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• nr, rt 1 in * jij\/itvri.zYi> jinn l\ r, >i o. 12 F i 1 Suffrage Club Praises Georgian MACON. <iA . Dim* 17.—At the meeting of the Macon Woman’s Suffrage Association y<‘8- t<T<la\ afternoon. The Atlanta Georgian was heartily and unanimously commended for its stand • oAV AaaAH, Dec. It.—The Lsipp- On 6QUftl NufTraK* - man Building, one of the oldest in the . „ . . Tt . , Ll , . . , . . , ; city, in in asheM to-day from a fire Tin* support of tin* caiiso by Tin* Georgian and Hearst s Sunday American was declared to be ; whlch burnetJ throughout the night. n distinct cnoonrairomnnl to those women of the South who are interested in tin* votes for women a revised list of the lose** did not , bring the figure below $100,000, the movement. • underwriters eHtimate. The losses fol Car of Whisky Adds Fuel to a $100,000 Blaze at Savannah T IE E “Gyp the Blood” and Confeder ates Deny Conspiracy in Plea on Appeal. ALBANY. N. V . Dei 17 —Tiir ap- peal of the four gunmen now in Sing Sing awaiting death for the murder of Herman Rosenthal in New York City on July 16, 1912, was heard in the Court of Appeal.- to-day The convicted men are Jacob Seidensh- ner, alias “Whitey Louis;" Frank Cirofloo, alias “Dago Frank;” LouUi Rosenberg, alias "Lefty Louie,*’ and Harry Horowitz, alias "Gyp the Blood.” It was the prosecution's the ory that Rosenthal's death was a re sult of a conspiracy between former Policy Lieutenant Charles Becker and the gamblers who turned State’s evi dence, and the gunmen. Judge A. T. Clearwater, of Kings ton, who prepared the appeal for the gunmen, mad#* emphatic denial of any conspiracy. Judge Clearwater traced the history of Rose, Welter, Vallon and Schepps, and said they had al ways been engaged in a business prohibited by law. II#* held the ver dict was against the weight of evi dence and the admission of Roses testimony of conversations and trans actions with Becker, Weber and Yal- lon, all in the absence of the convict ed gunmen, was error Assistant District Attorney Robert c. Taylor upheld the conviction of the gunmen and swept aside the claims made in behalf of the convicted men. Money Needed for Poor's Xmas Dinner A falling off in Christmas contribu tions and an increase in the number of needy families to be supplied with holiday cheer is the perplexing situa tion that confronts the Atlanta bar racks of the Ha I vat ion Army, accord ing to a statement Wednesday by Brigadier General A. W. Crawford. Mr Crawford feared that the army would be forced to borrow money In order properly to take cans of the families it has investigated. The annual distribution of Christ mas baskets will be made from the army headquarters, No. 29 J-2 Mari etta street, Christmas Eve. The day ;*fter Christmas there will be a Christmas tree for the poor children of the city at the same address. Power of Mayor Partly Restored MACON, Dec 17. The mayor's ap pointing power, which was taken away Iron* him last week, was partially re stored by Council last night when his veto of an ordinance transferring this power, was sustained. Of the eight members of council who voted last week to shear the mayor one weakened last night, which enabled the veto to stand. A new arrangement was devise#! whereby the policemen and firemen shall be selected by a special committee of five, flies#* selections t#> be appointed by the mayor, subject to confirmation the entire council. Judge Bars Door to Suffrage Literature SAVANNAH, I >e< 17. rtince Judge Samuel Adams, whose daughter, Mlsa Deborah Adams. 1« an ardent suffra gette, published his card opposing wo man su/frag#*. he has a collection of llt- erature that would do any suffrage leader In th#* country proud Every young society woman in the city, who is a suffragette, has sent him articles from th#* pen of the principal suffra gette leaders. A great many <>f them have been sent by special messenger from the homes of Judge Adams' neighbors and it has vexed him bo that he has given his butler instructions to receive no more. Forbid All Bequests, Is Plan of Babson BOSTON, Dec. 17.