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J THE ATLANTA UEUKU1AN AND NEWS Court Vacates Order Boy Returns $4 to ForfeitingLewisBond Man He Had Robbed Emphatically Declares She Will Explain “Vicious 1 ’ Charge That She Poisoned Husband. propose to vindicate myself. 1 - show that I never have done lose terrible things that the rela xes of my dead husband have narared against me.’* Emphatically Mrs. Mary Belle r twford. central figure in the sen- - it Iona 1 $250,000 fight over the will •he late Joshua Crawford, whom ip is accused of poisoning, made -• declaration Thursday. \ly lawyers have said that I may •,iUe the stand. 1 want to do it so ! may explain some of the vi- * ;s attacks made upon me. Per- sps people will be able to judge mure clearly then as to the motives ,i: have prompted the shocking sto ics about me. Confident of Exoneration. I don’t fear them in the least. I u\v that the truth will come out f fore this affair is settled, and when , s 1 won’t be the one who will suffer from it." Attorney Reuben R Arnold, of counsel for Mrs. Crawford, said Thursday that his client w’ould be oxed to go on the stand as soon as er jdde of the case had been com- rted before Special Auditor Ander son. olonel John S. James, attorney for 4S heirs fighting Mrs. Crawford's ms to the fortune, is expected to «h the presentation of evidence Friday. \fter this, Mrs. Crawford’s lawyers x 1 introduce a number of physicians > testify that the traces of morphine found in the body of Crawford might very easily have been the result of o' rough medicine given to him urtlv 1 efore his death Case Delayed a Day. Dr. J. W. Hurt, who attended Craw ford. already has testified that he u ,.uld not have been surprised had there been stronger indications ot norphlne from the amount of the -,g that was given in the cough no,peine and with the hypodermic needle. The case was to have been taken ,p again Thursday, but. ow ing to the •»ndance of Colonel I*. H. Brewster mother court, a postponement was aken until 10 o’clock Friday. Vttorncy James will bring on other medical experts to refute ihe testimo- r y of Mrs. Crawford’s witnesses that er husband died from natural causes. Die criminal prosecution of Mrs. rawford will come before the Fulton •’inty Grand Jury next week. At aev John Y. Smith, appointed spe- i solicitor because of Solicitor Dor- >ey’s disqualification*), will present the ase against her. The order forfeiting the $500 bond undy which Dr. M. M. Lew’s was held on a misdemeanor charge growing out of hi* arrest In n hotel with Miss Ef- rte McCalmon was vacated, it became known Thursday, when Attorney r . I W. Humphries for the Carrollton phy- j sician explained the misunderstand- i Ing through which Dr. Lewis was not 1 present in court when the case was I called Wednesday. Attorney Humphries stated that an Indictment was sought of his client on a felony charge, but the attempt failed; how’ever, the misdemeanor charge had not been called for trial by the Superior Court nor had it been referred back to the Criminal Court. Hence the misunderstanding as tc when the trial would take place. The case will now be called for trv.l at the next session of the Criminal Court. SEATTLE. Dec. 4 Judge Everett Smith received a letter from Earl Bent ley. a youth recently sent home to Los Angeles on a suspended sentence, in which was inclosed $4 to make restitu tion to the tnati he robbed here. The money, lie *aid, was the first he earned since his return home, and he wanted to make amends for his act. Bentley’s motrer wrote an appeal to the Judg» for her boy. and the court decided to give him a chance. Cow Chews Dynamite, Dies of Indigestion KELLOGG. IDAHO. Dec t>. —N. A. Gil bert reports that a cow of his has eaten fifteen sticks of dynamite which had been left by a Shoshone Coupty road crew' on the west fork of Pine Creek. The cow died, and Gilbert is after the County Commissioners to pay him $tl!5 for the animal, claiming that the county was neg igent in leaving the powder out. Queen Mary Is Made To Let Go Furniture Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON. Dec. 4 The occupants of the apartments at Hampton Court Palace have lately’ had a dispute with Queen Mary, in which the former * ame off victorious. Her majesty or dered a quantity of the beautiful Queen Anne furniture to be removed to Buckingham Palace and placed in her own private rooms. A committee of the Hampton Court residents wrote a protest to the Home Office, the result of which was that the furniture and objects of art have been returned to Hampton Court. STEAMSHIP ROW ABOUT OVER. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, Dec. 4—There is now every prospect of a settlement of th^ dispute between the Hamburg-Amer ica Line and the North German Llovj, which threatened to invoice all th • North Atlantic conference companies, both British and foreign. High in fluences have been at work. Mystery in Death of Czar's Police Chief I Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. ST. PKTERSBFKG, Dec. 4 Vn mystery surrounds the death of Gen- ! eral Dediulin. chief of the Czar'/ j palace police. He died in his official ' apartment In the Imperial Pa'ace ut J Llvadia. but so far absolutely the only official mention is that he "died sud denly.’’ The notorious Kouliabko. of the Klrff Okhrana, and most of the spies who have been fomenting the Jew- , baiting in the Kieff region for the last couple of y ears had him as their champion at court LODGE FORESEES HARD WINTER Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, De< I. This win be a severely cold winter So predicts Sir Oliver Lodge, the distinguished sci entist. who believes memory and af fection do not terminate with death Other observers and weather students agree with him They base their pre diction on the fact that the last four or five winters have been less cold than normal. They regard it as tolerably certain that there will be a spell of har 1 frosty weather to restore the balan •\ Chicken Oath'Mossy,' Judge Rules It Out KELLOG. IDAHO. Dec 4—N. A. Gil. 4.- The many Chinese witnesses for the prosecution in a Chinese gambling case in the city Court became suspicious of the reliability of the evidence given by brother Celestials on teh Christian oath and demanded that the solemn "chicken oath" be administered to all witnesses and ihe accused With great solemnity the head of a live chicken la cut off and the witness dips his fingers Into tin* warm red blood anil swears to teO 1 the truth. The police magistrate objected to the mess ihat would be made in I lie court room by the killing of live chickens and sprinkling of blood, anti the prosecution a greet! with the defense to let the Chris tian oath stand. OBITUARY. Funeral services for Vies Mary I a Hqlley, who died at n private suni- tftrHim here last Tuesday. will be held at Chamblee, G.i . Friday. The body will be removed there from Bloomfield’s under! iking establish merit, where it wai taken Mr*. Holley is survived ov her husband, \Y. A. T Io!le\ and one *hiIF, who live at No. 277 Wc-si Flf.h street. Shumaker Heads Brides Will Learu Jason Burr Council How to 'Boil Water' The following new officers of Jason Burr Council No. 13, Royal and Select Masters, have been Installed; David E. Shumaker, thrice illus trious master; Perrv L. Blacksheir, deputy master; Cnaries t\ Reno, prin cipal conductor of work; Auguste P. Tripod, treasurer; Lee Hoyt Williams, recorder; Lester S. Crane, captain of the guard: I.eRoy Gregory, conductor of council; William J Milts, steward. Janies M. Fuller, sentinel. A past master's jewel w,. ' resent ed to the retiring master. William S. Richardson, by Thomas H. Jeffries. Gordon Not Accused Of Striking His Wife Through an error .n the publication of the petition for divorce filed ia-t week by Mrs. Sadie Gordon against J. Ft. Gordon, a c . ton broker, it was stated that the wife alleged that her husband had struck her. CHICAGO, Dee i Prospective brides who are not the best cooks in the world will have an opportunity to get free instruction next month. The School of Domestic Arts and Sciences is going to teach them to boll water and boil eggs. Mrs. Lyndon Evans says of the under- Rfl “Of course some have fairly definite ideas of boiling water, but they don’t know that one vegetable should he* dropped into boiling water and others Into cold water." Divorce Is Granted To Macou Merchant MACON, Dec. 4 After four years of litigation, a Superior Court jury lias granted Tv. S McConnell, a wealthy merchant, a total divorce and the custody of th© two children, end denied Mrs. Bessie Mae McCon nell alimony. Three co-reapondents were named by the husband. Mrs. McConnell has not decided whether she will appeal to the Su preme Court. In Atlanta It’s The People look to whenever they want to buy, sell, trade, rent, got help or a position. No matter what vonr WANT is, a Georgian Want Ad will get it. For Your Convenience Want Ads will be taken over the telephone any time and an “ Accommodation Account” started with