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V t ATLANTA Population 180.000 iWepbonefl 16,000 \UIn lines of railroads Boren Miles of street railways 160 banking capltil 822,000,000 The Atlanta Georgian. Population GEORGIA 1800.000 PopL..._ Miles of steam railroad! Mile* of electric railways 400 Cotton factories 130, spindles.. 1.600,000 Hales cotton consumed In ItOS. 600,001 Value of 1306 cotton crop fl00.000.00t VOL. 1. NO. 132. Morning Edition. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1906. Morning Edition. rmrcm. On Trains FIVE CENTS. JriUUla. In Atlanta TWO CENTS. U. S. TROOPS STATIONED IN GEORGIA ARE ORDERED HELD IN READINESS FOR IMMEDIATE ACTIVE DUTYINCUBA Army and Navy Now Awai Signal of the President to Back Up Taft. MEN OF SEVENTEENTH ARE READY FOR ACTION Out at Port McPherson 780 privates and a score of officer* are await ing eagerly word to march on toward Cuba, but up to 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon no word had been received to march or to prepare, said Col onel Van Orsdale, officer commanding. Judging from the Washington dispatch, the war department will noti fy Colonel Van Orsdale Thursday afternoon. “The regiment was never In better ihape," .aid Colonel Van Orsdale. 'The men are as hsrd as nails and as healthy as horses. They have Just returned from their hike to and from Chlckamauga and are ready for stiff campaigning. “Excepting for the Issuing of extra clothing, no preparation will be necessary for us. We are In condition for Immediate transportation or mobilisation.” The officers of the Seventeenth are: Colonel J. T. Van Orsdale, Lieutenant Colonel Charles McClure, Ma jor James A. Manley, Major Edward Chenoweth, Major Prank McCoy, Chaplain P. S. Doherty, Captain D. C. Morse, Captain Karl Relchmann, Captain James H. Frier, Captain Henry J. Hunt, Captain Mathias Crow ley, Captain B. P. Hardaway, Captain Thomas L., Smith, Captain Oscar J. Charles, 1 Captain Robert C. Davis, Captain Percy M. Cochran, Cap tain Robert O. Van Horn, Captain .1 dolph Hueget. The Twelfth cavalry at Port Ogl thorpe Is under command of Colonel John B. Kerr. • Washington, Sept. 27.—Orders have bben issued to the com manding officers of the organizations hereinafter designated to hold themselves in readiness to move without delay' upon notice, as a result of the Cuban troubles. The quartermaster's department has arranged for immediate transportation by rail and water, making concentration at points of embarkation unnecessary. The subsistence department has prepared the necessary travei and emergency rations and the ordnance department has ready for shipment all the stores required. Engineer Battalion—Companies E, F, G, II—Washington' barracks. Eighth Cavalry—Eight troops, Fort Clark, Texas; four troops, Fort Houston, Tex. > Twelfth Cavalry—Twelve troops, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. Fifteenth Cavalry—Twelve troops, Fort Allen, Vermont. Thirty-six troops of horse, about 2,100 effectives. Third and Fourth batteries, Fort Meyer, Vn. Fourteenth and Twenty-first batteries, Fort Sheridan, Uls.' ’• Fifteenth and Sixth batteries, Fort Sam Houston, Tex. Twenty-third and Twenty-seventh batteries, Fort Allen, Vt. Thirty-two field pieces, three rapid fire guns. Fourth—Companies E, F, II, I, L and M, Fort Thomas, Ky. Fifth—Twelve companies, Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y. Seventh—Companies A, B, D, E, F, G and II, Fort Wayne, Mich., and I, K, L and M, Fort Brady, Mich. Twelfth—Companies A, B, C and D, Fort Porter, N. Y. Seventeenth—Twelve companies, Fort McPherson, Ga. Twenty-third—Companies A, B, C, D, E, F, G, II—Madison Barracks, N. Y., and Companies I, K, L and M, Fort Ontario, N. Y. Twenty-sixth—Twelve companies, Fort Sam Houston, Tex. Twenty-seventh—Twelve companies, Fort Sheridan, Ills. Eighty-four companies, about 5,000 effectives. This movement gives: Engineer troops, 320; cavalry, 2,100; field artillery, 8,000; infantry, 5,000. Total, 8,220. Marines, 2,000; blue jackets, 4,000. Tentative orders have also been issued for the mobilization of a second expedition, composed of troops in the southwest and in the posts located tn Kansas and Minnesota. It is not the inten tion to make use of the coast artillery or infantry. FEARING FATE OF MAINE OFFICER PROTECTS SHIPS By MANUEL CALVO. Havana, Sept. 27.