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u Mr. Atlanta Georgian (and news) « ^ VOL. V. NO. 242. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1907. PRICE: THAW JURORS DISMISSED AT THEIR OWN REQUEST « ■■ ' ■ At 3 3:30 P. M. Jury Has a Wordy War in the Jury Room. Demand for Mistrial as a Result. New York, April 12.—At 4:30 o’clock a mistrial was declared and the jury was discharged. At 4:30 o’clock thq jury was brought into the court room and topk the box, and annouhced that they could not reach an agreement. Rumors became current about 4 o’clock fhat Judge Fitzgerald and District Attorney Jerome had been sent for, as the jury was ready to report that no agreement could be reached. Captain Lynch took a sealed letter from the jury room to Judge Fitzgerald, which asked that they be discharged* as it was impossible to reach an agreement. As the announcement of disagreement was made Thaw sank back into his chair and covered his face with his hands.. Evelyn sank back into her seat and tears began to flow. Thaw’s lawyers announced that that would immediately go before the justice of the supreme court and ask that he be admitted to bail. WOULD FREE FROM CHAINS AGED SURVIVOR OF WAR; JUDGE PARKS’ APPEAL Veteran of 70 Years Working in Chain Gang. THE JURY 18 SAID TO HAVE 8TOOD SEVEN TO FIVE FOR MUR DER IN THE FIRST DEGREE. ( THAW HAS BEEN REMANDED BACK TO THE TOMBS. O DELMAS WONT DISCUSS VERDICT OF THE JURY. 0 New York, April 12.—When In- O O formed of the verdict, Delphin O 0 M. Del man, Thaw's senior counsel. O O said: O 0 "1 have absolutely nothing: to 0 O say: anything I would say might O O Interfere with future action In the O 0 cane.” 0 O'. 0 OOOO000000000000000000000O New York, April 12.—After visiting the jury room. Captain Lynch, of the guard, returned at 3:20 p. m. and said the jury was not ready to report. New York, April 12.-Police beat bark wtnnon, children and men In s tremendous mob about the criminal courta building, "hen the women of the Thaw party left tho court house^today for luncheon, they were forced to be escorted by a large aquad °f Mice. A yelling crowd greeted Mrs. "Illlnni Thaw, the countess of Yarmouth •nd Mrs. Carnegie, who *were accompanied h l-Mward Thaw. Many men and women were knocked down during the charge of the police to get »be Thaw party to an automobile. The mob cheered wildly at the sight of Evelyn Thaw, walking between two attorneys. 1 *«• trnffie was blocked. Dozens of Camera hciids attempted to snap the former chorus girl. Justice Fitzgerald was given a rousing ♦ cheer a« be’left the court bouse for lunch, f Following the sternpt of the mob to sur- ,w,, u«l the Thaw women, a burry call was * #Ml1 ,nt '» the downtown police stations, and •oon thirty reservea were on hand. The •freora were cleared and twenty men Diced Inside the building and thirty on pa- tro * duty outside. No one was allowed ’o stop in the streets. Lunch was ordered served to the ^ ir v In the room occupied by them 1b the criminal court building. Court » tht<n l °ok a recess until 2 p. m. The twelve jurors engaged in a most e * c, tlng argument In the ante-room ot their private dining room at the Broad- hrea k *fi” lral Hot * 1 whI,e w * itin * for P ro *ecutlon, it. was stated, to- '•*>' had given up all hope of convicting u*S w . ot m urder In the first degree, It was thought the verdict ,'* n l{’ rom l»«d upon was manslaughter . „ , * ec *>nd degree. The maximum f nil? ly for thl * *■ fifteen years' Impris onment. L TOTHESTATE Lithonia Mass Meeting Wants Square Deal From Road. With hi, body weak and bent from the weight of 70 years, his mind blur red by suffering and hardships, J. J. Ford, a veteran of the Civil war, who fought under Stonewall Jackson, and one of the six survivors of a company of 78 men at Malvern Hill, is now serv Ing a six months’ sentence In the Worth county chalngang for Illegally selling whisky. Knowing all of the circumstances and moved by profound pity for the aged veteran. Judge Frank Park, of the city court of Sylvester, appeared before the prison board Friday to plead for a pardon. The commission has the case under advisement, and, it 1* be‘- lleved, will grant the pardon. Mr. Ford was-tried before Judge Spence, In Worth superior court, on the charge of selling whisky. He was con victed and sent to the county chain- gang for six months. \ Judge Park's plea for mercy before the commission was eloquent"and touching. Among other things. Be said: "If the object, of the law be punish ment for clime In just measure and proportion to the offense committed, then I say to you, from that record, this old man's cup of punishment Is full to the brim and running over with the bitterness of .