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VOL. VI. NO. 84.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11,1907.
AROUND! AROUND! AROUND!
Ill TMLOF
Before Special Judge
Morris For Murder
of Goebel.
FEW WITNESSES
WERE IN COURT
Brother of Murdered Man
Says He Proposes to
Push Suit.
Lexington, Ky„ Nov. 11.—Caleb Pow
ere, one of the several men Indicted
for the murder of 'William Goebel, In
Frankfort, several years ago, was
placed on trial again here today before
Special Judge Morris, of Henry county.
Arthur Goebel, who Is backing the
prosecution, Is here. Goebel has little
hope, since the Republicans hare come
Into power In the state, of seeing Pow
ers hanged. He says, however, he pur
poses to fight the case through the
courts, and If the governor turns the
man loose after he Is convicted he will
feel that he has done his duty.
powers fears a trial at this time,
and says that while there is danger of
the bitter feeling over the success of
the Republican victory working against
him, he la determined to answer
"ready."
Few of the witnesses are here yet
and there was a general feeling before
the trial opened that the common
wealth's attorneys would ask for a con.
tlnuance.
As soon as the case was called State's
Attorney Franklin asked for a contin
uance until Tuesday morning, saying
that a number of commonwealth's wit
nesses had failed to arrive, but that all
would be on hand tomorrow. The re
cess-was granted..
LOTS OF SHIVERS
DUEJN_ATLANTA
Down Below Freezing Is
Promised For Tuesday
Morning.
OtmotWOOGOOWGiKHWOiJO
O WATCH WATER PIPES) O
O FREEZING DUE TUESDAY. O
O O
O Look out for the water pipes O
O Monday night, for the man up on O
O top of the Empire saye a bit of O
O real winter Is coming along. Looks O
O Uks the freezing point for the flrst O
O time thle winter. Forecaet: O
O "Fair Monday night and Tues- O
O day; colder Monday night, with O
O minimum temperature about 30 O
O degrees." 0
G Monday temperatures; O
O 7 o'clock a. 40 degrees 0
5 8 o'clock a. m 43 degrees O
O 9 o'clock a. m 4B degrees O
O 10 o'clock a. m 48 degrees O
O 11 o'clock a. m 82 degrees O
O 12 o’clock noon 64 degrees O
O t o'clock p. m 86 degrees O
O 2 o'clock p. m 87 degrees O
a a
Ooooaooooooooooooooooooww
Br-r-r—It’s getting cold! Look out
for the water plpee! Ffy Tuesday at
midnight the mercury will be at freez-
Ing and still going down, according to
the weather man, who, after remarking
something about high barometer and
low pressure, said quite clearly Mon
day morning that Atlanta will have the
Hrst real cold snap of the year begln-
olng with the setting of Monday's sun.
If the pipes are well wrapped or oth.
erwlse protected, there Is little danger
of waking up tot find the cook getting
breakfast In a floating tub In the kltch-
J°. But there are enough badly cared
■or pipes and forgetful householders In
Atlanta to assure an enlarged business
■or the plumbers Tuesday and more
than one boy will go to school without
having his face washed.
The lowest the thermometer has reg
istered this fall was 36 degrees, not
enough to hurt. Monday night, how
ever, it is planned to have It go down
to 30 degrees, two notches below frees,
mg. The sun will be on hand Tuesday
morning, however, In time to warm the
atmosphere and let the water rush out
“fib* broken pipes.
.... lhe Proper precautions—an In
spection of the pipes, more blankets,
coal and more clothes—Atlantans
? “ uf fer but little, for Tuesday will
be fair, with a bracing atmosphere.
30 Men and
Women Hurl
AGAIN TALKS
Answers Card of the
Mayor and Mr.
Cab in ess.
PEACHTREE GAMES
TOUCHED UPON
Produces His Degree to Re
fute Remarks of Mayor
Joyner on “Doctors.”
