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The Atlanta Georgian. vol. Morning Edition. ATLANTA, GA-, THURSDAY JULY, 19, 1906 Morning Edition. PRICE:, PEOPLE WILL CHOOSE RAILROAD COMMISSION IF BILL PASSES SENATE Kelly Measure Goes Through House in Big Hurry. WILL NOT FIRE OUT PRESENT MEMBERS General Belief Is That Bill Will Be Quickly Ap proved by the Senate. The railroad commissioner! will be sleeted by the people hereafter If the senate ratifies the Kelly bill, passed by the house Wednesday morning by the almost unanimous vote of 1S1 to 4. The Perry amendment, to legislate the present commissioners out of of fice, was defeated. By the vote of 82 to I, It was Immedt- stely transmitted to the senate. It provides that when the present terms of the commissioners expire they shall be elected by the people. The Perry amendment, voted down, which caused all the excitement, was as follows: To strike section 1 of the original bill by omitting all after the enacting clause In that section - and substitute the following: "That at the next gen eral election to be held In this state there shall be elected three railroad commissioners whose only qualifica tions shall be that they are qualified electors of the state, to supersede the present commissioners, and the com- mlaloners so elected shall hold their of fices for two, four and six yeses, re spectively, from November 1, 1846, and It shall be determined by lot which shall hold for two, which for four and which six years, respectively, and on the first day of November, 1106, the terms of the present railroad commis sioners shall expire. Not to Be Put Out. By a vote of nearly four to one, the house refused to' accept the Perry amendment legislating the present commissioners out of office. This brought on the sharpest part of the debate, and which many members fav orable to this amendment disclaimed any Intention of reflecting on any mem ber thereof, but Mr. Jackson, of Jones, was not so gentle. He flatly charged that the commission had not done its duty, and he undertook to prove It. Two years ago, he said, when the Atlanta freight bureau took up the question of these freight rntes, the commission Issued,two circulars reduc ing the freight rates on certain com modities. The railroads went Into the United States court to enjoin this reduction, he continued. The representatives of these railroads upon their sworn tes timony that these roads were valued at 142.400 per mile, asked that these ratea go not Into effect, and the court ao ordered. Mr. Jackaon affirmed that by this action the state of Georgia had lost yearly since then fdlt.000. Explanations were In order again on this measure, as on many previous ones. Kelly’s Generalship. Mr. Kelly displayed some parliamen tary skill In circumventing the motion of Mr. Alexander, of DeKalb, to send the bill back to the committee. When the bill was reached as unfinished busi ness, the Alexander motion would be the first In order, but Mr. Kelly se cured the floor, and, after a short ex planation, called the previous ques tion, the effect of which. If sustained, was to cut oft the Alexander amend ment. The house very promptly sub, talned Mr. Kelly's motion, showing most convincingly that they were ready to vote for the bill. Mr. Connors, of Bartow, said there was a way to get rid of them. The houee could prefer chargee and the eenate Inveatlgate them. He knew of no charge. There had been Inalnua' tlnns here. Mr. Davla, of Bibb, preferred the Kelly bill to the Perry amendment. Mr. Little, of Hancock, averred he would not vote for the bill If the Perry amendment were adopted. TO HIRE A TRAIN FOR HER WITNESSES IN DIVORCE SUIT WRIGHT MIGHT IIII H-FIGHTi Judge Perry Says Kelly Bill Is a Fraud—Bell Bill Ditto. Br Private Leased Wire. Chicago. July 1*.—To gather a car load of wllneeaea for the defenae In the •ensatlonkl divorce ault brought by her millionaire huaband, Brodle L. Duke. In New York, Mrs. Alice Webb Duke has come secretly to Chicago. She Is now at the Grand Pacific hotsl bolding dally conferences with attorneys and frt-nds. She has retained former United States Senator Mason as coun ts for her In the divorce esse. In *hteh she le fighting for a fortune. . She has negotiated with a railroad company for a private car to take her r»rty Of witnesses snd attorneys to New York In the near future. The next "*p In the litigation Is set for July 2* »t New York city. Mrs. Alice Webb iJuke le determined to begin the pre- ••ntatlon of her side of the case In court that day. cooooooooooo<M»oooooooooeg 0 WOMAN. AGED 108, i|i nwbu ivof TOURS IN AN AUTO. ® By Private Leased Wire. ” Middletown, Conn, July 18.