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the weather. Cloudy wsathsr with showers Is predicted for this vicinity tonight or Wednesday. The Atlanta Georgian The Georgian is publishing very Complete Reports of the Legislature’s Sessions. AND NEWS "The Bracebridge Diamonds" will be next thrilling Serial printed in The Georgian. SPOT COTTON. Liverpool, quiet; 7.09. Atlanta, steady; 1276. New .York, steady; 12.85. New Orleans, steady; 12%. Augusta, steady; 12%. Savannah, quiet; 12%. 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 [ IKHMlf 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. 00000000000000000000000000 o a O BRAVE DEEDS OF HEROISM O O ON BATTLESHIP GEORGIA. O o o O Midshipman Kimball held hts 0 0 breath, put his cap over his face O 0 and beat out flames from his com- 0 0 rado's clothes. 0 O Chief Yeoman Orly Taglund O C threw his body on that of Lieu- 0 0 tenant Goodrich to save that 0 C young officer. 0 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 said that terribly Injured hero. 0 0 "Look after the others.” O 0 Chief ■ Carpenter* Yates, of the 0 0 battleship, leaped overboard and 0 0 rescued Lieutenant Goodrich and 0 0 Seaman Maleke, who, erased with 0 0 pain, had Jumped into the water, O 0000000O00000O000000000O0O 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. ooo<KK H»ooo00O0oooo0oao000 O FOR PELICAN PICKING O ATLANTA WANTS IT DRY. O o With a flock of Pelicans In town O O moisture would seem the hoaplta- O O ble thing, but plenty of anxious O O fans are hopeful that the season O O will continue dry. that the Lout*- 0 0 Inna birds may be properly picked. O O Forecast: . 0 "Cloudy weather with shower* O 0 Tuesday night or Wednesday. ® o Tu«day temperatures^ de(ma 0 0 s a. m ; *■"« g g: s :: :: :: § g‘i r™.:: :: H yKSg gopOOOQOOOO0O0OOOOOO0O00OO 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