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THE WEATHER. crcrsst: Fair weather Thursday ,L t uid Friday. Temperatures for rf,r>J*y (taken at A. K. Hawkes Com- te?SwT* «• 10 «■ m, 77; fcnoon. 80; J P. m. 81. The Atlanta Georgian "Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN" AND NEWS “Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN” 8P0T COTTON. Atlanta, nominal; 14c. Liverpool, firm; 7.02. Ntw York. qutot; 11.50. Favannah, nominal; Augusta, quiet; 14c. Gal- veeton. steady; 12c. Norfolk, steady; 13%. Houston, quiet; ISc. Memphis, nominal; 14c. Mobile, nominal; 14%. V01, LX. NO. 306. HOME(4TH) edition ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1911. HOM E (4TH) EDITION PRICE: IN GRIP OF UNCLE SAM Latest Special Message to the Senate Is Scathing Denunciation. MENTIONS “DICK” LETTER Denies That Brother Charley Spoke to Him of Land Grants. Washington, July 27.—Denouncing In itrotig terras “tha blttemeaa and vsn- ,1 nt those who tAka,active part In .very dlKuaalon of Alaakan Issues" ml asserting that “tho acrimony of Iplrtt and tho Intense malice that have V.0 engendered In reepect to the ad- T.lnlet ration of government ln.Aloeka ml In the consideration of meaauree Imposed for her relief and tho wanton lerkkesness and eagerness with which ■'tempts have been made to besmirch the Characters of high officials having lc do with tbe'Alaskan government and ,r*n of persona not In public Ufa, pre condition that, call* for con- damnation anil that the public be imrned." President Taft has sept to th, senate a special message In re- ■pansa to the resolution adopted by •tut senate on June 87 calling upon the prurient to turn over to that body ill data In bla possession relating to •tpllcatlons for land and land rights fronting on Controller bay. Alaska. The iretuge, outside the facts called for. I, a rcalhlng attack on the “muck- raker," Refer, to "Dear Dick" Letter. President Taft referred to the "Dear Pick” letter, the now famous epistle Involving the president In the alleged Controller bay monopoly and which has mysteriously disappeared from tho tiles of tha Interior department according to Vlas St F. Abbott "Flio Is really responsible for Its tricked fabrication. If It ever existed, or for the viciously false statement mad* as to Its authenticity, Is Imma terial for the purposes of this commu- nlratlon,* says Ur. Taft In unequivocal terms. President Taft dentes that his brother Charles ever ■poke to him about tha Controller bay pants, and be continues: “He ‘Charles P. Taft) baa no Interest In Alaska and nsver had nor does ha remember ever having met Richard Ryan," the alleged author of the let SOUTHERN LOAN GO. FFICERSARRESTED BY U.S. INSPECTORS Charged With Scheme to De fraud and Promoting Lot tery Thru Mails. FOUR HELD UNDER BOND Company Which Has Recently Figured in Fraud Suits is Again in Limelight. Richard Purvis, president; Ernest O. Helm, vice president; Ouy King, sec retary and treasurer, and W. N. Smith, termer secretary, of the Southern Loan and Trust Company, were arrested Juyt before noon Thursday by Postofflee In spector G. R, Cellar and L. X Baley, special agent of the bureau of Investi gation of the department of Justice. The warrants upon which the four men were arrested were Issued Monday by United States Commissioner W. Col quitt Carter, and charge them with using tha United States malls In fur therance of a scheme to defraud, and promoting a lottery scheme, In tbs op erations of the Southern Loan and Trust Company, which cavers many Southern states. The maximum penalty for either of fense Is live yean In prison, a 8600 fine, or both. Inspector Cellar arrested Smith In the office of a local Insurance agency. Deputy United States Marshal Rein hardt arrested King and Special Agent Baley arrested Purvis and Helm, In front of the Fourth National bank Atlanta From a New Angle Battleships of North Atlantic Squadron Will Serve as Prey. om the building. set August Hearing on i18. ter. Ballinger's Denial Appended. the dents. The president appends the denial of ferretary Ballinger that he ever re ceived such s letter from Ryan and Ryan s denial that ha ever met Charles P. Taft Tha message recites that In Decem ber, 1909, Richard 8. Ryan, represent ing th* Controller Railway and Navl- Itllon Company, i that, then United tract of land containing 18,000 acres an the northeast shore nf Controller lay. to be need as a railroad terminal •nil for marine purposes. The atten tion of the navy department was called » the application and the question of ntabllehlng a naval station there was dlwoMed, hut the deportment decided In tha negative. Tha president then states that the Continued on Last Page. NEW 20-MILE RAILROAD IS GRANTED CHARTER . Secretary of State Phil Cook, on Thur«- granted a charter to tho Oroeno County railroad, with $150,000 capital “Kk. for the construction of a 20*mile Jwced between Apalachee, on the Cen- JW of Georgia, and Monroe, on the GeineavW* Midland and Monroe roads. 