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* THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. m SMITH FARM AID SPOONERS. TAKE HEART; PARKS Atlanta's Morals; Away Above N. Y.’s, Says Carlos Mason Georgia Senator's Measure Pro vides Work Through Agri cultural Colleges. WASHINGTON, Sept, 6—Senator Hoke Smith to-day introduced in the Senate and Congressman Lever in troduced in the House their bill for agricultural college extension work along the lines of the bill which lack ed only one vote of passing at the last session of Congress. Senator Smith and Mr. l^ever have been In conference with Secretary Houston, of the Department of Ag riculture, and the executive commit- lee of the colleges of agriculture, and the new bill is the result of their com bined judgment. It is regarded as an improvement on the original bill, and provides a more perfect plan for co operation between the colleges and the Agricultural Department In ex tension and demonstration work. The amounts to be appropriated are the same—$10,000 to each State and in addition $300,000 the first year, to be distributed on a basis of agri cultural population, this last sum to be increased each year by $300,000 until the total annual appropriation so distributed reaches $3,000,000 Buckhead Butcher Urges Policemen to Let Him Kill Rival Chairman Cochran Comes to the Rescue of Lovelorn Following Capitol Steps Episodes. Continued from Page 1. R. E. Cain, a butcher of Buckhead, and T. B. Bell, a carpenter of Sandy i Springs, mixed in such a lierce fist fight Saturday afternoon that it was all two big policemen could do to separate them. They even had to be held apart after oases had been docketed against them at the police station. Cain’s story, totally denied by Bell, Is that Bell came by Buckhead Satur- j day morning In an automobile and j took up two girls for a ride. He did j not look with favor on Bell’s atten tions so he followed him on a street car. After searching the city all morning for the trio he found Bell ; alone in the car on Harris street and l pounced on him. Cain would not give the names of the young women, but he declared I ihey had been hidden by Bell. He urged the police tolet him get to Bell j and kill him. Think Girl's- Slayer Killed in Surgery N7W YORK. Sept g —Detectives | at CUlTside, N. J., to-day were trying! to unravel the mystery s»urroun<fPh s r the death of the unknown girl whose j torso was found In the water near i that place yesterday. The girl un- I doubtedly was murdered and ner | head, arms and limbs cut off. Surgeons declare the work was that I of someone sskilled in tha use of surgical instruments. ernor, who habitually refuses to be interviewed on the subject of the tariff, so far forgot his invariable rule as to utter in an unguarded moment his bitterest condemnation of the ac tion of the police. Even Perry Breaks. Unlike Custodian I>atimer. Colonel Perry is still a young man. Any movement toward the suppression of innoncent spooning he regards as a death blow to the inalienable and Heaven-born rights of the younger generation. Colonel Perry was in clined most gravely to doubt the sound policy, if not the legal sound ness, of a city police crusade against spooning on State property. A. H. Ulm, executive hecretary, Joined in the unsparing criticism of the arrests. It was his comment that lasting humiliation and a wholly un merited disgrace might be brought upon young women who chanced to be on the Capitol steps when some members of the police department took it into their heads to swoop down upon the building and ensnare all who might he within Its shadow. Man and Wife Not Safe. There would be the first humilia tion of the arrest, the ordeal at the police station, the rush to get bond or identification, and possibly, if no sponsors could be found on the in stant, incerceration in a cell. The young woman’s name would be pub lished aloug with that of her com panion and her reputation would suf fer in a manner entirely undeserved, said Mr. Pirn. It was not beyond the probabilities, he said, that a man and his wife might as easily be the victims as any other young couple. Carlos Mason, chairman of the board of police commissioners, said that he was opposed to police inter ference in matters of this sort. He added that there w'ere enough duties to keep them profitably occupied in other directions ; CJouncilman Thompson commented that the police must be mighty hard up for arrests if they were compelled to don plain clothes and stalk loving 'couples about the State House in or der to fill the blotter at the police station. Carlos H. Mason, chairman of At lanta's Police Commission, Just home from New York, Saturday declared Atlanta far better morally than Gotham. Mr. Mason said that as he strolled up and down the Great White Way he was impressed with Atlanta’s in finitely better moral atmosphere. “By comparison the old home town was inviting with a shining purity,” he said. Upon Mr. Mason’s return to the city one of the first matters to come to his attention concerning the police was the arrest of a young couple for spooning on the Capitol steps. "I don’t approve of that arrest," he declared with emphasis. "That’s a universal, time-honqred method of courtship, and a policy of arresting people for yielding to that indulgence doesn’t get my support.” CALLED I TO LI We’ll Disregard Dress in Time, Doctor Predicts. But Not Spooners Take Heart; Parks Opened to You. No Horses in '63 in Chicago, Prediction CHICAGO, Sept. 6.