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! IN WRECK PROBE
Mrs. Wilcox. Station Agent.
Collapses After Saying She
Set Danger Signal.
CHICAGO July ' tripi® n'li -
tigation of the o'ok that caused thii
, teen Jeaths and injured twenty when
i the Omaha m*f pinned Into 'h® r< •••■ "f
the Denver limited on the Chicago.
I Burlington and Quint ' rarroad at
I Western Springs, just west T *"hi-
K cage, was begun today The railroad
officials, the Cook eountv coroner and
■ \ the state railway ’mmisslnn •a* h be
gan a probe of the disaster in an effort
? to fix responsibility for the accident.
The dead engineer of the mail train,
a woman signal operator and the flag
man of the limited were the points of a
triangular puzzle that the various in
vestiga'ors sought to solve. Whether
• any one of the three failed In the duties
of their tasks Is the question about
which the investigation revolves. Ac-
K< cording to the facts set out in the first
reports of the accident, the block sig
nal operated by the woman Mrs F. A
I Wilcox, agent for the railroad at
Western Springs, was set at danger,
warning the approaching mail Pain of
the train ahead.
"Women Employed For Faithfulness."
P. S. Eusti< e. general passenger traf
k fir manager of the Burlington, defend-
R ed the practice of employing women for
station agents and putting them in
charge of signals
"We employ women for such plates
S. « because they are always on the alert."
he said "They attend to* their duties
faithfully."
Mrs. Wilcox Is th" only witness yet
*•*discovered who knows definitely about
Lx the conditions that prevailed Just be
fore the accident occurred
Three of th*' dead have as yet been
unidentified They are two women and
a little girl nine years old. Efforts
were made today to ascertain their
names.
The injured ar® In Chicago hospitals
John Owen, a deputy sheriff of At
lanta. Ga., and wife and baby were on
the train, but they were uninjured
Mrs. Wileox. who collapsed yester
day, was taken before a board of rail
way officials at Aurora this morning
and grilled regarding the wreck She
asserted that she had set the signals to
stop the mail train Cross-examlna
tion failed to shake her story.
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i , tn be handicapped by weakness, bad j
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most certain to be needed before the
summer is over. Buy ft now and be
j prepared for sm h an emergency. For
sale by all dealers. •••
EXQUISITE WEDDING BOUQUETS
AND DECORATIONS.
ATLANTA FLORAL CO,
Cr.ll Main 1130.
Proverb Contest closes at
noon, Tuesday, July 23, Am
pie time remains for new
contestants to obtain An
swer Books, Proverb Guides
and Puzzle Pictures,
N„ C. & St. L.
AND
I W.&A.R.R.
Call attention 10 the low
round trip Suinin e r
| Fares in effect daily to
all points West. The so
called <diea |• \ iiLiust I’x
eiirsi<>n to ('hicago. St.
Louis, etc., will not he
operated this season.
C. E. HARMAN,
General Passenger Agent
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Those coming from Marietta and Smyrna. get off at Vim H
mg>. Conn* early.
GILMORE CANNING CO. I
pSHOWERS STILL ON
PROGRAM; WEATHER
OFFICE NOT TO MOVE
* w-ather?" said the weather
:> in "Well there is an atmospheric
.. nance >vei F'orida that is head
m*rtl *nd I think that, ft will
■ tn A-’anta and this part of Geor
i \\ ■ will have the usual local
>•:- f... the next 24 hours, any-
R- t>" • ing to the recent attempt n
1 pH! him out of his 'fib e on account of
! the government's failure to pay the
*nt Mr VonHerrmann says that the
weather bureau will remain where II
9 that th* government, while slow in
passing the appropriations bill, will do
so. and that he is not worried about
that.
Swearing out a dispossessory war
rant against me was the greatest piece
of absurdity I • ver heard of." contin
ued the forecaster 'l'm merely a clerk
and th® office is rented by th® .secre
tary of agriculture. The agent who
took out that warrant certainly showed
a lack of any legal knowledge
"Everything will be arranged up her”
and you win find me In th® same office."
NEWSPAPER PRINTED
IN SAVANNAH IN 1822
TELLS OF FATAL DUEL
William R Saxon, a negro of Athens.
Ga., has a copy of "The Georgian for
the Country." dated .May 8, 1822, pub
lished In Savannah. This copy, so far
as Is known, is the only one In exist
ent and contains a number of ac
counts of interesting events of the day.
The account of a duel between two
men. whose last names only are given,
Is headed, "A Mystery." Gibson and
Cocke fought the duel, according to the
Recount, and Goeke was killed.
