Georgia Historic Newspapers

    VOL. IX.
MFI COMPLETES
HALF HIS dOURNEY
HI LOSANGELES
H&s Traveled 6.266 of Total of 12,-
59 Miles Planned—Sees Har
bor and Is Greeted by As
sembled Veterans.
IS GUEST OF SISTER
DURING HIS STAY
Will Be Entertained at a Banquet,
end Leaving for Other Points in
California, Will Proceed to
Arizona.
(By Auoeiatad Fraas.)
DOS ANGEI.EB. Cat. Oct. U.—Presi
dent Taft, fresh from his four days of
tour; ng and sight-seeing in the canyons
of Yosemite. arrived in Loa Angeles
shortly before 8 o’clock today. The period
of respite from crowds, banquets and
speech-making had accomplished a happy
eaect and the famous smile adorned the
president s features as the welcoming
committee boarded bls special train.
After being greeted by Mayor Alexan
der and the other members of the com
mittee. the train pulled out for San Pe
dro. the harbor of Loa Afigeles, where
the party was to spend several hours in
viewing the government work on the big
breakwater and the site of the proposed
fortification*. \
HALF OF JOURNEY ENDED.
When President Taft reached Los An
odes, he had accomplished 6.266 of the to
tal of U.7W miles of the journey that
stretched out before him when he left
Beverly. Mass., a month ago. Almost
•xctly pae-haif of the long swing
across the United Sta'es and back has
ended. This also is one of the geographi
cal turning points of the tour, for here
the president turns eastward for his long
tour through the southwest and south,
gnally ending at the White House.
The principal reason Los Angeles
oeived two days of the president's sched
ule was the fact that the president's sis
ter. Mrs. W. A. Edwards, is a resident
of thia city and he desired an opportunity
to spend as much time as possible with
her. He will spend the night at his sis
ter's home.
There were no official ceremonies at the
station this the welcoming ad
dress and other formal features being de
ferrod until 1 o’clock this afternoon.
SEES HARBOR ENTERPRISE
The visit to the harbor was designed to
give the president a first-hand view of the
great enterprise under way there. The
federal government has already expended
more thn 53.000.000 in the building of near
ly two miles Os breakwater and contem
plates the appropriation of a consider
able additional sum for the purchasing
of a fortification site and military reser
vation and the erection of a fort.
More than two hours were occupies in
the trip over the bay. the president’«
launch finally proceeding alone and un
escorted through the narrow straits
tnto the inner harbor of San
Pedro. where the city of Los
Angeles has begun tne expenditu.s of $lO.-
000.000 for the building of a deep-sea ha<-
bor la conjunction with the outer har
bor.
The details of the harbor wirk wtre
explained to the president by I.ieut. C. T.
Leeds, of the corps of engineers. U. 8. A.,
and the members of the local harbor com
mission. The president expressed Interest
In the construction of the groat break
water which extends for nearly 9.000 feet
from Point Firrny and other features of
the harbor work.
RETURNS TO TRAIN.
The party returned to its train at noon,
after having been driven In an auto
mobile through the principal streets of
San Pedro. On all sides the welcome ex
tended the president in the little harbor
town was enthusiastic. Here, as else
where. the school children were massed
and gave their special greeting.
When the special reached Arcade sta
tion at Los Angeles at 1 o'clock, many
thousands of people were banked
the depot. > .
Here the president was extended the
official welcome by the reception com
mittee
Entering automobiles, the president and
his escort proceeded in parade through
the city's streets
Los Angeles had been gaily decorated
with the national colors and with myriads
of flowers. The president's automobile
. was decorated in vellow chrysanthemums.
VETERANS SALUTE HIM
In one place thousands of veterans of
the civil war and the Spanish-American
war were ranked and saluted the presi
dent tn military style. In another the
whole population of the Chinatown of Los
Angeles was gathered.
Tonight the president is to be enter
tained at a banquet at Shrine auditorium.
Tomorrow be will proceed early to Saw
telle. where he will address the inmates
of the National Soldiers' Home, lunching
later at Pasadena, and then proceeding
through the orange belt to San Bernar
dino. Redlands and Riverside. From the
latter place he will leave for Arison a
Tuesday night.
