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fig TROOPS MOBILIZED FOR Hi Smaller Kingdoms Prepare to Unite to Resist the ‘-Broken Pledges” of Turkey. VifXN \ Oct. 1. —More than 1,000,000‘ . .Idiers 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 side 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 f Cithern frontiers in proximity to the Balkan border. Reports received by the continental governments today from their diplo matic representatives in Constantinople and in the capitals of European Turkey construed the situation as critical. An actual declaration of war, however, is not expected before the expiration of a fortnight if it comes at all. All the European chancellories are working to avert an outbreak of hostilities. The European bourses today reflected the feverishness and tenseness of the situation. Securities were heavily de pressed. Turkey Massing Army. With Turkey massing an army of 500,000 men in the vilavet of Adrianople and in the garrison centers of other ftrategetie territories; with Bulgaria, Servia, Montenegro and Greece sum moning their reservists to the colors, the war volcano of the Balkans is near er to actual eruptiori than it has been for years. The great powers of Europe, in this instance the international police, are making every effort to avert an out in' kof hostilities. In the capitals of the Balkan states, however, the efforts are not being met with a receptive spirit. Dispatches from Athens state that Greece is summoning her war strength by land and sea. All the battleships of the Greek navy have been summoned for "maneuvers.” All the officers of the Greek army who have been absent on furlough are hurrying home. King George has been scheduled to arrive today from northern Europe, where he has been visiting. The war footing of the countries di rectly involved is: Turkey, 600,000; Bulgaria, 275,000; Greece, 65,000; Servia, 95,000; Monte negro, 60,000. In addition, Russia is concentrating 245,000 troops In Poland, while Austria is moving 50,000 of her 800,000 army to strategetic points tn the south and in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mrs. Amanda McGehee. Mrs. Amanda McGehee Phillips, a pioneer of Atlanta, died at her home, 432 Decatur street. She had lived in the same house for 39 years. Mrs. Phillips wag bom j n Clay county, Alabama. Sur viving her are her husband, J. W. Phil lips; a son, C. J. Wynne, and two sis ters, Mrs. Annie Phillips, of Clay county, and Mrs. Sadie Wilson, of Tex as The funeral will be held at the Residence this afternoon at 4 o’clock, Rev. M. P Hendricks officiating. In terment 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 $1 & SSOO Mason & Hamlin, Ebony case, in good condition, at $225 $450 Conover, Ebony case, a bargain at $217 $450 Schubert, Mahogany case, good as new, at $205 $350 Clarendon, Mahogany case, will go quickly at $193 $350 H aines Bros., in Walnut Case; Beautiful tone, at $lB6 S4OO Chase Brothers, Ebony 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.2O HURT INL.&N.WRECK 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 nrst station north ol here, early today. Samuel N. Chilton, an express mes senger. of Nashville, Tenn., was burned to death when caught in the wreck age. Aal McKay and Odle Durham, ex press messengers in the ca with Chil ton, received serious injuries. Their escape from death was miraculous. The injured include: Mrs. Maggie lursey, Franklin, Ky„ hurt internally; B. I’. 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; Knoff, Ensley. Ala., bruised on body; L. G. Wright. Alt. Juliet, Tenn., left arrn hurt; Walter Bryan, Lebanon, Tenn., left leg injured; Brasen- berg, Brooklyn, N. Y., head injured; Airs. Bertha H llanney. East Highland, Cal., head and foot injured: Madeline Boland, Nashville, arm injured; Mrs. J. B. Duke. Nashville, knee injured; W. Martin. Birmingham, head and side hurt; Bishop James H. McCoy. Bir mingham. shoulder badly hurt. Only the engine and rear coach re mained on the track. Engineer D. W. Thompson rushed his engine to Athens to give the alarm, the wires being torn down by the wreckage of eight passen ger coaches, which were entirely con sumed by fire. The cause of the accident has been attributed to a broken rail. “I’M NO MORE~CRAZY THAN YOU ARE,” GIRL TELLS SANITY JURY MACON, GA.. Oct. 1. —Nora E. Full er, the pretty slxteen-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. ‘T’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. L—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. j uo ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS SHERIFF CHASES NEGRO FOUR MILES IN WATER McDonough, 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 four miles down the center of a creek, but he succeeded in reaching South river and I* still at large. Dogs were put on trail of Lie negro but tailed 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 years old. 5 feet 7 Inches high, large pop eyes, weight about 150. < >X * >; - VW* fx® ■ x\7~■ Ilf t ■d' S' vA MAN SUES RICH WOMAN FOR BREACH OF PROMISE SEDALIA, MO., Oct. I.