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VOL. VIII
STRIKERS ARE AWED
BV MOUNTED POLICE
AT PITTSBURG PLANT
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Following Night of Terror and
Wild Disorder in Which Thirty
Were Shot, Situation is Report
ed Quiet.
HEAVY RIOT CLUBS
USED BY TROOPERS
DASHING IN CROWD
People Become Demoralized Un
der Terrible Assault and Fled in
All Directions—Rioting Is Fi
nally Stopped.
(By Associated Press.)
PITTSBURG. Pa., July U -Between 25,-
and IO.uOO workman—coal miners, tin
and sheet plate workers and various steel
erafts—are out on strike today throughout
western Pensylvania. eastern Ohio and
West Virginia.
A majority at the idle men are in the
Pittsburg dstrict. Excepting the strike st
the Preeaed Steel Car company, at Mc-
Kees Rocks, a borough where fierce riot
ing marked last night and early today,
resulting In the shooting and beating of
thirty persona the strikers are orderly.
The situation between capital and la
bor In the Pittsburg district today is
unique, trailing as it does, on the heels
of an apparent wave of prosperity.
CAUSES OF STRIKE.
Resumptions have been ordered in all
trades, and men. who have been without
work for many months, are being afford
ed employment. On the other hand is the
present unrest of the workmen. Solutions
of the causes leading up to the strike
are varied.
In several instances the men cialm that
their employers, taking advantage of their
recent prolonged idleness, are offering
them low wages for their work. The offi
cials assert that conditions do not war
rant higher remuneration at this time.
Other grievances are the alleged viola
tion of the eight-hour work-day. recogni
tion of organised labor, a controversy over
the use of so-called “safety" powder for
coal mine blasting, and better working
conditions generally. The strike of the
United Mine Workers against the Pitts
burg Coal company, does not have the
support of the national officials of the
, United Mine Workers of America.
It is said that the tin plate workers'
strike affect plants in different portions
of the country, adding from 5.000 to 10,000
to the ranks of the strikers.
POLICE ON GUARD.
At the Pressed Steel company a detach
ment of Pennsylvania state police and
sheriff’s deputies, heavily on.
pas guard. All the ttn plate plants are pro
tected by special police. The coal strike
M but a few hours old. but precautions
are already being taken in connection
with this trouble.
TWELVE ARE INJURED.
Twelve persons were injured when
members of the Pennsylvania state con
k stabulary and steel Strikers clashed a
number of times today at the plant of
the Pressed Steel Car company. McKees
Rocks At least three of the injured are
in a serious condition. -
Over a score of strikers and their sym
pathisers have been placed under arrest
Twenty additional state police were sent
for. making a force of 61. Over 200
deputies and special officers are on duty
Following the rioting and bloodshed
last night and early this morning the
strikers congregated ax the gates of the
mill and at intervals would bombard
the works with bricks. The police only
shot over the heads of tne strikers.
The men were to be paid off at 3 o’clock
and fears were expressed that trouble
would again break forth at that time.
When the police reached the plant they
Stationed their horses Inside the great
Steel plant, and then took up position*
cutside the troopers. Instantly the mid
gate was thrown open, several troopers
vaalted Into the saddle and the next min
ute wefie dashing fiercely into a crowd
of strikers and their sympathisers. As
they galloped through the crowd the
state police struck right and left with
heavy riot clubs. The crowd became de
moralised under the terrific assault and
fled In all directions.
That incident occurred at daybreak. It
had a potent effect and since that time
the strikers have satisfied themselves by
congregating at the gates of the mill,
but not daring to commit any act that I
would cause a repetition of the constabu
lary strike methods.
The state police and several thousand
strikers again clashed at the Pressed
Steel Car works again tMay. One trooper
was seriously injured and several other
persons hurt.
The strikers threw bricks at the police
and fled when the constabulary fired a
volley close to their heads. The mount
ed troopers then galloped into the crowd,
arresting six of the strike leaders.
PLENTY PROSPERITY
■ PREDICTED BY HILL
“Ai Soon As the Tariff Is Out of
the Way, Business Will Boom
FAll Over the Country,’* De
clares Railroad Magnate.
