WAYCROSS. GA.. Dec. 7.—When su. perior court reconvenes Monday the grand jury will recommend the follow ing as members of the new board of county commissioners: John E, Wad ley, Dr. G. P. Folks Sind D. J. Miller, of the Waycross district; Dr. E. P. Little, of Manor; J. J. Murray, of Waresboro, and Walter Smith, of Bick ley. The chairman will be one of the members from the Waycross district. PRINCETON STUDENTS SAVE HISTORIC HALL FROM FIRE PRINCETON. N. J. Dei-. 7.—A ban.' lof volunteer firemen made up of stu dents of Princeton university car lx t >- I day .prevented the ilwuillnn of his-1 ti> i Wit'ii poon hall, one of the dor- 1 mitotic#. bv tire. EXPERT FIIDS POBRHOMES I 111 Mi ‘■ltf Lindholm Declares Living Con ditions of Negroes Are Men ace to Whole City. * BAD BUILDINGS CHIEF FAULT OF THE SCHOOLS i Investigator Impressed by Fear Everyone Seems to Have of Fresh Air. 1 ,; Though he was mild in his genera! i icriitcisms of Atlanta's sanitary and ed ucational systems, S. G. Lindholm, the ’ municipal expert who hgs been making an investigation" here under the aus pices of the Chamber of Commerce, de clared today that some of Atlanta’s liv ing conditions were horrible and that 1 they would not be tolerated even in New York, the city of notorious tene- i ment houses "Such conditions as the negro huts I ;in Lowe's a'ley and similar places a.r« • I too bad for words,” he said. “I can’t ’ j tell you what to do with the lowest I class of tenements and shacks. But the medium class, where many white people live, is what demands immediate ► attention by the city government. i “There is no excuse for some of the [conditions 1 have found." Urges City to Enforce Sanitation. Mr. Lindholm said that new bulldhhg i regulations and closer sanitary inspec ; tions were the remedies' He said many i of the houses absolutely lacked venti , lation, in many the walls are crumbling, the roofs leak, there is no provision for baths and the general living conditions in them are wholly insanitary. He said it was absolutely - necessary to use force in dealing with certain classes of people and that there was certainly some need of enforced sani tation in Atlanta. He referred to sec tions of Peters and Decatur streets as typical *f this needed regulation. He said the conditions he found in . Lowe's alley and some of the poorer negro sections, where he was informed washerwomen and servants of«the bet ter class of white people live, were so , revolting that when ne went back to his room at the Capital City b he asked the servant there who nad dorm his laundry. He said he did not want to take any chances by having his laundry done in such a place. Whites Endangered By Servants’ Neglect. The remedy for these unfortunates, he pointed put. was not so apparent. But he said if the landlords were made to build proper houses, the people could be trained gradually to live mo.e cleanly and healthier lives. "This is especially important.” he said, "because the negroes are as close to the white people as the members of their own families. When the servants are infected with disease they infect the i best people in the community.” As to the schools, he said, the princi pal trouble was bad buildings. Better buildings could only be secured by more money. He said that all the schools were without sufficient ventilation, as well as all other buildings in Atlanta. Why Do Atlantans Fear Fresh Ah"? “Patent ventilating systems are fail ures.” he said. "The only way to get plenty of pure air is to keep the win dows open. One gets accustomed to living in fresh pure air just as one gets I accustomed tn bathing regularly. "I have been impressed with the fear Atlanta people have of fresh air. de spite the fine climate. Most of the people in offices keep their windows closed." Mr. Lindholm has practically com pleted his work. He will leave for New York today and will send his for mal report on conditions along with the report of Herbert R. Sands, the ex pert who made a general survey of the whole city government. LINEMAN SAVED FROM DEATH BY LIFE BELT ST. LOUIS, Dec. 7.—A lifebelt saved Leo Itonhower, a lineman in the em ploy of the Kinloch Telephone Com pany, from a plunge to the ground from the top of a telegraph pole in Webster Groves, when he was rendered unconscious by a passage of 2,000 volts of electricity through his body. When shocked his body fell away from the I 'livi" xxire. He was resiued front ths mde bv follow workuieu. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY. DECEMBER 7, 1912. | THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON! Copyright, 1912, by Internationa) News Service. z .