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WOMAN BROKER TO
HAVE OFFICE HERE
Is Studying Local Real Estate
Situation Now.
PLEASED WITH CONDITIONS
Thinks Savannah Offers Many
Matchless Advantages.
From the Morning News, May 7. •
Savannah is going to have a woman
real estate broker!
Attracted by the splendid records of
S.avannah, its remarkable climatic and
superb health conditions and the
countless other matchless attractions
for which this city has become famed.
Mrs. John Edward Shannon has given
up her home in Albany, N. Y., and de
termined to become a resident here.
Mrs. Shannon hasn't made her formal
entry into the local field yet, but she
will have her plans all worked out by
the end of the year and promises to
be heard from wher. she does begin her
campaign. She is a cautious business
woman and has no intention of plung
ing blindly into the local field. It is
her purpose to study local real estate
conditions for several months before
entering into competition with the
brokers who are experienced in the
handling of local realty.
Is Studying Conditions.
Although she has had ripe experience
with realty matterd in the East Mrs.
Shannon realizes that conditions are
vnstiy different in this section of the
country and it is her purpose to master
the situation here before she under
takes the task of buying and selling
Chatham county dirt and homes.
She doesn’t expect and doesn’t want
her sex to give her any advantage.
WOMEN ELECTED TO
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
First Time in History of Or
ganization.
From the Morning News, May 7.
For the first time in the history of
tho Georgia Historical Society women
were made active members when
a quartette of names was presented
at the quarterly meeting last night and
elected.
Col. A. R. Lawton, president, read
a most interesting letter from Prof.
Leonard L. Mackall of the University
of Jena, Germany, who has taken a
deep interest in the historical affairs
of Georgia and Savannah in particu
lar. The letter was an interesting de
tail of the work of William B. Hodg
son, after whom Hodgson Hall was
named, concerning his valuable work
ip Oriental, research, which Is used ns
text in jb’aptkiuJly all of the larger
.(('Zjlbllegps. ’fc,-.
STOLEN ELK'S* PIFIS
IDENTIFIED BY OWNER
Another Robbery by Blair
Comes to Light.
From the Morning News, May 7.
Visiting the police station yesterday,
A. S. Bacon Identified tho Elk’s pin,
and the pair of eyeglasses found on
James Blair, the confessed burglar, at
the time of his arrest, Sunday. An
other burglary came to light when It
was found that the home of Mr. Mor
decai, on West Bolton street had been
entered Saturday night. Nothing was
taken.
Several keys were in Blair’s posses
sion. One of them was stolen from
Mr. Mordecai’s house, and another key
left in its place. The police have not
found the lock for the extra key.
Blair denies that he secured any
booty from the majority of the homes
he entered. It is probable that he
will be given a hearing In Police
Court in the next few days.
Blair is not James O. Biair, of No.
615 Howard street, a young bricklay
er. The youthful burglar is a well
known figure on the streets of Savan
nah. His father is a blind man and
Blair for a long time lead him about
the streets. At the time the burglar
ies were committed he was working as
an errand boy. ,
TRAM CAR CABLE CUTS
OFF BLACKBURN’S FEET
Boys Were Running Car Down
Incline at Factory.
From the Morning News, May 7.
Playing around a cable-drawn tram
car at the now Idle plant of the Sea
board Pipe Foundry on the western
side of the city, James Blackburn,
aged 11 years, of No. 512 Guerard lane,
had both feet cut off yesterday after
noon about 6 o’clock when his feet be
came tangled in the cable.
He was rushed to the Georgia In
firmary in the police ambulance and
an operation was performed. One foot
Is cut off at the ankle and the other
a few inches above the ankle. It is
believed the boy will recover.
There is an incline running from the
ground to the second floor at the foun
dry and on this cars are run to carry
coke up to the furnace door. The boys
drew the car to the top of Jhe incline
and, climbing on, rode down. The car
had been drawn up and as it started
down, in some way Blackburn's feet
caught in the cable and they were cut
off.
TWO MEN ARI CHARGED
WITH TAKING BIBLE
Was Stolen from Box on Steam
ship Wharf.
From the Morning News, May 7.
