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The Atlanta Georgian
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VOL. vn. NO. 215.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1909.
■prJTrrP. In Atlanta—TWO CENTS.
A JU.Vp.Cj. on Trains—FIVE CENTS.
I
SOTHEYSUK
Investigation Started
by Collier: Has
Fallen Flat.
MOVE NOW MADE
TO MERGE OFFICES
Xew Commissioner Is, OF
COURSE, to Be Elected
by Council, Not by
the People.
THREE NEW REPRESENTATIVES
No Free Lumber, and
Gloves and Hosiery
Are Higher.
Altho the committee investigating
Into the merits of the Clayton-Collier
controversy twice made a thorough
Investigation of the charges made
against Captain R. M. Clayton, city en
gineer. and twice failed to find any
ground! for any st^cli charges, still the
committee failed again Friday after
noon to adopt a report formally exon
erating the city engineer.
Instead. It was agreed as a com
promise between trtose who are antag
onising the-engineer and the engineer's
frlsnds that' a sub-committee com
posed of Alderman Huddleston, who
his led the light against the engineer,
and of Alderman Pittman,: who has de
fended him, draw up an ordinance
consolidating the offices of the com
missioner of public works and of the
cfly engineer.
This ordinance, Vi be drawn and sub
mitted later to the committee, will pro-
vW* that the now office, which will bo
a consolidation of the two preaent ones,
will be created January 1, 1911. and
that the man filling It shall be paid
15.000 s year and shall be elected by
council. •'
Take Vote from People.
Both the commissioner of public
works and the city engineer now are
elected by the people, and avhy the
committee should want to take from
the people the election of two officials
to give to council the election of one
more la not apparent to those who are
not politicians.
The charges made by Commissioner
n! Public Works Collier Included
bridges and sewers as well as streets
st fltst, but Mr. Collier withdrew all
his statements except those relative to
asphalt streets before the Investigation
got well under way.
It was tacitly agreed by committee
and the partlea at Interact, that the mer
it! of the question be left to a test to
he made by the committee. That teat
was made and It showed that Ihe city
engineer’s department had been more
than careful and Its work more than
competent.
Found No Evidence.
Then, Commissioner Collier with
drawing from the original agreement,
aaked for further Investigations. Capt.
' layton did not object. The committee
w«nt out and returned again without
*ny evidence on which to base any
charges against the engineer.
Alderman Pittman offered a motion
that the charges made by the commis
sioner of public works be found not
sustained, end Alderman Huddleston
ssked for more time, suggesting
'hat the committee meet at 4 o'clock!
today afternoon.
..j en Alderman Huddleston Bubmlt-
s paper which, tho not eustalnlng
•ay charges made-by the commissioner
... P V M . |C works against the engineer,
""eluded with the recommendation
!“* >h* commissioner should have au
thority to Inspect the streets. latter,
u charges against the engineer about
'he streets having fallen thru. Alder-
„* n . Huddleston said the engineer did
t have up-to-date office records.
, a« set the committee has made no
h'estigatlon of the work of the com-
Of public works. It has been
,,**?**Jd that the city’s macadam
csets be compared with the county's.
Washington, April 10.—By a vote of
217 to 161 the Payne tariff bill passed
the house last night, after three weeks’
debate.
Austin, of Tennessee. Republican,
voted against the bill, and four Lout
slana Democrats for It. Champ Clark’i
effort to get the bill recommitted failed
signally. Speaker Cannon Immediately
signed the bill and It was sent to the
senate at noon today.
House leaders believe the senate will
complete Its work on the bill by May.15,
There was excitement in plenty In
the wind-up. After the house leaders
had been forced to admit crude oil free
and raise the barley tax. the Insurgents
felt very well Since the bill reached
the house the duty on tea and colfee has
been stricken.
Duties Scaled Down.
The duties on barley, barley malt,
charcoal Iron, pineapples In crates, sac
charine, medicated cotton and cotton
collars and cuffs as originally In the
bill, were Increased. To retaliate against
Turkey, which country prohibits the
Importation of American filler tobacco,
a proviso was Included In the tobacco
schedule Increasing the duty on filler
tobacco from any coqntry which pro
hibits the Importation of the American
tobacco.
