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The Atlanta Georgian.
GEORGIA
400 miles elect
VOL. L NO. 83.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1906.
On Train* FIVE CENTS.
RICHARD CHEATHAM IS ON TRIAL
BEFORE S. C. A. INVESTIGATORS
Mr. J. R. Anderson
Presented Formal
Charges.
COMMITTEE TRIES
IN MANY WAYS TO
DEFEND CHEATHAM
“I Have Proved Every
Charge I Made,” Says
Mr. Anderson.
The Investigation of the recent
charges of speculation made against
Klchard Cheatham, secretary of the
RICHARD CHEATHAM.
Secretary of the Southern Cotton
Association, who Is now
under fire.
Southern Cotton Association, begun
Wednesday morning In the offices of
the association and will probably con
tinue through Thursday.
Formal charges that Mr. Cheatham
had traded In cotton on an Atlanta ex
change under the names of Mike
O’Orady and P. A. Lee were presented
by Representative J. Randolph Ander
son, of Chatham county.
Richard Cheatham submitted a writ
ten statement saying- that be had trad
ed for Mike O'Grady and P. A. Lee but
he had positively had no Interest In the
transactions, and had not at any time
■peculated for himself.
“P.’ A. Leo” Still a Mystery.
The mysterious "P. A. Lee" did not
appear . and In his statement - Mr.
Cheatham declares that he will not re-
veal the Identity of Lee.
The connection of Harvle Jordan
with any bucket shop dr exchange
was not touched upon In the Investi
gation, the ■ evidence being confined
solely to Mr. Cheatham's deal In the
name of O'Grady and Lee.
Representative Anderson, though he
declined to be put In the position of
prosecuting attorney, aubmltted a writ
ten set of charges against Mr. Cheat
ham which were read by him. He
quoted the amounts and dates of the
alleged transactions made through the
exchange of Glbert ft Clay by Mr.
Cheatham.
All Information From Fagan.
In response to. questions Mr. An
derson stated for the first time that
all his Information regarding the trans
actions of Richard Cheatham were
gained from W, R. Fagan, manager of
Glbert ft Clay, who also secured from
the Fourth National Bank certain
checks and drafts figuring In the
transactions.
Mr. .Anderson submitted letters ad
dressed to the Fourth National Bank,
Glbert ft Clay, of New Orleans, and
some corporation or brokers’ firm not
stated, asking that the transactions of
Mr. Cheatham "with those houses be
furnished the committee. He asked
that Mr. Cheatham sign these letters
and thus permit the committee to se
cure the necessary Information, saying
that this would be (sufficient proof. The
committee refused to ask Mr. Cheat
ham to sign the letters.
Committee Tried to Defend Cheethim.
The attitude of certain members of
the committee gave the Impression that
they were trying to defend Cheatham
from being forced Into furnishing In-
irmatlon which might serve to reflect
jpon hie efficiency as an officer of the
isaoclatlon. This was noticeable at
■everal stages of the Investigation.
Mike O'Grady, of Chattanooga, sub
mitted a written statement of his deal
ings with Mr. Cheatham and begged to
be permitted to return to his business.
He was excused from further attend
ance. A tilt between O'Grady and
Mr. Anderson attracted some attention
previous to adjournment.
Among Those Present.
Among those who were present In
the room waa W. T. Bmlth. a well-
known cotton dealer of Dallas, Texas,
who waa In the city for the purpose of
attending the Investigation. Mr. Smith
refused to make any statement re
garding h Is presence.
Dr. J. M. Crawford, who had stated
i hat he had understood that Cheatham
was a part owner In the Piedmont
Brokerage Company, telephoned that he
would appear when his testimony was
desired. B. c. Cothran, of Ware ft
NAMES, DATES, PLACES AND TIME
ARE SPECIFIED BY MR. ANDERSON
INHISSTA TEMENTTO COMMITTEE
The statement of Hon. J. Randolph Anderson, read Wednesday morning
before the Southern Cotton Association investigating committee, was as follows:
ATLANTA, Ga., August 1,1906.
I wish to preface this statement with a reference to certain published
utterances of Mr. Richard Cheatham.
1. The published interviews given out by Mr. Cheatham, secretary, in re
gard to the charges made by me, state one thing one day and a different thing the
next day. Both of his statements are equally ridiculous and equally without
foundation.
(a) In his interview and card published in The Atlanta Journal of the
28tli instant, he says that my charges were made for the purpose of diverting the
attention of the state senate from the main issue, and he says that the purpose of his
card was “to put the public on notice that all the din and smoke and noise and
dust is raised to obscure the real issue and to divert the minds of the Georgia state
senate away from the merits of the Boykin bill for the suppression of future
gambling in Georgia.”
(b) In his interview and card published in The Atlanta Constitution of
the 29th instant, he gives out that what he is pleased to call the present attack
upon the officers of the Southern Cotton Association is a part of an organized bear
campaign against cotton.
Now, when he made these statements Mr. Cheatham knew perfectly well
that they were false, and that they existed solely in his own imagination. 11c knew
very well that the charges made by me in my speech in the house on the 24th in
stant were made before any vote at all had been taken in the house on the bill and
that my speech could only have been intended to influence the house before it came
to vote upon the bill. He also ought to know veiy well that one ground of my op
position to the bill was that it was imperfect, and that my fight against the bill
breed the adoption of three amendments, two of which give to the bill the chief ef
ficacy it now has for the prevention of gambling in futures. I refer to the amend
ment making the bill include buying futures as well as selling futures, to which
last the bill was originally restricted; and also to the amendment providing that
the payment of a license tax should not be. permitted to relieve any person from the
penalty, imposed. Without this last amendment the law could not have become
operative at all until January 1, 1908; and without the first amendment it would
not have touched fully 80 per cent of tbfa gambling in cotton.
2. The charges made in my speech on the 24th .instant were:
(1) That some one in the headquarters of the Southern Cotton
Association had been speculating in cotton in the name of Mike O’Gra
dy, and signing the Checks or receipts for the money in an official ca-
r ity, and that some one in there had been speculating in the name of
A. Lee.
(2) That some official of the Southern Cotton Association had
been connected with a bucket shop called the Piedmont Brokerage Co.
and had held one-eighth of its stock, and that some one in the office of the
Southern Cotton Association had had the stock standing in his name.
These were my two charges. I am not responsible for or concerned in any
elaboration of these charges made by the newspapers, or for any inferences or
conclusions drawn by them or the public, created by the interviews and state
ments the ropqrtci’s succeeded in getting from various persons. Those arc mat
ters for the committee to investigate if they see fit. I have given out no further
statement or information until now. My speech in the house on the 24th instant
was cut short by the expiration of the time limit under which I was speaking. In
my statement in the house on the 25th instant,-I Baid that my remarks of the
day before did not refer all to one person; and that I had evidence and informa
tion sufficient in my judgment to justify inc in saying that an investigation
ought to be held as to these matters, and that I would give that information to the
Continued on Page 3.
THREE FORTS
ARE MENACED
P
ic
WHO WILL TAKE ACTION
ON COMMITTEE'S WORK
The proceedings of the Investigation committee may not be referred
to the national executive committee for action. In The Oons/|utlon Wed
nesday morning It waa stated that according to the constitution of the
association, the executive committee would be the final tribunal and that
this committee would take up the matter at Its meeting .at Hot Springs.
Ark., September 6, and act on the recommendations of the Investigation
committee.
Chairman M. L. Johnson stated Wednesday afternoon that the com
mittee had not discussed this matter and he could not state whet’qrr or
not the case would go before the executive committee. Chairman John
son waa very reticent regarding the Investigation.
FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT
E. S. PETERS, CRITICISES
PRES. HAR VIE JORDAN
Continued on Page Three-
The following letter haa been re
ceived by the editor of The Georgian
from E. 8. Peters, formerly vice pres
ident of the Southern Cotton Associa
tion, and la printed with the consent
of the writer:
Calvert, Texas, July It, 110*.
Hon. John Temple Graves, Editor The
Georgian, Atlanta, Ga.:
A friend of mine has recently sent
me a copy of your paper of the 2(th
Inst., with the Harvle Jordan editorials
and articles marked.
