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The VOL. I. NO. 36. Georgian. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1006. DDTPT?. In Atlnntu TWO Cents, i on Train* FIVE Cent*. friend of dead man AND DEAD MAN’S BOD Y CANNOT BE LOCATED Prather Bell ofGreens-|S°”' , ““““ < ’“”"”°;l 0 ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS. 0 boro, N. C., Report- \t ed as Dead. w. R. HATCH, HIS FRIEND, These are question* the police O are trying to solve In their ef- O forts to clear the mystery: Is Prater Bell really dead? If he Is dead, In what manner did he come to his death? Where did he die and what WIRED BELL'S FATHER:® has become of hi* body? I o What motive prompted W. B. 0 Hatch, Prater Bell', friend, to _ I® notify Bell's father of Bell's Officers Cannot Find Bell S Body: O , death and then disappear? O Nor Hatch, and Foul Flay Has Been Suggested. police and detectives were working energetically Wednesday In an effort to unravel one of the most puzzling cases of mystery brought to light In Atlanta for a long time. They are searching for the body of Prather Bell, of Greensboro, N. C, lineman of the Western. Union Tele. n h Company, who Is supposed to bo In this city, hut whose body. If dead, has strangely vanished, and they tre also endeavoring to find W. It. Hatch, of Greensboro, alro a lineman for the Western Union, who, It is be lieved can solve the mystery. Hatch, who registered at the Tray- wick hotel, No. 163 Marietta street, about two weeks ago as "W. B. Hatch." (Saturday night notified Prather Bell's father, J. L. Bell, an employee of the Greensboro Furniture Company, that his sun died In Atlanta that night at 10:30'o'clock. Hatch Disappeared. After falling to unswer two tele grams from Mr. Bell, Hatch left the Traywlck hotel Sunday morning, im mediately after Police Call Officer Harvey Wells had been there in nn ef fort to see him, and since then nothing has been seen or heard of him. When he left the hotel, the missing man told Manager Traywlck he was going out to make arrangements to send the body of young Bell to Greensboro. The body, however, has not arrived there. Tuesday night nn official of the Greensboro Furniture Company arrived In Atlanta to get the body of Bell, but to his surprise could find no trace of the body nor any record of the death. The only Information he could obtain was that Hatch had stated that Bell died near the federal prison. After being confronted with these circumstances, together with the fact that Hatch could not be found, the Greensboro man Wednesday morning brought the matter to the attention of the fKillce. He had a conference with Chief Jennings and an Investigation was at onco Instituted. Police Are Puzzled. The severe! mysterious features of the cage have puzaled the authorities and they ar* at .a losa to understand It. So far they have been unablo to ob tain the slightest clue that would solve the question as -to whether Prather Hell Is really dead, and, If so, what hns become of his body. There Is an equal lack of Information on the question of the strange conduct of Hatch and as to his present wherehboutR. The police believe that If they con find Hatch they will be able to clenr the mystery. They are satisfied he knows nil about the denth, or sup posed death, of young Bell, and knows what disposition was made of .the body. '• — .. Foul play has been hinted nt by those Interested In the Investigation, hut nn clue has been'obtained to sub stantiate this theory further than the mysterious circumstances. Bell did not stop at the Traywlck hotel and so far the oltlcers have been unable to find his hoarding plnce. Xlan- ager Traywlck says Bell never enme to the hotel to sec Hatch, but they had known each other In Greensboro and to all Rppraranres wore good friends. Hatch Had Been Drinking. The Western Union linemen were paid Friday night by the company and Hutch Is said to have been drlnhlng Saturday. That night he informed •Manager Traywlck that a friend of his, Prather Bell, was dead; that he had died near the Federal prison, tatter In the night A. L. Hell received a tele gram In Greensboro from Hatch, noti fying him of his son’s death. The father Immediately wired Hatch to have the body prepared for burial and to send It to Greensboro. No reply to ttys message was received. Mr. Hell then sent n second message to Hatch In regard to the body, which Hatch failed to answer. Mr. Hell then wired Chief