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ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 2(i, 1909.
FIVE CENTS.
LATHAM
BREAKS
RECORDS
New Mark Set ForTime
and Distance in
Aeroplane.
WILL DECIDE
WOMEN KISS ,
THE AVIATOR
Frenchman Fairly Mobbed
by Crowd That Surges
About Hun.
Rheims. Aug. 26.—All records tor
ipefd and distance were broken by
Hubert Latham In his. aeroplane here
today.
On his fourth night today Latham
covered ten laps around the Jrack easi
ly During this night he made 61-6
miles In 6 minutes, against Faulhan’s
hot (light ot, 6 1-6 miles In 1* minutes.
Covered Over 95 Miles.
Latham came down on his fourth
lilht after he had covered about 163
tHometera. or 96.01 miles. Paulhan's
record for distance made yesterday was
li 1-4 miles. Latham whs up 2 hours,
11 minutes and 9 3-5 seconds.
after some dispute as to a night made
urller In the day, It was decided t..at
Latham had covered three rounds In 25
minutes 50 2-5 seconds, or 12 seconds
better than the Wright machine’s rec
ord.
Establishes Speed Record,
Latham established a new speed rec
ord today by dying 43 1-2 miles In one
hour, one minute and 511-5 seconds.
He was the busiest aviator - on the
pound, being In the air almost contin
uously.
As Latham passed the grandstand on
Wo ninth lap, the 50,000 spectators went
frantic with excitement. Latham used
hit new machine. No. 29, for this night.
Performance Was- Spectacular.
The performance of Latham In his
rsinril-breaklng night was the most
spectacular seen since the aviation
tournament opened. Starting out while
the wind was blowing less than three
After Three Nights in Jail Together,
Mother Is Awarded Her Little Boy
Victory by Income
Bondholders Means
Hard Fight.
That the victory won by the Income
bondholders of the Central of Georgia
railroad In the decision handed down
Wednesday, In Savannah, by Judge
Charlton, means a tight to the highest
courts In the country, there Is little
doubt.
The question Is of particular Inter
est In Atlanta and Georgia, for the
reason that a large number of these
bonds are held by Investors In the
state. While there are some In Atlan
ta, there are probably ..more In Sa
vannah.
In all there are 116,000.000 of these
securities outstanding. Of this amount
34,000,000 are Wat Income; 38.000,000
aro second 1 Income, and 34,000,000 are
third Income bonds. They are
mortgage on the income of the road
and were Issued In 1895 In the reor
ganization of the Central Railroad and
Banking Company, after the receiver
ship In the United States courts.
These bonds were given In exchange
for other necurhie* outstanding against
the old mad, the third Income bonds
going to holders ef stock in the Central
Railroad and Banking Company.
Had Little Value.
For several years the bonds had lit
tle value, particularly the third In
comes. They had been received In
exchange for stock which had become
almost worthless, and, as the price
rose, holders unloaded. So that when
the bonds became Interest bearing,
few of them, if imy. were In the hands
of the original holders.
On the third Income bonds Interest
has been paid from 1896 up to and In
cluding 1907 and ranging from 11-2
per cent to 5 per cent, the maximum
amount called MF by the bonds. Par
tial Interest on the second Incomes w;as
paid In 1904. 1905 and 1906 and In 1907
the full 6 per cent was paid. The
third Incomes, together with the nrsts
and seconds, received full Interest.In
1905 and 1906.
This sent the prices of the seconds
and thirds soaring and there was an
unloading of the securities. The re
sult twas that those who bought the
bonds at a high figure were dfsap-
tne wind was blowing less titan time
meters a second, he circled. *wlftly i no ’ nt ®'. e * t AS5
•bout the course. During tho fourth ‘ declared ""JL 1 ® The flits'™ 9
lap the wind Increased and a masa of per c,nt on , - h ® n Th ® flr,ts ”
dark clouds shut out the sunlight.
Suddenly a fierce squall of wind and
ept over the vast throng and
• (roan went up from the excitable
French enthusiasts, who thought the
itorm would force tho young flier to de
fend.
Flies Over 8quall.
Then it was seen that he was rising
Indent) of descending, and a cheer
•roae from 60,000 throats. Latham
vent up fully 360 feet and there con
tinued his flight with tho squall be
neath him.
He was fairly mobbed by the crowd
when he descended. Men and women
unbraced and kissed blm, until the
fendarmes thronged about and drove
the crowd back.
Overtook and Psassd Express Train.
At one time In his flight Latham
overtook and passed an express train.
The difference In his speed and that
Continued on Page Three.
celved full 5 ner cent.
It was then that the holders of the
seconds Instituted suit for the differ
ence between the 3.729 per cent and
6 per cent, and the holders of the thirds
sued for the entire 5 per cent of
1200,000. Altogether approximately
$375,000 was Involved.
The next year, after the s.'t was
filed—In 1908—no Interest at all was
paid on first, second or third, and the
same was true this year, when the an
nouncement was made at the recent
meeting of the directors held In At
lanta
Claim of Boldholdars.
The bondholders claim that even tho
the Central does not have enough net
earnings to pay this Interest, the mon
ey should be paid out of any surplus
earnings the Ocean Steamship Com
pany might have.
It has been on this point that the
fight hasRUeen made. The bondholders
Continued on Page Three.
Evidence Sustaining
Peonage Charge
Is Heard.
SAYS GUARDS
WATCH MEN
U. S. Special Agent at
Pittsburg Investigates
Conditions.'
Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 26.—Evidence
sustaining the charge of the practice
of peonage at the plant of the Pressed
Steel Car Company was heard today
before H. W. Hoagland, the govern
ment Investigator.
A witness swore positively that he
was forced to labor as a strike-breaker
while guards stood over him. The In
dications are that proof sufficient to
sustain a number of Indictments will
be secured before the day is over.
The Austrian consulate Is taking ac
tive steps to round up witnesses and
prosecute the guilty parties.
A. Friedman, of New York, testified
to having been brought here from New
York and of having deceived abusive
treatment 1 at the hands of officers In
the plant by guards who were selected
from the strike-breakers to stand
guard over the rest; that abuse and
epithets were the common treatment
of many, and specifically testified that
one day he was ordered to work "over
time,” and when he declared he would
quit his job rather than do so, was
compelled to labor while “Guard No.
1," whose name Mr. Hoagland will as
certain later, stood over him.
He testified this was done under
orders of Samuel Cohen, who Is li
charge of the New York strike-break
ers. Friedman also testified that his
pay was short and gave the addresses
of two men In New York, one named
Dyach, who had also been detained
against their will, but released when
OPERATIDH
Surgeons Will Hold
Conference Next
Saturday.
James
Now York, testified that he and 85
others were brought to the plant; that
he worked six days and when he
wanted to quit Samuel Cohen, who had
brought him here, pointed a revolver
at his head and declared;
You go to work there or I'll shoot
your head off. '
Special Agent Hoagland has Invited
the strikers' committee to accompany
him thru the plant to investigate the
strikers' claim that In addition to 142
men who left the day the agent was
ordered to Investigate, there are many
men concealed within the stockade who
would testify If they dared.
Eighteen Persons Injured,
Boston, Aug. 26.—Eighteen persons
were Injured when the Newport spe
cial on the New York, New Haven
and Hartford backed thru the buffer
and track fence Into a crowd of 500
persona In the South Terminal station
today. A panic followed, In which
women, children and men were tram
pled upon. Many women were pros
trated.
In Eloquent Address Mayor Maddox
Gives Reasons For Atlanta’s Greatness
leal Estate Values and
Building Permits Reach
Highest Notch, He Says, J
Since Prohibition Went
Into Effect.
One of the principal features of the
•onual convention of the League of
American Municipalities, now In ses-
1,0,1 at Montreal, Canadh, was the ad-
"*•». Thursday, of Mayor Robert F.
Hadd ix of Atlanta.
Mayor Maddox confined his atten-
>Wn largely to the Industrial develop
ment of Southern cities and the rapid
"tides which they are making along
•II lines of progress.
Mayor Maddox said:
«r. President and Gentlemen;
I “i predate very much the honor of
"•ring been Invited to speak to you
lemt"* 8ou,h “M* ,t * municipal prob-
W’ithin the lost decade. Southern
titles have recorded a progress blth-
*rto unnaralleled In their history, and
t"e national census of next year will
jmtsent a glowing picture of growth
tram .very view-point, which will be
"ftprising alike to the cities them-
* Ives and the nation at large.
Mlmore, New Orleans and Louis-
J'le have long been regarded as In the
metropolitan class, and those cities will
"sh rapid expansion along all lines.
..Memphis will approach If she doe#
""t Jmop into the 200.000 class.
Birmingham will more than double
*• Oaorglma: This la to ask yon to
ths paper to Thornton. Os., tram
J*’a. clunzing address from OreanvUla.
w e have been grained at not
Bu,tn « » * fans copy. „ „
' n W. 3f. PITTS.
