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VOL. V. NO. 322.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JULY 16,1907.
PPm?. J» Atlanta; TWO CENTS.
Jrl\X\jShi On Trains: FIVE CENTS.
TEMPERANCE COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE RECOMMENDS
THE STATE PROHIBITION BILL FOR EARLY PASSAGE
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Minority Report To Be
Submitted to
House.
AMENDMENT MAKES
THE BILL STRONGER
Committee Holds Executive
Session Before Complet
ing Its Report.
After discussing the bill for more
than an hour, the house committee on
temperance Tuesday afternoon voted to
recommend that the Hardman prohibi
tion bill do pass.
The action of the committee was
taken after a few minor amendments
had been made to the bill. The most
Important of these was the amendment
to that section of the bill with refer
ence to the sale of whisky on prescrip
tions of physicians. As amended, the
section requires that druggists shall
preserve the original prescription to be
used as evidence should the necessity
arise.
Although no deflnlte announcement
has been made to that effect, It Is un
derstood that the opponents of the bill
In the committee will make a minority
report to the houee. Whether thle will
be done can not be determined until the
opponents of the measure give It fur
ther consideration.
The temperance committee will make
Its report to the house Wednesday
morning, In all probability, at which
lime the bill will be read the first time
since It Is a substitute for the Covlng-
ton-Neel measure now pending In the
house. On Thursday It will be read a
second time and Friday morning It Is
believed that It will be given a third
reading and put on Its passage.
South Carolina •
^ Will Go Dry
Augusta, Go., July 16.—In the course
an Interview here today. United
States Senator Tillman said the prohi
bition bill would be passed by the Geor
gia legislature. North Carolina Is to
pass a similar bill. "When this Is
done,” said the senator, "South Carolina
"111 go dry as a bone. My state would
go dry tomorrow under these condi
tions.”
BILL WILL BE PASSED
IN SPITE OF RUMORS
In spite of rumors on the street that there is a
well organized effort to delay or kill the prohibition
bill by filibustering on the floor of the house, the lead
ers of the prohibition forces aVe confident that the bill
will be passed by an overwhelming majority.
Hon. Seaborn Wright, chairman of the temper
ance committee of the house of representatives, states
that he has no fear of difficulty in passing the Hard-
man-Covington prohibition bill, in spite, of the efforts
that are being made to defeat it.
‘‘We expect no extended fight on the bill,” said
Mr. Wright, ‘‘and all we ask is that our friends keep
up their interest and support. The feeling among
the men who will vote for the bill, a large majority, is
of absolute certainty and confidence, and there is no
doubt of its passage, in spite of the efforts being made
by its opponents.”
A VOICE OF AUTHORITY—
M. C. Kiser & Co., wholesale dry goods merchants, said in 1887, after a
year and a half of prohibition in Atlanta:
“Our business has been better during the last twelve months than it has
ever been. We attribute this increase in our business mainly to prohibition. Our
customers tell us that some of their cusomers, who, prior to prohibition, bought five
dollars worth of goods and perhaps did not pay for that, now buy from ten to fifteen
dollars worth and pay more promptly. This enables them to buy more from us.
And in this way our trade has been increased.”
GEORGIA’S DEATH LIST
MAY REACH ELEVEN
Prohibition Bill
Is Introduced
fpeel.i to The Georgian.
.Montgomery, Ala.. July 16.—Taking
enrage from the pannage of the pro
hibition bill In the Georgia leglnlature,
a general prohibition bill wan Intro-
■luced In the Alabama leglnlature thin
morning by Representative Henley, of
Rncnmbla, The bill would prohibit the
rale or giving away of liquor In the
mate. .
Russ Bomb
Kills Three
Alexandropol. Russia, July 16.—A
bomb thrown by a terrorist early thle
n ’'>rnlng, exploded under a carriage
containing Governor General Allkhnoff
and .Madame Glleboff. Their bodies.
Including that of the coachman, were
■ound a few feet away.
A son of General Allkhanoff and a
daughter of General Glleboff sustained
serious Injuries.
I’” explosion seriously, wounded a
member of his staff and several Cos
sacks. The remainder of the Cossacks
breil Into the crowd, killing many per-
rns.snd then burned to the ground the
bunding* Into which the people had
General Allkhanoff was nicknamed
Ibe "Wild Beast" by the Caucasian
i^mber* „f the lower house of parlla-
Boston, Mass., July 16.—Seamen
James P. Thomas and L. O. Meese
are reported dying at the Chel-
eea naval hospital today from their In
juries In the explosion of 100 pounds of
powder on the battleship Georgia.
