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>00000000000000000000000 the weather. Fair tonight and Thursday: no marked change In the tempera ture. , The Atlanta Georgian All the News While It is News In The Georgian. AND NEWS Are You Reading “The Ghost”? In Saturday’s Georgian. SPOT COTTON. Llverppol, qt; 7.42. Atlanta, firm; 13%. N. Y., steady; 13.60. N. O., quiet; 13ft. Augusta, steady; 13%. Savannah, Arm; 12%. VOL. V. NO. 311. ATLANTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1907. ■0PTPT?;. In Atlanta: TWO CENTS. . xav-IAaEj. On Trains: FIVE CENTS. 10 EXTEND STITE HI The Chamber of Com merce Takes Up Plan. ask support for ALEXANDER BILL TELLER STUFFED $96,317 IN GRIP AND VANISHED; WIFE WANTED TO DIE Extend Western and Atlan tic to Sea, Say Directors of Chamber. By the unanimous vote of the dl rectors of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, a resolution Indorsing the proposed extension of the Western and Atlantic railroad to the sea was adopt- !( l’ Tuesday afternoon at the regular monthly session of the board. The resolution was offered by R. L. Foreman, and was as follows: •Resolved, That we favor the pro. posed extension of the Western and Atlantic railroad to the sea as a much needed addition to the transportation facilities of Georgia, which will great ly enhance the value of the state’s road and strengthen Its position In relation to the transportation system of the South. •Resolved, further. That we request our representatives to support Mr. Alexander’s bill." The unanimous adoptton of the reso lution followed an earnest discussion of the proposition by Hon. Hooper Alexander, the author of the bill now pending before the legislature, nnd for years the ardent advocate of this ex tension. He was present by' lnvlta. .tftn. Hooper Alexander "Talks. After explaining the relation of the West- era and Atlantic railroad to the other tr.ni- portatloa sjeteme and presenting the statue Of his Mil, he expressed his confidence In the passage of his bill through both houeea of the legislature, nnd atated that aome of the strongest men who had heretofore with held their support have become convinced that the road should be extended, and will vote for the bill. (ieorge W. Parrott, who bai probably hnllt more miles of railroads In Ooorgls thnn nny other man living, also spoke en thnslsstleally of the bill end stated that the extension eotild be made for something over I5.TO.M0, besides the cost of docks and ter- mins Is. This Is the second time the Chamber of Commerce has Indorsed this project. In May. lSOt, It was drat publicly discussed by Mr. Alexander at n meeting of the chamber, and It wee on motion of lion, lloke Smith then that the directors llret Indorsed the proposed extension of the atato road to tidewater. Extend to River. Should the next Western and Atlan tic railroad committee frpm the lower house of representatives approve of the project. It Is probable that the pres, ent legislature may adopt a resolution providing for the extension of the ter minals of the state road at Chattanoo ga to the Tennessee river, the right of way to bo secured from the city of Chattanooga. It Is said that wharfage rights and terminal facilities for tho road can be obtained along the Tennessee river at hattanooga, this concession probably being made by the city of Chattanooga In return for the privilege of being al lowed to open Broad street through the •tste'a property at Chattanooga. Should the state decide to extend the mad to the river, the Increased faeilt- tles for handling freight shipped by the Tennessee river to Chattanooga would he greatly increased and a reduction In freight rates would result. It la probable the commltteo will go to Chattanooga to Investigate the prop osition as soon as It Is announced by Speaker Slaton. RACE RESULTS. „ 8HEEPSHEAD. BAY. Hrst Race—Roseben, 1 to 6. won: Hac-nsel. 5 to 1, second; Berwick, 7 to s. third. Time. 1:11 4-6. Second Race—Spooner, 13 to 10, won: Nimbus, 6 to l. second; Halket, 1 to 4, third. Time 1:001-6. ... „ KENILWORTH. *.lr»t Race—Lexington Lady, 3 to 1. *°n: Miss Calesby, 3 to 1, second; Oold Quarts, 4 to 1, third. Time 1:013-5. OOQt3o<H3ooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOO FINE weather ahead 0 FOR JULY FOURTH. O o Fine weather scheduled for the O Glorious Fourth. People with O ® h °ls or half holiday may get out O mr the day without fear of being O drenched by a thunder storm. 