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Two Views of Wreck on Central of Georgia Near Lafayette
Famous Partial Audit
Made 8 Years Ago,
. Live Matter Now.
MAYOR STUDIES
THE DOCUMENT
f Text of Results of the Ex
amination Is Printed
in Full.
In furtherance of its intention to af
ford the people of Atlanta all the light
poosible on the manner of conducting
the city’s business, The Georgian pub
lishes herewith the report of Haskins
Si Sells, the famous accountants who
Investigated municipal affairs In 1901.
This Investigation was the nearest to
t complete audit that the city of At
lanta has had in 35 years, and In the
next to the last paragraph of the re
port Messrs. Haskins & Sells qualify
the thoroughness of the examination.
The report of Messrs. Haskins &
Sells Is today a llv? matter—tho It has
lain practically untouched. In a mu
nicipal pigeon hole for eight years.
Mayor Maddox Is giving It careful at
tention. and It Is more than’likely that
he will urge special legislation to put
Into effect some of the recommenda
tions which have gone unheeded for
eight years.
Here Is the report In full, exclusive
of statistical appendixes:
New York. September It, 1901.
Hon. Livingston Mims, Mayor; and
Hon. W. C. Rawson, Chairman;
Hon. J. C. Reed, Hon. W. M. Ter
ry. Hon. E. C. Kontz, Hon. T. D.
l-ongino, Hon. Harvey Johnson,
Hon. M. T. LaHatte, Finance Com
mittee of the General Council, City
of Atlanta, Georgia:
Gentlonten—In accordance with the
authority granted under a resolution
passed at a meeting of the council on
May 27, 1901, and under the terms of a
contract made with you, dated June 4,
HOI, we have made an audit of the
sccounts of the city of Atlanta, Geor
gia. for the two years, January 1, 1899,
to December 31, 1900. IVe have also
given some consideration to the 1 In-
tuguratlon of a new system of accounts
for your municipality, a ad have pre
pared an outline thereof.
We submit herewith seven exhibits,
lettered "A" to "G,” six of which relate
to the audit, and one to the system of
accounts, together with our comments
thereon, as follows:
Exhibits.
•A”—ASSETS AND LIABILITIES—
DECEMBER 31. 1900.
■B’’—RECEIPTS FOR THE TWO
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31. 1900.
"C”—EXPENDITURES FOR THE
TWO YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
1100.
"D"—ASSETS HELD BY THE
BOND SINKING FUND COMMIS
SION, DECEMBER 31. 1900.
’’E’’— DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
the RECORDS OF THE COMP
TROLLER, THE CITY TREASURER,
the TAX COLLECTOR AND THE
CORRECT FIGURES.
"F—80URCES FROM WHICH
REVENUE IS DERIVED.
•G”—OUTLINE OF A PROPOSED
SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS.
We classify our comments, which fol
low, under the heads of tho respective
departments to which they relate:
Tax Collector.
Practically all the collections of reve
nue of the city of Atlanta are made by
the tax collector.
Section No. 1413, of the city code, re-
0ulren that the city tax collector shall
Pay over to the city treasurer, at least
„!* ce a day, all moneys belonging to the
»!« At,a nta. It has been the prac
tice of the tax collector to make Uis-
oursements from the city's funds,
jneroos the Intent of the law seems to
£,y° r y «'lear that he shall be a col
lating officer only,
. ha * »l*o been the practice of the
eclor *° ra8 ^ warrants, pre-
■jntra to him for payment, out of the
.1? mon ®y® In his hands. Inasmuch
irVSr In his ofllce do not qual-
. 10 P*** u P°n whether there Is
umeient money In any specific fund to
uiawu, ii HiipcurB ii-
fnr him to uae the city’s money
">r thl.v purpoee.
,n.k“ rln *. tbc y par 1*99 the tax collector
owbur’ed fund, of the city and cashed
of 124 Min*" l ° th<? nfrBregate omount
.rS? rtn * ,h e year 1900 the tax collector
,ur >d« of the city and cn.hed
of ,0 the "EErcgate amount
Differ,,,,.,, between receipt., .hown
vj hook, of the city treasurer to
, “*•*» depo.ited by the tax col-
c(Ui2I'n l,n< ^ ,hp comptroller*, record of
dim. 1 made by the tax collector
oxhlbft !.p.“ ame P* ri0<Ja ap « "hown In
J"? on 'Y record kept In the office of
collector I. a memorandum
th.r “h* 0 *' la In no way adapted to
{"0 purpn.0, for which It 1. u»ed. Thl*
rlM^trooPhuIate., by department., the
comlik"* "“Re- but It t" not clear nor
In .r^tton.lve. In aome ca.ea one Item
ind i- r tr onl will represent two bills
in other cases an Item will repre-
''Ortinued on Page Eleven.
