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DID YOU KNOW your feet weigh more WHEN YOU ARE ASLEEP? That's Only One of a Hundred Interesting Things Revealed in NEXT SUNDAY’S AMERICAN The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results VOL. XII. NO. 120. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1913. By Copyright. 1906 r The Georgian Co. 2 CENTS, 'iiohr 0 FINAL* GOSSIPERS ARE PUNISHED BY SCHOOL HEAD Frolic With Tech Boys To-night and Help Xmas Fund Board Orders Mayson District Term Reopened—Buggy Rides Started Gossip. Residents of the Mayson School District are enduring a closed school- use and are up in arms against Fulton County Superintendent of .Si ools E. C, Merry on account of • losing qf their school because o? alleged gossip. Several da vs ago parents were sur. rised to have their children return from school with the statement that h 1 teacher was gone. They did not wait long in ignorance. D. W. Will- ngham. a leader of the Chattahoochee River community, came to them with a letter of explanation from Superin tendent Merry. It recited that two teachers had < ome to him and resigned because the arents of their pupils talked about \em, and, what was more surprising to the members of the community, added: "On account of the long and slan derous tongues of some members of ihe ' 'immunity the school is ordered closed.” Known as Letter Writer. Superintendent Merry had already gained fame as a letter writer by a * • ommunication recently published in The Messenger, an organ of Park Street Methodist Church, in which re riticiaed the heads of the church for arbitrarily” changing Dr. S. R. Belk tr im that charge to presiding elder of the Gainesville District. That caused him trouble, but it didn't arouse half (he indignation the school letter did. The residents of the Mayson Dts- :rict swooped down on the County Board of Education Thursday and demanded an explanation. Superin tendent Merry’s letter vas read to the board. It caused mingled laughter and anger. The Mayson District people be ared tha such a letter was a reflec- ion on them. How Gossip Began. When the board heard the case, it developed that Miss Myrtle Fain and Miss Fronla Brooks, the two teach er*, had complained to Superinten dent Merry that certain persons in the community were slandering them. One of the young women had to go wo miles from her boarding house to the school. Because a kindly dis posed neighbor of the opposite took her to the school in a bugb7 the young ’woman said the people , began to talk. The other young woman said the slander against her had a similar foundation. They both resigned. The board decided that an Indict ment could not be brought against a wii'.ie community, and that the school - old be reopened January 1. The gossip W as branded as all slander and false. All Settled, Says Merry. "It was just a lot of women’s gos- S; P." said Superintendent Merry. “It *- s all settled now, and I don’t see G.ny reason for saying anything about * in the papers. We couldn’t very well accuse the * h .le community of circulating the ■•t'brous stories about the two Joung women. We did the next best ^ ^ ng and closed the school so as to | ^ Pline the persons who had been rpp P'-'nsible for the lies. The young * men who are teaching have got to - Protected. * he school board met and found *bat there was jnothing to investi- fatr- ?0 f ar ag the yqung women were c ineemed. It was the gossiping wom- fri u 'ho were to blame. Because one 1 '* young women had two miles to * ‘ school and a man of the com- m r ky took her in his buggy, the ’ - started wagging. Before it, " irough there were all sorts of; gjip* ’ * ' in circulation and there was | It’s ready! A whirlwind of laughter *nd fun ' is awaiting you at the Grand The- ! ater Friday night when the Tech boys give their annual dramatic performance. The curtain will be raised promptly at 8:30 o’clock. Everyone in Atlanta who is in sympathy with the Empty Stock ing Fund—and that’s everybody— should go to this show. One-quar ter of the proceeds will be donated to the fund. After the show there will be a dance at Segadlo’s Hall. A small admission will be charged to fill the empty stockings. Help the little ones to a merry Christmas, and have a good time your3elf by taking in these events. ACT VETOED AT CHARLESTON. Urges Public Hearing of Protests Before Council Again Acts on Measure. The City Smoke strengthen the Board's plan to smoke ordinance In Atlanta Main Point In Chicagoans’ Tour Of Southern States W. H. Johnson, commercial agent in Atlanta for the Nashville, Chatta nooga and St. Louis Railroad, Friday received notification from the head offices of the road that the trade ex- tcT sion committee of the Chicago Chamber of Commerce is completing arrangements for a trip