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ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, APRIL 13,1907.
D-BTflt?. In Atlanta: two cent*.
rxuuil. On Train*: FIVE CENTS.
IE TO QUIT
THAW TO DISCHARGE ALL COUNSEL
WITH EXCEPTION OF ATTYDELMAS
Will Resign Following
Discovery of Ordi
nance.
POWERS OF BOARD
ARE CURTAILED
Key Ordinance, Hitherto
Overlooked, Causes a
Disturbance.
"I shall tender my resignation to
council on Monday."
So stated Frank P. Rice, president of
the water board, to a representative of
The Georgian Saturday.
"The council has shown lack of con
fidence In the board, and I have de
dded tlrmly and Anally to resign,
have nothing else to say."
"I don't know of any member of the
water board who Is going to resign,
unless It Is Mr. Rice," stated T. F.
Stocks, a member, "and I can not be
lleve that council Intended a reflection
nn us. It Is too late to change the
ordinance now." >
Mr. Hire has been a member of the
board about seven years, during most
of which time he has been president
lie has a record of eleven years’ serV'
Ice In council prior to being elected a
member of the board.
Sensation Is Sprung.
A sensation was sprung In the water
board Friday night when the ordinance
by Alderman Key, regulating the Is
suance of water bonds, was read at the
request of Councilman Hancock.
"I am going to quit!" exclaimed
Frank P. Rice, president of the board
"Counelf Hns tnken everything out of
our hands and I shall not sit with this
body again. The whole ordinance is a
■lap at the board." -A
Several members of the board, Pres
idem Rlee among them, stated they had
never hrnrd of the ordinance before.
It was introduced by Alderman Key,
was reported favorably by a special
committee of which he was chairman,
ami was adopted before a date was set
for the bond election.
That Ordinance.
The ordinance provides that Instead
of <51)0,000 of bonds being Issued, as
authorized by the legislature, only
1350,000 be Issued; that the bonds not
be sold until the legislature authorized
the reduction; that all contracts'be
submitted to council for approval; that
the money he expended only for thrim
I nr; loses; laying dupllrate main from
the ilver to the reservoir, constructing
additional clear water basin at Hemp
hill station, and laying additional water
pipes for consumers within the city
limits.
It is probable that another meeting
of the board will be held. All the bids
of contractors, which were to have been
acted uiwn by the board, will be sub
mitted to council.
It was the sense of the board that
the ordinance’was a slap In the face
"f the commissioners by council. Re
garding If as such. President Rice stat
ed that he would send Ills resignation
to council Monday. Other commission
ers may do the same.
Mayor Regrets Incident.
Mayor Joyner expressed great regret
ttt the tangle Saturday morning.
I urn satisfied that council did not
Intend the ordinance as a reflection on
the board, or I should never have sign
ed It." he said. "I don’t believe In
►lapping good citizens and officials In
the face."
A Merman Key was seen.
"No objection was raised to this or
dinance,” he stated, "when. It was In
troduced and passed more than two
months ago.
"Council Is honor bound to stick to
•l The people voted for bonds with
t ie understanding that this ordinance
would go Into effect, and this Is no time
to talk about changing or repealing It “
Resolution Adopted.
The following resolution was adopted
t v the hoard, turning over all bids to
tlie city council:
"Resolved, That In view of the ordi
nance of the general council of dale
February 4, 1907. It Is the sense of this
•t ly that we are not authorised to take
further steps looking to the letting of
contracts for needed Improvements In
tr waterworks system, and, therefore,
' a general manager and the secretary
•oe requested to deliver all bids submit.
■ d to the general council, together with
", c °ny of this resolution, and request
t int honorable body to give the matter
1 " 1 - tee 11 on deemed proper”
rims,, present at .the meeting .were:
i resident Rice, Vice President Duncan
y n 't Commissioners Dorsey, Stocks,
hake. Wairaven. Phoe and Hancock,
■ta-yor Joyner and Commissioner Mc-
"Ihnigh were not present.
Criticism of Other
Lawyers Doesn’t
Move Slayer.
