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Twice-a-Week BIGGEST SHIP WAS LAUNCHED Monster Battleship was Given to the Waves at Crump’s Ship Yard Today. Philadelphia, Pa., May 25.—Sur passed by none and equaled only by her own sister ship, which is not yet completed, America's latest and greatest warship, the battleship Wyoming, was launched today at the yards of the Camp Ship and En gine Building Company at Kensing ton. There was no untoward inci dent to mar the ceremonies, which were witnessed by a distinguished gathering of naval folk and official representatives of the State of Wyoming, in honor of which Com monwealth the powerful sea,fighter was named. For the first time in the many years that the Cramps have been building the big fighting machines for the United States navy the gen eral public was barred from attend ing the launching. No one was per mitted to enter the yards without a card of admission. The enforce ment of the new rule was due, ac cording to the explanation of the com pany officials, to extraordinary con ditions arising from the great size of the Wyoming. So huge Is the mammoth hulk that it completely fill ed the great shed built over the cradle and rendered it impossible to build the customary stand about the brow for the accomodation of‘the ipectatorff. Provision was made only tor the christening party and a few listlnguished guests. /' ,The christening party i headed 1 othy Eunice , dhugh- ' a fogaer the ing supjrjagc the bfg battleship, took up Jheir positions near the nose of the big ship. A few minutes later there was a rending sound and snap, the weakened under beams gave way and a 9 the Wyoming moved down the ways Miss Knight hurled the i bottle of sparkling wine at the prow \r' and oxcallmed In a clear voice: christen thee Wyoming.” 1 The giganatic battleship slid down the tallow-greased ways with the lightness of a frail lifeboat. As sho righted herself far out in the stream and was taken charge of by several tugs the great gathering gave vent to its enthusiasm. To the cheers of tho onlookers was added the deaf ening noise of hundreds of whisteles ^^V'^from the factories and shops along shore and many river crafts. The battlehsip is declared to have no equal afloat as a first-class fight ing machine. She is of 26,000 tons displacement, or 3,320 tons greater than the British battleship Conqueror launched a few weeks ago. The displacement of the Wyoming is 5,000 tons greater than that of the Deleware, which has been in commission less than a year, and n°arly 15,000 tons greater than that of the Oregon, which scarcely more H than a decade ago was known as the “Bull-dog of the Navy.” B s. The armament of the Wyoming will consist of twelve 12-inch and POULTRY MAN i zr-s- _ THE VALDOSTA TIMES, VALDOSTA, GA„ SATURDAY, MAY Ortloary’, Office x SUES GEORGIAN AND BLOODSHED DAY A Aged Poultry Expert Asks Damage of Atlanta Paper for Alleged Libel. Atlanta, May 25.—J. G. Postoll, the aged poultry expert who baa long been known throughout the southern states as “Uncle Dudley,” has entered a $10,000 damage suit against the Atlanta Georgian,, charg ing It with defamation of character, and with the “piracy of his pen- name.” Mr. Postell charges that when he stopped writing for the Georgian that paper continued to use his pen- name, “Uncle Dudley” and a so took his mail, sent to that name out of the postoffice. He charges that when he protested they wrote defam atory articles about him. Judge Pendleton has temporarily restrained the newspaper from mak ing any further use of the name Uncle Dudley” until the case rcraes up for a hearing, June 3rd. AUTGIST MUST PAY DAMAGES Son of Standard Oil Mag nate Must Pay $8,000 for Death of You^£>irl. .New-BedfeftC .y'ordict of $6,100 was returned today MEXICO CITY SEETHES Mobs Marched Through Streets Demani Diaz be put to Death, but Aged Pi be Found.—Announced Today T] This Afternoon. Mexico City, May 25.—Mobs are surging through the streets of the capital today struggling for maatery with the police. Time and again great crowds surge toward the palace calling for the execution, of President Diaz. Each time they were driven back by the police, but were gathering numbers and forces with each succeeding at tempt. Revolutionary leaders today sent a courier, calling upon him to capture the capital, dispose of Diaz and pre vent looting by mob out breaks. General Figuero is now at Cuerna vaca, forty mile 3 away, but It is re ported that mutiny led by General Azumnolzolo has broken out in his army. Martial law has been proclaimed in the city of Mexico and war minis ter Cosico has taken personal com mand. As a result of the scenes of anarchy It was reported that Diaz has informed his advisors that he would not resign. It was reported this morning that D;az had taken refuge where it is impossible for the revolutionists to find him. All of the rioting is due to rumors upon the streets last night that Dia* would not resign. Fully twenty five people were kill ed In the rioting last night and thlr* /[oday tv psn^Mid. The polii TWO PALATKA WOMEN DROWN t Bathing at South Beach, Mrs. Shields and Mrs. Cannon Lose Their Lives, i disturbed. Hou and minor prop. The lull when nobs toward the pa! 1 asking "wheri and demand! Diaz. Pueblo, wii hundred thoi bands of the tl Tapia Mudero Juarez, advisors '6 the bloodshed In Mexli dared General 1; derol today. "Tho forces of liberty are [ready to pro- ceed With reforms li wo expect Dias sad at once. “The rioting he* the tottering goveih pie will not be trllji Is preparing to go, to tho capital. Diaz Will lleidgn Today. Mexico City, Mw >5.