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4 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. MONDAT. JUNE 11. 1W. I GOT MO GIFTS," |BIG SHIP AGROUND ;i DECLARES CASSAH i . BEAD OF “PENNSY” SYSTEM ANSWERS PROBING COM. Jells of His Holdings of Stock in Five Companies Doing Bus iness in Pennsylvania. •j 1'rlrate im \Vlr». Philadelphia, June 11.—In answers to question* propounded by a special In vestigating committee appointed by the dlrrciora of the Pennsylvania railroad to j 'robe charge* of graft In connaotlbn with the administration of the road. President A. J. Casaatt admits that he ow ns 4,647 shares of stock, valued at 1350,000, In four ateel rail and equip ment companies, which make sales to the Pennsylvania Company. He says, however, that the stock was purchased by him. Mr. Cassatt admits that He nans S.2SS shHV. s in the Pennsylvania Steel Company, from which the road buys mile His own answers show also that he personally purchase* the rolls for the entire’system. This, he says. Is In Or, "t dance ulth established custom, I an.) *11 purehe says, tire reisi-teil to tl>< board of director* for theli provnl. Company Furnishes Mstsrisl. 8 Union Switch nntl Signal Com finny. In which President Cassatt ad tnltr Im Is Interested, furnishes the Pennsylvania railroad with other re qulreramto. Me. Cnssatt asserts that he has no Jt.x k In nny cosl mine located on the Pennsylvania system, or which uses er for transporting Its products, Tslls of His Holdings, nulng. Sir. Cassatt says. In Ills nt to the special committee: only coal stock owned by m* liner becoming president of the Penn sylvania railroad la 160 shares of the Millwood Coal and Coke Company, » hich stock has been so Id, but In view ft U‘c reputed rumor* of my being n holder of atoeks of the Keystone Coal «n<l c.ike Company, the Berwlnd. TUGS SENT TO RESCUE PAS SENGERS IF NECESSARY There Is No Sea and Only a Light Wind Is Blowing. i [White Coal Mining Company and the (Hrnrlette B Coat Company, I think It to atnte that 1 never owned or »«'i nny Interest In tha stocks of the K, \ stone Coal nnd Coke Company or of the Henrietta Coal Company, nor have ■I reel had any Intereat In the tlrm of ,i'n*.*att it Co. 1 never owned any >t k of the Ilerwtnd-lVhlte Coal Min ing Company while an officer of the Pennsylvania company, either during nty fit connection with th* com pony, which terminated by my reslgnn lion of the vice presidency In the fall "f 1582, nor since l became president In ISXi. but when In ISIS Charles J. Hrrulnd, then head of the partnership rf Un wind, White A Co., formed the present lierwInd-lVhlte Coal Mining t'ompnny, to take over the business o Unit firm, I purchased 400 chares of ilw stock of the company and paid for it .it the then market price, which was r, pei rent- of Its par value. I sold this Shirk in 1101. You-will observe that It na» purchased four years after I i i-»s. i) to be an officer of tha coro- inny and was sold eight years before I im* elected to the presidency. 1 never 1'iul any Interest In the partnership of Berwdnd, While ft Co.” Hs Qot No Cifts.^B f i salt says he has holdings of stock of the Pennsylvania Steel Company, th*- <'smblm Steel Company and two ■mnlior Industrial companies. He -ays he has not directly per- pirm.d any service In connection with the Krstpt, transportation or delivery -r nny fri Igltt shipped by or consigned n» of the companies ha named. Hs < he has not performed nny duties oinertlon with the distribution of illetment of cars or th# furnishing -i lliigs. equipment, motive power, .age or other ncrommodatlona for of the companies named, unless the has# of locomotlrrs and car* for g, ncrnl business of the l’ennsylva- liallroatl Company and the furnish ing of hidings, under tha authorisation «t th.- hoard of directors, may be held te come within the scope of the ques tion asked. it,- alio aaye he has never received my commission, compensation, gift or ■MBMlBiil Ipper d the BRAOSTREET REPORT CAUSES ASHE TO SUE Alleging that bis buslqess and repu- ton have been libelled grossly, mall- ttxaly and falsely, H. M. Ashe has ‘Mel null for $26,000 damages against e Bradstreet company. The petitioner allegee that In a re- l»v t -ent out by the defendant company inn April II, 160*. It was stated that a twtttii-ii for a receiver had been tiled >gatnst his typewriter business, and tlmt this notice, which gave the Impres- ilon that he wee flnenclelly ember- nt*», .