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VOL. X
TOLL OF DEATH NOW
REACHES TOTAL OF 39
IS RESUJJOF WRECK
Officials of the Railroads Are
Still at a Loss to Know Ex
actly How the Accident Took
Place
CARS WERE PACKED
WITH HOLIDAY CROWD
No Chance for Passengers to
Escape—Superintendent of
Transportation Is Heart
broken Over the Tragedy
(By Associated Press.?
FORT WAYNE. Ind-. Sept. 22.—Thir
ty-nine is the toll of the dead in the
Fort Wayne-Bluffton interurban disas
ter yesterday. so far as the check made
this morn.ng shows. While the offi
cials of the company refuse to give out
their opinion as to where the responsi
bility lies, rumor fixes the blame with
the crew of the •special" train which
was speeding south from Fort Wayne,
empty. It is the report that the crew,
knowing the “Ideal" was 18 or more
minutes late, took chances on making a
siding and failed.
There is still •"me confusion as to
the names of the dead. There are m the
hospital in Fort Wayne six injured.
These are:
MRS. W. D. BURG AN, Bluffton.
MISS MARGARET TRIBOLET, Bluff
ton.
S A. PARKHURST, Bluffton
C. W. BROWN, Warren. Ind.
B. F. CORK WELL, motorman •spe
cial" train
A. ELLENSBERGER. Berne. Ind.
WAS HOLIDAY CROWD.
Practically all of the dead were per
sons living in the vicinity of Bluffton
It was a holiday throng bound for Fort
Wayne to attend the state fair. The
•local" waa filled to the last seat and
there were several persons in the aisles
or on the platforms. The crash was
without warning. Running at its high
est speed, the empty ••special” sped out
from the woods on a curve and plunged
into the local." which also was run
ning at high speed. There was no
rbance for either motorman to prevent
the accident. The "local" was torn apart
as one might burst a paper bag. It ex
ploded. say witnesses. ' .
IT WAS A SLAUGHTER
Os all In the car. probably passen
gers. scarcely one escaped. It waa a
slaughter.
That the blame will be placed is
made apparent by the action of the In
diana state board of railroad commis
sioners. Within a very short time of
the accident. Commissioner A. A. Shane,
who also is the special Investigator of
the board, had reached the scene of the
wreck and had begun interrogating trac
tfen officials and witnesses of the crash.
This morning Mr. Shane declined to
make known the results of his investiga
tion. saying that it would have to be
given out by the state board.
This morning Superintendent of Trans
portation Frank I. Hardy sat, heart
broken, in his office In Fort Wayne.
"In a very short time we will be able
to make a statement,- said Mr. Hardy,
“placing, so far as we can determine it.
the blame for the terrible wreck. The ex
tent of the accident appalls us. yet we
are doing everything in our power to
care for the dead and the injured and to
alleviate, so far as we may, the anguish
of relatives of the victims. We have be
gun the most careful scrutiny of train
orders bearing on the case. and on every
bit of evidence which might tend to fix
the blame. The public soon shall know
where the responsibility liee.”
Around the undertaking establishments
in Bluffton and Fart Wayne and at the
hospitals tn this city this morning was
gathered anxious or stricken men and
women. For the most part, the bodies
have been claimedxbut in some instances,
where mutilation made identification dif
ficult or the victim was not actually re
lated to anyone in the district, there was
delay and confusion.
Among the victims of the wreck was
Miss Pearl Sayler. a daughter of Mrs.
Clara Sayler. of Bluffton, and a sister of
Banker J. B. Sayler. of Watseka. 111.,
who was shot and killed by Dr. W. R.
Miller a year or so ago. For the crime,
which attracted widespread interest. Dr.
Miller and Mrs. Sayler now are serving
prison sentences.
With the death of Frederick C. Jones,
of Warren. Ind., in a hospital here this
morning, the list of dead in tnteruban
disaster yesterday afternoon near Kings
land, Ind., waa brought up to 39. Two
others. Miss Margaret Trlbolet and F. A.
