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the weather.
For Atlanta and Vicinity—Fair
tonight; Sunday partly cloudy,
probably rain in afternoon.
The Atlanta Georgian
and news
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VOL. VL NO. 89.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 16, 1907.
PRTPT? . Atl.mtn .TWO CENTS
on Train*.. Kl VKCKNTS
TB ATLANTA
T
OKLAHOMA GALLOPS INTO UNION
AS THE. FORTY-SIXTH STATE
Two Families Come
to One Leaving
City..
DIRECTORY SHOWS
168,000 PEOPLE
Suburbs and City Have a
Growth of 10,000 Over
Past Year.
“All going out and nothing
coming in” is not applicable to
the present status of Atlanta’s
popnlation. The people are com
ing in instead. ,
, According to n statement made
Saturday by T. P. Cathcart, of thi
Cathcart Transfer Company, there
are more people moving into At
lanta overy day than are moving
out.
"Our records during the past sixty
days," said Mr. Cathcart, "show that
for every family that has moved out
two have moved In, which Is a fairly
good Indication that up to the present
at least Atlanta's population Is not de
creasing at a very alarming rate."
Mr. Cathcart Is In a position to speak
authoritatively, for he keeps In touch
with a large precentage of the "mov
ing” element.
The New Directory.
As a story of optimism and prosper
ity, the new city directory which la
Just being completed by Joseph W.
.41111, the publisher, wins over all simi
lar treatises on the subject.
It shows that Atlanta Is growing ns
never before and It shows that those
who predicted business loss as a result
of prohibition were the worst sort of
prophets.
First of all. It shows that Atlanta
proper has a population of 131,000 and
with the suburbs about Hi,000, a gain
of about 10,000 over the figures se
cured from the directory for 1907.
The directory for that year placed
the population of Atlanta at 116,000,
rhowlng a gain during the year of 6,000.
The Increase for the suburbs Is about
the same, making the city and sur
rounding towns 10,000 bigger qow than
a year ago.
But It le the result from the prohi
bition legislation that Is most Interest
ing. When that bill was pending its
opponents said grass would grow In
Atlanta's streets, and that every other
store would be vacant. Folks who
owned property now rented for liquor
purposes feared for their property.
Even those who were less pessimistic
said they would not get a« much rent
for their buildings.
But the directory show* they were
mistaken.
Few Empty Buildings.
In the heart of the city there Is not a
building now used for liquor purposes
that Is not rented, with a few excep
tions. and these exceptions con be rent
ed at any time their owners say the
word. These few are not rented be
cause their owners do not want to rent
them except on a one-year's lease, and
the people who want to rent them pre
fer a lease of ten years.
Mr. Hill eaye that the reports coming
to him from real estate men and from
his Investigators show that not one of
these buildings has been rented for a
enialler sum than that received from
ll'iuor Arms, and that some of them
have been rented at considerably In
creased figures.
1’ractlcally the same conditions pre-
' all In the outskirts of the city. Mr.
Hill saye only about 10 per cent of the
places now used for saloons In this sec-
thm are stilt unrented for next year,
and that the Indications are that this
slate of affairs will not last long. The
mere fact, points out Mr. Hill, that
buildings now used for liquor purposes
are rented so far In advance shows
there Is a great demand for them and
with such a demand rents will not de
crease.
More Coming to Atlente.
"Why. more people," said Mr. Hill,
"are coming to Atlanta now than at any
time In the history of the city for this
time of the year. There are only about
400 vacant houses In the city and three,
fourths of these are In the course of
construction and are not ready for oc
cupancy. I doubt If there are more
than ltd desirable -houses for rent In
the city. 8uch a collltlon of affairs
Is bound to stimulate the building and
°f course this will help the building
trades. During the year Just past there
were 1,100 new residences erected and
at the rate people are demanding
houses It will take this number or even
more to ratlsfy the demand next year."
The new directory will be ready about
December IS and It contains much val
uable Information. With the general
Increase, the Smith family has taken
a Jump and a rather big one, says Mr.
