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I The Georgian Carries The BUSINESS ' . And All Oflt Clean The Atlanta Georgian. The Georgian Carries The BUSINESS • And All Of It Clean VOL. 1. NO. 211. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1906. ppm?. Atlanta TWO CENT* ITXUAjEj: on Trains F1VH CENT* SOUTHERN PLANTERS TO ASK POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT FOR A FRAUD ORDER AGAINST NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE CEO. PERKINS Congressman Living ston Receives Letters of Complaint. SAY THAT “ROTTEN” BALES ARE GIVEN Want Matter Rectified at Once by Government . Regulation in Some Way. Washington, Dec. 28.—Representa tives of the cotton growing Interests of the South are preparing data on which to base a request that the post- office department Issue a fraud order against the Now York cotton exchange. They are certain that the Information they will file will make the issuance of such an order imperative. The mat ter was tentatively, presented to the department late yesterday afternoon. The grounds on which the postal au thorities will be asked to deny the big New York concern the use of the mails Is that it conducts a business which Is not legitimate. Southerners Making Fight. The Southerners are not making a fight on the business of dealing in fu tures, per se, as they assert that the New Orleans cotton exchange handles Its affairs In a way which Is entirely legitimate, and which Is altogethor different from the methods of the New York exchange. If the postolHce de partment pursues the course that is usual In such matters, the promoters of the movement say that an order for bidding the metropolitan concern from using the malls for the transmission of contracts certainly will be forth coming. The principal complaint against the New York exchange is that the cotton delivered on contracts noljl on Its floor is not of the middling grude, or Its equivalent, but a “rotten” commodity which cannot be spun, which is only fit for making horse collars, mat tresses, etc., and on which the buyer. If he does not dispose of his contract before notice day, must In some coses lose more than $10 per bale, regardless of price fluctuations. In New Orleans, It Is asserted, cotton delivered on con tracts purchased In the usunl course of future trading Is always the grade called for In the contracts. Discrepancy in Prices. Persons who are Interested in the matter point to the wide discrepancy between the price of cotton in New Orleans and New York In support of their contention that the New York exchange does not do business on a straightforward, above-board basis. This difference now Is not far from a cent a pound, while the difference be tween January And March on the New York exchange Is from 80 to 31 points, or nearly a third of a cent a pound. Today Is notice day, and recent dis patches from New York are to the ef fect that many Arms are willing to re ceive cotton on contracts, If tender ed, Inasmuch as the difference Is con siderably In excess of carrying charges, and that a profit would, therefore, re sult from such action. Southerners who are In touch with the movement against the New York exchange as sert that nothing of the sort is pos sible, since any cotton delivered would be of the “rotten” variety already al luded to, and that anybody receiving It would certainly lose, despite the dif ference In prices ' on January and March contracts. There are only a very few bales of middling cotton in New York, and It Is the same In other Quarters. Livingston Qsts Lettera. Representative Livingston, of Geor gia, who keeps closely In touch with all matters affecting cotton, when seen, disclaimed positive knowledge of the movement to bring about the Issuance a fraud order. Re told, however, of having received * letter from a well posted Southerner who asserted that cotton growers In the Southern states lost $31,000,000 the past year us a result of the practices of the New York exchange. Mr. Livingston turned this letter over to the secretary agriculture, who replied through the chkf of- one of his bureaus, that the department could do nothing In the premises. The Georgia congressman says that efforts to secure the enactment of reg ulatory legislation has failed and that, •n his opinion, the only way to get at [he root of the trouble Is through the Issuance of a fraud order. Farmers Are Interested. Th** understanding in Washington Is that the Co-operative Farmers' Union I* taking a lively interest in the mat ter, and some who are In touch with the situation here think that that or gan ination will submit the request for S fraud order to Postmaster General Lortc-lyou. President Barrett, of tha Union, has 5*ad«iuartere in Barncsvilfe, Ga. It Is thought to be probable that the South trn t'otton Growers’ Association, of *hl.-h Harvle Jordan, of Atlanta. Is f r,s i'Unt, will also take an active*>art [n tli<- matter. Mr. Jordan’s organlea- !