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6 THE GEORGIAN’S NEWS BRIEFS. NEWS OF MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 1911 STEEL TRUST PROBE ASKEDjNJHE H0USE Washington.—What is expected to be tho entering wedge in a far-reaching line of trust investigations by congress began before tho house committee on rules today in tho hearing on the Stan ley resolution, providing for a probe of the steel trust. J On the opening of the hearing. Rep resentative .Stanley outlined the history of the steel corporation and "told of the circumstances surrounding the absorp tion of tho Tennessee Steel and Iron Company four years ago. He paid a tributo to the business genius of An drew Carnegie, but declared that since tho steel industry had passed under the control of J. P. Morgan It had become one of the most ruthless monopolies In the country. Evidence is to be presented to show the need of exposing the affairs of the United States Steel Corporation to tho searchlight of publicity. Representative Stanley and other r«P' resentatlves Intend to show that this great, engine of business, while dis claiming to be a combination In re straint of trade, has supported a high level of steel prices almost since its inception. “It was immune from prosecution during the Roosevelt administration and has grown bolder on the strength of that fact” Representative Stanley al leged today. To Live in Crisp County. Cordele. Ga.—Ex-Sheriff W. B. Lyons and his son. Archie, who on Tuesday were acquitted of the murder of Flem ing Smith, have decided to make Crisp county their home, so pleased are they at the treatment they have received here. Walker Convicted. Macon. Ga.—Edward Walker, who has been on trial here for several days charged hrith burning his wife to death, was found guilty of murder by the Jury this afternoon and sentenced to hang on Mnrch 10 by Judge Felton. It was charged by the state that Walker sat urated his wife with gasoline and then set Are to her. _ New Marriage Law. Topeka, Kans.—J. E. Williams, rep resentative from Logan county, has in troduced In the house a bill requiring that all brides and bridegrooms must have health certificates before they can. obtain a marriage license. The bill pro vides that a physician must pass on the candidates not more than ten days be fore the application for a license. “Soda Water King” Bankrupt. New York.—An Involuntary petition In bankruptcy was filed against John B. Mathews, “the soda water king.” in United States district court today, and Judge Holt appointed Lindsay Russell receiver of his mineral water corpora tlon. with a bond of $50,000. The cor poration was capitalized at $1,000,000. WONDERFUL FREEOFFER! President Bachman Giving Away 80,000 Pairs of Tho Famous “Cleer- Site” Lenses to AU Who Need Help— His Amazing Offer Taking Country by Storm! __________ EYES EXAMINED FREE! 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Address me personally—Just your name and address on a postal will do—OTTO BACHMAN. Pa E* wrier. 6T. LOCI8 OPTICAL CO., Dnrr.p. WRICllT BUILDING. 8T. LOUIS, MO. SHOT BY A SOCIALIST DAVID GRAHAM PHILLIPS. The noted author who waa shot down in front of the Princeton club In New York city. * LUKE LEA ELECTED TO THE U. S. SENATE Nashville, Tenru—Luke Lea was to day elected senator from Tennessee. Preceding the eleventh ballot for sen ator, the independents decided to with, draw B. A. Enloe and put in Lea. The roll call showed 131 members present, with 66 necessary to elect* Enloe was withdrawn and Captain Galloway nomi nated Lea. A demonstration at once ensued. Mr. Trezevant. of Shelby, a regular, seconded the .nomination and another nomination occurred. Someone in the gallery cheered for McMUlin and wild confusion for a while prevailed. Representative Worley made a harmony speech, nominating Colonel L. p. Tyson, of Knox county. The ballot resulted: McMUlin, 48: Tyson. 11; Lea, 68; Wooldridge. 2. Lea's victory was celebrated with a great. demonstration, but a motion to make the election unanimous was de feated. • Senator-elect Lea is publisher of The Nashville Tennessean and American, the morning paper of the Tennessee capital. He has been active In Tennessee poli tics only about five years. In 1906 he led the fight In the Democratic state convention, that nominated Malcolm R. Patterson for governor. On a Fishing Trip. Fort Gaines, Ga.—A large party of business men of this city are on a Ash ing, trip down at Owl creek. Those in the party are John G. Brown. Colonel Ben .M. Turnlpseed. E. J. Hobbs, J. Eugene Peterson and William Bryant. They chartered a launch from Colum bus-and will return home on Wednes day. Double Track To Be Completed. Chattanooga, Tenn.—Lincoln Green, general freight traffic agent of the Southern railroad, was here Saturday and stated that the double track work of that system between this city and Qoltewah Junction would be completed by the latter part of February. Postoffice Site Selected. Statesboro, Ga.—The property of Dr. M. M. Holland, ao it Is understood, has been purchased by the government for $7,500 for the site of the new postoffice w hich will be erected at an early date. The lot is on the. main street and in the heart of the business section. Goodrich Divorce Suit. New York.—Testimony was taken to day in the divorce suit of the most recent wife of Nat C. Goodwin, the act or, by Referee J. Campbell Thompson, at hla office, 63 WaU-st. Want Salary Increase. Washington.