—The Cuban situ ation ha. taken a new turn and while It would be too optlmlatlc to .ay that American Intervention I. Improbable, H certainly doe. not seem >o certain as It did yesterday. The deadly earn- estnesa of the preparation. In the Uni ted State, to meet the emergency had Its effect and the moderate, have blown off steam after the flrat anger of dis appointment had worn away and there is a more calm frame of mind. Fear. . Maine Affair. Captain Conden, who command, the American warahlp. here, I. taking no chance, of another Maine affair, and maintains a most vigorous patrol of the hay. No one I. allowed to approach the warship., eapeclally at night, un less their bualnes. I. well known. Oerteral Funston arrived here today. He rode In an automobile to the Amer ican legation to report to the Amer ican commission. Beyond .n expres sion of sympathy for Cuba, he would not say anything for publication till he had seen Secretary Taft. President Palma doe. not yield an Inch. He adhere, to hi. point of view, that the government ran not make conres.lon. to rebels. If tomorrow the congress .hall refuse to accept Presi dent Palma's resignation and again shall vote him full powers, which It Is very likely to do, the situation will be a most difficult one for Secretary Taft to deal with. Senator Zayas said today he had lit tle hope of any agreement between the American commission and the oppos ing parties on the basis laid down by the moderates. It Is said that Palma's stand has been taken out of a sense of loyalty to his friends. He would not consent to hold office under an agreement which prescribes that the men who have stood by him should go out. Rssisnation of Palms. As the situation Is now. President Continued on Psgo Two. MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP LEAGUE APPLICATION BLANK. I hereby make application for membership In the MUNICIPAL OWN ERSHIP LEAGUE. I favor the ownonhlp of a gas and electric lighting plant by the city of Atlanta. Remarks: Cat 110.. Name .. Address Occupation - Note.—Cut out and return to THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. BIG STORM IS RAGING ALONG GULF COAST- MUCH DAMAGE DONE 00000000000000000000000000 0 0 STRAWS SHOW WHICH WAY 0 THE WIND BLOW8. SO DO ALL THE FALL STYLES. O < I “The lid Is on,” the council says, o But autumn breezes scoff O On every gale the derbies sail; 0 A thousand ‘‘lids’’ are off. 0 fcTRIOTIC CITIZENS ARE URGBD ia JOIN 0 But the drouth has been bro- O 0 ken—externally. It's a good day 0 0 for mackintoshes and umbrellas. 0 0 The weather prophet remarks: 0 0 Rain Thursday night and Frl- 0 0 day with high vacjkble winds 0 0 Thursday night. 0 Thursday temperatures 0 O 7 o'clock a. m.. 0 8 o'clock a. m.. 0 9 o'clock a. m.. O 10 o'clock a. m.. 0 11 o'clock a. m. . .70 degrees. . .71 degrees. .. 72 degrees. ..71 degrees. ..71 degrees. 0 12 o'clock noon 89 degrees. 0 1 o’clock p. m 88 degrees. O 2 o'clock p. m 72 degrees. 0 000000000000000000O000000O NEWS IN BRIEF Washington, Sept. 27.—The depart ment of justice handed down an opin ion today holding that there was noth ing In the meat Inspection law to pro hibit the Interstate transportation of Imported uninspected meat and meat products. It calls the attention of the secretary of agriculture, however, to th* fact that the puro-food law, which will be come effective January 1, prohibits tho Interstate transportation from ons.styuu to another or-from any foreign country “of any article of food or any drug adulterated or misbranded." Hperlal to The flenrglnn. Anniston, Ala., Sept. 27.—The store rooms of Aderhold A Co., on East Tenth street, were entered and robbed Wednesday night. Tho extent of the losa Is a matter of conjecture. Cloth ing, shoes and dry goods were selected as the booty, together with a quantity of change left In the cash registry. Special to the Georgian. Savannah, Ga., Sept. 27.—There la some talk among local saloonlsts of abolishing the free lunch counter, fol lowing the course of the saloon men at Jacksonville, where, however, they had some assistance from the authorities. Free lunch Is at present served In most of the saloons between 11 and 1 o'clock. Special to The Georgian. Savannah, Ga., Sept. 27.—The Savon nah Electric Company has announced on Increase In the wages of a number of Its older employees to 17 cents per hour. The new schedule will go Into effect October 1. The company believe, that a choice body of employees can be retained at the advance In wages. Special to The Georgian. Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 27.—Miss Allle Glenn, a daughter of the late Treasurer Glenn, of the Alabama Poly technic Institute, at Auburn, was to- day elected by the board of trustees to succeed her father. Hperlnl to The (leorglnn. Gadsden, 'Ala., Sept. 27.