HE IS DISAPPOINTED;
WILL ASK-FOR BAIL
H CLAY EVANS BRINGS
ROOSEVELT LARGE BOUQUET.
Washington. April M.—"The whole
country is with the president In his
hght on Harrlman and the interests
Harrlman represents,” said H. Clay
r.'ans of Tennessee, who Is here on
'. ’It- "The president, by his at-
"S* u l>°n Mr. Harrlman through the
publication of the recebt correspond-
, ' “ml through the Interstate enm-
commission, has done the public
,? invaluable service by frightening
nc railroad Jugglers, so that they will
* T * less desire to over-capitalize.”
WOULD ABOLISH
POLICE BOARD,
SAYS HOLLAND
Mangum Plans to Re
instate the Men
Dropped.
TWO RESOLUTIONS
TO BE PASSED ON
Coimcilmen Holland and
Mangum Have Some
thing Surprising.
Trial Cost Both Defense and
Prosecution a Tremen
dous Amount.
Picture on right Is of Attorney
Dclmas, whose appeal to the "un
written law" Is criticised by the
other Thaw lawyers. Howard
Nesblt, who has asked Thaw for
the loan of $100, 1s shown on the
left.
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New York, April 13.—Harry K. Thaw,
bitterly disappointed as the result of
his trial, began this afternoon to pre?
prfro plans for the retaining of new
counsel with the exception of Dolphin
M. Delmas, with whom the prisoner ex
presses himself as being well pleased.
It was reported he would completely
change the personnel of his legal pla
toon.
The prisoner’s application for release
on ball pending a second trial will not
come before Monday, it Is said, and
probably not until April 29, which was
the date set by Judge Fltsgerald for
convening of the term of court. As
soon ijs he had had breakfast. Thaw
summoned Mr. Delmas. He did not
send for any of his other counsel and
none of them attempted to see him.
Thaw Slept But Little.
Thaw spent a restless night In the
Tombs, but. according to the attend
ants, slept three or four hours. He
was up early and went through the
usual morning routine of taking a bath
and looking through the newspapers.
To all requests for a statement he
sent the reply:
I have nothing to say Just at this
time.”
Mr. Jerome will strongly oppose any
application for bnl! on the ground <ha;
a majority of the Jurors stood In favor
of the conviction of Thaw. He holds
that the division of opinion and pro
ponderance of feeling against the de
fendant warrants him being Immured
In Jail until he Is again brought to trial,
Evelyn Thaw Confident.
Although disappointed that the Jury
failed to agree, Mrs. Evelyn, Thaw,
wife of the prisoner, says she Is con'
fldent that Harry will be acquitted at
his next trial. She also thinks he will
be able to secure his release on ball.
She has tried to cheer her husband by
telling him that the court will surely
accept bond.
Regarding the order" of mistrial.
Thaw had this to say: _
“I believe that every man In the Jury
possessing average Intelligence, exccpt-
ng possibly Mr. Bolton, comprehended
the weight of the evidence and bal
anced It -for acquittal."
Delmas is Criticised.
Clifford \V. Hart ridge, personal
friend and attorney of Thaw, has given
out a statement in which he _ says
"that at the next trial he hopes It will
not be necessary for the presiding
Judge to have to charge Ihe Jury that
we are living In a civilized communl-
**He said Thaw had expressed a desire
.) be tried under the written laws of
the state. Mr. Hartrtdge’s statement Is
regarded as a criticism of Attorney
,nnei.i to the "un-
HOWARDNESBI1 BEGS 7HA W
FOR THE LOAN OF $100.00;
THREATENS TO KILL SELF
Delphln Delmas' appeal to the"un
written law" In his address to the
^ lir ' - Delmas Is 8llent.
Attorney Gleason also criticised Del-
mas' for his appeal. It was Intimated
that at the next trial Attorney Dan
O'Reilly will take a more prominent
part In the proceedings than hereto-
f °Mr Delmas when told about the
criticism, would make no comment.
He denied that there would be any
change In counsel for Harry Thaw.
Mr. Jerome, It Is said. Is not likely
to oppose a motion for a change of
venue, If one Is made. This, however.
