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THE WEATHER.
The Atlanta Georgian
SPOT COTTON.
For Atlanta and Vicinity—Part
ly cloudy and possibly rain Sntur-
Liverpool. steady, 6.16; Atlanta, quiet,
11*4; New York, steady, 11.80; New Or
leans, nlet, 11 5-16; .Savannah, dull,
111-16; Augusta, steady,* 11 3-18; Mobile,
steady, 11; Charleston, quiet, 11.
day night or Sunday; wanner.
/ AND NEWS
VOL VI. NO. 119.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, DEOEMBER 21, 1907.
PPTPTi!. Atlanta..TWO CENTS.
JTXVXI^JL. On Trains..FIVE CENTS.
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III ACCIDENT
Carlton C. Tedder Is
Wounded by
C. F. Long.
LONG WAS HANDLING
HIS NEW PISTOL
Tedder in Grady Hospital
With Bullet Thru
Lung.
Bicycle Policeman Carlton C. Ted
der was shot accidentally by Bicycle
Policeman C. F. Long early Saturday
morning, the bullet entering the lung
cIoa4 t0 the heart. Tedder wae re
moved to Grady hospital, and la In n
critical condition.
The accident occurred at 7:80 o'clock
In the store of Lane Bros., railroad
contractors. In Haynes-st„ near West
. Hunter, where the railroad grading for
the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
railroad Is being done. The two officers
were engaged In conversation over their
new pistols. The police department a
few days ago changed the old 41-cali
ber pistols for new ones of 38-cali
ber and lighter make, and Officer Long
was handling his new weapon.
As Long handled the revolver, he
pushed out the cylinder and then push
ed It In again, and a* he did so the
we' ion-was discharged. Officer Ted
der was standing about 10 feet away
and the bullet entered his left lung,
just under the , heart., It . pierced the
lung and lodged In the officer's back.
An ambulance was called at, once,
and the. wounded man was removed to
n Hospital, where It was stated
M \vburid was .not necessarily fa
tal, though a dangerous one.
Officer Long went at once to the po
lice station and submitted a written re
port of the. occurrence. He was ter
ribly shocked at the accident, as he
and Officer Tedder are close friends.
Officer Tedder lives at *07 Glenn-
< wood-ave... and Is -married. He is one.of
the youngest men on the force, and has
served but a short time. Officer Long
lives at 113 Penrl-st. •
Assistant Chief of Police Jett ordered
Long's insignia and other effects taken
from him, and held him at the station
until the arrival of Chief Henry Jen
nings. Upon the latter’s arrival. Offi
cer Long was suspended, pending an
investigation. , ... .
Officer Tedder recovered at the hos
pital sufficiently to say that the shoot
ing was accidental.
DemocratsThink Out
look Good Against
Republicans.
29 NEW DISTRICTS
WILL TURN TRICK
CARLTON C., TEDDER.
He was shot In an accident by.
Officer C. F. Long Saturday morn
ing.
SHOT HIS COMRADE.
C. F. LONG.
Hs shot Officer Tedder Saturday
morning while examining new pis
tol.
FIRE THREATENS
CITY OF BALTIMORE!
Fla^ : Is; bestroy Large Part
City’s Business
« District.
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MAY BE BURIED
IN CITYJF BIRTH
Founder of National Con
gress of Mothers Was
Atlanta Woman.
Washington, Dec. 21.—Mrs. Alice Mc-
Lellan Blrney, aged,
president for live years of the National
Congress of Mother*, died yeeterday
afternoon at her home at Chevy Chase,
a suburb of Washington, after a two
months' Illness. She I* survived by
three daughters, one of whom, Mrs.
Harold Walker. lives In Mexico. The
funeral arrangements have not been
C °Mra? Blrney was born In Atlanta, Go.,
her maiden name belng McLellan. At
an early age she married a Mr. W hlte.
who died.
Thrown upon her own resource*, air#.
White developed bu#!ne#« ability, and
for several year# #he enjoyeda com
fortable Income by advancing the bull,
nee# Interest# of other women. In MM
Mr*. White married Theodore William
BJmey, of Atlanta, Ga With her hus
band Mrs. Blrney came to Washing
ton. later removing to Chevy Chaee,
where Mr. Blrney died.
Four year* after her arrival here
Mrs. Blrney conceived the idea of
bringing the mothers of the country
Into conference for the common good.
She colled together a number of promi
nent women, who met In this city In
February. 1337, and organised the Na
tional Congress of Mothers. Mrs. Blr
ney was the first president of that or
ganisation, and was re-elected until she
refused longer to occupy the position.
