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ATLANTA
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S2S.000.000
The Atlanta Georgian.
GCOROIA
Population - 2.50O.W
Mll**s of steam railroads....... 0,500
Miles of electric railways..
VOL. 1. NO. 125.
ATLANTTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1906.
■PT?TPTC. On Train. FIVE CENTS,
ir ItiL/XJ. In quanta TWO CENTS.'
OUR PLATFORM—The Georgian stands for Atlanta owning its own gas and electric light plants, as it now owns its
water works. Other cities do this and get gas as low as 60c with a profit to the city. This should be done at once.
The Georgian believes that if street railways can be operated successfully by European cities, as they are, there is no
good reason why they cannot be so operated here, but we do not believe it can be done now, and it may be some years
'before we are ready for so big an undertaking. Still Atlanta should set its face in that direction NOW.
S. ARMY TO INVADE.
CUBA IF PEACE IS NOT
DECLARED BY OCT. 11
SEA GIVES UP
MANY DEAD
CITY READY
FOR BRYAN
Jenerals Barry and
Duvall Are Or
dered Home.
hlREE BATTLESHIPS
SENT TO HAVANA
raft Sees the Government
Agent, and Then' Calls
On President
Palma.
Washington, Sept. 19.—Active
preparations for an invasion of
tuba by an army of the United
hates are being made by the war
department. Brigadier General
I'reil Kunston, the hero of the
Spanish and Philippine war, has
,-en selected by the president to
fommand any army which may be
Sent to Cuba and Brigadier Cen
tral Thomas H. Barry, assistant
thief of staff, and W. P. Duvall,
BUENOS A YRESDOCKS
ARE BEING BURNED
London, Sept. 19.—A great tire Is raging along the docks at Buenos
Ayres, Argentine Republic, according to private messages received here.
It is reported that the entire shipping of the harbor is threatened with
who commands the department of
the gulf, both of whom are now in
Germany attending the German
army maneuvers, have been cabled
to come home immediately for pos
sible duty in Cuba.
It is understood on excellent
authority that it has been deter
mined hv the president that fail
ure by insurgents to accept the
suggestion to be made by Secre
tary of War Taft and Assistant
Secretary of State Bacon for a
lasting peace, will cause immedi
ate armed intervention by the
United States.
It is stated by high authority
that October 11 is the limit which
has been set by the president for
an amicable agreement by the
warring parties of Cuba. If peace
is not established by then it is
probable that powerful military
and naval forces will be sent by
this country to Cuba to force the
Cubans-to return to peaceful liv
ing.
Genera! Barry wan formerly com
mander of the department of the gulf,
with headquarter. In Atlanta. General
Duvall had been stationed In Atlanta
for some time.
THREE BIG BATTLESHIPS
ARE ORDERED TO HAVANA. That the death list will reach beyond
Twelve Big Ships Sent
to Bottom by
Hurricane.
WAVE HURLS BOATS
ONTO ROCKY SHORE
Business in City at Stand
still—Order Being Pre
served by Force.
Hong-Kong, Sept. 19.—The horror of
yesterday's disaster grows steadily.
Washington, Sept. 19.—The navy de
partment this afternoon announced that
the battleships Louisiana, Virginia and
New Jersey, which are sailing down
the coast, will go direct to Havana In
stead of pulling into Key West for
orders, as was originally Intended.
A wireless telegram states that they
were off Charleston, fl. C., last night.
The department also announced that
the Dixie, now at Cienfuegos, will be
replaced by either the Tacoma or the
Cleveland In order that she may resume
her station in Santo Domingo, where
trouble is threatened.
Havana, Sept. 19.—At 8 o’clock Juan
O'Farrell, secretary of state, with two of
Continued on Pago Two.
MTLMTfl GIRL IDENTIFIES T. S. COART
AS MISSING HEIR TO CAROLINA ESTATE,
OVERHEARING CASUAL CONVERSATION
THIRTEEN CHARGES
A GAINST ALEXANDER
|Coart Enters Suit for
Share of the
Fortune.
|BY FREAK OF CHANCE
MISS SARA HAWKS
PICKS UP THE CLEW
| Open Windows and Thin
Walls at Morehead
City Cam-
Story.
