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The Weather: W rXJl -A,®: n'j’iji minimum t*«nper- JJJer; ° c^wn5ST"coU Atlanta Georgian (and news) Spot Cotton: l.lv.-rp 1 *.*!, Arm; 6.24<1. *:ilv«»•*ton, Arm; lie. VOL. V. NO. 243. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, APRIL 13,1907. D-BTflt?. In Atlanta: two cent*. rxuuil. On Train*: FIVE CENTS. IE TO QUIT THAW TO DISCHARGE ALL COUNSEL WITH EXCEPTION OF ATTYDELMAS Will Resign Following Discovery of Ordi nance. POWERS OF BOARD ARE CURTAILED Key Ordinance, Hitherto Overlooked, Causes a Disturbance. "I shall tender my resignation to council on Monday." So stated Frank P. Rice, president of the water board, to a representative of The Georgian Saturday. "The council has shown lack of con fidence In the board, and I have de dded tlrmly and Anally to resign, have nothing else to say." "I don't know of any member of the water board who Is going to resign, unless It Is Mr. Rice," stated T. F. Stocks, a member, "and I can not be lleve that council Intended a reflection nn us. It Is too late to change the ordinance now." > Mr. Hire has been a member of the board about seven years, during most of which time he has been president lie has a record of eleven years’ serV' Ice In council prior to being elected a member of the board. Sensation Is Sprung. A sensation was sprung In the water board Friday night when the ordinance by Alderman Key, regulating the Is suance of water bonds, was read at the request of Councilman Hancock. "I am going to quit!" exclaimed Frank P. Rice, president of the board "Counelf Hns tnken everything out of our hands and I shall not sit with this body again. The whole ordinance is a ■lap at the board." -A Several members of the board, Pres idem Rlee among them, stated they had never hrnrd of the ordinance before. It was introduced by Alderman Key, was reported favorably by a special committee of which he was chairman, ami was adopted before a date was set for the bond election. That Ordinance. The ordinance provides that Instead of <51)0,000 of bonds being Issued, as authorized by the legislature, only 1350,000 be Issued; that the bonds not be sold until the legislature authorized the reduction; that all contracts'be submitted to council for approval; that the money he expended only for thrim I nr; loses; laying dupllrate main from the ilver to the reservoir, constructing additional clear water basin at Hemp hill station, and laying additional water pipes for consumers within the city limits. It is probable that another meeting of the board will be held. All the bids of contractors, which were to have been acted uiwn by the board, will be sub mitted to council. It was the sense of the board that the ordinance’was a slap In the face "f the commissioners by council. Re garding If as such. President Rice stat ed that he would send Ills resignation to council Monday. Other commission ers may do the same. Mayor Regrets Incident. Mayor Joyner expressed great regret ttt the tangle Saturday morning. I urn satisfied that council did not Intend the ordinance as a reflection on the board, or I should never have sign ed It." he said. "I don’t believe In ►lapping good citizens and officials In the face." A Merman Key was seen. "No objection was raised to this or dinance,” he stated, "when. It was In troduced and passed more than two months ago. "Council Is honor bound to stick to •l The people voted for bonds with t ie understanding that this ordinance would go Into effect, and this Is no time to talk about changing or repealing It “ Resolution Adopted. The following resolution was adopted t v the hoard, turning over all bids to tlie city council: "Resolved, That In view of the ordi nance of the general council of dale February 4, 1907. It Is the sense of this •t ly that we are not authorised to take further steps looking to the letting of contracts for needed Improvements In tr waterworks system, and, therefore, ' a general manager and the secretary •oe requested to deliver all bids submit. ■ d to the general council, together with ", c °ny of this resolution, and request t int honorable body to give the matter 1 " 1 - tee 11 on deemed proper” rims,, present at .the meeting .were: i resident Rice, Vice President Duncan y n 't Commissioners Dorsey, Stocks, hake. Wairaven. Phoe and Hancock, ■ta-yor Joyner and Commissioner Mc- "Ihnigh were not present. Criticism of Other Lawyers Doesn’t Move Slayer. HE IS DISAPPOINTED; WILL ASK-FOR BAIL H CLAY EVANS BRINGS ROOSEVELT LARGE BOUQUET. Washington. April M.