Charged with stealing a Bible from
-the Merchants and Miners Transpor
tation Company's wharf, George Davis
and Henry Garrett were yes
terday morning by Sallyport Patrol
man Cameron. The Bible was found
In their possession.
It is charged that the men entered a
box of freight on the wharf, taking
the Bible out of it. The box contains
Bibles and is consigned to a local
book dealer. The box was found open
and suspecting Garrett and Davis, the
authorities there notified police head
quarters and Patrolman Cameron
made the arrest. The men claim the
Bibid was given them. They will be
given a preliminary hearing in Police
Court.
FOUR HOURS IN SEA
WAITING FOR DEATH
WERE TITANIC VICTIMS
Only One of 17 on S. S. Minia
Died by Drowning.
Halifax, N. S., May 6.—Only one of
the seventeen persons whose bodies
i were recovered by the cable ship Minia
in the vicinity of the Titanic tragedy
died from drowning,is the opinion of
the cable ship's physician. The other
sixteen perished from exposure, death
ensuing some four hours after the
vessel sank. This was demonstrated
by examination of the bodies, water
being found in the lungs of hut one
person.
This statement is made on the au
thority of the Rev. W. 11. Cunning
ham, rector of St. George’s Church,
who accompanied the Minia on her
quest.
"The bodies which were recovered
were found miles apart," said the
clergyman, “and such success as we
attained was due to expert navigation
and good luck.”
Os the seventeen bodies recovered,
fifteen were brought to port, the other
two, the bodies of unidentified fire
men, being buried at sea.
The bodies preserved were those of
Charles M. Hays, president of the
Grand Trunk Railway; Joseph Finney,
of J. Finney and Company, rubber
merchants of Liverpool, England, who
was a second class passenger; three
third class passengers, and ten mem
bers of the crew.
Owing to difficulties due to the
rough sea the treatment of the bodies
on the cable ship was of a temporary
nature. That of Mr. Hays was em
balmed here to-day and shipped to his
home at Montreal on a special train.
CHURCH SHOOTNG
RESULTS FATALLY
According to Report Made to
County Officers.
From the Morning News, May 7.
The report reached Savannah yes
terday that Ben Jenkins, who was shot
in a negro church at Sandfly Sunday
afternoon by Ben (Kid) Bacon, died
early yesterday morning from his
wounds. An investigation of the re
port is being made by the Chatham
county authorities.
According to Bacon's story he shot
Jenkins in self-defense. Earlier in the
day, ho states, he and Jenkins had a
quarrei. Later he went to church and
was sitting in the front pew. Jenkins
and Rents Screven came in. Bacon
says, and Jenkins had a knife and
Screven a plow handle. They jerked
him from his seat, and then, in self-de
fense, he shot, the bullet striking Jen
kins.
After the shooting Jenkins refused
to come to Savannah to a hospital,
but was carried off by some of his
friends, who stated they would secure
mjfitvjal attention for him.
PHASE COMING J '
IN KIMMEL MYSTERY
Chicago, May 6.—Another phase of
the now famous Kimmel life insur
ance case in which an insurance com
pany combatted payment of a policy
on the life, of George Kimmel, formerly
of Niles, Mich., on the ground that
Kimmel was still alive, and in which
a man who claimed to be Kimmel ap
peared in court, has developed. It
became known here that Dr. O. S.
Woods of Omaha, Neb., an uncle of
Kimmel, would be asked to pass on the
identity of the man who claimed to
be Kimmel, but who w - as long known
as Andrew White. Pending arrival
of a letter from Dr. Woods, the man
will be kept in seclusion in a Chicago
hospital.
Dr. Loren Wilder, whose recent oper
ation on the skull of the Kimmel claim
ant is believed by the doctors to have
caused a return of the patient’s mem
ory, admitted that he had sent to Dr.
Woods a copy of the story told by the
patient since the oi>eration and Dr.
Woods will be asked to say whether
the story fits In with the life history
of George Kimmel, his nephew.
VINCENfASTOR HURRIES
TO JOIN “REAL” MOTHER
His Little Sister Never Meets
Stepmother.
