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Atlanta Georgian (and news) VOL. V. NO. 283. ATLANTA, GA, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1907. % PPIPl?. In Atlnntt: TWO CENTS. XTXV1.V/JL. Od Tratn«: FIVE CENTS. I....MintN(NM.M«MH<.UU.M.HI..«....NM HERE’S A REAL CHANCE TO SHOW THE REAL ATLANTA SPIRIT Atlanta cannot afford not to be represented by her military at the Jamestown Exposition on Georgia Day, June 10. The Fifth Regiment cannot go to Jamestown unless it can raise" $2,500, in addition to its present funds. Of this the city has given $1,000. Now let the people contribute to a fund to enable the Regiment to make a proper representation. The boys of the Fifth stood by Atlanta when they were needed last September. No sum is too small; none is too large. The Georgian will start the subscription with $25. The Georgian will gladly receive subscriptions. IMtMIMHHtlHMNHNIUMHIMII U. S. VALUATION OF ROADS WILL STOP MANIPULATION Asks Power to Stop Watering and Over- caoitalization. BUSH JURY IS COMPLETE; INFERNAL MACHINE CASE OPENS BEFORE A CROWD PREVENT CONTROL OF PARALLEL ROADS President Pays Tribute to Wearers of Gray at Un veiling of Lawton Monument. Indianapolis. Ind., May JO.—In hi* this afternoon President Roosevelt re viewed In a clear and forceful (nanner his attitude toward the railroads, and In deftall made suggestions for future policies which he believed would solve i the problem making railway, the effl- ' dent common carrier, and at the same time safe Investment, for the public. In advising the placing of roads on a similar basla with the national banks of the country, under Federal control, he adopted the suggestion of a New Orleans man. whose letter was made public a few weeks ago. , Mr. Roose velt first paid tribute to the veterans of the qiv.ll war. He said: . For more than one reason I am pe culiarly glad that this year I spealt on ■ Memorial Day Ui the etate of Indiana. There Is no other clase of our cltlxens to whom wo owe so much as to the vet erans of the great war. To them it was given to perform tho one feat with which no other feat enn bo compared, for to them it was given to preserve the Union. Moreover, you men who wore the blue, blessed beyond the victors In any other war of recent times, have left to your countrymen more than the ma terial results of the triumph, more even than the achieving the triumph itself. You have left a country so genuinely reunited that all of us now. In what ever part of this Union wo live, have a right to feel the keenest pride, not only In the valor and self-devotion of you, the gallant men who wore the blue, but also In the valor and eelf-devotlon of your gallant opponents who wore the gray. Federal Control Problem. One great problem that we have be fore us Is to preserve the rights of property. Today I wish to say a word to you about the first and most Important feature of this task, the control of the common carrier* doing an Interstate business; a control absolutely vested In the nation, while In so far as the common carrier* also transport the malls It li In my opinion probable that whether their business Is or Is not ln- terstat. It Is to the same extent sub ject to Federal control, under that clause of the constitution granting to the national government power to es tablish post roads and therefore b> necessary Implication power to take all action necessary In order to keep them at the highest point of efficiency. Every Federal law dealing with cor porations or with railroads that has been put upon the statute books dur ing the last six years has been a step In advance In tho right direction. No Halt In Movement. There will be no halt In the forwaid movement toward a full development of this policy; and those who wish us to take a st«p backward or to stand still. If their wishes were realised, would find that they had Invited an outbreak of the very radicalism they tear. There must be progressive leg islative and administrative action for the correction of the evils which every sincere man must admit to have ex ited In railroad management In the past. Full Power Vested. There