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a period of six working days: The Georgian carried 2029 Paid Want Ads, Journal 1678, Constitution 1115 Want Ads.
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"VOL. VIII. NO. 172. ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1910, PRJCE
ftPHE COURT
hisf S t S? n 0E080I6 GRANTWONTRUN, 150 years in all
On Way to Meet Nimrod jj
I0LLEY STRIKE
.ong-Fought Legal Battle Is
Ended by Justice Lur-
ton’s Opinion.
CLAIM OF EXEMPTION
BY RAILROAD SUSTAINED
se Grew Out of Passage
ranchise Tax Law of 1903,
Comptroller General
Is Silent.
of
Washington, Fob. 21.—The milt of W.
i W Wright, comptroller general of
against the Georgia Railroad
Banking Company, to collect taxes
", Vh. State on which the company
fflmi'"exemption, was today decided
by the United States e u P™™ coun >n
fiver of the company. The decree of
S. United States court concernlnx the
rollectton of the taxes Is afllrraed by
the supreme court. , .
The decision was handed down by
lustlce H. H. Lurton. the new member
,f the court, recently appointed from
ihvllle, Tenn.
Comptroller General W. A. U right
■s Informed by The Georgian of the
decision of the supreme court of the
United States against the state of
ugia In the case brought against
me Georgia Railroad and Banking
company for taxes on surplus and
ichlses following the passage of the
_irhlse tax law by the general as-
imbly In 1903. His only comment
•'Well, that ends It.”
The case Involved about $350,1)00 In
piund numbers, divided equally be
tween the counties Interested and the
The case was argued In the United
tstes court for the northern district
Georgia, Judge William T. Newman
residing. Judge Newman held that
ie railroad company was not liable
nd the case was appealed.
Following the passage of the fran-
hlse act. the railroad refused to pay
aes on Its surplus over capital stock
id on Its franchise, and Comptroller
Jneral Wright Issued 11. fas. The
mpany took Issue on the ground Hint
1 franchise was granted by the sta'
1S33 and the only tax for which It
as responsible wax on Its net ln-
The state held that the exemption
is only applicable to the stock held
• stockholders.
Attorney Hooper Alexander, who was
milled with General Wright In the
». said the point tn the case was
hether or not the company, under Its
mrhlse as granted by the state In
'll. was liable for taxes. He said the
ling was final and ended the llttga-
>n. whloh has extended over seven
»rs. He said so far as he was Aware
* decision had no bearing on any
'ration now under way or contem-
-ted.
iovernment Forces Are in Bad
Way—Madriz Army Cut
Off From Base of
Supplies.
■'“•fields, Feb. 21.—News of the
metis situation of Vasques's forces
» brought here today from the front
courier.
f 'n three sides the government army
"•mmed In. the rebel divisions bfilng
mmandefi by Generals Chamorrui
"* and Matutln. All chance of Vas-
escape has been cut off. ac-
"""S to the courier's dispatches, nnd
"* r "! Mena's division rests within a
* mlie« of Managua.
. 12®* cut the Madrls army from
has. of supplies.
11 %‘M rlerlAPMdf I
as declared here by officers of
provisional government that Mena
“]d probably wait for Matutln and
to come up to him before
,, report that Madrls Is on his
,!***'■ that his troops are deserting
. company and that his resource*
‘ »t low ebb.
,r Madrls government Is prepared
"fandon Managua and retreat to
Medrls's home, according to the
* Jn the hands of the Insur-
■ * no expect early Intervention.
Atlanta Oeoretu:
lad check for $».
loclosod end
Bf K sijwtpST'si’twS'Voa^n
wu I* 1 «• cloona.il os
hiiMMiL’J ,,4 rioosnoo« wh»n It comes to
’‘“•rM Issues, wish that tho
h»d oovorol Atlanta
* Un * PubUakod within Its borders.
Toin truly,
Ariosto. Aia„ rob is’ °’ 0V **
JUSTICE HORACE H. LURTON.
Recent appointee to the supreme
court bench rendered his first decision
Monday In tho case of the state of
Georgia against the Georgia railroad
for franchise taxes. He ruled In favor
of tho company.
G. 0. P. TO TURN
In Spite of Damon and Pythias
Friendship, Such May
Happen.
ROOSEVELT DOES NOT
WANT TO OPPOSE TAFT
But the Plight of a Disrupted
Party May Make “The Back
From Elba” Movement
More Than Idle Talk.
By JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES.
