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special Saturday
NIGHT EDITION.
Atlanta Georgian.
VOL. I. NO. 92.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1906.
“MOST OF THOSE WHO PROTESTED
HAD BEEN DISCIPLINED AT HOME
FOR INFRACTION OF THE RULES’
—OR. AMOS FOX.
Petition by Soldiers for
Investigation Creates
a Big Sensation.
NO ACTION TAKEN
YET BY THE HOUSE
The Georgian Recently
Made Private Investiga
tion of the Home.
"Moat of the men who aimed the
petition asking an Investigation of the
Soldlera* Home were Inmatea who at
one time or another had been disci
plined for drunkenness or no the other
Infraction of the rules," said Dr. Amos
Fox Saturday moVning.
Further than that he would say
nothing regarding the reading In the
house of representatives Friday of the
petition drawn up by Inmates of the
soldiers' Home, asking for an Investl
gallon of the management of the Insti
tution and protesting against harsh
treatment. Insufficient food and other
alleged Ills which has caused consid
erable of a sensation all over the state.
The Soldiers' Home was built by the
people of Georgia and wag largely the
result of work by Henry W. Grady.
It has always been a cherished Insti
tution, and the charges of mismanage
ment brought out by some of the In
mates has aroused a great deal of In
terest.
The appropriation of *7,600 for a new
hospital was passed by the house Fri
day, despite the fact that several In
mates of the home protested against
It ns unnecessary.
During the discussion of this meas
ure In -the house, Mr. Mtllkln, of
Wayne, read the petition from twenty
of the Inmates of the home. No In
vestigating committee has as yet been
appbtnted.
THE GEORGIAN HAS MADE
INVESTIGATION OF HOME.
Several days ago a representative of
The Georgian, learning that complaints
had been made of conditions at the
home, paid a visit to that Institution
and made a number of inquiries as to
the treatment of the Inmates. Not only
was the superintendent Interviewed,
but direct questions were addressed to
the veterans who are In the home, and
who should have no object In conceal
ing conditions. No definite complaints
of present conditions were made,
though almost every man made some
reference to his dissatisfaction under
the former superintendent, John A.
Thompson. The present superintend
ent, Captain Robert 1- Barry, himself
a veteran, gave every evidence of hav
ing the Interest of the men at heart,
though he admitted fast he could net
provide everything .desired from the
funds at his command.
"Superintendent Thompson was a
former police captain," said one Inmate
of the home. "His training did not fit
him to care for Invalid and aged men,
such ns were In his charge. We were
treated very harshly sometimes.” .
It was stated that one man was
dismissed because he cursed Amos
Fox, treasurer of the home, although
Dr. Fox was not present at the time.
This man had subsequently been per
mitted to return to the Institution.
Complaints About Former Food.
Complaints of the quality of food
formerly served were made, and It was
slated that sometimes meat was pur
chased which was not In good condi
tion. No complaints as to tho food
served at present were heard.
An Inspection of the home showed
that the rooms and corridors are kept
scrupulously clean. The rooms now
used for the hospital are bright and
sunny, but are on the second floor,
"here It would be dlflicutt to remove
the patients should fire break out. They
ere too small for the accommodation
"f the eight or ten patients usually
confined to their beds and the sick men
cannot have the privacy desirable. It
has been urged that the hospital can
be removed to the library room, but
this room appeared to be too small and
Is not located In a desirable position.
captain Barry talked freely of the
home and Its conditions. He stated
that he had taken charge on August 1
and had not had time thoroughly to
familiarise himself with details, but he
believed the Inmates were fairly satis-
‘ ‘SHOULD INVESTIGA TE,’’
SA YS BUSH IN HOUSE
Mr. Bush, of Miller county, brought Up the Soldiers' Home matter
In the house of representative Saturday morning. In voting on the Gor
don statue measure, he called attention to the fact that no attention had
been paid by the house to the petition presented by the Inmatea of the
home.
