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VOL. X
MODS IN CONTROL
OFLONDDNDOCKS:
FDDDSUPPLY SHORT
Police Unable to Cope With
Emergency When the Dock
Workers Strike Railroad
Men Also Quit
fßv AsioeUted Press.'
LONDON. Aar W-London s dock
neighborhood wm practically under mob
rule today, wftn the result that there
was such a dwindling of food supplies
that the metropolis experienced some
thing akin to what might happen if a
hostile foreign force should succeed tn
interrupting the empire's trade routes.
Unless progress is made today in ne
gotiations for a settlement of the strike
of the dock workers, the calling out of
troops seems Inevitable, as the police
are unable to deal with the emergency.
The only quarter where normal condi
tions were experienced was Billingsgate.
There the striking fish porters obtained
all they wished and returned to work
today.
On the other hand, hundreds of railroad
car men quft thia morning and several
stations were practically In a state of
siege, strike pickets preventing by force
all attempts to handle goods. It was the
intention of the strikers to tie up all
street traffic unless their demands were
conceded within a few hours. Should they
be successful. London would be perilously
near actual famine conditions. The stream
of motor traction today was hardly half
its usual proportions. So short was the
supply of petrol that hundreds of motor
busses and taxicabs were unable to move
a wheel.
HOSPITALS NOT AFFECTED.
The only traffic passing without fear of
interference was that of vans carrying
hospital stores.
These were labeled with big red cross
signs and their drivers carried a permit
from the strike committee explaining that
they must not be imerferred with. Until
this system of identification was adopted
this morning, the hospitals felt a short
age of ice and other supplies.
Thousands of tons of fruit, vegetables
and provisions are rotting on the wharfs
and in the railroad freight depots. Un-
Jess they can be moved soon they threat
en to endanger general health.
The central meat and provisions mar
kets are short of supplies and prices have
advanced alarmingly.
STRIKERS IN UGLY MOOD.
Today the temper of the strikers ap
peared ugly. Violence increased. Through
out the East Ends clashes were frequent
whenever attempts were made to move
a wagon. The men would intervene and
brushing aside the Inadequate police
squads, overturn the wagons and scatter
their loads tn gutters. Police charges
were made every few minutes, but they
had Bttle effect.
Those taking part tn the conferences
of the board of trade, which is seeking
a settlement, state that they are getting
nearer a solution each time they meet,
and are determined to sit throughout the
night if there seems to be a possibility
of reaching a settlement.
Troops Aid Police
LIVERPOOL. Aug. 10.—Detachments
at troops arrived here today to assist
the police, who have .been unable to con
trol the rioting strikers. A fusillade
of brickbats and stones met the sol
* diers. but they finally took up strategic
positions and enabled the police,
through a succession of charges, to ef
fect a clearance of the provisions and
other goods at the central railway sta
tion. A baton charge was required with
each load ct goods that left the place.
TWO COUNTIES WILL
BRIDGE FLINT RIVER
GREENVILLE. Ga.. Aug. 10.—Notice
has been given that the contract to
build a public bridge across the Flint
river between the counties of Meriwether
■nd Upson will be let to the lowest bid
der on Saturday. August 19. at 11 o'clock
at the site of the proposed bridge, sever
al hundred yards north of the steel
bridge of the Macon and Birmingham
railway across Flint river.
The plans and specifications of the
bridge which are on file tn the office of
’ the county commissioners of Meriwether
at Greenville and of Upson county at
Thomaston are such that the bridge will
be one of the most substantial in the
state. The bridge is greatly needed and
will facilitate traffic between Upeon and
Meriwether counties.
CONNECTICUT IS FINDING
GOOD SUMS IN MOTORS
HARTFORD. Conn., Aug. 10.—The reg
istration of motor vehicles is proving a
profitable undertaking for the state of
Connecticut, according to the report filed
with the secretary of state. For the past
nine months the total receipts were
nearly —J5.000. while the receipts for the
preceding fiscal year were 5165.000. Fines
for the past nine months amounted to
only SI.OO More than 12.500 persons are
registered as private owners of auto
mobiles and 1.500 as owners of motor
cycle*.
Plant Is Sold
UNION, S. C-. Aug. A—The property
of the Jonesville Manufacturing com
pany. bankrupt, was sold at auction at
the court house Wednesday. It was
bought by H. J. Haynesworth. an at
torney of Greenville. 8. C.. for $125,000.
