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IGRICULTURU. SOCIETY CONVENED IN WJWROSS Annual Session Is Attended by Prominent Visitors, Who Take Part in Program ESpecial Dispatch to The Journal.) WAYCROSS. Ga.. Aug. S.-The Stats | Agricultural society convened here this teeming The delegates were met by * committees from the council and board Os trade and escorted to places of enter tainment The first session was held in j the court house. President J. W. L. Brown presiding. The opening prayer • was made by Rev. W. H. Scruggs, of this city. Addresses of welcome were made by Mayor Cox and Prof. E. A. Pound. The annual address of the president showed a successful year of organisa tion. Chancellor Barrow spoke on “Educa tion." after which the session adjourned until 3 o'clock. Tonight a meeting will be held at the park with music by a band. Addresses by O R. Hutchins, of Floyd, and Ed ward M Hafer, of Atlanta, are on the program Following the meeting the visitors will [ be entertained at a banquet at the La- Grange hotel. Addresses will be made by John C- McDaniel. L. J. Cooper. Mar- j tin V, Calvin, W. W. Lambdin, J. Pope | Brown. John T. Myers, E. A. Pound, i Jasper Wyldlng. Harry D. Reed and : George Deen. Pope Brown is a promi nent visitor here and meeting with a , cordial reception from friends in the | city. friends of Trammell PLAN BIG CAMPAIGN DALTON, Ga.. Aug. 9 A new develop- i ment relative to Mayor Paul B. Tram- [ mell’a possible candidacy for the gov-1 •morship came tc light this morning. I which may or may not mean an earty > Kb, tenouncement from him. It Is the activity of his friends In vol unteering to assist in conducting a whirl wind capaign of the state if be will offer for the offlce. The plan means the establishment of i campaign headquarters here, all cam paign letters, circulars, etc., to be sent •ut from Dalton, and an indication of the careful and thoughtful attention giv en the plan ts the extensive work which ban been mapped out and submitted to Mayor Trammell. The pains to which these men have gone, goes to indicate their eagerness to get him into the race. If Mayor Trammell complies with their , 5 request and makes definite announce- F ment the state will be closely circular ised and everything possible done to in sure Ms election. x L*. While Mayor Trammel! had little to say of the plan it was easily seen that the idea of haring his headquarters in his home town and not at the state capita). Appealed strongly to him. and it is be lieved that if he becomes a candidate * the plan as mapped out will be carried L through. CHANGES NATIONALITY TO FACE NEW TROUBLES E NEW YORK, Aug A—What next will happen to the Marte, a bark which now flies the British flag, and how the pres- * ’ ent trouble of the vessel and her master . g. ' will be settled are questions which are ' pusaUng the New York water front to- ' it day Here from Montevideo with 1,000 I tons of dry bones as cargo and without ' health or clearance papers she now is in the custody of the United States mar shal Within seven months the bark has sail- I ed under three flags. First she dis- I P-*red the German colors, when she left ' » Pensacola. lumber laden. At Montevi- , deo she hoisted the flag us Uruguay. LF’ Expenses were piling up so fast that the Marie became the subjejct of a bottomry bond for $2,100. The vessel sailed away 1 in the night without waiting for papers I ■ and became the subject of court pro- B ceedtngs when she anchored oft the l Barbadoes A new master was sent from Ek Boaton and fearing trouble when the bark arrived here raised the British flag. A An: of 35.EW0 may be imposed upon the captain for his lack of papers. Libels aggregating thousands of dollars have been placed upon the vssseL STRIKS IS ORDERED - ON PORTO RICAN LINE NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 9.—Union men employed on the Porto Rican lina Steam er Massapequa will be called out today , on orders to be issued by the Interna , tienal Seamen s union, according to a Statement made last night by W. L. p Cartledge. union organiser who is per sonally conducting the strike of firemen against this company. Cartledge says the company is paying the union scale, but ! that recognition of the union is desired. E In connection with his work of con ducing the strike Cartledge ts preparing to organize the marine and water front trades and is seeking the co-operation of central trades and labor council. He has already applied for a charter which will amalgamate the unions here with similar unions tn eastern seacoast cities, from an overdose of rat poison, and the < coroner s Jury rendered their verdict to the effect that the man's death was [ caused by poison being administered to kun by his wife. Ozie Harg. Jtrfm Magee was named as an accessory to the crime. Both parties have been arrested. « DR. HATHAWAY & CO. the eminent specialists. re- ' t store week and debilitated men and women to Perfect Health By perfect Health we mean tin- Mate of being Stroar. Vigorous. Forceful, foil at Vim. and of Master ful Character—the glorioua birthright of every man and woman. Tbrrngb years of practice, in ablch we hate made a specialty of chronic diseases of every kind la both men and women. our methods have been ae perfected that failure is impos sible — we caa surely cure you In your own kerne, without absence from business, without corepiKated treatments. 