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WEATHER FORECAST FOR GEOROIAl FAIR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAYl LIGHT WINDS, MOSTLY 8 OUTHWEST,
ESTABLISHED IN 162*.
MACON, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 17, 1908
DAILY, *7.00 A YEAR, q
IF I HAD BEEN THE CANDIDATE
I WOULD HAVE CARRIED GEORGIA
SAYS ROOSEVELTTO COL HUDSON
“I Would Have Gone There
and Made a. Few
3 Speeches”
BELIEVES HE GOULD HAVE
BROKEN THE SOLID SOUTH
That He Mined What He Considers
an Opportunity of Carrying the
8talwart Democratic State of Hie
Mother's Nativity, Seems to Be the
President's Only Regret—"I Am
Confident the Vote Would Have
Been Given Me Had I Been in the
Race/* Says Mr. Roosevelt •
Convict Lease Approved.
ATLANTA. Ga.. Nov.' It—The prison
commission has approved a sub-lease ot
•convicts made by Baxter & Co., the Far-
K lessees, under which fifty men are to
used in building a railroad line be
tween Haslehurst and Vldalla in south
Georgia. v *
H. A. McLean In Trouble,
ATLANTA. Of.. Nov. II.—H. A. Me-
Lean was arrested here yesterday on the
charge of.cheating and swindling, being
based on a claim that he got SiOLZS from
ATLANTA, Ga., Nor . lS.-(Telo-
graph Bureau, Kimball House)—"If I
had been a candidate for president
this time, I would have carried Geor
gia and have broken the eolid south,"
is what President Roosevelt said, or
words to that effect to Col. T. G.
Hudson, state commissioner of agri
culture. at the white house Saturday..
Missing the opportunity of carrying
the stalwart democratic state of h’.<
mother’s nativity seemed to be the
qply regret, according to Mr. Hudson,
Mr. Roosevelt feels over his refusal to
accept a third term.
Confident of It.
"I am confident Georgia’s electoral
vote would havo been given me. had
I been In the race," the national
cMef executive said. "1 would have
gone down there and made a few
speeches, Just to make It certain."
"You have many friends In Geor-
Hudson's Washington Mission.
Mr. Hudson, In company with R. F.
Duckworth, went to Washington for
the purpose of urging the appoint
ment of Charles S. Barrett, president
of the Farmers* Union, on the recent
ly created country life commission.
They presented t'ae many good rea
sons whv the Georgian should be hon
ored with the ‘appointment, sotting
forth that he represented an organ-
I izatlon composed of -more than a mill
lion farmers, made up In large part
of actual workers. Although the
claim* of. several others had been
urged. Messrs. Hudson and Duckworth
had barqly completed’the presentation
of.Mr. Barrett’s case before tho pres'
Ident signified his intention of acting
on their suggestion. The appointment
was announced this morning.
Purpose of the Commission.
The purpose of the commission is
to promote Improvement in country
life, aiming to make It more attractive.
At present the commissioners serve
without pay. but It Is said the next
congress will be asked to place them
on a salary.
Mr. Hudson states Mr. Roosevelt
expressed much pleasure with the
gains msdo by the republican party
In the south at the recent election.
Messrs. Hudson and Duckworth re
turned from Washington last night.
Mors Counties After Convicts.
ATLANTA, Ga.. Nov. 1*—In addi
tion to those already published, three
more counties have made requisitions
for convicts to he used on tm*'r pub
lic roads under the new convict law.
Tattnall has applied for its quota of
twenty-five pnd for fifteen "overs.**
New Bank for Cummin*.
ATLANTA, Ga.. Nov. 11—A charter
was granted todav bv Secretary of State
Phil Cook to the Farmers’ and Mer
chant*' Bank of Cummins. It is to he
capitalised at $5B,ooo. It w.is organised
by W. R. otwell and other prominent
business men of that section.
Taylor Is Oil Inspector.
oil inspector, to succeed Dr. ...
Bryant, of Tumervllle. who has resigned.
Dr. Bryant oult the office because all of
his time being taken up at the sanita
rium of which he la owner.
The Inspector has charge of all the
sub-inspectors throughout the state, and
receive* a salary of 1100 a month, ” ‘
t plac
* of the placet which was criticised as
a sinecure by 8tats Senator T. H. Fet
ing the pln>'ft. but the measure never
came up in the house.
