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The Atlanta Georgian
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AND NEWS
“Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN”
SPOT cotton.
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6.S.V Non- York, quiet; 12.80. Huvanuah,
Arm; 12 5-10. Augusta, steady; 12 5-16.
Galveston, sternly; 12V Norfolk, Arm;
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VOL. VIII. NO. 24.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1009.
ppTnI? In Atlanta. TWO CENTS.
L 0n Trains, FIVE CENTS.
CAUGHT AT LAST ' snninrm
The Georgian has had reason to suspect for some time that news it buys and
pays dearly for has been stolen as it passed over the wires, and has been used by
another paper—so frequently have items appeared that The Georgian, should
have had exclusively.
After trying in every way to guard ourselves from such imposition, we at
last laid a trap that seems to have caught the bird so completely that little need
be said by The Georgian.
On August 26 (last Thursday) The Georgian sent the following letter to its
regular correspondent at Memphis, Tenn.:
Aug. 26, 1909.
H. T. McDaniel, spt. ed.,
NEWS SCIMITAR,
Memphis, Tenn.
Derfr Mack,
It has long been my impression that the local Western Union
office has been leaking to The Journal. Various exclusive stories
have got to The Journal that could not have been secured in any
other way.
I have, therefore, rigged up this decoy telegram which I inclose
and which I shall be obliged if you will file early Monday morning. *
They may not fall for it, but I believe they will.
With thanks for many favors extended, Yours,
PERCY H. WHITING.
Here is a copy of the telegram that was inclosed in the letter:
“File early Monday morning by WESTERN UNION. *
“D.P.R.C011.
“Georgian, Atlanta, Ga.
“Smith announces that he will manage the Lynchburg team
next year. Otto Jordan has accepted the management of the At
lanta club for 1910. More details later.
“H. T. M’DANIEL.”
Here is the telegram exactly as it came back to The Georgian promptly on
Monday morning,*as we had instructed:
“7- N Ab, 27 Collect DPR,
“Memphis Tenn Aug, 30-9,
Georgian,
Atlanta-Ga,
“Smith Announces that he will manage the Lynchburg Team
Next year. Otto Jordan has accepted the Management of the As
lant Club for 1910 more details later. ‘
“HT McDANIEL 750am”
The Georgian, of course, did not print it, for it was simply a decoy—the
contents of which every one who is at all familiar with the subject knows
were entirely out of the question, and had no basis in fact.
Within «three hours after The Georgian received from the Western Union
Telegraph Company its decoy message The Atlanta Journal appeared on the
streets with the following printed on its outside sporting page under a double
column head:
I Special Dispatch to The JournalI
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 30.--// is reported
here today that Bill Smith has decided to go
to Lynchburg as manager next season.
It is also said Otto Jordan will succeed
him as manager of the Atlanta club.
The Journal has pursued some of the most extraordinary methods of what
we presume they would like to style competition, and we have accepted them
as prompted by different ideals than prompt The Georgian; but this instance,
in our estimation, goes quite beyond our ability of classification.
The Western Uni?n Telegraph Company is vigorously prosecuting what
ever breach of faith on the part of their employees made this pilfering of the
news possible, and have given every evidence of their determination to main
tain their integrity with the public.
ILL ANSWER IN COURT,
AYS MAJOR J. F. HANSON,
REGARDING DIVORCE CASE
lident of Central Railroad, Against Whom Sensa-
onal Allegations Are Made in Suit by Wife, Re
turns to City-Will Not Make Statement.
SECRET MICE
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AFTER
r J. P. Hanson, president of the
of Georgia railroad, returned to
Monday night at 8:30 o’clock,
month’s tour of the West and
«*»t In his private car.
“turn* improved In health and
* «>f the first things he will at-
now that he Is back In Atlanta
to prepare an answer to the al-
* made by Mrs. Hanson In a
divorce filed recently, there Is
ubt.
t. one of the first callers Major
had Tue»day*mornIng after he
at his office was Hon. J. EUs-
••f M;i< "ii. on** of M
" counsel. He held an extended
>ce with Mr. Hall, in which the
" discussed, and at the condu
cts conference he received a
» reporter.
No Answer Now.
