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FIREDESTRDYING can wed her choice
DESPITE BAN IN WILL
DOROTHY h’. HALLARD SMITH
Building Used as Ammunition 1
Factory During War Destroyed.
Incendiarism Theory Held,
C&)
A rigid investigation of llie fire
that destroyed one of the main build
ings of the Atlanta Machine Works
at No. t King street Thursday night
was begun Friday by Chief Cum
mings, who asserts there are several
grounds for the theory that the blaze
was of incendiary origin.
The building and its (onteius en
tirely without insurance, was part of
the big plant, which had been shut
down for several months. The burned
building was nearly 300 feet in length,
three stories in height, and 50 feet
wide.
The loss will run over $10,000. al
though the contents were not of high
Vh I ue.
Building U*ed in War.
The'building was one of the oldest
Ifl the city, having been used in the
manufacture of ammunition during
the war between the States, <nd also
as one of the defenses of General
Hood in the famous siege of Atlanta
by Sherman's army.
The delay in turning in the alarm
|h regarded ai one of the most suspi
cious circumstances by the Fire Chief.
A night watchman is regularly em
ployed. but it appears he was not at
fhe planrwhen the fire started Thurs
day night In fact, the belated alarm
was turned,.-in by two pedestrians on
Decatur street, two blocks away, who
taw the rising glow of a fire already
Veil under way.
Another suspicious circumstance
was the speed with which the fire
awept all parts of the old building.
■The firemen were frequently driven
back by great gusts of flames that
could be accounted for only by the
presence of oil, even in a building
well dri^d out by age and disuse.
Fireman Injured.
One fireman, doseman Parker, of
Engine House No. 4, was severely in
jured while playing a stream from
the window of an adjoining building.
A whirl of falling bricks and beams
struck the extended nozzle and hurled
i. against Parker's head, knocking
him down and cutting and bruising
his face. He was taken to Grady
Hospital in an ambulance, but later
returned to his engine house.
As soon as lie reached thhe fire
Chief Cummings ordered out three en
gine companies besides the one firs;
responding to the belated call.
' In*.sonie ways this fire beits an>
1 ever worked on." the Chief said
Friday. "I'm going to the bottom of
it. because 1 don’t like the looks ot
it.”
Dorothy Fal
coner Ballard
Smith will not
b« cut off from
her share of
her grand
parents’ huge
estate, even
!though she
marries con
trary to her
grandmother s
will. Her
grandfather's
will leaves
her $1,255,892
without any
“strings’’ tied
to the in
heritance.
Bumped by Dancer,
Tangoer Breaks Arm Her ’ but Grandfather Leaves
CHICAGO. Jan. 2.—Wellsley H. Still -
well, former Yale football star, to-day
stood beside his brother, Addison Still
well. Yale halfback several years ago.
while the latter was married to Miss
jMay Peabody.
The best man carried his left arm in
$ sling. On New Year’s Fve lie was
Tangoing with Miss Peabody when a
large darner bumped agamst him. Still
well saved the bride from a fall, but he
landed with all his weight on his left
elbow, snapping the bones of his fore-
prm.
Empire Lodge, K.of P,,
Seats New Officers
Members of Km pi re Hodge. No. 47,
K. of P.. installed these officers Thurs
day evening at their semi-annual com
munication
\V. W. Blasingame. < hancellor com-
jmander: Charles II. Girardeau, vice
chancellor: I. A. Tucker, prelate; Wil
liam Robinson, master of work; T. P.
Hanhury. K. Tl. and S.: J. M. Wilson,
master of finance; N. C. Tompkins, mas
ter of exchequer; James Carlisle, master
ai arms; J. B. Webster, inner guard,
and Sol Clarke, outer guard.
Last week I visited a
boy scout patrol and
found fiftern bright-fared earn
est lads listening to a talk
by their scout master. “Take
care of your teeth’’ be urged;
"You can’t grow up to be
strong self-reliant men unless
you have good health, and good
teeth mean good health. Brush
vour teeth thoroughly twice a
day and visit your dentist twice
a year —it is insuring your
health and happiness when you
arc grown men.*’
The Scout Manual puts care
of the teeth first among the
things a boy should know if he
wants good health. And every
boy should realise that Good
Teeth—Good Health will take
hitn far along the road to suc
cess in school, in sports, in
business and in pleasure.