Returns All In.
ATLANTA. Ga.. Nov. II.—All returns
of property for state Uses ha~e been
received by the comptroller goners!, and
his books have been dosed, until they
can he tabulated, the total Valuation of
the taxable property In this state will not
be known but Comptroller Wright is con
fident the result will show a falling pff
of several millions.
The general returns as made to the
county tax receivers show an Increase of
( bout lt.otf.MO over those of but year.
(nwever. s reduction exceeding the gain
will be shown In the fixed valuations of
corporate property, ths returns of which
are made to the comptroller general di
rect. In every case submitted to arbitra
tion the value of railroad property was
reduced for below the figures fixed for
, iso?. In on# esse the reduction amount
ed to nearly t2.000.W0. In only onoeno#
do the returns go bevond the flsures of
hurt year. This Is the Atlanta. Blrmlng-
ham and Atlantic Railroad Company and
the increase is due to completed tn»eage
rather than to natural growth of values.
The comptroller rejected no returns
which were fixed at figures as high as
“STl? practically* certain that taxable
values will show s decline this yssr. and
for the first time since the Civil War. It
will all be dus to the falling off in ths
of these, the Central Bank
and Trust Corporation, was an appll
. - -• • *•-
cant for the distinction recently giye:
the American National.
Under the ruling bf the courts, the
state has prior claim on its funds when
a d^>ository foils, in case ths depository
in a bank operating under a state char
ter. When it is & national bank, ths
styte ranks as an ordinary depositor.
fraudulent means.
Mr. Owens Is a local capitalist.
It is claimed that on Saturday Mr. Me-
Mr. Owens and sold
option on bogus property claimed to be
-* -—’lead.
Leon went
option on b
located at Buckhei
KAISER INTENDS
TO RUN ”
Says Reichstag Has no Right
to Dictate—Knows What’s
Best
BERLIN, Nov. 1,.—HeedlM. of tho
warning of the German reichstag and the
federal oouncll of ths German empire.
Emperor William is determined to uphold
his personal power and to exercise Just
as great personal Influence in both for
eign and domestic affairs In the future
as he has in the past
This momentous information reached
the German capital today from an aul
thorltative source, and occasioned con
sternation In government circles, where
his peopje and put a curb <
In Fearful Rage.
activities.
Beside himself with rage because of
the strictures mads against him.' the etna
peror is .reported- to have declared him!
self as follows to a* group of courtiers at
ths cattle>e( .Prince Fueratsnberg .at
Eschingen, where he has been a guest
for severs! days:
"Despite e.verylhlng. I ehiT.1 go on my
way as I see fit It is not for ths rsltfa
stag to dictate to me. It Is for mel
decidrwhat is best for the fatherland.’.—
The report says that tha emperor spoke
with great difficulty as his rage was such
that he eould scarcely Contain himself.
He emphasised his remarks by thumping
the table tround
with his flsL
which the group saL
Von Buelow Loses Hop*.
Chancellor von Buelow still Intends to
go to Kiel to luve a conference with the
emperor, but he now realizes that he ta
f ;oing on a forlorn mission. He has his
etter of resignation already completed
and if the temper of the fcaiser Is the
same on Monday as It Is now, the resig
nation will be presented, even before the
chancellor enters into a discussion of the
reichstag debates.
GOVERNMENT LOOKS TO
HIGHER COURT IN OIL CASE
CHICAGO. Nov. 16.—District Attor
ney Sims today served notice on coun
sel for tho Standard OH Company, of
Indiana, that on November 30 the gov
ernment will apply to tho supreme
court for a writ of certiorari bringing
the record of the famous rebating case
before that tribunal.
This is tho case In which the court
of sp»- .Is reversed Judge Landis, who
of ’$29,240,000
GIRL TOOK HER DIP
. DESPITE THE COLD
ELSIE CHE8NEY, SOCIETY BELLE,
PLUNQE8 INTO SURF AT AT
LANTIC CITY.