0 forecast: 0 "Fair Wednesday night and 0 Thursday, no marked temperature 0 change." 0 _Wednesday temperatures: O ■ o clock, a. m 70 degrees O ; "Clock, a. m 72 degrees 0 9 o clock, a. m 74 degrees 0 J® ".clock, a. in. 70 degrees 0 |l u clock, a. m 81 degrees O i- ", clock noon 82 degrees 0 * "clock, p. m 83 degrees O - " Clock, p. m 83 degrees O cocowooooooemoooooooooooo New York, July 8.—With utter amazement banking circles learned to day the details of the bold fashion In which Paying Teller Chester B. Run yon, of the Windsor Trust Cpmpany, Is said to have robbed the concern of nearly 1100,000. The alleged robbery Is one of the most remarkable ever reported to the police, for the reason that under the very nose of his bank officials Runyon Is charged with having stuffed 196,317 Into a dress suit case, and after shak ing hands and bidding all goodby, van ished. The police say that the operation of putting the great mass of bills, rang ing from 15 to <1,000 each. Into the suit case must have taken place In tho banking office Just before Runyon fled. He did not even go to his apartments to bid farewell to his wife, to whom he had been married for live years, but disappeared after quietly walking away with his plunder. While a detective was questioning Mrs. Dunyon, the wife of the default ing paying teller, today at her home, she tried to kill herself by leaping from the window. Mrs. Carney, her mother, and her brother seised her and held her back. Mrs. Runyon had been hysterical all night. Late thlS'afternoon John A. Young, president of the bank, announced that his concern had offered <2,600 reward for Runyon's arrest. Young declared that when the man was apprehended he would be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. BURE A U OF IN FORM A 7ION FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY majority To proride accurate Information on Inaur- citizens of thta state to he known as a ■nee for the benefit of the general assem blies, In order that hasty and ill-advised In surance laws may not be pussed, la the ob ject of a resolution by Representative Ilarksdale, of Wilkes county, who would es tablish a bureau of Information ou that subject. The resolution follows: ‘Whereas, Recent Investigations of the Insurance business In other states have brought to light the urgent necessity of more nnd better laws than now exist In this state,, whereby the loterest of the people who take fire, life or other Insurance ns a protection to their families and. property, can be properly safeguarded, aud 'Whereas, Much enre should be taken to get a conservative ns well ns nn exhaustive hearing from all parties at Interest on the subject, and believing that this end could not be obtalucil with gfwwl results by hastllv passing nny Insurance laws at this session the general assembly, l<e It therefore “Resolved by the house, the senate con curring, That the governor bo nnd Is hereby empowered to npi>olnt five representative places H| | I | mine; giving n hearing to representatives of any aud nil companies now doing or who may choose to do business In this state, nnd to any private citizen who mny doll re to come before them in the Interest of insur ance legislation.. That,they inny employ nt their discretion n competent nctnnrv to give them such expert testimony or ntlvlce ns they nmy desire, aud employ one com- ernor is authorized to draw his warrant on the treasury nnd ont of such funds as msy not l<e otherwise appropriated to pay the members of this bureau of Insurance legis lative Information, each the sum of $6 per day nnd 5 cents per tulle actual distance traveled In going to nnd from the meetings termlncsl upon by the bureau for their serv< FIFTEEN-POUND PICKEREL DROWNS MAN AND WOMAN Chippewa Lake, Mich.. July 3.