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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
MONDAY. JANUARY 1. MW.
DEATHS OF PAST YEAR
DOUBLE THE BIRTH LIST;
DOCTORS DON’T REPORT
Visits of Stork Not
Recorded as Law
Orders.
interesting record
OF YEAR’S DIARY
Vital Statistics Show In
crease in Most Ev-
— erything.
1
p,„hs In !»««. 3.4S1: birth*, Uii;
marriages. L®K-
Thf»f are the Interesting, almost
startling. figures contained In the an
report of Health Officer 1. P.
Kennedy. . . «
In <ith#r u ordn. the number of deaths
for the pant yenr In Atlanta, according
to the report, la twice a« great aa the
nutotar of births. What a world of
valuable data for tha "race suicide"
vncajlat*!
1. the report complete? In the
healtli office It t» contended that It la
“ , It is Claimed that the phyalclana
of the city utterly neglect reporting the
birth*, which la a direct violation of the
'some phyalclana. It la said, did
not report a birth during the entire
y, Thla year there la a strong probabili
ty that atepa will be taken to make the
phyalclana live up to the law; andcasos
Sill he made against those who fall to
report births among their patlenta. The
aa It stands, seriously hnmpers
the health office, and la certainly no
advertisement for tho health of the
people of Atlanta.
Ntgro Death Rata,
of the il.tsi deaths—thl* la the cor
net number, for all deaths are report-
ed— 1.1S- are whites and 1,229 arc col
ored It will be seen that there were
more deaths among negroes than
among whites, despite the fact that the
latter constitute a large proportion of
'Vi^fihe'death. were 2.334. whjch
is M" loss than the past year. The
;;r:. , '“sw.ra.rssr
nv.re births In the city of Atlanta In
iV, ,b 4 „ In 1906. Last year there
1"3 births. The year previous
Mbereirere 1,959. or' 116 more.; And
thl* despite the great Increase of pop-
ulati'in
Cupid Waa Buay.
There 1h one bright apot about this
report There were more marriage** In
]9"ii than In There were 1,624
ttmrrlAgee In 19»>6. an compared with
1,557 in or nn Increase of 67.
Aiwfiser in j-u mi mg fact in coiraec-
U'h with the hlrtha la that fewer fe-
males died during the year than males,
and more females were born than
lu.ilen. The figures are: Deaths, male,
1,71. deaths, female, 1410; blrtba,
male, 6n2; births, female, 621.
In proportion more single men died
a* compared to single women than
married men aa compared to their
wives*. WTilch might go to show that
marriage Is not as fatal to the man np
tn the woman, all proverbs and witti
cism* to the contrary notwithstanding.
Here arc the never-lying figures:
During the year 1906 612 married neo-
pie passed away In Atlanta. Of these
were male and 362 female. Only
•3“* single people died tn the year, 243
being male and 146 female.
* >f widows and widowers, there were
427 deaths during the year. Only 122
tM-re male and 305 were female. A
rather had year for the married bas
in .mother particular this report up-
**•all dope. There were more mar-
rnge« tn June, the midst of summer,
than in any other month of the year—
D r . Tho tu»xt highest number of mar-
riaaes .n-t'orded was In December, the
ndd-t -»f winter—166.
Where does spring time, when *’u
' •um; man’s fancy gently turns to
U-ighu of love,** come In? The flg-
ur* > or.- enough, te make Tennyson—
ii-n t he the guilty author?—turn over
In m v proverbial grave.
Major Blanton Winthip.
'• Wanton Wlnshlp, who Is a
* n ms,n * has been assigned to duty
gal work with Governor Magoon
V,, . ' j; r .? vls » on ®l Government In Cuba.
" ln -*hlp has been In Cuba some
- ' 'iJ'j'lRc advocate general.
WITH NEW f>ILOT AT HELM,
CITY BEGINS HER VOYAGE
London, Jan. 7.—The latest news
from Russia Indicates that 20.000,000
persons are slowly starving to death:
Affffrevatlng the famine. Is a fearful
epidemic. The deadly typhus Is rafi-
Igg-Jn the.stricken provinces. Those
who have not died of want and ex
posure are being killed by disease.
