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WANTS TO PENALIZE |
FOR LATE TRAINS
AKKATOR CLAY WILL VSDER
TAKK TO SEE THAT KOAIW
ARK FINED FOR RUNNING
TRAINS OFF SCHEDULE.
Bjr Ralph Smith
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—When the pos
tal appropriation bill cornea up for oon
etderatlon in the senate. Senator Clay
wtt! renew hta effort* to have Incorpo
rated in it a provision penalising the rail
road companies for failure to maintain
lhetr schedule* He has made a fight
along this line heretofore, and in the sen
ate has succeeded in having such an
amendment adopted. Last year it was
stricken from the bill in conference anu
it may get a similar fate this year, as
members of congress insist that the pos
tal laws and regulations make ample pro
vision for just such contingencies.
Chairman Overstreet, of the house com
mittee on postoffices and postroads, re
gards as amusing the assertion that mys
tery surrounded the omitting of the pen
alty clause, and declares there is no oc- |
casion for such a provision, because there .
is now and has been for years, a law 1
upon the subject. i
Where Blame Lies ,
The fault, if there has been fauW. ap
pears not to be with the taw. but with
the fall nr* of the postoffice department
to invoke the law. Unquestionably, the
poetnsaster-geenral has authority to
penalise railroads for failure to maintaiv
schedules, but the enforcement of the law
is optlohal and the postmaster has not
seen fit to collect the forfeitures.
Under the title "Relation to the Trans
portation of the Mails." the postal law
and regulations say: "The compensation
for service on each route shall be appor
tioned. as nearly as practicable, among
the several trains carrying the mails, ac
cording 'te the average weight of mail
carried by each train.
'•Deductions will be made for failure to
perform any trip, or part thereof, on a
basis of the mileage and the average
weight of the mail carried by the train. ■
"The postmaster general may make ’
reductions from >ae pay of contractors
for failures to perform service accord
ing to contract and impose fines upon
them for other delinauencies. He may
deduct the price of the trip in ail cases i
where the trip is not performed, etc. I
• Trains which the department re- j
garde as being of special importance aa
mail trains will be subject to deduc
tions for failure to arrive at junctions
and terminal points at the time fixKl
m schedule unless held for mail con
nections or unless satisfactory ex
planation be given tn lime.
"Application* from raiiroud compa
nies tor retnlMlon or deductions .made
from their compensation for carrying
the mail will not be .considered unless
tiled with the ipostmastpr* general wbb
in sixmonths from ttip frate d/ notice
by this poStbtacd <Aepbrtrnent to the
railroad company that such deduction
«aa*been ordered.*'’'
Now Largely Optional
THe amendment which was omitted
from the Wil Jaat year
makes Che matter of. penalties, largely
pptioual with the ppytoffire department,
and it appears that'recently the depart-
Kt has been lenbnt ,|n the enforce
tof the law. \ "t-" . Ms. g
As an cjrqMfiW»i*Dce.
especially aa. regards, the south. IJ *»
pointed out that the trains, as a rule,
have maintained their scheduler flttieh
better than usual, and there has been
little complaint about delayed mails.
-creator CtaV, ’however, Will urge the
adoption in the senate of ah aniendment
making ft obligatory upon the depart- ;
ment to collect the fines and forfeitpres, ]
unless the offending railroads can show (
that the delay was pccaaiotied by 1
causes over which they had no control. I
CLAY WILL ATTACK ' ’
• WASTE OF MILLIONS
WASH I NGTdk. D.’ C-. Jan. K).—An
item of Si.ofi9.img, * for the' repair
of vessels, tn the naval appropriation
nui will be th; subject nt rosolpuoii
in the senate Monday Cltey.
Who ,1s detrrtnfped te chjgtail. if possible,
the extravagant expenditure of the pub
lic money. The resolution will-cell upon
the secretary of the navy for an Item
ised account of the money expended
last year for the repair of ships and a
detailed statement relative to the pur
chase of coal fer the navy department
The presence of the eight million dol
lar item in thia year's naval bill, which
has already passed the house, recalled
to Senator Clay a similar item in last
year’s appropriation providing for the
repair of a number of- warships. He
opposed the provision last year and
succeeded tn having the proposed ex
pewditures curtailed by several nrillivn
dt-lUrs.
Senator Clay’s resolution calls upon
the secretary of the navy for an ttem
med statement of the cost of repairs
to the vessels which are named in the
resolution and also calls for informa
tion as to Che cost per year of keeping
a first-class battleship in condition.
'Eight million dollars is a lor of
money to authorise for the repair of
warships, ’snd I think the people are
entitled to know something of the
cost.** said Senator Clay last night.
The naval bill this year carries the
largest appropriation in the history of
the United States It aggregates $134,-
fififi,g«fi and exceeds by many millions
the amount expended Within a single
year by any other' government tn the
world. The expenditures of the navy
department have increased during the
past ten years from $28,000,900 annual
ly to the enormous amount indicated,
and Senator Clay, along with other
Democrats, Is becoming alarmed lest
the country be bankrupted by the grow
ing extrevagangc.
PROHIBITION FIGHT
LAUNCHED IN NORWAY
UHRIBTIANIA. Bunday, Jan. IT.—
There has been widely published
through Norway the manifesto of an
ergrtniratinr. fnrmefi here by represen- i
tatives from all parts of the country
to combat the prohibition movement.
