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» * ATLANTA I’opntitloo 3M.M9 iE%SSg«iiptt:::::E JE BBtf The Atlanta Georgian. GEORGIA IVmnlntlon 2,500.000 Miles of stenm rallronds....... 6.600 Miles of olootrlc railways..... 400 Cotton factories 130, spindles.. 1,500.000 Hales cotton consumed In 1906. 600,000 Value of 1006 cotton crop tl00.000.000 VOL. 1. NO. 125. Morning Edition. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER, 20, 1906. Morning Edition. ► In Atlanta TWO CENTS. OUR PLATFORM—The Georgian stands for Atlanta owning its own gas and electric light.plants, as it now owns its water works. Other cities do this and get gas as low as 60c with a profit to the city. / This should be done at once. The Georgian believes that if street railways can be operated successfully by European cities, as they are, there is no good reason why they cannot be so operated here, but we do not believe it can be done now, and it may be some years before we are ready for so big an undertaking. Still Atlanta should set its face in that direction NOW. U. S. ARMY TO INVADE CUBA IF PEACE IS NOT DECLARED BY OCT. 11 Generals Barry and Duvall Are Or dered Home. three battleships SENT TO HAVANA Washington, Sept. 19.—Active preparations for an invasion of Cuba by an army of the United States are being made by the war department. Brigadier General Fred Funston, the hero of tho Spanish nnd Philippine war, has been selected by the president to command any army which may be sent to Culm and Brigadier Gen eral Thomas II. Barry, assistant chief of staff, and W. P. Duvall, who commands the department of the gulf, both of whom are now in Hermany attending the German army maneuvers, have been cabled to come home immediately for pos sible duty in Cuba. It is understood on excellent authority that it has been deter- BUENOS A YRES DOCKS ARE BEING BURNED London, Sept. 19.—A great fire Is raging along the docks at Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic, according to private meseages received here. It Is reported that the entire shipping of the harbor is threatened with destruction. mined by the president that fail ure by insurgents to accept the suggestion to be made by Secre tary of War .Taft and Assistant Secretary of State Bacon for InRting peace, will cause immedi ate armed intervention by the United States. It is stated by high authority that October 11 is the limit which has been set by the president for an amicable agreement by the warring parties of Cuba, if peace is not established by then it is probable that powerful military and naval forces will be sent by this country to Cuba to force the Cubans to return/to peaceful liv ing. ' THREE BIG BATTLESHIPS ARE ORDERED TO HAVANA. Washington, Sept? 19.—The navy de- partment tljls afternoon announced that the battleships Louisiana, Virginia and New Jersey, which are sailing down IS TO Ml CAPTAIN Manila, Sept. 19.—Captain Ira L.Fre- dendnll, of the quartermaster's depart ment, was charged In the court of first instance In this city this afternoon of misappropriation of public funds. Inquiry has resulted In the discovery of padded pay rolls In quartermaster's shops and grafting In the lease of light ers. Both officers nnd civilians are Im plicated and courtmartlal will follow the court proceedings. Major General Wood continued the Inquiry originally begun by Major Gen eral Corbin. SEA GIVES UP MANY DEAD CITY READY FOR BRYAN the coast, will go direct to Havana In stead of pulling Into Key West for orders, as was originally Intended. Havana, Sept. 19.—At 8 o'clock Juan O'Farrell, secretary of state, with two of Continued on Pago Two. ATLANTA GIRL IDENTIFIES T. S. COURT AS MISSING HEIR TO CAROLINA ESTATE, OVERHEARING CASUAL CONVERSATION Twelve Big Ships Sent to Bottom by Hurricane. Hong-Kong, Sept 19.