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8 PRICES OF FOOD 'AND CLOTHING SHOW DECREASE WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—Retail prices of food, clothing' and other principal commodities dropped an average of six per cent during the thlrty-day period ended August 15, the labor department announced to day. During the month of August, the same department announced, whole sale food prices dropped 12 per cent, wholesale prices of clothing 5 3-* per cent and there was an average drop in all commodities of 4 1-2 per cent, According to the department, or agriculture, prices paid to fanners for their principal crops declined 10 per cent. On basis of these figures, officials here today said that the price break Long predicted is actually under way ■nd that all signs pointed to its con in uance. People Stop Buying One Indication is the report from .vholesale and retailers throughout ihe country that the pdbple have .■topped buying. These Reports are borne out by returns of federal lux ury taxes Which shows that articles taxed as luxuries, such as dia monds, jewelry; perfumes, automo biles and expensive clothing, are not linding as ready a as several months ago. Another indication of the reluc tance to buy\is the repeated plea reaching the federal reserve board from producers and others who want extensions of credit so that they can hold their commodities while lowered prices prevail. Cotton men who mQde such a plea to Governor Hardin/: of the federal reserve board this week, were turned down. There have been other refusals. Secretary of the Treasury Houston is known’ to heartily indorse these refusals of credit to enable holding of goods. Houston takes the posi t tion that the government by extend ing credit for such purposes would be aiding hoarding and high prices. No Slump in Bates Rents and houses seem to/be ex empted from the general price slump and officials believe they may stay up until the world wide short age of building is relieved. This re lief mav start next spring when offi cials nope that increased rail road efficiency will allow the trans portation of building. material which was partly shut off for some months. i The department’s report stated that the average family expenditure for 22, articles of food decreased from July 15 to August 15 in each of the 51 cities from which figures are obtained. Decreases as reported by cities include:' Minneapolis. 11 per cent; St. Paul, 10; Detroit, 9; Chicago. Cleveland, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwau kee, Omaha, Peoria, and Springfield. 111., 8; Denver and Memphis, 7; Butte, Cincinnati, Columbus, New ark, New York, Philadelphia, Pitts burg, St. Louis, Salt Lake City and Seattle, 6; Baltimore, Birmingham, Bridgeport, Buffalo, Dallas, Fall River, Louisville, Manchester, N. H., Rochester, and Washington. D. C-, 5; Atlanta, Boston, Houston; Los Angeles, Mobile, New Haven, Port land, Me.; Portland, Ore.. Providence. San Francisco, Savannah and Scran ton. 4; Little Rock, New Orleans and Norfolk, 3; Jacksonville and Rich mond, 2; Charleston, 1. ‘‘J. L” Metal Airplanes Appear to Be Defective, Acting Director Says WASHINGTON, Sept. IS.—The J. L., all metal monoplane used by the air mail service, appears to be de cctive in its gasoline feed machin e-y, acting Director White, of the air mail service, said today. J. L. planes were recently in two ■ccidents in which four flyers were i’led. The second accident occur ■d Monday near Toledo, Ohio, and >e first at Morristown, N. J., Mr. hite made his statement concern g the J. L. on the basis of ad nce reports from the committee :vestigating the Toledo accident. “The accident was caused when gasoline leak developed," Mr. T hita said. “Presumably the gaso ne was exploded by a spark from he exhaust. The same thing evi ’ ntly happened in the Morristown evident. “This defect can easily be reme ’ied, we believe. Then the J. L. will e as safe as any other plane. If ,-e fall to remedy the defect, we hall of course, stop using the J. L.” The J. L , a German-made plane, Is 'avored by postal and air mail sefrv ? e officials because of Its high need. The air mail service is now -ing it in the trans-continental . ?rvlce. 9,000 Workmen Ocupy Factories In Southern z Italy ROME, Sept. 18.