NASHVILLE PROHIS FORM
ENFORCEMENT LEAGUE
I Speakers at Meeting Say That the
Laws Are Being Violated Open
ly—Many Drunks Docketed
NASHVILLE. Tenn.. Oct. 11.—At a
laagely attended and enthusiastic mass
meeting at the Ryman auditorium here
yesterday afternoon a law enforcement
league was organized and strong resolu
tlon adopted demanding the enforcement
of all laws tn this city, county and state,
particularly those laws pertaining to the
illegal sale of liquor
Maj E. B. Stahlman. owner of the
Nashville Banner, waa one of the speak
ers ‘for enforcement of the laws. The
fact was brought out that the whisky
laws are being boldly violated tn this
city and that more than two hundred
dealers have federal liquor licenses dis
played tn their places of business.
The docket for drunks at the police sta
tion from midnight Saturday night until
midnight last night Is the heaviest since
I the prohibition law went into effect.
'Atlanta &tni*3Neekln Sonmat
WHEN PRES. TAFT IS JUST “WILLIE” AGAIN
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Oct. 11.-Suppose
you were president of the United States.
Suppose you had a chance to visit a
little, vine-covered cottage where you
could keep your engagements by the same
old clock that was ticking off the seconds
when you were born:'where you could
sleep on the same old bed where as a lad
you dreamed of fighting Indians or of the
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The larger picture is a view in the Los Angeles home of Mrs. W. A.
Edwards, President Taft’s only sister. The table chairs, ornaments and
draperies were once furnishings in the old Taft home in Cincinnati. On
the right Is the clock that first belonged to the president’s grandmother
and which was ticking off the seconds in the Cincinnati home of the
Tafts when the baby that was to become president was born. Above is
a view of the Edwards' cottage, which for two days will be the nation’s
“White House.” Below is a portrait of Mrs. Edwards.
great things you were going to do when
you were a man: where you could eat at
the same old table under which you uaed
to kick your heels while you stowed away :
your 5 o'clock bread and milk in the days '
■when you were just ''Willie”
Say. wouldn't that just naturally skin |
the White House to death?
That is what the president is now’ enjoy- 1
Ing In Los Angeles. The president is the
guest of his only sister. Mrs. Dr. W. A.
Edwards, at her pretty rustic home on j
West Adams street.
He finds himself surrounded by many |
boyhood friends, old family heirlooms.
The tall, sedate old clock tn the Edwards'
hall, which first belonged to the grand- j
mother of the president, once stood In the
hall of the old Taft residence in Cincin
nati. where It marked the hour of the ,
birth of the baby who waa to become the '
nation's chief executive.
The bed room which Taft occupies In '
Los Angeles Is furnished with pieces !
HANSON RE-ELECTED
CENTRALPRESIDENT
Rumors of Resignation Are Set at
Rest by Action of Directors-Old
Directors and Officials Are Re
tained by Road.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
SAVANNAH. Ga., Oct. 11—The annual
meeting of the stockholders of the Central
of Georgia railway here today put at reat
the rumors of the resignation of Presi
dent J. F. i,anson. as he was re-elected
by the directors.
The following directors were elected:
W. C. Bradley, Columbus; J. W. Eng
lish. Sr.. Atlanta; J. F. Hanson, Macon;
J. T. Hara tian, Caicago; Joseph Hull.
Savannah: C. E. James, Chattanooga;
8. R. Jaques. Macon; A. R. Lawton,
Savannah; R. S. Lovett, New York; G.
B. McCormick. Birmingham; George J.
Milla, Savannah; J. G. Oglesby, Atlanta;
Charles A. Peabody, New York; R. E.
Steiner. Montgomery; W. A. Winburn,
Savannah.
After their election the directors chose
the following officers:
J. *F. Hanson, president; A. R. Lawton,
vice prasiuent; W. A. Winburn, vice pres
ident; Lawton & Cunningham, general
counsel; C. C. Williams, secretary; W. C.
Askew,* treasurer; W. D. Beymer. comp
troller; T. S. Moise, general manager,
J. T. Johnson, general superintendent;
C. K. Lawrence, chief engineer;
C. T. Airey, freight traffic man
ager; J. C. Haile, general passenger
agent. Mr. Halle is the oldest continu
ous officer In the service of the Central
railway, ne has been general passenger
agent of the system &~vut 20 years.
