VOL. VIII
WELCOME TO TAFT
IN NEW ORLEANS
PBOVESJ6 EVENT
Balmy Spring Weather Marks
Opening of First Day of
Visit of President-Elect to
Crescent Qty.
CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH
GIVEN PARTY AT NIGHT
TO EXPEDITE TRIP
Several Dozen Committees, XV ith
Membership of Several Thousand.
Are at Work To Entertain Distin
guished Guest—Program Issued.
(By iMocutW Fries)
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. IL—Balmy
spring weather marked the opening of the
first day of the visit of President-elect
William Howard Taft to New Orleans.
Added to the bright sunshine which fol
lowed a semi-tropical rain of several days
ago. are corsiderably higher temperatures
than those which prevailed Tuesday and
Wednesday, when the effects of a bllz
*ard sweeping across the northwest were
felt as far south as the gulf.
A slightly chilly wind, instead of de
tracting from the weather as a whole,
only served to Inject more life to the oc
casion—to add to the activities of those
engaged tn making ready reception for
the next president.
Although Mr. Taft dozed peacefully off
to sleep last night on board the North
Carolina, at the mouth of the river, with
considerable satisfaction over completing
the greater part of his journey home, the
transfer to the scout cruiser Birmingham
and the trip up the Mississippi river to
New Orleans yet lay before him when
he awoke today.
Clean Bill of Health
last night the federal health officers
at the Mississippi river passes made ar
rangements to expedite the trip to New
Orleans as much as was in their power,
by going out to the North Carolina on a
tug and issuing a clean bill of health for
those on board. This did away with the
necessity of a long stop at Quarantine,
together with a lengthy inspection, and
serious delay, in consequence.
Necessary changes In the program and
unlooked-for delays made the exact time
of the arrival of the Birmingham in New
Orleans more or less of an uncertainty,
and tt was not until a wireless message
was received to the effect that the Bir
mingham would certainly reach Chal
mette. just below New Orleans, by 1
O'clock in tpe afternoon. Jtiutt.-the fears
of the anxious committeemen were set
at rest.
Official Program
There are several dozen committees fig
uring in the work of entertaining the dis
tinguished guest, and when the hour of
his arrival was once and for all time
definitely settled, the following official
program was issued for the benefit of the
several thousand committeemen:
11 a. m. River reception committee will
report on board the steamer General John
Newton at the head of Canal street.
Meeting U. 8. 8. Birmingham and receiv
ing official party and escorting to head
of Canal street.
2 p tn., sharp. Committee on land re
ception will report at landing, head of
Canal street, forming In double rank a
wide lane, through which Mr. Taft and
party will be escorted to carriages. Mrs.
Taft will be escorted to Pickwick club,
where parade will be reviewed.
2:15 p. m. Committee on carriages will
seat guests In carriages. Mr. Taft, Gov
ernor J. Y. Sanders. Mayor Martin Behr
man and Chairman Philip Werleln will
occupy the first carriage.
Parade in Motion
2:18 p. m. Colonel John P. Sullivan,
grand marshal, will put parade In motion.
3:15 p. m. Committee on public recep
tion will meet Mr. Taft's carriage at city
hall and escort him to platform.
3.30 p. m. Mr. Taft will return to his
carriage and the parade will move, pass
ing through University place, and then
disband.
3:45 p. m. Mr. Taft will be received by
hotel reception committee and turned over
to hotel accommodation committee, which
will escort him to his apartments. Bal
ance of day will be confined to private
entertalnmen t.
A long distance telephone message from
Happy Jack, parish of Plaquemines, says
that the Birmingham. with President
elect Taft's party on board, passed there
shortly before 1 o'clock at a 15-knot clip.
Traveling at this rate, the Birmingham
should reach New Orleans about 3 o'clock
this afternoon.
CROSSES BAR AT 8-50 A. M.
SPEEDING UP THE RIVER
(Sy SMociAtsd Press.)
PORT EADS. Feb. IL via New Orleans.
Feb IL—The scout cruiser Birmingham
crossed the bar at 8:50 this morning, and
proceeded on her way up the river con
veying President-elect Taft and party to
New Orleans.
TAFT IS WELCOMED BY
NOISY RIVER VESSELS
(By Associated Press.)