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Fill out the symptom blanks a* per nstructfons. and we will then be able tn correctly diagnose root trouble, and pr<- • scribe treatment that will restore you to per fect health —give you control of self and self control All communications strictly confiden tial and all treatments mailed in plain wrap pers DR. HATHAWAY & CO. •7 lamas Bldg., tSVs So. Broad St.. Atlanta,Ga. GATES LEAVES FORTUNE THAT IS ESTIMATED AT $64,000,000 Death of Great Financier Is Not Expected to Affect Stock Market as He Had No Oper ated Extensively of Late. Many Telegrams of Condo lence Are Received by Fami ly-Arrangements for Fun eral Are Made PARIS, Aug. 9.—The death this morn |ing>of John W. Gates, the American fi nancier, has called forth many expres sions of regret, not only from his wide | circle of acquaintances, but from num i berless Parisians, who knew him as a bold and successful business man. Mrs. Gates and her son, Charles G. Gates, are much worn by their long period of anxiety and nursing and much I sympathy for them is expressed. As soon as word of Mr. Gates' death had been cabled to America, messages of [condolence commenced to arrive at their hotel from friends and business associ ates in the United States and elsewhere. [ AU arrangements for the disposition of the body have been made by Harry St. Francis Black, president of the [United States Realty and Improvement company of New York. Mr. Black said: “Mr. Gates loved life and said he wished to live. He wanted to do things In life. “Many people had interest in his pic turesque personality, but they may not have perceived his strength of mind as those who served on directory boards with him. “He was frequently spoken of as a plunger' but hie operations were always founded on wonderful studies In figures. Wall street will not see hls like agate for some time.” » Mr. Black said that the death of Mr, Gates ought not to affect the stock market much, because the financier had not operated extensively of late, but had placed his fortune largely in substantial securities. Some of those here who were close friends of Mr. Gates estimate that hls estate will be found to be nearer $«4,000,000 than 130,000,000. FUNERAL SATURDAY. The body of Mr. Gates w.ll be placed in a vault at the Interdenomination Ameri can church in the Rue de Berrl, where it will remain until taken aboard a steamer for removal to the United States. The funeral services will be held at tills church on Saturday. The body will be taken home prob ably on the Wilhelm der Gross, which will sail from Cherburne on Thursday of next week. It was on this same steamer that Mr. Gates had planned to sail for New York in the first week of July. He hsd been in Europe for a month then. Two weeks after his arrival In Parts he suffered from pains in the throat, and Sras reported to have undergone several operations for this trouble. Relief was afforded, but later it was stated by his physicians that poison from ths throat a had entered the kidneys, re- sulting in serious complications. Afterwards it became Known that the financier was seriously ill. On July 5 hls son, Charles G. Gates, left New. York hurriedly and arrived at his father’s bed side at a time when the sickness was believed to be approaching a fatkl termi naien. The disease, however, was checked by Dr. Gros and his associates, includ ing Dr. J. R. Ryan, a specialist from London. From then on, the daily bulle tins issued by the doctors alternately gave hope and despair to the friends of the sick man. At times it was widely reported that Mr. Gates had died. This followed a pronounced sinking spell, from which he later rallied nis fighting spirit coming to his aid at a critical moment. COMPLICATIONS SET IN. A congestion of the kidneys was re lieved, but later pneumonia appeared, and the combination of kidney trouble and congestion of the lungs was too much for the wasted strength of the pa tient. , Monday night the physicians were en couraged by an improvement in the ac tion of the kidneys and a lessening of the inflammation of the lungs. At daybreak, however, the congestion of the kidneys returned, and it was evident that the end was near. Heart stimulants were administered and In addition to caffeine, oil of camphor, oxygen was freely admin istered. Shortly before the end Mr. Gates lapsed Into unconsciousness and hls death, which followed at 5:10 o'clock, was peaceful. Mrs. Gates and Charles G. Gates were at the bedside with Drs. Gros and Reeves. The official statement of the physicians said that the immediate cause of the death was heart failure, the lungs hav ing stopped their functions and smother ed the action of the heart. Mrs. Gates accompanied her husband to Europe and so had been with him throughout his illness. Before her mar riage she was Miss Dell ora R. Baker, of St. Charles, 111. In recent years they had made