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SLEUTHS BESIEGE
MGKEFELLER
MANSION
Congressional Officer Bound to
Summon Oil King’s Brother !
to Pujo Inquiry.
XEW YORK, Dec. 31.—A small army
e s -t. fives under Sergeant-at-Arms
r iar ll 1 ? . Riddell, of the national house
of representatives, and his assistant,
l White, guaixled the town and
rountij homes of William Rockefeller
•.o.i.ay In an endeavor to serve Mr.
HtKiv'feller with a subpena to testify
before the Pujo money trust investigat
ing committee In Washington.
Xt Mi Rockefeller's town house at
t;g9 Fifth avenue the detectives divided
.neir * tivities by watching the adjoin
ing mansions. The houses flanking the
Ruckef' Iler mansion on both sides are
~ccupl<‘<l by sons-ln-law of the oil mag
nate and the three are known to be
connected by secret passageways.
A report was current in the morning
that the much wanted witness was
.aft > secluded upon nis great country
estate at Tarrytown, but detectives on
guard there reported that Rockefeller
had not been seen.
"Rockefeller vs. Nation."
It is now a question,” said Mr. Rid
tvhether Mr. Rockefeller is a blg
man than the United States. It
seems to me that it should nqt be pos
sible fur one man to set the government
nt this great republic at defiance. More
over. if Mr. Rockefeller eventually es
capes service the power and authority
if the national house of representatives
will fall into disrepute and it will be
difficult for us to get service on any
ne in the future.”
The detectives and deputy sergeant
it inn- about the Rockefeller town
iiouse were placed at intervals of 100
• ■ t :nd were divided into squads. Each
man carried a duplicate of the sub
pena.
In addition to putting guards about
he Rockefeller and adjoining resi
dences. Mr. Riddell stationed three
men in the courtyards of the Si. Regis
hotel, which commands a rear view of
il i. Rockefeller home.
'•Will Be Caught Soon.”
"1 have over twenty men with me
. ion-■, and I think we ought to get Mr.
itockefeller very soon.” he said. "But if
. eed be 1 can get twenty thousand here
at a moment's notice. If twenty thou
sand are not enough, I can call out the
ntirc standing army of the United
states. And we will get Mr. Rockefel
ler, even if we do have to call out the
■ irmy. Our man is not going to beat
lie government just because he is a
multi-millionaire. We have orders to
• rve Mr. Rockefeller, and we are going
■ have him within 36 hours. But it is
i serious matter. It is no joke."
No siege of a rockbound castle ever
■Tried more of a thrill with it than
t e beleaguering of ‘‘Castle" Rockefel-
Every time any bne attempts to
ave or enter the mansion, detectives
■nd deputy sergeants-at-arms dash up
in a body, waiving subpenas In their
lands. There was talk of setting up
■tits in the streets around the house
nd establishing a regular bivouac, but
■is suggestion was treated lightly.
I. S. AGAINST 136
CASES CHEESE” IS
TITLE OF THIS SUIT
The United States Government Against
Cases of Cheese” is the title of a case
'■titered by F. C. Tate, United States dis
■rlot attorney, in the Federal court this
■ irning. A writ of seizure was procured,
■ uthorizing the government officials to
ondemn 136 cases of cheese at Athens,
unsigned to a merchant of that city by
Crosby & Meyers, of Nashville, Tenn.
A violation of the government regula
rs through misbranding is alleged, the
peclfication being that the cases are
cider weight. Condemnation of the goods
and probable criminal proceedings against
the consignor flrm will ensue.
BOY ASKS SIO,OOO FOR
HURTS FROM HOT METAL
Asserting that he was crippled for life
■en two employees of the Atlanta Util
v Company overturned a ladle of molten
1 etai on his leg, Willie J. Bannister, aged
Hfteen, brought suit for SIO,OOO damages
in superior court today. The suit was
Instituted by W. J. Bannister, father of
’he boy, acting as his best friend.
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“Turn Over
A New Leaf”
Start the new year right. Take
care of the Stomach, Liver and
Bowels and they will serve you
well. Make the appetite, keen,
digestion perfect and Liver ac
tive by the daily use of
Hostetter’s
Stomach
Bitters
• t promotes and maintains health,
strength and vigor. Ttty it today.