/>» Associated Praaa 1
WASHINGTON. July 15—“ As soon as
the tariff is out of the way," said Jamee
J. Hill, the railroad magnate, who yes
terday was one of the president s callers,
"this country will enjoy a prosperity
Which will at least equal. If it does not
surpass that it knew under the McKinley
administration.
“Last month I traveled extensively
through the west and I never saw such
activity among the farmers. Everywhere
I made Inquiry and learneo and saw the
crops were abundant and the farmers*
were satisfied Signs of the financial de |
pression of 1907 are fast fading.
“Freight cars will l>e at, a premium
within a few weeks. We of the railroad 1
world judge the prosperity of the nation
as much by the number of idle cars as
anything else. Throughout the past,
year there have been thousands idle, buti
they will soon be rolling about the coun
try filled with freight."
Mr. Hill says he expects to return to
’ the St. Lawrence later in the summer
And resume his fishing.
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CORPORATION TAX
DEMAN DED BY TAFT
President Tells Conferees That He
Will Insist Upon the Adoption
of the Amendment of Tariff
Bill.
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WASHINGTON.' July 15.—That Presl
det Taft "stands right where he stood all
along" and will insist upon the adoption
of the corporation tax amendment, is the
substance of a report made to the tariff
conference today by Senator Aldrich and
Representative Payne. The leaders of the
senate and the house were at the white
house late last night, having been sum
moned by the president to explain a per
sistent rumor that the Corporation tax
proposition was in danger of being drop
ped In the Conference.
It had been reported and not»denied
that a majority of the conferees were
opposed to the adoption of the measure
pYoviding for a two-cent tax upon the net
earnings of corporations organized for
profit. .
’ ONE CENT COMPROMISE.
The announcement that the administra
tion would be satisfied with a tax of one
per cent, and that the re-draft of the
amendment made by Attorney General
Wickersham wiuld contain this change,
did not remove the. objections jntertained
by the conference. The representatives
of the house protested against the fed
eral government's entering upoq such a
"new and radical method of raising reve
nues."
Discouraging reports about the recep
tion planned for the proposition when it
should be returned to the conferees de
termined the president to get at the bot
tom of the situation and to learn, if he
could, whether the sentiment against the
amendment was strong enough to encom
pass its defeat.
In seeking explanations from Senator
Aldrich and Representative Payne the
president went to the very fountaln-nead
of information concerning matters hap
pening or likely to happen behind the
closed doors relating to the conference
chamber. It is known that neither Mr.
Aldrich nor Mr. fayne wants the corpo
ration tax amendments, although both of
them are pledged to the president to sup
port it.
CHARGES ARE MADE.
It developed during the discussion of
the propaition on the floor of the senate
that some members of the finance com
mittee, including Mr. Aldrich, had been
charged with taking up the corporation
tax as a weapon to be used in fighting the
Income tax amendment. The weapon. If
such it was. was effective, but it now
appesrs that the supporters of the presi
dent's plan committed themselves so
thoroughly that they cannot now /InA- a
way to withdraw their support of the
amendment.
Mr. Aldrich and Mr. Payne, accord
ing to information believed to be authen
tic, told their conferees today that the
corporation tax amendment must be in
corporated tn the tariff bMI.
It was intimated that if the proposition
is abandbpeS now by the—conferees, a
breach in the relations between the white
house and capltol hill might be the re
sult.
MEMBERS IGNORE HEAT.
The sweltering heat today had no ter
rors for the members of the house. When
that body met there were few absentees,
the occasion for so large an attendance
being prospect for the presentation by
Chairman Tawney, of the appropriations,
of an urgent deficiency, but carrying an
appropriation of $434,<01, including an item
of 325,000 for traveling expenses of the
president.
'No sooner had Mr. Tawney obtained tha
floor for the presentation of the measure, 1
Messrs. Macon. Arkansas;Fitzgerald, New
York, and Mann, Illinois, offered various
objections, the most serious of which
came from the latter two, who argued
that the bill should have been intro
duced in the regular way, as they con
tended it had not been.
