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- ATLANTA: !*.«• populntlo 2i.M0 borneI. 1L000 telepbOBM. I^rra BUi» lines of rsUroflds. 1W mile* of street railway. £2,030,000 of banking capital. The Atlanta Georgian. CCONGIA: VOL. I. NO. 78. Morning Edition. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 27, • 190G Morning Edition. PRICE: JORDAN HAS CALLED FOR INVESTIGATION Charges Against Cot ton Ass’n Officers to. be Aired. BUCKET SHOP STOCK IN FAIRCHILD’S NAME Fairchild Is Manager of Publicity of the Cotton Association. An Investigation Into the allegations and rumors afloat about the Southern Cotton Association, which have con nected members of the association with bucket shops and manipulations In cot ton futures, will be held Monday morn ing. The call for the Investigation was Is sued Thursday morning by Presldsnt Harvle Jordan. The committee to conduct the Inves tigation, as appointed by Mr. Jordan, Is composed of three prominent officers of the Southern Cotton Association— M. T>. Johnson, president of the Geor gia division; John D. Walker, treasurer of the Georgia division, and W. I* Peek, national committeeman. Representative Anderson, of Chat ham, whose charges, made In the house Tuesday, have precipitated the Investigation, Is requested by President Jordan to appear and specify as to his allegations. Mr. Anderson ta/s he will be present. He declines to ‘‘show his hand," as re quested by a mein'ocr of t . e house, un til this meejins'. Rumors, ionne.il">; nf Ucrs of. the association v, In but aft .hop. FAIRCHILD SA YS THAI HE O WNED B UCKE 7 SHOP STOCK Beveral hours after a reporter of The Georgian secured Information from Manager Love that A. A. l-’alrchlld had held In his name an Interest In the Piedmont Brokerage Company, a card was Issued by Mr. Fairchild In which ha asserted that he had bought the stock In question, subsequently sell ing It. Manager Love late Wednesday after noon declined to say whether or not he had communicated with Mr. Fair- child after having admitted to The Georgian reporter that Sir. Fairchild had been a stockholder. - Mr. Fairchild's card follows: “To the Public: Owing to certain reflections cast upon high and honor able officers of the Southern Cotton Association, I feel It my duty In Justice to the parties In question to make the following statement: "Early last spring I was solicited by one E. D. Hotse to purchase stock In a brokerage company, being Informed that reputable and honorable citlaens of Atlanta were stockholders. I pur chased and paid for with my personal check one-eighth Interest In the Pled- mont Brokerage Company. I did so considering It a good Investment, hav ing no conscientious scruples against owning such property. I coundled no one In this connection, nor did the of. fleers of the Southern Cotton Associa tion know of the transaction. Upon learning that places of this character were decidedly distasteful to the of ficers of the Southern Cotton Associa tion, I Immediately disposed of my stock. "I have recently heard rumors that Secretary Cheatham was a stockhold er; this 1 have always firmly and em phatically denied, stating that his name has In some way taken the place of mine, and aa a former stockholder In the Piedmont Brokerage Company I state again to all who so accused him or were under such an Impression that he never owned one share of stock In the Piedmont Brokerage Company. '1 am employed by the Southern Cot ton Association to compile the different proceedings of their conventions, It be ing necessary that work of this na ture have the attention of a person experienced In this line of work, and until this work Is completed I do not Intend to have an Interest In any sort of an exchange, nor speculate In fu tures, although I personally am not opposed to such transactions. If Pres ident Jordan or Secretary Cheatham, to whom I recently reported my previous connections, desire me to discontinue my work for the Southern Cotton As sociation, feeling that It has been In jured by my actions, I will willingly tender my resignation. This Is writ ten for the purpose of forever setting at rest the minds of certain Individ uals who are ndeavorlng to question the character and sltcerlty of Innocent officers of the Southern Cotton Asso ciation. "Very truly, "A. A. FAIRCHILD." JORDAN'S OFFICIAL CALL FOR THE INVESTIGATION OH, PITY THE POOR ATLANTAN! of the association to stand unc! longed. Positive and definite proofs must be presented rather than hearsay . ASeytluUflB, the tnv t'llUKU the-aeso- evidence,-and the names of the alleged and elation has ttlnays dill met] to be most strongly agulnst, hnve come thick and fast dbrlng the past two weeks. ONE-EIGHTH INTERE8T IN FAIRCHILD'S NAME, It was learned Thursday morning that one-etghth of