If Hu walls In the old hotel at More-
head city had been thicker perhaps
Thomas Singleton Coart, who lives at
2 > Washington street, would not he
I liuhring for his Interest in a $100,000
If Miss Sara Hnwks, who llv<
| ^ the same address, had not been try-
| Jng to catch a nap with the windows
no suinmer.aftemoon, Mr. Coart
| ' v, 'uld never have'heard that he was an
h*f*ir to a fortune and might keep on
•elling shoes.
But the walls were thin and the bits
of *'**nvernation which tioated to the
next room started litigation which may
I bring Thomas Singleton Court a third
j Jntfrwt in an estate of 13,000 acres of
j'mli.r land In North Carolina, which
} v, ‘!u*d ut $100,000. The suit Is be-
wv. M, I*’rlor court of Craven coun-
N'wth Carolina.
Li*t July William N. Hawks, the In-
• iran. f. mnn who j| Veg at 258 Wash-
| m 1 *r. street, took a vacation trip to
M r* . ,d city, the coast resort In
‘‘arolina. With him was Ills
caugt ;,. r mj„ s garil Hawks. She Is a
"f Thomas Singleton Coart, who
past six years has been a pop-
C". v' K * salesman at Byck’s. He Is a
oarh*|,, r 50 y earH Did an j u ves at the
Ha "k* home.
MIfs Hawks was dozing In her hotel
luring the middle of the after-
,' K ' n Nie windows were open to catch
u?2« p f a br ^*e which might stray In
direction.
DESULTORY conversation
AROU8ES MISS HAWKS.
Fr ° m the room next door came
lcra i s of desultory conversation. Two
discussing some railroad j
and Miss Hawks wished they
°uld g„ somewhere else to talk In-
• l *ad of keeping her from her after-
nap. But suddenly something
*** her sit up.
ve c °Uld locate this Thomas Sin-
- Coart," .aid one of the voices.
r.st „f t he sentence mi lo.t but
U„time, later the name was tr.en-
'' by, they're talking about Cousin
Charged With Obtain
ing Money Under
False Pretenses.
Special to The Georgian.
Augusta, Ga., Sept. 19.—Lieutenant
Collins will not arrive from Philadel
phia until 9:35 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing with T. W. Alexander. Ball will
be applied for and there will hardly
ho any preliminaries. There have been
thirteen charges of obtaining money
under false pretenses made against
Alexander—one case for each time he
borrowed money. , .. ..
He will not he put In Jail If his
friends can prevent It.
Collins will deliver him to Sheriff
Clark.
HAS A NARROW ESCAPE
FROM ELEVATOR ACCIDENT.
Pittsburg, Sept. 19.—It was at 9:30
clock last night that Thomas W.
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0 WET OR DRY QUESTIONI ' O
a IN FOREGROUND AGAIN
fcr th,
Alexander, the cotton broker who won
arrested here after being a fugitive for
nearly three months, left for Augusta,
Oa., In custody of Lieutenant Collins, to
face his accusers on a charge of ob
taining money under false pretence.
Alexander was all broken up by the
news of his mother's death. While here
yesterday he had a narrow esenpe from
being Injured In a hotel elevator. With
the detectives who were guarding him,
Alexander was In the elevator car when
a door from an upper floor crashed
down the shaft on to the car. No one
was injured, although the occupants
were considerably shaken up.
1,000 seems certain. At least twelve
ships were sunk at their moorings,
double that number were driven ashore
and few craft In the harbor escaped
some damage.
The number of water craft which
were destroyed Is past estimating. The
recession of the great wave which did
a great part of the damage to the ship
ping undoubtedly carried many bodies
to sea. The loss of life will never be
ascertained with any degree of accura
cy.
The governor general Is bending
every energy of the government to
preserve order and to bring order out
of chaos, and with some success. Tho
troops are doing splendid service. The
shipping Industry is at a complete
stands.ill. Thos« vessels which escap
ed serious damage cannot handle car
goes as practically every lighter in the
harbor has been destroyed.