—Foreign minister De la Bnrraf officially stated this morning ‘ that President Diaz and Vice-President thlq afternoon and government'' —.1U. sumn charge. Palatka, Fla., May 25.ii--Mrs. Wil liam Shields and Mrs, j/ihu D. Can non, members of prominent families here, were drowned wh(le bathing In inhering the BUrt nt S “ uth Beach today. The “* I ladles wero nrnong the largo crowd going to the beach today on the Red Men’s annual excursion. Mrs. Shields was the daughter of Charles Rlfenburg of Palatka Heights and her husband Is a well known employe of the Wilson Cypresb Company. Mrs. Cannon was the wlfo of John D. Cannon, who Is associated with his brothor In the meat busi ness hero. She loaves a little glirl 3 years of age. A long distance mcesage states that the bodies wore recovered Im- oral will resign the provisional dl&toly as- GROWTH OF TWO STATES Columbus Industrial Index Tells of the Progress in Georgia and Alabama. Columbus, Ga„ May 25 Tho Georgia and Alabama Industrial In dex says In Its regular Issue: “Eighteen corporations applied for charter In the two states during- the weok, representing various branches of commerce and Industry, and their combined minimum capital stock Ik $1,727,600. Conspicuous among them Is a $1,500,000 corpo ration nt Savannah, Ga organized to manufacture and roflne turpen tine and' othe pine tree products. At Cedartown. Gn., a $100,000 corpo ration Is In process of organization and will soon npply for charter, to establish a plant for the manufac ture of wheels and truckB according to a patent. The people of Cedar- niodlately and thnt a sister of Mrs. town subscribed $6,000 In stock In Shields came near losing her life In order to secure the enterprise for n n effort to save here drowning sis ter. ' • Rjfyes Summoned I /Havfnna, May 2| ived a, lister, loyalty of the greater part of against John Archlbokl, a son of the [the army Is doubted. the call for appp City. Reyes .from by the Madero- OLD MINISTER BURNED ALIVE Alabama Preacher Went, in his Burning Home After oney Left in Trunk. Standard Oil Company magnate, in a ault brought by William Domello, to recover $13,000 damages for Jhe death of his young daughter, who was run over by Archibold’s automobile on the public highway. YEAST CAKES IN A TItUST. Malting Combination is Formed to Control the Market. Cincinnati, May 25.—A malting combination was perfected today when Fleishman Malting Company, with a capital of two million dollars, wa 3 granted a charter by the secre tary of state. The firms in the com bine are those in Cincinnati owned by the Fleichman interest, Fleish man. Co., Chicago., Vurtis Co., Bufla- lo, and the Kentucky Malting Co., of Louisville. Makes Home Baking Easy People Vote on Picture Shows Fort Worth, Tex., May 25.—Prob ably for the first time in the United States picture referendum was em ployed in Fort Worth today to deter mine whether the moving picture thcater g shall be permitted to open on Sunday. The show manageri op- plied for the privilege of ^giving Sun day performances and the petition met with a protest from the church organizations. The City Commission thereupon ordered a special election to decide the matter. So far, foreigners have not been lists. GEORGE WENT BY THE LIMIT Man who had two Sons Killed by Reckless Driving is Ar rested on Charge. Atlanta, May 25.—W. H. George the well-known Atlanta contractor, will face the city criminal Judge within the next few days on the charge of speeding his automobile at reckless rate past the Howell school near this city ,at an hour in the morning when scores of little children were proceeding along the road to the school house. . former railroad engineer, J. T. Fincher, will testify that George wag going over 30 mile* an hour, according to the county police. W. H. George Is the same man who wrecked his car last venr while speeding on Peachtree road. In that wreck his own two sons and & third passenger were killed. GIRL FOUND WANDERING ILL A Hard-Woi'jcing Girl Wan- bls Hasi burned to deatif Springs this morning home was burned. Mr. Hastle rescued the members of bis family from tho burning building nnd rushed Iback to get sev eral hundred dollars which wero In a trunk. He was overcome by smoke ar.d heat and was burned alive. Last Legal