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ifinpinmnp Aiisata a*d VteUlty: fidr »nd roatluuod »I. rill tealgbt e*i| (lull day. • - Atlanta. steady; II iMfig‘1 rearer; MH Ij ff"W York. steady: Ur. j S. Orrua, quiet; H%f. [ AT^ANT^a GA., SATURDAY, MARCH 23,1907. PRICE: IS Km; cEx- THAW’S MOTHER TELLS IN AFFIDAVIT STORY THAT HER LAWYERS BALKED ' B»»v wwic icatuift th* capital. "No. I do not expect to am the preat- dattt. aald Mr. Ryan. -I am on my way to my place at Oak-Rldg*. Va., for teat. The. rallroaUa art really owned by the people and not by Wall atreet broken,. They ahoold be taken out of Wall atreet and the atock quotation tlckera ahould be Uken out of tho ntll- road office*. Tho railroad oIBcera and the practical railroad men who are charted with the responsibility of oper ating the rallroada ahoold be In abeo- lute control. They ahould welcome every efTort to confer with the presi dent. aiding him In hln effort* to reach a volution that will bo fair and just to the country and to the corporations and enaure atrict obedience to the law." I SKI dll MEN Employees Insist They Were Fired With out Cause. MR. ARKWRIGHT BLAMES J.L. KEY Discontent Among Men Dis charged and Friends Still at Work. The disclosure In The Georgian on Friday that the Georgia Railway and Electric Company waa discharging em ployees who signed bn agreement to enter tin uasoclatlon for mutual benefit, has < rented a great daal of general In- Irrest. Tile belief that some of the best of their number were Bred on this charge has C.iused some dissatisfaction and unrest among the motgrmen and con- duct el l. tin the atreet women In the business section Saturday morning npd late Fri day afternoon, the conductors and mo. tormen held whispered conferences, dla- i-usslna the revelations contained In the article in The Georgian. The fact that other bodies of In boring men had formed associations and unions for mutual protection and benem was used by the dissatisfied ones an an Indication of the Indus lire of the position of the oflldala of the Street car company In summari ly discharging men on the charge of joining an association, and on thta alone. Some of tho boat men In the service, and >nm< of the oldeat and moat de pendent, were among the number who . waffi turned adrift. It la claimed. V Conflicting Statements. Superintendent of Transportation ^Nytn Hurt TAKE THE RAILROADS OUT OF WALL STREET,” SAYS THOMAS F. RYAN He Thinks That the Stock Manipulators Are Responsible For Existing Conditions in - Realm of Railway Interests. Washington, March 22.—Thomas F. Ryan, the New York.flnuncler. a dic tator In the Insurance buslnrsa, em peror of Gotham's transportation sys tems and a central figure In the east ern business horizon, spent h few hours In Washington today and then hurried on to oak Ridge, Vn„ where he has a country home and where he ex pects to take a rest. He neither saw* the president nor tried to see hint and did not call upon any government of ficials. i "Take the railroads out of Wall atreet and take the tickets out of the railroad ofllces." , ! This In brief was the text of an In- IE SECRET? • Dead at Hospital Un known to Any Friend. a conspiracy against (ba company. Both said It waa not because they Joined an association. “Three hours aftar I agreed to sign the paper organising the association, I »»i called before Mr. Hurt and dis charged." said J. C. Swlnney, Friday afternoon. “1 agreed to join the association at noon Wednesday and about 2 o'clock 1 was called before Mr. Hurt to be die- charged, without any cause even being •tated. "1 signed about 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon,” said H. J. Wallace, "and be. tween d and 7 o'clock that night I waa discharged, no reason being given," These men state positively there *a» no conspiracy, but that the mere fact that they took he liberty accorded to every other body of laboring men to fenn an association lost them their po- •Ulons. Company's Overture*. It It stated on good .authority that 'he la now trying to get the men to take their names off the paper, promising them their positions bock. “Tills goes to ahow," atated one, "that th, olhclats are willing to take thoac tn-:, call conspirators back, but they Just don't want any association. If. In then power, they would not permit ue to sleep together., I want to aay right here, as did Mr. *« limey, that It wasn't Mr. Hurt's He waa acting on orders from h'shu parties." " •' Wallace, of 21 Eatorla atreet. me of me m ei, discharged, made 'he following statement to a represen- tainc of The Oosrgten: “l ought, aa a free man. that 1 hail * tight to join an association for the lament of the motormen and '•eductor*, and I signed Wednesday . 