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THE WEATHER. Fair, continued cold Friday night ar ,d .Saturday. Temperatures Fri day (taken at A. K. Hawkes Co.'s .tore): 8 a. m.. 38 degrees: 10 a. jn.. (4 degrees: 12 m!, 46 degrees; 2 p. m., 49 degrees. The Atlanta Georglax "Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN’ AND NEWS “Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN’ SPOT COTTON. VOL. VII. NO. 214. ATLANTA, y GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 9,1909. ■pOTCTP. In Atlanta—TWO CENT*. •Til on Trains—FIVE CENTS. FEDERAL JUDGE IN ROW WITH ATLANTA LAWYERS THREE NEW REPRESENTATIVES Police Court Case Causes Sheppard To Rage. Police court was the scene of a wordy war Friday morning, when United States Judge W. B. Sheppard, of the Florida district. In an outburst of In dignation, attacked Attorneys C. J. Moore and J. L. Moore, Atlanta law yers. In one of the most caustic speeches ever delivered In a court house here, this being the aftermath of a damage suit filed in Atlanta against the federal Jurist by the two lawyers. This suit Is the outgrowth of an accl dent In Whltehall-st. in which Judgd Sheppard's automobile figured. His voice almost choking with emo tion and Ills athletic body trembling. Judge Sheppard, standing but a few feet from the two Moore brothers, poured hot shot Into the two. The faces of the lawyers paled under this arraignment and It looked for a moment as tho there might be serious trouble. _ C J. Moore reached over on Recorder Broyles' desk and It seemed as tho he was In the act of seizing the Judge's Ink well. Just before his hand reached the Ink stand, however, he picked up one of the court papers and fumbled It a moment. Noticing this move, Court Officer George Cornett moved closer and stood ready to stop any possible violence. When Judge Sheppard had conclud ed c. J. Moore retaliated by branding the statements of the Jurist as ‘‘false hoods.” ‘ After the hearing was over Attorney Moore said: “Judge Sheppard simply took ad vantage of his position and of the pro tection afforded by the court In order to abuse my brother and me. He would not dare say such things to my face outside of the court room.” United States District Attorney Car ter Tate, Assistant District Attorney Henley and Mike Covington, of the district attorney’s office, were all pres ent In police court In the Interest of Judge Sheppard. Trouble Over an Auto. The Incident occurred at the trial of P. B. Beall, Judge Sheppard’s ste nographer and secretary, who Is also his chauffeur. Beall was charged with his chauffeur. Beall wan charged with operating tho Jurist's automobile with out a license, the case having been mads at the Instigation of tho Attor neys Moore and as the result of the ac. cldent In Whltehnll-st. on March 19. At thlstlmeSamOzbom.anegroman.was At this time Sam Ozborn. a negro man, was Injured by the auto and entered suit against Judge Sheppard for 8600 damages, thru Attorneys Moore & Moore. As an outgrowth of this suit, an at tachment was taken out Thursday In Justice Jackson's court and resulted Thursday night In a levy at the Shep pard home, 36 East Tenth-st., bailiffs seizing the personal effects of Judge Sheppard, hia wife and children. It was this act of the lawyers and bailiffs that directly provoked the outburst of Indignation In police court on the part of the Jurist against the lawyers. Judge Sheppard’s home Is In Pensa cola, but he has been living In Atlanta for some time, as his daughters are at tending Agnes. Scott College, In Deca tur. Judge Sheppard spends his time In Atlanta when he Is not busy with his court In Florida. Levied on His Clothes. Judge Sheppard declared the bailiffs levied on the wearing apparel of him self, his wife and uhlldren, and not only this, but took away hla hat and gloves, and he characterized the whole affair as an outrage. He said the balllffa even seized an official designation from Judge Pardee, directing him to hold court In Savannah. • Judge Sheppard stated that the negro Ozborn appeared to be Intoxicated and that he backed Into the machine, causing the accident himself, and that It was unavoidable. He stated further that, on the statement of the negro’s Physician, he had agreed to pay the doctor's hill and the sum of *60 as dam ages. but that Attorneys Moore refused to accept this .as a settlement. He also asserted they had written him discour teous letters regarding the accident. Judge Sheppard explained that he supposed all the time he had a license for his auto, as he had gone to the city clerk's office, -stated that he wanted a license, paid a dollar and received an ■ uncial paper. He Was not certain whether the license wasNnade, out In his name or the name of his chauffeur, altho he informed the clerk he expected young Beall to operate' the machine. Under this