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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. OF SEAL POACHERS Orders Secretary to Alaska To Make Investi gation. By Private Is**** 1 *! Wire. Washington, Aug. 24.—The Japanese government propose* to Investigate for Itself the recent killing of Japanese *aJJor* at 8t. Paul Island while engAged In poaching upon the seAl herds of the United State*. It ha% commissioned Masano Hanl- hnra, second secretary of the Japanese embassy in this city, to proceed to Alaska and make an Inquiry Into aJJ of the circumstances. ROBT. F MADDOX F( Well-Known Banker Will ing to Serve County. TO OPPOSE T. M. POOLE GET PAYING HABIT Railroads to Discontinue Passes When Rate Law Takes Effect. Urged by Friends, Mr. Mad dox Announces for County Board. "Not only the letter but the spirit of the railroad rate bill will be ad hered to Mrlctly," »nld chairman Jo seph Richardson, of the Southeastern Paaeenirer Association, who returned i Friday morning from New York, where he attended a meeting of the leading railroad officials and nttorneya during the pant week. “The bill Involves al most endless complications, but when these have been Interpreted the rail roads will comply with the spirit. There was no effort at the meeting to And loopholes through which to escape any of the provisions of the measure,’' Mr. Richardson would say nothing regarding any given parts of the bill. “The lawyer# will have to frame up their Interpretation first," he said. Everybody who has the habit of riding on a pass Is interested In the provision of the bill prohibiting their Issuance to uny but employees of rail roads and their families and certain other classes. The opinions of various railroad officials os to when the giving of free transportation will have to atop vary. Some railroads have Issued circulars warning their representatives not to give any paaaes with a time limit extending beyond January 1, the date specified In the Hepburn measuro for everybody to pay for their rail road tickets others think that no passes should be issued after the law goea Into effect as a whole. This Is sixty days after Its approval by the president, or next Tuesday, August 28. They have therefore ordered their representatives to decline with regrets after that date. i ••It surely would be violating the spirit of the bill to Issue passes to any one after August 26,’’ aald one railroad man. ‘The whole Intent of the bill la to avoid discrimination. There Is no disputing that this will be eliminat ed, so far aa the regulation of freight rates Is concerned, T nn next Tuesday, but If a merchant, for Instance, hnd • railroad friend who would give him a pass he could afford to undersell his competitor Just the amount of his ticket when they went to buy their goods. It would be the same as con tinuing to give rebates until the first Robert F. Maddox, the well known banker, ha* authorized the announce ment of his candidacy for the position of county commissioner to All the VB' cancy created through declination of the nomination by Hubert L. Culber son, nominated Wednesday for coum ty treasurer. Mr. Maddox Is not In the city, but In response to messages from many of his friends asking permission to announce his candidacy, he consented. So far only one other candidate has an nounced. As president of the Chamber of Com' merce and chairman of the exposition | committee of twenty-Ave, Mr. Madd< has demonstrated splendid executive capacity. Aa a Anancler and public- spirited citizen, no man stands higher In the community. T. M. Poole has also announced hi* candidacy for the place. Kontz Will Not Run. The following letter has been celved from Ernest C. Konts: To the Editor of The Georgian: My name has bfen mentioned at a probable candidate for the place soon lo 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 lo serve the county In that capacity, and If selected to this most responsible position, I would esteem It a very high honor, but circumstances over which I have no control forbid my entering at 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 advise my friends and to thank those who have so generously promised me their support. I trust that none will be offended at my decision. In the premises. Very respectfully. ERNEST C. KONTZ. of the year. "And. wliat’s more,” continued this student of the situation, "I don’t see how railroad# can settle claims against them with transportation, either In whole or In part, by the giving of free tickets. Nor do 1 believe the ISw In tended for railroads to give transpor tation In exchange for anything ex cept money. The paying for advertis ing In the newspapers with passes would, I believe, be n violation of what the lawmakers Intended." It Is said that the railroads will con tinue to honor /innunl# Issued for the year 1908, but that none will he Ir- sued to any but railroad people after thnt cl Ate. Some will Issue trip passes