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PENROSE PAID VISIT
TO THE WHITE HOUSE
Host Bourne of “Conspiracy”
Dinner Saw President
About Same
Time.
LOEB GOES INTO
ELECTRIC COMPANY
None of Parties
Would Talk
SHINGTON, April
<?. of Pennsylvania.
-Senate
I’hO!
Ion wttl
of the d
against
y mentio
?lvlng av
of a:i all
dent Rc
White
led in connect-
ay ct a dinner
ged conspiracy
jsevelt, was a
House today.
This is Senator
Penrose*
s first visit to
til.- White Hour
c since t
he publication
of tile story wh
oh he dt
nled a day or
two afterwards.
When
the Senator
lArrw- out he
vns Iran
led lately sur-
rounded by a gr
>up of n<
iwspaper men.
The Senator wa
s not at
all communi-
cative and deola
red aRa
in and again
lh.it in- ii.ol noil
ins to m
y of any con-
"What Is the
object of your visit.
Senator?”
"It was purelj
social.
I had a very
nico visit.
“Did you explain to
the President
why tlie Pcnns>
lvanir. L
eglslature ro-
fused to endors
e him
for a third
term?"
"I did not.'*
"What do you
think
of tho third
term proposition
?**
"Don't think.”
Willie Senator
Penros
i was at the
Executive Offle
e. Scnat
or Jonathan.
Rourne, of Oreg
in. came
in. He went
direct to Seer
etary Loeb’s office.
Senator Bourne.
it has been commonly
reported was th
> host at
the dinner at
which the details of the
so-called con-
to ha'
Bourn'
ever.
fer<
i gal net the President were said
been given out. Senator
saw the President after Mr.
had left. He declared, how-
that there had not been any con-
.•een the President. Senator
Penrose and liimself. and that he had
lot seen Mr. Penrose during his visit
o the White House.
Later President Roosevelt discussed
national politics and some of the busi
ness of the national Republican com
mittee with its acting chairman. Harry
S. New. who remained with the Presi
dent some time. With the newspaper
men he would not talk politics.
Representative Burton, of Ohio, who
accompanied Secretary Taft on liis trip
to the Panama Canal and the West In
die.-, talked with the President for
some time today. Mr. Burton scouted
the suggestion that politics were con
sidered.
WASHINGTON. April 25.—An impor-
' t int change in the control of Washing-
| ton Railway and Electric Company of
■ this city will occur.at the annual meets
I ing next January. It became known
j today that a number of the local capi
talists. had purchased a majority
the stock. Simultaneously with this
I announcement, it was rumored that
j Wm. I. •••!•. Jr., secretary to the IT"
I dent, had been determined upon as the
I president of the corporation. The fact
! that the purchase had been made did
j not become known to the public until
| after Mr. Loeb had departed on the
> Mayflower with the President for the
Jamestown exposition. The recent re-
I port of his connection with the com
j pany could not be confirmed, inasmuch
j as the brokerage firm which negotiat
! ed the purchase of the stock were mute
I on the subject of who the purchaser:
j were or whether they were commit
ted to Mr. Loeb. A similar rumor re
j gardlng Mr. Loeb’s affiliations with the
company has been in circulation for
several months, but not until today did
it take definite shape. Former Repre
sentative McDermott, of New Jersey,
is now president of the company which
heretofore has been owned largely by
New York. New Jersey and Philadel
phia capitalists.
WAS DISCOVERED
SECRETARY TREASURER OF
WOONSOCKET ELECTRIC MA
CHINE COMPANY PROMPT
LY RESIGNS
BENJAMIN F. MOORE
DIED SUDDENLY
VALDOSTA. Ga.. April 25.—Benja
min F. Moore, a prominent citizen of
the Naylor district, died suddenly this
morning. He had been out looking
after some work and was seized with
a coughing spell. He went back to his
house and feeling weak went out on
the porch to get some air. His wife
started after a chair when he toppled
over and died in a few minutes. . He
had many relatives and friends in the
county. He was about 75 years of
age.
BULLET THAT KILLED
* SURE
DECEASED STATED BEFORE HIS
DEATH THAT MRS. DEMAS-
SEY SHOT HIM
NEW YORK. April 25.—The bullet
that killed Gustav Simon, the shirt
waist manufacturer, who wsa shot to
death in hi- factory In Braodway and
j i -1 November was exhibited in court
inday where Mrs. Anisia DeMaasey is
on trial charged with having taken I
his life.
While the deadly missile was passed
• r0 m hand to hand by the jurymen she
v it chatting with her counsel and from
time to time making notes In a mem- |
or.ondum book.
