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Atlanta Georgian and News VOL. V. NO. 197. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1907. PRICE: | SLtiSXffi BUCKET SHOP LAW UPHELD BY JURY Anderson Convicted on Two Counts Tuesday. EVELYN THAW TELLS OF “PIE GIRL” WHOSE LIFE WAS BLIGHTED BY WHITE; WITNESS MENACED AFTER MARRIAGE OLD BRIDGE TOO WEAK TO BEAR OWN WEIGHT WILL APPEAL TO HIGH COURT Commercial Club Proprie tor Convicted of Run ning Gaming House. igiv 'cloi of $1,000 at 2 o’clock. r. N. Anderson, alined proprietor of the Commercial Exchange, on trial for vi tiating the Boykin anti-bucket ehop law, waa found guilty by the Jury Tuei- dny afternoon. The verdict waa re turned at I:** o’clock. Anderton was found guilty on two count*, that of conducting a gaming huue* and violating the Boykin law. At tbe conclusion of the Andereon rase, the easel of John Curran, Hol land Curran; Albert Curran and due Esther, all connected with the "At lanta Board of Trade " were called and will be heard. it was stated that no sentence would lie Imposed on Hr. Anderson pending the appeal to the supremo court. Anderson was tbs first of the tin de- fendants Indicted by the grand Jury to be placed on trial. The case began Monday morning and continued through Tuesday, etrong counsel rep* rest ntlng both (Ides. The defense claimed that the new was not vlolatsd by tbe operation • *. Tbt Brookwood Cut Off From Rest of World Tuesday. BRIDGE DROPPED MONDAY NIGHT No Lives Lost in Catas trophe Which Shocked the City. fhe ease •r ihc commercial Exchange, will li! carried to the euprem .< («•»: >.f the constitutionality of the T lalm Is that- Anderson was not ii.ni .‘Vi In any way with the room In which the black board with the quota tions was situated, and that he acted under a written contract with pros pective customers In Oeorgla with brokers outs!da tbe state of Oeorgla for the traniamen-of -hualne**.-It was - ■ l&lmed further that the stale had not 'i i n it fflirsnn to be th* agent of the < inctiaSk betters, hot that on the contraryU waa plainly evidenced that he waa the agent of persons in Georgia, and that when an ordsr was wired off ' *|vadgja{jtag whether or not the order Theory of Defense. It was pointed out by the attorneys for th* defense that th* Boykin law prohibit a person In Oeorgla from transacting business with brokers out side the slate and It was declared this was exactly .what Anderson was doing. Attorney Reuben Arnold, assisting the prosecution, opened for the stale late Monday afternoon and declared ft. 'he Jury that all the pracatulone taken by r. N. Anderson * Co. were only for the purpose of getting around the law. and that Andereon waa guilty. Monday Afternoon Session. Following E. Danno on the stand at the opening session on Monday, were M. E. Ewing, M. L. Rock more, John W. Grant, George Lloyd and H. F. Hummel. Mr. Ewing woe mentioned Welt, It fell In Monday night It was remarked several time* In The Georgian last week that the old Brookwood bridge was getting pretty wobbly on Its pine. And Monday night It passed to Its long reword. (Funeral Tuesday, flowers—except those we throw at It ourselves for predicting the young cat aclysm) The bridge didn't exactly evaporate into thin air, aa Brookwood residents said It eventually woUld. But a largo chunk of earth which Joined the At lanta end with the bridge proper (or Improper) tore loose from lie moor ings and went to the bottom. In con sequence the bridge tagged down and made a partially unavailing effort to rail to pieces. Nobody was hurt, though more luck than good guidance on the part of the Southern railroad, which I* now engaged In the entertaining pastime of giving an Imitation of put- IIm un m lia-IHeraa ting up a bridge. It happened that nobody wax on tl>4 bridge when (he section of earth oloughod off. Just why It should have paraed away (Continued on Rags Three.) by Danne as having been a customer of C. N. Anderson A Co. and he told how he proceeded to Invest his money, Ltoyd is connected with