must be veeted In the Fee*™! government a full power of supervision anil control over the railways doing in terstate business; a power In many re spects analogous to and as complete as that the government exercise* over the national bank*. It must possess the power to exercise supervision over the future issuance of stocke and bonds, either through a national Incor- ! "ration (which I should prefer) or In some similar fashion, such supervision to Include the frank publicity of every thing which would-be Investors and the public at Urge have a right to know. The Federal government wll Kbit* he able to prevent all overcapitalisation In the future; to prevent any man here- niter from plundering other* by load ing railway properties with obligations and pocketing the money Instead of 'pending It In Improvement* and In le gitimate corporate purposes; and any man acting In auch fashion should be held to a criminal accountability. It should be declared contrary’ to public Policy henceforth to allow railroads to devote their capital to anything but the transportation business, certainly m>t to the hasards of speculation. For the very rtu4 that we desire to favor FIRST GAME. ATLANTA 1UU U..„ MEMPHIS 100 0.... FRED BUSH. . He 1, now on trial charged with sending an Infernal machine to ths McCarthy home. Sensational Grime Re viewed in Superior Court. Continued on Pag* Three* J.— After the morning had been spent In securing a Jury and three venires had been exhausted, a full jury waa at last found to try Fred Bush, charged with sending an Infernal machine to the home of Mre. Julia McCarthy, and the [ trial proceeded Thursday afternoon be fore a crowd which packed the sups- rtor court room to the doors. In the court room are all the figures In the most sensational case which At lanta has known for yean. Fred Bush, the commission man. who must stand trial for assault to murder, has been brought from tho Tower, where he has been confined for three weeks, In de fault of a 910,000 bond. Charlie Doo little. hie business partner and the former lover of Mias Julia McCarthy, Is there as a witness for the state. Mrs. Julia McCarthy, the only Victim of the Infernal box addreseed to her daughter, has sufficiently recovered from her wound* to be present and testify. Miss Julia McCarthy, the young woman be lieved to have been the Intended victim of the explosive, I* present to tell her "*Fred Bush Is represented by Thoms* H. Goodwin and Luther Z. Rosser, while the state's case Is In the hands of Solicitor General Charles D. Hill. Mrs. McCarthy on Stsnd. Mr*. Julia McCarthy was the flret witness to take the stand. Bhe told of Bush’s visit* to her home. His first visit had been eighteen months ago, after the engagement of her daughter to Charles Doolittle. Hie second visit was after Doolittle’s return from Flor ida. when Doolittle wa* In the houee. Doolittle had avoided Bush by going upstairs. Miss Kathryn Doolittle had come to her mother laying that Bush would kill Doolittle. Mr*. McCarthy became alarmed and called a police- m Mra b5 McCerihy described her opening of the mysterious box and the *xplo> tb.ttWrred Bush wa. re opened at 1:1# o'clock Thursday aft ernoon four additional Jurymen were «?S?ed from the special venire, and the Jury wa* completed. Th* following Is the complete Hit of Jurymen. J. T. Oxburn. J. T. Goldin, I. M. Sheffield, j L. Mynatt. J. B. Evans, T. M. Poole. T H Winslow. H. S. Orey Vaughn Nixon. H. T. Pnttemon. John R- Rxn- ■om and J. W. Co °*- m#mb#r of In excusing one man, a memoer oi tho Fifth regiment, Judge Roan criti cised the ' law exempting militiamen from Jury service, stating that ho wished the law could be changed. He also Inquired • Into the - reason why number of men who had been served with summons to appear In court were not present and ready , to be assigned to jury duty. He directed that an In vestigation be made, and said that those who had. been.served and who failed to appear would be mode to ac count for It. , ... ' At 10 o’clock Thursday morning, one hour after Fred Bush had been placed on trial in the criminal division of ths superior court, on a