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Husband and Wife
In Jail as Insane
Housemaids’ Union
Formed in Chicago
Ask $12,000 for Life
Of Child Car Killed
Elks Discover Cure
For Obese Brothers
ODDITIES
Each Ha's Other Cocked Up on Lu
nacy Writs, Following Marital
Troubles.
Family Sues Trolley Company
Death of 3-Year-Old Daughter
Last October.
Chartered by American Federation
of Labor—To Demand Better
Working Conditions.
DAY'S NEWS
MACON. GA , April 17,—Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Roquemore are occupying:
adjoining cells, in the Bibb County
jail, both charged with insanity on
warrants sworn out by each other.
Mrs. Roquemore was first arrested
on a lunacy writ taken out by her
husband, and then Roquemore. when
he visited his wife at the jail, was
taken in custody on a warrant sworn
out by her, and procured for her by
relatives after she was locked up.
The Sheriff assigned Roquemore to
the same cell with his wife, but she
protested, and the man was then put
in the adjoining cell.
SHOT BY AN Id-; WAGON. Paul
Rieloff w. s shot by an Ice wagon and
seriously injured at Decatur, Ill. Ric-
loff was crossing the street when the
ffteel tire of the wagon crushed a .38-
caliber cartridge on the pavement and
the bullet struck Rieloff below the left
CHICAGO, April 17. -Domestic
se rvants in Chicago to-day were sup
plied with union cards showing mem
bership in a real labor union. The
Household Workers’ Association has
been given a charter by the Amer
ican Federation of Labor
A: soon as the new union has gain
ed sufficient strength and a walking
delegate is elected, demands will be
made upon housewives for better
conditions, regular hours of work and
Wednesday arid Sunday afternoons
Drama League Speaker Says
Theatricals Are Best Means of
Teaching Self-Expression.
man oi _.’a.s south Avenue, is to-day
awaiting action on a $12,000 damage
suit, filed against the G-orgia Rail
way and Power Company for the
death of his thheo-year-old daugh
ter. Willie Char line, killed by a street
car last October.
Farris alleged in Ids suit that the
street was clear and the motorolan
should have seen the child 100 feet
ahead. One of the little girl’s com
panions ran out and tried to jerk her
from the track, the suit set forth.
She, too, was struck by the car.
Editorial Criticising President
eralistic Tendencies Will be A
Document of Record—Senator
ties Applaud His Views on
Amateui* theatricals are the greater
means at hand for the development^’/
the modern child, according to Mrs.
A. &ta’itT?e<tTToTT'THc&go, chairman nf‘
the organization committee of the
Drama Deague of America, who spoke
before a notable gathering of women]
this morning at the Carnegie Library.
Mrs. Best expressed the hope that
Atlanta would take th? lead in the!
South in organising branches of the
league. She suggested that a training
schoolMM^itfs^l'oi|P»pf cWM work and
.i civic uie&teV be established here.
Give Self - Expression.
‘ The plays that chfldren have given
under the auaptf^es v of the Drama
League," she said, have been of in
calculable benefit, both to the children
and the work. We have never tried
to make them professionals oi in any
sense to Lain them for the stage, it
has been the only means of self-ex
pression afforded poor children. It
iisv given them self-confidence and
extended their knowledge of good- lit-
£ratur4-
“Our-work among children on the
playgrounds lu*s been of the greatest
benefit. There was an instance in
Chicago where a girl of 10. carrying
a small baby and with her 2-year-okl
sister dragging at her skirts, attended
every rehearsal.
Children Keen Judges.
“Children are the Keenest judges of
the good and the bad In the plays
which they present. Nothing fneany
anything to them but the play. Tt>e
actors do'not count."
At the conclusion of her address
Mrs. Best discussed the methods of
work and organization informally
with the women present. This after
noon she talked before another meet
ing at the Georgian Terrace.
TOWN ELEFTS SALC)ON KKEP-
ERS.—Two saloon keepers were elect
ed by popular vote at Elk Point, Un
ion County, South Dakota, when, un
der a new law limiting saloons to one
for each 600 inhabitants, the number
of drink emporiums at Elk Point had
to be reduced from five to two.
ci procity
TEMPED DEATH AS JOKE.—In
Her suit for divorce, Mrs. Gertrude
Einson, 'fronton, N. ,J.. c harged that
her husband was coarse, Illiterate and
a prac tical joker of an unusual kind.
She said her husband hid himself in a
steamer trunk and when found was
unconscious and laughed heartily at
the* so-called Joke. He was aston
ished when the other members of
the* family were unable to see any fuh
in it, she said.