Is not official. ,
Would Have Perjured Self.
A sensation In the Thaw case came
today In the making public by Thaw’s
New York. April 13.—Throughtout his
trial Harry Thaw and all the members
of the family have felt angry and in
dignant at tho conduct of Howard Nes
blt, the young brother of Evelyn, be-
cousd^he gave aid to the prosecution.
HIS hotel expenses here were paid by
the state.
With evident satisfaction the Thaw
lawyers gave out today a letter from
Howard Nesblt, received yesterday by
H. K. Thaw and delivered at the
Tombs. In this letter Howard Nesblt
asks Harry for a loan of 3100, and al
most threatens suicide If ho does not
gat the money.
Here Is the letter:
"Dear Mr. Thaw: No doubt you will
be surprised to see this letter from me,
but I can not help feeling that It will
be no more than right for me to make
mvself square with you and tell you
fully and how I feel toward you. I
wish to Impress upon you the fact that
when Mr. White was shot that I
thought It would be a heroic act on my
pnrt to stand by the man whose mem
ory to me was so precious. I believed
him to be the only one that waa great,
kind, good and honorable.
Would Have Perjured Self.
"To me he waa a king and he won
my childish affection by his kindness
toward me. If he was a bad man I did
not know It, for I was only a child and
was and could have been easily de
ceived as to his real nature.
"When Mr. Jerome took my state
ment he only wanted to know all about
you and Florence. I told him what
Florence told me—or, at le&at, was sup
posed to have told me. 1 will put It
more strongly and say she never told
me anything against you that would
tend to hurt you In any way. 1 lied,
thinking It would help the man I
thought waa so good.
“After Florence told her story on Mie
stand, believe me, I was with her from
that time on—heart and souL I never
Intended to say one word against her
If he put me on the stand, t would
have forgotten everything I knew. I
would have perjured myself out and
out. If you wish to call It perjury.
“I am not and was not afraid of Je
rome. Another-thing I wish you to
bear In mind, and that Is that I was
Influenced by artful and designing per
sons, who urged me on to take the
stand that I did. They are to be found
In this clty.jmd not far away, either.
Loves His Sister Evelyn.
"I love and cherish Florence ns any
hi'illor "ii'iul'l, ;iml It breaks my n.;irt
to think I ran not see hor. . X wont to
see her and tell her hotv sorry I am.
She would listen to me. 1 am sure.
‘T am very, very unhappy—In fact,
I havo mode myself sick worrying and
I cry at night and can not rest. I am
frank and sincere with you. 1 do not
seek to hide my feelings. I believe you
were right and Justified in doing what
you did, and you are now. In my esti
mation, more than n hero. I look upon
you now os a man fully Sana and capa
ble of holding your own In every crisis.
"I wrote to Florence telling her how-
sorry I was. I told her I wanted to stay
here In the city with my room-mates
from college, but who have since re
turned, but she seems to be somewhat
bitter at me yet and will not see me. I
nsked'her to let me have some money—
9100—If sh£ could spare II, so that 1
could pay some debts which I was
forced to contract while here, hut she
ii rim
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Man and Family Per
ished Near Dallas,
Texas, i
Special to The Georgian.
Dallas, Texas, April 13.—A farm
house belonging to J. T. Price, i
wealthy farmer, near Gunther, In Gray.
. .. . , . , son county, wax burned thlx morning
HHZv rea A L,*?*S"?I and Prlr. and hi. family, consisting ,t
money. And so I must appeal to you _ ..
to help me. Perhaps I was wrong In
coming here, but my parents are re
sponsible far that. The fact that I re
fused to go on the stand against you
and my sister should be enough to show
you that I am true to your cause.
Howsrd Needs the Money.
"I want the money to enable me to
stay here until I can get a position
and bo Independent of everybody else.
Won’t you help me7 If you don't 1 will
bo forced to write home for money, and
I don’t want to do that. I am living nt
the St. Paul Hotel, Sixtieth atreet und
Columbus avenue, and I owe money for
my board. I wrote the district attorney
for 316 to pay a loan which I was
forced to borrow from the clerk of the
liuiel Martinique while the state kept
me here. So you will see that I am in a
very bad flx.