It tnvttea every community to organ-1
iae against the aggressive prohibition
party Its program is to pr toct Indi-,
vldual and commercial liberty to op- (
pose the misuse of intoxicating drinks. ’
to erect asylums for drunkards and to
tight the Prohibitionists at all local
-lections.
i | mix _ i ■■ ■ '!<
Comfortably shod for
$4.00 a year, the Long
Service Record of KING
BEE $4.00 shoes.
7 TO 14 MONTHS
Catalog for a Postal
Made in Georgia
Sold Everywhere
J. K. ORR SHOE CO.
ATLANTA
PRESIDENT R O OSE VEL T
AND FAIRBANKS GUESTS
AT DINNER OF GRIDIRON
WASHINGTON. Jan. 30.—Farewell to
President Roosevelt and Vice-President
Fairbanks in their official capacity only,
was said to them tonight by the famous
Gridiron club of Washington newspaper
men
The oecasiorv was the annual winter din •
ner of that club. In all there were nearly
300 guests, snd. as is always the ease,
the roll included many that figure con
spicuously in the hall of fame. Ambas
sadors. justices of the supreme court of
the United States, cabinet officials, sena
tors, representatives, editors, publishers
and men of affair generally, were in thU
gathering of guests of the newspapet
men.
It was far from a sad affair, though
the occasion was of a farewell nature
Gridiron dinners never are sad. As the
president and vice-president were the
guests of honor, so they came in for equal
prominence in the fun of the evening
While they were the butt of many of the
jokes and skits, there was evqry evidence
that they enjoyed the entertalnmentjusl
as much as when the jests were aimed
at others of the notable guests.
Water Wagon a Feature
The temperance movement that has
swept over the country showed its ef
fect on the club. As the souvenir of
the dinner. the guests were given
"H-2-0.” illustrated Grid-Iron almanacs,
published by the "Griu-iron Water
Wagon Press." Between its covers
there was no remedy given for the ills of
"statesmen, journalists, real newspaper
men. molly coddles, malefactors of
great wealth" other than plain “H-2-O.”
In this almanac, the “Teddy Bear’
formed the centre of the Zodiac, while the
entire production was marked as for
warded to congress as "special message
No. 23232-232328.”
“A Total Eclipse”
The guests observed particularly that
a total eelipse of the year Is due “early
in March," and "will be viewed with in
terest by the United States, Canada. Af
rica and Oyster Bay.’
A list of forecasts for every was
given in one section of the almanac,
but the prognostications did not extend
beyond March 4. The reason for this.
It Was explained, was that “after the
4th of March there is no telling what
wul happen." For the convenience of
some of the guests a notice stated that
gentlemen •‘mentioned" for the Taft
cabinet will march In procession at the
inauguration, forming Division 23, un
der William Loeb, Jr., "who has been
■mentioned’ most frequently.”
But all the wit was not in that al
manac. At least the president and sev
eral of the senators and representatives
did not think so, as a megaphone man
announced bulletins from “the great
battle.” This great battle, advertised
on hand-bills scattered through the
banquet room, proved to be a fight be
tween President Roosevelt and con
gress.
The inauguration of Henry Hall, cor
respondent of the Pi/fsburg Cfcrontcle
•feiegrapti, as presidept .of the elub, af
forded the retiring president, James S.
Henry, of the. Philadelphia Press, an
opportunity ,to gjve the new official
some instructions. /The new president
took the oath with his left arm raised
and two fingers crossed, swearNig that
he would keep the Ananias <? ,ub in *
flourishing condition, rids ninety-eight
miles a day and keep congress on its
reservation.. . Itt *, ~.
The Ananias Club
When Jewell H. Aubere. correspon
dent of the Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat,
mads bis appearance for iriltihtion. he
produced an Fnvttatibn ffom the presi
dent of. Iks Ananias, dube-t '■ He was
told .of his mistake, but he Insisted
FIRES IX TEXAS;
$50,000 DAMAGE
DALLAS. T£fc., Jan. ’ 30.—Damage by
fire and Havoc wrought by the high wind
-estimated today ' t»t 'about *soo.ooo—was
caused dnrifig the past two days in Texas
and Oklahoma. ' r t * , 1
In DaHas alone within two days there
were 17 Are alarms. A number ot, resi
dences, but *. no tJustaesa houses, were
burp**d. Thhe» total Wss has been esU
rfiated at 119.850.
Four residences burned yesterday at
tirpnd Saline, Texas. The flames spread
because of the wind. , ■
The grain elevator at Bison, near King
fisher, Oklahoma, with a quantity of corn
in cars on the railroad track burned,
causing a lost, of about $25,000.
In the Glenn oil pool, near Tulsa, Okla.,
the damage is probably 850.000 by reason
of the winds having leveled many der
ricks.
The wall of a hotel was wrecked at
Muskogee.
Fifty derricks are down in the oil field
near Kiefer, Okla.
Twelve fire alarms in the space between i
sunrise and sunset was the record at;
Houston, but. despite the heavy winds)
that prevailed at the time, the fire depart-1
ment succeeded in making a successful
battle against the flames. The losses were
insignificant.
In the Texas pan-handle the sand storm
was terrific. So far as reports were re
ceived in the face of badly demoralised
condition of wires in many sections, the
gale was followed by a cold wave that
embraces the entire southwestern countryj
from Kansas to southern Texas, and
across to the territory of New Mexico, j
OKLAHOMA CITY SWEPT
BY SEVEN RAGING FIRES
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.. Jan. 30
Fanned by a 64-mile wind seven fires in
las many sections of this city yesterday
destroyed property valued in the aggre
gate at 3200.000.
