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The Georgian Carnet The BUSINESS And All Of It Clean The Atlanta Georgian. The Georgian Carrie* The BUSINESS And All Of It CUn VOL. 1. NO. 226. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1907. price: tvxsmmt KINGSTON, JAMAICA, DESTROYED EARTHQUAKE Kingston, Jamaica, Jan., 15.—The City of Kingston has been destroyed by an earthquake, loss of life is reported. - UNION OF HEBREWS OPENS ITS TWENTIETH COUNCIL Simon Wolf Talks on the Immigration Problem. ADOLPH KRAUS MADE PRESIDENT Delegates Welcomed by the Governor, Mayor and Others. The convention ball of the Kimball Home was well filled when the'-first business session of the twentieth coun cil of tho Union of American Hebrew Congregations was called to order at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. In uddltlon.to the ISO delegates, there were ninny visitors, mostly members of the local congregation come to bid tin visitors welcome. The gallery wun enlivened and beautified by the pres ence of a large number of ladles. IMmanent organisation was per flated. Adolph Kraus, of Chicago, was tinted president, and took the chair amid great.applause. Tbs other of ficers are vice president, Sol Sulsberg, of New York; secretary, Upman Levy, of Cincinnati; eselatent secretary, Mil ton M. Hirscti, of Atlanta. Han. timian Wolf, of Washington, Dc-Cu-chairman-of the board of dele. gates on civic rights. Introduced a res- Caution In wnicn was expressed the views and desires of tho jowlah peo ple la regard to immigration and Im migration laws. It being provided that this was to be wired to Joseph Cannon, speaker of the national house of rep resentatives. On motion. It was re- fernd to a committee of fivo for con- slderatlon. Aaron Haas, of Atlanta, was elected temporary chairman, and Milton llirsch, of Atlanta, temporary secre tary. . Address of Wslcoms. The opening exercises were marked by speeches by Governor Terrell. May or Joyner. Rabbi David Marx, and the response to these addresses of welcome by Samuel Woolncr, president of the Union. The convention was opened with prayer by Dr.. Max Keller, of Now Or- leans. In tho point of geographical loca tion/' said Dr. Marx. In Introducing the governor, "Georgia la one of tho oldest states In the Union, and it Is highly “ppmprlatc that the governor of this • I mute should welcome the members Of our ancient faith. And, then, he C Mich with the Ulbllcal name of Jo seph." Governor Terrell was In a Imppy Vi in, and frequent bursts of applause greeted his remarks. "I’r. Marx,” he said, "has said t'i**i h about old Georgia that 1 v “field he was going to refer to me an „id governor, In which case I would have called upon the ladles In the (tal i' v to Indignantly dony tho allegation. *vhen I was campaigning for gov- •vnor, 1 related to an audience which I -I come out to hear front nie the n milier of occupations 1 had been en- v iin-d in. When through some fellow " ■ heard to remark: 'Ho's been every thing but a Jew and a preacher.' Ills 'oiiiponlon replied, 'Yes, and lie's got a Jtw name.' Power of ths Jew. ' .setlougly, I am pleased to welcome 1 'U to the state of Georgia. There Is state In the Union, where tho Jew I* Mich a great force as here. In 8u- vniinnh, that old city has had a Jew I r mayor for the past 10 years. Other 'hie* are represented In high offices tv Jewish ctttiens. There Is no pert of A'l.inta's dttgenry which Is more dls- 'I'.-'uiHhed. more patriotic, more enter- tf-mg, than the Jews. ‘hi the state penitentiary there are SAMUEL WOOLNER. President of Union, who responded to address. DR. K. KOHLER. Prominent delegate to Hebrew Convention, S .'.'ii unfortunates. But one of these u “ Jew. Ha was sent there for llghi- ip.t-rather unusual offsnss for a Jew. ‘he reason you are so poorly repre- eer.ted In the penitentiary Is because Jewish faith teaches good cltlsen- V « 1 LOUI8 KROHN. Veteran treasurer of the Union of Jewish Congregations. CONHTTHTD T Action Is To Be Taken at Meeting Wed nesday. . CHANCE OP ATLANTA IS REGARDED GOOD POPULATION OF KINGSTON, STRICKEN CITY OF JAMAICA, IS ESTIMATED AT 50,000 New York. Jan. 15.—The western Union Telegraph Company has received advices that Kingston has been destroyed by an earthquake with great loss of life. Kingston is tho capital and chief seaport of the Island of Jamaica, situated in the southeast coast of the island. The streets are clean and the water supply is excellent, with a fino sewerage system. It has electric lights an dstreet cars. Tho town is strongly, fortified. tmil',and the gov- Tlic population is about. 50,000. The suburbs arc very beautif id - - - - ernor and wealthier residents live there. The harbor is said to be one among ~tJnrflircsrih the world. :— It Is Reported That Secreta ry Shaw Is Opposed to Birmingham. Washington. Jan. 15.—A letter from Secretary Shaw to Chairman Payne, of the ways and means committee, concerning -the proposed location of the new sub-treasury In the South, will be laid before the committee on ways and means In Its meeting tomorrow. It wa* reported In this city, today that In this letter Secretary Show de clares Birmingham It not suitable as s location for the sub-treasury.—If this ires out to be true. Atlanta wilt stand TKhhcctd secure the prise. - The committee tomorrow will decide whether It will report a bill providing for the new sub-treesury and where the sub-treasury should be located. RABBI M08ES J. CRIES, Of Cleveland, who speaks to Union Tuesday night. , LOOKS BLUE FOR BAILEY; GOVERNOR AGAINST HIM Duncan and Camp bell Are Old Time Friends. CLOSELY ASSOCIATED IN LAW BUSINESS Probe Resolution,. If Passes, Is Likely to Em barrass Senator. 00000000000000000900000000 o o O COMER RODE TO CAPITOL O O IN CARRIAGE NUMBER 23. O O 0 O Special to The Georgian. O 0 Montgomery. Jan. 15.—Tho car- 0 O rlngc In which Governor V. II. O O Comer drove to the capllol to take O O hl» office yealerduy was number O O 81. O O There waa much comment on O O this "aklddoo" vehicle and many O O remark* were made. Bonn- say O O It was meant for Governor Jclk*. O 0- who waa In the hack with the 0 O new chief executive, us he van O O going nut of office. 0 UOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THREE GOVERNORS Col. John Temple Graves Delegate from State ut Large. •i.i “We are glad to have you here. If you are not treated rtaht where you ■ v». coma down to Georgia and make n your home. You'll get nil that* ‘ “ulng to you as long a* Dr. Murx —i.i.iiuveiiHn Tarrell are athn-." — Mayor Joyner Wee next Introduced ' 1 am not going to queer my adnilni*- >.i:i.,n right at the Jump." said the 1 ■ iyor, "by boring you with a long ' I can say truly that the cltr of At- -aia is glad to have you here, and we Continued Oo Pag* Thirteen. Washington, Jnn. 15.—Buck of the Introduction and prcwilng of the I>un- reenhillon In Ihe'Tcxaa legislature for the Invcsdlgnilon of the charges again*! Senator Halley, there Is a story if Texas politics that Is a goisl deal discussed In Texas circles In Wash ington. Balloy, It seems that the new IHiiver* In Texas arc not for Bailey. Governor Campbell, who has Just been Inaugurated. Is lined up against the Junior senator from the state, and this fact Is aecepted as giving the situation a sinister aspect from the standpoint ,,f Halley s Interests. Dunean. In whose hands turned up ih,. resolution for Investigation of the charges against Halley and also of rues,, against Attorney General R. V. Davidson, I* the Intimate friend of Gov. , mor Campbell. In fact the are Motctdiors. Thev have, moreover, been ,el.lied Ih business and prb- r.ssloiial matters Governor Camp- lull wa* receiver for the International and „'-»* thrown Into the hands of the- courts, anil Duncan's lew firm acted as attorneys for the receiver. Governor Campbell has a long and unquotlmii- „rd of opisisllhm lo corpora 0 BILL WILL PROTECT O ROAD TELEGRAPHERS. O 0 O O Washington, Jan. 15—Repre- 0 O acntntlvc Pearce yesterday O O amended