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ATLANTA 1910 20 PAGES VOL. I. NO. 57. The Atlanta Georgian. ATLANTA 1910 20 PAGES ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, JUNE 30. 1906. T>7}Trn?. Atlnntn TWO rE.NTfc J. IVlGIj. o„ irain* FIVE CENTS. QUARTER OF MILLION NEW YORKERS FLEE FROM TORRID RAYS OF SUN Crowded Trains Leave Gotham for Cool Couniry Spots. 60,000 PERSONS BLEEP ON SANDS AT CONEY Reports From All Sections of Country Indicate That Hot Wave Is Dealing Death. By Private I/M«*d Wire. New York, June 30.—The Blare of a merciless eky in the earlier morning boure promised that this would be the warmest day of the year, and by ■ o'clock the promise was being torrldly fulfilled. Within 15 minutes the deaths of four babies, all heat stricken, were reported to the coroner’s office. ■■■ Thousands upon thousands who went there to get away, from the unbearable conditions In the heart of the city, slept out on the sands of the shore, rather than return to' swelter In furnace-llke homes.. It was estimated by the police that no less than SO,000 men, women and children slept at Coney .Island alone. Thousands Leave City. Thousands of people who had gone through the terrible night In the cramped and almost stifling rooms of the tenements In the lower part of the city, with one impulse made toward the public bath houses early today, and the frantic attempts of all to get Into the places at once started disturbances that kept the police busy. The rush to get away ft over the Fourth of July to the country places round about the city began at dawn today, and Increased hour by hour. The shimmering heat In town accentuated the exodus so that this year It was greater than has ever been known before. It waa estimated from the figures supplied by the railroads and steamboat lines that 250,000 left New York today. Trains Overtaxed. The railroads and several steamboat lines had prepared for one of the great est crowds of outgoing passengers In their history, and they were taxed to the limit. Special excursions to varl- ous points were overfull. The usual W trains on most of the railroads had been run In two and even three eec- tlons. Nine Die in Chicago. By I’rlrste Lcntcd Hire. Chicago, June 30.—The third.day of the Intense heat here caused qlne fifty prostrations, severs' e police and hos Mercury in Columbus Registered At the /00 Degree Mark Friday Friday and Saturday are the hottest (Liya known In Georgia this year. In Atlanta the heat haa been oppressive, but In the southern and central the^tube** 1 * Btate ***• mercury has been reaching, up to the very top of At Columbus Friday the maximum t«mi'»*raturo was 100. A f Mnnnn Af r.* I.,pj|gf.. m * . . .. _ . vr eiiuaj in** maximum cempvracurc wan 10a. a * „ Al ,aeon, Montlcello, Newnan and Augusta the maximum was 98. * - no JP ace ,n *S 6 at * te from which the local weather bureau receives In- IS5E. 2? Wa * th ® maximum temperature for the day less than 90. At suen lorty and pleasant places as Home and Gainesville the eniperaturo reached 95. In Atlanta the maximum Friday wn* only 91. i * utt,e At *mp« £<»r Immediate relief from the extreme heat Is felt by the local weather officials. deaths and fifty prostrations, several of them serious. Thi nltnl fnrr«a u’prn kept DUiy ail day mercury In the j weather bureau registered 23 at 1:30 o'clock, while It was several degrees higher In the streets. Thrss Ars Prostrsled. By I’rlvsie leased Wire. Toledo, Ohio, June 80,—Three pros- tuitions have occurred here as a result of the excessive heat. The victims are Peter McGrath. John Nesblt and Thom- ts Fielding. The mercury reached 22. Is Driven to Suicide. By Private leased Wire. Louisville, Ky., June 30.—John Hll- ton, a farmer, who resided near Pra ther, Ind., cut hls throat from ear to ear at 3 o'clock yesterday. It Is be- llrved that Hilton wgs overcome by heat and became deranged In conse quence. Made Insane by Heat By Private Leased Wlrr. Fremont, Iowa. June 30.—Chrlet li.irtleisert, an engineer, Is dead from the effects of a SB-graln morphine pow der and a pint of whisky. The excess ively hot weather Is thought to have made him Insane. Heat Kills Dairyman. By Prlrats Leased Wire. Hamilton. Ohio, June 80.