ATLANTIC CITY, Nov. M.-lllss Elsie
Chesney, a member of the younger social
■st ot Trenton, caused Boardwalk stroll-
era to have a chill when she started out
on the strand in
and capered
SIPES STILL
Murderer of Millionaire Rice
Gets Adverse Decision
From Courtt a t
WASHINGTON, Nov. H.—The p»tUI<m
of Albert T. Patrick, the New York law
yer. who Is serving' a life sentence in the
state prison at Sing Sing, N. Y„ on the
charge of having murdered the million
aire. Win. M. Rice, for a writ ot- habeas
corpus, was decked by - the supreme
court of. the United States today adverse
ly to the petitioner.
Patrick charged that the case against
him was a conspiracy and urged that lq
commuting the sentence of death which
the court Imposed upon him to oqe of life
imprisonment. Governor lllggens had
sorted
niel method of punish-
Re asked to be released from pAson nn
the .theory that the whole proceeding had
been unconstitutional and invalid.
same old way.
After Former Bocame Demo
cratic Leader He Scorned
His Old Friend
can B. Cooper and the lato ex-Senator
Carmack, who died with his boots on,
and whoso tragic end has tom the
south, came three years ago, when tha
latter was a candidate for re-election
to the senate. Ex-Gov. Bub Taylor
opposed him for the democratic nomi
nation before the primaries and Coop
er supported Taylo* for tho alleged
reason that Carmack was building up
a machine, the like of which Tennes
see had never aeon before.
The senator denied the # chargo ve
hsnisnUy and question th'o sincerity
of Cooper’s attltudo. both In tho press
and otrthe atump. The latter had long
slnco lost control of tho Nashville
American, which he is said to have
owned no less than half a dozen times.
"Iji the old days, whenever I got
broke I bought tho American," said
Cooper once during this campaign.
' How did you pay for It?" asked a
money and sometimes It did not."
Cooper’s Alleged Poker Games.
At least 4twice he Is said to have
won It at poker.
The real oause of Cooper’s oppo'
sltlon was said to have been that
Carmack knew* hi* ways and blocked
his aehemek. Just. previous to this
raco. Cooper had resided In New Ys-k
for two years *and was Interested In a
broker's office, for a short while, neai
the Hoffman House.
Running for governor at the same
time that Carmack was trying to be
returned to the senate was Malcolm
R. Patterson, son of the man whom he
had defeated for congress eight years
before, and In turn his successor In th*
lower house. Opposing his was Gdv.
ernor Cox, who had the support of
Carmack. «
Cooper espoused the cause of Patter
son uproariously, going so far as to
start a weekly campaign paper for the
solo purpose of booming his candidacy.
This was like adding fuul to tho flame
for Carmack. He bore tho same hatred
toward tho younger Patterson that he
had treasured agnlnat his father and
hn took the action of Cooper as an
added personal affront.
Again Opposed by Coopsr.
Taylor won and Carmack returned to
Memphis, where It was announced that he
would resume the practice of the law.
„ JeglsNL
he was out of politics for good and his
best wishers hoped so. Whereas he had
made himself i
name for himself, he had
obnoxious to ivextdent
Roosevelt nnd the members of his cabi
net flat be was persons non grata frmp
end of Pennsylvania n venue to the
.._r.
But. ths call of public office was too
ago found him again on the stump and
him. though pattsrson had i
Hit Ensmlee’ Trail.
Tat ter son won. Carmack got control
of the Nashville Tsnnesseean. a paper
a neat black bathing suit that was started only a few years ago in
the sand for tea. or nf.! opposition to the American, and "hit the
rdally unmindful of the trail” of his snemies. Chief of these he
teen minutes totally ——
chilly northwest_wlnd that_was_Mowjy i POIllld< f* d Coopvr.to ^ and from the
and causing promenaders on
walk to draw their wraps tightly about
“ Miss Chesney ]
dren who were digging while wrapped up
In overcosta sod gloves nnd leggings.
When she had tired of this Mire Chesney
rah down to tfce water’* edge, waited for
a big bresker and thi n plunged In with-
ont the slightest horitaj/on.
She swam for about ten or fifteen min
utes, ns much at home In the water ■
cold and the exercise. But
ue fiid
. traded
rtui gave
e.J dn a ‘
wet bathing clothes. _
merry little laugh and started
up South Carolina avenue to the flrtel
Iroquois, where she Is spending a fort-
Later. when asked. Miss Chesney said
the water was •‘not st all fad, but the
wind was cold on Mr wet clothes."
