Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, June 16, 1911, Image 1
'AlhwTa I • Wecldj) Swrtwl z VOL. X. SUBPOENAS ISSUED FOII WITNESSES IN SUEMST probe House Investigating Committee Decides to Summon All the Leading Men of the Coun try’s Sugar Industry (■y Associated Frees' WASHINGTON. June 15.-Subpen»s were Issued today for witnesses to appear next week betune the sugar trust inves tigating committee of the house. They include Alfred Harrison and Charles K. Harrison, of the Franklin Sugar Kenning company. Philadelphia; Horace Have meyer. New York; Charles B. Warren. Detroit; Chester S. Morey. Denver; John F. Harper. Cleveland; Joseph F. Smith, of the Mormon church, and I’homas R. Cutler, Salt Lake City; Jdhn D. Spneckles and Adolph Spreckles. San Francisco. Charles Heike, for years secretary of the American Sugar Refining company, was again a witness before the commit tee today. In beginning examination, Chairman Hardwick told Mr. Heike he wanted to inquire into his personal knowledge, and nix his official relation with the Amer ican Sugar Refining company. “Didn’t you have at the time any Idea of the purpose of the merger of the sugar refineries' ■ Mr. Hardwick asked. • ’T knew less then than now,” replied Mr. Heike. “Well, from your present knowledge, what would you say was the purpose?’ “A large company can do business at reduced coat.” "And *thete is less competition Y’ sug ■eeted Mr. Hardwick. ••Probably.” Mr. Heike explained to the committee that when he appeared before the grand Jury in New York the district attorney had notified him on what subjects he would be examined. "This has not been done in this case and I am not so well prepared to answer your questions,” be added. Still relying on the witness' personal knowledge, Chairman Hardwick asked Mr. Heike for his estimate of the holdings of Pres ident H. O. Havemeyer in the American Sugar company at the time he swayed the company. “Oh. MO or 300 shares in his own name.” was the response. “Did his family hold more?” "Probably 2.000 shares.” “Did Havemeyer ever unload any of his stock?" I “I would not say ‘unload’; I would . aay ‘sold.’ He never owned much in his I own name anyway.” • Joseph F Smith was summoned to appear before the committee to tel! what knows of the formation of the Utah Idaho Sugar company, a combi nation Senator Smoot, of Utah, made an unsuccessful effort to have the Mor mon president excused, insisting tnat Tknmas R. Cutler, of- Salt Lake, could supply all the information desired from Mr. Smith, but the committee decides that Mr. Smith should appear in per son. “My View ia that Joseph F. Smith is a material witness,” Chairman Hard wick told the committee. “He is one of the two or three men the district attorney for the southern district oi New York and the attorney general of the United States have alleged were re sponsible for the formation of the Utah-Idaho combination.” Statesman Dies Indigent WASHINGTON. June 15—With the filing of his will here yesterday, the death of George H- Harris, a former attorney general of Mississippi, and at one time a congressman from that state, was revealed. Mr. Harris died here tn a home for the Indigent a few weeks ago, aged 89 years. *&£&&> ? ’t * ••’^f 5- l i IWIBWIHUI a.’ • yMF♦ ~-——/•**-*■ •• wy. BPrIBBS wMM * wB IttMMMMHIUPMir^rI »Y * J Wrecked clxdere of the box car at Bellwood avenue crossing. The 2 orca of the explosion shattered nearby windows __^——————— GEN. OBEftR TO BENAMED ASST. ADJUTANT GENERAL' New Office Will iße Created Under Smith Regime—Gen. Obear to Remain Q. M. :n audKlon to being reappointed quar- i tarmaster general of the national guard of Georgia, when Gov. Hoke Smith goes Into office. Gen. W. G. Obear will be named aaaiatan’ adjutant general. The intention of Governor Smith to appoint, Gen. Clement A. Evans adjutant general, and the general’s agreement to accept ance of the appointment, have already been published The Journal published the fact. Bunday morning, that General Obear would ba again named quarter-, l master general i It is doubtful whether any additional! i emolument will attach to the new posi- tion which General Obear will hold. 1 « 4, -AL - ■ GERMANS DISCLAIM RESPONSIBILITY IN , THE CASTRO AFFAIR Government Says That the Steamer Consul Grostuck Carrying Former Pres. Cas tro Is Haytian Vessel (By Associated Press.) BERLIN, June 15.