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THE WEATHER. For Atlanta and Vicinity—Fair The Atlanta Georgian SPOT COTTON. Liverpool, barely steady; 7.24. Atlan- tonight, probably scattered show. era Wednesday, not eo warm. If you with to keep posted on what tha Legislature la doing, got Tho \ L' "\AZ*C “Tho Bracobrldgs Diamonds,” a thrilling mystery story, la now Georgian Every Day. XS..LN J-T Es V V ^ being printed In The Georgian. ta. quiet; 13c. New York, quiet; 33.25. New Orleans, quiet; 13ft. * Augusta, quiet; 13H. Savannah, steady; 12 6 i. YOL. Yin. NO. 13. ATLANTA, GA., TUESD AY, AUGUST 20,1907. PRICE: TAFf BOBS INTO VIEW ONCE MORE Speech at Columbus, Ohio, Throws Limelight on War Secretary TAFTJIFFS T Plays the Great White Light on Coming Campaigr. Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 20—Cheered by an audience of more than 6,000 per sons. William Howard Taft last night delivered what will be regarded as his platform In his candidacy for presi dent. As was expected he explained hts position on the national questions which will doubtless be made para mount In the presidential campaign of next year. Not only did he not mention the name of Joseph Benson Foraker, but he made emphatic response to the at tacks made by the latter on the Hep burn law tariff revision and other subjects, but he did not stop here. Ho next took up abuses In railroad dis criminations and told why the presi dent had recommended that the pow ers of the Interstate commerce com mission should be enlarged. Senator Foraker, In his Ohio speeches this summer, had declared that the Hepburn law was unwise, unconstitu tional and unnecessray. Mr. Taft re plied to each of these objections In detail. He said: , "I have been Invited by your body to discuss the national Issues. Some of these Involve the abuses over which the public conscience has been arous ed, and the proper remedies for their removal. The first, and possibly the greatest, abuse has been In the man agement of the arterial system of the country which the Interstate railroads form. Any unjust discrimination In the terms upon which transportation of freight or passengers Is afforded an Individual or a locality, paralyses and withers the business of the Individual or the locality exactly A» the binding of the arteries and veins leading to a member of the human body destroys Its life. Interstate Commerce Law. •The result of twenty years' opera tion under the Interstate commerce act of 1887, passed to restrain abuses of unjust, discrimination and unreas onableness of rates, was that the rail roads came to regard the action of the commission It created as of no Im portance. The delays, due to the ne cessity of resorting to the courts to try out the merits or every order of the commission, before It became effective, mads the remedy of the complaining shipper or Iocnllty so slow and burden some that In contested cases It was no remedy at all. The commission was not, under the old act, authorized to fix reasonable rates. Eliminating Competition. "A much used means of eliminating competition among Interstate lines serving the same- territory Is the ac quisition by one company of stock In another, and the election of directors ROOSEVELT CHANGES SPEECH TO FOOL WALL STREET Boston, Aug. W—President Roosevelt wrote Into his speech delivered at Provlncetown today several paragraphs even more drastic than those In his original speech. He evidently figured that Wall street would get the entire speech In advance and it would be wise to hold up strong opinions until the time of delivery. This la believed to have been done to fool Wall street. The new, paragraphs are shown by the Indented type near the end of his speech In The Georgian. TOPICS TREATED TERSELY IN ROOSEVELTS SPEECH Jail and fine for all offenders of the anti-trust law and Interstate commerce laws. National sovereignty Is to be upheld In so far as It means the sov ereignty of the people used for the good of the people; and state’s rights are to be upheld In so far as they mean the people's rights. Believes In a national corporation law for corporations engaged In Interstate business, and the government should exercise supervision. Educate courts and legislatures to see what the real wrongs are. Administration has shown that none Is too powerful to evade the law of the country nr stand above possibility of punishment. It Is necessary to have good laws, good Institutions apd good citizen ship. Plutocracy Is sordid and unlovely. 7 AFT OUTLINES POLICIES OF COMING CAMPAIGN An Income tax to help the government In times of great need. Thinks the Imprisonment of a few managers of unlawful frusta would have a healthy effect on the country. Efficient regulation Is an effective antidote and preventive of gov ernment ownership. Interstate roads should not be allowed to Issue stocks or bonds unless approved by the Interstate commerce commission and then only for legit imate purposes. Restrain the evils of elimination of competition by railroads and trusts and make It unlawful for railroads to secure stock of competing lines. Favors a revision of the tariff by the Republican party In conformity to the protective principle. Calls tor the suppression of secret rebating discrimination by rail roads, giving all a fair chance’ at uniform rates. E ANTI-TRUST L —PRESIDENT R008EVELT. Delivers Speech Com memorating Landing of the Pilgrims. RIGHTS OF STATES ARE RESPECTED JAPS WANT $50,006,000 LOAN 70 BUy THE PHILIPPINES Berlin. Aug. 20.—Despite rumors to the contrary. It Is believed here that Japan Is trying to raise money with a view of the acquisition of the Philip pines. German bankers have Informed a representative of a pool of eight Japan ese banks trying to float 860,000,000 loan, that nothing could be done before October and not even then, should the Japanese-American war rumors still be In circulation. 18 RUSS MEN AND WOMEN KNOW THEIR DOOM IS SEALED Continued on Pago Eleven. St. Petersburg, Aug. 20.—Five wom en and thirteen men foredoomed to death were placed on trial today for conspiracy against the life.of Emperor Nicholas. The trial Is held behind closed doors. The verdict Is f foregone conclusion. Every one of the prisoners, men and women alike, will be sentenced !., die and will be shot down In some million prison. , The eighteen know their doom Is sealed. They are without hope and without fear. They face their arcukers agd their Judges calmly, cheerfully, re fusing to talk, refusing to say a word about the great revolutionary move ment which they sought to bring to a successful termination by the death of the czar of Russia. Inserted Drastic Opinions in Speech to Fool Wall Street. Provlncetown, Mass., Aug 20.— Thoso who violate the anti-trust and interstate commerce laws of the country should bo treated as criminals and jailed as well as fined. This is the keynote of the speech delivered here today by President Roosevelt at the laying of the cornerstone of the Pilgrim monument. Never before on any trip that the president has taken were so many precautions taken to Insure his safety. When the bright sun gleamed with a smile of promise In the east today, the Mayflower, a somewhat different look ing craft from the one that touched hero 287 years ago, hung off tip of the I'npe. As tno sky grew bluer and the ocean breezes swept over the llag-be- decked town, the Mayflower skimmed bird-like up to the harbor and came to anchor. Mrs. and Miss Roosevelt Along. Thousands of iron, women and chtl dren. not only from cape towns nm villages, but from Now England ant the east, surged toward the big pier at which tho president landed. They knew that with the president wore Mrs. Roosevelt and their daughter, Miss Ethel Roosevelt. They were eager for a glimpse of the distinguished party. The president wtu met at the dock by Governor Guild and Prealdent J. Henry Sears, of tha Pilgrim Monument Asso ciation, and George A. Allen, chairman of the board of selectmen. The party moved directly to the town hall, where the ceremony began at one*. He said: "It la not too much to say that the event commemorated by the monument which we have come here to dedicate was one of those rare events which can In good faith be called of world Irn port once. * ■The coming hither of the Puritan three centuries ago shaped the destinies ■>f this continent, and therefore, pro foundly affected the destiny of the whole world. Men of other races, tli Frenchman and the Spaniard, the Dutchman, the German, the Scotchman, and the Swede, made Battlement* with. In what Is now the United States, dur ing the colonial period of our history and before the declaration of Inde- ndence: and since then there haa on an ever-swelling Immigration from Ireland and from the mainland of Europe; but It was the Englishman who settled In Virginia and the Eng lishman who sottled In Massachusetts who did most In shaping the lines of our national development. All Americans. The utterly changed conditions of onr national life necessitate changes In certain of our laws, of our government, si methods. Our federal system of gov. emment Is based upon the theory ol leaving to each community, to each elate, the control over thoee things which afTect only Ite own members and which the people of the locality them selves can best grapple with, while S rovldlng for national regulation In lose matters which necessarily affect the nation aa a whole. "It seems to me that auch questions aa national sovereignty and state’e lights need to be treated not empir ically or academically, but from the standpoint of ths Interests of the people as a whole. National sovereignly Is to be upheld In eo far aa tt means the sovereignty of the people used for the real and ultimate good of the people; and etate'e rights are to be upheld In so far aa they mean the people's rights. Especially Is this true In dealing with the relations of tha people as a whole to the greet corporations which are the distinguishing feature of modem busi ness conditions. National Incorporation Law. "I believe In a national Incorporation law for corporations engaged In Inter state business. I believe, furthermore, that the need for action la most press ing aa regards those corporations which, because they are common car riers, exercise a quasl-publlc function; and which can he completely controlled