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LLED A FAILURE
Mother-in-Law Free
From Divorce Blame
That Mayor Woodward has gained
i.mplete control of the $260,000 ore-
natory contract, and will practically
e able to dictate the terms of set-
t’ement of the dispute with the De-
inictor Company,,of New York, was
generally admitted Saturday follow-
ng the action of the Board of Health
, joining the Mayor in refusing to
make an official test of the plant at
his time.
The $106,000 fire alarm contract with
ie Okonite Company, of New York,
already has been in such shape as to
he completely in the control of the
Mayor. Council seems willing to
vaive all its rights to override in
these matters. The attitude of the
members of the majority party, at
limes so belligerent, now is to allow
Mayor Woodward to conclude these
matters in his own way.
“Proposal Test Absurd.”
Mayor Woodward said Saturday
lat the proposal of the Destructor
ompany to have an official test made
of the crematory was absurd. Coun-
11man Claude L*. Ashley, chairman
of the Council Sanitary Committee,
as. in co-operation with the Mayor,
i.een making a daily test of the plant
over since it was first put in opera-
ion. He is now r engaged in prepar-
ng an exhaustive report on defects
of the plant, which will be submit
ted to the Mayor and Council.
“The plant will not do the work the
contract specifications prescribe it
shall do. Councilman Ashley’s in
vestigations prove that," said Mayor
Woodward.
'■'Pile contract stales that tlie offi
cial test shall be made on 45 per cent
garbage. Sanitary Chief Jentzen say*
there are so much leaves and paper
at this season that of the trash
hauled only about 10 per cent is pure
garbage. The Board of Health agreed
with me that we should wait until a
more convenient season, say in the
vegetable period, to make the test.
Engineer Blames Sand.
“We tried to got them to have the
official test made during the water
melon season last summer. They re
fused.”
Councilman Ashley reported at the
meeting of the Board of Health Fri
day afternoon that the plant was op
erating very badly. It was after talk*
by him and Mayor Woodward that
the board unanimously voted not to
make a test at this time.
P. P. t’anham, engineer for the De
structor Company, said that the plant
would prove 100 ner cent efficient. He
said the breakdowns suffered were
the usual imperfections icounter^J
in erecting a large plant of any kind.
He declared that one of the principal
causes of the trouble was that there
was so much sand and dirt in Atlan
ta’s garbage and .hat the plant was
not built to handle sand and dirt.
CHICAGO, Dec. 27.—The mother-
in-law, butt of a large percentage of
stage wit and subject of many pub
lished jokes, is held up as a much-
maligned person in the report issued
by Chicago’s Court of Domestic R<
lotions to-day. Only 6 per cent of th<
divorces and other marital case-
brought before the court in 1918 could
be blamed on her—or his—mother.
The report blames fathers-in-law
with 1 per cent of the cases.
Drink is the chief cause of unhap
piness among married folk, accord
ing to the report. Forty-six per cent
of the court’s business resulted from
drunkenness.
Grandmother Is a
College Freshman
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 27.—Mrs. Freder-
i< k W. Lehman, wife of the former
Solicitor General of the United States,
and a grandmother, is a freshman at
Washington University. The secret
of her enrollment .has leaked out.
P. O. ROBBERS GET $7,700.
KEARNEY. NEBR., Dec. 27-
Thieves looted a registered mail
pouch in the local postoffic e last night
and stole $7,700 in currency and car
ried away several pieces of registered
mall.
OFFERS RADIUM MINES
TOCURE CANCER IN U.S.
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Mrs. Corra Harris Thinks Pink
Teas Will Give Way to Rep
resentative Work.
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hers.
but amuse themselves and
women are only beginning
u realize that with the abundance of
i isure time at their disposal they can
■e of some use 'in the world, and the
ugical development of this realization
■ventuaily will result in society be
aming ttie greatest agency in the
..oriel for the advancement of right,
iity and morality, for the instincts
,f a woman are undeniably good;
III.I when she directs her mind and
ihilitv toward the accomplishment of
anything, that thing must almost nec-
esarily be something worth while.
Pink Teas to Pass Away.
"Kventualiy the foolisli receptions
.Hid pink teas will be superseded by
meetings of women for the advance
ment of a cause that is good, and an
aid in the advancement of right and
duty.
The coming of this condition of af
fairs is wholly dependent upon the
progress of woman; as woman pro
gresses the world grows better, and
when woman has awakened to a full
realization of her powers and capa
bilities and opportunities, she will
naturally be the leader in the ad
vancement of all things that are good.
