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RUSSIA AND JAPAN
PLANNING FOR DUEL
REAR ADMIRAL ROBLEY D.
EVANS PREDICTS GREAT
STRUGGLE BETWEEN CZAR
AND THE MIKADO.
CHICAGO. Feb. "A few days ago
when the Russian government floated a
loan of C60.0W.0W which was subscribed
thirty times over, that was Russia's no
tice to Japan to get ready for war and
"stay ready, for lam going to lick
you? ”
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, seated
tn his apartments in the Auditorium an
nex this 'evening made this significant
statement. The old sea tighter was
tailing guardedly. He had studied the
situation and the conditions in his mind
had been made up on this point.
“And what is more?" added the admiral.
“Japan herself recognizes and realises
the position in which she is placed."
.America Not Involved
A number of other statements of inter
national importance, from this viewpoint
of Bob Evans, did the admiral make.
Briefly summarized they are as follows:
"The United States will have no trouble
with Japan.
"Neither will England.
"When the next Russo-Japanese war
does come, Germany, France. Austria
will espouse the cause of the Russians.
"England will find herself allied with
Japan by virtue of existing treaties.
"What the result of it all will be no
man can foresee.’’
In discussing purely national affairs
with reference to the navy of the United
States Admiral Evans said:
Powerful Fleet
"We are approaching the day—l do not
say it is near at hand, but we are ap
proaching it gradually—when the United
States will have a fleet on water so pow
erful that no power of this earth Will
dare tackle us?"
Admiral Evans is on a lecture tour.
Mrs. Evans and his manager, a valet and
a maid, arrived this afternoon. Monday
he will go to Milwaukee. Then he will
make a short tour of the west.
“Let us look at these things as I see
them.” said 'Fighting Bob," referring to
Japan. "'Japan has not the slightest de
sire in the world to fight with her bank
ers. England and the United States are
japan's bankers. The Japanese are a
clever people. They realize the truth of
what I have just said. There is a limit
to the resources of that country. Japan,
I believe, can see the end of those re
sources even now.
“Tde country cannot go on at the rate
that it is spending money now. It is out
of the question. Japan recognizes that a
conflict with Russia is inevitable and the
government is straining every nerve ex
hausting every effort, to put it in a state
of preparedness.
Russia Wants Revenge
"’But the resources of Russia are prac
tically illimitable. Russia is anxious to
avenge itself on Japan, and as I said
before, the floating of that enormous loan
was Russia's plainly spoken notice to Ja
pan of what the latter might expect.
"The day is coming when the richest
nations of the earth only will wield the
power. These nations are the United States
England. Russia and France. Germany,
despite the efforts of the German empe
ror, Is dropping to the rear. Germany
has not the wealth. These four nations
will rule the sea. Their supremacy will
be unquestioned.
•That is why 1 say that when the great
conflict does come that Austria. Germany.
France and Italy will line up against
the Japanese with England as the ally of
the latter. And what is more England
knows It. The very haste with which she
is rushing to put her navy in shape proves
that she knows it.”
BRYAN BARELY MISSES
• DEATH IN ACCIDENT
TAMPA. Fla.. Feb. 6—While returning
from Sutherland college, where he deliv
ered his lecture, “The Prince of Peace.”
this afternoon. William J. Bryan came
near losing his life.
A big machine in which he was riding
threw a tire on a bridge near Tarpon
Springs, and plunged into the trestle
work, throwing the ocfeipants out.
Mr. Bryan was on the side nezt to that
which struck the woodwork and was
jammed against a rail and suffered con
siderable injury.
At first it was thought that his leg
had been broken, bat when he arrived at
Tampa, an examination revealed that the
leg was only badly bruised.
Mr. Bryan is scheduled to appear at
St. IxiuU soon and at Springfield. 0.,
on February 12. Lincoln's birthday, where
he makes the principal address, and it
may be that he will have to cancel these
dates. He is in his rooms at the Tampa
Bay hotel, and is suffering much pain.
RUN
WAS 2.000.000 MILES
CHICAGO, Feb. C—More than 2.000.060
miles traveled in 47 years in performance
of his duty as passenger conductor on the
Illinois Central railroad, is the remarka
ble record of William Thayer, who »s
dead from heart failure in Hinsdale.
This long period of service was passed
on the run between Chicago and Du
buque. a distance of 180 miles, over which
Mr. Tliayer made about 240 trips a year
from 1853 to 1900.
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LOUISVILLE. Ky.. Feb. 6.-The Nation
al Model License league, an organization
of liquor interests and collateral trades is
planning to hold a series of sectional con
ventions throughout the United States to
organize more thoroughly the trade in
the various sections with the object of
working for uniform license laws.
The first of these conventions will be
held for the Pacific coats and Rocky
Mountain slope at San Francisco nezt
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HOUSE DEFEATS BILL
TO REPEAL BANKRUPTCY
WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. 6—The fail
ure of the effort to repeal the bank
ruptcy law in the house this afternoon
was not due the Georgia delegation.
Barbara, born in 1904. •
voted for the outright repeal of the en
actment. Mr. Lee. of the Seventh dis
trict. was the only member who voted
for the retention of the statute. Messrs.
Griggs and Lewis were absent from the
city temporarily.