U.o Western Union, and the state endeavored to prove by him that the cost of telsgraph .... .... ..... .... toll* was such that the exchange ad- i iha# ,n. iam ■■im-m. Joining Anderson's office could not pay —provided lhal the law.ma notattempt from juukr r. month those toll# from the dollar a rr.OP’h membership received from the mem bers. Mr. Orant testified as to renting the rooms In the Prudential building, while Mr. Rockmore told of some trades he had made. In response to a quest! Ml from Attorney Andereon for th» de fense as ,n whether nr not he wee a member of the Commercial Exchange the witness ssld "unfortunntely hi was.v The testimony of Mr. Hummel showed how trades were made with parties outside the state »nd a con tract algned by members of the eve change containing a clauae to the ef fect that they did not Intend to violent any law vvna offered by tho delens- and admitted after strenuoua objection by the prosecution. ARROW «H0W8 WHERE DIRT CAVED IN. , PATCHING .JJP THE-•RHHtf.v Growth and Progress of the New South BY JOSEPH B. LIVELY. Th* exhibit on Monday of the rapid strides made h ? product of the farming claee—cotton—waa highly -encouraging, and If there should be no further enhancement In live value of the staple, that respected element of our cltlsenshlp Is assured of better things ahead for '"''■But cotton la not only one Item upon which the South'" * ,r ”*Thi l h.tm pends. There are many Items, not a few of which are close on the heels cotton as wealth producers. IRON AND STEEL. The Iron Industry Is one of these, and the prospects are very bright as m futurebusiness In this Industry. The New York Commercial says of Iron and steel conditions In the South! the ■ Not only are the “eel and iron plant. In ihe North overcrowded, but -.me UtnMOf those In the South as well. The I™**'*- I..no, sec- tlocal In any a«n«o of the word. Aa an Instance of the activity of the South An an lnntnnc« NRrengtbaMng Reposition from the standpoint Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company has |dams under construe Hon that In all probability will give It n coming flvevtlra t'io.000 tone yearly. The Tennessee company. "IthliMhi tomlng nve years, extensions. 1 tons yeMly. , expects to spend about 115.000,000 for policy of the Oates management. • The Republic Iron and Steel < ompnny. - Tactically Is th* same a* that of the lenni Thin In In linn with the xecutlve ntnff of which ennenneo cnmjuui}*. In January did Ihe largest busln*s*"n the'hTaWy Of ihc orgnnlsalloiv ™!V n j*£ r * b *j** • olved ttprn far tn axcenn of production. John >' '»***"■ "no naa own m SSSh #«p »•« «p thrw weeks him returned, and nay* the outlook in tne South for two or tnree .. eiprted nreal. < <>uld not be more encourtRlnr. Joneph H I '•« 11 ,* m |n * .. .. recently ■lent of the Alabama Consolidated ( on I and Iron ,,,,'.1?^ snvsthcsnnie returned from an Inspection of his properties In Alabama. ea>* the same thing. "The Bloss-Bhcfflold Blcel and Iron < '"">!«"» -ontemplates th* con- *ne Dinaa-nnemriu mcci »■•*» o,„„i ( .i.„ -i ruction of finishing mills, and the Urrublh Iran iandSteei to mpai">'»'»« h is under way a pUn for diversifying it* h "> 1 ,hs'mana«*m£t ern Steel Company will operate along hroail llne* under the management <•( Intereets Identlfled with the Lackawanna Steel omi«n>. lumber interests. The 8outh I* also rich In lumber In a recent Issue. The . evv lork ' om .!8f r 5!f*. . .... ....... , r „ Ip I, being manifested at present Increased Interest In the export trnd i " " “ pl , „ r ,i c |„ n f throughout the Bouthern slates. The s.> th tm ' |lt > hom " b) | nd . peat Importance In the export trade ami unities that await Ing the vision of the producers to the Immense opportunities 1 . . k .. t i,„i„i,,i 1 ..rnmnufacturersofthe8outh- Turther activity Is shown b> thelumb'rm . reopn ,|y •in states. The Bouthern Lumber Maniif ctu'^ |n h) "„ ddl ,„ , hf ,. on . **■ »nnu»l meeting nl N*« ! 