— ? Arrayed In goggles, visor, cape 2 »nd cloak, Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt, 2 of Brooklyn borough, who Is 10* 2 fear old. Is making her annual 2 [our of this state. The trip Is " being made In an auto, which » travels by easy stages from one - town to another. v> 0 O ^*>0000000000000000000000 The house was treated to an ex cltlng.scene Wednesday morning dur Ing the vote on the Kelly bill, and for quite a while the nervea of several members were at a high tension. persona! difficulty between Mr. Wright, »f pioyd, and Mr. Wright, of Richmond, seemed eminent, snd nelth er member was In an altogethsr amiable frame of mind. Thinking that Mr. Wright, of Rich mond, had asserted In his speech that he (Wright, of Floyd) had reflected on the Integrity of the houee, the Floyd member with the most vehement elo quence charged that that statement was false. While he was speaking, Mr. Wright, of Richmond, called Mr. Anderson, of Chatham, to his seat, with whom he conferred in the center aisle near the Richmond member’s seat. Wright, of Richmond, Explains. Wheh the Floyd member had con' eluded, Mr. Wright, of Richmond, out wardly calm, yet apparently laboring under a little suppreesed excitement, explained that he had not said directly that the Floyd member had reflected on the Integrity of the house, but that he had said "apparently" that it was a re flection. With this explanation he requested the gentleman from Floyd to withdraw his words. "I wish to know first If the gentle man denies that he made the state' ment .that I reflected on the Integrity of the house,” rejoined the Floyd mem bsr. "1 have already explained that,' sponded the Richmond member. ■'Then I withdraw the charge,” said the other Mr. Wright, and the dove of peace once more "hove" in sight oyer the solons. Mr. Perry started the fun that almost led up to a clash between the two Wrights, It not being clear which was "The wrong Mr. Wright.” “Kslly Bill a Fraud." After hie amendment had been de< feated by the vote of it to lit, nearly 4 to 1, Judge Perry most emphatically denounced the Kelly bill as a fraud. They had asked for bread and ware given a stone. They were npt given a decent child labor bill. Every cross-roads politician and 2- by-4 lawyer with a free pass in his pocket was against these reforms. It was In explanation of his vote that his furious denunciation was hurled at the Kelly bill. Mr. Wright, of Floyd, when his name was reached In one of his eloquent' out bursts indorsed the attitude and words of Judge Perry. These reforms were pressing here for enforcement and the people did not want them postponed for years. 'The passage of this bill chains the state to a policy which damns It.” •Thank God, I have the right to vote 'No,'" he said, with eloqusnt emphasis, as he took hie seat. Immediately thereafter Mr. Wright, Of Richmond, explained his vots and with vigor and earnestness protested agalnet the reflection on the Intelli gence of the house, and apparently of Its integrity. It was this refsrence to the "appar ent” reflection on the Integrity of the houee, at which the Floyd member took umbrage, prefacing his characterisa tion of the charge as false, with the Statement that even’ man on the floor of the house would think him Incapa ble of reflecting on any member there. After thie exciting episode the house settled down to Its usual calip, the regular order being pursued, Injerrupt- ed by several requests for the Intro duction of new matter. BIG BATTLESHIP WAS DAMAGED IN A COLLISION Br Privets Lessed Wire. Norfolk, Va., July 18.—The United States battleship Rhode Island was In collision with the British steamer Guernky last night In Hampton Roads, during s violent windstorm. The bat tleship sustained Injuriee to her hull, the extent of which haa not yet been determined. Several platee were stove In by the Ouernsy. The Ouemay, un able to hold her anchorage under the violence of the windstorm, drifted un controlled snd smashed Into the star board quarters of the battleship with terrific force. WEALTHY BANKER KILLS HIMSELF IN A DRUG STORE By Privets Leased Wire. Dee Moines, lows, July II.—Brooding over continued III health. Martin Flynn, millionaire, president of the People's Savings Bank, walked Into the Lewis Miles drug store at I o'clock this morning snd sent a bullet crashing Into hl T»st*rday he was placed In Mercy Hospital, but this morning made his escape. Flynn was the owner of the third largest stock farm In the world, which is located near this city. TO WELCOME JOHN D. HOME - 7"— y HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE THE OIL MAN? UNIVERSITY GETS GIFT OF $100,000 THE STATE OILMAGNA TE ROGERS MUST PAY $2,250,000 HE MADE IN “DEAL’ I OPENS ITS SESSION AT Boston Judge Hands Down Solar Plex us Decision. 