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noirs BILL TO
DEBISTRICT STATE
MEETSDBJECIION
Many Members of Georgia
Delegation in National Capi
tal Look on the Idea With
Disfavor
BY BALPH SMITH
WASHINGTON'. July 2»-Randolph
Anderson's bill for redistricting Geor
gia, which has been introduced in the
Georgia general assembly, has been re
becs of the Georgia delegation in con
gress. They will not talk for publication
concerning their objections to the Chat
ham county man's plans for providing
a twelfth district, butp rirately none of
them has any kind words for IL
The fact that congress is in session
and may be in session for some weeks
Will prevent any of the Georgia congress
men from openly wag.ng a fight against
the Anderson bill, but it Is probable
that their influence will be exerted to
prevent its passage.
The federal reapportionment bill, un
der which Georgia will gain an addi
tional seat in congress, and under which
Mr. Anderson has prepared his measure
will come up tn the senate for Anal ac
tion on August X It is believed it will
pass without amendment and that the
preside nt will approve it before the
Georgia assembly adjourns.
However, an effort be made in thej
senate to amend the bill by holding
the membership of the house to its pres
ent number. Should this effort prevail.
Georgia would gain no additional rep
eesentatlve and there would be no occa
sion for redistricting the state.
Under the provisions of the Ander
son redistricting bill, every congressional
district in the state, except the Seventh
and Ninth is to be disturbed. There
is no valid reason for touching either
the Seventh or Ninth, and it is asserted
by mem berso f congress there is no
justification for interfering with several
other district a
GAIN IN POPULATION.
“Georgia s gain in population in the
past ten years was confined almost en
tirely to the First. Second and Eleventh
congressional districts, and to the city
of Atlanta, in the Fifth district,'* said
a Georgia representative today, in recit
ing his objections to the Anderson bill.
•The Twelfth district should be carved
out of counties located In the section of
the state where the greatest gain in
population occurred. It should be made
of counties from the First. Second and
Eleventh districts, all of which are tn
south Georgia There is no excuse for
robbing one district to make up an
other. and robbing another to balance
up the district that has been rotbed. ;
A few counties might properly be shift
ed, but the Anderson plan contemplates |
, a rearrangement of the entire state.
• barring only the Seventh and Ninth dls
trict*."
Congressman Howard, of the Fifth dis
trict. declares that he does not want to
lose any of his country counties. He
Bays that he Is able to represent all'of.
them and is anxious to serve all of his ’
country constituents.
The Anderson plan proposes to take.
from the Fifth district the counties of!
Douglas. Campbell. Clayton. Walton and
Newton, leaving only Fulton, DeKalb
and Rockdale.
It proposes to place Douglas. Camp-.
bell and Clayton In the Fourth district,
represented by Judge Adanufon. and take
from the Fourth district a tier of coun- '
ties around Columbus to offset this gain
It is not believed here that the An
derson bill will pass in its original ‘
shape.
CHICAGO WATER MAINS
HAVE ELECTROLYSIS
Iron Pipes Mere Rusty Sieves
That Leak Through Action of
Electric Currents
CHICAGO. July 31—Only one-third
of the 590,990,999 gallons of water
pumped / the city's waterworks every
day ever reaches the faucets of the tax
payers who defray the expense of pump
ing.
Rotting water mains, ruined by the
escaping electric currents from surface
and elevated railways, alone are charged
wnh responsibility for this heavy loss.
These fact* were revealed yesterday
tn a repot, by the Chicago bureau of
efficiency which has just completed an
tßveotigation of the effect of electroly
sis upon the city's water mains.
Uvea and property of citizens would
toe menaced In case of a big fire. It is
declared, through the demora.-xed con
dition of the water sytsem. Pictures of
water mains that had corroded to such
an extent that nails could be driven
half way through their steel surface
were found elong the lines of nearly
every elevated and surface line in the
dty.
WILKES COUNTY PLANS
BOLL WEEVIL CAMPAIGN
WASHINGTON. Ga.. July JL—Wilkes
county is preparing to meet “Brer 801 l
Weevil." If the recent sale of three
farmers' surplus of oats to one of the
wholesale houses of the city is any In
dication.