their home in New York. ( One of the most picturesque person alities in American financial annals was John Warner Gates. The predomi nating characteristics of his nature, en ergy and speculation, particularly the latter, earned tern the sobriquet of “Bet-you-a-Milllon” Gates, under whicn cognomen he was celebrated on two continents. He was a big man and did only big things and in a big way. At the time of his death, he was one of the most striking figures In the money world, fighting, as he was. the Stand ard Oil company and holding an impos ing position in the affaire of iron and steel. Prominent in his spectacular career was the distinction of being the first and biggest wire magnate in his tory. “He is a bundle of wire nerves at>u steel energies,'* was once said of him. “He can go to his office at 9 o’clock and work like a fiend until 5. then play poker all night.'* That epitomizes the story of his life. and. at the same time, I the story of his death. * The constitu tion of few men could have borne up for 56 years under the strain, the rush and swirl and tension of his daily ac tivities. Amazing tasks he performed without apparent fatigue or brain wear. He had courage and he was a wonderful organizer. He loathed conceit and 'airs'* and had a frenzied sort of ha tred for pretenses and the pretentious. His attitude toward the rest of the world was that he didn't care. But in his conduct toward his parents and son. he could have been called “model.** As a boy. Gates grew up on the Illi nois farm, near Turner Junction (now west of Chicago), where he was born in 1855. He was energetic and pre cocious. Two years before he had be came a voter, in 1874, he had fallen In love with an Illinois girl and married her. At the time he was '*Johnny" Gates, manager of a little hardware store In the farming village. Gates heard of a man named Isaac Ell wood in DeKalb. 111., who was trying to sail a new commodity* called barbwire. Hls trouble he found, was not in making barbwire, but in seling it: it was a novelty and cattlemen considered it too flimsy to be of any use. So, when young Gates came along with hls gen iality and readiness of speech, Ellwood gladly took the chance Gates suggest ed and sent him out to sell barbed THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1911. ':JoHnW CIATD*'-' fl \\ MCTO BY FALfI. £. .. wire in Texas on a salary of 325 a week. This trip made Gates. It also made barbed wire. The Texas cattlemen had never seen barbed wire before, and they ridiculed it. “That stuff wouldn’t hold a Texas steer a minute,” they said. Gates was put on his mettle. ‘TH show' you,” said he, and he did. Gates hired the nearest plaza and got together a drove of 25 of the wildest Texas steers that could be found. Then he fenced his plaza with barbed wire, put the steers inside and gave the cat tlemen a free show. The steers charg ed the wire and were pricked by the barbs. They shook their heads and charged again, with the same result. After two or three of these defeats, they huddled together on the inside and tried to think it over. Gates sold hundreds of miles of his wire that day at 18 cents a pound. MADE BARBED WIRE. Ever playing against the future, Gates thought he saw a bonanza in wire. Some how he gathered enough money «-o nave a barbed wire factory of his own in .St. Louis. One day his factory burned down. Fifteen minutes after his fore man had reported that it was totally wrecked, he had’ entered into partner ship with William Edenborn, another factory owner, and was filling orders as usual. Six years later he made his first large sum of money, $15,000, by a big sale of English wire. Every dollar that he could lay his hands on went Into wire. Then Ellwood, the original wirs manufacturer, thought he discovered that Gates and Edenborn were infring ing on ms patent rights. Litigation followed for several years and thereby Gates acquired title as “Moonshiner” Gates ana lost the “John ny.” To escape injunctions against the alleged infringement oi patents, he mov ed hls plant “overnight” from Illinois to Missouri and continued to make tjje fight so not that Colonel Ellwood took him into the business. ..cantime Gates and Edenborn had built another plant at Braddock, Pa., and Gates conceived the idea of pooling all the wire facto ries in the country. That time it failed, but in 189'2 Gates brought about a mer ger of the St. uouls, Braddock, Joliet and Allentown plants as the Consolidat ed Steel and Wire company. Edenoorn was made president and Gates general manager. “Johnny” Gates and “Moonshiner” Gates had now become John W. Gates, citizen of Chicago, where he moved in 1892, man o. the world, follower of the race track Tor diversion, and with an ever increasing passion to risk hls money on anything and everything where a bet would quicken his pulse. But ne waq not yet a plunger in the grain or stock markets. To acquire the money that enabled him to become an Interloper in Wall street, feared even by Its biggest men, John W. Gates had only to bring to real ization his early dream of a wire trust. After his first success in getting to gether the Consolidated Steel and