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the weather.
Fair Thursday night. with rising tem-
...ratures Friday. Temneratures Thurs.
Say (taken at A. K. Hawkcs Co.’s
store): « a - & 10 * m - 20; 1J
n»on, 32, - P* n •» • °* *
The Atlanta Georgian
“Noshing Succeeds Lite—THE GEORGIAN
AND NEWS
'*Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN
SPOT COTTON.
Liverpool, steady; 5.13.
Holiday In American markets.
VOL.
NO. 102.
HOM E14TH) EDITION
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1911.
HOME(4TH) EDITION price.
BRUCE-BROWN IS WINNER
OF GRAND PRIZE RACE
•HI ■ VICTOR ■ ■
POPE BROWN TELLS ,CAROOULSRECEIVED LUTIETONWILLASK CVOMTIM W
WHERE HE STANOS;RED HATS THURSDAY COMMITTEE PROBE . DUE CITY W.296
Straightforward Statement in'Scene of Pomp and Grandeur
Sets N&w Speed Record
His Interview Upon Return
From Eastman Speaking.
The Intrepid Millionaire Driver
Steers His Machine to Vic
tory Over Large Field.
WORLD’S SPEED RECORDS
Iddie Hearne, in a.Benz, Took
Second Place and Mulford’s
Lozier Was Third.
STANDS ON HIS RECORD
Beer People Supporting Joseph
M. Brown, Whisky Men for
Dick Russell, He Says.
Marks Closing Ceremony of
Consistory at Rome.
POPE SAYS MASS FOR U. S.
Declaring that those men who pro
fess to bo prohibitionists but who
Hall Crowded With Spectators
as Berettas Were Conferred
Upon Princes of Church.
Rome, Nov. 30—Amid a scene of
pomp and grandeur, Pope Plus X today.
EDDIE H; HEARNE IN BENZ CAR.
He pulled up from eighth place<to first in the Grahd Prize race at
8avennah Thursday and broka the world’* epeed record for 205 miles, av
eraging 76.20 mi lee per hour.
I nr Into a threc-minute lead over Wag-
er’H Flat, which held second place.
jiruce-Brown, In a Flat, was third,
iulford was fourth. Hearne had driven
. marvelous race, pulling up from
Ighth place In the first lap to first
n the fifth. This position he held
GREETS ATLANTANS
Mercury at 21 Above Ought to
Mean Good Appetites -for
Turkey and Fixings.
TO BE THANKFUL!
and Other Government Offi
cials Point Out Progress.
IT EQUALS FALL'S’RECORD
By PERCY. H. WHITING.
Savannah, Ga„ NoV. 30.—Bruea-’l
Irown, in hit big Fiat, won the Grand f
>riro race. Hearne, in a Benz, ran
econd.
Savannah, Ga.. Nov. 30.—Ralph Mul-
nril. driving tho same oar which won
he Vanderbilt racwaml tho only Amer-
,-nn niude car tliat has a chance to
, in now, led tho field when he started
n his twenty-third lap.
At the end of the twenty-second lan
Irueo-Brown, Hearne and Mulford all
topped at the pits and tho crowd went'
is*]. .Mulford, who came In for sup- '
lies, was away first; Bruco-Brown
hanged two tiros and got away next;
learne followed only a rouplo of sec-
mis later. Bragg also stopped at tho
amt time.
The world’s speed record was again
t hot to bits by Eddie Heame’s Benz
i or the mat 205 miles of the grand prize.
The average was 76 1-G miles an hour.
Tho show down among the road rac
ing automobiles of the world came to-
I’av. .Sixteen special machines, tho ul-
llmate- pick of the best In Europe and
the United States, lined up on packed
; ravel of Savannah’s historic roadway
this morning for Tho one big freu-for-
II contest held.on the globe till, year.
