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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-07-26
TURKISH WAR CABINET
HOLDS CELEBRATION
(By Associated Press

UUNsIANIINOPLE, Turkey, July "a
The new Turkish cabinet under Moukh-
tar Pasha, the grand visar is celebrat-
ing the anniversary of the day when
the constitution was wrung from Abdul
Hamid, the former sultan, by inaugural
ing new policy in Albania.
Orders were issued today to suspend
all hostilities and authorities were in
structed to take every means of paci-
flying the rebel province, while the
troops are to be withdrawn to the prfnci-
pal towns.
Two important dismissals of officials
We're announced today, those of Shehab
Eddin Bey, the commandant of Constan-
tinople, and of Edib Bey, commandant
general of Gendarmerie.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-07-26
GAS FRANCHISE is
GRANTED BY. WAYCROSS
Especial Dispatch to The journal

WAYCROSS, Ca. July 24.-Although
the matter hung fire for a few weeks
city council has finally granted a gas
franchise. The holders are L. M. AL
drich, of New York, and George w.
Deem, of Waycross. The franchise is for
80 years; it specifies a rate of S1.S5 with
discount of 20 per cent for cash within
days of bill; twelve miles of gas main
must be placed within Is months after
the franchise is accepted; the work
must begin within. six months; a bond
OF $500 must be given as evidence of
good faith; said bond to be forfeited if
any condition of the franchise is not
compiled with. The city receives for
the franchise per cent of gross for the
first five years; 2 per cent for the second
five years and 8 per cent thereafter
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-07-26
MOUNT M'KINLEY
EXPEDITION FAILS

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 24.-Ad-
hitting their failure to reach the sum-
init of Mount Mckinley, after two dar-
ing attempts. Prof. Herschell Parker. of
Columbia university, and Belmore
Brown, of Tacoma, Wash, arrived at
Tolvina on the Panama river last night.
On both their attempts to reach
Mount McKinley's crest, the mountain
climbers gained high attitudes. They
got as high as 10000 feet when they
labored up the south peak On the
north they went 49, 900 feet toward their
goal before adverse climbing circum-
stances baked them.
This was the third Parker expedition
on Mount Mckinley.
McKinley's altitude is 10000 feet.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-07-26
WEDDING ON BOARD AS
MAURITANIA SAILS

NEW YORK, July PA few minutes
before the liner Mauretania cleared at 1
o'clock yesterday morning for Liver
pool, there was a wedding in the So
called bridal suite on deck B. Miss
Mary Antoinette NJ. Schwartz, of New
York, was the bride, and the groom
was E. Alexander Montgomery, a min
ing engineer and mine owner of Los
Angeles. The Rev. E. B. Mcdonald,
pastor of the Central Presbyterian
church. officiated. After the wedding
service a supper was served to the Is
guests.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-07-26
PoST0FFICE ROBBERS
GET ST FOR PAINS

GREENSBORO, N. c., July 24-Rob-
bers Tuesday broke into the postoffice
at Sneeds Ferry, Onslow county, n. c.,
and rified the office safe.
They secured but one dollar. Sneed s
Ferry had. been visited by robbers Sat
urday night and all the money ana
stamps in the postoffce had been taken
out last night by Postmaster Shepard
with the exception of one dollar. Sever
al stores of the town were also entered.
The sheriff of the county organized a
posse and started after the robbers but
it was reported tonight from Jackson
Vile, n. c., that the robbers had not
been arrested.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-07-26
BLUECOAT MURDERED
YIN. Y. GANGSTERS

NEW YORK, July 24.7Fatrolman Fran
els Reilly. one of New York's hero med
al policemen, is dying in an east side
hospital from wounds received in an en-
counter with gangsters before daybreak
today. Early last evening Reilly arrested
a member Of the so-called "Pany gang
on a robbery charge. The other members
OF the gang met forthwith and vowed
revenge. A few hours later they fell up
on the patrolman at "a dark street corner
and left him with a fractured skull and
internal INJURIES.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-07-26
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-07-26
OLDEST INHABITANT
BAPTIZED IN RIVER

MILTON, KY. July 24-Eighty-t
year-old Ben Morris. the oldest inhabi-
tant of Trimble county. was baptized
last evening in the Ohio river. lie had
acknowledged conversion a few hours
previously and asked that the ceremony
take place right away. He was taken
to the levee in a neighbours carriage and
was so feeble that two men were needed
to support him as he entered the water
for immersion. Elder II. 7. Martin, of
the Christian church, officiated.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-07-26
ThomaSton lax Value
Especial Dispatch to The Journ

