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VOL. VIII.
SCOOT GARS FORGE
THE FIRST BIG LINK
IN GREAT HIGHWAY
Chain of One Thousand Miles
Which Binds New York and
Georgia With National Road
way is Welded.
MET IN VIRGINIA
SOUTH OF ALTA VISTA,
ON LYNCHBURG ROAD
No Spectators of Meeting—Oc
curred on Lonesome Stretch of
Roadway With Fields and
Woodland on Each Side.
By W. T. Waters, Jr.
(Special Diepatch to The Journal.)
DANVILLE. Va.. May M.-With flags
flying and amid mutual shouts of welcome
from their passengers, the Herald's scout
car. which left Herald Square last Tues
day which The Atlanta Journal’s automo
bile. which left the Georgia city the same
day. met at five minutes before 3 o'clock
last Saturday afternoon on the old Lynch
burg stage road, three miles south of the
point where that turnpike crosses the
Staunton river.
The union of the two parties, the one
from the north and the other from the
south, was effected 70.7 miles from Roan
oke. Va.. which had been the morning's
point of departure for the Herald's White
Steamer and 94.1 miles north of Greens
boro, N. C- whence the Atlanta party's
Oldsmobile had made a start at half-past
I o’clock tn the morning, in its seal to
give the New York advocates of good
road* an early and an earnest welcome,
the southerners, had not been content to
linger at the state line between Virginia
and North Carolina as had been planned
but pressed on northward to greet their
guests as early as fast running and hos
pitable hearts could effect a junction.
WERE NO SPECTATORS.
Except the Are men In each big car.
there were no spectators of the meet
ing. It occurred on a lonesome stretch
of roadway with tilled fields on one side
and woodland on the other. As the Her
ald car went skimming southward, around
a curve ahead loomed the vision of an
other flying automobile. Its passengers
like those in the White Steamer from
New York were khaki-clad and travel
stained. From above their car flew twin
pennants of white, one which were In-
♦ scribed “New "York Herald” and ‘At
lanta Journal.” Each crew recognised its
teammste at first glance and as the dis
tance lessened a glad shout went up from
both cars, while the pennants were held
aloft and wigwagged In eager welcome.
Foot brakes were applied and in an
t J other moment the staunch White Steamer
- panting like some loviathan at the end of
a long race, was ranged up side by side
with the handsome new sixty-horse power
Oldsmobile from the Gate City. R- H.
Johnston, driving the Herald car. and H.
j Tamar Jr., who held the wheel for
the Georgia party, stood up tn their driv
ing seats and clasped hands across the
narrow space between, while the others
» made the Virginia hillsides ring with their
OF GOOD FELLOWSHIP.
And so ft wi» that the scout cars—the
one from the Empire City of the north
and the other from the Empire City of
the south, forged the first connecting link
of good fellowship in the great chain of
one thousand miles which is to bind New
York and Georgia with a aplendid nation
al highway The meeting was photo
graphed and then out of their cars leaped
all hands. Introductions followed.
John 8. Cohen, managing editor of The
Atlanta Journal, who had been the B ue * t
with the Herald car. from New York,
acting as master of ceremony. Soon the
northerner? and southerners
nixing there by the dusty roadside like
old comrades and comparing notes on
their touring experiences .
The members of the Atlanta party were
H J Tamar. Jr., who was driving his
own car. W. I. Gray, the eon of Pro
prietor of The Atlanta Journal; Walter
Jones, of Macon. Ga.; W. T. Waters. Jr.,
staff correspondent of The Atlanta Jour
nal. and J. 8. Kuykendall, secretary of
the chamber of commerce of Greensboro,
N. C., who had accepted the courtesies of
the Atlanta scout car in order that he
might the earlier tender to all the hospi
talities which he assured them were
awaiting their arrival In Greensboro.
