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THE WEATHER.
Forecast: Showers Thursday
night and Friday; cooler. Tem
peratures Thursday (taken at A. K.
Hawkes Company's store): 8 a. m.,
SO degrees; 10 a. m.. 71 dej^ees:
12 m, 74 degrees; 2 p. m„ 78 de
grees.
The Atlanta Georgian
“Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN”
AND NEWS
"Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN”
SPOT COTTON.
Atlanta, steady; Liverpool, i
SIS. New York, quiet; 10.65.
null, steady; 015-16. Augusta, •
10 3-16. Galveston, st**a<ly; 10 7-ft.
folk, steady; 1044* Mobile, steady
A t OL. vn. NO. 225.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1909.
Lower Decatur-et., viewed from the front, is bad enough: viewed from
the rear, it is really marvelous to think that real people, people of flesh and
blood, can even exist amid such conditions, and In such holes.
To be cooped in a little room adjoining a restaurant*—a room where
fresh air is a stranger, where sunshine never enters: with negroes living
in the same house underneath, and with dives and near-dives all around—
to live in such a way and yet to retain health or a semblance of health
plainly is impossible.
If it takes fresh air to keep one vigorous; If it takes any regard for
sanitation or hygiene to keep one healthy; if it takes surroundings that are
reasonably clean and free from filth, then surely it can not be expected
that people who live In such houses as the one photographed above will
ever be anything but thin, sickly and of practically no use.
The house photographed above is the rear of 240 Decatur-sL Below
negroes live; above, a white woman, Mrs. Emma Blair, exists and Is try
ing to rear a child aged 16 years. In front, at 240 Decatur-sL, there it a
restaurant.
This is not the worst of the Decatur-st. views taken from the rear. It
is just one of a type, showing under what conditions decent people are
trying to live.
The enterprising, decency loving merchants of Decatur-st. are working
for an uplift of the street. They want to make .it the splendid businese
thoroughfare it deserves to be. And to make it so they want the property
owners to clean up their property—and, in some cases, to "clean out" their
tenants and get new ones.
GETTING RESULTS
Mr. F. L, Seely, Publisher The Georgian, Atlanta; Ga.:
Dear Sir—I am in receipt ef your favor of April 20, calling my attention
to the condition of the property, 258 and 2E0 Decatur-sL I am the joint
owner with Dr. C. F. Benson, of the property in question.
About three years ago this property was leased to Mr. Isaac Sinkovitz
for a term of five years and therefore we Have no control of the property or
the tenants until the expiration of the lease. At the expiration of the lease,
however, it is our purpose, provided the conditions of Decatur-st. will
warrant our doing so, to improve this property. This will depend upon the
condition of the paving of the street at that time. If the having remains
as at present we will make no improvements, preferring rather to look at a
"vacant lot” than n vacant building.
I with to say further that I think we are capable of knowing how and
when to do this improving without a suggestion from anyone. I appreciate
your efforts to improve conditions that have existed on Decatur-st. for a
long time and I have personally given a great deal of time in trying to bring
about a better condition by giving personal supervision to the circulation of
the petitions for a smooth surfaced, permanent paving, which-petitions
have been signed for over 600 feet, more than the amount of feet required
under the existing paving ordinance.
I own several pieces of property on Deoatur-sL and my object in giving
this time and my money for the betterment of conditions On that street
should be a sufficient guarantee to you or anyone else that I am for the im
provement and betterment of conditions on that street.
The Georgian has been of considerable aid in the accomplishment of
this effort and the class of improvements which now occupy Decatur-st. are
sure to vanish with the completion of the street paving.
As to the sanitary and other conditions to which you refer, will say they
are in keeping with the sanitary condition of the paving, and will be
improved simultaneously.
Pave the street and “all things else will be added unto iL"
Your friend and co-worker for “Better Decatur-sL,"
J. H. EWING.
April 21, 1909.
NOBODY’S BLANK BUSINESS,
PATTEN’S REPLY TO QUERIES
Wheat King En Route to New Mexico Ranch to Rest
Up For. Few Weeks—Says It’s None of the Pub
lic’s Business Where He Is Going.
Trinidad, Colo., April 22.—James A.
"atten arrived here today and left
shortly afterwards for Vermojo Park,
M., to rest up on the fanch of his
partner. \V. H. Bartlett. Patten, .worn
"jJt and fatigued, wan In a disagree*
ah, e humor. When an attempt was
nm«ie to Interview him In his car, he
replied to ‘all Inquiries:
Jffane of your damn business!"
ne refused to discuss th«^ wheat sit*
Hains Insane
When Shot Annis
New York, April 22.—“Captain Halm:
is not now insane. He was crazy when
w shot William E. Annis. anil he was,
J 't sensible of hla'acts up to November
1 lost. But he Is today. Captain Hains
suffering from Impulsive Insanity
when he shot Annis. His mind after
that became a blank. He did not know
*"»t he was doing."