Thousands upon thousands hgve been
seised adth the plague. The death list
numbers thousands a day. Conditions
In the province of Honiara are worse
than anywhere else. In thle province
an authoritative estimate now places
the dying at 3,000,000. In the prov
ince of Kazan and In Hlmbursk and
Ufa, it Is .hardly much better.
Crop* a Total Failure.
The winter crop# are a total failure
In more than a dozen provinces. The
failure of the summer crops precipi
tated the famine. Now the whole of
eastern and southern Russia Is prac
tically denuded of food. The |»eop1e
are eating famine bread. This Is a
combination of chopped straw and
refuse, baked to the hardness of stone.
The peasants have grown desperate.
Bloodshed and pillage threaten all
the eastern provinces. If relief Is not
forthcoming, tne pensants will sack
the towns and villages. To make mut
ters worse. Ifothat In possible, all kinds
of graft Is connected with what gov
ernment relief Is being provided. The
Hour sent to the starving peasants Is
adulterated'“by those getting the con
tracts.
Government to Probe.
Matters have come to such a pass
that the government, reluctantly, has
-consented to an Investigation.
The most hesrt-rendlng appeals are
being made to the people of western
Russia by those who have been
through the famine-stricken district.
It Is declared that every $5 will save
a life, while 25 cents will keep a child
alive for a fortnight.
Atlanta’s Destinies are
Now in New
Hands.
.JOYNER STEPS UP;
WOODWARD DOWN
New Council Begins Duties
at Meeting Monday
Night.
Exit Mayor Woodward. Enter Mayor
ATLANTA’S CLAIMS
FOR SUBTREASURY
Continue from Pag* On*.
I, thought tho drlogatlon will accept
tho suggestion of tho sub-commlmttee.
If tho caucus decides to nominate a
city Its verdict will be binding on nil
who psrfli'lpste If iteorgln rental ns
out she will reserve the right to in
troduce her bill and to plead her cause
before the way, and means committee
under ihu'Graves resolution
Will Oo Before Committee.
The result of the caucus Is ran*
Important, feut whatever the Issue, If
Georgia stays out Atlanta and Savan
nah twill go before the ways and means
committee tomorrow at noon to present
the merits and claims of these cities.
If only one speech Is made from each
city. Joseph McCord will present the
argument of statlstles and money for
Atlanta. If there are two speakers,
John Temple Graves will present the
concluding argument for Atlanta.
Mennwhlle -Minnesota Is clamoring
for a sub-treasury at 8t. Taul. and
It Is possible. If not probable, thnt all
the cities of the South will be turned
down bv a ways and menns committee
Irritated by the wrangle nnd personali
ties of the week, and that the south-
caslcrn states will hove no sub-treas
ury now.
Everybody After Atleats.
But Atlanta lights tho section. Her
greatness Is her weakness, her success
Is her handicap and envy loves a shin
ing* mark. We might as well recognise
thle ns nn Inspiring fact for the fu-
''’everything now revolves around the
cautsis of this afternoon, and tho hour.
Ing before the ways and means com
mittee tomorrow at in a. m.
Colonel McCord has closed while hero
wo business transactions of large Im-
tiorlance nnd Colonel Lowry has hail
Inscribed to him nn ode that Is likely
in live. Messnw Maddox. Graves ami
Pomeroy leave for home tonight, un
less Graves can he Induced to Slav to
make l>nrt of the speech before <
ur**s*** tomorrow.
Joyner.
Exit the printer. Enter tho fireman.
For thin la the day on which "Jim**
Woodward atepa down: "Cap” Joyner
■tep§ up: .the former leaving public
life, after fifteen yeara* service in the
admlnlatratlva branch of the city gov
ernment, to enter into the compamtlve
obecurity of private buelneaa life; tho
latter taking the highest position In
the gift of the people of Atlanta.
The mayor made hie last days of the
kind long to be remembered. He goes
out of office In a blaxe of fiery lan
guage, not of fire, of verbal shooting
and n<* of ehoutlug.
