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ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 8,1909.
THREE NEW REPRESENTATIVES
PRffR- ,n TWO <*KNT».
L IUVjD. on Trains—FIVE CENTS.
BIG LEAGUERS
TBIT«BILL
Chief Jennings Is In
vestigating Report
Against Roberts.
S. J. Robert*, formerly detective ner
jeent, now a patrolman, la again on the
frill.
Chief of Police Jennings Is now con
ducting an official Investigation, which,
If It develops definite evidence, will re
suit In formal charges against the for
mer sergeant and no doubt bring a sen
satlonal hearing before the police com
mission.
This Investigation Is based on Infor
mation received by Chief Jennings that
on last Saturday Policeman Roberts
accepted a bribe of $5 and failed to en
ter a ease against a well-known young
Atlantan. On. receiving this report,
Chief Jennings at once Instituted an
Investigation.
The chief stated Thursday that the
matter, owing to Its serious nature, will
be thoroughly probed. In order that no
Injuitlce may be done any one. So far,
however, no evidence has been obtained
and nothing has been learned that
would tend to substantiate charges, al-
tho several persons have been Interro
gated by the police officials.
It Is understood that certain persons,
whose names figure In tho Investiga
tion, are at present out of the city and
the Investigation can not be completed
until their return.
Not Yet Questioned.
Officer Roberts has not been officially
Interrogated as yet and this will not be
done until later. He could not be aeen
Thursday, but his friends declare there
Is nothing in the reports and insist that
he Is a man who would not be guilty of
accepting a bribe. They assert they are
confident he will conm out of this affair
clear.
Tho former sergeant has not been
suspended and no action will be token
unless tangible evidence Is developed.
Was Reduced to Ranks.
Policeman Roberts, who was then
sergeant of detectives, was tried at the
lsst session of the police commission on
the charge of permitting a prisoner to
send a note to his home before detec
tives could get there with a search war
rant, to search the house for stolen
jewels. He was found guilty and was
reduced to ranks. Since then Detective
J. N. Starnes has been acting an ser
geant, pending the relnatatemont of
former Sergeant Newport Lanford.
Sergeant Lanford will again become
head of the detective department at a
special election to be he!! by the police
commission this month.
"This Is a serious matter,” said Chief
Jennings, In speaking of the Roberts
Investigation, "and It will be thoroughly
Investigated, In order that no Injustice
may be done. No charges will be pre
ferred against Roborta and he will not
he suspended unless evidence Is found.
So far As the Investigation has pro
gressed, we have found nothing but ru
mors.”
Should a police officer be found guilty
of accepting a bribe, police commis
sioners say, he would be Immediately
discharged.
STORY OFDESEHTION
Says Husband Left Her
and Begs That He Be Not
Given Her Children.
Lying on a bed In her home, dying
or consumption, Mrs. J. L. Quinn, of
■« Oak-st., West End, Wednesday aft
ernoon related to Probation Offioer
T- ^ a . DttKul story, telling him that
her husband had drawn his money and
i'it her a week ago, and that she had
not seen nor heard from him since
time.
The women hns a girl 12 years of
ago and a boy 5 years old, with her,
*tated that she was not In need, as
[,, a lives have been caring for her. She
,*' d . however, that she wanted some
•“ stay In the house with her, and
appealed to the probation officer to try
ml get a wojnan for this purpose.. Of-
Oloer has taken up the matter
the Associated Charities and
Possible effort will be made to
provide for the dying Woman.
Quinn also told Officer Oloer
'hat she didn’t want her husband to
"*' e , h * r children, after her death, and
!),, hi in to see, that this wish Is car-
*1*0 out.
..'haven't long to stay here with my
r fn. ’ gasped the young woman,
lh *re is one request I want to
h*That la that my husband not
allowed the custody of the children.
,i "h J want him to have anything to
' "ith them.”
Calm Follows
Over Duty on
Oil.
Washington, April 8.—The house met
at noon today and resumed considera
tion of the tariff bill. Mr. Boutella of
fered an amendment to the clay and ,
earth schedules, fixing the duty on the I
nuor spar, crushed or ground, at $1.50»
?L t0 2’J n8t * ad of iL75, a- 8 contained in ‘
the bill. Only committee amendments j
were offered and with the exception of I
an amendment increasing the duty on)
^o. 16 wire, one-quarter of a cent peri
pound, there was little interest mani- *
fested.
This would make the duty on No. 16 j
wire one and three-quarter cents per.
pound. Considerable debate occurred *
on this amendment. Payne said this
wire was not used for fence purposes,
but in cables,' anfl that farmers would
n °t o° injured by an Increased duty.
