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4 MILEAGE RULING DOE NEXT TO Little Hope for Order Sought by Drummers—Other Im portant Cases Up. I The state railroad commission ex- i peris to Tea' h decisions in ten impor tant eases next week. Three of the cases are of a state-wide nature and at least one of great local importance. The mileage, the stove crate and the team track cases will affect nil rail- 1 roads The request of the Atlanta and 1 Macon electric railroad to issue $7,- I 200,n0n tn stock and bonds is of interest to Atlanta and Macon. The other cases are the American Rank Note Company case, the Sylvester discrimination com plaint. three petitions for depots In small towns and the classification of the Waycross and Western and the Klemlnkton. Hinesville and Western railroads. It is expected the traveling men will fail In their request for ;i ruling order • ing mileage pulled on trains, indica tions are that the stock issue of $3,- fioo.ooo. asked for by the Atlanta and Mat on interurban, will be trimmed. The bond Issue of similar amount will be approved. The petitions of th** rail roads to require shippers to < rate stoves | shipped in less than carload lots has I been pending for more than a year. FILIBUSTER PLAN TO • PROLONG CONGRESS WORRIES DEMOCRATS, WASHINGTON. Aug 21.—Republi can filibustering now threatens to delay the adjournment of congress. \\ Ith an agreement virtually rcachpd by which the Democrats were prepared to wind up the session on Saturday, there is a threatened campaign to delay by Mi nority Leader Mann -nd his aides which ma) hold up he supply bills for ten days. The complaint of the mi nority leader is that the Democrats are wasting time In political legislation which will aid in the November cam paign. The Democrats charge that he is attempting to delay proceedings so that the bill calling for a physical val uation of railroads will not come up for consideration. "When the Democrats want to get down to business." said the minority leader today, ’ I will remain on the floor of the house until midnight, If neces sary. in order to hasten adjournment. However. 1 don't propose to counte nance this waste of time which is due to incompetent leadership on the ma jority side." ENGLAND TO SHOW AT PANAMA EXPOSITION DESPITE CANAL BILL LONDON. Aug 21. -Great Britain served notice upon the I'nited States government today that it will partici pate In the Panama exposition In San Francisco in 1915. despite the action of the I'nited States senate In passing the Panama canal administration bill. England had entered fo:mal com plaint agaln.-t the bill, which was al leged to he a violation of the Hay- Paunceforte treaty and her hesitancy in accepting the Invitation to take part In the world’s fair had led to reports that there would be no English ex hibit. SAVANNAH POSTOFFICE INVESTIGATION ASKED i SAVANNAH. GA.. Aug 21 An im mediate and thorough Investigation of the Savannah postoftice and the con duct of the postmaster and assistant postmaster has been requested as the result of charges filed by Edward .1. Seymour, timekeeper. The nature of the charges has not been made public. Marcus S Baker Jr., postmaster, has transmitted the charges to the depart ment in Washington, through t'ongt ess man <'hal los G Edwards Postma ter Baker says he courts a full investigation It is understood the charges were provoked by the recent dismissal of Seymour. who is alleged to hive been dropped *’> Postmaster Ba ker without trial and then reinstated - Voi c c | Every woman's heart responds to the charm and sweetness of a baby's j voice, because nature intended her for motherhood. But even the loving nature of a mother shrinks from the ordeal because such a time is usually a period of suffering and danger. Women who use Mother's Friend ano saved much discomfort and sufferin', and their systems, being thoroughly prepared by this great remedy, are in a healthy condition to meet the time with the least possible suffering and danger. Mother’s Friend is recommended only for the relief and comfort of expectant mothers; it is in no sense a remedy for various ills, but its many years of success, and the thousands of endorsements re ceived from women who have used it are a guarantee of the benefit to be derived from its use. This remedy does not accomplish wonders but sim ply assists nature to perfect its work. Mother's Friend allays nausea, pre vents caking of .g - L be Vv'ery 8 ' ig contributes to «■» A strong. healthy ••**•••* u motherhood. Mother’s