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JAPAN IS TO FIX BLAME FOR DEATH OF SEALPOACHEHS Orders Secretary to Alaska To Make Investi gation. Well-Known Banker Will ing to Serve County. By Private I-enacd Wire. Washington. Aug. 24.—The Japanese government proposes to Investigate for Itself the recent killing of Japanese sailors at St. Paul Island while engaged In poaching upon the seal herds of the United States. '■ ft has commissioned Masano Ham- hara, second secretary of the Japanese embassy in this city, to proceed to Alaska and make an inquiry into all of the circumstances. BEAD HEADS MUST * GET PAYING HABIT Railroads to Discontinue Passes When Rate Law Takes Effect. TO OPPOSE T. M. POOLE Urged by Friends, Mr. Mad dox Announces for : County Board. “Not only the letter but the spirit of the railroad rate Mil will be ad hered to atrlctly." aald Chairman Jo aeph Rlchardaon, of the Southeastern Passenger Association, who returned Friday morning from New York, where he attended a meeting of the leading railroad officials and attorneys during the past week. "The bill Involves al most endless complications, but when these have been Interpreted the rail mads will comply with the spirit. There was no effort at the meeting to find loopholes through which to escape any of the provisions of the measure.” Mr. Rlchardaon would say nothing regarding any given parts of the bill. "The lawyers will have to framo up their Interpretation first," he said. Bverybody who has tjie habit of tiding on a pass Is Interested In the provision of the bill prohibiting their Issuance to any but employees of rail roads and their families and certain other classes. The opinions of various railroad officials as to when the giving of free transportation will have to ■top vary. Home railroads have Issued circulars warning their representatives not to give any passes with a time limit extending beyond January 1, the date specified In the Hepburn measure for everybody to pay for their rail road tickets Others think that no posses should be Issued after the law goes into effect as a whole. This Is •sixty days after Its approval by the president, or next Tuesday, August 21. They have therefore ordered their representatives to decline with regrets after that Hate. "It surely would be violating the spirit of the bill to Issue passes to any one after August 28,” said one railroad man. "The whole Intent of the bill Is to avoid discrimination. There Is no disputing that this will be ellmlnat- , mI, so far as the regulation of freight rates Is concerned, on next Tuesday, but If a merchant, for Instance, had a railroad friend who would give him a pass he could afford to undersell Ills competitor just the amount of his ticket when they went to buy their goods. R would be the same as con tinuing tu give rebates until the first Robert F. Maddox, the welt known banker, has authorised the announce ment of his candidacy for the position of county commissioner to fill the va‘ cancy created through declination of the nomination by Hubert L. Culber son, nominated Wednesday for coun^ ty treasurer. Mr. Maddox Is not in the city, but In response to messages from many of Ms friends asking permission to announce his candidacy, he consented. So far only one other candidate has nounced. As president of the Chamber of Com merce and chairman of the exposition committee of twenty-five, Mr. Msdd< has demonstrated splendid executive parity. As a financier and public- Irlted cltlxen, no man stands higher In the community. T. M. Poole has also announced his candidacy for the place. Kontz Will Not Run. The following letter has been re celved from Ernest C. Kontx: To the Editor of The Georgian: My name has been mentioned ar a probable candidate for the place soon to be vacated by Mr. Hubert Culberson on the county hoard. As Is well known to a number of my friends, I have had a desire to serve the county In that capacity, and If selected to th|s most responsible position, I would esteem It n very high honor, but circumstances over .which I have no control forbid my entering nt this time a contest possibly of the same kind through which the community has Just gone, and for which I do not desire In any manner to be responsible. Whatever my own ambition may be, the people have the right to have a rest; and, besides, such a race would demand time and expense both of myself and of my friends, which I do not feel at liberty to Incur. I wish, therefore, through you very promptly to ndvlse my friends and to thank those who hnve so generously promised me their support. I trust that none will be offended at my decision In the premises. C. KONTZ. of the year. "And, what’s more." continued this student of the sftuutlon, "I don’t see how railroads can settle claims against them with transportation, either In whole or In part, by the giving of-free tickets. Nor do I believe the law In tended for railroads to give transpor tation In exchange for anything ex cept money. The paying for advcrtls- Ing In the newspapers with passes would, 1 believe, be a violation or what the lawmakers intended." It Is snld that the railroads will con tinue to honor annutils Issued for the year 1906, but that none will be Is sued to any but railroad people after that date. Some will Issue trip passes until January, but others will not. The now tariffs for the transportation of theatrical companies provide that the advance agent shall no longer ride gratis,' as he has done heretofore. This goes Into effect on Southern railroads August 28. Reforms Are To Be Sub mitted to New Douma. Special fable—Copyright. St. Petersburg, Aug. 24.