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Newspaper Page TextTHE WEATHER. F»lr Tuesday night and Wednes day. Tuesday temperatures: 7 a. m. 51 degrees; 10 a. m., 59 degrees; 11 noon. 63 degrees; 2 p. m.. 65 de grees. The Atlanta Georgian AND NEWS SPOT COTTON. Liverpool, eaiier; 6.17. Atlanta, quiet; • •-16. New Orleans, quiet nnrt ea*j; • 18-16. New Tork. nominal; 10c. Augut- ta, quiet; 9%. Savannah, easy; Mem. ateady; •?*- Houston, quJet; Wilmington, nominal. VOL. VI. NO. 229. ATLANTA, OA., TUESDAY, APRIL 28,1908. PRICE: THE GEORGIAN From The Lsvonle Times. The Georgian Is dstermlned to see s fair fight In the gubernatorial race. The Georgian was about the only dally In the state that cams out squarely for prohibition when It wasn't so popular as It Is now and when It cost an Atlanta paper the loss' of an immense amount of business to stand out for prohibition. It fought the light, however, and won. Fluke in Plans Allows Message To Be; Released. WASHINGTON, April 23.-It'Is said that certain senators, who knew In ad vance that they were going to defeat the president's plans and did not want the president's message to be read In the senate last evening beciuse that would release It for publication. In this morning's papers, and they believed It would be so treated by the newe editors as to overshadow entirely the presi dent's defeat. According to the story Is was only by a flulje and a miscarriage of plans, that the"Secretary read a few lines of the messnjge—Just enough to release It. On top of this comes the fact that when they read the morning papers to day senators discovered that most of them construed the vote op battleships as a victory for. the president, JM president turned up In the morning pa pers with a.naval victory and a red not message to his credit. Senator Beveridge this afternoon Is sued the following typewritten etate- ment: "it is we who. fought for a greater navy and who stand for It now more than ever, who are happy this morns lng. Of course, the substantial victory was won In getting an appropriation for two battleships and 'In securing a promise publicly made on the floor from Mr. Allison and from Mr. Hals for two more battleships next session, making * 0,l £hattleshlpe this congress. "This was a real victory. The house sent us the bill, and the senate com mittee reported It providing fur; two battleship*, but really providing for none. The country was given to un derstand that .the bill provided for building two battleships at once, and Vet there woe no-■ appropriation and nothing could"be done for, at least a year and a half. This stats of affaire wa« brought out and the appropriation for two battleships made. .In addition to this, the promise for two more this congress makes up the substantial vic tory. . "While we are satisfied In getting two battleship,. this session and the promise.for two more next—yet dn the 'dggf-. resue of a greater navy, the light has only begun." N. J. DEMOCRATS MEET TO SELECT DENVER DELEGATES TRENTON, N. J., April 28c-The Democratic state convention convened st noon hebe today to seltct twenty delegate, to the Democratic national convention and to arrange a state plat form for the party. The convening was.the signal for a heated war between the forces of ex- Senator Smith,' Jr, -and Robert Davis for control. Mr. Davis and bis faction favors Mr. Bryan; Smith and his forces do not; ex-Judge Howard Ctrrow was agreed upon’as the next national com mitteeman to succeed William J. Oour- ley some time ago. ' Atlanta. Go., April 27, 1902. Atlanta Georgian: Please send me The Georgian to 246 South Pryor-*t. Like your stand on’the governor’s, race. Respectfully yours, CHESS LAGOMARSINO. WITH THE CANDIDATES HOKE SMITH CLUB GIVES WELCOME TO THE EXECUTIVE CORDELE, Ga., April 28.—Governor Smith arrived here last night over the Seaboard Air Lins railway, reaching Cordtle at 12:20 o'clock. The local Smith Club, headed by Hon. D. A. R. Crum, met the governor at the depot and escorted him to the Buwanee Hotel, where a reception was held, altho the hour was late.. Colonel Crum bod with him stxty-thre* member* of the club, and when the governor alighted from the train he was greeted with a round of cheers. Governor Smith will spend the day here meeting the people, and will ad dress the people of this city and county at the court, house at, 2:10 o'clock this afternoon, and after spending the night here as the guest of Colohel Crum will leave for Albany on the morning train, as he Is scheduled for an address at th* Albany Chautauqua Wednesday. The Hok* Smith Club has made spe cter arrangements to give the governor a royal entertainment In this city, and, In