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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, THURSDAY, MAY 8.1913. Boy Who Climbed Mount Vesuvius to Get Piece of Cloud Whole London Suburb Imperiled by Infernal Machine Bearing “Votes for Women” Label. Fractal Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. L.ONDOX. May 8.—A boinh with a lighted fusa and two detonators at tached tvaa found to-da> outside of a jeweller's establishment In Tottan ham, a suburb of Ixmdcwi It was dterrwered jt»«t In time to prevent a disastrous asploolon. "Votea for women” was painted on tha outaMe off the Infernal mas-bine, Showtn* that mllUan' miffragertea ware raapooattAe for the attempt efl Dr Wherry, father o{ one of the militant antTrapette federtt. M1sn Oltre Wherry, aJiae Horlsen. wwe arraigned tp the high court and fined l*f>0 for dotntempt of oourt, becanae he tried to prevent the police from serving a warrant on hla daughter Mlsa Wherrv Is an art student. It waa hi her studio that the "suffra gettes’ arsenal,” comprising explo- alees. hammer*, Implement* for In cendiarism end other toole used In nefarious practice*, waa discovered Orest crowds gathered outalde of Bow Street Oourt during the morning for the resumption of the trial of the militant leaders, who were arrested last week during the /aid on the of fice of the Women'?' Social and Po litical Union In Kingaway. The trial of the militant leaders had not been under way long before Mrs. Flora Drummond, known a* General Drummond for her militant propensities, collapsed In the prison ers’ dock She has been in jail for a •week and has refused to eat. The proaecutlon of the militant leaders was conducted by Archibald Bodkin. He brought out that the militant suffragettes wore conspiring to gain entrance to the House of Lords by accepting positions as typ ists and clerks. Their purpose tvaa either to interrupt the proceedings or blow up the Parliament building, he said. Peace Conference Is Called by Swiss Arrange Franco-German Debate on Policies—Marka New Era In International Affairs. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PARIS. May 8—More than 400 members of the French and German Parliaments are expected to meet In Reme n*Ttt Sunday and Monday In reaixiTiee to an Invitation from the Swiss Parliament to discus* amica bly the political question* of the day and especially armament* sad the future of Alsace-Lorraine. This 1s probably the first event of the kind in the history of the world, and it is hoped that it will mark a new era in international affairs. Thr meeting is all the »more ex traordinary because it comes at a time of unusual tension when the Chauvinist* in both countries are shoattng their loudest. HERE; FRISKIEST | fOII EVER 51 [Twelve Prizes in Pony Contest Attract Attention of Stock Yards—All Beautiful. CABLE NEWS Legless Hero Wins $20,000 and Will Wed Philadelphia Youth 8aved Another as He Lay Cruahed Under Crane. PHn.aADBL.PH I A. May 8 The Su preme Court of Pennsylvania has af firmed the decision of the lower court awarding $-0,000 to Carl IDdsberg. 21 vears old, who saved the life of a fel- ow mechanic at Baldwin** Locomo tive Works, after he himself lay '•rushed under a ten-ton steam crane. When Edsberg was crushed and wedged under the crane, fellow- work, men went to h!« assistance. One of them fainted at the sight and toppled off the girder 70 feet above ground. Edsberg. still conscious, grasped at the falling man and held him until others came. He lost both legs, When he receives his reward Eds- berg will marry his fiance, who came from Sweden when she learned of his accident. FIRST WEBB LAW CASES BEFORE VALDOSTA COURT VALDOSTA. GA . May R.—The first case to come before the United States Commissioner here under the Webb law placing interstate liquor shipments under Federal jurisdiction was heard by Commissioner O. M. Franklin when Kd Parnell, a young white farmer living near Whigham, and Street Moore, a negro, were « barged with .stealing a cask of beer from the express office at Whigham. They were bound over to the next term of the Federal Court here un der bonds of $250 each. PAUL BACHELLER NEW YORK, May 8 -Like the lit tle child of the fahle, who w-anted the moon and thought he had it when he saw r it reflected in a looking glass, was Paul, the 7-year-old eon of Ir ving Bacheller, who mode a perilous ascent half way up Mt. Vesuvius for the purpose of securing a piece of a low-hanging cloud, wringing it out anil bringing It back to bis mother In a banket. But Paul, who is home wfth hi* mother and father from abroad, found the Jourfiey too much for him, and when half way up the steep side was found by a Government guard and carried back, sound asleep, to his