‘" n la the one which waged war on Ul * bureau of statistics of the depart- or agriculture and succeeded In frtving chief Statistician John Hyde tn ’' K. 8. Holmes out of the service. *econd cotton conference CALLED BY JAMES M’COLL. I! .ton. Dm. j»._a call for a iecond 'w.f-r.-nc of the grower, of cotton In 1 untry and cotton manufacturer. L-**n sent out by James R. McColl, 'Went of tbe National Cotton Manu- “'•'iftnr Aaaoclatlon. The conference i <■ for the general discussion of " 'ton .Ituatlon for the purpoae of r?"«!nK about cloaer union and rela- PRESIDENT CHAS. BARRETT ADMITS UNION WILL FIGHT President Charles S. Barrett, of the Farmers' Union, was called up over long distance telephone at headquarters In Barnesvlte and asked concerning the report from Washington that the unloq was backing the movement to secure a fraud order from the postoffice against the New York Cotton.Exchange. * " Ye 2' ' ve I4 have started such a movement,” admitted Mr. Barrett. “As yet no definite action has been taken, but the union Is going.to combat that" €nemy ot t,le * armer * -A™ 1 the New York Cotton Exchange is Just Further than this.Mr. Barrett would not go, but he said that he would probably have a statement to give out In a few days. GREEK LETTER MEN ELECT ALL OFFICERS; ATLANTANS NAMED George Kimball, of Denver, Supreme Archon. Charged nection With With Con- Life Insurance Fraud. WALL STREET MEN ARE ALSO INDICTED New Yox-k Life Deals Being Probed by New York Grand Jury. FRED STONE, ATLANTA, | EMINENT TREASURER. Big Fraternity Dattce At Kimball Friday Evening Will be Event. GEORGE D. KIMBALL, Denver, Colo., Eminent 8upreme Archon. $000000000000000000000000^ Atlanta was given two representa tives In the supreme council, of the Slema Alpha Epsilon fraternity In the election of officers In the convention Friday morning at the Piedmont, when 0 _ O : Fred L. Stone, Tech '03, was elected t\ nrcirroc ci c/vrcn n eminent supreme treasurer, and O OFFICERS ELECTED O FRIDAY MORNING. O O O O Eminent Supreme Archon— O O George D. Kimball. Denver. Colo. O O Past Eminent Supreme Archon O O —John B. -Rudolph, Pleasant Hill, 0 0 Ala. .0 0 Eminent Supremo Deputy Arch- 0 0 on—Carl E. Shelton. Sterling. 111. 0 0 Eminent Supreme Recorder—C. O O W. Stowell, Rhode Island. 0 0 Eminent Supreme Treasurer— 0 O Fred L. Stone. Atlanta. O 0 Editor of The Record—Charles O 0 P. Wood, Atlanta. O 0 0 0O000000000000000000000000 IKY BE FIRED Sentiment Grows in Favor of Disbanding Black Regiment. Washington, Dec. 28.—Congress will be urged to rid.the army of all Its ne gro soldiers, when it next takes up the consideration of the Brownsville af fair. This drastic action has been pro posed and Is receiving serious consid eration from army officers a? members of congress. Four regiments will be affected—the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry and the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Infantry. The suggestion grows out of the fact that ever since the Incidents which led the president to discharge three whole companies of the Twenty-fifth infantry, a regular wave of crime, seems to have swept over the negro troops. Sentiment With Sleyden. Whether or not It was a member of the Twenty-fifth infantry who shot Captain Macklin at El Reno, as Is sus pected, there Is no denying the par- llclpancy of members of the negro reg iments in two disgraceful affairs on Christmas day. Representative Slayden. of Texas, has Introduced a resolution in congress pro vldlng for the discharge of ail negro regiments, and he intends to press it after the holidays. UndouMedly the recent crimes of the negro soldiers will increase the sentiment in favor of Its passage. Protsst Was Ignored. Representative J. N. Garner, of Tex as, who represents the Brownsville dis trict, says when the order was issued to send troops of the Twenty-fifth regi ment to Fort Brown he protested to the war department, but 11 did no good. He believed before the troops were sent that their presence would be a menace The Southern Cotton Association, Farmers' Educational and Co-operative Union National Glnners’ Association, American Cotton Manufacturers' Asso ciation, National Association of Monu- faetuiers and International Federation of Master Cotton Spinners and Manu facturers' Association are Invited to attend and participate In the confer- betweta tja growers and the enca. Charles P. Wood, also of Tech, was j elected as editor of The Record. The; elections were unanimous. The most Important business taken un by the morning business meeting was the election of officers, and the enthusiasm of the college men was a? its highest. The hallways and corrl- 1 dors rang with the college and fra ternity yells, and the Interest In the fraternity was Intense. The conven tion hall was crowded and a full at tendance was recorded. George D. •Kimball, University of Denver, class '05, Zeta chapter, was elected to succeed William C. Levere as eminent supreme archon. John I). Rudolph, Pleasant Hill, Ala., the only surviving member of the band of eight who, with DeVotle, organized the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity over fifty years ago, was unanimously elected past eminent supreme archon. The position Is an honorary one. Carl E. Shelton, Sterling, III., Uni versity of Illinois, class '02, was elected eminent supfeme deputy archon. E. C. Stowell. Rhode Island, was re elected eminent supreme recorder. After the elections the convention ad journed for luncheon. Dance at Kimball Friday. The Sigma Alpha Epsilon dance In the ball room of the Kimball Friday night Is of all-absorbing Interest to the visitors. This occasion has been looked forward to with eagerness and will be one of the most brilliant social functions of the closing year. Invltu- tlons have been extended to u great many Atlanta people, and the largest crowd of the season Is expected to be present. Mr. and Mrs. John D. Little will lead the german, which will follow the reg- u!*»r dance, with which the evening will open. The ball room has been appro priately decorated with the college and fraternity colors, and everything tend ing to make this occasion a success has been arranged by the local alumni. The Invltntlons and programs bear tas tily arranged mottos and emblems of the Sigma Alphu Epsilon fraternity. An invitation was extended to the convention by Walter Brown, the well- known member of the park board, to visit Grant Park and the great paint ing representing the “Battle of Atlan ta.” Commissioner Brown Is an en thusiastic 8. A. E. man and is taking the greatest Interest In the convention. After a session Friday afternoon and possibly two business sessions Satur day the convention will close with the semi-centennial banquet In the con vention hall of the Kimball. On this occasion several men prominent In the affairs of the state and the fraternity are expected to address the gathering. About 350 covers will be laid. PRESIDENT A. J. CASSATT OF PENNSY RAILROAD DIES IN PENNSYLVANIA Did His First Railway Work in State of Georgia. HIS LIFE ENDED BY HEART DISEASE Recognized as One of the Foremost Figures In the Railroad World. - Philadelphia, Dec. 28.—Presi dent A. J. Cassatt, of the Pennsyl vania railroad, died suddenly at home, No. 202 Rittenhouse Square, at 1 p. ni. today of heart disease. He Worked in Georgia. Alexander Johnston Cassatt was fn the service of the Pennsylvania Rail road Company for nearly half a centu ry and was famous as a railway man throughout the world. He was born In Pittsburg In. 1839. His father was n wealthy man, but was not an advocate of luxury. In 1859 young Cassatt was graduated as a civil engineer. He went first to Georgia to assist in locating a railroad. In 1861 he was back In Pittsburg, soliciting a place In the service of the Pennsylvania rail road. The best he could do at the time was to secure a position as rod- man. By 1867 his ability had becomo so well recognized that he was en gaged ns superintendent of motive power and machinery for the entire system. In 1870 he became general superintendent of the system. In 1889 Mr. Cassatt was made presi dent of the Pennsylvania. Early In 1906 rumors were afloat that Mr. Cas satt Intended to resign the presidency, owing to disclosures that officers of the company had been accepting graft from coal concerns. Mr. Cassatt was called home suddenly front Europe, there were numerous changes among the heads of the departments, but Mr. Cas satt continued to hold the presidency. Among railroad officials throughout America Mr. Cassatt was acknowledged to be one of the master minds of truns- |M>rtatlon. He practically reconstruct- PRE8IDENT CA88ATT. Head of Pennsylvania Railroad, died of heart diaeat# in Phila delphia Friday aftarnoon. ed the greatest railroad In the world In order to anticipate the coming prob lems of American commerce and Indus try. He controlled, directly or Indi rectly. more than 17,000 miles of road and directed the work of more than 100,000 men. There was said to be absolutely no detail In the whole prob lem of railroad management of which he was not technically and practically the master. In addition ot his country place at Cheswold, Pa.. Mr. Cassatt hod a fine home In South Rittenhouse square, Philadelphia. He was somewhat of a patron of sports, and also a great lover of art. Mr. Cassatt married the niece of President James Buchanan. She and several children survive him. One of his sons Is Major Edward B. Cassatt, who served for a time as mil itary attache of the American embassy in London. GEORGE W. PERKIN8. New York, Dec. 28.—The grnml jury today brought in an indict ment against 0. W. Perkins, part ner of J. Pierpont Morgan, in con nection with the New York Life Insurance frauds. 70NSORJAL 1 RUST HERE; 35 CENTS FOR HAIR CUTS AFTER JANUARY /, 1907 Woman Said To Have Confessed to Friend. IS END OF MYSTERY NEAR AT HAND? to the peace of the community. He says the regiment had a record of lawlessness, members of It had commit ted murder In Texas and other states, and the Browsnvllle people knew by experience that their Insolence and overbearing ways were a constant menace to the peace of the community. New York, Dec. 28.—It was nnnounc od today that two celebrated Wall street business men have been Indicted for frauds In the conduct of the New York Life Insurance Company. Both men are business associates of J. Morgan. The names will not bo offi cially revealed till later. One of those Indicted Is a life In surance man of International reputa tlon, who was conspicuous In building up the New York Life to dangerous proportions, and was n member of one of the important committees of the Now York Life, which passed on Ille gal transactions through which policy holders suffered. Forgeries In false entries are chiefly alleged. The grand Jury has been In vestlgatlr.g the cases uctively for more than a week. Important men have been witnesses. George \V. Perkins hns been before 4he grand jury several times lately, Lewis A. Delafleld, hls counsel, has been active about the criminal courts buildings. One of the Indictments alleging for gery in the third degree la declared to relate to u dummy transaction In De- comber, 1901, by which 5,300 shares of Chicago, Milwaukio and St. Paul stock and 10,000 shares of Chicago and Northwestern stock, then owned by the New York Life, were transferred to the New York Security and Trust Compa ny, so that the New York Life could seemingly comply with the law pro- Jiibitlng a life Insurance from owning stock. In this deal M. M. Mattlson. a clerk, and a negro messenger named Marshall, in the financial bureau of the New York Life, gave dummy notes for hun dreds of thousands of dollars. At that time Charles 8. Fairchild was president of the New York Security and Trust Company and a member of the finance comnMttee of the New York Life. John A. Delpy. John A. Delpy, aged 24 years, died Thursday night at a private sanitarium. The funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock In the chapel of Harry O. Poole A Co. He Is survived by hls wife. Long hair and long faces will be all the go after January 1. The main squeezes of the Atlanta tonsorlal parlors of Atlanta did It. They got together In a chunk Thurs day night, when all good people should have been asleep, and took advantage of the helpless fellows whose beards spring up In a night, filled the barber price balloon full of gns and let her go u-snlllrg. On January 1 the balloon will reach 35 degrees ubove zero—35 cents for a hair cut, 35 cents for a shampoo and 35 cents for a hand massage. Holy horrors; And other sanctified bad things! You know the barbers decided sev eral weeks ago that the price of these face commodities should bo raised to meet the Increased demand, the Im proved skill and the high prices of the necessities of life. Fourteen barber shops were repre sented at tills gathering—all the shops thut charge 15 cents for a shave. One of the fourteen wus represented by a proxy. Ho really, there were only thir teen proprietors In attendance. Un lucky number—so say the fellows with the fertile heads. The price of n shave was not touched. It remains stationed at 15 cents. The sequels to the shaves were not contin ued stories, though. A shampoo, after thq happy New Year, will be 35 cents. Likewise, tho hair cut and the hand massage. The master barbers also formed an organization, to be 1 nown as the Mas ter limbers’ Association of Atlanta. The f<dlowing officers were elected: L. G. Rickets, Aragon, president; Joseph Leppert, Fourth National Bank build ing, secretary; H. C. Mills, Jackson Ho tel, treasurer. "Next!” BUSCH, RICH BRE WER, IS REPORTED DYING New York, Deo. 18.—Adolphus Hunch, tho St. Louis millionaire brewer, I. rt ported to be dying from pneumonia. OF YOUNG COLLEGE YIELOS TO DEATH Mpeclnl to Tho Georgian. TlioiiiiiNville. (In., Doc. 28.—After nn III- no** of aoremt weeks, !*rof«>«eor John E. linker, who wan pn**>!«lfiit of Yonng’N Fe male Collect* of this city for ubout u quar- of u century, died b*1uy Juat In-foro ■fount of dofllulug atreuifth and udvuncod «Ko. E. Enjstron. The funeral services of E. Enjstron, who died last Friday morning, will be onducted Sunday afternoon In the chapel of Barclay A Brandon, at 2:30 •’clock. The Interment will be In Wed View cemetery. ARCTIC WEATHER IN ENGLAND AND A USTRIA TAKES MANY LIVES NINE PERSONS FROZEN IN ENGLISH DISTRICTS. London, Dec. 28.—Nine persons have been found frozen to death on roads In England alone during the lust 24 hours. The list doubtless will be much length ened when communication with fsolat- parts of the provinces, now snow bound, Is restored. RAILROAD8 IN 8COTLAND ARE REPORTED SNOWBOUND. Galashiels, Scotland, Doc. 28.—The snow storm on the Scottish border, which began fhiistmas night, is the worst that has been experienced for 30 years. All railway traffic with the south and Edinburgh has been com pletely stopped. MANY PERSONS FROZEN TO DEATH IN AUSTRIA. Vienna, Dec. 28.—Heavy snow stoinis throughout Austria-Hungary for three days have seriously Interfered with MERRITT SPEAKS BEFORE EDUCATORS AT MONTI Delayed Trains Keep Many Speakers From the Convention. 8p«>clal to The Georgian. Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 28.—On ac count of late trains only three speakers were heard this morning at the meet ing of the Southern Educational Asso ciation, they being Superintendent of Education-elect H. C. Gunnells, of Ala bama; Superintendent W. B. Merritt, of Georgia, and Superintendent J. H. Fugua, of Kentucky. I. 8. Culver, of Atlanta, of the Tech nological School, made a short address on the purposes of the Southern Draw ing Teachers' Association. There will be no program on tomor row', as announced by President Aber crombie, the program being carried out during tho day. The new committee on necrology consists of J. 8. Stewart, J. V. Judd, . _ . .. ... . I. W. Hill, M. A. Cassidy, J. W. John- traffic. and a number of persons have 1 wn> Dr L ,„ lan w# juhnson and Miss K. been frozen to death. M. Haley. Efforts of Georgian in Fa mous Killing Case Bring Startling Devel- i opments. ,jilj£j Baa Mra. Willie Stamper confossed to another veralon of the killing ot Bailiff John O. Dodgen? A friend of the dead man eaya she has. Not only that but he has In formation to the effect that the denies firing the fatal ahot while the bailiff —as endeavoring to break Into her house and Instead declares anothspi fired the shot According to the Information re ceived Friday, Mrs. Stamper declared to a friend of the dead bailiff that sho was tired of shouldering tho responsi bility, and told who handled the platoL Following closely upon tho addition al evidence secured by The Georgian concerning the Identity and wherc- nbouta of the myeterious companion of Dodgen on the night that he met death, this Information goes to con firm what reporters for The Georgian have already learned. That Mra. Stamper has made some statement there Is little doubt. Friday all efforts on the part of Georgian re porters to see the woman In the Tower were blocked. The detectives of police headquarters had orders Issued that obody be admitted to see Mrs. Stum er. and the Jailer declined to allow er to be Interviewed. The man she Is sold to have declared fired the fatal shot la one wlw ill* closely the description secured bv Georgian reporters of the mysterious companion of Dodgen on the night thut he was dealt to death. The efforts made by The Georgian to run down the murderer of the young bailiff have aroused widespread Inter est, and as a result It Is probable that a reward will be offered by the Fulton county commissioners, and Governor Terrell will In all probability offer a reward Friday afternoon of |SOO for evidence to convict 100 SALOONS GO AS RESULT OF NEW CITYJDINANCEi Tho Bounds of Whisky Dis- 1 trict Marked Out in tho 1 City of Nashville. gpectil to Tbe Oecrglsn. Nashville, Temt, Deo. IS.—Under tha < provisions of an ordinance passed by j the city board of mayor and aldermen 1 last night tbe saloons will be restricted to the business section of tbe cltyv Tho | law goes Into effect July I, 1(07, and 10: means that over one hundred barrooms will be wiped out Tbe board also passed a bill, effec tive on the earns date, which prohibit* saloons from using any screen which might obstruct the view from tho street Into the drinking place. This action on the part of the board came as a result of a moat bitter and long-drawn-out fight iled by Dr. Folk, president of the state Anti-Saloon League. The fight before the board and campaign by the league has been la progress for a year and public senti ment was molded strongly In iu ta- vor. The Anti-Saloon people claim equally as great a victory In tbe “anti-screen'' clause of the ordinance as In the work. Ing out of the bounds ot tha salt-tt district. ON LY ONE PERSON SAVED FROM WRECK Coruna, Spain, Dec. 21.—The Span ish steamship Primero has found-red off the coast and all on board, ex. ept- Ing one, were lost OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQ0OCOOOO O a a SOGGY TIMES AHEAD, O O BUT DONT GRUMBLE. - o o Q Boggy times ahead. Rain O O scheduled ahead as far os th.- O O weather man prognosticates. So O O Just be cheerful about it and take 3 O It philosophically. Forecast: O O "Rain Friday night and pr. ' i- O O bly Saturday." o O Temperatures Friday: O O 7 a. m 4* dsgr. ■ o O S a. m ,.4t deyr- - o O t a. SO degr*. - O O 10 a. m SI dsgri t - 3 O 11 a. m SI dei O O 12 noon S2 deyr..- o O 1 p. m SS degr—- O O 2 p. m. S4 degrees o o a COOOOOOOOOOC000900 OOO 90000