In all respects by the federal govern ment. by the exercise of the power con. ferfed under the Interstate commerce clause, and. If necessary, under the post-road clause, of the constitution. •The national government should exercise over them a similar supervis ion and control to that which It exer cises over national banks. Jail and Fins Offenders. "In dealing with’ thoee who offend against the anti-trust and Interstate commerce laws the department of Jus tice has to encourter many and great difficulties. Often men who have teen guilty of violating these laws have really acted In criminal fashion, and If possible should be proceeded against criminally; and therefore It is advisable that there should be a clause in these BELL TELEPHONE ECONOMY AND SERVICE. In April the Bell Telephone Company cut its force of exchange operators approximately from 115 to 90. The service was bad enough before this was done. To do this, the company had to rearrange switchboards so as to place the work of the 25 girls that they had formerly employed where the others could do it. Then they put a new rule into effect—the “three-second rule.” When you take your receiver down, it causes a little light to burn on the boards in front of three different girls. When the company has girls enough to take care of the calls, they answer the little light in a few seconds, and dsk you, “Number?” The “three- second rule” was that a light on a board must not burn more than three seconds, so the operator puts a plug into the number and the light goes out, and then you wait and wait and wait until she has answered all those ahead of you before yours is reached. These local operators average about $20.00 a month for anywhere up to nine hours a day. A great many get $15.00, and a few as high as $27.50 a month. Five dollars a week each for 25 girls is $125 a week saved to the company, or about 1 cent per week on the operating expense of each phone. You pay the company $1 a week for a house phone. Wages of 25 girls saved—a penny a week per phone made for the company. Increase in the number of phones in Atlanta in five years—3,500 to 12,000,, the number of phones increasing nearly 2,000 a year. Help decreased 115 to 90. Saving to Bell Company, on 12,000 subscribers, $6,500 a year. Annual local income, $400,000. Profit probably about $120,000. When a subscriber can not hear over the phone, it is usually wire trouble. Several years ago the Atlanta Bell office established a method of finding these troubles each night. The wire troubles in a system the size of Atlanta’s are from 1,200 to 2,000 a month. The same number of phones in New York City, where there are over 100,000 'phones, show possibly from 150 to 200 troubles a month against, say 2,000 in Atlanta. The modern methods used in such places as New Ybrk show the troubles from the telephone central every night—the subscriber may never have known his line was out, the company discovering the fact itself and fixing it. Won’t do in Atlanta’ say the powers that he in the Bell Company—too ex pensive to keep up. Wait till the subscriber drives down town to tell you “could not get you on the phone.” But Atlanta is a long-suffering, kind-hearted people—backwoodsmen. We have time to stand at the phone that is not working—or the phone that there is no one to answer -4he phone at which we get any number except the one we want. And the merchant whose minutes are dollars—the home where the doctor is called to the dying patient, waits and waits, and then gives up—while the greatest natu ral monopoly the world has ever known employs children from 15 years old up— and saves a penny a week on your phone and gives Atlanta a starved out service. Does Atlanta need a telephone commission? We think it does, and we call upon council again to give somebody power to regulate the matter of service and rates in our city. Since The Georgian opened the matter up on Friday, there has been unusual —enormous—activity at the Bell central. They are working overtime to give service This is not what Atlanta wants. Give us a permanently good service—not a temporary affair for this trip and train. In short, give us a commission that will keep it good. T L Atrocious Deeds Are Charged to the Soldiers. Continued on Page Eleven. Leicester, England, Aug. 20.—Atroci ties disgraceful to clvlllxatlon are charged ogalnet French-Bpanleh sol diers and sailors at Caaa Blanca, Mo rocco, by W, T. Belton, the first refugee from that place reaching England. He said France deliberately arranged the cauee of the massacre at Caaa Blanca an act of petty revenge. 