Atlanta Georgian and news. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1912, May 07, 1909, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE WEATHER. Forccait: Shov.-e™ ami cooler VHdnynfxlit; Saturday fair. Tcm- wratures Friday (taken at A. K. lawkes Company's store): S a. m.. 70 degrees: 10 a. in.. 74 degrees; 12 ni.. 76 degrees; 2 p. m., "9 degrees. The Atlanta Georgian "Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN” AND NEWS "Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN’ 8POT COTTON. Atlanta. lOJ-lrt. Liverpool, easier; 5.31. New York, (111101; 10.9). Sn- vannnb. quiet; 10 1-K Augusta. steady; 10%. (Ja l res ton. quiet; 10%. Norfolk, steady; 10%. Mobile*, quirt mm easy; 10%. VOL. VII. NO. 238. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 7,1909. Trains—FIVE CENTS. FOURTH MUSIC FESTIVAL ECLIPSED ALL OF PAST STATE TREASURER DIED ON FRIDAY HE KEEPS TAB ON HOTEL KEEPERS Artistic Triumph For the Musicians and . Promoters. NEW AUDITORIUM PROVES ITS WORTH Atlanta Has Had Splendid Music in Past, But .This Surpassed All Which Went Before. In a blaie of glory and a crush of fashion, to the sounding chords and ringing phrases of the "Lucia Sextet,” Atlanta’s fourth big music festival came to a fitting climax Thursday evening. Atlanta has had festivals before; At lanta has had great stars before; but Atlanta has never before had a really suitable auditorium, and to this fact Is universally attributed {he unprecedent ed success of the present music con vention. Five separate concerts had been ren dered In the new auditorium, all dif ferent, yet all alike In the high class of talent presented; had led the music lovers of Atlanta step by step up the heights to the pinnacle of the most etmbltjous and entirely successful mu sical Convention ever held in the South. The imbllc had been led to expect much. If Vpt more. And, from com ments heard on every side, the public is going to have something similar every season from now on. Some say festivals. Others, a regular season of grand opera. All say, "This must not be the end.” Success in Every Way. In every way the success of the pres ent enterprise has been unprecedented. Financially, the enormous receipts con firmed the faith of the public spirited men who put their names to the guar antee fund that made tho. festival pos sible. Musically, In that every star and every feature was as advertised— or a little better—and because It Is now clear that Atlanta Is to take her place with the most musical cities of the country. And finally—aqd without any more formality—Just look at the number nnd tho class of visitors the festival brought to Atlanta, and con sider from what distances and from what points they came. Memphis, Nashville, Savannah, Augusta, Birm ingham. Jacksonville, Chattanooga— these are only primary points In the compass of which Atlanta has for more than a week been the magnetic pole, A Splendid Building, - Atlantans and visitors alike have been surprised and delighted with the wonderful program find with the ideal conditions under which It was rendered. The new auditorium came out with flying colors from every test of acous tic properties, seating facilities and ac cessibility, and nothing but pmlse was heard for the great building and com pliments for Its designers and builder's. While none of the other four au diences taxed the capacity of the vast uudltorium like the first night, the five programs were presented to hugo gath erings who evinced the heartiest sym pathy with and enthusiasm for the ex ceptional array of talent and the clev erly selected arrangement of events. If the Idea has ever obtained that At lantans did not. as a rule, love really good music, tt has forever been dissi pated by the striking success of At lanta's most pretentious musical offer ing, and the city's reputation as tho musical center of the South has been well established with all sections of the country. Henceforth, say the man agers who collaborated In presenting their brightest stars In the festival Just closed, Atlanta may have her pick of the musicians of the world In her future enterprises. When tho lights vfont out in the stately building Thursday evening. Atlanta's great festival passed Into history, to repeat Itself In future pro ductions of a class and scope to add fresh prestige to that gained during the past week. For the universal verdict has been— "Oreat! We must do It again.” J. K. BLATCHFORD. Secretary and treasurer of Hotel Men’s Mutual Benefit association. mittee To Do Its Own probing.' «If 91 Three Men and Wo- - man Meet Death in Row. Seaford, Dal., May 7.