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10 TFIE GEORGIAN’S NEWS BRIEFS BILLI0N-D0LLAR DEMAND MADE ON U. S. CONGRESS REGULAR SESSION ‘American Venus’ Wedded to Art NOW UNDER WAY Ray Beveridge Gets Her Divorce FAIRFAX HARRISON HEADS SOUTHERN Ambitious Program Is Mapped Out by the Lawmaking Body at Washington. \\ ASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—The ex- traordinary session of the Sixty-third t angress ended at noon to-day and the first regular session at once be gan. The House had already con- luded its work of the old session, hut the Senate held & 15-minute ex ecutive session during the forenoon, adjourning from 10:55 to 11:55. At the executive session the Sen ators confirmed fen postmasters, but they failed to act on more than 100 appointments which President Wil son had made. To secure their con tinuation the President will have to send them to the Senate again. The list of appointees who failed to se cure confirmation included Henry M Plndell, of Illinois, who was named tor Ambassador to Russia; Alex Sv\c*»k. of Oregon, who was appointed Minister to Siam; fifty-five postmas ter- several secretaries to embassies and secretaries to legations. There was little of ceremony about ushering in of the session at which President Wilson will carry to a con clusion his campaign for currency re form and also work fur other impor tant legislation. Ambitious Prograi . Ahead. President Wilson will read his message at a joint session at 1 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. Although the program had not ffe m definitely formulated, members looked forward to tackling one of the most ambitious legislative tasks that any * orgress in a long time has attempt ed. Here are so:_e of the subjects the new Congress vill take up: Final action on the currency bill. Anti-trust legiblation. Rural credits. Naval program. Passage of a dozen appropriation bil’s. Train safety and safety on the ocean. Regulation of the shipping trust. Final action on the reports of lobby Investigating committees. The cost of living problem. Legislation to protect women work ers. Big Appropriation Increase. The new Congress is railed upon to appropriate over a billion dollars for the running **xi enses of the gov ernment for the coming fiscal year beginning July 1, 1914, and ending June 30, 1915. Estimates of the cost of keeping the governmental machin ery in motion transmitted by Secre tary of the Treasury McAdoo to Speaker Champ Clark, aggregate the grand total of $1,108,681,777.02. Appropriations made by Congress at the last regular session totaled II 074.305,869 73. The increase is therefore $34,375,907.29. The greatest increase in the gov ernment's expenses the coming year will be in the Postoffice Department, which asks $306,953,117, as against appropriations last year of $285,441,- 271. Increases are the general order in all the departments of the gov- •*rnm*»nt, although the pension bud get the coming year is expected to show a notable decrease. Last year Congress appropriated $180,300,000 for pensions, while the estimates for the coming fiscal year are $169,150,- 000. or a decrease of about $11,- 000.000. For increased efficiency in the col lection of statistics as to the cotton production, a greatI3 increased ap propriation is asked Last year the sum of $354,000 was appropriated for this purpose The coming year Sec retary Red field estimates $925,000 will be neded. Rivers and harbors estimates in clude Savannah, Ga., $250,000; Ala bama River, Ala., $100,000; Black Warrior and Tombigee Rivers, Via, $500,000: Gulfport, Miss., har hor. $85,000; Southwest Pass, Missis sippi River, $400,000. Mississippi River (from Head of Passes to mouth of the Ohio), $6,000,000; Mississippi River (from mouth of Ohio to Min neapolis), $2,670,000. PROBING OIL CONCERN. A 1ST IN. TEXAS, Dec. 1.—An inves tigation of the Texas Company, the big oii concern formerly headed by John W. I Oates and Charles G. Gates, for alleged 1 violation of the anti-trust laws is being i made by the Attorney General’s depart mem following the submission of evi dence by J. R. Sharp. Suit for forfeiture and penalties prob ably will be filed by the State shortly. Rav Bcvpridftp. who says shp is “wpdded to art" lias just! won a suit in London for the annulment of her marriage. Persistent Wooer Captures Stage Beauty, but Fails to Hold Her Long. LONDON. Dec. 1.—Because she in sists on being ‘ wedded to her art” and not to a man, Ray Beveridge, known as the American Venus,” a sister of Kuhne Beveridge, the sculptress, has obtained an annulment of her mar riage to Madison Seliger. a wealthy merchant of Madison, Wis. The young w oman met Seliger when she was appearing on the stage In New York. When he courted her she told him: “I am wedded to my art. I do not want a husband.” But Seliger was persistent. Miss Beverdige came to London. He fol lowed her here and convinced her that she could b£’“wedded to her art” and likewise to him. So they were married on April 20, 1912, at the Sa voy Hotel. Seliger's argument did not bold good, however, he says. His wife devoted all of her time to appearing in public, and, finally, it is said, she told Seliger she did not care to have a husband. Then she brought suit for an annulment, but the Chancery Court threw the case out, Another action was brought in the Divorce Court, which granted the ap peal. The young woman is a grand daughter of former Governor Bever idge, of Illinois. He Succeeds the Late W. W. Fin ley—Is Familiar With the Road’s Needs. -NEW. YORK. Dec. 1—Fairfax Harrison, president of the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway, was to-day elected president of the Southern Railway to succeed the late President W. W. Finley. He was chosen at a special meeting of the Board of Directors in this city. Mr. Harrison was also elected head of the Mobile and Ohio, the Ala bama Great Southern Railway and the Virginia and Southwestern Rail way companies in place of Mr, Fin- I ley- Harrison's election had been gen- | erally forecast He is well acquainted I with the problems confronting the road and an optimistic believer in the } future of the South. Confidential friends say he lias ambitious plans for expansion of the road. The appoint- I merit to the presidency becomes ef- j fective to-morrow. Francis Burton Harrison, New | York Congressman, recently appoint ed to be Governor of the Philippines, is his brother. Finley's successor is a Virginian by birth. His father wa* secretary to Jefferson Davis during ttie days of the Confederacy. 