Friend is sold drug stores Write for our free for expectant mothers HADFIELD RLGI'LATOK CO.. Atluta, G*. When Jebo and Boobo i Joke Officer Thinks Syrians Are in Scrap Macon Deputy Sheriff Mistakes Foreign Humor for Belligerent Outbreak—Laugh Is on Him. MAt'tiN. GA. Aug. 21 —Two Syrian] ' fruit venders met each other at the cor- ] I nr-r of Fourth and Cherry streets and | one began telling the other a joke in | their native tongue A deputy sheriff passing by heard the vociferous inter change of strange sounding words and he promptly called a policeman, who arrested the two foreigners and took them to the barracks. When tried before the recorder, the entire Greek, Syrian and Italian col onies were present In the court room, |and, with the assistance of three Inter preters, the real facts developed, and the two mon were acquitted of the charge of disturbing the peace. They a.e named David Jebo and Charles Boobo "I think the joke is on the offi cers." said the recorder In passing sen. tence. TAFT WILL SIGN FREECANALBILL President Believes Measure Doesn't Violate Treaty With Great Britain. i WASHINGTON Aug. 21. -F<flowing i conference with Secretary of War Stimson. President Taft made it known today that he would not veto the Pan ama bill, despite the fact that it con tains several provisions of which he does not entirely approve. Being of t lk- opinion that the admis sion of American coastwise vessels to the canal free of tolls is not a violation of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, and al ready having requested congress to pass a resolution empowering foreign com panies to test the constitutionality of the bill In American courts, the presi dent ciyjjjiders he ha- done his duty to Great Britain, and until that country registers a formal protest no further cognizance will be taken of the alleged violation of the treaty. TROOPS AT PANAMA READY TO SAIL FOR NICARAGUAN DUTY WASHINGTON, Aug 21. Unable to send additional marines to Nicaragua in lime to assist the Americans and other j foreigners who are threatened with an nihilation by the rebels under General Zelaron and General Mena, the state department today ordered Major General Wood, chief of staff of the army, to hold soldiers at Panama ready for in stant movement on Nicaragua. General Wood accordingly ordered the Tenth infantrx at Panama city to be prepared to embark on the collier .lustin immediately if word should he received from Minister Weitzel that more troops are needed to pieserve peace at Nica ragua. Rebels Renew Attack. CORINTO, NICARAGUA, Aug 21 In surgents who are besieging the capita! < itx of Managua are reported to have resumed their attack today. An unoffl cial message to United States Minister Weitzel staled that the bombardment Iliad opened at dawn. j Five hundred Nicaraguan soldiers are reported to have been trapped and slain by rebels in Leon on Saturday. CONSCIENCE FUND UP: SMUGGLER SENDS IN SIOO W ASHINGTON. Aug 21 The con science fund <>f the treasury department was increased today by a contribution of SIOO by a t'hivago man who. in a letter to the secretary of the treasury, wrote lie had smuggled a foreign made watch into this country. The let ter states the w riter's conscience has so troubled him that he deemed it neces sary v pay the duty The letter is signed "A Penitent." EARNINGS OF L. & N. SHOW A BIG INCREASE 1 ■ lUISVILLE KY . Aug 21 Earn png- of the Louisville and Nashville | railroad lor the fiscal year since July I '-how an increase oyer the same period Gast year of $240,947 DEATHS AND FUNERALS Mrs. Nannie L. Harvey. The body of Mrs. Nannii 1. Harvey, 00 years old. who died y.st.rday white on a visit to relatives here, wilt be sent ito Montvale. Va.. this afternoon for ' burial Mi> Harvey died at the resi 'denee of her sister. Mrs, Addison Mau pin. 320 YVt st Peachtree street. Henry T. Day. Hel y T. 1 »a> litll< son of i_. p. Day. who died at Lakewood Heights | y esterday, was buried in Greenwood 'cemetery today. D B. Mobley. Ir B Mobley, employed for a number .if .< us in the electrical department of tin Geqrgla Railway and Electric I'om l tiy. died at lus home in ’'allege Park today He is survived by hie widow at;, on. ■m. .1. It. Mobley The body Is .at Hemperley's chapel It wil be taken Ito N.wnan Ga., at 9:3'1 o'clock tomor row for burial. Frank Wiedeman. 1 I ink \\ edema ii. ■ o 1* .st i ahi Street, wlm died Monday tn this city, ,wa- < a i known china punier and .had Icon employed Di th. last ion , ..1 - in th' elm . ■ M Wi lam fl..mett H- had .