The Internal revenue law was also
amended so that raisers of tobacco will
not have to pay a manufacturers' li
cense In order to dispose of leaf to
bacco.
There were several technical changes
In the sthel schedule, principally down
ward, and lace curtains and netting
machines were Included In the proviso
which permits the entry free of duty of
lace machinery prior to May 1. 1910.
Hides, hosiery and gloves were left as
reported by the committee, hides re
maining free and Increased duty being
presented for gloves and stockings.
No Free Lumber.
The amendment by Dr. DeArmond, of
Missouri, exempting from the counter
vailing ditty alt lumber coming from
countries of the Western Hemisphere,
was voted down-on a yea and nay vote
by 133 to 244. The provision was then
stricken out by viva voce vote,
Mr. Clark, of Missouri, forced a roll
rail on his amendment, striking out the
whole of section 197, providing for a
duty on dressed lumber. It was defeat
ed. yeas 163. nays 228.
Undaunted, Mr. Tawney called up his
amendment, placing on the free list
hewn lumber and sawed and planed
lumber, covered by sections 196 and
197. and a yea and nay vote was or
dered, which resulted as follows: Yeas
181. nays 200. This finally defeated all
attempts at obtaining free lumber, so
far as the house Is concerned.
Fifty-five Republicans voted for the
lumber and thirty-eight Democrats
against It. ,
How Democrats Voted.
The following Democrats voted In the
negative:
Adamson, Bell, Brantley, Edwards,
Orlggs, Lee and Livingston, of Geor
gia; Bowers and Dickson, of Mississip
pi: Taylor and Richardson, of Ala
bama : Estoplnal and Broussard. Pujo.
Ransdell. Watkins and Wlckllffe. the
entire Louisiana delegation; Clark,
Mays and Sparkman, the entire Florida
delegation: Glass, Lamb, Lassiter, May
nard and Saunders, of Virginia; God
win, Page. Pou, Small. Thomas and
Webb, of North Carolina; Gregg and
Dies, of Texas; Gordon. Moon and Pad
gett, of Tennessee; Lever, of South
Carolina, and Wilson, of Pennsylvania.
NEGRO PUT TO DEATH
Run Down By Mob After
All-Night Search.
Hopkinsville, Ky., April 10.—Ben.
alias "Booker" Brame, a negro, 18 years
of age, was put to death yesterday
afternoon by a mob of between 200 and
300 for attempting to assault Miss Ruth
Gee 17 years old, daughter of William
Gee. a prominent Trigg county farmer.
Brame attacked Miss Gee In a wood
near her home and was prevented from
overpowering her by a little sister, Sal-
lle May Gee, who fought him with an
ax. The screams of the glrla brought
their mother to their asslatance and
the negro escaped. After an all-night
search, the mob located Brame and
carried him before the Misses Gee,
who positively Identified him.
PISTOLSHOTS
Fired as Wife Entered
Room Where Hus
band Was.
HON. J. H. ROBERTS.
Dodge county's new house mem
ber in the legislature.
HON. JAMES E. ROSSER.
Mr. Rowsr wHl represent .Walker
county this year.
HON. ED. WOHLWENDER.
Representative-elect from Mus
cogee county.
ffiJTTEI
Consumption Is Far
Ahead of Pro
duction.
Chicago, April 10.—James A. Patten,
the wheat king, yesterday aold to a
country miller.6,000 bushels of No. 2 red
wheat at 81.38 f. o. b. cars here, which
Is the highest price of the year yet re
corded for this grade of wheats
The bull leader expressed himself as
decidedly bullish on July wheat, believ
ing It will reach even a higher level
before the next harvest than yst re
corded for May contracts. He believes
all of the new crop months, which are
now at a great discount under cash
wheat, will have a big rise In values.
