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ROADS TO TESTIFY IN OWN BEHALF THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. WEIINKHUAV. Jl NE 13. !!•*. FIVE OF COAL CARRIERS EX PECT TO TALK. Commerce Commission Is to Go to Washington for a Session. ' Private Leased Wire, iilledelphla, r».. June IS.—Prior to i' taking of testimony In the session I the Interstete commerce commie- on this morning, Commissioner Cle- <nts announced that the commission ould hold a session In Washington it o'clock on the morning of June . when any of the public carriers ho bad any testimony to offer on own behalf, will be heard. * This statement Is In line with the In- Itloo that live president! of eoat- ■ylng railroads would appear be lli* Investigators. Il-el UP TO COMMITTEE RETAILERS AND WHOLE SALERS CLASH. Red Hot Meeting Is Expected Between Booze Sellers. A red hot meeting of the tax and police , eommlttees will be held jointly Wednesday afternoon at S;!0 o'clock when the tight between retail liquor ■irnleri and "bottle men" will be waged with the ardor which competition be tween these two classes of business has sprung up. Home thirty local retail men. represented by attorney and petition, appeared before the laat session of council and there argued that the license on dealers selling from one quart up to five gallons should be $500 Instead of 1200 as has been the caee since prohibition dnya. When seen Just previous to the meeting,'' Llgon Johnson, attorney for the wholesale men, safil he would base hN argument along the line that all Ihe petitioners are dealers who buy from one Arm, wholesalers, liv Atlanta, and. that It ta the purpoae of thla mon ..poly (o run out of tha city all men Mias Bertha Krupp, owner nf tha great gun works, who la do wad Gustav von Bohlen utid Hnlback, secretary of the Prussian legation at the Vatican. THIss Krupp, who Is only It, has never cared for society and has spent the last two years living ilnong her working men, who number 120,000, and who adore her. Bhe owns 171,000,000 In her own right and will receive as much more t'omplrgne. wo called at the Hotel de laarty her Income on charity, when her molher dies. (Uie spends nearly her Income on charity. Suet for Divorea. Alleging that the girl's father swore out a warrant against him and had him put In Jail, from which place he would only be releasod If'he married the girl, Albla I.lnthlcum has filed suit for divorce from Kva I.lnthlcum, to whom ha was nutrrlsd April it, loot. The petitioner declares that ha was taken before a Justice and not even al lowed to tolephone a friend, but was married to the defendant, with whom he has never lived. The OMknow liquor ordinances rel uive to res trie ling the wholesalers Ii.ni owning or leasing to retallera and mil log the wholesalers on Ihe same .aria in the retailers wlU also be con- WIFE OF BREWER ARRESTED FOR CRIME Sioux Pella, la., June it.—A senea- tlon was caused here yesterday by the arrest of Mrs. Mom Kaufmann, wife of a wMlthy brewer, on the charge of manslaughter In connection with Ihe death of Miss Agnes Polrela, who waa employed as a domestic In the Ksuf- r 1.1 on home. The girl died several daya ogo and was burled at Parkston, her ne town home towa. Believing that her death waa due to unnatural reuses. Interested persons hnd the body exhumed and examined to physicians. On her head and body ■i-rn found numerous cuts ami bruises. Ii I* alleged thal Ihe girl died as Ihe result of beatings administered by Mrs. Kaufmann. Mrs. Kaufmann was arrested, ar- n.lgned before a Justice of the peace and was hound over to the next term of the state ulrcult court. BOY IS ABDUCTED FROM CLASS ROOM Ry Private tossed Wire. Philadelphia, June II.—Called from the clan room by the startling an nouncement that hit mother had bean Injured, and that she waa seriously III In a hospital, Charles F. .Muth, a 7- year-oM boy, waa tamed over tu an unkn nn man by a messenger boy here >■ e-terday and abducted. Although the police have made a genet.it search of the city, no trace of the irfl-ring child has been found up tu h late hour last night. Th# boy ts the son of Charles Muth, n wealthy J*» MAR'S. COREESSIOR REFOTEO BY ALIENISTS ny Private Leased Wire. ‘Chicago, Juno 12.