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VOLUME X. NUMBER 18.
FOR FAIR SERVICE
At the Hands of Railroads
Fruit Growers to Act.
WILL APPEAL THEIR CASE
Order Will Be Requested of Interstate
Commerce Commission Requiring
Refrigerator Cars and Other
Accessories.
The convention of the Georgia
Peach Growers' Association held in
Atlanta the past week was generally
conceded to be one of the most im¬
portant in the history ot the associa¬
tion. The action taken by the con¬
vention in tho matter ot the follow¬
ing resolution, unanimously passed, it
is believed will lead to very beneficial
icsuits. These resolutions are as fol¬
lows:
“Resolved by the fruit growers of
Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee
and South Carolina assembled in At¬
lanta, Ga.,
zThat, whereas, in all lines of trade
except refrigeration the seller is re¬
quired to measure or weigh oat to the
buyer the product sold, while in re¬
frigeration tho shipper pays whatever
price is asked without knowing either
Low much ice is used, how often ir. is
placed in cars, nor, which is more im¬
portant than all, how much refrigera¬
tion is secure;
"Now, therefore, be it resolved. That
the committee on transportation be in¬
structed to secure an order from tire
interstate Commerce Commission, or
an act of congress, if that bo found
to he necessary, requiring that all re¬
frigerator cars used by interstate com¬
mon carriers in transporting products
under refrigeration from one state into
another state be equipped with record-
in ? therm o me ters ol buc u typ e as may
be- «niro~cd~"by the Interstate Com-
incrcc Commission, which shall record
in duplicate the temperature of the
car at all times from the time the
product io bo shipped under refrigera¬
tion is loaded until it reaches its des¬
tination, and that the consignee shall
have the privilege of examining such
tuermometer, and taking therefrom
one of the duplicate records, the oth¬
er duplicate record being retained by
the carrier or the refrigerator com-
pany.
And that this action be taken in
time for the equipment of cars with
thermometers thai are to be used in
transporting the U07 fruit crop from
Georgia.
• Resolved, further, That the order or
act so secured shall provide that the
Interstate Commerce Commission shall
as soon as practicable ascertain and
adopt a certain standard or maximum
decree of refrigeration suitable for the
proper and safe transportation of
fruits and other perishable products
shipped under ice, and shall require
all refrigerator companies to main¬
tain and furnish buch degree of tem¬
perature as may be so adopted as the
standard. ”
The facts, figures and suggestions
made in the report of W. H. Harris of
Foit Valley also made a great im¬
pression on the fruit growers pres¬
ent. .
Not only fruit growers, but all ship¬
pers of produce will be certain to
share in the benefits in the carrying
out of these same suggestions by Mr.
Harris For this and other reasons,
there are a very great many Georgians
woo are vitally interested in the pass
ing of the legislation proposed by this
delegate from Fort Valley. With the
installation of the registering ther¬
mometers, according to the testimony
of the fruit growers and shippers at
the convention, there would be a sure
and certain way of holding the trans¬
portation companies responsible, and
in this way thousands of dollars
would he saved to the Georgia fruit
and produce shipers every year be¬
cause of the exact records of the reg-
isiering thermometers.
GUNS HAD DEEN USED.
Strong Evidence Against Negro Sol-
diers Given by Lieutenant.
In the Penrose courtmartial at San
Antonio. Texas, Saturday, Lieutenant
I awrason testified under cio. s-exam¬
ination that when he inspected the
guns on the morning after the "shoot-
ing up” o£ Brownsville, he found
seven men with guns that had evi
dently been in use.
“At an order from Major Penrose,
who Just then came up, said Lieu
tenant Lawrason, “1 went off an an
other duty, leaving those seven men
and guns to Penrcse and Captain L)
or. for further inspection.”
Cotmin jgc Li
ROCKEFELLER’S FORTUNE
Not Over Three Hundred Million*,
and Annual Income is Only Pit¬
tance of Twenty Millions.
