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The Georgian C*rri«
The BUSINESS
And AN Of it Clean
The Atlanta Georgian.
The Georgian Came*
> The BUSINESS
* And All Of It Clean
VOL. 1. NO. 119.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1907.
Success Attends First Step of The Georgian s Fight for School Children;
Board of Education Affirms Existing Conditions and Asks Appropriation
PRICES
ATLANTA'S CLAIMS FOR SUB-TREASURY
ARE NOW ANTAGONIZED ON ALL SIDES;
WRANGLE MAY HURT SOUTH'S CHANCES
Caucus Is Called For
Afternoon of
Monday.
house committee
TO HEAR SPEECHES
Atlanta and Savannah Like
ly to go After Plum as
Independents.
By JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES.
Washington, Jan. T.—The conference
q( co-operation faced Into failure aa
otb.-r conference* have done.
We met. ere wranaled and we parted.
What's the matter with our Georgia
that w« cannot agree? Wo have been
able to reach no tangible result In live
days of conference. Congressional
c ,,.jrt< «>• has been unwilling to go for-
a ant mull nil the delegation* were
pnsi nt ami the delegation* have taken
th. tr time to come. Griggs and Brant
ley arrived this morning, Howard
comes tonight. Lewis la sick. Mean-
r, hiiv we wait and mark time—or kill
It.
Olive Branch of Peace.
The i .inference, did nothing but es-
tahii.h the fact that Savannah openly
declares it will not' submit Its claims
to the tieorgla delegation, and pro
poses. huh pendent of all delegations, to
y,iffore the way* and means com
mitter with the presentation of Its
claim*. They refused a friendly con
ference with Atlanta on Saturday
-nuht .md ahnndoned one formalty nr-
fanged ter yesterday at noon.
Todav Mills Lane arrived and Sa
vannah's whole tactics changed. He
weuia to be the nabob of finance In
the Tybee metropolis and when he
sniilT. they annexe. Ten minutes after
Ms arrival and live minutes after the
formalities conference of the morning
ailjuurued. Savannah came bearing an
--live Won. H t- AUnnfrn end a proposal
for a conference of a sub-committee.
.Atlanta, wtih-h misled’ every move
ment tor harmony and fatTiereiT - every
pinposlilon of conference, promptly
accepted.
Prcpesat from Savannah.
.V< 11:43 a. in. Mills Lane, Stovall.
Stillwell, Hunter and Senator Norwood
of Savannah, met McCord, Pope. Mad
dox, Pomeroy and Graves, of Atlanta,
In .1 llnnl effort to adjust matters. Sa
vannah's proposal was to have the
Georgia delegation Ignore Its personal
(•references nnd to present the two
. ill. s . n equal terms to the committee
t>n nays and means.
Atlanta, unwilling to surrender Its
splendid advantages of n two-thjrds
n ■'Jorlty of the Georgia delegation.'de.
< lined Whereupon, It was stated as
liicutahla that Savannah and Atlanta
should liolh go before the ways und
m <i,o committee.
Senator Norwood and John Temple
engaged In debate over the ad
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Cullen Tells How He
Shoots Gonzales
Death.
to
tTniUIUY of the Georgia delegation go
In* Into the caucus of state* thin after
n*Hin—nn Informal raucus called over
th- pmtrst of linrtlett and Livingston.
• f Uf.iiKta. Mr. Graven contended that
'■ ~ r went Into the caucus we weyc
»•; *•>• it -that with a divided Oe«»r-
• itli**r Savannah or Atlanta would
»••• i| after the first ballot, as all
rrttory woe combined against At-
la.v In avoiding the caucus.
May Resent Caueue.
**n inoilon of Mr. Graves, It was re-
> ivr i to urge the delegation to par-
Htijatp if it won a conference nn»l to
"i” ir.iw if it wan a caucun. upon.the
K: -’"id that the ways and ineann nm*
!i • fst-nted caucus action on thin
11 which belonged of right to that
• * t»• *-. Norwood and Graven were
' 1 ' n *•• present this view.
* « lunis of ntaten meets at 4 |> in.
**• ••rgla caucun of congressmen
' .it J o’clock this afternoon. It
Continued on Page Three.
