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THE WEATHER. For Atlanta and Vicinity—Fair tonight and Tuesday; little change in temperature. Atlanta Georgian and NEWS SPOT COTTON. Liverpool, steady, 6.33; Atlanta, steady* 11*$: N'm\ Orleans, steady, 11%; New York, steady, 11.90; Savannah, ateady, 11V Augusta, steady. 11%; Mobile, stonily* 11%; Charleston, sterdy, 11%. VOL. VI, NO. 114. ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1907 pD rPT?. In Atlanta..TWO CENTS, i IUGD. On Trains..FIVE CENTS. U. S. ARMADA BOOMS FAREWELL AND SETS SAIL FOR ORIENT BATTLESHIPS I I0YAGE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN Grand Review and Much Noise When Roosevelt i Arrives. many tears when FLEET STEAMS OUT Bands Play “Star Spangled 1 Banner” and Jackies Stand “Attention.” OODOOOOOOOOOOOCrtHJCKKlOOOaOg O WIRELESS MESSAGE 3 FROM EVANS’ FLEET, 0 0 —* . '- 1 0 Norfolk, Vo.. Dec. 16.—The fol- O 0 lowing wireless telegram haa Ju«t O 0 been received from Richard Barry. $ 0 the representative of the Hearst 0 0 News Service, with Rear Admiral O 0 Evans- fleet: ,, g 0 "Passed out the capes at 11:17 0 Cam. and headed forthwith, for g 0 the Horn. I-’leet In tine alignment. O 0 Beautiful sight. Sea bare of sail, g 0 Land not In sight. Admiral Evans g 0 bv signal congratulates all com- g 0 niandlng officers. Everybody ex- g 0 pects a successful trip. g 0 "BARRY." 0 OOOOOOOOOCK>0<KiOODOO«W<»Wg 0 0 ROOSEVELT’S GOOD-BYE 0 0 TO THE PACIFIC FLEET, g 0 ■ —— V 0 “Isn’t this a great' fleet and a g 0 great day? We should all bo g 0 proud of our navy. I tell you. g 0 the enlisted men ore bully. They g 0 are ready to go anywhere and do g 0 anything. Good-bye and good g 0 luck,” said the president. g OOO00l>O0t^CK*>0O0<H>000O000 Fort Monroe, Va., Dec, 16.—The great fleet of battleships Is now on Its cruise to the Pacific coast—perhaps further. After a review by President Roosevelt the' great vessels steamed in single tile psst the Mayflower, on the bridge of which President Roosevelt Mood and saluted them one by on*. Rumble and Roar. Thtre waa one great dlapaaon of Ihlrty-slx guns; the rumble and roar echoed and re-echoed over the water and among the hills, and the fleet passed out to sea between Cape Charles and Cape Henry. Following the flogahip they turned southward and became smaller and •mailer to the eyes of those who watched their departure. Then they ware loat to view. On shore there were relatives of a great many of the 12,000 men ontthe •hips—mothers, wives and sweethearts. Many Tears on 8hors. Naturally they were greatly affected by mingled emotions. They were sad at parting, ovsr-fearaome for the safety of the men, and, of course, proud of their sailor men. These emotion* meant many Continued on Page Fivs. Elect Hutton Cashier. Ope ial to The Georgian. Huntsville, Ala., Dec. 16.—At a meet ing of the directors of the Huntsville Bank and Truat Company. W.fR. Hut ton. of Lewlsberg, Tenn., was elected cashier, succeeding the late James R. Boyd. Mr. Sutton Is the largest stock holders of the First National bank of Lewlsberg, and was cashier of that In stitution. THE MAYFLOWER. This vessel bore. President Roosevelt, members of his family, Secretary and Mre. Metcalf, of the navy, and other officiate of the navy department at the review of the big fleet in Hampton Roads. OUT FOB MONEY, Baptist Ministers Discuss Object of Some Work ers in Field. Nondescript evangelist* who Infeat the field for the loan* and fifthen* ns pointed out by Rev, .T. I». Winchester, of the Em manuel Baptist .church, were the subject for an Interesting discussion at the weekly meeting of the Baphlst ministers Moudny morning. The discussion was nrougbt about by a paper rend by Mr. Winchester on pastors I AND CREDIT NOTES TO BALKALL PANICS Needed Reforms Suggested By Comptroller of Treasury. Washington, Dec. 16.—"The condi tions which led to the panic of October and November, 1907, were not due to the failure of a few Individual banka. They were not due to a lack of confi dence of the people In the banks, but more to a lack of confldenco of the banks In themselves and their and evangelists and their work. He showed [serves," says the annual report of EXTRA SESSION DECISION WILL BEGIVENTUESDAY Governor to Confer With Messrs. Hart and Wright. TO BE REAPPOINTED AS POSTMASTERS New Scheme to Hold G. O. P. in South Together Falls Through. how It woo* (lie work' ofTtlfe evnngellnt to gather people Into the fold and toe work Inti, governed b)r no organization, who took ui»on themaehrea ,tb* woak of preaching ana who Infented the field for the.leave* and flHhe* to l*e aecured. Iu other Fordo, Mr. Wlneheater thought there were amne in the hutineaa for thr money In it, and he thought them* Mhoulfi lie looked after by some constituted on tliorlty. ^ • ■ The paper covered the matter thoroughly and was Interesting. Even those who took part in the dl**ti«ik>n