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KiiMnHm atlant a 1910 The Atlanta Georgian. VOL. I.-NO.. 63. Morning Edition. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1906 Morning Edition. “ATTEMPTS MADE TO MURDER ME,” HON.' W. J. FLANDERS CHARGES ON THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE Demands That Gar nett Quillian Be Put Out of House. SCENE WAS CAUSE OF BIO SENSATION judge Daly, of Wrightsville, and Several Ministers Among Those He Attacked. hts .lender frame trembling like a leaf, and hl« every feature depicting an al- mn.t uncontrollable paaalon, W. J. Flanders, representative from Johnson county, alleging continuous persecution, malicious defamation of character and effort to murder him and making sen sational Charges against Judge A. F Dily, of Wrightsville, Go., Rev. J. M Lovett, of Savannah, Rev. W. F. Mor gan of Savannah, and Rev. W. F. Quil lian, of Wrlghtevllle, requested Mon day morning ehortly before adjourn ment that "one Garnett Quillian,” a: the tool of these men, his persecutor!, be requested to leave the home of rep resentatives. N'o more dramatic Incident than thta of .Mr. Flandera charging perjury to some of the most prominent men In the state has evar been lean on the floor of the house In the memory of tlto present generation of representatives. Before he had been speaking a minute, the members of the hous saw the ex citement under which the gentleman from Johnson was laboring and quickly did they press around him to hear what he had to say. After rising to a point of personal privilege. Mr. Flandera waived the clause of the state constitution exempt ing members of the house of represen tatives from prosecution for any crime below a foleny, and prefaced hie re marks with the statement that he was going to say thing* which would cause trouble and he wai.ted It understood that he would stand on them In any court In the country, and If he did not substantiate the charges he would resign his seat In the house (nd his ittembershfj) In the Methodist church. Quillian Talking to Saab Wright Mr. Flanders’ first statement was that "one Garnett Quillian” leave the -house of representatives. Mr. Quil lian was seated In the rear of the house talking to Seab Wright. Sir. Flanders continued: "Four ye HI attempt w as roa _ actsr, and the fact that I was cleared of the charges made against me has added to the frensy of my persecutors, who have their representative In the house today and hava had him here for almost the past week. "Gentlemen of the house, two well laid plots to murder me on the street! of my home town, Wrlghtevllle, were thwarted through my being Informed by friends of mine of the elnlster pur pose of my enemies. I regarded my escaping death at their hands to be eolely an act of Providence. Now, tun saying startling things, but I a going to use names, and I want It ut derstood that I will stand before any Court In this land and substantiate these chnrges, and If they art not proved true, 1 will resign my east In this house and my membership In the Methodist church." By this time It had become noised through the rapltol that there was something exciting happening In the house, and many came running In from the halls to learn the cause of the trou ble. The members pressed close to Mr. r landers eager to hear whom he would charge ond with what. "I Impeach Them at Liars.” "Judge A. F. Daly, formerly a judge of the state superior court, Is one of these, l have Impeached him In the Courts of the state and he stands to- I day a perjured Uar. I have Impeached Rev B. F. Morgan, pastor of Grace CAUSE OF TROUBLE THAT LED TO SCENE BIx years ago, according to the best'Information nbtnlnabla on short- notice, Mr. Flanders waa expelled from the Methodist Church ond mln- ‘•try and charges preferred by Judge Dely, who snld he had known that Mr. Flandera waa unlit for the ministry nnd ,wns entirely too dangerous and Indiscreet. Judge Daly controls the Nnnny Lnu Warthen Institute of which Rev. W. F. Quillian la presldeent and Garnett Quillian vice president Following hta being discharged from the ministry' and church, Mr. Flandera brought suit for tlO.004 against Judge Daly