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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 - —, —z . . ' "1 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 MTU ii H Ji U H n n ~ M 11. It If ir n-A-z-?—L . p II II II II 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. 'TCfeMINAU / Oj , MAP/-SOAZ B X 7 o p Jo •’ ' Il II h ' I aaoiAP 4r—, " ° l CANt>L£n.\"\ tt 5 / I \ RLD& * M I-tL ■' ~ I . x/S- 111 llto rC W 1 au-ixs 1 \ •• I I ® UNION ' ’ W * 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 '*•- i-re" 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. 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 N prove his ability to cure Diseases, Head .j Noises and Catarrh. Address Dr G. M. Branaman, 1248 Walnut St., Kansas City,. Mo. ’ NO. 7?