Mr- Anna Polnnzn. who had work-
the defendant in Simon’s
said that when Simon, after
shot, was being removed from
his officee to the elevator she heard
a policeman, pointing to Mrs. DeM.as-
NEW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
BUILDING AT VALDOSTA
VALDOSTA. Ga., April 25.—The first
shovel full of dirt on the new Presby
terian Church was lifted yesterday and
work upon the church is to begin in
earnest now. The dirt was raised by
Rev. Charles C. Carson and there
were many members of the congrega
tion on hapd to witness it.
The material for the new church is
coming in daily and the work Is to be
pushed very rapidly. The church is
to be -of colonial sty'.e and is to cost
■about $25,000. exclusive of gifts from
several of the wealthy members. One
of them offers to furnish eight great
stone columns for the front of the
building, and another will install a
handsome pipe organ to cost several
thousand dollars as soon as the church
is completed.
The building is to be erected on Pat
terson str.ect, two blocks from the bus
iness center and near the central rest
j dence portion. Though the seating ca
pacity will not be as large as two
other churches here, the new church
promises to he the prettiest In this sec
tion of th& State.
WOONSOKET, R. t, April 25.—A
shortage of about $92,000 in the ac
counts of Woonsocket Electric Sla
shing and Power Company was re
vealed today by the issuance to the
stockholders of the company of a cir
cular letter announcing that a heavy
shortage had been discovered. The
letter which was issued by order of the
directors, further stated that the resig
nation of Levi Cook Lincoln, secretary
treasurer and general manager of the
company had been accepted.
John J. HeiTernan, counsel for the
directors of the company, said:
”1 believe the amount of the shortage
is about 592,000. Mr. Lincoln has re
signed and has turned over to the
company property which he claims is
wrth $40,000:”.
After reading the circular letter of
the directors and the statement of Mr.
Heffernan. Mr. Lincoln said:
"I admit the situation is substant
ially as stated. Further than th's 1
must decline to be interviewed. I take
this step upon the request and the ad
vice of our directors and the purchas
ers.” ,
Recently negotiations have been un
der way for the sale of the business to
the firm of Esterbrook & Company,
and the circular says, that the alleged
embezzlement will not interfere with
this sale although the stockholders
may be called upon to make good any
deficiency.
The circular leter sent to the stock
holders says
•'Woonsocket. R. I.. April 25. 1907.
"It lias this day come to the knowl
edge of the board of directors of the
Woonsocket Electric Machine and
Power Company that there has been
an embezzlement from the company of
a large sum of money and the resigna
tion of Levi Cook Lincoln, as secretary
treasurer and general manager of the
company has been accepted We ex
pect in a few days to be able to make
definite report to the stockholders.”
F
WINDOW INTO
| DETECTIVE’S ARMS
AN ALLEGED KIDNAPER
KIDNAPED BOY
LEONARDO IN
IDENTIFIED DI
COURT ROOM.
FARMERS’ UNION DID
NOT ENDORSE PLAN
ATLANTA, April 25.—J. G. Eu
banks, State business agent of the
Farmers' National Union, today denied
that the union had endorsed the pro
posed cotton warrant exchange to be
located in Birmingham, as reported
from that place. Mr. Eubanks says
that officers and members of the
union were invited to attend the con
ference. but on learning the details of
the plan refused to endorse it.
AMAPALA TREATY WAS
RECEIVED AT WASHINGTON
FUNERAL OF CAPT. WM. MOORE
WAS LARGELY ATTENDED
ivith
TV.
as
if thn
tvas
fired the shots.
•'Yes.” said Simon
men: Madam Delin'
On motion of cottr
fense. and with the
prosecution, tl
ross that site
that is the wo
n' shot me"
'i for the de-
■onsent of the
statement of the wit-
vd Simon declare the
shots
striek.
fired hv the defendant was
n from the record. Front an-
witness, Elizabeth Veronica
H-'V who was employed by Simons
company up a designer, however, the
pro-ecuilon got about the same tes-
timonv. Mis- Hale said she was m
the office when Mrs. DeMsasey was
brought In by a policeman after the
' ' with the defendant
COLUMBUS. Ga.. April 25.—Tho
fdneral of Capt. William R. Moore
took place this afternoon from his late
residence and was very largely at
tended. He was one of the most pop
ular men in Columbus and grief at his
shoVingly sudden death is general
and sincere. Capt. Moore’s life was
marked by incident and adventure.
During the war. then a young boy in
his teens, he was on “the steamer
Shamrock on the Chattahoochee Riv
er when a steam pipo on that boat
blew up, scalding him. Later he was
injured in an explosion In an ice fac-
' ! torv in Apalachicola. Fla. He retired
from the position of general manager
of the Columbus Steamboat Associa
tion eighteen months ago. and from
then until the time of his death look
ed after his interests and investments
in Montgomery and various cities in
Florida. He was also interested in an
ice plant in Havana. Cuba.
