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MILLION TROOPS MOBILIZED FOB Bffl ffl Smaller Kingdoms Prepare to Unite to Resist the "Broken Pledges” of Turkey. VIENNA. Oct. 1. —More than 1,000,000 I diers are on the march today through the Balkans, Russia and Austria in preparation for war in.which the actual participants will be Bulgaria. Servia, Montenegro and Greece allied to one , sale against Turkey on the oeher. The mobilizations will cost $10,000,000 even If actual warfare does not result. The military movements in southern Austria and Poland are in anticipation of an eventuality involving the great powers. Both the Austro-Hungarian and Russian governments are converg ing great masses of troops near the southern frontiers in proximity to the Balkan border. Reports received by the continental governments today from their diplo matic representatives in Constantinople . and in the capitols of European Turkey constru'd the situation as critical. An actual declaration of war, however, is ; expected before the expiration of a fortnight if it comes at all. All tne European elißncellortes are working to avert an outbreak of hostilities. The European bourses today reflected the feverishne.-s and tenseness of the . situation. Securities were heavily de- , pressed. Turkey Massing Army. With Turke; massing an army of Sflo.WO men in the vilavet of Adrianople I tnd In the garrison centers of other < fi ategeti'- territories; with Bulgaria, l Servia. Montenegro and Greece sum- s moning their reservists to the colors, the war volcano of the Balkans is near- : er to actual eruption than it has been ( for years. The great powers of Europe, in this instance the international police, aro making every effort to avert an out break of hostilities. In the capitals of the Balkan states, however, the efforts are not being met with a receptive 1 spirit. Dispatches from Athens state that ’ Greece is summoning her war strength by land and sea. All the battleships of 1 the Greek navy have been summoned ; for "maneuvers." • All the officers of the Greek army who have been absent on furlough are burning home. Ktng George has been ' scheduled to arrive today from northern Europe, where he has been visiting. The war footing of the countries di- 1 rectly Involved is: Turkey, 500,000; Bulgaria. 275,000; ' Greece, 65,000; Servia, 95,000; Monte negro, 50,000. Tn addition, Russia is concentrating l- .Ofin troops in Poland, while Austria Is moving 50,000 of her 300,000 army to strategetic points in the south and in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mrs. Amanda McGehee * I 1 Mrs. Amanda .McGehee Phillips, a : v ne< i of Atlanta, died at her home, ' ■if" Decatur street. She had lived in the same house for 39 years. Mrs. Phillips ’ was born in Clay county. Alabama. Sur viving her are her husband, J. W. Phil- ’ ips: a son, (’. J. Wynne, and two sis ters. Mrs. Annie Phillips, of Clay ‘ ounty, and Mrs. Sadie Wilson, of Tex ' .The funeral will be held at the _esidence this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Rev. W. P Hendricks officiating. In- ’ ferment will be in Oakland. SALE OF USED PIANOS For the next few days we will offer the following used Pianos, many of which are practically new, at prices and terms that will move them quickly. $ 1 . TERMS sl* SSOO Mason & Hamlin, Ebony case, in good condition, at $225 $450 Conover, Ebony case, a bargain at s2l 7 $450 Schubert, Mahogany case, good as new, at $205 $350 Clarendon, Mahogany case, will go quickly at . . .$193 $350 Haines Bros., in Walnut Case, Beautiful tone, at $lB6 S4OO Chase Brothers, Ebonv case, nothing better at $163 S3OO Piedmont, Mahogany case, a splendid bargain at $ 93 S3OO Weiser Brothers, Ebony case, worth twice the money at . . . $ 87 Stools and Scarfs extra—as usual in wholesale buying. Better be quick as these won’t last long. Story & Clark Piano Co. 61 N. Forsyth St., Atlanta, Ga. 1 DEAD. 20 HURT INLMEGK Express Messenger Caught in Wreckage and Incinerated. Miraculous Escapes. .ATHENS. ALA.. Oct. I.