Aa you are probablby aware, I have
had a good deal experience with the
party myself and have found him very
unreliable, and untruthful on several
occasions. I am very glad you have
undertaken to expose the gentleman
and his mode of operation. There haa
never been any doubt about hie spec
ulating In New York with J. H. Hoadly
and Thomas, which he has practically
admitted tu Interviews.
His connections with Thomas wars:
He had the speculators underwrits
three hundred thousand bales of cotton
which they proposed to put up to 16c
and for which he had a cotton specula
tor from Houston Introduce a resolu
tion at the meeting of the Southern
Cotton Association held In New Or
leans In January. Practically all they
did at that meeting waa to boost Jor
dan's and Thomas’ cotton speculation
scheme. His action at that time In this
matter haa cost the South millions of
dollars, as Immediately upon the pas
sage of those resolutions the farmers
sast of the river Immediately proceeded
to buy fertilizers to the limit and In
the etatee west of the river the farmers
Increased their acreage In cotton very
largely, with the result that It has been
Impossible to advance the price of cot
ton and It now looks that on account of
the Increased use of fertilizers and In
creased acreage, will make a bumper
crop of cotton probable. So that Har
vle Jordan and other speculators In
the Southern Cotton Association could
have a chqnce to make some money.
Now, In regard to this committee tbaa
POSSE OF POLICE
IN NEGRO CHASE
A posse of policemen and detectives wis
rushed from the police elation Wednesday
morning shout 10 o'clock to the comer of
Auburn end Piedmont svennes to eeelet In
the capture of some negroes suspected of
steeling.
Detective Connelly bad gone Slone to the
home of Will Keith, n negro, und surprised
several other negroes, who ran. Keith wss
captured, end the officer then telephoned
the police station for assistance. Keith's
wife was later caught.
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Jordan has appointed to make the In-
ttgatlon, they are all per
sonal friends of Jordan and
Cheatham. Thla Is about the only case
I know of where an alleged suspect
appoints a Jury of his friends to pass
on his guilt or Innocence.
I want to assure you that if there
Is anything I can do to assist you In
purifying the organisation and put
ting It In clean hands where It will not
be ruined by speculators, I would be
glad to do It.
Yours very truly.
E. S. PETERS.
Col. Nataroff Horribly
Bayonetted By
Mutineers.
WOMEN AND BABES
FLEEING TO SAFETY
Dy Private leased Wire.
Loimlon. August 1.—Dispatches
from Helsingfors, dated today,
say that Sveaborg, Russia’s sda
fortress in Finland, is completely
in the hands of the mutineers who
possess every sort of arms. Relia
ble infantrymen are posted all
over the totvfl, but without rein
forcements the government can
do nothing.
Women and children are in a
pitiable condition and the families
of officers arc fleeing from the
city.
Horrible scenes occurred dur
ing the night in Sveaborg when
the fighting was renewed. The
heaviest artillery was used dur
ing the conflict, and the casualties
are known to number hundreds.
Colonel Nataroff was bayonet-
ted by the mutineers. lie begged
to be taken to a hospital, promis
ing - forgiveness, hut instead he
was stoned and thrown into the
sea with a stone tied around his
neck.
Kronstadt and Sevastopol arc
in danger.
Telegraphic and telephonic
communication with Cronstadt
has ceased. It is believed to be tho
work of revolutionaries.
CUMMINS MUSTERS A
MAJORITY ON FLOOR
He’s Quite Certain to
Land The Iowa
Governorship.
HIS MAN GARST
REGARDED IN DANGER
Perkins People Declare
Convention Won’t Vote
for Governor’s Pet
Scheme.
THREE SEA FORTRES8E3
MENACED BY REBELS,
By I'rlvnt. leased Wire.
Helsingfors, Finland, August 1.—The
amazing discovery has been made that
the revolutionists are perfecting plans
to capture Russia's threa greatest sea
fortresses, Sveaborg, Cronstadt and
Sevastopol.
Sveaborg, the Gibraltar of the north,
la already under control of the rebels.
The crew of tour iron dado have mu
tinied and the sailors are preparing
to start with the warships for Cron
stadt Immediately. The situation In
Helsingfors Is critical.
