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SPOT COTTON.
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leans, steady; 11%. Savannah, quiet;
11%. Augusta, firm; 11%.
VOL. VI. NO. 43.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24,1907.
PRICE:
FIVE MEN
ARRESTE
An Alleged Gang of
Thieves Is Be
hind Bars.
WOMAN WAS IN
WEDDING ATTIRE
Mrs. Smith Is Charged With
Operating “Fence” in
Soda Fount.
Charged with being an organized
gang of thieves that has been ope rat
Ing In Atlanta for the last few months.
Are white men and one woman have
been arrested by Atlanta detectives and
are now behind bars at the police na
tion.
Claude Raynor, the alleged leader
the gang, who, the detectives say, has
confessed, was to have been married
last night to the one woman alleged
be In the gang, but was arrested a short
while before the wedding bells began
to ring. The woman was taken In her
wedding clothes.
The following compose the alleged
conspirators: Claude Raysor. Allen
Pates, Marshal Holley, Ed Hayes, Ter
rell Butler and Mrs. Blanche Smith,
the last named of 21 Walton street.
All were arrested In Atlanta with the
exception of Terrell Butler, who was
taken Into custody In Montgomery.
Mrs. Smith operated a soda water
stand In the Temple Court building for
Word Bros., and It Is here, It Is al
leged, that the members of the gani
. would bring their spoils and would
meet to divide them.
In the trunk of Mrs. Smith, the de
tectlvea say, they found a number of
stolen articles.
Detectives Dorset!, Doyla and Tom
I.anford made the arrests. All are
charged with "suspicion” on the stats
docket.
Detectives Instead of Fiance.
The arrests were made at separate
times. Raysor was arrested Monday
night before the marriage which had
been scheduled with Mrs. Smith. Mrs.
Smith, garbed In her wedding dress,
over which she had labored several
weeks, It is said, was waiting for her
flance at her home In Walton street.
Instead of the man she was to wed,
three detectives came and took her to
the police station, where Raysor was
already Imprisoned.
According to the detectives, the
"swag" that waa taken by the alleged
gang consisted of almost anything from
money to dress suit cases, umbrellas
and clothes. One member would mako
a "haul” and take It to Mrs. Smith, It
Is charged, at the soda fount and the
goods were hidden by her behind the
counter.
A proper division would be made and
each would call around for his share.
This la the account of the methods of
the gang as told by ths officers.
Mrs. Claire MacFarland Un
decided About Getting
Warrant.
New York. Sept. 24.—Mrs. Claire
MacFarland, an attractive Southern
woman, with a wealth of rich gowns,
was undecided today In her apartments
In the Hotel Flanders whether to visit
the morgues and hospitals In search of
her husband, Hyde MacFarland, or ask
for a warrant for his arrest on a charga
of stealing JS.000 of her money.
MacFarland has been missing since
Saturday afternoon, and at that time
he had *7,800 In cash and travelers'
checks In his wallet.
Mrs. MacFarland said today:
“Of the money my husband had when
he disappeared 88,000 belonged to me,
and I don't know whether to get a
warrant for him or to keep on search
ing for him."
MacFarland la 45 years old. has
clean shaven face, and rather light
complexion. He wore a snuff brown
suit and light alpine hat. In the hotel
he left all of his clothes, with his grips
and personal belongings. Mrs. Mac-
larland said today that she had sent
to her relatives In Atlanta, da., for
funds, as her husband had taken all the
money they had with them.
RACE RESULTS.
GRAVE8END.
First Race—Bellewether, 7 to 5, won:
Big Chief, 4 to (, second: Rampage, *
to 6. third. Time, 1:04 3-5.
Second Race—Arimo, 5 to I. won:
V*rman even, second; Brnncas, X to 2,
third. Time, 1:28.
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But Attorney Kellogg
Says He Will Have
Them.