—One man was killed and a score badly In jured in the wreck of Louisville and Nashville passenger train No. 7. at Hays Mill, the first station north of here, early today. Samur’ N. Chilton, an express mes senger. of Nashville, Tenn., was burned io death w hen caught in the wreck age. \al McKay and Odle Durham, ex press messengers in the <-a • with Chil ton. received serious injuries. Their e-eape from death was miraculous. I’he injured include: Mrs. Maggie luisey, I rankiin. Ky.. hurt internally: B. !■'. Tursey, Franklin. bruised; A. L Weise, traveling salesman, Nashville, shoulder wrenched; Percy Lunn, small boy, Nashville, hurt on head; J.’Y. G Walker. New York, slightly bruised; Kmui. Ensley. Ala., bruised on body: 1.. G. Wright. Mt. Juliet. Tenn., left arm hurt; Walter Bryan. Lebanon, Tenn., left leg injured; Brnsen- h-rg. Brooklyn, N. Y.. head injured; Mis. Bertha II Manne;. East Highland, Cat., nead and foot injured; Madeline Boland. Nush'ille, arm injured; M”s. J. B. Duke Nashville, knee injured: \V. .Martin, Biri iingham, head and side hilt: Bishop James H. McCoy. Bit minghani. shoulder badlx hurt. Only the engine and rear coach re mained on the track. Engineer D. W. Thompson rushed his » ngine to Athens to gi\e the alarm, the wires being torn down by the wreckage of eight passen ger coaches, which were entirely con sumed by fire. I he cause of the accident has been attributed to h broken rail. “I’M NO MORE CRAZY THAN YOU ARE,” GIRL TELLS SANITY JURY MACON, GA.. Oct. I.—Nora E. Pull er, the pretty sixteen.year-old girl who recently tried to commit suicide by drinking carbolic acid when her mother frustrated her plan of elopement with a traveling man. has been declared in sane by a jury in the ordinary’s court and must go to the state asylum. “I’m no more crazy than you are." Miss Fuller told the jurymen who de clared her insane. The girl's brother testified in her fa vor. but her mother declared that she had always been weak-minded. What probably influenced the jury in its ver dict was Miss Fuller's statement to them that her mother was an im postor. QUITMAN NEWSPAPER MEN BUY HERALD AT WAYCROSS QUITMAN, GA.. Oct. I.—John T. Durst and Norwood B. Rhoades, own ers and publishers of The Quitman Semi-Weekly Advertiser, have pur chased The Waycross Daily and Week, ly Herald, and the first issue under the new ownership appears today. The Herald will be under the editotrial and business management of Mr. Rhoades, while Mr. Durst will conduct The Ad vertiser. It is announced that there will be many Improvements in The Ad vertiser, new equipment having recent ly been ordered, and It is also intended to make The Herald a better paper. 'THE ATLANTA GEORGTAN AND NEWS.TUESDAY. OCTOBER 1. SHERIFF CHASES NEGRO FOUR MILES IN WATER ‘McIiONOI'GH. GA.. Oct. I.'—Jesse Barnes shot and killed David Selfridge in ! the upper part of Henry county in a quar rel over fifteen cents. Both were negroes. Sheriff Sowell chased Barnes for tour miles down the center of a creek, but he succeeded in reaching South river and is I slill at large. Dogs were put on trail of I the negro but failed to follow him when ; he took to the water. The sheriff has offered a reward for the | capture of Barnes, a black negro about 22 1 years old. 5 feet 7 inches high, large pop eyes, weight about 150. Jr // kfIHHKO / • , .F a . '</ V v /dr Xg| JL « n 'm • xjßßf Hal -H i Cw f ■ Is \ Jftj' .< wi'- x '“ .;?<> ‘ I rW'* 1 -rr; "i : L ><t - J << I it* 1- ’ 'MV X \ 1 I IWWMK X \ ,w W ' X\ ‘ X. x S' njkiT * I Tdilk', X ' - s' Xx ’’X XT z-v « Jf S- z s s' ■ _ X. J I >t zZ z X Xxr \\\ •’ *'•;** ' •■■■ : ? \\*# L y \ ***7/ x s' 'MAN SUES RICH WOMAN FOR BREACH OF PROMISE SEDAIJA. Mo., Oct. I. Alleging she broke her promise to marry him, Loualien R. Holt, a wealthy merchant of Mary- | ville. today filed suit against Mrs. Eliz- | abeth t’asto. for $25,000. Mrs. who] I was the widow of .1. M. Planck, wealths Sedalia merchant, was married in Jan- ' I uary to Dr. Jabez C. Casto, a Sedalia ; specialist. Bolt sa.vs in his petition that he show I cred Mrs. Casto with expensive gifts wheti she promised to become his wife. This promise, the suit says, was made a few months after the death of her husband I Soldiers Find Seeling 10-Foot Wall ‘Some Job' 17TH BOYS SET RECORD X. ,;<l ’ ’ I L’t The squad from Company E. Seventeenth infantry, that