Wire company, he was asked to assume the presidency of the Illinois Steel compa ny, which at that time was struggling along after the “hard times” panic. Gates gradually extended his activities and in fluence and in the fall of 1892 he deter mined to try again to merge the wire companies. J. Pierpont Morgan agreed to finance the undertaking, but was scared out when the Spanish war started. Lloyd L. Smith, a Chicago capitalist, jumped into the breach and he, Gates and Ell wood floated the $90,0u0,0u0 wire com bine. But with all the tremendous money power behind him, Gates could not get a seat in Wall street. So he played the game from the outside. He came to New York with hls bank roll and set up his son, Charles G. Gates, in the bro kerage business under the naifae of the son, who had been admitted to the ex change. From that time, father and son were inseparable, both in business and pleasure. The brokerage house soon made the high record for a day’s busi ness on the New York exchange—42s,ooo shares—on which the brokerage com missions were approximately $60,000. When Wall street grew tiresome in 1900, Gates took hls son with him to England, where he plunged on the sta bles of his friend Drake. On one race You Can Buy a 5 Acre Farm In the Heart of Florida for Only $125, $5 Cash, $5 Monthly. No In terest, No Tatxes, No Charges of Any Kind. It Can Earn $2,500 to $5,000 Per Year As Long As You Live. I will gladly send you incontrovertible proof of tbes<* statements. Our land ia high lying, uo nwanipa or marshes, railroad runs directly through it, no farm being more than three miles from ft. Not far frvtn a modern town of" 7.000 population and close to another of 4,000; good hard roads, plenty of pure drluklng water at a depth of 20 feet: artesian water and flow ing wells nt 75 to 200 feet; needs but little clearing; 50 inches of rainfall; finest climate in the world both winter and summer; no mosqui toes; healthiest location; plenty of schools and churches; desirable neighbors; fine hunting and fishing; perfect title, warranty deed: abstract of title, time for payments extended if sick or out of employment. Florida State Agricul tural Department gives the following census re ports of the actusl results secured by growers In our county: lettuce, $954 per acre; celery, $1,925; cucumbers, $514; English peas, $437; beans, $331; and you can grow from three to four crops per year on the same land. Our county Is the largest fruit producing county In the state. Oranges yield SBOO per acre; grape fruit. ssnO; a’, raw berries. $800; peaches. $400; pears. S3OO. I have prepared a handsome 33- page booklet containing dozens of photographs of fruit and vegetable farms in our vicinity and containing all the information you wish concerning this favored region. It also con tains hundreds of letters from men from every part of the United States who have purchased farms here from us and who are more enthu siastic in their praise of our land than we are. I will send it to you free of charge if you will write for It today. Don’t delay, but send your r.ame and address today. WILLIS R. MUNGER. President. Munger Land Company, os£> Francis St., St. Joseph, Mo. FARMERS URGE SENATE TO PISS EDUCATION BILL President Duckworth Gives In i terview Urging Bill’s Adoption (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) UNION CITY, Ga., Aug. 9.—The farm ers of Georgia will gladly welcome the passage of the education bill, which has been adopted by the house of representa tives and is now before the senate, and will be benefited in every particular by its enactment into a law, according to an interview given out by President R*. F- Duckworth, of the Georgia division of the Farmers’ union today. President Duck worth not only urges the passage of the bill by the senate, but shows how the farmers of the state as well as the other organizations have gone on record repeat edly as asking the enactment of such leg islation. "The education bill,” says President Duckworth, “wag recommended by the Georgia Teachers’ association at the meeting in Macon on April 27. This as sociation represents the teachers of the towns and cities of the state. "The Association of Country School Of ficials at a meeting in Valdosta on May 4, urged the passage of an education bill, and this association represents the rank •and file of the rural schools. The bill has been recommended by all the women’s clubs of the state. "It is a matter of record that the Farmers’ union has at many times passed resolutions urging the reorganiza tion of the present school system so that the best results coulu be secured for al). "In my opinion the bill that has been passed by the house in its present form is of the greatest result and the oppor tunity for children in the country schools will be greatly increased and their condi tion highly Improved. I believe that the efficiency of the schools will be doubled several times. "It is desired by the farmers that the senate do not allow this bill to drag too late for its passage at this session of the legislature, and we urge that it be passed into a general law during the present meeting of the general assem bly.