“Cap” Joyner, after a private citizen
ship of several weeks, takes his place
In the limelight of public office again,
amid comparative quiet and peace. The
whisky question will have been prac
tically settled before he takes the oath
of office, nnd he will be free to fit him
self comfortably Into the mayor’s chair
before gome weighty problem divides 4
Atlanta’s citizenry Into twain and dis
turbs the even tenor of his way.
Change Made Easily.
The change In Itself will be simple
enough.—The old emmett-meets--gt-fr-
o’clock Monday afternoon. After the
roll coll and reading of the minutes of
the preceding meeting are over the
mayor’s veto message, anent his dis
approval of the high license ordinance,
will be rend by Clerk Campbell.
There will be considerable discussion,
some “polite cussing,” and maybe fuss
ing. and then the old council wilt pro
ceed to ride bodily over the veto by n
vote of 22 to 1, or thereabouts. Which
HO WN. Y. EXCHANGE
HANDLES ITS DEALS
will be In the nature of a aerie* of
lemon, to the opponents or tin- nrdl
nance.
Thl, done, there will be little elae
worthy of notice, and Adjournment will
be In order.
The aldermanle board will meet
promptly thereafter apt) will traniuct
Meeting ,t Night.
At 7:30 o'clock the old council will
meet again. Mayor Pro Tent. Harwell
In the chair. The annual report, of of-
ncere and committee, will be submitted
and ordered put on tile.
Mayor Woodward will deliver file
farewell message R> Council, In which
he will moke hit report for the year.
Paradoxical as It may soupd. many are
meeting surprise. In the message.
general council will then be sworn tn
by Judge Pendleton, and .Mayor Joyner
will take the chair. The election of a
mayor pro tcm. will Oien !«• called for.
Aldennan F. A. Qullllan will he elected
unanimously.
This over, the new mayor will read
his ineeeage to council. It Is under
stood that Mayor-elect Joyner hits pre
pared a strong document. Interesting
and Instnirtlve, and It will be heard
with great Interest. ; —
Mayor Pro Tern. Qullllan will again
taka the chair and the regular business
of council will be taken up and trans
acted.
The following will compose the new
council:
The New Council.
Aldermen—Dr. A. L. Curtis, First
ward; F. A. Qullllan. Second ward: J.
Hid Holland, Third ward; Joseph
Hlrsrh, Fourth ward; II. M. Beutell,
Fifth ward; James I-. Key, Sixth ward:
J. N. McEachern. Seventh ward, and
E. C. Peters. Eighth ward.
Counrtlmen—Dr. A. 8. Mnskln and
\V. H. Terrell. First ward; Press Hud
dleston anil E. W. Martin. Second; C.
Wheeler Mnngum and <\ L. Ct|oae-
wood, Third; Dr. B. E. Pearce and E.
E. Pomeroy. Fourth; 1. H. Myron and 1
S. C. Glass, Fifth; John W. Grant and
Dr. W. A. Taylor. Sixth; Dr. T. D.
Longlno nnd W. A. Hanna h. Seventh,
and Charles E. Harman and Charles M.
Roberts, Eighth.
Those who retire are: Aldermen J. H.
Harwell and G. II. Sims: Councilman
Dr. A. L. Curtis, who goes to the
aldermanle board; Howard Pnttlllo.
William Oldknow. F. O. Foster. W. W.
Draper. W. D. Ellis, Jr.. Dr. C. A. Wlkle
and W. H. Patterson.
Harvie Jordan Explains
Charges Filed by
Him.
3
BITTEN BY MAD DOG, '
CHILDREN BRING
HIS HEAD TO CITY
Waynesboro Children
Seek Aid at Pasteur
Institute.
DETAILS OF PLAN
USED BY EXCHANGE
Officers Make Rules and
Public Stands tbo Con
sequences.
