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The Atlanta Georgian
All the News While It is News
In The Georgian.
AND NEWS
Are You Reading “The Ghost”?
In Saturday’s Georgian.
SPOT COTTON.
Llverppol, qt; 7.42. Atlanta, firm;
13%. N. Y., steady; 13.60. N. O.,
quiet; 13ft. Augusta, steady; 13%.
Savannah, Arm; 12%.
VOL. V. NO. 311.
ATLANTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1907.
■0PTPT?;. In Atlanta: TWO CENTS.
. xav-IAaEj. On Trains: FIVE CENTS.
10 EXTEND
STITE HI
The Chamber of Com
merce Takes Up
Plan.
ask support for
ALEXANDER BILL
TELLER STUFFED $96,317
IN GRIP AND VANISHED;
WIFE WANTED TO DIE
Extend Western and Atlan
tic to Sea, Say Directors
of Chamber.
By the unanimous vote of the dl
rectors of the Atlanta Chamber of
Commerce, a resolution Indorsing the
proposed extension of the Western and
Atlantic railroad to the sea was adopt-
!( l’ Tuesday afternoon at the regular
monthly session of the board.
The resolution was offered by R. L.
Foreman, and was as follows:
•Resolved, That we favor the pro.
posed extension of the Western and
Atlantic railroad to the sea as a much
needed addition to the transportation
facilities of Georgia, which will great
ly enhance the value of the state’s road
and strengthen Its position In relation
to the transportation system of the
South.
•Resolved, further. That we request
our representatives to support Mr.
Alexander’s bill."
The unanimous adoptton of the reso
lution followed an earnest discussion
of the proposition by Hon. Hooper
Alexander, the author of the bill now
pending before the legislature, nnd for
years the ardent advocate of this ex
tension. He was present by' lnvlta.
.tftn.
Hooper Alexander "Talks.
After explaining the relation of the West-
era and Atlantic railroad to the other tr.ni-
portatloa sjeteme and presenting the statue
Of his Mil, he expressed his confidence In
the passage of his bill through both houeea
of the legislature, nnd atated that aome of
the strongest men who had heretofore with
held their support have become convinced
that the road should be extended, and will
vote for the bill.
(ieorge W. Parrott, who bai probably
hnllt more miles of railroads In Ooorgls
thnn nny other man living, also spoke en
thnslsstleally of the bill end stated that the
extension eotild be made for something over
I5.TO.M0, besides the cost of docks and ter-
mins Is.
This Is the second time the Chamber of
Commerce has Indorsed this project. In
May. lSOt, It was drat publicly discussed
by Mr. Alexander at n meeting of the
chamber, and It wee on motion of lion,
lloke Smith then that the directors llret
Indorsed the proposed extension of the atato
road to tidewater.
Extend to River.
Should the next Western and Atlan
tic railroad committee frpm the lower
house of representatives approve of
the project. It Is probable that the pres,
ent legislature may adopt a resolution
providing for the extension of the ter
minals of the state road at Chattanoo
ga to the Tennessee river, the right of
way to bo secured from the city of
Chattanooga.
It Is said that wharfage rights and
terminal facilities for tho road can be
obtained along the Tennessee river at
hattanooga, this concession probably
being made by the city of Chattanooga
In return for the privilege of being al
lowed to open Broad street through the
•tste'a property at Chattanooga.
Should the state decide to extend the
mad to the river, the Increased faeilt-
tles for handling freight shipped by the
Tennessee river to Chattanooga would
he greatly increased and a reduction In
freight rates would result.
It la probable the commltteo will go
to Chattanooga to Investigate the prop
osition as soon as It Is announced by
Speaker Slaton.
RACE RESULTS.
„ 8HEEPSHEAD. BAY.
Hrst Race—Roseben, 1 to 6. won:
Hac-nsel. 5 to 1, second; Berwick, 7 to
s. third. Time. 1:11 4-6.