“If you fall me I don't know what
I will do. I would rather kill myself
than have to go to certain persons In
this city for help, and I won't write
home for the money. I have been so
miserable at times that I have felt like
ending It all. Please help me. as I
hel|>ed you by not going on the stand.
Yours,.
"HOWARD NESBIT."
SNO W CA UGHT ATLANTA
FOR AN APRIL FOOL JOKE
Just at a time when most folks were
looking for and expecting large Install
ments of balmy spring weather. Fore
caster Marbury hands out—
Snow!
Yes, It actually snowed In Atlanta on
Saturday. Of course the trolley cars
were not tied up nor was traffic Inter
fered with, hut Just the same there
Snow.
While there was only traces now and
again in Atlanta, snow was reported ot
Nashville and Knoxville, while Ashe
ville had some and many cities In the
North had large Installments ot It.
And with the traces of snow In At
lanta comes the forecast from the
weather bureau that It's going to oe
cold Saturday night and Sunday with
the mercury down to freeslng—32 de
grees, the forecast says—and It may jo
even lower.
The latest date on which there Is a
record ot snow- In Atlanta was on April
27, 1898, when there was a trace, and
on April 4, 1891, there was .* of an
Inch.
Warnings ot freeslng were sent out
over the state on Saturday morning by
the weather bureau and many places in
Atlanta Interested, such as florists and
produce men, were put on notice.
live daughters, a stepdaughter and a
niece, were burned to death.
The dead are:
J. T. PRICE.
ANNIE PRICE.
HOMER PRICE.
FOY PRICE.
ELMER PRICE,
LOTTIE, BYRES, the stepdaughter.
ALINE UPCHURCH, the niece.
It Is believed that Price attempted
to start a fire with coal oil and the
can exploded, killing him Instantly.
The children were burned while sleep
ing up stairs, all of them being charred
beyond recognition.
I
DECLARES DR, FEIST
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KNOTHOLE ANNEX AT THE BASEBALL PARK
Continued On Page Ten.
Choice knot holes at five cents’ Qood
view of the home plate! Apply at 128
East Twelfth street.
But city detectives broke it up and
now the fans without the price must
enter by the strait and narrow gate.
A case was entered on the police
docket Saturday against Mrs. M.
Hatchett, of 128 East .Twelfth street,
charging her with operating a business
without a license.
ilUMJUt U iivciiar. . iiou ■until
U U charged that Mrs. Hatchett has bleachers.
a line back yard, commanding a splen
did view of'the Piedmont baseball field,
with enough knot boles, natural and
artlflclal. to provide a view for many,
fans. It Is also charged that she per
mitted a small army of men and boys
lo use these knot holes for the small
sum of live cents a knot hole game,
to the detriment and In unfair compe
tition with the Atlanta baseball club.
It Is said that this annexe to the park
had almost as many patrons as the
Special to The Georglsn.
Nnshvlllo, Tenn., April 12.—Without
batting an eye or twitching a muscle,
Dr. J. Herman Feist stood up In the
criminal court this morning and heard
the sentence of death pronounced upon
him after Judge Hart had overruled his
motion for a new trial. Friday, Juno
CL was selected as the date for the ex
ecution.
Before the sentence was Impoiad,
Judge Hart asked Dr. Feist If he had
aught to say why judgment should not
be pronounced upon him. "Nothing
except that I am innocent," was the
calm reply of the prisoner.
Counsel for the defendant Immediate
ly prayed an appeal.
Dr. Feist' was recently found guilty
or murdering Mrs. Rosa Mangruni. He
Is a prominent physician of this city.
MAJ. GENERAL WADE
RETIRES SATURDAY
Washington. April 13.—Major Gen
eral James F. Wade, the senior officer
of that rank In the army, and next In
rank to Lieutenant General MacArtbur,
terminates his active connection with
the military establishment today by
operation of the |aw on account of age.
He Will become years old Sunday
and will be retired.
Major General Frederick. E. Grant
will succeed General Wade.
