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THE WEATHER.
For Atlanta and Vicinity—Fair
tonight and Thursday; warmer to
night.
The Atlanta Georgian
and news
SPOT COTTON.
Liverpool, ea*jr, 8.08; Atlanta, nt^ndjr,
11%; New York, quiet, JL30; New Or-
lenn*. ■teady, '11 7-18; Navannnh. dull,
10%; Auguata, ateadjr, 11%; Mobile,
quiet. 11; Wilmington, steady, 10 13-1*.
VOL. VI. NO. 134.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, ‘JANUARY 8, 1908.
SCENES AT SOUTHERN WRECK NEAR HIRAM TUESDAY EVENING
,. These pictures of the wreck of the third section of the Southern Railway’s Florida Special near Hiram Tuesday afternoon were taken by R. B. Kenny, of Canton, 0., an injured passenger.
WAITING FOR RELIEF TRAIN.
MIDST OF THE DEBRIS.
PULLMANS AFTER WRECK.
COACH ON EMBANKMENT.
VIEWING THE SCENE.
COMMISSION ORDERS
FULL REPORT OF WRECK
ON SOUTHERN AT HIRAM
To Make Investiga ion
as to Cause of the
Disaster.
NO MORE DEATHS
FOLLOW WRECK
* M • ’ ’".S' 1 ■' ■ , 'jfej t
* Railroad Officials at Scene
Making Investigation
of Cause.
GREENE AND GAYNOR
NOW WEAR STRIPES
IN FEDERAL PnlSON
Noted Prisoners in Pen at
\ .Last After Long
-- Fight.
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0 JAMES EDWARDS, engineer, 0
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O rain shortly after the accident. O
O DOUGLAS H. SNAPP, chief en- 0
O glneer Southern railway, 34 Coop- 0
0 er-nt. Scalded. Died In the At- 0
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O MOSES BALDWIN, negro nre- O
O man. 16 Dora-at. Scalded. Died 0
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The railroad -commission has called
upon the Southern railway for a full
and detailed report on the wreck of the
Florida* special near Hiram and Its
cause. An Investigation will be made
at once.
The division upon which the wreck
occurred had not been Inspected by the
commission, which- Is having Inspec
tions made of all roads In the state, but
an order had been Issued Tuesday
morning for an Inspection of that di
vision at once.. It will be begun Wed
nesday or Thursday.
rhalrman McLendon would make no
statement regarding the wreck until
he could receive accurate Information
regarding Its cause.
M. U. Richey, district manager of
the Southern railway. Is 111 and con
fined to his bed. It was stated in his
Beaten In ever)- court and broken In
health and spirit, Benjamin D. Greene
and John F. Qaynor, convicted of de
frauding the United States government
of over a half million dollars In Sa
vannah harbor work, changed their
names for numbers Wednesday morn
ing and entered the Federal prison In
Atlanta, where they will be lost to the
world until their sentences of four
years each are served. *
The noted prisoners left Macon with
much secrecy Wednesday morning at
3:06 o'clock, over the Southern, accom
panied by United States Marshal
George F. White, Deputy Marshal Dave
Riley and C. W.- Hubbard. Jailer of
the Bibb county Jail. They were due
to arrive In Atlanta at 6 o'clock, but
It was 7:30 when the doors of the big
prison closed upon them.
Notwithstanding efforts made to keep
their departure a secret, the news
leaked Out. and was known -In Atlanta
long before the train arrived here.
Upon their arrival In the Institution
over which Warden Moyer presides,
they received the samo regulation
treatment there that Is gtvsn the hum
blest yeggman. Shaves and baths ware
in order; measurements for the striped
suits with numbers on the backs and
Bertllton measurements and photo
graphs were taken.
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O WEATHER STILL BALMY; 0
O WILL BE WARMER YET. O
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ENGINE ON ITS SIDE.
VIEW FROM ABOVE WRECK.
CROWD DRAWN TO SCENE.
PULLING OUT VICTIMS.
0 old winter In the quickly vanish- O
O Ing snow, the weather Is again O
a line and balmy. It Is going to O
O be warmer, too. Forecast: O
0 ''Fair Wednesday night and 0
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Southern haiTmen on the ground now. !*> Wednesday temperatures: O
who are Investigating the clrcum- O
ii.icu lu III■ eJCli. AA new ■■ - M - - j. _■ — i , ,,
office Wednesday afternoon that thejgnl*ht. • mniMtnrai ,
Southern hn. nw»n nn ih*» erround now.' O Wtant»aljr temperatures.
A HERO AND A VICTIM
Mgl
BS
FROM ALL PARTIES
Commission Will Issue An
Order Following
Hearing.
Thinks Government
Should Regulate
Making of Rates.