charge of assault with Intent to murder, the four panels composing the regular Jury were ex hausted, with only eight men selected to alt on the case, and court was ad journed until 1:10 o'clock by Judge Roan In order to allow him to draw a special venire from the Jury box. When the announcement was made that the panel* had been exhausted. Judge Roan suggested that he send out of the court room and aummon men for Jury service immediately. To this Attorney Luther Z. Rosier strenuously objected. "Bush has already been publicly tried by the newspapers.” declared Attorney Rosser. “So much notoriety and pub licity has been given the case by th* newspaper^ that It would be unfair for your honor to send out and summon men Indiscriminately. In Justice to our client.. I ask that your honor draw th* special venire from the Jury box. Judge Roan consented, and court was adjourned until 1:10 o'clock Thurs day afternoon. Court Room Crowded. The trial of Bush waa begun at ( o'clock. The court room waa crowded with spectator* and great Interest was manifested In the case. The Indictment, which was’ read by Solicitor Hill to each panel as It was called. Is a rather lengthy document. It charges that "Fred Bush, with malice aforethought, did on the Sth day of May. 1107, make an assault upon the person of Mrs. Julia McCarthy with a pistol, dynamite, gunpowder, nltrogly- erin and other weapons, to the grand Jury unknown, with Intent to beat, wound, kill and murder her. the said Mrs. Julia McCarthy." That the story of the crime alleged to have been committed by Fred Bush has aroused unusual Interest and has mad* a lasting impression upon th* minds of all who have read It, was apparent on Thursday morning by th* unprecedent ed number of men who disqualified for Jury service by answering affirmatively to the question; “Is there any bias or prejudice rest ing on your mind either for tor against the prisoner at the her?” Out of the four panels, composed of foriy-four men. twenty-one Jurore ad mitted that they were either biased or prejudiced either for or against th* prisoner. Five men. two of whom were negroes, were excused by the state, and seven were excused by the defense. The eight juror* who were taken are: J. T. Oxburn, J. T. Goldin. L M. 8h«f- fiel.l, J. I’ Mynatt. J. R. Evans. T. M. "Revenge," quoth Manager Bill Smith to his bunch of warriors bold os he piped th* Memphla crowd alttlng rather chesty like on the bench at Ponce. Bill remembered the greaeed toboggan of Wednesday afternoon and he had hopes of being able to forget It In either one of two of the two games scheduled. The news of a double-header drew quite a crowd, despite the threatening weather. Smith sent Rube Zeller Into the box for Atlanta, while Charley Babb Instructed Bills to deliver goods for the Memphlt. This Is Bill Smith’s revenge: Flrit Inning. Owens filed out to left. Babb out, third to first. Carey singled to right. Richards tripled to right, scoring Ca rey. Carter out, second to first. TWO HITS: ONE RUN. Becker walked. Winters sacrificed him to second. Sid Smith singled to right. Becker going to third. Jordan grounded to short, forcing Sid Smith out at second and scoring Becker. Paskert filed out to center. ONE HIT; ONE RUN. 8eoond Inning. Neighbors grounded In front of the plate, out at first. Hurlburt fouled out to catcher. Bills filed out to left. NO HITS; NO RUNS. Fox fouled out to first. Castro filed out to right. Dyer walked. Zeller filed out to short. NO HITS; NO RUNS. Third Inning. • Plass out, pitcher to first. Owens singled to left. Babb fouled out to third. Caroy singled to right. Rich ard* grounded to third, Owen* beln canned at tho plate. TWO HITS;. - * runs. . ’rrr* v Becker filed out to left. Winter* filed out to left. Hid Smith out. third to first. NO HITS; NO RUNS. Fourth Inning. Carter filed out to short. Neighbor* out. second to first. Hurlburt grounded to third and safe on orror. Bills grounded to second, forcing Hurlburt. NO HITS: NO RUNS. Jordan out, pitcher to first. Paskert filed out to short. Fox safe on error of first. Castro singled to left. Dyer d out to short. ONE HIT; NO Sought