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ATLANTA
1910
The Atlanta Georgian.
VOL. I. NO. 40.
Morning Edition.
ATLANTA, GA., T TESLA Y, JUNE 12, 1906.
Morning Edition.
FIVE Cesta
ROOSEVELT REFUSES
TO SAVE TUCKER
President Sees No
Reason for Balking
Death Sentence.
execution is delayed
TO CONVERT PRISONER
Prieit Hopes to Baptize Young
Man Convicted of Murder of
Mable Page.
B.r Prlrate Leased Wire.
Boston, June- 11.—President Roose.
velt has been asked to intervene in the
Tucker case and save the life of the
men condemned to die this week for
the murder of Mabel Page.
The president has refused to Inter
vene.
The following message was received
from him by Governor Guild today:
•Have been requested on behalf of
certain parties In Boston to Interfere
with the execution of Tucker, it being
slleged that It Is my duty so to do, in-
mmuch as I have the power under the
federal laws.
"No showing has been made to me
that t have such power, but without
regard to this I desire to state to you
that in my judgment your decision not
to Interfere with the carrying out of
the sentence of Tucker seems to me
entirely sound and commands my
hearty sympathy.
'It seems peculiarly a case In which
there should be no Interference with
the carrying out of the sentence.
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT.”
To Convert Tucker.
The electrocution of Charles Lewis
Tucker, which .was to have taken place
today, has been postponed so as to ai
ms to complete hla
Tucker to Christian
ity
While the delay, which was unex
pected, was ascribed solely to a desire
to baptize the young man, a feeling Is
AS AN tMISSARY
OF THE MORMONS
3ENATE COMMITTEE TELLS
WHY HE SHOULD BE OUSTED.
CHARLES L. TUCKER.
President Rooeevelt refuses to
Interfere with the carrying out of
dsath sentence passed on the man
convicted of Mable Page’s murder.
prevalent that there la something of a
mysterious character back of the un
precedented act. It was decided alx
hours before the time Tucker was to
have gone to the chair that there would
be a respite of at least one day for
him.
Tucker could have' been baptized
early last evening and. It being the
Sabbath, very appropriately.
PARIS PAPER OFFERS JOHN D.
SI,000 FOR SHORT INTER VIE W
By WILLIAM HOSTER.
Special Cable—Copyright.
Complegne, France, June 11.—Like a
■real king, .John D. Rockefeller has re
ceived the homage' of the mayor of
Complegne, who called at the Hotel do la
Roche and In a casket containing an
address on gilt edged parchment, ex
tended to the oil magnate the "freedom
el the city.”
I)r. Biggar received the mayor . for
Mr. Rockefeller*, who.declared:
"This Is an honor which I highly ap
preciate. I regret very much that I did
not see the mayor, but I shall call on
hint tomorrow and convey fny thanks.”
Crowds poured Into the town and the
omnibuses carried hundreds to the
chateau where Rockefeller Is stopping.
•Mr. Rockefeller was greatly amused
over the offer of the Parle Matin based
on hla great Income, to pay 11,000 for
fifteen minutes' talk with a Matin re
porter, who arrived with a certified
check, but the oil man declined to see
him, saying:
"It was the most absurd proposition.
Even the American papers are not so
fanciful."
It Is Declared That Church of Lat
ter Day Saints Run3 the
State of Utah.
Il.v Private la-ssed Wire.
Washington, June It.—The majority
report of the senate committee on prlv.
lieges end elections presented to Ihe
senate today finds'that Reed Smoot Is
not entitled to a seat In the senate as
a senator from Utah.
The majority report says that these
facts are established:
"That Mr. Smoot Is one of a self-
perpetuating body 1 of men, known as
the first presidency and twelve apos
tles of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints,.rommpnly known as
the Mormon church; that these men
claim divine authority to control the
members of said church, In all things,
temporal as well sg spiritual; that this
authority Is and has been for several
years past, so exercised by the said
first presidency and twelve apostles os
to encourage the practice of polygamy
and polygamous cphabttntlon In the
state of Utah artd elsewhere, contrary
to the constitution nnd laws 6f the
state of Utah and the law of the land.
“That the said first presidency and
twelve apostles do now control, and for
a long time post have controlled, the
political affairs of. the state of Utah
fcnd havb brought about In said state
a union of church, and state, contrary
tp the constitution pf the United Staten,
and said Reed Smoot comes here, not
as the accredited representative of the
state of Utah, but as the choice of the
hierarchy which controls the church
and has usurped (he functions of the
state In said state of Utah.”