Another story in the paper Is th® ac
count of the death of General Stark In
New Hampshire.
BUSINESS MEN IN 8188
FIGHTING FEE SYSTEM
MACON, GA., July 15. The death
knell for the fee system for county of
ficers in Bibb county seems to have
been sounded The county commis
sioners have declared against the sys
tem. the Chamber of Commerce direc
tors meet this afternoon to petition the
legislature for a change and a mass
meeting will be called for one night
this week for an opep discussion of the
matter.
The present county officers, some of
whom enjoy annual incomes In excess
of SIO,OOO, are fighting the salary
movement The county commissioners
have estimated that the abolition of the
fee system will mean an annual saving
j of $75,000 a y ear to Bibb county.
A.. B. & A. ROAD IMPROVING
TERMINALS IN BRUNSWICK
BRUNSWICK, GA.. July 15. The At
' Irnita. Birmingham and Atlantic Rail
j road Company has started work on Im
iirnvi inents to its terminals here. In-
> chided in the Improvements are the
deepening of the waters adjacent to the
wharves and the building of additional
warehouses, found necessary owing to
Brunswick being made the distributing
point for a large number of concerns
iluilng the past year The improve
ments call for an expenditure of slo*),-
0011.
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“Consolidation” and “elimination” are
I tlu watchwords of the present.
Not only in business but in the liter
ary ami book building world Is the cry
for the concrete expression in as brief
a space as possible and with the elim
ination of all word p aste
*>ne learned man compiled n five-foot
library which has been much adver
tised and Is deserving nf praise In the
field whi< 11 It attempts to cover But
other learned men. added by all the In
genuity which lias revolutionized mon
I ern business methods under the dfrec-
I tlon of system and efficiency engineers,
are generally believed to have eclipsed
I all other efforts In book consolidation
by covering the field with a smaller
w ork.
The Standard Atlas and Chronologi
cal History of the World gives you the
I ever-ready key to the knowledge that
j you hourly need: it could not be more
up-to-date, as it contains the last im
portant event up to the present time,
with all th*' latest maps of states and
I territories, anil charts of the history of
I Ihe yy orld.
If you can afford to he yVithout it.
! you can afford to lie without a constant
L ounselor and advisor alyvays at your
J elboyy
If you don't knoyv a tiling you don't
: have to admit it. the Standard Atlas
i will put you yy ise in n minute"
Get busy yvith those shears of yours
and clip six headings, then come to Tile
! Georgian yvith a small expense fee and
tilts book of the yy orld is y ours
LOWER EXPRESS
RITES ORDERED
Commerce Commission Thinks
Result Will Be Lower Cost
of Living,
An approximate rebate of 15 per cent
in express rates for all companies
shipping in and out of Atlanta and all
companies of the United States has
been ordered by the interstate com
merce commission. A report prescrib
ing this was made public today in
Washington. Rates on light packages
will show a greater reduction
plastic reforms in regulation and
operation are also required. October 9
was set by the commission as a date
when the companies might attempt to
show w hy these changes should not be
put Into effect.
State Rates To Go Down.
*’haii man (Murphey t'andler, of the
Georgia railroad commission, says that
if the interstate commission adopts the
new rates at its October meeting and
enforces them, the Georgia board will
probably adopt the same schedules
governing intrastate business. The
commission has been considering for
some time the rates of the Southern
Express Company and has been wait
ing on the action of the Interstate
tribunal. The records show that about
80 per cent of express business In Geor
gia is interstate and out of the control
of the state board, but the remaining
twenty per cent can b® reached by the
adoption "of the Interstate schedule by
the stat® commission.
Briefly stated the new rates mjty be
said to be based on a minimum charge
of 21 cents for a one-pound package.
This charge increases In ratio to the
increase of weight and distance. The
effect on Atlanta Is shown as follows:
At present it costs 55 cents for a five
pound package between Washington
and Atlanta. Under the new rates the
charge would he 32 cents. To Port
land Oregon, from Atlanta, a five
pound package would cost 85 cents; a
ten-pound package $1.65; a 25-pound
package $3.75; a 100-pound package
$14.25. Under the proposed rates the
charges would be respectively 70 cents.
$1.21, $2.72 and $10.30. The rates to
other points will show a proportionate
decrease under the new schedule.
Simple Rate Schedule*.
The most radical change required in
the matter of operation is the change
in the method of determining rates and
in the rate card. There are 35,000 ex
press stations in the United States. To
name rates from each one of these to
all others requires th® statement of
more than 600.000,00*1 different rates.
