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ROADS TO TESTIFY THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. WKPNBHKAY. JI NK 13. 1»J6. FIVE OF COAL CARRIERS EX PECT TO TALK. Commerce Commission Is to Go to Washington for a Session. R> Private Leaned Wire. Philadelphia. Pa.. June IS.—Prior to the Utkina of teetlmony In the aeaelon ■ f the Interetate commerce coramia- ci u thla morning, Commissioner Cle- nn nte announced that the commission " Mid hold a aeaelon In Washington Ht 10 o'clock on the morning of June Si. when any of the public carrier* v ho had any teatlmony to offer th-ir own behalf, will be heard. | Thl* alatement I* In line with the ln-| timntion that five preetdente of coal-I carryii.it railroad* would appear be-| for.- the Inveetlgetorn. LIQUOR WARFARE UP TO COMMITTEE RETAILERS AND WHOLE SALERS CLASH. . Red Hot Meeting Is Expected Between Booze Sellers. HERE IS THE STORY CURTIS JETT TOLD WHEN HEJQUEALED SAYS HE AND WHITE MUR DERED FOR MONEY. Relates Just How He Waited in the Courtroom to Kill Cockrell. Bears Pope’s Blessing A red hot meeting of the tax and p-.lice committee* will bo held Jointly Wednesday afternoon at 1:10 o'clock when the light between retail liquor dealers and "bottle men” will be waged with the ardor which competition be tween these two claaaes of business lit sprung up. some thirty- local retail men, represented by attorney and petition, appeared before the laet session of council and tharo argued that the lice nee cn dealers selling from one quart up to five gallons should be SS00 Instead of 2200 as baa been the case nln,-e prohibition days. When seen Just previous to, • the meeting, Llgon Johnson, attonisy for til.- wholesale men, safe he would baso tilh argument along tho lino that all the petitioner* are d*aIer*#who buy from one firm, whole*aler«, In Atlanta, ntul that It la the purpoM of thla mon- ••poly to run out of th* city all man w hn are -riling pure liquor*. The oldknow liquor ordinances rel- mtw t., restricting the wholesaler* nlng or leasing to retailers and the wholesalers on the same tho retailers will also bo con. Miss norths Krupp, owner of th* great gun works, who la to wed Gustav von Bohlen und Halbnek, secretary of the Prussian legation at the Vatican. Ml** Krupp, who Is only II, has never cared for society anil has spent the last two years living among her working men, who number ISO,000, and who adore her. Rhe owns 175,000,000 In her own tight and will receive as much moro I'omplegne, wo called at tho Hotel de Imp ly her Income on charity, when her mother dies. She epende nearly her Income on charity. LOCAL NEWS CONDENSED »wi*ied. WIFE OF BREWER ARRESTEDJOfl CRIME Slog* rani, la, June II.—A sensa tion was caused here yesterday by th* u rt-.t of Mr*. Moa* Kaufmann, wife of n wealthy brewer, on the charge of inmolaughter In connection with the •loath or Mlee Agnes Folrela, who wns employed as a domestic In the Kauf- nmnn home.* Th* girl died several days KKO .tad was buried at Farinton. Iter home town. licit, ring that her death waa due to unnataral cause*. Interested persona hud ilm body exhumed and examined h\ pimrtetan*. On her head and bodi ce re found numerous cuts and bruise*. H alleged thal the girl died a* the t e-ult of beatings administered by Mrs. Kaufmann. Mr Kaufmann wa* arrested, ar- riiiitned before a Justice of the peace and was bound over to the next term of the state circuit court. BOY lUluCTEO EROMJJSS ROOM By Private Leased Wire. Philadelphia, June 11.—failed from the .-lass room by the startling an- n«»un. .-tnent that hie mother had been injuro.i. and that she waa seriously III In a hospital, Charles F. Muth, a 7- yeer-old hoy. was tumad over to an unkn .un man by a messenger boy here V efterday and abducted. Although the police have made a genets) search nf th* city, no trace of the ml—Ing child has been found up to a lute hour last night. Th* boy ta the eon of Charice Jduth. a wealthy Jeweler. MAN'S CONFESSION REFUTED BY ALIENISTS By Private Leased Wire. Chicago, June II.