>AY, KiriO.HErtt CCM£>—- /all rouß wmv. they w > i FX IIF You J>ONT LET THEM / YKL, I VOTE TUtYCL EVERY WIMPCVJ THE) '//% ■< ■M ' /y// h ! I TSE KtHG k I You may all have a Vote) Jg/X 81. I Except tsc6e vjuo wear. / • Z. 1 ~ _ 1 myhatoet? h GAS SHOW TO RUN THROUGH MONDAY FOR CHARITY FUND Delegates tp the National Gas con vention today began their migrations back home, but they left well stocked with the good things of life and undy ing memories of Atlanta hospitality. An old-time Georgia barbecue was the last entertainment feature planned. An early morning downpour of rain made it likely that the scene would have to be transferred from Grant park to Taft hall. The hour set was 12:30 o’clock. The delegates last night enjoyed a beafsteak dinner at Taft hall, where vaudeville and speeches seasoned the elaborate menu. The show will ren-ain open until midnight tonight and <>e held open Monday, when a ten-< nt ad mission fee will be charged for the ben efit of the Associated Charities fund. BRIDE OF A DAY SLAYS PURVEYOR OF GOSSIP LOGANSPORT IND., Dec 7.—When Mrs. Mary Coppie pre.-< nted herself at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Lang, a bride of a day. sb' was met at the door by the bride, who shot her dead, j Mrs. Lang told the police she killed Mrs. Coppie because the latter had said she “did not see what Joe Lang meant by marrying that ugly old thing." WIFE, 15, WITH THREE CHILDREN, IS DIVORCED QUINCY. ILL.. Dec. 7.—The Adams county circuit court granted a decree of divorce to Mrs. Etfie Harmon, fifteen years old. She is the mother of three children. She was married three years ago. Desertion was charged. BLINDED ESCAPING FROM I WIFE AT COSTUME BALL SHANGHAI. Dec. 7.—lnviting to supper a young woman with whom ne danced at a costume ball. Percy Drum mond discovered she was his wife. In running away he fell into a lime bed and was blinded. i LOS ANGELES REJECTS RULE BY COMMISSION LOS ANGELKS. CAL., Dec. 7—Re turns from the election indicate that the proposed new charter, providing a commission form of government for the city of Los Angeles. yvas defeated by a vote of 2 to 1, or more. BLIND “HELLO GIRL” IS SUCCESSFUL INNOVATION BALTIMORE. Dec. 7. Miss Elsie Sonderinan. the first blind telephone gnl nas show u marked ability at the awjuubuurd. Grand Jury Indicts Ten Men Who Failed To Pay Tax on Dogs i Prominent Effingham County Citi zens Charged With Illegal Voting in Augusta Primary GUYTON. GA., Dec. 7. —Ten men have been placed under arrest by Sher iff Jaudon. of Effingham county, as the result of as many indictments returned by the last grand jury, charging illegal voting In the Democratic primary elec tion last August, when state officers were nominated, because they failed to pay their dog tax. They will await triai at the April term of superior court in this county. Judge Walter W. Shepard, of the Atlantic circuit, will sit in these < ases. Among those indicted are five prom inent citizens of the Guyton district. The grand jury held that failure to pay any part of state taxes including even that assessed on dogs, i nstituted a violation of the state tax laws and consequently disqualified the delin quents as voters. The legislature last summer repealed the dog tax statute, but the repeal was not brought about until after taxes for the year had been assessed and become payable. These cases will constitute a test of the con stitutionality of the tax provision of the primary election law. A number of attorneys, including some from Savan nah and other cities, will appear in the trials. STREET RAILWAY AT WAR WITH COLUMBUS COUNCIL | CQLUMBI’S, GA.. Dec. 7.—A scrap is on between the city of Columbus and the Columbus Railroad Company, which operates the street car lines in this city, growing out of the tearing up and removing of a piece of road four blocks long. On Thanksgiving day the street rail way company, which had asked per mission to discontinue its service on these four blocks and which had been refused by city council, removed the rails. AJ the next meeting of council a res olution was adopted demanding that the street rail* ay company rebuild the track within 30 days or the city would begin action to force its reconstruction and operation. It is the street railway company's move next. General Manager Bleeeker will not state yvhat he proposes to do. FOUR KILLED IN WRECK. BNUEMONT. MD. Dee. 7. Four per. son« were killed ami two fatally in jured in a wreck on the Western Mary- , land lailivad near here early today. CONFESSED FORGER BROUGHT BACK HOME JUST IN TIME TO DIE | COLUMBUS. GA,, Dec. 7.—John T. I Fletcher, Jr., arrested in New Orleans a week ago, charged with forgery, and who was taken desperately ill soon aft erward. died at the home of his father In Columbus last night. When first arrested It was thought Fletcher had appendicitis, but a more thorough examination showed that he had ulcer of the stomach. His father, John T. Fletcher, Sr., brought him back from New Orhans Thursday night. He had confessed to the forgery charge and his father made good the amounts. The funeral took place this after noon FIELDER TO SUCCEED WILSON AS GOVERNOR TRENTON. N Dec. 7.—Democrat ic state senators of the next New Jer sey legislature, In caucus here, selected Senator James F Fielder, of Hudson county, h" ’ majority nominee so" president of il-. senate. Fielder will succeed Govert><>>■ Wilson when the lat ter resigns to go to Washington. MINISTERS TO COMPETE WITH BURLESQUE SHOWS MASSILON, OHIO, Dec. 7.—ln an ef fort to uplift the drama and compete with the burlesque shows, six Massllon ministers have banded together to give the city first-class entertainments this winter. “BLIND TIGER”’ ITqUOR FOR ZOO INEBRIATES RICHMOND, IND.. Dec. 7.