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ESCAPADE OF THE AUTOISTS BEEN LOCATED Two Manicurists and Four Young Atlanta Men Were Hauled up in Court Atlanta, June 8—Two pretty man icure girla and four well-known young Atlanta men-about-town were hailed before Judge Calhoun of the city court yesterday morning and lined for the queerest automobile es capade, and In some respects the most laughalble that has ever oc curred In this county. They went for a long, late Joy ride toward Roswell, and about 1 a. m., coming home, a tire blew out, while they were in the midst of wild and woolly country, miles, they thought, from human habitation. There was only one thing to do, and Ihet was to fix the tire. They had rn Inner tube, but alas, there wasn't s Jack In the kit to prop up th'e wheel. They had all Imbibed freely of tieer, and with the resourcefulness bred of snch counsellor, one of the lads bared a Herculean arm and de clared he would tear down a small tree to prop up the wheel. He grab bed a sapling as thick ns his wrist and tried to pull It up by the roots. Being a elty lad, he antlclpnjtcd lit tle trouble In making It yield. But the roots were In a little tighter then he expected. He called the oth ers to help. For three mortal hours, until nearly dawn,' these two .pretty girls and four beer-soaked boys tried with their combined strength to pull up the tree. Sometimes they would stop and drink another bottle of beer. Sometimes also they would atop to swear a little. TTnknown to them, they were less than sixty feet away from a b'g farm horse. In (ho house was a farmer who,had llttla sympathy wit Report That an Immense Cachy of Gold has Been Unearthed off Honduras. rnense cache of gold off the coast of Honduras. The treasure was burled more than twenty-five years ago by tho crow of the Chilean cruiser at the time of the Chilean revolution and was worth $50,000,000. Wealthy San Francisco capitalists financed a search for the treasure. Twice-a-Week JUNE 10, 1011. LAW ABOUT AUTO LIGHTS William L. Knight, of Wa ington County, Kills Broth er Whom he Loved. ite (Law Requires at t one of the big Lights San Delgo, June 8.—The Star steamer Eureka arrived today from Honduras with the report that treas ure seekers had unearthed an lm-1 ^ M| J hilled his brot Nathaniel O. Knight' Nathaniel Sandernvlllo, Oa., June 8.- ttagedy occurred In Washington! county today, In which William Brother-in-law was Killed Accidentally and 2 Others Died in Fights. Hawklnsvllle, Ga., June 8.—John Maddox, a young white man who lived near Cochran, was accidentally shot and killed at his home by his brother-in-law, Rufua Atkinson, yes terday. They were said to have been playing with a pistol when it wae discharged, killing the young man Instantly.’ Cato Wynns was shot and \ near. wounded In the leg and befo: physician could arrive on the Jordan’s Mill, nine miles Tiort| of Sandersvllle, he bled to dent: The dead man was a bachelor! two brothers always had lived' gether, and made money fai hut "Bill” Knight, It !g alleged, wa a heavy drinker and would becofij erased with drink. He had eeparated frem Ms wife on account of this habit. A few weeks ago Wright was tried; for lunacy, dne to Ms condit'e* when nnder the Influence of liquor,' but wag released. Apparently he was very much at tached to his brother. It Is no' known what precipitated the trage-*“! today, though it probably wae the effect of too much liquor. The bro'hers carried on their bual- Incss nnder the name of Knlghtj Brothers and were mutually inter ested In farming and the operation! of a grist mill which- formerly wns the property of Judrf James K. , Hines' father, hut In recent yoars htu been known as Jordan’s Mill, 'i STOCK MARKET Active at First, but Later Declined—Cotton is Firm on Dry Reports. PROSPERITY N s, Ga., June 8.—How many lists in Georgia know it Is he state law to run at night afithe kerosene lamps burn- probably very few, for most tips are doubtless like At- hcre a man never Btays t because fh!B big ga s or rchlight happen not to be t not until recently. Yes- county police arreatoJ .. __B5rJnci> man of Atlanta, L. Cooney, because he ha-11 ribs $s.05; hogs are & points higher, New York, Juno 8.