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Why Don’t You Come On and Get Some of These Big Bargains in Our Closing Out Sale of China, Crockery & Glassware? 30 to 50Z Reductions
KING HARDWARE CO., 53 Peachtree St.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 1*. IC-
1
7 HA W 70 JNV77E PRISONERS
CONFINED IN TOMBS' CELLS
70 A BIG CHRISTMAS LEAST
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Seattle, Waah., Nov. 1*.—An area of
0 square miles in western Washing
ton has been flooded b;- the heavy
storms that swept over the northwest
Pacific coast Wednesday night.
This city, Tacoma, Spokane and
every point north and east of Kelso,
Wash., have been cut off front railroad
and wagon road communication t
the outside world.
The flooded rivers have washed out
bridges and embankments, and the
overland highways are Impassable.
Trains nre stalled In many places and
considerable anxiety Is felt' for the
comfort ltd safety of passengers.
Five deaths have been reported from
various parts of the flooded district
front drowning and other causes.
electric light nnd trolley service In i
city has been pul out of business. It Is
estimated that the property loss will
reach $1,000,001).
A dispatch from Portland, Ore., says
that forty men, women nnd children
are surrounded on a little Island In the
Columbia river, and It Is feared the
water will cover the Islund before a
steamer on Its way to their relief
reaches them.
This picture is from the latest photograph of Harry K. Thaw, Indicted
for the murder of Stanford White. Thuw was told on Tuesday that his trial
will begin December 3. and ho expressed unhounded deiighl, saying ho felt
confident of an acquittal by Christmas day. He has arranged a "Christ
mas feast’’ to his fellow prisoners In c4lebrat|on of his acquittal.
New York, Nov. IS,—Convinced that
lie will bo free before Christmas day,
Harry K. Thaw bus urranged to cele-'
brnte hie liberation by giving the pris
oners left behind within the prison
walls a feast that they will never'for
get.
Thaw intends to have a conference
with Commissioner Coogey over tho
affair to And out how fur lie cqn go
with the cetebTatloii tinder the prison
rules.
Hoger O'Maro. the detcbtlve, arrived
at the Tombs yesterday with Kvelyn
Thaw. They remained at the cell door
for more than an hour. Thaw gave tn-
structlons to Detective O'Mnra about
certain matters relating to his defense,
and O'Mara will mukn a speedy trip to
Pittsburg' and places West to cover
Thaw's, orders,
"Harry is very happy," said Mrs.
Thaw, “and talks with delight about
having his Christmas dinner with me
In the Is>rralne."
Mrs. Thaw had been in consultation
aarller In the day with Iter husband's
principal counsel. She wits greatly
(dated by the reception of many letters
lii which the ability of D. M. Delmas
as an advocuto before a Jury, was ex
tolled. The district attorney may bo
ready In the week beginning Decomber
3. but It Is not certain that he will usk
that the defendant be summoned to the
bar at that lime.
MILLION FARMERS A GREE
70 AID LABOR UNIONS
IN FIGH7 FOR WAGES
Minneapolis. Minn., Nov. 16.—The
American Society of Equity, the re-
cently organised farmers' union, yes
terday became, to a certain extent, af
filiated with the American Federation
of Labor. The eoclety Is credited with
eprosen
popu
lation of the United States.
Federation committees recommended
a phut whereby the federation and Its
affiliated bodies will demand union
farm, garden and orchard , products,
white tho farmers stwclflcally agree to
buy nothing but union made goods.
The plan waa accepted by u large
yote.
ELASTIC CURRENCY
PUT UP TO CONGRESS
Washington, Nov. 16.—Committees of
the American Bankers' Association and
tho. New York Chamber of Commerce,
after working for fout^dayi, have pro
pe red and made public a plan of cur
rency reform.