afterward admitted, that, but I»r. Broughton thought the u*e of the expreaalon retarding loaves nud fishes unfortunate nnd that the paper would be strengthened by the elimination of It. Hr. Broughton said hs did not think there the nnd placed In thl*'class, he could not one If asked to do so. In the same connec tion Dr. Broughton said he was more of an evangelist than he was a pastor, ana that if he became convinced that It was the wish of Goa tor him to do this work he| would do Iff Comptroller of the Currency Rldgely, just made public today. The remedy for thin state of affairs conference will be held Tueaday between Governor Hoke Smith, Attor ney General John C. Hart and Hon. Boynkfn Wright on the hock tax de cision, and a definite statement con cerning an extra session probably will follow. During Governor Smith's tan days' absence from the city in Washington and New York, Attorney General Hart and Mr. Wright, who has been asso ciate counsel in the famous litigation. Is to improve the reserve system, so have consulted several times over the FIRE CHIEF FEARS XMAS FIREWORKS Chief H. B. Cummin*,, of the Are depart ment, will appear before council Monday afternoon to urge the sdoptlop of more stringent laws In regard to the handling of fireworks In the huslnse, houses of the city. The chief contends that not enough dis crimination I, shown In the handling of tho explosives, Slid fears that great conflagra tions may result front this laxity of regula- t *lB? desires n law similar to the one gov erning the hnndllng of powder nnd dyna mite. Hint the reserve deposits of the banks can be kept in a bank where they are surely arid certainly available. We must Impart to our currency system some element of elasticity, so that when there comes a sudden demand for currency It can be,supplied In bank notes, without depleting the supply of reserve money. U. S. Central Bank. "These two most desirable changes can be best accomplished—In fact, they can only be satisfactorily accomplished —through the establishment by the government of a central bank of Issue and reserve. This la the system which has been adopted and found to work moat satisfactorily In the great com mercial countries of Europe, arid I* the one that gives the surest promise of satisfactory operation In this country. Such a bank would not only solve the two great problems of our banking system, but It would also provide the machinery for conducting the treasury operations In their relations to the banks with the least disturbance. Overtrading Caused Crisis. The people of all the world hove been overtrading for years, especially In the United States, and the reaction was Inevitable and doubtless desirable, but It might nnd should have been more gradual and should not have bad Its greatest efTect on our banka. There ‘Is no reason at all that our banks, as a whole, should have become Involved as they have, and not only their business, but that of all their cub. tqmers, have been so disturbed as It Is today, t Let Bank. Issue Notes. "The present bank-note circulation can be best Improved and made elastic by permuting the banks to Issue a fixed percentage of their note-secured circu lation or capital In notes uncovered by bond deposits. These notes can be made perfectly safe by a guaranty fund of not over 6 per cent, which would be many times the amount of money re quired to redeem the notes of fnlled hanks, hosed on the experiences of for. ty-four year*. “There should be a graduated rate of taxation on these notes, beginning with Continued on Page Five. <£0000000000000000000000000 0 BRIGHT SUNSHINE BRINGS O 0 OUT SHOPPER8 IN FORCE. O o o O When the eun struggled through O decision of the United States supreme court, and will probably be prepared to tell Governor Smith whether or not the error pointed out there can be corrected by court machinery or a legislative act will be necessary. "I shall not call an extra session un less It Is absolutely necessary," Is all Governor Smith would say about the matter In his office Monday morning. He would not discuss the'questlon of rate adjustment either, save he said that Georgia could easily arrange to meet any general arfangements, and that the matter was now up to the oth er states. "Our rates are In operation now," he said, "so we have nothing to worry us particularly. As I have repeatedly stated, I am In favor of a 2-cont, 2,000 Interchangeable Interstate mileage book.” One of the tint vlslton Governor Smith had when he reached his office Monday morning was Thomas E. Wat son. They were In consultation for over nn hour. — "Just a friendly visit,” said Governor Smith. "There was no significance to J1 r.'Wation's visit.” Governor Smith found a great volume of work piled up for his attention, after nn absence of ten days, and he attack ed It with vigor. Many visitors were received during the morning, but owing to the press of official huslntlts only a tew moments was given to each. enjoyed my trip east, and come back ready for work with a vim," he said. Washington, Dec. 16.