The Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, GA.) 1906-1907, January 31, 1907, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text1 4 ,ATLANTA,QA^ .^fflTyaDAY, JANUARY 31,1907. TRIO UPON WHOM THAW DEPENDS TO CLEAR HIM OF MURDER CHARGE 1 U,™ 1 ! '* CK.riw J. Holman, mother of Evelyn Nublt Thaw, who It blttorlv antagonistic to htr son. in-law. It it laid tht it ready to go on tha stand any tlma and tstUfy against *— —*- ■- -■ - ■' " htr diughttr’t husband. MASSACRE OF (BREWS THREATENED AT ODESSA; MOB OATHERS TO KILL Placards Posted Charging Members of Race With Being Responsible For Recent - • Assassination of Officials. Odessa, Russia, Jan. 31.—Another massacre of the Jews is expected hourly. All members of the raec able to do so, are get ting out of Odessa today as fast as possible, for the mob, inflamed by placards that appeal for'violence, is already forming. Numerous small outrages have been committed and there are rumors of people, being beaten to death in the lower quarters of y. Last night the industrial suburbs, the bazaars and other the city. populous quarters were secretly placarded with posters, charging the Jews with the murder of the police and other officials, who have been killed. The people are called upon to put down the Jews and kill would' - all who would'hurt the fatherland. As soon as the placards had been seen the crowd began to collect and men mysteriously ap peared inciting the mob to vengeance. Within a few hours the situation, had become so strained that the authorities could not control tho people. four women assaulted AFTER BEING PUT TO SLEEP BY USE OF Richmond. Va. Jan. SI.—A negro chloroformed and criminally assaulted four women while they slept. In Oor- donevllle last night. A posse of officers CHLOROFORM and blodndhounds are nn the trail. The homes of W. W. Scott* Ed Da venport. llev. F. A. Meade and W. A. Blakely were entered. SWETTENHAM DEFENDED BY LONDON NEWSPAPERS Loadon. Jen. U.-A decided ebsugr In ecu. tleieut toward the United Bute* ** s eon sequence of th* Kingston Ineldent Is tiring manifested bye pari «f the London press. The Morning Post asserts the Incident Is not regarded by the English people ns clou rd, that they nre entitled to toll knowledge of nil tort*, both In regard to (larmier Hwettenknm's setlotis end Admiral Deris' coarse, which led to the ordering of the Atncrlcsii naval forces from Klngnton. Htorlcs of uliURc of Amertmns. It states plainly, are etsggeratlnns of seamtlonal American newsps|»er Mien. When the full nti>rv la known It hlnta thnt Justification for M wet ten (Mint's action may In* fotttnt. Tin* rtimiiidc itlen allow* n disposition to cxi'tiac (governor Hwcttcnlinni mol the news- pnper nIterances nre Indicative of n change of oplnlou gcucmlly. • FRIDA Y IS VISITING DA Y FOR FAIR STREET PUPILS Pupil! of the Mventh and alfhth grade* of the Fair titreat achool will pay a visit to Tho Georgian Friday afternoon. The vlaltora will be atiown the plant from office to basement, and will have an opportunity to »•« how a modern newspaper le made. Theae vlelta of the echoola are growing very popular, and every Fri day the achool assigned for tfcitt day by Ihe hoard of education la rep resented by a large proportion of Ita pupil*. The interest shown by th* bovs and glrla Is remarkable, and cv*ry ono of them goea home with a better knowledge and appreciation of the dally newspaper than before. Another Surprise Is Sprung In Thaw . Trial. DISMISSED JURORS ARE ALL AT SEA Thaw’s Mother in Law Is! t Ready to Testify Against Him. New York, Jan. 31.—Juror No. 11, Henry R. Kleinburger, was excused this afternoon. New York. Jon. 11.—When tht Thaw trial opened this morning It was amv trtlly supposed tht twelfth Juror need, ed would be • ecu red during the day. would begfh with District Attorney Je- romo'o etatement to the Jury. But another eeneaUon waa caused by the announcement that David a Walk, •f. Juror No. 4, and IkniU Ham. Juror No. ». htd been sxciusd from cervine. I 4hr*s men smew wEem Harry Thaw tfsgands *o dear him from the ohtrgt of murder fer which teJ* "•£ P'j^uve.Ne. T showei ClUferd Hertridte, who hoo had charge of hie eaea-fer aomo months, fletuew dfo.' 1 show* Delyklw OalMas, the noted .California erimlnal lawyer, whe probably wfll make tha alaa- l»g wrtwmawt for Thaw. Flstur* No. I eh ewe Jehn B. Qleaean, who haa looked aftar Thaw'o IntereeU In the ahsaalng of tha jurara. __ ■anrina i Oacar A. Pink, of No. 477 Waat One Hundred and Forty-fifth afreet, a sals,- man for a box factory, married, waa X man for a box factory, married, v •worn in In placa of H. F. Walker, ‘-.letmtn No. 4. WUbur F. Steele,, married, ‘t7 years old.- manufaeturar, took the ptaoe «f Louis Haas, at No. (. Thaw Family Arrives. At on the flrtf day of the trial the enure Thaw family mada Ita appear- anoa la court today—Mrs. Thaw. Lady anca la court today—Mr*. Thaw, I Yarmouth, Mr. and Mrs. Carnegie Edward and Joelah Thaw. Mm. Evelyn Neeblt Thaw and May MacKentle came In twanty minutes after tht very early arrival of the Thaw party. Both were created with cordial emtlea and boars from .all membtrm of tbs‘Thaw family. All Thaw's attorneys, except Delphln . Palma*,. were pretent. It Ja under- ow that he holde htmeelf In readt- nese to come to court aa aoon at he re. celvea word that the Jury haa been SA Y WIMPY IS“PIKER;’’ FRAUD IS CHARa ful until h*"*ot tha tha Juryman wars to be .Mrs. Helmsii Mi cjman, mother 'of Mveiyd Mtw, la in readiness' to f»1»» the stand against-tha stayer- of Stanford Whlta. It-was learned at the-dtetrtet attor ney'* oIBce today that the had volnq- itlfy.lf any eSort b tesred to that! to beemlrch the character of the dead architect. .She.repuUnt at her .home In Pltteburg,' but at the call of the proeecutor ehe. will hastily coma to Ntw Tork. She will be accompanied by bar hue band, who also stands willing tb corns forth and tall of tha relations between Stanford White and the Holman fun lly. Prisoner it Raetli It has been contentjed all along that j > frlan the architect waa almp|y their friend, and thut he had been a benefactor to Evelyn as well as her brother, Howard, whom he cent to eehool and whom he had promised to put In bustneas on hit graduation. Theae plane were brought to an ab. rupt cloaa whan tha young profligate millionaire ehot and-killed the archi tect on Madison Square Roof Oar- den. , v • Previous to the resumption of the trial In the criminal branch of thtf supreme court today Thaw, was .Impatient. He paced the floor of hie Tombs, cell nerv ously and to one of the keepers ex pressed the wbh that the Jury box wti] be Ailed today. Mam Talesmen In Court "This buslnees or examining- tales men,” ha said, 'la galling to be .aw fully tedious. I hope It does not.keep "My health la excellent.'' ' added Thaw, "and I will go through the ordeal of tha trial without thought of break ing down." Subpena servers had been busy and another hundred talesmen were on hand at the opening of court from whom It was expected the twelfth Juror would be chosen. Walker Knew White. When court opened, reports were rife that oqe or more of the elevun men then In the Jury box woald b* re tired. which woald delay tha task-of completing the Jury. There wsa no definite Information on this point how ever, although there was comment that David ,8. Walker, one of the Jurors, ~ . White. WILL call militia TO REMOVE FOSTER .Richmond, Va., Jan. 31.—The atate militia i» to be called out to remove Dr. L. S. Foatcr aa nupcr- intoiidoiit of tho Eastern hospital. Dr. O. C. Drunk is named-to suc ceed him. Wsst Indians Rtach Colon. Coliin. Jan. Jl.—The royal mall steamer Solent arrived here with 1.IM West Indian laborers on board. The men have been distributed over tha canal route by a special train. knew Thaw aa well aa Stanford and Is asld to know May MarICenale, waa predicted, would be retired. When the examination of talssmm was resumed, the defense hall used twenty-three of Its peremptory chal lenges leaving only seven remaining. It waa asserted that If tbaae should be exhausted before the twelfth Juror was obtained tha defense would be In an awkward position and might be com- pelted to accept an objectionable Juror. Sleuth O'Mara Arrives. The arrival of Roger O'Mara, former superintendent of police of Pittsburg, now chief detective for the Thaws, brought pleaeure to the prisoner and hie friends. O'Mara, It Is.declared, brought Information and data that win be of great aid to tha defense. u'Ma-a haa been at work on the rate for two months. HI a documentary evidence wee laid before the Thaw lawyers to day. O’Mara said he had bees pursuing a line of tnvsgtlgntloa In Pittsburg that would tend to clear Thaw of the al leged Inhumanities of conduct toward Evelyn Neeblt Thaw pilar to their marriage. O'Metm'a arrival on the Pltteburg limited a-ae duaely obarrvnl by coumy detactlvaa. supposed to bi acting under ordesa Pom tho dlatrlu attorney's oflltb. (He was shadowed " Uf| J Peachtree Real Estate Involved in Law Suit. MR$. WADE SUES man Sensational Charges in Bill Involving Big Amount :— of Capital. WIMPY RENTED HOUSE' TO FAMILY OF NEGROES W. E. Wimpy Is the same man who aroused the Indignation of resi dent* on Mangum street lost November by renting a house.at.110 Man- gum street to a negro family, to be used as a negro boarding house. The residence adjoined that of the Rev. A. C. Ward, pastor of tha Tsmple Baptist church, and when Casals Stephent, the - ’ negro tenant, moved Into the house It brought a storm of Indignation. The matter was aired extensively in the newspaper* at the time. * » cr|tlclams of the people of thit locality by Mr. Wimpy Alleging that W. E. Wimpy, a real estate man of Atlanta, Is a "piker" o ■mall means and has secured posses slon of a valuable parcel of .Atlanta real estate through fraud and misrep resentation, Mrs. Lucy J. Wade, of New Tork city, filed* a sensational salt In tha superior court Thursday and asks the court to annul a contract made a year ago, by means of which the property In (location changed hands. • * Not'only does the bltl allege that Wlnipjr la a "piker," but It declare* he .went to New Tork with tha ex. plre'eS purpdse of getting hold‘of the Atlanta property from lie owner by fraud, and It further declares that this was accomplished by' life aid of false statements concerning the dealings of J. Griffin. of Atlanta, with Mrs, Wade. The property la question la the trian gular block on-PMchtree street oppo, site the CajsdltMulldlfag slid Inst nhrth of th* Piedmont. hotel.- It la ctaknsd that although, this- property Is worth 1100,JOO at the .present time, Wimpy, earurad It from Mrs, Wade by emsslwa- in' natr ftfl flflJI Fur' If* rot lh« agreeing- to' pay HO.oon for’ It*at the end of thirty years, <«nd In the mean time-pay hss interest quarterly at tha rate of 4 .pqr* cent . Id Boarding Hsus*. Acoordlns-to the petition filed In the superior court It le charged that about January of tost year Mrs. Wads mads ths acquaintance of, Wimpy at her boarding house on East' Twenty-eecond street, New Tork' city.- It Is charged that while Wimpy 'pretended to atop at the hquag_.by_atxldenl he did ao get acquainted Trlth Mrs. ‘ it possess tot further slon of the property. arod that arter beromlng ac quainted with Mrs..\Vade Wimpy rae there, and askedJJ Mrs Wade dl own Ihe property In question; . • After the suhjset had been opened un It le charged .In the petition that _ . pen Wimpy, declared R. J. Griffin. who was Wade' ■ confidential agent In At Putts, and wbo'looked after her prop erty, was not dealing fairly with her and sought to poison her mind sirs Inst Griffin. It Is also aliened that Wimpy said Grlflln waa collecting Its a month more from-the Guthman laundry, one of the tenants than he admitted he was collecting and also from another tenaht. Mrs. Wade says In her suit that she had not been In Atlanta In sixteen years and was not acqualntad with the value of real estate here. Neither was ■he acquainted with buslnees methods nr law. In fact the petition alleges ■he knew nothing about such matters. WHAT DISCHARGED JURORS ' SAY ABOUT THEIR DISMISSAL ~FROM THE THAW CASE New Tork, Jan. 11.