OrMntm*. S. Ore Aug. 4, 18W.
MAYOR ROBERT F. MADDOX.
ber population and the Texas cities
of San Antonio. Dallas and Houston
all expect place above the/ charmed
limit of 100,090.
Nashville. Savannah. Richmond, Au
gusta. and other Southern cities will
show that they have also kept step
to the thrilling music of progress.
My own city of Atlanta will go
from 89,000 to the neighborhood of
150.000, and will easily retain her de
served title of "Gate City of the South,
and metropolis of our soutneastern sec-
t '°This gratifying advance in the South
Is lurgely due to Its valuable agricul
tural resources. The cotton crop alone
In the past seven years, according to
a recent bulletin from Washington, sold
for a total or *4,550,610.5*7, und the
growth of the cities Is due to the In
fluence of this golden stream dlversl-
+ ATLANTA BENEFIT8 4-
BY PROHIBITION +
! $ The speech of Mayor Robert F. $
v Maddox, delivered at Montreal 4 1
4- Thursday, may he briefly eplt- 4”
i* omlked ns follows: +
+ The progress of Southern cities +
4* within the past decade has been 4*
i 4- unparalleled In history. They are +
■ 4* great, growing, hustling cities, 4*
4" full of happiness and full of hope. 4-
4- In moat cities of the South, es- 4 1
4* peclally Atlanta, political party *!•
4* lines In municipal elections have 4*
•F been eliminated and all are work- 4-
4- Ing harmoniously for the uplift of +
4* the municipality. 4-
4- The city of Atlanta has not been 4*
4> damaged by prohibition; real es- 4 1
4* tato values have not decreased. 4*
4- but have reached the highest 4"
j notch, and building permits to the 4-
4" amount of 33.714.573, an unpar- 4”
4- ulleled record, have been Isaued 4"
4* during the past seven months. 4*
4* The absence of the whisky sa- 4*
4- loon Is best for the negroes.
, 4* Drunkenness In Atlanta has de- .
j 4- creased since prohibition. Ar- 4-
4- rests, for drunkenness, In Janu-4*
+ uary, 1907, the last year of the 4-
4- saloon, were 461; for January, 4-
+ 1908, they were 68. and for Jan- 4"
4- uary, 1909, they were 311. 4-
4- The arrest of 354 "blind tigers” 4*
4- attests the fact that he law la be- 4-
4- Ing enforced. 4*
4* The loss of 3200.000 from whla- 4*
4> ky revenue la partially offaet by 4*
+ about 330.000 derived from the 4*
4- aale of near-beer. ' 4 1
4- The syatem of eanitatlon Is be- 4"
4> Ing Improved end will be pushed 4*
+ forward until Atlanta has the 4 1
4- moat perfect syatem of sanitation 4-
4> that money and brains can ae- 4-
4* cure. 4-
4* The municipal affair* are con- 4*
4- ducted from a high aenae of duty 4*
4* und rlghteousnesa. 4-
+ 4*
4-4-H-X-v'i , '!' , !-M-!~!''! , 4-!'4-l-I-H-l-I-H'
tying »ur Industries and Increasing our
manufacturing enterprises. In Atlanta,
Continued on Paga Eleven.
SKETCHES OF PRINCIPALS.
On the upper left-hand corner is a drawing of the fight between mother and father for possession of their
little blue.eyed boy. The targe sketch is Judge Georgo Bell trying this, his first case, At bottom is I. E.
Yarbrough, the father. On the right is Mrs. Yarbrough, fondly holding her boy in court as if in constant fear
her husband would snatch him away.
Mother Wins Her Fight for
Son After Being Locked
in Fulton Tower—Child
Chooses “Mamma."
A Smiling OklahomaWolf
Is Miss Tillman’s New Pet
Clinging fondly together thru three
days and night* In prlaon at the police
station and the Fulton courtly Tower,
gripped with the love of mother for
child and of child for mother, Mrs.
Julia Yarbrough and her beautiful
four-year-old son, Jack, will not be
separated.
The custody of the child was award
ed to the mother after a. hard-fought
legal battle before Judge George L.
Bell In the superior court Thursday
morning. I. E. Yarbrough, the father,
sought possession of the child on ha
beas corpus proceedings. He had pre
viously filed a suit for divorce ugamst
his wife on statutory grounds und al
leged that she was not u proper per
son to have control of the boy. The
child has been detained In the Tower
for two days waiting for the trial. The
mother rather than he separted from
him, stayed in Jail with him.'