New York, Sept. 24.—Certain trans
fer books which show stock transac
tions of the Standard Oil Trust dur
ing the liquidation period of 1592-00,
and which are essential to the estab
lishment of the government's cose
against the monopoly. In the-suit to
dissolve It, are missing. It Is declared
today, from the strong box In the vault
of the trust at No. 28 Broadway.
Special Attpmey Kellogg has re
peatedly asked for the books and
smooth promises with strings to them
have been made that they would be
produced. But they have not been
brought forth, and persistent search by
Federal accountants In the Broadway
headqunrters of the trust have failed
to bring a trace of them. Now It la
hinted by Standard officials that per
haps they are gone. ,
In order to show the present Stand
ard Oil Company has the same old
membership which the supreme court
of Ohio ordered dissolved In 1892, mas
querading under a new face, Inquisitor
Kellogg must have the books. They
are vital to the government's case. It
was remarked clearly enough today
that jail terms *were waiting for some
well-known oil men If the books were
not produced.
"We shall get those books," Mr. Kel
logg said. "We mean to have them.'
Benton Testified Again.
Robert D. Benson, the Tidewater Oil
Company official, who on yesterday
told of the contract between that com
pany and the Standard subsidiary com
panies to supply export oil In return
for a supply of crude oil from the main
Standard Oil Company, again took the
stand this morning, when tha Investi
gation Into the Standard was resumed
n the Federal building.
It was understood at the opening of
the aasalon that soma, time during the
day Anthony N. Brady, the trolley
magnate, would be called to testify.
Brady, It Is sold, with Banker E. C.
Benedict, sold the organisation known
as the ManhriTtan Oil Company to the
Standard, with nn understanding at
the same time that the Standard would
furnish crude oil for gas purposes to
the Chicago Goa Light -Company. He
waa expected to tell what he knew
concerning the Manhattan purchase,
which has thus far been shrouded In
considerable mystery.
CHEAPER US
COTTON IS KING!
Believes Whole Issue
Should Go to R. R.
Commission.
COMMITTEE MEETS
AGAIN THURSDAY
President Arkwright’s Plea
Is to Be Let Alone
By City.
OIL TRUST MUST
PAY BIG FINE
Chicago, Sept. 24.—The Standard OH
Company received a body blow yes
terday In Ita fight to escape the *29,-
000,000 fine Imposed by Judge Landis
for rebating.
The blow came In the shape of a de
cision by the United States circuit
court of appeals, sluing at Dehver, to
the effect that the new Hepburn act
does not render Immune from prosecu
tion certain other offenders who In
dulged In rebating before It became a
law.
This waa one of the principal argu
raents on which the Standard sought
i establish their case.
The case that waa that against the
Oreat Northern railway of giving un
lawful rebates apd the road was lined
115.000 at St. Paul.
The road appealed from the verdict
and the court at Denver sustained the
lower court. In the appeal the Great
Northern set up the contention that
section 10 of the Hepburn law repealed
section 1 of the Elkins law.
ISH REPORTED
T(
New York, Sept. 24.—It was reported
in Wall street this afternoon that
Stuyveeant Fleh had eocured the prox-
of a majority of .the stockholder* of
the llllnoii Central railroad, from which
was ousted as president by E. H,
Harriman. The definite reeulta of the
efforts of Mr. Fleh and Mr. Harriman
oontrol the road will be seen at the
annual meeting of the atookholdera on
October 16.
WEATHER 18 IDEAL O
AND WILL CONTINUE. O
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about the brand of weather pre- O
vailing In this section now. Jus h
mighty hard to please. Clear, O
bracing, with a tinge of fall In the O
evening. And how one con sleepl O
Outlook:
"Fair Tuesday night and Wed
nesday."
Tuesday temperatures:
7 o'clock a. m.
8 o'elock a. m.
9 o'clock a. m.
19 o'clock a. nu
ll o'clock a. m.
12 o'clock noon.
1 o'clock p. m.
I o’clock p. m.
