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Atlanta Georgian and News mmgmmfm VOL. v. NO. 191. ATLANTA, OA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12,1907 PRICE: OH Trtlm riTH riT» CMTJ TWO CBMTl. NEARLY 200 PERSONS ARE DROWNED OR FROZEN TO DEATH; CROWDED STEAMER IS SENT TO BOTTOM BY BIG SCHOONER OIJSUIO Vessel Is Run Down by a Large Schooner. PRESIDENT WALTER,Of S.A.L., DIES TUESDAY IN NEW YORK SUR VIVORS OF WRECK PERISH IN OPEN BOA TS FROM TERRIBLE COLD IS CUT-IN TWO BY SHARP PROW Siime of Survivors Freeze to Death in Boats Mak ing For Land. NEW YORK, FEB. 12.—NEWS HA8 BEEN RECEIVED HERE OF THE SINKING OF THE JOY LINER LARCHMONT IN COLLISION WITH THE THREE MASTED SCHOONER HARRY KNOWLETON, OFF BLOCK ISLAND NEAR THE RHODE ISLAND COAST. LATEST REPORT8 STATE THAT THE DEATH LIST WILL REACH FOLLY 28ft THERE WERE UP STATE ROOMS ON THE STEAMER, MOST OF WHICH HELD TWO PAS SENGERS. THE LARCHMONT WAS BOUND FROM PROVIDENCE, R. I., TO NEW YORK. ADVICES RECEIVED FROM PROV IDENCE 8AY THAT THE LARCH MONT CARRIED NOT LES8 THAN 200 PASSENGERS. THERE WERE FORTY MEN IN THE CREW. SO FAR ONLY EIGHT OF THE WHOLE NUMBER ARE KNOWN TO HAVE SURVIVED. CAPTAIN M’VEY.OF THE LARCH MONT. WHO CAME ASHORE ON BLOCK ISLAND IN ONE OF THE BOATS LAUNCHED FROM THE DECK OF THE LINER BEFORE IT SUNK. ESTIMATES THE DEAD AT 87. H" .ays th« Larchmont waa cut <1 •"n and sunk by the echooner which »«» running wild before the Rale luat main about midnight. The aeaa were "'■■uni: obtain high and the liner nuking little progresa agalnat Roaton, Feb. 12 — Captain J. McVey, of the Larchinont. waa In the flrat of the two boats that came aahore on Block laland. This la'hta own alory of the accident and the aufterlng of the aurvlvora: “We did what we could. Qod knowa It la no one's fault that so many died." Such were the first words of Captain McVey, whan hahad been carried Into I the life-saving atatlon on Bio, k Island. “The wreck occurred at 11 o'clock. There was a northwest gale at the time. The wind blew SO miles an hour. 1 waa on watch doing all I could. Every man of the crew waa at hla post Suddenly a three-masted schooner, coming like a race horee. bore down on us. She was driving helplessly before the wind. We could do nothing. Before we had a chance, she struck ue broadside. “Her sharp how- cut the Larchmont nlniost In half. T knew Hie vessel waa ■loomed, and ordered the boats lowered. The passengers were ruahlng on deck In their night clothes. It was bitterly cold. Before one-third had gotten on deck, the boat was settling. “We had the two boats In the water and they were full. There was nothing more that could Ih* done. 1 took com mand of the boats. We bore awny from the Larchmont as she sank. The schooner had gone down, too. The swirl of the sinking boats almost carried us down. Then our two little row boats were left to battle with the storm. “The wind, fifty miles an hour, swept us before It. I knew we were thirty ■d wave Uh- |.M, nly out of the darkness the "lu t loomed and struck the Larch- t broadside. ,!!>l>.itch from Block Island says fifteen nr twenty bodies have i "l shore. Several boats, with "••i- have reached shore, fi n- at obtaining a list of tho pns- <’ aboard tho Larchmont were it. •! today by the fact that the ' In existence was In posses- ilic pursers of the steamship. ■ tli- steamship and the schocn- w.'ts about ten miles off Quan- i«. which Is on the northwest ' onnectlcut. The KnAwIton Him: deep In the water with "f coal under her hatches. ■ b of the rnnvass on her three ■ *' drawing and forcing her ■ ' >■" water at a" lively rate. Schooner I* Rammed. lookout of the Larchmont v the Block Island light ahead siarbonrd how, the red light of ■ Hon began to twinkle awny ' in aril. Gradually the schoon- c-f changed until both • her ■'* irhoitrd lights were visible. ■' aicd that the schooner’s 'iich that If she carried It 'b would Intercept that of ""■•hip. As the Larchmont's ■ ■-I to the westward, the veered until ahe also was oil. west. The distance be- • mo craft waa reduced rap* '' t"re the man at the Lurch- 1 could maneuver the heavy " " 'i r the rchooner had tam- unship squarely umldsltlp ■ side. f °urteen frozen corpses , AR E BROUGHT IN BOAT. . ni l, K. l„ Keb 12.