The Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, GA.) 1906-1907, November 19, 1906, Image 13

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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. MONDAY. NOVEMBER 13, lrk'f l.'S ATTENTION! I v e r Sale—A corner in the Tiiinl Ward that can be made into a fine invest ment. See 1 ; . LEEBMAN, Eeal Estate—Renting, 28 Peachtree St. MEDICAL STUDENT HELD FOR DEATH OF A GIRL l ILL STUDY LIBOR PROBLEM IN GEORGIA Frederick C. Croxton, of the gov. | «iiment department of commerce and | labor, called at the'state agricultural I department Monday to confer with the I official* relative to the Immigration I question. I Mr. Croxton will spend some time In I Georgia studying the labor situation. I the needs of the state as to Immigrants land the trend of general public sentl- Imcnt regarding this Important ques- I''"Recently the Immigration question | ht* come to the front In tho Bouth. | loitered by the labor problem. It Is | evidently the Intention of the depart- Iment of commerce and tabor to study | the situation and lend necessary aid to | nate movements where It Is desirable. liE ARMY NEWS OF INTEREST HERE Lieutenant Clark Howell Woodward, wn of Oeneral Manager Park Wood- I ward, of the Atlanta waterworks. Is | now in command of the torpedo boat iBnlnbrldge. In the Philippines. Captain E. J. Williams has been or- I dered back to Dahtonega os military I instructor. When trouble began In resist he was ordered to rejoin his I regiment. Fifth Infantry, with the view I nt going to the Island for duty. It was [found, however, that he would not be I needed In Cuba, and he now goes back I to the North Georgia Agricultural Col- | lege. , Captain Charles P. George, formerly Halloaed here with the Fifteenth in fantry, and again as recruiting officer, I has been placed upon the retired list, I with the rank of major. His retirement I was due to physical disabilities received I In the line of duty. He Is well known I In Atlanta. Major Manly B. Curry, who on-in-law of Senator A. O. Bacon, of | Georgia, has been granted a leave of I absence for some months from his du Police Declare Tenor Guilty of Other Offenses. I SUGGESTS NEW SITE FOR AUDITORIUM The suggestion I* mode that the'clty pould do well to use the Walker Btreet I school lot as a site for the new audi torium and armory, and with the money [ ret aside for such purchase erect two school buildings, which are badly | needed. Attention Is called to the fact that | the Walker street lot Is a very large f: that It fronts on three streets, easily accessible to three car lines, and i» in a section of the city toward vhlt'h the business section is rapidly itretchlng. It is said that- tho clttiens of this •ection will hold several meetings to •gllale this proposition. I I>H. J. L. PINSON DEAD AT GREENSBORO, GA. br. j. I,, pinion, formerly at the [ bend of the Arm of Pinson, Doxter ft nt Atlanta, died early Monday morning at Greensboro, Ga„ after week's Illness from pneumonia. His body win be brought to Atlunta Tues day at s o'clock and will be Intern/ In Oakland. Funeral services wilt take place In 'he Chapel of Barclay & Brandon at 2:3') o'clock. The funeral services In Greensboro "111 take place Monday afternoon at the Presbyterian church, of which Ur. Pinson was an elder. pr. Pinson is survived by a son, De- J'ltt Pinson, of Atlanta; Major J. S. Dozier, his brother-in-law; Mrs. J. D. Alppt-r, of West End, a stster-in-law and several other close relatives. New York, Nov. 19.—Joseph'H. Cun ningham,' one of the keepers in the Central park xoo, declared today that Enrfco Carttpo, the great Metropolitan Opera House tenor, was under con stant surveillance both by him and by Detective John J, Cain, who arrested the singer, for the very same sort of disorderly, conduct of which he Is now accused. 