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2 POORHOUSE HEM ID BE RETIRED jwr i Sweeping Changes in Manage ment and Conduct of Institu tion Planned by Board. As the result of an investigation re cently conducted by the alms anti juve nile committee ot the I'ulton county commission, a complete reorganization of the affairs and management of the county almshouse will be undertaken by the board after January 1 Dr. O. <>. Vanning, who for years has been at the head of the Fulton poor house, will be retired, according to cur rent information, and a practical farm er and his wife will be pul in charge of the Institutior,. While the commissioners have not worked out all the plans for the change at the almshouse, four members of the board, including W. Tom Winn, the newly elected commissioner, are in fa vor of sweeping reforms in poorhouse administration. Board Convinced Matron Needed. Dr. Vanning was placed in charge of tiie almshouse as a doctor, but numer ous complaints coming to the commis- | Sion and its committee have convinced I the members of the board that a ma tron is needed there. It is for this rea son. the commissioners assert. Vanning fs to be removed and a man and his wife put in charge. It is the commis sion’s plan to have the woman act as matron. Commissioner Shelby Smith, chair rpan of the alms and juvenile commit tee, who is slated for chairman of the board after January 1, said positively that the charges made this fall against Fanning accusing him of drunkenness and incompetency had not been sus tained. Dr. Fanning's administration, he said, had been satisfactory In every respect except in the handling of women in mates, Mr. Smith said. Solid For Reorganization. "It has got to a point where it is necessary to have a woman at the alms house. For this reason, the board lias agreed on a plan of putting a practical farmer and his wife in charge and de tailing a county physician to treat sick inmates.” As far as can be learned, this is the only change in county administration contemplated by the new board which has taken definite shape. According to Commissioner Smith, the commission Is as one on the pro posed change. WIFE CATCHES HER HUBBY WITH PRETTY ACTRESS; FUR FLIES NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—When the wife of Joseph Thomas, an auctioneer 38 years old, met her husband walking early today with a pretty actress, she started something. Before Thomas realized what had happened he found himself the center of flying muffs, puffs and hair. The two women wrestled and scratch ed and pounded each other, while Thomas danced in and out of the fracas trying to stop them. He might as well have tried to brush back the scurrying waves with a toy broom. It took stal wart Patrolman Sheehan, who had heard the noise, to stop it. He took the women to the night court, while Thomas. crestfallen and nervous, brought up the rear. The women's tongues were as accomplished as their fists when it came to making a noise. When both were arraigned Thomas played a doubly hand and procured a lawyer for each. They were found guilty of fighting, but discharged with a reprimand. REJECTED MAN SETS OFF BOMB IN HOME OF GIRL: HE’S DYING KLAMATH FALLS. OREG . Dec. 27. George Gowan lies at the point of death today, with his face torn away and ■suffering from other injuries. Rendered desperate because of re peated refusal of Adeline Beck, aged seventeen, to marry him, Gowan, who is aged 85 and a prominent citizen here, walked into the Beck home early today and. under the pretense of get ting a drink of water, went Into the kitchen, where he touched off a dyna mite bomb. Apparently his intention was to destroy the house and the fam ily consisting of seven persons. The Berks, however, miraculously escaped with slight injuries, but Gowan was fatally hint. NEGRO CAPTURED SAYS HE SLEW A MAN IN GEORGIA WASHINGTON. Dec 37 -Ben Turner, a negro laborer. Is under arrest here toda^y. and according to tl.e police he admitted Tip Is wanted in Atlanta, where he mur dered a man named Saunders nine years ago. Turner declared he shot the man n serf defense. Turner says he was