Then Mrs. Blrney was unanimously
designated founder.
Her efforts to uplift humanity
brought to her a large circle of friend*.
It Is believed that Mr*. Blrney'* body
after funeral aervlce* here will be sent
to Atlanta for interment.
Mrs. Harriet A. McLellan, the mother
er of Mrs. Blrney. lives at 380 Spring-
*t.. but Is now In Washington. Mr*.
W. M. Haynes, a sister of Mrs. Blr-
ntr, lives at the »«m* address. She
states that It waa Mrs. Blrney'* wish
that she be buried In Washington, and
that ahe hna received no Intimation
that the body will be brought to At-
'"/tnother slater, Mrs. J. Emmett
6mUh, lives In Williamson, Ga.
k hi*
J 3.1*
jfi A"all it
IT* somtng |
Balt HI * wl,l Se(f. H.—A fire which
thi-ea' he (peat the conflagration
Af l*r"in a Vh n $ today In the heart of
the d<*orobafaf** buelnese dletrict. After
A hardf and <k I* 1 * firemen got control
of thV'btt-ie.*'Th*.lo»i t* 1*60,000.
The/ nu!ld|ng waa occupied by tha
wholesale millinery establishment of
Wllenvlgn Brothers A Co., the Balti
more Overall Co. and Koblnson, Val-
eimteln St Co., cap makers.
The flames spread quickly to a live-
story building adjoining occupied by
Relnhard, Meyer A Co. and W. L. Den
ny A Co. Both stocks were ruined.
I.osaes were sustained by the Baltimore
Overall Co. •
Sen. Bankhead
Under the Knife
Birmingham, Ala., Dec. *1.—Senator
Bankhead Is In Dr. R. M. Cunningham's
hospital at Ensley, where an operation
waa performed for the removal of pus
Ir. the shoulder. The pus accumulated
during the senator-* recent attack of
^Mr^Bankhead is doing nicely and it
Is believed he will be out In a few days
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qATURDAY'8 CLEARINGS O
| 8A SHOW GOOD INCREASE. O
. A healthy Increase over .the S
O name day la*t year »■ shown by O
O the Saturday report of the At- Q
0 lanta Clearing House Association. O
The report shows the clearings f£r O
m Saturday to be $961,374.27, while O
O the clearing* tor the sameday last O
0 year were only-$899,504.39, an In- O
0 crease of $61,809.86.
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A Few More Votes in Each
District Must Be Made
Democratic.
Washington, Dec. *1.—Because they
believe they have a good chance to
j elect the next house, the Democrats
: are taking considerable Interest In the
. fight for the chairmanship of the con-
I greeelonal committee between Floyd, of
! Missouri, and Flood, of Virginia. The
| work of rounding up the representa-
: tlves of the respective state delegations
on the committee waa continued yee
terday.
The Committeemen,
The twenty-eight committeemen who
have Juet been elected are Brundlge,
Arkansas; Davenport, Iowa; Moore,
Texas; Smith, Arizona; Bartlett, Ne
vada; 'Hitchcock, Nebraska; Hammond,
Minnesota; Hamilton, Iowa; Rainey,
Illinois; Ryan, New York; Welsee,
Wisconsin; Dixon, Indiana; Ansbury,
Ohio: McHenry. Pennsylvania: Gran
ger. Rhode Island; Hughes, New Jer
sey: Lloyd. Missouri; Gill. Maryland;
Flood, Virginia: Kltchln, North Caro
lina; Finley, South Carolina: Griggs,
Georgia: Clark, Florida; Burnett. Ala-
batna; Bowers, Mississippi; Brous
sard, Louisiana; Gaines, Tennessee;
Johnson, Kentucky; Kelther, Massa
chusetts.
Engender Discontent.
The Democrats- believe that- discon
tent can be engendered against the Re
publicans sufficient to defeat them If a
proper policy be pursued this winter.
They have to carry twenty-nine dis
tricts In order to do so. There aro that
numbor, which, on the face of the re
turns for' the last election, need a
change of less than 1,000 votes In each
to go Democratic. These districts, their
present Republican representatives and
the number of vote* that will have to
be chanted In order to make them
Democratic, are as follows:
8tAtss and Dlstrlots.
Indiana—Foster, 080; Cheney, 170;
Holliday, 477; WaUon, 748; Ollhams,
178; Brick. 104.
New York—McMillan, 488; South-
wick, 877: Fairchild, 880.
Illinois—McGavIn, 43.
Kentucky—James, 400; Bennett, 588;
Langly, 468.