—Two of the great est alienists In the world over their on n signatures today declare that Hi hard Irens Is probably Innocent W the mtuder of Mrs. Bessie Hollister. H t - confessions, they assert, prove that in- peculiar mental condition was i t .feebly Induced by hypnotism. <in> if these authorities la Hugo M unslerberg, professor of psychology hi llurvard. and the other Is William J > -i. professor of philosophy at Har vard. and a brother of Henry James. The statements from these experts. It i- asserted, uphold the position of the ■i-ftnee In the trial that Irene was in i n itlxed Into a confession by Aa- -i-i ant Chief Schuettler and that • hough Innocent, he was thought to be- “ " the -l.,ry himself through tha police persuasion. I Officers Mads Raid. In a raid on a hotel at 10 Trinity avenue Wednesday afternoon. Officers .Rosser, Rowan and Blame* arrested Ollle Rakesiraw, a slxteen-year-old girl, and C. W. Hall, a young White man, about 21 years old. The pro. prlelor of Ihe place, W. K. Kingston, wagon driven by H. B. Willis, a negro, on Marietta street, near the Kmplre building. When about half way across a horse struck the umbrella and then knocked Mr. Johnson down. Tha wagon ran over both ankles and the hors# stepped on Ihe edge of Mr. Johnson's straw hat, which was at tha time on his head. Although rather atlff from the accident Mr. JohrtPm was able to be around Wodnssday. The negro driv er did not atop after running over Mr. Johnson. Willis will be tried Wednes day afternoon. |iim»ui in me |fiittr, ip. r„ miiiaiuu, was also arrested, but released - later on ISO and mats collateral. The girl and Hall are still at police headquar ters. Suss Soulhtrn Railway. James Murphy has Sled suit for 11,- 000 damages against the Southern rail way for allegrd Injuries received by being run over by a train. Want! $2,000 Damages. Alleging that ha waa injurad while riding on a street car In Atlanta May S, 1000, Robert Wllkerson haa filed suit against the Georgia Railway and Blec- Irtc Company for $2,000. Women Indicted as Herat Thieves. Clara Clark and Mrs. Rlanch Clark were Indicted for horse stearin? In bills returned by the Pulton county grand Jury Wednesday morning. Fined far Blackmail. B. c. Banka a young white man. blackmail In the superior court neaday morning and wus lined $toti, In default of which he will serve twelve months. W. F. Nolan, superintendent of the Gale City Printing Company, was the prosecutor. Held on Serious Charge. On tha charge of assaulting with Intern to murder a nrgress by the name of Gordon, at 22',t Wallace street, Ruater Htnlth. a negro, waa bound over under |(00 bond In the recorder's rourt Tuesday afternoon. A knife wan used on the woman, who received many deep wounds on her face and shoulders. In the court room, Smith triad to establish a relationship with ihe woman,, but aha Indignantly denied ever having had anything to do with him. Cancer! at iKe Fart. The following concert program will be rendered from 2 to 0 o'clock Wed nesday night by the regimental band at Fort McPherson: 1. March, "Our Favorite Regiment"— Dominick Krtl. 2: Overture, "Orphfeua In dtr Unter- wolf—OfTenhach. I. Walts "Impassioned Dream"—J. Roms. «. Selection, "The Jolly Musketeers" —Julian Edwards 6. Dance. -"Serpentine"—Andrew Herman. «. Spanish Intermecso, “La Zurtta" Florence McPherran. The public la cordially Invited. The afternoon concerts have been discon tinued. Concerts are now held from I to i p. m, dally, except Saturdays and Sundays John Grant Sues Pullman. neys. Slaton A Phillips against the Pullman company for till.So. the value of Jewelry and trink ets alleged to have been lost by him In a Pullman ear as he was leaving Washington on May It, IMS Missionary te Speak. Rev. William H. Shepard. F. R. G. 8., the African missionary, will