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2 THE ATLANTA nEORCTAX AND NEWS, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1913. Grand Jury to Get Much Finger- Print Evidence When Slaying Is Taken Up Friday. Continued From Page 1. .Mr A M rs ith an referred t letter to The Georgian, said she heard a young Whitehall Street say mIi Mary Phagnn at 4 oVIm-k Memorial Day afternooon. Many Subpenas Served. Deputies at the Solicitor's office b< pan Thursday morning nerving the large batch of subpenas for witnesses in the Phngan ease td appear before the Grand Jury Friday morning at 10 o'clock. More than 100 were issued. 4 The Solicitor would not say wheth er he would introduce all of them, but said he would have them in readi ness. Several persons whose names have not appeared in connection with the case have been asked to testify. It became* known also that expert testimony on handwriting and linger, prints would pja.v an important part in the hearing by the Grand Jury. No less than three famous finger-print and handwriting experts have been called into the case by Mr. Dorsey, and the arrival on the scene Wednes day of the best finger-print expert with the Burns agency established beyond any doubt that “linger prints" and "handwriting 1 would be strong cards to be played by the State. Tobie said Wednesday his actions have been misunderstood, and th it criticism of his failure to work with the Atlanta detectives was due to • « misapprehension lie explained his position in the following statement to The Georgian: “When I came here. I started T o work independently, without asking any information from Atlanta detec tives. T have been criticised, but I think the critcism was unjust. It was not egotism, but delicacy, that kept me from going to them. "They had been working on t lie case over three weeks. Then 1 came. mow. if i had gone to them and sold* ’Gentlemen, please give me all the information you got In your three weeks’ work.’ don’t you think that would require an unusual amount of nerve? Denies He Made Criticism. "If 1 were working on a case, and after three weeks a detective from another place should come to me and ask for all my information, I would think he had lots of nerve. it was not egotism on my part- it simply required more nerve than I had. "I also have been criticised for criticising the other men on the case. I have been reported as criticising them for not looking Into the foot prints and finger prints immediately after the murder. But 1 did not make that criticism. 1 said they hail ov erlooked two good clews if they had passed up the finger prints and thumb prints, but 1 did not say they had passed them up. I still say twn good clews were overlooked, providing the thumb prints and finger prints were not traced, but, mind you, 1 do not say they were not taken up. The fact is. I don’t know to-day whether they were or not.’’ • — . ■ - ■ ' ■ — Woman Held Guilty Of Robbing Her Host MACON. GA. May 22. Mrs. Francis Tedder, of Atlania, was found guilty In the Superior Court to day of robbing \V D Kersey, whose family she was visiting several months ago. The charge is larceny from the per son. She will be sentenced this after noon. Hatfield Frees 12 Held in Mine War CHARLESTON. W VA. May 22. Twelve military prisoners were re leased by Governor Hatfield to-day following a conference with them lasting several hours. Among those released were John A. Brown, member of the Socialist Party National Committee. and Charles W. Boswell and W. H, Thompson. Socialist editors. Some of the men are charged with murder. BARNUM’S “FAT LADY’’ IS DEAD; WEIGHED 600 LBS. CHICAGO, May 22. Mrs. Mary Pe ters, who for twenty years made her living by being fat. is dead io-day at the county Hospital following an operation for the removal of a tumor. The tumor weighed 150 pounds. Mrs. Peters weighed nearly BOO pounds. She was one of Bamum’s loading .At tractions for many years. The Georgian-American Pony Contest VOTE COUPON Hearsl's Sunday American and Atlanta Georgian PONY CONTEST VOTE COUPON. THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1913 5 VOTES NOT GOOD AFTER JUNE 6, 1913. Vote for Address CARRIERS' AND AGEN TS' BALLOT. Hearst’sSunday American and Atlanta Georgian Pony Contest Vote Coupon, Thursday, May 22, 1913. 5 %/OTFC good after June 6, 1913. Vote for ! Address SCHOOL ROYS' AND GIRLS' BALLOT. Next Sunday’s Coupons Will Count 30 Votes B SANDERS WALKER, • JR., Macon banker dead from poison he took by mis take a week ago. Moderator Is Attacked by Promi nent Southern Delegate, Who Quits the Sessions. BRUITS PEiCENEBRflSKfl IB STORMS JAIL GASH GRO.CO. SiiS SNAP ^l c Ilf BEANS yi' Fancy Lemons, dozen 14' 2 e Fresh Country Eggs, dozen 16 ? c Gallon Alaga Syrup 49c 24 pounds good Flour 64c Welch’s Grape Juice—Pints. 19c; qts.. 33c; half-gallons . ... 59c 10c Can Georgia Cane Syrup. 5c 15c Can Condensed Milk 9c 20c Columbia River Salmon 9c 15c Alaska Salmon. 1-lb. Can 7' 2 c 15c Sugar Corn. Can V’gC 30c Crisco. Can 19c 30c 5ucin Olives 19c 30c Queen OHves 19c 20c Stuffed Olives . 12* ^c 35c Libby's Asparagus Tips 17 1 2 c CASH GRO.iiQ, w h V.i!;‘ Only Ridicule for Secretary’s " No-Sh i ps-Ti 11-We’re-I n vaded” Policy. By JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES. WASHINGTON, May 22.—“The worst enemy of our country's peace Is he who makes it easy and safe for here enemies to attack her." This is the slashing epigram with which a commander of the United States Navy epitomises the recent at titude of the American Secretary of State. it Is perfectly true that the men who are ready to tight for our coun try when necessary are not much enamored at thia time of the man who is always r.>ady lo talk for it. Air. Bryan's efforts to saddle upon certain "interests” of the country the frank apprehension of all our people over International complications Is immediately followed by tin attack upon those American newspapers who tell the truth and inform the people. Bryan Orator, Not Diplomat. As a matter of fact, Mr. Bryan's diplomatic career, from his prema- mr* congratulation of Ambassador Wilson in Mexico and his unfortu nate allusions to home rule on St. Patrick's Day. and his untactful atti tude toward c'hina, down to his last undiplomatic remark nbout the can non scandals in the German Govern ment. have not been so much of the caliber of a Primp Minister and diplo mat as of an oratorical enthusiast. Before Mr. Bryan begins to abuse the newspapers that have kept his people informed and have done more titan any other influence to stimulate the navy and the army, he hnd bet ter understand .lust how public opin ion holds his own utterances and how lightly it estimates Ills effectiveness as a Secretary of State. Judging from the comments of leading newspapers in foreign coun tries, other governments than our own regard Mr. Bryan's standing ns a practical statesman with a great deal of open amusement. Laughed st Around World. The bona fide statement of Mr. Bryan at the naval banquet that he would never be willing to Indorse a larger navy until our country was in vaded has been laughed at around the world. llis other equally humiliating con fession as the Prime Minister of our Government that 'nothing will force him to tight" Is generally regarded as diminishing the fighting prestige and the individual force of our country among other nations No public voice expresses tills de precatory opinion of Mr. Bryan's sen timental folly more strongly than The Army and Navy Journal, which voices a ringing protest anil criticism. The recent Army and Navy Journal said of Mr. Bryan that his ignorance equaled his sincerity and that ills ut terances have a tendency to promote the very wars they seek to avoid. Engineer Shedd in Rockdale Chaingang AUGUSTA. GA.. May 22.—Mar shall Shedd. the Georgia Railroad engineer convicted of involuntary manslaughter for killing "Sonny" Col lins. has been taken to Conyers to serve twelve months on the Rockdale County chaingang. where he will run ! an englnt Shedd was sentenced to (serve six months in tail and twelve ' months on the Richmond County chaingang. MILLS AT LAGRANGE TO RESUME OPERATION LAGRANGE. GA., May 22. The Park Mil’s, whit h have not been In ! operation for several years, will be- I gin operation as soon as necessary j arrangements can be made. The ea- j paeity of the plant will he doubled ! and new machiner\ installed. This will bring to LaGrange several hun- I fired people. The re-habllHptfiSn of begun Negro Assailant of Woman Saved by Deputies in Bullet- Riddled Jail. HIAWATHA, KAN'S., May 22. -To avenge the attack on a white woman of Falls Ulty. Nebr.. five motor car loads of men, armed with shotguns, revolver*', sledge hammers and bat tering rams, drove here from the Ne braska town at 2 o'clock this morn ing. They surrounded the jail and demanded the surrender of Walter Ballew, a negro, pouring bullets through the windows. There is a steel door between the jailer’s residence and the entrance to the jail. In this corridor, behind this steel door, the deputies were on guard with guns and plenty*of ammunition When the mob saw It would be dangerous to gain entrance that way they attempted to hatter down an other outHde door. Cooler residents of Hiawatha per suaded the Nebraskans to give up their attempt without further vio lence. 