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By EXPLOSION
Hurled Twenty Feet Against Wall,
Pratt Laboratory Engineer
Is Badly Cut.
VV. H. Hutchins, No, 152 Confeder-
ate avenue, assistant engineer at the
N. P. Pratt Laboratory. No. 88 Au
burn avenue, was blown twenty feet
against the side of the building Mon
day morning about 4:30 o’clock when
a compressed air tank exploded while
Hutchins and half a dozi negro
workmen were filling it.
The negroes were also thrown
against the walls, but none was in
jured.
Hutchins received several small
cuts about his head and face, and
was severely jarred. His key ring,
which was attached to his belt, was
blown off. It was found 50 feet from
where the explosion occurred.
The air tanks in the laboratory are
about five feet long and two feet in
circumference, and are used in the
bottling operations. Four of them
were being filled under the direction
of Hutchins when the accident hap
pened.
The explosion shook buildings a
block away, and was heard a quarter
of a mile. The noise and jar awoke
practically every person in the neigh
borhood. Many parties rushed to the
building expecting to find workmen
dead or seriously injured. All of the
men in the plant w ere slightly stunned
and were just regaining their feet
when the first of the rescuers arrived.
Police Sergeant Hewett, who was
more than a quarter of a mile away,
at Piedmont avenue and Houston
street, heard the explosion and went
to the factory. He took charge of
the situation and sent Hutchins home.
The negroes returned to their work.
Fires Bullets Into
Bodies of Dead Men
TRENTON, TENN., Aug. 12.—
Armed with two automatic pistols,
.1. A. Alford, a prominent citizen of
Rutherford, shot and killed W. F.
Coulter and his son, Harry Coulter,
tw r o prominent lawyers of this place.
After the Coulters had fallen, Alford
fired several bullets into their life
less bbdies.
Alford arrived on a M. and O. train
find when he alighted he began firing
on his victims.
Pomestic trouble is said to have
caused the killings. Alford surren
dered to officers and was lodged in
jail.
Beveridge Accused
Of Forming Lobby
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.—In an ef
fort to minimize the connection be
tween James Watson, former Rep
resentative from Indiana, and the
National Association of Manufactur
ers, counsel for the latter association
intends to show the Senate Lobby
Committee that former Senator Bev
eridge, of Indiana, really was respon
sible for the organization of a tariff
commission association to boost hia
own measure.
The National Tariff Commission
Association was put on Its feet by the
National Association of Manufactur
ers officials, but only, they will seek
to prove, after friends of Beveridge
had laid the plans.
45,000 in Knights
Templar Pageant
DENVER, Aug. 12.—Forty-five
thousand Knights Templars, re
splendent in uniforms, marched
through the streets of Denver to-day,
formally opening the thirty-second
triennial conclave of the order. Scores
of bands of music, interspersed
throughout the line, played Templar
hymns.
It was the most brilliant, solemn
spectacle ever witnessed in Denver.
The parade was separated into fifteen
division, with 3,000 men in each divi
sion.
Car Hits House and
Jars Man From Bed
MUNCIE. IND„ Aug. 12.—Albert E.
Needham, alone in his big three-story
residence, was thrown from his bed
and the house was pushed from its
foundation by the impact of a heavy
interurban car against one corner of
the structure to-day. Three men were
injured.
The car was being taken to the
barn when it jumped the track on a
curve, swung across the sidewalk and
crashed into the house.
If You Want to Get
In the Swim, Wear
Bathing Bloomers
CHICAGO, Aug. 12.—Fashion to
day stamped its approval on bloom
ers as the proper bathing beach ap
parel. Designers attending the na
tional convention of their profession
in Chicago were unanimous in de
claring that bloomers were the things
for the beaches. Women bathers
must not appear with legs bare, al
though half hose, leaving the knees
exposed, are approved.
At the annual style show at Or
chestra Hall to-night all the coming
styles will be paraded. Transparent
skirts will be shown, although they
will not be officially sanctioned.
The women next year, the design
ers voted, must look more womanly.
