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The Georgian Carnet The BUSINESS And All Of it Clean The Atlanta Georgian. The Georgian Carnet The BUSINESS And All Of I» VOL. 1. NO. 240. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1907. price: sraiB»s»asa SENSATION IN THAW TRIAL; TWO JURORS ARE DROPP0) Campbell and Faire Are Excused Tuesday. FOURTH AND SIXTH JURORS QUIT CASE One New Man Selected On 'Morning of Fifth Day’s Session. New York, Jan. 29.—The fourth and fifth juron, Arthur 8. Camp, bell and B. B. Faire, have been excuied by content of the attor neys on both ddei. Juror Faire said he had not the remotest idea why he was ex cuied. “I was never so astonished in all my life,” he added. Juror Campbell declined to make any explanation. “As soon as the trial is over,” he went on, “I will tell all know. I have no desire to make a myatery of the matter, but I cannot talk now.” Nsw York, Jan !».—Believing that with tbs aid of hts wits ha had obtained nine man who would look favorably on hla oaaa. and that ha would obtain three more Juron of the earns stamp, Harry K. Thaw waa In a happy frame of mind today. “The Jury Is *11 right," said Thaw, "and Evelyn Is enUtled to a la rye share of the credit for what I have done tn aiding In the selection of these men. She Is a remarkable Judge of human natun." The new special panel of ISO tales men. ordered tubpenaed by Justice Fltigerald tn the expectation that the flrot Special panel otlOO would be ex hausted before 4b# jury woulf Be ob tained. were on head early today. Defense HMee Its Hand. That the Thaw lawyers hare not re vealed their whole hand In Che matter of the line of defense was ehown by a question asked by John B. Qleaeon, of Thaw's counsel. Thin wae whether the talesman would be prejudiced against l Its defendant It several defenses were put In. Another Incident that added to the mystery aurroundlng the defense was a long conversation between Hartrldge and Qleaeon and their client fh the Tombs after the adjournment of court yesterday. When Hr. Hartrldge wee questioned later he said: "There were only one or two parts Harry did not undtratand. It wae to put him clear on these that we had the talk." When the trial started It waa aald that Thaw was opposed to having young unmarried men on the Jury. Whether this was on the advice of Evelyn Thaw or not has not been de veloped. Barrymore Her Sweetheart. Ae the first sweetheart In New York of Florence Evelyn Neeblt. now the wife of Harry Thaw. Jack Barrymore, actor and artist, will tell a moat sen sational story on the witness stand. Under subpena by ths prosecution, he will tell of tho early romances in the life of the beautiful chorus girl and artist's model and of the war waged by Thaw and Stanford White, hla victim, for her charming graces. He Wes Struggling Artist Jack Barrymore, who Is a son of the late Maurice Barrymore, and a brother of Ethel and Lionel, woe a struggling artist when Evelyn Neeblt waa a chorui girl. They became acquainted and friend* of the couple declaied It was u case of love at first sight. Barrymore, the occupant of exceedingly modern Bohemian quarters In Fifty-sixth street, made only a bare living at hla calling. The pretty chorus girl fared even lit tle better, and soon both saw matri monial alliance was out of the question The beauty of Evelyn Nesblt drew her Into the Broadway limelight, and two of those first to become attracted were Stanford White and Harry Thaw. Tenth Jurer Chosen. John A. Dennee. an agent, of fit Broadway, elngle, 18 year* old. wns sc. espied this morning ee Juror No. Ifl. There will be no delay ee soon as the It men with life snd death power over the earthly existence of Thaw are duly mertlaled Into piece. District Attorney Jerome eeya he will follow Immediately with his opening addrve*. This, It le believed, will be brief. In. deed Thaw's salvation entirely depends on the success of the emotional In sanity plea, eo that all that the prose cution has to do In the beginning Is to place on the records the facte of the taking of White's life by Thaw. Fight ef the Defense. The tflal really must be the light of the defense from beginning to end. The ac|e of White driving a Jealous youth Into a freniy that made him Irrespon sible: Thaw's peat, his mantel condi tion elnce childhood, and then the full heart breaking story of Evelyn Nseblt Thaw. After