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ATLANTA 1910 The Atlanta Georgian. ATLANTA 1910 VOL. I. NO. 72 ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1906 T>rjT/*ir' In Atlanta TWO TENTS. riUUIi. on Trains FIVE CENTS. In the early part of Tuesday evening Mr. Hill says thnt both Mr. Brown and himself, in com pany with Mr. Ormond, spent a very jolly time laughing and jok ing on all sorts of subjects until midnight, when they adjourned to their cabin with the intention of retiring for the night. After Mr. Ormond had remain ed in the cabin about nn hour he got up and told his friend Hill that he was going to spend the rest of the night on the deck, the same as he had done the night previous, owing to it being so hot. He left the cabin and went up on DEATH ATLANTAN DISAPPEARS FROM STEAMER AT SEA Did Judge Walter Ormond Fall Over board? UYSTERY SURROUNDS FATE OF YOUNG Harvey Hill; Who Was With Ormond, Starts for Home Thursday With the Judge’s Effects. By Private Leased Wire. New York, July 19.—Deep tery surrounds the death Judge Walter A. Ormond, of At lanta, Or, who, it is said, fell overboard from the steamship Kansas City and was drowned while on his way from Savannah, Ga., to this city. The drowning became known today, although no report of it was made by the officers of the steamship when she touched at Quarantine. Harvey Hill and Bowdell Brown, both of Atlanta, Ga., and friends of Judge Walter Ormond, the missing man, were on the steamer. According to Hill very weather was experienced on the journey and on Monday Mr. Or mond spent the night in a deck chair instead of-retiring to His cabin, which he shared with Mr. Hill. < In the evening Mr. Mr. Brown am panv with Mr. ed in got thnt rest of the same as he previous, owing He left the cabin the deck and seen of him. Nothing more was thought of the matter until yesterday day morning, when his friends missed him. A thorough search of the boat failed to reveal any trace of Mr. Ormond and it was then realized that he had evident ly fallen overboard during the night And had been drowned. According to Mr. Hill, the miss ing man was very’ fond of sitting on the stanchions, and it is thought that while resting in this position he became sleepy and fell overboard, as both his friends say there was nothing, so far as they knew, to cause Mr. Ormond to commit suicide. It is the intention of Mr. Hill tu return by this afternoon’s boat to Atlanta and take with him the effects of the missing man. How Judge Ormond came to fall pom the vessel ts not known, and no information could be got from any of <n« passengers on board the steamer wyond that while the vessels was com- [og up the coast they were Informed that a man was missing. This was on "ednesday. ' Search la Mads. A search. It la said, was Immediately made of the steamer from stem to •tern, and from coat bunkers to- her main deck, but no trace of the missing man could be found. Whether Ormond deliberately threw nimeelf from the steamer's deck ts not Known, but none of the passengers re- mrmhers seeing him near the rail. what is troubling the authorities of the Savannah line, however. Is the neg ligence of the officers of the steamer to report the casualty at Quarantine, »hen the vessel arrived there today. Investigation Under Way. No suspicious circumstances Is spe ■Tflcally reported in the case to induce either the theory of suicide, accident «f foul play. In the absence of In formation It Is supposed that Mr. Or mond fell accidentally In some un- ^“untable way. w Ith several friends he was laat seen on Tuesday evening. He was In good, •plrlts and his friends scout thd Idea of suicide. The steamship authorities are mak ing an Investigation. JUDGE WALTER ORMOND. Mystery surrounds this Atlanta man's disappearance from a steamer bound from Savannah to New York. Just Before Sailing Ormond Sent Card With Picture of Cemetery to Friend Here Quite a grewsome matter In connection with the doatb of Judge Wal ter Ormond cornea In the nature of a queer coincidence. Thursday morning a young lady, prominent In Atlanta society, who waa a good friend of Judge Ormond, heard of Ills death while she was up town. She hurried home and found on the chiffonier In her room a picture post card which had Just arrived from Savannah. It was a photograph of Donaventure cemetery and across the bottom ivas written by Judge Ormond: “Am not yet rnoidy for this, but Just thquglit I’d take a look at IL” It waa dated Almidny. I. ns FOR STOESSEL; 80 PERSONS KILLED; CZAR’S AIDE SHOT Special Cable—Copyright. St. Petersburg, July 19. —Death for General Stoeiwcl, who commanded at Port Arthur, and “20 years in the galleys’’ for General Fock, his chief of staff, who recommended the surrender of the fortress. This is the recommendation of the commission which has been investigating the, surrender of “the Gibraltar of tho cast,” during the Russo-Japanese war. Tho sentences • will • probably.' be carried out. CZAR OF- RUSSIA TO DEFY PEOPLE AND COURT STRIFE News Reaehas Atlanta. The first news of the drowning of Judge Walter Ormond reached Atlan- Thursday morning through press cl*patchsA and the family did not re- iflv. verification until many hours ‘•ter. About 12 o'clock a measage waa received by Hinton Hopkins, brother- in-law of Judge Ormond, fr6m Harvey Hill, who accompanied him on the trip ,0 .