—Mra. George Cutler arid Charles T. Chambers, of Iona, were drowned by a 16-pound pickerel, which became hooked bn a line that was tied to a cleat In the boat In which the man and woman were Ashing. The flsh rnn under tho craft and upset It. The cause of the drown ing was not known, until searching parties with grappling hoolts brought the flsh to the surface, dead nnd still attached to the hook. The body of Chambers has been-found. but that of Sirs. Cutler Is still misting. ■me Council Resolution Incenses Prohi bitionists. WHISKERS SAVED SUICIDE FROM CHOKING IN NOOSE Ithaca, N. Y„ July 3.—Things have been going wrong of late with Thomas Becker, a farmer, near Enfield, and he threw a rope over a cross-beam, made It fast at one end and made a noose at the other end. The noose he put around his neck as he nfood on a feed bucket. Then he laboriously tied knots In a rope that fastened his hands. That accomplished, he bade farewell and stepped off the bucket. Twenty minutes later Mrs. Becker, becoming anxious, went to the barn In search of her husband. There she found him hanging more or less com fortable and looking sheepish. "Are you alive, Thomas?" she In quired In trembling tones. "I am," answered Mr. Becker. "Do you suppose anyone could choke him self with u mattress of whiskers be tween the rope and his throat?” That was the fact. The would-be ■ulclde ln hie nervousness had failed to take his beard Into the calculation and It had formed an effective cushion. TWO JEWS DEAD IN ODESSA RIOT St. Petersburg, July I.—A dispatch from Odessa reports an unprovoked at tack on Jews In that city last night by members of the “Black Hundred." The reactionists tired Indiscriminate ly at the men, women and children. Two Jews were killed and fifteen wounded In the attack. The police made no effort to prevent the attack. KILLED IN AN AUTO WRECK DANIEL LEET OLIVER. Daniel Leet Oliver, eon of the late Pittsburg multi-millionaire, James B Oliver* and* a Yale junior, wit killed at New Haven in an automobile accident^' The sketch ihows the accident which roiulted in young OUveFn death. O0O00O0O00000O00O000000000 o O SAVANNAH PROTESTS 0 AGAINST PROHIBITION. 0 0 0 Special to The Georgian. O Savannah. Ga, July 3.—The 0 0 Savannah Board of Trade this aft' 0 ernoon passed resolutions protest- 0 0 Ing against a general prohibition 0 0 bill. The city council will proba- 0 0 bly take the tame step this after- 0 0 noon, as will the Cotton Exchange 0 0 and the Chamber of Commerce. O 00000000000000000000000000 Dr. Len G. Broughton has placed the thirteen members of city council who voted for the resolution to memorallse the legislature to defeat prohibition on notice that they would have opposition whenever they offered for office again. Dr. Broughton's announcement came at the close of the big prohibition rally In Wesley Memorial church on Tuesday night. On next Sunday night he will Inaugurate his fight on four who have already announced as candidates. They are E. E. Pomeroy, candidate for aider- man from the Fourth: W. A. Hancock, candidate for alderman from the Sev enth; Charles Roberts, candidate for alderman from the Eighth, and Sid Holland, candidate for council from the Third. Wesley Memorial was well lilted on Tuesday night for. the rally of the Anti-Saloon League. Representative W. A. Covington,told the leaguers that the general assembly would give the stnte a general prohibition bill whether It suited the Atlanta city council or not. He declared that thirty-two members of the senate were pledged to voto for such a bill; that the house stood over, whelmlngly for It. and that the govern or would give It his approving signs turn. Judge Covington riddled the res olutlon of council, and said that noth Ing could stem the tldo sweeping the liquor traffic out of Georgia. Judge W, R. Hammond prcsl Hi" Ha l ting. Ili-aldcs Judge Covington Dr. a. W. Young, of Louisville, secre tary of the National Anti-Saloon League, spoke. Dr. Young's speech was an Inspiring one. ‘ He aald Georgia was about to take the lead In healthy, clean morals, and that her example would be followed by Tennessee, Texas and Mississippi. Indorse Pending Bill. On motion of Rev. J. C. Solomon, the