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TIIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
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Force May Be Used To
Bring Castro
Around.
ASPHALT TRUST IS
AT BOTTOM OF ROW
State Department Has
Turned Matter Over
to Congress.
WASHINGTON, March 4e-Th# ad
ministration today Is In such a posl
tti.n that unices President Castro, o
Venezuela. change* hla attitude, a dl*
play of fore* mu»t b« made.
Army and nary officer* ape expect
lnjr immediate order* fop a movement
ngainst the South American republic.
Caetro baa refilled unconditionally to
ronelder tho demand made upon him
by the atate department to aubmlt all
matter* In dleputa to arbitration.
Tho admlnletraUon practical y ha*
taken the etand that the aephalt trust
Is In the right In Ite controverey with
< 'nstro and aubetanllally haa made Ite
came the government'#.
S8,000,000 Fine.
There are elx prominent caeee at le-
etje and the moet prominent on* le the
fine of 58,0##,#00 Impoeed on the a*
phalt truet by President Caetro.
The elate department haa gone ni
far oe It can while congreea le In eee-
alon, but that body haa aaked for all
tbs correspondence and It Is known
that the majority feel that the recalci
trant Caetro ahould bo brought up with
n round turn. ' „ , .
U. S. Navy Not Sufficient.
The United Htatea conaented to this
because It wan certain thal If the Uni
te! Statea did not consent bombard
ments of La Ouayra by the angry pow
er* would follow and a te*t be made
of the Monroe doctrine.
It la admitted that In case It become*
ncc*»*ary to coerce. Caatro. the navy
alone would not bo aufflclent. The capi
tal and the Interior generally of Vene
zuela are admitted to be almoit Inac
cessible.
An army of 100,#00 men. It I* aatd.
could not march the abort dlatance
from L*. Ouayra to Caracas. It I* a
rocky, precipitous accent and a nor
row road..
NO WORD YET FROM
PRESIDENT CASTRO
CARACA8, Venezuela, Maroh 4.—
Even unofficial news from the United
Slates that Venezuela la threatened
w ith a display of force unless eh* sub.
mlt* to arbitration the American citi
zen*' claim* of unjust dispossession of
the properties In this country ha*
extracted no word from President Cae.
tro. Foreigner* here think from the
president's stubborn character, that he
I* making more than a mere "bluff."
with tin ultimate surrender In mind.
Tim opinion le that he will actually re
sist If force la used against him. Cae
tro practically has the support of the
entire people In hie etand.
INSURANCE CO.
IS INVESTIGATED
P.y direction of Comptroller General
William A. Wright, Insurance commis
sioner of Georgia, Hudson Lee. an ex
pert, Is Wednesday examining the af
faire of the (late City rtre Insurance
Company, of Atlanta, with offices'In
Temple Court building.
General Wright has received com
plaints of this company, and tinder au
thority vested tn him by law ordered
an Investigation.
Thle company Is one of tho many co
operative concerns doing business In
Georgia- Under the lew the Insurance
commissioner has very little Jurisdic
tion over their operations, and can
fores an Investigation only upon ape-
rifle charges.
J. R. CRANDALL DEAD;
WELL KNOWN HERE
J. R. Crandall, a well-known business
man of Macon. Oa., and well known
In Atlanta, died at his desk In the
office of tbs Macon Crate and Box
Worke Tuesday morning. Ths body
wna brought to Atlanta Tuesday night
ami removed to H. M. Patterson A
son's private chgpeL where the funeral
services were conducted Wednesday
afternoon at 12:10 o'clock. The Inter
ment was at Westvlew cemetery.
Mr. Crandall haa been suffering
slightly for several days with a cold,
but Tuesday morning had recuperated
sufficiently to return to his business.
Mr. ' rwndall formerly resided In At
lanta. His eons conducted a business
here several years ago.
He la survived by his wife and four
children. R. I. Crandall. George N. and
John It. Crandall, of Macon, and Mrs.
Roliert a. Forsythe, of Brooklyn, N, T.
W. W. Belley.
The body of W. W. Bailey, who drop
ped dead In the street at Athena Tues
day. will be brought to Atlanta Tlturs-
da\ morning and taken to the under
taking establishment of A. C. Hemper-
|v, in East Point. Funeral services will
b- uducted at the Best Point Metho
dist church at 11 o'clock Thursday
morning, with Interment at College
1 ‘ark. Mrs. Ballsy died a little more
than a year ago, and seven email chil
dren are lefL
OUSTED BY G,0,P
IE IN
Roosevelt and Taft in Com
plete Control of State
Convention.