Especial Dispatch to The Journal)
THOMASTON, Ga, July 23.-The ta,:
assessors elected for the current year
by the city council, who are Messrs.
A. A. Britt, John B. Jones and John A.
Thurston, have completed their stupen-
dous work and the digest is ready for
the approval of council. The entire val
uation is $4,000. exclusive of the
municipal utilities owned by city. the
school buildings and churches. the court
house and Jail which would bring the
total up to approximately 100000.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-07-26
APPRAISER OF CUSTOMS
RESIGNS IN NEW YORK

WASHINGTON. July 24.-Francis W.
Bird, appraiser OF customs at New
York. resigned yesterday. In his let
ter TO Secretary MacVeagh. Mr.. Bird
says ne quit his office to join Colonel
Roosevelts new party
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-07-26
Shoots Self to Death

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, July 24.-Aft-
er long suffering from rheumatism and
respondent over his condition, 7. j.
Underhill. a local hotel proprietor, sent
a bullet crashing through his brains.
in his room at the hotel early last
night, which caused instant death. He
left a note explaining the cause of his
rash act
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-07-26
BECKW0RTH is HELD g
ON FORGERY CHARGE
Special Dispatch 10 The Journal.

GREENSBORO. Ca, July 24-Ben d,
Beckworth. a young white man of
Ficklen. Taliaferro county. is being
held in the Greene county Jail, on the
charge Of forgery at Union Point, in this
county. during the latter part of May,
10 the amount Of $500.
II appears that he secured this sum
from the paymaster of the Georgia rail-
road pay train while il was at Union
Point. under the pretention that he was
George W. Brown. who worked for the
railroad.
The Van Buren press., 1912-07-06
Lament Rellalous Apathy.

In Japan all kinds OF Christians are
lamentlng the religious stagnation that
seems to have settled on the country
says a writer in America, Roman
Catholic paper. or the $1,000 Catho-
lies, 10000 are descendants OF the con.
verts of the seventeenth century, and
the Greek Catholics have only 10000
followers after 40 years OF evange.
li2atIon there are only somewhere be.
tween 10000 and 100000 Protestants
Of all sects," says the writer, who adds
that the japanese are not irreligious
but like other peoples they are SUI.
fering from the religious apathy and
unconcern OF the times. Just as In
Europe and America, the modern Jap.
anese adore the golden calf and, as
elsewhere, are struggling for money
and place, the natural result Of tho
adoption of a materlallstlc civlliza'
ton"
The Van Buren press., 1912-07-06
GRAVE CAUSE FOR DISPUTE
Romantlcsts and Others Have Oppor.
tunlty to SquabbIe Over This
Happening.

The Winans will has upset the the
ory Of the cynics that romance IL dead
In the world. Here is an innkeeper's
daughter who receives a fortune OF
100000 just for being kind to an old
man. In all her dreams OF the future
she never thought of being able to
present to the Prince Charming that
would eventually come along such q
princely dover, She went about her
work delivering the milk and cream
from her fathers dairy, little think.
Ing that the old gentleman, who year
after year was her fathers guest,
was all along planning to make her
rich heiress as reward for her lit.
tie kindnesses. The picture is idyllic.
Unfortunately, some OF the rightful
heirs Of the deceased multimilllonaire
fail to see the poetry OF It and have
already given notice OF contest.
There Is a son who has been cut of
with paltry 100000 and there are
two grandchildren who have been en-.
tirely forgotten. In the case OF the
son the will is particularly significant,
since the relative smallness OF the
amount can be traced TO the fathar's
disapproval Of a marriage that was
wholly romantic. The cynics may suli
claim that their contention is support.
ed by the courts.
The Van Buren press., 1912-07-06
Landed Him.

Walter Damrosch at a musical din.
ner In New York. told leap year
story.
There was n bachelor" he said,
who had courted young lady for a
long time without coming TO the point,
and one evening In leap year, tho
young lady being very musical, he
took her to n concert.
"The orchestra played No. 6, a 30.
lection that seemed to the bachelor
very beautiful He bent over his com.
panon and whispered
" How lovely that isl What Is II,
do YOU know
she smiled demurely and replied
In a low, thrilling voice:
1T Is the "Maiden's Prayer
And at the same time she handed
him her program, pointing TO No 6
with her finger
HE read and started. for the real
name OF the selection was 'Mcpdcls-
sohn's Wedding March The bachelor
bought tho ring, ] believe, next day
The Van Buren press., 1912-07-06