—The German gov ernment disclaims all responsibility for i the steamer Consul Gfostauck. which is i reported as flying the German flag, and < announces that the blame tor any com plications that may result from the land ing of Cipriano Castro, the exiled presi dent of Veneauela, will rest upon the riaitian government. It is stated emphatically that the steamer has no right to display the Ger man colors. It was f '-’Mer!*' the Italian crusader Umbria, and was purchased from Italy by Haiti. The latter country is the one now properly concerned with the move- ' ment of the vessel. American Ambassador Hill called at the foreign office today, presumably to discuss the situation brought about by the reported presence of Castro on the Consul Grostauck. The steamer recently arrived at Port de Paia, Haiti; and, according to, ad vices received at Washington from the American consul at Port-Au-Prince, has on board the exiled Castro, who is sup posed to be attempting to return to Ven ezuela in the hope of rallying his erst while followers and so regaining the presidency from which he was deposed after he left the country for a visit to Europe in the fall of 1908. NATIONAL FORESTS BEING DIVIDED WASHINGTON, June 15.—A number of the larger national forests are be ing divided. This is to permit of their more efficient management. The divi sion will be set apart as separate for ests. Several proclamations already have been signed by the president, car rying out the changes, and it is expect ed that by July 1, 11 new forests wilt have been created. These, with the exception of a few additions and elim inations, will be established out of 20 existing forests, principally in Oregon. Idaho. Montana and northern Califov inla This new policy, it is said, will be jextended to all the large forests. WIFE’S DEATH CAUSED BY HUSBAND’S WHIPPING? SPARTANBURG, S. C., June 15.—Th* coroner’s jury Investigating the death of Mary Lawler, who died Tuesday at the home of relatives in the upper part of Oils’county, returned a verdict today that the woman came to het death from a whipping administered by her hus band, Andrew Lawler. The whipping occurred at Lawler’s home near Saluda, N. C., and was the result of his wife’s objection to the storing of liquor in her home. Lawiei was arrested today near Arlington, in this county, and is being held by the authorities. Lumber Mills Burn MOBILE, Ala, June 15.—Fire ean> today destroyed the mill of the Hurri cane Lumber company, near Bay Min ette, Ala Incendiarism is suspected. The loss aggregates 875,000. The boilers exploded, scattering burn ing brands to every portion of the plant. The saw mill planer, warehouse, sheds, kilns, blacksmith shop and othe» buildings were consumed. Insurance small. THREE STICKS OF DYNAMITE DID IT DYNAMITE EXPLOSION SENDS UP FREIGHT CAR AND NEGRO Three Sticks of dynamite that had I rested in a freight car for months were ' accidentally exploded Thursday morning and the top of the car wa t blown off. A negro, who happened to be in the car, went up also, but miraculously escaped , wkh his life, though physicians at Grady j ; have doubts about his recovery. Falling ; I back into the burning car, he was pulled | I out of the flames, badly burned and in j jured. but far from dead. I The car was part of an N., C. & St. I !L. work train which was out oh the I Southern tracks, near Bellwood avenue. llt was the car in which the foreman lof the work crew, J. S. Patterson, lived, 1 and it was just next to the cook car, I where there wa 8 a fire In the stove. Sam Whitlock, the negro cook of the , crew, was alone in the foreman's car, i smoking, about 10 o’clock Thursday rnorn i Ing when an engine bumped into the train to move At along the track a little way. I There were three sticks of dynamite in the car and in some way, from the jolt, or from the broom striking the dynamite, or from both together, they suddenly j went off. TRANS-ATLANTIC , STEAMSHIP LINES TIED UPBY STRIKE Teutonic and Empress of Ire land Lie Idly Tugging at Their Hawsers Without Crews to Operate Them (By Associated Prose.) LONDON. June 14.