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SUNDAY, JULY 5.
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The
Marvelous
ADMISSION
MATINEES DAILY-3,4 and 5 O’CLOCK
NIGHTS—7:3O, 3:30 and 9:30 O’CLOCK
SOME OE THE NEW YORK HITS TO BE HEARD THIS WEEK
George M. Cohan, Singing
“Yankee Doodle Boy” and “You’re a Grand Old Nag.”
Lawrence & Harrington,
Singing “He’s Me Pal,” 1 Peaches and Cream,” and
“Cherry Hill Jerry.”
NEW ILLUSTRATED SONGS—NELLIE BREWER IS THE SINGER 2—NEW KINETOGRAPH PICTURES—2
Cooled by Iced Air-and a Whole Lotof Show for the Money
FOil SWEETHEIBT HE MURDERED
BO! OF FIFTEESIOELS HEATH KNELL
PARlS—Light has b< an shi'rt upon
the murder of the 14 year-old girl,
Carolina Plovanl. tn tho Sun Vito
forest, near Ttirin, through the eon
fugglon of n bov 18. named Domenico
Vlfta
In thp courge of their Investigations
the police Hound It necessary to
search the Kiri's home where they
discovered u number of love letters
addressed to Carolina by the boy,
whose parents are the guardians of
a palatial estate lu the neighborhood.
The brother of the murdered girl then
admitted having acted as the bearer
of the letters between the two lovers
unknown to his parents.
On visiting Villa’s home the police
bad their suspicions further aroused
by the fact that the boy bail been hur
riedly sent away by Ids parents to
FRANCE CLAMORS
FOR RESTITUTION
OF OEA_TR_PENALTY
(By Paul Dt Saint Rene.)
PARIS. —Murder* In Prance and
especially In Part* hare increased to
■ueh an alarming extent that all
agree aomelhinK tnnat be done to
cheek thla avalanche of crime which
*«« at first attributed to the unu-atal
heat we have had.thla summer That
the heat may have had nothing to
do with the murderous mania la not
Impossible, hut the majority of poo
pi* believe It la a result of the fact
that for many month* not a alngle
murder hae been executed, although
many have been condemned to death
The prealdent, who la a moat hit
mane man, doe* not believe In the
death peualty and ha* refuaed to sign
any death warrant* ao sentenced have
Invariably been commumd.
Now there arise* all over the conn
try a clamor for the restitution of
th* death penalty which ha* never
beeu legally abo Halted and a mem
bar of the senate u de Saint Er
bala. hat given the governmont no
tiro that he Intend* to »;'h the min
later of Justice to make an explicit
atateuieut In the parliament with re
gard to the death penalty "Wet hi
considers an abeolut,. ii*c<>stty utt
dar the proaeat state ol a*oi»ty.
relatives living In tho mountains,
where h<* was found.
Uittie by little he confessed his
guilt but asserted that Carolina. In
running away from him fell over the
rocks and so met her doath Tho
niudlcal evidence, however, quite ex
cludes this explanation of the five
wounds on the girl's bark, while It
equally demonstrates gross allega
tions made by Villa against his sweet
heart'll character to bo cruel calum
nies.
Although It sounds almost Incred
ible the hoy returned later to the
scene of the outrage and mixed freely
with the doctors and carabinieri with
out betraying the slightest emotion,
and later at the parish church of San
\ Ito he actually tolled the death luiell
during the Imposing public funeral of
the beautiful child he had murdered.
FOR QUEENS GRID
HE WOULD FIERI
PARlS.—Thera I* probably In all
Paris no more popular person than
M. Hreltmayer, who has proved hint'
self us chivalrous ns a knight of old,
A series of stories purporting to
Illustrate life in Portugal have boon
Spearing In the ' Action.” The writer
a Portuguese named Alb&nergue, who
claims to be n member of a noble
Portuguese family, sought under the
form of Action to attack the young
king, Manuel, his father, Ktug Carlos,
and the monarchical form of govern
ment In that country.
In the latest Issues the writer wont
further still ami made Insinuation*
against the widowed Queen Amelia,
a born Frenchwoman, whteb so ex
cited the'lre of M nreltmayec, the
famous swordumn and fencingmaator,
who was recently presented to the
uneen that he wrote to the author
and culled him a liar and a miser
able coward for attacking a woman
who could not defend herself and
whose position made It Impossible for
her to sue him for libel.
The letter was published in a num
ber of Pari* paper*, whereupon the
author who posed as a veritable Are
eater antioutiocd that he would chal
lenge M, Hreltmayer to a mortal duel.
"None of this,’ ridiculous French pin
prick affairs.'' he added Th* chat
it ngo, however, never came neither
did the Portuguese carry out hi*
threat to horsewhip the fencing mas
ter In public and when BrelttuaycT
went to th,i writer* apartment* It
w a* found that he had left for part*
| unknown.
Anna Held and Her “Teddy Bear Girls”
In “Won’t You Be My Teddy Bear?”