—All heat records In Hamilton were broken when the government thermometer register 'd at 1:30 O’clock 25 degrees. Harry Heintselman, a dairyman, was killed ty the heat. * Hot in Philadelphia. By Private Leased Wire. Philadelphia, Pa., June 30.—The gov ernment thermometer on top of the pnstofflce building registered 25 de- Krees yesterday, the record for the sea- eon. Many thermometers on the street touched 21. There were several heat r r ‘,(rations, but so far no deaths have been reported. MUTUAL LIFE MEN SPEND ' $35,936,254 FOR PROPERTY WITHOUT SANCTION OF BOARD Theft of $300,000 Reported by Investigation Committee—Name of Guilty Persons Concealed. CONGRESS WAITS UNTIL AFTERNOON TO FINISH LABORS House Agrees to Re port on Buijding Bill. Washington, June 30. -AJ 1:20 p.’m. the house agreed to the conference re port on the public building bill. At 2 p, m. congres took a recess until 6 p. m., Saturday nfternnn. By Private (.eased (Wire, New York, June 30.—The Anal re port of the Truesdale committee ap pointed by the board of trustees to Investigate the Mutual Life Insurance Company waa made public today. It shows many hitherto unrevealed Ir regularities, Including a theft of 3800,- 000, but very carefully conceals the names of the guilty officials. The committee states that Ellhu Root, former trustee and counsel for Thomas F. Ryan and the two McCur- dye, declined to answer questions In regard to the personal proflls derived by them through connection with the company. Not Sanctioned hy the Board. "It waa hardly to be expected that they would,” says the report. One of the most startling revela tions Is that ‘‘the purchase of most of the real estate holdings of the com pany (coating f35,28«,354) and the Im provements on the same,” were made by certain officials without "the ap proval or sanction of the board of trustees," as required by law, and that the net loss by these secret trans actions has been 15,733,(33. Here are some of the remarkable transactions that the house cleaning committee approved: ■ Get Office Rent Refunded. Mutual trustee rente offices In com pany's building for 315.000 a year, and gets the money refunded as "attorney fees.” Mutual trustee leases ofllcb for 32,- 500 and gets 35,000 back ms "attorney fees." No record of services render ed. Twenty-five Mutual trustees Inter ested In trust companies which got one-half per cent rate off on 135,000,- 000 In loans made to Mutual In two years. Seven trustees of Mutual use offi cial poaltlon to get Jobs for relatives In company. Interested In Syndicates. Eleven trustees have been Interest ed In syndicates selling securities to the Mutual. Seven trustees had knowledge of abstraction of money from 'Mutual treasury for campaign funds, the books being falsified to co/iceal it. To avoid criticism, however, which would hurt tho company, the commit tee advises the trustees not to do such things any more. -Mg 11,200,000 INCREASE IN CITY’S BUILDING Building in 1906. Month. Number. ^ C<*Nt. „ January ;40 3 **«.|J*' March ttry ..* Ill:::::::::::::::: S*!:™ .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. . 385 500.070 June .. .. .. .. .. ” ._«» ' (72.027 Total 1,819 82,856,876 Building in 1905. Jamlary .. Sjftl. pihraaTv . .. .. .. W* 130,(58 6?v' 353 408,729 June 7.'I. !. .. .: >• "• *TI MM 1,(72 31.(23,333 Increafe shown in number of building* 147 Increase In amount of money expanded 11,181,141 A marveloua Increase In the amount of money expended In buildIng* la ■hown by the bulldlnf Inspector** rec ords for the half year passed In 1908 In companion with the first six months of last year. Over a million of dollars more has been put out In building In vestments during this year than the first six months of last, which Is near ly double the amount expended during the similar time in 1905. This not only speaks well for the rapid growth of At lanta, but also for the supertor quality of the buildings being erected as the Increase in the number of buildings Is far below the ratio of increase In money