7- H. Patterson and others, of Atlanta, dtlsena of Morgan and Walton coun- “re incorporators. This company will over the 6-ralle Boatwlck railroad. !? w constructed between Apalachee and catwlck. and extend It to Monroe. It W«r later be extended from Apalachee to weenab-iro, connecting the county teats 01 Greene and Walton counties. WANT ADS Published by all the Atlanta papers for the week ending July 23,1911, six days to the week: , „ p a a Js d 2,484 Journal .\ 1,878 Constitution 1,028 On yesterday the AUan- ia papers carried Want Ads as follows: 559 Journal 319 Constitution 194 sfgsiirjstui b " r ' B ,h J M who ara sut of a po- ThL" SL who dsslre a better one, “nc.r a * 0Ra,Ar i prints went ede W.JLJ.fo. eiesellleetlon “Situation, free. Other classifications 0N « CENT A WORD data for tha preliminary hear- lug. Napier, Wright A Cox and J. F. McClelland have been retqjned aa coun sel for the men. For montbe past George M. Sutton, postofflee Inspector In charge of the At lanta discussion, has had charge of tha Investigation for the government which led to the arrests, and Special Agent Baley and Inspector Cellar have been he arrests wers made the four men were taken to the office of Com mtssloner Carter, where members of the legal ftrm came to confer with them. They deemed little perturbed while awaiting tha arrangements for bond, which they claimed they would readily give. A* to the alleged scheme to use the mall for fraud ' purposes, PreMdcnt Purvis and Attorney Wright claimed they had a complete defense. Aa to the charge of furthering a lottery scheme. President Purvis stated that the com pany's contract waa originally submit ted to Postofflee Inspector R. C. Ban- nerman formerly of this division, but now located at Bed Granite, Wls., and that the said contract was changed, ac cording to R&nnerman’s suggestions, to conform with tho postal regulations. He practically claims Bannerman's O. K. on the coptract, which will be the defense to the lottery charge. Atlanta Inspectors deny this statement and say ho such O. K. was ever given by In spector Bannerman. President Purvis and Attorney Wright made another statement that It certain Continued on Lest Page. OLD CLOCK IS GONE; „ TOWER COMING DOWN A GREAT TACTICAL FIGHT Arrival of Twelve Destroyers Presages *Sharp Activity After Nightfall. Provinoetown, Mass, July 27.—Every, thing Is In readiness today for two das. perate tactical night attacks of the tor pedo flotilla upon the battleships of the north Atlantlo squadron with tha full complement of 48 naval craft now In the harbor, of which thirteen are dread noughts. The flags of flrst rear ad mirals, one of them the commander-ln. chief, now afloat at Cape Cods tip are Am follows: The blue flag of Admiral Hugo Oa- terhaua, on the Connecticut, of the flrst; the red ensigns of Admirals Charles J. Barger Aaron Ward and Howard, of the Vermont Missouri and Virginia, second, third and fourth divisions, re spectively. The arrival of thq submarines Gray ling, Bonita, Narwhal. Salmon, Snap per, Stingray and Tarpon, with the Casttn* and Severn as a convoy from Newport, has enlivened the prospects of some Interesting work before Saturday rooming. Twelve /destroyers, namely, the full seventh -and all of the eighth division exoept the Roe.' with three of other divisions, have also arrived and presage sharp activity In the fleet aft er nlghtfalL Photo* by Matbewson, v TWO VIEW8 FROM THE NEW GEORGIAN TERRACE HOTEL. At th* top i* a view toward? Georgia Tech, showing its building* and a faint suggestion of the mountains In the background. At the bottom I* Atlanta’s sky-line from a new viewpoint. The erection of the great hotel at Peachtree and Pence DeLeon give* the photographers a . new eminence from which to point their cameras. AD MEN “MADE GOOD” • WITH BIG EDITION The Atlanta Ad Men's club made good with Its special edition nf The Georgian Wednesday, The club will have money to pay expenses of the trip to the Bos ton convention next week and to epend In landing tha 1918 national convention for Atlanta. Thejnemben of the Atlanta club hus tled far several days and rounded up ng sufficient fores 18-page pa per Wednesday afternoon. They will it-a liberal proportion of all business ne Georgian on that day. Aviator Remains in the .Air Four Hours and Two Minutes. WEATHER IS FAVORABLE Birdman* Failed, However, in His Ambition to Surpass Feat of Loridon. Photo by Matheweon. . DEMOLISHED TOWER. Workmen tearing down cupola at court hbuse, where new bonding will soon replace battered structure. Hempstead, N. Y, July 27.