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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
I IS GOING *•%"■ WIVES DF QIGGSFA11US STARS
Experts Say Country Will Have
Worst Shortage of Beef in
Its History.
XFTW YORK >o«r IS—This eoun-
try will experiervop next winter the
grease?* shortage of beef in its his
tory. Prices, which already have ad
vanced 25 to 50 per cent in a year,
are to be JO to 13 per cent higher
by January 1. Meat will sell at un
heard of figures.
The representative of a big packer
In Chicago aald yeeterday: "Forty
cent* a pouml for the choice cuts
*eem a certainty, 45 cents in a prob
ability. and evcm 50 cents a possibility
before spring.”
George L. McCarthy,, proprietor of
The National Provisioned said to
day thuat the stock population in the
United States is more depleted at
present than it has been at any pre
vious time in ten jaoars*. That in itself,
Mr. McCarthy said. i» sufficient cause
for very high retail prices. But the
drought in Kansas. Oklahoma and the
.Southwest ha* aggravated the situa
tion bad before, till it may now be
called alarming-
Sky-High Prices by Midwinter.
The expert buyer for Richard Web
her, a butcher “with an extensive busi
ness in New York, didn't hesitate to
say that prices are going sky-high by
midwinter. Ttue average price paid
by the laborer for beef to-day. he
said, is 1C cent* a pound. The same
cuts will cost 18 cents or more In a
few months.
The same authority predicted that
the average price of sirloin steaks
will creep up 3 cejrnts in as many
months, while the average price of
porterhouse steaks will advance 4 to
5 cants In the same period.
The corn-killing drought in Kansas
and neighboring Stakes has deprived
the cattle-raising sections of feed for
their stock. Fodder remains, but the
corn Itself, necessary to fatten the
steers for market, will have to be
shipped into sections of country
naturally grain exporters, at an ex
pense that will preclude the idea of
satisfactory profit by cattle raisers at
anything near the present prices.
For ten days a steady rush of cat
tle to the big stock markets of the
Middle West has been in progress.
The raisers can’t afford to hold and
feed the cattle. In many instances,
cows are being sent to market in such
numbers that the generation of calves
due next spring will be much less than
the average.
Rushed to the Slaughter Houses.
Cattle receipts In the Western mar
kets first rose above the normal when
the hot weather killed the pasturage.
Carload after carload of steers went
to Chicago and Kansas City. The
general movement to the slaughter
houses is still in progress. In the
first three days of the present week
129.000 cattle were received at th<v
Western markets, nearly as many as
In the entire week a year ago.
The same condition to a certain ex.
tent holds true In the hog market, and
receipts have been nearly doubled
aince the drought.
The general situation is about as
bad in the Fast. Mr. McCarthy **ld
that farmers over a great part of the
East are selling cattle just now that
they would be holding had the hay
crop been up to the standard.
Uve stock prices are naturally
slumping while the markets are load
ed with stock. But in spite of the
fact that steers and hogs are costing
the packers less than at any time
for several months no reduction in the
wholesale price of meats is an
nounced, and the housewife has ob
tained no benefits because of the pres
ent abnormal conditions in the mar
kets.
The drought, according to stock
men. will result in immense profits for
the packers because of their ability
to buy now and when the cattle
raisers are at a disadvantage and to
set prices this winter when there is
a scarcity In the cattle receipts.
Patten, Again in Pit,
Cleans Up $500,000
CHICAGO. Aug. 18.—James A. Pat
ten, whose deals in gTain and cotton
In the last decade have attracted
world-wide attention, is once more
the central figure in a speculation that
is causing the corn pit on the Board
of Trade to boil with excitement.
Mr. Patten started to buy corn
three weeks ago. when the first re
ports that hot weather and drought
were damaging the crop began to
corne in. His paper profits at the
present time are said to be at least
$500,000.
Columbus to Have
Eight-Story Hotel
COLUMBUS. Aug. 18.—Vice Pres
ident J. Ralston Cargill, of the Co
lumbus Hotel Company, which is to
erect a $25,000 hotel in Columbus, is
asking for bids for the erection of the
structure.
It is to stand on the corner of
Twelfth street*Ntnd Second avenue,
and Is to be eight stories high.
Copyright, 1918, International New* Service.
