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qiHHBHjjBj mmmm THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. TnrnsDAT, atopst 2. iw». A SENSATIONAL Begins Tomorrow WASH GOODS SALE. We have secured for this special sale ten thousand yards of high-class novelty Wash Goods which we will offer at about oue-fourtli their average value. The line includes beautiful Lawns, Organdies, Mulls, Batistes, etc. in charming flower effects, dots, spots, stripes, fig ured designs, etc., etc. Real values range from 15 to 25 cents; but the entire line will go at the 5c TWO-DAY BARGAIN SALE AT BASS’ Morning at 9 O’Clock—Positively Nothing Sold Before That Hour. FREE—DRESS PATTERNS—FREE SALE OF SKIRTS. 3k sensational price of, per yd Sea Island Domestic, soft finished; regular 7 l-2c grade; three thousand yards to go "^7 at Sea Island—Yard wide, ex tra fine; regular 10c grade; Friday and p7_ Saturday at Toweling Crash—Flaxine or twilled; extra heavy qual- ix:r rth 3lc Brown Dress Linens—Sell ing elsewhere at 25c; in this sale, per rtz-r yard .VC Dress Linens and Butchers’ Linens; 36 inches wide; .-. 10c Bleaching—Excellent quali ty, soft finished; worth 10c a yard; in this sale 08C- Twilled Draperies in very pretty flowered designs; real value 19c at, per yd OC Organdies, Voiles, Lawns, Batistes, etc., worth up to 15c a yard, X 1 n to go at •J81' Blue Linens for waists, children’s etc.; worth 50c a yard, at. Table Damask—Full bleach ed, 60 inches unde; worth 50 cents a yard, at Tomorrow, Friday, we will give away, absolutely free, 60 beautiful Dress Patterns of organdie lawn. They will be given in six Jots as follows: One each to the ten whose checks reach the cash stand first customers after From a leading New York manufacturer closing up his season’s business, we secured this great lot of Skirts at less than cost of manufacture. The line em braces the very fashionable gray shadow plaid novelties and stylish silk Mohairs in black, blue, brown and gray. All are excellently tailored and brand new in style; la dies’ and misses’ sizes are included. Real values are $7.50 to $10.00; choice of the line .. ipM53v 9, 10 and 11 O’Clock A. M. 98c AND 3, 4 and S O’Clock P. M. Come and get one of these handsome patterns. dresses, clothes, 17c 25c WANTED 5 experienced salesladies and 5 experienced salesmen ““Apply this afternoon or before 9 o’clock tomorrow. We Give Green Trading Stamps BASS’ 18 West Mitchell, Near Whitehall. Ladies’ Skirts of fine white linen; plaited and full flared; worth fully $3.00, at Ladies’ Waists of white lawn, dotted Swiss, etc., lace and embroid- ery trimmed / L* Corset Covers of fine Nain sook, French styles, lace trimmed; 50c 4 f \ and 75c values., .. I VC; Ladies’ Gowns and Petti coats, lace and embroidery trimmed; $2 values O/v Skirts and Gowns, embroid ery and lace trimmed; worth up to $1.50, 4*7 c Ladies’ Vests of fine thin gauze with silk taped neck and armholes; 25c value.. .. Ladies’ Sailors in new ready to-wear styles; worth 50c to 75 cents; choice Ladies’ Hats in new ready- to-wear styles; worth $1 to $2; choice" in this sale.. .. Ladies' Sailors of finest rough sennit straw; really worth $1.50; FA- at only OCfC Ladies’ Waists of fine China Silk, lace trimmed, $3.50 val ues;,just 18 to go at VOC 5c 25c 37c AUTO SPEED BILL PASSES HOUSE AND DDES J SENATE Ten Miles an Hour the Lim- . it in City Sub urbs. TESTIMONY OF REPORTERS AID MRS. HARJJE’S CASE; ALL E VIDENCE SUBMITTED 20 IN THE COUNTRY House Expresses Thanks for Wednesday’s Barbecue. Auto scorching wa» tabooed la a- bill pa«sed by the houze Thuraday morn ing The houae adopted new houra for •paalona the reat of the aummer term. It will meet at * o'clock and adjourn at J:J0 o'clock In the afternoon, doing away with two aeaalona a day. It wae a xtrange coincidence that Mr. Grovenateln, of Effingham, who made hla maiden apeech on the floor of the houae Thuraday morning In aup- port of the Jamea Oglethorpe monu ment appropriation, la a Salaburger, and a direct deacendant of thoae