KAISER GROPES WAY
THRO’ LONDON FOG
London, Nov. 11.—Kaiser Wilhelm of
Germany Is In London. One of the most
dense and dripping fogs of the year
tried hard enough to keep him out of
Portsmouth harbor until tomorrow, but
there was a sudden rift and the pilot
of the Hohenzollern, trying for the
third time, made a run for the landing
stage and the kaiser's yacht was tied
fast just as the fog again settled. It
was a most melancholy reception.
The brilliant pageant, teemed with
enthusiasm and joy which had been
planned, was as cold and uninteresting
as It could be. The kaiser and his con
sort had to grope their way from Ilia
yacht and were almost compelled to
feel about to And the prince of Wales
and duke of Connaught, who were there
to greet them. The crowd could not
see the emperor and the emperor could
not see the crowd.
Mustache Drooped.
There wae little or no cheering, for
the reason that the people did not
know whom and when to cheer. The
kalser’e mustache, always pointing sky
ward, had started to droop before he
entered the automobile waiting for .hint.
The marine guards were soaked. The
kaiser wae muffled up nnd it was evi
dent that he feared the effect of the
dampness on his throat, which has
troubled him greatly for some time.
The British warships ran up the Ger
man ensign as the Hoheniollem ap
peared. The flag could not be seen
from the deck.
Couldn't Be Seen.
Emperor William, In the uniform of
the British admiral, stood on the bridge
of the royal yacht. He could not be
seen from the battleships and the line
of sea fighters looked like emudges In
the background of fog.
Moot people who had gathered at
the dock to witness the landing of the
emperor had gone home, but the boom
ing of twenty-one guns brought some
of them back. The prince of Wales and
the duke of Connaught also had
departed under the Impression that the
emperor could not land until the fog
had lifted, and they were summoned
and lust arrived In time to greet the
royal visitor.
The welcome* were quickly over and
every one hurried to the special train
which carried the party, to Windsor,
PROHIBITION BILL
FOB AJEHEARING
Bill Will Come Up as a Spe
cial Order On Tues
day.
L
TO MAKE REPAIRS
ALL OVER STATE
Inspection of Commission
Already Having Its
Effect.
Railroad Commission Will
Go Into Terrell Pe
titions.
Councilman W. If. Terrell’* petition* for
elfht fare* for 25 rent* from the Georgia
Railway and Electric Company and for 10
cent* gna from the Atlanta Gaa Company
mill be heard before the railroad commlo*
alon Tueaday.
Councilman Terrell died petition* affecting
these two corporation* and also the South
ern Hell. A partial hearing has been bad
on the Hell petition, but a* yet the other
two hare not been taken up.
It Is expected that there will be Interest
ing devlopment* In the hearing* Tuesday.
KERSEVENDSLUFE
IN TAMPA HOTEL;
HAD A MART
Atlanta Contractor Left the
City Suddenly Last
Friday.
•'i**' Jork, November 11.—Thirty
Wor nen were seriously hurt
,oqa> In » rear end co iu.| on between
northbound trains In the
»venu* elevated railroad. The
mitslon occurred Just before noon
, ,he train* were filled with worn-
tr'.rtf bound for the uptown dls-
tcrashing together of the
c,me the shrieks of women
v angers as they fought to escape.
Special to The Georgian.
Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 11.—The pro
hibitionists took up the time of the
house this morning In discussing the
bill providing for an amendment to the
constitution for general prohibition, as
to whether It should be referred back
to the temperance committee. It
Anally decided to have the bill
back for another hearing at 3 o'clock
this afternoon and to come up for a
special hearing befose the house tomor-
row'.
The house passed the bill approprlat
Ing $50,000 for the expense* of the
legislature.
D. M. FERRY, SR.,
THE BIG SEED MAN,
FOUND DEAD IN BED
Detroit, Mich., Nov. II.—Dexter M.
Kerry, 8r„ head of the well known seed
Arm of D. M. Ferry & Co., was found
dead In bed today by members of
his family. Heart disease was the
cause of death.
