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The Atlanta Georgian.
GEORGIA
Population 2.800.000
Mile* of stonm rail road* 6.500
Mil*** of electric railway* 400
Cotton factorle* 130, nnlndle*.. 1.500.000
Hale* cotton consumed In 1905. 500.000
Value of 1906 cotton crop $100,000,000
VOL. 1. NO. 121.
Morning Edition.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15,1906.
Morning Edition.
Oa Train* FIVF CKNT&
PALMA WILL RESIGN AS THE HEAD OF THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT
IN ORDER TO PREVENT ANY INTERVENTION BY THE UNITED STATES
WITH MEIERS IF CABINET
Tl PECI0E1 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
ITS 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 board, to proceed at once 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 nSnto Domingo to relieve other ships there,
will be held in readmess to change their destination to the north
ern mast of Cuba if it should be nectssary.
By MANUEL CALVO.
Havana, Cuba, Sept. 14.—For the sake of peace and to prevent euch
American Intervention aa may mean the permanent occupation of the Is
land, President Palma today called a special meeting of his cabinet and
announced his Intention of resigning his office. Secretary Montalvo urged
Palma to reconsider his determination, but while his resignation Is held up
for a few hours, he Is said to he determined and may retire at any mo
ment. |
It Is understood that the president Is acting under the Influence of his
family. His wife Is a / daughter of President Oueradtcla, of Honduras, who
was murdered by. revolutionists. She has .been begging Mr. Palma ever
since the revolution started, to tender his resignation.
President Palma cried like a child when he saw the Americans land.
He said his work of forty years for the Independence of Cuba had been
destroyed by the revolution. It Is well known among Cubans that he called
lor American help. The timely landing of the Denver's men saved Havana
last night from an Insurgent attack. Palma has given up hope of win
ning by force of arms In spite of the war party In the palace.
Should Palma resign Vice President Capote will assume, the presi
dency. nut the universal opinion Is that the Americans will have to etay
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, nctlng In the capacity of a referee. The commander says he can
do nothing without Instructions.: The two rebel commissioners from Sen
ior Zayeas and General Loyanex went on board the Denver this morning
tnd urged him to act.
Commander Colwell and Consul Stelnhardt called at the palace this
morning. The commissioners from the Insurgents have asked Commander
Colwell to ussure the rebel envoys protection should they come to Havana
to visit him on board the Denver. They want to explain to him the
case of the revolutionists.
Consul Stelnhardt explained the matter to President Palma and the
rablnet. Loycnex desires to come unoffdally In his private capacity. Sec
retary Montevalo'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 reyolt.
CONFERENCE IS NOW ON
A7 HOME OF ROOSEVELT
its /•
CHARLES GEISMAR,
The Young Macon Man Who Killed Self After Trying
to Shoot !Mrs. Eugene Ivey.
Denied Admittance to
Ivey Home Thurs
day Night.
CHARLES GEISMAR
WAS FROM MACON
OPERATION ON HIS BRAIN
HAD BEEN CONI EM PL A TED
BY GEISMAR'S PHYSICIAN
Oyster Bay, Sept. 14.—How serloue In the presldent’e estimation the
Cuban Insurrection hae become Is evidenced by the fact that he has sum
moned to Oyster Bay 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
ior Beveridge, of Indiana, Is also here aa the guest of J. H. Sears. Mr.
Beveridge Is a member of the senate committee on Cuban relations, and
•ill participate In today's council of war.
Since the outbreak, the president has adhered to a conservative policy.
He has been determined from the beginning not to Intervene unless It was
Jbjolutely necessary to do so. He wants to be perfectly sure of his ground
wf'ire committing the United States to 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 maintained,
•as a precautionary measure, which this country would not have failed
i" take, for the protection of its cltlxens no matter where a revolution had
brnkm out. But In spite of the assertion that the Denver's marines were
disembarked solely to guard the United 8tates legation at Havana, the
“"ding of an armed force seems to many to be the first step In this coun-
>0 « participation In the crisis which the affairs of the Cuban republic
b»ve now reached. . ......
It rooms likely that the subsequent withdrawal of the majority of the
msrlnos that had been put ashore was ordered by the state department af-
, r President Roosevelt had been communicated with, which Indicates ths
'ttrome caution on the part of the president.