^gpr Every^^SS
Man Likes Pie^|
And every man can eat it without taking a
moment’s thought about digestion when the pie
crust is light, flaky, tender as you can make it with
Bowling—That’s It—and They Are
Installing $1,000 Alleys in
Clubhouse.
“MOVIES" MAY AID l\ s.—Sec
retary Redfield, Washington, D. (’.,
has decided that moving pictures
which show' what the Department of
Commerce is doing for the people of
lh<* United States would be of great
value both to the department and
others. He lias appointed a commit
tee to confer with a moving picture
concern.
If your new spring suit feels un
comfortable and you’re losing that
swagger figure that used to be the
despair of the Peachtree maidens, lis
ten—
The Elks have found a cure—or
think they have.
It's simple*, as all good things are.
The answer is—bowling. Tbe paxtjme
made famous by Hendrik Hudson.
This recipe makes perfect pie crust. Try it:
Mix J teaspoon salt into 1* cups flour; work in J cup Swift’s Silver-
Leaf Lard, moisten with water, roil out. Spread with tablespoon-
fu! Swift’s Silver-Leaf Lard, dredge with flour, roll up iike jelly
roll, pat and roll out, roll up again and cut off enough for lower
crust. Roll out remainder for upper crust and when ready for
oven put few small dots Silver-Leaf Lard on top.
Shortening that makes good pie crust rfC
will make tasty pastry of all kinds. —
Swift’s Silver-Leaf Lard is put up in -
t tight covered, new tin pails. Every
\ one bears the Government inspec- ~~
A tion stamp guaranteeing the W
purity and wholesomeness \ /dSESki
fe/wlw of the lard,
Senator O’Gorman, of New York—
*1 t uh! >lr. Ih srM'.s letter with a
gl’t at deal of tut* rest.”
Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon—
"I ammo in the main with many of
the thing* Mr Hcarat has said. I
do. not believe w should bo too rad
ical In our revision of the tariff. 1
lavor downward revision, Demo-
• r.itie . revision. that will reduce th**
ratbs materially; but these results
should be worked out gradually.
Somic of Hie rates that have been
agreed upon by the House Commit
tee and approved in the caucus art
too low. .Mr. Hcarst has stated his
pt>.WtJon clearly, • und it will have
signed editorial by• \Vilftatp L
Hcarst, published in th <
yesterday, on the Federalist'll-
< les of President Wilson a
treating of the President s
views, will he -put inio J*h‘*. 4
si octal Record and sent in
distribution ihcpughqut
Representative Willis, of
dsavored to get unanimous
for this purpose, hut he v
with an objection by Rejircs
Hardwick, of Georgia.
“It is a most interesting
structive article," comment
Dipsomaniac Chases
Girls With Ice Pick
Two Glasses of Near-Beer Sent Him
on Rampage, W. A. Cason
Tells Recorder.
Convict Marathoner
Loses to Policemen
Two glasses of Atlanta near-beer
that will cause a man to go on a
rampage in his boarding house, ter
rorize the place with.an ice pick, and
cause girl guests to flee to porches
ajfid the street for refuge are worth
a fancy price; in the opinion of Re
corder Nash Broyles.
He so expressed himself when iie
imposed a fine of $25.75 on W. A.
Cason for just such a performance
in the Atlanta Hotel, 32 Houston
Street.
Cason explained that two glasses of
near-beer caused it all.
/“Well, Elf just let you pay $12.87 1-2
pier glu&V said the court.
Witnesses testified 4 that young
women in the hotel mistook Cason's
ice pick for a pistol and were in a
panic.
Speedy Prisoner Sheds Garb, Files
Shackles, Runs 3 Miles, and Is Cap
tured All in 40 Minutes.
“Argument by Hearst
Will Do Good for
Whole Country”
Senator Norris, of Nebraska—T
approve of the tariff argument ad
vanced by Mr Heaivst and think. U
wiH'do good throughout the country.
Of course, 1 could not be expected to
Hfhi with Mr. ».v’iIkon’s tariff views,
and I hope they will not prevail, for
tii* wants our duties 1 removed to too
great a degree. Whether he is going
• <) use tl offices jo control votes fot
the tariff bill it i.« too early to say.
He has not done so yet. If he re
trains .Torn that 1 see no reason why
he should not visit. Congress and sav
what he wants to say. if he cares to
follow that procedure, even though
the Jcff'uson Democrats of the past
denounced it."