Shortly before noon the building occu
; pied by the Oklahoman was gutted, caus
ing a loss of *45.000. fully covered by in
-1 surance. Several hours later the ware
■ house of the J. I. Case company was de
stroyed. Hem the loss is estimated at
*IOO.OOO. partially covered by insurance.
Five other fires brought the total up to
*300.000 The fires in both the Oklahoman
and Case buildings originated from
sparks from electric motors.
NASH VILLE MOTORM AN
KILLS CONCRETE WORKER
: NASHVILLE. Tenn.. Jan. 29.-Craxed
iby the belief that Wash Lynch, a con- ,
erete worker, has broken up his home i
and enticed his wife away. Henry L. '
, Johnson, a motorman in the employ of the I
; Nashville Electric Railway and Light j
' company, shot and almost instanly killed '
I the former today in front of the factory |
i building of the Concrete '
company, in West Nashville, where Lynch
was employed.
Five shots were fired, the last three into
the murdered man's back, while he was
attempting to escape the bullets.
Johnson calmly took a West Nashville
car to the city, and surrendered himself
and his gun to an officer.
TO URGIf LEGISLATION
FOR COTTON RAISERS
LITTLE ROCK. Ark. Jan. 25.-R. H. McCul
loch. secretary of the National Farmers' un
ion, made public here Thursday a call Issued
bv President C. S. Barrett for the members
of the national board of organization and one
delegate from each union to meet In Washing
ton. D. C.. February 24th. f-»r the purpose
of laying before congress such measures as
the committee and the various delegates may
deem ne< essarv
' legislation favorable to the cotton raisers
1 which baa been considered bv the union ami
indorsed bv the last national convention of
the unlcu. will be urged upbn congress.
fHE ATLANTA SEMI WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2,190 S.
that the room was packed with mem
bers of the Ananias club. L. W. Stray
er, of the Pittsburg Dispatch, had to
prove to the club that he had never
been a member of the Pittsburg select
or common council, or a depositor tn a
rittsburg bank before he was admitted
to membership. The third initiate was
Harris M. Christ, of the Brooklyn
Eagle.
The dinner was well advanced when the
light suddenly went out. Amid the dark
ness and to the accompaniment of a
weird piano air, there was a snuffle of
feet and in rhythm came a sibilant and
mysterious “sh-sh-sh.” The secret service
sleuths were approaching. One of their
number, Blinkerton. explained that the
sleuths were trying to find out what
congressmen did with their 17,500 a year.
Chief Bllkie admitted that he had de
tected no counterfeiters, but added that
lie had discovered a few four-fl ushers.
Sleuths Sing a Song
The sleuths then sang their repertoire
including sleuthing In general, and White
House sleuthing tn particular. Finally
the squad separated, one party going,
out "to protect the letter boxes, in order
to keep Senator Tillman from franking
a grand piano.” *
At another stage of the dinner, an in
terruption was made to revise the tariff.
Representatives Serano Payne, of New
York, John Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, and
Champ Clark, of Missouri, were discov
ered seated at a table. Announcement
was made that the house committee on
ways and means was tn session, to hear
evidence concerning the tariff, and "God
save the United States," added the her
ald.
The climax of Andrew Carnegie's testi
mony came when he demanded to know
what reason there was for a tariff on
steel, now that he had gone out-of the
business. >
Songs for Fairbanks
The music was attractive, as usual,
reached its culmination when a quartet
of members told Vice-President Fair
banks, in song, that in the club’s menio
ry his tall form would ever fondly live
The chorus joined in singing to the tune
of “On the Banks of the Wabash”:
"Oh. the cocktails they are crowing in
the morning
And the buttermilk is flowing through
the hay;
They are waiting the return of Mr.
Fairbanks
On the banks of the Wabash far away. ’
A song bj’ a clear tenor directed at
tention to the president of the United
States. It was about "Roosevelt, Good
Dutch Name.” It told liow the president
made the air blue with the! messages he
wrote to congress, how he was bound to
have something to say about everything
on the face of the earth, and then con
cluded with the observation that there
"never was a man named Roosevelt that
didn’t make a d fine president.”
A number of members appeared as the
president’s country life commission. Some
startling discoveries were made by these
frock-coated, coliege-degree-plastered gen
tlemen.
They found that the principal ingredient
of milk is water, that ancient eggs are
sold to city folks as strictly fresh, and
that “Open plumbing is confused in the
rural mind with open-work shirt waists.”
As they departed a messenger boy
handed President Hall a cablegram. It
read:
“The ’possum’ am very, very fine.
(Signed) ’ “WILLIAM H. TAFT.”
Sang 'Possum Song
The message came from Panama and
served to introduce Major Alfred J.
Stofer. a southern correspondent, who
sang his famous "Watermelon and
Possum Song." , . .
PRISON BOARD HEARS
FURTHER FARM OFFERS
Commissioners Evans and Williams, of
the state prison department, were still
busy hearing offers of land Saturday
morning, in the commission’s rooms at
the capitol. Governor Smith, on account
of accumulated business in his own of
fice, could not sit with them.
A number of offers have already been
heard, but more are yet to come. The
commission entered upbn Its investiga
tions in this form—a hearing at which
the owner of the land appears in person
and describes the property he offers—with
more than 200 bids on file tn writing. The
hearing will continue till February 4,
next Thursday.