—In a struggle over a bottle of whisky In a small ca noe of the Nanticoke river, the small craft capsized and three men and a woman were drowned early today. Help was rushed to the four struggling In the water, but all sq.nk before they could be reached. SUIT AGAINST CharterRevision Com-' Jury Gives $500 to Architect for Draw ing Plans. + $500,000 A YEAR WASTED, d- 8AY8 CHA8. T. HOPKINS + * ^ + + "The charge of the committee + + from the charter revision com- + ❖ mittee,” stated Charles T. Hop- + ♦ kins, chalrmsn of the committee + "to the effect that there Is an. an + nual waste of 1500.000 In the man- + 4* agement of the city’s affairs, Is + •I- not an exaggerated one. - *r -p "The statement was made by the + 4- committee after study nnfi dellber- + 4* atlon. The estimate Is most eon- + 4* servatlvc. The committee Is de- -I- tcrmlned to see the whole thing d* thru now—thru to tho end.” + it Is expected that the Investl- + 4* gallon of the city’s books will be a + + prolific source of Interesting and + 4- probably sensational developments + 4- for several months to come. d- Would-Be Catcher Is Himself Caught 1. WllhofT. who Is reported to bare i" tore from Chicago ami applied to the detective department for a Job as .'stool ptgeonv to "turn up Mliul Users, I rldsy morning found himself In the tolls. Hi was pis red nnder i I Hood nnd Arthur on P i wonted in Chle 'linrse Is not known ...... . . . .. When WllhofT applied to the detectives and they asked him bis name, he is said Personally paying the expense of the Investigation, the charter revision com mission's sub-committee on commls slon government has employed an ex pert accountant to examine thoroughly the city’s system of keeping books, and It Is proposed to show by this Inves tigation that there Is enormpus waste in the conduct of (fie city’s affairs, and great opportunities for laxity In look ing after the city's financial interests. The committee has thrown down the gantlet to the city council and to the special'committee of council appointed to Investigate the charges made by the committee. ■* At a meeting Friday morning In the office of the chairman, Charles T. Hop kins, tho committee declined the in vitation of the council committee to submit proofs to this latter committee Monday next and accepted the tnvlta' tton to go thru the city’s books. Auditor to Work. Alonso J. Richardson & Co, have been engaged by the committee as auditor, and he has already. In a pre liminary way. begun his Investigation. He will examine the bookkeeping meth ods of every department of the city, not so much with a view of-dctectlng graft—there lips been ,no charge of graft made—as to show the great op portunities for graft, for wastefulness and laxity. The answer sent to the council com mittee by the charter revision commit tee Is spicy In the extreme, and yet evry plain. It follows; A. Spicy Letter. Mr. Aldlne Chambers, Chairman; Dear Sir—Your circular letter ad dressed to the undersigned has been received. ' In reply we beg to say it is now gen erally conceded that the greatest de fect. in the present obsolete system of administering the municipal affairs, lies In a city council which Is so large as to be unwieldy and so numerous as to guarantee non-individual responsl- bility. As your committee Is composed whol ly of members from this body. and. os the body Itself Is Indirectly the chief subject matter of criticism. It hardly occurs to ns tbst the proposed process of self vindication will prove a very prolific source of benefit to the public. You In particular, publicly*expressed at the last meeting of council your en tire approval of the manner In which the city’s books arc kept, anil de nounced our charges as being "hot air." You are, therefore, it occurs to us. hardly In that calm, serene mental state which tends to promote Impar tial investigation. Why should we waste time In a trial which you, as Dr. Len G. Broughton, pastor of tho Baptist Tabernacle, must pay $500 to Architect B. A. Pugin for plans fur nished for tho Tabernacle Infirmary, but not used, according to the verdict returned by the*Jury In tho superior court Friday morning. Mr. Pugin sued Dr. Broughton, claim ing that Dr. Brojighton personally or dered the plans and