Senator Poindexter, of Washington
"I r* a 1 the 'etter of Mr. Hearst
with much interest. I am in hearty
. ccord with him in* his dearly ex
pressed views on reciprocity and the
reasons jie assign It Is ope of the
l>esl expositions of that subject 1
have heard for a long time. This
thing of reducki: our rates to the
lowest notch. without demanding
somethin;, of the ther fellow is go
ing to do us harm If we are play
ing the business game, and want to
win business for the American peo
ple, we ought not to lay our hand on
Liu* table and let our opponents see
<t. It i- not good business sense to
throw down all orr trade barriers and
let foreign nations come into our
mmket .md not demand something
from them in return. Mr. Hearst*a
letter eon b** remi by all Americans
with pntflt.’’
Senato- Townstnd, of Michigan-—
I Haven’t re tad anything In a lai.g
time that pleased me more than this
letter of Mr. Hearst. 1 was surprised
to see it coming from such a dis
tinguished Democrat and a man of
such influence in his'party, 'but it
"Ing* true in every word. It is logi
cal and dear, and what is more tc
the io>in =. it is tin truth bluntly
pole n ami easily understood. With
the newspapers he publishes to cir
culate such a letter these words of
warning from Mr. Hears* to the Dem
ocrats of the country are bound to
have a great influence upon the
thought of the country.
Wilson’s Program
Means Disaster for
Buy a pail.
Swift & Company
U. S. A.
His record-breaking speed in cov
ering ground and disposing of con
vict garb and shackles was no heip
to John Daniels, a negro. The county
police were just a little faster and
within 40 minutes the fugitive was
under arrest, with John Webb, a ne
gro , thought : J)y the police to have
been an accomplice in the escape. ’
Daniefs eseftrped from a county qon-
yiet wagon on Peachtree Road. Offi
cers U, <\ Heard and A. J. Carnll
caught Daniels and Webb In a section
house just off Marietta Street.
While covering the three miles from
Peachtree R^ad to Marietta Str* :
Daniels changed hip clothes and had
his sh«U'k$eK fifed off.
ly by President Wilson He -o in
formed the newspaper n«*u, but...de
clined to make any comment
The editorial .fii/nFljci! ;Uu_ ipjm »n
conversation and discussion* W the
cloak rooms and at private offices.
Many Democ ratic members whre loth
to make formal comment; they are
seeking Federal I'afrfimagc* from th«
President. They want to remain on
good terms with the Executive until
the appointments arc made. The fol-
Your
Dealer for
Silver-Leaf
Women’s Hair
Made Glorious
Friedmann Refuses
U. S, More of Serum
•*m ! ,
Scientist Declares He Has Given
Health Department Sufficient
for Tests.
Parisian Sage Stops Falling
Hair and Dandruff.
from Parlor
WASHINGTON. April 17 -Dr.
Friedrich F. Friedmann, it developed
to-day, lias refused a request of the
Federal Public ^Health Service fur
more of the serum which he claims is
a “cure” for tuberculosis. Surgeon
General Blue is reported to have asked
Dr. Friedmann for further samples
of hit’ serum for purposes of analysis.
Dr. Friedmann is declared to have
said that lie had already supplied
Surgeon Anderson, director of the hy
gienic laboratory, with a little plati
num “loo.pful,” and that he could spare
no more.
The amount furnished by the Berlin
scientist, according to Surgeon Gen
eral Blue, was a mere drop.
to Kitchen
ireiic in every
T HKRF. is a use—a need—lor Abi
room in the house.
‘Nothing can equal it for the safe, sure and
thorough cleaning of statuary, of art objects in the parlor.
The draperies, the portieres, etc., as well as the. wall
covering. Use it in the hall. Remove the black spot
above the chandelier Use it up-stairs-—refreshen, brighten
[Leans v*au- (
P«RPEIS%WWI»*.
lea, Parisian Sage hat lih<l an im-
menae sale, and here are the rea
sons :
It is safe and harmless. Con
tains- -no poisonous lead or harm
ful ingredients.
It cures dandruff in two weeks
bv 'killing! the dandruff germ.
It stops falling hair.
It promptly stops Itching of the
scalp.'
It'makes the hair soft and luxu-
ria'nt.
Jtj gives life and beauty to the
ha]*.' ■
It is not sticky or greasy.
It is the daintiest perfumed hair
tonic.
It is the best, the most pleasant
and Invigorating Ipair dressing
made.
Made only in America by the
Giroux Mfg. t'o.. Buffalo, N. A.
The girl with the Auburn hair
on every package.
All reliable druggists, depart
ment stores an 1 toilet goods coun
ters have Parisian ijiage Hair
Tonic.
l-'or sale by Jacob- Ten Stores.
the paper in the bedrooms.
In the kitchen, Atwoi
from the
Home Industries
rene is indispensable for remo
wall paper or calcimined walls.
