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1111*. A'i'LiAJYJL'A UbUKUiAiN AND NEWS.
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SHERMAN’S MEN AGAIN INVADE CITY;
GREETED THIS TIME BY HANDCLASPS
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Confession of Dismemberment of'
Body and Attempts to Hide
Crime Stir New York.
Continued from Page 1.
vNurth of furniture and establish
His Story of Slaying.
Schmidt’s confession, in co
• ,,rm follows:
"I met Anna A uni tills r two
ako at the parish houae of St
f srp Church. Hhe was employed as a ,
• errant there. I was attracted to her!
*.y her beauty. 1 became infatuated |
,vl‘h her I loved her.
I killed her because I loved her so
much. She was so beautiful. 1 could
not let her live, without me
1 made up my mind that she and I
ould not live together 7 was a priest
■■nd must remain with my church. So
opened the door of the tint. She was
asleep In the room. I awakened her
<nd told her I had t ome to fulfill my
threat. Then I slew her with a knife.
sabeth, of Hungary, ray
patron taint, had coma to m»* one
. ( ind told ina that a tai rttlct h id
o hp made and that it must he done
n blood. Just the same as Abraham
n.»8 ordered to slay Isaac.
So 1 killed Anno. Then I threw
,er into the water because the sacri-
fl,-e oiled for blood and water.
I cut the body Into six pieci
made trips to the Fort Lee ferry each
lime with part of her body in the
bundles. When the ferry boat reached
the middle of the stream I would
throw a piece Into the water. When
ihe boat readied the other side, of the
water I would return, go back to the
Mat and get another piece of her
oody. I think I made about five or
ix such trips.
Tried to Burn Mattress.
After I had disposed of the body 1
m ted to destroy all evidence o! ■ 1 -
rime. 1 took the mattress on which
l had slain her and carried It to a va-
ant h»t. 'there I burned it.
[ am guilty and that Is all I can
iy. I must pay tne penalty. There
< nothing else for me to do. Hut I
oved Anna Aumuller. She wanted
me to marry her because she way
onii to become the mother of my
hild. So 1 procured a marriage li-
<*nsc She trusted me.
I am i priest and ordained to per-
orm the marriage ceremony, so when
«»he insisted upon the ceremony I
married myself to her. There was no
need of any other priest doing it. It
w as just as absolute as if 1 had called
m another person with authority to
perform the marriage ceremony. She
was my wife.”
After the murder Schmidt con-
: inued to officiate as assistant priest
at Si. Joseph’s Church and even bap
tized a baby.
Schmidt, when asked to-day con-
ernlng his past, gave somewhat In
oherent answers. At first he declared
hat he was ordained by a European
bishop named Kterstein. Later he de-
lared that St. Elisabeth, whom he
< alls his patron saint, had ordained
him.
Asked for letters such as are given
by different bishops when one priest
is transferred from one diocese to
another. Schmidt declared he had
none bearing such signatures, but
that he had a number of letters which
St. Elisabeth had given him.
Clergyman Says He 16 Crazy.
Schmidt had a number of letters
nearing the seals of different church
es in the United States and Europe,
but none of them, it is declared, fully
established his identity or were
couched in the form of credentials.
The Rev. Luke .1. Evers. Catholic
. baplaln in the Tombs, secured to
day from Schmidt the admission that
Jn Munich Schmidt had been arrested
ns an imposter.
“To most all of liiy questions re
lating to his past. Schmidt answered
that everything he has done has been
dictated by St. Elizabeth.” declared
Father Evers. "He told me that St
CHE IKE WM IS HAPPY
OF GRACE STIRS! Ill CUSTODY OF
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Man Shot by Wife Is Near Death; Fears No “Railroading” Now.
With Bullet Against Spine. , New York Lawyers Try to Delay
Self-Defense Her Plea. Habeas Corpus Hearing.
Comfort and Safety Assured
Before the Arrival of the
Stork.