-lame and degradation. "The Incontrovertible testimony be fore you Is that his mind Is not bal anced and that h|s body is as unsound as the shattered hulk that has been beaten on the rocks by the storms of seventy years. The petition of every oUlcer of his county. Including the names of the county commissioners, requests Ills release. All .if the jar? who have beep seen, a majority hf the Jury who tried him,. pcUJicn for his release. " TliV tearful and touching np peal of the old man for clemency and his solemn promise for reform, and the clmnco to provo the proof of his prom ise, Is a strong app.nl to tms humane and just commission. "Lastly, there thunders In my ears his clear record as a brave Confederate soldier, which must appeal to you. Not a conscript soldier, but a Georgia vol unteer. The fifth man to freely and graciously offer his life to the severe T INVESTIGATE HOSPITAL, ' < SAYS CHAIRMAN HIRSCH; PUTS IT UP TO COUNCIL J. J. FORD. Veteran for whose freedom Judge Frank Parks Is pleading. service of his country In those days of fiery ordeal which tried the souls of the brave and that touching Incident In his life so simply told by his surviving comrades In arms, that at Mechantcvillo the company to which he belonged numbered Weventy-elght fighting veter ans; from there, through the seven days' fight around Richmond to the end of the hallowed and sacred Malvern Jiill light, when It numbered but six and one of tbe six who had ‘stood the brunt' was the old and feebled-mlnded man for whom I make to you this last appeal for clemency. ,i number of Captain Fulton's com pany and of General lid Thomas' 1 bri gade anil Of Stonewall Jackson’s corps. v, h« js (.today dtuwjM»p pension op ■fWWKn.l of wemBii 1 and .pover ty,* appeals m nls abject misery for clemency to you, among whom si; dnubtla-s one who forty years ago gavi the command to charge to him, which he obeyed with all the dash of a brave and true Confederate soldier In his prime. Gentlemen, will you refuse Ills appeal, and will that quavering voice find today an unresponsive chord In the hearts of those of his fellow country men who have the power, but are un willing to succor him?’’ Frank Riley, aged 65 years, and for merly a Methodist' minister, walked Into his room at 690 South Pryor street Friday at noon and turned on the gas. When he was found an hour later he was dying from asphyxiation. Before a hospital ambulance could reach the house Mr. Riley was dead. It was stated that Mr. Riley went to his home, dropped a quarter in the gas meter and removed the burner from the gas yet. to Insure a full supply of gas. He then closed the room and waited for the effects of the vapor. Mrs. Riley, who Is matron at the Terminal station under the auspices of a charitable organization, was at her duties and was notified at once. Before she arrived her husband had passed away. For many years Mr. Riley was nn active Methodist minister, but a few years ago he retired, his health hav ing failed. He had been In charge of several prominent pastorates during his period of service. For several years Mr. Riley had been a salesman for Saunders A Morris, real estate dealers. He left thelr-em- ptoy about three months ago, his health, rendering his work too arduous, and engaged In the life Insurance business, with an office In the Austell building He Is survived by his wife and seven children. He has a brother in Macon, who Is prominently connected. • The body was taken In charge by Hllburn & Holland and the funeral ar rangements will be announced later. E CHAIRMAN JOSEPH HIR8CH. Alderman and head of Grady hospital trustees, who asks an In vestigation of the Institution. Continued on Paso Seven. "That congestion of US cars will be moved out of the Lithonia sidings with in ten days or I will know why.” That was the emphatic statement made by Commissioner O. 3. Stevens Friday afternoon Just after he had re turned from ai Inspection of conditions at that point. There were 115 loaded cars on the sidings, the dates being from March 30 to April 13. Forty of the cars were moved Thursday. The yardmaster there told me that the trouble was all due to the congestion of business In Atlanta. I will see that the cars are all moved within ten days." Special to Tbp Georgian. Lithonia, Go., April 13.