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Newspaper Page Textthe weather. Forecast: Fair, colder Wednesday night and Thursday. Temperatures Wednesday (taken at A. K. Hawkes fompany-a atore): 8 " fl'degreea; 3 p'. m., 56 degrees. 10 a. m., 50 degre Atlanta ‘Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN’ AND NEWS “Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN” SPOT COTTON. Atlanta, iitrady; 9 5-16. Llvcrpc 5d. New York, quiet; 9.65. <|iilet and steady; 9 3-16. Align 9H- Galveston, atendy; 9 7*16. quiet; 9 716. Mobile, nominal; VOL. vn. NO 194 ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1909. PRICE: fate of the coopers NOW IN HANDS OF JURY THEY ARE IN CITY ON SOUTHERN TRIP jury Sent to Room and Guards Placed at the Door. Defines Degrees of Murder and Gives Law Cover ing Case. ' Criminal Court Room, Naahville, Tenn., March 17.—It required Judge Hart an hour and forty-five minutes to read hla charge to the Jury In the trial nf Colonel Duncan B. Cooper, Robin J. Cooper and John D. Sharp for the mur der of E. W. Carmack, as the Judge began at 9:3- o'clock and finished at ilflT o'clock, the case going to the Jury at that moment. It required Judge Hart forty-one mlnutea to finish with the legal portion of the caae. . .... Suppressed excitement prevailed In the court room as the final sentence was read to the Jurors and hla honor In fracted the Jurora to retire and con sider their verdict. After the Jury left the court room, Judge Hart placed two deputies at the foot of the stairs and two at the door of the Jury room up stairs. Remained In Court Room. Judge Hart formally adjourned court until 2 o'clock, but he remained at the court house meanwhile, where he could be reached at any time Ijy the Jury if they so desired. It Is regarded as not Improbable for Judge Hart to keep the Jury together for days, or a week, as he did In the Cox case. If there Is any possibility of a verdict. Court Room Crowded. The appearance of the court room this morning at the trial Is quite different from that of yesterday. It waa generally conceded that the charge would surely be delivered to the Jury this morning. The court room was crowded at 9 o'clock, the convening hour set by the court. Judge Hart arrived shortly after 9 o'clock and Immediately repaired to an ante-room to look over the transcribed copy of hla charge he had on yesterday dictated to a stenographer. Mrs. Carmack and little Ned. her son, were present, together with the attor neys for the state and friends. Defendants Guarded. The defendants cams Into the court room at 9:15 o'clock. Colonel Cooper for the first time abandoned his seat at tha end of the table and toolr a posi tion facing the Judge and where he could see the Jury us well. He eat by Robin Cooper and hla daughters. Mrs. Burch and Mrs. Wilson, and John D. Continued on Page Eleven. SPECIAL MY SI Forty-Nine Sets March 30 For Commission Plan Question. Hinton Graves Lee Will Locate in Augusta. Augusta, Ga., March 17*—Mort like a atory from the pages of fiction la an account of the return to Augusta of Hinton Graves I*ee, who left here when a boy not yet In hla "teens." Coming back after long years of cosmopolitan life, to visit the grave of hla father, he became Impressed with the city's cli mate. of the warm reception by friends his family, and of Augusta's busi ness advantages. He has decided to locate the general offices of all his sreat system of manufacturing indus tries, which are capitalised at 615,000,000 In this city. He has opened negotia tions for the purchase of a block of property, in the heart of the city, "hereon still stands the house In which he was born. Lee is connected with some of tht most prominent families In the state. His wife, who with her son Is now In Atlanta, Is a relative of General Evans. He Is a cousin of John Temple Graves »n«l connected with the Eve family of Augusta. The attitude of the charter revision commission of 49 on commission gov ernment was clearly shown Tuesday afternoon when It was voted to make the question of Its establishment* in At lanta a special order for a meeting two weeks thence—Tuesday, March 30. Not that all thosie who so voted are In favor of commission government. Those who voted for the’ question, In most part, seem opposed to commis- s on government. It was up to them either to vote for this or else to vote for the appointment of a special com mittee to draw up a commission gov ernment charter for consideration. The latter proposition was the recommendation of the special commit tee on commission government, and the recommendation waa followed in a mo tion by Charles Hopkins. An amend ment was offered and accepted pro viding that the appointment of this committee to draw up a commission charter for consideration would not be an expression from the commission as to Its views on commission government. Made a Special Order. Judge Hiilyer offered as a substitute that the entire commission meet again In two weeks and that commission government be made a special order. The substitute was adopted by a vote of 13 to 12. The line between those In favor of commission government and those opposed Is beginning to show. Those opposed to commission gov ernment seem to be In the minority. A number of those not opposed, however, say they have not studied the matter carefully enough themselves to decide In their own minds Just now that the change to commission government should be .made. HowThey Line Up Now, Judging from the stands taken Tues day; the fight for commission govern ment will be led by Edgar Watkins, Charles Hopkins and F. A. Qulllian; the fight against by Alex W. Smith, William Smith and Frank P. Rice. Following the reading of the report of the committee on commission gov ernment, of which Mr. QuilUan is chairman, the committee on European cities, Alex W. Smith, chairman, made Its report, which was read, and heard Attentively. It contained no recoin mendatlons. The other committees did not Ye- port. Charles Hopkins wald most of the members of the committee on cities east of the Mississippi are In favor of commission government. Will 8m!th said that when the committee on cities west of the Mississippi made Its report, nobody In Atlanta would want commlsson government n Atlanta. HERE’S THAT PHOTO; WHERE’S THAT TEN? Police Board Situation Grows Worse Mud dled Every D^y. FATHER AND DAUGHTER. Theodore P. Shunts and Miss Marguerite Shunts here Wednes day. CM 1915 Bartlett Turns Down Cannon Washington, March 17.—The threat ened Democratic outburst against the speaker occurred In a small measure today when the committee on mileage of the house was announced. Several Democrats, among them Bartlett and James, refused to accept appointments. Former Panama Chair man Is Here For' Few Hours. ■That additional sensations are due In the present red-hot police muddle and that the whole matter may finally find Its way Into the courts or be officially investigated by the police commission, is evidenced by a statement made Wed nesday by Police Commissioner J. W. Kilpatrick. This statement Is based on the charge reported to have been made, by Charlie Jones, ex-gambler, to the effect that he paid 625 a week as pro tection money to former Detective J. T. Kilpatrick, brother of the commission "We certainly do not Intend to rest quiet under such a charge." said Com missioner Kilpatrick; "and the matter will be thoroughly Investigated. My brother, against whom Jones makes his charge, Is now seriously 111 with pneu nionla. and as soon as he recovers defl nlte action will be taken. Just what course will be pursued will be deter mined by a conference with my broth er. nls friends and our attorneys. am satisfied he will be able to take care of himself Just as soon as he gets over his sick spell." Not Up to Board. Mr. Kilpatrick Intimated that he had some‘action in view, but would not state Its nature. He said there are sev eral different ways In which legal pro cedure may be fakep. He said he has some doubt as to ^pheHter Jhe police commislson will tane official .cogni zance of the matter, as neither his brother nor Charlie Jones have any t Continued on Page Three. EnEUEF 'The Panama canal will bp completed by 1915. The work Is being pushed forward satisfactorily.*' This la the statement of Theodore P. Shonts, the great railroad magnate and former chairman of the Panama canal commission. , I had a talk with Colonel Goethals,” continued Mr.'Shonts. ''Just a few daya ago, and I am satisfied - that he canal will be finished by 1915. The work Is being done according to the original plans made by the commission." Mr. Shunts, with hla daughter. Mar guerite, and a i>arty of friends, arrived In Atlanta over the Georgia railroad at 12:55 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. They were,met at the station by Edwin P. Ansley, Mayor Maddox and'others and taken. Immediately to the Pied mont. where a representative of The Georgian saw Mr. Rhonts. "Business conditions throughout the country nre sound,” he said, “but I find that merchants, farmers and manufac turers generally .are awalting-anxloualy the proposed revisions of the tariff. Until they know, what changes will be Continued on Hags Three. Attacked in the Night Franklin Says He Paid as High as 133 Per Cent. Lee Barnes’ Booster Advertises Atlanta; It's Lee’s Own Ideajoo '■eost.r. h l« xttmit the .Ice of a dollar or a /Ioll;ir * n * <unt It's built of aluminum, and ft from hi. coat lapel. It hesra the . ** ltV Is the Rest Town In the South!" too know the answer, of oonrse, tun »k rf .