make his farewell address In Atlanta tonight at the First Congregational Church, col ored, corner fourtland avenOe and Houston street, at • o'clock. He will exhibit African swords and curios Tha admission la free, and the public g»p- erally, white and colored. Is Invited. t-igon Johnson's Clots Call. Llgon Johnson, a member of the law Arm of Arnold dr Arnold, waa run over and badly bruised by r. furniture Obsolete Ordnance for 8choots ■ If a bill now pending In congress becomes a law', and It has received a favorable coikmlttee report, the obso lete ordnance belonging (o Uncle Sam, and stored In warehouses over tha country, will be allotted to the schools over the country having cadtt corps. College Park and, perhaps, other In stitutions In Georgia would benefit by this act. areut quantities of obso- lete ordnance no longer of the (light est service to the army Is plied away, and It would prove very serviceable to the schools If glvsn them. Ml In Florida. According to news received In At lanta Tuesday. Frank Eckelman, of Myron, Fla, formerly of Atlanta, la seriously 111 on hla immense orange plantation In that vicinity. Tha Ill ness Is supposed to be partially due a recant fall of Mr. Eckelman from tree upon which he was working. Sscend Annual Banquth Tha second annual banquet of the South Carolina Society of Atlanta will be held thla year on the evening of June 21, and le expected to be the banner event In the hlatury of the so ciety. Many distinguished guests are expected to- he present. Including Gov ernor Hayward, of South Carolina. Hon. John Temple Graves will preside over the banquet tn hla capacity president. H. C. Johnson in Bankruptcy. II. C. Johnson, a railroad man of thla city, has Bled a voluntary petition In bankruptcy with the clerk of the United Stales district court. His lla bllttlea are given as 2222,22, with no aaaeta. • Burglar Trlsd Twice. Two unsuccessful attempts were made Tuesday night by a burglar to enter Ihe home of Morrle Seri, it Gil mer street. Mr. Sell was awakened each time by some one at a window, but he was unable tn gel a shot at tha Intruder. The latter was frightened away before Mr. Seri could get at him. The police were noftfled. Two Companies Muttered Out. Orders wlU be Issued by the adjutant general at once mustering out of tha State National Guard Company I, Cora dele, Fourth Infantry, and Company H. LnGranga Fifth Infantry. These two companies had apparently lost Interest In military matters, hence the order mustering them out. Hit By Red Hat Metal. John Harrington, of Anniston, Ala. was brought to Atlanta ob an early train Wednesday morning fbr expert treatment following an accident In the shops of the laiulsvllle and Nashville road at Anniston, In which ha was struck la lha eye with a piece of red hot metal. He was accompanied by F. M. Nixon, and a specialist was con sulted. Blue and Gray Mast Friday. The meeting of the Blue and tha Gray haa been postponed until Friday night on account of bad weather. Hopes are entertained that every one will be present. The committee appointed by the live veteran camps and th Grand Army of the Republic camp of this city, are requested to meet Friday. June If, al I o'clock al Hllbura A Holland's, 102 South Forsyth street, for the pur pose of perfecting plans for the re union of the Blue and the Gray, to be held July 4. If07, at Washington. D. C„ or some other city to be selected. Rscaptien Postponed. The reception which waa to hava been given Thursday evening to Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Mack, by Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Alfitend. of College Park, haa been postponed until next Tuesday from • till t o'clock, because of the Inclement weather. Dr. Mack Is pas tor of the College Park Presbyterian church. HERE IS THE STORY CURTIS JEH TOLD WHEN HE SQUEALED SAYS HE AND WHITE MUR DERED FOR MONEY. Relates Just How He Waited in the Courtroom to Kill Cockrell. My Private 1 .cased Wire. Lexington. Ky„ June 12.