—Citizens of Lithonia, tired of oppression by the Georgia railroad, held a mass meeting last night and took steps to secure fair treatment from that road, which holda a monopoly In the shipping of granite from this center of the Industry. More than 150 men—merchants, granite contractors, laborers—were present. Many made talks showing their treatment by the railroad and urging some measures which might bring relief. Resolutions were adopted at the meeting calling upon the Georgia rail road to keep its Implied contract with the people, made when the charter was granted by the state, and give' Litho nia relief. The quarries are being put out of business by lack of freight fa cilities, no shipments are being handled by the road, and hundreds of employees are being thrown out of work. The financial lose Is terrible. Llthonla's FIRE RAGES IN LOUISVILLE; PROPERTY LOSS Louisville, Ky., April 13.—A greAt fire In the heart of the retail district has destroyed property to the amount of 31.00 and Is not yet under con trol. The entire fire department has been called out and the llremen are working hard. business Is suffering under the present conditions, and the people are tired of besting the road as a favor for that which they should demand as a right. The shippers of Lithonia have tried repeatedly to secure from the road some satisfaction for the future. They have received promises in plenty, but nothing more. Trains of empty cars from Augusta pass through every day, light trains which might handle some of the cars on the sidings, but they do not stop. The Southern railway has promised plenty of cars for granite shipments, but the Georgia road has refused to handle them, or at least has not handled them. Facts of the Case. One of the leading granite men of Lithonia gave out a statement Friday morning which showed a remarkable condition of affairs. He asked that his name be withheld. “If you publish my name the railroad won't do a thing to me but ruin me,” he said. "They can put me out of busi ness In short order. But these are facts: “Twelve contractors In Lithonia have been at a standstill for between six and eight months. At least 150 stone cut ters are out of work, and this means 700 mouths to feed. There Is a pathetic side as well as a business side to this matter, you see. And the Lithonia merchants can do no business unless tbe stone workers are drawing their wages. “My foreman told me this morning that there were 200 cars granite load ed and ready to ship. Some of them have been there for nearly a year— maybe more. The output at Lithonia Is forty cars a day, working on full time. The average dally shipment now Is nothing. There's no use In qdarry- Ing granite and letting It lie Idle. We are refusing big contracts now because we can't get the granite moved out of Lithonia. At Stone Mountain. The Georgia railroad says that It has not sufficient sidetrack facilities in Atlanta, and thus can not handle these cars. But here's another truth: 'The granite at Stone Mountain Is being moved. It goes over the road every day. The Georgia Granite Com pany. of Lithonia, Is actually buying granite from Stone Mountain, because It Is known that the Stone Mountain granite Is being moved, while Lithonia miles apart. What makes the differ ence? “Yes, we have a few cars moved every now and then. The road Sends down and takes out a train of twenty cars or so, Just as a sop to keep us quiet. But empty trains go through every day which might handle our shipments.” O. B. Stevens, of the Georgia rail- road commission, came to Lithonia Fri day morning to make a personal In vestigation of conditions, and will make a report to his commission upon bis return to Atlanta. Mr. Alexander Talks. Hon. Hooper Alexander, one of De- Kalb county's representatives In the general assembly, and a well-known lawyer, brought complaint before the commission about the failure to move cars about Lithonia. “I was sorry that I could not go out Friday morning with Commissioner Stevens," said Mr. Alexander, "but Im portant matters here prevented. I am Informed that the railroads have moved three car loads of stone out since this agitation began, but that over 100 care are still standing on the sidings. There was over two miles of loaded cars there waiting to be moved, and many of them had been there for weeks.” OOOtWOWJOOiMKHWOOOOOOOOaOO O 0 COLD V/EATHER STAYS; FROST FRIDAY NIGHT. Cold weather will linger yet a while, in fact the disinclina tion of winter to turn loose Is getting monotonous. Mercury Is scheduled to go down about 36 Friday night. Seems that the welfare of what ever fruit and vegetation the cold has not already nabbed depends now on whether or not high winds prevail. If there Is no wind frost Is sure. Forecast: "Fair Friday night and Satur day; colder Friday night: min imum temperature about 36 de grees.” 7 a. m 4# degrees. 8 a. in 48 degrees. t a. m 51 degrees. 10 a. m 54 degrees. 11 R. in ....66 degrees. 12 noon 58 degrees. 1 p. m 60 degrees. 