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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
rniDAV. Jt'I.Y IS. 1»H.
IN THE BISHOP’S OFFICE;
A LITTLE ■TALE OF HOW
. • ONE REPORTER GOT EVEN
T'
i HE Right Reverend Henry Cod
men Potter, blahop of New York
and maeter laborer In the vine'
yard, baa written to a London paper
denying the aeventeen almultaneous In
tervlewe published In New Tork papers
uixrn that eminent prelate’s recent re
turn from a trip to Great Britain.
In these seventen simultaneous state
ments tbe bishop was quoted as slab
orating on the test that no love was
lost between England and the United
Slates.
It seems that when these utterances
reached dear old Lunnon, therewith
came a sensation. British ecclesiastics,
humble and dignitary, became ' busy,
and there was much ado. It Is even
possible that prayers were offered for
the benefit of the froward bishop.
And now. In defense, the bishop has
averred he didn't say It, the charitable
Inference being that seventeen New
York papers simultaneously made the
same mistake. The bishop Is noted for
his charity. But with that Incident,
this story has nothing to do. It merely
serves as a “that reminds me" of what'
once happened In this city of Atlanta.
A prelate, a trip to Great Britain, a
public. utterance, a newspaper report
of it, ah upheaval In England, h denial
of the Utterance; a reporter In disgrace.
In despair, and finally In triumph were
Incidents of the tale one Is about to
relate. It Is a story that newspaper
men love to tell, so complete was the
vengeance achieved.
»*••**
Most folks talk in haste and repent
st leisure. That’s why you hear so
many dentals of newspaper reports.
Except when It comes to having an
editor or ex-edltor In a gubernatorial
race, newspaper men are accurate
above the average degree of human
certainty. They are trained to hear
what people say and to transmit with
Inexorable truth what they say to cold
tvpe. Of course, reporters make mis
takes. If they were above making mis.
takes, they wouldn't be mere f2B t
week reporters, there being a constant
and unsatisfied demand for geniuses In
better paying professions. But it-can
be set down as a fact that a little, more
than half of the dentals of newspaper
Interviews are denials of what were
truthful reports.
This much by way of ^generalltyh
Long enough ago to permit the re
cital of facts—without use of names—
an eminent prelate, whose sonorous
voice Is stlll occasionally heard In the
South, went to England. Without ref
erence, to his personality or denomi
nation, he will hereinafter be referred
to as the Bishop. If he were not a
bishop, he was at least Important
enough so to be styled.
He put In a good two months across
the water, being a man of catholic na
ture and close observation.
Shortly after he returned to hts na
tive heath (te was called upon to give
By EDWIN CAMP.
breach of etiquette.
The eminent prelate was of sufficient
Importance to be of public interest, and
a reporter for a paper here was assign
ed to “cover" the story. This reporter
was then a youngster, being what Is
vulgarly known In newspaper parlance
as a "cub.”
The eminent prelate started off his
lecture In fame fashion, but ho soon
warmed upi. He harfjJ tad an excellent
dinner m^li fftriMrMlfti'Cnere was
before him a most attentive and most
sympathetic audience. And the report'
er was not conspicuous.
So the eminent prelate pretty soon
ran amuck With mordant sarcasm,,
he described Englishmen and English
women. . He accused them of being
dull, stupid, bigoted. Intolerant, circum
scribed In an area of Intense provin
cialism. There. was much of Interest
In his arraignment and, as the Bishop
was a blahop, there must have been
much truth In It
Meanwhile the unobtrusive reporter
was religiously taking notes on what
was being said.
The story was the best the paper
printed’the next day. It was dressed
up In great shape .by the city editor.' It
was full.of short paragraphs, bristling
with wit; there was a little frame In
which were intlosed some of the
Bishop’s pithy epigrams and from the
venter of the page beamed the rotund
face of the Blahop, two columns wide.
The cub was told he yras getting along
well and was promised a raise of $2.10
a week In his salary.