Fighting Starts Afresh.
Skatuden Island, which la Joined to
the town by a bridge, haa been retaken
from the rebels by loyal troops, but
fighting has started afresh and there
la every possibility of furthor blood
shed before the day closes.
Revolutionary workmen here are do-
g all they can to cripple the govern
ment and extend their power. They
have declared a general strike.
Loyal Troops Attaok,
Loyal troops are again attacking ths
rebels at'Sveaborg fortress. Ths mu
tineers and their supporters are tearing
up the railway leading from St.
tersburg, hoping In this manner to
block the sending of reinforcements to
put down the mutiny.
A detachment of the mutineers, as
sists)] by marines, have cut the rails
at frequent’points covering-a distance
of 60 miles. Should the plans to cut
off loyal reinforcements succeed, the
city will be In most serious danger of
falling Into tha hands of mutineers.
STRANGER
We know how you feel
when you come to our
town and have no home
nor friends. We have
been a stranger in a big
town. We have won
dered where we could
turn to find a room or
room and board. Where
upon we consulted the
classified columns of the
newspapers. It has been
our experience that the
most desirable places
are those that advertise.
We advise you to
tupi to Page 10 and
consult the Rooms for
Rent or Boarders Want
ed columns of The Geor
gian, You’ll find what
you want and pretty
soon cease to be a
STRANGER
By Private Leased Wire.
Dea Moines, la., Auguat 1.—When
the Republican state committee had
completed the temporary roll of to
day's convention early this morning It
showed 25* votes for Cummins and
784 against him, a majority of 72. It
may be Increased to a majority of 108
this morning.
This means the re-nomlnatlon of
Governor Cummins without trouble,
but It Is a question whether he cun
frame the platform and name other
candidates on the ticket.
Garat In Dangsr.
Warren Gant, hla choice for lieuten
ant governor, la In danger. The Per
kins men claim there are many dele
gates.pledged to Cummins' re-nomlna-
tlon who will vote with them on all
other questions.
Antis Claim Vlotory.
Tho ro|l, as announced after mid
night, was regarded as a big victory
by the antl-Cummlns people. Throw
ing out of five counties' delegations,
which they Insisted were entitled to
seats and giving their places to anti-
Cummlna people, left Cumlmna with
the acant majority of 88 In a convention
of 1,640.
It was known that the opposition
had made boasts of having bought
up a number of Cummins' delegates.
Action of the state committee was a
defiance of the congressional delega
tion, which had demanded by resolu
tion that only three contesting counties'
Klok on Influence.
Candidate Perkins protested against
Interference by the Washington Influ
ence, and so did Congressman Hep
burn, who denounced hla collegg^ek In
unsparing terms for “laying down”- In
the fight.
Nearly all the congressmen nre i\p-
posed to Cummlna, but they recognized
that failure to nominate Cummlna, un
der the clrcumalancea, would surely
menn two tickets, nnd the defeat of not
leza than four congressmen.
As a last resort, effort was mnido to
fix up a deal by which Senator Dolllvar
shouid be named for governor and
Governor Cummins for the senate. Thla
the Cumins people declined to permit,
delegations be recognized.
The lively scenes a bout the Audi- i
torlum this morning when the Re-
CHILD LABOR BILL
GETS SIGNATURE
OF THE GOVE
Pen with Which He signed
Measure Presnted to Mrs.
J. Lindsay Johnson. >
Governor Terrell Wednesday morning
signed the Hell rhlhl labor bill, and it is
now a law.
The pen with which the governor Mgned
the measure will be tendered Mrs. J. Lind
say Johnson, of Home, who has wc- i
for year* for such legislation. There w< e
a dosen requests for the pen.
Tin* law become* operative at once, 1
mill men over the state are preparii*.- to
adjust themselves to the situation.
The governor signed the court of apj *
bill Tuesday afternoon, and the Issu- .
goea^ before the people In the October 1
The Buchnnan bill to allow the people
In cotlutie* havltig dispensaries to Tut- n
the question, wan also signed. The gov
ernor signed a raft of local bills Wndi.ea-
day morning.
publican convention assembled for t o
nomination of candidates for govern- r
and other atate officers recalled to the.
older politicians the exciting days • f
,the free stiver campaign a decade ago.