PORT EADS. La-, via New Orleans
La., Feb. IL—Although announcement
was made last night that the trip of the
Taft party up the river would be begun
at 7:30 a- m. today, it was several min
utes after 8 o'clock when the Magnolia
got the president-elect and the members
of his party off the North Carolina and
Montana and transferred them to the Bir
mingham. and it was not until 8:50 that
the Birmingham crossed the bar on her
way to New Orleans.
As the president-elect boarded the Bir
mingham. the Montana and North Caro
lina fired salutes of thirteen guns, and
then weighing their anchors put slowly
out of the sea. They became mere specks
on the horizon almost before the Binning
hab got well under way on her trip up
the river.
The president-elect was in fine spirits
when he arose this morning and found
one of tfie prettiest days of his trip
breaking on the gulf. The warm sunshine
of the tropica was still present, and there
was just brisk and chilly enough a wind
to inject more life into the more lan
guid members of the party.
The denizens of Port Eads and Pilo*
Town were up early watching the prepa
rations for the transfer. When the presi
dent-elect's party got under way again
they gave him a farewell of as large pro
portions as the passes can afford. Judge
Taft appreciated the tooting of the little
pilot boat whistles and smiled and doffed
his hat as the Birmingham passed up the
river.
Utlmrl w SmMlhtWii Wutwl
IBM TAKE YEARS
TO FULLY PROBE
SECRETSERVICE
Sub-Committee Makes Report
As Preliminary Move and
Mildly Rebukes the President
lor His Message.
By Ralph Smith
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—The report of,
the senate sub-committee on the secret •
service, which contains a mild rebuke tor
the president. Is only a preliminary Inci-:
dent to the real purpose of the commit
tee, provided the appropriations commit
tee authorizes it to continue its probe,
and there is little doubt upon this sub
ject. , .
Senator Hemingway, of Indiana, chair
man of the sub-committee, will require
from the senate on March 4th, but he •
will be retained as counsel to push the t
investigation, which it may be stated will •
be the most searching, thorough and sj s- :
tematic ever undertaken by the United j
States senate. ;
Hundreds of witnesses will be summon- I
ed to appear before the investigating com- i
mittee and the work will continue for
months, maybe years, before it Is Anally
concluded. And all the while the public ;
will from time to time be given informa- ,
tion as to the disclosures, which it is be
lieved will disabuse the general impres
sion that Mr. Roosevelt has been right in
his row with congress over the secret
service.
Charges Are Ready
The charges made by L. 8. Williams, of
Arizona, against the secret service, which
have been detailed In The Journal, are
no more sensational and serious than are
scores of similar charges laid before the j
investigating committee. ,
The William’s charges and all others
will be investigated carefully, witnesses
being called to give evidence. Williams
is still in Washington, and is delighted
at the prospects of appearing as a wit
ness. He intimates that he can tell many I
things detrimental to the secret service
of the government.
The committee will call upon every de
partment of the government that has
made use of secret service agents for an
itemized statement of the expenses in
curred, the Identity of individuals re
ceiving the money the purpose for which
he was employed, the nature of his ac
complishments, Incidental expenses, etc.
As the preliminary report shows the
secret service cost the government last
year twenty-four million dollars, four j
million more than ever before In his- ,
tcry. and President Roosevelt's complaint
in his message was not justified by the
fact.
The committee in the preliminary re
ports makes little effort to account for
how the money was expended, but the
subsequent inquiry will develop this, and
the country will be intormbed as to the
exact nature of the work undertaken by
the detective corps.
Persons familiar with the situation de
clare that the work has just begun and |
that a series of sensations extending over j
c long period and all reflecting more or I
leas upon President Roosevelt will follow.
PATRICU CALHOUN
TRIAL POSTPONED
ILLNESS OF ATTORNEY HENEY
CAUSES ANOTHER DELAY IN
TRIAL OF FORMER ATLANTA
MAN NOW IN FRISCO .
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. IL—The trial ]
of Patrick Calhoun, president of the
United Railways, accused of bribery,
was postponed (oday until next Monday
on account of the Illness of Assistant
District Attorney Francis J. Heney, who
is conducting the prosecution.
