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TWO “Unwritten Law” Will Be the Defense of George Gavalas For Shooting Nick Cooros Friday He Charges Cooros With Ruin ing His Home —Left Here Sometime Ago and Went to Texas. But Came Back GAVALAS’ WIFE PRETTY YOUNG GREEK WOMAN In a Statement Made at the Hospital Cooros Denies Having Anything to Do With Mrs. Gavalas. There no longer remain* any doubt regarding the reason why George Ga* vala*. the local Greek coat maker, »hot Kick Cooro*. another Greek, the pro prietor of the Jtoyal t'afee, In this city Friday morning. Gavalas charge I (kioro* with twining hi* home ami an eye witne** to the shooting Is Bald to hava heard Gbvhlbh ssy Just after ha hid raaaed firing that Cooro* had ruined hi* home and that wub why he •hot him. In li statement made by t’ooroH at the city hoaplptal he denied Hi .it he had had any relation* "I ever with Gavalas' wife. The appar ently voluntary Htatenv-nl- of Uooros, made w’hen he was uncertain whether whether he would recover or not, to the effect that he hud nothin* to do with Gavalu*' wife, has been a matter of considerable com mint alncr, up to this time, there ha* been nothin* pub llely stated aivlng any reason for the shooting incept that Gavalu* did not like him nor the other Augusta Greek* and that he became deranged and tth'ot Kick Cooro* without any rea»on. The story of the event* leading up to the shooting form a trcmendoualy In tereetin* story. George Gavalu* mar ried a *tap daughter of I’eter t'altti*h.“. a pr tt.v Greek girl who came over to A mar ice when Hhe was very young. George lived with 111* wife and appar ently the two got aloti* well together until Heveral monthi ago when new* came to George that »om« other Greek* were paying considerable attention to hi* wife while he wu* abeeiit from home Thl* wonted him con*lderahly and he and hi* wife had a falling out and George left for Texas. Hoon after he left the Greek priest came up from Hivanimh and endeavored to strighten matter* out. Me wrote to Guvalan to come home and return to III* wife and George accepted hi* advice and did re turn. However, hr and III* wife again failed to get along and there are said to have been frequent quarrel*. George Imagined that hi* wife wu* receiving attention* from a number of othdr Au guHta Greek* and he I* *uid to have threatened to kill not only Nick Cooro* but another loial Greek ulno, about hi* wife. A night or two before the" Hhootlng Gavila* 1* said to have stated to friend thst often Immediately after lie left home for work Nick Cooro* went to lit* home, which I* on the lino block of done* street and It t* understood that the wounded man and Gavalas had Home heated word* the nlglit prior to the shooting next morning. On last Sunday the Greek priest was up here from Savannuli again nnd George acted very strangely then, re fusing to partake of the Naeraiuent which all of the other local Greeks partook of, according to thlr custom The priest will be up today and will probably visit both the wounded man in tha hospital and the prisoner in ill* coll. Mrs. Gavalas la said lo be n very comely young woman She la a de cided brunette, I* small and haa beau tiful ey’ea and hair. Whatever the reault of Cooros’ In juries. tt ts unqueHtloned thut Gavalas will plead wliat Aiperleans coll the •■unwritten law." At midnight a state ment from the city hospital waa to the affect that Cooros was resting ax well a* could be expelled. He will prob ably recover unless peritonitis sets In. SDH FOR N. 0., 808 ON BOARD 200 More Refugees Also Safely Out of Sonora. Many Inquiries at State Department Washington Mmoet 200 Ameri can refugees who fled from tululn* district* In Sonora haw returned to their former home* there, according to consular report* received at ihc atatc department today. Twenty Americans, the report* said, were bark in El Tlgro and about ISO had again taken up their employment at Naeowtri. Other reports tell oT tho safety of many refugee* for whom inquiries bad been made at the state department 8. K. Smith la safe and well at No gales, Art*.; L. (f. 1. Miigstou Vera Cruj; Mr and Mrs. J. K. Robertson are In Monterey. Consular Agent Payne. formerly stationed at Tux pam is among the refugees cn route to Galveston on the Juanita