By the time the reading of the bill had
been concluded, the opposition to the
method of bringing it in had been swept’
away and its consideration was begun with;
the understanding that two hours and a
half should be devoted to general debate,
upon it.
DISCUSS COTTON GOODS.
Two questions which it was known
would be as stubbornly fought as any in
the tariff bill, namely cotton goods and
lead products, were taken up by the con-j
ferees today. An early adjournment so that
the house members could attend the ses-l
sion of that body and to allow Senator
Aldrich and epresentative Payne to go]
to the white house as the president's,
guest at luncheon followed.
Members of the house committee de-1
dined to accept the senate amendments'
to the coton schedule. These amend
ments consist chiefly of changes from an
ad valore to specific duties for the pur
pose cmfecscmfetacmfetacmfetacmfwyp
of the Din gley rates which senate con-i
ferees assert have been pulled down by
misinterpretation of the Dingley law.
Soon after the chemical schedule was
taken up. it was developed that it will
be extremely difficult to reach an agree-
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Crowd gathered in the public square at Marietta Wednesday at noon as the “Scouts” and their
escorting party arrived simultaneously with the delegation cars from Atlanta, -
SUB-MARINE BOAT
GOES ID BOTTOM:
13 LIVESARE LOST
Another Shocking Marine Trage
dy Is Recorded in the Annals of
the British Navy When Men Die
in Water.
CREW WAS LOCKED IN;
HAD NO CHANCE TO
ESCAPE—THREE SAVED
A Second Sub-Marine Boat Is
Badly Damaged by the Colli
sion—Details of the Tragedy
Have Not Yet Been Received.
(By Associated Press.)
CROMER, England. July 15.-The Brit
ish submarine designated as C-ll was
sunk last night by the cargo steamer
Eddystone at a point 4 1-2 miles north
west of the Hansborough lightship.
Thirteen members of the vessel’s crew
went to the bottom with her, and only
three were saved. Lieutenants Brodie and
Watkins are among the survivors.
The cruiser Bonadventure, with a flo
tilla of eight submarines, was proceed
ing in a southerly direction when the
Eddystone ran in among the vessels and
collided with C-11.
The submarines C-ll and C-17 in en
deavoring to avoid a collision with the
freighter, ran into each other. C-17 was
damaged, but there were no fatalities on
board either craft.
GINGLES CASE NEARS
AN END IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO, July 15.—The defense today
began its final effort to free Ella Gin
gles, the Irish lace-maker, on trial In the
criminal court, charged with the theft of
lace from Miss Agnes Barrette. The
evidence was all in by noon and argument
begun.
J. P. Miller was the first witness of the
day. He testified that it rained on the
night of January 4, which Is the night
Miss Glngles says she was abused in the
Wellington hotel.
This contradicts testimony given for the
state by Prof. Henry J. Cox, head of the
local weather bureau, who testified that
a fog prevailed on the night in question,
but that there was no precipitation. When
asked how he remembered the weather
conditions on that particular night. Miller
replied that he entertained a party of
friends at his home, and recalled distinct
ly that it rained while they smoked op
the porch. Guests at the party gave sim
ilar testimony. ' .
NEW FIRE CHIEF
ELECTED IN DALTON
DALTON, Ga.. July 15.—At a meeting
of the fire department here. Chief Black
resigned and Will Perry was elected In
his stead. The retiring chief is the
youngest chief of the fire department thia
city has ever had. During the year and a I
half he has been chief the department I
has fought more fires and been more j
successful than during the leadership of
any other man.
resignation was not ac
cepted until he stated positively that he
couldn’t serve The firemen wanted him
to remain at the head of the department.
Mr. Perry, the new chief, has seen eight
years of service, and the firemen are con- I
fident he will make an excellent leader.
LITHONIA WOMAN
IS FOUND DEAD
LITHONIA, Ga.. July 15.—Mrs. Mattie
Sinquefield was found dead at her home
here yesterday afternoon, witlj a bullet
wound in her temple. She left'a note to
her husband. 11l health is the supposed
cause of her suicide. She was 33 years
of age, and leaves two small children.
ment on the numerous paragraphs chang- |
ing the rates on lead products which com
prise practically all of the paint schedules
and numerous other articles manufac
tured.
