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The Atlanta Georgian
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VOL. VI. NO, 184.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 6,1908.
PRTPT? • *“ Atlanta,.TWO CENT*,
r JVLLaEj. On Trains,.ITIVR CICNT*.
Armed Clash Growing
Hourly More Immi
nent in Orient..
mikado will
USE HIS FORCES
Chinese Government Per
sists in Disregarding
Tokio’s Demands.
ilDE
CHIEF SHOULD BE
HEAL HMD OF DEPT,
He Will Be Elected Chair
man of Board Tuesday-
Night. ",
PEKIN, March 8.—With, the Japa-
southern squadron on the way to
Canton and danger of an armed claah
with the Mikado growing hourly
m „ re imminent, China Is wavering be-
„ M n national pride and fear of war.
which might mean disintegration of the
Empire
While Japan has been assuring the
Occident she had no thought of lighting
„ver the Tatsu Maru. yet she has
made It clear to Pekin, according to
Information from high officials, force
will be used If the Chinese government
persists jn defying and disregarding
Toklo's foreign office demands.
- TO VS^OM his job
TOKIO, March 8.—A cable dispatch
received here this morning states that
the viceroy of Canton haa resigned
over the steamship Tatsu Maru affair.
This Is taken to Indicate that the die.
pute between China and Japan has
ruched a most serious stage.
China Is determined not to accede --
the demands of Japan, but Is willing
to release the steamer and maintain
possession of the consignment of mu
nitions of war which were seised.
Japan wants all or nothing and has so
stated her position. Two newspapers
are urging that the Japan government
hold lo this position and not suffer any
loss of dignity by compromising.
The viceroy of Kwang-Tung refused
to give up the ship or anything else,
notwithstanding Instructions from Pe
kin.
It Is said that valuable witnesses
have been forwarded to sustain the
contention of the Japanese officials
that the arms seised with the Tatsu
were psrt nf a filibustering movement,
end that the rides were Intended for
rebels, .
Under no circumstances, It Is stated,
will china stand for Interference on the
part of Japan. The encroachments of
Japan upon Chinese rights have stirred
the government to the depths and the
fart that a movement was In progress
to arm rebels, whether It began with
private parties or not, will not be over
looked.
BEGIN WORK
“Made-In-Atlanta League”
To Be Name of Or
ganization.
JOHN J. WOODSIDE.
He will be elected chairman of
police commission by unanimous
vote.
Body of Lazarus Averbuck
Is Buried in Potter’s
Field.
CHICAGO, March 6.—Rabbis and tub
dertakers alike refused to have any.
•hln* to do with the body of Laxarus
Averliuek. the anarchist who attempted
to kill Chief Shlppey and who was
shot down In the chiefs home.
Before the body was burlsd In pot
•era field Mias Averbuck, sister of the
“'ad man, posed for a photograph with
her arms about her dead brother. The
Police have ratted to find anything Im
portant pointing toward a conspiracy.
Emma Goldman, the leader of the
knarchlsts In Chicago, Is said to be
•ludlng the police In order that she
“ay continue agitation wherever and
whenever possible. The police Bay they
»IU not arrest her unless she disobeys
the law.
CHIE I ° F 8T - LOUIS POLICE
GETS THREATENING LETTER
ST. L0UI8, Mo., March 8.—Chief of
oitce Crecey has received a note, cm*
jfclllahed with a Black Hand mark,
reading:
"I warn you that yiu are the next
ctlm. 1 would call on you In person,
ut do not want to be a marked man.
"AN AMERICAN ITALIAN."
Tommyrot," observed Chief Creecy.
Manuel may wed
VICTORIA LOUISE
,,® 8 BLIN, March 6.—The Berlin press
much Interested, but confess Inabll-
10 **cur* confirmation as yet of
tio„ " saying that negotla-
to marry Portugal's
onlv nJ.’. y K,n * Manuel to the kaiser’s
°»l> daughter, Victoria Louise, aged 1*.