• • . * • • •
It must have been’a diill day In the
world of news, for the press associa
tions put the Bishop story on the wire
and It wasr published In’all the papers
of the country. It even went acrose
the water to Great Britain, where It,
received . much space In the London
papers.
Now, In this trip the Bishop has been
the guest of some very prominent peo
ple In England, and his caustic criti
cism didn’t rest wdll. He was accused
In papers ecclesiastical and temporal
of awful discourtesy, of Irreparable
In short, of un-
HARD LABOR ON THE GANG
LA W NEEDED IN ATLANTA
TO CURB SUICIDE WAVE
By CLAUD NEALY.
Bishop's msil for a few weeks
thereafter was loaded with -marked pd
pers from Great Britain.
So, he sat him down and wrote a tet
ter to The London Times, In which he
branded as false the statements attrib
uted to him.
"What’s the harm,” he argued to
himself; “It will appease the English,
and won't hurt anybody? Nobody here
In the South or In Atlanta will know'
anything about It."
The Tlmos printed the denial, and
the Bishop’s social position In Great
Britain was restored.
Howbelt, the world Is small.
Down- at Albany there “was a man
who wore- mutton chop whiskers,
-prk helmet, .was a member of the
Ishop’s. denomination, and subscribed
for The London Times. He was an
Englishman.
He read the Bishop's . denial as print
ed In The Thunderer, and he waxed
Indignant. The thing, ought to be de
nied In the Atlanta paper, too.
So he wrote a scorching letter to the
editor of the Atlanta paper, demanding
that the reporter, who had so griev
ously misrepresented the Bishop be
given condign punishment. He also
asked that his subscription be dlscon
tlnued.
The editor sent the letter to the city
editor, with.a note that the matter be
Investigated and the reporter dis
charged.
The city editor told the cub he might
work the week out, but that after that
he was not needed. The cub protested
his accuracy In the matter, but to no
avail. The city editor had his orders.
Only, he didn't print any retraction.
The reporter knew he had been ac
curate and truthful, - He also saw that I
his career had'been blighted right at
the start. So he put his wits to work.
That day the reporter called at the
Bishop's office. The prelate was feel
ing fine. He had got himself out of i
pretty mesh; and everybody ttas satis'
fled, he thought. And nobody ever
read the London papers here; so no.
body knew an ' ‘
squirmed out.
He received the reporter In a gra
ciously patronising manner. "I’m al
ways Interested in young men," he
said, with a benignant smile. "I’m
1 The men of the Seventeenth were
added a cubit to his stature and sev* 1l. .. mm i n _ il. r t. M1LL , ri n *,, r j_., ,.*
eral to his chest expansion. humming the rhyme Saturday morning
The reporter said he had Just come th ®y BWun * out of Fort McPherson
around for a chat. If It were not con- I to the chert road and turned toward
TO THE STIRRING STRAINS OF DIXIE,
SOLDIERS IN KHAKI START ON HIKE
"Oh, It’a-hlke, boys, hike, t
reao m« oonoon papers nere,- ao no-| Por th ^ n “
body knew anything about the way he | For ■.jJJY* 1 ** 8 ' c8n ue at dawn-
1, we’ll break you rooklea In
When the band begin* to play,
For we'll hike to Chlckamauga In the
mornin'."
Burning too much of the Bishop’s valu- the city streets. They emphasised It
able time. He had been yen’ much with thumping hJels on pacing block
Interested In that lecture about the I r. —,,i.u _il. id
trip to Great Britain, he said, and had ° “ ph * lt It rattled In glee from the
heard, ever so many flattering com- /drums toward the head of the column;
ments on It. the clatter of the wagon train over the
"Really,” beamed the Bishop as his cobblestones echoed It. The'boys were
cordiality grew Into unctuoueness. ”1 oft t0 chlckamauga after many delays,
their 200-mlle "hike”’ to the
know." . I summer encampment.
