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If You are an Advertiser and Want Results, Test Us. The Atlanta Georgian. ADVERTISERS USE THE GEORGIAN FOR RESULTS VOL. 1. NO. 202. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1906. PRTrT?. *0 Atlanta TWO CENTS. JTIllVjJ!,: 0n Train, FIVE CENTS. ROOSEVELT REITERATES THREAT TO USE FEDERAL MACHINERY TO PROTECT JAPS IN UNITED STA TES Furnishes Coirgress With Report of Sec. Metcalf. JAPANESE STONED BY YOUNG TOUGHS. Boycott Against Restaurant Keepers Called off When Money Was Paid. Washington, Dec. IS.—The president sent a special message to the congress today. In It he upholds with Vigor the attitude taken by him In his annual message and the attitude taken by Sec retary Metcalf In his report to the president on the Japanese situation In San Francisco. In his report, which accompanies the message, Mr. Metcalf upholds the con tentions of the Japanese almost In every respect, and fully so as regards the main points Involved. The president calls "especial atten tion to the contludlng sentence of Sec retary Metcalfs report," which Is follows: Metcalfs Report Covert Cass. "All considerations which may move a nation, every consideration of duty In the preservation of our treaty obli gations, every consideration prompted by fifty years or more of close friend ship with the empire of Japan, would unite In demanding, It seems to me, of the United States government and all Its people, the fullest protection and the highest consideration for the sub jects of Japan.” Not only Is Mr. Metcalfs report e?. haustlve, but he has reinforced with a great mass of documentary evidence In the shape of letters and records and liberal quotations from both American and Japanese papers of the coast. He gives a complete and descriptive list of the Japanese pupils In the San Francisco schools; letters of distin guished Japanese who were assaulted in the streets of San Francisco; let. ters of the state and city officials, etc. His investigations were made during .he first part of November and his re port Is dated November 21. It gives a complete'history of the whole trouble and n thorough exposition of Its causes. President Praises Report. The president says Mr, Metcalfs re port deals with three matters of con troversy—first, the exclusion of the Jananese children from the San Fran cisco schools; second, the boycotting of Japanese restaurants, and, third, acts of violence committed against the Jap anese. He calls attention to the "small number of Japunese children who at tend school, and to the fact that owing to their being scattered throughout the city the requirement for them all to go to one special school Is Impossible of fulfillment and means that they can not have school facilities." He says there would be no objection whatever to excluding from the schools uny Jap anese on the score of age. It Is ob viously not desirable that young men should go to school with children, and the only point Is the exclusion of chil dren themselves, he says. “The government,” says the presi dent, "has already directed that suit be brought to test the constitutionality of the act In question; but my very earnest hope is that such suit will not he necessary, and that as a matter of comity the cltlxens of San Francisco "111 refuse to deprive these young Jap anese children of education and will permit them to go to the-schools. Threat of Big Stick. "The question as to the violence against the Japanese Is most ndmlra- bly put by Secretary Metcalf, and I have nothing to add to his statement. I am entirely confident that, as Secre tary Metcalf says, the overwhelming sentiment of the Mate of -California Is for law and order and for the protec- HARRIMAN & OIL TRUST OUST MORGAN AND HILL FROM CONTROL OF ROAD Wins Victory by Most • Surprising Coup. HE TURNS TABLES ON OLD ENEMY Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Goes to “Wiz ard of North.” BRYCE TO SUCCEED Chicago, Dec. 18.