HOUSE RATES DECLINED.
The senate conferees said that they
could not accept the house rates on these I
items. The conference is proceeding |
upon the general idea of keeping the I
rates within the rates of the Dingley law I
and of lowering them whenever possible I
to do so. This is the keynote of the con
ferees. Nobody who went to the white
house today was left In any doubt as to
the president's confidence in the ultimate
enactment of the corporation tax provis
ion.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1909.
JOURNAL AND HERALD SCOUTS, GLORY-CROWNED AND
DUST-COVERED, ARE HAILED BACK DOME FROM RECORD RUN
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Just before diebanding Wednesday evening the fired and weather-beaten, but happy, band of Journal-Herald
scouts lined up before the camera out at the Piedmont Driving club. Beading from left to right they are: Major
John S. Cohen, managing editor of The Journal; W. A. Krohn, official photographer of the trip; Dr. J. W. Lee, who
piloted the “Olds” part of the way; W. Inman Gray, of The Journal; Henry J. Lamar, Jr., whose big car has done such
heroio work in the cause of good roade; Walter Jones, of Macon; “Bob” Lambert, who drove the Herald car, and
Hamilton Peltz, representative of the New York Herald.
After Brilliant Reception and
Welcome in Marietta by Offi
cial Atlanta, Scouts Returned
Home at 4 O’Clock.
STREETS WERE FULL
OF HONKING CARS
AND HAPPY SHOUTS
After Parade of Principal Streets
in Heart of City Wednesday Af
ternoon, Reception Tendered at
Driving Club.
The Journal-Herald scout cars, as fa
mous now as the ships of hardy explo
rers were in the days of old and destined,
too, to become equally historic, sped into
Atlanta Wednesday afternoon at 4
o’clock.. They were under the escort of
35 welcoming automobiles filled with city
officials and men who arq leaders in local
affairs.
From every street corner, they were
cheered by waiting crowds. Every turn
of the mud-rimmed tires bestirred an
ovation sdeh ae the state’s capital city
has seldom acsorded any man or set of
men.
It was a huge how-do-you-do and hur
rah flung up from the very bottom of
Atlanta's heart to the good roads scouts
who had blazed a new pathway of 1,400
miles through the nation.
GREAT HOME OVATION.
Arriving at Marietta at 12:30 p. m., cen
tral time, on the last lap of their New
York to Atlanta journey by the Bristol
route, the explorers pushed on to the
Gate City to meet the climax of all the
receptions they have yet received. It was
not, however, until Marietta had shower
ed them with a particularly enthusiastis
welcome that the final 20 miles of the
homeward run was begun.
Indeed, the two-hurs' btay in that town
proved to be one of the most notable
good roads and automobile gatherings
that has marked the entire trip. It took
the form of a public reception and speech
making In the armory of the Marietta
Rifles under the auspices of the Marietta
Automobile association and the local town
council.
A score or more of cars had gone up
from Atlanta and at 2:30 o’clock these
turned Atlantaward to lead the scouts
home on their triumphal entry. When
the city was yet 12 miles away the road
began to grow thick and dusty with
still other machines who had come out to
Join the procession. When Buckhead, a
little village seven miles to the north
wasf_reached, a band was in readiness,
and with this in the van the final run to
Atlanta was begun.
From that point forward the real At
lanta reception was on. On either side of
Peachtree street, lawns and verandas
showed groups of southern xlrls and
matrons who stood waving their hand
kerchiefs. As the business portion of
the city was approched, the crowds in-
Continued on Page Three
W 5 WIFE SMS
HEIHREATENEDHER
When Coitri Rules That She Must
Answer Question She Gives
Damaging Testimony Against
Her Husband.
WHITE PLAJNS, N. Y., July 15.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw took the witness
stand for the state at the afternoon ses
sion today in the hearing on Harry K.
Thaw's mental condition In the supreme
! court here.