111 noon. About 2 o'clock I got a I" see Mr. Hurl anil he die • ,„e without saying why. Inspector Watched Him. '"to ,,f their Inapectore had seen mu mi" the building. In which I* Mr. ( • * "Hce anil he reported It, of 1 lui, been working for the cotn- i no ton, years and I have a wife and 1 ' i .lieu , After four years' expe- r'h ' l had managed, by working II 1 «nd 45 minutes each day, to climb 1 • -dory of 270. ■ hard to throw a man out of a j ithout any hitting. Juet simply " ' he waa willing to Join with " f ' «-workingman In an dsaocla- "" ! ' mutual bentfit and advance. -I; 'nil 1 have a wife and »lx chll- Deep mystery veils the death of a woman In black, who waa found Fri day al noon unconscious In a room In the Childs Hotel In Mitchell street, and who died Saturday morning at the Grady hospital. The woman went to the hotel Wed nesday afternoon alone and registered *a "Mrs m. Kills. Philadelphia. Pa." When her room was entered Friday at noon, however, and her unconscious form discovered, an empty morphine box. lying beside her, Indicated that she might be ffrom Macon. Roosevelt Shows His| Dissatisfac tion. essjg&me&m mmt&nsmsss » dent Arkwright said they had formed In Cherry street, Macon. The i No note was left by the strange woman and no papers wars found In hsr effects -contained In a suit case to reveal her true Identity. The author!- ties express doubt as to whether "Mrs. M. Kilts" Is her real name, end its to whether her home is In Philadelphia. Kept Hsr Secret. At the hospital efTorta were made by the physicians to obtain definite In formation from the woman aa to her Identity, but all to no avail. Her Up* remained sealed, either from some mysterious purpose or becaueo her be numbed brain did not catch the mean- if the questions. answer to one question she stated that her home was In Macon, and then quickly followed this with the declara tion that the didn't know where ahe lived. When asked her name, ahe waa mule. While being given temporary atten tion at the hotel, the woman wka par tially revived, and. looking Into the faces of those about her. pleaded: "Please don't eend me to a hospital. Just let me die In peace." 8he was taken to the hospital In a cab. The dead woman l« described as be ing apparently middle aged and a per son of refinement and education. She waa attired In black and wore a black spring hat and mourning veil. The body Is still held at the hoepltal. Washington, March It.—Announce ment was made at HcsVar department last night that tha courtmartlal which tried Captain Lewis M. Koehlsr. Fourth cavalry, for conduct prejudicial to good [ order and dlsclplina In maJting state ments derogatory to Oenenal Leonard I Wood, his superior officer, had rendered ] a verdict of aequltjal. At the same time a statement was I made public at the White House (o the I MAYOR TOM'S DAUGHTER IS BRIDE OF AN ITALIAN! Den't Like Key. I know I am rlg^t In this mat- •' ll Key has been a friend to us. "luck to ua and he will be with "" md. I am told that the com- ■ willing for us to form an asso- "■ '>ut they won't stand for Mr. They just want us to come back ugh to get men to take our Kennerly. of 244 West North tement. company been doing | glad of the chance of Joining | 'si Ion. which was not anything i “‘"'criy, at see mi l ? , 'fade a similar state 1 ii.i I I, een wnrk(B . for 1 the •ly iJH, rrv yran - h * d b< th»'. ” •*'. k'«<2 of the chance < in. "'“"un. which was not a. "'""Piracy against the company. ,, '' 'hem know. Their Inspectors •it- . f" '•>. and they reported me. 1 t : 1 /'bout 2 o’clock Tuesday after- that night Mr. Hurt told m* The csss has been one of UnUstlal In teract, and boa been pending In the I army for