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.. v * ?('■ ■MM Atlanta Georgian. cconr.iA . <i» hi'm 19T*. I. NO. Morning Edition. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY JULY, 31, 1306 Morning Edition. PIUCE: “CHEATHAM HANDLED THE MONEY AND BOUGHT AND SOLD FUTURES ACCORDING TO HIS JUDGMENT” —MIKE O’GRAD Y “I Can Gamble If Want To,” He Says. M. L. JOHNSON LATE; PROBING DELAYED “Investigation” Will Be Be gun at 10 O’clock Wed nesday Morning. Because M. L. Johnson, of Benton, president of the Georgia division of the cotton association, failed to arrive Monday morning, the “Investigation, 1 which the officers of the Southern Cot ton Association were to conduct at 10 o'clock, was postponed first until o'clock In the afternoon until Wednes day morning at 10 o'clock. Mr. John son and Hon. W. L. Peek, of Rock' dale, will conduct the Investigation, j Mike O'Gra'dy was present In the of fices of the cotton association when the Investigation was due. It was Mike O'Grsdv In the flesh, who came all the way from Chattanooga to explain why he oojgut unu suio cotton through an Atlanta exchange In preference to us ing the home exchange. He says Richard Cheatham did his trading for him here. "I CAN GAMBLE IF I WANT TO,' DECLARES MICHAEL O'GRADY. Michael O'Grady Is vice president and manager of the Wakeman Distilling Company, of Chattanooga. He Is a Republican, a leader of the Brownlow faction in East Tennessee politics, and a man of some wealth. As he re marked Monday: “1 am In such circumstances, that I can GAMBLE If I want to." Mr. O’Grady was seated In an Inner office when the newspaper representa tives called to be present at the In vestigation. The representatives . of The Journal and News were led Into the Inner sanctum by Richard Cheat ham and Introduced to Mr. O'Grady. ■&K' [Georgian representative was not w. fnlly Informed that any such per son was present. When he called later and iixkod Mr. Cheatham If Mr. O'Orady were In the offices, Mr. Cheat ham remarked: “Where did you hear that! Tou can hear anything around theae bucket •hnpa.” Mr. Cheatham steadily refused to smte whether or not Mr. O'Grady waa present. Michael O'Orady himself waa more communicative, however, and ex plained hie connection with the At lanta cotton markets and why his name had appeared on the books of one exchange. On July 14 the'Hon. J. Randolph Anderson, representative from Chat ham county, declared In an address hefore the lower house of the legisla ture that certain persona had been speculating In cotton under the name of Mike O’Orady and A. P. Lee, and that It was the duty of the directors of the Southern Cotton Association, to Investigate and find out who was spec ulating under those names. CHEATHAM HANDLED MONEY AND USED HIS JUDGMENT. Mr. O'Orady, of Chattanooga, de clares that It waa he who waa trading on the Atlanta exchange, but that Richard Cheatham, secretary of the Southern Cotton Association, was han dling the money and using his Judg ment as to when to buy and when to selL Mr. O'Orady gave out the fol lowing atatement Monday morning: “1 have had Cheatham work several trades for me, In cotton altogether. He did this at my earnest solicitation. For business reasons, I did not care to lend myself to speculation In Chattanooga, where I llveVand, therefore wrote Mr. Cheatham to handle my trades for me *""Mr* c'heatham told me that he had a friend In an exchange here who waa strictly honeat and reliable and who could be depended upon to keep hie business to himself. “I HAVE KNOWN CHEATHAM FOR FOUR OR FIVE YEARS. “I have known Cheatham for four or five years. I knew him In Mississip pi and In Memphis, Tenn. 1 gave him a epectfle sum to Invest for me, with Instructions to use hie own Juaggraent abotft when to BVy and eetl. _The*e Inveetments began In February or March, or pooalbly In January of this 5 *“l came to Atlanta of my own ac cord, after hearing through a Chatta nooga newspaper man that my name had i been used In connection with the matter, and mat I was attaining some unenviable ’ notoriety. I had no desire to gel Into the limelight as a gambler on stock exchanges, though I in In such circumstances that I can gamble U A.'l’ n I^e, who waa also mentioned by Mr. Anderson as trading on the exchanges, was not present and Inqui ry failed to show that any such person W Harvle C Jordan arrived from Bir mingham Sunday night and announced that the Investigation would begin Monday morning at 1® “S' 00 !?