John J. Woodslde. who will be elect
ed chairman of the police commission
at Its reorganisation next Tuesday
night. Is unqualifiedly In favor of the
chief of police being chief In fact as
well as In name.
Mr. Woodslde Friday morning, while
declining to express any opinions of
policy In advanco of the election, stated
that should he be honored with the
chairmanship Chief Jennings will con
tinue to be the real head of the depart
ment.
“I am heartily In favor of the chief
of police being chief and not merely a
figure-head, and the chief will con
tinue as the real head of the depart
ment. as Tie has been heretofore, should
I be elevated to the chairmanship," he
said. “It Is my policy to aid the chief
and other officials of the department os
much as Is In my power, but I have
always been opposed to any Interfer
ence from the chairman or other mem
bers of the board.. We have a good po
lice force, its affairs are moving along
smoothly, and there Is no reason why
the chief should not have absolute con
trol, so far as his office will permit.”
The election of Mr. Woodslde will
be unanimous. He has been a member
of the commission for some time and
Is at present vice chairman. Since be.
Ing elected commissioner, Mr. Woodslde
has evinced an active Interest in all
matters pertaining to the police force
and has always been on the alert In Its
Interest. He keeps In close touch with
the affairs of the department and by I
working energetically to raise tt to the |
highest possible standard has won a;
splendid record.
Present Indications point to the elec. I
tion of Captain James W. English as,
vice chairman. It is generally believed '
that this office will be tendered Captain J
English and that he will accept.
Commissioner Roberts, who has made |
a splendid secretary for the commls-1
nlon, will be re-elected without opposl-
tlon.
Jl
The suggestion of Mrs. J. K. Ottley
that the proposed league for the fur
therance of the principle of buying
home-made goods, be called the Made
In Atlanta League, has been adopted
by the committee on commerce of the
Chamber of Commerce, which has In
. hand the organisation of the league,
j F. J. Paxon, chairman of the com-
! mtttee, stated Friday morning that the
name suggested by Mrs. Ottlsy was, in
the opinion of the committee, prefer
able to the Consumers’ Leatfue. which
had been proposed as a nams, and that
the former would, therefore, be the of-
' fil ial name of the organisation.
Mr. Paxon has received any number
of letters from Atlanta men and wom
en assuring him of their support In
the movement. The executive board
the City Federation of Women’s Cl
will meet at the home of the president,
Mrs. Sam D. Jones, next Thursday
morning at 10:30 o'clock, and will vote
the movement the support of the Fed
eration with Its 2.000 members.
“Let every person consider herself or
himself now a member of the league,”
suggested Mr. Paxon, "and begin now
to ask always to see Atlanta-made
goods and to give there the preference,
other things being equal.
"It might Just os well be started now
as any time. It will be a tremendous
aid to home enterprises, and. In my
opinion, the problem of the unemployed
will be solved In Atlanta If the people—
the merchants and the shoppers, men
and women—Join In the movement to
always give the preference to home
made goods.”
TO BE WELCOMED
MANNER
Imperial Potentate, Frank
C. Roundy, Comes on
Next Thursday.
Grand Jury Charges Him
With Inteht to Commit
Murder.
For assault with Intent to murder hie
niece. Bertha, 14 years old, to whom fce
was almost .madly devoted, Enoch San
ders. the stone cutter who lives near
Stone Mountain, will be tried In the
DeKalb county s'uperlor court at Deca-
tU Ber*ha, 1 'her mother. Mrs. Altoe San
ders. and Enoch have all recovered
from the wounds received when. It Is
alleged, Sanders tried to cut hts niece s
throat on November 28 and then at
tempted to take his own life with a
raxor. Sanders asserts that the mother
tried to kill him and that he. Mrs. San
ders and Bertha were Injured In the
B *An y ordinary’s Jury declared Sanders
sane three weeks ago. when he was
tried on a writ of lunacy sworn out by
his brother. The grand Jury met on
Thursday and. after hearing the evi
dence of Bertha and her mother, in
dicted him for assault with Intent to
murder. •
SALESMEN TO MEET
SATURDAY NIGHT
gfi the City tolranwo'ft
severe! Important metiers.
