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VOL. 1.NO. 118. Georgian. The G eorgian Carnes The BUSINESS And All Of It Clean ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, JANUARY 5,1907. Wreckage Comes Ashore Near Wad dell Beach, Cal. life rafts found but no survivors Vessel Is Said To Have Been So Old as To Be Thought Dangerous. San Francisco. Jan. 5.—The Pacific mail steamship, Clly of Panama, la be llevcii to have foundered at aea. Whether any of the more than one hundred passenger* and crew on the vessel have beep eaved Is unknown, l.lfe rafts from the steamer, pro visioned as If for a party flight, came ashore Inet night at Waddell beach, 1« mile* south of here. During the night a vast quantity of wreckage came close to tho ehore and the worst la feared. Ranchers pa trolled the beach today to watch for bodies that might be waahed ashore. Sixty Paaaengera Aboard. There wera fifteen flret.elaaa cabin passengers on the Panama besides Zb annexe and 20 ateerage paaaengera. Among her passengers waa J. Henry Waldo Coe. of Portland, who waa honked through to New York, and while at Panama waa to Investigate the hrgenlr surroundings os far as they affect labor. He waa to make a report In I he Medical Editors' Association, of which he la president, and to President Roosevelt. Mrs. Coe waa with him and s number of prominent Oregonlana SIS'! The ctbln passengers were: James Bow dry, W. O. Mertieraon. R. O. Mc Pherson. Dr. E. Rutherford and wife, Pr. H W. Coe and wife, T. E. Prince, Prank aiuyas, Charles L. Bhawtard, J C. Coney and Harry Cooper, wife and child. TerriHe Gale Prevailed. A terrific southeastern gale has nre vs lied along thn coast for some days. News of the disaster was brought to IVsesdoro from Waddell beach by Mr. Minefield, a cltlaen, who rode the six teen miles from Waddsll beach on horseback. The city of Panama tailed from this port last Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock, bound for Anacon, and the first stop was to be made at Maaatlan, a port of Mexico. Under ordinary conditions tide port could be reached In six days. The vessel waa commanded by Cap tain a. w. Nelson, his first trip. He Is rated as an excellent seaman. Was Fit for Junk Pile. w H. rtllsbury, a brother of Contain A F. Pill,bury, of the Marine Under- »titers, was Aral officer of the Panama. He was chief officer of the Manchuria "hen she ran ashore on Rahblt Island In I *99. This waa his second voyage ' " the City of Panama and he has seen 1 "ng service on the Panama route. Tlie steamer was built In 1973 and f - the oldest operated by the Pacific Mall. Considering ■ the fact that she has been In constant service for morv Hum 3.7 years, she should have been ► ‘Id for old Junk long ago. It has long beiti feared among shipping men that the vessel would founder. CRANK BURLS BOMB AT FINANCIER, KILLING SELF AND ASSISTANT CASBIER AND WRECKING PHILADELPHIA DANK Unknown Man Is Sup posed To Have Been a Russian. DEMANDS A LOAN AND IS REFUSED Many of the Clerks in Office Are More or Less Hurt bv Fly ing Debris. Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 5.—W. Z. McLeer, assistant cashier of the Fourth National hank, and an un known man, were instantly killed by the explosion of a bomb hurled by the unknown man in the bank just at the closing hour at noon today. Twenty other persons were more or less seriously Injured. It Is expected that three of them will die. Tho unknown mun, who Is supposed to be a Russian, went Into tho bank a few minutes'before 12 o’clock ond asked to see Richard H. Rushton, the presi dent. Ho was granted an audience and asked for a loan. His manner and speech Indicated that he waa mentally agitated and the loan was refused. With the final expression of refusal from Rushton the man drew a eyhndrtcal-shaped object from hla pocket and let It fly. The office waa wrecked and the In terior of the banking apartment scat tered about. By a miracle Rushton escaped Injury. The bank Is on the ground floor of the Bullet building and the plofe was filled with clerki and business men. SAGE’S LIFE WAS MENACED BY.CRANK WITH A BOMB Rome year ago the late Russell Sage was called upon by nn un known man In hie oilier. In New York. ,The visitor demanded n large sum of money. When the financier refused, tho man threw a -bomb - at him.— Sage to»\refuge behind one of hie clerks and escaped ’ unharmed. The clerk, however, was maimed for life. The crank was blown to atoms. No one knew who be was, and It was owing to the enterprise of Isaac D. White, a reporter for The New York World, that hla Identity was established. . In “covering" the story White found a button off the man's coal. 