Justice Mills rules that Mrs. Thaw could
| answer the questions the state desired to
J ask her regarding an alleged threat to
kill, made by Harry Thaw during a con
versation at Matteawan. Mrs, Thaw
asked if she could not claim a privilege
In refusing to answer on the ground that
it might incriminate herself. The court
ruled she could not, and Mrs. Thaw,
asked if 'Thaw liad not made such a
threat, said:
“Yes, he did.”
Dr. Mayer testified that he saw Thaw
first at the White Plains Jail on October
8, 1908, and discussed with him at that
time the episodes included in a hypotheti
cal question which the witness had pre
pared on which to base an opinion of the
prisoner’s sanity. On subsequent visits
, to the White Plains jail and at the Mat-
I teawan asylum, the physician talked free
j ly with Thaw, he said, and got him to
I tell the story of his boyhood days. Dr.
Mayer related a conversation upon one
] occasion when Thaw told him he feared
I he was going to have typhoid fever, and
. suggested that his rooms at the jail
; should be cooled off with twenty tons of
’ ice.
I “HELPED TO ELECT JEROME."
I Dr. Meyer declared he discussed music,
| arts, sociology and politics with Thaw,
,and in regard to the latter subject Thaw
laugningly remarked:
I “1 helped to elect Jerome."
) "I asked him later what he thought
'of crime committed under the- influence
I of alcohol, and he replied that should be
no excuse,” continued the witness.
“I asked him later what the motives
were which prompted him to shoot Stan
ford White, and he said there were no
improper motives."
‘ in answer to a question as to what the
I effect of result of White's death had been,
Thaw replied that “there was less danger
now than before,” and most people
thought he had acted properly under the
circumstances.
Mr. Morschauser declared that Dr. Mey
er was testifying merely as a layman,
and nbt as an expert, in answer to a
question by the state’s attorney. Because
he was one of the few witnesses who
had talked with Thaw about the White
homicide, Deputy Attorney General Clark
said the cross-examination would be im
portant, and he asked Thaw's counsel
to consent to the admision of the record
of Thaw's second trial, in order to facili
tate matters.
Mr. Morschauser, however, said he was
not yet ready to consent to the admis
sion of the trial records in evidence.
THAW TOLD OF SHOOTING.
Mr. Clark asked the witness to give the
details of the conversation about the
shooting of White.
“I asked him to describe the incidents
of that evening. 'Did you see White before
you went out?’ I asked him. He said lie
did not. 'We went down the aisle and 1
stopped to speak to someone, and then
I saw White glaring at me. He put down
Ms -hand and then there was a disturb
ance and the shooting had been done'—
those were Thaw's words,” the witness
said.
The witness said he asked Thaw if he
remembered the three shots, and he said
he . did not.
The witness said Thaw had later de
clined to say anj thing further about the
shooting on the advice of a prominent
lawyer. Asked who this lawyer was, the
witness could not at first remember, but
finally said It was ex-Senator John C.
Spooner, of Wisconsin.
NASHVILLE’S POLICE STATION EMPTY
FOR FIRST TIME IN TWENTY YEARS
NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 15.—The police station here pre
sented a remarkable appearance last night. There was not a pris
oner in the building during the entire night, and the door of every
cell swung wide open. This has been the first time such a thing
has happened for more than 20 years. The temperance people
claim that this condition of affairs is the direct result of statewide
prohibition. • •
ALABAMA SENATOR
IS SHOHO DEATH
Efforts to Secure Pardon for Slay
er Cost Him His Life—Killed
by Brother of Convict’s Vic
tim.
fWy Auociated
I MONTGOMERY, Ala-. July 15.-State
j Senator Oscar O. Bayles was shot and
! killed yesterday by David K. Smith, of
! Monroeville, their home, as a result of
Bayles' efforts to secure a pardon for
Isaac and Jesse Shirley, who are serving
terms for the killing of Jim Smith. a
■ brother of the man who did the shooting
| yesterday. Bayles made sensational re
' marks to Smith while the hearing before
I the pardon board was on, and be plainly
showed his irritation at the time.