What was
i hen
she was brought
•The officer took her before Mr. St-
asked hint if this was the
ho had shot hint.” replied
nflm and
woman i
the witness.
-What did Mr. Simon sa
"Yes. that is the woman
me: take her away: 'eke he
"Did Mr-. DeMassey sa
"She smiled and said:
hire..’”
The court adjourned.
MR. T. L. MERCER KILLED
R. WATERS IN SELF-DEFENSE
SANDERSVILLE, Ga.. April 25.—
News from Oconee has just reached
here that Ralph Waters, a young white
man. was killed last night by Mr. T.
L. Mercer. The shooting was done in
asked Mr. self-defense. Waters was intoxicated
and attempted to enter the home of
Mr. Mercer in the latter’s absence.
Falling to gain entrance he went away
but met Mr. Mercer and began curs
ing. He drew his pistol and followed
Mr. Mercer to the house. Again he at-
that shot I tempted to gain admittance, knocking
• away.” I down the door. Mr. Mercer seized a
.ny thins?" ; gun and shot him. He died immediate-
I didn’t shoot j Iv. The coroner held an inquest and
the jury rendered a verdict exonerating
Mr. Mercer on the ground of self-de
fense.
WILSON NAMES BOARD
OF FOOD INSPECTORS
WASHINGTON. April 25.—Secreta
ry Wilson today created by executive
oriipr hoard of-food and drug in
spection. whosedu ty it shall be to ad
minister the national pure food law.
The board consists of Dr. Harvey W.
Wilev chief of the bureau of chem-
, 5r . v ' chairman: Dr. Fred. L. Dunlap,
whose committee
chemist dates fron
P. M -Cabe. solicit
nient of Agriculture.
Secretary Wilson ha
tlcally impossi > ' , ~ “
time to go lnt
tails imposed
the
J. M. THOMAS KILLED AT
ROEDUN BY A. H. FUSSELL
WASHINGTON, April 25.—Details
of the treaty of peace and amity be
tween Nicaragua and Salvador, which
was signed at Amapala on Tuesday
last were received at the State De
partment today through a cablegram
from Philip Brown, charge of the
American legation at Guatemala.
The treaty is similar to that enter
ed into a year ago and known as the
Marblehead pact, and it includes
provision for a general Central Amer
ican peace congress ■ to be held in
Nicaragua and Salvador.
It is the expectation of the officials
here that as a result of the comin
congress about to be held here, there
will be no further disturbance in
Central America at least for many
years to come. The nows of the sig
nature of the treaty of Tuesday was
received here with the greatest satis
faction by the whole Central Ameri
can diplomatic contingent, who today
called at the State Department to ex
press their gratification at the out
come.
NEW YORK, April 25.—After a
search extending over three months, de
tectives today arrested Ignasio DiLeo-
nardo and his wife on a charge of kid
naping. DILeonardo was taken into
custody in the yard of a Brooklyn ten
ement house after he had jumped
through a second sjory window in an
attempt to escape white the police
were forcing the door of It is room. He
landed in the arms of a detective when
he jumped.
DILeonardo is charged with having
kidnaped the six-year-old son of Sal
vatore Saitti, a wealthy Harlem Italian.
The little fellow was stolen on his
way to school and afterward the father
received a number of letters declaring
that the boy would be mutilated and
then killed if $1,000 was not forthcom
ing. Three weeks from the time the
boy was stolen he was found wander
ing alone on Park Row by the police.
It was the belief of the police that
Saitti had paid the money demanded
by tho kidnapers and that the lat
ter had returned the boy. Saitti would"
not admit this.
At police headquarters the Saitti
boy picked DiLeonardo out of a line of
thirty prisoners.
"That’s him,” the little fellow said,
as he walked up to DiLeonardo; “that’s
the man that stole me.”
DiLeonardo declared in -court today
that he has been very friendly with
Saitti and that the boy come to his
home voluntarily and paid him a
friendly visit. DiLeonardo was held for
further examination.
ITALIAN TESTIFIED HE
PAID “BLACK Ui”
WITNESS FAILED TO IDENTIFY
LONG STRING OF PRISONERS.
REVOLUTION MOVEMENT
QUELLED IN SALVADOR
SAN SALVADOR. April 25.—A rev
olutionary plea, headed by General Po-
tenciano E-calon, and an American cit
izen named George Noisant was dis
covered April 23 at Sansonate, fifty
miles from this city. Escalon fled, but
Noisant and others Implicated were
arrested. Escalon’s plan was to sur
prise the troops at Sonsonate in the
southwestern part of the republic of
Salvador and capture the arms stored
there.