to Procure to Kill Rats, He Testifies. GOES ON STAND IN OWN BEHALF Prisoner Declares He Had No Cause to Take Life of ifrs. Hooke. AMERICAN LEAGUE EARLY GAME8 New York 3, Washington 1^ ^ New York . . . .010 000 010— 3 Washington . . .000 001 000—1 Batteries—Orth and Klelnow; Smith and Blankenship. Umpire ConnoUy. Chicago, 8; 8L Louis, 2. Xl* H, Os BL Louis 010 010 000—Z 0 Chicago 100 120 »•—» 11 Batteries: Jacobson and Stephens, Smith and Sullivan. Umpires, Hurst, and Sheridan. Philadelphia 3, Boston 1. _ R. H. E. Boston * ..000 000 001—1 Philadelphia. . .010 000 110—t Batteries—Oberlln and Armbruster, Dygert and Schreck. Umpire, Evaiu. Cleveland 1, Detroit 0. R. H. E. Detroit 000 000 000—0 4 0 Cleveland 000 000 001—1 Batteries — Killian and Schmidt, Rhoades and Burn*. Umpire, O’Lough lln. NATIONAL MORNING QAME8. Boston 4, Brooklyn 0. ^ ^ Brooklyn.. .» ..000 000 000—0 8 2 Boston 000 00} JOx—4 8 J Batteries—McIntyre ’ and Ritter, Young and Needham. Umpires, But ler and Flaherty. Philadelphia 8, New York Z R. H. E. Philadelphia. . .000 100 011—5 10 1 New York.. .. ..90# 000 000—J Batteries—Moran and»Dooln. Wlltse and Breinahan. Umpire. O'Day. Chicago 6, Pittsburg 4.^ ^ ^ Chicago LoOl 002 361—6' »’ 0 Pittsburg. . . .004 000 000—4 7 4 Batteries—Taylor and Kllng, Llefleld and Gibson. Umpire, Rlgle. Cincinnati 7, 8b Louis 8. ^ cm: ....101 000 000 900 003—7 11 2 St. L. ..too 020 000 200 000—4 11 0 Batteries—Hitt and McLean. Brown and Marshall. Umpire*. Klem and Emslle. RACE RESULTS. TORONTO. Flret Race—Lord Boanerges, even, won; Temeralre. 4 to 9. second: Dog Rose, even, third. Time, 1:14 4-5. Second Raeo—Boll WeevU, 12 to t, won; Fruseatl, 2 to 2. second; Oscar T.. out, third. Tim* 1:02 1-9. BELMONT. Flret Race—Laughing Eysa, I to 1. won: Requite, 4 to S, second; Youthful, ( to 5. third. Time :61. i Second Race—Jack Atkin. 8 to 1, won: Charles Edward, 7 to 5. second; Suffrage, 1 to 8. third. Tim* 1:18. LOUI8VILLE. Flret Race—SynchTOnlsed. 9 to 2, Or land. 4 to L second; Lady's Summerville, Ga., May 30.—Before closing the evidence for the defense, G. L. Groover, Accused of the murder of Mrs. Hooks, took the stand In hie own behalf today, lie staled that he had ordered strychnine from Chattanooga, but did not get It. He said that he wanted It for thq purpose of killing rate, a* they wero bothering him a great deal at his store, and were destroying his goods. Groover stated thHt he had never had Improper relations with Mr*. Hooks, or had never had causo to. In gny way. encompass her death, as he was ac cused. Ho made a plain brief statement and was on the stand but a few minutes. Sensational Evidence. The most sensational evidence of the trial was given this morning by G. L. Wright, a witness for the defenso. Wright stated that lost September Mr. Hooks, husband of the dead woman, said to him, white talking about a damage suit then pending . against Groover, that he wanted Wright to swear In ths trial that Groover had gone to Chattanooga with Mrs. Hooks; that Mrs. Groover had not accompanied her husband on the day In question. Wright said that Hooks told him that It was Impossible for him to longer llvo with his wife; that he wanted to get all tho money he could. He stated that Hooks said that If there was any thing which would provoke murder It was the way he had been treated and that he thought Groover ought to suf fer for It. 8trychnlne for Rats. Mrs. C. I. Oamsr and C. E. Harper, of the oommunlty In which Groover lived, were called and testified that In that section strychnine was commonly used for killing rats. Swanson, a witness from Knoxville, testified that he was In Chattanooga last February attending a trial and that Care Brown, who waa a witness for the prosecution In the Groover case said to him that he knew of a similar case in Georgia to th* one then on trial and that the two had talked together about the Groover case. The argument begun after the noon hour and the case will probably go to the Jury Friday morning. Investigation Of T.F. Stocks Investigation of the charges against Water Commissioner T. F. Stocks be gan before the water board Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. W. T. Brown, president of the Rag land Coal Company, upon whose let ters tha charges were baaed, testified that Stocks put In the bid* himself, though the coal was to be supplied by the Ragland Coal Company. The R"~ land company was to supply It to Blocks Coal Company at 92.28 per ton. and Mr. Stocks put In tha bid at 12.96 though the agreement waa on a basla of 32.35. President Brown said Mr. Stocks wanted to make the price much higher than the 12.38. NO OFFICIAL WEATHER; O BUREAU TAKE8 HOLIDAY. O The weather bureau Is observ- O O Ing Thursday (National Decora- O O tlon Day) as a holiday, and there O o la no official forecast for tha day. O O Indications still point toward rain. O Thursday temperatures: O 7 o'clock a. 64 degrees O 8 o'clock a. m 18 degrees O ....... -. • _. won;. . Poole, T. E. Winslow and IL N, Gray. Man, 5 to 2, third. Tima :H 2*6, WILL BE USED III CAMPAIGN Temperance Advoca tes to Force Ques tion in Bartow. I'clock a. m. . O 10 o’clock a. m. . O 11 o’clock a. m. . O 12 o'clock noon . 1 o'clock p. m. . 3 o’clock p. m. . 68 degree* O 70 degree* O 71 degrees O ......72 degrees O 74 degrees O ......74 degrees O Bpedtl to The Georgian. Cartersvllle, Oft., May 30.—A novel method has been adopted by the women of Cartersvllle and vicinity who are going to take part In the coming pro hibition fight In this county, to make the men show where they stand upon the temperance question. A large meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union was held yesterday afternoon at the First Presbyterian church In this city and It was unani mously agreed upon by the ladles pres ent that a committee be appointed to secure a supply of whit# and red rib bons and to canvass the county seeking the friends and advocates of the tem perance cause, upon whom bows of white ribbon ore to be pinned. In case a man declare* against temperance or refuses to divulge his convictions, he Is to be asked to nllow the committee to pin a bow of red upon the lapel of his coat. mrnte I . - -r~- M he meeting of the Woman’s Chris-" tlan Temperance Union yesterday aft ernoon resulted In perhaps the first organization that ha* yet been perfect ed on the prohibition aide of the com ing fight. Mrs. Sam P. Jones wns made general chairman of the eommlttees, and the work of perfecting the organlaatlon waa placed In her name. Arrangements have been mndo for a temperance rally which will be held at the First Baptist church, at which time tho temperance people will organize fully for the fight that Is to be settled nt the polls June 20. Rev. Walt Hol comb, co-worker of the late Rev. Ham P. Jones, will be the principal speaker at the meeting thla evening, and the music will be furnished by a trained choir and the local brass band. Temperancs Rallies. On Sunday next there*wlll be an all day temperance rally at the Ham Jones Tabomacle, and the meeting will be ad dressed by Rev. George R. Stuart, who Is one of the foremost temperance speakers of the country. During the campaign, which promises to be one of the hottest that has ever been fought In this state, there will be many tem perance rallies held In Cartersvllle and In all parts of the county, and tom* of the most prominent men and women of the state will speak at these meetings. Cartersvllle and Bartow county have been dry for more than twenty-two years, the prohibition party winning In an election by a majority of two votes. Jamestown Trip Fifth Not Yet Given Up. For COLONEL ANDERSON IS OPTIMISTIC Georgia Boys to Head Great Parade at Exposition If They Can Go. (Continued on Pag* Three.) A rift appears In ths cloud* at gloom Thursday that hung over the officers and men of the Fifth regiment Wed nesday evening. Following the officers’ meeting Wednesday evening, at which It wa* reluctantly announced that the James town trip would hi.v" to be abandoned unless tame unfore-„ fn happy Circum stance arose, new !ioi>e was Imparted Thursday by the active work at Celo- ncl Clifford L. Anderson. Colonel Anderson appeared before the finance committee of counatl, and stated conditions. He received assur-. nnces that