'For several Sundays last winter, when the crowd in the menagerie was the largest, I had notice! this fellow, not knowing then that he was Caruso. He was annoying women In the crowd. VVe followed Caruso to the bird house, where he anhoyed two women. Women Feared Notoriety. "Cain asked the two women to make a complaint against the man, but they both refused, saying they could not af ford to attract the notoriety that would follow their appearance In court. I saw a picture of Caruso and knew he was the same man we had bad under sur veillance.” Sergeant McGIrr, of the Central park, before whom Caruso was taken by De tective Cain after he had been arrested on the complaint of Mrs, Hannah Gra ham, of 1758 Bathgate avenue, the Bronx, the woman for whom the de tective was searching today, ridiculed the charges of attempted blackmail which Coruso has made. Witnesses Against Caruso., "We have three witnesses, two park keepers and a civilian, read^ to enter court next Wednesday and testify against Caruso and his actions in this park that forced Detective Cain to take him to the station house,” said Police Sergeant McGIrr. "He cried like a blg'baby when he was taken to a cell, and If he had been arrested for anything else I would have felt sorry for him. Such men as he should be In prison instead of coming over here and' Insulting respectable American women. If I were this wom an's husband I’d get the singer and beat his head off. He'd be perfectly right In doing It, and not a policeman would take him In either It ha knew the cause of the case. Tenor Has Recovered. "We expect to get ether witnesses and we are going to mkke It so hot for the man' that he will either leave the city or go to prison.” ' It was said today at the Hotel Sa voy. where Caruso la stopping, that he had completely recovered from the nttack of sciatica that kept him from appearing In court Saturday when hla case was called. He was out on Fifth avenue yesterday early In the day and after a long walk with Heinrich Con' rled, returned to the hotel. Won’t Flee to Franoo. "It's all bosh talk on the part of my enemies that I am going to llee the country and sail for France,” said the tenor when seen today In his apart ments at the Savoy. "I hnve nothing to fear from the police or this woman. "I was very III last Saturday and so could not be In court, but It was not because I was afraid. Oh, no; I’m not afraid .Never before In all my life have I been In so much trouble. It will blow over and I will be vindicated. I fear nothing." CRUTCHFIELD TIRED OF PUBLICITY FOR Mrs. Crutchfield Develops Pleurisy at the Hos pital. J. H. Crutchfield, In the Tower on the charge of shooting and maiming hie wife, Mrs. Sallte Crutchfield, Monday morning had on* of the jail officials telephone to the Grady hospital and request that' newspaper men be pro hlbited -from seeing the wounded wife. Crutchfield said he was growing tired of so much publicity and didn't want his wife to give out any more state ments. He said the several publica tions of late had gretetly worried him and he was afraid they would annoy Mrs. Crutchfield. No official action has been taken re gar ding Crutchfield's request. / It Is announced * Monday that Mrs. Crutchfield (a not so well as she has been of late, and it has been necessary to delay her removal home. Dr, James N. Ellis, her attending physician, says she has developed pleurisy, but that her condition Is not serious. He says she will be able to be ipoved from the hospital within a few days. Philadelphia, Nov. 19.—Albion W. Johnson. Jr., a member of a promi nent family of Kittary. Maine, and a third-year student at' the Jefferson Medical College, together with his cou sin, Wallace Dodge, were arrested Sat urday. charged with having caused the death of May Agnes Furbush, a pretty 19-year-old girl, who had lived with Johnson as his wife at f516 Lombard street. Miss Furbush Is supposed to be the daughter of a w'eolthy New York sa- Europt. Johnson pleaded with Dr. Ulrich to write a death certificate, but he de clined. On the charge of "suspfcf* Johnson and Dodge wore yesterday held in $1,500 ball each. Both went to Jail. Johnson himself now admits that he fully intended to marry Miss Furbush • 'll T.’miiL i\ imr day. In his box was found seven bank books, each of w hich showed good bal nncos. He would not become of ag« until the end of this month, and It is thought he put off the wedding until ho secured possession of a largo estate loon keeper, who Is now traveling In \ left him by a relative OPPOSED TO RE-MARRIAGE, MAN FIRED AT SISTER’? HUSBAND, WHO BEGGED HER TO RETURN Special to The Georgian. Columbus, Ga., Nov. 19.