until January, but others will not. The new tariffs for the transportation of theutrlcal 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. FAMINE IS FEARED KEELY’S Reforms Are To Be Sub mitted to New Douina. Special Cable—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 sow considerable wheat growing areas, together with heavy rainfalls throughout the provinces, will make the crop at least 20 per cent below the average. The relief committee at Mos cow, which has In hand the assistance of sufferers In the famine dletricts, re ports that crops throughout that sec tion and food for the peasants' cattfc lacking In the provinces of NIJnl,; Novgorod and Kazan. The council of ministers has ap pointed a special commission to draw up a bill providing for a primary school system which ehall be opened to all claasss of the people. The bill Is to be submitted to the new doumo, which will meet In November after the elections. A 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 $10,000 to 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 19,600,000 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 Ananced through the peasants’ bank. In re turn for the land the owners, Including the exar himself, will receive market able land scrip, eventually redeemable by the peasant purchasers In Instal ment notes designed to meet the Inter est and amortisation. ■» „ A report from Stavenopol saya 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. KEELY’S 3 ANOTHER STRIKE NOW THREATENED Special to The Georgian. Macon, Ga., Aug. 24.—There Is likely be more trouble In the street car situation here. It seems that the com pany has about sixty more men than are necessary 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 n\en and the company declines discharge the men who stuck by It the time of trouble. Two of the non-union men, who stuck to the company and remained on tho cars until ordered In by tho company, have been made Inspectors I the place of two union Inspectors ho Joined the 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 vet. The arbitrators of tne former trouble are working on the situation. See the Window Display Today and Tomorrow. New Fall Low-Cuts 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. 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 i: this collection is * $2.98 in Boys'', Girls’, Children’s ‘De pen da b le School Shoes WHO WILL BE GEORGIA’S NEXT NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN? Who will be the next national Demo cratic committeeman from Georgia? Will Clark Howell, 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 Georgia for at least four years, and that he can and will dictate the policies and name the men who nre to stand to the front In the state's affairs. It Is safe to say then that Mr. How ell will not be renamed ns Georgia’s national committeeman In 1908. Hon. James R. Gray, In the general opinion, will naauredly be the next national committeeman. His friends say that he has richly won that hon- On September 4 an entirely new state Democratic executive committee will be selected. The delegates to the conven tion from each congressional district will retire and select a man for that dletrlct to be presented to the conven tion. Mr. Smith carried every congression al district, and, of course, only men In harmony with hla views and desires will be numea. The committee will be In perfect nccord with the new admin istration to be Inaugurated next June. The Georgian's story of Thursday relative to the possibility of either Thomas Watson or Hon. James R. Gray being named aa chairman of the state 150 LOOTERS SHOT 8peclnl Cable—Copyright. Valparaiso, Aug. 24.—The chief cause of alarm In this city at present Is the possibility of an outbreak of disease. The sanitary conditions are naturally very bad and the water supply Is be ing renewed very slowly. A few caaps of robbery were dis covered during the night, but these were dealt with by shooting the offend ers. Up to the present time about 160 have been shot. It Is thought that 1,000 bodies havp BIG BATTLE IS RAGING NEAR CITY OF.HAVANA Continued from Pans One. mocratlc exec utive committee, ha# attracted wide spread Interest. . In this connection, It may said, no night and this morning, but other names than Mr. Watson and Mr. | caused Very little excitement. Gray are heard, been burled already. There were several shocks during the ‘ they 19 LOTS FOR SALE AT AUCTION 19 LARGE RESIDENCE LOTS IN WILMOTT PARK 19 LOTS ON THIS SATURDAY, SALE ON AUG. 25 3:30p.m. THIS IS A SUBDIVISION of a part of tho famoui Dahlgrcn property, making 19 [theca lots fronting on .wide streets and the car line. LOCATION: HIGH AND HEALTHFUL. On a high point Decatur and East Lake; two and a half miles from the business center of Atlanta. SOCIETY WOMEN AID IN FEEDING SUFFERERS By Private Leased Wire. Santiago, Aug. 24.