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VOL 1. NO. 121.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1906.
On Trains FIVE CENT*
PALMA WILL RESIGN AS THE HEAD OF THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT
IN ORDER TO PREVENT ANY INTERVENTION BY THE UNITED STATES
E
rillH HERS BE CABINET
TO DECIDE OH THE NEXT STEP
Secretary of War, Secretary of Navy,
Acting Secretary of State and
Senator Beveridge Take
Part in Discussion.
AFTER ATTEMPTING TO KILL WIFE
OF ONE OF HIS BEST FRIENDS,
MARRIED MAN COMMITS SUICIDE
IT'S UP TO THE PRESIDENT
TO TAKE HURRIED ACTION
Washington, Sept 14.—Orders have been issued by the navy
department to the Des Moines, now at Key West, to proceed to-
night to Havana. Orders also sent to the Dixie, which has 250
marines on hoard, to proceed at onco to Havana. The Dixie has
started from Guantanamo.
The purpose in sending these two additional vessels to the
Cuban capital is to supply a landing force of considerable size if
the situation should demand it.
The cruisers Tacoma and Cleveland, at Norfolk, under or
ders to proceed to aSnto Domingo to relieve other ships there,
will he held in rcadmcss to change their destination to the north
ern coast of Cuba if it should bo nec2ssary.
By MANUEL CALVO.
Havana, Cuba, Sept. 14.—For the sake of peace and to prevent such
American Intervention aa may mean the permanent occupation of the la-
land. President Palma today called a special meeting of his cabinet and
announced hla Intention of resigning his office. Secretary Montalvo urged
Palma tn reconsider his determination, but while hla resignation Is held up
fir a few hours, he Is said to be determined and may retire at any mo
mem.
It la understood that the president Is acting under the Influence of hla
family. Ills wife Is a. daughter of President Gueradlcla, of Honduras, who
saa murdered by revolutionists. She has been begging Mr. Palma ever
alnce the revolution started, to tender his resignation.
■’resident Palma cried like a child when he saw the Americana land.
Hr said hla work of forty years for the Independence of Cuba had been
destroyed by the revolution. It la well known among Cubans that he called
for American help. The timely landing of the Denver’* men saved Havana
last night from an Insurgent attack. Palma has given up hope of win
cing by force of arms In spite of the war party In the palace.
Should Palma resign Vice President Capote will assume the presi
dency. Hut the universal opinion Is that the Americans will have to staftr
then, for the war will continue, Capote being no less unpopular with the
liberals than Palma.
The people expect Commander Colwell, of the Denver,, to pacify the
Island, acting In the capacity of a referee. The commander says he can
do nothing without Instructions. The two rebel commissioners from Sen
ator Zayeas and General Lnyanez went on board the Denver this morning
and urged hint to act.
Commander Colwell and Consul Stelnhardt called at the palace this
morning. The commissioners from the Insurgents have asked Commander
Colwell to assure the rebel envoys protection should they come to Havana
t" visit hint on board the Denver. They want to explain to him the
caae of the revolutionists.
• Con- | Stelnhardt explained the matter to President Palma and the
cabinet. Ieiyenex desires to come unoffclally In his private capacity. Sec
retary Montevttlo's opinion prevailed, and Mr. Stelnhardt was Informed
that the government would not authorise a visit from Loyenex.
The situation outside of Havana Is unchanged. The city has no com
munication by rail or wire with the provinces that are In revolt
CONFERENCE IS NOW ON
A 7 HOME OF ROOSEVELT
Oyster Bay. Sept. 14.—How serious in the prei
Cuban Insurrection has become Is evidenced by the
president’s estimation the
he fact that he has sum-
mone.1 to Oyster Hay Secretary of War Taft, Secretary Bonaparte and Act
ing Secretary of State Bacon to discuss the situation.
With the two cabinet members and the acting secretary of state, Sen-
“' ,r "■ veridge, of Indiann, Is also here as the guest of J. H. Sears. Mr.