Jennings nsklng for In formation In regard to the death of his son. The chief telegraphed that the best Information he could obtain was that young Bell died several miles out In the country. After receipt of this message the furniture company, by which the eider Hell Is employed, decided to send an odiclal to Atlanta to Investigate si -. ,0 get the body of young Bell. Would Find Hatch. The Information contained In the message sent by Chief Jennings was obtained through nn Investigation by 'all Officer Wells. The chief turned the Inquiry over to Officer Wells, who »oon found that Hatch was stopping the Traywlck. Going there, he fall- to find the lineman, but found his room-mate In the room. This man had Hie telegrams to Hatch from A. L. “ell. and said Hatch had never re ceived them. He told the officer he sould go out and find Hatrli, give aim the telegrams, and havo him an- <hem. Hatch Is said to have returned to the hotel later Sunday morning. He uressed himself and went out. telling Manager Traywlck he was going to f rr »nge to send Bell's body to Greens, “era He has since failed to return to the hotel or to send any word. Inquiry wss made Wednesday by The '■•"'rgUa at all of the local undertaking vstabllshments. hut no Information was mitalned. None of tho undertakers jmeu anything of the death of Prater Hotel Proprietor Talks. 'Then seen W«lne«day morning by * Georgian reporter. Manager Tray- » k k said. "This man Hatch, or Hathe. OOOOOOOOOO00OOOOOOO 0 0 DESCRIPTION OF HATCH, The following Is a descrip tion of W. R'. Hatch, the miss ing lineman, who the police bet - lleve can clear the mystenJ of 0 Prater Bell: Tall and broad shouldered and stooped slightly; It appar ently about 22 or 23 years of age; Is clean shaven; has light hair and fair complexion; was well dressed. 0000000000000000000 0000000000000000000 0 0 MAYOR OF TOLEDO, OHIO, 0 ORDERS INVESTIGATION By Private Leasod Wire. Toledo, Ohio, June 6.—Tho mayor hns Instructed health of ficers to Immediately begin nn In vestigation of the local depots of the Chicago packing houso ns n result of the disclosures made In the inessago of Presi dent Roosevelt. Dr. Reinhart took Immediate cognizance of the order and de tailed several sanitary police men to make the examination. The mayor asks that ho be made acquainted with tho situation ns soon as the sanitary officers re port, so that he can tako such 0 I action as Is necessary to protect 0 n y prime hr tho health of the city. He will 0 Wn.hlngt prohibit sales. If necessary. To. ledo Is n distributing pi lnt for this section of tho country. ®! Bureau of Animal In- 0 i SI dustry Faces Big Shake-Up. CONDITIONS NOT REPORTED AS TO PACKING HOUSES Roosevelt, It Is Said, Would Likd to Know Why Nothing Wrong Was Found. 0000000000000600000 OEEIOERS OF CINCINNATI IN STITUTION AT LOOKOUT INN Wanted Before the City Municipal Investigation Committee Now Probing Public Affairs. MANIPULATED COTTON REPORTS ARE CHARGED TO GOVERNMENT Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn., Juno 6.—The prosecuting attorney of Cincinnati has issued a warrant for tho arrest of J, j. Da via, cashier <>f the First National, and Charles Hindi, president <>f the same bank, to bring them before the In vestigation committee of the municipal affairs ln : Cincinnati. •Davis and Hlnoh are nt Lookout Inn, having left Cincinnati last night, pre sumably to avoid the service of the warrant. CITY DESTROYED BY M0RN1NE IN JISSISSIPP HAD A POPULATION OF FIF TEEN HUNDRED. Word Sent New Orleans Postof fice Authorities, But No De tails Are To Be Had. Special to The Georgian. New Orleans, La., June The local poetofflce authorities received a dis patch this morning from the postmas ter at Duckbill, Miss., saying the town wan destroyed by fire. Duckbill Is located on tho main line of the Illinois Central road, fifty miles north of Jackson, and has a population of 1,800. t „ ■ No particulars of the fire have been received here. CHARGED WITH ASSAULT ON COLLEGE STUDENT Special to The Georgian. Huntsville, Ala., June 0.