"It is plain tin* President Wilson’s
I mipd is bent toward free trade. He
speaks of artificial conditions in the
United States and insists that Amer
ican manufacturers and producers
oust ope late tinier competitive con
ditions. Those *onditions . as Presi
dent Wilson wouid impose them, a*,
pointed out by Mr. HhMrfit, ^ouid
mean disaster t’e** American Indus
tries. If rates are reduced to the
minimum figure we are forced into
competition with foreign cheap ma-
t* rial and cheap labor, and American
labor and American material cannot
> ompete with the tariff barrier com-
ph'tciy r>’moved. Mr. Hearst makes
his p.dm with regard to reciprocity
in such cleaft-cut English that any-
b h ouclit to be abb* to see* it. As
in* asks. What earthly good will it d<»
us ii \ve tear down the taH1T and get
i > tiling l-\ way of a bargain in re-
' • Wi simply open our o\\‘n'mar
ket.*■- to our « c mpetitors and do noth
ing that rains us an additional dol
lar of trade abroad.
’’Ueeipreetty i- the only solution
and Mr. Hearst ;s wise in seeing it
and courageous In expressing it so
clearly. ’
Speaker C!ark—“Because of the
pressure of business 1 have had to
ay the aiticle aside to-day for close
'» iding and stud*, to-night. Until l
■ <\v over carefully what Mr.
Hearst ha* to say l will make no
comment."
Representative Pou, of North Caro-
Mina—“From the omments 1 have
heard th article has in it sound rea-
J sorting d is Important.”
I j Representative Burnett, of Alabama
"I hav had my doubts about the
wisdbtn of reviving the old Federal-
I | Istic custom of tl.* President reading
j!U uddrUks to Congress. 1 have be-
| uevod alway- that the plan of recl-
pr*»cit> .-advocated by Mr. Hearst was
j pure Den»o<'ratio doctrine, and should,
be carrie*I in the Tariff bill.”
Wall
POWER COMPANY MAY YET
RECOVER $10,000 FORFEIT
ROME,, GA.. April 17.—Thefe is a
possibility that the Georgia Railway
and Power Uompany may yet obtain
the $1Q,000 which It deposited with
the .city as a guarantee of Its good
faith in obtaining a franchise, and
w hich it has forfeited by" nbt exer
cising its option. For the'fourth time
Council has been called upon to re
fund the money, and this last time
the vote was six to five in.favor of
keeping the money. Heretofore the
vote has not bceni'so close
Cleans without ruhhbig—without drudgery, without ussii
and requires no umb lxs>t of all, it kaves no dirt or litti
A 15c cat! of Absprcne oftenthe cost of redecorating ui
Try Abaorene on window shkftea. It will remove all Lhed
restore the shades to tlreir priginul fresh no* h and brightness.
A large can of Abaorcne coiU but t c r at these stores.
repared
Jacobs’ Pharmacy Co
10 Stores
Absorene Mfg. Co.
SL Louis,
Mo. a
If you hav* anything to sell adver
tise in The Sunday American. Lar
gest circulation of Any Sunday news
paper in the South.
Varnish
rnjch Mending Liquid
m iu an, i
I UlOiil Leather Gloss
Varnish Your Auto at Night.
New York Dental! Offices
V 28L._, and 32y 2 PEACHTREE STREET.
Ov’er tUe Bonita Theater and Zakas ‘ Bakery.
Gold Crowns . . . $3.00
Bridge Work . . . $4.00
All .Other Work at Reasonable Prices.
Different Applied W
Old Furniture Made New
Have New Car Next Morning
Water-Proof
Dust-Proof Heat-Proof
SUES STORAGE CONCERN
FOR DAMAGE TO FURNITURE
ESTABL 1 ' HELJ 23 YEARS
^^4kDR.E.G. GRIFFIN’S
_ >■_ - J' j GATE CITY DEKTflL feOOMS
BEST WORK AT LOWF.ST PRICES
. .. . ./HH I AH Work Guaranteed.
r V *■ Hr. "F 8 to 6 > ■ tl tot-■ Sttopeys 9*1
I X f 1 \ S' 24- , WMfh'tlSt Ov- S'- >wr S A '.-ns
No brush marks. Dries hard in five hours. Leaves a
smooth glass-like surface. Why pay a painter when you
can varnish just as good?
Telephone for Demonstration.
The Amber Chemical Co.
Office 702 Forsyth Bldg. Laboratories 91 Piedmont Ave.
Phone Ivy 3131.
Asserting that damage to the
mount $1,050.50 was done to her
furoUnr* by a fire n John J. Wood-
wtie s 'tbi.ige warehouse in Febru
ary Miss .Carolyn UroJl has flled/ suii
against Wood side in the Superior
fV-.irt for that amount.
’ Mtss Urbii said the .furniture was
stored in August, 1911, by her father,
\Y. H. UrolI.