The annual meeting of the road was but
an incident In the day's proceedings. The
city was visited today by President Har
ahan, of the Illinois Central railway, who
came here for the purpose of making a
thorough inspection of Savannah’s ad
vantages.
The Illlnola Central railway owns the
Central of Georgia railway and It is be
lieved here that there are great things in
store for tne port because of the western
connection.
Mr. Harahan did not commit himself to
any great extent as to the manner of im
provements to be made, but he showed
great interest in Savannah, her deep
water, her excellent facilities for handling
the commodities that are brought in
here by the great s..lps of the Ocean
Steamship company, a corporation owned
by the Central railway, and in the enter
prise and hustle of the people he came in
contact with. He came here just after
Mr. HaFriman secured control of the Cen
tral and made an inspection of the sys
tem. He was much impresed with it then
as he has been today.
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which he knew well when he was a boy.
There is the old four-poster which was in
i his own room! in Cincinnati, and there
are the old-fashioned, hand-made lace
I curtains at the windows, still good after 75
I years of service.
j Once upon a time, on very especial oc
i casions. little Willie Taft, elevated on his
I chair by the family dictionary, was allow
led to sit at the “big” table with the
j “grown-ups” at dinner. Os course, the
family dictionary is not necessary now,
• but at the Edwards dinner table Taft
finfls the table and the same old
Chairs, and no doubt he will act very i
much like the same old boy For presi- i
dents, when the big, critical woYdd Isn't |
watching, are not very much different In I
their emotions from other folks, you 1
• know.
There is just a chance, too, that Presi- !
‘ dent Taft will eat his dinner from the t
' same plate that used to be piled up with
I turkey and “fixin's” on Thanksgiving day <
“MISQUOI ED." SAYS CRANE,
OF ARTICLE WHICH MAY
LOSE HIM POST TO CHINA
Minister Now in Washington to Explain Basis of “Story” and In
terview in Chicago on Conditions in the Orient—Recalled on
Eve of Leaving Frisco-Talked Too Freely, It Is Alleged, of Atti
tude of Government and Its Plans—Case Similar to Blair’s.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11—Whether or
not Charles Tt. Crane shall proceed to
j Peking in the capacity of American minis
ter to China seemed today to depend upon
the outcome of conferences between Mr.
Crane and Secretary of State Knox, who
unexpectedly and rather mysteriously
summoned Mr, Crane from San Francisco
to Washington on the eve of his proposed
sailing across the Pacific to assume the
duties of his office.
Many indications early today supported
the belief that the situation in which Mr.
Crane stands was exceedingly serious,
and in quarters presumably well inform
ed. the belief strengthened with the pass
age of the hours that Minister Crane s
connection with the diplomatic service was
In a very precarious condition.
It was thought this morning the matter
would not be closed up today, but might
In fact require several days for final ad
justment. From the air of intense ex
. pectancy which prevailed at the state de
partment, however, it was evident that
i any hour might bring the situation to a
; crisis.
> Mr. Crane arrived from San Francisco
late yesterday afternoon and was closeted
; until far into the night with Secretary
• Knox and his special counsel, former So-
I Heitor General William M. Hoyt, but
nothing authentic was obtainable as to
■ the nature or results of that conference.
The state department has in hand, it
’ is said, what it regards as more or less
convincing evidence that Minister Crane,
ion the eve of his departure for the
| Far East, became responsible for the pub
! licatlon in a Chicago newspaper of what
! the department views as a most indls
j creet discussion of th£ attitude of the
■ United States toward the two treaties
1 recently negotiated between China and
‘ Japan. This the department holds to
t have been the most serious because that
' attitude is still under confidential con
i sideration, no decision having been ar
j rived at.
THE CHICAGO “STORY.”
The Chicago Record-Herald, of Septem
| ber 27, containing a dispatch from its
• correspondent in Washington, stating in
efiect that the United States government
is preparing to take important action
looking to the security of the “open door”
in China. It was stated in this article
that the action of this government will
take the form of a protest, based upon
the controversy between China and Japan,
relative to the Antung-Mukden railroad.
