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A hook-folder, illustrated
with views of the Colorado
Rockies.
11 tells all about the vacation
delights of that Land of Many
Mountains — about trout in the
brooks, camps in the pines,
snow on the peaks, turquoise in
the sky.
Read, and you will wish to go there,
tal;ing advantage of the low-fare
Summer Excursions
After seeing Colorado, there’s the Crand
Canyon' of Arizona and the California
Sierras or seashore ; booklets about both,
on request. .
You can’t afford to miss these "See
America” outings in the Far IVcst. Fred
Harvey meals on the way.
Jno. T). Carter, Son. Pass. Agt.
14 N. Pryor St., Atlanta, Ga.
Phone, Main 342.
C ATLANTA GKORGIAX AM) NEWS, MONDAY. MAY 5, 191.L
T.G.POLHILLIS [HOW GIGANTIC SLIDE THREATENS THE PANAMA CANAL
ELECTED HEAD hr^T
State Convention Before Adjourn
ing Demands Labor Laws and
Better Sanitation.
Poihill, of LaGrange, »*» the
d of the Georgia Educational
Ion ’ He* was elected without
»ti this morning at the last
<»1 U»r run van lion. Mr Pol-
rtrst vice president of the or-
on during the pa it year. He
jpal of thi HuGrange High
is 1 **'
School.
Other .officer* elected were J. (
Wanila A. of the Georgia Military In
siitule at Milledg'*vllle. first vice pros
ident. and Mias Elizabeth Holt, of tin
Augusta High School, second vie
president. <\ 1.. Smith, superintend
**m at HiGiange, was re-elected sec*
toll.
a;is r
superin-
?-elected
I
Blind Mule Caught Mine Interests Try
In Terminal Station 1 To Block U. S. Probe j
embers of the hoard
e also elected. They
were Jason Scarboro. superintendent
*t Tifton; R. E Rrooks, superintend-
**tit at Dublin, and G D. Godard, su
perintendent at Moultrie.
Teachers Demand Prompt P*y.
K« solutions were adopted imploring
ttie Legislatui o to provide for prompt
payment "f teach* rs* salaries, to pro
vide for better supervifion of rurm
school work by appointing five su
pervisor in addition to th* three al
ready employ'd to provide for < oni-
j*ient medical inspection of school
* hiltfretj. to pass Jaws requiring in-
• tallatlon of sanitary drinking foun
tains and other sajiitary necessities
unlawi ;;l t«» vork a child undci'
ears of age.
lection of n State song and 1 n
.ate flown was carried over until
next yetir. Eoui Nrtjlpn have been fm-
leetcc! fro?:. :■ -r* cumber submit-
fed They ii Jv- 'Tried <»ut" by
various schools ; no :• vote taken ns
to the best one Th* question of
selecting ttic Stat
be put to a vo
school voting,
entitled to on
T1
flower also will
c children <»f each
;ach school will he
ote when the mat-
Wanderer Makes Himself at Home
in Main Waiting Room Until
Police Arrive.
An old blind mule that had wan
dered away from its stall ambled into
the Terminal Station Jit an early hour
this morning and made himself at
home in the main
Where the old
never was learned
station determine*
a mistake. So th<
notified. and OUI < >ffi
led the mule out of th
Aaiting room,
mule was bound
but officials of the
that he had made
police station was
r o. R. Jones
Terminal.
On the way through Whitehall
Street the wanderer made, several at
tempts to . enter stores, but filially
was safely impounded at the police
station.
If you have anything to sell, adver
tise in The Sunday American. Larg
est circulation of any Sunday news
paper in the South,
Senator Kern Urged to Halt Investi
gation Into Paint Creek Strike
Conditions.
WASHINGTON, May 4. Powerful
influence by mine owners and opera
tors Ih being brought on Senators to
block the proposed Senate investi-
the Paint
Goal Dls-
gation into conditions on
Greek and Cabin Greek
trb ts of West Virginia.
Senator Kern of Indiana, author of
the resolution authorizing'the inves
tigation. today whs sought by those
interested. in suppressing the inquiry
ami representatives of New York
financial interests having investments
in the districts, calling him on the tel
ephone and urged him to halt the in-
yostfgat Ion.
Hentttor Kern said to-day he had in
bis possession the reports of Fed
eral Jigpnjs which wer> suppressed
b.v officials of the Department of
c’ornrmrce and Labor. One of these
agents told the Senator of the al
leged barbarous treatment undergone
by the miners and their families.
icr is decided next > ear.
Meeting Place Not Fixed.