The point in Virginia, at which the
juncture was effected between the two
cars, was hardly more than a cannon shot
south of Alta Vista, the spot at which
the Southern railroad crosses the X irginia
Tidewater railway, the enterprise toward
which the late Henry H. Rogers, of New
York, dedicated so much of his fortune
and of the energy of his declining vears.
■When the road pioneers from north and
* south came together the total mileage of
the White steam'r. restricted to the dis
tance recorded on the direct road to At
lanta. aggregated 557 miles.
MAKES 6CO MILES.
If the various detours were included. I
Including a run of approximately IS miles
over the Gettysburg battlefield, the aggre
gate mileage would approximate 600 miles.
The Atlanta Journal scout car, the big
Oldsmobile, though it had started nearly
eix hours later than the departure of the
White steamer from Herald Square, had
been so alertly handled That it had ?07
* miles to Its credit on its speedometer.
Only a few minutes before the ears met.
the Atlanta boys, while swinging briskly
around sharp curves with a keen lookout
ahead for the other party, had given three
heart)’ cheers for their expert driver. Mr.
Lamar, as he scored his fifth century. It
F’’ is only proper to add that the Atlanta car
was off the road at various Intervals be
cause of the necessity of keeping in touch
with the route of the White steamer as
the two approached their Juncture.
After the preliminary fraternisation
both cars pulled up the road side by side
about a quarter of a mile, to a spot where
the grateful shade of some fine old trees
in front of Finch's store at Grit postoffice
afforded welcome shade from the scorch
ing rays of the Virginia sun, Grit post
office lies well within the "dry belt" of
the Old Dominion and libations which
followed were exclusively j n ginger pop
and other soft drinks cooled in spring
water for lack of ice or refrigerators.
Seated on the porch of the country store,
the two parties which had now become
one, pulled out their maps and the data
compiled along the roads, comparing
notes as to the best lines of travel and
exchanging the varied experiences they
had met on their journeys.
MACHINES UNDER STRAIN.
While this was being done, the drivers
; Continued on Page Three
Mani a SrwWckfe Wnrwl
TAFT ASKS RIG ARMY:
AS SHAFT IS GIVEN
GETTYSBURG DEAD
Secretary of War Dickinson
Gives United States Monument
That Has Been Raised Over
Federal Troops.
DAUGHTER OF TAFT
TO UNVEIL SHAFT
ON “BLOODY ANGLE”
President Will Lead Parade That
Will March From Town of
Gettysburg to Cemetery Ridge.
Welcome Given Taft.
(Sy Assoc is tad Fraas.)
GETTYSBURG. Pa., May 31.—President
Taft, delivering the principal speech at
the unveiling here today of a sjiendld
granite monument, erected by congress
to the memory of the men of the regular
army, who fell in the three days’ fighting
that turned back the rising tide of the
Confederacy, paid a high tribute to the
regulars, and declared the necessity of
maintaining always a standing army of
appreciable sixe, to serve as the nucleus
for a greater armed force in time of need.
He asserted that the present standing ar
my is barely commensurate with the in
crease in population of the country from
the early days of the republic, and should
by no means be decreased.
JOINED BY DAUGHTER.
Arriving here this morning shortly be
fore 10 o'clock from Pittsburg, the presi
dent was joined by his daughter. Miss
Helen Taft, who pulled the silken cord
releasing the flags draped about the mon
ument. The day was ideal.
At York and Hanover the president ap
peared on the rear platform of his car
and was loudly cheered by the great
crowds assembled at the stations.
At York the president talked for a few
minutes to the throng before eating his
breakfast. At every station between
York and Gettysburg there were holiday
crowds at the salons to shout a greet
ing to the chief executive.
SPEECH OF TAFT.
President Taft said: “We are gathered
at this historic spot today to dedicate a
monument to the memory of the officers
and the enlisted men of the regular ar
my. who gave up their lives their
country in the three days' battle. It is
but a tardy recognition of the nation's
debt to its brave defenders whose allegi
ance was purely to the nation, without
local color or strengthening of state or
municipal pride.