Beveridge is a member of the senate committee on Cuban relations, and
participate In today's council of war.
Since the outbreak, the president has adhered to a conservative policy.
Ne has been determined from the beginning not to Intervene unless It was
absolutely necessary to do «o. He want* to be perfectly sure of his ground
“we committing the United States 4o a role which, once assumed, would
“»ve to be played out to the end.
The sending* of men of war to Cuban waters, It has been mnlntnlned,
, ft precautionary measure, which this country would not have failed
P for the protection of Its citizens no matter where a revolution had
broken out But In spite of the assertion that the Denver* marine* were
u5? bsrke ' 1 solely to guard the United States legation at Havana, the
landing ,.f an armed force seems to many to be the first step In this cotin-
’0 " participation In the crlsla which the affairs of the Cuban republic
°*v* now reached. „ .
■< ns likely that the subeequent withdrawal of the majority of the
...o'" t,lat had been put ashore was ordered by the state department af-
:* r * realdent Roosevelt had been communicated with, which Indicate* the
"treme caution on the part of the president.
landing of armed men
SERIOUS, SA YS BONAPARTE
Urn* Yl,rk ' Scpt ’ 14 —Before his de
• for Oyster Bay Secretary of
• » vv Bonaparte said:
1 /'“l/ P'w* of the landing of
hpirti" ' Uha '’ Rm * ,0 >”* In the pres*
1* the United States prepared to
-i , ’dilation that may develop?"
‘ Wpe so. The Denver I* at Ha-
*mi Tl !h,! De * Moines I* at Key
«•») k,,!"‘V ,re other vessels within
distance.
V r»n?, r !"I' 1 '' 1 ' Colwell has undoubted-
•etlon Ti" *” Washington upon hi*
IfAilmi‘ l ' 1 , repo it would be received
*• at ,!}' "nverse and forwarded to
hib» i, ’"T r Ba > r . where I shall ex-
filth, > . 1 learned of III* move
Jtid , ’ " IU look no action whatever.
ent mission lie received suet) Instruc
tions as un officer of the navy Is usual
ly given when un Important matter I*
Involved. He received no specific In
structions a* to Intervening In Cuban
a< "Somethlng was left to his discre
tion?" wn* asked.
"Yes, but he, of course, would not
take any serious step without first com
municating ivlth the department.”
"Do you consider the landing of
armed soldiers who took up a position
commanding the main streets of the
capital of Citlie, an I which must be
looked upon by many ns the first move
toward armed Intervention by the
United States In Cuban affair*, a se-
^ "Ye*'**Mr. Bonaparte replied slowly
and thoughtfully. "It »a» serious.”
And discreet?"
Well." snld the secretary smiling
ly, "I can answer that question when
1 see his report"
Denied Admittance to
Ivey Home Thurs
day Night.
A CHANCE I
CHARLES GEISMAR
WAS FROM MACON
CHARLES GEISMAR,
The Young Macon Man Who Killed Self After Trying
to Shoot Mrs. Eugene Ivey.
OPERATION ON HIS BRAIN
HAD BEEN CONI EM PL A TED
BY GEISMAR'S PHYSICIAN
Special to The Georgian
Macon. Da., Sept. 14.—Charles Oels-
mar was 39 years of age and Is sur
vived by his wife and three children,
a boy and two girls. He operated n
large grocery store on Cotton avenue.
Both ot his parents are living and re
side In Alsace,’Germany. Mr. Gelsmar
was a member of the Macon lodgo of
the Knights of Pythias.
The news of the sudden death of
her husband was nor broken to Mrs.
Gelsmar until many minutes after It
had been verified. Several relatives
then went to the family residence at
644 Plum street and Informed Mrs.
Gelsmar what had happened. Later
word was sent tn Max Harris, asking
him to look after the arrangements.