—Thirty thousand urkmen have occupied the factories at Ternl, in southern Italy. This is one of the most Important industrla towns of the south. The only excep tion to the factories taken over is the Idros plant, where synthetic ammonia is manufactured and which is controlled by American interests. Dont Send a Penny it lueky—got a lot of these imported boots made for army wear in the trenches—at about A price and while they last they’re yours at a saving of $4.60 or $5. You know that boots for the boys at the front had to be first quality, had to stand almost unbelievably hard wear—and to let you see what wonderful values these are, we ship before you pay a cent and take them back if not all we say or even better than we claim. Don’t miss this. Send coupon now. Finest Pure Gum Rubber Imported Hip Boots At Half Price These are first quality, pure gum. No better rubber everputinboots. Absoluteproteetionagainstdampness sewSss-' and water. No adulteration or "loading,” just the best ruobgr, and lined with unbleached, strongest, closest vwSjwK f s woven toughestdrill-the best wearing lining made. Every boot a brand new stock. strictly Inspected and guaranteed perfect. Reinforced at knee by double '//Z ", thickness. Extra strong tap sole. Heels are moulded on and as an added precaution against coming off are substantially nailed—will not come off. Compare these soles and heels w : th the ordinary kind. Strap just below knee to hold leg lirmly. Also extra and free the English sole leather straps to go around ankles. (These stt-aps worth $1 alone but you get them free). A boot that will outlast 2 pairs of the ordinary kind—not stiff and heavy but tough, dur able, seft and flexible. Sizes, 6to 12. No half sizes. Wide widths. Send i no monev now. I’ayonlyi4 69 andpostageon —arrival. If not . ... ' sST» equal to eimi- ' Affsi- ' Jar boots priced BK; ' Attis/ ... atsßtoSloapair U ' . elsewhere, send them back and we \ / < W * U your X/ ■, money. Orderlslze - iwcdS larger than shoo you wear. Order a No - Axeooo. Mark £2 X In [] in coupon 7? s_■5 _■ below. W Knee bargain in knee length rob- Polpal f I noota blbo. Made r< same pure I I r’i* rubber and in the same jay as the Ab English I I icTSsSMir boots. The very same boot in madesoid 1 i exce P^^ at Bknee,en>rth ■ ■ leather \ / Ue.tWFCTa^llMMlMJWwy bus no straps. Sizes 6to 12, no half ctrnnß fn \ ff Widwidths. No money to «natZV send now. Pay only »3.»« and post- B ‘l ap ,° V , c , r ’ n £ t ?P 1 *" <1 v/-*-, ajfe on arrival. If not satisfied, re- around ankle to hold boot on ‘ turn boots and we refund your firmly when working in heavy *roney. Order No. AX6OOI. Put clay or mud. Good for harness b trans also X *’"‘ 1 Worth SI.OO, but FREE with the boot£. P | „ LEONARD-MORTON & CO. 770° Chicago, 111. proval. Only coupon to I . Send the Pure r:um Rubber Boots marked Xin r ] - send now. Pay noth- | When they arrive, I will pay bargain price in# until booU _ I? 4-69 and postage for hip boots, or 53.98 and postage -w . arrive. Back they a f«r knee boots) .If not satisfied, will return the boots UrCSF come and back I und T° u refund my money. Ono Size r , mone X 1 rnNo.AXGOOO Hip Boots r-iNo.AXROOI Knee Boots Larger satisfied I U?L69 end P° Bta K° LJS3.9B and postage ShoeYoU after examina- I tion. Size (1 size larger than shoe you wsar) Get the coupon into the mail now. Mark Xin [ ]in I coupon to show which you want, hip or knee boots. | jq amc Leonard-Morton&Co. I AddreMlL.Ll.ll\7ll’"“Z."."i; bept.77oo ■' Chicago, 111. I Qty State TUB ATLANTA TRIWEEKLY JOURNAL. GUESS AGAIN! THEY’RE LEARNING TO SING! ><■■■■■ HL BID ON AIRPLANE MAIL ATLANTA TO N. Y. APPROVED \ The Atlanta Journal News Bureau, 623 Kiggs Building, BY THEODORE TILLER WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—The postoffice department will sign with in a few days the formal contract for the carrying of mail from New York to Atlanta by airplane, as an nounced in previous dispatches to The Journal. Tme department found satisfactory the bid of the Lawson Airplane company, of Milwaukee, to carry mail by airplane to and from Atlanta, 306 days a year, the ex cepted days being Mondays and following holidays. It was said at the department to day that the bid of the Lawson com pany had been formally approved by the department and only the ac tual contract remains to be signed. This contract will call for the in auguration of the service by Jan uary 15, 1921. According to his original state ment to The Journal, Mr. Lawson plans to carry both mail and pas sengers between Gotham and the Gate City. He promises to make the trip in twelve hours and will oper ate all