through the States of the Southeast in January and that Atlanta will be included In the. itinerary. A special train will carry the Chi cagoans on the tour, which isj expect ed to have far-reaching commercial results. Several hundred industrial concerns will be represented. Mr. Johnson called the attention of W. H. Leahy, secretary of the indus trial and statistical bureau, to the approaching invasion of Chicago merchants and manufacturers, and Mr Leahy immediately communicated with Mell R. Wilkinson, incoming president of the Chamber of Com merce, suggesting that a formal invi tation be extended to the Chicagoans. Corporation Loses Fight to Limit Suits In a number of cases decided by the Supreme Court Friday, involving the Central Power Company, of Ma con, and various litigants, the court held that where a power company op erates through its lines, dams and at tachments in various counties it is not necessary for parties moving for dam ages to proceed to the county in which the company is located at headquar ters for the purposes of suit. Suit may be brought in any county in which the alleged damages arise. The Central Power Company has held to the view that it could be sued only at headquarters. Bill Calls for New Georgia Judgeship WASHINGTON. Dec. 19.—A bill io create an additional district ji*ig-p for Georgia was introduced in the House to-day by Congressman Edwards, of the First Georgia District, who wants to relieve the congestion of business in the Northern and Southern Dis tricts. Tlie bill provides that the new judge shall reside at Savannah and shall hold the district courts of the Eastern Division of the Southern Dis trict of Georgia, and may be assigned to preside In any other division of either district In the State. Owes $778,877; Has $100: Promoter Fails BOSTON, Dec. 19.—Colonel Isaac VanHorn, a Boston promoter, hav ing a handsome summer home at Holderness, N. H , has on file a bank ruptcy petition giving his liabilities at $778,877 and his assets as $100. yuan would be dictator. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PEKIN, Dec. 19.—President Yuan Shih-K'ai to-day issued a mandate suggesting the definite termination of the Chinese Parliament. Dissolu tion of Parliament would place Yuan Shih-K’ai in the position of dictator, ing to •‘p the movement to abate the smoke nuisance in Atlanta was referred back to Council for more deliberate consideration by the veto of Mayor Woodward Friday. His action was taken at the behest of a large num ber of citizens who called to register their protest. The present law is that no furnace shall be permitted to emit black smoke for mere than twelve mtnutee to the hour. The law proposed by the Smoke Board and passed by Council reduces that limit to six minutes to the hour and Includes all residences with as much as a thousand feet ra diation within the jurisdiction of the law. After .Mayor Woodward had heard Smoke Inspector Poole and Chairman R. M. Harwell, of the Smoke Hoard, outline the reasons why it was nec essary to strengthen the law and the owners of the smoke producers had insisted that it fvould work a hard ship on them, he said: Wants Public Hearing. "I think the movement to reduce the smoke evil in Atlanta is a good thing, but I don't want to work any hardship on the industrial interests. t “I want you to understand that you must not take my veto of this meas ure as a disapproval. The law is not intended to go into effect until April, and I understand that you were not elven an opportunity of a public hear ing. Therefore, I will send It back to Council for a public-hearing before its repassage." Of the 30 or 40 men present In spector Poole said he thought all of them had complied with the twelve- minute law-. There were manufac turers, office building owners, hotel men, but most conspicuous w-ere the laundrymen. Someone Jokingly re marked that the meeting looked like a laundrymen’s conspiracy to keep smoke circulating. Among those present were Attorney Ed Meyer, W. F. Wineooff, E. G. Grif fin, of the Bell Laundry; E. H. Wil son. of the Troy Laundry; W J. Stoddard. George H. Eauss, of the Capital City Laundry: Councilman C. D. Knight, of the Piedmont Laundry; A. H. Harris, of the Atlanta Paper Company; Julian Boehn, Charles Wynn and J. F. Letton. They declared that they had been put to great expense to comply with the twelve-minute law and now a year later it was demanded that they must live up to a law just twice as strict. No Added Expense. "I want to say that no one who had made proper provisions to comply with the twelve-minute law will be put to any expense to meet the six- minute law," said Inspector Poole ‘‘The reason for this law is that in many cases I find that through care less firing plants are making smoke nine and ten minutes to