Parkhurst, both of Bluffton, brought
here to a hospital, are in a critical con
dition and not expected to live.
Jones waa 25 years old and the son of
C. J. Jones, president of the Warren
bank.
EIGHT REPORTED DEAD
AS RESULT OF WRECK
Freight Train on Michigan
Central Is Smashed Up—Re
ports Are Conflicting
SAGINAW, Mich.. Sept 31.—1 tis re
ported that eight people were killed In
a wreck on the Michigan Central rail
road at St. Charlee.
TWO MEN HURT.
CHESANING. Mich.. Sept 23.—Re
porta reaching here from St Charlee are
now that a freight train on the Michi
gan Central railroad waa wrecked
and that two men were fatally injured
but none killed.
taft’sson leaves Yale
TO ENTER harvard
NEW HAVEN. Conn., Sept. 22.—Three
of the most prominent members of the
senior class of the Yale academic depart
ment last June have decided to enter Tie
Harvard school this fall. Among them
is Robert Taft son of the president
Furman College Opens
GREENVILLE. 8. C.. Sept. 22—With
all dormitory space taken, Furman uni
versity opened yesterday with an en
rollment of more than 350 students.
Formal opening exercises were held tn
Judson hall at 9 o'clock, with President
Poteat presiding and all members of the
faculty present. Announcements were
made concerning courses and matricu
lation and classes were announced to as
semble on schedule Thursday. Regular
class room work will be taken up Frl
<ay.
IM MEN IN BUGGIES
FIGHT DUEL TD DEATH I
BEFOBEJEIB WIVES
Charles Tate and John March
ant Drops to Ground After
Firing Half a Dozen Shots
With Fatal Effect
I FIGHT WAS RESULT
OF AN OLD FEUD
Tate Was Bridegroom of Two
Months and Married Widow
of Brother of Man He Killed
in Fight'
(By Associated Press.)
PELHAM. Ga., Sept. 22.—Stopping their
buggies when they met each other in the
■ public road near here yeaterday, Charlea
I Tate and John Marchant, both promi
nent men of thia county, fought a duel
| with pistols, both dropping to the ground
dead after half a dozen shots had been
I fired. The wives of the men sat in the
buggies while the fight waa in progress.
| and saw their husbands kill each other. |
Tate was a bridegroom of two months
and his bride was the widow of Frank I
Marchant, a brother of the man whom hej
killed and who killed him today. The
' fight grew out of an old grudge which I
lat first was between Mrs. Tate’S first
■ husband and her second husband, later it (
lis said, being intensified between Tate
and John Marchant, who opposed his
sister-in-law's marriage with Tate, and
took up the old quarrel.
When they met Marchant called Tate to
his buggy. The men exchanged hardly a
word when the shooting began. Tate •
fired three times, every bullet finding its,
mark. While the bullets were cutting into
his body Marchant fired twice, one bullet
striking Tate's hand and the other pass
through his heart.
The widows called aid and the bodies
were removed. It was saifl that Mar
chant lived a few minutes after he fell
to the ground. Besides his wife he leaves '
two small children. The men lived, four j
miles from this place, owned good farms,
were of prominent families and well re
spected in this section.
CHINESE GIRL REFUSED
BY 8188 HIGH SCHOOL
Institution Declares That All
Scholars Must Be of Cau
casian Race
MACON, Ga.. Sept. 22.—May Ling
Soong, young Chinese girl, has been
barred from the Gresham High school,
at Macon, a county institution, because
she is not a Caucasian and because she
is not a citizen of this country. She Is
a niece of Bing Chun Wan, wnu is con
nected wit the Chinese embassy at
Washington, D. C.
