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Georgian (and news) Mverpoul. steady: 6.MB ■Mliut*. km4>; 11e. Y 0 »k. •< <;; u.*a N. Orl n*. ttdy; take. huYnliUnb, qtllat; |»<£. VOL.V. NO, 216. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13,1907. PRICE: Nicaragua and Hon duras Plan Con test. TROOPS MASSING FOR THE FIGHT Upon Result May Depend Entire Issue of the Conflict. Warhlngtan, March 11.—An Impor tant battle la Impending between the Nicaraguan and Honduran forcea, ac cording to Information that haa reached the elate department. Upon the reault may depend the entire leaue of the conflict. Up to the preeent time It la learned that numeroua encounters of the forcea have been email affaire. A dlapatch «aa received today by the atate de partment beating yesterday's date, from Philip Brown, secretary of the United Btatee legation, who la now at Tegucigalpa, the capital city of Hon duraa. It says that there has been no aerinua military engagements yet, but predicts that “something decisive may be espected before long.” According to recent advices, the ob jective of the Nicaraguan army been the capture of the city of Tegu cigalpa. and several of the neighboring towns and villages have. It Is reported, been taken by Zelsyaa’ troops. It Is reasonable to suppose, therefore, that the coming battle will be fought In the neighborhood of the Honduran capital. Thll la situated In a moun< talnous country, making military op eration! very difficult. The financial strain Incident to the war. la being severely felt by the bel ligerent countries, and even those na tions of Central America which are not actively engaged In the hostilities have been affected by It. GOVERNOR SEEKS KIDNAPED CHILD <C Whole State of Dela ware on the Case. PINKERTON MEN SEARCH FOR CLEWS Machinery of the Common wealth at Disposal of Dr. Marvin. Dover, Del., March 11.—Governor Preston Lee, of the atate of Delaware, arrived here at noon, to take personal char*e of the Inveatltatlon Into th© mysterious disappearance of llttlefttor. ace Marvin. The governor was unat tended. He will have a conference with the Pinkerton detectives, who are in ELEVATORFELL Til Discredit Evelyn Thaw’s Story By Material Evidence, ”Says Jerome; Trial Is Adjourned Until Thursday H1UK TWO Gould Building Eleva tor Crashes to Basement. FISHTOFIGHT E. H. HARRIMAN Deposed Illinois Cen tral Head Elected Director. \, York, March II.—Btuyveaant Kl,l >- who waa depoaed by E H. Harrt- m “ n from the presidency of the 1111- »"li Central. waa choaen to be a dl- re "" r Of the Mliaourt Pacific railroad. ” n ‘' "I 'he keenaat competitors of the l ,,,n n Pacific and Southern Pacific. Ilia election Is to he followed by hie •t'lailntment to the executive commit* if' «m| it le the understanding between Mr Pish end George J. Gould, the Wratdent of the company, that Mr. f! " h I" lo take an active part In tha sfatr, of the road. Naturally the first Inference from the announcement waa that Mr. Fleh'a as- ••'latlon with Mr. Gould meant even U'.'IT hostility between the aould and "'nan systems In the rallrosd busl- °f »he Mississippi river. Mr Hsh would say nothing regard- the Import of his electldn. He. did to discuss hit new relation- any way, be said, but must /"l* In i,a i .1 ii, uul mu,. ‘I'f ">«< entirely to the Mlasourl Pa ll' i-ople. Mr. Oould. though talk- ,rr 'ly on other points. • gave a ,r non-committal answer to a i ">n.,n hearing on the effect of the i u i i.u tion on the competition with 51 Harrlmen. Wall Paper Plant Attached bij Fire Capuln W. W. Tracey, of Oakland City, and Mra. Moore, who I* stopping at 14 1-2 West Hunter afreet, were . . .. . rlouely Injured shortly after noon Wed- uZS: * •»• «*>• elevator In the Oould consult with Dr. Mervln. He would not dlacuea the case at length before doing title, but plainly In timated that even' facility of his ex ecutive office would he put at the com mand of the Marvin family, saying that the kidnaping of the child. It such It was, reflected upon the whole atate. Jersey City, N. J.. March 11.