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REFORM ACTS ARE IN HMDS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Streets. Smoke, and Dirt Is-i sues Are Up wor Action at Meeting Today. Three important reform measures I reach council for final action this ifteraoon. The special committee of ten will nake Its recommendations for reforms n the construction department, urging that council assume the authority to approve all appointments of Chief of construction Clayton in that office. He nov appoints all his subordinates with out any limitations. Councilman Charles W. Smith, the chairman of the committee, says he thinks Captain Clayton should be re tired on a pension. Councilman Smith will introduce an ordinance abolishing the smoke board Action on this ordinance may be post poned, however, because no smoke in-| ,pector has been elected to succeed In spector Paul McMichael, who resigned. The job pays $2,400 a year. Woodward Asks Delay. It is said that Mayor-elect James G. Woodward is exerting his Influence to have the election of an inspector post poned until he takes his seat on Janu ary 1 The members of the commission have not been able to agree on a man. r’ouncilman Smith says he is willing to delay urging the adoption of his ordi nance until an adjourned meeting of ounctl Thursday, but no longer. Councilman Orville Hall will intro duce a new dirt ordinance similar to the one which was repealed at the in stigation of Aiderman James W. Mad dox. an excavation contractor. The ordinance will prohibit the spill mg of dirt on the stress. After he had been fined several times in the record er’s court because his wagons spilled dirt Aiderman Maddox got busy and had the original ordinance repealed. Since then so much dirt has been spilled on the streets around excava tion work that the sanitary department « unable to keep the streets clean. Hurt Probably Will Get Permit. Joel Hurt’s application for a permit ro iay electric wire conduits under Edgewood avenue and Exchange place also will be presented with the favor able ecommendation of the streets committee No further objections to this permit are expected from the Georgia Railway and Power Company. When Mr. Hurt first made his application, officials ot the power company protested lh.it the lly could not legally grant such a’ |ier- | nit. M•. Hurt then declared he would j get . f anchise and build a competitive : >we. plant. \i th. second meeting of the com it. t company made no further j .. j< 1- u.-. If the permit is grant', : ! I will confine his distributioi ■ • c i. power to his own building i ti-. Edgewood avenue section he i i-\ (loping. SUIT TO CANCEL BIG STOCK ISSUE OF HOOP COMPANY IS HEARD After a court tight of more than two years, P. L. Mynahan, a minority I stockholder in the Atlanta Steel Hoop I Company. brought his action to cancel he company’s $200,000 stock issue to a jury in first division of superior court today. Mynahan, who owns some $15,000 worth of common stock in the steel company, asserts that he has a contract which sets forth that no stock is to be preferred over his. When the company, two years ago, sought to issue $200,000 in preferred stock he went into superior court and obtained an injunction from Judge Bell. Before the court acted some of the i new issue had been floated and the , company appealed the case to supreme court. Recently' the court sustained ( Judge Bell and Mynahan asked for a cancellation of the stock. 1 Smith, Hastings & Smith are repre- 1 renting Mynahan, and Payne & Jones , the steel company. RAIL BOARD LIKELY TO FIX CAR SCHEDULE ON PONCE DE LEON Unless residents of” Ponce DeLeon , |venue, who have been fighting to get i creased service for their section, ome to terms with the Georgia Rail- ( '•n and Power Company before Jan ! iry 9, the railroad commission on that ’ ■ • will attempt to adjust the situa tion. Chairman Murphey Candler, of the I ommission, notified E. W. Martin, of citizens committee, today that the <■< t car company had agreed to in litute a fifteen-minute service on the •'■nee DeLeon line as a compromise ’ ith the citizens on the ten-minute service demanded. The present sched ule on the Ponce DeLeon avenue Is 1 twenty minutes. Doctor’s Home and Office Robbed A burglar entered the office and resi ,!,nce of Dr. Simon Katzann, 177 Gil u.