The‘reporter tried to keep his ; voice Through the streets In the early
from trembling os he asked: dawn marched the regulars, khaki-
"Well, what did you think of my re- trousered, blue-shlrted, swinging Jaunt-
.rvJmln? 'mv .Am I By under IB pounds ofMerriam pack
Then 1 came the’ cHmax. 0 ' or,haversack. Tho twelve companies of
'.Til be frank with you. Bishop,” the ‘he Seventeenth, usually the center pf
reporter said. "I came over to- get a cheering crowd, found themselves ol-
you.to help me. I’m Just beginning most without watchers on this occa-
rvopral-Aiver work and I want to rise „f on _ slcepy Atlanta h ad not opened
rapidly. Tho help pf such men as you . _ .
Invaluable to, a young fellow like 1,8 blinds when the regiment passed
me. Now, If you‘.would Just write a through the city. Only the early work-
note to Mr. Blank, the editor, saying era—newsboys, milkmen, . butchers—
you liked my report of your lecture, it stopped to watch the Seventeenth
would advance me In hie opinion and marc b past
would get me a raise of salary." , . .. ...
•The Bishop always strived to please 1**“®* b a,t TJ 18 r8ln drenched the
when It didn’t cost anything—and regiment as It turned Into Peachtree
here was a chance to make a good | street, but no so Idler minds a wetting,
friend for life. Water Is better than dust
So he wrote a lino little note to the Sergeant Jones hummed the lines as
editor,, saying he wished to express he turned out Saturday mornlhg. It
his .appreciation of the thorough, ac- was the last thing he remembered from
curate and Intelligent report of Mr. the night before, when with CArponU
Jones, the moet estimable young gen- Smith and Private Brown he had been
tleman who attended hte. lecture on guying a snuad of the rawer men. .They
his trip to Great Britain. had rubbed In IV well on the fellowe
The reporter sew him seal the an- who were still new to the khaki, who
velope. and himself volunteered to drop looked upon the march-to Chlckamauga
It In the. box. He thanked the Bishop 888 plcnlo trip.
moat profusely, and backed out of the _ Across the parade ground In the gray
office before the dawn came the voice of the
When he got half a block away, he bugle. It was the reveille, celling the
astounded the passers-by with a wild »«*o out for the march. The
whoop. I shrill voice had a song of Its own:
The city editor stalled as he read
the letter after "the chief had sent
It dpwn to him. Then he told the cub
to disregard what he had said about
quitting.
- The letter was-sent to the man at
Albany, along with the one of com'
plaint he hod written to the editor.
reward.
CHUBBY CHARLEYNORTHEN;
LANDMARK OF THE CAPITOL
Georgia roads, with a hill In
die en T a gully on the side. I'm
'twill take the starch out of
By JOHN C. REESE.
Politicians come and go; guberna
torial battles are waged fiercely, won
or lost, then forgotten; presidencies of
Ihe senate agitate asplritnts and their
trlends today; the tide of political for
tune bears this man to momentary age-
<ess. the undertow carries that man to
oblivion. But Charles 6. Northen goes
serenely on as the secretary of the
Georgia senate.
1 'really the success of this or that
man Is susceptible of reasonable anal-
>'-'K but if you try to put your finger
absolutely on any one specific thing
that Insures this rotund and jovial
young gentleman's hold on the' place,
you’ve got something that defies you-
of course, everybody likes him. He’d
hardly have survived the vicissitudes
"f political existence and exigencies
otherwise. Politics Is kindly to hu
manity for long periods, only to be
come an Insatiate maelstrom Anally to
engulf. Charley North**'* the man
8 ho defies the maelstrom.
once a politician wee asked why
Charley Northen had such a cinch on
the senatorial secretaryship, and In
sinuatingly the Inquisitor wanted to
know Why somebody else couldn't get
that place. The answer came blunt
8 nd to the nolntt
“Any man who thinks he can railroad
"harley Northen Into obscurity l» eith
er 8 <1 »mn fool or don’t know anything.