—“Revolution Im pends unless the world is regenerated,” declared Roger W. Babson, noted statistician, before the Twentieth Cen tury Club. Ills remedy is to forbid all bequests to Individuals, all property ac cumulations to be used In starting young men and women in life and sup porting them until voting age. Il<- declared himself opposed to So cialism. GIRLDECLARESSHE DIDIFT THY SUICIDE Miss Elsie Ball, Found Uncon scious in Bath, Thinks Druggist Gave Wrong Medicine. Suffrage Discussion Barred in Household SAVANNAH, He. 17 The . pposite vleWs of Henry Cut nii.gnam. ;< distin guished Jurist, and bis daughter. Miss Sarah Cunningham, on the suffrage question, have reached such a heated point that the subject has been for bidden in the home, according to a re port in social circles here In a recent argument the elder mem ber of the family became s## heated that it was feared 1# would suffer a stroke of apoplexy and the subject was subsequently barred. Wants State Primary For Alabama April 6 MOBILE, Dec. 17.—Tyler-Goodwln, chairman of the Alabama State Demo cratic committee, now favors April 6 for the State primary. He also sug gests thaf nominees for long and short terms in the United States Senate be selected at that time an#l plurality vote d**clde all conests. <lolng away with the doub e primary. A move is to be inaugurated to have the next 1 «egtsluture fix a permanent time for holding State primaries. Opera Stars to Sing For Chicago Children CHICAGO, Dec. 17.—Five mem bers of the Chicago Grand Opera Company will sing $f>,500 wofth of songs at the celebration at the mu nicipal Christmas tree in Grant Park on Christmas Eve This is the amount they would re ceive if each sang one song in a the ater. Poisons Self Because Of Brother's Suicide LEXINGTON, KY , Dec 17—Miss Mollie Taylor, aged 40, who soaked match head s in water and drank th# mixture, is dead to-day at Cuba Two weeks ago Miss Tay’or’s brother John Taylor, killed his wife and th< u committed suicide Sorrow over this caused the sister's deed Miss Elsie Ball, recovering in Grady Hospital Wednesday from a myste rious illness, denied emphatically that an attempt at suicide had been re sponsible for her being found uncon scious in the bathroom at her room ing place, No. 41 East Cain street, shortly after midnight. Miss Ball is about 20 years old and a stenographer for a local newspaper. She explained that she had been feel ing 111 during the day and that before retiring had purchased some calomel at a Peachtree pharmacy and taken five grains of it. The next thing she knew, she derlared, she was in Grady H ospital. Miss Ball had complained of not feeling well to others in the house. When she had remained in the bath room for an exceptionally long time they became alarmed. There was no response to their calls and they Anal ly broke in the door and found her on the floor. One of the roomers said that he had heard a fall a few minutes be fore The young woman was hurried to Grady Hospital. The physicians, While baffled as to the cause of her ^condition, were able after some time to bring her back to consciousness. "That’s all nonsense about my try ing suicide,'' she exclaimed when seen Wednesday. "I haven’t anything to kill myself for. I don’t know* what caused my Illness. It might have been that a mistake was made In giv ing me the -calomel tablets. They might have contained some other drug.” FIRE DESTROYS TOWN. BERLIN, MICH., .Dec. 17.—Only two business houses are left standing here to-day, following a Are that did $40,000 damage* last night. WHEELER5S CAVALRY DINES. Covers for 60 will be labl Thursday night in the J’tn#> room of th#- Hotel I Ansley. when t! survivors of Wheel er s cavalry w. l uoul their annua dinner and election of officers low: H. * Brinkman, building, $40,000 insurance, $36,000; Nicholas Lang, gr<> eery, $10,000, insurance. I1L.5O0; Selif, lire wn, dry goods, $7,COO, little insur an it; Grand Union lea Company, $25, 000, little insurance; Samuel Bernstein china, $10,CC'j, half insured; Harry Gra ham, grocery, $6,000. half insure#]. A carload of whisky in th«* basement of the Lang grocery, according to Fire Chief George Munroe. which burned liw< oil, made it impossible to control the fire. VETERAN POLICEMAN DIES. Plans were made Wednesday for the funeral of Abraham E. Willey, veteran patrolman on the Atlanta force, who ! <*ie#l Tuesday night at his home. 41 j K rtress avenue, after an illness of ten days. He is survived by his wife. Dr. M. Z, Crist Elected Secre tary of No. 90 for the Nine teenth Term. Guy Thurman was elected wor shipful master of Georgia Lodge, No. 9*;, F. & A. M., one of the oldest Ma sonic organization In the city, at thi annual meeting Tuesday night in the banquet hall of the Masonic Temple. He succeeds Thomas A. Clayton. Dr. M. 2. Crist was chosen secretary of the lodge for the nineteenth consecu tive term. Other new officers are: Senior war den, William F. Slaton, Jr.; Junior warden, J. N. G. Nesbit; treasurer, Hugh L. McKee; senior deacon. Thomas J. Day; junior deacon, L. H. Edmondson; senior steward, R D. Guinn; junior steward, C. S. Culver; chaplain. Fred J. Cooledge, Jr.; tylcr, W. A. Gheesling; Anance committee, W. H. Patterson, chairman, A. P. Tripod and C. B. Howard; member of board of Joint relief, Dr. Amos Fox. The new officers were installed by Past Master George T. Eubanks, act ing as grand master, and David E. Ashby, acting as grand marshal. Following the election and Installa tion of officers a banquet was served to 200 members of the lodge. Dur ing the feast the retiring worshipful master was presented with a gold watch, engraved with the insignia of the office. The presentation was made by Part Ifaito r Judge w. W. Tindall. Several short addresses were made, among them speeches by the two old est past masters in the State, A. S. Elehberg. who held the post in 1885, and Walter S. Larendon, who served in 1888. Warship Is Held at Port by Smallpox WASHINGTON, Deo. 17.—Because of the presence of two cases of small pox on board the American warship Ohio at Guantanamo, Cuba, orders were issued to-day by the Navy De partment for the battleship to re main at that port until all danger of an epidemic is averted. New Puzzler Put To General Nash ‘ By Capitol Caller J. VanHolt Nash, State Adjutai, General, was confronted with a brann new type of inquiry Wednesday morning. A visitor at the State Capitol, lm\ ing engaged the general in talk re garding martial law at Waynesbov, its administration and withdrawn switched abruptly from military t a tics to the following query: "What do you feed white rabb!'* general ?" The general, slightly surprised, ad mitted that he didn’t feed 'em am thing. "I mean, what do they eat?” the visitor pursued, "Oh, anything, I suppose,” replier the officer. “Anything in the way o' food—hot biscuit, if Southern rabbits small steak, medium—here, you go u to the State Veterinary’* shop," Gen eral Nash concluded, abruptly. "Wha do I know about white rabbits? Or try the Kntomoluglst—he’s the bua expert,” he added, meaningly. Typewriters rented 4 mos. $5 up. Am. Wtg. Mach. Co. Extra Fine Bathrobes and Accessories at Carlton’s Have you seen our wonderful window of luxurious bath accessories? Ladies’ Bathrobe, Slippers, Bath Mat and Couch Cover of imported crash in Dresden de sign $50 Ladies' Imported Silk Knit Sweater and Scarf in old rose $35 Wilton Jellico Coal $5.00 PER TON The Jellico Goal Co. •2 PEACHTREE »T. Atlanta Phone 3668 Bell Phone Ivy 1585 Men's Bathrobes of fine imported material, in ex clusive novelty colors and patterns; slippers to match $5 to $12.50. Men's Lounging - Robes, including those of finest silk or wool imported fabrics; slippers to match—- $4 to $20. Men's House Coats, including many very hand some ones of new Norfolk design—$5 to $12.50. You will also see here a very handsome line of “small clothes” for gifts—silk sox. suspenders, handkerchiefs and ties—in fancy boxes. These may be had at small cost. Carlton Shoe & Clothing Co. 36 Whitehall -L T DIAMONDS The Gift Superb Next to actual money’, Diamonds are accepted as real value. In the Haynes magnificent showing of gem-set jewelry the dominant note is Diamonds Diamond Rings, Diamond Pendants, Diamond La- ValliereK, Diamond Breeches, Diamond Bracelets, Diamond Scarf Pins, Diamond Lockets, Diamond Necklaces, Diamond Studs, Diamond Cuff Links, Diamond-set Watches, Diamond-set Gold Mesh Bags, and a wonderful variety of other exquisite Diamond-set articles. A Perfect Diamond The Perfect Gift When you give Diamonds you are sure that your gift will be acceptable, whether it ousts teos or thousands. One advantage we wish especially to emphasize is the enormous purchases of Diamonds which we made before the re cent increased tariff, enabling us to sup oly our patrons needs at former prevail- ng prices. Eu oe ne V H aynes Co., 49 Whitehall St. $2.00 An elegant flipper in Black anti Tan. $2.00 to $2.50 Seven styles to select from in this Slipper Black and Tan leather. $1.25 V are showing - this Juliette in a \\ (U* variety of colors. m: This is a comforts hie style for Men. Black and Tan. Kid lined, or in Felt $2.00 is an ideal Gift Slipper. Ini- Kid in three styles W E have more than one hundred dif- ierent styles of attrac tive, moderately priced Gift Slippers for men, women and children. May we show them to you tomorrow? Hosiery In special holiday pack ages we’re showing a beautiful assortment of men’s and women’s Hose in gift boxes. .00 The Pair if ;wjm tJ 4+ .riOa $1.50 T •* “F-Z” Slipper in rich felt, "dli moccasin sole, in twelve col- $1.50 Felt Juliettes with ribbon inser tion Black. Gray. Blue and Red have $2.50 Fs ist Somethin* nee \N • * >.n R** and Tan leather* FRED S. STEWART C< >. 25 Whitehall St. $1.50 A nusually rich style, r ith black fur trimming Shown here !" six colors ■*v . c 20% Discount On All Andirons, Fire Fenders and able Grates Christmas Port- F o r 1 here is no more useful or appropriate Christmas gift than Brass, Wrought Iron or Black and Brass Fireplace Goods. This sale takes in our entire stock without reser vation, and at this time is a great boon to Christmas shop pers. We list below the number of each item we have in stock, the stock number, original price and special sale price. You will note that our stock is limited, and you must act promptly. BRASS ANDIRONS, Were 1 Pair No. 722 $35.00 1 Pair No. 745i/ 2 29.00 2 Pair No. 737i/„ 27.50 1 Pair No. 680 24.00 1 Pair No. 648i/ 2 13.00 2 Pair No. 715i/ 2 12.50 2 Pair No. 663*/, 11.00 2 Pair No 404 10.00 1 Pair No. 750i/> 10 00 1 Pair No. 720y 2 8.00 6 Pair No. 26 6.50 BRASS FIRE SETS. 1 Only No. 24 $24.00 1 Only No. 175 20.00 1 Only No. 176 20.00 2 Only No. 1 11.00 1 Only No. 78 11.00 1 Only No. 106 11.00 2 Only No. 103 11.00 1 Only No. 317 9.50 1 Only No. 273 8.50 1 Only No. 320 8.50 1 Only P. 103 8.00 BRASS COAL HODS. Were 8 Only Brush Brass Hods $8.00 3 Only Black and Brass Trim mings 8.50 3 Only Black and Brass Trim mings 8.00 Now $28.00 23.20 22.00 19.20 10.40 10.00 8.80 8.00 8 00 6.40 5.20 Now $19.20 16.00 16.00 8.80 8.80 8.80 8.80 7.60 6.80 6.80 6.40 Now $6.40 6.80 6.40 WROUGHT IRON ANDIRONS. Were Now 1 Pair No. 310 $18.00 $14.40 2 Pair No. 423 14.00 11.20 2 Pair No. 437 17.00 13.60 2 Pair No. 432 13.50 10.80 2 Pair No. 433 11.00 8.80 1 Pair No. 4 25.00 20.00 BRASS FENDERS. Were 1 Only No. 28... $16.00 1 Only No. 96 15.00 1 Only No. 68 15.00 1 Only No. 67 14.00 2 Only No. 11 10.00 2 Only No. 4—Black & Brass 17.50 1 Only No. 1 12.00 PORTABLE GRATES. 2 Only, 24 inches, No. 183., 2 Only, 26 inches, No. 166.. 2 Only, 26 inches, No. 167. 1 Only, 20 inches, No. 161.. 1 Only, 24 inches, No. 100. . 2 Only, 20 inches, No. 162.. 3 Only, 18 inches, Atlanta. 3 Only, 20 inches, Atlanta. ■fk A NEW LINE OF TOYS JUST OPENED UP A full stock of Dolls, Horns and Mechanical Toys just put on sale. Noth ing picked over o rshopworn in the lot. We invite your inspection of oui stock. EXTRA SPECIALS IN SILVERWARE Dessert Knives and Forks in Community Silver Re liance Plate at Actual Cost Solid Handle Knives, Regular $2.50, Cost $1.65 (Set 6). Hollow Handle Knives, Regular $5.00, Cost $3.25 (Set 6). Solid Handle Forks, Regular $2.00, Cost $1.23 (Set 6). SILVER SETS We have the most complete and hand some stock of Silverware to be found any where in Atlanta, and the prices are as at tractive as the goods are beautiful and serviceable. Sets of Quadruple Plate that will last a lifetime, from $4.50 to $15 Genuine Sheffield, in latest designs, $25 to $40 OPEN UNTIL EIGHT EVERY EVENING KING HARDWARE CO. 53 Peachtree St,