Messrs. Brantley, Bartlett and Hard
wick voted against the ten amendments
which were adopted, not because they
opposed some of them, but because it
was swallow them all or take none at
all. Each of these Georgians addressed
the house on the legislation and Mr.
Hardwick wxxed warm over the pro
cedure.
He declared that the agreement where-
Iby the bankruptcy law was made a spe
cial order for today provided that each
, proposition should be submitted sepa
i arately and that each should stand on its
■ own merits. He resented the tactics
which coupled the ten amendments.
After devoting almost its entire ses
sion to the consideration of the sub
ject. the house of representatives today
j passed a bill, making several amend
ments to the national bankruptcy law.
Mr. Clayton, of Alabama, made a des
; perate, but unsuccessful attempt io re
peal the law, he and his supporters claim
‘ ing that it had served its purpose
Objects of Bill
The bill is designed to correct certain
I Inequalities in the administration of the
I bankruptcy law in various parts of tne
country and amends the law by regulat
ing the duties and compensation of te
celvers in order to prevent excessive feus.
It also provides that any moneyed busi
ness commercial corporation, except a
municipal railroad or banking corpo
ration may file a petition for
bankruptcy, thereby eliminating the
discrepancies, which heretofore ex
isted where some court decisions barred
many corporations in one circuit which
would be admitted Into bankruptcy in
another and restores the language of the
act of 1867, which has been fully settled
by decisions of the courts.
No Adjudication Needed
It provides, further that, in any com
position proceedings, it will not be neces
sary- to have an adjudlfication, where a
composition is affected, thereby remov
ing the stigma of bankruptcy which al
ways attaches under such circumstances.
It prevents a few creditors from forcing,
by involuntary proceedings a debtor Into
bankruptcy and then after receiving
their additional compensation or other
wise adjusting their affairs with bank
ers in order to have the petition dis
missed without the knowledge of the 6th
er creditors; it enables a trustee with
the consent of the creditors to appear
in their behalf in proceedings in court
connected with his discharge, thereby
lessening the expense by separating it
from the whole estate.
Ancillary Jurisdiction
It confers ancillary jurisdiction, so that
all the assets of the estate can be mar
shaled substantially in one court, thereby
I obviating the filing of suits in different
courts where tlie property might happen
>to lie. It provides also that if a credi-
I tor has reasonable cause to believe that
I he was receiving a preference that that
shall be a bar to the debtors discharge.
. With practically no debate, the mes
sage of the president, vetoing the census
bill and the bill itself, were referred to
committee for appropriate action.
At 4:40 p. m. the house adjourned.
EX MAYOR OF HAVANA
TALKS OF OUTLOOK
John Emory Evans, formerly mayor of
Havana and ex-governor of South Caro
lina. believes that the outlook for Cuba is
very bright and that the best of invest
ments are offered by Cuban enterprises.
Governor Evans is as well acquainted
with the conditions in Cuba as any other
American, and can speak in such a direc
tion with quite a degree of authority. He
spent the latter part of the past week
at the Piedmont hotel.
He says that there 1s little probability
of any further political outbreaks, and
that in reality Cuba is now as safe place
as any state in the union. It is an un-
I developed country, he points out, and
1 therefore, offers unusual opportunities for
! Investment. Especially are there agricul
tural and manufacturing opportunities.
The tobacco industry of Cuba offers much
profit, he believes, and so does the mat
ter of making sugar.
. As Is always the case with a develop
‘ ing country, the supply of machinery is
i inadequate, and to anyone who can take
a step towards supplying this demand.
* the profits should be fat.
I Governor Evans left Atlanta Saturday
morning.
WORLD-WIDE CONFERENCE
FOR PROHIBITION CAUSE
WASHINGTON, Feb. A—Representative
Sheppard, of Texas, Is desirous of pro
moting the cause of temperance by a
world-wire conference. Today he pre
sented a bill authorising the president to
invite to conference the powers signatory
to the Hague peace parliament asking
each to send twelve delegates. The pres
ident Is to appoint 100 delegates from this
country.
Mr. Sheppard desires the conference to
be held at Washington or some other de
sirable place In the United States some
time after March 4 next, and not later
than 1910.
Another temperance measure submitted
by Mr. Sheppard prohibits express com
panies and common carriers from trans
porting liquor C. O. D., Into prohibition
territory under penalty of 9500 fine.
Agents of the companies are made sub
ject to fines and jail terms for billing for
shipments such packages of liquor.
Man Falls Two Stories to Death
Thomas J. S. Wynn, a steel worker,
was knocked from the fifth story of the
new postoffice building by the boom of
a derrick. Friday morning shortly before
H o'clock, and died an hour later at the
Atlanta hospital, without having regained
consciousness.
He was working on the fifth story with
the riveting gang, when the rope sup
porting the heavy boom of a derrick
broke, and the boom swung downward.
He was struck acros the back and knock
ed through an Interstice of the Iron worK.
In his fall he turned a somersault and
struck on his head.
Wynn was 23 years old, and boarded
with Mrs. C. H. Coker, at 46 Scott street.
His home was In Columbus, where his
mother, Mrs. M. E. W’ynn, lives.
Wynn was hurt rather badly about a
week ago while at work at the new post
office building. He was on one of the
lower floors when a bolt fell, striking him
on the head, and making a deep scalp
wound. He was then warned against the
dangerousness of his employment, but
laughingly replied that a steel worker is
never hurt more than once.