Mr. Heney, according to his physicians,
is suffering from a severe cold, and it
was deemed unwise to permit him to
leave home during a downpour of rain. It
Is officially stated that the prosecutor's
condition is not in the least alarming,
but some of his associates believe he
may suffer some renewal of inflamma
tion of the throat because of the wound
inflicted when Mr. Heney was shot and
seriously wounded in the court room by
an ex-convlct.
SOUTH CAROLINIAN
MUST WED INDIAN
'By "*re»s.)
ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 11.—A special
from Helena, Mont., says: Thomas Han
by, a former South Carolinian, was
made the recipient in the federal
court here of what is regarded aa the
most remarkable sentence on rcord.
Hanby, convlctd on a bigamy charge,
was not only fined 8100 and sent to jail
for six months, but was also sentenced
to marry an Indian woman.
Hanby’s first wife, learning of his mar
riage to pretty Mary Laßrecka, a Black
foot maiden, secured his Indictment, and
then a legal separation for herself. Be
cause of the first marriage the second
marriage was declared void.
Judge Hunt not only Imposed the sen
tence indicated, but Instructed the United
States marshal to see that the marriage
was carried out immediately and this was
done, a justice of the peace uniting the
couple. Hanby made no protest.
COMMITTEE ON CENSUS
HAS TAKEN NO ACTION
WASHINGTON, Feb. IL—The house
committee on census met today but took
no action on the president’s veto of the
bill providing for a decennial census.
Voting for Senator
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Feb. IL—On the
31st ballot the vote of the joint session
was: Hopkins, 55; Foss, 14; Stringer, 56;
Shurtleff, 13; Mason, 3; McKinley, 1; Low
den, 1; John J. Mitchell, 2; Sherman, 2.
Constitutional majority of joint session,
103. Majority of those present and vot
ing. 74. At the conclusion of the 31st joint
ballot the joint session aarose and will
resume Its balloting next Tuesday noon.
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ATLANTA. GEORGIA. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1909.
KNOX IS ELIGIBLE
TO JOB IN CABINET
IF SALARY IS GOT
State Committee on Judiciary
Decides Salary Must First
Be Reduced from $12,000 to
SB,OOO a Year.
SENATOR HALE’S BILL
IS FREELY DISCUSSED
IN SPECIAL SESSION
It May Be, However, That It Will Not
Be Possible To Repeal the Salary
Increase Provisions Recently
Passed.
By Ralph Smith
(Jy Associate, Press.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. IL—Senator Knox
is declared by the state committee on ju
diciary to be eligible for appointment to
the office of secretary of state in Mr.
Taft’s cabinet, providing the salary oi
the office is reduced from 312,000 to SB,OOO
a year, which was the salary of the office
prior to the action of congress in rais
ing it during Senator Knox’s present term
of office.
The committee on judiciary met today
in special session to consider the bill
introduced yesterday by Senator Hale.
The measure was discussed from the
point of view that it might be regarded
as a subterfuge and a technical viola
tion of the constitutional provision in
tended to prevent the creation of lucra
tive positions for members of congress.
Finally, it was decided by the committee
that the main proposition of the Hale
bill, which was to repeal the Increase of
salaries of cabinet members so far as it
referred to the secretary of • state, was
sound. The phraseology of the bill, how
ever, met with criticism and it was de
cided to draft a new measure, and Senator
Bacon was entrusted with its preparation.
The new bill. In accordance with the
views of the committee, uses the word
“emoluments” instead of “salary,” in or
der to be in harmony with the language of
the constitution.
It developed during the session that the
committee was not unanimous in regard
to the question of whether it would be
possible to repeal the salary increase pro
vision so as to make Senator Knox eligible
for the office. Senators Kittredge and
Overman seemed to be In some doubt as
to the propriety of taking this action, but
they will not make a minority report, and
it la said they will not oppose the passage
of the bill when It comes up on the floor
of the senate.
The substitute for the Hale bill was in
troduced in the senat elate in the day by
Chairman Clark, of the committee on
judiciary.
EAST POINT ROAD
WILL BE WIDENED
Favorable Report Made on Bill To
Give 22-Foot Strip of Ft. McPher
son Reservation
By Ralph Smith
(Bv Associated Press. >
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—The military
committee of the house yesterday after
noon voted to favorably report Repre
sentative Livingston's bill deeding to the
commissioners of Fulton county 22 feet of
the Fort McPherson reservation for the
purpose of widening the East Point road
way.