—News of ont s |,isn was brought by ... 11 "f survivor*. There were v men and fourteen frosen t boat. The dead perished ■■ , 1 “ ’lb" collision occurred at »• * h bight' off gunnoebontuug , ' Hairy and Ida crew of seven, b" . .. It,|, bp. t: . ' ’ 'css than ISO perished. , ''kiige sre being washed " ‘ Island. Rcsr'ue parties "it was a vessel of 1,600 chfcler. The wind n'u fi"'ii the northwest, and "bed Into the Uner. The miles from Block Island and'hoped to make that point. We could do nothing but drift and hope. The thermometer waa at aero and some of those In the boate had little clothes. I gave my Jack et to a man and one of the eeamen did the same. The fighting and baling con stantly was awfully tlreeome. "Before we had gone an hour, the first man had died. They died fatter and toward daylight ten had gone. Rome of them were frosen stiff, The rest of us could only wait and watch to see what the day would bring. At last daylight came. In my boat there were three beside me alive. “At the light began to come the etorm. Instead of abating, seemed to Increase. The wind blew harder, the cold seemed to get more bitter. I knew two hours more would flaieh the strongest of ue. It got lighter. At first the sea looked all the same. Wa had lived through the night only to face the hopelessness of the-day -and dir One man In the boat paased away just as the dawn came. And then just when hope was gone, I caught sight of land “The storm swept ue on. The wind and the waves drove ue straight to ward the ehore. Looking about I saw that the other boat had kept near us. The row boats were coming to land together. 1 wondered about the other boat. Then a boat put out from the shore, it was the life savers. The waves swept ue on. Our boat beach ed. We were saved. And 1 thought of the other poor men and woman who had gone down, and more of those whose bodies we had brought aahore.” SWETTENHAM CONDEMNED FROM THRQNE BY KING He Is To Be Buried in Baltimore, Md. POLITICAL FATE OF SEN. BAILEY IN THEIR HANDS THURSDAY IS DAT T SET FOR FUNERAL Mr. Walter Member of the Board of Directors of Several Big En- prises. London. Keb. 12.—Without referring directly lo the Sweltenham Incident, King Edward virtually condemned the Jamaica goveruut’s conduct by ex* pressing Ills gratitude In lit* speech to parliament Irotn the thror.e today for the sympathy shown by the United •tee In the Island's groat disaster “I recognise the since re gratitude and sympathy shown by the people of the Unit'd States." he concluded, “and the assistance promptly offered by their naval authorities." schooner’s crew knew nothing of the steamer's fate. The steamer sank within fifteen minutes after the col- Melon. No names or further details are known as yet. * _ The Knowlton was bound front South Amboy with coal for Boston. Captain McVey, of the Larchmont, was saved. The Larchmont passenger list was 150. with a crew of JO. SAY THAT LINER VEERED ACROSS SCHOONER'S BOW. Quonochontaug. H. I.. Feb. 12.