New York. Jan. 7.—On the Royal
mall steamer Tagus, which reached
port from Panama and Jamaica Sun
day afternoon, arrived Curtis J. Cul
len. of Knoxville, Tenn.. who, according
to a cable from Panama, disappeared
two weeks ago while out on ball charg
ed with having killed u nutlvo named
Gonzales In a sensational shooting af
fray In the Hotel Astor In the city of
Panama.
Cullen I* the son of the late Curtis
J. - Cullen, a wealthy merchant, whose
family Is socially prominent In Ten
nessee.- He Is about 28 years of age,
a graduate of the University of Vir
ginia and has a wife living In Knox
ville. He went to the Isthmus last
summer to accept n position as In
spector In the dredging department.
Cullen Telle of Killing.
I regret for my family's sake that
this thing occurred," said Cullen, "but
wtnee "the story has gotten here, I
might as well tell the whole thing. The
man Oonzales was a notorious bully.
While 1 was talking In the lobby Gon
zales picked up a hand full of confetti
and dust from the floor and threw It In
my eyes and mouth. Then he stood
with several Spantsh friends, laugh;
Ing nt me,
"Enraged, 1 hit him with my left
fist and knockt'd him over u table. Be
fore he got up some one I did not know
held my hand. I put It In my hip
pocket and waited for- Gonzales to
make the next move.
Disguises Himself.
"'Now pull your revolver and shoot,'
he yelled. Jumping up nnd drawing his
pistol. Before he could shoot I fired
nnd hit him In the Jaw. The bullet
glanced, went under the skin nnd came
out back of his ear. This staggered
him, but he aimed again and was about
to shoot when I fired, killing him.
then went up stairs to a friend's apart
ments."
Cullen dyed his fare and hands with
berry stain, engaged a covered am
bulance and wuh driven to the pier.
The train was late, nnd he got safely
aboard us "O. Carrington." under which
name a friend had engaged passage
for him.
lawyers, Cullen said, assured
use would be dropped, but
Civil Service Law
May Bring New
Fight.
It I* learned Monday that a deter
mined movement la on foot and has ua-
sumed definite shape to stop with on
Injunction any posalble effort the Kng-
Hah faction In the police commission
may make to hold »—regular—pottre
election In April or to abolish civil
service as It now exists In the police
department.
It la stated that aome of the heat
lawyers In the city have been consult
ed by civil service leaders anil hfve
expressed the opinion that an Injunc
tion will successfully thwurt any move
to hold an election. It Is known that
the English faction holds that the
present civil service la entirely Illegal,
and. It Is generally conceded, will try
to hold an election at the regulur time.
It thla la done present Indications
promise a lively light In the courts,
which may require years to llnally set.
tie.
Regardlrss of whether, the old board
acted Illegally In Instituting civil serv
ice at the time It did, under the terms
of the state law civil service will be
come effective on April 2, 1907. The
regular police election Is scheduled to
take piece the latter part of March,
and tf the present civil service should
he declsred void, the new commission,
which will be almost unanimously
English board, ran elect ss many i
officers ntui nil’ll .IS it chooses before
civil service becomes effective.
Civil 8*rvics Law.
The law stipulated that civil-service
could be put Into effect prior to April,
1*0*. provtded n snhsranmT huinber
of the policemen should resign and be
re-elected ■ under civil service. The
whole force, with the exception of
about eighteen men, resigned, nnd wero
re-elected, and civil service was de-
Uli
Mini the
that If he did stny for trial he could
lint get Justice on account of native
hatred for Americans,
CURTIS CULLEN A MEMBER
OF A PROMINENT FAMILY.
special to The Georgia
Knoxville, .Tenn., Jan. 7.—Curtis J.
Cullen, who. It Is said, killed a man In
Pannma the night before Christmas, Is
a member of one of Knoxville's lending
families. We la n son of the late Cur
tls J. Cullen, a prominent merchant and
realty dealer. lie went to Panatnn
several months ago. to lake a |S)slt|on
..n the eannl works. He Is a brother-
in-law of Dr. .1. 1. Garrard, formerly
Macon Ga., hut now of Knoxville, si
gen In the First Georgia regiment Our.
Ing the Spanlsh-Amerlcan
I here a few weeks
that Cullen shot u man at the Astor
House at Panama, but not seriously
Tim matter was satisfactorily settled,
It Is said.