—The Im perial authorities are greatly worried at the reports of famine conditions from many points throughout the em pire, The political crisis and the fail ure to aow considerable wheat growing areas, together with heavy rainfalls throughout the provinces, will make the crop at least 20 per cent Yielow the average. The relief committee at Mos cow, which has In hand the assistance of sufferers In the famine districts, re ports that crops throughout that sec tion and food for the peasants’ cattle lacking In the provinces of NIJni, Novgorod and Kaxan. The council of ministers has ap pointed a special commission to draw up a bill providing for a primary school system which shall be opened to all classes of the people. The bill Is to be submitted to the new douma, which will meet in November after the elections. dispatch from Odessa says that the manager of the Odessa branch of the New York Life Insurance Company has received a letter demanding a con tribution of 110,000 te the revolution ary cause, and threatening him with death If he refused. The announcement Is made on good authority that within a few days an Imperial edict will be Issued directing the agrarian commission to begin the distribution of 19.S00.000 acres of crown lands and appanages. Only the forests and lands belonging to the state will be preserved, their valuation being considered necessary for the future ag ricultural prosperity of the country. The transaction will be financed through the peasants* Bank. In re turn for the land the owners, Including the ciar himself, will receive market able land scrip, eventually redeemable by the peasant purchasers In Instal ment notee designed to meet the Inter eet and amortisation. A report from Stavenopnl eaye Chief of Police Avagatoff has been assas sinated In a village near Stavenopol. Eleven estates have been destroyed in the vicinity and the district Is now un der martial law. Ready with the new Fall styles in women’s low- cut shoes. They are the handsomest models'we’ve ever seen and you’ll be delighted with them. Samples, from the line in show window today. The showing includes blucher ties, oxford ties and ribbon ties of patent colt, patent kid, plain kid and brown calf. Me dium, narrow and new round toe shapes; full military heels, medium and heavy welted or turned soles. See the Window Display Today and Tomorrow. Included are the new Keely-Ziegler models, which, by special arrange ment, we are able to of fer for a few days only at the price named. You’ll find shoes of equal quality elsewhere at $3.50 and $4.00. Our price for any style in this collection is $2.98 Boys’, Girls’, Children’s ‘De pendable School Shoes ANOTHER STRIKE NOW THREATENED WHO WILL BE GEORGIA’S NEXT NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN ? Hprclnl to The Georgian. Macon, Go., Aug. 24.—There la likely be more trouble In the street car situation here. It seems that the com pany has about sixty more men than are necessar/on Its rolls since the set tlement of the strike, and the taking back of the strikers. The union men insist on the discharging of the non union tnen and the company declines discharge the men who stuck by It the time of trouble. Two of the non-union men, who ■tuck to the company and remained on the cars until ordered In by the company, have been made Inspectors i the place of two union Inspectors ho Joined (he strikers. This Is also _ cause of friction. The company claims that these two men were made Inspectors because the other two had left their posts of duty. Nothing has been done as yet. The arbitrators of the former trouble are working on the situation. Who will be the next national Demo' cratlc committeeman from OeorglaT Will Clark Ho weft, who has been the committeeman from this state for many years, be deposed and another man put on In his place? These are questions many are ask ing now. The state Democratic con vention to be held In the summer of 1908 will name the national Democratic committeeman for Georgia. Hoke Smith's overwhelming victory of Wednesday makes It an absolute certainty that he will dominate the affairs of Oeorgla for at legit four years, and that he can and will dictate the policies and name the