won lhe wall sealing contest at Eort McPherson, establishing what is said to be an army record. These eight men went over a ten foot wall in 22 2»5 seconds. Stunt Is More Than Mere Mili tary Tactic- It’s a Real Athletic Feat. When the army of the allied powers battered its way from Tien Tain during the Boxer rebellion just in time to re lieve the beleaguered legations in Pe kin it was the walls of the enemy and not their bullets that proved most trou blesome And the careful training of the troops of the American contingent on this lit tle art of warfare known as "wall scal ing" gave the American soldiers the first call. As they will tell you at Fort Mc- Pherson, where a squad of eight men from Company E recently lowered what is claimed to be the army record for scaling, this job of eight men getting over a ten or twelve-foot wall in about the same time that it takes one man to run 220 yards is more than a mere military tactic. It is an athletic feat, timed and oiled to go like clockwork. At the quarterly field meet of the Sevententh infantry at Fort McPher son last Friday, thirteen teams, one from each company and one from the regimental detachment, competed in a wall-scaling contest. Company E was returned a victor In the remarkably fast time of 22 2-5 seconds. This, it Is claimed, is three-fifths of a second faster than the best time herteofore made by an army team. According to the dope, the former record was held by a team from the Eleventh cavalry, Fort Oglethorpe, Dodge, Ga. For eight grown men. fully equipped, to go over a ten-foot wall in little more than 22 seconds is no child's play. It takes team work an well as speed. From tin- standpoint of an eyewitness, it is spectacular. From the standpoint of the men. it is seven kinds of work. Here is the way it is done, according to the descriptions furnished by an ex pert. The squad of eight Is divided in two ranks, front and tear. The ranks are numbered from the right facing the wall— that is. onr. two. th'cc and four front and rear rank. The four in the rear tank go over tie wall li , boosted by the four of the front rank Then soldiers numbered three and font of the front rank push one and two of the -amc rank over. Then four lifts number three up ajid left alone on the g ound before tht «al four of thi ft oni | rank takes a running lump, ■ .itching a t'fli swung between two and three of the same tank, and is pulled over. TABERNACLE NURSE SCHOOL GRADUATES NINE YOUNG WOMEN The Tabernacle Training School for Nurses holds Its tenth graduating ex ercises tomorrow night at the Taber nacle at 8:30 o’clock. Nine young W’omen will be given diplomas. They are Miss May Jones, Lawton. Okla.; Miss Lucia Masses, Springvale, Ga.; Miss Ruth L. Smith, Brookfield, Ga.; Miss Marie Williams, Dublin, Ga.; Miss Elizabeth Lyon. Interlachen. Fla.. Miss Mary Amanda Sisson, Washington, D. C.; Miss Jennette Douglas Watkins, Rome. Ga.; Miss Neppie Davis, San dersville. Ga.; Miss Lucharlea Chris tian, Cornelia, Ga. The program follows: Allegro Maes toso. West; Twilight, Hyatt-Flajgler; Proclamation, Fanfare March. Diggle, Mrs. A C. Boatman, organist: prayer, Rev. A. T. Spalding, D. D.; address to graduating class, Rev. Charles A. Dam iel, D. D.; presentation of pins, George M. Niles, M. D.. delivery of diplomas, Rev Robert Stuart MacArthur, D. D. ARMY ORDERS WASHINGTON. Oct. I—Army or ders: Captain \V. O. Reed. Sixth cavalry, from duty with civil government, Phil ippines, to his proper station. Captain Francis Le J. Parker. Twelfth cavalry, from duty with civil govern ment. Philippines, to his proper station. f'aptain Charles T. Leeds, corps of engineers, found by army retiring board incapacitated for active service on account of disability incident there to, is retired is not a cheaply concocted bread preparation that simply raises the dough;- it is a scientifically compounded Bak ing Powder of recognized food value as well as the greatest leavening quality. Sold by all good Grocar*. on hanng it- URGE VOTERS TO ENO J. P. COURTS Members of Bar Association Appeal for Abolishment of Minor Tribunals. The Atlanta bar today issued an ap peal to the voters of Georgia, urging reasons why the