Thorne l Grady,
In “I’m Afraid to (so Home in The Dark,” I Marched
Around Again,” Upper Ten and Lower Five.”
FABULOUS PRICES
TO SEE DON
PMT
LONDON.—The Dover pageant to
be held on July 27 promises to be an
enormous success and even now there
Is not a room or even a bed to be
had In the town. American visitors
having snatched up evertyhing in
sight at fabulous prices.
The pageant grounds prove that
when it comes to picturesque setting
nature leaves art far behind.
A sward of green velvet dappled
with the white and gold of daisies
and buttercups reaches to a gray wall.
On one side are the broken ruins of
an ancient ivy-covered wall dating
from the twelfth century, on the oth
er an old Norman gateway and tow
ering in the distance the green downs
reach to the skies.
Over these downs the audience will
watch the Norman hordes, headed by
William the t’onqueror. as they sweep
down upon the city through the old
gate.
The only modern thing on the
grounds is tho grandstand, the wood
and iron of which, if laid on the
ground, would make a pathway six
feet wide reaching from London to
Croydon.
The pageant begins in (he twilight
of history, with the brooding sadness
of Arthur at the moment when he is
about to give battle to the traitor.
Mordred The final episode written
by the French poet Tiereelin will be
played by ladies and gentlemen from
France.
SARAH YEARNS FOR
THE LEGION OF
HONOR
PAMS - Many people who know
the Great Sarah's love of ofAclal hon
ors are asking thcrnselvas why the
fainou* actress ha* suddenly resigned
her professorship of dramatic art at
the Parts Conservatoire to which she
was appointed in February last year
The answer is quite apparent, for
It was practically an open secret that
Mme Sarah Bernhardt accepted the
professorship because the thought tt
might he the nouns of procuring for
her the covered distinction of the
cross of the l.egton of Honor, whlcn
had been refused her last January
because she wus un actress, although
THE AUGUSTA HERALD.
CHIEF Of POLICE IS
ARRESTED FOB
BLACKMAIL
i i ■■■ i. i .n m
BERLlN—Accused of extortion, a
captain of police in Zabrze, in Upper
silesia. is behind lock and bars, aiwlt
lng trial.
Max Krebs, one of the wealthiest
men in the community, recently re
ceived an anonymous letter, in which
he was ordered to send 10,000 marks
to a certain person, care of tho gen
eral post office delivery, unless he
wanted to be murdered as was a mer
chant, (ilucksman, in the town some
time ago.
Krebs did not notify the local po
lice, in whose efficiency he did not
believe, but several detectives from
Breslau, disguised as postal officials,
kept watch in the post offico, and
were painfully surprised, when they
had to arrest tho chief of the local
police, who called In person to get
the letter containing the money. The
police chief tried to shoot himself
with his revolver, but was overpow
ered and taken to a cell.
POSTAL CLERKS
GET MORE PAY
Nearly All ii Augusta of
fice in Position to receive
Increase Given by the
Government.
On the floor of the Augusta post of
fice are employed 23 post office
clerks. These men are trained In a
rigid school. Their minds must he
alert, their fingers nimble and their
energy tireless. Uncle Sam allows
the post office clerks a vacation of
fifteen days on full pay In each year,
the time to be counted exclusive of
holidays or Sundays.
Their work is work that nobody,
but a post office clerk can do. though,
and as a consequence the men are
subject to recall any time. Post
master Vaughan said that no clerk In
the Augusta post office had ever
missed a single day from his right
ful rest. Congress recently passed
a bill that provides for an increase
In the salary of all clerk who have
been In the service 12 months, and
wuose records Justify a recommenda
tion hy the postmaster under whose
supervision they are employed. Most
of the men in Augusta will get the
Increase, which amount to about
SIOO, or a little more, per year, al
though there are several whose one
year service qualification has not
not been made out yet.
she was recommended by the minis
ter of public instruction.
LADIES AND CHILDREN
5 CENTS, AT MATINEES.
ANOTHER SCANDAL
li THE BERLIN
SOCIETY
BERLlN—Scandals arc the order of
the day, and Berlin has a sensation
which is not likely to be soon for
gotten and which has caused even the
staid German papers to use big head
lines because a number of the city's
most prominent families are impli
cated through their younger mem
bers. —'
The other day no less than thir
ty very young men, some of them
hp.tdly more than hoys, were sudden
ly and simultaneously arrested and
charges of burglary brought against
them, and in spite of the powerful in
fluence of their families, they are to
be tried in open court like ordinary
criminals.
For some time the police have been
mystified by a series of burglaries ev
idently)' committed by criminals
whose pedigrees were not on the po
lice records. All known crooks were
watched, but without result, for the
burglaries continued and not one of
the old-timers was on the job. Stores
in the wholesale and fashionable shop
ping district were robbed night after
night and not a clue was found until
several cases of panama hats of the
most expensive kind were stolen.