This Is the statement of Dr. Lewis
h-ns* 00 ’ a ** en,B *- employed by the de-
"Last November, when I talked to
him. he began to have flashes of In
dulgence and from that time hla mind
!?* become clearer." the doctor said.
Is now practically sane, and I don’t
!f " 'e he will again lapse into insan-
The defense Is not assuming that
“b*aln Hains Is now Insane."
■ne sixth Juror has been selected.
nation and when pressed for Infor
mation, grew angry and ordered the
reporter from the train. The grain
king said he had come West to forget
wheat fdr a while, and that he would
remain two or three weeks on a ranch.
"It Is none of the public’s business
where I am going or how long I In
tend to stav. That Is all I will say.
GET OUT!"
CHICAGO BONIFACE
WILL BE A VISITOR
WOMEN ARE LINING UP |T|MC RI [TfHPR
FOR D, A. R. CONTROL 1
ROOSEVELT
IS EN ROUTE
TO HUES
King Edward Cables
Wish For Success
ful Hunt.
Who Will Win Today,
Mrs. Storey or Mrs.
Scott?
Mombasa, April 22.—Theodore Roose
velt and his party departed on thatr
special train at 2:80 o'clock this after
noon for Kapltl Plains station, whence
they will be conveyed to the ranch of
Sir Alfred Pease.
The Mombasa Club entertained Mr.
Roosevelt last night. Acting Governor
of the Protectorate F. J. Jackson, In
proppaing the health qf the former
president of the United States, read the
following cablegram from King Ed
ward:
“I bid you a hearty welcome to Brit
ish East Africa, and I trust that you
will have a pleasant time and meet
with every success."
In replying, Mr. Roosevelt praised the
energy and genius of the British peo
ple who had done so much to civilise
Africa.
E
WITMURT
Argument 'Qlosed on
Motion For New
Trial.
.. Wa are glad to nota th« continued
jf»»th and proepartty of Tba Atlanta
pwrglan and News. Editor Seely I*
‘Paring neither time nor expeneo tn glv-
the people a good paper, and hla ef-
joete kart bean and are now being rich-
T. r *warded. Tbo Georgian will more
ato better and mort commodlona «nar-
»>. and will Install another prtsa, Urger
f*o the old one, ranking an ontlay of
MO.OOO for tho two. Nothing encceeda
"*• The Georgian.—Byromvllle Herald.
GEORGE W. REYNOLOS.
Proprietor Virginia Hotel, Chi
cago, visitor to Hotel Men’s Con
vention soon.
Nashville, Tenn., April 22.—Argument
on the motion of the Coopers for a new
trial came to a sudden termination this
morning and Judge Hart took the mo
tion under advisement, announcing that
he would try and have his decision
ready by Monday morning next.
Under the rules for the argument the
defense was to hav<f the opening and
the closing.
At the conclusion of Captain Flts-
hugh’s speech General McCarn sprung a
surprise on the defense. Judge Ander
son. following Captain Fitxhugh, made
a short speech In reply, covering new
points suggested by Captain Fitxhugh.
Immediately Genera! McCarn arose and
said: "Your honor can decide the mo
tion.” This gave the defense the clos
ing, by Judge Anderson, nnd cut off
General Meeks, who was to have fol
lowed General McCarn. had the latter
spoken.
General Washington and Judge An
derson spoke for the defense yesterday
and General Job Garner, for the state,
made a short talk.
Captain G. T. Fitxhugh, for the stale,
opened the session this morning shortly
after th# court convened. He referred
facetiously to the ”47 different varie
ties" of error that had been assigned
by the defense for a new trial, and de
clared that If they had had one good
one there woiild have been no necessity
of alleging 47. Captain Fitxhugh said
Judge Hart had accorded the defend
ants every consideration In the trial and
had given them everything to which
they were In the least entitled. He
read freely from law books In defending
the rulings of the court and insisted
that there was no reversible err9r In
the record from Its beginning to Its end.
He Insisted that before either of the
Coopers could possibly have claimed
self-defense It must have been shown
by them that they were without fault
In going across the street and that the
proof did not show such fact.
General McCarn will follow Captain
Fitxhugh briefly In closing for the state
and General M. H. Meeks will close the
entire argument for the defense. It will
then be up to Judge Hart for his rul
ing. In the event he overrules the mo
tion for the new trial thp defendants
will promptly .appeal the case to the
supreme court. The usual thirty days
will then be allowed them In which to
perfect their appeal and get up th*
necessary record.