He’s Always There—Or
Somewhere
U. S. Will Cremate
Dead in Canal Zone
WASHINGTON. Aug. J8—The
bodies of persons who die in the
Panama Canal Zone w ill be cremated
there by the United States as a pre- |
vention against the spread of pest!- '
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contract for the crematory plant
been awarded to a Boston Arm
erection will begin immediately. (
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PLAN ALL-DAY SINGING.
\ IDALIA. Anp. 18.—The Toombs
County singing convention leaders
are making plans for a big all-day
singing scheduled for the fifth Sun-
oay in August.
will™ booked here
Women To Be Asked to Tell of Manager George of the Atlanta
Their Knowledge of Hus
bands’ Elopement
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. l*r—In-
tere«t in the trial of Maury I. IYggs
on the charge of violating the white
slave law will be gtven fresh Impetus
to-morrow, when Mrs. Diggs and the
wife of F. Drew C&mlnettl will take
the stand as witnesses for the de
fense.
Mrs. Diggs, who Is a handsome,
dark-eyed woman, was expected to
be called as the first witneas. Last
Friday she appeared In co«urt with
her young daughter, Evelyn, and wag
one of the most observed person*
that sat facing the bench presided
over by Federal Judge Van Fleet.
Mrs. Diggs and Mrs. Caminetti will
be asked by the defense to tell of
their knowledge of the relations be
tween their husbands and Marsha
Warrington and Lola Norris.
It is the contention of the attor
neys for the defense that one of the
reasons for the flight of Diggs and
Caminetti to Reno with the two girls
was that they believed their wives
were about to have them prosecuted
by the officials of the Juvenile court
of Sacramento. It is maintained by
the defense that Mrs. Caminetti told
her husband that she had complained
to Judge Hughes, of the juvenile
court of Sacramento, about Diggs
and Caminetti in an effort to induce
them to sever their relations with
Miss Warrington and Miss Norris.
The Government contends that
Diggs and Caminetti were reckless
debauchers who had decided to go
to Reno to desert their wives and
induce the girls to lead Immoral lives,
n violation of the Mann act. *
Promoter in Jail,
Oil Wells Are Idle
GADSDEN, Aug. 18.—The convic
tion of E. C. DreA', the Fort Payne
oil well promoter, will, it is believed,
bring to a close the drilling for oil
In DeKalb County.
Nobody appeared to have much
faith in oil being found there except
Drew. With five years in the peni
tentiary confronting him. Drew still
contends that he will continue his
drilling and that eventually he will
find oil. But. no matter whether oil is
found or not, Drew is held guilty • 1
using the mails to defraud, first be
cause the companv In which he
sought to sell stock was not regular
ly organized and second because he
applied the money to other purpos
than that for which it was intended.
New Boll Worm
Invades Carolina
GREENVILLE, S. C., Aug. 18.—
From Dunklin Township. In this
county, come alarming reports of the
invasion in that section of a smnll
worm which is said to oe playing
havoc by devouring cotton bolls.
Large fields of cotton. It is said, are
infested with the worm, and the farm
ers are greatly exercised. They are
unable to account for the -presence
of the worms, and they say they are
the first of the kind ever seen in this
section.
The worms are rapidly spreading
over the lower section of the coun
ty, and it is feared that unless some
thing is quickly done to stop the rav-
ages of the pest the cro^ in that
section will be serious!” damaged.
Mount Zion Plans
Big Camp Meeting
GRIFFIN, Aug. 18.—A coming
event for the next week that is at
tracting unusual attention is the
opening of the annual camp meeting
at the old historic Mount Zion camp
ground next Friday night.
Camp meetings have been held an
nually at that camp ground since
1832. excepting the years of the Civil
War.
U. S. Gunboat Nearly
Wrecked by Typhoon
SHANGHAI. Aug. 18.—The United
States gunboat Wilmington had a
narrow escape from destruction in
the harbor here to-day during a ty
phoon. Her anchor began to drag
and w*s going toward shore when
rescued by a powerful tug.
The storm did great damage to
shipping.
OBITUARY
Announces List—Season Opens
With Musical Show Sept. 3.
The first harbinger of the new the
atrical season ha« reached Atlanta in
the person of Homer C. George, man
ager of the Atlanta Theater. Re
turning from his vacation, he stoppdei
by the New York office of Klaw & Er-
langer and crowded his grip with
news of coming shows. The Shuberts
and the Frohmans will be well rep
resented.
The attractive playhouse will open
with a predominance of musical shows
as usual. According to Mr. George,
the first breaths of fall that come with
September nights are not sufficiently
bracing for anything • heavy,” and the
first productions will be bright and
breezy.