—C. W. Bent ley fired three shots at T. L. Mackey In front of the Eagle and Phenlx mills this morning Just before work time. Mackey's sister had been divorced from Bentley and the latter was trying to get her to return. Her brother opposed a remarriage and a fight over the mat ter resulted. Mackey was not shot but was hit * * “ • to!. In the 300 MILE TRIP TO GO 27 MILES ®F*”lnl to The Georgian. ‘'"bimbos, Ga,. Nov. 18.—The Parker Amuse ment Company itreet (air and ramivai wax refused tranaportatlon fi-i'in Opelika to Phenlx City, *7 mllea. un "'-'"unt of no motive power ot the Cent tv, t railroad. The .how had to go by Montgomery •nd Richland to Columbus, about 300 ™ fs around, to get to It* destination. SPLENDID OFFER MADE OF LEADIN6 MAGAZINES „. Th< ’ Georgian docs cot Intend that p„J l; a*eribfci shall miss anythin;. . “■'"luently, it hax obtained eubscrlp- lo pnacilacnt magazines and «‘0,icatton3. one of which will be eont J2,'* ch /early paid In advance sub- *o The Georgian. The price of i, ..Georgian Is 31.50 per year. Ser.d amount and we will rend you GENERAL DUVALL TO INSPECT FORTS Brigadier Oeneral Duvall, command er of the Department of the Gulf, and hi* aide, Lieutenant R. M. Campbell, left for New Orleans Sunday night to make the annual inspection of Fort St. Philip and Jackson Barracks. The Fourth and Ninety-first companies of const artillery are quartered nt these poets. The officers" are expected to return to Atlanta Wednesday. The United States post at Fort Mc Pherson and other posts In the territory of the Department of the Gulf will he Inspected by Brigadier Genera! Duvall, after his return from New Orleans. A regular Itinerary of the coming Inspec tion has not yet been published by the deportment. . BROUGHT PARROT INTO COURT ROOM A well-dressed w:hlte woman, giving her name ns Mrs. T. E. Culberson, was arrested Sunday morning shortly after midnight at the Terminal station, where she Is said to have been found wildly Intoxicated. She Is Id to have indulged In a considerable lot of profanity. She had In her possession a parrot, which re mained quiet throughout the proceed ings. No case was entered against the bird Mrs. Culberson was later re leased from the police station by de positing cash collateral of 310.75 and failed to appear In police court Mon day morning. The case against her was made by Policeman Butler. AS HOLD-UP MA Dr. Frank Holland, of 35 Currier street, the well-known dentist, was held up and robbed by a trio of un known negro highwaymen at the point of pistols Saturday night shortly be fore 8 o’clock, In Currier street, near the corner of Peachtree. One of the negroes snapped hlq pistol In the face of Dr. Holland, but It failed to fire. Another one struck at him with a stick, but he dodged the blow and escaped unhurt. The footpads relieved the doctor of 380 In money. Shortly after the hold-up Officer! Bayne and Clark stopped a negro, Charlie Ooudlock. a short distance from the scene and began to question him, thinking he might be one ot the foot- ads. The negro suddenly putted hi* nlfe and cut both officers. The wounds were only slight, however. Goudlock was arrested and Monday morning was bound over to the state courts by Re corder Broyles on the charge of assault with Intent to murder. IMMIGRANT SOCIETY TO MEET IN CITY leorgli In At tlanta In gratlon Society will meet a few day*. F. M. Oliver, of Savannah, president of the board of directors, has called the meeting, but the exact date has not been determined. It is highly probable that the meeting will be held the morn Ing of November 27, as the big "Immi gration dinner” of the Chamber of Commerce will take place that evening. All the director* have been sent spe cial Invitations to this dinner. rat: Judge’s Quarterly. Amen- SET UPON BY HIGHV/AYMEN AND RELIEVED OF MONEY. gpecinl to The Georgian. Spartanburg, S. C., Nov. 19.