metal limousine 'planes with a carrying capacity of 1,500 pounds of mail and ten passengers. These planes are now being constructed for use on the three routes which will be ' awarded the Lawson concern. New York to Atlanta, Pittsburg to St. Louis, and New York to Chicago. The department will agree to pay the Lawson comirany $300,000 per year for the aerial service between New York and Atlanta, via Wash ington, Raleigh and Columbia. This is the substantial cost of transpor tation of this quantity of mail mat ter by train, the stipulation of the postofflce appropriation bill being that additional aerial routes cannot be established if at a greater cost than train routes. ‘Wildcat’ Division to Hold Annual Reunion In Columbia, S. C. '‘Wildcats’’ in and around Atlanta will be interested in this. The first annual reunion of the Eighty-first (Wildcat) division of the late Amer ican expeditionary forces will be held in Columbia, S. C., Monday and Tues day, September 20 and 21. Every former member of the division, whether they went overseas or not, is invited to be present and fight the war all over again with their for mer comrades. All who are expected to attend are requested to inform C. R. Elkins, secretary of the Wild cat Veterans' association, Columbia, South Carolina. The association has made all the plans, and from the announcement they have issued to most of the for mer Wildcats, the city of Columbia has prepared a most memorable en tertainment for the boys who wore the khaki with the kitten on their sleeves. It says that expenses will cease when the ex-soldiers get off the train, and that there will be “beaucoup eats,” dances, automobile rides and everything else that goes to make up a regular party. Business at Commerce Suspends for Funeral Os Victim of Otranto COMMERCE, Ga., Sept. 18.—The bbdy of Mr. Raymond Ellis Luthl arrived In Commerce last night from Hoboken, being shipped from Ireland. He was a victim on the steamship Otranto, which rammed another boat off the shores of Scotland in Octo ber, 1918. Mr. Luthl was a navy lieutenant. Mayor Stark Issued a proclamation ordering business houses to Gelose to attend the funeral at Grey Hill cemetery, heer this after noon. i|j| i||r ißiir - i \1 BMn BEDFORD HILLS, N. Y.—The young ladles are not studying Greek dancing. ?<or are they taking the barefoot cure. They ares tudying voice culture! Learning to sjng! They are students at the Bedford Hills voice culture school, studio Q=D 0 New Questions 1. —How soon will the 1920 census be completed? 2. —Are the quarters without three stars under the eagle genuine? 3-—What shall I use to kill insects on plants? 4. —Let me know if post cards and stamped envelopes which have been addressed or printed but not mailed are redeemable? 5. —What does the word, “Chautau qua,” mean? 6. —Are there any wild tribes of Indians in the United States? 7. —Do humming birds go south in winter? What do they feed on? 8. —Was Vermont one of the thir teen original states? 9. —What will remove stains from gravestone? The stains were made by decaying vines. 10. —Why is there' such a drive for extermination of rata when the gov ernment states that bubonic plague is under control? Questions Answered 1. Q. —When did Peary discover the north pole? 1. A.— The north pole was reached by Admiral Peary on April 7, 1909. 2. Q. —How large a stream is the gulf stream? 2. A.—Years of observations have established the fact that all the great rivers of the world turned into one channel would not equal the tremen dous flow of the gulf stream. Its breadth In its narrowest portion is about fifty miles and its depth about 2,000 feet. 3. Q. —What colors would be most appropriate for decorations for a second wedding anniversary? 3. A.—The second wedding anni versary is the cotton wedding, so should be white, com bined perhaps with green. If you wish to take the colors of the cot ton blossom, which is pink in the morning and a deep lavender by late afternoon, they would be attractive with white. Possibly you can obtain stalks of the cotton plant with the cotton attached. 4. Q. —Where is the Easter is land? 4. A. —Easter island Is in Polynesia, and was so named because it was discovered on Easter day, April 6, 1722, by a man named Roggeveen. The Inhabitants have no name for it. It has been an unorganized depend ency of Chile since 1888. $900,000,000 in Gold Transferred in New York Under Heavy Guard NEW YORK.