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THE WEATHER. For Atlanta and Vicinity—Fair and colder tonight and Tues- day. Atlanta Georgian AND NEWS SPOT COTTON. Liverpool, steady, 6.13; Atlanta, firm , 11V4: New York, quiet, 11.80; New Or- leans, firm, 11%; Savannah, steady, 10 11-16; Augusta, quiet and steady, 11 1-18; Mobile, firm, 10%. 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. 1897.. .. 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. 60O00000000000000 0O000 0000 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 O00000OOOO00OO000O0O00O0OO 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.