2 p. m 62 degrees. granite Is not. Tbe towns are eight OO0OO00O00OOOOO0OO0OO00OO0 s $50,000 LOSS Spools! to The Georgian. Home, On., April 12.—A fire which started In the press room nt 10 o'clock tbla morn Ing completely destroyed the plant of Thf Home Morning Tribune, enuring n lots of 160.000. In an effort to nave some booka and file*, Edgar II. lister, bnalneas man ager. r.iiH overcome by amoke aud fell to the pavement Jast aa he reached the en trance. lie waa aoou revived. Caught in Press Room. and almost every one Imd . The business manager was In the editorial rooms when tbe building suddenly liecaiue filled with amoke. ”———* -— i nflan lie ran out to find the preita room aflame and tbe fire rapidly spreading. An alarm was turned In, blit by the time the fire department could arrive MdiiHMraftd througI ly be confined t the fire had nnd could only The Tribune building „ .. brick structure, 60x200 feet, located bout tbe buildll jtlll it burned oul wan a two-story comer of Urond and Second streets. Tin Tribune occupied the second story and th< first was occupied by offices aa follows Goetcblus & ruperton. Insurance; loss about Trammel Itriek Company offices, loss about $200. The greatest loss was to The Tribune, ... Hi • which was only partially Insured. the with the files, were destroy. The Tribune waa one of the oldest papers In this section of the state, having been founded sixty years ago as s weekly. About twenty-five years ago the dally Tribune was Inunched. which has been published since. It Imd built np s good circulation and ad vertising patronage. Tbe Tribune was edited by Hon. J. Lind say Johnson, who Is the principal loser by the fire. For two years In the 90'a the pa pier was edited by Colonel John Temple or rue i rimme are announce*], ic will w published In other quartern as soon aa ar rangements can be made. A large new building will doubtless lie erected In tbe near future. The flrma damaged by fire are: Qoethius & Carpenter, T. D. Cald well, Job printer, and Morris Trammel, Brick Company. All lost heavily, but were partially Insured: George It. Foote & Co., Sharp Brothers, at tor si Fouche & Doyal, attorneys. An Ire new equipment has been ordered by wire. 00000000000000000000000000 0 MOCK COURT 18 HELD; MR. DELMA8 PRESIDES. 0 O New York, April 12.—Attorney 0 O Delmas found himself presiding 0 0 over a mock court today. The ep- 0 0 Isode followed an appeal of a O 0 rather aged woman, a souvenir 0 O hunter, to Thaw's senior counsel 0 0 for his autograph. She had a copy 0 0 of Jerome'a hypothetical question O O and asked him to sign It. Delmas 0 O went to Justice Fitzgerald's desk 0 O to use the pen. One of the law- 0 0 yers Immediately rose to make a O 0 motion for the appointment of a 0 0 lunacy board to examine the coun- 0 0 sel In the cose. Another assumed O 0 the duties of a court crier. "Jus- 0 0 tlce" Delmas quickly adjourned 0 O the hearing. 0 0 O 00000000000000000000000000 BIG INTEREST Washington, April 12.—The Wash ington Post says this, morning: "Nothing coining from a Democrat In recent yeare has attracted more at tention among politicians than the speech of John Temple Graves, the dlstlngutehed Georgia editor, -at the Bryan anniversary club dinner at Chat tanooga Wednesday night. Mr. Graves, whose Democracy no inan can Im peach, took the udvanred ground that Mr. Bryan, at the forthcoming Demo cratic national convention, should nominate Mr. Roosevelt for another term. . “He did this On the theory that more Democratic policies had been enacted Into law under Mr. Roosevelt than any Democrat could hope to equal,' and that with the senate as It now stands, no Democratic president could work re forme along purely Democratic llnee. For this reason he believed another four yeurs of Roosevelt would bo for the best good of the country, In that It would advance Democratic principles. "Whatever the preeldent may have thought of'thle utterance, he did not find It convenient to take the public Into hie confidence, lie declined to dlscuse for publication or mnke any comment on this remarkable Demo cratic epeech, and from Secretary Loeb It was Impossible to obtain any Idea as to how the president felt about this unexpected Indorsement of his poll- Chairman of Trustees Wants Truth Made Clear. LONGINO CHARGE WILL BE TAKEN UP Committee of Council to be Asked to*Mftke In vestigation. clea.” CHURCH CONGRESS NEARING CLOSE Special to The Georgian. New'Orleans. La., April 12.