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UlDAY,
MAY 26, 1916.
THE P ALA 1 k a NEWS. i'ALATKA pL
PAGE NO. THREB
1e hurrying
BUT SENATE LAGS
Lrtant Bills Passed In
House
VER-HARBOR FILIBUSTER
. .. . ri , iar,A CI
L:i Work na wii"v.
IPld W . r ... and There II
i,. rtT V.III 4.
Hope of Adjournment Late iii July
L Early in August.
i atIlaa an nnni'n if.
C ; ...lministiation leaders who
L for adjournment of congress late
JUly Or IN'11 J " -"e"- "
during tlie wsk just
Led, the lower branch oiudistane-
L tlle senate, wmen is mi " i"
r ... f .. filibuster against the $43,-
Jo.OOO rivers and harbors appropriu-
Llf'teiiaeious fight against the
Iers ami harbors measure wis iu nisi
,,m to wear on the patience of sen-
. ntttviis who are uuahhw iu ki
tw lmsiiiess, and unless a vote
ireachod in n few aays mgiii ses-
....l..oll
ins may ";'
Sm, i,nse succeeded during the
Lk in passing the flood control bill,
fal credits legislation, rue comer
L roiiiirt; on the array bill, one of
L mnst important measures on the
Linistration program; and the na-
I committee concluded its worn on
I navy appropriation and construc-
bill. tli" second part or the na
i fii-fcMise nlan. This will be
L fr i.'.nrral debate soon. In
feitinn the ways and means com
Btee got to work on revenue prob
L and tlie way is clear for the
Iripletioii of revenue legislation soon
tor the national political conven
GIGANTIC MEMORIAL.
Stone Mountain Monument Will Be
World Wonder.
On the side of Stone mountain the
greatest and most unique monument
ever undertaken in the history of the
world was dedicated to tlie memory
of the heroes iu gray who fought for
the Confederacy In the war between
the states.
Fully 20,000 people went to Stone
mountain to attend the dedicatory
exercises, which formally launched
the plan to carve into the great
granite face of Stone mountain a
group of heroic figures which will
constitute the memorial.
The memorial is to be carved into
the side of the mountain under the
supervision of Gutzon Borglum, the
great American sculptor, and will
consist of a group of equestrian fiK.
ures, including Generals T.ee, .Tack
son, Forrest and other great Confed
erate soldiers, followed by cavalry,
artillery and infantry. The figures
will be thirty feet high.
When completed the monument
will be one of the wonders of the
world and will cost about $2,0(l0,000.
PEACE DEMAND GROWS.
SEVERE FUNiSHMENT
Momentous Upheaval Threatens Ger
man Empire.
Germany is preparing for a mo- Of Mrs. CHappell, of Five Yean
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BAPTIST CONVENTION.
BIG LIQUOR SEIZURE.
00,000 Worth of "Booze"
at Girard, Ala.
Ta'.en
pie of the biggest seizures of blind
jpr liquor ever made occurred at
ard. Ala., when special deputies
Jed twelve places and confiscated
aor, held in violation of the Ala
lia prohibition laws, amounting in
Sue to $.",00,000.
the big seizure caused a great sen
Ion, the military was ordered out
ignard the confiscated "booze" audi
town put under martial law.
three hundred barrels of whisky
fro found in one place In lower
ard ami seized. In a farm house
miles from Girard a stock ofj
jior, estimated to be worth $50,-
was seized. Two men guarding
liquor attempted to draw giins.i
; were disarmed by the deputies.
lie raid was made suddenly, but
some way the owners or the,
eoze" got the tip and much of it'
secreted elsewhere. The derm-1
t will probably make other raids.
I Co arrests were made, it Is said,
y the liquor being taken in charge
the otii.-ers, though some arrests
y bo made later.
spiaid is a town of about 5,000
trie, across the river from Colum
, Ga.
Dr. Burrows Elected President For
Another Term.
Re-election of Rev. Lansing Bur
rows, of Amerlcus, Ga., as president
for another term and the presenta
tion of the foreign mission board's
report, recommending that the South
ern Baptist convention decline to en-
ter into a union with other denomina
tions in foriegn mission work fea
tured the opening session of the
Southern Baptist convention at Ashe
vllle, N. C.
The report" of the Sunday school
board showed total receipts of .$452.