The body Is expected to reach Mncon
over the Southern at 2:40 o’clock this
afternoon. It will then bo taken to the
family residence. No funeral arrange
ments have yet been completed.
Mr. Gelsmar had been In III health
for several weeks and had been under
the core of a physician. Some time
ago on operation upon his brain was
contemplated by his physician, but as
he continued tn Improve, the Idea was
given up for the time. For over a year
the friends of Mr. Gelsmar noticed a
slight change in his disposition, ns he
had always been a cheerful companion
and n good conversationalist.
Mrs. Ivey was well known as a
church worker In Macon, and her hus
band was a prominent employee of
a company here.
Mrs. Ivey Not Seriously
Wounded, But Is Pros
trated by Crime.
Possibly laboring under the stress of
n disordered mind, Charles Gelsmar, a
Jew, and a merchant of Macon, Go.,
shot Mrs. Augusta Ivey, of 691 Edge-
wood avenue, through tho bund Friday
morning at 6:67 o'clock, and then turn
ed the revolver upon himself, putting a
bullet through hla brain and killing
himself Instantly.
Gelsmar had attempted to enter the
Ivey homo at a late hour Thursday
night and had been refused admission
because Mr. Ivey was away from
Inline. He returned to tho house early
Frlduy morning and entered the kitch
en without wnmlng. He drew a re
volver and fired at Mrs. Ivey twice or
three times. One bullet passed through
her shirtwaist and the second struck
her In the right hand, passing tl
tho thumb. Gelsmar then ahol
self In the head, tho bullet entering
Just behind tho right ear and shatter
ing the ton of the skull above the
fdrehead, where It passed out. He fell
In the corner behind a cupboard and
died Instantly.
Old Frisnd of Mr. Ivay.
Gelsmar had been an old friend of
Eugene B. Ivey and his wife and fam
ily. He was a merchant from Ma
con, where the Iveys lived formerly,
and had been a guest at the house fre
quently, the last occasion being last
that he hnd been given to drink and
was perhaps not responsible for his ac
tions Friday morning. If there was
nny other reason for hla attempt upon
the life of the wife of his friend beyond
her refusal to admit him to her home
Thursday night, the secret died with
him.
Eugene B. Ivey Is a bookkeeper arid
chief clerk for the Atlantic Compress
Company at Its office* at Pearl street
and the Georgia railway. He lives In
a beautiful home at the corner of Edge-
wood avenue and Waddell street. In
Inman Park, and the home bears every
evidence of refinement. Mrs. Ivey Is u
Continued on Page Two.
Scare Thrown Into
Ranks of Rail
road Men.
COMMISSION ENDS
HEARING AT CAPITAL
It Is Expected Tlmt Thirty
Days’ Notice Will Be
Insisted Upon.
Washington, Sept. 14.—The Inter
state commerce commission this after'
noon concluded Its hearing of the rail
road men, steamboat lines nnd cotton
growers, Interested In the question of
export cotton rates.
While It undertook to make no dccl*'
Ion at this time, the attitude of the
commission wn* broadly Intimated In
some remarks of Commissioner Prouty.
HI* suggestions gave a scare to tho
railroad men. for he Indicated the Inv
presslon that the present arrangement
of cotton export rates Is unjust and
Inequitable, and that a reorganisation
of them will probably have t<f be made.
John Sharp Williams was one of the
speakers of the forenoon, and, as a
planter and grower of cotton, he Indi
cated the opinion that the railroads In
refusing through billing to people who
provide their own ocean carrying facil
ities, bay# not been fair or frnnk with
the cotton growers.
It Is expected that the commission
will require the roods to give 30 days'
notice of changes In rates, and to read
just rates from Interior points tn the
port* of the gulf and south Atlantic
coasts, .
The commission heard t|io>tatement
of the position of the coastwise water
carriers represented by Attorney
Haynes. It was tentatively agreed
that they might continue for tho pres
ent the plan of writing Into their
through bills the statement that these
constituted no admissions of the com
mission’s authority; and when the
commission has more time It will rule
on the proposition.