elevator boy cannot be brought back
to his duties in any such way as
that. More heroic measures are nee.
Cssary. When two minutes had
passed the girl stepped out and
looked up at the placard. Perhaps
she had read 1t too hastily, Per-
haps It advised the public to walk
upstairs or down cellar.
No! That picard distinctly read
Take This Elevator" Not the other
elevator, but this one, The letters
were black on a white ground, and
even cross.eyed man couldn't have
confounded them with somebody's
cough syrup or a why Pay Rent?"
sign.
Five minutes and no boy!
Mr.. Lincoln would have faced
Jeflries In HIS best days, but he re-
collod from this situation He had
but to step past the girl with n beg
pardon" but he hadn't tho moral
courage to do Il. It was she who
solved the problem. As many as ten
times In her life she had seen
elevator boys manipulate the cable,
and tired OF waiting, she suddenly
seized Il and gave n hoist Mr., Lin
coin opened his mouth to protest, but
he was too late. The weary cage
uttered sigh and groan and then
made leap for the roof II was
ured Of being classod ms a SLOW coach
When the roof was reached the
cage struck and started for the cellar
: bumped down there and started up
again, but stopped between ~ floors
ana gave wabblo and lurch ana
settled down to rest,
The FIRST bump had thrown tho two
occupants TO the floor, The second
tossed them about and the stoppago
put the finishing edge to their scare
Mr. Lincoln used exclamntions that
ohlldron should not see In print ana
Miss Mason uttered screams that
aroused the building and brought tho
elevator boy from the curb market
on the run In three minutes IL was
Nhown that the elevator was stuck
between floors. In two more II was
Nnown that II held two passengers
and that one OF them was Old Mason's
laughter, He went Off the hancle
at once
Are you thoro, Myrtle'" he bel
'owed as he trotted around,
Yes, father" was tho dazed reply
Who IL with your"
h--a young man"
MY heavens' sec tbe whole
V,od Say, young man, whoever you
ure' you cannot eseape' We have
,ou surrounded and ] nave Just sent
,or tho police II you rob my daugh'
W. you cannot mako on with tho
flunder"
~ are you talking TO me, eirf" called
''s indignant architect.
An You are good for . term In
The Van Buren press., 1912-07-06
SHREWD IDEA OF DIPLOMAT
Where Russian officer Of Embassy
Proved More Than q Match
for Abdul hamld.

r.plomatists abroad tell how a dis
tinguished member OF the Russian
corps diplomatiQue cleyerly outwitted
Abdul Hamd, the late Sultan Of Tur
key. The Russian displayed curious
ingenuity In introducing the business
OF his country In the guise OF personal
pleasure.
II appears that the Sultan had abso
lutely refused TO grant an audience to
any member OF the diplomatic body at
Constantinople and that during the
period in question Abdul Hamid spent
the greater part OF his time In cock.
fighting. an amusement whereof he
was passionately fond
The Russian heard that his imperial
majesty stood In need OF fresh birds
TO supply the place OF those killed In
fight, whereupon the willy Muscovlte
procured a flne-looking white fowl Of
the barnyard species, caused II to be
trimmed and spurred to resemble a
gamecock, and sent II In richly deco.
rated cage 70 the Sultan.
The ruse was successful, but the
Sultan. at first delighted with the gift,
soon sent for the dlplomatist to ex.
plain. II he could, why his bird had
shown no inclination to fight The
Russian went, examined the bird in
the presence OF Abdul Hamid, and
with great astonishment and regret
acknowledged that It was quite unable
to cope with the royal gamecocks,
which were undoubtedly OF a superior
breed
A conference followed on the subject
Of gamecocks In general; and when
this was finished the Muscovite sue.
ceeded in drawing the Sultan In q
mood for conversation Of different
character, and In time adroitly intro.
duced the political matter he had 80
long awaited an opportunity TO discuss.
After long interview he returned to
his embassy triumphant over his col.
leagues.-Harper's Weekly.
The Van Buren press., 1912-07-06
WellesleY collcae In Lad.

