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If you have been pay ing from $35 to $45 for your suits, you’re the man I am looking for. ONCE a Fordon Suit— ALWAYS a Fordon Suit—is my record of 17 years uninterrupted success in the tailoring business in Atlanta. IIEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN. ATI,ANT A, CA„ SUNDAY, MAY 4, 1913 Juvenile Atlanta Frolics at Monster Egg Hunt +•+ +•+ +•+ +*4- •!•••!• •!•••!• +•+ +•+ +•+ 15,000 Eager Youngsters ‘Run Over’ Policemen at Grant Park DR. SMITH'S FATE +•+ +•+ and Spectators Railroad Board Urges State In spection of Gas and Electric Meters. SEES SAVING OF THOUSANDS Authority to Enforce Building of Union Stations and Track Inspection Fund Asked. Mo more grade croaslnss should be permitted In Georgia except under ex traordinary conditions. Present gTade crossings should be abolished as rapidly as possible. Inspection of the gas and electric meters would save the people of Geor gia thousands of dollars yearly. These are two salient points made by the Georgia Railroad Commission In Its annual report to the Governor. With a steady growth of travel by road and by rail, the menace of the grade crossing Increases yearly. No more railroads should be allowed to Intersect the highways at grade, and no more highways should be allowed to cross railroads at grade, except with the permission of the Railroad Commission. The Railroad Commis sion should be given entire Jurisdic tion over the question. This Is the substance of one of the Important recommendations in the annual report of the commission. Calls Grade Crossings Menace. "The crossing of streets and high ways at grade by steam and electric railroads presents a constant menace to life and limb,'' says the commis sion. “The heedlessness or careless ness so frequently responsible for ac cidents at grade oresslngs. Investiga tions show, can not in every In stance be charged to the carriers. In a large percentage of such accidents the persons Injured are npt entirely free from fault. "The gradual abolition of existing grade crossings should be consid ered, and In our opinion, when under taken, the expense should be borne lit some fair degree Jointly by the public and the carriers. The estab lishment of new grade crossings should be allowed only with sme gov- i Society Women Pack Court at Trial of Ohioan Accused of Poisoning First Wife. erntnental permit, and only in cases of necessity. The commission also asks: Express authority to enforce the building of union passenger stations where deemed advisable and prac ticable. Track Inspection Fund Urged. Adequate funds to permit of thor ough inspection of the track and equipment of steam and street rail roads, Including roadbed track, bridges, trestles, depots, track and warehouse scales, locomotives, motors and freight and passenger cars. Adequate funds to permit of inspec tion of gas and electric meters. “We are satisfied,” says the com mission, “that thousands of dollars could be saved taxpayers in the State, who are also gas and electricity users, if the commission had in its employ competent meter inspectors, whose business it should be, under direc tion of the commission, to visit .the cities and towns of this State, in specting and testing gas and electric meters and equipment for municipali ties and individual consumers.” Authority to compel railroads to is sue through bills of lading and cou pon passenger tickets, and the check ing of baggage through to destina tion. Authority strengthened to compel payments by railroads of all just claims for overcharges, demurrage charges and losses. Shows Need of Appraisers. Funds to provide for expert ap praisal of the value of properties in the State under control of the com mission. The commission says it is unable, in many instances, to fix fair rates, not knowing what would be a reasonable return on the value of the utility. Further, in passing upon proposed new securities, the commis sion would be aided by knowing the actual values involved. A statistical clerk and stenographer, to take stenographic records of im portant hearings and to digest and prepare reports of statistical nature which the commission is required to make. During 1912, the commission dis posed of 583 complaints or other sub jects requiring hearings, of which 119 related to freight rates and 104 to claims for overcharge, loss, damage and demurrage. Passenger fares and service gave rise to 74 cases, and freight service to 78. Among other interesting facts, the commission notes that there is one horse car line of street railroad in Georgia—the Covington and Oxford Street Railroad. SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, May 8.