HEARST WINS IN
COURT OF APPEALS
ai RASY N. Y.. March 1—TJ>r court of
determine the question •• to whether
W. It. Ileerst «r SSPVjt a***
elected major of hew VOfk rily lu !»*•
FRANK C. ROUNDY.
The Imperial potentate of the
Mystic Shrine comes next week.
The visit of Frank C. Roundy. Im
perlal potentate of North America, to
Atlanta next Thursday will be the oc
casion for a great celebration. In which
all the Shrinera of Atlanta and many
from other parts of the state will take
part. .
At the train the imperial potentate
will be met by Illustrious Potentate
Forrest Adair and other nobles, who
will conduct him to his hotel, where
breakfast will be served. In the fore
noon he will be driven about the city In
an automobile and at 1 o'clock will be
the guest of honor at a luncheon to be
given by Potentate Adair at the Capital
City Club. Later he will visit two ex
ecutive Shrlners, Governor Smith and
Mayor Joyner, in their offices.
Twenty-six candidates will furnish
material for the ceremonial In Taarab
Temple in the evening. Following this
will come the banquet, at which Im
perial Potentate Roundy will be the
chief of a number of prominent speak
ers.
Every preparation Is being made by
Atlanta Shrlners to give the highest of
ficer of the order a royal welcome and a
great, good time.
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IWHAT CONGRESS
j DID FRIDAY]
WASHINGTON, March 6.—In the
house today Mr. Cooper., of Wiscon
sin, called up for consideration his bill
to pay the Catholic church In the Phil
ippines 340.000 for damages done-by
American soldiers. ’
Mr. Crumpacker, of Indians,-Intro
duced a bill to reduce the mileage fee
of members from 20 to 8 cents a mile.
In the senate Mr. Hal* Introduced •
bill to regulate Ibe use of wireless te
legraphy.
Senator Depew addressed t|ie senate
oa'the Aldrich currency bill.
It was decided on adjournment to
day to adjourn over until Monday.
Reported That Watson
Will Support His
Candidacy.
ANNOUNCEMENT ON
NEXT WEDNESDAY
Well-Based Report That
Former Commissioner
Will Enter Race.
JOSEPH M. BROWN.
He will. It is reported, announce
his candidacy for governor next
Wednesday. >
That Joseph M. Brown’s announce'
mdtlt for the governorship of deor
gia will bo issued on next Wednesday,
accompanied by a statement from
Thomas E. Watson,- offering- comfort,
If not actual support, to Mr. Brown,
Is the latest political gossip afloat.
From several sources come rumors
to this effect. It is said that Mr. Brown
has prepared his announcement and
his'platform, and that It will be given
to the press‘on next Wednesday..
It Is also reported that Mr. Brown's
announcement will be accompanied by
a statement from Hon. Thomas E. Wat
son. of Thomson. Just what Mr. Wat
son's statement will consist of does not
uppear, but the fact that It Is to be
printed with Mr. Brown’s announce
ment gives reason for the view that
he will support the former railroad
commissioner.
Some substance exists tor this possi
bility, In the fact that Mr. Watson’s
Jeffersonian has for some weeks at
tacked Governor 8mlth and his ad'
ministration. It Is said that Governor
Smith’s refusal to Interfere In the
Glover case has angered Mr. Watson,
and that he is now ready to give his
port to Mr. Brown.
J there Is substance to these rumors
—and The Georgian prints them only
as rumors—It will bring on an Inter
esting and complicated situation In'
Georgia. In the last campaign
Watson supported Governor Smith -
threw all of his support to him.
That he Is no longer In harmony with
the governor Is amplyteyldenced by his
utterances in The Jeffersonian.
IS
SUCCESSORTOLATE
Choice Was Made on Fif
teenth Ballot in Joint
Session.
