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THE WEATHER. Forecast—Fair and warmer. Tempera tures: 8 a. m., 57; 10 a. m.. 59; 12 m„ 66; 2 p. m., 69. Sunrise. 4:58. Sunset, 6:14. ' Tiie Atlanta VOL. XI. NO. 222 Read For Profit GEORGIAN WANT ADS Use For Results HOME EDITION 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE p ^ R g° 101AKE UP E Wedding Gifts for Kaiser's Daughter Worth $2,500,000 All th« Royalties of Europe Will Gather at the Brilliant Ceremony. McClelland Charges Will Be Con sidered at Once, but Formal Ac tion Probably Will Be Delayed Until Council Makes Report. Investigation Will Be Started To day by Committee Named by Mayor Pro Tern Warren—Can dler Is To Be the Chairman. Accuser of Councilmen to Ask Leave of Absence—“I’ve Done My Share; They Can Go on Without Me Now,” He Asserts. Alderman .John E. McClellands rharges of graft laid to three mem bers of City Council—Alderman J. W. Maddox, F. .1. Spratling and I. N. Ragsdale—will receive quick action. The Grand jury will take up the matter immediately. Council will this afternoon appoint a committee to begin investigation. At the same time Alderman Mc Clelland will ask Council for 60 days" leave of absence, because of ill health. "I have presented the charges. I w ll give the names of the witnesses. After that it is not my fight," he said. To Insist on Hio Presence. Members of Council will insist, however, that he be present during the investigation. They threaten counter charges. John S. Owens, foreman of the Grand Jury, to-day said the publics - tion of Alderman McClelland’s charges would cause the Grand Jury to take them under consideration at its next meeting, which will be Wednesday. He explained, though, that he did not xpect any formal action until Coun cils committee has* made its report. As soon as Council convenes this afternoon Mayor Pro Tern. James E. Warren will announce the probe com mittee, already created by an act passed at the last meeting and ap proved by Mayor Woodward. Aider- mail John S. Candler will be named chairman and he will call his com mittee together at once. New Fire Probe Evidence. Having persuaded members of the file department investigating com mittee to reopen their investigation of the charges against Fire Chief Cummings, Mayor Woodward an nounced to-day that some startling new evidence would be presented. Chairman J. H. Harwell and (diaries W. Smith, of the committee, were in his office at the time. Chair man Harwell said he would call an early meeting of the committee at meeting of Council this afternoon. The report of the committee vin dicating chief Cummings practically was agreed upon until the Mayor renewed his efforts at. the instiga tion of Thomas Reynolds, the myste rious detective from Baltimore. Referring to' Councilman Albert 'Thomson’s criticism of him in The Sunday American. Mayor Woodward said he was too busy to pay any at tention to the "whimperings of a dis gruntled politician." "H1s charges are absurd." said the Mayor. "I did not appoint him to any Important committee places. 1 considered only men of ability." No refutation of Alderman MeClel- and’s charges by the Councilman b® .ifusses, are expected until the Council ommittee begins its work. McClelland t<^ Attend Meet>ng. Alderman McClelland said he wanted to inform the Council that he would be present at the meeting this afternoon, despite the advice of his physician and family. "They have tried to stop me by bluffing and threats,” he said. "I won’t be bluffed. I'll prove my * harges. I am ready lo give the < ommittee a list of the witnesses to be Bubpenaed. Then they # can go ahead with the prosecution. "T do not intend to appear in the role of prosecutor." While Councilmen A. R Colcord and S. S. Shepard, two of the in vestigating committee Mayor Pro Tem. War ten announced he would ap point object to serving, it is said t hat Councilman Colcord lias recon sidered and will accept the av>point- ment and that Councilman Shepard also may serve. The committee ex pected t.«» be announced B John S. '"andler, chairman: A. R. Colcord. S. S. Shepard. Jesse M. Wood and George H. Bo: nton. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, April 21.—The prepara tions for the wedding of Princess Victoria Louise, the Kaiser's daugh ter, to Prince Ernest of Cumber land, give promise that it will be one of the most brilliant ceremonies ever seen in Europe. The galaxy of royalties to be pres ent will include the Kaiser and Kaiserin, the King and Queen of England, the Czar of Russia, the King and Queen of Italy, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the King of Denmark, and probably the kings of Roumanla and Norway. The value of the wedding presents is estimated at $2,500,000. The Kais er’s gifts to his daughter include jewelry of his own designing. The bride also will receive costly gifts from all the royalties of Europe. Many German cities Tiave voted sums up to S50.000 for wedding gifts. Posse Surrounds Slayer in Swamp Lynching Is Likely in Jefferson Coun ty—Negro Fugitive Killed Plantation Foreman. LOUISVILLE. GA.. April 21 — Sheriff Smith and a posse to-day have Bob Kitchens, a negro, surrounded in a swamp near Grange, twelve miles west of here, in the edge of Jefferson County. A lynching is likely if the negro is caught, unless the Sheriff can elude the pursuing mob. Kitchens yesterday killed Fore man Brantley on J. H. Hook’s planta tion. near northern Washington County. Details of the killing have not been obtainable. The negro fled into Jefferson County. Last night Sheriff Smith started in pursuit. T IRE ASSESSED E Figures Leak Out Despite Efforts of Officials to Keep Them » Away From Public. OTHER PROPERTY INCREASED Councilman Charles W. Smith Succeeds Alderman McClelland as Tax Committee Head. Ex-King Manuel Will W ed Kaiser's Relative Dethroned Ruler, Once Slave of Gaby Deslys, to Marry Princes* Vic toria of Hohenzollern. LONDON. April 21.—Confirmation of reports that ex-King Manuel, of Portugal, who was reported to be infatuated with Gaby Deslys, ttie French dancer, is to marry Princess Augusta Victoria, of Hohenzollern. a close kinswoman of Emperor Wil liam, was secured to-day at Manuel's London residence. Manuel is visiting the princess at her father’s castle in Sigmargen. Prussia. The former ruler of Portu gal is 24 years old and his bride-to- be is one year his junior. She is the eldest child and only daugnter of Prince William. of Hohenzollern, head of the non-reigning Catholic branch of the family. City tax assessments on banks have been increased more than 51,000,000 this year. This was learned to-day from an authentic source, despite efforts of of ficials to keep it secret. The increase is based on larger capital, surplus and undivided profits. This increase is the largest ever imposed on Atlanta banks in one yea \ Also it is a positive evidence of their growth and prosperity. At the tax rate of .0125 per cent It gives an ad ditional income of $12,500 to the city. City Gets $200,000. The total Increase in personalty as sessments, it is estimated, will exceed 54.000.000. Reports have been made that realty assessments will be $12 - 1000.000 more than last year, making a grand total increase of $16,000,000. This means a net increase in income of $200,000 from this source. These favorable reports, though, form a contrast to the unsettled'con ditions that have reigned in the tax office since the first of the year. Sweeping changes inaugurated by Alderman John E. McClelland have been resisted bv the three tax asses sors, J. L. Harrison, C. D. Meador and John Malone. \ A new order was seen to-day with the announcement by Mayor Wood ward of the appointment of Council man Charles W. Smith, of Ninth Ward, to succeed Alderman McClel land as chairman of the tax commit tee. Lightens McClelland's Duties. Mayor Woodward is relieving Al derman McClelland of some of his du ties as a means of persuading him to withdraw his resignation as Al derman. "1 am going into the issue .of 'ax equalization thoroughly.” said Coun cilman Smith, "but whatever is d.m« will be done without any fuss and feathers." j G. 0. P. Senators Drop Fight-on Nominees| Republicans Will Not Oppose Demo | cratic Appointments