729, with a balance on hand of more
than $30,000. It was said a larger
balance than usual had been laid
aside because of the increased cost
of white paper used in printing work
done by the board. The foreign mis
sion' board announced completion of
the Jiidson centennial fund of
$1,250,000 for aiding tlie foreign mis
sions. This fund was virtually com
pleted last year.
formation reaching neutral diplomats
in Copenhagen. These are gathering
signs that the German government,
fearing that a storm is soon to break!
Is taking precautionary steps to
straighten itself.
The growing demand for peace in
Germany is gathering impetus from
many causes, but chief of these are
the following:
1. Increasing loss of human life.
2. Shortage of food and attend
ant privations.
3. Growing foar that Germany
cannot win.
Utmost efforts have been put forth
by tlie German government to im
press upon tlie people the contention
that Germany is not responsible for a
prolongation of the war; that tier
many is willing to enter into peace
negotiations today if the allies would
agree. Inspired articles in tlie press
and the public declarations of states
men are driving home this contention
of the government.
All of this indicates but one thing
the government sees an approach
ing day when the people are going
to rise up and demand an answer to
their questions us to why the war
ever begun and why it is being prose
euted in the face of untold suffering
and misery.
FOISTED "WAR BABY."
NELMS MYSTERY
Again Brought to Fore by Recent
Rumors.
The Xelms sisters' mystery Is again
brought to the fore by a sensational
report being published in Atlanta
newspapers that tlie missing women,
who disappeared over two years
ago, and which resulted In the ar
rest of Victor limes and his wife, now
held In Atlanta for trial in connection
with the case, are said to have lived
for some time in Snohomish. . Wash.,
after disappearing from Atlanta, and
afterward went, to the Klondike,
where it is believed they now are.
Communication with officials in
the Klondike is under way in an ef
fort to locate the missing women and
establish the truth or falsity of the
story regarding them.
The "report of the sisters being alive
and in far-away Alaska has again
revived one of the most sensational
affairs that ever occurred in Georgia.
Used to Gain Share of Estate As One
of Heirs.
Jessie Bryan, a Canadian girl
whose real name is said to be Mar
garet Ryan, testified in Chicago at
the trial of Mrs. Doilie Ledgerwood
Matters that the baby Mrs. Matters
offered in probate court as one of the
heirs of her late husband, Fred Mat
ters, Illinois banker and moving pic
tu re theater owner, is in reality a
"war baby" born to her in an Ottowa
hospital July 24, 1015.
Mrs. Matters is charged with con
spiring to foist upon the court a child
not her own in order to gain a larger
share of her late husband's estate.
LIQUOR ORDERS GROW.
Carriers Doing Rushing Business in
I Atlanta.
I Clerk Claude Mason, iu the Fill
ton county ordinary's office. Friday
I recorded the biggest batch of liquor
I orders reported bv the express and
i railroad companies since the new dry
law went into effect (U0, represent
ing the business of two days.
This batch ran up the total orders
for Atlanta since May 1 to 1.000.
Indications were that if this ratio
of increase continues, practically the
whole time of one clerk in the ordi
nary's oflice would be required to han
dle liquor orders.
Strange Storehouses.
i the old birds' nest that are placed
r the ground iu shrubs and small
fc close to hazelnut bushes and blt
iweet vines one will often And
jaudfitl of hazelnuts or bittersweet
ifrles. They were put there by the
4te footed mice and the meadow
fe, which visit these storehouses
filarly. Very often a white footed
ise will cover a bird's nest with
1 dried grass and inner bark and
e a nest for itself. New York
QUEER BALL TEAM.
Baptists Going to New Orleans.
New Orleans was selected as the
1917 meeting place of the Southern
Baptist convention by the committee
in session at Aslieville, X. C, to which
the time and place of the next meet
ing was referred. The selection is
subject to approval of the conven
tion.
Murderers, Burglars and Pickpockets
Compose It.
Murderers, burglars, confidence
men and pickpockets composing the
Ohio penitentiary baseball team play
ed an amateur team 'at the Colum
bus American association ball park.
It .was said to be the first time that
a convict team, unguarded, has bean
Make Motor Car Licenses Universal
A bill to make the motor car license
of one state good in any other state
was favorably reported to the house
by the Interstate Commerce committee.
Standing, Relieved by Cardui.
Mt. Airy, N. C Mrs. Sarah M. Chap
pell of this town, says: "I suffered foi
five years with womanly troubles, als
stomach troubles, and my punishment
was more than any one could tell.