expended. Building Inspector F. A. Pittman said Saturday: “The great Increase this year comes largely In busjness houses. In the number of new «l veil ings, although a substantial Increase (s shown, there is nothing ao remarkable, but the Increase In the number of busi ness houses, factories and warehouses Is certainly wonderful." When asked what was the cause of the increase, Building Inspector Pitt man said: "During the lout seven or eight years the growth of Atlanta In a residence way outstripped the number of business houses erected. The busi ness men have been remodeling, putting In new floors and In every way at tempting to make the old buildings accommodate the new state of things, until the old buildings have become en tirely Inadequate, and now new ones are being built. Every day new en terprises are being started and the In crease In business houses will. In my opinion, continue for some time.. The buildings now' being erected are .bet ter In workmanship and material than sver before.” PRESIDENT AT'CAPITOL TO APPROVE MEASURES By Prlvflle Win*. Washington, June SO.—This Is get away day for congress. Most of tho big events had been pulled off is hen the gates closed last night, perhaps, leaving only one Important bill and a few minor ones for today’s card. The president signed the railroad rate bill late last night. The house amended the resolution of the senate making the rate bill effective «Jxty •Li\ s f i, .in June 2'.*. 1 Ar i h»* i .it •• bill passed. It becomes effective from tho time It was approved. Is 8igning Measures. The president went to the capltnl at 11:35 o'clock this morning for the purpose of signing up bills in the Inst 1 hours of the session. II*.* established j himself In tIn* presldenl’s lu*>t back of the senate chamber, and at onco began the work of turning bills Into laws. . The conference report on the sundry civil bill containing tho $1,325,000 ap propriation for the Jamestown * xp<*- sitton was adopted Inst night, and will today become a law. The pure food bill was nlso agreed to by both houses. The principal thing that pre vented adjournment fast night was the omnibus public building bill, alias "the pork bar’l.” Items Agreed To. Tho following items, which were still In disputo In the public build ings bill, were agreed on by the con ferees this morning: New York city customs office. $450,000; New York city assay office, $250,000; Detroit, I Mich., $325,000; Columbus, Ohio, $400,- 000; (’hattanooga, Tenn., $110,000; Ce dar Rapids, Io#vn. $200,000; Duluth, Minn., $$.'.',000; Ocala. Fla., 185.000; | Femandlnn, Fla., $100,000; Moscow, Idaho, $100,000; Minneapolis, Minn., $350,000; Richmond, Vn. $200,000. TRIGEOHOLLOWS DISPUTE OVER $2 Special to The Georgian. Birmingham, Ala., June 30.—A dis pute over $2 Is aid to have caused the murder of James Caldwell, a young mnrrled man, at Juniper mine*. John Russell has been arrested, he being charged with the crime, brought to Birmingham and placed In the coun ty Jail. According to the story that comes from Juniper mines six men started a dice game around a keg of beer and n dispute arose between Caldwell and Russell. The altercation led to the murder of Caldwell and another man wounded In the arm. LATEST PICTURES OF HARRY THAW AND HIS WIFE FOUR WORKMEN INJURED AT BATTLESHIP LAUNCHING Dy Private Leased Wire. Philadelphia, Pa.. June 30.—Herring ellght accident which Injured (our men. the i(.nnfl-ton buttle,hip New Hompehlre waa successfully launched from the yarda of the New York Bhlp Building Company on the Delaware river In South Camden, N. J., at about ( o'clock this morning. Governor McLane, of New Hamp- rhlre, and bla daughter, Mlaa Hair! McLane, the epnneor, with other-mem- bera of the chrlatenlng party, were on hand ten mlnutra before the algnal waa given by Decouraey May, preatdent o» the company, to aend the ateel hull off the waya. While the workmen wen* engaged In removing the ahoring blocka, aeveral Iilerca of heavy tlmbera fell, injuring four a-orkmen. two of them ao severe- ly that It waa nrreeaary to remove them to the Cooper hoapltal In Cam den. The accident waa unknown