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the weather. For Atlanta and Vicinity—Fair tonight; Sunday partly cloudy, probably rain in afternoon. The Atlanta Georgian and news SPOT COTTON. 10U. New OrUxin*. e\ %, 1)%. sternly; 10.Ca. Knvauiiuli, quiff; 10 gnstn. ijulpf; l(Ei. 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. oooooooooooaoooooooooooooo a a O CRIMINAL EVIDENCE 0 0 AGAINST N. Y. BANKERS. O a o O New York, Nov. 16.—On the O O application of Attorney General P P Jackson, Supreme Court Justice P C Jackson today appointed recelv- P 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 C Trust Company. Mr. Jackson said P O that evidence of both civil and P p criminal liability has been un- P p earthed. P o P OPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP 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. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOC 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*. qoqoooooooqooooowoooocooq 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. -