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■\r vjat THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWR. U.S. MESS BUIES 25 PERCENT Interstate Commerce Body Says Parcel Post Need Not Lessen Profits of Corporations. WASHINGTON, Aug. «.—Complet- log an Investigation covering a year In which the relations existing be tween express companies and rail- roods were thoroughly Inquired Into, the Interstate Commerce Commission to-day announced its findings. It fig ures fates on express matter which out express revenues approximately 25 per cent. The report Is a reiteration of an earlier report, but Is more complete. It gives a table of 650,000 rates as a basis for rate charges to every place in the United States and Its posses sions. The order becomes effective on October 15 for a period of two years. The United States, under the Com mission's plan, Is divided Into a block system, rates being fixed upon a de termined basis for mileage and weight. Rates and charges are classi fied. Rules governing the delivery and "pick-up” service nave been re- /vlsed and modified as has been the requirement that each package shall have a label. Parcel Post Rates Higher. On the report comparison is made between express rates and parcel post rates on packages over four pounds when carried for distances of more than 200 miles and less than 3,000. "Express rates,” the report states, are generally lower than the parcel post rates.” The baF»eg of classification pre carried at first class or ordinary mer chandise of ordinary value are to be erried at first class or ordinary mer chandise rates. All articles of food and drink are second class and are to be carried at 75 per cent of the first class rate. All rates are based on carrier's risk to the limit of the stated value, all rates based upon owner’s risk being eliminated. The rates on newspapers and pe riodicals are practically the same as at present. Loss in Revenue Disputed. "It is estimated that nearly $2,000,000 worth of transportation is given yearly to holders of franks, without charge. In regard to the parcel post and a claim by the express companies that the reduction in rates by the Com mission has caused the express com panies a serious loss in revenues, the report sayS: "The Commission’s conclusion is that any losses of business for the future may easily be replaced by new business if the express companies are so inclined and that the establish ment of the parcel post is not a justi fication for any higher scale of rates than the one here shown to be rea sonable.” Columbus Factions Settle Differences COLUMBUS. Aug. 4.—A controver sy that threatened to defeat both commission government and the wa terworks bond issue has been ami cably settled. Advocates of commission govern ment proposed an election the same week as the election on the water works bonds, October 18. The water bond champions warned the commis sion government advocates that they would oppose the bill before the Leg islature. Advocates of commission government retaliated by threatening | to kill the bond issue. Now it has been agreed to postpone the election a month, and to with- i draw opposition to the measure in ‘'the Legislature. Wife Wakes to Find 2 Burglars in Boom Mrs. George Hartley, of No. 88 Kel ly street, was awakened about 3*30 o’clock Monday to find two burglars in her bedroom. In escaping they cleared a bed in which three little children were sleeping, but without disturbing their dreams. Mr. Hartley jumped out of bed to pursue the buglars, but they were too fleet of feet. He told the police he thought they were negroes. Policeman Hurt in Fall in Manhole While petroling his beat on Peters street, early Monday Policeman E. H. Parham stepped on an unstable sewer manhole cover at the corner of Peters and McDaniel streets which gave way. He war badly bruised and unable to climb out until assistance was ren dered. Policeman Parham was taken to the Grady Hospital. His injuries are re ported not to be serious. Diggs Hoes to Trial On Slavery Charge SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4.—The trial of Maury Diggs, on a charge of violating the white slave law, will begin before Federal Judge Van Fleet Theodore J. Roche, special Govern ment prosecutor, to-day announced that the trial would proceed without delay, and that the trial of Drew 7 Caminetti on the same charge would follow. California Workers Attack Posse. Japs Given as Cause—Sol diers on Guard. WHEATLAND, CAL., Aug. 4.