* time Major Hanson will make
e answer to the suit. His coun-
advised this course. But it Is
nut an answer will be prepared
as possible and there Is every
>n that It will be an Interesting
"Upon the advice of counsel, said
Major Hanson, “I can not make any
statement now. I will make ian answer,
however, to be filed In court-
And as he said It Major Hanson left
no doubt of his intention to make a
strenuous fight for his name Hto Jaa
.hut upon hi. Cigar,
wax quiet, hi* eye. told that thla anawer
would be no tame one.
r than lo announce that he »ouM
Secret aervlce aleutha from the de
partment of Justice In Washington arc j
now on the Job of aicertalnlng the I
truth about the peonage charge, against:
Colonel Jame. M. Smith, the millionaire
planter of Oglethorpe county.
Altho every effort l« being made to i
keep their preeence In Atlanta quiet j
and no Information will be given out In;
the dl.trlct attorney’, office. It la
learned that two of these sleuths have j
reported here for duty on the case and
that they have visited the office of Dl»-
Lone Bandit, Masked and Armed, Holds Up Train
ARCADE ON PENNSYLVANIA EXPRESS LOOTED
DECATUR
More Than $25,000 to
Be Spent on Improve:
ment of Street.
THREE DOUBLE
ROWS OF STORES
Magnificent Undertaking Is
Being Made by W. L.
Traynham.
Seventy-three stores, under a gigan
tic arcade opening on Decatur, Gilmer
and Courtland-sts. and almost filling
the Interlylng block, to be constructed
by ,W. L. Traynham in the near future
at a cost of more than a quarter of a
million ddllars, form another chpter
in the history of Decatur-st.’s develop
ment, for which The Georgian has been
leading an earnest,fight for months.
Completed plans for this new and
vast feature of Atlanta's civic develop
ment are now In the office of C. E.
Frazier, the Atlanta architect, and a
careful study, of them would be neces
sary to convey anything like a correct
Idea of the real Immensity of the un
dertaking.
Mr. Traynham, a pioneer lumber
manufacturer of Atlanta, has for years
been working and planning toward the
end he expects soon to achieve. Grad
ually he has acquired the property nec
essary, and today he stands possessed
of frontage on Decatur, Courtland and
Gllmer-sts. with «about four acres of
connecting space between these three
openings.
The arcade, which Is to be In the
form of a doubh* L. will cover three
double rows of stores, extending from
th** three streets named t<> a great cov
ered court near the center of the block.
xtremc length will be 502 feet, ex
tending diagonally from Decatur to
Gllmer-st., the latter opening being
only ft few rods from the Auditorium-
Armory. The Courtland-st. frontage
will Include two openings, one on Court-
land-st. itself and the other on ihe
Washlngton-st. viaduct. Thru the for
mer all freight will be delivered to the
"3 stores comprising the group.
The stores will be of varying sizes,
adapted to all requirements, the largest
opening on the Interior court, over
which It is proposed tg Install a roof
garden. The corridors. In which only
pedestrians will be allowed, will be
from eleven to nineteen feet In width,
entirely under skylighted cover a story
above the height of the store build
ings.
In short, the arcade, when completed,
111 compose the most perfect form of
market place known to civic architec
ture. It will be accessible from three of
the busiest streets in Atlanta and wll
offer limitless opportunities for con
denslng Into one convenient district
branches of every sort of trade.
Mr. Traynham Is now at work with
s. architects upon the finishing
touches of his great project. He ex
pects actual work to begin about Jan
uary 1.
ENGINEER TELLS GRAPHIC
STORY OF THE HOLD-UP
Engineer Samuel Donnelly and his
fireman, G. D. Willis, reached 'Harris
burg this af't-i iimin. Hoth were held at
Altoona and Lewiston to give state
ments to the officers. Engineer Don
nelly said:
"I do not know what really happened
at first. 1 knew something was wrong
when we went over a lot of dynamite
and caps scattered along the rails. The
fellow, evidently had opened some of
the caps and sprinkled powder on the
rails. It sounded as If the engine had
blown out the .head, and I stopped
promptly. I thought I‘saw some ono at
the side of the engine, but not sure un
til I noticed a queer-looking object
mlng up on the engine.