Her sister graduated last June at
Wesleyan college, which is located in
Macon, and which is a famous Metho
dist institution. Miss Boong came to
Macon to enter Wesleyan but was
found deficient In some of her studies
and it was suggested that she enter the
Gresham High school to prepare for
the next term at Wesleyan. When ap
plication was made for admission Su
perintendent C. B. Chapman called a
meeting of the board of education to de
cide the question. The law creating the
Bibb county board of education re
quires that all students of the Gresham
High school must be of the Caucasian
race and for that reason Miss Soong was
denied admittance.
GOVERNOR BROWN STILL
HIS MYSTERIOUS LETTER
He Says No Mortal Eye Has
Ever Seen Document or
Knows Its Contents
Governor Brown broke silence Thurs
day morning concerning the mysterious
• letter he sent to Gov. Hoke Smith, dur
ing the latter's former administration,
and which was returned unopened to the
sender. He talked interestingly about
the letter, but he would not give the
I ieporter any inkling as to its contents.
“No mortal eye but mine has ever
seen that letter,” he said. "I have it laid
' away securely today, just as it was re
. turned to me by Governor Smith, un
opened. Concerning the contents of the
letter I may say there was not a word,
not a syllable In it that might not have
been publicly sent to an official in per
fect propriety."
The governor said the letter would re
main concealed, unopened and myste
rious, in the safety deposit box of a
banking house, and might never be given
to the public.
“Whether the contents of that letter
are ever given to the public will depend
upon unforeseen contingencies.” he said.
“I know of nothing now calculated to I
cause the publication of the letter.”
Governor Brown declared that the im
pression that he had delivered the letter 1
in person to Governor Smith is incur';
rect.
“I did not hand the letter to Governor
I Smith,” said he. “I sent it to his office
' by my son. Joe. who delivered it to his
' secretary, Mr. Hoyle.”
WILKINSON CROPS ’
ARE 50 PER CENT SHORT,
IRWINTON, Ga., Sept. 82.—The farm-'
era of this section are rapidly harvest- •
I ing their crops. In a few days the harv- |
I esting will all be done.
Farmers from all sections of the coun- |
I ty report a very poor crop. Cotton is
i from 50 to 60 per cent of the usual crop, I
‘ and corn from 45 to 60 per cent. Other
crops are about the same in compart- :
son.
180 Bushels of Com
DUBLIN. Ga.. Sept 22—Dr. T. A. Word. I
of Doxter, has gathered from a three
acre patch of corn 180 bushels of corn.
VIEWS OF MONSTER ODD FELLOWS’ PARADE WEDNESDAY |
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I.—General Anderson and staff and Colonel V«n Orsdale and regimental band at head of procsssion. 2—seventeenth inxantry passing
under Arch .of Welcome. 3.—Oanton Ko. a, of Atlanta. 4 Rome delegation with their Japanese parasols. s.—Buffalo delegation in their qua-nt costumes.
6.—Shirt-sleeve Texas delegation and automobile containing bevy of pretty Rebekahs. 7.—Float of Piedmont Rebskahs Ito. 18. »• Au m • g
of prominent Odd Fellown that ended parade. 9.—Float of the Miriam Rekekah lodge, Columbua, Ga. Fhotos by Brewerton.
FUTHER LOSES LIFE
JS HE TRIED ID SAVE
FAMILY IN IHf
E. Prentiss Peabody, of Way
cross, Dies of Injuries Re
ceived While Taking Child
Out of Buggy
INJURED WIFE WALKED
TWO MILES TO GET HELP
Doctors Rushed in Automobile
Find Injured Man by Road
side But Fail to Finally Stop
Death—Children Saved
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
WAYCROSS. Ga., Sept. 21—As the re
sult of injuries received Monday, K-
Prestiss Peabody died here at an early
hour this morning. Death was caused by
an accident occurring while he was driv
ing out in the country with his wife
and two little children Monday, about
4 1-2 miles from the city. The horse
became frightened on account of the
shafts breaking and commenced kick
ing. Mr. Peabody tried to Save his wife
and children and while lifting his little
girl from the buggy, he was kicked by
the animal. Mrs. Peabody was also kick
ed by the horse, sustaining severe inju
ries, one rib being broken.