to the party on the chrlatenlng platform at the bow of the boat, and Mlaa McLane awung the bottle of flu (made at Egg Harbor, N. J.) agalnat the projecting ateel prow with a mighty amash that aent the wine bubbling over thoee near by. In tones that indicated no nerv ousness, ahe Mid: I chrlaten thee New, Hampehlre," V the mate of ateel began to recede Into the watera of the Delaware. from the lateat photograph of Mr. and Mra. Harry Ktndall Thaw, taken by Marcaau, wall known New York photographer, only a few weeks ago. THAW’S LAWYERS DECIDE TO RISK HIS FATE ON STORY OF PRETTY^ WIFE CAPITAL P.O, She Tells All About White’s Persecu- . tion of Her. lly Private laeaed Wire. New York, June 30.—Life or death for Harry K. Thaw depends now upon the story which hla beautiful young wife. Evelyn Neablt Thaw, will tell on the witness stand. Thaw's lawyers, chief of whom Is ex-Judge W. M. K. Olcolt, have deter mined to re»t their entire case on (he story of Mrs. Thnw. It Is a dramatic and aenantlnnal narrative. Counsel for Thaw studied this nar rative In detail last night. Today they had concluded that In It rested Thaw's Justification. They determined that Mra Thaw would be their chief wlt- neaa and that her story of White's per- sscutlon should form tho basis of the defense. Mra. ThaW Telia All. tin. Thaw's attitude‘t»,one of con cam .only for her .husband, in her story to thev lawyers ahe talked with absolute frankness - ■ ' - There was not a chapter In her whole life she seemed unwilling to Tlrnw the veil. -Everything she ..knew . about White ah* told, rtgardlesa of her. own concern In self. Thaw spent the worst night since he haa been In* the- Tombs, and today seamed exhausted by the fierce heat of hla celL .. • Thaw alept little, and today asked Keeper Ryan If arrangementa could not Continued on Pago Two. IS TO WAGE FIGHT AGAINST HARRIMAN 11/ Private Leased Wire. "* New York, June 20.—President fltuy- veaant Kish, of ths Illinois Central Railroad, has fired the first gun, ths echoes of which rumbled through Wall street today, In what presages the most desperate, determined warfare between him and Edward 11. llarrlman, the man of "not yet" fame, for the con trol of the Illinois Central. U will be the most stirring battle that ’ Wall street has seen for years. Both men ure out for blood, and financiers on the street agreed today that he chances of a compromise were so rembte as to not be worth consid ering. Fish had caused It to be known that he would summon to hls aid ev ery. mean* at hls command to'put a stop to the encroachments of the liar- rlman-Union Pacific Interests upon the Stockholders' .fiat of the Illinois Central. These ha4 grown so large recently that Kish became seriously alarmed lest hla mastery of the Illinois Central, which h* developed to Its present high pro •paralMd. Instance of Poetme rltl, to whom a co In tho office of the W. 1L Itobeeon, In The prisoner had In self up to/lay, the polleo said. Krtends* of MacWhorter downfall could bo attributedT the races. ■■ - • . (f £ On the way to the station, 1 ter naked pcrmlealon to who waa stopping with law n Eighth etreet, between l< streets. Thla pormltodon w a* When hla wife waa c„|| e , I ■■ W .door, MacWhorter hn-k.m» during power, should be Jeopardised. one side of the dor. and the |e Calls for proxies were received by sinned, told her tie story ,,f the stockholders of the road today, blr. The police stood to nn. Such request# at the present time were within easy reach of tho i„, _ rded as especially significant as meeting between huehnnd and the annual meeting of the corporation short and quiet nnd then Mn, will not take place until October. The I walked with heed l„ nt over calls were signed by Kish. I to the police station. RUINED BY RACES, ADMITS STEALING! Ilj rrlrntn Lfiii.tl Wire. Washington, June 30.—Charts W. MacWhorter. asnlstant cashier in the Washington postnfflee. is |ork**«l up In the First precinct police station, a^on- fesned embezzler of $10,000 of govern** ment money. Mr. MacWhorter was arrc«t**(l at the John A. Mer<* on uhs made u r’H attorney, lorn! bulMIng. 1 to give him- hit.