^»w Tortt. This read: "altar's body washed overboard Special Cable—Copyright. St. Petersburg, July 19.—The indications today .arc thnt the czar will refuse the .demands of the people,. retain the cabinet and accept n revolution. The widespread,plot to kill the leaders of the reactionary party and the outrages Committed by peasants and workmen have ap parently convinced the emperor that further concessions will be fatal to the dynasty, and that the only possibility of preserving au tocracy lies in repression. An attempt was made to assas sinate Count Todleben, aide dc camp to the czar. The assassin fired at Count Todleben with a re volver, the bullet grazing his head. He made his escape in a boat which was awaiting him in the Neva. Powers to Aid Czar. From the Interior reports of the burning of manor houses, robberies, murders and collisions between the troops and peasants continue to pour In. The center of the peasant upris ing Is Vorenesh province, where, In their mania for the destruction of property, the peasants devastated the estate of M. Komahnyl, one of the most prominent constitutional Democrats in the lower house. . At the recent conference between the emperor of Austria and the German' emperor the two monarch, decided that In the event of a revolution In Rus sia both emperors will Intervene In Po land with armed forces If the Russian government finds it impossible to main tain Its control of Poland. Threatsn Commander’s Ufa. From Sebastopol word was received that while the trial of the men con cerned In the Black sea mutiny was going on a bomb wss hurled at Colo nel Dumbads. commander of the Brest regiment, as he was leaving the cottrt room. The bomb did Itttle damage. Continued on Pago Throe. GENERAL 8TOES8EL. the Semlnovaky guard regiment. The soldiers > served notice on their com mander, Colonel Minn, that they In tended to kill him at the first opportu nity for forcing them to murdef their fellow-cltlgens during the Moscow re volt. Minn, in fear of his IIfe„ fled from the camp and Is now In hiding. Special Cable-Copyright. St. Petersburg, July If.—Private ad vices received here today say that (0 people were killed by a charge of dra goons on a meeting at Kecherovk in the province of Tambro. Sabres and Pistols were used freely In dispersing the crowds. To Exile Regiment It was decided today to dismiss from service and send to Siberia the men in the Infantry regiment who refused to arrest a cavalry regiment at tods for refusing to obey orders, and also the members of the latter. Water Board to Inves tigate Some of the Department Books. All books connected with the city waterworks, both In the waterworks office proper and also the checks' In the city comptroller's officer will be gone over and Indfstlgated by a special committee appointed In secret session of the waterworks board meeting Wed- nesday afternoon.^'It la underatood that rumors of serious nature have been passing among the board members. The regular meeting Wednesday was clothed In mystery from beginning to end, and by the subdued excitement of the members of the board It was evident that something of importance was to be brough^ about After much roQtlne matter was at tended to and tho coal contract for the year let to the Kngland Coal Company, of Ragland, Ala., for (1.36 per ton, this being the largest contract let by the city annually, a special committee re port was road. J. On the motion f Alderman Harwell, the meeting wenflntQ secret session. President Rice fas asked If the Matt Torbett resignation wss taken up, and what was done about It. He replied ’At the present time we cannot what has been found. We are stilt In' vestlgatlng." It was then Iqprned that the commit' tec had been appointed to look Into tho books and to trace the matter to tho root THAW DEFIES MOTHER; KEEPS OWN COUNSEL WILLBEBUILT That a’cotton compress to cost (360,- 000 la to be erected at once on the site of the old R. A D. Iron works, at the corner of Irwin street and the Southern Railway was announced Thursday af ternoon. The old buildings on the site are be ing torn down and In a few days the actual work of constrctlon of the new buildings will be under way. It Is gen erally believed that the Southern Rail way Is behind the movement for the erection of the new compress. By the decision to build s new straw ture on the site of the old Iron works It Is supposed that the promoters who were to build a similar compress on the Belt line have abandoned the Idea. OF SOUTH Will Visit Chickamauga>aml Dc cidc on Location of Army Post. Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn., July It.—Judge William A. Taft, secretary of war, will be a guest of Chattanooga September 16, and the Chamber of Commerce Is Ing to give him a royal welcome, urpose of his trip here will be to i on Chlrkamauga as one of the locations for a brigade army post Secretary Taft will be accompanied by his chief of suit and a number of' higher officials. 100,000 WORKMEN LIKELY TO STRIKE IN NEW YORK CITY By Private T-wmwI Wire. New York, July 19.—It in feared that a big labor strike, in volving over 100,000 workmen, may be precipitated within a few days. All the building trades un ions'in the city are now voting the question of a sympathetic strike in support of the house- smiths against the Fuller Con struction Company and the open ahop. The result of the ballot ing will not be known until next Tuesday. TOWN IN RUSSIA FUEL FOR FLA MES Special Cable—Copyright. 8L Petersburg, July If.—Fire Is de stroying the town of Sytran Slmwirsk. The Barnes are beyond control and the town Is doomed. The panic-stricken people are fleeing. CLIFFORD W. HARTRIDGE. Former Atlanta lawyer represents Harry Thsvy and thinks ‘‘unwritten law" will clear cliont. Thaw Clings to the ‘ ‘ Unwritten Law;* * Mother Says Insanity Plea Is Only Hope The tangle Into vlihh the Harry Thaw ctae has gotten seems to he sllhou' preredonb 'Thaw r.ud hi* tieronml mun-rl, Ctfford W. HsrtTtdge, formerly an attorney In Atlanta. Os., want to plead the "unwritten law" befhre a Jury. firs. William Thaw, mother of the slayer, of Stanford White, the eminent architect, and Black, Olcott, Gruber A Bonynge— the lawyer* whom Thaw discharged and who wars re-rrtslned by his moth er—think that a plra of Insanity Is the only one that will save the young man from the electric chair. Mrs. Evelyn Mabel Thaw, wife of the pris oner. Is reported to have abandoned the "unwritten law" plea and now agrees with her mother-in-law that Insanity should be the defense. Thaw has defied his mother, and his attorney, Mr. Hartrldge, haa brought suit to get hold of all the papers In the case. With the exception of his moth er, all the wealthy members of the Thaw family have abandoned the young Mayor do his fate. Tho elder Mrs. Thaw la furnlehlng the money to fight for her son's life, and thinks, therefore, that she should be enti tled to say how the defense shall he conducted. CHILDREN ARE CREMATED IN BURNING JORDAN HOME SE7 ON FIRE BY LIGHTNING } Special-th The Georgian. Macon,'Ga., July 19.—News received here this morning tells of a dreadful accident near Fort' VnlIoy'*last night. During a .thunder storm the home of W. T. Jordan was struck by lightning and set on lire. The house was com-’ lletely destroyed and In the,lire were turned, alive. Annie and Robert Wlm All the Inmates had retired and - were oeleeplng some time.before the Are occurred. Mr. and Mrs. Jordan barely escaped with their lives and the roof of the house waa falling In as they cleared the porch. Owing to tho noise of the storm, ft was Impossible to awaken tho sleeping children, who were visiting the Jor dan-home. The vletltna of the (lames were (he children of a prominent con tractor of Hwannah. , GREEK WRESTLER SUES STAKEHOLDERS FOR WA GER William Demetrlal, tho Greek wrest ler, who lost his match with Charles Olsen'Wednesday night by using the forbidden "strangle hold” on the Swede, Died suit In the city court Thursday morning-to recover the amount of His stake money, (2,200. A list of Greek names of an unpronounceable variety Alls all the available space on the peti tion. The suit Is filed against Oeorge R. Donovan, stakeholder for the match. The Greek avers that he, acting for hlmalf end ns agent-for Starros viola tes, Nick Mntalgos Pete Brown, R. Eflenelra, Pete MUhlamas, J’eter Har- gauns, Jim Brown and John Kenakes, deposited with Donovan the, sum of 12,200 In pursuance of a bet made nn the result.of a wrestling match with Charles Olsen, the said Oleson having made a similar deposit. R Is alleged that on the morning »f July 1*. the day following the match, Demetrlal. demanded of Donovan the amount of the wager, which was refus ed. He oaks Judgment against Dono van for the amount placed In his hands. The suit, which was Med by Dorsey, Rrewater, Howell A McDaniel and L Rucker, was the <wtgrowth of a meet ing of excited Greeks Thursday morn ing. A dosen or morn of Demetrial’s countrymen had bet their money on the result at the match, backing the Oreek against the Swede. During the match Demetrlal secured- a 'strangle hold” on Oleson and nearly choked him Into In sensibility, a species of wrestling toe tics forbidden by the rules of civilised wrestling. The match was awarded to Oleson and the Greeks who lost their Money were wild with rage. The suit 1s based on the fact that the wsger was a gambling debt and that Oleson cannot Qegslly collect the money In the hands of. the stakeholder. It was stated at noon that an agree ment had been reached whereby the wrestling match would be opened again In the afternoon, the result to decide the ownership of the stakes. The suit had not been withdrawn from the courts at that time. BRYAN IS INVITED TD THE STATE FAIR Secretary Frank Weldon of the State Fair returned Thursday morning from the Georgia Weekly Press convention at Hartwell, where he addressed the meeting yeeterday In the Interest of the fair. A resolution offered by Editor Mose ley of the DanlelsvIUe Monitor, Invit ing William Jennings Bryan to the State Fair, Atlante, next October, was unanimously adopted amid much ap plause. Secretary Weldon stated that the day on which Mr. Bryan comes will ha press day. GIBSON RELEASED By Private Leased Wire. New York, July 12.