4 This morning the county juil pre sents the appearance of a block house following a siege. It was the second attempt to storm the Jail. There were 40 or 50 men here Tuesday morning, but they were persuaded to go home. It is reported that petitions were being circulated In Falls City, in which the signers hound themselves to drive every negro from the city. Jasper Seeks More Power Company Tax JACKSON, GA.. May 22. The courts may he called on to settle the question as to whether Butte or Jas per County is entitled to the larger share of the tax returns of the Cen tral Georgia Power Company. Since the dam was erected on the Ocmulgee River several years ago the company has returned Its Butts County prop erty for $750,000 and that in Jasper County for about $100,000. Now Jas per County claims that five-eighths of the company’s dam is on its side of the stream and that Jasper should have more of the taxes. Wilson Frees Man In Shadow of Death WASHINGTON. May 22.— Compas sion for a prisoner said to be in the last stages of tuberculosis and fear that his presence in the Magoffin County Jail in Kentucky might en danger the health of the other in mates has caused President Wilpon to commute the six months’ sentence im posed upon Bryant Combs at Coving ton. Ky He will be released imme diately. Combs was convicted of operating a "moonshine" still. Chicago Suffragist Refuses to Pay Tax CHICAGO, May 22.—The board of assessors of Cook County to-day be gan preparations to bring Mrs. BelJe Squires into court and force her to pay taxes. Mrs. Squires notified the board that she dared it to try to compel hereto pay any taxes until s»he was permitted to vote. In order to be permitted to bring the case Into court the board assessed Mrs. Squires on $1,000 worth of personal property and added $500 penalty because she presented no schedule. a 1 ri i White City Park Now Open Tifton Store Burns, With $20,000 Loss TIFTON. GA. May 22 The dry tod? store of S and H Kulbursch :is entirely destroyed by fire early day. The blaze started in the ement at the rear of the store •ck and fixtures were valued at .500. with $7,200 insurance. Tlu tiding was owned b\ J. \\ and K umm v, of S\• amore. and w;i> ilued at $2,500. with $2,000 insurance ne origin of the fire is not known. Continued From Page 1. Dr. Lyons, at the same time drawing his committee report from his pocket. Retires Frcm Assembly. "The moderator has done me the honor to make me chairman of his committ- *• on education." declared Dr. McPheeters, "but I can not stand this. / will place my report in the hands of the clerk of this Assembly and resign as head of the committee. I will re-, tire from the deliberations of this body and make my explanations to m.v Presbytery-" • i Dr. McJheeters handed his report to; the clerk and hurried from the room "The doctor must understand,” said • Dr Lyons, "that his report is the; property of the Assembly, and that he must get the consent of the commit tee before he can ietire. 1 will enter tain a motion." Dr. Thomas S. Clyce. ex-moderator, arose and moved that Dr McPheeters j be permitted to retire and that the clerk read his report. Cries of "No! No!" mingled with | the voices of Moderator Lyons' ad-j herents shouting In the affirmative i Recess Ends Uproar. Half a dozen men gained their feet ami clamored for recognition, and Moderator Lyons postponed action on Dr. Clyce's motion until the aft ernoon session. I >r. McPheeters’ characterization of the manner in which Dr. Lyons conducted the Assembly as “steam roller methods” came immediately after the minority report of the com mittee on the Federal Council of Churches presented by Dr. T. M Lowry, of Memphis, was voted down. When the vote was announced, Dr. McPheeters gained the floor and said he desired to offer a substitute. Dr. Lyons ruled that the amend ment was out of order, and that the question of the adoption of the ma jority report should take precedence over all other business. Dr. McPheeters insisted that his amendment was In order, and ap pealed to Dr. G. B. Strlckler. of Vir ginia, a noted parliamentarian, who sustained his contention. Charges Political Methods. ' I do not recognize the doctor," de clared the moderator. "I explained the rules under which we are pro ceeding several days ago, and they will be enforced.” Dr. McPheeters turned to the house, and shaking his hand in the air shouted: "He is using the steam roller like a political convention!" The moderator’s gavel descended and lie refused to recognize any one of the dozens of men w ho leaped to their feet from all parts of the house. He called for a vote on the adoption of the majority report of the commit tee on the Federal Council Of Churches, which recommended that the Southern Church continue its af filiation with that body. A viva voce vote was taken by the moderator, and the report declared adopted. A standing vote was taken and the majority report declared adopted by