—BL'Crelx Johustone, of Chicago, flying In an all- American Molesant monoplane, estab lished a new endurance record for America 'on Hempstead heath foday. Starting at 6:14 o’clock. Johnstone re mained aloft until 9:18. when he was compelled by motor trouble to descend. He had been lo the air then four hours and two minutes In sustained flight, haring broken the old American record of 8 hour* and 19 minutes 49 1-8 sec onds made by Phil O. Formal»e In a Wright machine at San Francisco In January, 191L by IS minutes and 10 1-3 seoonde. The aviator’s motor went wrong at the Westbury turn of the course after he had covered approximately 196 miles. Altho Johnstone broke the Amer ican record, he failed In h/s effort to break the world’s record of 11 hours and 45 minutes, made by Loridon on July 31. Weather conditions were perfect for the flight, the light enteriy wind being scarcely strong enough to ripple the flags upon the pylons which marked the course. Maintaining a speed estimated at about a mile a minute, the aviator shot over the course, his machine working with dock-like regularity. Maintaining an altitude of about 300 feet, Johnstone kept hla machine on a level keel with scarcely a deviation from the regular course. When Johnstons started his machine carried three connecting fuel tanka carrying 40 gallons of gasoline. As this diminished hie speed Increased. To gether with Johnstone’s weight, the machine carried a burden all told of 600 pound*. ■ 7 NEGROES ARE KILLED IN SEABOARD WRECK Hamlet, N. C, July 27,-In a head- on collision between a freight train and a negro excursion train In the yards of the Seaboard Air Line here this after noon seven of th* excursionist* were crushed to death. The excursion train was bound for Charlotte and the pas sengers were singing merrily when the two train* hit. Seven bodies have been recovered; ten are mining. Members of the club expreseed to Th* Georgian Thursday their • appreciation of tha'paper's courtesy-In offering It* eld toward raising funds for the Boa ton trip. The edition was more suc cessful than tbty and they are well pleased. About 60 Atlanta advertising men will ’ leave Saturday for Boston, with the slogan "Atlanta Always Ahead,” determined to land th* 1918 meeting for their hnflM«tfnbiaJhiiMMM8 ,n 111 It. SLATED TO BE CHIEF. OF ATLANTA POLICE Jennings Makes Application For Retirement as Predicted in The Georgian. A* was predicted exclusively In The Georgian Wednesday, Police Chief Jen nings' application for a pension has been signed and presented to Carlos Mason, chairman of tho police board. The chief asks for a pension on the grounds of physical disability, and Health Officer Kennedy examined hlmj Wednesday afternoon.* The application Will probably reach Acting Mayor Can dler Thursday and a hearing will be given Chief Jennings Friday morning. When the mayor approve* It, It Is ready for Anal action by the general council, There Is no doubt but that the reso lution will be finally approved and new chief (elected within a short lime. Interest now centers on the promotions In the department. Beavers For th* Place. It Is said that a caucus of the police board was held Wednesday night and that all but three votes will be for Cap tain J. L. Beavers for chief. The mi nority, Commissioners Clark, Hum phrey and Barnes, favor Assistant Chief El L. Jett for the place. Sergeant C. P. Connolly la said to be the mpst likely of th* aspirants to the captaincy, and Ooorge C Bullard; detective; will, prob ably be elected to th* sergeant vacancy. There la more probability, tho, of fights for th* lower positions than for that of chief. Captain Beavers’ elec tion aa chief la assured. Chief Ready to Retire. I have asked to be retired on a pen sion,” said Chief Jennings Thursday morning, “for the reason that I am in bad shape physically and feel tbe need of a rest from’ the arduous duties and responsibilities of this office. For the past tour or live years I have been troubled with an old Injury that has caused me much suffering. I have said nothing about It, however, but have bolstered myself the beat I could and have gone on attending to my duties I have worked day and night many times when I felt that I should really be In birf. 