The twice-a-dav use of Col
gate’s Ribbon Dental Cream—
the dentifrice with the delicious
flavor—keeps the teeth clean,
and the mouth healthy.
Ybu too
should use
COCfiATE’S
RIBBON DENTAC CREAM
Grandmother’s Bequest Barred to ^ T .'° NALITY SE ^ N
^ MINNEAPOLIS. Jan. ‘J.—Social
conditions in the United States arc
tending to organise a negro nation
ality, declared Albert K. Park, pro
fessor of sociology of the University
of Chicago, before the American So
ciological Society.
Col. Van Orsdale Complimented
by Associates and Atlanta
Friends—Retires in March.
A brilliant military ball was given
at Fort McPherson Ne.w Year’s night,
complimentary to UoloneJ and Mrs.
J. T. VanOrsdale, especially with re
gard to the approaching retirement of
t’olonel VanOrsda’le from active serv
ice. which is to take place early in
March, aftei a long and distinguished
army career
Besides tile officers of the fort and
their wives, the guest list included
several hundred Atlanta society peo
ple* GoveVnor and Mrs. Slaton were
present, and' General R. K. Evans,
commanding the Second Brigade, first
division, was a guest of honor.
Captain and Mrs. Henry Bankhead
entertained in compliment, to Mr. and
Mrs. Frederick Doming. of Brooklyn,
guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Rills,
( previous to the ball, and headed the
reception committee at that function.
Many Handsome Gifts.
The regimental hall was beauti
fully decorated, the Stars and Stripes
appearing blended with the flags of
ail nations, and fhe stands of arms
and trophies of war contrasting in an
impressive manner with the luxury of
bamboo furnishings* and floral deco
rations.
Colonel and Mrs. YanOrsdale were
complimented with a number of hand
some and costlv gifts, tokens of the
love and esteem of their associates.
The officers of the fort presented a
handsome silver service General
Evans' gift was a beautiful silver lov
ing- cup with the date of Colonel Van-
Ors dale's retirement.
A popular subscription from the
enlisted men at the fort provided a
fitting tribute of their fsteem for
their commanding officer.
Had Brilliant Career.
While Colonel VanOrcrdale will not
be officially retired until March, the
leave of absence that always precedes
the retirement of an officer^!? ex
pected within the next few days,
when the Colonel probably will go lo
Washington.
Colonel YanOrsdale entered West
Point in 1860. and his military career
thus embraces a period of 7)3 years.
For the last' ten years he has been
Colonel of the Seventeenth Infantry,
the ranking officer of this part of the
country, next to the commander of
tlie Department of the Gulf, or what
if* now knowp as the Second Brigade,
first i vision.
Aside from his marked ability as
an army executive end tactician,
Colonel YanOrsdale 1ms won the af
fection and esteem of Atlanta and
Southerners generally during bis pe
riod of command in this section. With
Mrs. YanOrsdale. he has made Fort
McPherson a bright spot in the
Southern social world
Her $1,255,892.
NEW YORK. Jan. 2. —Whatever
peace of mind Dorothy Falconer Bal- J ~ —
lard Smith might have missed, owing t**"
to the provision in her grandmotb- !
er s jvill that she will Ipse her inher
itance of $883,431 if she marries any
son of Eleanor Phelps McTeague. is
to-day fully restored and she will re
ceive the sum of $1,255,892. even |
though she disobeys her grandmoth
er’s urgent injunction.
William F. McCombs, court ref- j
eree, has decided that the determina
tion of the grandmother. Mrs. Caro- j
line Falconer Butterfield, who died .
some time ago in the St. Regis, to
cut off her granddaughter if she mar- |
ries any of the McTeagues does not I
prevent her from getting even a lar- ,
ger sum from her grandfather’s es
tate—‘-the estate of Frederick Butter- ,
field. He has so expressed his opin- ,
ion in a report, just filed, approving
the accounts of the executors of Xlr.!
Butterfield’s estate. It is under Mr j
Butterfield’s will that »he grand-l
daughter will come In fbr her huge J
share of the ample ByXterfleld for- i
tune.
The will left by Butterfield is un
restricted in its provisions and. so far!
as this document is concerned, the I
granddaughter may wed whomsoever
she chooses.