parents’ villa. For days, Mr. Bacheller said the lad had been watching the low hanging olouds, and *aw no reason In the world why he couldn't pro up to the top of the smoking mountain and grab a piece or two of them. His father, on one pretense or another, postponed the trip from day to day. One morning he woke to And the lad missing Early that morning the little fellow, armed with a basket, had left the villa alone and started the long climb. He avoided a number of guards, but Anally he could keep his eyes open no longer, and dropped from sheer ex haustion. He was found some time later by the guard peacefully asleep, still clutching the basket. ODDITIES -in the— DAY’S NEWS JEWISH ALLIANCE TO HEAR AN ADDRESS ON PALESTINE | should be permitted to vote. PARTS OF DEAD LIVE YEARS Dootor* at the American Physicians’ Congress, in Washington, D. C., claim that life In cells, taken from the hu man tissues after death, has been sustained under certain conditions for more than four year*. HUNGER STRIKE WINS IN U. S. Pauline Armstrong, Chicago, serving a sentence for misdemeanor, was par doned after adopting the methods of the London suffragettes and going on n “hunger strike." She refused to eat for ten days. GUIDES SCORE HOBBLES. Adi rondack guides held a meeting at Saranac Lake. N. V.. at which they condemned hobble skirts, following an accident which occurred when a woman, wearing a narrow- skirt, fell into a lake when she tried to step out of a boat. AGED WOMAN LAUDS SLEEP. “Get lots of sleep" is the advice of Mrs. Mar> B. Hodgdon. oldest resi dent of Wenham. Maas. She is an anti-suffragist, and says that suffra- jgettes ere women disappointed in life j or have nothing else to do. WOMAN. 106. WANTS TO DIE. Mrs. Ann Pouder, aged 106. of Balti more. says she is tired of li\ing and hopes death might come before her next anniversary. She thinks women The ponies are here Ju*t now they are the talk of the stockverds out Marietta Street. Scores of horseflesh experts have looked them over and pronounced them the best dozen ever seen In At- la ufa All dav long tho pen In ih* auction mart where the Rhetlands are kept is the center of interest. Dealers, fanciers, even the hostlers, go out of their way to see the* ponies, for they are something of a novelty at the yard*. The twelve ponies for the Georgian and American make up the largest shipment ever received in Atlanta Ordinarily, not more than a half doz en Shetland* a year are handled through here So whan our photographer lined them up In one of the streets and had them pose for a picture, there was an interested group that threatened fo stop traffic. A prosperous looking planter, here to buy mule*, looked them over and. picking out “Lady Bess," said “Lady Bess Worth $350.” “Gentlemen, that pony, right up In my home town, Lexington. Kentucky, would be worth $350. Fine ponie*. as fine a lot as I ever saw. Soon after tipdr arrival, one of Atlanta'a expert veterinarians went t„ the yards with the Georgian and American representatives. He looked at their teeth; tested their sight, made them mn briskly and then listened to their breathing; poked Inquisitive Angers Into places where a pony might not be all right to see If the little fellows would wince. They didn't wines; their wind was all right; they had good vision anal hearing and all were In perfect health "Hound as dollars” Is his verdict, ‘and the oldest Is only four, most ol I them are two yenrs old. You know, I a Shetland does not stop growing un til he’s five. They’ll grow up with the children.” The ponies were happy to have the I exercise they got while under Inspec tton They kicked up playful heels; Jumped friskily around, and rubbed muzzles on the visitor*' sleeves. Evi dently they are used to being petted, and expect a lot of It. AM Broken to Harnoo*. Some are black, some are sorrel some are bays, and some are marked with white They have great shag gy manes, and bangs” over their eyes In true Shetland style. Their legs-are slim and dainty as any thor oughbred's All are broken to har ness. and some are broken to saddle, too. Everyone who sees them will want one. the only difficulty Is to make a choice. And remember, they will be given away, with beautiful carts and har ness, to the boys and girls who win In the Georgian and American con test. already under way It’s time to start, if you want one of the prettiest ponies that ever came South of the blue grass. Locomotive on Tear, Wrecks Big Saloon Budding Caves In After Engine 6431 Is Yanked Forcibly From Cleve land Bar. Important Event* From All Over the Old World Told in a Few Short Line*. LONDON, May 8. The Times, which reduced its price from 6 to 4 cents a copy, is having record sales The publisher said