men who are to stand to the front In the state's affairs. It Is safe to say then that Mr. How- •d as O in 1908. In the general opinion, will assuredly be the next national committeeman. His friends say that he has richly won that bon- On September 4 an entirely new state Democratic executive com’mlttee will be selected. The delegates to the conven tlon from each congressional district will retire afid select a man for that district to be presented to the conven tlon. Mr. Smith carried every congestion al district, and, of course, only men In harmony A-ith his views and desires will be named. The committee will be In perfect accord with the new admin' Istratlon to be Inaugurated next June. The Georgian's story of Thursday relative to the possibility of either Thomas Watson nr Hon. James R. Gray being named as chairman of the state convention, and consequently the cl ' man of thtffnew state Democratic < utlve committee, has attracted wide spread Interest. In this connection, It may said, other names than Mr. Watson and Mr. Gray are heard. 19 LOTS FOR SALE AT AUCTION IQ I OTP 19 UK RESIDENCE LOTS IN WILMOTT PARK 13 LU10 ON THIS SATURDAY. SALE ON AUG. 25 3:30p.m. lots fronting on wide streets and the car line. LOCATION: HIGH AND HEALTHFUL. On a high point on the Blue Line to Decatur and East Lake; two and a half miles from the business center of Atlanta, $100.00 IN CASH PRIZES will be given away free to those attending this sale. First prize $30.00, second prize $25.00, third prize $20.00, fourth prize $15.00, fifth prize $10.00. Your presence at the aale entitles you to a ticket, which will give you a chance at these prizes. GOOD SCHEDULE:. On account of the contract with the Athletic Club, whose club house, grounds, etc., are at East Lake, good equipment and frequent cars are assured for all time. HISTORIC GROUND: The Rattle of Atlanta, July 22, 1864, was fought over this and adjoining lands. One of the boundary lines of this subdivision is a part of the East line of one of the proposed National Parks. These parks are certain to come. When the park adjoining this subdivision is established, together with the magnificent roads and drives which are always built by the government, the vnlue of these lots will be more than doubled. THE LOTS are all unusually large, .their average size being 50x250 feet to wide connecting alleys. Dig shade trees on most of the lots. Every lot slopes gradually from the front toward the rear. All but a few of the lots have running water across them near the rear. No trouble to water the cnw'and pigs and chickens if you build your home on these lots. CHURCHES AND SCHOOL near at hand. The school is near enough for small children to walk to and from. An election has been called by the ordinary to be held Wednesday, August 22d, for the purpose of building a large and better school house. TAKE OARS at the corner of South Pryor and East Alabama Sta., marked .“Decatur.” EXTRA OARS will begin running at 2:30 p. m. Go out early and select vonr lot. Don’t miss this opportunity to get a really desirable lot on which to build a home. TERMS OF SALE: One-third cash, balance in six aud twelve months, with 7 per cent simple interest; 5 per cent discount for cash. The lota will be sold to the highest bidder absolutely without reserve. 150 LOOTERS SHOT Special falile—Copyright. Valparaiso, Aug. 24.—The chief cause of alarm In this city at present la the possibility of an outbreak of disease. The sanitary conditions are naturally very bad and the water supply la be ing renewed very slowly. A few rases of robbery were dl»- covered during the night, but these were dealt with by shooting the offend er*. Up to the present time about ISO pave been shot. . It Is thought that 1,000 bodies have been burled already. There were several shocks during the night and this morning, but they caused very little excitement. SOCIETY WOmIn~AID _ IN FEEDING 8UFFERERS fairs become so serious that the United BIG BATTLE IS RAGING NEAR CITY OF HAVANA / Continued from Page Ons, By Private Leased Wire. Santiago, Aug. 24.—The situation In Santiago today Is considered to be fa vorable to a speedy upbuilding of the demolished city. Ten thousand persons are working In the ruins and In the recovery and burial of the dead. The government has placed fixed ■* " ‘ food. At various prices on all kinds of I points In the city public' food depots have been established. Here great pots of soup are made and given to the poor. Women of the highest social standing preside at these depots. President-elect Mont has declared himself to be opposed to a proposition to rebuild the city of Valparaiso on some other site. An additional 310,000 has been received from Los Angeles for the earthquake sufferers. RUMORS DRAW BIG CROWD TO COPENHILL Continued from Page One. J. W. FERGUSON, Auctioneer. ATLANTA PHONE 1881. BELL PHONE 2027. W. A. FOSTER, Agent, 12 South Broad St. mile around