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MS se Sll. of «T*etl railway. yijnlrin J CS Plt»l VOL- 1. NO. 174. The Atlanta i railroads Miles of electric railways Cotton fnotorlea 13f>, spindles.. Halos cotton cotumned In 1905. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1906. PRICE:?? 2SS& two ciKSST L U. S. FILES SUIT IN ST. LOUIS TO CRUSH STANDARD OIL CO. Pres. Roosevelt Backs Up Action of Attor- President Starts Along; ney General. Big Ditch Thurs- j EFFOra ,— DE day- TO DISSOLVE CO. OIL TRUST DIRECTORS, TOLD OF INDICTMENTS, FLEE FROM THE STATE arrives at colon . AHEAD OE TIME No Officials There To Give Him Welcome As Ship Casts Anchor. Colon. Nov. 15.—That President Roosevelt Is hold high In the esteem ot liu people of Panama was evidenced by in- ic option given him here today. With Chief Engineer Stevens, Chair man Shonts and Assistant Secretary Lana the president boarded a special train for his first trip to Panama. President and Mrs. Amador joined the party just before the train pulled out. 1 The president showed much interest ’ In the details of the canal construction and expressed himself as much pleased with the progress mode. The president : will be entertained at dinner at the palace tonight. PRESIDENT AND PARTY CAME AHEAD OF TIME. colon, Panama, Nov. 15.—The battle- ■hip Louisiana with Roosevelt and his party aboard, arrived here yesterday ifternoon at about I: SO o’clock. Tlie Louisiana arrived ahead ot schedule time. She waa convoyed by the Tennessee 1 and the Washington. The three vessels anchored about mile from the dock during a heavy nlnfsll. No One to Orest Him. owing to the fact that the vessels srrived ahead of time, neither Presi dent Amador, of Panama, nor Chair man Shonts, of the canal commission, was on bund to welcome the dlstln- iuished visitors. They left Panmna at 4:30 p. m. In a ■pedal train for Colon, and at 8:30 Q'dock last night boarded the Louisiana and extended a cordial greeting to America's' chief executive. In Presi dent Amador’s party, besides Mr. Shunts, were Chief Engineer Elevens anil Executive Secretary Reed, of the commission, and Mr. Squires, tho American minister to. Panama. Talks to Corrsspondsnts. President Roosevelt invited the local newspaper correspondents to come on board the Louisiana at 4 o'clock yester day. ills invitation was accepted by the editor of The Colon Independent, the editor of Tho Jamaica Gleaner and Hu representative of the Hearst News Service. The president said the voyago down had been pleaaant and uneventful. He ■aid he Intended to see everything pos- »IMe for himself in connection with the - aim! dui-lpg his three days' stay on the isthmus. The president conversed at length Chief Charge Is That Com bine Seeks to Stifle All Competition. Washington, Nov. 16.—The federal government today began Its long con templated battle against the Standard Oil Company. a petition tiled In the United States Hrcult court at St. Louis, by di rection of Attorney General Moody, tho government seeks to have the gigantic trust dissolved. In support of Us plea, it presents an array of violations of the Sherman anti-trust law, Including conspiracy, coercion, Intimidation, rebating and other acts and practlcss. John D. To Be Defendant. It Is the intention ot President Roosevelt to make this the crowning achievement in the administration's trust-bustrng accomplishments. That the wheels of justice may grind exceeding fine. John D. Rockefeller and six other high officials of the oil trust are made parties defendant. Criminal prosecutors will probably follow today's action. In a statement Issued today announcing commence ment of the suit against the oil trust. Attorney General Moody says: Whet Moody 8ays. "The question whether any action of a different nature should be taken Is reserved for future consideration. The controversy Is pending In the courts and any further comment by this de partment or by any one connected with it would obviously be Improper and un fair." Tho advisability of beginning crimi nal prosecutions against the trust offi cers was under consideration by the at torney general and his trust busting subordinates sll ot the inst'week. Tho bUl filed at St. Louis today re views tho history of the Standard Oil from 1870 down to the present.. From the tlmo when it was “a simple con splracy” to Its formation as a hold ing company under the laws of New Jersey with on aggregate capital now of 1160,000,000 and controlling more than 00 per cent of the oil business In the United States. Independents Forced Out. In reciting the remorseless bpenrtlon of the trust. It Is declared that since August of tills year the Standard has refused to transport oil of other com panies, except in such large quantities os to completely prevent independent producers and refiners of oil from using Continued on Page Four. with Mr Dellshner, editor of The Gleaner, regarding the question ot Ja maican labor here, and promised to look Into the matter thoroughly. John Is D. Rockefeller Indicted at Findlay. Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 15,—Hunting holes like rats, H. P. McIntosh. 51. G. Vilas and J. M. Robertson, directors of the Standard Oil Company ot Ohio, In dicted at Findlay Wednesday for vio lation ot anti-trust laws, are fugitives from Justice. John D. Rockefeller also was In dicted. The three Cleveland directors undor indictment quietly slipped out of the city Wednesday afternoon, held a secret meeting at Paincsville, and then fled on eastward out of the state. They were given opportunity to escape when a Cleveland paper published the fact thqt indictments had been returned against them. Their families, friends and fellow of ficers lent their aid to their escape In pleading Ignorance of their destination and the time of their return. The pre mature announcement of the indictment gave the men warning several hours before the arrival In Cleveland of Dep uty Sheriff Johns, of Findlay, with the warrants for their arrest. M. G. Vilas was the first to leave the city, he having gone on a late after noon ear to Pulnesvlle, whore he reg istered under the alias of M. G. Gor ham. While at dinner he waa Joined by the others and a fourth man. They held n hurried conference in "Gor ham's" room and then the three fu gitives fled eastward over the Lake Shore. WON’T ARREST ROCKEFELLER FOR THE PRESENT, AT LEAST. Findlay, Ohio, Nor. IS.—"If we find thoso Standard Oil men any place in tho country wc will have them arrest ed and extradite them,” said Prosecu tor W. L. David today. In speaking of John D. Rockefeller. M. G. Vilas, H. P. McIntosh and J. M. Robertson, who were Indicted by the Hancock county grand Jury yesterday for the viola tion ns directors of the Standard Oil Company of Ohio, of the Valentine anti-trust law. "Of course, it will be some trouble, for they will undoubtedly fight tho requisition hard, but then that la about all wo have been having with those oil trust men, and I guess we con stand It. The’ latest reports from Dep uty Sheriff.Johns, who is in Cleveland looking for the Indicted men, is that they have all left the state.” Owing to the death of hie daughter in Fiance yesterday, it is likely that no attempt to arrest John D. Rockefeller for the present will, bo mode, and he may be allowed to enter his appear ance through his attorneys, but the other men must appear and give bond In person, according to the plnns of the authorities. RAILROAD GRADING WITHOUT AUTHORITY OF COUNCIL OR LAW Chairman of Streets Committee Talks About A. B. & A. COUNT BONI IS MISSING; SECRET SERVICE MEN WATCH MADAME GOULD The French Authorities Fear Mother May K d- nap Children. •'arts, Nov. IS.—Count Bonl de Cas- ti'llane is missing. Carrlcatured and 1 Ml. uied, held up as the joke of Europe, ltlc "noble" ex-busband of Anna Gould "ns nt last been shamed. \i his apartments it was staled to- 'Ly that the count had gone away * 4r “ vest. The word was given to u besieging army of creditors and usur- t! . She May Quit' Fiance. Ft tends today express the belief that ‘'■ml’s overpowering self-confidence, "bli-h has prevented his appreciating Public sentiment, has deserted him and 1 “•'*t conscious of the spectacle he has of himself, he lias 'deserted Paris. Jo, I* are of ,h,i opinion' that he is •tin lodging creditors. I.yery one Is expecting Madame ■"lid to quit Paris soon. The only !i n -’ io her divorce victory was that ,!’J could not take her children from :?*. country without permission from ,f :ii father or the court. In this con i' 1101 ' .are foreseen future sensational ‘•'’'•'I'lpmenba. She Doesn’t Like Paris. 1 ■ untess Anna (or Madame Gould, as 1 Hi now bo known) has never liked J*vie. If possible, she would take her • post hate to America. But the , ’ J,,: is not expected to be quick to [ go his one remaining connection .Lh the Gould millions—tils children. ■on Boni will sell his boys to their , 1 • r and permit her to take them "p France. Madame Gould realizes that the boys members of the French nobility, — •mzen* of France, and as such arc rellane palace. Experts From Federal Asy lum at Washington to Make Examination. Special to The Georgian: Birmingham, Ala., Nov. la.