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Newspaper Page TextF '! the weather. Generaly fair Thursday night and Priday. Temperatures Thursday ftakcn at A. K. Hawkes Co.'s ptnre): 8 a, m., 77 degrees: 10 a. m.. R degrees; 12 noon. 86 degrees; 2 n» 90 derreoa. The Atlanta Georgian “Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN” AND NEWS "Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN” SPOT COTTON. Atlanta. steady: UU. Liverpool, eaay; 8.30. New York, quiet; 15.65. Savannah, quiet; 15H. Augusta, quiet; 15*4. Gal- voRton, quiet; 16 7-16. Norfolk, quiet; 15V*. Houston, quiet; 15 5-16. Charleston, nominal; 15*i. VOL. IX. NO. 270. HOME(4TH) EDITION ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1911. HOME(4TH) edition PRICE: On ^Trains,' FTVE CENTS! Daughters Dedicate Chapter House Says Standard Oil and Ameri can Tobacco Company Vio late Criminal Laws. WOULD PROSECUTE THEM Democratic Senator Intimates John D. Would Look Well Behind the Bars. Washington, Juno 15.—Declaring that the Standard Oil and American To bacco Companies have violated the law for more than twenty yeara and that the men In control of theae corpora tions are amenable to criminal prose cution, Senator Pomerene. the new Democratic member from Ohio, In his maiden speech today, demanded that the department of luetlce institute pro- eeedlngs against both the corporations and their officials. ' Senator Kofnerene's Immediate sub ject wai the resolution which he offered some time ago Instructing the attorney general to Institute proceedings against the officers and directors of the Stand ard Oil Company and the American •Tobacco Company for violation of the criminal sections of the Sherman anti trust law. In accordance with the recent opinions of the United States supreme court, If In the attorney general's opin ion there have been such violations. Wants Anti-Truat Law Enforced. He began by tracing the common law, which he said made contracts In rea sonable restraint of trade unlawful, hut It provided no penalty to aid en forcement. He then took up the Sher man anti-trust law and showed that Jt •hodld be enforced for the purpose of meeting the omission of the common i*w. It was perfectly explicit, he main tained, In Its provisions, and easier to understand than to misunderstand. Mr. Pomerene then described In detail the organisation and. development of the Standard Oil monooolv. • "To think that the edlnpany, Its of- flclals and attorneys did not know that the business of this, concern was being conducted In flagrant violation of the law Is Inconceivable,” he declared. Recltss Trust’s History. He discussed the hlstorv and organ isation of the American Tobacco Com pany and the fight ggalnat It In the ceurts, Ineluding the'action which re sulted In the recant decision of the supreme court against the monopoly. "Now," he continued, "with theae plaid findings of facts and conclusions by the court that the statute has been violated, what reason can be given by any sworn official for not continuing Ms fight against them In order to bring them’ to the bar of Justice? What excuse can any law-breaker or any executive give for failure to enforce this law 7 A decant sense of self-re spect requires the government either to enforce this law or to repeal It. "What respect have those oil and to bacco men shown for the taw? What disposition have they evinced to comply with the order of the court? Record of Monopoly. "The history of the Standard Oil Company anil Its allied Interests In Ohio »nd western Pennsylvania have be-n a continuous record on their be- bnlf end on behalf of their officers, In cluding John D. Rockefeller, to mo nopolise the oil business and to destroy by means, fair or foul, where they could net buy out their competitors at their own price. Rockefeller’s pathway Is marked by a greater number of victims whop, business careers ho has ruined by his unlawful methods than that of ntan In the Industrial history of this country, and yet he goes un- whlpped of Justice. it would seem that the fruit of the victory against these compnntcs would be lost to the government and to the people unless they were followed out "S' criminal prosecution. Why Not a Prison Call? i say thla not out of a spirit of re sentment," exclaimed tbo sedator, "but In order to teach them that they, too, must obey the law. One of these men behind the bars will do more toward restoring the majesty of tho law than anything that haa been done by the Federal government In the last genera, "bn. It Is high time that the Ameri can people should understand whether >h» Stars and Strtpea are to be tho emblem of tholr power and authority °S whether that emblem ahall be the oil barrel and the tobacco tag." Photo by Mathewoon. , v . , Group of Daughters of the American Revolution on way from Piedmont Driving club to new chapter house of the Atlanta chapter of the D. A. R, which was formally opened Wadneaday afternoon. Flag day. HE “HELD HER NOSE A Sure Enough Jim Bludsoe Averts Sickening River Tragedy. EXCURSION BOAT BURNED Engineer Faced Death to Give Passengers Chance to Get Ashore. WANT ADS Published by all the Atlanta papers for the week eliding June 10,1911, six days to the week: „ SSk D 2,855 Journal 2,129 Constitution y ... 