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“■ The Atlanta Georgian, m m VOL. 1. NO. 202. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1906. TVPTP7?. In Atlanta TWO CRNTA on Train* FIVE CK.VT9L 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.” Chicago. J5«c. 18.—Edward H. Har- rlnua today, with the Standard OH, contrail the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad, wreatlng victory from J. P|erpont Morgan and J. J. Hill,. by one ot the moat effective coupe ex ecuted In financial warfare, a coup similar to that by which Hill threw him out of the Northern Pacific in the Chrletmaa aeaaon of 1801. Hill threw Harrlman out of the own- erehlp of the Northern Pacific just about Chrlstmaa time. Harrlman now. remembera the occa- alon and the aeaaon by ouatlng Hill and Morgan from the St Paul, juat when they thought they had him beaten to a atandatllL Hill executed hie flank movement then by retiring the preferred etock of the Northern Pacific In which Harrl- man'a control centered. Harrlman and hla frlenda checked Hill by laaulng 1100,000,000 etock In crease to holdera of the preferred atock of the St. Paul themaelvee. For more than a month, guarded cloaely, tbe aecret work haa been go ing on—the buying by the Hlll-Morgan clique of St Paul In the hope of get ting control and turning the Pacific const extenalon aouthward into Harrl man territory. O 0 C. NOW, THIS FEELS LIKE 0 O REAL CHRISTMAS TIME. O a J Prime Chrlatmaa weather com- 0 O Ing nlong. 0 O Oot to be nice and crlapy to 0 O feel like cure enough Chrlatmaa— 0 O air with a atlng to It ao you'll 0 0 want to keep moving. 0 0 Merchanta and clerka are brae- 0 O Ing up for the final cruah of the O 0 lent few daya, eo good weather 0 0 will help a lot. Forecaat: , 0 O "Fair Tueeday night and Wed- 0 O ncaday; colder Tueeday night." 0 0 Tueaday’a temperaturee: 0 .37 degree! 0 NEXT HE -OF He Only Wishes Free Exercise of Public Worship. ROOSEVELT REITERATES THREAT TO USE FEDERAL MACHINERY TO PROTECT JAPS IN UNITED STA TES CUBAN REBELS ' I Says They Were in ‘an Undesciplined Horde.” Furnishes Congress With Report of Sec. Metcalf. NOTE OF PROTEST ALREADY PREPARED Spain, in View of Develop ments, Can’t Act on Be- ■ half of Vatican. O 8 O 9 0 10 O 11 O 12 noon, O 1 p. m O 2 p. m O m. m. ..87 degrees 0 ..88 degrees 0 ..40 degrees O ..42 degrees 0 ..48 degrees 0 ..44 degrees 0 ..44 degrees 0 0 ooeo00ooooo<H>o000t000O0O00 O 0 0 HAWAIIAN VOLCANO O 0 IS IN ERUPTION. O O 0 0 0 o o 0 Honolulu. Dec. 18.—Advices re- 0 O celved by wireless from Hawaii O 0 say that tba volcano Kllaueo, one 0 0 of the meat active cratera In the 0 O world, la In eruption. Three cones O 0 have been thrown up In a lava O O lake to a height of 180 feet. At O 0 night the glare from the volcano 0 0 can be aaen for mllea. It Is the 0 0 Drat time In three years that the 0 0 crater has been so active. 0 O 0 00000O00000000000000000000 TRAINS COLLIDE; . TWO MEN DEAD Terre Haute, Ind., Dec. 18.—A head- on collision between two freight train* t>n the Vandalla railroad at Roseville today killed Engineer J. F. Ross and Brakeman Fred Miller. 000000000000000O000O0000OO 0 POPE DISTRESSED O 0 REGARDING CARDINAL. 0 O 0 0 Rome, Italy, Dec. 18.—The pope 0 0 was 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 his pottfleate 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 (he church. 0 O 0 00000000000000000000000000 Rome, Italy, Deo. 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, as religion will flourish provided the government does not persecute It. A prelate said that ft seemed strange that since the Vati can was disposed to be satisfied with so little that the government does 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 see with mild apology, but such procedure Is not likely. Unless a modus vlvendi Is reached, the situation will remain unchanged. The note of protest addressed to the powers against the seizure of archives of the nunciature has not been pre pared, and no decision will be taken before the government’s Intentions are fully known. The Spanish government* has notified the Vatican that if It ob jects »to taking charge at present of the nrchlves of the papnl nunciature at Paris, owing to the rupture of diplo matic relations between France and the Vatican, Spain would have accepted the task If requested by the Vatican to do so, when the papal nuncio at Paris, Mgr. Lorenzelll, was recalled, as France then could not have made any objec tion. But, after the expulsion of Mgr. Mon- tagtnl, the secretary of the nunciature, and the search of the archives,- such a step as taking charge of the papal Interests in France must be regarded as hostile to the French government, which would be contrary to the policy of the Spanish government. Washington, Dec. 18.