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I 0 ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, MAY 4, 1913. HBARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, B 7 Selection of Sites Is Important, and Clever Devices Are Em ployed to Reduce Cost. Atlanta merchants are constantly putting into practice some of the fun damental principles of economics in the selection of business sites. De partment stores and other establish ments along Whitehall are using a minimum of frontage and a maxi mum of "backage.” For instance, the store which fronts 30 feet on White hall will extend back many feet toward Pryor Street or Broad and there spread out over a great area. The floor space is* what is desired and the store gets it without paying the high prices that more frontage would entail. The office building is likewise built on an economic principle. While there are lateral restrictions on a 100x300- foot lot, there is no limit to the ex tent to which the structure may go into the air, except the limit of safe ty. If an office building were reduced to twenty large stores*, all of which demanded frontage, the cost would be twenty times as great, and the ef ficiency would not make up for it by any means. A capitalist who was trying recently to place a wholesale house in a de sirable location recommended a site at $1,000 a front foot. “What is the price on the opposite side of the street?” asked the wholesaler. “That iy $750,” was the reply. "The difference is due to the fact that twice as many people use the other side of the street.” “Then I’ll take the cheaper locat ion,” returned the wholesaler. “It suits mv purposes just as well and It saves me considerable expense.” A far-seeing business Vnan had a piece of unproductive property on his hands. He had tried in vain to sell it. It was far-removed from the prevailing trading centers and it couldn’t be sold as it stood. Then an idea struck the business man. The lease of an undertaking establishment in another section of town was ex piring. Undertaking establishments pay good rentals. He would erect a building and lease it to them. The undertakers, in the meantime, were wondering what they were to db for a new place. The business man showed them. Cattle Tick Incubus Is No Obstacle to New Stockman Dipping Vat and Sprays Take Care of Ticks—Progressive Stockmen Welcome Severe Restrictions—Tick Continuance Inexcusable, if Thorough Safeguards Will Be Taken in Every Instance Tick Appears. By CHARLES A. WHITTLE. (Georgia State College of Agriculture.) ! Paving Extension i On W. 14th Street? RIDDER GIVEN NEW YORK OFFICE; MITCHELL BEATEN ALBANY. N. Y., May 3.—Governor Sulzer to-day nominated Herman Ridder, of New York, for the posi tion of Superintendent of State Pris ons. The Senate confirmed the nom ination. The Governor also resubmitted the nomination of John Mitchell, the la bor leader, for State Labor Commis sioner. This nomination was rejected. M ORE than ISO,000 miles of ter ritory has been freed of cattle tick since 1906—a territory that would cover Mississippi, Ala bama, Georgia and slightly more. Pretty good work that! And what is more, his pudgy nibs is on the way to oblivion at a faster pace than ever. The street would put it more expressively by saying that he was being put on the “blink,” for that is about what happens when he receives a deluge of the arsenic so lution in the "dip.” For a long time the Margaropus Annulatus—none oth'er than the cattle tick—gorged and gorged good blood of Southern cattle, but at last a scien tific sleuth trapped and convicted him of cattle raiding computing his outrages at millions and millions of dollars a year. Forthwith the federal authorities located the van of the tick’s far flung lines, set up a quarantine and stopped crossing from infected to uninfected territory until a clean bill of health was shown. It was discovered that the tick had fixed itself upon the cat tle Industry of the South and South west. that cattle reared in uninfected territory when taken into Infected territory died when the tick got in its work. Indeed the cattle tick fever is to the cow what yellow fever is to man. Farmers Do Not Appreciate Damage. A CURIOUS feature about it is that the Southern farmers did not know’ that the cattle tick had any thing to do with the development of their herd3. In fact, a great many Southern farmers to-day will hoot the claims that the cattle tick amounts to anything, averring that it is all a fuss about nothing. The explanation is that Southern born and reared cattle receive a touch of the tick fever very’ early in life with comparatively slight effect, but enough to make them immune from serious effects