showing. Judge Broyles dis missed the case. Real! has been secretary to Judge Sheppard for some time and operated his automobile In Pensacola. Judge Sheppard's Statement After the evidence had been heard. Judge Sheppard, visibly affected, arose and said he wanted to make a state ment. It waa then that he sailed Into the two attorneys. “I Just want to make a few remarks,” he said, “for I feel that I have been treated shamefully and outrageously in 'Ills affair. This ease against my sec retary is but one feature of the Intlinl- uatlon resorted to by these lawyers. I hot onfy desire to defend myself, but I "ant to protect the dignity of the Uni te'! States court, which has been im pugned by the reprehensible conduct of these Infamous men." *'■ J. Moore attempted to Interrupt [he attack, but Judge Hbeppard refused J* he Interrupted. Finally, when lie ""d finished. Attorney Moore said: These statements that I have mls- 'reated or abuBed Judge Sheppard are , 'sehoods. I have treated him eour- '•“’usls; and as a gentleman. He Is the “pc who has been Insolent. He has ['rated me with Y-ontempt throughout the Whole of the proceedings." ' ii -, er Judge Broyles had dismissed ; [he Beall case. Assistant District At-. Henley put Attorneys Moore "»?tice that If they did not return the , it?,- 1 !! of &lr *- Sheppard and her chll- c-n he would proceed against them In ; th„. stal * c °urts. The attorneys deny i anything was taken ftem the “•ppard home except the belongings I w Judge Sheppard. Argument Ends Sat urday—2 Months to Read Evidence. St. Louis, April 9,—Moritz Rosenthal, one of the attorneys for the Standard Oil Company in the government's suit for the dissolution of the .trust, waa sufficiently recovered from an attack of neuralgia today td appear In court, and will spepk on the relations of railroads with the trust, Frank B. Kellogg will close the argu ments for the government tomorrow and the trial will adjourn. It will re quire two months for the Judges to read the evidence. A decision Is expected In June. TOO LATE FOR BOBBY, BUT NOTJOB OTHERS Had Mother Seen Tubercu losis Exhibit She Might Have Saved Boy. INTEARS,BECS HON. BENJ. J. EDWARDS. Mr. -Edwards ,1s the new house member from Walton county. HON. F. W. GRIFFIN. Sumter county twill be repre sented this year by Mr. Griffin. HON. T. SHIRLEY. He Is representative-elect from Milton county. THAT EASTER TOILETTE; NO RAIN WILL SPOIL IT Bring Out Your Hats, Your Brand New Spats, Your Old Clothes Hide From Sight; Weather Man Does Best He Can, and Forecasts Warm and Bright. "If your exhibit had only come last year," said a sad-faced little womun to the director during the recent course In Pensacola. "If It had only come a year ago, Bobby needn't have died," she went on. "There ho was—poor little fellow Jn»t getttng'thinrier 'and weaker every day and—and I didn’t know what was the matter with him. Right at flrts I thought there was something a little wrong, but he had always been so well. And he didn't cough much, and I was so busy and—and when I did begin to get frightened and took him to the doctor. It was too late. I would know now what the symptoms meant—nnd I know what to do to keep from taking that awful disease. I didn’t know then. I Just sort of thought—when I thought about it at all—that consumption was something like an act of God, that came without any reason or warning. I was afraid of It. but 1 didn't know what to. do to prevent it. "But while 1 found out too late for pon r little Bobby, I've got two others that 1 know how to look after—thanks to this exhibition. I Just wish It could have been here last year; then I would have had three to look after now.” Said Director Routzahn Friday morn ing at the headquarters of the National Tuberculosis Exhibition In the Central Congregational church: » "We are going to do some educating In this city, beginning Monday morn ing. We are going to teach people what tuberculosis really Is. and how not to have It. as well as how to cure tt. We are going to do our Pfiyt In stamping out this hideous malady, now preying on so large a portion of the human race." Bomb Wrecks Chicago Store Chicago, April 9.