COUNTING OF BALLOTS
WILL BE BIG TASK
May Be Far in Night Be
fore the Winner Is
Known.
Washington, April 22—This is to be
the day of days for the Daughters of
the American Revolution, for the Im
portant queetlon of who Is to be presl
dent genera) of the society Is to be
settled before the sun goes down—
maybe. The political pot is beyond the
boiling point. It might be aaid, and
such electioneering and buttonholing
and wire pulling and fussing about by
the Daughters, which took place far
Into last night to be resumed early this
morning, has perhaps never been
known since the duye of Eve.
With their cannon loaded almost to
the bursting point nnd artillery nbout
to be unllmbered. the contending forces
are ready to go Into battle, and while
adherents of Mrs. Matthew T. ScotL the
administration candidate for president
general, express full confidence that
she wilt be elected, yet the followers
of Mrs. William Cumtplng Storey are
equally certain that she will have a
majority of the votes when the ballots
are counted. It Is a fact that the
Storey faction Is stronger today than
yesterday, for most persistent work has
been done In urging her cause among
the fair voters.
The executive ability, remarkable
generalship and diplomatic qualities of
.Mrs. Donald C. McLean, the outgoing
president general, are, however, fully
admitted and the fact recognized that If
Mrs. Scott Is beaten it will only be ns
the result of the strongest kind of per
sistent effort. The same feeling exists In
the case of the office of vice president
general, tho opposing candidates being
Mrs. Amos J. Draper, who represents
the present party |n power, while Mrs.
Miranda B. Tullocli Is of the opposition.
While the nomination of officers com
menced soon after the convention met
at 10:30 o'clock this morning. It Is not
believed that voting w ill commence un
til after the reception of the society
by President Taft, which Is to take
place at the white house at 2:30 o'clock
this afternoon. Althn 80 tellers will
count ths 1.401 votes. It Is possible de
lays may result which will postpone
the announcement of the result until
late Into tonight. If this Is not accom
plished by midnight, the name of the
winning candidates will not be made
public until tomorrow morning's ses
sion.
The younger, or "liberal," party won
a crushing and heartbreaking victory
over the conservatives yesterday aft
ernoon. when Mrs. McLean, as chair
man. decided against the demand of a
member from Massachusetts, that all
members be forbidden to wear hats
while the convention was In session,
the view of those In the rear being ob
scured.
The younger members, whose head-
gear Is In keeping with the present day
dictates of fashion, objected strenu
ously to being compelled to keep their
hats where they could not be at all
times admired by leas fortunate mem
bers. That Mrs. McLean won a num
ber of votes for her candidacy by this
Continued on Page Fifteen.
HE INTRODUCED
PROHIBITION BILL
A HOTEL KEEPER
FROM MANHATTAN
Babies, Women*and Men Are
Put to Death in City 9 s Streets
HON. 8. J. HILBURN.
He Introduced measure in the
lower house of Florida legislature
to amend the constitution to pro
hibit the manufacture and sale of
liquor In the state.
ieTtIel
(M DOWN
Has Patten Lost His
# ■*
Grip? Bears Are
/ Hard at It.
IN SMUCCLI1C
Loeb Uncovers Wide
Graft—Big Shake-
Up Coming.
Chicago, April 22.—The wheat mar
ket broke sharply today when the
board of trade opened, causing almost
a panic among the speculators and a
heavy drop In prices In all tines.
July wheat, which closed laet night
at 81.14, broke three cents under a
heavy bear attack, report# being cir
culated of a larger wheat crop In the
West than had been calculated.
The long intereets then got their
shoulder# under the market and booat-
ed the price to 81.12. The pit waa a
turmoil of excitement and confusion.
The bulk of the trading was In July.
May also going down. From 21.25, last
night's close, the price dropped to 21.23.
The price then rallied half a point on
•trong buying orders.
September went down to $1.03, 2 5-8
rents Inwar than last night's dost, and
then rallied to $1.01 $-4.
Yes, It Rained Some,
But You Can Never Tell
What April Will Do
Just a bit of April satlrt.
With a slsshln* dash of rain.
Massing up that Raster •sttir*—
Than tho aun says. “Only playin'f"
W. 8. HAWK.
Proprietor Hotel Manhattan, New
York, who will attend convention
here.
tha trick i|»ln.
Accent on the Aral •/liable, unl«sa you’re
in a hurry.
Sunshine, followed by clondy murk you
could feel, hear and vut with an as.
