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and News VOL. v. NO. 186 ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6,1907. price: WITNESS SWEARS STANFORD WHITE THREATENED LIFE OF HARRY K. THAW Delmas Is in Charge of the De fense. LAWYER GLEASON TAKES BACK SEAT The Other Thaw Attorneys Threatened to Strike 9t Once. Ocoooooooooonoooooooooooog o WOMEN IN THAW CASE O OCCUPY PRIVATE ROOM. O New York. Feb. (.—Mr*. WII- O o <m, accompanied by the count*** O of Yarmouth and Mr* George L. O □ t arnegi* hta slaters. arrived at O o the criminal court building abort- t> O Iv before court opened - today. O o o*in* to the fact that they are o O m be called a* wltneaae*. they O o were not permitted to enter the O o court room, but were uahered Into O 0 an adjacent room, which ha* been O O turned over to them. All three O O women were heavily veiled. O aoOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO New York. Feb. (.—Attorney Delphln in abiolute charge of Harry K. Thaw** n*ht for life. He waa (elected after the big array of logal talent (truck again*' the continuation of John B. Gleason a* chief active counsel. At a stormy conference Deltna*, o’Rellly, Hart ridge, Penpody and Me- Pike threatened to. withdraw from the rase If Gleason was not relegated to a position of leas'Importance. In consequence, he will act In future tlmply In an advisory capacity. Gleason Is Critlolsed. Gleason waa acvsrsly criticised for the manner In which he ptoeented the irgument tor the defense to the Jury. Ills action in permitting Dr. Wiley to l* stje^foned, as an expert was aleo commented up upon. Instead of proving to be a gobd witness for the slayer of HtanTord White, the expert turned out to be less than a material witness The meaner,In which District Attor ney Jerome gritted him on ernes,exam. mutlon turned the part he played In the trial Into a fiasco. Hla testimony it Is believed. Injured Thaw severely In ~ he Jufor* »y*s qf the A second conference of tbe lawyers i- held at Mr. Hnrtrldge's office prior me opening of court today. Mi • ■i.on was the ft ret to arrive. None f those Interested would discuss the DISTRICT AT He has demonstrated that hs Is t 3RNEY JEROME. ’ bit a match for th* learned esunsel meeting, but It Is said It was for the burpore of outlining the future plan of action. Calibrated as Lawyer. • Lawyer Iselmaa la one of the nost celebrated attorney* of the West. Ho l* known as a great advocate of the "unwritten law” as a defense In cer tain Instances, and has been unsuully successful In defending some exceed ingly difficult criminal cases. He hits rarely met with failure, and In- resource* seem limitless. HI* very milliner Is Impressive, and he has the reputation of possessing one of tlt- keenest minds In the legal profession In tid» country. " lien It was announced that he hit I been employed In the Thaw case It wo* I'i'irteil he was to receive a fee of ll'io.ofio. He took up hi* residence In New York several months ago In order lout t,e might devote hi* entire lime to preparing himself for the Thaw trial. Harry Thaw Surrenders. Jim before the trial betfan today luiwcera. Hurt ridge and Peabody left tin curt room hurriedly and croaaed by a private untrance to the Tomb* to consult with Harry Thaw. It I- said that they carried Thaw an ultimatum from Mr. Delmaa to the ef fect tb*t he (Delmaa) would under no J irummtancee play second fiddle to lawyer Dleuaon or any other member or the naff of counsel, h appear* that Mr. Delmaa and his laic. Mr. McPtke, decided that 'icv would have to be th* dominant lot'I* of Thaw'B defense or els* they • II 1 retire from the case. Thl* was t ,1 to Thaw and the prisoner agreed Mr. Gieaaon as chief attorney. FOUR SHOT DOWN IN LINE AT PAY CAR?; TtNORY ITALIAN USES 8UN New York. Feb. 6.