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BUNBTIGERKING
FLEES lIIIMG
Dan Shaw Walks Away in
Double Shackles and Wear
ing Prison Garb,
■King" Dan Shaw—“king" because of
his well established superiority among
all other convicted “blind tiger" oper
ators in Atlanta —escaped from the city
and a series of sentences by walking
away from stockade officers today.
“King Dan," with a half dozen other
prisoners, was taken to the blacksmith
shop of the city construction depart
ment on t'alb street, near Grant park.
During the morning he was missed, and
still is missing.
Shaw worked in double shackles and
prison clothes, both of which he wore
when he escaped. According to officers
In charge of the construction shop, he
walked out with a wheelbarrow to go to
the coal pile. That was the last seen of
him.
Shaw was serving time for unlaw
fully selling liquor. He completed a 30-
day sentence December 26 and imme
diately started on another like sen
tence.
At the completion of the latter he was
to have begun serving a third sentence
of 30 days at the station house. After
that his fate was to be decided by the
United States supreme court, before
which one of his many cases now is
pending.
Shaw is well known to city and coun
ty police. All of these were notified of
his escape, and it is believed he will not
go free long.
MAN TRAPPED ON BRIDGE
IS CRUSHED BY TRAIN
CHICAGO. Dec. 31.—A mar. about fifty
years old, unidentified, was killed by a
through train on the Chicago, Aurora and
Elgin railway, when the victim was
trapped on the bridge crossing the Des
plulnes river at Waldheim cemetery, be
tween Forest Park and Maywood. He
stepperl from In front of an east bound
train and was struck by a westbound
train. A watch and 70 cents in change
was found on the body. No marks of
identification were found.
WOMAN WRAPPED IN A
SHEET FREED BY COURT
CHICAGO, Dec. 31. Mrs. Marie Waller,
living at 6041 Bishop street, was ar
raigned before Municipal Judge Courtney,
on complaint of Robert Nicol, who said
she bad gone about wrapped in a sheet
and frightened his seven-year-old daugh
ter Elizabeth, “nearly out of her wits."
H,.’r defense that she was "trying to
„>„os.- the children - won her freedom.
Jrm ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1912.
by parcels post
ATLANTA HAS “SPRING MAID."
Generally one popular song hit is con
sidered sufficient to satisfy the producer
of a musical play. This being true, Werba
& Luescher, who are presenting Mizzi
Hajos in her second season as dainty
Princess Bozena in “The Spring Maid,”
which comes to the Atlanta today, with
matinee Wednesday and night, should be
more than satisfied, as this operetta has
nearb - a dozen decided hits and at least
four that everybody remembers. These
are the waltz number "Day Dreams," the
romantic duet, “Two Little Love Bees."
the two-step called "Fountain Fay,” and
“How I Love a Pretty Face" waltz.
Many New Year parties will be given at
the Atlanta.
"EVERYWOMAN” IS BOOKED.
The dramatic spectacle, “Everywotnan,”
In many ways the mos;t-taiked-about play
of recent years. Is to be offered at the At
lanta theater three nights beginning on
Thursday, January 2, with Saturday mati
nee. This unique production is a sort of
nondescript In the matter of classification.
It partakes of the nature of drama, opera
and spectacle, and yet In reality it is not
defined as one or the other.
The work is on a vast scale and the
preparation for the production engaged
the various departments of the Savage
producing offices for nearly a year.
Seats are now selling for the engage
ment.
GRAND BILL MAKES HIT.
"The Venetian Four” made the big hit
in the Grand vaudeville bill last night.
Three are violinists and one a player on
the harp. Their musical offering is given
on a beautifully set stage, representing a
night scene in Venice.
Grant and Hoag, in a comedy sketch
called "The Troublesome Trunk,” came
second in the recommendation of the crit
ical Monday night audience. They have a
clever sketch, the man especially being
very good, while the young woman is
handsome and wears charming gowns,
causing her partner to announce in an
aside that "this act loses a lot of money
on fine dresses."
“The Antique Girl" is a musical com
edy, presented by quite a large company.
The honors of the cast are grabbed by
George M. George, as Jonathan Pinney,
proprietor of the antique shop, which is
the scene of the play. The other princi
pals are good and the music and dancing
make up an amusing half hour.
The Four Florlmonds give a good lad
der act. similar to that of the Englishman
who made a big hit here recently, yet
with a difference. They confine their act
to various clever tricks on the ladders,
doing much more of this work than the
Englishman, though lacking his "line of
talk.”