"The danger of a standing army, enter
tained by our ancestors is seen in the con
stitutional restrictions and the com
plaints registered in the declaration of
Independence. It has always been easy to
awaken prejudice against the possible ag
gressions of a regular army and a pro
fessional soldiery, and corespondingly
difficult to create among the people that
love and pride irf the army which we find
today and frequently in the history of the
country raoused on behalf of the navy.
"This has led to a varied and change
able policy in respect to the regular ar
my. At times it has been reduced to al
most nothing. In 1784 there was but
eighty men who constituted the regular
army of the United States and of these
battery F, of the Fourth artillery, were
55 of them; but generally the absolute
necessities in the defense of the country
against the small wars, which embrace
so large a part of our history, have in
duced the maintenance of a regular force,
small to be sure, but one so well trained
and effective as always to reflect credit
on the nation.
WOULD HAVE PREVENTED WAR.
"In the war of 1812. had we had a reg
ular army of 10J*10 men. trained as such
an army would have been, we should have
been spared the humiliation of the numer
ous levies of untrained troops and the
numerous expense of raising an army on
paper of 400.000 or 500,000 men, because
with an effective force of 10,000 men we
might have promptly captured Canada
and ended the war.
"The service rendered by the regular
army in the Mexican war was far greet
ed in proportion than that which it ren
dered in the civil war, and the success
which attended the campaigns of Taylor
and of Scott were largely due to that body
of men.
To the little army of 25,000 men that
survived the civil war. we owe the open
ing up of the entire western country. The
hardships and the trials of frontier In
dian campaigns, which made possible the
construction of the Pacific railroads,
have never been fully recognised by our
people. And the bravery and courage and
economy of force compared with the task
performed is shown by our reglar troops
have never been adequately’ commemorat
ed by congress of the nation.
BIG ARMY DEMANDED.
"Today, as a result of the Spanish war,
the added responsibilities of our new de
pendencies in the Philippines, Porto Rico,
and for some time In Cuba, together with
a sense of the importance of our posi
tion as a world-power, have led to the
increase in our regular army to a larger
force than ever before in the history of
the country, but not larger in proportion
to the Increased population and wealth
Continued on Page Three
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MAA 1? ' u ? /ra
SCENES ON THE ROAD WITH JOURNAL-HERALD NEW YORK SCOUT CAR
FIREMEN SUBMIT
TWO PROPOSITIONS
TO SETTLE STRIKE
First is Turned Down, But Sec
ond, Which Allows Negroes
Now Employed to Maintain
Present Footing, Considered.
THEY WANT NEGROES
EMPLOYED IN FUTURE
TO BE SECONDARY
Would Also Limit Number of Ne
groes Employed to 25 Per Cent.
If Scott Accepts, Settlement
Will Be Reached.
At a conference at the Piedmont Mon
day morning, a proposition was submit
ted to the mediation board consisting of
Martin A. Knapp and Charles P. Neill,
by which the differences of the firemen
of the Georgia road and the road itself
may be settled.
It is understood that the firemen will
agree to simple seniority, with negroes
now employed by the road keeping their
present footing. The road, too, is not to
employ over twenty-five per cent of ne
groes as firemen.
This proposition has been carried to
General Manager Scott. If he accepts it,
settlement is complete. I
If he does not accept it, attempts at
mediation may continue, but lx will prob
ably be necessary to turn to arbitration
under the Erdman act.
When the conference Monday morning
was over, Commissioner Neill said that
a settlement had not been reached and
that it might be that none would be
reached for several days. He refused to
give out any information of what had
happened.
FIRST PROPOSAL TURNED DOWN.
But it is learned from a reliable source
that the firemen made two propositions,
and that it was pointed out that the
first was impracticable.
It is believed that they asked for the
complete elimination of the negro from
the Georgia road.
It is said that neither Mr. Neill nor
Mr. Knapp thought this to be fair.
The second proposition was then made,
and has been carried to Manager Scott
by Mr. Neill.
