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ATLANTA 1910
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The Atlanta Georgian.
ATLANTA 1910
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VOL I. NO. 45.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1906.
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O REFERS TO MR. LESTER
IN OPENING PRAYER,
By Private Leaeed Wire.
Waehlngton, June If.—In the
houae of repreaentatlvea today
Chaplain Coudon, In hla open
ing prayer, referred to the eerl-
oua accident that befell Repre
sentative I.eeter, of Georgia,
yesterday.
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By Private Leased Wire.
Washington, June 16.—At 3 p.tn.
Representative Rufus Lester, of Geor
gia,' was reported to be slightly Im
proved.
By Private Leased Wtrei^MH^^H
Washington, June 16.—Colonel Rufus
E. Lester, representlve In congress
from the First district of Georgia, was
the victim of a strange accident last
night, which may cost him hla life.
In some manner almost unaccount
able he fell through a skylight In tht
cupola of the thirteen-story - Cairo
apartment houee, IS feet, above the
ruof, to the twelfth etory.^^^^^^H
In a shower of broken glase hie body
fell 30 feet, and hla right leg. was
mangled, while hla left leg and left
shoulder were fractured and Jtls. head
and body were cut and bruised.
Gives Way Undar Weight.
He had climbed a ladder to the cu
poia and aqueesed hla body through
the hole barely Urge enough to admit
a man. Crawling out upon the frail
glass work In the darkneee. It gave
uay under his weight.
Mrs. E. K. Moore, who resides on
the twelfth floor, had Just left the ele
vator and was passing the Iron etepa
when the body fell at her feet. She
ran Into her room and telephoned for
her husband, who hurried to the as
sistance of Colonel Lester, and he wee
removed to hla apartments on the
third floor.
It Is believed by Colonel Lester’s
relatives that he was searching for
his two little grandchildren, and be
lieved they were hiding from him In
the garret.
Suffers Stroke of Paralysis.
Colonel Lester It 66 years old and
the agility displayed by him In climb
ing to the loft Indicates that he was In
an excellent physical, condition.
About live years ago Colonel Lester
suffered a stroke of paralysis, which
caused an Impediment In hie speech.
He has been active In congressional
affaire, however, and waa not thought
to have suffered a great deal on ac
count of the affliction.
Yesterday, after dinner, he was In
hi< usual Jovial spirit, chatting with
•he guests of the apartments, where
he has lived for more than eleven years
while In Washington.
Wife is Almost Prostrated.
About 6 o'clock last night Colonel
L»«ler appeared on the portico of the
Place and aaked about hie grandchil
dren. who have been living with their
grandparent* elnce the death of their
mother. He appeared to be disappoint
ed because they were not playing In
'heir familiar way and sauntered Into
the house.
By a bare foot. Colonel Lester missed
'he shaft that extends between the
M ircasing to the bottom of the hotel.
If he had taken one more etep he
would have fallen nearly *00 feet to
th. marble floor of the hotel offlee.
Mrs. Lester was almost prostrated
J hen the unconscious body of her hus-
fcsr.d was carried Into her presence.
Little Chance of Recovery.
f>octors Kent and Carr, whoee of-
Bt *-» were near by, were summoned,
t-nd they rushed Into the rooms a few
minutes after the body was laid on the
h»d. An examination showed that'th*
injuries were serious.
• donel Lester regained conscious-
twse for a few minutes, but was unable
COLONEL LESTER ASPIRED
TO THE GOVERNORSHIP
When Coolnel Rufus E. Lester was elected to the flfty-flrst congress
he was not a candidate, and his name wae used as a compromise in
one of the hottest conventions. In the history of the state.
The congressonal convention wak held In Sylvanla, Screven
county. There were several candidates In the rhee, and the vote was
so split that none of them could muster strength enough to win the nom
ination.
The deadlock continued for nearly a week, and Anally some one,
probably Editor Dick Grubb, of The Darien Gazette, proposed the
name of R. E. Lester, of Savannah, and on the two hundred and fif
tieth ballot. Colonel Lester woe unanimously nominated-
It Is aald that he wae the most surprised men In the district when
the news come to him. Friends say It was his ambition to be gov
ernor then, but he decided to accept the congressional toga as a step
ping stone to the governorship. But ha remained In the house for nine
consecutlvo terms.
LONGWORTHS’ VISIT
CAUSES SOCIAL ROW
’ IN LONDON TOWN
Many Notables Failed
to Get Invited to
King’s Dinner.
By PAUL LAMBETH.
Special Cable—Copyright.