It was claimed in the Record-Herald’s
stcry that reports had been received to
‘ the effect that Japan has obtained con
j trol, for an indeterminate period, of
mmina concessions in southern Manchu-
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 12. 1909.
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back in Cincinnati. For Mrs. Edwards
has many of the old Taft dinner pieces
and it is a fairly safe prediction that she
will bring them all out in honor of her
big brother.
Don't think, either, that the clock and
the bed and the table and the curtaina
and the dishes are all tkat Mrs. Edwards
has thqj carry Taft to his boyhood.
There are pictures. b*Mes. little knick
knacks and a hundrcVLand one other
: things. including a well-worn table
1 around whioh the little Tafts used to do
I their "home work,” all brought to Cali-
I fomia from Ohio.
, The reason is that when the Taft home
• was broken up in Cincinnati, most of the
j household things were turned over to Mrs.
I Edwards, the brothers insisting that the
sister should always have with her; all
‘ that was movable of the old home.
ria. This, it was stated, is regarded at
Washington as a distinct menace to the
"cpen door,” according to the exposition
of that policy as given by the late Sec
retary of State John Hay.
The article went on to declare that dur
ing the latter part of the Roosevelt ad
ministration, notes had been exchanged
between Secretary of State Root and Bar
on Takahlra, Japanese ambassador
wherein it was agreed that Japan would
take no action which on its face menaced
the “open door” without consulting the
American state department. There was.
according to the Record-Herald story, no
written, binding agreement between the
two governments, but simply an under
standing. It was declared in the story
that officials of the department of state
were surprised that the United States
had not been consulted relative to steps
which might menace the “open door”
agreement
CRANE’S NAME WITHHELD.
In no part of this story, however, was
the name of Mr. Crane mentioned, nor
did there appear In any part of it any
thing that might be construed as inti
mating that the story was connected with
him in any manner.
Before leaving Chicago for San Fran
cisco, Mr. Crane was quoted in the Chi
cago papers as saying:
CRANES INTERVIEW.
“I will go unhampered by any restric
tions. The president is interested in the
political questions of China and it is his
desire that attention be given to them.
The finances and the system of raising
revenues are in a demoralized condition,
and need reconstructing. The systems of
banking are antiquated and need to be
levolutionized. The government is try
ing to suppress the use and sale of
opium and there is a hig field in the de
velopment of the educational systems,
which will give me plenty of work.
“Secretary Knox is interested in the
establishment of amicable commercial re
lations between the United States and
China, and the development of the indus
tries and resources of China, so my work
will he twofold In its nature.”
UNWISE AND UNDIPLOMATIC.
While the speeches delivered by Mr.
Crane before the American Asiatic asso
ciation, and at a dinner given tn his
honor at Chicago, are viewed at the state
department as having been at best un
wise and undiplomatic, they had been
carefully considered after their delivery
and before Mr. Crane started for San
Francisco, and although deprecated, were
not regarded as justifying any change in
his plans.
The Chicago publication falls, however.
Continued on Page Five
STORM DESTROYS LIFE
AND PROPERTY IN CUBA
Havana Is Lashed by Wind and
Rain—Family Is Killed, Crops
Ruined, and Wires Are Knock
ed Down.
FLOOD WARNINGS ARE
ISSUED FOR GULF COAST
Shipping Has Been Warned All
the Way From Mobile to Charles
ton, and Great Damage Is
Feared There.
(By Associated Press.?
HAVANA. Oct. 11.—This city wfis
storm-lashed in the early hours of today,
and although the damage wrought prom
ises to be less than was indicated when
day broke, much suffering was entailed
and the money loss will be considerable.
To what extont the districts outside of
the city Have suffered cannot be deter
mined here, as telegraphic and telephonic
communication has been cut off.
The fatalities in the qity were confined
to one family, the five members of which
were killed when the roof of their home
on San Rafael street fell in upon them.
At /tegla, across the harbor from Ha
vana, between 40 and 50 small craft were
sunk or driven ashore.
It was rumored today that a steamer
with two funnels was ashore on the
beach east of Morro Castle, but the re
port could not be verified as the wire
less apparatus at Morro Castle is down.