1CRUSHEDTO PULP, Connor B[U> Providing Fg^ jjwit^i Liigiuc Leaips From Agricultural Building, Passes Senate. By a vole of 28 to 10 the Connor bill to appropriate <100,00 for an agricul tural college at Athens passed the sen ate at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Two amendments and a substitute bill were killed, and the measure now joes to the governor for his signature n the same shape It passed the house last Wednesday. Discussion of the bill occupied the senate from 10 o'clock Wednesday morning until 2 o'clock In ths after noon, the eesslon being extended until It passed. The new college will be an adjunct ts the University of Georgia. It will be transmitted to the governor Immedi ately for his signature. IN TAKENJY THEIVES Identity of Loser Is Kept Secret by Gotham Police. Track and Over turns. By Private Leased Wire. Nsw York, July 1*.—One of the most astounding diamond robberies in the history of detective history Is given out today. Scores of diamonds were secured In the bobbery, and their value aald to reach more than 154,000. While the police who pre prosecut ing the search refuse to give any In formation about the caee, It Is known that the Jewels were stolen from a wo man well known In New York society, and the theft occurred at her town house or at her villa In Newport. Who has been the victim of the rob bery Is a secret so far held by the po lice. In addition to the gems stolen from the New York society woman, the police are also seeking Jewelry valued at 224,004 which was stolen In other robberies. The presumption Is that the same hand of men fcommltted all the robberies. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOri GOOD IMITATION OF CANINE DAY8. O 8 Although the raritne days are O not yet In our midst, these we * O are having are giving a pretty O good Imitation. Rain Is getting O to be expected every few min- 0 utes, despite the fact that the Q average weather layman would O Judge that the clouds Just about Q exhausted themselves by their O efforts Tuesday. The total,pre- O clpiutlon Tuesday ts figured as O 2.12 Inches, the heaviest In a O long time. O And the forecast Is: O Unsettled weather and proba- O bly showers Wednesday night Q and Thursday. O Wednesday temperatures: O T a. m. 88 degrees O II. m. ft degrees O » a. m . .11 degrees O 14 a m It degrees Q 11 a. m. 7* degrees O I 1? noon. 77 degrees O 1p.m. 78 degrees O _ 2p.m to degrees o i DOOOOOOOOOWOOOOCKJOOOOOOOO ' Hporlnl to The Georgian. Dallas. Texas. July 18.—By the over turning of a Hwltch engine here last night two men were Instantly killed and one received Injuries from which he died a short time after being re leased from the wreckage. The engine Was tile property of the Houston and Texas Central Hallway Company and turned over Just at the crossing of u switch of this line und the main line of the Hanta Fa railroad In the heart of the city. Those killed were: Joe Watts, engi neer of the switch engine, und K. K. Reltzel, crew fireman. John Tenlson, the other man killed, was the fireman of the engine. When the engine turned over shortly after he was pinched under the flro box, and It was after 12 o’clock before he was released. He was literally roasted to death. Both.of the other men were terribly mangled and the trucks of the engine fell on Reltxel and crushed him into the earth. Watts was mashed into u pulp. The railroad officials say that the ac cident was caused by tha loss of u shoe broke of the engine. BOY STABS FATHER WHEN HE ATTACKS OF Young Man Ilad Been For bidden to Marry the Girl. By Priratu Leased Wiry. New York, July IS.—Conrad Schlr- mcT, Jr., of No. 124 East one Hundred and Fourteenth street, was arraigned In the Harlem court today and held to await the result of Injuries In hla fath er, who Is In the Harlem hospital suf fering from a stab wound tinder the heart. Inflicted by the son. Young Hchlrmer, who Is 18, stabbed tile father at ths heme of his sweet heart. Miss Clara Imsarus. aged II, when the elder Hchlrmer struck the boy. It Ih alleged, and then dragged the girl about the room by the hair when she tried to save him from his father's wrath. Young Hchlrmer inel Miss Lasarus last Decstnbgr Hnd fell In love with her. He called on her often, proposed to her and she agreed to ho Ills wife. The boy told his mother of his engage ment and the latter offered no objection to the match. Rut Hchlrmer's father forbade hla son to get married before he was 21. The boy haa been earning |9 a week. The father declared that the boy could not support a wife on what he earned and told him to .break off the engagement. Senator Bacon and Con gressman Adamson Make Short Talks. By J. WIOEMAN LEE. Warm Springs, Os., July It.