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I GREAT EXPECTATIONS Brewers’ Petition Fails to Stop Prohibi tion. filed petition TUESDAY' NIGHT Eleventh Hour Attempt to Secure Injunction From Federal Court. In a decision short and to the point handed down at 12:>0 o'clock Wednes day afternoon, Judge Newman declined to grant nn Injunction against the operation of the state prohibition law In the case brought by Cincinnati ami Chattanooga brewers, and further declined to Issue an order calling on the defendants In the petition to ap pear nnd show cause why the Injunc tion should not be granted. .\ report was Inclrculatlon Wednes day afternoon that the lawyers In the rase would take the case to a higher court, but efforts to corroborate this were unavailing. Here Is the decision: This bill was presented to me yes terday afternoon, December 31, 1907, about a o’clock, and application was mads for a temporary restraining or der. This application was denied, whereupon counsel asked for a rule to show cause on the defendants why an Injunction pendente Ilte should not Is sue. "After n careful examination of the bin. i am thoroughly satisfied that an Injunction pendente Ilte can not and will not be granted. This being true, It Is unnecessary to call on the de fendants to show cause as required.” •Snipped of Its legal phrases, the decision means that the case Is thrown out nnd that the Judge declined to restrain the operation of the law and declined to compel the .defendants In Continued on Pegs Throe. CITY PI MOPE THAN SHE RECEIVED SAYS COMPTROLLER But $152,807 Is In Cash Box to Begin New Year. The city's total collections for the year 1907, according to the city comp troller's report, completed Wednesday, Were 22.442.071.61. The total disbursements for the year were 12,622,967.62. The disbursements for the year were 2190.886.91 In excess of the collections. Despite this fact, the city has left In the treasury In clean cash to' begin the new year with 2162,807.48, and In the banks tll{*.073.44, making a total of 2269,880.92. comparison of the comptroller’s report of 1907 with that of 1906 shows that the city of Atlanta spent 3840,- 118.18 more In 1907 than In 1906. In 1906, with the receipts 2604,302.67 less than In 1907, the disbursements were 2146.924.60 less than the receipts. In 1907, with the receipts more by <604,202.67 than In 1906, the disburse ments exceeded the receipts, by nearly 1200,000. The receipts In 1906 were 31.937,- 768.94, and the disbursements were 21.- 792.844.34. Comptroller’s Figurst. The following figures are the "meat" of the comptroller's report, and show what the city spent and what the city collected and for, what the money was spent and from what sources the col lections were derived. Collections: Taxation, Including general tax, 21.226.806.29; business li censes, 3164,062.61: dray and hack li censes, 26,117.60; wholesale liquor li censes. 2127.000; Insurance and eom- mlsslon returns. 226,961.92; retail liquor licenses, 2122,213.60; marshal's deeds, 2974.36: crossing bridges nnd fran- BlflBYMS RECEPTION AT WHITE HOUSE Roosevelt and Cabinet Extended Glad Hand to Many People. MANY DIPLOMATS IN ATTENDANCE Army, Navy and Other Of ficials and General Public Greeted. CITY WITH MAIL Whisky dealers outside the state cel- ebrated the advent of prohibition In Georgia by Hooding Atlanta Tueaday bight and Wednesday morning with circular letters boasting their stuff. Thousands of letters came Into the "Into Tuesday night from Chattanooga anti other outside points and as a rs- 1 rult the Atlanta postoftlce force was worked overtime on Wednesday. This should have been a holiday for the clerks, but so great waa the rush that they were compelled to work. Seven pouches of the letters came from Chattanooga alone, destined for Atlanta folks who, the senders think, light be possible customers. It Is be- lieved that this rush will continue for a week or more. • INCREASE IN ARRESTS OF 3,180 FOR 1907 >n his annual report issued Wednes- dav afternoon, Chief of Police Jen nings recommends the establishment "t two sub-stations, ons In Peters-st. ami the other In Marletta-st. 1 hi- total number of arrests for 1907 wit- -IMS, against 21.702 for 1906. the total amount of ftnes for 1907 was • '•3..9R15. an Increaae of 311.988.31 o'er 1906. Collections from fines amounted to 2104,492.66, and atreet *’°nk 153,048.39. Chief Jennings asks for eight reserve nten for station duty In emergencies, mol e * ,ra patrolmen for , t hief Jennings complimented the men tor the excellent prder maintained •-ui fiik the holidays. Collections—Safety, Including c tery fees. 22.417.60; sale cemetery tdt*,' 7ef*g l ' ■VHMM427.60; talsISBp. 