—The horror of yesterday'* disaster grows steadily. That the degth list will reach beyond 1,000 seems certain. At least twelve ships were sunk at their moorings, double that number were driven ashore and few craft. In the harbor escaped some damage. The number of water craft which were destroyed is past estimating. The recession of the great wave which did a great part of the damage to the ship ping undoubtedly carried many bodies to sea. The loss of life will never be ascertained with any degree of accura- cy. Tho governor general Is bending every energy of the government to preserve order and to bring order out of chaos, nnd with some success. The troops are doing splendid sendee. The shipping Industry Is at a complete standstill. Those vessels which escap< cd serious damage cannot handle car goes as practically every lighter In ths harbor has been destroyed. Sea Qivts Up Dead. The sea today Is giving up Its dead by scores, the victims of yesterday'i typhoon. From the numerous build ings wrecked by the terrific wind many corpses are being removed and over the city hangs the pall of the dread ful disaster. In the harbor the water Is covered with floating wreckage. Along the sea wall, the piers and lining the beach are the beaten and broken hulks of countless craft, while smaller pieces of wreckage cover the whole shore. In the city great, piles of debris show where thf stoiesK spent Its fury. Coart Enters Suit for Share of the Fortune. Open Windows and Tliiu Walls at Morehead City Carry Story. THIRTEEN CHARGES AG AIN SI ALEXANDER If the walls In the old hotel at More rity had been thicker perhaps Thomas Singleton Coart, who lives at Washington street, would not be lighting for his Interest In a $100,000 ••lute. If Miss Sura Hawks, who lives * f th** .same address, had not been try Ing to catch a nap with the window: °P*n «»ne summer afternoon, Mr. Coart 'duIcI never have heard that he was an e *r to a fortune and might keep on wiling shoes. Hut the walls were thin and the bits conversation which floated to the next room started litigation which may bring Thomas Singleton Coart a third Interest in an estate of 13,000 acres of timber land In North Carolina, which •s valued at $100,000. The suit Is be fore the superior court of Craven coum ty V * N ’ rth Carolina. hast July William N. Hawks, the in •urance man who lives at 268 Wash- mgtf.n street, took a vacation trip to Morehead City, the coast resort Jn }°rth Carolina. With him uas Ills Slighter, Miss Sara Hawks. She Is a cousin of Thomas Singleton Court, wh« mr the past six years has been a pop war xhoe salesman at Byck’s. He Is a bachelor 50 years old and lives at the Rawks home. Mips Hawks was dosing In her hotel -luring the middle of the after- n,, ° n The windows were open to catch fjr *••* breeae which might stray In 'Erection. desultory conversation * AROUSES MI8S HAWKS. From the room next door came •craps of desultory conversation. Two m *n were discussing some railroad matl *'r and Miss Hawks wished they go somewhere else to talk In- <»f keeping her from her after nap. But suddenly something her sit up. "If we could locate this Thomas Sln- « «ton Coart," said one of the voices. * r *®t of the sentence was lost but „ * r:i l times later the name was tnen- ‘ORe-l ^’hy. thejr*rt talking about Cousin Continued on Psflt Two. CHILD POUND DEAD; •SUSPECT IS JAILED The Georgian. . ,*■ Sen, Q, , g.pt. i»._a man named N 1 ' has been Jailed here, charged :l::!nv e. ..LI ■ A ..kl.h iva* tiilim ANGERED BY STORY Chicago. Sept. 19.—Roger C. Sulli van, national comltteeman of the dem ocratic party for Illinois, Is angry be cause of the publication In a C hlcago newspaper of an Interview In which Sullivan Is practically made to say that if he was to be read out of the party because he was connected with the Ogden Gas Company then Senator Bailey ought to be trated similarly be cause he was Interested in the Stan dard OH Company. , , The story went out and the rexns senator came back In h hot reply. In which he said If Sullivan had said what he was reported ns saying, then Mr. Bryan was right In declaring he was not flt to be a national committeeman. When Mr. Sullivan read this state ment from the senators from Texas, he declared he had been mistreated nnd misquoted and he denied the state ments attributed to him In the publl- Ca,t, The first thing I will do," he said, '•Is to send a telegram to Senator Bai ley telling him the story Is n He out of Special to The Oeorglnn. Augusta, Ga., Sept. 19.