following resolution unanimously In dorsing the Hardman-Covlngton prohi bition bill was passed: "Whereas. There Is a profound and mighty prohibition sentiment sweeping like a tidal wave over our grand old state, and "Whereas, A state prohibition bill, the Hardman-Covlngton bill, Is now pending before the legislature, and "Whereas. Georgia never had a bet ter and brighter opportunity for vic tory and freedom from the rum curse; "Resolved, That It is the sense of tills large, cultured and representative body of Fulton county the state prohibition bill shall pass and that the Infamous liquor traffic shall be banished from our borders forever." In this connection Rev. J. C. Solo mon, superintendent of the Georgia Anti-Saloon League, has addressed the following open letter to the members of the general assembly: "Gentlemen of the General Assembly of Georgia—For many years In Georgia we have had much prohibition senti ment, but for the last two or three years It has grown with great rapidity; n fact, the prohibition sentiment throughout the Southland has grown with such marvellous strides that the people stand and wonder. The most talked-of thing In our own state—yea, the burning question of the hour. Is state prohibition. It simply amounts to a revolution. It astonishes everybody. The whole state stands agog. •The liquor men have already read the 'handwriting on the wall.’ It Is eald that In Albany, one of the very strongest whisky citadels In the state, the saloons are buying their stuff with the privilege of returning It In case of prohibition. One of the most promi nent liquor dealers In Atlanta has de clared that he was sure the legislature would abolish the traffic In Georgia. “Scoi-es of houses will be closed when the liquor tratllc Is abolished, and a large number of men will go out of business, but out of a business the vilest and most hellish that ever cursed childhood, crushed a mother’s heart, broke up a home or damned a soul. These houses will soon be fllled with clean and remunerative merchan dise, and these men so long In this dia bolical business wrecking, ruining, dls. gracing all, will And honorable employ, ment, do credit to the state, and have a chance of heaven. "There was a time In the wake of At lanta’s bloody riot when we might have carried Fulton county for prohibition had all prohibition forces stood to gether, but they are together now, and the churches are all abreast, and the fraternal orders are aroused, and pa triots ore standing 'pat/ and children are singing and women are praying, and a long outraged liquor-cursed state Is on her mettle at last. ’’It was a long time coming, but the entire Anti-Saloon League, the W. C. T. U. and other line forces hove been untiringly and faithfully at work, until today our ministry, our churches and our state ore stirred to action. “The prohibition sentiment Is organ ised. The house It overwhelmingly for state prohibition. The senate will give us a fine majority—thirty-two of the senators having already committed themselves to the bill. Some say. ’Oh. tho senate will sell out/ ‘The liquor men will buy them up.’ I don't believe It. From an appearances Georgia sen ators are not for sale, and II there ever MENACED BY "BLACK HAND" U.S. DEPUTIES E Marshal Asks For More Men to Do Picket Duty. NOT ADMITTED BEYOND PORTALS Many Rumors of Oil King Having Been Spirited Away in Auto. ; / I. T. BUSH AND HI3 WIFE. Millionaire I. T. Bush und his wife have been threatened with death by the Black Hand unless they pay. <5,000 blackmail. Mr. Bush Is well known In financial and social circles In Now York. DEFENSE BATTERS Witnesses on Stand Refute State’s Witness and Say He Lied. Boise, Idaho, July <.