Than tha rain. By tha bucketful. Men
run. Women scuttle, Collars melt. Coats
■af. Bonnets till up. General hurry, fol
lowed by damp dapreaslon, disjointed as-
preasiona and rageful looks at tha inky clouds
knocking against the tops of tha skyscrapers.
Wetness. More wetness. Most watnsss. De
serted streets, looking like Venice on a busy
dey. Crowded shops, looking like pictures from
Mr. Dante's story. Bedraggled females looking
like wash-dar before it is hung out. Drip
ping men looking Ilka—well, looking like they
felt perfectly awful and talking seen worse.
And. then—
Sunlight! Huge splotches first; then a
general blase. Half-drowned sparrows gur
gling gleefully. Streets suddenly filling up
with chattering traffic. Warmth. Light. Re
viving of spirits. Comments, mostly about
• April weathar. -
That waa Thursday morning in Atlanta.
Found Murdered
On Church Steps
Chicago, April 22.—James Campbell,
aged 26. foreman for the Chicago Rail
ways Company, was found murdered
today upon the steps of the Warren-
ave. Methodist church. His "pockets
were turned inside out and It Is be
lieved he wee a victim of hold-up men.
New York, April 22.—The discovery
that great quantities of dutiable goods
had been smuggled into this country
proved today to be only the forerunner
of n scandal in the customs depart-
menL according to Collector of the Port
William Ldeb, Jr., Involving gigantic
frauds thru which the government has
been mulcted out of millions of dollars.
It was admitted this afternoon by of
ficials high In the customf department
here that systematic graft has been
found to exist. Ths result will be an
Immediate shake-up In the department,
this having been the purpose. It Is now
learned, of the visit of Collector Loeb to
Washington. He returned this after
noon. after conferences with President
TafLond Secretary of the Treasury Mc-
Veagh.
Collector Loeb could be prevailed on
to make only the following statement:
"It must now be admitted that there
is a scandal In the customs department,
but none of the present employees Is
Involved In It."
In spite of this official disclaimer of
any Intention of visiting the fruits of
the Investigations that now have been
disclosed upon the heads of men now In
the cystoma service. It was learned from
an authoritative source that a shake-up
will nevertheless take place.
Th# probe Into the affairs of the cus
toms department revealed the fact that
the vast quantities of dutiable goods
succeeded In getting Into the country
without paying thn Import tax thru
connivance of customs officers.
HIS HEART THROBS
IN miN VIEW
But Wounded Negro Is Still
Alive at Grady
Hospital.
In n four-cornered fight Wedne«dty night
n» home at 9 Lawabe-nf., Andrew Driver,
negro, waa slAtbed with a raior or knire
acroAA the left breaat, the blade barely
graxlng the heart and making such a wound
aa to expoae the heart to view. He waa
removed to Grady Hospital and la atlll all
Thursday, altbo hla condition la critical.
ThU la one of the moat remarkable knife
ouiid cases brought to the host*
long while. The physicians hail
“le negro would live thro the nlgl
Another negro, Davla Mitchell, was also
cut, and la In the hospital. He was slashed
across the throat. Hlch Hnnnlcutt, who la
aald to have done the cutting, eecaued.
Hinton Mitchell, another negro who
art In the fight, w« * “ “
[alley and lJutler.
Big
Every Soul in
Town Meet
' * Doom.
Aleppo, Aslstie Turkey, Tuesday,
April 20.—The entire population of Kl-
rlkan, between here and Alexandretta.
even to the last babe, has been massa
cred. The French mission at Ekbas
Is besieged by fanatical moslems. The
Armenian village of Deurtyul Is sur
rounded and the situation there Is
hopeless. The massacres are being
carried out with the greatest ruthless
ness. Neither women nor children are
spared. The moslems' motto la:
"No twig of the accursed race shall
survive.”
NEW ENGLANDER
HOTEL DELEGATE
R. T. MOON,
SHOES AND HOSIERY,
29-A W. Mitchell St.
Thu Georpian and News. City.
Gentlemen: What do you think of an increase of 100 per cent in buainess within three
weeks time! My sales show this record. The announcement in your columng of my new arrivals
of fine footwear and your bqnd concerts have increased my business to this extent. During the
past few years I have been a liberal user of the daily papers for advertising purposes, and I take
pleasure in xaying to you that I have received more results from the space I have used in The
Georgian than any other. You eau count on me as one of your regular patrons.
Yourg very truly,
Atlanta, Ga., April 19, 1909. R. T. MOON.
LUKE J. MINAHAffl.
Proprietor Hotel Wendell, I’ltts-
fleld, Maze., who will visit Hotel
Men’s Convention.