The two were brought up from the
Jail to the court room Thursday morn
ing by Deputy Sheriff Davis, Through
out the trial- the little fellow sat In his
mother’s lap, clasped protectlngly In
her arms and all unconscious of the
battle that raged about his head.
"Mamma," He Cried.
Mamma, mamma, mamma, I choose
mamma,” Bald little Jack, when he
was called up to tho Judge’s stand by
Judge Bell and asktd who he wanted
to live with.
"H'ho told you to say that?" asked
Judge Bell, taking him Into hie lap.
"No-o-body but me,” replied an In
nocent young voice, while there was
a suppressed murmur of applause about
the court room.
Yarbrough la an employee of the
Georgia Railway and Electric Com
pany and he and hla family formerly)
boarded at the home of R. C. West, at
710 East Falr-at. West and hla wife
testified In behalf of Yarbrough.
A criminal charge against Mrs. Yar
brough nnd a man was heard In the
recorder’s court Wednesday afternoon
and both cases were dismissed.
While Deputy Sheriff McMurliey was
escorting Mrs. Yarbrough and Jack
from the Tower to the recorder's court,
Photo by Edwards.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.
Miss Tillman and her pet wolf posing for The Georgian.
Eight Is Homesick, But Is
Beginning To Love At
lanta Already.
Klglit, the new pet ofc Mlaa Jewel
Tillman, la creating a sensation at
Oakland City, the home of her father,
Charlie D. Tillman the well known
Atlanta singer and composer.
Klght Is from Oklahoma'. He Is a
young wolf with a bushy tall and the
moat expansive smile you ever saw.
His tall droops gracefully except when
he smiles, and he smiles whenever he
sees a chicken. For this reason he
has been kept tethered since his ar
rival lost Monday, for his smiles are
very dangerous—to chickens.
Another .reason for keeping Klght
Wednesday, I. E. Yarbrough, the father, tied up It berause he hasn’t been here
met them on the street and seized the t quite long enough to fall In love with
child. The mother, who was leadingj Atlanta und he might get home-sick
the boy by the hand, clung to him
frantically. There was a struggle, the
father having hold of one arm of the
boy, the mother holding the other arm,
and the little boy weeping from the
pain of being pulled about.
Before Deputy McMurtrey could In
terfere Yarbrough*Jerked the bey away,
but the officer made Yarbrough give
up tho boy to the mother.
Hit First Case.
The case was the first public hear
ing held by Judge Bell line* hla ap
pointment to the Judgeship of the
third division of,the superior court by
Governor Brown last week.
Judge Bell based his decision of the
case chiefly <m the ground that the
question of the custody of the child
would come again In the divorce suit
and would be flnffily settled there.
240 MEN ARE KILLED
Berlin, Aug. 26.—Two hundred and
forty men were killed by the blowing
up of the Yemen barracks In th# Mah-'
dint rebellion against the Turkish gov
ernment in dim Yemen dlstrirt of Ara
bia, according to a dispatch received
today by The Morgen Post. The aol-
dlers ordered to march against the
rebels refused, because they had not
been paid. Grand Vizier Hilmi Pasha
telegraphed order* to pay the men at
once.
and go back to Oklahoma. Oklahoma. Klght succeeded,
seems a long way off, but It Is al- ■
most a negligible distance to an ani
mal that, according to Mark Twain.
“can go 603 m’lea between breakfast
man. Tbla la not strange, when you
consider that she feeds him.
Klght Is not craiy about having
his picture taken, but he almost went
crazy when he caught sight of the
cumera. There was nothing doing In
the picture line until the three-legged
Instrument had been standing still
long enough for Klght to regard It
a port of the scenery. Even then he
wouldn't "alt” unless Miss Tillman
would alt, too.
Klght la still young, which does not
keep him from being suspicious. He
was sent to Bliss Tillman by Colonel
H. Tom Klght. of Claremore, Okla
homa. Mias Tillman was recently In
Claremore with her father. Charlie D.
Tillman, who was conducting the mu
sical features of services In that city.
Miss Tillman acted na piano accom
panist, and, with her father, stayed
at the home of Colonel Klght, who Is a
Georgian.
Colonel Klght wanted to send Miss
Tillman a souvenir of her visit that
would be uniquely nn Onktnhonm pro
duct.
Miss Tillman Is quite sure Colonel
am! dinner, and generally does If‘he
gets the dinner.”
Klght will very likely come to love
Atlanta, He already loves Miss Tlll-
Oiftrict National Guard Returns.
Washington, Aug. 26.—The two
transports bearing the District of Co
lumbia national guard brigade are ex
pected to arrive today. The transports
were due here at daylight today.