—Lieutenant Collins will not arrtvo from Philadel phia until 9:36 o'clock tomorrow morn ing with T. W. Alexander. Ball will he applied for and there will hardly be any preliminaries. There have been thirteen charges of obtaining money under false pretenses made against Alexander—one case for each time he borrowed money. He will not be put in Jail If his friends can prevent It. Collins will deliver him to Sheriff Clark. . SLIPS INTO HOME New York, Sept. 19.—John D. Rocke feller was at his estate near Tarry- town today chuckling over the way he slipped awny from Cleveland on Mon day night and got safely to his desti nation without a newspaper man be ing the wiser. Accompanied by his brother, Frank Rockerfeller, and his man servant, Mr. Rockefeller travelled on the New York Central train No. 6. which reached Tarrytown about 9 o'clock n. m. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., met his father. The elder mun kissed his son on both cheeks. A carriage was waling In which the party was driven to the Rockefeller place. TO GET FUNDS IF Alleges His Wife’s Suit Nullifies Their Agreement. Because his wife, Mny Nelson Cress, has chosen to take legal steps to Insure tho payment to her o* alimony In the event she gets the divorce which she asked August 22, her husband, Georgs V. Gross, has filed a petition In the superior court asking that the order of the court made on that date be so modified as to dissolve the portion ty ing up his money. When Mrs. Gress filed her petition for divorce In August she obtained a temporary order restraining her hus band from withdrawing Ho,000 which he had placed In the Fourth National Bank as a guarantee that she would be provided for In the event of a legs) separation. In the petition Just filed Mr. Gress denies ths Jurisdiction of the superior court of Fulton county. He says that he has made no attempt to conceal property and that further the provision which he has made for alimony has been liberal and ample, the 180,000 hav ing been deposited In the Fourth Na tional Bank to that end. He contends, however, that the suit, If filed at all, should have been brought In nerrlen coul.iy, where he maintains his residence, but that since Mrs. Gress has chosen to resort to the courts Mrs. Gress Is no longer entitled to that money which he had voluntarily do- posited In her favor. Mr. Gress argues that because of tho legal steps hla wife has tuken this ac count has In equity nnd good con science been deprived of Its character os a special deposit for her benefit, Mrs. Gtess having elected to treat as u nul lity the agreement under whirl) the de posit was made. Judge Pendleton has set September 19 as the ilnte on which Mrs. Gress shnll show to the court why the In junction which he has under considera tion should not be modified. FAKE STORY OF KU-KLIII SIS CITI Royal the Reception for Great Com moner. Hideous Libel of At lanta in Many . Papers. In The New Tork American and a score of other papers In the largest cities of the United States appeared last Sunday a full page syndicated arti cle on the stalking Ku-Klux Klan that Is, In that article, declared to be pa trolling the etreets of Atlanta by night, armed to the teeth and provided with hemp. \ The story Is headed, '‘Georgia's Fierce Ku-Klux of Angry Men, Armed Wom en and Bloodhounds." It has a picture, five columne wide, showing a hideous band of shrouded and masked men, waving weapons and torches. On tho side are several Kennels of blood hounds. This Article, which has doubtless reached 5,000,000 readers, according to the circulation claims of the news papers that printed It, has aroused In certain leading Atlantans ns much an ger as possible In a case of Impersonal libel. whole cloth.' Chi “ Wh,Ch W “ ,0Und It IkeY-hiTr law on public works. IN HOTEL FIRE Ottowa. Ont., Sept. lJ.