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VOL. VI. NO. 223.
ATLANTA, OA., TUESDAY, APRIL. 21, 1908.
PRICE:
Underpass To Be Opened to
Pedestrians Under
Tracks.
Atlanta's lutiwsy—the Pryor-st. underpass
_.ltl he opened to the pnldlc Tuesday
afternoon.
positive nunouncement to this effect was
B „I, by H. M. Clayton, city engineer. Toes
a,v morning.
The city engineer has given Instruction*
lo clesn up the underpass snd the walks
letding to It and to haT0 ererytlilng In
rra.llness for the opening. There will lie no
earn I,es. The obstructions will be remoTOil
shout 4 o'clock end.It will all be over—no
iprechee. no music snd no refreshments.
The underpass wsi bnllt by Code & Wai
k.r at a total coat of about 510.000 to the
City It ivaa to have been built In ninety
u.y, tine delay followed another, with
,1,0 result thet s whole year baa paaaed
sin.-e the work of construction began.
The walks of tbe underpass ere tiled.
The walls are of ornamental white brick.
It 1, lighted above by electric lights.
WITH THE CANDIDATES
COUPUMWAY DIE
Husband Under Guard at
Hospital Charged With
Crime.
ri.KVEI.AM). Ohio. April 21.—Each ac
cusing the other of attempting murder and
Mickle, Thomas Murphy, n city fireman,
and bis wife lie today In the hospital with
gashed throats. Both are egpected to re
cover.
Tin- throat-rutting followed n reconcilia
tion of Si, days, after a separation of six
months. Murphy was taking Ids vacation
and making the reconciliation the occasion
of s second honeymoon. Thf.v were tempo-
rsrlly living at a hotel while seeking a new
home.
Murnht. shortly after he went to his
room 'nst night, staggered down the stair
way. blood streaming from his throat.
"Mr wife —" he gnapnl end fell.
Hotel attendants rushed to the room snd
Work Done Thru Letters
and Documents and Work
in Counties.
Activity In the Brown campaign con.
slsts mainly In lending out a maos of
campaign documents, writing letters
and conferring with visitors and po
litical friends from over the state.
A third shipment of 200,000 Brown
buttons came In Monday evening, and
are being mailed out as rapidly as two
clerks can prepare the packages. They
go Into every county In the state.
Mr. Brown. considering his slight
physique, Is standing the strain of the
hard work wonderfully well. He Is
down early from his home In Marietta,
pnd works until late at night. He It
giving personal attention to a large
part of his heavy mall.
It Is said, also, that reports on county
organisations are coming In by scores,
and that these reports are most satis
factory.
In many respects the Brown cam
paign Is a remarkable one. Not only la
Mr. Brown not making any speeches,
but so far no one else has been sent out
to make addresses. It Is probable that
this course will be pursued right thru
to the primary.
GOVERNOR SMITH
TO RETURN AFTER
SPEECHAT DUBLIN
Judge Hines to Make Two
Addresses For Him
This Week.
Governor Smith Is spending Tuesday
In Macon, where he will address the
voters Monday evening.
From Macon he will go to Dublin,
where he speaks Wednesday. His plan
to speak In Swalnsboro Thursday has
been changed, Judge J. K. Hines taking
his place there. Governor Smith will
return home Thuradsy morning. As yet
no date for him to speak then has been
announced.
Friday evening Governor Smith will
address the students of the Atlanta
Medical College. This will be a non
S olltlcal speech. No date for Saturday,
us been arranged for the governor.
Judge Hines will speak In Wrlghtsvlle
Saturday.
Nothing new. was given out at the
Smith headquarters In the Emery-
Steiner building Tuesday. A large
clerical force Is still maintained, and a
large quantity of literature Is being
sent out dally. There are frequent
conferences between Governor Smith’s
political managers.
G, 0, P. REFUSES TO
By Rising Vote of 700 to 35
Resolution Is
Defeated. i
BOY FALLS DEAD
Student at Sparks Institute
Dies From Heart'
Failure.
