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!■■■■■■■G — 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. ooooooooooooooooooo O o O ROOSEVELT HAS ORDERED O O INQUIRY BY BONAPARTE. O O By Private Leased Wire. o O New- York. June II.—Presl- O dent Roosevelt has ordered Sec street, fractured arm below elbow, City hospital. I o Miss Ida Devos, 22 Batavia street, a O contusion of right side and Internal In-) O John Binfang. ylsltlng Christian 1 0 O O OOOOOO G O O O O O O 0 O O 11 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 at the pi •mu Sal