that will come the alien- lata and other witnesses, seeking to break dowiw the defense. “Baker, of Cincinnati.” The first celled to the witness stand today waa Theodore B. Boynton, trees- STUDY OF EVELYN THAW; DRAWN IN THE COURT ROOM This is a sketch ef Evelyn Neeblt Thaw by Hearet Staff Artist H. Richard Boehm. It shows Mrs Tbsw intently fallowing the examination ef s prospective Juror. It had developed that the talesman wee a friend ef Thaw's. The interest manifested by Mrs Thaw brought eut some of the beet points in her fecial expression. BURNED TO DEATH IN KINDLING A FIRE Women Collectors Are Said To Have Shared Fund. WORKED SEVERAL OFFICE BUILDINGS Georgian Trails “Charity Workers” and Learns Some Past History. Are you one of the many Atlanta business men who succumbed to the winning ways and smiling smiles of a couple of young'women, well dressed and prepoeeeeelegi WhQ eeld they wars collecting monfiy for the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union? If you art, maybe you didn't know that all of the money you contributed never reached the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. The women were'whet Is known to Secretary J. C. Logan, of the Associated Charities, as professional charity work- era, and their graft la a good one. They work on a salary or commie ston, and If It per cent of the money collected from Atlanta business men reached Us alleged destination, then tbs Woman's Christian Temperance Union Is In luck. A few days ago a Georgian reporter by The Qeor- thnt this young A further l gtan demonstrati 9-Year-Old Melville Curtis Is the Victim. THIN NIGHT GOWN CAUGHT ON FIRE Bov Lived Several Hours After Being Horribly Burned. Continued an Page Three. After sustaining fatal burns about Ills body while making a lire In the cook stove at 5 o'clock Tuesday mom- In” Melville t'urtls, the »-year-old eon of Or. and Mrs. f\ F. Curtis of Best Lake, lingered In great agony for four hours, finally offering a prayer to heaven asking a blessing upon hla pa rents. hla. brother and slaters. Just before he died at 8 o'clock. The little fellow was conscious to the last. H* remembered his father, who arrived as soon as possible from the sanitarium, on the Boulevard, and talked with him about receiving the bums. He was trying to get a-wesrE of wood Into the stove when a llama Taught hie night drees In some man ner. and within a few minutes ha was enveloped. Hie scream* brought his mother lo the kitchen almost Instantly, and she received several painful burns about the hands In her effort* to extinguish the burning clothe* of her little a»n. This was finally done, but not until nearly all of hit clothea hsd been burned away and he had sustained In juries which ended In hie death. Several physician* were summoned end everything possible wee done to relieve hie sufferings, but they availed nothing. The funeral will take place et I o'clock Wednesday from the resi dence. The body wit), be 'hurled In the Greenwood cemetery. Mr. end Mr*. Curtis a brother. Glen, and two sister*. Addle and Helen, ere the surviving members of the family. TILT BEFORE CLUB A BATTLE ROYAL: FOBAKEJTIS ANGRY Ohio Senator Resents Ev ery Statement of the President. Washington.. Jan. 29—The tilt hottreen the iirvultlent anti Senator Forakor at the Gridiron t’luli dinner on Hatnntuy night ••nil m*t l*e Ignored or allauctd by club etiquette. It wm a battle royal Mr. Kooaevelt waa forrvful—uiorr than ■tmnioii*—and cuttingly Inrlalrc. It la wild to hare l»een a apccih of biting anr mam. Interlarded with n vlgorou* vocabu lary. If waa taken by all who heard It at a direct challenge to Kenator Foraker. More, It wni taken an a lecture to him an an In diridtat. and thr aennta aa a whale, ertt In a promlBcuaua company to be Intuited. From the opening sentence he wae umre than virile. He did not mince worda. He Jiurletl hark the gratnltona flings at him- struct him In hla duty na n senator. COUNT LEO TOLSTOI IS CRITICALLY ILL St. PcteniburB, Jan. 29.—The condition of Count Tolstoi, the novelist ond social reformer, is believed to be critical. Westingheuse le Better. Lenox. Mess., Jen. It.—George West, tnghnuse. Jr. le getting over an attack ■Man woman, together with e partner. “working 1 the office buildings to At' lants and other places where buelneii an whoWfi tfBTVWlijt tbolr inonej In a few hour* one morntag e Oeor flan reporter ascertained .that these young women gathered In a rich bar vast, and. atrfinge to relate, few of those who contributed flve-dollar kills In response to the winning smiles knew where their money wet going. All they •aw was two exqultely gowned young women, with Pretty emlles. and they were then numbered among the "fish." These facie ascertained by The Oeor. glen were reported to Secretary Lagan, of the Associated Charities. and then a systematic Investigation by that In stitution tree marie. Macon, Savannah and New York were communicated with. Enough waa learned to cause Peerstary Logan to have the young women In his office tor e consultation. . Left Town Suddenly. And strange to relate once more, when theeo charity "workers" found The Georgian nnd the Associated Char. lUes were on their trail they quit their work and left Atlanta Sunday night. Their whereabouts ere unknown. First of all. Secretary Logan learned that Mr*. D. I. Bradley, president of the Juliette Nix Union of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Atlan ta, had authorised Mrs. W. W. Do- naghy. alleged tn be of somewhere In New York, when ahe was not on the road, to collect funde for the building of a church two mllea from Roewell. What percentage Mrs. Bradley was to get she declined to atete to Secretary Logan. Mrs. Donsghy could not be found. 8he had been Hopping at the Aragon, It wae eald, but had left. These girls, who gave their names aa Mlsa Harriet Kunert and Mlee Elisa beth Emmons, were called tq Secretary Logan's office nfter they had been lo cated by him In one of th« office build ing*. Oh the first dty they had been seen they were lost to n Georgian re porter In the Century building. Oirls Ware Employed. They admitted they were employed hy Mrs. Donaghy. who had made the contract with Mrs. Hrudley tn do the working" In Atlanta tn secure funds Their memory was not at an good They didn't know Mrs Donsghy's ad dress. They didn't know how much money they had collected when asked by Secretary Logan, and said when they got to their hoarding place st night they knew the amount In their purse at the time was the amount ee cured. They admitted that their "ri\.r off" for their trouble was 20 |>er cent, but they said they didn't know how much "rake-off" Mr*. Donsghy got. They admitted, too. that they didn't put down on a book all the money they collected. In other words, Secretary Logon learned that Mrs. Bradley and the W •'. T. U. were absolutely at the mercy if Mrs. Donsghy and her two charity ''workers" Arrested in 'Frisco. Investigation In New York brought Secretary Logan the Information that n similar crowd had been run In by the police of Sen Francisco end Helena. Mont.. In 1801. And another strange thing to relate: W. W. Donaghy and n pretty woman "worker,” who came from the Knet with Mm. was part of the gang pinched. Mr. Donsghy. who made the Atlanta con tract, carries ths name of the man who got In trouble In ‘Frisco and Helena. Whether or not she Is the "pretty worker” who came from the East with him at that time lx not known. And of Miss Kunert. Secretary Logan learned something, too. He learned that two years ego In Moron she had SUDDEN AWAKENING SAVES THEIR LIVES; HOME OF MRS. E. H. ALLEY WAS IN FLAMES; MOTHER AND DAUGHTERS BARELY ESCAPE Firebug Used Oil to - Start Flames in House. * NEGRO SUSPECTED BY MRS. ALLEY. Several Closets Concealed Flames. Which Were Growing Rapidly. Mrs. E. H. Alley and her daughter, Mite Emeli* Allky, who narrowly es caped death in a fir* at their home Tuesday morning. BEVERIDGE CORRECTED BY FULTON ORDINARY Only Ten Children Apply For Mill ~ Work. SENATOR SAID ' 3,000 APPLIED Judge Wilkinson Sends Tel egram Giving Correct Figures. —— When Senator Bacon readk a tele- Tuesday from Ordinary John It Wilk inson, of Fulton county,! be wilt show that Senator Beveridge was all at tea when he declared Monday that 2.000 application* bad been made In this county for children between 18 and 12 year* of age lo work tn tb* mills. telegram was received by Judge WUklnaon Tuesday afternoon from Senator Bacon telling of Ui* assertion made In the senate by Senator Bever idge In discussing the child, labor Mil. and be asked whether or not It wax true. In reply Judge Wilkinson aald there ul been ten application* tor permla- eloa to allow children to work between the ages of ]0 nnd 12 year* elnce ths first of January, when the law went Into effect In Oeorgla. Theae children came under the exception* where they were the sole support of widowed mothers or orphans. Judge Wilkinson further said In hla telegram that the owners of mill* 'n Fulton county were anxious to have the law enforced. Ill FRONT Of HOE MAN SENDS BULLET Tl CHILD LABOR LAW SAYS BEVERIDGE Washington, Jan. J».—Bsnator Bev sridge, of Indiana, yesterday resumed his add rose on child labor. Which be ] began several days ago, but which he was prevented from concluding at that time. In ths course of hla remarks he said that the child labor law of Qecrgta.lt a dead letter. He estt tt do*J hot pro vide a system of Mill Inspection, and of Georgia, Car. of Tennessee, and Tillman, of loatfl ouattaa. Senator Bacon asked that the child labor act, passed by the Georgia legis lature last summer, he admitted toi-tb* published report of Senator Beveridge's speech. In connection with his re matter dealing with Georgia. This the sena tor from Indiana declined to allow done and the senator from Georgia gave no. tics that, at tb* conclusion of Senator Beveridge’s remarks, he would ask the attention of the senate long enough to call attention to the Georgia child ta bor act approved August L 1106, tn or der that It might go In the record Im mediately following the Beveridge ad- dfm. Senator Beveridge declared that slice this lew went Into effect, on January L forbidding children between 10 and li years of eg* being employed In mills, orphans or children , more then 1,000 ap plications for permission to work chil dren in the mills of Fulton county had been received by Ordinary John R. Wilkinson, of Fulton county, e Atlanta Man Commits Sui cide in Marietta Tues day Morning. Kpcrinl to The Georgian. Marietta, Ga., Jan. 28.—Startled by the report of a pistol at 6:20 u'clo.'U this morning. Ernest Weigh, night ticket agent at the W. ft A. office, hastened Into the street to find the body or a man lying tn front of the Kennesnw hotel, a 18-callber pistol by his side anti u bullet wound, sclf-ln- fllcled, above the right eye. The man hsd fired the fatal shift and Jell dead In the street. A glance at the hotel record showed that the imn had not registered there and as the I. ft N. train, southbound, had lust passed through. It la thought the man rams t-> the city and Immediately after arriving took his lire. Palters In the pockets bore ths ad dress John H. Jones, Atlanta, an.l showed that he was o member of the International Brotherhood of Machin ists. member of Odd Fellows' leslge K 114 snd l’owhatsn Lodge, Red Men. of Atlanta. ' The man waa well dressed In * grnv worsted suit, patent leather states ami a slouch hat. ilc looked to be. about -A year* of age and weighed about li't poundst The hotly was taken to an under taker's parlor to await an Investigation, which was begun by the chief of police. loiter In the morning the body was Identified hy Jsbes Gault, of Cherokee county, as that of John Jones, who moved from Canton. Ga.. to Atlanta about ten years ago. He stated that alien he lost knew Jones he wss a widower, with two or three children; that Jones was a machinist. The coroner found a verdict of sui cide end the body was taken charge of by the local lodge of Odd Fellows. GOVERNOR MATA AND TROOPS SLAIN IN NIGHT CLASH Rioting Is Threatoued at Capital of Vene zuela. Death is a result of the plot of a firebug who sought to deal out death and at the canto time cover up traoes of robbery—that Is the fate Mrs. K. H. Alley, of 41 Woodward avenue, thinks she snd her two daughters nar rowly escaped early on Tuesday morn ing. As It It, her house le almoet demol ished. Ill - In money, a diamond ring and other articles of Jewelry are goo*, and there Is plsnty of evidence 1 flames which came na three lives were started by an lnoea- diary. About 4 o'clock Tuesday morning Miss Emelle Alley, wbo Is employed at Jacobs' Pharmacy at the candy conn-' ter. heard strange noises In ths house sad awakened her mother, in the same room with mother and daughter waa a child, only S years of ago, and the three were alone In the house. Mrs. Alley's husband Is a traveling man aad Is sway from homo for weeks at a time. Sailed a Pistol. Because of this, Mrs. Alley keeps a pistol .on a chair near the bed, aad •fixing this she and her older daugh ter proceeded to make an Investigation. They listened. Again they hear* the strange nobs* ee of something falling. Both were convinced that burglar* were In the house. They distinctly heard A* the door of-the bod room was opened mother and daughter were driv en beck by a cloud of smoko In which streaks of flame now and then darted. Flames An* Dissevered. Almost suffocated both retreated late the room and Mias BmeHe uttered a piercing shriek In aa effort to arouse the neighbors. Another hasty Investi gation through tho door leading Into tho hallway showed that tb* flames were making rapid progress and that unless they escaped from tho house mother and daughters would bo burned to dtftth. Plaster. In one of tbs rooms bognn-to fall snd this added to their terror. Finally Miss Emelle got on the outside of tho house and she Screamed until neighbor* responded and a friend with a telephone notified Are headquarters. In no lea* than live places bad Area been started. Willi'motml, Cnracoa, Jaii. 29.— Governor Mala, former minister of puhlie works of Venezuela, ami it immlter of armeil troops were killed lit n rntiHiet wi»t armed followers of Viee Presi dent Gomez, of Venezuela, on the nfirlit of January 27 neeonlinit to ntlviees received here. Serious trouble is threatened in Caraens. it is said, its n t result of the hrnwl. Mata and his soldiers surprised a secret mooting in Gomez's yard mid a light followed. Sev eral men on both sides were wounded. the old Ex|k>*ltl»n cotton mills tor a number of years, was u member »f the International Association of Machinist* and a prominent halite man. Is wife died shout, ten yenr* ago. 1* survived by three children—a daughter. Ml** Minnie June*, who Is now living In Alabama, and two sons, t'srl June*, who lx aged shout I? years, snd Bereher Jones, who I* aged about 22, and work* In a local carriage fac tory It seems.that Mr. Jones had nut been In Atlanta fur several months. The death of hts wlf. was s sever* blow- to him, and this, followed by rumored do. mesttc troubles, is mid to have made him very morose. | Ha kae a nephew, Arnold Owens, who ' Is employed In Urn Cam run Brick Com. O* *»*» U 11*48. i ■ . Fin wo* burning briskly In three rlofeta, a lounge In -the hell was a mass or flames end hsd ignited the woodwork, while names hod started In a fourth closet. And further proof that this was the work of en Incendiary was shown In a ran of kerosene which had been left standing In the hell near the hissing couch. “There Is no doubt In my mind as to ths origin of ths fir*. It was the work of a flrabug. I can only suspect one person of such a fiendish plot, and even then 1 can hardly see why such a murderous piece of work should be at tempted tor so flimsy a cause,” said Mrs. Alley. "A short time ago I declined to rent an outhouse to a negro end he reseat ed this refusal no Uttla He Instated that he be allowed to have the room*, end demanded reasons why he could not have them. , fiuspeeta a Negro. 'it' Is possible that this wsa his work end In order to make II profitable ae sell as work of revenge, h* may hare ■mien my Jewelry and money. Last week my husband sent me tit end I placed thl* In a box which I kept In one of the rloaeta burned out. In this box I had a valuable diamond ring, to gether with other Jewelry. Thl* box and Its content* ere gone. The firemen raked In the debris for traces of the Jewelry, but nothing could be found.. "It was an easy matter to secure en trance to the.reer of the house, end I believe that one of the not sea my daughter and myself heard wax tho falling of on* of the windows ns the firebug end thlet made hie exit” The can of oil which the firemen found In the hell near tb* lounge wo* kept by Mrs. Aliev In one of the cioeet* which we* found to be on lire, eo It hed been removed and need In starting (he five fire*. One of the closets tn which the Are raged wee on* between the room In which Mrs. Alley and her daughters were sleeping and the adjoining room. Saved From Death. This Is completely burned out end had not the occupants of the room been awakened the flames would not have been long In getting Into the bed room. In fact, had the live fires been allowed to eel their way a short time touaer. the entire house would have been a man* of flame* en-t thr occupants prob ably burned to death. Mir. A!!r\ hsd n--l recovered . the effect* of her thrilling *m on Tuesday snd wss «ttil very t