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8 State Ranks With Ohio and Illi nois in Distribution Under Smith-Lever Act. WASHFINGTON, June 5 —The rural populition ¢f Georgia bearing a ratio of 4.19 per cent to the rural popula tion of the natioh, thus leading all Scuther States the Department of Agricnliure finds that Georgia will receive mora money under the Smith- Lever co-operative agricultural ex tension law signed May 8 than any other State in the South 3¢ o placed in slags with Chio and Nii noi leading agricultural States. In its weekly statemene¢t to €rop reporters the lepartment analyzes the new lawn Each State gets $lO,- 000 the first year, 1814-15, which must be duplicated by the State Georgia for the nd year, 1915-16, will re ceive $37,174; for 1916-17, the sum of $56,151, and for Iwceceding o years proportronat nereases until she wiil receive 182 620 for 1822-23 and each year thereafter The £lO.OOO for Georgia for the first year 1s available Ju 1 As GGeorgia appropriates $50.000 annually for agricultural purposes it will receive its pro rata for three years under the Smith-Lever biil ithout incressing its appropriatiot Practical demonstrations in the kitchen, at the spring house and in the field are to be given for persons who can not attend agricultura schools. Y France Puts T. R. on . < Par With Royalty as He Goes to Wedd: PARIS, June 5-—Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, former President of the United States, arrived in France to day en route for Madrid, where he will attend the wedding of his son Kermit to Miss BPelle Willard next week. Colonel Roosevelt is aecom panied by his daughter, Mrs. Nicho iae Longworth, and nis cousin, Philip J. Roosevell. The Irench Government preparéd honors for the Colonel, such as are accorded royalty and ex-rulers A special train was made up at Cher bourg to bring the Rooseveil party to this city and a “white’ pass giving the bearer unlimited privileges was sent to Cherbourg for presentation to the ex-President. . Strget police precautions were also taken to prevent any harm from be falling the distinguished American. C'olonel Roosevelt is expected to call upon President Poincare at the ysee Palace to-morrow and to be the guest of Gabriel Hanotaux, for mer Foreign Minister, at dinner. Alabama Collector . Short in Accounts MONTGOMERY, ALA. June, 6.— W. & Pugh, former Tax Collector of Washingtom County, is short in his accounts to the extemt of $5,994, ac cording to a report filed with Gov ernor. O'Neal by J. T. Gorman, Ex aminer of Public Accounts. Ixaminer Gorman has turned his report over to Chiet Examiner Charles E. McCall, and unless Col- Jector Pugn makes a settlement with in ten days, the matter will be turned over to the Solicitor of the Washing ton County Circuit Court for action. All of the shortages are due to Washington County. $8 Would Have Saved » Empress,Says Conrad LONDON, June 6 —Joseph Conrad, the author of “'Sea Tales.” writing in the Tlustrated London News, emphatically asserts that the Fmpress of Ireland dis aster could have been avoided if the collier Storstad had carried a cork fend er across her stern, just above the level of the hawsepipes. Such a fender, which is a huge ball of rope net, stuffed with junk, is in common use and costs only about $B. Mr. Conrad says such a device, simple as it is. would have prevented vital damage to either vessel and consequent 1y would have saved the lives of all who were lose Chancellor Barrow Hints at Retirement ATHENS, June 6 —Chancellor D. C. Barrow, who has been at the head of the University of Georgia and its system of colteges for eight years, in timated in a facuity meeting this aft ernoon that he would probably re sign his position a year hence and retire. to his farm. " Immeédiately there was a protest from all presemt against this action and it is not expected that further coasideration will be given (o it THE GEORGIAN'S NEWS BRLEFS EX-WHITE HOUSE BABY’ . PRESENTED AT COURT S | . . | o 0 a., 28 L 4 A -9__._._.2-534’ R L IS :A N U L 4 b g& R % | 5 i e G g C G e : W , o, sD R g RIS R £ A . b 3 SR N A o 2 » B e PR 4 b o \ Lt *\’ Lo ¥ ol : e ok el Gy Ny Sl ey 4\ i B hE ke ey el R, i ; ST B e i A & i £ B e e e " > 2t oy EFe ¥ eet KL o SBE BEE™.. ARy € e T B Se T Bk By P! 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CHICAGO, June 6.-s Mme. Ernes tine Schumann-Heink's divorce suit azainst Willilam Rapp, Jr.—her once adored ‘Bee-Lee”—reached its . cli max with a Wagnerian crash to-day. The madame’s lawyers, who had been wading through a series of dry and apparently pointless depositions taken in New York, suddenly t:r»gun‘ to reid a satéhel full of letters writ- | ten by Rapp last summer to .\l:'s.{ Katherine E. Dean, the occupant of the third corner in his domestic tri ingle. In the correspondence Rapp flippantly shortened his wife's hy phenated name into “Shanks.” After Mrs. Dean—"Nonnie” was the pet name almost invariably used by Rapp in his salutation—had read the letters, they fell into the hands of a woman detective, who had obtained entrance to the Dean-Rapp “affinity flat” in New York City as a roomer. The detective, Miss Frances Ash ton, on the witness stand, in addition to identiTying the letters, told of kisses in the dark and nightgown pa rades in the Dean flat in New York. Caruso Pays $3,000 For ‘Dear Baby’ Notes NEW YORK, June 6.—Enrico Ca ruso has settled the $lOO,OOO breach of promise suit brought by Mrs. Mildrad Meffert, an actress, it was learned to ‘day, through Irving E. Eiegler, attor ney for Mrs. Meffert. It is supposed the settlement was for $3,000. He got the “dear baby” letters back. Hermit Farmer Found Dead; $7,000 on Body CARTHAGCE, MISS.,, June s.