—Bdward H. Har- rlman today, with the Standard Oil, controls the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad, wresting victory from J. Pierpont Morgan and J. J. jam, by one of the most effective coups ex ecuted in financial warfare, a coup similar to that by which Hill threw him out of the Northern Pacific In the Christmas season of 1901. Hill threw Harrlman out of the own ership of the Northern Pacific Just about Christmas time. Harrlman now remembers the occa sion and the season by ousting Hill and Morgan from the St. Paul, Just when they thought they had him beaten to a standstill. Hill executed his flank movement then by retiring the preferred stock it the Northern Pacific In which Harri- man's control centered. Harrlman and his friends checked Hill by Issuing $100,000,000 stock In crease to holders of the preferred stock of the St. Paul themselves. For more than a month, guarded closely, the secret work has been go ing on—the buying by the Hill-Morgan clique of St. Paul In the hope of get ting control and turning the Pacific coast extension southward Into Harrl man territory. IS DEFENSE OF 4 BUILD ME SCHOOLS; ISSUE BONDS TO PAY, REPORT OF COMMITTEE Expert Testifies That Prisoner Was Insane. MRS. COMSTOCK TELLS HER STORY Trial for Attempted Assault Begins Tuesday Morning. James Bryce, the famous English author and statesman, Is regarded as most likely to succeed Sir Mor timer Durand • as British ambas sador to the United States. Mr. Bryce Is a Scotch-Irishman and Is at present chief secretary for Ireland. He is best known on this side of the Atlantic as the author of the "American Common wealth” and other well-known books. JURY COULD NOT AGREE; MISTRIAL IN THOMAS CASE WAS DECLARED Jury Dismissed and New Trial Must Follow. and property. Both the chief of police and the acting mayor of San Francisco assured Secretary Metcalf that every thin" possible would be done to pro- tec t the Japanese In tbQ city. “I authorized and directed Secretary Metcalf to state that It there was fall- to protect persons and property, then the entire power of the Federal r overnment within the limits of the constitution would be used promptly and vigorously to enforce the observ ance of our treaty, the supreme law of the land, which treaty guaranteed to Japanese residents every where In the Union full and perfect protection for their persons and property; and to this end everything in my power would be done, and all the forces of the United States, both civil and military, which I could lawfully employ, would be em ployed/* Mr. Metcalfs report follows, being *uhstantlaily complete, the only mat ter of any moment omitted being the detailed statements of the Japanese, u ’ho reported that they had been as- *4ulted in the streets of San Fran cisco. There are nineteen of these de tailed statements, all agreeing in the m *ln particulars. Mr. Metcalf ssys that for several >T‘‘ra the board of education of San r runcisco has been considering the ad visability of establishing separate ■chools for Chinese, Japanese and Ko- fean children, and on May 6, 1905, and ° n October 11, 1906, passed resolutions 0r J*.ring that the Orientals be sent to SJ.* , school. The board's action, he thinks, was Influenced by the activity ? r the Japanese and Korean Exclusion league. t-esgue Petitions Board. The league petitioned the board to provide separate schools for the Mnn- f‘nlan children of San Francisco. At time these children, numbering 93, r-ngfng in age from 7 to 20, were A mistrial was the result of the Jury’s night-long deliberations In, tho case of Albert L. Thomas, charged with assault with intent to murder Dr. William Caw- hern, In the criminal branch of the superior court Monday and Tuesday. The Jury retired late Monday after noon and had not reached a verdict on Tuesday morning. At 10:45 the Jury foreman announced that they had not been able to reach a verdict and Judge Bonn ordered a mistrial declared. An other trial must follow. One member of the Jury stated nfter the Jury was dismissed that the twelve men hud stood ten for acquittal and for conviction. Thomas on 8tand. Thomas took tho stand shortly after 2 o’clock Monday afternoon. Judge Roan told the prisoner he could rgnke any statement about the case he saw' fit, and the prisoner produced a lengthy manuscript. He read, his en tire statement, glancing up from the pages every few minutes to look the Jury square In the eyes and emphasize his declarations with gestures. Thomas made many charges against Dr. Caw'hern. He said a neighbor told him Mrs. Thomas said: “The very sound of Dr. Cawhern’s footsteps is music to my ears.” “When