PRES. ROSSER SOUNDS
NEEDS OF CHILDREN
Continued from Pago One.
may bn built, nnd so tbht tTie”jrn-
rietta street school may be moved
to s locality where it is possible to
tench oIhrsos without hoiiis inter
rupted every few minutes by the
screeching whistles of locomo
tives,
It is shown thnt there is a bal
ance in the treasury of tne hoard
of education amounting to $H.-
will ask for an additional appro
priation, su that two new schools
7l!2.4fi, which will he used to com-
pTete the -paynwur for the-new
Pryor street school building.
The report includes the follow
ing tietailed table of receipts and
expenditures for the past year;
Salaries
Repairs
Supplies and expenses ...
Fuel
Insurance
Repairs Girls* High school
Eight Ward building —. I
Pryor Street school
Storr's school
Davis 8treet school
Bell Street lot
Bills, 1905
Additional rooms
Total appropriation $3n6,47o.M
Total expenditures ........ 302447.64
Balance of appropriations t 3.722.46
Appropriations. Exnendltures. Balances. Overdrafts
.I215.327.6X 3216,119.82 $ M7.SG
7.314.79
16.288.19 3,774.K1
4.493.79 4.21
1.403.33
2.051.68
13.QTQ.37
27,977.92
6,000.00
739.86
2,000.00
517.89
6,370.00
6,000.1
20.063.00
4,500.00
.600.00
2.000.00
13.048.67
31,275..00
6,000.00
739.86
2,000.00
517.89
6,000.00
••3,297.08
803.33
15.68
23.70
3302.347.64
370.00
33,663.50
WATERWORKS PROFITS
OF PAST YEAR SHOW
VALUE OF OWNERSHIP
Receipts Far Ahead of
Expenses During
1906.
t »l receipts of the waterworks
•Dt. Including public service.
Hie year 1906. were 3462.162 14.
hired to 1228.716.33 for expenses
figures as given In the annual
" f * 'olonel Park Woodward, gen-
1 "lagrr of the waterworks dr-
' Mf * ftr* extremely interesting in
'I”’ 1 '*s. First, It Is probably the
• fvirtrttevtt of the city government
ite-ome wns larger than It* rx
«nd whose expenses for 19 f i6
"*" ‘ban for 1905. nnd yet whose
I profits were greater
actual cash, for 1905. were 3270 449.86.
ns compared to 8290.421.74 In ll*o6 It is
seen thnt the receipts were greater In
The expenses for 1905 wen* 3-47.-
731 !<9 ns compared to only 3228.716.27
In.i9o*6 The expenses were smaller In
than III 1905. and the receipts were
greater.
The same is shown In Improvements.
In 1905 3144,983.91 was spent in ln»*
19o6
spent for impm
only I99.485.1S
ents.
of op.
mining the
ting and main-
• ■n account of
price of labor and the
t amount of repair* made and »ne-
put In. was greater In 1906 than in
The exact figures are; 1905,
751 ox. 19'-6 3129.231.15.
ie total ptlblh >“»vlcc III 1905 was
tn than In 1?"6 In the former
th“ amount niw 3199.746.89. as
| t,v 3i71.74o.40 in I9«i6 This
largcfv bora»:•»<* #<f the fact that the
» at ptrdrnoTTt nnd Grant pnrkx
■ not kept rilled the entire yenr.
irp .it t- a i rcdltalde one. It
,h thaJ the t"tal expenditures for
mreni, Jthe year to* 3228.716.33. while the
immense profit reaped, drspltr total r«< elpts m «a*h were 1290.421.74
of ,h * **'"■ •; ,,n ; i;,;;-"
mgest arguments In favor 1
•I ownership.
it-veipts for tha waterworks. In l.3i,«i-»»».
Grades Are Crowded.
The Georgian has brought the same
facts to the attention of the public
'vernI times, but here they are again
officially In the report to the mayor
nnd general council:
During the spring term of the year
had a teaching force of 336, Includ
ing superintendents, regular teachers.
'tors ami su|w»rnumernry teachers.
The fall term showed a number of 355,
which made 19 additional. Also In Hep.
tember there were opened 19 class
rooms in addition to those In use In the
spring.