Chief engineer of Southern rail
way, killed In wreck.
Y. R. N0RRI8.
Conductor of wrecked train who
did valiant rescue work.
A grand Jury at Charleston. III., has
reindicted Judge Grosecup and other
directors of (he traction line on which
many were killed In the wreck recently.
NEVER KNOW CAUSE,
SAYS SUPERINTENDENT
stances and physical causes of the
wreck, and that the reeponelblllty for
ihe wreck will not be flxed and can
not bo until theee men have reported
the reeult of their Investigations.
While official Information on the sub
ject Is still lacking. It Is believed by
railroad men who were In the wreck of
the Southern's Florida Special Tuesday
afternoon that the baggage car was the
cause of It all.
According to this Information, the
baggage car waa the first to Jump the
rails, and bumped over the tie* nearly
the entire length of the trestle before
the balance of the train was drawn Into
the fatal mesh.
A Southern employee was riding In
the baggage car at the time of Ihe
wreck. Inspecting some machinery,
when the first Jolt was felt. For the
length of time that It would require the
train to travel over the trestle, this
baggage car bumped over the ties be
fore Ihe final crash came. Then there
was nothing but confusion. *
The theory Is to the effect that the
rails and trestle withstood this terrific
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"The cause of the wreck will never
be known.” said Superintendent E. E
Norris, of the Atlanta division of the
Southern railway, who was on the
wrecked train and sustained a painful
Injury to his right shoulder. "When
. „ i the train went Into the trestle It de
es alii... 2 slroyed all evidence as to the cause ol
» I ff ?: 5 the accident.
J! 5?*"“ 2! "It Is not possible that the curve wdu
Si 2 loo Sharp for the engine. It was a one
ee degrees w or two p* r cent curve, which Is prac-
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eled almost the entire length of the
trestle, with the balance of the train
following It on the rails and with the
engine and tender moving aa smooth
ly leads to the belief that neither a
broken rail nor collapsed trestle was
lh *n C fact It Is declared by Southern
railway officials that the trestle was
comparatively new and would have
withstood any strain of a normal na
ture put upon It.
Then, too. It Is declared that the
spreading rail theory Is out of the
question, for the reason that the bag
gage car traveled off Ihe rails while
_.™ equipment In front of and behind It re.
Foundling until Just after the engine 1 malned on the track until the pounding
and ender had crossed the ellmy and * * * ,h “
45 degrees 0 t( ' C a|| y ~nothing to speak of. and the' the.
ory that the engine was too stiff to turn
Is unfounded, for the trucks of the en
gine are so arranged aa to make a
curve with greater ease than a smaller
engine.
“The angel of mercy to the Injured
was Conductor S. I. Blgham, of the
Seaboard. From his train, which pass
ed almost over the wreck, he saw our
plight Just a few minutes after the
train went thru the trestle. Side-track.'
Ing his string of freight cars about two
miles further on, he came back with
nn engine, a baggage car and a ca
boose. He was the only live wire on
the Job. The rest of us were so sha
ken up that we hardly knew what to
do, but he took charge twenty minutes
after the wreck' occurred and directed
everything, until hla train with such of
the passengers who could go, left for
Atlanta.
"The first 1 knew of the wreck was
when I heard the emergency brakes
and felt the Jar. 1 was standing in the
observation car at the time with sev
eral ladles and gentlemen. The car
lunged; then again and again and the
fourth time we landed. We were all
thrown Into one corner and had to
climb out of the window.
"Miss Hoover was the only person
seriously Injured In my car.
"Had It been a train of day coaches
Instead of Pullmans every car would
have been splintered to bits and most
of the passengers killed, but as It was
the Injuries resulted from the passen
gers being thrown by the first Impacts.
Engineer Edwards was. the only person
who was caught in the wreck.
"The car 'Radcllffe' was not broken
half In two, an reported, but merely
bent so that the roof cracked about six
or eight Inches. . The Idea that the
Pullman car conductor was thrown
thru this space Is absurd.” •
muddy chasm and then rails and all
gave way.
No further Information along this
line has been received yet at the office
of J. 8. B. Thompeon, assistant to the
of the derailed car smashed the track
and threw the other cars about in the
greatest confusion.
Another theoVy, which Southern offi
ciate declare Is absurd. Is the one that
"i J. 8. B. Thompson, assistant to the . _, w an( j a ;ig nn j un .
^resident of the road, and Superintend. englne«asnewana e,.n unu un
ent Norn. —hn mrmm ihi.imh in th, able to take the curve, it ii pointed
*nt Norris, who was Injured in the
wreck, is conflnad to hts bed and his
office has not given out an official
statement.
The baggage car theory Is also held
by passengers who were uninjured and
who had presence of mind enough to
study the question In an effort to as
certain the cause.