If the money could be found 31.000 would be given toward defray ing tho necessary expenses, and th* appropriation was recommended by th* c imnuttee Public Must Give. Colonel Anderson stated that with the amount In the regimental treas ury and tho 31.000 from the city, if 3IJI0O should bo donated by Individ uals, the regiment could make the trip. He has already received considerable encouragement from friends of the reg iment that liberal private subscriptions would bo given. While It Is not absolutely certain that the plans now under way for th* trip will be perfected. Colonel Ander-' son feels quite hopeful. He Is anxious to take the regiment for Georgia Day, because the boys hail their heart* set on It, and to miss the honor of heading the military pageant on what promises to be one of the greatest days o( the fair, would be a bitter disappointment. Colonel Anderson experts to know definitely late Thursday afternoon or Friday morning whether or not It will be possible for th* regiment to make the trip lo Jamestown. A more general feeling of hope over the situation exists Thursday after noon. ooooooootoooofiKHJOOoooooooa Th# a •oral* a records lure etch dij toms J08EPH B. LIVELY. North Carolina, with Its notable • progress as a furniture manufae- turer made during the past ten or fifteen years, has come to be recog nised In this respect as the Michigan of the.South. In other stnte* of that section more and mor# attention Is being given every year to the vast resources of timber, and the divers directions taken In the utilization of such supplies are Indicated In announcements In a late Issue ot The Manufacturers' Record. Primary lumber operations, of course, still pre dominate. Atnonif them are the establishment of eaw-mllls at Hardv Ark., to make railroad car material, ties, piling and posts; at Culp, Ark' at Hammond, Xatchltochea, Opelousas. Alexandria, New Orleans and < >ber- lln. La.; at North Birmingham and Selma, Ala.; at Clarksville, Lexing ton, Sparta and Selmer, Tenn.: at Alto and Sour Lake. Texas; at New Augusta, Miss., and In Barren county, Kentucky. Near Bruton, Ala., about 11,000 acres of timber land have been leased for twelve year* and a turpentine distillery will be erected then A -mil iar plant representing an Investment of 316.000, will be erected at Lake Charles, La., so arranged aa to permit a doubling of rapacity whenever desired. In Louisiana, too, a lumber company la considering the possi bility of Installing a creoaotlng plant In connection with Its lumber mill, which will have an output of 400,000 feet In twenty hours. At I.ittie Rock, Ark., progress Is being made upon a creoaotlng plant which w ill hav* equipment for treating about 2,000.000 croaa-tlea annually. About >100,000 will be Invested In a saw and planing mill near Savannah, rja to handle timber lying between Central Junction and the Ogeechee river Another tract of 20,000 acre* of tlmbar In Dickenson county, Virginia, is to be similarly developed by an Ohio company. Other wood-working undertakings announetd are stave works with a capacity of 10,000 a day at Newport. Ark., box factories at Atlanta. Ga., and at Ocean Springs Miss., furniture factories at Nashville, Tenn.. and at Greenville. Tenn vehicle work* at Rose Hill. N. C„ sash and door factory at Montgomery' Ala., hardwood factory at Gilbert, La., veneering mill at Black Rook Ark., shingle mill at Jonesboro, Ark., sash and door factors' at Valdosta] Ga., planing mill at Owensboro, Ky.. and cooperage and storage works at Hagerstown. Md. Railroad building In different parts of the South Is contributing great- ly to th* development of the lumber Industry The Bat n Rouge. Ham mond and Eastern railroad to extend forty-three miles Rouge to Hammond. La., and twenty-three miles from Ham fngton, La., will run through a timber region that f* expe t. large amount of lumbar for freight. Another lumber rx Orleans Great Northern, la poshing work In Mississippi son. and a branch of It may be extended either to Gulfport goula. This road touche* a territory having enough tin. to ning for thirty-live year* the lumbar plant at Bogjlu.-a, La.