“*/ h» some Itcnlghied atriugers ™ 'lout. And sit these have to do l» iVill the string that hangs from the lilt!' 1 ' ■ten. Then the tblng-nm-lsdi flops down. VtS** 0 * another sign. This one scads: HnrneV*'* ^’““’t*' of Coarse. Ask Lev “ r : ’I*™.*" !• pinning them on every 1 “'if*! 'ho lesvee the Arsgon. . rhi. tmoetera will be nil over the Booth I V '. tnonth. and there'll tie e few up | t°a," says Ijte. lie Is thinking of, •PPl/Ing for a ealsry from the chamber i to commerce. Atlanta Georgian: X mn it lay :* r _ oh* Georgian that I hava neyer had P‘P* r In my horn, that I enjoyed say mor. than I do Tha Ooor- *’“• and I expect to continue to read It. Exceaslve usury. Is charged against three Atlanta loan companies In In Junction suits filed In tha auperlor court Wednesday morning by J. A. Franklin, an engine foreman In the employment of the Central of Georgia Railway Company. The companies are tem porarily restrained from notifying the railroad authorities of the assignments to them of the petitioner’s wages. The plaintiff also asks for an accounting and a Judgment In his favor for all moneys that he has paid In excess of the principals borrowed and 8 per cent. The firm# charged with exacting usu ry and with so Involving the plaintjft financially that he will lose his position with the railroad If the loan concerns carry out their threat of making known hla wage assignment are the Stephen A. Ryan Company, the Union Invest ment Company and King Brothers * Co. These firms, the plaintiff alleges, have charged him such Interest on sums borrowed from them as will amount, respectlvaly, to 12(2-3 per rent. 1331-3 per cent and 120 per cent, and In each caae. he allages, lie has already paid as Interest much more than the original amounts borrowed and 8 per cent. And Still Owes Principal. He charges that about 24 months ago he borrowed from Stephen A. Ryan ft Co. 146, for which he agreed to pay 349.15 at the end of 30 daya, and that when that time expired he renewed the loan, paying 34.76 a month as Interest, and has continued to pay Interest until It has amounted to much more than the principal and legal Interest, and the company still has his assignment for 349.75. The Union Investment Company, he says, lent him 327 and charged him 33 a month Interest, which he has been (laying for about 24 months, and the company still holds his assignment of WHgea for 330. King Brothers A Co, he charges, ex acted from hint 34 a month as Interest on 340. and that he lias been paying this for about 18 months, but hla as signment of 344 Is still held against him. The petitioner also alleges that the assignments are totally Illegal and void and were a mere scheme and device of the loan companies to avoid the usury taws and collect a greater rate of In terest than was allowed by law. He asks that the axsfgnment be delivered till In court and canceled. The peti tioner I, represented by Anderson. Felder. Rountree A Wilson. NEW TARIFF Photo by Edward*. C. MURPHY CANDLER, WHEN HE WASN’T LOOKING. It's been a long time since he posed for a photograph, and The Geor gian’s photographer chased him a long way before he stopped long enough for this one to be snapped In the state capitol library. Tax Is Placed on the Owners of Big Fortunes, TO MAKE REVENUES ABOUT $300,000,000 Steel, Lumber, Iron Ore and Hides On Free List—Cof fee Not Taxed. Long Sought Picture of Murphy Candler Snapped By The Georgian’s Camera—’Twas'a Long Chase and a Dash To Get Away—But Here It Is. The Atlanta Constitution admits, more .or less tacitly, that for 20 year. It has been trying to get a photograph of IJon. c.,Murphy Candler, the DeKalb county statesman,' who has Just been appointed a' member of the state rail road commission, succeeding Hon. Ful ler E. Callaway. ■ l y; ■ • ,. More,' The Con«tll,ntldn offer, til" mnre'hr leks monffleem reward of 310 for the first photograph of the new railroad commissioner. All right. Twenty minutes after The Georgian decided to have a photograph of the elusive Mr. Candler. The Georgia had-lt. Not without trouble, however. At J0;2O o'clock Wednesday morn lng a Georgian reporter, accompanied by The Georgian's