—"The whole country is with the president In his hght on Harrlman and the interests Harrlman represents,” said H. Clay r.'ans of Tennessee, who Is here on '. ’It- "The president, by his at- "S* u l>°n Mr. Harrlman through the publication of the recebt correspond- , ' “ml through the Interstate enm- commission, has done the public ,? invaluable service by frightening nc railroad Jugglers, so that they will * T * less desire to over-capitalize.” WOULD ABOLISH POLICE BOARD, SAYS HOLLAND Mangum Plans to Re instate the Men Dropped. TWO RESOLUTIONS TO BE PASSED ON Coimcilmen Holland and Mangum Have Some thing Surprising. Trial Cost Both Defense and Prosecution a Tremen dous Amount. Picture on right Is of Attorney Dclmas, whose appeal to the "un written law" Is criticised by the other Thaw lawyers. Howard Nesblt, who has asked Thaw for the loan of $100, 1s shown on the left. 0O000000000000tJ0O)J00000000 0 OPEN CHARGE WAS MADE 0 0 THAT JUROR8 WERE FIXED. 0 0 0 0 New York. April 13.—In a state- 0 0 ment written today by himself, 0 0 Henry C. Harney, Thaw Juror No. 0 0 4, told of an open charge that the 0 0 jury was “fixed,” having been 0 0 made by one of the members. He 0 0 said that early Friday Juror Pfaft O 0 aald something about members of 0 0 the Jury being "flxed.” Juror 0 0 Steele resented this Insinuation O 0 strongly. A personal encounter O 0 was prevented by Juror Fraser. O O000000000000000000000000O New York, April 13.—Harry K. Thaw, bitterly disappointed as the result of his trial, began this afternoon to pre? prfro plans for the retaining of new counsel with the exception of Dolphin M. Delmas, with whom the prisoner ex presses himself as being well pleased. It was reported he would completely change the personnel of his legal pla toon. The prisoner’s application for release on ball pending a second trial will not come before Monday, it Is said, and probably not until April 29, which was the date set by Judge Fltsgerald for convening of the term of court. As soon ijs he had had breakfast. Thaw summoned Mr. Delmas. He did not send for any of his other counsel and none of them attempted to see him. Thaw Slept But Little. Thaw spent a restless night In the Tombs, but. according to the attend ants, slept three or four hours. He was up early and went through the usual morning routine of taking a bath and looking through the newspapers. To all requests for a statement he sent the reply: I have nothing to say Just at this time.” Mr. Jerome will strongly oppose any application for bnl! on the ground <ha; a majority of the Jurors stood In favor of the conviction of Thaw. He holds that the division of opinion and pro ponderance of feeling against the de fendant warrants him being Immured In Jail until he Is again brought to trial, Evelyn Thaw Confident. Although disappointed that the Jury failed to agree, Mrs. Evelyn, Thaw, wife of the prisoner, says she Is con' fldent that Harry will be acquitted at his next trial. She also thinks he will be able to secure his release on ball. She has tried to cheer her husband by telling him that the court will surely accept bond. Regarding the order" of mistrial. Thaw had this to say: _ “I believe that every man In the Jury possessing average Intelligence, exccpt- ng possibly Mr. Bolton, comprehended the weight of the evidence and bal anced It -for acquittal." Delmas is Criticised. Clifford \V. Hart ridge, personal friend and attorney of Thaw, has given out a statement in which he _ says "that at the next trial he hopes It will not be necessary for the presiding Judge to have to charge Ihe Jury that we are living In a civilized communl- **He said Thaw had expressed a desire .) be tried under the written laws of the state. Mr. Hartrtdge’s statement Is regarded as a criticism of Attorney ,nnei.i to the "un- HOWARDNESBI1 BEGS 7HA W FOR THE LOAN OF $100.00; THREATENS TO KILL SELF Delphln Delmas' appeal to the"un written law" In his address to the ^ lir ' - Delmas Is 8llent. Attorney Gleason also criticised Del- mas' for his appeal. It was Intimated that at the next trial Attorney Dan O'Reilly will take a more prominent part In the proceedings than hereto- f °Mr Delmas when told about the criticism, would make no comment. He denied that there would be any change In counsel for Harry Thaw. Mr. Jerome, It Is said. Is not likely to oppose a motion for a change of venue, If one Is made. This, however. Is not official. , Would Have Perjured Self. A sensation In the Thaw case came today In the making public by Thaw’s New York. April 13.—Throughtout his trial Harry Thaw and all the members of the family have felt angry and in dignant at tho conduct of Howard Nes blt, the young brother of Evelyn, be- cousd^he gave aid to the prosecution. HIS hotel expenses here were paid by the state. With evident satisfaction the Thaw lawyers gave out today a letter from Howard Nesblt, received yesterday by H. K. Thaw and delivered at the Tombs. In this letter Howard Nesblt asks Harry for a loan of 3100, and al most threatens suicide If ho does not gat the money. Here Is the letter: "Dear Mr. Thaw: No doubt you will be surprised to see this letter from me, but I can not help feeling that It will be no more than right for me to make mvself square with you and tell you fully and how I feel toward you. I wish to Impress upon you the fact that when Mr. White was shot that I thought It would be a heroic act on my pnrt to stand by the man whose mem ory to me was so precious. I believed him to be the only one that waa great, kind, good and honorable. Would Have Perjured Self. "To me he waa a king and he won my childish affection by his kindness toward me. If he was a bad man I did not know It, for I was only a child and was and could have been easily de ceived as to his real nature. "When Mr. Jerome took my state ment he only wanted to know all about you and Florence. I told him what Florence told me—or, at le&at, was sup posed to have told me. 1 will put It more strongly and say she never told me anything against you that would tend to hurt you In any way. 1 lied, thinking It would help the man I thought waa so good. “After Florence told her story on Mie stand, believe me, I was with her from that time on—heart and souL I never Intended to say one word against her If he put me on the stand, t would have forgotten everything I knew. I would have perjured myself out and out. If you wish to call It perjury. “I am not and was not afraid of Je rome. Another-thing I wish you to bear In mind, and that Is that I was Influenced by artful and designing per sons, who urged me on to take the stand that I did. They are to be found In this clty.jmd not far away, either. Loves His Sister Evelyn. "I love and cherish Florence ns any hi'illor "ii'iul'l, ;iml It breaks my n.;irt to think I ran not see hor. . X wont to see her and tell her hotv sorry I am. She would listen to me. 1 am sure. ‘T am very, very unhappy—In fact, I havo mode myself sick worrying and I cry at night and can not rest. I am frank and sincere with you. 1 do not seek to hide my feelings. I believe you were right and Justified in doing what you did, and you are now. In my esti mation, more than n hero. I look upon you now os a man fully Sana and capa ble of holding your own In every crisis. "I wrote to Florence telling her how- sorry I was. I told her I wanted to stay here In the city with my room-mates from college, but who have since re turned, but she seems to be somewhat bitter at me yet and will not see me. I nsked'her to let me have some money— 9100—If sh£ could spare II, so that 1 could pay some debts which I was forced to contract while here, hut she ii rim E Man and Family Per ished Near Dallas, Texas, i Special to The Georgian. Dallas, Texas, April 13.—A farm house belonging to J. T. Price, i wealthy farmer, near Gunther, In Gray. . .. . , . , son county, wax burned thlx morning HHZv rea A L,*?