A phone message from Monroeville to
the Montgomery Journal says that Smith
and Bayles returned to their homes yes
terday, Smith at noon and Bayles at
about 5 o’clock. Shortly after they met
on the steps of the drug store and after
a few words, which could not be heard,
Bayles slapped Smith down, at the same
I time drawing his pistol. Smith came up
with his pistol out and both began shoot
ing. After three shots Bayles ran Into
a doctor's office and Smith into a drug
store nearby. An open door gave each
a sight of the other and each took a
fourth shot through the aperture.
Bayles then fell to the floor with two
bullet holes in his bowels, and died within
a short time. Smith, who was not hit.
was sent to jail, where extra guard was
1 kept over him all night. However, the,
people seem to take it that Smith is
justified.
Smith is a brother of James Smith, for
the killing of whom Jesse and Isaac Shir
ley are serving terms in the penitentiary.
>e Shirleys were convicted on the tes
timony of their sister, wife of the man
they killed. Recent efforts to secure par
don for the Shirleys have been blocked
by Smith and his sister-in-law, and be
cause of sensational questioning by Bay
les, who was attorney for the Shirleys,
Smith grew very angry and Mrs. Smith
was put to great embarrassment. This
accounts for the ill feeling.
TENNESSEE PROHI LAW
HAS HELPED DALTON
DALTON, Ga.. July 15.—That the pro
hibition law in Tennessee has caused this
city to sober up wonderfully is the opin
ion of Chief of Police Fincher. In speak
ing of the change, he stated that It was
wonderful how drunkenness had almost
entirely disappeared here.
“It may be as easy for those who want
liquor to get it at Cincinnati; but they
are not getting it like they used to. I
have had fewer arrests for drunkenness
since the Tennessee prohibition law went
into effect than during the same length
of time since I have been an officer,” he
said.
Before the prohibition law went into
effect, trains from Chattanooga brought
| truck loads of booze here.
AMERICANS WED
AT ST. GEORGE S CHAPEL
t
NEW YORK. July 15.—Samuel S. Pierce,
of Colorado Springs, Colo., was married
at St. George’s chapel, Hanover square,
London, to Miss Margaret Anderson,
daughter of Roswell P Anderson, an
American, according to ’a cablegram re
ceived today. A special license was neces
sary.
Revival at Dalton.
DALTON. Ga., July 15.—The revival
which is being conducted at the Second
Baptist church Is still drawing large
crowds. This is the third week the big
meeting has been conducted, and renewed
interest Is being shown every night. Up
to the present there has been fourteen
additions to the 'ehurch, and many more
have been converted. The services are
being conducted by the pastor, Rev. C. C.
Maples.
M’LENDON ILL
DEFER INQUIRY
ID NEXT MONOH
Suspended Chairman Asks Recesz
Judge Hilly er Draws Distinc
tion Between Inspections of In
terurban Trolley and A. & W. F.
FORMER AUTHORIZED
BY COMMISSION,
OTHER NOT, HE SAYfi
Tells of New Rules Prohibiting
Discussions of Rates, While |
Cases Are Pending Before \ 9
Board.
On the representation of S. G. McLen
don that he was unable physically to gc
on with the investigation which Is now
being made into his suspension, the joint , j
committees of the senate and house took
a recess Thursday until Monday morn
ing at 10 o’clock. Mr. McLendon said
that he had been under a strain both
physical and mental, and having declined
any assistance, felt unable to go ahead
with the examination of witnesses with
out a rest. ,
The committee, however, took half ar
hour to finish certain testimony of Judg«
George Hillyer and Warner H. Hill, mem
bers of the railroad commission. Judge
Hillyer’s testimony was particularly in
teresting as correcting certain impres
sions he made Thursday, and throwhn
new light on certain rules of the com*
mission and their interpretation.
Judge Hillyer said - that he had been \ |
understood to say Thursday that be saw
no difference between riding free on ar
inspection of the Atlanta Northern Rail
way interurban to Marietta, which h 4
admitted at Wednesday s session he had
done, and riding free In a private car or,
an Inspection of the Atlanta and West
Point railroad, which Mr. McLendon had
done.