"Mary’s Lamb” will be the opener.
September 3. "Little Miss Fix-it,”
“who” caused much talk in New York,
will be the second, and "The Merry
Countess,” one of the big hits of the
Shuberts, will come third. An early
big attraction will be -Otis Harlan in
a Savage production of "Little Boy
Blue.”
Favorites Are Coming.
In the galaxy of stars who are to
perform to Atlanta audiences Mr.
George points out a number of new
ones to the South. Of course many
favorites will return. To the trained
theatergoer no announcement could
produce a keener thrill than the state
ment that Rose Stahl, who delighted
so many in the "Chorus Lady,” will
come early In her new play, "Maggie
Pepper," and that William Faversham
will appear in an all-star, cast of
“Julius Caesar.”
But to take them as they come—Mr.
George announces the tentative pro
gram in this wise:
Miss Annie Russell, three nights,
the minstrels of A1 G. Field, followed
a month later by a reunion of the
Dockstader and Primrose shows. In
v i.i « ijjne ’■Hone n
George Evans and then Neil O’Brien.
Big Scenic Plays.
May Irwin is coming in November
with her big Cohan Theater success
of last season. Robert Hilliard will
appear as Detec tive William J. Burns
in a thrilling drama. Early in De
cember Klaw Erlanger will pre
sent that wonderful scenic play, "Ben
Hur,” for a week.
"Fine Feathers,” a new Eugene
Walters success, will be here in De
cember, as well as the memorial
players from Stratford-on-Avon, pro
ducing the drama as it was In Shake
speare’s time.
And fascinating Mine, Nazimova is
coming in "Bella Donna,” and the
wonderful Mme. Pavlowa, the Russian
dancer, with “her special permit from
the Czar” to leave that country.
Henry Miller is coming in “The
Rainbow” and Otis Skinner in "Kis
met,” said to be his greatest suc
cess.
And one of the most important of
all the announcements is that the un
usual play, "Damaged Goods,” by the
famous French dramatist, Briex] will
be shown. It probably created more
comment than any play presented in
New York last season, its first pro
duction being semi-private, under
the auspices of a medical organiza
tion.
Other popular plays booked are:
"Within the Law,” "Ready Mon
ey.” “Romance,” “Peg o' My Heart,”
“The Conspiracy,” “Little Women,”
“Blue Bird,” “The Girl of My
Dreams.” “Broadway Jones,” "The
Governor's Lady,” "Stop Thief,” and
others.
Adrianople Guarded
By 400,000 Moslems
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Aug. 18.—
War Minister Enver Bey is* hurling
an army of 400,000 men into Thrace
to defend Adrianople against the Bul
garians. Representatives-of th?
Porte to-day declared that Europe's
demand that Turkey give up Adrian -
ope to the Bulgarians will* be re
jected.
Turkish soldiers have obtained the
port of Dedeaghatch.
The funeral of William F. Robinson,
who died at a hospital Sunday, will
be held at the residence, 339 Green
wich avenue. West Did, at 3 o'clock
Monday afternoon. He was 53 years
old. and is survived by his wife, five
sons, R. L. W. B., C. H., Angus and
John Robinson; four daughters, Mrs.
J. J Ennomoser, Misses Mae and
Luclle Robinson, of Atlanta, and Mrs.
E. C. 'Henderson, of Jacksonville, Fla ;
his mother. Mrs. Martha A. Powell,
of Central. S. C.; one sister. Mrs. F.
B. Morgan, of the same place, and two
brothers. T A. Robinson, of Winslow,
Ala., and J. F. Robinson, of Atlanta.
Interment at Weatview.
J. S. Brooks, a veteran of the Civil
War. died at the Soldiers' Home
Sunday He was 77 years old. The
body Is at Poole's chapel, pending
funeral arrangements.
The funeral of Beulah B. Jones, infant
child of Mr and Mrs. J. Ft. Jones,,j
who died Saturday, was held from
the home Monday morning. Inter
ment at Hollywood. J
Negro Slayer Taken
To Macon for Safety
MACON, Aug. 18.—Doc Mathis, a
negro charged with having shot and
killed R. L. Jo- ey, a prominent Lee
County planter, was brought to Ma
con yesterday and lodged in the Bibb
County jail for safekeeping. Threats
of lynching had bt*ien made.