With the possible exception of tha
campaign of 1896, the fight for the gu
bernatorial nomination between Gov
ernor A. B. Cummins and former Con- ,
gressman George D. Perkins, the Sioux
City editor, Is without a parallel In the
political history of the Hawkeye state.
Cummins Looks Winner.
The early morning Indication was
that the convention would name Gov
ernor Cummins for a third term, that
It would come out lit strongest/tern
In Indorsement of Presldeht Rooney* it
and his administration, and that It
would declare for tariff revision un i
radical control of trusts and railroad
regulation. It Is not expected, how
ever, that this program will be carried
out without fierce opposition.
The Perkins element, which bellovt-s
"standing pat" as regards the tariff,
had not given up the battle by any
means. Meanwhile, the older lenders.
Including many of tho Iowa delegates
In coimj-oss, brought every Influence to
hear in the Interest of harmony, being
fearful lest the bitter fight within tho
troui td the party at tho fall etc
Many at Convention.
More than fifteen hundred dele
were In their seats when the coi
tlon was called to order at 10:30 o’
by the temporary chairman. Jo
M. Towner, of Cor
11* »ru
If.
ll.
I 'ornlng. Tho roll
committee appointments and other |
Inees of a routine nature occupied the
time up to the noon adjournment.
The committees on nominations nnd
resolution* are not expected to report
beforo late this afternoon.
KILLED BY BRIDE’S SIDE
AS FRIENDS GATHERED
TO BID THEM GOOD BYE
Special to The Georgian.
Charlotte. N. C\, August 1.-One of the
mo«t shocking crime* In the annals of (law-
ton county occurred at an early honr this
morning, when J. Y. Kincaid *hot nnd
killed W. M. Drown, a groom of‘only a
half hoar, n be stood with bis bride at
the depot, waiting for the train on which
the couple was to leave on their honeymoon
trip from Bessemer City.
The bride of only thirty minutes la now
All of the parties are prominent
>wu where the shooting occurred,
ws* quite a gathering of
the
hi i
Tbi
... of l
them good by,
when Klnenld came up. and. tev<
pistol at Drown, Bred five times
succession. Ilrown fell iletd sluioi
fel
him ami Bred at the prostrate f-
every chamber of tho weapon li.xi
discharged.
Kincaid, who Is In Jail, says he !
Itrowu IH*cause he ruined bis slater.
Betti. Klm-sld. He claim. Brown
promis'd to inarry her.
When he learned that he hhil
wJIss llettlc Per
up his mind to I
LORD DOUGLAS CAPTURED
BY MARSHAL IN PORTLAND
Special to The Georgian,
Asheville, N. €?., August 1.—"Lord Dong-
las," the hlfsmlwt, who married and It Is
iMtllcvfd sulMieqnently murdered Josephine
Hood, of Asheville, at New Iberia. I*.,
Pceeiuiier, last, and whose whereabouts
have I hi (Tied the police, has been arrested
In Portland, Maine.
A telegram recelred here last night by
the chief of police, from United Htutes
Marshal Petersou. brings the Information
of the arrest, and asks for Instructions.
Identifying witness will leave Asheville to
morrow. for Portland.
Douglas, the most notorious bigamist In
the country, It Is believed, married Jose
phine Hootl, nnd said he would take her to
bis fruit farm In Mexico, to be goue eight
weeks. When nothing war beard from the
couple, an Investigation waa started, and
If was found that he was the bigamist
who posed as the eldest son of the marquis
of (jueenohury.
No news haa been recelred here from the
girl.
COUNCIL OF WAR
HELD BY OFFICERS
Hpwlsl t» Th. Georgian.
Chattanooga, Trim., Aug. 1.—A cav
alry drill In screening and reconnolt-
cting was the order of the maneuvers
at CMckanmiga this mi ming, snd this
afternoon the cavalry, artillery and In
fantry practiced.
The pitching of a shelter tent cantp
afforded splendid amusement for the
spectators.
it night General Uubb and Major