From- what can be .learned, and the
source is reliable, the second proposition
is this:
Negroes who are now in the employ of
the road shall continue as they were be
fore the strike.
If they have a good run, they shall
continue to hold that run. But, should
one of these negroes drop out, a white
man would take his place.
Should a negro employed today and »>
white man six months from now, the
white man would be senior to him, get
ting a regular run first.
No negroes now employed shall be dis
charged, but <lO more negroes shall be
hired while the per centatge of negro
employes remains above twenty-five per
cent.
If the number shall get below twenty
five per cent it shall not be increased
above that percentage.
In short, the white fireman shall have
seniority over all negroes hereafter em
ployed by the road, and the policy of the
road shall be to put white firemen above
the negro.
NEGROES NOT DISCIPLINED.
It has been complained that negro em
ployes of the road are not disciplined now
as white employes are. The proposition
of the firemen is that the negro em
ployes shall be subjected to just as strin
gent rules as are the white.
What a white man would be disciplined
for, a negro must be disciplined for.
It has been said by white firemen that
a thing that a negro would do with im
punity, they could not do. If a negro
should be garnisheed, the road overlooks
it; a white man is discharged.
It is understood that Manager Scott
has agreed to the principle of seniority
for the white firemen and there are
hopes that he wil iagree to the proposi
tion of the firemen.
It looks to be their ultimatum. If he
does not agree to it, arbitration wil)
probably follow.
It may be known Monday afternoon
what is to be the result—settlement or ar
bitration.
The conference between Mr. Neill and
the committee from the firemen ended
shortly after 12 o’clock.
He then said that he was going to Mr.
Scott.
Later, the Information leaked out as to
the proposition that the firemen made and
which he was then carrying to Mr. Scott.
Neither he nor Mr. Knapp will make
any statement save that they hope for a
settlement without arbitration.
The first proposition that the committee
from the firemen is said to have made
would fully satisfy the firemen.
It is certain that Manager Scott would
never have agreed to itu
The board of arbitration, consisting of
Mr. Knupp and Mr. Neill, must have
f
Continued on Page Three
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1909.
JOURNAL CLOSES CONTRACT FOR NEW BUILDING
ON NORTH FORSYTH; WORK BEGINS IN AUGUST
WHERE NEW JOURNAL BUILDING WILL STAND
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Corner of Forsyth street and W. &A. tracks. Building marked with a cross is the building
to be t(ft*n down to make way for the new Journal building. Directly across the street,'- is the Aus
tell building. Over the roof in the distance is seen the post office.
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ZEPPELIN’SAIRSHIP
After Flying Through Air Four
Hundred and Fifty-Six Miles
Sunday, Aeronaut is Forced to
Alight.
(Py Associated Press.)
GOEPHINGEN, May 31.—The Zeppelin
airship on its way back to Freidrichshafen
from Bitterfield, came down in an open
field near here today.
The landing was Intended only for a
maneuver, but the envelope of the point
ed bow of the vessel came in contact
with the branch of a tree and was torn.
After an examination of the damage it
was decided to send to Freidrichshafen
for workmen to repair the damage before
proceeding. The rent is a slight one and
can be mended by tonight.
The count explained here this morning
(TTat he did not continue on to Berlin
from Bitterfleld last night because the
airship had lost some gas and he thought
it wiser to start on the return trip to
Freidrichshafen particularly as the home
ward journey would require from 15 to
20 hours.
The areronaut is thoroughly satisfied
w’ith his journey which is the longest ex
cursion yet undertaken. The airship cov
ered some 850 miles, including its ma
neuvering, within 37 hours.
(By Associated Press.)
SCHWEINFURT, Germany, May 31.
The airship Zeppelin II passed over
Schweinfurt at half past three o'clock
this morning on its way back to Freid-
CRASHES INTO TREE AND THEN DESCENDS
richshafen from Bitterfeld.