—The post office, at Mountalnboro, In the western part of Etowah county, was broken Into and robbed, either last night nr In the early hours of this morning. The post- office was In the store of 8. H. Leath, and the thieves enteerd through a win- dow. Fifty dollars belonging to the postofnee was taken and a sum of money belong to Mr. Heath. Hperlnl to The (leorglnn. Charleston, S. O., Sept. 27.—Magis trate E. J. Whllden, of Charleston county, died yesterday afternoon, the letlm of blood poisoning, which devel oped from a gun-shot wound In the knee, from a weapon held In the hands of his best friend. P.'O. Porcher. About two weeks ago Messrs. Whllden and Porcher went out together to hunt for cattle. Accidentally Mr. Porcher shot Magistrate Whllden. Th. wound at flrat did not seem to be serious, but a few days ago the magistrate had to be moved to Charleston, where. In spite of the beat skill, he died from blood pois oning. MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP MOVE INTERESTCONTINUES UNABATED WITH SCORES JOINING LEAGUE Names Continue to Come in ; Despite Trouble. Many Expressions of Opin ion From Men in All . Walks of Life. FUNERAL SERVICES OF MRS. F. R.'HOLLEY The funeral services of Mrs. Frank ;. Holly were conducted by Dr. John White Thursday morning at Bar clay A Brandon's chapel. Mrs. Holly, whose husband Is a trav eling salesman, died early Wednesday morning, after an Illness of several months. While her death was not un expected, still It came as a shock to hosts of friends to whom she had en deared herself. She was a consistent member of the Second Baptist church. She was horn In Unlondale, Pa., but has resided In Atlanta for the past ten years. She Is survived by her husband and several brothers and sisters. So Insistent are the cltlsens that At lanta have municipal ownership that applications for membership In the Mu nicipal League have-continued to pour Into The Georgian office daring the recent excited period In the city's his tory. The thoughtful cltlsens have been awake to a full realisation of the fact that the outbreak would soon be put down, and that the city would re sume Its normal tranquillity; but they have also realized that municipal own ership Is a matter in which they can not afford to lose Interest. And there fore the applications have continued to come until the membership has reached Imposing proportions. People hav. stopped by Th. Georgian offlee to leave the application.; some have mailed them In, many; of the en velopes containing as many as five ap plications. Almost every member makes some pertinent remark, giving his views on the situation. 1 The most sig nificant feature Is mW In all walks iff life—lawyers,* insurance men, mer chants. manufacturers, Jobbers, labor ers, architects and physicians—request to bo enrolled. Every one of them has faith In the principle, and with the as iurance that a model organization would be formed they have come for ward to enlist In the cause of civic progress and the fight for the people against the corporations. Many Lstters Receivsd. The Georgian has received many let ters on l he step It has taken. Many of these are too long to be published. We would like to publish them all, but those that we do nut publish huve been nied-away carefully so that the public may realize w hen the time comes Just how the citizens feel. We take the liberty, howover, of publishing the fol lowing letter which came from U. L. Johnson, a cl.rk who resides at No. 8 Highland avenue It Is a fair sample of the enthusiasm the movement has aroused: Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 27, 1908. The Atlanta Georgian', City: Gentlemen—Thank heaven for a leader! Join the Municipal Ownership League? Well 1 should say so. I bund you herewith my application. Put It In and call on me when there Is any thing doing that will make In the slightest degree toward Atlanta owning all her public utilities I am not only In favor of cities owning what belongs to them, but I am In favor of the United 8tates government owning every mile of railroad and trolley lines In tlilH country, with the exception of the trolley lines In the limits of the various cities, and put them In charge of an Interstate commerce commission com posed of seven, eleven, thirteen or sev enteen members, elected by the people, one from any one designated section of the country. Then elect the senators by the people and we will bfcve govern ment from Washington that will gov ern all the people (and the railroads), by the people and for the people. Yours very truly, C, L. JOH * 8 Highland Avenue. People