Albany extended an invitation t »
the association to meet there next
year and delegates from South Geor
gia asked that their vection he re
garded *h the naming the aext
meeting place, ,, ’he matter was !• fi
in fhe hands of the executive eini*
mlttee.
The convention adjourned at 1«:30
o’clock.
Puts Health Before Learning.
if it were a choice between health
and education. 1 would select health.
Make the child healthy; then educate
him.” was the terse comment by l>r.
T. R. Abercrombie, inspector for the
State Board Of Health, before the
association thi.Jf morning
The child's health comes before
everything else; conditions that sur
round him and the condition of his
physical be'nfc for the development of
his mental qualities arc most impor
tant factors," he continued. "Too often
ihe child has been developed mentally
when hi« physical part was absolutely
unfit. The great problem lies In mak
ing him fit physically and then to de
velop his mentality.
•‘A rigid campaign along this line
Is what is needed Teachers have
been educated to the need of health
among children. It remains for the
{State to follow up this work.”
Dr. Abercrombie’s address was lis-
voed to attentive!) One of the
frongeit feat ire? " f the Georg] Bd*
Oration.i Ass-' n- • 't* orgur.
lzation has been the promotion of
* hildren’s health.
'All Men Are Liars'
She Said; 'Insane,'
Jury Votes at Once
Harsh Views of the Sterner Sex
Prove Unfortunate for
Mrs. Fenes
Silk Stockings Exasperate judge
•he*:- ►!•••:• •>•*:* *:••*:• •:*••**
Calls Them In Contempt of Court
+•+
Fair Defendant Hastily Hides ’Em
When
tically, that
earth
place
-w^ IVrcsxxxnoxKt Klws CStlorxca.
SHOWING EFFECTS OF SLI DE WHICH OCCURRED MONTHS AGO.
slides into the "cut" it often covers and destroys much of the machinery used for excavating,
affected by the slide must be excavated again.
It also means, prac-
Nature, with a force greater than
the combined power and engineering
skill of the thousands of American
toilers who are aiding Uncle Sam in
constructing the Panama Ganal, has
again stepped in and once more made
the opening date of the "Big Ditch"
a matter of uncertainty, the War
Department to-day having been in-
tormed that a now mammoth slide
started 1,500 feet back from the Gule-
bra Cut.
Since the inception of the ('anal
it has been realized that the deter-
minizng time element, in connection
with its opening, was the success of
the Culebra Gut, but it was never
thought that such obstacles as have
arisen would make the success of
the great undertaking a matter of
doubt.
From the first there have been
small slides of the earth away from
the sides of the Gulebra Cut, but the
most serious of these has now started
and the most expert and hopeful of
the engineers fear thut unless some
now unknown method is found to
combat this* great force of nature'
millions of tons of earth w ill slip into
the cut.
This slide, which was first discov-
’ Atlanta, have 21
emperament, like
&#o 1 emperament.
kindly to the ar-
aud blandishments of mod-
his story from New
Court Justice Gavegun
looked over his spectacles in Part
XIV of the Supreme Court and scowl
ed at u dainty pair of pearl gray silk
stocking**
The hosiery was displayed upon the
feet of Mrs. Rachuej N. Ducps, a
pretty wife of Benjamin P. Ducas, a
wealthy manufacturer. Mrs. Ducas
was sitting at the table of her coun
sel, her feet crossed.
"1 want to say," the Court began
gravely, "that the young lady in black
there is disrespectful to this Court.
If she w ishes me to be more explicit,
1 will say for her benefit that her
lower limbs are insufficiently clad.
She is making tar too free an exhil
YONKERS, Mh> 4
men. written by Mrs
prominent N. w Ro.de
vlnoed a Sheriff’* b.
ed her that she is i
l he\ returned a ver
Alt. men are liar
"Man wants woman
work for him to . ot
xx lien he i*- sick. i.
when he dies, to di|
i iien He Pow u in i h<
Mrs. lYii** w wrote
Fenes. letters add tvs
Row. Nev Rochelle.
Barium.
tlar?*h view » of
Lula Fenes. a
ile woman, con-
y that •examin-
i( ompetent, ami
ict m cording!)
to slave a’nd
plac
pulled her
the silver
and kept
during the
otirt session.
'd; “Your Honor,
in black is the de-
HUFF TO ASK CONGRESS
TO PROBE SPEER AFFAIR
MACON. (? V .Mn>
of contempt of cou:
him for sending a \
Judge Emory Speer 1
deter Colonel W. A
from presenting i
for the impeachment
The charges, whit
justify an Investlgai
will be made public
to be issued JtF soon
can prepare it.
