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2 ■ILS LOOT FLOOD IIIGTINIS Five Dikes Go Down and Loss i of Life Is Heavy as the Waters Rise. Continued F’Or Page Ono. from Pointe Coupee parish by the end of the week Calls for boats came In here during the night and today and a number have been dispatched to the flooded country. Railroads Are Saving Thousands. In the upper part of the parish rail roads have b»-en able to aid with the work and seven thousand persons have been carried to safetv. In the southern section however, th* water hfit put the railroads entirely out of commission, and boats are th* only means of transporting the refugees. The waters from the Terras break have spread over the West Baton Rouge and Iberville parishes, and are still rising and warnings have been sent out to a number of sections not yet flooded, telling the people to aban don their homes and flee for their lives. Seven hundred and fifty refugees from the McCra section of the Pointe « Coupee parish have been taken to Mel- Villa. La They were taken from the levee top. where they had taken refuge when the flood cam*. The refugees to day were sent to permanent relief camps in other town* One Refugee Brings 16 Children With Her. , On* refugee arriving here today, a white woman was followed by sixteen children when she embarked from the passenger coach. "Are these children all yours, ma dam”' asked the government agent who helped her off the car "They are; every one of them,” she replied y Families with eight, nine and ten children ar* numerous among the t*f- • ugees The majority of the negro ref ugees are treating the situation as a sort of picnic, few of them having the allghtes* realization of the seriousness of the flood The refugees were fed her* today, and then passed on to Baton Rouge on special trains The stories of hard ship. miser’.- and suffering told by some of the unfortunates were harrow ing in the extreme Borne of them escaped with only th* clothing they wore, leaving all their valuable effects behind Women cried hysterically a: th¥y sat In the railroad station waiting 'for the special 'refu - gee trains." TORCH OF WORKMAN IGNITES GAS IN BLAST FURNACE; 5 KILLED CLEVELAND, OHIO. May 9—Five men were killed, eight fatally hurt and four less seriously injured earl}’ today Jn an explosion at the < entra! blast fur nace of the American Steel and Wire Company on Broadway near the Cuya hoga river Th* dead John Zella, 36. William Champlin. 46; Andrew Husek. 28: John Pollock. 31, and an unidentified man. The men were Inside one of th* fur naces removing a blow pipe prepara tory to shutting down the furnace when the explosion occurred. The blast Is believed to have resulted from an ac cumulation of gas which was ignited by a w orkman s torch. The explosion was heard for two miles. GEORGIA RAILROAD OWNERS HOLDING ANNUAL MEETING AUGUSTA. GA., May 9—The seven ty-seventh annua! meeting of the stock holders of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company was held here yes terday. Reports showed the company's affairs to be in a very satisfactory con dition. Officers were chosen as fol lows Jacob Phinizy. president. Rufus H Brown, cashier, directors Henry D. McDaniel. Leonard Phinizy. James White, William A. Latimer. Billups Phinizy. Henry B King. T. M. Green. Edward 3V. Butler. Tracy I. Hickman. John P Mulh*rin. Porter Fleming. W J. Hoilingsw’orth. H. C. Boardman, W. B White and Ernest Woodruff. DIOCESAN SEAT MAY BE REMOVED, SAYS BISHOP Bishop John E Gunn of Natchez, Miss . formerly >f th* Sacred Heart church here, will leave tonight for his home after a visit of several days Bishop Gunn announced 'hat the church is discussing the advisability of moving th* seat of the Cathokc dio cese of Mis-issippi from Na'che.z to Jackson Th* later has many advan tages to off*’ on account of its geo graphical position The terrible flood conditions in th* MisaUaippi valley are Interestingly de scribed by Bishop Gunn. * no says that there are over 2.000 refugees in Natchez and, that they need al! the funds that can be raised for their aid. EAST ATLANTA CITIZENS WANT NEW CAR SERVICE The East Atlanta Improvement club will meet tomorrow night in the East Atlanta school house to plan a number of .improvements for that part of the citv A movement will be made to se cure bet'er car service on the Soldiers Home line. Larger cars are needed for the morning and late afternoon hours, and a flfteen-mlnu’e schedule between the hours of 9 a. m. and 3 p. m. SMALLESTREBEL LOVES THE STARS AND BARS k ■ ua J| ■ //i . ■' ' 'CrW'- < W/ fig W • ' / Photo by Staff Photographer. This tiny “rebel” is Eva Hall, of Macon. She is proud of the little Stars and Rars emblem she is wearing