*’ TOOK THREE MONTHS TO FATHOM MYSTERY ’ WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—lt has taken a nayal board three months to discov er the cause of an explosion in one of the gasoline tanks of the sub-marine Plunger at Charleston, R. C-, April 3 last, which cost the life of Prince Brown, a laborer. The particular tank had been empty for 15 months, yet when Brown struck a match at the manhole an explosion followed which killed him. The board found that one of the valves leaked slightly. Just enough in fact to permit gasoline vapor to enter the supposedly empty tank. To avoid a repetition of such an accident the board recommends that when sub-ma rines are laid up the pipes connecting the tanks be filled with water. PERMANENT CAMP PLAN FOR ARMY MANEUVERS BALTIMORE, Md., Aug. 9.—A bjg permanent camp for army maneuvers is planned by the United States govern ment at either i Oakland or Mountain Lake Park, Md., on the crest of the Al leghenies. Negotiations for t£e pur chase of a tract of land have been un der way f,or some time, it is announced. The Baltimore and Ohio railroad will probably be the seller, as it has about 30,000 acres at Oakland and if more Is wanted may be able to bargain for 20,000 acres more. The minimum tract proposed by the army officials is 10,000 acres. CHICAGO PLANT IS WRECKED BY BOMB CHICAGO, Aug. B.—A bomb partly de stroyed the plant of the Victor Jensen Electrical Supply company on the south side today. Windows within a block of the building were shattered by the force of the explosion. The firm employs non union workmen, and the police believe that representatives of a labor union were responsible for the explosion. The rear end of the building was wrecked. The damage will exceed $2,000„ The po lice are searching for two men, who were seen loitering in the vicinity of the fac tory before the explosion occurred. Fire Threatens Mines REDDING, Cal., Aug. 9—A forest fire at the base of Mount Shasta has been burning more than 24 hours and is head ed toward two large copper mines. The area already burned is three miles wide and four miles long. The fire yesterday reached within 50 feet of the Mount Shasta mine but was driven back after hours of fighting by the entire mine force. he backed Royal Flush from 25 to 1 to 6 to 1 and won $500,009. PANIC HIT HIM HARD. The panic of 1907, it was said, hit Gates hard and it was pointed out that he would have to retire from active finance. He took a trip around the world with his son as a diversion and then returned to New York. A newspaper reporter hunted him up and ventured: “I understand you’re all in down and out." “Bet you $1,000,000 I ain’t," retorted John W. Gates, and his old spirit was aroused. What Gates’ real condition was at that particular moment is unknown, but it Is known that he restarted his old fiery methods and, before the opposition was aware of it, he had built up the Texas company and was fighting Standard Oil from the state out of which the Rocke feller concern had just been driven by the courts. The Texas company estab lished over 30 branches in the east and began to compete with the older con cern. The battle is still on, although take-a-chance leader is no longer in the fight. Despite his lavishness with his money John W. Gates never laid claim to doing anything for charity. When he gave buildings, equipments, land and money to the amount of $226,000 to the Metho dist church early in 19U for the erection of a Methodist university at Port Ar thur, Tex., it was not as a gift, said the capitalist. Port Arthur is where the headquarters of the Texas company are located, and Gates declared he thought it would recur to his benefit to have the university there and thus boom the city. Gates created a sensation last May when he went before th® house commit tee at Washington in the steel trust ln» vestigation and told his story of how the United States Steel Corporation was organized. The use he made of Andrew Carnegie’s name brought forth indignant statements from the latter. Throughout his entire life, John W. Gates never asaed a favor, his acquaint ances say; he expected none. He paid all hls debts and insisted that everybody should pay him. to the uttermost far thing. He was no snob. He would no| have walked round the block to win all POPE’S SISTERS REMAIN RESIDE HIS SICK RED Yet Physicians Describe Pon tiff’s Condition as Satisfac tory, Considering His Age ROME, Aug. 9.—Petacci, his private physician, and Dr. Marchiafava, consult ing physician at the Vatican, visited Pope Pius today and made a thorough exam ination. Later they described the con dition of the pontiff as satisfactory. Lately his holiness has suffered a throat affection, recovery from the weak ening effects of which was retarded to a certain extent by the recent extreme heat. Yesterday he exhibited unexpected weakness, necessitating perfect rest. Today’s examination revealed a heart fairly strong and respiration reason ably good, considering the "shortness” of breath common to persons who are ad vanced in ; ears and stout. The pulse was rather intermittent and the temperature slightly above the norm al. The pontiff was somewhat better this afternoon. His sisters have not left the pope’s bed since the illness became more marked. The pope's valet was permitted to go out for the afternoon, and this was re garded as encouraging. Pope’s Health Failing, Says Catholic Organ COLOGNE, Germany, Aug. 9.