1,153 On yesterday the Atlan ta papers carried Want Ads as follows: Georgian. 575 Journal 361 Constitution 202 wJiV GEORGIAN prints no bear, -r/ . or unclean advertising. .i.T 0 l fi,, F thee Who ara out of a po- JK.XSf.A* 1 '* * h*''*'' one. ”1*1 GEORGIAN prints want ada S5*f. .**»•■ claaalflcatlon ''Situations wanted" free. Othtr classifications (>NE CENT A WORD 8mithland, Ky„ June 15.—The ateam- er John L. Lowry, with 80 paasengera aboard, burned to the water'd edge off Hamlettsburg, III., early today. There was no loss of life, but scenes of wild panic were enacted as the poOsengera fought their way to the rails and wait ed with death Imminent, as the boat slowly made Its way to tha shore and safety. Quick work on the part of the cap tain and the bravery of a -Jim Blud soe" engineer, averted a fearful river tragedy. The Are had started near the engine room and the boat was a fur nace when the engineer ran tho boat's bow Into the bank and held It there until all the passengers and crew had escaped. The boat, with 60 passengers aboard, had been on an all-night excursion and was making Its way up the Ohio In midstream when the blase was dlscov- ered. Most of the passengers were asleep at tha time. Suddenly aroused by the dread cry of Are. they rushed to the decks In a panic and only the cool ness of the crew kept many from leap ing overboard. Several barrels of oil exploded. Spreading the flames and adding to the danger. Seeing that the Are could not ho checked, Captain Lowry made for the Illinois side with all speod. By the time the bow of ths steamer had scraped ashore, the Are hod gained Aval headway, but the passengers had quieted clown and all disembarked Ithout Injury. The John L. Lowry «u in the regu lar trade between thla city and Evans ville, Ind. The boat la a total losa. * Early reports had Mated that a score of lives had been lost and several relief boats were hurriedly sent out from va rious river ports. The whole party camped on a sand bar until late this morning, when an pvansvltle and Paducah packet came along and picked them up. MRS. CARTER BUMPS BRANDT AFTER DEAL WITH SMITH SMITHS WIFE STICKS BY HUSBAND THRU TROUBLE Prostrated by the shock that has shattered the happiness of 26 years of married life, the wife of J. Wylie Smith, alleged forger, was In tears at the little home at 219 Pulllam-st., Thursday morning. She had learned late Wednesday night of the serious chargee against her husband and had spent the remainder of the night weeping. Her stepmother had come In from Col lege Park to comfort her, and sympathetic neighbors called during the ' morning to render what assistance they could. . In the hour of her trial and grief, Mrs. Smith stands loyal to her Ilfs companion. She will not believe ha has done anything wrong until such a thing la proven against him. \ "No matter what they say about him," said Mrs. Smith, between sobs, "I still believe In my dear boy. He has always been an upright man and I can't believe he haa done anything wrong. Oh. thla Is terrible." HE ADOPTED BABY SOME TIME AGO. During thla outburst of grief, a little girl, scarcely six years old, look ed on with sad but wondering eyes. She could not understand what tt all meant. This child Is an orphan. She has never known what It la to have a real father and mother. Mr. and Mrs. ssylum. They have given her the care bestowed on their own child, had they one. "Spare my baby, the Innocent little child," sobbed Mrs. Smith, when asked for details as to her adoption. Nailed to a tree In the little front yard of the cottage home Is a real estate Arm’s sign. It reads “For Bale." It was not put up today nor yes terday, but It mutely speaks a sentence In a story of flnanclal wreckage. The flrst real excitement following tho exposure of J. Wylie Smith's disappearance occurred Thursday when Mrs. Mlnnls Carter, of East Lake, one of the patrons of Smith, pummeled W. F. Brandt, a real estate man, around the hall of the Commercial Loan Company at 29 1-2 Whltehall-st.. for what she called "mixing her up In Bmlth's deals." She bumped Brandt up and down the hall for several minutes before she could be quieted and made to believe that Brandt also was victimised by the machinations of Smith. Brandt, It Is understood, erected