'It was a brutish blunder," he eald. "There was no need for France to try capture the town, for the Moors stood rssdy to deliver the keys. “But France landed less than a hun dred men who tried to force their way Into Casa Blanca, and when the Moors resisted they began shooting. The whole affair was pre-arranged with the Idea * making the Moors the aggrealve that the French and Spanish soldiers could have sport killing defenseless men and women. "When the French got control Casa Blanca they let loose El Reign’s legion, whose ranks are composed of the worst criminals In Europe. The sol diers looted everything, carrying away young Moorish girls committing unmen. tlonable crimes right In tha streets and massacred wounded and helpless na tives. "The soldiers did not even respect Moore carrying white, flags. The offi cers made no attempt to control the men. simply allowing them a free hand. Stories told me by Moors, of the mas sacres were heart-rending. •The French proved themselvea total ly Incompetent to govern Morocco. France dares not penetrate Into ths Interior, for every tribesman has sworn revenge and If French soldier* once get outside fortified positions they will meet a different reception." Rsiluli Heads Natives. Ralsiill, the bandit, captor of Sir Har ry Maclean, the Sultan's military ad- tlror, is again In the field. An en gagement between his forces and those of the government Is Imminent at El Hauto, Raleull'a old camping ground. QUINCY, ILLINOIS, SWEPT BY STORM fit. Louis, Mo., Aug. 20.—Report* from Quincy, Ills., ore to the effect that the city bn a been a wept by a oerere atorm. Great damage hna been done to property, nnd several persons seriously hurt. If not killed. All efforts to eommunlcste with Qulney sre futile, because of tbs damaged condl tlon of the telephone and telegraph wires as n result of the storm and strike. Many buildings are reported to have been wreck ed. Race Results. EMPIRE CITY. First Race—Sam Rice, 12 to 1, won: Muck Rake, 1 to 2, second; Wise Hand, 3 to 1, third. Time, 1:44. Second Race—Gaga, 16 to 1. won; Hollow, 1 to 6, second; La Vatrlno, 7 to 2, third. Time 1:01 1-6. 8ARATOGA. First Race—Ben Ban. 20 to 1. won; Valla, 4 to 6, second; Walbourne, 6 to 2. third. Time. 1:11 4-6. Second Race—Fancy Bird, 80 to 1. won; D'Arkle, 6 to 2, second; Sir Tod- dlngton, 1 to 4, third. Time 1:40. On the result of the battle depends the safety of Alcaxar. If the bandit Is victorious the city 111 bn sacked by his men. If El Me- r.inl, the Sultan's uncle, who commands the government troops. Is victorious, Ralsiill will be captured. The engage ment, which seems to be certain, will have an Important result regardless of which side wins. 00000000000000000O0000000CJ 0 "HIGHS" AND "L0W8” § 0 ARE AT IT AGAIN. 0 0 0 0 The "highs" and "lows’.’ are at O 0 It again. They are rambling up 0 j 0 and down the country criss-cross- 0 0 Ing east and west, north nnd 0 1 0 south, and stirring up unsettled O 0 conditions generally. Forecast; O 0 "Fair Tuesday night, probably O | O scattered showers Wednesday; O 0 not so warm." O 0 Tuesday temperatures: 0 0 7 o'clock a m 70 degrees 0 1 0 8 o'clock a. m 71 degrees 0 O 0 o'clock a m. ......76 degrees 0 0 10 o'clock a m 70 degrees O 0 11 o'clock a m 81 degrees O 0 12 o'clock noon .70 degrees 0 0 1 o'clock p. m. 82 degrees 0 O 2 o'clock p. m 16 degrees 0 O O 00000000O000000000000O0000 125 CHINESE SLAIN BY MINE EXPLOSION Berlin, Aug. 20.—A terrifying dlsaa- r has occurred In China resulting In the death of about 126 persona Includ ing two German engineers, according to dispatches received here today. The message comes from Tslng Tau anil says an explosion In the Fang Tee mine caused the dlsaeter. The two Germans uere acting as foremen of Chinese min. lug gangs. Shooting Conteet at St. 8imona Brunswick. Oa, Aug. 20.—The Bruns wick Riflemen will on Friday have a field day and competitive target shoot, ig contest on St. Simons Island, .here will be a ball at one of the hotels, Friday night, and special excursion* will be run from Brunswick. Growth and Progress of the New South JOSEPH BY B. LIVELY The following new Industries have recently been chartered In North Carolln The Ford k Johnson Company, of Utah Point, u» do a general furniture bunlnenn. Including bnyln thortzed capital la $26,000. with $10,000 subscribed Cline and J. W. McDonald. The Bridgeton Lumber Company, of Bridgeton, N. C„ has boon chartered with $50,ni)0 authorized capital and $16,000 subscribed. A. F. Bunting, of Newbern. N. C., Is prealdent* N. T. Torbert, of Fort Norfolk, Va., vice president, and II. M. Hunt ing, of Newbern, secretary and treasurer. The company will carry on a general lumber business. The work of Installing the new machinery at the Imperial Mattress Company’s factory. Washington Heights. Washington, N. C., la nearly completed, and In about three weeks the factory will be running. The Acme Match Company, of Greensboro, N. C., has been chartered at an pltal of $100,000 and $20,000 subscribed. J. Palmer, of wi"-**— (dent. 'Hils Is the first enterprise of this kind In the stnt has been chartered with a capital slock’ ■ O'Connor, New York; K. II. Payne, Williamsport, Pn.; D. W. Noel, N and L. Gasklas, of Salisbury. Half of the $3,000,000 will be common nnd half pre ferred stock. Objects are the construction and operation of saw mills and factories, power plants, stores, real estate, etc.—Southern Lumberman. A deal Involving close on to a million dollars, and that will mean practically a new railroad Uno for Louisiana. In that an extension Kill connect two trunk lines and afford communication between two of th.* nearest yellow pine producing par- Din's In the state, has been concluded at Rochelle, Grant parish. Louisiana, where