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The Atlanta Georgian.
GCOROIAs
2.5oo.tvso population.
flon.ftOO.fXW cotton crop in lfQi.
6.500 miles of steam railroad,
too miles electric street railway.
130 Cotton factories. 1,600.000 snindlM.
Factories consumed 600,000 bales 1M&
VOL-
Morning Edition.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 3,1906.
Morning Edition.
T>T> rPT? . In Atlanta TWO CENTS.
1 IV-LA'IL . on Trulua FIVE CENTS.
COMMITTEE PUTS
RESPONSIBILITY
ON NATL BODY
Result of InvestigatingCom-
mittee’s Deliberations
Transmitted to Jordan.
the censure but not recommendation of the discharge of Secretary
- Richard Cheatham was the verdict of the Investigating committee of the
Southern Cotton Association in Its report, turned over to President Harvle
Jordan Thursday afternoon.
"We find no excuse or reason for Mr. Cheatham's affixing the word'
■Secretary' to his signature on the checks used In these transactions. It
is misleading and apt to cause reflections on the association," aald report.
It was further recommended that the investigation and Ita testimony
b . turned over to tho national executive committee, which meets at Hot
Soring*. Ark.. In September, for action.
Arthur A. Fairchild was also censured for owning an Interest In a
bucket shop. ^ '
It was stated In the report that every one of the witnesses against
Cheatham and Fairchild was connected with or Interested In a brokerage
business.^ ^ f or y, that while there Is no law of the association prohibit
ing lt» officers from speculating, It Is the policy of the organisation to
frown upon such.
To this extent Messrs. Cheatham and Fairchild are censured.
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 thnt a minority report might be presented.
President Ilarvio Jordnn entered the room at 12:30 o’clock
and remained for half an hour. When he left the room he refused
to state what had happened but said that everything would be
made public.
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, thnt he had carried on a number of specu
lative operations at the exchange of Qibert & 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,” said Mr. Anderson, “how a man can carry on
inch transactions as these have been admitted to he, 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 beiause he is acting for another person. It is only in
purely civil cases that the principal is held responsible for the 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 ths cotton
SMoelstlon. President Jordan had been urged to hold the Investigation In
some more convenient place, but he failed to make other arrangements,
and many whb came to hear the Inveatlgatlon retired when they found
neither seats nor standing room. The noise of wagons on the street bb-
low drowned all conversation at times, and It was often necessary to repeat
tf r ’* o' the evidence. From 10 o'clock In tho morning until 11 o'clock at
night, with but two short Intervals for luncheon, tho Investigation proceed
ed steadily.
LITTLE EFFORT MADE TO HURT CHEATHAM’S CAUSE.
The attitude of the Investigating committee was commented upon by a
number of Interested listeners who gained the impression that but little real
eitort 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 the silent consent of the committee.
, »• Randolph Anderson, whose speech In the house brought about the In
vestigation, and who appeared in order to vindicate hla own position, was
torceti into acting as prosecuting attorney against his own expressed desire,
it wns 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
tion!. lie was handicapped by the refusal of Mr. Cheatham to answer any
question that did not ault him, and was not supported In his contention that
I. . tham ' who was on trial before a tribunal of hla superior officers,
•nouid he forced, whether willing or not, to furnish such evidence as the
cue demanded.
SEYMOUR ATTORNEY FOR THE DEFEN8E.
Especially prominent In the proceedings was \V. H. Seymour, of Mont-
i..o ry '.. ■.. a member of the national executive committee. At the organ-
lation m. L. Johnson, of Cass Station, Ga., had been elected chairman, but
«■»***. r ' Rsymour who took the lead In the Investigation. His questions
"ere almost entirely confined to those which would serve to discredit the
nitne«aes against Mr. Cheatham or to bring out matter favorable to tho de-
icnuant. At times he appeared to forget his position on the committee and
, lo the P lac * of attorney for the defense. Chairman Johnson had
jut mile to say. But two of tho committee, John P. Allison, of Concord,
th. '' . ”• L. Peek, of Conyers, Ga., seemed willing to probe deep below
,urf «oe and force out the' testimony necessary to a thorough examlna-
non, and these two came to the front but rarely.
attitude of Richard Cheatham was more that of defiance than con-
f, ln hl« ground. He refused to answer a number of questions; he re-
to give Holland Curran, an Important witness, his permission to speak
the committee: he refused to sign orders on the Fourth National
Jv?", ,, ’ r certain checks In the possession of that Institution, which might
hght on the cotton trades: he refused to produce checks and other
tidence which, Mr. Anderson stated, were In Cheatham’s possession. He
•t. a!l‘ pr ‘’ ,,ert himself as desirous of a searching Investigation, but hs
refrained from offering the commltte his own asslstsnce.