—The strike of seamen and firemen was launched offi cially at Liverpool and at some of the other ports of the British Isles and tne continent this morning. The first big steamers to be tied up were trans-Atlantic liners. The crews of the Teutonic and the Empress of Ire land, numbering 350 and 300 men re spectively, refused to sign. . Despite the recent efforts of the strike leaders to hold her up the Olympia of the White Star line, the largest steamet afloat, got away from Southampton on her maiden voyage to New York early this afternoon. The Teutonic, of the White Star line, was scheduled to sail from Liverpool next Saturday for Quebec and Mon treal. The Empress of Ireland, owned by the Canadian Pacific Steamship company, was due to leave Liverpool next Friday for Quebec. In the early development of the strike there has appeared to be a lack of co hesion among the men at most of the ports, which explained tne comparative Indifference of the ship owners, who continued to scout the idea of any really serious Inconvenience. I • This afternoon the International Sea men's union Issued a proclamation, stat ing that the signal for an International strike would be given through the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Hol land and Scandinavia at 7 o’clock to night. Royal Steamship Crews Join Big Strike AMSTERDAM, Holland, June 14.—The crews of three of the Royal Steamship company's vessels refused to sign this morning and were dismissed. The sailors on most of the steamers In the harbor struck, but work proceed ed as usual. The dock hands decline to join the strikers. CLEVER OPERATION CLEARS WOMAN’S BRAIN NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 15.—The removal of a piece of bone two and one half Inches square and an Inch thick from the skull of Mrs. M. M. Bard, of Cleveland, at a local has re stored to her her liking for water and has made her tow an abnormal desire to play the piano constantly. For many years she has had an ex treme aversion to the sight of water, even In a river or a pond, and has been possessed of a strange desire to play on the piano, all the time, and has de veloped other peculiar mental ailments. Examination by surgeons disclosed a congentlnal fracture of the skull and an operation was advised, which has re stored her to normal conditions. Virginia Dentists Meet RICHMOND. Va., June 15,-The 42d an nual convention of the Virginia State Dental association began its initial ses sion in the auditorium of the Jefferson hotel today with about 75 members pres ent- The report of the president. Dr. F. W. Stiff, recommended that Richmond be chosen as the permanent place for the annual meetings of the body. The address of welcome was delivered by Mayor Richardson. The explosion was terrific. The top of j the car was hurled high into the air, 1 debris flying in all directions, and the I force of the concussion broke several wlndow 8 of the Southern Furniture fac | tary nearby. ' Several men arrived in a moment, but the car was already burning furiously i and they were barely able to drag the I negro cook from the midst of the flames, j Almost the entire frame and contents of the car were burned before the fire I was extinguished by the fire department, * which had much trouble in getting to . the tracks. The negro was rushed to the Grady hospital, where it is reported his injuries are serious. As to why the dynamite w w as in the car, no one seems to know. All the work men say that they never use dynamite in their track repairing. Foreman Patter | son could not be located to explain the presence of the powder in his car. One ,of the men said it had been there for I months, left by the former occupants of the car, he thought, and nobody had taken the trouble to retpove th* three little sticks. ATLANTA, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1911. lTx if comes X HOME AFTER, DAR*- JOHM EATS HIS ’ MAMMA LUNCHEON we've'foumo X N • Husky. T* l l l - 16 ’ Z A the \ f ' / I * r X —'—// O \ why is that John likes —fl ZZ? good NIGHT BUT not- • ———XX* “ —1 n f ? ATM XX lr\% /-=/“• ( tsYovo-c \ W VXp aS H>\ X. %VYe/ .1X i ( WIFE CUEANIH® J 7 C 11 ‘W \ -rwoTy .4. \i •;X~r C V•** /i/ S WACW.ES . I | DOESN'T EVEN HESITATE. “■ THIS ’ **L. =1 ’*•’HOUSC I CLEANING UP TIME IS HERE USE OF REAL CHOLERA ON ANATLANTIC LINER Steerage Pasenger on Europa Develops Diseases--Steam er Is Quarantined (By Associated Preu.) NEW YORK, June 14.