a house for Mrs. Carter and asked her to execute a loan deed for the money. Smith managed the deal and In stead of making a loan deed Induced the woman to sign a warranty deed In his favor, It Is alleged. Then, they charge. Smith mortgaged the house and slipped the mortgage money In his pocket, forged receipts on the lumber company and left everybody happy until they found out what had beejYdone. CAR INJHE YARDS Negro Probably Fatally Hurt and Car Shattered by the Explosion. NO OTHERS ARE INJURED Porter Was Sweeping When His Broom Struck Six Sticks of Explosive. IN FEW OF DOTH Four Earthquake Shocks Bring Terror in . Mexican Metropolis. PEOPLE FLEE TO FIELDS Fear Felt That Colima and Acapulco May Have Further Losses. Mexico City, June 15.—Earthquake panic again reigned In this city today aa a result of heavy shocks last night which rocked buildings and thook down walla and chimneys. The police re ported that so far aa they had learned no one had been killed. Mexico City did not sleep all night, waiting for news from the south. It was feared that the full force of the tremors had^agaln hit Colima and Aca pulco with heavy losa of lift. Four distinct shocks, beginning at I minutes to 11 o'clock, were felt here. Residents of the American colony fled from their homes In terror. Many de serted the city entirely, electing to spend the balance of the night In the safety of the open flelds. Three shocks followed the first, all lasting 10 sec onda. The city eagerly awaited the open Ing of the Tacubaya observatory this morning to look at the records of the seismograph and attempt to learn the ■ut of the quake Officials of the ob servatory predicted that heavier quakes would follow. Georgia Singer Is Engaged by Metropolitan Opera Company. Naw York, June 15.—Ellison Van- Hoose, the star tenor of the European capitals, returned to his native land today on the President Lincoln, and hla return signalised a success he haa long waited and patiently worked for. He has been engaged by Andreas nipple for the Chicago Opera Company and mil later sing In the Metropolitan In this city. VanHoose Is n Georgian. J As a Very young man his voice attracted Maurice Grau and he was put In grand opera In New York by the Impressarlo, He was too young and ho made a com plete failure. Hut the young man de termined to win out and he went abroad to study and develop his voice. In re cent years he became the best of the singers at Berlin. Vienna, Copenhagen and Other foreign cities. Ills ambition EIGHT FLOORS TO DEATH Bystanders Say Antagonist Hurled Kendrick Down Elevator Shaft. WONT MUSED Joseph Smith Must Testify in the Sugar Trust Inves tigation. THE SUBSTITUTE WOI^’T DO Charles R. Heike’s Lack of Memory Is Again in' Evidence. Washington, June 15.—The house committee Investigating the sugar trust today turned down a request transmit ted by Senator Smooth that Joseph F. Smith, head or the Mormon church, be excused from testifying before the com mittee. When the committee met today, Chairman Hardwlrk announced that Senator Smoot had requested him to excuse the Mormon leader, aaylng that Thomas F, Cutler, of Sait Lake City, could supply the Information dealrtd from Smith as to the Utah-Idaho Sug ar Company. "I move that Joseph F. Smith be or dered to appear before thla committee,’ said Chairman Hardwick. The motion was unanimously carried. The committee then resumed Its ex amination of Charles R. Helke, who again answered a number of questions about the American Sugar Refining Company with "I don’t know" or " don’t remember." The committee Anally got the wit ness to admit that the Havemeyer fam ily, by distributing their stock In In dependent best sugar companies, were able to control these companies. Fighting with' another negro at the mouth of the elevator shaft of the new Third 'National Bank building Thurs day afternoon at 2 o'clock, Washington Kendricks, a negro workman, fell or That’s the Opiriion of Senator Kenyon, the Former Trust Buster. Washington, June 15.—The new 225.- 006,000 bread-baking trust organised In New York city yesterday Is beyond prosecution, according to Senator Ken yon. of Iowa, former trust buater of the shoved Into the shaft wad fell from department of justice. Senator Kenyon the eighth floor to the basemen, being, to < * ^ re,ldpnt T * ft tPM,a> tha * ■* ,on * crushed into a mass nt tho foot of the shaft. Other workmen asserted tSat a negro foreman named Woody, who was flgnt- Ing with Kendrii’ka, pushed him Into the shaft In the fight. Woody was pln.