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THE WEATHER. For Atlanta and vicinity—Local thunder atorma Thursday night and Friday. The Atlanta Georgian All the News While It-is News In The Georgian. AND NEWS Are You Reading "The Ghost"? See This Issue. SPOT COTTON. Liverpool, easier; 7.15. Atlanta, quiet; 18c. New. York,) quiet; 13.20. New Orieana, quiet; lie. Augusta, quiet; 13H. Savannah, steady; 18H. VOL. V/ NO. 318. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 11,19p7. PPTfTTC. la Atlanta: TWO CENTS. XriXXVjlh. On Trains: FIVB CBNTfl. Muddy Water in Atlanta's System Inexcusable, Says Committee; Prohibition Bill Recommended For Passage by Senate Committee “WILL REDUCE CRIME BY FIFTY PER CENT” —RECORDER NASH BROYLE8. Senate Comrnittee Re ports Favorably on Bill. BATTLE BEFORE TWO COMMITTEES Strenuous Fight For and Against Hardman-Cov- ington Bill. * OO<HXH>00000000000000000000 0 0 0 HOUSE COMMITTEE MAY 0 0 REPORT IN FEW HOURS. 0 0 0 O The committee of the hou»u on 0 0 lemperance of the house of repre- 0 <3 sentativee Is Thursday afternoon 0 0 considering the prohibition bill O 0 and a favorable report may be 0 0 expected at any time. 0 OOO0000000000000000p000000 After a bearing lasting from Wed nesday afternoon at 2:10 o'clock to noon Thursday, followed by a private session of one hour, the senate commit tee on temperance at 1 o'clock Thurs day afternoon unanimously decided to recommend the Hardman prohibition . hill back to the senate for passage. But this action came only after the hill was made even more drastic and binding than the original measure, nut only forbids the- manufacture or 'ale of Intoxicants In Georgia, but It prohibits the keeping of It at any one'a Place of business. It prohibits the manufacture of do inestlc wines and cldera, and makes no provision for wines to be used for sac. raroentnl purposes It binds hoops o. «leel about the licensed druggist who Is permitted to sell pure alcohol. In fact, the measure. Is as drastic as pos sible to make It. Amendments Defeated. An amendment, offered by Senator Brock to section one. making the law effective January 1, 1909, Instead of 1991, was lost. Senator Cowart of fered .he amendment prohibiting the keeping of liquors at a place of bust- new*. • Senator Hardman, author of the measure, moved ■ to strike the entire second section and substitute In Its place one which left out the manufac ture of domestic wines and cldera and the sale of wines for sacrament. This new section gives licensed ?rug- Ktfts the right to sell pure alcohol only "» a physician's prescription. A cer- tincate must' be furnished also that the physician Is actually In charge of the patient, that an examination haa been made and that the alcohol is needed. A new section, the third, allowe JruKglsts to sell wood alcohol for art, ■echanlCBl or scientific purposes. After the adoption of these amend ments, unanimous recommendation for its passage was registered viva voce. At 8 o'clock Thursday morning the senate temperance committee me In the committee room at the capitol, for the Purpose of continuing the hearing for ‘nil against the prohibition bill. Atlanta waa allowed the first hear ing. and It was agreed that each side •huuld have thirty minutes. Reuben Arnold was the first speaker f nd he spoke against the passage of the bill. "In the first place," said Mr. Arnold, 1 see no reason for haste In this mat- " r Any great measure should not be ‘ttehe-1 through In a hurry." Mr. Arnold declared that the meas- ure is undemocratic because It Is “gainst the platform adopted at Macon “urlng the last campaign for governor. If you pass this bill you repudiate •ne action of the Democratic party at Macon, where local option was declared 10 he the principle upon which that rampalgn waa waged, and there waa nothing said In the campaign about Prohibition." Governor 8mlth Will Sign. In reply to a queatlon, Mr. Arnold •omitted that Governor Smith stated 5* *°uld sign a prohibition bill wsre 1 ,P,ye«d by the legislature. lou should leave this question to the people and not shove It down their throats," said Mr. Arnold. If this question Is left to the vote ° r people of Fulton county we can r»«« It two to one if you eliminate the negro vote." RECORDER NASH R. BROYLES. City Recorder Says Prohibition Law Will Cut Down Cases in His Court by Half. Mr - Arnold waa asked. Pass your disfranchisement hill and 'hen you can eliminate It," Mr. Arnold “•'Piled. Mr. Arnold aroused great applause .., ,* n he stated that he favored prohi bition In the smaller cities, but waa op- *t In the larger cities. He de- Jlared that the law could not be en- klnd*1t Ua '*” pubilc » en tlB*»nt waa be- Hf, referred to the etatement of Hen- 1 t,p ady that In list Atlanta