< tio- of fi lends m ' " M V. -loans daughter- in. in S . into, , I THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21. GOVERNOR PUTS ’ LIO ON OREGON Two Mayors Resign on His Request—Threatens Port land With Martial Law. SA I.EM. ORE.. Aug. 21— Governor Oswald West threatens to use the militia to "clean up" Portland, the me tropolis of Oregon Following his law enforcement crusade, during which Governor West has demanded and se cured the resignation of the mayors of Huntington and Redmond, the chief executive has turned his attention to Portland. Governor West will appoint a num ber of special agents to investigate conditions in Portland. Reports and complaints that have come to him say that the town is running with the lid very much tilted and that open law violation is winked at by the officials. Both the mayor and chief of police of Portland say they will welcome an in vestigation. Similar reports have reached the governor concerning the towns of Huntington and Redmond. In one place the mayor countenanced an “open town." In the other the mayor was convicted of gambling. When demands that the mayors' resignations were re fused Governor West served notice that he would send in militia and de clare the towns under martial law un less the city officials retired. They have resigned. Governor West says it is his duty to enforce the law and he considers the mllifia part of the state machinery for the purpose. If conditions warrant he will make the same demands in Port land that he did in Jhe other towns, he says, and if it is necessary he will use the militia to carry out his de mands PEACHTREE OWNERS MEET TOMORROW TO PLAN FOR WIDENING A call was issued today for the prop erly owners on Peachtree street, be tween Ellis and Fifteenth streets, to meet at the city hall tomorrow after noon at 4 o'clock in the interest < f the Peachtree street widening plans. The promoters of this project declared to day that a little more co-operation of the property owners would insure the ultimate widening of this street into an 80-foot street from Ellis street to the city limits. The call for the meeting is signed, by Forrest Adair, Alexander W. Smith, A. W. Alfriend. Dr. W. B. Hamby and Willis E. Ragan. EQUITABLE LIFE’S SOUTHERN AGENTS HOLD CONVENTION The third annual convention of the Southern Century club of Jhe Equitable Life Assurance society will be held in the assembly room of the Thousand Is land house. Alexandria Bay. New York, this week, and be In session for five days. The success of the Southern Century club has been so satisfactory that this year there were organized three other Century clubs, the Eastern, the Central and the Pacific, and as a further incen tive for efficiency there will also be or ganized a Quarter Million Dollar club During the year which ended July 1, there were 315 agents who qualified for tlie various clubs, the Southern leading In point of qualified members with 97 The Atlanta agency will be represented in the Southern Century club by Benja min Neely ‘NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARIES DROP MEMBERSHIP FEES H Membership fees in the Neighbor hood Library association which lias headquarters at 227 South Humphries street have been abolished, and all persons will now have access to books five The association was started several ; years ago by Rev O. M. Sutton and established free libraries of popular ' and standard books in needy neighbor hoods. A fee of two dollars was ' charged then. Tlie association is dependent upen public subscriptions of money and books :i CHARTER IS ASKED FOR PERRY-MACON RAILROAD PEKIIY. GA \ug. 21. I' M Beckham 1 and others have filed a petition for a charter for the Perry. Macon and North ern railroad Captain White, civil engi neer, is now surveying the route which vy'l » due north, through Houston and Kibh counties to Macon. Mr Beckham, who has recently finished grading the roadbed of the Hawkinsville and Western road to Berry. will begin grading just as soon as the charter is granted The in- • corporators anticipate’ the completion of ( the road within twelve months. ROBBERS BLOW SAFE OF TENNESSEE POSTOFFICE CHATTANOOGA. TENN.,'Aug. 21.- . Tlie safe iu the postoffice at i*harles -8 ton. Tenn., was blown open today by 1 unknown .eggmen. who secured S2OO. principally in money Hounds and post office inspectors have gone to the scene, r It is believed that the gang rvsponsi f ble for tlie robbery is the same that ha.s looted oth.ee towns of the Tennessee ri\ - ‘ er valley, operating in a motor boat. , Tht safe was shattered. TURKEY AND ITALY TO ARRANGE FOR PEACE ' CONSTANTINOPLE Aug. 21 i Peat e negotiations In tween Tuikey and , Italy will bi opened in Pu i i.