“The average number of pupils he r
longing during the school year 1905-06
was 13,520, and during the full term of
1906. 14,540. This Is an Increase of
more than one thousand, which shows
the rapidly increasing growth of our
city, and the constant demand for ad
ditional school buildings.
“To bring to your attention the
crowded condition, of our schools we
give you the following facts regarding
numbers in different grades: There are
26 grades In which the numbers are !»••-
low 3a; 72 grades haring below 30 and
31; 88 grades having between 40 and
49. nnd 125 grades having between 5"
and 6a and a large number of these
have the full limit of sixty.
“The hoard of education Is asking
for an Increased appropriation this year
for additional school rooms, and also
for salaries and running expenses. We
fed that you should know 1 what the
conditions are, nnd that when you huv
President Harvie Jordan, when asked
Monday to fully explalg the alleged
fraudulent practices of the New York
Cotton Exchange as charged In the re
cent petition tiled by him and Hon. L.
F.’ Livingston with the postmaster gen
oral ut Washington, gave out the fol
lowing statement:
“Briefly speaking, tho fraudulent
practices of the New York Cotton Ex
change art* largely chargeable to the
members of the revision committee and
the board of managers. These officials
make tbo rules and the balance of the
members have to submit. There are
many members of the New York Cot
ton Exchange who are outspoken In
their condemnation of the methods em
ployed there, and who are doing ult In
their power to remedy the evil, but
they are handicapped by the by-laws
cfjhe exchmigi^-wJacO-wW-not permit
Its members to publicly criticise
nets nnd doings of the exchange. The
revision committee, which met on No
vember 21, 1906, Intensified the trouble
with regard to the delivery of cotton
on contracts. It Is the rule everyw here
that middling cotton Is the recogniz**«l
basis of all contracts, whether for *fu-
tureg* or *aputa.* The difference In the
price of grudes, under middling .
known ns ‘discounts,* and that above
middling ns ‘premium.* In the spot
markets of the Houth. as an Illustra
tion, the difference In the commercial
value of middling cotton nnd *ordl-
nqry* grade Is about 200 points, or 310
per bale. The revision committee o
the New York Cotton Exchange on No
vember. 21 nafToiVifl the prices of this
grade difference to one hundred points,
or 35 per bale, fixing fhereby an arbi
trary arid fictitious high value on low
grades. On thp other hand, tho com
mittee lowered the price differences on
high grades above middling. This was
done to attract low grades of unsplnna
ble cotton to that market to be used In
tendering on contracts, rigging the
market, washing sales, and forcing tho
DrapecoloUve gambling institution, nn
grades tn New York to be used In
tendering on bonn fide contracts made
to spot rlealers and spinnerK. —
“Under the rules of that exchange It
Is also permissible to tender thirty dif
ferent grades of cotton In a contract
for loo bale/*. This rule Is not permit
ted by any other edttoo exchange In the
world. A spot dealer or spinner buy
ing a contract for 100 bales of cotton
through the New York Cottton Ex
change will have presented to him on
‘tender’ day, or the 27th of the month
In which the contract was made. 100
bales of thirty different grades, practi
cally all running under middling, nnd
clasping as undesirable, unsjdnnable
cotton. Of course no dealer or spinner
could handle this co|ton, especially
when tlie lower grades are charged at
a fictitious value of from 1«»0 to J5o
points higher than their relative com
mercial value, consequently the holder
of the contracts is forced to sell out
and settle upon the best terms he can
make, while the same Jan bales of
mixed gNRtM~i»r unspfnnuble cotton
may be tendered and force the settle
ment of a hundred similar contract*
the snme day. This same cotton Is re
tained in the warehouses month after
month for the same purpose. There
ure several million bales of contract
cotton bought through the New York
Got ton Exchange every month, and all
these heavy danls are liquidated at the
end of ■each month with about 100,000
bales of unsplnnublo cotton, some
which, 1 am informed, has been in the
warehouses for years.