Admiral Badger lias also reported llte arrival yesterday at Tampico of f.K refugee* from Tuxpam. The arrlv at of other refugees from Herbnndas ta expected and all will sail on the Cyclop* for New Orleans about May 4th 432 More Arrive. The Hancock brought 43! refugee* to Vert Crux yesterday front Puerto Mexico The Terry sailed (or New Orleans with <506 refugee* and there are about 100 refugee* aboard the Moro Castle ibe Mexican steamer Taba aco sailed tor Krontera yester day to collect American refugees there The Tabasco will proceed di rect from Krontera to New Orleans The consular agent at Krontera has been requested to spread the new* from the ateamer t Ity of Tampico would make a round .if ports In Yu catan district* to collect all Ameri can -eftigee* desiring to go to the Don’t miss Sheron’s Special Sale Monday. HOKE IS ANTI NAMING BLACKS Georgia Senator Declares He’ll Fight Confirmation of All Federal Appointments Atlanta. Qa, -A friend of Senator Hoke Smith, who Imd written the senator In regard to the fight that was made in the senate on the con firmation of the negro, Robert H. Ter rell, who was appointed Judge of the municipal court of ihe District of Co lumbia, today received the following telegram: ”1 made two elaborate speeches against Ter dell and t-ok part In the fight which lasted for two months Of course I voted against him, nnd we obtained 24 votes against his con firmation (Signed) "HOKE SMITH.” , The appointment of Terrell was made while Senator Smith was in Georgia attending the funeral of Sen ator flacon. He Joined with other southern Democrats in opposing the confirmation. The tight, was made In the executive sessions of the * mate, and caused the blocking of many other appointments for several weeks, the name* of the other appointees fi nally filling four and a half columns of the Record. The matter came up again Friday night of la*t week, uml the fight was resumed, lusting three hours and ten minutes, according to the Congres sional Record of that day, which, how ever, contain* no other information than that tho nomination was con firmed. The Associated Progs stated that ihe aenators who were urging Terrell's confirmation declined to pass his name on the list of nomina tions. and a vote was forced. The margin hot ween the democrats and republicans Is very close, and ■omo oT, the northern und western democrats did not stand by Ihe south erners. It is understood that tho ap pointment of the negro was due to Attorney General McKeynold*. While Donator Smith and other southern democrats were unable to prevent the confirmation of Terrell, Senator Smith was successful some time sgo where u negro was ••on corned. When President Wilson ap pointed an Oklahoma negro register of Hie treasury, Senator Sin 11 It made such a vigorous protest before* the president that Wilson /llhdrew the name of tjie negro. The president appointed nn Indian, nnd when Sena tor Smith heard about it, he remarked that a* between an Indian and a negro lie preferred the Indian It Is bncause of tills fight by Sena tor Smith that Ihe name of an Indian, (labe Darker, appears on all the money Issued from ihe treasury’. Senator Smith ha* slated, It Is said, that while lie might not oppose a negro going to Liberia which is a negro country, or to Haiti, which Is another negro country, beyond that lie will to’e against the confirmation of every negro appointment gent ta the senate. KILLED BY MOB AS AMERICAN German Widow Thought to Have Been a ‘ Gringo” and Was Dragged Through the Streets Vara Crux. —The Mrs. Clara Beck meyer. a German woman who accord ing to rumor was mistaken (or an American, was killed by a mob in file streets of Mexico City on April 27th. 1* the news brought here today by reiugee* from the federal capital. No confirmation of the Incident has been received here. Uuder the Impression that trains were still running on the inler oceanle railroad, the refugees went to (lie station of ihst line instead of to Ibe depot of the Mexican Railway over which road all other refugees have left the capital, so that the news of the woman’s death wss not widely known among Americans and was late In reaching Vera Cru*. Mrs. Berkmeyer was a widow. She wore si her collar a small silk Her man flag, but the mob regarding