Leaving her husband and children by
the roadside, his wife walked painfully
a distance of two miles before she found
aid. Telephoning from the house of Mrs.
Boatwright, a physician was summoned.
Two doctors went at once by automobile
and brought the injured man to the city
where everything possible was done for
him. The injuries were internal and
difficult to discover.
The deceased was prominent as an Ep
worth League worker. He was secretary
and then president of the South Georgia
Epworth League and at the Asneville
conference was appointed a member of
the national board. He was active in
church work and will be greatly missed
In all lines of public activity and re
ligious work. He came to Waycross
from Florida several years ago and was
connected at one time with the Atlantic
Coast Line. He later went into insur
ance business, being a member of the
firm of Lott. Peabody Insurance agency.
He married Miss Mary Hitch, a daughter
of Col. and Mrs. S. W. Hitch, of this
city, and a sister of Rev. James W.
Hitch, a missionary of Korea
New Highway Surveyed
GBEEXVH.LE, S. C., Sept. 22—The new
highway from Greenville to Hendersonville has
been surveyed, and Engineer Neves Is of the
opinion that the road can bo built at a 5 per
cent grade. The survey was made under super
vMcn of the Greenville-Hendersonville Highway
araoc'atlon. racently organised, and it is prob
able that active work will be begun before long.
ATLANTA. GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1910.
AS TO THE OWNERSHIP OF
THE ATLANTA JOURNAL
The following correspondence which is self-explanatory passed Thurs
day morning between Governor Elect Hoke Smith ana Mr. James *. Gray,
editor of The Atlanta Journal:
September fl 2, 1910.
Hon. Hoke Smith,
City:—
Dear Sir: In an address at the Orpheum theater last night, Mr. Thom
as E. Watson is reported in the Constitution this morning as having
made the following statement:
"Hoke Smith owns The Journal and uses it just as Watson uses his
shoes."
Mr. Watson has m*-e substantially the same statement on numerous
occasions, but, up to this time, X have not deemed it worthy of denial.
The statement is, as you know, wholly untrue.
X am unwilling that Mr. Watson, or anyone else, shall continue to
misrepresent the ownership of The Journal without a public denial of his
statements. X, therefore, request you to furnish me for publication a sign
ed statement covering the following points:
First. Have you in any way shaped, controlled or influenced the pol
icy of The Atlanta Journal since you sold it on the 10th day of April,
1900.
Second. Since the date of the sale have you at any time owned or con
trolled any of the stock in this paper?
Third. Have you at any time since you sold the paper, had any finan
cial interest, direct or remote in The Journal, or have you been connected
with it in any other way by which you could influence or control its policy?
It is a fact, doubtless known to you, that more than 90 per cent of the
stock of The Journal is owned by those who devote their entire time to
its production.
Furthermore, that the principles of which The Journal is now advocating
are the same that it has consistently advocated for many years.
X desire to make denial of Mr. Watson’s statement in order that the
public may not ba deceived about the ownership of The Journal. Xf the
facts, within your knowledge, are as above indicated, X wJI thank yea
to give mo a signed statement to that effect.
Very truly yours, JAMES K. GHAT.
September 29, 1910.
Hou. James K- Gray, City.
My Dear Sir:—Tour letter of the 23d has been received. During the
month of April, 1900, I sold my entire interest in The Atlanta Journal
to you and to your associates. Since that time X have never owned or
controlled any stock in the paper directly or indirectly, nor have X in any
way controlled or Influenced the policy -of the paper.
After I sold The Journal X was engaged in the practice of my profes
sion and giving but little attention to public affairs. Tou conducted The
Journal advocating to a largo extent the same policies which X had ad
vocated when I controlled The Journal. Tou were advocating those poli
cies before X entered the race for governor in 1905. In many respects
we agree upon public questions, but the charge that I control the policy
of The Journal is certainly as unjust as the charge would be that The
Journal controlled me.