—T. J. Odum, a farmer who rented a farm from J. T. Harris, la In trouble, a war rant having been sworn out for his ar rest charging him with selling four bales of cotton under Hen. When of ficer* called at Odam’s house last night to serve the warrant he was not to be found. It IS claimed by Odam's friends that after selling the cotton at Campo- bctlo several mile* from this city, he was 'set upon by highwaymen and robbed of the money. On the night that Odatn Is reported In have been robbed the saw-mill on the place rent ed by Odum and owned by Mr, Harris, wao partially destroyed h>’ fire and the REV. GEORGE GUILLE NOT TO COME HERE Rev. George E. Guffle, of Augusta, called to the pastorate of Westminster Presbyterian church some time ago, has notified that church that he will not accept. Dr. Gullle gives as his reasons press Ing work Inaugurated In his Augusta charge, and which he cannot very well give up. The congregation of West minster regret* very much that Dr. Gullle could not accept, but they have In mind another minister whom they hope to get to serve them. RAN SHIP AGROUND AFTER DAMAGED; CREW IS SAVED Sped*I to The Georgian. Charleston, S. C„ Nov. 19.—Captain Wymen and crew ot the schooner Louis 0, Babel came Into port thi* morning in a launch. The* ship, which was loaded v coal, was hit by two storms, leaked and was abandoned six miles from Bull’s Bay light yesterday. She was bound from Newport News to Mayport, Fla., with 600 tors of coal. The captain ran the ship aground to save her. SLASHED WOMAN TO DEATH, NEGRO THEN PLAYED CRAPS. Special to The Georgian. Wilmington, N. C, Nov. 19.—Bettle Johnson, a negro woman 36 years of age, is dead as a result of a savage at tack made upon her by Frank James, n young South Carolina negro of bad po lice record. The woman was returning .to her home from a magistrate’s office which she had visited to swear out a war rant against the man for a simple as sault. When within a hundred yards of her. house James sprung upon the woman and hacked her to death With a razor. After cutting her throat he gashed the body. The woman bled to death within a 'fen* moments. James escaped. Janies wa* caught early yesterday j morning while shooting craps at the Cape Fear lumber yards. ELECTROCUTED WHEN OFFICE LIGHTS WERE TURNED ON Spcolnl to The Georgian. Augusta, Ga., Nov. 19.—J. T. Spires, a white man, 35 years of age, was elec trocuted this morning at 7 o'clock at the office of the Chattanooga Brewing Company. Spires went Intq the office early this morning and had occasion to turn on the light*. On account of some trouble with the wires, which. It Is thought, were crossed and together, with the wet floor upon which he stood, the moment he touched the switch wire he received a shock which knocked him to the floor and death en sued within a few minutes. Coroner Elliott made an Investiga tion and decided that no foul play was the cause of- the man’s death, but ordered a rigid Investigation as to why the wire was defective. BRIEF NEWS NOTES Yeggemen successfully raided tho jostofflce at Unlonvlllo, Pa., by steal- Hbman bones tied with red ribbons were used by medical students of Chi cago, In a battle which occurred be tween them and dental rodents during a football game on the Northwestern University grounds. -Igands in the Salonika dlsl Macedonia, are eald, at Athens, to have’ massacred women and children at Kos- sluco and Rametl. Mistaking a fellow searcher for thq, convict, Amot Sinclair Francis, who escaped from the Maine state’s prison, Charles Sinclair shot Robert Thods, wounding him In the legs. Helpless,from rheumatism, Richard Calrgny, aged 55, of 94 Stratford Place, Newark, killed himself In the. bath room by taking gas. Grandmaster John F. Hanrahan, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire men, began today the canvass of the referendum vote of the members of tho order on the question of a uni form working day and rate of pay. An engine clashed with An enstbound milk train on the Lackawanna railroad near Lehigh, 10 miles from Scranton, and one trainman was killed, while several were wounded. a riot with 300 students of the University of Arkansas, who were too notsy after u football victory, Henry SUPREME OFFICER - KNIGHTS PYTHIAS DEAD OF APOPLEXY Special to The Georgina. Charleston, S. C„ Nov. 19.—James H. Thayer, one of Charleston’s most prominent cltlsens, died last night here. The funeral will be held tomor row afternoon. He we* supreme repre. sentatlve of the Knights Of Pythias of South Carolina, past grand chancellor, ex-president of the Hlbernlnn Society and ex-county chairman of the Demo cratic executive committee. Ills age wuh 52 years. He was stricken with apoplexy Friday night at a Baptist en tertalnment. MAKE SURE OF QUALITY POINTS TO INDIA Conftul Qcni'rn! Wllllnm II. Michael re port* from Calcutta that Americau enter prise within the hint few yeara baa given i Impetus to the manufacture of rugs In tdla. says The Sew York Evening Tele- ram. In 1905*1906 • there were manufactured In tdla end exported carpets and rugs to the value of 11,990,000. of which $1306.000 in value wcut to the United Kingdom and ft90,009 ill value to the (Tutted Htntes. 5lent «r the finest rugs that were shipped to the United fitates of Indian manufacture two-thirds of India. This firm employs 15, 000 people, half of whom nre females en gaged III spinning and the other half the hand looms. 1'radically all the rugs made by this firm nre manufactured on designs that were worked out In tho United mutes, nnd nre Intended to meet the American dtmnml. The colors used nre Indigenous, purely vegetable, and are ‘ “ that have been h»i M MM from father to sou. This firm wonld lie f ind to do their mnniifuctuting In the nltcd States, hut It hna been found to ho ImpoHltile to Induce nn/ considerable uum- lK*r of expert rug makers to emigrate to the United States, even If there were tio legal difficulties lu the way, nml It Is tin* possible to Induce Amcrlraiis to engage In making rugs by hand as they ore made In India, fo that It should he o. matter of genuine pride to Amcrlenus to know that their countrymen nre loading in the enter- design, yet to a much more artistic mini me t»rj!'jjim r This Ann, however. Is able to Imitate antique oriental design so perfectly that the only difference discernible to the aver age person would be possibly the hlgliet finish of the imitations. There would Ins the same number of knots to the square Inch, the same colors, prepared of the same Ingredients, nnd tbe same designs, and the-work would lie done precisely in the same way that the oldest rugs were The rugs for the United States trade ore mostly made on designs prepared by Amer ica u artists. The cariwts nml rugs sent to the United Kingdom nre made by natives, who sell to brokers for export. Borne of these goods find their way through Lon don Into the American market and are offered for sale ns superior Indian rugs, which they nre not. As a matter of fact, this class of goods lias greatly lujured the •lDilation ot Indiau mgs. than which. of Fayetteville, The news that an American divorce has been granted to Lady Angela Forbes from her husband, Jamea Stew art Forbes, on the ground of desertion, amuaea London society, Lady Angela the youngest slater of Lord Roselyn. Riot Relief Committee. The riot relief committee held a meeting at noon today In the office of George Muse for the purpose of closing u» far as possible, all the business __ the committee. The committee Is composed of the following: W. R. Joyner, chairman; H. L. fichlealnger, Louis Gholstln, M. R. Emmons, George Muse, W. H. Patterson and W. G. Cooper. To Arrange For Dinner. ... „ , The committee on the "Immigration I popular all over Georgia than genial, dinner” of the chamber of commerce [ big-hearted John Hightower. For a number of years he resided In Atlanta, but In recent yeois had lived In Thom- aavtlle. He wa* one of the builders