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,i —- - v: U! .) >rgian ( The BUSINESS And All Of It Clean Atlanta Georgian. The Georgian The “ And All Of k 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 - * ■ 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 O O 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 “ __ 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.