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VOL. VI. NO. 126.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1907.
PRTffE* In Atlanta..TWO CBNTS.
X XbAV-iEj. On Train,..FIVE CUNTS.
Trustees Give Views
on Mooted Sub
ject.
PHYSICIANS HAVE
VARYING OPINIONS
That -Bedside Clinics, With
Restrictions, Will Be Al
lowed Seems Certain.
The board of trustees of Grady Hos
pital will vote In favor of allowing bed.
side teaching with reasonable rcgula-,
lions at the Grady Hospital at the reg-l
ular meeting Tueaday afternoon at
c'cloclt
Thla la evident from the Interviews
secured by a representative of The
Georgian Monday morning from mem
bers of the board.
Among those who have come out
positively in favor of bedside teaching
are Mayor Joyner, ex-oRIclo member
of the board, and Alderman Joseph
Hlrscb. president of the board.
Only two members of the board state
positively they will vote against bed
side teaching. These are Councilman
Longlno, ejt-offlclo member, and Wade
P. Harding.
From the statements secured, the
vote will probably be as follows: For
bedside teaching. Mayor Joyner, Aider-
man Hlrach, H. L. Culberson, E. W.
Martin, Charles 8. Northen and J. W.
English, Jr. These are practically cer
tain to vote for It.
Those voting against bedside teach
ing, from all present Indications, will
be Councilman Longlno and Wade P.
Harding.
Those who are most doubtful are Col
onel R. J. Lowry, R. N. Fickett, Hugh
M. Dorsey and W. S. Elkin. From what
can be gathered. It Is certain that at
least one of these will vote for bedside
teaching, and the probabilities are that
two or more of them will.
It will be seen that the board will
adopt the plan of bedside teaching un
less opinions change considerably be
fore Tuesday afternoon.
Charles 8. Northen stated that he
preferred not to give out his views In
advance, but It was learned from relia
ble authority that he favored bedside
teaching and would so vote.
Whst Trustees Say.
Mayor W. R. Joyner—After reading
the card from Dr. Calhoun and other
prominent physicians, and after con
ferring with physicians over the city,
I am sattstled that bedside teaching Is
all right, and will so vote.
Alderman Hlrsch—I believe bedside
teaching will work to the benefit of
humanity, and {, therefore, favor It.
Of course, some care and discrimina
tion must be shown In the practice and
reasonable regulations and reatrictlons
must be adopted.
H. L. Culberson—Unless It can be
demonstrated that bedside teaching,
such as Is proposed, will work harm to
the patients, I will vote for It.
E. W. Martin—I believe, of course,
that every protection should be thrown
around the city’s free patients, and It
is presumed that the medical staff,
which Is composed of men high In the
medical profession, will do that.
R. J. Lowry—I will vote for the best
Interests of the city and the Grady
Hospital.
Longlno Opposed.
Councilman Longlno—I am unalter
ably opposed to making the hospital an
adjunct to a medical college, and I will,
therefore, vote against bedside prac
tice. The city's poor patients should
not be made clinical material for a
medical college.
Wade P. Harding—I can not see my
w ay clear to voting for any such prop
osition. The city's charity patients
must be looked after and cared for to
the best of the city's ability.
HAS DUE DAY
OF LIFE LEFT
End Draws Near For
Old King
Corn.
SALOONS CLOSE
OUT THEIR STOCK
Peaceful Death Anticipated
For Monarch Who
Ruled So Long.
MISS FLORETTA WHALEY.
San Francisco. Dee. 30.—Hunted for
eight months. Rev. Jere Knude Cook,
Yale graduate and former pastor of St.
Georges church, Hempstead, L. I., who
created, one of the sensations of the
year by deserting his wife and eloping
witH Floretta Whaley, a 17-year-old
heiress, was located with the young
girl yesterday In a flat in this city.
During the eight months since his
disappearance, while ths police have
been endeavoring to find him, Cooke
has been living quietly In Loo Angeles
and San Francisco, working as a paint-
and when circumstances were
against him. doing the hardest kind of
labor to eke out qp existence for hlm-
nelfand the girl.
A child has been born to the couple
and the two have stood by one another,
hunted and hungry, but apparently
ow the dream of love Is ended and
Rev. Jere Knode Cook Is watting for
tho warrant which will take him back
East for prosecution.
His discovery was brought about by
Agent Cleary, of a patrol service, who
Just one more day of legalized liquor
traffic anywhere within the borders of
the state of Georgia
Promptly at 10 o’clock Tuesday night
every saloon In Atlanta and elsewhere
In the state, will close its doors finally.
It will find the whisky houses of At
lanta ready. For some weeks retail
and wholesale houses have been sell
ing stock as rapidly as possible and at
the closing hour Tuesday. night every
saloon will be emptied of every kind
of Intoxicant.
Saloons have had tables out for
some time on which all the special
brands of liquors and wines were dis
played at reduced prices Monday these
tables and the saloon shelves were
nearly all as bare as "old Mother Hub
bard's cupboard.”
Many saloon men. both retail and
wholesale, will remove to Chattanooga.
Jacksonville and other points. Most of
these have already shipped their sur
plus stocks, reserving only enough for
needs up to Tuesday night.
One saloon on Decatur street closed
out Saturday night. Another saloon
man emptied out a lot of whisky and
wine. Only two drug concerns here are
engaged In the liquor business—Jacobs'
and Brannen A Anthony—and both
have about sold out thalr stock.
Every family In Atlanta, who desired
to lay In a supply for medicinal pur
poses. has ajreody done so, and. liquor
houses' have been busy Sending out
So far the passing of the traffic has
been marked.by no disorder,. Christ.
notlcJl that a photograph of Floretta
Whaley In a newspaper was the picture
of the wlfp of the painter and decorator
who were going under the name of Mr.
and Mrs. Gerald Bajpom.
Cooke admitted his Identity when
confronted.
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1898.. ..
1899
1900.. ..
Hugh Dorsey—I have not fully de- I JSjJi'*”
termlned how I shall vote as yet. hut I il jf""
am Inclined at present to vote against I J* "
How Atlanta
Clearings Grew
In Ten Years
The rapid climb in bank clearings In
Atlanta for the past ten years—from
372,003,181.53 In 1897 to 3251.392,065.38 In
1907—Is shown by the following figures
obtained from Darwin G. Jones, mana
ger of the Atlanta Clearing House As
sociation:
mas passed with a minimum of drink.
Ing or disorderly conduct. Saturday
night conditions were the same
The authorities do not anticipate the
least trouble or disorder In the wind-up
of the business Tuesday night.
At two of the churches, the Baptist
Tabernacle and • Wesley Memorial,
watch night services will be held Tues
day night. When the New Year and pro
hibition will be ushered In by tri
umphant Atlantans. Street cars will
be provided for those attending.
Drug Stores Close Out.
The arrival of prohibition will find
• lie drug stores which carry liquor
teady and walling. They have sold out
their stock until the shelves and show
cases are clean, and what has not gone
Is going.
"Within the past three weeks we
have sold a 316,000 stock of liquor, and
by Tuesday night at 10 o'olock there
will not be a drop In the house," said
T. H. Brannen, of Brannen & Anthony.
"Our trade was with families and for
some time they have been laying in a
supply. When prohibition comes we
will hove no liquor on hand."
"Our stock Is almost gone,” said Dr.
Joe Jacobs, head of Jacobs' Pharmacy.
"Every v.nnt has been supplied and by
Tuesday night we will be cleaned out
completely."
Many drug stores have never carried
any amount of liquor In stock. When
It was prescribed they sent to a liquor
house and purchased It, It was stated
at Brown A Allen’s, Gunter A Wat
kins. and Elkln-Watson's that they had
no liquor about the stores.
W. S. Elkin—I will oppose any rad
ical change In the plan of conducting
the hospital, but 1 am not prepared to
say whether or not the resolution to
be presented In regard to bedside
teaching does contemplate a radical
change.
While the Indications are that the
bedside teaching plan will be adopted.
It Is alBo probable that many restric
tions will be thrown around It.
Dr. W. 8. Kendrick submits a num
ber of affidavits from graduates of the
Atlanta College of Physicians and Sur
geons to show that they were' never
admitted to the wards of Grady Hos
pital. A statement is also given from
Ur. T. F. Brewster, former superin
tendent of the hospital, which follows:
"To Whom It May Concern—I de
clare that I was superintendent of the
Grady Hospital fourteen years, and
that during all that period not a sin
gle ticket was Issued admitting stu
dents to the wards, and, furthermore.
I most emphatically declare that medi
cal students were not admitted to the
wards for systematic bedside teach-
..3 73,005,181.52
.. 71,964,809.03
.. 83,058,397.11
.. 98,376,251.23
.. 111,755,849.98
.. 131,200,457.25
.. 144,992,037.59
.. 158,022,303.15
.. 185.826,544.98
.. 235,997.896.1)2
. . 254,392,065.58
The figures for 1907 Include Monday.
With Tuesday's clearings, the total for
the year will, no doubt, exceed 3255,-
000.000.
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O FAIR AND WARM FOLLOW O
0 GLOOMY, RAINY SUNDAY. O
O 0
O Following a rainy, gloomy Sun- O
O day, with terrific downpour of O
SLEEPING GUEST
IN FULTON HOTEL
Paul Edwards Choked by
Escaped Maniac Who
Entered Room.
HENTSCHEL’S SALOON BEA T
PROHIBITION LA WBYA NECK;
RAN DRY AND CLOSED UP
Prohibition la nlromly In effect In At
lanta Monday—In one snlonn.
The in loon of I\ Ilentachel, 4$ Decatur-
•t„ linn gone out of business.
Tbl* In the firit of the Atlanta saloons
to done Iti doors.
Altho It was permitted to lire until
Tuesday night at 10 o’clock, the saloon,
weakened by the tremendous drain on Its
stock of hooge, collapsed Saturday ulght
at 8:80 o'clock, at which time tne hist
drop of whisky and beer hnd l**en passed
out over the counter to the thirsty throng
•*—* packed the place,
.... the last gloss of beer was gulped
down by an anxious customer nnd the fast
While asleep In his room at the
Fulton Hotel In Hunter-st. Monday ^k^wsi je^ter^'lj^bejessb register]
morning about
who works In
: 3 o'clock. Paul Awards.,
the plant of the Uncle | -it’s nil over."
nil'll rr|l«ipr,
relief, faced
O rain Sunday night. Monday was O
O bright and fair. The clouds all O
O rolled away by 9 o’clock, and It 0
0 was as pleasant ak a day In April. 0
0 Wind shot along, however, at a 0
0 pretty high speed.- Forecast: , O
0 "Fair and colder Monday night 0
0 and Tuesday." 0
0 Monday temperatures: O
0 7 o'clock a. m 63 degrees O
0 8 o'clock a. m. ........ 53 degrees 0
0 9 o'clock a. 54 degrees 0
0 10 o'clock a. m.
12 o'clock noon
1 o'clock p. m.
2 o'clock p. m.
66 degrees O
59 degrees 0
. 60 degrees O
62 degrees O
62 degrees O
0
Remus's Magazine, was attacked by
an Insane stranger, who had slipped
Into the hotel and forced his way Into
the room, and was almost choked to
death before assistance reached him.
The erased man, who given his name
as W. J. Cavanaugh and his home os
Chicago, declares he escaped from the
state insane asylum at Milledgevllle.
W. B. Hayes, night, clerk In the ho-
rushed SSH
life of the utmost insensible guest,
sight of the night clerk the maniac
rushed out of Edwards' room Into an
other room, where he wits held captive
until the arrival of Police Sergeant
Connaliy and Policeman Felder.
When the officers entered the room
they found Cavanaugh In the act -of
A motley crowd of boozers was In at the
finish, anil, nt the word! of the saloonlit.
.Mommy limrnig, xieniacofi
cleaning out his plsce. A few
customer!, who hsd ant
prospective
it the finish,
od with the word,
“CLOfifED."
A smntl crowd of loungers stood on the
sidewalk In front, ami, with ilowncnat ex
pression nnd a-pathetic link In their eyes.
■lewed the scene of desolation on the in.
side.
Itentschcl has been In the whisky busi
ness for the psst thirty-six years, twenty
yenrs of which time hns been spent In At-
lanta. '
COFFIN IS OPENED
Pretender to Estate Asserts
His Claims Are in Ho
Wise Injured.
London, Doc. SO.—Thomas Charles
loon Imalness Druce's coffin contains human remains.
business, but Just what I hare not deter
LIB A TION OF CORN LIQUOR
FOR OLD DECATUR STREET
USHERS IN ITS NEW ERA
tneyround xavannugn in in, iact-m t , w „- |„ lo ,i„, gutter, mid. Inter-
cllmbtng a rope up Into a skylight. The , a |,ijgUiiir. flowed down the street tp the
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Ing.'
Dr. Kendrick’* Statement.
Dr. w. 8. Kendrick, head of the At
lanta 8chool of Medicine, who haa led
Continued on Page Seven.
NEW STATE LAWS IN EFFECT
ON AND AFTER WEDNESDAY
The following new laws arid acts become effective January 1, or dur-
tAg ToVl^proMbltlon. Prohibits sale, barter, gif ing away, manufacture or
keening Intoxicants In any form In place of business.
Anti-paw order of railroad commission. Forbids Issuance or use of
railroad or street car passe*, save for exceptions as per Hepburn bill.
District agricultural schools begin work.
Section 4 of the' child labor law; No child under 14 may work In fac
tory between hours of 7 p. m. and 6 a. m. No child under 14 may work In
far ton' who can not read and writ* and has not attended school twelve
weeks preceding year, six of them consecutive. Children between ages of
14 and I* must attend school twelve weeks, six consecutively.
Reorganization of national guard In conformity with Dick law. This
law was to have gone into effect January 21, but resolutions In congress
to hold m.'itter up for amendments.
Drug provision pure food went Into effect August I, 1007, but druggists
given to August 1. 1808. t«> dispose of stocks on hand.
Several new license taxes.
maniac instantly dropped to the floor
and made a lunge at the oifleers. put
ting up a desperate fight. The latter
had to use their clubs and knock the
Insane man to the floor before they
could subdue him.
