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fITIF! PANAMA ffINSL, URGES STIMSON Establishment of Naval Base in Hawaii Calls for Protection There. Too. Says Report. WASHINGTON', Dec. 9.—The Imme jlate fortification and mobilization of troop-' i n Panama and Hawaii for the election of American property at ose points: the passage of a national /junteers bill allowing the draughting r in efficient fighting force in time of need and the extension of pay to the ' (|M | ojard under the condition that T. be made available for general ... use were among the major sug arm j * 1 ■ gf9lion s made by Secretary of War jteni.' I- Stimson in his annual report to the president just made public. Continuing his list of recommenda tl(,n? and comments upon the present , tP of the United States army, Sec \ Stimson took a slap at the anti ( nists stating that the bad health ',f _,,me of the men was directly at ; . to the abolishment of mildly intoxicating liquors from army post canteens. Keep West Point Standard Up. p, ,Cm. advocated legislation to keep th uilit'i y academy at West Point up tn its full capacity in point of attend the enactment of laws allowing p,. to Ricans citizenship; the retire ment of Federal employees upon pen after a stated number of years of service; the establishment of a coun. ; of national defense composed of members of the army,, navy and both houses of congress, with a view to h ittging into closer relationship these branches of the government, and leg islation permitting the Federal govern ment to require the expenditure of a certain portion of the income from biicness organizations building dams cc.-oss streams and rivers for the im • ovement of these streams and rivers. To meet the needs of the Philippines, recommendation was made for “the early passage by the house of repre sentatives of the bill authorizing an increase of the limit of the bonded in debtedness for public works by the Philippine government to $15,000,000.” "Guard Canal and Hawaii." Particular stress was laid upon the necessity' for fortifying and garrisoning the Panama canal and Hawaii, the re port stating that the near approach to completion of the big ditch and the policy under which it is to be admin h.ered, together with the establishment of a naval base in Hawaii, made these measures necessary. Three full strength regiments of infantry, a squadron of caavlry and a battalion of field artil lery. besides the necessary troops to " crate the guns which protect the en of the canal, were necessary to rc|" landing forces from a possible hos. fleet in the canal zone, according to the report. This force should never fail belov. 6,500 men. The canal, said the secretary, would probably be open to traffic during the latter half of 1913. for the proper fortification of the tavat base at Hawaii the report stated •hrt it would be necessary to maintain, in addition to the present force of 12,- »’en. exclusive of native troops, an tuJditionai force of six full strength reg iments of infantry, one regiment of <avalrj and three battalions of field artillery. Tne report stated that at the close of the fiscal year, Jure 30. 1912, the actual irength of the United States army was *4'o officers and 77.835 enlisted men, a ■otal of 82.305. and an increase since June "■ 1911, of 189 officers and 7,834 enlist "> men | n addition to this, the actual ength of the Philippine scouts at the tiose of the fiscal year was 180 officers an<l .>,480 enlisted men. TWO AND A HALF dollar gold piece FOR AN XMAS GIFT Atlanta's Oldest Savings Bank Will , Supply You. °' hln ® flts in fnr a Christmas pres "Xaetiy like gold—nothing could be »«p>L, ap Vr ec ’ ate<i - It saves giving a cm! .> *' anfl hest of a 'l. It Puts an 1 le annua! worrying, vexatious •|- h 'p what you shall give. ’, o; ' 8iil Savings Bank and Trust I■ y following its annual custom. , T- n ' <ri you with brand new $2.50 ; es for its equivalent in any ''‘nomination. We, ran short last vsL _, u , t *' av e a larger supply this I, p v ,or >K as the supply lasts we W( l " cou,lt °n. 4 Per cent interest and will ' w “ - Sl . little gold {) ie Ces on deposit as any other good money. ty ' r ';s" ‘" .. Grown. President: John Bo\t,L an l' ' ice President: Joseph E. )B,on Secretary and Treasurer. _~____(Advt.) Leather Folds ■° hold neckties, gloves, handkerchiefs or veils, are appropriate as gifts to either lady or gentleman. $1.75 to $4.50 LIEBERMAN'S The Trunk Store 92 Whitehall ASKS HIGH COURT TO TRY HIM FOR KILLING HIS NEIGHBOR’S COW J. S. Gallimore thinks that a suit against him for killing his neighbor's cow should be tried in superior court. He asked that tribunal today to hear the case and set aside a justice court judgment recently found against him. In his plea for superior court juris diction, Gallimore asserted that he killed a cow belonging to Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Parker to protect the lives of his children. He denied that he was prompted by malice in his action. T had no intention of injuring the cow.” said Gallimore. “1 merely in tended to protect the lives of my chil dren.” FARMER’S SLAYER IN JAIL; VOLUNTARILY SURRENDERS GUYTON, GA., Dec. 9.