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■ 111 ATLANTA 1910 20 PAGES The Atlanta Georgian. ATLANTA 1910 20 PAGES VOL. I. NO. 92. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1906. T>I> rpTT . fn Atlanta TWO CENT®. A UIV^Lj. On Trains FIVE CENTS. “MOST OF THOSE WHO PROTESTED HAD BEEN DISCIPLINED AT HOME FOR INFRACTION OF THE RULES —DR. AMOS FOX. Petition by Soldiers for Investigation Creates a Big Sensation. NO ACTION TAKEN YET BY THE HOUSE The Georgian Recently Made Private Investiga tion of the Home. "Mo*t of the men who signed tho petition asking an Investigation of the Soldiers' Home were Inmates who at one time or another had been disc) pllned for drunkenness or some other Infraction of the rules," said Dr. Amos Fox Saturday morning. Further than that he would say nothing regarding the reading In the house of representatives Friday of the petition drawn up by Inmates of the soldiers' Home, tuiklng for an invest! gatlon of the management of the Insti tution and protesting against harsh treatment. Insufficient food and other alleged Ills which has caused consid erable of a sensation all over the state. The Soldiers' Home was built by tho people of Georgia and was largely the result of work by Henry W. Grady. It has always been a cherished Insti tution, and tfie charges of mismanage ment brought out by some of the In mates haa aroused a great deal of In terest. The appropriation of {7,500 for a new hospital was passed by the house Fri day, despite the fact that several In mates of the home protested against It as unnecessary.. During the discussion of this meas ure In the house, Mr. Mill kin. Wayne, read the petition from tw of the Inmates of the home. No In vestigating committee has as yet been appointed. THE G£ORGIAN~HAS MADE INVESTIGATION OF HOME. 'Several* days ngo a representative' of The Georgian, learning that complaints had been made of conditions at the home, paid a visit to that Institution and mado a number of Inquiries os to the treatment of the Inmates. Not only was the superintendent Interviewed, but direct questions were addressed to the veteran's who are In the home, and who should .have no object In conceal ing conditions. No definite complaints of present condition* were made, though almoat every man made tome reference to hit dlesatlefactlon under the former superintendent, John A. Thompaon. The present superintend ent, Captain Robert I* Berry, hlmaelf a veteran, gave every evidence of hdv* Ing the Interest of the men at heart,; though he admitted that he could not provide everything desired from the funds at his command. "Superintendent Thompeon waa a former police captain,” said one Inmate of the home. "Hie training did not fit him to care' for Invalid ana aged men, such as were In his charge. We were treated very harshly sometimes." It was stated that one. man was dismissed because he curled Amos Fox. treasurer of the home, although Dr. Fox waa not present at the time. This man had subsequently been per mitted to return to the Institution. Complaints About Former Food. Complaints of the quality of food formerly served were made, and It was stated that sometimes meat was pur chased which was not In good condi tion. No complaints as to the food served at present were heard. An Inspection of the home showed that the rooms and corridors are kept scrupulously clean. The rooms now used for tha hospital are bright dnd sunny, but are on the second floor, where It would be difficult to remove the patients should Are break out. They are too small for tha accommodation of the eight or ten patients usually confined to their beds and the elck men cannot have the privacy desirable. It has been urged that the hospital can be removed to the library room, but this room appeared to be too smell and Is not located In a desirable position. Captain Barry talked freely of the home and Its conditions. He etated that he had taken charge on August 1 and had not had time thoroughly to familiarise hlmaelf with details, but he bellevsd the Inmstes were fairly satis- “SHOULD INVESTIGATE,” SAYS BUSH IN HOUSE Mr. Bush, *of Miller county, brought up the Soldiers' Home matter 'In the house of representatives Saturday morning. In voting on the Gor don statue measure, he catted attention to the fact that no attention had been paid by the house to the petition presented by the inmates of the home. v "The