These schedules now occupy several
volumes and expert authority is need
ed to work out any single rate. Under
the new arrangement th® rat®s from
any point to any other will be placet! on
a single card in a manner easily un
derstood by all.
In order that this may be possible,
the United States will be divided into
blocks, each approximately 50 miles
square. Rates are proposed between
blacks, treating all cities and towns
within each block as common points.
Commissioner Lane states that It is
his opinion that the conclusions reach
ed by the commission will go a long
way towards reducing the high cost of
living. He believes that the cheap rates
on light packages will encourage com
merce between the food producer and
tile consumer direct without th® inter
position of a commission man.
LAD WHO STOLE AND
THREW AWAY CHECKS
WORTH $500,000 HELD
BUFFALO. N. Y., July 15.—Joseph
Killen, of Jersey City, sixteen years old.
who stole $500,000 in checks and $225
in currency from the United cigar
Company of New York citv and later
tossed the cheeks into the street in Al
bany, was arrested early tills morning
in the Central railroad station while
waiting fora train to take him to Kan
sas City. Killen when arrested gave
the name of Joseph McCarthy and said
the money In his possession was stolen
from his father, who lived in Jersey
City letter lie acknowledged the theft
from the cigar company.
SPEEDING TRAIN IS
DERAILED: TWO HURT
KALAMAZOO. MICH.. July 15.-
While running 4o miles an hour in an
endeavor to make.up lost time, a Michi
gan Central train bound from New-
York to Chicago left the track four
miles east of here today. Only two of
the 150 passengers, Gannon .1. Galvin,
of Lansing. Mill)., and Harry Baum
gard, nf Chicago, -were severely injured.
TO IMPROVE WATERWORKS.
coi.CMßl®. GA July 1 The Co
lumbus Waterworks Company an
nounces that in the event the bond
issue for a municipal waterworks plant
lis defeated on August in, it will spend
$150,000 making improvements in its
plant by enlarging and extending its
mains to give (lie people of Columbus
more than adequate file protection The
company lias already spent more than
$17.11(1(1 on improvements tills year.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL CLOSES.
I'* H.UM BUS G A . July IThe Se< -
ondarv industrial school nf this city
will close its scholastic year tonight
with appropriate exercises In tile audi
torium of that school Tw*nty young
men and voting wrmien will receive
their diplomas, th s being tile largest
graduating class m the history of the
inst Itution
STUART'S
BIICHII AND JUNIPER COMPOUND
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| AT THE THEATERS
The Forsyth.
j Master Gabriel, the famous miniature
comedian, will head the bill of stars at
the Forsyth this week, and will present
for th® first time outside of New York
and Boston his now famous success. "Llt-
■ tie Kick." a playlet in which he is as
sited by Al Lamar and Vida Perrin, and
that is declared to be even greater In
success than his creation of "Buster
Brown” and ‘ Little, Nemo." is a play
with heart Interest and comedy, and will
lie one of the most Impressive vaudeville
presentations of the time. Gabriel plays
a little boy who has been sent with a
note to deliver to a man of wealth, and,
after discharging the trust, he has a lit-
I He fun on his own account that is most
interesting Another feature act will be
Tempest and Sunshine, the prettiest act.
in vaudeville. It fs the creation of two
pretty girls, who sing rhe daintiest songs
in a dainty fashion, and that has been
one of the greatest drawing cards that
vaudeville has ever known.
The French and Italian Opera Com
pany, direct from European successes,
w-ill be an important feature, presenting
a series of vocal selections that will be
a real treat to the music lovers, and
interest those who are not yet infected
with the desire for that sort of music.
Bixiey and Ix’rner, the comedy singing
comedians, on® of the strongest, acts of
its sort. Jolly and Wild. In an original
fun producing novelty; Caron and Far
num. in acrobatic exercises, and Stick
ney’s circus make up the bill.
The Bijou.
A novelty feature quite out of the ordi
nary is announced for this week as the
special booking at the Bijou. It will be
Gordon Brothers, and their famous box
ing kangaroo. Bob. As a noveltj- act. this
is said to overshadow anything of the
kind that has been offered in Atlanta of
late. The Gordon Brothers are splendid
bag punchers and their work with a va
riety of apparatus makes the. bag punch
ing unusually interesting As the. finale of
their act. a prize ring fs shown, in which
Bob. a. kangaroo, dons the gloves and
boxes three rounds with one of the Gor
dons I his is said to be one of the most
laughable and amusing stunts that has
been pulled off in vatMeville in recent
years The kangaroo seems to enjoy
his work and delivers bis punches with
rare precision. Judging from the hit this
act has made in other cities, patrons of
the Bijou have a treat in store. As a
second added feature, the management
announces the appearance of the Bell Boy
trio, a singing act of unusual excellence
that may well be classed among the best
singing acts that has appeared tn Atlanta
this season. There will also be Kamp
lain and Bell, In a singing and talking
act, and George Dixon, musical clown.