Tho magnitude of John IT Rocke¬
feller’s fortune was developed in an
inquiry made in New York Thursday.
In reply to a question, Frederick T.
Gates, Mr. Rockefeller's business rep¬
resentative, said:
“There have been a great many
amusing misstatements on this sub¬
ject. Several years ago. Senator Hoar,
in tho senate, accredited Mr. Rocke¬
feller with a fortune of one thousand
million of dollars. Quite recently a
statement has been made, and pub¬
lished widely, throughout the coun¬
try. that his annual income exceeds
one hundred millions of dollars. Now,
the facts are that Mr. Rockefeller has,
at various times, himself, authorized
a statement that his fortune cannot
exceed two hundred and fifty to three
hundred millions oi dollars. Further¬
more, his income, instead of being
one hundred million of dollars, or
anything like it, cannot in his most
prosperous year have exceeded fif¬
teen to twenty millions of dollars. The
public generally are under Ihe ins-
'pcession that he owns a majority of
the Standard Oil stock The facts are
that Mr. Rockefeller's holdings of
Standard Oil stock are about 20 per
cent.”
BAILEY IS MAGNANIMOUS.
Says He Should Be Praised for Not
Using Shotgun on Enemies.
A dispatch from Austin, Texas,
says: United States Senator J. W. Bat-
ley occupied the stand during the
entire day Thursday in the Bailey
Investigating committee o? the Texas
legislature. He continued to deny all
th.e charges against him, and when
Prosecutor Cocke interrupted him to
object to a question, Senator Bailey
turned his back and said:
“Don't you speak to mo. You ad¬
dress ther chairman.”
The seuator denied that ho had
the legislators to vote for him. At
another time he said that he deserv¬
ed great praise for not taking a shot¬
gun and going out and shooting his
political enemise. He said he would
cheerfully resign his seat in the sen¬
ate if he could arrange It so that he
could meet all his enemies at one
time and finish them Ihon and there.
CHICAGO HAS SENSATION.
Millionaire's Wife Shoots Man Dead
for Alleged Blackmail.
At Chicago Thursday, Webster 11
Guerin, alias Fisher, of (523 West. Har¬
rison street, and proprietor nf the
Harrison Art company, was shot and
killed in his office in the Omaha build-
ing at LaSalle and Van Buren streets
by Mrs Flora McDonald, wife of Mi¬
chael C. McDonald, a millionaire, who
was for many years the democratic
political boss ot Chicago.
- The motive for the killing is not
exactly known. Mrs. McDonald be¬
came hysterical immediately after the
shooting, and was unable to make a
connected statement. From what she
said, however, it is believed that for
some time Guerin had obtained money
from her by the threat, of making dis-
closlures to her husband unless paid
for keeping silent.
NEW AMBASSADOR ARRIVES.
James Brice. British Representative,
Lands at New York.
James Bryce, the new British am¬
bassador to tho United States, and
Mrs. Bryce landed at New York on
Thursday on the Oceanic. They were
n ct at the pier by the local British
consul general and several attaches:
of the British embassy in Washington.
THREE GIRLS AMD TWO BOYS
Is Presentation of Kentucky Woman
to “Happy" Husband.
Mrs. Pete Zoabrokrki, wife of a
miner at Fork Ridge, Clairborne
county, Kentucky, bar. presented her
husband witl* quintuplets—three girls
and two boys. Mother and babes are
reported as doing well.
A KICK FROM CANNON.
Speaker Opposed to Location of Im¬
migrant Station at Charleston.
It is reported that Speaker Cannon
will refuse to allow consideration at
this session of the bill reported Tues¬
day by the immigration committee of
the house for the location of an immi¬
grant station at Charleston, S. O. This
measure was urged in view of the im¬
portance Charleston has assumed as
an immigrant port. The speaker pro¬
fesses to believe this money could
be better employed in the erection ol
immigrant hotels at the large' imrii-
I gration eeirters of the country.
THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF CLINCH COUNTY.
HOMERVILLE, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH, 1, 190T.
GIGANTIC ROBBERY
Vaults of the Subtreasury at
Chicago Looted,
SUM OF $200,000 GONE
Cierks Are Suspected and Kept Un¬
der Surveillance — Money Stolen
Was Ail in Big Bills —Offi¬
cials in Quandary.
A large theft from the United
States treasury has been unearthed
ir. Chicago. Somewhere between $175,-
000 and $200,000 was stolen from ihe
local subtreasury lust week, The
money has disappeared as completely
as if it had vanished from the face
of the earth. The authorities in Chi¬
cago and in Washington have been
working night and day on the rob¬
bery since it was discovered.
Chief Wilk'Q of the United Stales
secret service left Washington Mon¬
day to take personal charge of the
Investigation.
Secretary Shaw of the treasury de¬
partment was told of the gigantic
theft when in Chicago last week, and
was in conference with Subtreasurer
\\ illiam Boldonweck and secret serv¬
ice officials.
All the money taken was in large
bills—bills of the denomination of $1,-
(M0, $3,01)0 and $10,000.
Every man who could have lpid
anything to do with the case was cali¬
co into Treasurer Holdenweck’s office
and put through au exhaustive exam¬
ination, and a still more rigid cross-
examination. Captain Porter of. the
secret service, assisted in the inqui¬
sition.
They stood the ordeal, every one
of them. They denied all knowledge
of the ihc-ft, and protested their Inno¬
cence. But it was perfectly obvious
that some one was lying. The chanc¬
es" were i'.OOu to y thflt o;.V or'
of the employees actually had pur¬
loined the cash or had connived at
the theft by some outsiders.
Day by day since then the sweating
hits, been kept up, Mr. BoldenwecK,
Captain Porter and his assistants
have worked from daylight till dark,
and from night until morning. All
of Sunday the investigation proceeded
in Mr. Holdenwcck's private office.
Saturday there came a glimmer of
light. ,A feint clew pointed in the
direction of a certain clerk and that
followed up, directed the finger of sus¬
picion to another employee, a close
associate of the first man.
Every employee of the office is un¬
der surveillance day and night, and
should one or more oi them prove
to be the thief or thieves, escape will
be impossible. All have reported for
work daily since the discovery was
made. Every man, too, is under bond,
but not any amount near the loot
secured
The huge vault of Ihe subtreasury
is constructed of many layers of chill¬
ed steel, and has a number of layers
which must be passed before en¬
trance is secured to the apartment
containing the money, the theft ot
money which had once got into the
vault has beer, regarded as an impos-
sibility.
When interviewed Monday in re¬
gard to the robbery, Subtreasurer Uol-
denweek admitted that a theft of
$173,000 had been perpetrated, but
refused to go into details.
“It is true that what I and other
government officials believe to be a
gigantic steal lias been perpetrated,
in the subtreasury,” he said. “The
amount. I believe, will be $173,000,
At present, I cannot go into details
as to what work we have done in
the case or what methods of pro-
cedule Chief Wilkie, Captain Porter
and the men will pursue. We discov-
ered the shortage last Wednesday
wh« a the books of the subtreasury
were balanced for the day. There is
a possibility that the shortage is duo
to au error of a bookkeeper, but I
am inclined to believe that a robbery
has been committed.”
SANTO DOMINGO TREATY.
Rushed Through Senate by Close
Vote of 23 t® 19.
By a vote of 23 to 19 the senate
Monday night ratified the Sr.nto Do¬
mingo treaty. This was one more
vote in the affirmative than was re¬
quired.
Senator Bacon oi Georgia condemn¬
ed the pending treaty as worse than
that negotiated in 1905. the supplant¬
ed by the pending one. The 1SW>
treaty authorised the United States
_
to examine into the dec's and pay
what was justly due.
