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VOL. 1. NO. T:.
WO MILLIONS IN TWO HOURS
WON £) r KING ED WA RD THR 0 UGH
A SUDDEN TURN IN WALL STREET
ATLANTA, GA., tfltlDAY, AUGUST 17, 1906.
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PRICE:
Harriman Crowd Pulls
Off Sensational
Coup ifi Stocks.
By Frlvstc Wtit.
New York, Auk 17.—With a sharp
upward awing of 10 points In Union
Pa M Ac and B point* ir* Southern Paclf
1c today, ladders In the tremendous bu*
movement cleared all the way iron.
$100,000 to $2,000,000 each.
Amid ruch excitement on the floor of
the stock exchange as has been equal
led only during the corner In Northern
Pacific live years ago, K H. Harriman,
It was estimated, wort $2,000,000 '.n two
hours, while King Kdward of England,
who hue been buying these securities
through his New York representative,
profited to almost the same amount.
The rise in the two railroad stocks
followed Immediately upon the declaim
Mon of the largr dividend of 10 per
cent on Union Pacific and {5 per cent
<>n Southern Pacific.
No sooner had the news of the dlvl
.’end Hpreaa throughout the financial
district than orders to bu> Union Pa
cific and Southern Pacific flooded the
*narkct. Brokers rushed on to the
floor of the exchange frantic to place
(heir commission.
In the first moments after the an
nouncement of the dividends, the price
of the stock jumped so swiftly that the
tickers were unable to keep up with
the changes. In the fractions of min
utes the stock shot up the same frac
tions. It was a scramble to buy, buy,
bay.
Shorts Flying to Cover.
To add to the bullish sweep that sent
the market soaring, the short Interest,
us it la called, made the wildest light
of all to buy stocks so that they might
cover the sales. It was known that
E. H. Harriman was a big holder of
both Southern and Union Pacific. Of
the former it was stated, that he had
acquired 200,000 shares.
King Edward bought through Sir
Ernest Cassell, hls New York repre
sentative, and Is one of the largest
.adder* of the securities. * He cleared
$25 a share on hls Southern Pacific
and $80 a share on Ills Union Pacific
took. Others who made profits were
John \V. Oates, Janies It. Keene, John
0. Rockefeller, William Rockefeller, H.
3. Rogers, James Stillman, Daniel Uug-
tenhelm, Harry Weill, Jacob Field and
William Oliver and Jefferson M. Levy.
The rise in the Union Pacific repre
sented an increase hi the value of the
aipitallxatlon of $20,00i>,00<), while that
n Southern Pacific re». resented on In-
<reo*e Jn value at $12,0 , '>,00a.
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STREET BARES cm hobs
“The Devil’s in This
Work,” Declares
Mrs. Harwell.
WILL TRY TO RESIST
ORDERS OF MAYOR
“Woodward Better Look
Out or the Lord’ll Strike
Him Dead.’’
BASEBALL
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building a staff of engineer*
draughtsmen Is busy with scak
pencil drawing curves and, grai
and calculating cubic yards A
looking man at the first desk Is pa
ly explaining to residents of c<
blocks that they really must mot
"the railway needs the ground.”
As outlined In The Georgian %
day afternoon, the Atlanta, Birming
ham and Atlantic railroad \h pi
to build Its big terminals. T!
will be carried on under the c<
name of the Gate City Terminal Com
pany, which will control the t
property.
grading and excavating has been let.
Lane Bros. & Company, of Uyr~ w *-
a well-known contracting fli
more than $500,000.
R. T. McDonald has been appointee
chief engineer of the terminal compa
ny and has arrived to take charge o
the work. He Is at the head of tin
“THEYSHALL NO7 BRING
CHILDREN^ ON STREETS’’
'Tn no way am I against the Institution,” said Mayor Woodward Fri
day morning when Interviewed on the subject *of the “Memorial Orphan
age.” “As long as the institution Is run In a proper manner I will do ail I
cun for It, but they shall not bring those little tots out on the streets at
night and use them to create sympathy, so that money may be raised for
carrying on the orphanage. If they need money, Mr. and Mrs. Harwell,
or whoever is at the head of the institution, should raise it, not the chil
dren.