tha stock'of the Piedmont Brokerage Company, an al leged bucket shop, was held In the name of Arthur A. Fairchild. Arthur A. Fairchild Is manager of publicity for the Southern Cotton Aa sorlatlon. The fact that this stock waa held In Falrchlld’e name waa confirmed Thurs day morning by the statement of Man ager Love, of the Piedmont Brokerage Company. When asked about this eighth part. Manager Love aatd: "I em now the largest holder In the Piedmont Brokerage Company. I have bought up all the available stock. This I did before the bill wee Introduced In the house. I bought Mr. Fairchild's share and that belonging to Dr. Craw- ford. Mr. Fairchild sold his share about the same time Dr. Crawford did." When asked who were the other stockholders af. the present time, Mr. I.»ve said he waa not at liberty to tell the names of any of the stockholders other than those mentioned, as the others still held their shares, and It would be a violation of confidence to make their names public. THAT’S CHEATHAM’S TRADE, MANAGER LOVE WOULD 8AY. Another Important piece of evidence which has not up until this time been published was a statement made by Dr. J. M. Crawford, who said: "On several occasions while 'In the Piedmont bucket shop references were made to assumed names under which 'deals’ were put through, and on sev eral occasions Manager Love, of the ■hop, said In reference to the name J. A. Lee, '.Why, that's Cheatham’s trade.'" Dr. Crawford said further that he held a converaatlon over the 'phone with Manager Love Wednesday end that Manager Love said he would not divulge the names of any of hts patrons or the stockholders In the company, as It would Injure hie business. TAKES HIS OWN LIFE AFTER SIX ATTEMPTS B.r Privets Leased Wire. Baltimore, Md, July 26.—After mak ing six attempts to take his life, while ’■offering from delirium tremens. Fred- trick C. Grelf, 21 years old. Anally auc- > ceded at 4 o’clock this morning. He hanged himself In his room at Bay- ylew asylum, where he had been taken for treatment. CAN HAVE BIG SHOES IF SHE’LL OWN UP Sr Priests Leased Wire. Sen Francisco, July 24.—Any woman *n San Fnmdaco who wll confess to wearing a number S shoe can have as many pairs as she needs by applying at the relief warehouse, where wearing apparel la waiting to be carried away by refugees. Tha shoes were sent to "an Francisco from Chicago, Where, according to an ancient tradition, a number I shoe Is reckoned as dainty. President Harvle Jordan Thursday morning furnished the preae with the following statement: "Representative Anderson of Chat ham has publicly withdrawn all ref erence or any Intimation to me In hie alleged charges on the floor of the house last Tuesday, which la entirely satisfactory to me personally. As president of the Southern' Cotton As- soclatlon, however, and In my official capacity I cannot permit tho alleged parties nr party given out to the pub lie. I have therefore appointed tho following officers of the association to hear whatever testimony Mr. Ander son or others may have relative to the matter, and bring the facta or falsity of the alleged charges to a final de- clsldn aa promptly aa posalble. "Colonel W. L. Peek. Cony era, Ga., national committeeman: Hon. M. L. Johnson, Atlanta, Ga, state president: Georgia state "These gentlemen hold high posi tions In the Southern Cotton Asso ciation and are well known to the peo ple of Georgia and can be depended upon to Impartially and thoroughly conduct this Investigation. The com mittee has been notified and requested to meet next Monday morning, July 20, at 10 o’clock In the president's of fice. 212 Peeples building. “Representative Anderson has also been officially notified of the appoint- ment of the above named committee, the place of meeting, and requested to be present and testify to hie alleged chargee. The trial of this matter will be open to the public, ae the Southern Cotton Aseoclntlon hm nothing t" cou ch] with reference to tin- acta I doings of lie official work or that of Ite officers. "Secretary Richard Cheatham also demands a full and complete Investi gation of the charges preferred by Mr. Anderson, and every opportunity will be given Representative Anderson eith er to sustain his alleged charges, or withdraw them In - aa public manner aa Is necessary." MAYOR TOM JOHNSON IS HAULED INTO COURT By Private Leased Wire. Cleveland, July 26.