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, ■ ■ u • - The Atlanta Georgian. VOL. I. NO. 71. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1906 ‘PT^TPI? • ,n Atlanta TWO CENTS. ITlVAV^ij. on Trains FIVE CENTS. PEOPLE WILL CHOOSE RAILROAD COMMISSION IF BILL PASSES SENATE Kelly Measure Goes Through House in Big Hurry. WILL NOT FIRE OUT PRESENT MEMBERS General Belief Is That Bill Will Be Quickly Ap proved by the Senate. The railroad commissioner* will be elected by the people hereafter If the ■enate ratines the Kelly bill, passed by the house Wednesday morning by the almost unanimous vote of 152 to 4. The Perry amendment, to legislate the present commissioners out of of fice, was defeated. By the vote of 95 to I, It waa Immedi ately transmitted to the senate. It provides that when the present terms of the commissioners expire they shall be elected' by the people. The Perry amendment, voted down, which caused all the excitement, was as follows: To strike section 2 of the original bill by omitting all after the enacting clause In that section and substitute the following: "That at the next gen eral election to be held In this state there shall be elected three railroad commissioners whose only qualifica tions shall be that they are qualified electors of the state, to supersede the present commissioners, and the com- mlsioners so elected shall hold their of fices for two, four and six years, re spectively, from November 1, 1906, and It shall be determined by lot which shall hold for two, which for four and which six years, respectively, and on the first day of November, 1906, the terms of the present railroad commis sioners shall expire. Not to Be Put Out, By a vote of nearly four to one, the house refused to accept the Perry amendment legislating the present commissioners out of office. This brought on the sharpest part of the debate, and which many membors fav orable to this amendment disclaimed any Intention of reflecting on any mem ber thereof, but Mr. Juokson, of Jones, was not so gentle. Ho flatly chnrged that the commission had not done its duty, and he undertook to prove It. Two years ago, he said, when the Atlanta freight bureau took up the question of these freight rates, the commission Issued two circulars reduc ing the freight rates on certain com modities. The railroad* went Into the United States court to enjoin this reduction, he continued. The representatives of these railroads upon their sworn tes timony that these roads wer* valued at 145.000 per mile, asked that these rates go not Into effect, and the court so ordered. Mr. Jackson affirmed that by this action the state of Georgia had lost yearly since then 2628,000. Explanations were In order again on this measure, as on many previous ones. Kelly’s Generalship. Mr. Kelly displayed some parllamen tary skill In circumventing the motion of Mr. Alexander, of DeKalb, to send the bill back to the committee. When the bill was reached as unfinished busi ness, the Alexander motion would the first In order, but Mr. Kelly se cured the floor, and, after a short ex planation, called the previous ques tton, the effect of which, if sustained, was to cut oft the Alexander amend ment. The house very promptly sus tained Mr. Kelly's motion, showing mo»t convincingly tfiat they were ready to vote for the bill. Mr. Connors, of Bartow, said thero waa a way to,get rid of them. The house could prefer charges and the senate Investigate them. He knew of no charge. There had been Inalnua lions here. Mr. Davis, of Bibb, preferred the Kelly bill to the Perry amendment Mr. Little, of Hancock, nverred ha would not vote for the bill If the Perry amendment were adopted. nn«D II1 H» Judge Perry Says Kelly Bill Is a Fraud—Bell Bill Ditto. TO HIRE A TRAIN FOR HER WITNESSES IN DIVORCE SUIT Private Leased Wire. Chicago, July lg.—To gather a car- loa I of witnesses for the defense in the sensational divorce suit brought by her millionaire husband, Brodle L. Duke, In New York, Mrs. Alice Webb Duke hap come secretly to Chicago. She 1* h"'' at the Grand Paelflc hotel holding Jade conference* with attorneys and [fiends. She haa retained former 1 tilted State* Senator Mason os coun sel for her In the divorce case, In which the I* lighting for a fortune. She haa negotiated with a railroad company for a private ear to take her Party 0 f witnesses and attorneys to „**' Y ork in the near future. The next *>»P In the litigation Is set for July 26 St New York city. Mrs. Alice Webb Duke le determined to begin the pre sentation of her elde of the cese In court that day. cootMJOOoOOOOOOOOOGOlWOOO^ 2 WOMAN, AGED 108, TOURS IN AN AUTO. O 2 Prtvate Leased Wire, n , -Middletown, Conn. July 18.