It is understood that Mr. Haynesworth
was acting as agent for C. E. Graham,
’of Greenville.
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♦ force tor a man who yesterday ♦
w took the examination before the ♦
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-e- pounds too light in weight, just ♦
♦ before he entered the weighing ♦
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♦ pounds of water ♦
♦ Another applicant was a quarter ♦
w of an Inch short of the necessary ♦
♦ height by Ranging for half an hour ♦
♦ from a 1 risontai bar. ♦
•* The names of both men were ♦
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REPUBLICANS GIVE
SUPPORT TO TIFT
TO SUM VETOES
Stand-Patters Flock to White
House and Promise to Fight
Opposition to Vetoes to Last
Ditch
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10—Stand-pat
Republican leaders of congress flocked
to the White House today to Inform
President Taft they would fight to the
last ditch before they allowed either the
senate or house to pass any measure
over the president’s veto.
"We propose to let any attempt
at making laws over the head of the
president go through without a fight.”
said Republican Whip John Dwight.
Senator Murray Crane, of Massachu
setts. indorsed this statement.
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IT BAXiPK SMITH.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Aug. 10,-Rep
resentatlve Brantley has been seeking
to obtain better range lights and other
afds to navigation for the protection of
the growing commerce at Brunswick.
The army engineers have completed a
project for the improvement of the outer
bar and harbor at Brunswick, whereby
30 feet of water from the railroads to
the sea is given. In this improvement
the channel across the outer bar was
straightened, thus necessitating a rear
rangement of the range lights and other
and better lights in order that the full
benefit of the improved channel might
be had.
The bureau of light bouses has let a
contract for an additional light off the
coast of BL Simons. Representative
Brantley thought, and in this he was
supported by all the local interets. that
this new light should be placed further
out from shore than is contemplated. It
appears, however, that the contract for
the light has been let and that, in addi
tion to this fact, to place the light fur
ther out would require a greater expend
iture than is at the disposal of the light
house bureau.
For these reasons the bureau has
found it impracticable to make any
change in the erecting of this light, but
has notified Representative Brantley that
in addition to this light the bureau will
also put In place one or two lighted
buoys. The new range light together
with these lighted buoys, will be a great
improvement over the existing arrange
ment and will add substantially to the
value of the improved channel.
ADMIRAL TOGO VISITS
PHILADELPHIA MAYOR
Distinguished Sea Fighter Be
ing Shown Many Attentions.
Visits Ship Yards
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 10.—Admiral
Togo made a formal call on Mayor Rey
burn at city hall today, the mayor re
turning the visit a half hour later. The
distinguished sea fighter was then
whisked away in an automobile to the
Philadelphia navy yard. There he was
the guest of Captain A. W. Qrant, the
commander.
Later today Admiral Togo was sched
uled to visit the yards of Cramps and
thw New York Shibbuilding companies on
the Delaware. He has looked forward
wfth great interest to this part of his
program as he has been particularly de
sirous of Inspecting the yards where one
er two of Japan's warships have been
built.
GLIDDEN TOUR WILL
BE RUN OCT. 15-25
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO. Aug. 10.—Chairman Butler,
of the American Automobile association,
announced today that the Glidden tour,
the greatest motoring event of the year,
will be run October 15-25. The trip will
begin at New York and terminate at
Jacksonville, Fla., the distance covered
being 1.369 miles. Saturday and Sunday,
October 21-22, will be spent In Atlanta.
This route was selected largely tn reo
ognltion of the tremendous strides made
Iby many southern states In road build
ing.
THREE WHOPPERS FROM GEORGIA
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(hu, and are known as “’Johnson Excels.” The figure on the middle one
gives an Idea of their weight.
PERKINS DECLARES
PANIC NOT STARTED
TO RUIN THE BANKS
Steel Corporation Director
Stirs Spectators When Ask
ed If 1907 Panic Had Been
Started to Ruin Banks
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 —George W.
Perkins, director of the United States
Steel corporation, testifying before the
house s>eel tru* investigating commit
tee today, stirred spectators when he
jumped to his feet and branded as false
a charge that the panic of 1907 had been
started to ruin certain banks.
Representative Bartlett, of Georgia,
had asked Mr. Perkins whether such was
not the case.
Before Mr. Perkins took the witness
stand, a conference was held between R.