Waists must be more full and three
tiers of flounces will be proper. Furs
dyed green and cherry red will be
popular.
Goat Dies Trying to
Eat Senator’s Speech
WILKESBARRE. PA., Aug. 12.—
St<.te Senator Sterling R. Catin has
lost his goat—not that kind the jokers
like to. tell about, but a real one
named William.
Catlin kept his pet in the barn
where he had stored many of the
speeches made during his long term
of service at Harrisburg.
The Senator went to thd barn to
admire William, and to his dismay,
found the goat loose among his
papers. One voluminous budget was
protruding from his mouth. Despite
all the Senator’s efforts W T iliiam
choked to death. The fatal document
was one of CatHn’s greatest legisla
tive propositions.
Toughest Town in
Wyoming Is Closed
CHEYENNE, WYO„ Aug. 12.—
Jackpot, the toughest town in Wyo
ming, has been closed by the Sheriff,
and Itb Mayor, Councilmen and in
habitants are ither under arrest or
have been driven out of the country.
, Jackpot was' a sort of half-way
place, where whisky was sold to herd
ers and others, and where gambling
was carried on in open violation of
the law.
The authorities left a Deputy Sheriff
behind to see that Jackpot was not
reinhabited
Polaire Will Wear
A Bing in Her Nose
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS, Aug. 12.—When Mile. Po
laire. w'ho boasts that she is the thin
nest actress in the world, although
she resented being called the ugliest
by the New York papers—appears in
America in the fall she will wear a
large gold ring suspended from her
nose to amuse New Yorkers with one
more novelty.
She has had a ring skilfully fitted
into her nose without piercing the
flesh, so that she can remove the
trinket when off the stage.
Revision of Balkan
Borders Agreed To
special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
VIENNA, Aug. 12.—Revision of the
Balkan territorial boundaries in the
peace treaty signed in Bucharest Sun
day is likely, Germany having yielded in
principle to-day to a reformation of the
lines.
The fate of the Turkish islands in the
Aegean Sea will be left to the powers.
Bulgarian Heir Is Ill;
Poison Plot Reported
SOFT A. Aug. 12.—A mysterious illness
has seized Crown Prince Boris of Bul
garia. It was announced to-day that
the Crown Prince is suffering from a
nervous breakdown due to the rigors of
the recent military campaign.
Tn view’ of Czar Ferdinand’s trepida
tion ovei the safety of his heir reports
were current in some quarters that an
attempt had been made to kill Boris
with poison.
Places Teeth to Violin Bridge and
Strains of “The Swan” Reach
Her Brain.
PETROSKEY, MICH., Aug. 12.—
Miss Helen Keller, the noted blind,
deaf and dunib girl, has heard her
first note of music. She caught the
vibrations of a violin string through
her teeth, held against the bridge of
the instrument.
Although her eardrums are useless
Professor Franz Kohler, of the Ober-
lin Conservatory, declared to-day that
the harmonies had been communi
cated to her brain, and she had
caught the strain.
The first note which the former
concertmeister of the Pittsburg Sym
phony Orchestra played for Miss Kel
ler was on the E string of his rare
old viplin. Miss Keller was aston
ished. She held her teeth # firmly
against the scroll while Professor
Kohler played strains of Saint-Saens’
“The Sivan,” using both the high and
low registers.
“Like the voices of singing angels. ’
Miss Keller communicated to Miss
Mary, her teacher.
Miss Keller was exhausted from the.
excitement. Miss Macy declared to
day this was the first musical sound
that has reached the brain of Miss
Keller, despite reports of her violin
playing which have stated that she
has known musical harmony before.
3 Held as Swindlers
Of Barnum’s Cousin
CHICAGO, Aug. 12.—The three
persons, two women and one man. ac
cused of swindling Mrs. Sarah Bar-
num, aged 82, of Syracuse, N. Y.,
cousin of P. T. Baraum, have fled
from Chicago, the police learned pos
itively to-day.
Henry Russell, of Spokane, Wash.,
a mine promoter; Miss Frances Wal
do, his private secretary, and Mrs.