“Bringing the children out on the streets is not benefiting them In
the tenet. It Is only teaching them to be beggars and when they are
turned out from tho Institution they will know nothing else. Then, I un
derstand, there are some girls getting along In their teens. They should
not be allowed to be brought out on the streets In this manner. It Is for
the children that I have told the police to break up the meeting and not
because of any desire to Injure the Institution.”
When asked what would be done with the children If thay were again
brought out, Mayor Woodward said:
•They will be taken back to the institution, and, if this does not stop
the practice, I will have them taken before the recorder uml seat^o .m* -f
«uMtHHi»t*te institutions tnSUl proper disposition can be made”
Mayor Woodward states'that Rev. John R. Gunn, superintendent of
the Georgia Industrial Home at-Macon, has offered to take care of the
little ones.
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“There'* plenty of time yet left D
for us.” you can Imagine the Ice O
man saying to the soda water 0
man. “And then, people have to 0
have coal nnd drink hot chocolate O
In the winter time, so wo catch 0
'em coming snd going." O
The weather man has, every day 0
this week, predicted showers and 0
every day showers have fallen In O
parts of Atlanta, though hardly a O
drop has fallen In the business 0
section of the city. The rain areas O
have been small. Lots of folks 0
think It hasn't been raining any, O
but they are mistaken.
Forecast:
Local thunder showers Frida** 0
nlftht and Saturday. 0
Friday temperatures:
7 o'clock a. m , 78 degrees. O
f. o’clock a. m., 78 degree.**. 0
9 o’clock a. m., 81 degrees. O
VS o’clock a. m., 83 degrees. O
11 o’clock n. m, 86 degrees O
12 o’clock noon, S6 degree*. O
1 o’clock p. in., 88 degrees. 0
2 o’clock p. m., 8C decrees. 0
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We are nil praying for Mayor Wood
ward. We had the children pray for
him last night, and today, too,” says
Mr*. J. R. Harwell, who, with her hu*»
bmid, runs the ’ Memorial Orphanage”
nt 52 and 54 McDaniel street. Mr*.
Harwell was called upon by a Geor
gian reporter Friday morning and gave
out un exceptionally Interesting Inter
view a* to the orphanage and the work
ings of the devil through the city of
ficials.
Despite tho order of the mayor to
the chief of police to break up 'any
street meeting In which the children
of the orphanage participated, Mrs.
Harwell declared:
“The Lord willing, I will be out on
the streets with my children at 6
o’clock this afternoon.”
Mrs. Harwell and her bevy of little
ones will first appear In Decatur street
near the Kimball House, and If tho
mayor’s Instructions of Chief Jennings
are carried out the children will be
are carried out the children will be taken
with all kindness and tenderness, back
to the home by a squad of big, large-
hearted policemen.
It Is claimed In two reports made by
City Warden Thomas Evans, who made
a thorough Investigation of the Insti
tution some days ago, and also In the
report of Secretary Joseph Logan, of
tho Associated Charities of Georgia,
that the Institution Is run on very
slack lines, that the children ace not
properly cared for, that they are drag
ged out »»n the streets vnen they miould
be In their beds and Mat «ne institu
tion lacks the proper facilities for
training the little ones.
Mr. Harwel stated Friday that hls
wife had a divine call to tho work she
Is now doing. . _
“When she first started to carry on
the work It was In Oakland City, he
the Empire building.
The freight depot of the Atlanta.
Birmingham nnd Atlantic, nnd Sea
board Air Line will be erected west of
the Atlanta Terminal station. It will
contain the freight offices of the com
panies while two lung warehouses in
the rear will be used for handling In
bound and outbound freights. The con
tract for this building has not yet
been let.
The terminal yards, local freight
tracks and necessary buildings will
cover the ground between Magnolia
and Nelson streets, practically all of
which Is owned by the Gate city Ter
minal Company. The strip Is about
half a mile long and requires un enor
mous amount of grading. The distrib
uting yards will be located about two
miles from the station near the Inter
section of the Reaboard and Western
and Atlnntlc roads. The terminal com
pany will assume control of all track
age within this point.
Tho, contracting company will send a
large force of men and a number of
steam shovels to Atlanta within a short
time and actual work will begin. The
contract for the grading calls (or- its
completion by June 1, 1907.
ujndreds of poor folk
BESIEGE BANK IN CHELSEA
10 GET THEIR SAVINGS
the scone was a will ore.