8PARK8, Qa., April 21.—Ben Rice,
s •tuilent In the Sparks Collegiate In
stitute. dropped dead while playing
baseball on the school campus yester
day afternoon. His home was at
Georgetown, Oa., and It Is supposed
that his death was due to heart fail
ure.
BISHOP CAPERS
GROWS WEAKER
COLUMBIA. S. C., April 21—Bishop
Capers, of the Eplscopaf church. It very
loiv. He has been growing weaker ev
ery hour. A member of the family said
at 5:50 this afternoon:
"We do not expect him to survive the
night.''
CONCORD. N. H., April 21.—The Re
publican convention today defeated i
Taft reaolutlon-by a rising vote of 700
to 35, and voted unanimously to send
the stato’s four delegates unpledged
and unlnstructcd.
The Second district convention sent
Its delegates to the convention unln-
structed when It met this afternoon and
the district qonventlon of the state,
when It meets at Manchester tomor
row. will undoubtedly vote to send Its
delegates unlnstructed.
The senate,passed a bill Monday pre
sented by Senator Culberson, of Texas,
extending the provision! of the pension
laws of 1892 to the Texas volunteers, , . - -
who defended the Texae border from I t h*.name, of the person* who
“marauding Mexicans and Invading In- do "«« d “ “ d who r * celvBd »» P»V
dlane” between 1815 and 1860.
PUBLICITY BILL
Measure Provides That Full
Reports Must Be Made
of Contributions.
WASHINGTON, April 21.—The Mc
Call campaign publicity bill. Indorsed
by the National Publicity Association,
was favorably reported to the house
today by the committee on election of
president, vice president and represen,
tatlves In congress.
This measure, the constitutionality of
which has been attacked by several Re
publicans, provides that all national
committees or other committees en
raged In spending money for Inltuenc-
ng elections In two or more states, at
which members of congress are elected,
shall flle with the cleric of the bureau
ten days before and live days after each
election a etatement showing the
amount of money received and expend
MIT FARE
Seaboard Ordered by
Commission
Stop Practice.
to
OFFICIAL ADMITS
GIVING INSTRUCTIONS
Shown That Mileage Was
Taken From Books at More
Than Distance Traveled
-r
ACQUIT COPPETT
E
Was Rearrested On Two
Warrants From Cle
burne County.
WHAT CONGRESS
DID TUESDAY
WASHINGTON, April 2Wn the
«naie today senator Warner, of Mis-
■lurl. spoke on the Brownevllle case
"nl upheld the action of the president.
Senator Warren presented the report
the conferees on the bill to Increase
i efficiency of the army medical corpe
It was agreed to.
Senator Hale called up the naval ap
propriation bill, but did not press It In
'lew of the fact that Senator Warner
naa given notice of an addreis on the
Renan.vin* case.
The house debated Speaker Cannon’s
resolution for the appointment of a
“mmltte* to Investigate the paper
The bill for publicity In political cam
paign contribution* wo* reported to the
,, Use today by the committee on elec-
ANNI8TON, >ya., April 21—Mark
Coppett. aged 19 years, was acquitted
this morning of the charge of the mur
der of Wesley Burns In this county, a
year ago. Burn* wap In hi* Held with
hla children, at work, and waa ahot
from ambuah and killed. He and Cop
pett had had a difficulty a few days
prior and Immediately after the tragedy
Coppett went to Texas, whers he was
captured atyl brought back for trial.
Coppett was Immediately re-arreated
on two warrant* from Cleburne county
charging him with aaaault and battery
and abuilve language on Mrs. Wesley
Burns, wife of the dead man. He will
be tried at Heflin on these charges.
TWO MEN ARRE8TED
FOLLOWING 8AL00N FIRE
BATTLE OF BOTTLE
IS
“Drys” Claim That Five
New Counties Will Oust
\
Liquor.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, April 21—J.
