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SPOT COTTON.
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ion.
THE WEATHER.
For Atlanta nhil Vicinity—Rain
tonight or on Sunday; rising tem
perature.
The Atlanta Georgian
and NEWS
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26,1907.
Financiers Agree That
Saturday Will End
Scare.
ONLY ONE BANK
. HAS SUSPENDED
Cortelyou, Rockefeller and
Morgan Are Heroes
of Situation.
Mew York, Oct. 26.—There waa prac
tli ally an end of the runs on the Trust
Company of America, the Lincoln Trust
Company and other local banks today.
The number of depositors In line was
small and there was an entire absence
of the feeling of panic that has pr*'
vailed since-Tuesday. Tho sub-treasury
continued under the direction of Secre.
tary Treasurer George B. Cortelyou to
pour streams of cash Into the threat
•ned banks. Trucks and wagons backed
up at tho sub-treasury today and cart
ed away gold, silver and treasury notes.
Ona Bank Suspended.
One truck carried away 100 bags
containing 11,000 each, which was sent
to a Brooklyn bank. There was re
ceived from Washington $10,000,000 In
bills of small denomination, for which
there has been a great demand.
The Terminal Bank, of Brooklyn, sua.
pended today temporarily, and the state
bank examiner took charge. No other
suspensions have been reported.
The stock market showed decided
galn|i at the opening and In London
there waa, a gain of from 1 to 2 points
throughout tho American list. The
savings banks were amply protected to
day through tho adoption of the sixty
day clause governing withdrawals of
deposits. This-wotlcc ■ was- exacted on
all accounts exceeding ICO.
Situation Bright.
Secretary Cortelyou declared that the
situation was very bright. His view
was shared by J. P. i Morgan, James
Stillman and other leading financiers.
Secretary Cortelyou arrived at the
sub-treasury at 10:30 a, m. today and
hs had not been chore more than five
minutes when he was Joined by George
W. Perklna, and tile two went Into con-
ferenca In the course of half an hour
Mr. Perklna cama out of the building
and said: "The* situation Is beyom
question improved. I believe today wilt
•ee the end of tho trouble. Everything
In fact la O. K".
Savings Banks Demand Notice.
James Stfllmkn, president of the Na
tional City Bank, after a conference
with members ,of the clearing house,
had this to say: "The situation is much
better. In fact, the situation has been
•sved by the heroic action of the secre
tary of tho treasury and the whole
hearted co-operation and assistance of
Mr. Morgan and Mr. Rockefeller."
All of the savings banka today re
fused to pay Depositors on demand. Un
der an agreement reached at a meeting
of their presidents yesterday, the banks
took advantage of the clause In their
by-laws which permits them to demand
from thirty to ninety days' notice from
depositors who wish to draw o
accounts. •
Reaction, Sayo Carnegie.
Andrew ? Carnegie arrived In New
York on ttje steamer Baltic tills morn
ing. Before It waa possible to question
him concerning the financial uphealval,
he aald: /
"Delighted to read the good news this
morning. Surprised that tha fall In
»tocks had been so small. This proves
that the situation Is not alarming and
thet the country la all right. Investors
have only to hold on. It should not be
forgotten, however, that wa have had
'he greatest expansion of modem times
and sure as faith reaction must come,
and has already begun, and It will be
helpful,"
Notwithstanding Mr. Carnegie's hope
ful expression, he shook his head In a
lather emphatic manner as ht spoke of
the present conditions, and was most
shifty when direct questions were asked
?* to whether there should really be
hopefulness or alarm.
Brooklyn Depositors Unruly.
This being Saturday and a short
buetness day, depositors In line
tuuny of the Brooklyn banks became
unruly In their efforts to near the
head of the lines that the police were
'ailed on.
The worst disturbance woe report
f! by the South Brooklyn Savings
hank, where the police tried In vain
to keep inoro than 1,000 depositors,
mostly women. In line. When It waa
Kallzed that the bank would not be
•hie to pay off all of them before tha
doling hour nt noon, the line broke up
and stampeded for the doors.
Fight Each Other.
There waa a general fight In which
htm and women tore each other's
dothes, fought, scratched and attack
ed each other.
-he depositors were so panic strick
en that they still remained In line al-
though tha hank had announced that
k would In no case pay's depositor
more than till, and It would take ad-
vsntage of the clause in its charier
which allowed It to demand 30 days'
“dice of withdrawal.