—Just why the American government felt compelled to Intervene In Cuban affairs last fall is made clear with remarkable frankness by Secretary Taft In the section of his 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. IA this correspondence Is cjearly shown that the seefetary of war was at his wits' end in his attempt to bring about peace In the Island. The president was kept well posted from day to day also at last threw up his hands, when It was found that Palina was determined to resign and made It necessary that the United States take hold and establish a provisional gov ernment. When the secretary’s patience with Palma and his 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, 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 presl- I dent cabled that in his opinion it seemed doubtful whether under the Platt amendment the resignation of the regular government would not amount to substituting the insurrec tionary party as the government de facto. "The even remote possibility sug' gested In your telegram that under any possible hypothesis the Platt amendment may require the present insurrectionary force to be treated as a government de facto, makes me shiver at the consequences,” he re plied, ”lt is not a government with any of Its characteristics, but only an undisciplined hofde of men under par tisan leaders.” At the Instance of the president the secretary, by Investigating, found that no Americans except the restless colo ny on the |sle of Pines were furnish ing funds to the revolutionists. Washington, Dec. 18.—The president sent a special message to the epngress 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 t6 the president on the Japanese situation In San Francisco. In his report, which accompanies the message, Mr. Metcalf upholds the con tentlons of the Japanese almost every respect, and fully so as regards the main points Involved. The president calls "especial atten tlon to the concluding sentence of Sec. retary Metcalf’s report," which Is as follows: Metcalfs Report Covers Cate. "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.” President Praises Report. The president says Mr. Metcalfs re port deals with three matters of con troversy-first, the exclusion of tho Japanese children from the San Fran cisco schools; second, the boycotting of Japanese restaurants, und, third, acts of violence committed against the Jap anese. The government,"* says the presi dent, "has already directed that suit be brought to test the constitutionality of th^ act in question; but my very earnest hope Is that such suit will not be necessary, and that as a matter of comity the citizens of San Francfsco will refuse to deprive these young Jap anese children ot education and will RACES NEW ORLEANS. New Orleans, Dec. 18.—A wintry blast swept over the gulf roast Inst night and today the spectators# at City Park'are shivering In their overcoats. Summary: FIRST RACE—Red Ruby, 10 to 1. won; Mr. Scott, 5 to 1, second; Knlgh ton, out, third. Time, 1:23 4-5. SECOND RACE—Expect to See, 3 to 1, won: John Kauffman, 5 to 2, second; Billy Vertres, 4 to 5, third. Time, 1:12 1-5. THIRD RACE—Mortlbov, von; Moliet, 3 to 5, second; i 11 to 1, F TO SEIZED GUARD’S GUN, LIBERA TED PRISONERS; ALL FLED TOGETHER to The Georgian. iH'catur, Ain., Dec. 18.—Four prisoner* ***<*apeil from the Jail in New Decatur tbU morning. Hl-lnejr mover, colored, who wn* senr* i 1 }* » aenfence of alxteen year* for gain- yung, robbery and other charges, took him nail ^enunM which he did. irentlcet Prentice to ataml cttinmnnded her to keep quiet. He then IIt»ernted th<* olhet three prisoner*, aud the four escaped. Htorer took the Jailer’s gun with him. The ot Iters i on, colored; ---- — ,’arter, the two latter whin*. Ilium* were In for tblrt4»en day* each for vngrkucy.. Htover h.i* eumptn! from Jail here twice, ami It wns said flint he luid $50 In caah «*ii ti’i reran, and for some reason this officer allowed Mm to keep this money In his possession. POSTOFFICE DYNAMITED AND VAULTRANSACKED Hroxton, Ga., Dec. 18—At 2 o’clock thia morning burglars kruke into the postoffice here, blew the safe open, and together with th postoffice books; secured $200 worth ot stamp* and over $290 in cash. There is no clew to the burglars. George A. Cann, a well dressed white man, 23 years of age, was placed on trial In the criminal branch of the superior court Tuesday afternoon, charged with attempt at criminal as sault ol Mrs. Cornelia Hunt, the wife of L. A. Hunt, on South Pryor street. The offense Is alleged to have occurred on June 24. TO ASK TOWNS TO BID ON EPISCOPAL COL. Special to The Georgian. Jackson, Miss., Dec. 19.