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Being the News of Each Day of the Week in Condensed Form Specially For the Busy Man and the Farmer VOL. VI. NO. 2. ke A MONTH, 36c A YEAR ATLANTA, GA., WEEK ENDING DEC. 30.1913. Entered at the Atlanta, fia Poetoftlca as Second Class Mall Matter Published Weefcty By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY an C AlsKsmi.it Atlanta. Gk TOTMOOTLiS Mrs. Jack Henderson to Enter Besieged Mine and Hus band to Surrender. LEXINGTON, KY„ Dec. SO.—A Toman may succeed where men failed in capturing the thirteen outlaws hid ing in Ely mine. Knox County. Mrs. Jack Henderson, wife of one of the outlaws, to-day will go into the mine and beg her husband to surrender. About 75 men are n'ow on guard. It is rumored that there is a secret opening to the mine, and that friends of the outlaws are Keeping them sup plied with provisions. Men on duty want to enter the mine in a body, a number going in each entrance, and make a search, but this is held impracticable and a needless risk of life, as the mine contains many hiding places and points of vantage where three men might easi ly hold at bay 40 or more. 'll tfc thought that the outlaws took a good supply of ammunition into their hiding place, and, as no shots have been fired by them, it is sup posed they are keeping their bullets in reserve and will use them when given an opportunity to be effective. Alarm Clock Saves 2 From Death by Gas PEEK SKILL, N. Y.. Dec. SO.—An alarm clock ringing unexpectedly aroused Mr. and Mrs. George Inger- soll in a room rapidly filling with gas. SAVANNAH WANTS BANK. SAVANNAH, Dec. SO.—Strong op position developed in Savannah to day to the movement of Atlanta to seouie one of the regional reseiwe banks for this territory. The Beard of Trade, Chamber of Commerce and all trade bodies, as well as the bankers, have formulated an active campaign, and are deter mined to oust Atlanta, if possible. U. S. NEEDS ARCHITECTS. WASHINGTON, Dec. SO.—Work 1 Trial Divorce Seems to Please *2* ® V 0 »*• 0 »*• 0 0 0 •“* VanAlstynes, Remain Separated C&3 Mrs. John Van Alstyne, who left her hus band saying: “Love will work out the problem. If at the end of six months I keep the tryst, love will compel me to do so." Col orado Springs, where they spent their honeymoon two years ago, was to be the try sting place. Neither hus band nor wife kept the tryst. Unusual Agreement to Disagree Likely To Be Permanent, Developments Show. on 800 Federal buildings has beer, so greatly retarded and the office of the Supervising Architect of the 1 reas- urv is so congested that 100 archi tects are needed at once. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury' Byron S, Newton stated he will ask Congress to provide for additional of ficials. Y-. PREPARED FOR CONFLICT. BELGRADE, Dec. SO.—Servia is prepared for a fresh conflict in the Balkans. It became known to-day that the Government has placed heavy>rdere with the Krupp firm in Germany for artillery. Servian troops have invaded Northern Albania, despite the warn ings of Austria. CURB PUT ON GIRLS. IOWA CITY, IOWA, Dec. SO — Wearers of the “I" at Iowa College have finally determined the exact privileges that go with it. After a discussion lasting over a j ear, the club at a recent meeting de cided that only sisters and fiances should be allowed to wear athletes monogrvmmed sweaters. High school letters were declared to be in bad taste on the campus, and their wear ing hereafter will be prohibited. cropped FROM AIR S. Dec. SO —The police will tion against Aviator Guillaux ping the loop" above the city c has been suspended as a duly j 1 airman by the French Aero ; . tpn VP.iirS COLORADA SPRINGS. Dec. 27.— Neither John Van Alstyne, a St. Jo seph (Mo.) capitalist, nor his young wife kept their tryst here to-day, and it is believed their unique six months' trial divorce failed JK> heal their lo\ e wounds. Half a year's separation was to decide whether a permanent divorce w'ould be sought or whether, after all. their love was enduring and they would take up the marital state anew. On this date, according to the agreement of the novel divorce, they were u* be reunited here or make the arrangements for final di vorce proceedings. There is some speculation as to whether the inference should be that the six months' period of separation has proved intolerable and the wealthy young man and his wife have thrown the agreement to the winds and had a reunion. The general be lief is. however, that the trial di vorce will be permanent. ■ —- Speer Hearing Seems Quaker Couple Wed Sure to Begin Jan. 19 Without a Minister MACON. Dec. 30.—Judge Emory gpeer's recovery of health is taken to mean that on the scheduled date. January 19. the subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee will be gin the investigation of the charges of official misconduct now' pending against him. The committee will as semble in Macon on that day, and sessions in Augusta. Savannah, Al bany and Valdosta are also on the program. The committee's inquiry will large ly determine whether the House will undertake impeachment proceedings. IS EXPECTING STORK. BERLIN, Dec. 30.—The Duchess of Brunswick, the Kaisers only daugn- ter, who was married last May, ex pects a happy event in the spring The Kaiserin is going to Brunswick at the end of February to be with kt daughter. PORTLAND, ORBG., Dec. 30.— There will be no clergyman at the wedding of Clyde Durgin and Miss Helen Crossman. who will follow the cld Quaker custom and pronounce their vows to each other. Four witnesses will sign the mar riage certificate. , THEY DID! HAMMOND, IND., Dec. 30.—Chiel of Police Okrag detailed Officer James O'Keefe last night to duty at a mas querade to keep the dancers ten inches apart. O’Keefe took a number of drinks, brandished a revolver, and ordered the dancers to dance the bear. They aid. RADIUM IN PENNSYLVANIA. MAUCH CHUNK PA.. Dec.. SO.— Radium-producing deposits, the first in the East, have been discovered at i the bast of Mount Pisgah. witlun a mile of Mauch Chuck. HEIR IN HISTORY Despite Bumper Output of Farms, U. S. Department Doesn’t Ex pect Drop in Living Cost. WASHINGTON, Dec. 29—Ten bil lion dollars’ worth of products. $5,- 000,000,000 of cash income—a bumper year in spite of drouths and oth*-r setbacks—is the 1913 record of 6,000,- 000 American farms. The United States' most successful year of husbandry produced $6,100,- 000.000 worth of crops, of which $2,896,000,000 were represented by ce reals alone, and $3,650,000,000 wor h of animals sold and slaughtered and animal products. The value of the 1913 crops is twice that of 1899; more than $1,000,000,000 over 1909 and s»ul - stantially greater than 1912. Of all the crops, it is estimated that 52 per cent will remain on farms and that 20 per cent of the- animal pro duction also will remain. On that basis the c-ash income is ertimated at $5,847,000,000. No Lower Cost of Living. Despite a record year of crop value —although the record of production has fallen—and the fact that the number of farms has increased 11 per cent since 1910, until there now are estimated to be 6,600,000 farm? ir. ’he country, the Department of Agricul ture, in a discussion of the subject, made public to-day. does not take the view that a lower cost of living will result. Corn valued at $1,692,000,000 com prised 28 per cent of the value of a ! l crops, although the volume was under the record. Other principal crops, with values, given in the order in which they come: Cotton. $798,000,000; hay. $797,000,- 000; wheat—the largest crop ever raised in this country—$610,000,000; oats, $440,000,000 potatoes, $228,000,- 000; tobacco $122,000,000; barley $96 - 000,000; sweet potatoes, $43,000,0 H>; sugar beets, $34,000,000; Louisiana cane sug_r, $26,000,000; rye. $26,000,- 000; rice, $22,( 00,000; flaxseed. $21,- 000,000; hops. $15,000,000; buckwheat, $10,000,000. Delavan Comet To Be Nearest Sun June 28 CAMBRIDGE, MASS., Dec. 30 — Observations of Delavan’s comet at Berkeley, Cal., reported here, show it will be nearest to the sun on the night of June 28. KNIFE FOR “SIAMESE" BABIES. PARIS, Dec. 30.—Siamese twffn girls, a month old. who are joined face to lace by a strip of flesh more than an inch thick between their stomachs, have been brought to Paris to be separated by a surgical opera tion. A radiograph examination indicates that the twins have no vital organs in common. They are so vigorous that they have been clothed in woolen vests in which their arms are im prisoned to prevent possible injury to one or the other by their movements. PRINCESS SUES ESTATE. ROME, Dec. 30.—A legal fight for the estate of the late Cardinal Ram- polla was begun to-da5' by Princes? Altieri, wife of the Duke of Campo- bello, the Cardinal’s nephew. Princess Altieri entered suit to break the will dated 1889, by which Cardinal Ram- polla bequeathed practically all the big estate to hi? sister. Baroness Perana. At th« instance of the Princess, the Cardinal’s ap>artments were resealed to prevent anyoL i from entering.