—-Increased salaries, straight civil pension system, free speech and the right to petition con gress are among the needs of the civil service employees, according to resolu tions presented at the annual meeting of the United States Civil Service Re tirement association, wrhich is in con vention here for a two days session. Commission Government Montgomery, Ala.—Commission gov ernment la a go in Alabama, as la in dicated in action taken by both branches of the legislature looking to the drafting and passage of a general bill providing for the commission plan of rule In the municipalities of the state. 11,254,115 BALES ARE GINNED TO JANUARY 15 Washington.—The census cotton re port of ginning up to January 1, Is Il.i5t.ll5 bales (counting round as half boles) ginned from the growth of 1910 to January 16, compared with 9.787.692 from the growth of 1909 and 12,666,203 from that of 1908. The per cent of the last two crops ginned to January 16 Is 57.2 for 1909 and 96.8 for 1908. Round bales Included this year 110.- 815, compared with 146.378 for 1909 and 232,510 for 1908. Sea Island cotton in cluded 86.411 for 1910, 91.191 for 1909 and 90,287 for 1908. Confesses to Stealing Money. Montgomery, Ala.—The confession of Michael Keating, deputy clerk of the United States court at Montgomery, who Is under arrest In Los Angeles. Cal., to having absconded with 82.000 government funds, was partially cor roborated today upon a superficial ex amination of his accounts. Fire Threatened Town. North Abingdon, Mass.—The entire business section of this town was threatened with destruction by fire for four hours today. Help from outside towns finally subdued the flames after the Atwood house and three other buildings In Korth-ave. had been burned with a loss estimated at 880,000. Strangled to Death. Thief River Fade, Minn.—After 24 hours of work, detectives, discovering the strange death of a man found throt tled to death In the lower berth No. IS on the Soo line's Winnipeg flyer, which completely baffled .them, said the only tangible clew was the discovery that the dead man's clothing had been made In Utica, N. Y., and that his laundry mark was "T. H.," both of which facts were telegraphed to the Utica police today with a request to run down the Identity of the victim. Asks Pardon For Socialist. Washington,—Representative Camp bell. of Kansas, today asked President Taft to pardon Fred D. Warren, editor of a Socialistic publication at Glrnrd, Kans., who has been sentenced to six months In jail and to pay a line of 81,500 for violation of the United States postal laws. Charlton Loses Out. Trenton, N. Je—Porter Charlton, the young American who Is fighting extra dition to Italy, where he la wanted to stand trial for the murder of his wife, Mary Scott Castle Charlton, met with defeat at the outset of his battle to day. Vote on Lorimor. Washington.—Senator Beveridge, Indiana, made an ineffective effort In the senate today to get a date fixed for voting on Senator Lo rimer. He -first proposed January 31. but Senator Bur rows objected to this, and when a week later waa proposed Senator Heyburn. of Itlalav objected. SENATORIAL DEADLOCK IS STILL UNBROKEN Albany, N. Yv—The senatorial dead lock was unbroken on the fifth joint ballot of the legislature today. One hundred and ninety-stx votes were cast, 99 being necessary to a choice. Gov ernor Dix received his first vote today. The total vote was:, Sheehan, 86; De-« pew, 81; Shepard, 1*3; Parker. 1; Lit tleton, 3; Herrick, 3; Gerard, j; Glynn, 1; Kernan, 1; O’Brien, 1; Dix, 1. Adherents and foes of William F. Sheehan, Democratic candidate for United States senator, grappled in the final struggle ttr pick a successor to Ch&uncey M. Depew. The present week Is expected to bring out the greatest bitterness that has yet been*shown. The armistice that was calledUgst week Is ended and from now on the conflict will be to a finish. Sheehan's' friends were jubilant to day over the pronunciamento by State Chairman Winfield Huppuch, that the caucus choice .should be supported by all Democrats. The insurgents. led by State Senator Franklin D. Roosevelt, showed an unbroken front, however, as the legislators were gathering for the joint ballot. IF YOU KNEW the merits of Hall’s Texas Wonder you would never suffer from Kidney, Blad der or rheumatic trouble. $1.00 bottle is 60 days’ treatment and seldom one bottle fails to cure. Send for testi monials. Dr. E. W. Hall, 2926 Olive street. St. Louis, Mo. Sold by all drug gists. Won’t Be Secretary. Washington.—Representative Taw- ney, of Minnesota, after a visit to the white house today, declared that any mention of his name as Secretary' Nor ton’s successor Is unauthorized. “Such a thing has never been considered,” he declared. Soldiers Patrol City. Hankow^-Chlnese soldiers patrolled this city today following a series of bloody riots among the native riKisha coolies* In which nekrly 50 were killed or wounded. Foreign marines landed from the British gunboat Thistle and the German gunboat Jaguar reboarded their ships today following the arrival of. soldiers from Wuchang, who imme diately took charge of the situation. New Waterworks System. .Fort Gaines, Ga.— 1 The new water works system of the city has Just been completed and connections are now be ing made. The entire supply is fur nished by one large artesian well. BIG LABOR SAVING MACHINE FREE TRIAL / Send the coupon at the bottom of this advertisement and get full par ticulars of my free trial offer. 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