—A ship with a true case of cnolera cam a into port today. The Italian line stearosh'p Europa, from Genoa and Naples, dropped an chor off quarantine and reported that a steerage passenger named Agostino Tavolla was on board suffering from cholera. Tavolla Is from Calabria, and on June 5, four days after leaving Naples, re ported ill. The royal Italian commis sioner on board reported that the man passed through all the stages of the disease and preserved specimens for ex amination by Health Commissioner Doty. The patient will be removed to Swin burne island and the Europa will be disinfected. The steamship Berlin arrived yester day from Italian ports and reported that a steerage passanger, also from Calabria, had died from cholera a few days after leaving Naples. The Berlin was released from quaran tine this morning, the steerage passen gers and the stewards having been trans ferred to Hoitman island. The crew will remain on board the Ber lin under observation of the ship’s sun , geon. No new cases have developed. BOYS WILL GO INTO CAMP AT SILVER LAKE Big Parade Through Atlanta Next Saturday—Athletic Meet on July 4 The summer camp of the Boys’ club at Silver Dake will begin next Saturday. Four hundred Atlajita boys expect to at tend the opening, forming an automo bile parade from the club house on Hous ton street, through the streets of At lanta and out to the camp. 12 miles from i the city. Tents, a large pavilion and an ' athletic field will make the camp enjoy able for the boys. About 30 will remain | at the camp through the summer, under | the supervision of Superintendent George I C. Dorr. | On July Fourth a big athletic meet I will be held, which hundreds of Atlan- I tlans will attend, and which promises to ’ provide great enjoyment. WOMEN WIN HONORS AT CORNELL COLLEGE NEW YORK, June 15.—Although but one of every 15 students at Cornell is a woman, the fair sex this year carried off the two highest honors at the com mencement exercises of the university medical school here. The first two John Metcalfe Polk prizes, the most im portant of the commencement awards, went to Misses Helen Dudley and Elvi ra Dudley Dean, while four of ten hon jor rolls graduates in a class of 47 are women. “We have more than 6.000 students on the university rolls,” said Pres. Schur man. of Cornell, in announcing the awards, “and of these but 400 are wo men. Yet you cannot take up a list of honors without finding names of women high in the list.” girlslail bond REDUCED TO $15,000 NEW YORK. June 15.—Bail in the cases of Lillian Graham, a chorus girl, and x.thel Conrad, an illustrator, charg ed with the shooting of W- E. D. kjtokes. the millionaire horseman, was reduced Wednesday from $25,000 to $15,000 each in the West Sid 6 court. A further reduction in ball will be asked for. Stokes is rapidly recovering. _ ; MINT MASONS COMING TO ATLANTA MONDAY Lodge of Instruction Will Be Held in Masonic Temple ' June 19th The lodge of instruction which is to be held in Masonic temple next Monday night promises to bring more out-of town Masons to Atlanta than any event since the session of the Fifth district Masonic convention two years ago. This statement is based upon the announce ment of the Fifth district deputy grand master who has received many accept ances to the invitations sent out several days ago. The purpose" of the lodge of instruction is concisely conveyed in the term applied to it—a meeting of Masons for this pur pose of mutual instruction and the dis cussion of ways and means by which the work of the symbolic lodges Jn this juris diction may be made uniform and per fect. The masters and wardens and of ficers, together with many lay Masons from al) over the Fifth district, have sig nified their intention of this occasion. lodge will meet at 7 o’clock in the blue lodge room on the second floor of the temple. The first degrees of symbolic Masqnry will then be conferred, with ex planations and informal instructions from lodge officials. , t Plans will also be discussed for the Fifth district Masonic convention which meets in Douglasville, Ga., on Wednes day, August 9. BETSY~ROSS FLAG TO FLY FOREVER NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.. June 15.