17 ■ " . ,n,.,j particular attention to 'entlon John A. Haul, president of the hmij. va" i lradr Ihe present eatlefactory conditions or m lu.t h '^*|; (lirlory nnd )n dlca- Our export trad#.'he says. h:'» However, this branch Hons arc that Its volume will Increase 'luting •» |w hop#d Ihl|l n move . "four business merits our careful stu H.i in ' tn , VIird the proper ex- iient will be put on foot at this "leetlne pn tatlon nnd. If need be. ploitatlon of our foreign, trade by t»rs,,nai i I m „| f , during any lull hv an exhibit to the leading markc'-. S 'me u. ^ Th(> wldM . our mar- oi depression there might be In the .), ms n llllrlrx periods of deprea- kets. the lee* severely our Industry vv III -un" Ban Juan Del Bur, Nicaragua, Feb. 19 —The long-threatened war be tween this country and Hondurtia has begun. Yesterday troops of Honduras attacked (Ms city. After hours of r.ght- Ing they withdrew at dusk, The casualties are not known. It Is expected that the attack will be retumad today. CALLED THE TERN ON SECRET SESSION Chairman Roberts Ob jects to White Light of Publicity. ('ounellman ('harlea M. Roberta de nounced at council meeting Monday an article appearing In The Georgian on Saturday, and then, aa chairman of the police committee, he proceeded to what that article had predicted. The Georgian *ald that the police committee had met In aecret aeaslon nnd iwKfled favorably on a number of applleatlorn* for llcenaea for aaloonH, ■ome of which had prevloualy been given black eyes. The Georgian gave this la a rumor, which rumor proved to be quite well founded. The Georgian even went eo am to'natue four of thone applicant* who, report anld, had aucceeded In get. ting favorable reporta on their appll* catlona. Three of theae were correct very reapect. Naming three out of the four thing* done by a committee in necret newton, Inn’t half bad, la tt? The Georgian hud previously aroueed the Ire of member* of the police com mittee by ahowlng from the city di rectory that the committee had report- ed favorably on a licence for a ealoon to n man who had been bartender for o $ a HAD NO OHANOK * 0 TO OPPOU XT 0 O ' ’. 0 0 “Thnt Maloon At 299 Ma- 0 0 ricttH Atrect is a nuiunec 0 0 ami we don’t want it,” gait) 0 0 Cminvilman S. C. Glass 0 0 Tuesday morning. "I would 0 0 like for yon notice that I 0 0 tried to have it roeommit- 0 0 ted, hut they ran it over us. 0 "I had no idea it would 0 lie reeoinmetided favorably 0 0 until they sprung it on iis 0 0 at the council meeting. It 0 0 was recommended at that 0 secret meeting The (Jeor- 10 gian told us about. We had 0 absolutely no idiaiice to kick. 0 Hut we are going to try to 0 0 defeat it vet." * 0 0 0 000000000000 Bragged to May Mac- Kenzie He’d Win Thaw’s Bride. JEROME IS GIVEN NAMES OF MEN Pais of White Likely To Be Called to Give Tcs- , timonv. New York, i'eb. 19 — Evelyn Neeblt Thaw again resumed th* witness aland when the trial of her husband tor th* murder ot Stanford Whit* was resumed today. Mrs. Thaw looked pale, but (seed the crowded court room with a steady eye. She had on the same blue dress ah* has worn at each session of court since the trial began, and had her hair tied schoolgirl fakhlon. Thaw appeared more nervous than at ant time since hia wife related her story. He kept T DEFENDS SELF SHIP LINE ADVOCATED BY GOVERNOR TERRELL TO CARRY IMMIG Factory and Far: Stand in Need of •Employees. Declares He Owes No Allegiance to the Church. Attorney Henry T. one aide from tho other lawyers for th# defense, as on yesterday. Immediately she took her place In th* witness chair. Lawyer Delmas pro duced a bundle of letters and asked Mr*. Thaw If she could Identify them. They were written by Stanford White to May McKenxi* and th* fact that Ihe little chorus gtrl was to play a great part In the trial became known Tor ns# nm thn*. - — . Thaw Whit* With Rag*. There were fifty of tho letters—all written to the last named young wom an and all wen about Evelyn Neeblt. All that Mrs. Thaw was permitted to testify to waa that after she had married Harry Thaw, the architect ■aw May McKenzie and said to her; ‘Their love ..won't leM long: I will get von't last long: I v Eralyn^badf in. a Uttlo y^ils." fartherichorua gtrl beoflty aald she told this to her husband and h« grew white with rag*. She Identifies Latter*. Mrs. T)m»» .era* <ranetl"«#d by Mr. OT^ti iav* already testlfled that States senator from Utah, today 'con. eluded hie speech before the senate In defense of his right to retain his In that body. Wont Unseat BmesL He declared himself no polygamist. He said he had never had but one wife and that ehe t*-hi*-present helpmeet. The Mormon cherek, be earned, does not sanction polygamy. It Is expected that a vote «n Ink question of ousting Smoot will be raaahad tomorrow afternoon. It Is believed the senate will - re fuse -to deprive the senator of his seat Dillingham far Smoot. Senator Dillingham followed Senator -. Jng of BUnford'whit*. T wTtI alt you to loott- at thee* letters (showing the witness a package containing some fifty letters) and will aek you whether they are In the handwriting of Stan- ford Joron objected until th* letters By Delmas: Q. task you It thle let ter Is In his handwritlngT A. Yes. The exhibit was marked for Identtfl cation. Letter* are All Marked. Complying with another objection front Jerome. Delmae first had each of Ihe letters marked for Identification and then submitted each In turn to Mrs. Thaw. She said with regard to each of them that It was in White's handwriting. Some were written on visiting cards, other, on small rcraps of paper and still others on several other sheets of note paper. There wer» (3 of them. All were marked a, ex hibit.. Mr.. Thaw, questioned bv Delmas. .aid she had known May MacKtnrle, the actress, since 1901 Mr. Thaw hid known her since 190> or 1904. <J. Did you tell Mr. Thaw In May, 1906. any conversation you hud with May MacKentle relating to Stanford White and yourself? Jerome objected, hut the question was allowed. What Architect Said. "May MacKenile," ssld Mrs. Thaw, had said to Stanford White that ahe owner, I. to go bark Into the place The Georgian mentioned four mloons In that article. The exact words In connection with these will be quoted "Dsn Gsvnghan. of lit Peter, street, will get n license to run a saloon." No report wne made on his. application Monday. "It I. sold that John Campbell, ap- annther man whose application uaaiplh'um for u negro saloon at IIS De- turned down The old committee ! street, formerly kept by Schvinren, (wouldn't let the proprietor have a 11 - h,B Hp *°* hl * Hulr * ryt i‘*n.» The new cnnimlrtee wave I. ml' . Further that Put Lyon, applicant for will get his.'' rnse The new rnniiitilttee gave It to the bartender—same place, too. . j That Negro Sclccn. One of the applications reported on among the favorably by the rommlttee and adopt- ed try council Monday was for a negro !,, , ,, saloon at 199 Marietta .Ireeh To u»r j |., lrla u [J d iteerman atreet.'V.o negro saloon ut J99 Marietta street rnetly kept by John T. Alexander, la long the favored ones." He ivas. Hull's eye the second. "Then too, It Is rumored that T. O. loon at the wortls of Rev. A. R. Holdrrby In j ably considered at. this executive ses- thls connection: • ;«lon." And so he was. Bull's eve the "That saloon |s In a stone's throw of j third, this churCm-nfid hardly more than a i Three Out *( Pour, block from the Mnrlelta Street School.; Prelty nccurate account of a secret It Is a notorious dive." cession, to which no reporter was nl- To quote further: I lowed. A member of the committee "The application for a license Is un-1 - der a new name, but I understand, good authority, that Alexander, th* old (Continued an gage Three. happily, and Stanford White had to her, 'The love won't last long,' and he would get little Evelyn back In a little while. 