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ATLANTA Slrf’SBS y. 1 !: * ni ?«p P U°l ■ " ■ :»K.OOO.»W The Atlanta Georgian. GEORGIA Population 2,500.900 Milo* of atoam railroad* 8,500 Milo* of electric railway* 400 Cotton factories 130, unlndle*.. 1.500,000 Hale* cotton consumed In 19CKS. 500,000 Value of 1005 cotton crop 1100.000,000 VOL. 1. NO. 116 ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1906. T>RTnP. In AtlMtA TWO CBirm srixW^Ej. On Tralo* FIVE CENTS. STENSLAND; FUGITIVE WRECKER OF BANK, GIVEN TOPROSECUTOR Attorney Olsen and Journalist Keely Become Custodians .of Famous Prisoner—They Give Receipt For Their Captive. Chicago. Sept 8.—The Chicago Tri bune prints the'following special copy righted cable: "Tangier, Sept. 8.—Acting under the directions of President Roosevelt, transmitted through the state depart ment. Paul Stensland today was turned mer to Harry Olsen and myself, We being designated the officials of the United States government to return the fugitive Chicago banker to the United states and Illinois. ■•The transfer of the prisoner took place In the office of the American con sul general, Hoffman Philip, we giving the following receipt: “•We have this day taken over the custody of the person of Paul O. Stens land from Consul General Philip, of the United States, according to presidential warrant at September (I, 1806, In which we are designated as the agents of the United States; to keep In safe custody cald Paul O. Stensland and bring him by the most direct and convenient means of transportation Into the United States for delivery to the proper au thorities of the state of Illinois, as set out in the cable of us from Assistant Secretary of State Bacon. "‘Also received one check book on the Comptorlt National d’Elscomptes bank and one cablegram intercepted by the United States Minister to Mo rocco to Paul O. Stensland. " ‘Also received two trunks and four satchels, being the luggage of said Paul O. Stensland, removed from the German steamer Oldenburg by order of the-American legation at Tangier. (Signed) ‘“HARRY OLSEN. “ ‘JAMES KEELY. ‘Witness—Paul O. Stensland. ‘“Signed and delivered In my pres ence. ‘“HOFFMAN PHILIP, " ‘Consul General of the U. 8/ " With the signature of this document, Paul Stensland practically Is In the hands of the Illinois authorities, and In_tpe custody of the man who will try him when Cook county Is reached. J, H, HARWELL TO OPPOSE PATTILLO FOR POLICE BOARD Euglish-Brotherton Fight For Control Takes a New Turn. RUSSELLSAGEHEIRS T FIGHT WILL, GO SAYS OSBORNI 6,000 CUBAN INSURGENTS MARCHING ON HAVANA Residents of City Panic-Stricken From Fear. By MANUEL CALVO. Special Cable—Copyright. Havana, Cuba, Sept. 8.—Pino Guer ra not only has refused the suggestion of a truce, but with Asbert has begun a forward movement all along the line and both Plnar del Rio and Havana are threatened by the rebel forces, Raiding parties of rebels have ap peared In the outskirts of ths city, and that they have created great conster nation In the government Is evidenced by the rush of men to the outskirts to drive off the raiders. Asbert's entire force Is now clbse to the city. It In cludes his own band and those of Leon- Costlllo and numbers mors than 1,000 men. Rebels Reported Victors. It is reported that Guzman with 1,500 or 2,000 men, Is marching toward Havana from Santa Clara and that Guerra has divided his forces, sending one contingent against Plnar del Rio and with the main body, Including all his mounted men, Is making a dash on Havana to join In what 1s believed will be a general attack on the capital. Near Plnar del Rio a part of Guer ra's forces and the government forces DID BRYAN’S OWNERSHIP SPEECH KILL DEMOCRATIC LITERARY BUREAU? Washington. Sept. 8.—The literary bureau of the Democratic national committee has gone out of business. Robert Miller, who has had su pervision of this work, dismissed all his clerical force except his private secretary, and the work of distributing Democratic literature, so far as this branch of the party organization Is concerned, has been completely suspended. This action, It Is stated by persons supposedly well Informed regard ing the management of affairs by the Democratic national committee, Is due to the recent speech of Mr. Bryan, at Madison Square Garden, In which he came out strongly for the government ownership of railroads. The closing up of the bureau Is looked upon by many as tantamount to a confession mat under existing conditions It Is useless to continue the work. met In battle. It Is believed the rebels have been victorious, but the telegraph wires have been cut and little Informa tion can be obtained from the zone of the fighting. ,“ Bridges Are Blown Up. The rebels were also victorious In an engagement at Clenfuegos. Two rail road bridges between Plnar del Rio and San Lucia have been dynamited and a passenger traln'carrylng 250 men with horses and two machine guns, sent by the government to Plnar del Rio, was attacked by the Insurgents near Puerto de Goolpe. After twenty minutes of firing the government train, which was armored, was forced to retreat and was run back to Palacios. The operator at Puerto de Goolpe re ports that heavy detonations have been heard In the direction of Las Ovns, and It Is believed the brldgfc at that point Lawyer Believes They’ll Ac cept Bequests—Not Col looting Loans. has been blown up .to prevent govern ment troops from reaching Plnar del Rio. This would force troops to march ten miles through the Insurgents' coun try to reach that city. Britain May Protest. , If reports are