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VOL. V. NO. 275.
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10WARD GOUL
D fl
IS ATTACKED
* * ~ j. , i -
BY WIFE
ENTERS SUIT
DIVORCE
PRTfTR* In Atlanta: TWO CENTS.
a aiavu. 0n Trolna: FIVE CENTS.
Sensational Charges |
Are Expected in
Declaration.
ASKS FOR $180,000
PERMANENT ALIMONY I
Four Grounds for Separation |
Will Be Included in Bill
of Particulars.
New York, May 21.—Steps were ta
ken today toward criminal prosecution
of the men whom Mrs. Howard Gould
< harges with conspiring to blacken her
character In her divorce suit against
the millionaire son of Jay Gould.
The conferences which were arrang
ed today between Police Commissioner
Bingham and District Attorney Jerome
corroborated the reports that such ac
tion would follow' the revelations which
came after "Big Bill** Hawley, ex-con-
vlct and professional perjurer, sued
Howard Gould and his lawyer, Delaney
Nicoll, for professional services In "get
ting evidence against Mrs. Gould."
Tta»* complalut against GouM covera tho
four grounds on which It Is possible to se
ns rr n separation.
Abandonment Is the second charge. Since
July Mrs. Gould has lnten at the 8t. Regis,
recognised for some time as the city home
<>f the Goulds, and her husband has not
onro iislted her. The third allegation Is
non support. In Septemlier of last year
Gould Is alleged to hare dlsrontlnued pro
viding Mrs. Gould with funds. During the
past few weeks and sinee the exposure of
th« suit of “nig B1U ,# Ilawley. Gould *
MM to hare begun once more to pay her
expenses nt the 8t. Regis.
t’rnel and Inhuman treatment Is the third
charge. It Is antd that Gould notified
the tradespeople not to allow Mrs. Gould
credit. thereby seeking to compel her to
submit to his wishes.
Unfaithfulness Charged.
Another specification Is I hat he
mil Is led her. constantly surrounding her
with detectives, musing her moll t
opened and subjecting her to many sfmtln
annoyance*
It Is understood Mrs. GouM will stale
that one of the worst of the many Indlgnl
ties heaped upon her was that wlillo she
wji living nt the 8t. Ilegls hotel her hus
band was openly paying attentions to an
other woman living nt the same hotel.
9120,000 Alimony.
It Is said that Mrs. Gould asks for 1121,000
* year alimony and unmet twenty women
with whom, It Is alleged, her husband has
been Intimate.
Mrs. Gould was an actress when she xnar*
rled the son of the Into Jay Gould nnd was
Kntherlne Clerninbns.
If Is alleged that Howard Oould lias been
seeking evidence
against his wife. i - . .
"Big Bill" Hanley, who. It Is alleged, waa |\!0\X7 I fl ( JTlfW&P
employed by Gould to secure evidence) 1 xUW III V^HCllgC
sralnst Mrs. Gould, 1ms n long criminal
record.
The Information that Hawley was expect-
"I to give was to the general effect that
Mrs. Gould bad a husband living at the
time she married Howard (Jonh!.
Intrigue Charged.
However Interesting and Important these
f«* i* may lie to Bingham nnd the general
public, they are overshadowed In the eyes
"f Mr. Gould’s social acquaintance by othi
re ill * * "
Question Over
shadows All Others
Before Assembly.
MR. AND MRS. HOWARD GOULD.
The wife of the N.w York million.ir. waa formerly K.thorin. Clommons, an actress. She charge, that
her husband ha. mad. effort, to trap h.r and .ought to prove .lie hed a husband when the married him.
LOOKS LIKE DR. SUMMER ALL
FOR AE W SUPERIAIENDEM1
TO HEAD GRADY HOSPITAL
ot
City Smallpox
Hospital.