—Charged with attempted criminal assault on one of the A. and M. college girl students at Normal. Ala, Paul McKlasIck wss landed In Madison county Jail here yes terday to await action of the next grand Jury. KANSAS CITY DIVINE TO VISIT ATLANTA Special to The Georgian. Huntsville, Ala., June Dr. B. M Inlow, of Kansas City, who Is to te Atlanta’s guest In a few weeks, will pass through Huntsville next week, and w“ le hVra he will preach at the First Baptist church. During his stay-in Huntsville Dr. Inlow will be * guest In the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Pierce. East Holme* street. the hotel on May 22 and registered w. It. Hathe. He had no baggage and I know very little of hlm. I never heard him mention the name of Prater Bell until Saturday night, when-he sold that Bell had died near the Federal prison. A policeman came here Sun- Say morning to see Hatch snd a mtie later Hatch dressed and Itft the 1boul. Hs told me he was going out to send mu body of Bell to his horde. He has not been bock to the hotel since and I have heard nothing from Flm. The Western Union al.v ay .settles the hotel ame bill* of Ita linemen. lie knew uus. South Carolina Con gressman De- mandsjigures. DECLARES THAT ACREAGE HAS BEEN DECREASED Ellerbee Alleges That Certain Re ported Increases Cannot Be Proved by Statements. By Private Leased Wire. Washington,' Juno 6.—Holding the opinion that the flgures In the estimate of cotton acreage ns made by the de partment of.agrlculture are not war ranted by reports sent to tho depart ment, Representative Kllorbee. of Bouth Carolina, yesterday afternoon Intro duced In tho house the following reso lution calling for the reports on which the estimate was based: 1 "Whereas, the department of ngrlcul- • ture on June 4, 1906. mnde an estimate _ p .. . w , r( , of the area of land planted In cotton ,, ^ " , 0 during tho current year: and, Harrisburg, la., June 6.—Senator "Whereas, It Is 'j believed that the , Penrose and his slate carried the day acreage-of 2(,<St,000, given ont by tie- )(V tfj( . r^mlnstlnn <-r HtvU ■ Maori department, exceed the amount actu- (or govtrnor WDB , U pp 0rt( *j by RY. CLERK’S GRAFT $46,000 IN 3 YEARS Boyer Admits He Was Given Coal Com pany Stock. SLATE OF PENROSE NOT EVEN CRACKED: CHOICE OF PHILADELPHIA GANG WINS. • Circulars Denouncing Senator and HIb Allies Have No Effect on 0. 0. P. Delegates. ally planted;-and, r Asks for Reports. "Where.., It I. believed that this es timated acreage Is far In excess of the actually planted In cotton, and Is not warranted from the returns re ceived by the department of agriculture from Its correspondents, "Resolved, That the secretary of ag riculture be, and Is hereby, directed to, furnish to this house at once the tabu lated sheet showing the estimate of acreage made by tho seven classes of correspondents, viz.: the field agents, the state agents, the correspondents, the glnners, the special correspond ents, and the Individual farmers." "Reports Are Manipulated.” Mr. Ellerbee says he Introduced the resolution because he has direct nnd positive Information that tho returns received by the department of agricul ture have been "manipulated" to the great Injury of the Southern states. “I charge," said hs, "that the depart ment le unable tq show any returns ; from Its correspondents justifying the - ■ ■ - MUhwi£ C, 2!d*GOVERNMENT REPORTS Yi™ branded •• guess work- urea will warrant. j ——— -It wa* Impossible for the .South to By Private Leased Wire. pdVt of the Alleghany delegation to the delight of the Philadelphia gang. Only one ballot was necessary and at L' p. Ill then- v .i- « \ • ■ 1 V Ill'll' nt Ion ll.nt the entire slate would go through. The tlrnt ballot renulted as followm: Stuart, 271; Thompson, 65; Wat re*, 48; Stone, 32; Brown, 3; Murray, 17. The following circular was distrib uted In tho convention: 'The Message to Penrose: Standard OJ1 and Pennsylvania railroad have ordered Stuart's nomination by Pen rose. "A combination of graft protector* has been formed by tho trio, who are setting themselves up as state bosses. Penrose, Kllnn, Oliver—tho new combine—Is deceiving the delegates by circulating the report that Louts Em ery, Jr., will withdraw from the Lin coln party ticket If 8tuart is nominated and includes a deal to drop all graft charges against the state and Phila delphia grafters. “Delegates, beware." HE ALSO GETS MONEY FOR ALL COAL BOUGHT Pennsylvania Man Says Frankly That His “Pap” Ceased When Probing Was Started. Increase Its acreage materially on ac count of the scarcity of labor, ami be fore the first of next October the world will realise what a mistake haa been made. "8how a Decree..." "I charge and can prove that taking the moat numerous class—about <0.000 Individuate acattered all over the belt— their return, ehow a decrease In acre- age from lost year. "I further charge that, taking all source! of Information except tho three traveling agents, the Increase would be Immaterial." 