—No writer of drama has aver pictured a villain which would do justice to Curtis Jett, Kentucky's arch assassin. His con fesslon was made to Attorney B. R. Jewett and Stanley Webster, a Cyn thtana attorney. , Jett eat on a chair facing the win dew which showed every line of his face. He never changed color or ex pressed the least shame when relating how he committed one of the foulest murders that has ever been recorded In Kentucky. Ife sab' he and Tom White, who were convicted for the murder of James Cockrell, were no tools: that they worked for the money promised ih*tn. Jett said Ms uncle, James Hargis, who was then county Judge, first sug gested killing Dr. Cox; that the plana went wrong, but Anally Dr. Cox was kilted. He did not know by whom, as ha arrived on the scene too late. Next It waa decided to kill the town mar shal, Jim Cockrell. He. with others whom he names, waited In the court room and shot Cdckrell as he waa passing along the street. He ran across from the room and over tn Hargis' store, telling that all had gone well. Next he detailed the various plots to murder James B. Marcum. He told failed and after the nerve employed to murder Marcum had failed he and Tom White undertook and eX' eruted the plot FOUR BOYS CREMATED IN THEIR MOTHER AND SISTER HAVE NARROW ESCAPE. Victims of Fire Were Brothers, the Youngest Two • Years Old. By Private Leased Wire. . Ottawa, Canada, June IS.—At Kllla- loe, 24 miles from Ottawa, four sons of Daniel Dickson were burned to death by Are which at midnight de, atroyed thalr home. The dead are: Daniel, aged 12; Carrol, aged 2; Wil liam, aged S. and James Dickson, aged 2. Mrs. Dickson and her daughter, bad narrow escapes. CHAUNCEY DEPEW IS SEEKING HEALTH HE GOES TO “BILLY’’ MULDOON'S FARM AND BEGINS THE STRENUOUS LIFE. By Private Leased Wire. New York. June 12.—Chauncey M. Depew haa been taken In hand by "Billy* Muldoon, who la trying to make a new man of the mentally and physically shattered United States senator, on the Muldoon farm, up at While Plains. Senator Depew le lead Ing Ihe simplest rife that has been hla portion since he was a barefooted boy with a atone bruise on his big toe In Peeksktll, N. Y. There I* a good daal of •trenuoslty mixed with Ihe aim pllelty. u;s, CRUISER READY TD SEIZE REBEL SHIP STEAMER EMPIRE MAY BE HELD TO ACCOUNT FOR A'OING THE GUATEMALAN REVOLT. By Private Leased Wire. Washington, June 12.—The United States cruiser Marblehead haa the United States steamer Empire cor nered In the harbor at Corinla Nica ragua. and the moment the little American vessel attempts tn leave the Nicaraguan coast It la believed tha warship will setts It and bring It to account for the pari played In desisting Guatemalan revolutionists. INJUNCTION REFUSED IN SCHOOL CONTRACT Aprrlal to The Benrgten. Augusta, GO- June 12.—Judge Henry C. Hammond refused the Injunction In the school case this morning and the board of education baa decided to re open the bids. The suit was brought lha Richmond codnty board of education, executing n contract with Contractor T. O. Brown for the erection of Ihe new Fifth ward school building. The lellng of the contract to T. O. Brown behind closed door* baa been a source of much comment her* and It waa upon these grounds, together with the fart that Mr. Brown was a member nf tha board, that the case waa laid for the Injunction. Archbishop Farley, of New York, who has Just been commanded by tha pope to carry tha papal blessing to the Catholic workers of Amerca. THEATER ORDINANCE AMENDED TO DEATH Council • Committee Hacks It Up Unti Practically No Restrictions Are Left. Theaters now standing in Atlanta will be almost entirely exempt from molestation by the law, os the portions of the Oldknow theater ordinance af fecting the structures which are now standing were hardly without exception killed by the special council commit tee which haa had the ordinance under consideration for the past three week*. Tuesday afternoon the committee, consisting of the ordinance committee. City Electrician Evans, City. Engineer Clayton, City