—The Koelnische Volks, a leading Catholic or gan, says today that it learns from high official Catholic quarters in Rome that the pope’s strength is gradually declin ing owing to previous ailments and in somnia experienced in the hot mornings. It added that the pope’s heart may be affected, but no such symptoms have yet developed. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FOR PILOTS OF SKY WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—Efforts are being made by the navy department to perfect a system of wireless communi cation between hhore stations and aero planes, recognized as destined to play an important part in any future war. Captain Mayo, commandant of the Marie island navy yard, has been authorized to conduct experiments with wireless outfits to determine whether or not the type of wireless apparatus used by the navy will permit communication with the shore. The models will be suspended on insular ted ropes between some stacks at the navy yard and an effort made to send messages to the wireless stations at San Francisco and Yerba Buena, Cal. More experiments with the wireless telegraph in conjunction with aeroplanes are looked for as soon as the naval aerial school at Annapolis is opened. One important point in dispute at this time is whether the wires necessary to es tablish communication should be erected on top of the machine or suspended from the bottom. In the latter case many aviators contend the wires might in terfere with the propeY.er. By these preparations to “tuuy the aerial prob lem, a naval officer said today, it is clearly evident how important is the part it will play as a scout in future wars. SPALDING JURORS HEAR JUDGE DANIEL’S CHARGE GRIFFIN. Ga.. Aug. 8. —The August term of Spalding* «u;>ertor court convened yesterday with hls honor. Judge Robert T. Daniel, pre siding. There were very few civil cases to come up for trial and after trying a number of divorce cases the court discharged tbs traverse jurors until next Monday, when the criminal docket will be taken up. The granl jury is still in session and it is tbe concensus of opinion that they will return a nuumber of bills, among tbe number belug some of unusual ‘ntec«st throughout the state. Judge Daniel’s charge to the grand jury was one of the best that has been delivered from the bench of this county in years. He called special attention to the growing evil of homi cide, and gave statistics which showed that tbe number of homicides in tbe United States last year was several times larger than those of four of the most enlightened nations of the earth in proportion to population. He declared that deplorable condition was occasioned by the lex administration of Justlc? and the ease w'-th which criminals escaped the penalties pre scribed by law, in charging the jury as to their duty in regard to tbe violation of the law against the sale of Intoxicating llquora. Judge Daniel delivered tbe most beautiful and touching prohibition lecture ever beard in this city. This is the last term of the superior court that will be held in the old conrt house as the new temple of justice will be com pleted before tbe January term. F. B. WILIAMS DEAD; FIRST A, P. OPERATOR LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 9.—Frank B. Williams, who was the first telegrapher employed by the Associated Press when that organization, In 1886 began operating its system of leased wires, died at hls home her® last night after an illness of eight months. He, as an employ® of the Western Union, had previously handled A. P. copy. But In Pittsburg he handled, also, the first message over the leased wire. Since 1886, he also had served the Asso ciated Press at New Orleans and Louis ville, latterly here as chief operator. When the typewriter was first used Mr. Williams established a record by receiving for one month without “break ing” a single time. His wife, a daugh ter and two sons survive. OCONEE WILL HAVE COMING SCHOOL WATKINSVILLE, Ga., Aug. 9.—Oconee county is to have the canning school. August 21 and 22, under the management of Professor Firor, of the State Col lege of Agriculture, and Miss Creswell, who has been recently appointed demon strator of canning by the government. The people are very’ enthusiastic over the opportunity given the girls to learn tue best methods of preserving fruits and vegetables. arbitrTtWtreaties DEFENDED BY KNOX WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—The arbitra tion treaties with Great Britain and France were earnestly defended today by Secretary Knox before the senate foreign relations committee. He especial ly undertook to show that the agree ments rob the senate of none of its con stitutional privileges. Opposition to th® treties on tjie ground that the Monroe doctrine would virtu ally be abrogated so far as those two nations were concerned was not taken