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,»W7W* ’ “-TC" Y n ?*TB7 VOL- V. NO. 185. F, SAYS HARRY WAS INSANE Women Expected to Testify Early in Trial. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5,1907. tight Edition Race Results The Name Atlanta News NEW ORLEANS. N«w Orleans, U, Feb. fc—Today'e races resulted ■■ follows: FIRST RACE—Oddness, It to 1, woo; Rip Rep. t to l second: Futon N. nE* ,d *' ,h,rd - Time >:« SECOND RACE—Molo B, II; to i Uttls W'allty, 4 to 1, second: I. third. T - - - Are bo, i to I, Time till 4,1. Fourth ratb—Krator. t t. won; Oentlei, I to 1, second; Mind, 3 to I, third. Time, :tl 9-6. „ __ HOTSFRINOS. Hot Springs. Ark.. Feb. I.—Here i the results of today's races: FIRST RACE—Telephsthy, won: Umerlck Girt, second; Mrs. Annie, third. Nn time. No betting. HE LOOKS TO THEM TO SAVE HIS LIFE t \ew York, Fob. I.—Dr. Wiley's tee tunony was completed at t:&0 p.m. Charles F. Blngmsn. the T|taw fam ily phyalclan, was then called to the stand. New York. Feb. I.—Having nounced Its intention to demonstrate to me Jury that Harry K. Thaw was Insane when he killed Stanford While on Madison Square Root Garden last summer, the defenaa today railed wit nesses to maks good Ita declaration. It la vary apparent that the accused man depends to a large extent upon the testimony of his wile to clear him. It is Intimated that tha-story-she will tell will be of a sensational nature. It Is stated Mrs. William Thaw <s anxious to give her testimony as to hereditary Insanity. Strong influences here been brought to bear to keep her from allowing this lino of defense to be followed, but she has definitely decided a social leader to sacrifice the pride of to i he mother loro for her eon. Edward Thaw, the prisoner's full brother, and Joslah Thaw, hla half brother, were the uly mam bars of the Thaw family allowed In court today. Both aat near Thaw. The Harry Thaw of the days of the jury choosing Is no more. Then he wee alert and even half the time he was smiling. Now his face shows queer florid patches. Ha tame -forward al ways with hla hands deeped In front of him at the table, and ha no longer has occasional chats With Lawyer Pea body, who site next to him. Dr. C. C. Wiley, of PltUburg, the Thaw family physician, who Is connect ed with the Dismount Insane Asylum, was the flrat witness called to Uto itiad. He was questioned by Attorney Glass on, of nottaoal for the prisons^. Had MMM Insanity. Dr. Wiley said' he had devoteil. yean s( hla life to the study of Insanity and had asrvsd at aa expert In a number of cases. Speaking of Harry Thaw, the —witness detailed an incident wlBrh'oc curred In the summer of 1905. Hs said and acted — Mr. Gleason propounded a hypothec leal question - Ur Which ho outlined Thaw's act of ahoottng White. Then he asked t>r Wiley If hs could edpress sn opinion on such an action committed by the man he saw In- the car In Pitts burg. The wlineaa answered In the affirma tive, and started to aay It was hla be. Uef, when District Attorney Jerome In terrupted with a statement that the witness rould only express an opinio i. ■Then," replied Dr. Wiley, "my opin ion. Is that the man who committed the sit described was suffering from In BIG BUZZARD RAGES THROUGHOUT EAST™™ OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODOOO 1 UllLIUI! Mill New York in Grasp of Great Snow Storm. Now York. Feb. I.—For more than twenty-four hours New York has been fast In lbs grip of a snow alorm. Ten Inches <of snow fell In . twenty-four hours. snow driven by a gale 60 lo to miles an hour, made this .morning one of ins wildest of the winter on this coast. Terrible Snow Storm. Highland Light, Mass., Fab. 5.—The worst snow storm of the winter pre vailed with a gala of (0 miles an hour, thick snow tying up.traffic on land and The wavea are running high and OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODOOCi O GET YOUR 8LANKET8) O MIGHTY COLD TONIGHT. O O Jupo Pluve has sklddooed for O keeps, ditto prospects for the O O "white and fleecy." Mercury slip- O O pad down as low as St Tuesday O O morning eiirlj. and the Outlook O S seems promising for It to go as O low aa St Tuesday night. O O Weather msn aava: ‘ O o Weather man aiy-a: O ‘"Pair Tuesday night and Wed- O nesday Colder Tuesday night." o J o'clock a. m.. - . .at degress. O t o clock a. m St degruas. O t o'clock o. m SO degrees. O It o'clock a. tn SI degreea. O 11 o’clock a. m SS degrees. there Is considerable anxiety for shin- Pil'd- i, . Blixxard In Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Pa.. Fab. 6.