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MAIN SHEET-Part II. EWEY FOR ANIELS IS THIS SECTION CONTAINS SPORTING and AUTOMOBILE NEWS 'T' ‘Man Born to Chase Growler and Love/ Says‘Wittiest Maid’ Her Negative Answer to ‘Should Women Propose?' Wins Prize in Virginia Contest. RICHMOND. VA„ Dec. 6.—Miss STOPS Hi Pi Two New Railroads Defendants in Suit Total of $60,000,000 Penalties Now Asked in Mississippi Anti- Trust Cases. CITY PASTORS TALK TO-DAY ON ‘Poor Little Rich GirP Happy Now +•+ +•-> +•+ +•+ •{•••!• +•+ RamonaBordenHas Home at Last Neil R. Lee Murphy, of this city, pro nounced by General Bennett H. flew Anesthesia Does Away With 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- Insisting Also Sixteen Destroyers, Eight Submarines, Two Gun boats Needed, Navy Board Says Small Fleet Will Bring War. Secretary Expresses Belief That Budget Can Not Afford So Many Dreadnoughts — Would Take Initiative for “Naval Holiday.” 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 Nary 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. Admiral I>ewey 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 not permit so large an expansion in naval building 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 one year in battleship building has met with hearty approval, and I ven ture the earnest hope that this will bear fruit in a well-considered plan by navy-building 1 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 its position that the naval policy of the country should be to possess 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 they 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 to 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 the people, the Congress and the ex ecutive Government to recognize the necessity for &uch a policy, has al ready placed us in a position of infe riority which may lead to war; and -his inferiority is progressive and will continue to increase until'the ne cessity for a definite policy is recog nized and that policy put into oper ation. Calls Hopes Futile. "The general board, while adher ing to the policy it has consistently 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- 'Tiuns as they exist and the futility "f hoping or expecting that the ships <’nd men its policy calls for will be provided by 1920. The general board believes that 'he people, with full understanding of 1 ne meaning of and reasons for naval Power, will instruct the legislative branch of the Government, and that ’ lat branch, with the same under standing, will provide the means. Suggests Publicity. If the people, having been given meaning of and the reasons for naval power, fail to instruct the Cpn- the responsibility and the re- su.ting material loss and national hu- nulUtion rests upon them; and if the ongiess, having been instructed by tl ‘ e l*ople, fails to provide the means, ten the responsibility is theirs. I he general board believes that * v il lack of understanding of these ,. lews by the people at large pre- 1 ‘®nts the adoption of a consistent na- a ‘ Policy, and recommends to the | "partment a system of extended pub- ! y in all matters relating to naval 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 ’tls shook am apt to be too mellow.’ ” Miss Murphy has been a belle at serveral reunions, having made her debut at the meeting of the grand camp In Mobile In the spring of 1910. Mother Fears Arctic Explorer Is Dead CHICAGO, Dec. 6.—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 Leffingwell’s mother, who Is In Pasadena, Cal. She telegraphed she had not heard from her son since August 26, and that he was to have returned from Point Barrow, Alaska, by November 1. In the spring of this year Lefflngwell joined the Steffansson expedition. He had promised his parents that this would be his last Arctic trip. She Loses Divorce; Longest on Record NEWPORT, R. I„ Dec. 6.—-A five years' divorce case, the longest in the history of the State, ended here when the Superior Court refused to grant a decree to Mrs. Ina Chinn Walker, a former Washington belle, who entersd suit for legal separation from Lieu tenant Commander James W. Q. Walker, formerly of the United States Navy, early in 1909. Walker has a suit for divorce pend ing. Savannah Plans For Great Boosters’ Day SAVANNAH, Dec. 6.—Great plans are being made for the celebration of Boosters’ Day in Savannah. December 10, when It Is planned to have every J the Patent suffered citizen visit all manufacturing plants Ether and Danger to Patient It Entails. SUBJECT REMAINS AWAKE Study of Nerve Centers and Zones Enables Physician to Develop Wonderful System. 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 satisfactory results, but has only just developed it to a point where he would use It in 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 way at the clinic. The physician selected several pa tients as subjects for his tests. In one case he anesthetized the hand of a woman so that pins were 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 was 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, MERIDIAN. MISS., Dec. 6.