—Randolph Mercer, who killed W. A. Usher, a prominent planter in the Okey district of this county, a week ago, has surren dered to the sheriff and is now lodged in Effingham county jail. According to later reports of the kill ing, Usher had taken Mercer home and remained for supper. It is said they were drinking at the time and Usher became boisterous at the table, where upon Mercer ordered him out and Ush er complied, but invited Mercer out side. Mercer went out with his gun and shot Ushe dead. There seems not to have been any other eye witnesses to the tragedy, and it is not known what took place after the two men left the house. Usher was not armed when he was found dead at Mercer's gate next day. JUDGE PARTS A COUPLE WED TWICE UNDER AGE CHICAGO, Dec. 9.—Judge Tuthill has granted a decree of divorce to Edward Therien from his wife. Laura Rasmus sen Therien, to whom he was married on Labor day, September, 1905, in St. Joseph, Mich. In his bill Therien set forth that both at the time were under the legal age and that the ceremony was illegal. Therien said that they were remarried in Pittsburg on August 13. 1906, but still at that time they were under age. In his bill Th.*w.n accused his wife of attacking him with a razor while they were residing in Washington and on another occasion with a butcher knife. GREAT GUN EXPLODES. IMPERILING SOLDIERS SANDY HOOK, N. J., Dec. 9.—A squad of artillerymen and their com manding officer narrowly escaped death today when a new fourteen-inch gun intended for use in the United States coast fortifications exploded when be ing tested. The missile was thrown 100 feet away and fragments of the shell struck the carriage, narrowly missing the soldiers. BREAKSIEG ON PEEL HE TOSSES INTO STREET ST. LOUIS, Dec. 9.—John Steinhauer, of Belleville. 58 years old. was taken to the city hospital suffering from a broken leg. fractured in two places above the knee. Steinhauer was walk ing toward a Page car at Twenty-third and Walnut streets, eating a banana. He threw the peeling in front of him. He stepped on it and fell. REPORTS OF ACCIDENT TO MAURETANIA ARE DENIED LONDON, Dec. 9. —Official denials of reports that the Mauretania had met with an accident was made this after noon by General Manager Means, of the Cunard line. Mr. Means said he had received a wireless from the Mau retania at 3:15 p. m. stating that the ship was 565 miles west of Queenstown. No trouble was reported. WANTS ANTI-KISSING LAW IN STATE OF OKLAHOMA OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA., Dec. 9. Dr. George W. Bowling, of Lindsay, Okla., who organized the anti-kissing crusade in Oklahoma, has decided to move to Oklahoma City, it is said. He Incorporated the first anti-kiss-ing society in this state and is preparing a request, to be submitted to the ap proaching legislature, prohibiting kiss ing in the state. Our Watches will stand hard knocks. We have hundreds of styles of timepieces— small, gold, sil ver. gunmetal, nickel, for ladies and gentlemen—from the $1 Ingersoll to the most expensive solid gold Watch. Whichever you want, this is the place to get it. Os course a watch should be handled with great care, but at the same time well constructed watches like ours will withstand the ordinary knocks of every day a whole lot better than the ordinary kind. A. HOLZMAN The Jeweler. 92 Whitehall Street. ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, DECEMBER 9. 1912. LOVEJOY HEADS M. E. MINISTERS Presiding Elder of Atlanta Dis trict New President of Pastors’ Meetings. The annual election of officers of the Methodist Ministers Meetings, held this morning at the Wesley Memorial church, resulted in the choice of Dr. W. P. Lovejoy, presiding elder of the At lanta district as president; Rev. C. V. Weathers, of East End. secretary, anil Rev. Frank Hudson, of East Point, treasurer. A “steering committee" to prepare programs for Monday morning meetings was -chosen as follows: Dr. C. O. Jones, pastor of the First Methodist, formerly of St. Johns, Augusta; Rev. S. R. Belk, of Park Street; Rev, Charles- Bass. of Bolton: Rev. A. W. Quillian, of Inman Park, and Rev. (X M. Eakes, of St. Johns. ’ , Dr. Belk offered a resolution or sym pathy to the family of Dr. Junius W. Millard, who died yesterday. Interest in Christmas Fund. Discussions led by Dr. Lovejoy, Major R. J. Guinn, M. M. Davies and