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■1 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. T [ 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. i .r V 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 0000000OOO«0000O 1 K 1 OOOOOOO 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. oooooiaooooooiwooooooooooo O0OOOO0000OO0OOOOOOOOOODOO 0 8H0RTE8T DAY IN YEAR: O O ARE YOU FEELING SHORT? O 0 0 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. 00000000000000000000000000 o 0 0 RAIN FAILED TO COMEi 0 0 MAY BE HERE SUNDAY. 0 0 0 0 The prognosticator missed Are 0 0 on the rain proposition Saturday, 0 g for It waa an Ideal day, and the 0 streets and stores were literally 0 0 jammed with shoppers. 0 0 Forecast: 0 0 “Partly cloudy nnd possibly rain 0 0 Saturday night or Sunday; warm- O O er Saturday night." 0 Saturday temperatures; S 7 o'clock a. m 35 degrees. 8 o’clock a. m 37 degreed. 0 9 o'clock a. m., C 10 o’clock a. m.. 0 11 o'clock a. m.. 13 o’clock noon.. 1 o'clock p. m., 2 o'clock p. m.. .40 degrees. .45 degrees. ..48 degrees. 0 ..60 degrees . 0 .. 62 degrees. O ..61 degrees. 0 0 0O00000000000000O00000000Q 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 Continued on Page Three. O0O00O0000000000000000000O a o 0 EVANS’ FLEET IS GOING 0 O THRU VIRGIN PA83AGE. O a o O (By Wireless.) O 0 By Norman Rose. 0 0 (Staff Correspondent of tho United O 0 Preez on Board the battleship P O Georgia.) O O "We are passing thru the Vlr- 0 O gin Passage today. The fleet is O 0 proceeding In equadron forma- O 0 lion holding the alignment In such O 0 manner as to please the admiral 0 0 commanding. The seas are choppy O 0 with the result that unceasing O O watchfulness Is necessary, but re- O O suits are being obtained that ex- O 0 coed the expectations of all con- 0 O earned. Tho average speed la be- O 0 Ing maintained." 0 0 O OOO00O000OO0O00O0O0000O00O 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. _ Shortest day In the year. 0 0 Lots of fellows, hit hard by O O Christmas shopping, will probably .0 O agree with this statement In ev- 0 D ery way. jj O But this Is the sure enopgh O O shortest day. Sun gets up earlier O 0 and goes to bed later than any 0 S other day In the year, g From now on days will begin to O 0 lengthen, twilight coming n few O O minutes later every day—until the O O baseball season opens, and then O O It won’t be necessary to write 0 O much about such thing#. o 0 OOa0OO00000COOO0000OPO0000 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