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W* * NOTICE If you have any difficulty in buying Heart* ' Sunday American anywhere In the South notify f* UunuurMr liicjrHt'a Qiinrlai/ i triurff‘uri t Sunday American anywhere In the South notify . I circulation Manager, Hearat's Sunday American, j j Atlanta. Ga. j VOL. 1. NO. 36. Copyright, 1911, by The Georgian Company. ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS. DANIELS IS Insisting Also Sixteen Destroyers. Eigtit Submarines, Two Gun boats Needed, Navy Board S^ys Small Fleet Will Bring War. Man Born to Chase Growler and Love/ Says‘Wittiest Maid’ Her Negative Answer to 'Should Women Propose?’ Wins Prize In Virginia Contest. Salas Builds Wall Across Railroad in A Battle for Land Secretary Expresses Belief That Budget Can Not Afford So Many Dreadnoughts — Would Take Initiative for “Naval Holiday.” RICHMOND, VA„ Dec. 6.—Miss Nell R. Lee Murphy, of this city, pro nounced by .General Bennett H. Young,* of Louisville, commander of the Grand Camp, United Confederate Veterans, the wittiest girl in the South, has been awarded first prize in a contest here for the best an swer to the question "Should Women Propose?” Her answer follows: "Let man propose forever! Cheap gifts are lightly treasured. Man most admires in woman modesty. Without respect love dies. From the growler to love, man is constituted to chase. If the bride must be given away, let father do It. In Old Virginia, at least, God forbid the bride unsought will ever give herself away, for *de fruit dat draps afore ’tie shook am apt to be too mellow’.' ” Miss Murphy has been a belle at several reunions, having made her debut at the meeting of the grand camp in Mobile in the spring of 1910. STOPS ILL HI Naval Stores Man Also Defies City. Fear of Mine Leaves Him Victorious. New Anesthesia Does Away With Ether and Danger to Patient * It Entails. SUBJECT REMAINS AWAKE WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. — Two dreadnoughts, eight destroyers and three submarines are the recommen dations made by Secretary Daniels in his first annual report to the Presi dent. The recommendations of the Navy General Board, which are appended to the report, call for four battleships, sixteen destroyers, eight submarines, a tender, two oilers, two gunboats, a transport, one supply ship and one hospital ship. Admirai Dewey vigorously upholds the four-battleship program and op poses the Secretary in no uncertain tone. Secretary Daniels believes the pro gram he advocates to be as heavy as the revenues of the Government will permit. He says: Likes Churchill Idea. "The revenues of the country do rot permit so large an expansion in ziava; buildmg as the department might desire to enter upon at this time.'’ ' Mr. Daniels indorses the sugges tion of Winston Churchill for a "na val holiday." He says: The suggestion of a vacation for Girl Ushers Only at Suffragette Wedding Dec. 6.—“The suffrage wedding" wa« introduced at the mar riage service of Miss Frances Golds worthy to Dr. William S. Timbltn in Windsor Park Memorial Baptist Church. In planning the personnel of her bridal party, Miss Goldsworthy out forward the resolution: “Be it foe- solved, That girls make better ush ers than men.” Affirmative, asserted by the bride; negative—more or less —by the bridegroom. ✓ So ten young women members of Delta Beta Phi ushered to their seats the some 200 guests at the Timblin- Goldsworthy wedding. ‘Rube’ Marquard Is Sued on $1,000 Note CHICAGO. Dec. 6.—"Rube" quard, pitcher for the New Giants, and Blossom Seeley quard, his wife, with whom Mar- York Mar- he is playing in a vaudeville sketch in the one year in battleship building has Palace Music Hall, are defendants in a $1,000 suit, filed in the Municipal Court by Joseph Kane, Mrs. Mar met with hearty approval, and I ven ture the' earnest hope that this will bear fruit in a well-considered plan by navy-building nations not to let the unnecessary competition go to further lengths. Contending for a continuing build ing policy, Admiral Dewey, speaking through the general board, says: The general board does not be lieve the nation stands ready to aban don or modify any of its well-estab lished national policies, and repeats ils position that the naval policy of tho country should be to possess a fleet powerful enough to prevent or answer any challenge to these poli cies. Strength Needed Varies. “The absolute strength necessary to accomplish this is a question that de pends upon the national policies of prospective challengers and the force tiify can bring against us. and hence is relative and varies with their naval policies and building program. The forecast of the board with re gard ro naval development in other countries has proved remarkably ac curate. The absence of any definite naval policy on our part, except in the general board, and the failure of tiie people, the Congress and the ex ecutive Government to recognize the necessity for such a policy, has al ready placed us in a position of infe* quard’s former husband, for aliena tion of his wife’s affections. "Kane recovered a judgment of $4. 