afterwards. Though Southern cattle thus early go tnrough the tick ordeal, as a matter of fact, they are never afterwards what they REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. Adair & Holt’s Revised New Listings HIGH-CLASS SUBDIVISIONS. HAVE EXCLUSIVE listings and options on North Side land, right in the town, and property never before on sale. If you want something real good we know where it is and have it at the right price. PONCE DE LEON AVE. APARTMENT SITE. AT THE GEORGIAN TERRACE and Ponce DeLeon Apartments. Price only $600 per foot, and it is cheap at that. PONCE DE LEON AVE. HOMES AND LOTS. JUST LISTED some elegant homes on this beautiful thoroughfare— some dandies. They are right up to date and the prices are right. Easy terms. STONE MOUNTAIN CAR LINE HOME. SMALL TRACTS on and near this line are getting scarce. We have some nice ones at low prices. Have nine acres with small house in quarter mile of car stop for $1,500. It’s pretty and cheap, too. too. TWELVE ACRES ON MARIETTA CAR LINE. $300 WORTH of improvements, such as private water, sewerage and barns. No dwelling, but elegant grounds. Price, $6,000. Make an offer. $1350, NORTH SIDE ACREAGE, RIGHT NEAR PIEDMONT PARK. CHEAPEST, prettiest and most desirable tract on the market. We have only a few days at this price, then it will be $1,500 per acre. Buy it now and make a quarter of a million on the 100 acres. It is just simply beautiful and in the right place, facing to main thor oughfares that are paved now. “LET US SHOW YOU.” ADAIR & HOLT 97 1-2 Peachtree St., Alfriend Bldg. Bell Phone, Ivy JO might have been. Their growth is permanently stunted. They are. In fact, predestined bovine failures. The Southern farmer faces his poor cattle with an "On, well the South Is no place to grow them!” He has been plating the nlame on the coun try' and climate when It belonged to him Every intelligent farmer now knows that the South is a territory suited to cattle growing, ndeed, wonderfully adapted to it—tne tick, of course, eliminated as a factor. The long grazing season, the great variety of orops maturing at desirable Intervals, the possibility of double cropping, the generally favorable climatic condi tions, have all been made to show prime beef and dairy results when* the tick has been driven out. How Tick Does Damage. r pHE charges against the cattle tick have been well briefed by Dr. W. M. Burson, professor of Veterinary Science of the Georgia State College of Agriculture in the following way. 1— Sucks blood thereby causing loss of vitality. 2— Stunts the growth of calves. 8—Lessens milk production. 4— Increases expense ot fattening cattle. 5— Interferes with the improvement of breeds. 6— Causes commercial damage to hides. 7— Restricts commerce in cattle. 8— Lowers the market value of cat tle in tick infested territory. 9— Causes death of many cattle. 10— Prevents to a large extent the proper use of cotton seed meal there by reducing soil fertility. 11— Prevents the exhibition of Southern cattle at northern fairs and stock shows. 12— Prevents sale of breeding and feeding cattle to northern farmers. How to Eradicate the Tick. *-pHE two general methods of .eradl- * eating the tick are pasture rota tion and spraying or dipping with ar senic solution. If one had only a small herd and time he could resort to hand picking and currying being sure to remove once a week every tick before it grows sufficiently to lay eggs. For a small herd he could also apply with brush or sponge a tick destroying Yv’ash or oil, such a* crude petroleum, tick oil, cotton seed oil and kerosene mixed equal parts; lard and* kerosene mixed equal parts or other disinfectant. Spraying these oils, disinfectants, and stock dips or what is cheapest, arsenic solution, upon the cattle see ing that all parts of their skin is thoroughly dampened, is also practi cal for small herds. But the most effective and the practical way for large herds Is the "dip.” It is the most economical boll, the sal soda is added and stirred tlft it dissolves. The arsenic Is ad ded and again stirred until it in turn dissolves. The solution is then al lowed to cool to 140 degrees fahren- heit. One pound of concentrated lye Is dissolved In one quart of water and stirred into the pine tar. The pine tar is then added slowly In a thin stream to the solution of soda end arsenic, tne whole being stirred thoroughly. The volume Is then in creased by the addition of water to make the total 50 gallops. This »0 gallons of substance Is known as "stock” solution. In this condition it Is entirely too strong for applica tion. Previous ro use it must be di luted with water at the rate of nine gallons of water to one