—Mayor Tom L. Johnson waa before Judge Ford today on a charge of contempt of court. The mayor had ordered the street railway tracks torn up on Fulton road so as to permit the running of street can by 2- cent fare lines. The attorneys for the Cleveland Elec tric Railway Company offered proof that the directors of public service and the mayor had been aerved with no tices to discontinue the tearing up of tracks, also that the Injunction waa not honored. Mayor Johnson was In court with his attorneys at 2:20 o’clock. Judge Ford announced he would ren der hie decision tomorrow. MR. ANDERSON USED EVERY PRETTY WORD EXCEPT “AMBROSIA” Mr. Anderson, of Chatham, la one of the ablest members of the house. Also one of the most popular. Wednesday he made his first formal speech In the house. It wee a dulcet discourse of astound ing edjectlvlty. Sonorous sounds poured from the llp» of the gent from Chatham like honey from a punctured bee-gum. He perorated periods so well rounded that when they dropped from his tongue they rolled down the elele like rubber balls, bouncing here end there, and winding up finally among the bunch of newspaper men. That speech mode a hit. It was the talk of the statesmen and politicians Wednesday night, and Thursday morning It waa still the par amount subjact of discussion. 80 shortly after the house convened Mr Wright, of Floyd, himself an ora torical bulbul of note, arose and pre- aented tha following resolution: "Whereas, the gentleman from Chat ham. Mr. Anderson. In hU eloquent speech on the Jamestown Exposition bill used every beautiful word In the English language with the single ex ception of tne word 'ambrosia;' there- f °"Resolved, That the distinguished or ator he allowed one minute's time to Incorporate that Incomparable word in h *"Bs*l < t 0 hirther resolved, That In the event he Is successful, the sum of SO cents or so much thereof as may be necessary, be appropriated to secure Ita publication In all the papers of the , *Bluahlng to the rim of hair which ornaments tha rear of his heed, there hetof a paucity of each on top end In front, Mr. Anderson arose and Mid that realisation of hts own lack of hair was always upon him and that In his speech he had not Included "ambrosia" because he felt embarrassment et any reference to a word related In any Three-cant street car fare In this city, for which Mayor Tom L. Johnson has fought tor years, la nearer a reali ty than at any time since the begin ning of the light agalnet the Cleveland Electric Railway Company has been waged. The Municipal Traction Company, the town fere line, by the s.ct of the city yesterday In tearing up certain tracks of the old company to make way for those of the new company, now Is able to reach tha heart of the city from the big outlying districts on the west side. "The threefer" line today had gangs of workmen laying tracks for the low- fere line on the disputed territory on Fulton road. The "con-con" or old company made resistance to the effort. A big detail of police waa on hand. FEDERAL TROOPS BEING RUSHED TO MONTIER U. S. Government Evident ly Fears Uprising in Mexico. Dj Private Lasted Wire. Fort Worth, Texas, July 2«.—Twenty- one can loaded with Federal troops have passed through here en route to Mexican border posts. It la believed the government la strengthening the poets In anticipation of the threatened uprising In the sister republic. CENTER OF LEEDS GUTTED BY FIRE By Prints Leased Wire. Leeds, England. July 14.—The fire which started In the center of the city last night waa finally drowned out early this morning. The total loss Is estimated at 21,260,000. "Nothin' doin' In the meat line today, hey, John?" "Well, I guess not! I stvore off eating canned meat, ham, bacon, eto., about a month ago, and last Wednesday I quit eating FRESH beef. No more for mine!" JEALOUSY OF GIRL LEADS TO ARREST OF ALLEGED SLAYER Prisoner Swears Brother is the Man That’s Wanted. By Prime leased Wire. New York. July 36.—The Jealousy of one sweetheart untl hie devotion to an other brought about the arrest of Frank J, Constantine, In Poughkeepsie, charged with tho murder of Mrs. Ar thur W. Gentry, nrtlst-brldo of the president of the Universal Trading Company, In Chicago, In January. Constantine wns positively Identified today, despite his declaration that the lollce have confused him with hts irother and double, by Miss Ella Bchrleber, a cashier In the Owl res- tuurnnt, In Chicago, which he fre quented. It was through her that the story of his capture through the Jeal ousy of his former sweetheart, Edith Blair, employed as a waitress In the restaurant, became known. After the atrocious murder of Mrs. Gentry, Constantine, who had been attentive to Edith Blair, lied from Chi cago. Some time afterwards his for mer sweetheart heard through a friend In New York that he was here and was paying attention to Miss Mamie Holt, of Medalln. near Poughkeepsie. The Chicago girl promptly told the police, and through Miss Holt, whoes home was watched, Constantine was located. The prisoner today denied that he had any knowledge of the murder, or thut he waa the man for whom tho police have sought more than months. .. , , * „ I never wee In Chicago In my life, he Mid. "I know nothing of the mur der of Mrs. Oentry. I do not, know this Bchrleber girl, who says she knows me. The police are continually wanting me for what my brother has done. I have not seen him for eighteen months. I have not been away from New York or the vicinity for three years. After the murder the police of New York came to see my mother and they saw me. Why did they not arrest me then If they want me? It Is my brother they should arrest. He Is the Frank Constantine they went” ALL THAWS DECLARE TRUCE, EMOTIONAL INSANITY IS TO BE HARR Y THA W'S DEFENSE New York, July 16.