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THE WEATHER.
For Atlanta and Vicinity—Fair
tonight and Tuesday; little change
in temperature.
Atlanta Georgian
and NEWS
SPOT COTTON.
Liverpool, steady, 6.33; Atlanta, steady*
11*$: N'm\ Orleans, steady, 11%; New
York, steady, 11.90; Savannah, ateady,
11V Augusta, steady. 11%; Mobile,
stonily* 11%; Charleston, sterdy, 11%.
VOL. VI, NO. 114.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1907
pD rPT?. In Atlanta..TWO CENTS,
i IUGD. On Trains..FIVE CENTS.
U. S. ARMADA BOOMS FAREWELL AND SETS SAIL FOR ORIENT
BATTLESHIPS I
I0YAGE TO
THE PACIFIC OCEAN
Grand Review and Much
Noise When Roosevelt
i Arrives.
many tears when
FLEET STEAMS OUT
Bands Play “Star Spangled
1 Banner” and Jackies
Stand “Attention.”
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O WIRELESS MESSAGE
3 FROM EVANS’ FLEET, 0
0 —* . '- 1
0 Norfolk, Vo.. Dec. 16.—The fol- O
0 lowing wireless telegram haa Ju«t O
0 been received from Richard Barry. $
0 the representative of the Hearst 0
0 News Service, with Rear Admiral O
0 Evans- fleet: ,, g
0 "Passed out the capes at 11:17 0
Cam. and headed forthwith, for g
0 the Horn. I-’leet In tine alignment. O
0 Beautiful sight. Sea bare of sail, g
0 Land not In sight. Admiral Evans g
0 bv signal congratulates all com- g
0 niandlng officers. Everybody ex- g
0 pects a successful trip. g
0 "BARRY." 0
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0 ROOSEVELT’S GOOD-BYE 0
0 TO THE PACIFIC FLEET, g
0 ■ —— V
0 “Isn’t this a great' fleet and a g
0 great day? We should all bo g
0 proud of our navy. I tell you. g
0 the enlisted men ore bully. They g
0 are ready to go anywhere and do g
0 anything. Good-bye and good g
0 luck,” said the president. g
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Fort Monroe, Va., Dec, 16.—The great
fleet of battleships Is now on Its cruise
to the Pacific coast—perhaps further.
After a review by President Roosevelt
the' great vessels steamed in single tile
psst the Mayflower, on the bridge of
which President Roosevelt Mood and
saluted them one by on*.
Rumble and Roar.
Thtre waa one great dlapaaon of
Ihlrty-slx guns; the rumble and roar
echoed and re-echoed over the water
and among the hills, and the fleet
passed out to sea between Cape
Charles and Cape Henry.
Following the flogahip they turned
southward and became smaller and
•mailer to the eyes of those who
watched their departure. Then they
ware loat to view.
On shore there were relatives of a
great many of the 12,000 men ontthe
•hips—mothers, wives and sweethearts.
Many Tears on 8hors.
Naturally they were greatly affected
by mingled emotions. They were sad at
parting, ovsr-fearaome for the safety of
the men, and, of course, proud of their
sailor men. These emotion* meant many
Continued on Page Fivs.
Elect Hutton Cashier.
Ope ial to The Georgian.
Huntsville, Ala., Dec. 16.—At a meet
ing of the directors of the Huntsville
Bank and Truat Company. W.fR. Hut
ton. of Lewlsberg, Tenn., was elected
cashier, succeeding the late James R.
Boyd. Mr. Sutton Is the largest stock
holders of the First National bank of
Lewlsberg, and was cashier of that In
stitution.
THE MAYFLOWER.
This vessel bore. President Roosevelt, members of his family, Secretary and Mre. Metcalf, of the navy,
and other officiate of the navy department at the review of the big fleet in Hampton Roads.
OUT FOB MONEY,
Baptist Ministers Discuss
Object of Some Work
ers in Field.
Nondescript evangelist* who Infeat the
field for the loan* and fifthen* ns pointed
out by Rev, .T. I». Winchester, of the Em
manuel Baptist .church, were the subject
for an Interesting discussion at the weekly
meeting of the Baphlst ministers Moudny
morning.
The discussion was nrougbt about by a
paper rend by Mr. Winchester on pastors
I
AND CREDIT NOTES
TO BALKALL PANICS
Needed Reforms Suggested
By Comptroller of
Treasury.
Washington, Dec. 16.—"The condi
tions which led to the panic of October
and November, 1907, were not due to
the failure of a few Individual banka.
They were not due to a lack of confi
dence of the people In the banks, but
more to a lack of confldenco of the
banks In themselves and their
and evangelists and their work. He showed [serves," says the annual report of
EXTRA SESSION
DECISION WILL
BEGIVENTUESDAY
Governor to Confer With
Messrs. Hart and
Wright.
TO BE REAPPOINTED
AS POSTMASTERS
New Scheme to Hold G. O.
P. in South Together
Falls Through.
how It woo* (lie work' ofTtlfe evnngellnt to
gather people Into the fold and toe
work
Inti, governed b)r no organization, who took
ui»on themaehrea ,tb* woak of preaching ana
who Infented the field for the.leave* and
flHhe* to l*e aecured.
Iu other Fordo, Mr. Wlneheater thought
there were amne in the hutineaa for thr
money In it, and he thought them* Mhoulfi
lie looked after by some constituted on
tliorlty. ^ • ■
The paper covered the matter thoroughly
and was Interesting. Even those who took
part in the dl**ti«ik>n afterward admitted,
that, but I»r. Broughton thought the u*e of
the expreaalon retarding loaves nud fishes
unfortunate nnd that the paper would be
strengthened by the elimination of It.
Hr. Broughton said hs did not think there
the
nnd
placed In thl*'class, he could not
one If asked to do so. In the same connec
tion Dr. Broughton said he was more of an
evangelist than he was a pastor, ana that
if he became convinced that It was the
wish of Goa tor him to do this work he|
would do Iff
Comptroller of the Currency Rldgely,
just made public today.
The remedy for thin state of affairs
conference will be held Tueaday
between Governor Hoke Smith, Attor
ney General John C. Hart and Hon.
Boynkfn Wright on the hock tax de
cision, and a definite statement con
cerning an extra session probably will
follow.
During Governor Smith's tan days'
absence from the city in Washington
and New York, Attorney General Hart
and Mr. Wright, who has been asso
ciate counsel in the famous litigation.
Is to improve the reserve system, so have consulted several times over the
FIRE CHIEF FEARS
XMAS FIREWORKS
Chief H. B. Cummin*,, of the Are depart
ment, will appear before council Monday
afternoon to urge the sdoptlop of more
stringent laws In regard to the handling of
fireworks In the huslnse, houses of the city.
The chief contends that not enough dis
crimination I, shown In the handling of tho
explosives, Slid fears that great conflagra
tions may result front this laxity of regula-
t *lB? desires n law similar to the one gov
erning the hnndllng of powder nnd dyna
mite.
Hint the reserve deposits of the banks
can be kept in a bank where they are
surely arid certainly available. We
must Impart to our currency system
some element of elasticity, so that
when there comes a sudden demand for
currency It can be,supplied In bank
notes, without depleting the supply of
reserve money.
U. S. Central Bank.
"These two most desirable changes
can be best accomplished—In fact, they
can only be satisfactorily accomplished
—through the establishment by the
government of a central bank of Issue
and reserve. This la the system which
has been adopted and found to work
moat satisfactorily In the great com
mercial countries of Europe, arid I* the
one that gives the surest promise of
satisfactory operation In this country.
Such a bank would not only solve
the two great problems of our banking
system, but It would also provide the
machinery for conducting the treasury
operations In their relations to the
banks with the least disturbance.
Overtrading Caused Crisis.
The people of all the world hove
been overtrading for years, especially
In the United States, and the reaction
was Inevitable and doubtless desirable,
but It might nnd should have been
more gradual and should not have bad
Its greatest efTect on our banka.
There ‘Is no reason at all that our
banks, as a whole, should have become
Involved as they have, and not only
their business, but that of all their cub.
tqmers, have been so disturbed as It Is
today, t
Let Bank. Issue Notes.
"The present bank-note circulation
can be best Improved and made elastic
by permuting the banks to Issue a fixed
percentage of their note-secured circu
lation or capital In notes uncovered by
bond deposits. These notes can be
made perfectly safe by a guaranty fund
of not over 6 per cent, which would be
many times the amount of money re
quired to redeem the notes of fnlled
hanks, hosed on the experiences of for.
ty-four year*.
“There should be a graduated rate of
taxation on these notes, beginning with
Continued on Page Five.
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0 BRIGHT SUNSHINE BRINGS O
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O When the eun struggled through O
decision of the United States supreme
court, and will probably be prepared to
tell Governor Smith whether or not the
error pointed out there can be corrected
by court machinery or a legislative act
will be necessary.
"I shall not call an extra session un
less It Is absolutely necessary," Is all
Governor Smith would say about the
matter In his office Monday morning.
He would not discuss the'questlon of
rate adjustment either, save he said
that Georgia could easily arrange to
meet any general arfangements, and
that the matter was now up to the oth
er states.
"Our rates are In operation now,"
he said, "so we have nothing to worry
us particularly. As I have repeatedly
stated, I am In favor of a 2-cont, 2,000
Interchangeable Interstate mileage
book.”
One of the tint vlslton Governor
Smith had when he reached his office
Monday morning was Thomas E. Wat
son. They were In consultation for
over nn hour. —
"Just a friendly visit,” said Governor
Smith. "There was no significance to
J1 r.'Wation's visit.”
Governor Smith found a great volume
of work piled up for his attention, after
nn absence of ten days, and he attack
ed It with vigor. Many visitors were
received during the morning, but owing
to the press of official huslntlts only a
tew moments was given to each.
enjoyed my trip east, and come
back ready for work with a vim," he
said.
Washington, Dec. 16.—The anti-
Roosevelt men In the eenato have fram
ed up a new scheme to hold together
the Southern coalition organized by
Assistant Postmaster General Frank
Hitchcock, which has been seriously
threatened with disruption by the ac
tion of the president In taking himself
definitely out of tho presidential race.
The plan I* to assure the Federal of
ficeholders, who constitute the back
bone of this coalition, that they will no'
lose their Jobs If thoy stand pat on the
organization, no matter what threats
are made by the white house.
Refuse Confirmations.
This nssuranco Is to be based on the
promts* of a flat refusal by the senato
to confirm men nominated by the pres
Went to succeed any of theso organiza
tion officeholders whom the president
might undertake to remove because of
their present advocacy.
Wlihln the last few days there was
attempted a aleul In Georgia posttnit?
tershlps which served to notify the "old
guard" that eternal vigilance was tho
price of their salvation. They were
put on their guard by the vehement op
position of the Georgia senator nnd
representatives to tho plan of Mr.
Hitchcock to remove two or three
women postmasters and appoint men
In their places.
Big Row Raised.
Despite tho white house sympathy
for Taft, It la likely that the scheme
would have gone through undetected
If It had not been for the row raised by
the Southern congressmen.
Representative Livingston went ti
tho treasury department and straight
ly charged Secretary Oortelyou with
playing politics In causing the removal
of the womon. At the same time, other
members of the Georgia delegation
went to the white house and protested
vigorously.
The result was that the nominations
which had been agreed on were held
up and tho women will be reappointed.
This announcement Is coupled with the
Intimation that hereafter Postmaster
General Meyer will exercise a more ac
tive supervision over the appointment
of postmasters in the South.
Mr. Meyer la a strong Taft man, and
his Intention to look after the distribu
tion of postmsaterahlps down South
hereafter did not at all suit the plans
of the "old guard.” They got busy at
once with the result that they are now
engaged In spreading the assurance
that In the matter of Federal patron
age and Its effect upon a presidential
nomination, the senate Is almost as
powerful as the white house.
50 LIVES LOST IN MINE
IN BIRMINGHAM, ALA.;
2 DEAD AND 14 RESCUED
T
IN L.0VEJ0Y STREET
SSUE GREENBACKS
TO RELIEVE COUNTRY,
TI
TEACHERS' SALARY
BY CHRISTMAS BAY
Schools to Receive This
Vyeek $300,000 From
the State.
Bjr the latter part of thin week the public
'btiofa of the atnfe will have received
$300,000 from tho Mtnte treasury.
One of Governor Smith's first official seta
upon his return from Now York waa to
sign n uTtrrnnt for $100,000 for the schoola,
which will Im* sent out Monday afternoon
• utl Tuesday. Tin* latter part of the week
additional $>00,000 will l>e sent not, the
; . « ..| tilt atmiiinnni iww. 1 ""' win imp w ui *mu, me
O the thick clouds Monday, every'- O j aii'ount being prorated to all of the couu*
O body threw off the grouch brought O! tics.
O on by the gloomy days. Buai- 0 In order to do this Governor Hinlth hna
g "•« f 5li.T5ct c ^d*n n *iy he nS2Sd o ’}£?:
O ping district was densely pucked <*| roW( ,| ROtl , p t j mi . ng „ $i,ooo has been mu*
O with people. Forecast. lulled. The Imlnnre was due Mouday, but
O "Fair Monday night and Tuea- O | in order to give the teachers Christmas
O day."
0 Monday temperature*:
O 7 u . 26 degrees 0
0 6 a. *6 degrees O
9 a. 67 degrees 0
0 10 a. *8 degrees 0
O 11 i 36 degrees 0
O 12 noon ., 40 degree* O
O l p. 41 degrees 0
money the governor arranged the extension
on the balance.
Warrant, for tl.ooo were also sent ont
Monday to ein-ll of the eleven agrleultarnl
schoola. This MU'ii comes from the Male of
lortlllzer tags.
rapidly now.
IH0.6S: was received
from railroads, nud the receipt* will In
crease dallv from now until lieecniher 36.
None of the large . orporstlons have
2 P. 42 degree* O iixes fm-'lt97. ’exeeid’the Atlantic Coast
O O tjn,. which pot 177,166 lo the state • cut-
O00O0000000000000000O0OOO0 fers.
‘Unless this great government gets
squarely behind the situation and Is
sues Its own money, you have not seen
the worst of the stringent conditions,”
said Hon. Thomas E. Watson, In his
office In Temple Court building Mon
day.
"I say It In sober earnestness, and
with no desire to be a pessimist,
the spring our farmers and our mer
chants will go to New York for sup-
pllee.' They will not get them easily.
Then you will see things cramped.”
"What of your visit to Washington.
Mr. Watson?” he was.asked.
,"I do not mind telling you of my
conference with Secretary Cortelyou. I
told him that If the government would
Issue 650,000,000 In greenbacks, as It
had authority to do under the acts of
1862-3, that he would see the country
revitalised Into confidence. Wheat
would go up, cotton would leap to 15
or 16 cents and the people would feel
no pinch.
Under the act of 1862 authority was
given to Issue 5460,000,000 In |>aper
money. To this time only 6346.000,000
has been Issued. The 560,000,000 could
ed without any new law or leg
islation. He naked me how t would
place that money In the channels of
trade and business. I told him that
conditions ware not all that wo would
have them, but that grave situations
had to be met. I said I would send to
the slate auditors, get their reports, see
the sound, safe state banks, and put the
$60,000,000 Into circulation that way.
"We have a strange condition. A
great, rich, powerful nation, with more
wheat, more corn, more cotton than the
railroads can move, paralysed by a lit
tle clique that comers the final re
demption specie. The whole system of
national bank* Is wrong, and until this
government Issues Us own money, we
will have these condition*.’’
"What do you think of President
Roosevelt?" he was asked.
"He Is a great man. and he has the
Interests of Ills country at heart," was
the Instant reply. He would not dis
cuss, however, hi* Interview with the
president, stating that It was a matter
that he should not discuss now.
Mr. Watsor. came up from hi* home
In Thomson to attend to business mat
ters connected with his Jeffersonian
and the magazine. He will return to
Thomson Monday evening.
ROBERT KENDALL.
Ho was bitten by n mad dog
which has frightened neighborhood.
Community Terrorized and
One Little Boy Bit
ten by Dog.
The community In the vicinity of Lorejoy
anfi Hunnlcutt itreeti haa been terrorized
by mail doga.
One little boy haa been bitten and It now
under treatment of the Faatenr Institute,
three or four dogs have already been killed
by the police, and six or eight other dogs,
said to have been bitten-by mad dogs, ore
running at large In the community.
The little hoy who waa bitten la Robert
Kendall* 8-year-old aon of Mrs. II. E. Ken
dall, of 100 Lovejoy street. He was attacked
'ctMftaa. . . . ....
Sunday afternoon the 11-year-old dnngbter
of Mr*. W. T. Robin aon, of 96 Dovejoy
street* started ont of her home and ns she
f etched the afreet a mad dog rushed out
rotn under the house and hegnn to snap
at her. The little girl fled down the
street, with the dog In pursuit, nnd finally
nought refuge In the house of her grand
mother Mt to Lovejoy street. The dog then
returned to the Robinson home, where an
nnsucceaaful effort waa made to kill It.
Monday morning the dog was shot and
and Mrs. Robinson
house.
snapping and snarling,
and her children fled from home, afraid
to remain there.
The police station was notified and Call
Officers Coker and Bentley went to the
scene. Tho offlcera killed another dog In
the yard, but were unable to get the
wounded dog, as the hack hack of the house
alts almost on the ground. After a confer
ence Mrs. Itohlnaon was nstructed to have
the renting agent tear up the floor In the
house, as this wsa the only way to get to
the dog. This will probably be done aome
time during the day. In the meantime the
family Is afraid to stay In the house.
About 7 o'clock Monday morning Police
man W. F. tVhilth waa called to Lovejoy
street and shot two other dega.
The women and children are terror
stricken and flee at sight of a dog. It Is
stated that a mad dog passed through this
section n abort time ago nnd hit aeveral
other dogs. These are now beginning to de-
. — - • hi that |
velop hydrophobia. It la and
•• dog In Lovr*
was bitten.
praett
TO BE BURIED HERE
Herman Rich, brother of M. Rich, the
well-known Whitehall street merchant,
died at th* home of his son In Bir
mingham Saturday evening, arid the
body was brought to Atlanta Monday
for Interment.
Mr. Rich was a prominent Insurance
man of Birmingham. He leaves two
sons. He was 67 years of age, and
prominent In Masonic circles. The Ma
sons conducted a special funeral service
In Birmingham Sunday afternoon at
8:30 o’clock.
During the hour qf the funeral here
the' store of M. Rich on Whitehall street
was closed.
Birmingham, Ala., Dec. IS.—An
explosion in Mine No. 1 of the
Yolnndo Coal and Coko Company
in the northeastern part of Tusca
loosa county on the Birmingham
Mineral Railroad at 10:23 o’clock
this morning caused the death of
between fifty and seventy-five
Irani, and wrought great damage
iu the mines.
The mines are located about 35
miles south of here. Indication* :
point to a dust explosion, though j
gas is said to have existed in this
place.
Fourteen men were working in ,
sub-entry No. 2 nnd crawled out ]
before 11 o’clock. They were so
badly burned that their recovery i
is doubtful.
Rescue work was taken up at '
once, but it was about two hour* j
before the mine could he entered •
and it is feared that this may have |
caused the death of tho men re
maining in the mine.
At 12:30 o’clock two dead bodies had j
been recovered. They are:
MATTHEW HUMPHREY.
JOHN 8MEDLEY.
Relatives Flock to Mine*.
It Is estimated at thl* time that not
less than sixty are still In the mine. A
tremendous crowd Is around the mine,
and every assistance In being extended.
Officials of th o Com pony assert that
the news of the explosion might be ex
aggerated and that it is possible that
the number of dead would be consider
ably under what tho reports Indicate.
Special Hurried to 8oen*.
Ninety men checked In to work at
Yolando mines this morning. At the
meal office of the com,.any It was an
nounced officially [hat an explosion oc
curred, but no other Information was
forthcoming.
A special train left this afternoon
over tho Louisville and Nashville rail
road for the scene of the disaster. It
carried officers of the mining company
and others.
The rescuers have gone Into the
mines as far as the third entry. Right
hero Is whero the two dead men were
found.
It Is believed all tho other men ar*
deeper down and report haa It that the
mines are like a hot furnace, and If the
men were not killed by the explosion
they could not tong survive the lntens*
heat.
At 10:28 o'clock .this morning an ex
plosion occurred In the mines of the
Yolande Coal and Coke Company, in
the northeast corner of Tuscaloosa
county.
Seventy-five men were entombed,
but eight managed to crawl out of the
first nnd second entry. They were
badly dazed and stunned. The mlnos
are 1,600 feet deep and It was feared
the others would never be gotten out
alive.
New* of the exploalon and possible
.loss of many llvej spread rapidly ami
scores of people flocked there from ,
several counties. Later reports by long
distance telephono eald the fans were
working and that rescue parties were
entering. This to some extent quieted
the excltoment.
The mines ore thirty-five miles from
here.
The explosion occurrod In the mines
of the Yolande Coal and Coke Com
pany, near Ressemer.
A relief train on the Louisville and
Nashville left Ressemer for the scene
at once.
Dr. G. B. Crowe, of this city, presi
dent of the company, at once hurried w
the mines In an automobile.
PLAYING "SERGEANT KITTY”
POLICE ARREST GIRL.
Special to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn.. Dec. 18.—Laura
O'Donald, an ll-year-old girl of East
Lake, played the role of "Sergeant Kit
ty” when she donned real soldier ate
tire and went the rounds of the sa
loons here with an escort who Is a real
soldier at Fort Oglethorpe. Ga. She
was Anally arrested in company with
her escort, Walter Atwood, on the
charge of masquerading.
Rates on Milk Shipments,
The railroad commission will take
up Tuesday the complaint of C. A.
Hunt, of Tunnel Hill, regarding milk
rates. Mr. Hunt makes complaint
against both the express company and
the Western and Atlantic railroad
about the rates charged on milk ship
ments from Tunne' Hill to Chattanoo
ga and other points. He contends that
under the- lease act the rates fixed
by the railroad commission ran not
He bellevec Bryan will be the noml-lbe violated, even If shipments do go
rise of th* Democratic party.
IN HOLIDAY WEEK
The soldier* of the Fifth Regiment
will be on hand to preserve the peace
during Christmas week.
This was decided upon at a confer
ence between Mayor Joyner, Chief Jen
nings and General Clifford L. Ander
son Monday afternoon.
General Anderson and Colonel Pom
eroy, on behalf of the Fifth Regiment,
volunteered to have between 60 amt 100
soldiers on hand In an armory In the
center of the city every hour of tho
day and night of Christmas week, sub
ject to the call of the mayor, the chief
of police or of General Anderson ami
Colonel Pomeroy.
Both the mayor and the chief of po
lice held to tha opinion that there will
be no trouble during the holidays, but
accepted the offer of the military au
thorities with the belief that this would
be a splendid precaution and would
allay all fear that may be felt in the
city.
The soldiers will go on duty next
Monday and will be kept on duty mall
January 1. There will always be be
tween 60 und 100 men at the armory.
“There Is absolutely no danger as
far as I ran see,” stated the mayor,
“but I think the offer of the military
authorities a very generous one, and
the keeping of these soldiers on duty
during the holidays will probably have
a good effect on the city.
“In addition to these soldiers, wo
have arranged to have 25 extra police
men on duty, and the officers will re
port on their respective beats every IS
minutes Instead of every hour. This
will enable us to close every saloon In
the city within 20 minutes.
’’The police authorities have been In
structed to enforce rigidly the law
against selling whisky to a drunk.-n
man, and the first saloon man caught
Into Chattanooga across the state line, will be dealt with summarily."