the Lawrence home was tramped down and crushed under 3.000 pairs of wary feet. Lanford Didn’t Catch Nsgro. Thursday morning at 11 o’clock Ser geant Detective Lanford left the police headquarters in the quietest manner possible. The detective had secured four of th best dogs from the officials at the Federal prison, and accompanied by W. C. Lawrence, the father of Mabel Lawrence and the brother of Miss Ethel, and a city detective, they made their way to JnglesJde, two miles below Decatur, where a negro who fitted the description of the negro wanted was said to be. The bloodhounds picked up the scent without any hesitation, but as they ran the trail became dryer and dryer and the weather hotter. Then parties of men who were searching for the sus pect crossed the negro's path time I again, so that before night the dogs t the trail. '1 am as positive that we were after the right negro as 1 know my own name. Those who saw him described him as wearing a reddish colored belt, with red spots on It and this Is the belt described by Mabel Lawrence,” said Sergeant Lanford Friday morn- More than 500 cltlsens have been watting at Copenhilt Friday- ffir the raptured negro to be brought there for Identification. It Is said that Bherlff Reagan Is bringing a negro to Atlanta in order to lodge him in the Fulton county Jail, but that a mob Is taking care of the sheriff In order that he carry the man to the Lawrence home. There were rumors to the effect that the negro was being brought to this city In a covered wagon, that the ne gro was already lodged In the Fulton county Jail, and that the sheriff and several trusty men were hiding In the woods until the excitement In that the rebel bands are requisition ing farm stock and provialbns, and it Is feared, as the situation grows mors critical, more property will be de stroyed. May Call on United 8tatee. Sugar grinding will continue with difficulty, with unfriendly bands roam ing through the country. There Is al ways'danger that the cane fields will bo burned out of pure wantonness. Un der these conditions It Is not strange that a strong feeling exists In favor of an appeal to the United States to step In and restore orders should the situa tion become much more serious. DID PRESIDENT TALK WITH BELL ABOUT WART By rriVnte leased Wire. Washington, Aug. 24.—It Is believed here that one of the reasons Genersl Bell, chief of staff, made his trip to Oyster Bay yesterday was to confer with the president regarding possible military operations In Cuba, should af- States would have to Intervene, ministration officials are united In the belief that this government has the right to Intervene now, considering the proportions which the revolution has attained. However, the disposition Is to let the present Cuban government work out Its own salvation, unless American Interests In the Island should become unpleasantly Involved. Intervention without a request from President Palma would be regarded In some quarters as a step toward an nexation, and the administration here Is particularly desirous that no such Impression be created abroad. It Is likely, therefore, that the present hands-off policy will continue, pending more serious developments. CUBAN8 IN THE b. 8. ARE HURRYING HOMEWARD By Prlrste Leased Wire, New York, Aug. 24.—By the hun dreds of Cubans who are rushing te New York from Saratoga and mountain resorts on the way back to their na tive country, the present situation in the little republic Is viewed with pro found alarm. While expressing pub licly the belief that the Insurrection will be short lived and that quick pun ishment will be administered to the leaders of the rebellion, they admit, when speaking privately, that the out break Is far more serious than appears on the surface, and that It has the sympathy and co-operation of many persons prominent In business and pub lic life, as well as the lower'classes. Sobarado, of the province of Plnar del Rio, received a message at an Adirondack resort, where he has been th him were several other prominent Cubans, some of whom have extensive property Interests In Plnar del Rio and Malanias and some of whom are Identified with the Cuban government. Appsal to Roosevelt. A petition to President Roosevelt setting forth the causes of the revolu tion In Cuba suggesting means by which the trouble may be ended If the president sees his way clear to Inter vene has been prepared by leading Cuban business men In this city, "ho ar* now . American cltlxen*, but have extensive Interests In the Island which will suffer through a prolonged revo lutionary struggle. The authors of the petitioners asset t that the only mem ber* of the Cuban colony here who are In sympathy with President Pa|na are government employees. Malaria Makes Pals Blood. The Old standard. Grove’s TasteleeS Chill Tonic, drives out malaria end builds up the system. Sold by oil dealers, for 27 years. Price 60 cents