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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, MONDAY. NOVEMBER 29, 1906. p 9HS£ OLDERS ASK governor TO STOP AGENTS’ CAMPAIGNING; FIGHT IS ON FOR DIRECTORATE Big Companies’ Men Men Are Working For Proxies. STATE OFFICIALS CAttT INTERFERE New York and Mutual Al leged To Be Using Funds Improperly. ht a iet'er to Governor Terrell the International Policyholders' committee nf New York,, calls upon him to stop, if possible, the agents of the New York l.lfp and Mutual Life Insurance Com panies from campaigning among Geor gia policyholders for the "Administra tion Tickets." tiovernor Terrell was not in his of- flio Monday, but the committee has »< nt to The Georgian copies of the , i imuunication, which they state has been mailed to Governor Terrell. Comptroller General Wright Is the Insurance commissioner of Gcotvla and the matter was submitted to him. Gen eral Wright said: The law* of Georgia give no au thority to me or anyone to interfere with the Internal affairs of either the Ncvr York Life or the Mutual. Before lining business In this state It Is neces sary tor any Insurance Company to comply with certain regulations, show ing solvency, certificates indicating t liut proper deposits have been made and that the proper legal reserve Is made. Further than this we have no au thority to move. Some weeks ago we took this matter up with Attorney Gen eral Hart when Colonel W. L. Peel brought the matter to the attention of the governor. You may rest assured that If I had the legal right to Inter fere, It would take no such Incentive as this letter fftm the committee to start me out." Latter From Committaa. Following Is the letter addressed to Governor Terrell by the International Policyholders’ committee of New York: “November 24. 1906. "Dear Sir—In the face of positive de ntals. both by affidavits filed in the courts and In the public press by the officers of both the New York Life and Mutual Life Insurance companies, that they are using the agency forces of these companies to campaign for votes for the 'Administration Tickets' In di rect violation of every legal and moral right of the policyholders In these two companies, we are Inclosing you here with copy of one of the latest circulars which Is being sent to agents through nut this country by the general com mlttee of agents of the New York Life Insurance Company, and also some of the latest campaign Instructions Issued to the agents of the Mutual Life Insur ance Company. "It la a notorious fact, as demonstrat ed by the 'Armstrong Committee,' that these agency forces have been built up at an enormous expense to the policy holders. "The funds of the policyholders In your state are being used to campaign for votes to retain In office the present > eglme In these two companies, and the agents are being coerced Into canvass ing for ballot* and proxies for their ad ministration tickets; If they refuse, tho loss of their positions Is before their eyes. "The companies' names and trade marks, the office forces, the office rents, stationery and paid employees are be ing used In this campaign and we sug- vest, following the precedent estab lished by the atate of Michigan, that your superintendent of Insurance he In structed to Immediately cancel the II- iense of any agent found canvassing fur votes fer the administration ticket . or any other ticket. These agents are employed and paid with policyholders’ money to aecure business for these In stitutions and not to canvass for votes. They are furnished false and mislead ing campaign statements, trick ballots, marked envelopes and every device that ■ an be used to deceive policyholders and divert the real Issues. "Letters and telegrams from policy holders residing In every section of this ■ ountry are being received by us dally begging ua to take eotne action that will prevent this waate of their funds; we have Instituted suits In the supreme < ourt of this state, but action Is neces sarily slow and we may not get a final decision until It Is too late, and permit PS to suggest that you can render no neater service to the policyholders of >"ur state who have paid millions of •billers In premiums to these two com panies, than to Immediately stop the •■sents campaigning for the ‘Admlnls- 11 at Ion Tickets' against the protest of the policyholders, and