—Gabriel Ferrara, an Italian aged 37. today 3hot. four men who were standing In line outside the pity car of the New York Central road at Vanderbilt avenue and Forty- flfth street Just above the Grand Cen tral station. Ferrara was shovec. from Ihr line in jest lie went home, got a revolver and when shoved from the line again, turned hla gun loose on the line of men. He tired four shots and a man fell at each shot. A trainman named Jonea waa killed Insiaktly. Anthony Cenoty. aged :7, was shot In the left shoulder. Rufus Ayres was shot through the kidney and died on Ihe way to the hos pital. Edward Tompkins, shot not located; Is at Flower Hospital. AMERICAN AGENT LEAPS FROM CLIFF TO DEATH Union. however. Thaw said. HU be retained In an advisory Following tbe delivery of . - • UIO UXIIVSI J ,"Ultimatum" to Thaw, Daniel Kl ■»>' announced that th# Californian “'"‘i'. mivted Gleason today. Jsroms Citss a Cass. """'let Attorney Jerome started the >'"-"hug* by announcing the reault of •it- researches over night In regard to 't'o'stbm of adducing evidence to i 1 a- hereditary Insanity from the fact ' "uatn of the defendant's fath- ■ insane. He cited the case of the •i ra Wood In tills Instance the on- ,.f insanity was presented. '"' nmn was on trial charged with r 'he Aral degree. The de- showed the prisoner was suffer- a disordered mind because of or turd received oa the head .in in with which his father had n i hopping wood. ''suits were not responilve to the dletrict attorney, ra nt ui ? case. “Symptoms of In- , r " hu h had been claimed In olh- , r "If found. Now, If your hon- Ds | mss Offer* Interruption. ’ Url ’"“" l Jumpiftg to hie feet and t.-ad instead of Oteaaon. In- suggest that the • witness he he stand and tha question Continued on Pag* Four. London. Feb. S.-The Central New* correspondent at Vlennn any* 'hai a dispatch from Constantinople an nounces that a representative of Ihe American consulate there commlAfed suicide by leaping Into the sea from a cliff. 100 feet high. The body has been recovered, ; ! : The suicide la supposed to have been Felix Garbo, the consular agent of the United Stales at Rons. Hla death by a fall from a bridge was reported yes terday: JEROME BOMBARDS*EXPERT WITH TECHNICAL PHRASES New York. Feb. 6—Even the cloaeat friends of District Attorney Je rome were amazed yesterday at his remarkable technical knowledge gf medical matters, especially with respect to Ineanlty oases. While Dr. C c Wiley, of Pittsburg, an Insanity expert, wa* on the stand for th# lafnns,. Mr Jerome hurled volleys of technical questions at ths witness. „ times - It mute, and nt other limes declared he could not answer, nr gave evasive replies. The district attorney demonstrated the care with which nc mm |..v, Thaw's counsel have entered In his behalf. WILL SAY HE SAVED THAW FROM WHITE .Mas*.. Feb. (.-A friend of Walter Scott, better known «« "Hcot- ..... ,|„. Death Valley miner, has re- .I’lvril word that Scott Is now on 111* "... testify nt the Thaw trial. Scon. u . h 'o I- expected to arrive In New lork 'day Is said to have been present at Edison Square R.mf Garden Inst win- ter. and. according to Ms story, waa the means of preventing Btanfnrd While from killing Harry Thaw, and now has the revolver whlrh White In tended to use. He elalma that While appeared at the Ganlen one night, and. meeting Hcotty. said he waa going to kill Thaw. He claims he ha* two wit nesses In New York who were present at the time. IN MU IS Movement A g a i ,n s t Great White Plague Is Begun. The movement for a great tuberculo. •It sanitarium will be formally and forcefully launched Thursday afternoon at a masting of prominent Atlantans. Dr. George Brown, president of tha American Anti-Tuberculosls League, realising the great need of action In the cheeking of tha great plague, has Invited twenty-five well-known clll- sens of Atlanta to meet with him In th* office of Mayor Joyner at 1 o'clock Thursday sftsrnoon. The purposu of this preliminary masting la to start a movement tor of tuberculosis patient* The first step will probably be the calling of a msaa mealing to b* held as soon as practica ble. at which th* people, already aroused to the necessity of action, will decide on the methods of securing this itanltarlum. The alarming growth of tuberculosis and lbs dread results, as well as th* great and crying, need of definite Im mediate action, were depicted In the editorial columns of The Oeorgtan and News several days ago. Thl* followed by the call In The Georgian and News for a sanitarium, has fully awaksnsd ths people of this section to ths actual conditions which confront them. those who will attend ths Mayor Joy- ner ahd Dr. R. _ It Is Ihe belief of Dr Brown thot Atlanta, on account of her high altt- tude. la oa suitable a place for tha treatment of tutarcploals as AahevlUt, It Is belltved that the movement tot a tuberculosis sanitarium will meat with the Hearty accord and approval of the whole state, and a sum can be raised fit a few weeks by Intellla effort of capable and trustworthy man to build awl equip a sanitarium to accommodate hundreds of patient* The preliminary details will worked out at the meeting Thursday, and a call for a larger meet lag will be made. Girls Leaped From Flames Philadelphia, Pa., Fab. 6.