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Newspaper Page TextVOL. VIU STRIKE OF GEORGIA FIREMEN TO CONTINUE INDEFINITELY; ALL PROSPECT OF ARBITRATION HAS DISAPPEARED TOWNS ON GEORGIA MHEEH JOURNAL GAO • THAi BRINGSNEWS Covered With Mud and Manned By Sleepless Crew, Car Returns to Madison After Being on the Road 24 Hours. MEETS ANOTHER CAR OF JOURNAL IN CHARGE OF CHAS. D. ATKINSON Mr Atkinson Left Atlanta With Oar of Journal’s for Points Be tween Atlanta and Madison Af ter Hard Run. By Royal Daniel (Special Diepatch to The Journal.) MADISON. Ga.. May 27.-The Atlanta Journal ear which left Madison Wednes day morning loaded vjith Journals for all intermediate points between Madison and Augusta returned this morning at 7 o'clock covered with mud and manned by a red-€yed and sleepless crew, after hav ing been on the road for twenty-four hours, dumig which there was frequent tire troubles. terrific rains and long hour* of skidding and slipping over the wet red clay of the roughest roads in Georgia. That The Journal car accomplished its mission of carrying the news to Georgia railroad points south of Madison is due to.the indomitable courage of The Jour nal people aboard who worked day and night, in the sun and in the rain undls- • mayed by such minor happenings as bro ken bridges, lost roads and punctured tires. \ As terrific as has been the strain of the trip, the appreciation of the people along the route has been greater for The Journal car has proved indeed a pathfinder, this time not In the interest < tX ’’Od roads, although there is splendid rfi tunhy for improvement, but as the '< V emissary of the news world. * f JRNAL CARRIED FIRST NEWS. 'B ow Crawfordville The Journal car •tfa the first to carry outside informa tlo except such brief telegrams as the pec le had received from their friends in Ail nta and Augusta. _ ’Wherever The Journal car went, it was by practl'-aliy the whole i-»»ul-. IW Hop of,the town, and was cheered by • women and children from the front doors J find gates of residences where there had ; been no newwpapers or mail of any de- scription since last Saturday. The missionary car of The Journal left Madison Wednesday morning at 7 o’clock after a hard run from Atlanta. Thomson was reached at 4 o’clock and Jhe return * trip was begun at 5 o’clock. HAD MANY DELAYS. Tire trouble and scarcity of gasoline caused frequent and unavoidable delays, and the sun was soon down and the young moon blotted out by the heavy overhanging clouds could not contribute any assistance to the situation. Bad roads—roads that could not be tra versed in daylight except at snail pace proved almost an impossible ar.d impas sable barrier. At 10 o'clock the clouds, red with light ning were transformed into rain and the roads seemed almost in danger of float ing away. The Journal car kept fighting Its way westward through the storm. slipping and plunging over treacherous roads and fetging swollen streams of unknown depth. The fact that the car reached Madison at 7 o’clock in time to meet The Journal car which left Atlanta Wednesday af ternoon in charge of Charles D. Atkinson, business manager of The Journal, is due • to the fidelity of Chauffeur Snider at the wheel, and the wonderful staying quali ties of the big seven-seated White steamer. ATKINSON REACHES MADISON. Wednesday afternoon Mr. Atkinson left Atlanta with a car load of Journals for points between Atlants and Madison and all the through Journals for points below. He reached Madison at 7 o'clock after a hard run. having tire trouble and getting in soft ground near Rutledge for a few* minutes. 4 In each case, however. The Journal car » aoon relieved the situation by Its own ef forts and did not find It necessary to call or accept outside assistance. At 8 O’clock Thursday morning the re- * turn trip was begun to Atlanta by Mr. Atkinson's car in order to reach The Journal office in time to bring another load Thursday afternoon. At the same hour the big steamer started over the read again from Madison to Thomson. Georgia railroad points are slowly adjust ing themsevlee to the inconveniences of the Strike and within a day or two sup plies will be regularly received by wagon trains at all places where the necessities J of life are tn peril. NO FAMINE PROBABLE. At no place along the line can it be • said there is any probability of a food famine for the merchants have good stocks, probably with the exception of meat and have already fortified them selves against any critical situation. Ice i’ getting to be at a premium but the? • goed Georgia people decl .re that un.l *r HF strike conditions ice is a luxury and they c*n do without it just ns well now as their forefathe’-s did before artificial ice teas known. Gasoline famine is on in e.ar nest and all machines starting out with out sufficient supply to return with, will uot get back until the strlß. is settled •nd more gasoline is shipped. It is a Serious situation since the aewspaper.a •nd malls are now depending solely upon automobile* for delivery. Covington is Not Afiacted 3v Stnk? COVINGTON. Ga.. -May 27.