R, McNeill and J. H. Hampton, two
well-known men. were arrested today
on auaplclon that they knew something
of the lire which destroyed the High
Life saloon last night.
THE GEORGIAN
Buckhead, Oa., April 17, 1908.
The Atlanta Georgian: . . ,
' ientlemen—Inclosed find check for one year’s subscription to Oeor-
'Ian. Your paper certainly Is reflecting great credit on ^je newepaper
fraternity. To my mind. Its courie In the present political mlx-up I* an
We.ii example for the pres* of the country to follow. It I* a great plt>
"int prohibition has been made an Issue In the campaign, aa It has been
‘"'tie.! as the people wished. I have heard a dosen men say on tho street
'■ill at the expiration of their subscription to other paper* they _ would
the expiration of their subscription
subscribe for your paper. Respectfully.
r; B. 'sTWHORTER.
SPRINGFIELD, III., April 21.—Many
town* and cities throughout the state
are voting today on the saloon ques
tion. The question comes up either In
an laeue of local option or over the
election of rouncllmen.
Prohibitionists are claiming that live
new counties will be listed "dry" after
the vote is completed tonight. In Cairo
the prohibition will be the vital Issue.
SHOOTS HIS WIFE
AND HILLS SELF
BELLAIRE, Ohio, April 21,-Re-
turnlng from work this morning. Jacob
Ashoff, a Pennsylvania railroad em
ployee, shot hie pretty young wife In
the face, turned the revolver on himself
and sent a bullet Into his brain. Ashoff
died Instantly, but his wife still lives.
They had been married leu than a year
and had quarreled.
UNDER $1,000 BOND
AUGUSTAN IS HELD
AVOl'RTA. <la.. April 2I.-Jullan II. John
son. « former pollci man. was arrested her*
this afternoon, charged with an attempt to
violate the eleetlona lawa, on the complaint
of J. K. ilreene. There la a primary else-
lion on In tho Third ward to till the miex-
plred term of a eoonellman who realgaed.
and Johnson la arenaed of having tried to
vote In the name of another Johuaon. who
waa registered, while lie was not. Ilia d*
A movement, apparently to evade the
2-cent mileage rate agreement, by the
Seaboard Air Line has been promptly
checked by the railroad commission, the
Seaboard obeying the later order of the
commission.
Attention was first called to this mat
ter by R. Willis Heard, of Savannah, on
March 20, In a letter to the commission
In which he stated that he had been
Informed by trie ticket agent that he
would not profit by purchasing a 1,000-
mlle book, aa the old rate would still
obtain.
Immediately the commission took the
matter up with General Passenger
Agent Ryan, who replied that Instruc
tions had been Issued to pull sufficient
mileage to make the rate 2 1-2 cents
per mile.
Thereupon Chairman McLendon
wrote that this action would be a direct
violation of the entire spirit of the
agreement and asked for a statement at
once. .Monday afternoon a telegram
was received by the commission from
General Passenger Agent Ryan, In
which he stated that Instructions had
been Issued to detach only mileage suf.
flelent to represent the number of mlleg
traveled.
The statement given out by the com
mission, covering this matter, Is as
follows:
Commillion'a Statement.
On March 80 th" cemtnualon received _
otter from It. Willis Heard, Savannah, On.
n which he said:
•The Seaboard Air I.lo# will hare for sale
an April 1 s thousand-mile ticket to be sold
for fto. Aa I have frequent occasion It
visit Alamo. Ua. is station on the Mont
gomery division of the Heaboard Air Une
railway), I decided to purchase one of these
Hotels.- but wai Informed by tbe ticket
agent that no saving would result, aa anf-
dclent mileage would be pulled to corre-
■pood with tbe usual fare of |2.!S. In olber
words, Instead. of polling tbe distance trav
eled iioa miles), they were Inetructed to
puli 119 mllra."