GOVERNOR SMITH
GOING TO AUGUSTA
Governor Hoke Smith, and probably
Mr*. Smith, will leave Monday even
ing for Augusta, where lie goes to at
tend the reunion of Confederate veter-
an Gov*mor Smith will be In Augusta
Tuesday and Wednesday, and on Wed
nesday will head the parade with Gov
ernor Ansel. of South Carolina. The
Atlanta member* of the governor's
staff will go to Augusta Tuesday even
ing, following a reception at the Geor
gia Military Institute at College Park.
The new staff will he out In full uni
form for the flrst time at the reunion.
1 on next Friday Governor Sm'th will
bo lo McRae to utteort the celebration
the o-u hundredth anniversary of
the founding of Telfair county.
Another Inspector's report on the
physical condition of a railroad—prob
ably the Southern—will be made early
this week by the railroad commission.
This Inspection has already been
made and Is now In the hands of \the
commission. It Is said to be as thor
ough and painstaking In Its character
as that made on the Georgia road.
While there will be no let-up In this
Inspection work. It Is believed that pub
lication of the report on the Georgia
road will have the effect on other lines
of causing them to make Immediate
repairs where needed. It is believed
that all rood* now have forces busy-
getting things ship-shape so that the
silent and unheralded Inspectors of the
commission will not llhd the road* re
miss.
It develops that these Inspectors have
been at work some weeks, and It Is
believed that many roads have already-
been thoroughly covered. It Is proba
ble that every report will be verified
In eome way before being given to the
public. Money- to pay these Inspectors
was a problem at flrst; as the legis
lature made no provision for doing It.
Governbr Smith, however, agreed to
■use a part of hit contingent fund for
this purpose.
Before a congregation that filled ev
ery seat and overflowed Into the aisles
of the vast auditorium of the Baptist
Tabernacle, Dr. Len G. Broughton de
voted his entire sermon Sunday night
lo a reply to the cards of President
l.’abanlss, of the fair association, and
Mayor Joyner, In which they had an
swered the charges made by Dr.
Broughton the previous Sunday night.
Dr. Broughton took as his text the
quotation from the Bible with which
the mayor closed his reply:
“Render unto Caesar the things that
are Caesar's, and unto God the thing!
that are God's.'
Dr. Broughton went In with glove*
off, repeated substantially every charge
that he made In hla previous remarks
on the subject of gambling at the horse
races at the fair, added that they were
true and he stood ready to prove them,
stated further that other officials than
the mayor had bet on the races and he
could name them, and then left the
gambling question long enough to pay
hla respects to one of the side shows,
which he characterised as "a shameful
display of woman.'
While Dr. Broughton devoted only a
slight reference to-President Cabantsa,
of the fair, in hi# previous remarks on
this subject, he divided hi* lime be
tween him and the mayor Sunday night
In the reply to their cards.
Law Will Be Enforced.
Speaking lo the legal phase of the
question. Dr. Broughton paid hla re
spects to the courts and to the houses
on Peachtree, where, he maintains,
gambling Is permitted.
"As a matter of fact," he stated,
the law was violated. Whether the
courts will lake IL up or not. I do not
know, but there will come a time when
the courte will enforce the law. (Ap
plause.) The fair authorities maintain,
ed a place of gambling; Just as regu
lar a place as was ever maintained on
Peachtree street, and there they are al
most as thick as the houses.”
Referring to the other city officials,
Dr. Broughton had this to Bay:
"The whole business, It seems to me,
as made up of city daddies—all these
encouraging the children to come In
and play."
President f'abanl**' card In reply to
his flrst remark* was characterized as
a series of "why not*.'' and Dr.
Broughton. In reply, propounded some
why note" to Mr. Cabanlss.
"Stick to the Istue.”
"Now. 1 have one or two 'why not*,' ”
he stated, "lo put to Mr. Cabanlas aa
the president of the fair, which Is now-
under discussion. Why not tell the
people about that charge of permitting
gambling at the state fair? This was
the charge that was up. This was the
thing that dligraced the whole concern.