who came to thla country with Oglethorpe and aettlcd In Effingham county, where Mr. Grovenateln'a family haa lived con- tlnuoualy. Speaker Slaton and Prealdent West were thanked by the'house for the barbecue Wednesday afternoon, and a resolution of thanks to the auperln- 5f12f nt . of experiment station at Grtffln for a doxen crates of «ent to the general aaaeml P*"*ed unanimously. The advocates of the proposed new county of Phil Cook are having a hard time with the bill to create the county, aa those opposed have so far prevented the bill from being read the second time. An effort was mads Thuraday \ morning, the last day for the passage Of a constitutional amendment, to have the bill read, but It was unsuccessful. - This action means the death of the Cook county bill.- ,8W minutes after the houae met Thuraday a discussion on the length of the sessions of the house and time limit to debate was precipitated by a r! p0 , n .. ot ,h * rules committee on a resolution by Mr. Calvin, of Richmond, h«v2°.ht way . wllh afternoon sessions. mn T * V? from t o'clock In the n’^ rn n !L t0 1:14 ocloc k In the after- "'. on ; at* r *P° rt °f the committee was wLl P, ."L by , a vote of II to 24. There mmvw„.i ,o i u l l0n a, *° l*"* 1 limiting dlhL.f ua debat# to fan minutes and “S*** . bm ‘0 on » hour at the lion Li'S! *?! prey*°?s aueH- f peaches, nbty, was »" be considered wd.red S gust* 3 bec ome effective Friday, Au- Curbing Auto Speed. On a special order the "automobile » l. to regulate the speetf limit on f" * t a ,e roads, was. taken up by the house. The original bill by Mr. Lumpkin, lawn!? 1 ET* proYld « ‘ h *t It shall be un- InnKitl ,or any P*r»on to run an auto- bowir 0,har v * hlcle run by motor l ’*' r “t> on the public roads of the n fill sreater speed than eight * n hour, and It shall be the duty m oih P* raon operating an automobile the «.»-’7 otor PO’rar vehicles to stop rmd hHL ,n c "? stock In use on the agiabiT * frf»htened and unman- orrTHL comm lttee on special judiciary demMn?P’f nd, ? e . nta t0 make ft a mls- to violate the law proposed, ,*h* »P*ed limit twelve m “«» an hour Instead of eight. Fsldsr’s Substitute. A substitute by Mr. Felder, of Bibb, provide* that no person shall drive an auto on any highway or street of built- op Portions of the suburbs of any In corporated city where housez are an ‘verageof less than 110 fen apart, at a By Private Leased Wire. Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 2.—The Hartje divorce trial Is over, with the excep tion of the arguments by the attorneys which will begin Monday. This morn ing, after half a dozen witnesses hdd been called by both sides to contradict portions of the others’ testimony. At torney John M. Freeman said: “That la all." „ Every one seemed relieved with the possible exception of Mrs.. Augustus Hartje, the beautlful'IlbellanVwho was, In excellent spirits this morning. . “Are you glad ICa alt over?" she was asked. . Turning with a smile that was almost' a laugh she said: ' “X don't know. "I—" •'Here, you must not talk,” quickly put In Mrs. Alex Slocum, the woman who had been Mrs. Hartje's constant companion since the flrst day of the trial. The latter looked disappointed, aa she evidently Intended to say that she had begun to enjoy tha trial. Immediately after the trial adjourned First Assistant District Attorney Robb caught Attorneys John Marron and Edward Hartje before they could leave the court room and said he wanted to talk to them. The trio went to a cor ner of the room and had a long whis pered conversation. • “I can't and won't say what the con ference was about,” replied Hartje’s brother when questioned. "I let those two newspaper men In and they turned out to be spies.” He referred to the testimony offered by John R. Bell and John Geyer, who had testified this morning that Ed Hartje had told them on April 12 that he had letters written by Mrs. Hartje to other men. Ed Hartje on the stand this morning denied making this state ment to the reporters. Blonde Tells on