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(aumal VOLUME XII. ATLANTA, GA., .TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1913. NO. 37. M SOCIAL EVIL John D, Rockefeller) Jr., De- . dares Organized Commer cial Social Evil Run by Man for Profit Which Is Large BALKANS PREPARE 10 BREAK OFF NEGOTIATIONS OF Committee Named to Prepare Note Warning Turkey of Intentions (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Jan. 27.—Man. not woman, is responsible for the organized commer cial social evil in this country, in the opinion of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. It is a man’s business, “run for profit, and the profit is large.” These views ar e expressed in a state ment made public by Mr. Rockefeller *o- day, giving further details of the aims of the bureau of social hygiene through which Mr. Rockefeller and other philan thropists hope to attack and alleviate conditions which he considers the “great est single menace to the perpetimliza- tion of the human race.” “The idea of establishing a permanent organization to cope with th e social evil in this city,” says the statement, “was the outgrowth of my service of six months as foreman of the white slave grand jury, appointed in New York City at the beginning of 191u. I came at that time to realize th e extent and horror of the evil and to believe that it consti tutes one of the great and vital world problems of the day. In the judgment of eminent medical men, it forms from the point of view of diseases the greatest single menace to the perpetuation of the human race. Therefore, as a result of conferences with many people, the bu reau, of social hygiene was established; “Under the direction of the burea*, George J. Kneeland. wT o conducted tne investigation carried on by the Chicago Vice commission, has made a compre hensive study of vice conditions in this city; and Abraham Flexner has spent nearly a year abroad investigating the methods of dealing with this problem in thp leading cities of Europe. He will make further studies in a number of the larger cities of this country. As each of these studies is completed, ft will be published and until this is done, the bu reau deems it unwise and premature to express its conclusions of 'a method of dealing with the social evil in this city.” As to whether the unfortunate woman is a victim or a contributor to her own vicious career, Mr. Rockefeller says; “I saw unhesitatingly that in the vast majority of cases she is a victim. Prostitution as now conducted in this country and in Europe is ver}' largely a man’s business, the women are merely tools in the hands of the stronger sex. It is a business run for profit and the profit is large. It is my belief that less than 25 per cent of the prosti tutes in this country would have fallen if they had an equally good chance to lead a pure life, that they have been j dragged into the mire in such large num bers is due to a variety of circumstances, | among which are poverty, low wages, improper home conditions and lack of training, the desire to gratify the nat-' ural craving for amusements, pretty j but while ' STTo’T these ana many others may be contributing, man j is chiefly responsible for their fall. j “Thus far the work of the bureau has i been finanqed by its members and a few interested friends, and this will continue | to be the case until a larger and more formal organization is considered advis able. To its future financial policy it is not now necessary to give attention. As its needs grow there are numbers of men and women in this city who, I am con fident. stand ready to join in meeting them. “While the bureau expects to publish all of its important studies, it is obvious that its preliminary work can best be done with publicity. “The bureau holds itself ready to enter any field of investigation which seems likely to contribute to the main purpose for which it has been established. CSy A$u>ciated Pr«s«u) LONDON. Jan. 27.—The drafting of the note rupturing peace negotiations was begun this morning by the Balkan allies. The committee of delegates entrusted with this important work consisted of Michael MadjarofT, Bulgarian minister in London; Prof. Georgios Streit, Greek minister to Austria-Hungary; Dr. M. R Vesnitch, Servian minister to France; and Count Voynovitch,' chief of the cabi net of King Nicholas, of Montenegro; with M. Politis, of the Greek delegation, as an adviser on questions of interna tional law. The committee expected to complete the note before nightfall and submit its work to a plenary sitting of the Bul garian, Greek, Montenegrin and Servian delegations. However, if the Balkan allies were anxious to resume hostilities, which it is currently reported they are not anx ious to do, at least fifteen days must elapse before guns can again begin to roar. -- Even if the draft of the note is com pleted tonight its revision by the dele gations will take some time and the final draft could not be presented