"We have gone far enough to know
that we can buy a good farm at a* rea
sonable price,” said Governor Smith, Sat
urday morning, when asked what the re
sults that far had been. . , •
Judge Turner, chairman of the com
mission, was reported as Improving, Sat
urday morning. His fellow commission
ers have strong hope that he will be able
to sit with them on the farm-purchase
matter, before a week or ten days have
expired. The commission’s chairman will
at least, it is believed, be able to lend
his assistance in the final work of se
lecting a farm.
When the matter has been further nar
rowed down, or some time soon after
February 4, the commission will make
first-hand investigation of the offers
most favored by them. The governor
will not go out with them then, he says,
but will himself look over the farm that
they finally recommend for purchase.
GEORGIA’S WILD LANDS
FAST DISAPPEARING
That Georgia’s wild lands are yearly grow
ing smaller in area ts shown by the records
of the comptroller general's office.
No compilation has yet been made of the
wild land* In the state at the close of 1908,
but if the rate of decrease shown by pre
vious vears Is maintained there will be very
few more than 4.000.000 acres of undisturbed
primeval forest withfn the confines of Geor
gia at the time the statement is drawn up.
“Wild lands" are a separate classification
on the records of the comotroller general of
unimproved, untilled and probably untenant
ed are*.’ in the state’s territory. If a tract
of land be hut partially improved, however,
it is closed wholly as improved, so the state
ment of wild lands covers only those divi
sions of the state's soil where the hand of
man has not yet disturbed the arrangement of
nature Four million acres, or whatever the
linal figures are determined to be, Is, there
fore. a minimum representation of Georgia's
wooded territory.
In 1904 the wild lands covered an area of
3.237.991 acres. In 1907 the area had diminish
ed to 4.774.124 acres, half a million less. Its
extent at the close of 1508 is yet to be deter
i mined accurately.
Most of this wild land, it is stated, is to
I be found in the mountains of north Georgia
i and in the flat lands of south Georgia, a great
| part of it being covered by the mammoth
Okeefeenokee swamp in southeast Georgia.
None of it, however, is public land. There is
no more public land in th'a state. A large
I number of counties are absolutely free of wild
I lands. In them the human invader has pene
i t rated to the last corner. But the majority
of Georgia counties have at least some wild
i land within their limits, and a few of them
have very little of any other kind.
HARRIMAN PLEASED
WITH TRIP SOUTH
NEW YORK. Jan. 29.—E. H. Harriman,
who returned to New York yesterday after a
ten days' tour through the south, during which
he inspect'd the Central of Georgia railroad,
did not visit his offices during the day, but
remained most of the time at his Fifth avenue
resilience. To friends who called on him he
said that the southern trip had greatly bene
fited his health.
Rural Crriers Named
WASHINGTON. D. C., Jan. 29.—Rural
carriers appointed: Nashville. Charlie A.
Futch, carrier, Claude F. Devane, sub
route 1; Wellston. Thomas M. Story, car
rier, Charlie L. Hollomon sub route 1.
TRIAL OF COOPERS
CAUSE SENSATION
CHARGE THAT DEFENSE HAD A
HAND IN GETTING JUROR
WHITWORTH EXCUSED BRINGS
ABOUT LIVELY TILT.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 29—When
court opened this morning the 500 tales
men of the third venire, from which a
jury to try Colonel Duncan Cooper, Robin
Cooper and John Sharp for the murder
of former Senator Carmack will be se
lected. were present.
The court announced that no excuses
would be accepted, and then ordered that
the physicians who signed the disability
certificate of Juror Whitworth be called.
Dr. Sullivan responded first, and the
court called Judge Anderson, of the de
fense, and Attorney General McCarn, of
the state, to the betich for a consultation J
with the physician.
The latter described Juror Whitworth's I
condition in detail, and declared that, in j
hie opinion, the confinement and strain
of the trial might result in the juror’s
death.
The state urged that no action be taken,
and Insisted on an examination of Dr.
Sullivan. The latter is the juror’s fami/y
physician. He said Juror Whitworth had
Bright's disease, 'M fatal malady, which
might be greatiy aggravated by confine
ment or exettement.
Decision is Withheld
Harry Nichols, a lifelong friend of
Whitworth, tqld. how he instituted the
move to have the juror released because
Mrs. Whitworth feared for her husband’s
life.
Judge Hart was disposed to excuse the :
juror at once, but the state asked thatl
a decision be withheld until the next I
panel was exhausted. The court consent- |
ed, and the attorneys asked a recess for ;
consultation on the venire.
Following « conference of an hour, the I
work of examining the talesmen was
commenced. The first panel consisted of j
St> men. One by one they swore they had •
formed an opinion and one by one they
were excused by the court without se
curing a juror. One man qualified, but
was challenged by the defense.
A second panel of 66 talesmen was at
once made up from the venire and the list
given to the counsel for examination.
Court adjourned then for the noon re
cess.
Second Panel Examined
The examination of the second panel
began at 1 p. m. and twenty men wen
called before one attempted tq qualify.
This man was W. J. Stringfellow, an
aged farmer. He said he was a friend of
John Sharp, had heard the testimony
read from newspaper and had formed an
opinion.
The state objected to him, and the de
fense made a frantic effort to force him
on the case. After halt an hour of violent
oratory, the court held him competent,
although in a similar case in the morning,
he excused the juror. The state then
challenged him peremptorily.
The second panel of 65 men was com
pleted at 3:15 p. m. without result, not a
single juror in 131 men examined, and
only two attempted to qualify.
"Do you believe in the trinity?” was
asked a talesman.
"lHt3l"’
"Da you believe in the trinity?” re
peated the attorney.
"I don’t take that paper,”’ replied the
talesman.