8ea Qivts Up Dead,
The sea today Is giving up ($8 dead
by scores, the victims of yesterday’s
typhoon. From the numerous build
ings wrecked by the terrific wind many
corpses are being removed and over
the city hangs the pall of the dread
ful disaster.
In the harbor the water is covered
with floating wreckage. Along tho sea
wall, the piers and lining the beach
are the beaten and broken hulks of
countless craft, while smaller pieces of
wreckage cover the whole shore. In
the city great piles of debris show
where the storm spent its fury.
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O Vineland, N. J., Sept. 19.—Hen- O
O ry Wood, brakeman on the Penn- O
O sylvnnla railroad's new electric O
O Jlnc to Atlantic City, Is suffering O
O from a shock received In nn odd O
O way. He threw a bucket of water 0
O on a Journnl to cool a hot box on O
O a car and the spray falling upon O
O the third rail established a cur- O
O rent and Wood was whirled O
O around and thrown off his feet by O
O the current that came through O
O the mist to the bucket handle. O
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TO GET FUNDS
OF
Alleges His Wife’s
Suit Nullifies Their
Agreement.
Because his wife. May Nelson Gress,
has chosen to take legal steps to insure
the payment to her of alimony in the
event she gets the divorce which she
asked August 22, her husband, George
V. Gress, has filed a petition In the
superior court asking that the order of.
the court made on that date be so
modified as to dissolve the portion ty
ing up his money.
When Mrs. Gress filed her petition
for divorce In August she obtained a
temporary order restraining her hus
band from withdrawing $30,000 which
he had placed In the Fourth National
.Bank ns a guarantee that she would
by provided for In the event of a legal
separation.
In the petition just filed Mr. Gress
denies the jurisdiction of the superior
court of Fulton county. He says that
he has made no attempt to conceal
property and that further the provision
which he has made for alimony has
been liberal and ample, the $30,000 hav
ing been deposited In the Fourth Na
tional Bank to that end.
He contends, however, that the suit,
If filed at pll, should have been brought
In Berrien county, where he maintains
his residence, but that since Mrs. Gress
has chosen to resort to the court* Mrs.
Gress Is no longer entitled to that
money which he had voluntarily de
posited In her favor.
Mr. Gress argues that because of the
legal steps his wife has taken this ac
count has In equity and good con
science been deprived of its character
as a special deposit for her benefit, Mrs,
Gress having elected to treat as a nul
lity the agreement under which the de
posit was made.
Judge Pendleton has set September
i as the date on which Mrs. Gress
shall show to the court why the in
junction which he has under considera
tion snould not be modified.
FAKE SURF
OF KU-KLUX
STIRS CITT
Hideous Libel of At
lanta in Many
Papers.
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Continued on Page Two.
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O out a sunshade,
O rubbers and a mackintosh, for no a
0 man can say what will come out O
O of the sky In the next half hour. O
0 The rain and the sun have been O
0 claying hide and seek for two O
O days and the man on the street O
O has been "It" during most of the Q
0 g *The weather prophet refuses to 0
0 guarantee sunshine even for Bry- o
O an day. He says.
O "Showers tonight or Thursday, 0
0 with but little change In tempera- O
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A CLOUD ON THE HORIZON.
In The New York American and a
score of other papers In the largest
cities of the United States appeared
last Sunday a full page syndicated arti
cle on the stalking Ku-Klux Klan that
Is, in that article, declared to be pa
trolling the streets of Atlanta by night,
armed to the teeth and provided with
hemp.
The story Is headed, "Georgia's fierce
Ku-Klux of Angry Men, Armed Wom
en and Bloodhounds." It has a picture,
five columns wide, showing a hideous
band of shrouded and masked men,
waving weapons and torches. On tho
side are several kennels of blood
hounds.
This article, which has doubtless
reached 6.000,odo readers, accAMlrig *to
the circulation claims of the news
papers that printed it, has aroused In
certain leading Atlnntnns’n* much an
ger as possible In a case of impersonal
libel.
Mayor Woodward, Secretary Walter
O. Cooper, of the chamber of com
merce; Judge George Hltlyer and oth
er citizens have been severe In their
criticism of such an extraordinarily
untruthful and malicious libel of a
city.
The story Is said to have been sent
out from Atlanta, although It bears no
date line.
Judge Hlllyer Hot.
"It Is the fashion of the civilized
world to tell lies on the South, and the
young inen In Atlanta who arc egging
on these lies by sending out false re
ports should be retired to private life,”
said Judge George Hlllyer.
"The men who got up that article are
worse than the negroes who committed
the atrocious deeds. The negroes are
led by animal Instinct and are igno
rant; the others are educated and are
led on by small pecuniary gain. Where
as the negro injures one family, such
articles injure the entire South."
Mayor Woodward expressed his In
dignation thus:
"Such articles can not be condemned
too strongly. The man who sent It out,
If It was sent from this city, knew at
the time it was false. The Idea of
prominent citizens patrolling the
streets of Atlanta would he ridiculous
If the matter was not so serious in the
wrong It works on Atlanta."
"Law Should Handle Case."
Secretary Walter G. Cooper, of the
chamber of commerce, sahl:
"The practice of sending such arti
cles to the Northern papers Is growing
worse and worse. And some day this
matter will he taken up and laws en
acted providing criminal punishment
for the perpetrators.”
The Lurid Article.
The article Is prefaced with an elab
orate uccount of the "periodical news
of lynching which horrifies the whole
country." Then comes the following
"Now comes the astonishing newi
that as the only apparent means of
guurdlng their wives and daughters
from attacks by negroes, men promt
nent In public life of the city and state
are actually leaders In a revival of that
mysterious, but terribly potent protec
tive and punitive organization of re
construction days—the Ku Klux Klan.
"How these masked, white-robed,
ghostly avengers are already pntrollng
the city und outskirts, while blood
hounds are being secured to aid in the
prompt capture of offenders, Is told on
this page—an almost Incredible condi
tion of affairs at this time and In this
•ountry.”
The article Is opened with the follow
ing sentence:
"The Ku Klux Klan—that ghostly
rggnlzatlon which, by spreading ter
ror among the negroes during recon
struction sated the whites of the South
from being mongrellzed—has revived in
Atlanta, Ga."
Description of the Klan.
A description of the klan is given In
those words:
"The Atlanta Klan has followed
•lonely the lines of the KMn of recon
struction days. It has the same grips
and passwords, and the same ghostly
regalia. Such deviations as have been
mode from the original Klan were
made for the purpose of making the
members more appalling in appearance
and thus appealing to the superstitious
instinct which Is so strong In the n*».
*ro.
Royal
the
Reception for
Great Com
moner.
SPEAKERS NAMED
FOR THE DINNER
Hundreds of Visitors Are
Expected To Be in At
lanta Thursday. \
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0 8PEAKERS ARE NAMED 0
O FOR THE "DOLLAR DINNER.-0
O 0
O' The speakers at the "Dollar O
0 Dinner," to be given In honor of 0
O Hon. William Jennings Bryan 0
O Thursday evening, have been O
O chosen, and are: 0
O Governor Joseph M. Terrell. O
O Colonel John Temple Grave,, O
O editor of The Georgian. O
0 Major John 8. Cohen, manag- 0
O Ing editor of The Journal. O
0 Hon. Seaborn Wright, of Rome. O
O Hon. J. D. Roddenberry, of O
O Thomasvllle. O
O Hon. Hooper Alexander, of De- 0
O catur. O
O Hon. W. A. Covington, of Moul- 0
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Thursday ‘will be Bryan day In At
lanta, and all eUe will be forgotten
In honoring the gnat Nebraskan. Krom
many point, Iti Georgia the train, will
bring delegation, of Democrat, to hear
the choeen leader of their party In the.
beginning of hi, campaign. All Atlan
ta will turn out to *ee him at the morn
ing reception and to Helen to hi, ora
tory In the afternoon.