' ENGINE WRECKED ON LEFT OF TRACK AND COACHES LAID OUT ON RIGHT.
When passenger train No. 1 on the Central of Georgia was wrecked near Lafayette Sunday afternoon eighteen persons were more or less injured, but no one was killed. The entire
train left the track, the engine going to the left and rolling down an embankment, while the cara turned over to the right.
Steel Trust Plans the
Elimination of
Unionism.
Pittsburg, Jun». 2.—Notice, have
been placed at the various plants of the
American Sheet and Tin Company that
on and after June 10 the company will
refuse to deal with the Amalgamated
Association of Iron, Steel and Sheet
Tin Workers. The company Is the last
of the subsidiaries of the United States
Steel Corporation to deal with union la
bor and It la asserted that the corpora
tion lias now decided to drop the union
altogether.
It is in the tin plate plants that the
union workmen have held their own.
The American Sheet and Tin Plate
Company has 202 mills, employing 15,-
700 men, when running In full. Of the
202 mills now operating 131 arc oper
ated by union men. On Juno 1 each
year a new contract la made. Tho
amalgamation will not give up without
a stubborn fight and a strike will prob
ably be ordered on July 1 to affect
about 10,000 men.
LaFoilette Says .Far
mers Have Departed
■ From Protection.
MIFF
IS
Viational T. P. A. Op
poses Repeal of
Present Law.
work of The Atlanta Georgian in
Attention to many needed lm-
w« city la commendable.
* ***** lB right bn* with the
n., P*Por and in a ahort while
ttiev ,2 Cltjr wl ** ***** *P*clal cam* to
itTS*!?® P**riei* »nd active paper for
* fforta *—Pembroke Enterprise.
Asheville, N. C., June 2.—The na
tional convention of the Travelers’
Protective association this morning
went on record unanimously as opposed
to the repeal of the tariff on leaf tobac-
Telegrams stating this were sent
to Senators -Aldrich. Beveridge and
Martin. *
A resolution providing for collection
of 3100,090 for a T. P. A. home for des
titute members was Introduced and is
now before a special committee.
Dr. 8. F. Belk, pastor of the First
Methodist church of Atlanta, arrived
yesterday and made a ahort address be
fore the convention and conducted the
opening exercises yesterday morning.
• I am by choice a preacher, but I be
long to the T. P. A.” he eald In th,
course of his remarks.
The following was sent the vice pres
ident and the speaker of the house of
representatives yesterday:
“The Travelers’ Protective associa
tion in convention .assembled, repre
senting 40,000 commercial travelers, re
spectfully petition congress for Imme
diate action on the tariff question, be
lieving that Its early consummation will
promote great awakening of the beat
Interests of our country.
Tariff Bill by July 7.
Washington, June 2*—Senator Aldrich
l« confldent that the tariff hill will be
In conference by June 20 and that It
will bo passed by July 7.
Washington, June 2.—Senator Nel
son, of Sllnnesota, assailed the cotton
schedule, declaring that the tariff rates
went too high and It had boefi shown
that'dividends paid by cotton manu
facturers were exorbitant He pre
dicted that those responsible for thle
sort of protection would soon hear from
the people.
Senator LaFoilette, of Wisconsin,
continued the attack on the cotton
schedule and made a speech In favor of
tariff reduction. He declared the fram
ers and supporters of the pending bill
had widely departed from the true
principle of protection as annunciated
by Alexander Hamilton and advocated
by alt protectionists down to the time of
McKinley.
Senator LaFoilette spoke of the mo
nopolies and trusts which had grown
up under excessive tariff duties. He
complained that the Republican leaders
vacated the chamber and ha waa obliged
to talk to empty aeata.
LEROY C. HARDING.
Postoffice Inspectors are trying to
Identify A. I) .Oliver, of ('Umax, us
Harding. ,
ENOUGH FOR
Biennial Sessions and
No Local Charter
Bills Forecast. •
Warm Springs, Ga., June 2.—Thn
Georgia Bar association met In Its
o *‘,t li annual convention at Warm
Springs today with a large attendance
of many of the most prominent law
yers of tho state.