personally prom Ised to pay for them. This Dr. Brough ton denied, stating that he nierely re quested a preliminary’ sketch, which was to be followed by, a competition with other architects before the medi cal board of the Institution; that the medical board did not approve Mr. Pugin’s plans, and hence they were not accepted. The case has been on trial In the superior court since Thursday morning. The Jury, after debating on the case for a time, came back Into tho court room and asked Judge Pendleton If they could lincl for any sum less Hum ».'0o. Judge Pendleton Instructed them that under the evidence tho verdict should be for $500 or nothing. After retiring to their room again they returned u verdict for Air. Pualn for that sum. Walter -McElreoth. attorney for Dr. Broughton, was asked If the rasp would be appealed. He replied that he had not consulted with Dr. Broughton since the verdict and so could not say what would be done. HUNDREDS ARE INJURED IN NEW SEATTLE ARMORY CIRL III SLEEP ROBERT E. PARK. He died Friday Afternoon at a private sanitarium after an'opera tion. DEAD AFTER State Treasurer Was Brought Home From N.Y. Critically JII. SHE DEFIED ANGRY • CROWD OF WOMEN Falls From Fourth Story, But Survives Accident. Ashsrtlle, N. G., May 7.—While walking in. her sleep <MU* .Cora Roberts, a student at the Normal and Collegiate institute, fell from her room'oo the fourth floor to the roof of the. porch, catching in the gutter. She is noj.feriousiy injured. RAISE IN TAX chairman, have so vigorously pre judged? For these reasons, -and especially as our specific 'criticisms have been pub lished and are now before you, we de cline to accept so much of your Invita tion as relates.to.oiir being personally present on Mbnday next. But we gladly accept you^ offer to permit a representative to examine the system of keeping books, and have employed, at our personal expense, a public accountant of the highest abil ity and' character, whose report will doubtless present some matters of in terest. When this is in hand, w e * will cheerfully undertake to see that both you and the public arc made familiar with Its contents. This course Is high ly desirable, ns neither you nor the other members of your committee are practical accountants. \\V aiv to s6me degree moved to give the matter the direction Indicated by the desire to relieve you of the del icate embarrassment Incident to the Investigation of a cause already deter mined. Our controlling motive, however,* is to aid in seeing that the taxpayers get a Just and proper return for their money, and that a system of account ing is Installed which will disclose not only the financial condition,of the city, but the cost of maintenance, doing busi ness and the results obtained from the money expended. This idyllic result will be accomplished when the system that produces political methods alone Is displaced by modern business meth ods and business men. We recognize the difficulties which beset the path of your committee. Of course, placing all the administrative matters of the city upon the shoulders of each councilman has a tendency to beget confusion and lack of specific Information. If, therefore, your com mittee will give the necessary time to the Investigation and dig deep enough, it will find many interesting relics of a bygone age. Believe us to be, with great respect, your obedient servants, J. Faxon, Charles William Bernhardt. Craig Co field, Martin F. Amorous, Edgar Wat kins, Charles T. Hopkins, David Wood ward. Robert K. Park, state treasurer Georgia, died Friday afternoon at 1:45 clock at a private sanitarium follow ing an operation. There had been no hope for his recovery since he brought to Atlanta from New York Thursday afternoon. Captain Park had gone to New York, accompanied by Mrs. Park and hie. «?uughter arid Mrs. Dr. Tope, a niece, nearly two weeks ago. Upon arrival in New York he was taken seriously 111 and an examination showed an op eration would be necessary. He was taken to the sanitarium at once upon his arrival Thursday* afternoon. Ho Was 66 Years Old. Robert Emory Park was born,in La- Grange 66 years ago. He received^his academic education at-the GreenVillq academy and the Brownwood Institute at LaGrange. He entered Emory col lege In 1860 and the Junior class at Auburn, Ala.. In 1861. It was while a atiident in this college that In- Joined the Macon Confederate ft company recruited In Tuskegee,-Ala., and was elected second lieutenant.'His captain was killed at the Battle of Seven Pines and he wa?. mtfle first lieutenant. From tljo time he entered the ortny Until he wks wounded and taken to prison his record was.one of hard fight ing, In which he distinguished himself. He commanded his company after, the death of his captain and served gal lantly with hit company in the Seven Days battle around Richmond,.at Fred ericksburg. Spottsvlvania Court House nnd ChancellorsviUe. He served as cap tain of his company until severely wounded In 1864 at the Battle of Win chester, Winn h" r.