7 When I told my hueband he said he had heard the same story, end grew very much excited, the same aa he always did when the name of Stanford .Whit# waa mentioned.” In January, 1905. she waa III add her doctors bill of 11,000 waa paid by Thaw. The attending physician waa I>r. Dement Cleveland. She said Thaw did not talk to th* doctor In her pres ence. After she married Thaw they went to live at Lyndhunt. She said Thaw often referred to Stanford White. "He always talked about him,” said Mrs. Thaw. "He would wake up In th* night, sob violently and ask me all aorta of questions about Ihe event which Stanford White was connected." ' H* Tried to Hug Her, Q. Before your wedding did you visit a hospital to see May MacKensle? A. Tea, It was In 1904. She had written to me to come see her. A few min utes after I got there 'Stanford Whit* cam* In. The room was very email and w* bad tn stand up. He asked me to take my rap off. but 1 had all of my hair cat aff because of my Illness, so I would not do It. He tried to put tils arms about me and wanted 4ne to alt down by him. 1 simply answered his lurstlnna “yes" nnd “no" at that time. Did |rou tell Mr. Thaw about thle? Washington, Feb. 19.—"I formally and solemnly aver that In every vote and action as United States senator, I shall be governed In future, as l have bean In th* past, only by my convldtlona of what Is best for tho whole people of tbe United States. I bare never taken an oath or ob ligation, religious or otherwise, which conflicts In tbe slightest degree with my duties as Senator or cltlxen. Country Comas First. "I owe no alleglanca to my church or other organliatlon which In any way Interferes with the supreme allegiance which. In civil affairs, I owe my coun try, and thle alleglanca I freely, fully and gladly gWa." In an address ms from <h* senate th* resolution declaring Senator Smoot not entitled to his sgat. Washington, Feb. It.—Oeneral Para de* revolutionary leader In Vtneiuela. has been shot, together with seven ot his followers. Parades was In New Tork last De cember. Millions Given For Big Ditch CONVENTION MEETS IN FIRST SESSION a Throng of Delegates Gather at Macon and Meeting Stirs Enthusiasm. . j o ABSENCE OF HOKE SMITH Efl — CAUSE OF MUCH Rl O Special to The Georgian, o Macon. Oa„ Feb. 19—Hon. Hoke O Smith was not at the Immigration I d today, I O Convention when It opened o tha governor-elect having a called to New York to attend O meeting of th* Peabody fun ? trustees. Mr. Smith's absaw . reused a great disappointment I among his many friends here. oooooooooooooooooo •petlal to The Georgias. . Macoh. Os., Feb. It.—Before >b* aft;' Journment of the morning session tt ‘ th* Immigration convention th* api' potntment of the following coramtttagy was made: On ways and mean*, W. B. FtUhrefi. . F. C. Batty. J. B. Mon, J. D. Wa ° -"" a l'-rT W 1 Harry L. Williams. J. Wylie E. Glenn, 8. B. Brown, F. M Albert Sendlg, W. F. Bynum. Stafford and W. A. Duncan. On state organisation. TT.. J. W. a Smith. Jl J. Clark, W. a aer, C, a Woodruff. . ~ Bridge* Smith. R. J. •pain. ___ _ __ On resolutions. J. 7. Chappell, S. B. Borden. B Byer. Robert c raR-O.wTl Jordan, of Columbus. T7 Walter O. Cooper, of Atlanta, waa ’ ettoeen secretary. The visitors w< city hy Hon. Mlnter eloquent address. General Parades r»I e f\ af ~dn behalf ofTbe Macon Chamber ef jmot io Veam^ssss^^r v, ^^i —— .The epeoebaa wer* responded to by '9 Praeldeat Joedaa. .Favors Ship Lin*. ..H Governor Terrell, of Georgia, wag 1 the first speaker on the program • address In Washington. Feb. 19.—Th* sundry civil appropriation mill, carrying 1104,- 137,544. has been reported to the house, of that amount 524,579,000 Is for th* Panama canal, to be paid luck, when the bonds are sold. The senate canal committee today favorably reported a bill authorising the president to appoint only one com missioner to have entire charge of the canal work. Russia Planning Anglo-Jap Treaty London. Feb. 19.