—Two of the great est alienists In the world over their ow n signatures today declare that Hi. hard Ivans Is probably Innocent of the murder of Mrs. Bessie Hollister. H ta . infeialons, they assert, prove that hi- peculiar mental condition waa pr., jiy induced by hypnotism. • me of these authorities la Hugo Mm,- erberg, professor of psychology ■' Harvard, and the other la William J:.t i*s, professor of philosophy at Har- • -. d, and a brother of Henry James. The statement* from these experts, It l- .i—erted, uphold tho position of the me* In the trial thal Ivena wa* iDpnuttxed Into a confession by As- int Chief Schuettler and that Innocent, he waa thought to bo th# story himself through the police persuasion. Suet for Olvore*. Alleging that the girl'* father swore out a warrant against him and had him put In Jail, from which place he would only be released If he married the girl, Albla Llnthlcum • has filed suit for divorce from Eva Llnthlcum, to whom ha waa married April 21, 1205. The petitioner declares that ha waa taken before a justice and not even al lowed to telephone a friend, but was married to the defendant, with whom he hsa never lived. Officers Mads Raid. In a raid on a hotel at 10 Trinity avenue Wednesday afternoon. Officers Rosier, Rowan and Starnes arrested Ollte Rakeatraw, a alxteen-year-old girl, and C. W. Hall, a young white man, about 21 years old. The pro prietor of the place, W. E. Kingston, waa also arrested, hut released Inter on 250 and costs collateral. The girl and Hall are still at police headquar ter*. • Suss Southsrn Railway. James Murphy haa died suit for 000 damages against the Southern rail way for alleged Injuries received by being run over by n train. Wants $2,000 Damages. Alleging that ha waa Injured while riding on a street car In Atlanta May 5, 1800, Robert Wtlkerson has filed suit against the Oeorgln Railway and Elec tric Company for 22,000. Women Indicted as Hers* Thieves. tiara Clark and Mr*. Blanch Clark were Indicted for horse stealing In bills returned by the Fulton county grand Jury Wednesday morning. Fined for Blackmail. R. C. Ranks, n young white man, about 20 year* old. pleaded guilty to blackmail In the superior court Wed nesday morning and wn* fined 2100, In default of which lie will serve twelve month*. W. F. Nolan, superintendent of the ante City Printing Company, waa the proeacutor. Held on Serious Charge. On tho charge .of assaulting with Intent to murder a negro** by the name or aordon. at 22 *i Wallace street, Ituster ftinlth, a negro, wae bound over under 2*00 bond In tho recorder’s court Tuesday afternoon. A knife was used on the woman, who received many deep wounds on her face nnd shoulder*. In the court room. Smith tried to establish a .relationship with the woman, but she Indignantly denied ever having had anything to do with him. Concert at th* Fort. Tho following concert program will be rendefsd from 2 to 2 o'clock Wed nesday night, by the regimental band at Fort McPherson: 1. March, "Our Favorite Regiment"— Dominick Ertl. 5. Overture, "Orpheus In der tinier- wait"—Offenbach. 2. Walts, "Impassioned Dream”—J. 4. Selection, ‘The Jolly Uuaketeera” —Julian Edward* Dance, "Serpentine"—Andrew Herman. Spanish Interntesao, "La Zurtta" —Florence McPherson. The public la rordlally Invited. The afternoon concert* have been discon tinued. Concert* are now held from to • p. m. dally, except Saturdays and Sundays. John Orant Susa Pullman. John W. Orant, through his attor neys. Slaton tk Phillips, has hied suit against th* Pullman company for 2428.50, the value of Jewelry and trink et* Alleged to have been lost by him In a Pullman car ns he wns leaving Washington on May 15, ISO*. Missionary ta Spsak. Rev. William H. Shepard. F. R. 0. 