|, was read by the subscribers to th,- llradstreet company. Thcj suit was filed by Culberson ft Johnson. ALTAR IS DECORATED WITH BASEBALL BATS Ft v Private Leased Wire. Toledo, Ohio, June 11.—After par tu t paling In n championship ball game Sunday the Toledo and Milwaukee An ■ rlcan Association teams attended « special qcrvlce at Trinity Episcopal church, where the well known author. Rev. Cyras Townsend Brady, Is rec- tor. The chancel and altar waa appro- hr lately decorated and conspicuous among the decorations were baseball hats, masks, gloves and cheat protec tor* The rector declared baseball to be tn honorable profession and told the players that to win games they must itrtv,. tor success and be temperate In hablta- The sermon created s sensa tion in Trinity parish, many of whose ~ mbers oppose Sundsy belL By Private Leased Wire. Philadelphia, Jut>e 11,—The big steamer Westerlanland went aground on South shoots, at the entrance to the Delaware bay, today. The steamer has on board nearly one thousand passes ire. According to reports received she Is hard aground, and In the mud, flying signals of distress, .Several tugs have been sent- tn her assistance, also the pilot boat Pennsylvania, In cose It would be necessary to land passengers or lighten the weight of ths ship. The signals are unable to be read, but It Is believed she Is In no immediate dan ger. There Is no sea and a very light wind Is blowing. SIX PERSONS DROWN DORK STORM HALF A DOZEN HURT BY FALL ING TREES—SCORE ES CAPE DEATH. SISTER WAS CRUEL ROSS TERRORISES SAYS PRETTY GIRL MISS G08S ASSERTS C0STLEY DID NOT ENTICE HER AWAY Sixteen-Year-Old Girl States That Sister Told Her to Leave Her House. Ity Private Leased Wire. New York, Jose-11—his persass were drowned, sis persons were seriously burl Ity a falling tree and a score narrowly escaped drowning as the result of a fierce gale that swept over this section yesterday. Tbs'wind blew SO miles an hour, nearly overturned many small craft and sent thou sands of pleasure seekers scurrying for sheltsr as It swept the vsrloug parts the water. Three men ware drowned by the capslslng of th* yacht Lottie off the west bank In New York bay. She had a Ashing party of eleven on board, In charge of Captain Theodora Bownett. Hugo Llmberg, 21 years old, of Long Island City, was out In a racing shell opposite .Flushing, when the storm broke. Ills shell was overturned and he was drowned before help could reach him. Charles Reilly, to yeara old, and William Hughes, 20 years old, were In swimming olf West Thlrty-Afth street, when the storm broke, and ware' drowned. At Newburg, Ml** lone M. Bunn, of West Union, O., was killed by a tree that was biown down. Her motlisr, Mrs. J. W. Bunn, waa seriously hurt and Ilasel Coonan received a broken Lightning struck a steam launch ott Kttlngvllle, Staten Island, and stunned the two occupant*, Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward Cook. The launch was sinking when other boats reached It and aav*d the Conk*. Lightning struck a tree In Jamaica, under which William Block and hta wife and Max Schlmole and Nathan Dlftellbolt had taken /belter, and all four were severely burned and stunned. Accused of enticing from her home his sweetheart, pretty Addle does. It year* of age, of 13 Almo street, near the Exposition Cotton Mills, Earl Coat- lay, of 129 Belwood avenue, an em ployee of the Atlanta Hteel Hoop Com pany, waa arrested Sunday night by Bicycle Policemen Arthur nnd Hard away and locked In the police elation. Miss Goes waa also taken Into cus tody and placed In care of Miss San derson, police matron. Both Costley and Miss Goss were found at the home of Willie Cellls, 1$ Bush street, where the girl has been staying alnce last Wednesday, at which time she disap peared from her home. The arrest of Coatley was made m a warrant taken out before Justice of tbe Peace Puckett by Marlon Hayety a brother-in-law of the pretty runaway. The trial has been set for 10 o’clock Tuesday morning bofore Judge Puck ett. When seen Monday morning In the