the hour. There is no reason why this should not be reduced to six minutes to the hour.” Inspector Poole said that he exer cised discretion in making cases. Mayor Woodward questioned his right to exercise any auch discretion. “When the law Is being violated, it is up to you to make a case," said the Mayor. “Another thing I want to say, gen tlemen, is that so long as the city schoolhouses and other municipal buildings are violating the law I am reluctant to demand that you obey It." All present agreed that the smoke nuisance still was very bad in At lanta, and they expressed a desire to co-operate in reducing it. "I want you to understand this per fectly," said Chairman Harwell. “You can’t co-joperate unless you are will- end a little money.” FIRST—Five and one-half fur- longB: Cliff Maid 103 (Turner), 11-5, 7- 10, 1-3, won; Kettle Drum 106 (Con nolly), 4, 2, even, second; Dick’s Pet 100 (McTaggart), 8, 3, 7-5, third. Time 1:10 1-5. Also ran: Sir Caledore, Belle of Normandy, Peacock. Steliata SECOND—Five and one-half fur longs: Flatbush 99 (McTaggart), 5, 8- 5, 7-10, won; Bulgarian 100 (Mur phy), 4, 7-5, 7-10, second; No Man ager 104 (Nathan), 12, 5 5-2, third. Time 1:09 3-5. Also ran: Roger Gor don, Rocnlr, Woodrow, Belle Torre. THIRD—Mile and a quarter: Out- lan 101 (Ward), 7, 6-2, 4-5, won: Ja bot 110 (McTaggart), 11-5, 11-10, 3-5, second: Earl of Savoy 105 (Turner), 16, 6, 2, third. Time 2:11. Also ran: EJla Crane, Spindle, Dynamite, and Charles F. Grainger. FOURTH—Seven furlongs: Celesta 104 (Goose), 12-5, 9-20, 1-6, won; Shackieton 112 (Glass), 13-20, 1-8, 1-15, second; Armor 107 (Ferguson), 100, 25, 4, third. Time 1:29 3-5. Also ran: Cracker Box, Star Bottle Ta Nun Da. FIFTH—Six furlongs: Sherlock Holmes 115 (Byrne), 11-5, even, 3-5, won; Prince Chap 115 (Goose), 5, 5-2, 6-5, second; Early Light 107 (De- tronde), 9, 7-2, 2, third. Time 1:16 4-5. Also ran: Dr. Jackson, Stentor, Bat- (wa. Snowflakes, Captain Jinks, Lady Orimar. La Sainrella, Mad River, Union Jack. Margerum. SIXTH—Mile: Sir Denrah 112 (Doyle), 11-5, even, 1-2, won; Reno 104 (McCahey), 9, 4, 2, second; Schal. ler 104 (Callahan), 7, 5-2, 6-5, third. Time 1:44 3-5. Also ran: Moisant, Ada, Beachsand, Monkey, Pikes Peak, Deerfoot, Hagman, Port Arlington, Judge Monck. WASHINGTON, Dec 19.— The | Owen substitute for the House cur rency bill was adopted in committee of the whole of the Senate to-day. NEW YORK, Deo. 19.—With a cer tified oheck for $15,000, President Charles H. Ebbets, of the Brooklyn club, to-day left for Cincinnati hoping to induce the Cincinnati club direc tors to change their minds and turn Joe Tinker over to the Brooklyn I club. NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—Summoned by wireless, the revenue cutter Itasca J and several tugs are rushing to the| aid of the crew of eight men aboard the schooner John R. Wooley which went on the rocks off Gardners island j at the entrance to Long Island Sound j soon after noon. Solicitor’s Statement as to Time Slip Taken From Factory Is Vigorously Assailed. AT JUAREZ. FIRST—Five and one-half fur longs: Prospero Boy 98 (Gentry), , 8-5, 4-5, Won; Hykl 98 (Neylon), 7-5, 2-5, out, second; Tlgelia 96 (Phillips). 20, 8, 4, third. Time 1:18. Also ran: Ida Cook, Ajax. Christmas Eve, Hat- 1 if Mo., Meshach. SECOND—Six furlongs: Ave 90 (Haynes), 3, even, 2-6, won; Rioja 115 (Claver), 7, 5-2, even, second; Frank Wooden 110, (Gross), 9-5, 3-5, 1-3, third. Also ran: Oscuro, Gold Dust. THIRD—Six furlongs: No Quarter 110 (Booker), 5. 7-5, 3-5, won; Oordie F. 100 (Dlshman), 15, 6, 5-2, second; Eye White 115 (Hill), 8-5, 2-5, 1-5, third. Time 1:22 3-5. Also ran: Art Rick, Koroni, Swift Sure. Race Entries on Page 15. Chief Construction Engineer of L. & N. Is New N.C.&St.L.Head NASHVILLE. Dec. 19 —John Howe Peyton, chief engineer of construction of the Louisville and Nashville Rail road, was to-day elected president and a director of the Nashville, Chat tanooga and St. Louie Railway, ef fective April 1, 1914, to succeed John W. Thomas, Jr., who died Wednes day. The delay in Mr. Peyton taking of fice Is due to the road’s charter pro vision that a president or director must be a bona fide stockholder for at least 90 days. For the Interim Major E. C. Lewis, chairman of the board, was elected president. Mr. Peyton was elected general manager of the road, effective Janu ary 1 He has been prominent of late in the construction of the now' Lewis- burg and Northern Railroad, a Louis ville and Nashville line, and has been a distant to President Milton H. Smith, of the Ix)uisvilel and Nash ville. He was ulso In charge of much of the construction work on the Louis ville and Nashville line between Car- tersville and Etowah, for the Atlanta- Cincinnati trunk line*. Attorneys for Leo M. Frank an nounced Friday