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u Mr. Atlanta Georgian (and news) « ^
VOL. V. NO. 242.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1907.
PRICE:
THAW JURORS DISMISSED
AT THEIR OWN REQUEST
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At 3 3:30 P. M. Jury
Has a Wordy War
in the Jury Room.
Demand for Mistrial
as a Result.
New York, April 12.—At 4:30 o’clock a mistrial
was declared and the jury was discharged.
At 4:30 o’clock thq jury was brought into the court
room and topk the box, and annouhced that they could
not reach an agreement.
Rumors became current about 4 o’clock fhat Judge
Fitzgerald and District Attorney Jerome had been sent
for, as the jury was ready to report that no agreement
could be reached.
Captain Lynch took a sealed letter from the jury
room to Judge Fitzgerald, which asked that they be
discharged* as it was impossible to reach an agreement.
As the announcement of disagreement was made
Thaw sank back into his chair and covered his face
with his hands.. Evelyn sank back into her seat and
tears began to flow. Thaw’s lawyers announced that
that would immediately go before the justice of the
supreme court and ask that he be admitted to bail.
WOULD FREE FROM CHAINS
AGED SURVIVOR OF WAR;
JUDGE PARKS’ APPEAL
Veteran of 70 Years
Working in Chain
Gang.
THE JURY 18 SAID TO HAVE
8TOOD SEVEN TO FIVE FOR MUR
DER IN THE FIRST DEGREE.
( THAW HAS BEEN REMANDED
BACK TO THE TOMBS.
O DELMAS WONT DISCUSS
VERDICT OF THE JURY. 0
New York, April 12.—When In- O
O formed of the verdict, Delphin O
0 M. Del man, Thaw's senior counsel. O
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0 "1 have absolutely nothing: to 0
O say: anything I would say might O
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New York, April 12.—After visiting
the jury room. Captain Lynch, of the
guard, returned at 3:20 p. m. and said
the jury was not ready to report.
New York, April 12.-Police beat bark
wtnnon, children and men In s tremendous
mob about the criminal courta building,
"hen the women of the Thaw party left
tho court house^today for luncheon, they
were forced to be escorted by a large aquad
°f Mice. A yelling crowd greeted Mrs.
"Illlnni Thaw, the countess of Yarmouth
•nd Mrs. Carnegie, who *were accompanied
h l-Mward Thaw.
Many men and women were knocked down
during the charge of the police to get »be
Thaw party to an automobile. The mob
cheered wildly at the sight of Evelyn
Thaw, walking between two attorneys.
1 *«• trnffie was blocked. Dozens of Camera
hciids attempted to snap the former chorus
girl.
Justice Fitzgerald was given a rousing
♦ cheer a« be’left the court bouse for lunch,
f Following the sternpt of the mob to sur-
,w,, u«l the Thaw women, a burry call was
* #Ml1 ,nt '» the downtown police stations, and
•oon thirty reservea were on hand. The
•freora were cleared and twenty men
Diced Inside the building and thirty on pa-
tro * duty outside. No one was allowed
’o stop in the streets.
Lunch was ordered served to the
^ ir v In the room occupied by them 1b
the criminal court building. Court
» tht<n l °ok a recess until 2 p. m.
The twelve jurors engaged in a most
e * c, tlng argument In the ante-room ot
their private dining room at the Broad-
hrea k *fi” lral Hot * 1 whI,e w * itin * for
P ro *ecutlon, it. was stated, to-
'•*>' had given up all hope of convicting
u*S w . ot m urder In the first degree,
It was thought the verdict
,'* n l{’ rom l»«d upon was manslaughter
. „ , * ec *>nd degree. The maximum
f nil? ly for thl * *■ fifteen years' Impris
onment.
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TOTHESTATE
Lithonia Mass Meeting
Wants Square Deal
From Road.
With hi, body weak and bent from
the weight of 70 years, his mind blur
red by suffering and hardships, J. J.
Ford, a veteran of the Civil war, who
fought under Stonewall Jackson, and
one of the six survivors of a company
of 78 men at Malvern Hill, is now serv
Ing a six months’ sentence In the
Worth county chalngang for Illegally
selling whisky.
Knowing all of the circumstances
and moved by profound pity for the
aged veteran. Judge Frank Park, of
the city court of Sylvester, appeared
before the prison board Friday to plead
for a pardon. The commission has the
case under advisement, and, it 1* be‘-
lleved, will grant the pardon.