New York, May 6.—Worn out by
grief over his father’s death and his
efforts to cheer his youthful step
mother, young Vincent Astor, now head
of the family in America, has turned
to his "real mother,” Mrs. Ava W filing
Astor, for solace.
After the funeral of John Jacob As
tor Saturday, Vincent took Mrs. Made
line Force Astor home, then he hur
ried off to meet his mother. There was
another meeting yesterday and mother
and son were together again to-day.
Young Astor’s sister, Alice Murick
was at the family meetings. At no
time during the funeral services of her
father was she permitted to come In
contact with her youthful stepmother.
It was stated by a friend of the fam
ily to-day that another heir to the As
tor millions is not expected until late
next autumn. This seems contrary to
popular belief. The new Mrs. Astor
now is in seclusion and she expects
to remain at her Fifth avenue home
for the coming few weeks. It is ex
pected she will retire to one of the
Astor summer places with the coming
of hot weather.
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THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK) THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1912,
SHOWS DARK SIDE
OF SCHOOL SYSTEM
MUCH ROOM TO IMPROVE
Commissioner Claxton Shows
Bright Side, Too.
Washington, D. C., May 6.—Both the
bright and dark sides of the American
educational system are discussed by
Dr. P. P. Claxton, the United States
commissioner of education, in his an
nual review of educational conditions.
Dr. Claxton notes that the average
number of days attended by each child
enrolled in the public schools increas
ed in the first decade of this century
by almost 14 per cent. Nevertheless,
he points out, the average daily at
tendance of these children is still only
113 days in the year, or less than five
and three-fourths months. Assuming
that this rate of attendance shall con
tinue through the thirteen school
years (5 to 18) the average amount of
schooling received by each child of the
school population will be only 1,046
days, or a little more than five years
of ten school months each.
The average monthly salary for male
teachers has increased about 38 per
cent. In the decade under discussion,
while female teachers are getting 27
per cent, more than in 1900. At the
same time the average wage for pub
lic school teachers all over the coun
try, including teachers in the wealthy
cities and in the high schools, is less
than S3OO, $3 a day for the actual num
ber of days taught, $1.60 a day for the
actual working days of the year. In
this connection Dr. Claxton says that
It should be remembered that teach
ers are expected to give their entire
time either to the actual work in the
school room, to school work which
must be done out of school hours, or
to preparing themselves in summer
schools and elsewhere for better serv
ice. Clearly there must be a large
increase In the salaries of teachers be
fore the efficient service which is de
sirable may be expected.
In some states the wage scale for
teachers falls far below the country
wide average. Thus Dr. Claxton ob
serves: “In eleven states the average
annual salary for teachers is less than
$400; in eight it is less thun $300; tn
two, less than $250. For salaries like
this it is clearly impossible to hire
the services of men and women of
good native ability and sufficient schol
arship, training and experience to en
able them to do satisfactory work.”
Moreover, "a very large per cent, of
the teachers are men and women less
than 21 years old. In the country at
large less than one-half have had ade
quate preparation for their work. In
some states less than 25 per cent, have
had the full preparation given by nor
mal schools and In most of the states
less than 10 per cent, of the teachers
In the country schools have had such
preparation. Few continue to teach
long enough to gain wisdom and skill
from experience. In several states
from 20 to 30 per cent, ts teachers
every year are
states the average Jehgth of ssrvice Is
less I ban ft jr years of sl*-~iuenths
each.”
Continuing his review, Dr. Claxton
shows that the value of all public
school property Increased more than
75 per cent, in the first ten years of
this century, but that even now it
amounts to less than S4O for each child
of school age. Similarly, although the
income of public schools has increased
more than 83 per cent, in this period,
still even now It is very low in many
commonwealths. Thus the expendi
ture for public education is less than
$5 per capita in 25 states and less
than $2.50 per capita in ten states.
Dr. Claxton also remarks that the
number of public high schools in this
country for the period 1900-1910 increas
ed more than 70 per cent., and that
the number of high school pupils jump
ed more thnn 76 per cent. However,
there Is still much room for Improve
ment. Says Dr. Claxton:
"The United States bureau of edu
cation has no reliable statistics on the
subject, but it is quite probable that
less thun half the children of the coun
try finish well more than the first six
grades, only about one-fourth of the
children ever enter high school, less
than eight in every 100 do the full
four years of high school work. Few
er than five in 100 receive any edu
cation above the high school.”