-rd under arrest, hut He stoutly maintains that Kendrl/ks' foot slipped and he fell Into the shaft. The remains of the negro were lying In the basement half an hour after the tragedy. * as the roncerna In the trust aell their bread In'the ritlea where It Is made, and do not engage In Interatate commerce, they are Immune from prosecution. Sam Whitlock, negro porter, atuek hla broom In a closet In a work car oc cupied by a work gang of the Nash ville, Chattanooga and St. Louis rail way Thursday morning at 10:10 o'clock In the yards at the Bellwood-ave. cross ing. A second later Sam was hurled Into the further corner of the car, bruised and bleeding; windows were shattered a block away and the aides and floor of the work car disappeared as If by magic. Bam had struck one of six sticks of dynamite which had Iain In the corner of the closet. It la said, for several yeara. The explosion drew a crowd to the scene. amHt war-rnported-that a dosen men bad. been killed. Telephones In the pollfe' station, hospitals and news paper offices began to buss and a Are alarm Was turned In before the report of the exploding dynamite had died away. The engines were needed, too, for flames followed the explosion and In a fsw moments the car was biasing. First arrivals on the scene pulled the Injured negro from the blase, but he was already badly burned about the hark and shoulders, a jagged splinter wsa driven Into his body and he waa barely able to tell what he knew of the accident, which wasn't much. He was sent to Grady hospital, and the physl clans have doubt pf his recovery. The car was occupied by Foreman J. ... Patterson, of tho work gang, but nobody besides the negro was In tt when the dynamite blew upt The ex plosive Is reported to have been left In the closet for years, shaken about by trnvel and subjected to a bump when ever a coupling was made, and that It proved as durable aa It did Is merely another Instance of the freaklahnesa of that most uncertain of explosives. The frame of the oar was utterly de molished. Its roof and sides being tom Ito splinters and great holes blown thru Its floor. The trucks are apparently uninjured. A pile of lumber clots by caught lire and was considerably dam aged before the fire department could turn Its attention from the train. '* other cars were Injured. MADDOX CONTRACTS FOR HIRER JOB Alderman Signs For Additional Sewer Work Despite Crit icisms by Mayor. IT’S PERFECTLY LEGAL As Committeeman He Recom mends Work and as Aider- man Passes on It. IF COUNCIL SAYS YES Robb Will Try Experiment if City Will Stand For It. Historic Subjects. ' If a proposed plan of J. A. Rebk proprietor of the Superba moving pic ture ehow at 81 Whltehall-st., Is per mitted by counell. the city will ace moving pictures In operation on Sunday afternoon In the near future. Rebh made this fact known Thursday when he stated that he would petition gen eral council for a permit to operate hit place on Sundays between the hours of 2 and 10 o'clock. He states that he will make his pro gram aurh as to be a real benefit to the public, showing nothing but religious, historical and educational pictures, and all music will be of a religious charnr- He announces his willingnea* (o James TV. Maddox, alderman from the Fifth ward and a member of the sewer committee of council, has taken an other contract for city sewer work, the funds of which were secured by the bond Issue. The specific work that he will do will be grading for the in- trenchment creek disposal plant. Chester A. I lady, of New York, se cured the contract from the city for the whole work of building the dis posal plant, and It Is a sub-contrart with him taken by Alderman Maddox. Alderman Maddox secured a similar eontract with Mr. Dady for work on the Peachtree creek disposal plant. When Mayor Winn round It out. he told Al derman Maddox that proprieties ds manded that he give up Ills place on the sewer committee or tho contract. Alderman Maddox referred the mayor to a ruling of City Attorney Mayson. which declared hla act not to be Illegal. The mayor stated that he disagreed with the ruling, but the matter waa dropped until Ita publication In The Oeorglan. which caused considerable criticism to be directed against Aider man Maddox. Mr. Dady stated to a Georgian re porter Thursday morning that the con tract for this new work had been given to Alderman Maddox and that the al derman would go to work within the next day or two. A Question of Law. A provision of tho city charter states that It shall not ba lawful for the may or or any member of general council to ,be directly or Indirectly Interested In any city contract. Rut City Attorney Moyann baa ruled that this does not prohibit a member of council from selling his time and labor and hiring his mules and negroes to a contractor with th* city. Immediately following the publicity of the alderman's former act Council- men Aldlne Chambers and J>. C. Har rison and Alderman Maddox offersd a resolution In .council for a charter