*S"?I and Prlr. and hi. family, consisting ,t money. And so I must appeal to you _ .. to help me. Perhaps I was wrong In coming here, but my parents are re sponsible far that. The fact that I re fused to go on the stand against you and my sister should be enough to show you that I am true to your cause. Howsrd Needs the Money. "I want the money to enable me to stay here until I can get a position and bo Independent of everybody else. Won’t you help me7 If you don't 1 will bo forced to write home for money, and I don’t want to do that. I am living nt the St. Paul Hotel, Sixtieth atreet und Columbus avenue, and I owe money for my board. I wrote the district attorney for 316 to pay a loan which I was forced to borrow from the clerk of the liuiel Martinique while the state kept me here. So you will see that I am in a very bad flx. “If you fall me I don't know what I will do. I would rather kill myself than have to go to certain persons In this city for help, and I won't write home for the money. I have been so miserable at times that I have felt like ending It all. Please help me. as I hel|>ed you by not going on the stand. Yours,. "HOWARD NESBIT." SNO W CA UGHT ATLANTA FOR AN APRIL FOOL JOKE Just at a time when most folks were looking for and expecting large Install ments of balmy spring weather. Fore caster Marbury hands out— Snow! Yes, It actually snowed In Atlanta on Saturday. Of course the trolley cars were not tied up nor was traffic Inter fered with, hut Just the same there Snow. While there was only traces now and again in Atlanta, snow was reported ot Nashville and Knoxville, while Ashe ville had some and many cities In the North had large Installments ot It. And with the traces of snow In At lanta comes the forecast from the weather bureau that It's going to oe cold Saturday night and Sunday with the mercury down to freeslng—32 de grees, the forecast says—and It may jo even lower. The latest date on which there Is a record ot snow- In Atlanta was on April 27, 1898, when there was a trace, and on April 4, 1891, there was .* of an Inch. Warnings ot freeslng were sent out over the state on Saturday morning by the weather bureau and many places in Atlanta Interested, such as florists and produce men, were put on notice. live daughters, a stepdaughter and a niece, were burned to death. The dead are: J. T. PRICE. ANNIE PRICE. HOMER PRICE. FOY PRICE. ELMER PRICE, LOTTIE, BYRES, the stepdaughter. ALINE UPCHURCH, the niece. It Is believed that Price attempted to start a fire with coal oil and the can exploded, killing him Instantly. The children were burned while sleep ing up stairs, all of them being charred beyond recognition. I DECLARES DR, FEIST IE KNOTHOLE ANNEX AT THE BASEBALL PARK Continued On Page Ten. Choice knot holes at five cents’ Qood view of the home plate! Apply at 128 East Twelfth street. But city detectives broke it up and now the fans without the price must enter by the strait and narrow gate. A case was entered on the police docket Saturday against Mrs. M. Hatchett, of 128 East .Twelfth street, charging her with operating a business without a license. ilUMJUt U iivciiar. . iiou ■until U U charged that Mrs. Hatchett has bleachers. a line back yard, commanding a splen did view of'the Piedmont baseball field, with enough knot boles, natural and artlflclal. to provide a view for many, fans. It Is also charged that she per mitted a small army of men and boys lo use these knot holes for the small sum of live cents a knot hole game, to the detriment and In unfair compe tition with the Atlanta baseball club. It Is said that this annexe to the park had almost as many patrons as the Special to The Georglsn. Nnshvlllo, Tenn., April 12.—Without batting an eye or twitching a muscle, Dr. J. Herman Feist stood up In the criminal court this morning and heard the sentence of death pronounced upon him after Judge Hart had overruled his motion for a new trial. Friday, Juno CL was selected as the date for the ex ecution. Before the sentence was Impoiad, Judge Hart asked Dr. Feist If he had aught to say why judgment should not be pronounced upon him. "Nothing except that I am innocent," was the calm reply of the prisoner. Counsel for the defendant Immediate ly prayed an appeal. Dr. Feist' was recently found guilty or murdering Mrs. Rosa Mangruni. He Is a prominent physician of this city. MAJ. GENERAL WADE RETIRES SATURDAY Washington. April 13.