I it ion veterans in Atlanta on their way to the <i. A. R. encampment si Chattanooga. On
rigid, M. A.Ward, of Turners Falls, .Mass., who was with Sherman’s army when Atlanta was cap
tured. On the left is John J. Curran, of Bridgeport, Conn., and his niece. Miss Florence W<
ling. Mr. Ward was the man who pulled down the Confederate flag and hoisted the Stars and
Stripes on the Atlanta Courthouse.
SAVANNAH. Sept. l.V -With tier
husband's life in tiie balance as the
result of a bullet wound Inflicted by
j her two months ago, pretty Mrs. Eva
! Dare obtained a preliminary hearing
| this morning on her plea to be re-
j leased on bond unt ’ the wounded man
i recovers or dies, and the' charge upon
which she is to be tried in the higher
j court determined.
Jn many reipec!** the case resem
bles the Grace episode. There are no
; eye witnesses, no one heard the shots,
no one suspected the couple was not
happy until the young woman notified
the police she had shot her husband
and asked them to send the ambu
lance to take him to the hospital.
“I shot in self-defense,” were tho
first words she spoke to the officer*
when they came to her house. He
threatened and abused me and when
I became convinced he would carry
out his threats unless I protected my.
self, I shot, and I shot to kill. I don’t
care whether he lives or dies—jusi
get him away from here ”
Since that time her attitude lias
changed. She wants to be with her
husband.
The bullet pierced Dare’s left lung
and lodged against the backbone.
Several operations have failed to re
lieve him. He may live several years
or only a few weeks, his physicians
say, but he never will completely re-
State Officers Back
From Business Trips
Game Warden Mercer, State Ento
mologist Worsham and Commissioner
of Agriculture Price returned to the
Capitol Monday, after a week’s ab
sence.
Mr. Worsham and Commissioner
Price spent the week in Mississippi
and Louisiana investigating the boll
weevil situation, and Warden Mercer
had been in Boston, attending the
national meeting of Game Wardens
and Fish Commissioners.
All three visited the Conservation
Exposition in Knoxville.
# »-M what la l.ornr wttlurtil a
.« utiou.d add "Mother's Friend.*’
Humaamt* of ^inerican lunar* thara la a
t of thla ar’endid and famous remedy tna’
at,led many a woman through the wvtng or
, aaeed her fr. m auffarlDf anti pain, feepi her
rltUi of mind and hooy In adtauva of baby a
ng and bad a mw’. w.mtlarful Influence 1ft
i ling a haalUiy. lovely cUnposiilwn in tUa
child
The 1
Elizabeth enabled him to secure an
assistant pastorate at Louisville, Ky.,
and Trenton, N. J.. before he came to
New York. When 1 asked him if he
had secured dismissal paper from
those two cities he said he had not
received any from the bishops but
that St Elizabeth had given them to I
him.
“Schmidt told me he came to New !
York and secured an introduction to [
Father Braun, of St. Boniface Par- i
lsh. He presented some letters which
secured him the assistant pastorate
there. He later hod some disagree
ment with Father Braun and left that
church to connect himself with St.
Joseph's Parish."
It is believed to-day that the let
ters which Schmidt presented to Fa- |
ther Braun were clever forgeries.
Pillow Slip Trapped Him.
"Mr, Schmidt is insane,” declared i
Father Evers. "He does not seem to j
realize the enormity of his crime and j
about the only answers l can get to -
questions as to why be killed the girl
is that St. Elizabeth told him he had
to make a blood sacrifice.”
With a pillow slip as a clew, the
detectives solved the mystery of the
murder. They discovered that the
pillow slip found around one section
of the torso was purchased in the
neighborhood of Seventh avenue and
Fourteenth street. Then they sought
a man who purchased the pillow slip
at a second-hand store in the neigh
borhood. Finally they located the
fiat at Brad hurst avenue. For two
days and nights a detective lingered
outside the place Saturday night In
spector Joseph Faurat decided to
break into the flat.
”1 felt we were on the right trail,
and I took a chance,” said Faurot.
”1 guess the results warranted it."
The flat was found blood stained.
A knife and saw were found. The bed
minus its mattress, but with blood
spots on the posts, showed the de
tectives where the murder had been
committed.
The officers found a picture of the
murdered girl and some papers. A
note signed by Schinlddy" gave the
police their final clew.
The detectives then went to St.
Boniface’s Uhurch and asked for
Schmidt. They were told that he
had resigned and had become asso
ciated with St. Joseph's Parish. They
got a description of Schmidt, which
, , tallied with that of "John Schmidt."
who had rented the flat. Then fol-
) J lowed the arrest and confession.
! Slayer Now Defiant.
Schmidt in his cell to-day was calm
Maud defiant. lie refused to .* i *ee re-
i porters, and when one of them sent a
< note to him requesting an interview.
| I Schmidt sent hack the following wrlt-
^ I ten reply
< ”1 do not think you will understand
< me. There \ no use talking about it.”
An examination of Schmidt’s men
tal condition was made to-day by the
MIE’SP.OJB BULLET GREEKS
T
TO JONES
Aged Veterans, Hen
Recall Thrilling
vVay to (J. A. R. Meet,
Battle Scenes.
Stir Marks Transfer of Atlanta Bo Y d Perr Y Drives M°t° r Robber
Postmastership—Doubt About prom G<irage Believed Mem
ber of Daring Band.
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New Appointees.
Pottoftlce Inspectors Monday morn
ing were busily engaged effecting the
transfer of the postmastership of the
local postoffice. Bolling H Jones,
newly appointed postmaster under the
present administration, gave Hugh ! .
McKee, Taft appointee, who has all
but completed his four-year term, re
ceipts certifying the presence of fun is
and stock.
Mr. McKee, in his shirt sleeves, w ■ s
hard at work, assisted by his ofih c
help, in vaulting the premises, while
Bolling H. Jones, also in his shirt
sleeves, was moving In. Mr. Jones
hung his commission on the wall al
most in the same identical spot wh.-re
the former postmaster proudly hung
his commission when he entered upon
the duties as pstmaster of Atlanta
four years ago.
As yet Mr. Jones has not announced
any contemplative echanges in tne
office force. It is. however, under
stood that Mr. Jones will for the mo*t
part act on merit. If a man is thor
oughly efficient, as in the case of I. «\
Hart, superintendent of mails, he will
remain in office. It has been stat 'd
authoritatively that no changes wdiJ
be made for several months, or until
such time when Mr. Jones has be
come thoroughly familiar with the
duties of each and every man in the
office
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You are invited to the
Atlanta Theater, Tuesday
night, September 16. Bril
liant music and interesting
exercises. Admission free.
Southern College of Pharmacy
Tombs physician. other examina
tions will follow, as it is believed that
Schmidt is mentally unbalanced.
Acting District Attorney Nott to-
« a\ said that any effort to prove that
Schmidt w»p insane when h»* killed
tiie gir will be ombated vigorously.
Nott declared that the man was sane.
I and that the motive for his act can be
shown without a doubt.
Alfonse J. Koelble. who has known
Schmidt for two years, visited him in
his cell to-day.
Declares He is Not Crazy.
‘ He seemed unconcerned, ’ Koelble
said after his viait with Schmidt.
"He .-veins to have great contempt
for any penalty that may be meted
out to him When I asked him if I
could do anything for him he replied.
N.»; God and Abraham alone are able
to clear up this matter.’ I then asked
him if he thought l\e was insane, or
whether there hus been insanity in
In" - family.” said Koelble.
"H»' said, ’No. I am not insane and
: *i* has been no insanity in my
Gnv y All great men who do acts
out of the ordinary are considered
insane. There is no suggestion of in
sanity about me. I understand the
predicament 1 am now in. but 1 do not
need an attorney, anyway 1 do not
need one just now."
Anna Aumuller. the slain girl, cairn*
from Austria several y ears ago. She
first kept house for her foster brother, j
LaJer sin* worked as a housemaid in j
a New Jersey home. H< r next posi
tion was in the St. Boniface parish ’
house, where she met Schmidt.
Prfest in Louisville as
Alma Kelner Was Slain.
L<h isyii !.!•:. ky Sept 16. Hans
Schmidt, confesseo slayer of Anna
Aumuller in New York, was here at!
the time of the mysterious Alma Kel- j
nor murder. He was studying Eng- |
llsh. He was very active in aiding j
in the search for the eight-year-old
girl when she disappeared while on!
her way to mass.
Father Schmidt spent considerable j
time in St. John's Catholic Church.;
under which tlie girl’s body was found,
although he was associated with the !
rector of St. Mary’s Church.
Joseph Wendling, janitor of St.
John's Church, arrested in California!
and sentenced for life on ciroumatan- j
tial evidence, has consistently pro- j
tested his innocence of killing the lit
tle girl.
Wendling. who is in the Frankfort
State Penitentiary, was asked to-day
if he knew Schmidt.
Never heard of him. ' he answered.
I The operations of the gang of au
tomobile thieves that has been in
festing Atlanta for the past two weeks
were checked early Monday morning
when Boyd Perry. No. 589 N. Boule
vard, general agent of the National
Surety Company, opened fire with a
revolver on a burglar who was try
ing to run his automobile out of the
garage. The bullet mieBed tho in
truder. and put a hole in the gasoline
tank of the automobile, nut it did the
work.
The attempt made to steal Mr. Per
ry’s car was one of the boldest the
gang has made Mr. Perry was
awakened shortly after midnight by o
noise in hi.-, garage, and looking out
of a window saw a man trying t<
force open the door. Failing in that
tiie burglar, went to a window at the
side of the garage, raised the sash
and climbed In.
Mr. Perry secured his revolver ami
went outside. As he approached the
garage he heard the burglar trying
to open the door from the inside. Mr
Perry fired a shot through the door
of the garage, and then opened th**
door and rushed in. . As he entered
the man scrambled through the win
dow and escaped.
Call Officers Anderson and W atson
made an investigation, but failed to
find any trace of the burglar
police think the man i
the gang tlu
mohih
fix
The
member of
has been stealing aute-
t'rom garages and from ir
oft'i'v buildings for several
Piedmont Opens Its
'After Show' Season
?ning of the oyster anil
a ter” season will be cele-
the Piedmont Hotel Mon-
The main dining room of
will be thrown open to
la o'clock, and an elaborate
ograni will be given. Sou-
be distributed to the pa-
The op
"after tin
brated at
day night
the hotel
guests at
mueslcal |
venirs wil
t rons.
The dining room lias been elabo
rately decorated for the occasion. A j
special menu w ill be served.
Empire Chemical Co.
Applies for Charter
Application for charter for the Em
pire Chemical Company was filed In
Superior Court Monday by S. J.
Elders, George D. Pollard and J. M.
Hunt.
The capital stock of the company
is $6,000 with the provision that it
may be increased to $1,000,000. A
charter f"r twenty years i* requested.
Recalling the stirring scenes of half
a century ago when Sherman de
scended upon Atlanta, more than 500
grizzled veterans of the Grand Army
of the Republic passed through this
city Monday in special cars en route
to the reunion of the G. A. R. at
Chattanooga.
Despite their age. the old men.
many of them gray and bearing the
scars of battle, carried themselves
with marked agility.
At the Union Station, where they
laid over for an hour, they were met
by members of the U. C. V. and those
among them who were present at the
battle of Atlanta retold the story of
Sherman’s devastation here.
"Yes." said M. A. Ward, of Turners
Falls, Mass., a Union veteran who
fought with the Sixtieth New York
of the Twentieth Corps, "it was just
such a morning as this, dark and
damp, when, after storming Atlanta
with shot and shell for over two
weeks. General Sherman decided that
it was* the opportune timj to descend
upon the city.
Hard F ght at Peachtree Creek.
"We were met by a wing of the
Confederate Army several miles dis
tant from Atlanta and at Peachtree
Creek, I believe they call it. a most
bloody battle took place. The men on
both sides fought bravely; especially
did the Confederates, who always dis
played more grit and daring than our
army.
"We outnumbered the Confederate
forces, and after several hours’ fight
ing the Confederates fell back and we
charged the city of Atlanta.
"I was a sharpshooter and was do
ing lookout duty at tiie time, and con
sequently was near the front of the
ranks. A Confederate flag flaunted in
the breeze from the top of the old
courthouse then standing. T made
for it. snatching a Union flag from
one of the color bearers as 1 ran.
■ I climbed to the old tower arid
cut tin- Confederate flag from its
fastening and with my sheath knife I
drove the Stars and Stripes to the
shaft.
Glad It’s AM Over.
"A cry of victory went up from our
men and tl e city of Atlanta was ours.
I was proud of the victory then, but
now—well, thank God, it is a thing of
the past.
"While climbing to the old court
house tower I was hit in the eye by a
piece of scattering shell. You see my
-left ey e is gone.
"During the period spent in the
bombardment of Atlanta, some two
weeks, our army was encamped tw >
miles or more from the city. At this
time I was impressed into the forag
ing party. Twice a week our entire
wagon train, over a mile and a half
long in procession, would set out for
‘Egypt.’ as we called it in those days,
in search of corn. Egypt was the
fertile country surrounding Stone
Mountain, and there was always an
abundance of corn to be had by mere
ly going after it. The corn was nec
essary for our horses and mules. We
did not need it to keep from starving,
for we had plenty of good rations Li
fact, we fared better at this time
than at any other period during th-
war.
"1 did not see Atlanta burned. The
burning of the city, if it were don.',
occurrt d after 1 had left. When »v ?
entered the city, a number of houses
were already burning, ignited from
the sheds. General Sherman at that
time gave orders to the men to ex
tinguish the flames. I do not know
how many men were killed on both
sides, but there were a comparatively'
small number, taking into considera
tion the heavy losses sustained in
other quarters when the same number
of men were engaged.
"The march to the sea was full of
hardships and at times we were sore
ly pressed by the Confederate forces
along the route. After we had taken
Savannah I was one of the few to
continue the march on foot to Wash
ington.”
The majority of the Union veterans
ftho left Atlanta Monday morning
were from Connecticut. Massachu
setts, Rhode Island and Maine. Among
the most prominent of these are Colo
nel W. M. Scott, past commander-in*
chief. G. A. R.: William L. Ross, as
sistant adjutant general and assistant
quartermaster general of the Depart
ment of Maine; John E. Edgar. Jr., of
L. A. Tifft Camp No. 15, S. of V ;
Fred R. Gibb. Rhode Island; F. A.
Arnold. Rhode Island; John J. Cur
ran. Massachusetts; C. P. Degnon.
Rhode Island: Luther Wait, Connec
ticut: John E. Edgar. Massachusetts;
William Hart, Massachusetts, speei •!
delegate to the staff of Commander-
in-Chief Speer; E. Wason. Massachu
setts; Allan B. Clark, Massachusetts;
G. L. Smith. Maseachusett, and H. E.
Newman. Massachusetts. A number
of the Union veterans had member#
of their families with them. Most oi
the veterans had been with the Army
of the Potomac and fought with
Grant.
Fred Houser, of the Atlanta Con
vention Bureau, was al the station
to see the men safely on their way.
He expects to go to Chattanooga to
morrow.
Blue and Gray to Join.
The Union veterans will return o
Atlanta Saturday en route home
! Here they will be entertained for sev-
: eral days. A special program has
I been arranged and automobiles will
carry them on sightseeing trips.
Banquets also will be tendered, and
I the blue and the gray veterans will
join in social festivities.
The first delegation of the hundreds
of Northern soldiers who are expected
to visit the battlefields of Atlanta
during the reunion came to Atlanta
Sunday and spent the day visiting the
scenes of the desperate battles be
tween Sherman and Hood. They were
100 veteran* and their wives from
Boston, en route to Chattanooga.
The 100 Boston veterans were met
at the Union Station Sunday morning
by local Grand Army and Confederate
veterans, and were lavishly enter
tained during their stay in the city.
City officials joined the veteran* in
extending the hospitality of Atlanta
to.the visitors.
Taken on Tour of City.
The Northern veterans were taken
on an automobile tour of »iie city
during the morning, with their local
comrades and the Confederate vet
erans acting as guides and escorts.
They were shown all the old battle
fields near Atlanta, where many of
them had fought and bled, the Gordon
monument, the Confederate Soldiers
Home and other points of interest.
Several hours were spent at the bat
tlefields. and many of the men from
the North walked, for the first time
since the war, in the places where 50
j years ago Sherman's devastating
; army swept.
In the afternoon a reception was
given the visitors at the headquarters
of Mitchell Post. G. A. R., in the
Gould Building, at which Colonel \Y.
M. Scott, of the local G. A. R. post,
presided. He was assisted in enter
taining the visitors by prominent At
lantans and Confederate veterans.
A jovial discussion of the incidents
of the war. their trials and hardships,
filled the afternoon. Several of the
visitors spoke, calling to mind inci
dents of the great struggle that
showed the heroic qualities of both
the blue and the gray.
Colonel A. J. McBride, of Atlanta, a
Confederate veteran, told of the fight
on Little Round Top, and others en
tertained the audience with reminis
cences of great battles of the war.
Miss Lou Wadsworth, of the Mas
sachusetts branch v»? the Women's
Relief Corps, read a poem on the
united country.
At the close of the speaking the*
veterans sang the old songs they sang
at their camp fires 50 years ago, and
the meeting closed with Northerner
and Southerner joining hands and
i singing "America.”
CULEBROOK, X. H., Sept. 15.—For
the first time in his stormy care?:*
Harry K. Thaw to-day found himself
in the custody of the United States
Government.
United States Marshal E. P. Nu.o
arrived here with an order from
United States District Judge Edgar
Aldrich directing that he be given
custody of Thaw jointly with Sherih
Holman Drew, of Coos County, as th<*
result of the Federal writ of habeas
corpus obtained by Thaw’s lawyer-*'
Saturday.
Thaw was delighted at the new turn
of affairs.
"William T. Jerome nor anyone
else can railroad me while Uncle Sa.u
is about." said Thaw, cheerfully.
The fugitive spent several hours
writing a long "question and answer ’
interview with himself, giving the
details of his flight and deportation
from Canada.
It is expected that Marshal Nut<:
will take Thaw to Littleton, X. II., ns
the writ is returnable there in United
States Court Tuesday morning at 11
o’clock.
It was reported that Lawyer Mos:s
If. Grossman, of New' York, would ask
Judge Aldrich for an adjournment of
the habeas corpus pending the hear
ing by Governor Felker on Wednes
day of the extradition proceedings.
Ex-Atlantan, Thaw Aide,
Scores Canadian Law.
That the deportation of Harry
Thaw’ revealed the weakness of the
Canadian immigration laws was the
declaration of Samson Selig, a former
Atlantan and now member of the law
firm of House, Grossman & Vorhaus.
I of New York, upon his return from
Coaticook, according to reports read
with interest by his uncle, Sigmund
Selig.
Selig, who was a member of Thaw's
legal army in Canada, is w’ell known
in Atlanta, having been in school
here up until 1911. In his discussion
of the Thaw case, Selig wrote:
"Concerning the strategic position
of Thaw in New Hampshire as com
pared with Canada, I think the
chances for ultimately winning are
better in the United States than in
the Dominion. If Thaw is insane he
can not be extradited from New
Hampshire, because, if insane, he can
not be guilty of an extraditable of
fense in New York.
"They will try to get him back.
I expect, on the ground that he has
committed a crime here, but in that
case they must abandon the assump
tion that he is insane. The only trou
ble and danger is that the courts
might uphold writs of extradition on
the ground that one State owes that
courtesy to another.
**The precipitous deportation of
j Thaw* simply showed that the Canad-
; ian authorities were afraid to bring
i him into court and put the immigra
tion law’s to a test.”