-Harry C. Walker, of Mutlacca Hill, N. J.. In dead here Last night he succumbed to the terrible Injuries he received when he broke both legs through Jumping from a third-story window at the GHmour ''"so fnMt Is known positively that at least four persons lost their lives In the fire Two bodies have been recovered from the ruins. opensIp lands DF TIE REDSKINS Ov.ter Bay. Sept. 19.—Two Impor tant* rapers were signed by the presl- dent 'today, one was a proclamation ,,,. the Comanche. A par he and KlowS Indian reservation In Oklahoma for settlement at a date to be fixed b> the interior department. The other- was '"l t calling for report, on violation. er cltlsens criticism of such an extraordinarily untruthful and mallcloua libel of a city. The story Is said to have been sent out from Atlanta, although It bears no date line. Judge Hlllyer Hot. "It la the fashion of the civilised world to tell lies on the South, nnd the young men In Atlanta who are egging on these lies by sending out false re ports should be retired to private life,” said Judge George Hlllyer. "The men who got up that article are worse than the negroes who committed the atrocious deeds. The negroes are led by animal Instinct nnd are Igno rant: the others are educated and are led on by small pecuniary gain. Where as the negro Injures one family, such articles Injure the entire South.” Mayor Woodward expressed his In dignation thus: "Such articles can not bs condemned too strongly. The man who sent It out. If It was sent from this city, knew at the time It was false. The Idea of prominent cltlsens patrolling the streets of Atlanta would he ridiculous If the matter was not so serious 111 ths wrong It works on Atlanta." “Law 8hauld Handle Cass. 1 Secretary Walter G. Cooper, of the chamber of commerce, said: 'The practice of sending such artl- s to the Northern papers Is growing irse and worse. And some day this matter will be taken up and laws en acted providing criminal punishment ‘ r the perpetrators." The Lurid Article. The nrtlcle Is prefaced with an elab orate account of the "periodical news of lynching which horrifies the whole country." Then comes the following: Now comes the astonishing news that as the only apparent means of guarding their wives and daughters front attacks by negroes, men promi nent In public life of the city and state are actually leaders In a revival of thnt mysterious, hut terribly potent protec tive and punitive organisation of re construction days—the Ku Klux Klan. "How these masked, white-robed, ghostly avengers are already patrollng the city and outskirts, while blood hounds are being secured to aid In the prompt capture of offenders. Is told on this page—ail almost Incredible condi tion of affairs at this time and In this country." The article is opened with the follow ing sentence: "The Ku Klux Klan—thnt ghostly organisation which, by spreading ter ror among the negroes during recon struction saved the whites of the South from being mongrellxed—has revived In Atlanta. Ga." Description of the Klan. A description of the klan Is given In these words: "The Atlanta Klan has followed closely the lines of the Klan of recon struction days. It has the seme grips and passwords, and the same ghostly regalia. Such deviations as have been made from the original Klan were made for the purpose of making the members more appalling In appearance and thus appealing to the superstitious Instinct which Is so strong In the ne gro. The Klan Is very strict as to re- Continued on Page Two. 000O00000000000O0000O00000 O 8PEAKER8 ARE NAMED O O FOR THE "DOLLAR DINNER."0 O 0 O The speakers at the "Dollar O 0 Dinner." to be given In honor of O 0 Hon. William Jennings Bryan 0 0 Thursday evening, have been 0 O chosen, and are: O 0 Governor Joseph M. Terrell. 0 O Colonel John Temple Graves, O S editor of The Georgian. 0 1 Major John S. Cohen, manag- O 0 Ing editor of The Journal. 0 O Hon. Seaborn Wright, of Rome. 0' 0 Hon. J. D. Iloddenberry, of 0 O Thomaevllle. O O Hon. Hooper Alexander, of De- 0 O Catur. 