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The Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal VOL. X. LABOR WAR DECLARED ENGLANDISHELDIN RELENTLESS GRASP OF INDUSTRIAL WAR Employes of All Railway Lines of the United Kingdom Will Be Called Out on Strike at Once LOXDON. Ans. IT. —An Industrial war has been declared and the employes of all the railway lines of the United kingdom win be called out at once. Day-long conferences at the board of trade proved fruitless. The representa tives of the unions were irremovable from the standpoint that the managers of the railroads had broken the letter and violated the spirit of the concilia tion agreement. "Ke have unanimously come to the conclusion.” they told Sydney Buxton, president of the board of trade, “that the only wav that will now be an ef fective road to peace is that the compa nies shall consent to meet us.** It was at this point that Premier As quith intervened and offered to appoint immediately a royal commission which should investigate and report what amendments, if any, were desirable for the conciliation plan. Mr. Asquith made the same proposi tion to the railroad managers, adding the confident hope that the government might prevail upon both s.des to all possible assistance to proposed eemmisston. The representatives of the union refus ed the proffer of the premier to appoint the commission. The railway managers, on the contrary, consented to the plan. The leaders in the Amalgamated Society of Railroad Servants this evening dis patched telegrams throughout the coun try calling upon the men to cease work. The time limit of 34 hours within which the railway men demand ed that their employers agree to consider their grievance* expired at 8 o'clock this morning, but the threatened strike on the railroads of the United Kingdom failed to materialise. Instead, representatives of the four railway so cieties involved went into conference with the beard of trade- Traffic proceeded as usual. No formal orders were given the union men by their leaders, but apparently it was gen erally understood that a truce would be observed while negotiations with the board of trade continued.. Officials of the railway men's society arrived in London from Liverpool early today and Immediately met at the office of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, where they threw down the gauntlet to their employers by auopting the following resolution; "This joint committee hereby egresses our determination not to settle our pres ent dispute unless the lockout imposed upon our fellow-workers because of their support of the railway men in Liverpool and elsewhere is removed.” Later the leaders, numbering. 40 met with the board of trade officials. REGULAR TRAINS RUNNING. Passenger trains from all London sta tions were running on their regular schedules this afternoon. There was much uneasiness among the men, a large proportion of whom were reluctant to strike, but feared they might be forced to. At Liverpool traffic was also maintain ed. but the stations in that city were guarded by soldiers with fixed bayonets. The armored cruiser Antrim has been sent to the Mersey to protect the shipping , there. The trains to and from .Manches ter were generally suspended. The trans-Atlantic shipping companies plan to coal and victual their liners at American ports for the round trip, but as in the case of the Lusitania, which is scheduled to sail Saturday, but has been unable to obtain a crew are like ly to have trouble in keeping their ere vs when the vessels reach England. Tom Mann, the strike leader, sumn. - teed the men’s demands as follows: “A general increase in wages of 50 cents a week; a work which of 54 hours, and the recognition of the unions." The railway managers strongly object to granting this recognition where it in volves dealing on their part wiu* repre sentatives of the men other than their own employes. , Premier Asquith participated tn the board of trade conferences and when the conferees went to lunch, it was an nounced their meeting would be resumed later. From this it was deduced that sug gestions which possibly might break the deadlock had been advanced. It was rumored tn railway circles that the truce might be extended for several day*. There was a report current this after noon that a settlement of the railway dispute had b4en assured as a result of the conferences conducted by the board of trade Earthquake Is Recorded WASHINGTON. Aug. 17.—An earth quake of violence lasting one hour and forty-eight minutes was recorded by the seismograph at Georgetown university last evening, beginning at 5:48 o'clock. The observer estimated that the dis turbance had occurred abroad, probably In Europe. CHAUFFEUR INTMIFL WILL HETURN TO NEWPORT Reconciliation With the Par ents of Miss French Is Pre dicted by Friends (By Ataociated Pro*.) SPRINGFIELD, Mass.. Aug. 17.