8., the African misxioe-ry, will make his farewell address In Atlanta tonight at tha First Congregational Church, col ored. corner Courtland avenue and Houston street, at 2 o'clock. Ho will exhibit African sword* and curios. Tha admission la free, and the public gen erally, white and yolored, la Invited. Ligon Johnson's Close Call. Llgon Johnson, a member of the law firm of. Arnold Ik Arnold, was rap over and badly bruised by a furniture wagon driven by H. R. Willis, a negro, on Marietta street, near th* Empire building. When about half way across a horse struck the umbrella and then knocked Mr. Johnson down. The wagon ran over both nnklea and the hors* stepped on tho edge of 51r. Johnson’s straw hat, whleh wa* at the time on his head. Although rather stiff from tho accident Mr. Johnson waa able to be around Wednesday. The negro drlv er did not stop after running over Mr. Johnson. Willis will bo tried Wednes day afternoon. Obsolete Ordnano* for Schools. If a bill now pending In ‘congress becomes a law, and It has received a favorable committee report, the obso lete ordnance belonging to Uncle Bam, and stored In warehoused over th* country, will be allotted to tho schools over the country having cadet corps. College Park and, perhaps, other In stitutions In Georgia would benellt by Ibis act. Orrat quantities of obso let* ordnance ho longer of the alight est service to tho army le piled away, and It would prove very serviceable to the school* If given them. Ill In”Florida. According to now* received In At Innta Tuesday, Frank Eckslmsn, of Byron, Fla., formerly of Atlanta, ' seriously* III on Ms Immense orange plantation In that vicinity. Tha IB- ness Is supposed to be partially due to n recent fall nf Mr. Erkalman from a tree upon which he was working. 8*cend Annual Banquet The second annual banquet of th* South Carolina Society of Atlanta will be held this year on the evening of June 22, and Is expected to be the banner event In th* history of the so ciety. Many distinguished guests are expected to be present. Including Gov ernor Heyward, of Bouth Carolina. Hon. John Temple Oravee will preside over the banquet In hla capacity as president. H. C. Johnson In Bankruptsy, H. C. Johnson, a railroad man nf this city, haa tiled a voluntary petition In bankruptcy with the clerk of the United States district court. Ills lla- bllUle* ar* given ns 2552,52, with no asset*. Burglar Tried Twice. Two unsuceessful attempt* Were made Tuesday night by n burglar to enter the home of Morris Bell, 54 Gil mer street. Mr. 8ell was awakened esch time by come one at n window, but he was unable to get a shot at th* Intruder. Th* Utter wa* frightened .away before Mr. Sell could got at him. The iiollce were notified. Two Companies Mustered Out. Orders will be Issued by the adjutant general at once mustering out nf th* State National Guard Company L Cor- dele. Fourth Infantry, and Company II, LaGrange, Fifth Infantry. These two companies had apparently lost Interest In military matters, hence the order mustering them out. Hit By Red~Hot Metal. John Harrington, of Anniston, Ala., wna brought to Atlanta on an early train Wednesday morning for-expert treatment following an accident In th* shops of the Iomlsvllle and Nashville road at Anniston, In which he was struck In th* eye with a piece of red hot metal. He wn* accompanied by F. 21. Nixon, and a specialist was con sulted. Blue and Qray Meet Friday. The meeting of the Blue and the Grey has been postponed until Friday night on account of bad weather. Hopes are entertained that every one will be present. The committee appointed by the five veteran camp* and th Grand Army of the Republic camp of thU city, are requested to meet Friday, June 15, at 5 o'clock at Hllburn A Holland's, 141 Bouth Forsyth street, for th* pur pose nf perfecting plans for the re union of the Blue and the Gray, to be held July 4. 1207, at Washington. D. C, er some other city to be selected. Reception Postponed. Th* reception which was to hav* been given Thursday evening to Dr. and Mrs. J. II. Mack, by Mr. and Mr*. A. II. Alfrisnd. of College Park, haa bean postponed until next Tuesday from • tUI 2 o'clock, because of th* Inclement weather. Dr. Mark Is pas tor nf the College Park Presbyterian church. By Private I-eased wire. Lexington, Ky., June It.