* At ,h * t hour Mr. Anderson, of Chatham coun ty; Hon. W. L. Peek, a member of the executive committee, end a number of Interested person* **re In attendance. Mr. Jordan announced that be had re ceived word that M. 1+ Jobpaow* .of Benton. pre*ldent of the Oeoirgj« ®*}rl»- lon. could not reach Atlanta before 1 O'clock, and that It would be necessary to postpone the Investigation until * o'clock. "CHEATHAM SAYS IT WILL BE REAL INVESTIGATION." Mr. Cheatham stated that It was to bo a real Investigation, and that Jor dan and he would not -reveetjgste themselves," as had been Insinuated. He said that the two officers who Would conduct the Investigation were the superior officer*, with power to “O’GRADY NAME IS NEW TO ME .’’-Cheatham “KNOWN CHEATHAM FOR YEARS.”—O’Grady Richard 'Cheatham, secreta ry Southern Cotton Association, said in The Constitution of July 25: “I have nothing to say touch ing Mr. Anderson’s charges in which Lee and O’Grady are brought into the limelight. The NAMES ARE NEW TO ME,, notwithstanding the historical prominence which many Lees and O’Gradys have attained.’’ Michael O’Grady, vice presi dent and manager of Wakeman Distilling Company, of Chatta nooga, Tenn.: “I havo known Cheatham for four or five years. I knew him in Mississippi and in Memphis, Tenn. He made a number of investments for me on Atlanta exchanges laat February and March and possibly in January. He used his own judgment In the investments.” OUTSIDE INVESTIGATION DEMANDED FOR OFFICIALS From The Albany Herald. The Investlgatlpn which President Harvle Jordan has ordered of the Implied charges made by a member of the legislature In a speech In th, house of representatives a few daya ago, to (he effect that some of tht officials of the Southern Cotton Association had some sort of connection with an Atlanta bucket shop, will amount to nothing. Instead of ap pointing that committee himself, President Jordan should have asked somebody else to do It. Under the circumstances, nothing but an exon eration and vindication of (he officials of the Boulhern Cotton Association will be expected by the public, and then those who are unfriendly to the association or Its officials will say that the whole matter has been "white washed" by a committee composed of those officially connected with the association and appointed by the association’s president. And, besides, this committee Is without any authority to compel witnesses to testify, and If those who are summoned or Invited to testify refuse to do so, a searching Investigation may not be bad. SENATE APPROVES APPEALS COURT AND . CHILD LABOR BILLS With one senate committee amend ment on both riieasures, the couTt of appeals and child labor bills passed the senate Monday without debate. On the child labor blU, the Bell measure which was passed overwhelm ingly by the house, the vote was 17 to 0—no aye and nay vote being called for when It came up for paasage..The amendment made by the committee rel ative to the educational feature -waa adopted without a dissenting voice. Then came the vote on the passage of the completed measure. There was no debate, no crowd In the gallerlea or the rear of the senate and no ap plause, making strong contrast with a year ago when the senate defeated the bill by a vote of 21 to 17 after the house had passed It by a large vote. It was Immediately transmitted to the house. If that body concurs In the senate amendment, which It Is un derstood It will do, notice will be sent to the senate and the measure will go to the governor at once for his slgna. ture. Court of Appsals Psttsd. The court of appeals bill was fixed for the first business on Monday, but at that tImp. not enough members were present for the requisite constitutional majority, and Senator Miller moved to temporarily table II. The child labor bill was passed, and i many members had come In the court of appeal bill was taken from the table. The amendment of the commit: tee relative to the election to be callsd in November to elect the three Judges for terms of two, four and six years, was adopted. Without debate the completed bill then passed by the following vote: Ayes—Alsobrook. Bennett, Blood- worth. Bunn. Candler, Carithera, Cars well. Copelan. Crum, Foster, Foy, Furr, Hamby. Hand. Hogan, King, Lumsdsn, McHenry, Miller. Odum, Parker, Pey