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7 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. A. K. HAWSES CO. K °“A K H Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga. TWO FAST TRAINS Lv. 7:12AM., 5:10 PM. Southern Suit & Skirl Co.—Atlanta, New York,—Southern Suit & Skirt Co. 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. p!illlllllli!illlilli!ililiillllii!ll!!!l!!l!l!lll!!lillilili!iliilll!!illllii!!liiii;iliil!li^ I Boys’ Dept. 1 2nd Floor H We will sell 50 Boys’ D. B. Suits = 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