"The house has discriminated against those veterans," he said. "Who
say they have been mistreated. I don't know Amos Fox, but I don't
care what Fox It is, I think we should listen to the appeal of these old
soldiers.”
TAKESHELTER
Loaded Cartridges Are
Fired Into Regu
lars.
“I AUDI! ACCOUNTS
SAYS WM. S. THOMSON
William S. Thomson, vice president of the board of trustees of the
Soldiers' Home, stated Saturday that there was no ground for the state
ment made In the petition that the treasurer's accounts were not audited.
“Every month Dr. Fox brings to me the bills contracted during that
month and they are carefully gone over by me, as chairman of the finance
committee, and then at the quarterly meeting the committee as a whole
goes over them. As far as I hove been able to judge from an examination
of the goods purchased he gets far better values for the money expended
than I could ad an Individual.”
“Do you know anything of the personnel of the men who have signed
the petition, Mr. Thomson?"
“No, I am not familiar with any of the names except that of Clarke.
He made a number of complaints some time since, which, on Investiga
tion, we found to be groundless. I shall be very glad Indeed if the leg
islature will appoint an Investigating committee. We have Investigated
matters out there several times and find everything as well as possibly
could be for the amount of money we have to spend. Dr. Fox has his
heart In the work, and being a veteran, la devoted to tho home, and Is
one of the beat friends that It has.
GAIN OF $4,038,400
FOR FULTON^ COUNTY
In the City Is $2,936,318 and For County
Districts $1,102,082—Last Year’s Gain
Not Quite Three Million Dollars.
A total gain In the valuation of taxable property In Fulton county for.
the year 1906 of *4,038,400 Is shown by the annual report prepared by Tax
Receiver Armlstead and made public Baturday afternoon. This Is a much
larger gain than usual and greatly In excess of the amount expected by
Mr. Armlstead. According to a law passed last year, the Atlanta Gas Light
Company paid taxes on 3600,000 worth of property to the comptroller gen
eral. In past years this amount has been credited t(j_ the county tax
valuation. If the old law had rAnalned In force the total amount of gain
Would have been 34,638,400. The total gain of last year was not quite
three millions.
The official figures are as follows:
Special to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Temv, Aug. 11.—Dur
ing the sham battle at the Chft-kamau-
ga maneuvers several lead bullets were
fired by the soldlera either In the First
Georgia or Twelfth cavalry. Into oppos
ing lines, and a private of the Sev
enteenth Infantry was woutded by a
bullet In the arm..
Officers are Investigating the mat
ter, but It Is believed that loaded sheila
were placed In the - ins by mistake.
Bullets whlsxsd Into the air thick and
fast, and the soldiers ran behind trees
nd other objects to escape ‘Injury.
Tho First South Carolina regiment
has arrived at .the park. The Third
Tennessee will go Into ramp this after
noon and a Mississippi battalion will
arrive soon.
Snubbed Because
America Flocked to
Hear “Parsifal.”
District*.
1905.
1906. ,
Gain.
Loss.
Adamsvllle
*74,370
$69,025
*5,246
Battle Hill .. .. ..
128,735
169,460
40,715
Blackball
603,665
665,426
61,870
Bryanta
109,625
111,610
2,085
Buckhcail .. ....
239,966
241,565
2.500
College Park
399,735
373,565
78,840
654,125
127,290
Cooks
1,439,460
136,415
Eaet Point
836,370
169,885
160,265
146,040
1,225
Hapevllle
141.685
18,670
Oak Grove
344,630
351.960
7.330
Peachtree
1,802.075
352,885
South Bend
.. .. 281,640
397,540
116,200
....
!lty and county colored, 1908, 31,308,366.
Gain of 1906, *33,866.
Total gain, country districts, white 31,084, 690.
Total gain, country districts, colored, 338,866,
Total gain, all districts, *1,109,666.