COM'MBUf. Ohio. March 4,-Th# plat
which Krcrrtarjr Taft nmxvtla to
illcan* for tbr pro»ldentlal tiouilira-
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RtnijfJa, for iIimim* J<1mli4
whlrh mmii jiiMttrv. frf|iMllfjr
f fovorni
and fair <
IN HEART OF CITYs
LAWSUJTJESULTS
A. L. Delkin and A., B. & A.
Road Go Into Record
er’s Court.
BEFORE BRAND JURY
Bertha Sanders and Her
Mother Testify in the
Case.
lion oi IHJIU. • IIIIIJM US.t■ e*ll| IW IBS injwn-u
employ*** of the tt>rrriintciit; re-rnaotmnit
III ronatltiifloiial form of the rmplojrrra* lia
bility act: llmlfnflon of rarrrlar ninl poterr
of the Injunction; greater uirrrhaiit niartnr
mid an ndrquatr nary; a altijrir national
health department: revision of the tariff
a ajirrtal araalmi of the nett rongrraa; rlvl
ami polltlenl rlghta of tbr Amriiran negro
In every atate: anmljr completion of tho
racial. The platform Indoraea Hooterwlt
and Ittatrnrta drlegatra for Taft.
Henatora Fora her anil Dirk wera com
pletely ohllterntiHl from the Ilrpuldlran ma
chine and nil their frlenda ousted. Governor
Ifarrfa Indorse*!.
DEATH IN FLAMES
125 CHILDREN MEET
Continued from Psge One.
TutfsPills
FOR TORPID LIVER.
A torpid liver deranges the whole
system, and produces
SICK HEADACHE, —
Dyspepsia, Costiveness, Rhcti-
mat ism, Sallow Skin ond Piles,
There le no better remedy (or thest
common diseases thin D*. TLTTs
LIVER PILLS. 1* * trial will prove.
Take No Substitute#
nice they tore end trampled over one
another.
The fire spread with amaxlng rapid
ity. and the heat was *o Intense that
when It waa Anally brought nearly un
der control the walls were cracked and
tottering. The firemen worked In great
lierll. Oreat crowds rushed to the scene
from Cleveland, as well as from all the
suburbs. North Colllngwood le seven
mile* out tram Cleveland.
It le estimated that the dead wl|l
reach 125.
Mothers 8eereh Frantically.
Houses In the neighborhood were
converted Into morgues end the bodies
of the children were arranged In row*.
All of them were covered with sheets,
stripped from the bed* of the houses.
The parents of the children fought
lo enter the houses and many of them
broke thru the gunrda who were sta
tioned at the floors of the Improvised
morguee.
In their frantic state, mothers search
ed over the bodies, one after the other,
trying to And their missing children.
In most Instance* Identification will be
Impossible. Ten bodies were burned
id trampled beyond recognition.
An Instance I* related of the great
heroism of one of the teacher* on the
second floor, who, after eucceedln* In
getting her puplla safely outside of the
burning building, re-entered nnd went
to the third door iu aaelet In the rescue
of children there.
Breve Teacher May be Let.
The teacher haa not been seen since
she ran toward the third floor.
Of the thirty bodies thus far laid In
rows In the Improvised morguee. but
one was Identified, an hour aRer the
Are, this being a child by the name of
Bravo.
Undertaken were rushed here from
Cleveland and are preparing the bodies
for Identification. Meantime the par
ent* are being restrained only with the
greatest difficulty. A number of wom
en fainted and were rushed Into
houses, only to break out after their
resuscitation to Join the maddened
clamor that continued.
Borne bodies may never be recovered,
aa the lire burned os In a blast furnace.
Without doubt many corpses were re
duced to clndere.
There were about 250 children In the
school when the blase broke out. but
those on the lower floors escaped, as
did also some of those on the upper
[floors.
Bodies Piled In Heepp.
By 1:10 o'clock the firemen could
penetrate to some parts of the build-
l ng and had a great heap ot bodies plied
Inside the doer. None was brought out,
the local authorities awaiting the ar
rival or police from Cleveland, so that
tho crowds could be held In check. It
soon became apparent that the number
of (lead would be far greater than ex
pected. The walla of the building,
heated like the walls of a furnace, trill
not be sufficiently cooled to admit of
a thorough search of the ruins for some
lime.