— O n "’rayed In goggles, visor, cepe O 2 E"!’'oak. Mrs. Elisabeth Hunt, O 2 r ‘ Drooklyn borough, who Is 108 O 2 °Id. 1* making her annual O 2 ot th, » state. Tile trip Is O o , m »d* in an auto, which g O b>f easy stages from one O “ '-own to another. o The house waa treated to an ex citing acene Wednesday morning dur ing the vote on the Kelly bill, and for quite a while the nerves of several members were at a high tension. personal difficulty between Mr. Wright, of Floyd, and Mr. Wright, of Richmond, seemed eminent, and nelth- er member was in an altogether amiable frame of mind. Thinking that llr.. Wright, of Rich mond, had asserted In his speech that he (Wright, of Floyd) had reflected on the Integrity of the house, the Floyd member with the most vehement elo quence charged that that etatement ’tta false. Vntle. he was speaking, Mr. Wright, of Richmond, called Mr. Anderson, of Chatham,' to his. seat, with whom he conferred In tho center alele near the Richmond member's seat. Wrjght, of Richmond, Explains. When the Floyd member had con eluded, Mr. Wright, of Richmond, out wardly calm, yet apparently laboring under a little suppressed excitement, explained that he had not said directly that the Floyd member had reflected on the Integrity of the house, but that he had sold “apparently” that It was a re flection. With, this explanation he requested the gentleman from Floyd to withdraw hie words. ‘‘I wish to know flret If the gentle- man denies that he made the state ment that I reflected on the Integrity of the house,” rejoined the Floyd mem her. “I have already explained that,” re sponded the Richmond member. ''Then 1 withdraw the charge,” said tho other Mr. Wright, and the dove of peace once moro “hove" In sight over the solons. Mr. Perry started the fun that almost led up to a clash between the two Wrights, it not being clear which was "The wrong Mr. Wright.” "Kelly Bill a Freud.” After hie amendment had been de feated by the vote of 32 to 131, nearly 4 to 1, Judge Perry most emphatltally denounced the Kelly bill aa a fraud. They had asked for bread and were given a stone. They were not given a decent child labor bill. Every cross-roads politician and 2 by-4 lawyer with a free pass In his pocket was against these reforms. It was In explanation of his vote that his furious denunciation waa hurled at the Kelly bill. Mr. Wright, of Floyd, when his name was reached In one of hie eloquent out bursts Indorsed the attitude and words of Judge Perry. These reform* were pressing here for enforcement and the K dld not want them postponed ars. “The passage of this bill chains the state to a policy which damns It." "Thank God, I have the right to vote •No,’" he said, with eloquent emphasis, as he took his seat. Immediately thereafter Mr. Wright, of Richmond, explained his vote and with vigor and earnestness protested against the reflection on the Intelli gence of the house, and apparently of Its Integrity. It was this reference to the "appar ent” reflection on the Integrity of the house, at which the Floyd member took umbrage, prefacing hla characterisa tion 'of the charge as false, with the statement that every man on the floor of the house would think him Incapa ble of reflecting on any melhber there. After this exciting episode the house settled down to It* usual calm, the regular order being pursued. Interrupt ed by several requests for th* Intro duction of new matter. , BIG BATTLESHIP WAS DAMAGED IN A COLLISION By Trivets Leeeed Wire. Norfolk, Va, July 18.—The United States battleship Rhode Island wa* In collision with the British steamer Guemsy last night In Hampton Roads, during a violent windstorm.- The bat tleship sustained Injuries to her hull, the extent of which has not yet been determined. Several plates were stove In by the Guerney. The Guernsy, un able to hold her anchorage under the violence of the windstorm, drifted un controlled and smashed Into the star board quarter* of the battleship with terrific force. WEALTHY BANKER KILLS HIMSELF IN A DRUG STORE By Privets Leased Wire. De# Moines, Iowa, July 18.