-r street, last night and obtained $43 n cash and a gold-filled watch and i«in. Detectives are working upon a lager print clew found on the ledge of ” window through which the burglar ntered. I’he watch was in a coat left by Dr. Katzann in his office at 11 o'clock Sun- . ■ . y night, and the money was taken '"m the doctor's trousers pocket in Ills 'rd room. The burglar left eighteen ■ ents in cash in the pocket from which - took the $43. Perfect One-Year-Old Child Pound in Atlanta HERE'S THE IDEAL BABY P * al . if v SL i r I f eV I \ --aF ■ Vi x ; BL •’**2/ Jr W f I » K * LDTf .4 ® I w Harold Fagan, Atlanta's perfect one-year-old child. Little Harold Fagan Weighs 21 Pounds and His Height Is 21 Inches. Here is the perfect one-year-old child. The picture and the measurements tel! the story. This is, physically speaking, the Ideal infant of twelve months. Not only do its own folks think it is the perfect youngster, that is only natural, but this is the baby picked out by Professor F. B. Magee from al! the babies of Atlanta as the child whose measurements approach most nearly those of the perfect child. And be it known that Professor Ma gee, now the Muldoon of Atlanta, be fore he went into the rebuilding of men, made a specialty of building boys, and his years In V»• A - and similar work qualify him ns an expert. Finding the perfect child of one year old was no easy task. Professor Magee gave more than a month to the search, examining babies from the waterworks to Lakewood Heights and from Ridge wood to Anderson avenue, before he hit upon Harold Fagan, of 120 Greenwich street. When he did his search ab ruptly ended, for this lad. in the opinion of Professor Magee, is the ideal child of one year. Fills All Requirements. A study of the measurements dem onstrates that this child Is virtually the average weight for a one-year-old baby —2l pounds. In height it is about two inches above the average. Its chest measurement is one-fifth of an inch more than the average child. Accord ing to the famous authority on babies, Dr. Emmett Holt, the average one year-old baby is 21 pounds In weight, 29 inches In height and has a chest measurement of IS inches and a head circumference of IS Inches. The Fagan youngster reached its present state of physical perfection by "merely growing." It is no product of any advanced school of physical devel opment. But Probs- • Mage. be lieves. and has demonstrated with his own children, that much can be dom to improve the pliy.-ival development >f ex eii an infant b> systematic ex. el. o, THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.MONDAY. DECEMBER 16. 1912. : MEASUREMENTS OF I S LITTLE HAROLD FAGAN : • Weight 21 pounds • • Height 31 inches • • Girth of neck 6 inches • • <’hest 1R.2 inches • • Right fore arm 5.7 inches • • Right upper arm. down. .5.6 inches • • Right upper arm. up.. ..5.7 inches • • Left fore arm 5.6 Inches • • Left upper arm, down ..5.4 inches • • Left upper arm, up .. ..5.7 inches • • Right thigli 9 indies • • Right calf 7.4 inches • • Left thigh 5.9 inches • • Left calf 7.2 Inches • beginning when it is a month or two Old. Heim ate the Magee rules for devel oping children: I. Twice a day infants should he un dressed down to two or three garment and allowed to kick and roll. B' the time a child is a month old! chow it to take hold of tout fingers! and pull it off the pillow. By three! months you will bo able to pull the i baby up to a sitting posture this wtr Never Jerk the Baby. 3. At three or four months allow the baby to sit upright in your hand. By balancing it will strengthen the mus cles of its back. You can easily steady it so that no harm can come. 4. Take the baby, while lying on its back, and lift up its feet and legs—first, a little, and then gradually more and more, allowing Jhe weight to rest on the neck and head. 5. Dist the baby first by one arm, then by the other, then by one leg and then the other. This strengthens the muscles and joints. So long as you lift steadily no harm will he done. fi. Don’t jerk In lifting the baby it: these various exercises do ft steadily. There should be no jerking. If there isn’t the baby will b‘ benefited. 