Altho Cavanaugh fought desperately
Loth ofllcern succeeded In keeping out
of his way and escaped unhurt.
Cnvnnaugh was finally handcuffed
and sept to the police station.
Nothing Is known here of the insane
man. He. Is said to have walked Into
the office cf the hotel shortly after mid
night and to have remained there
some time. When he left the office
nothing more was heard of him until
Edward* awoke to find the stranger,
with a maniacal smile on his face and
a wild Are in his eyes, bending over
him, and with his Angers tightening
about his throat with almost superhu
man strength. Edwards fought his as
sailant us best he could and loosened
the vice-like grip about his throat suf
ficiently to cry out for help.
Cavanaugh was arraigned before Re.
carder Broyles Monday morning and
when asked about the charge against
him, amJled and replied:
"I am guilty.”
He was asked by Judge Broyles what
he meant by breaking opert the door of
the hotel room and trying to choke Ed
wards to death, to which he replied:
I was Just practicing.'
On flu* eve of Georgia's great liquor
drought n barrel and a linlf of whisky nnd n
hftlf lmrr*»l of wine went to waste in Been-
tur-sf. Into Hjftnrdny afternoon, marking n
unique Incident III the history of that cele
brated 'honmghfnre.
This amount of liquor nnd wine was nr-
Inter-
It was opened In HIghgata cemetery
today and inside was found the body
of an aged, bearded man.
The features w'ore unrecognisable,
fmt there Is no doubt that the corpse
J• that of Draco himself. Tho George
Ilullamby Draco, the claimant to the
title and estates of the dukedom of
Portland, says the case Is unshaken by
the discovery, Jt Js generally considered
nearest sewer entrance and disappeared,
tantalising n erowd of Beentnrst. habitues
who had gathered to witness the sight. It
wii* Indeed remarkable, from the fart that
In ilit* history of man no one ever heard of
liquor going to waste III l>eeolur-st.
The whisky nnd wine wns injured out by
Ban trnvngbnn.-the genial and well-known
Irish nuloou man nt 96 Beeatnr-st. Finn
hud taken an Inventory of his stock of goods
Katurriny morning. In an effort to useertniu
nnd bad figured that be had a surplus of n I
nd a half of whisky and a half'
barrel .. _
barrel of wine.
As he would have t»o fnrther use for any
of his stock after Tuesday night. Unrngbnn
then decided to empty the surplus luto the
street.
As the Issue flowed gently away, the
giHsl-htininrod Irishman smiled.
can't be any-
of necessity.
tiling else but prohibitionists now*,
have the law on our safe.
Ban any* Atlanta is good
but that **“
y«»t.
ing here for tht A., B. & A. railroad,
and then added:
*T am going to work this afternoon
In the place where they cremate peo-
Ide.”
w Judge Broyles responded that he wns
The prisoner said he had been work- unaware of the existence of such a
The perjury charge against
Druce, the elder Druce’s son by a sec
ond marriage, who says he saw his
father in a coffin in 1S64, fifteen years
J before the fifth duke of Portland died,
! of course, falls to the ground.
The story by. Robert Caldwell, the
New Yorker, who swore he engineered
a bogus funeral for Druce and buried
; 200 pounds of lead In a coffin, proves
absolutely untrue. Herbert Druce «ays
, he will push the case against the lat
ter, who Is under arrest in New York
! charged by English authorities with
, perjury.
Herbert Druce, the defendant In the
now famous case, la charged with com
mitting perjury by swearing that his
father, Thomas Charles Druce, of the
Haker-st. bazaar, died December 18,
1864, and that he saw the dead body
placed In a coffin and burled in High-
gate cemetery. HIa nephew, George
Hollamby Druce, declares that this
must be untrue, because T. C. Druce
was. In fact.nhe fifth duke of Port
land, who lived until 1870. Thla being
so, George Hollamby Druce claims that
he is now the rightful heir of the Port
land dukedom and to certain rich es
tates. the income of which U placed at
11750.000 a year, how held by Lord
me Walden.
Howard Ue
TAFT IN BOSTON;
MUM ON POLITICS
DAN GAVAGHAN.
He poured our his remaining
stock of Uquor In the gutter.
place. *
••Oh, well they kinder scorch them,"
replied I’u—inaugh.
The recorder ordered the crazed man
htld In default of 3600 bond for aasault
and battery until he could be more
thoroughly Investigated.
Boston, Dec. 30.—In the best of
health, answering nil questions regard
ing his recent world tour, but declin
ing to discuss politics, Secretary Taft
arrived this morning. .Much specula
tion anil Interest nr.- surrounding his
speech before the Merchants' Associa
tion tonight, but It Is expected he w ill
announce his policy' toward corpora
tions and possibly his attitude toward
the Republican presidential nomina
tion.