Iteallxlflg this, the authorities have
started a house-to-houee canvass to
determine the number of missing. All
children found loitering around tho eur.
roundings are sent home, so they can
be accounted for.
Teacher Crushed to Death.
Tba brave woman who loot her life
In an effort to save tho scholars was
Miss Catherine Wller. When the Are
alarm was sounded she marshaled her
pupils and soon had them marching In
a straight line down the hallway.
When she reached the end ot the hall
a door opened Inward. A great tongue
ot flame shot forth and the panic be
gan. Miss Wllsr leaped among the
children calling on them to keep order.
As the rush continued aha was
crushed to death.
Another teacher. Mies Grace Flak,
who had charge of a third grada class,
nleo tried to stop the rush. She was
fatally cruehed.
It wae at the door that the majority
of the children were crushed to death.
Had they been sufficiently wide many
of those now dead would have got safe,
ly out of the building. Ae It was. they
Jammed In the doorway, and thoae In
front were knocked down. Thus the
doorways were completely blocked and
those behind fought on until they either
dropped or were killed by smoke.
Brave Rescuer Ciee.
One little girl walked over a heap of
bodies and wae grasped by a Ore man,
who passed her on to safety.
Wallace Upton, the man who saved
the little gtrl dropped fainting after
wards. He was taken to hla home, but
died. The child ho grabbed and.passed
along wae the eighteenth-he had saved
from the building.
The blase broke out at 10:80 o'clock,
and one hour later only tho walla were
standing.
Had the ladders of• the fire depart
ment been long enough. It Is likely that
many of the little one* would have been
saved. When the terrified children saw
the bodies piled up at ths front door
and realised that exit from that point
wae Impossible, they again ran up
stair* and made for the windows Boras
of the smaller children were rescued.
The other* crowded at the windows and
cried out to be saved.
Fought for Windows.
It was evident lo spectators that the
A gold mice In ths very heart of Atlsutu
-within oue block of the Terrains! fltatkn.
Tble sounds strange, bet It la true. Aud
*u effort to work tbs ulu lots Prong lit on
s flgbt between the Atlanta, Blruilnxbn
and Atlantic Railroad Cuuipany and A. L.
Belkin, (be wadi known Atlsnun, who *pe:r
a considerable portion of bis Hate lit Alaaki.
mining for gold, and which contest perm
ext east re proportions In tbr
state court*.
1 The flrst rnaed was fought before Re
corder Urojrle* Tuesday afternoon and re-
salted la victory for Mr. Delphi, who l>
attempting lo dig for gold. The railroad
rompsny, thru farmer Mayor Wmelward.
sought .to bare Mr. Iielkln declared a free
peseer. hat the recorder ruled that the only
remedy ot the railroad waa thru aa lejenc
lion In the superior court. It Is szpectcl.
that on lejuartion will lie applied for n:
once to prevent Mr. Delkin front mekltiK
further effort to Knit gold on this particular
elle.
The property In controversy and which
Mr. Belkin bettered Is rich In ths yellow
metal la situated la West Mltrhell-st., Just
one block Iteyond the Terminal Motion Ac
cording to the evldtore la polle* court, the
rattroea company owns artron-twoUta* of
the property oral Mr. Iielkln holds till* to
the remaining tire-twelfths. Condemnation
Dottle
Alaska.
last rear, while Mr. B .. .
lu eti effort in obtain loisaesslon of the
whole of Ihe property, lint these proceed'
luce. II Is slslsd. are sliil le'llilllig.
The railroad proeaerd the title to i
twelfths of the ppuierty by a psrckam
others of the Belkin family lalsrestn
Home year* ago, while In* Belkina tver*
In full possession of the property. Mr. Bel
kin dug s well on the place and discovered
traces of gold. Indicating that the dirt
there might contalir a fortune lu the 'iietal.
was then that the raUreod compeer ob
jected, ninlMullnr that Mr. Belkin had ao
inutlmrtty to molest the property In any
Iwny without Its consent, even tho he owns
n part Interest. Mr. Iielkln Insisted he had
is perfect right to proceed with bis mining
project nnd conUnued eeereffees^M
KiSV
maclo.
of the local property of the A„ B, am
prote»tH ana appealed to the police,
nalljr he naked that a teat raar ba ■
after ronaaltlof with the attorney* of toe
road, and Monday Police 9«rge«nt Con-
nally -entered a raaa a*alnat a n«»«rr«i. who
waa found naaldiionalr digging Into tba
earth, trrlog to reach the vein of gold.