Kalla Waldo, her mother, were named
in the warrants. Deals for $82,001.
were charged against the trio, and it
was said Mrs. Barnum was left pen
niless through investments in mines.
Girl's Face Crushed
By Kick of Horse
DUBLIN, Aug. 12.—Martha Rawls, the
five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
O. H. P. Rawls, of this city, has been
carried to a bospita/ Tn Atlanta for an
operation.
The little girl was playing around a
horse belonging to her father when it
kicked her, striking her left cheek and
crushing both the upper and lower jaw
bones.
Physicians here removed the crushed
bones, and later decided to carry the
child to Atlanta for treatment In a hos
pital there.
Start on $1,000,000
High School in Fall
PULLMAN, ILL., Aug. 12.—Work
on the buildings for the Pullman
Technical High School, which will
cost more than $1,000,000, will begin
before the end of autumn, according |
to an announcement received by
Pullman residents to-day.
The boctrd appointed to administer
the $1,200,000 bequest made by George
M. Pullman for the school will meet
here in October and decide upon the
final details.
T1IK Vl’LANTA (ilAdPil AN NPNFWS.
Last Bill Passed
By House Provides ,
W.&A.Investigation!
A bill providing for a commission of
eight members to Investigate the value
of the Western and Atlantic Railroad
and make recommendations for its lease
was passed by the House of Repre
sentatives Monday afternoon, being the
last House measure that will be passed
during the present session.
The oobimission will be composed of
two members from the House, two from
the Senate, the chairman of the State
Railroad Commission, and two civilians
to be appointed by the Governor. The
bill carries an appropriation of $5,000 for
expenses.
The House also passed, by a vote of
120 to 0. the “blue sky" law. which re
quires registration of securities before
stocks and bonds of a concern can be
placed on the market. It is designed to
prohibit the sale of ••wildcat'' stocks.
House Begins Move
To Shorten Trials
A resolution providing for a com
mission of seven members to inves
tigate the civil and criminal proce
dure of Georgia with a view to abol
ishing long-drawn-out trials and
hearings was passed by the House
Monday.
The commission will be composed
of three members of the House, two
of the Senate and two appointed by
the Governor. Mr. Slater, of Bryan,
in discussing the resolution, referred
to the trial of Leo Frank as an ex
ample of the slowness of Georgia le
gal procedure.
$900 in Prizes for
Hog Exhibits at Fair
MACON. Aug. 12.—The announce
ment is made that $900 in prizes will
be awarded for the best exhibit of
Duroc Jerseys, Berkshire. Poland-
China and Tamsworth swine at the
Georgia State Fair.
The American Duroc-Jersey Swine
Breeders’ Association has just placed
a cash prize with the fair association
and so has the American Berkshire
Association. The fair association will
distribute $685 and the Southwest
Georgia Swine Breeders’ Association
also offers an award for the best pigs.
Negro Is Lynched by
Mob at Laurens, S. G.
LAURENS, S. C.. Aug. 12.—Overpow
ering the Sheriff, battering down two
doors of the jail and a door to the steel
cage, a mob of 2,000 dragged Richard
Puckett, a young negro, from his cot
and swung him to a railroad trestle.
The negro had attempted an assault
on a young white girl Monday morn
ing He was later captured and con
fessed his guilt to the Sheriff.
Bloodhounds trailed the negro from
the scene of the crime. The young
woman could not positively identify the
negro.
INCREASE IN TAX RETURNS.
DUBLIN.—The tax returns for
Laurens County this year show an
increase of more than $500,000 over
the returns of last year. The total
taxable property on the books this
year is $7,106,075.
A pleasant mode of entertaining at
the Executive Mansion is in the in
formal dinner of six or eight covers
which Governor and Mrs. Slaton give
often. An affair of this kind was the
small dinner of Monday evening, at
which Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Burweil
were the guests of honor, others pres
ent being Mrs. Reed, of Elberton, the
house guest of the ~ rwells, and Mrs.
VV. D. Grant.
Mrs. Slaton was hostess at a pretty
luncheon h few days ago for a visitor,
Mrs. Charles Dqnnally, of Pennsylva
nia. who is thy guest of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Stocking.