COLUMBIA, 8. C„ March 6.—Hon.
Frank B, Gary, of Abbeville, S. C., was
elected today on the fifteenth ballot by
the general assembly In Joint session, to
the unexplred term of A. C. Lati
mer, who died recently.
Gary received It votes on the fourth
ballot of today, or fifteenth since the
balloting began. Necessary to elect, 78.
The balloting began Tuesday night.
Mr. Gary has seen twelve yearn’ serv
ice as a member of the legislature,
having been speaker of the house for
the terra ending In 1801. He Is now a
member of the house.- He Is a lawyer
and Jtas attained considerable eminence
as a practitioner. He will be 48 years
old next Sunday. His father waa a
physician, of Cokesbury, Abbeville
county, and hla uncle. General Mart W.
Gary, was one of the most dashing of
the Confederate cavalry leaders. He Is
a brother of Associate Justice Gary, of
the supreme court of South Carolina,
and to Judge Ernest Gary, of the Fifth
circuit. Benator Gary will take his
seat immediately and serve until March
4. 1808.
TONAMEDELEGATES
TO BIG CORVE
Meet in Atlanta March 24
Upon Call of Chair
man.
Chairman J. J. Holloway, of the state
People’s Party executive committee, has
issued a call for a meeting of the state
committee in the senate chamber, state
Capitol, Atlanta, at 10 o'clock on March
24, to name delegates to the national
People's Party convention in St. Louis
on April 2.
This official call deals only with the
subject of delegates to SL Louts, so
the presumption is that no action will
be taken relative to state politics. The
executive committee consists of two
meitfbera from each congressional dis
trict
It Is reliably reported that Hon.
Thomas E. Watson, of Thomson, will
not be present at thle meeting. This
Is probably significant, as it would
indicate that Mr. Watson does not pur
pose to take any part In the Populist
movement this year.
The official call Is as follows:
“By direction of the national commit
tee of the People's Party. In confer
ence with other reform bodies, a con
vention was called to meet In St. Loula
on April 20. 1208, for the purpose of
nominating candidates for the offices of
president and vice president of the
United States.
/‘Under said call all who believe In
our principles, as set forth In our plat'
form, aiid who are willing to support
the ticket then and there nominated,
are invited to participate in the selec
tion of delegates. This call Is. there
fore. Issued to the People's Party ex
ecutive committee, and to such other
Populists as wish to meet with said
committee, to assemble In the senate
chamber at tho state c&pltol In Atlan
ta, on March 24, 1308, at 10 o’clock a.
m„ for the purpose of selecting said
delegates and to transact such other
business na may properly come before
the meeting.
"J. J. HOLLOWAY,
“Chairman State Committee.
”J. E. BODENHAMER.
"Secretary State Committee."
BARRETT IN RACE
FOR ALDERMAN
At the urgent solicitation of bis friends,
Charles Barrett, n former member of the
:ltjr council, has announced bln candidacy
ior aldorman from the second ward. There
are few men better known or more gen
erally liked than Mr. Barrett, and his
friends are predicting his election to the
office which ho seeks.
ASA
TO BE ADJUTANT
OP 3DBATTALI0N
Succeeds W. M. Smith, Re
* signed, in Fifth Regi
ment.
After an absence of two years.
Steeple Jack" O’Brien returned to his
home In New York last night and shot
his wife, his eon and himself. The eon
will recover.
"BLACK HAND" COFFIN
• TO WA|C0«
Birmingham Officials Stir
red by Warnings of
Death. /
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 8.—A
pauper’s coffin bearing the “Black
Hand" was found In the office of Cor
oner W. D. Paris when that officer
reached headquartere Friday. “You
next” waa written above the poorly-
drawn hand. Added to this mystery
waa a report from the sheriff’s office
that Sheriff Higdon had been warned
to watch out for conspirators who had
been overheard In a plot to poison
drinking water used In nls office.