This waa the thing for which Mr. Cab-
anlas was criticised. Why not be man
enough lo come out and tell the peo
ple what they want to know about
the gambling, and the extent of the
betting on the races? Why not tell the
people about those bookmakers that
were known to be there every day at
their business of fleering the people
and disgracing the moral sentiment of
this community? Why try to play off
upon 'the Atlanta spirit’ when we are
talking about a distinct Issue—that of
gambling? Yes. why not stick to the
Isaue?
"Again I charge Mr. Cabanlas as the
president of the fair association with
aiding and abetting In one of the most
disgraceful gambling occasions that
this city has had In It for many a day.
He knew It, permuted It and encour-
aged It.”
Dr. Broughton read an editorial from
The Christian Index, the official organ
of the Georgia Baptists of the state,
MINERS HURLED
TO THEIR DEATH
Htrinne, France, Nor. ll.-U.niflrmntlon
bft* Ihn*i» received of a fatal nrrMent at
the Itoniinl mini* *h.ift. Heyernl un*n ircre
kill*! trhpu tin* elevator In the abaft caught
an«l the cable snapped. All occupant* of
il to r—
the car were bnrlnl
> ileath.
Race Results.
AQUEDUCT.
First Race—Allauda. 3 to I. won; St.
Hirlo, 3 to I, second; Black Sheep, out,
third. Time 1:43 3-8.
Tampa, Fla., Nov. 11.—William M.
Kersey, of 49 South Pryor Hreet, At
lanta, committed suicide In hla hotel
here last night. Nothing I* known of
him hare.
William M. Kersey waa a member of
the contracting Arm of Kersey & Camp
bell. with otflee* at 49 South Pryor
atreel. He boarded with the family of
Weaver, 67 Oglethorpe avenue.
West End.
He came lo Atlanta last March, but
nothing Is known of hla former home
or hi* people. He waa about 38 years of
age. It was stated at hi* office that he i — -— - , ... .,
loft the city last Friday night, hut said In which that paper Join* with him In
nothing as to Ills destination, nor has j the denunciation of the gambling at the
anything been heard from him since. races, and, referring to the mayor,
..... 'tat** that the beat sentiment of the
city Is "misrepresented by the man
that occupies the mayor'* seat."
The Mayor’s Betting.
Dr. Broughton dwelt at length upon
the fact that the mayor admitted that
he had bet on the races, but had placed
only a few bet* of a few dollars each,
and upon the Justification which, he
said, the mayor sought on the ground
that the money was hla own, and the
betting wae not against the law.
He made the point that It was
against the moral law to gamble, and
against the eplrlt of the civil law. He
held that lhe fact that It was the mayor's
own money did not Justify the action
any more than putting hla money Into
the moat degrading business In the
world to corrupt the city would be
Justified because the money waa his
own.
Dr. Broughton staled that his attack
upon the mayor waa not a personal
one. and that he had hothlng to say
against him as an Individual, but aa a
representative of the city he was deal
ing with him. He argued that the of
ficial head of a city had greater re
sponsibility than a private citizen, and
that hie actions should be beyond the
reach of criticism, more ao even than
those of a private citizen.
That ‘‘□.D.'’ Degree.
Taking up the mayor's charge that
! CHRISTIAN LEAVES
' TO ACCEPT PLACE
IN WALL STREET
Succeeded by J. J. Puller,
New Agent of the
Seaboard.
W. E. CHRISTIAN.
He ha* left the Seaboard td join
a large Wall street Arm.
W. H. Christian, for sereral year* aula-
taut general poaaenger agent for the Sea
board Air I4ne, with headquarter* In At
lanta, h*a tendered hla resignation, and
on December 1 will begin a connection with
a proiujnent Wall street banking
A* announced exclusively In The Geor
gian nume days ago, Mr. Chrlatlan was
cocded In Atlnnta as assistant general pas-
r agent by James J. Puller, formerly
the Heaboard In Philadelphia, bnt at
that time Mr. Chrlatlan was In the North
nnd had not onnouiu^l his plana.
He returned to Atfauta Hunday night,
and mndc known Monday hla future plans.
Horae time ago Mr. Christian was tendered
a responsible position by a well known Wall
street bouse at a salary that waa an In
ducement to him to quit the railroad bus!
ness, nnd he tendered hla resignation to
tnke effect December 1. Until that time
he will remain with the Seaboard, with
headquarters In New York-
"I want to heartily commend,”
’hrlstloii Monday', before leaving
fork, “Mr. Puller, who succeeds mo here.
Jle Is one of ray best friends nnd one of
tbeliest men In the railroad business today,
leave the mllroad business and Atlanta
nt '
Vh®:
tli.y
the Seaboard, and hla-promotion la ^richly
deserved one.” . ■ *
Mr. Chrlatlan I* one of the most popu
lar railroad men In the Hoiith, and hie raul
tltude of friends will be pleased to learn
of Ids good fortune Ilk being; tendered a
Wall street connection.
Many Reported
Killed in Wreck
Hiuefield, W. Va„ Nov. 11
Norfolk and Wegtern pngsenKer
train No. 4 is reported wrecked at
small town named Iaeger, six
miles west of here. A freight
train was sideswiped on a switch
by No. 4, killing and injuring
many, according to menger re
ports. , .
Mr. Kersey Is said to have hail a
sweetheart In Tampa, to whom he waa
engaged. They were to have been mar
ried last June, but he had an attack of
measles and the wedding waa post
poned. At letter Ilea on hla desk, post
marked Tampa.
DID ROCKEFELLER
El
Work will be started In a short time,
possibly this week, on a building at
the corner of ivumley and Fraser
street*, which will be known a* the
Reed Street Baptist cburch, colored.
The building will cost In the neigh
borhood of 125.000. poeslbiy more, an#
will be a handsome structure In every
respect. A committee from the cburch
was appointed a few month* ago to
call on John D. Rockefeller, of Stan
dard Oil fame, for a subscription to
ward the work. It I* said that Mr.
Rockefeller subscribed 317.000. Thej
building will be of stone^ Contractors |
ter A Newmyer will do the work.
Dr.' Broughton was traveling under
false colors In that ha poaad a* a doctor
of divinity whereaa. In reality, he waa
only a doctor of medicine. Dr. Brough
ton showed the degree of doctor of di
vinity conferred upon him by Wake
Forest College, and read It lo the con
gregation.
Dr. Broughton charged that the
mayor had gambled before, at least
one time, when chief of the Are de
partment, with some of the. boys at
poker, and that he had then promised
never to do ao again. On this subject,
and by way of conclusion. Dr. Brough
ton had this to say:
'if this had been hla only offense we
might not have so much to say, but
Mayor Joyner knows that I know when
lie waa chief of the Are department he
was guilty of playing poker with the
Are boys. That he did this at least on
one occasion. Will he deny this? He
dare not. And now In spite of that ex.
perlenco, of which ho remembers well,
when he promised In the presence of a
witness, never to gamble again at any
thing. he goes straight on aa mayor
and gambles and then laughs at It.
"I say again that such conduct Is un
worthy of the mayor of the city of At
lanta. and as a citizen of this city of
ten years' standing, representing a
church with two thousand members
and thousands of other people who at
tend my services, I say again that I
denounce for myaelf and for. them all
Bitch conduct by him or any other man
who holds a like position, who Is held
up as the representative of our city
and our homes, our business and our
church."
The mayor made only a short state
ment In reply. The statement follows:
"My statement of a week ago covers
the situation, and I have nothing to
add to It further than to say that he
practically pleads guilty to the charge
that he has been sailing under false
colors In poalnr aa a doctor of divin
ity. HI* certificate from Wake Forest
College carefully conceals the fact that
that degree wae not conferred until
leat year, so tbat for fifteen year* or
more he has been pretending to be
what he knew he wa* not.
"A* to any of the personal references
of Dr. Broughton to me. I have only
to say that I put my name, character
and reputation In the balance as
against his among those who know us
both, and will be entirely content *7
abide the verdict."
Wants License to Sus
pend Business of
Violators.
WON’T HAVE TO
WAIT ON COURTS
Proposes This as Means to
Avoid Uncertainties
of Tribunals. . '
Washington, Nov. 11.—To make the
execution of the anti-trust law* sure,
prompt and effective. President Rooie-
velt desire* that power be lodged with
the executive department of the gov
ernment summarily to atop the busi
ness of a big corporation If It la found
violating the laws.
He proposes this a* a means to avoid
the delays and uncertainties of court
proceedings, and the almost Impossi
bility of enforcing court degrees even
when once secured.
In short, he wants a plan of Federal
charter or license, under which, when
ever the executive Is convinced that a
corporation Is violating law, he may
suspend It from the right to continue
business. This plan of regulation ha*
been suggested by the president to some
Influential callers of late.
It caused a decided sensation with
at least one group of very prominent
men to whom It was addressed, and is
said to have beep greeted with alienee.
HAND Of A
STATED TRIAL Of
MRS, A1 BRADLEY
Court Adjourned in Memory
of Justice Mc-
Comas.
Washington. Nov. 11.—Mr*. Annie M.
Bradley, after a year of dreary waiting,
thle morning stood before Justice Staf
ford to answer to the charge of mur
der of rormer Senator Brown, of Utah,
only to have the hand of death'In
tervene and postpone for two day* the
dread ordeal.
The postponement of Mrs. Bradley's
rial waa taken upon motion of DIs-
rlct Attorney Baker, who Immediately
upon convening of court formally notl-
tlcl Justice Stafford of the sudden
death yesterday of Justice McComa*.
of the District of Columbia court of
appeals, and moved that adjournment
be taken until Wednesday. Ralph Cum
mer. of the defenBe, said that the de
fense heartily concurred In the motion,
and after a few appropriate remarks.
Justice Stafford adjourned the court for
two days.
Mrs. Bradley wae led from the room
after ependlng live minutes In the court
room. Within this short time, however,
Mrs. Bradley had faced one of the most
crucial moments In her eventful life,
coming face to face for the flret time
with the Judge to whom she muse
give an accounting for the tragic hap
penings of that’night nearly a year
ago, when she entered the room of
Senator Brown at the Raleigh Hotel
and took hie life, saying: "He le not my
husband, but he Is the father of my
two children.”
It la this plea which. It Is believed,
will dominate the trial so far as the
defense Is concerned, Rnd, although It
le evident that the technical defense
offered by Mrs. Bradley's attorneys will
be that ahe was temporarily Insane,
there la behind this the oft-tried poten.
cy of the unwritten law, besought by
Slot!-
LITTLE GIRL HURT
BY TROLLEY CAR
Little Garda Horton, the 7-year-oId
daughter of Mrs. Thaddens Horton, of
3 Peachtree court, waa struck by aa
electric car at Peachtree and Tenth
streets Monday morning at S o’clock
and painfully Injured.
The little girl waa on har way to
the Tenth Street School. In company
with a boy friend nnd companion, and
the street was obstructed by several
vehicles. Site failed to Judge the speed
of the approaching car and ran In front
of It. She waa knocked down and her
right heel painfully crushed. The full
extent of her Injuries has not been
learned, but It Is not believed she le
dangerously hurt.
Mr*. Horton Is one of the most prom
inent women In Atlanta, and Is espe
cially well known for her literary work
In newspaper* and magazines. Little
Garda is her only daughter.
THE WEATHER.
For Atlanta and Vicinity—Fair
tonight and Tuesday; colder to
night, with temperature of 30 de.
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