—Attor ney General R. A. Collins, of Missis sippi, has filed an amended bill here In the anti-trust suit formerly brought against the Mobile and Ohio, the Ala- abama Great Southern and the South ern Railways in Mississippi, Intro ducing as new defendants the Ala bama and Vicksburg and the New Orleans and Northeastern Railroads. It is alleged that the Southern Rail way controls all the other defendants. Penalties amounting to about $20.- 000,000, In addition to the $40,000.1)00 asked In the original bill, are asked for violation of the Mississippi ant* trust law. r +•+ +•*!• +•+ +•+ t- She Pours Out Her Soul in Song Holy Catholic’ Stays In Methodist Creed In Response to Governor’s Proc” lamation Churches to Help Stamp Out the Disease. PRETTY GIRLS TO SELL SEALS Mrs, Willett Chairman of Great Stamp - Selling Campaign Which Will Start Monday., Miss Ramona Borden, daughter of multi-millionaire milkman, whose early life was saddened by the separation of her parents, and who disappeared from a sanitarium early this year, has found a home and happiness among friends in California. MONTGOMERY, Dec. The Ala- bama Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, to-day voted against the proposition to elim inate the words “holy catholic church” from the Methodist creed. Those in favor of the proposition fought to substitute the words, "Church of God,” in place of "holy catholic.” Five additional clerical delegates to the general conference at Oklaho ma City in May, were named to-day. Mrs. E. D. Thames, of Greensboro, head of the school improvement de partment of the church, delivered an address in favor of compulsory edu cation. In practically every church in At lanta thic mor.iing sermons or talks will make by *he pastors in observ ance of Tubeicuh sis Sunday. In response to Governor Slaton’s proclamation on this subject and to the fine campaign work of Mrs. H. H. Hale and her committee on plans, It Is believed that every minister In the city will respond generously to the re quest. Mrs. Hale and her committee have made the direct request of all minis ters to make talks to their congrega tions on prevention and kindred sub jects. Nothing will he said to offend anyone. In addition to the ministers, the superintendents of Sunday schools Girl Ushers Only at Suffragette Wedding UD'-jaGO, Dec. 6.—"The suffrage wedding” was introduced at the mar riage service of Miss Frances Golds worthy to Dr. William S. Ttmblin in Windsor Park Memorial Baptist Church. In planning the personnel of her bridal party, Miss Goldsworthy put forward the resolution: "Be it Re solved, That girls make better ush ers than men." Affirmative, asserted by the bride; negfnive—more or less —by the bridegroom. ? So ten young women members of Delt^ Beta Phi ushered to their seats the some 200 guests at the Timblln Goldsworthy wedding. and la.ter In the day congregate on Broughton street for a one-night Mardi Gras. Secretary Daniels, of the Navy De partment, announced that he would send two gunboats to the city for the celebration. Plans are being made to entertain the men and officers. Policy, acting through patriotic or- i i'/ 1 J! ,Za ^ ons » P r ess. or by whatev- | r ; e '/ n ‘ s a knowledge of the naval needs I *• nation may be brought home 1 ^ oe people of the country, with the " amn * and reasons for them.” Woman Peacemaker Interferes; Is Shot SPRING CITY, TENN., Dec. 6.— Mrs. Callie Wheeler, aged 67 years, mother of W. E. Whe3ler, of Ch tta- nooga, Superintendent of Terminals of the Queen and Crescent Railway, was shot when she intervened be tween Bob Elliott and his father, S. A. Elliott. The former attempted to enter the room where his father was sitting and when Mrs. Wheeler, who was vis iting there, closed the door he shot through it. \ ‘Wes’ Edwards, Feud Leader, Seriously Ill RICHMOND, VA„ Dec. 6.—Suffer ing from tuberi losis, 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 1 the prison shoe shop. Boys Quit Smoking To Save Schoolmate COFFEYVTLLE, 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 appealing for leniency, Probate Judge Osborn consented to give Robert another chance. ndt the slightest sensation of pain. This demonstration by Dr. Fitzger ald was 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 demonstrated 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 teinds of an expert. It is sometimes said deaths were caused by operations, when a stricter statement of the truth would be that they were 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 operations, 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 dletown and is recognized as a leading specialist of the State 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. He is an associate member of the New York Academy of Medicine and a frequent contributor to professional magazines. Savannah Girls to Have Suffrage Club SAVANNAH, Dec. 6—Mrs. S. B. C. Morgan, one of the pioneer clubwom en in the State, is planning to or ganize the working girls of Savannah into classes along the line of work conducted by Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont in New York, in the interest of votes for women. Recently Mrs Morgan was in New the guest of Mrs Chapman Catt. Real ‘Sticky’ Party Given by Bachelor FO#T VALLEY, Dec. 6.—Illustrat ing Fort Valley’s predilection to tear off stunts unheard of before and un- thought of by residents of any other section was a social affair this week, when John H. Allen, a confirmed bachelor, yet on the sunny side of 50, whose fortune was made from or chards that abound on the 1.200 acres of his ancestral farm, gave a "syrup sopping” party at his colonial home, a few miles east of here. It was unquestionably the "sticks est” social event of this or any other season. The invited guests went out in au tomobiles and w’ere “clingingly” re ceived by the patriarchical host, at the mill, where the cane was being ground and the juice converted into the more detectable and desirable syrup. Dublin Is Sued for $5,000 Plumbing Bill DUBLIN, Dec. 6.—The city of Dub lin and City Plumbing Ispector J. W. Reynolds are both being sued by a plumbing firm to restrain the city from enforcing certain rulings of the plumbing inspector, concerning a j b of plumbing done by the firm, and to recover $5,000 damages from the in spector. Reynolds claims that the work was not done in accordance with the plumbing ordinances of the city, and that the material and work manship were Inferity. The plumb ing company claims that the work is entirely sanitary and the material and workmanship comply with the contract with the customer. Tobacco Crop Slow; Books Get Extension LEXINGTON, KY., Dec. 6.—The United States Treasury Department to-day extended for thirty days the loan of $375,000 made to three Lek- Ington banks from the National Crop Moving fund. The request for the extension was made because the to bacco crop, the principal product of Central and Eastern Kentucky, is be ing moved slowly. By granting this request the Government averted any danger of currency shortage in this section. About 3,000,000 pounds of tobacco will be handled altogether in Kentucky, Louisville havii.g also benefltted from the Government loans. also will make short talks on this subject. The Anti-Tuberculosis As sociation has purchased 50,000 of the double Red Cross emblems, which will be distributed in the churches and Sunday schools to-day by com mittees of young ladles appointed for this purpose. It is the hope of the association to see everyone wearing these emblems of a great work. Negro pastors wll also make talks to their congregations, many of them having expressed that intention. Thermometer Shows Sales. Yesterday the big 40-foot ther mometer was erected in front of Folsom’s Hotel In Marietta street, near Five Points, and here every day will be shown the rising tide of Red Cross Christmas Seal sales. Plans have been perfected to dispose of one million seals here this year, and everyone believes It will be done. The business women’s committee, under Mrs. John O. Bagwell, assist ed by Miss Genevieve Saunders, is al ready doing excellent work in selling the seals in office buildings and stores. The big whirlwind campaign opens next Wednesday, and from that time right through to the day before Christmas the streets will be filled with attractive women selling the stamps. Mrs. Willett Completes Plans. Mrs. Hugh M. Willett, general chairman of the volunteer workers, has about completed all of fyer cam paign plans. She has entered into the work with enthusiasm, which she has communicated to others, and no such campaign ever has been seen here before. Mrs. Willett will name fifteen chair men, one for each day between De cember 10 and 24. She has named eleven of these chairman, and is anx ious to secure four more willing to undertake the work. Chairmen will have entire charge of the organiza tion and distribution of their work ing forces. Each may name as many workers as they deem necessary. Debutantes to Aid. Some of the most charming debu tants and matrons of Atlanta already have signified their willingness to serve, and it will certainly be a crusty man who can run the gauntlet without buying day by day. Booths will also be erected In the postoffice, the Terminal Station and perhaps other points, where the stamps will be sold. Wednesday, December 24, has been set aside as "Boy Scouts’ Day,” and a large number of these alert young sters will wind up the campaign in great style. The boys also have sig nified their willingness to help in any other way possible. The association feels confident that Atlanta will set another new record by buying a million Red Cross Christ mas Seals. Child Found in Boston Hotel After Strange Dis appearance Now Enjoys California Sunshine. LOS ANGEI.ES, Dec. 6.—Life Is nothing hut song ana sunshine for Ramona Borden, the "Door little rich girl,” whose wish for love and a home has been gratified. Miss Borden is the daughter of Gail Borden, the multi-millionaire of con densed milk fame, whose sensational disappearance in New York last April was the talk of the country for weeks. "The poor little rich girl,” as her friends used to call her, after an ab sence of ten days, was found in the Hotel Vendome. in Boston, in com pany with Mrs. William J. White, wdfe of the millionaire chewing gum man ufacturer, and Mrs. Marian A. Backe, of Brooklyn. The women explained at the time that they had felt sorry for Ramona because of the dull life she had led, and. Interesting themselves in her welfare, had planned to make her life a happier one. Her father and mother had sepa rated some months before the girl’s disappearance, and she was placed in a private sanitarium in Pompton I^ake, N. J. flhe disappeared from there In an automobile with two women, who were later found to be Mrs. White and Mrs. Backe. Private detectives, engaged by the father, traced them to the Boston hotel, where Mrs. White turned the daugh ter over to her father. Some weeks later she left New York quietly for Los Angeles and remained there for some time with her mother. A month or two ago she went to live with friends, and it was on a visit to Ijos Angeles that she announced her self as the "happiest girl In the world.” "What I wanted moat of all,” she told her friend, "was a home. Now I have one and I am happy. I am hav ing a real good time, spending most of my time out in the open.” Then she offered the following mes sage to girls In a similar position who plan to run away: "If I could say anything to other girls because of my experience I would advise them not to leave home. I could never be so unhappy without riches as I was without a home.” PLUNGERS ‘Twilight of Wall Street’ Is What Some Observers Call Present Dullness, Which Brings Wolf Close to the Brokers’ Doors. Retired Merchants and Everyone Else With Money Refuse Now to Play Other Man’s Game. Exchange Members Sell Autos. Wife Gets Her Child Until Court Acts MERIDIAN. MISS., Dec. 6.—Mrs. A. P. Miles, a prominent woman, who became hysterical in Chancery Court Thursday and threatened to Kill her self when the court gave their infant child to her husband, has again been given the custody of the infant by furnishing bond until the Supreme Court passes on the case. Postal Takes Appeal InSuit for $1,000,000 BULFPORT, MISS., Dec. An appeal is being prepared by attor neys for the Pqsta! Telegraph Com pany in its $1,000,000 suit against the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad, the lower courts having decided the case in favor of the road. The suit is the outgrowth of the Postal's contention for lines along the railroad’s rjght of way. The railroad tore down poles and wires of the telegraph company. NEW YORK, Dec. It is the Twilight of ,Wall Street. The dar ing and spectacular plunger is gone forever. The public is apathetic to ward stock speculation. One of the most picturesque elements in our public life is passing. These are some of the conclusions drawn from the duilnese on the New York Stock Ex change, the failure of brokers to make a living, the dry rot. ’’It was not so tn the olden days.” Way back in the Black Friday era, Jay Gould or Jim Flske wouldn’t hes itate at all to appear In the public share mart and flay the opposing crowd of either bulls or bears with the utmost freedom. Everybody knew what they were about, and nobody thought of complaining in the sense of considering their faults as of a public character. Everyone Took Chance. Later came the great speculative eras of our national life, when a “million share day” was considered nothing, when doctora and lawyers and merchants gambled in stocks from every hamlet, when the little speculators were myriad and the big speculators were aa fierce if slightly more cautious, than in the seventeis. Harrtman flinging railroads into' the gambling pit, John W. Gates and other men of his type leading spec ulative campaigns which netted them . tens of millions, foxy old James R. Keene, engineering pools—for many years the American people stood for them and simply laughed. Then the great outcries began. They’ve never led to the actual gov ernmental reformation or abolition of the Stock Exchange, but they seem to have put It almost hors de com bat simply by the force of public opinion. "Nobody's buying!” the brokers cry. / We never sell anybody from up town," complain the hungry-eyed ones, meaning that the > merchants who accumulate fortunes no longer follow the custom of retiring, seat ing themselves next the ticker, and proceeding gradually to turn their hard-earned wealth over to the men of stocks and bonds. The "men from uptown” are coming to realize that this Is the brokeTs game—not theira And the broker Is selling his auto mobile. He’s no longer known as the “wine buyer,” He’s no longer known as the patron saint of the chorus lady. Too Much Machinery, The floor of the exchange these days resembles the lounging room of a clubhouse. The exchange is a club in reality. Will it become one in name? Will it turn Into a mere social or ganization, with traditions of busi ness? Hardly, because there are more se curities to be traded In each year. There must be a public auction room where they can change hands. The trouble Just at present is the broker age machinery is too big for its pur poses. It is built on a scale to handle great speculations and little specula tions, and when it has to come down to calm and peaceful transfers, It is like a sightseeing automobile carry ing a single passenger. There is n» profit. Disregarding Jury, Judge Gives Penalty TIFTON, Dec. Judge W. R Thomas in Tift Superior Court dis regarded the jury’s recommendation that Carson Taylor, charged with as sault with intent to murder, be pun ished for a misdemeanor. He called attention to Taylor’s reputation and gave him five years’ imprisonment, without the alternative of paying a fine. Carson Taylor, his brother, James D. Taylor, and Allen F. Dorman were indicted by the Grand Jury this week for assault with Intent to murder Town Marshal T. F. Powell, of Ome ga, on the night of November 11. Carson Taylor, who was tried first, pleaded self-defense.