The bill now takes its. place on the
calendar and will te passed one day
next week. A similar bill, offered by Sen
ator Clay in the senate, will be consid
ered and favorably reported this after
noon by the senate military committee,
so that the enactment of the law will be
expedited. It Is not believed that any
opposition to the grant of the land will
develop In either house.
WOMaTn~IS PARDONED;
MUST QUIT COUNTRY
(By Associated Press.)
COLUMBUS, 0., Feb. 11.—Announce
ment was made today that Governor
Harmon last night pardoned Miss Marie
Bennardo, the Cleveland woman, serving
a life sentence In the penitentiary for
murder, on condition that she retufn to
Italy. Cleveland women will raise funds
for her passage to the old country.
Miss Bennardo killed Rafael Barbato
when he tried to get possession of her,
after buying her from her lover for SIOO.
FIRE TFsUMNER. MISS..
CAUSES LOSS OF $200,000
'By As«xiated Press.)
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Feb. IL—Reports
from Sumner, Miss., today state that a
fire which started late last night prac
j tlcally destroyed the business section V
the town.
Among the principal buildings burned
were the telephone exchange, People's
, bank, the Herald-Progress office, Frierson
' hotel, Byler Drug store and the general
■ merchandise stores of J. W. Roberson,
iH. A. Smith and A. I. Gidwltz. The post
office building was also burned and a
quantity of mall destroyed. It Is estimat
ed that the loss will exceed $200,000.
NEGRO FOUND GUILTY
OF KILLING FARMER
(By Associated Press.)
NASHVILLE. Tenn., Feb. IL—A Rus
sellville, Ky., dispatch says the jury in
j the case of Rufus Browder, the negro
i charged with killing James Cunningham,
a farmer near that place last July, today
I returned a verdict of guilty and fixing his
I punishment at death.
A motion for a new trial was entered.
POSTAL SERVICE BEGUN
BY FRANCE AND U. S.
(By Associated Press.)
I NEW YORK. Feb. 11.—The new postal
sea service between thia country anu
France was inaugurated /today on the
French line steamer Laßretagne, sailing
for Havre. Postmaster Edward M, Mor
gan. of New York, and P. Faguet, gen
era! agent of the Campagnie Generate
Trans-Atlanttque here, both expressed
themselves today enthusiastically about
the new service and are hopeful of its
success and permanent establishment be
tween tto« two countries.
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MEMBERS OF THE BOARD RECENTLY APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR SMITH TO ESTABLISH STATE SANI-
TARIUM FOR CONSUMPTIVES. »
Reading from left to right, they are—Bottom row—T. D. Tinsley, Dr. W .L. Hailey, Dr.^O.J H l
son, Governor Smith, Dr. W. P. Westmoreland, Dr. T. R. Whitley (elected chairman,) and Dr. R. (5.
Second row—Dr. P. S. Clark, M. S. Cornett, Dr. Jeff Davis, Dr. W. H. Born, Dr. George Brown, Dr. J. R.
Statham, and Dr. M. F. Carson, (elected secretary an dtreasnrer). Top row—Dr. E. Daniel, Dr. W.
Crawford, Dr. C. F. McLain, and Executive Secretay Hitch.
DR. I. R. WHITLEY IS
ELECTED CHAIRMAN
HE HEADS TRUSTEES OF STATE
SANITARIUM FOR TRETMENT
OF TUBERCULOSIS—DR. M. F.
CARSON IS SECRETARY.
Dr T. R. Whitley, of Douglas county,
author of the bill enacted by the last
legislature creaWng the state sanitarium
for tuberculosis patients, was elected
chairman of the board of directors re
cently appointed by Governor Smith, that
met Thursday morning at the capltol,
and after organizing adjourned to meet
again In Macon on April 20. Dr. M. F.
Carson, of SrAhttUg county, was elected
secretary and treasurer.
In the interim before th* date of Its
next meeting, several committees named
Thursday morning will investigate the
subjects assigned to them and prepare
for report to the board. Those commit
tees are as follows:
Committees Named
On rules: Captain W. G. Raoul, Dr.