The plan agreed upon contemplates
the Issue, under government super
vision, of credit bank notes by national
banks equal -to 40 per cent of their
bond secured circulation, subject to a
tax of 31-3 per cent per annum; an
automatic Increase of fcredlt notes un
der certain conditions; a further lesuo
of-credit notes equal to 13-1-3 per cent
of a bank's capital at a tax of 6 per
cent per annum; the eetabllsbment of a
guarantee fund for the redemption of
credit notes of failed banks; provision
for active dally redemption of credit
notes; repealing the exietlng law iimlt-
tpg the retirement of bond secured
notes to |3.n00,0D0 per month! and the
Ueposlt of all public moneys above rea
sonable working balances In national
banks without collateral securities, on
which the banks are to pay S per cent.
A. B. Hepburn, president of tho
Chase National bank, of New York, whs
chairman of the committee having
charge of the work, and which was
composed of representative financial
men from all parts of tlm country. The
committeemen representing the Cham
ber of Commerce were Frank A. Vnn-
derlip. of the National City bank, of
New York, nnd dairies A. Conaqt, of
the Morton Trust Company.
ThB bankers' convention appointed
the following committee to draft a bill
; for presentation to congress, which will
■ embody the Ideas of the bankers' rom-
I mlttee: A. B. Hepburn, James B. Mor.
gan. of Chicago, nnd John Hamilton,
of Hoopertown, 111. ,
IIKIYIIVKS 1 KEE - L -r s -.
KEELY’S | KEELY’S "
ARE MENACED * Keel
ly-ZiegleT
If pi; p^UQjj The Name That Means Best Shoe Quality.
Large Area Is Swept
by Great
Stcrm.
ISLE OF CUBA
IS
E
OF
Taft Hastens to Wash
ington to Confer
With Root.
Kpo laJ .to The Georgian
New Orleans, La., Nov. 16.—Secre
tary of War Taft passed through New
Orleans last night on a Queen and
Crescent train, bound for Cincinnati.
He had been expected to. remain here
day or two to Inspect the local army
ppst, hut yesthrday a telegram was re
ceived by Captuln Cliiylon, U. S. -A.,
telling of the change of plans. Cap-
tRln Clayton accomiKinlod the secretary
to tho deimt. He will go to Cincin
nati, proceeding at once to Washing
ton.
Tho serious condition of. affairs In
Cuba Is said to be the cause of the sec
retary's change of plans and his hurry
tu reach Washington.
Secretary Root Is reported to have
telegraphed Mr. Tnft to hasten to
Washington for n conference.
Advices from Havana Indlcato that
uba Is on the verge of anarchy and
prompt and stern measures are neces
sary to prevent an outbreak.
For more than 30 years we’ve
been selling Keely-Ziegler shoes
and in all that time they have nev
er lost their position of leadership.
They are better this season than
ever.
In style, in workmanship, in fit
Keeley-Ziegler Shoes are all that
the most particular huyer can ask.
They are modeled along most
graceful lines, made of select leath
ers by most skillful shoemakers
and are as comfortable as they are
fashionable.
Some of the new models are
shown in one of our windows to
day. Take a look at them, you’ve
never seen handsomer shoes.
- All leathers, many styles, all
sizes and widths.
$2.00 to $5.00
An adequate corps of com
petent men and women fit
ters at your service.
Keely Company
TO BUY 100 COWS
FOR REFORMATORY.
FIFTH DISTRICT
IE
RAILROADS MA Y GIVE
THEIR MEN $82,000,000
Chicago, Nov. 16.—If the labor unions
are willing, the railroads of the coun
try have'decided te take up the stand
ard of wages set by the Pennsylvania
and to grant their employee! an In
crease of 16 per cent In wages, In lieu
of all other demands.
The amount that the railroads are
willing to distribute among their em
ployee*. numbering more than 1,350,-
006 men, will be about *61,000,000. The
railroads ara willing to do this If the
employees are ready to accept It, und
for a time refrain from making any
other demand* for Increase* In any or
all branche* of the railroad service.
The Reading road ha* announced a
10 per cent Increase. The Harrlmnn
lines have decided upon similar action,
and It 1* said the Burlington will soon
follow. The magnitude of this prof
fered concession will bo understood
when It Is stated that It will equal a
dividend of 11-4 per cent on tho capi
tal atock of tlie entire railroad system
of the country.