00OO0OOO O 0 00OO0O000 0 guns ready to BOOM 0 FOR FIEIR OR HEIRESS. O 0 By Private Le i ed wire o Berlin,June!.—T'.- (HMNMffr O ment of Crown Prince-- Fred- q erick 'William to expected. ’ Or- A decs have been i« i--i for th>- O firing of 101 k in.- here If a *..n O Is burn or 7j If >t daughter O Chicago, Jane <.—The grain dealers elected Henry L. Groeemonn, of To ledo, Ohio, president, A change was made In the constitu tion, which provides that directors shall be elected for one and two years. Those selected for one yea* were; D. Hunter, chairman, Hamburg, la.; L. A. Homy, New Tork; Charles D. Jones, Memphis; W. C. Ooffe, Ksn- ■as city, and Buren House, represent ing the Oklahoma Mission. Directors—O. E. Horner, Crawforde- vllle. lad., J. W. McCord, Columbus, Ohio; H. 1. Baldwin, Decatur, ill.; O. 8. Graham, Bt. Louis, and Arthur R. Sawyer. Chicago. The board of directors will select within the next three months-the place r»r the holding of the convention In 1907 and will appoint a secretary and treasurer of the association. H. c. Grimes, of Portsmouth. Ohio, tie., jibed the present method of pre- poring 'he government crop reports, saying It was largely guess work. He was In favor of having the letter car rier- --n rural r tt- - bring In the re port.-. -a> Ir.g that this method would OOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOOO' pre urate tho By Private Leased Wire. Philadelphia, June <.—Tho Pennsyl vania railroad was agnln on the grill before the Interstate commerce com mission. - The first witness was J. R. Boyar, who Is chief clerk to the superintend ent of motive power at Altoona. Coun sel William Glasgow, Jr, questioned the witness, who admitted freely that be had accepted stocks nnd other val uable things from coal companies. He said he held 200 shares In the Jntnleaon Coal and Coke Company. How did you get It?" was asked. It was given to me," wee the an swer. 8tock Pays Dividend. Boyer eald the etock pol<J 2 per cent dividends. He owned ten shares of the Valley Cool Company and It shares of the Edoy Cool Company, which brought him an Income of 1100 to S32ft a month. These stocks were presented to him by Captain Hicks, hs eald. Ten shares of the Preston Coal Com pany within lb* put two years were given to Boyer, he eald, by an unknown donor. "The etock certificates arrived In nn envelope." he said, "and while I eua- pected that either Joseph Alksn or D. A.' Kuhn had given me ths slocks. I never knew. On that stock I received three checks aggregating 1600." |46,000 in Three Yeare. Under examination by Mr. Olasgow, Boyer admitted that to him, a minor Clerk, had been given 116,0*0 In the past three years by operators furnish ing ths company coaL ........ From a memorandum Boyer testified that he had received money from the Oraff Coal Company. ClearflsM and Gremplon Coal Company, Dunkirk Coal Company, Smith and Turner Coal Company and Thomas Blytbs Com- ‘Tram the Greff Company, beginning In IMS, Boyer received S cents per ton Tl FACES CONTEMPT iE ARREST MADE FOLLOWING REFUSAL TO ANSWER. Taken in Custody on Motion Made Before the Supreme Court Wednesday. Special to Tho Georgian. Columbia, 8. C., Juno 6.—Lewi* W. Tarker, president of the largest cotton mill syndlcato In South Carolina, was arroftted this morning on tho charge of contempt of tho legislative com mittee to Investigate the affairs of tin* Mato dispensary, which demanded of hlhi certain Information a* to the se- Cfot rebates passing between, .liquor houses and dispensary official*. Mr. Parker swore that It vai a prl- voto conversation, and declined to an swer. Ho was arrested on motion of .Mr. Lyon, on habeas corpus proceeding*, before tho supremo court this after noon. A. A. Bristow, of Greenville, yester day testified that Abel Hamberger, of Baltimore, paid $Moo in rebate* on a 368,000 order and adulterated tho whis ky In order to make hi* profit. *d Wire. June i. a . oinplete re organisation of the government'* bu reau of animal Industry in expected to result from tho disclosures made by In\ • *<tigjit<M *■ .Will .in«l R*-vni'ldn of the awful conditions In tho Chicago III' nt Jl.ll'Klllg ll'.ll? • -4 President Roosevelt. It Is learned. Is so exasperated by the discovery of the alleged Incompetency of the bureau that he has Insisted on a thorough denning out. Nono of the abuse* r**- fxirted by tho Investigators was tom h- • .i ill"‘ii by th" g"Vi*i niiHMit Inspectin'* —and tho president now wunt« to know why. Report* nro current that th** out come may be the retirement of Secre tary Wilson, of the department of ag- 11| 1111 ii > c. and A l> MHv in. thief of the bureau of animal Industry, ns u purl of tho shake-up. The bureau of animal Industry 1* »n« of the most expensive In the deport - liictit "f nici b ult ui c. 