As for the colleges and Institutions
of like grade, their productive endow
ment increased 65 per cent., their in
comes exclusive of additions to endow
ments Increased 173 per cent.; their
faculties grew 61 per cent., and their
student bodieß 67 per cent. Here also,
Dr. Claxton says that much remains to
be done.
“Os the four or five millions of
young men and women of college age
In the country, only about 200.000 are
doing college work in standard Institu
tions. Less than 2 per cent, do the
full four years’ work and take a de
gree. The best interests of the civic
and industrial life of the country de
mand that a larger per cent, of its
citizens should have the preparation
for leadership and direction of affairs
which the colleges are supposed to
give.”
Jn summarizing, Dr. Claxton says;
“Everywhere the importance and ne
cessity of education for civic, economic,
social and spiritual welfare are recog
nized more than ever before. This
progress in interest, equipment, adap
tation and appreciation is very grati
fying, but It servos chiefly to call at
tention to the vast amount yet to be
done before we shall have begun to at
tain anything like the ideal of educa
tion necessary in our civic, industrial
and social democracy. The individual
and social welfare alike demand the
highest and best possible education for
every individual and a constant read
justment of Ideals and methods to the
ever-changing requirements of our de
veloping institutions.”
PLANS PENSIONS FOR
WORKERS
Washington, D. C., April 6.—Presi
dent Taft to-day sent to Congress a
message approving the plan of the
Commission of Economy and Efficiency
to retire all government employes at
the age of 70 years on annuities equal
to half-salary with a maximum limit
of S6OO.
The plan provides that employes en
tering the service after adoption of
the superannuation plan shall make
annual contributions to provide a re
tirement fund.
The commission estimates that the
plan would cost the government $227.-
000 a year during the next twenty
years and that the saving during the
succeeding sixteen years would equal
ise it.
Present employes would be assessd
not exceeding 8 per cent. The gov
ernment would contribute for employes
who are nearly 70 years. Employes who
leave the service could withdraw their
deposits to the retirement fund with
interest at 4 per cent.
IN COAL FIELDS
Serious Rioting Occurs Among
Idle Miners.
OUTBREAKS ARE REPORTED
Mobs of Men, Women and Boys
Cause Trouble.
Philadelphia, May {.—Serious rioting
which began to-day in the Schuylkill
valley region continued to-night and
outbreaks were reported from several
other points in the hard coal regions.
A feeling of unrest has prevailed
throughout the region since the pro
posed agreement between the operators
and miners was made public. Idle
miners, who charge that more men are
at work in the various collieries than
are necessary for mere repair work,
to-day made riotous demonstrations
in Shenandoah, Mount Carmel, Ma
hanoy City and Jessup, the latter a
small town near Scranton. At Jessup
William Marchesl was shot and prob
ably ratally injured, and his brother
Saborce was shot in the hand in a
quarrei with two other idle miners.
In the Schuylkill valley region the
disorder occurred to-day in Shenan
doah. The rioting spread to-night to
Mahanoy City, where a veritable reign
of terror prevails. Howding mobs of
men, women and boys charged up and
down the main street and atoned sus
pected workmen. Trolley cars, auto
mobiles and wagons, suspected of con
veying workers from the mines, were
stopped and searched by the frenzied
rioters. Young boys appeared to be
among the worst offenders.
A mob of 400 men raided the St.
Nicholas and Maple Hill collieries,
among the largest in the region and
ordered all men found there to cease
work. Those who demurred were
roughly handled and several were bad
ly beaten.
At Shenandoah the foreigners are
reported to be in an ugly mood.
Another serious riot occurred at
Mount Carmel, where Thomas Cul
lion was kicked into unconsciousness.
A march upon Harrisburg to demand
that Gov. Toner call a special ses
sion of the Legislature to order the
mines opened, was decided upon at a
meeting of Socialistic miners at Shem
okln.