Iowa—Kennedy, 140: Dawxrffi, 708.
Nebraska—Boyd, 164.
Wisconsin—Nelson,! 8*3: Stafford,
less than Democrats combined.
Missouri—Ellis, 884; Gaulfleld, 19;
Coudrey, 415.
Pennsylvania—LaFean, 236; Acheson,
883. ,
New Jersey—Fowler, *78; Parker,
356.
PEACHTREE-ST.
men PRICES
Mrs. C. H. Ridley
Clears Big
Profits.
ADAIRS HANDLE
TWO BIG DEALS
Property Bought for $27,-
600 Sells for $100,000
in 1907.
AND SHOTJERSELF
Former Georgia Woman
Takes Own Life in
Montgomery.
Montgomery, Alt., Deo. a.—Mrs. W. II.
Bernes, wife of the chief wire man of the
long-distance telephone exchange, commit
ted suicide here this morning by shooting
herself thru the temple. Despondency I*
eaiil lo here been the ceuee, ahe having
been 111 for some time.
8he was * native of Quitman, Os. Mrs.
Barnes locked herself In the bath room just
before breekfeet end, using her hntlmnd's
pistol, shot herself In the temple. Rhe lived
several hour*, but never regained conscious
ness
Real estate deals Involving more
than 3100,000 worth of, Atlanta proper
ty have Just come to light
The Atlanta Real Estate Company, of
which John E. Murphy I* president and
O. W. Adair secretary, on December
1 bought from Mrs. C. H. Ridley for
3100,000 the store at 99 Peachtree-at.
occupied by Muench St Bleradorfer,
Jewelers, and also 174, 178 and 160
Peachtree-at., which Is a row of two-
story stores opposite the Aragon Ho
tel
For *63,000, or *1,000 per front foot
Attorney Reuben Arnold has purchased
the three stores at 174, 178 and 180
Peachtree-at. Both deals were made
through Forrest & George Adair, real
estate agente, and the papers In the
former were Juet filed Saturday.
Upon the deals, which are among the
rncst Important made recently, the At
lanta Real Estate Company cleared a
good sum, although owing to the na
ture of the transactions the exaot
amount Is not known. It is stated,
however, that the property at 99 Feach-
tree-st., which the company still holds,
la worth more- lhan-*50,000. 1
No better Illustration of the rapid ad
vance of Atlanta real estate values
could be found than a comparison of
the prices Mrs. Ridley paid for the
property and the amounts for which
they were sold. In'1884 she bought the
property at 88 psaehtree-at. for *5,100,
and It Is now worth more than *60,000.
In 1890 ahe purchased the store at 174
Peachtreo-st. for *12,000 and the other
two In 1888 for *10,600, making a total
of **8,600 for the three stores for wbloh
Reuben Arnold paid *08,000. For the
three pieces of property she paid *87,-
600 and received *100,000.
In speaking of hie purchase, Reuben
Arnold said Saturday: “I believe I
have a fine Investment For the pres
ent I will hold the property and Im
prove It somewhat Possibly in the
future I may erect a large building.”
The property at 90 Peacbtree-st. Is
a three-storied brick store, 28 by 00
feet and Is almost opposite the Eng-
It.h-American building. Tho buildings
on the corner of Ellis and Peachtrse-
sts. have a frontage of 88 feet 9 Inches
and run back 70 feet All are occupied
by tenants who have long leases.
CHRISTMAS TREES
CAUSE OF TRAGEDY
MARIETTA FAMILY ADOPTS
BABY FRANKIE ON SEEING
PICTURE IN THE GEORGIAN
"Get Frankie Taylor ready for u*.
We’re coming after him today and will
give him a really, truly home."
The message came over the long dis
tance ’phone to the Home of the
Frlendleea Saturday morning from a
well-known family In Marietta. Frankie
Taylor Is the baby boy at the home,
whose picture was shown In a group
of little folke In last Tuesday's Geor
gian, with the Invitation to have a
baby for a Christmas present.
Miss Mitchell, the matron at the
home, put a nice clean dress on little
Frankie and will turn him over to the
Marietta family Saturday afternoon.
The applicant for a Christmas baby
wouldn’t wait to get tho references de
sired, but Miss Mitchell knows the fam
ily so well that she said they might
take Frankie now and then furnish the
needed Information.
The story In The Georgian with the
row of seven bright-faced babies has
started many Inquiries for the little
ones, and there la little doubt that every
one of the seven will find a comforta
ble home. A lady In Dallas wants little
Margaret Mitchell as soon as she re
covers from an Illness, and Baby Mar
garet 1* Improving rapidly. An In
quiry was made for Willie Llghtfoot,
of the Decatur Orphans' Home, with
in a few hours after his picture ap-
FRANKIE TAYLOR.
