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THE WEATHER.
For Atlanta and Vicinity: Fair
tonight and Wednesday: somewhat
cooler Wednesday.
The Atlanta Georgian
and news
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VOL. VI. NO. 79.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1907.
PT?TPT?. In Atlanta..TWO ('ENTS.
J ia.lvj.lj. On Train*..FIVE CENTS.
HEAVY VOTE
I BIG CITIES
Intense Interest in San
Francisco, New York
and Cleveland.
JOHNSON FAVORITE
IN CLEVELAND, 0,
Graft Issue in San Francisco
„ and Public Is Aroused ..
to Action.
Intense Interest Is being shown In the
elections In New York city. Cleveland
and San Francisco. Exceptionally
heavy votes are being cast In these
cities and the outcome will be noted
with more Interest than the state elec
tion* In many other sections.
Tom Johnson and Congressman Bur
ton are fighting It out in Cleveland. In
New York the Independence League
has been fused with the Republicans to
fight Tammany to the finish. Graft la
the leeue In San Francisco and the re
cent exposures have aroused the people
to their duty at the ballot box and they
are reepondlng In great numbere.
Generally good weather prevails at all
the places where elections are on and
everything points to a heavy poll ex
cept In places where there' la but one
ticket In the field.
New York. Nov. 5.—Cltlsene began
voting early today, a Jong line gather
ing , at each polling place before
o'clock, and there _waa a certain Indi
cation that a large' fusion vote was be
ing polled. Independence League and
Republican' leaders' predicted a sweep
ing victory for the entire ticket.
Attorney General Jackson, Deputy
Attorney General Rcles and Superin
tendent of Elections Leery were seen
early. They had warranta for 2,600
repeaters, whose Identity le positive,
and had evidence against fully 2,600
ballot box stutters, sufficient to warrant
their arrest It they attempted to vote
today.
Thirteen states ore holding elections
todsy. Five of them—Rhode Island,
Maryland, Moasachusetts, Kentucky
and Mississippi—will elect a governor
and other state officers. Three of them
—Ohio, California and Utah—will elect
only municipal tickets. In N. Jersey the
vote le for election of governor, assem
blymen and certain municipal officers,
In Pennsylvania a state treoaurer, and
In Nebraska a supreme court Justice, a
railroad commissioner and two regents
of ths state university are to be elected.
In New York state two Justices of the
court of appeals will be chosen, while
In addition New York county will elect
various Judicial officers and a sheriff.
In the states where state tickets are
to be elected. New Jersey, Massachu
setts and Kentucky are conspicuous
from a standpoint of general Interest.
In Mississippi, where there Is but one
ticket In the field. Democratic, of
course, excitement Incident to an elec
tion Is nil.
Balloting Fast in Toledo.
Toledo, Ohio, Nov. 6.—Clear aklea and
Important Issues resulted In half the
ballots In the municipal campaign be
ing cast by 10 o’clock. There will be
about 26,000 votes cast. The Sunday
saloon, wine rooms and public gambling
are Issues, R. A. Bartley, the Republi
can candidate, being against them.
Brand Whitlock, the present msyor, fa
vor■ an open town.
Roosevelt Votes at Oyster Bay.
Oyster Bay, N. Y„ Nov. 6.—President
Roosevelt stopped here only long
enough to vote. His ballot was cast at
2:68 and the president went Immediate
ly on board the Pennsylvania tug,
Lancaster, which sailed at 10:22. He
will reach Washington this afternoon.
Mississippi Election Quiet.
Jackson, Miss., Nov. 6,—Today is
general election day in Mississippi, as
In several other states, but very little
Interest It manifested. There le no
opposition to the Democratic nomin
The weather It fair. ■
Splitting In Buffalo.
BufTalo, N. Y„ Nov. 6.—Election day
opened clear and bright, with every
indication of a large vote. The prim
clpal contest Is over the office of com'
•nlseioner of public works. Both sides
appear confident. There Is much split
ting being done.