- An exact copy of the original "Betsy Ross” flag will fly henceforth, rain or shine, from a commanding site on the heights of Middlebrook, about a mile and a half from Boundbrook. N. J. The pole is On the site of the headquarters of Gen. George Washington, who was encamped here with the main part of his army in the spring of 1777, during the campaign which resulted in the British retiring to Staten Island and leaving New Jersey in complete possession of the continental troops. On this spot the Stars and Stripes w’ere first raised after their adoption by congress on June 14 of that last year. The flag and staff are the gift of a patriotic organization here. DENEEN’S WANTS ACTION ON DEEP WATER WAY SPRINGFIELD. 111., June 15.—Governor Deneens message, which was transmit ted today to the special session of the Illinois 47th assembly, was confined to consideration of the deep waterway pro ject and the necessity, in his opinion, of speedy action to acquire water power sites needed by the states in the de velopment of the waterway. Another reason for prompt action by legislation in the governor’s opinion, is the completion of the negotiation with the government for its co-operation in its construction. japanesTmerchants FRIENDLY TO THE U. S. WASHINGTON, June 15.—The cordial reception extended the American-Asiatic fleet by the, mayor and municipal coun cil of Yokohama last month, according to state department officials, is evidence , that the Japanese business community I is particularly anxious of maintaining j most friendly relations between America i and Japan. An official report of the de- j monstration which has just reached | Washington notes that on the day of the , reception the American consulate general j at Yokohama certified a total of 133 in- | voices, covering apuproximately $670,130 worth of Japanese ’goods shipped to the I United States. ARMY IS INEFFICIENT DECLARES CONGRESSMAN / Representative Kahn Wants to Know Why the Army Is So Useless BY RALPH SMITH. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 15.—Charg ing that the United States army is inefficient, and that the mobilis ation of the troops in Texas has demon strated its worthlessness as a fighting machine, the house of representatives will be asked by Representative Kahn, of California, to order a searching investi gation of the army. Kahn has already prepared his resolution and believes that the Democratic house will agree to its passage. He is a Republican regular. Mr. Kahn and other critics of the mili tary establishment of the United States assert that the mobilization of troops in Texas for possible emergencies in Mexico has demonstrated beyond ques tion that the army is almost hopelessly inefficient. * They charge that the government has been spending $100,000,000 a year on an army that could not put a single division in the field in fighting trim, and they want to know the reason for this. There fore the congressional investigation is proposed. It is said that the maneuvers in Texas demonstrated the fact that the army could not have been moved a day and a naif from a railroad, without emergency preparations, involving weeks of delay, and that once in the field there was no organization to supply the troops with ammunition as they would need it if go ing into action. Os the 20,000 men mobilized in Texas, barely a third of that number were fit for field duty. . WILL DISCONTINUE NEW ORLEANS MINT WASHINGTON. June 15.—The histor ic New Orleans mint w’iU cease to exist as such after July 1. After that time it will be conducted as an assay office and a storage place for 22,000,000 sil ver dollars which will be stacked in tine of its old vaults considered burglar proof. DEDICATED ON WEDNESDAY - 4ERS - wMMs ■Wlr >1 rI h H I b B si fr MEW HOME OF A TLA JIT A CHAPTEB D. A. B. The dedication exercises were held Wednesday afternoon in the house 1 self opposite the Driving club on Piedmont avenue. Bev. Dr. C. B. Wilm pronounced the invocation. Mrs. J. W. Bateman, chairman of the bulldii committee, presented the keys, and the home was formally received ey Mi Joseph H. Morgen, regent of the chapter. An attractive program added i terest to the exercises, which were followed by an informal reception. The were several distinguished D. A. B. visitors. Staff photo by Winn. ENGLISH