When the caaa came up for trial Tuesday
afternoon Mr. Woodward said the railroad
does not dispute Mr. Delktn'a statement
that be own* Bve-twelftha of the property,
hut ttot Undoes object to him raining on
•aid
I on
•*l frit
• get consent* and foiled," 1
"I hare a perfect right
r, anyway, and don't need
Mr. Delkin.
this property, anyway, a
consent on the part of the ralln
Illegal.*’ * „ .
After commit 1 nar the lawn on treapnaa.
Judge Rroylea held that Mr. Delktn bod
committed no criminal treapnaa and that,
therefore, he could not bold him guilty. He
than dlsmleaod the caaa, ndvlidng that the
only rrmedy of tho road was nn Injunction.
Mr. Delkin appears enthiialaatlc oTer the
prospect of cold, and unless an injunction
stops him will continue with hla mine.
PRITCHARD TO TAKE PART
IN PROHIBITION CAMPAIGN.
A8HEVILLE. N. C.. Maroh 4Wudge
Jeter C. Pritchard, of the Federal court,
has accepted an Invitation to open the
state prohibition campaign at Wilming
ton. March 14, when a big mass meeting
In expected to be held, at which Gov
ernor Glenn nnd former Oovemor Ay-
cock will epe&k.
MiU RECORDS
DEALS JR UNO
Property Transfer List
Takes Jump Wed
nesday.
Railroads of U. S. Com
ply With New
Regulation.
$50 PER MONTH
IS AVERAGE WAGE
Rule Requiring More Opera
tor3 on Railways Is
Now in Effect.'
ENOCH SANDERS.
11 Ik tut Is In the hands of the
DeKatb county grand jury.
Rml estate deala aggregating ninny
thousands of dollars wers recorded at
the court house Wednesday morning,
representing property purchased In the
past year for the Atlanta, Birmingham
and Atlantic Railroad Company. A
number of lota bad been purchased by
Individuals representing the company,
and these are now transferred lo the
Atlantic and Birmingham Construction
Company, lo be used In as part of the
great terminals of the syetem. The
recording of these transfers brings the
amount high Into tha thousands. No
recent deal* of Importance have been
made, most of them having been con
summated several months ago. accord
ing to statements of official* ot the
road.
the windows for aa fast as a head
would appear the child gaining thta
vantage point would be dragged away.
In this manner the children fell before
the windows and were trampled to
death, their bodies blocking this avenue
of rescue.
While at the windows the scream*
of the tittle ones were heard and drove
ths rescuers to all human efforts, and
many men rushed Into the building
until the Are. blistering their bodies
drove them bock.
The Cleveland Are department, as
soon ae It arrived, erected great lad
ders and took a number of children to
safety. The tragedy, however, had al
most completed itself before help from
tble quarter could arrive.
Thought Incident Frolic.
Rifltemtnt I* so Intense It Is Impos
sible at Uil* time to secure an Intollt-
gem cause for the conflagration.
Albert H. Kohelbergor. aged 12. said
that the children thought the alarm a
false one ard were laughing aa If the
thing wz* a frolic. Kchelberger says
that when the pupils In his room reach.
*d the door and saw those from other
rooms scrambling far escape, they
Into panic. .Finding the door
ways chock full of wrlthlnc and dying
bodies those within the building rushed
back to their rooms so ae to escape
thru the windows
Borne of them nuotis'. In getting
out. Tho*, who did rot are now In the
Bertha Sanders, nged 14, and her
mother, Mrs. Alice Bandore, appeared
before the DeKalb county grand Jury
at Decatur Wednesday to testify In the
case of Enoch Banders, the girl's uncle,
who, It le alleged, attempted to kill
them on November 28 at their home
near Stone Mountain, and then tried to
end hie own life by clashing his throat
with a razor. The returns of the grand
Jury will be made public late Wednes
day evening.
Banders la In Jail, having been bound
over at a preliminary hearing. He de
nies hla guilt.
The crime of which Bandera la ac
cused, It le charged, occurred at the
home of Mrs. Alice Sanders near Stone
Mountain on November 28. In a fren
zy. the accused man Is said to have
tried to kill his little niece. Berths 14
years old, to whom he was almost mad
ly devoted. Then, It le alleged, he
turned upon the mother, cutting her
slightly. Finally he attempted hla own
life. It Is alleged, and came near sue
ceedlbg.
