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THE WEATHER. For Atlanta and Vicinity—Partly cloudy with probably local show- era tonight and Thursday. The Atlanta Georgian If you with to keep posted on what the Legislature Is doing, get Tho Georgian Every Day. AND NEWS "The Bracebrldge Diamonds,” a thrilling myatery story, Is now being printed In The Georgian. SPOT COTTON. Liverpool, steady: 7.88. Atlanta, steady; 18c. New York, steady; 13.25. New Or* leans, quiet; 18%. Augusta, quiet; 13%. Savannah, firm; 12%. VOL. VI. NO. 8. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14,1907. Strikers and Officials OFFICES HANDLING MOST OF BUSINESS PRTlTtf. >» Atlanta: TWO CBNTSL trXl-LL/ill. On Train.: FIVH CBNTB. Associated Press Gets Wire Going Through West ern Union Office. O00O0O00O000O00O000000OOO0 O 0 0 CHICAGO BOARD TRADE 0 O APPEALS TO ROOSEVELT. 0 0 0 a Chicago, Aug. 14.—The Chlca- 0 0 go board of trade formally called 0 0 upon President Roosevelt this 0 0 morning to take a personal hand 0 0 In the settlement of the present 0 0 strike of telegraphers and avert 0 O a catastrophe. 0 0 O 0O000000000O000000O00O00O0 "Things never looked better. We are In the fight to win and we are going to win.” —STRIKING TELEGRAPHERS. “The matter Is settled so far as we are concerned. Wo have thirty-live operators working in Atlanta and men are coming back In many cities over the country. Wo are handling business satisfactorily.” —GET*. SUP. J. LEVIN, of Western Union. ”1 am more optimistic than ever. We are handling all the business we can get.” —ALFRED M. BEATTV, Manager Pos tal. With both sides predicting ultimate victory, there was little change In the telegraph strike In Atlanta on Wed nesday. Tha strikers declare that both companies are so crippled as to be al most completely sewed up. while the telegraph company oftlclnls say they are only temporarily Inconvenienced. The strikers Insist that telegrams are being mailed and nt their meeting Wednesday morning they showed evi dence that this wns true. They showed a telegram malted from St. Louis to a Georgia city by the Postal with the following Instructions to the operator "Herewith messages numbered from — to — tor delivery from your station. Before sending them out please take copy for your file. You should obtain a receipt for these messages the same as If received over the wire.” As was the case with other meetings, the one Wednesday morning was an enthusiastic one. After It was opened with prayer, reports as to the situation were made and these reports Increased the optimism of the union telegraphers. The meeting was largely attended and ts usual there was a large percentage of woman members of the union. Mrs. E. B. Smith, one of the prominent worn an members, and associate editor of The Journal of Labor, declared Wed nesday that the wnmen were standing together firmer than ever and that they held the optimistic views of the men. And yet these same optimistic views were held by the officials of the West ern Union and the Postal. They de clared their business was being handled and that they were satisfied with the situation. It was reported by an At lanta man that he sent a message over the Western Union wires to ^Louisville, Ky., and received an answer In forty five minutes. Manager Alfred M. Beatty, of the Postal, still held his optimistic view of the situation and said he was taking care of all messages filed and denied that any messages were being mailed out of the office. Oeneral Superintendent J. Levin of the Western Union regardB the strike as sottled os far as the Western Union officials are concerned. "We have thirty operators working and arh handling all business brought In. The whole thing Is settled as far an we are concerned. Men are Joining our ranks all over the country. I have tel. •'grams here advising me of this and we are rapidly getting In a normal condi tion.” Krom now on the union operators on strike will hold two meeting* dally—one hi the morning and another at 7: SO o’clock at night r Typos Lend Aid To Telegraphers An Indorsement of ths heartiest kind ■hat carried with It financial support, was given the striking Commercial Telegrapher* Tuesday afternoon by the Atlanta Typographical Union No. 48.' "We’re with you and we’ll help you to win.” That was the essence of the action taken. The typoe recognised the Juetlce of the telegraphers' causa and they pledg ed their hearty co-operation and finan- support. The local union voted ers* *° the ,u PP° rt °* the local strik- The meeting of the typoe was call- Contlnued on Page Five. DON MARINO TORLONIA AND BRIDE. Don Marino Torlonla and his bride, who was Mina Elsie Moore, of New York, met while Mias Moore wan on a European tour. The day be fore their marriage both were arrested und taken to the police court for riding In an automobile on the wrong side of the street. BOY WITH RABIES BITES HIS MOTHER AND BROTHER; 6 VICTIMS IN HOSPITAL Chicago, Ang! 14.