amendment that would 1 prevent any member of council, tho mayor, any head of department or board member from having anything whatever to do with a city eontract. It was so drastic that Councilman Chambars warned ths members of council that It should ba referred to the ordinance committee to be thoroughly investigated and per fected. Since the Introduction of that reso lution, however, Alderman Maddox has bid on and been successful In securing another contract. Attorney Mayson has said that whlla he ruled that the action of the aider- man Is . not Illegal, his ruling doesn't make tha alderman Immune from critl clam. Alderman Maddox has been at work for several months at the Peachtree creek disposal plant and the work at Intrenchment creek will take him sev oral months more. According to Mr. Dady, the contract Is lot by the yard, and Alderman Mad dox will have a number of thousands of cubic yards of dirt to remove. Mutt Past on Work. Alderman Maddox, aa a member of the sewer committee, will be one of the first city nfflclsls to pass on all city aewer work and, as an alderman, he will be one of tha last to approve or disapprove IL The object of the provision of ths charter Is obviously to prevent city of ficials from using their influence as of ficials for getting business of any kind. There has been no Intimation that Alderman Maddox'* work waa not per fectly satisfactory, but ths criticism Creditors’ Claims Against Him Said to Run to More Than $150,000. JJy HE OFFERED INTEREST OF 100 PER CENT YEARLY Treasurer of Commercial Loan and Trust Leaves Sorrow in His Wake. Principal It Chosen. Dtlton t Ga. ( June 15.—At. a meeting %vof» to shine In the grand opera of h!n}„f th- schofd hoard here Tuesday Mr*, u n land, however, and the engagenn ut t Martha Hpeneer. fi»r year* a lie g4nn«» hlevrment ;t Hiving t«*dny !• f iJimi atub!tt*’n Mtr • »tnp»l*l-d fh«* tcriui. II' summer in Ihe Adirou the j teacher In the local public nrhools, It I elected principal of the Dalton High lie | mdinol. Mist Ruth More*, ’who teachea In the ,^'le nclionl* of <v>rlnth, Mira., v as clc>H a uaclicr Ip the high school. Rebh takes the position that such amusement will tend to uplift the mor al* of the city. He points out that there are. no uptown parks fn Atlanta and no places where person* out for a • walk in the uptown district may atop SERIOUS CHARGE MADE !£•'» p • n ■ incT Aiin>*>Aiio to the fsot fnnt Montgomery nas fasued AGAINST CUSTOMS MEN' permits t«» aurh attractions to operate Sunday and that movements are on donate a fair percentage of the gross returns of his business to charitable 1 ** aln,t ™ ,n ror 00ln ". rlt ? sanitations. Havana, Juna 15.—Charges that cus toms officers ara In league with Cuban tobarro leaf exporters and re-exporters of New York and Florida to defntud the t'tlban gpd 1'nlted States govern ments. were made here today by the collector of the port. The collector did not give the details nor did he make known the source of his Information, bin ho alleged that bonded warehouses wi re also involved. foot In other rltiea looking to the end. When the matter is put up to coun cil, It will doubtless have been called to the attention of the public with suffi cient forre to ascertain what the gen eral sentiment toward the project Is. To convince any who have scruple* against the character of the perform ance, Rebh extend* an Imitation to visit the place and see for themselves Just what kind of an attraction he pro poses to pul on. a city official Is none the lean definite. Alderman Maddox has not gone to work yet. and so far there It no evi dence that any other official has taken cognisance of hi* new contract. Mayor Winn ranted a sensation w hen he dis covered that he held the flrst contract, hut, overruled by the city attorney, he let the matter drop. Another similar case to this devel oped this year, and It Is learned that member* of council have been doing business with th* city thru contractor* with the city for a number of years. Broker I* Susosndsd. .Now York, Juna 15.—Th# suspension for three months of Frank W. Durvea, of th# brokerage Arm of F. W. Dur- yea A Co., was announced on tha stock exchange today. The charge against him Is carrying a clerk's account In his office In violation "of the rules of the exchange. J. Rufus Wallingford, that character of "get rich quick" fiction, apparently had nothing on J. Wylie Smith, of At lanta, In Ingenuity. If claim* of crod- Itor* count for anything. Warrants have been sworn out for Smith, who. Is secretary and treasurer of tho Com mercial Loan and Trust Company. H» Is alleged to owe more than 2150,001) and who Is charged with forgery In bo £ ro .'7i n 5 mon *y on bogus securities. Smith has been missing from his of. flee, 201-2 Whltehall-st., since