The committee amendment, fixing the
duty on Swedish charcoal iron at $6 a
ton to $10 a ton, was adopted. In the
bill, as reported, the duty was $6 a ton. j
An amendment was adopted changing
the rate on boiler plate from ad valorem
to a specific duty.
The ways and means committee today
agreed to report an amendment to the
tariff schedules, increasing the duty on
filler tobacco, not specially provided for,
from 35 cents a pound to 75 cents when
unstemmed. The dpty on stemmed is
Increased from 50 cents per pound fo $1,
If imported from countries which pro
hibit importation of American tobacco.
This would apply principally to Turkey.
5,000 Homeless;
75 Houses Burn
HON. SILAS B. MEADOWS.
Former mayor of Vidalia- will be
house member from Toombs
county.
Tattnall county will be repre
sented this summer by Dr. Ken
nedy, of Manassas,
HON. G. OGDEN PERSONS.
.Mr. Persons Ih 'representative-
elect from Monroe cdpntjy. He
lives at Forsyth.
Son and Daughter-in-
Law at Her Bed-
'«** side. *•*
WILD SCENES IN WHEA T PIT
OF CHIC A GO GRAIN ’CHANGE
E
Manchester, N. H., April 8.—Driven
by a 60-mlIe gale, fire has destroyed
75 tenements in the thickly settled part
of the city and has rendered 5,000 mill
operatives homeless. Help has been
asked from Lowell, Manchester, Ports
mouth, Concord and Nashua.
Flro la leaping from block to block.
For an area of tqn blocks and In three
or four ways, the flames are sweeping,
driven by a fierce gale, utterly beyond
control of tho flro fighting companies
from Nashua and Concord, who aro
hero to aid the local firemen. In all tho
streets household furnishings aro piled
high. The military may be called out
to prevent .robberies.
Kills Woman, Wounds
Another,Then Kills
Himself.
Chicago, April 8.—Two persons, an
Insane man and a woman, arc dead
today In Aurora, Ills., another woman
dying, following the nttack of John An
derson on the woman. The dead:
John Anderson, 51 years old, com
mitted suicide. Mr*. John McVlcker,
shot thru the heart by Anderson.
The Injured woman Is Mrs. John Bel-
ford, also shot by Anderson.
Anderson was deranged.
Patten. Sends Prices
Soaring—He’s Now
$1,2*0,000 Ahead.
BULLS ARE IN FULL
CONTROL OF MARKET
Scenes in Pit Rival Those
Enacted in the Famous
Leiter Comer.
DADDY BITES THE BABY
TO MAKE WIFEY MAD
Recorder Looks at Baby’s Cheek and Then at Father’s
Teeth—“They match,” He Says. “To the Stockade
For You—No Man Should Bite a Baby'”
The "Newlyweds” and their baby
made their .official appearance In police
court Thursday morning.
It was all because J. Strube, whose
home is near the old army barracks,
adopted a unique method of making hie
young wife angry—by biting his chub
by little 10-months-old baby on the
cheek. That the new plan was suc
cessful Strube Is thoroughly convinced.
For when his wife,hod finished with
him In police court he took a trip out
to the stockade, where he Is to remain
for two weeks without the privilege of
paying a fine.
Mrs. Strube brought the baby to
court and Introduced It as evidence.
Tho father denied he had bitten the
child, but admitted he. pinched it, not
because he wante to hurt the child, but
merely to arouse the Ire of the mother.
On the baby’s cheek, however, ap
peared a bruised spot, and Recorder
Broyles, after an examination, ruled
that this place had been made by
Strube's teeth.
’’The Idea of a man biting his own
baby,” said Judge Broyles. "Such an
act Is not only cruel, but cowardly,
man has no right to bite-his child this
way, no mattor how sweet It may be.'
In addition to the biting of the baby,
the young wlfo.declared her husband
had badly abused her, slapping her face
and even threatening to kill her.
WENT LOOKING FOR WIFE;
BROKE UP DARKTOWN
Would-Be Trolley Conductor Forgot What He Went
For—Took a Notion He Had a Wife and Began
His S earch.
I want to eonprHtuIate and
•hank The Georgian for its
Part in the fight for repaving
Ueeatur-st. Its columns have
oe»n open to the Deeatur-st.
business m/en for the past 60
'toys in which to express their
opinions and desires about the
Paving. ■
W. M. TERRY
When H. L. Herod, a ’young man
hailing from Folsom, a village In Gor
don county, came to Atlanta a few days
ago, he applied to the street raflway
company for a Job.
He was promptly given a conductor’s
cap and was Informed that as soon as
he got a watch he would he placed on
the cars to learn the different runs.