of the more durable one. nr. made anywhere, JOHN wThIGHTOWER DIED HERE SUNDAY After a Ion* illness Captain John W. Hightower died Sunday evening at 6 o’clock at St. Joaepha Infirmary. Few men were better known or more You make sure that your suit is all-wool nnd hand- padded, don't you? , Xot so careful nboul your shoes, are you? But you want to be—this year es pecially—because shoe ma terials have increased 52 per cent in cost. And the quali ty of a good many shoes has been cheapened just that much. The way to be sure is to get proof. And the only way you can pet proof is to buy Itej-al .Shoes, The Spec ifications tag which Roeswith fM every pair of Rcgals tells you, before you purchase, that the materials used in ftvery pair of Re- gafi nre the best obtainable. Send for Style Book. Mail Orders Promptly Filled. ( Quarter Sizes Mail Order Dept. 6 WHITEHALL STREET, ATLANTA, GA. TOE 3DOOB ‘OVOABr s> l?Rl8IR7B@ FOR MEN AND WOMEN. J. W. GOLDSMITH, JR., Sales Agent. BROOKLYN BELLE 7 O WED BATTLE CREEK MILLION AIRE meet* at 5 o'clock Monday afternpon the office of the Trust Company cf Georgia In the Equitable building. The dinner will be held at the Piedmont hotel the night cf November 27. The following compose the committee: 8am D. Jones, chairman; Ernest Wood ruff, E. H. Krlegshaber qnd W. G. Cooper. Prince Fuahlnl, who two year* ago visited many of the principal cities In the United States, and who recently returned from a state visit to China, III sail for England from Toklo In the near future to return a visit paid him by Prince Arthur of Connaught. King Frederick and Queen Louise of Denmark have arrived In Berlin to visit the kaiser. MISS BENNING MAY HEAD GEORGIA STATE D. A. R. Special to The Georgian. Savannah, Ga., Nov. It.—It Is olutlon, who have been discussing the state convention, that Miss Bennlng, of Columbus, will be elected regent to succeed Mr*. J. A. Rounsavllle, of Rome, whose term will expire. Miss Bennlng has many friends here. She is prominent in Columbus society and In the patriotic bodies. She Is presi dent of the Columbus chapter of the Daughters of tbe Confederacy and also a prominent member of the Colonial names. Tlfton, Thomasvllle and Oulf railroad and waa at one time one of the vice presidents. He was largely Identified with south Georgia lumber Interests, und was also the manufacturer of plows. Mr. Hightower Is survived by his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Mike Maho ney, of Dublin, and Mrs. Frank Wa terman. of Hawklnsvlllc, and one son, John W. Hightower, Jr. The funeral will be held In Hawklnsvllfs Tuesday morning. . RAILROAD SETTLES A BIG DAMAGE SUIT Columbia, S. C, Nov. 19.—On July 13 last the jury In the case of C, F. Hart, administrator of Herbert A. Pattlllo v*. Seaboard Air Line railway, rendered a verdict for 322,60b against the defend ant. Mr. Pattlllo was a postal clerk running between Jacksonville, Fla., and Hamlet, N. C.. and he was killed while on duty In a collision near Blaney, 8. C. The cose has been settled by the defendant company paying to the plain tiff 321,609. The plaintiff was represented by Messrs. Atkinson ft Born, attorneys, of Atlunta and Is it probably the largest verdict that ha* ever been rendered for the homicide of a mall clerk. (Copyright, 1908, by W. R. Hearat.) Miss Edna Hellbrun, the Brooklyn belle, who is to marr.' Charieson, the Battle Creek millionaire. The couple .are to r. Jersey. 1,000 DELEGATES PRESENT AT COMMERCIAL CONGRESS Root and Shaw, and W. J. Bryan Are To Speak. Kansas City. Mo., Nov. 19.—With 1,000 delegates present, the trans-MIs- slsslppi commercial congress convened here today for a four days’ session. Ellhu Root wilt speak Tuesday night on the question of commercial rela tions of this country with South Amer ica, and Secretary Shaw will deliver an — - address on’ "Amerl Thursday morning. This morning'forme: els, president of the > emor Hocti, of K.m. Beardsley,-of Kansan addresses. William J. Bryan * delegates Ftttai night Among the .Visitors are representatives Brazil, Costa Rica, r Chill.