Information laid before
Will Dr. W. B. Summerall, now *u-
"7 | |.#-riiiir-nth*n» ..f the city emnllpox h«»s-
If^'T flit Mr. Gcubi bn* made use of hlN nltal. be the new euperlntendf nt of the
T'*;|imIIIranees In bis endeavors to put lilal** . w rt ..o.ai*»
wife In n poslton where at least one of I Grady hospital.
tho city detective could meet her *«•* mlngly Judging from the etateir.enta of one
"»> a social plane nnd thna have an «»pi».>r- j .
I. h I,.-i ..n - ii.-. L'.unl. If In.I I I 1,1
»h*r»* was any reason for her to be on I Dr. 8umtnerall Is the only man men-
Ti'. eartrre.ood flat Detective lIrUu,h"oned for the place «l,o Is eerlouely
Hu wns to have been tatrodueed to Mrs. being considered.
I rw/ktssr »w«
howerer, end did not otirnrl. It became be choaen, and pos-lbly without oppo-
knmrii afterward, that Oould wee Irarwie-1 .<»ion A representative of Tito Geor
gs upon Mr. mid Mrs. Kuowlet. I’ollre ”* li.i■■ ...... tn.onh Hlrsctl
- omnd,.loner Jllngham nnd ld.trlet Attor- glan asked Alderman Jos ph mrsen.
' Jerome are Investigating this affair. president of-the board of trustees. If
' Im. n. e Sh.srn, ronntel fur Mrs. Iiowami- h . rt mentioned
'ut'ild, said yesterday that the cult will be Dr. Summerall nan Dean mentioned.
I ,r M in Men r.MiH, adding: ' . I "Yea,'* atated Alderman Hlrech, “he
'» b * ln *
one mgsged In the plot agnlnst her." not been formally mentioned, and there
may be member* who do not know he
1% a nti DUQTTT «ra I been mentioned at all. I have hoard
ivAV/Xi XWiiiDUiiiO. ; fc ,i ,gi.:~ g d tl.ir** nl- »ut 1 lin."
A prominent Atlanta phyaldan and
Toronto. I one who haa been thrown with him In a
first Race—Bonmot, * to t won; »>u.lne.a way quite often In the last fetv
Widow Mite. 5 to 1, second; Thistle, |y car »' had this to any, .
Doe, I to 2, third. Time, l:4f 4-5.
Gravesend.
Pir.t Race—Belle Grlflln, 25 to 1
•on; La Sorella, 8 to 5, second; Bus.
Chio. 1 to 2, third. Time, 1:02 2-5.
0
ft JUMPING ROPES GONE; &
ft OFFER WITHDRAWN.
C
'3 Owing to the immense ®
■The board could not select a better
man. He Is young and ambitious,
haa been living In Atlanta a number of
years and know* her people and her
ways. In addition to being a capable
man ha la a man of experience, having
•erved for a number of year, on the
hospital corpe of tho government In
.Cuba and the Philippines. He has had
considerable hospital work, having been
an executive officer In government hos
pitals."
Dr. Summerall Is aged 42 years. He
graduated In the medical department of
Tulane University In 1157, and the next
year was appointed captain and as-
ilstant surgeon In the volunteer army
during the Spanlsh-Amerlcan war.
He spent live years in Cuba and the
O popularity of the Queen ...
ft Wire Jumping Ropes offer- (§>
ft od by The Georgian in ex- $
ft change for coupons clipped $ ,
ft from this newspaper, the 0 ffgW’gT'JSHSMSFSJt mYhl
*r demand for them has el- ® government hospital in Matanw and
5 ready exhausted the supply ® later in the hospital at Manila,
ft eontracted for. It will be f &*!!«£
V* nooossary therefore to with- 9 [tour year* and Is said to hava a flaw-
* draw the offer. *l^*SSL«a i. reputedto be
man of splendid executlv. ability und
of untiring energy.
FIVE LOSE LIVES
WHEN SHIP BURNS
ON GREAT LAKE
Grand Rapids. Mlrfe.* May 21,-The Crosby
line stcauier Nooiul, on tb«» way from Mil
waukee to (irnml Haven, Mich., humiil t.
the water's wlge In mid take last night, and
fonr deck hands wen* burned to death
Fwbllp fighting th.- flames.