—Alleging she broke her promise to marry him. Louallen R. Holt, a wealthy merchant of Mary ville. today filed suit against Mrs. Eliz abeth Casto, for $25,000. Mrs. Casto, who was the widow of J. M. Planck, wealthy Sedalia merchant, was married in Jan uary to Dr. Jaber C. Casto, a Sedalia specialist. Holt says in his petition that lie show ered Mrs. Casto with expensive gifts when she promised to become his wife. This promise, the suit says, was made a few months after the death of her husband. Soldiers Find Scaling 10-Foot Wall ‘Some Job’ 17TH BOYS SET RECORD O. A 1 Wv wW- 1 The squad from Company i the wall scaling contest at Fort said to he an army record. Tt foot wall in 22 2-5 seconds. Stunt Is More Than Mere Mili- tary Tactic—lt’s a Real Athletic Feat. When the army of the allied powers battered its way from Tien Tsin during the Boxer rebellion just in time to re lieve the beleaguered legations in Pe- 1 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 flrsrt 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 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 as well as speed. From the 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 ln_. two ranks, front and rear. The ranks are numbered from the right facing the wall—that is, one, two, three and four front and rear rank. The four in the rear rank go over the wall first, boosted by the four of the front rank. Then soldiers numbered three and four of the tront rank push one and two of the same rank over. Then four lifts number three up and left alone on the ground before the wall four of the front rank takes a running jump, catching a rifle swung between two and three o f the same rank, and is pulled over. L Seventeenth infantry, that won .McPherson, establishing what is icse eight men went over a ten- TABERNACLE NURSE SCHOOL GRADUATES NINE YOUNG WOMEN The Tabernacle Training School for Nurses holds Its tenth graduating ex ercises tomorrow night at th< Taber nacle at 8:30 o’clock. Nine young women will be given diplomas. They ir" Miss May Jones, Okla.; Miss Lucia Massee, 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 Lucharles Chris tian, Cornelia, Ga. The program follows: Allegro Maes toso, West; Twilight, Hyatt-Flagler; Proclamation, Fanfare March, Diggle, Mrs. A. Boatman, organist; prayer. Rev. A. T. Spalding, D. D.; address to graduating class, Rev. Charles A. Dan 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 W. 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. Captain Charles T. Leeds, corps of engineers, found by army , retiring board incapacitated for active service on account of disability incident there to. is retired. WElh JWk _ W H rBAKIN.GPOWDER.| wj-i ▼ iw 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 Grooars. Insist on having it. URGEVOTERS TH END J. PJOUBTS 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 Justice 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 tire which the'beople 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 every element of our civic body. Would End Many Evils. "But if. as we believe, the people are dissatisfied with the present system 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 courts 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 th° 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 bar, 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 Rt.frtey 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. S. West, of Valdosta; H. >l. Tift, of Tifton, and J. H. Merrill, of Moultrie, to be trustees of the South Georgia Agricultural, Industrial and Nor mal college. candidatesTnterTng FOR FORSYTH PRIMARY FORSYTH, GA., Oct. I.—Municipal politics are beginning to warm up. The date for the primary has not yet been set, but it has been generally held about November 1. However, two can didates for council are already in 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 terrri 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. I.—Although he was badly hurt internally when hit 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 comedian.’ really funny, and the music truly de lightful. Don’t miss it. Continuous performances, both after noons and evenings. (Advt.) The issue is between a CLEAN man and a FOUL man. Which do Atlanta’s voters want? 3