Since I sold my stock In The Journal in April, 19CO, to you and to
your associates, I have had no connection whatever with the paper by
which X could in any way influence or control its policies. X have had no
financial interest, direct or remote, in The Journal since X sold to you
and your associates, my stock, except that X at one time loaned you 810,-
000, and this loan has been paid back by you to mo with interest.
Trusting’ that I have covered fully the information which you de
sire, I remain. Very truly yours.
HOKE SMITH.
URIS IN THE MHOS
OF HIS HOME FOLKS
IN CINCINNATI. OHIO
President Will Visit the Expo
sition in Company With Di
rectors, the Mayor and Oth
er City Officials
WILL MAKE AN ADDRESS
TO BUSINESS MEN OF CITY
After Spending Short Time at
the Home of His Brother He
Will Dine at Business Men’s
Club
CINCINNATI. Ohio, Sept. 21.—Refresh
ed by a good night’s sleep. President
Taft early today began receiving calls
from personal friends, with whom he
had been Intimate during his residence
here. There was no hint of politics in
any of these visits.
To all requests that he discuss state
Or national political matters, or com
ment upon the primary results in New
York or Minnesota, the chief executive
returned the same answer—that he would
have nothing to say at the present time.
He especially declined to discuss fur
ther his meeting with Colonel Roosevelt
in New Haven on Monday.
Although the president's Visit here has
been emphasized as a "home-coming,
he will not escape politic* entirely. The
Ohio situation, especially, is to be ex
plained to him by several party leaders.
One of these. United States Senator Bur
ton, has an appointment for tomorrow,
and It Is likely that Wade H. Ellis, for
mer assistant attorney general, and L. H.
Laylin, chairman of the Republican cam
paign committee in this state, will also
talk with the president.
Thursday evening president Taft is to
dine with Congressman Nicholas Long
worth at the latter’s home, and there
may be enough men prominent in politics
at this function to give it a tinge other
than social.
President Taft will be it the hands pf
the Ohio Valley exposition officials almost
all of today. The major part of tfee
time will be spent at the exposition
grounds. A tour of the grounds will be
made, after which the president will de
liver a speech in Music hall and later
attend the performance of grand opera
in the same hall.
President Taft will be escorted to the
exposition by a committee of exposition
directors, who will meet him at the
home of Mr. Charles X P. Taft, where he
is staying. At the exposition the presi
dent will be received by directors, hon
orary commissioners. Mayor Schwab and
other city officials. Then a tour of the
grounds will be made. After the inspec
tion of the various exhibits the president
will be the guest of honor at a luncheon.
In the afternoon the president will
ma"* an address in the Music hall be
fore the members of the Ohio Valley
Improvement association, men of the
SOVEREIGN LODGE
00 EACH STATE TO
BUILD ITS HOSPITAL?
Question of Caring for Those
111 With Tuberculosis Occu
pied Session Thursday
Morning
WILL REACH DECISION AT
MEETING THIS AFTERNOON
Delegates Are Divided As to
Whether It Is Duty of the
Sovereign Lodge to Have
One Institution
A long, hard fight on the question of
whether tuberculosis sanitariums for
Odd Fellows should be established, sup
ported and controlled by the sovereign
grand lodge, or whether the grand lodge
in each state should oe held responsible
for providing facilities for the treatment
of this disease, occupied practically the
entire Thursday morning session of the
sovereign grand lodge of Odd Fellows in
the hall of representatives at the itate
capitol.
On a vote by acclamation the advo
cates of letting each state, look out for
itself appeared to be in the majority,
but an aye and nay vote was called for,
and on the question of whether the call
was in order the grand sire reserved his
ruling until the afternoon session, which
convenes at 2 o’clock. This left the
question unsettled for the time being.
Both sides claim a majority.
COMMITTEE REPORT.