London, June II.—If the vlelt of the
Longworths to London has done noth
ing else It has caused enough dissatis
faction and heart-burnings In the
American colony to keep things stirred
up for a long time.
Every American woman In London
In high eoclety felt that she was enti
tled to be Invltpd to meet the king at
the banquet given by AmbassadorReld.
The number who.were Invited wae lim
ited, and, as Is' the rule, the list was
submitted to th* king. Hence, many
who desired to break bread with hla
majesty were disappointed, and deep
Is the resentment. It has had Its ef
fect on the plans for the entertainment
of the Longworthe.
'It waa not bo much falling to meet
the Longworthe," complained one
American matron, whose daughter
married a title, today, "aa It waa miss
ing dinner with the king."
Some of the women whom Mrs. Reid
overlooked were the Countess of Cra
ven, who was Ml** Cornelia Martin;
Mrs. Adair and Mr*. Georg* Cornwallis
West, the Countess of Essex, who was
Mies Adels Grant of New York; Mrs.
Cavendish-Bentinck, and the Almeric
Hugh Pagete, Mrs. Paget being form
erly Miss Pauline Whitney.
Mr*. Paget revenged herself with
vigor that would have been character
istic of her father, the late William
Collins Whitney. She had asked a
company to dine and dance with the
Longworths on Thursday night. On
the Instant she grew "violently III. a*
on* paper had It, recalled the Invita
tions and went Into seclusion for a day
or eo. Tht* miffed a lot of other emart
folk, who had declined other Invita
tion* to go to Mr*. Psget's.'
Mr*. Cavendlsh-Benttnlck also
IS CALLED DOWN
BY TJQOSEVELT
PRESIDENT SAYS AMENDED
BEEF BILL IS N. 0.
POPS TO VOTE
Jesse Ward, Jr., Talks
of Action of the
Committee.
POPULISTS IN QEOROIA
HAVE MADE UP MINDS
If State Ticket Is Put in the Field
He Believes It Will Not Poll
Three Thousand Votes.
Refuses to Answer Inuendoes of
Chairman of Agricultural
Gommitee.
the packers themselves would have
abandoned her party for the Lon*- provided. It represents, doubtless, in
worths. Mrs. Bradley-Martin, who waa some casta, an honest, though whol-
dlso left out by Mre. Reid, accepted the \y mistaken, conviction; In other cases,
sUaht as gracefully as possible, and it represents a deliberative purpose to
dined Mr. and Mrs. Longworth last intsrfere with effective administration
nirht. by trying to provide that tht courts
Mrs. Longworth, In the meantime. Is shall In reality do administrate# work,
enlovtn* her visit to tha full. She which they would be first to assert
woes today for a week-end party at thair Inability to perform.
Mr. Reid’s country home, and next Would Cut Power,
week wl|I be the guest of the kin* at the hill as you reported It from
tnnir i. the Water- ‘he committee w*r* enacted Into Inw,
l<Jh5*pTu?b*~r las?night. you would have the function. of the
Amonr other distinguished Arnert- secretary of agriculture narrowly llm-
rsn. there was Charles M. Schwab. I ted. so as to be purely ministerial.
He Is always open to appeals for ob- "In Chicago, for Instance, you would
lecta like that of the hssaar and spent make any Judge whom the packer
mftn.v in a war which would have chose to designate and not the experts
made^a prince took cheap. HI* friend* of th* department of agriculture the
ITre toklmr hltn about buying 1100 man to decide on any quastton of any
give nay explanation of lb. agd- IHe' SS!*5lKi SWE?'Tou^C
'.t. He waa reported to be coneclou* T^k. who I* mw five month* oM. » judtcittto.
f? 5 n ««rly hour this morning and claims he did not . , n r*nicago ( n which the packers
‘shtly Improved, although llttla hop# i princess arts. . the concerned,
i- Jield out that ha will survive. ! H - {JicheorTan* 1 chat- rtto^nuchrf your letter ae speaks
■ here was a consultation of physl- , .whflewUh Her royal of my having made Innuendoes about
committee of ,b. hou^ or of your
■ nance for his recovery . The doctor* i out knowing who she was. Hw sxpen — —
. i t It might be twenty-four hours be- 1 dltures at the bazaar tan welt up ffr *’au*rt an Pag* LHMMMW
the outcome could be determined the hundreds.
By Private Leased Wire.