for defamation of character. He lost the decision In tho superior court, but his side of tho case was sustained by the supreme court, nnd the case has gone to he tried again by the superior court. In this suit Mr. Flnndors defended his character. It occaalqned bitter feeling between tho Flanders and Daly factions In Wrightsville. The Introducing of a bill In the house by Mr. Flanders to Incorporate the Nanny Lou Warthen Institute In a public school system Infuriated the Daly side of the light and through an effort mado by representatives from the county, the bill was killed In the committee room. The ministers Impeached, the Rev. Messrs, ynrgan and Lovett, were Implicated lr. the trial of Mr. Flanders when Ids character was questioned. REP. W. J. FLAUNDER8, of Wrightsville, Johnson oounty, who crestsd a scene In the house Monday. Methodist church In Savannah. That f'llnw Morgan stands today a per jured liar. I Impeach the character of Rev w. F. Quillian, a brother of the man I have asked to have ejected, and til' principal of tha Nannie Lou War- then institute In Wrlghtevllle. I else •tate that a man 74 years old la among tn.j»e who have tried to brand me as * h "d man, and this man la no other than Rev. J. M. Lovett, presiding elder or the gentleman from Chatham, Mr. Rtovall. He Is a brother of the editor •f The Advocate and a descendant of me n f t h e grandest men ever pro- iluce.i by the Methodist church. These men had me dismissed from the Meth odist church, and today I stand vlndl- Hied, for I have been reinstated end a* a member In good standing I make tic se . harges of perjury and will stand “) them. If a negro were tried and convicted for the crimes theee men l "'en guilty of In connection with their attempt to ruin my character he lTfe U -! d *** ** nt <0 ,lle chelngang for "Qarnatt Quillian Here.” The first of last week I noticed this Garnett Quillian In the house. I went t > him and told him 1 would not stand for a continuance of the persecution I h»d been undergoing for years, and that he had better not be hanging *' ‘nd the house. He was hers the "'*t day, and on the Fourth of July I *® w blm here again. I would have leaed that day that he be requested to leave, but there were many visitors r'm'.J'l' 1 , 1 care to do so then, a"'"■* d *y «* I passed him he made i‘,„T' , 0h ft a If to pull a revolver from t’ooket, and I Immediately went th. , .? d ** k . of Mr. Hell and took ope of A’, lck i plac,,d there and stood ready to defend myself. I waa arrald. You hot it,"’ lu,t how much afraid I warn. . " 1 knew he was here for no good Lri, * * nd 1 thought that possibly his LJV" |> ad *>y this time become so t.AT, ? hl i' arm **» d that he would at- l*»£ t - t V 1 ' > me bodily harm. The fol- fr d *r • noticed this emleeary It h.. my * nem, «e *n the house, and eo Wm.ia* * on * on ' 1 thmught before I gtv« Vi“ y ar tythtng to him 1 would •ctuLi HA •'hence to go to Sunday • ool tad see If be could not remem ber the prayer* tought him by hi* mother and that by reflecting on them he would not be here Monday. I was mistaken. Soon after’-this session started I noticed him ’ sitting In the rear of the house, and there he la now. That man must go. “Hav* Tried to Ruin Me.” “These men who have long tried to ruin me know that I know things about them that would cause them shame and disgrace and' they would not under any circumstances allow theee charges to be brought against them If they could In any way affect to prevent It. "Gentlemen of the house, I can etand this persecution no longer and had to make this statement for the chargee against me have been circulated by these men, and I" wish them to know that I.am not afraid of anything they may do and only want them to know that I am aware that they are stilt hounding me and that I am on my guard." When Mr. Flandera finished speaking Garnett Quillian arose and left the house. Garnett Quillian’a Statement "I was very much surprised at the attack made upon me In the house of representatives this morning. "I do not now recall ever having spoken ten words to Mr. Flandera In my life. "f have no interest In him, nor In “UNWRITTEN LAW" MAY FAIL TO SAVE SLAYEBOF WHITE Show Girl Says Thaw Repeatedly Threat ened • Architect. Dy Private Lasted Wire. New York, July I.