Gleeful over the prospects of a Job on n
trolley car. young Herod-left the ofilces
of the railway company to buy a watch.
Then he suddenly went crazy, and. In
stead of a watch, began searching for u
wife. He went from place to place ask
ing for a wife, and early Thursday
morning gave several negroes in Dark-
town a fright by his peculiar conduct.
He finally walked Into a negro restau
rant and saw a negro man seated alone
at a table.
"There’s my wife now." exclaimed the
young man. and he hurried to the side
of the negro and took » seat, apparent
ly satisfied He began to talk wildly to
the negro man, and the latter fled from
the restaurant. The police were then
notified and Herod was taken to the
police station.
He was later arraigned before Re
corder Broyles and It was evident from
his Incoherent remarks that his mind
was unbalanced. Judge Broyles or
dered the young man held In the police
station until his people In Gordon coun
ty can be notified t>f his condition.
HE IS HOME AGAIN
FROM HOSPITAL
Chicago, April 8.—May wheat climb
ing high above the highest polht It
touched In this upward movement,
stopped momentarily today while James
A. Patten, the man who controls It,
unloaded eome millions of bushels, and
then sagged back a little while he
bought up millions of other bushels at
a lower price.
Following him In his trading were
dozens of "longs”—men who had wheat
and were holding It for top prices. They
unloaded their holdings today, and In
response to the flood of selling orders
the price broke. Before the break, tho,
It had made $ new record—11.25 3-8.
There were many selling orders today
and Patten led the selling, when the
price, after the opening skirmishes of
the market, mounted above >1.26. When
It sold down to a little above >1.24 the
buying orders began to come from Pat
ten.
Already Patten has cleared more than
>5,060,000 on his wheat deal since last
October, and today the market has
been forced higher than by any other
man- It Is said on the Board of Trade
that It Is going higher. Patten thinks
It ought to go higher.
Many of the selling orders today
came from the Northwest and South
west, where there are scattered longs.
Several selling orders were placed lo
cally.
May wheat, after opening at >1.25 1-2,
turned lower and hovered around >t.25
for half an hour, and then, with a rush
and a roar, climbed to >1.25 S-S, the
highest price in many years.
Trading was spectacular and It was
early seen that the exciting scenes of
yesterday, would be more than equaled
today.
Brokers engaged by excited shorts
to acquire wheat at any prloe, surged
Into the thick of the fight and the bulls
took profits at enormous figures.
The bears were In a panic and noth
ing seemed able to check the sweeping
victory of the bulls. The market Is
more than a triumph for Patten. He
has made a fortune In two days, but In
addition to this It shows the excelfence
of his Judgment His predictions
months ago have been fulfilled within
the past 48 hour*. Patten and hts fol
lowers declare there has been no ma
nipulation; that the present conditions
are the outgrowth of natural circum
stances.
They declare they took advantage of
their prophetic wisdom and bought
when prices were naturally low.
Patton's profits so far are estimated
at >1,250,001). and It Is declared that
this figure will be doubled before the
reign of the bulls is ended.
F
CASTRO AWAY
Will Have Ex-Presi
dent Expelled From
A Martinique.
Parii, April 8.—The French govern
ment today, acting in accord with Eng
land and the United States, decides to
order the expulsion of Clprlano Castro,
former president of Venezuela, from
Martinique.
1 Tho order to Castro to leave Fort
DeFrnnce was handed to him today v
The reason for the order was that
he had ordered arms Intended for use
against Venezuela,
CASTRO SEEMS BARRED
FROM ALL COUNTRIES
Washington, April 8.—Altho no open
expression • of opinion Is made at the
state department regarding the news
that former President CAstro waa to be
served with notice today (o leave
French soil forthwith, there It much
quiet satisfaction at the action of the
French government and Incidentally
amusement Is caused by the decidedly
awkward position in which the ag
gressive ex-president now finds him
self. A steamer Is scheduled to sail
from Port DeFrance, Martinique, with
in a day or two, for Trinidad, at which
port tho British government has for
bidden him to land.
From thence the vessel is to pro
ceed to Coropusn and LaGuayra, Vene
zuela, and later to.Colombian ports,
but here, too, Castro will not be per
mitted to land, by order of the Co
lombian government. This will neces
sitato his continuing to Bordeaux,
France, from whence he will probably
be ordered to depart forthwith, pro
viding ho Is not arrested by the Vene-
xuolan government when he reaches
Corporaun or LaGuayra,
FAMOUS ACTRESS
YIELDS TO DEATH
Los Angeles, April 8.—Mme. Helena
Modjeska died today.