—No writer of drama haa aver pictured a villain which would do justice to Curtis Jett, Kentucky’s Srch assassin. His con. fesslon was made to Attorney B. R. Jewett and Stanley Webster, a Cyn thiana attorney. Jett sat on a chair faring tha win dow which showed every line of hla face. Ho never changed color or ex pressed the .least shame when relatlni, how ho committed one of the foulest murders that has ever hern recorded In Kentucky. He said he anti Tom White, who were convicted for the murder of James Cockrell, were no tools; that they worked for the money promised them. Jett aald hla uncle, James Hargis, who was then county Judge, first sug gested killing Dr. Cox: that the plans went wfong, hut Anally Dr. Cox was killed. Ho did not know by whom, he arrived on the scene too late. N' It was decided to kill the town mar shal, Jim Cockrell. Hr. with others whom he names, wafted In the court room and shot Cockrell as he passing along the street. He ran across from th* room and over to Hargis' store, tailing that all had gone well, Next he detailed the various plots to murder Jnmea B. Marcum. He told thorn how, after all othor plots had failed and after the nerve of th* man employed to murder Marcum had failed he nnd Tom White undertook and ex ecuted the plot. THEIR MOTHER AND SISTER HAVE NARROW ESCAPE. Victims of Fire Were Brothers, the Youngest Two Years Old. By Private Leased Wire. Ottawa, Canada, June II.—At' Kllln loe, 24 miles from Ottawa, four sons of Daniel Dickson were burned ti death by Are which at midnight de strayed. thplr home. The dead are: Daniel, aged 12: Carrol, aged 8; Wil liam, aged 6, and James Dickson, aged 2. Mrs. Dickson and hsr daughter had narrow escapes. CHAUNCEY DEPEW IS SEEKING HEALTH HE GOES TO "BILLY" MULDOON*8 FARM AND BEGIN8 THE STRENUOUS LIFE. By Private Leased Wire. New York, June 12.—Chauncey M. Depew haa been taken In hand by "Billy" Muldoon, who la trying to make a new man of the mentally and physically shattered United States senator, on the Muldoon farm, up at White Plains Senator Depew Is lead ing the simplest Ilf* that haa baen hla portion since he waa a barefooted boy with a stone bruise on his big toe In Peeksklll, N. Y. There Is a good deal of strenuoalty mixed with the slm pttclty. H.S. CRUISER READY TO SEIZE_HEflEL SHIP STEAMER EMPIRE MAY BE HELD TO ACCOUNT FOR AIDING THE GUATEMALAN REVOLT. By Private Leased Wire. Washington, June 12.—Th* United States cruiser Marblehead haa the United States steamer Empire oor- nered tn the harbor at Corinto, Nica ragua, and the moment the little American vessel attempts to leave the Nicaraguan coast It Is believed the warship will seise It and brine It to account for th* part played In assisting Guatemalan revolutionist*. INJUNCTION REFUSED IN SCHOOL CONTRACT Hpeclal to Th* Georgian. Augusta, Ga, June.II.—Judge Henry C. Hammond refused th* Injunction In the school case this morning and th* beard of education has decided to re open th* bids. The suit was brought by th* Woodward Lumber Company et at va th* Richmond county board or education, executing a contract with Contractor T. o. Brown for the erection of th* new Fifth ward school building. Th# Istlng of tha contract to T. O. Drown behind closed door* has been a source of much comment here, and It waa upon these grounds, together with th* feet that Mr. Brown was a member of the board, that the case wa* laid for tb* Injunction. Archbishop Farley, of New York, who has Just been commanded by the pope to carry the papal blessing to the Catholic worker* of Amerca. THEATER ORDINANCE AMENDED TO DEATH Council. Committee Hacks It Up Practically No Restrictions Are Left. Unti Theaters now standing in Atlanta will be almost entirely exempt from molestation by the law, as the portions of the Oltiknow theater ordinance af fecting the structures which are now standing were hardly without exception killed by th* special council commit tee which has had the ordinance under consideration for tho, past three-weeks. Tuesday afternoon tho committee, consisting of tho ordinance committee, City Electrician Evans, City Engineer