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AT^ANT^a GA., SATURDAY, MARCH 23,1907.
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THAW’S MOTHER TELLS IN AFFIDAVIT
STORY THAT HER LAWYERS BALKED
' B»»v wwic icatuift
th* capital.
"No. I do not expect to am the preat-
dattt. aald Mr. Ryan. -I am on my
way to my place at Oak-Rldg*. Va., for
teat. The. rallroaUa art really owned
by the people and not by Wall atreet
broken,. They ahoold be taken out of
Wall atreet and the atock quotation
tlckera ahould be Uken out of tho ntll-
road office*. Tho railroad oIBcera and
the practical railroad men who are
charted with the responsibility of oper
ating the rallroada ahoold be In abeo-
lute control. They ahould welcome
every efTort to confer with the presi
dent. aiding him In hln effort* to reach
a volution that will bo fair and just to
the country and to the corporations and
enaure atrict obedience to the law." I
SKI dll MEN
Employees Insist They
Were Fired With
out Cause.
MR. ARKWRIGHT
BLAMES J.L. KEY
Discontent Among Men Dis
charged and Friends
Still at Work.
The disclosure In The Georgian on
Friday that the Georgia Railway and
Electric Company waa discharging em
ployees who signed bn agreement to
enter tin uasoclatlon for mutual benefit,
has < rented a great daal of general In-
Irrest.
Tile belief that some of the best of
their number were Bred on this charge
has C.iused some dissatisfaction and
unrest among the motgrmen and con-
duct el l.
tin the atreet women In the business
section Saturday morning npd late Fri
day afternoon, the conductors and mo.
tormen held whispered conferences, dla-
i-usslna the revelations contained In the
article in The Georgian.
The fact that other bodies of In
boring men had formed associations
and unions for mutual protection and
benem was used by the dissatisfied
ones an an Indication of the Indus
lire of the position of the oflldala
of the Street car company In summari
ly discharging men on the charge of
joining an association, and on thta
alone.
Some of tho boat men In the service,
and >nm< of the oldeat and moat de
pendent, were among the number who
. waffi turned adrift. It la claimed.
V Conflicting Statements.
Superintendent of Transportation
^Nytn Hurt
TAKE THE RAILROADS
OUT OF WALL STREET,”
SAYS THOMAS F. RYAN
He Thinks That the Stock Manipulators Are
Responsible For Existing Conditions in -
Realm of Railway Interests.
Washington, March 22.—Thomas F.
Ryan, the New York.flnuncler. a dic
tator In the Insurance buslnrsa, em
peror of Gotham's transportation sys
tems and a central figure In the east
ern business horizon, spent h few
hours In Washington today and then
hurried on to oak Ridge, Vn„ where he
has a country home and where he ex
pects to take a rest. He neither saw*
the president nor tried to see hint and
did not call upon any government of
ficials. i
"Take the railroads out of Wall
atreet and take the tickets out of the
railroad ofllces." , !
This In brief was the text of an In-
IE SECRET?
•
Dead at Hospital Un
known to Any
Friend.
a conspiracy against (ba company.
Both said It waa not because they
Joined an association.
“Three hours aftar I agreed to sign
the paper organising the association, I
»»i called before Mr. Hurt and dis
charged." said J. C. Swlnney, Friday
afternoon.
“1 agreed to join the association at
noon Wednesday and about 2 o'clock 1
was called before Mr. Hurt to be die-
charged, without any cause even being
•tated.
"1 signed about 2 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon,” said H. J. Wallace, "and be.
tween d and 7 o'clock that night I waa
discharged, no reason being given,"
These men state positively there
*a» no conspiracy, but that the mere
fact that they took he liberty accorded
to every other body of laboring men to
fenn an association lost them their po-
•Ulons.
Company's Overture*.
It It stated on good .authority that
'he la now trying to get the
men to take their names off the paper,
promising them their positions bock.
“Tills goes to ahow," atated one, "that
th, olhclats are willing to take thoac
tn-:, call conspirators back, but they
Just don't want any association. If. In
then power, they would not permit ue
to sleep together.,
I want to aay right here, as did Mr.
*« limey, that It wasn't Mr. Hurt's
He waa acting on orders from
h'shu parties."