—Brooding over continued 111 hgalth, Martin Flynn, millionaire, president of the People's Savings Bank, walked Into the Lewis Miles drug store at 8 o’clock this morning and sent a bullet crashing into his brain. . . „ Yesterday be was placed In Mercy Hospital, but this morning made his escape. Flynn was the owner of the third largest stock farm In the world, which Is located near this city. TO WELCOME JOHN D. HOME HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE ¥HE OIL MANf UNIVERSITY GETS GIFT OF $100,000 THE STATE Connor Bill, Providing For Agricultural Building, Passes Sdnate. By a vote of 29 to 10 the Connor bill to appropriate 2100,00 for an agricul tural college at Athens passed th* sen ate at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon* Two amendments and a substltuto bill were killed, and the measure now goes to the governor for hla signature n the same shape It passed th* house last Wednesday. Discussion of the bill occupied the senate from 10 o’clock Wednesday morning until 2 o'clock In the after noon, the eeselon being extended until It passed. Tbe new college will be an adjunct to the university of Georgia. It will be transmitted to the governor. Immedi ately for his signature. OIL MA GNA TERO GERS MUST PAY $2,250,000 HE MADE IN “DEAL’ OPENS ITS SESSION AT Boston Judge Hands Down Solar Plex us Decision. Senator Bacon and Con gressman Adamson Make Short Talks. 1CRUSHEDTO PULP, Switch Engine* Leaps From Track and Over- * turns. IN TAKEN BT THEIVES Special to Tbe Georgian. Dalles, Texas, July 18.—By the over turning of a switch engine here last night- two men were Instantly killed and one received Injuries from which he died a short time after being re leased from the wreckage. The engine was the property of the Houston and Texes Central Railway Company and turned over Just at the crossing of a switch of this line and the main line of the Santa Fe railroad In the heart of the city. Those killed were: Joe Watts, engi neer of the switch engine, and F, E. Relisel, crew fireman. John Tenlson, the other man killed, was the fireman of the engine. When the engine turned over shortly after he waa-pinched under the Are box, and It was after* 12 o’clock before I he waa released. He was literally I roasted to death. Boih of the other men were terribly mangled and-tbe trucks of the engine fell on Reltsel and - crushed him Into the earth. Watts- waa• mashed Into,* P The railroad officials say that th* ac- Identity of Loser Is Kept | Sffi* yWSS * u " '°“ ° f ‘ ,ho * Secret by Gotham BOY STABS FATHER WHEN HE ATTACKS FIANCEyf YOUTH Young Man Had Been For bidden to Marry the Oirl. By Prirntc Leased Wire. New York, July 18.—Conrad flchlr. mer, Jr., of No, 120 East One Hundred and Fourteenth street, waa anlgaMI In the Harlem court today and held to await the result of Injuries to his fath er, who Is In the Harlem hospital suf faring from a slab wound under the heart, Inflicted by the eon. Young Schlrmer, who Is 19, stabbed hie father at the* heme of hta sweet heart, Mies Clara Lata rue, aged 18, when the elder Schlrmer struck the boy, It Is alleged, and then dragged the girl about the room by the hair when she tried to save him from hla father's wrath. Young Bchlrmer' met Mis* Lasarus last December and fell In love with her. He called on her often, proposed to her and she, agreed to be hie wife. The boy told hla mother of hla engage ment and the latter offered no objection to the match. But Bchlrmer’s father forbade hie eon to get married before he was 21. The boy ho* been earning 29 a week. The father declared that the boy could not support a wife on what, he earned and told him to break off tbe engagement. Police. By Private Leased Wire. New York, July 18.—One of the moat astounding diamond robberies In the history ot detective history' le given out today. Scores of diamonds were secured In the robbery, and their value Is said to reach more than 250,060. While the notice who are prosecut ing the search refuse to give any In formation about the case, It le known that the Jewels were stolen from a wo man well known In New York society, and the theft occurred at her - town house or-at her villa In Newport. Who has been the victim or the rob bery Is a secret *o far held by the po lice. In addition to the gems stolen from th* New York society woman, the police ere also seeking Jewelry valued at 220,000 /which was stolen In other robberies. The presumption Is that the same band of men committed all the robberies. OCGOQGCOOCCOOOOOCCOCOOOOCri| GOOD IMITATION O OF CANINE DAY8. Although the canine days are not yet In our midst, these we are having are giving a pretty good Imitation. Rain le getting to be expected every few min ute*, deeplt* the fact that the average weather layman would Judge that tbe clouds JUat about exhauattd themselves by their 0| efforts Tuesday. The total pre cipitation Tuesday Is figured as 2.82 Inches, the heaviest In a long time. And the forecast Is: Unsettled weather and proba bly showers Wednesday night and Thursday. Wednesday temperatures: 7 a. m 6* degrees 8 a. m. ..49 degrees STATE LEGALLY TO HAVE ONLY ONE U. S. SENATOR FOR FOUR MONTHS IN 1907 From March 4 to the fourth