his rallwny telegraphers O O bill so as to prohibit railroad tel- O O egraphers from working us such O O more than eight hours In a day. 0 O It also prohibits them from be- O O Ing compelled or allowed lo per- O O flirm other service than that of O O telegraph operator nr any eerv- 0 O Ice which would In any way Inter- 0 O fere with the proper performance O O of their duties as such. 0 nOOCOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOOO OOQOO rent methods In finance. If Governor Campbell Is against Hut- Icy. friends of the latter admit the out look Is evsn worse for ths senator than has been commonly understood. The Duncan resolution, according to ad- vlcrs from Texas, 1s likely to pass. If It does. It will present Bailey's friends with a most troublesome elate of af fairs. Benator Bailey has been charged with Improperfoiau,ms with the Standard Oil and other corporation*. He will l>e compelled to explain them In ihc ut most detail. Further. Ilalley ha- made charges against Attorney General i>“. vidian. Under this resolution he would have to substantiate these. There Is a strong feeling that the more the mat ter Is gone Into the more difficult will It be for Halley to explain his own af fair* fo the satisfaction ef the people and likewise the more Impossible will It tie for him lo produce specific proof Delegates from the cotton-growing counties of Georgia and from the state at large are making preparations for attending the third annual convention of the Bouthem Cotton Association, which will bs called In order In Birm ingham next Thursday by President Harvlu Jordan, and will continue for three days. Over 100 delegates arc ex- pected lo attend from Georgia. The program Includes all the promi nent cotton growers In the Boutli and Hate officials. Governor-elect lloki- Bmlth, of Georgia: Governor Heyward, of South Carolina, and Governor Co mer. of Alabama, will ilcllver addresses. John Tcmpls Graves, editor of The Georgian, has received and acknowl edged notice of his appointment ns del egate from the state at large from M. L. Johnson, president of the Georgia state division. Colonel Graves Mill at tend the opening session of the con vention next Thursday. NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE IN THE PALMETTO STATE INDUCTED INTO OFFICE Special to The Georgian. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 15.—Martin F. Ansel was Inaugurated governor of South Carolina today. After four years of service as the state's chief executive, Qovernor Clinch Heyward yielded the ecepter to hl“ successor. ... At noon the Inaugural procession entered the ban of the house of rep resentatives, where the ceremony took place. The procession started tram the office -of the 'governor. Where shortly HON. MARTIN F. ANSEL HON. D. CLINCH HEYWARD. Who retiree as Ih* chief executive of the Palmetto 8tste, after four years Incumbency. before the hour of noon the supreme court and the retiring and Incoming state officials assembled. Governor Heyward escorted Govern or-elect Ansel. Lieutenant Governor McLeod and the other new and old of ficials followed the two governors and the supreme court. Lieutenant Gov ernor Hlonn presided over the Joint semtily of senate and house. Upon usccndlng the speaker's stand, i- oath of office wns administered to Mr. Ansel by Chief Justice Pope, of the supreme court. NORTHERN SOCIETY AT HANNA WEDDING; THE WHITNEYS ATTEND 00003000000000000000000000 0 o 0 GEORGIAN.CALIFORNIAN 0 0 WINS UNIQUE HONOR. 0 O OeorRe V. Steed, of Hnkrly, O 0 wa* tKo Hr*t attorn* turn domination Id politic* and to cur* of bla charge* agulnci DgvUUou. O O be admitted to the nupr^nx* «>»urt O O of Georgia under, the new rule* 0 O of that body, and the flr*t to nlgn O 0 the role book. Mr. Hired true ««!• 0 O mitted Tuesday morning. 