was “If prohibition is put into effect■ in Georgia, crimft will be reduced fully 50 per ce.nt.” This assertion was made Thursday by Recorder Broyles. Judge Broyles, from his long experience on the bench of the most pro lific police court .in the South, Is firmly convinced that a prohibition law will be a good thing for both Atlanta and the whole state. In discussing the police court, the recorder declared that 75 per cent of the cases that come before him grow directly or Indirectly from the drink ing of whisky. ! "Stop the sale-of liquor,”, says Judge Broyles, “and the moral tone of the city will be greatly enhanced.” ( . •• ‘‘Fully 75 per cent of the total number of cases that, are brought Into police court,” said the, recorder, "can be traced either directly or Indirectly to the drinking of liquor. ' If whisky is wiped out, I feel no hesitancy In say ing that crime will be reduced 50 per cent. This Is a conservative estimate. And then when We miss this big percentage of cases from court, we know that thousands of dollars that would be paid to the city In lines is being turned Into other channels, the merchants, other business people, and the citizens generally, getting the, benefit of It. "Prohibit the sale of liquor and I believe the people will be better and the city and state better, both .morally and financially. And If the judges, juries and other county' officials do their full duty I am certain a prohibi tion law will prohibit almost a|»nlutely. Of course at flrat there will he some blind tigers, but If the courts .will put the operators of such places In the chalngang Instead of fining them,, the practice will soon be broken up. Apply the law rigidly and I don’t-think we would be bothered with blind tigers very long.. "For a number of days,' directly following the riot'of last’year when all of the saloons were closed, we hod an extraordinarily small number of cases In court, and the day folfowlng special occasfons, such‘as holidays when the saloons are closed, wo hpve.practically- no court at all. Thla demonstrates what prohibition would mean In .the decrease of crime.” A VOICE OF AUTHORITY— The Atlanta correspondent of a Cincinnati newspaper interviewed Governor John B. Gordon in 1887 on the subject of prohibition in Georgia, and the soldier-statesman gave his views as follows: "Prohibition has been tried through local option in 100 out of 137 counties of the state, and I do not know that one county has gone back on its action. I do not hesitate to pronounce the result good so far as they are con cerned. For Atlanta it certainly has not damaged us, and in some very im portant regards it has been of most material service to three classes of our population: J, l. To the freedmen, who were in the habit of spending at the low grog shops on the outskirts of the city a greater part and often all their earn- mgs. "2. The laboring white classes are benefited in the same degree. They now spend their money in comforts for their families. The increase in the trade of the small grocers with this class is an unanswerable argument in its favor. "3. The benefit is most marked to young men who were in the habit of social drinking about billiard and barrooms. I do not by any means wish to convey the idea that the people of Atlanta were more addicted to drink ing than any other city, but it serves as an illustration, as it is the only city of its size in which the question has been fully tested. All reports as to the damage to business are false, and I am quite sure that the benefits to the three classes named far outbalance any evils outside. In the rural districts its good influence is attested by the great decrease in the criminal side of our court docket." Ill OHJEHUf Labor Chief - Begins Story of Western Affairs. ANTI-LOBBYING BILL IS PASSED BY HOUSE Continued on Pago Four. Lobbying In Georgia In the Interest of pending legislation Is dead.' Iniofat as the Georgia legislature la concerned, the lower house of the general assem bly Thursday morning passing the nntl- lobbylng bill of Mr. Wright, of Floyd, by a vote of 159. to 0. The bill, which was put upon It* passage Wednesday, aroused consid erable opposition from those who were opposed to the section‘which said that no paid representative of a corporation should be allowed to speak to a mem ber of the general assembly. In regard to pending legislation except In the committee rooms and In the presence of the committee. Mr. Dunbar, of Richmond, Introduced _ resolution striking out this clause, and after much debate It was defeated by a vote of 143 to 22. Seeing that the bill would pass, the opposition with drew from the field and there were no dissenting votes when the roll was called upon the passage of the original