—A reconciliation of Mr. and Mrs. John Ed ward Paul Geraghty and Mrs. Geragh t’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. Amos Tuck French, is expected tn the near future, acording to close friends here who de clare that the young bride's relatives are taking a more favorable view of the elopement. The Geraghtys hope for much from the intercession of Mrs. sie French Vanderbilt, the bride's sunt, in their behalf. Wimberly Announces DUBLIN. Ga.. Aug. 17.—Hal. B. Wim berly Eeq., of this city, has announced his candidacy tor solicitor general of the Dublin circuit, _ _ WORLD IS WATCHING RECKLESS FEITS OF DAREDEVIL AIRMEN Declares That He Is Sick of “Short Hops” and Will Do Some Real Flying ♦ Soon East and west the air-men again occu py the center of the stage today. Harry N. Atwood, the youthful Bos tonian who is making, a flight from St. Louis to New York and Boston in an attempt to establish a new world’s rec ord is off again, this time from Tole do to Cleveland. In Chicago the funeral of St. Croix Johnstone, who rAet death by falling Into Lake Michigan, was the chief event of interest. Wednesdsy saw another air man. Arthur Stone, plunge into the lake, but he was unhurt and tells a graphic story of his hairbreadth escape from death. Atwood Is Away On His Eastern Flight TOLEDO. Ohio. Aug. 17.—One landing place in a' sail of 123 miles was fixed by Harry N. Atwood as his schedule for today in an attempted aeroplane flight from St. Louis to New York in an effort to establish a new world’s record for cross-country flying. Atwood, who was out shortly after daylight touching up his machine for his journey, said he would make the 58 miles between here and Sandusky by noon. He prepared to remain there for several hours and at about 3 o'clock to start on the fi6-mile trip from Sandusky to Cleveland, where he will remain to night "Oh, these little hopping flights are getting on my nerves,” said Atwood. ■"! want to make 300 or 400 miles a day, and I could ealsily do it were it not that my agreement calls for stops. The dis tance between Chicago and New York ought easily to be covered In three days. I hope when I leave Cleveland Fri day morning to do some speeding be tween Cleveland and Buffalo, and some still greater speeding in New York state. "I am going to New York city from Albany at a fast clip. It will be down hill all the wgft’. and the foot of the hill will be that wide stretch of sandy shore on the south side of Long Island. “The reason I don't want to say, defi nitely now whether I will fly from New York to Boston is that I want to make New York the end of this trip. It is probable I will fly to Boston afterwards, but if I do it. it will be to save me the trouble of packing up and shipping my machine.” Before the time set for his departure from here today Atwood in covering the 520 miles from St. Louis to Toledo, had been actually 1 the air only 10 hours and 55 minutes. This was the fourth day of his flight. The exact time of his arrivals and de partures in towns after he leaves Cleve-* land, Atwood said, was uncertain. In some Instances he will not decide where he is to land until he is within sight of the town. From Cleveland his general route will be Ashtabula, Ohio, Erie, Pa.. Dunkirk, N. Y. He probably will be in Buffalo on Saturday, following eastward from there with the tracks of the New York Central railroad to Syracuse. Utica, Schenectady and Albany. » Aviator Badger to Be Buried at Pittsburg PITTSBURG. Aug. IT.—The body of William F. Badger, who was killed Tuesday afternoon at the Chicago avi ation meet, when his aeroplane fell, arrived here today, accompanied by Captain Baldwin and John Goettman. It was taken to the Goetttnan residence In North Highland avenue, for many years the home of the aviator. Ar rangements for the funeral have not been completed. Funeral of Johnstone in Chicago CHICAGO, Aug. 17.—The funeral of BL Croix Johnstone, who, like William R- Badger, was killed by a fall from an aeroplane last Tuesday, was held today. Several of his late • companions at the aviation meet here were present A monoplane made of flowers appeared among the lavish floral tributes. The body was cremated. Badger’s funeral will be held at Pitta burg, his home. Early indications today were that this afternoon’s program might be hampered by winds such as rendered the sport extra hazardous yesterday. Arthur Stone, the aviator who fell into Lake Michigan yesterday from a height of more than 1,000 feet, narrowly es caping death, told last night how It feels to drop that distance and what his first thoughts were sfter striking the water. "My first thought, when I Saw no tugs in sight and the storm coming on," said Stone, “I’ll bet I won't get home to dinner in time. Funny, isn't IL when one is facing death, but that was my first thought. "My next thought was, I've got to swim, because those mutton heads won't see me. I acted on that second thought and paddled the water at a rate that would have done credit to an old lake packet. HIS THRILLING FALL. "When I stop to think how close I came to poor Johnstone's tragic end, It makes me quake. .