At her bedsldo were her son and
daughter-in-law, who had known for
days there was no hope of recovery.
Mme. Modjeska was born In Cracow,
Poland, October 12, 1844, and was edu
cated In a Catholic convent. She made
her debut on the etage In Poland in
1801. Har first appearance In this
country was In San Francisco In 1877.
She has played, many Shakespearean
roles. She wns forbidden by Imperial
decree from returning to Russia. Her
home has been In California since she
retired from the stage.
Marooned in Lynch
burg on Account of
Chase’sSmallpox.
JUDGE U DREWRY
Confidence Expressed in the
'Resolutions Adopted by
Congregation.
LOWRY ARNOLO.
Solicitor lit c\f}
covered from illnes
court has re-
CALLOWAY CASE IS ON
One of, the first- liquor cases to be
reached * at the present term of the
criminal court,In Atlanta fs that of C.
M. Calloway, who Is on trial before
Judge A. E. Calhoun Thursday on
charge of keeping liquor at his place
of business contrary' to law. The out
come of the case will be watched with
a great deal of Interest on account of
the recent public discussion of* prohi
bition cases.
The case Is being contested with a
great deal of earnestness on both sides
and will likely last all day. Solicitor
Lowry Arnold and Assistant Solicitor
Hymis represent the state. The de
fendant fs represented by* Cox, Cox &
Cox.
The case made out by the state is as
follows: Joe Qreen testified that at
the request of Assistant Chief Jett he
went to Caloway's near-beer saloon at
133 Dccatur-st., and purchased a pint of
corn whisky for 75 cents. Officer*
Bullard. Jett. Coke r and Lockhart tes
tified that they went to the saloon and
found 72 pints of com whisky In a
back room, besides a- number of empty*
bottles.
For the defendant, the case as far as
developed nt 1 o'clock, was as follows:
Witnesses Hadley*. Bfnion and Phillips
gave testimony tending to impeach that
of Joe Green that he had bought whis
ky at the saloon.
Griffin, Ga., April 8.—The people of
Griffin are deeply Interested in the
breach of promise suit to be tried on
the 19th instant, in the United States
court in Atlanta, In which Ordinary
James A. Drewry, of Spalding county,
Is the defendant. Judge Drewry's
friends are confident of his acquittal,
and sympathize with him in the em
barrassment to which he Is subjected
by the suit.
In addition to being the ordinary of
this county, he is also a Baptist min
ister, having several churches under
his charge. The congregations, com
posing. these churches, Jiave ull ex
pressed their confidence In him since
the filing of the suit. Resolutions in
part, us fololws, have been adopted by
the congregation of the church at
Vaughn:
"We desire to place ourselves on
record as believing most heartily In our
pastor, Rev. J. A. Drewry, of Griffin.
We have known him thru the years as
a man of honor and Integrity, and wc
believe his Christian character Is un
impeachable. No man in Spalding
county, as well as in this community,
stands any higher in the esteem of all
our people than Judge Drewry. and
taking all his past consistent life into
account, we do not believe he lias been
guilty of the unchristian act with
which he has been charged. Not only
is his Christian character beyond re
proach. but his reputation Is that of a
wise, discreet man of God.
"Judge Drewry is a minister of the
gospel and a public servant Otherwise.
These two facts, together with that
noble trait of his character, his sym
pathy and cordiality to everybody,
makes him the subject of close scru
tiny and gross misunderstanding at
times."
Lynchburg, Vs., April 8.—DJm igard-
ing a warning from the president <*f
the board of health, the entire first di
vision of the New York American
League baseball team was marooned
here today, temporarily quarantined,
because of the report that First Ha Ne
man Hal Chase had contracted small
pox In Macon, Ga., and N in tin pest
house at Augusta. The president of t In
board of health had warned the players
not to stop off here, but the warning
came too late to make other arrange
ments. A squad of policemen was
waiting at the station and a near-riot
followed, but finally the team was al
lowed to go to a hotel. ,
The confinement of Chase in the pest
house at Augusta will not lnterfen-
wlth the games to be played here and
In Richmond and the team will be on
hand ,to open in Washington Tuesday.
All of’the players have been vaccinated
and all of their effects fumigated. The
local health authorities are satisfied
that no harm could come from the
visit to this city. The players |m
mingling freely with guests at their
hotel. Chase was the only one who
had never been vaccinated.
TRIED TO CONCEAL FACT
CHASE HAD SMALLPOX
Augusta, Ga., April 8.—That Hal
Chase is at the p£st house with a ca#e
of smallpox became known today, altho
every effort was made by the health
authorities and George Stallings, so it
Is understood, before he left to keep the
fact quiet.