The talesman was excused by the
court. • ■ ’* •
E. 'G. Pfckatd, one of the talesmen,
when called, said:
Stork Excuses Jurors
"You know . I’m on the waterwagon
now. I’m talking all the time.
The statewider was excused by the
court.
The- stork 'and his near approach
to two homes has been accepted as
legitimate excuses by the court in the
cases of two jurors.
The second panel of the day, the
eighth since the selection of a jury in
the Cooper trial began, has just been
exhausted and not a juror has been
selected today.
At 4:45 p. m. Gus Kniffer, a young
German farmer, who speaks little Eng
lish and did nfit know what a conscien
tious scruple is, was accepted as juror
number 8.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan, 30.—Ten
nessee courtesy got tangled up with
Tennessee temper today in the Car
maok-Cooper trial, and for a brief time
oade fair to mix the generals and
judges and captains who abound among
the opposing legal forces in a bitter
controversy. ,■ Even Judge Hart had a
grievance and made earnest protest
against |he theft es a letter from his
desk. But in the end everybody said
he didn’t mean any one irf Court and
the court put the dispute over until
Monday morning.
Judge Whitworth was the bone of
contention again. Doctors had written
the court declaring ’that his contin
uance on the panel might mean his
death.-* , . f;
Attorney General McCarn insisted
tWt Whitworth was not "half as sick
as he was being clai medand 1 that the
only bar to his serving waa the desire
of the defense to have him removed,
lest he should' prove too ardent a Car
mack supporter in the end.
Whitworth was sent for and declared
he was a well man and anxious to do
his duty. A special physician was ap
pointed by the court, and on his report
depends Whitworth’s continuance on
tne panel. ' A"
Summons jfc>r five additional venire-
I men were issued yesterday. Judge
I Hart told the deputy sheriffs to disre-
I gard' the Cold, arm themselves trttlj
I “whatever brand of internal heat’-ng
J flu.d you like best, but —get the rest of
the jury.”
ZAYAS WINS FIGHT
IN CLASH WITH GOMEZ
I HAVANA, Jan. 30— The first serious
clash between President Gomez and Vice
President Zayus, which occurred yester
day, when the proposal was made to ap
point Ricardo Arnauto chief of the se-
I cret police in place of Jose Jeraz. who re
-1 signed upon demand of Secretary of Gov-
I ernment Alberdi, has resulted in a vlc
’ tory for Senor Zayas, who, it is believed,
j presented an ultimatum that he would
I immediately resign if the obnoxious ap
pointment was made.
Yielding to the urgent remonstrances
and threats of the vice president, and a
storm of protest from all quarters. Pres
ident Gomez tonight announced he
would appoint Jose Ugarte, chief.
riverain Georgia
WILL BE RE-SURVEYED
WASHINGTON. Jan. 39.—Congreaaman Bartlett
has secured the Incorporation in the rivers and
I harbors bill a provision for a reaurvey of the
I Ocmulgee, Oconee and Altaniaha rivers.
• The clause also makes provision for an in
' vcatlgation and report on a system of lock* and
dam* for the Ocmulgee between Macon and
Hawkinsville. If pronounced feasible and prac
| ttcabl ebv government engineer*, next congress
, will doubtless u»«ke an appropriation for the In-
I stallatiou of the locks and dams which would
make the dver navigable at all times with
I plenty of water to float large river boats.
I Judge Bartlett has been Untiring in his ef
forts to get thia proposition before congress and
I now that adequate provision has been made in
j the rivers and harbora bill he feels that *uc
' cess is alxjut to crown his effort*.
WIDOW DECLARES
DEACON DENOUNCED
HER AT ALTAR
Mrs. VViedy Heide, a widow of Oak
grove district, has filed a bill for SIO,OOO
in the city court against W. H. Mitchell,
a deacon in the Sandy Springs church,
who she alleges, publicly denounced her
as she was joining the church and stood
before the pulpit with the pastor, and ac
cused her of having stolen the grave in
which her husband was buried.
The suit Ik the first outward rumbling
of an internal storm that is said to be
holding sway at the Sandy Springs
church as a result of the deacon’s action.
Mrs. Heide says that Sunday, January
17, in response to a general invitation
from the pastor, she went to the front
oi the pulpit, where he had stationed IfUn
self, and was received by him with out
stretched hand. After welcoming her. lie
turned to the congregation, announced
that she wished membership in the
church, and desired the members to ex
tend to her the right hand of fellowship.
Whereupon, she alleges, that the de
fendant, a'deacon in the church, got up
from his seat and publicly declared:
"1 object to her becoming a member of
our church because she has trespassed on
the church’s property by burying her hus
band in the church cemetery. She stole
the lot that - she burled her husband on,
and now she is seeking membership in
the church ‘to get to keep her husband
buried in our church cemetery.”
She says:
•'Not content with his slanderous de
nunciation, he stirred up such strife and
dissension that the plaintiff was compell
ed to move her husband and carry him to
Mr. Uerrin eenietery, three miles distant,
where she had to reinter him at an ex
pense of $16."
A faction of the church which is said
to deplore the deacon’s action is said to
have induced Mrs. Heide to file the bill
and is furnishing her.every support. The
rest of the church is said to be aligned
with the deacon.
Recently Mrs. Heide moved to Oak
grove, and, her husband dying shortly
after her change of residence, she buried
him in the cemetery of the Sandy Springs
church. She had instantly made friends
after her arrival. It is said, and the sug
gestion was put forward that she join
the Sandy Springs church. Sunday Jan
uary 17, she determined to do so.