VILLAGE OF KISSING
Quaint English Town Where
Official Kisser Makes Rounds.
Philadelphia, May 6—A London let
ter to the Record says;
How w’ould you like to be official
kisser for the village ot Hungerford?
The town has two of them, and they
wmrk iiard and enjoy their labor. Hun
gerford is on the borders of Berkshire
and Wiltshire.
The custom of official kissing there
is centuries old. It happens on Hock
ney Tuesday.
Unless you have lived through Hock
ney Tuesday you can have no concep
tion of what it means. At 8 o’clock
the town qrier of Hupgerford, in gra*
and scarlet, with brass buttons, comes
out of the Town Hall and blows three
notes on the ancient horn given by
John o‘ Gaunt, and’ that is the signal
for two tutti-men to-,emerge from the
constable s tyuuse with staves tipped
witty f rjojruitei Jjnd
tulips, sunnduflied ‘by an orange,
It is their business to go forth and
kiss the damsels of the town, irre
spective of age or beauty, according
to custom.
James Blake and Anthony Bowsher
were the tutti-men this Hockney Tues
day. Mr. Blake Is 60 years old; Mr.
Bowsher is younger, but both of them
kissed vigorously from 8 o'clock until
7 in the evening, with a break for din
ner.
Tradition decrees that they shall
be liberal with oranges and pennies.
Therefore, having kissed a maid, they
gave her an orange as a solace, an:l
they hurled oranges among the crowd
of urchins who followed them about all
day.
It was a perfect orgy of kissing.
They kissed at doors and little, high
pitched shrieks floated out into the
street, showing how nobly the tutti
men-were doing their duty.
They went to the workhouse and
kissed all the old ladles, including Ann
Benson, Who is 99 years old; they went
to the laundry, with their floral staves.
Up and down for five miles they wan
dered, from house to house, kissing,
kissing, kissing, until at the time of
the sunset were no more left to
kiss.
They wanted to start again, but that
is against the ancient laws.
Meanwhile, during these goings-on,
the Hock-Tide Court had been sitting,
doing the serious business of the year,
appointing a constable, a portreeve, an
ale-taster and what not, and at the
end the entire court adjourned to the
Three Swans for church warden pipes
and bowls of smoking punch.
Every one agreed that "they were
good old times.”
Capt. D. W. York, Atlanta.
Atlanta, May 6.—Capt. Dillington W.
York, a native Georgian and pioneer
citizen of Atlanta, died to-day In his
eighty-fourth year at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Lewis Awtrey, on High
land avenue. He won his title as
a gallant Confederate soldier, was a
successful merchant until his retire
ment. and Is survived by two sons and
two daughters.
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TAFT JUMPS INTO
BATTLE FOR OHIO
HE ATTACKS ROOSEVELT
Declares Latter Has a Few
Bosses of His Own.
Cincinnati, May 6.—Under heavy
skies and intermittent rain President
Taft campaigned through Southern
Cjhio to-day. He made ten speeches,
many of them in a heavy dowmpour.
From the time he crossed the Ohio
river into his home state the Presi
dent continued to tell his hearers why
he broke silence and attacked Col.
Theodore Roosevelt. He covered again
much of the ground he went over in
Massachusetts and Maryland but oc
casionally brought in new subjects.
Most of his audiences were attentive
and at times demonstrative.
The President talked many times
about the Roosevelt charge that he was
consorting with the bosses.
“What bosses are for me?” asked
Mr. Taft late to-day at Hamden.
“What bosses am I upholding? Mr.
Roosevelt says they are all for me. I
could go over the list and show you a
goop many for him. There is Mr.
Fiinn in Pennsylvania, one of the
worst bosses they have ever had, who
is strongly for Mr. Roosevelt. So is
Mr. Brown, who is a budding boss in
Ohio. Would you think that if Mr.
Roosevelt were nominated and elected
President we would not have any
more bosses?
"I cannot promise you any such
thing if I am elected because I am not
engaged in going about cutting off the
heads of bosses. I cannot do it. It Is
the function of the people at home to
reform matters. I don’t recollect in
the seven years that Theodore Roose
velt was President that his path was
strewn with the bodies of dead bosses
that he had killed.”