Issue Certificates.
The New York Clearing House As-
•e lstion met at 11 o'clock this morn-
7* to consider the question of issuing
' ♦arlng house certificate.-. These cer-
tlncates will be used the same as
“tuney in transactions between the
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Commission Issues
Order Governing
Roads.
MUST NOTCHANGE
WITHOUT NOTICE
Sweeping Order Makes Rail
roads Keep Traveling
Public Posted.
How Did They All Just Come to Be You?
God Thought About Me and So I Grew.”
“But How Did You Come to Us, You Dear?
God Thought of You and So I Am Here.”
191)1 COTTON CROP
CRY 529,000 BALES
SAYS GIN REPORT
i
24,934 Ginneries Reported;
Against 26,125 Last j
Year.
FOURTH ESTATE REIGNS
IN ATLANTA FOR A DAY
Washington. Oct. 20—The census bu- |
reau announced today that complete
returns from ginneries show that the,
total number of bales of cotton ginned
to October 18 was 4.407.005, as com
pared with 4,881.021 last year up to the
same date. The number of active gin
neries reporting this year Is 24,834. as
compared with 20,125 last year.
Following Is Ibe report liy stoles:
SCHOOLS CLOSE
FOR BIG ELECTION
Campaign Work is Complet
ed in Birming
ham.
AlatMtna .. ••
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
“ nturkjr
lUlnna
—jslsslppl •• ..
North Carolina ..
Oklahoma .. ..
South Carolina ..
Tennessee .. .. .
Tessa
Virginia
Missouri .. .. ..
Indian Territory
Total*
1907.
419,834
182.238
19,210
978.31S
in
1908.
489.647
10.1 "2
24.321
. .
218
.. 183.104
.. 998,881
.. 216.012
.. 120.290
.. 698.242
.. 61,970
..1,292,029 1,998,807
163 4,009
.. 6.931 7.375
.. 120,499 103.634
..4.407,666 TtSMM
223.4371
96.075
398.561
|3»>5*
400 PERSONS KILLED
BY EARTHQUAKE
Rome, Oct. 20.—La Tribune says that
at Ferrusasano, the death list caused by
the earthquake now numbers 400 and
tha Injured are over a hundred. The
king of Italy has ordered 100,000 francs
to be distributed among the victims of
tha earthquake.
LOUIS G. EARLY.
Of Reading. Pa. Secretary, of
League of Press Clubs.
MRS. ADA CUBBS.
Of Bradford Pa., a vice president
of Lengue
Newspaper men nnd women writers
and authors, from all over the United
States—all members of the Interna
tional League of Press Clubs, arrived
In Atlanta at noon over the Seuboard
In special Pullmans from Birmingham,
and unlit they leave Saturday night for
Norfolk, they will be the guests of At
lanta and will be royally entertained.
This entertainment began shortly
after the arrival of the visitors, when
they were, given luncheon at the New
Kimball. This was spread in the main
dining hall of the hotel and both the
room and the tables were tastefully
decorated. ,
There are between 75 and 1048 In the
party and they represent press clubs
from a* far north as Canada and as
far west aa Denver.
When the visitors arrived at the un
ion depot they were met by a reception
committee headed by Mayor Pro Tem.
Qulllian nnd President J. WJIle Pope of
the chamber of commerce, and consist
ing of prominent citizens, members of
the chamber of commsrce, general
council and members of the Atlanta
press.
Lunchton at Kimball.
Presldem Pope presided at the lunch
eon and Introduced the various speak
ers. He lirst extended to the visitors
a hearty welcome to Atlonta and re
gretted that I he city would only have
the pleasure of their presence for the
day. He introduced Mayor Pro Tem.
Qulllian. w ho extended another cordial
welcome on behalf of the city govern
ment.
President Daniel L. Hart, of the
Continued on Page Two.
Special to The Georgian.
Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 20.—The re
markable campaign for prohibition In
Jefferson county will close tonight,
Annulment of passenger trains with
out tho consent of the railroad com
mission. change of schedules without
due notlco to the public through news
paper publication, nnd an order to rail
roads to print regularly schedules In
newspapers, Is embodied in general or
der No. 2, Issued by the railroad com
mission Raturday.
Under the new law full authority Is
given over such matters, and the com
mission Is now simply acting In ac
cordance with that authority.