7. Don’t put too many clothes or too long clothes on an Infant. The legs of an infant shouid have a Chance to more without ‘‘-ing htiiiip. red by ;i lot of] foolish c'otlies. ‘ s ,\f-, [,,, p,.. f,. u months let the ’ t.nby s eep outdoor.-. if you patents with small children BRITAIN MOURNS INITH AMERICA FORM Warm Tribute Paid to Dead Ambassador in Parliament. Widow Prostrated. LONDON. Dec. 16.—The British na tion today united in paving tribute to tile memory of Whitelaw Reid, Ameri can ambassador to the court of St. James, who dii'd at Dorchester house yesterday of bronchial trouble and asthma. In parliament ibis evening Premier Asquith eulogized Mr. Reid mid an nounced that the admiralty had offered the United States government the serv ices of a warship to convey the remains to New York. “Mr. Reid was so close to us that the English people had come to look upon him as a kinsman." declared the premier. A. J. Balfour, forth. opposition, fol lowed Premier Asquith and spoke on behalf of the Unionist party. He in dorsed all the sentiments expressed by Mr. Asquith. "We Englishmen offer to all Ameri cans our deep and heartfelt sympathy', for America has sustained a great loss in tlie death of Mr. Reid." declared Mr. Balfour. Messages By Hundreds. While hundreds of telegrams and notes of condolence poured into Dor chester house today ftorn all parts of the world, expressing regret for the death of the ambassador, prepara tions were made for the funeral senices here and in New York. In terment will likely be made in the cem etery at Sleepy Hollow, N. Y. Mrs. Reid is prostrated and is under care of the family physician, Sir Thomas Barlow, private physician to King George, who was in consultation over Mr. Reid and volunteered his serv ices to the family today. Official recognition by the Britisii government of Mr. Reid's death was not given until today on account of the absence of Sir Edward Grey, the Brit ish foreign minister, and Premier As quith from the city yesterday. The American embassy was draped in mourning today and the flag was placed at half-mast. The same badge of mourning was in evidence throughout international diplomatic circles in Lon don. Mrs. Reid insisted tliat her husband's body should be taken to America at the earliest opportunity, even urging that it be shipped before her son, Ogden Mills Reid, who sailed from New York Sun day. could arrive. She is expected to change her mind, however, when she has recovered from’the shock of her husband's death. A memorial service will be held fol the late ambassador in Westminster Abbey Friday, the dean of the chapter having expiessed the wish that such services be conducted. It is believed that the suggestion for a funeral serv ice in the historic abbey came direct from King Geoige. Physicians Puzzled. Physicians who attended the late am bassador were puzzled at the sudden ;i-ruiination of Mr. Reid's illness. They were taken by surprise for up to Fri day the doctors assured members of the Reid family that the stricken man would pull through. However, the combined attack of bronchial trouble and asthma, coupled with Mr. Reid's advanced years, proved too much. Mr. Reid was 76 years old and had represented the United States at the court of St. James for afven years. His diplomatic career would have ended March 4 with the incoming of the Dem ocratic administration at Washington, but this fact did not disturb Mr. Reid, for he had frequently of late told his friends that he wished to withdraw from public life to devote himself to the compilation of his memoirs. Tig- foremost physicians in Great Britain, headed by Sir Thomas Barlow, King George's ductor, and Sir William Oslir, attended the stricken diplomat, rendering every relief known to science. A wireless telegram sent to the liner Kron Prinzessen (,'ecelia, upon which Ogden Mills Reid sailed from New York, apprised the son of his father's death. Death Not Anticipated. That Mr. Reid did not anticipate th, nearness of his end was shown by' the fact that up to -4 hours of his death the business of the embassy passed through his hands and received his sig nature. Mr. Reid's body lay at Dorchester house todav while a sieady stream of persons: representing various grades of officialdom called and left expressions of sympathy for Mrs. Reid. Many im posing floral tributes were received. The business of the American em bassy today Is in charge of Irwin Laughlin, of the embassy staff. Official messages between the embassy and the state department at Washington were signed by Mr. Laughlin. There was considerable speculation in official circles over the possible succes sor of Mr. Reid during the remaining months of the Republican administra follow this system you may develop an ideal child. Maybe you have already developed one. How about YOUR child'.’ Is It physically "ijeal'.’” Are its meusursments as good us those of Harold Fagan'.’ Does it stack up as well In a picture? It was Impossible foi Plol'essor Ma gee to see all the babies in Atlanta. Possibly 1"’ missed ope more neat!'- pc lei I tnaii the one he selected. I’ r haps that b.ibv i- on ym know. Pos sibly win >t i- you own. How about it'.' T o G'.o'gian is in tereated Children Enter Into Spirit of Christmas Fund Campaign SHARE TOYS WITH POOR TOTS CONTRIBUTIONS The contributions to date follow: Gus Edwards' Girls and Boys. ..$127.91 W. R. Hearst 100.00 J. M. Slaton 25.00 F. J. Paxon 25.00 R. F. Maddox 25.00 Forrest Adair 25.00 J. W. English 25.00 John E. Murphy 25.00 W. T. Gentry 25.00 Gaorge Adair 25.00 Joel Hurt 25.00 W. H. Glenn 25.00 E. H. Inman 25.00 A friend \ 25.00 Harold S. Holmes 25.00 J. B. Cleveland 25.00 Mrs. J. B. Whitehead 25.00 George M. McKenzie 25.00 Lindsey Hopkins 25.00 H. C. Worthen . 15.00 Scherer Lunch 10.00 W. L. Peel 10.00 James Lynch 10.00 John W. Grant ... 10.00 Henry Durand 10.00 Mrs. J. M. Slaton 10.00 Mrs. E. L. Connally 10.00 Oscar Elsas 10.00 Charles C. Jones 10.00 Carlos Mason 10.00 A. G. Rhodes & Son 10.00 Mrs. Joseph M. Brown 10.00 Mr. and Mrs. John F. Kiser ... 10.00 Morris Brandon 10.00 Ira Steiner 10.00 R. J. Guinn 5.00 E. P. Ansley 5.00 E. C. Peters 5.00 M. L. Thrower 5.00 S. B. Turman 5.00 Mrs. Robert Maddox 5.00 I. H. Oppenheim 5.00 Joseph A. Willingham 5.00 Mrs. J. M. High 5.00 Mrs. George McKenzie 5.00 Mrs. P. H. Alston 5.00 M. H. Wilensky 5.00 A friend 5.0 c J. K. Ottley 5.00 J. S. Akers 5.00 Clifford L. Anderson 5.00 Dr. E. G. Ballenger 5.00 Chief J. L. Beavers 5.00 Marion Jackson 5.00 A friend 5.00 Dr. George Brown 5.00 J. P. Allen 5.00 Robert L. Cooney 5.00 Reuben R. Arnold 5.00 NEED Ml GIRLS TO HID RED CROSS While the eGorgfa campaign originally contemplated the sale of 1,500,000 Red Gross seals this niunth, State Chairman Kendall Weisiger already has placed throughout the state a total of 1,600,000 and has 200,000 more reserve. Agen cies have been established in every city of 1,500 inhabitants or more and splendid reports are coming in. The record for individual sales of Red Cross seals in Atlanta to date is held by Mrs. T. B. Eelder, who, in one morning, sold $75 worth, 7,500 seals, chiefly in the Equitable building. In the aftcinoon of the same doy she and Mrs. W. C. .Jarna gin completed the sale of an even SIOO worth. The young women who entered the con test Saturday, did not get a fair chance at it, but have determined to make a day’s record this week which will be lhe big week of Red Cross seal work. The public schools sent for 5,000 more seals Monday, making a total of 155,000 they have taken. . Mrs E. G. Hodgson, chairman of the Atlanta committee, is anxious to get all the volunteers possible for lhe work this week. Christmas day is only nine day.: off. and the bulk of the Atlanta Red Cross seal work must be completed this week. Any young woman willing to help in the work for a day. or even a few hours, are lequested to cal! Mrs. Hodgson at tele phone Ivy 801. tion at Washington. ’l’he name mofft prominently mentioned was that of John Hays Hammond, who was one of the American envoys to the coronation of King George. He is well known here and is said to be very acceptable to the English government. It was reported this afternoon that the admiralty would place a British , warship at the disposal of the Reid family to transport the remains of the late diplomat to New York. Taft Decides Not to Fili Reid’s Place « WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. - President Taft announced today after a confer ence with S<TH'tary of State Knox that In* had decided not to till the va cancy caused by the death of Ambas sador Reid in London. Speculation had been rife to wlm would be named to till the office until March 4. and of the names nn-ntiorn-d (hat of John Hays Hammond \as giv en first plate, others mentioned were • \-Vice President Fairbanks. Seth Low, former mayor of N« •* York, and William B. McKinley, Tuft’s manager in the recent campaign. I is a critical period—weakened throats, delicate bronchial tubes and unsound lungs often follow; sometimes impaired sight or hearing. But if SCOTTS EMULSION taken promptly and regularly after the fever subsides it quickly and effectually re stores appetite, strength and flesh. Marion Cobb Bryan and Florence Jackson Bryan, Jr 5.00 i Charles J. Haden 5.00 Howard Pattillo 5.00 J. K. Ottley 5.00 1 Daniel W. Rountree 5.00 J. K. Orr 5.00 Charles C. Thorn s.ud W. E. Chapin 5.00 C. E. Sciple 5.00 Spencer Wallace Boyd .. ..x ... 5.00 J. B. Hockaday 5.00 James G. Woodward 5.00 Thomas C. Biggs (Velie Motor Company) 5.00 Charles A. Smith 5.00 George S. Obear 5.00 Robert T. Small 5.00 C. E. Marshall 5,00 C. D. Bidwell . 5.00 Willis Ragan 5.00 Arnold Broyles ... 5.00 B. Lee Crew 5.00 Shelby Smith 2.50 Eugene R. Black 2.00 Dr. T. B. Hinman 2.00 Mrs. W. S. Elkin 2.00 Olive and Frances Marion 2.00 Anonymous 2.00 A friend 2.00 R. S. Wessels 2.00 A Friend 2.50 In Memory of a Boy 2.00 I M. B. Young 2.00 I Mrs. Bolling Jones 1.00 i H. H, Cabaniss 1.00 I Helen Lucile Dickson 1.00 I Meyer Regenstein 1.00 1 Mrs. A. E. Thornton 1.00 I Hortense Adams, Jr 1.00 Albert S. Adams 1.00 I Constance Adams 1.00 I A Friend 1.00 i Miss Lucile LaHatte 1.00 l Mary S. Connally 1.00 I Margaret Massengale 1.00 I A Friend 1.00 i Miss Crush 1.00 i A Friend 1.00 Ormond Massengale ... 1.00 St. Elmo Massengale, Jr 1.00 I Friend E 1,00 l Julia Lowry Meador I.OG A friend 1.00 1 Judge Broyles 1,00 i Merryman Cross .25 I I Total $1,092.66 D. N. McCullough, box Indian River or- I anges. Bell Bros., barrel of apples. mESSINEENN WSTERYGADGHT ’ CORDELE, GA.. Dee. 16.—S. R. H ' Roberts, charged with perjury in Hie ‘ disappearance case of Augustus J. j Fenn, the former wealthy Cordele lum berman. has been rearrested at Baln , bridge. Sheriff J. H. Emanuel, of De -1 eatur county, will receive a SIOO re ward offered for the apprehension of I Roberts by the Southern States Life Insurance Company of Atlanta • Roberts was arrested shorH.i after , I’enn was discovered at New * cleans ‘ at the instance of the Southern States , Company, which, with the Greensboro Life and Annuity Company, was being' sued by Fenn’s wife for the recovery of ’ insurance on his life. Roberts was released from the Crisp county jail shortly after his arrest, un . der bond of SI,OOO. He failed to appear , when his case was called at the las: term of the superior court and the bond • was forfeited. ‘ 'he insurance company then offt red ‘ the reward. i Judge \\ . F. George has now as- ■ sessed his bond at s;>,Otio. it is doubt , ful it hi- can n.i-ke bond before th< February term of the court for which the case lias been .s'-t. Deputy Sheriff Youngblood, of Cri.-o county, has gone to Bainbridge forth ■ prisoner and will arrive with him to ’ bight. Nothing has been heard here of i the whereabouts of J. s. Land, whos i arrest the Southern States lias also ■ sought on a similar ehhrge. , ST. JOHNS CHURCH TO GIVE CHRISTMAS TREE A Christmas tree will be given Fri day night, December 27, at the Sf. Johns Methodist church by tin- Epworth league. Nothing costing more than 10 cents will lie put upon the tree, the Idea being to have only a cheerful gathering of children. Positive Diamond Security Our large business, purchasing as much or more than job bers, enables us to buy diamonds direct from the larger cutters of the world in original lots, and we therefore save you all of the middlemen’s profits that the average jeweler must charge. When these large lots are received from the cutters, each stone is graded and classed with exacting care, and marked in plain figures with weight ana grade and price at once the low est. A child, therefore, can buy a diamond from us as securely as an expert might. Every solitaire diamond we sell has our guarantee of a full price exchange value on any larger diamond at any time; that we will buy back at any time within a year at just what you pay for