during re union week. This little girl and hundreds of other children in Macon have become fast friends of the old veterans. They listen with wonder to the “once upon a time” war tales of the sol diers of the sixties, who have come from all- over the South. WRECKER TRAIN WRECKED;? DM Trains are running over the TVestern and Atlantic road today as though there had not been a fata! wreck at Gilmore last night, for the smashed train cleared its own debris and -was t on its way again early today Two men were killed and three hurt as the result of a brake beam falling to the track and derailing the nine cars be hind it James D. Dewberry and D. F. Hud son. trainmen, both of Atlanta, were killed, and employees named Sockwell, McCann and McClarkey seriously in jured Men Buried Under Debris. Train No. 11. from Chattanooga to Atlanta, had picked up the cars of a wrecking outfit at Marietta and was on its way into the city At Gilmore, ten miles out. a loose brake beam fell to th* track. The car behind climbed the rails and turned over, earning eight others with it Dewberry. Hud son and the other men were burled in the falling timbers. The wrecking machinery on board the train was put to work at once anti the tracks cleared in a few hours. Passen gers on the Dixie Flyer, which was held up by the wreck, were sent into Atlanta over the suburban trolley line, but their train did not arrive until dawn. The injured trainmen were sent to a local hospital. “MOVIES” TRIED TO PUT ONE OVER ON WHITEHOUSE 33’ASH1NGTON. 'May 9.—A motion picture plot to show a “crank" attempt ing to reach President Taft was nipped at the white house the other day. Pic ture men walked into th* white house grounds, accompanied by a venerable looking man with a long white beard They set up their apparatus in front of the mam entrance of the white hpuse The white bearded stranger started up the stops Policemen on guard inter vened before the picture men could start business The operators explained that they were seeking to get a realistic exhibi tion Os a “crank" trying to enter the white house The actor would have been turned back at the door and the picture machine would have taken in the interesting proceedings following his attempts to get into the white house WOMAN NATURAL BOSS OF HOME. SAYS JUDGE YONKERS N. Y . Max 9.—Surrogate Frank L. Millard, although recently op posed bv 'hr- women for re-election as village trustee, said from the bench that the woman should be “the boss ' of the household. Ttit AILAJS iA ASD NhVVb: IHL-KbDAY. MAI 9. iy±z LIN IN ALASKA HALTS KILLINGS SETUARD ALASKA, May 9.—Not so long from now there win be tried at the trading post of Nickoli.' Samake. who kilted Nitluk. the hunter, when th* lat ter failed to properly safeguard h’is's’bn, Toowalik. Last fall, while hunting for moose, a native named Nitluk took with him Toowalik. the oldest son of Samake, and in crossing the south fork of the Kuskokwim, Toowalik was drowned. Now, under the tribal law . when a boy is hunting with a grown man. the man is responsible for his safe return When Samake learned that his son had been drowned he took down his rifle and started out Learning where Nitluk,had decided to extend his trap lines for the winter,. Samake set out. organized for war. Ar riving. he went carefully over the ground and then studied out his line of attack. Early in November the unfortunate Nitluk. in crossing a small stream near his winter quarters, heard an unusual noise in the brush. He paused one fa tal instant, and the crack of the rifle rang out on the frosty air and Nitluk fell face downward in the snow . Samake went back to the chief's house and. told all. The chief said; “You have done well. As the elder Nitluk was the keeper of your son in the hunt for the moose, and when he failed in this his life was forfeited to you This you have taken and the debt is now canceled. Go and see if the wife of Nitluk has enough .qf fish and of moose to feed herself and her babies until spring 1 Stricture THERE Is too much rough work cut -1 ting and gouging in handling cases of gtri’””— ’!