house has discriminated against those veterans,” he said. "Wyto .say they have been mistreated* I don't know Amos Fox, but I don't wwj what Fox It is, I think we should listen to tho appeal of these old "I AUDI7 ACCOUNTS," SA YS WM. S. THOMSON William S. Thomson, vice president of the board of trustees of the Soldiers' Home, etated Saturday that there waa no ground for the state ment made In the petition that the treasurer's accounts were not audited. "Every month Dr. Fox brings to ms the bills contracted during that month and they are carefully gone over by me, as chairman of the finance commlitee, and then at the quarterly meeting the committee as a whole goes over them. As far as I have been able to Judge from on examination of the goods purchased he gets far better value* for the money expended than I could ns an Indlvidu&l.” "Do you know anything of the personnel of the men who have signed the petltioil, Mr. Thomson?" "No, I am not familiar with .any of the names except that of Clarke. He made a number of complaints aome time elnce, wh|ch, on Investiga tion, we found to be groundless. I shall be very glad Indeed If the leg islature will appoint an Investigating committee. W* have Investigated matters out there several times and find everything aa well aa possibly could be for the amount of money we have to spend. Dr. Fox has his heart In the work, and being a veteran, Is devoted to the home, and Is one of the beet friends that It has. GAIN OF $4,038,400 FOR FULTON COUNTY In the City Is $2,936,318 and For County Districts $1,102,082—Last Year’s Gain Not Quite Three Million Dollars. A total gain in the valuation of taxable property in Fulton county for the year 1006 of 94,038,400 Is shown by the annual report propnred by Tax Receiver Armlstead and made public Saturday afternoon. This la a much larger gain than usual and greatly In excess of the amount expected by Mr. Armlstead. According a Igw i>*need laarmftMhe AtMMa XHfs Light Company paid taxes on 8500,000 worth of property to the comptroller gen eral. In past years this amount has been credited to the county tax valuation., If the old law had remained in force the total amount of gain would have been 84,538,400. The total gaIn of laet year waa not quite three millions. TAKE SHELTER Loaded Cartridges Are Fired Into Regu lars. Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn. Aug. II.—Dur ing the sham battle at the Chlckamau- ga maneuvers several load bullets were fired by the soldier* either In the First Georgia or Tw elfth o.valry, Into oppos ing lines, and a private of the Sev enteenth infantry was wou%ded by a bullet in the arm. Officers are investigating the mat ter, but it is believed'that loaded shelhi were placed In the guns by mistake. Bullets whizzed Into the air thick and fast, and the soldiers ran behind trees and other objects t* ofedpe injury. The First South ‘ h* llna regiment has arrived at tho |.:irk. The Third Tennessee will go Into camp this after noon and a Mississippi battalion will arrive soon. HE USES TOWEL TO KILL WOMAN The official Districts. figures are os follows; 1806. 1800. Gain. Loss. AdamavlIIe .. .. 174,170 118,025 15.245 Rattle Hill .. .. 128,715 188,450 dim Blackball 608,555 666,425 . 01,870 Bryant* 108,6.25 / 111,110 . 2.085 Buckhead ..' .. 218,065 241,665 1,600 College Park .. . 288,726 878,566 73,840 Collin* 428,816 554,125 127,290 Cooks . .... .. .. 1,804,045 1,430,460 135.415 East Point 680,330 818.170 146,040 Edge wood 171,110 162,885 1.SS5 Hapevill^ Oak Grove .. .. 141,685 160,256 ' 18,670 844,630 361,260 7,880 Peachtree 842,240 1,303,071 861,835 South Bend .. . 281,140 387,640 116,200 .... .City and county colored, 1805, 11,184,510. City and county colored, 1*00, 11,108,156. Gain of 1008. 121.855. Total gain, country districts, white 11,084, 800. Total gain, country districts, colored, 128,885. Total gain, all districts, 11,108,665. Total loss, country districts, 16,470. Total gain, country white, end city and country schools, 11,102,012. City whites. 1005, 155,210,740. City whites, 1800, 161,160,051. Gain, {2.810,118 Grand total gain for county, colored and white, city and country, 14.018.400. Cheatham Is Asked To Resign By the S. C. Cotton Growers Special to The Georgian. Greenville, 8. C_ Aug. 11.