Doubtful In Pennsylvanis.
Pittsburg, Nov, 6.—The outcome of
the fight In Pennsylvania for the elate
• reosurerehlp that la being fought be
tween Candidate Sheets for the Re
publicans and Harman for the Demo
crats, Ir doubtful, both sides claiming
victory. The capitol graft was featured
by the Democratic party throughout
the campaign and they claim substan
tial results.
Hot Tims in Clsvsland.
t'leveland, Ohio. Nov. 6.—Intense In
terest Is being manifested here In to
day's mayoralty contest between Tom
Long Normal Work
. Is Deemed
Necessary.
Trust Companies Are
Found To Be Per
fectly Solvent.
INDORSE PLANS
OF SUPERINTENDENT
School Teachers’ Petition
For Shorter Normal Work
Not Granted.
GEORGE W, SCIPLE
SUES FOR DIVORCE;
ALLEGESjRUELTY
Says Wife Caused His Ar
rest and Con
finement.
Charges of throats to take his life on
different occasions by means of poison
or other deadly Instruments, coupled
with cruel and abusive treatment cov
ering a period of several years, formed
the basis of a suit for divorce filed In
superior court Tuesday by George W,
Bclple, ft member of the firm of Sclple
Sons, dealers In coal and builders’ sup
plies, against his wife, Lldle E. Sclple,
The petition of Mr. 8clple, which
was filed by Attorneys Anderson. Feld
er, Rountree & Wilson, sets forth that
he and Mrs. Sclple were united In mar.
rlage at Forsyth on October 22, 1884,
and that they lived together until their
separation, which occurred on January
16 of this year.
Mr. Sclple alleges that for many
years his life has been made unbear
able and unhappy because of the
abusive treatment of his wife. He af
firms that he has provided liberally for
her In the efTort to prevent the dis
ruption of their domestic relations,
but that all his efforts have been In
vain and that he was forced to separ
ate from her In order to protect his
life and health.
He alleges that on one occasion she
asked him to take her to the theater
and that he refused because of her at
titude toward him and her treatment of
him. On the same day, he avers, he
carried a business acquaintance to the
theater, and when his wife heard of It
she became enraged, and after abusing
him, called for the police and had him
locked up In Jail. She told the Itollce.
the petitioner affirms, that her husband
Continued on Pegs Two.
was craxy and cautioned the officers
not to let him use the telephone, as no
promise he made would be kept. On
account of this statement of his wife,
he alleges that he was kept confined In
the Jail until the case came up before
the recorder and he was allowed to go
On several occasions, alleges Mr.
Sclple. his wife threatened to take hta
life either by poleon or some other
equally effective Instrument of death,
and that as a result of these threats
he was kept In constant fear of his
life On one occasion she began to
abuse him and followed up a blow In
the face with her hand with another
threat to use some Instrument which
would produce death.
Mr. Sclple states that he has made
an agreement with his wife to provide
alimony, and asks for the custody of
their four children—Marie Alma, aged
21; George W„ Jr., aged 17: Carl Ells
worth. aged 12, and Ludwig Avery,
a8 Mre.’8clple. It le said, Is now In New
York, to which pine* iho ha* recently
returned from a trip to Europe. Judge
Pendleton ordered service perfected by
publication.
CHARGED WITH SHOOTING
AT REVENUE OFFICERS.
Montgomery. Ala.. Nov. 5.—Bill
Thomas, a white ettisen of Randolph
county, haa been placed under a 21,000
bond by Judge Thomas O. Jones, of the
United States court, charged with
shooting at.the revenue officers in that
county.
TO CHILDCHARGED
Little Girl in Serious Con
dition and Feeling Is
Intense.
Charlotte. N. C.. Xor. 5.-8. B. Hhoaf and
wife, of Tliomn*rl|li>. X. C., charged with
brutally heating the 4-year-old daughter of
P. C. Field*, of High Point, hare been ar
retted and taken to Lexington Jail for aafe
keeping.