true, a rebel force of 6,000 men will soon be about the city of Havana and the government has no adequate force here with which to meet them. The city Is In a state of panic as a result of the rumors. In foreign circles there Is strong be lief that the action of Guerra In blow Ing up bridges on the Western railway will result In action by the United States. This Is British property and It is believed the British government will suggest to the Washington gov ernment that under the relations be tween Cuba and the United States the latter power should see that foreign property Is protected. A factional light for the control of the police board, which Is In essence merely a recrudescence of the old Eng- Ilsh-Brotherton row which held for many years the attention of political Atlanta, has taken a new turn. Howard Pattlllo, councilman from the Second ward, la a candidate for the police board. He has been for two weeks very active Tn his canvass for votes among tho old and new members of council. It was thought at first that he would be opposed by Captain W. H. Brother- ton himself, but that veteran has de cided not to run. He feels that possi bly his health Is not strong enough to stand the strain of the political grind. In his Stead, It Is understood, that Mayor Pro Tern. J. H. Harwell will be offered. .Mr. Harwell Is alderman from the First ward, Is strongly aligned with the antl-Kngllsh forces and knows the local political game from A to Iz- zard. It looks as though the race to suc ceed Orion Nunnally lies between Messrs. Harwell and Pattlllo. If It does, it Is a cinch that the Brotherton-English fight Is still In the New York, Sept. 8.—The many ru mors circulated recently that the rela tives of Russell Sage were planning to contest his will when It Is offered for probate on September 21 were denied by Lawyer C. W. Osborne, one of the executors, today. \ Of course, f cannot state positively that there will he no contest,” said Mr. Osborhe, '"but from what I have been able to learn I do not believe that there will be one. In tact, I have as surances from a number of relatives that they will be content to accept the sum named In the will. The . heirs have the privilege of contesting the will at any time during the year fol lowing the date after the will (ins been probated. But I do not believe that there will be a contest. “Owing to the fact that we are mak ing no effort to collect loans made by Mr. Sage during his life, brokers are making Immense profits, call money having been as high ns 40 per rent. But, after a conference, we decided not to accept more than the regular rate, 6 per cent. Where loans are returned voluntarylly we accept them'and make deposits In the vnrlous trust compa nies. I know nothing of Mrs. Sage's plans for disposing of the money." SECRETARY RICHARD CHEATHAM IS BENEFICIARY OF WHITEWASH BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Report Him Exonerating Adopted by Vote of 11 to 5. Special to The Georgian.’ Hot Springs, Ark., September 8.—In secret session last night, the executive committee of tho Southern Cotton Association, by a vote of 11 to 5, “whitewashed’’ the charges of dealing in cotton futures preferred against Richard Cheatham, secretary of the assO' ciation, and to which Sir. Cheat ham several weeks ago confessed before a special committee ap pointed by President Ilarvie Jor dan to investigate the charges, The special committee had de nounced the practice of dealing in cotton futures and had “cen- HERE ARE TWO REPORTS IN THE CHEATHAM CASE; CAN YOU RECONCILE THEM? Appended Hre the reports of the two committees which have hod under consideration tho case of Secretary QMBAIMUD of the Southern llnt- ton Association, who was charged with and who confessed to dealing In cotton futures. Basing its action on Secretary Cheatham's own admission, the original committee of investigation reported that the action of Cheatham ‘‘meets with our strohgest disapproval and condemnation,” but refererd the matter to the executive committee for further action. The executive committee, with the Investigating committee's report before It, whitewashed the whole matter, but declared that In the future euch action as Cheatham'a "shall constitute an offense against the assocla< tlon and that any officer guilty of violating this shall be expelled from ofilce." The Irreconcilable reports of ths two committees follow: executive"committee MAKES CLEAN WHITEWASH OF THE CHEATHAM MATTER “That while all form of specu lation are disapproved of, yet the committee finds that Mr. Cheat ham was acting only for other par ties and In view of the fact that there Is nothing In the constitu tion which makes a person Incom petent to hold office because he deals In futures, and because of Mr. Cheatham’s efficiency and of the fact that we believe the as saults on Mr. Cheatham came from the enemies of this association, we dizmlss ths charges as unworthy of further consideration, and de nounce all charges made against Mr. Cheatham, except what Is hereinbefore stated, as false. “That in the future it shall eon- atitute an offense against this as sociation for any officer or mem ber of tho executive committee or state officer to in any way deal in futures, and soy one violating this shall be exported from office.”