—With sledge hammer blows, delivered through one witness after another, the defense In the trial of William D. Haywood has battered the dove-tailed story of Harry Orchard Into fragments, all of which Its witnesses declare are lies. Orchard's "confession." mahufactur ed by the convict after a year's piece meal labor at the behest of Detective McPartland. head of the Pinkertons, to day was a discredited patchwork of fal sification. Max Mallch. a Denver merchant; Joe Mehellch, a miner, and Billy Aik- man, another miner, all of whom were given red reputations by Orchard, en tered general' and specific denials of any guilty connection with any of Or chard's numerous crimes. The brother of Detective McPart- land. Edward McPartland, now of Vic tor, Colo., came to Boise to tell on the stand of the brutality of the militia and detectives during the deportation by wholesale from the Cripple Creek dis trict. Edward McPartland himself was one of those deported. Billy Atkman, who. Orchard said, as a desperate dynamiter, and his companion on expeditions to kill Gov ernor Teabody, waa then called. Or chard had hworn that Atkman went with him when he put the bomb In the Victor mine. Alkman absolutely de nied this charge. Evidence that Harry Orchard had tried to Induce Max' Mallch to. enter a plot to blow up the company store at Globevllle, near Denver, was given by Mallch himself. He said Orchard also offered to blow up a hotel. At the resumption of the Haywood trial this morning the crowd was small. Senator Borah got an order of court requiring "Big Bill" Davis to remain In attendance. Francis C. Clifford, a life. Insurance agent who had desk room In Petti- bone's store, detailed the character and extent of Pettlbone's business. Clifford said ho was Introduced to Orchard by Pettlbone and he saw Orchard four or five times at the store. Clifford testified that Orchard came Into the store one day and asked Pet tlbone to cash a check. Pettlbone ad vanced a part of the amount and held the remainder subject to • Orchard's order. Prosecutor Hawley made a violent and demonstrative objection to the tes timony of J. C. Barnes, a Kentuckian, who chummed with Detective Riddell when both were In the Tellurtde re gion. The witness told that Riddell ad vocated violence and dynamite against' COURT HOUSE PLAN TO BE CONSIDERED ON NEXT F Commissioners and' Council to Discuss Joint Build ing. The commissioners of roads and rev enues of Fulton cohnty and the mayor and city council of Atlanta will hold a conference Friday morning at 10 o'clock [-onslder the proposed erection of a city hall and court house under one roof.' The mayor and committee from council appeared before the commis sioners Wednesday mornjng and spoke of the project. The commissioners had many other matters to take up, and It was decided to meet again Friday for the purpose of holding this confer ence. It seems to be the Idea of the coun cil committee to erect a building which will cost about <1,000,000, one part to be devoted to the court house and the other to the city hall. Just what ahara the county and city will pay will be de cided at subsequent conferences If the proposition meets with favor. The county commissioners have al ready laid plans for the building of a nett court house at an expense <400,000, and this new plan may change matters entirely. The commissioners voted to exempt the Wesley Memorial Hospital from taxation. The recommendation of the grand Jury, that <6,000 be appropriated to the building of a new Old Ladles’ Home, was referred to the county at torney, with Instruction* to determine If any statutory laws prevented, and. If no, to take steps to remove the tech nical difficulty. The commissioners voted to levy a tax of 10 cents a day on electric the aters. mines and mine owners. Pot Moran, of Cheyenne, who. Or chard says, he sent to Denver to get <600 from Pettlbone. was railed. He worked for Pettlbone for five years as clock peddler. Moran denied that hr had any relations with Orchard or that he went to Denver to get money for him. Cleveland, Ohio, July 3.