Their deaths will bring the list of fa
talities up to eleven.
Four others In the fated turret crew
are In a critical condition and con
hardiy recover.
Lieutenant Caaper Goodrich, son of
Rear Admiral Goodrich, commandant
of the Brooklyn navy yard, died Just
before midnight His father and moth
er and two sisters were at his bedside,
but he did not recognize them.
Sparks from the smokestacks of the
battleship or fire remaining in the bar
rel of the gun from, a previous dis
charge ore assigned as the cause of the
disaster.
The Georgia is again at practice with
other ships of the Atlantic fleet today.
Midshipman Kimball Talks.
Midshipman Luclen Frank Kimball,
who probably owen his life to Chief
Yeoman Tagland, who threw his body
over the young man, tells the following
story of the accident:
"There were twenty-two In the turret
when it happened. A projectile had
Just been rammed Into the port 8-Inch
gun and a powder charge came up on
the carriage in two bags of 62 pounds
each.
"Seaman Thomas lifted one bag and
was about to pass it to the loader. I
was facing aft close to the wall of the
turret. Hissing began, a puff of air on
my back, and then all flames.
"I could hear men screaming and
gasping for breath. Finally I began
beating out the names In their clothes.
They were piled up In a smoldering
heap, three and four on top of each
other.
Tslsseope Saved Hln Llf*.
Midshipman Goldthwnlte itood Just
abaft the ordnance carriage, ao he got
full force of the concussion, names and
gaiea. Midshipman Cruae atood by
the other gun and was frightfully
burned. Gun Pointer Schlapp was on
the port side of the pprt gun. He
had put his head out of the opening,
sighting a telescope, which saved his
life. He was badly burned about the
body, however."
Dead.
CASPAR GOODRICH, lieutenant;
died at hospital after being removed
from ship. _
WILLIAM F. PAIR, of Brooklyn,
N. Y., ordinary seaman^ also died at
the naval hospital.
WILLIAM J. THATCHER, chief tur
ret captain, Wilmington. Del.
FAULKNER GOLDTHWAITE, mid
shipman. Kentucky. ,
\V. J. BURKE, ordinary seaman,
Quincy, Mass.
O. G. HAMILTON, ordinary seaman.
South Rramlngham, Mass.
W. H. THOMAS, ordinary seaman,
N GEORGE E. MILLER, ordinary sea
man Brooklyn, N. Y.
EDWIN J. WALSH, died at 2:60 p.
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O BRAVE DEEDS OF HEROISM O
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O Chief Yeoman Orly Taglund O
C threw his body on that of Lieu- 0
0 tenant Goodrich to save that 0
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0 A seaman sprang to the maga- O
0 zlno hatch and dozed it, saving 0
0 the ship and giving hi* llf*. 0
O Chaplain Carlton first reached 0
0 the turret and offered aid to Mid- 0
? shlpman Cruse. "I’m all right,” O
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m. Tuesday.
Injured.
Midshipman John T. Cruse, Nebras
ka.
Frank Schlapp, boatswain's mate,
North Adams. Mass.
Charles Hassett, gunner's mate, New
York.
Orley Tagland, chief yeoman. Rush-
ford, Minn.
J. G. Thomas, ordinary seaman, of
Brooklyn,' N. Y.
S. L. Rosenberger, ordinary seaman,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Edward J. Walab, ordinary seaman,
Lynn, Mass.
John O. Malllck, ordinary seaman,
Cleveland, JDhlo.
John a.
York.
L. O. Mess. ordinary seaman, Berda,
Ohio.
H. L. Gilbert, ordinary seaman,
Southwlck, Mass.
John A. Fone, ordinary seaman,
Trenton, N. J.
Charles J. Rich, ordinary seaman,
Frankfort, Ind.
Harold L. Gilbert, ordinary seaman,
Southwlck, Mass; two-thirds of body
burned.
cm LIMITS
IE
Consider it Too Late
For Assembly to
Act.
. Bush, ordinary seaman. New
INVESTIGATION HAS BEGUN
ON BATTLESHIP GEORGIA.