On account of the heavy sea it was still
impossible this afternoon to cross the
harbor.
It is believed chat the damage to tha
tobacco crop will be limited to the de
struction to seed beds, which is too late
to re-plant. The storm, combining ter
rific wind and a torrential downpour ct
rain, reached the city from the west
ward about 2 o’clock this morning and
did not subside till well toward noon.
The streets were flooded and electric
plants rendered Inoperative. No steam
ers have arrived today. The property
loss will be confined to destruction of
roofs, telegraph and telephone wires.
Torrential rains have fallen ceaselessly
during the past few days. At 2 o'clock
this morning a storm of tremendous se
verity which had gathered to the west
swept down upon the city and for six
hours wrought damage similar to'that
done by the great cyclone of October 17,
1906.
The wind tore down telegraph and tele
phone wires throughout the city, uprooted
or brtke every tree in its path, and put
out of operation the electric light system,
the overhead trolley lines and the many
works dependent upon the electric power
plants. While the Wind was doing its
worst the downpour of rain flooded the
streets, making It impossible to open the
shops.
The smaller-craft In the harbor were at
the mercy- of the storm and today many
of these are thrown high on shore, while
others have been sunk at their anchor
ages. No were issued this morn
ing. the newspaper plants being crippled
by the floods. The steamers of the Ward
and Plant lines, as well as the steamer
from New Orleans, whtch are due today,
had not arrived this forenoon. By 9 d'tlock
the storm had begun to abate, and as the
morning progressed the wind continued
to subside, but a terrific sea was still
running.
The West Indian hurricane Is- fast ap
proaching Key West, according to a dis
patch .received at noon by the weather
bureau from its observer at that point.
He reported the barometer had dropped to
the remarkably low reading of 28.70 and
the wind was blowing at the rate of 68
miles an hour.
TO SAFEQi LIFE.
In order to the life of the
weather bureau observer at Sand Key,
a small island to the southwest of Key
West, Chief Moore ordered the man to
abandon his post. This he reluctantly
did, and has reported to Washington that
he has taken refuge from the storm in
the light house located on the Island.
Great destruction to property and loss
of life on the south Atlantic coast, and
even in the Interior, according to Profess
or Moore, Is certain to result from the
hurricane.
Additional Information has led Professor
Moore to take every measure possible to
protect the Inhabitants of the sea Islands
off the Florida coast from the approach
ing storm. At noon he sent the following
Instructions by wire to the signal office
observers at Jupiter Inlet, Tampa,
sonvllle and Thomasville, Ga.
ISSUES INSTRUCTIONS.
“Hurricane now central near Key West
promises to be destructive to life and
property over a large portion of the Flor
ida peninsula. You are authorized to In
cur any necessary expense and to adopt
every reasonable measure to disseminate
warnings to the islands, coast cities and
even the Interior of the state.’’
In the opinion of the forecasters, the
storm will certainly cover the entire Flor
ida peninsula, but wilt be felt In less de
gree west of the Appalachicola river. It
is due In full force tonight, and the
weather bureau appeals to all newspapers
and commercial organizations in the
threatened district to spread the news of
its approach.
Stonn Warnings Issued
for Gulf Coast by Bureau
(By Anocitted Frets.)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—A destructive
hurricane which probably will pass north
ward over Florida, is indicated in advices
to the weather bureau today.
The storm Is blowing fiercely off the
Florida coast, shipping has been warned
all the way from Mobile, Ala., to Charles
ton. S. C., and hourly observations have
been ordered in the hurricane territory.
Key West Gale Blows
Thirty Miles An Hour
LOUISVILLE. Ky., Oct. 11.-Advices to
the weather bureau today shows the
West Indian hurricane to be central west
of Cuba. It Is shown sharply to Key
West, where a steady blow of the wind
shows a velocity of 30 miles an hour.
Five inches of rain has fallen at Key
West In the past 24 hours.
Hurricane Is Expected
to Strike Tampa Tuesday
TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 11.—The local
weather bureau has received Instructions
to hoist emergency storm warnings and
notify all postmasters in this district of
the approaching hurricane, now central
over Sand Key.