at their expense. ' Yours very truly, "INTERNATIONAL POLICYHOLD ERS' COMMITTEE, "G ,R. SCRUGHAM, Manager." MRS. PARSON'S NEW BOOK, FAVORING TRIAL MARRIAGES, CREATES A BIG SENSATION r Sew York congressman and daughter of Henry Clews, the banker, whose ig trial book, "The Family,” advocating marriages, has created a sensation. MAY BE DELAYED BY MOVE OF AHORNEY FAC SIMILE OF CIRCULAR JUST ISSUED TO A GENTS Chicago, 111., November 19, 1906. To the Agents In New Kngland States: Gentlemen—Lot It be understood that we agents are free men. We are working on commission contracts. How much and how hard we work depends on ourselves and no person can tell us that we must work 15 hours, in hours, or 4 hours a day. If we desire to work long or short hours, or influence policyholders how to vote, that Is our privilege and Mr. Untermeyer and his committee has no control over us. So much, so good, but let us go further and show the Untermeyer committee ticket what we can do In a ten-day campaign to get proxies for the administration ticket. In ten days In the New England states, with 400 agents, 4 proxies a day from each man. equals 1.600 proxies a day. In ten days 16,000-proxies. What agent In the 400 can make the biggest record In getting proxies In the 10 days? Let rach man strive to bent his neighbor In numbers, and by so doing he is assisting splendidly to rout the Untermeyer crowd ull along the line. We are In a great light. We agents must rise up and fully realize this. Our opponents do not believe In having agents In the field. They be lieve In paying 20 per cent brokerage and nothing more, and they believe that life Insurance can bo sold over the counter. In other words, they be lieve In putting u:s agents out of business; It Is our duty to our wives and children and ourselves to defeat the Untermeyer ticket. It Is our duty to get all the proxies we possibly can each day. Yes, 20 proxies for the administration ticket each day, and thereby bring victory. We know the men on the administration ticket, we know that they arc honest and capable and have the interest of every policyholder at heurt, and we know that they are not a band of schemers. Be honest with yourself. Get into this light as all men should when their very business interests are at stake. Be a leader In the ten-day campaign for proxies, ns the general committee of the agents In the United States and Canada expect every Nylic man to be honestly, and with determined spirit, In this light to the finish. After the battle Is over be able to answer the roll call that you have done your duty. Yours for victory, GENERAL COMMITTEE OF AGENTS. In United States and Canada. Special to The Georgian. Valdosta, Ga., Nov. 26.—Attorney J. R. Cooper, attorney for J. G. Raw lins and his sons, made another move here today to save the lives ^>f his Cli ents or, at least, delay their execution. Mr. Cooper's latest effort was a mo tion. made before Judge Mitchell, of the superior court, to set aside the sen tence of death hanging over the men. The grounds for the motion were that the records of the trials and sentence of the men failed to show’ that they or their clients were present In court dur ing the trials and sentences. The mo tion was argued by Mr. Cooper and by Solicitor General Thomas for the state, after which Judge Mitchell rendered his decision, declining to take Jurisdic tion or to grant the rule nisi on the motion. He also declined to sign the bill of exceptions which Mr. Cooper then presented. The procedure was very similar to that of the motion which the attorney made before Judge Speer, of the United States court, some months ago, though on entirely differ ent grounds. In that Instance Judge Speer signed the bill of exceptions, which acted as a stay of executions, and to'day Judge Mitchell declined to sign the bill. * . The men and their attorneys' were, of course, actually present during their trials and at the time of sentence, and the fact that the records fall to so state is simply following the usual custom of criminal trials In Georgia. It Is a tech nicality that may serve to prevent tho execution of the men next month, how ever. ’ Mr. Cooper declines* to say positively what steps he will now- take, but It Is the Impression that he will seek a man damus from the supreme court, com pelting tho superior court judge to sign the bill of exceptions. Mr. Cooper, would only say that the court would have an opportunity to pass the matter of the records. » Oh Account of Today’s Great Rush Hundreds of would-be buyers could not be waited upon. For the especial benefit of these and others who could not attend the sale All Monday Bargains Will be on Sale Again Tuesday. BASS' We Give Green Trading Stamps 18 West Mitchell Near Whitehall. LOVE TRIUMPHANT OVERJBJECTIONS v »> l.tl to Th« Georgian. Macon, Ga., Nov. 26.