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5 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY. APRIL HO, 1013. Aldermen Accused by McClelland Tell Own Stories — None Acts as Prosecutor. Council'll probe of the McClelland graft charges probably will be con cluded tills afternoon. Alderman John E. McClelland liab completed his case, but declines to act as prosecutor; Assistant City Attorney W. D. Ellis, Jr., the city’s legal representative In the matter, has made it clear that ha does not intend to appear in such a role, and the investigating commit tee ha* been content to allow the wit nesses to tell their own stories. The defendants, however, are repre sented by able lawyers, Aldine Cham bers acting for James W. Maddox, and Luther Z, Rosser for Aldermen L N. Ragsdale and F. J. Spratling. When Attorney Rosser demanded more definite proof from Alderman McClelland, Attorney Charles T. Hop kins. representing Alderman Mc Clelland, made It clear that the com mittee had the power to obtain all tjie books and records bearing on the alleged transactions. Furnishes New Sensation. While on the stand yesterday aft ernoon Alderman John E. McClel land gave a new twist to his sensa tional accusations. He was telling the committee that Alderman F. J. Spratling himself had confessed to borrowing money from near-beer dealers. ‘•Didn’t Alderman- Spratling tell you that as a friend and ih confi dence?” asked Attorney Rosser. “Yes.” answered Alderman Mc Clelland, “but his conduct since ab solved me from any obligation.’’ “Didn't you and Alderman Sprat ling always vote the same on these near-beer matters?” “Aldine Chambers always told him how to vote,” answered Alderman Mc Clelland. "My information is that Aldine Chambers is attorney for the crematory company.” Attorney Rosser demanded specific; details. Alderman McClelland finally declined to give them. Later Aldine < hambers gave out this written state ment : "Alderman McClelland is both men tally and physically so diseased and deranged as to be totally Irresponsi ble. If any able-bodied man will make such a statement 1 will call him a liar so quick it will make his head swim." Winn Tells of Discoveries. Former Mayor Winn took the stand end told how he had found Alderman Maddox at work on a city sewage disposal plant. He said he dismissed the matter when City Attorney James L. Mayson ruled that the Alderman was within his legal rights. He next told how he had discovered that Alderman Spratling had bor rowed money from near-beer dealers. Hs said that Alderman Spratling had asked to be appointed chairman of the police committee, and that lie had decided to appoint him, although he had never told Alderman Spratling so. "When I discovered these' debts I celled Alderman Spratling to my of fice and told him I could not ap point him.” Chester A. Dady. city sewer con tractor, said that he had a written contract with Alderman J. W. Maddox for excavation work. He. promised to produce it. The case of Alderman T. N. Rags dale, charged with buying horses and mules for the city, will be taken up this afternoon. New Jersey Bishop Selects Own Grave Then, Although in the Best of Health, He Places Order for His Tombstone. TRENTON. X. J-. April 30. Al though the Rt. Rev. James A. Mc-Faul, Roman Catholic Bishop of the Dio< e* •f Trenton, is enjoying good health, he has selected his grave and given a stonecutter an order for a tomb stone. The Bis'hop went to Lawrencevillo and visited the Home for Aged Wom en. He suddenly stopped in front of Morris Hall, and said, "Here is where ] want to be buried." Several priests and laymen laughed, but the Bishop said he was not jesting, that his re gard for the home was such that he wanted to be buried in front of it when he died. Four Big Topics for Peace Delegates Americans in Congress in St. Louis To-morrow Hope to Shape The Hague Program. ST. LOUIS. April 30.—Four mat. lets of worldwide importune.; wilt l>r considered at the fourth American Peace Conference, which will begin here to-morrow. They arc A world court of arbitration: lim itation. of armament: Anglo-A mi cl ean peace centenary: Panama Cana! treaty dispute. •We are trying to havy the con gress influence the program of the next Hague Conference in 1915." Pro fessor Manley O. Hudson, chairman cf the Program Committee, has an nounced. Pair Held iu $16,500 Life Insurance Fraud J. C. La France, and Wife, of Marsh field. Ore., Charged With Sub stituting Body. MARSHFIELD, ORE., April 30.