0 O Hon. W. A. Covington, of Moul- O O trie. 0 O • O 0000000000000000000000O00O A mlx-up In plana haa occurred which may possibly result In Mr. Bry an not arriving In Atlanta Thursday until 12:30 o'clock In the afternoon, al though all preparations have been made to receive him here at 5 o'clock In the morning. It seems that Augusta people expect him to spend Wednesday night there and to leave for Atlanta at 7:45 o'clock Thursday morning. There Is no entertalnmant projected there for him after his speech Wednes day night, but a suite of rooms has been engaged for him. It Is believed that urgent telegrams Trora the Atlanta committee will result n Mr. Bryan deciding to come to this city at the tliha expected. Thursday will be Bryan day In At lanta, and all else will be forgotten In honoring the great Nebraskan. From many points In Georgia the trains will bring delegations of Democrats to hear the chosen leader of their party In the beginning of hla campaign. All Atlan ta will turn out to set him at ths morn ing recsptlon and to listen to his ora tory In the afternoon. Mr. Bryan will reach the city before breakfast, arriving over the Georgia railroad from Columbia, S. C., and Au gust a A committee of cltlsens will meet him at the station and escort him to the Piedmont, where a suite of apartments has been reserved for his occupancy. At 11 o'clock a public reception will be tendered the city's guest In the par lors on the first floor of the Piedmont. The line will be formed on Luckla I street, and after meeting the Nebras- . kan the guests will pass out to the Peachtree street exit. Mr. Bryan will enjoy his luncheon In the privacy of hie apartments, and will rest until after 3 o'clock, when he . will be driven to Ponce DeLeon park, where hla address will begin at 4:15 o'clock. W. D. Harwell has bean appointed chief usher for the meeting In the 8L Nicholas rink, and will have thirty as sistants. On the stage will be placed 150 seats for the various commlttses ! nnd Invited guests. At the front of the auditorium chairs will be reserved for the ladles, and behind these will be placed seats to accommodats 6,000 per sona. The audience will be confined to the space Inside the railing and po licemen and firemen will be stationed outside the rail to look after the order and safety of the crowd. The audito rium will be decorated In honor of the occasion. After his address the Great Common er will be given a drive around the city I and then to the Piedmont. A "dollar dinner" win be tendered him at 6:10 o’clock In the dining room of the Pied mont. Burton Smith has been choeen as toastmaster. He has presided at a number of dinners tendered to distin guished guests and Is famous for hla readiness In after-dlnnsr speaking and his Introductions of other speakers. The following are the committees ap pointed by the Young Men's Democrat ic League, which ha* the reception of Mr. Bryan In charge: Executive Committee—Hudson Moore, R. R. Arnold, C. G. Hannah, J. R. Gray, John Temple Graves, J. E. Mad dox, W. L. Peel. William Van Houten, J. J. Hastings, E. E. Dallas, M. T. La- Hatte, J. M. George, W. J. Bone, Edwin Johnson, E. E. Holcombe, J. W. Schaaf. T. L. Bishop, E. P. Burns, B. W. Ools- by, John R. Wilkinson, M. P. Roane, W. D. Thompson, James EL Garst, J. H. Jennings, C. W. Bernhardt, John J. Fagan. H. H. Hightower, Lawton Nolly, H. L. Culberson, Hurd Dent, James 1L Andrews, John 8. Clark, Harvey Hill. W. D. Harwell, Walter 81ms, G. P. Don- alson, W. H. Johnson, Avary Chastain, B. F. Burdette, E. T. Thomason, R. B Seagraves, W. E. Chambers, Howell Cloud, N. H. Cheshire, D. F. Seymour EL O. Ferklns, J. T. McDonald, R. e. I„. Carroll. J. L. 81ms, O. A. HIM, w. W. Tracy. A. P. Morgan. L. O Kimberly. L. P. Baker, W. B. Callahan, George 8. Blount. Shelby Smith, W. H. Bur roughs, C. K. Buxbee. Standing Reception Committee—Bur ton Smith, B. M. Blount, E. L. Rhodes C. H. Kelly, A. B. Steele, J. w. Fni-' llsh, Jr.. I. H. Haas. C. W. Crymes, c. D. Hill. Arnold Broyles, C. T. Lndson, John Morris, Howard Calloway, A. A. Do. Loach, J. C. Hallman, A. P. St* John W. Gran Hill. J. Carroll Special Reception Committee—] ben R. Arnold. K. L. Seely, San Jones, J. 8. Cohen, Lauren Fore: Louis Gholstln. J. K. Maddox, , Hustings and Hugh L. Cardoza.