— ! The fate of Dr. Arthur B. Smith, accused of poisoning his first wife, Mrs. Florence Cavill R. Smith, now rests with the jury. The case was I submitted to the Jury late to-day. Late to-night word was received from the Jury that there were no prospects for an early verdict, so Judge Hagan ordered the Jurymen to go to bed, saying he would not re ceive any verdict until Sunday. During the judge’s charges, Dr. Smith remained cool and unconcern ed, turning his eyes frequently to his young wife, Mrs. Mabel Merchant Smith, formerly of Newton Highland, Mass. The aged mother and young sister of the wife frequently shed tears. Society women packed the lobby and hall. The defense demanded liberty or death. The State laid stress upon the fact that Mrs. Merchant Smith was not called to refute the inferences made of her relations with the de fendant. Start of the egg hunt at Grant Park, with part of the 15,000 children ready to begin the search. R0ME-GADSDEN RAILROAD PROMOTERS FORM COMPANY GADSDEN. ADA.. May 3.—Pro moters of the proposed Rome and Gadsden Railroad to-day elected of ficers and directors. The officers are: President, J. B. Wadsworth, Gadsden; vice president, J. N. King, Rome; treasurer. G. P. Smith, Center; secre tary, D. S. Daniels, Rome. On May 9 a meeting of the directors and officers will be held at Rome to arrange to send representatives to New York to finance the project. HUFF TO ASK CONGRESS TO PROBE SPEER AFFAIR MACON, GA„ May 3.—The charge of contempt of court hanging over him for sending a vitriolic letter to Judge Emory Speer last July will not deter Colonel W. A. Huff. ex-Mayor, from presenting a demand to Congress for the impeachment of the Judge. The charges, which, he contends. Justify an investigation by Congress, Will be made public In a pamphlet to be issued as soon as the printers can prepare it. WILSON, HOME, THINKS HIS WORK IN JERSEY FRUITFUL WASHINGTON, May 3.—Tired, but confident that his trip to New Jersey will be productive of good results In connection with Jury reform. Pres ident Wilson returned to Washington early to-day and at once went to the White House, where he attacked a large amount of routine work which had accumulated in his absence. White City Park Now Open boy’s cap. Carl Brannon, 5 years old, a half dozen pairs of hose. Charlie Torln, 12 years old, a pair of tennis shoes. Harry Smith, 11 years old, a half dozen pairs of hose. Owen Lynam, 12 years old, a pair of slippers. Harold Wall, 12 years old, a base ball and bat. Romalne Swinney, 12 years old, a hat or a pair of pants. Melvin Ragsdale, 12 years old, a baseball suit. Willie Fowler, 12 years old, a silk tie. J. D. Marchman, 12 years old, a pair of shoes. Movie Tickets, Too. Buell Cravjley, 12 years old, 25 “movie” tickets. Marshall Bining. a silk tie. Clyde Shaw, 10 years old, a straw hat. Theresa Bradbury, 12 years old, a pair of tennis shoes. Powell Moody, 7 years old, a Bus ter Brown camera. Judson Pugh, 11 years old, an order for a prize. Virginia Wilson, 4 years old, a Jew el case. Charlie Hartsfleld, 6 years old, a pair of tennis shoes. Robert Hix, 8 years old, a half doz en pairs of hose. John Turner, 8 years old, $5 In trade. Maude Goodwin, 9 years old, a prize for a girl. Willie May Brooks, 10 years olfl, a prize for a girl. Ruby Clay, 10 years old, $2 In cash Blanche Rich, 9 years old, a rock ing chair. Eva Almand, 12 years old, a $5 hat. Louise Wells, 12 years old, a straw hat. Zelma Parrott, 10 years old, a base ball. Awtrey Elrod, 11 years old, 25 “movie” tickets. Merrill Bumstead, 8 years old, a $3.50 hat. The prizes were donated by Atlanta merchants. The golden egg, which was made of brass, with a flve-dollaT gold piece inside, was donated by James Holloway. The egg hunt is considered the most successful the Park Board has ever given. There were more children and more enthusiasm than at anv previous event. The committee which had charge of the affair comprised W. C. Puckett, chairman: Roger Win ter, T. L. Bond, R. A. Burnett and C. I. Branan. The band wa» composed of members of the Atlanta Federation of Musicians, who donated their serv ices. Y. M. C. A. on Wheels Carrying Religion Car Runs Over Railroad Tracks to Logging Camps and Provides Entertainment. SPOKANE, WASH., May 8.