Mears Cornwell. Jenkins and Wells,
prosperous farmers in the southern por
tion of the county, sold this week some
1,400 bushels of oats which representer
only thg surplus of their crops There
were something like 4,900 bushels of
cots raised by these men. besides sev
eral thousand bushels of wheat, and
corn yet to be harvested. Their cotton
crops are said to be the finest in their
section. • •
CHINESE MASON IS ~
BURIED WITH POMP
NEW ORLEANS. July IL—Accompa
nied toy all the pomp and panoply of Ori
ental obsequies, accentuated by two big
bands, the body of Ching Sing, secretary
of the Chinese Masonic lodge here, was
placed in a vault tn Firemen's ceme
tery yesterday to await shipment.
Extra polls* were on duty to keep the
enormous crowds from Interfering with
the funeral Bing was one of the wealth
iest Chinese in the south and was well
known throughout the country.
No woman was allowed to participate
in the obsequies The body will be
shipped to Heng Kong next Wednesday,
via Baa Francisco.
ASKED TO SEE WIFE.
THEN SHOOTS AT HER
AND KILULHIMSELF
Addie Green, Prominent Hall
County Farmer, Makes En
gagement With Separated
Wife, Fires at Her
GAINESVILLE, Ga.. July 29—Addie
Green, son of 8. W. D. Green, a promi
nent Hall county farmer, shot his wlie,
Mra Addle Green, three times this aft
ernoon. and then fired four shots into
his own body, killing himself instant
ly-
His Wife was the daughter of A. J.
Bryant, of Gainesville.
Addie Green has been separated from
his wife for about three weeks and
had taken his only child with him. He
had made an engagement to meet his
wife in Gainesville today to agree as
to who should keep the child, his pro
posal being that the wife should keep
the child and the father bear all ex
pensea
When they met on South Bradford
street, at the home. of a Mrs. Smith,
they were alone in a back room of the
house, when Green first fired one shot
into bis body, then turning on his wife
shot her three times. He then stepped
out on the back porch and killed him
self by emptying his pistol in his own
body.
That Green i.iade the engagement
with his wife for the purpose of kill
ing her there seems little doubt. There
Is no hope for Mrs. Green's recovery
The remarkable feature of tue killing
is the fact that Green reloaded his pis
tol to kill himself and shot himself
four times.
LOIIISIINI TRHNSFORMS.
. “OCEIN” INTO LAND
Millions of Acres of Wet Prai
rie Lands Are Being Rapidly
Reclaimed
NEW ORLEANS, July Sl.—Reclaiming
a desert, is a task set for itself by the
United States government In the arid
west. Reclaiming an ocean and convert
ing it into lands as rich as any in the
world, is a task set and being accom
plished by the people of Louisiana, at'
their own expense. This, in way,
expresses what is being done in Louis
iana in the way of reclaiming millions
of acres of “wet prairie" land along the
gulf coast and extending 150 miles in
land, traversed by the innumerable wa
terways. Aeons ago this land**'was the
ocean's bed.
Today it is the deep rich soil of the
delta, and mcdern science has made it
as dry. safe and usable as the prairie
lands of the middle west.
9.000,000 MARSH ACRES.
It is estimated that there are 9,000.000
acres of marsh lands in Louisiana sus
ceptible to reclamation and cultivation
ind which will add over 9450,000,000 to
the annual agricultural wealth of the
state This, it Is estimated, has an an
nual earning capacity of SSO per aqra,
which is far below the present earnings
of the cultivated acres of southern Lou
isiana.
The movement for reclamation began
in a small way 10 or 12 years ago, but
only within the last two years has it at
tracted national attention, and today,
the drainage and reclamation scheme in
this state Is comparable only with the
work accomplished by Holland In the
pas:’ I.UOO or more years.
Marsh lands coating from $1 to $3 an
acre are being reclaimed and put on the
market at a cost averaging $35 an acre
and bring anywhere from SIOO per acre
upward. It is said by soil experts that
the alluvial lands now under reclama
tion and susceptible of reclamation have
a potential value of from S3OO to S6OO
per acre. Shrewd moneyed men of Illi
nois, lowa, Pennsylvania and New York
seeing these possibilities have invested
millions of dollars in Louisiana lands
within the past two years, and the tide
ia this direction has only begun.