Hanging There, J • .if j \i7L-i Frankfort, Ky., May 25. —Tfro last ders m tilije Woods While ] GKa | hanging in Kentucky occurred today when Roger Warren, a nogro, was hanged for murder of a fellow convict. Hereafter executions will bo by electricity. ill and w^s Delirious. Absolutely Pure Tho only baking powder made from Royal Grape Gream of Tartar NO ALUM.N0 LIME PHOSPHATE twenty-two 5-inch and broadsides of twelve 12-lnch and eleven 6-inch guns. The twelve 12-inch guns will be mounted In six turrets on tho cen- tre line of the ship, two forward, two-aft and two midships. Each turret is to be protected by electri cal hoists from the magazines and shell rooms below. The entire hand ling of the guns will be done by elec tric motors. For defense against torpedo boat attacks there will be provided a bat tery of twentv-ono 5-Inch rapid-fire guns, protected bv armor of medium thickness. Close subdivision and strong bulkheads will form addition al protection .against the damage likely to result from mine or torn** do explosions. The principal dimensions of the bit” battledfn are a s follows: T.encth j on load water line, 554 feet: length |exercise over all, 662 feet; beam over amor |tute, U. 8. Squadron in Denmark Copenhagen, May 26.—King Fred erick ha« taken a personal Interest In the arrangements for the enter- tertalnment of the officers and men of the American squadron during It* five day’s visit to Copenhagen. The squadron, consisting of the Louisia na. flagship, and the Kansas, New Hampshire and South Carolina, Is duo to reach port tonight. Features of the entertainment program will Include an audience of state and a bsnquet to the officers given by the King, a ball given by the Ministers of Barlne snd exeurlsons to near by resort for the men of the squad ron. Atlanta, M&Jr 26.—Miss Vera Ma- cey, an honest,, .unfortunate,, penni less Atlanta working-girl, was found wandering 111 I la the woods beyond the Chattahoochee river yesterday nad was (brought back to the city by the county police,, who at first thought she attempted to poison herself. i It developed that desperate and 111 as she was, 'she had) not made any suicidal attempt, but was simply de lirious from exposure and fever. She had been ill at th hospital for a short fimo, and had been dis charged from that Institution cured. But she was not strong enough to work,, and being without money could get no place to hoard. Tho privation caused her Illness tc return. Shu Is now again at tho bos pital, and -if she recovers, some charitable institution will see that she is cared for until she can work again. Bnynn Re|| c for Rale. London, May 26.—The copy of Foxe’s “Book of Martyrs” owned by the Bedford Literary Institute was offered for sale at public auction to day at 8otheby’s. The book is valued highly by collectors anil dealers, chiefly because it is bellevd to have been the one that belonged to John Bunyan when he was in prison. that city, locating the industry in the face of lively competlon by other cities. “Americas, Ga., sold $105,000 of Improvement bonds and will expend the money at onece. Tho propos**'’ bond issue for the city pf Birming ham, Ala., will be for $1,500,000, and will probably bo voted on dur ing the month of June. Unadllla, Ga., Is to vote on the issuance of sewer and water works bonds. The <Lowndes county, Georgin. grand Ju ry recommended the Issuance of $200,000 of roads bonds. -i\>n banks are reported for OampJ Ala., end Hampton, Ga. Randoli county, Ala., la fj bids for constructing echcbl. Mobile, Ala., is to \ ving, the^gineer oF t been several ta„ Ga., company was awal contract to lay three million brick In Jacksonville, Fla., where much paving Is to be done. At Colum bus, Ga., contract was awarded for enlarging a fertilizer factory at a cost of $20,000. The Southern Railway Company Is to doub e-track Its line for most of the distance be tween Atlanta, Ga., and Gainesville, Ga., building 32 miles of track. A fire insurance company in Georgia, whoso earnings wero $211,429 dur ing the past year declared a divi dend of 58 per pent. In which poli cyholders participate^!. Field : Peas Lowest prices for sound seed, fol lowing varieties. Speckled, Unknown, WhippVwill Clays, Mixed Cow Peas. Municipal Officials Confer. Ponchkeepsle, N. Y., Ms, 25.— Municipal problem^ of wide variety nrn to be wrestled -with at the St- Commencement nt Tiiskeaeo. Tuskejree, Ala., May 25.—Man! visitors attended the commencement I convention of mayors and other city today nt TuskoRce Instl-j officials which bet-an In thin city tn- a address to the (rraduatee day. Representatives of nesrly all 5S feet 2 5-8 Inches: trial draft, 28 I was delivered hy Judffe Robert H of the leading cltleg of New York are feet: trial displacement, 26,000 tons; Tcrr-ll of the Municipal Court of taking part, in the (rntherim?, which trial speed, 20 1-2. knots an hour. ' the District of Columbia. I will bo In session three days..