Hill, and there arp more In the direc
tory for 1908 than ever before.
sum. lows
LAID WASTE
U! FLAMES
Many Buildings De
stroyed Before Fire
Is Checked.
Bay St. Louis, Miss., Nov. 16.—The
Catholic church, convent, hotel, opera
house. Wills' store and nine large
houses and six other stores were
burned to the ground by a Are which
broke out here at 8 o’clock this morn
ing.
At 10 o'clock title morning the. Are
was under control.
Everything between Union street
crossing and the beach was totally de
stroyed.
RHODES 10 BUILD
IN
E
SI,
Handsome Business Build
ing to Replace Ancient
Landmarks.
Upon a lot costing $42,0(10, In Ma
rietta street opposite the Ons and Elec
tric building, A. G. Rhodes, one of the
heads of the Arm of the Bhodes-Hav-
erty Company, expects to build an
eight-story building within the next
year.
To accomplish this, Mr. Rhodes has
purchased, for $14,000, from the Trav
elers' Insurance Company, the old
Johnston home, now the Salvation
Army headquarters, and for $1S,600 the
old Todd home adjoining, formerly oc
cupied by Dr. J. Scott Todd. Both
buildings are landmarks of old Atlanta.
The property has a forntage of 79
feet and runs back $10 feet to the West
ern and Atlantic tracks. The lot Is
In the henrt of the city and on a street
which Is developing rapidly. It Is just
opposite the Gas end Electric building
The Arc was fought with hand buck
ets. The estimated loss Is $$60,000, par- but a short distance from the post-
office.
Mr. Rhodes states that he expects to
erect a building that will open both on
tlally Insured.
Seventeen structures, located be
tween the opera house and Union
street, were destroyed.
The Are originated at 8 o'clock.
Bay St. Louis has a population of
about 16,000. being the largest city be
tween New Orleans and Mobile. It Is
favorite winter resort of Northern
people. It le located on St. Louie bay
on the southern roost of Mississippi,
about 60 miles east of New Orleans.
Lusitania's iSister Ship
Starts After Ocean
Record.
Roosevelt Approved
Unique Constitution
Saturday Morning.
PROHIBITION IS
AN ORGANIC LAW
Initiative and Referendum,
and Municipal Owner
ship Provided.
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P Jackson, Supreme Court Justice P
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p ers for the Williamsburg Trust P
P Company, the Hamilton Bank, the p
p Borough Bank of Brooklyn, the P
p Brooklyn Bank, the Jenkins Trust P
p Company and the International P
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the railroad tracks and on Marietta
street. Two stories of the building will
be below Marietta street, while six will
be above. The present losses will hold
their leases until September.
2,000,000 People in Cuba.
Hnvnnn, Nov. 16.—A news census
ONLY FOUR MEN
ON POWERS JURY
<H»opjetown. Kjr., Nov. It.—The ex
amination of veniremen was continued
in the Power* murder caae today. Now
ivur men are In the Jury box.,
LET US GIVE THANKS,
PROCLAIMS GOVERNOR
Governor Hoke Smith has Issued his Thanksgiving proclamation. Axing
the date for Oeorgla Thursday, November 36. In conformity with the date
named by the president. It follows:
THANK8GIVINO DAY, 1907.
The people of Georgia have again nppronrhed the season when. In
accordance with lime-honored custom, the governor Isoms his proclama
tion setting aside a day of prayer and thanksglvlng for the blessings which
Almighty God has so bountifully bestowed upon us.
This duty Is not performed In a perfunctory spirit.
We are so signally blessed that every day should And our hearts fined
with reverent gratitude, and we Should hold Thanksgiving Day In special
regard ami Attlngly observe >t. remembering In the midst of our own
good things the less fortunate of o U r people, so that every heart may re-
Jolce^n this o/ihe highest Christian civilisation, with
the church bells of a thousand spires calling us to worship God. each ac
cording to the dictates of his own conscience. W e arc at Peace with all
the world and no strife disturb* the tranquillity of our state. No famine
brings hunger and starvation- no shock of earthquake lays waste; no
Aornff desolate; no pestilence '/"“rge^ Bountlful ProvWenc. has Ailed our
barns and Plenty has showefd her blessings every n here.