that they were en gaged in the preparation of a supple mental brief, in which they proposed to call to the attention of the Supreme Court of Georgia portions of Solicitor General Dorsey’s argument and brief, which, they assert, are filled with glaring misstatements and misrepre sentations. One of the statements of the Solici tor which the defense is attacking most vigorously In its supplemental brief is in reference to the time slip taken out of the clock by Frank the morning after the murder of Mary Phagan in the National Pencil Fac tory. The Solicitor claimed that this time slip never reached tho hands of the authorities, and that another had bean suhstltued for It with three punches missing in order to throw suspicion on New t Lee, the night watchman. Frank’s counsel insist in the brief they are preparing that this is willful and Inexcusable perversion of the sv- idence, for which there is absolutely no warrant In the record. Point to Trial Testimony. They point to the testlmbny In the trial to bear them out. They contend that everything in the record brands the Solicitor's statement* and Insinu ations on this subject as false and grossly unfair. The evidence, accord ing to their assertions, shows that Frank removed the time slip in the * presence of the officer*, commented on it, marked It ’’April 26, 1913,” and later turned it over to Chief of De tectives Lanford. This same slip was produced by tho prosecution at the trial, they say, with the notation of the date rubbed oat. F*rank was given the slip to explain to the jury in his formal statement. He looked It over and remarked that he had made the notation, but that it had been rubbed out. He did not know' by whom. The slip contained three "skips,” indicating that tho night watchman nad missed punching the clock that number of times. Solicitor Dorsey, at the conclusion of Frank’s stntement.lt Is cited, arose and explained that he had made the erasures, believing them to have been made by the detectives to identify the slip. Dorsey Also to File Brief. There is nothing In any of the tes timony, therefore, Frank’s lawyers contend, to warrant the Solicitors claim that there was a substltutian. The evidence points exactly to the op posite conclusion, It is held Other points in the Solicitor's ar gument are taken up and compared with the brief of evidence to show that there has buen misstatement "r misrepresentation. The supplemental brief will be finished next week, and will be filed w’ith t;»e Clerk of the Su preme Court. Solicitor Dorsey also will be served with a copy. The Solic tor asked the privilege of , filing a supplemental brief, making assertions against the defense similar to those made against him. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—Making of a false statement either verbally or in writing “for the purpose of bring ing on a stringency in the money markets of this country” is made an offense against the Government pun ishable by not less than ten years’ imprisonment and a fine of not less than $5,000 in a bill offered in the House to-day by Representative Church, of California. WASHINGTON. Dec. 19.—The damaged battleship Vermont will ar rive in Hampton Roads early to-mor row under tow by the naval tug Sono ma, according to a wireless dispatch to the Navy Department from the battleship Delaware this afternoon. WASHINGTON Dec. 19.—Senator Newlands this afternoon demanded that another Democratic conference be held on the currency bill to con sider the number of regional reserve b*nks Only ten names are required on a petition for a conference and the opinion wa* expressed that these names would be obtained, thus de laying the vote which President Wil son and the Administration leaders confidently hoped for to-day. * WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—A fine of [ $300 or three months imprisonment, • or both, is the punishment for dis- ! crimination against the uniform for I Uncle Sam wnich Secretary of War Garrison proposed t> Congress to- f day. He would have thi' inflicted ! upon owners of theaters, hotels or common carriers discriminati ag against the army, navy o' marine corps. Aged Man Partly Intoxicated Found in Place—Keeper Denies Selling Whisky. BATON ROUGE, LA., Dec 19 — The whole student body of the Louis iana State University is searching the oity and vicinity for Henry Boyd, son of the preaident of the university, who disappeared Wednesday night. His brother left him in bed and tnat was the last seen of him. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—The I eighth of the series of tho peace f treaties between the United States > and foreign nations was signed by ' Secretary of State Bryan and Senor » Peynardo, Minister from Santo Do mingo to-day. The Dominican treaty : provides that neither of the con- ; tracting parties shall go to war with leach other until the auestions at is- i sue have been submitted to a court i of five members. PEORIA. ILL., Dec. 19.