gallon of "stock” solution. Arsenic is, of course, a deadly poison and care must be exercised in handling it. Cattle should be water ed before dipping and should be al lowed to drip off throughly in the dripping pen to make sure that none will drip off on grass or pasture and be eaten by cattle. When the liquid has become too foul for further use, it should be drained off into a pit where it will not run out on pasture land or find access to the water sup ply. A single dipping of 3 cow, of course, destroys all ticks on the ani mal at the time. Other ticks might crawl on her the next day and if they are allowed to remain there long enough would develop and be ready to perpetuate the race of ticks. Until the ticks have been completely eradicated it is, therefore, necessary to put the cattle through the dipping vat about every two weeks. How Ticks Reproduce. ^vRSERVA+IONS made by govern ment experts concerning the hab its of the cattle tick reveal that ticks average from 350 to over 5,000 eggs, the average being nearer 8,000, These eggs are laid in greatest abundance in November with January and Februa ry next in order. The incubation period varies greatly from 19 to 188 days with October and February as hatching periods. Thu tick’s long est life time as observed by scien tists is 249 days. The life history of the cattle tick may start with the female tick after reaching its full development on cow. It then drops to the ground and immediately hunts a hiding place on moist earth under litter that will protect her from the sun and her numerous enemies. Egg laying may then begin in ten days and continue for a period of five months. From 19 to 188 days after the egg? have been laid, they begin to hatch. The small seed tick may live eight months after hatching. After hatching they fasten themselves to the nearest veg- Suggested That Marietta and Peach tree Be Connected—Much Activity In Section. A "revival” in street paving seems to have struck the Fourteenth Street neighborhood. Less than a year ago Fourteenth Street paving was com pleted between the Peachtrees, and now Peachtree is being repaved from Sixth to Fifteenth Street, and Cres-j cent Avenue is being repaved from Fourteenth Street southward. It has been suggested that West Fourteenth Street be paved from West Peachtree to Marietta Street, and , In fact, this extension is said to be under consideration by the city. Such an improvement would connect the entire Ansley Park and Pied mont Park sections with the big west side of the city, and through Marietta and Peachtree Streets from a loop, which would be of great ad vantage in a commercial way. Four teenth Street is wide and long, and Its advantages mark It for car line use eventually, as a help In the so lution of the "cross-town street" problem. POULTRY Public Market a Big Help to Producer and Consumer, as It Cuts Out Profit of Middleman--Personal Patron age Better Than Any Other Method, of Course, but Goods Should Be Kept Up to High Standard. By JUDGE F. J. MARSHALL Extra! All About Frank West’s Buy! Two New York Lots Received as Book Premium Are Now Worth $120! H. F. West, of the real estate firm of A. J. & H. F. West, bought a set of books three years ago for $48 and received as a bonus two residence lots on Long Island, 46 minutes from New York City, and Friday he got a let ter saying his lots had been apprais ed at $100 to $120. Mr. West is ser iously considering a trip to Long Is land to look over his property. Ho thinks he had better hold it a while for more enhancement. Not only Mr. West, but many local realty men invested in books and re ceived lots in additloh. At the time of the purchases, it will be recalled, a local newspaper ran half a column telling of a well-known dealer's in vestment in New York real estate. "There is one difference between Atlanta and New York land,” de clared Mr. West. “You can’t club the former with book offers.” AT PUBLIC OUTCRY WE WILL SELL to the highest bidder before the Court House door on May 6th the property and equity of Mcise DeLeon. Bankrupt, lo cated at 241-243 Whitehall Street, being 52 1-3 feet on Whitehall Street with an average depth of 225 feet through to Forsyth Street, and fronting thereon 107 1-2 feet, being known as Nos. 210-214 South For syth Street. At the same time and place, we will sell an undivided one-third interest in an equity in house and lot on the northwest corner of For syth and Castleberry Streets, known as 205 South Forsyth Street, and fronting 76.6 feet on Forsyth Street with an average depth of 85 feet. Both of these pieces of property are in the immediate section of the Whitehall Street regrading and improvements. Plats and full particulars