—Twenty glrla, employed In Isadora Weinberg** ■hlrt waist factory nt 2147 North 8ev* •nth atreet. Jumped from the third atory window* to enenne death In n Are that wrecked the place today. AH ■uatalned alight guta and bruleea. He Still Loves Both Women Rlverhrad. L. I.. Feb. ( James W. Simpson, the dentist on trial charged with the murder of his falher-ln-law, Bartley T. Horner, denied on tbe stand that he Intentionally shot Horner. H-< waa rlranlng ths gun, he said, when It was accidentally exploded. Simpson said that In (pile of lilt that has happened, he still loves hla wife and his mother-in-law, both of whom appeared on Ihe stand against him as witnesses for the prosecution. Snow Delays Gotham Traffic WANT ST A TE PROHIBITION BUT ARE CONSER VA TIVE CLAUSE IN SALOON LICENSES • SHOWS FEAR OF PROHIBITION That aaloon keepers In Atlanta fear that a prohibition movement may close their places of business, end that they are guarding against financial loss In such a contingency, Is shown by ths form la whlrh lasses iif being drawn for itloorii. To tha ordinary printed blank Isasa used for business property In ths event that any prohibition law goes Into street in Atlanta the lessee has ths right to cancel this lease by giving ninety days' notice." SHERIFF HAS SKIPPED; SHORTAGE OF $25,000 EMBARRASSES COUNTY eperial IS tbs Oesrgtea 111.000. His whereabouts Is unknown. Wilmington. N. c„ Feb. ••—Further owing to Aman's alleged defalcation. Wilmington. N. c„ r#b. (.—Further Investigation Into the affairs of A. W. A man. tha alleged defaulting sheriff and treasurer of Sampson county. In dicates his shortage to bo In excess of ths county Is unable lo meet Its cur rent expanses end to pay the vouchers of ths public school teschars MOTHER KEEPS WATCH OVER BODY OF HER SON FOR A RETURN TO LIFE Special to Tha Georgian. Memphis, Tenia, Fsb. 1—With the mourners assembled, tbs priest waiting at tha church and ths undertakers Iji irf imp! ^ cloee IhfBBlh lid btt Mb Tg1^~ forever, the funeral of Walter last* who was found “dead" on Monday, was Interrupted at his parents' horns this morning. “Ths funeral must stop. I do not believe my boy Is dead,” cried ths weeping mother, Mrs. Albert lsele, and the burial was called off. Mrs. lsele waa almost hysterical. "I do not believe hs Is deed," she sobbed, “and I could never rest easy for the thought that hs might be buried alive." The undertaker persisted that the lad was dead, but a family council was held and supported the mother's de rision. Tha coffin remains la tha parlor the lsele home on Mississippi avenue, with ths mothsr sitting at Its elds, firm In ths ballet that bar boy will return to Ilfs Ths boy, who was II years old, was found Ufslsss ln a roomlnghouae on Kiln street Monday 'morning. Dr. D. 1' Hall pronounced him dead, as a re sult of asphyxiation, although a com panion had slept with the boy and da- dared this to b* Impossible. Young Issls's flesh remained pink and tbs hue of the face was that of a living par son. Dr. B. O. Henning, a prominent physician, conflrmad Dr. Hall's stats- msnt that ths lad waa dead of gas poisoning. Bines then no change has taken place In ths color of the boy's skin and there Is no sign of decomposition. The parents refuse to have an au- r performed and tha body will be until signs of death are observed. — ,b«l|sve the W ta lying In a SEABOARD’S MAN A GER TALKS ABOUT M. D. & S. Denies Knowlege That Big System Owns Little One. W. A. GARRETT. Vice president and (snsral manager of Seaboard and director of M„ D. A 8. New York. Feb. Cold feather still holds Ihe city In Its grip. Lost nlghl It turned colder, making the work of removing the snow practically Impos sible. Traffic I* yet delayed. All car llms blocked and trains are running behind time. WAITED FOR CHANGE AND COP GOT HI ,, u.