—Stocks are active today and generally a shade higher at the opening, later declin ing on heavy property taktfig. Cotton is Arm on tho strength ot droughth reports and from one to seven points higer, July 15.85. Oc tober 13.50* Chicago Provision Market. Chicago, June 8.—Wheat Is easier and. %e to He lower. July 91%c. Provisions are a shade higher; pork Is normal. Septqmb-r lard $8.32, ly the oil amp horning. Cooney protested vigorously, but The ' officers pulled the state law on him and turned to a section which reads: " There shall bo displayed on the front of every machine at least one white light, throwing a bright light at least 100 feet In the direc- tloi In 'Inch tho machine la going.” lit] Is o.intended that tho little KtoHnpnpe are not white lights a|i. ; hat they throw no appreciable r v i t nil, In fact that tho light Ogltpjjaly-know as the "headlight” i i” f at .-Might” Is plainly menat by th ]la--”. It will eventually bo tiirtolie.l out in the supreme court. t cattle strong. NEWS OF A DAY The Life of J. C. Hunter, Convicted Wife Murderer, is Saved for Awhile. Savannah, June 8.—J. C. Hunt er. the convicted murderer of his wife, and who was under senteneo of death to he hanged tomorrow, Is the happiest man In the state today. He got a respite from Goverpor Brown yesterday until October 27. J)y that time It la believed the state will have tried John Coker, the no- Indicted Jointly with Hupter, IhJs-hfillered thebe will ms m OK THE COAST The Georgia Banker*, 500 Strong, are Enjoying a stay at Tybee Island. 8avnnrtah, June 8.—The bankers of the state of Georgia and the members of their families and trlenda are at Tybee Island today more than BOO strong. The Geor gia Bankers’ Association went Into convention there this morning and the attendance la record-breaking. The new Hotel Tybee, the scene of tho convention, has been overrun will, guests since yesterday morning and some of those now attending the convention will hare to come up to the elty to sleep tonight. The exercises of the morning be gan with an .Invocation by Rev. W. A. Nlsbet, D.D., pastor of the West minster Presbyterian church. He was followed by Rt. Rev. RenJ. Kelly, Catholic bishop oil Savannah, who delivered an address of welcome. The bishop made all the hankers feel at homo. Mr. Tv. H .Searcy, of Cairo, Go,, responded to the address of welcqme In a very happy manner. After ttfese/alddreeses there came the annual address of the president. Mr. W. W, Osborne, the president of the Exchange Bank of Savannah. The address was In Mr. Osborne’s most vigorous and telling style and' made a big hit with the assembled baukere and others. The report of tho different officers followed <fie address of Mr. Oshome. Then came the principal address of tho morning, that of Mr. Edward Vrerland, a congressman of New York, who spoke In behalf of the Aldrlch-Vreoland currency hill which he hopee to seh endorsed hy the con vention. Hon. BenJ, F. Perrys-the assistant treasurer OH Georgia, alsq delivered an address. The social invention will he taken }ornlng, motorcycle policeman and had the whole bunch run 1n. T.oromotlve Workmen f’rtke. Philadelphia, June 8.—Fifteen hundred workmen struck at tho Baldwin locomotive works, the I *■ cat In the world, today. The trou ble occurred over the discharge of 1,200 union employees. DISREGARDS TAFT’S STAND Senate Finance Committee Agrees to Report Amend of Senator Root. Washington, June 8.—Disregard- ing the opposition of President Taft to any amendment of the Canadian reciprocity amendment, the finance committee of the senate today agreed to report the measure with the Root amendment, but with the recommen- drtlon next Tuesday. The Root amendment provides that there shall he no free exchange of pulp and paper products until ex pert tax imposed by Canada shall ^e removed. COURT SCORES * PARMER. An Opinion Handed Down in Caae of a Farmer and a Negro. Atlanta, June 8.