" •' Wallace, of 21 Eatorla atreet.
me of me m ei, discharged, made
'he following statement to a represen-
tainc of The Oosrgten:
“l ought, aa a free man. that 1 hail
* tight to join an association for the
lament of the motormen and
'•eductor*, and I signed Wednesday
. 111 noon. About 2 o'clock I got a
I" see Mr. Hurl anil he die
• ,„e without saying why.
Inspector Watched Him.
'"to ,,f their Inapectore had seen mu
mi" the building. In which I* Mr.
( • * "Hce anil he reported It, of
1 lui, been working for the cotn-
i no ton, years and I have a wife and
1 ' i .lieu , After four years' expe-
r'h ' l had managed, by working II
1 «nd 45 minutes each day, to climb
1 • -dory of 270.
■ hard to throw a man out of a
j ithout any hitting. Juet simply
" ' he waa willing to Join with
" f ' «-workingman In an dsaocla-
"" ! ' mutual bentfit and advance.
-I; 'nil 1 have a wife and »lx chll-
Deep mystery veils the death of a
woman In black, who waa found Fri
day al noon unconscious In a room In
the Childs Hotel In Mitchell street, and
who died Saturday morning at the
Grady hospital.
The woman went to the hotel Wed
nesday afternoon alone and registered
*a "Mrs m. Kills. Philadelphia. Pa."
When her room was entered Friday at
noon, however, and her unconscious
form discovered, an empty morphine
box. lying beside her, Indicated that
she might be ffrom Macon.
Roosevelt Shows His|
Dissatisfac
tion.
essjg&me&m mmt&nsmsss »
dent Arkwright said they had formed In Cherry street, Macon. The i
No note was left by the strange
woman and no papers wars found In
hsr effects -contained In a suit case to
reveal her true Identity. The author!-
ties express doubt as to whether "Mrs.
M. Kilts" Is her real name, end its to
whether her home is In Philadelphia.
Kept Hsr Secret.
At the hospital efTorta were made by
the physicians to obtain definite In
formation from the woman aa to her
Identity, but all to no avail. Her Up*
remained sealed, either from some
mysterious purpose or becaueo her be
numbed brain did not catch the mean-
if the questions.
answer to one question she stated
that her home was In Macon, and then
quickly followed this with the declara
tion that the didn't know where ahe
lived.
When asked her name, ahe waa mule.
While being given temporary atten
tion at the hotel, the woman wka par
tially revived, and. looking Into the
faces of those about her. pleaded:
"Please don't eend me to a hospital.
Just let me die In peace."
8he was taken to the hospital In a
cab.
The dead woman l« described as be
ing apparently middle aged and a per
son of refinement and education. She
waa attired In black and wore a black
spring hat and mourning veil.
The body Is still held at the hoepltal.
Washington, March It.—Announce
ment was made at HcsVar department
last night that tha courtmartlal which
tried Captain Lewis M. Koehlsr. Fourth
cavalry, for conduct prejudicial to good [
order and dlsclplina In maJting state
ments derogatory to Oenenal Leonard I
Wood, his superior officer, had rendered ]
a verdict of aequltjal.
At the same time a statement was I
made public at the White House (o the I
MAYOR TOM'S DAUGHTER
IS BRIDE OF AN ITALIAN!
Den't Like Key.
I know I am rlg^t In this mat-
•' ll Key has been a friend to us.
"luck to ua and he will be with
"" md. I am told that the com-
■ willing for us to form an asso-
"■ '>ut they won't stand for Mr.
They just want us to come back
ugh to get men to take our
Kennerly. of 244 West North
tement.
company
been doing
|
glad of the chance of Joining |
'si Ion. which was not anything i
“‘"'criy, at see mi
l ? , 'fade a similar state
1 ii.i I I, een wnrk(B . for 1 the
•ly iJH, rrv yran - h * d b<
th»'. ” •*'. k'«<2 of the chance <
in. "'“"un. which was not
a. "'""Piracy against the company.
,, '' 'hem know. Their Inspectors
•it- . f" '•>. and they reported me. 1
t : 1 /'bout 2 o’clock Tuesday after-
that night Mr. Hurt told m*
The csss has been one of UnUstlal In
teract, and boa been pending In the I
army for hearty n year. While the!
court exoneratee Captain Koehler and
he Is accordingly restored to duty. Sec
retary Taft, In his letter, to tha presi
dent reviewing tbe caee, points out
Utet the president.ran not approve th■
finding without necessarily affirming
Captain Koehler's statement* concern -
Wood. Furthermore, Ueo- j
showe that to approve
findings. It would be Incumbent upon I
th* president to order a courtmartlal
of his warm persons! Mend, chum and
former .superior In command of the|
Rough Riders.
