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The Atlanta Georgian.
GEORGIA:
2.500,000 population.
$100 000.000 cotton crop In 1906.
6.500 mile* of fffpftrn railroad.
400 miles eleotrle iCreet railway.
130 Cotton factories. 1.500,000 splntliwi.
Factories cotiH.nncd 600,000 bales 1906.
VOL. I. N(X 84.
FATE OF CHEATHAM
IS PUT IN THE HANDS
OF NAT’L COMMITTEE
Result of Investigating Committee’s Delib
erations Transmitted To President Jordan
Thursday Afternoon.
It was learned on good authority subsequent to the close of
the executive meeting of the committee that Richard Cheatham
had been found guilty of some speculations; that his dismissal
had not been recommended; that President Jordan would re
ceive the report of the committee and submit it to the national
executive committee at a meeting already called for September
6 7 and 8, at Hot Springs, Ark. No further information was
gained.
Arthur A. Fairchild, who confessed to having owned an in
terest in the Piedmont Brokerage Company, Wednesday night
offered his resignation if the committee recommended it.
The investigation committee met at 10 o 'clock in room 919 in
the Empire building and was in executive session until 1:15 p. m.
The long deliberations gave the impression that the members fail
ed to agree and that a minority report mjght be presented.
President Ilarvie Jordan entered the room at 12:3Q o’clock
and remained for half an hour. When he left the room he refused
to state what had happened biit said that everything would be
made public.
John P. Allison left the room at 11:30 o’clock and explained
that he was forced to leave the city. J. D. Smith left shortly be
fore the others and was cornered by several newspaper represen
tatives who questioned him regarding the deliberations. Mr.
Smith referred the reporters to Chairman Johnson.
When the committee adjourned Chairman Johnson, Mr. Sey
mour and Mr. Peek all refused to make a statement, saying that
their report would be submitted to President Jordan and he
would make all public statements regarding it.
CHEATHAM CLOSE PRESSED.
When the taking of evidence in the Richard Cheatham inves
tigation closed Wednesday night at 11 o’clock it left the defen
dant Cheatham in an unenviable position. It had been proven,
and he had admitted, that he had carried on a number of specu
lative operations at the exchange ef Gibcrt & Clay, while hold
ing an official position with the Southern Cotton Association. The
case had resolved itself into one of ethics. Could one man carry
on speculation for another, furnish the brains for the various
deals, act upon his own initiative in every transaction, handle all
the funds, and yet not be himself a speculator!
Mr. Cheatham claimed that he acted merely as agent. He
denied that he was speculating, saying that it was O’Grady and
Lee who had taken the risks.
J. Randolph Anderson, who was forced by the committee into
the position of prosecuting attorney, summed up the case before
the close of the session and following Mr. Cheatham's testimo-
ny on the stand.
MR. ANDERSON'S SUMMATION.
“I cannot see,” snid Mr. Anderson, “how a man can carry on
such transactions ns these have been ndmitted to be, buy and sell
future cotton on the speculative market, pay and receive money,
use his own knowledge and judgment, and yet be free from specu
lation because he is acting for another person. It is only in
purely, civil enses that the principal is held responsible for tho acts
of his agent, and this principle does not hold good in ethical
questions. Neither does it hold good in criminal practice.”
It had been an exciting ten hours In the crowded rooms of the cotton I
association. President Jordan had been urged to hold the Investigation In
•ome more convenient place, but he failed to moke other arrangements,
and_ many who came to hear the Investigation retired when they found
neither seats nor standing room. The noise of wagons on the street be
low drowned all conversation at times, and It was often necessary to repeat
parts of the evidence. From 10 o'clock In the morning until 11 o'clock at
night, with but two short Intervals for luncheon, the Investigation proceed
ed steadily.
LITTLE EFFORT MADE TO HURT CHEATHAM’8 CAU8E.
The attitude of the Investigating committee was commented upon by a
number of Interested listeners who gained the Impression that but little real
•«ort to bring out testimony damaging to Richard Cheatham would be
made by the tribunal which had been called to try him. Throughout the
Investigation the witnesses for tho prosecution were thrown on the defen
sive by the committee, badgered with cross questions, Interrupted by the
defendant with tho silent consent of the committee.