"We will see no more cheap wheat in
this country until there Is more exten
sive production to meet the growing
consumption demands;'’ continued Sir.
Patten. "I see little chance for this
Increase In production In this country
this year, because farmers all over the
Northwest declare there la more money 1
In raising oats and barley than putting
the land to wheat.”
WHOLE POLICE FORCE
SEARCHES FOR DOG PET
Little Girl, 111, Grieves For Lost Companion, and Blue
Coats Will Do All They Can to Aid Her and
Restore H er Health.
c* : - ^ r——
The entire police force Is searching
for a missing dog. in the hope that tho
finding of the dog may aid in restoring
health -to a little girl.
She Is the daughter of Mrs. R. F.
SaniH, of 146 Junlper-st., and the rfllss-
Ing dog wan the pet and almost con
stant companion of the child. The fam
ily has owned the dog but a short
while, but during this time an intense
fondness had sprung up between child
and dog. The little girl became III sev
eral days ago and since then her little
pel has constantly watched by the bed
side.
Some time Friday, however, the dog
suddenly vanished and no trace of It
can be found. The sick child has been
grieving and worrying over the loss of
her pet, and for thle reason the mother
lias appealed to the police to use every
effort possible to find the missing dog,
believing that If the dog Is returned It
will have a tendency to make the sick
girl better, So 'far. however. lt ls still
missing.
TO HELP STOCKMEN
Barrett Calls National Meet
ing In Missouri For
May 12.
burglar broke up gay
WHIST PARTY WITH BULLET
Rang Door Bell and Demanded Money From Woman.
When She Said There Was None, He Fired, Narrow
ly Missing Mrs. Benjamin—Thief Gets $25.
Springfield, Mass., April 10.—"Give
"The Georgian started the
ball to rolling and deserves the
credit for inaugurating the
movement which resulted in
the decision of the city council
pave Decatur-st. from
Peachtree to Yonge."
0. H. CHAPMAN,
C. H. Chapman Company's
Department Store.
me all the money In the house or I will
shoot,” was the startling demand made
by a masked burglar at the house of
Wilbur M. Swan while a whist party
was In progress. Mrs, Bertha Benja
min. who answered the door bell, nar
rowly escaped with her life.
"We have no money in the house."
replied Mrs. Benjamin, and hardly were
the words out of her mouth when the
burglar fired, the bullet Just missing
her. Mr. Swan, who was In the second
story of the house, threw down his
wallet, containing 125. to the burglar.
The man grabbed the wallet and made
hla escape. The bullet fired lassed
close to Mrs. Benjamin's head and thru
the panel of the door.
Charles S. Barrett, president of the
National Farmers' Union, has Issued a
call for a national mass meeting of
stock men and grain growers, to be
held In Springfield. Mo.. May 12.
This will be practically the first na
tional meeting of the men engaged In
stock .and grain raising held under the
auspices of the union. Practically ev
ery state of the middle . West, the
Northwest. Pacific slope and some of
the Southern states will be represented
In this meeting. ,
"We have been holding meetings
constantly for ths cotton planter." says
President Barrett, "and now It la time
the union was doing something to help
the stock men and grain growers. They
have their troubles and grievances Just
like the cotton grower, and as many
thou^nd* belong to the organisation, I
want to help them If I cun.
"I expect a very large attendance ut
Springfield on May 12, and while I can
not forecast possible action then. It Is
safe to say that Important matters will
come up for attention.”
Since President Barrett's announcer
ment that he will retire as president
of the union at the national meeting In
September, he has been deluged with
protests from all parts of the country.
While he Is deeply grateful for tills
mark of esteem and confidence, he Is
fixed In his determination to retire.
When Little Girl Knelt
On Burglar's Hand She
Did Not Stop Prayer
Pittsburg, April 10.—When 12-year-
old Miriam Sawyers knelt by the bed
In her dark sleeping room to pray last
night her knee encountered the hand
of a burglar, who waa hiding under the
bed and who had presumably fallen
aaleep In this position.