I tried most every kind of medicine,
but none did me any good.
I read one day about Cardul, the wo
man's tonic, and I decided to try it. I
had not taken but about six bottles until
1 was almost cured. It did me more
good than all the other medicines I had
tried, put together.
My friends began asking me why I
looked so well, and I told them about
Cardui. Several are now taking it."
Do you, lady reader, suffer from any
of the ailments due to womanly trouble,
such as headache, backache, sideache.
sleeplessness, and that everlastingly tired
feeling?
If so, let us urge you to give Cardui a
trial. We feel confident it will help you,
just as it has a million other women in
the past half century.
Begin taking Cardui to-day. You
won't regret it. All druggists.
Writt it: Chattanooga Madlclns Co., Ladles'
Advisory Dept., Chattanooga, Tenn., (or Sttciol
InttrucHont on your coie and 64-page book, "Horn
Treatment (or Women, in nlain wrapper. H.C ISA
Widow sentenced.
Charged With Arson to Get Husband
From War.
In the criminal court of Luenebiirg.
Mrs. Anna Barge, the young widow of
a soldier, has just been convicted of
arson and sentenced to one year's im
prisonment.
Her husband, a small farmer, was
called to the front shortly after his
marriage at the beginning of the war
Last fall he wrote of the terrible bat
tles in Russia and said that he ex
pected to be killed sooner or later.
His wife brooded over the letter
and decided to apply for a leave of
absence for him. To give more weight
to her petition she made heiyelf desti
tute by setting her house on fire.
The investigation started by the
police led to the arrest of the woman,
and while In prison she received the
news that her husband had been killed
by a Russian shell before she applied
the torch to her home.
REALTY ACTIVE IN MIAMI.
Large Number of Good Deals Put
Through Recently.
Real estate men of Miami are suf
fering no hard times. During the past
few days a large number of good
deals for Miami realty have been put
across. In one day the amount of
money involved in sales totalled a
hundred thousand dollars. A number
of the most valuable pieces of prop
erty in the city have changed hands
within the past few days, and In each
case good money has been received
by the owners.
Florida Boys to Annapolis.
Six Florida boys have successfully
passed the medical examination for
entry to Annapolis, according to an
announcement just made by Secre
tary of tlie Navy Daniels. The six
appointments represent the number of
Florida members of congress, and
they are as follows: C M. Abson,
F. AV. Beard, W. L. Davis, O. E.
Oates, K. C. Hawkins and
Howell.
K. B.
Irish Poet Arrested.
Darrell Figgis, well-known Irish
poet, has been arrested In Ireland in
connection with the political dis
turbances. Announcement of tlie ar
rest was made at London. Figgis
was taken In custody and is now
confined in a military barracks in
County Mayo.
Atlantan War Hero.
Corporal Kitten Rockwell, of At
lanta, Ga., a member of the French
air corps, has distinguished himself
by shooting down a German aero
plane near Hartmannsweiler-Kopf,
The German machine fell In flames.
KING AT FRONT.
Victor Emmanuel in Thick of Fight
ing. A messenger of the Italian gen
eral staff who arrived at Rome stated
that since the beginning of the Aus
trian offensive King Victor Kmmanuel
has remained steadily at his head
quarters in the sector, where the fight
ing was the bitterest. The king and
General Cadorna preside at every
council of the staff at which impor
tant movements are decided.
When the defenders of Zugnatorta
reached their new positions in the
rear they were reviewed by the king,
who complimented them on their
three-dav stubborn resistance.
DNG WOMEN
MAY AVOID PAIN
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'Jnkham's Vegetable Com
pound, says Mrs.Kurtzweg.
J
Juffalo, N.Y. " My daughter, whose
is herewith, was much troubled
nwith pains in her
uack and sides every
month and they
would sometimes be
so bad that it would
seem like acuto in
flammation of sonio
organ. Sha read
your advertisement
in the .newspapers
and tried Lydia E.
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st"ctest confidence.
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Slavs Plead to Stay in Austria.