DEFENDS SELF
Did Mrs. Reid Put
Arms Around
Miller ?
COMMITTEEMAN
SAYS HE SAW IT
Soldiers’ Home Hearing
Continues To Be Brisk
and Breezy.
The board of trustees of the Soldiers’
Home had their Inning at the Friday
morning session of the committee
which Is Investigating affairs at the
home, and they placed on the stand
first the vice president of the board.
Colonel W. S. Thomson, and then the
treasurer, Dr. Amos Fox.
The principal point brought out by
Col. Thomson's testimony wax that he
believed everything was well and good
at the home, that he didn't want to
serve on the board, and that he mndo
nothing more than a perfunctory ex
amination of the reports of the treas
urer and the vouchers submitted for
purchases.
Mr*. Reed, who has had her name
linked with one of the veterans at the
home, appeared and asked a hearing
from the committee, and Introduced
several wltneses who testified ns t.. her
good character.
A dramatic tinge was given to affairs
when she denied the statement of
Senator Bunn, of the commltee, thnt on
Wednesday last after the committee
adjourned she put her arm around the
shoulder of one of the veterans nnd
asked him to testify for her If her
character was attacked. She Intro
duced aa one of her witnesses, the man
Haffold with whom her name has b- .n
linked. In a clear and concise manner
Haffold defended the character of the
former stewardess, ana his statement
Continued on Page Two.
TABERNACLE CAUSES
CHURCH TO WITHDRAW
FROM THE ASSOCIATION
Would Not Remain
With Dr. Brough
ton in.
Because of the fact that the Baptist
tabernacle remain* a member of the
Btone Mountain Baptist Association,
the Calvary church, located near In
man Park. In east Atlanta, withdrew
from that organised body In the sex
slon at Covington Thursday.
This action la merely a reflection of
the big row In the association of two
years ago, when the question of alien
Immersion nearly split the organise
tlon tn twain.
At that time Dr. Len O. Broughton
and the member* of the Baptist taber
nacle. of Atlanta, arrayed themselves
against nearly all of the other members
of the association. The light was bit
ter, but Dr. Broughton and hla forces
apparently won out, because the Tab
ernacle stayed In the association, and
the subject was dropped. Dr. Brough
ton then refused absolutely to hedge
on his stand and said he would with
draw from the association before he
would change his position.
The action of the Calvary church
delegates came somewhat as a surprise,
but they stated they were only repre
senting the spirit of their church when
they declined to compromise on the
subject of alien Immersion.
BASEBALL
Third inning, AtlanU 1, New Orleans
Inspector A. Wasser condemned
about 1*0 pound* of scrap meat In the
Enterprise Sausage Company's plant at
125 Peters street Friday afternoon.
In a large part ot the meat, sent In
by local butchers to be ground Into
■auange, vermin waa working. Part of
the condemned stuff was rotting and
much of It had turned green.
This meat ««« sent In to the plant
to be ground by the following butch
ers: Carlos Campbell, Decatur street,
49 pounds; W. S. Dobbins, Decatur
street, 48 pounds; Sain Smith, Elliott
street, 22 pounds; E. Kills, an Asyrlan
In Decatur street, 29 pounds, and 37
pounds from a butcher In East Cain
street.
Such filth has rarely been seen ns
was In evidence In this place. The
machines were coated thick with de
cayed meat and dirt. Dirt and meat
endx lay thick as a Brussels carpet on
the floor. —
The Enterprise Sausage Company Is |
operated by Brown, Putney & Ben
son. Much of their business Is In
grinding sausage for butchers about
town. Inspector Wasser ha* condemned
much .meat In thl* place.
Dr. Walter Taylor, author of* the
new meat ordinance, saw the place,
and turning away In disgust said;
"Horrible! Stuff out of this place
Isn’t lit* for a dug to eat, much less u
human being.” ,