On a writ of lunacy sworn out by hla
brother, who hoped to avert more se
vere punishment, Sanders waa tried
before Ordinary George In Decatur
three weeks ago and declared sane. Ho
was token back to Jail to await the ac
tion of the grand Jury.
Sanders, a gaunt, bearded stone cut
ter 45 years old, still sticks to his flrst
story, which Is that tha trouble waa due
to a conspiracy against him by the
mother and her eon, CHIT Sanders. Ber
tha, to whom he Is still devoted, be
clears of all blame. He says that the
mother attacked- him with a razor,
making a cut on hi* neck. In the scuf
fle, he sal's, she and .Berths were In
jured.
At flrst It woe believed that Sanders
would die as a regult of the wound on
his neck, but he recovered rapidly and
la now entirely well. Bertha and Mrs.
Sanders are also well. The gfrl and her
mother were the only wltneees and will
probably give the greater part of the
testimony.
BUILDING MEN
BEGINWORK
Continued from Peg* On*.
morgues. It was some time before lad.
dere enough to reach the third floor
children In tbs room were lighting for were run up.
ward Lumbar Company, W. L. Troyn-
ham. Colcord Lumber Company, W. K.
Carter Electric Company, W. JF, Grif
fin. Mile* * Bredt, Fridell Brothers,
F. J. Cooledge & Son, Tripod Paint
Company. Georgia Paint Company.
Baahlor Wynne Plumbing Company, 8.
8. Sheppard Plumbing Company, John
C. Battle, International Sprinkler Com
pany. Edwards. Waller* A Parnham,
It. P. Roy. It. II. Carpenter, Georg* B.
Hlnman, John H. Low*. Alexander
Lumber Company, J. R. George, Capi
tal Stone Company, Atlsma-lndtana
Stone Company, Sharman & Murdock.
Fielder & Allen Co- Newcomer-Manry
Company. W. E. Cheater. Welle Sign
Company, Southern Construction Com
pany, 8tates Plastering Company, Gen
eral Fir* Extinguisher Company, Mlon
Brothers, Carter A Gillespie Electric
Co.. Donaldson A Pearson. Horry Les
lie Walker. E. W. Dutton, W. G. Shar
key. Jennlngt-Gresham Company. Kn-
K ' hart-HItohoick Company. J. B. Mc-
achern. V. H. Krlegshaber. Dowman-
Dosler Manufacturing Company; J. E.
Hunnlcutt A Co, Farrell Heating and
Plumhinr Company. George A. Clayton.
Atlanta Structural Steel Company. An
derson Hardware Company, W. H.
George, George Ittner, Beck A Gregg
Hardware Co.. Warllck Bheet Metal
Company. J. L. Burnett Decorating
Company, Pittsburgh Plate Glee* Com
pany. W. F. Aiken. The Lowery Com-
B eny. General Supply Company. Vena-
le Brothers, South River Brick Com-
any. John W. Zubcr. Chattahoochee
Jrtck Company. C. V. Arnold. Cotton
State* Belting and Supply Company.
B. W. Boatenwrelter Company. Palmer
Brick Company. Belllngrnth Plumbing
Company, Haralson Bleckley. J. A. Ap-
person. M. E. A C. W. Ford. R. O.
Campbell Coal Company. Bclple Bona
F. P. Hetfner. I. F. Dcjarnette. C. Wal
ter Smith. E. C. WachendorlT. Atlanta
Steam Heating Company. McKen*!#-
DeLeon Construction Company. Oeorge
W. Ijine, I. N. Brown, Phoenix Plan
ing Mill. C. P. Murphy * Son, Frank
a. Lake. D. W. Yarbrough.
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ORDERED INTO SERVICE O
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O NEW YORK. March 4.—Oneof O
O the most optimistic developments O
O In the ratlrhad world Indicative O
O of returning prosperity la the tact O
O that an order has been Issued by O
O the Pennsylvania Pittsburg dl- O
O vision putting 50 Idle locomotive* O
a hack Into Immediate service. The O
O Idle engine* have been ordered #
<» fired up at one*.
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Edgar Kendricks.