—More develop ments are coming In the Thaw-White tragedy. Thaw Threatened White. Assistant District Attorney Garvan today Is In possession of evidence which, he declares, will prove that Har ry Kendall Thaw threatened te kill Stanford White as far back SI two years. This evidence will go far to de stroy the hope of Thaw of basing his defense on the unwritten law, Mr. Garvan contends, and leaves Insanity the only logical plea. Through Edna McClure, a show girl, and formerly an Intimate friend of Evelyn Xeablt Thaw, Mb. Garvtrn lias learned the complete story of tho rela tions of the principals In the tragedy and the alleged motive for tha murder. Show Girl Telle Story, Mlee McClure was a beneficiary of White’s, and while she told her story her mother, Mrs. Mink, of^Weet Forty- second street, eat at her side and cor' roborated the details of the story as far as she could. ‘Til get Stanford While yet, and title la what I will get him with.” This waa said by Thaw two years ago, according to the district attorney's ofiles, and Mlee McClure's testimony furnished the Identity of a friend of Thaw'a U'hn waa nraian I when Isa VACATION TIME. MY TURN NEXTI •ppTrtiT*. In Atlnnfn TWO TENTH. jrilXKyJ^. on Train* FIVE CENTS. FMEMHEHI S” $ CROWDS FLOCK TO ALBANY, GA., TO HEAR THE JOINT DEBATE BETWEEN SMITH AND HOWELL anything that he attempts to do. "My attendance upon the sessions nf the house hse been for the purpose alone of listening to the various speeches and observing the general way lir which bualnees la transacted. "I have nothing to say further than the stack this morning was wholly un- waranted and uncalled for." STABBED TO DEATH WITH POCKET KNIFE DURINGJAIR FIGHT Superintendent Victim of Man Discharged From Employment. Special to the Georgian. Macon, Oil., July ».-At Fort Valley, «•., » miles from here. K*(unlay olghr. O. It. Keys, superintendent of tho Georgia Frail Parking Company, waa stabbed to death by Will Bartley, another white man. The stabbing was done with n pocket knife, and three wounds were Inflicted. Bartley had lieen In the emplnyment of eya, and hecauae of some trouble between le two. he hnd lieen discharged. They Barreled for a time, but separated, hetur- ly Might, they met and the nunrrel was mewed. Both were amed. but as several of their friends were present, they were prevented doing each other bodily harm. • - last, they agreed to disarm themselves hght It out fairly, listing their friends **They*vrH*^aearrhed and on Keys was found a pistol and knife. A pistol * waa found on Bartleys person. The men seemed evenly matched at Ural, hut Anally Keys had ttejbest nf Itwhen Bartley drew a hnlfe whlvh he had secreted In his* clothing, asd stabbed Key* three **Keya fell lo the ground nnd pWMl expired. Iklwm a wife Sod three children. The remains were tahen to Jonesboro, lie., the former home of the deceased, today for b Bartley surrendered to the w(|l be given a preliminary hearing tumor- Thaw's who was present' when he flourished a revolver end made the declaration. "White Greatly Slandered.” Mias McClure begin with the begin nlng of Evelyn Nesblt’s career In New York and traced, detail by detail, up,to the night of the tragedy, she declared that up to the very night of the shoot ing White was paying the tuition bills of. Howard Neeblt, Mrs. Thaw's II- yeer-old brother. Both Min McClure and her mother said White waa a much slandered man, whose kindness had made rough places easy for many girls of the stage. Warned Not to Kill. According to this new testimony which It was declared today would be forthcoming at the trial, Thaw waa In the company of Edna McClure and of William Hlurgl* when he made the threats. Sturgis grasped Thaw by the wrist. It la said, and told him with great earnestness: "Don't be foolish, Harry, for God's sake. You'll get yourself Into no end of trouble If you kill White. Beetdes, you don't have to do It yourself.'' Edna McClure was closeted with As sistant District Attorney Garvan for many hours, during which. It Is said, she told the whole story rtf Evelyn Nesbitt's career In New York