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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. LIQUOR MEN PLAN MANY CONVENTIONS LOUISVILLE. Ky.. 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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. EYE DISEASES TREATED FREE I will send free to try, my famous Ab sorption Treatment to all sufferers of Eye Diseases and Falling Sight. Address Dr. W. O. Coffee. Dept. Des Moines, la. 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.” 3