“Whether woman eventually will
be a leader in politics and business is
something that can hardly be fore
told. Certainly woman will influence
politics and business to the extent of
'unifying them somewhat, at least.”
“Savage” Dances Taming Down.
.Mrs. Harris declined to criticise the
turkey trot, the tango and the freak
dances and freak diversions of mod
ern society.
“Tr. an article I wrote for The Sat
urday Evening Post last June,” sne
declared. “I endeavored to show that
'he turkey trot was not a dance a1
all, but a revival of the savage rhyth
mic motions of our primitive an*
cstors.
"In that article I predicted that the
turkey trot would develop until it had
i he semblance of a dance. That pre
diction, I think, has come true, for the
turkey trot is fast losing its savage-
cess and becoming a decent dance,
specially in the larger cities, where
i is danced more modestly than in
he small towns.”
Mrs. Harris w T as asked, in view of
the fact that it is generally conceded
hat there Is little of beauty or grace
“ the freak dances of modem times,
society has taken them up so
nthosiasticaily.
Why Tango Is Popular.
“The people who make the amuse-
lent of themselves and others a vo-
ation,” she replied, “have less real
iversion in their lives than any other
ass of people. Therefore they seize
agerly upon anything that is novel
nd different.
And that is the reason for the tur-
' trot and the tango; they are a
• velty, and are different from the
Id dances; they give society some-
uing elne other than the waltz and
he schottische and the other dances
f our fathers.”
Mrs. Harris is spending the holi-
ays with her daughter, Mrs. H. B.
eech, at College Park, where she
f sided a number of years ago. After
he holidays she probably will return
• her home, “The Valley," at Pine
•og, Ga.
Four Boats Saved as
Fire Wrecks Dry Dock
MOBILE, Dec. 27.—The second dock
fire on the river front within the
past month partially destroyed the
plant of the Olllnger & Bruce Dry
Dock Company. Spectacular fire
fighting from the decks of two tugs
saved the Government steamer Gen
eral Helabord, the American schoner
Henry Crosby, the Mexican steamer
San Cristobal and the tug E. C. Veit.
J. H. Romy, a fire fighter, was bad
ly injured when a stream from a
hose knocked him through a hole in
the wharf.
The loss is estimated at $15,000.
To Decide on Railway
Extension January 10
WAYCROSS, Dec. 27.—January 10
was to-day agreed upon for the final
conference at Kingsland regarding the
extension of the Atlantic, VVaycross
and Northern, a new railroad charter
ed from St. Marys to Atlanta via
VVaycross and Fort Valley.
The road has b^en complted 11
| miles, tl Is reported here that finan
cial arrangements, which have been
pending for some time, have about
been completed.
Suspicious Way cross \
Blaze To Be Probed
•■hy
Doctors Nail Broken
Arm Bones Together
EEFALLA, ALA., Dec 27.—When all
"'her means failed to hold James Wil
son’s broken arm in place at the shoul
der, surgeons to-day nailed the fractured
hones one of the doctors having wit
nessed the first pperation of this kind
at Chicago.
Wilson, who was one of the seriously
njured in the Central of Georgia Rail-
'oad wreck near Eufaula last month,
now expects his arm to stay set.
FIREMEN FIGHT PEANUT BLAZE.
GADSDEN, ALA., Dec. 27.—A near-
anic- was created to-day when a pea
nut roaster caught fire on Broad
street. Botli fire departments w r ere
1 oiled and hundreds of people gath
ered to see the blaze. The loss was
$150.
VVAYCROSS, Dec. 27.—Four fires
so similar In nature that suspicions
were aroused, to-day resulted in a
conference between Fire Chief E. C.
Hall, Mayor H. D. Reed and Chair
man Hengeveld, of the fire com
mittee, at which it was decided to got
the services of State Inspector W. R.
Joyner, of Atlanta.
The tires caused losses estimated at
$7,000.
Boys Find Man Dead
On Top of Mountain
ANNISTON. ALA.. Dec. 27.—Either
frozen to death or the victim of heart
failure, the lifeless body of J. VV. Car
ter, residing at No. 1320 Mulberry
avenue, this city, was found on the
top of Cold water Mountain, southwest
of here, this morning by two boy
hunters.
'Carter left home last Monday and
was believed to be visiting his sister
in Clay County.
2 Families Poisoned
By Souse Meat Meal
DURHAM, N. C., Dec. 27.—Joseph
Kelley and the families of D. and J.
Eubanks are to-day in a serious con
dition from ptomaine poison artract-
ed from sousemeat.