I PANAMA CANAL EXHIBIT CAR.
COLUMBUS, Sept. J 5.—Hundreds
of Columbus people visited the Pan
ama Canal 'exhibit car. which was
placed on exhibition in Columbus
Saturday and Sunday.
“CASCARETS" FIX
Rain Mars G-. A. R.
Reunion Opening.
CHATTANOOGA. Sept. 15.—A
steady drizzling rain and low hanging ! <
clouds which hid Lookout Mountain j /
and the surrounding country from j t
view greeted the Union veterans to-D
day upon the real opening of the j r
Forty-seventh Annual Encampment J
of the Grand Army of the Republic.'
To-day was known officially as
Lookout Mountain day. hundreds ot
citizens being impressed as guides
The inclement weather changed the 1
plans of many veterans, however.
Committee meetings alone were
scheduled for to-day, with the ex- !
ception of a meeting of the Army ot
the Cumberland. The Woman’s Re
lief Corps held an informal welcome
at headquarters.. A meeting of the
survivors of the United States Signal
Corps was also held.
A breakfast was tendered Com
mander-in-Chief Beers and staff this
morning on board the steamer John
A. Trigg
President Wilson took official cogni
zance of tlie encampment last nignt
when he wired Colonel G. M. Salt-
gaber. Commissioner of Pensions. ,»s
follows: "Please give my warm greet
ings to the old soldiers and express
to them my sincere interest in their
welfare.”
Politics in relation to the election
of the next commander-in-chief to
succeed General Alfred H. Beers, of j
Hartford, Conn., already has made an
appearance. Six candidates are i.i
the field. These are Private Orlande*
Somers, of Kokomo. Ind.: Washing-!
ton Gardner, of Kalamazoo, Mich.;
Colonel G. E. Adams, of the Depart
ment of Nebraska; General J. N. Har- i
rison, of the Department of Kansas; |
a. •'■v Fowler, of Arkansas, and Frank
E. Colo, of New Jersey.
Sluggish Bowels Cause Gases,'
Indigestion and Food
Fermentation.
Get a 10-eent box r:ow.
That awful sourness, belching of
acid and foul gases; that pain in
the pit of the stomach, the heart
burn. nervousness, nausea, bloat
ing after eating, dizziness and sick
headache, means a disordered
stomach, which can not be regu
lated until you remove the cause.
It isn’t your stomach’s fault. Your
stomach is as good as any.
Try Cascarets; they immediately
cleanse the''stomach, remove the
sour, undigested and fermenting
food and foul gases: take the ex
cess bile from the liver and carry
off the constipated waste matter
and poison from the bowels. Then
your stomach trouble is ended. A
Cascaret to-night will straighten
you out by morning—a 10-cent box
from any drug store will keep your
stomach sweet, liver and bowels
regular for months. Don’t forget
the children—their little insides
need ,a good, gentle cleansing, too.
Atlanta Theater
Tuesday Night. Sept. 16
Commencement Exercises of
Southern Lollegeof Pharm cy
BR1LUANT MUSIC AND INTERESTING PROGRAM
Admisson Free. Public Invited
Funeral Designs and Flowers
FOR ALL OCCASIONS.
Atlanta Floral Company
455 EAST FAIR STREET.
$2.50 TO BIRMINGHAM
And Return, September 22.
Special train leaves Old
Depot 8:30 a. m., arrive
Birmingham 1:30 p. m.
Tickets good returning on
regular trains until Sep-!
tember 25. SEABOARD! !
This
Week
! Y8? IT MATINEES
^ Tues.. Thurk. A. Sat.
ARTHUR C. AISTON Prsents
ESTHA WILLIAMS
In Owen Davis' Startling Play
“A MAN’S GAME”
FflR^YTW MAT TO-DAY 2 30
r f I n to-hight at mo
IDA BROOKE HUNT CO.
BERNARD REINHOLD CO.
MME. BESSON CO.
BIG CITY FOUR.
METROPOLITAN DANCERS
Novelty Grahams—
Mahoney and Tremont.