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ATLANTA: tyinnrt «rtpulatl° n * jjwe !£»** U.<W of railroad* Fereai »*ln » n« ra || W sy. , gga , & , ggfc l! ^p'ul 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, 00000000000000000000000000 0 O 0 TOLD OF MURDER O 0 BEFORE THE EVENT. O 0 0 0 By Private Leased Wire. 0 O London, Aug. 2.—A ML Paters- O 0 burg dispatch says that a Moscow O III reactionary newspaper yesterday O O morning, published the news of O a the assassination of M. Herxen- O 0 stein more than 12 hours before 0 0 the murder actually occurred. D O O 00000000000O00000O0000O000 Brains H Are absolutely essen tial to success. Every body has BRAINS. Some persons bsve MORE than others. What seems like an unfair distribution is simply the result of mentsl exercise. We don’t cltlm to have the only and original exerciser*. But we do know you'll be bene fited mentally and financially if you read the wsnt columns of The Georgian. You ought to try these little ads. They are Inex pensive, but “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*. OO000O0000000000000000O0O0 O O O SENATE COMMITTEE .0 O HOLDS PUBLIC MEETING O 0 ON BOYKIN BILL. 0 0 O 0 At 1 o'clock Thursday nftcr- 0 O noon the senate committee on O o sericulture le holding a public 0 O meeting In the senate chamber on O O the Boykin antl-buckot ahop bill. O O The meeting !*• public In order O O to allow anyone Interested pro or 0 0 con to appear before the commit- O O tee to discus* the measure or shed O O anr light possible on the mutter. 0 O Senator Hogan Is chairman of O 0 the committee on agriculture, anil 0 0 the other members are Senators O 0 Reid, Hand. Walker, Furr. Fir- O O mans, McAllister, Fitzgerald, O 0 Wheatley, Miller, Phillip., Pcy- O O ton. Rose, Ware, Parker and O 0 Crum. O O O 00000000000000000000000000 1 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» Continued on P«g<