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The Georgian is publishing very Complete Reports g
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Serial printed in TJie Georgian.
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VOL. V. NO. 323.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 17,1907.
On Train,: FIVE CENTS.
A VOICE OF AUTHORITY—
said:
Departments Dodged
Responsibility Every
Time.
FAILED TO SUPPORT
GENERAL MANAGER
Now Delay Purchase of
Pump in Spite of Report
of Expert.
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0 MAYOR NAMES COMMITTEE
0 FOR INVESTIGATION. O
O Mayor Joyner has appointed the O
O following committee to look Into O
0 tit. water situation and report to O
0 council If a further Investigation O
O should bo made and what steps O
0 should be taken: Alderman O
0 Hirseh, chairman; Alderman Beu
0 tell. Councilmen Pearce, Styron 0
0 and Longlno. The appointment O
O of the committee Is pursuant to a O
0 resolution adopted by council. O
0 The committee will begin work O
0 Immediately.
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For the possible saving of about
15,000 In thirty years, the Joint commit
tee of the water board and the council
has delayed the buying of a pump for
the waterworks about two months and
a half: has voted for delaying the pur
chase still longer; has gone to an ex
pense of several hundred dollars, and
has voted for going to an expense of
several hundred dollars more.
And all this with the Idea of possibly
buying a pump that has twice been
pronounced a hazardous experiment by
save the city, It la estimated, about
15.000 In thirty years.
This Is cited as an Illustration of tho
methods which have been pursued by
the city government relative to the
waterworks, and'la given as the cause
of the muddy water situation of the
past week and the water famine which
was so narrowly, averted and Is still
threatened, < \ •
Some New Information.
The waterworks situation brought
out some additional facts which had
not been put clearly before the public
before.
The records show that Park Wood
ward, general manager of the water
works, has, since 1902. been recom
mending improvements for tbe water
works which he deemed necessary; that
he has strongly urged them, and that
the city officials have paid no heed to
his turnings and no respect to his
counsels.
The records'show that If his recom
mendations had been heeded the water
works would now be In good si
that If his recommendations It
dlately preceding this late crisis had
been followed, there would have been
no muddy water.
The water crisis and the Inves
tlons have brought out the fact
Colonsl Woodward, the general man
ager, Is held responsible for everything
that goes wrong with the waterworks
department, and yet that he Is not sup
ported by the city officials In his rec
ommendations for the Improvements
of the waterworks. It Is pointed out
that his recommendations show this.
Dodging Responsibility.
Tho records show that after the
whole situation has been analyzed and
oil the facts known tha real cause of
th» recent muddy water was the fact
that those to whom are Intrusted the
conducting of the city government,
rather than take the risk of being
Warned, refused to assume the responsi
bility In an emergency where risks
■houid have been taken.
Out of It all comes an oft-repeated
demand of the general manager, backed
U P by figures and statistics, that the
proceeds of the Waterworks be deVoted
to the waterworks. This, the general
manager contends. Is the solution, and
•be only permanent solution of the
waterworks problem, unless the city
"111 ultimately let her waterworks go to
a private company, to be run as private,
gain-seeking corporation men see lit.
That Pump Question.
■5s for the pump, the situation Is this:
On May s, or about two months and a
naif ago, the special committee from
ciiuncU and the water board, opened
'be bids for the new pump, and there
was only one bid for a vertical pump,
the kind the water department wanted,
and this was for 2158,000.
the bid for the vertical pump was
■Tom the Holly Company. George F.
Mllr L of the Southern Hydraulic Engl-
b'ertng Company, mnde a bid for a
centrifugal pump for 299,200. While
this was about 157,000 cheaper. It was
•tried that the centrifugal pump, such
", Proposed, had never been tried for
this purpose before, and was therefore
“n experiment, and that the cost of
'■aeration of this pump would more than
counterbalance the decrease In Initial
Cost.