Where Terms Have Expired. v WASHINGTON, April 21. -Demo-I cratic Senators breathed easier to-day when they learned their Republican colleagues had modified a plan for warfare on Democratic^ nominations by limiting their opposition to nomi nations of Democrats who are t<* sup plant Republican officeholders whose terms have not expired. Some of the Republican Senators wanted to hold up all of the Presi dent’s nominations in retaliation for the blocking of President Taft’s ap pointees last winter. A committee of the Republican cau cus. to which the question was re ferred. eported against wholesale ob struction. Banker, Pellagra Victim, a Suicide John R. Lockerman, of Unadiila, Ends Life While Brooding Over Affliction. UNADILLA, GA., April 21. Brood ing over the fact that he was a victim of pellagra. John R. Lockerman, cash ier of the Bank of Unadiila. to-dav committed suicide in the bank. He shot himself through the mouth with a revolver kept in the bank for pro tection. His body fell behind the vault and was found a few minutes later by his nephew. Robert A. Collins, an em ployee of the Institution. Lockerman had been cashier and a director of the bank since it was or ganized in 1898. He is survived by a wife, one child and several brothers and sisters. GOVERNOR BROWN HONORS REQUISITION OF BLEASE The continued efforts, of Governor Cole L. Bicase, of South Carolina, to obtain the extradition of "Bertie" Young from Georgia. for alleged complicity in the slaying of George McGreev at Greenville, were rewarded to-day by tin- granting of the requisi tion .by Governor Brown. 6,000 to See Brilliant Opera Premiere To-nl 3 Famous Stars toTeature Opening Performance • v v • *;« *!«•►<• •*-#•> •>»%• v«v v«v V • v ’!* • v Noted Singers Rejoice Over Week’s Stay In Atlanta Underwood Tariff Bill Reintroduced Senators Opposed to Free Wool and Free Sugar to Get Hearings. WASHINGTON, April 21.— Repre sentative Underwood to-day reintro duced in the House the tariff bill as amended by the Ways and Means Committee and the caucus. Mr. Underwood did not present any written statement regarding the num ber of changes agreed upon by the caucus. Among those were the plac ing on the free list of shoe machinery. cream separators, buckwheat and rye and the extension of the income tax exemption to savings banks "not con ducted for profit." Democrats of the Senate Finance Committee decided to-day to giant hearings tq Senators opposed to free wool and free sugar in three years. Pastor’s Daughter Weds Saloonkeeper Macon Clergyman Objects to Per forming Ceremony, but Vidirlia Girl Insists. MACON. GA.. April 21.—Miss Em ma O. Sykes, daughter of a Baptist minister at Vidalia. who has been visiting friends in Atlanta, met her sweetheart. H. A. Wilkes, of Bruns wick, here yesterday afternoon b> appointment, and they were married by Rev. E. C. Dargan. The groom is a saloonkeeper. The pastor who performed the cere mony was shocked at the idea of j clergyman’s daughter marrying a sa loon man. but when the young wo man insisted he pronounced the nup tials. The Sunday American qoes every where all over the South. If you have anything to sell The Sunday Amer ican is "The Market Place of the South." The Sunday American is the best advertising medium. Tidal Wave Wrecks Pavilions at Tybee Savannah Rushes Aid to Save Beach Buildings Threatened by Sea. SAVANNAH, GA., April 21. A ti dal wave to-day caused several thou sand dollars’ damage to pavilions and bath houses at Tybee Beach. Prop erty owners are w r orking hard to pre vent a repetition of the disaster by another tide this afternoon. Car penters and laborers from the city I went to the beach this afternoon in | response to a call for help. The principal damage was done to | l the big pavilion of the Tybee Hotel. I pilings have been washed away and ! wharves are showing signs of weak ening under the strain. Temporary pilings will be driven j and an attempt made to tie the bath | houses temporarily sp that the high ! water will not float them out to sea. I, The Sunday American goes every- j where all over the South. If you have ! anything to sell The Sunday Amer ican is South." "The Market Place of the The Sunday American is the I best advertising medium. Don’t Depend on Your Friends t£(J Read the "WANT ^D" Section of The Geor gian every day and see if your name is there. If it is. mark the pa per. and have it ready when the “WANT AD" Man calls in the speedy Cartercar and he will present you with a new dollar. Paul Ait house ami Leonora audience how friendly they are. BOH TELLS POLICE HUMPED Lad, Eight, Declares Negro Man Brought Him Here From Macon on a Freight Train, Bareheaded and barefooted a bright-fac ed, blue-eyed boy of eight years to-day wandered into the At lanta National Bank Building and told a remarkable story of having been kidnaped by a strange negro in Macon this morning at 2 o’clock and brought to Atlanta on top of a freight train, lie gave his name as Theodore Roosevelt Henry and said his mother is Mrs. Margaret Henry, of 340 Go* lurobus Avenue, Macon. G H. Garefool, who is ‘-onnected with .‘the offline <‘f Dr. J. 1’ Poweil. 215 Atlanta National Bank Building, took lh» Id He chop, to he police stai-on and turned him over to Chief Ueuv- Society Folk of Dozen States Are Here for Gayeties—Record Sale of Seats. THEY BELIEVE f • OPERA FOR TO-NIGHT. I Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut.” • IN ITALIAN. • Manon Lucrozia Bori • Lescaut Antonio Scotti e Des Grieux Enrico Cartiao • Gercnte Andrea de Segurola • Edmondo Angelo Bada • L’Oste Paolo Ananian • Maestro Di Ballo Albert Reiss | • Un Musico Maria Duchene I • Sergente..Vincenzo Reschiglian • Lampionajo . Pietro Audisio 9 Comandante Giulio Rossi • Conductor: Giuseppe Sturani. • The curtain will rise prompt- • ly at 8 o’clock and the doors • will be closed. , e Colonel W. L. Peel announced I • to-day that no person will be • admitted after the curtain • rises until the end of the first i • act. 1 • The attendance to-night will e be about 6,000. With Caruso, the world’s greatest tenor: Lucrezla Bori, the newest so prano star, and Scotti, favorite of all baritones, in the principal roles, At lanta’' 1 fourth grand opera season will open to-night. "Manon Lescaut.’’ a Puccini opera which gives opportunity for wonder ful singing, scenery and costuming, will be the opening woffk of the week and it promises to eclipse "Aida" and "Gioconda," the premieres of past seasons, in splendor. The success of the season already j Is* assured. More than $70,000 ha J poured into the box office and it i3 | estimated that between $90,000 and $100,000 will be spent by music lovers before Saturday closes the engage ment. The guarantee asked by the Metropolitan management has been passed by many thousands. Audience to Set Record. The audience ior the opening night promises to be tire most brilliant ever seen at the Auditorium. Every box and practically every seat will be filled. The leading society folk of a dozen States are in Atlanta for the week. The most elaborate gowns ever Former Pulaski Official Enacts j ; Andrea <le Segurola, h1 left, and Paul Allhouse exchanging a light. Double Tragedy Following Domestic Troubles. Gilcll(]. R.OVcti P&lty j From Suffragettes COCHRAN. GA.. April 21. Domes tic troubles that hod caused a sep aration several months ago resulted to-day in A. J. Thompson, one of the most prominent men of this set tion/ shooting his wife to death and then committing suicide. T ic double trag edy leaves a 10-year-oM son an or phan. Extra Precautions Taken to Protect King and Queen on Tour of Western England. Special Coble to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON. April 21. Elaborately guarded from suffragettes, King George and Queen Mary left London Thompson formerly was Coirunis- 1 to-day for a four-days’ trip through sinner of Roads' and R»-v< » : \u < of J’■- Western England! The King and I s j<; ( •,, l <‘ r. t , .t n , | Queen will spend ntost of their time ' ‘ ' ■ ■ . • • ■ 1 jn Cheshire, where they will visit the the n» v, county « ? r e ; :-. > •: \v«nch extensive railroad and pottery works. ' ‘ochr.iii is’ county I.'