J. Randolph Anderson, whose speech In the house brought about the In
vestigation, and who appeared in order to vindicate his own position, was
forced Into acting as prosecuting attorney against his own expressed desire.
M *•* he who must do the questioning. If anything was to be brought out
which might throw light on the Inner secrets of the speculative transac
tions. He was handlcnpped by the refusal of Mr. Cheatham to answer any
S“«*tl? n that did not suit him, and was not supported In his contention that
sir. Cheatham, who was on trial before a tribunal of hts superior offleers,
should be forced, whether willing or not, to furnish such evidence as the
case demanded.
SEYMOUR ATTORNEY FOR THE DEFENSE.
Especially prominent In the proceedings was W. H. Seymour, of Mont
gomery, Ala., a member of tho national executive committee. At the organ
isation M. L. Johnson, of Cass Station, Ga., had bien elected chairman, but
it was Mr. Seymour who took the lead In the Investigation. Hla questions
were almost entirely confined toithose which would serve to discredit the
witnesses against Mr. Cheatham or to bring out matter favorable to the de
fendant. At times ho appeared to forget hie position on the committee and
L° .* ,, p ,' nl ° the place of attorney for the defense. Chairman Johnson had
but little to say. But two of the committee, John P. Allison, of Concord,
snd \V. L. Peek, of Conyere, da., seemed willing (o probe deep below
tne surface and force out the testimony necessary to, a thorough examlna-
llon ' *nd these two came to the front but rarely.
,, The attitude of Richard Cheatham was more that of defiance than oon-
naence In hie ground. He refused to answer a number of question*: he re
fused to give Holland Curran, an Important witness, hie permission to epenk
oeiore the committee; he refused to sign orders on the Fourth National
*?r certain checks In the possession of that Institution, which might
IvTj w lght on the cotton trades; he refused to produce checks and other
K.i** nc ® which, Mr. Anderson stated, were In Cheatham'* possession. He
h* a ®*P r *s**d himself ns desirous of a searching Investigation, but he
steadily refrained from offering the commute hie own assistance.
__ The Investigating committee permitted Mr. Cheatham to take thl* de
fiant position throughout the proceedings. It wa* silent when Mr. Andereon
the commute to call upon Mr. Cheatham to fumleh certain material
. , nc t 11 supported Mr, Cheatham In hla refuaal to answer question*.
I''" ,er ;« r *d on one or two occasions when such questions were asked as
were evidently objectionable to the defendant. It permitted Mr. Cheatham to
t0 divulge anything about the trades of “P. A. Lee,” permitted him
*° »dmlt or deny his connection with the "Mike Jones” account
the R. Sledenburg exchange.
BUT FAIRCHILD WAS RAKED OVER THE COALS.
. There wa* one pawn on the chessboard who might easily be eacrl-
ts. i lo r* ve * more important piece, and when he was called to the stand
, * ■ n 'lul*ltorlnl power* of the committee came more strongly Into play.
•’••rchlld, who has signed himself as manager of the publication
•*£? r V n * nt of the cotton association and who solicits advertising for the
annual publication of the aeaociatlon, admitted that It waa he who had
owned stock In the Piedmont Brokerage Company. He disclaimed an/ of-
*1 connection with the cotton association, and stated that he wa* mere-
*P * m Pl°yee, but he wa* raked over the coale by the committee in a way
Is 5" *? the prevloui easy-going Investigation. Mr. Seymour ask-
" h . ow he came to eaaume such a title as publication manager;
Whether this were an office permitted by the constitution; wheth-
’ "J, had ever been recognized by the executive officers as
Mr. Fairchild stated that he had not thought his Mreonal
ownership of stock In a bucket abo;) would reflect on the association.
'ndlfnatton with which Mr. Fairchild's connection with the
.“y 1 *! ‘hop, even though he was but a salaried employe* with a title,
official of the cotton association, w as .shown when Mr. Fplr-
» h J d . •ubmltted a card, which he said he would submit to the pree* and
the same time he filed with the committee. In this card, which
1* Published In another column and which wa* primarily Intended as a
raraT ?L caUon th * press. Mr. Fslrchlld expressed himself ss saying that
erlffr , tha 5 fsrlUtate the onslaughts on the cotton ontanltatlon. lw wouR
reeving* 0 < *** ponnect himself entirely from the gentlemen he had been
FAIRCHILD FORCED TO RESIGN.