—Ed ward Duddy today notlfled the police that he saw Horace Marvin. Jr., the 4- year-old kidnaped Dover, Del., boy. with a woman at a trolley nation near the Pennsylvania railroad terminal. Duddy had a copy of a newspaper containing the boy's picture end de scription. He lays the little fallow wee crying. Before he could caltVn officer { he woman disappeared. The authon- lee are Investigating. PRAYER MEETING AT TABERNACLE There will be a mammoth prayer service Wednesday night, beginning at 7:10 o'clock, at Ibe Baptist Tabernacle, preparatory to the Mg building move ment to be launched next Sunday. Dr. Broughton statad that not only hla own members, but all Christian .people In Atlanta who are Interested !h seeing a reproduction of Spurgeon's Taberna cle In Atlanta are Inrtted to attend. cable building falling three etorl< parting at that floor. Captain Tracey waa taken to the Presbyterian Hospital in a serious con dition. No bones ere broken, but lb- temal Injuries are feared. He le very heavy man and the jar hurt him about the cheat and abdomen. Mrs. Mopre was severely shaken and her left ankle twisted. She was taken to her room at 141-3 West Hunter street and placed under Ibe care of the physician. She la said lo be rather a delicate woman, and her Injuries may be serious. Shortly after noon the elevator stop ped at the third floor: A negro boy named Henry, who la considered relia ble, was running IL Captain Tracy. Mrs. Moots and J. T. Kendrick, of Lakewood Heights, got on at thla floor and were the only occupants. Just as It started there waa a den rending noise and the elevator plunged downward to the basement with a terrific crash. J. & Garth was the. first person to reach the basement, in passing the first floor the elevator boy took a flying'leap through aa open door and.landed safely. He was not hurt Ona of the big cables parted. . The » Fidelity add elevator la Insured'by the Casualty Company, which makes the Inspections. This la said to b« the fast- eat elevator In Atlanta. If It had fallen from the seventh floor every occupant would probably bava been-killed. CABINET IN SESSION ON URGENTCALL IS ASTIR II CITY OF ROME Great Banquet Heralds a New Begin ning. Dist. Attorney Wants Time to Prepare Question. ABRAHAM HUMMEL LAST WITNESS UP Judge Hasn’t Ruled on Ad missibility of His Testimony. 00000000000000000004000000 O THAW'8 VERSION OF STORY SECURED BY DELMAS. SO O New York, March II.—By the O O time Harry Thaw had finished “ O dressing and breakfasting today O one of hla lawyers, A. Ruaaell O Peabody, was waiting lo aeo.hlm, . They conferred for more than an O hour. lawyer, Deltnaa had a long O O talk with Thaw aftgr court ad- O Washington, March 13.—What has every appearance of be ing a special meeting of the cabinet is being held at the White House this afternoon'. Six of the nine members arrived at 1 o’clock within a few minutes of each other. They were Secretaries Taft, Cortelyou, Metcalf, Straus, Garfield and Attorney General Bonaparte It is believed they responded to an urgent summons. Their presence during what is the customary luncheon hour created a atir at the executive office. No announcement is made of the purpose of the meeting. Owing to the recent visit of J. Pierpont Morgan relative to harmonizing the policies of the trunk lines with those of the ad ministration there is an impression that railroad matters are be ing considered. Clinch Bmtth. and Deltnaa ob- O i talned Thaw> version of what O took place. O0000000000000000000000000 New Tort, March II.—The Thaw trial haa been adjourned until Thurs day morning. CRUTCHFIELD SENTENCED TO WEEK IN STOCKADE; BOUND OVER TO COURTS f" - N < Brunswick, N. J:. Ju .rch II.— 1 • h "ike out at I o'clock thla morning r wall paper factory of Janeway * ' ‘ ir k*nter, a million dollar, flve-atory branches In Philadelphia, t' **" New York. ,iJj", "tartfd m the block culling 4' L" ln '. nl and la still burning. The l«n» for the eummer trade vallied ^ I ""0«o have hen d«.n>yad sad „ ' hands will bo thrown out of '*■ The company employe MO hinds, fc.vj* bad gained great headway In ih. "eelog It almost before ihoee bin id la*. The plant !