Washington, June 16.—The president
gave out this morning the following
copy of a letter which he wrote last
night, answering Representative Wads
worth, who so severely criticised the
president for hie attitude on the meat
Inspection bill:
"My Dear Wadsworth: In the first
place, I wish to promptly acknowledge
the on* portion of; your latter In which
you are, In the main, right. I was In
error In the statement, which
cepted from Senator Beveridge, that
there waa no provision for making, the
plant* accessible JR all hours to th*
Inspectors. The prorialon was put In
In another place; but It Is not a* good
ns th* original provision. The court
provision Is the one to which I most
object; although by no means the only
one to which I object—It Is one of
many.
Prevision Not Nsedsd.
"As regards this, I wish to repeat
that If deliberately designed to pre
vent the remedying of the -evils com
plained of, this Is tha exact provision
which the friends of the packers and
Speelal to The Georgian.
Thomasvllle, Cl a.. June 16.—Jeaso
Ward, Jr., the well-known politician
and former leader of tho Populists In
this section, wan Interviewed while
standing between his plow handles to
day, nnd had something Interesting to
say about tbs action of tho state exec
utive committee of the Populists In At
lanta Thursday.
“Well, If they do put out a slate tick
et," said Mr. Ward, when shown an
account of the committee's action,
"they will get not mo.re than 1,000
vote*. The Populists in Oaorgt* have
already made up their mlndr, how they
are going to vote this yesr. A large
majority ses that there Is no chsnre
to elect s Populist governor, and they
nre going to vote In tho Democratic
primary. They ore split up between
all the candidates In the race, but at
present It looks as If n majority will
vote for Hoko Smith, though some of
th* strong leaders of the party favor
Mr. Howell, and, of course, will control
some votes.
"I understand the feelings of those
fellows who mat In Atlanta. They are
Populists straight up and down, and
never Intend to vote a Democratic tick
et. Borne of them have taken a solemn
oath never to vote a Democratic tick
et, and they never will. I suppose they
will go ahead and put out a ticket
when the convention meets, but It will
amount |o nothing. They won't poll
more than 1,000 votes."
Speaking of Hoke Smith, Mr. Ward
said;
"I nm supporting the men because he
stands for the same principles for
which the Populist party stood. As
to whethsr he Is honest, 1 do not know,
but he stands on th* same platform
that th* Pope have stood on for years,
and for that reason 1 will vote for him.
I believe In voting for principles, and
not for man or party."
GIRL BARELY ESCAPED
BEING BURNED ALIVE
UNDER WRECKED AUTO
CAR'S TIMELY ARRIVAL
PRE VENTS A WFUL DEATH
B UT for the timely arrival of n street car at the scene of the automo
bile accident Friday night, Mies Groce Goodwin would have been
burned to death. She was pinned beneath tho burning cor, unablo
to move. The car waa so heavy that Joe Stewart nnd Mr. Hull, who
was badly hurt, could do nothing to extricate Miss Goodwin.
The trolley came, bringing many, men, who removed tho demolished
auto, and Miss Ooodwln wee put In the car and carried to College Park.
Th* automobile burned completely, only th* metal work being left.
Miss Grace Goodwin
and W. C. Hutt
Badly Hurt.
At 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon Mis*
Grace Goodwin, whose home is In Rot
terdam, Va. wet suffering Intensely
from hsr burns, but no serious results
are expected. Mr. end Mre. Hutt were
resting comfortably, although confined
to thslr beds.
WOMAN’S MURDERER
SAID TO BE TRAPPED
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, June II.—It was asserted
today by a police official whose word
cannot reasonably be questioned that
th* slayer of' Mrs Alice Klnnan had
been trapped and the mystery of the
quaint old Stanton mansion solved. Th*
arrest will be made within forty-eight
hours, perhaps earlier. Th* net of le
gal evidence la virtually woven In Its
entirety. The murderer cannot escape.
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"CZAR IS ANARCHIST,"
A88ERT8 MAXIM GORKY.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, June- II.—“The
esar of Russia t* the great eat
anarchist In th* world today,"
declared Maxim Gorky, the
Russian revolutionist, thdny,
while discussing the massacre
of th* Jews at Blalystok.
"The anarchist la th* man
who makes government of no
effect Huch n man la tha esar.
All powerful, If he choose to
exert himself, he permits hie
empire to be ruled by creatures
who know nothing but their
own Interests, and they are
managing the affairs of th*
country .so that the civilised
world must ultimately make Its
morel. If net phyelcaL Influence
felt In order to put a stop to
atrocities that are appalling."
Aa th* result of the wild plunge down
a sleep embankment of an automobile
on the way back from a trip to East
Point Friday evening, Mr. and Mrs. W.