-J. C. La France an 1 wife ar^ under ar rest at Coqullle, charged wMh insur ance fraud. La France Is r.lleged to have in sured his lift* fo.* $10,000 ij^ the Pos lal Life Com pan,, of New York, and $6,500 in other companies, and to have gone on a hunting trip on the CMackanms River. A few months later a decomposed body was identi fied as that of La France. After the insurant had been, paid to the wife It was discovered^ it Is charged, that La France had passed off another’s body as his own. Wins Widow He Told of Husband's Death Commander H. G. McFarland Mar ries Former Wife of Hero of Kearsarge Disaster. WASHINGTON, April 30.—Com mander H. G. MacFarland who bore the npw* o^the death of Lieut. John Melton Hudgins to his widow, won the hand of Mrs. Hudgins and- they were married in St. Thomas’s Church, New York City to-day. i Lieutenant Hudgins was the hero of the Krarsarge disaster and died while trying to . ave- the men under his command. Jfi« widow is the daughter of Mrs. Francis Bergerman. a social leader of Washington, and heiress to a large fortune. Lieuten ant and Mrs. Hudgins had one son, Jack, who will be a page, at his mother’s second wedding next week. ODDITIES —in the— .,■■■ DAY’S NEWS TO FIX VALUES ’OF Howard M. Jones, of Nashville. Only Southerner on Commis sion Appointed by U. S. WASHINGTON, April -30 -The. per sonnel of the hoard of engineers ap pointed by the Interstate Commerce Commission to assist in formulating plans , for 4he physical valuation of railroads was announced to-dky. It is composed of R. A. Thompson, now with the California Railroad Commission; Professor W. D. Penc e, State Engineer of the Wisc onsin Rail road and Tax Commission; J. S. Wor ley, of Kansas City, Mo., a consult ing engineer in private practice; Howard M. Jones, of Nashville, Tenn., consulting engineer in private prac tice, and E. F. Wendt, of Pittsburg, Pa., president of the American So ciety of Civil Engineers-and how in charge of the engineering, work of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad. Efforts are being made through the War Department to have an army engineer designated for service with the board. The board will have charge of car rying out the actual work of valuing railroad properties and at the same time make such recommendations to the commission as it deems necessary in expediting the work. . 3 g. S. SAILORS DROWNED. LOS ANGELES, April 30,—Three sailors were drowned- when a launch Worn the IT. 3. Maryland capsized near the beach at Venice, a resort near here. Brain Food Ordered Mail Orders Invited. Out-of-town customers van share in this sale for Harvard Students Oatmeal and Rice Replace Pies, Charlotte Russe and Cake on Memorial Hall Menu. ROS. CO BOSTON. April 30.—Remarkable to say, it is deemed necessury for Har vard students to build up their brains. To this end the Harvard Dining As sociation. which caters for 1,200 stu dents in Memorial Hull, has tabooed pies, cake, pudding, charlotte russe and all .such cner\atlng arid brain- weakenfng delicacies. In their place the menu offers for dessert et the noonday and twilight meals preparations of thought-stimu lating oatmeal and ice. It is very noticeable that the men who stand loweiif In their classes pa«s their plates for a second helping. Lawyers Undecided On Darden Appeal Convicted Slayer of Goddard Awaits Transfer to State. Farm or the Penitentiary. s FJ* i I I ■: Elmer T. Darden, .sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for slaying i\ M. Goddard, to-day is awaiting an order from the Prison Commission which will send him to one of the State farms, or the State penitentiary. His attorneys, who had said the> would appeal the case if Darden was found guilty of murder, or sentenced to ten years or more, had not decided to-day whether they would take' an appeal to a higher court. I m lim . to l J* KODAKS “Th* Bast FIrUMii* nod Eftltrf- Ino That Can Ba PraduaedV Kastman Filroa ana com plete stock amateur tupplloa. Quick mall sarvice for out of-tx->vrn cuattiuor*. Send for Catalog and Price List. A. K. HAWKES CO. K D ° e °A K 14 Whitehall St.. Atlanta. Q>. ter TRAVELED FAR TO END HIS LIFE.—When Max Beaver, of Daven port, Iowa, - umbrella roepder, was fished out of the water he told Chi cago policemen that he came all he Way from his Iowa home to commit suicide in Lake Michigan. PREFERRED WIFE TO A AIL,— Enable to pay $50 .w hich Mrs. Rachael Sparks. 