Mr. Ford was-tried before Judge
Spence, In Worth superior court, on the
charge of selling whisky. He was con
victed and sent to the county chain-
gang for six months. \ Judge Park's
plea for mercy before the commission
was eloquent"and touching. Among
other things. Be said:
"If the object, of the law be punish
ment for clime In just measure and
proportion to the offense committed,
then I say to you, from that record,
this old man's cup of punishment Is full
to the brim and running over with the
bitterness of .-lame and degradation.
"The Incontrovertible testimony be
fore you Is that his mind Is not bal
anced and that h|s body is as unsound
as the shattered hulk that has been
beaten on the rocks by the storms of
seventy years. The petition of every
oUlcer of his county. Including the
names of the county commissioners,
requests Ills release. All .if the jar?
who have beep seen, a majority hf the
Jury who tried him,. pcUJicn for his
release. " TliV tearful and touching np
peal of the old man for clemency and
his solemn promise for reform, and the
clmnco to provo the proof of his prom
ise, Is a strong app.nl to tms humane
and just commission.
"Lastly, there thunders In my ears
his clear record as a brave Confederate
soldier, which must appeal to you. Not
a conscript soldier, but a Georgia vol
unteer. The fifth man to freely and
graciously offer his life to the severe
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INVESTIGATE HOSPITAL, ' <
SAYS CHAIRMAN HIRSCH;
PUTS IT UP TO COUNCIL
J. J. FORD.
Veteran for whose freedom
Judge Frank Parks Is pleading.
service of his country In those days of
fiery ordeal which tried the souls of the
brave and that touching Incident In his
life so simply told by his surviving
comrades In arms, that at Mechantcvillo
the company to which he belonged
numbered Weventy-elght fighting veter
ans; from there, through the seven
days' fight around Richmond to the end
of the hallowed and sacred Malvern
Jiill light, when It numbered but six
and one of tbe six who had ‘stood the
brunt' was the old and feebled-mlnded
man for whom I make to you this last
appeal for clemency. ,i
number of Captain Fulton's com
pany and of General lid Thomas' 1 bri
gade anil Of Stonewall Jackson’s corps.
v, h« js (.today dtuwjM»p pension op
■fWWKn.l of wemBii 1 and .pover
ty,* appeals m nls abject misery for
clemency to you, among whom si;
dnubtla-s one who forty years ago gavi
the command to charge to him, which
he obeyed with all the dash of a brave
and true Confederate soldier In his
prime. Gentlemen, will you refuse Ills
appeal, and will that quavering voice
find today an unresponsive chord In the
hearts of those of his fellow country
men who have the power, but are un
willing to succor him?’’
Frank Riley, aged 65 years, and for
merly a Methodist' minister, walked
Into his room at 690 South Pryor street
Friday at noon and turned on the gas.
When he was found an hour later he
was dying from asphyxiation. Before
a hospital ambulance could reach the
house Mr. Riley was dead.
It was stated that Mr. Riley went to
his home, dropped a quarter in the gas
meter and removed the burner from the
gas yet. to Insure a full supply of gas.
He then closed the room and waited for
the effects of the vapor.
Mrs. Riley, who Is matron at the
Terminal station under the auspices
of a charitable organization, was at
her duties and was notified at once.
Before she arrived her husband had
passed away.
For many years Mr. Riley was nn
active Methodist minister, but a few
years ago he retired, his health hav
ing failed. He had been In charge
of several prominent pastorates during
his period of service.
For several years Mr. Riley had been
a salesman for Saunders A Morris,
real estate dealers. He left thelr-em-
ptoy about three months ago, his health,
rendering his work too arduous, and
engaged In the life Insurance business,
with an office In the Austell building
He Is survived by his wife and seven
children. He has a brother in Macon,
who Is prominently connected.
• The body was taken In charge by
Hllburn & Holland and the funeral ar
rangements will be announced later.
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CHAIRMAN JOSEPH HIR8CH.
Alderman and head of Grady
hospital trustees, who asks an In
vestigation of the Institution.
Continued on Paso Seven.
"That congestion of US cars will be
moved out of the Lithonia sidings with
in ten days or I will know why.”
That was the emphatic statement
made by Commissioner O. 3. Stevens
Friday afternoon Just after he had re
turned from ai Inspection of conditions
at that point.