4. The charge
t hanging over]
itriolic letter to
ist J uly will not
Huff, ex-Mayor,
land to Congress
(»f the judge.
contends
Congress
pamphlet
e printers
ROME-GADSDEN RAILROAD
PROMOTERS FORM COMPANY
GADSDEN,
motors of th
(4adod e i) Ra i 1
!
Strike Leaders Held 'Dr. Wilmer, Regiment
For Forming Parade! Chaplain, Is Retired
tion of them in a publi
Mrs. Dueas promptly
hobble skirt down over
buckles on her ailppei
her feet under her chai
remainder of the
Her lawyer rej
this young woma
fendant.”
“I don't care
Justice (iavegan.
(» she is. rcpll
She is making
If In t his . cou
Three Arrested at Hopedale. Mass.,
in Labor Trouble—Joseph Ettor
to Take Charge.
HOU ED ALE, MASS.. May 4.—Artu-
rio Glovannitti, Jos. M. Cold well and
Caleb P. Howard, Industrial Workers
of the World leader? 1 , were arrested
here early to-day by the chief of po
lice. They were taken immediately
to the town lockup, charged with vio
lating the recently passed town laws
whiyh forbid parades without a spe
cial permit issued by the selectmen.
Glovannitti had just arrived to take
charge of the local strike, pending the
arrival later in the day of Joseph Et
tor. He was Ettor’s lieutenant in the
great mill strike at Lawrence.
Italy to Aid Austria
Expel Montenegro
Pledges Co-operation if Franz Joseph
Decides on Independent Move
Against Scutari.
I Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
VIENNA. May 4.—Definite assur-
J ances were received by the Austrian
Government to-day that Italy will co
operate with Austria if thy latter
| country decides on an Independent at
tempt to dri\e the Montenegrins out
(*f Scutari.
Diplomatic circles staled Thai no
i change in the situation is expected
Rank of Captain Goes With Fifth’s
Spiritual Adviser After
Ten Years’ Service.
With a record of more than ten
years as chaplain with the Fifth Geor
gia regiment, I>r. (’ary B. Wilmer was
retired from active service to-day
with tlu* rank of captain.
Dr. Wilmer, who Is rector of St.
Luke’s Episcopal Church, has been
devoted to the welfare of the regi
ment and,has been with the soldiers
on many of their encampments, the
most notable of which was the Ma
nassas campaign of 1904. His suc
cessor will be appointed on the recom
mendation of the regimental com
mander.
CHEROKEE LIFE GETS
CHANGE IN CHARTER
; Life Insurance Com-
Ga., for which a re
asked some time ago
stockholders to-day
change in its charter
The Cheroke«
pan>\ of Rome
ceivership was
by dissatisfied
was granted a
by the Secretary of State
a stock company with a
$100,000.
The compan> was a mutual concern
when the litigation began
arrangeint nt divides it^ capital
into 10.000 shares w ith a par va
$10 each.
oecotning
a pita 1 »‘f j hastens
ered fifteen hundred feet back from
the edge of the excavation with a
nine-inch crack, has now moved for
ward two feet and is gradually but,
nevertheless, surely creeping slowly
forward, some figure at the rate of
about ten inches a day. This vir
tually means that the crest of Cule
bra Heights is actually moving to
ward the cut, or canal proper, and
NO FORCE ON EARTH CAN STOP
IT.
Rain Aiding Slide.
The seriousness of the present
slide is aggravated by the fact that
the rainy season is just setting in,
and this is not only expected to re
tard the work of checking the
crack’s advance, hut also of expedit
ing its forward movement. At the
present time the engineers refuse to
attempt any estimate of the rapid
ity of the crack’s movement toward
tjie canal.
It may be days, it may be weeks
and it may be months, but they all
agree that when It finally arrives Jit
the canal proper with its millions of
tons of earth it will be the most se
rious setback that the American toil
ers have yet encountered. There are
some, in fact, who do not hesitate
to say that it will prove an irrepar
able diculty.
These slides', which are first no
ticeable from a crack in the fissure
of the earth’s surface some distance
back from the cut proper, are due to
the geological formation of the Isth
mus'. The material through which the
cut passes consists very largely of
sedimentary volcanic ashes which
through the ages have solidified to
varying degrees of hardness. It is
rarely ever hard enough to be termed
rock, and the great irregularity of
the stratification and consistency of
the material, particularly where it
rests on harder, underlying rock, pre
sent conditions which make heavy
slides absolutely certain '
Broadly speaking, the moving mass
comes down into the cut either by
sliding or crushing and continues to
move until the natural angle of re
pose has* been reached. In many
cases, supposedly in the present case,
the slide is assisted by surface drain-
»ge water which, seeping down.
the sliding action and make-
preventative measures of almost no
avail.