MATES OF STEAMERS
WILL QUIT WEDNESDAY
BALTIMORE April 25.—A. D. Steb-
bins, vice-president and general man
ager of the Merchants and Miners
Transportation Company, said today
that he could not say just what his
company would do if the mates of their
steamers quit on next Wednesday to
enforce their demands for Increased
wages. But at this time there Is no in
tention of granting their demands.
Capt. L. Cullen, first vice-president
of the American Association of Master
Mates and Pilots, said the men are
just as determined to get the increase
as the company is not to pay it. Capt.
Cullen Intends to remain here until
the case is settled.
TORRENTIAL RAINS
FLOOD NEW ORLEANS
? an associate
oday. and George
of the- Depart-
rf
.fivo a salary oi
;hest that can
v. and will devot
■ administration
found itj prac-
,1,. t > take the required
i all the necessary de-
n the adminisration of
law. Dr. Dunlap will
v of $3 500 a year, the
an be paid under the
evote his entire time to
pure food
VALDOSTA Ga.. April 25.—A. H.
Fussell, of this city, was notified today
that hi? brother. J. B. Fussell. had shot
and instantly killed J. M. Thomas in
the hotel at Doerun. Fussell is agent
for the Georgia Northern Railroad at
Tieknor. and Thomas was superinten
dent of the large saw mills of R. J.
Corbett & Co., at that place.
They had a quarrel over a business
matter when the shooting followed,
j The wife and children of the deceased
I were in the dining room at the time
i and witnessed the killing. One report
j of the killing said that Fussell was
! justified in it. though it did not state
| the grounds of his justification.
Livery Stables Burned.
VIDAL!A. Ga. .April 23—The barge
i,cables belonging to ,he i ■
Di\ estate was destroyed hj loe t.us
oi,.ruing at 1 o’clock. As yet .he lo. -
morning
Is not known,
ance.
Arkansas and Its Waterways.
LITTLE ROCK. Ark.. April 25.—Ar
kansas. which Is one of. the most fa
vored States of the Union in the mat
ter of navigable rivers on or within Its
borders, now propo-es to permanently
improve these waterways, and partic
ularly the Arkansas river and Its trib
utaries. A conferen.-i with this end in
view was held ht r< today to organize
junction with the National Govern*
meat. State and w.i hcinal officials
and the various trade ir.die- .mi busi
ness organization- :b--oigh u: Ark.-n-
n.-ur- | sas are taking an active Interest in the
movement.
NEW ORLEANS. April 25.—A tor
rential rain flooded many sections of
New Orleans today and the heavy
downpour continued tonight. Water
was more than a foot deep in parts of
Canal street, where the big stores are
located.
•Water backed up in some sections
over the deep glitters and covered
sidewalks. St. Charles avenue, the
finest street in the city, was a run
ning river for blocks, many residences
being completely surrounded. The
precipitation was estimated at over
three inches early tonight, with no re
lief promised until tomorrow.
WILKESBARRE. Pa.. April 25.—At
the “felack Eland" trial today an Italian
named Salvadoria Scommoca, living at
Dunmore, Ltickawanna County, testi
fied that he had received threatening
letters from the “Black Hand” organi
zation, whose headquarters were sup
posed to be at Pittston. The letters
demanded that he pay certain persons
$60. He paid $50, but refused to pay
the other $10. He was asked if he
could identify any of the prisoners
to whom he paid the money. He look
ed ' the defendants over, but said the
man to whom he paid the money was
not among the number.
Mrs. Ross Cregonzi who was known
to have paid money was tho next wit
ness. She said she had received
threatening letters demanding money.
LYLE MURDER USE
IN HANDS OF JURY
JURY ALLOWED TO VIEW SCENE
WHERE MURDER WAS COM
MITTED.
WAYCROSS, Ga., April 25.—Upon
the reconvening of court this morning
Judge John T. Mayes addressed the
jury in the Lyle murder case for the
defendant and was followed by Col.
W. W. Lambdin for the State. At
twenty minutes to noon Judge Parker
completed his charge to the jury and
the fate of Harry K. I.vie. charged with
the murder of his wife and baby, was
placed in the hands of the twelve men
who are to decide whether it is life or
death for the prisoner. The case oc
cupied the entire time of Ware Su
perior Court for two days and at no
previous time, either civil or criminal,
has there been such marked interest
as In this case. Judge Parker's charge
was forceful and impartial. The twen
ty minutes he consumed in charging
the jury he covered all the vital points
in the evidence and just as he went to
close his charge informed the jury that
there could be no intermediate verdict
returned; that their verdict had to
either be an acquittai or murder. He
informed them, however, that in case
they found Lyle guilty, a recommenda
tion to life imprisonment could be made
and that the court would be bound
to observe the recommendation. At
4 o’clock Judge Parker granted the
jury permission to go to the house on
Eads streets, where Lyle killed his wife
and baby and view the surroundings.