'On the back of the button waa tha name of a Boston clothier. White went to Boeton, learned the names of the men who had or dered clothes with buttons like the sample he had. and by hard and rapid work found the crank's home. The widow said her husband had not seemed himself and had gone away, she knew nbt where. SUB-TREASURY FIGHT TAKES PLACE MONDAY; ATLANTA IN THE FRONT By JOHN TEMPLE GRAVE3. Washington, Jan. 9.—There Is no doubt that Atlanta Is In the fight of her life over the eub-treasury. A powerful delegation come up from Savannah this morning. Including A. R. Lawton, Mills Lane, J. R. I.onkln, Plena Stovall and J. Stillwell, red hut with light and enthusiasm. Georgia's decid ed contention la met by Alabama, unit- ed oh Mlrmlngham, and Carolina united nn Columbia. Georgia's only ho|s> is In first uniting on one city, and then In securing the vote of Florida and tho vote of Carolina for Georgia as second choice. Long Discussion Htld. The conference this morning resulted In a long wordy discussion delayed by the absence of four Georgia members due to arrive tomorrow. It was finally decided'that the Georgia delegation and the committees from the two cities should meet Monday at 9 o'clock to ad just, If possible, the conflict between the two cities and go as a united Geor gia Into tha fight Here, then, the whole mntlor rest,. The caucus Monday morning will de cide whether Georgia can agree and win or whether It will divide and lose to Birmingham. How Congressman Stand. Senator Clay and Congressmen Liv ingston, Bell, Lee, Hardulek, Howard and Adamson are for Atlanta. Senator Bacon te non-committal. Congressmen Rrantley and Overstreet are for Ba- vannah. Griggs le absent and uncer tain, and Lewis Is supposed to be for Atlanta. The Atlanta delegation Is hot afoot after Florida and Carolina delegations today and tomorrow. But everything waits upon the con ference at 9 o'clock on Monday morn ing. Clook Goes on 8lrikc. New York, Jan. 5.—The old clods In Bt. Paul's steeple, at Broadway and Vesey street, which was Installed In 1978, Mopped nt 1C minutes to It a. m. It never before, ceased tot go of Its own accorj for 119 years. SEABOARD GETS SHORT LINE MACON, DUBLIN. SAVANNAH; ATLANTA CENTER OF SYSTEM Gives Seaboard Short Line Macon to Savannah. n ROUTE DEI TO BE PROSECUTED BU.S.COURT HEM Al an early date fifteen suits will be ! "I In the United States circuit court Hi" Northern district of Georgia sralnxt mall carriers of fifteen different •i ir mutes and their bondsmen for foil u "' to perform service. Action will •I" bo brought against tho carriers a’" 1 'heir securltlea to recover'actual damages sustained by the government Tho bonds filed with the postmaster g'-nersl. after securing contracts for * ,ttr ro u<e malls aggregate The actual damages sustained ,■ 'he government, as alleged by the 1 " I'lce department In having serv- 1 ' performed by other than regular ‘ ,'j 'era, amounts to 14,728.87. • ie suits now being formulated by ■'"‘ixtant District Attorney Weldon, " • • says that where the damages are '■r 1100 suits will be brought for • recovery of (he whole amount of '■<>nd and the amount of damages '"x'alned. Both securities and prlnrl- j *» who signed the bonds ore liable ' • Hie entire amount of the bond and damages, each security being I'ndlvldu. *‘ lv hahle for the full amounts. gCOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOg ° WOMAN PRESIDENT * OF A 8TATE BANK 0 o 0 S f ;lrard. Kan.. Jan. 5.—Mrs. Al- O „ '• "Halderman, president of a state 0 X bank « Olrard, Kan.. Is the only 0 r " ’man bank president In the O c ’untry, OOOOOOOOOOOO0O000000000000 o NEW 8. A. L. MILEAGE. O O O O Mileage of entire Seaboard O system .,....,5,8(110 O Mileage of system In Georgia 781 O O Mileage of M, D. A 8 0 Mileage of Seaboard, Vldnllu 0 to Savannah O Mileage of proposed line At- 0 lanto to Macon 0 Mileage of proposed ahorthne O Atlanta to Savannah O Mileage, of present short line. 0 Advantage 92 0 0 80 O O 80 O 0 280 O 290 0 30 O 0 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL The announcement that the Macon, Dublin and Bavannah had been trana ferretl lo the control of the Seaboard Air Line Interests came as a distinct surprise to the railroad world In At lanta. The consummation of the deal developed much speculation In the minds of those In Atlanta as to the real Intention of Hie Atlantic Const Line, which formerlly controlled the transferred property, The addition of the Maren, Dublin and Savannah to the Renboartl system adds to the Importance of Atlanta ns n railroad renter, and, with the strurtlon of the proposed line fn. Inntn to Mneon, will give n line from Atlanta lo the const 30 miles shorter than any other route. Many Import ant connections In south Georgia make this nddltlon to the Rea bond of great Importance to tt)al section of the state. Owned by Coast Line. It In well known thjlt this smaller road was practically owned by the At Inntlc Const Line, which got hold of the securities from a Chicago firm when the construction company went under. It le also known that the At lantic Coast Lino owns 830,800,000 of the 180,000,000 Louisville and Naah- vlllo stock. Also that the Louisville and Nashville owns 17,177,800 of the 110.000,000 of the Nashville, Chatlanoo. gn and St. Louis stock. Tho Atlantic Coast Line ond the Louisville and Nashville have a 99-year lease on tha Georgia railroad and all rolling stock. Thp recent reports that the Atlantic Iinnt Line was coming Into Atlanta seem to have been baaed upon the be lief that the Coast Line and Its nllles, after falling In securing trackage ar rangements with the Central or South- ernfrom Macon to Atlanta, would hulld Its own line lo Atlanta from Ma- tapping the Georgia railroad tracks MOTHER EDDY REPLIES TO MAGAZINE STORY; INTERESTING HISTORY Resents With Force and Dignity Attack on Her Father. — RELATES FACTS TO DISPROVE STORY IN JAN. M’CLURE’S Tells of Members of Her Family and Incidents of Lifo From Early Childhood. By MR8. MARY BAKER G. EDDY, 8pcctal to The Georgian. Concord, N. H„ Jan. 5.—The January laaue of McClure'a Magaxlnc contained an article which purported to give the history of the enrly life of the Reverend Mary Baker Eddy, leader of the Chris Ban Scientists, and her family. Thl was brought to the attention of Mrs. Eddy. She has taken the palni to cor. roct the matter, and has tent-out the following statement over her own elg- nature: It Is calumny on Christian Science to say that man Is aroused to thought or action only by ease, pleasure, or rernm penis. Something higher, nobler, more Imperative, Impels the Impulse of Soul. It becomes my duty to be Just to the departed and to tread not ruthlessly on their ashes. The attack on me and my late father and hla family In McClure' Mggaalne, January. 1997, compels me aa a dutiful child and the Leader of Christian Science to speak. McClure’s Magazine refers to my fa ther's “tall, gaunt frame," and pictures “the old man tramping doggedly along " 1 irly bet the highway regularu the RANGER CHIEF IS OF UPS T AFLAG Q A IIAI III bOooocooooOOOOOGOOGOOOOCOG — Continued on Pago Three. facto, Ban Antonio, Texas, Jan. 6 —Captain ''Bill" Macdonald, Texas Ranger, came lo San Antonin today to Insist upon Judge Purdy taking more avldenre from Im aa to the Brownsville troubles. He had read the report of Senator Foraker’s speech In Ihe senate and waa angry. "1 would allsmpt to awlm the Mis sissippi river, even at this season." said Captain Macdonald, "to give Foraker an opportunity lo cross-examine me. I see this senator coats reflections on the Rangers anil wants to know whal they are nrgnnlsed for. They aro to run down Just such criminals as he Is trying to make angels of at this lime. “I wan* lo look FMraker In the eY« and tell him what I * think of men of his stripe. I am a gentleman and can not be Insulted by him. but his position gives him power for Immeasurable harm, and the senate should know tha farts " ' Porterville, Cal., Jan. 6.—A mob of Japanese laborers on the Southern Pa cific tracks near here Palsy attacked (he aectlon boss, Roy V. Clark. He waa hit over Ihe head with shovels and bedten with slicks. Clark escaped and secured warrants here for Ihe nrreat of forty Japanese. The Japanese resent ed the effnrte to arrest them, and many special officers were rushed lo Ihe scene. Finally fifteen of the Japanese were arrested, but they were taken to Visa lia Jail, aa. It was not considered safe to put them In Jail hern because nf the excitement. The Japanese are report ed to have ralecd the Japanese flag be fore the fighting began. The feeling le so strong against the Japanese that wore trouble Is feared. _ ground with a huge walking stick.' My father's person waa erect and ro bust. He never used a walking-slick. To Illustrate: One lime when my fa ther waa vlaltlng Governor Pierce, President Franklin Pierre's father, the Governor .handed him a gold beaded walking-stick aa they were about to start for church. My father thanked the. Governor, hut declined to accept the stick, saying, "I never use a cane." Although McClure'a Magaxlnc attrib utes to my father language unseemly, hlx household law, constantly enforcej, was no profanity and ntr along phrases. McClure's Magazine also declares that Ihe Bible was the only book In his house. On Ihe contrary', my father waa a great reader. Opposite Was Trus. The man, whom McClure's Magaxlnc harncterlses as vignorant, dominating, passionate, fearless," was uniformly dignified—a well-informed. Intellectual man, cultivated In mind anil manners, lie waa called upon to do much husl- for his town, making out deeds, settling quarrels, and even acting ns lurisel In a law suit Involving a ques tlon of pauperism between the towns of I.oudon and Bow, N. H. Franklin Pierce, afterwards President of ffii United States, wan the counsel for Lon don, and Mark Baker for Bow. Both entered their pleas, and my rather won the suit. After It waa derided. Mr. Pierce bowed to my father and con gratulated him. For several years, fa ther was Chaplain of the New Hamp shire-State Militia, and as I recollect It. he was Justice of the Peace at one time. My father was a strong believer In atatea' rights, but slavery he re garded as a great eln. Mark Baker was the youngest nf hla father’s family, and Inherited his fa ther's real estate, an extensive farm situated In Bow and Concord, N. H. It Is on record that Mark Baker's father paid tha largest tax In the colony. McClure's Msgnslne snye, describing the Baker homestead at Bow: "The hnusa Itself was a small, square box structure nf rudimentary architecture." My father's house had a sloping roof after the prevailing style nf archltec lure at Ihnt date. McClure's Mngaslne slates: "Alone of the Bakers, he (Albert) received a lib eral education. • • • Mary linker passed her first fifteen yenrx nt the ancestral home al Bow. It was a lonely and unstltmilstlng existence. The church supplied tho only soelnl diver sion, the district school practically all the Intellectual life.” Truth at to Her Family. Let tie see what were the fruits nf this "lonely and unatlmulatlng exist ence." AM my father's dnughter* were given an academic education, suffi ciently' ndrnnced so that they all taught school acceptably at various limes nnd places. ^ My brother Albert was a distin guished lawyer. In addition to my academic training, I won privately tu tored by Mm. He wn* a member of the New Hampshire Legislature, and was nominated for Congress, but died be fore the election. McClure'S Magazine calls my young est brother, George Rulllvan Baker, “a workman In a Tilton woolen mill.” As s matter of fart, he was Joint partner with Alexander Tilton, and together they owned a large manufacturing re- tabllshment In Tilton, N. II. His mili tary title of Colonel came from ap pointment on the staff of the Oovernor of New Hompehlre. My oldest brother. Hamuel D. Ba ker. carried on a large business In Boston, Mass. ItegaMIng the allegation by Mc Clure's Magazine that all the-family. Continued on Page Four. MRS M/4RY BAKER G. EDDY. Leader of Chrietian Science. COMPETITION STILL tt HE SAYS « Witness at Harriman Probing Gives His Impression. TCew York, Jnn. C.—Tho Investigation Into the consolidation and combina tion of the Harriman Altroad and steamship Interests to dcurmlno whether they are In violation of the Sherman nntl-trurt law, waa continued lit tho Federal building today before Martin A. Knapp, Franklin K. Lane nnd James 8. Harlan, of the Interstate com. merce commission. E. T. Jeffrey, president of Denver nnd Rio Grande railroad, and affiliated aids, which Include the new Weatern Pacific Company, was callcd’aa the first witness. Construction Is Explained. Mr. Jeffrey, nt the request of Mr. Severance, read Into the record a report made at the annual meeting June. 1905. which explained the reason for the eon strurtlon of the Western Pacific. The report among other thlnirn stated that It *hnd been expected that closer re lotions would be established betweei the Denver and Rio Grande and the Houthern Paelflc, but such was not tho nse. because of the control of the lat ter by the Union Pacific. Then, be- cause of the Increase In traffic to Ja pan and the other countries In the Far East. It "as decided to build the West, ern Pacific. He said tho Illinois f'entral was not a competitor of the Union Pacific, and before tho acquisition of the Southern Pacific by the Union Pacific the rates were the same to points as fur Pittsburg. Competition 8till Kssn. "The competition for business from nllfornla to Atlantic coast points Is as gloat today ns It was before ?” asked Judge Lovett, of the llarrltnati coun sel. 'I would hesitate to speak positively as to that. My Impression Is that competition In as active today as ever before, replied President Jeffrey. Woman Drinks Acid. Cumberland, Md., Jan. 5.—Mrs. Isa- bell Marietta, aged 53, wife of a well- known contractor, committed suicide at fonnelsvllle by drinking carbolic acid. Despondency over III health Is believed to have been the cause. oooooooooooooooooooooooooo o O CARRY AN UMBRELLA O IF 8IGN8 ARE GOOD. O If you lielleve In signs might Ct O carry on umbrella to the Grnmt 0 O Hnturilsy night. Overrent might O O he uncomfortable, though. At O O lenst 'twnultl seem so from whst O O the wenlher man snys: * O O "Partly eloutly ami warmer Bat- O O unlay night nml Runtluy." O “ The temperatures; O Y a. m 41 dogfee# O 8 a. nt 44 tlegreea O 9 a. nt. .. .. .. ..48 degrees O O 10 a. in 32 .degree, O O II a. nt 18 tlegreea O O 12 noon 88 degrees O O I p. nt ,.88 degrees O O 2 p. til 82 degrees O OO0OO0OO0QO0O000OO0990Q0GO ELLIS ONLY WITH in Every Other Member of Council Will Vote to Override. > V MR. ELLIS SAYS HE HE WILL STAND PAT Twenty - One Councilmen State Positively Will Stand by High License. . * One member of the general council will vote to sustain the veto of Mayor Woodward lo the hlgb .license ordi nance. • • This one I, Councilman W. D. Ellis, Jr., who stales' positively that he will not cast his ballot to override the veto, 'I have studied the situation' careful ly," he sated Saturday morning to a representative of Tho Georgian. “I have come to a conclusion os to my duty as a member of the council, and I have a number of times glvsn the public my reasone for It. Tho views of thp other councllmsn do not affect me, and I shall, when the ques tion comes up, vote to sustain Ihe vetot If mine Is the only vale for It." Of tho twenty-three members of tho general council who have a right to vote on the veto of the mayor, twenty- one have stated positively they wUI vole to override. Councilman Taylor, who wns originally for sustaining. Is In Washington, but It Is believed that he wUI Join with the vast majority of ths others In voting to override, ’nttnrllman PatiUlo, tha lost »e over on the aide favoring the or dinance and opposing the veto, has tbli to layi “I don’t want to be bull-headed about this matter. It seetne that council Is about unanimous In favoring ths ordi nance, and opposing tho veto; and I will, therefore, vole with my col leagues." j! ■rriae. 2 NOTYET, BUT SOfllh BROUGHTON SAYS HE WILLAPOLOGIZE So Happy, He Can Graceful-- ly Doff His Hat to Council. ailiii "Hello, there: tell me whet Is.going* on In Atlanta since I left. I haven't seen an Atlanta newspapers since Heft town, nearly a week ago.“ This came from tha Rev. Len O. Broughton, who was found reclining In the smoking compartment of the Chi-, cago steelier on ihe Western and At lantic train that reached Atlanta about noon Baturday. In answer, the representative of Tbs Georgian addressed told the doctor briefly what had transpired since hs left ihe clly, finding sn eager listener lo that part of Atlanta'! recent hap penings that had to do with the city council and the high license ordinance. After being (old that enougb of the rnunellmen and aldermen hod been Pledged to carry the ordinance over the veto of Mayor Woodward, Dr, Brough ton ssld: 'Well, It looks to me aa though I waa going to have to make that apology I promised them. But I'll tell you. If they will pass that ordinance It will make nte so happy, that I will be able to mnko the apology with the very beet of grace. But, look-a-here, I ain't go ing to apologise to them until they have the matter clinched, for I have seen some nf these fellows go back on newspaper Interviews before this. I will at least wait until that ordinance Is a city law before I rush Into apolo gies." Dr. Broughton told he would devote the sermon of Sunday night week to tho question of hla apology and the liquor question. When told about the charges that had been made by Mayor James G. Woodward In regard to Councilman James L. Key, and how they had been treated by the council,-Dr. Broughton sold: Well, the things that man Wood ward hot done slnm h« hex been In official positions In Atlanta have been •tokening to’the people for a long time, but when ho printed thqt-BCurrlleUa let ter that he wrote to me. coupled with the ebeurd accusation that l had sold liquor In South Carolina, he made them sicker. Hie charges against Jim Key have acted as lppecar, and the people of Atlanta will throw him up now as sure aa gun's Iron " Woman-le Lobbyist Alban)', N. Y.. Jon: l!—Among those who have filed statements with the secretary of etaie as lobbyists la a nman, Mary E. Crolge, repress si tag the New York Btate Woman's Suf frage Association. . J