-The strike on the Georgia railroad is not affect ing Covington materially. The Central is operating trains on regular schedule and is freight consigned to the Georgia road. The mall sen ice is good, everything considered, being deliv ered by the Central and an automobile route from Atlanta. At Social iCrcle, no trains are run and people are having to haul provisions from this place and other near-by towns. There is no mail there except by automobile. At Conyers the situation is the same as So- The Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal POSTAL OFFICIALS i OFFER TO OPERATE : AMAILEXPRESS Government Won’t Force Road to Rnn Mkil Train—la Anxiius | Not to Take Sides in the Con troversy. It was learned Thursday that the post office department has proposed to Gen eral Manager Scott, of the Georgia road, that the department shall run one mail train daily each way over the Georgia road from here to Augusta, but that no acceptance of this proposition has been made. Several days ago this preposition was first made and was repeated Thursday. It is understood that the only reply from the road was through General Manager Scott, who said that he did not believe a crew could be got to run such a train. No steps have been taken to put such a train on the road. No definite answer has been made by the road to the pro posals. That the government Is exceedingly anxious to operate a mail train is known to be afact . and since the second propos al of the postal authorities was made to General Manager Scott there has been considerable correspondence on the sub ject, it is said. Washington officials are said to be deeply interested and to be bringing every pressure to bear to get the Georgia road to consent to a strictly mail train being operated. Whether Gen eral Manager Scott will agree to this proposition is a matter of grave doubt. He declines absolutely to discuss It. An Associated Press dispatch announces the receipt in Washington of Vice Presi dent E. A. Ball’s telegram to the post master general, in which Mr. Ball denied that the firemen are Interfering with the United States mails by remaining out on a strike. On the other hand. Mr. Ball pledges the support of the firemen to give the postoffice department their coopera tion in the delivery of mails. ASSISTANT POSTMASTER TALKS. In discussing the situation Second As sistant Postmaster General Stewart de clared that while the department would be glad to get the mails through In any way practicable, so as to supply the service, he expressed doubt' whether the department could compel the Geogia Railroad company to divide its trains and run a car for mail purposes only. That, said Mr. Stewart, involves a legal question which might arise under the federal statutes if the company attempt ed to make up a full train and run it and there was plrywfesH interference. That Is a question, he said, which has been pass ed upon by the federal courts and will be one entirely for the department of jus tice to handle. The most that could be done, Mr. Stewart declared, is to inslsj. upon performance of the mail service and if there is any Interference in that service then it would be for the depart ment of justice to take action if It amounted to a violation of the statute. The post of flee department officials are anxious to avoid any appearance of tak ing sides in the controversy between the railroad and its employes and for that reason is moving with the greatest care. Considerable discretion has been given the local officials in charge along the line of the tled-up system and the postmasters and railway mall officials have been au thorised to adopt any proper means for getting the mails through from point to point. The hand, car service between Athens and Union Point, with a postal clerk aboard the car. Is, however, the nearest semblance to any regular service. Chairman Knapp, of the interstate com merce commission, has not decided wheth er he will go to the scene of the strike. He is awaiting word from Commissioner of Labor Neill. Local Mail Conditions Show Improvement Mail conditions in Atlanta with refer ence to the points along the Georgia rail way are very much improved, despite the continuation of the strike along that road. In