—Nearly $900,000,000 in gold—said to be • the greatest amount of the precious metal stored in any one place in the world today transferred during the early hours of these autumn evenings from the United States sub-treasury at Broad and Wall streets to the United States assay office, the new whl’e building next door east, re cently. The mental picture called up by such a statement might be one of innumerable guards, rifles, bayonets, even machine guns; of hawk-eyed secret service men scanning every passerby. But nothing of the sort is happen ing. Broad and Wall streets are empty of humanity while the trans fer is being made. There are no soldiers,, no extra police, no excite ment. There is a wooden chute, about eighteen inches square, extending downward from the sub-treasury to the lower floor of the assay office, and through this, in small wooden boxes, the gold, in bar shape, is slid. The task has been going on for days and probably will go on i->t several months, for there is a tremendous amount of tallying to be dor.e in connection with It. B*>,f?r* it was melted the metal was tr- the form of English sover eigns and French 20-franc pieces was sent here during the war and afterward, in payment of debts. Morgan & Co. received most of it. As the eoiia vzere melted and val ued. Morgan and other houses were paid the equivalent in gold certifi cates. During the war the assay office did not have vault-room enough, and so several of the big sub-treasury vaults were lent to it. The new assay building has the largest and most modern vaults in the world, and therefore the gold is being taken. The gold coins were melted into oblong bars, about 6 inches long and 2 inches wide. These bars are test- camp, conducted by Madame Scherer, famous French instructor. The unique feature of the school is that new students are not request ed to use theii* voices for a month or more after they arrive, but are giving dancing, jumping and other exercises as a preliminary. Above, Miss Dorothy Hall, who is also seen jumping in the lower picture. The school is for girls only. 5. Q. —Who is the author of the quotation, “Pymgies are pygmies still though perched on Alps?” 5. A.—This quotation is found in Edward Young’s “Night Thoughts,” part 6. 6. Q. —Have stenciledxarms taken the place of painted lips as the new est fashion? 6. A.—Miss Tasha Monque, a prom inent Philadelphia society girl, has made a set of stencils by means of which designs suggesting embroidery can be painted on the arms when ope wears a sleeveless gown. The effect is shown in an accompanying photograph of Miss Monque. The stenciled arm is becoming one of the new fashions, though there is no indication of the painted lip grow ing obsolete. 7. Q. —How many chemical ele ments are represented in the human body? 7. A.— Sixteen. They are carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur, phosphorus, chlorine, fluorine, silcon, sodium, potassium, lithium, calcium, magnesium, iron and manganese. 8. Q. —What is the meaning of the word “incorporated” when used in the titl* of a firm? Does it carry some modification of the word "lim ited?” 8. A.—“lncorporated” means that the firm has been granted a charter by a state, and that it is operating as a corporation. “Limited” means that the liability of the stockholders is limited to the. number of shares held by each, and may apply either to a corporation or to a partnership. 9. Q. —Who was the infant prodigy who entered Harvard university sev eral years ago? 9. A.—The boy who entered Har vard university at the age of eleven was William James Sidis, the son of Dr. Boris Sidis, the well-known psychologist. 10. Q. —Is the breeding of rein deer established on a commercial ba ste in the United States? fO. A.— The North American Rein deer company, capitalized at $750,000, has been granted a concession of 70,- 850 square miles of land north of the Churchill river, upon which to graze caribou and reindeer. The government charges the nominal sum of four cents an acre per year for the use of the land. ed for weight and for fineness and an exact valuation placed upon each. A mark is then placed upon the bar, identifying it as one coming from a certain “melt.” Then there is an other mark, identifying the bar in dividuality. A bar of gold of that size is w’orth about $6,500 if of the average coin fineness, but some, coins of especial ly high grade will melt into bars worth $7,500 or $7,700. A representative of the treasury department