—The only complete “Y. M. C. A. on wheels” in the world, so far as Spokane offi cials are aware, makes regular trips over a long logging railroad of the Potlatch Lumber < ’ompany, in the country near Bovill. Idaho. A railroad car has been remod eled for the purpose and Is taken over the company’s line, stopping one week at each of eight logging camps. The car has a reading room, with magazines, newspapers and books and athletic and amusement equipment, including boxing gloves. punching bags, pool table, organ and other musical Instruments. A rifle range Is another popular feature. Religious services are held In the car each Sunday, and on other even ings social and athletic events are given. The maintenance is met joint ly by the lumber company and Its employees. HEIRS ARE ST. LOUIS, May 3.—-There'll be a raking and scraping of family rec ords over the country In the next few weeks of heirs and near heir* to the estate of Henry Garner, pio neer of this city, whose estate la available to settlement by the expi ration of a ninety-nine-year lease re cently which had tied up all his property. Henry Garner died many years ago. News reports from San Bernardino, Cal., say that C\ F. Garner, cattle man, of Dodge City, aKns., Is there to begin plans with other heirs for liti gation for a share of the estate, which was appraised at $76,000,000 In 1900 by St. Louis courts. Heirs of the pioneer pre said to bo scattered In a score of States. The Dodge City Garner plans to go to Boise City, Idaho, to confer with heirs there. "Row the Boat, Row the Boat, Up and Down the Stream” That is the song of the jollv jack tar boys of the Riverside Naval Academy as they bend to their oars and cleave the placid waters of Lake Warner. Under direction of a graduate naval instructor, every boy is taught to swim, dive, row and man a boat. All of the aquatic sports are indulged in. Constant water patrol robs these sports of all danger. Tennis courts, baseball fames, trap shooting and mountain climbing offer ad ditional attractions. Your boy's vacation is here plan ned in advance. Duties of camp life, healthful athletics and study are so intermingled as to produce the best results mentally, morally and physically. Such a vacation la Ideal from every standpoint. Tour boy la lnauied every watch care; healthy invigorating Ilf# In the open; systematic study and good companiou.shlp. Life la spent out of doors, where the foundation for a healthy body oa which to build an alert mind la laid. Tour boy la developed, taught and improved along all lines, under most care ful supervision. . Summer course, of eight weeks, opening June Sfith, Including naval instruc tion and class work, $100; uniforms, $20. Vo extras. W rite to-day for cat alog. Addreaa: Riverside Naval Academy Box 23 Gainesville, Gs. KEGENSTEIN’S REQENSTEIN’ Charley Rice, eleven-year-old boy, who found the prize egg, and was given a $5 gold piece as reward. Charlie Rice Winner of Grand Prize for Finding Golden Egg. Other Lucky Ones. AN IMPORTANT SALE OF BARGAINS Women’s^ Misses’ Tailored Suit AN UNUSUAL SELECTION OF DESIRABLE SPRING MODELS. DISTINCTIVE IN STYLE, ARTISTIC IN COLOR AND OF A HIGH STANDARD OF QUALITY AND WORKMAN SHIP. SPRUNG | I positively guar my groat. Compound. IMIES*!!'”**"!!;' HaJely relieves the longest, most obstinate, u- S¥rer*nee lH i3th U work! MuiV jlS.' llmiVl’- Strength Booklet rKhfc. Write o d d ,\ lur.** Dr. A. I. SouUilog'on liemedy Co.. 51v< Main £»«.. \ KaiifM City, Mo. Juvenile Atlanta came into its own yesterday. Fifteen thousand youngsters, rang ing in age from 2 to 15 years, routed a detail of 40 of Atlanta’s “finest,” laughed in the faces of frantic mem bers of the committee, and ran the annual egg hunt of the Atlanta Park Board, at Grant Park, to suit them selves. Lagging policemen, newspaper pho tographers and others who chanced to be in their way they promptly trampled into the dirt, in a supreme disregard for the majesty of the law. The only people who came out of the melee with a whole suit of clothing were the ones who were wise—they hid behind trees until the human avalanche had passed. The plans of the committee and the Park Board called for a nice, lady like egg hunt. A band was stationed in the center of the 60-acre “egg pre serve,” and the children were told to begin the hunt when the band played “Dixie.” Forty policemen, under com mand of Captain