—The Epis copal church of the state Is planning to build a $100,000 college, goon after Bishop Bratton came here to take charge of tbe diocese he began the ag itation of this move and he has been for a year collecting a goodly sum of money toward the endowment. The finances have reached that point where the college Is now In sight and bids will be asked from tho various towns In the state. Gild, even, third. Time, 1:02 4-5. FOURTH RACE—Sir Toddington, 7 to 5, won; Beau Brumel, 2 to 1, second; Pompadour, 2 to 1, third. Time, 1:10 3-6. FIFTH RACE—Rickey, 3 to 1, won; Klelnwood, 5 to2, second; Halbert, 2 to 5. third. •Time, 1:18. Entries for Wtdntsdsy. First Race—Five furlongs, selling: Orfeo 104, Bert Osra 104, Chieftain 104, Black Art 107, Grace Curtis 109, J. P. Mayberry' 109, Airship 109, Pity 109, Gay Adelaide 109, King Pepper 109, Salvage 109, Wild Irishman 112, Dan McKenna 111, Kilts 112, Plan- tagenet 112. Second Race—Six furlongs, purse; Fort Worth 99, Polly Prim 99, Ruby Htar 99, Tlchomlngo 99, Palloday 99, GenCInn 102, Creel 102, Latolla 104, Ralbert 104, Missouri Lad 104, Limer ick Girl 104, The Doctress 104, Mayor Johnson 104, Frontenac 107, Optional 109. Third Race — Steeplechase, short course: Henry A. Hhroder 133, Naran 133, Dawson 151, Profitable 161. Scep tre 151, Red Raven 151, Atabo 154 Fourth Race—Seven furlongs; the Planters’ Stakes, $1,000 added: Econ omy 105, Lally 105, Judge Poat 105 Royal Breeze 111, Morales 111, Allow mnlse 111, Mortlboy 111, Knight of Ivanhoe 118, Fifth Race—Mile and a sixteenth, handicap: Besterling 100, Jack. Do lan loO, Debar 101, Envoy 104, James Reddick 108. Sixth Race—Five furlongs, selling: Mary Candlemas 94, Bell of the Bay 94, Jessamin 94, Decklaw 94, Lulu Dale 94, The Belle of Brighton 94, Western ,97, Soprano 97. Windfall 97, Nancy 97, Cora Price 100, Drusle Smith 103, Belle Scott 103, Bonart 104, Refined 110. A. B. & A. Railroad to Buy New Engines and Cars. Officials of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic are preparing to let a contract for rolling stock calling for an expenditure of about $600,000. Presi dent Harry Atkinson 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 be let this week will call for the early delivery of twenty-five passenger and switching locomotives, averaging m cost about $15,000 each. The big en gines 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 gondolus, averaging about 80,000 pounds. The road will go In for a good slice of the business out of the coal and Iron dis 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 » ‘ freight cars on their line. Quite number of railroad equipment and sui ply men are In the city for the purpose of submitting bids and the competttloc will be lively. bibiTSt JURY COULD NOT AGREE; MISTRIAL IN THOMAS CASE WAS DECLARED GUILTY. BBI B! THE JURY Expert Testifies That Prisoner Was Insane. Jury Dismissed anc’ New Trial Must Follow. DR. CAWHERN MAKES DENIAL MRS. COMSTOCK TELLS HER STORY Trial for Attempted Assault Begins Tuesday Morning. CITY CREEK The body of a white Infant, sup posed to have been drowned, wna found Tueeday afternoon In Tanyard brunch, at Fourteenth and Spring atreet*. The matter -wee reported to the county po lice, who made an Investigation. Cor oner Thompaon will hold nn Inqueat over the body. WILL BUILD SHELL RD. ON MISSISSIPPI COAST Jaekann, Mina., Dec. 12.—A project la on foot with the board of super- vlaora of Harrlaon county to build 80 or 40 mllea of the finest shell road In the Unltad States. This road Is -to be elxty feet wide and l» to be for pleas ure purposes. By this means It Is hoped to attract to the coast of Mis sissippi n good many people from the North who are wont to go to Florida. permit them to go to the echools. Threat of Big Stick. “The question ns to the violence against the Japanese Is most admira bly put by Secretary Metcalf, and 1 have nothing to add tq his statement. 1 am entirely confident that, as Secre tary Metcalf says, the overwhelming sentiment of the state of California Is for law and order and for the protec tion of the Japanese In their persons nnd property. Both the chief of police and tho acting mayor of San Francisco assured Secretary Metcalf that every thin'- possible would be done to-pro tect the Japanese In the city. "I authorised and directed Secretary Metcalf to state that If there was fail ure to protect persons and property, then the entire power of the Federal Government 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 Innd, which treaty guaranteed to Jnpnneee residents everywhere In the Union full and perfect protection for their persons anil property; and to this end everything In my power would be done, und all the forces of the United Htates. both civil and military, which t could lawfully employ, would be em ployed." Mr. Metcalf snys that for several years the board of education of San Francisco has been considering the ad visability of establishing separate schools for Chinese. Japanese and Ko rean children, and nn May 8,1805, and on October II, 1808, passed resolutions ordering that the Orientals be sent to one school. The board's nction. he thinks, was Influenced by the activity of the Japanese and Korean Exclusion Dengue. League Petitions Board. The league petitioned the board to provide separate schoola for the Mon gollan children of San Francisco. A the time these children, numbering >8, ranging In age from 7 to 24, were At 4i30 o'olock tho jury rsturnod a verdict of guilty against R. E. Turnsgo and rocommondtd him to tho mercy of the court. 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. E. Turnagc, aged about 28 years, was put on trial In the criminal branch of tho superior court Tueiday morning. Mrs. Comstock wns 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 narration 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. i Mrs. Comitock Weak. Mrs. Comstock was very wetk and had to be naslated to the stand by her husband. He knelt by her side and held her arm while she testified. Mrs. Comstock closed her eyas In horror when she beheld Turnage. She steadied herself by cntchlng the arms of the chair In which she pointed at the prisoner and declared: "1 wus hit In the head by that man there." She then became too weak to talk for about a minute. Mrs. Comstock stated she went to Turnage's house, Jones avenue, near Edwards street, to canvass for Plan- tens. ‘‘That man there met me at the door. He said, '(load morning,' In a polite way, and I asked for the lady of the house. He told mo she was In and took me to a back room to wait for her. lie came In a few minutes after and lookod surprised, os he said the lady of the house wns not In. He went Into the yurd to see If he could find her. When he came back I begap demonstrating the good of the article I was canvass ing.” Mrs. Comstock stopped suddenly and her head fell back against her chair. "I'm so weak," she said. "Was Verg Polite." Mrs. Comstock sold Turnage wns very polite and gentlemanly up to this Says He Did Not Embrace Mrs. Thornes as Witrfess States. , , ’ A mistrial was the result of the Jury's night-long deliberations in the case of Albert I,. 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 10:48 the Jury foreman announced that they had not been able to reach a verdict and Judge Roan ordered a mistrial declared. An other trial must follow. One member of the. Jury stated after the Jury was dismissed that the twelve men had stood ten for acquittal and two for conviction. At 3 o'clock all of the evidence was with the Jury. Solicitor General Hill madb a short opening speech for the state, after which Madison Bell took up the argument for his client. Mr. Bell declared that the home was the most sacred thing In the world and a man had the right to protect It. Dr. Cawhern, he said, hod wrecked the prisoner's home and the prisoner shut him on that account. Solicitor General Hill, In his closing argument, said the defense had at first relied on the argument that Thom as shot Dr. Cawhern because the phy sician had wrepked his home. That they saw this was no excuse was shown by the fact that they then brought up the claim that Dr. Caw-hem threw hie hand to his hip pocket. lie said the evidence showed thnt even after Thomas claimed Dr. Cawhern had wrecked his home, the defendant had recommended the physician to a friend who had asked his advice about doctors. time. She was surprised the 'lady of the house' did not,0001? In sooner ami got up to leave. As she Martial out Into tho hall, Turnage grubbed her and strangled her. '* hollered. 