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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. Feel Crouchy ■ It is not your fault —it is your liver. No one can be in good spirits when their system is not carrying off the waste products. Tutt’s Pills regulate the bile ducts and put you in a good humor with yourself and the world. At your druggist—sugar coated or plain. 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. I —■ ■— ■■■s Bad Taste in the Mouth Dizziness, and a general “no account” feeling is a sure sign of a torpid liver. The remedy is Simmons Red Z Liver Regulator (The Powder Form). It exercises its greatest restorative effect in the liver, yet it is effective in the stomach and bowels. Indi gestion, constipation and their attendant evils disap pear before its powerful, regulating influence. Try its wholesome purifying proper ties. It will give you a good appetite, sound digestion and make you feel well Sold by Dealers Price, Large Package, SI.OO JUS for the ft—l«f vtt mr Red Zoa tbe Übet If yoe esewd ps :i. trait too,. will lend If br mail Si—m Licet Refill—» is Ike put ia ItaiW fora fee [Dose *ko prrirr ii. Price SI.OO PC* beetle. Leek fee tbc Red Z IsbcL 1. a. ZEUIN & CO., rropri—oea St. Louie. Missouri 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. gCC HEALS O. O. O. SORES AND ULCERS S. S. S. heals Sores and Ulcers in the very simplest way. It just goes right down into the blood and removes the cause, and the place is bound to heal because the impurities and morbid matters which have been the means of keeping the ulcer open are no longer absorbed from the blood. External applications of salves, lotions, plasters, etc., can never produce a cure because they do not reach the source of the trouble. At best they can only allay pain or reduce inflammation; such treatment is working on symptoms and not reaching the cause. Every nutritive corpuscle in tha blood is weakened or infected, they cannot nourish the fibrous tissue around the place, but instead they constantly discharge into the flesh around tha sore a quantity of impure, germ-laden matter which gradually eats into tha surrounding healthy tissue and causes the ulcer to enlarge. Since impuia blood is responsible for Sores and Ulcers, a medicine that can purify tha blood is the only hope of a cure. S. S. S. has long been recognized as tha greatest of all blood purifiers, possessing the qualities necessary to remova every impurity from the blood. While curing the sore or ulcer S. S. S. brings about a healthy condition of the flesh by supplying it with rich, healthy blood, and thus makes the cure permanent and lasting. Book on Sores and Ulcers and any medical advice free to all who write. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. YOUTHFUL BURGLAR CAUGHT AT WORK - 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 • I 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. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. 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