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The Atlanta Georgian
If you wish to keep posted on what the Legislature Is doing, get The
Georgian Every Day.
AND news
“The Bracebrldge Diamonds, a thrilling mystery story, is now
being printed In The Georgian: Read it.
SPOT COTTON.
Liverpool, hell day. Atlanta, quiet; 12%.
New York, quiet; 12.25. New Orleans,
quiet; 12%. Augusta, quiet; 13%.' Sa
vannah, Ann; 12%.
VOL. V. NO. 338.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 3,1907.
PRICE:
WILL SAVE OLD “TEXAS"
FROM IMPENDING FATE
The Georgian’s Report
Proved Practically
A Correct.
VALVES REPAIRED;
LESS WATER USED
Pump 2,000,000 Gallons a
Day Less Since Repair
of the Leakage.
By replacing and repairing the leak
Ing valves In eewer traps, the city of
Atlanta Is saving two million gallons of
water a day.
Two million gallons a day less than
formerly Is being pumped Into the dt;r
since the valves were repaired. The
Georgian found the leaks and the
valves were repaired.
When The Georgian, going to the
bottom of the shortage In the city’s
water supply, found those leaking
valves on July 12, and called attention
to the enormous waste, there were
many who laughed at "the’ absurdity'
of such a waste through a few leaks
But time has verified the statement
made then.
“No Doubt About It.”
"There la no doubt about It now,"
•aid Park Woodward, general man
ager- of the waterworks department,
Saturday morning.
"Before we repaired those leaking
valves It took 12,000,000 gallons o 1
wator dally to supply the demands of
the city. Since the valves were turned
over - to this department and we re
paired and replaced tbt.onea that were
leaking. It only takes 10,000,000 gallons
—two millions less.
"This Is the season of the year, too,
when the most water Is required, and
tna- din
difference probably Is really
greater. It Is title that there IS'less
flushing now and this accounts for a
small part of the difference,- but only
a email part.
RsserVoIr Rising.
With this saving from tho repairing
and replacing of' these faulty valves,
the water In the reservoir Is rapidly
climbing, and Saturday morning had
reached 24 feet and 11 Inches.
The gain has been something more
than three Inches dally since the valves
were repaired. One foot In the reser
voir averages more than 6,000,000 gal
lons, and three Inches would approxi
mate 2,000,000 gallons.
And with this unnecessary waste
eliminated, .there would have been no
muddy water.
STREET CAR TRANSFER
CAUSES RIG SUIT
A dispute over a street car transfer
worth nothing if not used Immediate
ly, and 5 cents If It was. has resulted
In Robert Cheshire’s suing the Georgia
Railway and Electric Company for
15,000 damages. The petition was filed
Thursday by Arnold & Arnold, attor
neys for the plaintiff.
Cheshire alleges that he got a trans
fer on May >0 and changed care at
Marietta street, taking a West End car
after a flve-mlnute wait. The con
ductor refused to honor the transfer
and, the plaintiff states, told him to
get off the car or pay his fare. He got
off, but got back on again to prevent
missing an engagement. The motor-
man choked him, he claims, and told
him to "shut hia mouth.” For tho
alleged humiliation of being ejected
from the car before a crowd of people
and for personal Injuries, he asks dam
ages.
OFFICERS ARRIVE
WITH TURNER
Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 1 —Ed
Turner, a white man. was brought back
here this afternoon from Breathitt
county, • Ky.. to answer the charge of
murdering his wife. Turner and his
wife come here from Atlanta.
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O HUMIDITY NOT 80 FIERCE; O
A VOICE OF AUTHORITY
Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta, Ga.:
Gentlemen:—During the two days just succeeding the passage of the Prohi
bition Bill by the House of Representatives we have had more calls for Atlanta
real estate than we had during the entire month of July. If for no. other reason,
the mere settlement of the question at once caused the real estate market to be
come steady and firm and we consider the outlook most propitious.
Yours very respectfully,
MALLARD REALTY CO. (Incorporated).
. EDWIN A. HARDIN, Secretary.
OIL COMBINE MUST PAY\[mi
A FINE OF $29,240,000!
E
JUDGE LANDIS ISSUES ORDER
Both Sides Confident
and Claim Suc
cess.
U. S. Court Orders
Grand Jury to Indict
Trust Officials.
ANTHONY MURPHY, OF ATLANTA.