*l»otal to xhe (ioorgtsn
Ndotta, Sept. 14.—It Is re-
aaif. k h ‘ r * that an effort was
tb. o ' a mob * n the upper port of
# »rr.,°1 r ‘i t> ’? *ynch Frank Turner, the
In th a , *** *° have been Implicated
* L ' arter murders here last year
w *“» released from Jail this
i,] ( " n a 1W0 bond signed by him-
Alf U \) *" ,l,e negro preacher whom
tt,,.'" ,r " "®ld hired him for J. O.
Ha trial 1 '* * KI11 tl,e Carter children. At
guilty ,V , , the cases he was found
fat >... "*'»« an accessory to the
GOMPERS TO REPORT
ON MAINE ELECTION
Special to The Georgian
Macon, Oa., Sept. 14.—Charles Gels-
mar was 39 years of age and Is sur
vived by his wife and three children,
a hr* and two girls. He operated a
large grocery store on Cotton avenue.
Both of his parents are living and re
side In Alsace, Germany. .Mr. Gelsmar
was a member of the Macon lodge of
the Knights of Pythias.
The news of the sudden death of
her husband was -ot 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 to Max Harris, asking
him to look after the arrangements.
The body Is expected to reach Macon
over the Southern n< 2:40 o'clock this
afternoon. It will then be taken to the
family residence. So funeral arrange
ments have yet been completed.
Mr. Gelsmar had been In III health
tor several weeks and had been under
the care ot a physician. Some time
ago an operation upon his brain was
contemplated by his physician, but as
ho continued to 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, as he
had always been a cheerful companion
and a good conversationalist.
Mrs. Ivey was well known r
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
a disordered mind, Charles Gelsmar.
Jew, and a merchant of Macon, Ga.,
shot Mrs. Augusta Ivey, of G91 Edge
wood avenue, through the hand Friday
morning at 6:57 o'clock, and then turn
ed the revolver upon himself, putting a
bullet through hls brain and killing
himself Instantly.
Gelsmar had attempted to enter the
Ivey home at a late hour Thursday
night and had been refused admission
because Mr. Ivey, was away from
home. He returned to the house early
Friday morning and entered the kitch
en without warning. 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 through
the thumb. Gelsmar then shot him
self In the head, the bullet entering
Just behind the right ear and shatter
ing the top of the skull above the
forehead, where It passed out. He fell
In the corner behind a cupboard and
died Instantly.
Old Friend of Mr. Ivsy.
Gelsmar had been an old friend of
Eugene B. Ivey and hls wife and fam
ily. Tie 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 Iasi
Sunday. He was married und leaves
a wife and two children. It wavslaled
that he hnd been given to drink and
was perhaps not responsible for hls ac
tions Friday morning. Jf there was
any other reason for hls attempt upon
the life of the wife of hls friend beyond
her refusal to admit him to Tier home
Thursday night, the secret died with
him.
Eugene B. Ivey Is a bookkeeper and
cHTcf clerk for the Atlantic Compress
Company at Its offices 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 ot refinement. Mrs. Ivey Is n
Continued on Page Two.
A CHANCE IN ON THESTAND,
COLON RATES DEFENDSSELF
Scare Thrown Into
Ranks of Rail
road Men.
COMMISSION ENDS
HEARING AT CAPITAL
Did Mrs. Reid Put
Arms Around
Miller ?
COMMITTEEMAN
SAYS HE SAW IT
It Is Expected That Thirty
Days’ Notice Will Be
* Insisted Upon.
Soldiers’ Home Hearing
Continues To Be Brisk
and Breezy.
Washington, Sept. 14.—The Inter
state commerce commission this after
noon conclude^ Its hearing of the rail
road men, steamboat lines and cotton
growers. Interested In the question of
export cotton rates.
While It undertook to make no decis
ion at this time, the attitude ot the
commission was broadly Intimated In
some remarks of Commissioner Prouty.
Hls suggestions gave a scare to tho
railroad men, for he Indicated the lm
presslon that the present arrangement
of cotton export rales Is unjust and
Inequitable, and that a reorganisation
of them will probably have to be mode.
John Sharp Williams w»* one of the
speakers of the forenoon, and, ns i
planter and grower of cotton, lie Indl
cated the opinion that the railroads In
refusing through billing to people who
jrovlde their own ocean carrying facll-
tles, have not been fair or fraik with
the cotton growers.
It Is expected that the commission
will require the roads to give 10 days'
notice of changes In rates, and to read
just rates from Interior polntk to the
ports of the gulf and south Atlantic
coasts.