<h1 of trying to pile" " „ n Dr. Will Carnes, of the *' h . nEIrv ilrtn of Carnes * Carnes, voterln.t > „„ ,,hue man. was W J , T'liv'rinV-d av inornlng by Pollr* •« «>• 1 * ''' ... Is'lun." v.iunx while man. wa* ;,|av morning by Police police s' The check wa* drawn on Ihe Neal Loan anil Bunking Company and hare the alleged signature of Elliott's fathc;. Elliott presented the check to Dr. Carnes to pay a debt of (MO. Dr Carnes suspected something wrong and told Elliott to wait In Ihe office ur.tll he could go tu the bank und get the check cashed, ptrjendlng he had no change at hand. Wnll* El liot waited, the bank officials pro nounced the signature a forgery, and officer Coker was summoned. Instead of getting bis change, Elliot, who had waited patiently, waa confronted by the uniter and taken lo the police station. WOODWARD TO REPLY TO JUDGE HILLYER Colonel Park Woodward, genet. >1 manager of the Atlanta waterworks, will reply lo the atalemenls by Judg- Oeorge Hlllyer relative lo the depart ment made In a speech to council Mun- day. at ihe meeting of the water boer I at 3 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. The board will go Into executive session when ths reply of ths grneral umnuzer Is made. Colonel Woodward "If the Seaboard railroad owns the Mnron. Dublin and ftavanndh road, I don't know anything about It," said W. Garrett, vice president and general manuger of ths Rsaboard. who arrived In Atlanta Tuesday morning from Ha- vannah. together with C. H. Illx. gen eral superintendent. “I am only a director of Ihe Macon, Dublin and Bavannah. Mr. Walter, president of the Seaboard, la also presi dent of the Macon. Dublin and Bavan nah. The management or that road is entirely separate and dletlnct. and so fsr as I know will remain that way. James T. Wright Is still vice president and general manager." Grneral Manager Garrett was aske.l about the reported Intention of con necting Macon and Atlanta and th- Macon. Dublin and Bavannah with the Meabonrd. but he denied knowing any thing of any such Intention. •if It la true," said Mr. Garrett, "the officials of Ihe Macon, Dublin anil Hn- vannah would be Ihe only ones to an swer your question." The effort lo fleer up possible con nection between the Heabourd and the Macon. Dublin and Bavannah ended here. Mr. Oarretl said thai hla visit Mouth had nothing to do with the meet ing of Ihe directors of the Mucon, Dub lin and Bavannah In Macon Monday afternoon; tbat he waa here merely on one of his visits ami for Ihe purpose of getting acquainted and looking Into the condition of Ihe system. Anti-Saloon League Holds State Con vention. CARRY NATION PAYS A VISIT Delegates Gather Prom All Over Georgia for Big Meeting. "Rabat, BtaUs, Anhsusar-Bu.ch, Budwslser. Roosevelt—they are th* great Immoral force* of th* age." So stated Mrs. Carry Nation Wed nesday morning at th* opening ot tha tint annual convention of the Georgia ■ Anti-Saloon League. With an attendance of something over a hundred enthusiastic members of th* league from all parts of the stats, i President W. R. Hammond called th* convention to order, In Wesley Memo- j rial church shortly after 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. A ton* of uncompromising antago nism to the liquor trafllo was praam- j lent, but mixed with It * solid con-! asrvatlam lo confer and (dries to- gather as to the best methods of fight- ' lag. From ths general tenor ef tbs j iUv ■ 011 VI Ml LYIHJ1 meeting, It la apparent that than la no targe sentiment favorable to briafitag 1 —savuiMig tw pnngini * on a general slat* B«sHs» - *--- Th* i rid reading by Rev. M. J. Cotar, '(el-, lowed with tha singing of th* grand I old hymn, "AU Hall th* Power of Jeans' Name." A tender prayer was offered by Dr. A. T. Spalding. President Hammond (peek* In bis remarks President Hammond -sill that the leo«uo should bend all Its 1 efforts to secure practical result* but' that wisdom and conservatism should be the guiding light* He said It waa not always wise to jump Into a general t prohibition election, nor beet to do only what some might advocate. He eeld that In hla JMsmeat ttas bast -Tarn i at this Ilia* i« . . Ua* hot sinara- i oa tha line laid down. the solution of the qusetlon. bat ir not. wo can go back to the battle with re- centrals Itself on the effort to get I next legislature to pass a bill to rill tha saloons. Mayer Pro Tam. Qullllan. On behalf of the city ] tlon In a short but rigorous address. Hs said that Atlanta controlled the liquor traffic better than any city la the country. "Wf are anxious lo retain tha saloon keeper as a ctttasn, but wa