—Justice Blanch ard, In part II, special term supreme court, this morning granted the dis charge of Lawyer Burton W. Gibson, on a writ of habeas corpus. Assistant District Attorpey Train offered no ob jection to the technical objections raised by Gibson's counsel. Qlbson afterwards said he wgs going to start Immediate proceedings against Coroner MacDonald, charging him with conspiracy. WIFE OF THE PRISONER WITH MOTHER-IN-LAW lly Private I-csmhI Wire. New York. July It.—Harry Ker : ill Thaw has defied his mother, and today Insists that Clifford Hnrtrldge Is in< chief counsel. Attorney Hartrldge, acting for Tli nr, has obtained an order from Jut m ., Blanchard In the supreme court, rile -1 - Ing niack, Olcott, Gruber A Bonynge, the rival law Arm, lo eliow cause to- I morrow why Ihey should not turn our to him the |Ht|iers .In the esse. Mother Is Ostsrmlnsd. Mrs. William Thaw, the prti n r'v mother, Is Just ns determined that the olcott Arm ahall conduct the case m l that the Insanity plea shall pr. van. The attorneys have convinced har that to have Harry Thaw committed to the Mattowan usylum was the only chant -> of saving him from the electric cl,.dim There Is every reason to liellevc to- I day that Evelyn Neablt Tlulw has h. ,, Won over to Iter mother In law’s side, and that Harry Thaw and his personal counsel stand alone on the “unwritten law" defense. Clssh Without ProcodonL Tho clash between the lawyers and the application to Justice Blanchard la without precedent In the annals of tho' hsr. Judge Olcott will move toward tho appointment of a commission to i\- amlne Into Thnw'a sanity as so ,n .n tho district attorney return- from i Warm Springs, Ga., where be la at- tending a meeting of tho Georgia Har Asonclatton. The mother, Mrs. William Thaw, nnd Jnelah Thaw, tho brother, regard thu as the beat step. Court to Bo Judge. Ths court to which the application Is mode will be the Judge as to whether or not Thaw's condition Justifies nn In quiry Into his sanity. I *i Him .lei ..me, in h n in terview at Wiirm Springe, On, today Indicated that he would oppose the at tempt to send Thaw to aa as) him w escape trial. DORSEUliED I SUPERIOR COURT OR MURDER CHARGE: .Soil of the Late Jmlgc on Trial for. Killing of Young Curt it Twitty. ■ k-. Hperlsl to The Georgian. Gainesville, Oa.. Jly It John Ti er Dorsey, soli of ths late Judge I tey, of this place, was arraigned in the Hall county superior court this morn ing charged with killing Curtis Twitty, son of J. M. Twitty, a prominent cltl- cen. Owing to the prominence of thu families of the deceased and the ac cused, the rose Is attracting w Ida at tention. Judge Klnsy la hsarlng the enae nn,l ths defense Is represented by Dean \- llobbs nnd W. A. Charter, while iho prosecution Is. assisted hy F. M. John son, of Gainesville, and J. E. IS. Us- haffey, .of Jefferson. Tho Jury! was rompletsd nt lo 3d o'clock this morning snd the trial be gun. It Is expected that the evl h nes will all be In today, as there are not great many witnesses. Twitty wss struck by Dorsey April 29. and he lingered till May 2 when ho dlod. EWYORKER CHARGED THAT HIGH "WELCHED' Atlantan Alleged to Have Said He Was Up Against “Brace Game.” J. M. High, president.of the J. M. High Company, at Whitehall and Hun ter streets. Is the defendant In a suit Med Thursday morning In the superior court, by wltlch T. T. Donovan, . f New' York, seeks to recover 1760 on an un- Id draft alleged to have been given J. M. High. It Is alleged that High gives .,s his only excuse” that the draft was given “for faro chips, a brace game.” This is denied.by the petitioner. The petition alleges that on »i about April 17, 1M6, the petitioner, Donovan, loaned J. M. High (760 and afterward received from him a draft, dated at New York and drawn mi tho J M. High Company, for that sum. it in al leged that High refused- payment on the said draft, his only ■ v u-o being that the draft ws.» given for “faro chip* a brace game." Tin- p*Gti»n*r avers that this Is untrua. The peti tioner seeks Judgment for i:.,o and T percent Interest from April 17, lKiii. Hartridge Demands Papers From Mrs. Thaw’s Lawyers. Lunacy Commission To Be Asked as Soon as Jerome Returns to New York From Georgia.