Wednes day In June, 1907, Georgia will have only one United Btates senator—Alex ander 8. Clay. •The term of Senator A. O. Bacon will expire on the fourth day of. next March. The Georgia general assembly will hot meet until the fourth Wednesday. In June, and during that period of three months end some twenty, days Georgia O O o I 9 a. m. 10 a. m. Han. 12 noon. -..71 degree* ,.73 degrees ..76 degrees -.77 degrees ..70 degrees ft,- *]*-gi ?l 21 OOOOOOOOWOOOOOOWCKHjOODftMa Photo by McCrary A Co. THOD A. HAMMOND, President of State Bar Associi will be represented by only one United States -senator. It come* of . the change In the ses sions of the general assembly from Oc tober'to June. This assembly has no power to appoint the senator, that duty devolving, on the next legislature. And the governor has no constitu tional authority to appoint the senator for this hiatus. For this time of nearly four months -this state will have only one man In the upper branch ot the national house. Hon. Joe HIM Hall, of Bibb, was asked concerning this mat ter, and said: “It Is true that from March 4 until the next legislature meets we will have only one representative In the United Htate* senate. I am reliably Informed that the governor can appoint for this Interim, and If no member of th* United States senate objects It will be all right But If one man should raise the point of Irregularity R would knock Bacon out. "Of course no actual harm is done, but It la a peculiar situation. How ever, If the senate session, which ex pires on March 4, a|ould determine to extend Its session for a shoit time thereafter, as Is not Infrequently done, .Senator Bacon would have no actual right to alt In Its deliberations. If any one objected, which Isn’t likely to oc- | cur. "Everybody knows that Qua Bacon will be returned to th* senate for six years without th* sllglAest opposition, and that he will be nominated In the primary August 22, and elected by th* next legislature, but th* situation for this hiatus of about four months Is un- usual and on* I think that baa no par allel.” By J. WIDEMAN LEE. Warm Springs, Oa.,' July II.—Th* an- mini address of President Thod A. Hammond and short talka mad* by Senator A. O. Bacon and Congressman W. C. Adamson wera the features of the first day'* sssalon of ths Georgia Bar Association which convened at 10:10 o'clock thl* morning In the ball room of* the Warm Springs Hotel. These, with th* reports of various committees, mode up the entire morn ing meeting. President Hammond's address was received with Intense In terest, touching a* It did on topics of Immediate Interest and timeliness. His reference to the fourteenth amendment waa received with applause. Senator Bacon's talk was on the sub ject of th* recent legislation by con- "lt nil tended toward centralisation,” ho said. "The work of the last con gress did more toward the centralisa tion of power than that of any con gress sines the civil war.” HI* talk was wholly Informal, aa was Congress man Adamson's. Them were 400 members In attend ance this morning; the greatest number In the history of the association. The report of the executive commit tee, rend by Prleo Gilbert, showed that 116 were applicants for membership Into the nssorintlnn. All wer* recom mended for election. The report of Trensttrcr Z. D. Harrt- snn. of Atlnnto, showed that there was 22.unii In tho trensury. Judge Emory Speer will speak to- night. Ills subject hue not j-et been rill bs AGED MAN KILLED BY SON-IN-LAW ROCKEFELLER’S PAL TO DIVIDE PROFIT Suit Filed Against Roger® as Result of Gas Scheme Ten Years Ago. Mr Private Leased Wire. Boston, July It.—Henry H. Regers. Standard Oil magnate, must pay the, receiver of the Bay State Gas Com-i pony, of Delaware, at least onc-halfi of 24,500,000 profit, which he made Ini the now notorious Nsw England Gns- nnd Coke’Bay State Oas deal n-mly ten years ago. This decision against Rogers, which will lessen hi* wealth by certainly i and a quarter millions and perhop larger sum, wa* handed down by Judge ho Shooting Follows Fight in Which Young Gi*oom Got tho Worst. Special to The Georgian. McRae, Oa, July 18.—Kyle Cannon, a man 60 years old, was shot and In stantly killed at East McRae, on* mile distant, at l •'o’clock this morning, by his son-in-law, Julian Allagood. Ths trouble grew out of a fight yesterday between AlUgood and a ton of Can non, In which the latter got th* worse of It. Cannon leave* a family and Alla good had, married hi* daughter only a few month* ago. Allagood 1* In ’Jail htre. YOUNG GEORGIANS FOUCHT TO DEATH; ACCOUNT OLD FEUD Special to Tbe Georgian. Augusta, Ga., July II.