In response to a telegram from The Georgian, Anthony Murphy, one of
the men who manned the “Texas” in the desperate chase and capture of
■ hie ‘ ‘ ' * “ ‘ “ " “ ‘ ‘
■ protest egainet the destruction of the veteran loco-
Hia telegram to"
the "General,” wires
motive. His telegram follows;
“Mt. Clemens, Mich., August 3.
“The Atlanta Georgian;
“I consider tho ‘Texas’ the hero of the Andrewsrald. Events of those
. days appear to be passing from hietory.
ANTHONY MURPHV
Many Subscriptions to
Purchase Old
Engine.
RAILROAD MEN
ALL INTERESTED
The Georgian Will Receive
Subscriptions of Any
Amount.
I ALABAMA
The Atlanta Georgian
State officers Farmers’ Union
Salesman Globe Clothing Co..
T. C. Stirchl
Mrs. C. W. Jordon
Charles I. Branan
Mamie Davenport
Hal Greer
Edwin Johnson
Company May Only
Operate‘Through
Trains.
Glass i 50
50
T. B. Goodwin * 50
May and Gregory Griggs ,, . .50
Edward Kelly .25
Chariot A. Janet .25
W. A. Holliday
Hub Huddleston .25
E. Coble
E. Halle . -2?
Jim Mabry .25
Paullf. 'Beata-v: rr.rrrrvv.v;.-.•
Bob Carmichael -
Press-Huddleston
Dick Johnson ...
A. Rikard. Jr. .
R. E. George
W. 8. Wardlaw ,.
Cash
Cash
These subscriptions have been
celved by The Georgian. > They are for
•mall amounts, coming from the people.
It will require many like this to pur
chase the old "Texas.” Will you help"
RAINY 8UNDAY PROBABLE. O
O Old Humidity, was not quite e" 2
ivage Saturday as Friday. Fri- O
O savage Saturday as Friday. - - - -
P day brought unusual coolness, O
JJ day brought unusual coolness, w
2 light blankets proving comforta- 2
2 ble. Forecast:
0 "Partly cloudy, probably scat- O
2 tered showers Friday night or 0
O Sunday." -2
2 Friday temperatures:
2 7 o’clock a. m. t 70 degrees O
2 8 o’clock a. 70 degrees O
2 » o’clock a. 76 degrees V
2 10 o'clock a. m 71 degrees O
2 H o’clock a. m 60 degrees O
2 77 o’clock noon 64 degrees O
2 1 o’clock p. 65 degrees O
O 2 o'clock p. 85 degrees O
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RACE RESULTS.
BRIGHTON.
First Race—Garrett. 8 to 5, won:
uses, 4 to 6. second: Paprika, out,
third. Time, 4:62.
FORT ERIE.
First Race—Sir Cyril, 16 to 1. won:
P.-scetl. 6 to 6. second; McQukldy,
•*«\ "bird. Time, 1:012-5.
The Junk pile will be cheated.
The faithful old j’Texaa” will not be
•old for scrap Iron If the dimes, quar
ters and dollars of patriotic Georgians
can prevent It.
And that.they will prevent It there Is
now but, little doubt. The appeal mode
for this famous old relic by The Geor
gian has touched responsive chords In
the breaste of many Georgians. Sev
eral have already contributed and
others have announced their Intention
of saving the "Toxds” from the ecrap
pile. If they have to pay tor her out of
their own pockets.
The people of Georgia will ehow by
contributing their mltee that a patriot
ic people will not forget the valiant
service the old locomotive did when the
band of fearless Federals ran off with
the .famous locomotive, ’’General.’’
Many people do not know the promi
nent part that the "Texas” played In
this thrilling Incident of the war. Thou
sands know of the ’’General,” and
others have some sort of a recollection
of the engine being captured by the
Federals and re-captured by the Con
federates. . •
Now that they know It waa largely
through the efforts of the old "Texes”
(Continued On Page Three.)
Montgomery* Ala., Aug., 3.—As a re
sult of the action of the secretary of
state In revoking the franchise of the
Southern Railway Company, there are
two direct possibilities:
One—That the .company will atop
running. local trains for exclusive
Alnbanla business. The other Is that
In case the company refuses to con.
aider Its franchise revoked and con
tlnues to operate all trains, that am.
ployeeslof the road.will be arrested
by the score.
It Is positively known that nothing
will be-done before Monday when
either one of these two courses will be
worked out.