—The court of appeals in a decision handed down yesterday severely criticized Jona than Bryan, an Oglethorpe county farmer, who appeared as the prose cuting witness against a negro, An dy Johnson, for larceny. It devel- cpfd that Bryan had offered not to prosecute if the negro would agree to work for him two years without wages. The court of appeals handed down eighty opinions yesterday, breaking all past records. which W^nne had driven to Cochran without th© consent of Simpson. Beth are well known young farmorrr Wynne leaves a wife and one child, nnd Simpson has a wife and tw^ children. Simpson left after the hut It is said that he will surrender to the sheriff this week. A negro named Henry Houston was shot and killed by another ne gro, George Clayton, nt Tippett’s still, two miles from town. Sunday night, as the result of a difPcuV growing out of a “skin” game. HORSE HAS NICE MUSTACHE. Yet It Is a Family Animal Owned by Wealthy Fanner. Cordele, Ga., June 8.—W. A. Tuck, a wealthy and prosperous farmer of Wenona, five miles south of Cor dele, has a freak In the way of a family horse with a mustache. The animal has a fully developed mus tache, three Inches long and verv thick. The animal attracted much attention on the streets yesterda and many sought to find what uac the horse has for tho mustache. Hakes Home Baking Easy ^Tk* Absolutely The onlv ’•■ ....ay powder ma.'. ant Royal Grape • -ream of Tartar noaltm.no ume phosphate Atlanta, Juno 8.—Secretary I'bl State, Phil Cook, believes that ti]0 people of Georgia are enjoying un precedented prosperity because the people of this state are now invest ing an average of $52,500 every day for automobiles, amour, ng to more than a million and a half dollars each month. Tho registration hooka show that up to Juno 1st automobiles aggre gating tho value of $12,005,o00 had been registered since tho first of the year.. Fully half of the new cu.a, eays Mr. Cook are registered from tho small towns and country, showing that tho farmers and small mer chants are buying their share. Mr. Cook hasn't much sympathy with the pessimist, who try to gay that most of tho people who buy cars mort gage their house or go In debt some othor way to do It Mr. Cook Buy a he has not more than once In bis life heard of a man who owned an automobile going bankrupt or making a mass of his business. Barracan to Kansas city. Atlanta, Ga., June 8.—Tomorrow morning the Georgia Bavrncas and Phllatheas who intend to go to the Wide World convention of tjio two organizations, will leave for Kansas City, Mo., on a special train out of Atlanta over tho Seaboard, equipped with tourist aleepers, which will ho taken straight through. S. J. Wil kinson, president of tho Atlanta Rararag, is transportation leader for Georgia, and members of the organ izations from different parts of the elate are coming to Atlanta so that all can go l^one party. ’ The train leave, at 6 30 tomor row morning and arrives In Kansas City st 10.25 o’clock the following morning. The party wl l return 8boiit June 18th. Aviator Bron* to Death. Rome, June 8.—Aviator Marro ess killed today when his ae roplane dropped 400 feet. , •'Mexlfo City, Juno 8,—Three thousn/d -troops aro today clearing away /the debri:; and slowly uncov ering the dead who perished in tho jfreat- earthquake shock on yester day- Although tho co* plcto number Sill not l^knfiWn 'or several days, tho pollcM^imate that one hundred and elgBf five people are dead. Many •'e>r crushed to death by the collapse eje adobe and brick houses. The Molest fatalities wore among tlfrsoldier;; In th© barracks. Relief mfisure, aro now nnder care. 7 he viicano Popocatapel was this morning ?ivlng Indications of a vol canic eri ptlon and tho volcano Cc lima wa throwing out volumes of molten i tod and red hot lava and ashes, b lleved to be tho result of the qnal s yesterday. The niws coming Into the capital from thp outlying districts greatly Increases the number of the dead. REWARD FOR MURDERERS. Eleven Rewards Offered for That Many Early County Fugitives, Atlanta, June 8.—Eleven rewards of $100 each were offered yesterday by Governor Brown for the capture of eleven different murderers, all of wboho crimes were committed In Early county. Tho board of county commissioners of gnarly county has also offered reward*. TRAIN HIT WAGON IN FOG. Several Members of n Family Were Killed and Others Injured. Duran, Mich., pune 8.