44 Years Old and Yale Man. Mr. Harrison was born in 1869 and was graduated from Yale with the A. R degree in 1890, and from Co lumbia with the A. M. degree in 1891 He was admitted to the bar in New York in 1892 and continued the prac tice of law in this city until 1896, when he entered the services of the Southern Railway in the legal depart ment as solicitor. In 1903 he was made assistant to the president, and 1906 became vice president, which position he held until 1910, when he resigned on being elected president of the Chicago. Indianapolis and Louisville. However, he continued as a director of the Southern Railway, so that his service with the parent com pany has been uninterrupted. Finley's Trusted Adviser. Mr. Harrison was one of Mr. Fin ley's closest and most trusted advi sers, and is thoroughly in sympathy with the policies which made Mr Finley's administration so success ful, both for the Southern Railway and the territory served by its lines. Though Mr. Harrison entered the service of the Southern in the legal department, his experience Iu*s not been confined to that branch of the service. He has given much study to financial, traffic and operating problems and is intimately acquaint ed with conditions on the Southern Railway and throughout the section which it traverses. VERDICT HITS TRUST. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—The fight of the so-called Book Trust to main tain arbitrary sale prices on copy righted books culminated to-day in a decision in the Supreme Court, in which the court held against the trust. The main question at issue was as to whether the trust should have a “copyright” monopoly in the sale of such books. PRINCE MAY ATTEND. LONDON, Dec. 7.—A suggestion that the Prince of Wales should at tend the official opening of the Pan ama (’anal is under consideration by King George, it is reported, to offset the ill feeling caused by the refusal of England to participate in the Panama-Pacific Exposition at San Francisco. STATE LAW IS O. K. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—The Su preme Court of the United States to- I day decided that the Kentucky law taxing credit companies $100 annual - | ly was constitutional and therefore I is not an interference with the In- J terstate Commerce Commission regu lations. CAN TAX BANK STOCK. WASHINGTON. Dec. 1—The Su preme Court of the United States to day decided that the city of New York has the right to tax bank stock owned by banks of other States. The question was brought before the court by the Amoskeag Savings Bank, of Manchester, N. H. STEEL PLATES CAUSE DEATH. ROCHESTER, IND., Dec. 1.—Syl vester Spohn died In the hospital here last night of tetanus. He fell a week ago and broke his leg. Surgeons set his leg, using steel plates which were screwed into the bone. Infection followed and Spohn died in terrible agony. HIS ASHES SCATTERED. NEW YORK. Dec. L—The ashes of Charles W Presley, a wealthy con- u-aotor. were scattered to the wind hi from the Brooklyn bridge Presley had requested this action BankHead’sDaughter Wilson Is Forced to Chooses Job as Cook Abandon Canal Trip $1.00 PACKAGE FREE I Itu* illy restores gray or fadofl hair to natural [ :oiar. rvmo»« dandruff, stops failing hair and itibtn* scalp, (frows ne* hair and makes the hair of man. woman or child hcary and beautifully ! glossy “ APPLETON, WTS., Dec. 1.—Eliz abeth Erb, daughter of the president of the First National Bank, who dis appeared suddenly last spring, has written from Montreal that she went away because she was tired of teach ing school and Is living in the home of a family of consequence in Mon treal as cook and upper housemaid. FREED FOR KILLING. LOUISVILR. KY , Dec.. 1.—W. M Langley, of Grayson Springs. Ky.. who killed John Picks In less than one min ute after he had laid eyes on him for the first time, was acquitted to-day on the ground of self-defense. lAngtey said he saw Picks abusing his wife on the street, warned him to stop and *bo* him when Picks started to draw a pistol. LONE BANDIT BUSY. CHICAGO. Deo. L—A lone bandit bravtng daylight and the chance of en countering a dozen railroad men to- Aay entered the station of the Lake Sfcnce In South Chicago, tied and gagged •h* \geu* and escaped vrith WASHINGTON, pec. L—President j Wilson to-day had to abandon all idea of visiting the Panama Canal Zone during the holidays. He will take no vacation unless the Senate passes the currency bill before Christmas. FIGHT OVER CRAWFORD WILL. An attack on the test made by Dr. I H. F. Harris, State Chemist, upon the j body of Joshua B. Crawford was made by Dr. J M. MeCandless, an analytical j chemist, in a statement of interroga tories submitted in the hearing of the | famous Crawford will controversy. runijvjv efldoc Monday morning when the cast wa9 wf ASV of good faith and to resumed before Auditor James L. An- j help coyer parkin*, postage, etc . and a full H op derson, after a long delay on acoount bt by m “ l »"*»'* of the Frank trial. ! "" * Fr „ T ,. dw . MANY HUNTERS KILLEQ. CHICAGO, Dec. 1.—One hundred and thirty-five lives were sacrificed to the 1 sport of hunting In the United States i and 146 men were seriously wounded, ac cording to figures compiled to-day. The him+lnfir season »ndod last midnight FREE $1.00 PACKAGE COUPON * ‘S’ Nam* City