NEW METHOD USED.
The reclamation of Louisiana marsh
lands differ peculiarly from that of
any other section, owing to the fact
that hand in hand with reclamation goes
navigation. Louisiana has nearly 4.000
miles of navigable streams, most of
which are situated tn these rich alluvial
gulf coast lands. Well organised sys
tems of drainage districts have been in
stituted, one connecting up with the
other.' To drain a tract of land canals
are dug surrounding the tract. Laterals
are dug leading Into the canal and the
canals drain thence into the bayous and
navigalble streams.
These canals surrounding the reclaimed
lands are navigable to barges and power
boats. The product of the land Is loaded
upon these barges, towed into the bayous,
from the bayous into the rivers and
lakes and thence Into the markets of New
Orleans and the world. These products
consist of rice, sugar, cotton, oranges,
grape fruit, corn and an unlimited variety
of garden truck. In other words, the
problem of transportation is solved at
once with the problem of reclamation and
Immensely cheap marketing of products.
SALT MASH SOIL.
One of the most interesting experi
ments in late years is the result of. the
government teats as to the use of salt
marsh soil for cultivation. Experiments
demonstrate the fact that in a very
short time, the reclaimed salt marsh
lands are soon convertable Into cultivata
ble soil throughraln wash. Recent govern
ment tests have confirmed this, and in
this manner enormous areas of salt
marsh hitherto Considered worthless,
will be brought into cultivation and be
come equally as valuable as the soil of
the fresh water marshes of Louisiana.
LOADS OF SHOT POURED
INTO BAXLEY MEN
BAXLEY. Ga., July 31. and El
sie Gillis, two men, were shot at the
home of Mr. John Sapp Saturday night
last, about 3 1-2 miles northeast of this
place.
Calvin ® and Elsie 125 No. 8
shot. They are badly hurt and suffering
much pain today, after having been ex
amined by a physician here.
A IS-year-old girt of Mr. Sapp's saw
three men In the party doing the shoot
ing. recognising two of them
Warrants whl be issued for their ar
rest. , _
5
TEXAS LEGISLATURE
FACES BIKER WAR
ON UN ISSUES
Prohibition Overshadows All
Other Questions That Will Be
Brought Before Special Ses
sion of General Assembly
(By Associated Frees. I
AUSTIN. Tex., July 31.-Prohlbltlon
overshadowed every other issue when
the special session of the Texas legisla
ture met today. The session was called
to enact appropriation bills, but Governor
Colquitt has announced that after the
passage of these bills he may submit
other matters, and the prohibition major
ity in both senate and house, combined
with the fact that the government In the
state-wide prohibition just closed was a
strong advocate of regulation for the
liquor traffic, makes it practically certain
there will be saloon legislation. The leg
islature cannot enact new legislation at
this session except as the governor sub
mits it messages.
Nearly every legislator here today be
lieves there would be a legislative in
vestigation Into the state-wide prohibition
election of July 22. Prohibition support
ers from all sections of the state are
here.
Political communications promised to
divert the issue from that of unadulter
ated prohibition to a factional contest.
Even legislators contended that the pro
posed liquor investigation was a political
move aimed at United States Senator
Bailey and Governor Colquitt. Senator
Bailey did not take part in the recent
state-wide campaign, and' the bringing
of hfs name at this late hour Is the
result of old political scores rather than
of a saloon question.
Mlffl WANTS BOND ISSUE
TO BUILD NEW CAPITOL
11 1 11 ♦
Legislators Invited to Visit
Central City Next Saturday
and See Its Advantages
A bill and a resolution in regard to the
transfer of the capital from Atlanta to
Macon were introduced tn the house Mon
day. The bill provides that the city of
Macon and Bibb county shall be allowed
to issue bonds for the erection of a cap
itol building in Macon, and the resolution
invites the legislature to visit *lacon
next Saturday for the purpose of seeing
what an admirable capital city Macon
would be.
The bill relative to the issue of ’ onds
doesn't say what the amount .of _the pro
posed Issue shall be; but it was explained
Monday morning that Macon purposes to
raise JI.WO.uOO by the sale of bonds for
the erection of a capitol building.