On several occasions the President
brought up Mr. Roosevelt's references
to Abraham Lincoln.
Heir to Lincoln’s Acts.
“Mr. Roosevelt claims apparently a
patent right on Abraham Lincoln and
his sayings,” he said at Hamden. “You
would think from the way he talked
that he was entitled to appropriate ev
erything that Mr. Lincoln did and
said. 1 ask you whether Abraham
Lincoln would have treated an oppo
nent as he has done me.”
At Chiliicothe the President took up
the question of ifis prosecution of the
trusts.
“Mr. Roosevelt charges me with be
ing subject to the control of special
privilege,” he said. "Well. I deny it."
“I have prosecuted every trust and
every railroad and every leading man
whether it be Dan Hanna or Mr. Gary
and the head of the Steel trust. I
have followed the administration of
Theodore Roosevelt on his policies in
every respect, but one and that one
was that I directed the prosecution of
the Steel trust and also the prosecu
tion of the Harvester trust. Now, un
der those conditions when there is
a published statement by Mr. Perkins
of the Steel trust and Harvester trust
that if he were prosecuted or his com
pany were sued, that they would fight,
no (suits were brought against them
and Mr. Perkins is now one of the
Teamn* mftkrM t to- Mr.
Roosevelt's cnr.ipalgp. I ask you if
the circumstances were reversed, with
his proneness to impute improper mo
tives. where would Mr. Roosevelt put
me under those conditions?
“I don’t charge any improper mo
tives on the part of Mr. Roosevelt in
that matter, but I don't agree with
him."
President Taft came by special train
to Cincinnati.
When informed of the progress of
the Maryland primaries, he refused
to comment, stating he would like to
get more complete data.
PLANS WORLD CONFERENCE
ON SAFETY ON THE SEA
House Wants Army Transports
Safeguarded.
Washington, D. C., May 6.—An in
ternational maritime conference and
the immediate equipment of all United
States army transports with life-sav
ing apparatus were provided for to
day in bills passed unanimously by
the House. Both measures were intro
duced as a result of the Titanic dis
aster and record time was made in
their passage. It is expected that
equal speed will be made in the Sen
ate.
The international conference wifi be
held in Washington and the President
is authorized to open negotiations with
all maritime powers to send delegates.
The conference would consider the
broad question of life-saving equip
ment on merchant vessels. Investigat
ing the desirability of having an in
ternational patrol fleet in the North
Atlantic during the seasons when ice
bergs abound, and the practicability
of compelling large liners to have con
voys on their trips.
The bill providing for the equipment
of army transports appropriated $300,-
000 for the installation ot Use boats
and rafts and would make compulsory
the installation of sufficient boats and
rafts to care for every passenger and
member of the crew.
ARTILLERY PUNCH, HAS
IT BEEN KNOCKED OUT?
Gov. Brown Informs Atlanta
That It Has.
Atlanta. May 6.—The famous Artil
lery Punch which has served to make
Savannah known wherever drinks are
mixed and which has put to sleep
many of the most prominent men in
the country, including presidents and
generals, has received its knockout.
The news was brought to Atlanta to
day by Governor Brown, who has just
returned to the city after attending
the Hibernian banquet in the city by
the sea. The famous brew was not
in evidence on that occasion.
“It had got so they wouldn't drink
punch in Savannah," said Randolph
Anderson. Chatham representative. “If
they did they were afraid they couldn't
get’ back to their hotels, so the good
old stuff had to go.”
mobleFmayVe
IN JAIL AT AMERICUS
Thomasville, Ga., May 6.—George
Mobley, the negro barber from Val
dosta. who came near being lynched
for insulting a white girl of that city,
as is alleged, was taken from the jail
here last night by Sheriff Singletary
and is supposed to be in jail at Amer
lous. Mobley was brought here yes
terday for safe-keeping, but it is sup
posed he was considered too near Val
dosta. He is in neither the Camilla
nor the Albany jail and as he was
carried via Albany, is supposed to be
at Americus. The matter was kept
very quiet and his presence here only
known to-day.