—The dead body of F. E. Feery, bachelor farmer, living near here, was found to day on the edge of a highway - half covered with bushes. Inside a hidden packet was $7.000. Feery lived a hermit's life, counting his dog, chickens and cats hig oaly friends. No one knew he had a cent of money. » § Morgan Estate To Be Loot of $125,000,000 Boston Stockholders Plan Epoch-‘ Making Litigation to. Recover ‘ From Wreckers.of Road. | BOSTON, Juhe 6.—XA gigantic $125,- | 000,000 suif against the J. P. Morgan estate, Luis Cass Ledyard and other directors of the New Haven Railroad is being planned by Boston stock- | holders. The suit-will be the first step in a great battle in the courts to force the looters of the New Haven ind the Boston and Maine to. dis gorge the millions of which both roads have been robbed in the past ten years. The direct purpose of the legal pro ceedings is to compel the Morgan es tate, Rockefeller, LLedyard and the other New Haven directors to make restitution to the stockholders of the vast sums which they believe have heen taken from the railroad’s treas ury and flagrantly misused for im proper and illegal ends in absolute defiance of the law. The suit will be epoch-making. { South Sea Island ~ Is Hit by Vol Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. BATAVIA, JAVA, June s.—Many houses were overwhelmed by lava and it is feared that there was heavy loss of lifeyte-day as a result of the eruption of volcanoes on Sanguir Is land, south of the Philippines. (ireat plantations were ruined by the moltén streams that came dewn the mountains. Stones and ashes from the crater are falling over the ' island, ywhich is under Dutch rule. 2 Trial of Moyer and Aides to Cost $20,000 HOUGHTON. MICH., June s.—The trigal of President Charles H. Moyer, of the Western Federation of Miners, and 37 other labor leaders charged with consptracy growing out of the recent strike of copper miners, will open on July 6. . The trial, which will be held at lAnse, Baraga County, 8 expected to cost Houghton County $20,000, . 15 ARE RESGUED FROM STRANDED CTEAMGHIP Women and Children Among the Refugees—Captain and Crew Stick to Ship. : NEW LONDON, CONN;, June b.— Seventy-fivé passengers, including a number of womern and children, were rescued to-day from the steamer Northland, which was driven ashore on Bartlett’s Reef, six miles south west of here, in a gale last night, whil> on her way from New York to Portland, Maine. The passengers were rescued by the tug Tasco, which had been summoned by wireless. Five holes were torn in thre stranded vt-.=§ol‘s hull by the rocks and five of her 'compartments were quickly flooded. The passengers were forwarded to their destination by rail. Captain Johnson and members of his crew refused to leave the steamer, despite the heavy seas which were dashing against her. As soon as the Northland struck, her wireless operator sent out an “S. 0. 8.” call. The passengers, awakened by the jar, hurried on deck. With thoughts of the Empress of Ireland disaster still fresh in the publie mind, the officers feared a panic, but the passengers behaved with calmness. The wrecking tug soon reached the stranded ship. The transfer of pas sengers was at once begun. Captain Johnson said that the Northland was proceeding slowiy when she struck. The point where the Northland went ashore is known as The Race, and is the narrowest point of Long Island Sound. . Y Monetary Loss in . C Disaster $4,500,000 MONTREAL, QUEBEC, June 5.— The monetary loss in the disaster that caused the liner Kmpress of Ireland to sink in the St. Lawrence, with more than 1,000 men, women and children, was placed at $4,500,000 to day/in estimates based on the latest figures in the possession of the Ca nadian Pacific Railway. This less was tabulated as follows: i < Ship, $2,000,000; general cargo, $500,060; bullion bars, $2,000,000. Probably all of the bullion’ can ke saved, though there is ‘a’ possibi‘.ity that much of this might be lost if the ship has to be dynamited. | 's Daugh U.S.Judge's Daughter . C. Bride, Seeks Divorce RICHMOND, VA. Juné 's—Mrs. Mary Waddill Furnival, daughter of Judze Edmund Waddill, of . the United States District Court, is suing Captain Richard Furnival, .8 A for divorce in Chaneery Gourt, it was learned to-day, alleged cruelty being the principal basis for action. The couple were married here De cember 2 by Dr. Russell Cecil, a noted Presbvterian minister, Captain Fur nival was stationed at Fort Monroe at the time. : . Ex-SlaveGives Estate . To White Benefactor ST. JOSEPHMO., June 5.—A for mer slave's gratitude to a young Wo man who- cared for him during a critical illness several vears ago was shown when the will of James ¥Pat ton was filed here. . Patton left $l,OOO in life insurance, several hundred dollars in a bank and a house and lot to Miss Edith Raines, a former St. Joseph school teacher, now living in Minneapolis, Minn. . . Wisconsin Flooded; ! Farmers Big Losers ar B MILWAUKEE, June s.—Rallway service was demoralized, wires were down and power plants were badiy crippled to-day in nearly a do%en cities as a result of floods which raged throughout Central Wisconsin. Reports indicated that the greatest lose would fall upon farmers whose crops have been badly damaged or washed out. Four inches of rain has fallen at Appleton in two days. Tornado Wipes Out Pennsylvania Town JOHANSTOWN, PA, June 5.--Re ports of many injured and enormous damage from the tornado which swent through the valley of the Casselmag River last might are being received here. § The towns of Ursina, Confluence, Listonburg and Addison were worst hit, Ursina being wiped out. Mrs, Mary Cameron, of Ursina, was fatally injured. * FISHERMEN Ssod fecbsicoistotos S wtd. Walloa Sapply Co., Box 4 St, Lpuil. fi: