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VOL. 1. NO. 239.
ARKANSAS
TOWN IS
FLOODED
Place Is Seventy-Five
Miles North of
Memphis."
2,000 INHABITANTS
COMPOSE POPULATION
Town Was ^Protected by An
Embankment Built by
the Citizens.
&l*cUI to Th# Georgian.
Memphis, Tunn., Jan. 28—A long-
distance telephone message to govern
ment officials' here thin morning Bays The Buave "English army officer
the breaking of the levee at Luxora, [ who invited several'Atlantans last week
ATLANTA, QA., MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1907.
APPLAUDS FROM HIS PULPIT THE COURSE OF THE GEORGIAN
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given tr
feelingly
— ‘*We have in our own community a great and splendid force
greater and better in its fight—The Atlanta Georgian. It is difflcu
the good it is doingand wul do.
otley sal
for civilization, a force that is a power and is destined to become ever
difficult to measure the influence of such a factor, to 1 apply the yard-stick to
i as the (
, "5 br ® a ^l 3 ^ message of hope, of uplift, of cleanness of life daily. I feel that The Georgian has come to us as the evangel of all that
lanoblest and best, and it is as a sentinel on the watch tower of our homes. It deserves to succeed. I want it to go into every home in this
great city, this splendid state, this glorious Qouth. Its fight on the unclean advertising in the Sunday papers is a great thing, and should
be encouraged by everjr good citisen in Atlanta. May it grow in power each day, and the hands or its editor ana its publisher be kept
encouraged
steadfast to the course. 1
J. PEARSON OF LONDON
SLEEPS*1N POLICE CELL
AFTER GEORGIAN’S ‘TIP
PRICE) Maw
EIGHTH THAW JUROR IS CHOSEN;
100 TALESMEN ARE SUMMONED
Officers Think He Es
caped From Mis
souri Jail.
Ark., hu entirely flooded the town.
Luxora was protected by an embank
ment built and maintained by the town
Itaelf.
The 81. Francis .mbankmenla are
said to be Intact.
Luxora la altuated about seventy-
live mllea north of Memphla and It a
town of about, 2.000 Inhabitants,
detalla of the crevasse have yet been
received.
CONVICTS ARE TO WORK
ON WEAKENED LEVEES.
Speelal lo TM Georgian.
Jackson, Mtaa., ian. 21.—On the re
queat of tlfe levee authorities, the iriv
ernor today kt noon entered Superin
tendent Neeland of tti. penttenttary-to
take .0 ronplcta to a point below
Greenville, Mtaa. where there
threatened break in the levee, to
NewTrue Bills Against
Some Ten
jMen.
strengthen the embankment and to take
aa many rtvffo as Ip bit Judgment the
altuatl.n, rppUlrea.jT 7 y,
MINDER HEAD
BURSTSENDING BOYKIN IM
LIVES OF FIVE yin| ATFI1 SAY
Chicago. Jan. 21.—Five men were In- | lULli I LUl Oil 1
alantly killed, three more were fright- '
fully mangled, ao they can n»l live, end
more than twenty othera were severely
Injured In a terrlflc exploalon of un am-
monla machine In the power houae of
Armour A 0V, at Forty-third ami
Lnomla alreeta, today.
The men who loat their llvea were
killed Inatantly by the tetrlllc hunt
ing of a cylinder head of the machine.
Building Little Damaged.
The building waa not damaged much,
but an Instant after the detonation the
entire neighborhood waa flooded with
the deadly fumea of escaping ammonln,
mixed with ateum, which eacatied from
the engine. It wua Utmost thirty min
utes before any one could get near the
place. t
The heavy rumbling of the explosion
waa plainly heard for some distance,
and It was quickly understood In Ar
mour A Fo.'s offices, some distance
away. Word was sen! lo the stock
yards police station for many nmhu-
lancea and patrol wagons, with medi
cal supplies und physicians.
“There are twenty men killed In our
plant." came the appeal over the tele
phone. "Send un heip. for God's sake."
Cylinder Heed Bursts.
All the wagons and ambulances In
the southern district were dispatched
to the scene os fast aa horse flesh could
drag them. Fire apparatus waa also
sent, although there waa no blase fol-
lowing the exploalon. About thirty ,.,, mm e n ial Flub, together with Harry
men wet* working about the power , , , h,.fruiter Fdwurd
plant extending Us precincts. The live! Anderson, Louis Hummer, t-.owani
men who were struck dead In an In- JVhiltlesey, Daniel I hinny and T. M.
slant were working almost beneath the Hamilton. Hi*., and Albert Curran, of
big reservoir on the ffrst floor. The | the Atlanta Hoard of Trade, together
three who were probably fatally Injured
were near at band. The others were
within a few hundred feet of the place
Suddenly, without a bit of warning
and with a roar that ahook the build
ing to Its very foundation, the big steel
cylinder head burst from Its fastenings
and waa hurled through the aide of the
building.
150 CHINESE
ARE DROWNED
IN AJSQUALL
Hong Kong, Jan. 28.—Over 60
Chinese junks were sunk early to
day by a fierce squall that swept
over this city.
none o fthe white population
wu injured, but 160 Chinese were
drowned.
to visit hla 'ancestral estate* In dear
old England." and who waa exposed
by The Georgian Saturday afternoon,
was landed lh the ponce station rxtut-
day night.
To the officers Pearson admlttad
Monday afternoon that he waa not an
army officer and had never been one.
hut he waa really an Englishman. He
admitted that he had been In Jail In
New Orleans 'for "grafting." and aald
that he had secured a number of small
sums In Atlanta, and might have con
tinued had not The Georgian expoaed
him last Saturday. He said he wouM
tell hla whole story.to the Judge Mon
day afternoon. Mayor Joyner alta on
the bench MoriUay and will have a good
opportunity to test hla Judicial qualities
on “Pearson, of London."
He wad registered at the hotel where
he stopped aa “John Pearaqn, of Lon
don. England." and this Is the name
now Inscribed on fjie police docket. But
the police believe that he Is Port Pear
son, who la wanted for breaking Jail
In Neoeho. Mu., and fbr whom a re
ward Is outstanding. Officers Rosser
and 'Coogler. who arrested the man.
litre Man .iad to JMMjrd Uud ht Ml
the Jail bird who escaped with live,
otAtrjMn from UM HggUo JttL .
The -nfflrac* ear the deaertpttpu at
the fugitive Jail htrd tall tea with the
prisoner In the police station
D CHATTANOOGA’S NEW DAILY
O EXPRESSES APPRECIATION
O O
O F. L. Seely. Publisher The Osor- 0
O glan: . o
O The worde of encouragement o
O and praise from the beet newapa- o
O per publisher In the South are the O
O moet appreciated of any received. O
O J. P. FYFFE. O
O Editor The Chattanooga Star. O
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OOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOOOD
Robert S. Jones. Sr., of 207 Austell
building, and L. E. Hamilton.
Oglethorpe aVenBe. VUlIdd the
station Monday morning and Idemlfled
Pearson aa a man who had victimised
them. Both men were’ "touched" for
small amounta.
"J. Pearson, London."
Pearson la said to have been In At
lanta only a few weeks and has been
slopping at the Williams House, at
Trinity avenue and Booth Forsyth
street, where he won registered ns "J.
Pearson, London, Eng."
During his brief sojourn here, the
Englishman Is said to have "caught"
a number of prominent business men
for. various sums. Be Is said to have
eeented himself as a retired cap-
of the English army. and. by hla
suave matters, at one* Ingratiated
himself Into the good fellowship of
with whom ho 1a comacL
After, n time. It la stated, he would
ask for n small loan, on tb*
OIL TRUST
IS GIVEN!
that his draft bad fallsd to
lu&rtpaa
deled Charities, e
ths pollre to arrest
Another chapter In the alleged "buck
et shop" cases tvas* written on Monday
morning when the Fulton county grand
Jury returned Indictments against those
ere Indicted a short time ago for
maintaining gaming houses.
This tlmt the Indictments were for
alleged violations of the Hoykln ahtl-
hueket shop law, and warrants will be
served at once and the defendants re
quired to make bond.
we who were Indicted before and
were Included In the Indictments
returned Monday, according lo Solicitor
Hill, were; O. N. Anderson, of the
Ith Holland Curran, John Curran and
,Ous Kscher.
At the lime these defendants were
Indicted and charged with maintaining
Itamlng housea the bond was fixed at
||;ogo each, and Solicitor General Hill
says the same amount of bond will
prubably be required In the present
cases.
It Is hardly probable that hr men will
have to aland trial under both Indict
ments. It Is quite probable that the In
dictments returned Monday will take
I he place of those previously returned,
and that the defendants will have to
stand trial for hllrged violations of the
Hoykln law.
That the light In the courts will be a
stubborn one there Is little doubt. It
Is claimed hy those running these ex-
changrs which sprang Into eslstenoe
after the Hoykln law went Into effect
on January I. that their operations are
perfectly legitimate and that the Hoy
kln law la not being violated.
on the other hand. It Is believed by
the county prosecuting officials that the
rirhangea are places where futures are
eold and that the changing of the name
and the method of operation does not
grt around the law.
All of those Indie;
Is ealtl. to light ths cases
end have It once for all determined by
the courts whether or not their places
are Illegally operated.
Ko far no data has been set for the
trials of th* defendants, but this will he
fixed at once.
Octopus Accused of
All Manner of
Crimes. •
CHARGES ARE MADE ■£, j|
BY U. S. COMMISSKIill
Bribery, Fraud and
ing Competitors .a*. Few ^
of Specifications.
. Washington. Jan. 21.—The moat tea.
elite aralgnmant of th* Standard OU
Company yat made by althar privet* or
public Investigator was - that oCsrafi
congress today by the Interstate com
merce commission. Every t m iliahla
corporate crime, from discrimination
and false prefans**, to bribery, cor
rupt log pf the press and debauchery of
public oIEcUa, la contained In tfis cab
aloguo of charges.
Bom# of ths Standard's methods r ar*
outlined by, the commission as follows!
"The Standard has sold different
grade* of oil at different prtoas fraao
tb* same barrel; It has paid tmployaa*
of Independent oil companies for In
formation as to the hustnees of those
competitors and has paid amptoyaaa'eC
Industrial companies to secure Us*
adoption of Its oil In preference to that
of Its competitors. Its agents an In
structed . to secure customers at asqr
sacrifice.
"Tampered With Inspector*.”
"It haa tampered with the oil In
spector* In different state*. Law* o€
several states concerning, th* inspec
tion of oil are flntularly defective, aad
this haa. been toned to profit hr the
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buys advertising i
or
was
w —BSc
company, continued to
Mr the old name, carrying the Id
the public that the company was
Independent and competing with
Standard.
"Rune Fake Cempeelee."
Tt haa used.tuch purchased tfl
pendantly organised companies .to>
off competitor* by-such cpmpattlar:
duclng prices. The operation of stMl
fake Independent concern* has"
one of Us moat effective means of da-
Attempt Made to Blow
Safe Containing
$110,000.
Special to Tbt Georgian.
Nashville. Tenn. Jan, 2*.—It wan din.
covered thin morning that an attempt
waa made last night to blow open the
stamp and caah vault containing be*
tween 160.000 and <60,000 in stomps, at
the postoffice here.
A hole had been partially drilled Into
the lock.
The burglars were frightened away
There Is no clew to the robbera.
23! SKIDOO! 23!
MERCURY STOPS
ON EXIT NUMBER
The official mercury wont down ue
far aa 2).
Thl> lir Interpreted on being the akld*
doo number for the cold wave, al»
though It la expected that the temper
ature hereabout! will be close around
25 Monday night. ,
A minimum of 28 degrees waa reach*
ed Monday morning about 6 o’clock.
This was the coldest temperature reg
istered during the recent cold snap.
The weather was cloudy Monday morn
ing because the cold coming In from
the northwest traveled so fast thst tho
warm atmosphere waa condensed an I
made It so.
“The Indications are.” said the
weather man. ’’that we will have fair
and continued cold weather tonight
and Tuesday—minimum about 25 to
night.”
.Monday’s temperature*
7 a. m.
x a. m.
• n. m.
10 a. m.
11 a. in.
12 noon
1 p. m.
. S p in.
.27 degree*
..17 degree*
. .28 degree*
.. So degree*
..32 degrees
..34 degrees
. .*? degree*
..41 degrees
Tbt* I* a picture of Harry Ken
dall ThuwT sketched In court by
Hear*! New* Hervlce Artist John-
Ntnne. and shows the young mil
lionaire now* on trial for his life
ns lie assists his counsel In se
lecting the ^ury.
Hartridge Says “Un
written Law” Will
Not Be Evoked.
SHE WAITED IN PARLOR;
BUT SAVAGE NEVER CAME
TO KEEP HIS ENGAGEMENT
New ^ork, J * n - 2* —*The trial of Har
ry K. Thaw for the killing of Stanford
White was resumed today with seven !
Jurors In the box.
('.harles D. New ton, a retired niqnur i
facrurer, of 167 West One Hundred ami
Thirty-fourth street, married, wa*
sworn In as Juror No. 8.
An additional panel of 100 Jurors
has been summoned for the Tlmw case
tomorrow morning.
Young Mrs. Thaw and hei friend.
May Mn<;Kenile. were very enrly on
the scene today. They entered unat
tended at a quarter past 10 o’clock and
sat for ten mlhutes quite alone. Then
the Thaw parly arrived—Mr*. Thaw,
lead)* Yarmouth and .Mr, and Mrs. Geo
t’ttrnegle. Kdwnrd Thaw did not
arrive until ten minute* after court had
After making an engagement to take
a young woman to the theater Haturduy
night ami aleo t--» ■ ntt *m tjer PujuT&v
afternoon and Humluv uiglit 4 V- f*nv
ago, an employee >tf (tic Heck «* (itegif
Hardware I’ompany. who has be»*n
hoarding ut the home of Mr*. K».«a
Powell. 257 Simpson street, mysterious
ly vanished late Saturday afternoon |
and since then nothing has l**»n seen
or heard of him.
The police have been notified of the
dlssp|H*arnnce uud are trying t
(Continued on Pago 5.)
Und
the missing man. but so far all efforts
In this direction have proven fruitless.
No cause whatever |h modgneii fur
the disappearance and the case I* cn-
veiopcd In the deepest of mystery.
tbUMge hud purchased his theater
ticket* for Saturday night and had
them In his pocket at the time he van
ished. Affer finishing his day's work Ing
with the hardware company Savage The
left the store late In the nfternoon With
the apparent Intention of going to hi*
h*»iM«hng bon** and making prepara-
Hon* to escort hi* young u jhwi> frwrted
to the thrutei.
Nsver Rsachsd Horn*.
H»* never reached the home of Mrs.
Powell, however, and since then hi*
friend* have had no word from him. It
was thought that po*slbly lie would re-
|nirt Monday morning for duty at the
store of the hardware company, but ho
failed to put In an appearance there.
The hardware people have heard noth-
W'her
The young' woman who was to ac
company Havage to the theater Is Mias
Kmma Thurmond, residing In Maya
street. Havnge met .Miss Thurmond orily
few day* ago and. accord-
to Information obtained at
Powell homo, appeared
straying competition.
•The Standard haa habitually re
duced the price against Un competitor
In a particular locality, while main*
talnlng ita .prices at other plaoaa
When competition wan destroyed. It
restored or advanced former prtoea.**
The coromlaaloft’s only knowledge of
the competitive methods of the Stand
ard oil Company, says the repdrt, wan
obtained from evidence taken nadir
oath. It la etated that the Staadad
wan given permission to explain og
rebut the facta
500 killeeTin
EXPLOSION OF
GERMAN MINE
Special Cable.
Berlin, Jan. 28.—A dispatch
from Saarbruecken, Prussia, **yx
that s nexplosiou has occurred in
a mine at that place, and 500 min
ers are thought to be dead.
So far 125 bodies havo been re
covered, and the rcacuing party
gives little hope of finding any of
the men alive.
The explosion ia thought to
have been caused by fire damp.
Paris, Jan. 28.—It ia reported
that an explosion of fire damp
has killed twenty-five and injur
ed many miners at a colliery near
Lille. Xu details are obtainabla
at present.
be particularly toad of her. ■ He is
said to have been looking forward,—Ith
much pleasure to his celts on th* ysusc
lady Sunday afternoon sifa night.
8av*pe and Miss Thurmond ware to
have son* to th* theater In company
with another couple, *11 of the arrance-
ment* harm* been completed and th*
tickets purchased. ■
ttavase came to Atlanta several
month# nc<> from Ohio, hie horns, end
had made many friends here. After
being her* eom* time he was HrlBhen-
with typhoid fever and we*
mate of the Grady hospital. He
mil about three months **» **_ _
that lime had been boarding with ]
Powell.