It Is charged "that Smoot is an In
separable part of Ihe governing body
of the Mormon church and those who
compose that organization form a unit,
an entity, nnd whatever Is dohe by
that organization Is the act of each and
every man therein.”
And this conclusion Is reached:
"In the judgment of the comm
Mr. Smoot tv no more entitled to a
In the senate than he would be If he
were associating In, polygamous cohab
itation with a plurality of wives. Not
only Is Mr. Smoot ono of those by and
through whom tho political affnlrs of
Utah are dominated, but his election
to' the senate. It Ik believed, is the re
suit of such domination."
Dias of Suti Stroks.
Special In The Georgian.
Amerlcus, Ga., June 11.—Saturday
morning Munch Holloway, a negro,
convicted of forgery and sentenced to
a short term on the county gang, died
about six hours after he bqgan work.
The cause of his death Is supposed
to have been a sun stroke.
EOF
COMMITS SUICIDE
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, ■ Ga., Juns 11.—Mrs, Mary
Parker Duntvoody, wife of Felix Dun-
wnndy, assistant superintendent of the
Cherokee Brick Company of Mhcon,
committed suicide by shooting herself
thrnugh the brain with a pistol at mid
night last night. Death quickly fol
lowed the shot She waa but 18 years
eld nnd a bride of eight months. Acute
eutc!dal mania la the cause, according
to a physician's testimony.
Shortly before the ehot was fired
Mrs. Dunwoody left her husband's room
and went across the hall to a spare
mom. Her husband followed and asked
her to open the door, which she had
locked from the Inside. His answer
was the pistol report. Breaking down
the door, she was found In a dying con
dition and lying across a bed. The
verdict of the coroner's Jury was sut
clde.
IN ONL Y WRECK IN 25 YEARS
TOM BLA CKB URN IS KILLED
T
AUTHORITIES STOP
GOVERNMENT SALE
hpeelnl to Ths Georgian.
New Orleans, La., June 11.—The city
health authorities have put a stop to
the sale of certain articles that ths
| nited states government authorities
here were disposing of at “an old hosa
rale," The United States appraiser
r.a» been conducting the sale for sev
eral days, and among the article# listed
"ere decayed and rotten fruit, vegeta
ble* and fish.
E IS LIKELY
TO BE EXHONERATED
' Private Leased Wire.
• "W York, June 1L—The officers of the
■riaiertlel which hee lieen hearing eri-
against Captain Wynne, of the ms-
"orpe, charged with Insubordination,
-at Into executive session at noon today
court, _
fT* 10 '*, dlrlded. hut It Is ss-
'hat there are certain things po-
« "HI bring at,out a union and
™lrt In favor of Captain Wynne.
SEVEN frantic horses
RUSH BACK INTO FIRE.
Private Leased Wire.
' 'duntbus, Ohio. June It.—Although
from a burning livery stable
,, CWbY morning, eaven horses rush-
'he burning building and
HE body of Engineer Tom
Blackburn, up until the time of
his death Sunday night from In
juries received lu the wreck at Mesena
Saturday, the oldest employee of the
Georgia railroad In point of service,
will be brought to Atlanta Monday.
The funeral will take place Tuesday
at the residence, 32 Fitzgerald street,
and will be attended by representa
tives of ths Brotherhood of Locomo
tive Engineers and the Odd Fellows, of
which organisations he was a mem
ber.
"Engineer Tom," as he was known
to his many friends, entered the serv
ice of the Georgia railroad when he-
was eighteen years of age, and has
been connected with that road ever
since. For more than twenty-five
years he held the throttle. During that
time he was never In a wreck until
Saturday night, his first and last, which
took place near Mesena. The night
flyer to Augusta left the rails and turn
ed over seven of the coaches. Injuring
a number of the passengers, killing A.
S. Morris, a fireman, of Macon, and
causing the death of Mr. Blackburn
from the severe bums received.
Mrs. Ltszle Hsrdy Blackburn, wife
of Engineer Blackburn, received word
of the wreck 8unday morning, and
left for Augusta, arriving at the hos
pital before his death.- Word was re
ceived Monday by the family In this
city that the body would be brought to
Atlanta on the 8 o'clock train.
T. J. Blackburn Was born at Athens
In 1858.' At ths age of eighteen, he
entered the services of the Georgia
railway, marrying Llzsle Hardy the
following year anti moving to Atlanta.
His career as an engineer for a quar
ter of a century has been most re
markable, as during that time he had
never been In an accident of any kind
He was the most trusted of the Geor.
gla railway employees because of his
excellent record. . He waa a promi
nent member of the local lodge of Odd
Fellows, and also of ths Brotherhood
of .Locomotive Engineers.
Aside from bis wife, he leaves four
children—two daughters, Mrs. T. R.
Cain, of Montgomery, Ala., and Mrs,
W. T. Terry, of 388 North Boulevard,
Atlanta, and two sons, Tom and Willie,
‘ who ID
street.
A wrecking train was dispatched to
the scene from Augusts, and the In
jured, which was hearty evpry mem
her of the crew, were taken to the
hospitals in Augusta.
Jeass Carter, a negro porter, ran all
the way from the scene of 'he wreck
to Camak. about 8 miles, to stop
freight train, which was following
them. When be reached Camak, ha
raa completely exhausted, and after
he told his message, he hud to be re
vived by a physician.
Thera Is no cause known to the road
officials lor the wreck. There was u
track laid around the wreckage yes
terday, and regular schedules are be
ing mada now.
ms CURTIS JETT
By Private leased Wire.
Lexington, Ky., June II.—A special
from Winchester, Ky.. reports that
Curtis Jett, now In Cynthlana jail
awaiting his second trial on a charge
of assassinating James Cockrlll, In
Jackson three years ago, has made a
full confession, telling of the assassina
tions of Dr. B. S. Cox, Jsmes Cockrill
and James G. Marcum.
Among other things Jett Is said to
have confirmed were the statements
of B. J. Ewan, the star witness in the
Marcum caae, whom he said told the
truth In Ihe trials from beginning to
end. and that Tom White, who wan
charged with complicity In the assas
sination of Marcum, lold him that the
testimony of a plot to kill Marcum waa
true.
Samuel Jett, an uncle of Curtis Jett,
and B. B. Jouett who have been prose
cuting Curtis Jett, decline to affirm or
deny the report of the confession. It
Is believed here that Jett has made a
full --infesslon and Implicated parties
BOAT TURNED OVER
AND 2 ARE DROWNED
Special to The Georgian.
West Point, O*.. June 11.—Two
young men, Osllee Walker and Thomas
Culpepper, both sons of widow ladles,
were drowned yeyterday at Isndale,
« miles below here. In the Chattahoo
chee river, about ;i0 o'clock.
Four of them were rowing, and had
been to an Island not far gathering
berries, and, on returning, the boat,
by some means, became unmanageable
In the current and capsized, precipitat
ing them Into the water.
Two of the young men. Sol and
Gaines Tingle, by Ihe aid of other, on
shore, after considerable difficulty,
reached the bank In safety.
The body of Thdmaa Culpepper waa
brought to this place for burial to
day. Walker was .burled at hla horns
In Langdale.
not Indicted In qonneetlon with the
Breathitt cases. P. F. Altlaer, who
B. F. JoOett. and Is said to have Insll
Information.
JUST LIKE WEBER AND FIELDS
POLITICAL VAUDEVILLE IN GEORGIA—SPASM NO. 2.
(t
TOO EARLY TO TALK,"
SAYS W. J. BRYAN
Draws Distinction Be
tween Democracy
; and Socialism.
WON’T DISCUSS BOOM
FOR THE PRESIDENCY
MOTHER BEATS OFF
Says There Should Be No Sur-
prise in Revelations Regarding
the Beef Packing Scandal.
By MALCOLM CLARKE.
Special Cable.
Berlin, June 11.—William J. Bryan
Is now In this city, and will leave for
St. Petersburg tomorrow or next day.
According to his present plans, he will
reach New York about the latter part
of August.
Mr. Bryan, when Informed of the
boom which had been started for him
In the United States, was not Inclined
to take the matter seriously:
"It Is too early,” he declared, "to
talk about the action of the party con
ventions In 1808.”
He dlecuseed the political altuutlon
generally, however, and In the course
of a talk, said:
"Before leaving home, I tried to dis
tinguish between Democracy and what
can proper)y be called Socialism. Dem
ocracy recognizes competition as le
gitimate and tries Id protect the com
petitive principle# from attack. So
cialism sees competition as an evil to
be eliminated by public ownership and
the operation of all means of pro
duction and distribution.
“While this distinction between Dem
ocracy and .Socialism should not be
overlooked, the platform tit the Dem
ocratic party must be one of progress
and reform, and not merely of oppo
sition to Republlcsn poltclts or Social
istic Ideas. In our fight for the abso
lute ellmlosllon of private monoplles
and for the regulation of corporations
In general. It Is necessary that the par
ty shall be free from any suspicion of
an alliance with the corporate Inter
ests that have been dominating Amer
ican politics.''
Spesklng of. the. packing house
revelations, he said:
“The beef trust Is not different In
character and methods from other
trusts. Ths inevitable tendency of a
private monopoly Is to Increase the
price of a produce and to lower Its
quality. Why should any one expect
anything else from a trust than the
lowering of the quality when a monop
oly Is established? Observe, I have
used the words private monopoly, not
public. In a private monopoly, a pri
vate Interest Is set up sgalnst the peo
ple. Quite a different principle cornea
Into operation when the Interest of all
Is alone In view.” '
UNCLE OF ROOSEVELT
IS SERIOUSLY ILL
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, June II.—Robert E.
Roosevelt, the aged uncle of the presi
dent and prominent In public affair." of
the city and county for almost half a
century', |p seriously III at his summer
home. Let os Lake, Sayeevlll*. L. I.,
where he has been for three weeks.
Mr. Roesevelt's health has been fall-
Inr for ths past yesr, and It was ex-
pseteti that the change from the city
to his country horns would benefit him,
but he has never been able to leave the
nouse since he arrived at Lotos Lake.
He Is 77 years old, but until the time
of his Illness was constantly out of
doors and an enthusiastic aulomobUlst,
taking dally rides In ths country with
i his "
Dog, Which Is Killed by Police
man, Appears To Have Had
Hydrophobia.
PRICE OF ICE HIKED
SUDDENL Y SA TURD A Y
In response to the frantic screams of
her little 4-yesr-old daughter, Lillian,
Mrs, George W. Cate, of 12 Crew
street, Sunday at noon rushed from
the house and, armed with a stick,
bravely rescued the child from a mad
dog, which was leaping at ths little
girl and making vicious efforts to sink
Its teeth Into her throst.
Without realising the danger to her-
elf, but thinking only of ths peril of
her child, Ihe brave mother rained
blow after blow on the ferocious canine
and finally forced It to retreat. Seising
her child, Mra. Cals then rushed Into
the house to safety.
The polite station was then notified
and Call Officer Luck hurried to the
scene, quickly dispatching Ihe /rated
animal with hla pistol.
The dog bore every appearance of
having hydrophobia. Little Lillian has
a few scratches on her body, but It Is
not thought ths dog bit her. Every
precaution, however. Is being taken to
ward against the possible effects of
such a bite, If she was bitten.
Unconscious that the dog was mad,
the child had been In the yard playing
with It several minutes before It at
tacked her.
The dog did not belong to the Cate
family, but was a stray canlns that
had been hanging about the pluce for
the past two or three days. Mr. and
Mrs. cate feared something was wrong
with the dog and had been careful to
keep little Lillian away from It. Sunday
at noon, however, while Ihe mother waa
In the kitchen preparing dinner, the
TERRY OVERCOME
BY ESCAPING GAS
Telephone Employeo Wag Trying
to Stop Leak in Gai Main
in Edgewood Avenue.
Realslng that he was being overcome
by gas, Thomas A. Terry, an employee
of the Atlanta Telephone and Tele
graph Company Monday morning
climbed out of a ten-foot excavation In
Edgewood avenue, at Butler street, ran
one block In search of assistance, and
fell to the pavement unconscious.
Ths protrate ran was quickly picked
up and tsken to the Grady hospital,
where he was st ones given attention.
After the physicians had worked with
him for some time, ha revived and It
was later announced that he was rest
ing easy. His condition Is not consid
ered serious.
Ths telephone company hag been ex
cavatlng In Edgewood avenue for the
purpose of laying conduits, and Sun
day the heavy rain caused s section
of earth to cave In, exposing a gaa
main. The main sprang a leak and
day morning Terry discovered
escaping. He obtained some soap
was trying to stop ths leak, when he
was overcome. Terry Is a son of Cap
tain Thomas Terry, the well-known
stockade transfer guard.
Raise of 10 Cents a
Hundred is Now
Established.
FACTORIES RAISED
RATE TO PEDDLERS
But the Effect la As If the Com
panies Put It Up on
the Public.
child slipped out of the house and be
gan lo play With the dog.
A few moments more and Mrs. Cats
was startled by piercing screams from
her child. Instantly realising some
thing was wrong, she ruehed Into the
yard just In time to save the child from
a possible deadly bite. The dog was
not grown and this fact probably ac
counts for It not being able to reach
the throat of the child.
MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS
SET SCIENIVSTS' BONES
lly Privet* Iwssed Wire.
Boston, Mass., Juns II.—By the over
turning of a huge sightseeing automo
bile here yesterday thirty-four Chris
tian Scientists who had come lo Bos
ton to witness Ihs dedication of the
new 12,000,000 temple were Injured. The
accident occurred In the Brighton dis
trict. Not a person on ths car escaped
Injury.
The big machine was coming down
Commonwealth Hill when the brake
broke and the auto ran away. When
close to the bottom of the hill ths ma
chine leaped to the side of the street
and went through a fence Into the
Kenilworth Golf Club grounds, where
It turned over.
The Christian Scientists who wars
hurt In the wreck are all progressing
favorably today. All except two are.
under Christian Science treatment.
Miss Childs, a Western woman,
whose right arm waa broken, Is In the
by medical practitioners, but after the
•hock of setting Is over the patients will i
pass under the care of members of the j
Christian Science faith.
The revised list of Injured Include \
Scientist, from Kansas City, compound
fracture of the right leg below the
knee. City hospital.
Fred Dickey, Medford Terrace, the
chauffeur of automobile, bruises of ths
body and head.
Mra. C. A. J. Avery, 1167 Lake ave
nue, Chicago, shaken up and badly
bruised. Refused assistance of police
and physicians.
Mrs. C. B. Woodbury, 602 South
Sixth street. Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
slightly Injured; refused to be assisted
by doctors.
Mrs. Msttls Orisholt, Iowa City,
slightly Injured. Refused to be as
sisted by doctors.
Mrs. Amanda Bambsr, Kansas City,
slightly Injured.
Mr. Warden, of Wisconsin, out on
forehead.
Mrs. Warden, hurt Internally.
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rotary Bonapsrts to Invsstlgats
ths allegations mads by Cap
tain Robert F. Wynne, of the
marina corps, that his rourtmsr-
tut on ths charge of Insubor
dination was brought about by
the personal jealousy of Lieu
tenant commander Bryan, of
the Alabama.
Ten thousand or more families
Atlanta wore surprised Saturday by a
sudden jump of ten cents a hundr
In the price of Ice, The sudden rtsn
was without warning, and In most
cases without the satisfaction of expla
nation.
The matter was brought to the at
tention of The Georgian Monday by
many cltlzons, and an Investigation
brought nut some interesting facts.
The raise was made to cut out the
competition of the Ice peddlers.
He real effect Is to make the thou
sands of poor suffer.
A casual Inquiry at the Atlanta Ins
Thur-
ri.l At-
>ut the
would i
Ice. to
If de-
anil Coal Company's offl
tnond street and the Western
Untie railroad tracks, brought
statement that the Ice compan
sell hooks for 2,000 pounds o!
be delivered 60 pounds st a t
16, or 33 1-2 cents a hundred.
Ilvered 28 pounds at a time 36 cents
a hundred would be the rate, and If
10 pounds at a time 10 cents a hun
dred. No piece less than 10 pounds
will be sold from the company's wag
ons.
"Of Course, the Peddlers Raised.”
“We have not raised the price on our
customers,” said the assistant man
ager, who was seen In the absence of
Manager, Secretary and Treasurer
Gentry. "We raised the price on
the peddlers from 16 rents a hundred
to 26 rente, with a 6-rent rebate at the
end of the season, which mnk** 20
cents net. and, of course, they raised
the price on you.” I
When seen In his office at the Kqult-
bale building. President Ernest Wood
ruff, of the Atlanta Ice and Coal Com-
pony, said:
"The price of Ice Is no higher for this
time of the year than It has been for
the past five, years. When the hot
eather comes on ws always rail- It >n
the peddlers. We do not raise It »n the
consumers. You know, we are not the
only company which sells Ice,
•re four companies, and th
There
a da
I»ur
In* the winter the companl
for lo cent* a hundred. Ti
ago they raised It to 12 1-2 ci
one month ego It wi« raised
and It has now been raised i
cents a hundred. You see t
story In that.”
The forty tons given aw,
brewery Is to their customer
Monopoly Is Charged.
It waa declared by many *>f thn*
who visited The Georgian office Mon
day that the four companies art* real
ly one. It being a monopoly. >r el*
action vith «» understanding m t<
price.
The MibMtanc*- if the * <>niplaint* i
that n*. on* can get le-o< than lu pound:
I* e, and th.it even getting thli
tint it roM* one . »*nt a pound
the
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