It was about decided. In view of these
tacts, to buy the vertical pump, as the
situation at the Hemphill station was
Jfrinus, but upon the Insistence of Mr-
H »rt, an expert hydraulic engineer was
'"Caged. Dabney H. Maury, of Peoria,
fiU was the man.
He recommended the purchase of the
. 1 pump, and gave figures to show
that. In the long run. It would b* cheap-
Mayor Pro Tpm. F. A. Quillian, in a speech on the floor of council Monday,
‘The prosperity of the city of Atlanta does not depend upon the city get
ting that $140,000 of whisky license money next year. If we don’t get it we will
merely spend that much less.
“We won’t have to pay $75,000 a year for an auditorium-armory next year
as we did this.
“We will have a large increase in taxes from the Georgia Railway and
Electric Company. And don’t lose sight of the fact that your committee, Mr.
Chairman (Alderman Key was in the chair), and this council, with the splendid
assistance, enterprise and forethought of The Georgian, saved the city $25,000
in lights for next year and the four years thereafter.
“The taking away of any one thing will not lose us our success. We will
continue to live and thrive and to march on to prosperity, progress, growth and
future greatness.”
L
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False Whiskers Cause
Prisoner Trouble
in Testimony.
Baden Baden, Germany, July 17.—A
most sensational story, resembling the
plot of a society novel, Is connected
with the tr|al of Karl Hau, the young
professor of George Washington Unt-
verslt}’, Washington, D. C., for tho
murder of his mothor-ln-law, Frau
Molltor, which began today.
it Is said Hau will maintain that he
disguised himself because he had an
Intrigue with his wife’s sister. If this
be true, the young woman will bo In a
tragic position. To deny that Hau
disguised himself to see her will fasten
guilt upon him, while to admit the
tfuth of the statement will mean her
■•"ci.-i! ruin.
A little more than a year ago Hau
and his wife went abroad to visit their
folks. His father was wealthy and a
former member of the relchstag. His
a other was a baroness. The father of
s wife was court physician to the
grand duke of Baden.
When Hau and his family—for he
had one child—arrived at 1 the home of
hi* mother-in-law, the best of rela
tions seemed to exist. Toward the last
of October Frau’Molltor received a
falsified telegram; asking her to visit
a married daughter at Parle. When
she discovered that, the .telegram was
a forgery, she returned to her home
and was uneasy. Frau Molltor later
received a telephone message, dialing
that there was a parcel at the post-
office which she could call for. Ac-
comnanled by her daughter, Frau Mol
ltor was on her way to the postoffice.
When passing an alleyway, some one
stepped up behind her and fired a bul
let through her heart. The police claim
the falsified telegram was traced to
Hau, which gave the first clew to the
perpetrator of the murder.
On June 7, Hau was arrested at the
Hotel Cecil, London, and placed In
Jail. Hau’s wife, unable to bear the
separation from her husband, drowned
herself In a lake In Switzerland.. She
left n tetter, profezzlng her belief In
her husband.
Before the trial began Hau chatted
cheerfully with his counsel. The
newspaper men present crowded around
the green table fronting the Judge’s
bench to inspect the gruesome exhibit
of Frau Mollter’a heart In a glass ves
sel tilled with alcohol. There Is a
gaping wound In the center.
Girl's Body
Found in Well
Special to Tho Georgian.
Camilla, Ga., July 17.—Miss Sadie
Kirbe, 20 years old, was found dead in
a well last night. Miss Kirbe was
alone at her father’s farm, east of this
place, and It Is supposed that she went
to the well for water. A heavy wooden
windlass had fallen on her, badly
crushing her head and body.
Miss Brown
Wins Match
Augusta, Ga., July 17.—In this mom-
Ing’s tennis tournament In the la
dles’ singles Miss Kathleen Brown, of
Atlanta, defeated Miss Pauline Ver-
dery, 6-0, 6-3. The playing of Miss
Brown In both today's and yesterday's
games has been flrst-clnss. Her Btrokes
are strong and shb shows wonderful
accuracy In driving the ball.