fact, it is believed that if the strike continues, the handling of the mail Mill be so facilitated that the congestion will be entirely relieved. j Postmaster E. F. Blodget stated on Thursday morning that there was no con gestion of mail at the local postoffice, as the mails for points along the Georgia railroad passing through the local post office are belt* handled practically as fast as they come in. An inspection of the mail rooms showed that there were fewer than a dozen bags each of paper and letter mail consigned to poitns along the line tied up by the strike, all of which will be sent out on Thursday. Mr. Blodget said that the government was very liberal in its handling of the situation, permitting the mall for any point along the road continguous to At lanta to be carried out on a written order from the postmaster at such place, the government, of course, allowing no payment for the service. In this way, ho sa*d. the mail has been delivered to many places near Atlanta. Mr. Blodgett com plimented The Journal on the splendid service it is rendering In this particu- ■ lar. •’We are handling the mails in our care as well as we can with crippled facili ties." said Superintendent L. M. Terrell, of the railway mail service, on Thurs- I day. “Al! the mail that can possibly be : diverted to points near any of the stations ! along the Gecrg.a railway Is being deliv- I ered in that way. and much of the con- ! ■ gerflon Is be'ng relieved. We have a mail | • car at the union station, where all this • mail is attended to and sent out as regu- j ' laxly ns yossil le.” j Mr. Terrell Is of the opinion that if the I facilities for handling the mail kept 1m- I proving that»the railway mail service . wot:ld soon he able to cope satisfactorily i with the work. In spite of the contlnua j lion of the ?t;-ike. In reply to a query ' as to whether he had been in conference j with Commissioner Neill with reference 'to strike conditions. Mr. Terrell said that Ihe had. and that he wouifl continue to • -orfer with Mr. Neill as long as the lat ter was here. Mr. Terrell had no state-, ment fcr the press with reference to what ! bad passed between himself and Mr. Neill •In the conferences. FREE DEAFNESS CURE A remarkable offer by one of the lead : ing ear specialists in this country, who will send two months’ medicine free to j prove his ability to cuTe Diseases, Head i • Noises and Catarrh. Address Dr. G. M. I j Branaman, 1248 Walnut St., Kansas City, I I Mo- ' I. r’ v Ww i HIP? 1 J r I HT =: rz~-Rp ' /col Wjl - -UA A fz Fa— : •' '• ' n w r I £ ' i 'Vi ' - I ’ mW/Kii EmjKt.. r WW': ~ — j. —: "• - BATH SOAP DISHES HELD MANY BRIBES? Witnesses in Calhoun Trial Tell Sensational Stories of Bribes Concealed in Bath Rooms. Special Agent Testifies. SAN FRANCISCO, May 27.—Stories of alleged bribe money concealed in the soap dishes of bath rooms comprised an Interesting part of the testimony in the trial of Patrick Calhoun, charged with bribery. John G. Lawlor, an assistant employed by W. J. Burns, head of the prosecution’s bureau of special agents, was the princi pal witness. He charged that Luther G. Brown, who had already testified to his own activities in behalf of the president of the United railroads, had employed him to supply Information procured In Barns' office and had paid him $250 for his services. Lawlor related to the jury his version of a series of meetings with Brown, and charged that the corporation agent had several times Invited him to enter Brown's bath room In the St. Francis ho tel, where Lawlor found various sums of money deposited In a soap dish. Lawlor admitted he had taken all the money of fered In this manner. Assistant District Attorney Heney placed In evidence four envelopes containing gold coins, which the witness said he had marked in ttte presence of the district attorney and an assistant. Twlcei the witness charged Luther Brown with declaring that the “people behind me don’t care about Abraham Rues,” and on one occasion, Lawlor tes tified Brown had said: “Riuef may squeal again ahd tel) more than he did before.” Attorney Moore, of the defense, obliged Lawlor to explain all his motives for en tering the employ of Luther Brown in the Interests of the prosecution, and repeat edly questioned the sincerity of the wit ness. Superior Judge Sewall today granted the petition of the district attorney for a ROAD-ENGINE AND CAR WHICH RUN FROM AUGUSTA TO THOMPSON, GA. ■**>&** ?> «aw A wBMr- I -IXZJuBHI /j3v jßflu - 4i vHBOHHb v<-w l. * ! a «- tBBu A:. • x-KOVItJION TRAIN, AUGUSTA TO THOMSON. ! (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) is hauling freight from Augusta to Thom-. This road train came from Thomson to AUGUSTA, Ga.. May 27.