—l’ap. tain F. T. Haley, of the three-masted schooner Harry Knowlton. of Eastport, Fort. Maine, which last' night rim down the steamer Larchmont, of the Joy line, and six of the crew are at the life saving station here. The schooner Is on the beach half a mile below the station and wreckers have been sent for front New London to get her off. If possible fuptaln Haley tells the following story: "We were bound east, sailing rrorn City Island yesterday for Boston, with a load of coal. The night was dark and the wind was blowing u gale from the northwest. We were sailing with a free wind, when I suddenly saw the lights of a steamer III shore. The steamer was on the port lack anil l sunposrtl she would keep on her way. Suddenly she steered directly across i ur hows. It w as too late for us to avoid u collision, and with a terrible crash she carried away our headgear ■Itid out u* il«»wn forward. •*I put all my men t«> the pump*. The u..iiiatits>r tmokrtl iiwiiV after the col- ,■,?? of 1 a' tnue'we MgM got Into Sinking distance of the bench, 5.1 .,, ,t, ,„ the boats and rams i»*hore. We could not tell whether the steamer was dant.iged nor could «" make out her Identity In the darkness Captain llalcy and his men reached shore uninjured. account of the continued Illness or Judge It K- w rainier and 'he alt- il'frT -he'll, of I. 7. Busier, the ad, .tinted meeting Of the Fulton enun- ,v .omml-lone.s «hlch was to take ... Wednesday afternoon, has been ismtiioned Until the regular meeting on K“irui;ss; vr'":" . eoa-ld.no. STATE FAIR TOR ATLANTA IS New York. Feb. 12.—Allred Walter, president of the Seaboard Air Line railroad, died here today. He will be burled In Baltimore or Thursday. Mr. Walter passed away at hla home In this city after an Illness of two weeks. Mr. Walter waa about *5 yearn of age. He was for a time general super- Inlpnrlehl of the Reading Railroad and practically re-bullt. re-habllltated and put on an earning basis the entire val ley system. He woe also at one time vice presi dent and general superintendent of the Queen and Crescent route, and came from that company to the Seaboard Air Line. He Is reported to have been a man of resourceful mind, with great business sacumen and especially ad apted for the ttomplexltlea of railway management. Besides being president of the Sea board Air. Line, Air. Walter was chair man of the board of directors or the South and Western railroad, being built from the Ohio river across throng the cbAl fields to the Carolina Seaboard, and chairman of the boon*, of directors of the Cllnchfield cor owiilng about li«0M eM» w> iron land* In Virginia. Waat and eaatem Kentucky. WAS ELECTED LAST MAY TO SUCCEED J. M BARR Washington. Feb. 1*.—Alfred Walter. S resident of tho Seaboard Air Line, led suddeuly this morning at 10:86. at hla home, 144 West 76th street. He had been III about two week*. 41a wag elected president last May to succeed J. M. Barr. COMMITTEE OF TEXAS HOUSE THAW’S BRAIN AFFECTED, Dr. Evans Spends Whole Day on the Witness Stand. Aa Atlanta will be the only flty to offer a bid to the executive committee of the Georgia Agricultural Society. It Is certain that the Georgia State Fair will be held In Atlanta next tall. The executive committee will hold a meeting at the Aragon hotel Wednes day morning at 10 o'clock, for the pur pose of receiving bids. After that the committee will go Into executive ses sion and an announcement of the suc cessful city will he formally made later. The executive committee of the At lanta Fair Association will hold a meeting Tuesday afternoon for the pur- >ae of formulating a proposition to __ mede to the Agricultural Society. Just what kind of an offer wilt be made Is yet unknown. It Is rumored that Macon will hold Its own fair next fall and will call It the "Georgia Slat? Fair," regardless of the supiKised rights of tha Agricultural Society. That city paid off 10 per ceht or the last fair's Indebtedness and pro poses to give a carnival this spring to Ihiv oft the remaining 00 per cent. The attitude of the Macon cltlaena —ward the Agricultural Baclety Is per. haps set forth In an editorial which apiieared In a Macon paper some time ego and which follows: “The people here have been and are stilt unwilling to pay a lot of salaries for the officials of tha Agricultural So. cltey and other fancy expenses not In cluded actually In presenting a splen did exhibit." The Agricultural Society will proba bly adopt resolutions Indorsing a stats