—Five companies of State troops were un der arms here to-day to quell the expected rioting of hundreds of hop pickers who engaged in a battle with a sheriff’s posse last night killing nine and wounding 25 others. Lead ers of the Industrial Workers of the World were the guiding sp’rKe of the rioting strikers. The dead in last night’s riot: A. E. Manwell, Marysville, district attorney; D. Ricordan, Marysville, deputy sheriff; three strikers; three other members of the posse, and a negro bystander. Sheriff and Mayor Wounded. Among the Injured, some of whom may die, were: Sheriff George H. Voss, of Marysville; Constable L. C. Anderson, of Wheatland; Marshal Scoggins, of Wheatland; Postmaster John Johnson, of Wheatland, and George Bilby, of Marysville. Many of the strikers were renorted suffer ing from fatal Injuries to-day. The striking hop pickers, urged on by the I. W. W. agitators, attacked the small sheriff’s posse that had en tered the strike region to preserve quiet. The strikers had demanded higher wages, and when this demand was refused, walked out of the fields. Jap Workers Are Cause. The leaders asserted they wereiag- grieved because of the low wages and the presence of Japanese work ers In the fields where they were picking. In addition to the troops on dutv here 300 citizens of Wheatland, arm ed and In charge of Police Chief Mc Coy, of Marysville, were kept in readiness to quell trouble that was expected to start to-day. There were about 500 hop pickers on strike, and the I. W. W. leaders were trying to add to their forces by calling out the pickers from all the surrounding farms. 5 Slayings in 5 Days Chattanooga’s Toll In a Wave of Crime CHATTANOOGA, Aug. 4.—Reports from Erlanger Hospital to-day are that Mrs. W. L. Knowling, who was shot Saturday night by Rufus Knave, the latter being immediately killed by her husband, la In a precarious state and that her recovery Is scarce ly hoped for. The funeral of Knave took place this afternoon. During the same hour services were held over the body of Squire C. A. Bedell, who was mur dered at his home In East Chatta nooga Tuesday night. Tom West, a negro, killed by Eugene Reid, was also buried to-day. Five slayings in five days have re sulted from a wave of crime which has swept over the city. Mutiny On High Sea Is Charged To Girl CHICAGO, Aug. 4.—Miss Lillian Clarkson, a stenographer, 19 years old and pretty, was held to the United States grand jury by Commissioner Foote charged with “mutiny on the hikh seas.” The offeru-'e is punish- alne by death or imprisonment for twenty years. Miss Clarkson’s pun- ishment may be less severe. She shipped as a waitress on a lake steam, intending to have a vacation trip that would pay for lteelf. When she was asked to perform another girl’s duties, she refused. The ship’s officers declared she had mutinied, locked her in the hold, and when the boat landed turned her over to the Federal authorities. Rum-Crazed Goat Butts Policeman Uncertain Where to Hold Murray Court DALTON, Aug. 4,—Relative to the session of Murray Superior Court which meets two weeks hence. Judge A. W. Fite says: "Not having seen the act which calls for the removal of the county site from Spring Place to Chats- worth, I don’t know where the ap proaching session will be held. How ever, if the bill authorizes immediate removal, court will be held in Chats- worth if a place Is provided by the citizens. If a place is not provided I can order the court held at Spring Place. I have been informed the Chatsworth people plan to convert the Odd Fellows’ hall into a temporary courthouse.” PITTSBURG, Aug. 4.—Mrs. Mary Wadejewski’s pet goat found his way to the waste pit of a brewery, and after munching on tin cans, wire hoops, broken bottles and the like, got on the outside of a quantity of malt-steeped things they use in the brewing for cleaning vats. “Billy” then spied Patrolman Mor- ban brass buttons, set himselr. closed his eyes and let go. When the policeman crawled out of the gutter he looked around for the shifting engine that hit h‘m and then swooned. Friends, supporting him, made three block in 45 minutes taking him to the hospital. Pittsburg Draws Line At the Slit Trouser PITTSBURG, Aug. 4.—W. L. Doak, a member of the North Side Gen tility, the first man to wear the prophesied slit trousers, was mobbed by a gang of boys here and put to flight. The slit In Doak’s trousers extend from the bottom, outside, to about six inches from the knee. He wore bright green hosiery. KILLING AT CAMP MEETING. LOUISVILLE.—Hill Curry, a negro was shot and killed by H. Evans, an other negro, at Pine Hill, a negro camp meeting near here yesterday. Other Counties Want Pair in Stock Frauds GREENSBORO, Aug. 4.—Authori ties of Berrien and Oglethorpe Coun ties have requested Sheriff E. C. Hixon, of Greene County, to hold D. E. Moorefield and G. W. Bishop after their trials here on ten warrants charging cheating and swindling, in one case to the amount of $1,500, by selling bogus stock. The defendants are being brought from Arcadia, Fla., where they were arrested last week. Diamond Robbers At Another Resort SALISBURY BEACH. MASS., Aug. 4.—Diamond thieves operating here robbed Mrs. Nelson Morris, wife of the millionaire packer of Chicago, of a horseshoe pin valued at $1,000 when she motored over from Mag nolia late Saturday afternoon. The robbery became known to-day when the police posted an offer of $50 reward for ’he return of the pin with “no questions asked.” Prisoner Says He Is Mrs. Wilson’s Fiance CHICAGO, Aug. 4.