Asked If she expected to make it a deify
practice while hers aha replied: "De
pends. Win if the wind doesn’t blog,"
New State D«po«ltary.
Not. 11—The Amwl-
It he. been .ppolnted
... Atlanta mdwrth. r.-
eentlb* ,n«r*rt] l.w crrnttnj, n third d.-
noaltoe* here, (ora. ntneta. tan tan
revved I ir the fart of nil tfarta taral ntntn
.lmwllortee beta, no Haul tanbe. the
other two belt, the Fourth Kao or,1 nnd
arjg£EmjaEr~ tof
■KnEWas;
south, there ■ art strong local
: tfie moat
NO FOUL PLAY ATTACHES
TO MRS. STAHL’S DEATH
■nn iimn irir
day h# took hold he began to
"pound" the latter.
Senator Tajrlor. who supported him
against Patterson, tried to net a* peace,
maker, as did other 1/tflmntiel friends In
Tritfiaasae. but to all Carmack said he
would not listen to any proportion that
mount even the consideration of Cooper
In eny wav whatsoever. •
uny way wnstsoerer. <
•Carmack’s place h In the eanrtum/’
said Tsy!*r In dlscusslnr him with friends
In Washington n few weeks ago. "Thera
he is mors brilliant even, than Walter-
If he were to continue In politics
he would ill* with his boots on.
In both of his most recent campaigns
Carmack was an ardent prohibitionist,
many who had known Mm'best and
longest questioned Ms sincerity.
never known as a total nt-stainet
the reputation of taking a few more
the temperance limit whenever ha felt
disposed. That Is on# reason why he
so often called Insincere.
Cooper Very Prominent.
Col, Duncan B. Cooper, father of Robin
BOSTON. Nov.
M.—After an aotspsy
the la—* —“ -
that they
the local police am
‘ — sttatac
Stahl.
that Mrs. Charles W. ("Chick
the wMosv of thfi American League bast
whoa*.body was found
. tha' urday*uTa doorway of a hooi
banks Boston, died from natural cat
QUIET PREVAILS AFTER
BLOODY RACE RIOT
WILLING TO DIB
FOR 3 OHIOKENS
ATLANTA, Ga.. Nov. 16.—
"Halt, let us see that bag!" cried
Policemen Hssslett and Watson
to n napro whom they saw walk
ing hurriedly' along Foundry
1* street, carrying a „ suspicious
T package, early Sunday morning.
X “You’ll have. to kill mo *foro
A you eeo in this here bag.” the
negro replied, increasing his on-
down. Ho is at the hospital and
may dio.
Three dsad chickens wort
found in the ba 0 . Tho
Charles Lester being h|s name,
runs a restaurant on Decatur
str««L \
Cooper and'enemy nf Carmack, has for
years been one, of the b##l known men
in Tennessee. II* was so officer in the
Confederate array and afterward one of
aen. Forest’s chief-JIAutensnts In the
Ku Klux movement. Hit brother, the lato
Henry Cooper, defmt«rd Andrew Johnson
for the United Htets* senate upon the
latter’s retirement from the presidency.
Col. Cooper often telle how In the height
of that campaign \hls brother would j-aclte
a little couplet and put Into practice the
philosophy it contained. He taught It to
Carmack, and that autesman recited It
many tlmea to his friends. It Is as
follows: * F •
IS HAULED UP
Six Suits to Recover Customs
Duties—Bad Weighing
. Charged
NEW YOIUC, Nov. 16.—Tho United
States government has brought six
suit# against ttlk American Suga\ Com
pany to recover customs duties
amounting to $3,624,121 on sugar de
livered at tho Havcmeyer and other re
fineries in Brooklyn during tho pR*t
six years.
The government alllegea fraud in
weighing tho shipments. Tho . com
plaints charge that tho checker at the
Brooklyn refinery so manipulated tho
platform scales uh to conceal tho truo
weights.
The second and third suit* involve
amounts exceeding $500,000, the oth
ers vary between $200,000 and $800,000.