Should Think. We ask that every man who ha. the good of the city at‘heart think over these things, and when you have de cided that municipal ownership of gas and electric lighting plants Is a good thing, cut out tho membership blank which will be printed In every Issue of The Georgian, and either mull or'send It to this offlee. The Georgian can do nothing without your help..We ask that you help yourself by giving us your moral support. Youi display of pub lic spirit and Interest In your city will aid us In the fight which w*e are mak ing and which we will continue to make until we come off victorious. Thomas H. Ggodwln, former candl- R UMOR SA YS DR. BRA DLE Y TURNED DOWN$20,000 JOB OR. H. S. BRADLEY. Atlantic Seaboard Is to Feel the Effects. MISSISSIPPI GETS WATER AND WIND Hperlnl to The (leorglnn, St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 27.—The story that Rev. Dr. Henry 8. Bradley, form erly of Atlanta, Ga., has refused a (20,000 Chicago position, because he thought It his duty to retain his 88,000- position here. Is causing much comment in church circles here. Dame rumor hus It that the Chicago position was no other than the chair of theology at the University of Chicago. Dr. Bradley refused to admit or deny the story: Dr. H. S. Bradley was for four years pastor of Trinity Methodist church In this city, leaving the chair of biology nt Emory College to enter the ministry, He left Atlanta In 1906, to take the pul pit of a Methodist church at St. Louis, Despite his advanced views and the consequent charges of heresy made against him. Dr. Bradley was one of the most popular and best-loved min Istera Atlanta has ever had. He was a scholar of distinction, pulpit orator of ability and was con splcuous because of the earnestness and zeal of his pastoral work. The size of the salary of the Chicago position Is doubtless exaggerated. So far an Is known, there are no 120,000 professorships. date for mayor, a lawyer with offices at 3*8 Century building, sends In his application for membership with a re mark to the *ffec, that his services are at th> command of ths League. T. W. Beers, an architect of 10 Hol- derness street, asked to be enrolled. 'Let It be soon,” wrote R. E George, a printer, who resides at 866 East Georgia avenue. “And why not six car tickets for 26 cents?” asked James Horne, a clerk who resides at 61 West North avenue. "The Georgian ar.d Mr. Key should have the support of every thinking man. woman and child.” was the way F. P. Stony, of 816 Austell building, put It. Many Enthusiastic Csmmsnts. To be ownM exclusively by the city,” remarked Thomas E. McAfee, a salesman of 274 Ashby street J. D. Langston, a merchant of 200 Marietta street, displayed ths proper spirit when he said: "I will urge others to. join." Continued on Pag« Two. FULTON CkAND JURY FIXES RESPONSIBILITY • FOR RECENT RIOTING The Fulton county grand jury this morning unanimously adopted the following ^solutions touching the caUHes leading up to the rioting in Atlanta on last Saturday night: “Grand Jury Room, Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 27, 1906.—We, the membera of the grand jury of Fulton county, Georgia, believing that the sensational manner in which the afternoon newspapers of Atlanta have presented to the people the newa of the various criminal acta recently committed in^this county, line largely influ enced the creation of the spirit animating the mob of last Satur day night, and that the editorial utterances of The Atlanta News for some time past have been calculated to create a dis regard for the proper administration of the law, and to promote the organization of citizens to act outside of the law in the pun ishment of crime; “And believing further that the distribution by The Atlanta News of sensational and heavy-leaded extras on Saturday night among a large crowd of excited men and boys who thronged the streets, greatly inflamed the crowd and promoted the formation of the mobs: “Therefore, resolved, That the sensationalism of the after noon papers in the presentation of the criminal news to the pub lic prior to the riots of Saturday night, especially in the case of The Atlanta News, deserves our severest condemnation, and we trust that, in the interest of law and^ order in Fnlton county, there may be for the future a cessation of such journalistic methods.” , B. M. Blount, Edwin Kingsbery, A. J. West, Foremai; J. R. Nutting, John M. Green, Alonzo Richardson, James M. Couper, Ernest Woodruff, Albert Steiner, W. II. Kiser, Demps Perkerson, Frank Hawkins, Wm. J. Davis, ' George E. King, George W. Sciple, J. W. Cotton, L. H. Beck, S. C. Iluff. SOUTHERN TRAIN WRECKED BY BANDITS IN CAROLINA Speeiiil to Th. Georgian. Columbia, 8. C, H.pt, 27.