The fact that the baggage ear tray-
able to take — ----- - -
out that his engine has been running
.v. r .i and fi.'ix traveled tlU- i >ad
time and again. ,
CLAY MAY FORCE VOTE
QN “DRY STATE” MEASURE
Washington. Jan. 8.—Prohibition ha*
become one of the Ilvekt question* be*
fore the aenate. Inconsequence of the
earnestness of a number of the ‘mem*.
, ber* of the senate In favor of leglsla*
Official li*t Of injured on Page 3.: tlon that Will Insure Mate control of
. J _ ; shipments across their borders.
Additional wreck news on Page* senator ciay, of oeorgia. who i»
_ - 0 i anxious to get the senate judiciary
2 ana O, committee to adopt u report on this
proposed legislation, will try to force
a yea and nay vote In the senate to
morrow. lie will Insist that senators
go on record fit this matter.
Senator Dolliver, of Iowa, who has
tong been urging legislation dealing
with the same problem, has Introduced
the Dolliver-Hepburn bill In the sen
ate. This bill Is intended to meet the
same conditions aa 8cnator Clav't
measure
An order will be Issued by the rnllrond
com mission Wednesday afternoon requiring
the Atlanta Terminal Company to receive
within the terthlnnl Ixiggngr rooms the bag*
gage delivered there by any baggage com*
patiy. the Terminal company to Issue a
check for the same.
This Is the result of the light made bjr
merchants, traveling men and the American
Haggage nnd Transfer Company to break
the rulle fixed by the Terminal company,
which debarred from the depot all baggage
dellrered there ware by tbe Atlanta Bag
gage and Cab Company, only when trant*
portatlon was presented.
The legal pbas<%of the question was ar
gued before the commission Wednesday,
and resulted In the Terminal company
drafting a rule which. In effect, embodies
the nltove. This will be an order by the
commission nlso.
Kverjr phase of the question was not set
tied nt the morning session, but the entire
matter will be af ranged satisfactorily
Wednesday afternoon.
The commission will drift also a general
rule guiding terminal companies at othsr
points, which will he la effect the same as
the one In force here.
BANKER ENDS LIFE
WITH REVOLVER
New York, Jan. 8.—Charles
Whitney, a member of the banking and
brokerage firm of H. M. Whitney
Bona, one of the most Important In the
Wall-st. district, shot and killed him-
nflf at his home, 258 West Seventy-
second-at., today. Both the partners of
the dead man In the brokerage concern
and members of his family deny that
money troubles led to his act. It was
said that he had been suffering from
Intense Insomnia for some time, and
that this caused him to take hi* life.
It was several hours, according to
the police, before the coroner waa no
tified ot the suicide.
CH0SEW0OD READY
FOR INVESTIGATION
•‘As a member of the park'board,”
stated Mayor Joyner Wednesday morn
ing. relative to the anmMinrement that
Ahlerpmn Pittman will demand an In-
veatlgatlon of all the work of the board
for 1907. "I know absolutely nothing
of anything wrong that has been done
by the board. To the contrary, my
opinion and observation lead me to be
lieve that more lias been accomplished
by the board *of 1907 than by any board
In years.
“If there Is anything wrong, however,
as Alderman Pittman seems to think.
I want to know about It Just ns much
as he does, and so I do not object to an
Investigation.”
L. Chosewood, who was Mr. Pitt
man's opponent for ihe aldermanlc
board, and against whom Mr. Pittman
states that he has heard charges of
misconduct from citizens, states also
that he Is perfectly willing for a full,
free and fair Investigation of the board
to be held, as does also W. C. Puckett,
secretary of the board.
They smiled a greeting at each enjoyable and admitting of the
. _. T,...Krt.w. ... hi. social Intercourae of the members of
os Thaw walked briskly to his Continued on Pag, Four.
Harry Thaw Asks His
Wife to Pass on
Talesman.
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0 Noethlng, Arthur R., baker, No. O
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O Carey, George W„ (fry good*. O
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New York, Jan. The opening of
today'* session of the Thaw trial was
considerably delayed, and It was al
most 11 o’clock before Justice Dowl
ing ascended the bench. Mrs. Thaw
had been In the court room a half hour
waiting for Harry Thaw to be brought |
In.
other
seat.
The Jury box Is full again, but per
emptory challenges will eliminate some
of the Jurors.
There were three accepted Jurors and.
four provisional Jurors In tht box when
court opened. The accepted Jurors
were brought from the Hotel Knicker
bocker today In the charge of Captain
Lynch, of the courc police squad,;wtille
a subordinate officer had charge of the
four provisional Jurors.