regarding terms, titles, etc., to be had in our office. TURMAN, BLACK & CALHOUN 203 Empire Building. for a community that is willing to elation and attach themselves to cat co-operate in its construction, and is adapted to the treatment of a large number of cattle. The "dip” consists of passing the cattle through a vat full of tick destroying liquid, the liqqid being so deep that when the animal is forced to plunge into It, complete immersion is the conse quence. Concrete is generally used in the construction of the dipping vats and plans and specifications for their con struction can be had from any col lege of agriculture, from the Depart ment of Animal Husbandry of the United States Bureau of Agriculture, from Industrial departments of rail roads, etc. In the South much interest has been taken by railroads and cotton seed crushers interested in fostering the cattle industry, and at their own expense, community dips have been constructed for the benefit of any farmer who would joi$ the crusade against the tick. The arsenic solution which has giv en such excellent results and is most generally used in clipping vats, can be made from the following formula: sodium carbonate (sal soda), 24 pounds; arsenic trloxid (white arsen ic), S pounds; oine tar, one gallon; watCT sufficient to make 500 gallons. To prepare this mixture for use, 25 gallons of water are brought to a INMAN PARK BUNGALOW IF YOU will call to see us early Monday morning we’ll show you one of th4 prettiest bungalows in this section. No use to try to describe it: you must see for yourself. No information over phone only for an engagement. Owner leaving. Must sell at once. It’s up to you. STEWART & COOPER MAIN 1228. 317 PETERS BUILDING. BE A BELL TELEPHONE OPERATOR The work Is agreeable. The surroundings are pleasant. You are paid a salary, while learning. The opportunities for rapid ad vancement are excellent. In creased salary is assured if you prove efficient. There are several vacancies in our training school for young women between 16 and 22 years of age who have a common school education and can furnish satis factory references. Apply in person at training school, 25 Auburn Avenue in the Bell Telephone Exchange tie as they -pass by or when they lie down. As soon as'a seed tlcfr attaches it self to a cow it begins to draw blood and to grow. It molts ttjrice and may mate, . mature and” drop to the ground ii** from* ope to'thfree months. Thousands of Isolated Farms Free of Ticks. nnHE quarantine fine established by the Federal Government does not mean by any means that all territory south of the line is infested with ticks. As a matter of fact whole counties below the quarantine line have been clean of ticks and hold a clean bill of health to this effect from Federal .inspectors. Wherever a pro gressive farmer has taken the pains, he has been able to eradicate the tick from his farm without trouble and much to his profit in increasing the development of his live stock business. For a long time the Southern States did not support the Federal Govern ment in its efforts to eradicate this cattle pest. But now most Southern States have entered heartily into the fight and have established intra-State regulations as stringent as any that the Federal Government ever estab lished in protection of the cattle in dustry north of the line. A great deal of fuss has been en countered within the States and nc small opposition. In fact, at times, it would appear that the worthy cru sade would have to fall back from gained ground and give up hope, but good advice has prevailed and prac tically all that has been won has been held. The meaning of it all is that the man who will permit his cattle to be infested with ticks will have to stand to lose a market for them. At least his market will be so constricted by reason jf quarantine measures as at times to amount to no market at all. He must get rid of the ticks if he is going to stay in the cattle raising business. Such Is about the signifi cance of the Georgia State law* which is one of the strictest and therefore one that Is accomplishing most and putting Georgia more rapidly on the cattle growing map than others. Each year the number of kickers against cattle tick regulations become smaller. The kickers have "come across,” joined the ranks of those who have eradicated the tick and have become the most exacting in their demands that the law be en forced upon the other fellow. The veterinary department of Georgia de serves much credit for the rapidly growing area it is wresting from the tick. If the farmer of Georgia would co-operate, the cattle tick could be eradicated from the State in two years. The Georgia