.67 degrees.
..68 degrees.
..71 degrees.
..74 degrees.
..78 degr-
..79 dcgv •»
..SI degree*., i
..S3 degrees. J
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ODDODD00000000000000000000
The first session Monday ‘of the com
mlttee on electric lights, telegraphs and
telephones, which Is considering joint
ly with the committee on electric and
other railways, the resolution by Coun
cilman Terrell, looking to cheaper gas,
street car fares and telephone rates,
proved a lively one, as had been an
ticipated. *
The meeting was held at 8 o’clock.
The corporations were represented by
Preston Arkwright, president of the
Georgia Railway and Electric Compa
ny, and T. K. Glenn, vice president; G.
W. Brine, president of the Atlanta Gaa
Light Company; Edwin Johnson, man.
ager of the publicity department of the
Georgia Railway and Electric Compa
ny: W. B. Roberts, lpcal manager of
the Southern Bell Telephone and Tele
graph Company, and C. J. Simmons,
president of the Atlanta Telephone and
Telegraph Company.
President Arkwright was the spokes
man for the street car company and
the gas company. He spoke at length
and with great feeling, and apparently
became angry once when Interrupted
by Councilman Terrell.
Arkwright 8howt Temper.
"I was very careful," he remarked
with feeling, when Interrupted, "not to
Interrupt Councilman Terrell during
the course of hie address, and I would
ask the same consideration for myself.
After I am through, I wilt be glad to
answer any questions, whether they are
asked for Information or merely to con.
fuse me.”
The following members of the Joint
committee were present: Aldermen
Qullllan, Curtis, Hlrsch and Beutell
and Councllmen Huddleston, Pomeroy,
Grant and Terrell.
The resolution by Councilman Ter
rell provides that council request the
railroad commission to reduce street
car fares In Atlanta to eight tor a quar.
tsr; reduce gas to 75 cents per thou
sand feet, and fix an ascending scale of
rates for the telephone companies, with
II for the first thousand and 121-2
cent* for each succeeding thousand,
which would make the present rate of
the Southern Bell about *2.50.
Reach No Conclusion.
It was decided to take up Monday
afternoon only those sections of the
resolution applying to the street car
company and the gas company. The
committee adjourned at 5:10 o'clock
without having taken any definite ac
tion, and will meet again Thursday aft.
ernoon at 3 o'clock.
The discussion of the resolution was
begun by Councilman Terrell, who,
armed with a stack of figure* and doc-
uments, proceeded to show how much
cheaper other cities were getting their
car fares and their gas.
New York.” he said, "has 80-cent
gas—at least this rat* haa been ordered.
jo* Angeles pays only 80 cents. Mll-
waukeo the same. Binghamton has
85-cent gas, and Duluth and Louisville
pay only 75 cents. Why can't we get
gaa any cheaper?
"I am Informed the gas company
employs negro labor almost entirely.
This Is much cheaper than the labor
employed In these other cities. We get
coal cheaper than some of these cities.
Why, then, are we paying so much for
gas? I know of no reason outside of
the bare fact that the monopoly has
the right to charge what it pleases, and
It pleases to charge us 81 at this time.
Look at Sheffield, England, with 32-
cent gas. How do you account for
that7 And still, r daresay, money Is
made In Sheffield at that rate.
Gat Sometimes Only Wind.
'I give you these figures not prima
rily to show you that gas In Atlanta
should be reduced to 76 cents or any
other named figure, but merely to show
that we ought to send the matter up to
the railroad commission, which haa the
power to get the real facts and to make
a thorough Investigation, and which
has the authority to order a reduction
If the investigation shows that a reduc
tion should be made.
'My complaint Is not altogether with
the rate. It is also with the gas, which
sometimes, I think. Is mostly wind. I
also want the commission to make
rules and regulations governing the
gaa company, which will embody a
thorough system of the meter Inspec-
tlon.