Hartje. Alma Ross, the mysterious ''blonde,'* who kept a rooming house, swore yes terday that Augustus Hartje and Jose phine Wright frequently met at her house; that the Wright woman brought him there and Introduced him, and said that the house at which she had been living was too public and too close to the Hartje warehouse. The Ross woman said Hartje paid Josephine Wright's room rent there after. Several daya ago Hartje swore he did not know Josephine 'Wright and the Wright woman swore she did not know Hartje. On Information sworn out by Tom Madlne, the coachman, Detectives H. O. Btaubb and John A. Anderson, who testified that they took the -famous “love letters” from Tom Medina's trunk, have been arrested on a charge of entering a building with Intent to com mit a felony and Inrceny. Attorney Edward Hartje, a brother of Augustus Hartje, signed their bonds of 12,000 each, and they were released. greater rate of speed than a mile In * minutes. It also states that a mile In 2 minutes shall be the limit except as stated above. The substitute pypvldcs further that no one shall run an autp mobile any where In the state at any speed greater than Is reasonable, hav ing regard to traffic and use of pub lic roads The substitute la not to affect the right of any person Injured, either In his person o'r property, by the neg|l- ent operation of an automobile, to sue and recover damages. A provision ,1s made for those handling automobiles to atop them when animals become frightened at the machines. Suitable bells, horns or other signs! devices are required, aa la one white light at night, one hour after sunset to ope hour before sunrise, this light to be visible at a distance of 200 feet away. Thera shall be a red light visible In the reverse direction. Mr. Lumpkin, of Walker, accepted the substitute, In favor of which ne made a short speech, urging the house to pass the act with a view to making It safe for ordinary people to use the country roads '. Mr. Stovall, of Chatham, supported the bill, as did Mr. Akin, of Bartow, who offered an amendment to define "negligence” with reference to the trial of damage aults against owners of automobiles. Substitute Paxsed. The substitute bill by Mr. Felder, of Bibb, unamended, wae passed by vote of 11* to 2. Messrs. Butts Glynn, and Jackson, of Jones, voted against the bill. Oglethorpe Monument Bill, The house resolution by the Chat ham county delegation, to appropriate 1 is.oop for the erection of a monument to James Oglethorpe * n the city of Sa vannah was taken up In Its order on th The 0 house r ’reeolved Itself Into a com mittee of the whole with Mr. Butts of Glynn. In the chair. Mr. Stovall opened the argument tor the raxolu- tlon. Mr. Anderson, of Chatham, fol lowed, hie colleague, dealing only with the constitutionality of the resolution. The resolution wae amended to pro vide that the monument ■nould be erected In Chippewa Square In Bi- vannah. that the appropriation should be expended under the supervision pf tbe governor, and that the .words this money should be paid over to the Ogle thorpe Monument Association” should be stricken. Grovenstein's First 8pssch. Mr. Grovensteln, of Effingham, as a direct deacendant of thoae who came to this country with General Oglb- thorpe, made a speech In favor of the resolution. It was the Initial speech of the gentleihan from Effingham on the floor of the house. RUSS REBELS VICTORIOUS IN BATTLE IN FINLAND Continued from Page One, for* today says that Commander To- get, with t,000 loyal Infantrymen, sur rounded the barracks and were contin ually under Are from the revolution ists. LOYAL TROOPS DRIVEN BACK FROM FORTRESS. By Private Leased Wire. Helsingfors, Aug. I. 9 a. m.