At the hospital it was found that it
was the fall and not the blow from the
boom that caused his death. The inju
ries to his back was not serious, but his
skull was badly fractured. He was un
conscious when picked up and remained
so until death came.
Wynn Is survived by his mother. He
was formerly married and had two chil
dren, but both wife and children are dead.
He was an experienced steel worker and
had also worked as a railway employe.
He had been engaged on the new post
office building for the past seven -months,
and had been living in Atlanta for about
three years.
He was a Mason. Red Man and Odd
Fellow. Only recently he joined Fulton
lodge, 216, Masons.
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9,190 H.
SPERRY DELIGHTED
WITH LONG CRUISE
REAR ADMIRAL SAYS THERE
HAVE BEEN MANY VALUABLE
LESSONS LEARNED BY OFFI
CERS AND MEN ABOARD.
GIBfrSLTAR, Feb. 6.—Rear Admiral,
Sperry, prior to the departure of the
battleships for Hampton Roads, this
morning, expressed the greatest degree of
satisfaction with the results of the
around-the-world cruise. He then made
the following statement:
"This cruise marks an epoch in our
naval annals, for the fleet has found
itself welded Into a unity.
"An aggregation of battleships, irre
spective of the power and efficiency of
the units, is not a fleet, in the highest
sense of the term, until by long, faithful
and harmonious work on the part of the
personnel, the spirit of the fleet has
been developed. That now has been ac
complished. The American people have
come to appreciate the independence of
sea power as one of the most potent
factors In the preservation of a pust peace
and they should appreciate what it
means to have a fleet like this.
Lessons of the Cruise
“The lessons of the cruise have been
many and it is no exaggeration to say
that the condition of the ships is better
today than when they sailed from Hamp
ton Roads In December of 1907. During
these fourteen months, the fleet has been
practically self sustaining in the matter
of repairs. The officers and men re
sponsible for repairs have met every test
and the results prove that the ships
have been better cared for than when
they depended upon the navy yard.
"Enlistments in the navy certainly will
be stimulated by the general interest
in this cruise and the splendid opportu
nities afforded the men to see the world.
"New standards of efficiency in steam
engineering, which means economy in
coal consumption and increased radius of
action, have been established. The voy
age of 3,651 miles from Honolulu to Auck
land, was the longest ever undertaken
by a large fleet without re-coaling, yet,
we reached Auckland with coal enough
in our bunkers to steam an additional
thousand miles.
Cruise Has Been Ideal
••For technical work, the cruise has
been ideal. The long stretches between
ports permitted unremitting daiiy exer
cise and manoeuverlng. The degree of
gunnery efficiency has been greatly im
proved.
“The fleet everywhere has encountered
unbounded hospitality. The lavish enter
tainment and perfect good feeling dis
played, were almost without precedent
and they should always be remembered
by our people.”
The fleet left Gibraltar at 11 o’clock
Saturday morning for Hampton Roads.
Looking from the rock of Gibraltar,
the water separating the ships seemed
gradually to be obliterated as the distance
increased until the sixteen hull’ resem
bled a long white line surmoun'ed by a
trailing plume of smoke. Sudden’y, off
Cape Spartel, the line wavered and broke
into small parts. Then a few minutes
later there were two parallel lines instead
of one, showing that the fleet had as
sumed its regular double cruising forma
tion.
Mere Speck on Horizon
The last glimpse of the warships was
obtained at 1:57 this afternoon from the
signal station on top of Gibraltar, 1,IM)
feet above sea level. The ships were
then hull-down and mere specks on the
horizon. They were headed a little to
the south of west to reacn tne thirty-fifth
parallel, which they intend to follow.
The dispatch boat Yankton is 700 miles
ahead of the fleet and 300 miles ahead
of the supply ship Culgoa, which left
here February 4. The collier Ajax and
the repair ship Panther will remain here
until tomorrow to clean up odds and ends.
Although no homeward bound pennants
were flying from the ships when they
left here today, the insignia will blos
som out on the way home and when the
vessels reach the mouth of the Chesa
peake pennants from 125 to 150 foot long
will be streaming from their main trucks.
The officers and men left here with
feelings of jubilation that their nefl port
will be home. When the fleet reaches
Hampton Roads it will have traveled
about 45,000 miles.
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SENATE WILL IGNORE
CLAIMS OF HUNDLEY J
WASHINGTON. Feb. B.—Senator Ba
con’s stubborn and continued fight against
the confirmation of Oscar J. Hundley, of
Huntsville, as United States judge for the
northearn district of Alabama, promises
to prove successful. It is stated on the
highest authority that Hundley’s appoint
ment will not be confirmed at this session
and that President Taft will not appoint
him to the place.
The sub-committee of the senate judici
ary committee which had the appoint
ment under consideration, will not report
to the full committee this session, as a
result of which the appointment will fall
of Its own weight, and Mr. Taft will "be
free to name any man he chooses.
Senator Bacon has fought the confirm
ation of Hundley for nearly two years,
and most of the time It was a single
handed light, with no help from any
source. Even in the face of a favorable
report, he succeeded in having the ap
pointment recommitted and now his ef
forts are to be rewarded. It is said.