Jury Still Out.
At - a late hour tonight the jury in
the Lyle murder case were still tied up
and no verdict Is expected before
morning. Judge Parker gave them
until 10 o’clock to report tonight.
There are various rumors on the
streets as to how the Jury stands.
Late this afternoon a ballot showed
seven for murder and five for peniten
tiary for life. A later ballot showed
seven for murder, four for life impris
onment and one for acquittal. At 10
■o'clock it is reported that the jury
stands ten for murder, without recom
mendation, and two for acquittal.
Just after the jury retired today,
Lyle stated to his attorney that he ex
pected a verdict of murder with a rec
ommendation to life imprisonment.
TAX RETURNS OF FIVE
CORPORATIONS REJECTED
Pullinan Car Co. Only One Out
of Six Received.
Batch of Current
Gate City News
CAME TO WED AND FOUND
HER BETROTHED DEAD
RALEIGH. N. C.. April 25.—Miss
Thelma Lindgren. of St. Paul. Minn.,
who was to have been married here
Saturday to Capt. - Hans Thorson, ar
rived today only to learn of her in
tended husband’s death by drowning.
Tuesday at Buckhorn Falls. N. C..
when, with others he was swept over
the falls in a scow. Telegrams sent
had failed to reach her. The bodies of
the four men have not been recovered.
Anarchist on Trial.
PATERSON. N. J.. April 25.—Much
interest is manifested in the case of
Luigi Galleani, the anarchist, which
was called for trial today before Judge
Francis Scott. The police department
has taken great precautions to prevent
any outrage or demonstration on the
part of the local anarchists during the
trial. Galleani is accused of having
taken a prominent part in the great
silk riots here in 1902, which resulted
in loss of life and the destruction of
much property. After the riots he fled
- «.........a,,muucj. , from Paterson and was only recently
She did not like the tone of the letters I found in a Vermont town, where he
and went to New York City to live. was editing a paper.
ROOSEVELT AND PARTY
OFF FOR EXPOSITION
President Will Press Gold But
ton and Open the Great
i Show.
Part He Will
Take
Today
China Missionary Conference.
SHANGHAI. Arri; 25.—Practically
all the foreign mission boards and .so
cieties of America were represented at
th- opening here today of the China
Centenary Missionary Conference, held
to commemorate the centennial anni
versary of the beginning of mission
effort in China. The conference will
last two weeks, during which time a
sp-.-i ial topic relating to mission work
will be discussed each day.
Dr. Frank P. Webster Dead.
NORFOLK Va.. April 25.—Dr. Frank
P Webster, aged fifty-four, a promi
nent physician of this city and proprie
tor -if the All- gheny Hotel, at Goshen.
Va.. died suddenly at his home in Nor
folk today of heart failure.
WASHINGTON, April 25.—Presi
dent Roosevelt, members of his fami
ly and a party of friends left the
Washington navy yard at 3:10 o’clock
this afternoon aboard the yacht May
flower for a visit to the Jamestown
Exposition. They are to return Sat
urday morning. On Saturday the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt are to
make a trip up the James River on
the dispatch boat Sylph. The Con
gressional party, comprising a joint
committee of the Senate and tho
House,and their families, preceded
the Presidential party this morning.
Secretary and Mrs. Metcalf and others
left earlier In the afternoon on the
United States Dolphin, and the diplo
matic corps, whose members are to he
the guests of the Jamestown Ter-Cen-
tennial committee, followed tonight.
President’s Party.
The President’s party was made up
of Mrs. Roosevelt Miss Roosevelt,
Masters Archie and Quentin Roose
velt, Justice Moody, of the Supreme
Court. Secretary Loeb. Assistant Sec
retary Bacon and Mrs. Bacon. Assis
tant Secretary Latta, Mrs. Ralph Cross
Johnson. Capt. Lee. one of the Presi
dent's military aides. Capt. Key one
of the President’s naval aides. Lieu
tenant Commander Long and Dr.
Oehning.
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt,
with their children, reached the yard
about 3 o’clock, and were met by
Commandant Leutze and Capt. Long
of the Mayflower.
President’s Departure.
It took but a very few minutes for
the vessel to be loosed from her moor
ings and the President and his guests
standing on the after starboard side of
the ship waved a good by to the crowd
As the ship pulled out a Presidential
salute of twenty-one guns announced
the President’s departure.