V. Lindabury, counsel for the steel cor
portlon, and Representative Stanley, of
Kentucky, chairman of the committee, re
lating to the production of the books and
records of the subsidiary companies of
the steel corporation, demanded yesterday
by resolution of the committee. No an
nouncement of steel corporation's inten
tions were made.
U. C. Temple, former secretary of the
United States Steel Plate association, also
was subpenaed today. Chairman Stanley
stated that Richard Trimble, secretary of
the steel corporation, probably would not
appear before tomorrow.
The government’s separation of the
Standard Oil capital into 33 parts, Mr.
Perkins declared, was certainly a warn
ing to corporations. He suggested that
something should be done to relieve the
present conditions, under which, he con
tended. corporations could not continue
to exist.,
Representative Bartlett asked Mr. Per
kins if he knew that Moore and Schley
had a majority of the Tennessee Cotai
and Iron stock before Judge Gary and
H. C. Frick went to Washington.
*T do not remember. I did not care a
rap about that. I was engaged in a
great mass of detail. If Judge Gary and
Mr Frick knew It at that time, I knew
it. I was not concerned about that.”
Representative Bartlett then referred
to the conspiracy charge that a group of
bankers started the panic of 1907 to drive
certain bankers out of business. Mr. Per
kins became excited. He jumped to his
feet. Pounding the table vigorously with
his fist he said:
“My dear judge (referring to Mr. Bart
lett), there never was a more Infamous
lie started than that. There is not a
scintiMa of truth in it. You might just as
well say that a certain group of gentle
men made a contract with Mrs. O’Leary’s
cow to kick over the lamp that set Chi
cago on fire.”
NO INTEREST IN STANDARD OIL.
"I hold no brief for the Standard Oil
company,” said Mr. Perkins, “and have
no affiliation with it whatever. But
that action b«ght to, He a red flag, a
danger flag to every other corporation
In this country. The Standard OH com
pany is a huge organization, the result
of years of growth and the United
States government has spent thousands
of dollars of the peoples money to in
vestigate that corporation. Instead of
trying to find out what good it has
done, what it has done for labor In low
ering prices, etc., the government is
now engaged in breaking It up into 33
different parts. If that is not a no
tice to other corporations to look out,
I don’t know what is. This is why I
am opposed to any effort to break up
the steel corporation.”
CORPORATION ROPE OF SAND?
Chairman Stanley then answered Mr.
Perkins. ,
Isn't it true that the steel corporation
is a rope of sand, that it does not own
a mill, an acre of ground, or one ma
terial thing; and that the subsidiary
companies have their own corporate en
tity? Even the counsel of the steel cor
poration has refused to give us the
minutes of those subsidiary companies
for that very reason.”
Here Mr. Lindabury, counsel for the
corporation, made vigorous denial that
he had refused to produce books and
minutes.
Mr. Perkins denied that J. P. Morgan
& Co., and associate bankers of New
York absolutely dominated the financial
affairs of the United States.
“That is not so,” he declared when
the question was put to him.
CBTIBNinTsiiL
GETS ADVERSE REPORT
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—The house
bill for the revision of the cotton sched
ule of the present tariff law was re
ported adversely to the senate today
from the finance committee. Objection
was made by Senator Overman, of North
Carolina, to Senator Smoot’s request that
the bill be made the unfinished business
of the senate. Senator Smoot will re
peat his request later.
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VIGIL OF VETERANS
TO GUARD GORDON,
SUNDAY
Comrades of Commander-in-
Chief Watch by Bier of Dead
Chieftian —Body Will Lie in
State
(By Associated Press.)
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 10-The death
in this city late yesterday of Gen.
George W. Gordon, commander-ln-chief
of the United Confederate Veterans and
member of congress from the Tenth Ten
nessee district, brought forth expres
sions of keen regret from many public
men.
Messages of condolence were received
from all parts of the country, among
the first being telegrams sent by Gov.
B. W. Hooper, of Tennessee, and Uni
ted States Senator Luke Lea.
Official notification of General Gor
don’s death probably will be received
by the house of representatives today.
Until this body has named the usual
committee funeral arrangements will
not be announced. The body will lie
In state at the Shelby county court
house, after preparation for burial with
a military guard of honor, until the
time of the funeral, which, it is now
expected, will take place Sunday.
VETERANS WATCH BIER.