Pink roses from the gardens of Mr."
Slaton’s home on the Peachtree road
were decorations for the table, and
the guests included Mrs. Donnally,
Mrs. R. J. Lowry, Mrs. ('lark Howell,
Mrs. Albert Howell. Mrs. James L.
Dickey. Mrs. W. H. Kiser, Mrs. Jame3
D. Robinson, Mrs. W. D. Grant. Mrs.
J. K. Ottley. Mrs. Walter Andrews
and Miss Stocking.
W. C. T. U. Meeting.
Mrs. Mary L. McLendon, president
of the W. (’. T. U., has requested the
members of the association to bring
reports of work accomplished this
year to the meeting to be held Thurs
day afternoon at 3:30 o’clock in the
Sunday school room of Trinity
Church.
Miss Jones Hostess.
Miss Helen Jones will entertain at
a supper party Friday evening at her
home in Inman Park.
Her guests will include Misses
Mignon McCarty. Mildred Hazen of
Orange. N. J., Margaret Buckner of
Roanoke, Carolyn King. Lalla Bright
Cannon, Messrs. Tyler Waller, Clar- |
ence TrP Frank ftpratling, Drury ‘
Walters. Fred Hoyt and George
Street.
For Miss Dean.
Miss Mary Lucy Turner will enter
tain at bridge Tuesday evening for
her guest. Miss Carol Dean, of
Gainesville. .
Hof guests will include Misses Lu-
cile Dennis, Nellie Kiser Stewart,
Edith Dunson. Annie Lou Pagett,
!Sadye Andrews, Annie Sykes Rice,
Messrs. Frank Spratling, George
| Walker, Grover Lowe, Dr. Charles
: Hodge, Frank Gillespie, Harry John-
son, James Campbell. Steele Yorke
! and Allan Shears.
Thursday evening Miss Dean will
he the honor guest at a swimming
party at the East Lake Country Club.
Swimming Party.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Adair will en
tertain at a swimming party at _Mr.
and Mrs. Forrest Adair’s pool at 7:30
| o’clock Tuesday evening. After swim
ming, a buffet supper will be served
j at their home in Druid Hills. About
| 50 guests will be present.
Atlanta Girls Entertained.
Misses Frances Broyles and Harriet
McCullough were week-end guests of
Miss Dorothy Jones, of Newnan. Sat
urday morning Miss Jones enter
tained a swimming party, followed by
a luncheon at her home.
Monday afternoon the Atlanta vis
itors were honor guests of Miss Mary
Hill Freeman’s informal evening par
ty. A moonlight picnic, chaperoned
by Mrs. Mildred ramp, was an event
of Monday evening.
Suffrage League Meeting.
The regular meeting of the Wom
an’s Suffrage League will be held in
Carnegie Library Wednesay at 3:30
p. m. Professor George Loehr will
; lecture on “Woman Suffrage Along
the Line of Evolution," and there will
I be other interesting speakers.
Garner- Hobbs.
Mr. and Mrs. James Wesley Garner,
j of Waverly, Ala., announce the en
gagement of their daughter, Kate, to
J John Abner Hobbs, of Gainesville,
i Ha., the marriage to take place early
| in September.
Miss Asbury Hostess.
■ Miss Dorothy Asbury will give a
| “cobweb party” Friday evening at
| her home in Ponce DeLeon avenue for
! her guest, Miss Orie Fox, of Calhoun.
Ga.
Wayne- Dibble.
Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Wayne, of
Charleston. S. C., announce the en
gagement of their sister. Gertrude, to
Mr. Samuel Wagner Dibble. The mar
riage will take place in Henderson
ville, N. C* August 16. Miss Wayne
has frequently visited in Atlanta and
has many friends here. Mr. Dibble is
on the editorial staff of The Atlanta
Constitution ard is an able newspaper
ma n.
Meeting Postponed.
Owing to the illness of the hof*tess
the August meeting of the Woman’s
Auxiliary to the R. M. A. has been
called off.