—Hall Dorsett, - it of Judge Dorset!, and employed at t’emral Railway freight depart- ' " nt. and Mian Annie Powers, datlgh- "r of F. P. Powers, the bill poster, 'tied yesterday ond were married In 1 ■ sytli yesterday evening, going to At- [»ma last night. The parents of the “ride objected. SHOT HIS BROTHER AFTER HE DROVE WIFE FROM HOME ^i " i*| to The Georgian. ' snton, Ga., Nov. 26.—Larkin Under- ■’ "•d, after driving his wife from fhe 1 • with a three-days-old child 8u.‘- ) , “lay, shot and fatally wounded his •her, Joh*» Underwood. I'ndertvood had been drinking for 1 r "e days. It Is stated, and upon re- !: '* 'rg home drove his wife away. H* piclcca up his five-year-old bov n l Btartetr for Ball Ground, when he ’ his brother, John, who tried to 'i> him and endeavored to take the lh,J 'l Tr. ui him. tt ! *ai kln Is now in Jail. He makes con- • **ng statements in an effort to Jusii- L UIj ;c.L GOT EVEN WITH OCTOPUS; SMALL BOY GOT INCOME . BY ROBBING GAS METERS C. E. McCandless, 12 years old, has found robbing quarter-ln-the-slot gas meters rather profitable, according to his story to the police Monday after noon. Young McCandless made a round with Patrolman Hollingsworth Mon day and showed the officer his nine regular places for obtaining quarters without work. Here Is a list of gas meters the boy said he robbed, with the revenue from each: Mrs. B. F. Cox, 156 Courtland street; 60 cents. K. Hollis. 11 West Baker street, 14.25. William T. Carhart, 11 West Baker street, J*. Mrs. E. M. Brigg, 126 Spring street, "I forget." Mrs. C. T. Kent, 135 Spring street. *1. Mrs. Jennie Wey, 129 Spring street 110. Will Staples, 11 Falrlle street, 25 cents. The boy Is a son of Mrs, Francis Me. Cundless. of 221 Courtland street. With bis brother, Donald MrCandless, he was arrested Saturday night, accused of snatching 16 from a drawer In the McClure ten-eent store. THA W’S MOTHER-IN-LA W WITNESS FOR PROSECUTION Pittsburg, Pa.. Nov. 26.—Mrs. (’has. Holman, the mother of Evelyn Nesblt Thaw* and mother-in-law of I tarry Thaw, will be asked hy the prosecution to testify In the trial of Harry K. Thaw for the killing of Stanford White. Mrs. Holman always liked White and It Is believed that the prosecution has asked her to testify, and they will attempt to prove by the letters In her possession that White really befriended the chorus girl. BISHOP W. A. CANDLER BACK FROM ORIENT KILLED ROOMMATE ' EOR AWAKENING HER DURING TRE NIGHT Special to The Georgian. Meridian, Miss., Nov. 26.—Fancying that she was being wronged by her roommate In being wakened frequently through the night, Mary Parker, an in mate of the East Mississippi Insane hospital, at an unknown hour last evening killed her roommate, Sallle Egger. To all appearances, death was produced by strangling, after which the head of the victim was pounced against the floor and beaten with a porcelain vessel. The killing was not discovered until this morning, although attend ants passed constantly by the apart ment In which the women were con fined every half hour of the night. As soon as Superintendent J. M, Buchanan learned of the tragedy, the sheriff was notified and a coroner's Jury summoned to Investigate. Miss Parker made a statement before them and de tailed the Incidents of the affair, but did not seem to realize the rashness of her deed. Dr. Buchanan and hls corps of slstants were vxonerated by the Jury In their verdict, and Miss Parker was commended to the authorities of the hospital for closer care. The dead wom an was sixty-five years of age and for merly a resident of Lowndes county. FRAUD IS CHARGED BY SAM GOMPEDS Washington, Nov. 26.