The next day a young man of good
family tried to sell some of the hats,
and hy letting him go ahead unmo
lested the police located the whole
gang of thirty young men, well known
about town as free spenders of mon- |
ey tn music halls and vaudeville,
theatres. I
All were arrested at the same time
and taken to the police station, where
some of the younger broke down and
confessed. Bail has not been allow
ed and they will have to appear In
the criminal court next week.
FRENCH POLICEMEN
LEARN MANY TOUNGES
•
PARIS. —The chief of the Paris po
lice Is receiving any number of com
plimentary letters from foreign vis
itors to this city for his idea of
teaching English, German and Span
ish to a number of policemen on duty
In all the principal thoroughfares.
The polyglot policemen are work
ing very hard indeed for Paris just
as in the hands of the foreigner*,
and as many languages are heard on
the boulevards as there are countries
on the map and most of the visitors
are finding out that they get along
much better when they speak their
nntiv* language and do not attempt
to make themselves understood In
what they consider French.
It Sings, It Talks
It Dances, It Acts
TEN CENTS
Trainor & Stantley,
In An Indian Sketch, “The Reed Birds” and “Rain
In the Face.”
The Famous Swing Song,
With Original “Swingers.” Same as Seen With Fred Wayne.
LEAVES WIFE FOR
YEARS; RETURNS
TO LAMMILY
BERLIN—From the little town of
Sar Egres, In Hungary, comes the
news of a terrible tragedy.
A man named Ludwig Biro had
' emigrated to America some years ago
' leaving his wife, behind until he
. should have made the fortune he look
j ed for.
As thousands of others, he did not
i make the fortune, and during the
! business depression he lost his posi
tion. With several similarly situat
ed friends, Biro returned to Hungary
without notifying his wife of his
coming.
Unexpectedly he entered his houso,
where he hoped to find his wife faith
fully waiting for news from him. In
stead, he found a number of chil
dren, whose mother was his wife, but
whose father was another man.
Furious with anger, he whipped a
revolver from his pocket, and before
any one could prevent the tragedy
the mother and her four children lay
dead on the floor. The unfortunate
man then went into another room and
hanged himself .
The reports of the shots brought a
crowd of neighbors, who found the
wife and children dead, while Biro’s
heart was still fluttering. Two men
cut him down and brought him back
to life. He had hardly recovered
consciousness, however, when he seiz
ed a bread knife and drove it Into
his heart.
MAIL CARRIERS
BEGIN VACATION
Twenty-Five Regulars and
Two Stibstitutes Will get
Fiften Days Holiday on
Full Pay.
Mail carriers vacations begin next
Monday. Each carrier is entitled to
fifteen days vacation in each yenr,
exclusive of intervening Sundays or
holidays, with full pay. There are
employed at the Augusta’post office
25 carriers and two substitutes.
Twelve carriers will take their va
cations in pairs, two being excused
during one period, thereb; Ut nlsh
ing steadv work for both substitutes.
The first division will rest during the
next three months. The second di
vision will be excused during a period
of three months that begins at some
future date entirely convenient and
satisfactory to both carrier* and post
master. 1
SUNDAY', JULY 5.
SNOBBERY EVEN IN
ENGLISH GAR
SERVICE
’ . "
LONDON.—WhiIe English railroads
are rapidly getting away from the
old system of three class cars and
adopting the American system of one
class and Pulman cars, the authori
ties of Liverpool are making- them
selves unpopular by an attempt to
drag snobbery Into its street car ad
ministration by proposing to estab
lish a service of first class cars to
the fashionable suburbs of the city.
The ’ powerful labor party has
strongly expressed Its disgust and It
Is pointed out that there Is already a
great difference in the comfort and
appearance of the cars on the fash
ionable royt.es and those which pass
through the poorer parts of the city.
The excuse given by the authori
ties is that some protection Is needed
for ladies from the grimy clothes of
workmen who travel In the cars, but
no such complaint has ever been
heard in London where there Is only
one class of cars in the new tubes
and where the three class system of
the old underground has been abol
ished.
KINS EDWARD FUSE
BECOME DEAF
LONDON.—King Edward is said to
be in very low spirits because of his
ever increasing deafness. For a long
time he has been suffering from a
catarrhal affection of the throat and
it Is thought that hts ear trouble la
Indirectly due to this.
Three months ago no one but the
King himself Knew anything of his
trounie because everybody at court
speaks in a very loud voice, owing to
the queen's Infirmity, but since King
Edward returned from Biarritz It was
noticed that be was almost unable
to hear anything said In an ordinary
tone of voice.
The evening before he sailed for
Reval to meet the czar he is said to
have said to his intimate friend,
Lady de Grey, that "the softest whis
per of a beautiful woman no longer
reached hts ears," and she noticed
that It was evident he was not Joking,
although he smiled.
It Is now said that his majesty will
have to call tn a famous German spe
cialist or go abroad for treatment.