Tho commission heard the statement
of the position of the coastwise water
carriers represented by Attorney
Haynes. It was tentatively agreed
that they might continue for the 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.
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,
Colony W. S. Thomson, nnd then the
treasurer, Dr. Amos Fox.
The principal point brought out by
Col. Thomson's testimony was that he
believed everything was well and good
at the home, that he didn't want to
serve on the board, nnd that he made
nothing more than a perfunctory ex
amination of the reports of the treas
urer and the vouchers submitted for
purchases.
Mrs. Reed, who has had her name
linked with one of the veterans at the
home, nppeared nnd asked a hearing
from the committee, and Introduced
several wltnescs who testified as to her
good character.
A dramatic tinge was given to affairs
when sho denied tho statement of
Senator Bunn, of the commltoe, that on
Wednesday last after the committee
adjourned she put her nrtn around the
shoulder of one of the veterans and
asked him to testify for her If her
character was attacked. Sho Intro
duced as one of her witnesses, the man
Snffold with whonj her name has been
linked. In a clear and conclne manner
Saffold defended the character of tho
former stewardess, and hls statement
Continued an Page Two.
TABERNACLE CAUSES
CHURCH TO WITHDRAW
FROM THE ASSOCIATION
Washington', Sept. 1.—The executive
council of the Federation of Labor
will begin Its last session next Monday
In Typographical temple prior to the
annual convention of the American
Federation of Labor, which meets In
Minneapolis th# second Monday In No
vember. President Samuel Oompers
will submit a report on the recent fight
In ths second congressional district of
Maine.
Georgia supreme court and the Judg
ment reversed.
As It was Impossible to obtain any
evidence against Turner except that
of Alf Moore, which the eupreme court
had discredited, he was returned on an
order signed by Judge Mitchell of the
superior court. Turner went from here
to Harlra. but as soon as he learned
the temper of the people he left the
community. It Is Impossible to learn
particulars of the attempted lynching,
but a trustworthy cltlxen from that
, .y*‘» accessory 10 me section says forty or fifty men.were
a recommendation to looking for the negro on the night of
uia cane was carried to the bis arrival there.
Would Not Remain
With Dr. Brough
ton in.
Because of the fact that the Baptist
tabemscle remains a member of the
Stone Mountain Baptist Association,
the Calvary church, located near In
man Park. In east Atlanta, withdrew
from Shat organised body In the ses
sion at Covington Thursday.
This action Is merely a reflection of
the big row in the association of two
years ago, when the question of alien
Immersion nearly split the organisa
tion In twain.
At that lime Dr. Lett O. Broughton
and the members of the Baptist taber
nacle, of Atlanta, arrayed themselves
against nearly all of ths other members
of the association. The fight was bit
ter, but Dr. Broughton and hls 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 hls stand and said he would with
draw from the association before he
would change hls 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.
GRAND SON OF SAMPSON
ADMITTED AS MIDSHIPMAN
Annapolis. Md„ Sept. 14.—Roy C.
Smith, son of commander Roy Smith,
United States Navy ex-naval attache
at Parts and a grand son of the late
Rear Admiral William T. Sampson, has
been admitted to the naval academy as
midshipman.
TO THE DENVER!
Havana,. Sept. 14.—Comipander Col
well said this afternoon:
"Since landing, I have received no
Instructions. whatever from the navy
department. This morning Mr. Sleep
er notified me that the state depart
ment had Instructed him to request
me to return on board. I was ready
to comply, ot course, but I first visited
President Palma and told him that In
my opinion it was wall enough since
the city continued quiet, to take the
men aboard the Denver, which Is close
at hand at the foot of O'Reilly street.
T sold that we could land again In
a few minutes In case of any disturb
ance which made our presence neces
sary tor the protection of Americans
or quieting the situation. President
Palma stated again that he would
much prefer the men to stay where
they were, but In view of ths circum
stances 1 felt unable to comply. Conse
quently here we are aboard ship
again. We will remain light here,
handy In case necessity arises for the
landing a second time."
WILL BURY MR8. WRIGHT
IN ARLINGTON CEMTARY
Washington, Sept. .14.—The body of
Mrs. L. R. Wright, news of whose
death at Brevier, Ky„ reached this city
yesterday evening, will arrive here this
afternoon for Interment at Arlington.