—The anti- Roosevelt men In the eenato have fram ed up a new scheme to hold together the Southern coalition organized by Assistant Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock, which has been seriously threatened with disruption by the ac tion of the president In taking himself definitely out of tho presidential race. The plan I* to assure the Federal of ficeholders, who constitute the back bone of this coalition, that they will no' lose their Jobs If thoy stand pat on the organization, no matter what threats are made by the white house. Refuse Confirmations. This nssuranco Is to be based on the promts* of a flat refusal by the senato to confirm men nominated by the pres Went to succeed any of theso organiza tion officeholders whom the president might undertake to remove because of their present advocacy. Wlihln the last few days there was attempted a aleul In Georgia posttnit? tershlps which served to notify the "old guard" that eternal vigilance was tho price of their salvation. They were put on their guard by the vehement op position of the Georgia senator nnd representatives to tho plan of Mr. Hitchcock to remove two or three women postmasters and appoint men In their places. Big Row Raised. Despite tho white house sympathy for Taft, It la likely that the scheme would have gone through undetected If It had not been for the row raised by the Southern congressmen. Representative Livingston went ti tho treasury department and straight ly charged Secretary Oortelyou with playing politics In causing the removal of the womon. At the same time, other members of the Georgia delegation went to the white house and protested vigorously. The result was that the nominations which had been agreed on were held up and tho women will be reappointed. This announcement Is coupled with the Intimation that hereafter Postmaster General Meyer will exercise a more ac tive supervision over the appointment of postmasters in the South. Mr. Meyer la a strong Taft man, and his Intention to look after the distribu tion of postmsaterahlps down South hereafter did not at all suit the plans of the "old guard.” They got busy at once with the result that they are now engaged In spreading the assurance that In the matter of Federal patron age and Its effect upon a presidential nomination, the senate Is almost as powerful as the white house. 50 LIVES LOST IN MINE IN BIRMINGHAM, ALA.; 2 DEAD AND 14 RESCUED T IN L.0VEJ0Y STREET SSUE GREENBACKS TO RELIEVE COUNTRY, TI TEACHERS' SALARY BY CHRISTMAS BAY Schools to Receive This Vyeek $300,000 From the State. Bjr the latter part of thin week the public 'btiofa of the atnfe will have received $300,000 from tho Mtnte treasury. One of Governor Smith's first official seta upon his return from Now York waa to sign n uTtrrnnt for $100,000 for the schoola, which will Im* sent out Monday afternoon • utl Tuesday. Tin* latter part of the week additional $>00,000 will l>e sent not, the ; . « ..| tilt atmiiinnni iww. 1 ""' win imp w ui *mu, me O the thick clouds Monday, every'- O j aii'ount being prorated to all of the couu* O body threw off the grouch brought O! tics. O on by the gloomy days. Buai- 0 In order to do this Governor Hinlth hna g "•« f 5li.T5ct c ^d*n n *iy he nS2Sd o ’}£?: O ping district was densely pucked <*| roW( ,| ROtl , p t j mi . ng „ $i,ooo has been mu* O with people. Forecast. lulled. The Imlnnre was due Mouday, but O "Fair Monday night and Tuea- O | in order to give the teachers Christmas O day." 0 Monday temperature*: O 7 u . 26 degrees 0 0 6 a. *6 degrees O 9 a. 67 degrees 0 0 10 a. *8 degrees 0 O 11 i 36 degrees 0 O 12 noon ., 40 degree* O O l p. 41 degrees 0 money the governor arranged the extension on the balance. Warrant, for tl.ooo were also sent ont Monday to ein-ll of the eleven agrleultarnl schoola. This MU'ii comes from the Male of lortlllzer tags. rapidly now. IH0.6S: was received from railroads, nud the receipt* will In crease dallv from now until lieecniher 36. None of the large . orporstlons have 2 P. 42 degree* O iixes fm-'lt97. ’exeeid’the Atlantic Coast O O tjn,. which pot 177,166 lo the state • cut- O00O0000000000000000O0OOO0 fers. ‘Unless this great government gets squarely behind the situation and Is sues Its own money, you have not seen the worst of the stringent conditions,” said Hon. Thomas E. Watson, In his office In Temple Court building Mon day. "I say It In sober earnestness, and with no desire to be a pessimist, the spring our farmers and our mer chants will go to New York for sup- pllee.' They will not get them easily. Then you will see things cramped.” "What of your visit to Washington. Mr. Watson?” he was.asked. ,"I do not mind telling you of my conference with Secretary Cortelyou. I