Hon. Ilannls Taylor, of Washington,
D. C„ delivers the annual address. He
Is one of the most scholarly, as well as
one of the best known of public men
of the country. At the outbreak of the
Spnnlsh-Amerlcan war he was minis
ter to Spain, and during the trying
times Just before war was declared
conducted the affairs of the United
States with that government with sig
nal ability. Since the war he has been
and Is now n member of the Spanish
treaty claims commission. He Is also
no of the editors of The American
,nw Review and one of the professors
t the law school of the George Wash-
in university.
e executive committee of the as
sociation meets tonight at Warm
Springs, at which time there arc a
large number of applications for mem
bership to be passed on.
One of the most Important matters
to come before the association at this
meeting will be the report of the spe
cial committee on local bar associations
which wns submitted at the lost annual
meeting, but on account of Its' impor
tance and tha limited time, wba passed,
over until this meeting.
A report of great Interest will be that
on Jurisprudence, law reform and pro
cedure to be submitted by Luther fe.
Rosser, of Atlanta, chairman of the
committee.
Other Interesting reports tvlir be that
of Judge Andrew J. Cobb, of Athens, on
legal education and admission to the
TESTIFY
Party Leaders
in Famous Libel
Suit.
Indianapolis, June 2.—Delavan Smith
and Charles R.t Williams.-of The In
dianapolis News, charged by the gov
ernment -with criminal libel In connec
tion with the recent Panama canrtl
probe, appenred In the United States
court here this morning. Their attor
neys gave notice that Postmaater Gen
ertri Hitchcock and Norman E. Mack,
chairmen of the campaign comihltteea
of the Republican and Democratic par
ties, respectively, would be called as
witnesses.
. It Is understood Hitchcock and Mack
warned reporters that certain Intima
tions concerning the alleged $28,000,000
profit were without foundation.
POSTPONED GAMES.
12
Thieving Conspiracy
Made Up. of Hun
dreds of Officials.
NATIONAL.
New York-Brooklyn postponed: rain.
Biennial sessions of the state legisla
ture and a return to the custom of
holding the sessions In the winter In
stead of during the summer will prob- ...
ably be among the reforms Inaugurated | bBr; that on legal ethics and grlev-
by the general assembly during the ap
proaching session, If current gossip
ay be taken as Indicative of what that
xly may be expected to do.
Altho no deffnitl announcement has
been made to that effect. It' Is said that
Governor-elect Joseph M. Brown fa
vors biennial Instead of annual sessions
of the legislature, and that he also fa-
Vors winter sessions Instead of aum-
mer sessions. It has been reported
from several quarters that the new
governor, In his first message to the
general assembly, will embqdy recom
mendations along thla line.
It la argued that annual seaaiona are
too expensive and unnecessary; that
It frequently causes needless delay and
waste of time when a knowledge of the
fact that time la limited would cauae
the leglilatlve wheels to move with
much greater speed and would dispense
with dallying methods that are some
times adopted. It Is further pointed
out that If a session should be re
quired during an off year It Is
within the power of the governor to call
a session at any time he may see fit.
No More Local Bills?
Another proposition which the leg
islature will probably be called upon
to take action and one which promi
nent public officials declare should be
considered favorably la to rellevt the
legislature of the duty of passing local
bills for the Incorporation and char
tering of municipality and for estab-
ances, to be submitted by T. A. Ham
mond, of Atlanta.
On fhe opening evening a social en
tertainment was arranged under the
auspices of the committee on reception,
of which Mr. John E. Donation, of
Balnbridge, Is chairman.
It there anything yon could
me a Want Ad for today?
Both Fhonea 9000.
AND ULM FO
lu
Harris Will Succeed
Scott as Adjutant
General.
Ilshlng city courts.
Such bills as those mentioned, being
local In their nature, never meet with I
opposition, are paased by a scattering I
handful of members on Saturdays, take I
up much valuable time ov both houses 1
and run up an enormous bill of expense
for the state. They constitute the bulk
of the legislation enacted by both
branches of .the general assembly and
require much time and expense for In
corporation In the record of the act*
of the legislature. One act passed last
year Incorporating a small village of
probably 200 Inhabitants has 35 pages
devoted to It In the acta of 1908.