—The police are holding Cyrus Shank, a nice-appear- lng young man. who walked into the Oak Park Y. M. C. A. and announced that he was the fiance of Mrs. Wood- row Wilson. “I want to join, and you can charge the expense to Mrs*. Woodrow Wil son,” he said to the secretary behind the desk. “I am soon to marry her.” The police were called. Shank’s father said the young man has been demented for several months. FIVE SEEK ONE OFFICE. BARNESVILLE.—A lively race is, on for Tax Collector of Pike County to fill the vacancy caused by the re cent death of E. R. Carswell, of Barnesville. The election will b# 1 held on Monday, August 18. Z. T. Evans \nd J. A. Stone, if Barnesville; Rev. j. C. Baird, of Milner; J. D. Dunn, of Zehulon, and J. H. Lee, of Concord, are the candidates. In your hand you hold a five-cent piece. Right at the grocer’s hand is a moisture-proof pack age of Uneeda Biscuit. He hands you the package— you hand him the coin. A trifling transaction? Nc! A remarkable one—for you have spent the smallest sum that will buy a package cf good food; and the grocer has sold you the most nutritious food made from flour—as clean and crisp and delicious as it was when it came from the oven. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY Lithonia Woman Commits Suicide When She Finishes Putting House in Order. LITHONIA, Aug. 4.—The suicide of Mrs. Addle Kelley, wife of James Kelley, here Sunday apparently was one long meditated. Before swallow ing the carbolic acid with which she ended her life, Mrs Kelley put her house lp order, bathed and dressed her two children and herself, then drank the poison and fell across the bed. This was at about 11:80 o’clock. A half hour later when her husband re turned to the house he heard groans and rushed Into her room, to find her in an unconscious condition. Doctors were hurrrledly summoned and tils fight to save the woman’s life lasted for eight hours. A few minutes after 8 o’clock she died, having suffered great agony all the while. The Kelley family is prominent In Lithonia and the tragic death of Mrs. Kelley has cast a gloom over the com munity. She had been In ill health for some time and to this reason alone can be attributed the cause of her act. She left no message of any kind. 25,000 in Boston at K. of C. Convention BOSTON, Aug. 4.—Knights of Co lumbus and their families, numbering about 25.000, arrived in Boston to day from all sections of the United States, Canada, Mexico and Cuba, for the thirty-first annual supreme con vention which will be formally opened to-morrow with solemn high mass at the Cathedral of Holy Cross. Among the important matters to be considered will be the question of transferring headquarters from New Haven, Conn., to Washington, D. C. Should the plan be adopted the con vention contemplates the erection of a million-dollar home in the capital. Adventists Oppose Sunday ‘Blue’ Laws FORT VALLEY, Aug. 4.—This is religious liberty day here at the an nual encampment of the Georgia con. ference of Seventh-day Adventists. Resolutions against Sunday "blue- law” legislation, and also against the recent attempt to compel the reading of the Bible in the public schools of the State were passed at this morn ing’s session, the discussion o£ the res olutions being led by Carlyle Haynes, of the American Religious Liberty Association*. RIOTERS ON TRIAL. VALDOSTA.—Judge W. E. Thom as is at Statenville to-day to hear the cases against R. S. Williams, his son Robert, and a man named Jernigan, under arrest there charged with shooting up the town of Howell and threatening the life of the town mar shal. HOPE FOII rani Oil MEDICAL BILL Special Effort Will Be Made to Get Vote On Measure This Week. Friends of the medical practice*blll which ha a passed the Senate by the vote of 36 to 4 are making special efforts to get the measure up for ac tion 1n the House this week. At last year’s session the bill was not reached In the House until the closing day of the session. Then It failed to pass by nine votes. The bill provides for a single, com posite board of medical examiners upon which each of the three recog nized schools of medicine will have representation, instead of a separate board for each school. It Is designed through the composite board to keep In closer and mo?* Intimate touch with the medical practice situation In the State and to make fraud more difficult. Tho eight members of this board are to be appointed by the Governor, and to hold two meetings each year for examining applicants for license to practice. The fee for each appli cant Is fixed at $20, and from the money thus collected all the expenses of the board are to be met. Applicants for license to practice medicine are required to have gradu ated from a legally incorporated medical college, and to be of good moral character. Successful appli cants are required to register their licenses with the clerk of the Superior Court In which they wish to practice, and the clerk Is required to make a regular report to the board of all registrations. Medical colleges whose students are applicants for license to practice In Georgia are subject to approval by the board. Under the present law there are required of the student only three terms of seven months each, whereas the proposed law requires four terms of eight months each—a requirement now made by all stan dard medical colleges. For entrance to a medical college there Is required a preliminary literary education equivalent to fourteen Carnegie units, which Is .practically the same as a standard high school education, such as Is required for entrance into any college or university. I. O. O. F. MEETING AT ETON. DALTON.—W. B. Robinson, deputy grand master of the Eighteenth Divi sion. I. O. O. F., has called the an nual fall convention for September 12-13 with Prosperity Lodge, No. 239, of Eton. The division is composed of lodges in Whitfield, Bartow, Gor don, Catoosa and Murray Counties. "TIGERS" GO TO CHAINGANG. DALTON.—Straight chaingang sen tences of six to twelve months were given six “blind tigers,” convicted in Superior Court last week, not one convicted being permitted to pay out. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of PORCH SWINGS SPECIAL PRICES We have reduced the price on our $3.75 solid oak porch swings to i [ ■ m An experienced man will be sent out to your home to put up this swing for only 50c extra. A 25 per cent reduction on all other porch swings. No extra charge to hang these swings. $ 5.00 Solid Oak Swing $3.75 $ 7.50 Solid Oak Swing $5.82 $10.00 Solid Oak Swiug $7.50 A $10.00 couch hammock, with springs und cushions, only .$7.50 Xo extra charge to hang this hammock. Special prices on all hot weather, outdoor and sporting goods. KING HARDWAI S3 PEACHTREE 87 WHITEHALL MEN AND RELIGION BULLETIN 69 WOMEN FIRST IN GEORGIA If money must be saved by sacrifice, Let the blow fall upon our cows and hogs, Or even upon our men and boys— But not upon our girls. Georgia has a reformatory for boys at Milledgeville. ~ ~' T ’ 1 Its Superintendnet says: IP “We are frequently embarrassed by requests to have girls received here— “The experiment ■was tried more than once with only one girl at a time: and she proved a veritable firebrand—and of course had little chance for self-improvement.’' j THIS DISGRACE— —w—r The unspeakable disgrace of confining girls in a reformatory with boys will not be repeated in Georgia. Superintendent Lovvorn says truly: “This is simply unthinkable.” •■> ; ; * , l|HP |r But what will you do? A local paper says: " “It is estimated that each year from ten to twelve girls in each county in Georgia are lost through the lack of such an institution.” Seventy-five girls are in charge of one court. The officials are helpless: they have no place to put these children. Georgia will not wait begging with hat in hand until some charitably disposed per sons drop in a fund sufficient to take care of her daughters. If you must economize, you will sacrifice hogs, cattle and chemicals rather than girls. The Medical School— The University of Georgia— The School of Technology— These are for men and boys; they should get far more than they are to-day re ceiving from our State. And yet even these might wait for funds: men and boys can make shift without money or a great deal of book-learning. But a girl upon the brink— A girl sinking beneath the whirling scum of the underworld can not wait. The frightful quagmire sucks her down. For her the gift of charity or of the State a year or more from now will be wholly wasted. To-day they are being lost. To-morrow will be too late. Now is their need desperate. Men will not shoulder them aside for the sake of hogs and cattle or even for the schooling of men and boys. They will provide. If any must be sacrificed it will not again be girls in Georgia. DO YOU REMEMBER? % In the Paris fire men trampled upon women in their mad desire to save their own most worthless lives— And when the Elba and the Bourgoyne went down, men crushed the fingers of Women who tried to cling to the gunwales of the boats in which men were rowing away. Thank God it was not so when the Titanic sank— Men of our race gladly embraced death that women might live. To-day when there is no storm or fire or sinking ship, will you save hogs and cows and leave girls to die a thousand deaths? Long ago came the Word of God; “Behold the cry of the daughter of my people— “The harvest is past and the summer is ended, and we are not saved. “For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt— “Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? “Why then is not the healing of the daughter of my people perfected?” Not man but God asks: “WHY?” Recall those who begged Jesus to leave the land because of the loss of a herd of hogs. And you will never reply— “Lord, we have cows and hogs— “And these must be saved, “Even though a few score girls are lost.” EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF MEN AND RELIGION FORWARD MOVEMENT