“I first noticed that something was wrong with my machine after I had made the first turn on the second lap. About two miles out I pulled my con trols. They djdn't work. I pulled and pulled. I was drifting off the course into the hazy mist over the water, then I concluded my end had come. “I pulled frantically at the contfols again and that tim ethey responded. In stead of making the left turn as I want ed to. the machine darted up Into the sky at a terrific speed. I was going out past the line. "I knew it was running wild. I kept pulling the controls and trying to come back to earth. Then suddenly some th, ng happened to the controls. I felt the machine turn and then speed like an arrow for the lake. I tried to turn it tall first but couldn’t do IL I RODSP/ELT THROWS SOME SIDE LIGHTS ON STEEL TRUST PROBE In an Article Printed in the Outlook Thursday the Colon el Discusses His Recent Tes timony Before Committee (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK. Aug. 17.—Ex-President Roosevelt has an article on "The Steel Corporation and the Panic of 1907,” in the Outlook appearing today. Mr. Roosevelt discusses his recent appearance before the congressional committee investigat ing the steel corporation, repeating the written statement he then presented and dealing with some of the lines of in quiry and his responses. He says: “On Saturday, August 5, in compliance with the request of the chairman of the congressional committee investigating the absorption of the ’’’ennessee Coal and Iron company by the steel corporation, I appeared before that body. I had nothing new to which to testify. There was not a fact of the slightest Importance or of the slightest bearing upon my action which was not already known, -nd which had not been known from the time I act ed; and incideniMuy I may mention that this is also true as regards Panama, the dealings of my administration with the sugar tfrust or any other trust, and as to any other action of my administration. Nobody need feel either concern or hope as td whether anything done by my ad ministration will be ‘discovered,’ for the excellent reason that there is nothing that was hidden. “I made to/the committee the statement which follows. Several questions were then asked by different members of the committee. Most of these questions dealt with matters not of sufficient moment to warrant allusion to them here. Many of them were as to what my belief was con cerning the motives of the steel corpora tion people in acquiring the Tennessee Coal and Iron company's property; to which, of course, my answer was that it was not my business, and neither was it in my power, to search the hidden do main of motive, and that my action was conditioned, not upon what I believed to be the motives actuating the steel cor poration, but upon my belief that the action which they proposed taxing would be enormously to the benefit o. the com munity at large at that particular mo ment. Whether the chief motive for their action was a desire to absorb the Tennes see Coal and Iron company, cr whether their chief motive was to save the threat ened New York firm from failure, and thereby stop the panic, was of no concern to me. BOTH MOTIVES. "That both motives were in their minds I thought possible, and now think possible. What was the predom inant motive was of no consequence. My concern was that the action should be taken and the situation saved in the in terests of the people Os the United States. Most individuals have short memories, and the events in question took place nearly four years ago; but if any one will look back and think the matter over seriously and in good faith, he will un derstand that it was not a question of saving any bank or trust company from failure; the question was of saving the plain people, the common people, in all parts of the United States from fearful misery and suffering, and this was what my action did. “One of the questions put to me indi catea or, to be more accurate, perhaps I shotid say that It was meant to be understood as indicating disbelief, that the action taken was really efficient tn stopping the panic. At the time, and for some months after the panic had been stopped no man would have ventur ed to express such disbelief unless pre pared to be greeted with derision by ev ery human being who knew anything whatever of the actual facts. The ques tion Is not to be treated seriously, for it cannot be so treated. The action tak en was. in my judgment, the only