Two resolutions, one to abolish the
police board and the other to reinstate
the twenty-two policemen who were
discharged by the board, will probably
be Introduced Into council Monduy.
The resolution abolishing the police
board will be offered by Alderman J.
Bid Holland.
The resolution, providing for the re
instatement of the twenty-two police
men, will be offered by Councilman C.
Wheeler Mangum.
"I have been considering the aboli
tion of the board for some time," stut-
i ed Alderman Holland Saturday morn
ing, “and Inasmuch as the board states
that Chief Jennings now has ubsotute
power, 1 am In favor of allowing him
to keep It.
No Use for Bosrd.
"With tho chief In control, there Is
no use for a police board, and It must
either amount to nothing or else be a
hindrance. My resolution will author
ize the city attorney to draw up an
ordinance, asking the legislature to
amend our charter so that the board
can be done away with.
"This done, then the little running
of the |>ollce board that does not fall in
the authority of the chief can be ac
complished by council and the police
committee of council."
Alderman Holland stated that In case
he did not have time before Monday tri
draw up a suitable resolution, he would
Introduce one ut the succeeding sea-
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O MID-WINTER PREVAILS!
O "WARMER” NOT IN SIGHT.
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O Nothing to It but prepare for
O another selge of winter. Flurry
0 of snow Saturday morning mq,ds
0 the population's teeth chatter—
0 those not already at It from tho
0 raw winds.
0 If Miss Elberta isn't faded for
0 good before now It will be "Katy
0 bar the door" Saturday night, for
0 It Is going to 32 or lower.
0 Forecast:
0 "Fair Saturday night and Sun-
0 day, colder Saturday night, with
0 minimum temperature of 32 «Ie-
0 grees or lower: continued cold
0 Sunduy.” '
0 Saturday's temperatures:
O 7 o’clock o. m.. .. ..38 degrees.
0 X o’clock a. m.. .. ..40 degrees.
0 !> o'clock a. m.. .. ..38 degrees.
0 10 o’clock it. m 40 degrees.
0 11 o'clock a. m 42 degrees.
0 12 o'clock noon.. .. ..43 degrees.
0 1 o'clock p. m 43 degrees.
O 2 o’clock p. m 44 degrees.
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Mr. Mangum's Move.
Councilman Mangum could not bo
seen Saturday and It Is not known on
Just whnt grounds the resolution will
be based further than the general prop
osition that no good reasons were given
for the dismissal of the men.
It Is expected the resolution will pre
cipitate a lively tight, as It will lie In
the nature of on effort to get the coun
cil to override the police commission.
It Is known thnt the friends of the dis
charged policemen are energetically at
work and strong pressure Is being
brought to bejir to obtain their rein
statement.
Threats have been made by some of
these men to sue the city because of
the action ot the police commission, the
men declaring that there were no
grounds for their dismissal.
The following Is a list of the twenty-
two men whose reinstatement Is
sought:
M. W. Jolly, sergeant: A. E. Willie,
G.. W. Llnani. J. T. Kilpatrick. R. E.
Seale, L. D. Williams, A. J. Ivey. S. A.
Bolding, W. H. West, J. E. B Kilpat
rick. A. L. Moss, W. E. Chapman. O.
M. Spradlin. J. W. Llnam, J. B. Bass,
S. Borochoff. II. L. Clay, L. E. Hatb-
cock, J. M. Pittman, M. A. Russell, C,
Settels and J. D. Turner. •
STORM CLOUD BREAKS
IN D. A. R. CONVENTION;
CHARGES ARE DENIED
Washington. April 13.—The stat-m
cloud which lias been gathering for a
week over the coming convention of
tho Daughters of the American Revolu
tion burst with alt Its fury this morn
ing when Mr*. Ellen Spencer Mussey,
state regent for the District of Co
lumbia, gave to the press the following
denial of the charges which were made
about the flnances of the organisation
last night at a meeting In the Ebblt
House:
On being shown Ihe statement made
by authority of Mrs. Mary E. S. Davis
to the flnances of the national so
ciety, this morning, their general, Mrs.