Both bill and resolution were Intro
duced by Messrs. Hall, Wimberly and e
Fore, of Bibb. The invitation was accept
ed and the measure in reference to the
bond issue was ‘referred to the commit
tee on constitutional amendments
Following is the bill:
“A proposal to amend article 7, section
7 of the constitution of the state by
adding a new paragraph thereto:
"Section L The general assemnly hereby
proposes an amendment to article 7,
section 7 of the constitution of the state
to be known as article 3, which article
shall be in the following language: That
any county, municipal corporation or po
litical division of this state are hereby
given authority to incur a bonded in
debtedness as provided for in thia in
strument. for the purpose of providing
funds to aid the state in locating the
capital within the limits of such municl
paltiy and county, and authority is here
by given the general assembly to accept
from such county and municipality funds
that may be raised under the provisions
of this article to aid in the erection of
the necessary public buildings for the use
of the state as a state capital, in the
event that the capital shall be located
within the borders of such municipality
and county. '
“Sec. 2. That when this proposed
amendment is agreed to by each of the
two houses, as required by the constitu
tion of this state, it shall be the duty
of the governor to cause such amendment
to be submitted to the people at the
next general election as provided for in
the constitution of this state.
"The form of submission shall be for
an amendment to article 7, section 7 of
the constitution, or against submission
of article 7, section 7 of the constitution,
which amendment provides for a city or
county incurring a debt for the purpose
of locating the state capital within the
limits of such city or county. And when
said amendment has been adopted, as
provided for by the constitution of this
state, it shall become paragraph 3 of ar
ticle 7, section 7 of the constitution of
the state.
THE RESOLUTION.
Following is the resolution:
••The citizens of Macon and Bibb coun
ty hereby extend a cordial Invitation to
the members of the general assembly, its
officers and employes, to attend an enter
tainment to the general assembly in the
City of Macon on Saturday next. Au
gust 5.
"Earnest wish Is expressed that this
invitation will be accepted by the general
assembly, as the purpose is to enable the
general assembly to meet and know the
citizens of a large section of Georgia
who are expected to be at Macon on that
date to receive and entertain the mem
bers of the general assmbly.
A special train will be provided for the
convenience of the guests, and schedule
will be arranged to leave Atlanta at a
convenient hour, the same train return
ing in the afternoon, so as to enable
those who desire to return on that train
and reach their homes Saturday night,
if they so desire.”
S. C. Dunlap Named
GAINESVILLE. Ga., July 31.-The city
board of education was reorganized in
Gainesville this week by the election of
Hon. Samuel C. Dunlap a chairman of
the board to succeed the Hon. H. H. Per
ry, who has recently reigned. Col. How
ard Thompon was elected vice chairman,
and Judge G. H. Prior, ecretary and
treaurer of the board. Hon. T. H. Rob
ertson was elected as the new mem
ber of the board of education to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
Colonel Perry-
Prof. Aubrey Mathews will be princi
pal of the High school for the ensuing
year, and Prof. J. H. Bocock will also
be a new teacher In the public school.
He comes from the Georgia Military col
lege at Milledgeville, Ga.
ATLANTA. GEORGIA. TUESDAY. AUGUST /I. 1911.
TEXAS PROHIPW
WILL ENTER TICKET
IN STATEELECTION
Legislature Is Asked to Probe
Alleged Expenditure of Mon
ey Used to Defeat Prohibi
tion in Recent Contest
FORT WORTH, Tfix., July 29.—X)ut
of the conference of 600 prohibitionists
from all parts of Texas here today, fol
lowing the state-wide prohibition de
feat Saturday, July 2, came the deter
mination to place a prohibition ticket
in the field next year and the adoption
of a resolution calling :upon the state
which convenes in special
session next Monday, to investigate the
expenditures of money to defeat prohi
bition, the investigation to begin wiui
the effort to defeat submission of the
question to the peoplg in 1908.
The resolution provides for probing
the money expenditures in every pre
cinct A committee of ten, represent
ing various sections of Texas, was ap
ponlted to consider alleged irregulari
ties in Saturday’s election. The com
mittee will meet in Austin Monday
maiming and -confer on the situation.