—The situation In Santiago today la conaldered to be fa vorable to a apeedy upbuilding of the demollahed city. Ten thouaand persons are working In the ruins and In the recovery and burial of the dead. , The government has placed fixed prices on all kinds of food. At various point* 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 Htandlng preside at these depots. President-elect Mont has declared hi pi self to be opposed to a proposition to rebuild the city of Valparaiso on some other site. An additional $10,000 has been received from Los Angeles for the earthquake sufferers. RUMORS DRAW BIG CROWD TO COPENHILL Continued from Pag# One. n that the rebel bands are requisition ing farm stock and. provisions, and It Is reared, as the situation grows more critical, more property will be de stroyed. May Call on United States. Sugar grinding will continue with difficulty, with unfriendly bands roam ing through the country. There Is al ways danger thnt the cane fields will be burned out of pbre wantnnness. Un der these conditions, ft 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. $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 sale entitles you to a ticket, which will give you a chance at these prizes. GOOD SCHEDULE: On account ot the contract with the Athletic Club, whose club house, grounds, etc?, arc at East Lake, good equipment and frequent cans are assured for all time. , ' / HISTORIC GROUND: The Battle 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 value of these lots will he more than doubled. THE LOTS are all unusually large, their average size being 50x250 feet to wide connecting alleys. Big 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 cow nnd 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 CARS at the corner of South Pryor and East Alabama Sts., marked “Decatur.” EXTRA OARS will begin running at 2:30 p. m. Go out early and •elect your lot. Don’t miss this opportunity to get a really desirable lot on which to build a home. ^ TERMS OF SALE: One-third cash, balauce in six and twelve ntoqths, with 7 per cent simple interest; 5 per cept discount for cash. The lots will be sold to the highest bidder absolutely without reserve. J. W. FERGUSON, Auctioneer. ATLANTA PHONE 1881. BELL PHONE 2027. W. A. FOSTER, Agent, 12 South Broad St. mllo around the Lawrence home was tramped down dnd crushed under 1,000 pairs, ot 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 Ingleslde, two miles below Decatur, where a negro who fitted tho 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 and again, so that before night the dogs lost the trail. "I am as positive that we were after the right negro as t 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- Ing;. More than 600 citizens have been waiting at Copenhtll Friday for the captured negro to be brought there for Identification. It Is said that Sheriff 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 tho effect that the negro -was being brought Jo 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 tha excitement ceases. DID PRESIDENT TALK WITH BELL ABOUT WAR? By Private l-cnocd wire. Washington, Aug. 24.—It Is believed here that one of the reasons General 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 fairs become so serious that the United States would hove to Intervene. Ad 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 le 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 stsp toward an nexation, nnd 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. CUBANS IN THE uTs. ARE HURRYING HOMEWARD By Private Leased Wire. New York. Aug. 24.—By the hun dreds of Cubans who are rushing to New York from Saratoga and mountain reaorti on the way back to their na tive country, the present situation in the IRtle 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 leaden of the rebellion, they admit, when speaking privately, that the out break la far more serious thsn appears on the surface, and that It has the sympathy and co-operation of many persons prominent In business nnd pub lic life, aa well as the lower classes. Sobarado, of the province of Plnar del Rio, received a message at an Adirondack resort, where he haa been staying for a month, which caused him to pack up Immediately and start for Cuba. With him were several other prominent Cubans, some of whom have extensive property Interests in Plnar del Rio and Matansas and some ot whom are Identified with the Cuban government. Appeal to RootsvsIL 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, who are now American citizens, but have extensive Intereate In the Island which will suffer through a prolonged revo lutionary struggle. The authors of the petitioners asset t that the only mem bers of the Cuban colony here who are In sympathy with President Pa|na art government employees.. Malaria Makes Pale Blood. The Old Standard, drove's TastelesJ Chill Tonic, drives out malaria ana builds up the lyatam. Sold hr ail | dealers for 27 years. Price 68 cents.