—President Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor, In a signed editorial In the December number of The American Federatlonist, charges that fraud and corruption generajly prevailed in the recent congressional elections. To Avenge Husband's Death, French Noblewoman Comes To America; Kills Employer Bishop Warren A. Candler, ulm left Atlanta on July IS for a tour of the orient, returned home Saturday. With him was hls nephew, Asa G. Candler. Jr. Both are In excellent health and enjoyed the trip greatly. Bishop Candler Is well pleased with the progress made In China. Japan anti Korea In mission work and especially so with the work done In Korea. He brought home with him many Interest ing souvenirs of hls travels. White he was w illing to talk about I hls trip to the for east, Bishop Candler j,eft was silent In regfirtl to the Inter of resignation sent to the Methodist con ference by Rev. Thomas c. Betterton, in which he declared Bishop Candler was a dictator. Not one word would he say In regard to this. CLOTHE8 ON FIRE. Special to The Georxlnlt. Dallas, Ga., Nov. 26.—Henry Guess, a while man about 40 years of sge, was seriously burned yesterday afternoon and die.I nbout 11 o'clock last night. Mr. Guess was drinking and was ly ing near the fire when hls rlnthes caught on fire ami was In a light blaze ‘ ' it was found out. Guess was boarding with Joe FOR KNIFING HEARST New- York, Nov. 26.—The *ub-com- mittee of tho Democratic ztate commit tee appointed to Investigate the con duct of State Senator Patrick McCar- ren In the last campaign met today nt the Victoria hotel. Senator McUarren has Ignored the charge and Is on a Western trip. It is the general Idea that he will be found guilty of the charge of knifing Hearst. Ah only one Hide will be heard, It Is not expected that the trial will last long. BROKEN GIN BELT STRIKES PLANTER, TEARING OF CHEEK gpedsl to The Georgian. Gadsden, Ala., Nov. 26.—Edward Lowe, a prominent citizen of Cherokee county, was the victim of a serious ac cident Saturday at hls cotton gin near Maple Grove, which may result fatally. While standing near the machinery n belt broke and the end struck him with great force on the head, tearing away one side of hls face and other wise Injuring him. Medical aid was quickly summoned and he was resting easier at last reporta, but It Is not thought he rah survive the terrible shock. (Copyright, 1906, by W. It. Hearst.) Mme. Anisia Louise de Massy, us the w*onian accused of murdering Merchant Simon prefers to call herself, Is declared by her friends to be a French noblewoman, who came to this country' to trace the slayer of her husband, who, she believes, was poisoned. She Is declared to bo a member of the Du Vernon fumlly, well known In the French provinces. CAR FEAPS TRACK T Five of the ..Victims 'A're< Rushed to a Hgh HospitaL / Chicago, Nov. 26.—Nine persons were seriously Injured today In the wreck of an Interurban electric car at Douglaa avenue and Lovell etreet, Elgin. Five passenger* were rushed to the Elgin city hospital for attention. The others wero cared for In drug stores. The car was rushing at full speed toward a curve when the motorman ap plied the brakes. The car was not chocked, however, owing to defects In the brake. The car Jumped from the rails, crashed half way across the street end was overturned. The passengers were bruised and cut by the glass. New York, Nov. 26.-»Bernard Mann, aged 24, a runner In J.' P. Morgan's 226,000,000 National Bank of Commerce, was arraigned in the Tombs court to day, after the utmost seeppey had been thrown about hls arrest, on the charge of forging and cashing a check on the great Wall street Institution, the only rival of John D. Rockefeller’s National City bank. Mann admitted the theft of the check, but said that the amount,. 312.93, was the sole extent of hie peculations. H. D. Wylie, counsel for the bank, tried to have the charge withdrawn. The magistrate, however, said this would be Impossible and held the youth In 2100 ball for special sessions. •/ IS MRS. DUNCAN INSANE? MUSIC AND OTHER THINGS LEAD TO TRIAL FORLUNACY a blacksmith by (iuimlng that advantage was taken by neighbors of hlH action In signing paper to settle a neighborhood row and to determine by a quiet heurlng by law as agreed, the rumor uh to the dement ed condition of the mind of hls wife, Mrs. Caroline Duncan, L. M. Duncan appeared as a witness In the court of ordinary Monday morning and gave evidence In a very remarkable trial, which may last several days. The case ‘involves Mrs. Duncan, of r>36 Central avenue, the defendant, and