Jurors 8sparatsd,
They had their meals In separate din
ing rooms. The box was Ailed with
provisional Jurors at the beginning of
the last of yesterday’s sessions, but
one was dismissed by consent of each
side, which peremptorily challenged
four.
Joslah Thaw was the first ot the
prisoner's family to enter the court
room. With the coiling of Horry K.
Thaw to the bar, Evelyn Nesblt Thaw
came from the wltnees room and took
a seat alongside her husband'i half'
brother.
Millionaire* Back Defense.
All danger of the defense suffering
for a lack of funds due to the depleted
Thaw faintly puree Is removed by the
decision of a number of wealthy
Piltsburgera, headed by Charlea M.
Schwab, the multi-millionaire and eleel
magnate, to go to the aid of Mrs. Wil
liam K. Thaw, widow ot their former
bnslnese associate.
John H. Hoibert described himself os
president of a spring water company.
He suited Mr. Jerome. His declara
tion that he woukl accept the ruling
of the court aa final on the question of
Insanity proved entirely satisfactory
to the state, and Mr. Littleton took up
the examination.
Evelyn Chooeee Juror.
Harry Thaw looked toward. Evelyn
Nesblt Thaw and nodded bis head In
the direction of the talesman, an ap
parent message for her to pass on
Rpeeliii toTlie Georgian.
Savannah, Go., Jan. 8.—Governor
Hoke Smith arrived here this morn
ing shortly bafore 8 o'clock, over ths
Central of Georgia railway. He was
met by Mayor Tledeman, President
Charles A, Muehlbronner and Secre
tary Gavan, of the National League of
Commission Merchants of the United
Stales, the presidents of tho three lo
cal trades bodies and u committee of
five from city council, and was escort
ed by thle party and a military eacoic
from the First regiment of infantry,
to the DeSoto Hotel. Tho civic es
cort also Included most of the dele
gates to ths Commission .Merchants’
convention nnd many citizens.
Shortly after arriving at the DeSoto,
Governor Smith was breakfasted, the
other members of the breakfast party
being Mayor Tledeman. Vico President
Wllmer Selg. of the Commission Mer
chants; Secretary Gavan nnd Aider-
men Gordon, Kavnnaugh, Guckenhelm-
er, Halley and Davant.
After breakfast the pnrty repaired
to the convention parlors In the De
Soto, where Mayor Tledeman deliver
ed nn addrees of welcome to the dele
gatee.
Mayor’s Introduction.
In Introducing Oovemor Smith,
Mayor Tledeman said. In part:
“You light unjust legislation nnd dis
criminating freight rates, nnd you un
earth and assail Illegitimate enterprises
and dishonest concerns. You defend
and protect th* Interest* of those who
by legitimate and honest methods
conduct their business and uphold the
Integrity of tho trade. The matter ot
freight rates and railroad regulation
generally la a most Important subject
with you. and you are fortunate In
having with you aa the honored guest
of this convention, his excellency, tho
Hon. Hoke Smith, governor of Oeor-
gls, who will doubtless give you the
benefit of hie views on that subject.
"Conventions of this kind, aside from
Holbert’s desirability att a Juror. A
nod of approval from the prisoner's
wife resulted In Hoibert being chosen.
He went Into th* Jury box nnd found
chair No. 8. He was hot sworn. He
Is an Intelligent looking man nnd fa
vorably Impressed the members of the
Thaw family.
Ambrose Shea, a retired purser ot
the Cunard line, answered all the
questions of Mr. Garvan satisfactorily
and was satisfactory to Mr. Littleton,
but It wla discovered by Jerome that
Shea hod been a member of the Jury
which acquitted Josephine Terranova,
and Shea waa challenged peremptorily.
Believed Thaw Was Insane.
John Entwlstl*. a pointer nnd deco
rator, was the fourteenth venireman.
He Is married and haa three children.
He'said that he "only had an Impres
sion and that It would not embarrass
him."
By Littleton: “Do you look upon the
defense of Insanity with distrust?"
“I look on It that he was Insane when
he did that deed.”
He said he would accept the de
fense of Insanity.
Mr. Entwletle waa accepted and took
hla aeat. No. 8. He was not sworn.
J. Holmes Butler, a inaAager, proved
particularly satisfactory to the state,
after he said he had known Mr. Je
rome for many years. He said this
fact would not embarrrass him.
Signaled to Evelyn.
Again the prisoner signaled to his
wife. Evelyn Nesblt Thaw scruti
nised the talesman carefully. She
finally caught her husband's eye and
returned her answer. Thaw leaned
over amj spoke to Dan O'Reilly. Th*
lawyers then conferred, with ihe re
sult that the talesman w
peremptorily.
Twenty-nine talesmen
lne<l during the morL.ng .
hallenged
loo.