farmer with his excellent Georgia market for his products could quarantine against al’ other Southern territory not free from ticks and feel a great impetus in live stocK growing. There is nothing else in Georgia in the way of developing a cattle in dustry *n a vast scale than the tick. The sami- may be said of any other Southern State which has been af flirted with the trouble. The eradication of the tick is a direct contribution of science to the welfare of the farmer. Had the hab its and harm of the tick not been discovered through scientific research the South migh. have gone on for evei as a failure at cattle raising without ever suspecting the correct reason. Houses and Lots Net Nearly $25,000 R. L. Turman, of Well-Known Real Estate Agency, Puts in Busy Week. In addition to the sale of lf>7 and 159 Decatur Street for $44,280, R. L. Turman, of the Turman, Blake & Cal houn agency, has made the following sales: For Dr. John B. Daniel to Mrs. S. M. Whitner, two lots on St. Charles Avenue for $5,000; one six-room house on two acres of land on Brown Mill Road for Dr. E. L. Osborne to J. W. Culpepper for $2,250; two lots on McDonough Road for C. .J. Mar tin to Mrs. L. F. Owens for $1,300; four lots just off McDonough Road to Mrs. Owens for $800; one lot on Lakewood Avenue for Miss M. N. Graves to W. J. Milam for $525; one lot comer Griffin and Simpson Streets for Mrs. S. A. McDonald to W. R. Johnson for $750 cash; two houses and lots in Fortified Hills to clients for $5,000. In Germany and France, and in fact in many of the large cities of this country, the market place is the great rendezvous for all classes to trade in the products of the farm. It is spe cially the place for the farmer and market gardener and the poultry rais er to dispose of their goods. A good market place full of good market goods i» a godsend to any communi ty, as It brings the producer and the consumer together. If the poultryman puts hia eggs and dressed poultry into his market stall in the best possible condition he can readily command the top of the mar ket. Buyers, as a rule, are looking for the nicest and most attractive things they can find for the money they have to spend. In this way, you see, the producer and the consumer are brought together and they d<\ away with the middleman’s profits. There are, however, many of our best Southern cities in which there are no public street market places, nor the other method of allowing all produ cers to back up and stand upon cer tain streets two or three days of the week, for a limited time during the morning hours. Cities of the South owe it not only to themselves as a purchasing body of people to maintain a good public mar ket, but also they owe It to the com munity of farmers and producers sur rounding them. You need them and they need you. Supplies will be much more satisfactory, both quality and variety. Freshness is half the value in considering all kinds of green gar den s»tuff, as it Is in the line of poultry products. The next best thing for the poultryman to do in the absence of these market places is to use a small light delivery wagon, making regular runs certain dayH, getting in touch with the best hotels, restaurants and private families where they know a good thing when they see it and are willing to pay for It. Cleanliness Keynote. Cleanliness, whicn means attrac tiveness, is the keynote to success. Let every egg be spick and span, not a spot of any kind to prevent them from looking like they were surely Intended to eat. People will stay with you on that class of goods*, in spite of the fact that they think they want to buy as cheap as they can. In the leading- cities and larger towns good plurAp broilers weighing from 1 1-2 to 2 pounds are in good demand from January to June and command fancy prices. The bulk of such trade will usually be at the best hotels, although a good retail market can be worked up by perseverance and a little patience in canvassing the residents. Often those a little larger will take better with private fami lies. Vigor, health and quick growth are the essentials for putting this product upon the market at top prices. Customers will not stand for crawny, ill-kept looking specimens of this class. (’hicks weighing 2 1-2 to 3 pounds are not much in demand In the best city markets for the simple reason that they are neither broilers, fries tior roasters. Quick-growing, young, tender cockerels weighing from 3 to 4 pounds usually sell pretty well dur ing July and August and bring fair ly good prices. Then there is a de mand for prime roasters weighing from 4 to 6 pounds at almost any sea son of the year. They must, however, be well fattened and ir> the