Seymour at once called attention to this section of the card and
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1906.
■porr’I? . 1° Atlanta TWO CENTS.
X IVlV-rj . on Tralua FIVE CENTS.
Continued o n Page Three*
WILL THEY DO IT?
RUSS REBELS VICTORIOUS
III BATTLES IN FINLAND;
LORD DOUGLAS IS RESCUED
FROM A CELL OF PRISON
BY BRITISH VICE-CONSUL
Wife Collapses When
She Heard of Arrest
As Bogus Lord.
Dr Prirste Leased Wire.
Portland, Me., Aug. 2.—Demanding
In the name of the British government
that Lord George SholtoDouglas, a
brother of the Marquis of Queena-
berry, be releaaed from the custody of
the authorities In this city, {trltlsh
Vice Consul John B. Keating prepared
to light the case of hla noble country
man here today.
It waa understood that a writ of ha
beas corpus, to bring Lord Sholto be
fore court and have cause shown why
he should be held, would be mode out
before a Judge of the high court, but
this proceeding wns made unnecessary
when the authorities consented to turn
over the distinguished prisoner to the
custody of the British consul. Lord
Sholto was set free and proceeded to
the office of the consul to await fur
ther action.
On account of the startling facts
connected with the caee. Lady Doug
lass, who came to Maine from Scot
land to recover her health, haa suf
fered a collapse because of her hue-
band's detention, and Is now under the
car* of physicians. Lord Douglas re
mained cool and calm until he heard
of his wife's Illness. He became en
raged when the reports' came and as
serts that as soon aa hie Identity Is
>roven he will begin action against
he authorities. . .
He had been arrested aa the bogus
"Lord” Douglass, who la wanted In
several states for bigamy and other
charges. Especially Is the fake lord
wanted by the authorities of Ashe-
GIVEN SEVEN YEARS
IN PENITENTIARY
Caldwell Pleaded Guilty to
Charge of Embezzlement
of Coal Co. Funds.
miss Josephine! hood.
This Asheville girl was duped by
bogus Lord Douglass into
marriage.
vine, N. C„ eomo of whom are expect
ed to arrive here to Identify the man
who waa arreeted.
"My career In America," said the
arrested lord, "haa been a troubled one
on account of this Imposter who has
taken my name and committed such
terrible offenses upon the strength of
his rights to nobility. This Is the third
time authorities have made thl* same
mistake, and I must be patient and
wait until the tangle la etralghtened
out."
THREE SCRATCHES OF PEN
MA V TIE UP THE $80,000,000
LEFT BY RUSSELL SAGE
Erasures Are Found
in Document Filed
for Probate.
Uy Private Leased Wire.
New York. Aug. 2.—The amazing
discovery- Is announced today of an
erasure In the will of Russell Sage,
which, lawyer! declare, may tie-up the
estate In years of litigation and rein
force the case of the disgruntled lega
tees, who have threatened to contest
the validity of the testament.
Three little pen scratch**, striking
out a date, constitute the alleged Im
perfection In a document which hither
to has been referred to aa proof against
the most Ingeniously raised techntcalt-
itles. The erasure has been In the final
clause of the will, which precede* the
declaration of the witnesses that they
saw the will signed.
In the fourth line of the paragraph
over the testator's signature Is the ob
literation on which depend the validity
legatees who have taken the first step
In the contest will bring In the other
heirs who have expressed themselves
as satisfied.
The paragraph begins:
“In witness whereof, I have herewith
subscribed my name and affixed my
seal at No. 2 Wall street. New York
city. In the borough of Manhattan,”
and then follows: "This eleventh day
of February, 1>01 (1000 with three pen-
strokes through the figures). In the
B resence of Edward Townsend and
licbard W. Freedman, whom I hkve
requested to become attesting witnesses
hereto.” Russell -Sage's name Is ap
pended. *
While It I* not Illegal to have the
body of a will written by on* or more
persona provided the signer and hi*
witnesses declare they have read the
paper and that it expresses the Intent
of the party In Intereet, but It I* un
usual for a will, written In pen and
Ink, couched In tha explicit phrases of
the Blackatone period of law, to leave
open such a loophole as a double date
with one date marked out and no ex
planatory note given at the bottom.