Mr. Bryan will reach the city before
breakfaat, arriving over the Oeorgla
railroad from Columbia, 8. C., and Au
gusta. A committee of cltlxena will
meet him at the atatlon and escort him
to the i’ledmont, where a aulte of
apartments has been reserved for hi,
occupancy.
At 11 o'clock a public reception will
be tendered the city', gueat In the par
lors on the Aral floor of the PledmonL
The line will be formed on Luckle
street, ami after meeting the Nebraa
kan the guest, will pas, out to the
Peachtree street exit.
Mr. Bryan will enjoy hla luncheon
In the privacy of his apartments, and
will rest until after I o'clock, when he
will be driven to Ponce DeLeon park,
where his address will begin at 4:16
o'clock.
8ests for 5,000. >
W. D. Harwell has been appointed
chief usher for the meeting In the 8L
Nicholas rink, anc^ will have thirty as
sistants. on the stage will be placed
1. r ,o seats for the various committees
and Invited guests. At the front of the
auditorium chairs will be reserved for
the ludtes, and behind these will be
placed seats to accommodate 6,000 per
sons. The audience will be confined to
the space Inside the railing and po
licemen und firemen will be stationed
outside the rail to look after the order
and safety of the crowd. The audito
rium will be decorated In honor of th#
occasion.
After his nddress the Great Common
er will be given a drive around the city
and then to the Piedmont. A “dollar
dinner" will be tendered him at 8:10
o'clock In the dining room of the Pied
mont.
Burton 8mith Toastmaster.
Burton .Smith has been chosen a,
toastmaster. He has presided at a
number of dinners tendered to distin
guished guests and Is famous for hi,
readiness in nfter-dlnner speaking and
hi. Introduction, of other speaker*.
The following are the committees ap
pointed by the Young Men's Democrat
ic League, which has the reception of
Mr. Bryan In charge:
Executive Committee—Hudson Moore,
B. R. Arnold, C. G. Hannah, J. R.
Gray, John Temple Graves. J. H Mad
dox, \V. L. Peel, William Van Houten,
J. J. Hastings, E. E. Dallas, M. T. La-
Hatte, J. M. George, W. J. Bone, Edwin
Johnson, E. E. Holcombe, J. tv. Schaaf,
T. L. Bishop, E. P. Burns, B. W, Gols-
by, John R. Wilkinson, 51. P. Roans,
W. D. Thompson, James E. Gant, J. H.
Jennings, C. W. Bernhardt, John J.
Eagan, H. H. Hightower, Lawton NaUy,
H. L. Culberson, Hurd Dent, James H.
Andrews, John 8. Clark, Harvey Hill,
tv. D. Harwell, Walter Sims, G. P. Don-
alson, tV. H. Johnson, Avary Chastain,
B. F. Burdette, E. T. Thomason. R. B.
Sengraves, tV. E. Chamber*, Howell
Cloud, N. H. Cheshire, D. F. Seymour,
E. O. Ferklna, J. T. McDonald, R. E.
L. Carroll, J. L. Sima, O. A. Hill, W. W.
Tracy, A. P. Morgan, L. O Kimberly,
L. P. Baker. W. B. Callahan. George S.
Blount. Shelby 8mlth, W. H. Bur
roughs, C. K. Busbee.
Standing Reception Committee—Bur
ton Smith. B. M. Blount, E. L. Rhodes
C. H. Kelly, A. B. Steele, J. W. Eng
lish, Jr.. L H. Haas, C. tV. Crymes, C. D.
Hill, Arnold Broyles, C. T. Ladson, John
Morris, Howard Calloway, A. A. De-
Loach, J. C. Hallman, A. P. Stewart,
John tV. Grant, Frank Hawkins, E. C.
Hill. J. Carroll Payne, B. J. Klscman.
Special Reception Committee— Reu-
The KInn Is very strict as to re- ben R. Arnold. F. L. Seely, Sam
Jones, J. 8. Cohen, Lauren Fbremi
1 Louis Uholstln, J. E. Maddox J.
Continued on Pago Two. Hastings and Hugh L. Curdoza.
