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? a 4 D TTEAKST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA. OA , SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1013. JUDGE SPEER TO Prudent to Open Knoxville Fair + • + +•+ ■fr®+ 1*®1* •!••*!• •!•••!• I FIGHT CHIB Wireless Will Flash His Signal ETERNflLVDliTH BEFORE DOUSE Conservation" Exposition Ready Congressional Inquiry Into Fed eral Jurist’s Acts Is Slated for the Late Fall. MACON, An*, so.—That Jtidira Em- ory Speer, of the United Staten Court for the Southern District of Georgia, against whom charges have been pre ferred by a special examiner of the Department of Justice, will not sub mit tamely to the investigation by the Judiciary Committee of the House, ordered in a resolution passed by the lower branch of CongresR, Is the positive statement of those most intimately connected with the Georgia Jurist, and is further demonstrated by the afct that Judge Speer has already asked for a copy of the charges and an opportunity to appear in person before the committee in his own de fense against impeachment proceed ings Various charge* against the Geor gia Judge have been brought during the past three or four years, but this investigation, on the findings of which Attorney General McReynold* has presented a special report, has been conducted during the year by R. Col ton L^wls, a special examiner of the Department of Justice, and others. Examiner Lewis spent a number of weeks In Georgia. Judge Alleges Espionage. Jodge fipeer. In a recent speech In the West, denounced what he char acterized as the espionage of Federal agents upon Judges, and Senator Bo rah recently charged in the Senate that Federal agents had harassed Judges by investigations to influence their actions in rases in which the Government was Interested. Judge Speer maintained in his speech that this deliberate attempt on the part of the department to influence legis lation will, if action is not taken to Put a stop to it, lead eventually to the bankruptcy of attainable Justice in Federal courts, because Jurists will be robbed of all independence of ac tion and will be deprived of the priv ilege of adjudicating esses upon their merits and the testimony. Judge Speer claim* that the clamor against him has been largely promulgated by influential lltiaantii in his court, H*ainst whom adverse action hail been rendered. Summary of Charge*. Some of the charges re id by Chair man Clayton to the House, after wh!i»h the resolution authorizing the investipntlnn was passed, were as fol lows: “Violation of section 67 of the Ju dicial code, in allowing his son-ln- Ibw, A. H Reyward, to be appointed V° *nd employed In offices and duties in his court. “Violation of the bankruptcy act in allowing compensation in excess of ihe provisions of that act to g tras- !ee . . w,1 ° was his Personal friend. Violation of the laws in drawing Juries. "Violation of a mandate of the Supreme Court of the United States. "Oppressive and corrupt use of his official position In deciding cases un justly In favor of his son-in-law. “Corrupt and unwarranted abuse of his official authority in using court officials as private servants, who were paid by the Government without ren dering any service to the Govern ment. “Oppressive and corrupt conduct in allowing the dissipation of assets of bankruptcy estates by the employ ment of unnecessary officials and the payment of excessive fees. “Oppressive and corrupt abuse of authority In granting orders appoin - ing receivers for property without no tice to the owners and without cause, resulting In great loss to the pnrties Use of Drugs Alleged. "Oppressive and corrupt abuse of authority in refusing to allow the dis missal of litigation for the purpose of permitting relatives and favorites to profit by the receipts of large fees. "Oppressive conduct in entertainine matters beyond his jurisdiction, fining parties, etc. "Oppressive conduct in allowing money to remain on deposit without Interest in a bank In which relatives or friends were interested. "Allowance of excessive fees to re ceivers, etc., for purposes Improper. “Corrupt conduct In raising amount of fees allowed fb others in ord ‘r that his son-in-law might profit thereby. “Attempted bribery of officials ap pointed to act as custodians. “Use of drugs "General unlawful and oppressive conduct to serve his own private ends." Chairman Clayton, of the Judiciary Committee, announced that the in vestigation of Judge Speer's conduct would not begin until late In the autumn TWINS PUZZLE JUDGE; FINES BOTH AS FLIRTS PHILADELTHIIA. Aug-. SO—It cost either Frank or Harry Swartz, 19 years old, $8.50 to be the twin of the other to-day, when Magistrate Mor ris fined them each that amount be cause he couldn't tell which had been guilty of flirting in the park. After Vacation Peel Your Discolored Skin T. A. Wright, president of the National Conservation Expo sition Company, and view of the mines and minerals building, one of the eleven structures to be dedicated to-morrow. ‘Age Curable Disease,’ Says Teacher at Summer School of Perpetual Life—Eats Nuts. BERKELEY, CAL., Auk. SO.