-.The Investigating committee permitted Mr. Cheatham to take this ds-
iPosition throughout the proceedings. It was silent when Mr. Anderson
the commute to call upon Mr. Cheatham to furnish certain material
It ?• If supported Mr. Cheatham In his refusal to answer questions,
■vmierrered on one or two occasions when such questions were asked as
r.7, , ™ , «P"y objectionable to the defendant. It permitted Mr. Cheatham to
to divulge anything about the trades of "P. A. Lee," permitted him
it ad mlt or deny his connection with the “Mike Jones" account
*< the R. Sledsnburg exchange.
but FAIRCHILD WAS RAKED OVER THE COAL8.
.There was one pawn on the chessboard who might easily be sacrl-
h. , " ave a more important piece, and when he was called to the stand
TUIsItortal Powers of the committee came more strongly Into play.
d„n,l. r h efrchlld, who haa signed himself as manager of the publication
s«51 n . rn * nt of ‘he cotton association and who solicits advertising for ths
annual publication of the association, admitted that It waa he who had
8toc k In the Piedmont Brokerage Company. -He disclaimed any of-
ncia: < onnectlon with the cotton association, and stated that he was mere-
gw employe*, but he was raked over the coals by the committee In a way
’Kn to the previous easy-going investigation. Mr. Seymour ask-
w he came to assume such a title as publication manager;
•r * hl * were an office permitted by the constitution; wheth-
11 . * ad * ver *>een recognised by the executive officers as
Mr. Fairchild stated that he had not thought his personal
osnfrship „( „ lw)t a bucket ,g op WO uid reflect on the association,
burl,.* Jhdfghatlon with which Mr. Fairchild’s connection with ths
snu . * ho P- even though he was but a salaried employes with a title,
•nnnntan official of the cotton association, was shown when Mr. Fplr-
2HL‘“brained a card, which he said he would submit to the pres# and.
Is rubti L *?• “me time he filed with the committee. In this card, which
“mm, "» another column and which was primarily Intended as a
£»«'<>» to the press, Mr. Fairchild expressed himself as saying that
prifL han fa <dlltate the onslaughts on the cotton organisation, IV would
service' 0 dl,c °nnect himself entirely from the gentlemen he had been
WILL THEY DO IT?
EDITOR LEA DECLARES
PRES. HARVIE JORDAN
SHOULD NOW RETIRE
Specie! to The Georclnn.
Now Orleans, La., August 2.—Tho
vindictive attacks made by President
Harvle Jordan, of the Southern Cotton
Association, upon both the New Or
leans and New Tork cotton exchanges,
followed almost Immediately by the
unearthing of certain facts, show
ing, It Is claimed, direct connec
tion between an officer of trie‘asso
ciation and an Atlanta bucket shop,
known as the Piedmont Brokerage
Company, have elicited much adverse
criticism throughout the South.
James J. Lea. publisher of the Trade
Index of this city, .who has been Inti
mately associated with the cotton
trade for the past thirty years and .who
ranka as a leading authority- upon all
matters pertaining to the marketing
of the South's great staptrf crop, when
questioned today os to hla opinion
concerning President Jordan's recent
ly assumed position, expressed himself
as follows:
Is Not Surprised.
I am nofr at all surprised that Mr.
Jordan’s administration of Its affairs
should have served to place the South
ern Cotton AsMdaflon In 'the position
of ths unenviable notoriety It now oc
cupies; first, because I have never
been a firm believer In his disinterest
edness of purpose In prompting the
organisation of the association, and,
again, because I have always been con
vinced of his profound Ignorance as
to the absolutely necessary modern
methods of handling the cotton crop,
en route from the field to the loom.
“As to the bitter attacks made by
Mr. Jordan upon the contract market
of this city and New York, and his ovi-
dent desire to turn the American cot
ton planters over to the tender mer
cies of the foreign mill representatives,
operqtlntf through Liverpool and
Havre. I am at a loss to understand,
even admitting his honesty of pur
pose, the base Ingratitude he has dis
played. For It Is a fact well known
throughout the South, that had It not
been for the active support of the In
dividual members of the New Orleans
cotton exchange and their contribution
of something like $8,000 with which
to pay the expenses of Its organisa
tion, the Southern Cotton Association
would have had* no present existence.
Add to this the additional fact that
Mr. Jordan owes his election as presi
dent of the association to the support
of such men as Mr. A. Britton, presi
dent, and Colonel H. G. Hester, secre
tary of tho New Orleans cotton ex
change, and we have the sum of ht
double dealing.
Under Obligations.
"To the New Tork exchange possi
ble he does not owe so direct a debt
of gsntltude. hut to Individual mem
bers of the Institution. He Is unques
tionably under obligations since he
ha* been received by the officers of
that Institution officials and with ev-
cry m:irk ..f ilNI In. l I-.n nn-1 Iims ;h'cc[iI-
■■I f ‘ . 1 1 I T ■ 1 S I ■ "- Jit III.' IlMMilM "I' | ■ I ■ ■ r 111
nsnt members . that should certainly
have precluded any such subsequent
denunciations and charges as those ho
has leveled at his entertainers.
"A year or more ago Mr. Jordan wns
dating his official correspondence from
the cabin of Mr. Hoadley's private
yacht, and today we find him Indulging
In unbridled billingsgate at the expense
of a class of which his then host was
a representative member. Such an at
titude Is certainly not characteristic
of Southern gentility.
Jordan Msy Be Involved.
"Touching the matter of the charge
of bucket shopping made against the
officers of the cotton association by tho
members of the Georgia legislature, I
do not think any sane man, In view of
evidence already adduced, can doubt
Its correctness, though to what extent.
If any, President Jordan hlnuwlf Mg]t
be Involved remains yet to be seen.
8hould Retire Jordan,
for one am quite convinced that
his linen Is not altogether Immaculate.
At any rate, ‘Caesar's wife should be
above suspicion,’ and I think tho
Southern Cotton Association will make
grave mistake If It falls to retire
President Jordan and Secretary Cheat
ham, and place In control of Its af
fairs men who not only understand the
true Interests of cotton plnnters of the
South, but who are content to strive
for them with clean hands.”
THREE SCRATCHES OF PEN
MA Y TIE UP THE $80,000,000
LEFT BY RUSSELL SAGE
Erasures Are Found
in Document Filed
for Probate.
FAIRCHILD FORCED TO RESIGN.
r - Seymour at once called attention to this section of the card and
Continued on Page Thrss-
By Prlvstj Isssed Wirt.
New York. Aug. 2.—The amaxlng
discovery Is announced today of an
erasure In the will of Bussell Sage,
which, lawyers declare, may tie-up the
estate In years of lltlga'tlon and rein
force the case of the disgruntled lega
tees, who have threatened to contest
ths validity of ths testament.
Three little pen scratches, striking
out a date, constitute the alleged Im
perfection In a document which hither
to has been referred to as proof against
the most Ingeniously raised technlcall-
Itles. The erasure has been In the final
clause of the will, which precedes the
declaration of the witnesses that they
saw the will signed.
In ths fourth line of ths paragraph
over the testator's signature Is the ob
literation on which depend the validity
of the Instrument and
vhtch the
legatees who have taken ths first step
In the contest will bring In ths 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, 1101,(1800 with three pen-
strokes through the figures). In ths
presence of Edward Townsend ahd
Richard W. Freedman, whom I have
requested to become attesting witnesses
hereto.” Russell Sage’s name Is ap
pended.
While It Is not Illegal to have the
body of a will written by pns or more
persons, provided the signer and his
witnesses declare they have read the
paper and that It expresses the Intent
of the party In Interest, but It Is un
usual tor a will, written In pen and
Ink, couched In the explicit phrases of
the Blackstone period of law, to leave
open such s loophole as a double data
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 content
of her husband's wllL Mrs. Sage, It was
declared today, soon will begin the
orderly disposition to philanthropic end
charitable uses of ths vast estate which
has been bequeathed to her.
EMPLOYEES WALK OUT
AT COLUMBU8 8HOP8
Columbus, Ga., August 2.—Twenty-
five carpenters and car Inspectors of
the Central of Geprgla railroad shops
walked out today. They demand 2 1-2
cents Increase per hrfur. The company
offered 1 1-2 cents, which was refused.
Brains
Are absolutely essen
tial to succeta. Every
body haa BRAINS.
Some persona have
MORE than others.
What seems like an
unfair distribution is
simply the result of
mental exercise. We
don’t claim to have
the only and original
exereftert. Bui we do
know you’ll be bene
fited mentally and
financially if you read
the want columns of
The Georgian. You
ought to try these little
ads. They are Inex
pensive,^but
RISS REBELS VICTORIOUS
I BATTLES III FINLAND;
CZAR AND RIS FAMILY FLEE
FOUR IBE KILLED
II FIERCE BATTLE
T
Troops May Be Sent Into
Kentucky To Aid
Posse.
By Private Leased Wire.
Lexington, Ky., Aug. 2.—A dispatch
received here this morning from
Whltesburg says that a messenger from
Sand Lick, Ky., brings the newa 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,
who are trying to effect thetr capture.
The report says that four members
of the outlaw gang were killed, and
that two officers were wounded, but
that the names cannot be learned at
this time, as the .feudists were not
routed from their stronghold and that
the officers have rtreated to Hlnman
for reinforcements. *
The Martina are Wyatt and two sons,
Silos and Alexander. They are under
Indictment for desperately wounding
Dick Hall and William Thornbery and
Deputy Sheriff Bates, shooting them
from ambush recently.
MRS,lVELyNTHAW
AS ANJCCESSORY
District Attorney Expected
To Make Sensational
Charge.
Russ Admiral Wound
ed During Fierce
Fighting.
Alarming Rumors Reach
St. Petersburg from Cities
on Gulf of Fin
land.
By l’rlvnle Lrasod Wire.
New York, Aug. 2.—If Evelyn Nesblt
Thaw takes the witness stand In her
husband's behalf, It was stated today
that the district attorney's office, with
the help of ovldence now In Its pos
session, will do Its utmost to vltlato
-her testimony by naming her ns on ac
cessory to tho murder or Stanford
White.
Now that the defense has finally de-
I' lmlnf.l l'i go I" III" trliil with .1 pleil
of Justification according to tho canon
of the "unwritten law," It wns said tho
prosecution will bring forwnrd tho evi
dence It tins tending to show that Eve
lyn Nesblt Thaw knew at least two
weeks before tho trajody on tho Madi
son Square Garden roof of her hue-
hand's determination to kill tho archl-
tset.
THAW WINS MOTHER
TO "UNWRITTEN LAW.”
By Prlrste Leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 2.—Harry K. Thaw
will have his own way, and be placed
on trial for the murder of Stanford
White nnd baae his hope for acquittal
on the "unwritten law.”
tlvely today that
win stand,
emotional Insanity," with evidence go
ing to show Justification, will be the
defense.
One of the most noted lawyers In ths
United States will conduct the trial In
court.
When Harry Thaw said last week
that ho and his mother had disagreed
before, but that she would come around
to his way of thinking, he was right.
Mrs. William Thaw has decided that
her son Is right, and she dismissed the
law firm of Black, Olcott, Gruber &
Honynge and placed the entire defense
In the hands of Clifford W. Hartrldgn,
Thaw’s personal counsel. The news of
her change of mind and the dismissal
of the law firm cams as a surprise.
COUNTY AUDITOR
FOUND GUILTY
By Private Leased Wire.
Buffalo, N. Y., An*. 2.—At 8 o’clock this
morning tho Jury which hnd been dellber-
■ting In the case of John W. Neff, former
cmintjr auditor of Eric eftooty, on trial at
By Private Leaned Wire.
St. Petersburg, August 2.
A report was current this
evening that Czar Nicholas
and the imperial family
have fled from Peterhoff to
Tzarko-Selo.
London, Aug. 2.—A dispatch
from St. Petersburg to a news
agency sn.vR the crow of tho crui
ser Pamjotz have mutinied and
killed four officers. Tho battle
ship Slava, now at Helsingfors,
has been ordered to sink tho mu
tineers.