—Revo lutionary sympathisers Insist that the light for land and llberty'haa only Just 'gun. The report that mutineers had sur rendered Is unconfirmed at this hour. Two thousand Infantrymen who made an attack on the stronghold of the rebels from the land side, under Com mander Toget, have been repelled by the Are of the mutineers within tha fort. Ths statement Is being made that there Is a lSck of provisions and am munitions among tha mutineers, but this report ensmates entirely from loyal sources. Explosion st Fortrsss. There haa been no communication between Helsingfors and the Islands of the archipelago this morning, but from what can be seen from here a conflagration must be In progress. Dense clouds of smoke are hanging over the Islands In the Inlet. ' There was a tremendous explosion at the fortress last night, which Im mediately developed the rumor that the powder magazine In the hands of the mutineers, had blown up. This report Is not continued. Sympathisers with the revolution are anxiously awaiting confirmation of the report that tha exaris flotilla at Hango. Finland, had mutinied. Impris oned the ofllcere and soiled to the as sistance of the mutineers at Sveaborg. 8hots Damage Houses. The battleship Slava and tbe at tending squadron from RevaL which arrived at the port last night, bom barded ths rebel forces well Into the night. Thsra was considerable panic In the homes of tha summer residents as much damage had been done to private property by falling shots. The Sveaborg fortifications have CUMMINS WINS, SO. DOES GIST IN»CONTEST Iowa G. 0. P. Adopts Mod ified Views on Tariff , Platform. SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS THAI WERE NOT FOLLOWED BY PROBING COM Mill EE By Private Leased Wire. Des Molnea, Iowa, Aug. 2.—The Iowa state Republican convention renomi nated for governor of Iowa Governor A. B. Cummins, In a turbulent but regu larly conducted gathering. Governor Cummins and his faction of the party were In absolute control. Aa a result, not pnly Cummins, but the "progress- candidate for lieutenant gover- i nor, Warren Garst, was nominated. In I spite of the fight made against the \ governor, the roll call resulted: Cummins, III; Q. D.,Perkins, 60S; Captain Rathbun, 104. Gant received within 14 votes of the number given Governor Cummins. It was chiefly through the offices of Senator Dolllver, the "slant* pat" lead er, that the convention agreed to con cede to Governor Cummins' control of ths Convention. Cummins' advocacy of the ‘Iowa Idea” was Indorsed by the wording of the tariff plank, but It was made so moderate that the etand-pattcre decid ed to make no objection to It. This paragraph declared for a tariff "op posed alike to foreign control and do- mretie monopoly,” and declares con gress should be mado from time to time to adjust Irregularities and meet changing conditions. The resolutions also declared for a state-wide primary law, applicable to all stata officers and United States senators, for. the aboli tion of the pass and prohibition of campaign contributions by corpora- When the Investigating committee announced Wednesday night thnt the taking of evidence was closed there were several essential details which had not been brought out during the ten hours of questioning. The evi dence was closed at the motion of J. D. Smith, one of the committee. Among the matters of ln,tercag which were not brought out at tho In vestigation were the following: Who la P. A. Lee, for whom Richard Cheatham admitted handling fu ture transactions In tho cxchnnge of Olbert A Clay? Where doss ho live? Why was Mr. Cheatham permitted to withhold this information from the committee? Why did Richard Cheatham carry on his trades with R. Sledenburg A Company for M|ko O'Orndy under the name of “Mike Jones” Instead of using O'Grady's name as he did nt the Glbert A Clny exchange? Why was J. B. Chentham, manager of R. Sledenburg. not brought be fore the committee tb tell what he knew regarding Richard Cheatham's trades In the nnme of “Mtko Jones," to corroborate the evidence of Hol land Curran? The committee net-opted Mr, Curran's remark that Mr. Slod- enburg would not nppear ns flnnl. Why was not -Manager Love, of the Piedmont Ilroki-rngo Company, called on to testify ns to the stockholders In that company? Mr. Lovo was In Marietta Wednesday