The vessel left the floating shed on
Lake Constance a little after 3 o'clock
Saturday night. The objective point was
Berlin, where Emperor William yester
day awaited the arrival of the count, but
the dirigible got only as far as Bitterfeld,
some 400 miles from the starting place,
and he decided to return.
There are on board Count Zeppelin, two
engineers and a crew of seven men. The
airship has now been sailing aloft for
something over thirty hours without
stopping or coming to the ground.
Airship Touches Earth,
But Again Takes Flight
(By Associated Press.j
STUTGART, May 31.—Zeppelin 11, with
the count and his two engineers and a
crew of seven men on board, came down
In a meadow near Unter Tuerkheim this
morning.
The landing was successful. The airship
came down lightly, but immediately ros«
again, and continued its journey i
toward Friedrichshafen. It passed Ess- ;
lingen at 9:45; Plechingen at 10 o’clock, ,
below Teck, at 10:15 a. m.
Big Airship Sighted
Above Heillbronn
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HEILLBRONN, May 31.—The Zeppelin I
airship was sighted near here a.t ten |
minutes past 8 o’clock this morning.
Wurtzburg Workmen
Surprised By Airship
A*>ociat.nd Pre»»->
WURTZBURG. May 31.—The Zeppelin ;
airship passed over Wurtzburg at 5 o’clock |
this morning, flying Iqw, in a southerly
direction.
The early workers in the fields were
astonished at the sudden appearance of
the vessel, and turned from their labors
to watch it disappear in the direction of
Friedrichshafen.
DR. EUGENE J. SETZE
DIES IN MARIETTA
Was Father of Mrs. W. R. Joyner
and E. J. Setze, Jr., of
Atlanta
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MARTETA, Ga., May 31.—Dr. Eugene
J. Setze, the oldest physician in Cobb
county, and one of Marietta's most pop
ular and prominent citizens, died at his
home in Marietta Sunday night after an
illness of several weeks.
I Dr. Setze was in his eighty-first year
j and for the last few years has been an
' invalid. Ke was a graduate of medical
' colleges both in this country and in
I France and has always been recognized as
‘ one of the leading physicians of the state.
Funeral services will be held at eleven
i o’clock Teusday from family residence.
Fe is survived by his wife, who was
formerly Miss E. P. Waddell and six
[children, Mrs. W. R. Joyner, wife of At
lanta's ex-mayor, and E. J. Setze, Jr.,
of Atlanta; C. R, Setze. of Pensacola.
Fie.; Miss Molly Setze and Miss Addie
Setze, o< Marietta; and numbers of grana
I children and great-grand-children.
Will Be Fire-Proof Ferro-Con
crete Throughout and Six or
Seven Stories High—Located
Opposite Austell Building.
HAS 20-YEAR LEASE
AND OPTION TO BUY;
PERFECT EQUIPMENT
To Have Approximately 60,000
Square Feet of Floor Space.
Specially Adapted to Journal’s
Uses.
The Journal is to have a new building.
It will be located directly opposite .the
Austell building at the northeast corner J
of Forsyth and the railroad. Contracts
for this purpose were closed and signed
Saturday with John W. Grant, owner of
the property.
The structure now on that site is to be
torn down and the erection of the new !
building will be. in provess by about Au
gust 1 next. It will be rtad_y for qccu
pcncy by about next May. The Journal <
has taken a lease ;or 20 years with the
option of purchase at an agreed price,
which option it expects to avail Itself of.
Plans are now being designed by Mor-z
gan & Dillon, The Journal’s architects,
which wifi mal.e ti e new building espe
cially adapted to The Journal's uses. It
is expected that I hey will make a four
of the United States to gather from he I
greatest newspaper plants in the entire
country ideas that make The Journal •
building a model of the combined
strength and facility of the most
structures of this kind.
The building will be six or seven stories
of ferro-concrete construction, absolute- -1
ly lire-pioof with concrete floors, walls
and roof and partitions. Each floor will ■«
have an area of approximately
square feet with a total area of something’
like 60.C00 square feet.