M. F. Carson and J. D. Anderson.
On location: Dr. W. B. Crawford, Dr.
C. F. McLain, Dr. Jeff Davis and Dr. E.
Daniels.
On plans: Dr. P. S. Clark, Dr. C. H.
Richardson, T. D. Tinsley and J. D. An
derson.
A further committee was appointed to
draft suitable resolutions thanking Gov
ernor Smith for the stand he is taking
for the care of. consumptive convicts and
the recommendations he is voicing that
counties after April 1 give this subject
their attention.
It appeared to be the general opinion
of the board, at Its Thursday morning
session and discussion, that some two
or three hundred acres of dry, well wood
ed land, preferably In middle Georgia, If
possible, will be necessary for the pur
pose of the state sanitarium.
An offer was Voiced through one of the
directors from Ben Watts, of Cedartown,
offering to donate 160 acres in Pope coun
ty for the purpose of the state in this
regard.
It also appeared to be the unanimous
opinion of the bard that the prospective
state Institution should make a small be
ginning and should not attempt now to
provide a permanent sanitarium for per
manent patients, but rather for the pres
ent should content itself with establish
ing a center from which to radiate infor
mation through the state by treating tem
porary patients ana availing Itself of
every means in Its power to wag* a cam
paign of education.
Those Present
Fifteen members of the board were
present, Thursday morning, In responss
to the cal of Governor Smith, as fol
lows:
First district. Dr. P. S. Clark, Mcln
tosh county. Second district, Dr. E. Dan
iels, Colquitt county, and Dr. R.O. Wood
ward, Berrien county. Third district, Dr.
C. H. Richardson, Macon county, and Dr.
J. R. Statham, Sumter county. Fourth
district. Dr. W. A. Turner, Coweta coun
ty, who had taken the place of W. B.
Short, originaly named by the governor.
Fifth district. Dr. T. R. Whitley, Doug
las county. Sixth district, T. D. Tinsley,
Bibb county, and Dr. M. F. Carson.
Spalding county. Seventh district. Dr. C.
F. McLain, Gordon county. Eighth dis
trict, Dr. W. I. Halley, Hart county
Ninth district, Dr. Jeff Davis, Stephens
county, and M. E. Cornett, Gwinnett
county. Tenth district, Dr. W. B. Craw
ford, Lincoln county. Eleventh district,
Dr. W. H. Born, Telfair county.
The absent members, seven In number,
were C. W. Skinner, Burke county, from
the First district; Dr. H. R. Slack, Troup
county: W. G. Raoul, Fulton county,
Fifth district; J. D. Anderson, Cobb,
Seventh district; J. D. Harvey. Jasper
county, Eighth district;. Dr. Hickman,
Richmond county. Tenth district, who
had succeeded his brother. I. T. Hick
man. on the board originally named, and
Dr. J. A. Butts, Glynn county, Eleventh
district.
Meeting first In the office of Governoi
Smith, the new directors held a short In
formal session pending the hour, 11
o’clock, when they weer due to organize.
Room 306 on the third floor of the Cap
itol had been assigned to them for their
formal session.
Dr. Westmoreland Talks
Dr. WDlls F. Westmoreland, of Atlanta,
chairman for several years past of the
state board of health, met with the di
rectors on Invitation of the governor. Dr.
George Brown, also of Atlanta, represen
tative-elect from Fulton to the next leg
islature. also met with the directors on
Invitation.
Even at the Informal session In Gov
ernor Smith's office it was indicated that
Park Lion Shot
But Is Uninjured
Bullet from Gun of Stockade Guard
Hits Lion and Slightly Injures J.
H. Shellnutt. *
One of the Hons at Grant parte was
shot with a Winchester rifle and J. H.
Shelnutt, of 194 South Pryor street, In
jured in the hand with the same bullet,
when the rifle in the hands of Jim
Drinker, guard at the city stockade, went
off Thursday morning at 11 o’clock as he
was chasing Senford Brown, a prisoner
who had escaped him.
Shelntftt, however, was badly Injured, the
one of the stone Hons that adorns the
Cherokee avenue entrance to the park.
Shulnutt, however, was badly Injured, the
ball making a severe wound in his right
hand.