to the Turkish delegation and to Sir Ed ward Grey as honorary president of the peace conference, before Wednesday. As it is understood that the note will give the Turkish delegation three days in which to answer, the expiration of that period will occur on Sunday, so that the Turkish reply would not be delivered until Monday next. Then the allied delegations will have to consult their respective governments and ask Sih Edward Grey to convoke a final sitting of the conference for the official rupture of the negotiations and also in order to thank the British gov ernment for its hospitality. This will take at least three days, making it February 6. Then the gov ernments at Sofia, Belgrade and Cettinje must denounce the armistice. Working , with exceptional celefity, this could be done the next day and hostilities could then be resumed #n February 11, following the expiration of the four days’ notice required. In the meanwhile the fortress of Ad- rianople may fall, and this is expected to become the automatic solution of the problem. The Turkish delegates remarked this morning that the Balkan allies had greatly tempered the original ardor. They now seem, according to the Turks, to trust to the outbreak of a counter revolution in Constantinople, forget ting that even should it occur it will be a movement led by the military ele ment and therefore strongly against the cession of Adrianople. Osman Nizzami Pasha, the leader of the Turkish delegation, remarked today with a peculiar smile: “He laughs best who laughs last.” L CORNS OPENED m COLUMBIA Business Houses Close During Show-Legislators See Mam moth Displays KLECKLEY IS WOUNDED BY BROTHER IN FIGHT Randolph County Farmer is Shot Three Times-May Die . (By Associated Press.} CUTHBERT, Ga., Jan. 27.—In x the j •outhern portion of Randolph county, yesterday, J. W. Kleckley was shot three times and probably fatally wound ed by his brother, Joe Kleckley. Both are well known farmers. DENMARK WILL EXHIBIT AT SAN FRANCISCO SHOW (By Associated Press.) •SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 27.—Denmark will exhibit at the Panama Pacific In ternational exposition here in 1915, ac cording to advices received by the management of the exposition from the Danish minister at Washington. The latter is reported as saying he would defer announcement of the intention of his government until he received definite notice. (By Associated Press.) COLUMBIA, S. C. Jan. 27.—The gates of „ the fifth national corn exposition were thrown open this morning at 9 o’clock while a driving rain was falling. The opening was informal, the formal exercises coming at 4 o’clock this after noon and the exposition will continue through Saturday, February 8. The opening address was to have been de livered by Walter H. Page, editor of World’s Work, but he cannot reach Co lumbia until Friday- at which time he will speak. The leading merchants of the city have agreed to close their doors for the day and this, together with the early visitors, guarantees a large attendance today. This afternoon the members of both houses of the general assembly now in session will attend the grounds in a body. They will hear addresses by T. C. Thompson, mayor of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Mayor Wade Hampton Gibbes, of Columbia, and Dr. S. C. Mitchell, presi dent of the University of South Caro lina. About 800 boys and girls, members of corn growing and tomato clubs, ar rived in the city yesterday and today and the school of instruction for them opened this morning. The installation of all the exhibits were practically completed Saturday night, but work was carried on all of yesterday and this morning, the expo sition, the greatest of its kind ever held, was complete and ready for the visitors. YoU"R.E OUT! BEAT IT M WATCH A Giv/W' US ? who’s OUT? Ways and Means Committee of the House Begins Hear ing on Wool Schedule of the Tariff on Monday- / « ; l •/ j « « 4 • * • Mr* tisr Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.—Democratic plans for downward revision of the wool schedule of the tariff, one of the most complicated features ?o come before the extra session of congress, were un der fire today before the house com mittee on ways and means. General expectation among house Democrats is that the committee will report at the outset of the extra ses sion the same woolen schedule that was incorporated in the wool bill that passed the house at the first ana sec ond sessions of the congress, was amended in the senate last summer, comprised in conference and vetoed by President Taft. ' The average ad valorem duty of the schedule in the present law is almost 60 per cent. The Democratic bill that serves as the tentative basis for the present consideration provides very much lower duties. It would tax raw wool 20 per cent ad valorem instead of the higher varying rates on three clas sifications in the present law. READT-TO-WEARS. It would put an ad valorem duty of 20 per cent