There were 115 loaded cars on the
sidings, the dates being from March 30
to April 13. Forty of the cars were
moved Thursday. The yardmaster there
told me that the trouble was all due to
the congestion of business In Atlanta.
I will see that the cars are all moved
within ten days."
Special to Tbp Georgian.
Lithonia, Go., April 13.—Citizens of
Lithonia, tired of oppression by the
Georgia railroad, held a mass meeting
last night and took steps to secure fair
treatment from that road, which holda
a monopoly In the shipping of granite
from this center of the Industry.
More than 150 men—merchants,
granite contractors, laborers—were
present. Many made talks showing
their treatment by the railroad and
urging some measures which might
bring relief.
Resolutions were adopted at the
meeting calling upon the Georgia rail
road to keep its Implied contract with
the people, made when the charter was
granted by the state, and give' Litho
nia relief. The quarries are being put
out of business by lack of freight fa
cilities, no shipments are being handled
by the road, and hundreds of employees
are being thrown out of work. The
financial lose Is terrible. Llthonla's
FIRE RAGES IN LOUISVILLE;
PROPERTY LOSS
Louisville, Ky., April 13.—A greAt fire In the heart of the retail district
has destroyed property to the amount of 31.00 and Is not yet under con
trol. The entire fire department has been called out and the llremen are
working hard.
business Is suffering under the present
conditions, and the people are tired of
besting the road as a favor for that
which they should demand as a right.
The shippers of Lithonia have tried
repeatedly to secure from the road
some satisfaction for the future. They
have received promises in plenty, but
nothing more. Trains of empty cars
from Augusta pass through every day,
light trains which might handle some
of the cars on the sidings, but they do
not stop. The Southern railway has
promised plenty of cars for granite
shipments, but the Georgia road has
refused to handle them, or at least has
not handled them.
Facts of the Case.
One of the leading granite men of
Lithonia gave out a statement Friday
morning which showed a remarkable
condition of affairs. He asked that his
name be withheld.
“If you publish my name the railroad
won't do a thing to me but ruin me,” he
said. "They can put me out of busi
ness In short order. But these are
facts:
“Twelve contractors In Lithonia have
been at a standstill for between six and
eight months. At least 150 stone cut
ters are out of work, and this means
700 mouths to feed. There Is a pathetic
side as well as a business side to this
matter, you see. And the Lithonia
merchants can do no business unless
tbe stone workers are drawing their
wages.
“My foreman told me this morning
that there were 200 cars granite load
ed and ready to ship. Some of them
have been there for nearly a year—
maybe more. The output at Lithonia
Is forty cars a day, working on full
time. The average dally shipment now
Is nothing. There's no use In qdarry-
Ing granite and letting It lie Idle. We
are refusing big contracts now because
we can't get the granite moved out of
Lithonia.
At Stone Mountain.
The Georgia railroad says that It
has not sufficient sidetrack facilities in
Atlanta, and thus can not handle these
cars. But here's another truth:
'The granite at Stone Mountain Is
being moved. It goes over the road
every day. The Georgia Granite Com
pany. of Lithonia, Is actually buying
granite from Stone Mountain, because
It Is known that the Stone Mountain
granite Is being moved, while Lithonia
miles apart. What makes the differ
ence?
“Yes, we have a few cars moved
every now and then. The road Sends
down and takes out a train of twenty
cars or so, Just as a sop to keep us
quiet. But empty trains go through
every day which might handle our
shipments.”
O. B. Stevens, of the Georgia rail-
road commission, came to Lithonia Fri
day morning to make a personal In
vestigation of conditions, and will make
a report to his commission upon bis
return to Atlanta.
Mr. Alexander Talks.
Hon. Hooper Alexander, one of De-
Kalb county's representatives In the
general assembly, and a well-known
lawyer, brought complaint before the
commission about the failure to move
cars about Lithonia.
“I was sorry that I could not go out
Friday morning with Commissioner
Stevens," said Mr. Alexander, "but Im
portant matters here prevented. I am
Informed that the railroads have
moved three car loads of stone out
since this agitation began, but that
over 100 care are still standing on the
sidings. There was over two miles of
loaded cars there waiting to be moved,
and many of them had been there for
weeks.”
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0 COLD V/EATHER STAYS;
FROST FRIDAY NIGHT.
Cold weather will linger yet
a while, in fact the disinclina
tion of winter to turn loose Is
getting monotonous.
Mercury Is scheduled to go
down about 36 Friday night.