—Governor Heyward has just received a telegram from Magistrate J. M. Patterson, ot Al lendale, Barnwell county, stating that the Southern train. No. 20, has been wrecked by the removal of a rail. One is dead. The governor was asked to eend bloodhounds It possible. Reports Heard Regarding New Orleans Are Offi cially Denied. Louisville, Ky., Sept. 27.—Commun ication waa had with New Orleans for a tew minutes at 10:45 a. m. The tele graph operator there reported that the wind was blowing about 48 miles an hour, but that tho center of the storm was east of Now Orleans and that the city had not suffered any serious dam age, nor has there been any loss ot' life aa far as reported. It is consid ered probable In New Orleans that the storm hit the Mississippi coast and Mobile hard, but there was nothing to conflrm this. The wire failed at this Juncture. General Manager Evans, of the Lou isville and Nashville railroad, has re ceived reports from division superin tendents on his road. Indicating a se rious storm south ot Greenville, Ala. The high wind haa blown trees across the tracks, destroying telegraph wires and Interfering serously with the op eration of trains. A passenger train due In Montgomery, Ala., at 8 a. m. did not arrrlve until nearly 11 o'clock, tho de lay being caused by numerous stops to remove trees from the tracks, The storm appears general between Montgomery and the Gulf of Mexico and westward to the Mississippi rlv- Water Is reported four feet deep In the streets of Moss Point, Miss., the high wind blowing the water In from tho gulf. * Washington, Sopt. 27.—Tho weather bureau mokes the following announce ment: "The tropical disturbance haa reach ed the Mississippi and southeastern I.oulslnna coasts, where It Is central this morning ns a storm of great se- vci'lty. IlennrtM from Mobile and 1’en- aacola nro»ml.«nlng by reason nt the general prostration of wires In the storm-swept territory. "High Winds and rain prevail over Alabama, Mississippi and southern Louisiana, a maximum velocity ot 43 miles an hour from the northwest be ing reported this morning from New Orleans. "The tropical disturbance will proba bly move northward during the next - twenty-four hours and cause general rains east of the Mississippi and south of Ohio, attended by high winds In ;hn lower Mississippi valley, tho gulf states and probably In Tennessee. "Storm warnings are- displayed on the Atlantic coast from Norfolk to Jacksonville and on the gulf coast from New Orleans to the northern part of the west Florida coast.” NO DAMAGE AT MERIDIAN, 18 REPORT FROM MEMPHI8 Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 27.—The pa pers here have received nothing by epeclal service from lower Mississippi, owing to the storm. No damage Is re ported at Meridian. REPORT OF TIDAL WAVE 18 OFFICIALLY DENIED. New York, Sept. 27.—A report reach ed Wall afreet early today that New Orleans has been submerged by a tidal wave or a break In the levee. Tho re port came by long-distance telephone from Louisville, Ky. Theodore F. Price later received dis patches that business !b proceeding regularly on the New Orlenns cotton exchange and no reported damage hail come In. There Is high water at New Orleans, due to tho prevailing east winds, and a heavy storm has disar ranged the wlree. Chicago reported that both telephone and telegraph are wrt-klng direct with New Orleans. They knew nothing ot any tidal wave. The weather bureau at Washington denied at once the tidal wave report at New Orleans. POSTAL TELEGRAPH CO. SAYS NO LIVES ARE LOST. Chicago, Sept. 27.—The Postal Tele graph Company furnishes the follow ing Information from New Orleans: The high wind and rain that usually strikes this section at the time of the equinox have blown down the wires In numerous places. As far as we can learn there has been no loss of life or property, though a tidal wave Is ru mored on the gulf. NO DAMAGE AT NEW ORLEANS Special to The (leorglan. New Orleans, Sept. 27.—The report of a tidal wave here Is without founda tion. But little damagewaa done by the wind In this city. REPORT RECEIVED IN ATLANTA SAYS DA MA GE NOT GREA T Telegraphic connections wore established by the Postal Tele graph Company Thursday after noon with New Orleans through Memphis, Dallas and Houston. Reports were received that tho storm sweeping the gulf coast was of an exceptionally severe na ture, but that no great damage had been done.