—The snow storm has developed Into a bllsxarri, the worst since February, ISIS M -re than twalre Inches nf snow has fallen •nd the high triad has drift'd U In places to a depth of four last. . FIVE PERSONS KILLED BY A BAD EXPLOSION witty Hutson Lae. tfatenrer for tNb " atm' Is the Thaw entered ’g'street car In Pittsburg sd In a vary irrational manner. sanity. 1 Q. Is the question of heredity an Im portant factor? A. Tea, air. I). In referring lo the question of hereditary Insanity would you regard the Insanity of relatives of tho defend ed, who traced thetr origin to a com- mol: eource, as Important? A. 1 would. Mr. Jerome objected. "Hereditary In fluences have nothing to do with the question." he said. I'mai-esamlned by Mr. Jerome: q. You call hereditary Insanity a leg- icy—are you ccqualnted with the form of nn-ntal aberration which, the laws of this stale allow as an excuse for crime' A. I am not fully acquainted with It. Not Allowed to Explain. U. Yuur <■ *—ml nn tht hr pothetlcal uuestlon put to you. Is R notf A. That is all a man can baae an opin ion on l must explain— "You need not explain." said Jerome. "Simply answer yes .or no." q. Ami you. an eapart, a man call- ins yourself an expert— "hog pardon," said the wltneea, "I so not call myself an expert." Q Don't you call yourself an expert' we don't know you and you must know * helper you are one? Your opinion based entirely upon what you. on- In Pittaburs htsht. observed In a car »nd upon the facta aa pratonttd In the hypitheitcnl uuestlnn Just propounded to you by the defendant's counsel? A. Yes q Does the profession consider you »n expert? A. Yes. q As an expert, do you believe the “hndsnt was Insane when be killed Btsodford White? A. Yos. Here the re-direct examination waa “!' by Lawyer Olaaann. q In Vi ur expert opinion the defend. f? 1 41 >he time he commlttad this scl he dij 1 ““ vrroa * 7 A. 1 don't think Didn't Knok it Was Wrong. , * °. b levt." shouted Mr. Jerome. “An. .,v > ** or not" enewered Mr. Wllsw. questioned by Mr. Jerome- thlr'i , 1 uk »ou. It whan you said Set may have not known the i.w.** "fona— f| JJscUon by Mr. Olaaaon on the i had not tsstt. objection waa Jouad iy ,b. KUntu "*o to f. Jb for, wl. overrul,'/ U ™ 'h?n^, u n r '“. , k 0 ! wr P" rttrt R' *»U W* act. yet may ba awaot tloa-i. ft* morbid Influence or emu- that i, ..l h4t Your boUsf? A. Toss q. I that 1 rlshL •»?dow?1> ynu 10 uu 11 » mao I*" 1 J? the* nlalm aW. - * • I Wheeled"^ ‘i 4 - too* with Ms wife, etthoui 1'* 1 * 'braa thou at a man above i!|Jh V * 1 ord * •“A *»«% the ffistol rest ' *•'">•» »ubmlttad to ac- ™ ** h « went down tho alevator Cam: "usd tn Page Sevan. At IP o'clock ..«> .v.-w.-a gu • -» > a , - *f’-« ASy, DURING 1 BOAT RACE Bp*rUI lo H»f fiWNKttl. CHattoneoga. Tame, Fab. Sc—Bui let lit—In a. rata with Uts steamer Pat ten on the Tannasaea river, the dtssmer Parker exploded and burned jks the water's odgo si 11iS0 o’clock IHio morning. - Five poroChl werS MPS. NATION SEES A FEW PASSENGERS ONTRAINFORHELL ••You're n the lobi»*Ban f*»r h#ll, Keep It up and you'll aoon young man. get there.” Thla th«* salutation given by Mrs. Carrie A. Nation to u pool player In a down town poolroom Tuewlay and It resulted tn the object of her remarka getting sore and wanting to have Mrs. Nation arreatad. But he didn't. Too. it la »»*i«l he drew back hi* cue u* If \*> hit the old lady •who la cruaadlng agalhat the nAlDOll. •‘Kill me.” ahe retorted hotly, "If you want to. But every drop of my blood wilt make another t’arrU* .Nation rlae that will a weep thla country.” ••Qo rail a cop." he anld to a porter, "and have her put out ” But thla didn't acare Mrs. Nation. ••Yea.” ahe replied, "tin call a po- I Iceman ami have me arrested. I am not afraid. Threat- like those do not scare me. I Imvcncrn knocked down and kicked and beaten by people like you. but even that does not stop my work." . . , Mrs. Nation also visited the gal 'n the fountain" In the Piedmont bar and looked at It -cornfully ••And no." phe remarked, "the gover- nor of Georgia own- this, does he?" and she .talked out of the room Just ■■ «he was leaving, oome one In the pinposely dr-.nk ,i glass of "his- kv and Mrs. Nation saw him k> - U up.” she sold. It's taking hell, and you'll -..on g't here i at other