supervises the marking of the gold and notes the numbers upon each bar. Then the bars are put in small boxes, each containing three bars, and about half a dozen of the boxes in a larger box are slid down the chute about twenty feet long which crosses the alleyway that separates the two buildings. In the assay office the poxes are wheeled upon trucks Into an eleva tor and taken to the great vaults, five floors below the surface of Wall street. The tally man from Washington goes along with each load to watch the placing away of the bars and to mark down exactly in what vault and on what shelf each individual bar is stored. Changing Old Stumps Into Handy Dollars NEW YORK.—A Wilmington. Del., powder company has bought all the pine stumps now on about 75,- 000 acres of land in Mississippi. It will use the stumps, millions in number, in a good reduction plant to extract turpentine and their re moval will make it possible to put the land immediately into cultiva tion. _ __ The idea reported in the foregoing dispatch is not new to Georgia. A Brunswick f concern for Some time has been carrying on a mutually profitable arrangement with farmers by which their useless tree-stumps have been removed without cost, re leasing hundreds of acres for cul tivation. • COX SPEAKS TO WOMEN VOTERS; MEN ARE GUESTS SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. -18.— Mere man, unless accompanied by a woman “escort,” was refused admit tance today- to hear the address of Governor Jam,es M. Cox, Democratic presidential nominee, before the San Francisco center of the California Civic League, a woman’s organiza tion. The speech, at a luncheon, was the principal feature of Governor Cox’s last active campaign day in the San Francisco Bay region. Tickets were restricted to women voters, unless a member of the organization re quested the privilege of bringing a man “guest.” Folowing this talk, Governor Cox’s itinerary called for an address to the commercial club a public recep tion at the Palace hotel and a speech at the Oakland auditorium, across the bay, under the auspices of the state Democratic committee. The nominee will leave tomorrow for Los Angeles, traveling south by day light. Governor Cox was expected to de vote further attention in today’s ad dress to the Japanese immigration question, a burning issue in Califor nia. His audience also anticipated an elaboration of his statement that “racial fee,mg was being inspired by opponents of the League of Na tions and that it looks to me like a German-American alliance with the reactionary candidate.” He has promised such elaboration here. Governor Cox after charging here that the Republican “senatorial oli garchy” protected “the most shame less profiteers in history,” today out lined fifive “practical, concrete and definite measures” which he said would reduce the cost, of living and eliminate'- the profiteer. They were: Congress should grant the presi dent a permanent revolving fund to purchase as much of the sugar crop as is necessary to prevent profiteer ing. A law limiting the period during which goods may be kept in cold storage. A law requiring that the price at which goods were placed in storage be marked upon them. A statute requiring all goods ' destined for Interstate commerce be marked with the price at which they left the hands of the producer. A law licensing and regulating those engaged in interstate com merce to prevent unconscienable profits. LEAVES PRISON TO FIND HIMSELF A MILLIONAIRE “Uncle” Bill Edwards, who was sentenced to the penitentiary from Castland, Tex., about ten years ago for the murder of a neighbor, G. A. Rogers, entered upon his term of thirty-six years’ imprisonment a poor farmer. He was released a few weeks ago upon pardon of Governor W. P. Hobby; and finds himself a millionaire, due to the discovery of oil upon,- his 320-acre hill-land farm. On July 19 “Uncle” Bill Edwards was seventy years old. He received a fulUpardon on that anniversary as a birthday present. He had serv ed a few months short of ten years in prison. It is stated that there were extenuating circumstances con nected with his killing of Rogers. At any rate, he was offered a par don by Governor O. B. Colquitt sev eral years ago, and again by Gov ernor James E. Ferguson, upon pe tition of his relatives. In both these instances Edwards refused the pardon on the ground that he had not yet suffered enough for the crime he had committed. It was only a few days ago th-it he arriv ed at the conclusion that he had atoned for the deed. He wrote Gov ernor Hobby: “I feel in my mind, conscience and heart that I have paid the pen alty of my crime.” Curing his time Edwards was in prison his farm and other business affairs were looked after by rela tives. When oil was discovered in the Eastland region the 320-acre tract of land was leased for a big price. Then oil wells were brought in, and the fortune of the aged man began piling up at an enormous rate. It was all held for him, pending his release from prison.