Following so close behind the "Black
Hand” letter received by the chief of
pollca, the city an<L county authorities
are considerably alarmed.
A3A W. CANDLER.
He will be now adjutant of Third
battalion. Fifth regiment.
Asa Warren Candler, a member of
the law firm of Candlers. Thomson A
Hlrsch and one of the most successful
young members of the Atlanta bar. has
been appointed adjutant of the Third
battalion of the Fifth regiment, nation
al guard of Georgia, to succeed Adju
tant W. M. Smith, resigned. The ap-
r lntmcnt was made Friday by Major
T. Catron, who has chnrge of the
battalion, and the new adjutant will be
commissioned by Governor Smith with
in the next few days.
Altho Adjutant Candler has not been
connected with the Georgia military
heretofore, he has an extensive knowl
edge of military affairs, having gained
his experience by several years’ attend.
Judge John S. Candler, the first colo
nel the regiment .ever hod, and hie
love for the military Is Inherited- from
his father. In Adjutant Candler the
Third bnttBlIon will find a most efficient
officer.’ “ ■’
Major Catron has also appointed
Samuel H. Keeler, of the Department
of the Gulf, sergeant major of the bat
talion to succeed Sergeant Nix. who
has naked for his discharge. With the
renppnlntment of Lieutenant Homer
Weaver as commissary quartermaster,
the staff of the Third battalion Is now
complete.
FEARED FLEET WAS
IN DANGER OF JAPS
Washington Officials at One
Time Feared They Would
Be Lost.
NEW YORK, March 6.—In a speech
before the New York State Postmas
ters’ Association last night James T.
Mei henry, second assistant postmaster
general, made the statement that while
the fleet waa nearing Magdalena Bay
the vessels might be menaced by the
Japanese. He said officials were In n
state of fear, but thle had passed off.
He strongly advocated a merchant ma
rine and sufficient auxiliary fleets. •
CLEVELAND
Friday Is Day of Fu
nerals in North
Collingwood.
MANY PARENTS
STILL SEARCHING
Little Children Group About
Bodies of Former School*
mates.
Joseph Hufker Is playing cards to
divert hla mind from his Ills, so that
he may live until his son arrives from
Austria. Friends In relays play with
the sick men.
INSPECT CITY SCHOOLS
TO INSURE SAFETY
'Inspect every school and furnish me
with a Met of every door In every school
that opens toward the Inside.”
This was the specific Instruction fur.
nlshed the schools committee of council
Friday morning by Mayor Joyner. The
committee left the city hall In a car
riage at 10 o'clock.
The committee returned about 2
o'clock, after having visited the Crew-
st. the Falr-st„ the Pryor-st., the
Walker-st., the Davts-at. and the Ma-
rietta-st. schools. •
We found that the doors of some
of the schools opened toward the In
side and some toward the outride,”
stated Councilman Wright, "and we ar.
ranged to have all open to the outside.
We will visit the other schools later.
In each school, without letting th*
teachers know, ws had the Janitor
give the Arm alarm. In one school sll
the children were out In 87 seconds.
The moat time It took any waa one
minute and 1 seconds, ft wot fine
work. Several of the echools are not
what they should be."
I will see to It that every door that
now opens toward the Inside I* changed
and changed Immediately. It Is un
safe to have doors open toward the
Inside, especially In any public build
ing. such as a school'house," said the
mayor Friday. .
Composing the committee that left on
the tour of Inspection ef the school
buildings are Steve R. Johnston, chair.
man: Jamrs T. Wright and Dr. T. D.
Longtno.
’There are a number of schools In
Atlanta that need Improvement,” said
Mayor Joyner.
•The Walker-st. school, the Lee-st„
the Falr-st.. Crew-st. and Calhoun-st.
schools, frame buildings, should be re
placed by modern structures as soon as
possible.
T favor the suggestion of Alderman
Pittman that the city build schools
with not more than eight rooms. I see
no reason for these big and usually
clumsy-looklng buildings. The big
buildings are always the least safe from
fire.