One woman, partly clad and coins
to get at the hank door, wa* prevented
by Patrolman Harrison, who tried to
calm her. Tho woman eald that all
tho money »he bad In the world wa*
In the bark.
Large crowd* o 1 men, workingmen of
all type*, who, ordinarily, would have
been on the way to work, lingered
about tho bank. Many Hebrews were
111 the crowd and gathered In groups by
. hJ , , . „ , . Ihomaelvea, wildly dlacusalng the
■ ha-l ordered the Iretltntlon lo numc , ot the ofl t; c laU of the bank and
* fuaineae last night. Until before te m ng „( their savings,
ck .he examiner ai.d officials of J Th , determination to close the bank’s
doors was reported at a special meet
ing of the directors lost yesterday.
The United States authorities left
tor Chelsea today. All tho employees
of tho bank were called to the building
last night. The examiner liegan hls
People Hockad to the hank I work end the Blaches of the bonk
h.-tg by score* and .’or a short iln.ei worked on the hooka all night.
I'rlTs-e Lenssd Wile.
I'else*, Mass, Aug. 17.—Hundred*
Isposltars, for tho mo»l part poor
tins people &bd Hebrews, who have
» f y at risk In the crash in the First
1-r.il Dank of Chelsea, aro clamor-
cround the Institution this mom-
The deposits and other liabilities
t,e bank aggregate nearly *1,000,000.
55 failure was rot generally known'
1 'odsy, although Dank Kxamlncr
*c*nk worked or, the book*. • Presl-
l! 1; Hinckley would not discuss
bite nor ! uld any effleers of
fjlliira spread over
SHOCKS IN CHILE
WITH GREAT LOSS
Whole Andean Dis
trict Given Terrif
ic Shaking.
CITY OF VALPARAISO
GREATLY DAMAGED
Fire Is Reported To Have
Attacked Place After
the Buildings Were
Knocked Down.
Piedmont Park, August IT.—With
Maxwell pitching hls flrst game In sev
eral weeks for Montgomery and “Doc"
Childs opposing him tor Atlanta, the
flrst game of the double-header this
afternoon proceeded as follows:
First Inning.
Houts out, third to flrst. Hausen out,
pitcher to flrst, Apperlous Died out.
Nothing doing.
Crosier fanned. Hoffman walked.
Winters Iliad out Smith tiled out.
hits; 0 runs.
Second Inning,
McConn grounded,ouj Jo.0raL.lluV fi«t .Jordan (bed hits; 0 rum.,
hoy ‘but.- .econT' to YroL Perry . „ E » h * „
said. ’’She took under her care three
babies, although I was very much op.
posed, and she Anally saw she had
made a mistake when the I-mil took
two of them from us."
He stated that there were twenty-
six children now In the Institution, that
they are well fed—If anything, over
fed—that they enjoy life and nre all
full of the Divine spirit. *
“Training Thom For Religious Work.”
When asked what he and hls wife
were training the children to be he
said:
•'Missionaries’, ministers and evange
lists. We hold prayer three times a
day and the devil ennnot come Into tho
Institution.”
He said thnt T. R. Sawtell, J. H.
Bullock & Company and Wood & Sin
gleton kept the Institution supplied
with meat; that the three narrows
supplied a superabundance of syrup,
that Nnthan nnd other bakers supplied
Continued on Pegs Three.
Mrs. Avrltla Connolly.
Special to The Georgian.
Haralson, Oa„ August 17.—Mrs. Av-
rllta Connelly, an aged lady living near
Carmel, died yesterday morning. Mrs.
Connelly was tho aunt of Mrs. Mary
Callahan, of this place.
Thomas 8awytr.
Special to Tito Georgian.
Abbeville, Go.. August 17.—Thomas
Sawyer, city marshal, died at hls home
In this city on Wednesday night.
Jemtt Loftets.
James Loftees, aged 29 years, died
Wednesday afternoon at hls residence,
95 Means street. The funeral services
were held Thursday afternoon at 2: *0
o’clock at the residence, and the Inter
ment was at Ca«e— —metery.
grounded to third; safe on error; Perry
out stealing second. 0 hits; 0 runs.
Morse nut, short to flrst. Jordan
walked; out stealing second. Evers
filed out 0 hits; 0 runs.
Third Inning. <■
Busch out second to flrst. Brelten-
stein tiled out Maxwell grounded our
to flrst 0 hits; 0 runs.
Archer died out Childs grounded
out to flrst Crosier filed out 0 hits;
0 runs.
Fourth Inning.
Houts fanned. Hausen same. Ap
perlous hit to short; safe on error. Mc
Cann singled, Apperlous out at the
plnte. 0 hit; 0 runs.
Hoffman out. pitcher to flrst Win
ters filed out. Smith doubled. Morse
filed out. 1 hit; 0 runs.
Fifth Inning.
Mullnney singled. Perry sacrificed,
pitcher to first. Busch fouled out to
flrst Breltensteln out third to first
hit; 0 runs.
Jordan walked. Evers filed out Ar
cher grounded to second, Jordan out
at second. Childs filed out t hit; 0 run.
Sixth Inning.
Maxwell grounded to second and on
Jordan’s error safe on first Houts
trikes out Maxwell caught off first
8ummary.
Two-bass hit—S. Smith. Struck out
—By Childs 5, by Maxwell 1. Bass on
balls—Off Childs 2, off Baxwell 4. Sac
rifice hit—Perry. Wild pitch—Childs.
Umpire—Rudderham.
Hausen filed out 0 hits; 0 runs.
Crosier filed out. Hoffman out short
to flrst Winters walked. Smith out
stealing second. 0 hits; 0 runs.
Seventh Inning,
Apporlous tiled out. McCann fanned.
Mullaney filed out 0 lilts; 0 runs.
Stnlth out, second to first. Morsa filed
Perry walked. On a wild pitch Perry
went to second. Busch walked. Brelten
steln saerffleed. On Smith’s error Perry
scored. Maxwell grounded 1 to pitcher,
Busch out at tho plate. Houts fanned.
0 hits; 0 runs.
Evers fanned. Archer out, second to
first Childs fanned.
Ninth Inning,
Hausen filed nut. Apperlous flltd out
McCann singled. Mullaney out, pitch'
or to first
Crosier out, pitcher to flrst. Hoffman
out, second to third. Winters walked.
Smith filed out.
Life Imprisonment
8|ieelnl to The Georgian.
Huntsville, Ala.. Aug. 17.—Bully
Hereford, a negro, has been convicted
of murder In the flrst degree and sen
tenced to life Imprisonment. Here
ford shot and killed John Davis, an
Inoffensive negro, some time since.
The Jury flrst stood 11 to 1 for hang
ing. but Anally came around (O Ilfs
Imprisonment
Saloons Will Go Out
Special to The Georgian.
Huntsville, Ala„ Aug. 17.—Eleven
more days will tell the dispensary tele
in Mxdtson county. It Is now con
servatively estimated that the saloons
will be defeated by a majority of be
tween 500 and 1,000 votes. Not less
than 1,000 ladles are In the fight
against the saloons.
RACE RESULTS
8ARATOGA.
FIRST RACE -Tip Toe. 1* to 5.
won; Shot Gun. 5 to I. second; Fire
Brand, 2 to 5, third. Time, 1:12 2-5.
SECOND RACE- Ocean Spray, *0 to
1. won: Graceful, 4 to 1. second; Mem
ories. I to 4, third. Time, 1:39 3-5.
THIRD RACE—Inferno, 3 to 10,
won; Yorkshire Lad, S to 1, second;
Little Scout, 5 to 2. third. Time, 2:07.
FOURTH RACE—Boring, 7 to 2,
won; Bemay, 5 to 1, second; Montfort.
10 to 1, third. Time, l:0t 2-6.
FORT ERIC,
Fort Erie, Ont., August 17.—The
races here this afternoon resulted as
follows:
FIRST RACE—Ballot, 7 to 10, won;
Zellnda, 2 to 1, second; Merllene, 2 to
1. third.
SECOND RACE—Mary Custls, 9 to
2. wonfll Crip, 5 to 1, second; Alegra.
2 to 2, third. Time, 1:07 1-6.
THIRD RACE—Foxmeade. 18- to 5,
won; Exclamation, 4 to 6, second; Gil
pin, 3 to 2, third.
LATONIA.
FIRST RACE—Don Trent, 3 to 1,
won; Jay Ward, .2 to 1, second; Miss
Kitty, 3 to 1, third.
SECOND RACE—Phlorla, 7 to 10.
won; Labor, 5 tc 2, second; Pirate's
Dance, 8 to third.