WILL FRONT 102 FEET. '
1 Th“ building will front 102 feet on North • ,
] Forsyth and run back 95 feet to a 12-foot
I alley in the rear. It is a part of the gen
! eral plan to build a For-
1 syth street over the railroad ,-ght of ]
I way to Broad street similar to the one
k now extending from AVhitehall tiaduct to
Broad street bridge, so that Forsyth and
Broad streets will be connected in the 3
same way that Broad and Whitehall . H
streets now are. This depends Updo &
the consent of the N., C. and 8. L rail*
| road lessees of the Western and Atlant!? '
railroad. The matter has already been ,
' presented to President J. W. Thomas, of J
the N., C. & St. L, and it is hoped that
his consent will be obtained. Permission Sa
has already been granted by the only ■
other property holder concerned—Mrs.
Hodgson, who owns the property front
ing on Broad street and extending back to
the 12-foot allej- mentioned. LOrnately *<
it is expected the passageway will t-ejbi- \
tended along the south side of th? AusteU
building to the W. & A. terminal yards.
ADVANTAGES OF LOCATIONS’’i
The advantages which the new Journal" ejl
building will enjoy from its location are
evident. It will command the full bene- h
fits incident to the great developments
now under way in the North Forsyth -dis
trict. It will stand in the vicinity of the
new postoffice, and will be within easy
distance of both the terminal station ane
the union depot. Through North Forsyth
street, it will be in direct communfcatioi
with that rapidly growing quarter of , I
Peachtree street marked by the Candiet
building.
Its position on the railroad with an
ample alley in the rear will make possi
ble the easy unloading of paper and other*
freight delivery into The Journal ware
house.
On three sides the building will have •
window space so that it will be aplendidfy _ -I
lighted and ventilated. Its unusually com
modious dimensions will offer a number
of stores and offices for the public gen
erally as well as for The Journal force.
Every floor and office will be equipped
with the most up-to-date conveniences.
In arrangement and equipment > the
building will be modern in every detail. .
There will be elevators and even- other
device for the convenience of the generkl
public and The Journal force. Negotia
tions for the building have been in pro
gress for six months past. They have now
been consummated.
GOT Ullßl I
BEFOREJMI.E
C. C. Crawford and William Crawford,
brothers of the late Joshua B. Crawford.
and several nephews and nieces, hav«
filed a caveat to the application of Mrs.
M. B. Crawford. Mr. Crawford's wife.
' for letters of administration on his es-
. tate.
They claim that the second Mra. Craw
ford was already married, and her nus
band alive, when she married MrZCraw
ford; that he was insane, and that he
was drunk. They claim that the marriage , l
was fraudulent, and that one of them./ -j
is entitled to letters of administration.
The caveators are represented by John
Clay Smith and Lewis W. Thomas. Mrs •
Crawford is represented by Burton Smith J
The hearing has been set for next Moq- /■
day in Ordinary Wilkinson’s court.
The contesting heirs, besides the twb |
brothers, are: Mrs. 8. A. Billingsley, John j
F Harris. James H. Harris. Mrt. T. H. jfi
Cornett. L. J. Crawford and James J
Crawford. nep«“ws and nieces. The for- J
tune left by Mr. Crawford is variously,
estimated from SIOO,Wi to $201.0C0.
They allege that Mrs. M. B. Crawford -J
is incompetent to discharge the duties
of the administration of the estate. The*
say also that at the time of her marnag* . |
to Mr. Crawford, he was insane and in- ’ ■'.3
capable of contracting marriage.
They aver further that Mrs. Crqwford
was already a married woman, having ■
never been divorced from her husband,
and that therefore for this reason the
marriage was null.
They claim too that Mr. Crawford war
drunk at the time of the mariage.
drunkenness was brought about and pro- 3
duced by the art and contrivance of the J
said applicant,” and that her purpose was |
fraudulent and for the sole purpose of 9
claiming Mr. Crawford’s property.
After this marriage, the heirs say, klr.
Crawford lived only 25 or 30 days.
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