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Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal. VOL. IX. BOYCOTT CAUSES BEEF TO DROP IN PRICE IN CHICAGO Work of Getting Prosecution of Chicago Meat Men Ready Has Started-Special Venire of Jurors Called SWIFTS, ARMOURS AND MORRIS ARE INVOLVED (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO. Jan. 24. —TTie widespread agitation against the high price of meat made itself felt here today when port declined 67 1-2 to 77 1-2 cents from Saturday's closing fl'gures. Other products also declined, but to a lesser degree. Fort for January deliv ery broke from 220.50. the closing quo tations of Saturday, to $20.12 1-2 within the first nour of trading. The May op tion sold off from $21.23 to $20.50. and the July delivery from $21.25 to $20.57 1-2. The action of the federal grand jury In the Investigation of the methods em ployed by four big local meat packing companies was temporarily halted today when it was announced that some rou tine matters had to be disposed of first. A special venirs of jurors appeared be fore Judge Landis and 23 men were chos en to compose the grand jury that is to hear the evidence and decide whether in dlctmnets shall be returned against the packers. The firms against which the government will proceed are Swift A Co.. Armour & Co., and Morris & Co., who. it is al leged. control the National Packing com pany for their common benefit. Ear’y today deputy United States mar rtala ware started out with more than a score of subpenas and writs to bring be fore the grand jury employes and books of the concerns Involved. The work of preparing the case of the government against four big meat packing concerns of this city to ascertain whether they have oper ated to control the prices of fresh meat w„ begun tn earnest in the United States district court today before Judge K. M. Landis. Grand Jury Investigation Is Now Pending in New York NEW YORK. Jan. 24 New York to day is in the thick of the fray for a reduction in the cost of living. i A grand jury investigation Into the meat question is pending, a prosecutor s Inquiry Into the cold storage situation has been begun, meetings in protest against high prices for food products have been called and pledges of absten tion from meat being numerously signed. The city gives ample evidences of deep seated interest in helping find some so lution of a problem which has aroused practically the entire country to ac tion. Inquiry to determine whether New Yorkers are paying 9 cents a quart for milk because the price was arbitrarily fixed at the figure by a combine greedy for bigger profits, was begun by the grand jury today. In addition there have been recent com plaints that a quart milk bottle is that in name only, and not in fact, in many Instances. This is expected to play a con siderable part in the inquiry now be gin i ning. National Board of Trade to Discuss High Living Prices WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—While the principal matters to occupy the atten tion of the country's representative mer chants at the three-days' sessions of the ifith annual meeting of the National Board of Trade, which began its confer ence here today, was the needs of leg islative measures tn the interest of the commercial portion of the country, ther? is little doubt that a live topic during the meeting will be the high cost of living. Birmingham Unions Order Boycott on Combine BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Jan. 24.—At a meeting of the Birmingham Trades Coun cil yesterday afternoon resolutions were adopted urging all members affiliated bodies and friends of organized labor to discontinue the purchase of meats for K> da vs except where the product can be bought directly from members of the Farmers' Co-operative and Educational union in Alabama. Nashville Labor Unions Urge 30 Days Boycott NASHVILLE. Tenn.. Jan. 24.—Because of the prevailing high price of meat, the Nashville Trades and Labor Council yea terday afternoon unanimously adopted resolutions nrgir-g labor union members and sympathizers in Nashville to abstain for 39 days from eating meat of any kind, beginning tomorrow. An agreement was drafted and a com mittee appointed to begin at once a sys tematic canvass for signatures to the boycott. American Farm Products Cheaper Abroad Than Here WASHINGTON. Jan. 24.—"1 am gath ering proof which will show that Ameri can farm products are being sold cheaper abroad than they are In this country.” aeefared Secretary of Agriculture Wilson today at the "high cost of living” hear ing before a sub-committee of the house committee In the District of Columbia. Mr. Wilson gave strong evidence to show that the producer at the present time was getting little more than for merly for his food products, while the ul timate consumer was paying an excessive price. mrs. atklnson again GIVEN POSTOFFICE President Taft Reappoints Governor’s Widow to Place At Newnan WASHINGTON. D. C.. Jan. 24.