ELOPED FROM CONVENT;
WED IN POLICE STATION;
NOW BEHIND IRON BARS
Walter B. Neal, 17 years of age.
:.cured only a few weeks ago In a
running away from her home
“'•on, lnd„ and coming to Atlanta
" ' “ Is again In the limelight.
time the young hrldo Is behind
i is of tho police station accused
• rung her husband for another
' W. F. Bradburn, a clerk for a
' More In Peters street. I* said to
' man on whom the girlish bride
t» stowed her affections, amf he was
arrested, A case was also made
•O' i Mrs. B. F. Hutcherson, of to
Linden avenue, at which place
Ihurn and Mrs. Neal are said to
•Y,T. I 'D 8ft,urd *y n ** hl - v . ,
■ “ill he remembered that Mrs. Neal
■ rmrrly Mias Irene Trek, who
■>y from a Catholic convent In
" It und fame to Atlanta to wtd
Waller II. Neal, a young man who had
preceded her here from Marlon by
only a few days. The young couple
was arrested, hut later married In the
oilhe of Chief Jennings nnd obtained
freedom. ... .
Klnro that time Mr. and Mrs. Neal
have boarded at the Union Hotel In
Mitchell Street. Hradhurn boarded at
the same place.
According h> statements of the af
fair the girl received u telegram, pur-
imrtlng to come from her mother In
Marlon, asking her to come home as
she was III The bride announced her
Intention of leaving for Marlon late
(Saturday afternoon, all of which wna
agreeable to her hushand. After An-
lulling his work Saturday afternoon,
Neal hurried to ihe depot to bid hla
wife good-hi i but failed to flml her.
Me then nottfl" 1 the police and a search
ias Instituted.
The am.U f Honed on See,.*, at-
dared In force. The old board con
tends thla action wa.q perfectly legal.
Ho strong Is this contention that law
yers have been consulted, with a view
to testing tho matter In the courts.
One of the stanches advocates
the present civil service, when seen
Monday morning, said:
"The only election that will be legal
this aprlng will he the election of the
few men wit" refused to resign and
work under civil service. These men
were all retained on the force by Ihe
old board anil their terma expire In
March. When the places of these men
nreditlrd, the duty- of the rommlsstuh
will cense. Any further attempt ul an
election will bo wholly Illegal.
"Civil service has been operating suc
cessfully since Its Inception and there
Is no reason why’It should bo nbntlshed
nnd then promptly reinstated. We
have ft splendid force of both officers
nnd men nnd the only possible reason
for nn election would be to glvo some
body un opportunity to get In it favor-
Ito"
Shake-up Contemplated.
. Rumors have been going the rounds
Hint the Hngllah faction contemplated
n tdg sltake-up In the force ami this
has aroused the opposition to n lighting
humor. Henco the movement for nn
Injunction.
The civil service people declare that
n temporary Injunction would stay tho
proposed election until civil service
nnturnlty went Into effect, under the
terms of the atnto law. and that ac
cordingly there would be no election.
Another Interesting phase of the po
lice situation Is the statement that a
movement Is nn foot to provide it berth
In Ihe police department for Captain
Jnhn.W. Hall, formerly chief of police.
At a recent meeting of the commission
a resolution was adopted requesting the
city council to create the office of
assistant chief of police and the name
of Captain Ball Is being alrongly men
tioned In connection with thla office.
Jennings to Stick.
If civil service la held to bo In effect
now. Chief Henry Jennlnga will con
tinue at the head of the department by
reason of tho civil service rules. His
friends declare also that even should
an ■ election be held Chief Jennings
ould be re-elected. It Is known that
efforts are being used In behalf of Cap
tain Ball and politicians declare he will
be made assistant chief. It la reliably
staled that a well-known cltlsen. not
now In publle office, has already been
staled for Ihe office of assistant to Ho-
llcltftr Lowry Arnold, of the rlty crimi
nal court, tho office now held by Cap-
fair. Ball.
W TRAIN
UN.
Rolls Into 01 \ Depot
on Time Monday
Afternoon.
For thn flrat tlmi- In tho railroad history
of AtluiitH, n pitMctmor truth was opera tel
Into this rltjr om tho Louisville nml 7*nMi
vllle M«>mlny Afternoon, citAtillshlng
through service front 1’lnclnnntl nml L*uh
vllle. The train of dark r»*d conches hi me
to n stop on tltuo In the union depot,
Man Then Takes His
Own Life With
. Pistol.