this merely hs a flimsy disguise of na tionality, 1* said to have dragged her througfi the streets and so mailreated her that she diet! Vital Statistics DEPT. OF PIIBBLIC HEALTH. REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 2ND. 1914. Communicable Diseases. Whiti*. Colored. Kewli't Fever 1 o Measles in Tuhervnlotds 1 1 Pellagra ..1 0 Previously reported—not released. White. Colored. Scarlet Fever ...... ..6 0 Measles 44 *1 VITAL STATISTICSS. White. Colored Mnrrtyges s 0 Birth* ti 5 Death* 7 12 S. C. WILSON, Secretary. ~THE WFATHER. Washington, D. C—F\>rcc**t; Georgia and South Carolina: K>lr Sunday and probably Monday, moderate tempejvture. Delicious Jelly Drops. 39c Monday at Sheron’s. MORNING WITH IHE RECORDER And on a certain day there came up before the Judge two of the daughter* of BrtdweU'* Dot tom. And one"* name was Emmaline, and her face was dark even as the wood of the Ebony tree, but the other's face *V. 11 H like unto Sandalwood, and her name wax Sofia. Arid Jgtnmalinc wu* of a high Htature, and wan taller than nil the daughters* of Kthlopla. while Sofia whh not tall, hut the girth of her waa three cubit*. And they were neighbor* and abode in houneK which adjoined, ho that di«* cord aroHe between them and they could in nowlne bear with each other and their wrath wan directed each againHt the other. And this wan the cause thereof. I\>r Kmrnallne owned an Horse, a bleb wa« of great age, and the name of It wa« Heed, for it wa« broken in the wind. And it« shoulder blades were like unto the 11 IHh round about. Jerusalem and the light had gone out from its eye*. , Hut nevertheless was it comely in the night of itn mistreat and «he fed it upon bread and pier en of flah, and her deHlre went out unto it. UNDERSTOOD ARMSTRONG WILL PLEAD GUILTY Former Cashier of Irish American Bank Under a Considerable Number of Indictments, and it is Believed That He Will Make No Fight For Liberty. The superior fcourt will begin the consideration of criminal business to morrow und continue throughout IJie week. The grund Jury recently f»u>d u huge number of Indictments and there is enough business to occupy the court for si leats six or seven days. Il Is understood that James P. Arm strong, 'who was cashier of the Irish American Dunk and who Is under in dictment for embealoment for a felony snd for forgery, will plead guilty be fore Judge Hammond during this week. Armstrong Is charged with embez zling In Ihc- neighborhood of $200,000 in addition to having forged the ifgmes of five prominent business men a* guarantor* on a note for $20,000. The Irish American Hqnk was closed lust December after a discovery of a Contract Let For Building Barges; Deliver Them Sept. 1 Bnrgc Line Company Has Proceeded With Great Con servatism and Caution Because Officers Wished to Avoid Mistakes. Outlook Splendid For Successful Barge Line Operations. The A lights. Uarao Lino Company has awarded the contract for the con struction of 11k barges to the Racine- Truscott Shell Lake Beat Company, of Muskegon, Mich., anil the two barges will lie delivered on September first. Tlie above announcement was inaije by President Fielding Wallace yester day. Mr. Wallace also announced thaf Mr. K. Earle Anderson, new assistant general manager of a large steamboat manufacturing concern of Stratford, Conn., bus been selected as general manager of the barge line and in him the barge line company has an able man who knew* the business thor oughly. The only thing In- doesi*t knew Is tho rate question nnd ah ex pert rate man ha* bean secured also. The plans fur the wharfs and terminals have been drawn and will be presented to city council within the next week or two. It is expected that the city will build the wharves for the liurge line as this Isaly vote/ practically unsnlmoualy to do so last yeur when the • harge line question iceme up before the City Fathers. 