—There will be no horses in use in Chicago 50 years frofn now if the annual decrease of 2 per cent in the use of animals in this city continues, experts declare. Prefer Bachelors in U. S. Aviation Corps WASHINGTON. Sept. 6. Recruits are souRht for the ten vacancies in the aviation corps. Married men are not barred, but bachelors are preferred OBITUARY. John Kendrick, the three-year-old .child of Mr. and Mrs. James Ken drick, died early Saturday morning at a sanitarium. The body will be taken at noon Sunday to New Holland Springs, Ga., for funeral and interment. W. H. Hodnett, sixty-nine years old, died at 2 o’clock Saturday morning at a private sanitarium He is sur vived by one daughter, Mrs. R. O. Neal, of West Point, Ga., one broth er. James Hodnett. of Langdale, Ala., and one sister Mrs. Mary Taylor, of Hartsville, Ga. The body will be shipped later to Longcane, Ga., for funeral and interment. Mrs. A. E. Beck, seventy-four years old, died at 8 o'clock Saturday morning at the residence, No. 54 Stewart avenue. She is survived by one son. N. M. Beck. The fu neral will be held at 2 o’clock Sun day afternoon from the residence, the Rev. John Pursher officiating. Interment at HollvWood. OLD RIVALS MAY CLASH AGAIN. MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 6.—Football games between the University of Minnesota and the University of Michigan may be resumed as a re sult of a resolution received to-day by the Minnesota board of regents from the governing board of the Michigan University. WILL IS EIGHT FEET LONG. MILWAUKEE, Sept. 6.—By a doc- ! ument eight and one-half feet long, Miss Mathilda Tommett leaves to rel atives a pair of old shoe strings, “my best bed spread.” chickens, chicken feed, vegetables, fruit, pickles and a pail of lard. i Here's hope for Atlanta’s legions of lovelorn. Driven from the steps of the State Capitol and even arrested by minions of the law, who must have been whol ly devoid of sentiment, spooners had come to the disheartening conclusion that that little line about all the world loving h lover was piffle. But comes one as their champion. He is John O. Cochran, chairman of the City Park Board. Just as it ap pears that the smitten youths and maids must seek the depressing fast nesses of the family parlor, or the front porch, where they are the ob served of all observers, Mr. Cochran rushes forward and tells them that they may spoon in the city’s parks to their hearts content, and that if any surly, misanthropic policeman inter rupts them he will Know the reason why. Mr. Cochran’s pronunciamento was spread abroad Friday night Ju«t after a young woman, blushing with mortification, and her companion, sullen at the humiliation that was theirs, had been haled into Record ers Court charged with disorderly conduct. What had they been doing? Why, their terrible offense, accord ing to Policemen Clack and Whelchel, who arrested them, was “spooning” on the Capitol steps. The officers of the law, waiting for a propitious mo ment, had come upon the twain Just as their lips had met in a long, lin gering soul kiss. "Break away, youse!" was the gruff command that startled them from their embrace. Then they were taken to the police station. They gave their names as Miss Dora Welssmann, No. 290 East Fair street, and Gus Meyers, No. 287 East Fair street. She is a stenogra pher and he a clerk Recorder Broyles promptly dis missed the case, as he did that of Miss Dollie Johnson No. 158 East Fair street, and W / C. Williamson, No. 474 Woodward avenue, who were arrested on a similar charge. The Recorder admonished them, however, that it were better to lo their spooning at home on the porches and in the hammocks. It was this warning that brought the general invitation of Chairman Cochran for the young people to flock to the parks, where they would be unmolested. Quite Copy Eve’s Style. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Sept. 6.