Following the new* that the child will die
from her wonnda, feeling I* running high
both nt Lexington and High Point, and
FOR FRIDAY NIGRT
Distinguished Orator To De
liver Speech For Police
Fund.
Senator Edward W. Carmack, the famous
orator, editor and atateamau from Tennes
see, will deliver a lecture on Friday night
of tbl* week at the Bapllat tabernacle, for
the benefit of the police relief fund. Ill*
engagement for la*t week was cancelled
becauac of Senator Carmack's sudden 111*
ncM, but It I* stated that be positively will
appear Friday night. Ticket* purchased
for the original date announced will t»e hon
ored for the lecture.
Few men In the South are better known
than "Ned* Carmack, of Tenneiaee.
two year* ago, and ha* made hla mark
among Houthern atateamen. He I* an ora
tor of unusual brilliancy and power, and
will be well worth bearing on Friday
RE OR HIS DOUBLE
SEEN AT^IEDMONT
Glerk Bradstreet, Who Is
Acquainted With Actor,
Noticed Resemblance.
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Race Results.
AQUEDUCT.
First Race—Tom McGrath. 10 to I,
won: Ace High. 8 to I. second: Hoo-
i}-. 2 to L third. Tims, 1:21.
Second Race—Tblstledale, 12 to 10,
won; Jimmy Lane, 2 to 6, second; 3at,
\ third. ■ Time, 4:26.
If Raymond Hitchcock, missing
Broadway star, for whom the police of
Europe and America are searching, was
not In Atlanta Monday night, then It
was a man who looks enough like him
to be hit double.
And that more of this stranger could
not be learned was due to the fact that
the Piedmont Hotel happened to be
crowded and he could not secure the
room he desired.
B. M. Bradstreet, clerk at the Pied
mont, knows Hitchcock from seeing
him many times In Boston and Fall
River, and he Is authority for ths stats,
msnt that the stranger who sought ac.
commodatlon at the Piedmont was
either Hitchcock or his double.
Before coming to Atlanta, Mr. Brad
street operated the Mellln House at
Fall River, Mass., and ha was also eon.
nected with the Hotel Quincy In Bos
ton. Many times while he was In these
two cities has he had Hltchcok for a
guest, and he thinks he knows him
pretty well.
“As soon as this man came to the
desk,” said Mr. Bradstreet Tuesday
morning, "I noticed the striking resem
blance to the badly wanted actor, and
If he had given me time I would prob
ably have called him by that name,
but he didn't. The house was rather
crowded and I could give him nothing
In the shape of a room that he desired.
Before I couM explain that possibly
another room at a different price would
do. he picked up a couple of grips and,
getting In a cab. drove away. Whether
he went to another hotel or left the city
on a late train, I do not know. Of
course, I may be mistaken In the man,
but If the stranger who was In such
a hurry here last night, and who was
so particular, wasn't Raymond Hitch*
cock, then he could take his place ad
mirably In the show now running on
Broadway."
Inquiry at other hotels failed to lo
cate thla mysterious stranger, and It la
believed he left the city on a late train.
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O FIVE VIOLENT DEATH8
O RECORD IN BIRMINGHAM. O
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O Birmingham. Ala., Nov. 5.—Vlo- 0
0 lent death In several forms reaped 0
O a harvest In the city and suburbs 0
O Monday. The list of dead totals O
O five. They Include: 0
0 SAMUEL TATE shot and killed O
O by his wife. , O
O JAMES H. CLOUB. killed hv O
O Mrs. Edith Ament, his boarding- O
O house mistress. O
O DAVID WINN, special deputy. O
0 killed by dropping his revolver on O
O the floor. 0
0 JOHN SHARPE engineer on 0
O the Louisville and Nashville rail- O
0 road, crushed to death In hie loco- 0
O motive ceb. 0
O JIM SCOTT, negro, railroad O
0 porter, run down and killed by O
O Terminal ilreet car. 0
resolution, which In effect, over
ruled the proteat'of the teachers of
Atlanta against what they asserted to
be oxcesalve normal work. Was unani
mously adopted nt a meeting of the
board of education held Monday night.