Clayton, Ctly Building Inspector Pitt man and Chief of the Fire Department Joyner, met and completed the work of revising the ordinance The new ordinance, or rather the old ordinance, renovated, will be ready for the com. Ing session of council, when It will doubtless be passed and become a por. tlon of the city code. Aside from eliminating the restric. tlons on the old theaters, the only other Important change* made In th* ordinance were the striking out of th* portion which required Are-proof structures, and that which requires au tomatlc sprinklers over stages. ULTON WRANGLE OP AGAIN TUESDAY SUB-COMMITTEE TO NAME OFFI CIAL HEAD ON THAT DATE. On Tuesday, Juno 19, the subcom mittee from tho state Democratic ex ecutive committee Is slated to meet here to determine which one of the two Fulton county committees Chairman Yeomans la to deal with ofAclally. May 28 and 22 the committee wrestled with the proposition here, but could not gat the contending forces together on any kind of a proposition. They then decided to take evidence from both aide*, deliberate over It until Mine 22, and meet here to announce tnetr decision. Chairman Yeomanl appointed Ave on thla subcommittee, but Senator W. C. Bunn, of Cedartown, waa not present at the Arst meeting. The others are Judge W. W. Stark, of Commerce; Hon. Frank Park, of Sylvester; S. T. Bla lock, of FayattevUle. and Judge J. B. Burnside, of Hamilton. Thla commit tee will not attempt to enter Into the question whether tho Felder or the Maddox committee Is ofAclal Insofar as county matters are concerned. ORREST AVE, FOLKS MAY GET INJUNCTION It Is understood ihat the property owners on Forrest avenue are protest ing vehemently against the proposed double tracking of that street from Piedmont avenue to Fort street Ave blocks east and that the residents on thla street are contemplating Allng a bill of injunction staking that the street Tar company be restrained from double tracking Forrest avenue. WANTS AN EXTRA TERM TO TRY FORMER AUDITOR CONVICT'S BODY WILLJjXHHMED INVESTIGATION WILL BE MADE OF NEGRO WHO DIED FROM CASE OF SUN8TR0KE. By Private Leased Wire. Buffalo. N. Y.. June 12.—Blocked In hla effort to secure an early trial of Former County Auditor John F. Neff, by th* action of Justice Marcus In sending th* case to Wyoming county where there 1* no regular term until late In September. District Attorney Abbott la today drafting an appeal to Governor Hlggtns for an extraordinary term. Special to The Georgian. Amerlcus, Go., June II.—There will be an Investigation of the death of tho negro convict,' Munch Holloway, who died six hours after he began work on tho county chalngaag. It la alleged that he was cruelly beaten by the su perintendent of the gang?, but there la little credence placed In th* story, Tho body will bo disinterred and examined to ascertain whether or not there were any bones broken and to what extent the body was bruised. The superintendent admits whipping tbd negro, but hd say* that It waa not severe enough to produce death. The examination will be held today. CONSTRUCTION WORK IS SOON TO BEGIN Aperlal tn The Georgian. Huntsville, Ala., June 12.—The con struction ot the Nashville and Hunts ville railway will begin at an early date, and Colonel Pratt, In charge of the Madison county end of It, says he will be ready to give out some definite news as to the construction In a few days. COURTS ARE TO DECIDE GREATER PITTSBURG FATE By Private Leased Wire. . Pittsburg,. June 12.—The electors of Pittsburg have declared -for consoli dation by a majority of 25,181. while a majority of 5,425 waa rolled up In opposition In Allegheny. ThU gives a lead In the Greater Pltteburg of 20,251 In favor of annexation. The opposi tion will Aght annexation In the court* JUSTICE CONFIRMS SALE OF COOPERAGE PLANT Bpeclal to The Georgian. Montgomery, Ala, June 12.