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Tircr ATijA^rrA wgiuftui&fli ajnu JNJswfe 0Art'UUAY, AUGUST 17, 1907. 1IC SWINDLE Pennsylvania’s Probe Committee Recom mends Suits. Harrlaburg, Pa., Aug. 17.—Governor Stewart received the Anal report of the capitol Investigating committee yesler day. Seventeen persons, and a cor poration are named In the report as being Involved In one way or another In the fraudulent transactions In con nection with the construction and fur nishing of Pennsylvania's $11,000,000 capitol and the committee recommends that orlmtnal and civil proceedings be brought against them. The persons against whom criminal or civil suits may be directed are: The List John H. Sanderson, of Philadelphia, for furnishings. Joseph M. Huston, Philadelphia, architect. Stanford H. Lewis, Huston's assist ant James M. Shumaker, of Johnstown, former superintendent of the board of (ubllc grounds and buildings. ff. P. Snyder and E. B. Hardenberg, formerly auditors general. W. L. Matheus and Frank G. Harris, formerly state treasurers. Representative H. Burd Cassel, pres ident of the Pennsylvania Construction Company, which supplied the metal lic casings and furniture. George F. Payne, who built the cap itol. Charles G. Wetter, Payne's partner. Charles P. Kinsman, Wallace Bolleau, John G. Neuderer and George K. Storm, who organized the Pennsylvania Bronze Company, which supplied the lighting fixtures to Sanderson. Frank Irwin, an auditor In the audit, or general's office. George C. Towne, bookkeeper under Shumaker. International Manufacturing Supply Company, which bid against Sanderson for the capitol furnishing contract. Pennypaoker Not Mentioned. The name of Governor Pennypacker, who by virtue of his office, was a mem ber of the board of public grounds and buildings, which let the furnishing con. tracts, and Governor Stone and his as sociates, who made up the commis sion which constructed, are not men tioned In the list of persons against whom the Investigators recommend that action be taken. TAKE ALLTIME OF SENATE_SATURDAY Little Progress Made aud Recess Stops Discus sion, MULE TESTIFIED IN OWN BEHALF Among those present In the re corder's court, Saturday morning, were sixteen people, a pistol and a mule. It Is true .that tho mule was not In the court room, but It was In evidence, nevertheless. Councilman Huddleston, of the second ward, who was on the bench, demanded that the mule be brought around to testify, and It was. Its back was all that the Judge Wanted to see. Sergeant Hollingsworth found one of L. Rlgber’s Ice cream wagons going along the street Friday, with a sick horse In front. He told the driver that the horse was not In condition to drive and the fellow said he would take him back to the stable. It seems that he did, but hitched an other animal In the shafts that was In bad shape. Various evidence was given nnd Councilman Huddleston said that before he rendered a decision he wanted to see the sore that the police described as being as big as the palm of their hand, and which Mr. Rlgber said was only about the size of a half dollar. The horse was brought Into the stable yard of the police station, the recorder looked at It, and Mr. Hig her was fined $10. DR. T. O. POWELL RALLIES FOR SHORT WHILE ONLY. gpectal to The Georgian. Mllledgevllle, Ga., Aug. 17.—Reports from the bedside of Dr. T. O. Powell, who Is 111 at Tate Springs, are to the effect that there Is no change for the better today. There was a rally In his condition yesterday evening, but only for a short time. ALDERMAN DIRECT8 FIRE ON CHATTANOOGA MAYOR Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 17.—Aider- man C. B. Russell, of the. Third ward, has added to the troubles of Mayor Frierson, by chargtnb that the mayor with “gum shoe" tactics In making a deal with the Chattanooga Railway Company for franchises. He claims that the mayor and one alderman held a conference with the railway officials without notifying members of the council committee to which the fran chise matter was referred. WOMAN'S WILL IS FOUND AFTER TWENTY-ONE YEARS Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 17.—A will made by Miss Florida G. Weaver, twenty-one years ago, has Just been found and filed for probate. When Miss Weaver died a score of years ago. It was supposed that she left no will. The will cannot cause any trouble, as It bequeathed all property to Mrs. Claudia McCall, a sister, who came Into natural iswsssslon of It. Tennessee Day at Exposition, kpedsl to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 17.—Gov- ernor Patterson has named Friday, October 17, as Tennessee day at the Jamestown exposition, and will Issue a proclamation accordingly, during the next few days. oooooootH»ooooooooi»oooooa O MERCHANT TAKES LIFE O 2 WHILE 8PEEDING ON TRAIN O O Q O Special to The Georgian. O 2 Athens, Ga, Aug. 17.