others aroused great interest in the Christmas fund for the Wesley Memorial hospital. This fund is collected annually from the congregations of the Methodist churches, and the plan adopted for the collection on Sunday morning, Decem ber 22, is to have the superintendents urge next Sunday that parents and children join in the movement, and that the ministers make their Sunday ser mons along the line of the need of the hospital for more funds. • Major Guinn declared that with the co-operation of Methodists the local hospital could not only be made entire ly self-supporting, but the church could build a structure on the present site equal to any south or west of Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. Mr. Davies de clared that Igist year pay patients had turned into the hospital coffers $12,000, and that with more such patients the hospital need cost the church nothing. The hospital is badly overcrowded and the church members feel the need of new or additional quarters, but nothing definite has been planned. Many Patients Cared For. For the fiscal year ending November 1, 1912, the seventh annual report of the hospital trustees shows that 954 pa tients were treated, among whom were 434 Methodists, 225 Baptists, 108 Pres byterians. The total Income of the in stitution was $36,620, all spent for run ning expenses. The North Georgia con ference gave $2,237.96 for the Christmas fund in 1911, and the South Georgia conference $1,161.81, a total of $3,399.77. The Atlanta district gave $1,204.15. From the opening of the hospital. Au gust 16, 1905, until November 1, 1912, there have been treated in it. 5.193 pa tients, of whom 2,869 have not been able to pay for tbeir treatment—over half of the total number. The value of charity work, estimated at prime cost, has been $59,151.06 in these seven years. During the same period the Christmas collec tions have aggregated only $23,565.86, or $35,949.20 less than the hospital has expended upon the poor. The original cost of the ground and first building was $17,500. Thus it appears that the hospital has “given Itself away’’* twice in seven years. EARTHQUAKE RECORDED. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. —The seis mograph at the Georgetown university recorded earth disturbances from 3:44 to 4:07 this morning. According to Father Lorndorf, the earthquake was several thousand miles northwest of Washington. HOLIDAY GIFTS Os many kinds and all prices may be found in our Sporting Goods Department. Any man or boy is sure to be pleased with some article from this stock. Here are some of them: SHOTGUNS $5.00 to $362 RIFLES $1.50 and up AIRRIFLES 75c to $2.50 BICYCLES . $ 15.00 to $35.00 SKATES 50c to $3.50 SWEATERS $2.00 to $12.50 CARRIAGE HEATERS $1.25 to $3.25 THERMOS BOTTLES SI.OO to $4.50 INDIAN SUITS $2.00 COWBOY SUITS $2.50 HUNTING BOOTS SIO.OO HUNTING SHOES $6.00 Thousands of articles suitable for gifts are to be found in our stock. Come and see them. Our sales slips good in Constitution Contest. WATCH OUR WINDOWS KING HARDWARE COMPANY 87 Whitehall 53 Peachtree "■ ' ■ —■ —— II J ' ' _ GREATDIPLOMAGY STRUGGLE AHEAD Turks to Try to Offset Defeat in War by Victory in Peace Conference. LONDON, Dec. 9.-—Hoping to offset on the field of diplomacy what they lost on the field of battle, the Turks are preparing to resist with the most aggressive diplomacy any one exces sive demand by the allies in the peace conference which opens here Friday. Diplomatic circles learned today that the Turkish envoys are coming here under direct instructions from Sultan Hoha mined V to use every method sanctioned by diplomatic usage to saVe what territory and national prestige they can. It thus appears that the battle of di plomacy may resolve itself into a con test between the “irreducible minimum” on the part of the Balkan allies against the national honor of the Ottoman em pire. Each of the five governments involv ed will be allowed three envoys. Social Affaire for Envoys. It is expected that the course of the negotiations will be marked by social affairs for the envoys. King George may give a dinner for the plenipoten tiaries if they settle all the issues ami cably and without discord. Os the Turkish delegates only the name of Os man Nizami Pasha has been officially handed in to the foreign office. The Ottoman government has been puzzled to select the best men. Because of the importance of his standing with the Balkan league, Pre mier Venizelos, of Greece, is expected to be one of the outstanding figures at the conference. He will probably take the place of one of Greece’s military delegates in the conference, the latter acting as an assistant. Prmier Veni zelos and Foreign Minister Coromilas, of Greece, were two of the prime movers in the formation .of the Balkan league. Austria Against Peace. Reports were received here today from Vienna that Austria is urging Turkey to assume an uncompromising attitude, but official circles close to the foreign office cast doubt upon this. They declare that Vienna would not dare to threaten the peace of Europe so openly. In part said Kimial Pasha, in a mes. sage from Constantinople: "We have very strong hopes that peace will be restored, but as the Bul gars have not yet definitely formulated their conditions I can not say whether this hope will be fulfilled." The grand vizier characterized Greece's actions as “pouring water into her wine.” Servia’s Envoys Off, With Orders BELGRADE, Dec. 9.