While the arrangements were being
made for the vessel’s departure the
crowd, among whom were a number
of children, surged near the ropes
which held her. notwithstanding the
warnings of the officers. The Presi
dent showed deep concern for their
safety and advancing to the rail of the
vessel, admonished the children to
keep back.
Program at Jamestown.
The President will take an impor
tant p3rt in the opening of the expo
sition and the exercises incidental
thereto which are to begin soon after
he arrives at Hampton Roads tomor
row. In the morning there Is to be the
review of the assembled men of war
and the reception of the flag officers
and commanding officers of the for
eign ships.
At half past ten the President is to
leave the Mayflower, and is to be met
at the end of the Government pier by
the officers of the exposition and a
military escort, and will be saluted by
the United States artillery station on
the exposition grounds. An hour later
he is to go to the reviewing stand on
Lee’s parade in the rear of the audi
torium building, where a program of
the exercise?, including the adress of
President Tucker of the exposition, and
of President Roosevelt and the press
ing of the button, opening the exposi
tion is to take place.
Lunch and Review.
In the afternoon there is to be
lunch to the President and his party
in the auditorium building, review of a
parade of the soldiers and sailors, and
the National guard, and a reception to
the President by the officers and di
rectors of the Jamestown Exposition
■Company, after which, at five p. m„
the President returns to the Mayflow
er. In the evening at 3 o’clock the Pres
ident and Mrs. Roosevelt are to dine
with President Tucker in Norfolk.
Saturday will be a day of compara
tive rest for the President, he and Mrs.
Roosevelt taking a trip up the James
river on the dispatch boat Sylph, re
turning to Hampton Roads in time to
board the Mayflowers so as to start
for Washington about seven o’clock in
the evening. The Mayflower Is sched
uled to reach Washington Sunday
morning about 10 o’clock. During the
afternoon the dispatch boat Sylph left
the navy yard for Hampton Roads.
Secretary of-the Treasury and Mrs.
•Cartelyou. the A assistant Secretary
of War, Mrs. Oliver and the Misses
Oliver, the Secretary of the Interior,
and Mrs. Garfield, the Secretary of
Commerce and Labor and Mrs. Straus,
the Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury and Mrs. Winthorp. the chief of
staff of the army and Mrs. Bell, As
sistant Secretary of State and Mrs.
Wilson, and substantially ail the mem
bers of the diplomatic corps in the
party left Weshington this evning on
the steamer Newport. They will ar
rive in Norfolk tomorrow morning.
TWO MEN INJURED
IN FREIGHT WRECK
COLUMBUS. Ga.. April 25.—East-
bound freight train from Birmingham
to Columbus.' over the Central of
Georgia Railway, was wrecked at 1:30
o’clock yesterday afternoon at a point
forty-five miles from this city. The
engine left the track and turned com
pletely over, its nose ploughing the
mud at the bottom of a ten-foot em
bankment. and seven freight cars also
left. the track. The injured:
A. V. Brown, negro fireman: scald
ed from his waist down and also one
arm; injuries serious but will recover.
Dan M. McCook, engineer ankle
slightly sprained and briused about
the shoulders: injuries quite oainful
but not necessarily serious.
ATLANTA. April 25.—Out of six
corporation tax returns submitted to
Comptroller General W. A. Wright to
day, substantial increases were de
manded in five cases while the return
in only one case was accepted.
The accepted return was that of the
Pullman Car Company, which showed
a substantial increase over that of last
year. In the other cases the Comptrol
ler General wrote the various companies
that as the value of practically all prop
erty in Georgia has advanced from 15
to 25 per cent within the last four
years, and since the values of these
corporation properties were fixed by
arbitration, their returns should now
show some indication of this increase
instead ■ of remaining what they have
practically been from year to year
since 1903.
The Comptroller General also in
formed these companies that it made
no difference to him how the return was
divded between physical property and
franchise so long as the aggregate is a
fair valuation of the property.
The Pullman 'Car Company returned
Its property in Georgia at $455,000 of
which $325,000 is physical and $130,000
intangible property. The company real-
claims that it has no franchise in
Georgia. The return is arrived at by
taking that proportion of the total value
of the company’s property which is
placed at $25,000,000. found by the
comparison of the Georgia mileage.
2.476 miles, with the company’s total
mileage in the United States which is
193,000 miles. This return is an in
crease of $133,000 over that of last
year, and was accepted.
The return of $156.S19.2S made by
the Augusta Union Stafion Company,
was declined. The company has issued
upon the property $225,000 four per
cent bonds. The Comptroller General
•wrote the company that he would ac
cept a return of approximately $200,000
on this property.