During the first part of last night, Con
federate veterans, comrades of General
Gordon, watched by the bier, and their
places were taken about midnight by
members of N. B. Forrest camp, United
Sons of Confederate Veterans, who kept
the solemn vigil until morning. Forrest
camp will have a meeting late today to
formulate plans for its members’ par
ticipation in the funeral. Similar plans
will be made by other Confederate or
ganizations.
ILL FOR SOME TIME.
Worn by an illness dating from his
last political campaign, when he was re
elected to the national house of repre
sentatives, the last general of the Con
federacy to serve In that body answer
ed the summons to join the Invisible
majority here yesterday afternoon at 4
o’clock. .
When, following a restless night, he
woke from fitful sleep In the early
morning hours, the loving watchers at
his side saw that the end was but a
question of hours, perhaps minutes. As
the end approached, peace seemed to en
velope his face, for he smiled as with
comforting words he bade relatives
adieu. .
At the bedside of General Gordon
when he died were his wife and other
relatives.
SKETCH OF LIFE.
George Washington Gordon was born
In Giles county, Tenn., October 6, 1936.
In his early boyhood his parents re
moved to Texas, and later to Mississippi,
but as a youth, he returned to Tennes
see and entered the Western Military
academy, from which he was graduated
in 1859. His first activity was as a
civil engineer.
At the outbreak of the civil war Gen
eral Gordon enlisted as drill master of
the 11th Tennessee, infantry, C. 8. A
Within a few weeks he was made a cap
tain and was later promoted to a lieu
tenant colonel’s rank, and in about a
year was commissioned colonel. In
1864 he was named brigadier general.
He participated with distinction In a
number of engagements, and at one
time was taken prisoner, but was ex
changed in ten days.
Political Writer Dies
BERLIN, Aug. 10-—Heinrich von
Ponchlnger, the noted political writer
and author of many works on the life
of Bismarck, died today. He was born
In Munich August 31, 1845.
FERTILIZER BILL '
PASSED BY HOUSE
AFTER AMENDMENT
J ' *
Requires Analysis of Ingre
dients Shown on Tags on All
Packages of Commercial
Fertilizer
The fertilizer bill that the house has
been considering since Friday was adopt
ed by substitute Wednesday morning
by a vote of 105 to 13. The substitute
itself was adopted by a vote of 114 to 7.
The effect of this substitute is to
make the bill much less drastic than It
would have been had it passed the house
in its original form.
The measure as it stands provides
that all packages and bags of fertlllber
shall have tags attached showing an
analysis of the fertilizer, and that a
purchaser of fertilizer i-.at Is more
than 3 per cent below the required
standard may recover 25 per cent of the
price he paid.
The substitute was offered by Mr.
Turnipseed of Clay, and was accepted
by Mr. Cabaniss, one of the authors of
the bill. The original bill was Intro
duced by Messrs. Cabaniss, Joiner and
Johnson.
Consideration of the fertilizer bill by
the house was resumed early Wednes
day morning.
Debate on the bill was interrupted
by the introduction of a substitute bill
by Mr. Turnipseed of Clay. Mr. Caba
niss, one of the authors of the original
measure, accepted the substitute and
urged that all discussion that followed
be confined to It.
“For we will stand or fall by this
substitute,” he explained.
ANALYSIS TO BE SHOWN.
The original bill provides that all
packages and bags of fertilizer shall be
stamped with an analysis of the -ingre
dients contained in the fertilizer.
The substitute provides that this anal
ysis, Instead of being stamped on the
package and bags, shall be printed on
tags attached to each bag and pack
age.
The original bill provides that. If fer
tlllver shall fall more than 3 per cent
below the required standard, the man
ufacturer or vendor shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and that any note or obli
gation that the purchaser gave In pay
ment for the fertilizer shall be declared
void, and the purchaser shall be em
powered to collect from the vendor,
as damages, 50 per cent of the value of
the fertilizer that was bought.
The substitute makes th,s part of the
bill much less stringent. By provis
ions of the substitute the vendor shall
be liable for 25 per cent of the value of
any fertilizer that is more than 3 per
cent below the required star.-ard, but
notes and other obligations given for
the fertilizer shall not be voi« and nei
ther manufacturer nor vendor shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor.