Each of the four acts possesses merit and
novelty and a splendid bill is promised.
The motion picture part of the Bijou en
tertainment Is receiving a big boost these
days and a splendid line of motion pic
tures is being shown, with a change of
program daily This has been brought
about by an arrangement with one of
the best film companies in the country,
and the Bijou will hereafter make this
department of its entertainment quite as
interesting as its vaudeville. There will
he only one matinee every afternoon, at
3 o'clock, except on Saturday, when there
will be two, at 2:30 and 4, Night shows at
7:30 and 9 o’clock.
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| DOES IT PAY? I
I A Question for You Pain=Laden,Nerve=Racked, Pale, Blood less,Care=Worn Women g
; / Thousands of women have been suffering for years with constipation, piles and other rectal diseases, leuchorrheal discharges and the vari-
e■■ ous forms of uterine and ovarian complaints which affect women only. Can you afford to go on from day to day laboring under the idea that you KS
were born only to suffer? Just because Grandma So-and-So or some good old aunt tells you your pains and aches are but natural for one of your
'* sex. and that thev suffered for years from similar troubles, that in time you will be better, etc., etc.—because you have used patent medicines galore
«'?' and tried many different doctors who make no specialty of treating the diseases to which you are subject—are any of these things excuses why you Sp
should suffer? We care not what you have been told in regard to your suffering—what you have taken or how many doctors have failed to cure R
you. we say that it is not natural nor intended that women should suffer from these complaints, as thousands Os them do. Eight of every ten sick k|
women can be cured if they be given the proper attention and conservative treatment. Within the last few years much improvement has been
' s made in the treatment of these diseases. Quite true, the average doctor gives you treatment—the kind given twenty years ago and then after ■■
■ ! failure to cure refers you to a surgeon for a knife operation. But you must bear in mind that the average doctor is not a specialist in these dis-
eases and does not care to devote any more time to your case than he is compelled to. Can you afford to be sick and neglect your family as any Kl
sick woman is necessarily bound to do? Do you not consider it a duty to yourself and family to be well? Have you ever stopped to consider how
many homes are broken up as the result of a sick wife and mother? If you are sick, now is the time to get relief. Not tomorrow or next week or HB
next month. BUT NOW. Many think day after day that thev must seek relief, but still they put it off. at the same time being fully aware of the gi
vT fact that each day is one miserably spent. Another thing to be well thought over is the placing of your case in the hands of one who is com- ■
*■. petent to treat such diseases—one who sees many of such instead of only a few. as is the case with the family doctor or oeneral practitioner.
In this work experience and equipment count for much. No doctor—no matter how much he may know—can do work without proper equip- M
ment.
Yom women who suffer, think well and ask yourselves, “DOES IT PAY TO WAIT?”
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July Pre-Inventory Prices in the
| Lace and Embroidery Section
“ Three Brilliant Specials for Tuesday!
S Round Thread Vai Lace Bands Lingerie Emhiy
A grand assortment of Brilliant line of SHAD- Choice 45-inch WHITF
ROUND THREAD VAL. rHivrittv t von p i i t.-
'■ I \CE FDGF \_ND TN O\\ . ( HAN I ILIA and VOILB and Lingerie Em-
SERTION. ’from 3-4 to Ratine Lace Bands. Ab- broidery Flouncing in
pH 2 1-2 inches wide. Pou- solute"values from 60c to French - English and Irish
PUP live values up to SI.OO a d ,-- Embroidered effects. Posi-
holt. Pre-Inventory Sale yard. Pre-Inven- tjve va)uPs Q 0 var<j Tp
_2 price tomorrow, Tuesday, tory price for Tuesday morrow, Tuesdav, at
only .holt only yard
I 47c p h r^ f e $1.49
is A Brilliant Bag Bargain
3: ■
• 2 great, big. liigh-elass assortment of
Ladies’ Fashionable LEATHER SHOP- jO ilk O ®
pit PING BAGS in the newest styles in black ||!|
Z? 2 p <»lors. These are values we are rare-
gju, ly able to exploit, and the offering should
Lmd meet with the hearty response of every
.<2 woman in Atlanta who appreciates a gen-
nine, bona tide bargain, for here it really
pB is. See window display for further em
.-2 phasis. Absolute values up to $2.00 each. CM r ’TC
Choice tomorrow, Tuesday, N I O
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