Washington, Fob. 21.—'There to a
Kray and venerable head !n Washing
ton around which gathers a nimbus of
presidential romance and of possibility.
Upon tho shoulders beneath that
silver crown rents the robe of u great
office which one man, higher In offi
cial rank, has long regarded as the
most desirable nnd distinguished sta
tion in our country—yes, higher and
more distinguished than his own.
Melville W. Fuller hHS been for 22
years chief Justice of the United States
supreme court. Ho Is 77 years old and
for past the age of retirement. But
he holds firmly to the Idea that a chief
Justice may die, but he should not re
sign. Around his determination re
volves tho story.
Mrs. Longworth’s Answsr.
J*et me digress a moment. At the
latest presidential reception I met
Nicholas Longworth and his brilliant
wife lounging with laxy grace thru the
great halls of which Alice Roosevelt
was. In her mother’s illness, the dash
ing nnd accompllsl»d hostess.
••Political gossip gives you an early
return to these halls,” I said to her.
The remark was Ignored, as It should
have been.
Then I grew holder.
'•Madame,” said I, “does the lion
hunter land at San Francisco or New
York?” ^ . ,
Tho beautiful eyes of the ex-presl-
Continued on Last Page.
SLAYER AND HIS VICTIMS
BURIED AT ONE SERVICE
■InalnskuB. Ala. Fob. 31—The fno.rel
of George Stephens. lh« nil I rood engineer
who e/trlr fcstordsy morning family .hot
hln throe little daughters sn.l ended bio own
life, took place this nflernoon nt 2:»>
o'clock. Thero went four caokeie. end the
scene it tho home, MS North Slueonth »t..
was probably one of the moot olfcctlng In
the hletory of Birmingham.
Three hesr«e« were need, on, each for
the father and ItUnche nnd Elisabeth Rtetih.
eno. while the body of tho liahy. Jane, the
last to die. woo carried In a carriage In-
» wa. in !•’ I m tk’iiml lh*» i/ravfig ho In 2
lust to «n«\ was * ■ rnffl in n ntrn»*f »»■-
terment was In Elmwood, tho graves being
aide by side. , . ,
No new theory ha. I-eon advanced for
„ .hooting. The father had te-en drink-
Ins according to ill ncro'inis. and brooded
orer the death of his wife, the mother of
,h The ll fourth child. George, escaped.
BUI OMRS ARE
H. L. Schlesinger and Press
Huddleston Are Mentioned
For Mayoralty.
ALDERMAN GRANT SAID
TO FAVOR F. A. QUILLIAN
Other Probable Candidates Are
Colonel Pomeroy, Captain
English and Carlos
H. Mason.
Alderman John W. Grant will not be
a candidate for mayor to succeed May
or Robert F. Maddox.
In nplte of the strong pressure that
has been brought upon Mr. Grant to
Induce him to make the race, ha Insists
that he will not be a candidate for the
place under any circumstances and will
stick to his job as alderman.
“I have a good long while to serve as
alderman." said Mr. Grant, "and I feel
that T would not he justified In aban
doning thfs office to enter the race for
mayor. I think I can he of as much
service to tho city as alderman as I
could If I were mayor, should I make
the race and bo elected."
Since Mr. Grant's positive statement
that he would not be a candidate con
siderable sentiment appears to be crys
tallizing tn favor of F. A. Qullllan,
chairman of tho bond commission and
former member of council from the
Second ward.
Mr. Qullllan has announced that he
will he squarely In the race for mayor
unless Mayor Maddox should run. The
mayor will not run, so Mr. Qullllan Is
In the field.
Mr. Grant has stated that he favors
Mr. Qullllan for the place and It la
thought that the latter will be sup
ported by Mayor Maddox.
Among other probable randldates
mentioned In connection with the race
are Press Huddleston, deputy city clerk
and formerly alderman from the Sec
ond ward, nnd Harry L. Schlesinger,
the well known randy manufacturer.
Neither of these gentlemen has an
nounced for the place, but It Is under
stood that cither or both of them may
be In the field when the time comes.
Other probable candidates are Captain
James IV. English, Colonel E. E. Pom
eroy. Carlos Mason and James G.
Woodward.
Sale of Flatiron Structure, Re
ported Exclusively in The
Georgian, Largest Deal
in Atlanta Recently.
CRISP COUNTY FAIR
ASSOCIATION FORMED
Cordslt. Os., y.b, 21.—A rommllUe of
prominent rltlirao met at the court boose
ot Crisp eouniy Betordsy afternoon snd
organised the Crisp Cotiniy Kslr sssoHsttnn.
with J 'V. Bivins, editor nf The « ordele
Sentinel siut count/ srhooI remraJMlnnef,
ia prraldrat. and W. II. Dofftt iie».ret*ry.
