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The Weather: T .. Atlanta and Vicln- r f,V-I-«rHr cloudy and nrobabljr iliowers to- Jfght tod VI edncs- ilflT. 1 Atlanta Georgian (and news) iSi 1 ■ . J ysvsnnsii. Men'dr: li'l. rOL. v. NO. 263. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, MAY 7,1907. PRTGP. In Atlanta: Two CENT*, rOo Trains: KIVU CUNTS. The Georgian Saves the City of Atlanta $125,000 to $150,000 on Lighting Contract as a result of its fight for municipal ownership, and the private consumer of light and power will likely receive a proportionate reduction. 1 New Bids Reduce Prices About 25 Per Cent. CITY WILL SAVE MANY THOUSANDS Reduced Prices Obviate Ne cessity of Municipal Plant at This Time. A victory of the movement for mu nicipal ownership in Atlanta has been won. The bid of the electric light company, submitted Monday afternoon to the city council, making a sweeping reduction In prices of lights to the city, shows beyond question that the company, realizing the growing strength of the movement for municipally owned light ing plants, has determined to reduce its price to n point more nearly proportion ate to the cost of production. That the new bids submitted by the old company will be accepted by coun cil there Is little doubt. Advocates of the municipal ownership movement, which hns been led by The Georgian, are Inclined to accept the victory they have won In securing a reduction of prices Instead of insisting on the building of a municipal electric light ing plant at this time. They figure that the prices offered are lower than those of nearly all municipal!)’ conducted Plants, and, realising that the recent Issue of water bonds places the city un der a temporary burden, they believe it would be unw ise to undertake the con struction and operation of a municipal electric lighting plant at this time. Save *28,000 a Year. An approximate reduction of 25 per cent In lights for the city for the next five years! An estimated annual saving of J2S,- CM—5 per cent dividends on an Invest ment of nearly 1800,000! This, In a nutshell, is what the bid of the Georgia Railway end Electric Com pany for the lighting of the city for the next live years means. The bid was submitted to council Monday aft- • emonn by the president, Preston Ark wright.. The city of Atlanta has been paying the lighting company *70 for each arc light burned, and 133,70 each for in candescent lights. The bid for the five- year contract submitted by President Arkwright average, *58 for each ore TO THEME Declared He Had Al ways Maintained He Was Perfectly Sane. light. The reduction Is 2* 2-2 per cent. The city now pays about *100,000 for lights, with the city limits extended and the natural growth of the city, it Is esti mated that the average annual light bill for the next five years will *125,000. A reduction of 22 2-8 per cent j>n Jl-i.ooo will amount to *28,000. The total saving for live years would be 1140,000. Old Rate Was Too High. "The bid serves to prove conclusively several things we advocates of munici pal ownership have been contending nil hi' while," stated Alderman James L. Key, chairman of the municipal light ing an exorbitant rate for consumers the btds,^^^^^0HBB0H , "tt proves that the Georgia Railway “nd Electric Company has been charg- }"*,® n ‘ Xhorbitant rate for consumers L, th ' cit >' and to private consumers, “i this bid if is admitted that the Georgia Railway and Electric Company Oda been making more than 25 per cent Ptam on the city lights. the profit the company has been making, over what It should have made, assuming that the new rate Is a ° 1 n 1 e - la, In reality, as much as the Pany ' ,nx now pa,<1 by ,he eom ‘ of It! The Georgia Railway l„. K.ectric Company has been mak- p!f/ iv er and above what'It should have • «5-M0 on the city lights alone— nat w.,uld be a 5 per cent dividend on ..Investment of 2500,000. -it show* j u *t how i,ear right and thin !, nrml< lable the municipal owner- c, movement had become. No one, thr.nJll would harbor the Vi ’Pat the Georgia Railway and 1 "mpany would give up 225,000 - wnless It had been for the fear an , erection of a municipal lighting Municipal Ownership, mom this view, and this Is the cor- thini/ ,IU ' 11 ** “PParrat, and I do not thiit K p* ns faJr P«r»on would deny It. •-he reduction is made through the Birmingham, Ala., May 7.