—At Spartanburg today the county cotton growers are In session, and a phon* message from there says a resolu tion has been passed calling on Secretary Richard Cheatham to resign. fled under his management He said he waa trying to tr«at them like gen tlemen, not prisoners, was using per suasion Instead of harshness and had not had a moment's trouble wltb any man, "Left to Treasurer Fox.” Captain Barry was'not certain Just how much money was at his disposal for the use of the home. These mat ter* were left to Treasurer Amos Fox. Dr. Fox doe* all tha buying. When- aver we want anything we write an order and he buys It and sends It out,” said Captain Barry. No, he has not refused us anything we asked for, that I remember. I think he buys a good quality of everything. I don’t know anything about the accounts. He draws the money and pays It out. I think the home Is doing very well. Of course, I have heard oomplalnt* sometime!, but they are of ’ the kind that old men naturally make. The old soldiers here are living better than most of them ever did at home.” By I’rlv/itc Leased Wire, New York, Aug. 11.—A tall, slender man of dark complexion wee being hunted everywhere In the city by the police today In connection with the myaterloua murder of Mrs. Marla Pea- cora In her homo at So. 52 1-1 Charles street. Jealousy l« believed to have prompted the crime. According to other occupants of the house, this tnnn, snhl to bo a friend f tho fiend wnmnn. enti i ed I .■] mom* nd left nerretlt t .tent' ml llf.es I" f lie she wns discovered Iting qn tier boil. UMB.sdeii-Br^f' srrfj. m tiwli twwra tightly around her throat, Mrs. Perom v ■■ about 8a yen re old. Her life l« shrouded In mystery. Whrit she did for n lit Ing no one seems to know, hut she nlways hud ’ plenty of money, which she kept In the banks while living In miserly fashion. Her husband left her several years ago. She hod two children In Chicago and there she sent remittances to them regularly. OFF TO THE WOODS ATLANTA IS GOING. Jl MRS. LONGWORTH INSULTED HOWELL CUES BVTHE WI0OWOF WAGNER dittcd prpiy HHHtohokesmith Snubbed Because America Flocked to Hear “Parsifal.” SCHUMANN-HEINK GIVES A WELCOME President’s Daughter -and Husband Return. Satur day from Eufopo. By Prtrate Leased Wire. New York, Aug. 11—Mr. end Mrs. Nicholas Longworth are due from Ko rop* this afternoon on the.American liner 81. Paul. They will go at once to Sagamore'Hill and spend aome time with President Rooeevelt's family. Tha Sylph, lha president's yacht, has gone down the bay to meet them and take them to Oyater Bay. A cable dispatch from Berlin tells of th* American colony thsr* being great ly exercleed by the manner In which Mrs. Longworth was snubbed by the uncrowned csarlne of Bayreuth, Frau Coslma Wagner, widow of the com poser. It Is asserted positively that President Roosevelt's daughter was deliberately Insulted by Frau Wagner that she might vent her spite on the American people for patronising "Par sifal” on their own aoll In opposition to her wishes. The treatment of the Imngworths In nayreuth was most humiliating, nnd compared strikingly to their reception In Berlin and many of the greater Ger man cities. Frau Coslma caused th* command to go forth that the Long- worth* should practically bo Ignored. The only genuine welcome accorded NICHOLA8 LONGWORTH. He and hit bride, who was insult ed by Frau Wagner, arrive Saturday from Europe. to President Roomvelt's daughter came from Mme. Hchumann-Helnfc, who af fronted Frau Wagner by rushing up nnd effusively embracing the vlnltoMn full view of a terrace full of music lovers. PL A Y BY JULIAN HARRIS ACCEPTED AND WILL BE PRODUCED HUS SEASON Comes Back With Card of Scorching Invective. DEMPSEY SUES TO RECOVE It *sih) Declares Hoke Smith Not Give Him Bquar Deni as Attorney. I >i.l The following card has been la-n. by Albert Howell, Jr.. In t Hoke Smith's Statement Issued Thor, day: Atlanta, an., Aug. in. 1808, To Hie Public: • 1 notice In The Atlanta Jmirn.il. M links Hmlth by the liberal use >r lines and a characteristic profusion . Innuendo, undertakes to shift from hi own shoulders full responsibility r the miserable part he line played in th controversy between himself and Id former client, Mr. H. D. Dempeey. Personally 1 should have prrfnre to have no connection with the matte but when Mr. Dempsey cam* i" m as an attorney at law, to protect hi rights In a transaction In which h convinced me that he had been foull wronged by Mr. Hmlth, I ngrcl t. .1 and'1 shall not be driven h am id When Mr. Dempi were made public, I stated flth would not undertake ally deny them uniter oath, f the public to it . ■ has been fully 00000000000000000000000000 •'Me for the rhubarbs," soys the O 0 gent with the spottod shirt nnd O U tnc checked britches as he hikes O 0 away from town and on to the 0 0 wilds of Llthla nnd other week- 0 0 end Joints. . . , 0 But how foolish! 