—Six victims of the mad dog epidemic In Danville, 111*., are In the Pssjcur Instltue here. Two of them nre mother and son. They were bitten by the former’s son, who was bitten by a dog and died several days ago from rabies. The patients a re: Mrs. C. F. Davis, aged 44; bitten on the neck l»y her son Charles. Vance Davis, aged 88; bitten- by younger brother. Frank Berger, aged 28; Infected by shak ing the hand of Vance Davis. Charles Host, aged 40; bitten by dog. Lena Miller, 32 years old; bitten by dog. Mrs. Charles Swindle, bitten by dog. 300 PASSENGERS PANIC STRICKEN ON BLAZING SHIP Vessel Beached and Believed All On Board Saved. Newburgh, Aug. 14—The steamer Adiron dack of the People’s Line, ubluse fore and aft and with nearly 300 passengers on board, was benched near llooecon, seven miles from here, on the. Hudson river, Juat after midnight on her north-bound voyage this morning. The crew showed admirable discipline, •ticking to their posts and taking their stations without disorder. The officers calmed the passengers who had become al most panic-stricken In the seven-mile run up the river on the biasing ateamer. As they prepared to pat the l*ohts over the side several small river tugs esme to the assistance of the Adiorndack ond began to take off her passengers. Bo successful was their work that it la bellefred not a ■Ingle Ufe wss lost. Fifty of the passengers were taken to Poughkeepsie, where they were at once put on a train for Albany. Most of the other passengers were trpnsefrred to the Pough keepsie night host and landed there about 8 o’clock. It Is believed that the Adiron dack can be floated without serious damage. Race Results. Confessed to Crime Which Carried Death to Five. Boulder, ColA, Aug. If—John W. Hooves, n brokemsn employed on tho Colorado nnd Northwestern, hold In connection with I bo destruction of tbo Colorado Hontbern sta tion by lire and dynamite, has coufesaod. Lator, Frank Klpcr, another suspect, alt. confessed. Tbo rosult of tholr act waa tha wiping out of five Bros and tho Injury of o half hundred others, besides tho do- ruction of property valued nt KOIMIOO. When It became known that Itcevoa confessed, a mob gathered at the county 1ail for tho purpoao of lynching him, but jo won spirited away from tbo Jail and taken to Denvor In a carriage. EMPIRE CITY. Flrat Race—liana, X to 1, won: Run ning Account, even, second; Spunky, even, third. Time 1:07 4-5. Second Race—Belle Strome, 7 to 10, won; Royal Onyx, I to 1, second; Barnsdale, 8 to 5, third. Time 1:08 1-5. SARATOGA. Flrat Race—Marbles, X to D. won; Blakra, 5 to 1, second; Martha Jane, even, third. Time 1:0J J-6. $ /00,000 Loss To Kodak Plant Rocheater, N. T„ Aug. 14.—Five buildings of tha mommoth Eastman Kodak plant were destroyed by fire to day with a loss of $100,000. A series of explosion! endangered hundreds lives. One woman was hurt. Fear *Quake Broke Cable Hhanghal, Aug. 14.—The Japaucae cable baa ceased to work. It la feared the break has been caused by some seismic disturb- I snec. News of an earthquake or a tidal wave to anxiously awaited here. Ill GEORGIA Disfranchisement Bil Passed by Vote of 159 to 16. SUBSTITUTES LOSE BEFORE THE HOUSE Senate Must Concur in the Amendments To Make It Law. By a vote of 168 to 16, the house of representatives passed the Felder-WII llama disfranchisement bill Wednesday afternoon, the vote on the measure be ing announced juat shortly before o’clock. The bill went through the bouse as It waa originally framed with the excep tion of one or two amendments of mi nor Importance. The only amendment worthy of note was that of Mr. Wise, of Fayette, which struck out the clause limiting the time under which a man can register on his good character to January 1, 1910. It Is an amendment to the constitution. Although only sixteen members of the house voted against the bill. It met with great opposition and every effort was made to block It both by the In troduction of amendments and by sub stitutes. The principal objection raised waa that the bill confers too much authori ty upon the registrars who are to pass upon the qualifications of voters, and that Its provisions In general apply to white men as well as to negroes. The Qualifications, In addition to the qualifications al ready prescribed by law, the pros' pectlve voter must come under one or more of the following qualifications: ”1. All persons who have honorably served in the land or naval forces of the United States In the Revolutionary War, or In the War of 1812, or In the War with Mexico, or In any war with the Indians, or In the War between the States, or In the War with Spain, or who honorably served In the land or naval forces of the Confederate States or of the State of Georgia In the War between the States, or ”2. All persons lawfully descended from those embraced In the classes enumerated In the subdivision next