Miss Green Hostess.
Miss Margaret flreen entertained at
a swimming party at East l ake Mon
day afternoon for Miss Marie Beatie,
of New York, the guest of Mb's Marie
Norris, and Miss Minnie Fambrough.
of Boston, the guest of Mrs. William
Fambrough. The party had supper on
the veranda of the clubhouse.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Coleman and
little daughter. Edythe Nichols Cole
man. are spending a few days at Sea
Breeze Hotel, Tybee Beach.
Mrs. C, W. Asbury and children.
J. B. Asbury and Misses Dorothy and
Martha Asbury, returned home Mon
day after spending the summer at
Calhoun, Ga.
Mrs. C. H. Ashford and Miss Mar
garet Ashford will leave Atlanta Mon
day evening for Waynesville, N. C.,
where they will visit Bishop and Mrs.
James Atkins for two weeks.
San Francisco Dry
In Wee Sma’ Hours
SA4S T FRANCISCO, Aug. 12.—For the
first time in history, a restriction was
placed on liquor traffic in San Francisco
when the new' law making it illegal to
sell drinks between 2 a. m. and 6 a. in.
went into effect.
The law was obeyed generally through
out California
CHAMBERLIN=J0fINS0N=DuB0SE CO.
ATLANTA - NEW YORK - PARIS
Dr. and Mrs. E. C. Davis announce
the birth of a daughter August 10.
Miss Susan Davis wifi go to New’
York next week for a two weeks' visit.
Miss Julia Lokoy, of Birmingham,
Is the guest of Mrs. Hugh Lokey.
Miss Lottie Wvly will return from
Wrightsvllle Beach Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Story and chil
dren spent yesterday in Clarkston.
Mr. Jack Lipscomb, Jr., has re
turned from Savannah and Tybee. He
was away tw’o months.
Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Bailey, of Troy,
Ala., are visiting their mother, Mrs.
C. W. Asbury.
Mr. Edward A Ison, of New York,
arrived in Atlanta Monday from Tox-
away.
Miss Margaret Murphey. of New
nan. is the guest of .Miss Marian
Woolley.
Misses Ada Alexander and Eula
Jackson have returned from Toxa-
way.
Mrs. Mark M( Donald, of Rome, who
has been traveling in Europe, is ex
pected home August 27.
Mrs. J. Frank Meador will return
from Toxaway next week. She was
away several weeks.
Mr. Gilham Morrow has returned
ffrom Wrightsville Beach, where . he
spent a week.
Dr. H. R. Donaldson is in Chicago
and will v’isit Rochester, Minn., and
Cleveland before returning home.
Mrs. George McCarty has returned
from Skyland, where she spent ten
days.
Miss Martha Berry Carrington, of
Charleston, Is the guest of Mrs. Gil
ham Morrow In West Peachtree.
Miss Laura Cowles has returned
from Highlands, where she was chap
eroned by Mrs. Stephens Harris.
Mr. Porter Langston spent last
week in Highlands. N. C., with his
family, there for the summer.
Mrs. VV. B. Price Smith, who has
been in New York and Atlantic City,
will return home Tuesday evening.
Miss Kathryn Story is visiting her
cousin. Miss Edith Camp, in Clarks
ton.
Dr. and Mrs. Troy Bivipgs and fam
ily will return Wednesday from St.
Simons Island.
Mrs. M. A. Lindsey and Miss Es
telle Lindsey returned Monday from a
visit to Mrs. E. D. Lindsey in Rome,
Ga.
Miss Jennie Sue Bell has returned
from a visit to Eatonton, and with
her brother, Mr. Clarence Bell, w’ill
leave next week for Cincinnati.
Mrs. J. M. VanHarlingen has re
turned from an extended visit to
friends in Boston, Chicago and La-
porte, Ind.
Mi«s Emma Lowry Freeman will
leave Saturday * for Lenoir, Tenn.,
where she will visit her cousin, Miss
Anna Lowry Eason.
Misses Ann Gradv. of Chattanooga,
and Susie Veach, of Adairsville, the
guests of Miss Martha Boynton, will
return home Wednesday.
