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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY SEPTEMBEIt 9, 1507. 3 SHOWING FALL AND WINTER MILLINERY INCLUDING A GORGEOUS DISPLAY ImportedPattern Hats AND CREATIONS FROM OUR OWN WORK ROOM TOMORROW, Wednesday and Thursday FIFTH WEEK BEGINS OF BIG WjBE STRIKE Operators Say They Do Not Expect Settlement of Strike Soon. ARTIST EARLE WELCOMES NOTORIETY; PUBLIC WILL BUY MY PAINTING NOW’ Local telegraph operator* who are on •trike laugh at the report-that the dif ference* between the companies and the operators are about to be settled, and pronounce It a "fake'’ emanating from the telegraph offices. •■There’s no likelihood of our getting together very soon." they say. “and certainly none of our making any con cessions. That Is merely a report sent out from the companies. They hope to hold out a hope of settlement to the operators and then suddenly disappoint them, hoping to have the weak mem bers become disheartened and go back to work anyway. ‘‘TheVe has been no suffering In our ranks and this Is the beginning of the fifth week of the strike. We have only about fifteen men out of work now, of the many who walked out, the others having found permanent or temporary employment and being very well satis fied to hold out as long as Is necessary.” MELT W JUDGEJA1DF0R0 Commutes Sentence of New Orleans Man Convicted of Fraud. Washington, Sept. 9.—President Roosevelt today commuted the two years' Imprisonment sentence of Judge James L. Bradford, of New Orleans, to expire October 20. Judge Bradford already has served two months. The only condition under which ex ecutlve favor could be secured was that Bradford should return to the govern ment the thousand or more acres of valuable land In Louisiana which be had fraudulently secured and pay the fine of 15,500. Bradford was one of the South's rich est and most prominent attorneys. December 23, 1905, he was convicted In New Orleans of the crime of conspi racy, but fought with every legal weapon nosslble up to the United States supreme court until June 10 this year, when the doors of the parish prison closed on him. Bowed with the weight of 70 years and the shocking disgrace, Bradford’s condition became so pitiful a* to attract the sympathetic support of bankers, clergy, business and professional men to many Southern states. BAPTISTS WANT PROHI CONVENTION I)r. A. C. Ward waa named by the Bap tiit niinlitert' conference Monday morning m a dclegato to the National Prohibition convention to aecure that convention for Atlanta In 1908. It waa the opinion of the baptist ministers that every effort shonld W made to bring tho big gathering to At lanta. The ministers discussed Informally the <|uestlon of allowing, itinerant preachers and ministers to enter their churches add tako up collections for various Independent ranses. The case of ft Persian who wanted to get money euongh to continue his educs- tlon In America was the origin of the dls Mission. The general opinion was that this sort of thing should be discouraged. LAST PRACTICE BY ATLANTIC FLEET Provlncetown, Mass., Sept. 9.—The last target practice before the cruise to the Pacific was begun today for the North Atlantic squadron. The first di vision started today. When through in two weeks the second division will be gin practice. At the end of the month the squadron will go to the navy yards to be refitted for the long cruise. EARL CALEDON MAY • SEEK AMERICA’S CUP Belfast, Ireland, Sept. 9.—A chal lenge for the America's cup from an altogether unexpected source mny be forthcoming within a few weeks. It Is -tnted here on excellent authority that Bari Caledon Is ambitious to capture the famous cup and Is seriously con- "iderlng a challenge. STRIKE PETITION WILL BE IGNORED RATES TABLES May Write a Book and Tell of His Affair. New Tork, Sept. 1 9.—That Artist Fer dtnand Plnney Earle, of Monroe. N. Y., who separated from his wife in order that she might get a divorce so as to permit him to wed his "affinity.” Miss Julia Kuttner, of Bethlehem, Pa., ex- pecta to be enriched by the notoriety which attaches to the case, is evidenced by a statement he made to an Inter viewer. He said: "What a good thing this will be for my painting. My name will be brought before the public as It never was be fore. People who look upon a picture which bfars the signature of Ferdinand Plnney Earle will purchase It. It may mean thousands of dollars, to me." Earle says he may write a book and In It tell wtfr he set aside his wife. ^ "Miss Kuttner," said the artist, “says my wife was an enigma to me. That Is true. It was not that she dlsagretd with my socialism or my painting, but there were racial differences and her temperament clashed with mine. My wife Is a splendid woman and I have been brutal to her, but unintentionally brutal. These stories about my having blackened my wife's eyes arc untrue, but I will sny that if matters had con tinued ns they were, I believe we both would have been dead.” REDUCED R ATES TO FAIR DOUBTFUL Mrs. Ferdinand R. Earle and Ferdinand R. Earle, the eccentric artist, have decided to separate, the wife to return to her home In France and sue for a divorce so that her husband may marry Miss Julia Kuttner, of Bethlehem, Pa., whom he has recognized as his "affinity.” Both Mr. and Mrs. Earle believe that happiness should be tho first consideration. They do not love each other as they once did. Mr. Earle has settled half his fortune on his