Building Inspector Pitt man and Chief of the Fire Department Joyner, met and completed the work of revlelng the ordinance. The new ordinance, or rather the old ordinance, renovated, will be ready for the com ing eeaalon of council, when It will doubtless be passed and become a por tion of the city code. Aside from eliminating the restric tions on the old theaters, the only other Important changes made In tha ordinance were the striking out of the portion which required Are-proof structures, and that which requires au tomatlc sprinklers over atages. FULTON WRANGLE UP AGAIN TUESDAY SUB-COMMITTEE TO NAME OFFI CIAL HEAD ON THAT DATE. On Tuesday, June It. the aubcom mittee from tha stale.Democratic ex ecutive committee lx aisled to meet here to determine which one of Ihe two Fulton county committees Chairman Yeomans la to deal with ofAdally. May 22 and 21 the committee wrestled with the proposition here, hut could not get Ihe contending forces together on any kind of a proposition. They then decided to lake evidence from both sides, deliberate over It until June 22, and meet here to announce their decision. Chairman Yeomans appointed Ave on thle subcommittee, but Senator W. C. Bunn, of Cedartown, waa not present at the Arst meeting. The others are Judge W. tv. Stark, of Commerce; Hon. Frank Park, of Sylveater: fl. T. Bla lock, of Fayetteville, and Judge J. B. Burnside, of Hamilton. This commit tee will not attempt to enter Into the queetlon whether the Felder or the Maddox committee la ofAclaJ Insofar as county matters are concerned. CONVICT'S BODY WILL BE EXHUMED INVESTIGATION WILL BE MADE OF NEGRO WHO DIED FROM CA8E OF SUNSTROKE. FORREST AVE, FOLKS MAY GET INJUNCTION II Is understood that the property owners on Forrest avenue are protest ing vehemently against the proposed double tracking of that street from Piedmont avenue to Fori street. Are blocke east, and that the residents on this street are contemplating bring a bill of Injunction asking that the street car company be restrained from double tracking Forrest avenue. WANTS AN EXTRA TERM TO TRY FORMER AUDITOR By Private Leased Wire. Buffalo. N. T, Jqjie 12.—Blocked In hla effort to aecure an early trial of Former County Auditor John F. Neff, by Ihe action of Justice Marcus In sending the case to Wyoming county where then la no regular term until late In September. District Attorney Abbott Is today drafting an appeal to Governor Higgins for an extraordinary •erm. 8peclal to The Georgian. Amerlcua, Go., June 12.—'IJitre will be an Investigation of the death of the negro convict. Munch Holloway, who died six hours after he began work on the county chalngang. It Is alleged that he waa cruelly beaten by tha su perintendent or the gang, but there la little credence placed In the — story. The body will be disinterred and examined to ascertain whether or not there were any bones broken and to what extent the body was bruised. The superintendent admits whipping the negro, but he says that It was not severe enough to produce death. The examination will be held today. CONSTRUCTION WORK IS SOON TO BEGIN Special to The Georilsn. Huntsville, Ala., June 12.—The con struction of the Nashville and Hunts ville railway will begin at an early date, and Colonel PraU, In charge of the Madison county end of It, says ha will be ready to give out some definite news as to the construction In a few days. COURTS ARE TO DECIDE GREATER PITTSBURG FATE By Private Leased Wire. Pittsburg, June 12.—The electors of Pittsburg have declared for consoli dation by a majority of 22,(22, while a majority of 2,422 waa rolled up In opposition In Allegheny. This gives a lead In the Greater Pittsburg or 22,221 In favor of annexation. The opposi tion will Aght annexation In the courts JUSTICE CONFIRMS SALE OF COOPERAGE PLANT Special to The Georgian. Montgomery, Ala, June 11.