The prisoner escaped from th* city
stockade while hauling dirt and was given
chase by Guard Drinker, gun in hand.
He was chased to Grant park and there
became *o exhausted that he fell on a
bench In an effort to hide and take a rest.
The guard reached the park shortly after
Brown and In crossing a ditch near the
Cherokee avenue entrance slipped and
caxne near falling. In doing so his rifle
was discharged.
The bullet struck the statue a glanc
ing blow and on the rebound hit J. H.
Shelnutt, who operates the park re
freshment stand. A very ugly wound
was inflicted and causeu much pain. The
shooting was purely accidental, the
guard not firing at the prisoner at all.
After shooting Shelnutt the guard paid
no attention to the prisoner, making an
eqort to relieve the suffering of Shel
nutt. After assisting th* injured man
in bandaging his wounds Guard Drinker
turned towards the bench on which the
prisoner was last seen, expecting to find
it empty, but to his surprise Brown was
still there. He had become so exhausted
In his long run from the stockade to
the park that he was unable to get away,
though he had a good opportunity. He
was taken in charge by the guard and
returned to the stockade.
the sanitarium will make no pretentious
start; that the preferred course will be
to apply the limited funds the sanitarium
can count on to promulgating through
the state a clearer conception of the dan
gers of the white plague and of the ready
response that It gives to Intelligent treat
ment.
Dr. Westmoreland, addressing the Infor
mal meeting, expressed his belief that the
board should first of all purchase a cen
trally located tract of land where It could
maintain a small sanitarium of limited
accommodations for the treatment of
temporary patients, and that with this to
go on for the first year or so, till the
board Is able to clearly demonstrate good
results that will have their reflexive ef
fect upon members of the legislature,
the sanitarium should be content. In
other words, advocated Dr. Westmore
land, the sanitarium should for a time be
maintained principally as a center of pub
licity and education rather than as a
pretentious structure for the immediate
accommodation of a great number of pa
tients. Co-ordinate units with this central
establishment, said Dr. Westmoreland,
might be established progressively In the
counties of the state.
“The funds that you have won’t equip
a large sanitarium,” said Dr. Westmore
land, In conclusion.
Funds Available
Under the act No. 476, that created the
sanitarium at the last session of the leg
islature, $25,000 was appropriated, to be
made available yearly as follows: SI,OOO
for the year 1908; $12,000 for the year
1909, and $12,000 for the year 1910.
Dr. George Brown Indorsed the views
of Dr. Westmoreland that the working
appropriation of the sanitarium each yeax
will be small, and that the best general
sanitarium that could be built could ac
commodate only a few permanent pa
tients and would cause dissatisfaction
among a great many who could not se
cure admission, would therefore probably
do more harm than good in the way of
education, and tnat for all those reasons
the sanitarium should not for the pres
ent At least be designed to accommo
date more than a few temporary pa
tients at a time. After a few years, said
Dr. Brown, the board could build Its per
manent sanitarium.
At 11 o’clock the board moved to room
306 and began its formal session.
Dr. George Brown, of the Pine Ridge
sanitarium near Atlanta. Invited the en
tire board to accompany him on a tour
of Inspection of that institution Thursday
afternoon. Those members who were not
leaving for home Immediately after the
meeting, accepted.
Dr Westmoreland promised the co-op*r
atlon of the state board of health and all
the assistance possible until the new board
of directors gets thoroughly established.
STORM PLAYS HC
IN SOUTHG eorgw
NEGRO HOUSES, BARNS, CANNING
FACTORY AND TWO WIND
MILLS ARE DESTROYED AT
MARSHALLVILLE.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MARSHALLVILLE. G*.. Feb. IL-A
cyclone passed through here about
o'clock Tuesday night, blowing down
several negro houses, barns, the canning
factory and two wind mills.
Mrs. Sallle Boswell’s kitchen was torn
from the dwelling and blown t« pieces. A
negro cabin on same premises occupied
by a family of negroes was completely
demolished, but not a singl* occupant
was hurt very much. One of the fam
ily who had gone to bed was slightly
hurt. The others were sltitng in th*
middle of th* floor and the roof and wall*
were split in twain and did not hurt
or touch them. The chimney was also
blown down. One negro child was badly
hurt in a cabin which waa blown down
on the Alex Pharr place.