— Women’s attirfe popularly classed as "Slit,” "Peek-a-boo" and “X-ray'’ prolongs life. According to Dr. EH G. Jones, of Burlington, N. J., presi dent of the American Association of Progressive Medicine, at the annual convention here, that style of cloth ing is conducive to the health and longevity of the wearers. “I have come to believe,” he said, "that the less clothing we drape on the figure in the heated weather the more we Increase the chances of pro longing our lives. I have records which show that the percentage of ill ness among women who wear little clothing is much lower than among thofie who put on too many garments, and I do not refer to the Zulus or Fiji Islanders, either, but get my sta tistics right here in the giddy whirl. “I agree with the futurists that we are returning to an age which shall disregard dress, although I do not predict the adoption of the fig leaf by any means. For reasons which all wom?n know, light and airy cloth ing assuredly is better than the heavy gowns worn some years ago. "Necessity brought out the X-ray apparel, Just as It brought out the hoop skirt of cur forefathers. Some day a rising modiste, the genius of his age. will invent a style which will omit the transparency, but will supp’y its airiness, and women will adopt the garment more eagerly than they havo the present stayle. Georgia Experts to Study Boll Weevil Pest at Close Range Dr. E.' L. Worsham. State Ento mologist. will accompany Dr. Phil Campbell and agents of the Georgia State College of Agriculture next w’eek on a tour of Louisiana, Missis sippi and Alabama, where the. boll weevil, which is expected to enter Georgia next year, will be studied at close range. Dr. Worsham and these agents are going to bend every effort to have those counties which are sure to be vifdted first by the boll weevil for tified against this pest as strongly as possible. Early maturing varieties of cotton seed are now being raised on experi ment farms throughout Georgia w’hioh will be distributed in these counties in which the boll weevil Is expected to appear, for through early maturity the boll weevil Is best com bated. Gets Old Master for 20 Cents; Asks $1,365 Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. MADRID, Sept. 6.—In an antlqua- ry’M shop window there was exhibited a painting and a sign reading "Au thentic picture by Goya, 7,000 pesetas ($1,365).” A poor woman, passing by. observed the sign and at once caused a dis turbance which attracted a big crowd. She declared that the antiquary who now asks such a round sum for the picture, Tuesday bought it from her for 20 cents , TWO FAST TRAINS Lv. 7:12AM-, 5;I5lP}J. Plans for Medical College Abandoned At a meeting at the Piedmont Ho tel it was decided by the manage ment of the Southeastern University to abandon for the present the idea of opening a medical department this fall because the time was too short. It was stated by Dr. Manhart, financial secretary of the university, that the building formerly occupied by the Baptist Tabernacle had been remodeled for a medical college, but would be held until next fall, when in all probability a medical department would be launched. Slaton Honors Requisition From Mississippi for Man Charged With Being Swindler. A. D. Oliver, whose alleged opera tions in South Georgia made him the defendant under a half dozen indict ments charging various forms of swindling, will find two officers of the law from Mississippi waiting for him when his three years’ chaingang sentence in Lee County expires next Tuesday at midnight. Requisition papers were honored by Governor Slaton late Friday, and the Mississippi officers propose to rush Oliver Into that with all possi ble speed. Deputy Sheriff J. H. Crosby, of Aberdeen, said Saturday that they have the prison record of Oliver and that they know of his serving time in Jackson, Mich., and Columbus, Ohio, on charges of false pretenses and swindling. Oliver’s real name, ac cording to Crosby, Is Charles Blazer. Oliver denies he had any part in the shady transactions charged against him. It must have been his twin brother, for whom he often is mistaken, he asserts. Government officials are said to be after Oliver for fraudulent use of the mails Dr. H. F. Broyles, cousin of Re corder Nash Broyles, and a State Senator, was one of the victims of Oliver’s alleged schemes. He lost several thousand dollars. Dr. Broyles, Judge J. O. Sykes and ex- Sheriff Ollle Jones, who figured in the arrest of Oliver in Mississippi, where the prisoner broke Jail, were in the party that came to Atlanta to ob tain the requisition papers. The people of Decatur County, from which Oliver was sentenced, had difficulty getting him convicted. One indictment after another was brought against him. He managed to slip out of every one. Finally he was convict ed of bigamy, for which he served hi* time. Oliver has lawyers and influential friends. It is said, and it is regarded a* likely that a hard fight will be made to save him in Mississippi. Painter Fined for Swearing at Lawyer E. E. George, of 249 South More land street, representative of the Painters’ Union, was fined $5.75 by Recorder Broyles Saturday morning for using insulting language to Paul Etheridge, an attorney. Mr. Etheridge asserted In Police Court that he represented a painter named Dempsey In the latter’s efforts to get a union membership, wtych had been refused him by George. He said George used insulting and profane language during a conversation. George asserted he said only “h " and “d- Canada Decides to AdmitMrs .Pankhurst OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Sept. 6.