—J. W. O o Anthony, a prominent merchant, O 2 of High Shoals, Ga* took his life O r yesterday while on a Central O 2 ’™ ln - Between Madison and O 2 Bishop, Anthony swallowed the D 2 foments of a six-ounce bottle of O ° laudanum. When his condition O 2 waj noticed, he was already un- O 2 oonscioua, remaining in this state O 2 “.m" his death, which occurred O 2 shortly afterwards. O 'P population h sous re mile of any this country. The Azure* are slightly more than M*». In Alaska there to only «• per son to ten square miles. Ithnde Islam! Is - second to Washington, with 407 persons s OaOOOOOOOOOOODOOOOODOOOOOO square mile. In a session of three hours Saturday morning the senate made very little progress on the appropriation bill. Four amendments took up practi cally the entire time of the session, and adjournment came without any conclusion being readied on the fourth one. Just how an extra session can be avoided Is not apparent, as It will prob- ftbly take all of the afternoon ses sion to complete the appropriation measure and It will not be done with in that timo unless better progress is made than was the case at the morning session. The net result of the morning ses- gon was an increase of $6,000 in the Soldiers' Home appropriation; $5,000 more for the School for the Deaf, the correction of some technical faults and two or three involved wrangles over points of order. The hour of adjourn ment was reached at 1 o'clock with discussion raging over an increase of $5,000 in the Tech fund. The senate Saturday morning got down to business with a rush. The Brock bill to amend the alterna tive road law so as to require four instead of two days' work on public roads passed without* serious dpposl- Two measures, one providing for the retirement of state bonds and the other authorising the governor to borrow $200,000 to meet casual deficiency, were parsed without discussion. A wrangle ensued over a motion of Senator Hawes to withdraw certain bills from the appropriations commit tee and refer them to the committee on education. Senator Overstreet objected on tho ground that the bills had been tabled by the appropriations committee be cause they carried appropriations for which provisions could not be made. He said it would be improper to with draw the bills now and refer them to another committee. "The very people who on yesterday voted not to tax corporations are the very people here clamoring for in creased appropriations." On a point of order, raised by Sena tor Felder, debate was shut off. “Shouldn’t Loso Tempers.” A sharp colloquy ensued between Senators Felder and Flynt. and Presi dent Akin rapped for order. "On this final day of this session senators not loose their tempers,’’ said. On the motion to recommit the bills, the vote was 20 to 12, thus defeating the motion. A motion was made to reconsider the action of the senate in killing the bill Increasing the salary of the clerk to the insurance commissioner $600. The motion to reconsider carried by a vote of 20 to 16. At 10:55 o’clock the appropriation bill was taken up for action. Chairman Hardman made a state ment showing that' the total taxable value of properties in Georgia for 1907 will be approximately $709,000,000. With the tax rate at live mills, It will yield In revenue $3,545,000. About $1,000,000 additional raxes will be realized, giving $4,545,000. He estimated further that the Increas es in taxable property will amount to $60,000,000 for 1908. which would give $300,000 additional revenues In 1908. The appropriation bill, as amend ed by the senate committee, carried $4,650,000. Dr. Hardman said the ap propriations were not therefore exces Hive. Senator Felder offered nn amendment to increase the appropriation to the Soldiers' Home from $17,500 to $20,000. It was adopted. Senator Taylor offered an amendment Increasing the appropriation for the School for the Deaf from $37,500 to $42,500. It was adopted by a vote of 15 to 13. For Georgia Tech. The amendment offered by Senator Williford to increase the appropriation for the Georgia School of Technology fiom $60,000 to $65,000 brought on some discussion. Senator Knight submitted an amend ment making the appropriation $55,000. Senator Overstreet spok^ against the increased appropriation. He charged that the capitol had swarmed with more "dirty lobbyists” during the pres ent session than ever known before. "When the senate yesterday voted against a provision to lift the tax bur dens from the shoulders of the poor and place them on the rich, that senate gallery swarmed with those lobbying against the Income tax. "They kept tab on how every senator voted—watched for the delivery of the goods almost like a white man watches a negro vote.” Again the senate entangled itself In a snarl over a privileged resolution of fered by Senator Hays calling on the senate appropriations committee to re port back certain bills. With this condition existing, the fixed hour of adjournment, 1 o’clock, arrived, and the senate adjourned until 3 o'clock. SEABOARD NOT TO CHANGE CHARITY RATES IN ALABAMA Special to The Georgian. Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 17.—It Is an nounced by J. H. Ketner, commercial agent of the Seaboard Air Line, that there will be no change In the charity rates, nnd that he had received In structions from the head office to this effect. One of the roads has changed the charity rates, claiming that It could not give them under the present state laws. At the Washoe smelling works, Anaconda. Mont., over 11,000 tons are handled dally by thirteen compressed nlr locomotives, twelve of which weigh thirteen tons esrh nnd one twenty-one tons. Kerb locomotive carries two storage tanks for fts air supply, the air I • Ltid conveniently to the locomotives Women picketa of the New York Telegrapher*' Union induelng strike-breaker to join in their rank. Be- low is a group of striking mossonger boys. CHIEF PINKERTON DIED ONJTEAM Head of Noted Detective Agency Died On Way to Europe. WAS HANDED LEMON AND LOST LADY LOVE New York, Aug. 17.—Robert A. Pink erton. head of the Pinkerton detective agency, died August 12, on board the steamer Bremen while on his way to Europe for hie health. Florence Sul livan, of New York, was with him. ,JNE, WILL J3EJEBUILT Plans to Reconstruct Resort On Bigger and Bet ter Lines. OF COLLEGE f sto'|) ,1 fo get their supply. Germany's labor famine he. become eo sente that It bas been found neressry to Impress peasant *trl» Into the railway eerv- tee as plate-layers and repairer,. A gang of them Is now hsrd St work near Beyers- dorf. Third Candidate in Nominated at Meeting of Citizens. At a meeting of representative citi zens of college Park, held Friday night, a petition of 125 voters of that city, re questing J: B. Hardin to run for mayor of t’ollege Park for the term begin ning December of this year, was sented to Mr. Hardin. Being urged by such a representa tive body of his fellow citizens, Mr. Hardin accepted the nomination, and Is now in the race for mayor of that city. Mr. Hardin Is a member of the firm of Beck A Gregg, and Is well known throughout this section of the country. He has made his home In College Park for the past fifteen years, where he Is held In high esteem by his fellow citi zens. as their selection of him as a candidate for mayor shows. this county amount to 722.238.707 seres. ng th. ■ _ _ freedom of the city of Ihitdln. s dis tinction recently conferred on Ulcbard Cor ker of Tammtny llsll fame. The average weight of a pair of elephant tusks is IM pounds, lint s single task has been kuowu Ur weigh 200 pounds. Christian of the German M. O. Rus- Nashvllle, Tenn., whose engagement was announced In a novel manner In New York city recently. Baron von Mutz, In winning Mis. Russell’s heart, had to overcome Prince Zal-Zal Bey, a Tur kish nobleman, who also was smitten by the Southern woman's beauty. Prince Bey was present at a dinner given by W. J. Robinson, u mine owner, to Bnron von Motz, and Mrs. Russel, and was served at the tabic with a real lemon.' Old Orchard, Me., Aug. 17.—Three deaths huve resulted from the 1800,000 lire which completely destroyed this resort Thursday night, and Rev. Rufus H. Jones, of Saco, Me., is expected to die momentarily. The, deaths so far resulted from a gas tank explosion. Preparations are under way to rebuild the resort big ger nnd better by next senson. A bet ter fire protection is planned. CUIMEyV DEATH Grandmother of Misses Lan drum to Be Buried in East. IF W ATTACK Natives Have Sent Ultima- l turn to General Drude. Casa Blanca, Morocco. Aug. 17.—The natives surrounding the city have sent General Drude. commanding the for eign forces, an ultimatum demanding immediate surrender on pain of attack, saying all foreigners will be elaln. General Drude has not answered yet. Thousands of Moors surround the town and If attacked It will probably fall, al though the French forces are hopeful. Morocco la filled with plots to over throw the aultan. Pretenders to the throne sprang up everywhere In dis order, making the situation much STRIKERS "WILLING TO ARBITRATE Continued from Pago Ono. Saturday morning at 9 o'clock, at A private sanitarium, Mrs. Henry Dun- ster, of West Medford, Mass., died of paralysis. For several days Mrs. Dunstor had hern III with a mild attack of typhoid fever, hut hopes of her recovery were entertained by relatives and friends. Friday evening she was attacked by paralysis, and It was known that the end wug near. For the past year Mrs. Dunster had made her home In the South. She Is survived here by two grand-daughters Miss Grace Landrum and Mrs. Frank Watkins, nee Madge Landrum, and In Providence. R. I., by a son, Harry Dunster. The body will be Interred In West Medford and will he accompa nied East by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wat kins, and by Harry Dunster, of Provi dence, who will be Joined at Washing ton city by Dr. W. W. Landrum. The Austrian salt mine at Wfellczka bus eoo miles of imllerh-a and ».»» miners. It has been worked for six centuries. appearances, the rankest kind of decep- a are being practiced on the The telegraph companies In ley and on Long Island are pletely paralyzed. The same condltiona exist In the eaat and west. The telegraph company officials claim that the backbone of the strike Is broken. Tills la ridiculous. Not a single striker has applied for reinstate ment, and none will apply until the men can walk back as one man." Chicago, Aug. 17.