The commission at ones took thle matter
np with tbe general passenger agent of the
Seebeerd. and tbe following letter was ad-
dressed to him by the secretary on April 2:
“By direction of Chairman McLendon, 1
beg lo advise that the commission baa re
ceived a letter
the agent of yc _
respondent when he sought to purchase an
Interchangeable mileage book that mil
would be pulled to correspond with
usual fare Instesd of pulling mileage for
the exact dletance. of conn* thle was nut
the purpose of the mileage hooks, and you
will please give such directions to all of
your tgente. and particularly your agents
at Havanuah and Alamo, as will prevent
any cause for misunderstanding along thte
Une.''
To thla letter Mr. Ryan, general psaarn
je Instructions , .
doctors, among other things, contained tbe
“Between Favannnb. Oa., and Jackson-
vlllc, Fla., 172 coupons will be detached.
Between Intermediate stations between Mi-
cen» per mire.
"Between Havannih, 4)a.. and Montgom
ery, Ala., 413 coupons will be detached. Be
tween Intermediate •tattoos between Savan
nah, Cotnmhua, Orllla, Albany end Mont
In the meantime other eomptsfnte shout
the Seaboard earn* Into the offlre and on
tbe 13th Inst, tbe commission wrote Mr.
Itgan as follows:
.. agreement Hied by jour Mr.
... ... Garrett, chief executive officer, die
471. (bere Is nolhlng authorising the regula.
tions which you elate sre printed on your
iut*n*ha»*cahjt> mJJcsge books and In tbe
• commission your company Is
railroad commission without delay as to
whether or not It Is complying with Ihe
terms and spirit of the agreement referred
On the 20th Inet. the following telegram
waa received:
V* are Issuing lustriu-tlons today to
agents In Georgia on our 4f. and A. division
mid snd also agents helweeu Savannah and
exact distance."
ROOSEVELT UPHELD
BYSENATQRWflRNER
Missouri Statesman Says
Race Issue Agitators Are
Held For Actions.
MRS. 8ENATOR WILCOX.
It le alleged that it was due to Mrs. Wilcox’s influence over Her hut-
band that that legislator changed hie vote on tho anti-race track gam
bling bill, thus enabling the advocates of race traek gambling to defeat
th* meaiure.
COSSACKS ATTACK
OUNTi
I
CAN'T BE EFFECTED
Fighting Is Terrific, But the
Russian Troops Are at
Disadvantage.
VIENNA, April 2L—Terrific fighting
Is reported on tho shah's side of the
Rueso-Perslen frontier. The entire
population of the mountain region south
of Area river Is rising against the
Russian forces, now about 1.500 strong,
who went Into their country to punish
the Kurdish raiding of the exar’e ter
ritories north of them.
The Cossacks continued to hold their
own, but their position Is critical. The
Cossacks with machine guns are bat
tering down the enemy's villages. In
flicting a heavy Iota of life. But they
sre fairly overwhelmed by sheer num
bers and are unable to light to any
advantage In the rocky rountry, where
the mountaineers are perfectly at home.
The fighting Is hand-to-hand and no
quarter Is shown by either side.
2,000 TROOP8 RUSHED
TO AID OF C08SACK8
TIFLI8, April 21.—Two thousand
soldiers have been sent from here aw
reinforcements for the Russian forces
at war with the Kurdlah tribes Just
south of th* Russo-Perslan frontier.
The country thru which the troops ore
maremng la exceedingly difficult, how
ever, and without railroad facilities, so
that It will be several day* before they
can reach the scene of the lighting. In
the meantime It Is feared the Russians
are desperately situated.
Friends of Frank and Mrs.
Gould Say Suit Will
Proceed.
NEW YORK, April 21.—Friend* of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Gould have
abandoned all hope that a reconcilia
tion can be effected between th* young
millionaire, who la In Hot Hprlnga, Vn„
and his wife, who remains In her Fifth-
ave. home. Mr. Gould Is expepted to
return to New York this week, as hs
must appear within twenty doya to
answer his wife's complaint, and It I*
stated that still another action against
him will be started before that time.