—Alex R. Chisolm, former paying teller of the First National Bank, was found guilty of the embenlement of 2100,000 of the bank's money by the Federal court Jury and given six years in the peni tentiary at Atlanta. Judge Oscar Hundley, the newly ap pointed district Judge for Alabama, pre sided. Chisolm lost the Money on the cot ton market a year ago, dealing with local Arms under the name of 8. M. Webstar. When arrested last August he at first denied the embexxlement, but afterwards admitted It and restored *20,000. He had deceived two bank ex aminers. The defense put up the plea of Insanity, endeavoring to prove that Chisolm had' a delusion of grandeur, and believing to a point to make him unbalanced, that he could control the cotton market. On the first trial a sick Juror compelled a discontinuance. Relatives testified that his great an cestor, John Rutledge, of South Caro lina, justice of tho United States, died Insane; and his mother said her parents were first cousins. One expsrt thought he had delusions of grandeur, the ma jority deemed.him Insane. The young man Is the son of Robert Chisolm, a prominent lawyer and a de scendant of a proud South Carolina family. Petitions for pardon have been start ed already, the first signature being that of the foreman of the Jury. When asked If he had anything to say why sentence should not be pro nounced, when tho verdict was read, Chisolm arose and said the verdict was a Just one. He declared that ho was never insane and'that he had maintain ed all along that he waa mentally all right. Before taking his seat the pris oner said he was sorry he look the money. The sentence of six years become* effective today and Chisolm will' be taken to tho. Federal prison pt At lanta tomorrow. This waa done at the request of Colonel Chisolm, father of the prisoner. Hoyward Chisolm, a brother of the convicted man, asked the Jurymen to sign a pardon for the man Just convicted. A number signed. The father and the slaters of Chisolm wept In court, the aged mother being the only one to control her feelings. TWO ARE ARRESTED SUSPECTED OF THE AKERMAN MURDER The Georgian’s platform as published every day for nearly a year: OUR PLATFORM: The Georgian and News stands for Atlan ta's owning its own gas and electric light plants, as it now owns its waterworks. Other cities do this and get gas as low as 60 cents, with a profit to the city. This should be done at once. The Geor gian and News believes that if street railways can be operated suc cessfully by European cities, as they are, there is no good reason why they can not be so operated here. But we do not believe this can be done now, and it may be some years before we are ready for so big an undertaking. Still, Atlanta should set its face in that di rection NOW.. Because of The Georgian’s fight for municipal ownership, bids have finally been asked and received offering lights to the city at an average of $58.00 each per year, as against $75.00 each paid now, a saving to the city of something over $25,000 a year on arcs and incandescents, or $125,000 to $150,000 for the period of the contract. No price is made to the private consumer, on whom, we believe, the electric com pany makes a greater profit than on the city. If the Georgia Railway and Electric Company will make a proportionate reduction on its prices to consumers, The Geor gian advocates the acceptance of the bid for the following reasons: 1. The city is compelled to spend $300,000 on the water system at once. Health and the city’s safety make immediate action imperative. This will draw heavily on the city’s resources just now, and will make an additional bond issue burdensome, if attempted within the ihimediate future. 2. The bid is lower than cities owning their own lighting plants have been able to produce light for, except in one instance—Detroit. 3. Although the bid is not as low as the estimated cost of production as figured for council committee by experts, there is little doubt but that costs will develop that have not been allowed for by the experts. Finally, there is little doubt but that in three years from now the city will be in a better position to undertake the building of its own plant than it is now. The Georgian’8 fight has been for results—we believe they are largely accom plished, so far as the city’s lighting is concerned—and if the suggested conference be tween the Georgia Railway and Electric Company and council, mentioned ill Presi dent Arkwright’s proposition, results in a proportionate reduction to consumers, The Georgian believes that the best trade for the people, under