action that could stop the panic, and it most certainly was of enormous, and in all human probability of decisive. Influence In actually stopping it. ORE LANDS DEVELOPED. "Certain other questions related to the alleged fact that during the past four years the ore lands formerly owned by the Tennessee Coal and Iron company have been developed until they are of such enormous importance as to give to the steel corporation nearly complete control of the steel business, through control of the sources of the raw ma terial. Whether or not this is so has no bearing upon the action taken four years ago. The purchase as made did not by itself, one way or the other, affect the status of the steel corporation, so far as the Sherman law was concerned; and this statement is not affected by con sideration of what may not be a totally different state of affairs four years la ter. I dealt with the facts as they were, not with facts as they might or might not afterwards become. I believe that this covers every point of any conse quence raised In the questions put to me after I had made my, statement.” U. S. LIQUOR LICENSE • PRIMS FACIE EVDENGE Wife t? Be Competent Witness in Trial of Husband for Seduction Senator Felker’s bill to make the pos session of a federal liquor license prima facie evidence of violation of the state prohibition law was adopted by' the house Thursday morning by a vote of 122 to 10. It was followed by a bill to allow a wife to testify against her husband on the charge of seduction, provided she hasn't been married to him for five years. The purpose of this bill is to prevent the defendant in a seduction case, marrying as a subterfuge and Im mediately deserting his wife. Admiral Togo Has a Pain BOSTON. Mass.. Aug. 17.-Admiral Togo is suffering from a slight attack of acute indigestion and cancelled all en gagements for today. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1911. A CHURCH BEING BUILT IN THREE DAYS BltfwM 1811 Sil > A-. . yXrzdl M.,- 2 . . *** ~~ -i ''-E*- - The M*tho<u«ts of Oakhurst, the independent little town between Atlant* and Decatur were building a taber nacle with their own hands, Thursday, the ladies of the community furnishing the “big eats” at noon to replenish the steam behind the hammerblows and the saw strokes of the menfolk*. By Saturday they hope to hay* a sure-enough tabernacle complete, with room in it too for a union Sunday school. Staff photo by Winn. MA YOR WINN ENTERS FLANDERS IN GLIDDEN; MAXWELLS FORM FIRST TEAM— t( N. Y.NO. 1” Mayor Win Is First Entrant of “Atlanta Team No. 1” —Will Carry Official Party—Other Cars of Team May Also Car ry Officials of City—Car Tendered Mayor by Geo. Hanson—Nine New Etries Thursday ♦ ♦ ♦ ENTRIES GLIDDEN TOUR. ♦ *- B. M. Grant, Atlanta. Marmon. -* ♦ E. P. Ansley, Atlanta, Pierce- ♦ Arrow. « -*• ♦ C. H. Johnson, Atlanta, Stevens- ♦ ♦ Duryea. ♦ ♦ W. J. Hillman, Live Oak, Fla., ♦ ♦ Cadillac. , ♦ ♦ H. M. Atkinson. Atlanta, Pack- ♦ ♦ ard. ♦ ♦ O. S. Albritton, Jacksonville, ♦ Cadillac. -* ♦ i Herbert B. Race, Jacksonville, ♦ e- Cole. - -* ♦ John S. Cohen, Atlanta, White ♦ ♦ gas. -* *■ U. S. Motor Co., New ♦ ♦ Maxwell. ♦ ♦ U. S. Motor Co., New York, ♦ e- Maxwell. ♦ e- U. S. Motor Co., New York, ♦ Maxwell. R. M. Owen & Co., New York, ♦ Reo. ♦ ♦ R. M. Owen & Co., New York, ♦ Reo. ♦ Claude N. Nolen, Jacksonville, -* ♦ Cadillac. ♦ ♦ Dr. W. M. Stinson, Jacksonville, ♦- Oldsmobile. *- A. P. Whiting, New York, Cun- ♦ ningham. Mayor Courtland S. Winn, At- ♦ ♦ lanta, Flanders. ♦ Mayor Courtland S. Winn, of Atlanta, enters the first car of Atlanta Team No. 1, with two others to follow later; and New York, with three .Maxwell entries by the United States Motor company there, Is the first city to enter a com plete team for the 1911 Glidden tour down the national highway from New York to Jacksonville. There are five other entries beside these four. R. M. Owen & Co., New York, have entered two Reos at contest board headquarters; A. P. Whiting, of New York, has entered a 1912 Cunning ham; and Claude N. Nolen, of Jackson ville, enters a Cadillac and Dr. W. M. Stinson, of the same city, enters an Olds mobile. Thus the entries are piling in at contest board headquarters for the great tour that starts its southward course on October 14. The ball has started a rolllng, and nothing can stop It now till the entry lists close on October 1, The 1911 Glidden gives every indication of being not only the biggest and best that the national highway has seen or the contest board of the A. A. A. has ever conducted, but possibly the biggest and best In the automobile history of the world. ROUTE IS FIXED. There is a misunderstanding in some quarters as to the exact route that the Glidden tour will follow/ This mistaken Impression has been emphasised by repe tition and publicity. It Is to the effect that the- Glidden