LINCOLN COULDN’T
LIVE IN NEW YORK NOW
NEW YORK, Feb. «.—lt would be ex
tremely difficult to nurture a man of
the Lincoln type in New York today,
according to President Woodrow Wli
son, of Princeton university. During the
course of an address last night before the
alumni association, of Williams college.
Dr. Wilson said: "If you want another
Abraham Lincoln, you had better get out
your long distance glasses. I don't mean
to say that because a man is . born here
that he cannot become a leader in the
event of a great national crisis, but if h?
does it will be only by a supreme effort."
LINCOLN’S SON W ON’T
ATTEND EXERCISES
CHICAGO, Feb. 6.-Robert T. Lincoln,
son of Martyred president, will not par
ticipate in any of the Lincoln meetings.
He announces that his family will ob
serve the anniversary day, as in past
years.
He expresses his pleasure at the wide
spread plans that are being made to
honor his father, but does not think that
it would be meet for him to take part in
any public celebration.
He has, however, loaned the historical
society a number of relics.
MRS. M. C. WRIGHT
DIES AT INDIAN SPRING
INDIAN SPRING. Ga„ Feb. 8.-Mrs. W.
C. Wright, one of the most prominent
womfc of Butts county, died at her home
heve this morning, after a lingering 111-
OBSB.
MYs. Wright was 74 years of age.
NEGRO 18 KILLED
IN DESPERATE FIGHT
Henry Sherwood, one of seven negroes
caught by county policement in a "skin”
game shortly after 2 o’clock Sunday
morning, blew out the only lamp in the
room and made a desperate knife at
tack on Officer Butler, who responded
by shooting the negro In the head and
instantly killing him. The officer’s coat
was slit into ribbons, otherwise he suf
fered no harm.
The game, which was raided by County
Officers A. U. Walters and A. T. Butler,
was in progress in a hut near the Ar
mour Fertilizer Works, on the Seaboard
railroad. Sherwood, the dead negro, and
his companions wen employes of the fer
tilizer factory.
For several moments the two officers
watched the game from a window. Then,
when,a negro boy emerged'and left the
door unlocked. Officer Butler stepped in,
his companion taking up a position at
the window opposite. Immediately the
gamblers became aware of the officers’
presence excitement prevailed. The lamp
was blown out and Sherwood, grabbing
Officer Butler's pistol barrel, held it
inside with one hand while he plied his
knife with the other.
Several shots were fired by Officer But
ler before one took, effect. This bullet
entered the negro's head at the base of
the skull, killing Sherwood almost in
stantly. While the officer and gambler
were engaged in their hand-to-hand scuf
fle in the darkened room some of the oth
er negroes produced pistols and emptied
volleys into the doorpost near the officer.
After Sherwood had received his dtath
wound he grappled with Officer Butler
and both rolled over on the floor.
Officer Walters, hearing the shots and
noise on the inside, left his position at
the window and ran around to aid his
companion. As he passed a window he
saw a negro plunge headforward through
the sash, glass and all. Landing on his
hands and knees the negro immediately
fired three shots at Officer Walters. The
latter responded with a shot which he
believes struck the negro. Hurrying to
the aid of his partner, Officer Walters
pushed open the door, stumbling, as he
did so, over the prostrate forms of Os fi
ver Butler and the dead negro.
When the two officers got to their feet
and struck a match the other negroes
had made their escape. A knife was
found on the floor beside Sherwood.
As the result of an Inquest held Sun
day morning the coroner’s jury brought
in a verdict to the effect that the negro
was killed by Officer Butler, the latter
acting in self-defense.
WARSHIP DELAWARE
SLIPS INTO OCEAN
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Feb. 6.—The
great battleship Delaware was success
fully launched from the yardo of her
builders, the Newport News Shipbuilding
and Dry Dock company, today. The
launching was witnessed by 8,000 people.
The launching occurred at 10:02 o’clock
this morning. Among those present were
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Satter
lee. Governor Pennewell, of Delaware, and
his staff; Lieutenant Governor Mendin
hall, a delegation from the Delaware leg
islature and Rear Admiral Taussig.
The battleship was christened with
champagne by Miss Anne Pennewlll Ca
hall, of Bridgewell, Del., niece of the gov
ernor.
Compared with the battleships, com
pleted or under construction, of the navy
of any foreign country, the Delaware sur
passes all. She is one of four sister ships
authorized by congress which will form
an Indomitable squadron. The other ves
sels are the North Dakota, being built at
Quincy, Mass.; the Florida, which will be
built at the New York Navy Yard, and
the Utah, to be built at Camden, New
Jersey.
The Delaware is to harry as heavy ar
mor and, as powerful armament as any
known vessel of its class; will have a
speed of 21 knots, which is believed to be
the highest practicable for a vessel of this
type and class, and will have the highest
procticable radius of action. The arrange
ment of her main battery guns is such as
to permit a broadside fire 25 per cent
greater than that of the broadside fire of
any battleship now built or, so far as is
known, under construction. Her defen
sive qualities, other than those dependent
upon armor protection, are such as to
give the maximum degree of protection.
Her armament will consist of a main
battery of ten 12-inch breech loading rifles,
and her secondary battery will be fourteen
5-inch rapid fire guns, four 3-pounder sa
luting guns, four 1-pounder semi-auto
matic guns, two 3-inch field pieces and
two machine guns, of .30 caliber. She has
two submerged torpedo tubes.