existing conditions, will have been made. A great victory has been won, and, the public will place the credit where it be longs. , TRAINMEN’S CONVENTION BEGINS ITS REAL WORK IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TD EXTEND LIMITS Of CITY TO TAKE ¥ Movement Before Council Looking to Increasing Population. Special to Tho Georgian. Pensacola. May 77-potMt!vos hare mml Information which has canard tho arreat of Jo* Stanley and William C. Smith, who ar* charnel with * ““ Continued on Page Three. woo ur .......... having murdered the Ackerman family, composed of husband and wife ami acren children, who were burned In Snots Itoan county nenr here, a ^Stanley waa arrested In Oeneyn. Ale., while Smith waa found at tlonanlea nnd lironaht through here by officers en rout# to Milton, tho county alto of Santa Roan comity. O000000000000000000OOGO0OO O rebuked by father, 0 BOY BECOMES CRIMINAL 0 AND SLAYS HIMSELF. 0 0 Philadelphia. May 7.—Severely 0 rebuked by hla father and ordered 0 to ahlft for hlmaelf, Harold S. 0 Jonea, aged 16, quit his home and 0 0 entered Into a brief career of o O crime, hotdlnr uo and robbing 0 O two trolley car*. When pursued 0 by the police, the lad shot him- O self, dying, Instantly. O0000000000000000O00OO000O O00000000000000000O0O00O00 0 UNSETTLED WEATHER O PROSPECTS HEREABOUT8. O O O O Unsettled weather Is scheduled 0 0 for this section for the next twen- O 0 ty-four hours. May Ls rain for the O 0 great parade of tho Knights Tern- 0 O plars and the Masonic corner- O O stone ceremony Wednesday. Fore- O 0 O "Partly cloudy and probably O O shower* Tuesday night and Wed- O 0 nenday." “ O Tuesday temperatures: O O 7 a. « degrees 0 O 8 a. m « degrees O 0 » a. 68 degree* O 0 10 a *9 degrees O O II a. 72 degree* 0 O 12 noon 73 degree* O O 1 p. 74 degrees O O 2 p. m 75 degrees 0 0000O000000000OOO0O0O0000O MOTHER OF THREE HAS DISAPPEARED A resolution, looking to the extenxlon of the city limits, end an Increase of popula tlon of from 160,600 to 173,000 before 1010, was adopted by council Monday afternoon. The resolution was presented by Coun cilman Pomeroy. The resolution provide! for the appointment by tho mayor of four- teed citizens, eight members of council, and other officials, whose duty It shall Im to take steps looking to this extension. Following Is tbs resolution In full: "Bo It resolrod by tho msyor nnd general council, whereas, The committee of this council, togeth er with cltlscns. which nbout six years ago considered the extension of the city limits at that time decided that before tho year 1910 that there should be further ex tension of the city limits, sad that this view was concurred lu by the opponent* of the morement ut that time, and "The population In vnrlous sections of Fulton county adjacent to the city have accessed so rapidly, that It Is necessary for purposes of sanitation, fire protection and otherwise, that certain of said terri tory should be tnnexed to the city of At lanta, and “It Is desired now that the question of b, investigated. » made that II be necessary to so rearrange the vs -• — tl to meet the lions of the city. cornea, our xor ineir ursi luicLr.i lu.I both cltlsens and manufacturers outside the etty limits should be consulted and ad vised with Iwfore final action be taken. be It resolved. That I wncll that . should be "Now, therefore, bo It Is the sens* of the gen the limits of the city of . extended. the mayor; •fffbt members council, to bo oppolnted ... pro tem.. one from each the msyor, tho mayor pro tom., city — :lty «sx assessor, to be se- ssseosors themselves, the work* city comptroiler. chief of police, chief of the fire deportment, president of Atlanta chamber of commerce, praaldenf of Atlanta freight bureau, one member of the hoard of coonty commissioners, to bo select ed by the board, tbe postmaster of Atlanta, and chairman of th* hospital committee of cohncR. ho, and the same ire hereby ppointed, to Investigate th* question of itenslon of tho city limits, end to rear range the ward lines, and report to this uracil at Ito earliest convenience. •Hold committee shall meet on May 10. at 12 m.. In tbe counell chamber, for the purpose of organisation end such other work as It may desire. The city clerk to notify th* members of tbe time and pise* of first meeting. Atlanta. Oa.. May I. 1807” ROBBERS HOLD DP THIN AND MURDER ENGINEER Butte, Mont., May 7.