—Judge Thomas O. Jones of the United States court for the middle district of Ala bama, haa confirmed the sale of the Montgomery Cooperage and Hardwood Company to Richard Trills tor the sum nf til.ooe. This company was thrown Intp. bankruptcy and was fold at suc- llon. SECRETARY WILSON PRESIDENT SAYS THERE'8 NOTHING IN REPORT Rumor Had It That "Farmei Jim” Waa to Lose Job in Cabinet. By Private Leased Wire. Washington, June 12.—The "farmer vote" Is on the anxious seat. Rumor, are floating out of Washington and scattering over the ranches of th» West, the plantations of the South and the truck gardens of the Bast whirl, declare that Srrrptnrv . v* d f C H a J° ‘IS 1 Secretory WII.onT.' scheTfl uled for the headsman. The beef di'. closures have angered the president tn such an extent, these rumors proceed to say, that he has made up hts mind to appoint a neiv secretary of aarli ui ture. Gifford Plnchot, a close [Her,: of the president, Is the late,* man "mentioned" for Farmer Jim's place "There Isn't a word of truth, or even probability. In these stories." n The president so declared himself this morning when he was asked about the matter. The president Is said to he well satisfied with the work of the de parnient of which Mr. Wilson Is the head, and to have the highest regard for the secretary personally. ATLANTANS SIGNED WITH 1910 TD NAMES MANY IN ATTENDANCE AT NA- TIONAL MEETING OF NUR SERYMEN. TV Special to The Gcorglmi. Dallas.. Tei., June ll-The Nathsul Nurseries Assoctatlou convened here this morning for a three days' session. n,r aiaoclatlcm Is presided over hy K. Allen son, of Indiana, president of the nrgnniu tton. . The feature of the morning session ns. addresses of welcome hy Mayor nirils r Htnlth, II. U. Tboman mu] John A. Kwton, representing the commervlnl orjr»nlzntlGii< of Dallas. Them* ndtlreiue* were rrMN>n«IH to by Cotijrrraauian N. W. Hale, of Tenm**- see, who la it memtier of the organisation. tteorglana tn sttcmlsnre nn> tiny Ktrw- art. Atlanta; It. I. 8mlth, Atlanta; It. V. Itlacknion, Augusta, and J. K. Mat. t’obut- The’ delegates from Atlanta all alsntil their names on the register and put the date "IMO" thereafter, ahowlug that llier DATES FOR PRIMARY IN TENTH DISTRICT Special to The Georgian. Augusta, Go.. Juno 12.—The conven tion of the representatives of the Tenth congressional district was held here today and thedale for the primary Its. been set for August 22, the same dale Of the state primary. There were representatives presen' from each of the counties, also t'on gressman Hardwick. KILLED BY STEPPING ON A LIVE Special to Tha Georgian. Augusta, Go., June 12.—J. E. t art- ton. e young white man. was killed here laat night sf a late hour by step ping on a lire wire thal was don a FIRST SKIRMISH Special to The Georgian. Savannah, Ga.,- June 12.—The re«ul 111 yesterday's primary was the first skirmish In the light of the People* League against bossfsm and a tun open town, so the victors say. The real contest Is In January. The recen victory will help In that election, as » haa encouraged the opponents of jo' administration and disheartened tn other side, though a stubborn light win made under the leadership of '' v .. Osborne, to save the day at the city election. . , It Is said that large sums of mono changed hands on the result, one rn«n winning over J4,020. end other, "m nlng up In the thousands. Emmett Wilson, who led Ihe tick” as a member of the Democratic ««• tive committee, will probably he «"« tlve committee, win prooeuo , new chairman of the county, succe A. A. Lawrence. Ing BLACKSMITHS WIN AND RETURN TO WORK Special to The Georgian. Amertcus. Ga., June 12.—The n blacksmiths employed here by the L. railway, who have been out _ strike for about two weeks, we back to work today. They struck for «tenderd «"*^ ..id upon the company’s agreememt comply with tbelr wishes the) turned to work. God erally often comes to vlsttua. huice" we ere not In.—Abbe Rolx A good mkn dose good merely •» l|T Ing.—Bulwer. That But 1 hold It III becomes a man to nurse ‘’The’ teeth of clinched entagw To followup the worthleet till bedl«- ■bmM the cord vnm together your spare hou"^ 1 of nome definite n “ rDO## * M Taylor.