fact, all th# people, whether for the governor or not. will accord him a hearty welcome and see that while he la here every courtesy due the chief ex ecutive of Georgia Is accorded him. Smith buttons and badges are seen on the coats of many who are here, to hear this governor speak, end It Is estimated that he will have a largo crowd to hear him when,he speak* at the court house this I afternoon. ______ ' * GOVERNOR WILL RETURN FRIDAY FROM BAINBRIDGE Governor Smith spoke In Cordele Tuesday. Wednesday he will speak at the Albany Chautauqua, and Thursday ha will, address th* voters of-Bain- bridge. Prom Balnbrldge Governor Smith wilt come home. Friday night Governor Smith.will speak In the new building of the Atlanta Buggy Company. Means- »t„ near Marietta, to the voters of the Fifth ward end Cooks district. . It was stated Tuesday that no new dates for Governor Smith had been arranged, but that a _ schedule would be mode up on his arrival from south Georgia. Judge . J. K. ’ Hines stated Tuesday that he would probably make several more campaign speeches for Governor Smith, but 1 had no engagements to an nounce Just at this IJm*.' — . .. . At the Smith headquarter* In th# Emery-Stelner building Manager R. J. Griffin was busy conferring with call ers and answering a large mall. . "Everything Is all right." said Man ager Griffin. "Our reports are more gratifying from day to day." NEW ORLEAN8, La., April 28.—The sugar houa# on tha Juatlnt plantation, four mile* from Franklin, Ls..' w*« de stroyed by tire last night. The loss is 1110.000. partly covered by Insurance. KEPT OP BY MAIL AHD CLUB WORKERS A steady demand for Brown buttons continues at the headquarters In the Kimball House, Judging from the num ber of packages mailed out dolly. These package* are addressed to all sections of the state. • 'Our reports grow more gratifying >ry day. said Manager J. R. S Tuesday. "Reports In hand now prac tical! y embrace every county and pre cinct In the state, and we are more than satisfied with them." Among the callers Tuesday was Col onel J. Lindsay Johnson, editor-ln-chlef of The Rome Tribune-Herald. He de clared that the Brown following' was very large, not only In Floyd county, ut throughout North Georgia. Manager Smith stated that the c palgn would continue along the line followed today—by personal letters, lit erature and the formation of Brown clubs everywhere. WHAT CONGRESS DID TUESDAY LEAGUE FAILS TD INDORSE ' CANDIDATE Anti-Saloon League Committee Takes No Action. WILL MEET AGAIN FRIDAY MORNING Animated Discussion Be hind Closed Doors Over the Resolution. iMHIItllllHH 1110,000. partly c ■ The plantation I* owned by Mrs. J. L. Darragh. WASHINGTON, April 28^In the senate today Mr. Davis, of Arkansas, moved to discharge the Judiciary com mittee from.conslderatlon of hi* bill to suppress trusts and gave notlce that he would speak on this subject Friday. A resolution was Introduced by Sena tor Davis directing the secretary of the Interior to Inform the senate by what authority certain lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes had been with drawn from’allotment. President Roosevelt’s message, which was sent to the senate last night was read today. Senator Warner, of Missouri, re sumed his remarks on the Brownsville case. A resolution was passed directing the secretary of ths Interior to Inform the senate as to the result of the Inquiry Into, the San Francisco earthquake with reference to Its effect on buildings. The house heard a general debate on the sundry civil bill. The Lilley Investigating committee continued Its session. Mr. Leake, of New Jersey (Demo crat). made a speech attacking the domination of the house by the speaker, and his lieutenants. Thfi. committee oh nets heard arguments fur tlon of a canal from Toledo, Ohio, to Fort IMnyne, ind. Mrs. Mstti* Thompson. Mrs. Mattie Thompson, aged 52, the wife of A. W. Thompson, died at her residence. 57 Tye-st.. Tuesday morning at II o’clock. She Is survived by hor huabend and three children. The body will be sent -to Gloster. (In.. Wednes day morning for funeral, and Interment. Nearly two hours of animated discus sion. a cross-flre of Interruptions and Inability to agree upon a proposition indorsing Governor Hoke Smith for a re-nomination marked a meeting Tues day morning of some of the members of the executive committee of the Georgia Anti-Saloon League. The meeting was called Tuesday morning. J. 1J. Richards, assistant state superintendent of the league, notified members by telephone. It was presided over by Rev. Dr. A. R. Holderby. chair man. Reporters were refused admittance to the meeting. Mr. Richards declared there was nothing to give out