Tues day morning and It Is said he has not been at his home since Wednesday morning. Ho Is reported to have been seen In Atlanta early Wednesday after, noon and to have boarded a Georgia rail road train. The latter report has not been verified. Smith Is alleged to have borrowed money on forged note* and other se curities, paying Interest In monthly In stallments as high as 70 and aven 100 per cent per annum. One man Is said to have loaned him 12,000 at 1700 per month Interest, while another I* said to have received 2115 per month on 21,200. Other loans are said to have been made at smaller Interest rates, but greatly In excess of seven per cent, the legal rate, and eight per cent, the agreed rate permitted by atatutes In Georgia. One man stated Thursday he had re fused to loan Smith a sum of money at 26 per cent Interest, Under these condition*. It (a said tho actual losses above the legal Interest will dwindle to but a small proportion of tho fatal claim*. Anxious Creditors Gather. Thursday morning the second floor back office occupied by Smith was tho center of attraction of many who had dealings with the missing man. The roll-top desk waa locked, the safe was locked and the scene reminded one of the boy who went snipe hunting and was left with the bag to hold. There were any number who admitted they had been receiving the high Interest In the hope of getting big returns on their money—bigger than could ho hoped for thru Investment In real re late. stocks or other properties. But there were still others who had recently made loans to Smith In sums of a few hundred or a few thousand dollars who had received only one or two of the high Interest Installments, and. therefore, had been "stung." Still others hod placed their money with Smith at reasonable rates, and these are feeling blue over the turn affairs hava taken. Forged Paper Charged. Smith’s plan. It Is said, was to bor row money on paper with bogus terest, and with money thus secured pay Interest on other paper he had out. standing. Most of thl* paper. It Is said, was of on* and two years matu rity, and In that way llttfo of it was coming due at this time. Smith, who Is about 50 years old, was a practicing physician In Atlanta at tha time of hla marriage, 20 years ago. On account of bad health, brought on by an attack of typhoid fever, he relin quished his practice and became n bookkeeper, working in several busi ness houses of th* city for several years. About fourteen years ago Smith entered th* loan business, in,min* money on salary assignments, prlncl- S atly to railroad employees. It I* said * had a confident In the employ ot the Southern railway as a clerk, who furnished him Information In advance of employ*** leaving the service and In this way he was able to secure hli loans thru filing claims with the road before th* borrowers could draw thelt salaries. About three years ago. It Is said, tnsl wheme was broken Into when tha rail way official* became Informed of the clerk's part In It and dismissed hire from the service. Smith's next venture at high finance It Is said, quickly followed the smash ing ot ths railroad loan business, wlies he received about 22,000 from somi relatives for Investment, and with thli capital began to borrow and loan oe gradually developing Inter the opera tion* of the last few months. Creditors Get Together. Smith's Involved affairs wore flr»t given publicity Thursday night, whoc a (lumber of his creditors held a moot ing at hi* office to discuss tho situa tion. Among the number wore Frank M. Myers. Jr., president of tho Com mercial Loan and Trust Company: J L. Sims, James Stallings. R.I„ Mor ris, Guy Thurman. Dr. D. E. Dewberry 8. J. Collier, W. F. Brandt and others All are said to have loaned Smith sunn of varying amounts. The search foi Smith Is the result. Some of those who have been deallni with Smith say there Is a woman it the case, and that her Identity fi known and at the proper time will b< exposed. The company Is said to have out standing 1(0 shares of stock, Smltt holding the hulk of It, tho remalnde: being distributed In small blocks. Smlf'r had practically entire charge of the nr. fairs of the company. It Is said, an- the other stockholders knew little aI th* actual operations. Smith Here Wednesday. Indications are that th* officers of thi Commercial Igian and Trust Compan; attempted to forre a settlement wilt Smith before he disappeared. According to the police. Smith hat been seen by officers of the compant ss late as Wednesday at noon, nnd tin detective department tt as not nottfl-1 Continued on Last Paaa.

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Atlanta Georgian and news. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1912, June 15, 1911, Image 1