appropriation of 110.000 to pay pre miums. us its members are awaks to the fart that many elites can not af ford to hold a large fair, which would creditably Illustrate the agricultural resources of the state without substan tial aid. The financial strain la said to he entirely too-real on Individual*. “The Atlanta association Is In fairly good shape for giving another fair this fall,* said Secretary Frank Weldon, "and we shall maka preparations tor a big one next fall. “We shall extend Invitations to Pres ident Roosevelt, Mr. end Mrs. Long- worth. Vice President Fairbanks. Seo- retarv Taft, William Jennings Bryan ami Emperor William, who will be at the Jamestown Exposition about that linn' I at at year wee an off year for fairs in the Mouth, but the coming, sea- n holds promises that look good." Ill WRECKAGE New York. Feb 12;—Dr. Evans re sumed the stand when the afternoon eoealon woe begun. He was questioned by Delmas. Q. As a result of your visits to Mr. Thnw and what you obaervad. did you form an opinion aa to hla mantat con' dltlon? A. Yea. Q. What was your opinions based upon, on the first three visits? A. 1 wgf then, and am now of the opion that,Harry K. Thaw wag of unsound t was that condition? A. Hla mtntaT-condltlons was still bad. Q. On the next five visits, was that condition Improved? A. Yea, In my mind It waa of gradual Improvement. Q. What were the condlllora on tho flrat third and the last Are visits ? A He was suffering from a purely emo tional delusion as a result of heredi tary insanity, end ha wa, suffering from n bruin storm, the effects of an expluslvc delusion, the exciting eondt tlons of which—. Objection made by Jerome. Jury Sent From Room. The question waa then re-framed. Q. Have you described the condition ns a sequel of an explosion which had preceded this condition? Am I cor rect? A, You are. Mr. Delmas substituted the original, of the letters for the photographs and Dr. Evans road them When he had been reading the letters for an hour Mr. Delmas suggested recess for ha.f nn hour. Tha court accordingly de clared a recess for that time. The Jury retired. At J p. m. court took a recess of half an hour on account of the bad air In the court room. Thew Confuses Expert. The witness then told of visits he mode to Thaw In the Tombs nn Sep tember 27 and September 29. On the fln.t visit he made a searching pity- steal examination of the young man. on September 29 he said Tha*' tried to explain certain positions he had lieon In with the aid of matches. "He ptacod tho matches In differ ent direction*.” said Dr. Evans. “They wet* very confusing to me. and In volved an analysis ard process of reas oning that ware not at all normal. He apiieared calmer. Ha was more confid ing and lass suspecting, but he show ed nervous agitation. H* showed no apprehension of any danger." He told of several other visits and then adjournment was taken till 2 p. m. Special to The Georgian. Augusta, Oa., Feb. 12.—In a rear-end collision between two extra freight trains at Johnston. S. C., this morning at 2 o'clock, two men were instantly killed and two seriously Injured. The engine. No. 144, was thrown across the railroad track opposite the depot In « pile of wreckage, all of which was burned by the lire, which caught up Immediately after the aceldent. The wreckage crew of the Southern rail road Is at work, but It will probably bo night before the track Is cleared. The accident occurred Immediately In front of the depot and both trains were hound for Augusta No. 2*2 had slopped to take the elding, but It seem ed that the flagman did not obey orders to flag No. 344. which crashed Inin ,t without warning. The'dead are: W. R. NORTON, engineer. VARY DEAN, negro fireman. Injured: m John Stewart, engineer, foot mashed. West Goodman. brakeman, lei: broken. Englnaer Norton was a new man on the road and had left the engine and gone back to the caboose to go to sleep when the crash eatne, and was terribly mangled and afterwards burned to a crisp. Flagman Arretted. News has Just been received stating that Magistrate Mobley has acted .!