—Herewith is son, Ga., with a group of union firemen Augusta for provisions. a nhoto of the road-engine and car that j strikers 1, Kelli’ is the stoo* w>an in the center. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1909. JEROME IS HISSED AS HE GIVES RECORD New York District Attorney Non chalantly Chews Gum as He Addresses Crowd on Record of His Stewardship. NEW YORK, May 27.—Nonchalantly chewing gum, William Travers Jerome, • district attorney of New York, stepped on , the platform at Cooper Union last, night “to give an account of his stewardship.” i The district attorney dwelt on the Met ' ropolitan investigation street railway, during which he said that Thomas F. Ry an, charged from time to time with va rious traction manipulations, never com mitted any crime. Referring to the life insurance investi gations, he said there was no evidence 1 whatever, to warrant the indictment of John A. McCalla, formerly president of ■ the New York Life Insurance company. The district attorney answered many ' questioned from the crowd. One individual wished to know if the i district attorney investigated the rumor ! long current that William C. Whitney I came to his death by being shot after • a quarrel over a woman. Mr. Jerome re plied that he had found it to be abso- J lutely untrue. When Mr. Jerome concluded the 2,000 or more present declined to register a vote of confidence. An attempt to bring about such a vote was hissed down by L Mr. Jerome’s opponents. •|- II modification of the prohibiting the ■ opening of the package of docume3t« tek- ’|en from the safes in the offices of the •! legal department of the United railroads i! some weeks ago during a raid by agents I of the district attorney under the author- I ity of a search warrant. I Judge Sewall decided that the seals on the package, which it was alleged con tains reports on jurors in the graft cases, stolen from the office of W. J. Burns and sold by one of his employes, may be broken. The district attorney intends to have Police Judge Deasy, who issued the i search warrant at the request, of Burns, l testify regarding the documents. CUBAN EXPENSES HEAVY, SAYS GOMEZ President Says He is Unable to Begin Economic Reform in Re public on Account of Heavy Expenses. HAVANA, May 27.—President Go l " 6 ’ sent to congress a message transmitting the budget for the coming fiscal year. The figures do not differ materially from those given out recently by Secretary of the Treasury Villegas, the annual budget being $30,004,392 and the fixed burget $»,- 821,056. a total of $33,825,448. The receipts are given at the same amount and are expected to be derived from the follow ing sources: Customs. $24,215,088; consular fees, $385,000; postoffice and telegraphs, $897,500; internal taxes, $910,000; Income from state lands, $329,000; receipts from various sources, $1,388(860; internal reve nue, $3,700,00, and estimated receipts from the national lottery, $2,000,000. / The message says that at the termina tion of the provisional government ‘here remained in the treasury $2,685,220, of which the cash amounted to $1,666,230 and $1,000,000 in bonds of the foreign debt of 1904, the liabilities then consisting of spe cial debts created by laws or decrees of $7,734,513; vouchers authorized, $425,044, and the current expenses of January, $245,396. EXPENSES HEAVY. There was collected in the first three months of the Gomez administration from I all source, $8,437,062, and paid out $9,545,663, the difference being met by cash in the treasury. The increase after the previous budget, amounting to $7,500,000, is account ed for by the decrees of the provisional government and other extraordinary Ob ligations. of which the pr’ncipal costs were the permanent army, $2,103,000; the Havana sewer system, $1,500,000; water works at Cienfuegos, $700,000; railway sub sidies, $300,000: obligations created by de crees. $1.(00,000: indemnity for the last revolution. $318,305; the share of the na tional and of the government in the cost of the Havana police, $594,000; sinking fund Improvement in Mail Conditions and Desire of the Government Not to Take Sides Makes Possibility of Federal Interference Extremely Remote. LOCAL POSTAL OFFICIALS GIVEN 1 WIDE AUTHORITY BY UNCLE SAM IN MEETING THE SITUATION General Manager Scott Has Refused to Ap’ point Arbitration Committee Asked ny Governor and Gov. Smith Will Not Issue Good Order Proclamation, Declaring it is Unnecessary. Railroad Determined Not io Yeild and a Long and Bitter Fight is in Prospect. It is clear Thursday that efforts at ar bitrating the strike of the firemen of the Georgia railroad