Preparatory to the Inauguration of
the most intense railroad battle that
has ever been waged in the United
Staten, lawyers for the, state railroad
commission and for the administration
are closely studying the phases of the
recent railroad legislation In Alabama.
The apparent peace that prevails at
the capital today does not Indicate a
cessation of hostilities, but Is merely
the calm before the .’storm. Under the
direction of Governor Comer, the state's
authorities have made their attacks
against the'Southern railway In such-a
manner that It will he impossible for
that corporation to secure an advantage
In the Federal court.
Secretary of State Julian has notified
the clerk of the circuit .court of Tal
ladega county of hie action In can
celling the-license'of the Southern to
Alabama, and It la un
do business In
derstood that the latter official has al
ready served notice upon Knox. Dixon
and Burr, the Southern's representa
tives at, Talladega. This means that
the railway Is officially cognisant of the
prepare to meet the situation at once.
Just when and how the legal battle
will begin can not be ascertained. One
report to which Is given much credence
says that the state will make the first
move by arresting employees of the
railroad at Talladega, where the pres
ent action waa begun.
VIRGINIA RATE CONTROVERSY
IS NEARING SETTLEMENT.
Richmond, Va., Aug. 2.—It le believed
that Virginia will win In the contest
with the railroads over the 2-cent pas
senger rate controversy. The matter
will be settled before the end of tbe
day, and It Is not going too far to
say that within thirty day* passen-
PRIVATE CONTRACT
STAND UNTENABLE
Public Rates Were 19 Cents
Per 100, But Trust
Allowed 6 Cents.
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0 New York. Aug. 3.—The 329.- 0
O 240,000 fine, imposed by the Fed- O
O eral court In Chicago on the
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Chicago, Aug. 3.—Twcnty-nlno mil
lion. two hundred and forty thousand
dollars, the greatest, fine ever assessed
against any corporation In any court In
tho world, will have to be paid by the
Standard Oil Company of Ne.w Jersey
If the statement of United States Dis
trict Judge Landis delivered this after
noon Is upheld by the supreme court
of the United States.
The court stated emphatically that
(‘while the Standard Oil Company of
Indiana, a one-mlllton-dollar corpora
tion, la the nominal defendant, that the:
Standard Oil Company of Now Jersey,
whose capital Is one hundred millions.
Is the real defendant.’ 1
At the close of the reading of the
lengthy derision, another great sur
prise was caused when Judge Lapdlt
ordered the drawing of a grand Jury tor
the purpose of Indicting the railroads
and officials charged with having paid
the oil company Illegal rebates for the
acceptance of which the trust waa In
dicted.
Trust Attornsys Speechless.
r W. Martin and Merritt
Chauncey
Starr appeared representing the Stand
ard, as John 8. Miller and A. D. Eddy,
the chief counsel, are now In Europe.
District Attorney Edward W. Sims,
his assistant: James Wllkerson and
Robert W. Childs appeared for the gov
ernment.
The assessment of the tremendous
fine by the court almost caused it panic
In the courtroom. The attorneys for
the trust ttrere for the moment almost
unable to speak. They had believed
the court would hesitate to assess the
Attorney Starr was the first to speak.
He made a brief argument In arrest of
Judgment. Judge Landis overruled the
motion for an arrest of judgment, and
declared he was anxious to have the
case go to the supreme court for a re
view. After some further talk, how
ever, Judge Landis granted the sixty
days In which the defendants may pre
pare their bill of exceptions.
Dsolslon a Masterpiece.
Prosecutor Sims, the most delighted
man, probably. In Chicago today, said:
"The detailed decision of the court le
one of the most remarkable ever deliv
ered. Itr biases the way for' future
trust prosecutions and Is new authority,
for the reason that It set aside a few
quotations from Bishop on the power
to subpena witnesses."
Judge Landis' decision Is considered
by lawyers as a masterpiece. It was
filled with eplgrammatlcal statements
which held th<
je sting In each line. He
showed plainly that he has mode the
closest possible study of the situation.
The court Issued a remarkable re
buke to the Standard OU Company
lawyers for their reading of a state
ment to him after Rockefeller had been
heard when he gave them an opportun
ity to enter mitigating evtdenee. He
referred to this statement as one of
"studied Insolence'; to the court. In
Seven Attempts at
Outrage Reported by
Helpless Police.