1,000,000 Shad To Be Put in the Savannah River at Augusta Mr. R. 0. Lombard Receives Notice That Bureau of Fish eries is Shipping Large Consignment of Little Fish to This City. ’ Mr. R. O. Lombard has received notice from the bureau of fisheries of tlie U. S. government that 1,00(1,- 000 shad will be shipped to him with in the next few days to be turned loose In the Savannah river. Each of the shad Is about an Inch long and tt is believed that the shipment I* one Fast Train Service With Big Schedule Change Effective Today Georgia Railroad to Operate Two Fast Trains—Two Ad ditional Trains For Each the Atlantic Coast Line and the Southern Railway. By the addition of two new fast pass, ugcr train* on the Georgia Rail road and a change made In the aclicd illea on the Georgia, Atlantic Coast I.tne and Southern Hallway*, effective todai. Augusta I* put on a direct route to tlie Important point* of the Weat. The service 1* taster and more con venient than the traveling public through Augusta has ever enjoyed be fore. The most attractive feature of the new service la the two new fast pa* sensor train* on the Georgia, which will give Augusta a five-hour sched ule every day. The quickest time be tween here and Atlanta heretofore was six hour*, and the connection* here and at Atlanta were far from what they are to be now. The addition of the two new trains on the Georgia Railroad has h,-vu granted by the state railroad commis sion and the same will help to put tht* city and section on a through quick line to the big town*. By the new servtce over the Georgia pattern j ger* will las able to leave here on Train No. i at 11:30 a. m. (railroad THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. And on the Sabbath, and on Feast Days, Etmnailne was wont to comb its hair with a comb and put harness and trappings of sack-cloth upon it, and ride Iq/md from the Temple. And she was filled with pride and vanity over them that went on foot, so that they despised her In their hearts And on a certain day Sofia came to be walking in the road when Em-ma iilte went by riding in great pomp, and Sofia called out after her, saying: Dehold, it is well for thee that thou art ns a broom-handle, for wert thou of half the weight which I am, thy horse were unable to carry thee. And Kmrnallne was straightway fill ed with a great loathing and abhor rence, and she came down from her steed and said: Thou art a mountain of lard and a dfsclple of hell, and other things also she spake unto her. I And Sofia put away her burden and laid aside tier bundles, and cast about her for a weapon. And the Lord put into her hand a piece of metal, but Emmallne found a fragment of brick. And whan the evening came were Idcked up of the remains twelve, bas kets full. shortage by the bank examiners and also after there had been a steady but quiet withdrawal of funds from the institution for several weeks- James P. Armstrong, the cashier and officer most actively In charge of tips operation of the bank, went out ot the city for a week or ten days suf fering, so It was suld, front nervous prostration. He returned anil was soon afterwards arrested on the charge of forgery. He furnished bond and later, when a warrant charging embezzlement was sworn out, was ar rested again and again gave bond. He is now under bonds of $25,000. The failure of, the bank and the finding of an alleged shortage of nearly $200.- 000 caused much excitement in Au gusta. ' It has been estimated that the de positors will get between 25 and 20 cents on the dollar. The barges, contracts for tho build ing of which have Just been let, are the last word In tile modern river heat. They will each be 150 feet long, steel, lireproof and pelf-propelled. They will he, able to carry 300 tons on a four-foot depth and 400 tons on a five foot depth. A Wolverine en gine of 150 horsepower is to he in stalled In each of the barges. A round trip will he made by each harge twice s. week and the speed will he eight miles an hour. “Augusta will be furnished a. reli able system of water transportation with every modern facility, for hand ling the business,’’ said President Wallace yesterday, “and we expect to do a splendid business from the start. We have proceeded with the greatest caution and while it may have seemed to some that we have either been do ing very little or practically nothing at all, still wc have, on the contrary, been very busy. We have made haste slowly beenuse wo did not wish to make any mistakes and so far we do not believe we have made any. We are confident that the barge line will be a success." of tho largest ever made to Augusta or this section. The Savannah river