The return of the Augusta and Sum
merville Railroad Company which con
nects the railroads entering Augusta,
at $61,045 of which $15,000 is on fran
chise. and a return of $S0.000 was de
manded.
The Monroe Railroad, owned by the
lessees of the Georgia Railroad and
operating ten miles between Social
Circle and Monroe, which was recent
ly rebuilt and the gauge broadened, was
returned at $57,717 of which $1,755 is
franchise. A total return of $100,000
was demanded by the Comptroller Gen- |
eral.
The Macon and Dublin Telephone
Company returned its total property at
$1,993 of which $100 was franchise. The
Comptroller General demanded a re
turn of $5,000.
The Dublin Telephone and Tele
graph Company, of Dublin, Laurens
County, made a total return of $10,036.
It showed earnings last year of $2.-
777.04. The Comptroller General in
this case demanded an aggregate re
turn of $20,000.
These cases pretty well
the Comptroller General’s policy this
year, and there is every indication
that similar increases will be de
manded all along the line.
covered with a pair of brass knucks
concealed on his person.
In the ase of tho Southern Railway
vs. Montag, affirming the decision of
Fulton Superior Court, the Court of
Appeals says even though under a
contract for transportation over sever
al different lines, each of the linos is
made responsible for the goods while
n its possession, the burden is m >ai
■ initial line to show that the loss
damage occurred after the property
had left its terminus.
In the case of Brooks vs. the City of
Atlanta, from the City Court of Atlan
ta, reversed, the Court of Appeals holds
that where the plaintiff was injured by
falling on a sidewalk as tho result of
obstructions placed there by an abut
ting property owner of which the city
had at least constructive notice, there
is ground for an ation against the city
and the court erred in granting a non
suit.
Police Looking for A. Hirsch.
ATLANTA April 25.—The police of
Atlanta are looking for A. Hirsch. a
lawyer, who came to Atlanta from New
York several months ago, with strong
recommendations from Judge Alton
B. Parker and Lawyer Abe Hummel,
who recently figured in the Thaw case.
Hirsch came here and entered busi
ness and isnppeared a few days ago
following a raid on a hotel where he
was stopping. There are several At
lantans. it is said, who hold somewhat
worthless paper which they wore in
duced to accept from Hirsch. and they
are anxious to locate him.
Sam Johnson Recaptured.
ATLANTA. April 25.—According to
Information received at the office of
the Prison Commission. Sam Johnson,'
a former negro preacher and life con
vict, who led the escape of twelve con
victs a few days ago from the Durham
Mines camp in Walker County, has
been recaptured. It was orroneoulsy
stated that one of the negro convict?
was killed in effecting the capture, but
it it stated one of them will die at
the result of wounds received. The
commission has information leading tc
the belief that one of the white con
victs who escaped, R. E. Turnago, sent
up from Atlanta for fifteen years foi
attempting criminal assault, has been
located and will be captured.
Eubanks Attacks Harvie Jordan.
ATLANTA, April 25.—J. G. Eu
banks, State business agent of the
Farmers’ Union, has just returned
from Birmingham, where he .went to
attend a meeting said to have been
called by bankers and spinners with a
view to organizing a cotton warehouse
movement. The announcement was
sent out as a result of this meeting,
that a plan was agreed upon which
had tho indorsement both of the
Farmers’ Union and the Southern Cot
ton Association.
“Nothing could be further from tho
truth,” said Mr. Eubanks, speaking of
the matter. “State Business Agent
Parker, of Alabama, has already sent
out a denial of that report.
“The truth of the matter is we
found the meeting all cocked and
primed by the Southern Cotton Asso
ciation.' The invitation had come from
others, evidently because the South
ern Cotton Association feared to take
the lead on account of its odorous
connection with Mr. Hoadley, of Wall
street.
“We wish to make it plain now that
the Farmers’ Union cannot and will
not co-operate with the Southern Cot
ton Association as long as it is offi
cered by men as close to Wall street
as are some of Us head officers. In
evidence of this we have only to call
attention to the recent statement of
Mr. Hoadley that he was in almost
daily communication with President
Harvie Jordan of the association, who
kept him informed as to what was
going on.
“The Birmingham warehouse move
ment contemplates a cotton exchange
for handling warehouse receipts. The
Farmers’ Union proposes to deal only
in spot cotton and sell direct to the
spinner. As soon as we found that
was at the bottom of the Birmingham
movement, we politely withdrew and
notified them we could have nothing
to do with it.
“If the Southern Cotton Association
only knew it, it is working positive
injury to the farmers of the South by
its constant alignment with Wall
street men and with the spinning in-
Reduction Will Be Enjoined.