The meat was purchased from a,
farmer, and after both families and
Mr. Kelley had partaken freely they
became violently ill. Mr. Kelley’s con
dition is considered critical.
Mrs. Alfred T. DuPont, who, attired as nurse, cares for em
ployees injured in her husband’s powder mills, and who makes the
largest private donations to charity in Delaware. Her influence has
led Mr. DuPont, below, to offer his Colorado radium mines to the
government. A portrait of Dr. Howard A. Kelly, who cures cancer
with radium, is also shown.
BOY, POWDER, MATCH—BANG!
GADSDEN, ALA , Doc. 27.—Charles
P. Bajes, fourteen years old, living at
Albertville, filled a pop nottle full of
powder and touched a match to it.
He was brought to a hospital here
to-day and an effort is being made to
.save his life.
SEER TO ENTER
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But Applications Are Held Up for
Present—Dictator and Spain
Near Break.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
MEXICO CITY. Dec. 27.—Officials
of the War Office .admitted to-day
that they had received applications
from 60 Japanese officers for posi
tions in the army of General Huerta.
It was stated that while the Govern
ment appreciated the proffer of serv
ices. no immediate action would be
taken on the applications.
While, the relations between the
Mexican Government and that of Ja
pan are being strengthened in every
wav possible, marked tension in the
relations between the Spanish Lega
tion and General Huerta is develop
ing. This has been increased by the
action of the officers of the Spanish
warship Carlos V'. who have declined
an invitation to visit Mexico City un
til Instructions have been receive!
from t,he Government at Madrid.
No -confirmation has yet been re
ceived of the report published in ihe
United States that British marines
have been landed from the British
cruiser Hermione at Belize, British
Honduras.
A number of small skirmishes be
tween Zapatistas and Federal troops
in the Federal district were reported
to-day.
Two Spaniards
Executed by Villa.
El. PASO, TEXAS, Dec. 27. -Two
foreigners and eight Mexicans have
been summarily executed hy General
Villa, the Constitutionalist leader,
since his occupation of Chihuahua,
according- to dispatches received here
to-day. Jose Gonzales and Augustin
Gonzales, Spanish merchants, were
f.he foreigners shot to death. They
and the Mexicans, who were promi
nent business men, were accused of
having aided Huerta.
The jails in Chihuahua are filled
with political prisoners, while a num
ber of prominent sympathizers with
the Huerta, regime are missing, and
it is believed they also have been put
to death.
Negotiations were opened here to
day between General Luis Terrazas
and a representative of General
Francisco Villa for the release of
Luis Terrazas, Jr., held prisoner at
Chihuahua by Villa for ransom of
$500,000.
Art and Religion in
Lecture of Pastor
A hundred reproductions of fa
mous paintings illustrating the Na
tivity will be displayed by the Rev.
Arthyr H. Gordon, pastor of the
Ponce DeLeon Baptist Chufch, at the
evening service Sunday.
Dr. Gordon will speak on the con
tribution of painting to the advance
ment of Christianity
ST. LOUIS BLOCK BURNS.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 27.—Fire early to
day in the heart of tne business dis
trict caused a loss of nearly $100,000.
Nearly all the business block bounded
by Broody, Locust, St. Charles and
Sixth streets was destroyed.
To Discuss Atlanta's
New Sewage System
Chief of Construction R. M. Clay
ton and his first assistant, w. A.
Hansel, have aerated invitations to
address the engineering branch.of the
American Association for the Ad
vancement of Science, which meets in
Atlanta Monday, Qn Atlanta’s new
sewage disposal system.
The system, first used in this coun
try in Atlanta, has attracted interna
tional attention, and botli* Captain
Clayton and Mr. Hansel, have become
experts on it. Hundreds of city offi
cials from other American » itien have
been here to look It over. Friday the
Mayor of Montclair, N. J., visited the
plants, and was very much pleased
with them.
For Tax Receiver
FrenchmenPaintHair
To Match Garments
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—Here is a
Paris fashion not likely to be adopt
ed by the gilded youth of America;
The Frenchwomen’s fad of hav
ing the hair match the gown has
been imitated by their brothers, who
put dark blue or violet pastes on their
locks to harmonize with the blue-
black of their evenihg suits.
Lighter colored pomades are used
to match the cloths worn for the
morning and afternoon “footing." as
the Parisian calls a plain walk,
WILMINGTON, DEL., Dec. 27.—Al
fred I. DuPont, powder magnate, hus
offered to turn over to the Govern
ment the radium mines he owns in
Gilpin County, Colorado.