Over 100 Slides.
Since the construction of the canal
started there have been more than
100 slides of varying magnitude and
varying damage. In some of these as
much as from one to forty-seven
areas were effected, earth from that
area sliding down into the cut, nulli
fying to a large extent the excavat
ing work that ha-' been done.
All this mass of earth has to be
hauled out and in some instances it
I means a second digging of the cut
into which the earth slips.
The engineers, according to the
War Department, are doing all in
their power to minimize the effects
of the slides when it does arrive, but
according to all report?* it will prob
ably be the worst setback the en-
gineers have yet encountered.
And it may mean a serious delay
in the opening of th«» canal which
severs the two continents, and the
completion of which will stamp
Americans as the greatest enginee
In history.
H A TEN CENT BOX
unti 1 the
! resumed
utubassadorial conference
in London Monday.
SLAYER DEFIES HANGMAN
TO TAKE HIM TO GALLOWS
OF “CASCARETS
REV. H. NEWTON. OLDEST
GEORGIA ALUMNUS, DEAD
LOUISVII.I.E, GA., Mnj 4. Armed
with two knives, metal parts of his pris
on cot, which he had demolished, and
several large lumps of coal, Will Thomp
ATHENS GA May 4 Rev Henry I 8 ° n * a condemned negro, yesterday after-
Newton *90* years* of age. the oldest | n . oon l Sherlff Sn, ‘« h ancl hls <««('«-
' ties when they went to his cell to re-
, move him to the scaffold to be hanged.
1 He threatened to kill the first man who
entered his cell. He was later forced
into submission at the point of a sh
living alumnus
| Georgia, died at
| C. H. Newton,
graduated in 1841
He is survived by tx\ > sons and one
| daughter. C. H. Newton, of Athens.
1 Thomus Newton, of Washington. D.
1 and Mrs. W. B. Reynolds, of Mil-
ledgeville.
The funeral will take place here
l tills afternoon.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
LEADER VISITS HERE
of Wilkins-
of the Geor-
I’nion, is in
veral days to
gun and carried to the gallows.
Thompson was convicted of the mur
der of Claude Humphrey, at Avery, two
years ago.
GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER
OF P. T, BARNUM MARRIES
ASHEVILLE, X. C.. May 4.—Henry
Nash Carrier and his* b ide, formerly
Miss Nanc> Bacnum (’lark, great-
granddaughter of tHe late P. T. Ba» -
nuin. are to-day enjoying an auto
mobile honeymoon in the N< rth <
iina mountains, following their mar
"hristian riage
, . .J Roc
Keep your liver and bowels active
and you fee! bully
for months.
Put aside—just once—the Salts.
Cathartic Pills, Castor Oils or pur- !
gative waters which merely force
a passageway through the bowels,
but do -not thoroughly cleanse,
freshen and purify these drainage
or alimentary organs, and have no ;
effect whatever upon the liver and
stomach.
Keep your inside organs pure
and fresh with Cascarets, which ,
thoroughly cleanse the ?*tomach.
remov ■ the undigested, sour and ,
fermenting food and foul gases. 1
take ihe excess bile from the liver !
and carry out of the system all the 1
constipated w aste matter and pels- !
ons in the intestines and bowels.
9 A ('a--caret ;o-n;g.d wi!’ make
you feel great by morning. They ;
work while you sleep—never gripe. !
sicken and cost only in cents a box 1
and
uggisr.
lien ta i
Standpatters Against Findings of
Taft Tariff Board; Progres
sives Favor Them.
WASHINGTON, May 4.—Discussion
of the wool schedule to-day showed
the Republicans divided over the
question of what sort of a substitute
should be offered for the Underwood
rates in Schedule K.
Standpatters believed the report of
the tariff board too indefinite to base
an accurate scale of tariff duties upon
it, while the progressive faction in
sisted that as the Republicans wore
declaring for a tariff commission they
should accept without equivocation
the findings of the Taft tariff board.
The Progressives took the stand
that the Payne rates on wool were
too high and they supported the Dem
ocratic rates.
Representative Gardner of Massa
chusetts, Republican, who has Veen
leading the fight for tariff revision
based on the findings of the tariff
board, declared he believed that the
Underwood rates on the better grades
of woolen cloth were too low.
SLAVER - GETS TWO YEARS
IN ATLANTA PENITENTIARY
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., May 4.
Nelson (Mayton, of Athens, convicted
at the last term of Federal Court of
violating the white slave law. was de
nied a new trial to-day and was sen
tenced to two years in the Atlanta
penitentia ry.
t