Wire Strife
Now Certain
IE TOW
Must Set Aside Rules
to *Put It
Vote.
to
Oakland, July 17.—President Small
announced today that peace negotia
tions between the telegraphers and tho
telegraph companies are off.
New York, July IT.—The strike of dnlon
telegraphers Is expeoted here at any time,
The offirlnls of the Western Union aro
storing their offices,with supplies for the
strlke-hreakers nnd cots are being provided
for their use. Tills Is regarded ns nn Indl-
cation that tho company would refuse to
treat with their meu nnd tho strike was n
certainty: '
An Atlanta official . of the Postal
made the following statement regard
Ing the salaries paid the employees of
that company: '
’’The visit of Labor Commissioner
Neill to San Francisco In connection
with the telcgrnphere’ strike at that
point, atrords the Postal Telegraph
Cable Company the opportunity to
sent Its side of tho case to Mr. 1
the public and to the company’s em
ployees generally throughout the Unit
ed Statee.
"The average wage earned and paid
telegraphers who work at the key for
the month, was 2112.12, or at the av
erage rate of 44 2-4 cents perhour. The
highest class men are paid at the rate
of 299 per month each. These men
drew an average pay of 2121 each for
the month, the highest drawing 2122.12,
the lowest 2119.11, the average pay be
ing at the rate of 24 cents per hour
worked.
'Day men work nine hours, night
men work seven and one-half hours,
and late night men seven hours,
time worked beyond these hours
■extra' and Is paid for at the rate of
seven hours for a day."
PIONEER OF MARTHASVILLE
DEAD AT ADVANCED AGE;
HAD LIVED HERE 67 YEARS
Vlrs.CatherineSchikan
Rounds Out Long
Life.
Contiued on Page Seven.
Mrs. Catherine Schikan, one of the
pioneer residents of Atlanta, and pos
sibly the oldest settler and resident,
passed away about 10 o’clock Wednes
day morning, death resulting .from old
age.
Mrs. Schikan died at the family
home, 115 Oglethorpe avenue. 8he was
aged 91 yearn and 6 months, having
been bom In Germany In 1826. Bhe
moved to Atlanta In 1940 and had lived
here continuously ever since.
Mrs. Schikan had lived here, there
fore, exactly 67 years. She was here
when Atlanta was Marthasvllle, and
when Marthasvllle was hardly anything
but a Wilderness of woods, with here
ond there a path leading! to almost
H ’r/ lhe comer of Mitchell and Elliott
streets, when Atlanta was yet an In-
font In her swaddling clothe*. Mrs.
Schikan donated to the city several
hundred feet of land which she owned,
and which Is now a part of MltcheU
street. She wss a woman of great
public spirit, and almost up to the time
of her death she was always In good
spirits and delighted to relate the ln-
c dents of Atlanta’s earliest days and
to tell of tbe wonderful growth of the
MRS. CATHERINE 8CHIKAN.
She was one of the earliest set
tlers In the village of Marthasvllle,
now Atlanta.
cnee forlorn wlldernets of woods.
She is survived by three daughters,
Miss Minnie Schikan and Mrs. John
Jentzcn, of this city, and Mrs. C. S.
Pope, of Waycross.
Funeral services will be held at 10
o'clock Thursday morning, at St. An-
thonys chapel. West End, Father Jack-
son officiating, and the Interment will
be In Oakland.
That powerful interests are now
seeking to defer the enforcement
of total prohibition in Georgia
until January 1, 1909, Is appar.
ent.
Realizing this, a meeting of
strong prohibitionists both looal
and state, was held in Atlanta Wed
nesday morning at which it was
decided that if this movement is
persisted in, the full foroe of the
prohibition advocates would be di
rected toward pressing the pas
sage of a bill and immediate en
forcement of the law, instead of
deferring it until January 1, 1909,
The leaders in the prohibition
movement feel that the effort to
put off enforcement of the prohi
bition act for a year and a half
will serve only finally to defeat
the entire prohibition movement.