The first of ths suits wki forj
$1,500,000 and wns filed with the courts
on October 16, and the others were
filed on October 28. tj,.. filing of the
actions whs kept from public Knowl
edge until after the election,-but waa
made known today. •« \ •
The American Sugar Refining Com
pany has entered a genera) 'denial of
the charges. ■
Controls Price of Raw Mater-
ial and Sets Its Figures
on Product
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1C.—Tho
tlon that the. so-called sugar trust
trols the price paid tho Krowifi* and tho
price charged the consumer of sugar;
the secretury of war putting himself on
. uttlt
L champion of frew entry for
Philippine sugar ond the general quostl
of standpat attitude of the sugar growers
S ho appeared before ths commute* of
* house, were the features -or today'g
hearing fin the revision of the tsrlff as
It would tiffed sugar. - .
Herrc<ary of War Wright wgs present
at the hearlug today. Chairman Psyns
asked SfcretAry Wright If he cared to
make ohy remarks.
"We are now having |In Investigation
made In the Philippines, IbftfOOSt or pro
duction In the Istumls and dlhtr matters
relating to the question.” said Mr.
Wright. "From what I have heard, ths
principal objection by bast sugar grow
ers to the admission free of duty of Phll-
- jmls*
Ipplne sugar lien In tha dnogi.* that their
will b« Inundated by ths Phlllp-
markcL
>Je. • ■ t,
"It Is not possible that'the Philippine
Islands could supply 1li#*»f ts4f Increase
In demand for sugar; year l»y year, In
the United suites."
Chairman Payne Indicated that tbs
possible action of the committee with re
gard to the sugar tehaful* would be to
recommend, that n M——‘ *
Philippine sugar be
IHHBIjSptS up ot du
ty each year and that the Present tariff
he Imposed on any above that amount..
He.sold that the menace, If any. was
frotn the Cuban sugar, which enjovn a
reduction In the tariff qf 20 per rent.
"The be»-t sugar peoplo ray that ths
American Sugar Refining Company, has
no Interest in their factories,’’ said the
seerenry. referring to the so-ralM
"trust, "yet three years ago they sold a
trustee under*.ood to reyrSMBt tho
American Sugar Hefinlng Company, Own
ed 6J per cent of the etoek of all the beet
sugar factories. That may be the rea
son why the beet sugar Industry In this
country has not grewn, rather than ths
Imports:Ion of Cuban Bugsu’.*'
Cot. 19. r>. i'ofrock, on behalf of tho
Louisiana Cane Sugar Growers, wild that
the method* by which "the trust" names
the prfe.' which it would pay the grower
tfasrair*-*—auft—
i unfair and "dsmnabl
SOUTHERN PACIFIC CASE
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 16.—County
Judge Arthur Peter today handed down
Mm opinion In the tong standing litigation
tffllie commonwealth ngatnst the South-
eni I’sHiir Company, involving taxes of
6JSC,i)0#.OO© worth of properly. Judge IV
decided In the cose* for tax
I assessment cover* all
ALL DEFICITS
Democratic Funds Arc Not
Enough—Chairman Goos
in His Jeans
NEW YORK, Nov. II.—The contribu
tions of ths democratic nations! com
mittee during ths presidential campaign
recently ended wore not sufficient to ’.neet
the expenses of (h« campaign, according
to Norman E. Murk, chairman of tho
committee. Mr. Mack aald today that lie
mid rank* the deficit good out of his
n pocket, and that he would ifgnrd It
as a personal obligation to see, that every
bill was paid. A statement *of the re
ceipts and expenditures of ths oommlttes
will be filed with the secretary of state
at Albany on November 24.
Asked who was going to pay for the
maintenance of permanent democratic
headquarter* which are to bs opened
aoon either In Wanhlngtoh or New York,
Mr. Mack said: .
"The Democratic psrty of the United
States ir going to pay for It. I have had
offers from every state In the union to
contribute to a fund for the purpose."
FOR BIG THIEF
Chicago Realty Dealer Con
fesses to Peculations Which
Reach Big Sum
CHICAGO, Nov. t«.—Atal.t.nt
State'* Attorney Barbour. In n state
ment issued today announces that Pe
ter Van VHssIngen. for many years
one of Chicago’s most prominent real
estate dealers, has misappropriated
nenrly $1,000,000. and that Van Vllailn-
gen. who brought the Information to
Mr. Harbour, admits tho theft of $760,-
000. Mr. Barbour’s statement adds:
"I am now going before tho -grand
Jury to obtain an Indictment against
him (Van Vllsslngcn) for forging a
note for $4,600. Van VUaalugen Is
now In my office and m soon as the
Indictment Is voted he will ba arraign
ed before Judge MrSurely and h# has
promised to plead guilty."