—Pres ident Taft today reappointed Sirs. Su sie M. Atkinson to be postmaster at Newnan. Ga. Mrs. Atkinson is the widow of the late Gov. William Kates Atkinson. She has held the Newnan postoffice for sev eral years, and her administration of its affairs has been signally satisfac tory. as her reappointment indicates. Senators Bacon and Clay and Con gressman Adamson inrerested them selves in Mrs. Atktnson-s continuance in the service. Her nomination goes to the postoffice committee, of which Sen ator Clay ia a member, its confirma tion at an early data la assured. MRS. B. R. TILLMAN, JR., SUES PARENTS OF HER HUSBAND TO RECOVER TWO CHILDREN New Chapter Is Added to Ro-; mance of Palmetto State! When Daughter-in-Law An nounces She Will Fight Unit ed States Senator in Courts ♦ “A Deplorable Tragedy,” ♦ : Says B. R. Tillman, Jr. ♦ ♦ t ♦ TRENTON, 8. C., Jan. 24.—"‘This ♦ ♦ is a most deplorable tragedy,” said ♦ ♦ Benjamin R. Tillman, Jr., Monday ♦ ♦ morning, when shown an account ♦ In the morning paper about the'-e --suit filed by his wife against Sen- ♦ ♦ a tor and Mrs. B. R. Tillman for ♦ ♦ the recovery of her children. ♦ ♦ ”1 do not care to make any other ♦ ♦ statement at this stage,” he said ♦ ♦ when asked for a statement, "but ♦ I will say that every possible means -a’ ♦ will be used by my father and moth- ♦ ♦ er to retain my children, whom I ♦ ♦ have deeded to them.” ♦ ♦ Senator and Mrs. Tillman are in ♦ Washington, and with them are the ♦ ♦ the two pretty little girls, Sarah ♦ ♦ and Don aka Tillman, over whom ♦ ♦ centers this fight between two of ♦ ♦ South Carolina’s most prominent ♦ ♦ families. ♦ COLUMBIA. 8. C.. Jan. 24.—When at torneys for Mrs. B. R. Tillman, Jr., made application "before the supreme court this morning to be heard on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to secure pos session of her two children. Donaka and Sarah, now held by United States Sena tor Ben Tillman, Chief Justice Jones halted proceedings by citing a rule of the court requiring such cases to be present ed in the circuit court On a plea that the lawyers were not familiar with the rule, he consented to hear their argu ments at noon. Should the court hold that the case must be presented to the circuit court it will open another interesting question, since Judge J. W. Devore, of the Edgefield circuit, in which all the parties live, has signed a strong affidavit in favor of Mrs B. R. Tillman. Jr., testifying to her high character and reputation at home. CHARGES ARE MADE. The suit of the younger Mrs. Tillman to recover possession of her two little girls was the first intimation that the general public had that there was trouble be tween her and her husband. Mrs. Till man, herself the granddaughter of a South Carolina governor, charges that her husband is addicted to the excessive use of intoxicants, that he has been guil ty of cruel and Inhuman treatment of her and that he took the children from her without her knowledge or consent. She swears that she was ill in Wash ington. when her husband turned the children over to his parents. Senator and Mrs. Tillman; that when she demanded them, he gave his parents a deed to them, stating that she was not fit to have pos session of them. Her petition was accompanied by sworn statements from some of the best peo- ! pie in the state, attesting to her unim peachable character, her goodness as girl | and mother and her devotion and love for her little girls. When the* matter was taken up again at noon, Mr. dePass, for the petitioner, stated that Mr. Thurmond, attorney for Senator and Mrs. Tillman, joined in the request that the supreme court hear the case in its original jurisdiction, as both sides desire a speedy and final determin ation of the matter. COURT GRANTS PLEA. The court withdrew for consultation and on reconvening. Chief Justice Jones announced that the court had decdide to hear the petition, with the understand ing that if any serious question of facts was raised, there would be a reference order. In order that witnesses might be cross-examine,d and that In this event no decision would be likely beofre the next term of the sunreme court In April, as the present term would be adjourned on February 4, and court would not con sent to hold an extra session. On this statement it might be possible for an earlier decision to be obtained from a circuit judge. Mr. dePass then inquired if