night, but was expected to return Thursday. Why did Richard Cheatham carry his personal account In tho Fourth National Hank ns "Richard Chentham, Secretary?" Mh Chcnthnm mere ly stated that he did this for "personal reasons." Robert E. Hotze, former manager of the Piedmont Brokerage Company, who left Atlanta a short time ago very suddenly, sent a telegram to Rich ard Cheatham stating that Cheathnm was not a stockholder In tho ex change. Inquiry developed the fact that Mr. Cheatham had carried on a long distance telephone conversation with Mr. Hotze, who was at Rich mond, Va„ some time previous to the Investigation, but after Sir. Ander son's charges had been mode. Dr. Crawford had- stated that ha would not have gone Into lie- Piedmont Brokerage i-nnv If In- hud not thought that Cheatham was n member. He snld: "Cheatham told me that he was going to New York and thought thnt thoro would be something doing In cotton. I told him to telegraph me. 1 understood thnt ho would keep Jordan and myself Informed. He did not telegraph and said afterwards that there had been nothing doing.” SENATE PASSED BILL TO LEASE THE STATE After Three-Day Debate Vote to Lease For Sixty Years. . i $60,000 MONTH FIG UK E Pass Bill Which Admits Ev ery Confederate Veteran to Pension Rolls. FATE OF CHEATHAM WITH NATL COMMITTEE was made, an it vraa *een there were not enough vote* to carry the bill, Mr. Anderson, of Chatham, moved to re- corwider the action of the house in or dering the previous question. T#l« motion vu carried and the bill ta bled, flaring it from defeat at ttv , m present time. • ment to eatabltflh a mate of fllege here j M ww. - The houae adjourned nt 1:80 o'clock land threaten* to resign If hi* request! before tha announcement of the vote to meet Friday morning at 9 o’clock. not carried out. FORTY SUBPENAS REACH NEW YORK FOR OCTOPUS MEN General Counsel for Stand ard Says They’ll be Honored. Continued from Page Ons. By Private Lasted Wire. New York, Aug. 2.—It Is reported that forty aubpenaa for Standard Oil men. Issued by a United Btates court In Illinois, have reached thla city In a registered letter. They are said to require the presence of those named to give testimony In the anti-trust pro ceedings In progress In Chlcag->. M. K. Elliot, general counsel for the company, waa aaked whether any at tempt would be made to evade service. "Until we see tbe aubpenaa,” he eald, "we would not care to say what our attitude will be. I can safely say In advance, however, that wa shall make no attempt to obstruct the officers of the government In fcny way. If they have any legal- papera to serve.” WANTS 8TATE OF 8IEGE DECLARED AT WAR8AW. By Private Leasrd Wire. Warsaw, Poland, Aug. 2.—The gover nor general haa requested the govern- I asked If Mr. Fairchild Intended to tondor his resignation to tho committee. Forced Into this nttltude, Mr. Fairchild replied that ho did and tho com mittee might receive the resignation spbjecr to Its recommendation. At severe! points In the Investigation the committee wandered off Into a discussion of the difference between bucket shops and legitimate ex changes. Mr. Anderson and Mr. Jordan were permitted to Indulge In a discussion of cotton exports ax«t their relation to the assorlatl a. which was Interesting, but not relevant fo the matter In hand. Chairman John son Anally recalled the debaters to the points Involved. At no ttmn In ths Investigation was any charge made against Har- vle Jordan, president of the association. Mr. Anderson stntrd thnt his charge thnt an official of the association was trading In rottob did not refer to Mr. Jordan, but to Richard Cheatham. He nlso stated that his charge of ownership In the Piedmont cxchnnge referred to air. Fairchild and not to air. Cheatham, though other witnesses brought this rhnrgo against air. Cheatham. Mr. Jordan waa placed on tho stnnd during ths Anal scsRlon, denied any speculations at any time, any Interest In a bucket shop onexchange, and waa examined but A short time. He figured but slightly