-ll into tin* hands of i in* enemy ns n prisoner. He was sent to West’s prison hospital In Baltimore, then to Point Lookbut. Mil , nnd to tile old ratiitol prison, nnd finally to Fort Delaware, where he re mained until released June 14, 1865. Was a School Teacher. After returning home from the war Captain Park accepted n place aa teacher In the Tuskegee High school with his brother. Professor James F. Park, and taught one veter. when he vu elected principal of the Lucas In stitute at Mount Meigs, Ala. Two years latqr he was elected principal of*the LaGrange High school, where he re mained two year*. In 1872 Captain Park’s health became impaired qnd he moved to Macon as the Southern agent of a large publishing hoiim*. Was' Thrice Married. While in LaGrange.Captain Park was married to Miss Stella ; Swanson, who only lived five months, dying at the age of eighteen year*. Four vears later he married Miss Ella H.Holt; daughter of General William S. Holt, of Macon. She died, leaving ttvo children, William Holt Park and Miss Ella Henrietta Park. On April 27, 1892.,Captain Park a* married to Mrs. Emily Hendree -Stewart; Of Atlanta. ' For many years Captain Park was a consistent member of the Methodist •church and had been a trustee of \V>s- leyan Female college since 1886. Both Auburn and Emory colleges conferred the degivf of M. A. on Captain Park In recognition of hl^servicea to the cause of education. Elected First In 1900. It was In 19" 1 » tli.it Captain I’.nk was first elected treasurer of the state and lie was re-elected in 1902. 1904 nnd 1906. He was again re-elected In 1908 and at the time of his death was serv ing his fourth term as the custodian of tho state's finances. Not only waa Captain Park a suc cessful educator, but he was a fanner as well and owned a model plantation at Holton, near Macon. lie waa greatly interested In agricultural work and tor sixteen years had been a member of the Georgia State Agricultural society. In addition to being a farmer and educa te r. Captain Park at one time was an editor and published The Farmer and pate) fan, * He Won Hi* Fight. . During his first term as state treas urer, Captain Park became known from on* »n.i pj me state' to the other be- Aldermen Are 5 to 4 Against Increase •V. ... y _ :v. 'in Rate. 'l’he proposition of Increasing city’s tax rate front'1*1>4 to, 1 1-2 per cent' seems doomed for this year. It seems unlikely, from the expres- FALL 16 FEET MRS. HELEN BOYLE. Implicated in kidnaping of Willie Whltla. She was attacked in streets by mob of enraged women. TRY® LYNCH .BOYLE Attack Woman Kid naper in the Streets. Guard Rail Gives Way in Balcony at Track Meet. HEARTRENDING SCENE FOLLOWS ACCIDENT Hospitals Filled With Manx of Seattle’s Best People. Mercer, Pa., May 7.—A crowd of women gathered about the court house here today and were loud in their threats against Helen Boyle, now on slons of the councllmen, that It could t rlal as tt participant with her husband pass the general council, and If the • • . matter calls for a special vote, about which there seems some, doubt. It Is almost a foregone conclusion that It will not pass the aldermanlc board. Which means that it is dead this year. The probabilities are that the ques tion. coming as a recommendation from the finance committee that council re quest the legislature.to authorize the raise in* tax rate, will be voted on sep arately by council and tho aldermanlc board. . . • It is extremely doubtful If It passes the council. And here’s the present line-up of the aldermanlc board: For the ralsfe: Candler, Roberts, Pitt man and Beutell—4. Against tho raise: Curtis. Pomeroy, Huddleston. Hancock and Grant—6. The opposition is based primarily on ro arguments: First. That the cry of the city’s poor financial condition Is Just the usual an nual calamity howl. Second. That the agitation of