It was nn amazing collection of rac
ing machines that purred and churned
In frriht of tho starting tin*/'
Savannah. Ga,. Nov. 30.—The world’s
peed record was again shot to bits by
•:<hUe Hcarne’s Ilenz for the first 203
nilfs of tho grand prize. The average
,al 761-5 miles an hour,
fjcldle Hearne, of Chicago, driving a
B. nz ear. was the leader In the grand
rise race when the halfway mark of
03 miles was reached. Thanks to good a , two dates-marksi enlarged markets abroad aro what
lek with his tires and by dint of cov- j the .weather for these .two dotes mnrK Prea|dpnt Taft cUed when why
ring every lap but ono at <7 miles the coldest of the season. jtho nat i on should be thankful. He be-
n hour or better, ho hnd driven his. But at 8 o’clock It was. 23. and tho t
Fair and Warmer Is Forecast
for Friday—Local Bureau
Closed for Holiday.
•Phew! It was’cold Thursday morning
when Atlantans t poepdti # out; from bo-*:
claim not to understand his position J In the hall of beatification of tho Vat-
on tho liquor question are merely try- 1 lean, conferred red hats upon thirteen
Ing to dodge tho question and are 1 new cardinals who are In Rome. Among
hunting excuses to support one or the;them were Cardinals Kalconlo, Farley
other opposition candidates for gov- nnd O’Connell, of tho United States,
emor. J. Pope Brown, prohibition can- * ho wero elevated at the secret con-
d,da«; ( on Thursday gave «t «■ to- -Worn* Ko-gjh ^
tervlew that Is right to the point. Colo- crftat|on of th * cardinal*,
nel Brown returned to Atlanta on I Tho assemblage was thrown Into
■ . Thursday ufter speaking to a big I high excitement by an Incident that
crowd at Eastman on Monday and »’J’ ur ” d **" , Po P« ? h " s ho
I . ... I tnke his seat upon tho throne. As no
|spending Tuesday and Wednesday in de „ C0ndei , from lh( , papa , cha ir. which
Wants the Stanley Steel Inves- 1 Assessed Valuation of Public
tigating Committee Aired
Because of Its Attitude.
Service Corporations Is
$14,423,667.
CRITICISES H. B. MARTIN . PAYMENTS IN DECEMBER
Congress Will Be Thrown Into'Georgia Railway and Electric
Dispute Early During the
Coming Session.
Washington, Nov, 30.—Tho warfare
that has broken out between Reprc
sentatlve Stanley and Martin W. Lit
tleton over stopping or continuing tho
investigation of the steel houso com
mittee. started by Chairman Stanley,
Into tho affairs of tho United States
Steel Corporation, will be thrashed out
on the floor of tho house, and It prom
ises today to develop Into one of tho
most heated controversies which has
taken place in that body In recent years,
Charges have been made on both
sides, and Mr. Littleton ha* served no
tlce that when the house meets next
Monday he will rise to a question of
b j personal privilege, and not only tako
[the rural districts doing some quiet j *'as borne* by brilfiantly uniformed I his own case, but demand that tho
| campaigning. - Here Is'what he has to Swiss guards, he fell, and was slightly i Stanley committee itself bo invest!-
8 ay about tho ■•prohibition dodger.:” ««*•„,f^t I ^Mr.’ Llttloton will probably uk that
, 1 hav * no P atlenco w,th th " [ nw , f,Hped him takiTttie throne. The Henry B. Martin, secretary of the anti-
. bitlonlst who claims not to understand ceremony then proceeded. 1 trust league, who has attacked tho In-
‘ my position on the liquor question; hej The conferring of-the red hats was' tegrity of the New York congressman,
— , j makes a false claim. Tho beer people a public, ceremony and the hall wan { he called upon to substantiate tho
| the y -ppottmrIJSSS* i’SSSTSfSSS' Who AT'MaA.n“ar«pU«.l by saying that
Ppflftfripnt Taft ^npalfpr Plarlf m< ^“ th0y are s «J>P°rt* n S J Brown; j had t0 bo present were dlsap- he and his assistants are formulating
ricolUclll I ally OJJcdMil ulai A the whisky people understand It—they .pointed. specific charges against Littleton which
are supporting Russell. The man who I Before he left his private chapel this W M be filed with the house next week,
claim, not to understand my positionj morning Pope Plus said a pontificalJ Mr. Littleton retorts that Martin is
. 1. .),« man who want* to dodge an d ■ mnss (or the Increase ot the religious , inorcly the tool and the assistant of
J is tne man wno want* to aoogs. ana t Jn the tInlted stntM . David Lamar, whom tho former de-
: wants nn excuse to vote for some ono; Thc pompous ceremonial of today dares Is a stock operator and tnanlpu-
I else. Of course, he can’t be satisfied. wa „ rao ,t brilliant of all that have ; tutor of bear raids In Wall Street._X.lt—
* und I shall not waste time In trying to thus far attended the creation of tho f tleton declares that he will be able to
mi n n r- i * r n nnoenrniTV satisfy hint He is not onlv weak- I new prince* of the church. Carried out produce a mass of evidence that Lamar
INCREASED PROSPERITY “Sf bdt m evld ently weak-mindedMy wlth «"• *“« the Roman Cath- , and Martin have been working hand In
kneed, cut evidently wcaa minaea. «5 olla churt . h> th , a | n ve,tnre was a splen- , Hlove to Influence the stock market.