told him that If the government would Issue 650,000,000 In greenbacks, as It had authority to do under the acts of 1862-3, that he would see the country revitalised Into confidence. Wheat would go up, cotton would leap to 15 or 16 cents and the people would feel no pinch. Under the act of 1862 authority was given to Issue 5460,000,000 In |>aper money. To this time only 6346.000,000 has been Issued. The 560,000,000 could ed without any new law or leg islation. He naked me how t would place that money In the channels of trade and business. I told him that conditions ware not all that wo would have them, but that grave situations had to be met. I said I would send to the slate auditors, get their reports, see the sound, safe state banks, and put the $60,000,000 Into circulation that way. "We have a strange condition. A great, rich, powerful nation, with more wheat, more corn, more cotton than the railroads can move, paralysed by a lit tle clique that comers the final re demption specie. The whole system of national bank* Is wrong, and until this government Issues Us own money, we will have these condition*.’’ "What do you think of President Roosevelt?" he was asked. "He Is a great man. and he has the Interests of Ills country at heart," was the Instant reply. He would not dis cuss, however, hi* Interview with the president, stating that It was a matter that he should not discuss now. Mr. Watsor. came up from hi* home In Thomson to attend to business mat ters connected with his Jeffersonian and the magazine. He will return to Thomson Monday evening. ROBERT KENDALL. Ho was bitten by n mad dog which has frightened neighborhood. Community Terrorized and One Little Boy Bit ten by Dog. The community In the vicinity of Lorejoy anfi Hunnlcutt itreeti haa been terrorized by mail doga. One little boy haa been bitten and It now under treatment of the Faatenr Institute, three or four dogs have already been killed by the police, and six or eight other dogs, said to have been bitten-by mad dogs, ore running at large In the community. The little hoy who waa bitten la Robert Kendall* 8-year-old aon of Mrs. II. E. Ken dall, of 100 Lovejoy street. He was attacked 'ctMftaa. . . . .... Sunday afternoon the 11-year-old dnngbter of Mr*. W. T. Robin aon, of 96 Dovejoy street* started ont of her home and ns she f etched the afreet a mad dog rushed out rotn under the house and hegnn to snap at her. The little girl fled down the street, with the dog In pursuit, nnd finally nought refuge In the house of her grand mother Mt to Lovejoy street. The dog then returned to the Robinson home, where an nnsucceaaful effort waa made to kill It. Monday morning the dog was shot and and Mrs. Robinson house. snapping and snarling, and her children fled from home, afraid to remain there. The police station was notified and Call Officers Coker and Bentley went to the scene. Tho offlcera killed another dog In the yard, but were unable to get the wounded dog, as the hack hack of the house alts almost on the ground. After a confer ence Mrs. Itohlnaon was nstructed to have the renting agent tear up the floor In the house, as this wsa the only way to get to the dog. This will probably be done aome time during the day. In the meantime the family Is afraid to stay In the house. About 7 o'clock Monday morning Police man W. F. tVhilth waa called to Lovejoy street and shot two other dega. The women and children are terror stricken and flee at sight of a dog. It Is stated that a mad dog passed through this section n abort time ago nnd hit aeveral other dogs. These are now beginning to de- . — - • hi that | velop hydrophobia. It la and •• dog In Lovr* was bitten. praett TO BE BURIED HERE Herman Rich, brother of M. Rich, the well-known Whitehall street merchant, died at th* home of his son In Bir mingham Saturday evening, arid the body was brought to Atlanta Monday for Interment. Mr. Rich was a prominent Insurance man of Birmingham. He leaves two sons. He was 67 years of age, and prominent In Masonic circles. The Ma sons conducted a special funeral service In Birmingham Sunday afternoon at 8:30 o’clock. During the hour qf the funeral here the' store of M. Rich on Whitehall street was closed. Birmingham, Ala., Dec. IS.—An explosion in Mine No. 1 of the Yolnndo Coal and Coko Company in the northeastern part of Tusca loosa county on the Birmingham Mineral Railroad at 10:23 o’clock this morning caused the death of between fifty and seventy-five Irani, and wrought great damage iu the mines. The mines are located about 35 miles south of here. Indication* : point to a dust explosion, though j gas is said to have existed in this place. Fourteen men were working in , sub-entry No. 2 nnd crawled out ] before 11 o’clock. They were so badly burned that their recovery i is doubtful. Rescue work was taken up at ' once, but it was about two hour* j before the mine could he entered • and it is feared that this may have | caused the death of tho men re maining in the mine. At 12:30 o’clock two dead bodies had j been recovered. They are: MATTHEW HUMPHREY. JOHN 8MEDLEY. Relatives Flock to Mine*. It Is estimated at thl* time that not less than sixty are still In the mine. A tremendous crowd Is around the mine, and every assistance In being extended. Officials of th o Com pony assert that the news of the explosion might be ex aggerated and that it is possible that the number of dead would be consider ably under what tho reports Indicate. Special Hurried to 8oen*. Ninety men checked In to work at Yolando mines this morning. At the meal office of the com,.any It was an nounced officially [hat an explosion oc curred, but no other Information was forthcoming. A special train left this afternoon over tho Louisville and Nashville rail road for the scene of the disaster. It carried officers of the mining company and others. The rescuers have gone Into the mines as far as the third entry. Right hero Is whero the two dead men were found. It Is believed all tho other men ar* deeper down and report haa It that the mines are like a hot furnace, and If the men were not killed by the explosion they could not tong survive the lntens* heat. At 10:28 o'clock .this morning an ex plosion occurred In the mines of the Yolande Coal and Coke Company, in the northeast corner of Tuscaloosa county. Seventy-five men were entombed, but eight managed to crawl out of the first nnd second entry. They were badly dazed and stunned. The mlnos are 1,600 feet deep and It was feared the others would never be gotten out alive. New* of the exploalon and possible .loss of many llvej spread rapidly ami scores of people flocked there from , several counties. Later reports by long distance telephono eald the fans were working and that rescue parties were entering. This to some extent quieted the excltoment. The mines ore thirty-five miles from here. The explosion occurrod In the mines of the Yolande Coal and Coke Com pany, near Ressemer. A relief train on the Louisville and Nashville left Ressemer for the scene at once. Dr. G. B. Crowe, of this city, presi dent of the company, at once hurried w the mines In an automobile. PLAYING "SERGEANT KITTY” POLICE ARREST GIRL. Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn.. Dec. 18.—Laura O'Donald, an ll-year-old girl of East Lake, played the role of "Sergeant Kit ty” when she donned real soldier ate tire and went the rounds of the sa loons here with an escort who Is a real soldier at Fort Oglethorpe. Ga. She was Anally arrested in company with her escort, Walter Atwood, on the charge of masquerading. Rates on Milk Shipments, The railroad commission will take up Tuesday the complaint of C. A. Hunt, of Tunnel Hill, regarding milk rates. Mr. Hunt makes complaint against both the express company and the Western and Atlantic railroad about the rates charged on milk ship ments from Tunne' Hill to Chattanoo ga and other points. He contends that under the- lease act the rates fixed by the railroad commission ran not He bellevec Bryan will be the noml-lbe violated, even If shipments do go rise of th* Democratic party. IN HOLIDAY WEEK The soldier* of the Fifth Regiment will be on hand to preserve the peace during Christmas week. This was decided upon at a confer ence between Mayor Joyner, Chief Jen nings and General Clifford L. Ander son Monday afternoon. General Anderson and Colonel Pom eroy, on behalf of the Fifth Regiment, volunteered to have between 60 amt 100 soldiers on hand In an armory In the center of the city every hour of tho day and night of Christmas week, sub ject to the call of the mayor, the chief of police or of General Anderson ami Colonel Pomeroy. Both the mayor and the chief of po lice held to tha opinion that there will be no trouble during the holidays, but accepted the offer of the military au thorities with the belief that this would be a splendid precaution and would allay all fear that may be felt in the city. The soldiers will go on duty next Monday and will be kept on duty mall January 1. There will always be be tween 60 und 100 men at the armory. “There Is absolutely no danger as far as I ran see,” stated the mayor, “but I think the offer of the military authorities a very generous one, and the keeping of these soldiers on duty during the holidays will probably have a good effect on the city. “In addition to these soldiers, wo have arranged to have 25 extra police men on duty, and the officers will re port on their respective beats every IS minutes Instead of every hour. This will enable us to close every saloon In the city within 20 minutes. ’’The police authorities have been In structed to enforce rigidly the law against selling whisky to a drunk.-n man, and the first saloon man caught Into Chattanooga across the state line, will be dealt with summarily."