Miriam was sorely frightened, but
she did not stop her devotions, and. In
fact, prayed so loud that her mother
came Into the room, whereupon the lit
tle girl rolled over on the Door, scream
ing that there was a burglar under the
tied. The man jumped from the win
dow bepste help could be summoned.
GRILLS TRUST
Says Rockefeller Is
“Forgetful,” Except
to Own Lawyers.
St. Louis, April 10c—His ^tody vibrat
ing with the tenseness of his utter
ances, clenching and unclenching his
fists rapidly, waving his arms about In
emphtalc gestures, Frank B. Kellogg,
govefhment "trust buster," In his clos
ing argument today In the dissolution
suit against the alleged oil monopoly,
declared In effect that Standard Oil
counsel did not know what they were
talking about In their arguments for
the defense; that two of them wore not
present at the taking of testimony;
that John D. Rockefeller's testimony
was a pitiable exhibition of "forgetful
ness," exespt whsn questioned by the
Standard Oil attorneys; that none of
the defense's testimony obtalnsd was
given except under the compulsion of
subpenns; that there Is not a sign of
the Standard Oil Company's ofilcs In
New York; that here Is so much se
crecy that one man In an office does
not know what another In the next Is
doing and that attorneys are stationed
behind every keyhole at the headquar
ters of tho alleged gigantic monopoly.
Kellogg also attempted to explode
the Standard’s claim to having built
up the foreign trade of the United
States In oil. The' case will be con
cluded when Kellogg finishes his argu
ment for the government this after
noon.
Governor Lilley
Is Near Death
Hartford, Conn., April 10.—The fam
ily of Governor Lltley gathered about
his bedside today,' the physicians hav
ing announced "that he Is hovering at
death's door, with very little chance of
recovery. A bulletin Issued by the at
tending physician this morning stated
that Governor Lilley had 'been qncon-
sclous all night.
GAIN IN CLEARINGS
Increase of About Quarter-
Million This Week.
Indictments Against
Oklahoma Governor
Are Quashed.
Tulss, Okie., April 10.—Judge Mar
shall today quashed Indictments against
Governor Haskell and others In ths
land fraud cases. The ground for
quashing was the last of tho three
reasons set forth In the motion by
counsel for the defense. Illegal alee of
grand jury, which consisted of 20 men,
drawn under the general federal stat
ute of grand Junes, applicable In fed
eral courts of full Jurisdiction.
TO COMPLETE LITE
INTO BIRMINGHAM
Birmingham, Ala, April 10.—Harry
M. Atkinson, president of the Atlanta,
Birmingham and Atlantic railroad and
one of the receivers for that road, an.
nouncea that work will be resumed on
the line from Pelham into Birmingham
at once. The rood operates Its trains
over the Louisville and Nashville rail
road from that place to Blrmlnglutm.
Mr. Atkinson said the receivers came
to Birmingham In order to prepare for
the resumption of the work. With this
authoritative announcement. It may be
said that within a very short time the
Atlante, Birmingham and Atlantic will
be operating trains from Atlanta and
Brunswick to Birmingham over Its own
tracks.
Annistom-Ala, April’10,—Fred Kirby,
a well-kmm-n machinist, and wife
were found dead at the home of Kir
by's father. Both had met death a:
the result of pistol wounds this morn
ing.
Whether Ihe shots were fired by
somo one else, or whether It was a sui
cide pact. Is not known.
Both persons were shot in the mouth.
They had been separated for some time,
and It Is said Kirby had been drink
ing heavily. He called his wife to his
father's home this morning, and Just
as she went up the steps the.shots were
heard, tho dead, bodies being found
shortly after.
A coroner's Inquest Is being held.
STEEL PROPERTY
WILL GOON BLOCK
Holdings of Big Company
To Be Sold at
Auction.
TO
THAT SEIZURE
Birminghsm, Ala, April 10.—Judge
David Shelby, of the United States
court. Friday afternoon denied the ap
plication tor a supersedeas bond In the
Southern Steel Company's case.