The culprit was quickly Indicted,
plead guilty before Judge Wlndes and
was aentehced to serve fourteen years
In the penitentiary.
8p#sdy Justice.
CHICAGO. Soar. Peter Van
Vllsslngon, a real estate dealer, for
years classed among tho first of Chi
cago’s prosperous and reputable bush
ness men, today confessed to having
obtained through forged deeds and
notes, more than. $700,000 and a few
hours after his nrrest, on his urgent
appeal td.be punished, was sentenced
to the penitentiary. Tho arrest, the
Indictment, the confession and tho sen
tence warp the work of less than four
hours.
Taken In the midst of business from
his offlco de*k nt 172 Washington
street, shortly after noon, Van Vllssln-
gen. a venerable looking man. appeared
before the court and !f» tears confessed
that for from eighteen to twenty years
he had been securing money through
the sal# of forged dtrcumontM and that
though he had bought back many of
these spurious InHtrumcnts without
detection, at least twenty-five people
would lose an*sggregate of more than
$700,000 through tho paper which he
has not yet redeemed. In forging notes,
he declared, he had perfected an unique
device. This consisted of a plats glass
desk to be so arranged that nn electric
light thrown up from beneath he could
readily trace from originals forged sig
natures on to worthless paper,
Throughout his arrest and sentence
the prisoner made no effort to defend
himself. Asked If ho bad anything to
say before sentence was Imposed, Vi
yilselngen, bowing hls head, replied:
Wanted Punishment at Ono«,
"Only that I fie given my punishment
at once." »
His term In the penitentiary wn*
fixed a« Indefinite, from ono to four
teen years.
Van Vllislngen. who Is shout 41
years 'old was married February 4,
1907, to Mr*. Jessie RoOMVfelt Blend,
who was described at the. time as a
distant relative of President Roo#evelt.
The bride w»is a daughter of Wilton
C. Blend. Van VHssIngen had been
n baohelpr, living at the Calumet Club.
He was known as being' of a philan
thropic disposition, giving special at
tention to the welfare of hoys.
The specific charge which fed up to
the spcctaeUlar effest of Van Vllssln-
R en today was made by two man who
*d bought forged mortgage notes.
They are T. J. Lefens and William C.
Zepp. who have offices In the same
building as that occupied by Van Vila-
sltigcn. To the note* for $4,600 held
by them were attached the names of
Joseph and Bertha Grossman. Van
Vllsslffgcn copied the forger papers
from originals which he disposed of to
other buyers. Lefen* end Zfepp say
they first became suspicious of the note
last Haturday.
Consulting with Assistant State's At
torncy Barbour they decided to delay
no longer.
OFFICERS NAMED
DRARD PRIZE RACE
GOVERNOR-ELECT JOS. M. BROWN
AND GOVERNOR 8MITH HON
ORARY REFEREE8.
property upon which tho
pay taxes In .Kentucky and that the
I county board of equalisation cannot go I
t back of that and assess Intangible prop-
■ Savannah Thanks-
king Day and for the light car race
be cun the <jay of November 25,
day's flrtit between officers and ne
groes. Hi which five persons were shot
to death.
The county prosecutor says all like
lihood of farther trouble is over.
Ur.
tbs »frond question. Judg-
...... that the steamship* of the
pat company, which ers set out by n*n
to* the suit and whirh sggrervte Kooo.c
i In value, are tazah;* in Kentucky ai
I must be paid ber#.i
were determined ut»n today.
The honorary rafsrsce Include Gov
ernor Hoke Bmlth and (lovrmor-Hrrt
Jowoph M. Brown, of Georgia; Mayor
Georg* w. Tiedeman. of Hivsnnah;
President F. C. Unttey. of the Auto
mobile Club, of Savannah; President
JC. li. Gary and Vice President Henry
IN DOUBLE TRAGEDY IN COLQUITT
JN0.H. STORY MORTALLY WOUNDED
AND HIS ASSAILANT A SUICIDE
Sanderson, ot the Automobile Club of
America. nnd Jefferson Demont
Thompson, chairman of racing board
of the American Automobile Associa
tion.