and that nothing was don* and those participat ing. Just before adjourning, agreed that "everything was to be kept quiet and not a word allowed to leak out." Or. as Dr. J. W. Millard, pastor of the Ponce DeLeon-uve. Baptist church, said, as ths meeting adjourned: "I haven't said a thing. Neither have you.” The meeting was called for the pur pose of discussing candidates from gov ernor down, with a view to Indorsing, but the 'discussion centered around Governor Hoke Smith and Hon. Joseph M. Brown. The resolution which caused all the discussion, marked by frequent Inter ruptions and calling for order, waa read by W. .Woods. White. ’- It Indorsed th* candidacy of Governor Smith In partic ular and dwelt upon candidates for other offices. Rev. M. J. Cofer and Assistant Su perintendent J. B. Richards spoke strongly In favor of the resolution and were In favor of ths league's Indorsing the governor's candidacy. Thought Action Unwise. While admitting that h* was In favor of Hoke Smith for governor and op- C ued to Mr. Brown, Rsv. Dr. W. W. ndrum. of the First Baptist church, thought such action by the Anti-Saloon League unwise, but agreed to sign his nsme to the paper If the majority de cided on such a course. He left th# meeting before It adjourned, with In struction* to consider him In line If the majority decided. Dr. Millard took a similar position. Continued on Page Thirteen. MEMBER OF THE BRIIISH PARLIAMENT CABLES ATLANTA FOR INFORMATION i England has asked Georgia for Information on prohibition and crime. Parliament is now considering re stricting the number of public houses, the British term for saloon, and a heated campaign Is being waged. James L. Muyson, city attorney of Atlanta, has received the following cablegram: , "London, April 29, I90S. “City Attorney .Mayson. Atlanta, Ga.. L'. S. A.: "Has prohibition reduced crime? . "CAMERON CORBETT. House of Commons.” To this Mr. .Mayson sent the following terse reply: "Cameron Corbett, House of Common*. London: "Prohibition has reduced crime greatly." "CITY ATTORNEY MAYSON." That Georgia's prohibition law and Its effect la being watched by not only the various states In the Union, but In other countries, Is shown In tills message addressed to tin official of Atlanta Archibald Cameron Corbett, M. P.. represents the Tradeston division of Glasgow, and has been a member of the house of commons from that district ainre 1895. The expense of cable messages precluded any more than a brief answer to Mr. Corbett's query, but Mr. Mayson could have given statistics to show how crime has been reduced since prohibition went Into effect In Georgia. This Information has bean furnished to many who are Interested In prohibition campaigns In various states. / The record of Atlanta's police court for the ffrst three months of prohibition—the Isst compiled—shores that ths number of eases has beerv-reduced almost 50 per cent, while the number of arrests for drunkenness has been less than one-fourth that of the first three months of last year, under the saloon system. The recor given: Total cases for I Total cases for I Reduction ... Total "drunks" first three months. 1907 1,400 Total “drunks" first three months. 326 Reduction ... 1.074 Recorder Eroyles Is authority for the statement that crime, a*'shown In hi# court, has been reduced'by 50 per cent since January 1, and that the number of cases for drunkenness has been reduced 75 per cent. Chief of Police Jennings bears out the recorder In statements that crimo has been greatly reduced under the new lAw. Not only In Atlanta, but In various counties of the state. Is the effect of prohibition upon crime shown In court records. A dispatch from Schley county a short time ago stated that no crime Justifying an Indictment had been committed In the county during the term of the grand Jury. Reports showing reduction of crime al most equal to this have been received from other counties In Georgia. an one-rourth that of th# first three months of last year, under tne saloon system. Tne record is ror first three months, 1997 (,382 for first three months. 1908 «,211 ...(2.175 WOULD MAKE EFFECTIVE Grand Jury Recom mends Amendment by Assembly. I CHIPLEY’S MAYOR APPEALS FOB HELP FOR STORM VICTIMS Many Left Homeless and Destitute by the Tor nado. CHIPLEY, Ga.. April 22.