—That John D. Rockefeller Is now hiding In his home, at Forest Hill, Is the belief of the United States officials, both here and at Chicago, and unless the oil king agrees to receive the subpena from tho United States court In Chicago soon, the hand some summer home will be completely bottled up and no one will be allowed to get In or out without a careful scru tiny from the United States marshal and his deputies. Marshal Chandler has wired to Wash ington for authority to swear In a big force of deputies. He wants to com pletely surround the grounds of Forest HIM and hold It night and day until the subpena Is served. Tho Information given Jlnrahnl Chan dler Is that John D. Rockefeller came to Cleveland on the New York Central Monday, arriving here at 10 a. m. He got off at Colllngwood, In the Lake Shore yards, and was taken by auto mobile to a rear entrance of Forest HIM. "When I attempted to Interview Mias Howard, Mr. Rockefeller's secretary," said .Marshal Chandler, "she said: 'You need not ask me any questlone, as I will not answer ymi.’ In serving a sub- pena wo aro at a disadvantage, as we can nut force an entrance to the housa- nod make a search, an would he possi ble with n warrant for arrest." A resident near Forest Hill said last night that he saw Superintendent Jones spirit Rockefeller away after dark In an automobile. Deputies followed, but wore lost In the chase. ROCKEFELLER IS NOT IN PITTSFIELD, MASS. Pittsfield, Mass., July 3.—United States Deputy Mnrshals Frank and Rheul loft Plttsfleld todny, nfter being assured by E. Parmeleo Prentice, John D. Rockefeller’s son-in-law and per sonal counsel, that the oil magnate was not In hiding at his country estate. Laconic Lodge. WOMAN IS KILLED Montgomery. . Ala., Jnlr 3.—I.lgbtuln •truck tin* realm'iicu of Wnnl Watson. I )othnn. yeaterday. Instantly killing Mn Yataon. ami ileatrorwl liy fire, was terribly burned. Texas Tornodo Wrecks Town Dallas, Texas, July 3.—Reports are being received of.a tornado whtek swept portions of Wichita, Baylor, Young, Taylor Knox and Haskell counties yesterday. Considerable dam age was done at Wichita, Falls and crops were ruined. At Olney, In Young county, several buildings were blown down. Rochester Is reported to have been deetroyed and Merkle, In Taylor county, Is said to be partially In ruins. At Seymour a big cotton gin was wrecked and at Hunday a number of buildings were destroyed. was a time when the senate did sell Its honor. Its Integrity, Its manhood, let us hope—let us believe, the time Is come when never again will the conscience- less liquor gang, with their 'till/ wrung out of tears and blood, buy a Georgia senate. "Gentlemen, remember the honor of your state, remember thousands of praying women and helpless children, remember our tempKd brothers, re member Jesus Christ, and vote thq ac cursed Itqifbr traffic out of Georgia. "Yours for suffering humanity. "J. C. SOLOMON, "Supt. Ga. Anti-Saloon League." Growth and Progress of the New Sonth JOSEPH B. LIVELY Tho cotton mills of North end south Csrollns sre making Important Improve ment. and a number of now mills are projected. The Neely Manufacturing Company, of Yorkrllle, 8. C., will add 2A00 spindles to Ita present equipment of 3.50) spindles. The Com Cotton MAI of Kings Mountain. N. C„ la making arrangements to add to Ita present equipment 10.100 spindles. >The High Hhnals Company of High Bhoslt, N. C., will toon put Id SS.ooo addi tional spindles. Its present equipment Is 11,004 spindles. ■ it Is stated that the McDowell Manufacturing Company of Concord. N. C.. will baud n mill nt an early date having an equipment of 4,6" «plndles. The I-owell (N. C.) Mill. No. 3. Is inorlng along nicely, the alngle-story building I (IJ61MO) lining rapidly constructed. The machinery Installation will amount to ap proximately la,OOl spindle.. O. A. Bobbins, of Chsrlotte. Is the gMbUect-engtneer. • .... *'"1, nt IJncolnlon, N. c.. which was recently organized, bn. let The Kureka Mill, m umwim, ... .... wei, — “- " " the contract for the erection of the building. Tha plsnt will be a will tie In operation late In the fall. nail base skipped all uecesaary machinery foe manipulating the rnu pi rnnlier. end hare quite a lot of the giuiyule plant stored. They ale. gnaytile lands some fifty mites south of Marathon, from which the present IOI "t|"o gnaynle plsnt I. barve.tcit with a dsvlce adapted to pull the mill up. ruota and all; It Is then lolled In 209-poond lots with no ordinary ha; loaded on wukons, and hauled to Marathon. The plant will not lie operate extensive plan nt present, but will be enlarged as the business increase.