—Four hundred years ago Ponce DeLeon grew' old and died searching for the fountain of eternal youth. To-day comes a man from London acclaim ing that he has found it. His name is Harry Gaze, a young man—In ap pearance at least—who has forgotten his birthday and expects to live for ever. He has a considerable following in a summer school of perpetual life at the First Unitarian Church and as serts that he has a theory based on scientific knowledge and sound com mon sense. Gaze never says die. “Age is a curable disease.’’ he said, at his apartments at Bancroft way and College avenue. "I hava forgot ten how* old I am and I never expect to die. I believe 1,000 years of life will only whet my appetite for liv ing.” The oool enunciation of such a doc trine takes faith, and it is Just such faith that Is essential to perpetual life, according to Gaze. His phil osophy in a nutshell is this: To BuMd Better Bodies. “Every eleven months, according to science, we build an entirely new body. The secret of perpetual youth is the building of a better body each succeeding year. We don’t grow old; we become old by not growing. There is no limit to a man’s age except the one he fixes himself. Banish the Idea of maturity. Make w r ar on the ‘prime of life.’ Co-operate with nature, don’t defeat her. Cheer up; the best is yet to come." Gaze himself is the picture of youth, muscular, alert and vital. There seems to be nothing of the poser or freak about him. “People call me an Englishman, but really I am a native son. I have been here a year and my body has been REGGNCILEB TO Rebellious Members Tackle Task of Settling Tariff and Currency Questions Before Fall. By JONATHAN WINFIELD. WASHINGTON, Aug 30.—With summer on the wane, tired members of Congress have become reconciled to the fact that both the tariff and currency questions must be disposed of before adjournment, and have set tled back to await the arrival of fall. It’s hard on the statesmen who had figured an adjournment about July 25 or August 1. Congress has been in almost continuous session for the past five years. It’s either long regular session or extra session following the short ones. The truth is, the contin uous performance in Congress Is cost ing the members, as well as the coun try, a lot of money. The majority of the national legislators are law yer*— men who have built up pretty good practices back home. Otherwise they might not be here. Not so very long a~o there weren't a half dozen investigating commit tees grinding away; the tariff ques tion was comparatively quiet; inter national muddles were few and far between, and the country struggled along some way with its currency system. G. O. P. Slumber Is Disturbed. Sixteen years of Republican rule rather got everybody in the habit of taking things easy and not hunting for trouble and there didn’t seem half so much for Congress to do. In those days a member of Congress could count upon spending at least four to six months of the year at home and frequently he could put in eight to nine months on his private affairs. It made a difference finan cially and otherwise. Sine* early in the Taft administra tion, however, Congress has been grinding away, getting a good start with the Payne bill, which passed on August 5, 1909. When President Wilson called the current extra ses sion last April it was hoped to get the Underwood bill through not later than August 15, but such hopes van ished when the Senate Finance Com mittee and the Senate caucus held up the measure almost two months after it passed the House. Then the President came along with his currency message and the anxious-to-get-home fellows Just groaned. At first there were hopes of calling off the President and hints were thrown out that currency might go over until the regular ses sion. The President’s message was plain enough, but he supplemented it with certain observations made when in- quiring^ptatesmen dropped in at the White House to ascertain if he were really in earnest about this all sum mer business. Adjournment Plot Fail*. The grumbling increased as the weatner got hotter. Then, seizing the psychological moment, certain Repub lican Senators broached the subject of a compromise; they agreed to rush the tariff through if the currency question were left over