—The mayor of Chtpley has sent out the following appeal for help for the storm sufferers: “Our town Is In distress. A terrific cyclone struck here about 1 a. m. ths 25th Instant, completely demotlehlni half of the town and leaving death am desolation In Its wake. “The utter misery and destitution which fonfront us or* awful to con template. No pen can describe It and to add to this chapter of horrors we were visited on the 26th by one of the severest rain storms known to this sec tion In years. The stocks of merchan dise In the stores unroofed by the cy clone were almost totally ruined. A conservative estimate of damages will reach over 9:00.000. We will need all the aid we can get. Assist us If you can. Send all donations to H. Magru- der. chairman of the relief committee, hlpley, Os. “H. A. POER. Mayor." ATLANTA TENOER8 AID TO 8TORM 8UFFERER8 The Tabernacle Infirmary, of At- lanta. sent a telegram Tuesday to the pastor of the Baptist church at Hat tiesburg. Miss., offering to send four nurses to that city If they were needed. The suffering at Hattiesburg from the tornado was great, and It Is expected that the offer will be accepted. No re- ply has been received. Mayor Joyner received otie of th# letters sent out by the mayor of Chip- ley. The mayor states that contribu tions sent to the address named would be In a worthy cause. He states that all contributions sent thru his office will promptly be forwarded. A recommendation that tbs repre sentatives of Fulton county In the leg islature Introduce a bill making It a felony for the officers and directors of state bsnks to use the money of de positors in any private enterprise, was made by the Fulton grand Jury In Its presentment* Tuesday morning to Judge Pendleton of ths superior court The presentments were read to th# court by H. H. Cabanlss, foreman, and In making the recommendation In re gard to the banking laws It was stated that It was amlnatlon the affairs of the Neal bank. If It be true,” continued the grand Jury, "that the law making It a felony for any bank to loan to Its officers and directors more than 25 per cent of It* capital stock, or more than 10 per cent thereof to any one of its officers and directors, applies only to banks of Is sue, then there Is no law In Georgia for the protection of depositors and stockholders. This question must soon be decided by the courts, and If deetd ed In favor of the defendants, the leg islature at Its approaching session. Ii earnestly Invoked to pas* a law that will take the question out of ths do main of doubt.” The grand Jury stated that It had come to Its knowledge that the Neal bank had been carrying as solvent as sets several hundred thousand dollars of notes and securities that were abso lutely worthless and which had been returned under oath to the stats bank examiner ss solvent assets of the bank. "When the state bank examiner was summoned before the grand Jury." said the report, "we were astounded to hear him say that he had no power to re quire the authorities of banks to writ* off such worthless assets or to charge them to profit and loss." The grand Jury suggested that such authority should be given him and ex pressed the opinion that the act ap proved August 22, 1907, gives th* bank examiner plenary power over the banks in every particular, but that if It does not, It should be amended so as to do so. Easy of Evasion. The grand Jury declared that the law making It a misdemeanor for any of ficer of the bank to use or borrow for himself, directly or Indirectly, the mon ey of a bank or other corporation of which he Is an officer, without the con- sent of a majority of the board of di rectors, Is so easy of evasion that It Is practically worthless. The grand Jury closed It* reference to the banking law# with the hope that every depositor of the Neal bank will get his money In full and that Us failure will “serve at least one good purpose: to call the at tention of the lawmaking body to the woeful Inadequacy of the criminal laws on th* subject of banking.” The grand Jury reported that an ex amination had been made of the Chat tahoochee convict camp and recom mended that the tasks given them each day be reduced since they seldom fin ish their work before 6 or 6:30 In the evening. It was also recommended that a greater variety of food be given them. The grand Jury went on record as opposing a new court house this time and expressed the opinion that a rec ord building, fire proor, could be erect ed nt a coat of 160,400 or less, and would serve the purpose temporarily as well a# a new court house. • The report stated that all the public buildings were found In fairly good condition and a visit lo the county schools and other Institutions of the county showed them to be In excellent order. The presentments of the grand JOry In full will be found elsewhere In The Georgian. Says Days of Such Corporations Are ' Past in U.S. WASHINGTON, April 28,-It wo* 1st* when President Roosevelt's special message was begun in th* senate yes terday afternoon, and upon motion It was dispensed with until this morning. Th# discussion of th* four-battlcshlp budget tired out ths members and for this reason the full for today. The message was on dlshonsst methods REIOICES III Pontiff Sends Mes sage to Archbishop Farley. NEWARK, N. J., April 28.