matron’s ward, Iho girl ddnled that her sweetheart had anything to do with reusing her to leave home. On the contrary, she said, the young man had tried to dissuade her from running away. The girl wears a picture of young Coatley In her breastpin, “I ran away from home last Wednes day of my own accord,” said Miss Goss. "Mr. Costley had nothing whatever to do with my leaving home. I had met Mias Collls at my home on a previous occasion and I at once went to her house. I left home simply because have not been treated right. My els ter, Etta, wife of Marlon Hayes, or dered me to leave home, telling me ■ waa not wanted there. I have been working In the mill nnd Wednesday when I left home, I told mother I was going to the mill to get my money. She told me she hoped 1 would not return and I didn’t I telephoned Mr. Costley Wednesday night and he came to see me. He rame again Thursday and then laat night. On each visit he cried and begged me to return home.” Costley tells substantially the same ■lory aa the girl. He says she told him the night before she left home she In tended tn run away, and that he then Insisted that she change her mind. POLICE COMMISSION MEETING POSTPONED OUTRAGES REPORTED FROM; TOWN NEAR WARSAW. Sensation It Sprung in Douma by Effort to Bring Up Mili tary Affairs. Ity Private Le*«cd Wire. Warsaw, Polan, June U.—New* come* today of a terrorist attack at 8ledlceL Three ofAcIals, the burgo master, pollen secretary and governor’* chief of stuff, were Ared upon as they were walking together. All were wounded and It Is feared the burgo master and chief will not lire. DEMAND8 TO BE HEARD ON MILITARY MATTER8. By Private Leased Wire. St. Petersburg, June II.—When the douma was opened today there were vague threats of Impending trouble. Without warning th* military procu rator. M. Pa.vloff, sprang upon th* Aoor and demanded to be heard on military affairs. Grekt opposition was ehown. as' this waa not In th* day’s program. Tha matter was left under advisement with President Mouremsteff. SIX ARE ARRESTED IN MURDER CASE By Private I-eased Wire New York, June 11.—Six men have been arrested In connection with the murder of Mrs. Alice Klnnan on the Dlassa of th* Stanton mansion at 2161 Washington avenue, and th* police de clar* that before nightfall at leant one other person will be In custody. There Is no official pretense, how ever, that tpe mystery I* any nearer solution lhan It waa when the victim was found while breathing her last. Each fact that has been brought light so fur has tended only to discredit some previously ascertained ctrcum stance or to upset some carefully de veloped theory of the Investigator*. Seldoht have the detectives of New York been forced tn confess themselvea so utterly hopelessly helpless. Seldom has expert analysis proved so futile and Ineffective. No substantial motive has been ea tobllshed. Detective Sergeant Price, In charge of th* Bronx datectlve bureau, announced today that the hueband of the murderad woman had been located and that within a few hours h* would be communicated with directly. "Bui." said Price, "we will not take him Into custody. There la no evidence that ha la Imtdlrated In this strange case. He may be able, however, to tell us facts that may guide us to th* slayer.” Sergeant McCapley, of th* Bronx de tective force, declared today that Mr*. Klnnan had a quarrel a week ago In a cate with a man prominent In the Ital ian colony adjacent to the old Blanton homestead. This man’s Identity Is known and he will be arrested today. The six men arrested on suspicion are Italian* who live In the -neighbor hood. WAS SPIRITED AWAY INTO ANOTHER STATE Kpeclal te The Georgian. Moultrie. Gs„ June 11.—Another chapter Is added to the alleged kidnap ing of Mrs. Jessie Holland, who, It la claimed, was forcibly taken away from her husband on the morning following her elopement at midnight. Young Holland went before Ordina ry T. H. Parker Saturday and aerurrd a writ reqalrtng Mrs. Ladra Peterman, mother of th* bride, to com* to Moul trie and show cause why eh* should restrain the young woman against her will and without due process of law. The friend* of the family heard of the action and passed the word out In time for tbe mother to get the daughter across the state line before ths officer arrived. Republican Convention Called. Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn, June 11 The county Republicans have called a con vention to meet at ttMLBMHt bouse hern June 2* *• select delegates to attend th* state convention which convenes I In Nashville July 2L The police commission will not meet Tuesday night, as-hoe been expected, and the three Investigations scheduled for thnt time will be postponed in- deAnely. Owing to the Importance of the ipat- tera to come before the commission, It la announced that a meeting will not be held until a time when all of the commissioners can be present. Com missioner Brandon la at present absent from the city, at the bedside of hla slater, who I* III In Chattanooga, and will not be present Tuesday night. Chairman Terry stated Monday that he could not tell when the meeting would be held. Mayor Woodward and Commissioner Venable expect to be ab sent from the city during the rfext few days and this will prevent the calling of a meeting for an early date. Charges Have Been Served. Chief Jennlng* has served format charges on Station Sergeants Turner and Mitchell and Datectlve Lockhart, and It la expected everything will be In readiness for the Investigations when th* meeting la convened. Each of tha three officers ta charged with conduct unbecoming an officer. Sergeants Turner and Mitchell are ac cused of allowing Edna Rexford, tha former chorus girl and star witness In the Moon-Bohnefeld Investigation, to use th* big vault In the police station aa a dressing room, while Detective Lockhart Is charged with appropr Ing to hte own use certain artlciei value turned ovar to him for Investiga tion. Tbta charge Is brought by Joe Rptan, a pawnbroker at 1$ Decatur street. Captain to B* Elected. Th* election of a successor to former Captain Moon I* also scheduled for th* coming meeting, and this promises a lively Aght, because of the muddled condition of the police civil service question. The board will have to determine whether civil service' la really In effect and whether th* new captain will have to stand a civil service examination or he elected In the old way. BELIEVED THAT GOFF TURNED DOWN PATRICK By Private Leased Wire. New York, June 11.—The report waa current today that Recorder Goff had completed hta opinion refusing a new trial to Lawyer Albert T. Patrick, who Is under sentence to die next Monday In Sing Sing prison for the murder of William M. Bice. Patrick'* lawyers. It Is stated, have ) re pared tor an adverse decision, and rave th* papers ready for an applica tion to th* United States supreme court for a writ bt error and for a writ of habeas corpus. The last resort In th* effort to rave Patrick will be an application to Gov ernor Higgins tor a commutation of the death sentence. Bond Election Carrie*. Special to The Georgias. Carnaavllls, Go., June U.—Th# bond •lection tn Franklin county to bund a court house carried by 192 major ity. Colonel B. F. Camp was nominated for tbe senate by over 200 majority. 8. S. Swilling was nominated tor representative: WAS TRYING TO PAY HIS HONEST DEBTS Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn., June 11.—The tragic death of Mrs, Charles T. Price at her home here from grief because her husband, who was a laborer, was driven out of the city by debt, appeals to the human sympathies and Is one of the great sacrlAces. The poor woman’: husband was In hiding In a town near, by trying to earn money to afford hls wife and two children with the bare necessities of life. But hls efforts In this respect seem to have been In vain, for hls poor wife died of a broken heart In abject poverty after twins were born to her. A letter which the poor husband wrote hls wife recently, which strikes the sympathetic chord of the sympathetic, has been found. *' reads In part as follows: “Dear Llssle—l am working and will send for you as soon as you are able to come to me. Keep this to yourself and tell no one. Keep the bill man off. Tell him to be easy and he will get hi* money. Love to the dear little chil dren, and Ood bice* you all.” But that letter did not save hla poor wife. Th* Salvation Army burled the remains and the poor hueband’* heart Is broken with grlsf. SEABOARD TO BECOME COAL CARRYING ROAD Packing House Legislation Talked Behind Locked Doors By Private Lewd Wire. Washington. June 11.