photographer. W. M. Edwards, took tho trail. At '10:40 o'clock the shutter of Edwards' earner* clicked on the captured likeness of Murphy Candler, and reporter and pho tographer Joined In a wild dash for life, liberty and the pursuit of 310 rewards. And that brief 20 minutes wltnesetd one of the keenest chases ever pulled olT In Atlanta. The trail of the Hon. Candler was ilrly easy to follow Into the Century Ulldlng and up to his'Ofilcc on the tenth floor. Then came obstacles. "I dpn't know where he la. Haven’t the. Jeast Idea. Honestly. Went out while"! was out and—" "Oh, come, now! You, know he MUST have some'case-on or some en gagement he was to. keep or—" •'Notithat l know of. He's.at work on n cass—some sort of audit or other,' and Vh'eard hlnj say he had to get some Information, but—" , • Information'. Aim! An-Idea bussed a fid wriggled under the reporter’a. hat. Information! Audit! Um-m'-m—Books! 'I-awsbooks. Um-m-m. 1 Where's the biggest cpl- lectlon of law hooks in Georgia? "And. by the way,' where wifi! Hon. Murphy Candler's new ■ duties . presently > call him? . . The rapltnl! Shades of - Sherlock - Helmes, take note.. Thither, then, at top speed. And now—Caution! Quiet! The quarry may be there and If so— Hist! I.lkewtse, hush! Into the. qulgt - of the grpat library stole the cohatilraturii . Books. More books. Two tip-toeing damsels. Sphie more books. Cur-r-r-s-s-*-e«! Can he have,lied? Avenues of books:.a wilderness of lit erature: a Jungle of Information. But Hon. Murphy Candler? Aha! A-lta! There nt a small table piled with hefty legal volumes, delving deep Into mysteries clean out of average ken, sat— Himself! Quietly, more Carefully than an ex- presldenttat sportsman stalking a whits hippopotamus, softly as a cloud bump ing upon the drifting airship, gingerly as a plfilcated hubby alldlng upstairs In the gray dawn of the morning after, the adventurers closed In upon the unsus pecting object of their designs. He dhl not move. Perchance the Iron-gray locks above hla temple rip pled slightly with the convolution* of h"s brain, grappling with Its weighty problem. But he did not move. Click! And the daring photographer fled down the long corridor, enveloped In a cloud of black cloth from which radiated the* straddling legs of tha tripod. Bang! , And the door crashed behind him.- And the reporter? He was leading the ■’ay. ' > - • At noon Photographer Edwards was presentlng.a.nnl.shed and highly natural picture of Hon. Murphy Candler to The "onxtltutton staff In general. He was aftar the reward. He was told to call about 4:10 o'clock In the afternoon. He says he will be there, After which, what? . BIT OF REAL SHAMROCK COMES FROM OLD ERIN It Arrives On St. Patrick’s • Day From Ballymoyle, County Wicklow, To Gladden the- Heart of W. S. Kelly, of West End. Mora Hanging in Mastachusetts. Boston, March 17.—The b|ll to head off capital punishment In Massachu setts was buried by a vote in the house yesterday of 1*4 to *4. KsAIhb. Os. A. KIMBROUGH. MRS. JOHN WITTLES AND LITTLE TENE. Soma unknown man entered their home Tuesday night and brutally beat Mr. and Mr*. Wittlaa with a bludgeon. Little Tene, their daughter, awoke and gave tha alarm. Is tlure anything yon could use s Wsnt Ad for todsy? Both Plumes 8000. And that's the rest shamrock." said w; s. Kelly,'of 245-Peeples-st., Wed nesday morning. '• You can see-a bltiof the ’ould spd’ still clinging to the roots. My sister sent me quite a box of It. from Batly- moylr. Countv Wicklow, less than eight miles from tfie spot where 8t. Patrick" landed tn Ireland after he was made bishop. " ' "This box came uver on the Maure tania. They say orMr a top of sham rock readied New- York laet week, anil I guess that’s a small enough estimate. There seems "to he something In the blood of every born Irishman that calls for this bit of a plant. "Tha old Irlah name for It was 'scam- rog.' and It's known afl over the world as the Irish nations! emblem. "There was qne man In Atlanta." went on Mr.- Kelly,, "that I was par ticularly. anxious should have some realshapirock today. His name I# J.' J. Patrick Perry—Patrick,' you see— and- he waa ‘born on St. Patrick's day. In Dublin. That comes pretty near making- hint a complete ‘ Irishman, doesn't It? And he seemed fully as glad to have the little plant as so thorough bred an Irishman might be expected-to feel.' ' "WelL" concluded .Mr. Kelly. "I came over from the old country in .1873, and I've - been In Atlanta ever since, except for a Year I'spent In Richmond. At lanta Is a great city, and America Is a great-country, and It’s-good-to be liv ing over here. But the shamrock doesn't . _ grow well In this new land, and Oiera'a Hraad-aL something In the heart of every true Irishman that makes him always think of the little Island of Erin as the ‘moth er country.' That's why we speak of the ‘ould sod.’ That's why .1 look so anxiously for. this little box of sham rock every year." Little Alexandra, 14, Runs Away and Weds; Father Was Worried arv, urd. Mouleannia. Ga It was only a runaway marrlag* after all. but the father of little Alexandra Masselaa was very much afraid It was abduction until he found a record of the license and traced the couple to Justice Owens' office, where they were married last Wednesday. Miss Alexandra ls only 14 or 16 years old and George Coklnox Is about 21, and they loved each other ao much they couldn't see why age should he a bar to matrimony, even If old "Bill" Masuria*, the father of pretty Alexan dra. did object. Ho they lef ■ the paren tal ..home at 80 Ivy-at. last Wednesday, wept to the magistrate's office and were made.one. Masselaa missed hla daugh ter. waited a few daya and spiraled to the police, vowing IbaL^otfer Greeks had Splritfd.'her away. But when he found the license recorded he felt bet- I .TC’i?T.nvv ter and went back to cooking the beat I f,,r ,-n,1, ■ spaghetti ha- know* how at 14 North |mone r . c'sl Washington, March 17.—The new tariff bill, which bears the name of Hereno Payne, rhnlrman of the ways and means committee, was Introduced In the house today, and la the product of five month* of hard work. The bill hits luxuries hardest, but there nre surprises In It neverthelsss. The measure Is described ns a "mini mum and maximum tariff bill." Th» minimum rates are contained In the first section and the maximum rates In the second. The maximum rate does not go Into effect In any event until sixty days aft er the passage of the act. By the fourth section the minimum rates nre applied to all goods Imported from nnv rountrv which gives the United States ns good terms by way of the tariff us that given to other nations, and the maximum rates are applied to those countries which discriminate against the trade of the United States or fall to give the United States tariff rates os favorable as those given any other nation. This section Is self-acting, making It the duty of the chief executive to collect tho duties, whether minimum or maxi mum, In accordance with the terms of the bill, leaving \ open to the courts to decide upon the legality of the ac tion. Revtnua a Problem. One problem that confronted the committee was that of revenue. The business of all commercial nations has been depressed for nearly two year-, and thus has affected our commerce and greatly reduced our revenues, so Continued on Pago Eleven. 75,000 III LIKE FORSTJPATRICK Great Parade .in N. Y. Honors Ireland’s Patron Saint. New York, March 17.—St. Patrick’s day In New York was celebrated todny by a parade In which It was estimated 76.000 marched. Thousands of specta tor* gathered early on Flfth-ave. which waa Included In the line of march. For tho first time the Federal government thru tho postoffiee observed tho day. Postmaster Morgan said a holiday would be granted to any one desiring It. The dny was observed with a mass this morning and entertainments of va rious kinds have been planned for to night. SURVEY WATERWAYS Savannah* March 17.—To aurvey an Inland water route tad to report on Ita coat from Beaufort. N. C„ to Kev Weat, Fla., and to aurvey a route for it ahlp canal across the northern end of the Florida peninsula, a special board of engineers has been appointed And will Include Colonel Dan C. Kllngman. of Savannah; Dr. Adams, of Charles ton, 8. c.; Captain Spal linR. .,r ,j a . u aonville, Fla., and Captain Brown, of Wilmington. N. C., all United State-, engineers. Appropriation for the work of aurvey waa recently made by con gress. TOO LATE TOE CLASSIFICATION. HELP WANTED—FEMALE. WANTEIt—A (^liable nume. referem-ra at 478 Sprlng-st. WAN I lit* V -• ■ i.hi, •<> « .Hik And nmlnt In lioiisp|,pt'plag; mn *leep on pn»mli«r«. ply ill Oskst. 1**11 phone W»t 781 I.. SITUATION WANTED—MALE RINTKR—All ronnd rountrv prlti Bober and rrlluble. wnnt* ptjBltlon at oi S imrrtntp** to «rt four column** f ay, with nvrram* ta«tt» nnd nr> and ad»: mutt bare work. Writ Mlary t bourn day. «tc.» I*r J X BOARDERS WANTED. roferm rare (Jsmnrtan. W A N T KI >—Ywi LIVE STOCK.

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Atlanta Georgian and news. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1912, March 17, 1909, Image 1