—Major Gen eral James F. Wade, the senior officer of that rank In the army, and next In rank to Lieutenant General MacArtbur, terminates his active connection with the military establishment today by operation of the |aw on account of age. He Will become years old Sunday and will be retired. Major General Frederick. E. Grant will succeed General Wade. Two resolutions, one to abolish the police board and the other to reinstate the twenty-two policemen who were discharged by the board, will probably be Introduced Into council Monduy. The resolution abolishing the police board will be offered by Alderman J. Bid Holland. The resolution, providing for the re instatement of the twenty-two police men, will be offered by Councilman C. Wheeler Mangum. "I have been considering the aboli tion of the board for some time," stut- i ed Alderman Holland Saturday morn ing, “and Inasmuch as the board states that Chief Jennings now has ubsotute power, 1 am In favor of allowing him to keep It. No Use for Bosrd. "With tho chief In control, there Is no use for a police board, and It must either amount to nothing or else be a hindrance. My resolution will author ize the city attorney to draw up an ordinance, asking the legislature to amend our charter so that the board can be done away with. "This done, then the little running of the |>ollce board that does not fall in the authority of the chief can be ac complished by council and the police committee of council." Alderman Holland stated that In case he did not have time before Monday tri draw up a suitable resolution, he would Introduce one ut the succeeding sea- 00000000000000000000000000 0 O MID-WINTER PREVAILS! O "WARMER” NOT IN SIGHT. O O Nothing to It but prepare for O another selge of winter. Flurry 0 of snow Saturday morning mq,ds 0 the population's teeth chatter— 0 those not already at It from tho 0 raw winds. 0 If Miss Elberta isn't faded for 0 good before now It will be "Katy 0 bar the door" Saturday night, for 0 It Is going to 32 or lower. 0 Forecast: 0 "Fair Saturday night and Sun- 0 day, colder Saturday night, with 0 minimum temperature of 32 «Ie- 0 grees or lower: continued cold 0 Sunduy.” ' 0 Saturday's temperatures: O 7 o’clock o. m.. .. ..38 degrees. 0 X o’clock a. m.. .. ..40 degrees. 0 !> o'clock a. m.. .. ..38 degrees. 0 10 o’clock it. m 40 degrees. 0 11 o'clock a. m 42 degrees. 0 12 o'clock noon.. .. ..43 degrees. 0 1 o'clock p. m 43 degrees. O 2 o’clock p. m 44 degrees. 0 00000000000000000000000000 slon. Mr. Mangum's Move. Councilman Mangum could not bo seen Saturday and It Is not known on Just whnt grounds the resolution will be based further than the general prop osition that no good reasons were given for the dismissal of the men. It Is expected the resolution will pre cipitate a lively tight, as It will lie In the nature of on effort to get the coun cil to override the police commission. It Is known thnt the friends of the dis charged policemen are energetically at work and strong pressure Is being brought to bejir to obtain their rein statement. Threats have been made by some of these men to sue the city because of the action ot the police commission, the men declaring that there were no grounds for their dismissal. The following Is a list of the twenty- two men whose reinstatement Is sought: M. W. Jolly, sergeant: A. E. Willie, G.. W. Llnani. J. T. Kilpatrick. R. E. Seale, L. D. Williams, A. J. Ivey. S. A. Bolding, W. H. West, J. E. B Kilpat rick. A. L. Moss, W. E. Chapman. O. M. Spradlin. J. W. Llnam, J. B. Bass, S. Borochoff. II. L. Clay, L. E. Hatb- cock, J. M. Pittman, M. A. Russell, C, Settels and J. D. Turner. • STORM CLOUD BREAKS IN D. A. R. CONVENTION; CHARGES ARE DENIED Washington. April 13.—The stat-m cloud which lias been gathering for a week over the coming convention of tho Daughters of the American Revolu tion burst with alt Its fury this morn ing when Mr*. Ellen Spencer Mussey, state regent for the District of Co lumbia, gave to the press the following denial of the charges which were made about the flnances of the organisation last night at a meeting In the Ebblt House: On being shown Ihe statement made by authority of Mrs. Mary E. S. Davis to the flnances of the national so ciety, this morning, their general, Mrs. Donald McLean, denied them as abso lutely false and without any founda tion. "The society has never speculated in stocks of any kind and does not own nny stocks. It Is not and never has been In debt during Mrs. McLegn's ad. ministration, and has had the money to meet every obligation as It became due." Mrs. Mussey said that the meeting last night was not called officially, neither was she as state regent nntlfled that such a meeting was to be held. Ho far as she kjiows, \no member of Ihe finance committee was Invited to at tend the meeting at which these false statements were made. At the meeting of the national board today tho action of the flnance com mittee was Indorsed and approved by Mrs. Mary D. Patten, state regent. Pennsylvania; Mrs. Emily II. Park, vice-president general, Georgia; Miss Ellen Meece, state regent. New Jersey; Mrs. Mary J) Kcarfott, vice-president general, New Jersey; Mrs. Sophie II. Bushnell, vice-president general, Iowa; Mrs. Charles H. Deere, vice-president general, Illinois; Mrs. Halite Rounsa- vllle, state regent, Georgia; Mrs. Elisa H. Barker, vice-president general, Rhode Island.' The members of the Daughters ..f the American Revolution, who assem bled at the Ebbltt house last night, und whose deliberations called forth the vigorously denial of the state re gent given above, met ut the Invitation of Miss Mary Desha. According. to reports submitted nt this meeting certain Investments were made that have not resulted as satis factorily ns had been expected, and which furthermore, were made after a provision In the constitution of tlie so ciety prohibiting such use of the or ganisation funds. The money Is In vested in Baltimore and Ohio, Union PocIHe, and Chicago and Alton, It was said. Some of It Is trust funds. Reso lutions deploring this alleged action of the finance committee and locking t" a way to prevent such Investments In the future) were offered and anthuslus. tlcally received. Growth and Progress of the New South The Georgian records here each day soms economic feet In reference to the onward march of tho South. JOSEPH B. LIVELY; The Woodslde Cotton Mills at Greenville. S. C„ Is Installing 8,00ft ad ditional spindles and 200 Draper looms. This Is the (newest of Green ville's 14 mills, having been organised three yeare ago with a capital of 3129.000, which was last year Increased to 3250,000. To accommodate the additional operatives needed for the Increased capacity, 30 new cot tages are being greeted. The Seminole Manufacturing Co., h new corporation at Aiken, has purchased the Clearwater bleachery and will transform It Into a modern spinning and weaving plant at once; 3340.000 was the sum paid for the property. The new company is capltlized at 3600,000. The Whltnell Cotton Mill Company of Lenoir, N. C, has been Clus tered to manufacture cotton into cotton cloth and other fabrics, etc. The authorised capital stock Is 9150,000, with privilege of beginning business when 3100,000 shall have been subscribed for. Francis Cotton Mills, Troy, N. t’„ have Increased their capital stoi k to 3225,000. Summerville (Ga.) Cotton Mill will Install 5,000 spindles and 120 looms. Gaston Mfg. Co, Charlotte, N. C„ will build an additional mill to com 9125.000. C. F. Boyer, of Newport, Tenn.. has purchased the Bellevue Cotton Mills, and Is Installing 5,00ft spindles to manufacture yarns. Victor Cotton Mills, Laurens, S. C„ have Installed part of their ma chinery. The IVatt Mills. Laurens, 8. C„ will add about 8,000 spindles in their addition. About 380,000 will be expended. Valley Cotton and Grain Co, Harms, Tenn, propose to build a cot ton mill with 6.000 to 6,000 spindles to be operated in connection with their flour mill. Biesell Me Biased are representing Eastern concerns propoelng to build a cotton mill of 6,000 spindles at Oklahoma City, Okl. an Investment ..f about 3100,000. About 9150,000 has been subscribed to the stock ot i .’posed cot ton mill st Dublin, Tex. The Commercial Club expects to raise the bal ance of 350,060. 000000000000000000000000000000