'I have given the city the best serv ice at-my command, and believe I will retire with the respect and good will of th# whole city. 1 feel that my ad ministration of th* effle* of chief baa been dean and above reproach, and. It the pension la granted ms I will turn over the reins of office to my successor wltb a clear conscience. If the pension should not be granted, I will continue to do my beet.” Chief the police force for 34 year*, serving as patrolman, sergeant, captain and chief. He has held the office of chief for six years. During Ua long service he has won the distinction of never even being reprimanded. MOROCCAN TANGLE II British Statesmen Continue Work of Shaping Deter* mined Policy, SPAIN MAY BE DRAWN IN ASSEMBLY INVITES J Senate Adopts Resolution Urg ing. Presidential Probability to Address Legislature. HAS UNANIMOUS VOTE Former Georgian, Governor of Alew JeT-sey and “Man of the Hour” Honored. Ths.Dcmooratlc party la facing th* best opportunity It hss Rad since 1851to seeur* sntlr* control of tho natConil government, t now hat s majority In the house, nearly majority In the eenate, and a splendid pportunlty to win the pretldency next year. It all dspsnda, however, on the nom inee. Should tha wrong man be eetected the opportunity would be thrown away. Th* Osorglqn btlltvet that at present Hit political career hat been brief but brilliant. If In the next twelve monthi he maintain# the record he hat made to far, no other Democrat wilt have Wilson’s strength. •o, believing that Its reader* desire to kttp specially In touch with ths career of thle logical leader. The Georgian will pub lish a complete report of Wflaon'e aecom- R llahmtnte In hie own atate and mirror it opinions of him expreatad by others Woodrow Wilton, governor of New Jersey and presidential possibility, will be Invited to address the general as sembly of Georgia. Senator W. J. Harris, of th* Thirty- eighth district, put a Joint resolution thru the senate early Thursday morn ing asking Mr. Wilson to come to At lanta before the session adjourned for the purpose of making an address. U le expected that the house will sus pend the rules and concur at once with the senate's action. Considerable Interest was attached to the senate's prompt action la granting unanimous consent to put the Har ris resolution so promptly. Inasmuch as Mr. Wilson Is being groomed by the progressive Democrats for th* presi dency In 1913. The Harris resolution Is as follows: "Be It resolved, the senate, with house concurring. That Woodrow Wil son. governor of New Jersey and for mer Georgian, he Invited to address a Joint session of the legislature.'’ Gravity of the Situation Preying Heavily Upon King George. CAPTAIN J. L. BEAVERS. He le considered a certain successor to Henry Jennings a» chief of police. MONEY TRUST NEXT FOR INVESTIGATION Washington, July 27.—The house rules committee today decided to in vestlgate th* "money ■ trust of Wall Street” as provided for In the resolution by Representative Ltndburg, of Minne- sota, who wants to determine whether or not there la a great banking combi nation. The committee heard Repre sentative Ltndburg today and will re port hla resolution at its next meeting. Representative Ltndburg declared that the money trust Is strong enough to bring on a panic any time and that It should be Investigated by congress. SID HOLLAND BURIED II REPORTED GREAT BRITAIN + + IS PREPARING FOR WAR + + a + -I- London, July 27.—According to + p story printed here today, th* . + admiralty has ordered all shore + + leave stopped and all officers on + + extended leaves of absence re- + + called. The second division of tha + + home fleet has also been ordered + + to coal Immediately.' These orders + -I- are supposed to have been Issued + -i- In expectation of further develop- + + ments In the Moroccan situation. + + + Funeral services over the remains of J. Bid Holland, who dropped dead Wed nesday morning while superintending work In the new city hall, of which he was custodian, were conducted at Jennings has been a member of o'clock Thursday afternoon from the residence, 411 East Falr-st., by Rev. T. P. Cleveland. The pallbearers named from among a few, .,f hlc hundreds of friends throughout the city, were John E. McClelland. R. E. Charles, M. C. Martin, J. T. McWaters, John Jentsen -J London, July 27.