50, charged he had stolen] from her. Frank G. Girard, 56. Lex ington, Ky., offered himself to her in stead. She accepted and the tWo were married. FATALLY HURT A VOIDING | KILLING CAT. -Turning out to avoid I running down a cat, George J.urtkel, of Chicago, wrecked his motorcycle. Mary Shannon, aged 19. telephone operator.• who was riding on the back seat of the machine, was fatally hurt. The cat was uninjured. EIGHTEEN WORDS IN HIS WILL. Roland Jacobs, of Chicago, who died just before his college career began, disposed of $1,200, which he had saved, in an eighteen-word will, leav ing the money to his father, brother and sister. “LOVE’S LABOR LOST:" "Neither of us wanted to get married anyhow. If the dollar is returnable, send it to her." This request was attached to a marriage license which was return ed to the county clerk’s otlice in New York City by the near bridegroom. The fee wasn’t returnable. PRIZE BULL BRINGS $3,000.— John Arfman, of Middletown, N. Y., sold a 6-week-old Holstein hull calf to Dr. B. B. Cann, of Scranton, Pa., for the record pr>ce of $3,090* The sire of the calf is the $10,000 bull "King ALcartra,” whose dam, "E. I£. Alcartra,” has a record of over 20 pounds of butter in seven days and producing over 15,000 pounds of milk in a year. CAN’T MAKE FEET BEHAVE — “Every time I hear ragtime music I have to take an extra grip on my self to keep my feet still,” said the Rev. Arthur Popleman. of Philadel phia, at the County Christian En deavor Convention at Atlantic City, N. J. "If writers of. ragtime music would stop putting questionable words to their lyrics their genres would live fo'reyer.” RELIEVES III FIVE MINUTES Help Comes Quickly When Hyo- mei Is Used for Catarrh. Quick relief comes Troth . the Hyomei treatment lor catarrh and all troubles of the breathing or gans, such as stopped-up head, sniffles or morning choking. Put a few drops of liquid Hyomei in the pocket inhaler that comes with ; every outfit, and before you have used the treatment five, minutes ; you will notice relief from your catarrhal troubles. •It "gives a-tonie healing effect to 1 the air you breathe, kills the ea- ! tarrhaj gerins, stops the poisonous ■ secretions, .soothes the irritated ! mucous membrane .and makes a marked improvement in the gen- , | ehii health. Hyomei is not a cure-all; it has* ! hut one aim, the relief of catarrh ; ! and diseases of the breathing or- , gans. When there is no catarrh. ; ! the general health is improved, for ! then nature has a chance to build] up the entire system. If you suffer from offensive ] breath, raising of mucus, frequent < sneezing, husky voice, discharge ] from the nbs'e,' droppings in : the < throat, loss of strength, spasmodic ] coughing and feeling of. tightness < across the upper part of the chest. ] or any other symptoms of ca- < tarrh. use Hyomei at once. It will ] destroy the disease germs in the < no - . throat and lungs, and give J a quick and permanent relief. Hyomei does not contain cocaine j or any habit-forming dnigt The < complete Outfit costs $1.00; extra j bottles if later needed, 50 cents, < Druggists everywhere. KEELY’S KEELY'S KEELYS It won t take long for you to discover the reason for our immense shoe business. Just one visit to our Shoe Department, and you 11 know. All the prefered styles, with a com plete range of sizes and widths, and salesmen who know how to fit make it easy and pleasant to huy your shoes here. _____ 7.^** The pictures show th ree of the pretty styles that women favor th is season. The new Colonial Pump in Dull or Patent Kad with light turn or medium welted sole with small tongue and covered huckle, Louis or Cuban Heel- -nothing prettier has been de veloped among new styles $5 pr. The new this season s models in pumps now so much sought for may be had here in all the popular leathers and fabrics, with light or medium soles, high, narrow or low broad heels . $4 pr. V Smart button Oxfords, ano ther favored style this season that makes an attractive street or semi-dress shoe for afternoon wear, are here in all leathers Kuds, Gun Metal, Tans and Patents, with high or low heels $3.50 pr. Th is hut a few of many new styles. All worth seeing. ICeely s a* i z £ Jto I M. R Annual May Silk Clearance Wherein We Distribute New and Fashionable Silks a[ Saving 0/ an Average Half Rich s Annual May