Washington, July 16.—Investigation
of the causa of'the explosion on the
battleship Georgia waa begun at 10
o'clock thla morning by a board of
Inquiry under ordera from the navy de.
partmant
The board conalata of the captains of
the battleahlpa comprising Admiral
Thomas’ division of the Atlantic fleet—
Captain Beaton Bchroeder, of the Vir
ginia; Captain Richard Walnwrlght, of
the Louisiana; Captain Charles
Bowman,. of the Rhode Island, and
Captain William Kimball, of the New
Jersey.
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RACE RESULTS.
BRIGHTON.
First Race—Royal Ben, 3 to 1, won:
Star Cat, 6 to 1. »«cond; Sonoma Belle,
a to 5 third. Time 1:461-5.
Second Race—Rialto, 2 to 1, won;
Black Oak, 10 to L »*cond; King Sol,
S to 5. third. Time 1:16.
KENILWORTH.
First Race—Emma O, IS to I, won;
Paul Prin?. "‘“I. second. Thomas
Hearst Wins
Recount Suit
New Yotk, July 16.—The sppellste division
of the supreme court this morning handed
down s decision sustaining W. It. Ileerst
In the recount argument. Tbs ballots In
last mayoralty election will be recounted.
Three of the five Justices sitting in
the appellate division In Kings county
upheld the contention of the attorneys
for William R. Hearst that the recount
bill enacted by the legislature was
constitutional and that the ballots
should be recounted. The opinion re
fusing McClellan’s request Was written
'.who was joined by
lalboun, 7 to 10, third. Time 1:011-6. Greenville.
Fire Is Raging
In S. C. Town
Greenville, 8. C. t July 16.—The town
of Donalds Is fighting a fierce fire. A
dispatch received here at 3:16 o’clock
■aye seven bulldlnge have been burned
on Main street Donalds Is a town of
3,000 people, between Columbia and
The city council will not take action
on the question of city .extension in
time for the legislature at this session
to authorize the extension.
The attitude of council la shown by
the repeated delays and postponements
wherever extension has come up In a
deflnlte form, and was nsver shown
more clearly than on Monday, when
council. In committee of the whole,
voted In favor of postponing action
until January, 1908. The rote was 14
for this postponement and 8 against It.
Strangs to say, the council refused
to adopt Its own report. What the
councilman did as members of the com
mittee of the whole did not suit the
councilman as members of council, and
so It was decided to postpone action
until August.
It la believed, however. In view of
the attitude so repeatedly assumed by
council before, that council voted to
postpone until August instead of Jan
uary because most of the members
knew that when the meeting Is held In
August they can postpone again.
The legislature will have nineteen
working days after the first Monday of
August, and It the report of the com
mittee, recommending the taking in of
practically all the territory originally
Intended, excepting Kirkwood, Decatur
and. East Point, la adopted, there will
be time for the legislature to make
the necessary charter amendments.
As a matter of fact, the general sen
timent of the “wise ones” In the city
hall and In council Is that there Is go--
lng to be still another postponement—
"oaslbly an Indefinite one, such os Al
derman Holland proposes.
After hearing exhaustively argu
ments for Immediate action and argu
ment! In favor of later action, council
Monday afternoon voted In favor of
taking up the matter of city extension
again ths first Monday In August,
Eleven members voted In favor of
Auguet, nine |n favor of January end
one In favor of September. The com
mittee appointed to look Into city ex
tension reported In favor of annexing
practically all the territory previously
recommended by the committee of
forty-two, excepting Decatur, Kirkwood
and East Point.
Council did a queer stunt Monday.
After going Into the committee of the
whole to hear the matter. It waa de
cided by a vote of 14 to 8 to postpone
action until January.
Then the committee of the whole ad
journed and reported to Itself as coun
cil that it was decided to postpone ac
tion until January. Council adveraed
Its own report and decided on August.
Trial Begins
In Kidnap Case
THE GEORGIAN’S SAVING
FOR CITY ACKNOWLEDGED
"Your committee, Mr. Key, with the eplondld assistance, enterprise
and forethought of The Georgian, eaved the city $25,000 in lights for
next veer end the four years thereafter.
, "We will have a large increase in taxes from the Georgia Railway
and Light Company, and wo won’t need that whisky license money next
/••p* —Mayor Pro Tern Quillian, in Open Council.
KING GIVES PARDON
TO COLONEL LYNCH
STATE OFFERED
COPT OAILT PAPER
FICHTTOTHE
LAST-DITCH
Antis Resort to Desper
ate Tactics in
Opposition.