TURKISH TARS
DEMAND WAGES
Constantinople, Nov. 1*.—Headed by
their officers, a number of seamen th
the Turkish navy created a disturb
ance In front of the YUdit palace to
day because they had nof been paid.
On learning of their demands, the
sultan ordered that they be paid Imme
diately and promised to dismiss those
responsible for the withholding of their
uion<.e-
EVEN
BABIES
Assimilate and thrive
on
Grape-Nuts
‘•There’# a Reason.”
A tarte# of mootiugM will ho held lu the
tevrrai fougrrMtonnl^ district* of Ocorgla
HurIn* NovoinVr to perfect district organ-
Ixiitlnus of the Farmers* union.
The mooting for the* Fifth district will
ho hold Saturday morning nt 10 o'clock In
Atlanta. .Members of the uulon from
Campbell, t'hiyton. DcKitlh, Douglas, Ful
ton, Newton, Uockditlc and Walton coun
ties will In' hero, nnd the district organ!
SHtloii will In* perfected.
Similar nicvilugH have been hold al
ready in tho Sixth district nt Griffiii Wed
nesday. nnd for tho S.-youth district In
Home Thursday. The following call has
been Issued In connection with theso meet
lugs:
“Brethren: By order of tho state exec
utive committee, w«* hereby call the mem
ber* of the local and county union* to meet
at such place and on suelt date lu their
respective congressional district* ns stated
below, for the purpose of organising n
district onion lu each or the several con
gressional districts. RspeeUlty do we urge
that presidents, secretaries and business
agents of each local uud county union be
present. Bach meeting’ will lx» called to
order promptly at 10 n. in.
“The dates and place* are as follow:
“Fifth District—Atlanta, November 17.
“Ninth District—Buford, November 17.
“First nnd Tenth Districts—fcAandersvIlle,
November
“Eleventh District—McRae. Norendter 24.
'•Eighth District—Athens, November 2>.
“One or more of the state official* will
Ik* present at each of these meetings."
This call 1* signed by It. F. Dock worth,
state president; J. L. Baron, state secre
tary; J. L. l«ee, state organiser, and J. <».
Eubanks, state business agent.
CANDIDATE WAS ACQUITTED
ON CHARGE OF ASSAULT.
Woodstock, Vo., Nov. 1$.—The cAte
of J. Frank Omdoff, who waa charged
with criminal assault upon Mrs. G.
Fisher, June 6, was tried In the circuit
court here and he was acquitted. Con
siderable publicity has been given to
this case, a* the defendant was Demo
cratic candidate for sheriff at the last
1 election. The case of Charles A. Fisher,
charged with conspiracy against his
wife’s good name, was no! prussed.
Special to The Georgian.
Augusta, Go., Nov. 16.—The local re
formatory board has decided to pur
chase 100 head of cattle and will fatten
them on the land owned by the county
and the fertilizer from the cattle .will
be used In building up the land. Al
ready Richmond county has a record
of having one of the finest regulated
reformatories, and one* of the best
furms conducted by boys In the South.
Reward Offered for Clark.
Special to Tho Georgian.
Augusta, Go., Nov. 16.—There has
been a rewurd of |50 offered for John
Clark, the negro who is supposed to
have murdered the three negroes In
Augusta last week in one night. He
has not been seen since the rampage,
and every effort has been made by the
local officers to locate him. Two of
the people hilled Were men and the oth
er a negro girl.
Manufacturing Plant Clom.
Special to The Georgian.
Spartanburg, S3. C., Nov. 16.—The
Jordan Manufacturing Company, locat
ed at Wellford, this county, has beta
forced to close temporarily on account
of a shortage In yarn. The company
manufacture# toweling*.
While the roll! I# closed down the
operatives wilt be given employment In
Tucapau Cotton Mill. [All of the op
eratives at the Jordan mill are ex
perienced mill hands and will have no
trouble In securing employment.
Beginning Monday
Mrs. Dean will Demonstrate
Th? M?rits ef the
"La Vida and
“W.B.” Corsets
2nd Floor in the Corset Dept.
Chamberlin-Johnsen-
DuBoss Company.
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