and the Incident Just related among others. SAILS IN AIRSHIP IN SPITE OF POLICE By Private {.eased Wire. New York, July Police Interfer ence, because he proposed charging ad mission, prevented Roy Knabenshue making a flight In his airship ysster- dsy, but the 5.000 persons who had traveled to the Polo Grounds and were turned away at the admlaalon galea wltneaaed a balloon ascension, Knab enshue, accompanied by hie wife, sail ing Into the air at 4 o'clock, an hour after the real airship flight had been scheduled to take place. The balloon landed without mishap on Long Island, one mite outside of Flmhlng, at about < o'clock. 00004000000009000000000000 AUTHOR OF “THE JUNGLE" O TO RUN FOR C0NGRE8S. o O a S o o a a $ By Private Leased Wire. Trenton, N. J., July I.—Upton Sinclair, author of "The Jungle," the publication that led to ex posure of the packing house evils. Is to be the congressional candidate of the Socialists of Mercer county. He has consent ed to accept the nomination and he will be named at a conven tion to be held here late this month. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOC Smith Says Opponents Are Not For Reform. TOUCHES ON RECORD OF SENATOR HOWELL By DUDLEY 0LA8S. (Staff Correspondent of The Georgian.) Special to The Georgian. , Albany, Oa, July 8.—Clark Howell arrived here from Atlanta at 8 o'clock and was driven lo the home of 8. B. Brown, prasldent of the Howell club. Hoke Smith arrived Sunday and was •ntertalned by John B. Whltshead. Both appeared on the streets Mon day morning and mingled with the vot ers. Mr. Brown and Mr. Whitehead are partners In business, but sra lead ers of rival' factions. Mr. Whitehead dalma Dougherty county for Smith by a big majority. Mr. Brqwn declines to make a statement regarding 'tha out look, but Intlmatea a surprise. Crowds Flock to Albany. Colonel Estlll has a strong follow-; Ing and the Howell men hope for a coalition of the Eetlll and Howatl vote, which will equal that of Smith. Morning trains brought hundreds from surrounding counties, several ex tra coaches being ' provided. Terrell county sent an early delegation of 100 of which Smith men predominated. Morning trains arriving Just before the •peeking brought delegations from Sumter, Colqutt, Calhoun, Early, Mitch ell, Crisp. Lee, Worth, Tift and Ber- rian counties. Delegation Too Lato. W. W. Hyatt, of Atlanta, organiser of the Hoke Slmth Traveling Men’s Club, le here and predicta a Smith vie. tory In southwest Georgia. Campaign circulars ere being freely distributed by both sides, one the famous "negro ap pointment document," and tha other en •newer. Hoke Smith wea expected on the Monday morning train and a delegation from his club went to the depot only to he turned back by the news that he hod arrived Sunday. Mr. Howell was met by a representative delegation. 3,000 Hear Debat* Howell end Smith met In this, their fourth. Joint debate here at noon Mon day, the lest debate scheduled for the rival candidates. The town wok filled with supporters of both aspirant* for the gubernatorial chair and hotel verandas were noisy with cheers. Whsn the doors of the Chautauqua' auditorium were thrown open at 11:30 o'clock the platform and front seats were rapidly filled, about 1,304 eurglng Into the hall. Others en tered later and the crowd swelled to 3,044 before the Drat address was well under wsy. The Smith contingent packed the vestibule before the opening nf the doors and secured the most advantage ous Mats. The Smith element predom inated In the auditorium. Cheers and catcalls occupied the Interval before the addrew. Smith was allotted the first hour, Howell an hour end s hklf and Smith a half hour rejoinder. Hon. H. M. Me. Intneh. chairman of Dougherty county Democratic executive committee, pre sided. Hoke Smith entered the auditorium at 11:45 a m, and waa received with vociferous cheers RED FLAG WAVES ALBNGTHF STREETS . OF ST, PETERSBURG Former Army Officer Addresses Big Crowd At Moscow. St. Petersburg, July 8.—The red flag woe waved up nnd down the streets of St. Petersburg with Impunity Sunday, and at'Moscow two thousand persons listened to an Impassioned anarchistic speech by Lieutenant Tom, an ex-army officer. ' At Moacow tho Cossacks were called out, and It waa only after a sharp fight with the crowd. In which they tore up the paving etonee from the street!, that the disorder was stopped. It Is •old that Lieutenant Tom la now a prisoner In the fortress. Many attacks have been made on the mall wagons, and the guards now ora armed on ell of them. Today the authorities stopped the publication of six more newspapers In Moscow, and the ofllcee were con fiscated. It Is believed In the revolutionary circles that General Trepoff made a clever move to gain time for the esar when he advocated a ministry of con stitutional democrats. Ile Is charged with being In bed faith and the procla mation merely a ruse. CONGRESSMAN DIESJN_CHICAGO Wisconsin Represen tative Succumbs to Brief Illness. Ay Private I .eased Wire. Chicago, July 4.—Congressman Hen ry C. Adams, of Wisconsin, died at the Auditorium hotel here today, where he had been attended l,y physicians for more than a weak. A short time after congress adjourned Mr. Adame ceme to Chicago and registered at the hotel. He had been here but a short time when he collapsed. Hie wife and son, Charles Cullen Adams, were sent for and they arrived In Chicago a few ' ra later. lenry Cullen Ademe was born at Verona, Oneida county, Naw York. In 1814. We parents moved to Wisconsin when he waa only a year old. After •Handing a district school and Albion academy, Mr. Ademe studied for three years In the University of Wisconsin. He married in 1878 and hoa resided at Madison ever since. Mr! Adams engaged In dairying and fruit farming, more recently devoting hie energies lo the real estate business. Congressman Adams attended the asa- •Ion of congress recently closed end died as a result of his efforts at the session while In a week physical condi tion. Continued on Page Three. FIGHT TO OUST OFFICIALS OF MUTUAL AND N. Y. LIFE BEGUN BY POLICYHOLDERS By Private Leased Wire. New York, July There are four poolings today In different parts of the world of the members of the Inter national Policyholders’ committee ’to perfect • formal reorganisation. Tha American members most I it (he Waldorf Astoria. The English mem bers convene for the first time In Lon don, the Qermsn members In Berlin •nd the French members In Parle. All will work In harmony according to a, prearranged schedule. Their object Is to oust the present managements of the New Tone Life and Mutual Life Insurance coptpanles. Governors at Meeting. The American committee Includes the governors of six at*tea, many clergy men. a former cabinet minister, law yers and business men. Among thoM at the Waldorf today are: Governor Johnson, of Minnesota: Governor Pennypacker, of Pennsylva nia; Governor Henley, of Indiana: Gov ernor Roberto, of Connecticut: Gover nor Broward, of Florida; Judge George Gray, of Delaware, Former Secretary of State Richard Olney, Samuel Untermy- er, ex-Judge Alton B. Parker, General Benjamin F. Tracey, Z. A. Lash, K. C„ nf Canada: Bishop Met'she, tha Rev. Dr. RusmII IL Conewell, of the Baptist temple. Philadelphia; Thomas Wanamaker, son of John Wanamnker; H. M. Higginbotham, of Chicago; Fredsrick B. Nledrlnghnus, of St. Louis; Samuel Nowhouso, of Utah; A. M. Shook, of Nash villa; E. E. Clarke, grand chief conductor Order of Railway Conductors, and Fremont Or der, of Ban Francisco. Another CommittM. The Mutual Life le In for further trouble from an Independent policy- holders' organisation, of which B. N. Baker, president of tho Baltimore Trust and Guarantee Company. Is chairman, and Calvin Tompklna, of Nsw York, Is vies chairman. This committee la known as the Mutual Life policyholders' committee, •nd It will davota Its attention entirely to an effort to putting out the Peg body management of the Mutual. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Promotes Schemes With An Aggregate Capital of About $100,000,000, of Which His Part Consists of Nerve. WRITES SELF LETTERS BOOSTING HIS GAME President Joseph Smith, Head of Church, Allowed His Name To Be Used on Several Boards of Direc tors. By Privet. leased wire. Balt Lake, Utah, July 1—Officials high In the Mormon church here would b* glad to hear some sort of an ex planation from Bereeford Hope, a mnn who represented himself lo be an Knu llah noblemen, end who, by presenting credentials which looked good on their face, succeeded In "promoting" several schemes in which they were finan cially Interested. Hope, hy his suave manner, succeed ed In "milking” the men who rula Utah's dominant church out of many thousands of dollars, Just how much money was advanced to the alleged nobleman on hie various scheme* Is not known, because of the natural reticence on the pert of his victims In discussing a subject so delicate. Hope Is now In Bolton, Mass., where he Is "standing pat." He worked on a large scale. He came to Utah with a letter from tho “British American Se curities, Limited. London." The letter head of the concern since discovered to l.e It- Illl.niM e.-t f.itlli Hull the .Mtn- pany was capitalised at 150,000,00". It had as Its directors, among othei*. Lord Rothschild, who bore tho title of treasurer; Lord Decourse, the chair men: ltlght Hon. Lord Vaux, I.nr.l Talbott, Lord Vincent, Sir Alexnnder McKenzie nnd other prominent men In the world of finance. London dose not know of such s comrany, a feet which was learned l.y the Investors hereabouts only after they had made their Investments. Hope's letter from the fictitious concern was to the effect that hts credit was good up to $504,444. It helped him greatly. It helped him so much that, according to an Interview here today with Ills former stenographer, lie used to dic tate letters addressed to himself on tho letterheads of this company with lie- ton date lines and other men’s signa tures affixed. All of these letters were most encouraging, as they gave him carte blanche In the matter of Invest ing the money of the company. 'Go ahead, we will heck you," was the purport of the letters written hy Hope to hhn.elf on ths letterhead- of the HcllllouM "llrltrh-Amrrlriin Hecurl- tles.” Among those who listened to Id* teles was President Joseph F. Smith, the heed of the church, and «l«.. the .resident of many large, corporations •re. He allowed his name to l.e used by Hope among the lists of eeveial boards of director*. Whether President Smith Invested any money or not has not been dlscr v- erad. It Is known, however, Ihnt Da vid Eccles, a Mormon mlllormtr.-, of Ogden, went sponsor for Hope In one of his enterprises, vouched for hltn ..n others and gave him money. Tip enterprises which Hope promot- I aggregated In their entirety m.-r 8144,040,000. Among Hope's concerns was the Greet Western Coal and Ir-.n Company, capitalized at 85,000,400. The purpose of this organization was to ao. quire cool deposits 13 1-J mllra square In Chihuahua, Mexico, end to build a railroad through thl* coal bell. While getting Ball Laker* Intcre-t-d In the scheme Hope represented that John HIM, a millionaire of Colorado Springe, Colo., “got In.” He then spo'.o of a trip he had Just made to Colorado i, and showed a check for 875.- ... h the name of John illll In the place where the signature should l.e. Hill now avers that lie does not know Hope, and that the signature waa a forgery. In Ihe meantime, however, Hope had advertised Hill as pi. -M-nt of the company nnd each prettily en graved piece of stock that went out to •peculator* bora the alleged signal me of HIM. This was a forgery, according to Hill. It was for the purpose of obtaining money from the Brltlsh-Amerlcnn Se curities, Limited, that Hope -aid he left Belt Lake for Boston recently. 00000000000000000000000000 H 0 CENTRAL OF GEORGIA 0 BUYS 2.000 FREIGHT CARS 0 AND 40 LOCOMOTIVES. 0 denial la made by Dr. Lapponl, the pope's physician. g>( the adelphln. that his suffering from incipient w _ Bright's disease. O OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn.. July » — The Central of Georgia rail road has filed on equipment agreement In tha office of the county register here to expend Sl.ioa.eoe for forty locnm-ittvea, 1,404 box cars and 1.000 coal cars. The locomotive* are to be delivered at Philadelphia t>cP>- ber and November, 1945, and the box cars are to be delivered m Bavannnh. beginning July 1. 1144. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOC- ooooooj