Dr. Cawhern was within few feet of me, the day of the shoot ing,’’ said the prisoner, ”he threw his hand to his hip pocket. I fired In self- defense. Dr. Cawhern Is a vile In truder and he violated the confidence I placed In him us a physician.” Dr. Cawhern Denies. Solicitor 1 General Hill put Dr. Caw hern on the stand to rebut the prison er’s statements. ”1 never had my arm about Mrs. Thomas In my life,” he declared, ”and I never kissed her. It’s all bosh.” At 3 o’clock all of the evidence was with the Jury. Solicitor General Hill made a short opening speech for tho state, after which Madison Bell took up the urgument for his client. Mr. Bell declared thut the home was the most sacred thing In the world and an had the right to protect It. Dr. Cawhern, he said, had wrecked the prisoner's homo and the prisoner shot him on thut account. Solicitor General Hill. In his closing argument, said the defense had at first relied on the argument that Thom Charged by the state with attempted criminal assault on Mrs. Carrie Com stock and by his own attorneys with being a lunatic and a degenerate, R. 15. Turnage, aged about 28 years, was put on trial In the criminal branch of the superior court Tuesday morning. Mrs. Comstock was In court and tes tified. She was exceedingly weak and gave considerable of her testimony In gasps. Standing up at one time, under the excitement of the nd^tlon of the terrible assault, she sank back In her chair and was unable to talk for a few seconds. Her husband. C. D. Corn- stock, knelt by her side when she was on the stand. Turnage watched the lawyers with much interest. During most of the trial his mouth hung open. He moved his feet frequently and fingered his hat nervously. The mother, sister, father and broth er of the prisoner were In the court room and testified in his behalf. Father and son. Solicitor General Hill an(l Attorney Harvey Hill, reprt sent the state In the case. The pris oner is defended by his old school mate, Attorney Madison Bell, and Attorney Bolding. The evidence waa begun shortly aft er 9:80 o’clock. Mrs. Comstock took the stand for the state. Mrs. Comatorfk Weak. Mrs. Comstock was very weak and had to be assisted to the stand by her husband. He knelt by her side and Georgian’s Demand For Buildings Is In dorsed. CHAIRMAN DRAPER SUBMITS REPORT Greater Facilities for the Schools Are Needed Badly. O0C000O0000000000L00O00000 § HAWAIIAN VOLCANO C IS IN ERUPTION. O 0 — O 0 Honolulu, Dec. 18.—Advices re- O O celved by wireless from Hawaii 0 0 say that the volcano Kllauea, one 0 O of the most active craters In the POPE AWAITS NEXT MOVE OFF 0 world, Is In eruption. Three cones 0 have been thrown up In a lava 0 lake to a height of 150 feet. O night the glare from the volcano O can be seen for miles. It Is the 0 first time In three years that the 0 crater has been so active. 0 0000000000000000000000000O slclan had wrecked his home. That they saw this was no excuse was sho\tn by the fact that they then brought up the claim that Dr. Cawhern threw his hand to his h|p- pocket. He said the evidence showed that even after Thomas claimed Dr. Cawhern hud wrecked his home, the defendant hud recommended the physician to a friend who had asked his advice about doctors. SEIZED GUARD’S GUN, LIBERA TED PRISONERS; ALL FLED TOGETHER tfpeclal to The Georgian. Decatur, Ala., Dec. 18.—Four prisoner* escaped from the Jail In New Decatur this morulug. Sidney Htorer, colored, who was serv ing u sentence of sixteen years for gum- tiling, robbery and other charges, took Jailor Henry iTentl^’s revolver away from him and demanded I’rentlee to stand ■side, which be did. Prentice's wife appeared op the scene and Stover, with the pistol In his hand, the four ew-aptnl. Stover took the Jailer's gun with him. The others who got awny were Bud Dlx- sou. colored; Pete Van Layer and Fred Carter, the two latter white. These were iu for thirteen days each for vagrancy. Stover has escaped from Jail here twice, and It was said that he had $50 In cash ‘ person, and for some reusou this Glowed film fo keep this money lu his possession. Continued on Page Fivs. POSTOFFICE DYNAMITED AND VAULT RANSACKED held her arm w'htle she testified. Mrs. Comstock closed her eyes In horror when she beheld Turnage. She steadied herself by catching the arms