—Kansas City Star. Fourth of Population Lives in 68 Cities, According to Census WASHINGTON. —About one-tenth of the people of the United States live in the cities of New York Chi cago and Philadelphia, while more than one-quarter live ir. 68 cities, having a population of 100,000 or more, final statistics of the four teenth census are expected to show. The three cities with populations of 1,000,000 or more—-New York, Chicago and Philadelphia—have a combined population cf 10,145,521, showing an increase of 1,614,347, or about 19.5 per cent in the ten years since 1910. Cities having 500,000 to 1,000,000 have increased from five in 1910 to nine this year, Detroit, Los An geles, San Francisco and Buffalo hav’ng advanced into this class. There was a net ’nerease of two in the cities of the 259 000 to 500.- 000 class, with a total of thirteen, although six cities advanced into this classification. They are Kan sas City, Mo.; Seattle, Indianapolis, Rochester, Portland, Ore., and Den ver. \ \ There are forty-three cities of from. 100,000 to 250,000 this year, a net increase of eleven, although seventeen have shown increases bringing them into this class. Prince of Wales Has Big Time in S. Wales MIOWERA. New South Wales. — The Prince of Wales had the time of his life here among the hard-rid ing, straight-shooting, outspoken ranchers, and by his adaptability and good fellowship macje himselt extremely poular. He won their re spect when he entered five races against these premier horsemen and won all the events. The ranchers are having a quiet smile over an amusing but some what embarrassing incident in which the prince was involved With his usual ‘hail-fellow-well met” bearing, the prince on one oc casion asked every one in the house to have a drink with him. After the drinks had been served the heir to the richest throne in the world discovered he had no money. He called on Admiral Halsey, who is touring with him, for funds, but the only reply was: “I haven’t a shilling on me, sir.” Finally another member of the royal party came to the rescue, and the drinks were handed around. Nation Puffing Up; Smoking Increases WASHINGTON. Figures made public here indicate that the growth and consumption of tobacco in the United States are on the increase. The production from the 1918 crop was 1,439,071.000 pounds. There were imported in 1919 leaf tobacco and tobacco products to the value of $86,485,035, while the exports of leaf tobacco were more than $250,- 000.000. The combined production of cigars 7,629.000; of cigarettes approximate ly 55.000,000,000, and of chewing and smoking tobacco and snuff 427,000,- 000 pounds. There were 16.211,769,000 cigar ettes exported during the year, leav ing 39,000,000.000 factory made cig arottes for home consumption. The exports of leaf tobacco In 1919 amounted to 765,913.164 pounds, greatly exceeding any prior year.' The revenue collected during 4he yealr amounted to $205.000_0c.a TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, l»20. RUFUS KIGHT, who, with C. C. Monroe, a railway mail clerk, confessed to postoffice inspectors Thursday they had participated in the mail rob bery on a Southern railway train near Toccoa last Monday. —Staff photo by Winn. If, 'L l ■■ * ® WWW Stolen Bonds Given Back to Banks and Sent to Nev/ York Approximately $300,000 in securi ties recovered from Rufus Kight, who is being held in connection with the robbery of a pouch of registered mail from a Southern railway train near Cornelia, Ga., ten days ago. were restored to Atlanta banks and business houses Friday by federal officials. These valuables were again being forwarded to New ork Saturday un der registered cover, after having been delayed for ten days due to the rifling of the pouch in which they were originally started on their way to the north. Postoffice inspectors said prac tically every bank in Atlanta partici pated in Friday’s restoration of se curities recovered from young Kight. A careful check of the bonds and other valuables found in Kight's suit case revealed the fact that a relatively small amount of the origi nal contents of the registered pouch of mail are missing. W. D. Franklin, implicated by C. C. Monroe, young mail clerk, and Kight in their confessions as the man who planned the robbery, was still at large Saturday afternoon. Inspectors expressed the opinion that he has made his way beyond the limits of the state, but were hopeful that his arrest would be effected shortly. “Phantom Burglars” Chloroform Victims And Leave No Clues NEW YORK.