■ rs ' cars of experience with diseases of men. chronic diseases, nervous disorders, have shown me, among other things, that many cases of stricture may be cured with less harsh treatment than they gener ailyrecelve Intelli gent. careful and scientific treatment by a physician of ■xperience cures without pain. The fake violet ray treatment simply separates the pa tient from Ws mon ey. I have fnnnzi J ey. i nave round, DR. WM. M. BAIRD too. that many Brown - Randolph Bldg.cases of supposed Atlanta, Ga stricture are only an Infiltrated condition cf the urethra and not true strictures My office hours are 8 to 7 Sundays and holidays, 10 to 1 My monographs are free by mail in plain sealed wrapper. Examination free. SAFER OOORS OF TITASIC OPENED Four Compartments Remained Open After Engineers Es caped Following Crash. LONDON, May 9—That lives were unnecessarily sacrificed when * the White Star Jin*r Titanic went down off the Newfoundland coast because partly filled lifeboats did not return to the scene of the disaster to pick up sur vivors, was brought out in the gov ernment inquiry in London Scottish drill hall today, Night Watchman Johnson, of the Titanic, was called to the stand as ths first witness. He was Interrogated by Lord Mersey, the pre siding Judge, and by counsel. "Was your boat full?" asked A. T. Rowland. Jr. who Is appearing here as assistant counsel for the Board of Trade. "No,” replied the witness. "Did you return to the spot where the ship went down after she disappeared?" “No.” “Could you have done so?” "Certainly.” Men Refused to Enter Boat. Johnson said that there were no women near his boat when it was low ering. Some men passengers, he said, had refused to enter the boats "Mr. Ismay,” said the witness, re ferring to J. Bruce Ismay, managing director of the International Mercantile Marine Company, owner of the White Star line, “was working with the offi cers on the boat deck. He tried to per suade the women to enter the boats and save themselves. When the boat in which I left was lowered from the Ti tanic Mr. Ismay was still on the boat deck engaged in rescue work.” John Dillon, a trimmer, was the nex' witness. He denied that the doors of the water tight compartments were out of order. He swore they were closed at once. Later, however, Dillon testified that the doors of four water tight com partments were opened, and, so far as he knew, never closed again. This was regarded as a very important point. Engineer Ordered Doors Opened. 'By whose orders, were the doors opened?".he. was asked. “The first engineer's.” What was the reason for opening the doors?" “To allow th* engineers to go for ward." “Were the doors closed again?” "So far as I know they were not.” | COURT OF APPEALS (May 9. 1912.) Argued and Submitted. B F Camp vs. Peoples Bank; from Carroll. ’ LA. Carter et al vs. United SJates of America, for .use, etc.; from Rich mond B. H. A.skew vs. A J. Singletary et al. executors, etc.; from Early. ' J. A. Horsley vs. J. M. Woodley; from Terrell. Auto Highball Company et al. vs. W. F Sibbett et a!.; from Coffee. Ola Tice, vs A. R Crawford; from Richmond. 3V M. Scott A- Co.'vs. Atlanta Wood and Iron Novelty Works from Fulton. .Fannie Tobin vs. G T Pursley; from Fulton. I. Silverman vs. Mrs. I. F. Webb; from Elbert. J. R. Legere vs. Blakely Gin Com pany; from Earle. G. 33'. Beagles vs. Augusta Railway and Electric Company: from Richmond. Bankers Health and Life Insurance Company vs Minnie Givvins; from Chatham Southern Bell Telephone and Tele graph Company vs. J. L. Glawson et. al.; from Sumter. TOMORROwITrALLY DAY FOR EPWORTH LEAGUERS The Atlanta Union of Epworth Leagues will hold rally day services at Grace church tomorrow. The exer cises win last through the entire day. beginning at 9 30 o'clock in the morn ing. D. R. Culbreath. of The Epworth League Era and W. H. Preston, dis trict secretary of the league. will be the speakers. ALWAYS HAVE PROOF OF YOUR STATEMENTS Official Figures Should Be Sub mitted in Order to Avoid All Chance of Argument. Hon many times have you been sure that you tt ere right in an argument, but had no way of proving your conten tion" One man claimed that the bat tleship Maine was blown up in Havana harbor in the year 1898. Another man disputed this and said he knew it was in 1899 because that was the year of the Spanish-American war. The first man was correct, as he could easily prove by the Standard Atlas. Both of these events occurred in the year 1838. The Georgian's Atlas sets forth all of this Information in such away that one may get it at a glance. As is shown by these tables and charts of universal history, many important events oc curred in the year 1898. It was the year of the great naval victories in Manila Bay and Santiago: the Dreyfus affair, that agitated official circles in France, came out in that year; it was the year of the annexation of Hawaii: other events of world interest are all shown in the Standard Atlas, not onlv the events of recent years such as are given In almanacs, but of all time so far as it is recorded, somewhere up ward of ten thousand years. Is not this a book that will prove your statements" It ends all chances of ar gument. It is complete in every detail For a short time only vou car. get this wonderful book through The Geor gian Turn to the display announce ment on another page of this