plaees " r "' ._.s— ..sv.i in i*ne building sn r Mopped 1m*- »>f the pnNNengers Insisted -tn cigarette. WHITNEYDOCUMENT BEING HELD DOWN SAYS Afl'ALLISTEf) —was added to THE GEORGIAN for legal and business reasons. Some of our friends who have not felt kindly toward The News in the past have complained to us because of the change in name. We wish to assure you all that though The News exists as a part of The Georgian and News, there will be no change in our policies, and we hope . Tn< to make the paper better even than in the past, me News, you know, had friends too, for we found about 12,000 of them taking it. None of them, however, has complained about the change. F. L. SEELY, Publisher. OLD SUIT IS DUG UP AGAINST W. J. OLIVER; EFFORTTO QUEER HIM? Evidence Taken ship Case. Alleged expense accounts for J. Dnrgan'a trip to Europe wore placed In evidence Tuesday morning by the at- torncys for the pctttlonare sMklng Mr. Dargan’a removal as co-rscolvsr of the Atlanta-BIrmlngham Fire Insurance Company. The second day's hearing of evidence by Special Commlsslnncr Henderson, United Elates court stenographer, waa lama.' Black, representing Biesiwr D.trgan, made an explanation ngardlara check for 1446 placed In the rare of Holden Lee aa agent. It developed that Mr. Dargan did not here the US" of the money at any time; that thle money - eneree-ot fYadsilal etock tn order that all of the stock might be sold If necee aary, but thla necessity did not arise and the money was not used. The croat-examlnatlon also showed that Mr. Dargap'a December salary, aa well aa all the other employees, includ ing the office boy. wet* paid in advance. Saloon Licenses Are Granted in Formida ble Number. OWNER REFUSED; . BARTENDER WINS Council Grants License on Applications Formerly ; Turned Down. - b the city council of 1*07 going to undo everything that waa done by the _ council-of 1606 in the way of rettriet.- Ing saloons? From the way the new council has started. It appears so to quite a num ber of those who hare watched the progrrae of events for the last tew It will take only a short time, at the rate It baa been going, for Atlanta to have just as mapy saloona as there ! were before the riot. At the first meet, -i granted, and the halt having been set a-rolllng, et the seat session, that of Monday, three new II- cetuos were granted, one tramterrad and one changed from white to oot- ored. y Borne of these licenses were _ those revoked by the council of __ When the application for renewal west made they were turned down by the special police committee which thor oughly Investigated the matter, and later by council also. bus Kline's Baleen? — - * nUUi! first, that of. Sam Klim, at tbs of rantral avehae and Daoetur was turned down by the corn iest year, although repeatedly _ »» ii. Tba arv “ -— out at the box, At the next met thaw, that, of 'frnflri of this week, the foTlowtng action ml Eve applications w< A; B. Pitts, 164 Peters street, license M white sslo. .. _ ' Decatur, llcftuta Yr for oohxnd dUoan Mated. -W. H. Mitchell. II North Di for _ .... . , . U« ... allowed to change from Ha Filed Lewiset Eld lo Oil WILLIAM J. OLIVER. In Dio tbs Panama Canal for 1 Suit,Is.Dug Up Against Him. the Oovemmsnt—Old t'anton. Miss.. Feb. 6.—In an Itner- vlew today with a representative of the Hears! News Service, William R.' McAllister said: "Ortaln dose friends of Hon. John Bharty Wllllame,' under the leadership of Congressm^i Bow ers. of this stale, have endeavored by "clever tactics" to "hold down"' a docu ment I mailed last week to Southern senators and congressman entitled ‘So. lutlon ot the negro problem by the late William e. Whitney.' The mason for this 'hold down’ of the Whitney docu ment Is that If It comes Into the lime light-II la certain lo clip the sails of Hon. John Sharp Wllllanuwwt the ne gro question and will ejdR'raaa him In the pending Mlstlasffln senatorial contest. Mr. Williams attempts to dispose of the Whitney document In thla 'clever style.' "It has nothing to do with the negro quratlon In Its present shape. It waa written by Mr. Whitney before any of the Southern states adopted their pres ent constitution. "The first page of the Whitney docu. inent shows that It waa written In March. 1491. The Mississippi consti tution was adopted four yearn before, tn tK9M. From this It would seem that In Ills seal to sidetrack the Whitney document Mr. Williams has forgotten hen tils slate constitution waa adopt Was Sued by Woman Who Claimed To Be Wife.. i The C.000 Item waa paid to President Dargan because of hla construction of the provisions of hie contract with the company that he would have six months' notice of termination and that the IS.oao and the two expense ac counts came within 1*6 at hla six months advance salary. Thla was.post ed under the heed ot "advenes agency contract." Mr. Lee testified that It waa custo mary for PreildanP Dargan's expenses to be i>sld by the company while hr waa away on trips In tha Interest i.t the company. The defense showed that Mr. Dargan's trip to Europe war to confer with the president of a Phila delphia company concerning the re insurance of the Atlanta-BIrmtngliam J JjiddeC - for CoiUll Contract LAWYERS SEARCH COURT RECORDS Company's business. Other trips were taken tn different places on business, Including Memphis and California. Pras'dent Dargan went to Ban Fran cisco efter the earthquake to ascertain the true condition of affaire. TO MEN IN SHOPS BY GEORGIA ROAD «Ml cau cauHP on nmoktnif tl the elevuto Northern Pacific May Lose Charier •I received from Bnuthern congress men and nrwapa«>era and senators let ets of the tilchest commendation of he Whitney document, urging me to continue Its circulation, which I shall do until at least loo.ooo copies are dls trlbutrd throughout the Union'.'' Marlborough to Get $100,000 y_M- lleyburit Washington. Feb . offered a resolution In the -male today calling for the appointment of a mines of five member- t th«* rifle con^reM r••l•*' u, the vointnitt Investigate ,f the Northern Pa- „ xicw to having barter It Went to on PacIO* railroads. laindon Feb. t.—The duchess >f Marlborough, formerly Mlae Conaurio Vanderbilt, and her two children, led Vanderbilt. Jr- today for Ith W. K. ... Beaulieu. It la said the children will spend )is months yearly with each tw- rent I nder the new arrangement the duchess’ father will allow her and‘the dukv each 9109.90# a year. Htrikcrti' Claim Was Given to Prevent Sympathetic Walk-Out. Special to Tb# OorfUa- Aufuntn. Oa . Feb. k—Thero aro n proapectH In >l||ht for the Mttlement it tho car worker*’ "trike Notlcca were- poated In the ttrorgia railroad machlno. blackamlih and boll- ermakem' nho|*« today announcing that tha pay of all the man In then* depart ment* have been Incroaood. Right per cant la the amount of tha Incraanc, and It will cauae the salary of niont every man to be Increasod 25 canta per day. The Increase in pay will affect about «lfhty-‘men ami was granted without any demand* being made by tha union* of which the men are mambora prominent machinist in the Ocor- Figuvod in Suit for Heavy Damages. gte railroad shops says that the In- “ of a surprli creese wee very much _ only a few machinists ashed for It. Tbs striking car workers allege that tha railroad raised the wages of the Iron worksn In order to prevent a sympa thetic strike. An old. suit In which W. J. Oliver, the lowest bidder.for the Panamu ca nal contract, figured several years ago In Atlanta la now being dragged from the daaty (Ilea of tho Fulton county court house. Admissions nude by Ullrer In answer to a sensational suit by n woman al leging to bo hie wife have been careful ly noted by Atlanta lawyers and cnple- of this suit and Olivet's answer in It have been prepared In send. It Is snltl. lo other lawyers In Washington, ■> i Anti further, It Is declured 'by Iho-e n a i-ialtlon to know, that all this re iving of an old scandal which, the ghost of Bamiun, will not down. I- solely for the purpose of preventing Ol- from securing the contract with the government to build the canal. This suit was filed In Atlanta nn Muy 13, 1905. by Nannie Oliver, who alleged that -he wae Oliver’s wife, claiming ilr serilnn and asking for tllit.OOO. Il was first filed In Knox county, Tenne—re. hut was thrown out of court there for the reason that the plaintiff was said lo Is' a resident of Georgia. Wee Not Wife. Il dragged along In the Fulton county engrt and finally Ollvfr won. It was decided tha woman eestut htegsrtfe and had no claim upon him. In her petition the woman alleged aha was married to Oliver on March >6 1991, and said that before that time her name waa Nonnle Cross. Her case waa handled by Westmoreland Broil, and the defeadaat's Interests wefe looked after by Jack J. Hpaldtng. It Is known that the orialnul suit and the answer therein have been secured from tha office of the Fulton county clerk and that copies of these two pa pers were made. II Is know n, loo. that particular Interval was attached by the obtaining these coplVe to those ns 0? Oliver's answer.In which he admissions concerning hla rela tions with the plaintiff from 1196. before the death of hie flrat wife, until 110!, before he married the second time. Whe Wants Information? , Just who the lawyers In Washln. ration, tha are who desire thla Informs 1 Atlanta lawyers engaged In securing It declined lo stele. But It was hinted that these lawyers were acting for In- tere:ta which desired to prevent Oliver from boasing the digging of the ditch. Thera was nn Intimation, loo, that possibly the government wanted to turn dnwn the contract with Oliver In order lo do Its cwn bossing and canal dig ging. The plalnllft In the suit Is told to ba her mother. now living In Allanla-wlth hi and lo have been employed same time ago In an Atlanta restaurant ae a wait ress. Bo far as being the husband of the plaintiff was mhrarned. Oliver was ful ly vindicated by the termination of tha litigate ' ion In hie favor. But It la said that the admissions be made In his answer are what the Washington at torneys are seeking. SUBPENAS ISSUED BY FEDERAL COURT IN TURPENTINE CASE i Broad stroet, 3 W. W. UcNInch * Co- 1» Street, allowed lo transfer license to W. U BrldwalL Borne Past History. To give an Idea of how council looks upon tha work of *1906 tn reetrictlna aad resulatlng saloons, the following facts about one of these licensee may be of Interest: In the city directory of 1941, opposite formation that he operates a saloon at II North Broad streeL Mr. Brown’s application for the renewal of hhrlt- cehse, just after the weeding out fol lowing the riot, was turned down br the special police committee and br coun cil. In the.same directory, opposite the name of W. H. Mitchell, appeera thle Information: “Bar tender It North Broad street." Council has adopted an ordinance, saying that the person who obtains a license must own or have a lease on the property. The application of the owner or 1N6 was turned down, but tha bar tender to that oifner secured the license in his name tn IN? and at the oame place that the owner bad for- msrly applied for. I'a Hurried Aetlen. - I Ur uwtya the place, or la the medium through which 3rown gets a renewal of license. Ii Im. material, but the very fact that coun cil would not postpone action until thla could be Investigated, but granted the license on the spot. Is significant Alderman Key. who wna a member of the special police committee ot IHf. slated on the floor that he thought that Mitchell bod been a bar trader for Brown, whose application had bean re fused. He. therefore, wanted action postponed until after an Investigation could be made. Council granted the ■oi[3jo>!i .n|,|. ni n'i—!b Savannah, G4- Feb. 5. -In the I'nlted Slates court toilay eulipi'nas were Is- -ucd f.n many naval stores n|s>ralors and fneiorles In ennne. linn with the In vestlgalltm of the ullegeil turpentine trust Aiming those summoned nns Fresl deni Nash, of the Amerlean Naval Stores I'nmpuny. ' The grand Jury will he -summon'd tills week hv Judge Rniory Hpeer. Briggs to Get Dry dens Toga TrenWit, X. J-' Feb. 5.—Frank O. llrlggs has been nominated in succeed Senator Dry-ten as senator from New license without the Investigation. ■ J»r Tiio members of the police committee have go other courao open to ll\«m but to report favorably on all applications, against which no objections ran be rail - od. »a there la no law under which they can iptrate differently, and tha com mittee. os far as ran be learned, did nut know tl-t circumstances cbout this Council did have the atatemeat of a member that hla recollection was that Mitchell had been a bar tender for a saloon proprietor whose application bad been turned down, but took favorable ■ml Immediate aetlen without further Investigation. Incidentally. Mitchell after Brown had been turned down, applied for a ilceiute last year aad was granted one, which, upon reconsideration at the same meeting, was taken away. Japs Consider c - U. 5. Telegram Toklo, Fob 6.—Prince Ito. whe was summoned fnug Seoul, preaided today at the meeting ot the council consider ing a lengthy telegram from the United States gwiriainl • v ‘£2Sw c It Is reported the message concerns United States. . — y ASrifcltjlAw-'i : 1*