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ATLANTA rnpoiflUo* ’ISioSo j&S The Atlanta Georgian. GCORGIA Population 2.500.000 Mil#* of sttnm rnllrwuls....... 5,504 Mil#* of electric railway* 404 Cotton fnctorlea ISO, swindles.. 3,500.004 Rfile* cotton consumed In 1905. 500,004 Value of 1906 cotton crop 1100.000,004 VOL. 1. NO. 139 ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1906. PRICE: kidnapers of child TO CUT OFF HIS HEAD UNLESS PAID $5,000 Gotham Sleuths and 8,000 Police Seek Stolen Boy. LITTLE ONE’S FATHER FRANTIC WITH ALARM Keeps His Other Children Locked Up to Save Them From Harm. ABOARD YACHT, RUSSELL HOPKINS MARRIES MISS VERA SIEGRIST; BLESSING A WAITS THE COUPLE New York, Oct. B.—A letter from the kidnapers of 4-year-old Willie La Bar bers, enclosing a lock of his hair and a threat that unless $5,000 ransom was paid Immediately they would cut off his head and send It to the parents, stirred the police to fresh action to- day. genres of central office detectives ami S.nno policemen wpre Instructed to hunt for the hoy and his kidnapers. Mr. and Mrs. Frank La Barbera, the child's parents, were In a frenzy of fear lest the threat 1)0 carried out, and each ring of the door bell at 837 Sec ond avenue, furnished a shiver of ter ror to their hearts. The letter was written In Italian and translated read: "Enclosed you will find some of your boy's hair. Unless we receive the fS.niMt by Friday night you will receive your boy’s head in an express pack age." The father, frantic with alarm, hur- rkd to the police with the letter. Mr. La Barbera said today, with flashing eyes: "I will kill on sight the man who stole my Willie. Ever since Willie disappeared I have kept my five other children under lock and key. In some of the letters that we have received the kidnapers threaten to steal my other children.” Twenty Mangled Bod- Recovered From Mine. les John 0. Newman Dead. 8|>erinl to The Ueorgian. Statesboro, Ga., Oct. 5.—John G. Neuman, who was stricken with pa ralysis Wednesday evening, died this morning at 4 o'clock. Blueflelds, W. Va., Oct. 5.—All night long rescuing parties searched for the dead miners in the West Fork mine of the Pocahontas Uolllerles Company and up to early morning twenty burned and mutilated bodies were brought *to the surface. The company Is maintaining the ut most secrecy and to obtain the names or correct number of the dead is almost Impossible. The number of dead is es timated at from 75 to 100. Were Blown to Bit*. Many of the bodies are literally blown to pieces and it will he impossible to remove them from the mines. Almost a dozen small boys serving ns telephone operators were instantly killed. One, Immediately after the ex plosion, telephoned for aid, but died later. A man named Brown and John Od- hain were heroes who gave up their lives to rescue their fellow workmen. They again entered the mine, after having escaped and failed to return. Both leave large families. Fifty Coffins Received. Fifty coffins passed through Blue- ffelds this morning, en route to the Pocahontas collieries. Pocahontas, which Is a typical min ing town, Is In a fever of excitement. Almost every mine In the Flat Top field has shut down and thousands of people are rushing to the scene. The cause of the explosion is still a mystery, as it occurred three miles back under the mountain. This Is the worst accident since 1001, when an ex plosion In the Babylon mine killed 187 men, Including rescuers. PROHIBITION ELECTION NOW SEEMS ASSURED IN COUNTY NEXT SPRING ATLANTA MAN AND HEIRESS OF NEW YORK MILLIONAIRE, PRINCIPALS IN ROMANTIC MATCH. m ARRAIGNED Dr. White Piles Up Charges Against Whisky House. Many at the Meeting Wanted One Im mediately. REV. JOHN E. WHITE URGED CALMNESS Campaign Committee of Ten Is Appointed to Start Work. Bride Is Grand Daugh ter of Multi-Million aire. * HONEYMOON TRIP MADE ON RIVER Grandpa Lawrence Told of Ceremony Over ’Phone From Poughkeep- FUNSTON USES TROOPS TO FORCE REBELS INTO GIVING UP THEIR ARMS Better Class of People in the Island Ex pect, and Would Welcome, Annex ation By United States. By! MANUEL CALVO. Havana, Oct. 5.