Hla address Is changed from
Home for the Friendless to Ma
rietta.
peared, and since that time the Insti
tution has been flooded with letters and
telegrams asking for the children. All
were anxious to secure or.e of the ba
bies before Christmas, but the rules
of the Institution moke It necessary to
refer applicants to the trustees, who
will meet soon.
WAS GEIGER THE WRITER
OF THAT “SUICIDE” NOTE?
WAS IN ATLANTA OFTEN
PLAN FIGHT M
Rumored They Will
Ask Injunction
Against Law.
PROHIBITION LAW
MAY BE ENJOINED
Georgia Breweries Have
Shown No Sign of Re
moving From State.
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Chief Witness .
In Druce Case
Is Under Arrest
Man Shot in Quarrel About
Loading Trees on
Wagon.
Washington. Dec. 21.—John E. Elliott,
aged 42, of Walker Chapel, Va., lies at
the point of death In Georgetown Uni
versity hospital from a pistol wound
Inflicted by Harry Brown, aged 23,
of Cherrydale, Va. late yeeterday after
noon. Brown is locked up at Rosslyn,
Va. The shooting took place In the
woods a mile from the chain bridge on
the Virginia shore. They quarreled
over how some Christmas trees should
be loaded on a wagon, and In a fight
which followed. Brown drew a revolver
and shot Elliott.
New York, Dec. H—Robert Caldwell, chief
witness In the Druee esie, waa arrested at
the pier of the steamship Kaiser Augutts
Victoria, on hie arrival from Europe. He
la wanted In England on the charge of per-
Jary. It being alleged that the offence wae
committed when he testified that tha dnks
of Portland and Edwin C. Drnce were fhe
asms men. lit said he arranged tha funeral
of the duke of Portland and Instead of tho
body being In the cofdn there wee the
weight of s man In lead and copper.
Caldwell was released on *5,000 ball,
which was Immediately furnished and
the prisoner was taken by his daugh
ter, Georgians, to his home on Btaten
Island. During the proceedings Cald
well collapsed live times because of Ill
ness.
Was that mysterious note found on a
writing desk In the Piedmont Hotel a
short time ago, and forecasting the
writer's death by the suicide route,
written by Dr. Charles A. Geiger, for
mer Atlantan who shot and killed
Broker James H. Ollphant, in New
York, and then committed suicide Fri
day?
Those familiar with the circum
stances believe he did. Press dis
patches from New York Indicate that
Dr. Geiger was In Atlanta at tha Pied
mont about that time, wiring his
brokers In New York for money that
was never sent.
According to these dispatcher, at that
very time, the unfortunate Atlantan
owed his brokers for margins, and had
lost a fortune trying to beat the game
which has caused death and misery to
hundreds.
In 1902, Dr. Geiger lived In Atlanta
for about a year at the Fairfax, In
Peachtree-st., and made many friends
here. He was related to the Barnwell*,
of Beaufort, S. C., his former home,
and was a kinsman of Dr. Charles M,
Barnwell, a dentist, with offices In the
Prudential building.
While In Atlanta, Dr. Geiger had an
offico In the Engllsh-Amerlcan build
ing, did quite an extensive practice and
seemad to be a man of means. He was
Interested In cotton mills that brought
him In a considerable Income, but Just
what this was and the extent of hi*
property he would hever tell even his
closest friends.
Dr. Charles M. Barnwell remembers
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WILL INVESTIGATE
MINE DISASTERS
SAYS COUNT WITTE
Big Sensation Is Expected
in Stoessel’s
Trial. jli
Washington, Dec. 21.—Senator Scott
today Introduced a resolution calling
for the appointment of a Joint congren-
fcional commI##lon to Investigate the
cause of tho recent mine dlsuster# In
West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
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St. Petersburg, Dec. 21.—Having re
fused an opportunity to rufute on the
witness stand General Kuropatkln’a
testimony at the trial of General
Stoeesel that before the war he had
recommended the abandoning of Port
Arthur because It had lost Its strategic
Importance, Count Witte has broken
hla silence and published a letter In
the Novoe Vremya.
He says Kuropatkln wo* guilty of
misleading the whole army before the
war broke out by overrating Russia’s
preparedness. Count Witte narrates
instances of discrepancies In Kurcpat-
kln’s official acts and the general's
testimony before the Stoessel court
martial. He say* the general did not
provide sufficient siege gun* at Port
Arthur.