the supreme court, in case the application in that court were withdrawn, would grant an > order consenting for the case to be heard 1 by some other than the judge of the Eleventh, or Edgefield, circuit, since Judge Devore, of that circuit, has made an affidavit In the case and might not care to hear the case on that account. Chief Justice Jones replied that such an order would be granted. The attorneys then withdrew to consult and determine whether tha application would be withdrawn from the supreme court. TO HEAR CASE MONDAY. This afternoon attorneys for Mrs. Till- ; man announced their decision to present the case in the supreme court and the , court set Monday next as the date for hearing. At that time Senator and Mrs. Tillman will make their return to the order, setting forth their side of the case The whole matter may then be referred to a special master to take testimony ' if any question of fact is involved. STORY OF ROMANCE. The story of Mrs. Tillman's marriage J with Senator Tillman's son. their alleged unhappy relations and their parting, makes up one of the most interesting • romances of the Palmetto State. She is the granddaughter of F. W. j Pickens, war governor of South Caro-1 llna, and before that minister to Russia { under President Buchanan. To Governor > and Mrs. Pickens was born in St. Peters- I burg, in the Romanoff palace of the cza¥, • a birl baby for whom the czarina stood • godmother, and she was called Douschka, ! meaning "Darling.” This woman, afterwards beloved by the people of South Carolina, married Dr. I 1 Dugas, of Augusta, Ga., the father of Mrs. Tillman. The Pickens family had | long been among the most influential in the state, and was placed among the "aristocrats.” Senator Ben Tillman, when he got into politics, boasted that he was a "wool hat.” Some surprise was expressed, therefore, when the children 1 of two families, cavalier and covenanter, were married in December, 1903. It was declared to be a love match. Especially was this romantic when it is considered that just a fortnight before Wallace Sheppard, son of Ben Tillman’s most marked opponent for political of- . flee and power, married the only sisterj of Mrs. Ben Tillman, Jr. The sequel is that Mr. and Mrs. Till man parted November 23. 1908. Just why ; Is not announced officially, but Mrs. Till man states that her husband drank to; excess and was very unkind to her. Feb- i ruary 26, of last year, after a separation ' of three months, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Till- i man, Jr., began living together again, on . some kind of understanding which was auxiposeo to be a happy ending of ths jj ■KSw 011 1 SENATOR B. *. TILLMAN, Against whom habeas corpus pro csedlags will be directed. quarrel. But in December, while they were living In Washington, Mrs. Tillman had a sudden and desperate illness. Her husband, she declares, provided no nurse for her, and showed no attentions to her. On the first day of her convalescence, he came to the apartments and asked to take the two children to see their grand mother. LOSES HER CHILDREN. Mrs. *Tillman assented, but the children protested and had to be forced to go to their grandmother. Mrs. Tillman has not seen her little ones since that hour—De cember 3. In the afternoon Tillman came back without them. He told his wife that their grandmother had taken the chil dren and had gone to South Carolina with the little ones. A few days thereafter, Mrs. Tillman was Informed by attorneys for Senator Tillman that the father of the little ones had made and recorded a regular deed in which the custody of the children is given to the grandparents until the little girls become of age. The deed on file with the clerk of court at Edgefield shows that young Tillman, after alleging his wife’s inability to raise them properly, admits that he is also un willing to assume the responsibility. Mrs. Tillman's lawyers have been get ting affidavits from the best citizens of Edgefield to show that she is a loving and painstaking mother, and that she is fi nancially responsible, having a plantation which brings an annual rental of over SI,OOO. The affidavits will declare that the mother is far mtore suited to raise the children than their grandparents, who are away from home half the time, and for other reasons. HORSE AND CHICKEN" THIEF ASS’NS. GET BUSY MIDDLETOWN, N. Y„ Jan. 24.—Horse stealers and chicken thieves who started a reign of terror in this section of New York state about a year ago have been driven away largely through the efforts of two men, one a parson and the other a relative of President Taft. The Rev. J. H. Thompson, l a Presby terian clergyman, has just reported, as president of the Horse Thief and Detec tive society, that the country is free of horse thieves for the first time in 20 years. 