until fall. The President, however, eat on the propo sition, so the Republicans went ahead talking tariff. The physical inconvenience due to an all-summer stay In Washington, however, is but one of the causes be hind the complaints of "overworked” statesmen. The little matter of finance is also involved. Things have actually come to such a pass that a Congress man must give practically his entire time to the Government’s business, and he has had to cut out the “side lines.” The Chautauqua lecturers in the Senate and House are compelled to cancel their midsummer engage ments; the la wyer members are forced to turn their law business over to an understudy and the farmer statesmen have to get someone else to harvest the crop. Many lawyer members almost have decided to live on what Uncle Sam pays them. With all that there are a bunch of fellows “back home” willing to take the Congressman’s job If he doesn't like it, and It will be noted that there are few resignations. (From Broadway Weekly.) Women returning from the seaside with browned, reddened or freckled com plexions 1 will be wise in immediately taking up the mercolized wax treatment. Weatherbeaten skin had best come off. for no amount of “beautifying ' will e\er make such skin pretty to look at. The surest, safest, easiest way to shed the despoiled cuticle is with the treatment suggested. Put the wax on before re tiring. as you would cold cream, and rinse it off next im-ming with warm wa ter Minute particles of scarf skin will peel off day by daj. gradually show ing the healthy, youthful skin beneath. One ounce of mercolized wax, obtainable at any drug store. Is enough to make any discolored or spotted complexion clear, white and satiny soft. Its iction is so gentle no injury Is caused and the face shows no trace of its use. Burning heat, irritating winds and dirt, are such wrinkle-makers that the daily use <>f the following astringent-tonic lo tion at tils season is highly advisable: "‘owdered saxolite, 1 our. ,-e. dissolved in k-' . ' b:»/. '■ p.i.T ls.«; as a fa. .• ) hd preventive. -tAdv.j Goven .t ! looper To Be Present at Dedication (Vremonies Monday. KNoAi i a-:. Aug. 30.—Promptly at lo o’clock Monday morning in Washington President Wilson will flash a wireless telegraph message to Knoxville. The message will be picked up by the wireless station in the grounds of the National Conservation Exposition in this city. Tlie receipt of the message from the President of the United States to T. A. Wright, president of the exposi tion company, will be the signal for the formal opening of this exposi tion. the first in the history of the world devoted to the cause of con servation and designed to tench by concrete example the necessity of conserving all material resources if the country is to grow and prosper. Manner of Opening Unique. Even as the National Conservation Exposition is unique in history, so Is the manner of opening it unique. No exposition ever before has been opened by a wireless message sent by the President. Ben W. Hooper, Governor of Tennessee, and his staff will be present on the opening Uav. The exercises will be impressive. There will be speeches by Governor Hooper, Mayor Heiskell of Knoxville and President Wright of the exposi tion. The new buildings on the grounds will be dedicated; there will be an automobile parade, the formal open ing of “Joy Street,” as the midway will be known; firework*, band con certs and a general good time. The official progr;im starts the fun going at 8 o’clock in the morning, and it will continue without a break until late at night. Two promises made by the director* months ago will be kept. These were: The exposition would open on time and be complete down to the last de tail. The exposition wrould open free of debt. Building* All Are Ready. Opening day will see the exposition grounds looking more beautiful and more attractive than ever before. Eleven great exposition buildings, all snowy white, are filled with exhibits of all kind*, Government, State, mu nicipal and private. Flower bods dot the landscape. Flags arc flying. The lakes are alive with motor boats. The grounds present a gala appearance. But it is in carrying out the idea of the exposition Itself—the idea upon which it was founded—and in teach ing the lessons of conservation that this exposition, projected by the South and brought into being by men of the South, stands out as different from any other exposition. From start to finish, from one building to another, the main id<*a of teaching conservation lessons never has been lost sight of for a moment. The big mines and minerals build ing is an exnmple. Here the displays have been so arraanged as to em phasize the fact that In the South nearly every mineral is found, and also to emphasize the fact that all of these ores have a commercial value. A model coal mine dug into a hill forms a feature of this exhibit. The exposition will run until No vember 1. Woman on Rampage With ‘Perfume Jag’ Rancher** Wife Drinks Cologne and Starts Fighting Stranger on Street Corner. VISAIJA, Aug. 80.—Mr*. Dave Rivers, wife of a rancher at Goshen, imbibed a quantity of cologne which which sho blames for an exhibition of exuberance in Main street. She stood at the curb and dealt right swings and left hooks at male passersby until a riot call was sent for the sheriff ana two deputies. TREES ALL FED TO CATTLE. PLEASANT HILL, MO.. Aug. 30.- So dry are pastures around here that farmers are feeding their trees to their cows. In some instances farm ers who are short of feed have re sorted to cutting limbs from oak trees and tossing them to their stock. entirely rebuilt out of your California fruit, nut^ olives and sunshine,” he said While Gaze believes he has found the fount of youth in the human mind, he regards the physical as an Im portant factor. Water and Sun Baths. “Take brisk walks every morning. Take water and sun baths. Eat spar ingly and only when hungry. Eat meat if you can not enjoy other foods, but nuts and fruit* are the best diet. Eat a* much uncooked food as pos sible, for heat breaks up the vital composition of food. Fruit contains elements that do not ossify the body. “Eat at least one apple every day in the year. Chew thoroughly. The ripe olive is an excellent rejuvenating food, but the green olive has no food value. Olive oil is a solvent for lime deposit* and should be used internal ly and externally. Do not drink water with your meal*, but drink about one-half gallon of distilled wa- ter a day. Do not drink coffee, tea or alcoholic beverage*. “The mental attitude toward eating is more important, however, than the food. A feast of pork and pickles oaten in harmony is better than ap ples and figs in strife.” Pays $40 Alimony to Another Man’s Wife 200,000 Mummies - In Aztec Catacombs Niches in Great Wall Surrounding Cemetery Rented for Any Number of Years. GUANAJUATO. MEXICO, Aug. 30. In the catacombs and cemetery at Guanajuato, within an inclosure em bracing about six acres, rest the ashes and bones of over 200,000 hu- m;in beings. It contains mummies of Aztecs who had their life and be ing centuries ago. Surrounding the spot is a wall built of masonry, twelve feet high and twelve feet thick. The wall is honey combed on the inside with holes about eighteen inches square, some of which are open, while others are sealed with cement. It Is said that there are about 5,000 of these niches. They are used to stow away dead bodies and are rented for that pur pose for periods ranging from one year to five years. When the period of rent expires the renuuA® are removed’ami the bones cast Into an underground chamber. The municipal authorities of Gua najuato charge eighteen cents for a burial permit. Detroiter Grows Tired of Contribut ing Further to Support of Former Spouse. ANN ARBOR. MICH.. Aug. SO.— Henry Hubbard, a meat dealer of De troit. has filed a petition in the Circuit Court here, praying that the divorce suit, tried here in 1911, by which his wife was granted her freedom and alimony of $40 per month, be re opened. H t « declares that his wife has sine© married a man who wag posing as a boarder in her home, and that the fact has been kept secret in order that she might collect her alimony. He asks to be relieved from paying further alimony, and petitions for the custody of two children of his for mer marriage. He is also remarried. Women Start War On Horse Nose Bags Hard-Working Equines Lose Oats When Campaign Is Started in San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30.—A taste of feminine militancy was given to the people of San Francisco when four women started a crusade against nosebAgs for horses. Invading the business district, they hunted out horses that were feeding from the customary canvas bags, and, without ceremony or apology, and de spite protects from teamsters, hurled all the feedbags they could find into the gutter. The crusaders were members of the Animals’ Friend Society, which is op posed to nosebags. Whole U. S. Playing‘Peek-a-Boo’ +•+ +•+ *•+ +•+ Everyone Gives ’Em ‘Once Over’ d-e-fr +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ What? the X-Ray, Slit, Etc., Skirt Half the Nation Stares, Other Half Shudders— and Stares, Too. Slit skirts, X-ray gowns, diapha nous dresses, kneeless stockings, ank lets, and kneelets, back-to-Eve cos tumes, all in one mighty array have swept the country, leaving one-half of the nation staring and the other half shuddering, although the shudderers also have stared. Back In the prehistoric days when Roosevelt was President and Evelyn Nesbit Thaw still beautiful, the di- rectolre gown made its appearance and the public felt th* first thrill and a premonition of what was to come. After the dlrectolre came the hob ble and the harem and modistes be gan to rank with statesmen and slay ers in public interest. The diaphanous dress has been the greatest boon to the newspaper cor respondent since the man invented the story about the bell buzzard and the genius thought out the yam about the eagle that flow away with the baby as the mother stood in frozen horror. In one day last week, August 24. correspondents came in with slit skirt stories and they were from cold New 1 England, the Sunny South, the great West and the Golden Coast. Here they are: Slit Skirt One Sign of Insanity. PEORIA. ILL., Aug. 24.—Miss Edna Kay, 22 years old, who yesterday cre ated great excitement as she prom enaded through the principal thor oughfares of the city dressed In clothes of the latest cut and design, Including a slit skirt of the extreme variety, was to-day sent to an asy lum. Crowds of old and young men fol lowed and looked until she was ar rested by a policeman. She was put In Jail and later turned over to Judge Stone for a hearing. After hearing the evidence the judge decided to send the woman to the Bartonville Insane Asylum for treatment. Anti-Vice Society Asks Law Agin ’Em. BALTIMORE. Aug. 24.—The in- vasion of Baltimore by only one wearer of an “X-ray” skirt was enough for the Society for the Sup pression of Vice. It will petition the trousers have come to stay, and with in a few years everybody will be wearing them.” Diaphanous Gowns Bring Out Reserves. HARTFORD, Aug. 24.—A crowd of men gathered at the busiest corner of Asylum street, gazing raptly in one direction and emitting every now and then a ripple of sound—applause or ridicule, i fie policeman on the beat couldn’t tell which. The policeman Joined the crowd and soon discovered it wasn’t t he glorious setting sun at the foot of the street which the men were admiring, al though It was the sun that was fur nishing the show. Women dressed In the latest trans parent skirts were tripping down the Mrs. James S. Marcum Learna Through Medium She Is Heir to Property Worth Millions, thoroughfare, and—well. It took the reserves to disperse the audience. Kneelet Is Latest; Skirt Cut to Show. ATLANTIC CITY. Aug. 24.— The “kneelest” to-day made Its ap pearance upon the board walk, cir cling the legs of two young women, who acknowledged they came from Pittsburg. The “kneelet” Is worn with the slit skirt and is the twin to the anklet, with the exception that It is worn Just abov© the knee instead of around the ankle. Also, the slit in the skirt extends much higher, to show the “kneelet.” Board of Police Commissioners or Marshal Farnan to prevent the wear ing of such skirts in Baltimore. A young woman walked along Howard street in a transparent gown yesterday and was more of an at traction than an ordinary circus pa rade. Alderman Exposes Calves for Coolness. Los, ANGELES, Aug. 24.—P. J. Durbin, City Trustee of Vernon, appeared before the Board of Public Works to-day in the first pair of “slit trousers” to be introduced into offi cial circles. The slit in the trousers runs halfway to th eknees, and a corresponding slit in the sleeve ex tends halfway to the elbow. “I Intend that Vernon shall have the latest styles,” said Durbin. “Slit Bride’s X-Ray Gown. Surprise to Husband. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 24.—Los An geles to-day had Its first X-ray bride. She wore a diaphanous wedding gown of white charmeuse and lace through which the light shone with startling effect. Miss Belle Hassler, of Waco, Texas, who has been living with friends in Los Angeles, was married to J. M. Pitcher, a well-known Spring street merchant. When Miss Hassler told Pitcher that eh© would become his wife, she also told him that their wedding must be the latest thing In dress and a little ahead of the times. Pitcher says he knew nothing about the gown until he walked up the steps of the cler gyman’s house with Miss Hassler and the light struck the skirt. Garden of Eden Clad Pair Run Out of City. FARRELL, PA., Aug. 24.—Wearing a splendid creation of the diaphanous gown. Miss Helen Garden Harvedge, who is visiting this city, appeared on the streets to-day with an escort, Henry Burton, who wore trousers that were slit from the bottom to the knee. Before they had traversed two blocks "trailers” were behind them In constantly Increasing numbers. When the pair reached the center of the business section they were hemmed in by a howling, Jeering mob. They appealed to the police for pro tection, were placed in an automo bile and told not to come back to town unless they were fully clotted. Fortunes in Coal Oil Sought in Calgary Baby's Cry an Index To Future in Life Experts Believe Western Canada Soclety Woman Dec , ares She Can Will Become One of Greatest Fields in World. CALGARY, ALBERTA, Aug. 30.