accommodating wife, who by the way. Is very fond of the woman who Is to be her suc cessor and entertained her at 'her ' home. A picture of Harold, 2-yfcar- old son of Earle, Is shown. NOTED BISHOP IS IN Considerable speculation Is being In dulged in as to whether or not the rail roads will grant reduced rates to the state fnir here next month. If these rates are granted, the matter will be attended to when the general passenger agents of the various roads In the Southeastern Passenger Association meet Tuesday In Atlanta. Some Incline to tho belief that the roads will not put these rates into ef fect this year on account of the action of the railroad commission In reducing the maximum fare from 3 cents. Two railroad officials talked In this manner, but others were not In a position to make a statement. , This question will be put up to the tassenger officials during their meeting ty a committee from the fair associa tion. DEAF-MUTE MUST WRITE TESTIMONY Chicago, Sept. t.—Officials of the ■'"inmerclal Telegraphers' Union branded as false today the report that ■he MO operators employed by brokers, ‘•"spapers and on leased wires will he ailed out The union will not break iny contracts It has made, they said. A petition urging a walkout will be snored by local unionists. Mrs. Cora Strickland, on behalf of her ton. a deaf mute, swore out s warrant In Judge Blood worth's court Monday agalnat Walter IVntts. a negro mall carrier, charg ing assault and battery. Watts was ar rested and put under bond to be tried Monday afternoon. Strickland, the denf mute who la about, twenty-one, claims through slgus that as he was returning on n crowded cor from Ponce DeLeon Satnrdny. he nceldentnlly nut Ilia hand upon Watts' hand, mid that the negro struck hint In the face with bU In Judge Blood worth's court Monday afternoon, Ktrlekland will have to write Ids testimony on paper. Rt. Rev. E. R. Wilberforce, D, D., Bishop Chiches ter, Passes Away. London, Sept. 9.—News of the death of the Right Rev. Ernest Roland Wil berforce, D. D., bishop of Chlchhster, was received here today from Bem- brldge, Isle of Wight. Southern’s General Freight Manager Gives Testi mony on Moriday. Bishop Wilberforce was born in 1840.. He was appointed bishop of Chichester record, in 1895, succeeding Eight Hev. Richard Bernford, deceased. Previoua to then he hud been the bishop of New Castle. He was a canon of Winchester and chaplain to the queen when he visited the United States In 1881 as the guest of Bishop Potter, to whom he was a close friend. Washington, Sept. 9.—L. H. Green, general freight traffic manager of the Southern railway, today began his tes timony In the hearing of the North Carolina rate cose. Mr. Justice had* prepared a table cov ering rates between North Carolina points and points outside the state the view to paving the way for certain testimony relative to charges which have been made. The charges have not been named, but Mr. Justice submitted the table to Mr. Green with a request that he examine It and If the figures were correct It will be Incorporated In DE MOON-PI LOT. De Mg ynller moon, do ship of de sky. Hit sails wld de pilot-man high en dry. De smilin' moon-man. u whirlin' out mu'. W'lch fairy gol’ das' De stars am de light ’ouse sot dar ter shine Dat de ole sky-pilot kin see whur’a he gwlne; En de win's dat blow, he snares urn, ya ho— In de idg moon-ship's Got' sails es she dips *Mong do Isles, de fur away Isles, Of de meritin'. —Wllholinlna Franklin Pruitt In September Lipplncott's. MURESCO GEORGIA PAINT & GLASS CO. 40 Peachtree. Mr. Green found certain Inaccurucles In the table and It was found necessary to examine him on the table in detail. This consumed the entire morning ses sion and was devoted to questions con. cernfng milling Interests In various parts of North Carolina and In other states, the cost of hauling freight be tween various points and other details, all of’which will be'the basis of ques tions by the counsel for the state In ex amining Mr. Green. ACROSS CONTINENT TO GIVE SELF IIP fjpecla! to Tho Georgian. Savannah, Ga„ Sept. 9.—Isaac Levy, who escaped from the Chatham county chain gang In 1904, -where he was serving a sentence for larceny, returned to Savannah today, after having heat his way ■ from San Francisco to give himself up. Levy attained some" no toriety some years ago by Informing on Abo Small, a notorious negro. Small was hanged. AGAINST THREATS Of ALL OFFICIALS Men Do Not Like Idea of Being Indicted For Doing Duty. Special Jo The Georgian. New Decatur, ■ Ala., Sept 9.—At meeting of the employees of the Louis, vllle and Nashville shops a protest was made against the threats of state offi cials and others to have their fellow employees In the different departments created and punished for performing duties without regard to the suspended statute. Over five hundred were pres ent. Claude McMillan, foreman of the wheel shops, was elected chairman and stated the object of the meeting. Spirited remarks were made by sev eral of the employees against such proceedings. Resolutions were adopted protesting sgalnat the "assumption of Jurisdic tion" by the state, and .regretting the attempts of the Judge to Indict certain employees. gudeHiIer JOHN BULL MAY HAVE ROW WITH JAPSJkBOUT RIOT Canada Workmen Attack Orientals and Wreck Their Property. Their Bid'Lowest, But Ex act Figures Not Given Out. Vancouver, B. C., Sept. 9.