Miss Sadye Andrews has returned
from Knoxville, where she was the
guest of her sister, Mrs. V. J. Adams,
for several weeks.
Mr. Joe Burr, of Savannah, spent
the week-end with his sister. Mrs
Frank Lake, in Ponce DeLeon ave
nue.
Miss Carol Dean, of Gainesville,
Ga., arrived in Atlanta Monday morn
ing to be the guest of Miss Mary Lucy
Turner.
Miss Ruth Hull has returned home
from Columbus, where she was the
guest for several weeks of Miss Isa
bel Garrard.
The Rev. and Mrs. J. Randolph Sas-
netf, of Fravel, Wash., formerly of
Atlanta, announce the birth of a
daughter, Lenora Harris Saanett.
Mrs. J. E. deJamette, who under
went an operation for appendicitis
last w'eek at St. Joseph’s Infirmary,
is improving.
Captain English leaves Wednesday
for New York, where he will be
Joined by Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Kiser
for a two or three weeks’ stay.
KODAKS
"Th« Beit FlnUhln* and Enlarg
ing That Can Be Produced-
Kfutmaii Films and com*
pleU stock amateur sun He*.
. ice for out-of-town cusfomem.
8®nd for Catalog and Prlca LIH.
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H Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga.
TWO FAST TRAINS
Lv. 7:12AM., 5:10 PM.
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P€RIOD "FURNITURE
Postal Receipts Here
Top 2 Larger Cities
Figures made public by Postmaster
Hugh McKee show that the receipts
for the last fiscal year at the Atlanta
postoffice were greater than the offices
at Louisville and New Orleans, both
larger cities than Atlanta.
The receipts at the local office were
$1,328,011.14, at New Orleans $1,182,-
761.72 and at Louisville $1,163,598.18.
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ee to-morrow, Wednesday, at |
WRECK ON GEORGIA ROAD.
THOMSON.—A Mootion of through
freight train No. 210 on the Georgia
Railroad was wrecked here to-day:
six cars being piled in a heap. A
broken wheel is supposed to have
Sizes 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,14,
15, 16, 17; mostly dark colors.
A splendid opportunity to get
your boy a good school suit at
exactly HALF the regular price.
High Go,
COLONIAL
15 e c l ' R o o m
Period Furniture
“Blue Tagged
It is n notable fact that some of the most drastic re
ductions of the “Blue Taj;” Furniture Sale are made oil
sets and odd pieces of Period Furniture—for the bed
room, living room and dining room.
The homokeeper who would furnish a room in a true
and pure style or who would add another piece to a set
already started may save richly through the generosity
of the "Blue Tag”. reductions.
Another notable fact is that ours is the South’s great
est stock of Period Furniture——with its many line re
productions of the old masters Sheraton, Adam. Hep-
plewhite, Chippendale—and then the Colonial, William
and Mary. Jacobean, Mission and Louis XV. periods.
ChamberIin=Johnson-DuBose Co.
The Grand Final Clearing Begins To=morroYv===DoiTt Miss It!
You know the policy of this store—“Positively nothing
carried over to another season”—
Remodeling has already begun—when completed this will
be the largest exclusive Women’s Apparel Store in the South—
Our time is limited—
To-morrow (Wednesday) morning we will place on sale the
remainder of this great stock—
These goods will be sold at a PRICE to clear them out AT
ONCE!
No exchanges, no C. 0. 1). orders, no approvals—these gar
ments tire sold at prices less than the cost of making or ma
terials.
•'or $12.50 to $16.50
Linen and Ratine
DRESSES
Air $10.00 Ratine
and Linen
DRESSES
For $6.00 Novelty
Ratine
COATS
For $10.00 to $12.50
Ladies’ Motor
COATS
For $7.50 to $12.00
Striped and Figured
Voile
DRESSES
Over 1,000 Beautiful Skirts Are Also
Included in This Sale
Southern Suit&SkirtCo.
“Atlanta’s Exclusive Women’s Apparel Store"—43-45 Whitehall Street