A part of the canning factory was
blown across the railroad track. Dr. J.
O. Booton’s and 8. M. Timberlake's wind
mills were twisted off above the taiiks
and blown to pieces. J. O. Booton’s mill
was turned off at the time. The tele
graph and long distance wires were strip
ped from the poles. A freight train ran
Into them and had to stop and cut th*
wires to proceed.
BOBBIN FACTORY BLOWN DOWN;
BIG TREES ARE UPROOTED
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
BLAKELY, Ga.. Feb. 11.—A terrific
wind and rain storm passed through
Blakely Tuesday night, uprooting trees,
blowing down fences, chimneys, sheds,
etc. A barn blew down upon two mules,
killing them instantly. The bobbin fac
tory belonging to Mr. J. L. Underwood,
was blown down. The Confederate flag
pole which was erected In 1861, was
broken In three parts, leaving about 20
feet of It still standing.
It is said that this is the only Confeder
ate flag pole left In the south and it
will soon be mended and placed In posi
tion again; for If there is one thing
about which the Blakely people agree, it
is the sentiment about th* flag pole.
BURGLARS CHLOROFORM
TELEPHONE OPERATOR
Adairsville Man Barely Escapes
Death at Hands of Men Who
Make Money
ADAIRSVILLE, Ga., Feb. 11.—Herbert
Reeves, night operator of the Southern
Bell Telephone company, was found in
an unconscious condition at the telephone
exchange at an early hour this morning
and hl* bank deposit amounting to S7O
which h* had counted was missing.
A towel which had apparently been
saturated with chloroform was found on
the floor near his desk. Th* operator was
leaning with his head on his desk.
On an office table Mr. Reeves’ watch
lay undlstrubed. Th* office watch was
also on a table.
The monthly statement of the office had
just been made out and a deposit slip
in duplicate for seventy dollars was also
on the table. The cash sack for silver
haff been emptied and was lying on the
floor as was the curerncy sack.
Among the currency were three checks,
signed by R. L. McCollum, W. C. Satter
field and Adairsville Drug Co., by Dr.
Waugh.
There 1* no clue to who committed
the retobery. The same building has been
entered by robbers on previous occasions.
WIFE GETS $30,000
IN ABDUCTION CASE
Mother of Youthful Husband Must
Pay Wife Because She Abducted
Son
JACKSON, Mirs.. Feb. 11.—▲ special
from Decatur, Miss., says that the jury
in the case of Mrs. Mamie Dupriest Siv
ley against Mrs. W. Baker Slvley re
turned a verdict today awarding the
plaintiff $30,000 damages for the abduc
tion of her husband and the alienation of
his affections.
The parties In the litigation reside In
Jackson, the Slvley family being one of
the most prominent In the state.
The plaintiff in the case was married tc
W. B. Slvley, Jr., a boy twenty years of
age, and In the suit just closed his young
wife alleged that Mrs. Slvley deliberately
connived to separate them, carrying her
■on away to North Carolina.
ROOSEVELT STOPS
ALL ANTI-JAP LAWS;
SCHOOLSSTAYOPEN
Yielding to Pressure of Presi
dent and Governor Gillett,
California Legislature Rever
ses Its Former Action.
JAP BOYS AND GIRLS ’
WILL ATTEND SCHOOLS
FOR WHITE STUDENTSI
Bill, Which Roosevelt Called “Most
Offensive of All” is Reconsidered
and Finally Killed, Which Results
in Victory for President. jA
(By Associated Preu.)
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Feb. IL—The “bir
stick” of President Roosevelt, aided by;
the influence of Governor Gillett, his re
sulted In the death of all anti-Jap bill*
in the California legislature.
The assembly reversed its previous po»
sltton by reconsidering the former vots
on the segregation of Japanese students
in the public schools, finally rejecting
the measure by a vote of 41 to 37.
An effort by the supporter* of th* bill
further to consider was lost by «. vote
of 38 to 38, and the assembly is now cleag
of any Japanese measure objected to bjj
the national administration.