•The fellpw urns covered nil over with n
bag or Homrthlng like that. I mow bis Murk
oven glistening nnd then notieced the two
Mg revolvers. Stepping nark on the tnnk
platform, the fellow ordered Willis nnd in
to get down, cursing nnd threatening to
us. We got down, for we could not tell
who was among these hushes or behind the
n «•*■<. Th- fellow told »!■< I" move nh-fid
and do ns wo were told nnd to not turn our
the
ear Up ’
“The do
%*lth dy
(unite
pened
irprlH.
•<I and JLirji-r, tli-
Interfl. ,
we. No one hud time to think wlmt to do.
We never believed anything Ilk- this would
happen. The next-order WAS to throw out
the lings, and lliey came out nil right.
"No one knew wintt was coming next, nnd
we could not make any resistance, in
fellow knew his business. Next tlilni.
nrry those bags up tin* hill to a
id. This *
benv
On
far until the fellow began to shoot, nnd for
a minute It sounded as If the narrows
full of robbers. Then I was told t- get mi
the engine nnd you know the rest.”
Iloth thi fireman nnd Messenger ffarpt
told about the same story, nnd were o tli
opinion that the bandit was a foreigner. He
appeared t.. be on Italian, nltho Knglneer
Donnelly thought he was a Germ nil.
expressed rnrs contained a large skint
of currency from Washington to the United
States sub-treasury at St. Louis.
MITCHELL WILL NOT
GO TO CHAINGANG
Prison Commission Rec
ommends 12 Months on
the State Farm.
THIRTY-FIVE COTTON BOLLS
RAISED ON SINGLE STALK
Lexington, Ga.. Aug. 'Thirty-f!\-
bolls or rotten to ns stalk was the
number exhibited bv Bob Bowen, who
has been working land of the J. P.
Fleemon plantation in Slmston district.
He has a large field growing fine cotton
and his com crop is In proportion. He
Is one of the best negro farmers of the
section. '
NEW ENGLAND FREEZE8 *
WHILE SOUTH SWELTER8 4-
■ ■ — 4*
Augusta, Ms., Aug. 31.— 1 The 4*
temperature In Mutne and Ver- +
mont this morning was below the 4*
freezing point, while the weather 4*
map shows sweltering weather In 4*
the South. Frost has been re- 4*
ported from several points In 4*
Eastern states. Straw hats and 4*
flannels have given away to heav- *4-
ier clothing. 4*
GEORGIA EDUCATOR
WHO DIED TUESDAY
Other than to announce mat n« wowa mm mey »•»« «'*•*
have an answer to the suit prepared | trict Attorney F. Carter Tote.
-- • not forth his side j g known that negroes who made
andffi’d which would set forth hi. side
of the came Major Hannon would .ay
nothin*. Neither would Mr. Hall.
Had Visited W««t.
While away Major Hanson visited
San Francisco, Seattle. Port and, Win
nipeg and many other cities of the
West and Northwest. He w»a Interest-
ed In the wonderful development fl>*t js
going on In that section of the country
and feel* (trestly benehted In health.
All during the morning there was a
ntrearnof caller. Major Hanson •
office. Some of these were hlsh rail
road official*, while other* were Wends
and business associates. He slsofound
a lame pile of letters on hi* desk from
friends all over the country.
the charges against Colonel Smith to
the Federal authorities have been Inter
viewed by these sleuths and that a full
report on the case Is being secured. It
Is quite probable a visit will fce paid
Colonel Smith’s plantation and posxibly
the sleuths will call on»the colonel
himself.
Whether or not any action against
the Oglethorpe planter Is taken will de
pend entirely on what the men from
Washington find out. Their report will
be made to the department of Justice
and If the facts ascertained warrant
prosecution, orders will be passed down
the line to the Atlanta office.
William H. Mitchell will not $erve
on the chalngnng of Thomas county,
but Instead will work twelve months oi
the state prison form nt Mllledgevllle.
This Is, at least, the recommendation
of the prison commission, a decision
being reached In the notable case
shortly before noon Tuesday.. This,
however, does not end the fight the
friends of Mitchell are making to. save
him.
At 3:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon a
large del-gallon of Thomasville peo«
pie;' Including Judge Charles Hansel!,
IL W. Hopkins and others, will appear
before Governor Brown and plead for a
commutation of the sentence to pay
ment of a fine. How effective this plea
will be remains to be seen, but lt«ls
known in )u- one of Governor Brown’s
policies not to oppose the action of
boards and commissions duly delegated
with authority to act.
Was Hard Fight.