Poole, were station ed along the edges of the preserve to see that the eager youngsters didn’t break the rules. But the committee had not counted on boyish impatience. The fifteen thousand kids didn’t wait for the strains of “Dixie” any more than they waited for the sound of Gabriel’s trumpet. Ten minutes before the band leader started “Dixie” some bold spirit in the north end of the park started an advance against the line of police. The officers were routed, and the hunt was on. Children Arrive on Time. For two hours before the hunt be gan the four sides of the 60-acre tract where the eggs were hidden were lined with an eager mass of children. It was exactly at 2:52 o’clock, when boyish eagerness could wait no lon ger, that young Charlie Rice sent a company of picked men against the police. Officers had been sent to the park entrance to repulse an advance by a regiment of little girls. One lone policeman, sitting bravely astride a big black horse, was left to guard the northern frontier. Young Rice gath ered his forces. “Cyme on,” he yelled. The lone copper spurred desperately I lo repulse the rushing mass of chil dren. but they chased him up a tree. C hildren on the other three ndes of the park h« ard the tramp of feu’ and the yells as Charlie Rice’s regiment penetrated into the heart of the ene my’s country, and—after that the del uge. Newspaper reporters, policemen, photographers, committeemen and what not were caught in the mael strom of advancing childhood and If they didn’t hide behind trees were knocked down and gleefully trampled on by the happy kids. Roger Winter, sneaking along trying to find a good place to hide the golden egg—the grand prize of the day—hurled his egg into the forest and fled for his life. Ten minutes after General Rice’s army stormed the enemy and captured the rich egg country, there wasn’t an egg of the 200,000 remaining on the ground. Happy children sat in little groups under trees and munched con tentedly on the candy, while they swapped tales of experiences*in the grand rush. The 41 plucky finders of the prize eggs rushed to the band stand in the center of the park to claim their prizes. Charlie Rico Gets Big Prize. ‘Charlie Rice, an 11-year-old boy, who pursued Roger Winter and fairly forced him to drop the golden egg, was the winner of the grand prize, a $5 gold piece. Charlie Is a little freckle-faced, beaming youngster, an orphan, who lives with his uncle, D. E. Rice, at 226 South Avejiue. He attends the W. F. Slaton School. Charlie modestly the praise of his playmates for finding the gold en egg, and beat the photographers to It by calmly asking them to take his picture. The other prize winners were as follows: Buvard Hall, 7 years old, a rocking chair. Clara Louise Harbuck. 9 years old, 20 “movie” tickets. Harry Jones, 12 years old, a pair of tennis shoes. Ruth Mitcham, 6 years old, a pair of shoes. Thomas O’Reilly, Jr., 2 years old, 25 “movie” tickets. He was the young est prize winner. Willie Hollingsworth, 10 years old, a two-pound box of candy. Morgan Smedley, 12 years old, $2.50 in trade. Emory Green, 12 years old, a ha’.f dozen pairs of hose and a pair of ten nis shoes. (Emory found two prize eggs.) Ernest Sinclair, 12 years old. a half dozen pairs of hose. Gladys Lee. 12 years old, a half dozen pairs of hose. • A Cmininirham. ]2 imajttr aid. a SUITS $30, $35 amd $40 Suits Many pretty stylish Spring Suits, in all colors; checks, stripes, tan, blues and black; all sizes; formerly ^^(TT) priced up to $40. Choice Monday SPRING SUITS $22.50, $25 amd $30 Salts Another lot of stylish Spring Suits, in all the best materials and colors. Also tine white wool Suits in ladies’ and misses’ ^fl'T S(TT) sizes. Formerly priced up to $30. Choice Monday vH" SPRING sum $18, $20 amd $25 Suits This assortment of stylish Spring Suits includes several very fine Suits for “Little Ladies” and misses. Serges, diagonals and whip cords in a T good colors. Also white serge Suits. Formerly priced up to $25 Wash Skirts White Wash Skirts, Linene, Pique and Corded Rep. These from last season, and some of them slightly soiled. $2.00, $2.50 and $2.98 values, choice MONDAY Choice Monday .... ■ Balkan Blouses- New shipment of White Balkan and Middy Blouses, trimmed red nr blur Several pretty styles for Children and Misses. Extra values. Choice MONDAY .... .$14j© J None Sent On Approval, Exchanged or Taken Back Forty ^hiteha Street REG -d Forty ^hlteha Street