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THE WEATHER.
Atlanta, nominal; J24. Liverpool, steady;
6.W. Nmt York, quiet; 12.70. So ran-'
nab, quiet; 12V4. Augusta, steady; 12H.
lialreston. quiet; 12*4. Norfolk, steady;
12H. ifoblle, steady; 12%.
The Atlanta Georgian
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AND NEWS
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THE WEATHER.
Forecast: Fair tonight and Sun
day. Temperatures Saturday (taken
at A. K. Hawkes Company's store):
s a. m.. so degives; 10 a. rn., 88 de
grees: 12 m.. So degrees; 2 p. m., 88
degrees.
V0L.VHL NO. 10.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1909.
PRICE
FOR ACIIOII
Governor Will Name
Mr. McLendon’s Suc
cessor Next Week.
Governor Brown will name a succes
sor to S. G. McLendon on the railroad
commission some time next week.
That this will be done was practically
admitted by the governor Saturday
morning. At the same time he entered
denial of the statement that -he was
waiting on any possible legal action of
the former chairman.
While the matter was pending In the
legislature Governor-Brown consistent.
|y declined to have anything whatever
to do with the case. He felt that It
was a matter entirely out of his hands
until after the legislature had disposed
of It.
Following the action of that body In
ordering the removal of Mr. McLendon,
the governor recognizes that a vacancy
exists on the board, and that It Is the
executive’s duty to All It. He stated Sat
urday that he had not given the matter
of a successor to this place a moment's
thought aa yet, and would not until all
legislative matters aro out of the way.
There are still a largo number of bills
to pass on. and many are still to be en
grossed in the house. It Is expected
that all bills will be In the governor’s
hands by Monday afternoon.
Mr. McLendon came down to the rail
road commission office as usual Satur
day. and remained there for two or
three hours. He has been suffering
with rheumatism *a great deal for the
past week, But felt some better Satur
day.
Are Classmates Raising
Fund to Help McLendon?
Photo by Edwards.
, HIS DAILY VISIT.
The above picture shows Mr. McLendon making his daily visit to the
capitol in his fight to maintain his place on the commission. A cripple for
years from rheumatism, he is practically unable to net about except In a
roller chair. He drives daily to the capitol square entrance to the capitol
and makes his way slowly and painfully up the steps with the aid of
crutches. Just inside the capitol his chair is waiting and he steps into
this and is wheeled Hito the office. It is a remarkable case of a man fight
ing against physical infirmities to preserve his integrity and keep his office.
A very Interesting rumor Is In cir
culation to the effect that classmates
at the University of Georgia of S. G.
McLendon, former railroad commis
sioner, have quietly, and unknown to
him, raised a considerable fund which
will be tendered him for use In his
legal fight to retain his office as rall-
1 commissioner.
hile this Is nothing more than tl
rumor, It is generally accredited be
cause It represents the spirit of the col
lege men. It would stand, too, as a
strong Indication of the faith his class-
FALSE NAME
mates have In him.
Mr. McLendon was a member of the
famous class of 1876. which contained
such men as John temple Graves, edi
tor of The New York American; Mur
phy Candler, member of the Georgia
railroad commission; Attorney General
John C. Hart. Boykin Wright, of Au
gusta, and mahy others.
This fund will be tendered him to be j mate friends would have felt any un
used in the long and probably expen- usual sadness over the mere announce-
slve litigation to retain his place. I ment that J. B. Seawell was dead. For
Whether or not Mr. McLendon will ac- 1 while It was not generally known that
cept this tribute of love from his old
friends Is a question.
Captain Joseph Travis,
. *
Seawell in Fact,
Drops Dead.
When Captain Joseph B. Travis, for
more than twenty years chief engineer
at the waterworks and of late foreman
of the Georgia railroad round house,
suddenly fell dead Saturday morning In
Edgewood-ave. his death marked the
passing In reality of Joseph B. Sea-
well. For Travis and Seawell are on*
and the same, this tact forming an In
tensely Interesting and remarkable
story In connection with one of At
lanta’s oldest and best known citizens.