Richardson Brands it as the
Rawest Thing Ever
Attempted.
COLONEL ARTHUR LYNCH.
On the eve of his visit to Ireland,
King Edward granted a free par
don to Colonel Arthur Lynch, who
was convicted of high treason In
1903 for having fought In the Irish
Brigade, on the elde of the Boers,
i the South .African war.
St. Charles Court House, La., July
16.—The actual trial of the first four
defendants In the Walter Lamana kid
naping and murder caeelbegan here
this morning with the small court room
packed to euffocatlon. There was no
■how of anger against the prisoners.
The Jury Is composed of the follow
ing; F, A. Keller, planter; Oscar Labat,
carpenter; Marcel Gaskin, merchant;
Jules Keller, planter; William W. Ala
dere, carpenter; Joaquin Crespln. farm
er; Paul Hymel, planter; Albert Land
esh, planter; Clifton Blanchard, plant
er; Charles Boudreaux, planter; H. J.
Vial, storekeeper; L. A. E. Keller,
planter.
Black Hand
Bomb Bursts
New York, July 16.—The entire front
of the grocery store of Marco Latadubo,
In Little Italy, was blown clear across
the street and hundreds of windows In
neighboring houses were shattered by
the explosion of a bomb today.
The district had been celebrating the
feast of our lady of Carmel and a crowd
of possibly ten thousand waa still In
the streets In the vicinity when the ex
plosion occurred.
Denial la made by representatives of
the Ducktown Copper Company of any
Intention of or attempt to defeat the
victory won by the state before the
United States supreme court.
They point out that the highest tri
bunal held up its final decree In the
Ducktown litigation from May to Oc
tober, with the suggestion that It was
so dsferred In order that the legisla
ture of the state might consider the
question of allowing a reasonable time
for the owners to reconstruct the plant
to avoid the damage complained of.
It Is stated that the present matter
before the legislature Is the appoint
ment of a commission to Investigate
the matter for the purpose of confer
ring with and advising the attorney
general.
TWO TRAIN ROBBERS
SHOOT HARVESTERS
Cherry Vale, Kan*., July 16.—Two
robbers held up a Frisco freight train
five miles east of Cherry Vale early to
day, shot and killed O. J. Brown and
seriously wounded Otis Taylor, harvest
hands.
The victims were beating their way
home to western Kansas, after having
worked In the wheat fields In the
southern part of the stele. They re
sisted the efforts of the roadmen to
rob them of their earnings.
CHAS. STONE, G.P.A.,
WILL LEAVE L4I
Louisville, Ky., July 16.—The an
nouncement that General Passenger
Agent Charles L. Stone would leave
the Louisville and Nashville August 1.
to take the newly-created position of
psassnger traffic manager of the Mis
souri Pacific, comet as a general sur
prise to the railroad world.
While the appointment of Mr. Stone's
successor hes not been announced,
many officials are of the opinion that
W. A. Russell, assistant general pas
senger agent at Louisville, will take bis
By J. 8. DUNNIGAN.
Boise, Idaho, July 16.—Rebuttal ol
Haywood’s defense continued today,
the state calling several witnesses to
deny testimony given on behalf of the
Federation of Miners.
The defense, by consent, called Gulb.
beny, the San Francisco grocer, who
testified that It was possible for Or
chard to have climbed from tho Brad
ley porch to an adjoining roof. The
Son Francisco depositions assert that
the roof Orchard says he tvos hit on
was not built for six months nfter the
Bradley explosion. Gulbbeny got mixed
up on this testimony.
Thomas Wells, of Wallace, woe called
to testify to alleged misstatements of
Dr. J. L. McGee, who arrived here this
morning under arrest on charges of
perjury. The stato offered In evidence
a copy of The Idaho Tribune of May
3. 1899, which contains an accdunt of
the blowing up of the Bunker Hill and
Sullivan mine. Richardson started
Hawley sputtering by calling this offer
the "rawest thing ever attempted Jn
court."
JONES IDENTIFIED
BY SHERIFF BOGAN
Saw Defendant in Party
Which Hanged Johnson
in Carolina.
Raleigh, N. C, July 16.—The trial of
the twenty-three Anson county lynch
ers at the special term of court at Mon
roe, N. C„ did not get well under way
until this morning. After calling court
to order yesterday. Judge Peebles ad
journed the session until 3:30 p. m. It
took till 6 o'clock to get a Jury.