Parcel Post Boosts
Postoffice Figures:
Total Gain $291,000
Atlanta's postal receipts took i
huge leap during 1913 over the fig
ures of 1912. surpassing them by
$291,000. according to statistics gath-,
cred bv J. c Sheehan, auditor and
statistician of the Atlanta post office.
The use of die parcel post had
much to do with the heavy increase,
and the amount of first-cTass mail
handled was also much greater than
that sent through the final office in
1912.
December. 1913, showed an increase
over December, 1912. of $19,547.84. the
receipts being $136,450.65, as against
$116,902.81. Total receipts for the
year w ere $1,402,261.40
Mitchell Enas Active
Work for Union Labor
LANSING, MICH.. Jan. 2. John
Mitchell, formerly president of the
United Mine Workers of America and
later vice president of the American
Federation of Labor. to-da\ announced
that he had retired from active work
in the interest of organized labor His
term as an officer of the A. F of L.
elided yesterday
"1 w'ill not (‘ease working in the in- j
terest of labor," said the former miners’ j
leader, “but 1 will devote my time chief
ly to writing for the cause.
Cardinals Asked Not
To Hide Away Wills
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian, i
ROME. Jan 2. —To avoid complica
tions such as have followed the death
of Cardinal Rampolla, Rope Plus X to
day sent circular letters to all lhe car
dinals recommending that their wills
be deposited In the Vatican.
Although the search for the missing
will of Cardinal Rampolla is being kept
up by Baroness Perrana. no trace of
It has been found
Navy Man Named to
Convoy Explorers
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Jan. 2.—Lieut, a. E. liar- .
board, of the Hydrographic Department I
of the Royal navy, to-day was appoint
ed to command the ship Discovery
which will convoy the Stackhouse ex-||
partition to King Edward Lam
August for explorations.
Spanish Navy Denied
Wireless Equipment
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. I
MADRID. Jan l. -The Council of I
.Ministers tp-d&J declined to in- I
wireless stations at Perrol attd <’ai I
tageiia The chief naval* arsenal is at |
Ferro?.
To Compare Red Sea
Cotton With South's
The Georgia Cotton Manufacturers'
Vsaoclation will meet in the Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce rooms at noon-
Saturday to hear the address of Ralph
Odell, special representative of the
United States Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce, who has Just re
turned from a trip to the Red Sea cot
ton regions
Mr. CHlell Will display samples of the
cotton grown lu this district and also
that in demand on foreign countries.
Ills talk is expected to he unusually In
structive
Morgan Gives Police
$10,000 Pension Fund
- .
NEW YORK. Jan. 2 J. P Morgan
I sent a check for $10,000 to be ap-
I plied to the polite pension fund in
recognition of the police work at the
funeral of his father.
Equal Phone Rate 'Busch's Nephew to
For All West End Wed Young Divorcee
West End subscribers to the Mouth
ern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany will lie plac«*n upon an equal foot
ing in th» paying of telephone rent,
under an order issued by the Georgia
Railroad Commission Thursday after
noon. In the past subscribers whp lived
more than one mile from the exchange
were charged a higher rate than the
ones Inside this limit.
The new rates will be $1 for a straight
line and $3.60 for a duplex, as against
the old rate of $5.68 and $3.54 for the
two-nille radius.
Tubercle Germ
Fatal to Others
PARIS, Jan. 2. The tubercle germ
is fatal to all others and serum' 3
are. therefore, of no value, according
to the announcement of Dr. Pierre
Roux, director of the Pasteur Insti
tute.
ST LOUIS, Jan 2 Because of tin
Illinois law which prohibits the mar
riage of a divorced person for a yeai
after the decree is granted, the mar
riage of August Adolphus Butch
nephew , of the late multi-millionaire
brewer, Adolphus Butch, and Mi**
Cecilia Ellen Flesch, aged 19, wjk
was divorced ’ast Monday, will tak#
place in St. Louis.
Miss Flesch was the wife of Oscai
Scfiwefgler, who obtained a decree «»r
the ground of desertion.
B U S I NESS N OTICE.
(tolds Cause Headache and Grip.
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets
remove cause. There is only One “BRO-
MO QUININE. It has signature of K.