—Trouble has occur red at «ovcra! points today over the disarmament of insurgents. The tur bulent elements object to surrender ing their weapons and In several In stances have forcibly tried to resist. Gulnes is the point of the greatest dif ficulty, and General Funston has dis- ratt hc-,i u detachment of marines there t" Preserve order and enforce disarm ament believed that the time for the election will ever arrive. Control by the United States Is not expected to be relinquish ed. Educated ‘business and professional men of all nationalities In the island are unanimous in the belief that Cuba Is not lit for self-government nnd that the country's salvation depends upon annexation. The middle class, small farmers who were sufferers from th# Insurrection, as well ns the sugar and tobacco Interests, favor annexation. Kf*br! surrendering their anti-{8ITUATION IN CUBA Now h*-ing ; s expected. Peace Rapidly Restored. that peace reigns and order is rapidly restored, Cuba, with a nli-f. has sunk back upon the bosom of Governor Taft. Ha- unanimous in the opinion that tb»n must come. President •it’s promise of a new election “!*• In good faith, but It Is not gOOOOOOWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ° OUTLOOK IS CLOUDY 0 FOR BOTH OF THESE. O SATISFACTORY TO CABINET. Washington. Oct. 5.—The situation in being smuggled home for use j Cuba was described as entirely sutls- lution. This Is no more j factory at the cabinet meeting today. In the course of the discussion Secre tary Bonaparte produced a map show ing the disposition of the naval forces and of the marines nnd blue Jacket* that have been landed to preserve or der and protect property. As marked out In red Ink on the map. It was shown that the marines that have been landed are distributed at the following points: At Pina, 500; at (’lenfuegos, 725; at Splrltus, 142; at Principe, 100; at Ha vana, 30, and at Camp Columbia, 404, making a total of 1,901. There are besides 780 marines en route. The blue Jackets that have been landed are stationed at the following places: At Constancla, 60; at Sagua La Grande, 30, nnd at Nuovltas, 50, making a total of 140. Besides the large number of warships stationed In Havana harbor, all of which carry a large reserve force of marines and blue Jackets, the battle ship Kentucky is at Matanzas, the Newark at Nuovltas, on the north side of the Island. On the south side the Cleveland nnd Marietta are at Clcn- fuegos and the I)es Moines, Denver and Amphrodite at Santiago. CHORUS GIRL GUESTS CAUSED IIEU SUICIDE Cumberland, Md., Oct. 5.—Because her husband, J. Clarence Davis, pro prietor of the Davis house, Connells- vllle, accepted burlesque chorus girls ns guesls of the house, .Mrs. Lillie Ella Davis yesterday committed suicide by „wallowing carbolic ncld. > The suicide ended ft hitter quarrel. iThe woman had threatened to kill her- degrees Or self. She was found dying with the Oocaro—. 0 acid bottle by her side. .No one had '9OOOOQQOOOOOOOQOOO0000 taken he threat seriously. 0000000O0O00000000000CSI0OO 0 DR. HOPKINS WAS O 0 VERY MUCH SURPRISED. 0 0 O ! O "I didn’t know a thing about O 0 Russell's marriagesaid Dr. J. O O R. Hopkins Friday morning, ”un- O 0 til I was called up from a nows- 0 O paper ofllco and asked about It. O O "Russell's mother didn’t know 0 O anything about It either. She Is O O at the St. Regis, you know. O 0 "1 Just returned from New 0 0 York, and Russell hadn't sakl 0 0 nnythlng about It when I was up O 0 there. 0 0 "I haven't heard anything from 0 0 him yet. I don’t know where he 0 0 Is going on his honeymoon. 0 0 "It certainly was a surprise to 0 0 me.” O i 0 01 00000^-00000000000000000000 New York, Oct. 5.—Dr. J. J. Law rence has changed his mind. He con cluded this afternoon that he would not Journey to Peeksklll In search of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hopkins, but would stand In readiness to bestow his blessing upon them ns soon as they came within blessing distance. The millionaire manufacturer of med Iclnes made known his Intention when he reached his office In Astor court. "I will receive my granddnughter- of course, I will," he said. Mr. Hop kins, of Atlnntn, so far as I know, Is n proper young man and I know of w reason why there should be an elope ment. As a matter of fact, we had no Intimation that they were In love, we had no chance to object. Yesterday 1 got a ’phone and a feminine voice said: Grandfather, we’re married.’ Then the wire stopped working and that’; all I know except that my grand daughter has not been home since night before last night.” FOUR REPORTED DEAD; SCORE ARE INJURED BY LOUISIANA TORNADO Destruction Wrought to Propery By Fury of the Storm. - ,, sn 1 look bright for the 6 0 fnif. * ,reet paving, nor for 0 11 »rather. Forecast: 0 O , i,.,!;., " 1 rt }»y night, followed by 0 0 , on< * cooler Saturday.” 0 r j lusty temperature* ' 0 7 O 1. ‘y temperatures: * 0 65 degrees 0 66 degrees 0 69 degrees 0 70 degrees 0 71 degrees 0 72 degrees 0 .72 degrees O New York, Oct. 5.—Threatening to cause the arrest and prosecution of Russell Hopkins, Mr. Lawrence set out today for Peeksklll. He will charter a yacht there, he declares, and chose the Atlanta man anti his bride up and down the Hudson until he recovers the girl nnd brings the man to court. Dr. Lawrence Is particularly angry because, although the pair were mar ried a few hours after slipping up the river on the yacht, Mrs. Lawrence, who was an Invalid, is overcome by the shock and is In a serious condition. New York. Oct. 5.—on the steam yacht Uno somewhere up the Hudson, Russell F. Hopkins, of Atlanta, Ga., and hls bride, who was Miss Vera Sle- grlst, the granddaughter of Dr. J. J. Lawrence, the multi-millionaire manu facturer of medicines, whose home f* one of the show places of New York, are today on their honeymoon. The wedding of the,couple occurred on the yacht off Poughkeepsie, while the grandfather of the girl was dis tracted over her disappearance from his mansion, 1080 Fifth avenue, some time between Wednesday night and yesterday. Misted at Breakfast. The first Intimation that the fam ily of Dr. Lawrence had that Miss 8le- grlst, the granddaughter, was not In her room was when she failed to ap pear for her breakfast, and a maid was sent to Inquire If she wa* ill. The New Orleans, Oct. 5.—A section of Louisiana a hundred miles wide w ept by a tornado shortly after o’clock this morning,.and four peraons e killed and many Injured, sides, many houses were blown down and other damnge done to the extent of $200,000. The storm was most severe at Pontchaulou, 50 miles north of here. At First and Magnolia streets house was demolished and a woman and child hurt. A factory at Erato and Magnolia streets is also reported to have suffered severely. Several per sons were Injured by Hying timbers. Thundtrou* Noi*e. The tornado crossed the river near Audubon park, swept In a northwest direction over the city, crossing Canal street to the west side of L’Clalborne. It was preceded by a thunderous noise. Along Its whole path of three mlleH or more In the city damage was done. Telephone and telegraph poles were prostrated and communication with many parts of the city was rendered Impossible. Debris strewn along Its track put the Peters avenue car line temporarily out of business. Special to The Georgia0. New Orleans, Oct. 5.—New Orleans was partially wrecked by a destructive tornado at 8:12 o’clock this morning nnd a score of people were Injured Twelve Injured have been taken from the wreckage nnd are In the hospital No loss of life Is reported In the city, but the destruction of property Is great, The tornado first struck the upper residence portion of the city, a score of houses were torn down nml many others unroofed, chimneys blown down and windows crushed In. The streets were filled with debris. Besides the residences demolished, many factories and buildings In the city and suburbs were wrecked. The gas works were unroofed within 13 blocks of (’anal and Royal streets, nnd the stand pipe was blown down, Tho cotton-seed oil mill, near the gas house, was demolished. The McArllle Foundry was destroyed, nnd the Jal Hal LI skating rink was demolished. Many residences In the vicinity of the skating rink, Milan and c’arondelet streets, were badly demolished. Lousiana Town Wrecked; The tornado struck Pontelatoula, La., 50 miles from this city, ut 8 o’clock carrying destruction to property ami four people are known to have per ished. The residence of Robert Hawes destroyed, killing Mr. Hawes and three members of hls family. Others are believed to liuve perished. Wires are tangled and details are yet lacking. servant reported that the room empty and flint neither Miss Siegrlst her maid was to he found. Then as thought that perhaps the young woman and the maid had gone for a walk, hut this was disproved by the testimony of the servant In charge of the great Iron doors of the Lawrence mansion. It then developed that In some man- .. r. not yet made public, Miss Hlegrlst had managed t<i leave the house be fore dawn. Later in the day, word was received from Poughkeepsie that she had become the bride of Mr. Hopkins. Minister Came Aboard. Miss Siegrlst had gone straight from her home to the steam yacht of Mr. ilopkins, which was lying off a con venient point In the Hudson and t’ap- taln Wells had made steam for Pough keepsie. When the yacht Uno reached Pough keepsie, a small boat was sent ashore, ami returned with the Rev. Dr. Oak ley, of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, »f that city. In the cabin of the little steamer was the maid and Captain Wells as witnesses, the cere- Continutd on Pago Two. ATLANTA MAN FINED $200 FOR THEFT OF 3i499JIN TAGS George Lyle, Express Mes senger, Found Guilty at Washington. Dr. John E. White, pastor of the Second Baptist church, strongly ar raigned the city council for refusing to hear hls protest against the re- Hcensing of certain saloons, In hls ad dress before the meeting at the Wes ley Memorial Church Friday morning. Dr. White showed how he had appeal ed before the council to make a pro test against Bluthenthal & BIckert, liquor dealers, nnd had been refused a hearing through the objection of one councilman on the ground that it would be discourteous to the commit tee. He said: "I went to the city council Monday afternoon to make objection to sev eral saloons applying for license. I supposed I was acting In accordance with the usual liberty which has per mlted citizens and attorneys who rep' resented something to be heard before those who are our representatives, represented by commission the entire evangelical ministerial body. I repre sented the conservative prohibition sentiment of the city which had con fidence that the council vould act sympathetically with the citizens and their desire to close up objectionable places. Went to Object. ‘I was denied the privilege of object ing to any part of the police commit- ^ ^ _ tee's report- .By-tlie role of the com. UriiunU the“negro mlghV'be'"dlsfran- Washington, Oct. 5.—"If I had want ed to be a thief I would never have taken a package of tin tobacco tags when I have hundreds of thousands of dollars entrusted to my care all the time,” dramatically declared George Lyle, of Atlanta, Ga., before Judge Mullowny, after being found guilty of stealing 3,499 such tags, valued at 1 cent each, from the Southern Express Company, by whom he Is employed as a messenger. "Maybe It would have been wiser,” the court agreed, "for then you would have been showered with bouquets.” Company Misted Tags. For months past the company has been missing packages of these tags, which have a ready sale through Dixie- land, and are bought and sold by mes sengers ns a "side line.” Suspicion fell upon Lyle. Obtaining a decoy box, Patrick Burns, agent of tho company, placed In It 3,499 tags nnd sent It by messenger to Atlanta from Joneshurg, addressed to Greens boro. It was handed over to Lyle in tact. The coal of hi* train was sprin kled with vennllllnn prior to starting on the trip. Upon reaching its desti nation the box was examined, and small lumps of coal, bearing the tell tale red die, were found substituted for the tags. Arraigned by Court. Lyle ends hls run In this city, and when he urrived yesterday he was placed under arrest by Officer Warren, hIs hag examined, nnd the tags dis covered. The defendant seemed dazed when brought Into the police court. Ho he had received the box, had carried It safely to Winston-Salem, pointed at the circumstantial nature of the evidence and Intimated that the messenger to whom It was first given and whd knew its contents ould Just as well have substituted the coal, ills own tags, he said, he had bought in the South. Judge Mullowny severely arraigned him for ruining hls career when he received a good salary and fined him $200. REV, D, J, ELLISON CALLED AS PASTOR The Centra! (’ongregatlonal church has called a new preacher, Rev, D. J. Ellison, D-D., formerly the pastor of a large Baptist church In Indianapolis, Ind. Dr. Ellison Is a celebrated preaeh- and has always had congregations filling the auditorium where he prcach- wlll deliver hls first sermons here next Sunday at II a. m. and 7:45 p. in. All friends of the church are Invited to hear him. ell the objection of a .Ingle member Is sufficient to debar. One member objected to any citizen's being heard. He did It, he said, on the ground that It would be discourteous to the com mittee. No opportunity, of course, was allowed to explain my failure to meet with the committee. "I went to that meeting especially to oppose the license to the Bluthen thal A BIckert Company on the ground that they conducted a disreputable whisky business and the cttlxens of At lanta had Indicated no exceptions to their demand thnt disreputable houses should he denied license. "I was prepared with documentary evidence to show nnd prove to the council that Bluthenthal & BIckert had been conducting a disreputable whisky business, Ch.rp.. of Fraud. "First. That their record was tainted with, charges of fraud against the reve- nue Jaws, of which fnct the police com mittee was cognlxnnt. "Second, That they were shown In the South Carolina dispensary Investi gation to have corrupted one of the dispensary officials by bribery “This fact was published In The Co lumbia State: '“It i. significant also to know that th. m.mb.r of th. firm who was purchasing th. furnltur. that w.nt to thi. di.p.n.ary official triad to gat tha firm of Chambarlin-Johnson-DuBoaa Company, from which ha purcha.ad, to bill it at a different pric. from th. r.al price paid, which that firm r.fu.ad to do. Th.y not only wantod to corrupt tha di.pan.ary official, but to cheat him aa wall.’ “Third. I was prepared to show thot Bluthenthal & BIckert were deluging Deontur nnd Peters streets with con coctions of whisky, so called. I had the certified statement of Mr. Me- Candless that their whisky which was submitted to him as state chemist with out hls knowing whose product It was and that he pronounced It In hls own words 'artificial,' made of 'Cologne spirits' and 'caramel' Own Moat of Dive.. “Fourth, I was prepared to show that Bluthenthal & BIckert were the real proprietors and promoters of the great majority of the dives nnd disreputable negro saloons In Atlanta which the citizens’ meeting demanded should l>e put out of business. Thnt they were In the business of fostering and spreading these ‘dives’ In Atlanta. "I was certain at that time If these proven farts about Bluthenthal & BIckert were shown to be true about a whisky business on Decatur street the council would without hesitation refuse to license It. In consistency they would deal with big and little alike I thought. Still I know that at least three of the special committee which brought In the report recom mending Bluthenthal A BIckert knew ail these facta as welt as I knew- them and did not doubt them any more than 1 doubted them Whether the other members of the committee or council knew them I cannot any, but I do know this—the counrll was denied the privilege of Information backed up by reputable citizens and convincing proofs with regard to the license of Bluthenthal A BIckert that the city had the right to have and which I aa a citizen- had the right to submit to them." An election to determine whether or not the sale of Intoxicants In Fulton county shall be prohibited will be held In the coming spring, If the determina tion expressed at a meeting of citizens Friday morning Is carried out. A com mittee of ten prominent men has been appointed to take the campaign active ly In charge. The meeting was held at the Wesley Memorial church at 10 o'clock. Tho auditorium was half filled with strong advocates of prohibition. Ministers of nearly every church In Atlanta, busi ness nnd professional men, one leader among the better element of negroes— all were united on the prohibition ques tion. The only battle was over the tipie of the election. When the meeting opened the senti ment was clearly for Immediate ac tion. Several speakers made an ap peal for an election to be held as soon as a call could be