—Servia’s envoys to the London peace conference left here today after receiving final instruc tions from Premier Pasitch. The de parting plenipotentiaries were G. No va kovitch. of the treasury department; A. Nikolitch. speaker of the Skupshtina, and General Boyovltch. They will meet in Paris the Servian minister to France, Mr. Vesnitch. who will proceed tot London with the en voys. JUSTICE RE-ELECTED. WAYCROSS, GA., Dec. 9. —George L. Mock and J. M. Clemens were the suc cessful candidates in the race for con stables in Waycross Saturday. Harry M. Wilson was re-elected justice of the peace with no opposition. PENNANTS 50c to $1.50 HUNTING CLOTHING PUNCHING BAGS. $1.50 to $13.50 FOOT BALLS. . SI.OO to $5.00 BASKET BALLS .. $2.00 to $6.00 WHITELY EXERCISERS $1.50 to $5.00 BOXING GLOVES $ 1.50 to $8.50 BASEBALL GOODS GOLF CLUBS AND BALLS CADDY BAGS $2.50 to $15.00 PLAY TENTS $5.00 DOG COLLARS .. 25c to $5.00 NEGRO PAIR SLASH MAN’S POCKETS AND GET 150 DIAMONDS CHICAGO, Dec. 9. —Detectives today are searching the negro quarter of Chi cago for two robbers who attacked Jo seph Marochnick, a New York diamond importer, and robbed him of $27,500 in diamonds and $1,600 in currency. The robbery occurred in Michigan avenue, one block south of the Blackstone hotel, at midnight. Marochnick was slashed with knives and razors as he fought with the high waymen. The diamonds were his own property and were not insured. His coat was slashed in a number of places and there was an ugly gash across the back of one hand when he rushed to a police station and told his story. Marochnick fought desperately, he said, but the negroes slashed at him and cut open the pocket in which the dia monds were carried. They also cut away his necktie, in which was a dia mond pin. The stolen stones consisted of 150 unset diamonds. Marochnick was to have been mar ried in January. DALTON VOTERS TO NAME OFFICERS ON WEDNESDAY DALTON, GA., Dec. 9.—The line-up for the city election scheduled for Wed nesday is now complete, a number of councilmanic candidates entering at the last hour. The following candidates are working: Councilman Second ward, J. H. Car gal and Tom Pierce; Third ward, J. H. Robinson and W. C. Fincher; Sixth ward, Joseph Bogle; Seventh ward, J. J. Duane and E. F. Hamilton; clerk, W. M. Carroll and C. G. Spencer, and treas urer, J. H. Smith. J. J. Duane is the only one of the four outgoing councilmen offering for re-election. The registrars announce 818 voters qualified. You will find that druggists every where speak well of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. They know from long experience in the sale of It that in cases of coughs and colds it can always be depended upon, and that it is pleas ant and safe to take. For sale by all dealers. (Advt.) TWO CLASSY SHOWS AT THE BONITA THEATER FOR THIS WEEK. This week, In accordance with the new policy, The Bonita, 32 Peachtree street, will make a change of bill in the middle of the week. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday "King of Black Wellis" will be offered, and on Thursday, Friday and Saturday “Family Jars" will be the attraction. Both of these plays are high-class musical comedies, and will be presented by the popular Allen <<• Kenna Co. and the "Aviation Chorus” of pretty girls. Up-to-date motion pictures will be shown between each performance. (Advt.) TRUTH STANDS ERECT TO THE MEDICAL SCHOOLS OF THE WORLD—We are prepared to prove this momentous statement—Stop lienal degen eration and chronic Bright’s disease and •Nephritis become curable The kidney irritants and excitants of the pharmacopeia are contra indicated. A new agent had to be worked out and the first Renal palliative is a fact It acts on Renal degeneration. In cases that have fair hearts and recuperative power the al bumen and casts usually begin to dfsap pear about the twentieth day. This Is not a matter of opinion but is settled by chemistry and the microscope. We will send formula for making accurate quantitative tests so none need be in doubt. 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