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K B 26.000 fe b m!2 ot njirjMiv:.:::::: a.™ :gss£if^S±:aawJg The Atlanta Georgian. GEORGIA roltoli f.irtorl»’H ► (Utul>A.. Y600.000 naira cotton coDnaneu )r» i9a y*>.ooo VjiIm of IMS cotton crop jmooo.ooo VOL 1. NO. 121. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1906. On Trains FIVE CENT* PALMA WILL RESIGN AS THE HEAD OF THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO PREVENT ANY INTERVENTION BY THE UNITED STATES E rillH HERS BE CABINET TO DECIDE OH THE NEXT STEP Secretary of War, Secretary of Navy, Acting Secretary of State and Senator Beveridge Take Part in Discussion. AFTER ATTEMPTING TO KILL WIFE OF ONE OF HIS BEST FRIENDS, MARRIED MAN COMMITS SUICIDE IT'S UP TO THE PRESIDENT TO TAKE HURRIED ACTION Washington, Sept 14.—Orders have been issued by the navy department to the Des Moines, now at Key West, to proceed to- night to Havana. Orders also sent to the Dixie, which has 250 marines on hoard, to proceed at onco to Havana. The Dixie has started from Guantanamo. The purpose in sending these two additional vessels to the Cuban capital is to supply a landing force of considerable size if the situation should demand it. The cruisers Tacoma and Cleveland, at Norfolk, under or ders to proceed to aSnto Domingo to relieve other ships there, will he held in rcadmcss to change their destination to the north ern coast of Cuba if it should bo nec2ssary. By MANUEL CALVO. Havana, Cuba, Sept. 14.—For the sake of peace and to prevent such American Intervention aa may mean the permanent occupation of the la- land. President Palma today called a special meeting of his cabinet and announced hla Intention of resigning his office. Secretary Montalvo urged Palma tn reconsider his determination, but while hla resignation Is held up fir a few hours, he Is said to be determined and may retire at any mo mem. It la understood that the president Is acting under the Influence of hla family. Ills wife Is a. daughter of President Gueradlcla, of Honduras, who saa murdered by revolutionists. She has been begging Mr. Palma ever alnce the revolution started, to tender his resignation. ■’resident Palma cried like a child when he saw the Americana land. Hr said hla work of forty years for the Independence of Cuba had been destroyed by the revolution. It la well known among Cubans that he called for American help. The timely landing of the Denver’* men saved Havana last night from an Insurgent attack. Palma has given up hope of win cing by force of arms In spite of the war party In the palace. Should Palma resign Vice President Capote will assume the presi dency. Hut the universal opinion Is that the Americans will have to staftr then, for the war will continue, Capote being no less unpopular with the liberals than Palma. The people expect Commander Colwell, of the Denver,, to pacify the Island, acting In the capacity of a referee. The commander says he can do nothing without Instructions. The two rebel commissioners from Sen ator Zayeas and General Lnyanez went on board the Denver this morning and urged hint to act. Commander Colwell and Consul Stelnhardt called at the palace this morning. The commissioners from the Insurgents have asked Commander Colwell to assure the rebel envoys protection should they come to Havana t" visit hint on board the Denver. They want to explain to him the caae of the revolutionists. • Con- | Stelnhardt explained the matter to President Palma and the cabinet. Ieiyenex desires to come unoffclally In his private capacity. Sec retary Montevttlo's opinion prevailed, and Mr. Stelnhardt was Informed that the government would not authorise a visit from Loyenex. The situation outside of Havana Is unchanged. The city has no com munication by rail or wire with the provinces that are In revolt CONFERENCE IS NOW ON A 7 HOME OF ROOSEVELT Oyster Bay. Sept. 14.—How serious in the prei Cuban Insurrection has become Is evidenced by the president’s estimation the he fact that he has sum- mone.1 to Oyster Hay Secretary of War Taft, Secretary Bonaparte and Act ing Secretary of State Bacon to discuss the situation. With the two cabinet members and the acting secretary of state, Sen- “' ,r "■ veridge, of Indiann, Is also here as the guest of J. H. Sears. Mr. Beveridge is a member of the senate committee on Cuban relations, and participate In today's council of war. Since the outbreak, the president has adhered to a conservative policy. Ne has been determined from the beginning not to Intervene unless It was absolutely necessary to do «o. He want* to be perfectly sure of his ground “we committing the United States 4o a role which, once assumed, would “»ve to be played out to the end. The sending* of men of war to Cuban waters, It has been mnlntnlned, , ft precautionary measure, which this country would not have failed P for the protection of Its citizens no matter where a revolution had broken out But In spite of the assertion that the Denver* marine* were u5? bsrke ' 1 solely to guard the United States legation at Havana, the landing ,.f an armed force seems to many to be the first step In this cotin- ’0 " participation In the crlsla which the affairs of the Cuban republic °*v* now reached. „ . ■< ns likely that the subeequent withdrawal of the majority of the ...o'" t,lat had been put ashore was ordered by the state department af- :* r * realdent Roosevelt had been communicated with, which Indicate* the "treme caution on the part of the president. landing of armed men SERIOUS, SA YS BONAPARTE Urn* Yl,rk ' Scpt ’ 14 —Before his de • for Oyster Bay Secretary of • » vv Bonaparte said: 1 /'“l/ P'w* of the landing of hpirti" ' Uha '’ Rm * ,0 >”* In the pres* 1* the United States prepared to -i , ’dilation that may develop?" ‘ Wpe so. The Denver I* at Ha- *mi Tl !h,! De * Moines I* at Key «•») k,,!"