Seems that the welfare of what
ever fruit and vegetation the
cold has not already nabbed
depends now on whether or not
high winds prevail. If there Is
no wind frost Is sure.
Forecast:
"Fair Friday night and Satur
day; colder Friday night: min
imum temperature about 36 de
grees.”
7 a. m 4# degrees.
8 a. in 48 degrees.
t a. m 51 degrees.
10 a. m 54 degrees.
11 R. in ....66 degrees.
12 noon 58 degrees.
1 p. m 60 degrees.
2 p. m 62 degrees.
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$50,000 LOSS
Spools! to The Georgian.
Home, On., April 12.—A fire which started
In the press room nt 10 o'clock tbla morn
Ing completely destroyed the plant of Thf
Home Morning Tribune, enuring n lots of
160.000. In an effort to nave some booka
and file*, Edgar II. lister, bnalneas man
ager. r.iiH overcome by amoke aud fell to
the pavement Jast aa he reached the en
trance. lie waa aoou revived.
Caught in Press Room.
and almost every one Imd .
The business manager was In the editorial
rooms when tbe building suddenly liecaiue
filled with amoke. ”———* -—
i nflan
lie ran out to find the
preita room aflame and tbe fire rapidly
spreading. An alarm was turned In, blit by
the time the fire department could arrive
MdiiHMraftd througI
ly be confined t
the fire had
nnd could only
The Tribune building „ ..
brick structure, 60x200 feet, located
bout tbe buildll
jtlll it burned oul
wan a two-story
comer of Urond and Second streets. Tin
Tribune occupied the second story and th<
first was occupied by offices aa follows
Goetcblus & ruperton. Insurance; loss about
Trammel Itriek Company offices, loss
about $200.
The greatest loss was to The Tribune,
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which was only partially Insured.
the
with the files, were destroy.
The Tribune waa one of the oldest papers
In this section of the state, having been
founded sixty years ago as s weekly. About
twenty-five years ago the dally Tribune was
Inunched. which has been published since.
It Imd built np s good circulation and ad
vertising patronage.
Tbe Tribune was edited by Hon. J. Lind
say Johnson, who Is the principal loser by
the fire. For two years In the 90'a the pa
pier was edited by Colonel John Temple
or rue i rimme are announce*], ic will w
published In other quartern as soon aa ar
rangements can be made. A large new
building will doubtless lie erected In tbe
near future.
The flrma damaged by fire are:
Qoethius & Carpenter, T. D. Cald
well, Job printer, and Morris Trammel,
Brick Company. All lost heavily, but
were partially Insured: George It.
Foote & Co., Sharp Brothers, at tor
si Fouche & Doyal, attorneys. An
Ire new equipment has been ordered
by wire.
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0 MOCK COURT 18 HELD;
MR. DELMA8 PRESIDES. 0
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BIG INTEREST
Washington, April 12.—The Wash
ington Post says this, morning:
"Nothing coining from a Democrat
In recent yeare has attracted more at
tention among politicians than the
speech of John Temple Graves, the
dlstlngutehed Georgia editor, -at the
Bryan anniversary club dinner at Chat
tanooga Wednesday night. Mr. Graves,
whose Democracy no inan can Im
peach, took the udvanred ground that
Mr. Bryan, at the forthcoming Demo
cratic national convention, should
nominate Mr. Roosevelt for another
term. .
“He did this On the theory that more
Democratic policies had been enacted
Into law under Mr. Roosevelt than any
Democrat could hope to equal,' and that
with the senate as It now stands, no
Democratic president could work re
forme along purely Democratic llnee.
For this reason he believed another
four yeurs of Roosevelt would bo for
the best good of the country, In that It
would advance Democratic principles.
"Whatever the preeldent may have
thought of'thle utterance, he did not
find It convenient to take the public
Into hie confidence, lie declined to
dlscuse for publication or mnke any
comment on this remarkable Demo
cratic epeech, and from Secretary Loeb
It was Impossible to obtain any Idea
as to how the president felt about this
unexpected Indorsement of his poll-
Chairman of Trustees
Wants Truth Made
Clear.
LONGINO CHARGE
WILL BE TAKEN UP
Committee of Council to be
Asked to*Mftke In
vestigation.
clea.”
CHURCH CONGRESS
NEARING CLOSE
Special to The Georgian.
New'Orleans. La., April 12.—"What
Shall the Preacher PreachV* waa the
topic of discussion at the Church Con-
greas thla morning. Rev. George II.