-« w>• hm a > I Week K.K-.d ng IO th, pie.-eiH plan. i Tin commissioners representing tlie | Th: ki'-ti government left here lot I’nrc today. i. • e : Ship Pounding Rocks » '• With 250,000 Pounds- • Os Dynamite Aboard • • • • SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 21. • • The wrecking steamer Greenwood, • • commanded by Captain W hitelaw. • !• sailed today under rush orders to • • ii th< wreck of the sieamei • • Pleiades, on the rocks off Magda- • • lena bay. • • The haste w ith which the wreck- • • er was dispatched to the scene of • • the accident was accounted for to- • • day when the owners of the Pleia- • • des announced that the wrecked ® <• vessel had 125 tons of dynamite • • stored In her hold. • • « •*•••••<•••••••••••••••••• EXPENSES GILL VETOED AGAIN Taft Refuses to Sign Measure Which Still Contains Repeal of Commerce Court. WASHINGTON. Aug. 21.—The hou.se today passed the legislative appropria tion bill, with the provision abolishing the commerce court, over President Taft’s veto, by a vote of 154 to 53. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—1 n one of the shortest veto messages on record, Presi dent Taft for the second time this week today vetoed the legislative, executive and Judiciary hill, carrying $34,000,000 for the expenses of the government for the pres ent fiscal year, because it contains no pro vision for the commerce court. The president’s message returning the bill was terse and tn the point. “I return herewith," said the president, "house hill 26321. an act entitled, ‘An Act Making Appropriations for the Legisla tive, Executive and .Judicial Expenses of the Government for the Fiscal Year End ing June 30, 1913, and for Other Pur poses," without my approval, because the bill contains in section 9, a provision for the repeal of the act establishing the commerce court. "My objections to this repeal are as stated in my message, returning without approval house bill 24023 communited to the hous? of representatives August 15. "<Signed) WILLIAM H. TAFT." ALABAMA FARMERS WANT CONVICTS TO WORK PUBLIC ROADS ANNISTON, ALA.. Aug. 21. —A reso lution will be introduced today before the convention of the Alabama Farm ers union favoring the working of con victs on the public roads. The convention was called to order by J. M Snow, county pr ident. today Welcome addresses were delivered by A. P. Agee, Ed Willett and R. E. Ganp "The man who selliy Ms cotton 'this year for less than fifteen cents,ought to be sent to the insane asylum," said Cap tain Agee. Congressmen Hobson, Heflin and Blackmon. Lieutenant Governor Seed, Commissioner of Agrii iiliure K.qlb, and others will speak at a big barbecue at t txford Lak i toipo'rrow. EX-SENATOR ALDRICH TO BECOME A NEW YORKER NEW YORK. Aug 21.-—Forme) I'nited States Senator Nelson W Aid rich, chairman of the national mone tary commission, is to become a New Yorker. It became known to day that Mi. Aldrich had lensed the white mar ble mansion at Sixty-first street and Park avenue, and will move his family here from Rhode Island. SHOWERS DUE TONIGHT: TEMPERATURE TO DROP Thunder showers are predicted by tlie local w.ather bureau for tonight and tomorrow. After the showers, tlie temperatun . w hij h I o' the past few days has been hovering around 9u de grots, is due to takt a slump. Tlie showers are expected to reach many sections >f the state. T. R. OF ; TO SPEAK. OYSTER BAY, L. 1., Aug. 21.—Colo nel Theodore Roosevelt left home today for New York, en route for Wilkes barre where lie will deliver an address at the jubilee of the Rev. Father Cur ran, of the Roman Catholic church. | ARMY ORDERS WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—Army or ders: Lieutenant Colonel Everhard E Hatch, infantry detailed for general re cruiting service. Columbus Barracks, <lhio. Lieutenant Colonel Joseph A Gaston, from First to Tenth cavalry. Captain Robert E L. Spenee, C. S A., retired, detailed with militia of Georgia at Albany , Ga i Lieutenant Colonel William P. Bum ham, infantry, to Fort Leavenworth, Kans. Colonel Henry O. s. Heistand. adju tant general, assigned to duty in adju tant generals office. One of the most comm:" - ailments that hard working people art afflicted with is lame back. Apply Chamber lain's Liniment twice a day and mas sage the parts thoroughly at each ap plication, and you will