issue and find it explained therein. Terminal Tax Return Rejected Until It Is Raised to $ 1,000,000 W. A.' Wright, comptroller general, has rejected the annual tax return of the Atlanta Terminal Company, which, he says, has been cut to $750,000. de spite an agreement to return the prop erty at a valuation of $1,000,000. The comptroller general is authority for the statement that unless the Ter minal company puts the return back to the former figure of 31,000,000 the mat ter will go to arbitration. Returns of the Pullman Car Company for 1912 showed an increase of 25 per cent over the returns for 191 L The property was returned for $767,990.77, of which $648,564.83 represents tangible property and the balance franchise holdings. This is an increase of $121,- 000 over the returns for 1911. THEOLOGICAL SENIORS ORDAINED; SIX TO GET DIPLOMAS TONIGHT Six senior students of the Atlanta Theological seminary were ordained to the ministry in the Congregational church yesterday afternoon and will receive their diplomas tonight when the graduating exercises are concluded in the college auditorturn. Dr. F, H. Gaines, president of Agnes Scott college, will deliver the bacca laureate address. Following is the class of graduates: John R. Lewis, Swansea, Wales; C. E. Fretz, Philadelphia, Pa.; Arthur Parker. Bridgeport. Conn.; C. W. Weatherly. Pittsburg, Texas. Ar thur Barwick, Baltimore, Md., and M. M, Bussey, Atlanta. “SPOTLESS TOWN?” SURE. THAT’S THOMASTON. GA. THOMASTON. GA.. May 9.—-Thom aston’s municipal officers have deter mined to make this town one of the cleanest in the state. Owing to the fact that it is at such a high altitude, it is in a healthy clime, provided sani tation is properly cared for. But there are so many deep sewer ditches it is probable that much care will have to be taken to prevent an epidemic of typhoid fever. With this end in view. Mayor Thurs ton has designated May 21 and 22 as “clean-up” days Citizens are pledging themselves to do the work with their own hands. Aiderman Black, the sanitary chair man. has offered to send the city’s garbage wagon to the individual resi dences and remove all garbage and trash piled up on the premises. The women of the town are deeply inter ested. and especially so because of the elaborate preparations on foot for R. E. Lee Institute commencemerit and Thomaston's Initial Chautauqua, which immediately follows. 4 CITY IS ASKED TO DROP ELECTRICITY RATE FIGHT Chairman Candler, of the state rail road commission, has addressed a letter to the city attorney requesting that th* city’s complaint asking for cheaper light and power rates be withdrawn so that the commission can close its rec ords Effecting a compromise with the Georgia Railway and Electric Company, the city council, practically abandoned its fight for cheaper rates, but the for mal complaint filed with the commis sion has never been withdrawn. dollars =^ a! ’ n e {{J cotton grower’s pockets Instead of stvelling the profits of buyers and brokers by accepting false grades, farmers can now commit their cotton to the bonded warehouses of the Cotton Growers Co-Operative Society and get the exact government grades. And they can determine these grades for themselves —by comparing their cotton with the official United States Graders at each warehouse of the society. You 3vrite for full particulars about, the society— today Cotton Growers Co-Operative Society Third Floor---Third National Bank Building ATLANTA MINERS STONED DT ANBRYJOMEII Children Join in Riotous Dem onstration at Colliery When Men Return to Work. WILKESBARRE. PA.. May 9.—A mob of 1.000 men, women and boys, all armed with clubs and stones, gathered at the Payne colliery near Luzerne to day and threatened the pump men. fire men and repair men if they did not quit work, although they are allowed by the union regulations to remain. At the Payne washer?’ the mob seized John Hiddock. a fireman who refused to quit work. Hiddock was badly beaten before rescued. A hurry call was sent for a detachment of state troopers, but before the officers arrived the mob had dispersed. Before doing so, however, the leaders told all the men at present at work that they must not return to the mines tomorrow. Troops Aggravate Miners. State troops are now scattered 'over the entire anthracite field. Their ap pearance in towns where conditions are quiet, however, only serve to keep the miners restive. AN EXCELLENT NIGHTCAP Horsford's Acid Phosphate Half a teaspoonful of Horsford's Acid Phosphate in half a glass of water on re tiring induces restful sleep •** Uncomfortable Eyes If your eyes tire out eas ily when reading or if headaches and eye-strain result from close work you need a pair of rest glasses. Come in and talk to our Opticians; they will make a careful examination of your eyes, and if glasses are needed we will fit the correct lenses in the latest style mountings at reason able prices. Established 1870. Opti cians to the Southern peo ple for over forty years. A. K. HAWKES CO. OPTICIANS 14 Whitehall St. "On the Viaduct" Oklahomans to Take Genuine Rounds to the Baltimore Convention TULSA. OKLA. May 9 2~°"* * U "‘ dred enthusiastic Champ 9 lar * ers. accompanied by twelve S*™* “noun' dogs." will attend the Baltimo e convention, if plans under w ay mate rialize. T „ Backing the movement are J. H. »e-- ry. vice president of the 1 e > nt L ß 'i‘Tti flional bank and president of the lota. Champ Clark club, and 33 oodson No vell, former member of the state leg- a islature. , 1 The dogs that will be taken are 1 blooded fox hounds belonging to J. H. ] Vick, a prominent farmer. The pan is for a special train for the delega.ion and dogs. Roots, Barks, Herbs That have great medicinal power, are raised to their highest efficiency, tor purifying and enriching the blood, as they are combined in Hood s Sarsa parilla, which is Peculiar to Itself. 40.366 testimonials received by actual count in two years—a record unpar alleled in the history of medicine. Be sure to take Hood’s Sarsaparilla this Spring. It will make you feel bet ter. look better, eat and sleep better. Get it today in usual liquid form chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs. - ENDS CATARRH Sprays, Douches, Snuffs and Ointments Won’t Kill the Persistent Ca- , tarrh Germs. Hyomei, the Antiseptic Air, Wil] 33’hen you car. go to any drug store la anv civilized community on earth and buy for only SI.OO a remedy that wtll quicklv rid you of hawking, spitting and snuffling, why do you allow the devilish germs of catarrh to undermine your health and destroy your effi ciency? Quit sprays and douches. Liquid can not penetrate into the nooks, folds and crevices of the irregular mucous mem brane. Neither can It get into the bronchial tubes that lead to the lungg and where germs thrive and multiply. If you believe that liquids reach the air tubes, try to swallow’ a little water the “wrong way.” Such a test will ‘effectually demonstrate to you the idle theory that sprays and douches eaa cure catarrh. HYOMEI is a pleasant antiseptic air which, when breathed, penetrates into the folds and crevices of the sore germ?, Infested membrane and also goes deejr-*' Into the air cells of the lungs, killing all germs. A HYOMEI outfit costs 31.00 Extra bottles of HYOMEI if needed 50 cents. - L . I"I.".!UZJ .. . J,'S'STJ IJS Rigg’s Disease If your teeth are loose and sensitive, and the gums receding and bleeding, yeu have Riggs Disease, and are tn danger of losing all your teeth. Use Call's Anti-Riggs, and it will give quick relief and a complete cure. It Is a pleasant and economical treatment, used and recommended by leading min isters. lawyers and theatrical people who appreciate the need of perfect teeth. Get a 50c bottle of Call s Anci-Rlggs from Jacobs' Pharmacy, with their guarantee to refund the money if it falls to do al! that is claimed for it It Is invaluable in relieving sore mouth du* to plate pressure. Circular free. CALL'S ANTI RIGGS CO.. 23 Willlam-st.. Elmira. N. Y. CRITICAL TIME OFWOIWSLIFE From 40 to 50 Years of Agei How It May Be Passed in Safety, Odd. Va.:—“l am enjoying bettm health than I have for 20 years, and J believe I can safely say now that J am « well woman. I was reared on a farm and had all kindsof heavy work to do which caused the troubles that came on me la- * ter. For five years during the Change of Life I was not able to lift a pail of wa ter. I had hemor- i \ ts < ■ : 'llf I 1 I' —' rhages which would last for weeks and I was not able to sit up in bed. I suffered a great deal with my back and was so nervous I could scarcely sleep at night, and I did not do any housework for three years. "Now I can do as much work as any woman of my age in the county, thanks to the benefit I have received from Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. I recommend your remedies to all suffering women. Mrs. Martha L. Holloway. Odd, Va. No other medicine for woman’s ills has received such wide-spread and unquali fied endorsement We know of no other medicine which has such a record of success as has Lydia E. Pinkham’s \ egetable Compound. For more than 30 years it has been the standard remedy for woman s ills. J ” ?t u lt ba J e doubt that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta ble Compound will heln vou, write ! oL 'A ia MedicineCoLfc (confidential' Lynn. Mass., for xu< e. A our letter nil i be opened® answered by a womaiJF and held in strict confidence.