Joseph 6. Seawell is the man who
died, tho he died 'as Captain Joseph B.
Travis. And strange as It may seem,
thousands of Atlantans will express
sorrow over the sudden death of Cap
tain Travis, while only a few Inti.
JAPAN AND UNCLE SAM
ARE BEST OF FRIENDS,
SAYS CONSUL YAMASAKI
Vice Consul General of Japan, Stopping Over in Atlanta,
Visits Georgian and Praises City—Is on an
"Ask to Know" Expedition.
“Japan and the United States are al
ready so cjosely allied on a commercial
basis as absolutely to preclude nil
chance of a serious difference between
the two nations.”
Kellchl Yamasaki, vice consul general
of Japan, was calling on The Georgian
Friday. Of course, he had been asked
for his opinion of the relations existing
between his country and the United
States.
’It will not be the opinion of a diplo
mat,” said the vice consul. "The diplo
matic headquarters are at Washington,
while I am In charge of the commercial
Interests, with headquarters In New
York.
"Naturally, I look at tnternatlpnnl
affairs from a commercial standpoint.
That Is my province. And I say It Is
ridiculous to talk of anything but the
most friendly and mutually beneficial
relations between your country and
mine. H’o are, to a large extent, com
merclally Interdependent now. We shall
become more so In the future."
The Japaneso" statesman had paused
In a hurried, trip from New York to
Florida to Visit Atlanta,
He Is Investigating commercial con
ditions In the South.
"I am told this Is the commercial
center of the South." he said. "And I
can well believe It from what I have
seen. Why, you manufacture every
thing here. It Is a typical American
city."
Mr. Yamasaki, while small physically,
Is a very large man Indeed In position
and evident ability. With suave and
polished manners that apeak of service
at foreign courts, faultless diction and
an unhesitating grasp on subjects nnd
situations, the Japnneae vice consul
bears out Ideals formed from stories of
Marquis Ito, the great diplomat of the
Russlan-Japanese war history.
30,000 TOOK
WAS KILLED FRIDAY
BY A TROLLEY CAR
British Officers Investigate
Sensation in Admiralty
Board.
Portsmouth, England, Aug. 14.—Dy
namite cartridges were found mixed In
the coal In the bunkers of the battle
ships Lord Nelson and Victorious Just
before they were to have sailed from
here today to Join the. fleet to which
they are attached, The discovery has
created a profound sensation in the
admiralty board, which, while doing
all hr Its power to keep the facts from
the public. Immediately ordered an In
vestigation.
A searching Investigation Is likely to
he made that will cover the alleged
depredations of the so-called water site
trust. In the absence of Secretary
Ballinger, officer, at the land office here
today refund to discuss the matter.
BATTLES™ KEGRO
Assailant Flees and Is Pur
sued by Posse With
Dogs.
■ Pitzg.reld, Ga., Aug. 14.—Miss Daley
ruMoll. a popular young lady of Fitz
gerald, fought oft a negro tntrduer who
JM entered her footn thru a window,
11 * o’clock this morning. The young
*oma n was aroused from sleep by the
noise made by the negro as he ap
proached her bed. She sprang out of
bed and, screaming, tried to rush past
•ne negro. He caught her and attempt
ed to choke her. She fought him off
rushed Into an adjoining room,
her brother slept.
The negro left the room the same
he entered, and mad* hls escape
m the darkness.’
Bloodhounds were sent for, and It Is
thought the negro will be In custody
•oon.
Gregg
CICERO MAJORS.
Employee ,of Beck
Hardware Company was hit by car
In Ponce DeLeon-ave„ near Boule
vard. He died In a few hours.
FOUR ARE INJURED
NAN AUTO WRECK
Car Goes Over Embank
ment With Terrific
Force.
Columbus, Ga., Aug. ■ 14.—Mr. and
Mrs. Charles D. Hunt and Mr. and Mrs,
George J. Burrus, Jr„ were Injured
when an automobile In which they were
driving went over an embankment last
night.
Mr. Burrus was thrown twenty feet
into a barbed wire fence and terribly
lacerated on the face and arms. The
force of the body broke three strands of
wire. The machine was traveling at a
rapid rate of speed and wont over the
embankment with such force that It
broke down a small tree and a tele
graph pole. The machine was com
pletely wrecked.
U. S. Sugar Pays Philippine Tariff,
Washington, Aug. 14.—The treasury
department today Issued Instructions tu
customs collectors to the effect that re
fined sugar on which the drawback has.
been paid can not be exported to the
Philippine Islands free of duty, but will
have to pay the tariff Imposed by the
new Phllpplne tariff act
KILLEJJK CAR
Accident Occurred in
Ponce DeLeon-Ave.
Friday Night.
As the result of Injuries received In a
trolley car accident Friday night In
Ponce DeLeon-ave., near tho Boule
vard, Cicero H. Majors, of 183 East
Plrie-st., on employee of the Beck &
Gregg Hardware Company, died Satur
day morning at 2:10 o’clock at the At
lanta hospital In Cone-st.
The exact manner In which the accl
dent. occurred Is not known, but It Is
supposed Mr. Majors was .truck by the
car as he ran around In front to board
It. He was thrown heavily to the pave
ment and hls skull fractured. He died
without regaining consciousness.
Just a short time before the accident
Mr. Majors had been at the Terminal
station to see Station Muter W. B.
Blount, a friend, to ask Mr. Blount to
accompany him to Chicago within the
next two weeks. Mr. Majors was to
take hls vacation at that time and was
making plans for a trip to Chicago. It
Is supposed Mr. Majors, after leaving
ths Terminal, rode out Ponce DeLeon-
ave., until the rain subsided, and was
In the act of catching a car for hls
home when struck by another car.
Mr. Majors was a clerk In the city
sales department of the Beck & Gregg
Company and had been with that con
cern for the past ten years. Manager
Jones, of the city sales department, wns
notified of the accident and remained
with the Injured man to the end. Mr.
Majors was married.
The car that struck Mr. Majors was
on the Pine-lit.-Ponce DeLeon line and
was being operated by Motorman J. T.
Hammond, who has been with th«
street railway company for. the past
twelve years. The motorman states
that he had the car under complete
control and that the accident was un
avoidable. He says Mr. Majors sud
denly darted out of the darkness and
started across In front of the car so
quickly that the accident c.ould not be
avoided. He says he yelled and rang
hls gong as he was bringing the car
to a quick stop.
egg
Hope Valley, R. I., Aug. 14.—Yegg-
men cracked the two safes of the First
National bank In this gown today,
using seven charges of nitroglycerin.
They fled at once, taking with them
only a small amount of money secured
as the result of their raid.
OF LYENS MOTION
Wzywo.s, G.,,-Aug. 14.—The hearing
“n the motion for a new trial for W.
, ■ " n d Archie Lyens, which was set
■or today, has been postponed to Wed-
|«»day on account of Judge H. D. D.
;*'**•. one of the lawyers for the
Orieme, being unable to be present on
«count of sickness.
rhe Lyens were convicted of the
"■order of Fleming Smith at the spring
■«rm of Wayne superior court.
Georgian, Atlanta, Ga.
, “•adaniao: Indoaed and cheek to
;”*■ tlx montha’ rubecrlption of yonr
!“MM. paper. We are jetting to like It
™ter jrnry day. , May ancceaa crown
faor effort*. Very truly yonra.
_ J. O. WALLACE,
“adlton, Ga., Ang. 13. 1900.
POULTRY SHOW PROSPECTS
ARE BRIGHTER THAN EVER
The Deilr n s?r^As r, a member of the recently organized Georgia Poultry
association I desire to thank you for your splendid write-up of our meetlng
at the Kimball house Monday.
w* are glad to have one of the most progressive newspapers In the
country fo champion our cause. I have mailed Tuesday’s copies of The
Georgian to breeders In Georgia. Texas. New York and New Jersey and
win guarantee an exhibitor for each Issue sent out for our January show.
with our new Auditorium and th4 assistance of The Georgian It Is no
doubt possible for Atlanta to hold poultry and kennel shows annually that
will rival New York’s Madison Square Garden annual show. We have
many line birds and dogs here at home and with the proper Inducements
w? ran Induce the best breeders North, East, South and West to show
wfih M The opportunity is here. The only question Is, Will Atlanta
graao It? I had the pleasure of visiting the Augusta poultry show last
November where I was an exhibitor, and was agreeably surprised to
meet exhibitors In person from ae far North ae New York and New Jer-
** y ' with the thousands of poultry lovers In Atlanta and In Georgia and
with The Georgian, let’s get together and give Atlanta an annual poul
try show that will be a credit and an advertisement to her In every state
lathe Union. Let It truly be the Madison, Square Garden shou^ of the
South. Your* sincerely. juhn low bmith.
Atlanta. Ga.. Aug. 13.
Captain Travl* was Seawell, the ficti
tious name of Captain Travis Is known
throughout the city and Is respected by
all who know It.
Did Nothing Criminal.
The most remarkable feature In this
story of dual personality Is the fact
that, altho he had done nothing to
cause him to hide hls Identity and
had no reason to be ashamed of hls
right name, this man, about 76 years
of age at the time of hls death, had
lived practically the whole of hls long
and useful life under an nssumec
name. It was all the result of a boy
ish Indiscretion, this taking of an as
sumed name, but It had persistently
clung to him during these many years,
and, try as he might, he could never
throw It off.
Seawell, alias Captain Travis, was
born .In Gallatin, Texas, In 1838, but
when he was very young hls people
moved to Lebanon, Texas. Hls father
was a mechanlr, hut had an aversion
for hls son assuming the same trade,
and declared hls Intention of educat
ing him for one of the professions. This
did not suit the boy, and at fourteen
years of age he ran away fron ‘
and entered a machine shop In
vlUe. This shop was owned by an
Englishman named Travis, whom the
boy had known In Texas. In order that
hls father might not learn hls where
abouts or know that he was working In
a machine shop, young Reawell as
sumed the name of hls employer and
was known as Joe Travis. After that
hls Identity as Seawell was lost.
Hls Old Nsm. Lott.
He entered the Confederate army and
served In the war as Travis, altho he
tried to have hls real name placed on
the rolls. In 1863 he was detailed as an
engineer on the Western and Atlantic
railroad and again tried to assume hls
right name. Uut no on# would recog
nlze him as Seawell. In 1846 he mnr.
rled In Marietta, and. altho he again
unfolded hls strangs story and tried to
take hls right name, he and hls wife
were known as Mr. and Mrs. Travis.
When he became connected with the
waterworks he made hla last effort to
regain hls lost Identity, but tff no avail.
Travis he remained, and even ths
people who worked with him day after
day had no Idea he was under an as
sumed flame.
Altho known generally as Captain
Travis, he transacted all of hls legal
business under hls right name. Bo
anxious was he to live under his real
name that at one time lie had this name
printed on letter heads, but this failed
to materially better the situation.
Captain Travis, or Seawell’s, children
all go by the right name of Seawell. He
was always anxious that they not be
Involved In any complications because
of hls assumed name.
Captain Travis, or Seawell, lived at 4
Hlghland-ave. He had been foreman
of tha Goargla road round house four
years. He was on hls way to the round
house Saturday morning ahortly after (
o'clock when he was stricken by death.
He had Just alighted from a trolley car
at Edgewood-ave. and Delta place and
hod walked about twenty ateps when
he suddenly staggered and fell. Several
persons rushed to hls aid, but he was
dead In a few moment*.
“ ' - li_
story of the rad-
ace. Th* e
hsd slopped In the street to tstk wl
J. Pitta, the stationary engineer ti
ahops. nnd W. It. Butler. While the
was being told, Captain Seawell fell ,
Sinister Forces on the
Greek Border Await
ing Command.
Constantinople, Aug. 14.—Thirty
thousand Turkish troops are massed on
the Turko-Greclan frontier ready to In
vade Thessaly, and It th. Greek reply
to Turkey's second note Is unsatisfac
tory, the latter will Immediately throw
her troops across the Greek borders.