above, or '3. All persons who are of good char, acter, ond understand the duties and obligations of citizenship under a re publican form of government; or ”4. All persons who can correctly read In the English language any par agraph of the constitution of the Unit ed States or of this state and correctly write the same In the English lan guage when read to them by any one of the registrars, and all persona who solely because of physical disability are unable to comply with the above re quirements, but who can understand ur.d give a reasonable Interpretation of any paragraph of the constitution of the United States or of this state, that may be read to them by any one of the registrars, or "5. Any person who Is the owner In good faith In his own right of at least forty acres of land situated In this state upon which he resides, or Is the owner In good faith In hlB own right, of prop, erty sltunted In this state and assesse4 for taxation at the valuation of five hundred dollars. The house renewed the debate upon the bill Wednesday niornlng and this continued until close to noon. A num ber of amendments and two substitutes will be defeated easily. An amend ment by Mr. Wise, to change the "good character" and "grandfather” clauses, probably will be adopted. The original bill provides that no r.oter can regis ter under the "good character” clause after 1810, or under the “grandfather” clause, after 1916. The Wise amend ments strikes out these restrictions. Immediately after the call of the roll Wednesday morning the house resumed consideration of the disfranchisement bllL Mr. Fullbright, of Burke, who had the floor when the hour of adjournment nr rived Tuesday afternoon, waa again recognised by Speaker Slaton and he continued his speech against the dis franchisement bill. He declared that the people do not want a bill which will dlafranchise white men and enfranchise negroes; that they were promised a bill which would disfranchise 90 per cent of the negroes and not disfranchise a single white man. Mr. Hines, of Baldwin, followed Mr. Fullbright, In support of the bllL He THREE DEAD Lives of Two Men and Little Girl Snuffed Out Instantly. New York, Aug. 14—The lives two men and a little girl were lost and three women Injured In an auto mobile wreck that occurred at Her nardsvllle, N. Y„ today on the county estate of Grant B. Schley, Jr., of the firm of Moora & Schley, New York bankers, and a cousin of Admiral Schley. The dead: MARGARET KUHLWENDE, aged 9, of Bernurdsvllte, N. Y. JOHN H. OLAY, the chauffeur. HAZELTON, a friend of tho chauffeur, address unknown. The machine was a big 60-horse power Pope-Toledo. From what cause It became unmanageable Is unknown but It ran Into a telephone pole while traveling at high speed. So rapidly was the machine going that the telegraph pole was snapper oft and the machine was demolished. One of the women waa burled com iletely In the wreck; tho others wero turled fully 80 feet by the Impact and all three were unconscious when found The Injured were taken to the hos pltal at Morristown. AS RIVALS CLASH, IN JUMPS FROA WINDOW FLEES Both Claim to Be Wife of Man For Wliom They Fought. Special to Tho Georgian. * Columbus, Ga., Aug. 14.—Mrs. S. H, Edmondson, of Atlanta, who claims to be the wife of S. H. Edmondson, ar rived In Columbus last night and found Edmondson with Mrs. Mary Edmond son at a hotel. The new arrival at' tacked her rival, breaking a rib and otherwise Injuring her. Officer Me Michael made cases against both worn Edmondson Jumped from a win dow and disappeared. Mrs. Edmondson No. 1, the last ar rival, claims to have been married to Edmondson for thirteen years. She says that she married him In Gaines vine and that they have three children In Atlanta. Mrs. Edmondson No. says she married Edmondson i months ago In Gainesville. He la a mill operative. ’From the time the people of the North, goaded by the defeats which the armies of the South had Inflicted upon them, enfranchised the negro so that he might control the wblte.men tn the Boutb, until now, It baa been the dream of the people of the South to see that crime rectified. In the campaign for governor In 1880 thousands of negroes were regis tered In Georgia, ail of whom voted for our candidate for governor. 1 It was the same way In 1887 when negroes who had lost their franchise had their taxes paid in order that they might vote. I ALTON PROMISED "IMMUNITY BATH 1 Cldcago, Aug 14.