000." said Attorney Lowenthal. ‘‘Mar quard paid him $3,000 and gave his note for the remainder. He has fail ed to pay the note." Boys Quit Smoking To Save Schoolmate Study of Nerve Centers and Zones Enables Physician to Develop Wonderful System, and and I'iority which may lead to war; this inferiority is progressive "'ll continue to increase until the ne- °ssity for a definite policy is recog* nized and that policy put into oper ation. Calls Hopes Futile. "The general board, white adher ing to the policy it has consistent’/ followed for the last ten years, and believing that the naval needs of the nation call for a fleet of 48 ships of ' < first line in 1920, recognizes con- d ions as they exist and the futility of hoping or expecting that the ships a nd men its policy calls for will he provided by 1920. The general board believes that ’he people, with full understanding of **■ meaning of and reasons for naval power, will instruct the legislative orancii of the Government, and that • hat bianch. with the same under - standing, will provide the means. Suggests Publicity. If the people, having been given ’he meaning of and the reasons for t aval pow er, fail to instruct the Con gress. the responsibility and the re sulting material loss and national hu miliation rests upon them; and if the ' ongress, having been instructed by toe people, fails to provide the means, then the responsibility is theirs. The general board believes that ' nly a lack of understanding of these v iews by the people at large pre vents l\\e adoption of a consistent na val policy, and recommends to the ■'epawment a system of extended pub ' it> in all matters relating to naval p'»!i( > acting through patriotic or Kanizations. the press, or by whatever means a knowledge of the naval needs '* ’he nation may be brought home " tne people of the country, with the meaning and reasons for them." COFFEYVILLE, KANS., Dec. 1.— To save their schoolmate, Robert Murray, from a sentence to the State Industrial School in the Juvenile Court, every boy pupil at the Mc Kinley School at CoffeyviLle signed a pledge to abandon the use of tobacco in every form. Upon the strength of this pledge and a petition appea4ing for leniency, Probate Judge Osborn consented to give Robert another chance. Wes'Edwards, Feud Leader, Seriously Ill RICHMOND. VA, Dec. 6.—Suffer- ing from tuberculosis. Wesley Ed wards. serving 27 years in the Vir ginia penitentiary for his part in the Hillsville Court tragedy, was removed to the State farm, where the doctors hope the fresh air and work in the open will restore him to health. Edwards, with three other members of the mountain clan who drew prison terms, has been working ii the prison shoe shop. Triplets for Pastor, Ladies' Aid Is Busy , EVANSVILLE, IND.. Dec. 6.—The Ladies' Aid Society of the Simpson M. E. Church was hastily called in special session to-day when word was received that the wife of Rev. Henry- triplets. two hoys and a girt. Simmons had presented him with Preparations had been made for but one child, and a hurry-up order for clothing resulted. HARTFORD. CONN., Dec. 6.—In the presence of 24 prominent sur geons of this city. Dr. William H. Fitzgerald, an ear and throat special ist of this city, who formerly prac ticed in New York City’, demonstrated a new’ anesthesia at St. Francis' Hos pital this afternoon. Instead of using drugs or gas Dr. Fitzgerald applies pressure to the nerves. He has used the method oc casionally in his private practice with j satisfactory results, but has only just j developed it /, a point where he would use it .n general hospital prac tice. Studies Nerve Zones. The method of anesthesia practiced by Dr. Fitzgerald is based on the known fact that there are, areas in the nose, throat and mouth that are highly sensitive and which contain delicate and intricate nerve sources. It was by study of the zones that Dr. Fitzgerald worked out his discovery, the method of applying which he demonstrated in so startling a w r ay at the clinic. The physician selected several pa tients as subjects fyr his tests. In one case he anesthetized the hand of a woman so that pins w’ere thrust into the flesh in several places, and she felt not the slightest pain though fully conscious. In another case a foot was anes thetized and fifteen incisions made without the slightest pain. Two teeth were painlessly extracted. Punctures Ear Drum. In still another case, after produc ing an anesthetized condition, the physician punctured a subject's ear drum without any sensation of pain. The puncturing of an ear drum is generally regarded as one of the most painful of operations. Another test w’as even more start ling. After producing a condition of anesthetization the physician removed a foreign object from the subject's eye, and then, to the amazement of his watchers, drew a scalpel lightly across the patient's eye. In this case, as in the others, the patient suffered not the slightest