The week's bill is completed with Gere
and Delainey, in a picturesque roller
skating novelty; Frank Mullane and a
"singing comedy,” by J. K. Murray, Clara
Lane and J. S. Murray.
WALTER JONES GETS OVATION.
"Baby Mine” received a greeting last
night at the Lyric accorded but few
shows in a season.
And "Baby Mine” deserved it, too.
Everybody being more or less familiar
w ith the story of the farce, it is not nec
essary to recount It. But with the pre s
ent company lies the real value of the
entertainment. The rankest barnst irin
ers could get fun a-plenty out of the lines
and situations, but in the hands the
AT THE PLAYHOUSES
present cast it is simply a scream—a
young riot.
Walter Jones, who created the part of
Jimmy several seasons ago, is the ring
leader of the fun. and he is backed up
handsomely by Miss Marjorie Cortland as
Zoie Hardy, the pseudo-mother, and Miss
Vera Rail, as Jimmy's wife.
Beneath all the fun there is the pretty
love story of the wife who is only a
child, and whose heart centers in her love
for her husband—a veriest butterfly, and
just as thoughtless. As a farce, "Baby
Mine” is as good as a comedy, and as a
comedy it is as uproarious as a farce.
And at the popular Lyric prices it
sounds untrue, but suffice it to say that
no high price show visiting Atlanta this
season will be any better.
Last night's audience gave both JMss
Cortland and Mr. Jones distinct ovations
and rendered due homage to the rest of
the cast —as it should.
.Here all week nightly, and matinees to
day, Wednesday. Thursday and Satur
day.
See it—and if you have, see it again.
CYNTHIA PEROT IS ZO ZO.
Cynthia Perol a Titian. I'arisian
blonde, will be the dashing Zo Zo, who
leads the' Maxim Girls in their mud
frolic in the final act of “The Merry
ti idow.’ The new and lavish production
of the famous Lobar operetta will be of
fered by Henry W Savage at the At
lanta (theater Monday, January 20.
MAKES HAIR
STRAIGHTS
Every woman wants to have nice,
long hair,’as It beautifies her; all
colored people can have nice, long,
straight hair bj using th great dis
covery, Exelento Quinine Pomade: it
feeds the scalp ami roots of the hair,
and makes hair grow ; it cleans dan
druff and stops falling hair at mice.
Every package is guaranteed. Fo"
sale by all druggists or by mail, 25c.
stamps or coin.
Exelento Medicine Company
ATLANTA, GA
Agents wanted everywhere. Write
for particulars today.
■ Florida Oranges . 12c doz. I
I English Walnuts . . 9c !b. p
I Black Walnut Meats 9c !b H
I Chalmers'Gelatine, pkg. 8c g|
I 15c Pkg. Seeded Raisins 7Jc I
31 12c Pkg. Seeded Raisins 6c ||
| GASH GROCERY GO. I
118-123 Whitehall
DELHI ? PARCELS
POST FEATU RES
“C. 0. 0.” and Special Deliv
ery Won’t Be Tried Till Sys
tem Is Working Smoothly.
Equipment for the parcels post serv
ice in Atlanta, including stamps of the
aggregate value of-about SIOO,OOO, maps,
scales and insurance tags, came to
Postmaster H. L. MpKee this morning.
I dispatched from the postoffice depart-
I merit at Washington. With the arrival
I of this matter, preparation in every de
, tail has been completed for handling
I the fourth-class mail matter under the
new system.
There came also an order from Post
master General Hitchcock, which an
nounced the fact that because of the
untried condition of the new system,
the C. O. D. feature of the parcels post
I will not be put in operation immedi
[ately. It said:
"The C. O. D. feature will not be
I placed in effect until the department
I has opportunity to determine the best
system after observing the operation of
the service.”
Also, in legaid to the special deliv
ery feature of the original law, the or
der announced a delay, saying:
"On account of the Increase of weight
and size of the fourth-class matter to
be accepted for mailing under-the par
cels post law, the department has not
considered it wise to begin special de
livery set vice of this class of niattei
when the law goes into effect January
1. The advisability of providing spe
cial delivery for such mail can be more
readily determined after the parcels
post is in full operation."
i The arrangement for insurance of the
| parcels is settled, however, and will go
■ into immediate operation. Upon pay
( inent of a fee of ten cents, announces
Postmaster McKee, the delivery of the
| package is insured. Insurance tags
■ will be placed on sale with the stamps.