—A bomb was ex ploded with terrific force today In front of the grocery of Frank Caramuso, 22 Mllton-ave., nfter frequent demands n/ the Black Hand for money and threats to kidnap his three daughters had been Ignored. The front door waa blown from Its hinges nnd the whole building toppled following the explosion. No one was hurt. ONE OF DELEGATES TO HOTEL MEETING I sometimes think that never falls the rain So wet. nor causes auch unheard-of pain As when It falls athwart the Eas ter hat, Which, once besprinkled, ne'er looks nice again. —Omar Khayyam down to date. But it Isn’t going to rain THIS Eas ter— Hurrah, girls, hurrah! Down wiqt the raln-stlck and up with the— ' Well, whatever they are—these now adays hats. Mr. Von Herrmann says so. That-Is, he says It Isn’t going to rain next Sun day. He says—and he evidently real izes the gravity of his prediction—that Easter Sunday In Atlanta will be bright, sunshiny, warm, and— Just about what It ought to he. And NOW watch the hat business! But if It should—of course It can't, you know—but If It should occur to J. Pluvlua to slip one over on the genial weather man— Good-bye. Mr. Von .Herrmann; good bye; good— Gracious! Some Past Performances. Well, It didn't rain last Easter, but It came so close to It that feminine hearts fluttered up to within six Inches of thejilx-foot Merry Widths that were Juat then In the zenith of their wide ness. . Easter before last It rained all day, which was the last day of March. No one seems to 'recollect what sort of hats wefe worn at that time or prior thereto, so researches Into ancient his tory are effectually blocked. On this coming festive occasion the crowning feature of feminine adorn ment, among other shapes, as 'nes that of a "Cabriolet.” In plain .ted States this means a taxicab loaded with vegetables. As to the other styles, i was It was singing, "Hush, little waste-basket, don’t- you cry— You'll bo an Easter hat, bye-and-b^er The coal scuttle Is also popular, but up to press time the wagon load of garden truck appeared to have the call. But Just wait fill Sunday— Just wnlt! WILL EXONERATE Committee Will Meet For Final Verdict on As phalt Laying. The council committee Investigating the Clayton-Colller controversy met again Friday morning and made an other Inspection of the streets paved with asphalt. The committee returned at noon and derided to meet again at 4 o'clock Fri day afternoon to make up a final ver dict. From the Investigation made and the results obtained, It seems a fore gone conclusion that the committee will decide that the charges made by the commissioner of public works against the engineer have not been sustained. 'That's the only fair thing we can do." said Alderman Pittman at the meeting. "Not a word of the charges was well founded. The charges should never have been made.” , DANIELI NED Fight in Peachtree-st. Re suits in Trial Before Recorder. Bank in Binghamton Has Deposits of Over $3,000,000. y Binghamton, N, Y., April 9.—Bank examiners today took charge of the Binghamton Trust Company and the establishment of Ktaapp Brothers, prl vate bankers. Charles Knapp Issued a statement today saying that the closing of the doors followed the action taken by the board of directors last, night. The trust company h, capitalized at 8300,000 and hod deposits of 33,250,000. WILL NOT BE ILL LONG At t result of the teniatlonel fight Thura- day afternoon in tht jewelry store of 8chaul A May. in whirh J. B. (Buek) Daniel twice knocked down Harry May, Recorder Broylea Friday morning fined Daniel #5.75 and dis missed the caaa against May. The trouble grew out of a statement mads to Daniel and his son by Mra. Daniel, hie wife, that May had insulted her about check, which aha had tendered him io business transaction. When the alder and from When he put his pistol and came from behind the counter to discuss the matter, Denis! is aaid to hare twice knocked him down. May asserted that the attack was unpro- FIGHT BRYAN'S LAW Band Together to.Test the New Bank Guaranty Act. Omaha, Nsbr., April 9.—Sixty mem- ben of the Nebraska Bankers' Asso ciation have voted to attack In the courts the bank guaranty law, passed bv tha last legislature at the earnest solicitation of Wllllnm J. Bryan. Both state and national banks were repre sented at a secret meeting and n unan imous vote was passed to Immediately attack the constitutionality of the new law. . • FREE BOOK ON CANCER. An eminent specialist has written • book on the best method of treating Cancer. Ii should be read by every person who has , sorer, fhls book mailed free to any ono Interested. Address Dr. W. A. Johnson. 1233 tlrandstrs.. Kansas City. Mo. Mississippi Central Will Enter the Port Over Leased Tracks. Augusta, Ga., April 0.—Hal Chase will be dismissed from the contagious dis ease hospital April 26, but will not re join the team until Mfty 10. Firs Bugs Are Suspected. Lowndeivllle, 8. O., April 9.—The drug ■tore owned by Dr. Kirkpstrlck wss burned Wednesday night about 10 o'clock. It is suspected tlmt the fire wss Incendiary, hut «■ yet there Is no elsw to the guilty partite. There wss some insurance on the bouts. PROHIBITIONISTS WIN ONTEST VOTE Measure Intended to Balk Temperance Measure Voted Down. - Tallahassee, FIs., Affi-il 9.