have failed and it now seems that a bitter, probably continued fight between the road and the strikers is to follow. Interference by the govern ment now seems Improbable. Dispatches from Washington say that I the postal authorities are anxious to avoid being drawn into the strike and that they are giivng local officials of the postal department much latitude in the hope that the problem of delayed mail may be successfully met. L. M. Terrell, superintendent here of the railway mail service, says that he is able to cope almost satisfactorily with the situation. These facts diminish the possibility of interference by the government. The situation now is that arbitration has failed and that a bitter and possibly continued war between the road and the firemen is probable. Early Thursday morning, the possibility of goverment interference seemed likely, but later developments have rendered It remote., Some have raised the question that the government has not the author ity to interfere, now that the conditions surrounding he delivery of mall are clear ing. NO ACTION BY SCOTT. General Manager T, K. Scott, of the Georgia road, has declined absolutely to appoint a committee to arbitrate the strike. He Is said to believe that such a committee would be practically ineffec tual. He has stated his position to Charles P. Neill,'commissioner of labor, who is here from Washington as mediator; and has made It known to Goy® rnor Smith, but neither Mr. Neill nor Govetaior Smith will discuss the situation. Commissioner Neill, It Is understood, made n report of the situation to the gov ernment authorities at Washington. It Is believed and the belief is concurred in by a prominent official here of the gov ernment. that Mr. Neill was sent here, not simply as a mediator but also as an agent of the government to discover if federal Interference Is warranted. The situation leads to the belief that the government authorities have been The en dos the strike now seems to be far off. Other southern roads believing that the present strike is a first move towards ousting negroes as firemen from all roads In the south, are said to be standing shoulder to shoulder with the Georgia road. This adds power to the road and the firemen are equally determined. OTHER ROADS INTERESTED. It was reported Thursday morning that First Vice President Mapother, of the L. & N., may come here to discuss the strike situation with Manager Scott. His headquarters are in Louisville, but it is understood that he is now in Birming ham. He may arrive Here Thursday night or Friday. The fact has been partly overlooked heretofore that both tl) e L. & N. and the West Point roads, Being owners with the Georgia road of the Gergia Terminals, are affected by the strike. The firemen on these two roads have not of foreign loan for three months, $255,000; Increase for the department of agricul ture, $500,000. Had it been possible, says the message, ! to eliminate these extraordinary debits, the budget would have, shown a decrease of $841,000 over the current year; that while the collections wei-e not quite equal to the average, there is every reason sot confidence that with peace assured, the estimates of receipts for the coming year will be fully realized. CAN'T ORDER REFORMS. Continuing, President Gomez says that be is unwilling to increase existing taxes or impose export duties on sugar and to bacco. He declares that he is unable at present to introduce economies on account of recently imposed heavy obligations such as the cost of the army, but on the restoration of normal conditions he feels the fullest confidence in his ability to satisfy his earnest desire to institute im portant economic reforms. After hearing the message, congress de ferred discussion of the budget. WILL ASK PRESIDENT" TO RELIEVE SHIPP WASHINGTON. May 26.—1 f the su preme court of the United States next Tuesday sentences former Sheriff John F. Shipp and the five other residents of Chattanooga. Tenn., to prison for con tempt of the court as a result of the lynching of Ed Johnson, a negro, the Tennessee congressional delegation will probably appeal to President Taft to par don the offenders. Informally the case has ben discussed by the senators and repre sentatives, but the concensus of opinion is that no steps should be taken until the court imposes sentence. The appeal t<j the president would raise an unlquie question as to the authority of the president to pardon persons who had been convicted so contempt. The ex ercise of the pardoning power would be made more delicate in this instance by reason of the offense being against the head of a co-ordinate branch of the gov ernment. OVERTURNING- CABO OSS KILLS ONE: HURTS FIVE SOMERSET. Ky.. May 26.