, I poaltlon la perfectly satisfactory to all, d | d and impressing spectacle. The controversy threaten* to throw
except tho whisky people, the beer peo- | The rardlnala-elect, before the core- | the membership, nf the house Into rival
Rich Harvest. Industries Thriv- pie and the dodgers. Let the dodgers'mony, received a visit from Monsignor faction*, and already there 1, evidence
* 1 divide between the beer and whisky , Blsletti, the ma
ing, and Enlarged Markets
Abroad Essential Points.
ilivide between the beer and whisky Blsletti, the major domo of the Vatican.,
camp*. who gave each official notification that
"They aay I did not support Berner, bis presence was deHlred in the hall of
who, they say, ran on a prohibition beatification. Special instruction* ware’
platform. Their claim is false. Berner also given as to the style of dres* to
did not run on a prohibition platform, be worn and other particular* Por*
hut he 1* a prohibitionist and 1* *up- ; talning to the function,
porting me. on- the. atuthp. }' Each of the new cardinals proceeded
They nay I did not support Mr. to the vntienn In ft coach, accompanied
Wllntflgtelv Nov.’* 30*-~lnci W —. T — r ~ -
prosperity nnd tho beginning of an era! Guhrry. .My answer to-that l« »r thO».eBeM% ,
t nrnirresslon alone the lines of reor- Ouorry Is supporting mo. Why should bearers followed In other carriages,
neath the Wickets ai 7 o'clock to «ee ^ n p jJXn m2at nefded In the uStod'!,tho dodgers kick? I The cardinals gathered first atj#
the thermdrtiett>fVdt '21 degree«vabove: are wba t government off!- j “They claim that the 'Boynton bill, sfstltio chapel, where Pope Plus shortly
zero. That was the • coldest notch C | al8 including President Taft, Speaker • was a straight prohibition bill nnd that j arrived from Ills quarters. In the sis-
acemed 1 to Mndl'cnAoTovcn^cold'or 1 'tlmn .jfflwtiP".- ESf— “ d was not.,a prohibition, ^a.^aiconlo. d«n^jh* Amsfcan
of alignment.
The charges of both sides contain
many recriminations of trust affilia
tions. In addition, Littleton charges
that Martin has betrayed secrets of the
committee Into the hands of Mr. I,a-
mar, and that they were used to in
fluence the stock market.
Company Must Remit the
Sum of $90,565.
As 1911 taxes from steam and elec
tric railways, telephone and telegraph
companies, electric light and power
companies rtnd the gas company, th<>
city of Atlanta will collect $180,296.o*i
on an assessed valuation for these pub
lic service corporations of $14,423,667.
This is tho 121-3 mills rate the city Is
authorized to collect on tho real and
personal property. It does not include
tho special Income and franchise taxen
collected from the street railway, cloo-
trlc light and telephone companies for
the privilege of occupying tho streets
of the city.
The Georgia Railway and Electric
Company, operating the street railway,
electric light, «*lectrlc power and s*teatn
heating systems, is charged with a
fraction more than half tho $180,296.06,
Its taxes amounting to $90,565.08. The
Atlanta Gas Light Company, owned by
tho samo Interests, is charged with
$21,250, making a total for these in
terests of $202,380.16.