■;* l* the cleverest fellow that ever
ub! a favor, and I'd see my. own brother
[u the moat caloric comer of Hades
hefore I’d support him. If Charley even
ninieri be wanted the place."
That man perhaps gave as accurate
snalyeta as any of ue will ever have.
But what’s the difference? He Is the
secretary of the senate, and Georgia
"Oh, I can't git 'em up,
I can't git 'em up,
I can't' git ’em ub.
In the morning.”
But It go' them up on this morning.
This woe no dally turnout for early roll
and drill, no dally grind of guard
, . | mount, dress parade, mess calls. It was
A nd , f°„|be lncld*tt^ Cjoeed.^ ths day of the great "hlk*," tha march
n V r«oHril nn f him h« to Chlckamauga Park. Every man
J'.'f U n.vil .shl a£thln? about ?*. H P ull ‘ d hi* belt tight as he fell Into
ml. inin L iin. ranks, every man gave n closer hitch to
The cub hoe ttnc« toat Into poUtlcs, | haversack and wriggled hla toe* Into
where^tact and diplomacy receive great | a || t he comfort an army shoe could
give.
"'Tie the last fall-in on the old pa
rade ground till October," eald the
K ids sergeant to the colors. ‘"Twill
no easy steppln' over smooth turf
for two weeks now. You want to get
tJ G<
the middle
thlnkln’ '0
some of these ofAcer boys. Am I right,
my bucko?”
“Right you are,” said the colors, "on*
praise the Lord and the book of regu
lations, the ofAcera will hike with the
rest of us. There'll be no forced march
on thle trip."
From • corner of the reservation
came the rattle of wheels and chains.
Occasionally the thud of an Iron hoof
against smashing wood was borne
across the parade ground and the
voices of teamsters were uplifted In
language forbidden In the book. The
wagon train, nineteen strong, with four
Georgia mules to the wagon, woe get-
ider way. .
rattle of the drums cessed. As
the brown lines settled Into “Atten
tion,” the roll call beggp, quick, snap
py, the names rattling from the ser
geants' throats Ilk* bullets from e Max
im gun. There were no absentees, but
the few luckless ones on the sick list.
Even the guard house had given up
Ite regular lodgers. When the regi
ment marched away there would be left
but e handful of men and a lonely
ofAcer or two to guard the reservation
and cheer the ladles of the Seventeenth.
There were not many on the hospital
list.
The colonel reined In hie big horse
and watched the long line In khaki.
Behind him were the regimental and
battalion of Acer*, their horsee pawing
i the fresh grass of the parade. The ad
jutant galloped f(0m center to flank
and bock again. There was a quick
Inspection, a word or two to the com-
By DUDLEY QLA88.
streets and on over the muddy roods It
inarched, officers and men more than
800 strong. At the end of the march
waits Chlckamauga, Its dress parades.
Its drills. Its dances for the officers at
the mountain Inn, Its days of leave In n
new town for tho enlisted men. But
there ora 200 miles of dusty road and
sixteen days to go. There will be no
regret when the march It over.
"But It's easy pickin' on a hike like
this,” said Private Williams to the man
on hts left. "You ought to do a 20-mlle
trick through Luzon, with the little
brown men takln' a shot at you evory
now an' then nn’ between t'lmee.
There'* no restin' then. I know, for
I've been there."
It will be no forced march for the
Seventeenth. Twelve miles and a hnlf
a day Is the average route laid out on
the maps. Reveille will sound long be
fore dawn, breakfast will be over anti
the march begun, before sunrise. By
noon the regiment will be In'camp
ngaln, to rest until the following morn-
Ing kii I
Scouting or "reconnaissance" parttea
have been sont ahentl, and these will
mark nut the pieces for the bivouac,
convenient to water end to reliroaft
points. Hssvy bsggnge, which cannot
bo handled by wagon trains, will be
shipped io. points along the, lino of
Every man carried sixteen pounds
nn his back, and sixteen pounds Is no
light load for a long tramp on a July
day.. . Haversack, two days' field ra
tions, eighty rounds of blank cartridges,
blanket, poncho and half tent make up
the burden of oarh enlisted man. Two
hnlf tents are Joined together at the
camp and shelter for two men provided.