It is known that both the senate
and the house temperance com
mittees are strongly opposed to
any clause deferring enforcement
longer than next January.
The prohibition bill will be up for
passage early next week, If It la not
displaced by action of the house.
Chairman Seaborn Wright, of the
houee temperance committee, made the
following statement Wednesday morn
ing:
"Our friends on the outside do not
understand the rules of the house as to
the passage of bills. All bills must be
read three times, or three separate days
before they are up for passage.
"The prohibition blU has boon read
one time. Under the rules of the house
It cannot be read a second time until
Friday. It will be up In Its order for
passage early next week—If not die-
placed by order of the house.
"I make this statement because of
the thousands of Inquiries that come to
me as to when the bill will bo up for
passage.’'
The house adjourned Wednesday to
meet again Friday morning. The pres
ent Indication are that the prohibition
bill will not he put on passage before
next Tuesday or Wednesday.
DIRT IS BROKEN
FOR MONUMENT
KpertsI to The Georgian.
Perry. (In., July 17.—nirt has been broken
here for the fouiKhition of the Confederate
monument. The foundation will lw laid
nlHiut the middle of August, when there will
be i ’ '
It!
►le wee railed when Georgia SKSded ia
Ml.
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RACE RESULTS.
BRIGHTON BEACH.
First Race—Rose Ben. 11 to 6. won:
Smoker. 8 to 1, second; Dreamer. 4 to 5,
third. Time, 1:18.
Second Race—Essex. 15 to 1. won:
Caller, 2 to I, second; Dr. Keltli, 8 to 5,
third. Time 4:47.
KENILWORTH.
First Race—Dr. J. F. Altken, 15 to 1,
won: Rectortown. 5 to 1, second,' Geo.
Swain, evert, third. Tim.- 1298 1-2.
Second Race—Dunbeath, 6 to 5, won;
Judge Nolan, even, second: Knob
Hampton, out, third. Time 4:13.
FOUR HOUSE CHAIRMEN
L. R. MASSENGALE.
He is from Warren ‘county, is
chairman of Game and Flab com
mittee and Is one of the youngest
members, being but 23 years old.
BENJAMIN F. THURMAN.
Heprcwntuflve of Walker coun
ty and chairman of Hall and Rooms
committee of the house of repre
sentatives.
JOSEPH D. BOYD.
Representative of Spalding coun
ty and chairman of Roads and
Bridges committee.
CLAUD PAYTON.
Representative of Sylvester
county and chairman of Public
Property committee.
SEE THAT LAW
IS EKED
Fulton County Anti-
Saloon League Is
Organized.
EVERY WARD HAS
ITS COMMITTEE
To Secure State Law First,
and Then See That It Is
Enforced in City,
MRS. NAN ALINEHOLT INMAN
DENIES THAT SHE IS BRIDE
New York, July 17.—Mrs. Nanallne Holt Inman, the Atlnnla henuty,
beamed like a bride today, but at the same time positively denied being
one. Mrs. Inman chatted for a mlnuto with a reporter todny hj she was
about to leaVe the Hotel Webster In an automobile. She! had eeen -a alary
In a morning paper saying that she and J. B. Duke, the millionaire head of
the tobacco trust, were wedded last night.
"Romantic little etory, len’t It?" said Mrs. Inman; "but not a word of
truth In It. Mr. Duke and I art not married."
"When will you be?" wee asked.
"Oh, you’ll have to‘ask some one other then I about that," was her -
response.
GOVERNOR WOULDBRING
CORPORATIONS TO TASK
Urges- Laws to Com-
J ». . . ,
pel Valuation on
Tax Returns.
In a special message to the general
nesembly Wednesday, Governor Smith
calls attention to . the lack, of adequate
machinery for forcing big railroads and
public utility companies to pay taxes
equal to the value of their property.
He uses as an illustration the sworn
tax returns of the Central and South
em railways, as compared with their
sworn statements of values In suits In
the United States courts to prevent the
railroad commission from making cer
tain freight reduction*.