also on wool wastes and rags, 25 per. cent on comnec? wool or tops, 30 per cent on yarns as well as blankets and the cheaper flannels for underwear, rates ranging from 35 to 50 per cent on cloths, ready-made clothing, knit fabrics, flannels not for underwear, women’s dress goods, webbings, goring and articles not otherwise provided for. As compromised in conyerence be tween the two houses last August the duty on raw wool was shifted from the proposed 20 per cent to 29 per cent ad valorem, which President Taft in his second veto declared was Insufficient to meet the difference in the cost of pro duction of the low priced wools here and abroad in the case of four-fifths of the total wool clip in this country. His contention was that the minimum ad valorem should be 35 per cent and that the proposed lower rates would throw thousands of workmen out of employment. The Democrats, still contending that the proposed rates approach the best revenue producing points s-nd would en courage production and consumption, over-rode the president’s veto in the house but failed of the necessary two- thirds in the senate. The witnesses today represented na tional associations of wool manufactur ers. growers, Importers, clothiers and independent manufacturers. Frank P. Bennett, of Boston, editor of the American Wool and Cotton Re porter. argued for the re-enactment of the Wilson law of 1894, at trie outset of today’s hearing. This was a plea for entire removal of <luitf,,QsP wool and, n reduction of the tariff upon woolen goods to 50 per cent. He said It would be In the rnterest of both the manufacturers and of the sheep J husbandry in the United States anH declared that the wool tariff, distorted sheep husbandry by encour aging growers to keep improfitable animals. The duty of 33 cents a pound now assessed upon scoured wool, had Imposed a tax of nearly $100,000,000 upon the American people beside hampering manufacturers, the witness said. Joseph D. Holmes, of New York, a woolen expert, recommending ad va lorem and specific duties on clothing, an ad valorem duty on wool, with an additional duty on clothing to compen sate for labor and mill cost, contended that clothing would be much cheaper if the duty on cloth were removed. He said that .a suit or overcoat containing $3 worth of cloth wholesaled at from $8 to $9 and retailed at from $12 to $18. Eben S. Stephens, of Worcester, Mass., a wool manufacturer, advocated placing wool wastes on the free list. John P. Wood, of Philadelphia, presi dent of the National Association* of Wool Manufacturers, told the commit tee he had accepted in good faith the assurance that the contemplated tariff revision would injure no legitimate business. • He said while rates on some articles tariff board ^had shown tile manufac turers realized no advantage of it as domestic competition regulated prices within narrow limits of prom. The association stood generally for the pres ent tariff. Mr. Wood criticised the Democratic and compromise bills of the previous sessions of this congress as destructive. Mr. Wood refused to make any specific recommendation as to raw wool, though proposing the maintenance of the pres ent tariff protection on woolen goods. He pictured “big problems” confront ing the Democrats in attempting to car ry out a tariff reduction plan and ques tioned the ability of the committee to classify the different commodities as to apply a rate that would exactly fit each kind of wool. “Then,” observed Chairman Under wood, “we have got to sail out in the dark and try to save the patient if we ^ALKAt^V l lm i ft 11 . u kl(«c« !v Li., oc TALKING BACK AT THE UMPIRE MISSISSIPPI LEVEE CREVASSE WIDENING Break at Beulah Is 125 Feet Wide-Water Runs Through Six Feet Deep GREENVILLE, Miss., Jan. 27.—At an early hour today, the crevasse in the Beulah levee was Widening very slowly, Yfrt^'r navmg reached a~ width of 125 feet. It is pouring out at a depth of six feet of water. Train service on the riverside divi sion of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad, running within a few miles of the Beulah levee, had not been inter rupted. Jt Is not believed any lives have been, lost, as the water is spread ing very slowly, filling up the depres sions and the natural streams. The planters in the Bogue Phelia basin have been preparing for * the emergency and little loss of stock and cattle is anticipated. Efforts will be made to tie the ends of the levee at the break, and as the levee is constructed of stiff buckshot earth, the belief is expressed that the crevasse will not widen to any great extent. The serious feature of the break is the act that< coming this early, the chances are that it cannot be closed during the high water season, which may last until May, and the expenses of caring for stock and labor in the overflowed section for two or three months will be heavy and a great bur den. Engineers Say Levees Will Withstand High Waters (By Associated Press.) MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. 