a vote of 138 to 27. Prior to the dispute and the final adoption of the report several ad dresses were delivered in favor of each report. Dr. T. S Clyce. retir ing moderator, and Dr. Thornton Whaling, of South Carolina, spoke in favor of the adoption of the majority report and the continuation of rela tions with the Federal Council. Dr. T. M. Lowry pleaded for the adoption of the minority report. Reference to Dr. Shailler Matthews, of Chicago, president of the Federal Council, whose incumbency has form ed the basis of much of the opposi tion to the Southern Church continu ing in the Council, was made by Dr. Clyce and Dr. Whaling. Both de clared that Dr. Matthews was bfit a mere incident, who easily could be brushed aside. Dr. Clyce urged ac tion, protesting the re-election of Dr. Matthews and against undue political activity on the part of the Council. O H STARNES, JR., son of • Atlanta man, who disap- , peared May 12 from school he was attending at Barnesville. Photo by Courtesy of .southern Wanker. PHILADELPHIANS United Assembly Adopts New Financial System. What was termed the "greatest for ward step in the history of the church" waft taken at the closing ses sion of the United Presbyterian As sembly Thursday morning, in the or ganization of the "Missionary and Efficient Committee.’’ This committee will principally act as a clearing house for all funds of the church. It absorbs the Ways and Means Committee, which has been in existence for 50 years, and the "Mil- iion-Dollar Committee." The Missionary and Efficienscy Committee will be composed of rep resentatives of each of the boards of the church. An "every member can vass" for funds will be Inaugurated by the new committee. Congregational treasurers will bo required to make monthly remittances of all mission funds to the financial agents of their respective presbyte ries, and the financial agents must remit in turn to the Missionary and Efficiency Committee on the 10th >f each month. The committee will re mit on the 20th of each month to the treasurers of the various boards. Monthly statements will be published of all funds received and disbursed. A new motto fqr the opining year was adopted. It was proposed by Dr. John A. Wilson, of Pittsburg, and is: "The World for Christ and a Tithe of Our income for Missions." Last year’s watchword was: "Twenty-five Thousand Souls for Christ; a Million Dollars for Mis sions." A telegram was read from Dr R 1. Miller, editor for 32 years* of Th.? Christian Union Herald, offering his resignation. This periodical was bit terly attacked’ a few days ago by the Board of Publication. It was not a personal attack on Dr. Miller, how ever The resignation was not ac cepted. Police Shakeup Threatened. VALDOSTA.—The suspension of Policeman S. L. Jolly on charges brought by a negro prisoner whom he- had arrested, promises to bt-ing shout a shakeup in the police de partment here. Tae negro says Jol- \ toAk from him a small sum of moiie>. w hich ht failed to return.’ Atlanta Battalion First to Arrive for State Fencibles’ Cente nary Celebration. PHILADELPHIA. PA., May 22.— Amid a blare of bugles, the Old Guard battalion of the Gate City Guard of Atlanta arrived here at 10:30 o’clock this morning. The visitors were met at the station by the infantry battal ion of the Pennsylvania State Fenci bles. The company was escorted by n squad of mounted police and the Fencibles to the Hotel Walton. They marched through the hotel corridors and again to the street, where they received the military salute of the State officers. The Old Guard then marched to their headquarters at the Continental Hotel. Major J. F. Burke was im-* menselv ple&s«ed with the treatment the company had received since they left Atlanta, but he said he believed that many of the men had never been as tired and wearied as they were yesterday and to-day. * "This trip will linger long in the memories of those who had the pleas ure of coming." he said. "We have been wined and dined until I am ashamed to look a meal square in tfie face." This Is the first organization that arrived for the one hundredth anni versary celebration of the infantry battalion of the State Fencibles. The* Atlanta Guards will make an inspection of League Island navy yard this afternoon and will be addressed by several local speakers. More than ten companies from out of town will participate in the reception. To-mor row a monster parade will be held, in which the Gate City Guard will par ticipate. Savannah Hussars To Honor Old Guard. SAVANNAH, GA., May 22—The Old Guard of Atlanta, now on its Northern trip, has accepted the invi tation of the Georgia Hussars, one of the exclusive military organizations of Savannah, to be the guests of this command on June 3 on the return trip. The formal acceptance was received to-day. The Hussars have completed ar rangements for the entertainment of the visitors. They will be met at the boat by the Hussars and will be es corted to a hotel, after which they will he entertained with an automo bile toOr of the city and the Grand Prize course. Later they will bo ten dered a reception at the Hussars’ Club when the famous "club punch" will be served. For the first time in its history the Hussars’ Club on this oc casion will be opened to ladies. The Old Guard w ill leave Savannah at 9 o’clock the same evening for At lanta. The Hussars, mounted, will act as their escort to the depot. ( J. P. Morgan’s Son Boat Crew Captain BOSTON. May 22.