CODPOBITION TAXES ffl
WISCONSIN'S EXPENSES
Wolverine State Gets 71 Per
Cent of All Its Taxes From
Its Incorporated Interests
WASHINGTON, July 31.—Wisconsin,
of all the eastern central states, derives
enough revenue from its taxes on cor
porations to pay its ordinary state ex
penses. About 71 per cent of the state’s
taxes comes from that source. Ohio
collects u 2 per cent of its total from
corporations; Indiana 19 per cent, and
Illinois 44 per cent. In 2u.»chigan the
revenues from corporations, which is 45
per cent of the tax receipts, is applied
to th school fund.
A comprehensive review of the taxa
tion of corporations in Ohoi, Indiana.
Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin is pre
sented in a report of the cor...aissioner
of corporations transmitted to the pres
ident today. Reports on corporation
taxation in New England and the mid
dle Atlantic states have been published.
The report says Illinois and Indiana
levy practically no special taxes on cor
porations; that Wisconsin alone ap
proaches a separation of the sources of
revenue and that Michigan and Wiscon
sin make an elaborate physical valua
tion ot steam and street railways on a
system quite different from that used
by any of tha other states.
The findings of the commissioner af
fords a concise comparison between the
tax law* of the states, in the light of
juoiclal devisions, practical, administra
tion and revenue returns. •«
GERMANY RUSHES
CRUISER TO HAITI
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., July 31.
The German cruiser Bremen arrived in
port today from Montreal and Immedi
ately began taking on coal and provis
ions. The Bremen is under rush orders
to proceed to Haiti to protect German
interests there in view of the general
uprising against the rule of President
Simon.
The Bremen will proceed immediately.
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EMBARRASSING, TO SA Y THE LEAST
MAN WHO KILLED HIS DAUGHTER '
DIES IN THE ELECTRIC CHAIR
Despite the Fact That His Wife Swore Her Infidelity Caused
the Shooting, Charles L Green, Twice Saved From Elec-
Finally Pays the Death Penalty for His Crime.
Case Was One of Nation-wide-Interest
(By AtMciated Fr»M.)
DANNEMORA, N. Y„ July 31.—Charles
L Green, an Albany county farmer, was
electrocuted today at Clinton prlzon for
the murder of his daughter, a girl of 14,
on a farm near New Scotland, a year
ago.
The electrocution had been twice stayed
by Governor Dix against the wishes of
the condemned man, who told his coun
sel that he wanted to die. A confession
by Green’s wife that her unfaithfulness
had led to the shooting failed to save
him.
Green went to his death calmly after
expressing satisfaction with the verdict
of tne jury which convicted him.
The crime for which Green was put to
death was committed July 27, 1910, on the
farm of William Vadney, an uncle of
Mra Green, where she had fled with her
little tiby. Chester, and daughter, Eva,
because of her husband’s peculiar ac
tions. >
Green followed them and asked his
wife to return home. When she refus
ed he went for a shotgun and, return
ing, shot his daughter, I -Ung her In
stanly. Then he fired at his wife, who
CHARLOTTE SUFFER ING
FROM FAMINE OF WATER
North Carolina City Is at the
Mercy of Flames Should
Fire Break Out
CHARLOTTE, N. C., July 31.—With
the big ponds wheih have furnished
Charlotte's water supply for many
years only inundations of sun-baked
mud, and the stop-cocks to the small
supply in the reservoir shut down tight
since early Friday morning, this city
Is undergoing a period of distress that
is as unique as it 13 serioues. The plan
to haul water tn tank cars from the Ca
tawba river, 12 miles away, was gotten
well under way Saturday and thousands
of gallons were dumped into the settling
basins, but this movement received a
set back when one of u,e big pumps at
Mount Holly broke down, delaying the
program of the authorities to resume
regular water service by Tuesday,
Tne numerous mineral water agen
cies are overwhelmed and cannot begin
to supply the demand. Mayor Blend
today peremptorily suspended the blue
law which forbids the dispensation of
mineral waters and soft drings at soda
fountains so far as the water is con
cerned.