—A Grand Trunk trs’n struck a wagon In a for th!* morning. Three people were killed, one fatally and one sorlnus'v ldjfircd. Tho victim* were *11 of ono family of beet growers. Becomes Army Captain's Rride. Boston, Mass., Juno 8.—The mar riage took place today of MIks Isa bel Poland Rankin, daughter of Mrs. Henry Otl* Cushman of this city and granddaughter of the late United State* Senator I.uko P. Poland of Vermont, and Captain Homer Blal- kie Grant, U. 8. A. t man he hanged for sriother. The old man Is not vory strong nnd It Is feared ho cannot llvo vory long. Automobile Club Meet* Today. There will ibe an Important meet ing of the Snvnnnnh Automobile Club this evening nt the DeSoto Ho tel for the purpose of ratifying the notion of tho committee representing the clubs which went to New York and secured the Grand Prize Race and tho Vnnderhllt Cup race for Sa vannah next November. It In hc- ljoved much enthusiasm/will he shewn nt tho meeting tonight and It Is possible something may ihe done toward trying to got tho Glldden tour to come this way next fall. Snrannnh If** a Small Cyclone. Savannah suffered a little yester day afternoon when struck hy a sort of local cyclone. The wind wag very Msh, esnecfttl'y along the rlvor front The schooner Viking, which was dis charging coal, broke away from her ranorlngs and for a time It was feared she would he carried out Into the river and perhaps would capsize. Prompt work, however, got her back to her dock. There ws* s largo dredge In the middle of tho rlvor getting a lead of sand. This dragged Its anchor and was carried some distance serosa the river. T.ueklly little damage wna dene. There were several windows broken In building* throughout the eltv and over a hun dred telephones were put out of commission. . Proof Positive tn Divorce Cages.. Judge Walter G. Charlton before concluding the divorce calendar In •he superior court yesterday, nut lawyers end their clients on notice that In future he would reoulre post, tlve proof that, s man was n drupkb nrd before he would permit n jury to consider the granting of a d'- vorrs for that cause. He warned tt>» attorneys against having esses of this kind based entlrelv pnon the evidence of women. "Women.” set* Judge Charlton, "are not good Judges as to whether s man Is en hnb'tual drunkard. 1 want the testi mony of men, and men, too, who are not In the family.” -rn Rank, convention, entertaining with n qnet, Tho business session will end to morrow, hut moat of the visitors will remain through Saturday for tho purpose of attending •, boat ride out to sea In tho nftcrnooo. This Is to he a very strong part of tho enter tainment features of the week. ARCHITECTS The Technological School Turns out the First Class in History of State. Turpentine Market. Savannah. June 8.—Tnroentlne Is 54 cents, rosin 7.20 to 5.20. Atlanta, Juno 8.—The first class of architects ever graduated In Geor gia will take tholr honors at com mencement this year nt tho Georgia Tech. The Tech Instituted a Gill architecture course In tho tall of 1008, and tho graduates have com pleted the course In that art. The course Is adapted to put tho etudent In line for becoming a mas ter architect In tho end, and to make him a valuable and capable assist ant architect from tho time he leaves the school. Design has been much stressed, sod the students hsvo been .called on frequently to solve architectural problem* by tbelr c .. n lgenutty. The Tho hoys have competed In some of the big Northern eontests and have won more than one honorable men tion. Whl'o Jnst closing the third year of Its existence, the department now has enrolled over forty students, and seven will receive the degree of Pachelor of Rclence In Architecture this year. They are; I. Met}. Attld, of Orlando, Fla.; William Pope Bar- rcy, of Columbus: R. Archtbs’d Burroughs, of Jacksonville; John T. Clarke, of Albany; J. Eckhnrd Crene, of Atlanta; Morton Henry Tutvy, of Savannah: William Arthur Markley, of Atlanta,