C. Hutt, of No. 141 Washington street;
Mre. J. M. Goodwin, of No. 16 Crew
street, and Mis* Grace Goodwin, of
Virginia, a guest at the home of Mre.
Goodwin, were thrown from the ma
chine, sustaining numerous bruises end
cute, and narrowly escaping death In
the fell nnd fire which quickly fol
lowed the accident and which totally
destroyed the auto.
The overturn of th* heavy auto and
the Injury to Its occupants occurred at
a point near D*Loach place, between
East Point and Fort McPherson, on
the College Park street car line, the
party being on their way to this city
when the accident happened.
Miss Goodwin Badly Hurt.
Mist Grace Goodwin, the most seri
ously Injured of the quartet, end who
narrowly escaped a horrible death, waa
badly burned about the face, neck and
arms and suffered much from th*
shock. W. C. Hutt was alio seriously
Injured, receiving a fearful cut on hie
head, requiring nine stitches to do**,
as well at minor cuts and bruises about
hi* head and body. Mrs. Hutt was
thrown dear of the wrack and wss but
little hurt. Mrs. Goodwin received n
nasty wound on her left cheekbone nnd
n severe brutes on her chest. All four
of the victims will recover.
After th* accident th* Injured were
taken at once to h* residence of Dr.
C. M. Curtis, at College Park, where
their wounds ware dressed, Dr. Grif-
feth assisting. Mrs. Goodwin then re
turned to her home In Atlanta, Mr. Hutt
and Miss Ooodwln being too seriously
Injured to permit of their removal nnd
Mre. Hutt remaining nt the bedside of
her husband.
The machine In which the party wee
riding was th* property of the South
ern Bell Telephone Company, of which
Mr. Hutt Is an employee, end wss be
ing driven by him during the trip. The
party left the home of Mre. Ooodwln *t
6:46 o’clock, reaching th* scene of th*
accident at 10:20 o’clock. At the point
where the accident occurred Jo* Slew-
art, property man at th* Grand opera
house, was driving n wagon along In
the same direction In which the Hutt
party was moving. It was In trying to
pass this wagon that Mr. Hutt lost
control of the machine, end It leaped
over a seven-foot embankment to It*
destruction and the Injury of the oc-
Immedlstely after the accident Mr.
Stewart hastened to th* scene nnd
helped the victims to the street. All
four occupants were thrown out and
severely cut and bruised, but M|as
Grace Ooodwln was caught beneath th*
wreckage end pinned down.
Jutt Saved From Flames.
Fire Immediately broke out In th*
ruins nnd for a few momenta It ap
peared that a horrible death was await
ing the unfortunate girl, as tha men In
the party were unable to move th*
ponderous machinery off the young
woman. Not until an electric car cam*
bowling along did th* aspect of the
situation assume a more tavorebU turn,
nnd then willing hands assisted In get
ting the unconscious girt from her
perilous position.
Street Car so Ambula
Park, Where their many wounds were
dressed. As they left the scone of the
wreck the gasoline tank exploded and
the hungry flames leaping high In the
nlr made quick work of what remained
of the once handsome car.
As to the cause of the accident optn-
!•-»:• -Ilffi-r. Slew ml. w 1m w hm tin-
only witness to th* wild plunge, Staton
that the machine was going nt a very
inpld speed nnd Hint Hurt, up-- wns
driving. In attempting to pass the wa
gon, turned to the right when he In
tended to turn to th* left. Mrs J. M.
Ooodwln was seen at her homo Ratur-
day morning by a Georgian reporter.
NO CHOICE MADE
OE UNIVERSITY
TRUSTEES MEET AND AD
J0URN TILL MONDAY.
It Is Expected That Selection Will
Be Made at the Evening
Session.
Continued on Pag* 3, Seventh Column.
Special to The Goorglan.
Athens, Ga., June 16.—Tho board of
IriiBipi-s nf ilm I'ulverslty nr (ioorgla
held a mooting at tho college again
tills morning, Imt adjourned without
taking arllim on the eli-clloii of a chan-
cel lor.
The meeting ndjonrned over till
Monday afOMhixm ni 6 o'clock, when n
solectlon will likely bo made.
There nre several eandldaten prom
inently mentioned, among them Judge
Cohb, of tho Supreme ennrt; Editor
Held, of tho Athens Manner, and Dr.
W. \\\ l.nndriini, <if Atlanta.
Tito probable Mtcomo of the election
Is crcnilng much Interest here.
WOMEN TAKE PART
IN AWFUL KILLING
. OF JEWS IN RUSSIA
Organized Massacre
Planned in Many
of the Cities.
