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- - 4 Mfl the weather. ..., r Friday night and Saturday: *.- r Saturday afternoon and CC Zm Friday temperatures: 7 a. ”*8", decree.; 10 a. m . 62 degrees'. degrees; 2 p. m.. 74 der tes - The Atlanta Georgian AND NEWS 8POT COTTON. Liverpool, stosdy; 6.04. Atlanta, qntet; 11%. New Orleans, quiet; 11V4. New York, quiet; 11.45. AuguaLt, quiet; 11%. Savannah, quiet; 111-16. Wilming ton, quiet; 11%. Memphis, steady; 11%. Houston, dull; 11%. 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. ■••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••«•••• 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. 0O000OOO00OO0O000O0000000« i O N. Y. SCHOOL CHILDREN 8 o ESCAPE BY FIRE DRILL. O O NEW YORK, Maroh 6.—Fire 8 0 broke out on tep floor of No. 165 0 O public school af One Hundred and 0 O Nlneteenth-sts. and Amsterdam- O Q ave. at Jl o'clock today. On hear- 0 0 Ing the Are alarm bells In their 0 O class rooms, 1,000 children Here 0 0 formed In line and marched to the O 0 street. The Are was confined to 0 0 the top story of the building* used O O as an assembly hall. O O O 0000<H>0{KlCH>0tH><H>01>0000O000 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. 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