'Oh! oh! oh!’" said Mrs. Comstock. "He said if I did not. luma he would choke me to death. I fell back. He thought I was unconscious He loosened his hands from my throat just ns a mother would from her tend er babe. > “When his hands were drawn aero.is my face the dear Lord told me what to do. I caught one of hla fingers In my mouth and bit aa hard as I could. Hu yelled and pulled. I held on anil he Jerked my teeth loose. He hit me In the nose and I had to let loose hla finger. He dragged me a few feet. I stood up," and here Mra. Cmnstork Jumped to her feet In her excitement, ‘‘and I said, ‘Oh, good sir, why do you treat me that way?* He cursed mo nnd a moment later rushed at mo with n pitcher. He salu, 'I told you I would kill you.' He knocked mo down with the pitcher, then declared, 'Now, I guess you'll lay there.' Ho left. "The dear Lord gave mo etrength to get to the door. I was weak. How I got through the door and out In the Continued on Page Five, BUILD MORE SCHOOLS: REPORT OF COMMITTEE Continued an Page Five. OF COURSE, 7HE GEORGIAN WILL To the Editor of The Georgian: In the month of May The Atlanta Georgian was kind enough to publish an editorial entitled, "An Ap peal From Clouded Minds,” which was an appeal tor contributions to the Oeorgla State Sanitarium Library, which I am happy to say brought us many contributions, ot valuable books, mngasines, papers, etc. It speaks well for The Atlanta Georgian that the editorial-appeal was copied In many papers of the state, and Influenced distant papers to place the library on Its "complimentary" list, such as The Brooklyn Dally Eagle, The Elec trical Age, The Electrical World, The Technical World Magaxlne, The Forum, etc., which come to the library as donations. In addition to the eloquent editorial of the Hon. John Temple Graves, you placed The Georgian nn our "complimentary" list. The wrapper does not say for how long a time, as the wrapper of the above papers and magaxlnes do for the year 1947. We therefore respectfully request thnt the time he extended, or the "renewal" be made for (he year 1847, and have the address changed from "N. Maddox" to "Library Georgia Sfale Sanita rium,” tor It haa sometimes been placed In mall for my family In town, whereas, I am out two miles from Mil- ledgeville. Very truly yours, ..... .. ... „ N MADDOX. Librarian. Mllledgevllle, Ga. The problem: More schools to relieve the congestion of pupils. The solution: A bontl issue for the purpose of building the schools. That is the substance of n report which was submitted Monday aft ernoon by Chairman W. W. Dra per, of the council committee on schools. In this report Chairmnn Draper pointa out some excellent work that has been accomplished by his committee during the past two years, but he also recites the fact thnt 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: Cemmlttse’s Report. "The Honorable Mayor and General Council: "I beg to submit to you my report ns chairman of the council committee on schoola for the past two years. "We have 22 white grammar schools and six colored grammar schools, all of which a nr overcrowded for want of room. 'We have one Girls’ High School In very nourishing condition, and Us progress should be satisfactory In every particular. “The Boys’ High School has iqcress- I In numbers and Is making good progress along the line of general Im provement. “We have made during the year of 1846 and 1108 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 fire or otherwise) will be standing fifty years hence. "We have added six rooms to the Girls' High School, bought Storm' School, six rooms, and ndded two rooms; added four rooms to the Dnvls Street school; two rooms to the Grant Park school, snd one to Formwal:. 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 1906, an enrollment of 14,570, and in 1906 to date, 15,339. Had we have had facili ties, there ia no doubt that th.- en rollment would have been from two to three thousand more. In iny judgment, there is no way of meeting this urgent demand, ex cept that the city issue school bonds. A great city, like ours, growing us we are, can well af ford to pny 4 per cent interest on permanent improvements that will add to the taxable property many times over the interest that may accrue. "We have an efficient management In the school board, also the g.-n-ml superintendent and his assistant, nnd I do believe that It would be liar 1 - Improve the character and efflcl .n the many teachers secured by board. f "Respectfully submitted, "W. W. DRAPER. Chalrmai