What more could a people ask than has been vouchsafed to Georgia?
Can we no", then, with the deepest gratitude to the O ver of All Good
Things lift our hearts with thankfuln*** nm * ask Him, lest we forgot, to
ruardusagainst pride, vainglory. selAshness and Ingratitude?
g Following the custom of my honored predecessors. I. Hoke Smith.
goVAraor of Georgia, do hereby set aoart and proclaim Thursday, the 2Sth
dav of "the press nt month of November a day for general thanksgiving
anil prayer end J reeommend that on that .lay the people, as far as they
ran §™so shall cease from all their dally labors en.l In their homes and
come^unmlndful of Hto goodness pffeunt^set rny hand and caused the
^"^Done af^he'capltol.'fn'th^clty of Atlanta, this the 14th day of No-
»mbw In lht year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven,
^ot lhelodG-ndrare of ,h. United Ste'e- o/ Amertes the one hundred
and thirty-second. awe
London, Nov. 16.—The Cunarder,
Mauretania, Lusitania's sister ship,
leaves Liverpool this evening on her
traldcn voyage across the Atlantic.
She brings $14,000,000 gold as a
record for a shipment of precious
metnl.
The officers are conAdent also that
they will beat the Lusitania's speed
record.
A Wall street news agency quotes
"well Informed bankers" ns authority
for the statement that the $80,000,000
Panama bond Issue may be abandoned
for another relief measure now under
consideration "In high quarters."
Washington, Nov, 16.—Oklahoma Isa
state!
With the scratch of an eagle’s quill
pen, the president added the forty-
sixth sister to Uncle Sam's growing
family of gifts and ttie Sisterhood of
which we are so proud, now number
ing forty-elx. ,
All present ,Aled Into the cabinet
room. The folding doors separating
tile cabinet.rqora from the president's
private room opened and the presl
dent entered with Secretary Loeb.
Secretary Loeb placed the proclamation
and the eagle pen upon the table and
the president took his ecat In the
chair he occupies when presiding over
the cabinet fneetlns. He read over the
last few lines of the document, then
rapidly wrote his nnme, blotting the
brood scratches with a new blotter
that was at hand.
"Gentlemen, Oklahoma Is a state,”
exclaimed the president as he looked
up from the proclamation and smiled
at the crowd.
"May I have that blotter, please, Mr.
President," tsked. Albert Hammer, of
the land office, who was one of the
(lining.
"Pertnlnly,” replied the president,
and he banded over the blotter.
The Oklahoma constitution Is unlike
any other In the Union. It Is the only
state which Includes absolute prohibi
tion In Its organic law. It Is also the
only Mute which hns Included In Its
nrganlo law the "Initiative anil referen
dum," by which a certain per erntum
of the voting population ran annul nny
laws passed by the general assembly.
It also makes provision that the rail
ways and telegraph within Its borders
can at any tlmo.be tqken over by the
state at n fair valuation. Its depart
ments have already been Instructed to
secure an accurate valuation of such
property.
The state reserves the right to en
gage In any business for the public
good and prollt except agriculture. It
can not compete with the farmer.
The governor of Oklahoma Is n Dem
ocrat and the general nssembly is over,
whe'.mlngly Democratic.
OF Cl. FECI
IS SOUGHT
Troup Cox Goes to P; e-
sent Aff davits 10
Holmes.
WOULD PREVENT
V. U.-TECH GAME
Affidavits Alloga Tech Used
Men Who Were Paid
For Their Work.
Will Tech be suspended for alleged
professionalism?