the other hand the action of the com-
P .? V S1 , “ t vS.! h, £! B S t s!^^transactions o^Tthat
“No Spot Market.—
"New York has ceased to be a spot
cotton market. No higher evidence
can be presented of tlO* fact thun f that
since September 1 only lo.ooo boles of
cotton have been s^iipped out of New
York to sptnnerArwhite more than 1,-
060,000 bales of spot cotton have been
sold In other markets of the South
since thnt date. Millions of bales have
been traded In through that exchange,
but tlit final settlement of all contracts
has been forced on a gambling trans
action. The plea of Mr. Hubbard,
president of the New York Cotton Ex
change, that the action of the revision
committee would have been different
had they known tho storms would so
extensively damage the crop. Is ab
surd In the face of the fact that the
great tropical storm came In Sep
tember. and his revision committee did
not meet for two months thereafter.
It Is reported that the members of the
revision committee, or some of them,
have personally benefited by their own
acts In nnrrowlng the grade differences
more than anybody else, and that they
did It knowlpg thl* would he the result.
Jf_.the exchange will—ravlaa- Its rules-
nnd force the tender of sptnnnble cot
ton of even running grades, the future
contracts nnd the spot prices In that
market would at once l»c forced up
from 75 to 150 points, with a corre
sponding strengthening of all spot mar
kets In the Houth. The officials of that
exchange now find themselves In an
unenviable position. They see the ne
cessity for revising the rules, but un-
the present rules of tho exchange
this cannot be done but once a year.
If they revise the rules, all holders of
contracts will sue the exchange for
dutnAges; If they don’t revise the rules,
the business of the exchange will go
down to nothing and the courts of the
country will take a hand -In forcing the
adoption by the axchange of an honest
method of conducting Its affairs.
Mb fighting the practices there of
tendering low grade, unspinnable cot
ton on contracts, which depresses the
spot cotton market In the Houth to the
serious detriment of Houthern cotton
growers, and I Intend to keep up the
fight until the victory Is won. In this
fight I hops to receive the united In
dorsement and backing of the people
nnd the entire press of the Houth.
“The publication of the quotations of
the New York fraudulent market and
the-Bending of these reports through
the malls should he suppressed until
such rules are adopted ns will permit
Together with the heed of tb«* dog that
*nuk Its teeth Into their flesh on HstanUy
afternoon In n fit <>f rallies. Evelyn, John J.
ntid George 1*._*•..« **
will arrhe In Atlanta Monday afternoon
with their father nnd n physician to re
ceive treatment at the Pasteur Institute.
Father arid children sre now on thelf
wsy here a* fast as a Georlgn railroad train
will carry them from Waynesboro and Ottry
effort that money enn seeure will bo msdo
to saw them from a horrible Uesth by
hydrophobia.
ftttt'irduy afternoon,, while playing at
thelp home In Wnjrnetfboro, the children
were attacked by one of- their fsthor’a
Itolnfcrs and liefnre assistance con Id
ItUen l h**m- ♦he-wtrlnisl hid Mttsi
the children. »
The children received wbat treatment *
they rmtM get tn Wnyaeshoro and tha
franlle father made arrangements to bring
them to the Pasteur Institute. He took
with him from Waynesboro the bead of
- " this wan-ax-
Until forty-.
tile Indications
to Use no time In getting 'lu __
Atlanta for scientific treatment. With tha
father and the three cblldreu Is Dr. Me-
Muster, of Waynesboro.
He Says Roosevelt
Has Right to
Dismiss Troops.
cxchnngp."
Thr rcvlnlon rommltti'O of tha f»Vw
Orlaaiin Exchange roc.-t* dally to rc-
vt«« the price difference. In irniden ac
cording to the relative commercial
value of the different grade* hared on
eupply nnd demand. The difference
between the two exchange* I* that
New Orleans I* a »pot market, and New
York a speculative or gambling mar
ket.
PLEAD INSANITY FOR HARRY,
SAY U. S. SENATOR KNOX
AND JUSTICE M’KENNA
Plttsbtirg, Pa r Jan. 7.—A Justice of
the !J. 8. supreme court, the highest
Judicial trlbunnl In the land, and a for
mer attorney general of the United
States have passed upon the case of
Harry Kendall Thaw.