— FINDING OF EXECUTIVE COM MITTEE OF SOUTHERN COT- TON ASSOCIATION IN CHEAT HAM'S CASE. ORIGINAL COMMITTEE STRONGLY CONDEMNED I SECRETARY CHEATHAM "Mr. Chenthnm, the secretary- having admlttod to your commit tee euch dealing In the name of and for Michael O'Grady and P. A. Lee, comes within this rule, and such action on his part, while an officer of this association, meets our strongest disopprovsl and con demnation. Your committee fur ther finds no reasonable excuse for or reason for the use of, by him, of the word "secretary" after his name, signed to checks In these transactions, but believe it to have been misleading and s wrong •gainst ths association, whose sec retary he was, and this meets the same disapproval nnd condemna tion as above; applying this same rule to Mr. A. A. Fairchild, an em ployee of this association, for he was unquestionably no more, no less, we make the same finding ns to him."—FINDING OF COMMIT- TEE MAKING ORIGINAL IN VESTIGATION IN CHEATHAM CA8E. surod in the strongest possible terms” the action of Secretary Cheatham. The special commit tee had then referred the matter to the executive committee of the association for final action. The whitewashing by the latter committee, therefore, came in the nature of a surprise, though it had been apparent for twenty- four hours that a desperate ef fort was being made by President Jordan nnd Secretary Cheatham and their immediate friends in the association, who came here for the purpose, to bring about the dismissal of the charges. President Jordan is known to have urged upon members of the committee the desirability of ex onerating Secretary Cheatham, stating that any other course might he regarded as reflecting upon his administration and might injure the association. Despite this fact, there was a long, hard fight in the committee, whose session was seeret, with the result thut Cheatham won out by a vote of II to 5. The Cheatham matter was first re ferred to a sub-rommlttec of the ex ecutive committee, composed of L. B. Irwin, E. W. Smith and L. E. Love, This commute made the following re port, which, after a fight, was adopt ed by the vote given shove: Whitewash Resolution. "That ,whHe all forma- of specula tion are disapproved of, yat the com- RICHARD CHEATHAM, Secretary of the Southern Cotton- Association, is the recipient of whitewash on i' cotton futures. mlttee finds that Mr. Cheatham was acting only for other parties and In view of the fact that there Is noth ing In the constitution which makes a person Incompetent to hold office be cause he deale In futuree, end be cause of Mr. Cheatham’e efficiency and of the fact that we believe the Continued on Page Two. JAS. L. KE Y REPLIES TO W. H. PATTERSON ON GAS FRANCHISE Sixth Ward Alderman Sets His Fellow Coun cilman Down With a Plain Tale to His Disadvantage—Charges Him With Being Interested in Gas Co. By JAS. L. KEY. To the Editor of The Georgian: In yesterday’s Issue of The Georgian my friend and fellow councilman, IV. H. Patterson, favored you with hla views on the subject of me, and on the subject of The Georgian, and on the subject of the franchise held by the Atlanta Gas Light Company. This favor appears to have been callefi forth by one of your editorials appearing In Wednesday's Issue, and In which some reference was made to Mr. Patterson's attitude on the pending Investigation of the gas franchise question. He says that he does not wish to engage In a controversy with the writer of the editorial and that he guesses that this, edltorlnl was either written or dictated by myself. He says that he knows that the production Is mine, because "It contains numerous expressions" which I am accustomed to use when trying to awaken him and others to a sense of their duty In dealing with these questions. Allow me to do you the Justice, Mr. Editor, to state that I did not dictate the editorial, nor write It. nor Inspire It. As'to the charge of author ship In any way, I must deny the "soft Impeachment,” however much I should like to confess my guilt. I never saw nor heard of the editorial un til the paper was Issued, and It was being read by t* -usands of others along with myself. If the authorship of the article In question was mine, I would gladly acknowledge It, and would contribute more as often as they could be print ed, until the people of this city were fully aroused and were ready to act as a free and Independent people In bringing to account this giant monopoly that he Is so ready to apologize for and defend. Mr. Patterson sees much In me to condemn, because, as a member of the city council, I am trying to act In a manner to win the good opinion of the people who elected me and who both he and I profess to serve. He seems to think that It Is naughty for me to try to win the “plaudits," as he puts It, of my fellow citizens. He says that In his case he first satisfies his own conscience nnd then If there are any "plaudits” laying around he would like to have some of them, too. In my case he Inclines to the opinion that “plaudits,” or tho good opin ion of my fellow citizens, are the first consideration and hints that In seek ing them I am violating my own solemn convictions. In this charge against me he needlessly offends the good sense nnd discernment of our people. No man who violates conscience or surrenders honest convictions can ever hope to win "plaudits” from these people. The people are not as big fools os he thinks they are. They know who has honest convictions, and further more, they know who Is standing up to those convictions, and outside of a stockholders' meeting of the Georgia Railway and Electric Company Mr. Patterson couldn't be convicted of either proposition. But In this matter of the gas franchise. Mr. Patterson lays the whole subject on his "conscience," and Is guided accordingly, so he says. I would like to ask him what he does with Ills conscience