Tho men wore the regulation khaki
uniform,. without the blouse, a blue
army shirt being substituted for this.
Other uniforms end necessary equip
ment will be forwarded by train.
The officers will not be Idle during
the march. Mops of the country will
he roads will be carefully
located, flag signals or "wig-wags" will
be practiced along the way. The regi
ment will proceed’exactly;_aa though in
■i tne —
regiment. ’ At Cortersvllle a detour .will
be mad* through th* valley of the
Etowah and return, occupying two
days. At Calhonn the regiment will
leave tbe main route and go to Red-
HE epidemic of suicides and at
tempts at eulclde during the
past few months 'hoe estab
lished for the city of Atlanta a remark
able record end has aroused consider
able comment.
This marked prevalence of th* sui
cidal mania ha* developed tbe ques
tion:
Is there any remedy that can etop
to any material degree th* attempts
at self-destruction?"
In a discussion of the suicide record
a few days ago at th* Grady hospital.
In which Institution during the post
few weeks numbers of efforts at self-
murder have been thwarted by medical
science and skill. Dr. T. F. Brewster,
the superintendent, expressed himself
as favoring Ihe enactment of a state
law lo penalize attempts at suicide.
Dr. Brewster believes the application
of this legal remedy would prove the
meane of greatly diminishing the num
ber of such attempts.
His Idea I* to make an attempt at
self-murder a crime Just the seme as
an attempt by one person to murder
another. Ue proposes thz^t ell per
sona men end women, who try to kill
themselves and who fall should be
sent to the chain gang and wear
stripes. A good long term at hard la
bor In the gang. Dr. Brewster believes,
would forever destroy the suicide germ
and cleanse Ihe system of all desire
for an untimely cessation of Ilf*.
"Many Attempts Mere Fakes."
Dr. Brewster declares that a consid
erable percentage of the attempted euY
cldc* are thoroughly Insincere and are
prompted solely by a spirit of apltsful-
ness. Many of the attempted sui
cides are considered by tha hospital
officials as nothing more than a "bluff,"
the patients swallowing a little lauda
num or morphine to spit* someone or
arouse sympathy and persons guilty
of such acts should by all means be
punished. If we had an antl-snlctdo
law, It would- serve's* a club to strlk.i
fear to the hearts of such people, at
least, end would ‘change th* Ideas -f
many people a* to th* value of Ilf-.
The Idea of a long term at hnrd Ini,or
In the chain gang would eerve as a
splendid tonic."
Women In Majority Here.
The Grady hospital records reveal
the fact that th* great majority of at
tempts at suicide are mad* by wom
en, 'mohtly white women. These rec
ords demonstrate as a remarkable fart
that an attempt at Vclf-destructlon hy
a negro man la a rarity. It Is a de
cidedly Infrequent occurrence when a
negro man becomes so despondent on.I
morose that he will endeavor to Like
hla life. This species of humanity seems
thoroughly Imbued with the desire to
slble. Very few
negro women seek death at their own
hands, but such Instances are
numerous than among the mas
member* of the race.
According to the records, however.
It has become a common pastime.
among members of th* white race to 1
attempt to abbreviate their earthly ex
istence. A big percentage of thee*
deplorable condition _
Ing force and who court death a
grave as a panacea for their terrible
mental anguish and gloom.
Lev* Affairs Figure Strong.
On th* other hand, family troubles
dgure largely In the suicides and at
tempts. And then love plays Its part,
too. During lats months, th* Grade
hospital has formed th* temporary
abode of a score or more of young
women, some of them girls not out < f
their teens, who have sought death by
various means because of some mis
hap In an affair of the heart. The fn-
next reached, and then the march
straight to Chlckamauga will be made.
The men of the Seventeenth will not
feel the sixteen day*' “hike." They have
been prepared for It by weekly marches
through the country surrounding At
lanta, many of these covering more
then the .distances set for the dally
grind of the 200-mlle Journey. Th* men
were all In splendid spirits when they
left the fort end seemed to welcome
the change of air.
Fort McPherson will be practically
deserted. The ladles of the officers'
families are leaving for mountain and
seaside resorts for the summer, for
there la not provision made at ChlckaJ
mauga for either "the colonel's lady
or Judy O'Grady." Th* woman watch
ed the regiment march away In the
gray dawn aa many another woman
hoe wetehed the boys In blue or boy* In
grey—but there were no heartaches on
this morning. It was not real war—
Just a picnic.
For many miles the Seventeenth
United States will follow the route of
march over which Sherman and hla
devastating horde trod more than for
ty year* ago. By the name landmarks,
over the earns stream*, the soldiers of
Uncle Bom will retrace the slope taken
by those other soldier* of Uncle Sam
In the march to the sea. But Instead
of weening Women and wounded men
they will meet laughlr
who ask nothing bett
on the gate and welcome the passing
regiment. . Instead of the desolate re
gion of which Sherman boasted that "a
crow would have to carry his own ra
tions," they will And a smiling country
side, bright with prosperity,' awake
with progress.
Ana what is the tune the band of
the Seventeenth played ae It marched
out of the reservation? What was the
quick-step which set .the feet tapping
In th* early morning, which brought
chesra along the march from Southern
farmer In the Held* end Northern aol-
dler In the ranks? Not the song of
that sweeping raid of long ego; .not
Sherman’s "Marching Through Geor
gia," with Its shrill scream of th* fife.
Its Jarring rattle of the drums. No, the
air which cheered the tired Ameri
cans on their march was the song of
the old South then; the song of tha
new South and the new North now.
Just "Dixie."
arouse sympathy. An antl-eulclde
law, It Is beltevsd, would bfestly de
crease, If not entirely stop, this class
of fake*. <
"Suicides end attempts at suicide nre
becoming decidedly too .oommoti,” said
Dr. Brewster, "and some remedy should
be provided, Jf possible., Th* value of
life In many Instance* Is entirely too
low. This question of suicides Is a
serious problem, and I think It Is high
time that the law should take a hand.
If a person reaches such a stage the!
regards his Ilfs as valueless, ths law
should sstsbllsh a vslus for him. If an
at self-destruction Is made and
successful, then ths offender
should be severely punished.
"An attempt by jtny person to de-
>y hie or her life I* a crime and I
ik It would he a splendid Idea If
had a law making such an attempt
_ chain gang offense, Many of these
reported attempts at sulrldt are merely
exhibitions of spite work or efforts to
vorlte method adopted In the major- /
Ity of these cases Is the poison route, i
principally laudanum. As a result of
thle desire on the part of these young
women to die, the Hmdy hospital phy
sicians'.have had their hands full. It
will be remembered that only about
two weeks ego the hospital received
four poison cases In one day, one pa
tient, a negro womhn, dying. Tho oth- J
er patients, a trio of white women, all-
recovered.
■ The feet that practlraJly all of the
would-be suicides recover gives rise
to the assertion that many of them
really don't wont to die, but nre more- ,
ly "bluffing." Th* hospital physicians .
stale that only In a fow cases Is suf- '
Orient poison swnllowefl to kill.
"These would-be suicides generally |
make the mistake of taking loo little)
of the poison,” remarked one physi
cian. "If they really mean business
they ought to Investigate and ascer
tain Just what quantity to take."
FIRST ALL STEEL PASSENGER CAR BUILT
FOR RAILROAD COMES TO A TLANTA MON DA Y'
CHARLEY NORTHEN,
For ten years a figure in the State
Senate.
peny officers, a report to the colonel,
then the bugle soqnded once more, the
regiment broke Into column* of fours
I and guns went to th* shoulders. From
the regimental bend came a quick-step,
martial, stirring. It put life and vigor
Into every man In, the line. The Sev
enteenth wee off an Its long "hike."