An effort to secure from Vice Presi
dent E. T. Holmes, of the Southern In
tercollegiate Athletic Association,
order suspending the Georgia School of
Technology, was made Saturday morn
ing. The result of the attempt 1s not
yet known.
On Friday, A. Troup Cox. of Atlanta,
Svent. to Tennllle, the home of Profes
sor Holmes,- In an effort to set before
that official certain evidence which. It
Is asserted, Is equally a* strong as
that upon which the University of
Georgia was suspended by Vice Presi
dent Holmes' order, and to request the
suspension of Tech previous to the
Vapderbllt game Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Cox, It Is stated by Atlantans,
was armed with several affidavits al
leging proof that players on the Tech
team Imd received remuneration for
their services. Several of these relat
ed to a plan said to be used In connec
tion with an Atlanta store, by which
player* received a commission on pur
chases. Other affidavits, it Is said,
went Into earlier, history, and set forth
that players on the Tech team were
Induced
that players on the Tech team
Induced to nttrnd that college by Anan- . milhntv
clal consideration. The substance of pnssraJtim Vf
FIR8T HALF.
Princeton 10, Ynle 0.
Dartmouth 6, Harvard 0.
Race Results.
BENNING.
First Race—Glaums, won; Ardl, sec.
ond; King Thistle, third.
Second Race—Gunrdlnn, 12 to 1, won;
Princeton. 4 to 6. second; Essex, 7 to 6,
third. Time, 6:07.
WORLD'S FINANCIERS
TO CONSIDER CRISIS.
Vienna, Nov. 16.—The Neue Frle
Press prints an article written by Sig
nor I.uxxatl, Italy's foremost Ananrlal
authority, urging the railing of an In
ternational conference to consider the
gold crisis. Is attracting attention In
financial circles. I.uxxatl proposes that
the treasuries and the leading bonks
of the world be represented, and that
the delegates examine the status of
banks of Issue nnd reform them.
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O RAIN 18 PROBADLE O
ON SUNDAY EVENING. O
O 0
O Football weather without any O
O football locally Saturday. Inter- O
0 cat centered now In the stand Tech O
O Is going to make against the 0
0 husky Vanderbilt bunch In Nash- O
O vllle, O
Forecast: 0
O "Fair Saturday night; Sunday O
C partly cloudy, probably rain late 0
0 In the afternoon or at night." O
Saturday temperatures
7 o'clock a. m.
8 o'clock a. m..
O 9 o'cl wk a in,.
O 16 o’clock a. m..
11 o’clock a. m..
C 12 o’clock noon..
O 1 o'clock p. m..
O 3 o'clock p. m..
.8* degrees.
. .88 degrees.
..42 degrees.
..♦7 degrees.
..51 degrees.
. .5$ degrees.
.. 65 degrees.
..57 degree*.
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OPENS CAMPAIGN'
INJNNESSEE
Large Fund Raised to Drive
Whisky From the
State.
8p«v|«l to Tho fSeor^Inn.
Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 16.—The* ram
palgn for prohibition In Tennessee van
formally opened Inst night by the Mate
Women'll Christian Temperance* Union
rouninff *p#eeh by Mr*. Mary Jlar-
ri* Armor, the famous Georgia temper
ance leader. An audience of t.OJO peo
ple cheered her wildly and more thnn
SI,20) was rolled to be turned over to
the W. C. T. U. to prosecute It* ef
fort * to make* Tennerxee dry.
Mr*. Armor, In scathing language,
scored the men who drank whisky, the
men who sold It and those who voted
for It. She chnracteiltced the snlot n
innn a* worse than the highway rob
ber. the latter took nnmey and some
time* life, the former money, life and
a man’* soul a* well.
Idaho Bank Suspends.
Sand Print, Idaho, Nov. 16.—The
Trader*’ State Hunk, with deposit* es
timated at 6125,000, suspended today.
the allegation* contained in these nf
fldavtu 1* given.