Silk Clearance starts to-rnorrovv at 8;30 s harp. This is not a sale of shelf-weary tag ends, “buyer’s mistakes," tender silks nor off shades. It is just the reverse—a sale of all the year round staple grades and silks highest in Fashion’s favor. Planned originally to profit by trade conditions—to help manufacturers and jobbers dispose of their surplus stocks, this May Sale has grown to he the largest trade movement of its kind in the South. Manufacturers and jobbers recognize it—they know that no lot of silks is too large for us to handle if style, quality and prices are right. So we get first choice of their surplus stocks—it saves them time and “peddling around." Fuliv three-fourths of the silks in this sale are such surplus stocks—secured by our buyer on his special New York trip—and offered to-morrow for the very first time. The other siiks come from our own select stock—silks which have been selling freely at their full price of a third to a half more than to-morrow’s figure $3.50 Chiffon Cloths $1.39 Imported chitt'on cloths, the choicest product of the French looms. Soft and sheer with deep borders of Bulgarian, floral, marline and futurist patterns. Im pressionistic designs now the rage in New York, deep satin borders, the color combinations leave description dumb. Colors run the gamul of the color card. 44-inch. $1 & $1.25 Fancy Taffetas 66c (Left Annex, Main Floor, at 8:30) $3.50 French Silk Voile $1.29 A dream of loveliness. One-half will he as sheer as gossamer, the other of errpe meteor or the beautiful Calot salin. Some have peacock stripes, others are in allovcr Persian patterns, slill others are Dolly Madison or floral designs. Wonderful possibilities for stunning gowns. « Soft fashionable taffetas in the pretty Dolly Madison and spaced floral designs, stripes, warp prints, jacquards and changeable styles. L’l and 27 inclie: New $1 Messalines at wide 85c Silk Foulards at 40 pieces from the most fa- ^ mous manufacturer in Amer- C „ ieu. Spot proof from rain or water. The 40 pieces include the fashionable space designs, dots, con ventional patterns, etc. About every conceivable <*olor, including black and I £ The ever-favore d all silk messalines in a wonderfully soft, supple quality, 20 full pieces, including the leading stri'et and evening shades: 22. 21 and 27 Inches wide. 59c white. Trimmings : Half Price Three big lots silver, embroider All just half. »f bands and fringes, gold. *d crystal, chenille, etc. $1 Chiffon Taffetas at A beautiful quality of pliant chiffon taffeta for all dress purposes. Retails everywhere tit $1 a yard. Sol i<l colors or changeable*, ‘26 inches 59c I $1 Yard-wide Black Taffeta This is our famous “Yellow Edge’* which we always sell at $1. As long as 10 pieces last the price is 77c. 60c for our famous she "Purple Edge” yard-wide black taffeta. Just in pieces. 77c! 1 $2.50 and $3.00 Bordered Chiffon 98c Solid color chiffons with single or double satin stripe borders, navy, brown. Copenhagen, light blue, pink, grey, tan, violet,wistaria, amethyst, taupe, navy, black and white. $1.50 to $2.25 Chiffon Taffetas 88c A tremendous assortment of fine^chiffon taffetas in about every conceivable street and evening shade. (No black or white.) All a full yard wide. Not a piece in the lot that formerly sold for less than $1.50: many worth $1.75 to $2.25. Choice Hite. £ $1.50 Imp. Black Foulard A beautiful quality of im- _ ported French foulard* won C'l ~ % derfull.v soft and pliable. will drape delightfully. 42 inches wide. Black only. 75c to $1.50 Chiffons, Etc. One big lot of chiffons, ^ chiffon cloths and nets, light and dark colors, some slight' lv soiled, others in odd shades, white nets included. 4 1 inches wide, formerly 7.V. $1, $1.25 and $1.50; now 50c. $1.50 White Pongee at All silk white Arab pongee for coats and 27 inches wide. $1.49 for $2.25 Auto pongee family, for coals suits 95c Cloth, of the etc., yard wide. $1.50 Lining Satin at 98c Splendid grade of white lining satin, yard wide. firm, and closely woven, but pliant and supple. $1.50 Silk and Wool Crepe : 5 $1.50 Silk Suiting at 89c A feature of the sale. These silks come from the most prominent silk specialist in America a man who brings out more than half of the season's best sellers. Here are fine silk serges, wide diagonals, beautiful broches, very fine needle twills—all the silks that are in high favor for fine suitings and street dresses. In solid colors and neat designs. Wide color assortment of 22 pieces, 24 inches wide. • $1 and $1.25 Fancy Messalines 69c Soft free flowing messalines in warp prints, neat floral patterns, Jacquard designs, hair line and Pe kin stripes, changeable effects, etc. Wide color range. 