—Judge Landis, of the Federal district court, will return from Indianapolis today and may make the Chicago and Alton Railroad Com pany some trouble despite the reports from Washington that Immunity baths would be conceded to those roads which bad aided In furnishing information concerning the prosecution of the Standard Oil Company recently. it Is understood that the so-called immunity bath" was promised by the former district attorney, Mr. Morrlsoa HARTJE TO FIGHT Pittsburg, Aug. 24—Through bis senior counsel, J. Scott Ferguson, Augustus Hsrtje bus applied to the Duqnesne county court to gain possession of his two children, who bare been with their mother since Ilarjje failed to procure n divorce. Mrs. Hnrtje, bearing of the attempt on the part of her husband, hurried back to the city from Llgnnler, Pa., and declares ■be will fight the move to the hitter end and will combat every effort on the part of her husband, no matter what new charge he Continued on Page Three* Tom Msdlne, the couchman co-respondent, Hsrtje Is making professions of having new evidence against his wife, and this evidence. It is said, is presented to Judge Fraser In a •tar chamber session. JORDAN TALKS TO NEW YORKERS New Turk, Aug. 14.—President Jor dan, of the Southern Cotton Associa tion, In a communication to various firms here today, tells them of the pur pose of the International conference at Atlanta, On.. October 7, 1807. Many abuses will be corrected. FIND SELVES Big Financiers Hold Important Confer ence in Wall St. New York. Aug. 14.—Assistant Sec retory of State Robert Bacon, repre senting -President Roosevelt, has been In conference at the office of J. P. Mor. gan, meeting Wall street financiers 1n a talk regarding the financial situation. Charles T. Blrney, president of the Knickerbocker Trust Company, said later that the only way to stop rebat ing Is to Jail the offenders. . report was In general circulation through the financial district tyi hour and n half before the market opened that Secretary of State Root had at tended the conference at Mr. Morgan'i office. Ho was In the city for a few hours on his way to Oyster Bay. said that he was going to Oyster Bay. but denied that he had visited Wall atreet or taken part In any confer ence. v - Mr. Bacon, formerly a member of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Company, went Into the Morgan offices os quietly as possible nnd after a brief talk with J. P. Morgan, Jr., went Into conference with the head of the banking house. They were joined by James Stillman, president of the National City Bank, and by two other financiers. To complete the conference the tele phone was resorted to, as it was not deemed wise to have many of tho finan cial magnates gather tn person. Among those sold to have been called on the telephone were Jacob Schlff, of Kuhn, Loeb & Company; James Speyer, of Speyer & Company: Qeorge F. Baker, president of the First National Bank; John 8. Kennedy and possibly William Rockefeller. The report that Ellhu Root had visit ed the street was followed by one that lie waa about to resign from the cabi net, unless the president did some thing to relieve the desperate straits In which the trusts find themselves. 7,000 Led by Fanatical Priest Hold Post Over Hour. FRENCH SUSTAIN SEVERE LOSSES Natives Cut Down While Refusing to Surrender Their. Guns. ]' WALL 8TREET WANTS OFFICIALS TO GO EASY. Washington, Aug. 14.—-The Indica tions here are that Wall street Is strenuously trying to Induce the ad ministration to go easy on trust prose cutions. Significance Is attached to Assistant Stato Secretary Bacon’s visit to J. P. Morgan's New York office before he at tended yesterday afternoon's cabinet meeting at Oyster Bay. It Is believed that the Morgan com pony’s opinions will be heard and dls- cussod by the president, Secretaries Taft. Root and Meyer. It Is said un officially that Taft will thoroughly dis cuss the administration's policies In his address before the Buckeye Republican Club at Columbus, Ohio. A880CIATED PRE8S HA8 THREE MEN IN CHICAGO Chicago, Aug. 14—Twenty-five strikes which occurred last night and this forenoon brought the number of cities affected by the strike to 98 anil the total number of operators out of work to almost ten thousand. The strlkea were called In all parts of the country. The force of operators em ployed by Armour A Co., the big pack ers, walked out shortly after noon to day. Much depends on the arrival at President 8. J. Small from the Pacific coast. It Is believed by Oeneral Sec retary-Treasurer Russell that Small will reach here today, but another offi cial asserted about 10 o'clock that Mr. Small had been heard from at Ogden, Utah, and could not reach the city un til tpmorrow. When he does arrive he will be asked to call at once a general strike of all union telegraphers throughout the United States and Canada, This action. It Is believed, cannot be headed off by any peace talk as at this time the temper of the strikers In all the large renters Is strongly In favor of a strike everywhere. The Associated Press service In this city Is badly hampered, that corpo ration retaining the services of but three operators In this city and one student, while the regular force num bers about eighteen. Tangier, Aug. 14.