—Th. mes. sage from Pop# Plus X to Archbishop Farley, In commemoratton of the lootu anniversary of -the founding of tho arch-diocese of New York, was read at BL Patricks Cathedral today, after tho celebration of high pontifical mass, by ‘ " '* Ireland and' 1906, I outlined certain measures believe the majority of oor countrymen de- alre to have enacted Into law st toll time. These measures dn not represent by soy meant til that I would like to sse done If I thought It possible, hut they dn represent whst J heller* ran now be done If an earn- liability law bits true, comet short of whst ought to have been done, hut which does represent * rest advance. Apparently there Is good ground to hope thst there will lie further legisla tion providing for recompensing all em ployees who suffer Injury while engaged In the public service; that there will lie a child labor law enacted for the District of Colum- lltlona, by th* approprltt* committee of he bone* sad hy govermunnt experts In the executive tervlce. as will secure the full In formation necesaary for Immediate notion matter, both here end In - ,-u.u- merclnl countries abroad, so as to lie able to recommend legislation which will put our Unsocial system on an efficient and perms- of tbs financial legislation of this session should be ths establishment of postal sav- messaga: John M. Farley, Aarchblshop of New York: "Veneralble Health and Apostollo Benediction—The recurrence of the memorable events In the history of any diocese Is at -all times an occasion of Joy, and the 100th anniversary of the foundation of th* arch-dlocsss of New York, whose development has been ex-! trsordlnsry. must call forth unusual re joicing, because the -constant Increase In the harvest of a hundred ycare bears ample test that the highest expecta tions have been abundantly fulfilled. 1C seems proper. In view of these consol ing results, that on ths solemn centen nial celebration of the See of New York, we should renew our fervid sup plication to God that He may vouch- Continued on Papa Five. RUSSIA RUSHES MORE SOLDIERS TO FIGHT KURDS featuru of th* Hepburn tha commission iiincrvlaloti ovrr me m- counting systems of th* railroads. Failure to provide means which will enable the commission to examine the books of the ays would amount to an attack on the it Its most vital point and would lien- s nothing else could benefit thoea rail ways which are corrnptly or Incompetently mnmixed. Forest reserve* should he estab lished throughout the Appulnehlan mouutnln region wherever It enn be shown that they will Imre a direct and real connection with the conservation nnd Improvement of navi gable rivers. Abuse of Injunction. “There seems, however, much donbt about two of the mensnres I hnve recimmieudcd: The nieosure to do uwoy with ubuse of the power of Injunction and the measure or 8T. PETERSBURG. April 28.—With a Russian force of 1,600 already fight-* In* Kurds In Kaahaga-Dagh mountain region on the Persian side of tfie In* ternatlonal boundary, troops are bain? cnlled In haste to repel an Invasion by still another Kurdish horde from the Armenian province** bordering on tho exar’s realm. Serious reverses an* feared for the Russian arms before a sufficient number of soldiers can »>« rushed from the north to deal with the multiplying dangers in Trans-Caucasus. 800 CHIN E SE MEET DEATH IN TRONADOS HONG KONG, April 28.—It Is - now believed that the death list from tho tornadoes which swept over ths Hankow region will reach upwards of 800 per sons. Meagre reports from outlying districts odd only harrowing detail* to the Information already In hand. more efficient and mors wt..- th* trot l>jt the luitloual government over the great corporations doing an Interstate but- Continued on Pegs Four. The POPULARITY of a Want Ad. GEORGIAN {Vant Ads are so popular, hundreds appearing each day of every week, that they are serving a very important branch of business and commercial activity. By the mere writing of a few words telling some wish or de sire, thousands of people are at once placed in communication; friendships are established and business deals ar ranged. Georgian Want Ads are serving all.the people. 313 NEW SUBSCRIBERS TO THE GEORGIAN MONDAY A Growil,gpaper 18 the Best Advertising Medium

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Atlanta Georgian and news. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1912, April 28, 1908, Image 1