—That the striking telegraphers are preparing to make the present labor battle a fight to a finish was disclosed today when President 8 J. Small, of the Telegraphers’ Union, declared that a $2,000,000 fund would be raised within the next two months. The strike today spread to the other trades for the first time, when 100 elec tricians employed on the draining cahal quit work. Orders catling them out were Issued when It was learned that the telegraph companies were negotiat ing a contract with the eanitary dis trict commissioners for a supply of electricity, full effect of the general will not be known for twenty-four hours, the latest reports show that twenty more cities are af- fectedf making the total 122. Sympathetic Strike Threatened. Other trades threatened today to go out In sympathy with electricians If non-union men were ueed to fill tho vacancies. The strike leaders also prepared to get the teamaters to atop delivering •applies to the Postal and Western Union buildings. Janitors, elevator men and all other employees of these two buildings may be called out before night. United States Labor Commissioner Neill and President of the American Federation Compere, blocked by arbitration" situation, have given up their peace efforts and havs returned to Washington. $5,000,000 Lott Alrssdy. Board of trade brokers declare to day that AS,000,000 has already been lost to them In deals up to date since the strike began. Both telegraph companies claimed to be In good shape and moving all busi ness promptly. The Western Union claimed to have about 200 operatore at work, but when the reporter asked per- mleslon to step Into the gallery and rount them the request was promptly refused. It Is also said by people who claimed to have offered business that they were told the company was not accepting business. President Small, of the Commercial Telegraphers' Union, today explained to the strikers what It would be nec essary to do In ordor to win this labor battle. He said: President Small Talks. “We can't win on talk. We must work. We must organise committees, Each and every one must be a com mittee of one to look out for their own Interest and not depend entirely on the committees of the union. “There are two Important things, we must do. I believe the first In Impor tance Is to get every commercial teleg rapher who Is not working under con tract away from the key. Th# next Is to raise the largest fund possible in the shortest possible time. I set the amount that we need at $2,000,000 and w* must raise It within the next two months. "With the aaslslnrce of every mem ber we will have that sum at our. hack within the next sixty days. We will establish a bureau of Information and we will keep the 86,000,000 people lit this country Informed on what we are doing nnd what the telegraph compa nies have been doing for the last thirty years. Can’t Loss 8triko. “If we ran keep the public Informed on the abuses which we have under gone at the nands of the telegraph com panies we can’t lose the strike even If we have not a cent. "We want a 15 per cent Increase In our salaries; we want an eight-hour day; If we have to work rtxieen hours we want pay for twenty hours. We must penalize the companies for every THEIRJOd Cage Containing Eight Miners Drops 400 Feet Down Pit. Johnstown. Pa., Aug. 17.—Owing to what Is believed to have been a de fect In the machinery, a cage contain ing eight miners who were preparing to descend to their work In a mine of the Sonman Shawft Coat Company at Sonman, east of here, today, started upward Instead of going down, nnd rising to the top of the tlppe!, eight feet nten**’ turne< * over * throwing out the Five of them dropped down the shaft. £mJ!! tan KM 0, ° ver . 400 fee *. and were killed, while the other three succeeded lo catching hold of the timber of tho tipple and escaped with slight injuries. The Dead. JOHN MCALLISTER, aged 55, James- wn. OSCAR GROK1E, pumper, of Son- man. RALPH RICHIE. ADAM KOMPKE. RUSSELL HOLLERS, engineer. STATE POSTMASTERS ARE MEETING HERE Continued from Pago One. M. Park, Emerson: J. M. Rose, Lyerly; George H. Yarbrough, Vlnlngs; J. A. Yarbrough, Allentown; Mra. Viola Da vis, Franklin; Mias C. F. Cheek, Dun- wody; Mrs. Mary Blacker, Dodge: Mies Bessie Blacker, Dodge; T. J. Hardage, Kennesaw; C. M. label!. Berry; L J. Walker, Spann; W. T. Kitchens. Mitch ell; Mrs. Belle Wright, Powder Springs; Miss Emma Manly, Carnes- vllle; Mrs. Josephine Gant, Duluth; T. A. Chastln, Plains; C. H. Tolbert. Blaine; C. H. Tolbert. Blaine; J. L. Blackburn, Hamilton; H. M. Ellington. Ellljay; W. G. Grogan, Crowavllle; W. D. Wallace, Chamblee, and J. M.Towns. Towns The Organization. The National League of Postmasters of fourth-class offices was organized in St. Louts during the fall months of 1904, Oscar Pogue, a postmaster of tho fourth-class In Texas, being made president of the aaeoclatlon. The sec ond annual convention was held at the national capital In October. 