Vy long distance telephone It was
learned tha! Profnn.irr Holme* had Jeff
Tennllle for the country, and would not
return until late In the day. Effort* to
roach Mr. Uox were hi*o without result,
and It I* not known whether ho suc
ceeded In reaching Profe**or Holme*;
T. L. Ingram's Statement.
T. L. Ingram, of the Southern Bell
Telephone Company, offer* the follow
ing evidence, which Involve* both Te^h
and Oeorgla, In a letter which he ha*
written to Chancellor Burrow, of Oeor-
gln, and a copy of which ha* also been
furnished. It I* Mated, to President
Mntheson, of Tech. Mr. Ingram Sat
urday repeated the sub*tance of the
letter a* follow*;
i wan on a Southern northbound
train on the day after the Tech-Geof-
gln gnnv. In the car I had a conver
sation with three young men. Two of
them told me that they had played on
the Georgia team for 9160 each.
"The third young man told me that
be had played on the Tech team nnd
had been paid for It. He said that he
had played under the name of Robert*
nnd also under the nnme of Hightower,
but that hi* real name wn* Robertson,
nnd he wo* a traveling tobacco sales
man by profe**lon and lived at Win
ston-Salem, N. C.*'
Protest from Alumni.
From Atlanta alumni of Georgia
come* a prote*t that there ha* not been
n fair deal—that Tech I* guilty of *ome
of the offen*e* charged against Geor
gia—that Tech ha* men on the team
who have been paid nnd are being paid
to play at Tech, either by free *chol-
nrshlp* or In cash. They *av that they
can offer proof of their assertion*.
That the fuculty of Tech i* cognisant
of these fact* I* not charged, and the
Georgia alumni declare that the Geor
gia faculty I* likewise unaware of any
•‘crooked” deal* In that university. The
blame In laid a! the door of alumni and
students—though It I* a matter of com
ment that the uthlctlc manager* could
hardly be Ignorant of what wa* going
on under their nose*.
Tech’s accuser* feel that they are
entitled to hnve their complaint* made
public. They say that the allegation*
ct nccmlng Georgia's "ringer*” and pro
fessional* were made without proof and
that their assertions arc of equal
eight.
8omt Strong Statements.
Here are somo of the statement*
made by inen of high standing, wh
say they can substantiate them:
They *ay that Rim* entered the Uni
verslty of Georgia nt the beginning of
the term, after telling n friend that he
wa* making a sacrifice to do so, a* he
had been offered **u 66)0 Job” to play
at Tech, but that he desired to Mudy
agriculture. They say that a few lays
litter an Atlanta alumnus of Tech went
to Athens nnd wa* ween in conference
ith Rim*, and that the two had dis
appeared the next morning, and Him*
tittered Tech. The alumnus referred to
wn* quest lined by The Georgian Fri
day night, and he replied:
"The man who say* that must have
been misinformed.” He declined - to
make any further statement.
They state that 31m* entered Tech
or the dav ^f the Tech-Dahlonegn
game, and did not play In that game,
but did plnv in the game followin';.
They allege that a Tech alumnus
hold* a receipt given by Rims for a sum
ricelved for playing against the At
lanta Athletic C’iuh It *t tall, that hav
ing In Itself made 31m* a professional,
ond that this evidence has been used
to coerce 81m* Into playing at Tech.
Ths Scholarship Plan.
At one of the prominent store* In
Atlanta a system i* In vogue, by which
CENTRAL |
Says Southern Has No
Interest in
It.
HANSON HAS (SlVEN.
ORAL STATEMENT
Finley Sava Sain to Perry
& Thome Was Bonafido
and. Closed Deal.
That -the Southern railway baa no Interest
whatever now In it... Out ml of Georgia
railroad, the *nle of Stock to Thorne nnd
Perry having been a boon lido transaction,
which termhutteft nil Interests of the
ern, Is the •fatcinciif taadc by W. TV. Fln-
|cy,j president of the. Hon them, In A letter
to the' Georgia rn!lr«*n I commission.