—The "Phantom Burglars,” who several years ago were the tenor of Harlem and VVahsington Heights, apparently re sumed operations last week at the home of Abraham Altman, a grocer living at No. 101 West 130 street. Jewelry valued at $3,000 and some cash in Altman’s clothes were taken. The gang or individual thief gain ed a reputation some years ago by the ease with which they or he en tered apartments without leaving a trace and without apparently using jimmies or other burglars’ tools. Drugs were administered to the sleeping occupants of the homes en tered. The same procedure was used in Altman’s case. When he awoke Thursday morning his head ached and he had difficulty in getting up. His clothing had been tossed about the room and the place ransacked. The Altman apartment is on the fourth floor and he had locked the door, turned the safety lock and fastened all the windows through which entrance could be gained, the night before. The door had seeming ly not been tampered with and the windows were all as he had left them. Mrs. Altman also had been drugged. Two Thousand ‘Marys’ Attend Convention NOBLESVILLE, Ind.—The sixth annual reunion of the Marys of the United States was held here recent ly with an attendance of 2,300. Most of the central states were represent ed. Some came from as far as Pennsylvania. • Everyone present answered to the name of Mary. Prizes were awarded to the oldest Mary, the youngest Mary, the pret tiest Mary and the tallest Mary and the shortest Mary and to the' Mary who came the longest distance. Dinner was served after a literary/ and musical program. Committees were appointed to decorate the graves of the twelve Marys, members of the association who have died in different parts of the country during the last year. The next meeting will be held In Indianapolis. Officers were elected as follo-ws: President, Miss Mary Kummer, and secretary. Mrs. Mary Harrell. Americans Are Imperiled By Arab Insurrection NEW YORK, Sept. 18.—The Arab insurrection in Mesopotamia has im periled the work of the Bagdad branch of the American commission for relief in the Near East, according to a cable message to the headquar ters of the relief organi'ation re ceived here today from Dr. Phillip McDowell, of Wooster. 0., in charge of the American relief activities in northern Mesopotamia. F v/’i K fwo wonderful $4.00 shlrta for only $5.25. Save ' r at least $2.75 Everybody wearing these seml-dreas Gray Flannel Shirts for business work or snort. Cadillac Broadcloth Flannel Shirts Two $4.00 Shirts for Only $5.25 Made of fine Duality Cadillac Broadcloth Grav FlanSel. 1 Special Winter weiirht. One large pocket faced sleeves and matched pearl buttons. Cut Extra Full Coat Front Stylo- Double Stitched thru out Soft turn down collat » with sat . faced neckband. Thoroughly Shrunk. Trv 1 to match these shirts In anv store at $4 00 Yet we offer | »ou twr for only $5.25. Cartri Na !Wnnau Write today Shirts will ne sent a' ’ >enn HO money once tranxportatio. prepaid. Fay 0n1y55.25 0n arrival no more. Money back at once <f no more than pleased with the wenderfu’ value. Be sure to ffive neck band size. BERNARD HEWITT SCO w'v.'^uZ/st 0 Chicago TROUBLE FEARED IN MINE SECTION OF TUSCALOOSA BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. , 18.