SMOOT HOLDS SEAT
Senate Refuses to Oust Mor¬
mon Member from Utah,
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WOMEN PACK GALLERIES
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Forty-Two Senators Voted In Smoot'*
Favor and Twenty-Eight Against
Him—Congratulations Were .
in Order.
When the vote on the question ot
Roed Smoot holding his seat was
taken in the senate Wednesday, re-
suiting in permission for him to re¬
tain His credentials as a senator from
Utah, by a vote of 43 to 28, the gal¬
leries were packed with the largest
assemblage that has filled them this
session.
The overwhelming preponderance
ot Visitors were women. In the audi¬
ence were representatives of a num¬
ber of prominent women’s organia-
tions, which have been active in cir¬
culating and having presented peti¬
tions of remonstranoe against Smoot.
These women secured many thou-
sands of signatures to their petitions,
which were sent to the senate in elab¬
orately bound volumes.
Senators Bacon and Clay of Geor¬
gia, Tillman and Latimer of South
Carolina, % and the democrats gener¬
ally, voted for expulsion. The repub¬
lican defenders of Smoot sought to
correct the statements that, he had
practiced polygamy, and several ad¬
dresses by Senators Beveridge, Knox
and others have been made in Ids
support. Senator Bacon declared hla
reason for voting against Smoot was
that, while probably not a polygamist
himself, he was an apostle and mem¬
ber of the governing body of the
Mormon church, and as such counten¬
anced polygamy, and favored u union
of ’.hurch andf" state.
^ 4 o'clock airived, when, by
.'.voting was <o begin,
Smmtor Hopkins offered his amend
roent to the committee resolution, and
it was adopted; under the amend¬
ment a two-thirds vote would have
been necessary to carry the resolu¬
tion, which declared that Mr. Smoot
is not entitled to his seat.
Then came the vote on tho commit¬
tee resolutions as amended, which
was as follows:
“Aesolved, two-thirds of the sena¬
tors present concurring therein, that
Heed Smoot is not entitled to a seat
as tt senator of the United States
from tho state of Utah.”
Although it, was a foregone conclu¬
sion that tho resolution would fail,
and thus end the long fight against
tho Utah senator, the roll call contain¬
ed some surprises. Of the forty-two
votes in favor of Senator Smoot, three
were cast by democrats. They were
Messrs. Blackburn, Clark of Montana
and Daniel. Senator Teller was pair¬
ed in favor of Smoot. Of the twenty-
eig'r.t votes against Mr. Smoot nine
were republicans.
At the conclusion of the voting
there was a rush of republican sena¬
tors to the cloak room to congratulate
Mr. Smoot.
A. large number of members of tho
house followed, ami there,the senior
Utah senator was pattim upon the
back, and his hands were shaken in
hearty fashion. On the floor of the
senate and in Iho galleries it was
I many minutes before order could bo
| restored.
in the debate Mr. DuBois took direct
if;sue wilh Senator Knox's recent
statement: “Polygamy it( Utah - has
I ended,”
“Five out of the twelve apostles
j have gone into it since the mani-
! lesto,’ asserted Mr. DuBois. “Tho
j president of the church performed
! the ceremony between an apostle and
j his fourth wife,' he added.
I “'Senator Smoot father is had the four son lyives. of a
polygamist. His
; When he reached the ago of mam
hood he married a polygamist .child,
.
i hi, wile being the daughter of a
fourth wife of aer father. I Would
| not lUi f lf \\ ‘ n,rt th * '$'***
j of the senator. It does riot c na
! it? Utah will blame him for it. Many
j will honor him.”
Concluding Mr. DuBois declared
j there were not ten senators who
i would vote for Mr. Smoot if they
had read the testimony.
“But I know that strong influences
are at work here. The president of
tho United States ir. the open friend
of the senator from Utah. You all
know it. The country knows ft. He
wants him seated. You have got the
Mormon vote. You have every one
of them, my friends, on the republl*
can side. But it has cost you the
| moral support of the Christian wo-
jjiej) and men of the United States.”
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