—David Strother was not aware of It. Juror No. Walker, Juror No. 4, who was dls- charged upon the opening of court, said today: "1 am surprised that I was not re lieved from duly In this case before this tlma When I was examined I told the district attorney I knew Stanford White and wsa acquainted with Harry Thaw's family. I waa amaaed whan thay selected ran. I never felt that that acquaintance would embarrass me In coming to a conclusion, but I am mighty glad that thsy have seen fit tq discharge me." He said he might be eccentric, but Louie Hama, Juror No. (, the other man who was dismissed without ex planation from the Thaw jury today, would not dlecuee the matter. "It has been said about the criminal court building today, Mr. Haas, that mu are a very Intimate friend of r lei O'Reilly, and that you are seen a good deal about the Tim ■nUtaM.O* cldentai hotel." Mr. Haaa, who le very assertive in his manner, then ripped .out: "Well It you know that, go ahead ,,( nrinl II" and print It.' Then he walked quickly away, re fusing to be further interviewed. Administration Learns of Japan’s Fight Schemes. New Phase of Child Labor Problem . Bobs Up. Washington. Jan. 11.—Deeplte the moat vigilant precautions of the presi dent add his advisers In keeping the In formation to themeelvee, the fact has leaked out that the relatione between the United States and Japan have reached a most critical stage. Accord ing to on* of the president's advisers, the two countries seem to he drilling rapidly toward war, and deft and vig orous diplomacy must be exercised |* certain new- developments are lo be dlep Continued on Page Throe. turned from plena Fall* K. Y bring ing e man nimed Warren, who la a*iu to be nn eye witness of Ihe tragedy on Madison Bquare Roof. Assistant Dtagm AUarsey Marshall left for Pytsburg today tu hunt up tht from the time he left Jersey City uatU he reached his holtl. He was not served with a subpena. Eye Witness le Found. in.ylvnnln city, hie home. There nre various entries in Ihe police books County Detective -Hammond has ro- shall. against the young man end a rescript of Hires will be sought by Mr. Mar- luntly elated, the administration le In possession of Information Hint forces It lo assume that the Japanese gov ernment le attempting to withstand tremendous pressure tending toward a rupture'of friendly relatione with the United Slates. This ominous situation In Japan Is made doubly critical by the attitude of the Paclflc coase. which re futes to budge an Inch In Its position of hostility toward the Japanr*,-. The San Francisco eehool authorities have not only prepared to make a light against ths Federal government In the rouria, but the California senate on Tuesday adopted a resolution stren uously protesting against the "unwar ranted Interference" by the government with Ihe "constitutional rights of a sov ereign state." snd requesting th* gov ernor and attorney general to take all atr.ne necessary-to protect the state aiut aav* Its rights. Washington. Jan. 11.—A new phase of the child labor problem le being In vestigated by the Interstate commerce commission. This le Ihe employment of children as telegraph operators In responsible positions on railroads. The Louisville and Nashville le alleged to be a particularly bad offender In this regard. Aa a result of Investigations thus far officers of ihe commission hare been Infonned of a number of coses where mere children, some of them In knlckerbockere. nr* employed aa oper ators. where they are compelled to handle signals and receive and deliver train order* The conditions are re garded by Inspectors for th* commis sion as among the most flagrant they have ever observed. Spcrlncelly. It le reported that *4 th* town of Pink. Ala., J. P. Hanford, w boy of IS years, la employed aa opera tor: lit Opp, Ala, nn* operator la a boy of 14, named J. O. Hrannon. and an other, C. E Edge, who le only II years Senator Opposes Idea of Centralized Power, DECLARES POLICY VERY DANGEROUS Says President Right in Many Things But Not AIL ’ . Washington. Jan. It—Senator Ray- ner, of Maryland, waa at bib beet to day and