—Judgt Thomas O. Jones, of the United States court for the middle district of Ala bama has conArmed th* sal* of the Montgomery Cooperage and Hardwood Company to Richard Ttllla for the earn of 151,000. ThU company waa thrown Into bankruptcy and wav s*U at auc tion. SECRETARY WILSON WONT BE BEHEADED PRESIDENT SAYS THERE’S NOTHING IN REPORT Rumor Had It That “Farmei Jim" Was to Lose Job in Cabinet. By Private Leased Wire. Washington, June 18.—The "farmer vote" Is on the anxious seat Rumors are llnating out of Washington and scattering over the ranches of the West, the plantations of the South an.l the trucl: gardens of the East, which declare that Secretary Wilson U sched uled for the headsman. The beef at,, closures hnvo angered the president to such an extent, these rumors proceed to say. that he has mad* up hla mind to appoint a new secretary of aarlcut. ture. Gifford Plncltot. a close friend of the president, fa the latest man ■mentioned" for Farmer Jlnt's place -There Isn't a word of truth, or even probability, la these stories." .oo’ hC I'T-" 1 ' 1 *" 1 M> declared himself thlk morning when he was asked about the matter. The president Is said to be well satisfied with tho work of the de- parment of which .Mr. Wilson Is the head, and to have tho highest regard for the secretary personally. atlanmUgIed WITH 1910TO NAMES MANY IN ATTENDANCE AT NA* TIONAL MEETING OF NUR. SERYMEN. i*K Special to The Gcorptnn. Dallas, Tea., June 13.—The National Nurseries Association convcnnl here this morning for n thr<*t» dnya* session. Tin* association bf presMod over l»jr K. Albert son, of Indiana, president of the orcauli*- tlon. The feature of the morning session was addresses of welcome by Mnror Curtis l\ Smith, M. II. Thomas nnd John A. Kwtou. of the organisation. to by CongrcNumin N. sec, who Is s inemlH'r Dftrlsnn In attendnn.. Atlanta; It. 1. Kmlth, Atlanta; It. c. Iltackmon, Auguata.^md J. K. List, Cohut- ta. The delegates from Atlanta all signed tbelr names on the register and put the date “1810” thereafter, ehowlug that th^.r are interested In the great exposition plan ned for- Atlanta dnrlng that year. The attendance at the convention Is very large, delegates being present from nlino*t every state In the union. datesIoTpHry IN TENTH DISTRICT Special to The OS4rgls*. Augusta, Ga., June 11.—The conven tion of the representative* of tho Tenth congressional district wa* held here today and thedale for the primary hits been set for August 22, the same date of th* state primary. There were representative* present from each of the counties, also Con grossman Hardwick. KILLED BY STEPPING ON A LIVE WIRE Special to The Georgian. Augusta, Ga, June 12.—J. E. Carl ton, a young whit# man. was killed here last night at a late hour by step ping on a live wire that wa* down. IRST SKIRMISH Special to The Georgian. Savannah, Ga, June 12.—The result of yesterday's primary wa* the first skirmish In the fight of the Peoples League against Jrasslsm and a wide open town, so the victor* say. The real contest Is In January. The recant victory will help In that election, a* Jt “ nents of the has encouraged th* opponents of administration and disheartened other side, though a stubborn fight will be made under the leadership of w ■ W. Osborne, to save the day at the city election. It Is aald that large sum* of m.ine> changed hands on the reault, one man winning over IVWO, and others win ning up In the thousahds. Emmett Wilson, who led the ticket as a member of the Democratic execu tive committee, will probably be tn# new chairman of th# county, succeed ing A. A. Lawrence. BLACKSMITHS WIN AND RETURN TO WORK Special to Th* Georgian. Amerlcus, Oa, June 12.—The Are blacksmiths employed here by the SC U railway, who have been out on strike for about two week*. back to work today. They struck for standard ***” and upon the company's ••"•"V* 11 “ comply with their wishes they re turned to work. God often come* to visit uaf bu* gen erally wa are not In.—Abba Roll. A good man d e * good Merely by be ing.—Bulwer. I bold , That It 111 be,..me* a Alan to nbrs* ae- But In tb* teeth of, clinched antag*- To follow up the worthiest till h* file- Bind together your spare th«* «*4*r«I of Form* dlflnll* purpo**. wun.vm M. T<tfb>r.