—The home committee on agriculture went Into executive aeaston thi* morning to consider legislation designed to cor rect the evils recently complained of in the pocking house busl- A TLANTA AND GEORGIA FOLK TRA VELDURINGWARMDA YS By Private Leased wire. New York, June 11.—Mr. and Mrs. David Woodward, of Atlanta, are at Poughkeepsie, where their daughter. Mis Marlon Woodward, will graduate at Vassar. Among the other Southern girls receiving degrees at Vaaaar this year are Mira Maybeil Roden, of Bir mingham, and Mieses Frances Stewart and Rose Converse, of,Atlanta. Miss Mary Ellen Harris has return ed to her horn* In Montgomery, after attending Mrs, Semple's school during tho winter. , Miss Isabelle Thomas has returned to New York, after n visit to her sis ter. Mr*. Marshall Johnston, In Macon, Ga. , Mr. and Mrs. Will N. Harben and children have left for the mountains of north Georgia, to remain during the balance of Juno and July. Mr. Har ben always spends part of each year amid tha scene* and among the char acters he has made so familiar In hls stories, "The Georgian*," “Abner Dan iel," "Polo Baker,” and others. Dr. and Mr*. Downey, of Gaines vllle, Ga., were In New York on tholr way to the medical convention In Bos ton. LOCAL NEWS CONDENSED Special to The Georgian. Portsmouth, Va, June 11.—Railroad circles here are Interested in the latest announcement from New York regard ing tbe preparation* being made there to make the Seaboard Air Line railway a coal carrying road. Thomas F. Ryan, Ladenhurg. Thnlltnan ft Co., and Nor man R. Ream and others, who are the dominating spirits of tha Seaboard, are organising a gigantic corporation, with capital In the neighborhood of $10,- 060.000, to take Over the . ClInchAeld Valley coal field*. Connection with the building of the South and Weatern railroad, from Bris tol, Va.-Tenn, has always been ac credited to the Seaboard, tbrough the knowledge or the fact that Ryan la the spirit behind the construction of this road. Alfred Walter, th* new president of the Seaboard Air Lina railway. Is also Interested In the new road. The South and Western taps rich coal lands In the ClInchAeld district. It has been understood for some time that the Seaboard will use Southport, N. C.. as Its coal port. Last winter the route from Hamlet to Southport, making con nection with the South and Western, waa surveyed by Seaboard engineer*. OPE m WARDED FROM ATTACK BY REDS By Private Leased Wire, Rome, Italy, June 11.—Fear waa. felt yesterday for Pope Plus when he at tended St. Peter's for the baatlAcatlon of th* venerable Bona Ventura, of Bar celona, reports being current that the anarchists from France had formed a pint to assassinate th* pontiff. How ever, nothing occurred to mar th* occa sion. Persons to the number of several thousand were admitted to the basil ica on tickets. Tha police used every -recautlon to Insure the safety of hte ollness. WAN SHOT TO DEATH AT CHIPLEY SUNDAY Special to Tbe Georgian. Cillpley, Oa., June 11.—T, T. Mur. rah waa shot and Instantly killed here yesterday evening about * o’clock. J. A. Hastey was charged with the killing, arrested and locked, up In the guard house, but subsequently It was ascer tained that he had gotten out. Member of Governor’s 8taff. Special to The Georgian. Columbus. Oa., June 11.—Thopotla T. Murray, a banker and member of tbe governor’s staff, waa shot and killed at Chtpley Sunday evening by A. C. Hasty, a cltlsen of that place. An old grudge dates back to the kill ing of Hasty's brother by Irvin at tbe Smith speaking two weeks ago. Rsarrested an Forgery Charge. Special to The Georgias. Otloden, Ga., June 1L—Charged with forgery In several places. Emmet W. Jordan has been rtarreated. Claiming to repreaant the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, ha succeeded In getting a friend to cash a check for $12$ In B, M. Holman Her*. B. M. Holman, of the well known Arm of Lot-d ft Thomas, one of the leading, advertising agencies of the United States, fa at the Piedmont. Mr. Holman has covered tha Southern territory for a number of years, and Is a recognised authority on all adver tising matters. Tent Meetings 8uce«*sfut. The tent meetings at Brisbane park are attracting very much attention. They are being held under the direc tion of the Congregational Methodist Church on Cooper street In the ab sence of the pastor of this church, Rev. Rolfs Hunt, who left Sunday for Rome, where he had made a previous engage ment Rev. Dr. Woodward spoke Sun dsy night and Edward Young Clarke, Jr., of The Atlanta Constitution, will speak Monday and Wednesday nights. Dr. Rolfe Hunt had to go to Rome on account' of an engagement he had made several month* ago, and before he knew anything of the tent meet ings. He Is expected to return either Wednesday or Thursday of this week. Leaves For Horn*. A. G. McCurry, who has been tHe guest of friends In tt$Ia city for Sev eral weeks, left Sunday afternoon for hla home In Hartwell, where he will spend the summer vacation before re turning to hls studies In the Maryland Medical College, In Baltimore, In which Institution he has been a pupil tor the post two years. Passes Through Atlanta. Eugene Jackson, of Tampa, Fla., spent Sunday In the city while en route to hls home for the summer after com- dating the term at the Southwestern laptlat University at Jackson, Tenn., where he is studying to enter tha min istry. Free Lecture to Negroes. At the Friendship Baptist Church at S o'clock this evening will be given n free lecture by R«iv. W. B. Shepard, a Presbyterian missionary, who has re cently returned from a visit to Africa, and who will tell of the conditions os he found them there. Another Picnic Suit. Mrs. Linla Clark ha* Aled suit against the Atlanta and West Point Railroad Company and the Central of Georgia Railway Company for $6,000 damages for Injuries alleged to have been re ceived In the wreck of the Atlanta and West Point picnic train, June 0. Post B Doing to Charleston. Post B, Travelers' Protective Asso ciation, will run Its annual seaahore excursion to Charleston and the Isle of Palms on June 2$. Tickets will be good for Ave days. A special committee of T, P. A. mem bars will be in charge of this outing nnd all are assured a delightful trip who go. The excursion Is for ladles nnd gentlemen only. 124th Georgia Report Out The One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Georgia report came from the hand* of the state printer Monday morning, and Is now In tho hands of the state librar ian for distribution and rale. 8up*rior Court Judge Busy- Governor Terrell la having some dlf- Aculty In Andlng two superior court Judges disengaged this week to sit on the special tax case In the supreme court Friday, In which Justices Cobb and Lumpkin are disqualified. He Is also seeking a Judge to go to Miller county next week to hold court for Judge Sheffield, Who Is quite 111 and has not been able to preside In hla cir cuit for over a year. The governor hopes to secure the two Judges to pre side In the supreme court within the next day or so. Two Officers for Third. Reorganisation of the Third Regl ment continues slowly, Tracey I. Hick man. of Augusta, has been appointed captain and commissary and George W. Shackelford, of Augusta, second lieu tenant and battalion quartermaster, Alleges Desertion. Alleging that Chester McDonald de. serted her on July 16, 1901, Mrs. Clara McDonald has Aled suit for total dl vorce. The petitioner, who avei she and the defendant were married In Marietta, December 19, 1190, prays for the restoration of her maiden name, Clara Wallace. Wants $25,000 Damages. A $25,000 damage suit against the Central of Georgia and Atlanta and West Point railroad companies was Aled Monday morning by Weatmoro- land Bros, and W. 8. Howard, for Wil liam B. short, who allegea thnt ho was Injured In the wreck of the Atlanta nnd West Point picnic train Juno 6, at the Fair street crossing In Atlanta. Tho plaintiff aver* that hit earning capacity before the wreck was $150 a month. Chairman Yaomans in Atlanta. Hon. M. J. Yeomans, chairman of the state Democratic executive committee, was In Atlanta Monday, and called on Governor Terrell. ’’Nothing new," hi said when asked If any slgnlffcance at tached to hls visit to the capital now. "Just passing through Atlanta.” Major J. F. Hanson, of Macon, president of the Central railroad, waa also a visitor to the capitol Monday. RE WANTED NEGRESS BURIED BY RIS SIDE By Private Leased Wire. Lexington, Ky., June 11.—William K. Howe, of Florence county. South Caro llna, and hls two nieces. Ethel and Malvina Howe, have Aled suits here to break the will of Major B. M. Thomas, the late noted breeder and turfman. The features of the will most btttfrly attacked by the plain tiffs are the clause* wherein Major Thomas requested that hls old family servant, "Aunt Marguerite Prior," be burled hy hls aid* In Lexington cem etery, and the one whereby he be queathed practically all of hls real estate to the negress. The petition Aled by the plaintiffs alleges that It would be an everlast ing dtfgrace to the character of Major Thomas and his relatives to have the wilt carried out. They allege that the negro woman used undue InAuence over the turfman during the last few years of hls life, when his mind was weakened. CARE OF THE WOUNDED IS BEING DISCUSSED By Private Leased Wire. Geneva,. June 11.—Today the fltbt regular sessions of the Red Cron con ference were held with a Aatteringty large attendance, not a single nation of prominence being without represen tation. All day yesterday the delegates ere arriving, and there are still some absentees. Many of the delegate* will also attend the coming meeting of the nations at th* The Hague while on the continent. This Is true of the United States tepresentatlve* who represent both branches of the service. They are General Georg* B. Davis, Judge advo cate general of th* United States army: Colonel W. C. Sanger, of the American Red Crosa Society; General “ tary attache at The Hague. The call for th* Red Cross conven- ttoa eras made for the purpose of dta. cussing and agreeing upon uniform new method* of raring for the sick and wounded In battle, changes made nec essary by constantly shifting condi tions TWO HEAVILY PINED IN WHISKY CASES Q. W. Johnson, a railroad man, re ading in Marietta street, near the junction of Walton street; -Brooklyn,' waa arreated Sunday afternoon by Plain Clothe* Of fleer* Rowan, Rosser and Starnes on the charge of operat ing a blind tiger, and waa arraigned Monday morning before Recorder Broyles. After hearing the. evidence, the re corder nned Johnson $60.76 and bound him over to the state courts on the charge of selling whisky and vagrancy. The officer stated that Johnson came to Atlanta recently from Birmingham and that he has been doing no work of any kind. They said he has been living in a dirty, unkempt upstairs room In -Brooklyn.” Johnson proteet- ed^raat he has been Working on a rail- J. K. Griffith,. of_91 Central avenue, waa also fined $60.76 Monday morning on the charge of operating a blind ti ger. The arrest waa made Sunday by the same trio of officers that arrested Johnson. A number of empty bottles and other paraphernalia were confis cated. v KEEPS LAWYERS HOME Politics Is somewhat caloric down In Savannah Just now. In fact, the situation there Is so acute between the Clt|**na’ Club and the People’* Democratic League In the Aght for supremacy that only one Savannah lawyer waa present In the supreme court Monday morning when the East ern clrclut waa reached. Chatham county primary will be pulled off Tuesday. Savannah attar- neys are so Intensely interested In tbe result—everybody down there gets Into the political gam* In some way—that though many rases from Savannah are on the docket from the ctrcult-all but one Aled briefs Instead of coSdng to •~~e In person. * i* Ion* exception Is Edward a Hu- who appeared before the court Monday morning. Monday th* Anal rallies are being held In Savannah, and every disciple of Blaikatone Is allied oo one side or the other. The Citizens’ Club and th* People's Democratic League both have full county tickets In the Aetd. and th* contest I* hot. even for Savannah. POPULIST TICKET IS lOIJRTfD STATE EXECUTIVE COMMIT. . .TEE TO MEET THURSDAY Judge Hines Vetoes Movement To Get Him to Head Populist Ticket in Georgia. Thursday, Juno 14, the atate Mecn . Uvo committee of the People’, , mrtr will meet In Atlanta. The meeting „m be held at noon, and probably behind closed doors. Clinlrr- :n J. J. Holloway Issued tbs official call some tima ago. Just what action