—Harry Thaw yielded today to the Importunities of his mother, wife end lawyers, and con vened to n plea of emotional Inaanlty aa the hails of his defense. The final agreement was reached aft er conference!) in which the elder Mrs. Thaw, Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw, Judge Wm. IC. Olcott and Clifford Hnrtridgo participated. Mrs. Thaw, Hr., for the first time, called upon Hertridge. Evelyn Nssblt Tlmw also saw him. Later the elder Mrs. Tlmw saw Judge Olcott. IBUMM Elmer Leffew Hit By Southern Passenger Train Near Howell’s. FROM ONE DANGER, LEAPT TO ANOTHER Witnesses Say Seaboard and Southern Trains Wero Racing on Parallel • Tracks. ,- ■* DYNAMITE EXPLOSION IN LAGRANGE STORE KILLS ONE, HURTS FOUR Hpedsl to Tbs (IsorglaB. LaGrange, Ga., July 26.—At 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon In an explosion of three cases of dynamite In the store of King Hardware Company, a branch of the Atlanta company, one men. Will Stewart, was killed and four others se riously Injured. The store waa almost completely demolished by the explo sion, and the fire which followed com pleted the work. Will Stewart was about 21 years old He wm the son of V. E. Stewart, ono of LaGrenge's most promlnsnt mer chants. Its waa employed as a clerk by King Hardware Company. Those Injured were a white man named White, end Parker, a negro, and an unknown white men who hu been unable to disclose his Identity since the explosion. NEGRO ASSAILANT HANGED ON GIBBET IN MARSHES FRUSTRATE BIG MOB TO Q. ALMOST EVERYTHIN FOR ALMOST ANYTHINfi way with hirsute appendage, but that because of the bMutlful silvery locks of the gentleman from Floyd he would be glad to apply to them the fitting ad jective, "ambrosial." MISCELLANEOUS COLUMN. Try One of These Little Ada. “They Do the Work.” - By Print# Leased Wire. Baltimore, Md., July 26.—On the barren marshes of Rmlth's Island, Wil liam Lee, (he negro who SMaulted two women of Somerset county, wee hanged at 6:26 o'clock this morning. With a confession on his lips, the ne gro met death on the scaffold that had been used for the Winder execution In Baltimore county. The hanging wm orderly, the mob that had threaten*! burning at the stake being completely outwitted. Aboard the state steamer McLane that secretly brought the hangman’s party to Somerset, was Robert Barnes, husband of on# of tht womsn. Husband Is Dsputy. Sheriff Brown had sworn him In os a deputy and he was told that he could help pull the trap. When the time to disembark cams Barnes remained aboard ship slating that he was satis fied to see the dMth at a quarter-mile range. Shortly before the McLane came to anchor Lee requested that Barnes come to the cabin where he was confined. When the husband in tend Lee Mid: ’I want forgiveness.” "I cannot forgive you," said Bnmes. "God forgive*," sold Lee, "can't your’ Then Barnes started out of tb* room. The McLane anchored off Solomon's light In Ksdgs's straits shortly after 4 s. m. At twenty minutes after four two skiffs put out, one carrying the dismembered scaffold, ih* other carry ing deputlM who wars to erset It. The gallows was soon erected. The sight of a doxen boats making for the spot caused those aboard the ship to think the mob hod heard of the plan, but nautical glasses proved the scurrying figures to be fisher folks. The boy cried s little as he viewed the scaffold. Landed, the negro wm seated a hundred feet from the gallows and by his side wm his minister. There were no steps to the gallows, a ship's Iron ladder taking their place. Lee, with his hands manacled, was helped to the platform. His limbs pinioned, the rep and shroud adjusted, the negro preacher began a fervent prayer. Be fore this Lee had again confessed his guilt. At 1:16 Sheriff Brown pulled the drop. Eighteen minutes later two physicians folded their etethescope and pronounced him dead. The rope and body was then placed In a crude wood en coffin. THAW WANTED TO LEARN TIIE SECRET OF HYPNOTISM JUST TO DEFEAT WHITE By Private Leased Wire. New Yorks July li-Th# district at torney's office Is In possession of tvl* denes today that Harry Kendall Thaw In the fall of It02 took lessons