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6 ALABAMA PROBES FUND WAGES Awry Accounts of Many-County Officials Are Already on Way to Courts. MONTGOMERY. ALA.. May IT—A sweeping investigation, involving near ly all the county officials in the state of Alabama, vs ’ll be begun in the next two weeks The probe follows the re port of state examiners, showing al ready serious discrepancies in Mobile and Montgomery county accounts. So frequent have been the finding of large technical shortages among va rious county officials during the admin istration of Governor O’Neal that it is regarded as imperative for a legal test tn be made of the laws on the subject. Several months ago. a state examiner docketed large discrepancies against certain Mobile county officials, running into the thousands. This week Exam iner <’. E Met'all filed a report main taining that Treasurer W. B. Whiting of Montgomery county, owes the coun ty $10,337 for paying out money on warrants which. It is claimed, were is sued illegally by the hoard of revenue Will Sue Mobile Officer. It is asserted that Solicitor Clarke, of Mobile county, contemplates bring ing suits against certain Mobile offi cials to recover the money which they are alleged to be short on these tech nicalities This will bling the question up for a determination by the courts. In Montgomery county Examiner <’ E Me''all. it is understood, will submit his evidence to Solicitor \V. T. Seibels, who will thus be compelled to take some action. DIXIE WOMEN HURT IN AUTO CRASH THAT KILLS ST. LOUIS MAN ST L'H’IS. MO.. Maj 10.- frank Berg, a wealthy coal dealer of St. Louis, is dead and Mrs. II P. Johnson and her daughter. Virginia Johnson, of Memphis, and Miss G. Bell, of St. Louis, are lying dangerously injured today as a result of a collision between Berg's automobile, in which they were riding, and a Missouri Pacific train. The accident occurred at Barrett sta tion when Berg tried to drive his ma chine across the track. The women will probably recover. I HE LAX FOS WAY. If you had a medicine that would atrengthen the liver, the stomach, the kidneys and the bowels and at the same time make you strong with a systemic tonle. don’t jou believe you would soon be w ell.’ That’s "The Lsx-Fos Way.” We ask you to buy the first bottle on the money-back plan, and you will ask your druggist to sell you the second. It keeps your whole Insides tight There is nothing else made like Lax- Fos. Remember the name LAX-FOS. ••• Nothing too big for the Bijou— MERMAIDA, the diving Venus, and three other big acts next week White Citv Park Now Open aw Water More Dangerous Than Ever The Excessive Rainfalls Have Carried Surface Impurities Into Deepest Wells--- WATER FROM SPRINGS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS There has never been a time when one should be more Think of the danger in drinking raw water from well careful of the drinking water supply. Ihe exceedingly rainy or spring—always loaded with germs, now more aggressive- winter and spring have caused surface impurities to sink ly dangerous than ever, dxphoid fever and many other into and contaminate wells and rivers, creeks and branches fatal maladies are directly traceable to drinking raw, infect- to overflow" into surface springs. ed water. Beware! The Only Pure Water Is Distilled Water and is the best distilled delivered to office, store P ura ater is distilled by latest modern processes. It is absolutely pure, the PVRA perfect (mfeT] or residence in any germless, sparkling. Recommended by eminent physicians. Used by lead- cooler furnished to desired quantity ing hospitals an d sanitariums. The only safe water to drink. large users. about u. PHONE BELL IV Y 32 2 6 or ATLA NT A 3226 FOR INFORMATION ■ ——“— ——— ..... - Another Earthquake Shocks Mexico City: DeadNowNumberso MEXICO 'TTY. May I".—This citt was shaken by a .-light earthquake to day. following two distinct shocks yes terday. Forty-seven persons are known to have been killed in five towns and vil lages surrounding Colima mountain in the earthquake of Wednesday Three pet sons are dead in Guadajajara. v here, in the course of 24 hours. 35 shocks, some of them severe, were felt. The walls of the cathedral there were split and three public buildings were totally destroyed. MISTRIAL FOR LINDSEY IN WEST POINT KILLING LA GRANGE. GA., May 10.