‘ |.n»at i ■ J M LlioadM, of Detroit,
I wa« fatally bnrned and died at Butter
J worth IltmpltaI, Grand Rapids, this morn
, lag
| The veaael, which Is one. of the t»est
known «.f the lake • raft, on the east *hore,
left Milwaukee with a pniim'iiger list of
about sixty besides the officers nod crew,
W’hcn nearly In mld lnke fir«* was dlacovrred
between decks In the foward bold, and th-
flames «|>reid with terrlflr rapidity. Fin
swept the whole length of the ship nnd th.
upper works irorpeil like tinder.
It is eourl.lered mini, ulous that the pas
seugem all eerajicrl. Many of them were
taken off in their night elotbes. while
•cnrrelj any one was more than partially
feMhed I'lpmi Tbomas Traill wa** the
last man to mats the steamer alive and hit
■lothlng
relg
DR. W. B. SUMMERALL,
Who In expected'to be the next
superintendent of Grady Hospital.
Tho picture shows him In his uni
form of tho Spanlsh-Amerlcan
el the
* of mind,
well In hni.il
rded Into llfsh
• tli-).* the nt
I (Jrand Have
rearne ami re
fill met.
eaptnl
and th.
rued off his body,
the pfl'sengers, but
i ml every effort
With rare r
kept lhe Htnn-
»a»»»*ngprs were
.Flint ut this t>pp«.r
r Kaoh/j*. rfl route
Mllwaukt
a all the
- passengers
hail.Is.
TWO BODIES ARE EXHUMED
TO BE EXAMINED FOR POISON;
WOMAN ADMITTED TO BAIL
Raleigh, N. C\, Mav 21.—At about
noon today the body of C. R. Strange,
the Seaboard Air Line engineer whore
sudden death six weeks ago aroused
suspicion and resulted In the arrest
yesterday of hit widow, was exhumed
under the direction of Coroner Hark.
The stomach was taken out and tya*
been sent to the A. & M. College fori
examination with a view to discovering
whether or not It contains traces of
poison.
The body of tM 11-year-old son of
Dr. D. 8. Rowland, of this city, who
warn arrested here yesterday on a
charge of murdering the boy, was also
exhumed In Vance county and tha
itinadi ‘tMwifl.-Mil brought to the
college here for examination. The
chemical t«:-sta will be made by Pro
fessor Withers, of the A. A M. C<
-Strange's wld
wife of Dr. Rowland In Norfolk. Va., a
few days ago, has been admitted to ball
l»> 11 0 >•''! » ' J •' ■* IIH. 4- I! • *
Henderson, where Dr. Rowland Is now
In jail awaiting trial.
CASTRO WILL-GO
ABROAD FOR HEALTH
Caracas. Vesetsets. May n.-Prealdeot
Castro hopes to svcvTs the ceuaent of ees-
ur' 1 **- !*j latfiiat the jvlns of *m .*rn»fnl to
I he vice -presldeut «blio he seeks health
abroad nod ti» attend The Hague confer.
e»ce. Castro’s plan Is lw outlined lu
a message to roagreas which will be nre
Tbf preSdeufa health Is somewhat Im-
pf4M»rJ. end toe he/fevts » trip to Europe
Will complete the oare. It IS n«w #»pcsTy
,1sInl llwt hi. llhins I. lit. n-
• A. a »l. iftBi. .lilt I«f ihp Utfai-t. of bis i •Hllrsl nt-
who. became the mi-t.
Birmingham, Ala., May 21.—"In two
decades a race war will astound the
wbrld unless something Is done.
"We're living on the crest of a vol
cano, and even now the fire and roar
of the caldron below. Is beginning ttf
burst forth."
These were the climaxes of two great
speeches that were delivered before
tho Presbyterian general assembly last
night on the race problem.
Then came the answer, “Man's ex
tremity la God’s opportunity. The Bible
and the grace of God will save us."