may be induced to lay Its course where strongest attractions are offered. The fact of the situation is that the course of the Glidden is already very definitely decided. It will follow The Journal-Herald national highway with out the slightest digression between New York and Atlanta and between Atlanta and Jacksonville. The route of The Journal-Herald national highway is post ed with signs and described in readings. There can be no question on this point. Thursday's developments in the Glidden tour entry list are notable Indeed. VALUABLE ACQUISITION. In the first place, the entry of Mayor Winn In hls official capacity and as the first entrant of Atlanta Team No. 1 to contest for the Glidden trophy. Is a valuable acquisition by the tour. George W. Hanson, southern representative of the Studebaker Corporation, ten dered Mayor Winn the Flanders car which he has entered, for his own free and unrestricted use throughout the tour. It is very probable that the mayor will have with him in the car two or three other officials of the city of At lanta, and also that the two other cars composing Atlanta Team No. 1 will car- TWO MORE GLIDDEN ENTRIES ARE ADDED TO FLORIDA LIST Entrants for rGeat Tour From New York to Jacksonville Are Being Received Daily and Entire State Is Fired With En thusiasm * (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Aug. 17.-Two more entries from Jacksonville were an nounced at the meeting of the Glidden tour committee yesterday afternoon, and it became practically certain that two others will be made today. This will make seven from Florida already, and present Indications encourage the com mittee to believe that there will be not less than 30 or 40 ca?s from this state. The two entries yesterday afternoon were Dr. W. M. Stinson, one of the most enthusiastic motorists of the city and the promoter of the Jacksonville- Asheville highway, and Claude N. Nolan. Dr. Stinson enters a Packard machine and Mr. Nolan a Cadillac 30. Francis O. Miller, secretary of the State Good Roads association, will enter a Hudson 33, and Charles A. Clarke will enter a National 40. The committee received the announcement from Atlanta of the sentry of H. M. Atkinson. ENTRIES ARE URGED. A letter will be mailed out today by Chairman Race, under instructions from the committee, urging every commercial organization in the state to enter teams, or at least one car. It is almost certain that the Jacksonville board of trade will have a team to announce within a few days. Commercial organizations of ' some of the larger cities in the southern part of the state will also enter teams. I The committee is striving to have at ■ least one car from every commercial body in Florida. • The Floridians will wear caps of uni form color and design, and each will have a small stuffed alligator fastened to the visor. The committee adopted this idea of one of its members after several similar propositions had been discussed. The entertainment of the tourists on their arrival at Jacksonville and the de tails of the civic celebration to mark the dedication of the highway in this city has been left to the entertainment com mittee of the board of trade. Claude N. Nolan and Charles A. Clark were added to the Glidden tour committee. County Engineer Barnard was present at the meeting and announced that three gangs of men will be placed at work this morning on the 18 miles of the high way in Duvall county, for which the ry officials of the city as their passen gers. Mayor Winn will make the tour hls vacation. Not long ago he started to en joy a rest, but was interrupted In it and called back to work. "WILL ENJOY EACH MILE.” "I am looking forward with the keen est anticipation to the tour," said Mayor Winn, Thursday. "Not only m I pleased to lend my Indorsement to a movement which has already accomplished so much for road developmenL and which is destined to redouble interest and en thusiasm In both the cause of good roads and the use of the automobile, but I expect also to enjoy every yiinute and mile of the trip from New York to Jacksonville. “Os especial interest to me will be the National Park and battlegrounds In and around Gettysburg, Pa., the won- I derful scenery along the Shenandoah Valley turnpike and the Imposing gran ideur of the Blue Ridge mountains. “October must be the ideal month for an automobile tour along the national highway. The rainy season will have l passed and the tang of fall will be in the ait. PRAISES HIS CAR. "The Flanders touring car tendered me by Mr. Hanson, southern represen tative of the Studebaker Corporation, is a brave and sturdy machine, and I feel confident that our party will complete the trip with a perfect score. "The cars entered by Mr. Hanson’s companies in previous tours have per formed In an ideal manner and have made great reputations for