—Junius Spencer Morgan—"Silent" Morgan as he is known at Harvard—has been elected captain of the junior class crew, it was announced to-day. Young Morgan heretofore has en gaged little in athletics, not because he did not care or have any apti tude. but because his dislike for mathematics gave him a condition which barred him He worked off the condition last fall and immediate ly went to wo.k for the crews. Ho made good and is now captain. Battleship Is Best Peace Dove, He Says CHICAGO, May 22.—"Battleships are the best peace doves. Under the j present grape juice policy our navy will not long hold its position as sec ond in the world. A phantom* navy (with ships named ’Friendship* and ‘Love’ is not the kind of navy we need." These things were said by former (congressman George Edmund Foss. who was chaidhian of the committee 1 on naval affairs, in an address last | ti ght. Macon Man Loses Brave Fight Against Poison—Dies Just One Week After Fatal Mistake. By FRANC MANGUM. MACON. GA., May 22. —B. Sanders Walkers last words were endearingly addressed to his wife, who sat at his bedside, holding his hand, until the md came Thursday morning at 1:35 o’clock. Wednesday afternoon, in his last moment of consciousness when he roused from the heavy stupor in which he had lain all day. Mr. Wal ker pressed his wife’s hand and said, faintly: "I. love you. Marie." He never spoke again. During the night the stupor deepened, and about. 1 o’clock this morning the death agony began. The funeral will take place at Mon roe. Mr. Walker's boyhood home, and the present residence of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. 8. Walker, Sr. The funeral will be held Friday morning. Dies Just Seven Days Later. Me. Walker's death occurred almost exactly seven days from the time he accidentally swallowed the corrosive sublimate tablet, lacking only an hour and a half. As long as he enjoyed a clarity of mind his mental state wa- such that he materially co-operated with the physicians in their heroic efforts to save him. but when uremic poison ing developed and his brain became clouded he began to sink. All hope was abandoned yesterday morning, the doctors announcing that it was only a matter of hours. Mrs. Walker, haggard and worn as the result of the week’s ordeal, is almost prostrated over the tragic fate of her husband. It has developed that Mr. Walker carried life insurance in excess of $150,000. Doomed Man Made Brave Fight for Life. The death of B. Sanders Walker, Jr., ended one of the bravest apd most determined fights against death re corded in medical history. A week ago the young real estate man swallowed a bichloride of mer cury tablet, thinking he was taking aspirin. Quickly discovering his mis take. he began*a struggle against the spread of the insidious toxin w hich aioused the wonder of the medical world. In a few hours after accidentally taking the mercury tablet, which he well knew was a deadly poison. Wal ker began a game tight for life. Ho declined to surrender to the appar ently inevitable. A stomach pump re moved only part of the poison. At tending physicians told him a portion of the tabiet was left in his system and that he would die, but he did not give up. Soon his kidneys became paralyzed, then one failed altogether. The pois on had affected the blood and the nerve centers, the remaining kidney was paralyzed and uremic poison ing s*t in. Still Walker struggled bravely, retaining perfect conscious ness and reassuring his heartbroken wife and sorrowing relatives. Telegrams of sympathy came from far. People as far away as Chicago used long distance telephones to ex press sympathy. Prayers Offered for Him. Inmates of orphans’ homes, recip ients of Walkers benevolence, held services in his behalf, and Macon churches prayed for him. Physicians worked unremittingly and Walker fought with unparalleled gameness. His nerve kept him alive a week. Then the poison became diffused and he relapsed into the unconsciousness which preceded death. Atlanta Schoolboy Strangely Missing Parents and friends’ of O. H. Starnes, Jr., have searched in vain for him since his* strange disappear ance from the Gordon Institute at Barnesville May' 12. The young man's home is Atlanta. His father is O. H. Starnes, who op erates a grocery at 245 Marietta Street. He has ma^e a constant search for his son since notified of | his disappearance and is greatly' wor- ! ried over the failure to obtain any trace of him. Young Starnes weighs 115 pounds, is 5 feet 4 inches tall, has light brown hair and deep blue eyes. When last seen he wore a blue serge and gray cap. He had $25. Mrs. Lucy G. Kelly To Be Buried Here $ The body of Mrs. Lucy Grist Kelly, who died in Memphis Tuesday, will arrive in Atlanta Thursday afternoon for Interment. 5^re. Kelly, who was 28 years old. had been a resident of this city prior to her going to Memphis and had many relatives and friends nere. Mrs. J. A. Ray, 140 YY< <*t Alexander Street, an aunt of the deceased, will attend to the funeral arrangements. Besides Mrs. Ray, Mrs. Kelly is sur vived by three brothers. Q. W. and W. W. Grist, of Washington. D. C., and C. M. Gris*t, of Naw Orleans. Griffin Is Aroused By Fire Truck Deal GRIFFIN. GA., May 22.—Citizens and taxpayers of Griffin are to-day- protesting the purchase of an auto fire truck by the City Council despite the opposition of Mayor J. H. Smith. About four months ago the plan to purchase such a machine was first proposed. It has been a bone of con tention since. Now that the ma chine is to be delivered to-day the affair has been reopened. I The taxpayers are objecting to the 'plan of Council to make a cash pay- j ment for the truck, which will de- I plete the surplus in the city treas- j ury. It is claimed that all city im- | provements will be at a standstill and | obligations of the city that fall due in a month or so will be unprovided for. Citizens are backing up the Mayor 1 in his fight. | Atlanta Boy Scouts To Camp at Dalton DALTON, GA.. May 22.—The Dal ton Troop of Boy' Scouts is planning for the entertainment of Atlanta and Marietta Scouts who will camp in this city on July 11. The Atlanta troop, under Scout Master Eugene G. Ever- itt. and the Marietta Troop, under Scout Master Fred Morris, will come by train. Camp will be pitched on Fort Dependable, the Dalton Troop camping with the visitors. On June 12 the three troops will start on a hike through the country to Chattanooga, by way of Chicka- mauga Park. The scouts will be guests of officers at Fort Oglethorpe and will spend several days in Chat tanooga, returning to Atlanta about July 21. Many Take Tests as Public Accountants Thursday saw the conclusion of the semi-annual examinations for cer tified public accountants held in the directors’ room of the Third Nation al Bank. Joel Hunter, of Atlanta, chairman of the Georgia Board of Certified Public Accountants. con ducted the examination. He said more men sought places as public accountants this time than in a number of years. He added that the men taking the examination are of a high type. Herndon's Barber Shop Opens May 26 The formal opening of Herndon's pala tial new barber shop will be held May 2d from 3 until 10 p. m.. during which l •me no business will be transacted. At this time the place will be open for the inspection of the public, music will be furnished by an orchestra, flowers dis tributed to the ladies, while attractive souvenirs will be presented to the men. This new shop at 66 Peachtree Street has just been completed and is equipped with every modern device and conve nience to insure perfect sanitation and antisc psis. Churchwoman Calls Atlanta Model City "Atlanta is, from all outward ap pearances. a model city," said Mrs. H. C. Campbell, foreign secretary of the woman's board of the United Presbyterian Church, Thursday, "My observations have been close,” said Mrs. Campbell, and I say au thoritatively that Atlanta has less sa loons for Its size than any city in the country. "The people one meets on the streets of Atlanta are bright and happy, and this makes my belief doubly firm that Atlanta Is a good place to live." $8.75 Week Needed By Girl in St Louis ST. LOUIS, May 22.