Wellesley college liz said to have
more graduates In the mission hold
than any other womans college IN
this country. Gertrude Chandler, OF
the class OF 1879, now Mrs Mychcr.
was the first Wellesley missionary In
the fold She went TO Bombay lmme.
dlatoly after taking her degree In tho
first class graduated from Wellesley.
The college is represented IN tho mis-.
sion field of every country in Asia
with the single exception OF Korea,
There are Wellesley missionaries scat.
tered through South America, Spain,
the Philippines, Mexico and Africa,
The Van Buren press., 1912-07-06

to take charge down at Perez on the
canal, and II means so much for him,
and he won't 60 unless | go too"
The Judge pursed his lips and
frowned.
But now she's come on for visit
with Roy, and expects him to rush
her, you know, as the boys say;
take her all around and show her the
sights. and go to the opera and do
the right thing"
"Well?" The judges tone grew
ominous.
well, don't you see what we've
planned for you to do, you dear?
We want you TO meet her and take
Roy's place, make yourself 80 awfully
nice that she won't want Roy at all,
or miss him. Then maybe when she
found had such an uncle she'd ap-
preciate Joining the family"
Am a sacrifice or an accessory
before the fact?"
You're an acoomplice' laughed
Evelyn. And you can't get out OF it.
| only asked you out of remorse in
a way, because, honestly, Roy and
have settled the whole thing, and
we're to meet her at dinner tonight
over at his hotel"
Mind ] will not make love to her."
protested the judge.
II was his final word In the mat.
ter That evening he met Miss Diane
lie Moyne. Now the Judge confessed
to flfty'two, and was mighty proud
Of his modest belt line, his hand.
some carriage and way with the fair
sex, as he still called his undeniablo
ohlyalry, He surveyed Miss Diane
IN frank admiration II seemed alto.
gether impossible that this tail, slen.
der figure could be Roy's old maid
aunt Clad In gray velvet she was.
So much the judge guessed, but his
masculine mind failed to grasp the
full intent and charm of the cut steel
and lace overdress, the dull silver
band set with rubies In the beautiful
gray waves OF hair, and all the other
points OF interest, as Evelyn would
have called them. He only saw an
interesting face, full OF sympathetic
response, and tho loveliness that
comes only from the inner grace OF
q well.poised character.
DO you like her, Uncle Otisy"
asked Evelyn when Il was ever.
Like her. my dear chih2" ex.
claimed the Judge, do we talk OF
liking the moon or the evening starr
A most exceptional woman. Evelyn.
ny xad, finest type I've ever met.
There's a woman with all the charm
Of her sex and not = spark Of non.
sense. There's woman that can
The Van Buren press., 1912-07-06

elovweme with lie lives beahes has his being
politics
As a platform speaker unsurpassed 4m to
the magnetic
pressbe humor Nor ~ the platform
n speech
the quick
Mr.. AsQuih far behind
He and Mr. Winston Churchill regarded Pox Of
British democracy What Golden and Bright Chamber
lain and Dixie later Lloyd Winston Churchill today
Youths Companion
The Van Buren press., 1912-07-06
"T1ke the
EIepQtOr''
By Lawrence Alfred Clay
ronyright 1912, by Associated Literary
Press.)

Copyright 1912, by Associated Literary
"Old Mason's kid"
Good locker"
Lots OF class there"
"She's good to marry a million"
Such were some Of the observations
As Miss Myrtle Mason descended from
her auto in front of particular num-
Der on a downtown street.
Every one knew Old Mason, as he
was called. He was a money.lender
and note-shaver. He owned the
building in which he had his Office,
any every year he swore off a good
share Of his taxes and lost three or
four tenants because he would not
make Improvements. Just at this
date one of the two elevators was
dead" 1t had needed repairs for
ten years and had finally stopped In
disgust The other was about ready
to strike, but was still in use and
bore the sign: Take This Elevator" :"
Just a moment previous to the en-
trance. of Miss Myrtle the elevator
had been taken by young man
named Homer Lincoln. He was an
architect just starting out for himself,
and he had business on the third
floor. The elevator was there, all
right but the elevator boy wasn't.
He had stepped into the cage and
waited. He heard the rustic of skirts,
caught sight of big white hat and
waving plumes and was then face to
face with what his architectural In
stincts tod him was a good-looking
girl OF about twenty. Like the gen
tleman he was, he crowded back and
gave her room and removed his hat.
Where, oh, where was that boy?
The time one has to wait in an
elevator seems three times as long as
waiting at a soda fountain outside.
Miss Myrtle moved about uneasily.
Mr.. Lincoln coughed nervously. An
The Van Buren press., 1912-07-06