would be ' glad to loss the business be ta la. Everybody In Atlanta knows that If ' 1 could abolish saloons with a stroke of . my pen I would unhesitatingly write. ’ •Go.’" 1 Reports Not All In But Damage Not Feared. That ragged edge of the bllsaard that has the North frozen up I* still hang ing over Atlantu. but so far the Indi cations are that— The peach crop's safe. Weather Forecaster Msrbury doesn't think the fruit that wasn't turned into a lemon during the last frees* will b* hurt much by Ihe present cold snap. This Is because there hasn't been enough warm weather sine* that time lo help bring out the bud* Of course there will probably be some damage, but a wholesale slaugh ter of the crop Is not likely at pres ent. has understood certain statements of Judge Hlllyer to rrfiect on ihe com petency of the men tn charge of Die waterworks, end he will reply accord taxi.’. Buie Entomologist R. 1. Hmlth has not yet heard from all sections of lha state regnrdlng the present freeze, but reports he Has received do not Indicate that considerable damage has been done. It ulll probably not be warmer until Thursday, and even then II will be something like freealng, unless Ihe weather g<als have put up a Joke on Forecaster Marbury. In hie official forecast he says: "Partly cloudy Wednesday nlghl ant Thursday: warmer Thursday." At ( o'clock Wednesday morning the thermometer registered 21.7 degrees and It will he below freeilng Wednes day nlghl. From prtsenl indications It does not look as If (here will be tiny of those balmy day* of January com ing litis nay for awhile, anyway. The temperature* Wednesday were; ..23 degrees, degrees. lock a. m. s o'clock a. m.. # o'clock a. m. 0 o'clock * in.. 1 o'clock a. nt.. I o'clock noon.. 1 o'clock p. in.. 2 o'clock pm.. .. 25 degree*. . .21 degrees. ..32 degree* ..It degree* .. !• degree*. .. 39 degrees. Marquand’t Daughter Weds. London. Feb. (.—Alan, the son of Admiral Bir John Fullerton, was mar ried at 8t. Margarets church. West minster. this afternoon, to Alice, the daughter of the tale Frederick Ma"- qtmnd, of New York. For the churches of th* city Rev. C. t C. Jarrell dellvsred a moat eloquent *dtires* He qoutefi Henry Grady at , length. Mr. Jarrell arid that In a communication solicited by a local pa per on th* riot question th* blue pencil I we* used freely where he attacked the i whisky Interests. Georgian Standa fer Right Mr. F. U Seely, proprietor of The Georgian and Newt* waa unavoidably , detained by buslnes* but Colonel John ; Temple Graves spoke tor the Atlanta , business men. Colonel Graves ax- I pressed regret at tha clrcumstanoea I that prevented Mr. Beely from bring , present, bnt ha wished to extend to the league the assurance tbat Th# Oeorgtan and Newa stood for the htghsr. cleaner, purer thing* of life. That whlta the paper might disagree with them In eeme thlnge advocated, that lie columns were always opan lo any communica tions submitted. "And." turning toward Mr. Jarrell. “I assure you that tha blue pencil will never be used on any solicited com munication In any paper of which 1 am editor, because It advocates prohibi tion." This remark met with vigorous ap plause. Mr* Carry Nstisn Appsar* While Colonel Grave* was speaking, Mr* Carry Nation, under the eecott of a young man, walked Into the chapel and took a east well toward the front. The delegatee to tha convention eyed her askance at flraL but when on Invi tation she are** to make a few remarks ■he waa cheered. Mr* Nation drove straight to th* point. She doesn't waste any time In preliminaries or getting at the meat of things. Among other thing* aha arid: "God Almighty Is a politician. There nr* Juet two parties—God's and the devil's. Too are althar on one side or the other. I love tha word prohibition because the devil hates tt. "My business ta to be a terror to evil doers, and you will have to admit that I am tolerably active at It. "I am a prohibitionist. 1 am also an annlhllatlnnlat ' r — "There ta a work* man than the tar keeper. It ta th* man behind th* tar keeper. Wen Mush Applause. "Thu bitterest foe to th* country la the Republican party" here she squelch - ed an Inclptant bit of a pi pause by add ing. "but th* Democrats would be just as tad It they had the same opportu nity. jv &jA "The ballot box la a public telephone through which you tell the people of th* Continued eit Peg* Feu*