Therefore. Inasmuch as the presi
dent. as the reviewing authority, can OOOOOOOaooOOtKKXIOOOOOOeOC-:
not change a verdict of acquittal Into O o,
one of conviction, all that he can do to O DELMA8 8AY8 THAW O
show hla dissatisfaction with tha ver- o CONDUCTED DEFEN8E. D
diet and to save General Wood from a o q
courtmartlal to to disapprove the find- o New Tork. March 22.—In his af- 0
Ing, which b* does. | o fidavlt, Attorney Delmas, chief O
O counsel for Thaw, says: O
T/-VV-, nr 1 mrmmvr 1° “Upon my oath, I solemnly state.,O
JOE BLACKBURN 0 that, during all the time of his O
ON COMMISSION % £ understanding ft %
— O nature and object of the proceed- 0
Washington. March 22.—The preal- O Inga going on against Mm: of O >
dent today signed the commission of O comprehending hla own condition 01
Senator Joseph O. 8. Blackburn, of 2 In reference to auch proceeding* O
Kentucky, a. member of th* Isthmian ® d ' ,en " ln 2
canal commission. I ® • manner. O
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ANOTHER RAILROAD
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
BEING PROTECTED
Special to Tbe Georgian.
Opelika, Ala., March 22.—In response
to a request circulated by one of th*
progressive business men of Opelika a
large number of cltlaens met at the
Klks home to record their approval of
the work of th* parties who are work
ing to secure another railway for this
section. J. B. Greene, vice president
of the Bank of Opelika, waa ejected
chairman of the meeting, and Hon. J.
B. Lyons, Judge of probate, secretary.
Judsnn C. chapmen, of Atlanta, who
la endeavoring to secure right-of-way
for a prospective new road, stated that
he had met with much encouragement.
Th* company he represents wanted to
secure the old Lafayette railway com
pany’s right-of-way and roadbed and
many along that line had donated It
cheerfully.
MRS. WILL AM THAW
«PI CHMP
'.‘/a
Makes Sworn Statement Regarding the Early
Life and Antecedents of White’s
CATCH COUPLE
IN ^CHARLESTON
J. O. Brown end IWallne Hsjrnps. of At-
lasts, are under arrest In I’harlMtnn. H
on charge* of eheatlnf ami ssrlndlli
New Tork, March 22.—Th* affidavit of Mr*. William ThatV,.filed with
(•there, to ahow that her eon le sane, follows:
“The move by the proeecutlon for an Inquiry Into the advisability of
a lunacy commission for my son, Harry K. Thaw, affords me the long-
, desired opportunity of giving all the facte In relation to tbe alleged hered
itary epilepsy and Insanity, strippad of verbiage, which' malicious misrep
resentation and gross exaggeration hava thrown around them.
"First, I wish; emphatically to state that In the direct line of descent
for four generations,. If we Include tliat of the defendant himself, there
Is no trace of either epilepsy or insanity. 'I shall speak of the collateral
cases later. (
"John Thaw. She paternal grandfather of Harry K. Thaw, Who, In
1*03, established the first regularly organised banking house In tba city
of Pittsburg, with which bank be wa a actively connected until hla retire
ment from business, lived to be IS years of age. He was a man of such
ueierntined will and force of character that up to a week before hi* death,
be would hat* been equal to have conducted a meeting of bank directors,
save for bodily' Infirmities.
"William Thaw, father of the defendant, waa one of eleven children.
Two sons and five daughters of this large family grew to manhood and
womanhood; soma living to an advanced age. all Inheriting a measure of
the Indomitable strength of chsrecter of thetr father. The youngest pf--
this large family of children. at the age of 7 years, sfttr a severe attack
of scarlet fever, developed a tendency to epilepsy attacks and these at
tacks continued at Intervkls until het death at tha-ags of. so.
"The children and grandchildren of Mrs llersh are absoltfiely free
from any suggestion of epilepsy, thus proving her condition to have
been the result ot.scarlet fever acting on the susceptible brain of a
young child. This IS the only case of known epilepsy or Insanity In this
line of the prisoner'* family.