■> coroner and held an Inquest over Ill- dead bodies with the result that Flog-. man Moarnlng has been arrested charged with negligence. | Auoihcr accident occurred today also for his life or hla pretty young wifi connection with the wreck. F**vrwtvd certainly Thaw did hot Indjintl- man WInter. ''['** "™***'J** ^paper was drawn op hy hi* *kull fra* tuiwl \vhlle clearing nn .j j Hummel wa* a well-known fact before New York, Feb. 13.—'The famou* af fidavit In which Evelyn Neablt charged that *he had suffered the gro*aest cru- elttc* at the hand* of Harry K. Thnw, la In the hand* of the district attorney. Contrary to- the belief of the young wltnean that It had been deatroyed In her presence. It had been Jemloualv guarded by A. H. Hummel, who. aftef a secret conference with the prosecu tor. turned It over to him. Till* I* regarded aa the greatest pie e of evidence In the fxwsesslon of the •tato. Evelyn Nenbit Thaw tentltt‘>d that accusation* were conjured In Hummer* brain and that ahe wa* forced to sign the pa.|>era at the dicta tion of Ktunford White. Declares Har Story Falsa. The lawyer declare* her *wom *tute- tnent wa* false In every particular and volunteered to turn over to' Mr. Jerome wttneaae* who will swear that after Evelyn Neablt left Thaw In Pari* and returned to New York she volun tarily item to Mr. Hummel’* office and had him draw the damaging puper against the mun who later liecnme her husband. The paper also contain* name* und date* which Hummel told the dUtrlct attorney could be furnished by either one of two persons—the man on trial E VEL YN THA W’S COUSIN IS ATLANTA POLICEMAN r Believes Harry Thaw Should be Set Free. DIE LIKE II Washington, Feb. 12.—First Sergeant Mingo Sanders, of B Company, of tho Twenty-fifth regiment, which waa sta tioned at Brownsville, resumed hi* tea. tlmony before the senate military af- fair, committee today and was vigor ously cross-examined by Senator War. ner. Once more Sanders declared the bul lets that whlsxed over his head as he ran tuward B barrack* entm- from tlu> town. He said he distinguished revolv ers. 46-callbcr, and Winchester*. "Borne of the gun* sounded almnel . aa large aa cannon." declared the wit- I freedom Atlanta has devalopad a real live end to the celebrated murder trial of Har ry Kendall Thaw. located a second 4 rua girl and declare* she was . lad Into the pathway of evil through I he Influence of fcn older mind, assert ing that If her mother baa exercised the porper Influence there neve* would have been a "Thaw case." This Atlanta relative of young Thaw Is a member of the Atlanta an- J lice department. Officer John M. Nea blt. of 105 Glenn street, who became a member of the force ‘only a short 1 M lime ago. Policeman “Neablt. whu H a j| liandaomo voting fallow and a native 3 or North Carolina, ta a second con-—-4 sin of Thaw's wire. Mrs. Nesblt, tb*. mother. Is a first cousin of Mrs. Ncs- bit. mother of Evelyn. Policeman Neablt, by reason of thla lelatlonshlp. It. greatly Interested In the proceedings of the New.Xprk trial and closely watches every move made hy both the state and I the defense. While lig has van' little to say of Har ry Thaw, he expresses much sympathy for Mrs. 2 haw, believing that ahe ha* been imtosed on by .relatives who - should have Influenced her to lead a fl different life. "Thaw Should bo Free." Policeman Nesblt was seen Tuesday morning by a Georgian * reporter, to I whom he talked Interestingly of tho ^ Thaw case and of his feelings In regard to his cousin, one of the two principal* foremost In thV limelight. "1 have watched the progress of tha case closely." aa'ld the officer, “and from tvhst I know myself and from' .' what I have read, I believe Harry Thaw 1 ought to be acquitted. Some features of the cash have raised doubts In my 2 mind aa to whether bo should bo free4,—3J but taking all of the tacts Into could- 1 eration. I think Thaw should bo given ness. "Something sounded almost t*s Mg u a (0-callber. Home sounded Ilka a gun In (he Philippines they call the Remington. There might have been something os small aa a Mauser. 1 heard no ahntguna." The witness thought he heard 160 or 120 shots, but said this waa a rough guess. It waa brought out again to day In the cross-examination that when some of the ntrn of R Company kneeled down behind the wall. Instead of standing up, Sanders urged them to aland up and. If they had to die. "die like auldlera." Percy C. Dorsey. The funeral servlc*, of Percy C. Dorsey, who wa* shot and killed at Shady I>ale, On.. Saturday nit,hi were nductrd Monday night In tile chapel of llarry tl. Poole St Comtnny. at 8 ’clock. The body waa sent to Lovejoy, Cut., for Interment. ( ARK BREAK AWAY FROM PAST TRAIN Eaxton, Pa.. Feb. J2.—The Blurk Diamond Express, from New York to Buffalo, while running at high speed r the bridge across the Ilelaware river near Mere today, broke tin tear truck under one of Its conches, allow ing It to fall on the rails. The two rear ears brake away from the for, ard section nf the train and slid for loo fe«t along the bridge. The passengers received a sevre shaking up. hut beyond a few cuts and bruises no one was Injured. Ihe ilebtlx. A big chain on the derrick which was being used In clear tha wrrrkage broke and the laver an ung around and struck hint on Ihe aide •( the head an<| doctors declare he < an nul live. Mrx. Thnw testified In behalf of her lutaband. hut It was supposed the d'>c- univnl had been destroyed. When the young woman told on the stand nf Us Continued en Pane FIVF, MAN AND SISTER-IN-LAW DIE WITHIN SHORT WHILE Special to The Georgian Klbeiton. (la, Feb. 12.—D. 8. Kerlln and his sister-in-law. Mlsa Kenna- brew, were ubrlcd here this afternoon, both having died In the same house within a few hours of each other. Sirs. Kerlln. the wife of Ihe de. erased. Is critically III with pneu monia and not expected tu live. '.While I have no particular sympa thy for.Harry Thaw, of course I natu rally sympathise with Iff*. Thaw and went to see her come out of the ordeal all right. She has been a badly abused woman and I feel convinced' Is not di rectly responsible for her conduct. If her mother had exartad-ths proper in- IIuence over her during her girlhood and at the time when her Ufa should hava bepn properly shaped. I .believe there would have been a different story to, tell today. Stanford.White would never have been killed by Harry Thaw, Evelyn's name would -never have been besmirched, and there would, have been no Thew cose. An older .and more ex perienced mind directed'lhe Inexpe rienced Inotitepe of Evelyn Into the pathway of evil. She was always a good girl and It waa not her nature to voluntarily lead the life of which she Is now charged." Continuing, he said: "Evelyn Loved Harry," “1 ant satisfied Evelyn really loved Harry Thu.w and now love* him with a commendable love, and that ahe never married him almply for name and (or money. She was a beautiful girl and had won a name on the (tags and I don't believe ahe would have married Thaw If the had not loved him with all her heart.” Policeman Nesblt cam* „to Atlanta October 4. 1(02, from Aihevttl*. where he had enlisted In the Sixteenth Untied States Infantry. He nerved hla entire enlistment In Atlanta, being detailed ' sen months at b* department of the gulf headquarters. When the Sixteenth left Atlanta for the Philipp toes, young Neebtt waa ' transferred to the Seventeenth Infan try. which succeeded the former reeu- menl at Port McPherson. He married In Atlanta and hm "oa little to the jmllce force a few months *4n Neablt passed the civil set-rice Ohaiie nvllon and was given a Job.