• alone lm./ V railroad fracks and °L hoM have tied up all four ^ ef J H. Crutchfield was arraigned In the police court Wednesday aflernoop and waa lined 1100, sent to the stockade for seven days and bound over In 11,000 bond on a charge of assault and bat- terv, to answer to the Mate courts. He waa charged with assaulting John Templs Oraves Tuesday afternoon. Crutchfield admitted that he had as aaulted Mr. Oravea and said that hs knsw hs had been wrong. “It le lime you were taught a lesson, said Recorder Nesh Broyles, as hs an nounced hla decision. - On ths occasion of Crutchfield s Visl% in the offices of Ths Oeorgtsn two weeks or more ego. he claimed that he htd been misquoted while confined In the Tower. Hie complaint was con fined lo an objection lo the words AU- -V— — -i». •• which he claimed had appeared In a published Interview. The rrporlef who wrote the Interview statee that he quoted Crutchfield cor rectly. Crutchfield made no claim hs- fore the courts that he had not shot Mrs. Crutchfield, his defense b.lng based on an accident theory. lanta Georgian was the subject of much comment In this city last night, when ths facta were read In the afternoon papers. Colonel Oraves haa a hast of friends In this city,'and his character (or aim- pllclty and hoheaty of purpose haa ao endeared him In everyone that the In cident la one that causes Indignation. That Colonel Graves waa In no wise responsible for any local report of the case In question, every one fully rec ognises, and his chivalrous manhood Is too well known to admit of any doubt aa to hie feelings on tho Side of right ' justice. OE ENROLLMENT IN MACON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Tort division. •pedal to Tbs Oeorgtu. Macon, aa, March 11.—The regular monthly meeting of the hoard of edu cation waa held In tha office of tha su perintendent Monday evening. Buperv tmendeat Chapman submitted hla re port, which showed the enrollment of the schools to be AST I, an Increase of 111 since the last muling ofthe board ■vnnAed'and'cowardlj attack on Col- and aa Isrreiai otM ever Urn highest SEIT John ftrnpla Graves of The At- mart reached last year. C,TI2 fta.&A C N 0 T0vK # A.8AULT. gnerlal to The Georgian. Columbus. .Qa, Msrcb ‘A-Tbs «•* New York, March II.—James Clinch Smith, Stanford White's brother-ln taw, was recalled by Mr. Jerome at the resumption of the Thaw trial today. He failed to respond and Abraham Hum mel waa recalled. He waa questioned by the district at torney and stated thkt on October 17, 1101, Evelyn Neshlt came to hla office and he bad a talk with her. Q. Did you dictate something to stenographer after that conversation? Delmaa objected, but Jerome argued that the wltnese shnuld.be allowed to answer "yet" or “no." Smith Is Recalled. James Clinch Bmlth arrived before the argument was finished, and ao Hummel waa asked jn step aside until White's brother-in-law waa examined. Mr. Bmlth brought with him a copy of the cablegram which had been tent to him by the district attorney, while hs was in Paris, asking him to return to testify. He was questioned by Mr. Delmaa. He aatd he djAbot have the original of the telegram; he left that In Europe. He waa asked to state the contents of the original cablegram. "I object; I have a letter-press copy of the cablegram here and that In evi dence,” said Jerome. Jerome’s objection waa overruled. Al lowed to answer Mr. Bmlth said: "My recollection Is that It read 'Tour evidence most Important. Tour altandance requested.'" Bmlth said hs left on the next steam er and arrived In New Tort on the 17th. He Told Hie Lawyer, • • "With whom had you dlscnaaed your Important evidence?" asked Delmas. Jerome objected to the characterisa tion of ths svldence and Delmas re, framed hla question; Bmlth said that on ths day following The mention of Craig Wadsworth ' In connectIbn with the Thaw oass has pleated a genuine sensation. Mr. Wadsworth la second socretary of (he America*' embassy In Lon don. and la a man of very high ao rtal position. -The picture at the tight of Mr. Wadsworth Is that Of Mra. Charles J; Holman, mother ot Evelyn Thaw, who la said to hart made an appeal to the American embassy In London for funds while she was abroad. 