—A telephone message from Stearns. 30 miles south of here, says G. S. Dudley, a merchant of Burnside, was Instantly killed in an over turning caboose on one of tha Stearns Coal company's trains near Stearns to daj been drawn into the strike, but both are strongly feeling the labor war on their property of the Georgia Terminals. , It is believed, for this season, that the L. & N. end the West Point are stand-* • ing particularly close to the Georgia road in its resistance of t>ie strike of the flre men. • With every development it become® more and clear that Manager Scott is de- -' termined to oppose the strike of the fire men to the last. There is nothing yie.c!- g ing or conciliatory in his attitude. Ap parently, he is determined not to give !a a jot. As the situation now stands, both the road and the firemen have assumed a most determined front. Back of the firemen is an association which has over seventy thousand mem bers and an emergency fund of sloo.frO. This sum can be increased at a moment s notice to any amount wanted. The Georgia road is believed to have the L. & N., the West Point, and otl.cr * ' systems with It. So both contestants stand possessed cl great resources for continuing the sighs. It seems certain that there will be no trains run on the Georgia road until the strike Is settled. This would make the end of the present tie-up be yond prediction. Believing that federal interference is aimed at ‘by the Georgia road, E. A. Ball, vice president of the firemen, made a counter move Wednesday by ssndinf a telegram to the postmaster at Washing ton, tn which he said that the firemen are not interfering with the mails and are willing to man any mail train op the Georgia road. Interference by the federal govefument would be caused through delay to 'k« - malls or to interstate commerce/ w The endeavor was made Wednesday by J Manager Scott, it is learned, to have Gt»v. ernor Smith issue a proclamation sayln? to the people of Georgia that the situation | is harming the state Inestimably, AnJ asking them to avoid interference with the road % This the governor declined to do. Mr. Scott is quoted as having said that such a proclamation would have a re straining effect upon the greater part ot the people. In case it failed to remedy conditions, he wished the governor to call upon she state troops, and, finally, if conditions dltl not Improve, to make an appeal to the federal government. ’ J,’ vIM REFUSED TO APPOINT. ’ He conferred Wednesday afternoon with Governor Smith at the governors man sion. It was thought possible then ttui he would agree to the appointment of a committee for arbitration to confer with a committee from the road. He declined, - however, it is said, and hopes for arbitra tion were killed. As conditions now stand the em! of the fight between the firemen and the road Is not in sight. Commissioner Neill Is the center of at tention Thursday as he was Wednesday. His next step Is the thing of paramount Importance. He is going sphinx-like about his work. Continued on Page Three. ROOSEVELT TAKES BIG BAG OF GAME 1 * ' e -■><* Tj?/- TO AFRICAN TOWN Former President Has Secured Eight Specimens of Game cf Twenty-two Different Varieties. Majority for the National Mu seum. (By Associated Brass.) ® NAIROBI, Britsh East Africa, May 27, Theodore Roosevelt, who is at present tho • guest of Governor Jackson of Nairobi,, ! has accepted an invitation to a public 5 banquet to be given here in his honor Au gust 3. The result of the expedition’s hunting trip have been assembled. Mr. Roosevelt "<? secured eight specimens of game of 22 dit- ■ | ferent varieties; wTlh the exception of six specimens they are ail for the national <3 museum at Washington. The naturalists of the party have ob . tained about 1.000 specimens of birds, mammals and snakes. MAN lITFERRY~HOUSE FOUND BADLY SHOT NEW YORK. May 76.—Attracted by the fact ■ that he wa.» apparently suffering much pain, '1 [the police . nrly today stopped Antone Ruoto, •In the V.-st Shore ferry house and discovered. '-J i tbnat he had been seriously wounded on e in the back and once In the thigh. Ho j was being taken away by friends. ; At Flower hospital, wheer he was sent, 3 ( Runbto declared that he had had a pistol dust J earlier in the night with another Italian in a I house at Haverstraw. N. Y. He said the 1 other .nan vas wounded worse than ha. V*a3 SCHOOL TEACHER DEAD; INJURED IN CARNIVAL I,A FAYETE. Ind.. May 26.—Professor ; Benjamin M. Hoak. of Purdue university, ; who was injured here last Saturday while ’< j officiating in the state high school moot 1 died today. NO. 73.