—"What Shall the Preacher PreachV* waa the topic of discussion at the Church Con- greas thla morning. Rev. George II. Alderman Joseph Hlrach. president of tjie board of trustees of the Grady Hospital, will Introduce a resolution Into council Monday, asking for a thor ough investigation of the hospital. The resolution Is now being drawn by City Attorney Mayson, and It is being couched In such strong terms that the Investigators will be permit ted to go into every detail of the sit uation, to Inquire Into the work of the trustees, superintendent, the house physicians, nurses, and every other em ployee and attache. It will give the Investigating fom- mlttee the power to examine the books of the hospital since Its foundation, its records of all kinds, and all papers in connection therewith. We want the truth and the whole truth," stated Alderman HIrsch to a representatnve of The Georgian Friday morning. want on impartial committee of council to l»e empowered and Instruct ed to make a thorough investigation and one that will’satisfy the most skeptical. I want the people to know If we, the board of trustees, have failed to do our duty. Dr. Longino’s Charges. "If there has boen any neglect, I want the committee to say so. and to name those who have been neglectful. Dr. Longlno said In council that he had evidence against the hospital. I tvant him to submit It to this committee. "Charge after charge has been made. Now, let the facts come out. That's nil I iisK, sin.I this I shall insist upon.” \Id' t mun HIrsch stated that he had decided several days ago on this action, nnd his course lx along the lines suggested by The Georgian editorially 1 Thursday. Alderman HIrsch has been connect ed with the hospital since it wax built. He has fought vigorously for every Improvement to tin* hospital, and there Is probably no man <>r set <>r men in Atlanta to whom Is duo more credit . for the building and maintenance of the hospital than he. "The Grady Hospital," he said once before, "Is dear to me. I have worked for It, have devoted years of service to Its Interests and I do not want to see its good work hamperad by politics or ; politicians." The resolution by Alderman HIrsch will not exclude any member of coun cil from becoming a member of the Investigating committee. It only pro vides for a fair. Impartial committee and a vigorous, thorough, searching in- vestlgatlon. Councilman Longlno, to whom Alder man HIrsch refer!»*d ms having said he hud evidence against the trustees, stated that what he had was of no great importance and was confidential. He would not disclose it, he said. Van DeWater D. D., Rev. Charles L. Slattery, Rev. William A. Guery nnd Rev. P. II. Whaley, D. D., participated The congress will come to a close Sat urday night. Growth and Progress of the New South Tb. Georgian record, hero each day some nlo fact In ref« “ of the South. BY JOSEPH B. LIVELY. Cotton seed la fast coming to be one of the lending products of the South, and In addition to Its value as feed and food, lias become nn Im portant source of Income to the cotton states. Only a few years ngo the seed was considered a nuisance and last year It yielded from ex ports alone 311,166,300 and the total value of this side product ex- ceded 3100,000,000. . This development is said to have rone on without the aid nr encour agement of the government, hut It In believed It will now be fostered by work of the commission appointed to visit several countries In the Inter est of cotton products In the United States. While cotton seed Is becoming a recognized product In the United States, foreign countries are said to have been first In recognlalng Its value. The 314,346 worth of cotton seed disposed of five years after the Civil war was therefore mostly bought by foreigners. From this mod est amount It rose to over thirty-one million dollar* as export. State enactments were necessary In I860 to compel the hauling of cotton seed away from the gins. Last year the seed values for commer cial uses alone exceeded 3100,060,000. 011 from the cotton seed in tin- last season had a value of 383,000.000. There wgs exported in cotton seed products a valuation of 331,166,300. In this amount there was oil to the amount of 313,673,400, almost exactly doubled In ten years: there wu- oil in lard compounds and substitutes to a valuation of 34,154,309. about five times the sum sent out ten years before, and there was coke and meal to the amount of 313,073,400, almost threefold the aMnmenta at ten years previous The first two of these head* were for foods only or al most exclusively. From ten of the American ports the ships of the world carry cot ton seed oil to about 175 foreign porta. China, Japan, Manchuria nnd the Islands of the sea are shown by the port reports to have used. -Inc September 1, 1806, to the latter part of January 413,283 barrel- or about 20,664,400 gallons. If this were all prime It would he wmlh at pre«- ent at the mills Just 38,265,730.