'Below Is a hither- WIU CO OP Ice Dealers Fight Shy of Fixing the Prices. Anti-trust leglsletlon and ths activity of the muck-raker caused the delegates lo the convention of the Southern Ice Exchange on Wednesday to dedda against organisation for ths purpose of regulating prices. Aa haa been the case every year, the question of higher prices waa thor oughly discussed, but It was decided In an executive session, which lasted over two hours, that It would not be wise to take any steps along this line. "There le no reason In the world," said W. J. Rushton, of Birmingham, iy ths Ire men should not get more his product now that he has to pay lyn Thaw : rome's collection. ° “"i.™.E SPRINGTIME, O GENTLE ANNIE”—OH, HUSH. < O Spring dresses In ■ Atlanta. O O Bpring plowing In tho hills and O valleys of Georgia. Both Impor- O tant. Weather man grabbad an ti other day off April's allotment O O to help them along. Rain <fdm- a O In*, though, and lome froatlnaaa. o O For©cant; q O “Partly cloudy Wednesday O O night and Thursday, probably O O rain: colder Thursday." a O Wednesday's temperatures; 13 2 7 s. m lo degress. O 9 I a. m... 61 degress. O 2 • m 61 degrees. O O JO a. m <6 degrees. O 2 ** *• m II degrees o 2 11 noon 7! degrees. O 2 * P- m 7« degrert. O P S P- m 7S degrees 0 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 00 OQO00OO0O PROMINENT MEN MAKE ADDRESSES Rome Sets Stakes For 50,000 Population in 1915. By JOHN C. REESE. Staff Correspondence. Rome, Os. March 13.—Militant Rome! Rome baptised with the "At lanta 8plrit." Rome with her eyea and heart and mind fixed on 60,000 people In 1111. . That la some of Jhe reincarnate aplrlt of the beautiful city, not of eeven hills but many times seven hills. It waa regnant last night In the first an- . nual banquet of the Manufacturers and Merchants' Association In ths Cherokee Hotel, when two hundred splendid rep resentatives of her cltlseory, with dis tinguished guests from abroad, sat about the banquet board. Amid clinking glasses and wit and eloquence the death knell was chimed of taction, of petty Jealousy, of stag nation. Imperial Roma stood forth glowing with hope and courage and a reunited people. It ta not exaggeration lo aay that no more Inspiring banquet waa ever held In Osorgla. It waa nbt only ths uplift i ot s rejuvenated city, but from It came • the electric messages ot a great South. Any cltlaenry In America conld have proud of that meeting, proud ot the virile alert men who reprveewSad j the thought, the character aad -dkh 4 builders of the city. . ’. J Young Men at Helm. If one ever had doubt ot the un horsing ot factional differences and a people ahoulfler to shoulder in ons greet purpose, that banquet would have stilled the tongue of the wont croeker In the lend. One was shot through and through with the knowl edge that young men ere at the helm. . Such men as J. N. King, C. B. Goetchlus, H. E Kelly, W, J. West were' there, and others too numeroua to name. And these gtcat purposed yottng men are backed by the older cltlsens with, money. With encourage ment and with every aid. And Rome haa a mayor. "Not only the best mayor Rome ever had, but the best mayor any town In Georgia ever had.” was the toast drunk to him fast night with cheers that came straight from men’s hearts. John W. Maddox voluntarily laid down hie congressional honors, and came back to serve nls city. Ths peo ple made him mayor, aad Rome has experienced such m upheaval umta." his wise guidance and great common sense as to shake forever thu ranker of municipal (stagnation. Ons face waa missing from the ban quet board programmed for a talk— Rome’s splendid young Moste Wright. judge, Hon. Ill health kept him Continued on Page Nine. from to to 76 per rent more for my labor, fuel and other things now then price of my Ice. Yastly tn- whst I sell because of creased expenses? "But we decided that nothing along thla line could be dons In view of the activity of those seeking In enact ad verer legislation to corporations. Then. Ion, It Is a fact that different conditions exist In different places and the epet of iroductlon la consequently different, .