And here Is tho advice they gave his
mother:
"Ente'r a plea of Insanity In order to
cave Harry from the electric chair.’*
These two advisor* are Justice Mo-
msldered them carefully you w injKenna and * United Htute* Senator
agree that the amount asked for Is n*»t | Knox, a former member of the cabl-
*??!).*. . , . h . ut . *'»!!!! It Is probably the tlrst time In
excesslv
will do all that you cun to meet Up
great demand for the enlargement ami
Improvement of our school system,
which Is the pride of the city."
The two new schools for which ap
propriations will he asked for will no
more than take care of the Increase m
pupils this year, tf the congestion is
relieved more than two schools mu-t
Ik* built
South
Coast of Ceylon
Washed by Tidal Wave
New York. Jon. 7 - The Tribune has | after the seismograph had recorded a
t>nhle dispatch which says there was great submarine disturbance, probably
a phenomenal tidal wave on the south In the vicinity of Wharton Deep, 2,000
d of Ueylon Friday, three hours miles to the southeast.
balance over expenses of
Fight In Offiet.
s the result of a lively tight Sat
urday nfieenn.m In the office ol the
National Employment Agency. P L.
Green/ the manager, nnd A. W. Adler,
were arranged Monday morning before
Recorder Bro>lcs.
It was announced that Adler had
sworn out a warrant against Green,
nnd Judge Broyles dismissed both
cns**s. Adler had previously registered
With the employment .agency. Jor-ii-pu?
sit Inn and we nt there Haturday to get
some Information. While there he und
Green had a row.
Ed Cook in Atlanta.
Ed W, t’onk, an old Atlanta l*»y, who
has lived In New York for several
years, wheic he linn risen to high rank
*a tho railroad world. Is spending a
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*o*k*n vacation In Atlanta. Ilo ha*
*hak*n hand* with gvtn* Inn*
In nno iluy than rwr tin* |»r* Gdcnt in**t
ft <i New Yea Tn reception, and says lie
likes 1L ,
history thnt two men of their high po
sition have been consulted In a homi
cide case.
Both are old friends of the Thaw
family. The prisoner’s mother visited
them and urged them to advise her.
not as lawyers, but as friends. Each
told her he believed It would be utterly
hopeless for the young man to appear
Ik*fore a Jury They made this plain
to her. and .Mrs. Thaw Is determined to
impress this view of the case upon the
members of the family at the meeting
to Ik* held siM»n In New York. Harry
Thaw Is not to be told of the plan until
the Inst moment.
Then It will bu made plain to him
that tho Insanity plea Is regarded ns
the only safe course of procedure. P
he does not consent to adopt if his rel
atlves, It Is said, will withdraw from
the case.
With this Intention In view, the fears
of what Charles J. ilolmnn. Ills wlf
nnd stepson, Howard Neshlt. will hav
to tell, will not bother the defense. ]
Thaw c un be sent to an Insane asylum.
Mrs. Thaw will return to Tlttsburg at
once and take up her home In the new
residence which has been completed
for her neaf one Hundredth street.
There she will enter Into a life of se
elusion.
Thnt the Insanity plea Is expected to
be made, and that Mrs. Thaw Is soon
to be |n Pittsburg Is evidenced by the
fact that the servants have been trans
ferred to the new' home and have been
ordered to have it ready for occupancy
by the first of February.
Bomb Thrower Is Identified
As Rolla Steele, of Iowa
PhtlR'L'Iphla, Jan. ?—Tti<» stranger
who threw a homh In the Fourth Street
National hank on Saturday, killing
t'nehler Mi l.ear und himself. Is thought
to h** Bolin Steele, of < in mer. Iowa.
lie slept Friday night at the Gram
house, nnd a search of the room occu
pied nys hlpt revealeij u number of de
tonating caps, a pistol, box of car
tridges. several yards of slow fuse, u
number of tools and somo clothing. A
pair of overalls bore the mark of a
fii;: f.ynrhburg. Vo:, merchant. Thp-T>mtct>
are satisfied that Steele was the man
,|io threw the homh after demanding
loan ..f |i,no» of Fresldent Rushton,
f the hank.
Mr. Bushton. who Is a Georgia man.
invlng been born In l>allon. Is suffering
mm a nervous attaek n, a result of
Ids experience, and on yesterday was
William J. Crump, a negro messenger
In the bank, who wn* Injured when the
bomb exploded, Is In the hospital, but
It I* thought lie will recover.
forced to deny himself to all callers, tils reverses drova him to desperation.
Washington. Jan. 7 —Senator Lodge,
of Massachusetts, addressed the senate
today on his propped , n
the Foraker resolution with regard to
the investigation of the Brownsville ef-
falr.
He said there were two questions In
volved. one a fact, and one a tsar. It
was admitted, he said, that there waa
shooting tn the atrecu of BrownavUte
on the night of August IJ, houses were
fired Into.- one man kilted and another:—
httd to lose hie arm. j,5
He said the shooting was dona by.
either United Btatea soldiers from Fort I
Brown or by cltlxens of Brownsville-
"disguised In cast-off uniforms of tha,'
droop* and provided with exploded' -
sheila from the government range." Iti
was for the commirtke to determine!
that question.
President Has Powar. -
Senator Lodge said:
"The power of the president, the sec
retary of war and tho commanding of
ficers of a department to discharge an
enlisted man Is expressly recognlmd.
The dishonorable discharge can ontF T
be given by sentence of n court mar
ital, tiut there Is another discharge
described an the ‘‘discharge without
honor," which Is not limited to the
action of a courtmartlal.
“There ran he no debate whatever
that the ptfwer of summary dismissal
waa Inherent In the office of com-
mander.ln-ehlef. when the preaidant .
was Invested hy the cnnstltulon with
that office, and there haa never been
any attempt on the part of congress to
prevent nr Interfere with the exercise
of this authority.
It’e Up to Pre.idant
makes no difference whatever 1
whether one man or ten, or one hun- j
died, or tin entire regiment are dis
missed In this way. If the commander-
In-rhlef Is unable tn dismiss from the
army the anldtec* whom he regarda ea
Inngcmu* to military discipline, with-
nit furnishing proof, which would con
vict. lo u Jury, military discipline
would lie at an end and the army of
the United States would become a
menace to the people of the com
munity."
EASTERN CAPITAL
TO BE INVESTED IN
SOUTH CAROLINA
kpeclsl to The Georgian. •
Charleston, 8. C„ Jan. 7.—New York .
capitalists to the number of two score'
are In Charleston today, representing I
millions, for the purpose of organising:
In this state tho Sooth Carolina public !
service corporation, capitalised at 110,- ■
0110.000, which purposes to build net'
work of trolley lines from Charleston
to Columbia and to Orangeburg, con
necting with tho Augusta and Aiken. <
The party goes to Columbia tomir-
row end to Orangeburg on Wednesday,.
where the organisation will be com- •
pleted. Thursday to Aiken and Augus- '
ta and Friday back to. Charleston.
Typo, Elect*Offieera.
At a largely attended meeting of At- .
MRS. STEELE AND SON
ARE IN LYNCHBURG, VA.
Lynchburg, Vo., Jan. 7.—There Is lit.
lie doubt In thr minds of the friends
of J. R. 8lee|e, who worked here as
n concrete construction foremen. Is the
Sb-wVh w&&n bank
delphln last Saturday. Steele's wlfo
and lo-year-old son are here.
Steele left Lynchburg Thursday
night, and since then nothing has been
heard front him. It Is said that Steele
■iften talked In a wsy that Indicated
thoughts of violent acts. He had con
siderable sickness In his family and
had been In debt. His friends think
day afternoon. President Wade P.i
Harding announced the appointment of]
the following officers to serve during
the year HOT:
Reading Clerk—R. L. Whites.
Doorkeeper—C. H. Brown.
Correspondent L T. V. Journal—Jack
Tracey. , gi
A number of standing committees
ware also announced by the president.'