—The an nual address of President Thod A. Hammond and short talke made by Senator A. (). llacnh and Congressman W. l\ Adamson were the features of the first day's session of the Georgia Bar Association which convened at 14:10 o'clock this morning In the ball room of tho Warn, Springs Hotel. These, with the reports of various committees, made up the entire morn ing meeting. President Hammond's address was received with Intense In terest, touching as It did on topics of Upmadlata Interest and timeliness. Hle reference to the fourteenth amendment was received with applause. Senator Huron's talk was on the sub ject of the recent leglslatu„ by con gress. •'ll nil tended toward centralisation," he suld. "The work of the last con gress did more toward the centralisa tion of power than that of any con gress since the civil war." HU talk wee wholly Informal, as was Congress man Adamson's. There were 400 members In attend ance this morning, the greatest number In the history of the association. Tho report of the executive commit tee, rend br Price Gilbert, showed that lit were applicants for membership Into the association. All were recom mended for election. The report of Treasurer Z. D. Harri son, of Atlanta, showed that there was 12,444 In the treasury. Judge Emory Speer will apeak to night. Ills subject has not yet been announced. The speech of William Travers Je rome, the feature of the session, will be delivered tomorrow morning. AGED MAN KILLED BT SON-IN-LAW Shooting Follows Fight in Which Young Groom Got the Worst. . ROCKEFELLER’S PAL ' TO DIVIDE PROFIT Suit Filed .Agninst Rogers as Result of (Ins Scheme Ten Years Ago. By I'rtrete Lessed Wire. Boston, July It.—Henry H. Rogt Standard oil magnate, must pay l receiver of the Bey State Oas Cods- peny, of Delaware, at least one-twilf of 24,244,000 profit, which he made In the now notorious New England Oss nnd Coke Bay State'Gaa deal »• .my ten years ago. ThU decision against Rogers, which will lessen his wealth by certainly two and a quarter mllllona and perhm« a larger eum. was handed down by Jml Putnam In the United States court i day. The judgment was Issued In t name of George Wharton Pepper, re ceiver for the Bay Slate Uss Company. Sued for $4,000,000. Pepper sued Rogers for |4,40".4nn, the amount of profit which he claimed Rogers made for himself by virtu.- of his position as a trustee of the Boy State Gas Company. Although the amount given him u leee then was asked, It U a material victory ugalnet the oil magnate. In the opinion handed down by Juris* Putnam, Moorfleld Story, the fain r* lawyer, le appointed maater to daedn what part of the 24,240,000 profit Rcg- ers must give up. Must Turn Over Millions. ■if he Is unable to fix the rxnrt amount which Rogers le entitled to re tain, he le Instructed to divide the amount, and In any event Rogers mum turn over 22,220,opo. The case was heard before a muster. It was held In the office of Mr. Badger, counsel for Rogers, and all of tire rep resentatives of the press were barrel. This was done for the sake of Mr. Rogers, who wished to avoid publicity. Alter star chamber proceeding* Hi* case was argued before Judge Put nam last winter. Hpcrlal to Tile Georgian. McRae, Oa„ July II.—Kyle Cannon, a man 24 years old, was shot and In stantly killed at East McRae, one mile distant, at 1 o'clock thla morning, by hla aon-ln-law, Julian Allag<|od. The trouble grew out of a fight yesterday between Allagood and a ann of Can non, In which the latter got the worse of It. Cannon leaves a family and Alla, good had married hla daughter only a few months ago. Allagood Is In Jail here. LYNCHERS TRIAL BROUGHTTO CLOSE FOR THE PRESENT STATE LEGALLY TO HAVE ONLY ONE U. S. SENATOR FOR FOUR MONTHS IN 1907 From March 4 to tho fourth Wednes day in June, 1947, Georgia will liavn only one United States senator—Alex ander H. Clay. The term of Senator A. O. Bacon will expire on the fourth daytof next March. The Georgia general assembly will not meet until tho fourth Wednesday In June*, and during that period of three months and some twenty days Georgia will be represented by only one United States senator. It comes of the change In the ses sions of the general assembly from Oc tober to June. This assembly has no power to appoint flie senator, that duty devolving on tile next legislature. And the governor has no constitu tional authority to appoint the senator