—Park Su perintendent Hollarn has asked the po lice to turn over to the zoo whiskv ob tained in "blind tiger" raids to be given to the monkeys which are accustomed to a "nip" every other May during the winter. MADE BLIND BY BLOW. KNIFE RESTORES SIGHT PITTSBURG. Dec. 7.—Captain D. C. Creese, who was stricken blind when struck by a negro while general fore man of the Gatun dam on the Panama canal three years ago, has recovered his sight as a result of an operation. SPINSTERS SEEKING MEN ORGANIZE; BAR WIDOWS BOSTON. Dec. 7.—Widows are barred from the Spinsters Association of‘Mas. sachusetts—organized to go eligible young men to call on lonely spinsters. TO ATTEND K. P. ANNIVERSARY.* WAYCROSS. GA.. Dee. 7. GramT Chancellor J. W, Austin, of the Knights of Pythias, will attend the twi-nty-sev enth anniversary of the Wakefield lodge No. at Waycross next Tuesday. IXffi 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE p^ c sms sum IHILSOI IS HK MHEI Governor Will Hear Counsel of Party Leaders, Then Do as He Pleases. z COMPLETELY RESTED. HE SEEKS DIVERSION Left Alone by Politicians, He Goes to Social Functions He Abhors. HAMILTON, BERMUDA. Dec. 7.- (Special Correspondence.)—Those who expect that William J. Bryan is goins to select oodrow Wilson's cabinet sot him arc greatly mistaken. Those who expect that Mr. Bryan will be a mem ber of the cabinet are probably also mistaken, though they will not know of their mistake until after January 1. and probably not until March 4. It can be said that the president-elect has no de sire to embarrass Mr. Bryan by al lowing him to be placed in the posi tion of seeming to advise the next pres ident. The president-elect will seek the counsel of all the leaders of the Democratic party, but it is safe to predict that in the end he will do as he pleases. When Governor Wilson received the report from New York that Mr. Bryan would come here to consult with the president-elect, he wrote a letter tc Colonel Bryan making an appointment to meet "him in New York. That had the effect of forestalling any plan ol Mr. Bryan of coming to Bermuda. Didn't Go Near Bryan's Haunts. When the report went nut fron - Princeton a month ago that Governor Wilson would take a vacation, the an nouncement was made that he "would go South,” and no mention was made . of Bermuda. Bryan read these .reports. * | assumed that Governor Wilson was go- Ing to Florida, and wrote him a letter saying he would be in Miami, and that t ' if the governor was really going to I Florida they could arrange to meet fre . I quently. Governor Wilson went far ■ away from Florida. , Mr. Bryan has a good many enemies in and out of the Democratic parte. ■ Governor \\ ilson has no intention of ■ op'ending these men. The other day , when he heard a report of expected : trouble in the Democratic ranks he ■ said: "li would be downright stupidity to start trouble in the present harmonious state of things. I hose who expect it will be badly fooled." Those who have been closest to the governor say that there will he no trou- J hie unless Governor Wilson himself starts it. He generally starts whatever trouble in gets into atrd generally set tles It t j his own satisfaction. He has a wav of making people obey his or ders. Hi- said before leaving New York that any politician who came to Rer ! muil.i to see him would get the reverse of xx hat he was after. The result is t that no politician has appeared, not even Senator-elect "Billy" Hughes, who had intended coming here and whom the governor would be glad to see. “Billy" is more a personal than politi cal friend. “Oh. 'Billy' can come,” said the pres ident-elect. "I don’t regard him as a politician.” Congressman Donohue Avoids Wilson. But “Billy” didn't come. . Not a politician of any stripe has been seen—yes, there was one. Con gressman Donohue, of Philadelphia, happened on the same boat with the governor < oming here. He apologized, and during his stay of two weeks here he remained axvaj from Glen Cove. When he was about to sail ho dropped in at the cottage. Mrs. Wilson an swered the hell, and Congressman Don ohue explained that he had merely come to pax his respects and say good-bye. Mrs Wilson invited him in to see the governor himself, but Donohue said. "No. thank you. i'll just ask you to deliver tile message for me." And Don ohue departed, "Nice of him. xvasn’t it?” said th" governor when he learned of it. It is entirely possible that Donohue might i’. 'xe read of the governor's threat to thrash a photographer for failing to obey instructions. Governor Wilson came here to rest, i hut his health has imptnved to such an extent that he feels the need of diver sion. As a conse<|ucni ". h< aci epted u ' number of social iiivilnlions. He has ' attended a dinner given by Govxmoi General Bullock, another by llamiltun | Parish, an old Princeton friend; an 1 amateur performance of hit Mutual i! Friend.' a garden partx uix, u by Ladx | Bullock al the goverrmu'ii hous". ami a ■ session of ihe house ol assembly, al within a week;