John Jones, the first defendant, Is not
the same whose case was made the
"test case” at the firet trial of the cases,
the rulings of the court In which were
Tuled by the supreme court. Zeke
Lewis' case was the first passed on
then.
Sheriff Bogan waa the first witness
thle morning. He Identified Defendant
Jones and saw a gun In his hand while
he stood In the Jail yard. The sheriff
described the taking of the white man
Johnson from the Jail and the cutting
down of the body later. The sheriff's
daughter corroborated the sheriff's tes
timony In material points. A great
crowd Is attending the trlaL
WHISKY MEN SHOW
BOLD RESISTANCE
Telegrams Sent Over State
by Leading Dealer—Talk
of Using Money.
The following eopy of ■ telegram al*
leged to have been iatued by a member
of a prominent wholesale whisky firm
and to have been sent to more
than one hundred men in various
counties of Georgia, was furnish*
ed to The Georgian by Rev. Len G.
Broughton, who vouches for the source
from whioh ho received it and eaye its
authenticity con be eaaify established
along with thd fact that it traa Bent out
as statedt
“Get as many people as possible to
telegraph Joe Hill Hall immediately,
urging him to protect the state from
passage of general prohibition measure.
Prospects favorable if proper pressure
can be brought. Attend to this with
out fall.
(8igned) -
“There’s no anti*prohlbition fore#
hire, that I know of.”
—HON. JOE HILL HALL.
Mr. Bluthenthal, of Bluthenthal &
Blekart, said:
“I do not believe that the members
of the lower house will past any such
law. The senate has done so, but that
Is no sign that the lowsr house will do
tho same.”
—FROM SUNPAY’8 CONSTITUTION
Representative Hall waa non-com*
mittel when asVed whether he would
lead the fight on tho prohibition bill.
But a leader of tho prohibition forces
said Monday night:
“Mr. Hall told mo that ha would not
make a fight on the bilk though he
would vote against It.”
The whisky dealers are growing: vig
orous In the tight on the prohibition
bill.
That they believe there is a chanco to
win, Is ahown by the efforts they are
making to Influence the members of the
house, and they are looking toward
Hon. Joe Hill Hall, of Bibb county,
for their leader In the attack on the
bill.
Here la a telegram alleged to have
been sent out through the At
lanta offices on last Saturday to
more than 100 men In various counties
In Georgia, urging them to use their
Influence with Mr. Hall, and al
leged to h&ve been signed by a
member of the Arm of one of the
biggest whisky houses In Atlanta, and
one which has wielded more Influence
In local politics than any other:
"Oet os many people as possible to
telegraph Joe Hill Hall Immediately,
urging him to protect the state from
passage of general prohibition meas
ure. Prospects favorable if proper
pressure can be brought. Attend to
this without fall."
Will Mr. Hall lend his ear to this
Continued on Page Three,
plants an* about 125 per rent more than thoee reported for the
This record of the second quarter of 1917 shows*# considerable Ine
the first quarter, when hut 122,468 spindles were announced. The I
ond quarter is 227,781 spindles, which means the Investment of about ss.wu.uuu. idi
established mills will Install 157.878 spindles, an Investmsnt of about 84,000,000, and
the new companies will lastall <9.550 spindles, an Investmsnt of about 12,000,000.
"The figure* by states are: Alabama, 87.788; Georgia, 39,540; North Carotins,
109,460; Kouth Carolina. 28.000, and Texas, 18,600 spindles. These figures are for
spindles authoritatively announced as to he pnt In position, hut not i
already added. Thousands bf these spindles, however, have “*—
operation, other thousands are being Installed at the pres
sands more will Iw* placed In the mills within the next few
The Jefferson County Hosiery Mills, at North - Birmingham,
the consolidation of hosiery mills to be known as the Nation
Company, to be formed this week at Nashville, Tenn., with
ILOOWWC
necessarily
already been put In
present time, and thou*
next few months.”
ham. will be Included In
atlonnl Hosiery and Yarn
with a capital stock of
■ The other mllla In the combine are the Nashville Knitting Mills Company
and the Itoyal Knitting Mills Company, of Mt. Vernon, lUlnols. About a)0 hands
* In the three InstltatM*
dcl'hall, of Nashville, will be president.
Prot Me for the