—After about twenty hours' deliberation, the jury in the tr ial of J. E. Lindsey, charg ed with killing Patrolman of West Point, on the night of February 28. disagreed and a mistrial was de clared. Lindsey was returned to the county jail to await the next term of the superior court. E. H Echols charg ed with being an accessory, will not be tried until the next term of court. H< is also in jail. Special One Day Only SATURDAY, MAY 11th ===== ONE DAY ONLY AT ONE-HALF PRICE A 3-point Electric Iron, $4.50 $0.25 value, Saturday special.. Demonstration At Our Peachtree Street Store KING HARDWARE COMPANY 53 Peachtree Street FHF. ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: FRIDAY. MAY 10. 1912. ITALIANS SEIZE TURKISH SHIPS Troops of Victor Emmanuel Then Occupy Large Island of the Sultan. ROME May 10. —The Italians have resumed active operations in the archi pelago. according to advices received here today by the way "f Canea, Crete. \n Italian squadron landed a force upon the island of Searpanto and took the Turkish garrison prisoners, running the Italian flag up above all the pub lic buildings. Another squadron seized thirty sail ing vessels in which the Turks of the Rhodes garrison had embarked to flee. All. will he sent to southern Italy on ''artel ships. Scarpanto lies 28 miles south of Rhodes. It is 30 miles long and 8 miles wide. It has a population of 10,000, mostly Greeks. TENOR CAUGHT COLD ON TRAIN; WANTS $50,000.00 NEW YORK, May 10—Aliesandro I Bonci, the tenor, has sued the New York I Central Railroad Company for $30,000 ; damages. Bonci alleges that cold he contracted on the train last January prevented him from singing for a long time. SOUTHERN RY. CHANGES SCHEDULE TO MACON Effective Mat- 12th, Southern railway trains a and « will be operated between Macon and Cincinnati instead of be tween Jacksonville and Cincinnati. No. 6 will continue to arrive Atlanta from Chattanooga and Cincinnati at 11:10 a . m„ leave Atlanta 12:40 noon, arrive Macon 3:25 p. m. Northbound train No. 5 will leave Macon 2:05 p. m.. arrive Atlanta 4:55 p. m. and leave Atlanta on the present schedule, 5:10 p. m.. for Cincinnati, ar riving there 8 o’clock the following morning. This train will run solid from Macon to Cincinnati, carrying electric lighted coaches, sleeping par and dining car from Atlanta: also through sleeping car from Macon to Louisville J. L. MEEK, Assistant General Passenger Agent. STUART’S BUCHU AND JUNIPER COMPOUND i CURES KIDNEY AND BLADDER TROUBLE! FINE FEED FOR CONVICTS IN SAN QUENTIN PRISON SAN FRANCISCO. May 10.—The prisoners at San Quentin were fed to day a ton and a half of fish and game, consisting of trout, striped bass, sal mon. ratfish, cole, rabbits, quail, doves, robins. veni=on and elk. Chamberlin=Johnson=Dußose Company Atlanta New York Pans - - • Wash Thcse(iloves“Water Does Not Hurt Them Fact is, it helps them—insures longer wear. The natural perspiration that the hand excretes has a softening effect upon the threads of a fabric glove. More often than is known it causes gloves to split—to show holes much sooner than is seeming ly warranted. So buy fabric gloves that will wash—such as these below, and wash them in lukewarm water with a non-alkali soap, such as Ivory Soap: Kayser’s two-clasp, white lisle, and white and natural chamoisette gloves 5 0C Two-clasp silk gloves, black, white and colors Si.oo Kayser’s 16-button natural and white chamoisette gloves Si .00 Kayser’s 16-button suede lisle gloves, in white or champagne.... si- 2 5 Kayser’s 16-button silk gloves, black, white and colors, SI.OO and $1.25 16-button extra weight silk gloves, black and white 52.00 16-button embroidered silk gloves, black or white, $2.00 and 52.50 12 and 16-button real chamois gloves, natural shade.... $3-°° 12 and 16-button washable doeskin gloves, $3.00 and $3-5° Chamberlin=Johnson=Dußose Co. BOY DIES RATHER THAN HELP WIDOWED MOTHER CLINTON. N. C.-—James Spell, aged 12. shot and killed himself rather thar work in the fields to aid his widowed mother. GIRLS LEAD LAW CLASS. BUT YOUTH_BARS THEM ALBANY, N. Y.. May I®.—Although standing at the head of their law class, the Misses Clara and Clanna Pritch ard of Tivoli, will not be allowed to graduate because they are but 20 years old. These girls aspire to the supreme bench