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YOUTHFUL BURGLAR
CAUGHT AT WORK
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Blair Now Admits Entering
Six Houses in Two Nights.
WAS LOOKING FOR CASH
Discovered Robbing the Resi
dence of J. F. Register.
Hearing a noise in his home at No.
2211 Bull street about 2 o’clock yester
day morning. J. S. Register telephoned
police headquarters that a burglar was
in the house, and hurrying there Mo
torcycle Patrolman McGrath arrested
James Blair, aged 14 years, who Is
now charged with six burglaries. He
admits them, according to the police.
Within the last week the following
homes were entered and the robberies
are charged to Blair: S. C. Wolf, '-t
No. 317 West Gwinnett street; A. S.
Bacon, at No. 307 We3t Gw-innett
street; J. M. Solomons, at No. 211
West Gwinnett street; Otis Ashmore,
at No. 909 Whitaker street; Leopold
Adler, at No. 1009 Whitaker street, and
M. Drj-fus, at No. 2003 Bull street.
A silver box containing a small sum
of money was stolen from Mr. Solo
mons’ residence, and it was found on
Blair when he was searched at the
police station. None of the places en
tered reported that any articles had
been stolen, with the exception of
Mr. Solomons. Blair also had in his
possession an Elk’s' pin. with a small
diamond and a pair of eyeglasses in a
rase. The police are attempting to
find the owners of the articles.
In almost every case entrance was
effected through a side window. When
arrested Blair denied knowing any
thing of the other robberies, but
through the work of Detective Umbach
the others were placed against him.
The homes of Mr. Wolf and Mr. Dry
fus were entered Friday night, and
the others were entered Saturday
riighj- ~.... . .'Kl*' —->
Going to tne tio.tie of T.enpr.rti Ad
ler yesterday to Investigate the- bur
glary, Detective Umbach found the
lower rooms in disorder. Blair had
struck match after match throwing
them on the floor. He had turned the
contents of drawers out on the floor,
but nothing had been missed. It is
•believed that he was looking for
money.
Here a step ladder was put against
the side of the tyo’use, and reaching
the window Blair pulled it down, and
entered. Examining the window, De
tective Umbach found a piece of soap.
It looked as if it had beeen stepped
on and stuck to the shoe at the heel."
as one end was curved. The detec
tive believed that It was on the bur
glar’s foot when he got into the win
dow, and It dropped on the sill.
Returning to police headquarters,
Blair was forced by Detective Um
haeh and Chief Detective Murphy to
remove his shoes. The piece of soap
fitted to the shoe, and besides the
shoe was covered with other soap. This
proved, in the officers’ minds, that
Blair was guilty, and after question
ing him. he admitted It. Blair wifi
be carried to the various places that
have been robbed and the officers will
have him show how entrance was
effected in each case.
At Mr. Ashmore's home his desk
was entered, papers thrown over the
floor and the rooms generally were
left in disorder, but nothing has been
missed. Practically the same condi
tion was found in every home that
was entered, everything was in diso
der. but nothing was taken. The of
ficers believe Blair only wanted mon
ey and was afraid to take any of the
large number of valuable articles in
the rooms.
GEORGIA APPLES
FOR THE WORLD
Atlanta Constitution.
Tallulah Falls. Ga., May 4 —“Three
and a half millions of apple trees bear
ing; Habersham and Rabun counties
to be the dominating factors in apple
production of the United States;
northeast Georgia to control the mar
kets.” This is the ultimate aim or the
large commercial apple orchards now
being developed near this place, ac
cording to a statement given out by
Louis B. Magid, president of the
company, known as the Appalachian
Apple Orchards.
Mr. Magid is stopping at his country
hnme near the Falls, and is Inspecting
the work in the orchard. He states
that they have 263 acres cleared, of
which 250 acres are planted. There
are 17.900 trees on the place and each
one was planted with dynamite, the
new wrinkle in tree planting. By next
January 500 acres will be planted, with
a total of 35.000 trees. Tile trees for
the fall planting will be imported di
rect from France, the order having
been placed, and enough of them will
be imported at one time to enable the
company to plant another 500 acre
tract.
