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Negro Trying to Ride
In Pullman Saved
From Florida Crowd
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FLA.. May 19. Th‘
he conductor for t he I
the train saved a !
h treatment at the j
d of angry men at
«p the negro had;
TrOUNG society folk vho have important part? ir tjje comedy to be presented by the At-
A lanta Players' Club at the G v :v:d he er -ivlj* 30 Left to right: Marsh Adair, Miss
Hildreth Burtan Smith and Lam: v Hill. Here they are showing in a scene from the pjay,
which promises to be the best ever staged by the Players.
Asks Senate to Probe Contracts;
With Armor Plate Trust Which
MuJcteH U. S. of Millions.
WASHINGTON. May 19 Sen na
tional charge? of a maladministration
of naval funds that ha? cost the Gov
ernment over $6,000,000 and endan
gered the impregnability of the most |
formidable vessels in the American
fl*et were made against the Taft ad- |
ministration to-day by Senator Ash -
urst, of Arizona, who has a resolution j
before the Senate calling for an in
vestigation of Glass A armor plate
contract* awarded the armor plan*
trust for the dreadnought Pennsyl
vania.
"My investigation of this matter,
said the Senator, "has convinced me
that a most, deplorable state of af
fairs existed with regard to the pur
chase of armor plate during the last
administration As I have heretofore
stated in the caw of the dreadnought
Pennsylvania. approximately 8.000
tons of Glass A plate was let to the
trust at $454 per ton. 1 have an ex
pert who is willing to testify that a
pood profit could he made on such
;>ia4e at ... price of $254 per ton
The difference in these price* net
ted the trust $1.600,0041.
Millions in Swollen Profit*.
“1 wifh to odd to that statement
that if those figure* he found to be
correct. (.Mass A armor plate contrasts
on the dreadnoughts Arkansas. Neva
da. Texas and Florida, which were let
to the trust at $420 per ton. netted
that organization a swollen profit of
$4/571,1172 on 24.542 tons of this com
modity. None of this material. 1 am
credibly informed, was passed upon
hv a Government expert, for the very
simple reawn that there was no man
in tin* employ of this country capable
of this important duty.
• 1 am not a Jlngolst or a large navy
man.” continued the Senator, “but I
do want the United States to get a
square deal, and 1 Intend to see this
matter through to the finish.”
Tile Senator said that for years the
. Midvale Steel Company, the Carnegie
Steel Company and the Bethlehem
Steel Company, comprising an abso
lute monopoly in the manufacture of
armor plate, had maintained a lobby
In Washington and that they had con
spired to mulct the Government of
millions of dollars.
In this connection, the Senator
called attention to the investigation
started in the House some years ago
by John iSharp Williams, which re
sulted in the finding of a defective
plate, and in the fining of the Car
negie Steel Company. This and other
armor plate, said the Senator, had
been furnished the Government at a
profit of approximately 50 per cent.
Senator Ashurst declared that not
only would he push his resolution for
the investigation of the contracts of
Class A armor plate for the dread
nought Pennsylvania, but that he
would endeavor to enlist his col
leagues in a campaign tn/break up the
armor plate trust and substitute Gov
ernment manufacture of this com
modity.
At the Bureau of Ordnance of the
Navy Department it was ascertained
that approximately 8,000 tons of (Mass
A armor plate had been let to the
trust at $454 per ton for the dread
nought Pennsylvania, and 27.542 of
Class A plate had been let to the same
organization for the building of the
dreadnoughts Arkansas, Nevada,
Texas and Florida.
COURT TO HEAR STORY OF
FEUDIST’S ASSASSINATION
I.KXlNGTo.V KV Max 19 The
story of th- assassination of Ed Cal
lahan. the l.i*t of the famous Breath
itt County feudists of the Kentucky
mountains, will be told this week at
Harrodsburg, where A. H. Patton, of
Jackson, one of the best known law
yers in the State, will be placed on
trial for subornation of perjury
growing out of the recent trial of fif
teen alleged assassins in proving al
leged alibis for the men accused of
actually firing the fata! shots. More
than 100 feudists are at Harrods»burg.
which is a Blue Grass town. Uhlcf
witnesses in the murder trial will tes
tify in Patton’s case.
MORE OPERA STAR WEEPS
THE FATTER SHE BECOMES
MILWAUKEE. May 19— Maggie
Teytv, a grand opera singer, attempt
ed to reduce her weight by weeping.
The more she cried the heavier she
became. She is laughing now to grow
fat.
purchased a Pullman ticket and at-j
tempted to "ride in style” in a Pull- j
:nan car occupied by white persons.
.1. T Fenn, Representative In the
i t islatur<. and members of his farp-j
\ were among the occupant* of the]
Pullman buffet cat* when a weli-
r- vsed negro entered, hung up his
Its! and sat down to breakfast.
Reprc.-i-ntat ive Fenn and 'three
prominent Florida m< n started
toward the negro, when he grabbed!
his baggage am.l hastened lo the ne- 1
gro day coach.
The operator at DeFwnlak heard t '
message about the incident going tol
Superintendent Sqltmarsh and toidj
some of tiie loungers around the de
pot. When the train reached De-I
Fun hi k angry men boarded the train, j
searching for the negro.
Miss Page’s Husband;
Must Be an American
PHILADELPHIA. May 19 Mis*
Kathleen Page, daughter of Walter
Hines Page, American Ambassador to
England, admitted at Pembrooke
Hall. Bryn Mawr. that she was look
ing forward with interest to her visit
next month to the Court of S*
Jame*. ^
' 1 suppose we will do *ome enter
taining. ” sh* said, "but father is go
ing to be a diplomat, not a society
man."
When asked if she thought she
might become so attached to England I
that she would want to make her!
home there and perhaps marry an
Englishman, she replied:
"1 haven’t had time to think of 1
marriage, but when I do the man
must be an American, and just half
as good as fa t her.”
Six-Day Babe Weighs j
Only Pound and Half
SYRACUSE. May 19. The vlltage
of Minlius, nine miles east of here,
boasts of having the smallest six
days-old bn by on record In Central
New York. The infant—a boy—was
born la*t Saturday lo Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis Foote. It weighed at birth a
trifle more than a pound, and ha?
been gaining an ounce or more each
day. It tipped the scales to-night at
a pound and a half.
The infant is well formed, but Is
in a weak condition. Mr. and Mrs
Foo^e have five other children, and
none of them weighed less than nim
pounds at birth One weighed twelve
pounds.
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Coffee, f JJJ
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CASH GROCERY CO,
HE and 126 Wh.tsha!
Burt, Once Famous
Railway Figure, dies
CHICAGO. May 19.—Horace Greeley
Burt, once president of the Union Pa
cific Railroad, died to-day at the
Oak Park Hospital He was operated
on three week* ago for a malignant
trouble. Complication* involving the
heart caused his death.
Mr. Burt started in railroad work
as a rodman and worked his way up
to president of the Union Pacific. He
was succeeded in 1904 by the late
E. H. Harriman. After his retire
ment. Mr. Harriman paid him $150,000
a year to investigate railroad possi
bilities in Japan and China.
U. S. Theatrical Man
In Jail in England
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON. May 19.—Salter Hansen.
Chicago theatrical man, arrested on
the charge of making threat* of phys
ical violence against Arthur Bour-
chler, his opponent in the war started
by Hansen’s objections to the produc
tion of Dr. Henri DeKothschild’s play,
“Croesus,” at the Garden Theater,
was arraigned to-day.
Counsel for Mr. Bourchler staled
that llanseb had used “abominable
language” toward his client, and had
frequently threatened him
The hearing was adjourned until
Friday, find Hansen was remanded.
In the meantime Hansen has appealed
to the United State* Embassy itgain*t
detention.
Cochran to Deliver
Graduation Address
Ralph O. Cochran, real estate man,
legislator-elect and candidate to suc
ceed Senator Hoke Smith, will go to
Palmetto Friday night to deliver the
annual commencement address of the
public schools Palmetto is Mr.
Cochran’s native heath, and he al
ways receives a warm welcome there.
Mr. Cochran will go Monday night.
May 26. to Lithonia to deliver the an
nual address at the public schools
there. Both addresses will be edu
cational in character.
‘Wilson Waggle’ Now
Fad in Washington
WASHINGTON. May 19—A new
walk catted the "Wilson Waggle” is
[the latest here. It can not be ac
complished without low fiat heels, and
is described as "a graceful creeping.”
