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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 “Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN” AND NEWS "Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN”