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f RAILROAD ■« ! 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. The Choice of a Husband is too Important a matter for a v...man I i , tn be handicapped by weakness, bad j blood, or foul breath Avoid these kill ; hopes by taking Dr. King's Life Pills* | New strength, fine complexion, pure breath, cheerful spirits things that i win men— follow their use. Easy, safe, i sure, 25c, All druggists ••• Buy !t now Chamberlain's Colic, i Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is al 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 WBI3BMSBMBMBBMB |fck [HELP WANTEDj O One hundred nwn. women ami children over sixteen fi B years old to help can peaches ill's «>■<! am] next, nice B work and plenty of peaches to <-al BK 8| Will pa\ ear fare and vot'd wages. Take River Line to Eichers Crossing; then Marietta line Bolton to Gilmore. H 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. FIVE-FOOT LIBRARY HAS NOTABLE RIVAL Sol'd, Compact, Readily Used Refer ence Knowledge N°w Offered. “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 eURESKIDNEY m Bt-AOCE R TROUBLE, ' 'f r- H 5? .- f-c ®M. | 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. I CONSULT US [ FREE OF CHARGE I B I I HERE TO STAY I | 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?” I A CONSULTATION COSTS YOU NOTHING H I UNITED DOCTORS I 2 I=2 Auburn Ave., Atlanta, Cia. Hours: 9to 12, Ito 5,7 to 8, Sunday 9to 1. : : rq —— ~. * p M. Rich & Bros. Co. p | 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 - M. Rich & Bros. Co. -