W. Grove on box 25c.
NEW CLOTHES FOR THE NEW YEAR
TROUSERS $0.50
Worth $5, $7, $8 to $10 “O'
A
GOOD
SUIT
Made to
New designs added to the many varieties of suit-
ends on the bargain counter. Scores of splendid
fabrics left from Winter Suitings ready to-day for
you to take your choice,made into trousers at
$3.50.
Order for OVERCOATS
Worth $5 to $10 More
Newest Rich, Warm Fabrics
Finely Tailored to Order
MORTON C. STOUT & CO.
15 STORES 122 PEACHTREE ST.
15 YlTIES (Next to Piedmont Hotel)
GOOD TAILORS
FOR 25 YEARS
—
ROMAH SISTERS,
World's greatest phrenologists, will
remain in Atlanta for a few days.
Far different from all other fortune
tellers. No. 11 South Forsyth street.
—Advt. .
THE PLAYS
THIS WEEK
AFTER-CHRISTMAS CLEAN UP
RAINCOATS! RAINCOATS!! RAINCOATS!!
Greatest Sale Ever Held! The Most Sensational! The Most Amazing! PRICES SLASHED IN
TWO! In this After-Christmas Sale we will offer genuine high grade Goodyear Waterproof Raincoats,
r / r / Gabardines, Overcoats, Balmacaans, Slip Ons and Silk Coats for Men, Women
and Children—at prices unbelievably low—garments worth in many cases TWO
and THREE times the price we quote. Sale starts to-morrow, Saturday, Jan
uary 3. »
/ Just a Few of the Many Bargains
S5.00 English Slip-Ons
Beginning to-morrow morning at this
$8 Raincoats
For Men and
Women
“The Blue Bird” at the Atlanta.
The Atlanta is being packed at rath
performance with hundreds who seek
the joy and happiness of “The Blur
Bird." The play is certainly one of j
• the most exquisite ever staged and the
lines hold a philosophy and insight inl<»;
human nature hard to equal This j
poetic beauty has man> charms, the
staging is w'onderful and the complete ,
play all that could be asked. The play i
has shown its appeal and interest to I
the grown-ups as well as it charm for
the young. Only three more, jjerform- I
ances remain for the week. Friday ]
right. Saturday matinee and Saturtla\ !
night
• A Slave of the Mill."
There will be just four more oppor
tunities to witness the Jewell Kelle;
Company in “A Slave of the Mill" this j
week at the E-ijou. The week so far
has been satisfactory in point of at- 1
tendance and the play has pleased
patrons of the house. The announce
fnent which wag made earlier in the ;
week that Eddie Black, heading hb
new company, would appear next week
ut (he Bijou has been received with |
much pleasure by patrons of the Bijou ;
Hia company will present "The Vil j
lage Parson." a four-act comedy drama 1
Rockefeller Buys
Widow's Tiny Plot;
i
NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—John D. !
Rockefeller has just |>urehased a I
piece of property practically sur- !
rounded by his estate in the Poca.i j
tico Hills.
The two-acre plot was owned b\ '
Mrs. Jennie Powell, a widow, an-l *
her daughter. She could not sell un
til the daughter became of age. AJrJ
Rockefeller paid $3,506 an acre for it.
Extra fast - extra fine - extra fare
The only extra-fore train,Chicago
and Kansas City to ios Angeles
Once a week, traversing the
Southwest land of enchantment
Has new all-steel Pullmans
and saves a business day
The service is exclusive, A
ladies maid and manicure,
also stenographer, valet and
barber, Bathing facilities,too
Dining-car meals by Fred Harvey
Make early reservation as space
is limited to sixty passengers
Jno. D. Carter. S. P. A., ** * U
$12.00 English
Slip-Ons
< 'oats for hoth men
and women, splen
did styles of < 'assi-
more cloth in the
popular tans or
right shades of
brown. Aii unheard
of value d*t?.79
at
14 N. Pryor St.,
Atlanta, Ga.
JT*
Boys'and Girls' Slip-Ons
The finest models of the sea
son. sizes 6 to 16 years. Reg
ular $4 values. Sale price '
$1.79
Boys’ Rubber Coats, in black,
tail and gray, with vulcanized
seams. Regular $5 value. Sale
price