— Minister of Justice Doherty made a ruling to-day that Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, the famous militant suf fragette who recently fled from Eng land, leaving an unfinished term be hind. will be admitted to Canada on her American trip this fall. Her crimes, Mr. Doherty said, do not involve moral turpitude. Frank Trial Deputy Back From Vacation Deputy Sheriff Plennie Miner, bronzed by nearly tw'o weeks of hunt ing and fishing in Gwinnett County, returned Friday to his duties. Deputy Miner was in charge of the crowds at the Frank trial and left for his vacation at its conclusion. THE PLAYS THIS WEEK A bill of prime features, the very best that the Keith offices could as semble, will be the Forsyth attraction for the w f eek that will start with matinee on Monday, and because of the excellence of the program as an nounced there- has been one of the heaviest advance sales the busy thea ter has ever registered. The head liners will be Frank Hale and Inez Patterson, dainty dancers, and Lydia Barry, the queen of singing comedi ennes. The other five acts are ex ceptionally clever and all in all are the kind of features that make people find their way to the Forsyth. Others on the bill are Doris Wilson and Company; Delmore and Lee; Russell's Minstrels, and Gordon and Rica. At the Bijou. Capacity testing audiences will greet Jewell Kelley and his players this afternoon and to-night at the Bijou, establishing a new record for attendance at this house. “The Man From the West” ha* pleased large audiences during the week and has demonstrated beyond a doubt that the Jew’ell Kelley Company is equally at home In high-class plays and in the more sensational melodrama*. Next weeks play will be "My Dixie Girl." which has never been seen in Atlanta at popular prices. At the Lyric. “The Call of the Heart," next week’s bill at the Lyric, deals wMth a woman of fortune w r ho was wedded to a "name," ancient, but not honor able. and after living K life of misery, love liberates her from bondage. There are some rather daring speeches and situations in “The Call of the Heart." but a startling socio logical problem is handled so daintily that it is Introduced and dropped al most before the listener is fully con scious that it has appeared. Nearly All City Officials Except Mayor Woodward Are Workign Hard for Its Adoption. Political leaders, active in support of the new r charter, declared Satur day it would be adopted by a safe majority. While the candidates for Aldermen and Couneilmen are reluctant to take positions on this measure, the great majority of city officials not running this year are fighting hard but quiet ly for It* adoption. It is the general opinion among them that If this char ter is adopted, charter reform agita tion will be ended for many years to come. » Mayor Woodward, in his militant way, stands out as their most for midable obetacle. But he announced Saturday that he would approve the resolution of Council providing for the new charter election on Septem ber 24. 'Til be fairer than that crowd ever was,” he said. “They kept a real re form charter from going to the peo ple. I will do all in my power to give the people a chance to vote on all of them." Since campaigning for the new charter has become active there ha* been a great increase in the registra tions for voting. Lucien Harris, as sistant to Official Registrar Andy P Stewart, said the total registration now was about 11,000. The registration books for the char ter election on September 24 and the Councilmanic election on September 30 close September 9. The books gtill are several thousand names^short gf the normal registration list. CABLE || NEWS Important Events From AH Over the Old World Told In a | Few Short Line*. JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRI- CA, Sept. 6.—Elaborate police and military precautiops were taken hero to-day to guard against violence to night when the laboring class will carry out a free speech demonstra tion. The demonstration is a result of the recent strike on the Rand. Two hundred policemen and soldiers, all armed, will patrol the streets to night. Plan Canal Steamer Line. BREMEN. Sept. 6.—The North German Lloyd Steamship Line made official announcement to-dav of a big increase Jn business during the first half of this year, and that a Pacific Coast service, through the Panama (’anal, will be arranged Just as soon as the canal is thrown open for traf fic. Japanese Diplomat Is Slain. TOKIO, Sept. 6.—Director Mori taro Abe, of the Political Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Office, who was stabbed Thursday night, is dead. Two assassins mistook Mr. Moritaro for Dr. Sun Yat Sen, first President of China. They were Chinese and w’ere believed to have been in the employ of President Yuan Shi Kai. Bulgar-Turk Treaty Near. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 6.— General Say off. former command- der-in-chief of the Bulgarian army, whose troops defeated the Turks in the first Balkan war, de clared to-day that if the Powers would not interfere Bulgaria could rout the Greeks within a week. It is announced that a treaty be tween Turkey and Bulgaria will be signed soon. There is good ground for belief that the Bulgars may join the Turks in war upon Greece. Do La Barra Warns U. S. PARIS, Sept. 6.—Intervention by the United States iri Mexico, either directly or indirectly, will not be tolerated, according to Senor De La Barra. Mexican Minister to F'ranee, in an interview to-day. Senor De La Barra skid that all Mexicans resented outside interference. Mattresses as Life-Savers. PARIS. Sept. 6.—A large Paris firm is busy filling an order for thousands of mattresses which are pronounced as unsinkable. Every passenger in a ship furnished with these mat tresses will have an ideal life-pre server right in bed if they are what is claimed for them. Noted Theologian Dies. GLASGOW. SCOTLAND. Sept. 6 — Professor James Orr, one of the best- known theologians and writers on theology in the world, died here to day, aged 69. In 1895 he visited America and delivered a series of lectures on German theology in Chicago. Two years later he deliv ered a series of lectures at Prince ton University. Famous Candy Maker Dies. PARIS, Sept. 6.—Henry Meunier, a rich and famous chocolate manufac turer. died to-day at his home In, Pontoise. 'Jail Won't Solve Social Evil/ Says NotedDenverJudge Noble Victim of Wreck. DERBY. ENGLAND. Sept. 6.—Sir Arthur Douglass, who was injured in last Tuesday’s wreck on the Mid land Railroad when thirteen persons were killed, died to-day. DIAMOND RING IN CLAM. PATCHOGUE. N. Y, Sept. 6 — Walking along Water Island Beach, near here. Augustus Rhyer. a local barber, picked up a clam and opened it He found a ring set with three large diamonds wedged inside the shell. BOSTON, Sept. 6.—In Boston, to deliver an address, Judge Ben Lind sey, of Denver Jouvenile Court fame, declared he was being hounded by persecutors because he did not jail all the girl* and men who are the victim* of social conditions. He said: "In Denver my few persecutors are crying aga»nst me because I do not jail all the men and girls who are but victim* of our social condition. Jail won’t settle that question, but education will, and it is my idea to bring Jesus Christ into court, and I shall handle these lesser cases as they ought to be handled by a humane thinking man, or any Christian who i# not acting the hypocrite." He declared hi* ideal of happiness is to be married to a sympathetic woman, to have healthy and happy children. "In a word," he summed up. “Just to be an average man.” The 97-pound Denverite continued: “I am going to write a book one of these days," and It is going to be called “Sex and Sin." And in this book I am going to show up these hypocrites w'hose very mode of living is basically responsible for the im moral conditions prevalent to-day.” U. S. Quiz of Wreck On New Haven Ends NEW HAVEN, CONN., Sept. 6.— Recommendations of stricter discip line on the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad were given by Interstate Commerce Commissioner McChord to-day at the close of the Federal investigation into last Tues day’s wreck w'hen 21 were killed. General Manager C- L. Bardo. of the New r Haven road, promised to issue orders for stricter discipline of em ployees at once. That the airbrakes on part of the White Mountain express, which rammed the Bar Harbor express, were not in working order, was sworn to by Engineer A. B. Miller, of the Whita Mountain express. Killing Seals Lips of Sing’s White Widow CHICAGO. Sept. 6.—That hypnotic paralysis has sealed the lips of the white widow of Charles Sing, the murdered Chinese merchant, as she was about to “tell all she knew.” is the belief of Dr. Louis A. Mangan. “Mrs. Sing Is suffering from a strange form of hypnotic paralysis, brought on by’ herself," explained Dr. Mangan. "She will not be able to speak until she Is strong enough to break the spell. If Eihe witnessed the killing of Sing, the shock of that was enough to lead up to such a condi tion." Board Will Watch Test of Crematory The City Board of Health will ob serve carefully the test run of the new crematory, to be weighed under the direction of Frank Lederle, the consulting engineer retained by May or Woodward to make the test. John Jentzen, Chief of the Sanitary De partment, will represent the board. The board appointed W. P. Rich ardson weigher at the crematory. F. H. Schearer. superintendent of the old crematory, was offered the posi tion of engineer at the new' plant. Charter Granted to White Plague Foes The Atlanta Anti-Tuberculosis As sociation is now a regularly char tered organization, Judge Bell having issued a charter for 20 years. The petition states that the organization is not formed for profit and that It has no capital stock. The incorporators are Hugh M. Willet, Howard S. Cole, Mrs. H. W. Salmon, Mrs. Nellie Peters Black, Da vid Woowdard, Mrs J. Wade Conklin and Dr. Theo T :>epel. Farmers Oppose U. S. Aid in Crop Moving SALINA, KAN.. Sept. 6.