Henry L. Prague, Mrs. Gould's law
yer, denied various statements attrib
uted to his client
He said: "You can deny with em
phasis that Mr*. Oould has made any
statement for publication exCapl one
brief note which ehe sent to a reporter
on Saturday. The note wo* sent under
great stress of inlnd and referred to the
WASHINGTON, April 21.—Senator
Warner, of Missouri, the administration
champion In the consideration of the
Brownsville cose by the senate mili
tary affairs committee, dlecutsed the
cose before the senate today. Senator
Warner declared there w*» no doubt of
the guilt of the negro soldiers of the
Twenty-fifth Infantry and that the
president's course was fully justified.
He denied that the punishment of the
Jcolored troops was In any way due to
race feeling.
"The question of fact whether or not
members of those companies partici
pated In the Brownsville affray should
be measured without prejudice," he
said, “either In favor or against the
negro by reason of their race or color,
and It Is to be regretted that a studious
and systematic effort haa been made to
arouse the race fefllng of the negroes
of the country against the president
because of his action with reference lo
those companies.
‘Those who thus seek to arouse a
race Issue have taken upon themselves
a heavy responsibility, for their action
must necessarily have to increase the
race prejudice which now exists to sn
unfortunate extent."
Senator Clapp, of Minnesota, aaked
Senator Warner how many of the sol
diers of the discharged battalion he
considered had been engaged In the
Brownsville riot. Senator Warner re
plied that from his study of the evi
dence he thought fifteen had taken part.
Senator Clapp then gaked how many,
aside from the fifteen, he thought were
cognizant of the fact .that the troops
had done the shooting.
Senator Warner replied there wns no
doubt that a number had knowledge
before the rioting was engaged In and
a number more knew of it afterward.
He waa unable, however, to any Just
how many had that knowledge.
Senator Koraker has sent a dispatch
to the Ohio legislature cancelling Ills
engagement to apeak before that body
Thursday. He haa donp so on account
'of'the Brownsville case and his desire
to .close It up before the end of the ses
sion. Senator Bulkely. of Connecticut,
and Senator Hemenway, of Indiana,
will apeak against the president’s ac
tion In the course of the debate.
TIM ACM
TO GET FREEDOM
Engages Lawyer and May
Ask Habeas Corpus
Writ Tuesday.
NEW YORK, April 21.—Catting aside
the advlre of hti mother and his en
tire family, Harry Kendall Thaw, the
slayer of Stanford White, haa plana
made to demand In the supreme court
today a writ of habeas corpus, which
•eekt to have him declared sane and
releued from th* state asylum at Mat.
teswan. Thaw, stung by the refusal of
hli mother to aid In hla light for free
dom and th* action brought by his
young wife to annul their marriage, has
taken the bit between hie teeth end has
forced his lawyers to act.
He Insists upon lighting the suit
brought by hts wife and wants to he
sttiiuds ofVermin in free *0 he may better accomplish hla
ta i?t; purpose. Jam** S. Graham, of New-
ln« trouble ln her household. In no E urghi T.. has been retained by
way has she referred to the maltar of
her own affairs and the absurd com
ments purporting to be'Interviews with
Mrs. Gould are mere fabrications."
Dallas. Oa., April 17. 1908.
Llitor Atlanta Georgian:
1 am a subscriber of your paper and am highly pleased with It. I no-
ra* that you mean to give the people the facts aa you And them on an
Important Issues. The position that you have taken on the gubernatorial
'"'npalgn will doubtless win you thousand* of admirer*. Th* time Is *»
SS..I * n J h * peop,e want 10 ,ak V P * P * r * that P h w^racJrDALE ^
question. Yours very truly* \ 8. w. RAa»DAL.Ee.
waa regi*r*refi. wane n* waa n»»T. mt
f*n*e la that th* name* w*r*» mixed l»y th*
clerk end that b* In rcgl*torci|. II* wee
held In If.ftM bond for trim.