27.—With the local Mississippi river gauge register ing 38.7 feet, a rise of five-tenths within the past twelve hours, flood conditions in Memphis and the immediate vicinity remain practically unchanged from those of the past few days. The government engineers report the levees will withstand all the water within sight. Reports today from Modoc and Fer guson, Ark., where the residents ^vere reported as greatly alarmed, fearing a recurrence of last spring’s overflow, be cause of the uncompleted condition of the lCvee at those points, indicate that the dikes are solid. The engineers ex pect to have the breaks of 1912 in a safe condition before the full force of the flood reaches that section. Parcel Post Saves Shippers $15,000 In First Fifteen Days (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 27.—Not only has the parcel post saved the people of the United States in the first fifteen days of its existence more than a half million dollars, according to Senator Bourne, author of the law, but it has not proved a hardship to the overworked letter carriers. Senator Bourne today announced that reports- from forty-fiveVfltTesr of the country, which produce almost half of the postal revenues, showed that during the twelve working days between January 1 and 15, a total of 5,094,027 outgoing parcels were dis patched at a cost of $395,286, or about 7.7 cents a parcel. * “Under the postage rates previously in force, one cent an ounce,” said the senator, “the postage would have been an average of 18 1-2 cents per parcel, or a total of $942,394.99, thus showing a saving to shippers of $547,508.12 on twelves days’ business. “It should also be remembered that the usual minimum charge of express companies is twenty-five cents per par cel, whereas the average charge on the parcel post packages was only 7.7 cents “It is also worthy of note that though the business was large, it was distributed through a large postal or ganization, so that no congestion has resulted. The postoffice clerks in these forty-five cities have handled an aver age of only twenty-eight parcels each per day, this including both incoming and outgoing parcels. The total number of parcels delivered in these cities makes an average of only nine and one- third parcels per carrier per day.” WANTED AT NEWNAN; IS HELD FOR OFFICERS (Special, Dispatch to The Journal.) ANNISTON, Ala., Jan. 27.—Rufus Dial, who is wanted at Newnan, Ga., qn a charge of selling liquor and carry ing a concealed pistol, is being held at the Anniston police station for officers of Newnan. • He was arrested here Fri day night. ETT0R ARRIVES AT CHICAGO STRIKE SCENE (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Jan. 27.—Joseph J. Ettor, an industrial worker of the world lead er, arrived here last night too late to take part in a discussion in a union hall of a threatened strike of waiters here. Ettor declined to say what his movements would be in connection with the waiters’ grievances. NEW OFFICIALS TAKE FAT Administration Is Changed for the First Time in Six Years (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) SAVANNAH, Ga., Jan. 27.—Savanflc,-. today, for the fir3t Is passing through a change of munici pal administration. For three terms of two years each, the Tiedeman admin istration has conducted the city's af fairs. At noon today, it gave way to the administration headed by Captain R. J. Davant, as mayor, and the aider- men elected with him. Tonight the new council meets, after having been sworn in with Mayor Davant at 12 o'clock today, to elect the city officers. The aldermen who go in with Cap tain Davant are Messrs. W. J. Pier- pont, W. H. Wright, E. A. M. Schroeder, Jr., John W. Daniel, J. E. Foy, H. H. Livingston, W W Williamson, J. C. Slater, G/sorge Elton, W. A. Pigman, H. L. Kayton and H. B. Grimshaw. Of these Messrs. Williamson, Grimshaw and Kayton were on the old board and succeeded in t breaking into the new one. Mr. Elton was also on the old administration tick et, being put there by an organ ization called the Young Men’s Demo cratic club, formed for the purpose of pushing the young men of the city for ward politically. The new administra tion is therefore oomposed of three elements, though the Davant faction has nine of the thirteen members of the board of mayor and aldermen, and will be able with this good working majority to handle things its own way. The Davant faction has been cau cusing on the matter of officers of the city elected by council, and at tonight’s meeting will put a united front and cast nine votes,, for the slate agreed upon by the majority. The larger posi tions are practically decided on. The fight is still on for the eleven posi tions of lesser importance. The position of chief of police will go to Lieutenant *M. L. Meldrim, now a member of the police force and an Ad herent of the successful party. John Monroe Will be made chief of the fire department. George D. Semken will be elected city marshal. Major C. S. Hardee will be retained in the posi tion of city treasurer. Thomas Halli- gan will be elected clerk of council, a position he held once before. Charles Hernandez, a veteran in the city’s serv ice, will be retained as assistant clerk of council. BY SHERIFF’S LOVE General Daniel E. Sickles Is Allowed to Make Bond With Surety Company Instead of Going to Prison (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Jan. 27.