F. B. Florence, a neighbor, as the plain tiff. It has Invaded the ranks of the Epworth League of the Ht. John Meth odist church, on Georgia avenue; the church itself, the choir and congrega tion; the neighborhood about the cor ner of Georgia and Central avenues, and has .so many ends that it is almost next to .impossible to k«jep them to gether. Too Much Music, The charge of lunacy against Mrs.j^ sight Into the "real facts,” as he said, leading up to the charge against hit* wife. “A Neighborhood Row," "It's a neighborhood row,” said Mr. Duncan, "and I went to Mr. Stallings. He made a great scare about It. I thought that things must be adjusted. I'wouldn't do unythlng myself, and I said that If Mr. Florence wanted to do unythlng about It, why let him go ahead, as I would take care of Mrs. Dum-an and the house. It was tny un derstanding. and it was the agreement, that no arrest would )x* made and that there would be no trial. When lie came to me I signed the paper. He said then that it >vns out of my hands. 1 ditl not knoiv until ’then that Mrs. Duncan would be arrested and taken to the Tower.” H«* was asked ns to the charges In tho writ us to her threats to kill some .one, to drown herself and do other ec centric things and he replied that she ! hiul never ben guilty of anything out 4 the ordinary and explained the FOR ASSAULT CASE Luther Frasier, the negro charged with an attempt at criminal assault In September on Miss Orris Bryan, on Piedmont avenue; will'be tried Monday afternoon In the criminal branch of the 1 superior court. OWNER OF HOTEL ” SLAIN BY THIEF Dum-an apparently grown out of a .„ t ci„w«ln a veo'rdauribie man: neighborhood row. Mm. Duncan s dill- j ner . dren are musical prodigies: they play | -ghe gets very much worried about upon Various Instrument,,, and, acrord- i the actions of the neighbors," ho said, Ing to,evidence at the trial, they have j tti j. neighborhood row. J4hc was developed unusual abilities. Their prac- very much excited during the recent tlce had evidently disturbed the neigh- j riots drill negroes live in the rear of bors. • . I our house. Hhe shot once at a burglar They formerly sang In the choir at| ttn d once again while I was sick. I because I wanted to and satisfy other peo- -- - .. .. I, - ..id that 1 could get tny was asked one of the witnesses If the w |,„ „f t |„. Tower I curried her pastor had not had some hand In >l-jhnine Immediately. I have never The answer Indicated that ho w as more thought her crazy und never paid any or less Interested In the affair. - attention to her expressions In nnger.” Mr. Duncan, the husband, was placed i - YA/.-L upon the stand, and explained tho 1 An ''"•B* 0 w,nK - whole affair, ,o that ull could get an in- "Have you ever taken or attempted Tney iormeny snng in me cnoir at | ttn ,| „ nre again w Ft. Johns, hut for some reason not yet i *| Knn i that pu|>er t developed at the trial, they have been I , e ( t | P everything an prevented from sr, doing. The question i ,,| c when I found Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 26.—In an ef fort to hold up and rob J. Frank Emery, proprietor of the Kentucky House, In Kansas City.. Kans., yesterday, Emery as shot and killed and Lee Simmons, u negro porter, was wounded In the shoulder. Charles Rumble, an Iron molder from Independence, Mo., ono of the would- be robbers, was shot in the cheek by offleera who pursued him and Bam Hutton, a negro, down Minnesota ave nue, the principal street In the city. Rumble's wound Is not serious. Both Rumble and Hutton were arrested. to take any liberties with Mr*. Flor ence?" asked the attorney. "No. sir," replied Mr. Dunctn em phatically. "Has Mrs. Duncan ever accused you of wlnklnr at Mrs. Florence," was the next question. "I don’t know. There was—I denied It," finully answered the witness. Tills unexpected turn In the evidence mused some merriment among the Jury and spectator*. Among the witnesses for the plaintiff were Mrs. Elisabeth Robin son. 457 Pulliam: Frank Wllby, W. I. West, 62t) Central avenue; W, P. Davis, South Pryor street; J. C. Deavours, Mr, Bondurant, 53" Central avenue; W. H. Preston, president Epworth League St. John church and clerk of city re corder's court. Mr; Florence Is represented by J. 1>. Kilpatrick. Both sides were extremeiju anxious that the matter be kept out at the newspapers.