Debate on the bill lasted for several
hours. Supporters of the bill were
Messrs. Turnipseed of Clay: v—>aniss of
Oglethorpe, York of Cobb, Foster of
Newton, White of Screven, Peacock of
Toombs, and Johnson of Bartow. Op
ponents of the bin were Kimbrough of
Harris, Wimberly of Bibb, Jones of Mer
iwether, Upshaw of Douglas and Bran
nnon of Coweta.
DALTON AUTOISTS
HAVE NARROW ESCAPE
DALTON, Ga., Aug. 10.-Mrs. JI O.
Williams, Mr Smith, Misses Aileen
Nance, of Atlanta: Clara Brown and
Maggie May Horan had an extremely
narrow escape from serious injury yes
terday afternoon when the steering wheel
of Mrs. Williams’ automobile, in which
they were riding, broke, causing the ma
chine to run h.Co a ditch on Walnut ave
nue and turn turtle. The occupants all
escaped with only a few slight bruises.
SENATE AMENDMENTS
TO THE FREE LIST BILL
MEETJNyPPROVAL
Thought That Democratic
Leader Underwood Has
Agreed to Accept Amend
ments
BT BAIFI SMXTH.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 10.—At 1
o’clock today Chairman Underwood call
ed a meeting .of the ways and means
committee to consider the terms of an
agreement he has reached with Senator
LaFollette concerning the farmers’ free
list bill and ' the wool schedule.
It is believed that Underwood haa
agreed to accept the senate amendments
to the free list bill, while LaFollette has
conceded a substantial reduction in the
senate wool bill. The report is that the
duty on wool will bo 20 or 30 per cent.
The free list bill which passed the
senate contained two amendments by
Senator Kern, withholding free trade in
meats and flour from other nations un
til they agree to reciprocity in these
articles. It has been generally under
stood that Underwood was willing to
take the senate free list bin, which gives
rise to the belief that that measure may
be the one to be reported to the full
conference.
Insurgnts in the senate will not agree
to any adjournment until a vote has
been taken on the cotton bill and the
amendments which they will propose to
it. Senator Cummings will offer a steel
schedule and Senator Bristow amend
ments covering lead, sugar and rubber.
Neither of these, senators has any as
surance as yet from the Democrats that
his amendments will be accepted.
There is a growing feeling among
Democrats, particularly in the house,
that it is more important to stick to
revenue tariff principles than it is to
get tariff bills to the president, merely
for the sake of embarrassing him.
Underwood s path in the house, if he
agrees to much Increase in the wool
rates, will not be a smooth ona Several
Democrats have announced flatly that
they will not go even as high as 28 per
cent on raw wool. These Include some
New York members.
The row between Chairman Underwood
and Ollie James yesterday afternoon was
merely an outcropping of the Bryan feel
ing against Underwood. James Is and
always has been a strong Bryan man,
and he is not friendly with the house
leaders If the latter should report back
a wool schedule with distinct protective
duties It might not be difficult to crystal
lize a formidable opposition to It among
the house Democrats.
ARREST? ARE MADE
FOR SHIRER’S DEATH
AUGUSTA, Ga., Aug. 10.—A warrant
was issued today, by private detectives,
and J. H. Cunningham committed to jail
on a charge of murder in connection with
the mysterious death of J. C. Shlrer on
the night of August 1. Absolute mys
tery surrounds the arrest of Cunning
ham,. the authorities refusing to even
discuss it, and no one being allowed to
see the prisoner.
It is ascertained that two more war
rants are to be served tomorrow and at
that time "the woman in the case” will
be developed.
Shlrer’s body was found floating in the
Savannah river at the foot of Washing
ton street, his neck being broken and a
wound oi the back of the head.
PLANS FOR DEFENSE
OF UNITED STITES
STOLEN OF SPIES
General Staff of Army Secures
Startling Evidence of Activity?
of Foreign Spies in Army.?
Steps Taken for Punishment
(By Aißooiatad PrMi.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—Startling evi
dence of the pernicious activity of tor-:
elgn spies is in the possession of the
army general staff, which accounts for
the serious consideration that is now
being given to the moot trifling rejiort
at attempts to discover the military
secrets of the country. Some of these
Incidents are of comparatively recent:
date and It was upon the submission of!
such information to a secret session of
the judicial committee of the house that
legislation was secured at the last ses
sion of congress providing for the severe
punishment of spies in time of peace.