As liis custom is, the pastor, the Rev.
Nunn, at the conclusion of his sermon,
extended an invitation to any who wished
to do so to join the church. Mrs. Heide
was responding to this invitation wfien.
she alleges, she was publicly accused of
having stolen a grave for her husband
by the defendant. W. H. Mitchell.
Says Charges Are False
She alleges that such allegations are
false,, that the cemetery of the Sandy-
Springs church is public burying place,
and that she had a perfect right to make
use of it.
Bjv reason of the alleged slander, she
contends that she has been damaged to
the extent of SIO,OOO. She says that the
defendant’s statements have caused it
to seem that she Is guilty of the crime
and misconduct imputed to her, have
caused many of her friends to withdraw
their confidence from her and to refuse
to have any further acquaintance, trans
action, or discourse with her, and , have
cansed her much inconvenience and in
jury. 1 ; -
Oakgrove district is about fourteen or
fifteen miles north of Atlanta. The bill
is filled through attorney J? A. Boykin.
SONS
AND EDITOR FIGHT
MONTGOMERY. Ala.. Jan. 30.—Shortly
after noon today Fletcher and Donald
Comer, sons of. Governot- B. B. Comer,
met Frank P. Glass, editor of the Mont
gomery Advertiser,- on the street and en
gaged him in a fight.
Mr. Glass was knocked down and his
lace bruised. He seems to hare been hit
with a fist only. At this time no arrests
have been made, though warrants for the
Comers haVfc been Issued.
The trouble is a result of the feeling
that has grown, up between the governor
and the paper as a result of a damage
suit m which the governor secured a ver
dict of one cent.
Mr. Glass made the following state
ment:
“I was walking down Dexter avenue,
near the postoffice, when I was approach
ed by two men, whom I did nbt know.
One of them said: ‘Are you Mr. Glass, of
the Advertiser?' I answered that I was
whereupon one of them, I don’t know
which, struck me with his fist. He said
to me: ‘I am tired of the attitude of the
Advertiser towards my father,' and with
that he struck me. He said also that if
the Advertiser did not cease its attitude,
that wbrse would happen to me. The
whole affair was unexpected.” ,
Mr. Glass is not seriously hurt.
CHICAGO CATERERS
WILL BOYCOTT TURKEYS
CHICAGO. Jan. 29.—A movement is on foot
among the lending restaurants of (%lcago to
wipe turkey off tbeir menus aa a result of the
bigb price now being asked for the meat. A
uwetiug of restaurant manager* to discuss this
possibility will be called and it has even been
suggested ‘hat effort be made to have the res
taurants in all of the leading cities take the
fl> “We should be paying only 18 cents for tur
keys,"’ said one manager. "As it is we have
to’ pay 26 cenis. The difternce this makes to
the consumer is great. Where before he ha*
to pay only 35 cents for an order of turkey, he
now has to pay 60 and 65 cents.”
Inquiry among the produce dealers along Water
street Brings out the fact that practically no
turkeys are being offered for sale. The deal
ers admit that there is a corner, but will not
confess to having been caught on short de
liveries.*’ ’"' ‘
LABOR’S FLESH HAS NO,
YELLOW STREAKS IN IT
NEW YORK, Jan. .29 —"As good men have
been in jail as any of the three of us. If they
want their pound of flesh, they may have it.
but they’ll find no yellow streaks in it.”
President Samuel Gompers. of the American
Federation of Labor, told the Ethical Society
League this at a meeting last night, and the
audience cheered. Mr. Gompers subject was
"Trade I nions and Social Progress," but the
greater part of his speech was defense of tlie
boycott and a guarded arraignment of the court
that recently sentenced him to a year in jail.
The Sherman law. Mr. Gompers said, enacted
to protect she people from the machinations
of combinations of wealth, has within nine
months been decided by the supreme court to
annlv to organiiatlons of men and women. Any
member of a labor organization may now lie
mulcted in heavy damages or sentenced by a
federal eburt to a year’s imprisonment and a
fine of $5,000.
COTTON ROW SPACING
QUESTION OF DISPUTE
BATON ROUGE. La.. Jan. 30.—A bulletin
Just Issued bv the Louisiana department of
agriculture takes issue with the experts of the
federal agricultural denartment in the matter
of the distance of cotton row spacing to se
cure the best results in boll weevil infested
districts.
The authorities of the United States depart
ment of agriculture have laid stress upon the
Importance of planting the rows far apart for
the admittance of as much sunshine as pos
sible.
The Louisiana official* assert that close
planting cn the principle of securing as profit
a stand of cotton as possible- Is the best meth
od.
ROMA N~cfTIZ ENS HI P
FOR ROOSEVELT
ROME. Jan. 30.—The Tribuna proposes that
Roman citiaenshin be conferred upon President
Roosevelt as a manifestation of gratitude
for the helu given by the United States on the
occasion of the earthquake.
The Tribuna says: "We cannot give anything
else, but It is impossible to give more. This
gigantic foreigner deserves to be a Roman cii
iacn, while such an act, truly Roman, coming
from the immortal capital, would be the seal
of renewed friendship between the great an
cient and modern peoples.”
Rockefeller’s Church
Wants Dr. J. E. White
X X
y ■*
v i< if
DR. JOHN E. WHITE.
Pastor of Second Baytist church
who will probably he called to Rock
efeller’s church.