An Instance of the Injustice of unan
nounced changes in schedules was
shown In The Georgian Thursday In
tho notion of the Central recently In
changing the schedule of tho Jones
boro special. No notice of this whs
printed or appeared In any public place.
Tho conductor simply notified the pas
sengers.
The railroads recently have ceased
to publish schedules In the newspa
pers. That this has been a great In
convenience to the public has been
demonstrated t.y the numerous com
plaints made both to the railroads and
the commission.
Tlie order In full le as follows:
Commission's Ordsr.
The railroad commission of Georgia
hereby adopts as, Its own regulations,
nil isissenger train service now being
maintained In this state, and as well
all schedules of passsngcr trains of all
railroad companies operating In Geor
gla. and It Is
Ordered, That no railroad company
operating In this a'.ate shall be allowed
to discontinue an) passenger Iralq
schedule or servlet now being main
talned without the consent of the rail
road commission.
It Is furthsr ordered. That no railroad
company operating In this state shall
be allowed to change any schedule of
any of Its passenger trains without glv-
log notice by publication of the pro
posed change at least three days In nd.
vsnee of the effective date of said
change In some nowtpaper having gen
eral circulation In tne community or
communities to be affected thereto.
Ordered further, That all railroad
companies In this state, In addition to
posting at each of their respective de
pot or station agencies a printed copy
of their schedules of all of thslr pas
senger trains to and from said station,
shall also continuously advertise In
some newspaper of general circulation
In the communities through which Its
trains operate time table or tables
showing ths schedules of Us trains
which serve each particular commu
nity; provided said advertisements
shall be paid for by aald companies at
a rata not greater than the rate pro
vided by law for aheriffa' advertise
ments.
By order of the board:
ft. a. M'LEKDON. Chairman.
GEO. r. MONTGOMERY. See.
HENRY OPPENHEIM
DIES SUDDENLY:
SON AN ATLANTAN
Henry Oppenhelm, tha venerable
father of I. H. Oppenhelm, of Atlanta,
dropped dead of apoplexy at his home
In Allegheny, Pa., Friday evening.
Although he had reached the ad
vanced age of 8b years, Mr. Oppenhelm
had alwaya enjoyed excellent health.
He has frequently visited hla son bare,
where he made many friends by his ge
nial qualities. News of his father's
death reached 1. H. Oppenhelm Satur-
BENNIE RED BEAR
WINS ONE PRIZE
Judges Kept Secret Until
After Show to Escape
Wrath of Losers.
ramliutfiL I morning, mid he will leave Satut-
.,,.'2? I da > Arming for Allegheny to attend
women and children to be present ati, K ' ■
present ai i. h ' #unernl
, 1 ' > h ' a i* h ,, , 1 h " In addition to hla son. I. II. Opben-
In ths parade* to be held through the he | m n( Atlanta, the deceased leaves
two daughters. Mrs. Philip Aronchtld
streets. Most of the schools of the coun
ty will close next Monday. This action
has aroused considerable protect In
certain quarters because nothing of the
kind has ever been done here before.
Saloon* Closed.
5layor Ward yesterday Issued sn or
der closing ell saloons in Birmingham
at midnight lost night, and they will
remain closed until Tuesday morning,
after the election.
Hherlff Higdon yesterday Issued elec
tion orders which provided, among oth.
er things, that no one shall go within
So feet of the voting places, except the
men voting.
The campaign drawing to a fervid
close Is the most remarkable ever wit
nessed In the county, both sides con-
ndcntly claiming a victor)-. The cam
paign reached fever heat yesterday
with the arrival of Mrs. Lillian M.
Stevens, president, and Mrs. Annie
Adams Gordon, vice president of thn
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union,
with headquarters In Chicago. On last
night a monster sally waa held In the
Hippodrome, attended by hundreds of
people.
Many Rallies Held.
Friday night J. R. I.lbby, the wealth
iest merchant In Maine and a resident
of Portland, addressed a mass meeting
Continued on Pag* Two.
and Mrs. Lewis Greenwald both of Al
legheny. Ills wife died several years
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O 8TATE FAIR NEAR END O
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o Director* of the state fair can O
O look complacently upon the fore- Q
o cast: O
o "Rain late Saturday night or on O
O Sunday." §
0 Saturday temperatures: O
O T o'clock a. m 82 degrees O
O I o'clock a. m (4 degrees O
0 9 o'clock a. m 07 degreas 0
0 19 o'clock a. m 70 degrees O
O II o'clock a. 73 degrees O
0 12 o'clock noon .... 7. degrees O
0 1 o'clock p. m 78 degreas O
0 2 o'clock p. m. ........77 degrees O
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Race Results.