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The position of the parties at this time is as follows: > Government Coalition: Liberal 200; La borites 33: Nationalists 69. Opposition: Unionists 219. David Lloyd-George, chancellor of the exchequer and author of the budget, which led to the general elections, was re-elected from Carnarvon Boros, but his majority was 146 less than in the last general elections. In the Romford divis ion of Essex where the Liberals in the last election received a majority of 8,- 855, Sir J. H. Bet hell, the Liberal candi date, only secured re-election by 1,957 on a total vote of 44,405. 30 CONSTITUENCIES VOTE. Thirty constituencies are electing mem bers to the new house today. The same constituencies were represented in the last parliament by 16 Liberals, 8 Union ists, 2 Laborites and 4 Nationalists. The gains of the respective parties in Satur day’s election complete remain as an nounced Sunday morning. They were: Unionists, 100; Liberals, 14; Laborites, 1. BomnwlLlE CONTEST IN ELEVENTH? Rumored That Several Candi dates Will Enter Race for Congress (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) WAYCROSS. Ga., Jan. 24.—The proba ability that there will be opposition to Congressman W. G. Brantley in the com ing electioh is regarded in the 11th dis trict as practically certain, and it is gen erally understood that will fur nish the opposition candidate, though there have been no announcements as yet. Several names have been mention ed in this connection, among them be ing Judge T. A. Parker, of the Way cross circuit ; Prof. E. A. Pound, su perintendent of the city schools, and J. E. T. Bowden. It is considered fairly certain that one of these three will an nounce shortly. WILLIAM SCHLEY HOWARD ANNOUNCES HIS ANDIDACY Goes on Record As Opposing the Trusts, Advocates Cheaper Necessities of Life, Wants Improved Agricultural Conditions, and Pledges Him self to the Improvement of Public Roads William Schley Howard, solicitor of the Stone Mountain judicial circuit, is out with a formal announcement of his candi dacy for congress against Col. Lon Liv ingston. William Schley Howard is one of the most popular young men in the state and has been in politics since early man - hood. He is the son of the late Col. Thom as C. Howard and was born in Kirkwood. 35 years ago. After attending school to Prof, pharles M. Nell at Moreland park he was admitted to the bar in 1896. In 1900 he was elected a member of the house of representatives from DeKalt county. He was the author of the How ard franchise tax bill which yielded to the state $456,000 in revenue during 1909, was author of the bill to elect railroad com missioners by the people and of several other measures. In 1904 he was elected solicitor of the Stone Mountain judicial circuit by a ma jority of 1,550 votes over the nearest com peitor in a field oftfive, two of whom were from his home county. He was re elected in 1908. Mr. Howard has been elected a member of the Masons, is an GEORGIA FARMERS FORM BREEDERS’ ASSOCIATION Comissioner T. G. Hudson Is Elected President-Methods Will Be Improved (Special Dispatch to The Journal). ATHENS, Ga., Jan. 24.—The Georgia Breeders’ association, having as its pur pose the improvement of agricultural and live stock industries, was organized here during the conference of Farmers' and Farmers’ Wives. The purpose of the association, which will deal with the corn, cotton and other crops of the state, and the live stock in dustry likewise, is to assist in the move ment to improve the kinds of cotton and com grown and to improve the breed of cattle and stock raised in the state. The former results will be obtained by judi cious seed selection, and the latter by economic methods of raising and modern methods of keeping and feeding. At the first session the following offi cers were elected: Commissioner T. G. Hudson, of Atlanta, prezldent; Hon. H. C. Stockbridge, of Atlanta, vice-president; Prof. John R. Fain, of State College of Agriculture, secretary anu treasurer. Di rectors and members of executive com mittee. which will determine membership of association: R. H. J. DeLoach, of Athens, Ga.; W. C. Lewis, of Wellston, and J. C. Reese, of Alpharetta. W • - JULIAN HUWAJtD, Former Atlanta boy who returns to his first love and will enter bueinesz in the home of his nativity. Odd Fellow and member of the Junior Order. 4TH OF FRANCE FLOODED; SEINE THREATENS PARIS River Rises 3-4 of Inch an Hour and Situation Grows Worse (By Associated Press.) PARIS, Jan. 24.