Total loss, country* districts, *6,470.
Total gain, country white, and city and country schools, 11,102,033.
City whites, 1906, 366,219,740.
City whites, 1906, *68,166,068.
Gain, *3.936.318
Grand total gain for county, colored and white, city and country,
34,038.400.
Cheatham Is Asked To Resign
By the S. C. Cotton Growers
Special to The Georgian.
Greenville, S. C., Aug. 11.—At Spartanburg today the county cotton
growers are In session, and a phone message from there says a resolu
tion has been passed calling on Secretary Richard Cheatham to resign.
fled under his management. He said
he was trying to treat them like gen
tlemen, not prisoners, was using per
suasion Instead of harshness and had
not had a moment’s trouble with any
man.
"Left to Treasurer Fox."
Captain Barry waa not certain Just
how much money was at his disposal
for the use of the home. These mat
ters were left to-Treaaurer Amos Fox.
Dr. Fox does all the buying. When
ever we want anything wo write an
order and he buys it and sends It out,"
said Captain Barry. No, he has not
refused us anything we asked for, that
I remember. 1 think he buys a good
quality of everything. I don't know
anything about the accounts. He draws
the money and pays It out. I think
the home Is doing very well. Of course,
I have heard complaints sometimes, but
they are of the kind that old men
naturally make. The old soldiers here
are living better than moat of them
aver did at home."
HELD IN PANAMA
f(
Colombians Are To Be De
ported As-Pernicious
Foreigners.
. _n"-— 1
lly Private leased Wire.
Panama, August 11.—The pollco last
night capturad seventeen * Columbian
former revolutionary generals on the
chsrge of conspiring sgnlnst high nat
ional authorltlea. The prisoners distin
guished themselves by their depreda
tions In the interior of the Isthmus. A
Mexican named Ruls Sandoval also
was taken Into cuatody. All the men
urfteated had recently arrived In Pana
ma. Secretary Arias refuses to furnish
any detalla of tho plot, but Is Is rumor
ed that some of the members of Ihe
Panama liberal party ara Implicated.
Tho prisoners will be deported oa pern
icious forlegners.
HE USES TOWEL
TO KILL WOMAN
By Privet* Issised Wire.
New York, August 11.—The pollca
today arrested Luigi Ouaraldl, aged 33,
of No. 16 King street, as a suspect In
the murder of Marla Pecora, of 61 1-2
Charles street. He was arraigned In
the Jefferson court and remanded to
the custody of Coroner Acrltelll.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 11.—A fall, slender
man of. dark complexion was being
hunted everywhere In the city by the
police today In connection with the
mysterious murder of Mrs. Marla Pea-
cora In her home at No, 63 1-1 Charlea
street. Jealousy Is believed to have
prompted the crime.
According to other occupants of the
house, this man, said to be a friend
of the dead woman, entered her rooms
and left secretly twenty minutes before
she was discovered lying on her bed,
strangled by a strip of towel twisted
tightly around.her throat.
Mrs. Pecora was about 10 yean old.
Her life Is shrouded In mystery. What
she did for a living no one seems to
know, but she always had plenty of
money, which she kept In the banks
while living In miserly fashion.
Her husband left her several years
ago. She had two children In Chicago
and there she sent remittances to them
regularly.
By Prlrste Leased Wire.
Now York, Aug. 11.—Mr. and Mr a.
Nicholas Longworth are due from Eu
rope thta afternoon on the American
liner 8t. Paul. They will go at once
to Sagamore Hill and apend some time
with President Roosevelt's family. The
Sylph, the president's yacht, has gone
down the bay to meet them and take
them to Oyeter Bay.
A cable dispatch from Berlin tella of
the American colony there being great
ly exerclaed by the manner tn which
Mrs. Longworth Vos snubbed by the
uncrowned rsarlne of Bayreuth, Frau
Coslma Wegner, widow of the com
poser. It Is asserted positively that
President Roosevelt's daughter waa
deliberately Insulted by Frau Wagner
that she might vent her spite on the
American people for patronising "Psr-
slfal" oh their own soli In opposition to
her wishes.