—Seven thousand Moors, led by a fanatical priest, storm ed the outpost at Casa Blanca today, driving the French and Spanish de fenders out of one of the stations and holding It against the foreign troops for ' over an hour. Most desperate fighting was required to enable tho French troops to regain the outpost The Moors were forced bock by a bayonet attack. Hundreds wers killed or wounded and the French troops also sustained severe losses. The attack was made lp the early morning. Fight ing was centered on tho artillery, tho Moors trying to capture the field pieces. Had they succeeded In taking any of the guns to the hills the French would have been driven from their position. The charge was made by tho Moors when It was evident that tho French were preparing to attack and drive them further from Casa Blanca. Un mindful of. ride fire or scrapnel, the natives charged right up to the guns, leaping over their wounded nnd dy ing, Many Moors wer* cut down beside tho guns they refused to surrender. While forced to retreat, tho French troops maintained order and gave way slowly. The attack that resulted in driving the Moors back was a gallant one. Tangier, Aug. 14—The French troopa at Casa Blanca have been ordered to prepare for a campaign In tho Interior Morocco. Spanish troops are being rushod to that port to hold tho city whllo the French will press on after tho warring tribesmen, and in an ef fort to end the holy war, and before It assumes organized shape, teach the Moora a terrible lesson. Nothing elso will stop the looting and slaughter In Morocco and establish peace In the country. The fanaticism of the Moors Is ths one obstacle that must be overcome by the Europeans before fighting censes. Shrapnel and a hall of bullets Inflicted terrible loss on the Moors yesterday, but they did not abandon the fight until the leaders decided on strategic methods. The French captured many valuable horses belonging to the cavalry of the tribesmen. The Moors hare secured from some source pieces of artillery Which are being mounted In the hills about Casa Blanca. Notwithstanding their Intelligence In handling field ar tillery. If these pieces are got Into working order, the French position will be untenable. It was because of this fact that Gen. oral Drudo decided to drive the Moors from the hills about Casa Blanca and follow tbsm to Ute Interior, mowing them down with machine guns and rifle fire until the holy war la ended. Nothing but the most extreme meas ures will have an effect on the tribes men. Coxeys Army To Start Again Sault Ste Marie. Mich., Aug. 14— General Coxey, leader of the famous hobo army across' the continent to Washington a few years ago. Is plan ning to start a new pilgrimage, but ho refuses to tell Its destination or Its purpose. Growth and Progress of the New South The Georgian here records each day some economic feet In reference to the onward progreaa of the 8outh. BY J08EPH B. LIVELY Columbus. Oe„ Ang. II—The Georgia end Alabama Industrial index says In its- really remarkable progress that Is being made Id Georgia and Alabama just now along Industrial and eouatrnctlon lines Is appreciated onlv In a general way by the average resident of either of these two favored states. One who makes oloae and systematic study of tbla great advance, week by week, can not but be — B||| **■• people of these two states arc accomplishing In a - - - - - ,-jJects launched soma time ago now being pushed through to completion, btit many new enterprises are being projected, work on which will begin In tha near future. As Indicative of the fact that activity along c*instruction and Industrial lines will continue unabated, many reports of contracts et during the past week appear In The Index, and some of those contracts involve large sums. Among many realty deals, tho sale of a 800-acre Georgia farm at 140 K r acre, la of particular Interest, as Illustrative of tha steady upward, trend of tn values. "Among the enterprises of particular note launched during the week were a 500,000 mining company at Dalton. Ga.; a 8800,000 plant at Mobile, Ala., to manufac. — Mg " - ’ *—irodocta of that nut; }150.f») gas plant at Ua‘ *— 000 -if paring for West End. Ala.; seven wareh reeled by the Farmers’ Union, nnd $100,000 wharf iHtlrn. warehouses, * exten ure coco*nut oil and by-products of that uut Ala.; bids Invited for $175,000 of several of which will be erected ■Ion, Mobile, Ala projected construction work, a club house, new co mo ration*, twenty-one Items of "The Index make, note of •eventeen eonrt boose, ginnery, taro Ice plant., two silo, sanitarium, .table*, cotton mill addition. 'three water work, ayafema. sanl- ary eewerage ayatem. timber company, three now banks and two b.mka Incrcanlng ary aewerage ayatem. timber company, urea new banks amt two capital ttnrk, two lighting Plante projected, a Maoonl.- building, erecting 426.000 of achool building., three bridge., a church to »»«• . movement to build an addition to another church building launched bids