Second Race—Spooner, 13 to 10, won:
Nimbus, 6 to l. second; Halket, 1 to 4,
third. Time 1:001-6.
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*.lr»t Race—Lexington Lady, 3 to 1.
*°n: Miss Calesby, 3 to 1, second; Oold
Quarts, 4 to 1, third. Time 1:013-5.
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New York, July 8.—With utter
amazement banking circles learned to
day the details of the bold fashion In
which Paying Teller Chester B. Run
yon, of the Windsor Trust Cpmpany,
Is said to have robbed the concern of
nearly 1100,000.
The alleged robbery Is one of the
most remarkable ever reported to the
police, for the reason that under the
very nose of his bank officials Runyon
Is charged with having stuffed 196,317
Into a dress suit case, and after shak
ing hands and bidding all goodby, van
ished.
The police say that the operation of
putting the great mass of bills, rang
ing from 15 to <1,000 each. Into the
suit case must have taken place In tho
banking office Just before Runyon fled.
He did not even go to his apartments
to bid farewell to his wife, to whom he
had been married for live years, but
disappeared after quietly walking away
with his plunder.
While a detective was questioning
Mrs. Dunyon, the wife of the default
ing paying teller, today at her home,
she tried to kill herself by leaping from
the window.
Mrs. Carney, her mother, and her
brother seised her and held her back.
Mrs. Runyon had been hysterical all
night.
Late thlS'afternoon John A. Young,
president of the bank, announced that
his concern had offered <2,600 reward
for Runyon's arrest. Young declared
that when the man was apprehended
he would be prosecuted to the fullest
extent of the law.
BURE A U OF IN FORM A 7ION
FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY
majority
To proride accurate Information on Inaur- citizens of thta state to he known as a
■nee for the benefit of the general assem
blies, In order that hasty and ill-advised In
surance laws may not be pussed, la the ob
ject of a resolution by Representative
Ilarksdale, of Wilkes county, who would es
tablish a bureau of Information ou that
subject. The resolution follows:
‘Whereas, Recent Investigations of the
Insurance business In other states have
brought to light the urgent necessity of
more nnd better laws than now exist In this
state,, whereby the loterest of the people
who take fire, life or other Insurance ns a
protection to their families and. property,
can be properly safeguarded, aud
'Whereas, Much enre should be taken to
get a conservative ns well ns nn exhaustive
hearing from all parties at Interest on the
subject, and believing that this end could
not be obtalucil with gfwwl results by hastllv
passing nny Insurance laws at this session
the general assembly, l<e It therefore
“Resolved by the house, the senate con
curring, That the governor bo nnd Is hereby
empowered to npi>olnt five representative
places H| | I |
mine; giving n hearing to representatives
of any aud nil companies now doing or who
may choose to do business In this state, nnd
to any private citizen who mny doll re to
come before them in the Interest of insur
ance legislation.. That,they inny employ
nt their discretion n competent nctnnrv to
give them such expert testimony or ntlvlce
ns they nmy desire, aud employ one com-
ernor is authorized to draw his warrant on
the treasury nnd ont of such funds as msy
not l<e otherwise appropriated to pay the
members of this bureau of Insurance legis
lative Information, each the sum of $6 per
day nnd 5 cents per tulle actual distance
traveled In going to nnd from the meetings
termlncsl upon by the bureau for their serv<
FIFTEEN-POUND PICKEREL
DROWNS MAN AND WOMAN
Chippewa Lake, Mich.. July 3.—Mra. George Cutler arid Charles T.
Chambers, of Iona, were drowned by a 16-pound pickerel, which became
hooked bn a line that was tied to a cleat In the boat In which the man
and woman were Ashing.
The flsh rnn under tho craft and upset It. The cause of the drown
ing was not known, until searching parties with grappling hoolts brought
the flsh to the surface, dead nnd still attached to the hook.
The body of Chambers has been-found. but that of Sirs. Cutler Is
still misting.
■me
Council Resolution
Incenses Prohi
bitionists.