hearty n year. While the! court exoneratee Captain Koehler and he Is accordingly restored to duty. Sec retary Taft, In his letter, to tha presi dent reviewing tbe caee, points out Utet the president.ran not approve th■ finding without necessarily affirming Captain Koehler's statement* concern - Wood. Furthermore, Ueo- j showe that to approve findings. It would be Incumbent upon I th* president to order a courtmartlal of his warm persons! Mend, chum and former .superior In command of the| Rough Riders. Therefore. Inasmuch as the presi dent. as the reviewing authority, can OOOOOOOaooOOtKKXIOOOOOOeOC-: not change a verdict of acquittal Into O o, one of conviction, all that he can do to O DELMA8 8AY8 THAW O show hla dissatisfaction with tha ver- o CONDUCTED DEFEN8E. D diet and to save General Wood from a o q courtmartlal to to disapprove the find- o New Tork. March 22.—In his af- 0 Ing, which b* does. | o fidavlt, Attorney Delmas, chief O O counsel for Thaw, says: O T/-VV-, nr 1 mrmmvr 1° “Upon my oath, I solemnly state.,O JOE BLACKBURN 0 that, during all the time of his O ON COMMISSION % £ understanding ft % — O nature and object of the proceed- 0 Washington. March 22.—The preal- O Inga going on against Mm: of O > dent today signed the commission of O comprehending hla own condition 01 Senator Joseph O. 8. Blackburn, of 2 In reference to auch proceeding* O Kentucky, a. member of th* Isthmian ® d ' ,en " ln 2 canal commission. I ® • manner. O j000000000000000000^0000000 ANOTHER RAILROAD IN SOUTH ALABAMA BEING PROTECTED Special to Tbe Georgian. Opelika, Ala., March 22.—In response to a request circulated by one of th* progressive business men of Opelika a large number of cltlaens met at the Klks home to record their approval of the work of th* parties who are work ing to secure another railway for this section. J. B. Greene, vice president of the Bank of Opelika, waa ejected chairman of the meeting, and Hon. J. B. Lyons, Judge of probate, secretary. Judsnn C. chapmen, of Atlanta, who la endeavoring to secure right-of-way for a prospective new road, stated that he had met with much encouragement. Th* company he represents wanted to secure the old Lafayette railway com pany’s right-of-way and roadbed and many along that line had donated It cheerfully. MRS. WILL AM THAW «PI CHMP '.‘/a Makes Sworn Statement Regarding the Early Life and Antecedents of White’s CATCH COUPLE IN ^CHARLESTON J. O. Brown end IWallne Hsjrnps. of At- lasts, are under arrest In I’harlMtnn. H on charge* of eheatlnf ami ssrlndlli New Tork, March 22.—Th* affidavit of Mr*. William ThatV,.filed with (•there, to ahow that her eon le sane, follows: “The move by the proeecutlon for an Inquiry Into the advisability of a lunacy commission for my son, Harry K. Thaw, affords me the long- , desired opportunity of giving all the facte In relation to tbe alleged hered itary epilepsy and Insanity, strippad of verbiage, which' malicious misrep resentation and gross exaggeration hava thrown around them. "First, I wish; emphatically to state that In the direct line of descent for four generations,. If we Include tliat of the defendant himself, there Is no trace of either epilepsy or insanity. 'I shall speak of the collateral cases later. ( "John Thaw. She paternal grandfather of Harry K. Thaw, Who, In 1*03, established the first regularly organised banking house In tba city of Pittsburg, with which bank be wa a actively connected until hla retire ment from business, lived to be IS years of age. He was a man of such ueierntined will and force of character that up to a week before hi* death, be would hat* been equal to have conducted a meeting of bank directors, save for bodily' Infirmities. "William Thaw, father of the defendant, waa one of eleven children. Two sons and five daughters of this large family grew to manhood and womanhood; soma living to an advanced age. all Inheriting a measure of the Indomitable strength of chsrecter of thetr father. The youngest pf-- this large family of children. at the age of 7 years, sfttr a severe attack of scarlet fever, developed a tendency to epilepsy attacks and these at tacks continued at Intervkls until het death at tha-ags of. so. "The children