Out of the reservation swung the
' Seventeenth. From the root grass of
| (he government grounds' Into the city
Continued on Pago Eight.
By HARRY AITCHISON.
Tho first all-stool passenger car for
n railroad ever made In the United
Btates will arrive In Atlanta over the
Southern railway Monday morning, the
car for th* peat two weeks having been
on exhibition at th* convention of tbe
Master Carbullder* of th* Country at
Atlantic City. Th* ear woe taken to
Washington Wednesday and equipped
for active service.
The new car le the first of three
which are being made for the Southern
road as an experiment. If there three
K ove successful, the entire road will
equipped with the all-steel conches
and other roods with lees courage for
experiments will quickly follow suit.
Ths Pennsylvania officials hnve^ecent-
ly become Interested In the move of
the Southern, end they alto have or
dered an experimental car which will
soon be In actual service. If they prove
practical, that road also will adopt
them Immediately.
Th* first steel Ver Is considered a
handsome affair by those railroad men
who have seen It, and has created a
stir of Interest among the officials of all
roads. It la over 74 feet In lepgth, 68
feet Inside length, $ feet 10 Inches wide
and 14 feet 2 Inches high. Th* entire
car Is made of compressed steel, and
what little wood Is used In th* interior
trimmings is carefully coated with a
fireproof substance which will make the
car as fire-proof as Is possible under
any conditions. Even the floor of the
car Ik of eteel. For several years the
New York’Central lines have been us
ing steel covered cars, but the Interior
and' many parts of th* exterior are
composed of wood. The steel coated
cars have not been as great a success
as was hoped for, snd many are in
clined to think that ths all-steel cars
will be svtn more of a dlsappolnment.
The new steel cars will possess many
great advantage* over tbe type In com
mon use. In addition to being Impoeal-
ble to set afire. It Is also Impossible
for the car to telescope during a wreck,
and It would be Impossible tor the ends
to be smashed In. In a wreck similar
to the one In which a picnic train fig
ured In Atlanta a few weeks ago and
one life waa lost, the splintering ot
wood and the bulging of sides would
have been prevented If steel had been
used Instead of wood. Such a thing
as being crushed beneath a seat would
be almost an Impooslbtllty. Ho, It tbe
steel can 'are adopted generally by '
railroads, as It seems probable 1
they will be, tbe danger from frightful
wrecks will be reduced to a minimum.
Weight Only Disadvantage.
The greatest disadvantage of the new
car la Its excessive weight, aay railroad
men who have been studying th* mat
ter. The new car which will be seen
for the first time In Atlanta Monday
will walgh about 11 per cent-more then
tbe ordinary day coaches which are to
be seen dally. It la expected, however,
that th* Pressed Steel Car Company,
who have th* contract for the experi
mental care, can reduce th* weight
at least i per cent, thereby relieving
that disadvantage.
DRAWING MATERIAL
At John L. Moor* ft Sons' for draughts
man, schools and colleges. 42 North
Broad St, Prudential building. •••
40,000 COAL MINERS
' WILL RESUME WORK
By 1’rivets Leased Wire.
Harrisburg, Pa., July 14.—At a con
ference between the operators and
President John Mitchell, It was decided
that th* 40.000 miners In th* Central
Pennsylvania bituminous district, who
have been on strike since April 1. shall
resume work. Th* men get an advance
In wage* and an eight-hour day, but
failed to get a closed shop.
TO PRESENT SILVER SERVICE
TO NEW BATTLESHIPS
Special to Th* Oeorglsn.
New Orleans, La, July 14 —The
handsome silver service that le to be
presented to th* battleship LmiUlana
when ah* arrlrts bare hua been con
tracted for with a New Orleans firm.
Arrangements are In course of prepara
tion fur a dual presentation, the prop
osition being to havf the people of
Tennessee to make their girt to the
battleship , u hlch U to com* t
here at tbs same t. : ..g. .