pink of condition. As a rule, the best time to dispose of old hens and cocks is. during the Thanksgiving or Christinas holidays. There is usually at this time an enor mous demand for all classes of roast ers, consuming everything in sight. Fin® Goods; Best Prices. The fine ones bring the best prices, so that it stand one in hand to have his product at the head of the list. Stock usually brings the best prices when nicely dressed and furnished in the pink of condition. A fowl may be rather old, but If nicely handled will not show' It so much when dressed as It does in its old scraggly plumage. In fact, a good healthy fat fowl roasted to a turn is pretty good eat ing at any time during cold weather. As already Indicated, where the poul tryman raises stock In considerable numbers, it pays to look up markets for himself. It does not pay to deal in proxies. It requires personal effort Inspired by. personal interest to make it a go. A retail business of this kind is usually started with two or three good customers who, being well satis fied with the goods delivered, make good trade pullers for you. There must by all means be regularity in the de livery of the goods, ns customers 90011 tire of an irresponsible party who falls to keep his w r ord as to time of delivery. When the housewife Is depending upon two dozen eggs at a certain time to do her cooking with sh»» will not be in a very pleasant mood toward you if you fail to show until the next day and then with per haps but one dozen for her in the place of the two promised. Let everything go along like clock work, with precision and system. Pro vide yourself with neat little packages of some kind holding one, tw r o and three dozen that your delivery may not only be businesslike but more promptly executed, saving your own time and that of your customer. It will Insure confidence at the start if you will take the trouble to stamp each egg as fresh and guaranteed by "yours truly,” telling your proposed customers that you will replace all eggs that are not strictly fresh and good. E. W. Grove Property Is Placed on Market Fortified Hills, on Mason and Tur ner's Road, Listed With Well- Known Agency. Married 3 Times; Had 34 Children The subdivision known as Fortified Hills on the Mason and Turner’s Fer ry ifoad has been turned over to Messrs. Turman, Black & Calhoun for sale. This is a Large tract of land on which Dr. E. W. Grove, of St. Louis, has built quite a number of handsome homes and spent a great deal of money laying out parks and driveways. It is one of the "show places” of Atlanta. The river car line runs through the property for about half a mile. The property is fashioned after the residence parks of St. Louis, and is restricted exclusively to the building of residences, nine years having been required to bring about this develop ment. Quite a number of handsome stone buildings have been erected during the spring and the owners have spent $5,000 in getting a water main to the property. Englishman Thinking of Another Wife—Five Born Within Year to Proud Father. Special Cable to The American. LONDON, May 3.-^ A man who has been married three times, has had 34 children and still hopes to mar ry again, has just been discovered in York. This wonderful husband and fa ther is William Bonnett, aged 65, w r ho has worked as a ganger in various parts of England for over 40 years. His marital adventures are as fol lows: First Marriage—Hepsy Suderby, who died in 1372; four children, two living. Second Marriage—1873; Caroline Tuck; died about 1890; 26 children, including triplets and twine (the lat ter on more ttian one occasion); six children living. Third Marriage—1899; Liza Page, who died in 1908; four children, two living. This, in brief, is the record of Bon- nett’s family. “I can not think of the names of my children that died,” said Bonnett. Within a year my wife Caroline had five children—triplets and twins. We got the Queen’s bounty of $13. All these five children died, however. "I’ve seen many funerals in * my time—just 27, to be exact—in my own family. "It may not be very long before I am married again. My advice to bachelors is that to marry i^ the best thing a man can do.” WOMAN 102 SAVES TO ATTEND BARGAIN SALES WATERLOO, IOWA, May 3.—"Live in the open, eat moderately, exercise regularly and use tobacco If you feel like It.” This was the advice given by Mrs Isaac Spoors, of Waterloo, 102 years old, as she paused while on her way to a bargain sale. Mrs, Spoors had walked more than a mile at the time, yet appeared fresh and active. "This lltle walk la a mere step," Mrs. Spoors said, as she urged her husband to hasten to the sale before the rush started. The husband, 73 years old, found difficulty In keeping the pace set by his wife. She helped him up and down the curbings. POOR FEWER THIS YEAR, SAYS ENGLISH REPORT Special Cable to The American. LONDON, May 3.