ATLANTA, April 25.—Notwithstand
ing the intimation of one of the rail
road attorneys who spoke against the
reduction of the present passengei
fare in Georgia, that whatever action
was taken by the commission in thal
direction, its enforcement would be en
joined in the United States Court, th?
Railroad Commission has gone to work
on the proposition before it, and pro
poses to sift the situation to the bot
tom before reaching a decision.
Members of the commission were
not at ail surprised at the Intimation
that if they should see fit to reduce
tiie rate, it would be fought by injunc
tion. One of them said today:
“While, of course, I can in no sense
forecast the action of the board, be
cause I do not know what we are gains
to do. I can say this much, and thal
it whatever we do we will take care
insofar as is possible, that our actior
shall be such as will stand the tesi
In any court hr which it may’ be tried
“The question is a big one and thert
are many details to be considered. \V>
propose to go into it thoroughly and
then to take such action as may seeir
proper under all the conditions.’and |l
Is our purpose insofar as our judgment
illustrates 11$ capable of doing, to make it an ac
tion which cannot legally be set aside
I do not anticipate that we will react
a conclusion under a week or ten days
and then it will be after constant con.
slderation of the facts and figures be
fore us.”
There seems to bo a general belie)
that there will be some reduction in th?
rate of passenger fare ordered by th«
commission, and while there has beer
no intimation to that effect, commor
consent seems to have fixed upon 2%
cents a mile, as about the figure which
will ho adopted.
Should a reduction to this or an?
other figure be ordered by the commis
sion, there is no doubt from what ha<
been said, that a fight in the courts wil
follow and many months will possiblj
elap.-e before a final determination it
reached.
Cotton Seed Soiling High.
ATLANTA. April 25.—Commissionoi
of Agriculture T. G. Hudson, who left
the city today for the Jamestown ex
position, stated that during his rcrent
visit to Southwest Georgia he fouric
that in many places cotton ceed wer«
selling at 60 to 75 cents per bushel and
hard to get at that, while the usual
price In the plentiful season is 25 tc
30 cents. The present demand for seed
is occasioned by the large amount ol
replanting made necessary by the April
freeze. •
FORMER GOVERNOR BULLOCK
REPORTED SERIOUSLY ILL
ATLANTA, Ga., April 25.—Formei
Governor Rufus H. Bullock, of Geor
gia. is reported to be critically ill n1
Albion. N. Y. His son, V. V. Bullock,
a^tstant postmaster here, left tonighi
to join his father.
Rioting in Progress.
KINGSTON, Island of St. Vincent
B. W. I., April 25.—Considerable ex
citement was caused here today by
the embarkation of a detachment oi
St. Vincent police and volunteers for
Castries, Island of St. Lucia, where,
according to the report which re&ched
here, serious rioting is in progress.
German Parliamentarian Coming',
BERLIN, April 25.—Dr. Barth*.' the
well known parliamentary leader,
sailed today for the United States, in
terests. We have our own warehouse j which country and its political institu-
plans which will be worked out in due i tions he has for years been deeply in
time and which we believe will ac
complish what we aim at—a stable
and a fair price for our product.”
Court of Appeals Decision.
ATLANTA. April 25.—The State
Court of Appeals hapded down a large
batch of decisions today, but there
is iittle in them of extraordinary inter-
In the case of Dorsey vs. Redwine
from Fayette Superior Court some
rather unusual facts are presented.
Dorsey paid the fine of a man con
victed" of a misdemeanor upon his
agreement to work it out. The total
amount paid was $50. Redwine bought
the contract from Dorsey, giving him a
note, and the man worked out the time.
The suit involved a dispute over the
note which the Court of Appeals holds
terested. He proposes to deliver sev
eral public addresses in America, and,
incidentally, will study the develop
ment of the trusts and social life.
Trust Companies Merge.
NEW YORK, April 25.—The merger
of the Colonial Trust Company in the
Trust Company of America was rati
fied today by the stockholder? of the
two corporations. The parent com
pany is to have a capital ?tock of
$2,000,000. a surplus of $10,000,000 ant
deposits of $70,000,000.
Penn Memorial Day.
CARLISLE. Pa.. April 25.—Dickin
son College today celebrated with be
coming ceremonies tho 225th anniver
sary of the granting by William Penn
„ „ valid obligation and must be I of his celebrated “Frame of Govc-rn-
paid. I ment” for the colony of Pennsylvania,
In the case of Cunningham vs. the one of the remarkable political docu-
State from the City Court of Bain- | rr.ents of American history. President
bridge, the Court of Appeals affirms j George E. Reed presided over the mo
tile lower court in the conviction of ■ moria! exercises and the principal nd-
Cunningham of the offense of carrying I dress was delivered by Dr. Moncure D.
concealed weapons, because he was dis- Conway, of New York city
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