—Rrltlsh statesmen continued today to ehape a determined policy In the Moroccan ■ situation and Important conferences were held at the foreign office between Premier Asquith Home Secretary Wlneton Churchill and Foreign Minister Grey. The presence In England of King Al fonso and ths knowledge that he had arranged a meeting'with Foreign Min' later Gray. gava rise to. unofficial re porta .today that Spain la gradually be. Ing drawn Into th* diplomatic tangle which has already embroiled England. Germany and France, lpaln has large Interests In Morocco, der tacit agreement with France, she haa consented to French military patrol, a circumstance which has al ready proved hateful to Germany. The tensity of the situation, coupled with th* gravity of tha British consti tutional crisis, la preying heavily upon King CJeorge and the king’s health la said to be suffering In consequence. PARI8 ANXIOU8LY~AWAITS DEVELOPMENTS IN ENGLAND Parle, July 27.—With Franco-German negotiations In th* Moroccan situation deadlocked, developments of British ac tivity were Impatiently anticipated to day. It was hoped that official state ments, promised by Foreign Minister Grey and Premier Asquith, of England, would partially clear the atmosphere, or at least make plain the Anal attitude which Great Britain will adopt toward Germany. PASSEDBI HOUSE After Long Debate and At tempts to Amend Labor Bill Wins Victory. ALEXANDER STIRS HEARERS Cuts Down Working Hours For Women and Children in Georgia Cotton Mills. and Thomas Oallagher. The Interment was at Oakland. Mr. Holland, who had spent almost his entire life In Atlanta, was known to hundreds of her cltlBens and had th* happy faculty of making and holding friends wherever he met them. He was a Confederate veteran and waa several times commandsr of Camp Walker and at th* time of his sudden death held the office of treasurer. Three times he was a member of the general council and ha had held tbe office of custodian of the ty hair since it was created. During tbe past few yean hla health had been bad and hla physician* had warned him to be careful of a weak heart, but bla death came aa a shock and surprise to all who knew him. The city hall office* were closed dur ing the hour of the funeral and the en trances to th* building draped In mourning. A floral tribute waa sent by city ball oOJclni: *sd employees. As a culmination of the longest de bate of this eesalon, the house Thurs day morning, after refusing to table th* bill by a vote of 73 lo 88 and voting down all amendments, passed, by a vole of ill to 40, the bill Introduced by Mr. Tarver, of Whitfield, and Mr. Tlpplns, of Appling, curtailing th* hours of la bor In machine shops, cotton factories and mill* lot ten hours per day Instead of th* eleven hours as Is new provided. Representatives McElreath and Brown, of Fulton, were absent when ths vote was taken, and Representative West moreland voted against Its passage. Many speeches In support of the bIH were Ailed with pathos. The poor chil dren and women who have to labor for their daily bread In lb* cotton mills of Georgia were eulogised by speakers of both sides, thoss favorinai tha passage of the bill pleading for an extra hour for rest each day and those opposing the bill declaring that were the bill lo become a law the Saturday half-boll- day would be denied workers. Alexander Stirs Houss. Tha. speech of Hooper Alexander, of Do Kalb, pleading with the members to give this relief to the laboring masses, attracted more attention than possibly sny other In th* debate. Mr. Alexan der. In his usual eloquence, described the bad conditions of ths atmosphsre In the cotton mills, the breathing of tho lint by ths children and tbe broken health and-sickness which resulted. He declared that the enacting of such a - law would give an extra hour of fresh air to that class each day. Borne or th* supporters of the bill asked for It to be recommitted, so that amendments could be added, providing that they could work eleven hours each day but not more than 80 hours per week. This, they argued, would give them h half-holiday on Saturday. Oth ers wished the bill tabled so that suit able amendments could be prepared arranging such a proviso, but the mo tion of Mr. Harrell, of Stewart, to ta ble was defeated by a vote of 73 for lo 18 against. Amendments were sent up providing ■ 84-hour limit per week and allowing employees to work such hours each day a* might be arranged between the employer and employee, but that was promptly voted down. When the vote on the passage of the bill waa announced, 138 for to 4D against, the houss had consumed three hours In debate and consideration of ■he bill, and adjournment followed Im mediately.