In his bunk when Saunders appeared and piade an effort to attack him with a knife and be shot bin In the eh. st w ith a revolver, leaving there at "tier after the shooting Turner declares he came North and has Worked from place to place, end ng with Ida capture In Rockville. MU.. a country village not far from this city MASQUERADE BALL AT FORT. I’heic will be a masquerade ball at the gymnasium at Fort McPherson to night. Prizes will be awarded foi the bi st costumed participant. Music will b<- tuinished by the Seventeenth Intan try band. Here’s Ideal 9-Months-Old Miss WAo Weighs 23 Pounds THIS BABY GIRL IS A MODEL 1, I /Z w* // z ' " h l ; -Z\\. '**'* \\ Wfe- • / X { j\ V\ jfee / 1 /. MRS 3 J, i - i xW I Zjt 1 -Mb! /1 ? ...■■< . // // —; v-. ,// PROBERS FAIL TO 'BURN UP'WO New York Police Commissioner, on Stand, Gives Investigators as Good as They Send. -—■— NEW YORK, Dec. 27. —The display of fireworks expected w hen Police Com missioner Rhinelander Waldo appeared before the aldermanic graft investigat ing committee, failed to materialize to- ' day when he took the stand in answer to a subpena. Commissioner Waldo calmly told the committee “where they got off,” and j they took his information in the same , manner in which he gave it. He said , he had no objection to an Investiga- < tion of the police records, provided it , was made In pn orderly manner. "But,” he added, "you can not start in and tear them to pieces promiscuously and we not know whether you put them back.” This hint that the commissioner was afraid of larceny was ignored. When asked if lie were willing to let the committee or counsel investigate the records, he said: “If you want to go in and tear the file to pieces, you wHI have to have, an order from the court to do it." Waldo testified after investigators and denied the charge of the commit tee that the bureau of municipal re search had been hampered in their work. "We have no record that we want to conceal," he said, and then reiterated his declaration that he was perfectly’ willing to submit to an orderly exam ination. Policeman John J. Skelly, who was charged before tire committee with hav ing accepted SSO from Mrs. Mary Goode in return for police protection for her fiat, was on the point of a mistrial to day when the woman admitted that no body had ever witnessed a graft pay ’ inent made by her to tiie policeman. Il was stated that Emory Buckner, counsel for the aldermanic committee, . would be called as a witness at tiie trial. When tiie trial was resumed be- I fore Deputy Police Commissioner ! Walsh, at police headquarters, Mrs. Goode was called as first witness. Louis J. Grant, attorney for Skelly, tried hard to make the woman confess her right name and reveal her past his tory but failed. Trial Commissioner , Walsh failed to rule on the obligation I of the woman to answer such ques tions i _ i BOY OF 16 SHOOTS HIS SWEETHEART AND SELF 1 MILBURY. MASS.. Dec. 27.—Charles ‘ Adams, 16 years old. today shot his 1 sweetheart. Miss Clare LeMay, and then killed himself The shooting occurred just inside the gate of the Cordis mil's, where botli w ere employed. After shooting the girl 1 Adams went to tiie spinning room and ’ shot himself The police say Adams had been I i razed by jealousy when his foui teen ’ year-old sweetheart insisted on receiv ing the attention of other young men. Adams used a double-barrelled shot gun. 1 WINDOW LEAPS FROM FIRE 1 KILL TWO AND INJURE SIX 1 LOS tMiri.rs. CAI*., Dae 87 Two , persons were burned to death and six , were injured by jumping from windows todav. when tire burned a business block I in North Main street. t \ number of persons were in the upper ( looms and their escape way cut off by the , flames Firemen carried a number of persona down the ladders and some of ‘ the firemen hail narrow escapes. l | SUMMIT. GA., BANK CHARTERED. Th> secretary of state today issued a charter to the Bank of Summit, in | Emanuel county, to be capitalized at I t SJj.OOu. FAMILY TROUBLE TOO MUCH I NEW YORK. Dee 27. Rather than face his wife In domestic relations cotft-t. Joseph Tlivark. a cigarmaker, bunged himself iUE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 27, 1912. / f X. X z / ~ it F rances Hackman, full of health and vigor and strength. Little Frances Hackman Is Wonderfully Well Developed for Tot of Her Age. •••••••••••••••••••••••••• • • : Measurements of : : Model Baby Girl: • —*— • • Height 28 inches • • Weight 23 pounds • • Neck 9 inches • • Chest 19 inches • • Upper right arm, d0wn.6.25 inches • • Upper right arm. up . . 