Now York, Jan. 7.—Mm. Minnie
Set-horn, aifoil 27, a beautiful brunette,
was shot nn<l mortally wounded today
in Williamsburg by Leo Bloshosky, who
won Infatuated with her. Bloshosky,
ttmuh it w*» marked up oa the bulletin after kissing the dying woman, allot
board ten uiluntes late
Instead of traffic from laiulsvtlle and
Cincinnati hereafter being brought South
long haul over other roods,
offbl.ils of"the isoulsvlllc und NnskvIlU
will establish this short line |ierni.-i
I It Is expected t< . ..
mlor with the traveling public.
minutes after srrfval, the d
tho most elaborate that has
mu Into Atlanta, was sldetracki-d Just
Most
tiietiu Was served n
this •Rcasbin, In honor of tie- Innugnratlo
of the through train service.
Many Official*,
addition to the paasetixe
train, them were Train Cnmltictn
W II.
Engineer William ikrwoml, Fl.igin.iu
. .. Littleton, Ilnggagcniastor t\ I. I.o
gun. Porter Ham Lyons. PuHninu t
Ing made by Detective* Connally,
Htwrtiee. ri*rk and Bayne.
Neal visited the police station Mon
day morning and had a conference with
his bride. It was later learned that he
Informed the girl he Intended to semi
her hack home. The cases will be tried
lu ir.dlco court Moui'ay afisrooou.
It. Wlnstnuley, local agent. K
M. Hill, superintendent dining «
ills Kelley, chief traveling ciiglm
Union, traveling pnsseugcr nget
vllle; J. V. Arnold, city ticket ag>
vllle; Folonel William K|*p«. .1
11ride, traveling freight agent; t\
straw, superintendent Atlanta
Shanks, chief clerk to p.itdniafiig
• II. Hi
heu-
.!. V.
Knot*
Kno*
Me.
i Iliad
muinn;
agent; J. It. Harlan, chief spcl.il agent;
I'harlcs Itcuhnrd. trnrcllng auditor; If. M.
tfOiihl and W. W. Neal.
ENGINE RUN8 AWAY*
INJURING EMPLOYEES
Hpeeial to the Ueorgfnii.
Bpnrta, Ga., Jan. 7 —Saturday night
at 9 o’clock the engine at the plant of
tho Sparta oil mill got out from under
the control of the engineer and ran
away. The big belt which connectn
the engine jyihJUie-jniiliLidiiift wax
TrroVep and struck several «»f the em
ployees, some of them sustaining very-
painful Injuries
The accident will probably' necessi
tate closing down the mill f*>r a few
day* until the engine and other ma
chinery can be repaired.
and killed himself.
The woman's husband Is an Inmate of
the King's Park Insane asylum. In his
last rational moments ho hud left his
wife In the care of Bloshosky. Mr*.
Seehorn was forced to earn her liv
ing as a seamstress to provide for her
self and her 10-year-old daughter, be
cause she hail refused to accept any
iTelp from Itloshosky.
The woman hud left her home at
No. 71 North Flint street where
Bloshosky boarded, to do aomo sewing
at No. 324 Metropolitan avenue.
Bloshosky learned where she was go
ing, precediMl her to the house, hid
himself In the vestibule and then shot
her as she turned and ran upon seeing
him.. The street was filled with boy*
und girls on their way to a public
school n block away. The tragedy oc
curred before the very eyes of the chil
dren.
WITH PENNSY
TO BE FIRED
President M’Crea Ex
pected to Have a
House Cleaning.
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Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 7.—Evidence
of graft, which may reach Into the
millions, has been uncovered In the
Pennsylvania railroad.
It Is Interwoven with the different
department* of the $400,000,000 corpo
ration, whom aggregate expenditures
during 1905 were $192,100,S48, while
Its gross Incnnto In tho aatuo period
as $266,069,497.
The new president of the road.
James Met Tea, Is determined to force
un end to present conditions A com
mittee of five directors Is now Investi
gating the Internal uffalrs of the com
pany. t* Htewart Patterson Is chair
man. und la* nnd Ids associates are ex
pected to file their report within a
short time.