and grandchildren of Mrs llersh are absoltfiely free from any suggestion of epilepsy, thus proving her condition to have been the result ot.scarlet fever acting on the susceptible brain of a young child. This IS the only case of known epilepsy or Insanity In this line of the prisoner'* family. "Joslah Copley, grandfather of the defendant, became part owner and editor af The Klttannlng Uasette. In th* early part of the last century, when hut 25 years of age. From that time until th* end of a life of over four score, he was an sdltor and writer. H'» editorial work was In connection with Th* Pttteburg Queue during many winters, and othre Uterary work he carried on In tha country In the summer, hla frail health, making the change Imperative. He continued writing for The Pittsburg Oatett* sud other periodicals until within three month* of his death at * hf -Vhe grandmother of the defendant, on lift- side, and the grandmother on the paternal side were beloved and revered for their excellent, well- balanced <iuiilltlr« of head and heart. Each lived to four ecore, and were In full possession of their faculties to the end. The family records on both sides tor two more generations back Indicate nothing different from those I describe. "I wish now 11 speak of the collateral caeca of Insanity In my own family. There were six brother* snd three sisters In my father's family. The fifth son. JosUh. Jr., possessed u most brilliant mind, and wu. an assiduous student. War Secretary Expects To Be Gone One » Month. — ■ » HOPES TO TRAVEL { 5,000 long miles: Roosevelt May Take Notit u to Go to the Philip* * pines. \ Washington, March 22 —Secretary of War Taft will leave Washington tofinfi on tha longest Mr ha baa mafal hi* memorable romantic Junket ta tha' Philippines, noarly two years ago. la! company with a party ot engtnsara aid members of congress, the secretary will leave at !:4S p. m. In a private car aa the Atlantic Coast Line for Charleston,.' 8. C, at which point ha begins bia long aw Journey to Panama, Cuba add Porto Rloo. Tha war secretory purposes to ba gone from Washington exactly a month to the day. during which time he hopes to make a careful Inspection of condi tions on th* canal ton* and is* tp tha ' reorganization of the new canal 'dogs* mission, and ace that It gets atartad oa Its duties properly. . I To Cover 5,000 Miles. In Cuba be will Investigate present conditions In that Island, noting ths progress of pacification that baa made by the Americans, with n view to determining when tha ttm* ripen for holding the general tn Porto Rloo ba will teak needs af the cttlaeas af dsso p*.iwmHi mm mm: mil** aifr“aM«Mtag g tooutti'*' daring wblth ths secretary wUl olgtt three (rifftreat roanttlea. w|H be ogfp the Bret of a series of long sad lag# lent trips to be made by the ilrrtte(j. as mapped out by him and.th* presi dent These Include a trip to th* Phil ippines, Hawaii. Samoa, Alaska, Cana da, Ohio and possibly again to Panama next fall. President May Oa. These trip* may also bo preliminary to two Important trips in b* made by the president, namely, to tba Philip. I pines In midsummer and to again nut falL John Freeman, of Provldanoa; ntor Klttrldge, of Sioux Falls, 8.1 Representative Burton, of Cleveland Ohio; Representative David DeArznoad. of Missouri; Richard Reid Rodfor, asw- ersl counsel ot the Panama commis sion ; Wendell Wlschlalr, confidential clerk to th* secretary ot war, and oth er* will accompany th* secretary hla present trip. OOODOOOODOOOOOOODOOOOOOOBJ o TIME 18 AUSPICIOUS . FOR STRAW HAT TO^ELOOM. Real summer will remain 1 _ O Sunday, Pesk-S-boo waists low- I o necked shoes and gaudy hoe* arm 0 bloom In parks and on thorough fare*. Maybe somebody will gat real heroic and com* out In A I O straw bonnet! Forecast: I o "Fair and continued warm Bat- I 0 unlay night and Sunday." Saturday temperature*: 1 7 a. d* degress O I a. .