CHSOOtWOOOOOOOOOpOOOOOgGODD
O WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY. O
Montgomery In Atlanta.
Nashville In Birmingham.
Shreveport In Little Rock.
Memphis In New Orleans.
OGOOOlWOOOOOOOOOOGGOGGOOOO
HEALTH Of T
IS BREAKING DOWN
IN TOMBS PRISON
By Private Leaaed Wire.
New York, Aug. 17.—Harry K. Thaw
In hla cell In the Tomba today, learned
that he waa *10,000 richer than he waa
the day before. The orphan’a court,
PMtaburg, In taking up the account! of
the estate left by William Thaw, found
a balance from that portion known aa
the coka trust of *114,171.>2. Harry
Thaw geta one-tenth of thta.
Thaw declined to aay anything about
hla arrest tn PUtaburc last September
on the charge of attempting to lure 15-
year-old Ida Fitch, daughter of a wid
ow ot’ Wllklnsburg, Pa., Into a resort.
He la suffering severely from hit Im
prisonment In the Tombs. Only ths
knowledge that hts defense will be con
ducted along the lines he has laid down
sustains him. He continually urges hls
attorneys to gather evidence as to th«
Ilfs Stanford White led, fearing appar
ently that such testimony will be over
looked.
Was False Alarm.
An automatic fire alarm went oft
early this morning In the building oc
cupied by the Atlanta Paper Company.
The self-controlling alarm gave the Are
signal without provocation, as thera
waa no Ore.
ny Private Leaaed Wire.
New York, August 17.—A re
port which reached this city this
Afternoon snid thAt portions of
VAlparAiso were burning aU night
and that the bodies of hundreds of
its residents were buried in the
ruins of the buildings. For an in
terval cable communication with
Valparaiso' was cut off but the op
erator at the “hut” outside the
city has since responded and sends
word that the disaster may bo a
repetition of the San Francisco
horror.
By Private Leased Wire.
London, August 17.—A report
reaches here which has not yet
been confirmed that Valparaiso,
Chile, has been shaken by an
earthquake, and that there has
been great loss of property, with
perhaps heavy loss of life.
By Private Tx-aacil Wire.
New - York, Aug. 17.—Private ad
vices from Valparaiso, Chile, received
In this city today, report terrific earth
quakes there last night. Many build
ings wers wrecked and hardly a house
escaped without damage. Fires broke
out throughout the city. It la feared
there turn been many casualties.
A dispatch from Valparaiso says I
[««Mo it!’.,"- nre working da fur'as *
paralso Hut, tho cable building on the
*hor« outside of Valparaiso. All land
lines to the Interior of Chile are down.
The operator In the hut aaya that the
disaster Is probsbly n repetition of ths
Ban Francisco calamity.
Many Shooks Felt
The National Cable Company receiv
ed Information last night ot the Inter
ruption of the service along the west
coast of South America by earthquakes
In the neighborhood of Iqulque, Chile.
No details were given.
Advices received from Beunos Ayr**,
via London, also stated that a terrible
earthquake was felt In the Cordillera
de Los Andes lasting five seconds.
Communication between Chile and Ar
gentine waa reported to be completely
Interrupted.
Information Is Vagus.
Kingston, on the Island of Bt. Vin
cent, also was affected by an earth
quake on Tuesday night, according to
BIG SHIFT MADE
IN THE SOUTHERN'S
L DEPT,
Guy L. Stewart, for the past six-
teen months the land and Industrial
agent for the Southern railway In At
lanta, transferred to headquarters at
Washington, and W. L. Henderson,
agent at Mobile, Ala., transferred tc
Atlanta as general Southern agent
abolishing the Mobile office, was the
Continued on Pago Three.
dispatches from that point Shocks
were felt also on the Island of St. Lucia
on the night of August 2. In all. 61
distinct shocks were felt.
Information received up to 10 o’clock
regarding the earthquake at Valparaiso
Is still of a vague nature. It occurred,
however, at 7:40 last night and there
were four severe shocks followed by a
conflagration. How far the fire extend
ed or how much damage resulted has
not yet been learned.
Operators Resume Work.
The cable operators who left the of
fice In the city last night and repaired
to the hut, hove, this morning, re
established their headquarters ngaln
at the main offices at Valparaiso. This
Is construed as meaning that the city
has not been ruined, and as Indicat
ing that the danger Is over.