—In order to spare his old friend, General Daniel E. Sickles, the humiliation of arrest, Sheriff Harburger personally arranged with counsel for the general this morn ing to accept bail from a surety com pany. This will obviate the necessity of locking General Sickles in the Ludlow street jail, pursuant to an order from the supreme court issued after the old soldier had failed to account for $23,- 476 received for the New York monu ments committee. Under a flag canopy in his lower Fifth avenue home, the hero of Gettys burg today awaited a climax in his af fairs which have engaged public in terest for many months. An ultimatum from his wife, from whom he has long been estranged, pre sented the conditions under which sho would return to his aid. General Sickles, who is eighty- seven, could be seen by passersby, sit ting by the windows of his big brick house at the corner of Fifth avenue and Ninth street. The room was crowded with many relics of the Civil war. Against the general’s chair there was leaning the crutch which he uses. Ho lost one leg in the battle of Gettysburg. On a little table near him was a large vase containing flowers. Above his chair and some two feet over his head there were two American flags. REGISTER BOYS WILL BE CALLED TO COURT Some Speculation as to Whether Brothers Will Ap pear for Sentence (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) MOULTRIE, Ga., Jan. 27.—It is, a matter of speculation at present as to whether the Register brothers will show up in superior court here when their names are called and they are be sentence*} for MUOisitttirL.JUnr . th»>. i Bryant sonie two years ago during- a fight at New Elm, this county. The brothers, C. C. and B. L. Register, are at present In Florida, having moved there several months ago, in spite of the fact they own a great deal of prop erty In this county, and they have not yet sent word they would be In Moul trie when they are called for sentence, and there are many who are of the opinion they will not show up. The present term of court began a week ago and It was thought the brothers would have been here last week, but they did not come. The case Is a famous one. The broth ers were tried twice for the killing of Brian t, who was their cousin. The first time the Jury brought in a ver dict of Involuntary manslaughter and were sent back by Judge W. E. Thomas with the result another verdict, for voluntary manslaughter, was brought In and they were sentenced to ten years. An appeal was made, and the court of appeals ordered a new trial, and the second time the Jury brought In the voluntary manslaughter verdict. An other appeal was made and the court of appeals ordered that the Registers be sentenced on the first verdict, in voluntary manslaughter. The brothers are wealthy farmers, and spent a great deal of money In their defense. The case was the hard est fought In the history of the coun ty and aroused a great deal of Inter est. They have been out on ball in the amount of $4,000 each. As nothing has been heard from them It Is believed they will forfeit the bond, as they ara plenty able to pay up what the bonds men may lose. WAYCR0SS WILL SEE ITSELF IN “MOVIES” (Special Dispatoh to The Journal.) WATCROSS, Ga., Jan. 27.—Starting today, Waycross Is going to see Itself In the movies. Th eplhturee taken hero a few days ago arrived Saturday and will be on exhibition this week at one of teh theaters, after which it will be taken to other cities. t The scenes show, among other things, the firemen In action, the lmense re- OLD REGORO MAI RESTORE FORTUNE TO VALLIERES Land Worth $10,000,000 in New Orleans May Go to Heirs of Joe Valliere NEW YORK, Jan. 27.—The lost link in the chain of evidence on which to base a suit for a $10,000,000 tract of land, now occupied by a part of the city of New Orleans, is said to have been found in the discovery of the bap tismal record of Joseph Valliere, an early French adventurer. Persons claiming to be his heirs are scattered throughout the United States and for years attorneys in their behalf have sought to establish title u> the Louisiana property, a strip 120 miles long and 80 miles wide, atong the banks of the White river. The baptismal record of Valliere was found in Quebec. Canada. By means of this, showing his baptism in May, 1706, it Is claimed that his descendants were traced in so direct a line that the heirs believe they can establish their claims. Many Balls Planned In Washington For Inauguration Week (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.