Following the announcement of
tho disorders nt Cronstadt came
a rumor that troublo had nlsn
broken out nt Rcvnl and Abo. It
is feared there is an uprising at
Sevastopol.
Special Cable—Copyright.
St. Petersburg, August 2.—
(Noon)—Tho city is in the great
est excitement at this hour over a
rcportjustmndccurrcnt that fight
ing began at Cronstadt during the
night and thnt nt least, 100 persons
have been killed, and that Admi
ral IJonklwisbctf is among the
wounded.
To ndd to tho general alarm,
tho statement is made thnt four
mutinous warships have arrived
at Cronstndt and that the guns
of the fortress nro trained upon
them, but thnt no tiring has been
dono up to tho time of this dis-
pate.li.
The assertion is made thnt muti
nous sailors and soldiers nt. Fort
Constantine; Cronstndt, seized the
fortification last night anil im
mediately attacked the loyal regi-
incuts. The fighting wns severe,
but the mutineers wero eventually
dislodged and compelled to sur- •
render.
By Private Leased Wire.
Ht. Petersburg, August 2.—An offi
cial bulletin declares that the muti
neers nt (,'coaborg have surrendered. It
announced that quiet Is gradually
being restored and that the senate has
ordered tho formation of a corps of
volunteers to protect life and property
In tho city.
Tho government this afternoon is.
sued tho following account of the
Cronstadt affair:
Yesterday evening disorders broke
out at Cronstadt. Sailors of the fourth
equipage of tho fleet left their bar
racks after 11 o'clock and Joined %
•Tuwil awaiting th**m In the street.
They proceeded toward tho residence
of the commandant of the port. A de
tachment of Infantry was Immediacy
summoned and flred on and dispersed
tho crowd.
Hhnultnneously the agitation dis
played Itself In other equipages of the
fleet. Sailors began to assemble out-
sldo of their barracks, hut were per
suaded to return to their quarters. In
the mennwhlle, tho emmbers of the
fourth equipage nnd the populace had
reassembled and precipitated them
selves toward the arsenal In an en
deavor t-. f.the gHfus. but they
ore again dispersed by the Infantry
and quick firing guns.
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SENATE COMMITTEE .0
HOLDS PUBLIC MEETING 0
ON BOYKIN BILL. 0
after- 0
At 3 o'clock Thursday
noon the senate committee on 0
agriculture Is holding a public 0
meeting In the senate rhnmb<*r on 0
I’ \ I- iri Jintl -bin k-t shop Mil. O
The nrm*-tlng Is public In order 0
to allow anyone Interested pro or 0
con to appear before the commit- 0
tee to discuss the measure or shed 0
any light possible on the matter. O
Senator Hogan is chairman of 0
the committee on agriculture, and 0
the other members are Senators 0
Reid, Hand, Walker, Furr, Sir- O
mans, McAllister, Fitzgerald. 0
Wheatley, Miller. Phillips, p#»y- 0
ton. Rose. Ware, Parker and 0
Crum. 0
e ports
vtthln
CZAR'S YACHT IS READY
TO SERVE ROYAL FAMILY.
By Private loosed Wire.
London, Aug. 2.—Dispatches from va
rious points In Russia, dated today,
indicate that the situation has grown
*•*, despite the optimistic
sent out by the government.
Crews Have Mutinied.
The palace at Peterhof Is
range of the big guns at the
stadt fortress.
Private advices declare that the
crews of the battleship Slava and three
cruisers of the Baltic fleet, sent from
Roval to quell the mutiny at Helsing
fors, mutinied and that they are roam
ing about the Gulf of Finland.
deed, it Is known that the com
mandant at Cronstadt has been warned
to prepare for nn attack from them.
A news dispatch from Stockholm
says that mutineers at Helsingfors n< v
have control of the entire archipelago
fortification except the Islands of Snnd-
ham and Harako. The dispatch also
conveys the Inf • nvith n tint f : i-
tlneehs were kill'd by the exj-I'-f v "f
a magazine on ITgushelmen Island.
Loyal troops are said to have suffered
severely during the lighting.
A report that the mutineers at VI.
borg had surrendered has not been
count*.•. ! A dispatch f. M' lslng-
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