—Masked men early today hold up the North Coast Limited on the Northern Pacific at Welsh* Spur, 16 mile* eaat of here. The robbers ordered the engineer to detach the express car and go ahead with It; but before the car could be uncoupled one of the men fired, killing the engi neer. A sheriffs posse with blood hounds from the penitentiary haa gone to the scene. When the train stopped two robbers sprang from a ditch, covering the en gineer and fireman with rifles and tell ing them resistance meant certain death. At the same time three other men sprang forward toward the express car, carrying, according to reports, 2100,000 In currency from Seattle, Portland and Spokane to the East. The robbers fled after killing the engineer. They made no efforts to enter the express or mall cars. LUNATIC MURDERS ENTIRE FAMILY OF SIX San Francisco, May 7.—Walter C. Davis, a carpenter, ran amuck In a crowded thoroughfare today killing alx members of one family. His victim* US H( LOST Marietta Man Asks Injunc tion Against Alleged Holder of Stock. were a man nnd woman, three boys and a girl, ranging In ages from 6 to 15. He barricaded himself in a house and defied arreat for an hour. He was finally subdued after a severe beating. BONDS WILL CARRY E ELECTION TWO PRdMINENT VI8ITORS TO CONVENTION. W. T. Newman, third vies grand mastsr of Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, and D. L. Cease, editor and mnnager of the Trainmen's Journal, the organ of the Brotherhood. More Than 700 Dele gates at the First Session. 00000000000000000000000000 o o 0 Brotherhood of Railway Train 0 men: O O Complete files of The Georgian 0 0 during the Brotherhood of Rail- 0 0 way Trainmen's convention will O O be sent to any address for 25c. 0 O Leave your order with our solid- O 0 tor at The Georgian office. - 0 0 . - O O0000000000000000000000000 Over. 700 delegates, coming from every section of the country and from several points In Canada, faced Grand Maater P. H. Morrissey Tuesday morn Ing when the biennial convention of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen was called to order In the Grand thea ter. Shortly before 0 o'clock large num bers or the delegates began leaving their hotels' for the place of meeting and tho theater presented a crowded appearance. Grand Maater Morrissey presided, and he was given an .enthusiastic re caption when he made his appearance on the stage to take charge of the con vention. The session Tuesday morning was an executive one and routine busi ness pertaining to the opening of the convention was transacted. Tuesday night there will be an open meeting, to which the public and friends of organised labor are Invited. This will be presided over by \V. C. Puckett, president of tho Atlanta Fed eration of Trades. Many prominent men will be In the list of speakers, In- Continued on Psg* Three. William H. Norris, of Iowa, Arrived on Monday. Deputy Grand High Priest William H. Norris, of Iowa, who will deliver the principal oration at tha laying of tbe cornerstone of the new Mnsonla Temple Wednesday afternoon, arrived In Atlanta Monday night and Is stop ping at the Piedmont Hotel. Mr. Norris ts one Of the most dis tinguished members of the Masonic or der In the United States and In secur ing him to deliver an address Wednes day afternoon the Masons of Georgia have been most fortunate. In addi tion to holding the office of grand high priest of Iowa, Mr. Norris Is also grand standard bearer of the Grand Encamp ment of Knights Templars, past gran-1 master and past grand commander of Iowa. Mr. Norris expressed himself as Continued on Page Three. Three «l ;ks ago, Mr*. Mellie Jones, with lean. bet three small children, aged 2, 4 and 7, cnuic to Atliinta from Mncoti to vl.lt her mother, Mrs. I- r. Wnndlngto*. 41 D»M avenue, lira. Jones disappeared almost at once, nnd hns not l-ren seen since. Tues day .fternnon the three children will he committed to th* Home far the Friend- Charging that he has been defrauded out pf 80,000 shares of stock In the Las Coloradas Mining Company, In Mexico, A. Armstrong, of Marietta, Tuesday filed application for and secured from Judge Pendleton, a temporary Injunc tion restraining J. W. Connor and the Marietta Trust and Banking Company from disposing of the shares of stock In the mining company, which Is. now owned by Mr. Connor, and which Is held by thq banking company as trus tee. The petitioner alleges that he went to Mexico In 1206 to Investigate some mining property, at the Instance of cer tain parties In Georgia, and that when he had completed his Investigation! he waa