HEAVY L088E8~0F LIFE
REPORTED IN ANDES.
Special Cable-Copyright.
Beunos Ayres. Aug. 17.—An unusu
ally heavy earthquake Is reported from
the Andean districts of Argentina.
While news from the affected districts
Is meager. It Is feared that there has
been heavy loss of Ilfs. Land commu
nication between Chile and Argentina
has been completely shut off by the
earthquake.
Special Cable—Copyright.
Klngeton, St. Vincent, Aug. 17.—
There has been a number of earth
quake shocks throughout the Island of
St. Lucta since August 2. A severe
one waa felt August 14. Comparatively
little damage has been done, but the
people are In a condition bordering on
panic.
nr Private' Leased "wire:
Washington, Aug. 17.—No official
confirmation of the earthquake had
reached the Chilean legation In this
city up to this afternoon. Great anxie
ty waa manifested by Senor Vega, the
charge d’affaires,
Senor Vega stated that a calamity of
such proportions aa to overtake Sen
Franclaco would be -Impossible In the
Chilean metropolis, from ths fact that
the buildings are all low, few more
than three or four atorlea high and
are solidly constructed. They would
not yield to an ordinary shock, and It
h doubtful If a shock equal to that
which ruined San Francisco would do
great dnmage.
The state department also was with
out confirmation of ths report of the
earthquake. There are no American of
ficials In the city at present end but
few Americans engtged In business
there. The present consul, Alfred A.
Winslow, of Hammond, Ind.. Is In this
country on leave.
G.A.R. INDORSES PLAN
FOR ATLANTA PARK
By WALTER G. COOPER.
Special to The Georgian.
Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 17.—The
committee on resolutions of ths Grand
Army of the. Republic adopted by ac
clamation this morning ths following
resolution:
‘‘Resolved, by ths fortieth national
encampment, Grand Army of the Re
public, That In the event of the enact
ment by congresn of further legislation
establishing national parka, the battle-
fleldx around Atlanta should be con
sidered when It shall be made to appear
that the price of the land to be ac
quired for such parks Is reasonable
and Just."
The Atlanta committee has been
treated with great kindness and con
sideration. They appeared before the
committee on resolutions this morning
and Colonel 8. A. Darnell, of Atlanta,
who la a member, Introduced the party.
Councilman E. W. Martin, of Atlanta,
waa spokesman upd represented At
lanta well. Commander Tanner, Com
mander-elect Brown, Governor Van-
Snnt and dosens of other Grand Army
veterans have been especially cordial to
the Atlanta delegation.
The resolution adopted In convention
by the Grand Army of the Republic
will, It lx believed, greatly aid In get
ting national parka around this city on
the three battle grounds that played so
Important a part In the civil war. Kara
Church, Atlanta and Peachtree Creek.
A Joint committee, composed of
members from the city council, county
commissioners, chamber of commerce,
Grand Army of the Republic and the
Confederate veterans, have for some
months been at worg on the scheme
of establishing the three national parks
and Joining them by boulevards. It
waa decided several weeks ago to send
a special committee to the Grand Ar
my of the Republic reunion ami there
aak for the approval of that organisa
tion. Never before had the Confeder
ate veterans asked any favor of the
Grand Army.
HEBREWS FLYING
FROM DANGEROUS
SOIL OF RUSSIA
By Private Leased Wire.
London. August 17.—A news agency
has received a dispatch from Buchar
est, Roumanla, saying that hundreds
of Hebrews are fleeing from the south
ern provinces of Russia. Agents are
charging exorbitant prices for pass
ports and smugglers are also active
and get from 10 to 50 roubles for get
ting refugees safely over the border.
Some refugees from Warsaw say the
situation there has become so tense
that nobody feels secure.
GIRL BEATEN BY
By Private Leased Wire.
Rochester, N. Y., August 17.—Mrs.
Herbert Wadsworth, sister of Miss N1I-
ke DeSmernoff, yesterday cabled that
lady In Finland relative to the possibil
ity of her being the girl brutally as
saulted by the Russians for an alleged
slur at the army on Wednesday. An
answer was received this morning by
cable which says:
"Am perfectly well; do not under
stand."
This sets at rest the grave appre
hension felt here that the unfortunate
girl might ha the American Miss Smir
noff, who often visited In Russia She
Is a niece of United States Congreta-
man W-Xxworth.