Issued, and protested against any delay. That a more de liberate course was pursued was due to the calm and powerful address of Dr. John E. White, pastor of the Second Baptfst church, than to any other coun sel. When he had spoken the leaders of the movement for an early election withdrew their former motions and took hls counsel. Three elements were noticeable. One favored action at once, while the pro- hlbtlonlsts might take advantage of the tide which swept over Atlanta during the recent trouble, and which haa In dorsed the closing of the saloons. An other urged a postponement until after the next session of the legislature. chlsed and hls vote eliminated from the prohlbtlon fight. Another opposed any sudden and hasty movement, yet ad vised against the delay necessary to wait for the legislature, together with the uncertainty of what that body might do. It was the third which pre dominated at the close, and the reso lution calling for an election In the spring, and leaving the date to be set by tho committee, was adopted unanimously after a long discussion. The resolution was presented by Dr. M. J. Cofer. Campaign Commit!*#. The committee of ten named by Dr. Cofer Is composed of the fallowing: M. R. Emmons, chairman; Wheeler Mangum. Rev. J. D. Gunn, T. H. Jones, W. L. Randall, Jerome Sllvey, A. W. Farllnger, A. R, Ilolderby, Rev. C. E. . Don-man, Lee Douglas. Dr. Cofer made an eloquent address In favor of hla resolution. 1. E. Gar rett, an Instructor In a correspondence school, who has taken an especial In terest In the prohibition question, spoke passionately for Immediate action. He was received with applause, which showed the sentiment of the meeting at that time. Mr. Garrett roasted the city council In caustic terms and said that the revocation of the licenses hod been merely a trick to gain an excuse for reissuing the whole list. Dr. John E. White took the floor and made a powerful argument for delib eration and organization before jump ing Into n campaign. "Events are sp selves," he said, ■■*■*■■■ other Issue but an election. But I be lieve that the only hope for success In the battle against whisky Is In laying the foundation firmly In the public • mind and organizing In a way to in sure success." Dr. White took up hls visit to the city council, where he waa refused a hearing. When he atated that one councilman had opposed hla speaking there were cries of “Name! Name!” from the house, but Dr. White con tented himself by stating that the councilman had given aa hla reoaon for objection that It would he a dtacour- tesy to hear before the council a speak er who hod not appeared before the committee. Dr. White arraigned the Bluthenthal & BIckert Company. Hls remarks on this subject are given In another column. “Must Move Calmly." "My brother has said we must move In God's way," continued Dr. White, ‘but unless I have read wrongly God has always taken lime to do Hls work. It Is very easy to say, ‘Jump out and let’s have an election.' but now fool ish, how certain of disaster! In the face of the earnest counsel given us by reasonable and Influential men, It you precipitate this election now you will find yourself deserted by the p&en you most need.’’ Several speakers followed. Secretary . C. Solomon, of the Anti-Saloon eague, withdrew hls amendment looking toward an election In March and permitted the reaolutton to pass os written. other speakers counseled deliberate action. Henry H. Proctor, a leading negro minister, was Invited to the stand and applauded as he pledged the support of the better class of negroes to the prohibition cause. He affirmed that two-thirds of the negro voters of Atlanta would stand with the prohibi tion leaders In the coming fight. MAN HAS CLOSE CALL IN BURNING BUILDING. Spencer, X. C„ Oct. 5.—Two dwell ings belonging to H. F. Hedrick and Mrs. O. H. Hoover were burned here at an early hour this tnornlng. The vestigatlon. fire originated In the Hedrick building and Is believed to have been the work of an Incendiary. Hedrick Is In Jail awaiting a trial for the killing of Gray Whitaker here last month, and a broth er, who was sleeping alone In the house last night, had a narrow escape from burning to death. W. H. Burton, a fire commissioner. Is making an In-