seriously by President Taft or Secretary Knox. ASKS FOR DISCHARGE OF HOUSE COMITTEE WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—Representa tive Humphrey, of Washington, present ed in the house today a resolution ask ing to have the house committee on in terior department expenditures discharg ed from further consideration of the Controller bay investigation and to have the matter put into th® hands of a select committee of five members of the house. t- j * - -J- « ■ la -~=a I’ VE rw tb< the rrvrtr* money ntednr proposi I tion in tbecountry to offer wide-awake nil Jr "Sti : .W-rtP'W MrmmuVl •It 11 easy to pick up $lO to S2O a day rep* ill'll ? Il resenting tae. and your tedaeM keeps rettiag lead KL 1 -// I ■ tbe longer you are with me. _ —n By offerinr this ourit to your customers for onH 'F'.acs $l °O, don't you think you can make a hit in youi ///>- Moew&eyl towns I pay you bis. too. for doing it, &W&U Here Is the Explanation: , -R Chicago and sell only through my representsdves. f I make tbe Finest Toilet Articles aad SoapS I I la the country. 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It is partly np to the man—CT TO YOU—our nobby goods and. “the plan” do the rest. . . SPECIAL OFFER 1 H’S •<•••» Stance in every community, sad in order to estaHish an egaat in your twrferd yrrt-A j making a 6poc | ol OMor hereby you can get this entire outfit with e handsome plnsh lined s leatherette case, without any cost to you rat If, it you reply at once Bet tny literature and valuablt information now. This is nd ordinary proposition—l TALK big money for you and I MEAN IT You can't afford NOT to write, no matter bow much of a dotbtM you may be. Juste postal or a lellar saying ”>eod mo ytxirplari*,’’will bring youths whole proposition FREE Send today, addrertd E. M. DAVIS, President. E M. Davie Soap C0.,440 Davie Bidg , 1442 Carroll Ave M Chicago, lU| CONGRESSMEN IN A HURRY FOR SCHOOL TO LET OUT They Squirm in Their Seats, Waiting for Dismissal and That Glorious Baseball Match Between Democrats and Re publicans-Line-up of the Two Teams Announced (By Associated Freed.) WASHINGTON, Aug. A-Like a lot of boys waiting for school to lot out, al most evrsy member of th® house of rep resentatives spirmed around in his seat i at the capitol today, waiting anxiously for adjournment and the great congress ional baseball game between the Demo cratic and Republican member® of the house. In the box for the Democrats Repre sentative Webb, of North Carolina, will serve, while Representative Oldfield, of Arkansas.y will catch. The other mem bers of the Decomratic nnie are Reilly, Connecticut, lb; Kinkead, New Jersey, CAKEWALK IN MID-PACIFIC IS SOLEMN FUN OF LONELY BIRDS (By Aeeocieted Freed.) CHICAGO, Aug. B.—Charles A. Corwin, of the Field Musuem of Natural History, has returned to Chicago from a trip to the Laysan island, In the middle of the Pacific ocean, which it is said has been deserted by every living creature, ex cept sea birds. “It has been established that the island is inhabited by at least 8,000,000 birds, the most of which consist of two species of albatross," said Mr. Corwin yester day. “There were so many birds on the ground, nesting, that we had to crowd ♦ 4 ♦ “1,000,000 HOBBBFOWX* < ♦ “LIAR,” SHOUTS CAMORRIST t ■ <4 4 VITERBO, Aug*.' B.—Gennero ■< 4 Farris, the detective, continued -< 4 his testimony today at the Com- ■< 4 orra and presented a docu- -t ♦ ment purporting to show that -< ♦ Nicola Morra, while a prisoner in -< ♦ 1896, was elected the head of the 4 ♦ Cammorra, 5 ♦ Morra interrupted the witness -< 4 to remark: “You are a 1,000,- - ♦ 000-horsepower liar.” •< ♦ President Btanchi warned Mor- ■< ♦ ra that any further Impertinence ♦ on his part would result in his ■< 4 trial for contempt of court Far- -< 4 rls men proceeded with his testl- -< 4 mony. 1 4 d ♦ - ♦ ATE S7 EAMS OF COMM; « ♦ WOI TAMMANY PRIZE - ♦ NEW YORK, Aug. B.—The ■< 4 Tammony corn eating contest is « ♦ an annual event of the greatest ■< ♦ importance on the New York 4 ♦ East Side. This year’s contest, -d 4 held on the porch of a Broome -< ♦ street saloon last night, waa ■< 4 won by James Dugan, a cab drlv- -< 4 er, who ate 57 separate and dis- -a ♦ tlnct ears, carrying off the 1911 -t ♦ championship and a pure of gold -« ♦ coin. Dugan’s nearest competl- -< 4 tor was 11 ears behind his rec- -4 ♦ ord. -4 ♦ 4 ♦ ◄ ♦ HIGHWAYMAN MAKES - ♦ ONE BOLD GETAWAY ■< ♦ -4 ♦ NEW YORK. Aug. B.—After -4 4 James McCarthy had been ar- •« 4 rested early today on a charge -4 4 of highway robbery and $l6O ta- -4 4 ken irom his pocket nad been -4 4 counted out on the desk in the -4 4 Thirty-fifth street police sta- -4 ♦ tion, the dapper prisoner sudden- -4 -*■ ly seized the money from the -4 ♦ desk and made a dash for the -4 +■ street. He escaped the pursuit -4 ♦ of a dozen policemen, but was -4 4 captured again a half hour la- -4 ♦ ter as he sat on a doorstep -< 4 chuckling over his venture. -4 ♦ -4 4 -4 ♦ DISPERSED THE BEES, -4 ♦ BUT BUMMED THE CROP. 4 ♦ GENESEO, N. Y., Aug. B.