He is co-operating with Dr. How
ard A. Kelly, of Baltimore, to pro
vide radium for the cure of cancer.
Cancer kills 400,000 persons every
year, 50,000 in the United States.
“Governmental ownersnip of rail
roads and telegraph lines,” said Mr.
DuPont, “is nothing compared to the
necessity of taking over the radium-
producing deposits in this country. It.
is almost impossible to % believe that
Dr. Yvelly has effected such cures. They
seem too marvelous to believe. Nev
ertheless, they are true.
“This matter is too big for one man.
If Dr. Kelly appeared before a com
mittee in Congress ana showed what
has been accomplished in Wiping out
this disease. I do not think there
would be any hesitancy in the Gov
ernment taking over all the deposits.
In fact, the Pre.ldent should include
it in a. message to Congress.”
“A national institution should be es
tablished. No one cares for money
in this matter. Ten or twelve of the
greatest experts should be procured,
radium will be,extracted and an in
calculable amount of good to human
ity will be done. For my part, I shall
do all I can to co-operate with Or.
Kelly and tne Government.
HIT BY TRAIN: MAY DIE.
WAYCROSS. Dec. 27.—Wart en
Gardner, of Arcadia, Fla., is at a local
hospital with a fractured skull and
other serious injuries as the result
of being struck by an Atlantic Coast
Line train last night.
DID IT WORK?
The Kodak you got Christmas .' Bring
tile films to JOHN L. MOORE & SONS
for expert finishing They will also
make clear any point you don’t under
stand. Kodak Headquarters, 42 North
Broad St:--Advt.
ONLY ONE “Bromo Quinine” that it
Laxative ffiromo Quinine
Cures a Cold in 1 Day, Grip in 2 Day.
GZH-A
W. F. WESLEY,
Who announces his candidacy for Tax Receiver of Fulton County
To the Voters of Fulton County—I hereby announce as a can
didate for Tax Receiver of Fulton County. Subject to the Demo
bo*.! cratic Primary. I will announce my assistant later.
Respectfully, W. F. WESLEY.
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Col. W. A, Huff Bailies
From Severe Illness
MACON, Dec. 27.—Colonel W. A. I
Huff, who has been desperately ill for !
more than a week, has passed the crisis, i
and will recover. On acocunt of his 82
years his relatives were apprehensive, j
Colonel Huff declared he would be in i
his usual health before January 19, when j
he expects to testify at the hearing of
the charges against Judge Speer.
Admiral Douglas Dies
On South Sea Cruise
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Dec. 27.—Admiral Shol-
to Dougins, retired, died to-day while
on a cruise in the South Seas. He
was 80 years old. Admiral Douglas
entered the English navy in 1847, and
received many medals for brave serv
ice.
JAILER IS STILL WAITING.
GADSDEN, ALA., Dec. 27.—Major
Wilks, a negro, to-day was sent from
his cell in the jail to get a bucket of
coal. The jailer is still waiting for
the coal. He was convicted of violat
ing the prohibition law.
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What Will Happen In 1914
Forecasts of events which vve may look for during the next year made by the
best known prophets of Europe and America, including Raphael and Zadkiel, of Eon-
don; Mine. IleThebes, of Paris, and Professor Sotlmos Eetiller, this newspaper’s
own special forecaster, will appear in
To-morrow’s Sunday American
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Incidentally that newspaper’ will, in the coming year, double its already great
irculation and advertising power. And it does not, take a prophet to forecast this.
There will be other great features in the coming issue. Look at these—
What Is a Broken Heart Worth?
'The Baroness Ursula demands $2,500,000 from St. Louis millionaire for hers,
but the record price for a heart is $250,000, which I )aisy Markham got, and the high
est price ever paid for a whole life is only $00,000. /
What Probably Happened to Dorothy Arnold
Why the police believe that in the ease of pretty little Susie Ferraro, who was
seized by four men and hurried off into shameful bondage, they have an exact du
plicate of the mysterious disappearance of the New York heiress—except that Miss
Arnold, less fortunate than the Ferraro girl, was probably killed by her captors to
avoid discovery. *
Where Bunyan Got His “Pilgrim’s Progress”
A very curious literary discovery which shows that Bunnya culled the ideas for
what is, next to the Bible, the best selling book in the world, from a curious old
French work.
Outcaults Page of Fun for Old and Young
Everybody who remembers the famous “Buster Brown” will welcome the new
comic pictures which arc presented in this newspaper hy Buster Brown’s creator
every Sunday.
There Are Dozens of Other Interesting Things In It
()rder from your dealer, or by phone to Main 100.