Governor Smith advocates laws to
require the arbitrators to take an oath
to fix the true values of property and
to swear witnesses. He expresses dis
appointment at the failure to widen the
power of the comptroller so he could
appoint any cltlsen as the state's ar
bitrator.
The mesoge In full Is as follows:
State of Georgia,
Executive Deportment.
Atlanta, uly 17, 1907.
To the General Assembly of Georgia:
I have the honor to bring to your at
tention the failure of the state to col
lect from transportation and public
utility companies taxes equal to the
talus of their property, and to suggest
certain difficulties that surround the
present efforts of your executive officers
to compel them to pay taxes upon the
true values of their properties. Tho
feet that transportation companies do
not pay the taxes which they Justly
iwe the stale can well be Illustrated by
ailing attention to the Southern Rail
way Company and tho Central of Geor.
gin Railway Company.
Last year the Central of Georgia
Railway Company paid taxes on tangi
ble property and franchise amounting
to 216,121.688. The Southern Railway
Company paid taxee on tangible prop
erty and franchise for the same year
amounting to 214,277,200.
This year the Central of Georgia
Railway Company returned Its tangible
property and franchise at 219,828,650.
The Southern Railway Company re
turned Its tangible property and fran
chise at 214.884.922.
Each of these railroad companies ha*
filed a bill In the United States circuit
c.ort for the northern district of Geor.
glu, to enjoin certain freight reductions
2,415Bales
Destroyed in Fire
Little Rock, Ark., July 17.—In a Are
In the Gulf Compress Company here
It la stated Inman Ac Co., of Augusta,
loat $150,000. The Are destroyed 2,415
bales, rutting the atock on hand to
5,471 bales.
Gives Organ to Church^
ApecUI to The Georgian.
Cuthbert, ‘Ga!, July * 17.—Mm." J. J.
McDonald ha* given to the Methodist
church here a 93,500 pipe organ. The
Methodists are Jubilant over their good
fortune and highly appreciate the gift.
Atlanta nnd Fulton county are to
have prohibition. If the legislature
falls to pass,the bill now before that
body, a local election will be ’held and
carried for local option. If the assem
bly does pass the >111, Atlantans will
see that the law Is enforced In At-
l.-intu.
Th** Fulton County Antl-Baloptl
League has completed Its organidation,v
with committee* j’q every wand, tha
members pledged to support the pro
hibition movement and see that tha
l-tw 1m unforced.
With James L. Mayson, city attor
ney, nnd a man of force and Influence
in Atlanta, as president of the league,
there is left no doubt of the strength
of the organisation which he heads. On
the executive committee with Presi
dent Mayson are H. Y. McCord, W. E.
No will and E. C. Calloway, vice presi
dents, and W. H. Terrell, secretary.
In seven wards the committees havs
bean completely organised and art
ready for work. In the Eighth ward
the organisation will soon be com
pleted. Atlanta's next council will bs
composed of men who will support th*
law, say the members of the league,
and if satisfactory pledges car not bs
obtained from those' candidates now
before the public, there will be new
candidates In the field, with tha
strength of the league behind them.
The membership of the committees
of the various wards making up tha
league is given:
Executive Committee.
J. I*. Mayson, president.
II. Y. McCord, ;Vlce president. -.i*/
W. E. Nowili; vice president.
E. C. ! Calloway, vice president. ;
Dr. E. C. Cartledge, treasurer.
W. II. Terrell, secretary.
Members—L. A. Redwine, F, L. Seely,
M. T. Lallatte, W. T. Nelson. W. O.
Foote, noting H. Jones. A. W. Farllnger,
\ P. II. Todd, C. H. Mason. E. L.
Douglas, W. M. Pharr, H. A. Etheridge,
Dr. T. D. Longlno, M. M. Davie*. J. H.
McEachern, Malvern Hill, George Gor
don, • G. O. Hardwick, Walter McEl-
reath, J. JD. Dameron, James Kempton,
C. I. Branan, G. T. Eubanks, W. A.
Wells. J. L. Loftls. B. T. Johnson. Wil
liam Davis Harwell, C. H. Girardeau,
Charles Holt. H. D. White, W. H.