He was trapped at his home at
Williamsburg, and fired at the arrest,
ing officers several times while they
were approaching his house.
‘Cattle Queen' Freed
Leases All ‘Movies'
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS. COLO.,
Aug. 18.—In celebration of her acquit
tal on the charge of “rustling'' cattle
Anna Bernard, known as the “Cat
tle Queen,” leased all the moving
picture houses in the town for the
night and treated her friends to
screened thril’s.
Drawing for Last
2,000,000 Acres U.S.
Lands Is Announced
NEW YORK, Aug. 18.—Two million \
acres, the best wheat land on earth,
according to James J. HI!!, will be
distributed to settlers by the United
States September 23 at a public
drawing by number at Glasgow,
Mont. The land consists of a tract
80 by 40 mites and is known as the
Fort Peck Reservation. It is the last
Government reservation to be divided
by Uncle Sam.
The tract borders on the Missouri
River and formerly was the property
of the Sioux Indians. Of the acre
age to be allotted 487,000 acres are
agricultural land for which applicants
will be charged a nominal price of
from 35 to 37 an acre, and 738,000
acres is in grazing land, for which
32.50 to 33 will be charged. Appli
cations for the land will be received
from September 1 to 20.
Fear Kept Man Off
Cars All His 83 Years
I.IZTON, IND„ Aug. 18.—William
Northcutt, aged 85, Is dead, after
spending his whole life without ever
once riding In a railroad train,, au
tomobile or street car.
He claimed they were too fast and
too dangerous.
ZDOTHERS JAILED AID
With three negroes killed and a
fourth seriously wounded In free-for-
all cutting scrapes Sunday, twenty
negroes are under arrest at police
headquarters, two charged with mur
der and the remainder charged with
fighting, frequenting blind tigers, and
a host of misdemeanors.
The two against whom the charge
of murder has been placed are B. C.
Smith and Ed Smith, alias Ed Camp
bell. The third murderer, who is still
at large, is said by the police to be
Phoney Johnson, a negro desperado
with a long police record.
Ed Smith, while resisting arrest
after shooting Peter Jackson at 72
James street, was shot in the hand-by
Officer Palmer. B. C. Smith was cap
tured after a hard chase by Officers
Davis and Fielder and Louis Castro.
Most pf the trouble started in blind
tigers throughout the city. Johnson,
after getting drunk, went to the home
of Munch Harris, 282 Butler street,
and stabbed him to death. B. C.
Smith killed John Henry Wilkerson
at 80 Decatur street about 4 o’clock in
the afternoon, and half an hour later
Peter Jackson was shot by Ed Smith.
SLIT SKIRT HEALTH
SAYS EXPERT
DENVER, Aug. 18.—Wilbur F.
Cannon, former pure food commis
sioner. has rushed to the defense of
the X-ray and slit skirts with these
five reasons.
The X-ray and slit skirts permit
circulation of air about the body.
The absence of many underskirts
relieves the strain on the hips and
prevents kidney trouble.
Absence of the usual amount of
clothes makes frequent bathing nec
essary and frequent bathing opens
the pores and makes the bath quite
healthy.
Absence of many clothes makes the
body movement freer, thus saving en
ergy.
There is less labor required in the
care of clothes, such as washing,
ironing and mending.
VOTE ON COURT CHANGE.
JACKSON, Aug. 18.—The City
Court of Jackson was amended by
the last session of the general as
sembly, subject to a ratification of
the people. The matter will be voted
on September *3. As amended, the
Solicitor will receive a salary instead
of fees.
‘Battle’ Still Delayed
By Strike of ‘Heroes'
CHICAGO, Aug. 18.—No naval bat
tle was fought on Lake Michigan
commemorating the fight that made
Commodore Oliver H. Perry a hero,
because several hundred "heroes”
were on strike to-day.
Miss Catherine K. Brown, of New
York, who attempted to obtain
"strike-breakera” to act as "heroes
and patriots” in the big spectacle, was
guarded constantly by detectives. She
received threats from the strikers,
who were acting under instructions
from Industrial Workers of the World
leaders.
GOOD PRICE FOR CATTLE.
VIDALIA, Aug. 18.—The record sale
of cattle for one day in this section
was made yesterday when farmer
Clayton McLeod sold a drove of 81
to a local firm of stock dealers. The
value of the cattle was estimated at
about $20 a head.
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time. When the blood ia impoverished !
the gateway is open for the germs of
disease to enter and cause sickness.
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