The meeting of the board was held
for tho purpose of discussing a peti
tion filed last Saturday by a commit
tee of six teachers representing the
Atlanta Teachers’ Association. This
committee waa composed of Mrs. F. 8.
Whiteside, principal of the ivy street
school; Miss Lilllo Wurm. principal of
tho Calhoun street school; Mrs. M. C.
Thomas, principal of tho Marietta
street school; Miss Kate Massey, prin
cipal of the Boulevard school; Mrs. S.
R. Sams, principal of the Formwalt
street school, and MIbs Nena Mitchell,
principal of tho Ira street school.
In tholr petition, which had the en
dorsement of every teacher In tho city’s
schools, tho teachers declared that tho
normal work as arranged for tho pres
ent term by Superintendent Slaton Is
excessive; that whereas they formerly
did only three hours normal work with
Intermission. (hey ore now required to
do four hours work with no Intermis
sion. They assorted that this Is work
ing a hardship on the teachers and
that it ia unnecessary.
They declared further that In many
Instances teachers In the various
classes aro being taught by teachers In
their own grades, and that many of
the teachers are being required to do
work which Is not at all relevant to
the Work they do In tho class room.
Thoy also declared that they are being
required to take courses In which
many of the teachers are already pro'
flclent and which they do not need.
Turn Down Petition.
At the meeting of the board Mon
day, night the petition filed by the
committee we* thoroughly discussed
and In Indorsing the plan of Superin
tendent Slaton and In declining to In
terfere with the preseht arrangement,
the board commended the teachers of
the various schools, but expressed the
opinion that the board should not In
terfere with Superintendent Slaton’s
plans.
The resolutions In full, as submitted
to Mrs. Whiteside, chairman of the
committee, by Secretary' L. M. Lan
drum Tuesday morning are as follows
“Upon carefully considering the pe
Continued on Page Two.
TAFT MAY GIVE UP
TRIP'BOUND WORLGi
MORGAN CAME
TO THE RESCUE
Advanced $15,000,000
■ Oakleigh Thome For
Trust Co. of America.
to
Believed That the Financial
Crisis and Politics Will
Cause Action.
New York, Nov. 6.—With a holiday
Intervening and large- arrivals of gold
due today, hankers look for further Im
provomonts In the situation at the
opening of business tomorrow. Tho
Lincoln Trust Company and the Trust
Company of America are giving the
banking Interests more concern than
anything else now. This is not duo to
the fact that these Institutions are In
solvent. For at tho conference at J. P.
Morgan's home Sunday they were both
proved to bo thoroughly capable of
meeting Indebtedness. Tho anxiety felt
Is due to tho prolongation of tho runs
upon tho banks, which show no signs of
diminishing and which each day threat
en the ability of the company to con
tlnue.
Capital Intact.
Aa a result of an examination It was
found that while the capital of the
Lincoln Trust Company had not been
impaired. Its surplus had been wiped
out by forced sales of securities In
weak market. The examination of tl
Trout t'limpHliy "f America showed that
not only Is Its capital Intact, but 22,000,-
000 of the surplus It hnd on hand when
the trouble began Is still on hand
These things satisfied Mr. Morgan.
In ten minutes the directors had
Rgreed to alt terms ottered. The propo
sition made to tile Trust Companr of
America Is said ’to have been somewhat
different nnd versions differ ns to ex
actly what was said. It was said by
somo that Mr. Morgan offered to, ad
vance 215,000,000 to President Thorne
on securltlos which Thorne. values at
230,000,000, even nt the present market.
Mr.‘ Thorno agreed to the proposition,
providing the privilege was given him
to work the securities out of debt.
On Btoek Basis.
He wae told that tho transaction
would have to be on the stock ex
change baste—that le. If the securities
fell off In market .value below a margin
of 20 per cent over the loan, the securi
ties were to be sold for whatever they
would bring. Mr. Thorne protested
that this woe not fair and an alterna
tive proposition providing for the sale
of some Tennessee (.'oal nnd Iron etock
held by the company as collateral for
the loin was agreed to. It Is said
President Thorne and other directors
were called upon to put their resigna
tion! In the trust company committee
of five. All director* will resign.
Their decision on these propositions
Is to be given today.
TO BEGIN WORK
I
Contractors in Chicago, and
Expect to Close Deal
For Work.
Manila. Nov. 5 —Secretary Taft Is A reuirsct for he construction of the At-
„ . , ' I Until mill I’srollun Electric railroad will
considering the abandonment of the j probably, be signed In the nest few .In
rest of the world tour and hla Imme
dlate return to the United States be
cause of the financial crisis and urgent
political demand* for hie presence at
home. The recent mutiny and contin
ued .disorders at Vladivostok are un
deratoed to be behind the growing con
viction that It le best for him to give
up his original plan of circling the
globe. No positive decision has yet
been reached, hut It le the general Im
pression In official circlet and every
thing point* tp the secretary's de
parture within a few days for San
Francisco.
RUNAWAY HORSE
KILLS HIMSELF
While J. A. Thompson, a well-known
Campbell county farmer, living near
Falrburn, wa* driving to Atlanta Tues
day morning hi* spirited young horse
ran away at Mallory's crossing, throw
ing Mr. Thompson out and bruising
him up considerably.
The horse ran about a hundred yards
and striking a single strand of barbed
wire cut Its throat and was dead In a
few minutes. A beegum near by waa
wrecked by the accident, and the bees
swsrmed about the dead animal, an
hour elapsing before Mr. Thompson
_ _ coaid get within reach of his wrecked
ppOOOOPOPOOOOOOOOOOOOiWWKl' vehicle.
iuid work on this new Interiirbon l*ne will
probably begin In the nesr future,
J. II. Cook, of the 1‘outrurting firm of
now In Chlottg
■ at
terSted^in 'the* 1 roa«£
back In Atlanta Thursday wtlh a favorable
report.
A franchlNe for *thla road to enter Atlautn
was granted by the dtj,
ago and ouly recently It
cause the company nail not been able to
•tart work on schedule time. The construc
tion company la the company organised to
Imlld the road which Is plsnned to run from
West Point to Attantu nnd then on through
to Conyers. The ultimate destination of the
road Is Augusta.
It is said that Mr. Cook and the chief
engineer of the construction company are
going over f ‘ * * “■ “
construction . ... ....... ...
quite probable It will be signed when these
two reach Atlanta.
In mb! It Ion to capitalist* from outside the
city, several well known Atlanta people are
Interested In the rood, among them being
Captain 1. W. KncHah. Ur. II. L. Wilson.
B. V. Carter, T. J. Kelly and others.
This fnterurhan road will tap s thickly
mutated part of the country and win
Tng Atlanta Into still closer con>nmnlct<
IT CAPITOL
Will Lay Bare History
of the Busi
ness.
TERR ELL PETITION
IS BEING HEARD
Commission To Go to Bot
tom of Ownership and
Profits of Bell.
BANQUET FRIDAY
TO COL. ANDERSON
A banquet will be tendered Brigadier
General Clifford L. Anderson by the
officers of the Fifth regiment at the
Etowah cafe Friday evening.
It will be In the nature of a farewell
to the former popular colonel of the
Fifth, who has been elected as head of
trh national guard of Georgia.
r
The Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph Company Is under the probe
of the Georgia railroad commission.
A hearing before the commission be.
Ban Tuesday morning at 10 . o'clock,
continuing to 1 o'clock In the afternoon
and was resumed at 3 o'clock. It le
probable that two or three doys will be
ronsumed, though a hearing In this
case will ho euepended Wednesday be
cause another matter Is set for a hear
ing then.
That the Innermost W'orklngs of the
company will be revealed before thla
hearing Is concluded, seems assured.
Tho officials of tho company Insist that
everything benrlng on tho company
shall be placed before the commission.
At the healing Tuesday there wa*
present Councilman W. II. Terrell, who
brought the petition to reduce the rates
on local phonea to about 22.40 per
month, nnd the following offlclnls of
the telephone company: Vice President
)V. T. Gentry, General Counsel Hunt
"hlpley, General Manager J. Epps
rown. Auditor.I. M. B. Iloxsey. Trees-
ror D. I. Carson, Associate Counsel
Ilrutus Clay, and F. E. Montague, su
perintendent of exchange traffic.
President C. J. Simmons, of the At
lanta Telephone Company, was slso
present, anti near the conclusion of the
morning session stated:
Other Company Interested.
"We are not directly Interested In
Bill hearing, because we are separate
untl distinct companies. But Indirectly
am vitally Interested, because any
thing that tends to reduce tho rates of
the IJell will necessarily have It* In
fluence on our rate*. I may want to
be heard later.”
Dr. J. A. McLe.a was also present end
said he wished to make some state
ments regarding the Bell service. As
thnt feature would not be reached on
Tuaday, the commission decided that
a special day would be set aside r..r
hearing all who desired on the ques-.
lion of sorvlce. the date to he announc
ed later.
Practically all of Tuesday morning
wus taken up with Ihe question of the
organization of the Southern Bell, and
any relation it might have to other
companies. The Hell replied to Coun
cilman Terrell’s petition for lower
rates by stating that to make the rates
any lower would be eonflxeatory. A*
Mr. Terrell desired full Information h»
to capitalization, etc., he rested his pe
tition here.
He did stale that he would ask the
commission to call on the Bell fof a
list of employee* and wage* paid; also
Hat of contract* to show that tho
ompany had no fixed or stable
barge*. He declared that some of the
operators received n* small salaries as
218 per month, and that good service
could not be rendered for that sum.
Whet Bell Will Show.
General Counsel Chtpley, In the be
ginning of the hearing, made the fol
lowing statement of what they pro
posed to ehow' during the hearing:
"Until now the obligation and respon
sibility connected with the development
of the telephone Industry within the
state of Georgia wa* entirely upon the
telephone companies operating within
the state of Georgia. Now that thi-
cummlsslon has assumed Jurisdiction
over telephone companies operating
within the state of Georgia, this re.
sponslhlllty I* divided between this
commission and the telephone compa
nies.
"By virtue of the laws of the state
of Georgld this commission enjoys and
exercises tho right of controlling anti
reguluttng telephone companies from
practically every point of view. Its
powers being greater than aro the
powers of a board of director* of any
telephone company. Thla commission
holds In Its hands the future of the
telephone Industry tvlthln this stale.
"On August 34 this commission Is
sued a circular letter directed to the
Southern Bell Telephone and Tele
graph Company, asking for certain In
formation relating .to Its capitaliza
tion and Its property. In preparing to
make answer to this letter we con
ferred on different occasions with
members of this commission, and we
understood thut the commission would
be glad to have this company make a
full and complete exposition of Its af
fairs, beyond the extent covered by
the commission's circular letter.
To Open the Books.
•'This we are now prepared to do.
nnd It Is our purpose at this hearing
to lay before the commission every
fact and figure connected with the In
corporation. capitalization and opera
tion of this company, both as a whole .
and within the state of Georgia, front
Its beginning to the present time.
•AVo will do this by Introducing
testimony as to what has actually oc
curred.
We have no theories to present and
from the recital of the operation of the 1
company In the past the policy of the
company In the future will be clearly
seen.
"The character of the showing which
Continued on Page Two.