ton. Phillip*. Reid, Rose, Steed, Strange, Walker, Westbrook, Wheatley, Wilcox. Williams—12. Absent—A. C. Blalock. O. A. Blalock, Bond, Fltsgerald. Fortner, Greyblll, McAllister, Mills, 8lrmans. Not voting—Adams. The bill waa Immediately transmit ted to tha house. If that body concurs In the amendment It will then go to the governor for his signature, and the constitutional question will be sub mitted to the people In the regular fall election. Athens Dispensary Safe. By adopting the recommendation of the senate commute on temperance, the fight on the Athens dispensary Is ended, with a victory for the tank. The commute unanimously recom mended that the bill do not pass, and the house adopted It without question. The house passed the tyll to abolish the elect or discharge Jordan and Cheat ham. and that they were the proper parties to conduct the Investigation. Whether any Interested persons or those supposed to know anything about the alleged dealings In bucket shops had been Invited to attend the Inves- t(gallon has not been learned. A'num ber of persons who have figured In the newspaper articles stated Monday that they had received no notification that they were expected to be present and give testimony. No Under of Inves tigators has appeared, and It now ap- DMre that the two committeemen will be left to act aa both Inquisitors and the Investigation will be only skin deep was the opinion expressed at ths office* by thoe- « ho Inquired as . to who.would conduct it. 1 tank, but ths senate declined to ac quiesce. ' Endowments Extmptsd. A bill by Senator Candler, which Is a constitutional amendment, exempts endowments of churches and colleges from taxation, passed the senate Mon day by a’ vote of 11 to 0. Vet* to Increase Pay, With only Senators Hamby and Peyton voting "No," the senate Monday passed Senator Carswell's bill to In crease the pay of members of ths gen eral assembly from 24 to 27 per day, and the speaker of the house and the president of the senate to 110. It prohibits any member of the gen eral aasembly from accepting any rali- road or street car pass or telegraph, telephone or express frank. It afiecta only members of the legislature. The resolution by Messrs. Blgjon, Blackburn and Bell, of Fulton, to me morialise congress to make an appro priation for a national military park about Atlanta was adopted. Ita keeping with the governor's mes sage recently Senator Bennet Intro duced two bills Monday to allow the new counties to have a Just propor tion of the convict and common school funds. Altogether Monday was both a busy and a fruitful day In the senate, and It all came with business-like dis patch. 8anats Bills Pasted. By Senator Candler: To amend the conetltutlon so as to exempt endow ments of churches and colleges from taxation. By Senator Carawell: To amend the [ JERSEY JAIL After Twelve Months. BIG INCREASE IN WAGES FOR 40,000 MILL HANDS IN NE W ENGLAND PLANTS By Private Leased Wire. „ . Boston, Mass, July 10.—An Increase of IS per cent In wages for 40,000 cotton operatives In mills In Lowell, Mass.; Manchester, Dover and Nashua, N. H, and Watervllle, Lewiston and Blddefonl, Maine, went Into effect today. By PMrate Leased Wire. son, N. J„ Jail and timidly ran bell. Dan Berger, brother of the ■ opened thq door. / Grant to get In," said the ahaklng the rain from hi* hat "You can’L" eald Berger. “But I'm a Forger." “But rm William N. Belcher, fi mayor. I'm a forger and emb and 1 surrender." "Then come In,“ replied Berger thoroughly excited, and the watching. Former Mayor mone for his trial. He had stolen op from Justice a year. Discovered by Reporter.' discovery he returned to Paterson. "What are you doing In New Yori the mayor waa asked. "I am on my way to Paterson," replied. "I am going to give myi From dawn until sundown, from nl| until morning, there was the pall guilt hanging over me all ths time, ruined me physically; It (i*a aim' shattered mi im nio"y.“ Fugitive a Yssr. duct of (he office of mayor of Paltrson, was unimpeachable and a synonym for rectitude, and yet, In private life, brought woe upon himself through em besslement and forgery, has been c fugitive from Justice. MOB THREATENS WIDOW OF SAGE p TWO DETECTIVES IN HARTJE CASE MAY POT A STOP TO WILL CONTEST a Sleuths Had Testified h * Agaiust the Fair De- t fondant. f She Probably Will Compro mise Rather Thau Havo Fight. T ' By Private Letted Wire. Plttaburg, Pa., July 10.