It Is believed that this report will be
the signal for the most radical house
cleaning In the history of any railroad
of the world.
Although the salaries paid by the
Pennsylvania have never been Inrge,
many of Its employees have retired
with tnde|H mlent fortunes; others have
died leaving estates of great value.
Many complaints have been made by
firms nnd companies which found It
imposlshtc to sell supplies or equip
ment to that section of the road east of
Pittsburg.
Competition, so-called, was governed
Declares Existing Con
ditions Most Un
favorable.
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9 > hr rule, which ithut nut tl»* inw.it bhl
n ilrr. It la bald, mid awarded the cun-
”! tract!* tu favored concern* In which
l relative, uf the officer, and employee,
the idtuntlon. o|" r ,h0 I’ct'i.ylv'i""i are Interretod.
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Thn Oonrcinn hits won the first
round in it tijdit for better schools (
for Atlnnta children.
Tho Honrd of Education has
submitted to council a report em
bodying every point urged by Tho
Georgian. The board asks for an
appropriation for two new school
buildings to relieve tho congested
condition which has existed dur
ing the past year. There ia no
reason to doubt that council will
be prompt and liberal in granting
the request.
Tho Georgian took up the move
ment for more adequate senool fa
cilities several weeks ago. Detailed
statements were published which
showed the number of classes in
eaeh school and the pupils in each
clttss.-and these figures brought to
light the fact that almost . every j
grade was overcrowded to a point i
where “discomfort and inconven
ience residted.
The Georgian published photo
graphs of some of the makeshift.
rooms- One of these was a coal ’
room, whitewashed and cloanod as
best it could be for the .reception L*
of school children. There were i
several basement rooms, badly <
lighted, badly' ventilated, unfit for
use by growing children during
the long hours of the school day. ,
President Luther K. Rosser and =g
Secretary L; M. Landrum, of tho .
board of education, have submit
ted to tho mayor and council their {
annual reports for the fiscal year, -j—-3
and these embody sovoral requests
for improvements in conditions.
The report shows that in the
city schools there are 125 grades
which have between 50 and 60 pn.
nils in a room, while it is known
by educators that 40 is tho maxi,
mum number for the best results
in teaching. It is shown that two
new school buildings are needed to
relieve the present overcrowded
conditions without making any,
provision for future growth.
Last year tho city appropriated
about <306,000 for thn publio
schools, but this year tho board
Continutd on Pag, Thre*.
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SUCCEEDS F.yEALY
WITH WEST POINT
W. II. Rtullb, acting imlltor of the At-
Innta nn«l West Paint, has been appoint- •
e*l nmlltor of that road to till the to-
y mused hy the resignation of P. A.
llenly, now In chsrgo of tho financial de
partment of the Ohio Syndicate of Ioternr-
ban Ititllways. The order making the ap
pointment was Issued last week. •
Mure the rentgnatlon of Mr. Ilealy, Mr*
Mmltti. who wss Halm agent nt that time,
has liven In charge of tho auditing depart
ment of the West I»olnt Boats, with tho
official title of icing auditor. Mr. Smith
Is an official of merit, closely acquainted i
with the many detail* of the accounting ,
and elalmo department* ho Jins made for •
bluiNelf an envlabl* record.
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known officially until
only nmong toe
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and then
that road.
4 m*d* th*
tlv» January 1. Il. waa
ly c.liter In tho old Richmond and Dan
ville freight nine*, when hla father, T. T.
Smith, w*a agent.
Winbum 8t.ps Up.
Ur. Smith I* aoceMded by Fred E. WJn-
hum. who a as time, the-dull.', of rhlaf
claim rlrrk. which I* practically the aatno
*• that of claim agent, having all th*
authority and emoluments afforded by that
title.
Mr. Wlntmrn Is oa* of the' best knows
and moat popular roons railroad men In th.
.Wy.' tfsTtOff entered the claim Offlrei of
the Western and Atlantic at clerk In lam.
hi. fnnrteen yean of experience and eloaa
application tethtly has been rewarded with
fiat prumoridoa whleh will at wo late data
resalt In hla halos made claim agent of
the Atlanta apd West 1'olnt. lie went t*
■ he Wat 1‘olut as claim InveatlgatM la