‘V ,re other vessels within distance. V r»n?, r !"I' 1 '' 1 ' Colwell has undoubted- •etlon Ti" *” Washington upon hi* IfAilmi‘ l ' 1 , repo it would be received *• at ,!}' "nverse and forwarded to hib» i, ’"T r Ba > r . where I shall ex- filth, > . 1 learned of III* move Jtid , ’ " IU look no action whatever. ent mission lie received suet) Instruc tions as un officer of the navy Is usual ly given when un Important matter I* Involved. He received no specific In structions a* to Intervening In Cuban a< "Somethlng was left to his discre tion?" wn* asked. "Yes, but he, of course, would not take any serious step without first com municating ivlth the department.” "Do you consider the landing of armed soldiers who took up a position commanding the main streets of the capital of Citlie, an I which must be looked upon by many ns the first move toward armed Intervention by the United States In Cuban affair*, a se- ^ "Ye*'**Mr. Bonaparte replied slowly and thoughtfully. "It »a» serious.” And discreet?" Well." snld the secretary smiling ly, "I can answer that question when 1 see his report" Denied Admittance to Ivey Home Thurs day Night. A CHANCE I CHARLES GEISMAR WAS FROM MACON CHARLES GEISMAR, The Young Macon Man Who Killed Self After Trying to Shoot Mrs. Eugene Ivey. OPERATION ON HIS BRAIN HAD BEEN CONI EM PL A TED BY GEISMAR'S PHYSICIAN Special to The Georgian Macon. Da., Sept. 14.—Charles Oels- mar was 39 years of age and Is sur vived by his wife and three children, a boy and two girls. He operated n large grocery store on Cotton avenue. Both ot his parents are living and re side In Alsace,’Germany. Mr. Gelsmar was a member of the Macon lodgo of the Knights of Pythias. The news of the sudden death of her husband was nor broken to Mrs. Gelsmar until many minutes after It had been verified. Several relatives then went to the family residence at 644 Plum street and Informed Mrs. Gelsmar what had happened. Later word was sent tn Max Harris, asking him to look after the arrangements. The body Is expected to reach Mncon over the Southern at 2:40 o’clock this afternoon. It will then bo taken to the family residence. No funeral arrange ments have yet been completed. Mr. Gelsmar had been In III health for several weeks and had been under the core of a physician. Some time ago on operation upon his brain was contemplated by his physician, but as he continued tn Improve, the Idea was given up for the time. For over a year the friends of Mr. Gelsmar noticed a slight change in his disposition, ns he had always been a cheerful companion and n good conversationalist. Mrs. Ivey was well known as a church worker In Macon, and her hus band was a prominent employee of a company here. Mrs. Ivey Not Seriously Wounded, But Is Pros trated by Crime. Possibly laboring under the stress of n disordered mind, Charles Gelsmar, a Jew, and a merchant of Macon, Go., shot Mrs. Augusta Ivey, of 691 Edge- wood avenue, through tho bund Friday morning at 6:67 o'clock, and then turn ed the revolver upon himself, putting a bullet through hla brain and killing himself Instantly. Gelsmar had attempted to enter the Ivey homo at a late hour Thursday night and had been refused admission because Mr. Ivey was away from Inline. He returned to tho house early Frlduy morning and entered the kitch en without wnmlng. He drew a re volver and fired at Mrs. Ivey twice or three times. One bullet passed through her shirtwaist and the second struck her In the right hand, passing tl tho thumb. Gelsmar then ahol self In the head, tho bullet entering Just behind tho right ear and shatter ing the ton of the skull above the fdrehead, where It passed out. He fell In the corner behind a cupboard and died Instantly. Old Frisnd of Mr. Ivay. Gelsmar had been an old friend of Eugene B. Ivey and his wife and fam ily. He was a merchant from Ma con, where the Iveys lived formerly, and had been a guest at the house fre quently, the last occasion being last that he hnd been given to drink and was perhaps not responsible for his ac tions Friday morning. If there was nny other reason for hla attempt upon the life of the wife of his friend beyond her refusal to admit him to her home Thursday night, the secret died with him. Eugene B. Ivey Is a bookkeeper arid chief clerk for the Atlantic Compress Company at Its office* at Pearl street and the Georgia railway. He lives In a beautiful home at the corner of Edge- wood avenue and Waddell street. In Inman Park, and the home bears every evidence of refinement. Mrs. Ivey Is u Continued on Page Two. Scare Thrown Into Ranks of Rail road Men. COMMISSION ENDS HEARING AT CAPITAL It Is Expected Tlmt Thirty Days’ Notice Will Be Insisted Upon. Washington, Sept. 14.