when he assumes to act as an exact arbiter between the gas company and the people whom he Is sworn to serve, when nt the same time he is part owner of the gas com pany? Every moment thnt he has served as a member of this special com mittee to pnss on the gas company he has had safely lodged down tn his Jeans a block of the stock of the Georgia Railway and Electric Company, and this latter company owns the gas company. No wonder that he apologizes for nnd defends the company, although It tnkes rather an elastic conscience to do It. In good conscience he ought to have declined to serve. He would be disqualified a* a judgs or juror. Even as • witness, his interest could be provsn to show hla bias. If hit conscience did not keep him from serving, his sense of decency and pro priety should have prevented him. Even now he should decline to vote on any question where his own In terests are Involved, v I might add that the people are thinking about It nnd talking about It, and outside of the stockholders of-the Georgia Railway and Electric Com pany he Is not going to be annoyed with any "plaudits" on account of his course. A word is to the gas franchise. For a long time I have been of the opinion that the gas company was exceeding Its charter rights and was making a claim of a perpetual franchise, which It was not entitled to. When I came upon the aldermanlc board I Introduced a resolution asking ths city attorney to Investigate and report as to theso franchises and the claims of the compe.ny. The resolution was passed, tho city attorney In vestigated and made his report. This report was In effect that the gas com pany did not have any right at all to many of the franchises which It Is using: that the company was exceeding its charter rights In the char acter of the business conducted, and he further reported a certain state of, facts which might be construed to mean that the franchises all had ex pired, or might soon expire. This report came back to council, and a spe- olnl committee, of which I have the honor to be chairman and Mr. Patter son a member, was appointed to take the same under consideration and report back such action as they thought proper, looking to the assertion of the rights of the city and securing fair and Just charges and reasonable conditions of service from the gas company. The conclusions of the city attorney were contested, of course, by the gns company. They say he Is Wrong. This committee, Including Mr. Pat terson, doesn't know whether he Is right or not. But we do know that If the city attorney Is right, the city can reclaim a great many valuable rights which are now held ndverse to her; that she could then easily secure for . her citizens a reduction In the price of gas and a course of dealing that Is not so arbitrary as at present. I proposed that the question Involved be submitted to the courts for determination. It Is the only way that I know of that a matter of that kind can be decided. But a majority of the com mittee determined that they would decide these abstruse legal propositions themselves. Mr. Patterson Is one of the majority. They decided It In fa vor of the gns company and against the opinion of the city attorney. I do not say that the city attorney Is always right. I have taken the liberty of differing from him ut times. But I do Insist that when his formal opinion on such weighty matters Is called for, and Is given on the side of the city, that It Is the duty of the council to stand up to him until he can have an opportunity of presenting his contentions to the courts. In' his card Mr. Patterson Informs us that for certain good reai city granted a perpetual franchise" to the gas company. His clea Into the facts ndds great weight to his opinion on the law of the The city has never granted any franchise at all to this compa franchise was granted by the legislature In 1818. On the face of It, It is claimed tS be a perpetual franchise. The rights end privileges of untold millions of generations of people will thus be disposed of at a time when Atlanta was but a village. I contend that no set of men have a moral right to thus lay an embargo on unborn generations of people, and I very much doubt their legal right to do so. One thing Is sure. If there Is any way that can be found to set aside such a grant the people of Atlanta will be Justified In resorting to It. Referring again to Mr. Patterson's card, he says In speaking of a "Bos- ton millionaire” who la the principal owner of the gas company and street railway company, that "If the ownership of all the municipal utilities was vested in one person, I do not know a man who would administer them with greater fairness nor with a higher conception cf Ills duty to the public than would Mr. Cooledge." The gentleman referred to eeems to have made a good Impression on Mr. Patterson. He seems to have been "struck” w ith him. Maybe he Is the long-sought for man who “struck Billy Patterson." It seems that he not only Inclines to private ownership of public utilities, but that he favors sole ownership and sole ownership of all utilities, pro vided the scrvlcessof this other gentleman can he had In the capacity of owner. This would seem to throw a load of light on another one of Mr. Pat terson's positions on the utility question. Less than a year ago the city was fairly stunned nt the proposition of Mr. Patterson that the city place Its waterworks system In the hands of private parties. Maybe he had la mind this same "democratic and unassuming" B is ton gentleman. Who can tell, or rather who will tell? “the sight The