of the chair In which she pointed at the prisoner and declared “I was hit in the head by that man there.” She then became too w'eak to talk for about a minute. Mrs. Comstock stated she W'ent to Turnage’s house, Jones avenue, near Edwards street, to canvass for Plan- teno. “That man there met me at the door. He said, 'Good morning/ In a polite wmy, and I asked for the ludy of tho house. He told me she was In and took me to n back room to wait for her. He came in a few' minutes after and looked surprised, as he said the lady of tho house was not In. He went Into the yard to see If he could find her. When he came back I began demonstrating the good of the article I was canvass ing." Mrs. Comstock stopped suddenly and her head fell back ngainst her chair. "I’m so weak,” she said. "Was Very Polite." Mrs. Comstock said Turnage was very polite und gentlemanly up to this time. She was surprised tho iady of the house’ did not come In sooner and got up to leave. As she started out Into the hall, Turnage grabbed her and strangled her. " hollered. 'Oh! oh! oh!’” said Mrs. Comstock. . "He said If I did not husn he would choke mo to death. I fell back. Ho thought I was unconscious. He loosened hls hands from my throat Just us a mother would from her tend er habo. “When his hands were drawn across my face the dear Lord told ine What to do. I caught one of hls Angers In my mouth and bit as hard as I could. Ho yelled and pulled. I held on and he Jerked iny teeth loose. He hit me In the nose and I had to let loose hU Anger. He dragged me a few feet, stood up,” and hero Mrs. Comstock Jumped to her feet In her excitement, “and I said, ’Oh, good sir, why do you treat me that way?* He cursed mo and a momeat later rushed at me with a pitcher. Ho said, T told you I would kill you/ He knocked me dowh with the pitcher, then declared, 'Now, I guess you’ll lay there.’ He left. The dear Lord gave me strength to get to the door. I was weak. How I got through the door and out In the The problem: More schools to relieve the congestion of pupils. The solution: A bond issue for the purpose of building the schools. That is the substance of a report which was submitted Monday aft' ernoon by Chairman W. W. Dra per, of the council committee on schools. In this report Chairman Draper points out some excellent work that has been accomplished by his committee during the past two years, but he also recites t^ie fact that the attendance has increased greatly, and had there been more accommodations, he says, this at tendance would probably have in creased two or three thousand more. The report puts the matter of more schools directly up to coun cil. Here it is: Committse’s Report. "Tho Honorable Mayor and General Council: "I be* to submit to you my report aa chairman of tho council commlttoo on schools (or tho past two years. "We have 22 white grammar schools and six colored grammar schools, all of which are overcrowded for want of room. •We have one OIrla’ High School In very flourishing condition, and Us progress should be satisfactory In every particular. "The Boys- High School has increas. ed In numbers and Is making good progress along the line of general lm- provement. "We have made during the year 1905 and 1900 the following additions to the school facilities: "We have completed the Tenth Street school and also built the Pryor Street school, both of which are of a very permanent character, being very com fortable and doubtless (without de stroyed by Are or otherwise) will be standing fifty years hence. "We have added six rooms to the Girls’ High School, bought. Storm 1 School, six rooms, and added twp rooms; added four rooms to the Davis Street school: two rooms to the Grant Park school, and one to Formwalt. With all these there Is a great deficien cy of accommodations for the great In crease from year to year of children making applications for attendance on the schools. , “We had, in 1905, an enrollment of 14,570, and in 1906 to date, 15,359. Had we have had facili ties, there is no doubt thnt the en rollment would have be#n from two to three thousand more, my judgment, there is no way of meeting this urgent demand, ox cept that the city issue ' school bonds. A great city, like ours, growing as we are, ean well af ford to pay 4 per cent interest on permanent improvements that will add to the taxable property many times over the interest that may accrue. In the schoof board, also the general believe that It would be hnrd to Improve the character and efficiency of the many teachers secured by the board. 