. : j Plain clothes detectives accompany Morgan Thompson,' is: Mayor of Haw - * their majesties and the usual precau- kinsvifie, lions have been doubled. ~ . . I Brother of Poisoned Swainsbor«| Man Admits, However, There la a Possibility She Gave Fata? Drug to Husband Unknowingly, Declares He Wishes to Correct Impression That Slain Planter’s Relatives Believe Widow inno cent—Alleges Sympathy Plot, Concedes McNaughton May Have Concealed Deadly Purpose from ‘Disloyal Wife,’ but Asserts She Administered Arsenic to Mate* provided for an Atlanta spring have been purchased by Atlanta women. The horseshoe of boxes will rival the stage in brilliancy of coloring. Singers Take Morning Stroks. Most of the members of the Met ropolitan Company arrived in Atlanta at 5:30 o’clock this morning, but the early hour did not prevent many of the curious gathering at the station to catch a glimpse of them. Prac tically all of the troupe are registered at the Georgian Terrace Hotel and their presence kept the place in a subdued state of excitement all morn- I ins i While many of the singers retired I at «»nre i" i heir rooms and indulged Continued on Page 3, Column 4. SWA1NSBORO. April 21.—Jordan Flanders, one of the brothers of the late Fred Flanders, for whose death Dr. W. J. McNaughton has been sen tenced to death and Mrs. Mattie Flan ders, his wife, is now under indict ment for murder, has given out a re markable statement from the family of the dead man. "We do not concede the inno cence of my brother’* wife," he says. "We do not for a moment doubt her guilt. "But we do recognize a differ ence between the guilt of Mrs. Flanders and Dr. McNaughton. Mre. Flanders actually adminia- tered the poisons which resulted in his death, but it does not nec essarily follow that she knew the character of the drugs. I am quite sure now, although unknow ing at that time, that even I also have administered poison to my brother. "We know that not every dis loyal wife is willing to join in a plot to kill her husband, and not every man who conceives a plot to murder his affinity’s husband and secure his property, as well as his wife, is willing to trust her with the secret of his intention.” Jordan Flanders’ Statement. The statement of Jordan Flandera follows: No one regrets the necessity of this continuance more than the Flanders family. The con stant worry and repeated prepa rations for this case have been a great strain on us. I would be thankful, indeed, if It could be terminated, but there are so many witnesses scattered over the State that it seems, even with every effort, almost impossible to pro-' cure their attendance when need ed. We can only do all In our power, and 1 sincerely pray that at the July term nothing will pre vent a final disposition of this* case. Until the night before the case was called we expected fully to be able to dispose of the case, but J the presence of our absent wit nesses was so very material that even Colonel J. Alex Smith and Colonel Luther Rosser, represent ing the defendant, were obliged to concede the force of our posi tion. The Flanders family have felt since they have been engaged in the prosecution of this, the high est crime known to law', that they wished to do everything in their power to insure this case being disposed of fairly and impartially. Alleges Plot to Mislead. We have rigidly refrained from rushing into print to poison the public mind, feeling that such a course, while possibly approved by usage when indulged in by the defendant, is unbecoming when used in behalf of the State. But the persistent efforts to mislead the people of Georgia, unfamiliar with this crime, by the manipu lation of an evidently carefully planned campaign devoted to the w riting of such articles, have led us to the conclusion that it Is our duty to the people of Emanuel County to set right some of the erroneous impressions sought, be made. Dr. McNaughton has been sen* tenced to death, and. as we ail know from our knowledge of hu man nature, that fact in itself in sufficient to rally to his support all of those well-intentioned but misguided people who, being of n,( Continued on Page 3, Column t,/ J