sensation of pain. This demonstration by Dr. Fitzger ald w T as a sequel to one which he gave at the hospital two weeks ago. in which he showed the preliminary steps in the use of the method. Relieves Pain by Pressure. By pressure on the neck the phy sician produced sensations in various parts'of the body and demonstra ted that acute pain in any section may be relieved quickly by mere pressure. There are several advantages to be gained by the use of reflex anes thesia as demonstrated. In the first place the use of dangerous anes thetics like ether is avoided. In spite of the general use of ether, its administration is still accompa nied by danger, except in the hands of an expert. It is sometimes said deaths were caused by operations, when a stricter statement of the truth would be that they w’ere due to the anesthesia. This danger is avoided when a method of anesthesia is used which avoids all use of drugs or gases. In the case of minor (iterations, such as the removal of splinters, the use of the local anesthesia avoids the necessity for administering ether, which requires twenty minutes or more, though the actual operation can be performed in 30 seconds. Well Known Writer. Dr. Fitzgerald is a native of Mid- dletow’n and is recognized as a leading specialist of the Slate in treatment of the nose and throat. He was graduated from the Univer sity of Vermont, was in the Boston City’ Hospital three years, and stu died in Europe four years, lie is an associate member of the New York Academy of Medicine and a frequent contributor to professional magazines. SAVANNAH, Dec. 8.— R. S Sa.a*. wealthy’ naval stores and fertilizer man. is becoming famous in Savan nah in a three-cornered row with the city and the Central of Georgia Rail way Salas recently purchased extensive water frontage. In doing so he got a sidetrack belonging to the Central of Georgia Railway and a lane be longing to the cijfcy. He immediately started closing the lane and tearing up the cobble stones, but an injunc tion stopped him. He then tore up the Central of Georgia tracks, and built a thick w’all across the open ing. The company sent a switch en gine and knocked the wall down. He has now erected across the opening a sign the size of a large billboard warning the railroad not to again Jacksonville Girl Called ‘Coming Nordica ’ *!*••!• •!•••!• *£*••'• *r*v •!•••!* •*!* Voice Excelled Farrar ’s Be f ore She Studied trespass on his property’. Just what plans he has made he would not say, but so sure are the company employees that he nas planted a mine, that no one will take an engine in. Mother Fears Arctic Explorer Is Dead CHICAGO, Dec. <1.—University of Chi cago friends of Ernest DeKoven Lef- fingwell. a student at the Midway In stitution, fear he has lost his life on his final dash for the North Pole. A tele gram was received yesterday at the university from Lefflngwell's mother, who is in Pasadena. Cal. She telegraphed she had not heard from her son since August 25. and thar he was to have returned from Point Barrow. Alaska, by November 1. In the spring of this year Leffingwell joined the Steffansson expedition. He had promised his parents that this would be his lapt arctic trip. I Shot Him to Save My Life,’ Cries Wife Builds Extra Strong Home for Big Family Burns 30 Buildings To Hear Fire Bells NEWCASTLE. WYQ., Dec. ‘L killed Jim because he intended ,to kill me. There was nothing else for me to do,” s*id Sarah Seudder, justify ing the shooting of her husband, .lames Seudder. at a sawmill camp near Upton. Mrs. Seudder sent a bullet through Seudders head. He died nin^ hours later without regaining consciousness. Mrs. Seudder is held in the county- jail without bail and will be tried for murder in the first degree. She is said to have killed another husband and a woman sin Texas. After Prayers, Man, Long Invalid, Walks CEXTR ALIA, ILL., Dec. 6.—A case of "divine healing” is attracting a great deal of interest here. Revival meetings have been in progress. Charles Tate, an invalid for four years, was carried to the service in his chair. He asked for the prayers of the congregation. Before morning Mrs. Tate was able to walk, according to his friends. When Mr. Tate appeared at the services the next evening and walked down the aisle, the congregation was elated. TO BESIE9 CHRISTMAS Though Huerta Continues To Be Defiant, His Officers Are Forcing Women to Enlist in His Army and Men Recruits Are Trapped. Chihuahua. Occupied by the Reb els as a Base, Is Happy Over Escaping Fighting — Federal Army Fleeing Toward the South. Undraped Posing Causes Stir in Paris Cabinet Minister’s ex-Wife Seen in Artistic “Studies” by Lead ers of Art World. PARIS. Dec. 6.