Edgar, the 4-year-old son of Mr. and
Mr*. J. H. Kendricks, died Tuesday
afternoon at the residence of hie par
ents, Itt East Hamer-st. The body
was sent tn Tucker. Ga, Wednesday
morning at I o’clock for funeral and
Interment.
WASHINGTON, Mareh 4.—With the
nine-hour service law becoming effect
Ive today.-thc railroads throughout the
country will add to their rolls nearly
5,000 additional train dispatchers at an
average monthly wage of 550. in strict
compliance with the law demanded by
the Interstate commlselon.
The Interstate commission operation
law works a revolutionary change In
conditions under wklcR the train dis
patcher has heretofore been employed,
and only In cases of extraordinary
emergency will telegraphers be worked
longer than nine hours.
Local Roads Employ Many.
The nine-hour law, retaliating rail
road telegraphers, went Into effect ot
Wednesday, nml it Is being observed
by railroads employing telegraphers In
Atlanta. It Is estimated that about 200
men are given employment under the
new rule, but most of these have been
at work for some time.
In fact, tha Southern made arrange
mrnts for complying with the law sav
eral weeks ago, and new operator* were
employed on the division* of which
Atlanta la the headquarters.
In the general office of the Southern
In the Equitable building thera ore
eighteen telegraphers, anil while thee*
men handle little more then commer
cial messages and do not operate trains,
the Southern will make the law opply
to these employees.
No little difficulty Is being expe
rtenced by the rnllronde In getting ex
perienced men Immediately, and oome
email office# are being abolished. This
necessitates the lengthening of the sig
nal block. Small nfllcf*. where train*
do not pose except during a few hour*
ot the twenty-four, will ba closed after
th* one operator employed work* his
nine hour*.
In the large office# tho Southern la
going the government ona better by
working three shifts of operators
eight hours each.
ATLANTA WOMEN
FOR “HOME MADE”
Continued from Pag* On*.
for 'tho purchase of homo-made goods
than the announcement that this or
ganization of 2,000 Atlanta women will,
when shopping, always give the prefer
ence to Atlanta-made guilds, all other
things being equal, and will always de
mand to eee the Atlanta goods.
The City Federation of Womon'o
Clubs will not meet until April. It Is
the Idea of Mrs.-Jones to have the fed
eration volunteer to take up the work,
and to this end she deems It advisable
to have a meeting of tho executive
board next week In order that tha work
may commence at once.
Mrs. Jones notified F. J. Faxon,
chairman of the committee on com
mere* of the Chamber of Commerce.
Wednesday morning that aho would
rail auch a meeting, and Mr. Poxon
waa greatly pleased.
•The plan I* title.'' explained Mr.
Poxon. "Suppoeo a man or woman
wishes to buy nn article. He walks Into
a store and asks to see the article. He
Insists upon seeing the Atlanta make of
that article as well as the other*. AT
other things bolng equal, the Atlanta-
made article Is purchased.
"Suppose a young woman, when of
fered a box of randy, tells the young
man that she likes some particular
brand of Atlanta-mode candy ae much
or better than n foreign make. She
helps not only the Atlanta manufactur
er. but she helps some Atlanta womnn.
If many women did this It would ne
cessitate the Atlanta candy factories
employing more women. It make# tho
demand for candy makers greater and
results In an Increase In their sola
||gA
“A number of Atlanta manufacturing
enterprises hove olreody adopted a la
bel which they put- on all their prod
ucts. This label bear* th# announce
ment, -Mode In Atlanta.' Just aa you aee
to manv products bearing the label.
Mode In Germany.' Outside' of the
other advantages. It advertises th#
city.” ,
Want All Women. ■
The announcement that the City
Federation of Women'* Clubs will take
up the work doe* not her women who
are not members of clubs.
All women of Atlanta, whether mem
bers of clubs or not. will be welcomed
e Consumers’ League when It Is
organized. Their only dulloa will be
to Insist upon seeing the products of
home enterprises when shopping and,
other thing* being equal, to give pref
erence to the home-made goods.
It la proposed that a committee of
prominent and patriotic Atlanta wom
en take up th* work of organising the
Consumers' League In conjunction with
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"I hope every man. woman and child
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THE CAPTAIN
OF THE KANSAS
By LOUIS TRACY.
Cepyrtxbf, 1SOC, l>y Edward J. Clode.