—A substantial decline In pauperism in England and Wales is shown in a paper issued recently. In 1912 the total number of paupers was 780,329, which Is equal to 21.6 per 1,000 of the population. The fig ures for 1911 were 886,177,'or 24.8 per 1,000. Last year’s figures were the lowest on record. The cost per head of the population of the relief of the poor was $2 in 1912, compared with 32.50 in 1911. Gold Braid Given Convicts of Merit A14 Forms of Punishment in the Indiana Penitentiary Are Abolished. • MICHIGAN CITY, IND., May 3.— The “hole”, otherwise known as “the solitary,” has been abolished at the Indiana State Penitentiary. So have prison stripes. The announcement wan made to day by Warden E. J. Fogarty. Pris oners in the future will wear light blue and plakls. Although the chang es remove unruly prisoners, Warden Fogarty declares the prison will con tinue to maintain excellent discipline.” Warden Fogarty said the abolish ing of “the solitary” and stripes puts the Indiana prison ahead of any sim ilar institution In the world. STEPMOTHER DEPENDENT RELATIVE COURT RULES WASHINGTON, May 3.—A step mother is a relative of her step-chil dren, according to a decision to-day by Comptroller of the Treasury TVacewell The question arose in the case of Lieutenant Reginald W. Lud low, of the United States Marine Corps, who died at Key West, Fla., in January, and who had designated Mrs. Margaret Ludlow, his stepmoth er. a» a “dependent relative to re ceive the six months’ gratuity allow ed by the Government.” .ever Bill Now Before Congress Suggests Co-operation Be tween State and Nation, China May Adopt ‘Pidgin-English’ Parliamentarians Find Difficulty in Selecting Universal Language for Debate. Special Cable to The American. HONGKONG, May 8.—It will be in teresting to see how the new Chinese Parliament grapples with the lan guage difficulty. The committee ap pointed in 1906, under the presidency of Prince Ching, to report on the best means of introducing parliamentary institutions into China, found that one great obstacle to the successful working would be the difficulty of finding a common tongue. The Chinese have so many dialects that delegates not of the mandarin class gathered from all parts of the country would find it Impossible to carry on debates. It was held that If a Parliament were established It would be necessary to draw' up a new grammar and vocabulary for the uso of its members. Commenting on this, the Japanese review, “Keizai.” suggested that pidgin-English, which the progress of railway construction has spread over a wider area than any other dialect In China, might per haps serve the desired purpose. Wife May Steal if Husband Looks On Queer Provision in Old English Law Frees Woman Accused of Theft. Special Cable to The American. LONDON, May 3.—When Egerton Philbrick, a Stratford estate agent, and his wife were accused of theft at the London Sessions, Mr. Allen Law- rie said the woman must be acquit ted. » “When a married woman commit ted a felony in the presence of her husband,” he remarked, “she is as sumed to be under his coercion, and, not being responsible, is entitled to acquittal. Little is heard nowadays of this provision in English law In fa vor of women, ft does not form the subject of conversation at certain meetings which have become preva lent of late.” “Phllbrlck's wife is worse than he is, for she has six convictions to his three,” said Detective Sergeant Red- el iff e. ’That may be,” said Mr. Lawrie, “but she is not worse in the eyes of the law. It may be altered In the days of equal rights.” Philbrick was given 21 months’ hard labor. COLLEGE GIRLS THRONG BUREAU SEEKING WORK WASHINGTON, May 3.—Interest In the plan to establish a public ser vice supported equally by Federal and State funds, providing skilled farm advisers and demonstrators In every agricultural county In the United States, Is renewed in the re- lntroduction at the opening day of the extraordinary session of Congress of the so-called Lever agricultural ex tension bill. This measure. Indorsed by agri cultural colleges and organ ixatkms, industrral and commercial bodies and Institutions, failed of adoption by one vote In the Senate, after passing the House by unanimous vote at tbedast session. The bill provides a Federal appro priation, graduated upward for ten years until a maximum Is reached, to he matched by the States accept mg the proposition, to establish as rapidly as practicable a skilled farm —a permanent public