'Respectfully submitted, "W. W. DRAPER. Chairman.’ A. B. & A. Railroad to Buy New Engines and Cars. CM REBELS Continued on Pago Fivo. Official* of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic are preparing to let contract for rolling stock calling for an expenditure of about 1900,000. Presi dent Harry Atkins® returned at noon Tuesday from New York, where he had been In the Interest of the steamship line from New York to Brunswick and Havana. It Is understood that the contracts to he let this week will call for the early delivery of twenty-five passenger and switching locomotives, averaging In cost about $15,000 each. The big en glnee will be of the latest type now be Ing used In modern railroad service; built for speed and reliability, and are expected to arrive In time for the establishment of schedules over the Atlanta and Brunswick divisions over the road's own rails. The contract will also Include 300 freight cars, flat, box and gondolas, averaging about 80,000 pounds. The road will go In for a good slice of the business out of the coal and Iron die. trict about Birmingham and complete preparations are being made In ad vance. Along with the Intention of maintaining schedules, the officials will endeavor to prevent a scarcity of freight cars on their line. Quite a number of railroad equipment and sup ply men are In the city for the purpose of submitting bids and the competition will be lively. Says They Were in “an Undesciplined Horde.” Washington, Dec. 18.—Juit why the American government felt compelled to Intervene In Cuban affair* lam fall Is made clear with remarkable frankness by Secretary Taft In the section of hls annual report which deals exclusively with Cuba. Nearly, all of the Inside correspondence between the president at Oyster Bay and the secretary at Havana, the publication of which at that time would have created a world sensation, Is now made public for the first time. In this correspondence Is clearly shown that the secretary of war was at hls wits’ end in hls attempt bring about peace In the Island. The president was kept well posted from day to day algo at last threw up hls hands, when It was found that Palma was determined to resign and mode It necessary that the United States take hol'd and establish a provisional gov ernment. When the secretary’s patience with Palma and hls cabinet had become exhausted he cabled this sardonic mes sage to the president: “In their characteristic way Palma and Moderates will now take away their dolls and not play.” Finally on September 28. he cabled the president that the situation was honeless and a provisional govern ment should be proclaimed at once. At first the president was averse to it. Broxton, Ga., Dec. 18.—At 2 o'clock this morning burglars broke into the postoffice here, blew the safe open, and together with th postoffice books, secured $200worth of stamps and over $290 in cash. * There is no clew to the burglars. OF COURSE, THE GEORGIAN WILL To the Editor of The Georgian: In the month of May The Atlanta Oeorglnn wax kind enough to publlih an editorial entitled, "An Ap peal From t.’louded Minds," which wax an appeal for contribution! to the Georgia State Sanitarium Library, which I am happy to say brought us many contribution* of valuable books, mngailne*. papers, etc. It speaks well for The Atlanta Georgian that the editorial-appeal was copied In many papers of the state, nnd Influenced distant papers to place the library on Its "complimentary" list, such as The Brooklyn Dallv Eagle. The Elec trical Age, The Electrical World, The Technical World Magaxlne. The Forum, etc, which come to the library aa donations. In addition to the eloquent editorial of the Hon. John Temple Graves, you placed The Georgian on our "complimentary" list. The wrapper does not say for how long a time, as the wrapper of the above papers and tnagaslnes do for the year 1*07. We therefore respectfully request that the time be extended, or the -renewal’’ be made for the year 1907, and have the address changed from ”N. Maddox’’ to "Library Georgia State Sanita rium," for ft has sometimes been placed In mall for my family In town, whereas, I am out two mile* front Mil- ledgevtllc. Very truly yours, K. MADDOX Librarian. Milledgevtlle, Go. He Only Wishes Free Exercise of Public Worship. NOTE OF PROTEST ALREADY PREPARED Spain, in View of Develop ments, Can’t Act on Be half of Vatican. , ' 0tHJ000O0000000000000000000 O POPE DISTRESSED 0 O REGARDING CARDINAL. 