—H M Pindell, President Wilson’s nominee ■s Ambassador to Russia, appeared in the police court this afternoon a* a witness in cases involving the own ership of three disorderly resorts. PindeH's paper has been taking the lead in a vice war. Attorney for the defendant subponaed Pindell. NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—The United States Circuit Court of Appeals de- ; cided to-day that the Waltham Watcn i Company, of Waltham, Mass., could I not force Charles A. Keene, a New ! York jeweler, to stoo selling watches at a price less than that set by the ' manufacturers for domestic trade. MEXICO CITY, Doc. 19.—War Minister Blanquet’s famous regiment, the Twenty - ninth, which has taken part in more active fighting in the past three years than any otner, was sent to-day to drive b*ck the rebels from the Federal District. Two troop trains, carrying 200 soldiers, have left for Cuernavaca to give battle to the Zapatistas. Rebels have entered the city of San Luis Potosi and part of it has been looted. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—So rap idly has the parcel post business grown that practically all of the mil lion dollars appropriated for it for the present fiscal year already has been used. Postmaster General Bur leson informed the House to-day. He asked for another million dollars to run the service until June 30, 1914. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19—J. M. Davis, general manager of the South ern Pacific, who has resigned to be come president of an Eastern rail road, stated to-day that the road was not the Monon. Mr. Davis declined to say with what road he would take service. WASHINGTON. Dec. 19.—An nouncement was made this afternoon by Attorney General McReynolds that Special Assistant James W. Orr had about completed a petition pro- viding for the separation of the Cen tral Pacific Railroad from control by the Union Pacific. Such a suit will be filed by the Department of Justice within a short time. PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 19. — Swarthmore this afternoon accepted the challenge of Haverford for a foot- ! ball contest November 21, 1914, and for the first time in ten vears these famous old-time rivals will meet on What Is considered by the police the most Important capture in the blind tiger crusade was effected Fri day afternoon when detectives m raiding a house at No. 140 Rawson ptreet took Into custody Mrs. Ella Bryant, a pretty young woman, de clared to be the operator of a whole sale dispensary of contraband goods. In the house, which Mrs. Bry.nJ claimed as her home, a great quan tity of liquor was found carefully hid den away. J. I, Flay, an aged man, also was arrested In the raid. Clay, who gave his home at No. 73 DeKalb avenue, was partly Intoxicated. In his cloth ing wa* found a bottle of whisky corresponding to the quality in *„h<3 Bryant ‘house. Three barrels of pint bottles of liquor were found concealed in a closet In the house; also one trunk full and two cases. Several empty liquor barrels were discovered in th- rear of the building. The raid followed the arrest of W. P. Clay, son of J. J. Clay, on Decatur street, Friday shortly after noon. Clay was charged with violating the liquor law r and taken to the police station. From his statements information was gained which led to the arrest of the Bryant woman. Mrs. Bryant declared that the liquor found in her home was for her private consumption. She was locked up on a charge of suspicion The elder Clay also was held. the gridiron. LOS ANGELES. Dec. 19.—Denounc ing the system of education taught by Dr. M*ria Montessorj n* being valueless, Mrs. R. L. Craig, a member of the City Board of Education, to day prevented the expenditure of more fund* to experiment with the system. Supplies needed for promot ing the instruction advocated by the noted Italian woman were denied the schools of Los Angeles by the board. Judge Warns Auto Thieves as He Gives One 6-Month Term CHICAGO. Dec. 19.—A iury In Fed eral Judge Mack's court this afternoon returned a verdict of guilty in the case of Robert Linn, a mining pro moter, charged with using the mails to defraud. The Government alleged that Linn attempted to sell $10,000,- 000 worth of stock in a mine that was valueless. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.