An Englishman In Calcutta picked up;
in the streets a small package of blue
prints showing every detail of the de-1
senses of Corregidor Island, the nr ain i
stronghold of the United States in the'
Philippines. The prints were not copies;
of any drawings or charts prepared for,
use of the United States, but were evi-l
dently the result of a careful and de-,
liberate investigation of the official and I
confidential records of the United States. *
The existence of the blueprints made it;
evident that there were other copies in*
existence. The Englishman sent the pa
pers to the war department here, but the
most careful investigation failed to iiS-f
cover the means by which the informa
tion had been obtained.
WAITER WAS SPY.
A waiter in a Beattie hotel was foind’
to be a foreign officer tn disguise, pos
sessing many drawings and notes he
had made of the Pacific coast defenses.
An American ambassador notified the
state department that a certain cap’Xdn
belonging to the army of the country
where he was stationed had been de
tailed to spend three years secrtly In
vestigating the American countries and
studying their military conditions.
Even the Panama canal has not es
caped; one of the engineers found a for
eign officer, an attache to one of the
American countries, secretly studying
the canal from a strategic standpoint
and he understood that there were six
or seven other officers of the same na
tionality in the United States gathering
military information. .
A New York policeman arrested an
American for a trivial offense And found
in his trunk military maps and informa
tion which convinced the officials that
he was in the employ of a foreign gov
ernment, but the incident that convinced
the judiciary committee of the necessity
for the protective law occurred less than
a year ago in the Philippines.
An enlisted man in the engineers was
offered $25,000 by two foreign officers for
the plans of the defenses of the Corre
gidor Island. Being the official photogra
pher, he had ample opportunity to get all
the necessary pictures, having first in
formed his superior officer of the at
tempt. A trap was laid and the two.
foreign spies were captured. But habeas
corpus proceedings were obtained and
they were releasd, as there was then no
law in the Philippines or United States
under which they could bq prosecuted.
SHOOTS SELF TO DEATH,
WALKING WITH GIRLS
GIRARD, Ala., Aug. M.—Guy Jefidkt,
a well known young man of this county'
blew out his Drains today in the presence:
of some young ladles with whom he was
out walking. They had been shooting at,
a target and he was snapping his pistol!
as they walked back home, near Pitta
view.
The girls remonstrated with him and:
told him he would shoot soms one of:
them if he was not careful
“It is not loaded," be said. "Til show]
you,” and placing the weapon to his
temple pulled the trigger with fatal re-1
suits. An examination showed that this
was the only loaded chamber in the re-1 ;
volver.
VICE-PRESIDENT OFFERS /
ICE FOR HOT SOLDIERS!
PINE CAMP, N. Y., Aug. BL—Hee;
President Sherman, whose son, Cupt.,
Thomas M. Sherman, ts on duty at the*
summer militia camp here, has offered I
to ship two carloads of ice a day from
Utica at his personal expense to be 'lls
tributed without cost to the troops. Thai
vice president learned yesterday that
there had been much suffering in the* |
camp on account of the hot weather •
and that this had been aggravated by a
shortage in the ice supply.
It will not be necessary to take ad
vantage of the vice president's offer as [
the commissary department has succeed- j
ed in getting the situation well in hand. 1
STATION AGENTS MUST
BE CIVIL IN OKLAHOMA
OKLAHOMA CITY, vkte., Aug. 10.— ' ’
"The reign of the pallroad station agent
in Oklahoma Is over,” said State Rail
road Commissioner John Love joday, af
ter he had made a ruling that hereafter
the agents must show greater politeness
to passengers than they have in the
past.
Commissioner Love ruled that the
agents must answer all questions civilly
and give travelers all information de
sired.
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♦ NOT EQUALED YET a
■*■ The excessive heat of Wednesday, a
♦ when the season’s record was brolt- al
♦ en, was relieved today The ther- ■,a
a mometer registered 87 at 11 o’clock, -*“a 1
♦ 6 degrees lower than recorded a
a about the same hour yesterday. w
a Other cities in the south had. -A ‘
♦ norma weather conditions. Mobile a|
a with 91 degrees, was the hottest, a
♦ and Charleston with 82 was the a
♦ coolest city reporting at 11 o’clock. a'
♦ Other-temperatures recorded were a
♦ as follows: Montgomery, 88; Ma- a
a con, 84 1-2; Columbia, 88; Augusta, a
a 84: Savannah, 85; Charlotte, 84; a
a New Orleans. 90. Light winds with ♦
a fair skies or local showers were a
» generally In prospect. a
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NO. 93.