By degrees, a tender little sprig of
hop* peeped up In her dulled conscious
ness. Th* boat was very near the dis
tant rocks, and there tvaa neither
sight nor sound of the Indians. Could
It be that they were afraid—altogether
broken and demoralized by the slaugh
ter of the preceding night?
Suddenly she hod * breathless derire
to know why Conrtenay waa so sure
that the men to whose help he had
gone were really member* uf th# crew.
Chrletobal, dreading her despairing
question, was standing In the position
he had occupied before Boyle dragged
him Into prominence. The chief officer
was bracing a telescope against the
ensign staff, and keeping the lifeboat In
a full Held. Gray, ehe noticed, waa not
looking toward Guanaco Hill, but
swept all parte of th# coastline con
stantly with his binoculars.
Tbs Spaniard's Held glasses wera
slung around his neck. He was not us
ing thsm. He appeared to be deep In
thought. More often than not, his
glnnce reeled on the eddy created by
the ewlrl of the current poet the ship's
quarter. With a species of divination,
she guessed somewhat the nature of
hla reverie. The notion stung her Into
a sort of fury. To quell It, she must
speak agalri.
"Will you tell me now whnt It was
that Suarez found out?” she murmured.
The doctor quickly uppreclate.1 htr
need of material for further thought.
She wanted to appraise at their truo
value all things affecting that daring
enterprise, bringing the evldonco to the
bar of her hopes, nnd nerving herself
to hear the crudest testimony aa to Its
danger*. Ho was glad to be able to
beguile the next half hour with his
recital. Ho suppressed no detail except
hla own willingness to take Courtenay’s
place In th* boat. Notwithstanding his
slight affectations, he was a man of
finely-tempered Judgment.
When Elsie heard of tho duplicity
practiced by Suares It was good to aee
the hot Indignation which reddened her
brow. She realised that the man was
unscrupulous enough to remain silent
concerning the captured sailors, whose
unhftupy fate had contributed In no
small degree to the chance which
brought him to safety.
With all a woman'# single-minded
nes*. ehe regarded the Argentine miner
as being directly responsible for Cour-
I •nay'll hazard, nor would »he listen to
Chrlstobnl's mild protest that nothing
could have been done earlier, no matter
how outspoken Suarez cbose to be.
The Spaniard encncreged her to de
bate this point—anything was better
than tho dumb pain-of thought—but
their talk cessed abruptly when a mut.
tered exclamation from Gray sent
Walker flying to the chart house.
Forthwith the trumpet ehrlek of the
siren cent Us wild boom acroas the *1
lent waters.
Elsie needed no explanation of this
tumult. Otter Creek woe not so far
distant that canoes quitting It* abetter
could not be seen with the naked eye.
She counted sixteen putting forth In a
cluster, and they all made for the ad
venturous lifeboat.
•That I* exactly what our captain ex.
pccted." Chrlstobal was ready to assure
her. "He was certain he would reach
the head of th* bey before the Indian*
awoke to the meaning of his echem*.
Bv this time, unless hie plan falls, the
men on shore should havo Joined him.
no matter what nnmber of savages may
seek to oppoM their passage to the boat.
Th# only doubtful question Is—will be
be able to beat off th* rascal* who ore
now cutting off hi* Une of retreat?”
Hub!” growled.Boyle, "the skipper's
out of eight now. Don* Into a small
creek or something ot the son. Hope
he heard the horn. Let her rip!" he
added In s' loud shout over his shoulder
and again the stren flung a warning tn
the foot of the mountain range.
Elsie was sick at heart with the
knowledge that red-eyed murder was
stalking lu prey under the resplendent
mantle spread by nature over a scene
of rare beauty. In an agony of appre
hension -she followed the progress of
the canoe*.
Boyle or Gray hod never relaxed their
vigil by her side. It waa Oray who
made the thrilling discovery that the
canoe* were returning. As the fleet
crossed the hay It could be Been that
they were towing the lifeboat. But
never a elgn of any prieonera could the
most careful scrutiny detect. The boat
was empty; It was easy to count every
man In the canoes aa they passed Into
Otter Creek. t
Everyone agreed that nothing could
be done that night. If the pillar of
smoke were risible at sunrise, and
Walker could possibly manage to fire
the boilers. Boyle suggested that some
sailors In tha Jolly-boat should sound a
channel along which the vessel itself
might steam slowiy toward Guanaco
H1U.
Boyle and Gray took the flrst watch.
and Walker shared the next one: by 4
o clock It would be daylight, so th* doc
tor was retiring early to his cabin when
no met Elsie, by chance as It . seemed.
She was self-possessed, even smlllnr,
with n certain dour serenity.
Tho day's doings have tired me."
she said. "I am off to bod. Will you
rap on my door soon after dawn?"
”*•»-" ho replied, secretly marvel
ling at her air.
"I plead guilty to a alight feeling
of nervousness," she went on. "Is
your revolver loaded? Would you mind
lending It to me? I think I could sleep
more soundly If I had a reliable weapon
tucked under my pillow."
A whiff of suspicion crossed Chrlsto-
bal’s mind, but he brushed It aside am
unworthy.
So It came to pees that Diego Suarez,
lying asleep In his bunk, awoke with a
start to And a shrouded figure bending
over him.
"I* that you, Senor ‘Suares?" asked
a voice, which he recognized Instantly
os belonging to 8enorlta Maxwell.
"Tee,” said he. drowsily.
"Have you the witch-doctor's clothes
you wore when, you came on board tho
ship?”
"But, ye*, scnorlta."
A hand, slight, but strong, grasped
him by the shoulder. He felt the rim
of a revolver barrel pressed against his
forehead.
"Get up. then! Drew quickly In those
clothes and come out on deck. By the
side of your hunk you will And tins of
black and white paint to smear your
face and hands. At the slightest re
fusal on your part to do as I bid you—
If you utter a cry or make any noise to
attract attention—I shall kill you with
out another word.”
"What do you wish me to do. seno-
ritar' began Suares. thinking to
placate her until he could obtain assist,
ance.
“You must obey me In silence," aha
whispered, tensely. "You must not
even speak. One syllable aloud on deck
will mean your death. Walk In front
of me up the main companion and go
straight to the ship's side.”
When Suares reached tho port rail
of tho promenada deck Elsie breathed:
"Climb quickly nnd go down Into the
canoe by tb* rope bidder you will find
there."
"The canoe I" he gasped.
"Quick! On*, two”—
Up went Suarez over the rail. He
found the topmost rungs of the ladder.
Ae he descended, the revolver followed
his eyett. When hi* head was level
with the deck the order came:
•Take the dog and go down.”
"I can not, senorita.”
“You must try. You are going down,
dead or alive.”
Elsie was already on the swaying
ladder when Boyle's vole# rang out
sharply from the spar deck:
"Below there! Who I* there?"
"L Mr. Boyle.” she answered.
"Yon, Miss Elsie? Where are you?”
"Here; not so far away.”
Boyle, ptissled by Ihe sound of her
voice, ran from the side of the bridge
down the stairs and acre** the deck.
"For the Lord's sake, what are yon
doing?" he roered.
I am going to save Captain Courte
nay." won th* answer. "You con not
atop me now. Please holet. plenty of
lights. If I succeed, look out for me
before daybreak. If I foil, good-byel”
chapter” XVIII,
A Full Night. "
Hoyle was very angry. It ws* a
situation which demanded earnest
words, and they were forthcoming. El
sie understood them to mean that she
need not be In such a purple hurry to
disappear Into the darkness without the
least explanation; thereupon ehe bad*
Suares hack th* canoe a little.
I am going tn collect all the Indian
canoes,” wss the amaxlng answer. T
know It con be done, from whnt Suare*
has sold. Once we have the esnoes la
mid channel, we can set moet of them
adrift, and bring Captain Courtenay
and the others beck to the ship In four
or live which we will tow tn Guanaco
Hill. And vow. good-by again!”
Continued in Tomorrow’s Goorgien.
MRS. ROOSEVELT’S
PARTY WILL CRUISE
IN GULF WATERS
WASHINGTON, March 4.—It was
disclosed that the destination of th*
president's pacht, Mayflower, Is th*
Mississippi river, where Mrs. Roose
velt will go aboard with a party of
friends for an exterded cr-ilee. Th*
Mayflower, which has been fitted for an
extraordinarily long voyage, will leave
the Washington navy yard tomorrow la
command of Commander Vogelgeaang.
It has not been divulged what point
Mye. Itooacvrit and her party will go
aboard or whnt their destination wtB
be. It la, sold that once the pariy I*
aboard, the Mayflower's movement#
will depend upon Inclinations of the
voyagers. It Is probable that Mr*.
Roosevelt will either go aboard at New
'*om S o'clock to’ midnight. Chrletobal Orleans or at Cairo.