■ At each of the four windows in the
I Atlanta postoffice, parcels post stamps
'ate obtainable.
The delay in the complete operation
of the law is due to the spirit of ex-
■ periment which is attached to the new
i system, in stations high and low. The
final arrangement by which the traffic
will be handled is to bo determined by
developments and exigencies in Atlanta
(as well as in Washington.
MONEY TO BUY LAND
NEAR RESERVOIRS TO
BE REAPPROPRIATED
i
I While Mayor Winn lias vetoed the
resolution of council appropriating $16,-
| 000 of premium bond money to pur
| chase the. private land which borders
. i the city water reservoirs, members of
(the water board and the bond commis
sion today prepared to Introduce an or
dinance at the next meeting of council
making the money available.
1 Mayor Winn said he thought the
. money should be used to purchase the
land, especially since the health offl-
, cers had condemned it as In an insani
s tary condition; but he said he was
; forced to veto the resolution because it
was passed without the bond ordinance,
which provided that the money be spent
L for other purposes, being repealed. The
' new ordinance will amend the bond
. ordinance, legalizing the expenditure.
Chamberlin=Johnson=Dußose Co.
ATLANTA NEW YORK PARIS
We Will Back Our Good Wishes With
Good Deeds All Through the Year
The good wishes that we extend the people of Atlanta
for the New Year are as sincere as man can make them.
They arise from a sense of gratitude. But still it is not
so much our good wishes that we would impress upon you
now.
It is fitting and proper that we should, as we enter an
other year, call to mind and renew our pledge of service.
We pledge ourselves, insofar as it lies within our power,
to the cause of making 1913 a year of prosperity—from Jan
uary Ist to December 31st. Whatever good we can do to
morrow we shall do.
Whatever good we can do any day during the coming
year we shall do—just as the opportunity arises—when the
good wishes of today, however sincere, are forgotten.
We will make mistakes, we know—but they will be mis
takes of accident, not of substance, for the very good reason
that the firm principle of fairness shall abide in this store
and guide our actions during 1913 as it has during every year
since its foundation in 1866.
Chamberlin=Johnson=Diißose Company
PRESIDENT IS BACK AT
WHITE HOUSE FOR BIG
NEW YEAR RECEPTION
WASHINGTON, Dee. 31.—Bronzed
by his week in the tropical sun and
enthusiastic over the future of the
Panama canal which practically will
be completed during his administra
tion, President Taft returned here at 10
o'clock today, thus ending his long
trip. The president, accompanied by
Mrs. Taft, Charlie Taft, Mr. and Mrs.
C. P. Taft and their daughter. Miss
Louise Taft: Assistant of the
Navy and Mrs. Beekman Winthrop.
Secretary to the President and .Mrs. C.
D. Hilles, Lieutenant Commander Tim
mons and Major T. L. Rhoades, left
Washington on December 1!» for the
Panama trip.
upon reaching Union
Station today the president. Mrs. Taft,
Charles Taft, Colonel and Mrs. George
W. Goethals, who accompanied the
party back from Panama, and the pres
ident’s aids motored to the white
where they- prepared for the strenuous
duties coincident with tomorrow’s re
ceptions. The president’s program for
today included the signing of a large
amount of mail and attending to a
number of routine duties which had
accumulated in his absence. Tomor
row will be devoted to the New Y'ear
calls and receptions.
The president will leave probably at
midnight for New York to attend the
Whitelaw R<»id funeral services and a
dinner at the Waldorf on Sunday.
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Frank Pierce Anderson.
Tlie body of Frank Pierce Anderson,
the Western and Atlantic fireman who
died at a local sanitarium Saturday, was
taken to McDonough this morning for
funeral and interment. T. H. Harrison,
of Nashville, known as the "engineer
preacher," and who formerly worked with
Anderson, will preach the funeral. An
derson was 5$ years old, and lived at S 3
West Cain street He is survived by his
wife, a son, a brother and five sisters.
Burt C. Livingston, Jr.
The funeral of Burt C. Livingston. Jr.,
two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. B. J.
Livingston, who died at the residence at
Carey Station yesterday morning, will be
held today, and interment will be in Hol
lywood cemetery,
Mrs. Lewis Brown.