The honorary Judges are Walter O.
Charlton, Judge of the superior court;
Davis Freeman, Judge of the city court
of Savannah: Henry McAlpine, of the
court of ordinary, Chatham county;
Paul E. Sesbrook. Judge of the supe
rior court. Atlantio circuit, and John
JS. Schwarz. Judge of the recorder's
court, of Savannah.
Tho timers Include S. M. 'Butlat.
secretary of the Automobile Club of
America, as chairman, nnd members of
the New York Timers' Club.
The ((tarter is F. J. Wagner, nnd the
clerk of the course is Harry T. Clin
ton, of New York, representing tbo
Automobile Club of America, The ref
eree Is Robert L. Mortal* fif the Au
tomobile Club of America. The driv
ers in both these races / boga:i their
first practices today.
PERKINS MILL
IS DESTROYED
Valdosta Reports Burning of
Largo Sawmill With'tio
Water Supply
VAT.D08TA. Nor. 1*.—A tolophon.
menage this afternoon stated that tho
large saw mill of W, L. Pc-rkln*. of
Jennings. Fla. eighteen miles below
here, was belnr consumed by fire.
Owing to tho drouth the water
supply was short and nothing could
be done to check the progresn of tho
flames.
It could not be learned how tho fire
originated. It was also Impossible to
find out how much lumber was burned
and what the loss will amount- to.
The mill was a large ono and the
loss will probably run’ up Into the
thousntide.
taken up
reviowlng the
wSttiuufVTiwiL'-wM
member of. tho Virginia house of dele
gate*, on thn convict road' building sye
tern of Virginia.
He potntnl nut the advantage* of'.the
system. Loth In road conntruelTon and to
the convict.
HOW II IS SECURED
DEADLY i-FOOT DU8HMASTER
BROUGHT FROM TRINIDAD
YIELDS THE POISON.
NEW YORK, Nov. If.—After a deeper
at* fight with <
ouiie of the fonloglcMl park, the llrunx,
yesterday, Curator Raymond L. Dltmars
end Ms sMlRtant, Charles Snyder, ex
tenspoonfui wmm —
thin poison (hat the chemist for Whom it
was obtained hoe placed It In a safe
deponlt vault.
The poison will I)* used for scientific
P X’"huehmaster I* a reptile that very
few annko experts car* to handle and one
In captivity I" very rare. Tho offlrlnls of
the Zoological p»rk have been trying to
obtain one for years, hut up to tho tlm#
of ths arrival of this unusually fine upsrl-
men from ins Uland of Trinidad their
search had been In vain.
It required month* of search In the
home or thla in up h-fen red repllle befon*
sueoea*' wa* mat. Th* buslimaster is
about Sight feet long and I* a healthy.
Ashling specimen. *
Part of the agreement made by Prof.
K. W. Runyon, the chemist who gave the
S nake to the park. wuS that he was to
ave the fleet extraction of venom. .
Opening the rage. Mr. Ifltmara grabbed
the reptile just hack of Its head. Snyder
and other keopera got hold of the snake’s
tall and rniTled the Veptlle to Dilmnr’a
private office. The snaka’fongbt vicious
ly. Isftblng its tall savagely.
Pnyder held ths baek of hls head the
•nnke waa made to sink hi* fang* Into
thle cloth. Thl* waa repeated several
time*, and the oolson obtained was
Isrted bv Prof. Runyon.
ROBIN COOPER IMPROVES
NASHVILLE, Tsnn., Nov. II.—
Robin Cooper, who shot. and killed
former United Htate* Hcnaloi 1 K. W.
earmark here last Monday afternoon
and was himself woundotj In ths. shout
dcr. continues to ImproV#.
B. A O. Elects Directors.
me&tihg of tha stockholders of ths Bal
timore A Ohio Railroad Company, held
In this city today, the outgoing director*
were rs-elvcted with the exception of
Charts* Steele, who resigned. L. P. L*j-
ree was chosen In hls place.