TV raraatlve fotnuiittra of
tion I* moipoant >tf I . V. Whipple,
rnlllJrTj. W. Blvln#, T. B. raWer,
Turk, J. E. round, i. A. UUUjobn,
O T. Gower and W. If. Dorris.
it Ls the duty Of the nun ml t tie tn arrange
the finance,, tn srrnng.. tli» pise, for hom
ing a fair thla fall, to all premiums
for eshlHls Slid I" sdvsvilM the etil. rnrfse.
Thi. cmtnlil* *■ de idrit in hold tbo fatr
011 N'oteuitter t* Ml It, nest.
Rlnce the exclusive announcement In
The Georgian Saturday afternoon that
the Empire Life Insurance Company
had bought the majority of the stock of
the Engllah-Amertcan building, the re
maining shares have been secured and
the Insurance company Is now sole
owner of Atlanta's flatiron building.
However, possession will not be taken
for at least 20 days, owing to certain
formalities which hare to be executed.
When posseaslon Is taken the name will
be changed to the Empire Life building
and as soon as sufficient leases expire
the company, which now has offices on
the fifth floor of the Peters building,
will move Into their new home, occupy
ing two entire floors, to furnish ade
quate room for the rapidly Increasing
business.
The building Is a twelve-story struc
ture and has frontage of jgg feet on
Peachtree-st.. llfi feet on North Broad-
st. and *1 feet on Poplar-st.
The price paid, approximately $400.-
000, which was stated In The Georgian
SatutHay. Is the largest price for cen
tral real estate ever recorded, not only
In Atlanta, but the Southern states.
The Empire Life Insurance Company,
while only two years old. Is one of the
most progressive and substantial finan
cial Institutions In the 8outh and al
ready has approximately $16,000,000 in
surance on Its books. Last year the
company broke the records, writing
M.& 00,000 paid and delivered Insurance.
The officers of the company are
among the most Influential and sub
stantial citizens of the South. They are
William W. Reid, president; 8. c. Cal
laway. vice president and manager of
agencies; Thomas M. Callaway, secre
tary: F. A. Hooper, formerly of Ameri-
cus. Oa., general counsel; Dr. E. J.
Bpratling, medical director; Samuel
Barnett, actuary.
The board of directors la composed
of prominent men In the South, con
spicuous for conservative aggressive -
Lupo “The Wolf” and His DeS'
perate Men Begin Sen-.
tence in Atlanta.
FAMOUS BLACKHANDERS
COME FROM NEW YORK
Are Said to Have Been Respon'
sible For Assassination of
Petrosino in Sicily and
For Other Crimes.
The doors of the Atlanta Federal
prison will swing open late Monday
afternoon to admit a gang nf eight
Italians who are believed by the gov
ernment authorities and police of New
Tork to be among tho most desperate
and dangerous counterfeiters and Black
Handers ever run to earth In this
country. And It will be many a weary
day and year before these doors swing
open again to ndmlt any one of the
gang to freedom, for they'enter the
big prison to begin the serving of sen
tences ranging from fifteen tn 30 years.
These criminals from sunny Italy are
members of the Lupo-Morello gang,
which was recently flushed and round
ed up In New York by Secret Service
Captain Flynn, his men of the secret
service, and aided by the Italian de
tective squad from police headquar
ters. Both Lupo "the Wolf," leader of
tho gang, and Morello, his right-hsnd
man, will begin "doing time" with
their confederates. Judge Ray, of tho
United States circuit court, la New
York, having sentenced Lupo to 30
years and Morello to 36 years. In ad
dition to these heavy sentences, the
two leaders were each fined $1,000.
The prisoners will arrive In Atlanta
accompanied by a guard of six deputy
United States marshals arid will be
taken direct to the penitentiary. Twen
ty-six deputy marshals and a big
squad of policemen guarded the men ns
they were being taken from the Tombs
to patrol wagons to begin their jour
ney to Atlanta, but there was no dem
onstratlon of any kind.
There are still eight more members
of the Italian band In the Tombs and
they are to be tried In the United
Btates court within a short time. Some
tough customers are represented In
Continued on Market Page.
Measure Requiring Ladies to
Remove Hats Hurts Small
Theaters—Demand For
Repeal 'Results.
Unless all Indication* go astray, the
hat-moving ordinance adopted by coun
cil recently will be repealed at the ses
sion of council Monday afternoon.
The members nf council, It la said,
have begun to see the error they com
mitted In passing such an ordinance,
the ladles having protested as vigor
ously as the theater managers against
the Injustice of such a measure.
The ordinance requires ladles to re
move their hate when they go tn to see
a picture show. The picture shows last
only a few minutes. Taking olf a hat
and veil nnd then putting them back
on again takes about as much time as
the show Itself.
The result Is that the ladles have
protested, and their escorts have joined
In the protest. Many patrons of the
smaller theaters have abandoned this
pleasure altogether, and the theater
proprietors declare their business has
fallen off In moat startling fashion.
Many ladles, when asked to remove
Continued on Last Pag*.
Want Ads
Od February 19 the
Atlanta papers carried
want ads as follows:
The Georgian .. 552
The Journal ... f 267
The Constitution .. 185
(Copyright by Underwood ft Underwood. New York.)
MRS. ROOSEVELT AND MI88 ETHEL ROOSEVELT.
They left for Europe a few day* ago in a race to roach Khartoum
' \ They will bo tho guests of tho
before the arrival of tho ex-prosident, . ... _
sirdar of tho Egyptian-army at the governor’s palace, Khartoum,
NOT SERIOUSLY ILL,
SAYS JUDGE ROAN
King Stands Squarely With the
People Against Eng
land’s Peers. '
JUDGE L. 8. ROAN.
Owing to a severe nose bleed suffered
by Judge Roan, nf the Stone Mountain
clrcuiL Sunday night at Jacluon, Ga.,
where he had gone to hold court this
week, the Judge returned to Atlanta
Monday morning.
Judge Roan while In Atlanta con
sulted a specialist and ascertained that
his condition was due tn nothing serious
and barring a slight feeling of weak
ness he was as well as ever Monday
morning.
Judge Roan was at Jackson tn hold
court for Judge E. J. Reagan, of that
circuit. Following Judge Roan's de
parture Judge Reagan himself convened
the Jackson court.
PRIMARY ELECTION
MAY BE HELD EARLY
IConUctllo, Oa,, Fab. 21.—80 far onlj on#-
half of tho votora of Jaapor rauntj have
rogfaternd. There are many on ml Ida tea in
the field for miintjr officer*. A. J. Mlnter,
M. J. MeElbenejr, B. F. Dooley, and W. B.
Malone have announced for tax collector;
T. M. I’ayne, J. M. Blackwell and J. I. Nib-
let t have 'innouni’od for tax receiver; W. F.
IVraom*, the present sheriff, is asking re-
election and la opposed by F. B. Blackwell.
Clerk It. I*. Davla ha* no opposition. Can
didate* for other county officer* have not
yet been announced. The county Demo
cratic executive committee will meet this
afternoon to call a primary, and itn early
primary la expected.
i-H-H
* WONT* ADJOURN BEFORE 4*
* JUNE, CANNON PREDICT8 ❖
+ r +
+ Washington, Ftb. 21.—Speaker +
+ cannon was at the white house +
+ this morning for the purpose of +
+ conferring with President Taft +
+ about the admlnatratlon's leglsla- +
+ live program. +
+ "It Is my guess," said the apeak- +
+ er later, “that congress will not +
ri* adjourn before June l. +
London, Fob. 21,—King Edward In
his speech at the openlng of parliament
today swung squarely tn the side of
Premier Asquith and the most ad
vanced members of his coalition party
In this momentous recommendation;
"That proposals he early laid before
parliament tn secure the undivided au
thorlty of the commons over finance
nnd their predominance over all legis
lation.”
This means that the king hits no
sympathy with the house of lords and
his utterance sounds the iiasslng of
that body—at least In power.
The whole tenor of the king's speech
was that action on the budget Is neces
sary Immediately- because of the finan
cial needs of the empire.
"The requirement* for the defense of
the empire have made necessary a
substantial Increase In the navy esti
mate," he went on. '
"You will also he asked To complete
provision made at the last session to
which effect has not yet been given.'
This referred to the budget, rejected
by the lords.
"The required revenue," continued
the king, "has not been provided hy
taxation and recourse has been hail t*
temporary borrowing. Arrangements
must be made at the earllesf possible
moment to deal with the financial sit
uation.”
The path of the king to parliament
was lined with life guards, showy In
Continusd on Lost Pago.
IN QUAKER CITY
More Than One Hundred In
jured in Rioting in Tie-Up
of the System.
SYMPATHETIC STRIKE MAY
PARALYZE ENTIRE CITY
Two Children Mortally Hurt.
3,000 Extra Police Sworn '
in—May Call Out Con
stabulary.
SALOONS TO BE CLOSED
AT 6 O'CLOCK IN EVENING
Philadelphia, Feb. 21.—Director
of Public Safety Clay today or
dered all saloons to close at 6
o'clock tonight. Cars were sent
out by the Rapid Transit Com
pany at Intervals today. Some
of these were stoned, small riots
resulting, but the early hours of
the day were more orderly than
had been expected. A situation
of riot law almost equal In severi
ty to that of martial rule pre
vailed. and hundreds of special
policemen were sworn In. The
strikers say 6.200 - men a. * out.
The company officials say 4,000
men are at work.
Philadelphia, Feb. 21.—Philadelphia
today Is virtually under martial law,
but riots are still going on. When
dawn came today, thousands of men
were upon the streets and the first at
tempt nf the Philadelphia Rapid Tran
sit Company to give Ita promised rush
hour service was met In a score of
districts with opposition which brought
on conflicts duplicating those of yes
terday In which more than 100 were
hurt.
The Injured Include many women
and girl*. A thlrteen-year-old girl Is
dying from a bullet fired by a police
man. A boy nnd n fireman lay at the
point nf death with fractured skulls.
Another fireman was fatally hurt by
being Stabbed. The hospitals are filled.
Today opened with a thick fog nnd
rnln. This aided the work of the police,
yet mobs gathered In every street thru
which cars were expected to pais.
Philadelphia Is threatened with a
gentrdt strike which would tie up
Continued on Last Pag*.
Supreme Court’s Decision
Against Haas in Bribery
Charge.
■M-5-H
K-H-i-I-H-H
\V«*hlngtm>. F*b. j|.—Th«* I’nlt*! 8mr«i
»upr*ra# court tmlojr affirm**] ih^ Judgment
of tho lower •*Nirt* In t!v» r**#* «,f M*mmsr
Haa*. ronvlrtod In tho ration Irak mm>, of
bribing official* of th* bureau of statlallra
of tho dopartmont of njtrb’altQr*.
Tho court al*o (lout#*] tbo amiral of Thro
II. !*rlro. a Now York cotton brnktr, who la
•raking to fcvnlil cxinnlltlnn from New York
to U , n*hlnst”ii s»n iiollctmcnta from her*
rharsrlnir bin; with cuuiptklt/ In the cotton
Irak scandal.
Auto Turns Over, and Widow
and Daughter-in-Law of the
Late William Taylor Are
Seriously Hurt.
Mrs. William Taylor and Mrs. John
T. Taylor, widow and daughter-in-law
of the let* William Taylor, who was
run over and killed by a street ear
about a week ego, while on their n ay
to Westview cemetery to.pay rasps ts
at the grave of Mr. Taylor, were \l"-
tinis of an automobile accident which
Injured them seriously and perhaps
fatally.
The accident occurred Sunday aft
ernoon at $ o’clock on the Hapevlll-
road near .the Speedway. When asked
as to the condition of his mother nnd
wife Monday morning, John T. Taylor
stated that there was still danger of
fatality, but that they were resting
easier than they were Sunday night.
The Injured ones are at the home of
John T. Taylor, 136 Copenhlll-avr.
The Taylor family secured two au
tomobiles Sunday afternoon from the
Piedmont hotel In which to vl«lt the
grave of the late William Taylor,
Before going to the cemetery they de.
[elded to take a ride. John T. Taylor.
Ihlt daughter, Florence, and Mr. nnd
Mr*. Harry Taylor, who had come
from Chicago to attend their father's
funeral, end the chauffeur were In one
cor. In the other car. which was fol
lowing a short distance behind, r ere
Mrs. John T. Taylor and Mrs. William
Taylor and the chauffeur. ,
The party In the front car heard a
crashing noise behind and i -iking saw
[the rear car an overturned wreck.
They hastened back and pulled from
henenth the wreck the two women, un
conscious. Forrest Adair came along
shout that time and helped carry the
victims to the home of Miss H'ttle
Cochran, which was near. Later thev
were removed to thetr home at 1:1
Cnpenhlll-ave. The chauffeur wa* not
[hurt.
■ The cause of the a-vldem was the
breaking of the left • lo-ei for » hlrh
o cau-e Is known, and the inone ( t<ste
vertutnlng of the . «r Mrs. William
Taylor Is TO years o’.i