— Six-year terms for members of the House of Representatives with a popular recall [ governed by State law in each in stance were proposed by Representa tive Kent, of California, to-day in a joint resolution. President's Critic May Lose His Post Shot in Face on Hunt, Farmer, 32, Is Dead WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—A letter calling President Wilson’s "History of the American People" a "joke," and declaring It “full of torylsm of the worst kind.” may cost George Fred Williams, of Massachusetts, the post of Minister to Greece. Thi* letter, which Williams wrote several years ago to former Senator Pettigrew, of South Dakota, has reached the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and Williams' nomination ia being held up. Hugh V. Hulsey, a farmer, who was accidentally shot while hunting near East Lake Thursday afternoon. died Friday morning at a priv> te sanita rium. He was 32 years eld. The hunter was in the act of leap ing over a rail fence when his shot gun slipped and exploded, tearing away the right side of hia face. CHICAGO, Dec. 19.—Mrs. Alice Davie Sing walked out of Judge Mc Donnell’s court room a free woman this afternoon. Her trial for the murder of Charley Sing, her husband, a wealthy Chinese restaureteur, came to a sudden end when the court di rected the jury to bring in a verdict of not guilty. Judge McDonnell held that the evidence of the State was insufficient. LONDON, Dec. 19.—A woman be lieved to be a suffragette was ar rested to-day while trying to sho past the guards at Buckingham Pal ace. She told the police she wanted to see Queen Mary. The authorities believe, however, that she was trying to got into the reception room where King George was receiving delegates to the international conference on sea safety. PEKIN, Dec. 19.—8hah Kai Fu, who was Chinese Consul at New York from 1904 to 1908 was appointed to day Chinese Minister at Washington to succeed Chang Yin Tang. THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia—Cloudy Friday night and Saturday. I FORT SMITH, ARK., Dec. 19.—Just as Mrs. J. F. Wright was about to become a mother to-day she was seired with congestion of the lungs and apparently died. The physician f applied a pulmotor and revived her. I The child was born and following its I birth Mrs. Wright died. The child ( lived an hour, Teachers See “Farce" In Board's Agreement On Holiday Extension Announcing thrt ho was deter mined to break un the stealing of automobiles in Atlanta. Judge An drew Calhoun Imposed a six months' sentence in the county chalngang on Frank Corry, 17 years old, Friday. The young man pleaded guilty to stealing a tire from the automobile of Howard Pattlllo, which he had used for a ride December 15. Corry has been in the courts a number of times recently, but been released upon his brother agreeing to pay for the use of the automobiles he had ridden In. Corry pleaded guilty when brought before Judge Calhoun Friday morning and Pattlllo expressed a desire not to prosecute him. Displays Roll in Cafe; Loses $580 Police Friday were searching for a pickpocket who got a wallet contain ing $580 from R. R. Whitehead, a fruit-tree dealer of Kingston, Ga., on Thursday afternoon. Whitehead had come to Atlanta to purchase Rome mules. He displayed his money in a downtown restaurant when he paid for hi* lunch by peeling a bill from the roll. Santa Costume Takes Fire; Woman Burned What Is regarded by the teachers of the Atlanta public schools a.s a "farcical move" was the response of the Board of Education to the demand for additional holidays this Christ mas. Monday and Tuesday were added as holidays, but two days will be added to the school term in the heat of June. Friday Is the last day of school un til after the Christmas holidays, Jan uary 5, and 25,000 will immediately begin the celebration, of Christmas. President W. R. Daley said that the two extra holidays practically meant a confiscation .of $4,400 of school money. After that remark, Mayor Wood ward made a motion that the tw r o days be added to the school term next June, and It was unanimously adopted. Jesse Wood Boomed For Mayor Pro Tern With the race for Mayor Pro T -;n between Aldermen I. N. Ragsdale and J. R. Nutting practically a tie and embarrassing to a number of mem bers of Council who are friends of both, it was discovered Friday that the custom of electing a Mayor Pro Tern from the Aldermanic Board was only a precedent and not a law. Accordingly a boom was started r or Councilman Jesse M. Wood, of the Sixth Ward, for the place. Many be lieve Councilman Wood will get the place on a compromise. KNOXVILLE, TENN, Dec. 19 — Miss Sophia Preston while assisting her sister, a school-teacher, in play ing Santa Claus for the latter’s pu pils was seriously burned about the face thi* morning. Her costjame caught fire. I Spurious $10 Bills Flood Ohio Valley LOUISVILLE, KY. Dec. 19.—Ohio Valley cities and towns are flooded with counterfeit $10 bills. Buffalo d- - rr n I Oh 1 . i • ‘ ■ k - mark C jn 1 plate No. 634, Mar in Louisville and check-mark C lany have been l '"’ineinnati,