—While mourning the ban placed by President elect Wilson on the inaugural ball, Washington society is preparing a long list of entertainments for inauguration week and the absence of the ball, it Is announced, scarcely will be felt. The festivities will start wttn a great “smoker” March 5, given by the Prince ton students and alumni to which all collegians will be invited. "Virtually every state society will give a dance March 4 and there will be many private public character. To all of the ar- dancing affairs and balls of a semi- rangements the inaugural committee is lending its encouragement and support. Dublin Bank Meets- (Special Dispatch to The Journal.' DUBLIN, Ga., Jan. 27.—At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the First National bank of Dublin, held a few days ago, several items of interest were handled, among which was the election of Mr. A. W. Garrett as a director to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. B. H. Rawls. Six per cent dividend was declared. NINE CHILDREN AND .. WOMAN BITTEN BY000 Yellow Mongrel Spreads Ter ror in Jersey City Crowd on Way to Church (By Associated Press.) JERSEY CITY, Jan. 27.—Ten per sons here today are suffering from dog bites and worry lest serious trouble result. The cry of “Mid dog!” was raised as a yellow mongrel, snapping at everyone it saw, ran through a crowd of women and children on their way to Sunday school yesterday. The animal was chased for three miles before a police man succeeded in shooting it. In the meantime one woman and nine children had been bitten so badly that they sought treatment. The dog’s head was sent to New York today for ex amination at the Pasteur institute* Guerrilla Warfare Declared by London Suffragists Monday (By Associated Tress.) LONDON^ Jan. 27.—A declaration of guerilla warfare by the suffragettes, including sorties and riots to begin at once, was made by Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, the. militant leader, at a meeting tonight. Mrs. Pankhurst called for names of those who were “prepared to take part in the gallant onslaught.” The suffragette leader declared there were many women prepares to endan ger lives in the cause. Miss Annie Kenny declared the wom en would “make the lives or public men impossible,” and in reply to in Inter- ruptor said: “If you are a shop keeper, you h^d better look out. It is not just your windows which are going to be at tacked. It is something else. We are going to get this question settled once for all.” Many shops immediately began to boar dup their windows. DYNAMITE EXPLOSION RUINS PARIS GAR LINE Fissure Opened in Rue de Sevres and Houses Shaken for Miles Around (By Associated Press.) PARIS, Jan. 27.-r-A terrific explosion of dynamite early today shook houses for a mile or more around the church of St. Sulpice in the soutnern part of Paris. A great fissure was opened in the Rue de Sevres and the electric sur face lines were destroyed. The explosive is believed oy the po lice to have been taken from the con* struction works of the new subway by some workmen who recently were dis charged. Burglary at Bellton LULA, Ga., Jan. 27.—Friday night burglars entered the postoffice and store belonging to Tom Jones, at Bellton. and took about $200 worth of clothing. They also secured four or five dollars in money from the postoffioe. RooseVelt Will Use Telephone To Reach . Hearers of Address (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Jan. 27.—Theodore Roosevelt will deliver an address, prob ably in the quiet of his library at Oyster Bay tonight. It will be heard, how ever, through individual telecphones by two hundred guests at a dinner in honor of Jacob Schongut, a local Progressive leader, in a Broadway restaurant LYNN AND HIS WIFE WILL FACE TRIAL (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) DUBLIN, Ga., Jan. 27.—The superior court of Laurens county convenes Mon day, January 27, with Judge K. J. Hawk ins presiding. The first week of court will be devoted to civil business. The following week the criminal cases will be called. Much public interest is being mani fested in the cases of A. L. Lynn and wife, charged with the murder of Mr. F. M. Hightower, which occurred a few weeks aid. Plea of Roads for Modification by Supreme Court of Hard Coal Rates Opposed (By Associated Preee.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 27.—The govern ment filed with the supreme court to day notice of opposition to the plea of the hard coal roads for modification ot the decree holding the so-called 65 per cent contracts illegal. Only one con tract—that between the Pennsylvania Coal company and the Elk Hill Coal and Iron company—is the government will ing to have excepted. Injured by Train (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) JACKSON, Ga., Jan. 27.—The condi tion of J. T. Morse, of this city, who was struck by a train at Flippen a night or two ago, Is reported as improved, though his injuries are very painful.