The treatment of the Longworth* In
Bayreuth wns most humiliating, and
compared strikingly to their reception
In Berlin and many of the greater Ger
man cities. Frau Coslma caused the
commund to go forth that the Long-
worths should practically be Ignored.
Tho only genuine welcome accorded
to President Roossvelt's daughter came
from Mme. Schumann-llelnk, who af
fronted Frau Wagner by ruehtng up
and effusively embracing the vleltor In
full view of a terrace full' of music
lovers.
Argument Leads To
Shooting Which May
Prove Fatal.
Kperlal to Tke Grnrglsn.
Dahlonega, Os.. August 11.—Jim Da
vis, sheriff of Lumpkin, and John
Moore, a merehanto f Dahlonega, en
gaged In a serious light here about pol
itics. Hughe* Moore, Johnson’s broth
er, took It up and after lighting with
Davla and being separated by the
crowd, Hughea went off and camp back
In a few inlnutea. The light waa re
newed, Moore shot at Davis two or
three time*. Moore ran, with Davis
doctors In attendance don'
seriously. It Is reported that Moor*
la not hurt.
ITALIAN^ATTACKED
BLACK HAND
By Private I .eased Wire,
While Plulne, N. Y„ August 11.—A
desperate encounter took place at an
early hour this morning near Armonk,
Westchester county, when live men,
believed to bo membera of the Black
Hand Society, deecended upon a camp
containing about flfiy Italian workmen,
and, falling to compel them to aur-
render their wages, opened Are on
them with revolver* and mortally
wounded ihreo. It Is antd that the
bandits blackened their facee with
charcoal an that the realdenta of the
Italian colony would not recognlae
them.
PLA Y BY JULIAN HARRIS
ACCEPTED AND WILL BE
PRODUCED THIS SEASON
A play by.Jullon Harris, of Atlanta,
hat been accepted by Nixon tc Zlm
merman, the prominent theatrical man
agere, and will In all probability h*
produced thle fall, Ita premier will be
given In the South, possibly In Atlanta,
after which It will he taken East,
The play Is a three-act, farce com*
edy. It la called “The Girl From
Keith's."
As to Julian Harris' play, It la
clean-cut farce comedy, with no music
and no horse play. It It built on solid
principles, and there Is In It none of
Ihe blsnrre, nothing of the extrava
gant. It depends on no one situation
or trick of stage craft.
The machinery of "The Girl From
Keith's" Is that of mistaken Identity—
old as the "Comedy of Errors,” and as
new as a laat season’s success. In
'The Girl From Keith's" the mistaken
Identity Is raised to the third power
and worked out by an entirely new
method. Absurdly impossible as Ihe
plot may deem to he In the abstract, It
s developed In auch manner aa to con
vince one not merely that It la real,
but .that It Is the moat natural thing
In the world.
The lines are bright, epigrammatic
and not merely superficially smart, nut
take a fling at some of tha queatlona of
the day, social and political.
First Play From the South.
Although the South has been varia
bly prominent In tha literature of
America for a hundred years, this sec
tion has been conspicuous by Its ab
sence from the department of the
drama. “The Girl From KeUh’e" la
prdbably the flrat play written by a
Southerner to be accepted and pro
duced by a large Eastern theatrical
firm. Should thle play prove lo be the
success Messrs. Nixon A Zimmerman
believe It will be, the South will have
entered a wedge which will make easier
the reception of If* dramatic efforts.
"The Girl From Keith's” purports to
be nothing more than a clean farce
comedy, but It will make the way for
more serious and more substantial
work.