Donald McLean, denied them as abso
lutely false and without any founda
tion.
"The society has never speculated in
stocks of any kind and does not own
nny stocks. It Is not and never has
been In debt during Mrs. McLegn's ad.
ministration, and has had the money to
meet every obligation as It became
due."
Mrs. Mussey said that the meeting
last night was not called officially,
neither was she as state regent nntlfled
that such a meeting was to be held. Ho
far as she kjiows, \no member of Ihe
finance committee was Invited to at
tend the meeting at which these false
statements were made.
At the meeting of the national board
today tho action of the flnance com
mittee was Indorsed and approved by
Mrs. Mary D. Patten, state regent.
Pennsylvania; Mrs. Emily II. Park,
vice-president general, Georgia; Miss
Ellen Meece, state regent. New Jersey;
Mrs. Mary J) Kcarfott, vice-president
general, New Jersey; Mrs. Sophie II.
Bushnell, vice-president general, Iowa;
Mrs. Charles H. Deere, vice-president
general, Illinois; Mrs. Halite Rounsa-
vllle, state regent, Georgia; Mrs. Elisa
H. Barker, vice-president general,
Rhode Island.'
The members of the Daughters ..f
the American Revolution, who assem
bled at the Ebbltt house last night,
und whose deliberations called forth
the vigorously denial of the state re
gent given above, met ut the Invitation
of Miss Mary Desha.
According. to reports submitted nt
this meeting certain Investments were
made that have not resulted as satis
factorily ns had been expected, and
which furthermore, were made after a
provision In the constitution of tlie so
ciety prohibiting such use of the or
ganisation funds. The money Is In
vested in Baltimore and Ohio, Union
PocIHe, and Chicago and Alton, It was
said. Some of It Is trust funds. Reso
lutions deploring this alleged action of
the finance committee and locking t"
a way to prevent such Investments In
the future) were offered and anthuslus.
tlcally received.
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian records here each day soms
economic feet In reference to the onward
march of tho South.
JOSEPH B. LIVELY;
The Woodslde Cotton Mills at Greenville. S. C„ Is Installing 8,00ft ad
ditional spindles and 200 Draper looms. This Is the (newest of Green
ville's 14 mills, having been organised three yeare ago with a capital of
3129.000, which was last year Increased to 3250,000. To accommodate
the additional operatives needed for the Increased capacity, 30 new cot
tages are being greeted.
The Seminole Manufacturing Co., h new corporation at Aiken, has
purchased the Clearwater bleachery and will transform It Into a modern
spinning and weaving plant at once; 3340.000 was the sum paid for the
property. The new company is capltlized at 3600,000.
The Whltnell Cotton Mill Company of Lenoir, N. C, has been Clus
tered to manufacture cotton into cotton cloth and other fabrics, etc. The
authorised capital stock Is 9150,000, with privilege of beginning business
when 3100,000 shall have been subscribed for.
Francis Cotton Mills, Troy, N. t’„ have Increased their capital stoi k
to 3225,000.
Summerville (Ga.) Cotton Mill will Install 5,000 spindles and 120
looms.
Gaston Mfg. Co, Charlotte, N. C„ will build an additional mill to com
9125.000.
C. F. Boyer, of Newport, Tenn.. has purchased the Bellevue Cotton
Mills, and Is Installing 5,00ft spindles to manufacture yarns.
Victor Cotton Mills, Laurens, S. C„ have Installed part of their ma
chinery.
The IVatt Mills. Laurens, 8. C„ will add about 8,000 spindles in their
addition. About 380,000 will be expended.
Valley Cotton and Grain Co, Harms, Tenn, propose to build a cot
ton mill with 6.000 to 6,000 spindles to be operated in connection with
their flour mill.
Biesell Me Biased are representing Eastern concerns propoelng to build
a cotton mill of 6,000 spindles at Oklahoma City, Okl. an Investment
..f about 3100,000.
About 9150,000 has been subscribed to the stock ot i .’posed cot
ton mill st Dublin, Tex. The Commercial Club expects to raise the bal
ance of 350,060.
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