—A social sensation has been caused here by the undraped plas tic poses by Madam Valentine DeSaint Point, the diVorced wife of a French cabinet minister, granddaughter of the Marquis DesGi&ns DeCessiat, and a de scendant of the poet and historian. I/a- martine. The spectacle was given in her huge studio. No. 19, Avenue DeTourville, in the Champs DeMars quarter. Some three hundred invitations were sent out to leading men and women in the liter ary and artistic world. There was not a single refusal. Madame DeSaint Point, who Is known as Madame Valentine, has a petite fig ure. pale blue eyes and a mass of chest nut hair. She is also a writer of books and plays, as well as a talented painter. Cousin of Lillie Lehman Plans to In' 'do European Music Centers. Minister Arrested On Bigamy Charge CHAMBERSBURG, PA., Dec. 6.— Just as he w-as stepping into a church at Greensprings, Cumberland County, the Rev. Thomas J. Hilton, a Mennon- ite clergyman of Plattsburg. Mo., was arrested by Sheriff George Walker, of Franklin County, on a charge of bigamy’. After Hilton was on his way lo jail here he remarked, the police say, that “trigamy" might as well be the name of his offense, for he had three wives, rather than two. Town Puts Its Ban On All Sunday Work French Doctor Has New Typhoid Cure Special Cable to The American. PARIS. Dec. 6. — A successful new method of curing typhoid fever is an nounced by Dr. Josue Bellar. It is called auto-vaecination. The vaccine is a cul ture of bacilli made of the patient's own blood. After culture in sterilized heat. 200,- 000,000 germs are injected. If after five days treatment the temperature is still high, a further Injection of 200,000.000 germs is made AURORA. ILL., Dec*. 6.—No resi dent of this city will be allowed to work on Sunday or keep open nls place of business on Sunday, except those who conscientiously obser/e some other day of each week as th» Sabbath, or in case of necessity, under an ordinance passed hv the City Council. The ordinance was passed to ap pease the barbers, most of whom fa vor Sunday closing. Genevieve Clark To Be Housekeeper JACKSONVILLE, Dec. 6.— MIbs Ruby Lehman Leyser. of this city, has won fame as a singer and is de scribed by noted music masters as the “coming Nordica of America. It is declared she has a voice, which, even at the beginning of its culture, was superior to that of Geraldine Farrar. Miss Leyser is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Leyser and was heard under the auspices of the Friday Morning Musicals two years ago. She possesses a wonderful soprano voice and it is her hope to invade Paris. Berlin, London and other musirnl centers of Europe after another win ter of study under the leading mas ters of New York. Not only does she possess a voice of birdlike quality, but Miss 1-eyser is gifted with rare charm And wom anly beauty, characteristic of the State in which she w'as born—Ken tucky. With her beauty this belle of the Blue Grass State is winsome and affable, and her friends here believe that the future holds great promise for her. Miss Leyser has been undergoing rigid training in Chicago, New York and Canada for the last seven years. Her studies have been pursued under such master as Buzz! Peccia and W. S. Brady. She is a cousin of Lillie Lehman, the great German artist, and Blanche Lehman, leader in mu sical circles of Louisville. Young Belmont May Have to Tell Income WASHINGTON. Dec 6.—Speak, r and Mrs. Champ Clark have taken a house on Massachusetts avenue which will prove one of the centers of official society this winter. The household presiding genius is to be Miss Genevieve Champ Clark, their attractive debutante daughter, w ho will apply the principles of mod ern domestic science I the servant and housekeeping problems. One of the first entertainments to be given in the house will be on Net, Year's Day, when .Vliss Clark will bo presented to society. NEW YORK, Dec fi.—Raymond Belmont, son of August Belmont, will have to appear in the Supreme Court and tell from what sources he de rives his income, if Justice Gieberich decides in favor of an application made to-day by Edith Lorraine Bel mont. She Is the actress wife of Ray mond. having married him a year ago. Mrs. Belmont is suing her husband for separation. Her attorneys want to know who gives Raymond money and how much he is receiving. The young husband is said to be in Eng land at present. The trial of the sep aration action was adjourned for two w r eeks, to permit the court to pass on the new' application. Wed 20 Years and Divorced 20, Remarry SABILLASVILLE. MD.. Dec Neighbors of Theodore Colvin Wills are congratulating him on the completion of a new home built to withstand the tremendous weight of his family . Th*» Wills family, with seventeen ac- jjvp members, weighs more than a ton and a liaif. WINONA, MINN. Dot. 6 The thought of the wild clanging of the fire bells, the rising smoke and the reddening heavens was too much for me. I burned over 3“ buildings be cause the excitement whs irresisti ble." said Frank Norton to the Wi nona police. Italy Buys Warship Built for Brazil Special Cable to The American. LONDON. Dee. 6.—The Daily Tele graph publisher* the report that Italy has purchased the Brazilian dreadnought Kio Janeiro. BINGHAMTON. Dec. ♦>.