LYCEUM THEATER IS
GUTTED BY FIRE
Fire gutted the old Star theatre early
Saturday morning, white the raw north
west wind, speeding 48 miles an hour, rip
ped at the flames and tried their best la
spread the mischief around over the
ctiy’s heart, and while, too, the very
water from the fire hose, pouring into
the pit of fire from front and rear and
the tops of buildings on each side, almost
turned to ice in its flight between nozzle
and flame.
A desolate, icicle-hung wreck and ruin,
was all that was left, Saturday morning
when the sun rose, of the Deeatur street
playhouse, more latterly known as the
Lyceum theatre. Theatre, scenery, fixt
ures. all, were wiped uut; and the front
part of the building was a mere shell.
The flames had honey-combed it so that
It will have to be torn down.
tl was one of those nightmares that
the city fire fighters are jerked to from
their winter morning dreams, sometimes.
From 3:20 o’clock, when the first bell
rang, till 8:20. five hours, they fought
the fire in front of them and the fierce
cold at their backs. When their work
was done, the building was festooned with
ice, the sidewalks were ice-covered and
dangerous for pedestrians, and even the
men themselves were iced around their
boot tops and the bottoms of their rub
ber coats.and the edges of their helmets.
Nine companies of the city fire depart
ment fought the flames of- the theatre,
Saturday morning. They, - concentrated
the play of a score of hose reaching from
fire-plugs for several block* around, right
upon the 1 hissing furnace before them
and upon neighboring roofs and walls.
That there was not more damage done,
and that they kept a complete control
over the fire. Is a demonstration nf the
clear-headed and determined work that
Atlanta's fire fighters can do.
At the time the flames were at their
highest the wind was tearing over it at
a speed of 48 mites an hour, drawing it
to greater fury, .This fact was shown by
the instruments of the local weather bu
reau. Saturday morning. The Instru
ments also showed that .half an hour oe
fore that the record wind-speed of GO
miles an hour had been reached. It was
this wind y»at caught the<fiames in tbeir
infancy and them td the fury tttat
the flrehren held them to. / >
A ctese oall with death was that which
several hosemen of Company No. U had
when a section of the walls collapsed,
during, the fire, and came within four
feet of burying them under its fall.
One of,,the men was Injured, in fact,
and badly so. John Ray wag struck on
the hand by a flying brick, but all of his
companions escaped without a scratch.
The (he the bund
ing at No. 42 Decatur, occupied by tlte
Store of Aaron Landsberger, just east of
the burning theatre. They were playing
their hojse into the seething furnace and
over the roof of the building they were
standing qn, when the walls overhanging
them gave way dnd crashed in ruins
about them. It was a cloke call, and
Chief Cummings, recounting It. looks
upon thejr escape from complete annihi
lation as little short of a miracle.
HVBBAXD SHOT SELF,
. SATfI ACTRESS WIFE
NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-Conrade Daniel
son. Porto Rioan manager for the United
States Express company, was found with
a bullet wbund in his hbttd hi his apart
ments at the Hotel Carlton early today,
and died in the Roosevelt hospital a few
hours later.
Danielson’s young wife, Eleanor, who
Is known on the stage as "Annie Yates
Palmer,*’ declared that her husband at
tempted to kill her and then shot himself.
She told the police his revolver missed
fire, and as she ran from the room she
heard the shot as Danielson turned the
weapon upon himself. They had been
quarreling, she said.
She ran into, the lobby of the hotel
screaking ahd attracted the attention of
the night clerk and Policeman Byrnes,
who were in the hotel. She and the two
went to the Danielson apartments and
found the husband lying unconscious on
the floor with a revolver nearby.
Mrs. Danielson was in other difficulties
a few weeks ago. She was arrested on
December Ist on a warrant obtained by
Miss Virginia Marshall, an actress, who
charged that she had written her threat
ening letters.
WOMAN ISTR REST ED
FOR AUTO ACCIDENT
CHICAGO, Jan. 30.—Thomas Clancy, a
teamster, was killed, his assistant was
hurt, and three women narrowly escaped
injury, when an automobile, driven by
Mrs. Joel Eisendrath, wife of a wealthy
clothing manufacturer, crashed into a de
livery wagon driven by Clancy.
After the accident, Mrs. Eisendrath.
with two women companions, drove rap
idly away, but a bystander noticed the
number of her automobile license. The
police later arrested Mrs. Eisendrath,
who was released on $5,000 bonds.
She explained the snowstorm aimos*
blinded her at the time of the accident,
and she did not know she had hurt any
one.
THE GREEN MOUNTAIN trust DISTILLERY
Wants to nut 100,000 new cmtomeri on Its book* within the nextfew week* and Maa
inducement makea the following Introdactory offer;
I O WHISKEYS m
’ 11 J* 8 WHISKEY in 1» large full 18 ounce bottle*, all
*a\ \ charges prepaid to your nearest express station, without
r'n Kw-' marks to betray contents. The whiskey is the finest
/ wav' re toF 'fk - '- w straight whiskey (no spirits, no compounds, no
£ i’ r “ tat ‘oh whiskey—nothing but straight whiskey.
Q n| y SOM Cases to be Sold al This
rice —s en d f° r a Tnal Order Teday
■'Green Mountain Extra Special Distillation
EX - •• ? Wrukey has been originally nut up for the
r t/w J• • ’ '• ’ 3r Dru.K trade in the New Enghrd states, where a
larK« demand for a pure, grade whiskey
L-TFc- .«? dnigrst *1 over the counter at Sl.:oper bottle.
*• • ’iiJr The whiskey i* fully and thoroughly nistored, and b
intended for physioana’ prescription purpose*.
2* -a - Mfliniflji back without discussion if not satisfactory.