"The railroad commission will do
what's rlgbt about It. The commission
has an expert to make the Investiga
tion. The commission has the power
to order the books of these corpora
tions to be brought before It. We can
do no harm by turning this matter over
this body."
'Taking up the street car situation.
Councilman Terrell cited Cleveland. De.
trolt. Toronto. Chicago and other cities.
"In Cleveland," he said, "one com
pany sells fares seven for a quarter
and another for 3 cents straight. In
(Editorial in Sunday’s New York World.)
Atlanta will offer an impressive sight on October 7, when hundreds of the
foremost representatives of the cotton-spinning industry of Europe andtheUnited
States will meet in conference the cotton growers and ginners of the South. No
better illustration could be furnished of the progress of' international co-opera
tion in agriculture, manufacturing and trade. Here is a voluntary movement vir
tually world-wide in extent which has for its purpose important improvements in
the production and exchange of one of the great staple products of the soil.
As is told elsewhere in The - Suniay World, the European delegates to the
Atlanta conference will represent 90,000,000 cotton spindles and the American
manufacturers 25,000,000. On the other hand, the Southern States which they
will visit yield on the average about four-fifths of the world’s cotton supply. For
the last fivo years the United States crop has ranged from 10,000,000 to 13,500,000
bales of 500 pounds each, of which eleven states, with Texas at their head, are the
sole producers. In annual value this one crop can he safely put at $600,000,000.
It was never truer than today that Cotton is King when so many of his lead
ing subjects are preparing to pay him reverence.
Will Atlanta School Children
Be Treated as Well?
The Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Company has conceded a half
fare to all school children.
When the effort was first made to secure reduced rate tickets the company
refused on the grounds that to do so would be in violation of the new anti-pass law
in Alabama.
Popular feeling was aroused over this refusal, and the result has been that,
under advice from the Railroad Commission that one-half fare tickets may be is
sued just as excursion tickets are issued by the railroads, the street railway com
pany has decided to make the concession.
$80,000 A YEAR IS SAVED
TO CITY AND CITIZENS
President Arkwright Estimates Amount of
Reduction by His Company on Rates
For Light and Power.
Eighty thousand dollars a year for the next five years—a total of *400,.
000—la the. saving for the city of Atlanta and for private consumers of
electricity as a result of The Georgian's advocacy of municipal ownership.
The estimate Is thst of Preston Arkwright, president of the Georgia
Railway and Electric. Company, made Monday afternoon before the Joint
committee from council, which la considering a resolution to reduce the
price of gas, of street car tares and of telephones.
Of the total saving, according to President Arkwright, ths city Itself
will save 825,009 a year, or *123,000 for the five yenis of the contract, and
prlvats consumers will save 855,000 *a year, or 8275.000Jor .tlie five years—a
combined total of *400.000.
As the result of a strung campaign for municipal ownership. In which
Ths Georgian Insisted upon and established the fact that the Atlanta pub.
lie was entitled to cheaper electric lights and poweT, the Oeorgta Railway
and Electric Company offered the city a five-year contract that fixed the
rates for the city’s lights within reach of those for which a municipally-
owned plant could do the work.
The Georgian Insisted that this bid be not accepted unless a similar re
duction was made to private consumers. The company later agreed to a
reduction of about ths same nature :o tbs consumers as was offered ths
city—about 20 per cent.
The contract waa signed for five years. President Arkwright says ths
revenues of the company, as a result, will be 880,000 less * year. Figuring
compound Interest for the five year* and also calculating on a natural In
crease In business for the company, the total saving for five years will prob
ably reach *500,000.
TO DEATH BY
IT
Continued on Pag# Ten.