QUARTERLY DIVIDEND
NEW YORK, Nov. !«.—Directors of
Uia .Standard Oil Company, of N#w
Jersey, which la tha parent, or hold
fng comnany. of ths oil combln* to
day declared a quarterly dividend- of
$10 per share.
Trouble Between Tenant and
Landlord Over Possession ,r
* Bale Ootton
STORY CAUSED HELM TO BE
ARRESTED A WEEK AGO
Tho Latter Was Re)eaeed on Bond, and
Yesterday in Company With HU
Brother Approached 8tory, Who Was
Working st His Cans Mill, Shooting
Him Down With a Gun Loaded With
8lug»r-8tory Was Unarmed and Was
Fired Upon at Close Rena©—Helm
Returned to Hls Homs and Shot
Himself Dead Before Making a
Statement.
MOULTRIE, Oa.. Nov. 16.— Doerun
had a double tragedy early this morn
ing In th# first or which John II. Story
wa* shot down at hi* cano mill by »
tenant named Arthur H*lm, tha shoot
ing being done with a shot gun 'loaded
with slugs, and In the second Helm
shooting hlnmoK through tho heart
with a pistol after ^turning to bis
home.
Quarreled a Week Ago.
Story, and Helm hod a dispute a week
ago about a bain of cotton and Hglm
draw a pistol, story had him armnt-
ed nnd he gave bond.
This morning Helm, accompanied by
a brother, and armed with hls gun,
returned to the home of Htory and re
opened the trouble.
Fired at Close Rings.
With only a short warning ho rais
ed Ids gun and fired while ten feet
distant from hls victim, who wn» un
armed.
Htory had a largo hole torn In hls
nlde and buck, and hi* physicians say
he cffnnnol recover., Arthur Halm
shot hlmsolf dead Immediately on hls
rotum to hls home and before making
a statement, \ ,
HI* brother has been placed under
arrest.
IADD0X OPENS
HEADQUARTERS
Woodward’s- Oppononts Begin
Their Campaign Work
With a Bush
Woodward, tho primary nominee for
Imayor of Atlanta. Carlos IX. Mason
and Jerry W. Goldsmith art in oharge
of the campaign, which we» startsd^ff
with a rush.
Thn central commltee of twenty-five
met at noon and bsgan mapping out
ths plan of campaign. Public meet
ings will probably begin tomorroar
night. They have already begun or
ganising by wards.
Mr. Woodward and hls friends are
working quietly. Batting is about
n, but bets are rare.
WHILE IN THE JURY BOX
court during the
months ngo. Haas, a saloonkeeper.
Ruef . tri*IS MvjK3
been summoned as a Juror and waa in
th# Jury box. lleney me* and announced
tbnt there was a man In ths box who was
unfit to serve as a Juror. While the
crowd looked on he walk*d over to Haas
and showed l»lm a photograph.
Han* all but rolls peed and acknowledg
ed that It was hls photograph and asked
that he be not further exposed. Haney
then made It known In open court that
the picture wa* that of Haas taken while
In prison stripe* In the nenltootiary.
The Juror was then ordered from ths box
by the Judge and left tourt utterly oruah-
by th# expoeure. mmm
It svse brooding «
w „ B1W _ «... this humflfatJsn
that Is said to have driven him to shoot
Heney.
2 LADIES HURT
IN BAD RUNAWAY
Mrs. Geo. Feagle and Mrs. T. A,
Murray, of Atlanta, Injured |
in Valdosta. ’* •*
VALDOBTA. G».. N>r, H.—Tw*
run.w.r hont* »«er br.»kta, aw»r
from their carrtai*. tan Into . turn
In which Mr*. Oeorf. F«.,l» ud Mrt.
T. A. Mifrar. of Atlanta, w.r. rldlnf
tonight nail imuh.il th. ^h.it, from
th* buggy.
Th. ronmttatan wn. m irwit that
both Ur., tFansl. nnd Mr.. Murray
w.r,'thrown xulnly o*«r tlta bora..-
Mrs. K«nxt« wu t.vliv hrulcad. but
It I. not thought »irlou,ly. Mra. Mur
ray ..raiMtl with IlirMnr brulic..
Th, Indlm hid boon to th. d-pot to
tfttat mentt—ra of th, F.drratlon of
Womrn'a CiuU,. wh«n the .ccld.nt oo-
currtd.