The walk has been originated since
the President’s family came to the
Capital.
PULITZER MAGAZINE WILL
MUCKRAKE MUCKRAKERS
WASHINGTON. May J9. Walter
Pulitzer, of New York, is in Wash-
I ington making arrangements to start
la magazine which be proposes to
(bring out September 1«
Mr. Pulitzer said that his new pub-
i lieation would be built to muckrake
|'the muckraker
[ i HITS 8 HOUR DAY FOR WOMEN
CHICAGO. May 19 —Protesting
►ainst an eight-hour day la\x for
omen. D E Prescott, a numlfav -
COUNCIL TAKES UP WOULD LIFT DUTY
SEWER BOND ISSUE TO PUNISH TRUSTS
Special Committee To Be Named I Iowa Senator Proposes Putting
to Report on Plan for Improve
ments, Says Thomson.
Councilman Albert Thomson Monday
said Council would approve his resolu
tion creating a special committee to
consider a yewer and tfnrk bond issue.
Several Councilmen have shown inter
est in his plan for n>unicipaJ improve
ments. The object of the committee is
to have a detailed report on the advisa
bility of a bond issue.
Councilman Thomson’s Idea is that if
bond money can be obtained to complete
the sewer system outlined and to ex
tend the park system, the city ’jf nor
mal income will be sufficient to carry
on street improvements and other mu
nicipal works.
Among important matters presented
to Council Monday afternoon will he
Mayor Woodward's veto message on the
fire probe committee’s report, published
in full in The Sunday American
The reedmmendation of t lie streets
committee that $.’50.000 be apportioned
for tlie regrading <»f Whitehall Street
will be read and referred to the finance
committee. , ,
Councilman Claude L. Ashley will de
mand a report from the police commit
tee on his race segregation ordinance.
It is charged that the police committee
wants to kill this ordinance by pigeon
holing it. A bitter fight will develop if
its adoptIbn is insisted on. not only ne
groes being opposed to it. but many
influential white, nien. who own houses
rented to negroes.
The new "dirt ordinance also will be
presented, Council Claude L. Ashley
championing it and Alderman .lames \V.
Maddox, a grading contractor, leading
the opposition. The present dirt law
has proved ineffective
CANADIAN BANK THIEVES
CHANGE LOOT TO U. S. COIN
CHICAGO. May 19.—Almost $100.-
000 of the $271,000 in Canadian money
stolen from the branch of the Bank
of Montreal at New Westminster. B.
C . has been exchanged for United
States currency by Chicago saloon
keepers. according to the assertion of
the superintendent of a detective
agency made last night.
All Goods Made by Monopo
lies on Free List.
WASHINGTON, May 19..—Senator
Kenyon of Iowa to-day introduced in
the Senate an amendment to the tar
iff bill which provides that when H
concern has been declared by the
courts a monopoly within the mean
ing of the Sherman law. the products
controlled, or substantially controlled,
by it shall go on the free list.
It will be the duty of the Attorney
General to notify the Treasury De
partment when a concern has been
declared by the courts a monopoly,
and it will then be mandatory on the
Secretary of the Treasury to relieve
of all duties articles controlled by
the monopoly.
Such a law would cover prod
ucts controlled by Standard Oil and a
number of monopolies.
Senator Kenyon says this is in har
mony with the old Iowa idea of "no
shelter to monopoly.” He believes the
Senate Democrats can not refuse ‘o
adopt it.
Foreman's House Wrecked With
Dynamite on the Farm of
James T. Anderson.
MARIETTA, GA., May 19. Cobb
County officers to-day are searching
for unknown men who early yester
day wrecked with dynamite a ten
ant house on the farm of James T
Anderson, eight miles from Ma
rietta. The house was occupied by
a negro foreman.
It is believed the same men are
responsible for this as for other dep
redations in this county in recent
months, all directed against negroes
in efforts to drive them from this
section. Heretofore one store was
burned near the Kennesaw Marble
Company’s plant and several notices
were posted in conspicuous places
warning negroes to leave. The per
petrators became so bold that special
watchmen were employed at many
factories and mills in and near the
city where negro labor is employed.
Mr. Anderson’s foreman was one
of those warned to leave and did so.
but a month ago was prevailed on by
Mr. Anderson to return.
Early Sunday occupants of the
foreman's house were thrown from
their beds by a terrific explosion. No
one was injured, as they were sleep
ing at the far end from where the
dynamite was set off.
Investigation revealed that the per
petrators had driven in a buggy to
within 30 feet of the house apd. with
a long pole, had pushed the dynamite
under the building, setting it off with
a. three-foot fuse. They drove off be
fore it had time to explode.
The Sheriff was notified and hur
ried to the seen? with a posse and
dogs, but the buggy tracks could not
be followed.
Citizens here are indignant over
these continued depredations and
have started a fund as a reward for
the apprehension of the guilty parties,
who are supposed to be low-class
white men. ^
Mr. Anderson declares that his fore
man is an industrious negro who does
not interfere with outsiders and sel
dom leaves the place.
Senate Lifts Duty
on Panama Exhibits
WASHINGTON, May 19.—The Sen
ate to-day jwssed a bill by Represen
tative Kettner. of California, provid
ing for the exemption from duty of
exhibits for the Panama-Pacific Ex-
position at San Francisco in 1915.
This niu already has passed the
House and now will go to the Presi
dent for his signature.
Forecaster Predicts Scorching
Weather for Atlanta Follow
ing Mercury Rise.
”1 by see the papers, suh.” said the
Atlanta colonel, "that the weather
man prophesies mint julep weather.”
Forecasts by C. F. Von Herrmann.
Section Director of the United States
Weather Bureau. Monday announced
that Atlanta in in the path of an ap
proaching heat wave. Local temper
ature, which Sunday registered .at its
height 88 degrees, is on the rise. Tues
day will see a temperature of 90 de
grees, Air. Von Herrmann said, and
advances above this will follow rap
idly.
Monday morning at 7 o’clock the
thermometer registered 72, but grad
ually rose ot 89 degrees.
"Summer weather's arrival in At
lanta is rather late this year, how
ever." remarked the forecaster. "As
a rule we have 90 degrees during the
first five days of the month. With
the advent of the 90s in temperature
summer is generally understood to be
on in full force. The weather will
continue to have maximum degrees of
90 and above until in October. The
last day for a maximum of 90 de
grees in October during th*» last dec
ade was in 1911, when we had no
more high temperatures after the
third day.”
Hot All Over East.
Mr. Von Herrmann's report for
Monday read as follows:
"The weather is generally clear over
most of the country east of the Rocky
Mountains, excepting that showers
fell during the past 24 hours at a few
stations on the North Pacific coast
and in the St. Lawrence Valley. The
temperatures in the East are high,
especially in the eastern portion of
the cotton belt.
"A moderate disturbance exiats tins
morning over Colorado, with the at
mospheric pressure below 29.65 inches
at Denver. This is accompanied >y
generally cloudy threatening weather
over the entire country east of the
Mississippi River.
Temperatures are generally above
40 degree* this morning except at a
few places. Condition* are favorable
for thunder showers to-night or
Tuesday.”
Despite the approaching hot gath
er. the nights wul continue to be cool,
according to Mr. Von Herrmann
"Atlanta enjoys the coolest nights
during the summer of almost any
other Southern city. I would advise
everyone to fi: up sleeping porches. A
good rest at night, unannoyed by heat,
will enable a person to withstand ihe
hot day* much easier than otherwise.
Let Ice Water Alone.
“Above all, people should not drink
cold liquids during the summer. They
are most destructive to the vitality.
"The best way to handle children,
especially babies, in hot weather is to
put as few clothes as possible on
them and then let them alone. Do not
wrap hot, stuffy blankets around the
babies or put .q^fety pins next to their
bodies. Place them on the floor,
where they will come in contact with
nothing that would induce warmth.
Babies' suffer from heat more than
grown persons.”
President Thinks Belief Tnat
Americans Regard Them as
Inferior Riled Orientals.
White City Park Now Open
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KODAKS
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Fasucan Fttais Uu «cm-
P'.t**** »aja f eur nippUr*.
O'll k mail **rr|c*e fnr wt-of-'-.n ru*?eaVTS
Se^d f©** Catalog rod P r 'ce L!*t.
A. K. HAWKES CO.
14 Whitehall St., Atlanta. G«.
IT IS THE
COMBINATION
THAT COUNTS
Safety
Strongest State
Bank in the
South
Interest
4 Per Cent
Compounded
Semi-Annually
Trust Co in pa ny of Georgia
Capital and Surplus $1,800,000
Equitable Budding Pryor Street
WASHINGTON. May 19.—T f State
Department indicated to-day that the
administration ha» completed its con
sideration of all point* in the reply to
the Japanese protest against the ( al-
ifornia land law, and, it. will be trans
mitted to Viscount Chlnda, Japanese
Ambassador, either to-night or to
morrow. when, it is anticipated, the
State Department will make-public n
official statement outlining both sides
in the controversy.
Secretary of State Bryan believes
this will be the beet method of^riu-
ding the nation of its "war scare.’
Calls Pride Cause of Row.
That President Wilson believes the
root of the whole trouble lies in the
national pride of the Japanese was
indicated at the semi-weekly news
paper Cabinet meeting to-day.
The President has concluded that
Japan is not so much annoyed by the
Webb bill as at the intimation that
Americans do not wish to meet the
Orientals on equal terms. This fee
ing, he considers, was born of the
Chinese exclusion act.
See Insult to Nation.
The Japanese, as a nation, do not
care particularly whether their broth
ers hold land in California, but they
fee! a prohibition of this provides an
insult to their race and courftry.
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Kaiser Picks Prince ‘
For Albanian Throne
'■'--Ini Cable to The Atlanta Qeorqlan
VIENNA, May 19. Announcement
was nmde litre to-day that, at to.
morrow’s conference of the Ambasea.
dors In Hendon, the German Arnban-
aador will propose Prince Frederick
Wied, a Protestant, for the throne of
Albania. Prince Frederick is a nephew
I of Queen Elizabeth of Roumanla
KiiiK Charles of rfbumanla is a,
member of the German Hohenzoliern
family, but not the branch from
| w hich the Kaiser comes. .
PAULINE WAYNE RIVAL
APPEARS IN OKLAHOMA
nP Ft A NT. OKLA.. May 19.—A. M,
Hull probably has the best milk-pro
ducing cow in Oklahoma and h* is
willing to make affidavit that at one
milking recently he filled a pai: six
times and left the calf a square meal.
The cow is a Jersey and 5 years old
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 21
$1.50
ROUND TRIP
Special train leaves Ter-
minai Station at 8 A. M.
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We have brought
it to just this
point—
Those who have
Furniture and
Mouse Furnishings
to buy owe it to
themselves to see
the wonderful col
lection gathered
into this big live-
story furniture
store right now.
It Is the South' ^Greatest Stock
CHAMBERLIN-JOHNSON-DuBOSE CO.
These Are Wash Goods That Women AVant
Right Now and They Are Priced
There are signs of a crowd in the prices!
We have been going through the Wash Goods Department
with a sharp eye for all stray lots—for, as 1 he best housekeepers
know, things will be overlooked, misplaced and forgotten in the
best regulated households—and stores.
This is an instance.
Also this is an instance of the way Chamberlin-John son Du-
Bose Co/stet things aright.
And, since these are the materials women want for their
summertime dresses, skirts and waists, and since qualities are
just what you would expect here at the original prices, you may
judge that the setting-aright will he quick.
At F renc h Piques, regular-
ly 50c. They are 28
inches wide. Choose from about all
colors and white arid white with
dainty stripes. Also at this price
are colored checked piques and
piques with a ratine stripe. These
were 65c a vard.
At Embroidered Mulls,
fil regularly 65c; 32 inches
wide; very soft quality, with small
dots embroidered over their sur
faces—all white; also colored strip
ed French voiles with embroidered
dots.
/If IQrf* French Piques, regularly
rll iwl 35 C) ‘2# inches wide, in
colors, in plain white and in white
with eoldred stripes. A splendid
material for dresses and skirts.
At French Voiles,regularly
ctl 9o c a s s heer and sum
mery a fabric as ever the looms
clacked off. In colors, daintily
striped; with these are white ba
tistes embroidered in (Triors. Both
32 inches wide.
At French Lingerie cloth,
m it/A, regularly $1.50. Sure to
go very, very- quickly. White, em
broidered in open-work patterns.
32 inches wide.
Chamberlin=Jolioson=DuBose Co.
C H AM BE RUN-JOHNSON-Da BOSE CO.
ATLANTA NEW YORK PARIS