» GREEK MOUNTAIN DISTILLERY
Itworporated for >400,000 and are If you want your order filled same day a* received, mark
thoroughly reliable and responsible, yoar envelope ‘'Personal’’ and send it to
M. C. REEFER, President,
MOPAIO ,
OOF BF STATE
ADVANCE PAYMENT OF PEN-
SIONS CONSUMES NEARLY ONE.
THIRD OF STATE’S ESTIMATED
INCOME FOR YEAR.
Over a million dollars have been paid
out from the treasurey of Georgia within
the past week. Almost all of tha’’. amount
is represented by the prepayment of pen
sions for 1908.
’ With this large drain upon it, the state
strongzox enters upon the second month
of the new year badly depleted. In
point of fact, it has been pretty well ■
cleaned out. Approximately only $90,000 V
remains. In funds subject to warrant.
That amount does not include the near
beer moneys on hand, nor the bond fund
required to be set apart.
Other money is coming in. it is expect
ed, before the end of February-probably
about $5u0.000. Revenue will be dribbling
into the treasury all during the year, so
ino crisis Is being faced. But the great
bulk of the state’s income’will not be
available for disbursement before Decem
ber next, or the first few weeks of 1910.
The exact amount • drawn from the ■
1 treasury is somewhat in excess of
|1.049.25i.5«. which represents the three
largest warrants involved In the pay
ments during the last few days. Os that
amount. 376.755.86 went to schools due
[ from the 19«$ fund. The state sanitarium
received its monthly remittance of
$32,916.67. And all the balance. $939,579.
i represented the prepayment of pensions.
I This advance pension payment has con
| sumed even before the first month of the
1 year <s over, nearly a quarter of the
i state’s estimated income for the whole
year to come.
i The figures of that income are approx
: imated by State Comptroller Wright at
' $4,750,000, including -over three millions
■ taxes on seven million dollars' worth of
1 property, at 5 mills;'Special or mtecella
-1 neous taxes. $1.250,«»; $420,000 rental for
the state road <W. & A. railway;)
• poll tax, and other minor sources of rev-
' enue.
i* The fact that over a million dollars
; have been paid out from the state treas
i ury within the past week has no signlfi
, cance in connection with any fears that
i the stale will not be able at the year’s
1 end to meet the demands upon it; but it
I is regarded as significant when related
j with the fact that there are current pay
i ments that must be made during the
' year, and that the advance payment of
pensions has. according to authentic cal
j culation, very seriously crippled the
I treasury at yie beginning of the year and
has brought about tight conditions that
will require some close sailing for the
next few months. ‘ <
TAFT ASKS RAINEY
TO RETRACT WORDS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.—As soon as he
' coSid get the floor today Representative
i Rainey, of Illinois, read to the house the
1 calblegram which he received from
I Charles P. Taft yesterday, in which tlus
'brother of the president-elect,denied that
I he has ever had any business association
' with William Nqlson Cromwell or any in
: terest at any time in the isthmus of Pan
. ama. In Tils message he asked Mr. Rainey
i,to retract his statements regarding Mr.
(Taft, which he made in h|s speech on
/Tuesday. *, ,*■> aj
i Mr. Rainey said he had not the slight
-1 est desire, ko coDlxpvert thie statement of J
i Mr. Taft. t>ut tiiat it was not necessary”
■for l>im to retract anything he said in
; his speech from which lie quoted his ref-
• erences to Mr. Taft. - ■ ,
j “The country will be glad to know that
' Mr. Taft’s name is being used there wlth
j out his consent," he said. "I desire tt f
• say. in this connection, that Mr. Taft
1 could render a great service and his de
| nial will be of greater value, if he should,
without delay, address a telegram to the
I general assembly of Panama denying his
connection with the scheme I have de
' serjbed and repudiating Mr. Cromwell on
the isthmus qf Panama with as much en
thusiasm, as he has in his ..telegram to
me repudiating all connection with that
gentleman.
“I think that I might also, with pro
priety, suggest that the president-elect
can, at the present time, render no great
er service to his country than he can
render by withdrawing his frequent pub
lic indorsements of William N. Cromwell.
At the present time Mr. Cromwell and
Mr. Farnham are proceeding under cer
tificates of good character given them
in the past by the president-elect."
MAN 115 YEARS OLD
DIES IN WEST VIRGINIA
WHEELING, W. Va., Jan. 30 —Hender
son Cremeans, known to be the oldest
man in West Virginia, and probably the
oldest man in the United States, died yes
terday at the home of his grandson,
Clark Cremeans, near Point Pleasant.
Mason county, aged 115 years. He was
strong and hearty to the time of his
death, falling by the roadside on his way
home from the grocery store.
He was removed home and died a few
minutes later. His father ar.d mother
are said td have been the first couple
married west of the Blue Ridge moun
tains in Virginia. His mother died at 120;
his wife at 101. 5
He was one pf the first settlers of the
Ohio valley, coming here from Virginia
at the age of 18. He has seventy grand
children. 131 great-grandchildren, and 19
great-great-grandchildren. He had never
tasted liquor or tobacco in his life.
BULL "GORES WOMAN;
WILL NOT RECOVER
ANNISTON. Ala., Jan. 30.—Special «aya Mr*.
Boyd Jobt.*«i, the wife of a well known
farmer of Iteck Ne*t Springs, aoi.th es here,
wa* fatally gored by an angry bull yeaterday )
afternoon.
One hundred «Iltcbe* were taken In tba
nound*. but the woman cannot recover.