At least four more batteries of artil
lery were placed at vantage points on
the frontier within the past 48 hours
and live more are on the way.
Turkey's second note was couched
In the plainest terms. It demanded n
formal declaration from Greece that
the Greek government will not annex
Crete and will not accept the Island ns
Greek territory even If the Inhabitants
thereof should attempt to force amal
gamation. The Greek foreign minis-
ter Is In conference with the represen
tatives of ths four protecting powers—
Italy, France. Russia and England. Ths
sentiment throughout Turkey for war
has Increased. It Is believed that tho
Young Turks will yield to the popular
demand. There Is a great feeling of
political unrest al»o.
CRETE REFU8ES TO HAUL
□OWN FLAG OF GREECE
Paris, Aug. 14.—The powers are
alarmed over the fact that the Cretan
government today refused to haul down
the Greek Ang. This was a demand
which Turkey has been Insisting on and
ths action of the Cretans gives the
Turkish Greek situation the gravest
aspect It has yet borne. It Is reported
that the powers will forcibly take down
the Oreek nag. A French warship,
however, left Toulon today for Crete
and another Is being prepared for the
Journey. A Turkish fleet Is at anchor
off Karpathos. The French and British
governments are urging Turkey not to
send her fleet Into Cretan waters, but
If thl. advice Is Ignored hostilities may
follow very soon.
London, Aug. 14.—A dispatch from
Paris says It Is reported there that the
French warships sent to Crete have
been ordered to Intercept the Turkish
fleet’s attempt to enter Cretan ports,
ROBBER IN CAVE
BALKS PURSUERS
WILL TESTIFY
Heinze Copper Stock
Steal to Develop In
teresting Facts.
New York, Aug. 14.—It was an
nounced In the district attorney's office
today that an effort would be made to
get A. D. S. Adams, a millionaire
broker, of Boston, to appear before the
grand Jury on Monday as a witness
In the Heinze Copper Stock conspiracy
case, In connection with which Don
ald L. Persch, a young broker, Is a
prisoner In the Tombs.
The practical theft of J110,000 worth
of Heinze stock In order that they
might be thrown on the market at a
sacrifice will. It Is said, Involve a prom
inent member of the New York Stock
exchange representing the Standard
Oil Interests. Adams also Is said to
have Standard Oil affiliations, and ,lt
Is understood that some of the stock
was sold thru the Boston offles of hls
Arm.
"We hope today to get at the Identity
of the right man higher up In the
caie,” said Mr. Noll.
A VERDICT IN
jfelftj
Both Sides Declare
They Must Be Ex
onerated Fully, v
T
PUZZLESJFFICIALS
County Court House Al
ready Crowded—Plan
Suggested. 1
Barricaded in Den, He Ex
changes Bullets With
Posse.
Fort 8mith, Ark.. Aug. 14,—Barri
caded In a cave In Tamaha IIIIIs, Okla.,
and surrounded by a posse of citizens
of Vandervoort, Ark., a Ions robber,
who held up the cashier of the Mer
chants’ bank and eight depositors of
the bank, taking 12.000. Is making a
desperate light for liberty.
Hundreds of shots havs been ex
changed. and the highwayman seems
to be well supplied with ammunition
and stood off hls pursuers until dark
set In.
A cordon ot guards Is stationed
around the cave and It Is not believed
the bandit can escape.
Where will the new division of the
Fulton county superior court, created
by the last legislature, and for which
a judge will be appointed by Oovemor
Brown In a few days, be located In the
county court house?
This Is the- question that Is now
puzzling the board of county commis
sioners. All the present court rooms
are already occupied by th. two civil
division, of the euperior court, the two
divisions of the city court, the criminal
court of Atlanta, and the criminal di
vision of the euperior court.
When Judge mils' division of the su
perior court was added, a hallway and
some rooms on the first floor of the
new building were changed Into a court
room.' A similar plan Is now being
discussed for the new court.