PETERS'BUYS $5,000
OF CITY’S BONDS
Kdirard (\ IVters. former rhnlriiiaii of the
flnnuie commute* of Atlanta. iitircbaaeil
Tuesday morning S5.1XX) of tbe rlty water
bond* at par with accrued Interest.
Thl* m ike* n total of ftl.OOO of the f!04.-
000 of lionda which have Iweu Bold nr par.
Councilman Grant, chairman of the tlnanci*
committee* haa lieen authorized to dl*tm«*
of tbe bond* at par aa the npportunltle*
aria*.
The fact that the forme# chairman of the
tnance committee, than whom there I* prob-
ably no one more familiar with Atlanta’*
(tnamial condition, akould peraonally pur-
cbaec ftotn# of then* lionda. I* roncldcred
itulfe a tribute tu Atlanta'* standing In the
financial world.
POLICEMAN TRIED
ON SERIOUS CHARGE
officer J. H. Doyal, of the Atlanta
police force, wai placed on trial before
Judge Roan, In the criminal division of
the superior court. Tueeday morning on
th* charge of iissault with Intent to
murder.
The bill of Indictment charges that
the officer shot J. II. Smith, a yard con
ductor of the Western and Atlantic
railroad. The shooting Is alleged to
•have occurred In the yards of the com
pany In January of last year.
At the time of the shooting Smith
was attempting to carry away a halo
of hay which, he saya. was given him
by a stockman. Officer Doyal testified
that he had been sent to watch the
hay and wns under the Impression It
had been stolen. *
Officer Doyal U represented by At
torney J. D. Kilpatrick. Attorney John
W. Moore Is assisting Solicitor Hill In
Ihe prosecution. The csss will be con
cluded Tuesday afternoon.
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CUTHBERT, Ga„ April 21.—The 8
O leading topic of conversation In O
O has many supporters, while Mr. O
O Brown also has many friends. O
O A baseball, game was played O
O yesterday, one team being coin- O
O posdd of Hoke Smith men and O
O the other of Jffh Brown men. Each O
O team agreed that the losing aide 0
O would support the winning side's O
' O candidate. *
Company of Militia Ordered
to Scene of the
Tragedy.
PENSACOLA, Fla., April 21.—On* of
the strike-breaker* recently Imported
here by the Pensacola Electric Com
pany to take the place of men who re
cently went out on n strike, wiis shot
ami killed at noon today from ambush
by an unknown party w hile a Knkfrian
park car was returning to the city.
One provisional military company Is
left In the city. It has been called out
by Mayor C. C. Goodman.
Believing that all possibility of vio
lence had disappeared, nearly all the
troop* left yesterday and the electric
company may resort to a Federal in
junction
Grand Jury to Meet.
The Fulton county grand Jury will
meet Wednesday morning at :) o'clock
to hear report* from Ihe various county
committees upon conditions of affairs.
U will conclude its work In a few day*.
urgh. N. T., has been retained by
Thaw for his fight for freedom. Mr.
Graham obtained from Justice Mors-
chauser. of th* euprem* court, an or
der directing Superintendent Baker, of
Malleawan, to permit Thaw to
sign the application tor a writ of
habeas corpus. This application was
signed yesterday and la ready to he
presented -to Justice Morachauaer, at
White Plains.
When new* of Thaw's plans reached
the office of th* New York district at
torney steps were Immediately taken to
O Cuthbert Is the race between Hoke O
O Smith and Joe Brown. The gov- O fight the action with ail the energy and
O ernor I* quite popular here and O power that Jerome and hie assistants
could command.
PRINCE HELIE IS
OFF FOR ITALY TO
MEET MME. GOULD
OI PARIS, April 21.—Prince Hells de Sa.
0 Tho Smith men won by a score O gan left for Italy laat night. Mme.
O of 15 to *. QI Anna Gould, who Is duo In Naples on
09000OUCQGOOQOOOQOOOQOOiJOQ • Thursday, will meet him there.
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