—Represen tative Hatcher, of Columbia. Introduced In the leglalature today a resolution, which. It was charged, was Intended to balk the passage of a Y>rohlbltlon hill, but thtf resolution was tabled, after many speeches had been made. This may be taken as a test as to how the house will stand on the prohibition bill. The resolution Introduced was re quiring the secretary of state to give the house Information as to how much the elate now derived from the liquor Interests, what these funds were used for and how they must obtain other fundstto take their place, x Hon. S. J. Hllbum, who Introduced the houee Joint resolution for prohibi tion. lead the fight to table Hatchet 'a resolution. Speaker Farris voted with the prohibitionists. Senator John 8. Beard's prohibition bill has .been get for a special order on April 16 In the senate. A senate hill was Introduced today by Senator W. Hunt Harris for the estab lishment of a state sanitarium for the treatment of tuberculosis. Another was Introduced by Harris allowing more power do the etate board of health In protecting the state from certain dis eases. Request Denied, and Judge Would Not In struct For Acquittal. Lyons, N. V., April 9.—The court to day refused to Instruct the Jury In the trial of Georgia Sampeon, accused of the murder of her husband, Harry, a nephew of the late Admiral Sampson, to bring In a verdict of acquittal. Tide demand was made by counsel for the accused woman, after she had begged with tears In Her eyes to ho allowed to go upon the witness stand and give her version of the ahootlng of Sampson. '■Just one or two facts will be pre sented," said Lawyer Tlnklehaugh. after the etate had rested Its case and the court had refueed to Instruct the Jury. Thle means that the case will likely go to the Jury tonight with chnncee of a verdict before tomorrow night. Bege to Go on Standi "Qh, If they would only let me take the eland 1 would tell them how Harry died.” Sobbing piteously. Mrs. Sampson threw lierself across the bed In Jail today and gave way to her grief. She hysterically begged her attorney to permit her to testify. "Please let me defend myself! Please let me explain It all!" ehe exclaimed. Then ehe cried: "I loved Harry: he was good lo me. Why should I kill him? Oh. they will always believe that I ehot him!” The gallant sheriff,'who haa defended her even from the day of her arreat, tried to console her with the thought Of her acquittal In a few hours, but she would not bo enlmed. Tears streamed down her cheeks. "To think that Sampson boy would swear that Harry made a will last Bum mer, when It was six months before, nnd Intimate that I shot him for that." It waa the first burst of Indignation shown by Mrs. Sampson since the trial began. Her lawyers were obdurate, and would not let her testify. six lIsTost BV AN EXPLOSION New Orleans, La., April 9.—The Un! ted Fruit Company's steamship Ellis, which wharved this morning from Port Llinon, British Honduras, brought the news of an explosion on April 1. on board tho Hamburg-Ainerlcan liner Sarnia, at that time unloading at the uler at Port Llmon. Six lives were ost. one of the victims being a member of the Sarnia’s crew and the other five Jamaican negroes. The explosion oc curred In the forward hold, which con tained a quantity of kerosene, but the vessel escaped serious damage. IS OK FREE USE Payne Offers Amend ment Taking Off the Tax. WESTERNERS WHIP PAYNE ON BARLEY Regulars Have Bad Day. Voting On Tariff Iu the House Began at 3 O’Clock. A HOTEL KEEPER FROM MANHATTAN Proprietor of Hotel HreMin, New York, and delegate, lo Atlanta con vention. ' If a mere boy, inflamed by vile lueraiure, can d, pun- tihed for thuz u.tng the malls. In th, name of motherhood end boyhood, why not pnnlah the ctrcslatora or thia same literature till tt cornea no moro? Very respectfully, A MOTHER. Atlsnti, April 7, 1(0*. Mobile, Ala., April 9.—Trackage ar rangements .whereby the Mhu^sslppt Central will operate freight trains over the Mobile. Jackson * Kansas City to this port and plans for new Joint docks are about completed, according to a re port received In Mobile. Mlseleeippl Central officials have Inspected the dockings and terminals of the M., J. & K. C. GOV. SMITH TO SPEAK Will Be Orator at Laying > of Corner Stone. Fitzgerald, Ga., April 9.—May 28 will he an Important one from an educa tional standpoint In Fitzgerald, for on the morning of that day. with Impres sive ceremony and an address deliv ered by Governor Hoke Hmlth, the cor ner stone of the new $29,000 high school building will b«r laid. Many distin guished guests will be present and the program will be an elaborate one. In the evening of the same day the grad uating exercises of the high school will be held In the opera house, nnd Gov ernor Hmlth will deliver the address and diplomas. 3,000 EGGS FOR LEAGUE Easter Event Prepared For Children. Stone Mountain. Ga., April 9.—The Stone Mountain Kpworth League will give an Easter egg hunt to the children of ti.e town and vicinity on Saturday afternoon. No admission wHI be charged and there Will be about 3.000 eggs to be found. The program will be under the direction of the league's president, F. A. Doughman. There will be a number of capital prizes for the successful contestants. Washington, April 9.