WHISKERS SAVED SUICIDE
FROM CHOKING IN NOOSE
Ithaca, N. Y„ July 3.—Things have
been going wrong of late with Thomas
Becker, a farmer, near Enfield, and he
threw a rope over a cross-beam, made
It fast at one end and made a noose at
the other end.
The noose he put around his neck as
he nfood on a feed bucket. Then he
laboriously tied knots In a rope that
fastened his hands. That accomplished,
he bade farewell and stepped off the
bucket.
Twenty minutes later Mrs. Becker,
becoming anxious, went to the barn In
search of her husband. There she
found him hanging more or less com
fortable and looking sheepish.
"Are you alive, Thomas?" she In
quired In trembling tones.
"I am," answered Mr. Becker. "Do
you suppose anyone could choke him
self with u mattress of whiskers be
tween the rope and his throat?”
That was the fact. The would-be
■ulclde ln hie nervousness had failed to
take his beard Into the calculation and
It had formed an effective cushion.
TWO JEWS DEAD
IN ODESSA RIOT
St. Petersburg, July I.—A dispatch
from Odessa reports an unprovoked at
tack on Jews In that city last night by
members of the “Black Hundred."
The reactionists tired Indiscriminate
ly at the men, women and children.
Two Jews were killed and fifteen
wounded In the attack. The police
made no effort to prevent the attack.
KILLED IN AN AUTO WRECK
DANIEL LEET OLIVER.
Daniel Leet Oliver, eon of the late Pittsburg multi-millionaire, James
B Oliver* and* a Yale junior, wit killed at New Haven in an automobile
accident^' The sketch ihows the accident which roiulted in young OUveFn
death.
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Dr. Len G. Broughton has placed the
thirteen members of city council who
voted for the resolution to memorallse
the legislature to defeat prohibition on
notice that they would have opposition
whenever they offered for office again.
Dr. Broughton's announcement came
at the close of the big prohibition rally
In Wesley Memorial church on Tuesday
night. On next Sunday night he will
Inaugurate his fight on four who have
already announced as candidates. They
are E. E. Pomeroy, candidate for aider-
man from the Fourth: W. A. Hancock,
candidate for alderman from the Sev
enth; Charles Roberts, candidate for
alderman from the Eighth, and Sid
Holland, candidate for council from the
Third.
Wesley Memorial was well lilted on
Tuesday night for. the rally of the
Anti-Saloon League. Representative
W. A. Covington,told the leaguers that
the general assembly would give the
stnte a general prohibition bill whether
It suited the Atlanta city council or not.
He declared that thirty-two members
of the senate were pledged to voto for
such a bill; that the house stood over,
whelmlngly for It. and that the govern
or would give It his approving signs
turn. Judge Covington riddled the res
olutlon of council, and said that noth
Ing could stem the tldo sweeping the
liquor traffic out of Georgia.
Judge W, R. Hammond prcsl
Hi" Ha l ting. Ili-aldcs Judge Covington
Dr. a. W. Young, of Louisville, secre
tary of the National Anti-Saloon
League, spoke. Dr. Young's speech
was an Inspiring one. ‘ He aald Georgia
was about to take the lead In healthy,
clean morals, and that her example
would be followed by Tennessee, Texas
and Mississippi.
Indorse Pending Bill.
On motion of Rev. J. C. Solomon, the
following resolution unanimously In
dorsing the Hardman-Covlngton prohi
bition bill was passed:
"Whereas. There Is a profound and
mighty prohibition sentiment sweeping
like a tidal wave over our grand old
state, and
"Whereas, A state prohibition bill,
the Hardman-Covlngton bill, Is now
pending before the legislature, and
"Whereas. Georgia never had a bet
ter and brighter opportunity for vic
tory and freedom from the rum curse;
"Resolved, That It is the sense of tills
large, cultured and representative body
of Fulton county the state prohibition
bill shall pass and that the Infamous
liquor traffic shall be banished from our
borders forever."
In this connection Rev. J. C. Solo
mon, superintendent of the Georgia
Anti-Saloon League, has addressed the
following open letter to the members
of the general assembly:
"Gentlemen of the General Assembly
of Georgia—For many years In Georgia
we have had much prohibition senti
ment, but for the last two or three
years It has grown with great rapidity;
n fact, the prohibition sentiment
throughout the Southland has grown
with such marvellous strides that the
people stand and wonder. The most
talked-of thing In our own state—yea,
the burning question of the hour. Is
state prohibition. It simply amounts to
a revolution. It astonishes everybody.
The whole state stands agog.
•The liquor men have already read
the 'handwriting on the wall.’ It Is
eald that In Albany, one of the very
strongest whisky citadels In the state,
the saloons are buying their stuff with
the privilege of returning It In case of
prohibition. One of the most promi
nent liquor dealers In Atlanta has de
clared that he was sure the legislature
would abolish the traffic In Georgia.
“Scoi-es of houses will be closed when
the liquor tratllc Is abolished, and a
large number of men will go out of
business, but out of a business the
vilest and most hellish that ever
cursed childhood, crushed a mother’s
heart, broke up a home or damned a
soul. These houses will soon be fllled
with clean and remunerative merchan
dise, and these men so long In this dia
bolical business wrecking, ruining, dls.
gracing all, will And honorable employ,
ment, do credit to the state, and have a
chance of heaven.
"There was a time In the wake of At
lanta’s bloody riot when we might have
carried Fulton county for prohibition
had all prohibition forces stood to
gether, but they are together now, and
the churches are all abreast, and the
fraternal orders are aroused, and pa
triots ore standing 'pat/ and children
are singing and women are praying,
and a long outraged liquor-cursed state
Is on her mettle at last.
’’It was a long time coming, but the
entire Anti-Saloon League, the W. C.
T. U. and other line forces hove been
untiringly and faithfully at work, until
today our ministry, our churches and
our state ore stirred to action.
“The prohibition sentiment Is organ
ised. The house It overwhelmingly for
state prohibition. The senate will give
us a fine majority—thirty-two of the
senators having already committed
themselves to the bill. Some say. ’Oh.
tho senate will sell out/ ‘The liquor
men will buy them up.’ I don't believe
It. From an appearances Georgia sen
ators are not for sale, and II there ever
MENACED BY "BLACK HAND"
U.S. DEPUTIES
E
Marshal Asks For More
Men to Do Picket
Duty.
NOT ADMITTED
BEYOND PORTALS
Many Rumors of Oil King
Having Been Spirited
Away in Auto. ; /
I. T. BUSH AND HI3 WIFE.
Millionaire I. T. Bush und his wife have been threatened with death by
the Black Hand unless they pay. <5,000 blackmail. Mr. Bush Is well known In
financial and social circles In Now York.
DEFENSE BATTERS
Witnesses on Stand Refute
State’s Witness and
Say He Lied.
Boise, Idaho, July <.—With sledge
hammer blows, delivered through one
witness after another, the defense In
the trial of William D. Haywood has
battered the dove-tailed story of Harry
Orchard Into fragments, all of which
Its witnesses declare are lies.
Orchard's "confession." mahufactur
ed by the convict after a year's piece
meal labor at the behest of Detective
McPartland. head of the Pinkertons, to
day was a discredited patchwork of fal
sification.
Max Mallch. a Denver merchant;
Joe Mehellch, a miner, and Billy Aik-
man, another miner, all of whom were
given red reputations by Orchard, en
tered general' and specific denials of
any guilty connection with any of Or
chard's numerous crimes.
The brother of Detective McPart-
land. Edward McPartland, now of Vic
tor, Colo., came to Boise to tell on the
stand of the brutality of the militia and
detectives during the deportation by
wholesale from the Cripple Creek dis
trict. Edward McPartland himself was
one of those deported.