«« degress » a. m. 74 degress O 1# a. 72 degress I o 11 a. m. 10 degraaa I O II noon IS degress * O 1 p. Id degraaa Q O 1p.m. It degraaa O O0O000OOOOO0O0OOOOOOOOOObo etegtlagai. INTERURBAN LINE IS DISCUSSED IN CITIZENS’ MEETING Special to Th* Georgian. Cedartown. Go.. March -V—A meet. Ing of a number of t’edartawn’e rep reeentatlve cltlaens was help yesterday for the purpose of discussing ths proj ret of an Intcrurban line connecting Cedartown with Cave Spring. Rome, Llndale. Aragon and Rockmart. Dr William Bradford presided as chair, man and E. B. Russell served aa secre- _ . , _ lary, Messrs. J. A. Rounsavllle and C. Ifemtur Etrts-t. Merchants and Manufacturer*’ A**oo| i #birr . , , * 910* diimnniMt n*«t * Da* ptttol cron atm. which ahe never paid for. Itruwn and the llnyur* woman ‘ MI89 BESSIE JOHNSON. She becomes bride of Saner Frederick 0. Mariana, af Milan, Italy, at Clevalsnd Saturday. (Continued on paoe j-i Cleveland. Ohio. March 22.—Miss llrsalr Johnson, daughter of Mayor and Mr*. Tom L Johnson, today becomes the bride of Hlgnor Frederick O. Marl- snl. of Milan. Italy. In th* l)om# of her aareaia, In Euclid a.enua. Only Iht Johnaan family hav* been Invited to th* ceremony. After a few weeks' honeymoon they, will taka up ihtlr reside oca In New York city. Miss Johneog appeared several year* ago on tbs steps as a member of Ami* atteriumn to brtus the couple lack „ Isnta far trial no tbe rbarge. Urowo Is a street photographer. Mrs. Martha Wall." Mr*. Martha Wall, aged to years, died at a private sanitarium after a long Illness. The body was removed to the undertaking establishment of Harry Poole. Th* funeral arrangements will be announced later. Rugeell'a company. She adopted th* nans* of Kfigabath Flournoy, kthe met Signor Marian! seven yean ago tn Moat* carte. They have bean af work * Play. atlon of Rome, were present. The project was quite thoroughly discussed, and it Is probable that If the people along the proposed line show a dis position to co-operate, th* road will be built In th* near future. Jz.lohild traverse h populous and prosiierous section, and would be of untold benefit to this section. MAYFLOWER IN CHARLESTON TO RECEIVE TAFT PARTY. Klirrial to Tbe Georgia*. Charleston, 8. CL, March 31.—The Mayfiower arrived here this afternoon. 8he was delayed by tbe fog. The veasel trill meet Secretory Taft end party, who WUl come to t-harise- ton tomorrow on their way to Panama. Tbe visitors will be entertained here tomorrow. Growth and Progress of the New Sooth Tbe Georgian records bar* sack day sow* •eoaonlc fari la reference ta tbe award aarcb of tbs Soetb. 1 ■Y JOSEPH 8. LIVELY. The Little Rock. : Ark., board of trade, tn Ita annual \mll*tln, shows that during the (mat year the bank* of th* city had made a very re- markable growth. There are sixteen of the Institutions Including the trust companies and also one bank owned and operated by colored people and the depositors of which are almost tsclualvely. confined to colored peo ple. The agsregate capital has increased from U.Ml.WO to 11,250.704. being nearly half a million. The deposits Increased a million snd s half and are now St.72l.34S. against I3.I1J.S12 one year ago. The surplus has nearly doubled, and actual figures tnday are ll.ltl.Wt. against tdlO,IS4 one year ago. The clearings show a million per month more than last year. The new cotton mill company, which has token over tha Crow Hos iery Mill property at Monroe. N. C.. has been organised and expect* to hav* the new cotton mill ttaried within two months. The plant will be known aa the Everett Mills, and th* company has an authorized capital of SlOS.OOi). The Dresden Cotton Mill Ht Lumberton. N. C- 1* rapidly nearing com pletion The machinery Is being put In place and th* company will be gin the manufacture of yarns early In March. This concern, organ ised last summer, has n capital atock of 1200,MO. Its now building la 77 by 400 fee|. with a holler and engine room addition. The eqatpmeat Includes to non ring aplndlos and accompanying card* and other appara tus. The machineryl will be driven by electricity. ■ Tbe Apache Cotton Oil Company has purchased from local parila* at Chick**ha, ten acres of land adjoining thg. city and will erect at once an eight-press 140-ton mill. The building and equipment a 1100.000. Tbe company will also erect a ItS.OOO refinery, the first in tha new state, with a rapacity of ISO barrels a day. This company now operates nine mills la Texas, three la Indian Territory and several In other slates.