26; recorder’s court, 394.603.16; ceme tery vault rents, 9366.06. Total, 696, 600.70. Hospital fees, 96.672.34. Public works, Including paving, aide- ,121.21. Industries, Including water receipts. 3382,296.36; meter receipts, 327.203.86; real estate rents. 31.367.63. Education, Including park privileges, ryclortma, Carnegie Library and schools, 370,061.62. Miscellaneous, Including Intsrsst on deposits, on taxes, rebate on paving, costs and fees and unanticipated re- fOv, I i lil If Ic debt, which Includes sola of bonds. 9116.000. The total collections from all thess sources are 92,441,071.61. Year’s Disbursements. Following are the disbursements for the year: General government, Including the mayor, tax assessors, law, marshal and othsr departments, <622.926.97: public charities. »I3,279.18: public works. In cluding lights, streets, sewers, bridges, 9722.681.26; public Industries, includ ing only waterworks, 9676,676.74; pub lic education. Including schools, libra ries and parks, 2463.418.22; public trust funds, <128,660.69; miscellaneous, <16.- 924.03;*public dsbt, <229,770. Tha total disbursements for the year 32, Washington, Jan. 1.—Of all the days in the year, President Roosevelt was more “delighted” today thnn any other. At the ahnual New Tear*! reception at the white house, he shook hands with between 8,000 and 9,000 people, Tt foreign besides a host of the capital 1 and native dignitaries, and In tach rase he was delighted. He aald so himself. Truly democratic In Its In ception, the mingling of the thousands of men, women and children on an exact equality stirred the patriotism of all who were In the vicinity of the president's official home. When he had shaken hands with the last urchin In the public line, and had ushers and other attendants who hL assisted In the recaption, he had fin lotted his biggest social task of th< Oid Order Gives Place to New Very Quietly. BARKEEPS CLOSE UP FOR THE LAST TIME Last of Kin# Corn in Evi dence at 10 O’CIock Doe. 31,1907. onoooooooooaooaooooooaoooa O 25.CCO EMPLOYEES ON O NORTHWESTERN SIGN O O TEMPERANCE PLEDGE. O (From Tbs Philadelphia Inquirer.) oosevelt went thru, those three hours of handshaking «t the rate of -mv a minute, with cade. That’s why he has been off for a week In Pino Knot. Vo, hunting wild turkeys and rabbits. Inspiring Scene. At 11 o’clock, the white houee pre sented an inspiring scene. The diplo matic corps, which arrived by the south entrance, waa gathered In the ■tate dining room. The marine band. In Its gay red uniform, filled the big Continued on Page Fifteen. 8 Dead Miners Tal^en From Pit; 5 Not Rescued were 92.U2.967.62. El Paso, Jan. I.—Rescuers are still searching the Bernal mine of the Car thage Fuel Company, at Carthage, N. M„ for the five miners known to be aim In the shaft. Eight dead miners end five seriously Injured have been al ready taken out. The exploalon re sulted from the Ignition of coal dust by a wind sboL Draining Pond To Find Clew J^ rrl * n . N. J.. Jan. I.—In a final , 1,1 secure something tangible as f ..I. . ,0 ,h * murderer of the woman ln “ swamp a week ago. la. dTT • today began work draining the ,h « body was found. Par's fr„, wu eln,hln * which had been torn tin,"!., victim's body to prevent Iden- ho,L Br * 8,111 missing, and It Is at *e»»t will be brought to ,l *. h ' b >; draining. Fla, tle Hull stlcka to her state- „ "I'hM the body Is that of her step- Te l ^ Mnn " tt ' Ga * ton> uf 8e - THE 11TH HOUR ONSLAUGHT ARE OPENED TO STUDENTS PASSING OF THE FREE PASS DAMPENS NEW YEAR’S JOY; WALKING IS FASHIONABLE O Omaha, N©br.. Jan. 1.—Prob- O O ably th© largest temperance O 0 movement any on© business con- 0 0 cern ha* ever known . uimin ups O O on the Northwestern railroad to- 0 O night, when a temperanco pledge O O signed by 2S.OOO employees be- O O comes effective. An effort Is b«- O O ing mad© to have every employe© O O of the road sign the pledge. O O The movement originated among O 0 the railroad employees thmnselv©* 0 0 and not among the officers. 0 90000000000000000000000000 Shrieking whistles, blaring horns and to'thirty cents a day means a consld popping fireworks celebrated more erable dent In their salaries. Trustees Argue Ques tion For Many Hours. After a wrangle that at one time seemed would be Interminable, the board of trustees of Grady Hospital voted Tuesday night about 7 o'clock, after a session of several hours, to al low students to visit the charity wards of Grady Hospital under proper re strictions. The vote was. ayes: Joynsr, North- en, English, Elkin, Culberson, Lowry, Harwell, Illrsch; nays, Longlno, Mar tin, Harding, Flckett and Dorsey. The resolution In Itself sets down certain restrictions and provides fur- ther for tha adoption of additional ones by the board of trustees later, and Invites the medical board to sub mit such rules as Its members deem proper. The resolution was offered by H. L. Culberson, and waa amended by J. IV. English, Jr., who made a strong ipaech In favor of bedside teaching. His amendment was accepted. Fol lowing Is the resolution as adopted: Text of Resolution. "Whereas, The question of bedside ' teaching In the wards of Grady Hos pital Is nor specifically provided for in the rules of the same; and "Whereas, The discussion and agita tion of the question has aroused gen eral Interest and caus2d the trustees the deepest concern. Involving as It does matters of far-reaching moment In the results to be obtained, both from the standpoint of medical re search and Instruction and the philan thropic protection of oiv city's poor and afflicted: and "Whereas. Investigation demon strates that bedside teaching has been carried on successfully, In the charity or public hospitals of practically all such Institutions In this country, no tably. In Charleston. S. C-i Augusta. Oa.; Louisville. Ky.; New Orleans. La., nnd numbers of other equally Continued on Pngo Seven. than the passing of the old and the advent of a new year. That blatant, noisy midnight hour marked the passing of the pass In Georgia—with exceptions so ttw and far-between that you can .scarcely note them. It hit several hundred Atlantans pretty hard, because It took from them the boon of free street car transporta tion. Many men hoofed It Into the business renter Wednesday momlpg who had long scorned to wslk a block when a car went that way. The new order falls harder perhaps MP class. A large percentage of both city employees live long distances out from the center of the city. Twenty But It Is on the railroads that the biggest reform will be worked. Legis lators, Jurists, state officials, county of. flctals, solicitors and hundreds of oth ers who have had their "annual" will pay cold cash now for riding on rail road trains In Georgia. There Is no adequate way of esti mating the number of passes thus cut off, but a well Informed man says that the ''annunlB'' will run between 10,000 and 16,000, while no man roald esti mate the number of "trips." When the pass list of the Central raUrosUL submitted to the commission for one month, covers 70-odd typewritten been pretty large. Of course, largo percentage of these posses were members of theli LEAP YEAR BRINGS TERROR TO BACHELORS’CLUB MEMBERS It la Leap Tear. Amid the ringing of bells and the discordant shrieks of a thousand whis tles the season of distress and fear for bachelors was ushered In at 12 o'clock Tuesday night. And simultaneously five hundred ell. gible, tho unmarried men, turned rest lessly on their beds and groaned. "I sm nervous tills morning," said a prominent member of the club as he slipped quietly Into his ofllce much ear. Her than usual and with trembling hnnds begun handling hla morning mall. "I fear I will see my finish be fore the year grows old. If I am drug ged, gagged, bound and dragged to the altar, tell the boys I resisted bravely until the end." THAW MAY BE SET FREE ’ IF SECOND JURY DISAGREES Georgia Is ns dry ns ft hone. At 10 4.*. in. k Tuftsday nlirht. JI mini* innegao wiped hts perspiring brow, filled and*filing In a corner his moist nmV (.oiled, apron, barred one door nnd locked the other from the outside, sniintereil to the curb, and, looking up at tlio moon, said: “Well, It’s all over/* Then he went home to bed to dreams of a universe as dry ns Sahara. That was typical of scenes ln practically every saloon ln Atlanta. Allnnta was noisy Tuesday nights there Is no mistaking that fart. But the biggest purt of the noise ram© from whistles, hells and youngsters “howdyIng old 1908.” Disorder nrlslng from the last night of tho bar room, strange to say. be came most acute from midnight to 3 o’clock Wednesday morning, two hours after the bars closed. Acchrdlng to po lice records, 125 arrests were made be tween dark Tuesday and daylight Wndnenday. Wednesday morning many of th* saloon men were sweeping and scrub bing out their places. No liquor was In sight—save tho odor. Practically every dealer had shipped his surplus stock away before the final bell tap- pcd. ” . A few Instances of absent-minded fellows humping Into locked doors were observe4l Wednesday morning. TIi’.M* Mild that experience look ed sorrowful, but turned away. 125 CASES MADE ON LAST "WET” DAY The outgoing of liquor by the making of a total vus marked >f 126 cases Continued from Page On*. 3 DEAD; 15 HURT IN EXPLOSION; TWO MI3SING New York. Jan. I—Harry Kendall Tbsw Is la dread nf tits aecoiul trial for th, kill- f Htanfnrd Whit, lorauu hr will I— without th, chrrrlng presrner of his loyal wlfr anti devoted muthrr sa hr sit. In th*’ court ruuni, mill liecauae'hta favorltr sister, the ('iimitras of Yarmouth, will not c«tno to thl, country for the trlol. I'lvler the plan for tlw new trhtl. Tbnw will not si any tlmr lie within s tlosrn 00000000000300000000000000 a o a THAW HEAD8 NEW YEAR O O CELEBRATION IN TOMBS. O O O O New York, Jan. 1.—Harry ,K. O O Thaw led the New Year's cele- O O bratlon In the Tombs, and It waa O O the most uproarioue ever known O '. O O In that prison. In some manner, f 7 t trf s»y mtunhrr ”, hi. family .luring % ™ g hts trhtl* A railing bus l**u Imllt separat* j 0 turned on at mldnljht. the young O Ing tho prisoners table nu*l his counsel (0 p| ttH burg millionaire blew, a loud O from his friend*. Tbsw will ls» within this 10 f ram a horn. .%t this slg- O bras# rail, while his wife, his mother, hl» jo ns! the uproar began. Thaw will O sister, Mrs. Cnrnrgfe, and his brothers i o ©pend the day alone. Q must remain outside. A passageway has ; O O lieen Imllt around the wall of the room, so I 000O00O0O0O000O00000000OOO that the prisoner will at no time pass his family. Both cf these prisoner* were allowed to go There has l»een s ruiuor for some time f fro- under a niisnendcil sentence after two thnt In rase cf n secotnl dlsncrceincnt the Juries had fSlleiL to convict tltem. l T p to same procedure mill Is? followed ns In the | the im’sent time neither cose has been re- enses of Nan Patterson and Hr. Kennedy, tired. Free “Wants” in The Georgian Pittsburg. Pn.. Jim. J.—'Three nre ilend, two missing mill fifteen lujnred In an ex- piiMilon nt one <»f the converting mills of the Milan r Thomson Uteri Works, Craddock, that occurred this nfternoon. Race Results. NEW ORLEANS. First Rocs—Irfuneh, 9 to 1. won; Holy Mass, 16 to 1 and 4 lo 1, second; Arionctts, 3 to 2, third. Time, .36 3-6 ALL GEORGIA CONGRATULATED BY PROHIBITION LEADER Tbs Georgian on Wednesday afternoon received the following tele gram: "Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 1, 1202.—The Georgian. Atlanta, Go.—<'*>n- grotulatlons lo all Georgia-for redemption from the liquor traffic and for great blessings to follow. MRK W. <\ SIBLEY. “Former President o, the Woman’ll Christian Temperance Union of Go.” No Charge• for Local Advertisements of a Personal Nature Under free colnmni. THE GEORGIAN Is the Home Paper of Atlanta, And Through It the People of Atlanta May Always Have Their Wants Supplietl. VOL. VI. NO. 128. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1908. p'pTpTP. Jo Atlanta..TWO CENTS. A Xv-LVsJL e on Trains..FIVE CENTS. New Year Opportunities In Georgian FREE Want Ads—Try Them— We’ll Take a Thousand “WANTS” a Day Without Charge to You HAPPY NEWYEAR WEATHER—FAIR AND COLDER The Atlanta Georgian AND NEWS HOLIDAY IN MARKETS.