measure. Those voting for the Dun bar amendment were as follows: Adamafof Elbsrt; Allen, Brown of Oglethorpe: Dunbar, Edmondson, Ed wards, Fraser, Frier, Heard, Huff, Mar tin. Morris. Nowell, Orr, Price of Oconee; Slater, Townsend. The Fulton county delegation Tues day succeeded In passing two local measures which are of Importance. One of these was the bill providing for the appointment of an additional superior court Judge to assist Judge Pendleton in handling the civil business of this county. It provides a salary of 15,000, goes Into effect Immediately after Its adoption and went through without opposition. It is generally believed that Captain W. D. Ellis will receive tha appointment from Governor Smith. The other bill was the ratification of the Issuance of 1500.000 worth of water ^Mr!’ Cook, of Telfair. Introduced a bill to compel minors nnd others found In a drunken condition In dry cmintles to tell where and from whom they re ceived the Intoxicant. Failure to tell Is punishable by Imprisonment f>r 20 days or a fine of $60, or both. Mr. Tift, of Dougherty. Introduced a resolution Inviting Governor Smith to address the legislature at any time he sees fit upon the subject of Immi gration. 'According to the rules, ths resolution was laid on the table for one day. . Mr. Martin, of Elbert, Introduced a resolution to the effect that the house go on record as being opposed to the Importation of foreign-bom Immigrants to Georgia, and that Georgia spend not one cent for Immigration. The houae met at 9 o'clock Thursday morning, according to adjournment, and was led In prayer by the chaplain. the house again took up the discussion of the antl-lobbylng bill, which -was Interrupted when the house went Into Joint session Wednesday at noon. Mr. Hall, of Bibb, who had the floor at the hour of adjournment, concluded his argument In support of the bill. Mr. Nowell, of Walton, (poke In sup port of the amendment to the bill, of fered by Mr. Dunbar, of Richmond, which sought to strike opt the clauee that a legislator could not talk to a paid representative of a corporation In regard to pending legislation, except Inside of a committee room. "The constitution already provide! for the punishment of lobbying,” de clared Mr. Nowell, "and It Is unneces sary to pais this bill. "If you can't reach lobbyists under the law already on the statute books, then you can't reach them under tha one before you.” Mr. Nowell spoke at eome length upon the measure, and delivered a strong argument In opposition to Its passage, as originally drawn up. Mr. Covington, of Colquitt, spoke In favor of the passage of the bill. Amendments Offered. Messrs. Flanders, of Johnson, and Hill, of Monroe, offered an amendment By J. 8. DUNNIOAN. Boise, Idaho, July 11.—Senator Borah began the cross-examination of Charles H. Moyer at the resumption of the Haywood trial this morning. A big au dience In which are scores of the state’* witnesses In rebuttal attended to see It Moyer could stand a' rigid cross-ex amination. Before the cross-examina tion commenced Darrow read a few extracts from the ritual of the Western Federation of Miners. Moyer was asked to explain the financial methods of tha organisation. He said Haywood was custodian of all the funds and no money could be paid out without the signature of the presi dent and the secretary. Borah went Into the Couer d'Alene trouble In 1899, at which time Moyer was In Deadwood. S. D. Moyer sold he heard members of the organisation talk of Idaho conditions and Governor Steunenberg's policy. Borah probed deeply Into the rule of the Western Federation of Miners In defending members of the organisation ■nd Moyer said no attorneys were fur nished until a man woe arrested and prosecuted because he was 'a union man. Moyer admitted that the Federa tlon Is defending Sieve Adams for the reason that It is believed Adams' arrest grew out of the assassination of Steun- enberg which Is charged to the Western Federation of Miners. William Haywood took the stand this sftsrnoon In his own behalf and began the his tory of hla connection with the Western Federation of Min- £0000000000000000000000000 O TORRID HEAT DEPART8 0 FINE BREEZE THUR! O 0 Conditions were much better O 0 Thursday, a good breexe amellor- O O atlng the torrid heat of ths past O 0 several days. Conditions are fa- 0 O vorable to thunder storms. Fore- 0 O cast: 0 0 "Local thunder storms Thurs- 0 O day night and Friday." O O Thursday temperatures: O Continued on Page Thrss, 0 7 o'clock a. m. S I o’clock a. m. , 9 o'clock a. m. . 0 10 o’clock a. m. . 0 11 o’clock a. m. . 0 12 o'clock noon . O 1 o'clock p. m. . O 2 o’clock p. m. . ..74 degrees O ...76 degrees O ...,77 degrees 0 ..'