JUDGE LANDIS, OF CHICAGO,
II,' Is Judge ..r 111,' United Si ;| I,' ;
cnqrt, who .Saturday Imposed a fino
of 129,240,000 on the Standard Oil
Company.
PLAN CEMETERY
Company Secures the Land
Near Creek and- Asks
For Charter.
Atlanta Is to have a new cemetery.
A hundred and fifty acres of land on
Peachtree road Just beyond Peachtree
creek on the. east side, has been pur
chased by a company in which C. Hor
ace McCall, H. B. Johnson, T. 8. Per
ry and others are Interested, for the
purpose of converting It Into a ceme
tery. The 326,000 In stock has been
subscribed and a charter will be ap
plied for shortly.
The tract of land Is beautifully situ
ated and when the corporation Is
formed will be greatly Improved. In
accordance with a recently enacted
statute, it Is four miles from the city
limits, although within comparatlve-
ly.casy access by car line and by road.
BASEBALL
New York, Aug. 8.—,A determined at
tempt to kill a man who sot upon and
strangled a little girl, seven attempts
at outrage reported by the helpless po
lice, bloodiparks discovered on the
walls of the basement In which the mu
tilated body of Kate Teltachler was
found—these are a few developments
of another day In the great crime wave
which Is sweeping New York and ap
palling the entire civilized world.
Flvo hundred men and women cried
for revenge on Martin Sallo, who. In
Brooklyn, ■ struck down and attempted
to choke to death little Anna Rogers,
of No. 768 Third Btreet, that borough.
The police preventqd a lynching.
The first victim of the day was
Frieda Tleub, a beautiful 18-year-old
girl, who was, found strangled to death
In a vacant apartment next to her home
on the floor of No. 138 Avenne D.
M. Ohns, a tailor, residing at No.
471 Central Park, west, reported to
tho police that an 8-year-old girl living
with him had been attacked by an ele
vator man. A description of the man
was taken and detectives went to
soarch for him.
Eight, arrests have been made In
connection with the killing of tho
Tfetkchler girl, but the officials at head
quarters virtually admit they are no
nearer the solution of the mystery than
on the day the little battered body was
found. Attacks, or attempted attacks,
were reported from all of the boroughs
or.d notwithstanding several arrests
were made the pollc* have a tangible
case against only a single man.
The young woman whose body was
found In the cellar of 203 West Nine
tleth street where It was supposedly
removed after shb had been strangled
and horribly abused, was Identified to
day as Helen Farrell, a trained nurse
who formerly lived at No. 6 East Ona
Hundred and Twenty-fifth street.
VARDAMAN ,WON,
ONE REPpRT SAYS
Williams Claims Victory by
2,000 Majority—Returns
Not Complete.
Special to Tho Georgian.
Meridian, Mist,, Aug. 3.—At 1 o'clock,
with one county missing, William la
elected by a majority of 1,500.
• Brewer le ahead for governor*
Jackson, Miss., Aug, 3.—Jeff Davis
county, which Is a small county In the
southern part of the state, Is the only
one that Is now out, and Congressman
John Sharpe Williams, leader of the
minority, will be nominated for tho
United Statos senate by a majority
which will not bo undor 2,000.
In the gubernatorial race, Scott and
Noel are In tin- wmiul primary. The
friends of Brewer claim that ho will be
one of tho men In the second race,
though the returns this morning do not
bear this out.
REPORT8 INDICATE
WILLIAMS' VICTORY.
Special to The Georgian.
Momphls, Tennj Aug. 3.—With ten
counties yet to be heard from, Wll- •
Hams leads Vardanian by 600 votes.
Late returns show Vardaman gaining
steadily, und the race becomes more
exciting. It Is Imposiible. with the
present returns, to say who Is elected.
As a majority of tho counties unre
ported are known to be for Williams,
It looks like a Williams victory.
Early Closing
Law Is Signed
Montgomery, Ala, Aug. 3.—Despite
the protest of a number of leading cltl.
zene. Governor Comer thla morning
signed the 3 o’clock closing bill which
had been bitterly rought by the.saloon
men In the state.
VICTORY FOR VARDAMAN
REPORTED AT MERIDIAN.
Special to The Georgian.
Meridian, Miss., Aug. 3.—Both Wil
liams and Vardaman are claiming vic
tory In the senatorial contest. A pri
vate telegram Just rocolvcd from Jack-
son says Vardaman Is elected by 58
votes, but this can not bo confirmed.