In one of th* moat fervid and Impassioned speeches of this session ■cored the policy of eentrallutlon as outlined by Secretary Root In a recent public address and as carried out. Sen- j ator Raynor declared, in the admlnle- j tratlon of President Roosevelt Kills the Cenatltutlen. "Thin new dUpenuMon," laid Sena, ' tor Rayner, "le at utter war with Ju- j the unbroken Una of adjudication* upon the eublect. It turns th* constitution Into a rhapsody of words; and It tq* heresy.to ever.to be accepted by the coming generation* we might aa well apply the flames to that gnat edlflcd of constitutional thought that, it baa taken over a century to erect, aad level It to the earth In all the symmetry of Its proport tone. "The president Is laboring ' finpterolaa that be Is. honest I . Me tb the country.for the legislation j and that r ' congress aad tt terfere when lu comport with ki I* beet, far OfTTT L thb-eq- iieeutttet hto own tdeaTO -A One-Man Fewer. “Hie etssA.-J. «*A MmI. Qxgg right, aad I am satlened that they ere In a number of Instances, but I believe, with all the alnoarlty I possess, that the •afety and welfare of the republic Is In danger If the blight of such a policy ■hould be allowed by any Insidious process to become engrafted upon oar Institutions. "In the Santo Domingo affair the president ha* evidently made hie own treaty: I am not discussing th* propo sition whether his views and purposes are right or wrong In reference to* Santo Domingo. He may have perform ed a gnat public service for that Island and for civilisation and humanity In | the effort* that he has made to extri cate them from their dlfllculttee end i mlefortunee. This 1* not the point at The charge I make is that he ! ■ wipttahed tht* in violation of I hr constitution, end haa set an ex ample for his euoceeMra which, if fal lowed. would abrogate the ' MM ! body th that gtvea this body the comuTted In the tr*aty»n United i He said th* United BUtee 1* liable tor any loee or waste of revenue* col lected In Santo Domingo by the agent put there by order of the president. He eaM tb* wanhipi in the harbor* of the Island.are there ostensibly to pro tect American Interest*, but In reality protect , th* Island official* against any MMe*MroMHl|kHMrosAM^^ro from without and retro-, lutlon from within. "What th* president haa don* in - Continued en Fag* Six. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOtJOOCtbg. WATER, NOT WINTER, v IS ON THE PR00RAM. « O January goes out Ilka a water- O ■pout. Depressing weather, this. O And there'* more of It: O Here'e th* prediction: O 'Rain tonight and Friday, O warmer Friday.' The temperatures: 7 o’clock am.. .. • o'clock am.. .. I o'clock a. m.. .. 10 o'clock am.. .. 11 o'clock am.. .. II o'clock noon.. I o'clock p. m.. 1 o'clock p. m..' It degrets. ..It. degrees. ..It degrees ..It degrees ..II degrees ..It degrees ..It degrees ..II degrees t»OOOOtJOOOOOO«lOOOOOOOO<H» President Will Attend. Atjand. Washington. Jan. II. — President late In September to attend I tlon exercise* of th* McKinley memo rial monument. old still more remarkable case was found In th* Southern yards at Birm ingham. Ala., where an operator only tt y«**r» old was found. tMher lute caste two children ere employed as opera tors: at Magmxlne Point, MU*., where llkewlee both the operators are mere boys and at Lake Shore. MU*, where one child Is worked In the responsible position as operator. lo Jeuil concerning th«*« 'lasted a* rapidly caeca are being Ineeetlgeti a* possible, and It leuald that a good many more Instances of employment of children In such capacities will be year* old was found. Other like cast* commission on the Operation of flap are reported at Hurricane, Mies., where block algnat system on th* nIMflr meat of l handled In a very polpted fashion. It la said, In (he forthcnmln* report of Sw commission on the opera lion t Isn # ■ aAv S t .- iMi-Villf f» ‘ Vs. L —-— ■MM

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The Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, GA.) 1906-1907, January 31, 1907, Image 1