should soon be come thickly populated with shad again and the announcement of the big shipment will bring much pleasure to local people. The shad will probably be put in the l iver at the Fifth Street bridge. tlmel dally and arrive In Atlanta .at 4:30 that afternoon, making a doge connection with polnla west of Atlan ta. This trhln returning (No. fit leave* Atlanta at 12 :ll p. ni. Cor example, by leaving here over on the new fast train, traveler* will be able to be In Chattanooga, Mont gomery. Birmingham and Knoxville by bedtime; la New Orleans. Cincinnati and ItouUvillc by breakfast the next morning, at Si. Louts by noon, and Vn Chicago by 4 p. m. The equipment of this train leaving hcrt> at 11:30 a. nt. dally for the point* named and other oltle* not menttonno will be strictly up-to-date. Including one combination coach and baggage car, one first das* coach, one 12-sec tion drawing room sleeping car through to Chicago, one broiler par lor buffet car as far as Atlanta. There will be excellent dining car service beyond Atlanta, however. Train No. 3. out of Augusta, and Train No. 4, out of Atlanta, while not a* fast a* Nos 6 and 6. from the fact that they will make more intermediate stops, will be .Jhe next best service I over the Georgia. It consists of a mail car, first class coac-h, combination coach and sleeper between Charleston and Atlanta, making splendid connec tion with the Coast Line's new sched ule. No. 3 will make direct connec tion at Atlanta for all points beyond and No. 4 will make good connection at Augusta for points beyond. The new schedules on the Georgia, A. C. L. and Southern Railways, ef fective todayt Sunday) will be found elsewhere in this issue. The new- service goes on at 4:30 p. m., central time, today. tkbTUT by O.S. COMMANDER Washington. —Commander Graham, at, Puerta Plata, Santo Domingo, re ported to the navy department today that a sharp conflict between govern ment forces and insurgents had been In progress at that place all day. He said both sides were using small fietd guns and it is reported that about 25 insurgents were killed. While the American gunboat Pe- i trel's boat was lying at the custom house wharf with flag flying, several bullets struck within a few yards of It. Commander Graham ieports that foreign government complain that Bordas has bombarded the city sev eral times by land and sea without giving warning and that one British subject has been wounded. Commander Graham has formally notified Bordas by letter of these complaints and requested him to con form to the usages of international law giving due notice in future be fore bombardment. While an officer from the Petrel was at the American consulate a shell from the Bordas line struck a church a short distance away. lljf SLOWLL DYING Nogales, Ariz.—On information brought her by refugees that James Byington, an American imprisoned nine months at Cuinpas, Sonora, Mex ico, without a trial, was slowly dying of neglect, another protest was sent Saturday to the constitutionalist qu thorltles at t'umpas, demanding Ilia immediate release. According to Am ericans who have been aroused by what they describe as cruelties Inflict ed on Byington, former protests against his long imprisonment with out a trial have been received with jeers by the constitutionalist chiefs. Byington, who is an old man and a native of Boise, Idaho, is said to be losing his mind. The latest repre sentations to the Mexican authorities state that it apparently is not the in tention to give him a trial and ask hat he be set at liberty. The charge against Byington, on which it IsAiald he has been Impris oned without trial since August, 1913, involves a shipment of ore from a mining claim. thelWbst OMSK BIEL Washington, D. C.—Tho senate today without reference to committee, as is tlie custom, confirmed the nomination of Representative Henry L). Clayton to be United States district judge in north ern Alabama. lie nomination was re ceived only a few' hours previously. Washington, D. C.