themselves and incidentally advertised Atlanta, whence they were entered. “It was a most lucky stroke for the south that the American Automobile association adopted the suggestions of The Atlanta Journal when it urged that the Glidden. America's classic automo bile tour, be run over the National highway. “The two magnificent tours conducted contract was let Monday. James Y. Wil son, of the Peninsular Engineering com pany, notified the committee that the three miles of brick paving for which his concern has the contract will be rush ed through. It is expected that the en tire stretch of the national highway in Duvall county will be fully completed by October 1. WILL CHARTER STEAMER. The committee yesterday afternoon got in touch with officials of the Clyde Steamship company, and were assured that there would be no difficulty in chartering a steamer to take the tourists and their machines from Jacksonville to New York. It is proposed to leave about October 7, to arrive tn New York not later than October 10. The decision of the Georgia contingent will be awaited before definite arrangements are con cluded with the steamship company, al though it has been settled that the Florida contestants will go by water. Chairman Race today began getting In touch with all towns in the state, and especially those in Florida along the route o* the highway. It is not im probable that members of the commit tee will visit Live Oak, Madison, Lake City and other intermediate points some time next week. A statement from S. M. Butler, chair man of the American Automobile asso ciation, in which he declared that any standard stock car might enter regard less of whether it is registered with the association or noL was read to the committee. It is believed that the re moval of this inhibition will go far to ward popularizing th* tour with Florida auto owners. "Our commttee has so far met with a magnificent response from owners of automobiles in Jacksonville,” said Chair man Herbert B. Race. "The members of the committee have been rather hold ing off awaiting the organization this afternoon. Our work has been outlined now, and every man win go to IL There Is no reason why this city should not have 15 or more machines In the con test. Every town in Florida ought to take advantage of this opportunity for a splendid advertisement of the state and Its prosperous towns. The publicity that the tour will give u* will be lasting in Its beneficial effect.” under the auspices of The Atlanta Jour nal and New York Herald first spread broadcast the doctrine of Improved highways and resulted in the sale of thousands of automobiles throughout the territory traversed by the National highway. "The Glidden tour will, I am sure, prove a grand climax to th* work so nobly and worthily begun.” FLANDERS A WINNER. The worth of the Flanders car is too well known throughout the south to need elaborate mention here. Its per formances have stamped it as one '■of the very best cars and those who know automobiles rate it high among the me dium-priced cars. The Flanders will have a reputation to uphold, as well as the magisterial dig nity of a big city's n»ayor. It has been wlnniifg contests until it can't afford to lose; therefore it may reasonably be ex pected to run away with big honors in the Glidden, incidentally proving iteelf worthy the confidence that Mayor Winn and those who know the car repose in it. It has just finished winning the Dead Horse hill climb at Worcester. Mass., over a field of strong competitors. And it recently won the Montana endurance run of some 1,300 miles. Only three cars out of an entry list of more than 40 finished that run; and two of those three were Flanders. REOS AND MAXWELLS. The two Reo entries will have an equal place of prominence in the big tour. They will be hot contestants for the highest honors and will concede nothing to any other cars in their class. Grain Elevator Burned UTICA, N. Y-, Aug. 17.—The grain ele vator of the Eaton Milling company, which does the largest buckwheat mill ing business In New York state, was destroyed by fire late last nighL It was located at Eaton, N. X. . ANGIER ASKED FOR HIS RESIGNATION ASISSUTTORNET Attorney General Wickershani States Request Is ble and That Mr. Angier’S Office Will Terminate BT RALPH SMITH. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 17.