— Impending trouble in the Brook wood-Kellerman mine . section" of Tuscaloo .a county, involving an al leged plot of striking miners to blow up collieries, was reported tonight. A request that the governor be askedi for troops was declined by the sheriff, pending personal investiga tion and he left immediately for the troubled district, according to word here. Distribution of companies of state troops continued today and while there were no outbreaks, reports in dicated the situation in the Alabama coal fields remains tense. The Opelika company, Alabama National Guard, was sent out in units to I’inckney City, Sayre and Bessie mines. Troops were to be s ioned a' a gate across a road ut Sayre, where union miners had ue clared they would march during the afternoon. The mine company claims the road is private, while the miners say it is public. Troops al ready have been to Majestic and Br dford mines. All companies that have reached Birmingham have gone into active service. Two more ■companies were scheduled to reach Birmingham tonight, one from Mont gomery and one from Gadsden. One of these will be assigned to duty im medi-' und the other held in re serve. • Mobilization of three or four addi tional companies of guardsmen and the commandce. _ of a portion of Rickwoo* ball park as a camp for reserve forces of the National Guard was announced ly General R. E. Steiner Saturday. Other companies, the mobilization of which was an nounced, will be held subject to im mediate call. Quiet prevailed throughout the en t i area taken 'over by the troops, according to reports made to Gen eral Steiner’s headquarters. Company A of Montgomery, Com pany C of Selma and Company L of Alabama City i ere ordered to hold themselves ih readiness for active duty. •Colonel Dallas Smith, of the Rain bow division, is in command of troops in the Jasper district under orders from General Steiner. Head quarters will be maintained by Gen eral Steiner in Birmingham and vesper. Five companies of militiamen were placed on guard duty in Walt er and Jefferson counties Friday afternoo’ and night A sixth com pany is being held in jeserve in Bir mingham, ready to be rushed at a moment’s notice to any point where it may be needed. Parts of Jefferson. Walker, Shel by, Bib v and .Tuscaloosa cduntes now are patrolled by troops, accord ing to the declaration of General Steiner. lie gives assurances that there are sufficient troops in the state to meet any situation, and, if for any cause the number should prove too small, he calls attention to the fact ■ that the governor hfa.s the right to call e’bry man in the state from the ages of 18 to 45 to arms to suppress disorder. Mother and Daughters In Triple Wedding VALPARAISO, Ind.—A triple wed ding, in which a motherland her twin daughters took part, was sol emnized here one' night recently. Mrs. Lillian Zane was married to John Hively, while her children. Cora and Nora, becaipe brides of William Baker and Harry Erler. A WOMAN FEELS BLUE AND UNHAPPf W and nervine that has been sold by druggists and proven successful for half a century, namely, Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. 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Sept. 18.—Four prominent farmers of the Gillis Spring section of Treutlen county, north of Soperton, have just been arrested in connection with the death of Bill Hart, well-known citizen, which occurred last Monday night. At the time of Hart’s gdeath, he was riding in an automobile with four neighbors, Wiley Smith, Dan Davis. Lige Coleman and Rs£T den, the four men who have since been arrested. These men 4splained Gnat the car jumped from a bridge spanning a small creek and that Hart fell into the water and drowned be fore assistance could reach him. An autopsy revealed that there was no water in Hart’s lungs and caused the arrest of the four men. Hero Rescues Girl From Certain Death In Niagara Falls BUFFALO. —Miss Matilda Schoe nert, of Philadelphia, was snatched from certain death in the Whirlpool Rapids at Niagara Falls recently by Gordon IV. Dunn, of Montreal, who was severly cut in the rescue. They were among the passenger# on a gorge route trolley that was blocked at the edge of the Whirl pool Rapids by a fallen rock. Tho nassengers got out of the car and i r were walking on the brink of the river. The girl fell over the slight embankment some fifteen feet into the river, but caught and clung to a projecting rock. Dunn saw her danger and vaulted the embankment. He landed on a slight beach of rocks and cut himself severely on hands * and Head. Getting to his feet ho seized the girl before she was swept away. Help was quickly at hand, and the pair were taken back to Niagara Falls. Dunn, after his cuts were dressed, left the hospital. The girl is still suffering from shock. ■h Send No Monegt 2 Genuine Fine Count Percale Shlrte— worth $3.50 e and a $1.50 silk tie Free* $8.50 retail value, for only s4.Sfe postage paid. 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