LANDIS GIVES ALTON
ITS IMMUNITY BATH;
HE FLAYS OFFICIALS
Chicago, III., Sept. 14.—A startling
sensation was sprung today by Judge
Landis In granting an expected Immu
nity bath to the Chicago and Alton
railway, when he ordered a special
grand Jury to summon President James
A. Moffett, of the Standard Oil Com
pany, of Indiana,'before them with the
apparent anticipation of prosecuting
him for contempt of court ■
President Moffett Is believed by
Judge Landis to bs responsible for ths
publication of a pamphlet criticising
Landis for the heavy fine Imposed on
ths Standard Oil Company and for Im
pugning the motives of ths Jurist A
second sensation was sprung when the
court. In dismissing the rebating
charges against the Alton, nsaerted
that the penitentiary Is filled with men
who have done nothing more nor less
than the officers of this company.
In his censure of the Alton railroad
officials Judge Landis gave reason for
ths belief that he was reluctant to dis
miss the charges.
Today there aro many man In the
penitentiary serving sentences for mak
ing false entries such as this railroad
company compelled Its agent to make,”
said Judge Landis.
The court then made clear the fact
that It was at the request of the attor-
ney general that the motion of District
Attorney Sims waa granted for the dis
missal of the rebating charges.
Three Little Girls Vic
tims of Maniac Early
Tuesday.
Governor Declares It
Will Remain on
Statute Books.
STRONG SPEECH
AT SYLVESTER
Buffalo, N. Y„ Sept. 24.—Three chil
dren of Frederick Mund, of 925 Clin-
ton street, were strangled to death In
their beds by their presumably In
sane mother ebortly after 7 o'clock this
morning. The victims are Berthn, aged
8; Christian, aged 2, and Helen, aged
8 months.
Tho woman had torn tho sheets of
the bed Into strips with which to ac
complish her mad act
Frederick Mund, the husband and fa.
ther, went to his work. leaving his
wife In an apparently happy frame of
mind. An hour later the woman ap
peared at the place where he was
working and told him his children were
dead.
Frantic, he rushed home, dragging
the woman with him, to find that the
horrible atory was true. He ran Into
the Street attracting the attention of a
policeman, who placed tho woman un
tier arrest.
ACID POURED
FOLK NOT CANDIDATE;
WILL SUPPORT BRYAN
Missouri Governor De
clares For Nebraskan
For Nomination.
Chattanooga, Tenn.. Bept. 24.—"If the
Routhero sad Norfolk sod Western bod
lints In my ntste I would mtks them ins-
pend operations until they secured n set of
employees competent to run trains."
This was the statement made hers this
morning by Governor Joseph W. Folk, of
lllfleourl, who psased through en routs to
Nashville.
The governor hid been to the James
town exposition, and had hid his expe
rience with Norfolk and Western and Booth-
era railway service on the way down from
Norfolk.
had'not boon a candidate. He' was fori
Uryau, first, last sad all Uio time.
GOV. JOS. W. FOLK.
Coroner Finds Child
Was Poisoned by
Parties Unknown.
Bpeclal to The Georgian.
Macon, Go., Sept. 24.—The coroner's
Jury, Investigating the death of Roscoe
Arnold, the 3-months-old child found
dead In the Door of Hope, returned
verdict that the child had been
poisoned by parties unknown to them.
Several city detectives are now at work
and hope to throw some light on the
case. The death waa not reported to
the police till some time after It had
been committed, and they hare been
greatly handicapped In solving the
mystery. The child's death was pro
duced by pouring a quantity of carbolic
acid In Its mouth while It waa asleep.
MUSE’S CONDITION
IS UNCHANGED
W. P. Muse, who was badly Injured
by falling down an elevator shaft. Is
still unconscious at the Grady Hospital.
At 2:20 y’clock Tuesday afternoon no
change was reported In bis condition.
A
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Wants BetterRuralSdiools.
Advises Farmers As to ,
Marketing Cotton. /\
SyTresler, Ga. Sept 24.—Govemoo
Hoke Smith, by Invitation of ths of
ficers of the Worth County Fair As
sociation, addressed a largo gathering
of the people of this and adjoining
counties today.