demand for the paper had increased by 25 per cent. Scant Costume Cost Her $40. UARIH, May 8. In the Correctional Court Mile Adoree Villany, the young woman who danced in a music hull In s very scant costume, whs fined $40 for s public outrage of modesty.” Mile Villany was fined some lime ago for a similar off ense in Munich. Rome's Population 17,280, ROME. Rome has m population of 1 7,280 according to a school census of the city Just, completed. There are 3,456 children between 6 and 18 years of age, an increase of 25 per cent, in five years. Only ten children above 10 year* cannot read and write. Duchess Maintains Strength. LONDON, May 8—The Duchesa of Connaught, wife of the Governor Gen eral of Canada, upon whom two oper ations for intestinal trouble were per formed, Is maintaining her strength. To-day's bulletin Hale! that the duchess has passed a fair night. British Steamer Sinks. CORFU. May 8 —The British steamer Leitrim, bound from Venice to Constantinople, ran ashore upon the Island of Corfu, off Olannade* early to-day and went to pieces. All of the crew except one man were saved. St, Louis Heiress Is Married to Baronet Sir Wilfred Peek Refused to Pay Customs Duties on Gifts for Miss Thornburgh. ST T*OUlR, May 8. Mis* Edwina Thornburgh, heireas to the million* of her father, the late Henry Thorn burgh, a pioneer paint manufactur er of this city, was married to Sir Wilfred Peek, the English Baronet. Sir Alfred arrived in this country April 28, bringing with him a $10,000 silver service as a gift to the brid«. When Informed ut the customs houje in New York that he would be re quired to pay a duty of 45 per cent ad valorem on the wedding present, he selected only a few pieces, paid a duty amounting to $00 on them and put the remainder of the service 1n the public stores. Tho wedding is the culmination of a romance which began la*t year when the couple met in Devonshire, where Miss Thornburgh was visiting friends. Sir Wilfred 1* reputed to be wealthy. AVIATOR, SENTENCED FOR LIFE, TO MAKE FLIGHTS DKS MOINKS. IOWA. May 8 —Earl Lindsey, an aviator, sentenced to life Imprisonment, obtained a three months’ stay In which to provide for his family. Proceeds of his flights this Rummer will be turned over to his family. CLEVELAND, O.. May 8 Engine 6431 did not take the Rig Four pas senger tr*ln to St. Louis this morn ing because It stopped off at P. 3. Berry’s saloon on West Eleventh Street on its wav to work. Railroader* on the Big Four are not allowed to patronize saloons on duty, so 6431 having transgressed the rules niv.1 lost out on its run, just stayed In the saloon. 6431 couldn’t come out. anyway, without the three- story brick building /ailing in. Finally the engine was yanked o^t b.\ another locomotive and the sa loon building fell a heap of wreck age. Makes Wall Paper, Window Shades, Art Objects, Etc., Spotlessly Clean A ND without rubbing or drudgery. Just wipe the article with Absoreno and it is instantly restored to its original brightness and freshness. Grime, soot, dirt, etc., disappear like magic. LEGAL RULING ON FLYING RED FLAG ASKED IN OHIO hi AST LIVERPOOL. OHIO, May 8 A truce existed to-day between the j warring camps of Socialists and pa triotic societies which have been i quarreling over tho flaunting of the Socialist red flag. Belligerents are awaiting a decision from Attorney General Hogan as to ! the right to display the red banner of I the Socialists, three of which have al- I ready been destroyed. SLAYS HER TWO CHILDREN. PHILADELPHIA. May 8.—Tem porarily insane. Mrs. Mary Kill sea. aged 23. arose from her bed to-day. got a knife and killed her two sleep ing children. Wall Paper Cleaner No work, no fuss, no petting ready and no cleaning up afterward. Cleaning with Absorene is as simple as it is effective. Absorene simply eats dirt—it absorbs it as a sponge absorbs water. Why not have your home spotlessly clean and save time, labor and decorating bills by using Absorene. A large can. plenty to clean an entire room costs but 15c Get a can today and test it as you may. You will never be without Absorene again. For Sale By JACOBS’ PHARMACY CO., 10 Stores Absorene Mf g. Co. m., W,ik.r> of B R H Paint rt.aii.r- R,<1 t rdar Miol FIELD DIT EVENTS Physical Director Announces Pro gram for All-Day Exercises by School Children. Plans for the annua! field day exer cises of the public schools Saturday j»t Ponce DeLeon Park are complete*. I>r. Theodore Toepel. physical direc lot* of the school*, has announced a more elaborate program than in past yea r». From 9 to 12 o'clock in the morning individual contest* between boys and girls from the fifth to the eighth grades will be held. Each school will be represented by four contestant*. Girls will compete in a 75-yard run, high and broad jumps and distance throw* with a basket ball. The con tents of the boys will be a 100-yard dash, running high Jump, standing broad Jump and “chinning’’ a hori zontal bar. The afternoon program will begin at. 2:30 o’clock. Running races from 40 to 60 yards by children of the pri mary g'-ade* will be the first feature. A national flag drill by 1,500 children, led by the members of Camp Walker, D. C. V., will be the great event of the day. Then 1,400 children will go through an esthetic drill or butterfly roundel. At 5 o’clock prises will be awarded. 