Copyright. 1912, by Associated Literary
Press)
"Of course, Roy and know 1t isn't
quite fair to trouble you with 1t,
Uncle Otis, but you're just a darling
old diplomat. and really, the situa-
ton Is very delicate"
"Old lady got hair-trigger dispo-
sition?"
"Oh, she's not an old lady," pro-
tested Evelyn mysteriously. She's
in the early forties, but very youth
full in appearance. Roy says she is
like some lovely French marquise
with her young face, and gray hair.
He Is very much attached to her be-
cause she was his fathers only sis
ter"
Married." queried the judge.
Dear me, no. She's very wealthy,
and interested in social reforms, and
taxes on bachelors, and 30 on"
How about taxes on old maids? ?"
laughed the Judge.
You'd better not start In asking
her such questions. Roy says she is
awfully correct. He spent all his
vacations with her after his parents
died. and travelled abroad after he left
college She wanted to settle an in
come on him, and let him so In for
what she called the betterment OF
mankind, but Roy struck out for him
self, and put up his own fight.
think it was splendidly independent,
don't you, Uncle Otis?"
The kids got good gris on him.
self" assented the Judge. Likes to
make good on his own hook. When
is this social adjuster arriying?"
"Oh, she's already here. That's the
trouble. Roy just 'phoned that she
had descended on him yesterday. He
thinks she heard that he-that he
well, that he was interested in me-"
Good excuse, isn't it?"
But he has this chance that seems
to have fairly dropped out Of the skies
The Van Buren press., 1912-07-06
Trlbes That Believe In Relnoarnatlon

Word has been received from Prof,
Baldwin Spencer Of the Australian
Anthropologlcal survey that he has
found In the center OF that continent
n number OF tribes that believe In
reincarnatlon. It is further announced
that their notions In that respect tally
with those OF the intellectual native
races In lndIa--a belief that has been
carried into western civilization un'
der the name Of theosophy In one or
two tribes along the Roper river
curious totemic system was dlscov'
cred, Among these people n man mnst
marry q woman Of particular totom.
but tho children take totem different
from that Of either Of the parents, For
example, man Of the Rain to''m
must marry woman OF the Paddy
Melon Kangaroo totem, and their chill
drcn are Of the Euro'Kangaroo totem,
Again, a porcuplno man mario" .
Lizard woman and their children are
BATS. Everywhere, too, among the
tribes visited the women and children
believe that the sound of the bull roar.
er is the voice OF great spirit who
comes TO take away tho boys when
they are initiated Prof Spencer
soys he did not find among any OF the
tribes trace Of anything like a bo.
lief in a supreme being
The Van Buren press., 1912-07-06
CONSPICUOUS ENGLlSHMAN

In the political arena, Ireland and
Scotland long ago achieved formost
places II has been reserved for our
time to see a Welshman win his way
to the front rank Mr. David Lloyd
George is the man. He is not yet
prime minister. He may never be-
come prime minister, but he ls chan.
cellor Of the exchequer. and II any.
thing happened to Mr. Asquith, he
would run Sir Edward Grey hard
race for the premiership.
No two men are more unlike, Elr
Edward Grey is an arlstocrat from
Northumberland cool dispassionate,
in temperament whIg. by conviction
a radical, and much more Of country
gentleman that either. He Is above
all things a man apart, reserved; free
both from the defects and from the
qualities Of ordinary humanity. Lloyd
George Is just the opposite. He is a
democrat, of the democracy born and
bred intensely human, full OF kindly
humor and glowing enthusiasm, hail
The Van Buren press., 1912-07-06
Finance Has No Boundaries.

Finance nowadays IL limited by no
rational boundaries American news
papers contain advertisements OF n
city of Toxic tJapan) Loan for the
purchase OF that city Of electric tram
ways and electric lighting pystems
The loan, amounting to about $4,000
O0O Ia apportlopcd between New York.
London and Paris.
The Van Buren press., 1912-07-06
Elna Iaather From plns, Hides.

A considerable business In the tan
ming Of pigs hides ia done in Scotland
In curing tho best Wiltshire bacon,
Tho nldes are not removed, but ID
preparing the other grades tho hides
are taken on, When tanned, these
hides are used for saddle leather
hook bindings, purses and furniture
coverings,
The Van Buren press., 1912-07-06
Modern Woman.

Madame-This fat would suit us
very we'll but foi this room, which Ia
no small,
Concierge-It would DO for one
child, madame.
Madame--lt isn't . question Of
child, but Of ny hat bo1es.--psls xslA
The Van Buren press., 1912-07-06
EXPLAINING an overs'uht.

George she said swee,ly. "didnt
you know that Lent In over'"
"Of course ] did" ho replied,
Then possibly you didn't pass q
candy store on your way here TO-
night,"--Detroit Free Press,