.79 degrees 0 ...79 degrees o ...10 degrees O ...91 degress O ...91 degrees 0 00000000000000000000000000 RACE RESULTS. BRIGHTON BEACH. First Race—Keep Moving. 9 to 1. won; The Squire, even, second; Zsgg, 4 to 1, third. Time, 1:06 1-6. Second Race—Kltton, 8 to 1. won; John Slmllkee. even, second; Clements, * to 6, third. Time, 1:62. LATONIA. First Rocs—Lady Vie, 20 to 1, won; Hollow, 7 to 5, second; Darling Dan, 9 to 5, third. Time. 1:04. KENILWORTH. First Race—Lexington Lady, 2 to 1. won: Merryman, even, second; Merrl- $75,000, largely In land hofdliiKs, mac, out, third. Tln^ 1:04. bank failure aweut away tJi.uOu fur him. WHO IS TO BLAME FOR MUD ? WHAT THE COMMITTEE THINKS Who Is responsible for the muddy condition of Atlanta’s water? The Georgian asked this question of all the members of the Investi gating committee Thursday morning, with the exception of one, who Is out of the city. The Interviews speak for themselves: Alderman James L. Key, chairman: "The deplorable conditions are due to a lack of understanding on the part of the waterworks officials, a seeming Inability to grasp the situation. It has been a general rule re cently to have the pressure on the river pumps above 110,. but whllo this crisis was imminent the pressure was only 110. If It had been Increased to what It had often been before there would be no muddy water." Councilman John W. Grant: "The water works department Is en tirely responsible. As soon as the water In the reservoir began to fall, the pressure on the pumps should have been Increased. If the board was afratd to nssumo the responsibility It should have been reported to coun cil and-council would have assumed It." ...,*'•■ . , Councilman Charles E. Harman: "I. think the water board would have been thoroughly Justified to have authorized An Increase In the wa ter pressure from 110 to 120 or even 125." W. C. Shearer, formorly engineer at the water wprks and cltlien member of committee: "1 place ths responsibility and the blnmo on the general manager, Park Woodward. The pumps havs been run at as high pressure ns 135 and why ha did not order them. In the face of this Imminent danger, run at a pressure of at leaat 120 la beyond my un derstanding." Anthony Murphy, former president of the water board, and a cttlxen member of committee: "Both the water board and the ■ council are to blame. The board should have assumed the responsibility In such 'an emtrgency to order the pressure on the pumps Increased. Council should havs had an additional main laid from the river to the reservoir. If ths main had been laid or If the pressure on the pumps had been Increased, there would be no muddy water.” Park Woodward, general manager: *1 lay the responsibility not on a who, but on a what. It la Impossible to provide as much water through one 10-Inch main as can be taken away through two 20-lnoh mains. We should have had the other main, aa I have repeatedly, recommended.” Frank P. Rice, president of the water hoard: "I refuse to sny who I think Is responsible. The committee haa that In charge. We will have clear water about Sunday—thla Is what Interesti the people now." A JLANJA’S WA TER BOND BILL PASSED IN HOUSE The bill amending the charter of Atlanta ao as to allow the Isauance of $600,000 worth of water bonds, Introduced by Messrs. Slaton, Blackburn and Bell, of Fulton, was read In the house Thursday morning and was passed without opposition. The passage of the bill gives legislative sanction, to the recent action of the voters of the county In voting to Issue the amount of bonds named In the bill. The measure alio fixed the price of retail liquor license at $2,000 and the wholesale liquor license at $1,000. ITALIAN MARCHIONESS S WOONS AND FALLS INTO OPEN CASKET; SHE WAS ENTOMBED ALIVE Florence, Italy. Jnly ll.-Mirchloncss Msg dslsn Castellans, a beautiful member of the Italian nobility, ws« found today In a coffin with the corps# of Hlgnor Iloisl. the dead banker. It Is aupoaed that the marchioness, visit- Ins the cemetery to pray st ths Steve of her deed sweetheart. Count Fienchl, rldentally wandered Into the Hoesl vault, swooned, fell Into the open coffin, and the Fire Damp Kills Seven , July ll.