'G.M.A.Boys.in Camp, i Spend Joyous Week BIBB GRAND JURY PROBES LI0UQR SELLING IN MACON MACON, GA., May 8.—The Bibb Grand Jury has begun an exhaustive Inquiry into prohibition condition* in Macon. Twenty-five indictments against saloon keepers already have been found, but the Grand Jury is planning a deeper probe. T. F. Mullins, Tons Cutro and Joe Thomas, locker club proprietors, were indicted. Railroads have been or dered to produce liquor shipping rec ords. SPARK STRUCK FROM NAIL CAUSE $300,000 BLAZE ONEONTA N. Y„ May 8.—The most destructive fire In the history of this city was brought under control early this morning after damage reaching to $300,000 had been wrought. A spark struck from a nail as it was drawn between grinders In one of the mills of the Empire Milling Company started the blaze. Military Maneuvers and Social Pleas ures Occupy Cadets' Time at Lakewood Park. Georgia Military Academy cadet*, encamped for the week at Lakewood, though spending the greater portion of their time in military maneuvers, are enjoying the gayest social peri jd on the school calendar. Receptions and dances at the pa vilion hae been given every evening. Monday the young ladles of Atlanta and Uollege Park were guests of the cadets; Tuesday, the Washington Seminary students were entertained. Wednesday, tho Woodberry girls were guests, and Thursday and Friday, the Girls’ High School and Washington Seminary students will be enter tained. Friday afternoon the Governor and his staff will witness a dress parade. Noted Bank Statues In Morgan's Garden Figuras of Liberty and Brltannica Taken From Drexel Building In New York. Ventriloquist Puts Pawnshop in Panic Police Turn Place Topsy-Turvy Try ing to Locate Agonizing Cry For Assistance. “Please let me out of here; please let me out of here. 1 have been in here a!I night.’’ Clerks in the F. & J. pawnshop, 120 Decatur Street, frightened by a weird voice calling from behind a piano, sought the police post haste. Turning things topsy-turvy in the pawnshop, searching every nook and corner, the police failed to make any grewsome find. And still the voice appealed: “Let me out of here; please let me out.” Unable to contain himsei: longer, a negro lounging against the counter laughed loudly. He was a ventrilo quist. England Must Fight Higher Living Cost Increase in Freight Rates Due to Railroad Wages the Cause. Special Cable to’The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, May 8.—The cost of liv ing in England is already soaring and threatens to go higher. The flight is a consequence of the railroad compa nies’ proposed advance of freight rates by 4 per cent, to take effect July 1. Manufacturers in all the industrial centers declare the extra expense must be borne by the consumers. The railroads also intend raising the rates of cheap vacation tickets. The up ward trend la the direct result of tne advance® In railroad employees’ pay after the great strike of 1911. Fine Remedy for A Backward Child NEW YORK, May S.—The statues of Liberty and Britannia, which since 1878 have stood over the entrance of the old Drexel Building at Wall and Broad Street*, the banking home of J. P. Morgan & Company, have been taken down by the wrecking com pany which Is dismantling the struc ture and sent to the house of J. P. Morgan, 231 Madison Avenue, where they will be placed in Mr. Morgan’s private garden. The six granite columns which stood on each side of the entrance will be placed in the gardens of Wil liam Pierson Hamilton’s country res idence at Tuxedo. Mrs. Hamilton was the late J. P. Morgan's daugh ter. GUTHRIE IS NOMINATED AS ENVOY TO JAPAN WASHINGTON, May 8.—Five Im portant nominations were sent to the Senate to-day by President Wilson. They included George W. Guthrie, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to Japan; Gaylord M. Saltzgerber, of Ohio, to bo Commissioner of Pen sions; Richard Stroback, of Wash ington, to be register of land offices in the interior department; James G. Uongdon, Collector of Customs for tho District of Georgetown, 8. C., and Frederick C. Peters, of South Caro lina. for the district of Charleston. S. C. Continue It for Only a Brief Period and the Good Results Will • Surprise You. A low state of the general health is now the accepted cause of back wardness in children. So in the case of a backward child it is best to look toward building up its health. It will usually be found that the main trou ble is in the food, In lack of assimi lation and digestion. Hence care should be taken In the kind of food given to the child. This, with plenty of air and exercise, should bring about a change for the better. Watch the conditions of the bow els, to note whether the waste is be ing passed off or not, or whether it Is being passed too freely. If either condition prevails give a small dose of that gentlest of ail laxative-tonics. Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin. Thou sands of mothers will testify to the wonders it has wrought In the lives of their own children, and for that reason legions of families like those of Mrs. J, E. Brunty, 1903 Ninth Ave., Nashville, Tenn., are never without it In the house. Mrs. Brunty writes. “Harry had always been constipated until I gave him Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin. I am certainly going to keep this medicine In the house in future, for I know It to be good.” It Is pleas ant to the taste and so perfectly safe that it Is given to infants, and yet is equally effective for grown people. All druggists sell it, and the price is only fifty cents and one dollar a bottle, the latter for families who need it regu larly. A ■ ■ '■% /l Vm: HARRY BRUNTY. Syrup Pepsin has no equal as a cure for constipation, indigestion, bilious ness. headaches, sour stomach, gas on the stomach, liver trouble and kindred complaints It has so many advan tages that those who once use it for ever after discard cathartics, salts, pills and other coarse remedies, for they are seldom advisable and should never be given to children. If no member of your family has ever used Syrup Pepsin and you would like to make a personal trial of It be fore buying it in the regular way of a druggist, send your address—a postal will do—to Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 417 Washington Street, Montlcello, Ill., and a free sample bottle will be mailed you. Davison-Paxon-Stokes Co. Mmc. Bella Pevsner, noted lecturer of Jaffa, Palestine, who has been making a tour of this country and the South, will deliver an addres* at the Jewish Educational Alliance Sunday evening, May 11. at 8 o’clock Mme. Pevsner will speak on the condljlons in Palestine, a subject of which she Is an authority. FABMERS AND UNIONS UNDER TRUST REGULATIONS WASHINGTON, May 8. -B> a vote *f 41 to 32 the Senate refused to strike from the sundry civil bill the provision prohibiting the prosecution of Jabor^unlons and farmers’ organ izations trust*. CALLS LOAFING A SCIENCE “Teaching future citizens to loaf w isely Is one of the functions of mod ern life.” said Dr. Smith, of Wash- ington and Lee University. Lexing ton, Ya. REES BUILD TOMB FOR QUEEN Klden Hardman. Bangor. Maine, die- I covered a bee hive in which bees had built a wall of wax around a dead queen bee. after which they left the hive. i If you have anything to sell, adver tise in The Sunday American. Larg est circulation of any Sunday news paper in the South. White City Park Now Open EDWIN P. ANSLEY W. FLOYD JOHNSON ANSLEY & JOHNSON Fire :: Accident :: Health Liability :: Automobile INSURANCE All Claims Settled at This Office PHONE IVY 873 821 REALTY TRUST BLOG. The Great Fashion Event Visit Our Corset Department Some women can wear almost any corset; but most women actually need the special service that Nemo Corsets alone can give. For this reason, “Nemo Week” has become an event of international impor tance. It is the time when all the newest Nemo Corset Specialties, and the latest Nemo inventions of the year ; are shown in full variety in principal stores everywhere. Come Here This Week and See the Newest Nemo Models “Nemo Week" is more interesting than ever this year. We are showing some wonderful improvements, not only in models, but in corset-fabrics. The new Nemo elastic fabrics—“Lastikops Cloth” and “Lastikops Webbing”—have actually revolutionized corset-making. These, of courseware used only in Nemo Corsets. They are the only elastic fabrics in existence that don't wear out Too many styles to describe in detail, but please remember that— We Have Nemos For Every Figure From Very Slender to Extra Stout The “Nemo Week Special” Self-Reducing Corset, No. 326, at $3.00. is a wonderful special value. Extremely long skirt, with the new “Lasticurve-Back.’’ For sale during “Nemo Week” only. Come and learn all about Nemo" STYLE, COMFORT and ECONOMY. All this week—in our Corset Department. EMMINGI