—At the annual convention of the Farmers’ National Education and Co-operative Association the plan of the Treasury Department to aid in moving crops was criticised severely. The convention declared “it could not see a single benefit" and that it "would put more money into the hands of speculators to buy crops from farmers forced to sell because they could not get money." FRANK GOTCH ON MAT. CHICAGO, Sept. 6.—The appear ance of Frank Gotch, heavyweight wrestling champion, in the ring at Brand’s Park to-night will feature the athletic end of the program staged by the Cook County Democracy. Gotch is to meet Dr. Roller and Charlie Cutter in a handicap match of fifteen minutes each. BOSTON BARS "TIN ROOFS." BOSTON, Sept. 6.—A new excise law went into effect here prohibiting “drinks on the house” in local sa loons. “It is against the best inter ests of the proprietors and may be morally and physically injurious to customers," the License Board says in its notice. KRYPTOK LENSES Keep in mind that we make the genuine Kryptons—bifocals with out the dividing line. Come in and see a pair; they’re beautiful. A. K. Hawkes Co. Opticians. 14 Whitehall street. TRUST COMPANY COMMUNICATION CAPITAL RAISED IN STORM BELT TO MILLION IS Union Organization, Headed by Pollock, Shows Progress—Fine Connections Made. Announcement ol an Increase of capitalization of the Union Trust Company, of Atlanta, from $300,000 to $1,000,000 and of the plan for a further Increase to $2,000,000 was made Saturday by George D. Pollock, president of the company. The trust organization was formed only last February and has been do ing a business in farm and city loans since then, specializing in the former The increase in the capitalization was decided upon Friday at a meet ing of the stockholders, among whom are a number of men well known in the financial circles of the State. The purpose was to afford a wider scope for the operations of the com pany and to enable it to get cheaper money from financial interests in America and Europe. Important connections have been made with Chicago and New York houses by which the Union Trust Company wtl! be enabled to make loans of two or three million dollars in addition to what it would be able to do on its own capital. The offi cials of the company have decided upon an aggressive policy with the determination to make the company, one of the strongest and most power ful in the South. President Pollock is an experienced banker, being the organizer of two banks in Rome, Ga., one of which he resigned the presidency to take charge of the Union Trust Company. Moultrie Sessions, a vice president, besides being president of the Ses sions Loan and Trust Company, of Marietta, is one of the best known mortgage loan men in the State. T. R. Lombard, another vice presi dent, is president of Lombard and Company, of New York, and is a financier of long experience. John Ruddle is a Pennsylvania fi nancier who came to Atlanta to be come secretary and treasurer of the company. The officers are on the eleventh floor of the Third National Bank. Cotton 'Change Seats Increase in Value Bal Haven, Ocracoke and Ports mouth Safe, Though Damaged by Water and Wind, Not More Than Half Dozen Dead. NEW YORK, Sept. 6.—Member ships on the New York Cotton Ex change are advancing in price despite attacks made on that institution and the proposed tax of 1-10 of 1 cent a pound on speculative dealings in cotton. A seat has been sold for $14,000. and advance of $1,000 over the last previous sale. Two memberships are now being offered, one at $15,000 and the other at $25,000. Cue for Officials at Test of Fire Engine With Alderman I. N. Ragsdale and Couneilmen J. T. Kimbrough and Claude C. Mason as chief hosts, May or Woodward and Council will be en tertained at a barbecue at the Tenth Ward fire engine house Saturday aft ernoon. The occasion is the official test of the new automobile fire engine. Woman Will Police Kansas City Resorts Rich Man’s Son Robs Grave for Diamonds KANSAS CITY, Sept. 6.—A police woman, who will be known as “the city’s mother to the motherless," will be appointed by the Commissioners here. She will “walk a beat” embracing largely disorderly resorts and all- night cafes. Coffin Stolen From The Grave of Woman ALBANY. Sept. 6.