—Rob- -4 ♦ ert Hanna's hay crop is a total -4 ♦ loss as the result of his success- -4 ♦ ful effort to rcut a swarm of bees -4 4 from a small haycock. Hanna dis- -4 ♦ covered the bees late yesterday -4 ♦ and decided to disperse them with -4 ♦ fire. All went well until the wind -4 ♦ carried a spark to a wagonload of -4 ♦ hay which was standing nearby. -4 ♦ The horses dashed away, scatter- -4 ♦ ing the burning grass until the -4 ♦ whole field was ablaze. -4 ♦ -4 ♦ BAMBEMS SEEK EX.EVATZON -4 ♦ OF POSITION IN SOCIETY < ♦ TO THAT OF A MERCHANT 4 -e ST. PAUL, Ayg. 9.—Elevation of 4 ♦ the barber’s position in society to 4 ♦ that of the level of the merchant 4 ♦ is one of the prime objects of the 4 ♦ meeting of the Barbers’ Supply 4 Dealers' association here. The pres- 4 ident of the association, Alfred 4 ♦ Krank, says the barber is entitled 4 ♦ to a more dignified social position 4 ♦ than he now holds, and attempts 4 41 to remedy this condition are under 4 4 way. 4 4 ♦ GIRL IN BOY CLOTkES 4 ♦ MUN AWAY FROM HOME 4 ♦ ■* ta CANTON, Ohio, Aug. 9.—Lured 4 ♦ by telling thrilling stories of two 4 boy tramps who came to this city 4 ♦ several days ago after traveling 4 ♦ all ovqt the country, riding freight 4 ♦ trains and begging food. Miss Maud 4 Meyers, aged 16, of a well known 4 4- family of Jhis city has left, dressed 4 ♦ in her brother’s clothes. 4 4- Howard Griffith, 18 and Leo Gris- 4 4- fifth, 15, are the boy tramps. 4 ♦ ♦♦♦»♦♦» » ♦♦♦♦♦»»»»»♦♦♦» 44♦ 2b; Harrison, Mississippi, 3b; Carter* Oklahoma, ss; Driscoll, New York. Ifj Murray, Massachusetts, cf, ana Hughesj New Jersey, rs, with Heflin, Alabama; Curley, Massachusetts, and viarrett, Ten-* nessee. as substitutes. The Republican twirler will be Repre* sentative Kendall, of lowa, with Burkej of Pennsylvania, ac catcher. In th* field the Republicans will play Porter; Pennsylvania, lb; Longworth, Ohio, 2b; Pickett, lowa, 8b; Ames, ss; LaFerty, Oregon, If; Jackson, Kan-* sas, cf, and Woods, Ipwa, rs; Gergen. of Wisconsin, the lone Socialist member of the house, has spoken of as umpire. our way through to avoid stepping on them. “The island is only two miles loni and a mile wide. In the center of it is a lagoon of about 200 acres. The rock* | that shelve in this lagoon are thlcklJl populated with a species of love bird. | “We can fully verify the stories that these strange birds have a peculiar dance, which resemble the darky cate walk. They clap their bills together and waddle about with high-stepping an tics, ducking their heads first under on* wing, then under the other. All through the dance they whistle and utter w*3irdl sounds." ; BEEF FAMINE MAY I COME WITH STRIKE ♦ LONDON, Aug. 9."lncreasing disorder, yet progress looking toward peace, were contrary features of the dock strike to day. Collisions with the polce were fro- I ♦ quent. At the same time, the board of 4- trade is gradually composing the dilfer -4 ences of employers and employes. 4- All attempts to move wagons loaded 4 with supplies of meat, fruit and pro- 4. visions, were stopped by strikers. 4 Dealers say unless the strike is set- , -v tied by tomorrow, there will be the woj-si 4 beef famine that this country has evert known. Practically no business was done 4. on the corn exchange as the sellers were 4. unable to guarantee delivery. I GEORGIANS MEET X TAFT AT WHITE HOUSE 4. BY SMITH. 4 WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—Congressmen! 4. Lee, Howard and Hughes carried a ptirty! 4. of Georgians to the White House this 4. morning to meet President Taft. Those 4. in the party were: , 4 James B. Nevin, of the Rome Tribune- 4 Herald, and Cromwell Bryant, of Romes 4 John Y. Smith, Maj, J. H. Rinard and 4 Dr. C. H. Hall, of Atlanta; Charles Coun-t 4 cil and Mrs. Council, of Americus, and 4 Messrs. Singleton and Prough, of Lump -4 kin, Stewart county. 4 President Taft expressed pleasure afi 4 meeting the Georgians. I VARDAMAN OFICIALLY ; GETS 26,378 MAJORITY * JACKSON, Miss., Aug. 9.—The Detno cratic state executive committee met to day, canvassed the returns and decls,red results of the contest for state officers In the primary on August 1. James K. Vardaman's majority for ths United States senate over Leroy Percy and C. H. Alexander is 26,378. Theodore G. Bilbo defeated both oppo nents for lieutenant governor by a ma jority of 24,455. * A second primary for railroad commis sioner was ordered for the Northern dls trict. the candidates being W. R. Scotty present incumbent, and W. R. Wilson, of Corinth. * CONTROVERSY MADE DR. KIRKLAND DECLINE 4 NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 9.—The pond -♦ Ing controversy between Vanderbilt uni-' | 4 versity’s board of trust and the South-, 4 ern Methodist college of bishops con +■ trolled Chancellor Kirkland in refusing! 4 the opportunity of heading the University 4 of Altbama. 4 The important issues soon to be decided,' 4 he says, are the outgrowth to some ex- 4 tent of ,his work. To aid in the prepe? 4 presentation of these matters he decided 4 not to sever his connection with Van- 1 4 derbllt. : MUST SERVE SENTENCE : FOR WIFE’S DEATH CHARLOTTE, N. C., Aug. B.—A special from Statesville. N. 0., this morning states that I 4 years in the state prf»x. ror the murder ofi | 4. 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