—The mar riage of Mrs. Laura Perkins, of Ox- ford. and Andrew Keyes, of this city, m Oxford, revealed a romance. port\ rears ago they wore married and lived together twenty years, after which the wife obtained a divorce. Recent l> they met accidentally amt decided to remarry. Real Bird Christmas On J. W. Kern Estate WASHINGTON. Dec. *». Senator and Mrs. John W Kern will give a unique party on Christmas Day for the birds that live in and around Kern Cliffe, their Virginia/ country home. Mrs. Kern has purchased a number of tiny baskets to fill with goodies dear to the bird heart. These will be sus pended from tree branches. Bird houses will be placed on the grounds for a holi day shelter. Husband Replies to ‘Perfect Foot' Wife _ OMAHA, NFTRR., Dec. 6.—That Mrs. Clara S. Houston, the Chicago woman of "perfect foot" fame suing Nat C. Houston, of Omaha, vice president of the Great Western Com mission Company, for divorce and $10,000 alimony. Induced her husband to.marry while he was in a weaken ed state of health owing to the sud den death of his first wife is the al legation filed by him in the District Court. He also alleges Mrs. Houston con stantly demanded money, but told him he must not touch or come near her. she demanding $150 a month '“pin" money Art Works Demanded Of Millionaire Clark LOS ANGELES, Dec. 6. —In a unit on file to-day the United Stales District Court is requested to summon Eli P. Clark, a millionaire laud holder of l/os Angeles, upon a date yet to be set. ami require him to show' cause why he should not deliver twelve paintings to I Frank McKay, trustee for the bankrupt hart concern of Tomlinson-Humes, Inc., of Chicago. The paintings are said be the work ! ,»f William Hogarth, and comprise the ‘ "Industry and Idleness senes. Special Cable to The Amertcan. MEXICO CITY. Dec. 6.—Drtven to desperate straits by the related vic tories of the apparently invincible rebels. Federal forces in the capital are working frantically against the time when "Pancho" Villa, ruthless rebel leader, will carry out his threat of conquest and pillage of the ancient city. Villa’s word lias preceded him In his march southward from Juarez: “I will have 20,000 men surrounding Mexico City by Christmas Day,” he promised. "Our forces will grow as we march southward, and by the time- we reach the capital the, people in the city will be ready to join us.” Federal Soldiers Desert. And the Federals are almost ready to accept his threat as an accurate prophesy. Villa seems unconquerable. The Federal forces are depleted, mostly through desertions, and the authorities have been forced to the most unusual methods of recruiting. For one thing, they have conscript ed servant girls by the score for a detachment of women soldiers. In the capital servant girts are fearful of walking on the streets, knowing that many of their friends have been forced to service under the Federal banneoL Men have ceased to enlist volun tarily in the Federal army. There fore, the officers are compelled Lo ob tain involuntary recruits. The favor ite method is to have parties of able- bodied men arrested by the police, on flimsy charges, and then to intimi date them into enlistment. An ex traordinary trick was worked a taw days ago. A moving picture theater was posted with placards bearing the alluring promise that the show with in was for men only. (Bowing pic tures of the entertainment were drawn by suggestion. Naturally, men thronged the house, laughing with an ticipation. Unwilling Recruits Trapped. Once they were within, the doors behind were closed, and a number of religious pictures were thrown up on the screen. The first was the fa miliar “The Virgin of Guadalupe.” the patron saint of Mexico. The crowd was good-natured at first, thinking this initial picture a mere spectacle from which a contrast was to be drawn. But then came another reli gious picture, and another, all of them reproductions of well-known paint ings. The men. w'ho had come ex pecting a different sort of entertain ment. began to grow’ restless, and then later to start an angry uproar. The police were upon them almost with the first shout, and off they marched 65 men to the prison. Once there and locked behind the bars, the men were forced to enlist. To such expedients the Federal® are being driven, and in the ranks there are many who have lost heart and who are ready to desert at the first opportunity. And not only to men in the ranks, but to high offi cials and authorities, the feeling ■>£ impending disaster seeins fastened. Huerta Alone Is Defiant. To all except ^Victoriano Huerta. Provisional President, and the bane of the United States. Huerta is as resolutely defiant as ever, and is ap parently hopeful of ultimate success for the Federals. "I have no intention of yielding," he stated yesterday. “Should the fighting in Mexico continue for years, I will continue to do my part if 1 am alive." Huerta was encouraged a little by the proclamation of the United States authorities announcing their policy of continued neutrality concerning Mex ican affairs It is know n that in .his heart, he feared, just as the other H M ivl.