—A fourth of France, it is estimated, is under water today. Snow and rain are adding to floods unprece dented in the present generation. The Seine continued to rise today at three-quarters of an inch an hour and the situation in this city grew worse hourly. Water drowned out the electric plant In the chamber of deputies and today the deputies met by lamplight. The Eiffel tower is now believed to be in no danger of falling. Prices of food have risen, to the great 1 distress of the poor. The flood situation In Paris reach ed the most critical stage this morning. The Seine registers 7:53 1 metres at Pont Royal. This is the higb ’ eat the river has been since 1802, when ;it reached 8.80 metres, the highest . point recorded in the history of France, ! except in the year 1615. j A terrible tempest of rain and wind ; which broke over the city at daylight L only adds to the horror or the situation < and to the suffering of the poor and I Homeless. j The river presents an awe-inspiring I spectacle. A quarter of a million peo | pie in a drenching rain throng the stone parapets and quays, watching the yel low tide, which is crowded with drift wood. wine casks and other wreckage rushing seaward. The water now is almost flush with the arches of the bridge. WORK TO SAVE BRIDGE. Firemen, police and troops are work ink like mad at all the bridges, disen tangling blockades resulting from the floating debris, and it is hoped that all the bridges will be saved. Traffic on several of the frailer ones, however, has been stopped. The streets around the chamber of deputies are considered unsafe and all traffic in these thoroughfares has been forbidden. The tunnel between the Qua! d’Orsay and the Quai d'Austerlitz stations is a rushing stream. The basement of the Palais de Justice is full of water and the first floor of the central police sta tion is untenable. The partial crippling of the water sup ply threatens the capita) with a water famine. The police are making a house to house canvass, notifying the inhabi tants to boll all water used for drinking purpores and thereby avoid the danger of a tyhoid epidemic. RAILWAYS ARE SUSPENDED. The surface and underground railways, which barely are sufficient under normal conditions to cope with the traffic, re main partially suspended, although no worse today than yesterday. Railroad traffic, however, row is utterly demoraliz ed, and completely suspended to the southward of Paris. The situation at suburban places up and down the river is deplorable. The poorer quarters of all the towns on the river below Paris are under water, the streets of Auteuil resembling those of Venice. A dyke near St. Germain broke today, flooding the valleys as far as Malmal son. The lower portion of Boise de Bqlogne is a blanket of water reaching to Baga telle. Judging from reports received to day from the provinces, a quarter of France is under water. OTHER DISTRICTS FLOODED. The eastern, central and southeastern districts of France are terribly afflicted The valleys and plains are inundated and the cities and town are in darkness. Troops everywhere have been ordered *o the work of rescue, but often they en counter the greatest difficulty in driv ing the peasants to places of safety. The cities of Montargis, Macon. Cha fons-sur-Saone and Epernay and the en tire champagne country are experiencing the most disastrous floods since 1856. The water in many of the villages alone, the Saone and the Marne reaches to the roofs of the dwellings. At Verdun-Le Doubs, a small town, 11 miles from Chalons-sur-Saone, tne pro tecting dyne is breaking and the town is lhreaten«‘d with destruction. The rivers Rhone and Loire are falling in the lower regions. The situation is greatly improved at Lyons, Limoges, Troyes, Annecy and Auxerre. Switzerland Flooded BERNe, Switzerland, Jan. 24.—Im mense damage has been caused by floods in Switzerland. A dozen avalanches are reported to have occurred, in which sev eral chalets were engulfed. Rains at Rheims RHEIMS, Franqe, Jan. 24.—Yester day's snowstorm was succeeded by toi rential rains today and the Marne is still rising rapidly. Tours-sur-Marne Is REVENUE OFFICERS HOT ON THE TRAIL Os BLIND TIGERS Uncle Sam’s Officers Keeping Csaes on All Atlanta Whisky Shipments-Men Who Get Liquor Being Watched BOOT-LEGGERS’ DOOM SEALED IN ATLANTA Let the knight of the surreptitious sale, lord of the glass and bottle, be ware: for Uncle Sam’s sleuth-hounds are on the trail of the "Blind Tiger,” and will track him to his lair. This is no idle boast or bluffing, but very truth, and the man who attempts to carry on clandestine liquor traffic In the confines of Atlanta has about as much chance as a snowball la the realms of the Prince of Darkness. Not a man in Atlanta who Is in the habit of evading the liquor laws but Is known to the officers of the revenue service, and no shipment of whisky comes here but they do not know whence it comes, whom it is for, and what becomes of it. Men who fondly imagine that they can import whisky into this city from other states, and dole It out secretly to the satisfaction of others and their own material gain, nave another guess com ing. MUST SECURE LICENSE. Many of them have found this out already, when confronted by a United States revenue collector who calmly tells him that he must taae out a gov ernment retail liquor dealer’s license. It all came about through the en actment ot the new revenue taws. re garding which The Journal published an exclusive article pointing out that the C. O. D. whisky business was dead, and that all packages of liquor must be clearly labeled as to quantity and con tents and delivered to real persons. The possibilities of the new law at once became apparent to the revenue of fleers here, and as soon as it went into effect on January 1, the still bunt for blind tigers began. The manner in which the officers went about it was very systematic, and left no loophole for escape. Going to ths principal wholesale liquor dealers in other states, notably Chattanooga, the revenue men demanded theSiames of the men to whom liquor was shipped tn this locali ty. They had the right to this, and it was a sijpple matter to secure the names of men to whom most of the whisky went. At this end of the line, each shipment, now that it has to be labeled and deliv ered to the proper consignee, is noted and recorded. The rest is easy. Does an unusually large amount sf liquor come here for one man, he is placed under close watch, and the dis posal of the wet goods known to the pint. If he sells, the officers know it, and they drop on him like .a thousand of brick. KEEP A RECORD, While the revenue officers cannot give out any information, there is a record kept at the office of the collector, and in this all licenses are recorded. It is understood that already some s»i man have been served with notic< that they must take out government retail liquor licenses or face the consequences. When the licenses are taken out, then all that will be necessary for the state and city authorities to do will be to se cure their names and find out why they have taken out the government licenses. The proposition is a simple one. If they take out government licenses, It is a tacit admission that they sell liquor, and if they do this, it is an admission that they violate the state laws. HOPE FOR DRUG ADDICTS? Free Distribution of a Suc cessful Remedy Has Done Untold Good NEW YORK. Jan. 24.—1 tis estimated that within a comp, atiqely short time nearly three thousand persons, addicted to the use of opium or morphine in some form, have taken advantage of the offer of the Waterman Institute, 124 Eeat 25th street. Branch 29, New York, to send a free supply of a truly remarkable home remedy for these insidious and danger ous habits. The expressions of satisfac tion derived from the continued use of the remedy are practically unanimous. It is said that the free distribution will be continued for a time. ••• under water, ten houses in that village • have fallen and a score of other build ings are menaced. Dyke Breaks; 10 Villages Are Submerged by Flood CHALONS SVP SAONE. Jan. M.— dyke at Saone ou Doubs broke this after noon, inundating ten villages. The streets of Chalons are under water and two per sons have been drowned. Hundreds of per sons are on the roofs of their nearly submerged homes crying for help. Boats are being used by rescuing parties. 2,000 Homeless People Seek Shelter in Paris PARIS, Jan. 24.—Trains in the subway are being sent out only from the stations at St. Lazare and the Invalides. Thp low er stretches on the road have been aban doned. In the submerged districts wo men are fleeing from their homes with their children in their arms. Two thousand homeless persons have arrived in Paris seeking shelter. The courts suspended their sittings today be cause of a lack of heat in their rooms, but the chamber of deputies continued in session. M. Jaures, the socialist leader, discussing the school question. At the same time pumps were being operated in a desperate attempt to gel the water out of the cellars of the build ing. Cattle on Hoof Prices Take a Drop in Pittsburg PITTSBURG, Jan. 24.—Local prices of cattle on the hoof took a sharp drop here today, reductions of from 25 to 40 cents being recorded. Greater Pittsburg’s meat strike starts tomorrow with 125,000 striker®. 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