get quick relief. For sale by all dealers. HOW CAN I ENLARGE My favorite pictures at home? get th. Bmwnie Enlargement Machine. Lt t Jno. L Moor* A- S--n - show you. 42 North Broad St ••• I wear no man’s collar. Vote for me for commis sioner of agriculture. J. J. Brown. What is Castoria. f"'*ASTORIA is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. For more than thirty years it has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic, all Teething Troubles and Diarrhoea. It regulates the Stomach and Bowels, assimilates the Food, giving her y and natural sleep. The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend. The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has home the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher, and has been made under his personal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and “ Just-as-good” are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment. > Letters from Prominent Physicians Bjtl addressed to Chas. H. Fletcher. £* r ' Albert W. Kahl, of Buffalo, N. Y., says: “I have used Castoria in practice for the past 26 years. I regard it as an excellent medicine i „ ilT _ for children.” jrfA j ha ' L Dr ‘ Gustave A. Eisengraeber, of St. Paul, Minn., says: "I have used a- n'' g vflSSl y°’ir Castoria repeatedly in my practice with good results, and can recom* Bk: mend it as an excellent, mild and harmless remedy for children.” Kg. Myy- WDr. E. J. Dennis, of St. Louis, Mo., says: ‘‘l have used and prescribed Bi ’ - your Castoria in my sanitarium and outside practice for a number of years 'AV ° ,WH ' 3 PER CI ' :NT au <l find it to be an excellent remedy for children.” i lYeparalionforAs Dr. S. A. Buchanan, of Philadelphia, Pa., says: “I have used your Cas ? n toria in the case of my own baby and find It pleasant to take, and hava •® C l0?> ! ‘ obtained excellent results from its use.” la fl $1 Dr ' J’ E' Simpson, of Chicago, 111., says: “I have used your Castoria in cases of colic in children and have found it the best medicine of its kind v PromotesDigestion.Cliff Hui- ° n the market.” 1 p? i nessandßest.Containsneite ® r- E ' Eskildson, of Omaha, Neb., says: "I find your Castoria to be • »2o opi vm .Morphine nor Mineral standard family remedy. It is the best thing for infants and children I Not Narcotic. have ever known and I recommend it.” D ■ rminiciiurmpnnim Dr ' L ' R ' Robinsoa - ot Kansas City, Mo., says: "Your Castoria certainly Jr' sjj- h as Dlerß - Is not its age, its continued use by mothers through all these A*’ jJLxs'inii'r- \ years, and the many attempts to imitate it, sufficient iecommendation.? fiffig.,:, | What can a physician add? Leave it to the mothers.” \ D r - Edwin F. Pardee, of New York City, says: “For several years I hava P 6 *#'' i recommended your Castoria and shall always continue to do so, as it has • j ] invariably produced beneficial results.” ■vKg I Dr. N. B. Sizer, of Brooklyn, N. Y., says: "I objeet to what are called Mai? Aperfect Remedy for Consflpa-i patent medicines, -grhere maker alone knows what ingredients are put in. Vv n,S T St T' aCl ' J]v!,rick them ’ but 1 know the formula of your Castoria and advise its use.” nessamlLoss or Sleep. GENUINE CASTORIA always FacSumie Signature of Bears the Signature of J W* The Centaur Compact, The Kind You Have Always Bought Exact Copy of Wrapper. In Use For Over 30 Years. THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CSTY AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE Takes High Rank Among Institutions For Women JJECAUSE of the high standards and the efficiency of its instruction and student life—because of the thoroughness and progressiveness of its curriculum and methods—because of the completeness of its plant and equipment— AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE one of the three colleges for women south of Pennsylvania admitted to member ship in the “Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools of the Southern States,’’ and whose graduates are admitted to the “Southern Association of College Women.” Agnes Scott College is delightfully located six miles from Atlanta, in a beautiful residential suburb. Its dor mitories, library, gymnasium and laboratories are com modious and modern. It is a standard college in every respect, as to entrance requirements, curriculum, faculty and character. Resident students limited to 300. Next session opens September 1 Bth, 1912. For Catalogue and Other Information, Address F. H. GAINES, D.D., LL. D., President DECATUR, GA.