the question of raising the tax rate at this time will Injure the chances to pass the proposed, bond issue. The opposition claims further that the bond money being spent on public Improvements will make it unnecessary to spend the annual revenues for these Improvements. MAY SHE ON NOTES DUE INMAN ESTATE Permission was granted by Judge Pendleton Friday to Mrs. Harriet Brandon, one of the receivers of the estate of the late W. P. Inman, to bring suits against Mrs. M. C. McGowan on notes for 850,000 and 81,508.33, against Janies R. Gray on a clyeck for 86,000, and against The Atlanta Journal Com pany for dividends amounting to 89, 230, all of which sums are alleged to be due the estate. The order rehearses that the check was delivered to S. H. Askew, clerk for the receivers, by Mr. Gray and was by him subsequently taken away. The dividends to be sued for are alleged to be due on stock of The Atlanta Journal deposited with the receivers by Gray an collateral’security. cause of his fight to keep the school fund intact and not pay It out for other expenses of the state. Governor Can dler was then In the executive office, while Hon. Joseph M. Terrell was at torney general. The governor present ed warrants to be paid out of the school fund and Captain Park refused to honor them. The governor was upheld In his con tention by the attorney general, but Captain Park Insisted that the school funfl».should not be used for other pur poses. The governor began innndamus proceedings against the state treasurer and Captain Park fought the case to the supreme court, where he was sus tained. Captain Park Is survived by his wife, two children. William Holt Park and Miss Ella Henrietta Park; two broth ers. Hon. James F. Park, of LaGrange. and Lemuel M. Park, of'Atlanta, and one sister. Mrs. V. V. Blalock, Of Greenville (Ja. in the kidnaping of WllJJe Whitla. The demonstration became so pronounced that the authorities took steps to pro tect the Boyle woman from a repeti tion of Jast night’s affair, when Mrs. Boyle was attacked In tho streets by a crowd of many hundred women while going from the court house to Jail. The Boyle womAn is apparently not afraid of tho crowd. In speaking of tho attack sne said that the mob was com posed of cowards, and if sho only Jiad ler freedom sho would face the “whole bunch and make them take to their heels." In tho nffray last night several min isters and business men aided Sheriff Chess and his deputies, and this alone kept the mob from doing the woman bodily harm. She defiantly offored to fight tho crowd, many members of which were armed with clubs and stones. Several of them carried clothes lines. Mrs. Boyle was placed on trial Im mediately after her husband’s convic tion. News that Mrs. Boyle was in the rickety school house which 16 being used as a court house had spread over the town, and when Stewart slipped handcuffs on her and left the court fully 1.000 persons were In the mob. More than half were women. “There she Is! They won’t need a Jury if they let me at ber,’’ shouted a large woman, trying to get to Mrs. Boyle. " “Go home and wash your face,” Mrs. Boyle retorted, starting for the spokes woman. Then hundreds screamed and Jostled the deputy and Mrs. Boyle off the slde- wnlk, many trying to hit her with brooms and sticks. . “Let’s hang her! Get the rope! Get the rope!” shouted some of the mob. Boyle, In charge of 8heriff Chess, tried to break away, but was hurried Into Bie Jail, the sheriff suspecting that posallfly there was a plot to free the prisoners. ' * The Rev. J. S. Duncan, of the Pres byterian church, endeavored to pacify the angry women, but was brushed aside and told to hold his peace. Badly flushed, Mrs. Boyle finally was landed in Jail. With a cheery smile and a whole hearted “good morning,” Mrs. Boyle addressed -several of the Jurors when they filed in to the Jury box. She was slightly nervous, but brought all the wiles of a woman into play. Billy” Whltla waa lifted over the re porters' table to/tbe* witness stand and sworn. * r "Billy’’ continued his testimony along the same lines of yesterday, telling of tho lawns visited before they reached Cleveland. • Race Betting Legal In New York, Just So You Don't Record It New York, May 7.