1905, and was a gathering of energetic, progres sive workers. F. W. Jameson was elect ed president. All of the officers except Third Vice President W. A. McElroy, of Texas, and Executive Committeeman Swain, of North Carolina, were from the East and the Northwest. Post master Merritt, of Washington, wel comed the members of the league to the national capital, and on the sec ond day of the convention the visitors were received by Postmaster General Cortelyou, First Assistant Hitchcock and Fourth Assistant DeGraw, each of whom addressed the assembly. In Sixteen States. Last October the third annual meet ing was held In Chicago nnd whllo there were no funds In the treasury, the reports of the officers showed that a league had been formed In sixteen states. The same officers were re-elected, while a vice president from each state was added. S. R. Pope, of Buchanan, was named as Georgia’s vice ^resident, and soon after he returned tome he went to work Industriously. Wc want free typewriters, am the same pay for women who do the same work as the men receive.” Leaders of other local labor unions have made arrangements to raise funds to help the striking telegraphers. TELEGRAPH MANAGERS AT KEYS DAV AND NIGHT. Montgomery, Ala.. Aug. 17.—The strike situation remains unchanged In Montgomery. The managers of both the Western Union and Postal say they are handling all the business offered. Both of the managers are themeelves at the key working day and night. 8TRIKER FIRED ON DEMAND OF W. U. MAY CAU8E TROUBLE. Omaha, Neb., Aug. 17.—A Western Union striking operator, who had been hired by the Burlington railroad to handle a key In Its offices here, was dis charged yesterday afternoon on demand of the Western Union. Th# local offi cials of the telegraphers' union there upon entered a protest against the man's discharge and demanded that the Burlington give him back the place from which he was ousted. The Bur lington officials will announce their de cision today. Ths general Impression Is that ths operator will be re-em ployed. HAVANA CABLE OPERATORS JOIN TELEGRAPHER8’ STRIKE. Chicago, Aug. 17.—President Small, of the Telegraphers' Union, has re ceived a request for Instructions from the president of the Havana, Cuba, op erators’ union. Cable men have walked out, the number being unknown. LOCAL SITUATION 8HOWS NO MATERIAL CHANGE "If the Western Union and the Postal are satisfied with the receipts they are getting and the public Is satisfied with the service, we are satisfied.’’—Striking Commercial Telegraphers. At the end of the first week of tho strike both sides are still claiming a victory. The strikers at their meeting Saturday morning were more enthusiastic than ever. And the officials of the two companies were the same. General Superintendent J. Levin of the Western Union said there was no change In the situation and that the Western Union was taking care of its business. "We had thirty-four operators at work yesterday,” he said, "and today have thirty-five. One more man Joined us Saturday.” "Would you object to the men In :ed by a Georgian reporter. "Certainly I would," he replied. “I object to anybody going Into the oper ating room.” The general supertu: mlcrtt says he has thirty-five operators, and the strik ers smile and say there are about eight real operators, together with the offi cials and the clerical force. At noon Manager Alfred M. Beatty, of the Postal, had three operators working, but the balance of hta six were out at that time. He says things look better for the company now than ever and he doesn't think the strike will last much longer. At the meeting of the strikers Fri day night, ex-Mayor James G. Wood ward made an address of over a half hour which was greeted with cheers. Councilman Press Huddleston nnd Councilman-elect B. Lee Smith, both of whom are prominent members of the Typographical Union, were present and made speeches which were en thusiastically received. Senator E. Winn Born, of the thir ty-fourth district, one of the leaders of the senate, and an old-time telegrapher, will address the strikers next week, probably on Monday or Tuesday. The strikers say Senator Born ta heartily In sympathy with them and that he hopes they will win out. There are2*,<B0 tetters posted without ad dresses In England every year. of about 415 persona earl •W Nrlenre hna cut down the diphtheria mor tality In a few years from 90 to 10 per cent. SUV eight i oro«l wtfflcn lu Uer borne.