More than ."O.ono Russian pris-
permltted to play outside of prison j oners who do not desire to return
walls. Froceeds of the game go to to Russia have signed a petition to
charity. I the Austrian government asking that
The prison band, composed they be permitted to remain in that
thirty convicts, accompanied the country after tin- y- and become
team to the park. The sporting edi- citizens.
tor of the Ohio Penitentiary News,! 77T7T r
which is published bv convicts within ' Rheims Schools Held in Wine Cellars,
the prison, represented his paper, Although Rheims is constantly un
whlch carried a full account of each der bombardment by the Germans,
play. All of the convicts were put French school teachers .out lime to in
L a.i i,.,,.,. nt to nttemnt to es-1 struct in.000 rnpl!s in wine cellars
cape.
VALUABLE MICE.
Sent to America to Protect Them
From Zeppelins.
Four mice, whose ancestors had
been inoculntfd with tumor germs for
fifteen years, took up their residence
in the Crocker cancer research lab
oratory at Columbia university. They
wers sent to New York from London
to escape the danger of Zeppelin raids.
In the last German air raid over
London a bomb was dropped near
the laboratory where tlie mice were
being kept and it was decided to send
them to the T'nitcd States for fear
that another bomb might destroy the
work of years.
WASHINGTON CHOSEN.
there.
' Royal Train Threatened.
It is reported that Austrian air
raiders attempted to attack a train on
which were Queen Helena and the
children of the royal household. The
attack failed and the air raiders were
put to flight by Italian airships.
The pinch of war has caused Italy
to put an embargo on the export of
macaroni, one of her chief food
products. ' A cablegram from tlie
Anieean consul general at Genoa
fel'ng of the embargo said it would
remain in force for an Indefinite period.
Italians Declare Drive Checked.
Although tlie Austro-llungarians
massed approximately 400,0(10 men
and hundreds of big guns for tliedr
drive against (he Italians, it was de
dared fit Rome by military experts
that the offensive has been checked.
If is declared that German army of
ficers helped plan the Austro-llunga-riau
offensive and that the drive was
decided upon at the recent council
held in Vienna.
No Violation Neutrality.
The foreign office at London an
nounced that the outstanding differ,
ence between Greece and the entente
powers had been settled amicably
wrlth the result that there would be
no violation of the neutrality of
Greece.
Old Turks Called For Service.
An Exchange Telegraph company
dispatch from Geneva states that all
Turks of 60 and older residing In that
Swiss city have been recalled for
military service.
Just Like a Man.
Mr. Baggie Confound that tailor!
These trousers are a mile too long.
Mrs. Baggie How much shall I turn
them up? Mr. Bagghj About half an
inch. London Answers.
Of Course Not.
"I wonder why the oldest person in
the world was a man?"
"Why. because no woman would
ever have acknowledged it." Florida1
Times-Union.
Whooping Cough.
"When my daughter had whooping
cough she coughed so hard at one
time that she had hemorrhage of the
lungs. I was terribly alarmed about
her condition. Seeing Chamberlin'3
Cough Remedy so highly recommend
ed, I got her a bottle and it relieved
the cough at once. Before she had
finished two bottles of this remedy
she was entirely well," writes Mrs.
S. F. Grimes, Crooksville, Ohio. Ob
tainable everywhere.
He Had Seen There.
"I beg you to observe." said the tal
ented pianist, displaying his technique
to some of his admirers, "how exceed
ingly light is my touch."
"I don't have to observe." muttered
a saddened citizen on the edge of the
group. "I know by experience." Rich
mond Times-Dispatch.
Not Much Difference.
Brown Now, my wife always con
sults me about everything she buys for
herself dresses, hats, slices, gloves
everything. Robinson So does mine
that is, she always asks me for the
money. Comes to the same thing in
the end.
Confederate Vets Desire to Parade Be
fore Wilson.
The desire of the old Confederate
soldiers to parade down Pennsylva
nia avenue and be reviewed by the
president of the Tinted States led
them to choose Washington, I. C,
for the 101 T reunion city at the clos
ing business session of fheir reunion
at Birmingham. Tulsa, Okla.. and
Memphis, Tenn., received (he next
highest votes in the order named.
Veteran Dies at Reunion.
John H. Mackey, an aged Confed
erate Ttteran, who resides at Angle
nook, a iuburb of Birmingham, drop
ped dead at the Confederate ball at
th. Hippodrome. This la the only
death ao far among tha raterans at
tending the praaant raunlon.
ROUND ABOUT FLORIDA.
NJB.C. GRAHAM CRACKERS
because tKetj taste so good;- sliOWty
sweetened to satisfy Yof '
Crown-ups lite themlsecause they not
only taste good but ore nour
yr s- COMPAQ !