"Joslah Copley, grandfather of the defendant, became part owner and
editor af The Klttannlng Uasette. In th* early part of the last century,
when hut 25 years of age. From that time until th* end of a life of
over four score, he was an sdltor and writer. H'» editorial work was In
connection with Th* Pttteburg Queue during many winters, and othre
Uterary work he carried on In tha country In the summer, hla frail health,
making the change Imperative. He continued writing for The Pittsburg
Oatett* sud other periodicals until within three month* of his death at
* hf -Vhe grandmother of the defendant, on lift- side, and the grandmother
on the paternal side were beloved and revered for their excellent, well-
balanced <iuiilltlr« of head and heart. Each lived to four ecore, and were
In full possession of their faculties to the end. The family records on
both sides tor two more generations back Indicate nothing different
from those I describe.
"I wish now 11 speak of the collateral caeca of Insanity In my own
family. There were six brother* snd three sisters In my father's family.
The fifth son. JosUh. Jr., possessed u most brilliant mind, and wu. an
assiduous student.
War Secretary Expects
To Be Gone One »
Month.
— ■ »
HOPES TO TRAVEL {
5,000 long miles:
Roosevelt May Take Notit u
to Go to the Philip*
* pines. \
Washington, March 22 —Secretary of
War Taft will leave Washington tofinfi
on tha longest Mr ha baa mafal
hi* memorable romantic Junket ta tha'
Philippines, noarly two years ago. la!
company with a party ot engtnsara aid
members of congress, the secretary will
leave at !:4S p. m. In a private car aa
the Atlantic Coast Line for Charleston,.'
8. C, at which point ha begins bia long
aw Journey to Panama, Cuba add
Porto Rloo.
Tha war secretory purposes to ba
gone from Washington exactly a month
to the day. during which time he hopes
to make a careful Inspection of condi
tions on th* canal ton* and is* tp tha '
reorganization of the new canal 'dogs*
mission, and ace that It gets atartad oa
Its duties properly. . I
To Cover 5,000 Miles.
In Cuba be will Investigate present
conditions In that Island, noting ths
progress of pacification that baa
made by the Americans, with n view
to determining when tha ttm*
ripen for holding the general
tn Porto Rloo ba will teak
needs af the cttlaeas af dsso
p*.iwmHi mm mm:
mil** aifr“aM«Mtag g tooutti'*'
daring wblth ths secretary wUl olgtt
three (rifftreat roanttlea. w|H be ogfp
the Bret of a series of long sad lag#
lent trips to be made by the ilrrtte(j.
as mapped out by him and.th* presi
dent These Include a trip to th* Phil
ippines, Hawaii. Samoa, Alaska, Cana
da, Ohio and possibly again to Panama
next fall.
President May Oa.
These trip* may also bo preliminary
to two Important trips in b* made by
the president, namely, to tba Philip. I
pines In midsummer and to
again nut falL
John Freeman, of Provldanoa;
ntor Klttrldge, of Sioux Falls, 8.1
Representative Burton, of Cleveland
Ohio; Representative David DeArznoad.
of Missouri; Richard Reid Rodfor, asw-
ersl counsel ot the Panama commis
sion ; Wendell Wlschlalr, confidential
clerk to th* secretary ot war, and oth
er* will accompany th* secretary
hla present trip.
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o TIME 18 AUSPICIOUS .
FOR STRAW HAT TO^ELOOM.
Real summer will remain 1 _
O Sunday, Pesk-S-boo waists low- I
o necked shoes and gaudy hoe* arm
0 bloom In parks and on thorough
fare*. Maybe somebody will gat
real heroic and com* out In A I
O straw bonnet! Forecast: I
o "Fair and continued warm Bat- I
0 unlay night and Sunday."
Saturday temperature*:
1 7 a. d* degress
O I a. .«« degress
» a. m. 74 degress
O 1# a. 72 degress I
o 11 a. m. 10 degraaa I
O II noon IS degress *
O 1 p. Id degraaa Q
O 1p.m. It degraaa O
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etegtlagai.
INTERURBAN LINE
IS DISCUSSED IN
CITIZENS’ MEETING
Special to Th* Georgian.
Cedartown. Go.. March -V—A meet.
Ing of a number of t’edartawn’e rep
reeentatlve cltlaens was help yesterday
for the purpose of discussing ths proj
ret of an Intcrurban line connecting
Cedartown with Cave Spring. Rome,
Llndale. Aragon and Rockmart. Dr
William Bradford presided as chair,
man and E. B. Russell served aa secre-
_ . , _ lary, Messrs. J. A. Rounsavllle and C.
Ifemtur Etrts-t. Merchants and Manufacturer*’ A**oo|
i #birr . , ,
* 910* diimnniMt n*«t * Da* ptttol
cron atm. which ahe never paid for.
Itruwn and the llnyur* woman ‘
MI89 BESSIE JOHNSON.
She becomes bride of Saner Frederick 0. Mariana, af Milan, Italy, at
Clevalsnd Saturday.
(Continued on paoe j-i
Cleveland. Ohio. March 22.—Miss
llrsalr Johnson, daughter of Mayor and
Mr*. Tom L Johnson, today becomes
the bride of Hlgnor Frederick O. Marl-
snl. of Milan. Italy. In th* l)om# of her
aareaia, In Euclid a.enua.
Only Iht Johnaan family hav* been
Invited to th* ceremony. After a few
weeks' honeymoon they, will taka up
ihtlr reside oca In New York city.
Miss Johneog appeared several year*
ago on tbs steps as a member of Ami*
atteriumn to brtus the couple lack „
Isnta far trial no tbe rbarge. Urowo Is a
street photographer.
Mrs. Martha Wall."
Mr*. Martha Wall, aged to years,
died at a private sanitarium after a
long Illness. The body was removed to
the undertaking establishment of Harry
Poole. Th* funeral arrangements will
be announced later.
Rugeell'a company. She adopted th*
nans* of Kfigabath Flournoy, kthe met
Signor Marian! seven yean ago tn
Moat* carte. They have bean af work
* Play.
atlon of Rome, were present. The
project was quite thoroughly discussed,
and it Is probable that If the people
along the proposed line show a dis
position to co-operate, th* road will
be built In th* near future. Jz.lohild
traverse h populous and prosiierous
section, and would be of untold benefit
to this section.
MAYFLOWER IN CHARLESTON
TO RECEIVE TAFT PARTY.
Klirrial to Tbe Georgia*.
Charleston, 8. CL, March 31.—The
Mayfiower arrived here this afternoon.
8he was delayed by tbe fog.
The veasel trill meet Secretory Taft
end party, who WUl come to t-harise-
ton tomorrow on their way to Panama.
Tbe visitors will be entertained here
tomorrow.
Growth and Progress of the New Sooth
Tbe Georgian records bar* sack day sow*
•eoaonlc fari la reference ta tbe award
aarcb of tbs Soetb.
1
■Y
JOSEPH 8. LIVELY.
The Little Rock. : Ark., board of trade, tn Ita annual \mll*tln, shows
that during the (mat year the bank* of th* city had made a very re-
markable growth. There are sixteen of the Institutions Including the trust
companies and also one bank owned and operated by colored people and
the depositors of which are almost tsclualvely. confined to colored peo
ple. The agsregate capital has increased from U.Ml.WO to 11,250.704.
being nearly half a million. The deposits Increased a million snd s half
and are now St.72l.34S. against I3.I1J.S12 one year ago. The surplus has
nearly doubled, and actual figures tnday are ll.ltl.Wt. against tdlO,IS4
one year ago. The clearings show a million per month more than last year.
The new cotton mill company, which has token over tha Crow Hos
iery Mill property at Monroe. N. C.. has been organised and expect* to
hav* the new cotton mill ttaried within two months.
The plant will be known aa the Everett Mills, and th* company has an
authorized capital of SlOS.OOi).
The Dresden Cotton Mill Ht Lumberton. N. C- 1* rapidly nearing com
pletion The machinery Is being put In place and th* company will be
gin the manufacture of yarns early In March. This concern, organ
ised last summer, has n capital atock of 1200,MO. Its now building la
77 by 400 fee|. with a holler and engine room addition. The eqatpmeat
Includes to non ring aplndlos and accompanying card* and other appara
tus. The machineryl will be driven by electricity. ■
Tbe Apache Cotton Oil Company has purchased from local parila*
at Chick**ha, ten acres of land adjoining thg. city and will erect at
once an eight-press 140-ton mill. The building and equipment a
1100.000.
Tbe company will also erect a ItS.OOO refinery, the first in tha
new state, with a rapacity of ISO barrels a day. This company now
operates nine mills la Texas, three la Indian Territory and several In other
slates.