It was a meeting with the promise of
Jesuits which nun have mu. li to
do with the solving of the race ques
tion in the South, that was addressed
by Judge W. C. Wells, of- Jackson.
Miss., the Rev. Egbert Smith, of Louis*
vllle, Ky., tho Rev. D. C. Lilly, of Win.
ston, N. C., Rev. J. G. Snedecor, of Tus
caloosa, ahd the voice of the negro ap
pealing for his own people, the Rev. C.
H. Champney, of Montgomery, a com
mlssloner from the colored presbytery
of Alabama.
"We know, as you do," said the ne
gro, "that there la a crisis coming, but
God Is above us, and with your help
we can tide It over, and God's kingdom
will be glorified."
Debate if Resumed,
this morning's session of the
Presbyterian general assembly, the re
port of the women'*, societies was sub
mitted showing contributions of $240,-
000 to all causes during the year, a gain
of $80,000/
At a special hour devoted to Sunday
school work. Dr. Noal Anderson, of
Alabama, presided, and the cause was
urged by Rev. Mogglnson, Rev. A. O.
Brown and Rev. M. B. Porter.
The argument on the Charlotte artl-
**r of agreement waa then resumed,
Elder *W. 9. Fleming, of Tennessee,
leading In opposition to Its adoption,
und I *• : W. speak I ig for
The < 1 guP.ont ;..r>-1v «..nflm-d to
tli<- question constiiutlonnilty. A
popular mg** meeting In the Interest
of foreign missions Js scheduled for to
night.
Debate on Articles.
When the minority and majority re
ports were submitted to the general
assembly on the adoption of the Char
lotte agreement, It was agreed to allow'
each side two and one-half hours to
present their care. After that the
speeches on the subject mnst be con
lined to five minutes. The majority re
port of the committee favored the
adoption of the articles. The speak-
ert« of the afternoon were the Rev. F.
T. Glascow, from the Lexington pres
bytery, against the articles, and the
Rev. J. 8. Lyons, of Louisville, Ky., In
favor of the adoption.
One of the most Impressive state
ments of the afternoon was that of
Rev. Mr. Lyons, when ho said: "If God
Is leading His church to organic union
such an opportunity for meeting eye to
eye as this council furnishes will allow
us to ascertain It and will make It easy
for us to safely proceed. If, on the
other hand. It Is plain that God la not
lending us together we will be In n
position where we will suffer no com
promise and from which we edn recede
without* harm.
“The church should stand at atten
tlon before her great Captain. If He
calls upon us to hold our present posl
tlon, let nothing move us from ft. but
If Ills command Is 'Forward' I propose
to try to obey.”
Action of Presbyteriei.
The standing of the Presbyter^* on
the Charlotte article* of agreement are
os follows:
In favor of adopting: Maryland,
Oulchlta, Orange. Xorth Mississippi.
East Alabama. Arkansas, Transylvania,
Lafayette. Ethel, Eastern Texas, Tus
caloosa. Fort Worth, Muhlenburg. Wor
lds, Ebenezer, Missouri, Mecklenburg,
Albemarle, Kings Mountain, 8t. Louis,
■Tuwanee. Mobile, West Lexington,
Tmnblgbee, Meridian, Potoal, Atlanta,
Palmyra, Charleston. North Alabama,
Pee Dee, Western Texas. Louisville,
Nashville, Concord, Knoxville, Central
Texas, Asheville, Dallas, New Orleans,
Paducah, Washburn and Enora.
Against adoption: Cherokee* Nor
folk, West Hanover, Lexington, Abing
don, Winchester, Chesapeake, Har
mony, Bethel, Fayetteville, Bt Paso,
Macon, Wilmington, Durant, Western
District Mtfl*!»BlPPl. Memphis. Holston,
Athens. South Carolina, Montgomery,
Columbia, East Hanover, Roanoke,
Louisiana, CMckagaw and Central Mla-
slsslppl.
No action: .Kanawha and Green
brier.