Monday, morning Chase developed a
hot fever. The first physician made \
diagnosis of smallpox arid recommend
ed that Chase be confined at once. Not
satisfied, Stallings summoned another
physician, who agreed with the first,
.11!.! Mu’ p;.iv*M Wit- hurried t" the
smallpox hospital. The statement was
given out then that He had stomach
trouble nnd would probably be confined
two or three weeks.
GY FIRE AND WIND
Eight Lost in Michigan.
Detroit, April 8.—At Jeast eight per
sona lost heir lives In yesterday’s storm.
Anthony Kaup, Joe Wadlch and Adam
Felin, of Wyandotte, attempted to cross
the Detroit river In a rowboat during
a 50-mlle gale to settle a wager, and
air three were drowned when their boat
chpslzed. At Jennings three men were
killed, being caught under a wall.
Buffalo, N, Y., April 8.—This city re
ceived a shaking-up yesterday that will
be long remembered. Two ships were
blown. N on the beach, a score of canal
boats were badly injured by the rush of
Ice which fbreed them from their an
chorages, and scores of buildings were
partially or wholly dismantled. One
man w*as killed and hundreds were in
jured. The wind blew 80 miles an hour
and hurled down signs, awnings, stee
ples nhd telegraph nnd telephone poles.
The damage In western New York from
the wind storm Is estimated at not less
than $500,000.
Fishermen Misting.
Cleveland, Ohio, April 8.—The fishing
tug George Floyd, with seven men
abon/d. and the tug Mary H. with nine
men, are missing. The crew of four-
persons on the barge Norman Kelly
w'ere rescued last night after a drs-
porate^fTort. The wind blew a 60-mile
gale on Lake Erie throughout the day
yesterday. Life-savers were unable to
do effective work.
BLACK HAND CRAfE
HITS ATLANTA HARD
Dr. John E. White Gets Latest—“Fifty of Us” Threat
en to Burn His House—He Expresses His
Views on Black Hand Artists.
* HERE IS THE LETTER
FROM THE "50 OF US M
MME. HELENA MODJESKA.
Great Polish actress dies in her
California home nr the aee of 65.
f
v
Atlanta, Ga., April 7, 1909. *
+ Dr. John E. White: *
If you don’t stop*your preach**
* Ing about the pool rooms closing *
•I* up at 11 o’clock, your residence <•
111 be burned to the ground. *
There are 50 of us. 4*
> XXX. *
•X**X4
The Black Hand fad ha? hit Atlanta
hard.
The Marathon craze Is dying, the
bike races are nearly over and Bill!ken
doesn’t appeal to the masses. So the
ready letter writers are taking their
pens In hand and keeping the postman
busy delivering anonymous missives
threatening murder, arson and other
inconveniences for tho object of their
dislike.
Asa G. Candler got a couple from a
country boy who satd he only meant
It as a joke.
v Now Dr. John E. White, pastor of the
second Baptist church, gets his. It
arrived Thursday, neatly printed by
blind on cheap note paper.
Dr. White, -before the ministers* as
sociation last Monday, made a talk
agAtnst the Influence of the pool room
and near-beer saloon. Now see what
“50 of us” are going to do to him.
Dr. White isn’t greatly worried. He
hasn’t set any picket around his home
at 132 Luclle-ave.. and *ip to date his
insurance hasn't been canceled.
Here la what i he thinks about let
ters, Black Hand and anonymous:
”1 attach no Importance whatever to
anonymous and-threatenlng letters.
•*I have received many such. They
w*ent Into the waste basket, without
any member of my family knowing • *f
their existence, and I straightway put
them out of memory. I permit the pub
lication of this one as an illustration
of the folly and uselessness* of such
letters,
’’They are useless and foolish be
cause they are unintelligent.
“In the first place, those who write
anonymous letters are by that evidence
cowards and not to be feared.
**Ih the second place, they are written
on the supposition that those to whom
they are addressed are cowards and
afraid, which Is not tbe truth.
’’In the third place, ;f there are any
50 pool room people In Atlanta who
want to bum my residence, which I
do not for a moment believe, they know
that nothing would put them out of
business quicker than for such a threat
to be executed.
"In the fourth place. If everybody
would regard such letters as I regard
this one people would soon stop writing
them, in my Judgment.”
Is there anything you could
use s Want Ad for today?
Both Phones S000.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast: Rain Thursday night
and Temperatures for
Thursday (taken at A. IC. Hawkes
Company's store): 8 a. in.. 63 de
crees; 10 a. m., 59 degrees: 12 m.,
54 degrees; 2 p. m., 64 degrees.
The Atlanta Georgian
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