This means that tho sale of the Im
mense holdings of tho company will
takd placo In front of the government
building on Anrll 12. The property Is
appraised at 37.000,000 and Is said to be
easily worth 39.000.000.
About sixteen months ago, or In Jan
uary, 1908, the company was thrown
Into bankruptcy. Temporary receivers
were appointed and were later suc
ceeded by permanent trustees. On
March 4, 1903, the special master Issued
a decree ordering the trustees to pro
ceed with the sale of the property. This
order was confirmed by District Judge
Hundley on March 27.
Abuse ofJusticeCour.t v
Privilege Growing,
Say Lawyers.
JUDGE SHEPPARD
STILL INDIGNANT
Grievance Committee of Bar
Association Will Investi
gate Alleged Indignity
to £Tudge.
IN OOUVY TRIAL
Plaquemine, La, April 10.—The Jury
In the case of Fabian Bouvy, who has
been on trial here for several days for
killing Van Ingen. yesterday evening
reported a disagreement and was dis
charged.
Van Ingen was shot soon after his
marriage to Minnie Rhodes and Bonvey
was a former suitor. It was charged
that jealousy prompted the killing.
Eighty-Six in Family;
Record in "Floyd County
Rome, Ga„ April 10.—A. W. Wilkins,
aged 81 years, who resides on R. F..D.
No. 10, a few miles from RoVe, claims
the Floyd county record for the number
of his descendants. He has twelve chil
dren, ten daughters and two sons. All
of thess are married except the young
est son. He has forty-eight grandchil
dren and eighteen great-grandchildren,
a total of eighty-six descendants In the
direct line In three generations. All of
ths members of this remarkable family
are living within twenty miles of the
place where they were born.
The grievance commute of the At
lanta Bar Association, composed of C.
W. Smith, chairman; Linton Hopkins
and E. E. Pomeroy, meets Saturday
afternoon to consider the case of C. J.
and J. L. Moore, Atlanta attorneys, who-
are charged by United States Judge
W. B. Sheppnrd, of the Northern dis
trict of Florida, of Improper action In
having his household goods seized last
Thursday by ballllfs under a levy from
a Justice of the peace court.
Hollins N. Randolph, of the firm of
Brown & Randolph, at the request of
several members of the Bar Associa
tion. Is preparing a letter to the chair
man of the grievance committee. In
which he will call the attention of the
committee to the Sheppard-Moore in
cident anil ask that an Investigation of
the facts and a report thereon be made.
An soon as the committee receives tills
letter a meeting will be called, state
ments from Judge Sheppard and the
Messrs. Moore will be asked, and what
ever further Investigation that Is
deemed necessary will be liad.
C. J. Moore Is not a member of the
local Bar Association, tho J. L. Moore
la. C. J. Moore atates that the asso
ciation has nothing to do with him and
no Jurisdiction over him.
Could Bring It To Courts.
C. W. Smith, chairman of the griev
ance committee,, states that while the
association has no Jurisdiction over a
non-member, there would be nothing to
prevent It from bringing' the miscon
duct of a lawyer to the attention of the
courts, If such misconduct was found to
exist.
■*ho -Messrs. Moore, representing Sam
Osburn, a negro, who Is alleged to have
been run over and hurt hy Judge Shep
pard’s automobile some time ago,
brought suit agalnsf the Judge for dam-
uges, begun by attachment Issued from
the Justice court of Judge Jackson. It
was charged by Judge Sheppard In the
police court Friday that a balllir and
some negroes, acting under the attach
ment, at the Instance of the Messrs.
Moore, Invaded his home In Ills absence
and dismantled It, taking away all his
household goods, all being done In a
rough manner and In the presence of
hla wife and children.
The affair was the general topic of
conversation among the lawyers at the .
court house Saturday morning.
Within Legal Rights.
It seems to be the consensus of opin
ion that while the Messrs. Moore had
parhaps acted Indlcrectly, they ware
well within their legal rights In’issuing
the attachment, the law allowing an at
tachment In caaea of non-residents
That the practices In'the Justices'
court* were responsible for the whole
affair waa the opinion of many of the
attorneys. Bald’one attorney:
Justice's Bad Practice.