‘or that reason the price mutt be de termlned by the locality.” , " While no organised action waa taken toward Increased prices. It Is probable that Individual members of the organ isation may raise the prices In their various localities of their own accord. But Is Is positively denied that any agreement in do this was reached. The whole mailer ended by all agree ing that nothing could be done because ■ ,rlty at the present time of antl-truat legislation. While the delegates were discussing business matters Wednesday morning the ladies wars taken for an automo bile ride over the city and at 1 o'clock the visitors were entertained at a bar becue and oyster roast at ths plant of nun,., nettle ana oyster roast at ins plant or hla arrival from Europe he went to hta the Atlanta Ice and Coal Company. On I Wednesday night ths visitors will be _ ” | entertained at a theater party at the Continued on Page Seven. Grand. Growth and Progress of the New South mmm wewiBiau laUVIUI Rdf RCB USJ lOMI The Oeotgla and Alabama Industrial Index will aay In Ita weekly leaue on Tuesday: ..."Included in the-repot ... — reports to The Index this week lx notable new* of additional development! In Georgia and Alabama of water power of more of the large and numeroux streams which. In these twq. statee, bf the begin lo descend through shoals and waterfalls to Announcement Is made that the General Electric C the level the power rights of Jackson Shoals on the Choccoloccd near Ala., and will davetop thla power extensively at a large cost. In addi tion to furnishing powar for manufacturing purposes, an Intsrurbsn electric railway between Talladega. Anniston and Gadsden, Ala, Is con templated. The Bibb Power Company. Macon, Oa., previously noted, haa effected organisation,' applied for authority to Increase IU capital stock from 1100,000 lo 16,000,000 and propones to develop 60,000 hone power at electric energy at plants on the Oconee, Ocmulgee and Flint rivers. “1 begin In ths early summer upon lie announced that construction work will hegln H a power plant on Little river that will represent, when completed. _ total Investment of It.000,000. With the enormous water power develop ments projected and In progress .In northeast Georgia, along the Mus cle Bhaals In north Alabama, at Columbus. Ga. Albany, Oa.. and other points In Georgia and Alabama, renders of The Index are familiar. These developments nol only represent vstt Investments, of themselvea, hot they are active and attractive promoters of manufacturing Industries of varied character, and Important and far-reaching factors In Indus trial growth. , Georgia and Alabama have unequalled climatic and labor conditions and ampta transportation facilities: with power furnished at small cost, they afford unrivalled opportunities for profitable manufac turing—with raw materials at the doors of tha factories. "Amnag t&tngx reported by The Index this week are; 1160,000 realty and trust company. Bridgeport, Ala; 1100,600 land company, Waycroqa, Ga; 1100,600 bank. Montgomery. Ala; 1400,000 enlargement and lai- provemom of fertiliser factory, Augusta Ga; 1100,000 foundry company, Gadsden, Ala; barrel factory. Pelham, Ga; concrete machinery plaaf' Atlanta Oa; IM.000 Woodman or tho World building. Mobile. Ala: three-story hotel. Valdosta Ga: 110,000 hotel near Mobile. Ala; knitting mill near Augusta Ga.: light plant and water works, Thomsaton. Ala; power plant, Mllledgevllle, Ga.; railroad extension from Brooklyn to Andalusia Ala; ginnery and excelsior plant, Gainesville, oa: IH.N4 school buildings, Decatur, Ala; theater, LaOrange. Ga; output of a com pany’s brown ore mines In Georgia lo be Increased from 600 to 3.000 toss dally; proposed municipal bond Issue* for public Improvements as fol lows; Columbus. Oa. 1100,000; Knaley. Ala, 1100,000; Klberton. Oa. 110,000; numerous business buildings, churches and residence*, and run- structlon contract* swarded, among the number being on* for a 1160,000 warthous* al Birmingham. Ala It Is reported that the erection ef a Mvsn-story office building Is projected for Montgomery. Ala., but aa yet, this haa not been confirmed." — — '■ - — — i