Hughes, Goorge H. Sims, J. B. Rich
ard*, J. E. Wilhelm, JL F. Garrett, M,
H. Abbott, W. P, Anderson. E. Y,
Clarke, J. H. Harwell.
First Ward.
II. D. White, chairman; L. A. Flury,
secretary.
C. H. Mason, J. R. Smith, Paul J. Ba.
ker. O. T. Eubnnks, John D. Simmons,
Mike Riley. W. A. Fincher, W. W. An
derson, John I* Conley, J. W. Starr,
W. M. Perryman, Thomas F. Stock.,
Dr. Freeman Salter, G. W. Abridge, V.
M. Alverson, D. J. Ltgan; W. M. Nich
ole, Charles McCoy, J. H. Harwell.
Charles I. Branan, F. M. Akin,
J. H. Merritt, W. W. Ander
son, John M. Conley. J. H. Coin, W. C.
Continued on Pago Threo.
Continued on Pago Three.
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian records here etch day some
ecouornlc fact In reference to the onward
march of the South.
BY
B. LIVELY
lake pine* nt Mobil*. Ala., where a company, which hna
capital stock of 9160.000, will expend 950.<m In Improving a
to placing building Iota on the market. At Junction City, f
systems Intersect, a company has purchased a large tract sn
j»ua, Ga.,
regular weekly lastu.
••With the establishment of manufacturing plants and coincident upbuilding of
towns and cities In Geor gin nnd Alabama has come a steady Increase in the rain* of
lands. This fact, as It relates to suburban lands, is Illustrated by the sale, reported
to The Index this week, of a 30 acre tract at Valdosta, Ga., for 14.000, an advance of
13.100 over the price at which the tract was sold a few years ago. The land will
divided^Into building lota and sold. Another suburban land development is to
been Incorporated with
tract cf 186 acres prior
, Ga„ where two railway
.. and will found * city.
• Six-story, four-story and three-story buildings are items of this week’s con
struction news. Industrial development Is steady and substantial.
“Among the manufacturing planta lo be established, as reported by Tho In
dex, are:
“Fertiliser factory. Sheffield, Ala.; foundry, Anniston. Ain.: beading factory,
oneonta, Ala • light plant, Calhoun, Ga.; machine shop, Nomsoo. Ala.; projects
operation of rbampion, Ala., brown ore mines that have been dosed for several
yegra; oil mill, Hwalnsboro. Ga., and enlargement of-oil mill, Wrightsrtlle. Ga.;
power plant enlargement, New Decatur. Ala.; atove factory, Augusta. Go.; charter
ha a been asked for company which proposes to build an Interurbnn railway between
Griffin. Ga.. and Social Circle, Gn„ xrlfh two branches; construction of electric
railway lietween Mobile, Ala., and Pascagoula, Miss,. Is proposed, and company baa
’-——ration to manufacture —-* —' -*—*— •* *n.
will be constructed:
rne following
“Hlx-story offliv building. Birmingham. Ala.; four-story Masonic temple, ..v»-
dele, Ga.; collseiyn, 190 liy 400 feet, mrmlnghntn. Ala.: Masonic auditorium. St. Si
mons Island; $S,0w school building. East Lake. Ala.; possibly $80,000 college building,
Talladega, Ala.: 918.000 college building. LaGrange. Ga.; three bridges, two churches,
hotel, business buildings and residences, sewer rystem, water works system and
paving In three cities.
“Three banks, two municipal bond Isaties. elections ordered upon two hood Is-
snes nnd sixteen new corporations with total minimum capital stork of $1,266,000
are rejHWted.
“Among the contract award* noted are: Synagogue. Went Point. Ga.: three-
story business Imlldlng. Mobile, Ala.; pawing. $21,600. Easley, Ala., and sanitarium
—t - - —- • - * illdcr has contract to const met