Despite the revelation with respect
to the possibility of a lengthy contest
of her husband’s will, Mrs. Bags, It was
declared today, soon will begin the
orderly disposition to philanthropic and
charitable uses of the vast estate which
of the Instrument and un which tho haa been bequeathed tu her.
Special to The Georgtao.
Bristol, Tenn., Aug. 2.—John B.
Caldwell, a young man, who was for
mcrly prominent In society here and at
Roanoke, Va., haa been sentenced to
seven years In the Virginia peniten
tiary by the Judge of the circuit court
at Wlee, Va.
Caldwell wa* arreeted three months
ago, charged with having embesitcd
funds of the Virginia Iron, Coal nnd
Coke Company to the extent of about
11 MOO. when he was treasurer of the
company operations at Inman, Va.
Ingeniously "doctored” the company's
payrolls for two year* before he waa
caught up with. When arraigned
Caldwell pleaded guilty.
He comes of one of the best families
of Virginia, having been bom near
Danville,
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exerciser*. But we do
know you'll be bene
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“They Do the Work”
FOUR ARE KILLED
IN FIERCE BATTLE
T
Troops May Be Sent Into
Kentucky To Aid
Posse.
Bjr Prints Letted Wire.
Lexington, Ky., Aug. 2.—A dispatch
received here thl* morning from
Whlteaburg ®ay® that a^meaaenger from
Hand Lick, Ky., brings the news of a
terrific battle on the head waters of
Beaver creek, In Knott county, between
the Martin faction of the Pall-Martin
fued and the posse under Sheriff Hayes,
will! .-Ill* h\ 11ik I" fit. ft tliHr rapture.
The report say® that four members
of tho outlaw gang were killed, and
that two officer* were waugded, but
that the name* cannot be learned at
thin time, a« the feudists were not
muted from their atronghold and that
tho officer® have rtrented to HInman
for reinforcement®.
The Martin® are Wyatt nnd two son®.
Slla® nnd Alexander. They aro under
Indictment for desperately wounding
Dick Hall and William Thornbery and
Deputy Sheriff Bate®, shooting them
from ambu®h recently.
MRS.1VELYN THAW
AS ANJCGESSORY
District Attorney Expected
To Make Sensational
Charge.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 2.—If Evelyn Nesblt
Thaw tako® the witness stand In her
husband*® behalf, It was stated today
that the district attorney's office, i
the help of evldenco now In Its pos
session, will do Its utmost to vitiate
her testimony by naming her a® an ac
cessory to the murder of Stanford
White*
Novv that the defense has finally de
termined to go to tin* 11 lit I va 11 ft it plea
of Justification according to the canon
of tho "unwritten law,'* Tt was said the
prosecution will bring forward tho evi
dence It )ms tending to show that Eve
lyn Nosblt Thaw knew at leant two
weoks before tho trafedy on the Madi
son Square Garden roof of her hus
band’s determination to kill the archi
tect.
THAW WIN8 MOTHER
TO "UNWRITTEN LAW"
By Private Loosed Wire.
New York, Aug. 2.—Harry K. Thaw
will have hts own way, and be placed
on trial for tho murder of Stanford
White and base hts hope for acquittal
on the "unwritten law.^
It was asserted positively today that
the plea of "not guilty" will stand, but
"emotlonnl Insanity," with evldenco go
ing to show justification, will be the
defense.
One of the most noted lawyers In the
United Statos will conduct the trial in
court.
When Harry Thaw said last week
that he and his mother had disagreed
before, but that she would come around
to his way of thinking, he waa right.
Mrs. William Thaw has decided that
her son la right, and she dlamtaacd the
law Arm of Black, Olcott, Gruber &
Bonynge and placed tho entire defense
In tne hands of Clifford W. Hartrldge,
Thaw's personal counsel. The nows of
bar change of mind and the dismissal
of the law firm came as a surprise.
COUNTY AUDITOR
FOUND GUILTY
nr Private Lraoed Wire.