7 inches • • Upper left arm. down.. 6.25 inches • • Upper left arm, up ... 7 inches • • Right forearm 6 inches • • Left forearm 6 inches • • Right thigh 13.5 inches » • Left thigh 13.5 inches • • Right calf i.. 8 inches ® • Left calf 8 inches • • • »•••••••••••••••••••«••••• And now for the perfect girl baby. Here is a mighty tine nine-months old baby girl found by' The Georgian’s export in Atlanta. Her name is Fiances Hackman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Hackman, of 142 Glennwood avenue. A glance at her measurements will show that her development so fat has been all that any fond parent could wish. And. by the way. the accompanying picture was not taken as little Frances was in the act of turning a handspring Instead, the pose illustrates exercis recommended by Piofessor McGhee, The Georgian's expert Judge of stiong physical children. One of the initial developments of a child most desired Is the development of the arms and legs. Little Frances, being already the possessor of this de velopment, kindly and smilingly con sented to pose for the camera man in this position, illustrating Proses.-or Mc- Ghee's rule for mothers. In the way of development this little miss has been busy about every day of her first nine months on earth. The scales show, for Instance, that she has taken well to nourishment, without any ill effects from indigestion. She. tips the scales at 23 pounds, dressed as you see her in the photograph. Little Frances Is the first "perfect Atlanta baby girl" whose picture and measurements have appeared in The Georgian. If you think you know a tine, healthy little girl who beats this one. teh phon ■ or send her name to The Georgian. OLSAN COMPANY GIVES DINNER TO EMPLOYEES Employees of the Olsan Company, successors to the McConnell Shoe and Clothing Company, of Decatur and Pry - or street, were given a Christmas din ner Wednesday evening at Durand's case by the management of the com pany . Twenty-six men and women attend ed the dinner. Phil Wolfe presided as toastmaster, and J. Olsan. secretaiy and treasurer of the firm, talked of the business interests of Atlanta and the development and futur. plans of the Olsan Company. 32.887 WEDDING PERMITS i ISSUED IN CHICAGO IN 1912 CHICAGO. Dec. 27. Tie wedd ng Il ia nse clerk here has so far thi- year issued 32.557 licenses, an in. lease of 3.374 over 1911 .SPANISH QUARTET TO GIVE BENEFIT CONCERT TONIGHT A treat for those muslciillv mclinul promised tonight at Cable hall, when the Spanish quartet will giv. . b, netit e j cert. All the members of t| ,s organi zation are expert musicians a' . their work has received very lavorabl. criti cism. Senor M Tovar, a well known must, ian. is taking a prominent part it. the arrange!’.elite, and will be one of tm. • xpert® In the perfermmiv. PARCELS POST TO BE POM I Many Shippers and Jobbers Prepare to Try New System at the Start. The plan of operation of the par cels post service in Atlanta was adopt ed this morning at an informal council held at the postoffice, at which were present Postmaster H. L. McKee, 1. G. Hurt, superintendent of mails,‘and R. E. Barry, assistant postmaster. the three who will direct the new department. The plan adopted is simple. The three executives will await develop ments and will be governed by circum stances. Beyond that they will do lit tle at present except to put every em ployee of the mail service to the task of studying the parcels post regula ’ tions. The studying is not a matter of form. Every worker must, familiarize himself with the rules, declares Superintendent Halt, and examinations will be held, two days before the new system be comes the vogue, to ascertain the fit ness of the employees. Shippers