You don't like to see an old man
working hhrd, iculfHng’ along try
ing to keep the wolf from the door,
while he's racked with the inflr-
mltlei and pains of old age? Of
course you don't. Neither docs
any one.
Rut really now. should you be
pitied If you were told how you
may provide against Just such old
age afflictions, and did not do it?
You'll say no, and right you are.
Kindly read The Georgian's Real
Estate Columns and you’ll see old
age provisions all over It.
London, April 22.—Official dispatcher
from Constantinople today say that the
dethronement of the sultan Is still In
doubt. Th# situation I* normal.
The dispatches add that the cabinet
hax decided to send Nazim Pasha to
day to confer with Mahmoud Cheftek
Pasha.
The British fleet sails today from
Gibraltar to the Mediterranean.
The reports from Saloqlca state that
1,600 Albanians have revolted, terror
izing the district and killing their colo
nel and a large number of Young Turk
officers aa well as the mayor.
Advices from Uskub, 100. miles from
Salonlea, say that the uprising has
spread throughout tho whole of north
ern Macedonia. Eight thousand armed
Albanians have awed the small body of
troops remaining In the country and
Christian families have fled. Crowds
are taking refuge In the Greek and
Servian consulates,
Tho Young Turk Club Is now organ
izing. 10,000 volunteers, who will march
to the scene of the trouble to suppress
the ugrlslng Instead of proceeding to
Constantinople.
The constitutionalist troops are to
begin entering the city today accom
panied by a detachment of gendarme
rie, originally established by the pow
ers and officered by Europeans. These
gendarmes will be responsible for the
future policing of the capital.
The investing army will form a cor
don about the Ylldlx Kiosk, In which
the ’ sultan Is practically a prisoner
already, and will remain on guard un
til some decision Is arrived at con
cerning the fate of Abdul Hamid. It
was stated today that the sultan was
willing to yield everything but his 1
throne. *
(Salonlea, sometimes spelled Salonlkl.
Is the secord seaport In European Tur
key, situated at the northern end of
the Gulf of Salonlea. The mosque*
there are the most splendid In the
world. Population 100,000, Jews form
ing more than 50 per cent and Mo
hammedans about one-third. Salonlea
Is ancient Thessalonlca of the Byzan
tine empire. It has belonged to the
Turks since 1430.)
CRITICISE ADMINISTRATION
FOR FAILURE TO SEND SHIP8
Washington, April 22.—There la not a
little criticism In Washington at the
failure of the administration to take ,
prompter measures to safeguard tha In -1
terests of the United States In Turkey
by the dispatch of warships to that
country several weeks ago. American
citizens were killed there nearly a week
ago, but not a single United States war
vessel has been sent to the scene of the
trouble, altho Great Britain, France,
Germany, Russia and Italy sent ship*
there laet Monday. It Is pointed out,
that not until the regular cabinet meet
ing last Tuesday was It decided that the
cruisers North Carolina and Montano,
now at Guantanamo, Cuba, should he '
sent, but those ships are still at that
port and It was said today may not
leave until tomorrow.
FIVE AMERICAN WOMEN
MISSIONARIES IN DANGER
Beirut, April 22.—Five American mis
sionaries (women) are In danger at
HadJIn. One of them. Miss Lambert,
nas sent down the coast asking Imme
diate aid. The villages surrounding
HnilJIn fire In flames and messages ar«
being suppressed. Nomad tribesmen
are rioting and Antlcent and Blrejk have
been pillaged. Aleppo is In danger.
There are 400 Turkish soldiers In the
city, which Is full of Circassians. Be
douins and Kurds. The town of Klrl-
ken has been sacked and burned. At
Ayas 420 murderers have been released
from prison. They have Joined the
rioters.
■t-H-H-H-l-H-H 1111 'H-l-l 11 l-Hft i
? YOUNG TURKS TO DETHRONE +
SULTAN AND HANG LAWYERS +
Paris, April 22.—A dispatch from +
Sofia to The Matin says that +
Hassan Rlxln Pasha, a Young +
Turk, says the Young Turks have +
arrived at the following decisions; -i-
To dethrone Abdul Hotnld; +
shoot the organisers of the «edl- +
tlon; hang the ulemas (theologt- -F
cal lawyers) suspected of being +
instigators of the counter revolu- -F
(Ion, and make an enllre change of +
the garrison of Constantinople. •!•
The Young Turks had pretend- -!■
ed to negotiate with (he
the purpose of gaining Him
complete their concentration.
Constantinople dispatch to
Matin says that a stoke of s
will be proclaimed In that city
night
A -F
he +
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