The controversy will likely develop
Into a great sensation.
OHIO REPUBLICANS
TO MEET JANUARY 2
To!i>(Jo, Ohio, her. 21.—The Republican
state central committee will meet In Colum*
bo# at the Nell House on January 2 tor the
purpose of "taking such action na it may
deem proper relative to tbe calling 7 of a
•tate convention.” Chairman Walter F.
Brown Issued tbe rail.
Have the brewers of Georgia a .plan
to prevent the prohllbtlon law from
going Into effect on January . 1 by in
junction proceeding# in the United
States court?
According to a .well defined rumor
circulated on Saturday, they have, and
it la reported that attorney# will leave
Monday from Atlanta for New Orlean#
to ask Judge Don A. Pardee, of the
United States circuit court, for an In
junction restraining tho enforcement of
tho law until the question of Its con-
Htltultonallty can be determined.
That the brewers of the state have
had some card they proposed playing
before the last minute has long been
the belief of those who are keeping
posted on the prohibition question.
Instead of making arrangements to
move their expensive plants to points
outside the #tat4 moat of tho brewery
owners have done nothing except, as
in the cane of the Atlanta Brewing and
Ice Company, to expend money Improv
ing the plant.
Several of the brewers have been ex
perimenting with a beer without alco
hol, but #o far tho only people who
have announced their intention of mak
ing this beep are A. A U. M. Block, of
Macon, owner# of the Acme Brewing
Company.
If the brewer# are not making ar
rangement# to move their expensive
f >lant# and have not announced their
ntention of quitting the business,
many peoplo Interested argue that they
are contemplating fighting tho law in
the court#.
Judge Pardee ha# Jurisdiction over
Georgia and would bo a competent
Judge before whom Injunction proceed
ing# could be commenced. It la said
the brewers claim the law 1# uncon
stitutional because it take# away prop
erty without cftio process of law and
because the state chartered the con
cern# to do buslne## and then passed
“ law prohibiting tho business.
Believed That 300 Miners
Have Perished in
Barr Mines. ; ",
GOVERNOR CANNOT
BE DEFENDANT
Judge Don Panlee passed three orders
Hatnrtlay affecting questions raised lijr the
f'eniml railroad, affecting freight nnd pts-
ntcvr rate*.
He granted the Central permlanlnn to file
n nupplementol petition in the freight rate
ease,'with tbe proriso that It did not ilia-
larh existing condllioiu, and did not make
the governor n party to the nit.
lie sustained tbe demurrer of the state
In the Central passenger rate can. which
sought to prevent making Attorney General
Hart a party to tbe raw. The petition of
rhe rcnl to make tbe governor a party to
the salt waa denied.
Jacobs Creak, Pa., Dee. 21.—With
only eleven bodies actually removed
from the wrecked Derr mine, with tha
dancer of a great explosion, more ter
rific then the first, and with the
moat Insurmountable volumes of gas
that poison the air, tbe recovery of the
bodies of the three hundred dead mi
ner* will be extremely alow.
So great Is the fear of another explo
sion that a large area at the mine
entrance has been roped off to prevent
the possible death of scores of onlook
er*.
Thu* It will be day*—perhaps weeks
—before the actual number of entombed
men will be known. Michael Hallnpy,
organiser of the United Mlno Workers,
clalnu that at least 300 men have been
killed In the Derr mines. He believes
ft will reach nearer 305..
Mr. Hallopy bases his allegation upon
a canvass of the miners' home*.
In epite of the many difficulties, res
cue parties have penetrated about 6,500
feet, but it may require thlrty-aix
hour* more to reach the far entry of
the mine, where moat of the men were
known to be at work. Officials of the
company today stated that the mine
was damaged to a greater extent than
waa expected.
A suicide and an attempt at self-de-
cdructlon ha* already resulted from the
disaster. Conrad Schuth. aged 48.
erased by tho death In the mine of hi*
son and other relatives, ended hie own
life yesterday by drowning In tho river
near the mine. He was a widower and
leaves four small children.
Mrs. Carrino Delano was restrained
from committing suicide yesterday.
She lost her husband and two son*
In the disaster, and. In quest of tho
bodies, was croeelng the river on the
retry, when she was seized with the
Idea of leaping Into the stream. The
efforts of three men were required to
restrain her until a landing was reach
ed.
YOUNG GARLAND
TAKES OWN LIFE
Little Rock.
Garland, #on o
Attorney Gen*
k.. Dec 21. -W. H.
•rmer United State#
Garland, committed