The written reply to the order of the
commission from J.T, II tin hoc, president i
mnaon rei|uo*itt| mart* time tor ming Ins
•ply.vWhich wn* grunted. '
PrcsJdiuiy Finley, ntier ufatlng thnt the
-lie of stock held In trust for the Koutliern
had lieCn sold to Thorne nnd Perry aud the
money turned over to the koutlieni. sav*:
**I uni hdviiied Hint Messrs. Thorne nnd
Perry have In turn sm»I$1 the itoek purchased
by them, Tint neither the Southern Itnihvny
stock of or now com rots
way of Geared**"
President Finley's left
the <Yuirnl Itall-
tag
sloti was given out to the pres*
morning hy ('hnlrimiu Moi.eiiJon. h
Ity of the commission. Ir is nn toil
"Vos haro lerii ndile«> ( bjJ the t
of the Into president of rlif
mel Hpeiiccm *
ttitiiuel HpciicefTUrhrsn bcfniv your .viniuls*
*lon. that the stork «rf ffie dmtnU of Geor
gia Uilllwity r.iiiipnny cmnl* originally Into
|H>**esslon of the siwnllcd Itlchtmtiul Ter-
in I u ti 1 rvor^nnUntien fomnilrlce, i-miMl'tln-'
of Mewir*. t'liurle* II. Go*ter, Gsorp- Slwi-
man and Anthony .1. Thomas, nml if.it tie*
|»ei Soiiiu*| of- l lid I committee bn* Since
changed by inisoii of Hie deaths of Measr*.
roster nwd Tkimtos^ "<• that It l* now mml»
up of ikwttw. Adrian II. Jollne, George
Phermnn nnd Alexander It. I jut ton. This
conunlttc; 1 wn* originally orgnntxeil In J.syj
for the-.pttrpniN 1 of bringing*.about a reor
ganisation of th* propettics owned or con
trolled hy the lllrjunrnd mid West Point
Terminal, Hallway and Warehouse fom-
; lii'" '■"••• "f ' fi-ft ■ • • i.i:.»f***»f«»i,.
hi* commit tty caused to lie. organ I xcd tin*
‘orpornfIon which Is now Ubs rtoQtheru
-tnllwny Company, nnd vestal In It certain
pf tbs properties whlrh hnitlromc Into ths
Continued on Page fifteen.
BE
Her Attorneys Are Devoting
Time to Perfecting
Defense.
Washington, Nov. 10.r-Str». Hrait-
liy's attorneys nrs today devoting their
time to perfecting the defense which
will begin Monday, nndjare amplify
ing the unexpected poinu In their fa
vor brought out In the t'.ilmony of the
government tvitne.ei*. \ -
To make Mrs. Bradley'* story ns
graphic as possible, ulih nil Iin 0c-
rpalr and suffering ,nn.I nenltencs, will
he ths object of th" defense when It
presents Its case. The defendant will
ioobably go on ths etnnJ Tuesday or
Wednesday. ‘'
There Is a mas. ,.f dohiimrntary ev
idence held In reserve By the defense,
the most Important of which Is that
contained on a single sl)eet of paper
hearing the business heading of Sen
ator Arthur Brown, attorney at law.
Salt Lnke City, with thS Word. written
In n miserable scrawl, which the de
fense says will be Identified ns Brown's
handwriting.
"I acknowledge that Arthur Brown,
Jr., and Montgomery Hrmvn are my
children by Mrs. Annie N. Bradley.
(Signed) "ARTHUR BROWN."
SO HEjiLEED HER
Girl, Aged 17, Shot Down
hy Lover in Phila
delphia.
Philadelphia. Xov. 1*.—Ki
ney. aged 17, plump
Kear-
otlve
Continued on Page Fftsen.
shot nnd killed hy Fr nk Weneke,
nged 21, on Frnnkford street this
morning. He Is locked up. She re
fined to marry him ln«i night. After
leaving Her he armed hhneelf ond wait,
ed on the conffr asnr her home until
■he cams out mis monuug. -