The Delaware will have a displacement
on trial of 20,000 tons, or 2,100 tons greater
than the British Dreadnought and 750
tons greater than Great Britain’s latest
vessel of that type, the Vanguard.
RACE FEELING CAUSES
RIOT IN CINCINNATI
CINCINNATI, 0., Feb. 6.—Race feeling
and anger because one of their number
had been dismissed when he became dis
orderly on being denied an increase in
wages are responsible for a serious con
dition near Alexandria, Ky., where work
on a natural gas pipe line to Cincin
nati is under way. Hungarians, Italians
and Bulgarians, who make up nearly all
of the four hundred laborers who are lay
ing the pipe, clashed soon after daylight
today, and in the general melee, some
revolver shots were fired. One of the
Italians was shot in the leg, but not se
riously wounded.
All work was stopped for the day by
the superintendent, who is in charge of
the work of laying the pipe line, and so
critical is the situation that it is feared
more serious trouble will occur.
The trouble began Thursday, when, af
ter some of the men demanded an in
crease of wages and had been refused, a
Bulgarian named Yacco, became disorder
ly and was dismissed. A number of
Bulgarians then dropped their tools and
announced that neither they, nor any one
else would work until Yacco w%s rein
stated, and an increase over the J 1.35 a
day that is being paid was granted. Some
of the Hungarians joined them, but the
Italian contingent wanted to continue
work. Almost immediately the trouble
took the form of a clash of nationalities,
the Italians finding the Hungarians and
Bulgarians lined up against them.
A little later today about 200 Hunga
rians and Bulgarians appeared under
Yacco’s leadership at the Campbell Coun
ty bank in Alexandria, excitedly demand
ing immediate payment of wages. The
bank officials being without authority, re
fused payment, and further trouble is
feared.
KILLED~FOUR NEGROES;
WANTED TO KILL MORE
MEMPHIS, Tenn. Feb. 6.—Like Alexan
der, William Latura, slayer of four ne
groes sighed for more men to slay. This
was the statement of Police Sergeant
Kehoe, who arrested Latura after his
slaughter, in a negro saloon on the night
of December 10. Combatting the theory
of the defense that Latura is a hopeless
paranoiac, Sergeant Kehoe was intro
duced at the trial today.
‘When I arrested Latura,” he said,
"he seemed to be sane. He asked me
how many negroes he had killed. I
told him there were four dead lying on
the floor. He said he was sorry he had
not killed Hammett Ford, proprietor of
the saloon, and several more negroes
who were in the place at tWe time.”
Several alienists were introduced who
testified Latura was not a paranoiac,
but a degenerate with a perverted idea
of killing negroes.
CHINESE ADD FUED
10 ANTI-JAP BTH
CELESTIALS IN CALIFORNIA DE-
CLARE THAT ROOSEVELT IS
SHOWING FAVORITISM IN
DEALING WITH IMMIGRATION.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. B.—The reopen
ing of the fight over the passage of the
anti-Japanese bills in the lower house
of the California legislature will begin
today, and it is Expected that the strug
gle will be even more Intense than it
was last week when it was terminated
by the dramatic appeal of Speaker Walter
Stanton for delay.
Chinese Are Involved
The latest complication in the contro
versy is the preparation, according to a
morning paper of this city, by the local
Chinese of the state, claiming that Presi
dent Roosevelt is discriminating against
their countrymen in favor of the Japan
ese.
The memorial drawn by representatives
of the six companies, which is the Chinese
Benevolent Association of California, will
be telegraphed to the president today.
The telegram, which will be a lengthy
document, embraces all the abridgement
of rights under which the Chinese claim
to be suffering.
A comparison of the governmental treat
ment of the Chinese and Japanese is
made and the claim raised that the latter
are clearly favored by the authorities at
Washington. Attorney O. P. Stodger,
who drew up the telegram, says it con
tains a strong protest against the presi
dent exerting his power to prevent the
segregation of Japanese children in the
public schools, while he makes no com
plaint against the common practice of ex
cluding Chinese from the white schools.
The telegram also denounces the exclu
sion act, complaining that the immigra
tion inspectors In their enforcement con
tinually violate the fourteenth amendment
of the constitution.
It was announced last night by Klkuo
Kiyose, tne correspondent of the Asahiu,
of Tokio, that two parties of Japanese
royalty, planning to visit the United
States this year, will cut California from
their itinerary.
Included in the parties will be the
Prince and Princess Kunyoshi. The mem
bers of both parties are middle-aged and
this will be their first trip away from
Japan.
PERKINS MAY ASSAIL
ROOSEVELT FOR CRITICISM
WASHINGTON, Feb. B.—ln view of the
attack which President Roosevelt has
made on Senator Perkins, the senior sen
ator from California, for his attitude on
the Japanese agitation in his state,
friends of the senator believe that he
will defend himself on the floor of the
senate.
So far. Senator Perkins has not intimat
ed what his course will be. He consulted
with several senators on the subject to
day. It is- urged that while there may
be a difference of opinion between the
senator and his colleague as to the rights
of a state to take certain action regard
less of treaties entered into by the federal
government, he will receive strong sup
port on account of the disapproval among
the senators of an attack upon one of
their number by the executive at this
time.
Senator Perkins claims that the criti
cisms of his attitude on the naval pro
gram is unwarranted.,
HOUSE MAY CURB
POWER OF CANNON
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-" If the insur
gents of the house succeed in amending
the rules of that body. Speaker Cannon
will be relieved of many of his responsi
bilities, one of the greatest of them be
ing the selection of chairmen of the va
rious committees. The advocates of the
amendment of the rules would have thia
power taken from the speaker and trans
ferred to the various committees them
selves, by empowering each of the com
mittees to elect its own chairman.
It Is generally believed, however, that
the speaker’s power in this respect will
not be abridged in the next congress and
the members are looking to “Uncle Joe”
Cannon to take care of them as in the
past.
There is more concern over the per
sonnel of the sixty-two committees with
a membership varying from two on the
committee on the disposition of useless
executive papers to twenty on the com
mittee on rivers and harbors, than over
the possibility that the committee may
be called on to choose their own heads.
OPPOSES GIVING PRIZE
FOR ESSAY ON LEE
The subject of the winning essay was,
“Robert E. Lee—A Present Day Esti
mate.” The Louisiana daughters claim
that it abounds in misrepresentations and
reflection on the south. Miss Boyson is
from. Minnesota.
The judges of the contest were: Dr.
E. A. Aiderman, president of the Univers
ity of Virginia; Dr. Alfonso Smith
formerly of the Louisiana State uni
versity. and Dr. Finley, of New York
university.
The following committee to investigate
and bring the matter before the officers
of the national association was today
named by Miss Mattie McGrath, president
of the Louisiana division of the Daugh
ters of The Confederacy; Mrs. J. S. Alli
son, of Benton, La., chairman; Mrs. D.
A. S. Vaught, of New Orleans, custodian,
and rMs. T. B. Pugh, of Napoleonville,
La.
PROMOTED TO PLACE
OF CHIEF JUSTICE
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Feb. 5.- Tames
R. Dowdell, for ten years on the supremo
bench as an associate justice, was today
promoted to the position of chief justice,
taking the position of John R. Tyson,
who resigned to re-enter the practice of
law.
The action of the governor followed the
endorsement of the rest of the bench and
petition of a large number of lawyers in
the state.
Judge Dowdell, who lives at LaFayette,
came to the bench in 1898. having been
solicitor and circuit judge prior to that
time. He was born April 2, 1847.
Judge A. D. Sayre, of the city court of
Montgomery, was appointed associate
justice of the supreme court to succeed
Justice Dowdell, promoted to chief jus
tice.
FOG AND STRANGE COAST
TIES UP STEAMER MUNIN
DARIEN. Ga.. Feb. B.—Because he was
on a strange coast, and because of the
fog and haze that has clouded the water
for several days. Captain Larsen. of
the Norwegian steamer Muntn. out of
New York January 26 for Sapelo, was
afraid to approach too near Sapelo, and
was unable to speak to passing vessels.
For this reason, though he has been
cruising up and down off the coast for
several days, while many feared he. with
his ship, had sunk off Diamond Shoals
lightship, while his ship has been miss
ing, though at no time in danger. He
appeared off Tybee today and was given
a pilot, and came into Sapelo.
The report that he was off Doby Bar
was correct, but he put out to sea be
fore pilot boats reached him.
SINGING OF “DIXIE” ON
LINCOLN DAY TREASON?
CHICAGO. Feb. 6.—Did any author
ized or even consequential person in
Chicago forbid as an act of treason the
singing of "Dixie” in the public schools
during the Lincoln celebration?
The foregoing question confronted
Richard C. Hall, president of the" Chi
cago Association of Commerce, In a
telegram received today from Philip
Werleln, president of the New Orleans
Progressive union. The answer in an
emphatic negative was telegraphed to
Mr. Werlein after a few hours’ of stren
uous investigation. Here fs the mes
sage from New Orleans:
"Press dispatches stated that singing
of ’Dixie’ In public schools on Lincoln
day has been forbidden as an act of
treason. If Chicago wishes to make
any progress in the south, take it as a
timely, friendly bit of advice and have
that order rescinded and let the people
of the south know that it has been re
scinded and get rid of the head of the
school system that Issued any such
orders.”
FRIEND OF LINCOLN
DEFENDS WAR TUNE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—Joseph Nlmmo,
Jr., one of the few surviving close per
sonal friends of Abraham Lincoln, today
took issue with a statement appearing
in a local paper that President Schnei
der, of the Chicago board of education,
has forbidden the singing of ’’Dixie’ at
the Lincoln centennial, as treasonable.
“This, I am prepared to deny from
my personal experience,” said Mr. Nim
ho. "Early one morning in the month
of April, 1865, the news reached Washing
ton that Richmond had been evacua
ted. There was a rush to the white
house, led by a band, I accompanied
the crowd. Soon Mr. Lincoln appeared
at the window over the front entrance.
He replied to the demand for a speech.
I well remember his closing words, which
were as follows:
** ’There is a song or a tune which I
used to hear with great pleasure before
the war, but our friends across the river
have appropriated it to their own use
during the last four years. It is the
tune called “Dixie.” But I think we
have captured it. At any rate, I confer
red with the attorney general this morn
ing and he expressed the opinion that
“Dixie” may fairly be regarded as cap
tured property. So I shall be glad to
hear “Dixie” by the band?
“Ever- since then ’Dixie’ has been re
garded as a national air beloved by the
people of the north and of the south. The
tune of 'Dixie’ was composed by Dan
Emmett, a northern man who wrote the
words and the music. For years before
the war it was sung at the north and at
the south and ft will remain for all time
a truly national song, made so by the
good-natured humor of Abraham Lin
coln.”
SPENCER LEADING SHOT FOR
1908
The official average of American trap
shooters for 1908, which are compiled by
the Interstate Asssociation for the Pro
motion of Trap Shooting, have just been
made public. They show that Charles G.
Spencer, of St. Louis, Mo., leads all oth
er shooters with the unequaled average
of 96.77 per cent for 11,175 targets. Mr.
S-*ncer did • his seemingly impossible
shooting with a Winchester Repeating
Shotgun listing at $27.00 and Winchester
'Leader” and "Repeater” shotgun shells
—regular stock loads the kind any
sp rtsman can buy anywhere by asking
for the Red W Brand. Six out of the
first nine men used Winchester guns or
shells—a showing that tells its own sto
ry of winning quality.
MALPRACTICE CASES
POSTPONED IN HALL
GAINESVILLE. Ga.. Feb. 6.-Hall su
perior court has adjourned and the cases
against the three former county commis
sioners, charged with malpractice, go
over to the July term, the adjourned term
for the fifth Monday in March being call
ed especially for the hearing of civil cases
only. *
The charge of Judge Kimsey to the
grand jury at the opening of the court
forecasted the action of that body In Its
Investigations into county affairs and the
indictments against former ordinary and
chairman of the board of commissioners
of roads and revenues, W. N. Dyer, for
mer Commissioner I. F. Duncan and pres
ent chairman of the board, Jeff D. Whel
chel. The chief counts in the bill are
that bridges were built without legally ad
vertising for blds; that commissioner sold
goods and lumber to the county, that
money was paid out irregularly.
The commissioners state that they did
not Intentionally violate the letter or spir
it of the law. The indictments, succeed
ing a bitter political fight and a long in
vestigation, was expected but caused a
sensation.
The grand jury recommended the re
tention of the present road working sys
tem, recommended stricter system of
keeping the accounts of the county and
recommended that the county home sale,
a question which 'has stirred the county
for some months, be called off and the
present home kept, and the new farm re
cently purchased be sold.
HOUSE HAS MORE TICKETS
THAN SEATS IN HALL
WASHINGTON. Feb. s.—To Speaker
Cannon’s private secretary, Mr. Busby,
has been assigned the task of placing
I,COO people where there is space for only
800 in the hall of the house of represen
tatives next Wednesday, "when the elec
toral vote of the last election is counted.
The inadequacy of the congressional
chamber is never so marked as it is
during the inauguration period. The sen
ate chamber is even smaller than the hall
of the house, and while each senator
and member will receive two tickets for
the counting of the vote, the members
will be reduced to one card of admis
sion to the ceremonies in the senate au
ditorium preceding the Inauguration.
The house has decided that a thousand
tickets shall be issued and a thousand
people' seated for the ceremony, regard
less of the number of seats or the fact
that the house hall is devoid of the
“fourth dimension.”
Owing to the fact that each senator
and member has so few tickets, the cer
emony will be witnessed by few persons
other than their wives and other mem
( bers of their families.
| YOUNG WOMAN GIVEN
18 YEARS IN THE PEN
ROANOKE, Va„ Feb. 6.—At Rocky
’ Mount, Va., today, Lucy Mitchell. a
1 young woman, was convicted of second
degree murder, and sentenced to the
state penitentiary for sixteen years, for
i killing Miss Minnie Mcßryde, on the
| latter’s seventeenth birthday, and on
the eve of her wedding, last October.
, Miss Mitchell lived with the Mc
‘ Hrydes. She and Miss Mcßryde quar
reled about some flower seed. Miss
Mitchell struck her victim on the head
with an axe, crushing the skull.
After killing Miss Mcßryde, Miss
■ Mitchell endeavored to hide the body
i in some weeds near the house.
After the murder, Miss Mitchell was
[ brought to Roanoke jail for safekeep
i Ing. and was held here until the trial.
! HURLED TO HIS DEATH
IN RUNAWAY ACCIDENT
FORT MEADE, Fla., Feb. 8.-W. C.
Fisher, of Baxley, Ga.. was instantly kill
> ed here Sunday when he was thrown from
a buggy in a runaway accident, his spinal
cord being broken.
| The body was shipped to Baxley today.
55,388,273 WAS
GEORGIA’S INCOME
INCREASE OF $574,308.33 SHOWN
IN THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF
THE STATE BY STATE TREAS
URER’S REPORT.
An increase of more than half a mlliol
dollars in the state's revenues for 1908
over 1907 will be shown by the report of
Treasurer Park, now in process of prepa
ration for the printer.
The significance of this is fully appre
ciated only when due consideration is giv
en the fact that the increase is recorded
during Georgia’s first year of prohibition,
when the liquor traffic revenue was out
out from among the state’s sources of rev
enue.
Quoting the figures exactly, they are at
follows:
Total receipts. 1908 $5,388.273.1«
Total receipts, 1907 4,813,764.83
Increase, 1908 $ 574,508.33
The figures given represent actual re
ceipts from January 1 to December 81 of
each year, and do not include balances on
hand.
But as the state’s receipts have increas
ed, so have its expenses grown. The dis
bursements in 1908 were more than three
quarters of a million dollars greater than
they bad been in the preceding year. In
1907 the disbursements were $4,797,469?®.
In 1908 they had swollen, to 35,570,295.51—a
difference of $772,825.93 in favor of (or
rather to the discredit of) 1908.
Expenses Exceed Revenue
As will be noted from the above figures,
the expenses of 1908 were greater than tho
state’s revenue for that year. The differ
ence was absorbed by a balance that had
been on hand at the begining of the year.
And now In 1909, the starting month has
shown the same tendency, for the dis
bursements during January were greater
than the receipts during that month, by
some 50,000. Following are the figures:
Receipts. January 1908 $1,581,686.10
Disbursements 1,632,782.74
Excess of latter 51,096.64
The wbys and wherefores of all these
comparative showings will be explained
in detail by Treasurer Park in his report.
For instance, the heavy expense account
presented for January is considerably in
flated by the recent drain upon the treas
ury for more than $930,000 to pay the state
pensions for 1909 in advance. In this re
spect, at least, the worst is over for the
next twelve months so far as the treas
ury is concerned.
The increased revenue is explainable by
a natural development of the state's re
sources and growth of her commerce and
by some new taxing that the last legisla
ture saw fit to do. The even bigger in
crease in disbursements, however, is a
matter upon which the report of the
treasurer will be read with much interest.
Another section of Treasurer Park's re
port—the one which will be devoted to
statements concerning the banks of
Georgia, and which is now already in the
hands of the printer, will contain facts .
equaly as interesting and even more cred
itable.
WIFE IN HYSTERICS
OVER HUSBAND’S BODY
NEWARK, N. J., Feb. 4.—Mrs. Mary J.
Wilhelm, the widow of Frank Wilhelm,
who was murdered in his home last Mon
day night, is in a condition of nervous
collapse today, after an unusually gpvere
application of “the third degree,” includ
ing a midnight visit to the morgue, where
she was suddenly confronted by the bedy
of her husband.
The policy evidently had expected to
obtain some kind of a statement from her,
but they were unsuccessful, for when the
sheet which covered her husband's body
was suddenly removed she became hys
terical, fell to her knees and frantically
declared her love for her husband. As
her hysteria Increased, Mrs. Wilhelm be
came Incoherent, and the detectives who
were watching her and listening. could
make nothing of what she said. When she
was taken back to the police station
again she was in a state of utter col
lapse.
An hour or so later the detectives en
deavored to make use of strategy to ob
tain a statement from Nicholas Siccou.
He was taken from the police station to
the Wilhelm residence, and in the base
ment, where the body of Wilhelm was.
found, and was questioned by the detec
tives. He, however, preserved an undis
turbed demeanor.
GETS SEVEREST PENALTY
ON FORGERY CHARGE
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 6.—Sam Jones,
who was yesterday sentenced in the
criminal district court to a term of 14
years in the penitentiary for forgery,
will appeal his case to the supreme court
following the refusal of the trial judge
to grant a new trial. The sentence is
the most severe for forgery ever pro
nounced in Louisiana. Jones fleecing At
torney McClosky, two years ago waa <>ne
of the cleverest and boldest swindles on
record In this state.
Claiming to be Hiram McCall, a large
timber dealer from Natchez, Miss., Jones
presented himself to the attorney and
asked him to take up a claim of approxl
nt| ely $20,000 against a lumber manufac
turing company of Baton Rouge.
The attorney took the case, presented
his demand, and two days later recei'ied
a check in full for the amount claimed.
The lawyer then gave Jones his check
for the sum claimed, with the legal eoni
mission deducted.
The whole transaction was a gross
fraud, Jones, it is charged, ha / ng forced
the original claim, taken a trip to Baton
Rouge, and sent tho forged check in
answer to the attorney’s letter, asking
for payment.
BODY OF MINISTER
RIDDLED WITH SHOT
HOUSTON, Miss., Feb. 6. —The body
of Rev. W. T. Hudson, pastor of tho
Baptist church at this place and one
of the most prominent ministers in
the state, was found riddled with buck
shot in a pond near Houston late to
night.
Mr. Hudson left his apartments at the
Houston otel early today and when ha
did not return at nightfall, a search was
instituted which led to the discovery of
the body.
It was his custom to prepare his Sun
day sermon seated under a tree near the
pond and it is considered evident that he
was shot from ambush and killed while
thus engaged.
As, to the motive, which could have
promuted the killing or the person who
committed the crime nothing can be
learned tonight. The condition of the
body indicated that he had been dead for
some hours. /
LABOR DON’T "WANT
SEVEN-HOUR DAY
NEW YORK. Feb. 6.—A seven-hour
workday, as suggested by the trades
council’s, of Cleveland, Ohio, is an ab
surdity, in the opinion of Herman Rob
inson, an organizer of the American
Federation of Labor.
“The hours of labor,” said Robinson,
“will not be further reduced, no matter
how extensive or powerful the movement
for a seven-hour work day will become.
The unions will not aim at the accomp
lishment of absurdities.”
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