you. All ‘‘Accommodation Ac count ” bills are payable when bills are presented. Want Ads will be taken up to 1 o ’clock on the day of publication. r Your Friend— I he Market Basket <5> For the Saturday marketing the wor ried and busy house wife finds comfort iu 'lie fact that the Mar ket Basket will re lieve her of the vex ing problem—“What "ill I have for Sun day dinner?” It ap pears to-dav. L ( Chamberlin=Johnson=DuBose Co. Atlanta - m* york ■ paris Chamberlin Johnson DuBose Co. Junior Department Sale Wherein the-Young Folks Come In for Their Share of ihe Good Things. Suits, Dresses and Coats at Clearaway Prices in the Junior Dresses $10 and $13.50 $y.75 $18.50 and $20 $11.75 Dresses . Dresses . . . 11 Monday the grown-ups had their opportunity, to-morrow it is the young folk’s time. The scene of action is changed, but the same compelling forces are at work---Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose Co. Clearaway Prices and Chamberlin-Johnson- DuBose Co. scrupulously selected, height-of-the-fashion merchandise. It is a broad-gauged, big event. Savings loom large, economies are genuine---bw»t why this, the facts are below, they are their own argument in the minds of thrifty mothers. Junior Suits All 15.00 Suits $0.50 All $17.50, $25.00 $n*50 Are ... . 0 Suits Are. . . $25, $30, $35, $40 ffn CA Suits Now Marked dJH.vV A likely lot, with emphasis on the likely. Valueful suits at their original prices—and valueful has to do as much with the style and fashioning as the fab rics—velvets, serges, novelty weaves, broadcloths, velours de laine, cheviots— tlie choosing will he fine. Suits for “best" wear, suits for school and street wear. < ’utaway, blouse, belted coats, draped, plain, peg-top skirts the color you want. Children’s Coats | Ina-TtiiYll Now Reduced "lit’ I I*III* $25, $27.50 and $30 Dresses now . . . . $14.75 Those now $7.75 are mostly serges, blues and browns and reds, with lacy yokes of trim lines, neat, serviceable affairs. Those now $11.75 are silk crepes de chines, silk poplins and serges. Choose the color you like best and the style, for there are maijy best styles—with sashes and girdles and little net vests and frilled sleeves and prettily draped skirt s. Those now $14.75 are 1 he cahrmingest Atlanta has known—crepes de chine, vd vets, serges, novelty woolens. Frcnchv with lace waists, with wide sashes, with novel vest effects. See these by ail means. Sizes two to six years. And the cold weather, the coat weather is still to come! A whole season of service and a sav ing of one-third. A happier lot to choose from could hardly lx* found. Velvets, corduroys, ratines, broadcloths, l ral lamb cloths, boucles, etc. Many kinds. Very simple coats and dress-up coats with sashes and belts and a bit of fur on them. The new price list— $ 6.75 Coats $4.50 $12.50 Coats $ 8.33 $ 8.50 Coats $5.67 $13.50 Coats $ 9.00 $ 9 50 Coats $6.33 $15.00 Coats $10.00 $10.00 Coats $6.67 $16.50 Coats $11.00 Children’s Dresses $10 Dresses $4.45 $15 to $16.50 $Q.05 Are Now . " Dresses Are ' Sizes six to fourteen years. Woolens mostly, a few vel vets at $9.95. Those at $6.45 are the practical and serviceable serge ilresses that come in so fine for school wear, 1 o n g waisted, one-piece and belted dresses. Those at $9.95 are the smartly tailored and trimmed dresses for occasions. Besides velvets there are ratines and Bedford cords, with lace yokes and vestees and adorning sashes. Many colors. All Children’s $5.00, $6.50 Coats $3.48 Sizes two to six years and six to fourteen years. At their regular prices these were special values, because we spe cialize on coats at these prices. The saving now is really more than it a ffpears. Coats for hard school wear, “dressy” coats. Mixtures, cheviots, chinchillas in the large sizes; velveteens, corduroys and boucles in the small sizes. Junior “Party’’ Dresses $16.50to$20$| ^.50 $18.51!to$27.50$| j.75 Dresses . . | L Dresses * • • This Sale in the Junior Department Third Floor And soon the holiday gaieties set in! These are by far the charmingest, little masses of laces, foils, nets, ribbons and French Mowers we have known this season. Delicate pinks and blues and mais and white. Bodices arc often of net over chiffon, edged with shadow laces, sleeves short- are often all laces, skirts are flounced or i iered as ihey are called now. Rich satin girdles are charm ing. Dresses that young women will exclaim over, and priced as if thev were ordinarv! » Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose Company