-VTho house Judic iary committee today ordered favorably reported the anti-trust omnibus bill on which the committee had been engaged weeks. Representative Clayton, chairman of tho comittee, who plans to defer taking up Ills new duties as fed eral judge in Alabama until after the bill is disposed of by the house, expects to bring up the measure as quickly as pos sible. The bill includes provisions aimed against interlocking directorates, holding companies, restriction of the power of injunctions and restraining orders, with a ban on price discriminations and pro® fixing, with certain exceptions and would provide for acceptance of decis ions in federal anti-trust cispb as con clusive in actions by other parties where tlie same issues are involved. 100 IN PERIL NEAR TAMPICO Galveston, Texas. —One hundred Am erican refugees living along the Tamest river, some fiO mites from Tampico, are 111 peril and Knglish and German launches have been sent up the river to bring them to the American warsh'P* anchored in the outer harbor off Tam pico. Tills was learned from the brought here lYom Tampico on the tor pedo boat destroyers Klusser and Pres ton and released from quarantine today Fighting between tile federate and constitutionalists st 11 continued Inter* mlttentlv at Tampico, said the refugees, and during a three-hour engagement last Wednesday a shell struck an oil 1 -ergo belonging to the Waters-Pierce Oil Com pany and exploded, setting f 1 re to the barge. It was durifig this engagement that the Ward Line steamer Aittilla was struck. Insist on It. D. S. Williams of the National Hail way* of Mexico, on board the Prestom said todai that the Ergl'sh and Ger man officers were insisting that a'l for eigner* leave Tampico as a matter of self protection for the Mexican* were declaring "that any wh‘to face was a gringo now.' 1 Mr. W iliams said that while many of the rafugse* wanted to return to Tampico, the government was doing Its duty in bringing America: % out of that district where no protection could be affm-ded cither by the Huerta government tior by any foreign represen tatives. Arthur O. Payne, American consul at Tuxpani. with his daughter; F S. Saunders, vice-consul end IS T. llitlwav, of Boston cashier of the consulate at Tuxpam. came in today on the oil steamer Wonetn Mr. Payne as Id that all American* were out of Tuxpam. There was Intense feeling against Am erican* In Tuxpam. Mr Payne said. The oil well* had not been fired, though he was apprehensive that tht* might happen, Mr. Pa\ n» added. Two hundred and sixty American refugee* from Tuxpam are on their way to New Orleans on the collier Jason. New Policemen and Firemen Who have Stood the Civil Service Test Twenty-Eight Took the Examinations and 15 Were Placed on the Eligible List—Six in Fire and Nine in Police Depart | meats. MILITIA OR MINE GUARDS RESPONSIBLE Trinidad, Colo—The fird that de stroyed the. Ludlow tent colony on the night of April 20th, cauSlng the deaths of thirteen women and children, was started by militiamen or mine guards, or both, according to the verdict ren dered by the coroner's jury here late today. D. J. Riley testified today that a man in a militia uniform put a torch to a tent in the Ludlow colony at 7:05 o’clock on the evening of April 20th. Riley, a Colorado & Southern fireman, said he was on the engine of a freight train which pulled up at the Ludlow station in the hottest ‘of the battle. He said two tents already were in flames. "I saw a man in a military uniform touch a blaze to a third tent,” he said. He said he saw women and childreen screaming on the railroad right-of way, apparently trying to escape from the colony. When the train drew up at the sta tion, Riley said, several militiament put guns to the engineer’s head and ordered him to “pull out, and do it quick.” J. S. Harriman, conductor of the same train, testified that as the train pulled out of the station and past the tent colony, he heard women and chil dren screaming and apparently trying to escape. He said that during this time the militia was firing into the colony. No responsibility for the killing of Louis Tikas was fixed by the jury, which contented itself by finding that he, with seven other men, were shot in the battle. Strikers had charged that Tikas received a blow on the head which fractured his skull. United States regulars tonight pa trolled the southern Colorado fields. Troops sent out from the central camp at Trinidad were in control of the sit uation at Walsenburg and Ludlow and small detachments had been distrib uted at various mining camps in Las Animas and Huerfano counties. No disorders have been reported since the arrival of the regulars. American Peace Society Endorses Administration Washington.