Official returns In the gubernatorial
race at 12 o'clock shows Brewer leads
by more than 3,000. Noel and Krott
are running close for second place.
Owing to the genoral Interest In tho
senatorial and gubernatorial race, busi
ness hero Is at a standstill. Williams
carries Noshoba county by 400. , Var
daman carried Tampa by 211.
Cortelyou May
Oppose Taft
New Tork, Aug. 3.—A Saratoga dis
patch saya:
"Word has been passed around quiet
ly among Republican leaders who con
trol counties, not to commit themselves
to any candidate for whom delegates
may be Instructed In their congresslon.
al district convention next spring be
cause a new candidate from New York
Is yet. to enter the field In a formal
way. This candidate, It la said. Is
rge B. Cortelyou, the secretary of
treasury and a New Yorker by
birth. >
Growth and Progress of the New South
FIRST GAME.
ATLANTA ..00
MONT 10
To The Atlanta Georgian:
I herewith contribute to help buy the
engine “Texas” and give it to the state of Georgia
Name*
Address
(Continued On Page Three.)
gers over railroads In the state will
be carried for 2 rente a mile. A con
ference of various officials waa held
laat night and a communication la
known to have been submitted to tbe
representatives of the railroads and
that that communication has been un
der process of "digestion" by the com
mon carrier*.
Shortly before noon today Senator
Daniel. Attorney General Anderson,
Commissioners Prentls and Stuart and
Spade and Sweeney and Weems and
Scabaugli were the opposing batteries
In the first gpme of tjie double-header
Saturday between Atlanta and Mont
gomery. The game started as follows:
FIRST INNING.
Houts fanned. Baxter filed out to
renter. Ball singled to right and stole
second. Henllne tripled to right, scor
ing Ball. Perry out, short to first.
TWO HITS: ONE RUN.
Becker singled to center. Winters
grounded to pitcher and was safe on a
fielder’s choice. Faskert sacrificed out,
pitcher to first. Fox grounded to
pitcher, Becker out at plate. Jordan
out. short (o first. ONE HIT; NO
RUNS.
8ECOND INNING.
Nye filed out to short. Oear filed out
to center. Seabaugh out, third to flrat.
No hits, no runs.
Castro grouadered out to firet. Dyer
roundered to short and safe on error
Attorney Braxton gathered one by one and out. Bjade out short to first. Ny
at the governor's office, hits, no runs.
The Oeorgtsn here records each day some
economic feet to refeienee to the onward
progress of the South.
JOSEPH
BY
B. LIVELY
Following Items show that Savannah Is keeping pace with her sister
cities In Industrial growth.
The South Atlantic Packing and Provision Company , has been
launched with a capital stock of 3100,000. It Is expected that the now plant
will be In operation within the next ninety days. The organization of
the company was suggested by the meat famines which the big packing
houses force upon Savannah pertdlcally. Meat dealers and consumers
have welcomed the announcement. The plant will Include a slaughter
hniAe for native rattle, a packing house and cold storage rooms. Local
capital Is behind the project.
Aloiig with the building of a new tourist hotel to cost over 3300.009,
and the remodeling of the Screven House at a cost of 3100,000, a further
addition to the hotel accommodations will be made by the remodeling of
the Marshall House, the oldest hotel In the city. The hotel, which has
been permitted to lose many of the characteristic* of a traveling man’s
home, will be known as "The New Stag.” About 326,000 wlU be spent In
remodeling.
The old Chamber of Commerce and Southern bank buildings are being
torn away to make roont for the Citizens’ and Southern Bank structure.
opQtoiitt
of Commerce Is contemplating the erection of a four-story
office building. The success which has attended the Investments In the
office buildings already up encouraged the members to believe that the
proposed building would be a money maker. . .
..Much Interest Is manifested In the Savannah, Augusta and Northern
railroad, which Is projected to extend from Chattanooga to Savannah.
This city already has fire railroads and the new rood will greatly Increase
Its prestige. The direct connection with Chattanooga will place Savunnuh
directly In touch with a valuable territory. The strong Interests said to
be behind the new road Insure lie use as an outlet for larger lines which
will use this port for export trade.
The city council has Instructed the streets and lanes committee to
contract with the Southern Paving and Construction Company for re
surfacing seven asphalt streets and a part of an eighth, at a cost of 1122.-
296.90, and for the patching of three streets and a portion of a fourth at a
cost of 14.996.86.