Telephone and Telegraph,
The , Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph Company Is charged with a
tax of $14,475.75; tho Atlanta Tclophon.?
and Telegraph Company with $4,186.46.
tho American Telephone and Telegraph
toon back of a national Thanksgiving
this mark. \day.
This Is.the same chilly degreo of tem-! a rich seasonal harvest, Industries
perature reached on’November i 13; and ^thriving beyond domestic needs
nnd tho^u evea that-tho country has been slg-
xoept when tho Marmon disputed it
with him In the seventh and eighth
Ups. His time for the 205 68 miles was
162.11 minutes.
Savannah, Ga., Nov. 30.—The su-
>reme show down among the road rac-
ng automobiles of the w'brld came to-
cold .was twenty-threejng, for moder- nally favored,
atlon hod-begun. Tho sun wu coming- In his Thanksgiving proclamation tho
«... „„,1 n i mnq . president said: ’’Our national councils
out’» and • gave^prpmlso of an-almost havo furthered tho causo of peace In
Ideal Thanksgiving day—crisp • and 0 t beP j an ds, strong In n sense of our
cool enough, to glvo spnrkle and zest own rights, and Inspired by a strong
to healthy folk ■ abroad; dnd perhaps sense of tho rights of others, we live In
it cou.d be called so ’’appetizing” bntnU Pe^and^armony wUh^the wor|d.” uf _
of weather. flclency of the necessities of life,” Is the
It was holiday at the United States epigram with which Speaker Champ
weather bureau,-but some of. the em- Clark summed up his reasons for the
pldyees dropped In from force of habit, nation to bo thankful,
and observed the reading,- The fore-1 James Wilson, secretary of ngrlcul-
... cast wired from Washington Is: ture, says rich harvests are tho hlgh-
Slxtecn special machines, the ul- "Eulr and rising temperature Frl-1 est things to be nationally desired to
Imate pick of the best In Europe ana day.” I bring forth the gratitude of a people.
I he United States. lined up on packed -pimt means warmer weather, and tho He, too, secs prosperity In the future,
; ravel of Savannah's historic roadway nlpplng cold ls like nnjat nll-the other ami.the production of many things In
ihls morning for the one big freo-for- chilly waves that sweep down on At- - ’ - -
II contest held on the globe this year, junta—here today and gone tomorrow.
It was an amazing collection of rnc-1
!ng machines that puffed and churned
[In front of the starting line. machines enugged noisily to the start, grand prize car* ripped things wide
Of the sixteen, representing eight but f 0 r, hours before that mechanlolans. open In the second lap, and cut out a
■lctoriei, eight were American cars and tiremen and assorted hangers-on hod 1 tcrrldc speed. Bragg, In the Flat, was
Ight European. Of the foreign ma- been putting things to rights In the va-1 the leader, In 12:60 for the-lap. This
hlnes, three were from Italy and nve j rious pits. When the machines, be- ! Is.-at the rate of about 80 miles an hour
from Germany. The combined horse- Kan t 0 arr ive there was the usual Hope-’ a nd makes all world’s speed records
nower of these machines reached 1,266. | Pfs confusion, the Inevitable* speed- i look like jokes.
Bvery noted racing ear In Europe and lnpr of engines and the horrible-'reck -iti , Three Fists Lead
dl but one In America were represent- nusullne smoke. At ,8:30 order -beganI . _ A ‘ , ....