—The Inter state commerce commission this after' noon concluded Its hearing of the rail road men, steamboat lines nnd cotton growers, Interested In the question of export cotton rates. While It undertook to make no dccl*' Ion at this time, the attitude of the commission wn* broadly Intimated In some remarks of Commissioner Prouty. HI* suggestions gave a scare to tho railroad men. for he Indicated the Inv presslon that the present arrangement of cotton export rates Is unjust and Inequitable, and that a reorganisation of them will probably have t<f be made. John Sharp Williams was one of the speakers of the forenoon, and, as a planter and grower of cotton, he Indi cated the opinion that the railroads In refusing through billing to people who provide their own ocean carrying facil ities, bay# not been fair or frnnk with the cotton growers. It Is expected that the commission will require the roods to give 30 days' notice of changes In rates, and to read just rates from Interior points tn the port* of the gulf and south Atlantic coasts, . The commission heard t|io>tatement of the position of the coastwise water carriers represented by Attorney Haynes. It was tentatively agreed that they might continue for tho pres ent the plan of writing Into their through bills the statement that these constituted no admissions of the com mission’s authority; and when the commission has more time It will rule on the proposition. DEFENDS SELF Did Mrs. Reid Put Arms Around Miller ? COMMITTEEMAN SAYS HE SAW IT Soldiers’ Home Hearing Continues To Be Brisk and Breezy. The board of trustees of the Soldiers’ Home had their Inning at the Friday morning session of the committee which Is Investigating affairs at the home, and they placed on the stand first the vice president of the board. Colonel W. S. Thomson, and then the treasurer, Dr. Amos Fox. The principal point brought out by Col. Thomson's testimony wax that he believed everything was well and good at the home, that he didn't want to serve on the board, and that he mndo nothing more than a perfunctory ex amination of the reports of the treas urer and the vouchers submitted for purchases. Mr*. Reed, who has had her name linked with one of the veterans at the home, appeared and asked a hearing from the committee, and Introduced several wltneses who testified ns t.. her good character. A dramatic tinge was given to affairs when she denied the statement of Senator Bunn, of the commltee, thnt on Wednesday last after the committee adjourned she put her arm around the shoulder of one of the veterans nnd asked him to testify for her If her character was attacked. She Intro duced aa one of her witnesses, the man Haffold with whom her name has b- .n linked. In a clear and concise manner Haffold defended the character of the former stewardess, ana his statement Continued on Page Two. TABERNACLE CAUSES CHURCH TO WITHDRAW FROM THE ASSOCIATION Would Not Remain With Dr. Brough ton in. Because of the fact that the Baptist tabernacle remain* a member of the Btone Mountain Baptist Association, the Calvary church, located near In man Park. In east Atlanta, withdrew from that organised body In the sex slon at Covington Thursday. This action la merely a reflection of the big row In the association of two years ago, when the question of alien Immersion nearly split the organise tlon tn twain. At that time Dr. Len O. Broughton and the member* of the Baptist taber nacle. of Atlanta, arrayed themselves against nearly all of the other members of the association. The light was bit ter, but Dr. Broughton and hla forces apparently won out, because the Tab ernacle stayed In the association, and the subject was dropped. Dr. Brough ton then refused absolutely to hedge on his stand and said he would with draw from the association before he would change his position. The action of the Calvary church delegates came somewhat as a surprise, but they stated they were only repre senting the spirit of their church when they declined to compromise on the subject of alien Immersion. BASEBALL Third inning, AtlanU 1, New Orleans Inspector A. Wasser condemned about 1*0 pound* of scrap meat In the Enterprise Sausage Company's plant at 125 Peters street Friday afternoon. In a large part ot the meat, sent In by local butchers to be ground Into ■auange, vermin waa working. Part of the condemned stuff was rotting and much of It had turned green. This meat ««« sent In to the plant to be ground by the following butch ers: Carlos Campbell, Decatur street, 49 pounds; W. S. Dobbins, Decatur street, 48 pounds; Sain Smith, Elliott street, 22 pounds; E. Kills, an Asyrlan In Decatur street, 29 pounds, and 37 pounds from a butcher In East Cain street. Such filth has rarely been seen ns was In evidence In this place. The machines were coated thick with de cayed meat and dirt. Dirt and meat endx lay thick as a Brussels carpet on the floor. — The Enterprise Sausage Company Is | operated by Brown, Putney & Ben son. Much of their business Is In grinding sausage for butchers about town. Inspector Wasser ha* condemned much .meat In thl* place. Dr. Walter Taylor, author of* the new meat ordinance, saw the place, and turning away In disgust said; "Horrible! Stuff out of this place Isn’t lit* for a dug to eat, much less u human being.” ,