The magnitude of this orchard has
been the subject of general comment
ever since the development work was
started, and there are many residents
who confidently share Mr. Magid’s
belief that northeast Georgia will be
the logical loader In apple production
in this country, and that it wifi only
be a matter cf a few years until our
apples will be ..nown all over the
world. Natural advantages cannot be
held down always, and this section
possesses enough advantages to entitle
tl to first place in apple growing.
Toombs Farmers Are Blue.
Lyons, Ga., May s.—Daily rains are
still continuing and the farmers are
blue over the situation. The cotton
acreage of Toombs county will be at
least one-third oft. and many fields are
now being made ready for hay crops.
If the rains stop the corn acreage is
going to be larger than ever before.
ELEMENTS FIGHT TO
AID FLOOD WATERS
Hope of Victory Is Expressed
by Engineers.
LEVEES YET ARE HOLDING
Baton Rouge’s Heroic Fight
May Be Successful.
HUNDREDS IN DANGER
OF LOSING THEIR LIVES
New Roads. La . May C.—The
water from the Torras crevasse
is rising so rapidly over the
country south of there that
hundreds of people are in im
mediate danger of losing their
lives, according to information
reaching here last night. The
small relief parties are working
day and night hut they cannot
get the inhabitants out fast
enough.
At Bachelor, 12 miles south
of the crevasse, the water la
coming up with a rush and that
town which lias been a reUcf
base will liave to be abandoned
within the next few hours. The
only land in sight at tho place
is a small patch on the front
near the levee and the tracks
of the Texas and Pacific rail
road.
New Orleans, May 6.—“lt looks
the • . r- ptun.st u-‘ ’
T !S S-. Lit - •■Jf
M'i F. M. K' rr. >.!::• I f j
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prill, f P-T the .jam
by da y and by night to save
iana's remaining levees from the rav
ages of the Mississippi river's flood wa
ters.
The situation continues
but there were no reports
breaks in the Mississippi t
tho engineers who were Uu acting tho
army of thousands of laborers in the
hard fight again expressed hope of
ultimate victory.
Hard rains fell last night and this
morning all along the river as far
north as Torras and showers contin
ued throughout the day.
Negroes refused to work in tho rain
unless furnished a generous supply of
whisky, and even then they could do
very little.
Increased forces of laborers were dis
patched to-uay to the weak sections
between Morganza and New - Roads.
Others were sent to Plaquemine, and
250 additional men were put to work
on a bad stretch of 8,000 feet at Ames
vllle, five miles north of New Orleans,
on the opposite side of the river. The
levees still were holding to-night at
Baton Rouge and the people who have
made such a heroic fight there against
great odds feel more encouraged.
Guarding New Orleans.
The situation in the Third district
of New Orleans, notwithstanding the
heavy handicap of the rains, was de
clared to-night to be more reassuring,
though the danger of levee trouble
along certain stretches still demands
the labor of .hundreds of men for sev
eral days yet.
Further precautions were taken to
day by the New Orleans Levee Board
anil city officials to guarantee the quick
closing of gaps in the New Orleans
protection levees above the city in
event of a break in the levees of Jef
ferson parish.
Water from the Torras crevasse to
day reached Morganza and to-night it
is a foot deep in some streets of tha
town. This water is slowly backing
up against the land side of the big
Morganza ievee.
The levee on the west side of the
Atchafalaya river at Elba, five miles
north of Melville, in St. Landry Par
ish. sloughed this afternoon, turning
loose some of the flood waters of that
swollen stream upon a rich territory
south of Alba. Later the levee was
repaired.
Along the Bayou des Glaizes the sit
uation continued to become mora
alarming.
Big Floating Dock Bound for
New York.
Pensacola. Fla.. May s.—The power
ful tugs Mary Scully and M. E. Luck
enbach of New York left here to-day
having in tow the naval steel floating
dock know - n as the Spanish floating
dock, which is to be delivered to the
new owners in New York. The dock,
built in England fifteen years ago,
was acquired by the United States
from Spain at the close of the Spanish-
American war and brought here, where
it has been used since. It is an im
mense and unwieldy structure and it
will require fifteen or twenty days
with good weather for the tugs to
reach New York.
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