-Foreman James Lee ami els Italian miners were hilled today psny'r i ami six iinnnn miners were amen sy In the Leblsh-Wllkeebsrre Cnel Coin- iy'1 Audemlried mine by Ore damp. Her- I of the rcecuere narrowly escaped death. SEN. BACON LOST IN BANK CRASH trotted Mate* Senator A. O. Huron won hwiry lo«*r hf the failure of the Ex change hank, of Macon. It la Mid that Senator Ilaeon had 820,000 worth of atork In thla Institution, upon which h« will prohahlf nerer realize a cent. It la Mid, as a matter of fact, that tho stockholder* will be aliened on their utock In order to paj obligation* of the defunct Institution. Mens tor Ilscon Is said tp be worth lid waa pnt on In the darkneas by the at tendant*. The mareblopeu waa a victim of Committee’s Report Shows Up De partment. GOES TO COUNCIL AT CALLED MEETING \ The Investigating Commit tee Has Found Start ling Facts at Wa- . '. terworks. "We find that there Is no real reason for the present condition 6f low water In the reservoir." This |s an extract from the report of the special committee appointed to In vestigate the present situation at the Atlanta waterworks and Is the keynote to the whole report; Tho report was framed by Alderman James L. Key, chairman of tho commit tee, and wo* submitted to the commit tee at 2:30 o'clock, Thursday afternoon. After tho committee had taken action It was presented Jo council, which met at 3 o'clock. The report covers ths entlro Investi gation of -tho committee. It Is stated therein that the committee requested the general manager to increase the pressure on the river pumps from 110 to 120 and that the request was Imme diately compiled with. To 8olve Problem. That this Increase of pressure will solve tho problom until the new main from the river to the reservoir Is laid and will, In tho course of a few days, fill the reservoir to a depth of 23 feet, at which point filtered water can be sent Into the city, Is the positive opinion and assurance of the committee. . The commttteo reports that .the lay ing of a temporary main Is Inadvisable; that the sprinkling of gardens and lawns should be abandoned for a few days; that the niters have not been filled with new sand for years; that the services of a hydraulic engineer need not necessarily bo secured now; ; nnd that the pressure ->n the pumps should have been Increased when ths danger of a water famlno first became I Imminent. Ths Key Ordinance. While nothing was said In the report In regard to ths Key ordinance. It seems to be the opinion of the mem bers who made the Investigation that had It not' been for that ordinance, without which the bond election would most probably never have carired, the situation at the waterworks would be much more serious than now. The water In the reservoir stood at 31 fset 2 Inches Thursday morning, a gain of 4 Inches over the day before. The gain, with the Increased pressure and with the people of Atlanta being more economical In the use of water, will probably be greater for the next few days and by Sunday the depth should be 22 feet. Mr, Harman's Statement. The following statement relative to the waterworks situation was given out by Councilman Harman, a member of the committee: "I think the water board would havs Continusd on Page Nina. Growth and Progress of the New South BY B. LIVELY Major John M. Carson, chief of tho bureau of manufacture*, de partment of commerce and labor, haa Interested hlmielf recently In the possibilities for extending the sate of American cotton seed In foreign - countries. He was called upon to deliver an address on this subject before ths Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers' Association and the facts which he brought out are attracting considerable Interest The dotton seed Industry presents greater attractions and offers great- sr possibilities In the Immediate future for enlargement In foreign mar kets than many other* of our princli-al industries. Cotton seed prod ucts have come Into commercial Importance almost within the last dec ade. About thirty years ago cotton seed was an expensive Incum brance, but by means of Inventive renlus and Individual enterprise haa now reached a position In the Industries of the country which gives It the rank of almost a round 3190,000,000 In the value of the annual output, and the annual exports of which have reached an aggregate of 330.000,000. Considering the Intrinsic merits of the products of hottan seed. It le surprising that a higher value Is not placed upon them as food for both man and beast. If It were more generally known In the United States that the beet cotton seed oil Is equal In purity and heelthfulness to olive oil, the de mand for cotton oil at home would expand to a point that would serious ly Interfere with the proffts of those manufacturers of olive oil In France, Italy and Spain, who Itnd cotton nil ao profitable In the conduct of their business. In tills relation it may be pertinent to observe that our manufacturers of cotton oil might profltably direct their efforts to bringing their product to the attention of the American people. If our own peoplo were made familiar with the reel qualities of cotton seed oil, very much ,,f the ,|ue ,,ii n-,w Imported would he permanently displac ed, and much of th,- animal fats now so extensively used in the prepara tion of food would be expelled from American kitchens.