it, less 10 per cent, and a loan value of 60 per cent at bank ers’ rate of interest. For those who do not care to pay for a diamond all at once, we offer a most attractive partial payment plan which is care fully explained in Our Diamond Book There is nothing to be done to reduce the cost of diamonds or to assure their value that we do not offer. We will be glad to send you our beautiful Catalogue No. 26 upon request. HARRY L. DIX, inc. • Diamond Merchants and Manufacturing Jewelers 208-9-10 Candler Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. More Money Needed to Reach All of Atlanta’s Unfortunate Kiddies. I By Evelyn Wren Marjorie is a little next door neigh* I bor of mine, and for weeks her chatter j lias been of Santa Claus and what he might bring her. Marjorie's father isn’t I a rich man, but he has a comfortable I income, and there are lots of uncles and I aunts who play Santa to Marjorie every * Christmas, so sue is sure to find her I stocking full and running over. I She tame running to me this morn , ing bubbling over with excitement. I "Say, Miss Evelyn,” she shouted, J "mamma has been reading about you I and the Empty Stocking Fund. And I she asked me whether I’d rather have i her spend ill her Christinas money on I i something for me or give it to some l poor little boys and girls. Mamma say* ! Santa Claus Is certain to bring me a I whole lot of things, anyway.” Marjorie Willing to Share. 1 'What did you say about ft, Mnr ! jorie?” I asked. The yellow curls bobbed I up and down emphatically. "Why, I told her to buy something 1 for the poor children," returned Marjo -1 rie. "Os course, I wouldn't want not to have any Christmas at all, but I'll have plenty. And mamma says she can find lots of pretty toys besides the money 1 she was going to spend on me. There's ' an express wagon I’m tired of that's just as good as new, and a red coat that I’ve outgrown and it hasn't a spot 1 on it. She is going to send them to you 1 for the children's fund. And she says ' will you take them?” "Why, of course, we'll take them and be glad to, Marjorie, I replied. "Not that we want any broken, wornout, thrown-away toys not tit for use, but ' we'll acct pt anything that's nice enough to send real Christmas happiness to a boy or girl and not hurt their feelings by looking second-handed." Worthy Example For Others. And Marjorie’s example in giving up a siiare of her own Christmas gifts for the sake of others is a plan which might well be adopted by a thousand little girls and boys among the well-to do of Atlanta. The Georgian wouldn't lor the world take all of one child's Christmas presents to give another. That would not be fair. But surely the mother who plane to spend $5 on her little girl might give a dollar of It to the Empty Stocking Fund and give her little daughter just as ■ much happiness with the other four. I believe that if the mothers would put the proposal before the children the lit tle folks would vote in favor of sharing with the poor. And there are many things needed in these homes of the poor besides candy and toys for Christmas morning. The Christmas Editor has gone over the list made up after careful investigation, and there are many homes where a pair of new shoes lit to wear to school would 1 mean as much to a little girl as a pony I and cart would mean to a Peachtree I child. Many Need Clothing. There are children who need warm wraps, ami children whose clothing is so worn and soiled that they are i ashamed io go to school at all. The Empty Stocking Fund was meant, primarily to furnish toys end good things fm th. children, not to relieve more s. rious needs which other organ izations might look after. But the Christmas Editor has discov ered so many eases where a pair of shoes or a warm coat would be a god send that he will supply just as many of thew as he can. It all depends upon how many dollars are in the treasury this week. There are manj’, many children to supply, and the fund is not yet large enough to meet demands upon it. ELOPED WITH GRAVE DIGGER: HYPNOTIZED PHILADELPHIA, Dee. 16.—Mrs. Ami'' Oliver, who . loped from her home In Bristol, Pa., with G. \V. Birehet, i» grave digger, who deserted her here, -ays het action was due to the hypnotic influence Birehet had over her. 5