—The riots, during which the Japanese and Chinese quarters were • attacked, the Orlentale beaten and thousands of dollars worth of their property destroyed by working men, will no doubt lead to International difficulties, Including an apology which will be demanded by Japan and a de mand for Indemnity. Consul Hlsamldzu and Baron Ishll had difficulty In escaping the mob. Klokl Ylro Iaall, chief of the bureau of foreign commerce and head of the Jap anese consular service, was also one of the prominent figures. Tho occurrence was at once cabled to Tokio. Baron Iahll Immediately cabled Ambassador Kaneko, at London, apprising him of the manner In which the Japanese were treated. An Indemnity of probably $23,000 will be offered, but Mayor Uethune suya It will not be paid. Saturday night’s riot ing was the worst In the history of western Canada. The sections of the city Inhabited by Japanese and Chinese are closely guarded by* police. There Is danger of another serious demon stration. JAP-A-LAC GEORGIA PAINT <& GLASS CO. 40 Peachtree. IS LATEST REPORT Nebraskan Quoted on Suln ject in Dispatch From West. •* Following th*» recommendation of Margin Si Dillon, architects, the committee on plans of the auditorium and armor/ and the ape- rill! committee of the city council, at a meet|iik held In the chamber of commerce Monday nt noon, adopted ft report recom* tending that the hid of Gutlo & Walker, uitructora, for the erection of the audlto There were ft number of hid* com bv the committees, hut the bid of tlude it Walker Iwdnff the lowest offered, was ne cepted mem recommendation of the archi tects. While the exact figures were not made public, aud will not ne known until action Is taken by the directors. It Is un derstood Hint It eomes within the appropria tion previously set aside for that purpose, Mr. Morgan. of the firm of Morgan it Dil lon. reported that the pinna luid been modi fied to some extent In order that the appro priation for erecting the building might not be exceeded, hut the <-hange» will not nmterlnlly affect the building, and were ac- ited by the committee, resident limy, of the leuird of directors, hns called n meeting of thnt Maly for next Thursday nt noon, nm| nt that time the t-eitort of ftie joint committees will lie coil sldereih There Is little doubt that It will adopted and favorably recommended council at the meeting to be held next Monday. ONE IS CAPTURED; ANOTHER ESCAPES A negro whose name Ih said to he John Banks shot and killed Jock Lind •ay, another negro, at Howells Station Sunday afternoon. He escaped and has not been caught, although Peter Brown, a third negro, who Is believed to have been Implicated In the killing, Is In Jail. Negroes who were eye-witnesses to the shooting refuse to tell how It hap pen, further than to say that Banks just walked up to Lindsay and shot him. The bullet entered his breast and he died a few minutes later. The trag edy occurred In front of four houses, know as “Four Row," and In broad daylight. It Is said that after the deed Banks went back Into the house and came out on the porch with Brown, and, after a consultation, one ran one way and the other In the opposite direction. County Policemen Williams and Brown arrested Peter Brown about an hour later. TROLLEY CO. FACES INJUNCTION SUIT Judge Kills granted n temporary In junction Monday morning restraining the Georgia Railway and Electric* Com pany fqoni condemning property owned by the Piedmont MIIIh on the road which la being constructed to Hapeville. The mill company claimed that the conatruction of a line acroaa their property would prevent the erection of a new plant and cut their present plant off from water aupply from a near-by branch. Washington. Sept, 9.—Considerable interest la manifested here In the state-’ ment that William Jennings Bryan while at Oklahoma City gave It aa his opinion that William Randolph Hearst Is making ready to run for the presi dency ns an Independent candidate. Bryan, says the report, was qskeil about the underground campaign of Hearst for delegates In the Central West, and replied that he understood Mr. Hearst was making one fight In side and another outside the Democrat ic party. One of Mr. Bryan’s traveling companions said Hearst would draw most of his votes from the Republican Northwest.* 11 * m '“ dle " " t “ le, ' BntI the Bryan has gone to Nebraska for the campaign there, and then will go East, to speak In New Jersey, New York. Massachusetts and Connecticut. BERNARD SHAW IS STILL ALIVE Londun. Sept. 9.—The excitement over Bernard Shaw’s disappearance subsided when news cams that the dramatist calmly walked down from the rugged mountain Rhlnogfar Into Dolgelly. He had sought refuge among . the fastnesses from the crowds of the ( Socialist colony at Llanbedr, who wor ried him with attentions. IUITA- TEACHER WANTED. The Wesley Chapel School desires a teacher. School is located in an ideal country neighborhood. Has about 40 pupils. Will pay $75 per month. Apply to J. S. WIMBERLY, M. D. Lumpkin, Ga. If one person in every seven in Atlanta should be told at five o’clock in the afternoon that Atlanta had won the baseball pennant race, how long would it be before every one in the city would know it? JUST ABOUT SUPPER TIME. The Georgian goes to one out of every seven of the people in Atlanta with its message from the advertisers, and is usually read by wives and children, too. The rapidity with which your message will spread depends upon the interest of your announcement and the degree to which your goods confirm it.