—The police ’ reserves ware called out this afternoon lo disperse the crowd that gathered •bout th* court house threatening to mob two detectives. They had leatl- r fled against Mrs. llartje In her hua- r band's divorce ault. By Privsl* Leased wire New York, July 10.—Whether or not ( th* will of Russell Sag* will b* con- , tested depends upon his widow. 0 Mrs. Sage remained at Lawrence, L, • I., today. Many hours were spent in ' conferring with lawyers and other ad- • visors. The object of these confer- o encea was to decide upon a course to « be pursued In (he event of (he die- „ front led kinsfolk of Mr. Bag* carrying „ out their threat to try to break the will. 11 While It waa Impossible lo gain c PEACOCK RELEASED ON HABEAS CORPUS i. . , . By Private Leased Wire. Raleigh, N. C„ July 10.—The supreme court today ordered the. release on a e writ of habeas corpus of Charles Pea cock, a prominent young man of Smlthfleld, N. C„ charged with (he murder of Alonso B. Jones, July 11. The court holds that th* evidence In the case Is Insufficient and of a doubt ful character. even an expression of opinion ns to tr how Mrs. Huge would meet a contest, | r (he Impression was permitted to pre vail that ehe would compromise rather . than fight. She and her husband had " talked over th* contents of his will a and It4wsa understood betwesn Ihsm 11 that she should, after his death, have the carrying out of her charitable scheme* which they both had cherished. w "Mr. Sag* was not a hypocrite, ,, whatever may be said of him, said a 0 friend of the family. "He had no uss , for charity, and did not believe In • . wealthy man throwing a sop to publlo , opinion In th* Interest of his memory D by leaving hugo sums to charity." SLA YER OF WIFE WANTS ” 7HE MONEY ON HER LIFE i! 2 By Private Leased Wire. Newport News, Va., July 10.—Judge Barrham, of th* corporation court, will hear a motion tomorrow made by At torney W. S. Stuart, for the appoint ment of a commission on a convict's cl estate. The object la to collect the life Insurance policy, amounting to S7I, on Ih* Ilf* of Julia I’uvellno, who was murdered by her husband at her re- ni quest Th* policy Is In favor of Pave- pc Ino, and h* desires lo collect th* money i n order to taka his cas* to tha court of appeals. >t constitution to Increase the compensa tion of members from 14 to 17. Houss Bills Patssd. By Mr. Singletary, of Thomas: To establish the city court of Cairo In the county of Grady. By Mr. Lane, of Jasper: To author lie Montlcello to extend waterworks and electric lights beyond corporate limits. Nsw Bills. By Senator Bennet: To amend an act creating the prison commission. By Senator Alsobrook: To regulate the running of automobiles In Catoosa county. By Senator Bennet: To amend code securing to the several counties of (he state their pro rata of the common school fund. Ily Senators Steed, Candler and Mil ler: To establish a board for ths ex amination of accountants, to provide for th* granting bf certificates to ac countants and to provide punishment for violation. At 1 o'clock the senate adjourned until to o'clock Tuesday. The Mc Henry Western and Atlantic lease bill Is the special order In be follgwed Im mediately by the Candler substitute to the Hall tax assessor measure. TRY TO DESTROY A BELGIAN T TO KILL A Thought That Dynamiters Were Russian Revo- olutionists. By Private Leased Wlrs. Paris, July 10.—An attempt i made today to dynamite a train near Chalerol, Belgium, and the locomo tive fireman waa killed. The fact that the arand Duke Vladimir, of Russia, was reported to be a passenger on the train leads to the belief that the at tempt waa the work of Russian revolu tionists. As a matter of fact, the grand duke waa not aboard. BIG RECEPTION AWAITS BRYAN Y THE POLITICAL CONCERT Popular Subscriptions Are Now Pouring in for Affair. By Privsl* Leased Wire, Nsw York, July ».-Tb* promoter* of Ih* Brjr*n reception *iiaounped tod*y lb*t W principal Democrat*, Including governors, members of rongress, *nd other office holders, hsre sccepled Invltsllons lo help welcouiH >lr. Ilr/sn when h# arrives on Angnat *>. Treamrer Troup r#|iorled that popolsr •Htwrlptlon* sra pouring In from all orer the counlry. Mr. Ilrysn will b* met at lb* (Inrernor Folk will call Iks. Msijlyoo Hnusrr niH'lluf to order ami IntriMlurtr May- <T Johnson, of Cleveland, who In turn trill Jiitrortoc* A Ufa* to* Thomas, tba Wright awl »stnl»sr of tbe Trarelen. Trust l«e*gue, who will weleom* Mr. i* iday- ? Anll- r. Ilry- AUTO SAVES Black Tells Horrible Details of Brutal Crime. and Babe and Sets Fire to House. y Frtvat* Leased Wire. Cnnonahurg, Pa, July 10.—Storming is car on which Coroner W. It Hips, mutable W. P. Wilson and several hers were taking Rimer Dempster to ’ashlngton at 7 o'clock this morning mob of upwards of 100 propls b".t he negro. In a fight the police regained Washington. Several people were Jured when (he car was startsd. The negro mad* thlq confession at "I saw Pearce starting for (Tanons- rg and I rams over to the house. I reached above the cl» k d got the revolver. 1 grabbed It nnl Shed It against her breast. When I -,t eh* staggered and fell and said: ' 'I wish Mam waa hsrs!' While ley- I on Ih* floor I shot her In Ih* bre.i-t. 'When I shut her, th* kids mn to Hr mothsr and caught hsr by the ms. 1 shot Margaret In ths bn. - t i head and ehe never kicked. Hob- got lb* bullet In the cheek. I went ir lo th* crib where the baby »■»« eeplng and put (he pletot to the ilia's head and fired. Set Fire to the House. "Then I piled bedding on the floor got ouL" • Aftor making the con fee* Inn Demp- ■ 'taken to Canonshurg yvhera online,! In the Jail. Hhnrtty I before 7 o'clock Coroner pipe. Con- slabi* W. P. Wilson and several olber officers prepared to take the prisoner ths county Jail. A mob was about the Jail when the officers arrived m. i r .... . i in. m .n,.i their prisoner to the car barn«. Grab Trembling Negro. Crioa of "lynch him," "kill the nu- gor," "stamp him," "bum him," were rnrd, but there was no reel at tarn pt made to take the prisoner until the < or was reached. Just aa (he offl< era were about to board the car. the crou d surged forward. Several men grabbed the trembling negro and ho »»« knocked to the ground. Cornu. > sue drew his rsvolvsr, but this only m»d- dantd th* crowd. It was knock, .I fr,,:n his hand, and th* esclted would i« lynchers puatied forward. The pri»- oner was finally plaesd In th>- .nr nnd officers stationed at both ends. When Hamuel Pearse returned home yesterday h* found smoke pouring from ths house. He rushed In. put out th* blase and then discoveted the .leu,I bodies of his wife and children. He Worked on Farm. While no blood stslne were found the prisoner, suspicion fire, rote! him last night whsn It w.,, learned that he waa ths last person „ uiiout the house before Ih* tragedy. Demp ster was a helper on the Pearce farm. Ihiring Iba absence of HomuM I'.ir. s and his sletr. Mis* Fanny 1'esr, ,\ Dempster Is said lo have been looking after the stock farm. Coroner Sip* made no in.or# t , „r- rast Dempster until 1 o'cl „ k this morning. Then, accompanied by Cou ntable Millar, he.want to the Demi -iee horns, about alx miles from th» arena of tha tragedy, and took clmrge „f ths negro. 50 NATIVE WOMEN. SHOT BY RAISER’S MEN Special Cable—Copyright. I,ondnn. July 10—Dispatches from Capetown state that reporta reach there of appalling cruelllea committed by German aoldlere on the natives of German Houthwest Africa. Fifty wom an are said lo have bean shot to dsath because they refused to Ml where the rebel chief, Marengo, was In hiding. THEY ARE STILL USING THE SAME OLD RECORC8. SHOT IH THE BACK WITH « CALIBER Kperlil lo The Georgian. Opelika, Aht, July 10.—Saturday night at about 7 o'clock P. Wilson waa shot and probably fatally wounded by Lem Sattarwhlta, both white. The difficulty aroee from a previous, quar rel.. Wilson, proprietor of a South Ninth street restaurant, was taken un- aware by Saltarwblla; tha latter firing two shots,* 44 calibre Coll, both taking effect In his. back. Wilson la In a vary critical condition. White, his slayer, has eluded arrest, hla whereabouts ba ins a mystery to the authorities. DIAMONDS STOLEN BY BOLD BURGLARS Special lo The Georgias, Valdosta, 0»„ Jaly Mi-Tbe bouu- • f J P. Coffee, Is this city, wsa entered l.y I,or ders a few eights ago sad kv.. »-.>riU „f diamonds and Jewelry stolen fr.un the room* of Mines Bllisbelh sad Mania Oof. fee. the yoeag ladles *--lng -tit (ton home at the time. The robbery was reported to th- i .Tire Immediately, bat the afftasn ha,.- kepi the matter qolet In the hope, thnt they scold tie side to aab the thieve., and It was nut generally known onlll today. The pawn •hope have been watched n..«dy. hot n far no trace has been (ouud of the b glare.