—With a view of determining whether or not Alexander R. Chisolm, charged with embezzling largo sums from the hirst National Bank of Birmingham, Is In sane. testimony Is being heard today. This course was determined upon this morning after a long discussion be tween attorneys cn both sides. A dozen phvslcians and experts were sworn in and the first placed on the stand jvas Dr. J. T. Searcy, of the Alabama Insane Asylum, at Tuscaloosa. He said that he had examined Chisolm four times and that he Is of the opinion that he U "menially defective.” Among tho witnesses who will testi fy is Dr. C. II. Clark, of the Federal Asylum, at Washington. amenable to military duty. For that reason It Is probable that the govern ment would object to having tho boys taken permanently from the country'. Watched by Secret Service. That the possibility of the mother kidnaping her boys is appreciated by the government was shown this after noon when'll,was reported that secret service men were watching the Cas- The Inconvenience caused to the city and the great fire risk necessitated by the cutting olf of water from a por- tlon of tho city to allow the inending of a water main, broken Wednesday by a big steam shovel uie<^ by the con. tractors in grading for the Gate City terminals of tho Atlanta. Birmingham and Atlantic railroad, U responsible for severe criticism from James L. Key, chairman of the streets committee, upon those officials who are permitting this work without proper authority. The steam shovel dug up an S-inch water main on Rhodes street Tuesday night at 10:30 o'clock. Park Wood- ward, manager of the waterworks, was Immediately notified and had a double force of workmen rushed to the scene at once to make temporary repairs. The repairs were made within an hour. Had fire broken out In that portion of tho city dependent upon a supply from that main the result might have been disos. trous. Have No Authority. According to Chairman Key, the con. tractors have no authority to proceed with any of the grading, and the work being done now Is wholly and abso lutely without authority, because the petition asking permission has just been received by him and no action will he taken until it is put before the committee at a meeting Friday after noon at 3 o’clock. Applications have been received by tho city council, but no authority has yet been granted, and the railroad contractors have gone ahead. Rhodes street has been closed and the property in this thoroughfare be. longing to the city has been practically appropriated. It Is said that the rail road also Intends to appropriate Man- gum street from Hunter north to Foundry, and In return will construct a street east of iinngum to be used as a public thoroughfare. Rhodes street Is being excavated near Haynes street. Blocking Streets. temporary trestle has been con structed between Haynes and Mangum streets, from Rhodes street north for several blocks. According to the chair, man of the streets committee, the pll Ing and posts used in this trestle have practically blocked Magnolia and other streets just north. Fills will be made between the streets and the thoroughfares will be crossed by under or over passes, and already a good deal of work has been accom plished. Several thousand cubic yards of earth have already been removed, and the work of filling between Rhodes and Magnolia streets will be finished within a few day*. All this, claims tho chairman ot the streets committee. Is without proper authority from the At lanta city council. "It Is outrageous and unprecedented,'* said Chairman Key Thursday morn ing, “as no permission has ever been granted to these people to do any of this work. “I am at a loes to understand, and I confess I don't know how they have been allowed to proceed. Why, If a citizen of this city wants to out a hitching post in front of his residence he must first get permission to do so. When a man wants to do excavating qn PETE GILBERT isi BLOW FROM DARKNESS FRACTURED SKULL OF SOUTHERN ENGINEER ENGINEER J. B. PACE AND HIS YOUNG WIFE. IS J. B. Pace May Die From Terrible Wound. Points Out Negro in Tower as Assail ant. „ Mrs. Illlzabelb Huggins, who resides 7 miles from the city sn tbs Hsudtown road, up pen red at the Tower Thursday morning and Identified Pete Gilbert, a negro arrest ed Wednesday l>y the county police, as tho mnn who attacked her Monthly In a tur nip patch at her home. Gilbert is a mil In law of Joe Ulenn, the negro Identified by Mrs. J. X. Camp, of Cascade avenue, as her assailant ot Tnesilay morning. Unity Carter, 12-ycar-old niece of Mrs. Huggins, who accompanied her to the Tower, also- identified Gilbert. 