No rain of consequence has fallen in
this section in many weeks. With the
famine i- water the severage system
has been abanaoned an dthe enforce!
installation of surface closets has
brought about a menace to health that
has nessitated stringent sanitary reg
ulations. Special sanitary guards aie
bqlng sworn in every day to patrol the
city, along with squads of extra fire
men to minimize the danger from fire,
for the i-ty now is absolutely at the
mercy of u.e flames. Hundreds are
leaving Charlotte, flocking to the sea
shore and mountain resorts to escape
the present perils.
Larrabee Is Dead
BALTIMORE, July 31—Henry Clay
Larrabee, 82 years old, former grand
master of the general grand council of
Masons jp the united States, died here
tonight.
although desperately wounded, recover
ed. Thinking he had killed both. Green
fled and later shot himself. He was
found in a lonely house by the sheriff
and a posse, where he had crawled. His
wound was not serious and his conviction
followed.
After Mrs. Green's recovery she made
ah affidavit that she had been unfaith
ful to her husband, and that this had
caused the shooting. Governor Dix
granted a respite and Justice Howard, of
Troy, heard a motion for a new trial.
Mrs. Green stated that it was not until
a few days before the murder that her
infidelity became known to her hus
band.
In opposing the application, the district
attorney declared that i.,ese facts had
been known by both sides during the
trial, although it was not brought out.
It developed that Green had told his
wife that under no circumstances should
she give this information on the witness
stand, saying he would rather go to
the electric chair than to have it known.
Efforts to have a commission appointed
to examine into Green’s sanity were with
out avail. y
PULLMAN CONDUCTOR
SHOOTS PORTER TO DEATH
Another Negro Porter Was
Wounded-Shooting on Troop
Train Near Atlanta
Attacked by two negro porters, H. L.
Robertson, 35 years of age, a Pullman
conductor from San Antonio, Tex., shot
both of them down with the same bullet
The trouble occurred late Sunday aft
ernoon about nine miles from Atlanta on
a train, which was bearing a batallion of
artillery from Fort Sam Houston to Fort
Meyer. The conductor had ordered one
of the porters, L J. Logan, to clean up
a car. The porter Is alleged to have not
only refused, but to have abused the con
ductor as well. Another negro porter,
named Jamison, joined in the abuse. The
conductor, fearing even more serious
trouble, put his revolver In his pocket
Later he encountered the two porters,
Jamison walking behind Logan, in the
kitchen car. Robertson said the men
were coming towards him armed w»«—
sticks, and that thinking they would
both attack him, he fired. The bullet
went through Logan's body and Inflicted
a flesh wound on Jamison. Logan died at
the hospital at midnight.
The conductor wired ahead, asking that
ambulances and officers meet the train.
The negroes were taken to the hospital,
while the conductor was lodged at police
headquarters.
The troop train was delayed in Atlan
ta about two hours until company of
ficials appeared at police headquarters
and secured necessary papers from the
conductor.
Postpone Institute
GREENSBORO, Ga., July 31.—The offi
cials who are carrying on the farmers’
institute days throughout the state called
off the Institute to have been held in
this county this week. It is understood
that it being court week, it was consid
ered a bad time for such a meeting. It
is learned that the institute will be held
in September.
NO. 90.
INCREASE IN RATES
FOR COMMUTATION
IS DEMED LEGAL
Interstate Commerce Commis
sion Hands Down Far-
Reaching Decision in Fa
mous Commutation Case
WASHINGTON, Z July 21.-Propo«ed In
creases in commutation passenger fares
by the leading railways operating In
and out of New York city today were
held by the Interstate commerce com
mission to be reasonable, generally, ex
cept in the case of the Pennsylvania
railroad, whose commutation rates are
declared excessive and are ordered re
duced.
The opinion of the commission was
prepared by Commissioner Harlan and
Is the unanimous expression of, the body.
The case popularly known as the “com
mission rate case,” has been before the
commission more than a year. Aside
from affecting directly nearly 600,099
commuters In and near New York the
principles enunciated are of far-reaching
importance, as they immediately con
cern railroads and commuters in every
center of population ta the south.