Shipping is warned to remain in harbor. (
It is expected the storm will strike Tam- ,
pa tonight and be central over this sec- j
tion tomorrow. The weather today is j
hazy, with scarcely any wind.
HE MUST SERVE
L■' ■ ' B
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A
CHARLES W. MORSE.
Banker and financier, who, court
of appeals says, must serve his fif
teen-year sentence.
MORSE IS AGAIN REHIND PRISON BARS
NEW YORK. Oct. 11.—Charles W. Morse
was taken to the Tombs prison in custody'
of United States Marshal Henkel this aft
ernoon. Mr. Morse's son, Harry, accom
panied him in the walk from the federal
building to the prison. A large crowd
followed them up the street.
The United States circuit court
of appeals today affirmed ’ the de
cision of the lower federal court,
sentencing Charles W. Morse, the
former banker and steamship capitalist,
to 15 years’ imprisonment in the federal
prison at Atlanta. Ga.
The decision of the circuit court of ap
peals Is final so far as direct appeal is
concerned, but it was said today that
counsel for Morse might apply to the su
preme court of the United States for a
writ of certiorari in order to bring about
a review of the entire proceedings by that
court.
At the office of Mr. Morse's counsel it
was stated latelr that the case would be
taken to the United States supreme court
and an application ball would ba
made Meantime Mr. Morse would be
sent to the Tombs prison or might be
sent to Atlanta to begin his sentence un
less the circuit court of appeals In New
York granted a stay In the execution of
his sentence.
CONVICTED IN 1908.
Mr. Morse was convicted of violation of
the national banking laws in misapplying
the funds of the National Bank of North
America, of which he was president at the
time of the financial panic of 1907.
He was charged with making false en
tries on the bank’s books and was sen
tenced on November 8, 1908, alter a long
jury trial.
United States circuit. court of ap
peals, in its decision renuered today, said
COURT'S COMMENT.
“We fully realize the consequences to
the defendant which must follow an af
firmation of this judgment and yet w€
cannot doubt that he was given a fair
trial and the verdict on the 14 counts
was amply sustained by the proofs.
"No unprejudiced person can read the
record without being convinced that by
the defendant's procurement, Tha bank
(National Bank of Nortl. America) bought
ARMSNE MAIER HIT
BY STEINER’S ADTD
In Trying to Cross Washington
Street Little Boy Is Struck by
Albert Steiner's Machine and
Badly Injured.
! While trying to cross from one side of
1 Washington street to the other, between
Rawson and Clarke streets, Saturday aft
ernoon at 5 o’clock, Armine Maier, the 7-
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Maier,
was struck and badly injured by Alpert
Steiner’s automobile. His condition,
though very painful, is not considered
serious, and he was resting easy Mon
day.
The little boy was endeavoring to cross
from the right hand side of the street to
his home. 268 Washington street, when
the machine hit him. He was hurled high
In the air and in striking th: payement
suffered painful injuries. The boy was at
once taken into his home and there given
medical attention.
The driver of the machine w»« travel
ing at a moderate rate of speed at the
time of the accident and tried in every
possible way to avoid the ac-’lden’’ The
boy. It is said, walked into the street
without noticing the machine, ai d in this
way was run down. It was at list thought
that his injuries were serious, and doubt
as to his recovery were expresred. He
is now on the road to rapid recovery,
however.
GEORGIA GENERAL
BEATEN BY THUGS
Gen. J. Floyd King Uses Pocket
Knife to Defend His Life
From Negroes
(By A-socinted Frets.)
WASHINGTON. Oct. 11—Attacked by
three negroe* and forced, according to his
declaration, to use a pocketknife to de
fend his life, Gen. J. Floyd King. 67 years
of age. for eight years during the 80s
representative in congress from Louisi
ana. and a Confederate veteran, a native
of Georgia, was badly beaten Saturday
night abort the head and body. It was
learned today.
One of the negroes is in the hospital so
AGED NAN DRAGGED
BI IBOLLEf CM
Tried to Board Street Car at
James Street —Is Dragged to
Piedmont Hotel, Barely Missing
Death Under Steam Roller.
An aged man attempted to board a
rapidly moving trolley car at the corner
of Peachtree and James street, Monday
morning, missed his footing and waa
dragged down the crowded thoroughfare
as far as the Piedmont hotel, miraculous
ly escaping death.