—A. St. Petersburg dispatch to The Times says that some of th* newspapers there mads the sen aatlonal announcement that the gov eminent Is on the eve of concluding an agreement with Great Britain and Ja< pan. Q, DM A. Tt*. jth ta connection with Stanford White? A. Yes. g. What dM your husband say about *7 A. Yes. Hiked to mt mat me as tha aaatel y prevrmtan occurred me about sending com- y In which the word I won’t pretend tn reineiabar name*. I remember the name of Mr. Comstock figured In It. said he had nude several attempts to bring him to luatlee, but was always unsuccessful. I told him Mr. Whits had many Influential friends who would not believe the thing* about him be cause of Ma goeltton and would prevent Mm from being punished. Told Her Names of Girls. Q. Did Mr. Thaw say anything to tbs victim* of Hlanford you about th* White?! A. Tee. Q. Did he i Ute names of the CentipuOd ait (Sc* Three. Men Headed Toward Fort Washington, Feb. 15.—George John son. teamster of company C, testified before the rommlttee on military af fairs today that he waa asleep in Ihe quartermaster's corral when Ihe shoot ing occurred the night of August 13 at Brownsville, Texas. He heard no shooting. '“ T Arrordlng to Johnson, Voochelle. the rorral boss, said that whMe on th* way to the stable It* bad aeea a crowd of men near Allison's saloon, kept by a negro ex-eoldler. Them men were moving down the road toward the gat* Into the reservation. Ooooooooooooouoooooocaoooc O O TRAIN ROBBERY SCENES O TO BE EXCL ‘ ELUDED IN ALA. O Special lo Th* Georgian. O Montgomery, Ala.. Feb. 19.— a The house committee on ways and O means reported favorably th* bill O preventing th* exhibition of a 0 train robbery on th* stag* or by O Illustration. OOOOOOOO0O0OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ho delivered a strong of Ihe movement*,'.Ha. **ld the Vllatf need of the state or Oeorgla was that of labor: that the state waa atMUBBp ! I In need of thousands of Imralgiaggta, > each year. He advocated the axpaafl- ture of an amount each year in advar- i Using the resource* of the state ' the opportunity It offered to labnr. declared himself In favor of a Xte ship line being established’ between Savannah and a European port tor tt* purpose of tho transportation of Isomb- grants. t riUB He said that he could-wish for 1 greater close to his term In th* ofltoo 01 governor of the state thga to be allied with the Immigration movement. Ex-Governor Glenri Lato. Ex-Governor Glenn, of North Cara- llna, who was to have spoken tM* ■ - SB morning, did not arrive tin late The smoker tendered to tbe del* omiwasWa galas by th* Chamber of C- tonight will be one of tbe moat ant event* of the convenUon. i social nature will be de- sdd llvercd. Commissioner Hudson. The feature of the morals# the sddrsm of Hon. T. <). Hudson, slat* commissioner of agriculture. Ur. Hudson said: • ' ‘4 "The legislature, realising the Imports*** of advertising her reeoorcts sod sacoo*- •flog Immigrants lato our state, geared so art la th* year 1M maklag to* seat- mlnloner of agriculture siefftclo lissilgis lion eeanalsmsajr. Believing It to bora# duty of every offtosr to fsItrtiUr tad Mb hri, P ^ 0, Sr , e h, .^V , ?o , ^rtreT anility to coeform t* what I hoUoveara. Ite my duly as prewrllwd l.y this haro collectwl nnd arrsnsM It order Information a* logical, agricultural. lursl. ■mrereuMarareatoaremrerego stall hsec dlstrOisted them In various thruughout Ihe United States sad roaatrise . Demand fer Labor. . <8 ■ "The appropriation for carrying os Hi# work I >nd t* be totally laaSeqaate. H*B- ever, I have eudeevored to atretek It nnd make It go ss far as porelMo. Meg every uall to tnj office brings ragre l farmer*, dalnrmra, frail g I OS’STS l ufscturrr*, urging ute to koto tksre | ■ Utatr neceorery to carry aa- to work. Some fa raters desire ttsaats i the nutjotlty of them doslre fSrtt lal a | 1 have done nil I soot*, to are p for them, hut oo acootgri at atsaaa have l«-en unable to for thrui. I have ccmres resu*. societies and orgeats*Haas,. key for their Irrtmw "jly efforts bare reel rrrlfsl to Ido B««t, North m iH'llrivIntf that. If po—IM0. i a t hrtp from tkow wrtloM.* Tha inntaffri to tb»lr It awwtf wan that th«y wm« atwnhiii L hU.lt« and apeak «0r UaM, | rat tmubia wr havr bad ta . 4’t>.to|«l«>r Mm* low wafea »4NrM Grontta. cotnp#rr4 to thrlr U\»or l*» thr lUat. ; find ftt Is Hard