Billy Atkman, who. Orchard said,
as a desperate dynamiter, and his
companion on expeditions to kill Gov
ernor Teabody, waa then called. Or
chard had hworn that Atkman went
with him when he put the bomb In the
Victor mine. Alkman absolutely de
nied this charge.
Evidence that Harry Orchard had
tried to Induce Max' Mallch to. enter
a plot to blow up the company store
at Globevllle, near Denver, was given
by Mallch himself. He said Orchard
also offered to blow up a hotel.
At the resumption of the Haywood
trial this morning the crowd was small.
Senator Borah got an order of court
requiring "Big Bill" Davis to remain
In attendance.
Francis C. Clifford, a life. Insurance
agent who had desk room In Petti-
bone's store, detailed the character and
extent of Pettlbone's business. Clifford
said ho was Introduced to Orchard by
Pettlbone and he saw Orchard four
or five times at the store.
Clifford testified that Orchard came
Into the store one day and asked Pet
tlbone to cash a check. Pettlbone ad
vanced a part of the amount and held
the remainder subject to • Orchard's
order.
Prosecutor Hawley made a violent
and demonstrative objection to the tes
timony of J. C. Barnes, a Kentuckian,
who chummed with Detective Riddell
when both were In the Tellurtde re
gion. The witness told that Riddell ad
vocated violence and dynamite against'
COURT HOUSE PLAN
TO BE CONSIDERED
ON NEXT F
Commissioners and' Council
to Discuss Joint Build
ing.
The commissioners of roads and rev
enues of Fulton cohnty and the mayor
and city council of Atlanta will hold a
conference Friday morning at 10 o'clock
[-onslder the proposed erection of a
city hall and court house under one
roof.'
The mayor and committee from
council appeared before the commis
sioners Wednesday mornjng and spoke
of the project. The commissioners had
many other matters to take up, and
It was decided to meet again Friday
for the purpose of holding this confer
ence.
It seems to be the Idea of the coun
cil committee to erect a building which
will cost about <1,000,000, one part to
be devoted to the court house and the
other to the city hall. Just what ahara
the county and city will pay will be de
cided at subsequent conferences If the
proposition meets with favor.
The county commissioners have al
ready laid plans for the building of a
nett court house at an expense
<400,000, and this new plan may change
matters entirely.
The commissioners voted to exempt
the Wesley Memorial Hospital from
taxation. The recommendation of the
grand Jury, that <6,000 be appropriated
to the building of a new Old Ladles’
Home, was referred to the county at
torney, with Instruction* to determine
If any statutory laws prevented, and. If
no, to take steps to remove the tech
nical difficulty.
The commissioners voted to levy a
tax of 10 cents a day on electric the
aters.
mines and mine owners.
Pot Moran, of Cheyenne, who. Or
chard says, he sent to Denver to get
<600 from Pettlbone. was railed. He
worked for Pettlbone for five years as
clock peddler. Moran denied that
hr had any relations with Orchard or
that he went to Denver to get money
for him.
Cleveland, Ohio, July 3.—That John
D. Rockefeller Is now hiding In his
home, at Forest Hill, Is the belief of the
United States officials, both here and at
Chicago, and unless the oil king agrees
to receive the subpena from tho United
States court In Chicago soon, the hand
some summer home will be completely
bottled up and no one will be allowed
to get In or out without a careful scru
tiny from the United States marshal
and his deputies.
Marshal Chandler has wired to Wash
ington for authority to swear In a big
force of deputies. He wants to com
pletely surround the grounds of Forest
HIM and hold It night and day until the
subpena Is served.
Tho Information given Jlnrahnl Chan
dler Is that John D. Rockefeller came
to Cleveland on the New York Central
Monday, arriving here at 10 a. m. He
got off at Colllngwood, In the Lake
Shore yards, and was taken by auto
mobile to a rear entrance of Forest HIM.