No harder fight to save a man has
-v* r I.—n mad.* in th- slate. Many of
the leading business and professional
men of south Georgia have worked hard
to prevent Mitchell from going to the
ch&lngang.
Tuesday morning the commissioners
held a long conference with Judge L. S.
Roan, who presided over the court
when Mitchell was convicted of assault
and battery on Miss Luclle Linton, and
who sentenced him to twelve months on
th- fhalngniig. Th- -nth- case was
gone over carefully, and shortly after
Judge Roan left the decision was sent
to the governor.
The recommendation of the commis
sion says:
“The prison commission begs leave to
report In the rase of William H. Mitch-
-11, <*<»nvi-t-d -if having i-r.mmitt-d an
assault and battery upon Miss Luclle
Linton, of Thomasville, that they rec
ommend commutation by changing of
the sentence to twelve months at the
state farm. Instead of the chnlngang.
"After thorough Investigation, the
comhilsslop recommends the above In
terfercnce with the sentence, because It
is made to appear, since the trial, by
affidavits of several regular physicians
and by the testimony of several citi
zens, that service by defendant on the
chalngnng would seriously and perma
nently Injure his health, if not Imperil
his life.
"The Judge had the discretion under
act of September 19, 1908, section 1, to
send this prisoner specifically to the
state farm, and now that the*facts of
his physical condition have been made
known to him, he states that, if they bo
true, the executive clemency should be
granted. The executive clemency Is
asked for by nine of the trlnl Jury .and
by a large number of citizens.”
(In the summer of 1908 a great sen
sation shook Thomasville and that en
tire section of the state by the charge
that William H. Mitchell, one of the
best known men In Thomasville. a man
of absolutely unimpeachable character,
previously, the father of grown chil
dren. had lured Miss Lucllf Linton, a
member t)f a prominent family, from
her home by the device of a telegram
nnd a letter. It was charged that
j Mitchell blacked his face and dressed as
a woman, then drove Miss Linton to a
I secluded place* at night. He was ar-
! rested, tried and convicted of assault
and battery. The* trial was one of the
most sensational in the state for a long
I time. Judge Roan sent Mitchell up for
( twelve months. Mitchell Is said to be a
FINANCIERS
Will Take Vengeance
on Opponents in
Wall-St.
T
$110,100, SAY
TRAINMEN
Money in Bags Is
Dumped Off by
Expressman.
Harrisburg* Pa., Aug. 31.—A Ion#
bandit, masked and armed, held up
the Pittsburg express on the Pennsyl
vania railroad In Lewlstown Narrows,
53 miles west of here, today, shooting
Conductor A. A. Poffenberger, looting
the passengers and express car and
getting uway with an amount of money
variously estimated from 350,000 to
lioo.ooo. ,
Altho there was $25,000 In bullion In
the express car, It Is believed that the
robber secured only a small sum..
. Hold-Up Was Dramatic.
The hold-up was carried out In tha
most dramatic manner by the despera
do, and all thru the morning the wild-*
est and most exaggerated reports came
from the scene. As neither the Penn-,
sylvanla Railroad Company nor the
Adams Express Company would give
out any Information, various reports
were current. The Pittsburg express,
or train No. 39, as It Is known, had left
Harrisburg at one minute after mid
night and was pounding along at a
Continued on Page Four,
New York, Auq. 31*—Now that E. H.
Harrlman has Issued a statement set
ting at rest the disquieting rumors con
cerning Ills health, the situation has
generally cleared and the public Is gen
erally accepting Mr. Harrlman’s word
that he Is rapidly becoming physically
well, as true.
All attention Is now turned toward
Harrlman's enemies, who tried to cut a
325.000,000 Union Pacific "melon.”
will bo a battle royal, for Harrlman In a
sturdy fighter and with the wonderful
powers at his command he can fight
without asking quarter.
It Is reported that Mr. Harrlman
spend the winter in Texas, likely near
his old camp, where he spent a portion
of the spring. But before he leav
New York he will have taken vengean
on the financiers who tried to worst
him while they thought him lying criti
cally 111 on the Kaiser Wilhelm II, for It
Is generally conceded that Harrlman
will be the victor.
A significant sentence In Mr. Karri-
man’s ‘‘health statement” Is; "I appre-
< liit*- th- Interest shown In my welfare
by the press and my friends In all sec
tions—and perhaps, by some others.”