—Action es the admin istration is accepting the mediation proposal of Argentine, Brazil and Chile, was endorsed today by the exe cutive committee of the American Peace Society. “Wo voice the profound hope that the methods now being employed to end the reign of unrest and carnage to our south,” said the resolution, “may end in a finer understanding Hnd international fraternity among the peoi les of the western world and thus continue the United States at the front of the great movement to ward the abolition of war.” Jpw’ j\ I '.©b Jjir/ it Ml AM <l/9 Vi New “Gotham” Shirts The nifty shirt that suits any man. Built Tor the particular fellow that wants the best in shirtdom. In French madras and pure allk 81 *125 8150 #2 83 50 New Straw Hats Unusually good looking We have just your individual style, In rough and the plain effects; also genuine Panamas, 81 50 to 85 00 NEW SILK CRAVATS Really nobby and stylish. Wo ap peal to any taste. Wide ends, “ 50' to 8100 Geo. H. Baldowski, Jr. LITTLE STORE 228 JACKSON ARIUND THE STREET. CORNER. Phone 2443. SUNDAY. MAY Zr - ELIGIBLE LIST. The following is the first eligi ble list for the city fire and po lice departments, created by ex amination according to rules (Un der the new civil service commis sion: Fire Department. E. P. BROWN, P. J. BUCKLEY, V. C. IVEY. H. H. JOHNSON, Alex Carswell, J. M. Eidson. Police Department. SAM G. RONEY. T. H. BERRY. G. W. WYSE. J. B. BASTON, H. A. ROGERS, E. H. HAMILTON, R. W. Tomlin, U. C. Odom. H. 11. Swearingen. The names printed in capital letters indicate those who may ba sworn in immediately, owing to vacancies thta now exist in both departments. The names are given in the list in the order of the standing made in the ex aminations, the highest first, und so on. The first examinations were held Thursday night at fire headquarters. There were twenty-eight applicants. Out of the twenty-eight who applied for the positions, fifteen passed mark required by the commission. Eight are available at once, two for the fire department and two for the police department. The examinations were passed upon at a meeting of the commission Friday night. President George W. Wright, of the commission, stated that while the questions asked are not extremely dif ficult, every man is required to stand the test before his name is placed on the eligible list. He spoke as though he was highly pleased with the way the new law has taken effect in Au gusta and says that he believes that it will show results right away. There is a vrist difference in filling a va cancy on either the police or fire de partment now than there used to be. when a man was elected a police of ficer or a fireman without undergoing any mental test fixed by a responsi ble commission, composed of a cer tain number of men. It is announced that there will bp no more examinations given until s}ie present eligible list is exhausted. Bodies To Be Sent To Homes At Gov’t Expense Washington.—From New York, N. Y.. the bodies of thos< “5-illed at Vera Cruz will be sent, at irovernment ex pense to home of relatives and Sec retary Daniels said that naval honors would be accorded at services where desired. Already arWngements have been made for an escort for the burial procession in Chicago for Samuel Meisenburg, private of ma rines, whose home was in that city and similar arrangements have been made for the funeral at Mobile, Ala., of E. H. Frohlichstein, a sailor. You will find our prices on Suits, Hats very much below the regular price. F. G. Martins. EVERYBODY LIKES IT. Likes what? SENSATION FLOUR. “YOURS TO COMMAND” Said we to the young men, and they COMMANDED that we* gather every smart style, every! new color and patterns in Suit 4 ings and Overcoatings from aA home and abroad. , WE OBEYED THEIR COM MAND to the letter and now have in our'store Lamm & Co.’s Complete Showing of Spring and Summer fabrics, and invite you to come in and command us further. We’ll build the clothes to fit you to perfection. Nainsook Nigfht Shirts Made of soft check nainsook, full siae, 75c values .... 65°