No returns from the presbyteries of
Brownwood, Central Alabama, Red
River, Indian and 8t. Johns.
Ohio Man Now Heads
North Georgia
Electric.
The North Georgia Electric Company
has come again, and once more It ap
pears that Atlanta will have real live
competition In lighting.
When the bids for the street lighting
of Atlanta were opened and* it was
found that \he North Georgia had bid
higher than the Georgia Railway and
Electric Company—In fact, had bid
about aa high as the franchise would
permit—a great sigh went up, and all
hope for competition seemed to have
gone a-gUmmerlng.
Whether for this reason or for some
other Is npt known, but shortly after
this, the directors of the North Georgia
held what was termed the “annual
meotlng.” None of the directors or of
ficials gave out anything that was done
at this session.
Now It Is learned that the North
Georgia perfected almost a complete
reorganization at this meeting. Gen
eral A. J. Warner, of Gainesville, who
was the guiding spirit of the enterprise,
nnd who had been president of the
company, was no longer president when
the directors adjourned.
Instead. D. W. Stewart, of Xenfo,
Ohio, was chosen as the official head of
the company. The real reins of execu
tive authority. It was agreed upon,
should he held by W. A. Carlisle, of
Gainesville, who waa re-elected vice
president.
W. H. Slack, of Gainesville, was
chosen a» the new secretary.
All of this has been kept quiet anil
the officials have been at work for somo
time on a plan or plans whereby they
propose to complete their lines and a< -
tlvely compete with the Georgia Rail-
ay and Electric Company.
Not only this, but there Is yet, some
likelihood of tho company, once on Its
feet, making another bid for the city's
lighting.
"Take this from tne,” stated a ci!v
ffi< la I. who has watched the succes-
lon «»f events with no llttlr* Interest.
The North Georgia Electric Company
mends to do business In Atlanta. The
loorgla Railway nnd Electric Company
not bought ihi.n out. and Is .nt
Invited in House by
Father—Opens Fire
When They Enter.
SIX WOUNDED
DURING CLASH
One White Man Shot Dowo
and Four Were Wounded
bj* Negroes
rgla Intends busln
sfled that the No
Special to The Georgian.
Reldivllle, Ga., May 31.—The entlrg
community haa been thrown into m
state of excitement by a killing six
miles southeast of here, following an
attempted, assault last night on Mrs.
Laura Moore, widow of the late Payne
Moore, by Flem Padgett, a negro.
After the attempted assault, the news
was spread quickly. A posse of citizens
was formed and traced the negro to the
home of his father, some distance away.
The bouse waa surrounded by armed
men nnd a demand for the negro mad-*.
The negro's father came to the door
and said his son was not within. The
posse Insistsd that he was, and the old
negro Invited them to come In and
search the home.
As members of tho posse were enter
ing the door, tho negro wanted, who
a crouched in i( corner, opened Arc,
killing a white man named Hare, and
wounding four others.
e posse returned the fire, sending
ley Into the house, killing the ngeil
» VMdgi-tr, hi* two daughters and
ding hi* two sons.
MAN AND WIFE DROWN;
BOAT CAPSIZES IN CANAL
Augusta, Ga.. May fl!.—Harold T.
Anderson and his wife, Mrs. Louise
Anderson, were drowned In the canal
locks, seven miles above the city, this
afternoon. Tho canal Is being dragged
for the bodies.
The couple were with a party of
prominent people who were riding down
the canal In a small steam launch.
Just before entering the Savannah
river they undertook to make a short
turn up stream, when the boat was
capsized by the swift current. The
four other occupants, one of whom was
a lady, swam to the shore. Neither Mr.
Anderson nor his wife could swim.
7HE PIEDMONT REGION
AND I7S POSSIBILITIES
Dr. Frank Kenneth Cameron, of the United Stntea bureau of aolla,
who haa bren In charae of chemical and phynlca! Invcotlxatlon* of the
Piedmont platenu of North Georgia, pny» the following tribute to the
resources of that region. HI, remark,, at quoted Monday afternoon by
Hecretary Walter O. Cooper, of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, In an
add reel at the Georgia Tech, are given here:
"If It were poealble to build a Chtneae wall about nny one section Of
America, or even of the world, It can be aafety said that the Piedmont
plateau, with Its range of climate and soil type,, together with tta natural
mineral and power resource,, would be better able to sustain itself than
any other known area of the civilized world.
“This section la already a fairly rich one agriculturally, and the In
vestigation of tho bureau of-aolla haa Indicated that there I, no other
section ao susceptible of great Increase In agricultural development eco
nomically us the Piedmont plateau.’
Tke Ceorclaa records here each .l.y w*.
^tmomic fact In r.fcr.ov# to to. oawaro
notch of the Louth.
■Y
JOSEPH B. LIVELY.
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O SPRING HAS LANOEO, O
O OR MAYBE IT'S SUMMER. O
O
signs portend for a complete. O
O unalloyed and not-to-be-doubted O
O arrival of spring at last. In fact. O
O It haa rather fudged over Into O
O summer, forecast: O
o “Flair Tut -day night and Wed- O
O naaday, somewhat warmer Wed- O
O nerday."
* Tuesday temperatures;
7 o'clock «. m. . W degrees O
5 o'clock a. m. 51 degrees O
S it o’clock a. m (2 degrees O
10 o’clock a. m 44 degrees O
O II o’clock a. m. ... v ...70 degrees O
O 12 o’clock noon 72 degrees O
I o’clock p. m 72 degrees O
2 o’clock p. m. 76 degrees O
OOOOOOOOOOQ&iJOOGOCiOt'VOOOOO
The growth of lioanoke, Vs., from a village of less than six hundred
Inhabitants to the present progressive city of thirty-live thousand popu
lation. is a striking example of what ran be accomplished through
commercial ro-operation and the concentration of efforts for the upbuild
ing nnd development of the material Interests of a community.
The remarkable activity which has prevailed during the past several
years In Ihn erection of business and residence property. Illustrates In a
convincing mnnner the growth and material development of the city.
Since 1502 there have been erected 105 business houses and 1,359
dwellings, at a coat of over five millions of dollars. This continued a. -
tlvlty In the construction of new buildings haa not been occasioned by
speculation In real estate, but la the natural and logical reault of the
expansion of the city’s Industrial and manufacturing Interests and the
steady Influx of new population.
In 1501 the aeaeeeed valuation of real and personal property waa 210.-
054.000; In 1904. the sum of >11,140,000; the levy for 1903 waa on a valu
ation of 514.500,000, and that of 1504, on the sum of 117.590,OOd. The Im
provements made since the 1904 levy will easily bring these figure, up
to 920,000,001^ not Including school, municipal or church property of any
description.
^ The bonded Indebtedness of Roanoke la only tt.051.000. an amount
allghtly In exceaa nf one-half what the city would be authorised to l.sue on
the basis of the present assessed property valuation. The average rate
of Interest on all outstanding bonds Issued by the city Is little less than
4.5 per cent. '
. Perhaps no better criterion can be cited as an evidence of the
general prosperity prevailing In this city than a comparison of the state
ments of Roanoke’s banking Institutions January 1, 1907. with their state
ments Issued one year prior. These statistics are as follows, and are a
summary of the statements of the three national banks and one stats bank
engaged In business:
January 1. 1504—Capital atnek. 1425.000: resources. 13,729.065 03. de
posits. 12,972,572.76; surplus and proflts. 3217,671.62.
January 1. 1907—Capital stock. 360O.O0o: resource*, 36,313.061.IT; de
posits. 34,650,553.57: surplus and proflts. 3469,977.12.
An Increase In capital stock of 3175.004; an Increase In resource, of
32.553i996.14: an Increase In deposits amounting to 31.667,979 -J. and a gain
In surplus and proflts of 5252,403.40. and this ifier having paid ,ub,tantls!
dividend, on capital stock Invested —The Tradesman, Chattanooga