Mrs. Ruby Bmlley has been named
postmaster at Baldwin.
Flagler hospital, burned recently at
St. Augustine, will be rebuilt.
Grand Chapter Royal Arch Ma
sons of Florida held annual conclave
at Jacksonville.
A new building will bo erected foi
the Carnegie public library at Clear
water. Three hundred and eighteen namea
are Inscribed on the honor roll of th
Miami chamber of commerce.
The prolonged drouth is broken by
good rains in the state and the crop
prospects are much brighter.
The screen law Is being vigorously
enforced at St. Augustine. Violators
are liable to arrest.
A tribe of Ben Ilur, with fifty
five charter members, has been organ
ized at Jacksonville.
Thirteen new Florida business cor
porations were granted charters at
Tallahassee the past week.
Work has begun on the new goll
links at St. Augustine, the finest in
the south. The links were erected
at a cost of $100,000.
Tlie white man found dead on the
beach at St. Augustine recently was
never identified and was buried in a
nameless grave.
Bishop Morrison, of Leesburg, will
preach the baccalaureate sermon at
the Florida State College for Women
on June 6.
A negro woman at Jacksonville Is
charged with whipping one of her
children to death with a wire whip.
She is held on a charge of murder.
The war department sent a volum
inous report to congress opposing con
struction of a canal to connect Sil
ver Springs and Ocala, Fla.
President Wilson appointed T. J.
Hammond postmaster of Hawthorne.
Jacksonville wants a navy yard lo
cated at that port.
Commencement at Columbia col
lege, Lake City, drew many visitors,
who enjoyed tlie interesting program
of exercises.
Thos. H. Wilson, aged 54 years,
for many years on the police force
of St. Augustine, died in that city,
leaving a wife aud seven children.
The farmers of Duval county hava
formed an organization, the object be
ing the bettering of agricultural con
ditions In the county.
Senator Fletcher is urging an in
creased appropriation to fight the
citrus canker in Florida and other
states. He wants the appropriation
of a quarter million dollars doubled.
With a number of more or less
important cases on docket, including
several murder cases, the spring term
of the circuit court opened at Gaines
ville, Judge Wills presiding.
Howey Is a new town of Florida
that is now down on the map to stay.
Much building going on, and a news
paper, the Howey Herald, has made
Its appearance.
Florida's early tomato shipments
this season more than doubled the
shipments last year, according to
figures which have been compiled and
published in the New York Packer.
The city board of health of Miami
has offered prizes to the boys and
girls who bring in the largest num
ber of dead flies by July 1. A "swat"
the fly campaign has been started.
Nearly 9,000 votes will be cast in
Duval county in the coming primary
election if the electors of this county
vote their strength, for more than
that, number are qualified.
The first load of the 1016 crop of
Florida-grown hay was put on th
market at Live Oak and was grown
by George Blue & Son on their farmi
one and a half miles west of Llva
Oak.
The first work of improving tha
sewer system in Jacksonville under
the recent bond issue began In tha
Riverside district, the sewer depart
ment putting two gangs of workmen
on the reconstruction work.
Before tlie campaign is closed no
less than $."50,000 will have been
spent by candidates seeking nomina
tion for state and national offices in
the approaching primary election, ac
cording to estimates of expenses in
curred. The graduating class this year is
the largest in the history of the Su
wannee High school and has the dis
tinction of being one of the largest
graduating classes in any high school
ill the state, consisting of nine girls
and eight boys, which is unusual.
Power of an Advertisement.
In the American Magazine Is the
Itory of a very wealthy man who made
his fortune through an advertising
scheme. In front of a smnll store in
New York city a crowd was looking
at a novel article exhibited in the win
dow. The advertising man introduced
himself to the proprietor of the store
and said:
"You have something here that Is
worth a fortune if advertised. I want
to advertise it."
"I don't believe much in advertising,"
said the man.
"I'll make you a proposition. If I
1 triple the sales of the article in three
j months will you give mo a half inter- .
1 est in the business?"
After an hour's talk the other con
sented. Inside of five days he called
his new partner up 011 the phone aud
begged him to stop as he tvas sold out
ten times over the capacity of his plant.
The advertising man took a half Inter
ns! in th business, rented a five story
inside of a month bad Increased the
output of the article forty-fold and ex
tended his field to other cities.