“TY COBB SINGLED, AND—”
Say, did you see The Georgian’s FINK yesterday?
It wat> the finest baseball extra ever put out in Atlanta.
It bad everything it usually has and, in addition, complete
detail and box score of the great game between Detroit and
the Athletics—tbe game that gave Detroit a clean lead for
the American league pennant. Every play was brought by
wire from tbe baseball park at Detroit right into Tbe Geor
gian office.
Nothing like it has ever been done in the South before,
and the PINK went like Lincoln pennies.
The news stands sold out in a few minutes after they got
the papers, and the newsboys |cept the pavement hot running
back for more.
Look to The Georgian to give you all the news—and a
good bit more.
—And don’t get stung by a Phony Pink.
New York. Aug. 26.—Edward H.
Harrlman will be subjected to a grave
operation within the next three days
unless his condition shows Improve
ment, It was sold today.
This operutlonAvlll be Anally decided
upon, according to report, at a con
sultation of eminent physicians and
mirgffims, which will be held at the
Hnrrlmnn country home at Arden Sat
urday. If getting to his home and the
quiet and peaceful surroundings have
combined to 'benefit the financier, the
operation will not be performed at this
time, but If It Is shown that he has not
gained strength: that the disease from
which he la known la suffer continues
to sap his vitality there will be no fur
ther delay, ugp the operation will fol
low.
It Is known that Mr. Harrlman has
received a visit from Dr. Norman E.
Dlttmnn, specialist In diseases of tha
kidneys.
When Mr. Harrlman was crossing
from Europe on the Kaiser Wilhelm
II his condition became most serious,
and Dr. Lyle, his physician. Is said to
have dlscuased with the ship’s sur
geon the advisability of an Immediate
operation.
Mr. Harrlman would not listen to
the suggestion that he be operated on
at sea, and the plan was abandoned.
All that Is positively known Is that
Mr. Harrlman Is a very sick man. Ho
Is too weak to walk about the piazza of
hla home, and has an attendant who
wheels him about In a chair.
Walter Hnfriman, eldest son of the
railroad magnate, who has started at
the bottom to work himself up In the
railroad world, will arrive at Arden
today, having been summoned by tele
graph. Thla fact would Indicate that
Mr. Harrlman realizes the serlousneza
of his condition-and wants his boy
with him. Walter Harrlman ha* been
booked by many persons to succeed his
able father when the latter retires
from active buslneks.
Doctor Gives Out Statement.
An official statement of the condition
of E. H. Harrlman was given to tho
American News Service today by Dr.
William G. Lyle. Mr. Harrlman’s physi
cian. Dr. Lyle Is with Mr. Harrlman.
at Arden, the financier's magnificent
country home, on the top of tho Remaps
mountains.
He said;
"The stories that Mr. Harrlman Is
suffering with a nervous, cancerous
complaint are grossly untrue.
"Mr. Harrlman Is suffering from
overwork, and nervous breakdown.
He la getting better every hour that
he is here.
"He slept well last night and arose
early this morning. He ate a hearty
breakfast of fruit., cereal, eggs and
toast, and then sat on the piazza for
awhile. Then he lay down for a
nap. All of these wild rumors as to
a serious malady are pure fabrications.**
STORM IS RAGING
ALONG GULF COAST
West Indian Hurricane Is
Driving in High
Tide.
New Orleans, La., Aug. 26.—For the
second time thla week storm signals
have been hoisted at thla and other
points In the vicinity along the gulf
coast, and Indications are that another
blow will be exnerienced. High winds
are prevailing on tha Louisiana coast
and. according to the weather bureau.
West Indian hurricane la headed thla
way.
A report save the tide Is again run
ning high at Galveston, with th, ap
proach of the storm.
TODAY’S SCHEDULE.
Southern.
Atlanta at Mobile; riser; I p. m.
Montgomery at Memphis; clear: Is. m. ;
Blrmfnshnin at Near Orleans; cloudy; two
■nicft. 2:1* end 4 p, in.
Naebvlll* et J.lttle Rock; cloudy; two
game*. 2:16 and 4^p. m.
South Atlantic.
Jacksonville nt Macon; clear; 4 p. ra.
Knoxville at Columbus; fair; 4 p. m.
AuffuatH nt Columbia; clear; 4 p. m.
Chattanooga at Savannah; dear; 3:30 p. m.
A complete list of all
the houses in Atlanta
that are for rent by-
agents is published in
the classified columns
of The Georgian on
every Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday.