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The Georgian Carrie* The ^BUSINESS And All Of It Clean The Georgian. The Georgian Carrie* The BUSINESS And All Of It Clean VOL. 1. NO. 117. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, JANUARY4,1907. ATLANTA IS TO MAKE A STRAIGHT OUT FIGHT FOR SUB-TREASURY STATE CITIES ARE TO AGREE Birmingham Making Strong Fight to Win Institution. house committee TO HEAR CLAIMS Georgia Delegation Won’t Go Into Any More State Caucuses. By JOHN TEMPLE QRAVE8. Waehlnaton, Jan. 4.—The aub-treae- ury rnminltteo of nlna reached Wash- InKwn »t 2 a. m., flve hours late. An early conference this morning with I'nugre.-sman Llvlnaaton was followed i.y a visit to Secretary Shaw. The eccretary Is absolutely non-com - mlttal and ecema positively neutral be- tween Atlanta and Birmingham, al though lie was originally quoted as fa voring Atlanta. The Alabama delega tion, led hy Congressman Underwood, ha.« hai ked out of the caucus of three itate* called for today, which postpones that meeting and seems to Indicate a weaknr.* In Alabama's campaign. Birmingham Working Hard. Met lilrmlngham Is moving heaven and earth to win, and |a playing fast and turloua with the prejudices so long held against Atlanta's growth anil prr»tlg« and good fortune. Envy laves s raining mark, and Atlanta's very greatness la the chief element of Its weakness In this matter. . Th» conference w|th the Georgia del- igailon today resulted In an agreement f" withdraw from any further caucuses with other prates, provided Secretary Straw does not object, and to make Its tight before the ways and means com mlttec. whoso recommendation will car ry conclusive weight with the secre- —tary.o———=—— -—- Alnhnnm tints Imlted two caucuses and ' Georgia, confident of Its merits In the 1 "mention, will present Its unanswer able argument to the waye and means i''iomtttco «t 12 o'clock Saturday and abide the result. > To Eliminate Claims. At 11 o'clock SaTurday IhiTGeorgla delegation will meet to reconcile tho conflicting claims of Atlanta, Macon and Savannah and go with a united delegation to the ways and means com mittee. . It Is conceded that all the'argument "f situation, service, population and fa milies are favorable to Atlanta, but Birmingham Is trying to make,up by l ersistont wall what it lacks In real ■ bum, and tho matter seems rapidly drifting Into a fight of diplomacy and politics, subordinating tho prlmul foundation of merit. ’me thing only Is distinctly evident: Atlanta cannot possibly afford to lose ibis light in which her prestige Is at 'take, imd she must tight with all her ni r al might In order to win. HIGH LICENSE ASSURED; TWO MORE COUNCILMEN TO VOTE TO OVERRIDE Curtis and Chosewood Will Vote With Majority. COMMERCE COMMISSION REFUSES TO GO TO THE HOME OF PRESIDENT HARRIMAN TO TAKE DOWN ANY OF HIS TESTIMONY ALDERMAN PETERS IS IN FLORIDA fc- Absentccs Will Not Change Result—Four-Fifths of Council Now Pledged to High License. TO GOUT 2-CHIT UK ('"wriior Urges Legislature to Pass Laws Touching Insurance Companies. - b tiers,in City, Mo., Jan. 4.—Follow- lr g the organisation of the forty* I mb biennial sessloft of the legisla te by the Democratic legislators, '■ ' mnor J. W. Folk's message was i< a,|. vernor Folk recommended a num- "f acts relating to life Insurance " ipanles, among others a standard i" v for all life companies, prohibit- discriminations and rebating, reg- ' K the election of directors and ■ " r lng non-resident companies to at least 70 per cent of the nre- ■ ' s received from Sllssourl policy- ■ rs Invested within the state. m. also recommended that tho rall- - be required to carry passengers m the state for 2 centa a mile, and • "I a state primary law for the 'nation of all elective offices, In- 1 img United Btates'senators. KING OF ENGLAND IN FINE HEALTH iaiidun, Jan. 4.—King Edward, who 'biting the duke of Devonshire at "-worth, joined In tho pheasst" * ling, Today ho rode to the covert* ’ a .Oh and Shot on fo<it. The on- > rs were surprised by Ms vigor ’ > said he looked younger tiun be At 2 o'clock Friday nfternoon. Aider- man Holland announced that be would vote to override tho mayor's veto, said he has become satisfied that the people wish the adoption of Alderman Peters' ordinance. Tho final death blow has been given the mayor's veto of tho hlgh-llcense ordinance. Two more members of the general council have announced that they will vote to override.—These are CoUiVclT- men Curtis and Chosew Of the 24 members of tho general council, nineteen have announced that they will vote to override, or nearly four-fifths. Those who have not suld positively they would override are Alderman Hol land, Councilman Taylor. Patttllo, Old- know and Ellis. Those who will vote to override are Aldermen 81ms, Harwell. Hlrsch, Mo- Barhem, Peters, Quintan and Key Councll.men Currie, Terrell, Martin. Chosewood, Foster, Pomeroy, Draper, Glass, Wlklc, Hnncock, Patterson and Roberts. Alderman Peters Away. There la now practically so possible chance of the mayor's veto being sus tained. Councilman Oldknow, -vho Is here put down to austaln the veto, has not said that he will, and It la proba ble Jhat he will Join tlje others In vot Ing to overHde the veto of the ordi nance and carrying the ordinance of Alderman Peters Into ofTect, Alderman Peters, who Introduced the ordinance, Is In Homosossa, Fla., and will not be berk In time for tho coun cil meeting Monday. His vote will not change the result, however. Some fear Is being entertained that the commit tee of three from council now tn Wash ington will not return In time to vote. Two of these, Alderman Hlrsch and Councilman Pomeroy, are In favor of Overriding, and one. Councilman Tay lor, will vote to sustain. With Alderman' Peters absent, and If the committee does not return, final result will be unchanged. With these ubsent and If two now In favor nf overriding vote to sustain, the mayor's veto .will be overridden. High License Certainty, In other words. It's as good us over ridden alnftidy. The 12,000 license will surely go Into effect, with the othei provisions of the ordinance. Councilman Curtis, In announcing Ills Intention to vote to override the veto, gave out the following state ment to a representative of The Geor glan: "1 thought at first thnt I would vote to sustain the veto, not beenuse of the *2,000 license, which Is a little too high, but because or the other provision that saloons could be Increased only at the ratio of only one to every 1,500 Increase In population. Against Monopoly. This, It strikes me, would monopo. Use the whisky business In the hand* of a few wealthy dealers In the center of the city, and It Is not proper for council tn foster a monopoly. I am assured, however, that this clause will be stricken out or modified after the veto Is overridden. I have received any number of let ters from prominent people In the city, whose Judgment I have always respect- d, urging nie to vote to override the veto and 1 have come to the conclusion that this Is what the vast majority of the people desire. "I shall, therefore, vc.tc to override the veto.” Chosewood in Lins. c. I,, chosewood, councilman from the Third ward, when seen by a re porter of The Georgian, made the fol lowing statement: "After very careful consideration 1 have decided that the best Interests of the city, ns n whole, will bo served by overriding the mayor's veto and the living of the liquor licenses at 12,000. "When the mutter came up for a vote recently I voted against the *2,«oo li cense ordinance. I then believed that inasmuch us 1 and other members of the general council had been virtually elected upon the understanding that the thousand-dollnr llrense and pres- snt liquor regulations, which had been In force for nearly twenty years, would not be disturbed, one way or the other, " . . . .. n, .7 iiiv tintv In mv He Says He’s Too 111 to Attend the In- vestigation. COUNCILMAN A. U CURTIS. Negress Claiming to be the Common Law Heir Must Give Evidence. Sew York, Jan. 4.—E. H. Hardman was too 111 to appear before the In terstate commerce commission when 1 that body today began its investiga tion Into the Union Pacific and South- tarn Pacific merger, but he haa been ^summoned to appeur bcfnro the cotn- | mission conclude* Its hear Inga In thte city, and It la expected that he will be the moat Important witness of the en tire Investigation. While the chief purpose of the gov ernment's attorneys Is to pfoVd that the Union Pacinc and Southern Pacific are parallel apd competing roads and that their Joint ownership is contrary to the Sherman untf-trunt act. It la expected they also will g<» deeply Into the financial operations of Mr. Harrl- man and hla associates and of these operations Wall street has been partic ularly anxious to learn In ’detail since the srandul caused in August last by * ,Uhe method of declaring the Union Pa cific and Southern Pacific ‘dividends. Many Important Witnesses. Many important witnesses were pres ent when the session began In the fed- crml trotldtng:—Among tbr- who have been summoncti are A. L. Mohler. vice president and general manager of the Union Pacific; J. C. StUbbs, traffic director; William Maple, comptroller; Alexander Miller, secreta ry; W. V. 8. Thorne, director of ppr- chases, and Julius Kurts* hsnltts, di rector of maintenance and operation. A severe rebuke was administered to John O. Mill burn, counsel for Har- rlman, by Chairman Knapp, of the In terstate commerce commission, for re questing that E. H. Harrltnan be ex- Special to The Georgian. Dallas, Texas, Jan; 4.—Albert R. Logsdon, a prominent lawyer of Shef field. England, la In Dallas on his way to El Paso, to Investigate the death of Delaval Heresford, brother of Lord Charles Beresford, of the English navy, who was killed In a rallroud wreck some time ago. Ijogaden was In New York at the time of the accident and was cabled by Lord Charles to go to El Paso and -Invest! • gate the claim of the negress, who says she Is the common law heir of tne dead man and going to Institute suit for a share of the estate. Bereef<>rd was a ranchman just across tho line In Mexico and left an estate valued at nearly $1,000,000. SUITS INSTITUTED BY BONDHOLDERS OF Continued on Pago Throe. APPLY TORCH TO JAILS AND HANG CRIMINALS IS DR. BRAGG’S THEORY 8peclat to The Georgian. Montgomery, Ala, Jan. 4.—Dr. Bhlr- ley liragg, president nf the state con vict bureau. In his biennial report to the governor today, advocate* discon tinuing working the convicts in mines. He says the Ideas of humanity would be better curried out If u torch was ap plied to every Jail In Alabama. He says the Jails reek with filth and dis ease and are alive with vermlne of all kinds. He favored hanging tot; bur glary and robbery. The receipts from the department for last year amounted to $759,747.47. There are 2,059 state convicts. ATLANTA WATERWORKS NET OVER 100 PER CENT. PROFIT FOR LAST YEAR -tfltc grand totaTbf earnings for the municipally-owned waterworks depart ment of Atlanta for the ye^ 1906 Is $462,162.14, or nearly a half million of dollars. Tho expens4*s of the waterworks de partment. Including taps and Improve- ments, will not reach over $225,000. In r,~thn profit the cttytWlvrs from the waterworks during tfce year Is nearly $250,000, or more than mo per cent. And this profit Is made despite the fact that water Is furnished at ass-heap a rate as any city of Atlanta's slxe In the South, and much cheaper than a large majority of the cities. These figures are contained In the annual report of Frank P. Hire, presi dent of the water board. General Man ager Park Woodward has not yet fin ished making up the expenses for tho year, but he says they will not reach over $225,000. Following Is the report, !h part, of President Rice: "The cash receipts for the year from water rents were $259,422.07. Add to that the cash receipts from new taps and replace meters $26,854.36, and for material turned In through the city clerk’s office $2,145,32, making a total ~of $290,421*.74, bring—«n—Increase -fir water sales of $27,618.94 over the year 1905. "In addition to the above rash In come, this department has furnished for free and public use. Including char itable Institutions, public buildings, hospitals, school^, Jails. <rte., $171,740.40 dui;jng the year 1906. Add this to the cash receipts und the grand total of the earnings of the water department Is $462,162.14. "Should the city continue to lay mains the revenue derived from this department would rapidly Increase. I confidently hope and estimate that our Increased receipts for 1907 over 1906 will be not leHS than $35,000*" TECH GETS ONE OF LOTS F Deal Closed For the Cherry Street Property. EXTEND OPTION ON OTHER LOT Money is Needed to Pay For Second Lot—Public Spir ited Atlnntans Should Help the Cause. . *\ Seek to Restrain the Illinois Central From Dispos- ing of Stock. amt I felt then that my duty to my con.tltuent. required me to vole a* above elated. "Further reflection h«« convinced me however, that owing to the changed condition of thing*, the people of At lanta realty dc.lre the paaauge of the .. (vi j ordinance, and It la my bounden duty a* their repreientatlve to vote os thef —felt ' " ‘ Against Election. "| atn irntoinlly opposed to the ruin- flpeehil to Tho Georgian. Jnckaon, Mia,., Jan. 4.—A bill equity containing aeveral aenxntlonal allegations, was filed In the county ehnnrery court today by It. W. tlrlf- llftli and B. B. Martin, otliVicksburg, against the Illinois Central, Yaiflo and Mississippi Valley road, the Mejsdpoll- tan Trust Company and the Union Trust Company, of New York. The complainants seek to have de clared fraudulent and void all bonds Is sued by the Ynsoo and Mississippi Val ley road since 1884. They are the hold ers of *47,500 In Yatoo and MlSsIsaltotl Valley stock ami 295,000 In come bonds of the Louisville. New Orleans and Texas road, purchased In the early 80'*, by the Yasoo and Mississippi Valley system, and among other things It Is alleged that the Yasoo and Mississippi Valley earnings have been wrongfully diverted Insteml of being applied to the redemption of bonds und payment of Interest thereon: that the bonds, n‘ which they are part holders, were se cured by a fire lien on lands In the delta, valued at 15.000,000. which have since been disposed of. The bill demands a full accounting nf all bond l.aur*T the earnings nf the road, und asks an Injunction restrain ing the Illlnola t'entral and other de fendants from disposing of the bonds. O FROSTY WEATHER O O DUE FRIDAY NIGHT. O ° 2 O When Ihe weather'* naughty It O O la very naughty, but when It'* O O good It I* very, very good. O O J tint now It I* very, very k*kh!. O O Going to *tay *o, too, with touch O O of front coming along. Forecast: O O "Fair Friday night and Hatur- O O day; colder Ha turd ay night, with O O minimum temperature about 24" O O Tem|**rrtture* Friday: O O 7 o'clock a. tn 54 degrees O O 1 o'cbe'k a. m .63 degrees O a 9 o cluck B* in*., »-51-Jegreeii O O lo o'clock a. m. ........51 degree* O O It o'clock a. m 66 degree* O O 12 o'clock n«*on 56 degree* O O I o'clock p. in ,i..64 degree* O SCHOOL PUPILS VISIT THE GEORGIAN'S PLANTt Seventh and Eighth Grade Children See Paper Made. THEY INSPECT BEST PLANT IN THE SOUTH Visitors Came From Ivy Street School—Children From Other Schools Will Make Inspection Next. Since The Georgian began publica tion. hundred* of visitor* have been shown through the plant, but Friday the most Interested and Interesting party of visitor* ever conducted through the building were for an hour or more guent* of The Georgian. , and other department head*. Some of From Ivy Street public school at • the boya lingered longingly by the desk 2:20 o'clock came a host of bright- j () f the sporting writer, n* though they IVY 8TRE ET 8CHOOL. From which the Boys and Girl* o f the 8eventh and Eighth Grades were Visitors to The Georgian on Friday. faced, rosy cheeked boys and girls, hoped for rnm|N)*lng the seventh and eighth day. grades. And they saw In every detail how a big dally newspaper Is produced. charge of this attractive company were Mrs. F. S. Whitesides, principal .f Ivy Street school, and eight teachers. And any of that party can tell you now how type Is aet with the latest im proved linotypes; how forms are stere otyped: how the (ires* turns mu pa pers; how the mall experts and route men get the paper* to subscriber In fact, can give you a pretty fair idea »f the production of the paper .from be ginning to end. , Visit All Departments. Under the care of representatives of The Georgian, whose knowledg.* »f the business extends to every department, he party was shown from top iloor to basement. First came the business offices, where the advertising and 5 oth er business details arc transacted.' Then they came to the second floor, where the boya and girls saw with deep Interest the hunmn-tik machines putting with aim job of that kind sonto Down to the basement then trooped the -bright-eyed throng to see men handling red-hot metal in the stere typing department, while the men over the big press stood by to seUc the com pleted plate and rush It to place on tho huge machine. Big Press Admirtd. And when the press began to move and rumble, discharging the completed papers faster thun any of them could count, such chattering was never heard. How they dbl marvel over that huge piece of mechanism! From here the visitors were tnken by elevator to the floor above, where a small army of men were apparently doing ail sort* of craxy things. In fact. It was only the circulation men rush ing papers to outgoing trains. And in such times the loss of seconds might mean the missing of a mall, which would iltrappotnt thousands of readers. They saw, too. the army of route boys clamoring like a band of young Uotuan-he* for their papers p> take out to thousands of reailers everywhere linotype }r) Atlanta and suburbs, jncredi- j r was a great day for these boy* ble swiftness the news of the ilay Into: nnt \ R | r |„, An d It was u great day for type. These marvelous machine* per- • The Oetirglan. ha|»s Interested the young visitors ( Kvrrybodv was glad to *4 ». them, and more profoundly than anything else , RaV e them a warm welcome, they saw. as they do nearly eveiV; Many to See Georgian. The prwuaa ot "pulling" tht> “proof*," Tho vh.lt of tire girl* ami boya of reading them for corrections, so thnt' Ivy Street school was the first visit of no error* might creep Into the com-i* series In response^ Jo aB Invitation lettd paper, making the matrices j frmn ju r . floelv .publisher of The Geor- "hWTwifr. uninitiated, look. nK^ntthth °t *}| Uqwbllc yhaoj. \ grades from each school coming on Heportere at wo j |.. rl ,| R y j n t urn . The board of education Then they saw the repot ter*. *’ho j accepted this invitation on behalf of had gamep*d from the city Its new*, the school plant In the Houth make* n visit to Its plant of real educational value to tho children, who art* enabled to see, for the first time, the application of many great inventions, of which they had heard nothing before, and the Inside workings tif a newspaper. Following are the pupil* of the sev enth and eighth grades of the Ivy Street school who made up the party that visited The Georgian Friday: Seventh Grad*. BOY8. Kill** May Itcdell, latwn-iicc Arnold, H»mh role Jiillit Indio Kdl* Katie Elliott. Irene Griffin. Mary Umplon. bln Uiliteti-teln. Itos.i l.hdiP'liMtolii, Dmlse l.ogfin, l-M I til Parker. Hilda I’atOM', Mne Itotierts, llerky Nsnl. Ituby Johnston, S»phla CiiNtiingy, nurd It* Arthur ItasH, rtiarloM lt.nr. I.owIh lllo.li:, t Isle; Arrntir lle^uer. Wellborn »Io|m*. James .\|.'Knight, Eugene Vurtlelle. Sufficient fund* hfive been •♦cored hf ('resilient Mntheson, of Tech, and one of the two lots upon, which the university has held options for *otne time bis iHtmht snd ndded to the esmpus, tb llo* Peters Land Oiiipsuy. The lot se cured Is hx-ated oil Cherry afreet. 'The option on the Korond lot, which ex pired January 1. has been extended. A small amount of moiioy remains on band from the purchase of the lot, snd the ef forts of President Matbesnn will be ex tended toward raising a sufficient amount to bur Ihe remaining lot before the ex tended option esptrea. Itotli of the»4* lots sdjoln the present campus of the Institution, and their ad dition to tin* college property Is consid ered absolutely essential to the future growth of this Institution. The movement has been given the hearty ami suhstautlal support of The tieorgbUK: snd this ps|M»r headed s subscription list I with $260 which resulted In a sufficient* sum being raised to bny one of the lots. I'resbleut Mat boson believes that the nub- J Uc will come to the relief ft Tech- nctodt —- ‘ —h—rl —“ m* the lustasth rib* thn. ( other lot, rntbug&ifle rnnv*M to tn tnort ttm •nbttripUoti, Inaure the purrh,—. NO TRACE f( QFTHEATRICAL MAN Disappears Two Weeks Ago and Gotham Friends Fear the Worst. • New York, Jan. 4.—Myatary aufi. roundx, Die dlaapprarano* ot Robert Oran, bnithnr of Maurica Grau, who wax purcredrd by H,Inrlch Conrlud M tmpremartn; ot the Metropolitan opera houite. and rlnce two week, have paued ! wtthnat any trace of him. hie friend* fear he ha. met with foul play. Two week, ago Mr. Grau, whOM financial dreuinatanre. had becom, much reduced In the laat two yean, 'following hi. management of tour of Adelina rate In America, walked out of the office of Freeman Berniteln. at Thirty-.Ixth .tree! and Broadway, leaving hi. overcoat, and without a word of farewell. It waa there he hail rick room for the laat few month*. I'LL- END STRIKE OR LOSE FIGHT, Eighth Grad*. 1IOYK. I'htltp lie lliiriisim. rd. t'ftn Th«* l>nu II, Uartndl 11 • >1 •*«■ nf»4*<’K. J. V. Ki'ti hmii. b-ff SfriN.nl, llrrbrrt Mctigi-r, Julian Mllltr. WmIIsov Thomas, J.tlm T»»\ Allirrt NN fitinturr. hfiit«f Hi 11.-If t. II..bl.s, Annie l.li'htcnsteln, Jullr l.lon im. MhIhI .\lnn*hbtirn, l-M lib Marlin. Kvu May Morgan. Hlitdys Mortis, l.iHMiorii Mull. Marlr Pnppftihrhnt" \«arfc Ivrry, Tsschsra In Charge. The tsnrTRTi til •hrttgr'of |||. «Ii»iting •hlldrrn w .•».• Mrs. F. H. Whit.-si. I.-, piintiisil: Miss FI or* tut* Kalottiks. as^Utiiiit prim Ipsl; Miss ..Ha J ilsnki. M‘ "—“ — ** Miss fbarlutif O 3 o'cbtfk t». m . ..66 degrees 6 of the day. pounding awaf at type-I The fart that The Georgian ha* the i; r rtffrttrr4d, ills* tklna I'aptit, Mis. V QOGOOOgoOOOOOOGPQdOGU JGOQO writers, and tbs rooms of the editorial moat modern!/ equipped uewspaper ILirria. Governors Ask Chief of Railway Firemen to Stop Struggle. IVorla, 111. Jon. 4.—"I am going to Chicago to settle thta atrlk* or lot* the light,” wld John J. Hanrahan, grand. ma«ter of the Brotherhood of Locomo tive Firemen, am he etepped on the train, accompanied by the member, ot the executive board, who will attend the *emlon* of the cooferanca. Mr. Hanrahan received aeveral tele gram. ye.ti»-day from governor* ot. elate* and commercial bodle* tn the , We*l aaklng him to end the strike. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO O "HELLO” GIRL 8UES FOR O O 225,000 ALLEGED DAMAGES. O O Chicago, Jan. 4.—In a suit for Q DO dantagea. Ml.. Julia O O 225.000 dantagea. Ml.* Julia O O Weetwood, No. 22 Troy atreet, O O Aueiln. claim* that the Chicago a O Telephone Company, the a,tana- O O ant. permlttad her to uo* appora- O O tua, aa a telephone operator, O O which may radult la her becomlag O O mentally unbalanced. O ^ 5 OOOQGQOOOOO aoo-'aciouooooooo Centmucd an Pea* Threa-