By Private Leased Wire.
Berlin, Jun* If.—A report was re
ceived today from th* members of th*
German Jewish Association, sent to
Blalystok to Investigate th* maesnerae.
They declare that nt leeat 200 person*
have been killed and over 460 wound
ed, many of them fatally.
That th* Jews started the trouble Is
Indignantly denied here s* a contempti
ble trick to cover up the outrage*.
EVEN WOMEN TAKE PART
IN THE MASSACRE OF JEWS.
Special fable—CopyrlghL
St. Petersburg, June 16.—Rioting
alerted afresh at Blalystok lost night
nnd continued nil night. It Is still go
ing on.
The moba led by thousands of peas
ants nr* plundering nnd burning the
deserted dwellings of the Jews nnd
murdering Jews wherever found. Many
of tho women nr* spared, but th* men
nr* buldgeoned, stabbed and shot.
BIx thousand fugitive Jews from th*
city are now encamped In th* forest
surrounded by soldiers.
An organised massacre of Jews In
many cities nns been planned. It Is de
clared here today. The massacres. It
la asserted, are to taka place at Gomel,
Odessa, Khereon, Nlkolnleff nnd Kleff.
Await Word to Riot.
Many government officials, It to de-, , . , ,, . .
■ hehinA (he _ i Ntritamber, last yenr. nnd Mr. Ht-h.h
clared, are behind the movement for uin. of Odessa, who Investigate!! th
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TOWN IS DESTROYED)
INHABITANTS KILLED.
By Prlvato Leased Wire.
Bt. Petersburg. June 16 — I)ls-
patchee from Warsaw say th.it
th* suburb of'Bafcry ««■> -i-
etroyed early today and many ->t
the Inhabitants massacred. The
authorities fear that.tji* rioting
will become general, ns It hag
already spread to fsaona, Wise.
Plapy and farselowl, where vio
lence le reported.
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The peasants who hgve entered the
city to Join In the rioting are ml armed
with club* nnd scythe*. The latest
dispatches say that th* police and
many of the soldiers have nlded In the
attacks on th* Jew*
Another bomb was thrown nnd a
policeman killer! and a number of
others wounded.
Soldiers Fir* on Jewe.
Only a pretense of defending th*
Jews wee made. It Is asserted, and In
many tnetances tho soldiers flred on
Jews who were only defending them
selves.
A douma committee of three mem
bers had started for Blalystok to make
an Inrestlgatlon of the nmxeacre and
ascertain what steps can be taken to
put an end to the disorders ami pla< e
the responsibility. The committee con
sists of M. Jacobson, a Jew: M. Arak-
t»teff. forn . : pro. ur.it.,r of Mlnnk.
who wae dl»lnl»*ed from .,ff|. e nnd
banished because he recommended the
trial of Governor Kurlefr for Inciting
antl-Je
the uprisings end massacres. They
are th* prim* movers In th* organisa
tion known n* the "Union of Russian
Patriots," Which Is asserted to be ac
tive In fomenting th* rioting and
which to notoriously favored by the
police.
At Gomel the membere of the union
nr* only awaiting tha word to begin
th* awful work and have already ar
ranged whom they shall kill and
Plunder.
At Odessa and Kleff the Jews have
formed defensive organizations and
are prepared to resist to the death,
but at Gomel there to no such organi
zation.
Dead Number Hundreds.
At Blalystok the dead number hun
dreds. The hospitals nr* filled with
wounded, but It to Impossible to de
termine how many have fallen victims
__ f to the mob, because many of th* dead
The street V -u at *Oc. turnwl ^^j^* 1 * rr «>nc**led In private
Into an ambulance and the four ..ecu- ™fl the Jewish shops In th* four
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October riots In that •
#d the prosecution of Neldhardt, the
prefect of police of Odessa, aa the pro
voker of the riots.
Committee to Probe.
The first evidence to be submitted to
the commission will be copies of proc
lamations, which, It Is asserted. were
distributed In the streets of Wnlyatolc
during the last ten days, under the eye
of the police, railing upon the popular#
to rise against the Jews and intellect
Women Tortu
Some of the detail
are moat revolting. C
gaged In the maasAcr
larly violent against J
In many cases vice
before being put tr
corpses of th —*
mutilated. Many
drowned. The Jei
not submit wit hot
anr*». Some of th<
fought the ravage
lain
Victims.
of the massacre
ntiie women en-
being particu-
slab women.
eath. and tha
were horribly
he bn vs were
all I’sses did
iperate resist -
ye armed and
» to the last