—The house met at noon,and resumed consideration of the tariff bill. Under the rule voting on It will begin at 3 o’clock. Mr. Payne offered a committee amendment, which waa adopted with out objection, taking from the maxi mum schedule petroleum and Its prod ucts. The effect of the amendment Is to place petroleum nnd Ita products on the free ltet, thus wiping out the 1 per cent ad valorem which was agreed to Wednesday. The adoption of till amendment Is a body blow to i lie- Standard Oil Company. Representative Payne said he offered the amendment In response to the sense of the house. The ways and means committee this morning directed Chairman Payne to offer au amendment Increasing the duty on barley from 15 to 24 cents per bushel, and on barley malt from 26 to 40 cents per bushel. These amend ments were offered In the house las: Wednesday, but were then voted down. The action of the committee this morn ing Is regarded as significant, showing that the Western Republicans de manded tills Increase and obtained ii. The barley paragraph In the same bill was a bone of contention, and not until It was agreed that these amendments could be offered were enough votes as- cured to adopt the rule under which the vote on the bill will be taken today. Payne Yields on Barley. Mr. Payne when the barley amend ments were offered last Wednesday made a fight ngalnst them. He was charged with bad faith by the Western Republicans and they threatened to do all kinds of things to the hill unless he receded and gave the demanded In crease on barley. Mr. Foes, of Illinois; naked unani mous consent to consider a petition signed by the women of Illinois, pro testing ' against Increased duty on leather gloves and cotton hosiery. Mr. Foea said he would like to read the pe- Mf. FRED STERRY. Proprietor of Hotel Plata, New York, and delegate to Atlanta con vention. Moore said unless he could have uil . Imous consent to make a statement for i fhe manufacturers who favored the In- ! creased duties he would object. The whole proceeding was cut short by Mr. Mann objecting. The petition occupied the table In front of the epeaker's ros trum. It filled 45 large books. The pe tition was referred to the ways and means committee. Tsft Present In Houee. j Considerable excitement wss created ;in the houee at 2 o'clock when s. r- geant-at-Anns Canon received a tele phone message from the white houee to the effect that the president, with a party of ten. would be at tha capitol at 3 o'clock to witness the vote on the Payne bill. Uassort was requested to reserve ten seats In the legislative gal lery. At the time the Bieaaoff* was re ceived all the seats In that gallery, ex cept two, were occupied by person« | holding cards of admission Issued by the president. The doorkeeper of the j gallery waa Informed that the president ‘ waa expected and said he would si e that the entire party was seated, i ROOSEVELT IS ON WAY Ship Sighted Off Port Said Friday Afternoon. Port Said, April 9.—The steamer Ad miral, with Theodore Roosevelt and the members of his party on board, was .sighted off this port at 5:20 o'clock this afternoon. The Admiral Is bound for Mombassn. She left Naples early on the morning of April , “The Georgian unquestion, ably led the fight for Decatur- st. paving. Had it not been for the interest taken and the example set by The Georgian I really don’t know how long this matter would have dragged itself out, with noth ing done to improve this great thoroughfare. "The Georgian started the hall rolling.” h. p. McConnell, McConnell Shoe and Cloth ing Company. STORK’S TWIN OFFERING BROUGHT DEATH TO TWo Mother-in-Law Dropped Dead From Excitement, and Father, Overcome by Despondency, Went Behind Barn and Killed Himself. , Pittsburg, April 9.—Two deaths re sulted from the arrival of twin babies at the home of William Hedlnger, a farmer, aged 55, while the mother Is In a serious condition. Mrs. Martha Smith, the mother of Mrs. Hedlnger, went to the Hedlnger home to attend her daughter during ner Illness. She was very happy when a fine boy was born; when the nurse Informed her tlmt still another baby had arrived, this time a girl, Mnw Smith became so excited th.it she dropped dead. The father was despondent when lie learned of the twins nnd of the death of TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION. SITUATIONS WANTED—MALE. KIHKT i'I.AHM meat cotter, of sood hnbl neat npponriiti'e nml A1 references fr« hint employer, trust* itesdy po«ltlon. r : Bell phone Wegt W-L Atlanta phone 441 ROOMS FOR RENT. FOR ItKXT— targo front room, or i!iifnrniNlie8l; ten minutin' town. Walker**!. <*nr« pom the fi'mlntied $5, fnrnUI * ' -\<Mrc»s J£. K.