The question was brought on by the
report of a special sanitarium commit
tee, which in a general way contem
plated the sanitariums being establish
ed by the sovereign grand lodge. The
fight was made on the adoption of this
report.
Those in favor of adoption argued that
it would be directly in line with the
principles of Odd Fellowship .for the
sovereign grand lodge to take care of
tubercular patients, Instead of leaving
it to the states. Also. It was contended
| that the last sovereign lodge, held in
Seattle in 1909, virtually committed itself
to this policy. The opponents of the re
port contended, on the other hand, that
it is the duty of each state to take care
of its brethren afflicted with tubercu
losis, and that to this end local sanita
riums could best cope with local condi
tions.
The chairman of the sanitarium com
mittee, Grand Representative George
Huddleston, of Alabama, was one of
the leaders in the fight to adopt the re
port. Grand Representative Leedy, of
Indiana, strongly supported hi<n- Several
speeches were made on this side of the
question. Arrayed on the “states right”
side were also a number of strong speak
ers, led by Grand Representative Hawkes,
of Pennsylvania.
Aside frotp the sanitarium fight there
was little business of importance before
the session. The most notable was a re
port from one of the standing commit
tees recommending certain changes in the
qualifications for members of Rebekah
lodges. At once strong opposition arose
against the report and it was not adopt
ed.
For perhaps an hour towards the close
of the session a delegation of Rebekah
sisters were busy in the lobby in the in
< terest of a movement that is afoot to
i establish a national Rebekah assembly,
similar in many respects to the Sovereign
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, which is
the national assembly of this branch of
the order. What the Rebekahs are after
is a hearing, and it la altogether probable
they’ll get it at the afternoon session, as
they took charge of Deputy Grand Sire
Cockrum when he was passing through
the hall and presented their case to him
in the strongest language possible.
GIRL WHO WAS ABDUCTED
YEAR
CHICAGO, Sept. 22.—Dorothy Barrow,
13 years old, missing from her home in
Houston. Tex., for over a year, has
been found, poorly cldlhed and penniless
in a hotel in Vincennes, Ind., and was
restored today to her mother, Mrs.
Elorse Barrow. who claims the girl was
abducted. Chicago police, to whom she
told the story of the child's disappear
ance, and recovery are investigating.
TAFT’S SPEECH INDORSED
BY PRESIDENT J. L. VANCE
CINCINNATI. Sept. 22—Indorsement
of President Taft’s speech of yesterday
by John L. Vance, president of the Ohio
River Improvement association marked
the opening of the 16th annual session
of that body here today. Four hundred
delegates, representing the territory be
tween the headwaters of the Ohio, and
Cairo, 111., were present
Regent of Persia Dies
TEHERAN, Persia, Sept. 22.—The re
gent of Persia, Azad-Ul-Mulk, died in
this city today.
: Worth $50,000,000, Weds t
; At Age of Ninety-three :
♦ NEW YORK, Sept. 22.—With a
-e fortune estimated as high as
♦ $50,000,000. John S. Lyle, who will ♦
♦ be 93 years old next month, has ♦
♦ just taken a wife whom he has ♦
established in his beuatiful coun- ♦
♦ try home. The bride, who was ♦
♦ Miss Julia Hannon, a trained ♦-
♦ nurse, is 63 years younger than ♦
♦ her husband, whom she met when ♦
♦ she was sent from a hospital to ♦
♦ care for his sister-in-law two ♦
•> years ago. The wife will inherit ♦
-a his entire fortune, as there were ♦
< no children from his first mar- ♦
♦ riage. ♦
business club of Cincinnati and other
distinguished visitors.
After President Taft concludes his
speech he will return to his brother s
home for a short rest.
At 6 o’clock in the evening he will
be escorted to the Business Men’s club,
where he wil be the guest of the exposi
tion directors at dinner.
Immediately after the dinner he will
return to Music hall and witness the
production of the opera, "Paoletta.**
NO. 2.