4 0 George V. Hteed In a na|lve O 0 Georgian, and la a brother of llal O 0 T. Hteed, of The Atlanta Journal. O O Mr. Hteed ha* been In »’allfornU O O ten yearn, and In a rlnlhg attor* O 0 ney at the Hnn Fninelnco bar, O O where lie -ha* Uved & 0 ever alnce he went to the INii-lflc O O alope. Rerkely In near the Golden 0 O Gate metropolis ? O lie waa not in Hon Fram'lmo O O when the terrible dlnaater occur- 0 O red, but he wan there during the O O trying tlmen Junt afterward*. lie O O la now vinttlng hi* brother here. O 00<M»QgOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOOP £(>••<-1*1 to The Georgian. Thomaavllle, Ga„ Jan. IS.—A wed- ling of national Interent wa* nolem- nl/ed In 8t. Thomaa Kplncopal church here thin afternoon nt 3.30 o’clock, when Min* Jean Flnlre Ilanna and Mr. Howard .Melville Hanna, both of Cleve land. O., were united In the holy bond* of matrlmonv by the Rev. George Hhrr- \vood Whitney, formerly rector of the pariah here, but recently called to Au gusta. Minn Hanna In the daughter of Mr. and Mm. L <’ Hanna, of Cleveland, and a niece of the late Henntor Mnrcun A. Hanna. Mi. llntina I.* the non of Mr. and Mr* II. M. Hanna, of Cleveland, and Is u nephew of the late Henator Hanna. It Ih underntood that the marriage wan nolemnlxed In Georgia for the reuHon that the lawn of Ohio forbid the mar riage of itmt < ouMln*.. The wedding wan atlynded by m than n hundred pemon*. mostly me hem of the winter colony und a large number of guAtt* who came dow n from Cleveland. Prominent among the vlaltnm were Mr. and Mm. llurry Payne Whitney, of New York. Senate Finance Com mittee Wants Him Treasuiy Secretary. - Washington. Jan. 15 —nie_*Att. -^q ite committee or matlc a favorable report on the' rumination of eOorge U. Cortel- you, to be secretary of the treas ury when Secretary Shaw resign*, March 4. PEIRCE ACTED guar- Secretary Hay Gave Him Right to Repre sent Ship Owners.. WORLD OF DIFFERENCE! GEORGIA AND MONTANA JUST 114 DEGREES APART oke! Il.ily A difference of US degrees.In tem perature Tuesday between At la nt ,1 und Havre, Mont.! While the peek-a-boo ».,i.i- Imv, itliH->*t been - nnasml-from winter quarters liy the balmy sunshine In Georgia, the Montanans are muf- ll.-.l In bearskin ovqrcoats and wool- Iluring the post 81 hours a maximum of 78 degrera was registered hy the of* fielal thermomrtrr In the weather bu reau. and within lha e«>n, time limit the weather man at Havrr. Mont., sent word over the country that when the mercury waa last seen U was 44 de grees below sero. Thg Medicine Hoi f(J|ka are also basking In a temperature 44 degrees below Xero. Marquette. Ih* place where mlwrehle weather prevails when every other place la advertising In lime tnble books, now enjoys comparatively good weather, with a temperature of 4 degrees above aero. The Indication* locally are tor rain and colder Wed nesday. Washington. Jan. 15.—It la declared at the state department that there Is nothing In the chargee presented by house rommlttce on ways and means against Herbert H. D. Peirce, United Steles minister to Norway, The fad that Sir. Peirce, while rep- esentlng the United States before The Hague tribunal In the matter of tho selture of a vessel, alio represented tha waers of the ship, haa always been known £y the state department. When Mr. Pelrce'e nomination for tho present position waa being considered, this matter was brought up and Secre tary Root ascertained that Mr. Peirce, In representing the owners of the ves sel, had acted with the full consent of the late Secretary John Hay. Tha senate waa satisfied with the explanation offered by ths state depart, menu and the matter eras not allowed to stand In the way of Mr. Ptlrca'a confirmation. O address o morning. O The occasion was tho Initial I O slon of th* twentieth council of II O the Union of American Habeew O Congregation*. Th* address arms o abort, but to tho potnL Ho waa O heartily applauded as he took tho O rostrum. o ho said, "and they will open the I O door of any home In Atlanta." o Then he added, with character* O Isttc simplicity and force: O 0 "If you don't eeo whet you want < O ask for IL and wt'U give It to < O you." j_ pooooooooooooooooooooaaaoQ