24 and 27 inches. Imported soft, crinkly ___ crepe that drapes with elas- 1| sir a race. Warp of pure M CT thread silk, ti llfhg of finest Australian wool. A lovely fabric that combines beauty and service. Navy, tan, amethyst, turquoise, grey. 44 incites. $1 Black Messaline at Customers will recognize i his instantly as our "Yellow Edge.” the ln*sr yard wide black messaliue in the city for $1. 10 full pieces of it go in th** May Clearance at 70c. s I 79c $1.25 Silk Crepe Taffeta 69c Something new—shown for the first time this sea son. Soft crinkly crepe with the sturdy wearing qttal itiesofa taffeta, all the leading street and evening shades, 27 inches $1.50 Tussah Crepe de Chine $1.19 The season's novelty. Combines the soft delightful qualities of a clingy crepe de chine with the striking rough appearance of the Tussah silks. Very smart. Navy, black, Copenhagen, Alice, cafe an lait, tan, brown, reseda. Note the width, 56 inches. 85c & $1 Spotproof Foulards 69c \ The same standard qualities that retai 1 everywhere at 85c, and $1. More than 75 pieces in every desirable color. Some with two tone dots or floral designs, geo metrical figures, etc., 24 inches. Don’t miss this. £ I 5 59c Colored Messalines at rut 10 pieces of 19-inch ry /\ ■nsulines, chiefly in the w X <f~* :ht colors. v nj V $1 Colored Messalines at 59c $1 Kimono Silks at Fine quality kimono silks _ __ in tlural, Dolly Varilen and characteristic' kimono ]«it terns. Has a rich satin fin ish. Itlue. rose, violet, purple, tan and black grounds with contrasting colors. 24 and 27-inch colored and changeable menwillnes in light and dark colors. Fine soft. fm» flowing quality. Silk Ratines Reduced Just five piece! Isis.se. plain weaves and mat* Clearing $2 Woolens at 69c One big table of fine wool- ens in serges, tweeds, novel- ties, vigereaux. English suit- lj?f ings. crashes, etc., all short length of 2 to 10 yards. Many are the bent of this season’s styles—for liest, pieces sell first -in light and dark colors. H to 56 inches wide. Former prices $1.50. $2 and $2.50. (’hoice, the yard. 69c. Good-bye to Dress Patterns With a very few exceptions every silk dress pattern in stock has had its price lowered a half or more. Many of these are the exclusive patterns we import direct, olhers are silks too expensive to meet the popular taste and purse.. There are jacquard crepe de chines, Calot. satins in Cubist and Bakun patterns, em broidered chiffons, maliilasse, sold and silver tabrtes em broldered in black satin, crepe chiffons, brocaded crepe <l>- chines, etc. Chiefly in one of a kind, some better sellers than oth ers, which accounts for a $25 pattern selling in one in stance for $6.95 and in another at $9.95. Ail the patterns grouped variously under these three prices: *2.') to $45 silk patterns $13.95 *20 to silk patterns $9.95 $15 to $25 silk patterns $6.95 59c All Silk Foulards 33c This is great. These are the all silk foulards which many stores feature as great values at 5de. We have (15 full pieces in spaced floral designs, stripes, dots and conventional patterns. Chiefly white designs on navy. Copenhagen, brown, Ian, grey, and black grounds. 1 h $1 $1 Firm Dress Taffetas 59c A soft lively silk, firm but supple with wonderful raping qualities. One of the finest dress taffetas in market to-day: retails at all the better stores for Solid colors in white, light blue, Alice, navy, gen darme. Copenhagen, violet, lilac, tan, red, garnet, rese da, maze, pink, grey, etc., and the same combinations and colors in elmngeablex. 27 inches. New $1.50 Wash Silks at 89c Check these silks when they go to the laundry. Note that they wash and wear as well as linens of the same texture, for they are pure silk, sans zinc, sans tin, :,nns gum or loading of any kind, just beautiful silks in beautiful patterns for shirt waists, shirts and dresses. Black and colored stripes on white grounds and some all colored. 52 inches wide. I $2 All Wool Crashes at 89c Beautiful qualities, soft, medium u’eight woolens for suits and skirts, 56 inches wide. Grey, tan, fawn, blue. RICH & BROS. CO. W 52-56 Whitehall Street ’ % jm&mmBrn