—The appellate di vision of th«* supreme court fn Brook lyn today handed down a decision mak ing betting at the race tracks legal, ao lon$ as no record of the bet is made. This decision Insures betting at all tho metropolitan tracks during the comintf season without molestation from the police, so long as the bookmakers-do It erbnliy.” Today's decision by the appellate division upholds a previous ision rendered by Justice Blschoff in the supreme court. Seattle, May 7.—Between 150 and 175 persona were Injured, many fatally, last night when an iron guard rail in the balcony of tho National Guard armory, on Western-ave., gave way. ■ Fully 5,000 spectators were assem bled In the armory on the occasion of the Indoor track and field champion ships of the Pacific Northwest associa tion of tho Amateur Athletic union, and they were thrown Into a wild panic. The accident occurred Just at the fin ish of an exciting race between F. Jackson, of the Seattle Athletic club, and E. R, Crabbe, of Jhe Allen Prepar atory school, of Portland. As the contestants crossed the line near the center of the ahnorv tho great crowd surged to the * front tho balcony, and as near the finish lino as possible. At the moment Jackson - i" sc.l the lino the |p.n guanfl rail, reaching MU') feet along the east side of the structure, gave way for Its full length arid from 200 to 250 persons were plunged headlong a distance of 16 feet to a hard oak floor. They landed in a tangled mass of suffering and moaning humanity. Many arms and legs were broken and most of the vic tims sustained serious Internal Injuries. Several were found to lmve fractured skulls. Wild Panic Ensues. Men, women and.chlldren were piled three and four deep upon each other. Sickening and heartrending cries of distress rang thru the building. Instantly there was a wild panic. There were many national guardsmen and soldiers in the crowd, and after the first excitement subsided they be gan the work of rescue. Adjutant Gen eral Lamping, of the national guard, assumed command. His eyes fell first upon the prostrate foriw of a brother guardsmnn, Maurice Thompson one of the dangerously Injured. His wife was also badly hurt. The two were found lying side by side. Both were uncon scious. Alarms were sent to all parts of the city and evef*y available ambulance re sponded, as also did an emergency squad of police and two companies of firemen. Physicians came by the score and gave their services. The seriously Injured were conveyed tQ the various hospitals. Some of those less seriously hurt were removed to their homes. Hospitals Filled. The Receiving. Prpvldence, General nnd Minor hospitals were quickly filled and many of the Injured had to b« taken to private hospitals and sanita riums. A crowd of several thousand persons assembled about the armory and fought to enter. The police had great difficulty In restoring order. The armory where the disaster oc curred WES but recently finished and had not been accepted by the national guard. Matthew Dow & Co. arc the contractors, nnd they claim the struc ture was substantially built. However, Adjutant General Lamping asserts that the accident was undoubtedly due to faulty construction: that the guard rail Wpa not secure. Had it been securely fastened and braced, ho says, such ii crowd could not possibly have pushed or tom It loose. F. Jackson, winner of the Mnrath -n. was caught under the’falling mass ..f humanity and injured. E. R. Crabbe, second In tho race, was similarly In jured. Scores suffered broken anna or legs and internal injuries. Cheiro Sentenced. Paris, May 7.—Louis Hammond, bet ter known in America as "Cheiro the Palmist,” has been sentenced to thir teen months’ imprisonment and ordered to pay 660 francs restitution to Cpunt Festetlcs, It having been alleged that he swindled the Hungarian noblem.m of sums aggregating 1,000,000 francs. Csb Drivers Strike. Chicago, Msy 7. Funerals, christen ings, weddings and other cab and car riage w ork probably wifi be held up »-n Sunday as a result, of a strike call Is sued hy the Carriage and Cab Drivers' union, after a demand for higher wag*-. The walkout will go into effect Satur day night. More than 1,000 drivers will be involved. Nanted Postmaster. Washington. May 7.—Four postmasters were appointed t* follows: Georgia—Pariah, EL L. Patte FREE BOOK ON CANCER. An eminent special!* on the best method of Should be read cancer. “' a ting ibis book [>r. \V A. Jotiuauu, lig? Illy. Mo.

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Atlanta Georgian and news. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1912, May 07, 1909, Image 1