—Eight dol lars and seventy-five cents a week is the minimum pay upon which a girl can live in St. Louis, according to women investigators who testi fied before a Senate committee to day. It was said that while scrub women in office* buildings got from $20 to $30 a month, yet many girls were employed in stores at $2.50 to $3.50 a week. CRACKERS BUY EDWARD ALPERMAN FOR UTILITY Ilf POST SEES PERIL IN ■ WITH JAPS Orientals Anxious for Clash With U. S., Officers at Fort Me- D Pherson Declare. Officers at Fort McPherson to-day pointed out grave peril for the United States -should a war with Japan de velop. They were of one opinion that the Japanese could, without much dif* Acuity, capture the Philippines. Ha waii and Alaska, and in three months establish an army on the Pacific Coast which it would take the United States several years to dislodge. At the same time all agreed that there was no immediate prospect of war or cause for alarm "No significance is attached to the transportation of Government troops to the Pacific Coast." emphatically 1 # declared Colonel J. F. VanOrsdale, in Command of the fort. "I left Washington only last week, and while the possibility of a war with Japan is far from remote, there is no apprehension in army circles that such a thing may happen. Not Prepared for War. "The consensus of opinion among officers of the United States is that matters may be amicably adjusted; at least we hope so, for the United States to-day is* in no condition to engage in warfare with Japan. Emphasizing the unpreparedness of this country Colonel Van Ormsdale said: "The Japanese would have little difficulty in taking the Philippine and Hawaiian Islands, and establishing a large force of men in Alaska. The Philippine Islands could be taken in less than a week, if Japan were to attack us at the preseivt time. It would take the United States months to regain this possession. The United States could, of course, drive the Japanese out in time, but in our present state of unfitness the Japa nese could meantime do a great deal of harm." * Major G. W. Martin, also of Fort McPherson, interposed: "The Japanese could land a force of men along the Pacific Coast in three months’ time, which would take the United States one year to drive out. Suppose the Japanese landed at the present time a large body of men in California. The fitness of the Japanese troops was certainly mani fested in the war with Russia and since that time they have increased tenfold in their efficiency and have. ^ mastered military maneuvers until there are no better trained troops in the world." "Suppose they landed." he repeated, "what could the United States do at a moment’s notice? Troops would have to be mobilized, volunteers would have to be mustered. The Japanese could destroy every city on the Pa- , v eifle Coast while we w’ere getting ready. Japan is anxious for a war. and all that keeps her from it is that we have her bluffed. Some day our bluff w’ill be called." To-morrow annua! inspection is on the program at Fort McPherson. At 8:30 o’clock the post will pass in re view before the Government staff in spector. Then the six companies will drill. The big field guns will be shown in action and intrenchment? will be used. There are six companies stationed at the post at present. These are Companies A, R, C and D of the First Battalion, and L and M. of the Third Battalion; the regimental detach ment %nd hospital corps. Companies E. F. G and H. I and K now are stationed at Waco, Ga.. 60 miles from Atlanta, on the Southern Railroad. Provides Suspension Of Prison Sentences A bill will be introduced in the Georgia Assembly , by Senator M. C. Tarver, of Whitefleld. to legalize sus pension of sentence and provide pro bation officers. "1 am convinced that the measure, if passed, will cause a reformation of our penal statutes, second only in value to our convict lease system," says Senator Tarver. "On June 1. 19*11. there were 2,- 688 convicts in the penitentiary. 1,- 304 were between the ages of 2b and 29 years—practically 50 per cent. It is hard to believe that out of that number of young men, nearly all first offenders, the judges rould not have found hundreds that might have been reclaimed by being given, under the guardianship of the law, another chance." » 500 Traveling Men Meet at Columbus COLUMBUS, GA., May 22.—About 500 visitors have arrived for the Grand Council of the Georgia and Florida Division of the United Com mercial Travelers, wffiich meets here this afternoon. Interesting features have been ar ranged for this afternoon and to night. The Racine Hotel is the head quarters of the traveling men. Edward Alperman. brother of Whitey Alperman. has been bought by the At-| lanta club from the Muscatine club j of the Central Association. He will be given a try-out and if he shows any thing he will be kept as utility man. If not. he will be passed on to some smaller league. FOR BRAIN FAG Tak- Horsford’s Acid Phosphate Re< .>nur. fur relief <>f tirei| nerve*. brain fag an.I headache following mental strain or overwork. Adv. SEWELL'S SPECIAL SNAPS FOR THURSDAY & FRIDAY SOLID CARLOAD SNAP <3 4 BEANS, Per Quart SOLID CARLOAD FANCY 4 C _ LEMONS. Per Dozen . . . SEWELL COMMISSION CO. WHOLESALE 4 REMIL. 113-115 WHITEHALL ST BRANCH STORE 184 OECATUR ST, We hate Beautiful Bedding Plants 5c each. Atlanta Floral j Co., 555 E. Fair Street.