In hyp notism for the avowed purpose of ob taining control over Stanford Whites In order to break the Influence .White ex- cried over a young woman wboae name Thaw did not mention. If he failed to win the girl by this hypnotic Influence, he would kill White, It la claimed. This emetlng statement was mads to the district attorney by Thomas J. M Innock, who said hs was connected with s school of hypnotism In tht fall of 1102. "Thaw cams to us In response to one of our advertisements/* said Min- nock. "He did not give nls name on hl» first visit. Ht told us hs was deep, lv Interested In s young woman that another man sxsrted a power of In fluence over, end that he wanted to break that Influence and obtain control himself.** A race betwoen passenger tratna on ths Seaboard Air Line and the South ern railway early Thursday morning resulted In a collision with a Western and Atlantic train near Ilowell'a Sta tion and the probably fatal Injury of Elmer Leffew, 13 years old, an em ploys# of the Western and Atlantic. Young Leffew Jumped to avoid the colllilon and was truck by ths South ern train. Ths cast-bound Seaboard passenger train left Atlanta at 4:25 o’clock, near ly eight hours late. A passenger train of the Southern, with parallel tracki through the yards, Isft at about the same time, and, according to witness.«. the two trains raced toward Howell * Station. At Hell wood crossing, at Ma rietta street and the city limits, a Western and Atlantic switch engine pushing an empty car and a hue refrigerator cor loaded with Ico. Th» switch engine was making ready to move tho two care from the Hoahoaid tracks when the passenger struck tho curs, BmnH>ilng through thorn and con verting thorn Into fragments. Tho engine of the Seaboard train aa damaged to some extent, the pilot b«lng smashed and the boiler almost torn from the trucks. The batt"go coach behind the unglno was slightly damaged, hut tho com hen escaped in jury. Neither tho engineer nor any passenger was hurt. Boy dumped In Front of Train. Elmer Leffew, who lives at IBS Jones avenue, is employed na a mi'nengi'r boy by tho Western and Atlantic. 11** was standing near the track and when he saw that a collision was imminent ho Jumped to the center of tho South- <1 n trill k, Jin.1 IIH 111.' iai log train "ii that line dashed past. He was stn< k and hurled from the track. The boys right leg waa badly Injured and It lx believed that he suffered severe Inter nal Injuries. Ho was removed to the l.lkln-• '....pfr Munitui lum * < n I.uckln street, whero he waa given medical at tention. The officials at the snnltnrlum were reticent about giving any detail* of his Injuries. Tho boy was plac'd under tho Influence of an anaesthetic and had not recovered consciousness during the early afternoon. Voting Leffew It the non '*f II, F. Leffew, of 168 Jones avenue, a car In- xp.M t.,r on Him th-orgla railroad. He has been employed ns u messenger boy by tlw UVhti-rn and Atlantic since the close of school. Jumped From Pilot, W. It. Johnson, an employee of the lid, W I • M M.-ilf. 'I I'M tho pilot of the passenger train. He Jumped Just before the collision and received sev eral cuts In the face and head. He was not Injured seriously. It was reported that several slight hurts had been sustained by other rail road men, but their names could not bt learned. SAPPHIRE INN IS Rpeclel lo The Georgian. Asheville, N, C„ July 26.—Sapphire Inn, one ot the principal resorts In the Sapphire country, wa* burned t» tha (round this morning at 1 o'rlm k. None of tho cottages were burned. The amount ot tho lose has not been ui.-.r- talned, but It will reach several hun dred thousand dollars. The cause of the fire Is unknown. The building wh fully covered by Insurance and will be rebuilt. About 1 o’clock tbla morning a bell man discovered tb* blaxe end gave th« alarm to the 160 guests In the houxe. All the attaches ot the hotel ran to thn assistance of the guests and saved them, together with their baggage. The Sapphire Inn wu known nil over the country to fishermen and sports men as a delightful, but simple place, and has been filled with Southern tour ists since early In tha saason. .Sap phire wm the beginning of the Tox- away system of hotels. It was erected In 1660 as the headquarter* of the Sap phire Valley Mining Company, who were operating the corundum mine.. In 1266 several cottages were built, and since that time the hotel has been one of the moet popular resorts In the mountains In Western North Car. ollna. BOY IS BANISHED FOR KISSING GIRLS ly 36 Be By Prlrele Leased Wire. inses City, Mo, Jt Devld Tent, a 17-year mania for kissing pretl street, he Is to he sent The boy came here rec atrlre, Nebr., where he tending a school bo the feeble-minded He has been arrested several times. He-