Alderman Joseph Hlrach. president
of tjie board of trustees of the Grady
Hospital, will Introduce a resolution
Into council Monday, asking for a thor
ough investigation of the hospital.
The resolution Is now being drawn
by City Attorney Mayson, and It is
being couched In such strong terms
that the Investigators will be permit
ted to go into every detail of the sit
uation, to Inquire Into the work of the
trustees, superintendent, the house
physicians, nurses, and every other em
ployee and attache.
It will give the Investigating fom-
mlttee the power to examine the books
of the hospital since Its foundation, its
records of all kinds, and all papers in
connection therewith.
We want the truth and the whole
truth," stated Alderman HIrsch to a
representatnve of The Georgian Friday
morning.
want on impartial committee of
council to l»e empowered and Instruct
ed to make a thorough investigation
and one that will’satisfy the most
skeptical. I want the people to know
If we, the board of trustees, have failed
to do our duty.
Dr. Longino’s Charges.
"If there has boen any neglect, I
want the committee to say so. and to
name those who have been neglectful.
Dr. Longlno said In council that he had
evidence against the hospital. I tvant
him to submit It to this committee.
"Charge after charge has been made.
Now, let the facts come out. That's
nil I iisK, sin.I this I shall insist upon.”
\Id' t mun HIrsch stated that he had
decided several days ago on this
action, nnd his course lx along the lines
suggested by The Georgian editorially 1
Thursday.
Alderman HIrsch has been connect
ed with the hospital since it wax built.
He has fought vigorously for every
Improvement to tin* hospital, and there
Is probably no man <>r set <>r men in
Atlanta to whom Is duo more credit .
for the building and maintenance of
the hospital than he.
"The Grady Hospital," he said once
before, "Is dear to me. I have worked
for It, have devoted years of service to
Its Interests and I do not want to see
its good work hamperad by politics or ;
politicians."
The resolution by Alderman HIrsch
will not exclude any member of coun
cil from becoming a member of the
Investigating committee. It only pro
vides for a fair. Impartial committee
and a vigorous, thorough, searching in-
vestlgatlon.
Councilman Longlno, to whom Alder
man HIrsch refer!»*d ms having said
he hud evidence against the trustees,
stated that what he had was of no
great importance and was confidential.
He would not disclose it, he said.
Van DeWater D. D., Rev. Charles L.
Slattery, Rev. William A. Guery nnd
Rev. P. II. Whaley, D. D., participated
The congress will come to a close Sat
urday night.
Growth and Progress of the New South
Tb. Georgian record, hero each day some
nlo fact In ref« “
of the South.
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY.
Cotton seed la fast coming to be one of the lending products of the
South, and In addition to Its value as feed and food, lias become nn Im
portant source of Income to the cotton states. Only a few years ngo the
seed was considered a nuisance and last year It yielded from ex
ports alone 311,166,300 and the total value of this side product ex-
ceded 3100,000,000.
. This development is said to have rone on without the aid nr encour
agement of the government, hut It In believed It will now be fostered by
work of the commission appointed to visit several countries In the Inter
est of cotton products In the United States.
While cotton seed Is becoming a recognized product In the United
States, foreign countries are said to have been first In recognlalng Its
value. The 314,346 worth of cotton seed disposed of five years after
the Civil war was therefore mostly bought by foreigners. From this mod
est amount It rose to over thirty-one million dollar* as export.
State enactments were necessary In I860 to compel the hauling of
cotton seed away from the gins. Last year the seed values for commer
cial uses alone exceeded 3100,060,000. 011 from the cotton seed in tin-
last season had a value of 383,000.000. There wgs exported in cotton
seed products a valuation of 331,166,300. In this amount there was oil to
the amount of 313,673,400, almost exactly doubled In ten years: there wu-
oil in lard compounds and substitutes to a valuation of 34,154,309. about
five times the sum sent out ten years before, and there was coke and
meal to the amount of 313,073,400, almost threefold the aMnmenta at ten
years previous The first two of these head* were for foods only or al
most exclusively.
From ten of the American ports the ships of the world carry cot
ton seed oil to about 175 foreign porta. China, Japan, Manchuria nnd the
Islands of the sea are shown by the port reports to have used. -Inc
September 1, 1806, to the latter part of January 413,283 barrel- or about
20,664,400 gallons. If this were all prime It would he wmlh at pre«-
ent at the mills Just 38,265,730.