0 O For does not the weather man, O Ith all the authority that his po- O 0 sltlon gives him, declare that there O will be: O Showers Saturday night and 0 O Sunday? O 0 Saturday Temperatures: 0 7 o'clork a. m 71 degrees O _ 8 o’clpck a. m .75 degrees 0 0 9 o'clock a. 77 degrees 0 0 10 o'clock am. 78 degrees 0 0 11 o’clock a. m. 0 12 o'clock noon O 1 o'clock p. in. 0 2 o’clock p. m. O OOOOOOOOOOO0OO0OO O0OOOOOOO ! My prominent In tha ..11 degrees 1 ..88 degrees ..8f degrees A piny by Julian Harris, of Atlanta. i 1" HI Jiv. "po d Nison mermad, the prominent theatric* Mgers, nnd will In nil probability he produced this fall. Its premier will he given In tho South, possibly In Atlanta, after which It will be taken East. The play la a three-act farce com edy, It la called "The Girl From Keith's.” Announcement of the arreptsnee nnd preparation for the production Is made In tho following statement Iseued Fri day from Philadelphia: Nixon A Zimmerman's attractions— Henry B. Irving, eon of the late Kir Henry, In his father's new plays, Viola Allen, In Bhakeapearan revival*. ‘Twelfth Night," "Wlnter'e Tale,” and "Cymbellne,;" Willard Spencer’s new opera, "Rosalie;” Thomas 42. Sea, In "Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde," 'The Olod- lator," "Tho Bells," nnd standard plays; the operatic extrevsganu, "Simple Simon:" Miss Mary Kmersnn, In f'han- nlng Pollock's 'Tha Utile oray Lady" nnd "Ills Majesty and the Maid;" Por ter J. White, In a big production of E. H, Rothem’s 'The Proud Prince;” Tom Walters, In his muslrnl play, 'King of Lnughland.” nnd Julian Har ris' new comedy. 'The Girl From Keith's." In reserve. "Blue Gras*" and ‘Spangles.” Clean-Cut Comedy. As to Julian Harris' play. It la a clean-cut farce comedy, with no piuslc nnd no horse play. It Is built on solid principles, and there la In It none of the blssrre, nothing of the extrava gant. It depends on no one situation or trick of slag* craft. The machinery of 'The Olrl From Keith's” Is that of mistaken Identity- old a* the "Comedy of Errors," and as new as a last season's' tucceaa. In "The Olrl From Keith'*" th* mistaken Identity Is raised to the third power and worked oat by an entirely new method. Abaurdly Impossible aa lha plot may seem to be In th* abstract. It Is developed III such msnner as to con vince one not merely that It Is real, but that It Is tha moet natural thing In the world. The lines are bright, epigrammatic end not merely euperflclally smart, but take a fling at aome of the questions of the day. Social and political. First Play From th* South. Although the South has been vsrla- llteratur* of America for a hundred years, this sec tion has been conspicuous by Its ab sence from the department -of the drama "The GlrL From Keith’*" ’ ls probably the flrst play written by a Southerner to be accepted and pro duced by a large Eastern theatrical Arm. Should Ihta play prove to be Ih* success Messrs. Nixon A Zimmerman believe It w(H be, the South will have entered a wedge which will’make easier the reception of Its dramatic efforts. "The Olrl From Keith's" purports to be nothing more than a .clean farce comedy, but It will make the way tor more serious and more substantial work. A* to the author—Julian Harris It ons of the South's most widely known newspaper men. At the age of to he I* giving up Journalism for more se rious and less ephemeral work. Be tween the ages of 17 tod 8* he arose from the position of humblest “cub reporter" to that of a newspaper man of rare equipment. At 24 he waa made managing editor of The Atlanta Constitution, and hul. th * distinction •tiwi of being the young* ian In America n*t the only victlr grievance ngalnat twelve montha I hai the cowardly fn*fnc attack* Mr. Hmlth hi pelf and through hi* me, for the *o!e r f Jo to hold *ucli great da Hie*. He le the • Karri* and took to Journo erature from Inatlnrt. 'The Olrl From Keith’s' nit tod to 1898 The Dlvor Grand Block here. And. like lr a trunk full tie first rinager, miner.