DRAWS DISTINCTION.
Judge Hillyer said there was a differ
ence in this, that the trip on the interur
ban had been approved by the entire ,
commission, and the A. and W. P. trif
had not. He added that the car offered
by the interurban company was open t« t
both the cimmlssioners and the plaintiff*
who sought a reduction in fares on the
tine, and that it was at President Ark
wright's suggestion that the commission
completed its investigation on he read. |
Judge Hillyer then read a transcript
of an order forbidding free transporta
tion. He thought, though, there was s
provision exempting commissioners who
were on public work, and It was this pro
vision which authorised the use-of the
educational special.
The original order waa passed on De- . ;
cember 30. 1907. On December 31 this
amendment appears: "Provided further, g
that the commission, will, upon apptlcai
tion and proper showing made, author
ize free or reduced transortation to
fairs, exhibitions or for other public pur- ,-1
poses only."
This amendment was not quoted by
Judge Hillyer. He said that he could . |
not recall the exact wording. ,
RULES ON "CARDS.” . 1
He said that the commission had take*
no specific action on certain cards Mr.
McLendon had written the papers on
rates, but had delegated to him (Judge
Hillyer) the preparation of certain rules
for the government of members and em
ployes. One rule was that no meinbet
should express an opinion on a pending
case until that case had been considered
in executive session and an opinion ren
dered, and no opinion should be rendered
afterwards which might be used in liti
gation that might grow out of the case.
The other rule provided that any publi
cation by the board should be signed by
the chairman for the board, and that any
member's publication should bear hi;
own name and should be made only in hil » <■
private capacity.
These were new rules. Judge* Hillyer
said.
In reply to questions of Mr. Wright,-
Judge Hillyer said he thought these rules
were adopted after Mr. McLendon had
written that famous letter to the Albany
board of trade, but couldn’t be sure. No
special reason was ever assigned for their
preparation. Judge Hillyer added that he
was not interested in the Hillyer Invest
ment Co., that he dldn'a say Wednesday
that he remembered every word Mr. Me- ,
Lendon had ever said in the commission.
Mr. Hill was put ?n the sand and ex
amined briefly.
Next Monday’s session will be a partlc
ularly interesting one. W. H.
through whom Mr. McLendon handled
the Athens Street Railway bonds, who » J
was ready to testify Thursday, will ap
pear Monday, ai will also Asa G.
They are expected to go further into the
bond question. Judge Hines will also taa--" 1
tlfy further.
Warner Hill was-excused from appear
ing Monday, having a court engagement,
and Commissioner of Agriculture Thomas ,
G. Hudson was excused altogether, aa
were the newspaper men who had been
summoned.
Owing to the fact that S. G. McLendoa
said that he was physically unable to gc
on with the investigation by the joint
committees of the house and senate, ad- ,
journment was taken until Monday al ■
10 a. m.
Judge Hillyer and Mr. Hill, however,
were briefly examined.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
At the afternoon session Judge George I
Hillyer took the stand and explained cer
tain statements made in his testimony in
the morning. He said that for two years
he had been constantly in Mr. McLen- 9
don's company and he recalled every con
versation he had had with him. *
Judge Hillyer was asked if he had
stated Mr. McLendon had opposed any
resistance before the interstate commerca •
commission of the raising of rat ex
The reply was that Mr. McLendon’s
attitude was not of active resistance, but
was passive rather than otherwise dur
ing the trial of the case. *
Mr. Boyd asked if the witness had ever
asked Mr. McLendon for any information
which the latter withheld. Judge Hillyer
replied that such was not the case. <i
various members of the committee plied
Judge Hillyer with questions, all of which ]
were answered in detail, but none of
which any new testimony. His J
testimony was largely a rehash of the
testimony delivered in the morning. Ji
Mr. McLendon asked Judge Hillyer if ha -,j
had ever made an inspection trip over the
Atlanta and Northern railroad, and if ho
paid his fare.
Judge Hillyer replied that he did and \
had not paid any fare. _He admitted oc- «'
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