'i’ll.- bureau at present employs 522 Inspectors. In addition to those Inspector*, there are probably 260 assistant inkroMcop- Ist*, the bulk of them being located In the larger packing houses of f'hl- cugo, Kansas City and Omuha. PACKERS GIVEN HEARING; COMMITTEE IS INVITED TO VISIT THE PLANTS. ny prlvnto Leased Wire. Washington, June 6.—The packer* wero given a hearing today before tho house committee on agriculture. Thomas Wilson, of Nelson Morris Si Co., representing all the big t’hlea- go packers, was hoard. He Invited tho committee to come to Chicago and 'Stlgatlonn. It Is m If at Ion may bo make per«on probable tba accepted. Listening to the pm k* r; Charlea V. Nelli, one n Roosevelt’h InveatlgatoiH. Agriculture Wilson ami f* of th<* bureau of animal i three w III be heard by 11 In reply. Tho puckon id fo id th< ulntlo spectlon > but they c plants (al nnd placed in chemists and so Everything healthful and si was then that hi to the commute out of their In hands of rep° r t was President pc re t a ry of pf Melville, untry. All committee lit ary reg- of the In- i declared, rol of their hands orlsts. “th nlta for coal purchnsed for company use. His total rocelpta from this company .mounted In two years and two months to 316,302.05, Probs 8topped “Orift" With tho Clearfield and Oramplon Coal Company Iloyer had an arrange ment to receive ono-thlrd of the profit* —averaging almost 4 cents per ton. Tho Dunkirk Company paid 6 cents a . ton In 1905, In which year their soles Zionists’ AssocUtlo to tho Pennsylvania Company leaped | measures to bring it to 39,804 tons from ft total of but 678 • unanimously adoptee tons In 1904. H Tho gradual colon i his sta dared. ek In ly clean, Bald, and It tended an invitation » K<> to Chicago and an Investigation to . «'omlomned meats, ?<»t Into domestic COLONY IN PALESTINE IS INDORSED BY JEWS i of Pi Hmlth and Turner pold a total of $18,620, but Royer said he had received chocks from them since March. How did these payments come to stop?" asked counsel. “About the time this Investigation started," was tho answer. Didn't Divide Graft Did you divide this money with any oneT* ho wa* asked. "Na air; I kept It all, sir." Under rigid questioning, Boyer stuck doggedly to his assertion that he never divided hla great profits and that nono of his ouperlor*. including the chief of motive power, Mr. Gibbs, nor General Manager Atterbury, knew about hi* op erations. , He said ho never solicited the gifts and denied that he had favored the companies ao giving, although the rec ord* showed that the sab* of fur*J by the companies named Increased great ly after the rake-off commenced. He said that ho had never done anything for the companies that paid him, al though he had lots to do with plucing orders for fuel coal. Conscience Didn't Hurt. "How long did you wrestle with your conscience before you b**gan to take this money7" asked Commissioner C!e r ments. “Not very long." wa* tho uncon cerned answer. Royer said he understood that such practices had existed a long time In his and similar offices. ua! settlers was tl most feasible by the era The Idea of a by mo*t Zionists, w The Oe Ot fa 1 The col- ntluislastb*- he German I vigorous \w if almost by Individ- considered [> of speak- held red. whe slon of the land form any sort r They term it * theoretical Zion! ha- that ne Into posses- Iunity they can te th4*y desire. 11 Zionism vs. SECRETARY WILSON MA Y LEAVE FLACE BECAUSE OF EXPOSE 00O00O00OO0OOO0O000 REDUCTION IN HOURS FOR MILL EMPLOYEES|S „i. Spectol tq Ttie G»or*ton. Greenvtle, 8. U„ Juno 6.—Bovonty three mill proelilonU awl official, re reMnttnc 2,80»,00* •pinqiem, nr nbn two-third* of the .flwlle. In Bog Carolina. m!t yreterday nnd form th! Cotton Manufacturer-' Aieot latl of Mouth Carolina. Several Important reaolott'in. «e adopted, amend whf'h one ; rovM that th* running time of milt* In tl e ahall I"* re«iu, <-<] July | to r. a w»* k, two year. later U» 62 ‘ law