will be taken by this commute, does not appear on the »urface yet It Is known that letter, have been written to prominent Populist, all over Georgia urging them to Judge J. K. Hines, of Atlanta and m sist that he stand for the g’overnn? ship on the Populist ticket 7u d ™ Hines In nil Interview, however em phatically vetoes any such movement He says ho Is not a candidate for tor- nr. will not be a candidate for iov- nr. that the Populist* will not S p U t out a ticket, and that he Is for Hoke Smith for governor. It Is the general nplnlon now that the executive committee will not ur« n state Populist ticket, end some ?c lion may bo taken toward Indorsing Mr. Smiths candidacy. The person- no! of the Populist executive commit, teo is as follows: J. j, Holloway, chairman; J. Dan Woodall, Sr see retary; eolqultt Daniel. Arst district J. H. Parrish, second district; H M Searcy, third district; R. B. Gaston' fourth district; C. T. Parker, fifth dl*! V i< * : ?• J’ % lnin S. sixth district; J. A. Bodenhamer, seventh district- w B. B rid well, eighth district; J T' w,. ters. ninth district; W. J. Henning tenth district; G. B. Crane, eleventh district. ONE PERSON KILLED AND SIRE INJURED SOME OF THE PASSENGERS HURT ARE EXPECTED TO DIE A8 RESULT OF WRECK. By Private Leased Wire. New York, June II.—One passenger was killed and at least twenty-Ave were Injured today at Eatontown. N. J„ by the wrecking of an Atlantic city express train on the New Jersey South, cm railroad, which ran Into an open switch. All the physicians from Red Bank, four miles away, and Elisabeth and other places have been summoned to aid the Injured. Some of the paaeen- gera who were wounded will die. When news of tho wreck reached Elizabeth a special train bearing doctors, nurse, nnd railroad officials waa atarted for Eatontot.n Immediately. Most of the passengers on the trtln. which left Atlantic City at 8:30 o’clock this morning, were New Yorkers, who were returning to th# city after spend ing Sunday at the shore. The train, which Is run hy the Cen tral raid road of New Jersey system, wae due at Liberty street. New York, at 11:10 n. m. The engine of the express plunged top speed Into several box car* which stood on the switch. CAPI, DECLARES CREW THREATENED HIS Lift Special to The Georgian. ■Savannah, Ga., June XL—With Cap tain T. H. Mtmms locked in the cabin and members of the crew bearing marks of battle, the Ashing smack Gracia put Into port here yesterday. The crew had the captain arrested, declaring he waa crazy, and had at tacked them, whereupon they shut him In the cabin. The captain declared he had taken refuge .there after having been attacked by the crew, who sought to murder him. The Oracle sailed from Charleston three week* ago. AT THE THEATERS Old Favorites Return. Thera will be a happy gathering at tha Ponce DeLeon Casino tonight, twin on and off the stage, for Little chip. Mary Marble, a well-selected Dunne-Karlan company, and mem musical maiden* will be the hosts in "Glorlana," with all th* Atlanta the- atergoers w'to can get In the building 1 guests. . The announcement of • h ' re ‘L r Il„t these favorites baa aroused the Inter of the amusement-seeking colony Tn J know the entertainer* and look ter * rare entertainment And the pi > know they will be playing to regm* friend*, ahd there will be evert working to make th* performance •* good aa the best yet. . . The sale of re*erved »eat« l’ the Grand box office. The box closes at ( o’clock each a/terao _ M will be opened at the v*rk ■■■ M o’clock. No seat* can beput aside 0 called for after the box office • 1 ^ In the city, and the “in «£t the summer theater box office - 111 .nv pick of the beat *«*t* n»‘ a tu The evnt will not be * c ' lp J'r„.,'gfr season, and there la no* 11 'f, t enc*. musical comedy company I” ** I)r in- Little Chip I* actually one of the pn clpal comedians In the tbeatri«‘ ^ ^ fesslon. and Mary Marble Is • mpt sy Importance. The * a PP° rtlD * „md**»* is perfect, and the c >*® ro !!.| ijjin ha* no equal. Th* mu**c , ,* |<k lected. and there will h* '.{’..nun**’ and go that make all the Wells Harlan show* *ucc*****- , i»i rf- Little Chip and Mis* Marble wm cthre royal welcome*, ww ^ ^ much impatience for th* op® 010 * engagement.