In ths pro ceedings of the day. The Investigation waa marked by a number of sensational Incidents, air. Cheatham became violently Indignant on several occasions sml a per sonal eneountsr with Holland Curran was averted only by the prompt ar- tlon of the committee. Dr. Crawford’s evidence as to Mr. CbenthamV alleged connection with the Piedmont exchange brought forth Inughter which had to be stopped by a call for order. The Investigation was any thing but Judicial In Its atmosphere and closed with .Mr. Anderson con fident that his auertlona had been maintained by the evidence and with Mr. Cheatham's announcement: “Nothing has been proven against me.” WOMAN RESCUES NEGRO; HUSBAND DOESN’T LIKE IT By Prlmte Uiwd Wire. New York, Auf 1—"It wee do doubt m beautiful aod noble thin* for my wife . shall teU j her life In that way York. I am proud — h**r life meant too much to me t* her emlanaer It to eare anybody." It wa« thn«, with mixed feellnre, that I>r. B. W. AlUfloi, of Ilk West Ninety ninth etreet, expressed hfmeeff todny fn roenrd to the exploit of hi* wife, Lydlft Allison. In Jumping from the bridge nimnnlng th» Milwaukee river when »be aaw Martin Hall, negro After n three-day display of oratory tho senate Thursday afternoon at 1:20 o'clock panned tho McHenry bill to leano tho Western and Atlantic rail road at the expiration of the present lenne, the vote standing 27 to 12. Under the bill as panned tjio Hand amendment to lease for 60 yearn at 860,000 per month obtains. Amend ments by Senator Miller to lease at a prlco of (l> 180,000 per month and (2) 8100,000 were lost. Also his amend ment to leano for a period of thirty yearn only. On the aye and nay vote It stood: Ayes—Adams, Illood worth, Hunn, Car!them, Carswell, Copelan, Crum. Fortner, Foster, Foy, Furr, Orayhill, Hamby, Hand, ilog/m. King, McHen ry, .Mills, Odum, Parker, Peyton, Phil lips, Walker, Ware, Wheatley, Wilcox id Williams—27. Nny«—Alnobrook, S. N. Ilennet, A. C. Jllalork. Bond, Candler, Fitzgerald, Mil ler, Reid, Rone, Steed, Hlrmans and WrMbro.tk 12 The senate also passed the bill to elect the railroad commissioners, de tails of which appear elsewhere. Senator Held offered an amendment to Representative Calloway’s pension hill, which practically admits all Con federate soldiers and widows <>f Con federate sohllers to Hi*- pension list. • It Is said that tills will mean many minis of dollars more to pay In pension#. On the Reid amendment the vote was 33 to 7, and on the passage of the bill amended 34 to 6. Senate Bill* Patted. By Senator Hamby: the town of Rabun Gaj Oy Senator Alaobrooi the speed of automobiles In county. House Bills Pasted. Ry Mr. Sears ( establish tho city non. Ry Mr. Sears c abolish tho city c county. Ry Mr. Callows act creating boan aloners of roads i county. •orporate regulate venues of Leo TRY A WANT AD IN THE GEORGIAN WORTH $l,000,(Xf0 BUT WORKS HARD Bj Private I-e Milwaukee. Crosby, 17 ye estate worth Wife Wants Court to Keep Husband From Drinking Up Damage Money By Private Leased Wire. Covington, Ky., Aug. 3.—In order to prevent her husband from spend ing In drink all of the $2,000 he recently received aa damages for In juries received In falling from a scaffold upon which he was at work, until aha has a chanca to get some of it for alimony, Mrs. Mary K. Lil ian), who Is suing her husband for divorce, today asked for an injunc tion forbidding him to drink while the case la pending. The Judge took the plea for an Injunction under advisement. upt th< 1 by, or Chic or on the t [ near Rlpon, I dent In the j and believe ter how wei is, Aug 2.—John F. old, who came Into an i ut least a million dollars nth of Major Robert Cr«*s- g«>. Is winking as a lab->r- irm of Charles McConnell, Wls. The youth Is n h"j- Fon du Lac High School, that every on**, no mat- ithy, should learn to work. STEAMHR ASHORE; RELIEF IS SENT. Ilj Private Learnt Wire. Boaton. Auk 2.—The Be-t.n ’ rult Company's steamer Brewst* 'here on North Rock, Galloup's 1 .nt. near Lynn. Assurance hua been -nu