fixture for the aid of the agriculturist and the edu cator of his particular community Basis of Population. The appropriation is apportioned on the basis of percentage of agri cultural population and the gradual increase of interest In the work and the adoption of the plan. The scar city of competent advisers waa an other reason for the gradual increase Instead of attempting to establish the system generally. The demonstrator, or adviser. Is regarded as the logical complement of the educational plan Inaugurated by the establishment of the Depart ment of Agriculture, followed by the creation of the State agricultural colleges fifty-one years ago, and the State experiment stations a quarter of a century later. By this process the enormous fund of valuable knowledge gathered by the Institutions is expected to be brought direct to the farmer himself, and the operation of the Lever act Is not at variance with any of the work on similar lines now being con ducted In this country, although ir. course of general adoption It will re lieve individual bodies and communi ties of the burden of support and will establish a uniform standard In this branch of education and evolution of natural development. The demonstration work has met with general approval, and Is re garded as essential to the aid and guidance of the American farmer. President Wilson has expressed him self clearly on that direction. Dur ■ Ing a recent address to the New Jer sey Legislature Mr. Wilson said: Farmer Neglected. "The farmer has not been served as he might and should be. We have «et up and subsidized agricultural schools, horticultural schools, schools of poultry raising, and the rest, and they have done excellent work. Our Hupport of them should be hearty an* generous. But a more effective way still has been found by which the farmer can he served. Lectures and schools end experimental farms at tached to schools like laboratories are excellent, but they do not and. cannot ot themselves push their work home. 8ome States have gone much beyond this, and w* should follow them with zest.” President H. H. Gross, of the Na tional Soil Fertility League, hae been in Washington to consult with Sena tor Smith, Congressman Lever and other leading supporters of the Lever bill, and states that the organization he ’ represents will give every aid possible to the passage of the farm extension measure. The league has In Its directory' an 1 advisory committee such men as William Jennings Bryan, James j. Hill, Speaker Champ Clark, President Sludge, of the Rock Island Railway: David R. Forgan, President of the National City Bank of Chicago, and Alonzo Wilson, Master Farmers National Grange. CHICAGO, May 3.—College alum nae, all eager to find work in the lines of Oieir Individual specialties, most of them eager to begin at the top, thronged the Chicago Collegiate Bureau of Occupations the past week when it opened its new offless on the ninth floor of the Fine Ar:s Building. There were girls who said they were past masters of domestic science; others who were sure th-v had qualified themselves for highly paid executive positions over women of lesser educational advantages, and still others, although they were njL In the majority, who acknowledged that they wanted "any kind of a job to start,” 3 Injured During Duel in Argentina Father Dead, Son Fatally Wounded, and Two Others Badly Hurt. Special Cable to The Amerloan. BUENOS AYRES, May 3.—tri angular fatal duel took place a* Bue nos Ayrbs recently. Senores Carlos Juarez Celman and Oscar Posse were fighting, and the latter was wounded by his adver sary’s sword, and waa about to be removed from the dueling ground, when his father, Senor Francisco Posse, arrived. He attacked Senor Celman, wound ing him, and also one of the wit nesses, severely. Senor Celman then shot Senor Francisco Posse dead with a revolver. HAZARDOUS WORK CLAIMS 1 VICTIM OUT OF EVERY 8 OLYMPIA, WASH., May 3.—111 the State of Washington one man In every eight who are engaged in hazardous or extra hazardous occupations, as defined by the Industrial insurance law. Is injured, and one In every fifty who are injured is injured fatally These astounding figures are discov ered in the report of the State com mission for the first seventeen months of Its work. During that period 145,000 persons were engaged In hazardous work. The accidents brought before the commis sion totaled 19,226, and the deaths resulting 406. An average of 12,000 per day Is paid by the Industries of the State to injured workers or their heirs. The gross amount collected In premiums during the seventeen months was II,703,566, while the amount actually paid out In claims was 1929,448-92