It Is thought that the large passage
and the two rooms now forming the
chambers of Jude Roan’s court, In the
old building, back of the criminal court
room, will afford enough room, with n
proper rearrangement, for another
room.
It Is likely that the public buildings
committee, of which t’ommlssloner H.
E. W. Palmer Is chairman, will be
called together Monday to consider the
subject and to make an Inspection of
the present court buildings with this
end In view.
Annapolis, Md., Aug. 14.—With thl
opposing parties to tho Inquiry declar
ing that unless tho verdict is in llns
with their contentions the fight will
be renewed, three men, with 1.404
typewritten pages of evidence tiefort
thorn, began to consider this morning
whether or not the first naval board
verdict that Lieutenant James N. Sut
ton took his own life should be re
versed.
"After our twenty months’ fight ta
obtain a reopening of this case," said
Mrs. Sutton, the mother, "we will not
let It drop now unless my son's nnma
Is thoroughly cleared of the suicldt
stigma."
I. for one, must have absolute ex
oneration.” said Lieutenant Robert E,
Adame, one of the six defendants ol
the young officers who were technical
ly arraigned during the inquiry be-
cause of their presence at the midnight
campus light of October 13, 1007.
”1 have heard surmises," he contin
ued, “that perhaps there will be a
verdict of accidental death. This la
not going to do me. If accidental
death had been found, I would Insist
that It be worded so as to let me out
on th* accident theory, too. If the ver
dict Is veiled In any way, I have the
right to demand, nnd I certainly will
demand, that the case be reopened In
my behalf. I'll do this If I have to for
feit my commission In order to obtain
a hearing for myself." , . -
Altho not so emphatic 1n their prom
ises, It Is understood that the othei
young officers want their records
cleared of all possible suspicion.
Originally the Buttons would have
been satisfied with a verdict of acci
dental shooting. Now they plainly
Indicate they believe that young Sutton
met foul play, and their attorney bold
ly has charged that he was murdered
In the menntlme the opinion grows
here that th. naval board may take g
compromise attitude and declare that
In some way Sutton wns shot In ths
scrimmage between officers. This wli:
satisfy neither side.
Tho board, compoeed of Coromandel
ood. Major Neville nnd Captrln Jen
sen. held Ilf first active session thl;
morning, /i week will pass beforo c
verdict Is expected.
Five Killed,
25 Wounded
In Train Crash
Colorado Springs, Colo., Aug. 14.—
Southbound passenger train No. 1 col
lided with train No. 8 at Husted. five
miles south of Monument, today. The
“ > ari
The
IS
GOING JACK HOME
Atlanta Bigger Than Lafay
ette and She Wants to
Return.
80UTHERN LEAGUE.
Nashville In Atlanta; 2; 30 and -
m.; cloudy.
Montgomery In Birmingham; 4 p. m.
cloudy.
New Orleans In Memphis; 3:16
p. m,; cloudy.
Mobile In Little Rock; 4:15 p. m.
partly cloudy.
(FIRST GAME )
NASHVILLE.
ATLA NTA.
I didn't know Atlanta was a bl§
town. I hod hoard of It. but thought It
was Just a little place like Lafayette.
I wouldn't have come here if 1 had
known It was such a big place. I wish
I was away from here and back home
again right now."
Thus spoke slxteen-year-old Oma
Harrison, of Lafayette, Ga.. a little
town of a few thousand persons In
north Georgia, as she sat In the Home
for the Friendless and pined for the
quietude and serenity of her home. Onm
ill get her heart's desire In the matter
of going back home, for she will be
sent there Saturday afternoon by Pro-
batlon Officer Gloer.
Oma la the girl whose strange story
has caused the police to Investigate the
supposed existence In Atlanta of the
"white slave" traffic. A number of per
sons have offered to give the girl a
home, but she said she wanted to re
turn to the home of her aunt in La
fayette.
William F. McLennan Dead.
Washington, Aug. 14.—-WJlllam F.
McLennan, chief of the division of
bookkeeping and warrants. In the
treasury department, died here today
after an operation for cancer.
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