Within the next few days Oovernor-
elect Joseph 31. Brown will announce
the appointment of the secretaries, pri
vate and executive, who will servo un
der him during his administration. I
Is reported that Mr. Brown has already
decided who his secretaries shall be
and the announcement Is expected at
any time.
It Is a foregone conclusion that A. H.
Ulm will be named private secretary to
succeed J. B. Hoyle, and that Benjamin
M. Blackburn wll be named to suc
ceed Joslah Carter os commission sec
retary of the executive department. It
Is not known who Mr. Brown will ap
point to succeed Calvin 31. Hitch, ex
ecutive secretary, altho It la reported
that 3tr. Brown has already d,elded
upon the appointee.
Mr. Brown Ii now at work upon the
appointments of adjutant general and
Inspector general, which positions are
now held by General A. J. Scott and
General W. G. Obear, respectively.
Scotto Stay On.
It Is reported that Judge W. S. Har
ris. of Carrollton, will be tendered the
oillce of adjutant general and that Gen
eral Scott will be retained In the office
In an official capacity satUfactory to
the general. Altho General A. J. West
la not an active candidate for the of
fice, his name has been suggested by
his friends to 3!r. Brown.
3laJor Louis Kenan Is a candidate for
General Obear’s position, but It Is un
certain as to who will get the appoint
ment.
There are a number of applicants fpr
the position of George Tumlln, keeper
of public buildings.
Odessa, Juno 2.—Tho mystery sur
rounding the systematic robbing of the
Moscow and Tlflls railroad for two
years past, during lehftli booty aggre
gating 312,500,009 has been stolen, has
been solved after a long Investigation,
and today two high officials of the
railroad and 165 other employees are.
under ’arrest as the thieves. Another
organization which extended the entire
length of the line nnd comprised em
ployees high nnd low In nil branches of
the service was uncovered by the po
lice. Enormous nmounts of merchan
dise were made away with without the
slightest clew to the thieves or the
whereabouts of the goods being Iceland
the loot was marketed as freely ns It
was stolen. The police are confldent
that In the arrests they have ■ chimed
up practically the entire gang.
RIOTERS FLEE
Many Hurt in Phila
delphia Street Car
Strike.
Philadelphia, June 2.—Shooting be
gan In the car strike today. But for
the Intervention of fhe marine guard
of tha League Island navy yard, hur
riedly dlapatched to prevent Injury to
government property, a force of city
police would probably have been over
whelmed by a mob. A number of po
lice and persona In the throng were
Injured. ,,
Seventy-flve workmen, the police de
clared, employed by the government In
the navy yard, attacked a passing trol
ley car manned by strike-breakers from
New York and guarded by two police
men on each end of the car. A volley
of bricks laid the motorman low and
the policemen Jumped off and started
for the rioters with drawn clubs. The
workmen stood their ground and threw
bricks, pieces of Iron and sticks.
The police drew their revolvers and
fired over the heads of the mob. Rein
forcements came up nnd as the police
again charged the marine guard, or
dered out by the sergeant In command,
swooped down on the rioters, who
broke and fled. In addition to this
clash, there were disturbances of a
minor character In other parts of the
city.
The sensational charge that he had
been offered 325,000 to call off the
strike of motormen and conductors
was made today by C. C. Pratt, chair
man of the International executive
board, who Is In charge of the strike.
”1 was offered 326,000 by men In this
city to call off the strike nnd get out
of town,” 31 r. Pratt declared. “An nt-
tsmpt was made to bribe a Willow
Grove conductor to turn a batch of
motormen over to the company. He
offered 31,000."
0. S. OFFICIALS
LOOKING UP
OLIVER \
Inspectors Believe
♦Climax Banker Is •
Leroy Harding.
LATTER ONCE
ESCAPED HERE
Gigantic. Financial Deals in
South Georgia Interest
Government Officials.
That A. D. Oliver, the reputed "mil
lionaire,” now In Jail In Climax, whose
whirlwind record of financial schemes
during: the past six months have as
tounded and amazed that section of
south Georgia, Is none other than Leroy
C. Harding, who has done time In the
Ohio penitentiary, Is now an escaped
convict from Mississippi, Is wanted by
the United States authorities, and who
created a sensation In Atlanta in 1904,
Is the expressed belief of government
officers In this city.