0 0 O 0 Rome, Italy, Dec. 18.—The pope 0 0 waa exceedingly distressed to 0 0 learn of the enforced retirement 0 0 of Cardinal Richard. He qualified 0 0 It as the most serious Incident of 0 0 hls potlflcate and said that the 0 0 noble, dignified and pious attitude 0 0 maintained by Cardinal Richard 0 0 assuredly would have a salutary 0 0 Influence and bring advantage to 0 0 the cause of the church. 0 0 O 00000000000000000000000000 Rome, Italy, Dec. 18.—The Vatican Is waiting the enforcement of the laws regarding public worship In France be fore taking further action. If the law allows sacred functions to be held un conditionally In the churches and does not exact any declaration, the Vatican will be satisfied. The pope only wishes the free exer cise of public worship, ax religion will flourish provided the government does not persecute It. A prelate said that It seemed strange that since the Vati can was disposed to be satisfied with so little that the government docs not come to a solution of It. He hinted at the possibility of a re conciliation If France returned the se questrated archives to the holy sec with mild apology, but auch procedure Is not likely. Unless a modus vlvendl reached, the situation will rtmaln unchanged. The note of proteet addressed to the powers against the seizure of archives of the nunciature has not been pre pared, and no decision will be talon before the government’s Intentions -ire fully known. The Spanish government has notified the Vatican that If It ob jects to taking charge at present of the archives of the papal nunclaturu at Paris, owing to the rupture of diplo matic relations between France and the vatlcnn, Spain would have accepted the task If requested by the Vatican to do so. when the papal nuncio at Paris, Mgr. Lorenxelll, was recalled, as Frau- a then could not have mode any objec tion. But, after the expulsion of Mgr. Mon- taglnl, the secretary of the nunciature, and the search of the archives, such a step as taking charge of tho papal Interests In France must be regarded as hostile to the French govommont, which would be contrary to the policy of the Spanish government O0000000000000000000000O00 0 Prime Christmas weathsr com- 0 0 Ing along. O " Got to be nice and crispy to with a sting to It so you’ll O 0 want to keep moving. O 0 Merchants and clerks are brae- O 0 Ing up for the Anal crush of the 0 O last few days, so good weather 0 0 will help a lot. Forecast: O A "Fair Tuesday night and Wed- -3 nesday; colder Tuesday night.” O Tuesday's temperatures: 0 7 a. in 17 degrees 0 8 a. m $7 degrees 0 9 a. in. ..38 degrees a 10 a. 40 degrees D 11 a. m. .. .. ..42 degrees 0 12 noon 43 degrees f> m. 44 degrees O 0 2 p. m 44 degrees 0 0OOOOOO0OOOO0OOOO0O00OOOOO TRAINS COLLIDE; TVVO MEN DEAD Terre Haute, Ind, Dec. 18.—A head- on collision between two freight trains on the Vandalla railroad at Rossvllle today killed Engineer J. F. Ross and Brakeman Fred Miller. as Palma was too plainly endeavoring to force- such a situation upon the United States. Secretary Taft shivered at the pros pective consequences when the presi dent cabled that In hls opinion It seemed, doubtful whether un-i.-r th- Platt amendment the resignation of the regular government would not amount to substituting the Insurrec tionary party as the government da facto. 'The even remote possibility sug gested In your telegram that un-ti-r any possible hypothesis the Platt amendment may require the present Insurrectionary force to be treated aa a government de facto, makes ma shiver at the consequences,” he re plied. "It Is not a government with any of Its characteristics, but only sn undisciplined horde of men under par tisan leaders.” At the Instance of tbe president tha secretary, by investigating, found that no Americans except tbe restless colo ny on the Isle of Pines were furnish ing funds to the revolutionists.