—Information wa* received here late yesterday after noon of * duel that two young men had at Gough, Oa., near here, on Monday afternoon. In which both of th* young men wer* killed. The duel waa caused from bad blood that had existed for eom* time. Th* combatants were O. S. Rowell and Ephrtam Murphy. Th* duel was fought with pistols and -th# two young men were at close range. Murphy was killed almost Instantly, having received a bullet wound In the neck. Rowell lived several hours and died from wounds near hi* heart. Putnam in th* United Stab-* con dsy. The Judgment wss Issued name of Georg* Wharton Pcppv ceiver for the Bay State Gas Company. Busd for $4,000,000. Pepper sued Roger* for 24.000,non, tho amount of profit which he cl Rogers mod* for himself by virtue ui Ills position as a trusts* of the Ray State Gas Company, Although the amount given him l* less than was ttked. It I* a material victory against the oil magnate. In th* opinion handed down by Judge Putnam, Moorfleld Story, the fnn lawyer, la appointed master to decide what part of the 24,600,000 profit Rog ers must glva up. Must Turn Ovsr Millions. It he Is unable to fix the < amount which Rogers Is entitled t tain, he Is Instructed to divi-i.- the amount, anti In any event Rogers must turn over 22,260,000. “’bo ram* was hmrd before n muster, ess held In til*- Oillco -,r Mr Ua-iK.-r, counsel for Rogers, and all of the rep resentatives of the press wers barred. This was done for the suko ot Mr. Rogers, Who wished to avoid publicity. After star chamber plot -lings the cose uns nrgued before Judge Put- nnin last winter. LADY CURZON DEA D FROM PERITONITIS IN ENGLISH HOME Oil* her he wns a, By Private Leased Wire. London, July It.—Lady Curson, of ^feddleston, died here today, after sn Illness of ten days. Poritonltls Is given as the cause of death. While her III- - it was known to be death was not expected daughter of I-*vl Loiter, of Chicago,! millionaire grain operator. ‘ Ily Private Lessed Wire. New York. July 1*.—Dispatches were received hero today from Chicago to the effect that news hod reached that I city that Lady Curxon, of Keddlnston, j died today In London. She wss the daughter of Levi letter, a millionaire, and the grain market king. WAR ON OIL TRUST TO BE TRANSFERRED TO CHICAGO COURT* SECRETARY ROOT AT PARA, BRAZIL By Private Leased Wire. Washington, July ll.-r-Tbe navy de partment has received a cablegram from Para, Brasil, announcing the safe arrival of Secretary Ellhu Rout and hie party at that city on th* United State* cruiser Charleston. SENATOR ALLISON CLOSE TO DEATH By Private Lessed Wire. Sioux City, Iowa, July If.—Advices from Dubuque convey the most alarm ing Intelligence to friends of Senator Allison representing his physical con dition. They say the fact that be has Bright’s disease of advanced stage can no longer be concealed. The prediction freely made that he will never be able to sit again In congress, of which be ha* been a member for forty years. fly Priest* Leased Wire. Cleveland, Ohio, July II. -Owing In In- k of Jurisdiction, tbe federal grand Jury Tueeday afternoon reported that uo In dictments had been found against tb« Htaudard Oil Company snd tho Lake Hh-.ro and ’Michigan Southern railway In cunnoc. tlon with the charge of violating Inter state commerce laws. The case snd nil the evldco - submitted before the grand Jury here will I*W trans ferred to Chicago, where proccnlln.’ii will be Instituted In the Fedora! court. ATLANTA-LITTLE ROCK E IN PROGRESS Mg FIR£T INNING. Little Ruck.. ,. .. Atlanta Piedmont Park, July 18.—With bunch of enthusiastic fans crowning the grandstand and bleachers the first game of the Sbuble-heador was ton oIt with spirit this afternoon. The Travelers determined to wipe -wit the defeat of Monday, played for nil that wa* In 'em, nursing the fond desire to break the Crackers’ luck. The Io- a.1 boys were determined that this should not happen. The result follows: First Inning. Bird filed out to second base. Nobtett filed out fo center. Meaner dropped a home run over right Held fence. Doug las* out, pitcher to first. Side our one hit. on* run. Crosier touches one up to -.ond and lands at first on second baseman's error. Jordan singled to right, ad vancing Crosier to third. oJrdan stole second. Crosier stole home nn-l Jordan stole second. Winters hit pa.-t second for one bog, scoring Jordan. NoMett was taken out of the game f„r kicking. Johnson wa* put In his pin---, s. Smith out, pitcher to first. Winters v.-ent to second. Morse singled t-- left, soring Winters. Ft v went down front third to first. Morse -.-.-rt t.. t.»-.,n.t Wallace filed out to right tilde out. Three hits; three runs.