—If the expectation* of experts who have been conducting drilling operations to the southwest of this city for nine months are realized, Calgary will be come the center of the world’s new est and one of its greatest oil fields. Although the members of the two syndicates which are drilling will say but little about their operations, there have been rumors of late that oil has been struck in small quantities. "We are finding that the geological formation is much broken.” said A. W. Dingham, of the Calgary Pe troleum Products Company, “and as a consequence the oil field, if there is any, is broken and distributed. This may mean that the oil, if struck, will not be in paying quantities.” BOYS WITH AIR GUNS RID CITY OF ENGLISH SPARROWS APPLETON, WIS.. Aliy. 30.—While “swatting the fly” is now the pre dominantly popular summer sport with the young, the boy with the airgun is still chasing the sparrow, and the chase has become so warm that the sparrow has quit the battle. A few years ago the streets were literally full of sparrows, but to-dav one is rarely seen. Farmers state the same condition applies about their farms. Read Child’s Disposition In His Wails. WASHINGTON. Aug. 30.—-Mrs. L. B. Bishop, a society leader, of Chi cago, now in Washington, can tell from a baby’s cry the kind of a man or woman It will make when grown. She said: “The baby that cries with a whine or snarl note will make a discontent ed, fretful adult. The Infant whose cry is a series of wails will have a chip on its shoulder always, while the youngster with a strong, lusty cry, with a laugh and smile at the close, makes the world leaders, de termined to succeed.” HUNTINGTON. W. VA^ Aug. The voice of & ghost, developed by a spiritualistic medium, may bring Mrs, Fannie 8. Marcum, wife of Senator James 8. Marcum, of Westmorland, a fortune of from 12,000,000 to $7,040,- 000. Mrs. Marcum was persuaded a few weeks ago to accompany two friends across the Ohio River to visit a spir itualistic medium, and while her friends were apparently conversing with friends in the great beyond a voice suddenly cried out, "Is Fannie Marcum here?” Mrs. Marcum an swered. Tells H*r to 8©«k Fortune. '*1 am William M. Pleraon, your uncle,” said a voice, “You ore heir to my wealth, but If haste is not m&de a fortune will be lost to you. Go at once to Aurora.” With the ghostly command still sounding in her ears, Mrs. Marcum returned to her home, only to find a letter, postmarked Aurora, awaiting her. The letter inquired whether or not there were any heirs of “William M. Pierson” alive. Senator Marcum test ed the “ghost.” Every word spoken to Mrs. Marcum was repeated. Their 6on, Attorney P. H. Marcum, was dispatched forthwith to Aurora, and there, according to hie *tate- ments, the entirety of a marvelous story was unfolded. The Piersons lived on the site of which is now Huntington until 1859 when the hus band went to Louisville to dispose of a fleet of timber. Wife Married Second Tim®. He never came back to his wife, who, after several years of mourning, supposing him to be dead, became the second wife of the late Dr. P. H. Mc Cullough, one of the prominent citi zens of the county. In 1910 Mra Pierson McCullough died, naming her niece, Fannie B. Marcum, wife of James H, Marcum, as her sole lega tee. Pierson, however, was not dead. He went from Louisville to Denver, where he purchased a silver mine, and later is reported to have Invested in Mexican mining property, and to have smuggled goods between Mex ico and Ouba, becoming as the result of his various activities immensely rich. In February, 1882. n© died In a hotel at Hot Springs. After his death a will was diecov- ered. which made millionaires of the Bell brothers, the beneficiaries, but the claim Is made that Mrs. Plersoit was entitled, under the laws of Texa^ to inheritance of one-half of her hus-* band’s property. They ASS Hand It to Us Don’t yon fall for any of that $25 or $30 talk. The wise boy*” are going to or der a Scotch Woolen Mill* Suit or Overcoat Made-to-Order We’ve a whole store fan at Bnappy Fall and Winter style, end all wool materials. Come in. 107 Peachtree MARRIAGE INVITATIONS CORRECTLY AND PROMPTLY ENGRAVED SEND FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES J. P. STEVENS ENGRAVING CO., ENGRAVERS 47 WHITEHALL ST.. ATLANTA. GA. \ l.