The "some othera ,t are supposed to be
the little group of financiers who at
tempted to work a financial double-
cross. upon the railroad king. The in
trigue against Harrlman has caused a
financial snarl. ramifying away from
the Union Pacific and affecting other
interests. John D. Archbold, who Just
returned from Europe, has taken It
upon himself to untangle conditions as
far am possible. One of the alleged
conspirators Is safe] to be largely inter
ested In Stnndnrd Oil stocks.
Archbold Is said to have talked plain
ly to this man and censured him se
verely for his action. Thin verbal pun
ishment was made necessary because
there Is Standard Oil capital in many
Harrlman enterprises. When Harrl
man starts to even up Wall-st. will
stand breathless and the outcome of
this cvenlng-up process may be strange
Indeed.
fl
DIE IN FIRE
Little Bodies Huddled
Together Found by
Firemen.
N#w York, Aug. 31.-— 1 The remains of
seven children were found early today
in th- ruins «>f St. Mnlachy's home, a
Roman Catholic Institution for the
j*ummer care of orphan children, which
was destroyed by fire laat night.
They were huddled together In one
room on the second floor, having been
overlooked In the struggle to escape.
The little bodies wore burnod beyond
description.
Until the firemen began the search
among the ruins It was believed that
all of the 600 children had been saved
thru the heroic work of Father Kilyoy
and the nuns who formed the fire drill
and marched th- boys.and girls out of
the building to thVbeach.
Eight hundred other chjldren were
marched out of the Andrew .Sanitarium
and Ht. Georges Episcopal Home, near
by. which was threatened by the blaze.
great crowd of summer residents
gathered about the ruins early today .
nnd watened the firemen and police
work among the smouldering debris.
The fire started while BOO children were
asleep In their dormitories and 100
more were at prayer In the chapel.
On the first floor of the Catholic
home was the chapel and here were as
sembled 100 of the older boys and girls
—those more than ten—repeating their
night prayers. These were marched
out by Father Kllvoy, who sounded the
alarm and summoned all the visitors
to the work of rescue.
STORY IN GEORGIAN
BRINGS $2 FOR 001
MRS. ANNIE H. SMITH.
She was principal of the Falr-st.
school many years an»l a woman of
great literary ability. She was
author of "Rosemary Leigh,” A
charming novel, and of other books.
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY..
Southern League.
Montgomery at Mobile 4 p. m.; clear.
Atlanta at Memphis, 4 p. m.; clear.
Birmingham it*nlth Rock, 4 p. m.;
clear. y
Nashville at New Orleans, no report.
New Hotel for Dublin,
t Dublin, Ga., Aug. 31.—-J. B. Burch Is
preparing to erect a 32-room hotel In
Dublin, which will be operated by
, Thomas W. Hooks, lately connected
1 with the Screven house In Savannah.
The building will be modern In every
• respect.
E. G. Caldwell, of Fletcher,
Ala., Helps Little Louis
Mitnick.
Jacksonville at Columbus. 4 p. in.:
fair.
Chattanooga at Knoxville, 1:*5 p. m.;
clear. •
Columbia nt Augusta, 3:30 p. m.;
fair.
Savannah al Macon. 3:31) p. m.; fair.
t
The Htory published In The Georgian j
concerning the plight of Louis Mitnick, 1
the wee newsboy who stayed up till
midnight trying to sail his papers,
brought the following letter, with a
clipping of the article Inclosed:
"The Georgian:
"Would you mind having the Inclose*)
32 turned over to little Louis Mitnick
and oblige. Yours truly,
"E. G. CALDWELL.”
"Fletcher. Ala., August 10.”
The money wll be turned over to the
little boy.
A complete list of all
the houses in Atlanta
that’ are for rent by
agents is published in
the classified cqluinns
of The Georgian on
every Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday.
Editor The Georglftn:
I think The Georgian is ahead of any
newspaper In the South, but 1 vut to
enter a protest in regard to all the news-
papers making heroes out of murderers.
If I have recti Dune Cooper’s picture
once In The Oeorgten and other papers
I have seen it a hundred timet. I think
when a fellow takes tha Ilfs of his fel
low mar. he does not deserv* his picture
pot before the public.
Yours very truly,
L. W. JOLLY.
Statesboro, Ga.
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