Ready for System. If experience is to be the guide of* tlie postoffiee-officials, they should be hardened veterans In parcels post serv ice soon after the new system goes into effect. Jobbers and manufacturers and shifters of Atlanta, many 'of whom. Postmaster McKee said this morning, have been seeking information relative ’ to zones and rates, and have promised to try out the ne-w system at the start. A representative of the American Fer tilizer Company broke in upon the council this morning with the informa tion that he would have 1.000 packages for the new department on the first day. The parcels post, after all, is our old friend “fourth class mail matter." without change. ’ And yet, fourth class matter, having been put in a new en vironment. must be regarded through the light of new and absolute rules, and Postmaster H. L. McKee has a number of absolute and mandatory "doji'ts'' which he would impress on the Atlanta public. "Regular postage stamps, such as have always been used, are of no value to send parcels post matter." he said. “Parcels post stamps are distinctive, nri.i can be used for nothing else; neither can postage stamps, good for . first, second and third class matter, be 1 used for parcels post service." The stamps for the new service will be oblong in shape, an inch by an inch and a half in dimension. Goes Into Effect Wednesday. Parcels more than four ounces in weight, the postmaster explained, will be subject to tile parcels post rate for a pound which varies from five cents to twelve cents, according to the zone into which it is to be shipped, and the dis tance of that zone from Atlanta. Elev en pounds Is the maximum limit of . weight. Parcels of less than four ounces weight are subject to tile parcels post rate of one cent an ounce. i The one admonition which the post il master S.lid would be made necessary ■'is tli.it the name and address of the I sender be plainly written on every J package. Failure to observe thi,- max '; result In ntm■ d< livery of the panel. The new system will be put in op eration January 1. and packages mai'ed under its provisions on that day will be di-pati Ir-d. One clerk for <evmiil days Ims be’n engaged in working out rela tive zone charges, and the relative lo cation. from Atlanta as a center, ot evei x P .-totlicc in the United Slates MAGID RETURNS HOME. Louis B Magid has just leturned al’ier a Hire, w. k-' ton ..f the |'. ISL MSPM 51.158 IN FINES Twenty-Eight Pistol Toters Are Given the Limit and Held to Fir’lton Grand Jury. Violators of the Christmas peace this year were more prosperous than the much longer list of offenders in 1911. As-a result, a total of $1,169.50 was col- ' Iccteii in fines at the two sessions of tiie recorder’s court yesterday. The total number of cases disposed of yesterday was 194, which is less by more than 100, compared with the pre ceding year. Yet the fines collected the day after Christmas. 1911. amounted to only $999.25. The population of the stockade was not as materially increased yesterday as it was on December 26, 1911. That, too. goes to show that the year 1912 was exceedingly prosperous for the chronic Christmas offenders, as well as the wiser, more conservative -and more dignified business man who spent a quiet Christmas. Judge Broyles gave the pistol, toters everything that was coming to them yesterday. Twenty-eight of these cele braters,' mostly negroes, were handed a fine of $100.75 each, on the charge of discharging firearms within the city limits, and held all of them to the grand jury under bond of S2OO each. This morning the cell rooms at po lice headquarters were no more than ordinarily filled with prisoners, and the court had time to hear and discuss all details of cases. CHAMBER MO VES TO RAISE SIO,OOO FUND TO SECURE CONVENTIONS Looking to the accumulation of a fund of SIO,OOO, with which to finance a convention bureau for Atlanta, a com mittee of the Chamber of Commerce will meet this afternoon, at the call of Wilmer Moore, president. The project has been aired before and work toward raising the fund has been successful to a fair degree, one-half the amount be ing subscribed. Other affairs interven ing. however, the work was laid aside to be taken up today. The proposition of a convention bu reau is one of the policies publicly out lined by the present administrative of ficers of the Chamber of Commerce. It involves the selection of an agent, who shall place Atlanta's bids before organ izations worth while. Traveling ex penses. literature and incidentals, it is estimated, require the outlay of money, and the Chamber of Commerce has de cided that SIO,OOO pledged each year for two years, would be necessary to in sure the establishment of the bureau. It ist jhe dream of lhe committee to make) Atlanta a city of national con ventions. NORWEGIAN BARK SINKS WITH ALL HANDS ABOARD Gl,’i\fpoßT. MISS., Dec. 27.—The Nor wegian, bark Stern, bound from Gulfport to Rio Janeiro, Brazil, has gone down at sea with all hands on board. News of the loss of the Stern, which was long overdue, was received here today. ACCUSED OF KILLING DAUGHTER CURLEW, WASH., Dec. 27.—That he poisoned his own child to prevent her starving to death when the food in his home became exhausted, is the charge against Edward Stoddard, a homesteader on l.oreda creek. A score of men are searching for him. “Correct Clothes for Men” Benjamin Clothes Are a Little Better I here is a fit, a snap and a dash about Benjamin Clothes not found in other makes; a distinctive feature of up-to-dateness that estab lishes style and beauty, and they cost no more than other clothes. Benjamin Clothes are a real asset to the business man. See For Yourself CARLTON 36 Whitehall Street CYCLIST INJURED BY AUTO TRUCK IS NEAR DEATH; DRIVER HELD J. P. Tittlebaum, of 67 Kelly street, threading his way through the traffic jam at Decatur and Pratt streets yes terday afternoon, was struck by uu au tomobile truck and ptobably will die. The truck was driven by G. W. Brooks, a negro chauffeur in the em ploy of the L. W. Rogers Company. Ho was arrested, and a charge of sus picion was docketed against him. Tittlebaum lias not regained con sciousness. find at Grady hospital, his condition is regarded as extremely se rious. Driving his machine slowly through the tangle, the negro chauffeur, accord ing to his own statement, steered sharp ly toward the curbing of the street. As he did. the wheel of tiie automobile struck the pedal of Tittlebaum's bicy cle, which had been moving alongside. Tittlebaum was thrown under the wheels of the truck, and was dragged several feet. Several eyewitnesses con firm the statement of Brooks. RECEIVER IS ASKED FOR CARROLLTON, GA., LIVESTOCK COMPANY Companion suit to the bankruptcy proceedings against Bass &• Heard, of Rome, Ga., which are believed to in volve $1,000,000, was fi'',.-i i n fp e United States court of the -7" tnern district today, asking that J. C. Bass and J. L. Bass, of Carrollton, be adjudged*bank rupt. Judge Newman will hear the petition Satui day morning. J. C. Bass and J. L. Bass, according to the petition,-are associated under a firm name of J. C. Bass & Co., dealers in live stock. The petitioners, S. J. Boykin & Son, Lee Burnham and 1.. Z. Barrett, claim that the firm of J. C. Bass & Co., .owes debts of more than $50,000. and that J. L. Bass is involved in the Rome failure, being a member of the Rome firm. TRIO GIVEN UP FOR LOST IN GULF FOUND SAFE IN OPEN BOAT MOBILE. ALA.. Dec. 27.—Williim Wheeler and John and Elsie Barnes, .‘f a prominent family of the winter fam ily at Coden, who disappeared from their homes last Friday and yesterday were given up as lost, were found to day floating in the Gulf of Mexico in an open boat. They were nearly starved and were in a serious condition from drinking salt water. On Christmas day they landed on a barren island and caught, a fish and some crabs which they ate. GENERAL DOMINGO DIAZ AGE OF 71 NEW YORK. Dec. 27.—General Domingo Diaz, widely known in Central American politics as a soldier and. patriot, died here of double pneumonia. General Diaz' arrived in New York a few ago from' Paris, where he had been living with his, wife, his daughter and her husband. Gen eral Juan Jiminez. He was on his way to Panama. The general was 71 years old.. Before the secession of Panama from Co lombia he led a liberal faction in Panama and later an armed uprising against Co lombia. General Diaz subsequently was appointed minister to France. Belgium and Italy for the new republic of Panama. J. Wesley Bennett. •1. Wesley Bennett died earlv this morn ing at his residence on the Howell Mill road. The funearl will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock from the North At lanta Baptist church, anti the interment will be in Hollywood cemetery. Mr. Ben nett is survived by his wife and several brothers and children. Mrs. Elizabeth Kate Bigby. Mrs. Elizabeth Kate Bigby. 58 years of age. died at a private sanitarium this morning at 6 o'clock, following.a stroke of apoplexy. The body was taken to Patterson's undertaking establish ment. MLGffiW : TOMI - Recruits Due in 1914 Enrolled and All Able Men Up to 60 Called to Colors. SOFIA, Dec. 27.—Ominous signs ar* visible here that Bulgaria is preparing t» resume war with Turkey. The war mln isten has called up the recruits due to l» enrolled in 1914 and has summoned an able-bodied men up to the age of 60 • join the colors. This indicates the gov ernment is preparing for a collapse of the peace negotiations. Cholera Raging In Bulgar Army ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 27.-Ch o ler» is causing terrible havoc among the Bui ' garian troops encamped along the Chat alja defenses of Constantinople, accord" ing to General Guichoff. chief of the Russian forces. An epidemic of typhoid is also raging in the Bulgarian camp according to reports received by him to i day from his agents at Chatalja state. Twenty-five thousand soldiers have been attacked by the cholera and typhoid since the contagion reached the Bulga rian lines from the Turkish camps, ant" tiie death rate is heavy. Every possible effort is being made t< ; stop tiie spread of the disease, the great t est cholera experts . in Europe havln; . been engaged by Czar Ferdinand and « en to the front to fight the epidemics ant direct the sanitation of the camps. Turks Flocking Back to Asia WASHINGTON, Dee. 27.—N0 matte) what the outcome of the Balkan war nearly half a million Turks will haw ' emigrated to Asia Minor before peace i« established, according to a letter from L W. W. Peet, received at Red Cross ■ headquarters today. The Red Cross agent, after acknowl i edging the receipt of SIB,OOO sent froir . Washington forth? relief of Turkish soldiers, said that 200,000 Turks already ! had crossed the Bosphorus and as many more probably would emigrate withit , the next month. Reports From Janina Conflict ... LONDON, Dec. 27.—Conflicting report? as to. the situation at Janina, where Greeks and Turks have been fighting foi , three days, differ today. j The Exchange Telegraph Company re »■ reived a dispatch from Constantinople / stating that newspapers in the Turkish [’ •capital' {announce a* Greek defeat ? ’4; The Central News'Agency has been no tified by its Rome 'Correspondent that the > tribunal announces the fall of Janina is , imminent.. THE ATLANTA TO g^ fi GHT SATURDAY MATINEE AND NIGHT IDA ST. LEON In a New Comedy Drama. “FINISHING FANNY” Nights, 25c to'*l.so. Mat., 25c to sl. SEATS ON SALE TODAY. 2 Days 2—December 31, January 1. Matinees Both Days. MIZZI HAJOS In the Artistic Operetta, The Spring Maid Prices: Orchestra. $2 and $1.50; Bal cony. 50c. 75c, SI.OO grand ;K mli DINKELSPIEL’S CHRISTMAS BY GEORGE V. HOBART Empire Comedy Four —Lew Hawkins Miis Robbie Gordone and Others. Torsyth Little Emma Bunting And FORSYTH PLAYERS “The Little Gray Lady." SPECIAL XMAS MATINEE LYRIC N WEEK. I Matinees. Tues., Thurs.. Sat. Special Matinee New Years Day. W. A. BRADY Ltd., Presents The Funniest Play in the English Language, BABY MINE With Walter Jones in His Original Ro l * CONCERT BY Cornell University Glee. Banjo and Mandolin Clubs. WESLEY MEMORIAL HALL. DECEMBER 28th. SEAT SALE CABLE PIANO COMPANY. Prices. $1.50, SI.OO. 50c Seats On Sale Friday Morning. _ GRIFFITH SCHOOL OF MUSIC 78 Forrest Avenue Special attention given to prepar ing students fpr Mandolin. Banjo * n Cultar Glee .Clubs.