for this hiatus. For this time of nearly four months this state will have only one man In the upper Branch of the national house. Hon. Joe Hill Hall, of Bibb, was asked concerning this mat ter, and said: "It Is true that from March 4 until the next legislature meets we will have only one representative In the United Htatea senate. I am reliably Informed that the governor can appoint for this Interim, and If no member of the United Htates senate objects It will be all right. But If one man should raise the point of irregularity It would knock Bacon out/ "Of ( course no actual harm is done, but It Is a peculiar situation. How ever, if tlie senate session, which ex pires bn March 4, s|ould determine to extend Its session for a short time thereafter, as Is not Infrequently done, Henator Bacon would have no actual right to sit In Us deliberations. If any one objected, which Isn't likely to oc cur. • Everybody knows that Gus Bacon will be returned to the senate.for six YOUNG GEORGIANS FOUGHT TO DEATH; ACCOUNT OLD FEUD and that he wilt be nominated In the primary August 22, and elected by the next legislature, but Jhe situation fof this hiatus of about four months Is un usual snd one I think that has no ner- sJlsL' Special to The Georgian. Augusta, aa., July II.—Information was received here late yeeterday after noon of a duel that two young man had at Gough, (la., near hare, on Monday afternoon. In which both of ths young men were killed. The duel was caused from bad blood that had existed for some time. The combatants were Q. H. Rowell and Ephriam Murphy. The duel was fought with pistols and the two young men were at close range. Murphy was killed almost Instantly, having received a bullet wound In the neck. - Rowell lived several hours and died from wounds near hla heart. SECRETARY ROOT AT PARA, BRAZIL By Private lessed Wire. Washington, July II.—Tbs navy de partment has received a cablegram from Pare, Brasil, announcing the eafe arrival of Secretary Ellhu Root and hie party at that city on the United States cruiser Chhrleston. SENATOR ALLISON CLOSE TO DEATH By Private leased Wire. Sioux City, Iowa, July II.—Advices from Dubuque convey the moat alarm ing Intelligence to friends of Senator Allison representing hla physical con- years without the slightest opposition, l^ltlon. They say the fact that he has Bright's disease of advanced stage can no longer be concealed. The prediction Is freely made that he will never be able to elt again In congress, of which , fcs has been a member for forty years. Charlotte, N. C., July II. Judge Shaw today granted the motion of the defendants In the Johnston lynching esse, deciding that a grand Jury In on* county cannot return bills to be acted upon In another or adjoining county. This ends the trial for the present The case Will be appealed upon r»- ? uest of the prosecution and th* ile- endanta bound ovar to a subsequent term of the superior court of union county at Monroe. LADYCURZON DEA D FROM PERITONITIS IN ENGLISH HOME lly Private Leased Wire. London, July 18.—Lady 'Curxon, of Keddleston, died here today, after an Illness of ten days. Peritonitis Is given as the cause of death. While tier Ill ness waa known to be serioua lo r death was not expected. Bhe va* a daughter of Levi Letter, of Chicago, millionaire grain operator. Lady Curxon has been In III beal'h for s long time. The cllmat* of India affected her adversely very quickly and when her huaband came home an hla first vacation her condition was not at all satisfactory to her friends Shortly after her return to India ths fearful earthquake occurred at Simla snd Lady Curson snd her children had a narrow escape from being crushed to death In the vice regal palace. 8he nerer fully recovered from the shock of that aw ful disaster and ths doss call which she and her little ones had. The deleterious affect of ths Indian climate on Lady Curson, It Is bell*v*d, had much to do with the retirement of laird Curxon from the vice royalty. WAR ON OIL TRUST TO RETRANSFERRED TO CHICAGO COURT By Private Leased Wire. ('level*i*l. Ohio, Jely 11—Owing to f Jurisdiction, the federal grind Tuesday afternoon reported that o dlctmente bed town found again*: Htandard OH Company led tb* !.*k.- : snd Michigan Southern t«n<vay In -<> lion with the charge of vMatlsii 1 op rasr ui t an mr rtib'.'ii 1 s i initial Itrfor* tb* grand Jury h*r* will )•« tran*- f*rr*d to Chicago, wh#ra pn»*e*dli.tf« will Institute! In th* F*d*ral coart. JURY IS SELECTED FOR TRIAL OF NEFF ti to <l*ctd* whether guilty of grand lanraj «tr*#t c*f»*t*fjr »t**l wa Waraaw laat night, an) ’ r*n*d today, Aaaifant I» Jarkaon bia prea*