JAMAICA.
Singly and In pairs Atlanta, babies
and babies from other cities nsar At'
lanta, tp the number of four hundred*
were assembled In the Coliseum at
Piedmont park Raturday afternoon In
the greatest baby show that ha* ever
been held In Georgia.
response to the suggestion of
those In charge of the show the moth
ers brought thetr babies to the fair
grounds early, and by 19:90 o’clock
practically every entry to the ehow wm
Inside the fair grounds And there was
a constant stream of nurses with ba
bies In arm and In carriages filing Into
the building where the show Is being
held.
There were babies small and babies '
large, good babies and babies not quite
so well disposed, but all were looking
their best and nearly all could be con
sidered handsome.
The show began promptly' at 1
o’clock, the Judges occupying a stand
In the center of the tan bark arena
the Coliseum. Heated with the
Judges were ten or twelve ladles and
gentlemen. In order to keep secret the
Identity of those upon whose shoul
ders rest the obligation to Judge fairly
and Impartially' the relative merits of
the four hundred diminutive speci
men a of the present generation.
Pass In Rsvisw.
The babies, in charge of their moth
ers, were seated In the boxes around
the arena. As each class was called
those who were entered In that class
were carried Into the arena and seated
In rows of seats placed In front of the
Judges’ stand. The Judges, In com
pany with several visitors, then passed
In front of the babies to make their
Inspection.
In addition to those who came for the
purpose of taking care of their babies
while the show was In progress, there
was n . host of Interested sp(*:tat|ra
seated around the arena And the spa
cious building was taxed to Its seating
capacity. Tne Interest manifested In
(he exhibition was general and people
came from all over the state to view
the wonderful spectacle of four hun
dred belles and beaux of*"the future
gathered together at one time.
In spite of grave fears to the n-
trary, little trouble was experienced
with the babies and they behaved
themselves aa If they knew what was
expected of them. They appeared as
d-ep \ Interested In the proceedings as
tli grown-ups, and they were as quiet
and orderly a set of Infants as could
be found.
One Little Pappoose.
One of the entries to the show which
attracted considerable attention, and
who was the cynosure of all eyes, was
Rennie Red Dear, the 3-year-old Sioux
Indian, who Is with the wild west sh^w.
Ranch 101. Arrayed in all the fliiiry
that Indian ingenuity can design, the
youthful descendant of a proud and
haughty race refused to let himself be
carried, and, holding himself erect as ,
an arrow, hs proudly march' d down for
pectlon of the Judge*,
le was the only one In his class
and he appeared to enjoy the distinc
tion, and, contrary to his custom and
the custom of his race, he laughed with
glee when presented with the prize,
which consisted of red and yHiuw *iik
handkerchiefs.
The classes and the prizes In each
class were as follows: 1-year-olds, sli
ver baby spoons, one for a boy and one
for a girl: 3-year-olds, a diamond ring
for the girl snd a seal ring for the
boy; 9-ysar-oIds, pins; 9 to 6-year-old*,
u gold bracelet for the girl and gold
studs for the boy; twins, gold nApkin
rings were given as the first prize and
silver napkin rings as the second prize.
A silver cup will be awarded the heav
iest baby under 1 year old.
President Cabanlss. of the fair asso
ciation. presided, and the Judges were
Miss Marie Alice Phillips, Mrs. Lollie
Belle Wiley and U. H. Osgood, of the
Atlanta Art Association, who consented
s Judges after much persuasion
upon condition that their names should
not be made public until after the
show, and they were given an opportu.
nlty to escape.
Fifty Italians
Lose Their Lives
As Dam Bursts
llilliuock. O t. _t>—Be
tween thirty-five and fifty Italian*
\etr.'vv1 h. iv t'.iiay when a
por mills
Flrat Race—Ylunenmm, 1 to 2, won: dam owned liv the
Golden Shore. 7 tt* 8. second; L'Amour.• ,
6 to 1, third. Time 1:072-5. cn.^any L ,:iu|," .i.