8bo was In the turnip patch with tier aunt at the time of the attack. Mrs. Huggins says the negro approach- I her, armed with 1 shotgun, and seized _cr by tho arm. Hbe and her llttlo ulece both screamed, and the negro, liecomlng frightened, ran away. Gilbert dentes he Is guilty. Captured Wednesday. Gilbert was caught Wednesday after, noon at the home of the Glenn negro. County Policemen Buhtyn, Whitfield and Pope had gone to the house for an other purpose, but when they saw this negro, who fitted exactly the descrip tion furnished by Mrs. Huggins, they took him on to the Tower on suspicion. Now It is believed by the county po lice that they have In Gilbert the negro who assaulted Mrs. Dottle Kimmeli anil Mrs. Kembrlck several weeks ago and who frightened Mrs. Bankston a fortnight since. FEAR PEARY IS DROWNED While a Southern freight train wot rumbling on toward Chattanooga through the darkness Wednesday night tho fireman felt a sudden premonition of wrong. Glancing up at Engineer J. B. Pace, he saw him swaying in his seat, his skull crushed by some mys terious blow. As the fireman dropped his shovel to’ step toward Ills friend tile engineer’s >1.111(1 let ns y I iI• (111 the throttle and he fell fri»m his seot into the arms of tha fireman. What struck the engineer the terri ble blow cannot be told. Perhaps In leaning far out of his cab his head .struck somo obstruction too close to the track, perhaps some ons threw n missile from the darkness In revenge for aome real or fancied wrong at the hands of the railroad or one ot Its men. But whatever the cause, the blow frac tured Engineer Pace's skull and left hitn in a condition which threatens death at any moment. Lives in Atlanta. Mr. Pace lives with his wife and her mother at a little home at 147 West Baker street. He waa but recently promoted to be‘an engineer, but his service os fireman with the Southern railway covers s number ot years. He Is a young man and a father. His baby was born a week ago and he had left his home Wednesday for his first run since the birth of his child. (■The train was stopped nt Hiram, a little station on the road, and Engineer. Pace Was placed on board a passenger train which arrived in Atlanta after midnight. He was sent to the Grady hospital, where he was given every at' tentlon. Wif* Did Not Know. Mrs. Pace had no knowledge of tho critical condition of her husband until shortly before noon Thursday. Georgian reporter called at the Paco home Thursday and waa met at the door by tho mother of the young wife She was told that Mr. Paco was not ex pected to live. She withstood the shock bravely, but was not willing to apprise her daughter of the fort that her husband had been badly Injured. Mrs. Pace has hasp mother but ono week, a baby Laving come Into the home last Thursday. Mr. Pace left his home shortly after noon Wednesday on his first trip uftcr tho birth of tho child. Mrs. Pace had not yet regained iter strength and her mother requested the porter to call the family physician by telephone so that he could, be by the bedside In case the shock proved too much for the young mother. This was done, and the physlclhn arrived about noon. Nothing had been heard from Mr. Pace after he had left on his trip Wednesday. - Th* Fireman’s Story. Fireman H. K. Norwood, who lives In Kirkwood avenue, told the story of tho accident Thursday morning. “ said: We hail Just left Powder Springs and were bowling along at a fast clip for Hiram, going toward Chattanooga. It waa Just after 10 o'clock then, and It was a nasty night. "Suddenly something told me some thing was wrong and I looked up. Pace was failing toward me from bis seat and I caught him. His skull was all crushed from a blow and he could not say a word. I stopped the engine at Hiram and took the siding. I don' know wbat bit Pace," RIDDLED WITH SHOT DESPERADO FALLS IN BATTLE WITH POSSE In Desperate Effort to Escape Outlaw Shoots Down Two Men in Sheriff’s Gang. Conttnijorf on Page Eleven. Halifax, X. S., Xov. 15.—Fears are expressed that Lieutenant Peary, the Arctic explorer, has been lost at sea. The Roosevelt, bearing Lieutenant Peary, was due at Sydney last week. She was last reported at Battle. Har bor on the Labrador coast by the steamer Virginia Lake. The Roosevelt was badly bat tered by storms, and the officers of the Virginia Lake said that all her beams had been cut for fire wood. With two blades of her propeller gone, the Roosevelt was unable to make over 4 knots an hour. For more than u week, severe storms have swept the Xew Fonndlaud coast ,and in her dam aged condition the Roosevelt may have been unable to weather the gales and seas. Special to The Georgian. Charlotte, Nov. 15.