Many formors were present to bear
the address, which was devoted largely
to the marketing of tho cotton crop, m
subject to which the governor has glv.
en much study and upon which he has
mads a number of addresses In the
past
Briefly stated, tho governor's view
Is that the cotton growers should hold
their cotton and market It through tho
year ns It Is needed by tho manufactur
ers, and not throw It nil on tha mar
ket as soon ns It Is ginned. In no other
way. snld the governor, could the crop
be kept out of tho hands of the spec
ulators, ns the mills do not want to
take n year’s supply of spot cotton nt
one time.
"Let the mills be In the market to
buy. rather than the farmer in the
market to sell" is tho governor’s Idea.
Ho congratulated tho farmers on tho
fact Hint tlo-v art-, t-. a large extent,
nblo to hold their cotton and to have
something to say ns to -what prim .hnll
be paid for It AH the people, he snld,
arc Interested In the prlco which cot
ton brings nnd bankers nnd merchants
should co-operate with tho farmers to
help soo -that cotton brings Its full
value.
Tho governor also spoke briefly on
tho. prohibition law. nnd the nn in-
crenslng the powers of the rn!!rnn-1
commission, and omphnslzed tha ne-
cssslty for providing better schools In
the rural sections.
Prohibition Has Com* to 8tay.
BpeakLig of tho recent prohibition
legislation, he said In part:
"Whatever may have been the view
of any Individual In the past upon this
subject, now that It has become a law.
It must be faithfully enforced. I go
further. While we may find that ths
bill as passed requires some modlflcs-
tho general prlnclpla of preventing tho
Mile ..r Intoxicating liquors In this state
will remain upon -air statute hooks. I
hops no effort will be made to secure
legislators at ths next election who aro
opposed to stato prohibition. If It la
made I am sura It wll bo defeated.'*
Railroad Legislation.
The governor, In discussing ths blit
passed by the legislature, Increasing
the powers of the railroad commission
and extending Its Jurisdiction over all
publlo utility corporations, said In partn
"I do not beltovs a more Important
piece of legislation has over been pass
ed In this state. The effort Is now be
ing mado by some of tha representa
tives of rallrotd companies to frighten
the people on account of this legisla
tion, to make them believe that rail
road building nnd tho Investment of
money In the state will bo brought to
an end. The bill Is very similar to the
legislation which New York stato haa
recently passed. It Is no more stren
uous than the Wisconsin law.
"It Is Intended to Btop wrongs. Le
gitimate Investment for legitimately
conducted business has nothing to fear
from It
"It has always been the policy of this
stats to encourage railroad develop
ment and to encourage tho Investment
of money In the state. The people who
really have money to Invest from out
side Georgia arc familiar at their own
homes with legislation simitar to ours.
“If our railroad companies are be
ing Injured at present by this legisla
tion It Is dus to ths nolso being made
by some of tbelr foolish officers. Soma
of tho agents In Georgia of tho New
York capitalists who own our rail
road companies are a little stubborn
and unreasonable.
‘They object to any Interference With
their conduct
Georgia Will Control.
"When they realise that the state of
Georgia Intends to have voice In tho
conduct of transportation companies
and public utility companies, they will
either modify their present course of
conduct or tne owners of the proper
ties will see that they are an Injury to
the properties they control and will
substitute men who can work In har
mony with the railroad commissioners.
"With the termination of the litiga
tion recently started over the reduction
of passenger rates, I expect to see a
great Improvement In the relations be.
tween the rallrotul commission and ths
railroad officers In ctrorgla. The com.
mission Is compo*<xl of conservative
able men. There If no purpose to ds
the railroads an lxf.ustlce. None has
been done thetmK/ion* will be dono
them, but they will not be permitted t«
fool the people try subsidising newspa
pers to publish/ stories of their woes
when no occasion exists for the pub-
llcatlons. It <Ji these publications of
Continued on Pag* TJxiriseiv