Though bruised, he hurried away and
was lost In the crowd before assistance
could be offered him or his name learned.
The incoming Peachtree street car was
passing the corner when suddenly the
aged man leaped for its platform. He
clung to the railing. People who looked
on gasped In the expectancy that dacb
moment he would be caught beneath the
wheels and ground to death. Down the
car kept rolling. The old man’s body
was literally scoured across the pave
ment.
Just ahead a giant steam roller wm
puffing toward the car. Its great wheels
lumbered away, barely clearing the edge
of the windows of the car and the should
ers of the white-haired man. In front of
the hotel the trolley came to a stand
still. The supposed victim of the occa
sion sprang to his feet and disappeared. t
its own stock and the stock of the Ice
•Securities company and by hls procure
ment the entries in the bank book and
in the reports of the comptroller as to
these transactions were so arranged as
to conceal the truth and to record trans
actions, which In reality never took
place.”
Morse was indicted on March H, IMt,
on his return from Europe. The indict
ment contained 29 counts, comprising con
spiracy to defraud the United States
government, the making of false entries,
and the misapplication of the funds of a
national bank.
CHARGES MADE.
It was charged that Morse, with others,
was engaged'in a pool manipulating the
stock of the American Ice company. As
the result of this pool. United States Dis- |
trict Attorney Stimson declared, Morse
and his associates became possessors of '
large blocks of ice stock and finally, get
ting near the end of their resources, wen'
to the National Ban* of Narth America
and secured money to continue the spec
ulatlon., 7
The government alleged that from time
to time, H,200.000 of the bank's money waa
used for this purpose. To conceal the*
transactions, Mr. Stimson said fictitious
loans were .made on the bank's books
with the ice stock realty bought with tbs
bank's own money.
After his original sentence, Mora* ob
tained a writ of error which brought hla
case before the circuit court of appeals
for review.
Arguments on his appeal began last
February, and did not end until June 17, .
when the judges reserved decision and
admitted the defendant to $125.(00 baiL
furnished by 20 of hls friends.
PAID OFF DEBTS.
On June 17 Morse was released from
the Tombs, where he had been confined
since October, 1908. Immediately ha
plunged into business and during the past
four months is reported to have paid off
$5.000.0w of his $7,000,000 indebtedness and
to have regained control of a large part
of hls extensive steamship interests.
The United States circuit court of ap
peals this afternoon granted a stay of 41
days in the execution of the sentence up
on Morse. " «
MINE GABS CRASH;
I KILLED, 1 HURT
Superintendent of Kentucky Mine
and Seven Men Are Pinned in
Collision As Wild Car Hits a
Party on Steep Incline.
(By AnocUted Frew.)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Oct 11—A special
to the Sentinel from Middlesboro, Ky.,
says two coal cars crashed head-on this
morning at the mines of the Edgewood
Coal and Coke company, resulting in the
death of C. O. Hardin, superintendent,
and the injury of seven alners, two per
haps fatally.
Superintendent Hardin’s head waa
crushed and his right arm was torn from
its socket death being almost instantan
eous. James White and James.
miners, were so badly crushed It ke be
lieved they cannot survive. Others Injur
ed were J. 8. Blackburn. Wiley Turner,
John Sanders and 8. Turner and an un
known man.
The party was going In a car up an in
cline, ana a car loanea Witn co an was
coming down a parallel track. The in
cline brake failed to work, it is said, and
the car of coal came down at lightning
speed. The up-going car leaped the track
and was hurled into the mouth of the
mine. Superintendent Hardin was former
ly of Linton, Ind.
MR. FRANK CLARK DEAD;
BLACKSHEAR PLANTER
BLACKSHEAR, Ga., Oct. 11—Frank
Clark, a prosperous fanner of this county,
dropped dead at the home of his sister,
yesterday afternoon.
badly cut that his recovery is said to be
doubtful. General King himftslf, who
was arrested, has been released on bond.
Warrants have been issued by his friends
for the arrest of the negroes, although
none of the warrants have been served.
The police say they know where the
two negroes who were not taken to the
hospital can be found.
NO. 8.