Chief Postoffice Inspector Sutton and
Inspector Banncrman are now Investi
gating the alleged swindler and have
received Information from Climax that
convinces them that he and Harding,
whose real name is Charles Blazer, are
one and the same. .Jt Is learned Wed
nesday that no action will be taken at
present by the postofllce Inspectors, but
that they will await developments In
Climax. Should Oliver be convicted in
the Climax case the government will
keep hands off until he serves that
term, but should it appear that he will
escape punishment In that case, the
government will twoop down on him.
Inspector Bannerman, who knows
Blazer, alias Harding, personally, and
who now has a case against him In the
Federal court In Birmingham, may later
go to Climax to Identify the alleged
millionaire schemer, should there be
further doubt a* to the Identification.
Assert Identification.
Chief Inspector Sutton Tuesday night
received a letter from Postmaster Liv
ermore, of Climax, Indicating that Oli
ver has already been Identified as
Harding. The postmaster stated that
he had not seen the sheriff, but that
photographs of Harding and Oliver
were exactly the same and that the of
ficials were satisfied Oliver Is the man
so badly wanted. The sherlfT has In his
>ossesslon a printed circular giving
lardlng’s picture and a complete Ber-
tlllon description.
Harding escaped on December 31 last
from the Monroe county Jail In Aber
deen, Miss., at which place he had been
convicted of some kind of swindling
game nnd had been sentenced to a term
of three years. A reward of $300 is out-
standing for his capture. A. D. Oliver,
unknown and unheralded, suddenly put
In an appearance In Climax in January,
shortly after the escape of Harding, and
promptly Inaugurated what is said to
be one of the most gigantic swindling
schp»H*H ever operated In Georgia and
which has finally resulted In his arrest
and also tin- arrest of (’ashler Hail, of
the Climax bank, as an alleged accom
pli' »*.
• A “Young Wallingford."
Oliver Is said to have arrived In Cli
max practically penniless, but during
his brief sojourn has bought banks, saw
mills nnd consummated other deals of
such magnitude as to excite the won
derment of the community. These op
erations are declared to have been
swindling schemes.
If this man Is Leroy Harding he is
not only faced by this predicament and
the three-year term In Mississippi, but
the government case In Birmingham Is
still hanging over him.
This case agAlnst Harding was
worked by Postoffice Inspector Banner-
man. Harding, following his arrest,
ucceeded In making bond and left for
parts unknown. He failed to show up
for trial and his bond was forfeited.
He next showed up In Mississippi.
Fight in Atlanta.
On March 21, 1904, Blazer, alias
Harding, was arrested in Brookaville,
Fla., for the alleged swindling of the
Duhme Jewelry Company, In Cincin
nati, and It was for this offense that
he did time In the Ohio pen. It was
from this case that developed Hard
ing’s sensational fight In Atlanta for
liberty on a writ of habeas corpus, in
which government, state and city au
thorities all took a hand and which Is
well remembered here. It all came
about when Detective Dan Callahan, of
Cincinnati, who was taking the smooth
prisoner from Florida to Ohio, stopped
over for the night In Atlanta.
Harding was locked In the police sta
tion, and In some way got hold of a
lawyer and swore out a warrant charg
ing Callahan with kidnaping. When
the detective appeared at the station
the next morning for his prisoner, he
as himself arrested and locked up.
Then followed the habeas corpus pro
ceedings for Harding. In the mean
time Callahan was released, nnd Judge
A. K. Calhoun refused t-- grant the
habeas corpus. Finally an then war
rant was taken out In a Justice court
to hold Harding In Atlanta, but the
prisoner, nevertheless, was turned over
to Callahan.
Got Away in Mail Car.
The government had stepped In by
this time, and Harding was hidden
away In the customs house to prevent
the serving of other legal papers. At
night he was spirited away from At
lanta In a United States mail car. Aft-
•*r this Captain J. W. Ball, who was
ihen chief of police, was* haled before
the Justice of the peace for contempt
of court, but the case failed to stick.
If Oliver Is Harding, It Is also pos
sible that he has two wives. Harding
married while In Birmingham. Oliver,
shortly after his arrival in Climax,
married a beautiful sixteen-year-old
girl of that place.
F
The Atlanta Georgian
"Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN’
AND NEWS
"Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN”
SPOT
COTTON.
Atlanta, stonily;
10 1116. Liverpool.
steady; middling
AT New York, quiet;
11.35. Savannah.
quiet; l" 7 *. Augusta,
steady; 10%. Galt
*’»t<<n. easy; 10*4. Nor-
folk, quiet J 1074.
Mobile, easy; 10*4.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1909.