"When I attempted to Interview Mias
Howard, Mr. Rockefeller's secretary,"
said .Marshal Chandler, "she said: 'You
need not ask me any questlone, as I
will not answer ymi.’ In serving a sub-
pena wo aro at a disadvantage, as we
can nut force an entrance to the housa-
nod make a search, an would he possi
ble with n warrant for arrest."
A resident near Forest Hill said last
night that he saw Superintendent Jones
spirit Rockefeller away after dark In
an automobile. Deputies followed, but
wore lost In the chase.
ROCKEFELLER IS NOT
IN PITTSFIELD, MASS.
Pittsfield, Mass., July 3.—United
States Deputy Mnrshals Frank and
Rheul loft Plttsfleld todny, nfter being
assured by E. Parmeleo Prentice, John
D. Rockefeller’s son-in-law and per
sonal counsel, that the oil magnate was
not In hiding at his country estate.
Laconic Lodge.
WOMAN IS KILLED
Montgomery. . Ala., Jnlr 3.—I.lgbtuln
•truck tin* realm'iicu of Wnnl Watson. I
)othnn. yeaterday. Instantly killing Mn
Yataon.
ami ileatrorwl liy fire,
was terribly burned.
Texas Tornodo
Wrecks Town
Dallas, Texas, July 3.—Reports are
being received of.a tornado whtek
swept portions of Wichita, Baylor,
Young, Taylor Knox and Haskell
counties yesterday. Considerable dam
age was done at Wichita, Falls and
crops were ruined. At Olney, In Young
county, several buildings were blown
down. Rochester Is reported to have
been deetroyed and Merkle, In Taylor
county, Is said to be partially In ruins.
At Seymour a big cotton gin was
wrecked and at Hunday a number of
buildings were destroyed.
was a time when the senate did sell Its
honor. Its Integrity, Its manhood, let us
hope—let us believe, the time Is come
when never again will the conscience-
less liquor gang, with their 'till/ wrung
out of tears and blood, buy a Georgia
senate.
"Gentlemen, remember the honor of
your state, remember thousands of
praying women and helpless children,
remember our tempKd brothers, re
member Jesus Christ, and vote thq ac
cursed Itqifbr traffic out of Georgia.
"Yours for suffering humanity.
"J. C. SOLOMON,
"Supt. Ga. Anti-Saloon League."
Growth and Progress of the New Sonth
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
Tho cotton mills of North end south Csrollns sre making Important Improve
ment. and a number of now mills are projected.
The Neely Manufacturing Company, of Yorkrllle, 8. C., will add 2A00 spindles
to Ita present equipment of 3.50) spindles.
The Com Cotton MAI of Kings Mountain. N. C„ la making arrangements to add
to Ita present equipment 10.100 spindles.
>The High Hhnals Company of High Bhoslt, N. C., will toon put Id SS.ooo addi
tional spindles. Its present equipment Is 11,004 spindles.
■ it Is stated that the McDowell Manufacturing Company of Concord. N. C..
will baud n mill nt an early date having an equipment of 4,6" «plndles.
The I-owell (N. C.) Mill. No. 3. Is inorlng along nicely, the alngle-story building
I (IJ61MO) lining rapidly constructed. The machinery Installation will amount to ap
proximately la,OOl spindle.. O. A. Bobbins, of Chsrlotte. Is the gMbUect-engtneer.
• .... *'"1, nt IJncolnlon, N. c.. which was recently organized, bn. let
The Kureka Mill, m umwim, ... .... wei, — “- " "
the contract for the erection of the building. Tha plsnt will be a
will tie In operation late In the fall.
nail
base skipped all uecesaary machinery foe manipulating the rnu pi
rnnlier. end hare quite a lot of the giuiyule plant stored. They ale.
gnaytile lands some fifty mites south of Marathon, from which the present
IOI "t|"o gnaynle plsnt I. barve.tcit with a dsvlce adapted to pull the mill
up. ruota and all; It Is then lolled In 209-poond lots with no ordinary ha;
loaded on wukons, and hauled to Marathon. The plant will not lie operate
extensive plan nt present, but will be enlarged as the business increase.