Buffalo, N. Y.. Auk. 2,-At • o'rlork this
moraine the Jut, which fmcf beea datiber-
Stine In tbs rase of John W. Neff, forjs.r
county auditor of M* rountj. on trial at
Warsaw, r-tiirn,-.! * verdict of grand lar
ceny, Brat ilcrrc*.
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Russ Admiral Wound
ed During Fierce
Fighting.
CZAR’S YACHT HELD
READY TO RESCUE
Alarming Rumors Roach
St. Petersburg from Cities
on Gulf of Fin
land.
London, Aug. 2.—A dispatch
from St. Petersburg to n news
agency says the crew of the crui
ser Pamjotz have mutinied and
killed four officers. Tho battle
ship Slava, now at Helsingfors,
has been ordered to sink the mu
tineers.
Following the announcement of
tho disorders at Cronstadt eaine
a rumor that trouble had also
broken out at Revnl and Abo. It
is feared there is nn uprising at
Sevastopol.
Special Cable—Copyright.
St. Petersburg, August 2.—
(Noon)—The city is in the great
est excitement at this hour over a
report just made (Mirren t that, fight
ing began at Cronstadt during the
night and that at least 100 persons
have been killed, and that Admi
ral Moakhvishcff is among the
wounded.
To add to the general alarm,
the statement is ninth* that four
mutinous warships have arrived
at Cronstadt nnd that the guns
of the fortress are trained upon
them, but that no firing has been
done up to the time of this dis
patch.
The assertion is made that, muti
nous sailors and soldiers at Fort
Constantine, Cronstadt, seized the
fortifirntinn last nijfbt nnd im
mediately attacked the loyal regi
ments. The fighting was severe,
but the mutineers were eventually
dislodged and compelled to sur
render.
MUTINY 18 REPORTED
AT PORT OF CRONSTADT.
By Private Leased Wire.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 2.—Great alarm
Ih being spread at the report that mu
tiny hiiH broken loose at Cronstadt.
Telephone communication In again
broken. It I® also reported that crew*
of the cruisers Inhinara, Bogatyr and
Tsarevitch have mutinied at Helsing
fors and given the ships over to th®
revolutionist® there.
Fear Funeral Riots.
Newspaper® of a liberal tendency
thl® morning are printing Inflamma
tory matter concerning the uARRMsIna-
tlon of M. Herzerieteln, the member of
the dissolved douma. fine paper, The
Retuchun, ha* been nunpended because
It nccuHed the government of being di
rectly re®ponnlbIe for the killing.
Tho liberal® are planning Imposing
demonstration® both hero nnd ut Moh-
for the funeral. It I® feared that
these demonstration® will reeult In
Mghtlng nnd bloodshed, and the gov
ernment I® taking precautions to curb
tho popular sympathy fur the murder
ed man.
CZAR’S YACHT 18 READY
TO 8ERVE ROYAL FAMILY.
Ity Private Leased Wire.
London, Aug. 2.—Dlnpatche® from va
rious point® In Hu®hIh, dated today,
indicate that the Hltuatlon ha® grown
worse, despite the optimistic report®
*nt out by the government.
Advice® from Cronstadt ®ay that th®
nperlnl yacht Polar Htar wa® lying,
Ith steam up, at the pier below the
tar’® palace at Peterhof, ready to sail
at a moment’® notice, should the em
peror decide that flight wa® necessary.
Crewe Have Mutinied,
he palace at Peterhof I® within
range of the big gun® at the Cron- .
atadt fortress.
Private advice® declare that th®
crew® of the battleship Slava and three
cruisers of the Baltic fleet, sent from
Revnl to quell the mutiny at Helslng-
, mutinied and that they are roam
ing about the Gulf of Finland..
Indeed, It 1® known that the com
mandant at Cronstadt ha® been warned
to prepare for an attack from them.
Will Aid th® R®b«l®.
»ter dispatches from Vlborg *ay
that the Russian fleet, situated at H.in-
go, Finland, Is In the hands of muti
neer®, wh-i have sailed to the a®> , 'i-
ance of the rebel® at Sveaborg The
officers are Imprisoned below de< k-
A telegram, said to be from the
commander of the fortress at Svea-
borg, says:
"The entire crew of four w®r>!ilp®
have mutinied."
A report that the mutineers at Vl
borg had surrendered has n * been
confirmed. A dispatch from Il**l®lng»
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