amendment to abolish the present juatke courts system in large cities should be ratified at the polls tomorrow. Here it is: “The most important measure before the voters of Georgia tomorrow is the ratification of the justice court amend ment. The candidates for state offices have been determined. Their election is a. mere formality. But the system of courts for the larger cities to be de cided upon tomorrow will be that un dre which the people of those cities will be governed for the next decade. “If the voters are indifferent, or if they are satisfied with present condi tions. and if they fail by their votes to ratify the constitutional amendment giving the legislature the right to es tablish other courts in lieu of justice courts in the large cities, then the peo ple for the next ten years may count upon a continuation of the gross abuses which have been condemned by almost evert- element of our civic body. Would End Many Evils. "But if. as we believe, the people are dissatisfied w*ith the present svwtem and if they register that dissatisfac tion at the polls by a ratification of this amendment, then we can count upon the establishment by the legisla ture of a system of municipal court* in such of the large cities as desire the same, particularly in Atlanta, that will wipe out most of the evils, put the judges and constable on a salary ba sis. guarantee speedier trials and the administration of justice to all—that justice which Is now denied to rich and poor alike under the present sys tem of extortion and corruption. "Therefore, we ask you to go to the polls and vote for the ratification of this amendment. Let us take a step forward and wipe out rather than per petuate an iniquitous system. The smaller towns are with us because they are neither afflicted by the disease nor affected by our remedy. Remember that this amendment is indorsed by the Georgia Federation of Labor, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, grand Juries of Fulton county, the Atlanta liar, the Atlanta press and the public generally.” EDITOR IS APPOINTED STATE SANITARIUM TRUSTEE, VICE HEARD Editor E. L. Rainey, of The Dawson News, has been appointed a. trustee of the state sanitarium, to succeed Senator elect J. P. Heard, resigned because of the disqualification his prospective member ship in the legislature would Impose. Mr. Rainey Is one of the best known men in south Georgia, and the governor is being congratulated generally because of his selection to membership on the sanitarium board, which is. in many re spects, the most important of all state boards of trustees The governor also announced the ap pointment of W 8. West, of Valdosta; H. H. Tift, of Tifton, and J. H. Merrill, of Moultrie, to be trustees qf the South Georgia Agricultural, Industrial and Nor mal college. candidates Entering FOR FORSYTH PRIMARY FORSYTH. GA., Oct. 1. —MunictpaJ politics are beginning to warm up. The date for the primary has not yet been se»t, but it has been generally held about November 1. However, two can didates for council are already tn the field. They are T. E. Fletcher, for merly ordinary of Monroe county and cashier of the Bank of Forsyth, and F. N. Wilder, a prominent young business man, now serving his second term in the city council and acting as mayor pro tern. Mr. Fletcher, while not now a member of council, has served sev eral terms. AUTO PLUNGES IN CANAL. WAYCROSS. GA.. Oct lz—Although he was badly hurt Internally when his auto fell on him as it plunged into the city canal, W. L. Clubb is holding his own and has good chances of recovery. He is at a local hospital. SOUTHERN BEAUTY CO. MAKES BIG HIT AT THE POPULAR BONITA The Southern Beauty Comedy Com pany. which opened at the Bonita, 32 Peachtree street, yesterday, made the greatest hit of any show that has played this house during the present season. The Southern Beauty Quar tette is one of the best in the business and has gained instant favor. The girls are pretty, the comedians really funny, and the music truly de lightful. Don’t miss it. Continuous performances, both after noons 1 and evenings. (Advt.) The issue is between a CLEAN man and a FOUL man. Which do Atlanta’s voters want‘d 3