From the College Park Baptist church
this afternoon at 2 o'clock, was conducted
the funeral of Mrs. Lewis Brown, aged 74,
who died at the residence in College Park
Sunday night. The deceased is survived
by her husband and five children: O. A.
Brown, Mrs. Henry L. French, Mrs. E.
W. Dee, Mrs. W. J. Creel and Miss E.
Brown. The interment wIP he in the
College Park cemetery.
Mrs. Louis Sharpe.
The funeral of Mrs. Louis Sharpe, who
died last week in Nashville, was held this
morning at 10 o’clock from Patterson's
chapel, interment following in Westview
cemetery. Rev. G. L. Hanscom officiated.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Foster.'
Miss Mary Elizabeth Foster. 27 years
of age, died at the residence'. 366 Capi
tol avenue, early this morning. The fu
neral will be held from the home tomor
row at 12:30 p. m., and the body will be
sent to Selma. Ala., for interment. Rev.
C. T. A. Pise, rector of St. Philips Cathe
dral, will conduct the services. The de
ceased is survived by her father and
mother. Mr. and Mrs Samuel Foster; a
sister, Mrs. J. C. Rennie, of Selma, and
a brother, George F. Foster, of Atlanta.
WILD CARS WRECK ENGINE.
ANNISTON, ALA., Dec. 31,—Three
loaded freight cars and a caboose es
caped from a switch engine here today,
dashed down an incline half a mile and
collided with a through freight engine,
demolishing it. Fireman Evans was
slightly injured.
CHAMBER ASKS
SMOKE REPORT
Committee of Trade Body De
termined to See War on
Nuisance to End.
An accounting will be asked of the
Atlanta smoke board by the smoke re
vision committee of the Chamber of
Commerce. The number of plants in
which means of eliminating the smoko
nuisance are enforced; the number of
prospective applications of the law, and
the policy of the board toward every
form of establishment are points on
which Information is desired by the
chamber.
The attitude of the board toward en
forcing the law in manufacturing
plants, office buildings, hotels and
apartment houses and the relative de
gree of Importance attached to observ
ance of the law by each of these will
be ascertained.
The chamber’s smoke revision com
mittee, at a meting yesterday- after
noon, announced its intention of see
lug the campaign for smoke elimination
to the end. The chairman. J. AL Van-
Harllngen, himself a member of the
city smoke board, was requested to ask
for a report of work done and In pros
pect for the future. The report will be
made public when received.
BABYCRIEDALLTfIE
TINE WITKECZEHA
Would Nearly Tnr Himself to Ptacea.
Dark Hard Crust. Water Omnd
From It. Cutlcura Soap and Cutl
cura Ointment Outed.
Copper HSI. Va.—‘‘Mg bs
yean and ilz Montiw oM wtrn Ms trsaM*
ecMma, first became aoUeaaMe. l fW «ru»-
Moa teokwd "nmteMae
Ilka pctson oak when it
first broke oat aaad srooM
itch and ban as badly
t that ha w««M aenriy
tear himortf to pteose
It wouM brent oat la
. rod Mtstsrs on same
Npartw of Ms body. WWe
his niotblng name la con
tact with it, ft would
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form a dwi hard cniM end waOrr wovM ooze
from it nearly all the ttaia. It was eaßod the
worst form ainni. After about frtur
months it sprsad over the entire To
«ay he tniffered moat terribly wouM soty be
patting it mildly His wu simply übearable
suffering. He would cry al! the time and I
did not sea hardly » minute's rest with him
for tdx toror-ha.
" Hia aaklee and back juo* war flha kid
ney" were the worst. of all, also hia haada and
fM* were very bad Hia ankles were a per
fact raw acre just terrible to look at. Then I
mad of Cuticura Hpap and Ointment and
aant fbr a anntple Tbsp seemed So ca-v
B.OTS than anything I had rnaed. so I bowl-'
eonA more and used tbaca. Ostteuse Soap
and Ointment cured Mm oomptatsiy
Wgnedl Mrs. G. K Bala, Apr. IT, IMd.
Cuticura Soup Ssc. luidCaticsrwOtettanm
3<>o. are sold - very where. I Jbsral menpie of
Ma'ti mailed free, with sj-p. tUn Book. A.I
draw past-card "OuMcora. Dept. T. Best he
W"Tendw-fhced men ahotid nseCuttews
Soap Sbuvhw SMck. 25c. Sample free.
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