What Is regarded as ths most impor
tant holding of the commission from tlM>
view point of the railways, is that «
takes full jurisdiction over all oommuta
tlon rates and assumes, under existlag
law, the power to regulate these rates
precisely as it reguUrtes straight ROS'
eenger fares and freight rates The re
spondent railroads in this case denied
the commission’s authority to oossHMd
such power, maintaining that, so com
mutation tsxes were tar lower' than
straight passenger fares, which were
conceded to be reasonable and thst, as
all commuters were treated wttls abso
lute equality, the railroad's rigtC to ad
just commutation rates without
ference could not be questioned-
ORDER AGAINST "PENNST."
Against the Pennsylvania railroad a.
Bpeciflc order is made by the commission,
requiring it to desist from action ttri
present commutation fares to aijd fronr.
New York city by September X and tor
not lees than two years there after
The commission admits that It is prob
ably true that a carrier cannot W com -
pelled to put a commutation service and
commutation rates into operation, out
Commissioner Harlan says, "having un
dertaken a definite and regular commu
tation service, such as is shown of rec
ord on the part of each of the defend
ants in this proceeding, the power an
well aa the duty of the commission, un
der section X goes Into the reasonable
ness of the charges exacted, when com
plaint ha a been made, seems to be be
yond question.'*
The opinion discusses exhaustively tho
history of commuitatlon, indicating Itsi
tremendous growth in the last few years.
Admission is made that the railroad*
have been put to Immense expense in
caring for the service. The record of ths
case shows that the railroad had ex
pended tens of millions of dollars, prac
tically in facilities for handling this traf
fic.
On the other hand, it was shown by ths
commuters that, through the medium es
commutation, large and prosperous com
munities outside of New York had
sprung into existence and even now ara
developing rapidly to the profit of tha
railways, not only from passenger, but
from freight traffic.
The commission holds, however, that
“the defendants are fairly entitled ti
some recognition of their expenditures
and of the resulting Improvement In ths
service,” and generally the proposed
fares are approved except as to ths
Pennsylvania railroad.
PUfiE SO EMTS WILL
NOW “INfEMITE” BEER
“What Is Beer?” Is the Ques
/ tion for Which an Answer Is
to Be Found j
(By AsweUted Frses.) 1
July 11.—Having
long aco settled the vexed problem'of
"what l a whisky” the agricultural de
partment’s board of food and drug In
spection, headed' by the redoubtable Dr
Harvey W. Wiley, today undertook ts
determine "what Is beer?" K
Manufacturers of beer and other mall
beverages and barley raisers from all
over the country are hee attending ths
bealng conducted by the board, and many
others have sent their views by mail
The object of the board’s Inquiry Is ts
bring malt liquors within the scope ofi
the pure food and drug act and to de
termine just what shall and shall not
be contained In liquids sold under ths
lsbel ß "lager beer," "bock beer,” ale,
porter, stout and malt extract.
The board has propounded d series of
questions ag to ingredients, fermenting;,
coloring, carbonating, etc. The applica
tion of foreign names to domestic prod
ucts also is to be inquired into.
Barley raisers are responsible for this
effort to determine “what is beer.” The
Consumers’ National league of Chicago
and the Society of Equity, the latter
composed largely of farmers, are aiding
in the movement.
It is claimed that much of the beer
sold in this country is made of corn er
rye and that some of the malt extract
and other beverages ate not what their
names lead consumers to think them.
GEORGIA WEEKLY PRESS
WILL TRY NEW PLAN
GREENSBORO. Ga., July 3L—Owing to
a discusslbn which carried much weight
with it at the meeting of the Georg:'*
Weekly Press association, at Carteni
vule, the weekly newspaper editors and
job printers of Georgia have decided i.o
have the new cost system thoroughly;' <
tried out and put bfore them in concrete T J
form. According to the system practiced 1
by the average country weekly newspa
per man one fellow may get his printing
done too cheap, while another man may
pay too much and Incidentally the print
er may lose largely. . - j
Presdent A. S. Hardy appointed a
committee consisting of W. T. Ander
son, of the Macon Telegraph company;
J. C. McAuliffe, of the Milledgeville
News, snd R. Y. Becham, of the Lau
rens County Herald, to prepare and sut>-
mrt the forms and other Information re> B
ative to the. system, and the committee
will meet in Macon soon to complete their
work.