"The law of attachments In cases of
non-realdenta la all right. It Is a harsh
but necessary remedy, and. being harsh
the law has surrounded It with a proper
safeguard, requiring that before the
attachment can laaue a bond shall he
given In double the amount sued for.
But the trouble Is that tile practice has
grown up In such cases of the Justices
permitting straw bonds to the plaintiff
and requiring gilt-edgy bonds of the
defendant. This Is a practice that
Mrs. Jamu R. Duncan.
I Perry, G«., April 10.—Mrs. James It.. ,, ,
Duncan, who died at Unadilla, Ga„ on should be stopped.
Thursday, was burled here yesterday. Another attorney thought the grand
She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I July should Investigate the court prac-
Joel IV. Mann and resided In and near I tires of Justices of the peace: another.
■ Perry nearly all her life. She Is aur- *h»* ,h *' Hind of bailiffs executing Jus-
Three Bodies Taken From vlve<1 hy tvvo children In Unadilla. | Continued on Page Five.
RIVER YIELDS DEAD
the Schuylkill.
Philadelphia, April 10.—Three bodies,
those of a woman and two tnen, were
taken from the river here today. In
two cases death had been caused by
accident or aulclde. The third waa a
man found along the water line of the
Schuylkill, with-hla legs bound tightly
together about the ankles.
Atlanta bank clearings are still put- I
ting It over last j^ar’s records. The i
clearings for the past week'foot up 1
something more than a quarter of a
million dollars than the clearings forj
tho same week In 1108. For the past i
week the clearings are 14.743.568. Fori
the second, week In April, 1908, they j
were I4.478..09. J
Shuts Out Waahingtonana.
Washington, April 10.—When tS#
senate put a clause in the census blU
requiring applicants for appointment to
prove actual residence 1n the stnte,
little was thought of It. It lias been
discovered, however, that this will shut
out hundreds who reside here, but
laim citizenship elsewhere, and a howl
baa gone up.
eUverij.
It Is within the power ef the press to
forre off the market impure and adulter-
you hare, tho human family would soon
heroine educated and fully realize the
serious results caused hr eating cheap
food eroducls, more especially In the lino
of table condiments, f am sure that all
the manufacturers of foodituds who
road your article will applaud you—cer
tainly those that •rt'hoatstly trying to
manufacture absolutely pure goods for
Ihe trtde. 1 trust that It will be my
privilege to teo eomethlng more from
your ehlo pen on this Une.
With my best wishes lor yon and the
Yours 1
THOMAS L. HARDIN.
Atlanta, Oa.. April 6. 1909.
BISHOP MOORE ROASTS
THE NEW-FANGLED HATS
Says It Is a Crime For Women of Moderate Means To
Pay Such Outrageous Prices—“One Feels Like Tak
ing a Shot At Them With a Hymn Book.”
Cincinnati, Ohio, April 10.—Aroused
by an editorial In The Western Chris
tian Advocate, denouncing the large
size of women’s hats that are said to
be a nuisance in church by Interfering
with the view- of worshiper*. Bishop
Moore, presiding In the Cincinnati
Methodist conference, uttered; the fol
lowing condemnation of eycvalllng
styles In feminine headgear: 7
“For a woman of moderate means tar
pay 348, or $35. or Juyt 319 for the plain
hat without trimming I* absolute wick
edness. It Is outrageous. Nothing
less. Why. one woman’s Easter lull
eould buy an entire clerical outfit.
"They are aggravating, timddening."
he continued. "One feels like taking a
shot at them with a hymn book
humbling their lofty pretentious!
and pride In the dust.
"I have a solemn conviction that
which looks like such a trivial ina
amounts almost to an absolute m
offense and sin. If women must
these Korean flapdoodles, let them
move them a* soon as they are sea
In church.” ■>
FREE DEAFNESS CURE.
A remarkable offer by one ot the
■ speeialiets in this country, *h<>