approached by Connor, who stated that he was financially Interested In the mining property and agreed to give the plaintiff one-half of his cosh commis sion and one-half of the stock he se cured provided he would help consum mate the sale of the property to a mining company. The plaintiff nlleges that as a result of his efforts the sale of the property was accomplished, but that Connor has refused to divide the profits upon the grounds that he has -nob received on* cent." The plaintiff ask- that the court Inventlgate hi* claims. The petition for permanent Injunc tion Is set for a bearing on May 1*. Majority for the Issue Is Said To Be Over whelming. Special to The Georgian. Rome, Oa., May 7.—The question of issuing (250,000 of bonds for municipal Improvements of the city of Rome Is being voted on today and out of 600 votes cast up to 2 o'clock 450 were said to be for bonds. Orchard Testifies First. Boise. Idaho, May 7.—Realising their strongest witness, Orchard, Is ac- knowledgedly a self-confessed perjurer and a murderer and that It will be a dif ficult task to convince the Jury his evi dence Is worthy of credence, the attor. neys for the state tn the Haywood trial will establish a new precedent In major criminal action by calling him ar one of the first witnesses. 00000000000000000000000000 O 0 O HARRV THAW GETS 0 0 *439,534.66 LEGACY. 0 C o O Pittsburg, Pa., May 4.—Four O C trusteei:' accounts, under the will 0 O of William Thaw, were filed for O O audit today. Harry Kendall Thaw O O received the second largest sum. 0 0 nearly 160,00C, exclusive of the 0 0 Income from various bequests un- 0 O der his father's will. There Is due O 0 him, under the direct legacy O O 6438.524.4''. The Income Ir 2*3,- U 0 602.20. O 00000000000000000000000000 Growth and Progress of the New South The dcorclsn records hers esch day some economic fact In reference to th* onward march of tho tooth. BY JOSEPH B. LIVELY. The Woodstock Iron and Steel Company, Cedartown. Gs., has leased ths old "Cherokee" Iron mine, near the city limits, and begun the erec tion of a big mining plant. A pumping station will be placed at Cedar creek, a pipe line laid to the mine, a large ore washer erected, nnd n considerable fores of laborers set to work. A steam shovel, dinkey engines, trams and all necessary equipment will be placed on the grounds for the turning out of a large amount of Iron ore dally. With the active operations of th* various companies In this mining district—the Alabama and Georgia Iron Company, the North Georgia Ore Company, the Wray mines and the smaller mining plants In the country— this section has seen few Instances when there was greater activity In oro circles than at present. The old "Cherokee" furnace ts turning out the largest output of charcoal pig Iron in Its history, and Cedartown Is ths center of extensive development In Iron properties. Recently the Wood- stock Company bought an ore bank In this section for 315,000, and many other properties are eagerly sought by iron men. King Cotton Is just about to be dethroned in Decatur county. And this condition Is not surprising when it Is known that In this county alone last year there was raised over 1.500,000 pounds of tobacco. AH of the shaded tobacco brought from 60 to 76 cents per pound. It re quires an expenditure or about 1260 or 1300 per acre to produce shaded tobacco, and usually about 1.000 pounds of tobacco are raised to the acre. .Sixteen mile* from Balnbrtdge I* located the Cohn Tobacco Syndi cate. at Amsterdam. This plantation Is said to be the largest tobacco farm In the world, employing over 3,000 hands. Since It has become an established fact that Decatur county alone produces more tobacco annually than the whole state of Georgia, the lands In this section known to be tobacco lands, are bringing fancy prices. Hon. W. E. Smith, who haa a plantation ten mile* below hen, was offered 6115,000 for his |>lace a few days ago, but refused to accept it. The prosperous condition of Columbus' cotton mills and cotton manu facturing Interests In the South generally is . sell illustrated hy the fact that the Engle and Phenlx Mills, Columbus, Gs., have their output sold a year ahead. This Is one of the largest cotton and woolen mills In the South, em ploying nearly two thousand operatives and turning out an enormous output. It would take the company an entire year to fill the orders that It ni«- has on Its books. At the same time advance orders continue to c- one In steadily. '