—When the grave of Mrs. Pauline Blum, whose body was buried on Sunday, was visited to-day the body wa« found in a rough box. The coffin had been stolen. Her finger on which she wore a wedding ring had been severed and the ring also was mi.«wing. GROCERY IN BANKRUPTCY. A voluntary petition in bankruptcy was filed Saturday morning by G. W. Seymonr, doing business as the Sey mour Grocery Company. He admits liabilities of $801.48, with assets of $600. Thomas J. Ripley was appointed receiver. Wear No Slit Skirts Nor Anything Else AN EXCELLENT NIGHTCAP NEGRESS HELD AS STABBER. Zada Wright, a negro woman work ing at No. 594 West Peachtree, was arrested Saturday on the charge of stabbing Bessie Green, another ne- gress, at Forrest avenue and Butler street, Thursday night. The Wright woman pleaded self-defense, saying that the other had shot at her. Horsford's Acid Phosphate Half a tcaapoonful of Horsford's Acid Phos phate In half a glass of water on retiring insures a restful sleep.—(adv.) $300,000 SYRACUSE FIRE. SYRACUSE, N. Y.. Sept. 6.—Fire of unknown origin to-day caused i property loss estimated at $300,000, and for a time threatened the entire industrial section of city. SEEING THINGS Whether it’s through a field glass, opera glass, telescope or a pair of K ryptok eyeglasses—be sure they are from “Moore’s." “Moore" qual* ity is our watchword. “We sell everything to see with." Jno. L. Moore & Sons, expert opticians, 42 North Broad street. jOUISVILLE THROUGH SLEEPERS Ly.7:12AJL5:ilLEM. NEWBERN, N. C., Sept. 6.—At 3 o’clock this morning: for the flr«t time since last Tuesday afternoon, when the coast storm struck this sec tion, communication with Bal Haven was possible. It had been reported that Bal Haven had been wiped off the map. This was incorrect, but the damage done by the high wafer and wind was terrific. The worst part of the storm struck there Wednesday morning. Water rose fifteen feet above the high water level and some of the buildings in the lower part of the town were in- undated. It was necessary to oper ate motor boats in t ie streets to re move occupants of buildings to places of safety. The railway tracks between Bal Haven and Pantego were washed away, and it will be impossible to operate trains there for several days. Every sawmill in the place was either demolished or badly damaged. The mailboat running betwe-n Ocracoke and Beaufort arrived at the latter place at midnight after making a special trip, and reported that no lives were lost at Ocracoke and Ports mouth, but that the damage by wind and water was great. Newbern citizens are hard at work clearing away the debris of the storm and the city is beginning to havu some semblance of its former seU. Careful estimates of the damage done here made since the day of the storm place the amount at not less than $500,000, and this is practically a to tal loss, as no clause in any of tha insurance policies provided for dam age by water. * f •/> RALEIGH, Sept. 6.—Belated re ports to-day from the storm-swept area in Eastern North Carolina tend to show that earlier reports of storm damage were greatly exaggerated. The loss of life will not total half a dozen, and damage to crop* and business places may not reach mor^ than $500,000. The Norfolk and Southern Railway Company,' whose lines run through the storm-swept section, is the heaviest sufferer, but It was impossible to-day to make an estimate of the money damage. If yesterday’s rains do not cause the Neuse and Tar River* to rise again, it is not believed that the freshet following the storm will amount to much. No estimate has been advanced as to the loss of crops by the heavy rains. <r Arrest Rich Couple Who Abandon Baby SAVANNAH, Sept. 6.—‘For aban doning an 8-month-old baby to the care of a nurse girl, William B. Mott and his wife were severely arraigned by Recorder Schwarz to-day. The child w'as adopted by the wealthy young couple, who thought it w'ould bridge the widening chasm in their affections. Ten day* ago Mott left hi* home and went to a hotel. Last night Mrs. Mott sent the baby and nurse in her automobile to the hotel to wait for Mott. Police noticed the child when the nurse de serted it, and later arrested the fos ter parents. \ ALBANY, Sept. 6.—John Stevens, 20, son of Thomas C. Stevens, a wealthy fruit merchant, has confessed to robbing the grave of Mra Pauline Blum, in Eage Hill Cemetery. The youthful ghoul opened the casket and cut off one of the woman’ fingers to get a ring. He al»o took- diamond pin and ear-rings. Later, he carried the casket home and put It in the cellar, where it was discov ered by a maid. 4 LIMA, OHIO. Sept. 6.—Sheriff Watt was called on to-day to investigate the strange existence of 75 stranded men and women gypsies in an im provised camp near here. The nomad* have dispensed w’ith their clothes and are running about in nature's raiment.