• -I In the Iti-1'1; and tbii-taen of the six- tl , CT „„ ,,,- the - onfuskm as Htait.-r 1 ,' r ' 1,1 ‘ 1 r
een were .-m,ce.l.-.l to have a fighting Wagner ami his assistant. Frank Low- V .„
- hancc. The drivers who ’ competed r y f began to place the machines, and ^ w0 - three. As the cars were finishing
vere no less notable than the cars. The exactly at 9 o’clock 11 began .tho count
vlnners of both previous renewals of that was to start Louis Wagner and
ibis contest, Louis Wagner, of France, ju, jrtnt away. With the winner of
and David Bruce-Brown, of America, tho first grand prize safely off, behind
■‘part.- So did Victor Hemery, who; his long stroke, humpbacked Mtallan
twice finished second, and Bob racing creation, Louis Dlsbrow and his
lurman, who last year finished third. Pope-Hummer was whirled Into posl-
Millionaire Driven Add Tings, > tlon and 30 seconds later he too was
The presence of millionaires and away. Tho rest followed rapidly, but
near-mllllonaires In tho race—David before Victor Hemery, the last man
iruce-Brown, of New York; Eddie away, hod left the line, the Wagner
ti; Spencer Wlshart, of New around the 17-mllo circuit.
York, and L. A. Eergdoll. of Phlladol- j The numbers of the machines, tho
hla—gave the affair an amateur tinge names and tho drivers In the order, In
ihat has never been known before In a
oad race of supremo Importance.
The prizes are enough to entertain
ven the rich—$4,000 and tho Grand
“rise cup, worth $5,000, go to the win
ter.
The car that finishes second gets
2.000, and the third car $1,000.
There are also }h.-w, m special prizes
Ifered by tire, rim and accessory man
ufacturers.
The track, with its new $20,000 sur-
«e, has been carefully Ironed out by
•*d rollers and by the convict gangs,
ad the damago done In Monday's
aces has been repaired. Judged by
he speed . In these races, It was four or
ive miles per hour faster than last
**r.
A crowd estimated at 50,000 cncir-
the track when the word was given
’r the start, and the number Increased
'"adlly until’nearly noon. At start-
"f time the official stands near the
"me stretch were sparingly filled, and
"Ports from around the circuit were
"*t all the wlld-cat stands and all the
®ts of vantage were crowded.
The weather was vastly colder than
n ft which ever before greeted spec-
ators at a Savannah grand prize. At
'•ortse It was still but extremely cold:
a breeze crept up which added
[ the unpleasantness.
They’re Off!
” Was 9 o'c| ■ k k-1. lit* road rsuug
which they started are here given:
41. Flat, Louis Wagner. '
42. Pope-Hummer, L. A. Dlsbrow.
43. Bulck-Hundred, Charlie Basle.
44. Abbott-Detrolt. L. A. .Mitchell.
45. Lozier. Ralph Mulford.
46. Marmon, Rob Uurmah.
.47. Dens. Eddie H»»rn» .
48. Flat. David Bruce-Bijiwn.
49. Bulck-Hundred, Harry Cobe.
50. Abbott-Detrolt, Carl Jdmberg.
51. Marmon, Cyrus Patcake.
62. Benz, L. A. Bergdflll:-
53. Flat, Caleb Bragg.
64. Mercedes, Spencer Wlshart.
65. Mercedes, Ralph DePalma.
66. Benz, Victor Hemery.
This race Is for frec-for-alhcars and
the distance Is 411.36 miles, which
the second lap a water main In tho
Marmon pit broke, and threatened to
Hood the track. It took their men and
the fire department to stop tho flow of
watef.
When Wagner wa* finishing his third
lap he stopped at the pits to change a
tire, which coot him his third place.
Bulck Jumps the Track,
On Harry Cobe's third lap. Ills Bulck
car went Into the ditch end dropped
out of the race. Neither Cobe nor his
mechanician, Albert Seranz, was hurt.
The end of the third lap found the
millionaire Flat drivers, Caleb Bragg
and David Bruce-Brown, laying out In
front handily and cutting out a speed of
very nearly 80 miles an hour.
By steady chasing, DePalma had
worked his Mercedes Into third place,
while Eddie Hearne, In his Benz, was
fourth.
The second piece of hard luck to
the Flat team came at the end or the
fourth lap, 4vhen Bruce-Brown had to
go In the pits fora tire change and some
work on the front axle.
DePalma Take* Lead,
Bragg also had a slow round of 16:34
and the Italian machines were elimi
nated from prominent positions tempo
rarily at least DePalma, in the car
legislature In 1J07. Altho not a mem
ber of that legislature, I responded to
tho call to aid tho friends ot prohibition
In their fight.
"Let It bo remembered, too, that tho
liquor people and beer people are not
contributing to my campaign fund.
Can each ot the other candidates say
as much 7
“Again, the deserters from Camp
of
elr
bill. Icardlnals, being as follows:
“They don't tell you anything about “I. Diomede, Cardinal Fnlconlo, of-
tho work I did for prohibition In Pu-1 the Holy Roman Catholic church of
laskl county for 25 years against bar- Santa Marla Della Ara Cocll, promise
rooms, dispensaries, beer saloons and i and swear from this hour hence as long
blind tigers. Senator Williford and | as I live to bo obedient nnd faithful
others have testified to tho work I did, to the blessed Peter, tho Holy Homan
for state-wide prohibition betore the' apostolic church nnd'tho most holy lord
Plus X, and also his canonically elect
ed successors. I swear to give no coun
sel, nor to concur In anything and not
to aid In any way against tho ponti
fical majesty or person; never to dis
close a secret Inclosed to mo by
nuncio, or willingly or knowingly to
their detriment to dishonor;, to be
over ready to aid them to retain, de
fend or recover their rights aglnBt all. I
shall -fight with all my zeal and all my
forces for their honor and dignity. I
shall defend the delegates anil nuncios
of tho apostolic see In-all places under
my Jurisdiction, provldo for their safe
Journey, treat them honorably on their
coming, during their stay and- on their
return and resist even to the shedding
of blood whomsoever would attempt
anything against them.
“I swear not to receive a commis
sion from any civil power under any
pretext to propose a veto, even under
the form of a simple desire In accord
ance with the constitution 'commusum
nobis’ given by Popo Plus X, January
24, 1904, and not to disclose anything,
no matter how known to me either In
open conclave or to the Individual car
dinals by writing or orally, directly or
Indirectly, before or during conclave,
and I promise to lend no help or coun
tenance any Intervention of any civil
power In the election of the pope.
“Likewise I shall preserve minutely
each and all of the decrees, especially
thoso which have emanated from the
sacred congregation or ceremonies or
those to come from it relative to the
sublime dignity of the cardlnalate. Nor
shall I do anything repugnant to the
honor and dignity of the cardlnalate."
After taking the oath to support the
Roman Catholic church and all Its
members and rites, tho cardinals went
Into brief and secret conclave. In the
secret consistory the ancient ceremony
nf opening and closing the mouths of
tho cardinals was carried out.
Tho. three Spanish and two Austrian
cardinals, representing Cathollo coun
tries, will have their red hats conferred
upon them by their sovereigns, the let-
ters of nomination being conveyed from
the Vatican by special couriers.
Russell, whtch floats the black flag
liquor, go straight to the camp of th
next best friend, whose flag Is painted
white on one side and black on the oth
er, and here they all line up for the
perpetuation of the beer traffic In
aeorgla, but I expect to win over the
whole combination, for I believe that
the majority of the people of Georgia
are willing that I should be governor.”
J. POPE BROWN LEADS
IN THIS STRAW BALLOT
Dublin, Gs„ Nov. 30.—A poll was
taken on the Macon and Dublin train
Wednesday night, resulting as follows:
Pope Brown, 14; Joe Brown, 5; Dick
Russell, 2.
means. 24 laps around the 17.14-mlle *°
circuit. - X
Millionaire Bragg TaYcat Lead.
Wh^n the flr*t wild da*h of rnrin/r
cars around the ^rand Arize course was
finished Caleb Brag?, .in a Flat, waa
the leader. Driving at*tho terrific rate
of 79 mile* an hour from a standing
etart he > had . shown hi* rear tires .to
the.beat .of-them. Bruce Brown, In &
Flat, was second by elx seconds, with
DePalma In a Mercedes, third.
Record* Smashed.
With th’> oiled truck >«.« hard a.- the
Lrickh,-th* . ciure intense cold, the
THERE
IS
STRENGTH
Cincinnati Man i Pretended To
Be Senator’s Secretary and
Had Position to‘ Offer.
ronTDAii
ruu IDHLL
Carlisle 12, Brown 6.
first place, driving In the fourth lap.
Hearne pulled up from fourth to sec
ond, and Bargdoll, another Benz driver,
took third place.
Victor Hemery, equal favorite with
Wagner in the grand prize betting,
waa reported at 10:16 to be hung up at
station six with engine trouble. He There is strength In our Want A>1
waa then nearly three lap* to the bad pa g C for your business at every stage
and virtually out of It. Burman'uid the wise man knows ns his bus-
sprung engine trouble about the same,i n ess grows that we’re In a Want-Ad
time and Hergdoll also stopped at the;age. So to forestall any hitch he In-
plts to tinker a while at his Bens. ! serts hi* Want Ads which nearly every
Hearne’* Benz to the Front. day bring him In good pay and results
' Tir- trouble -.-net DePalma hl« brief | which mak.-him rleh.
Continued on Last Paoe. USE GEORGIAN WANT ADS.
RIVAL ARMIES FIGHTING
F°R CITY OF NANKING
Nanking, Nov. 30, 12 M., via Wireioaa
to Shanghai.—Fighting T» still going
on here, altho th« imperialist troops
are In a better poaltlon than they have
Cincinnati, Nov. 30.—Chief of Police
William .Jackson la (searching-for a man
giving the name of I* R. Garfield, who la
Huspected of attempting to , perpetrate
fraud on young women who are ambitious
to advance in their work as atenogra*
pher*.
The authorities claim that the man has
been declaring that Congressman Nich
olas Longworth 1* his friend and that he
1* employed aa secretary to United States
Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia.
On November 26 there appeared In a
Cincinnati newspaper an advertisement
that m stenographer who would change
the field of her activity to" Washington,
C., waa desired and that all answers
should be sent to him under s- certain
number. The man then called on these
girls who answered the advertisement and
represented himself as formerly of New
port, Ky., and now secretary to Senator
Hmlth. He said that he had received
appointment In 61am and had been com
missioned by 8enator Smith to secure a
successor to himself. The position, he
said, would nay $25 a week, but a bond
of $10,000 would be required for the faith
ful performance of the duties. Tho man
declared that he could arrange the bond,
for which there would be a premium or
<15.50, which he Invariably attempted to
collect In advance. One of these victim*
appealed to the police.
Inquiries of Congressman Longworth
proved that ho wa* not acquainted with
any one by tho name given hy the man
who said he held the position of secretary
to Senator Hoke I
NEVER HEARD OF GARFIELD,
8AY8 SENATOR HOKE SMITH
Senator Hoke Smith declared on Thurs
day that the man referred to In tho fore
going disnatch la a faker If he Is repre-
Kenting himself as being his secretary or
In any way connected with him. The
senator’s first Intimation that his name
was being used In this manner was wh»*n
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never before beard of tho man giving the
name of Garfield, nor of bui operation
Cincinnati or elsewhere, Morris K. I
alaon, the senator’s secretary, has been
with him every day at hi* law office since
Senator Smith retired from tho guberna
torial oflice two weeks ago, ana tor tne
four and one-half months he was gov
Company with $462.48; the Postal Tele
graph-Cable Company with $124.38.
and the Western Union Telegraph
Company, $115.94. This is a total of
$19. 355.01 from telepliono and telegraph
companies.
Except for $3,119.94 charged to the
Southern Express Company. $218.15 to
the Blue Ridge Electric Company, on*-
of the water power companies niaklne
devrlopn^nts in this section, but with
headquarters In Atlanta, and tl.'.:.
charged to the Charleston and Western
Carolina, a “paper” road, all the other
taxes are charged against' the steam
.roads entering tho city.
steam Railroad Taxes.
The Atlanta Terminal Company, In
which several systems nre Interested,
tops tho railroad list with $12,500 Tin-
Southern railway Is next with $9,704.8;*.
In order, tho others are: Atlanta
Birmingham and Atlantic, $6,658.81; At
lanta and West Point, $4,724.69: Cen
tral of Georgia, $4,283.91; Seaboard Air
Line, $4,202.44; Georgia railroad (real
estate), $2,530; Louisville and Nash
ville, $1,161.34, and ths NaHhvlIle, Chat
tanooga and SL Louis, $20.75.
Assessed Valuations.
Ths assessed valuations of the sev
eral corporation properties within the
city of Atlanta aro as follows: -
Georgia Railway. and. Electric Com
pany (franchise value), $3,132,350
Georgia Railway and Electric Com
pany (tangible property), $4,112,856.
Atlanta Gas Light Company, $1,700,-
000.
Southern Bell Telephone and Tele
graph Company, $1,166,060.
Atlanta Telephone and Telegraph
Company, $334,885.
American Telephone and • Telegraph
Company, $36,198.
Postal Telegraph-Cable Company.
$9,950.
Wostem Union Telegraph Company,
$9,275.
Southern Express Company, $349,596.
^IJluo Ridge Electric Company, $17,-
Charloston and Western Carolina
railroad, $100.
Atlanta Terminal Company, $1,000,-
000.
Southern railway (Georgia Pacific).
$96,890.
-Southern railway (Chattanooga and
Brunswick), $574,701.
Southern railway (Atlanta and Char
lotte Air Line), 3104,800.
Atlantn, Birmingham and Atlantic
railway, $532,706.
Atlanta and West Point railroad
$377,975.
Central of Georgia railroad, $342,713.
Seaboard Air Lino (S. A. L. Belt),
$247,216,
Seaboard Air .Line (Georgia, Caro
lina nnd Northern), $88,979.
Georgia railroad (reul estate), $20$,-
and Nashville railroad.
ALLEGED “RIPPER” FREE;
PROVED HIS INNOCENCE
The first "Jack the Ripper” prosecution
In the criminal division of the superior
court came to a close Wednesday after
noon, when the Jury In the case of Henry
HufT. a negro, charged with one of the
crimes, the murder of Sadie Hollis, re
turned a verdict of not guilty. This
means that the police department and the
400.
Louisville
$02,907.
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
railway, $1,660.
Thu foregoing assessments and tax
schedules were made by William A.
Wright, state comptroller general, upon
whom this duty devolves for nil munlrl
palllles. General Wright has mailed
notices of theso assessments of taxes
to the mayors of cities and towns
throughout the states to reach them on
December 1.
LLjj'ii j-..- xh . county authorities ars as far as ever from
S' e of'“the" 1 reL. d *f:rce, Th hav f T^' " J * Ck ,he B ‘ PPer ” raur ’
weakened their forcee that It Is now|
believed they will await reinforcements
before again attempting to storm thei Justice Ridley Moves,
city. After a great deal of difficulty. Justloe of the Peace Ridley has moved
tile government troops have planted rfet* eowrtroora from the Old quarters In
NO MORE CHILDREN
!N RECORDER’S COURT
With tho formal opening of the deten
tion homo at 164 CVntruI-ave., the last
Juvenile case before the recorder has been
tried. The detention home and Its
tem makes a complete change In thr city’s
method of handling youthful dtllnquentN.
Probation Officer Gloer, who Is in
charge of the new home, will In the fu
ture be the buffer between the policeman
anti the children’s division of superior
court. In case a policeman arrests a
child tinder 16 years of age, the prisoner
will not be taken to headquarters. *s
heretofore, but to the detention home.
At the home the case wJJJ be sifted to
the bottom before a formal case Is lodged
J against the boy * “
the docketing of a ra
he made In the chlldrt
JiHM. iM
Probation Officer
case and not the p
The notice ordei
Chief Beavers wit
police commission
to thi
.r,
the government troon* have Planted y,|s courtroom from the old quarter* In are to th* * fY. . t that polh emf
thrmsTZ.rSSlrtM if Cv tf I’each tree-at., where It had been for some arrests whfc ft mv-lve .Mrldren
. ® *822® tin*. The court a row Situated ot Mb ! years „r are to « arry the
along the Purple HI.1 redoubt. Fifing Auburn-ave., where Judge R!dl«*y has i*» t- ^ • *• *l ••-tin**n h*»me anil tun
wa* continued all night. *;or and more commodious quarters -over to Mr Ch*er.
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