—A message just received from Fletcher, located between Asheville and Spartanburg, on the Southern railway, says that Will Harris, the slayer of five men last Tues day night, and a desperate outlaw, was surrounded and literal ly riddled with bullets by a posse of men from Asheville, this morning. The desperado put up n terrible fight uud shot two of the posse before Ke>fell.' There is little doubt but that the right man has been taken. • There is general, rejoicing among the people of Asheville at the news, and the death of the two policemen Tuesday is in a measure revenged. The skirmish between the negro and the posse was a hot one and bullets flew like hail through the air, many of them taking effect in the negro’s body. The advancing men were halted from a clump ot bushes. “Get back or I'll shoot you,” came the voice. It was Harris. The armed men fell back and detouring the woods quickly surrounded the murderer. Surrounded on all sides Harris opened Ore. Hts aim was deadly and two men fell. His pursuers poured shot after shot Into the bushes and still tho negro kept up his fire. Ills ammunition ran low and at last a hand raised above the brush holding a handkerchief. John A. Roebtlng, Jr., leader of the possa orderer his men to cease firing. Harris arose from his biding place, his face covered with blood and his clothes torn from the chase. "Yon've got me." was all he said. Rocbllng moved forward to place the prisoner under arrest. He wanted to save him from being lyuched. There was a shot from the rear and Harris fell to the ground. Rocbllng turned away and Harris' body was filled with bullets. Mrs. J.. N. Camp Ap pears Before Grand Jury. SUSPECT NEGRO OF OTHER CRIMES Prompt .Justice To Met id Out by Fulton Ce n- tv Courts. Joe Glenn will be tried Friday morn ing for an assault on Mrs. J. N. Camp, on Cascade avenue, Tuesday moraine. The grand Jury met In special session Thursday morning and after haling Mrs. Camp reiterate her statement that the Glenn negro Is the one who so brutally assaulted her. returned an In dictment Immediately after the indiet- ment waa returned officers began sum moning a special panel of thirty-six jurors, from which will be selected the twelve men who will on Friday decide tho prisoner’s fate,. Mr*. Camp, who, on account of tier weakened condition, was unable to ap pear before tho grand Jury Wednesday afternoon when it was called to con sider the cose, came to the court houso Thursday morning In a carriage with her husband and a physician and was borne up und down the steps in a chair by County Policemen Dunbar, Robin son and Jordan. .Mrs. Camp's aunt, Mrs. M. II. liurson, and several neigh bors also came to the solicitor’s of fice. Mrs. Comp Is still in a very deli cate condition and tho trip to the rlty was a great exertion to her. Will Appear Friday. A carriage has been ordered for bring ing Mrs. Comp add ber physician in tho court room Friday, when she "in bo again given a chance to look the negro In tho face and say whether he Is guilty as charged. She Is positive now that tho officers liavo caught the right man and ,says that In the two struggles she had with him his face was so Indelibly Impressed upon her mind that sho could not bo mistaken. Tracks’which are said td fit the ne- groe's shoo havo been found in tho cot ton patch south of the Camp homo lead ing In the direction of Glenn's cabin. Whoever mode these tracks was going down the side of the hill eight feet nt a Jump. Mr. Camp said Thursday morning that Glenn stopped him on Cascade avenue about a week ago and they had a long talk about crops and general topics, during which ho told the negro something of ills profits from truel; gardening, and also told him that he was at home but little on account of his having to he out on a wagon all day. At the tlmo Glenn Is alleged to'have assaulted Mrs. Camp ho told her. after choklng her with the strap, from the effects of which her throat Is still dis colored, that he was going to find \i hat money there was In the house. Ife went through all tho trunks and furniture, but failed to find nnythlng. Possibly Other Crimes. In landing Glenn and his son-iu- law, Peter Gilbert, the county police believe they have Hie men who, ever since early In the summer, have been keeping the citizens in that part of the county In u state of terror. Tracks near the home of J. W. Bry ant, who was shot nt his home in Bast Point a few nights ago, are said to cor respond with those In the Canip cotton latch. As for Gilbert, he lias already been Identified as the man who fright ened Mrs. Lizzie Hudgins near the Cascade spring, about hnlf a mile from bis house, Monday afternoon, and the general descriptions furnished by Mrs Dottle Kimmeli, Mrs. Hembrlck un-i Mrs. Bankston, all of whom live within two miles of Iho Glenn cabin, tullv with that of Gilbert. Attorneys Charles Hopkins. Lutlier Rosser and J. E. McCIellund have had conferences in regard t,,i defending Glenn, as they were directed to do by the court, and will make every iegiti'- mate effort In his behalf. The criminal court of Atlanta is hold ing no sessions Thursday and will hold none Friday on account of the Glenn trial. The docket will bo token up again Monday, at which time the white riot coses will come up for considera tion. 00000000000000000000000000 COLD WEATHER RETIRES O FOR REST OF THE WEEK, o o “Partly cloudy tonlglu and Frt- O day; not so cold." o So says the weather man and lie o ought to know. 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