KINS AND il QUEEN ARE PRESENT IT ASCOTOPENING Many Celebrated Scions of European Royal Families At tend the First Day. of the Coronation Meeting (By Avaociated Praia.) ASCOT HEATH, England, June lE—’ Never has Ascot looked better than on this,' the opening day of the coronation meetfeg. The weather was rather un certain, but not sufficiently so to have any effect on the attendance, which was the greatest In years. King George and Queen Mary, with the members of their house party at Wind sor, came in semi-state In eight landaus, each drawn by four bays, while three' landaus, drawn by pairs, carried their' suites. Among the occupants of the state carriage were Count Mansdorff- Poullly-Dietrlchateln, the Austro-Hunga rian ambassador in London; Count Bene-' kendorff, the Russian ambassador to Great Britain; the Countess Bencken dorff, members of the royal family, the Duke of Roxburge and the duchess, who was Miss May Goelet, of New York; the Earl of Granard and the countess, form erly Miss Beatrice Mills, of New York. It is the stylet rule of their majesties that the royal inclosure must not be crowded and accordingly the lord cham berlain, the Earl of Shaftsbury, was 1 obliged to refuse thousands of applica tions for admission to the covted place. Among those present today besides the king's Windsor guests were the colonial! statesmen and their wives and msmy dis tinguished persons from the sea domin ions. AMERICANS PRESENT. Americans who had received Inrltattonsf were American Ambassador Reid, Mrs. Reid and the embassy staff with their wives; John Hays Hammond, special United States ambassador to the corona tion; Mrs. Hammond and their children;, W. E. Dogge, Charles P. Taft, Mrs. Taft 1 and Miss Taft, H. Roger Winthrop and Mrs. Winthrop, Charles Carroll and Mrs.> i’ Carroll, Clarence Moore and Mrs. Moore, Frank B. Wiberg and Mrs. Wiberg, Mrs. John Jacob Astor, Mrs. Joseph Stickney, Mrs. William B. I-eeds, Mrs. Raynal l Bowling. Mrs. Ayler Smith, Miss Caroline Reynolds, J. Ridgely Carter, American minister to Roumania and Mrs. Carter, and Messrs. W. Forbes Morgan, Henry Harrison, J. Armstrong Drexel, J. Louis Webb and Maj. G. Creighton Webb. Many other Americans were in the standi on the course and present as guests of English friends. Americans, who are en tertaining house parties include Mr. and Ws Bradley-Martin, Waldorf Astory Mrs. Walter Burns, Mrs. Cornelia Adair, Mrs. Maldwln Drummond (formerly Mrs. Marshal Field. Jr.,) and Mrs. Henry Coventry. American Ambassador Reid was not \ able to be present today as he has not fully recovered from his recent Indis position but he hopes to be present at the rates on Thursday NATIONAL PARK IS PLANNED FOR COWPENS SPARTANBURG. S. C.» June 15.—A conference was held here today between representatives of the chambers of com merce of this city and Gaffney, S. C., loking to the creation of a national park at Cowpens battle ground. It was point ed out that the people \of four coun ties—Spartanburg and Cherokee, in South Carolina.and Cleveland and Rutherford, In North Carolina—are interested in the movement and will work for its suc cess. An organization will be perfected and the matter urged before congress. One of the important battles >of the revo lution was fought at Cowpens and a statue of Gen. Daniel Morgan, the hero of the engagement, stands In the public square in this city. DIES AFTER SHOOTING HIS WIFE TO DEATH CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., June 15. Charles Eagan, who shot his wife and himself Tuesday a s a result of domestic { trouble, died at a local hospital this, morning. His wife, Mrs. Della Eagan, died Tues day night from the effects of wounds. She was shot through the ‘lungs and ab- ‘ domen, and Eagan shot himself twice! through the lungs. Resume Coffee Trades NEW ORLEANS. June 15.—At a meet ing of the directors of the board of trade yesterday It was decided to resume trad- Ing in coffee futures on the floor of the exchange by September 1. The by laws and rules governing the coffee de partment will be revised so as to conform) as closely as possible to those of the New York Coffee exhange. - M I Mexico Feels Jars MEXICO CITY, June 15.—Four slight, earth tremors were recorded by the 1 , seismograph In this city Wednesday. NO. 77.