The fight for the suppression of th*
bill was won only after many hours of
heated debate on th* floor. The struggle
started at 10:30 o’clock Wednesday morn
ing, on the presentation of a resolution
by Assemblyman J. P. Transue, of Loa,
Angeles, affirming the right of tAe state
to' govern Its schools, but withdrawing
the Japanese segregation measure be
cause of the president's objection to it,
and lasted until 4 o'clock in the after
noon, when Grove L. Johnson’* motion
further to reconsider his defeated school
segregation bill was defeated.
Bill Was Sensation
The anti-Japanese measure, defeated
yesterday in the California legislature,
has been the sensation of two legislature*.
It was first Introduced at the session two
years ago by Grove L. Johnson, of Sac
ramento. ex-congressman from this dis
trict and a member of the state law
making body for many year*. It waa
framed at the request of the San Fran
cisco board of education after the latter
had passed a resolution barring Japanese
children from the schools attended by
white scholars, and assigning them to
the Institutions attended by Chinese.
The law specified that Mongolians and
Indians should be segregated and the
board’s action was based on the conten
tion that the Japanese belonged to the
Mongolian race. This the Japanese de
nied as strenuously.
The Japanese government protested to
President Roosevelt and the members of
the school board, he added by the then
mayor. Eugene E. Schmits, were sum
moned to a conference at Washington byj
President Roosevelt.
Roosevelt Sends Wire
The president sent an urgent message
|to the governor and the legislature of
| this state asking that the bill be wlth
■ drawn, at least for the period of two
years, assuring them that In the mean
time a treaty would be negotiated with
Japan to do all in Its power to restrict
Japanese immigration and alleviate th*
conditions protested by the Japanese and
Koreans Exclusion league of Californbki
as well as numerous labor leaders.
Assemblyman Johnson, when he pre
sented It again on the first day for th*
i presentation of bills at this session, state
i ed that he had done so without prompt
' Ing by the Asiatic Exchange league or
any other organization.
As soon as the Japanese heard the news
; of the revival of the bill. Japan mad*
! representation* to Washington It would
passed violate the treaty right* of that
nation, and after a consultation with Sec
retary of State Root the president wired
Governor Gillett, urging that action b*
delayed again. But It was not over th*
school bill federal authorities seemed t*
be concerned. They did not believe at
that time that It would be passed.
Land BUI Killed
The president specifically mentioned aa
obnoxious a measure introduced by A. M.
Drew, of Fresno, preventing the own**-
ship* of lands by aliens. As Japanese ar*
not permitted to become citizens, they,
considered the bill a* a blow aimed es
pecially at them.
Governor Gillett sent a message to th*
I legislature asking that the land bill b*
' killed and this was done. But later, when
! the school bill which had been quietly
reported on favorably by the committee
to which It was referred, was called up
for final passage, it was adopted by a
vote of 48 to 28.
The president was astounded by th*
I news and at once wired Governor Gll
‘ lett that this was “the most offensive
I bill of all.” L. Walter Leeds, of Los
j Angeles, had given notice that he would
move to reconsider the vote, and when
: the measure passed the governor sent an
other message urging the assembly to r*-
1 consider and kill it.
This precipitated a battle that culminat
ed In a victory for the president.
TREATY MAKING POWERS
SCORED BY LAW EDITOR
(By Associated Press.)
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 11.—That the president
and the senate of the United State*,
through their treaty-making powers,
“may override the policies of any state,
may overturn all its legislation having
reference to aliens.” and that “it Is evi
dent that 111-advised legislators of Califor
nia and Navada are making this nation
ridiculous in the eyes of the world,” ar*
conclusions offered by Alexander C. Rob
bins, editor of the Central Law Journal,
in an editorial which appeared today.
“If treaty stipulations with any nation
should per chance override the policies of
any state, or subvert legislation which
any particular state may think necessary,
the appeal should not be to the state leg
islature, but to the senate of the United
States, before such treaty Is confirmed,”
says Mr. Robbins. “After such treaty is
confirmed it becomes the supreme law of
the land, all laws of any state to the con
trary notwithstanding.”
Even state legislatures, says the editor
ial, “must retire humbly from the field, in
the face of treaty-making powers of the
federal government”
A decision by Justice Field, of the su
preme court of the United States, 13 quot
ed to show the extent of the treaty power.
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