"When I was chief of the fire depart
ment I persuaded the building commit,
tee of several of the churches to have
the doors open outward.
’’Every public building should have
two exits, one In front and one In the
rear. Eepeclally should this be the
ease when one of the staircases Is near
the elevator. An elevator shaft Is noth
ing but a flue. Let a building catch
on fire and the smoke and flame rush
up the shaft. If the staircase Is near
the elevator, as Is the case with the city
hall. It Is absolutely useless.”
AGED RAILROAD AUDITOR
DIES IN CHATTANOOGA
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn., March l-
George M. chapman, auditor of the Chatta
nooga Houthern railway for thirty years, la
dead ar hla home hero, at the age of d
year*, lie waa horn In Allaiay. N. V., and
married Mlaa Mary K. Illonmfleld. nf the
famous lllnomfleld family, of New Yorh
and New Jereey. Tin- family located In
Balms, Ala., Boon trier the Civil war.
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CLEVELAND, March 6.—This fs the
day of funerals In North Collingwood.
Sorrowing parents are following one-
third of all the school children in the
town to the cemeteries, where their
mutilated bodies are to bo laid to rest.
Twenty more bodies are so mangled
that It Is difficult to Identify them. The
search for them consequently Is slow.
There Is still speculation with various
conclusions on the cause of the acci
dent and the responsibility for the
same, but the authorities have been un
able to get any nearer a solution than
they were on the day of the fire. >
The authorities have been unable to
learn much from Herter. Every time
he Is questkmeil he becomes frontier
and shouts like a man bereft of reason.
While In I his state he bemoans the fate
of his own children and no ULtlatactory
conversation* cAn be carried on with
him. The belief Is growing that the
fire must have burned for a long time
before It was discovered, otherwise It
could not have gained such great head**
w ay.
The parents of the children who sur
vived the accident are doing all possi
ble to assist the authorities In discov
ering the circumstances leading to the
holocaust.
The main lino nf Inquiry Is to de
termine why an alarm was not turned
in before the fire gained great headway
uk well an in determine whether or not
an effort was first made to extinguish
the blase without the aid of the Are de
partment and the flames got beyond
•■ontro).
The legislature today began Its in
quiry’. but can not progress far until
tho coronlal hearing has been held. Th#
ruins are still surrounded by thos#
weeping mothers'and fathers who hav#
not yet succeeded In recovering th#
bodies of their dead. Some of the pa
rents Insist on joining the search.
It Is likely that all the bodies yet In
tho ruins will have to be burled along
with tho unidentified dead now in th#
morgue and their resting place marked
by one common monument.
No general service was held today.
The little cofflna were token to th#
church. The little children attended
and grouped about them.
Servlcea were held In every church
In Collingwood and a great crowd
Joined in the fuperal cortege to th#
cemeteries. Bells were tolled through
out Cleveland. Signs <>f mourning were
displayed and In many other ways was
evidenced the grief of the whole atat#
over the terrible happening.
BERLIN, March 6.—Chancellor Von
Buelow has sent for the emperor a
message to tho Baron Speck Von Stem-
burg. German ambassador at Wash
ington, to express sympathy to th#
mayor of Cleveland In connection with
tho Collingwood school disaster. Th#
German consul for Ohio has been asked
whether the children of any German
subjects were among the victims.
The Georgian contains
many offers of services
and positions, rooms,
homes and property
bargains, investments
and opportunities.
The following Is list of such
offers in the want columns of to
day's Georgian:
Messages.
Help Wanted—Female. .... 24
Help Wanted—Male 33
Situations Wanted—Female . 33
Situations Wanted—Male . .61
Business Opportunities .... 15
Personals 9
Board and Boaraers 31
Rooms and Apartments. ... 97
Poultry. Peis and Live Stock. 20
Lost and Found 25
Money to Loan 5
For Sale 49 i
Purchase and Exchange. ... 45 |
Re.il Estate 37 1
Miscellaneous • • • 5 j
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