—E. Aj Angier, first* assistant district at Atlanta, has been requested by AttMM ney General Wickersham to resign his of-A flee. Mr. Wickersham says that his re-t quest for Angier’s resignation is irrevoed able, and that his connection with thq office will terminate immediately. Attorney General Wickersham has glvd en no thought to the selection of a sued cessor to Mr. Angier, and may not make an appointment for some time. The nsmol of W. J. Tilson, a well-known attorney! of Atlanta, has been mentioned in thia connection* but it Is not known whethen he would accept the position. He was considered for the position of district at torney when Carter Tate was reappoints "ed. and should he accept the assistant's place it might possibly lead to hl* ule-( vation in the future. The action of the attorney general ini calling for Mr. Angler's resignation was based upon the report of a special Ind spector from the department of justice! corroborated by District Attorney Cai ten Tate- It is understood the special ln-1 spector reported that Mr. Angier Is tool old and too inactive to properly discharge the duties of the office. It is not known what influence induced the attorney general to seek taformaltonj concerning the qualifications and ability! of Mr. Angier to continue in the office ofi assistant district attorney. Indeed, It was not known that any move had been made in this direction until 11 was learned that Mr. Angier's resignation had been requested. The suddenness ol the disclosure occasioned some surprise in Washington, but little more could b« learned than the report that District At torney Tate corroborated the adverse re port of the special Inspector concerning his asslstanL The new* of Mr. Angler's '*resignatlon,’l which he has not formally tendered asl yet, will be read with surprise all oven the northern district of Georgia, and! among Republicans will be a source ofi general regreL He has been connected with the United! States distric attorney's office for years, first in the capacity of district at-j torney and later as first asslstanL He was appointed district attorney by Prosi-j dent Harrison, was again appointed by| President McKinley and was made frstl assistant when President Roosevelt ap4 poinied Carter Tate as attorney general. Mr. Angler and Col. Carter Tate werej both seen by a Journal reporter Thurs-j day afternoon, but neither had anything' to say. . SENATEBEFIffiTD TAKE DP MESSAGES OF GOVERNOR SMITH Upper House Divided on Ques tion of Considering Smith Apppoinfrnents—Many Es- fective Before December 1 Appointments by Governor Smith re cently sent to the senate for .confirmation will not even be considered at the pres ent session unless a radical change comes about within the next few ho tre. Twenty members of the state serate went on permanent record Thursday morning as flatly refusing to consider certain sealed messages that were sub mitted to that body some weeks ago by the governor. The same number fa vored opening the messages, but the antl-Smith men won on the tie v-ota when a motion was made to go into ex ecutive session. This action followed two refusals of requests for unanimous consent that the senate go into executive session. The president tied the count by voting "no.” Present Indications are, therefore, that the senate will not consider the gov ernors appointments this session, despite the fact that many of those submitted for confirmation are to go Into effect before Governor Smith will leave the ex ecutive chair. Shortly after 10 o’clock Thuraiay morning Senator Joseph H. Felker of th* 27th district asked unanimous consent that the senate go into executive session for. 15 minutes. Senator W. S. Morris of the 18th district objected. Later in the session Senator Felker again gained recognition and said that at the request of several senators he de- i sired to ask unanimous consent that the; senate go into executive session at neon./ To this Senators W. T. Roberts and Wj J. Harris objected. Senator Felker then moved that thej senate go into executive session at 12& o’clock, the aye and no vote showing) 20 favoring and 19 opposing the motion., The president tied the count by voting against the motion. Preceding the ,vote Senator J. E. Sheppard of the 13th district said: “The, refusal even to open to consider sealed! messages from the governor is without! precedent in the senate. I trust the mo tion will prevail.” , Following is the way the senate voted:, Ayes—Aaron, Beauchamp, Bush, Cul breth. Davis, Duggan. Felker, Hill, Hul lender, KighL Marshall, Mayson, Ow ens, Prather, Shaw, Shxngler, Sheppard, Spence, Whitehead and Williams. Nays—Adams, H. C. Blalock, Brown, Crawford. Copelan, Cromartie, Dicker son, Douglass, Edwards, Ennis, Graham, Grovensteln, Hamilton, Harris. Kincaid, Mann. Morris, Roberts, Worley and 1 Slaton. Those not voting were Senators A. O. Blalock, King and Oliver. None of the senators explained his vote. Well Known Shriner Dies ST. JOSEPH. Mo., Aug. 17.-Charles B. Worley, 52 years old, and one of the best known Shriners in the country, was dying last night in his apartments here. His head was in a basin of water when the janitor of the building found him and death ensued a few minutes laner. Worley was the stepson of J. Willard, who was a law partner of former Presi dent McKinley. No. 95.