A* lo Ihe author—Julian Harris Is
one of the South's moat widely known
newspaper men. At the age of 30 he
Is giving up journalism for more se
rious and less ephemeral work. Be
tween the ages of 17 and 39 he arose
from the position v>f humblest "cub
reporter” to that of a newspaper man
JULIAN HARRI8.
Brilliant young Atlantan whose
play, "The Girl From Keith's," hae
been accepted.
BITTER REPLY
Ti
Comes Back With
Card of Scorching
Invective.
DEMPSEY SUES
TO RECOVER $800
Declares Hoke Smith Did
Not Give Him Square
Deal as Attornoy. jL
The following card has been l*ni"d
by Albert Howell, Jr., In reepom..' to
Hoke smith's statement Issued Thurs
day!^
Atlanta, Go., Aug. 10. 1996.
To the Public:
I notice In The Atlanta Jour
Hoke Smith by, tho liberal uae
line* and a characteristic prof
Innuendo, undertake* to shift from his
own shoulders full responsibility
the miserable port he hns played in
controversy between himself and
former client, Mr. 8. D. Dempsey.
Personally I should have prefer
to have no connection with the mat
but when Mr. Dempsey came to
as nn attorney at latv, to protect
rights In a transaction In which
convinced me that he had been fm
wronged by Mr. Smith, 1 agreed to
so, ami I shall not be driven "
sonal spleen against me.
When Mr. Dempsey's coni' i
were made public, I stated Uur
Smith would not undrrtako to sie
ally deny them under oath, and
attention of tho public to the furi
i < 11,11 * o' v h.t'i been folly vindl
cull
that
n led
>•*
□
of rare equipment. At 24 he wee
made managing editor of The Atlanta
Constitution, nnd hnd the distinction
of being the youngest man In America
to hold such position on one of the
great dallies.
Ho Is the eldest son of Joel Chandler
Harris and took to journalism and lit
erature from Instinct.
"The Girl From Keith's" Is the first
play he has submitted to a manager,
but In 1198 a one-act curtain raiser.
The Divorce,” waa put on by the
Grand Stock Company and made a hit
here.
And, like George Ade, Mr. Harris
has a trunk full of plays.
my prophecy h
In this respect
I also asked for publication of th*»
corroMpond«»n< o between Mr. DeinpnVy
nd Mr. Smith's office. In response to
hlch Mr. Smith gave to the public
only a portion of the cnm**<pnn<1etu *•.
Mr. D<?rrrp«ey has today given , u t a
full stntoinent of tho matter to which
I Invite tho careful Inspection of tho
publli. and u tn. h I d< sire »-» supple
ment by the statement that I never
sou >>r hr,til! '■r Ml />> ■.,|-'I until ho
employed me to repreeent him Ih this
< III I III I h i\ <■ IK \ IT, dll e« 11 \ III re-
ni'iielv, ill'll'I \|t In-mpm.j tn secure
• ini>l'i\ Mii'iit iii .i ri \ i" >■ n i"ii in any
time and have never assisted or prom-
l*«« d ' > .o -i-t him In ;in> un\, except
attorney to represent him In his
claim against Mr. smith.
I have InvestIgntod his character and
reputation, and am satlsflod that he is
a gentleman, whose Integrity and
standing even Mr. Hmlth will not un
dertake to Impeach.
Mr. Dempsey has today filed suit on
s claim against Mr. Smith nnd has.
I 41.1th. MVM.I II fcvei V allegation
ade In support of his claim. The ••-se
now In the hands of the court, where
i one can doubt that full Justice will
be done.
As Mr. Hmlth has undertaken to
4 • v • i. I • • i. • • |. r i -11»111 * t" .Mr Dempsey
by covert nnd cowardly threats against
desire to say that during my
twenty years’ practice at the Atlanta
bar my professional conduc t has never
been made the subject of question *»r
criticism either by tho public, the bar
..I tin- ki*ind J• 111 «**4 -if this county, ns
has been often and openly charged
against Mr. Hmlth.
There Is hardly a manufacturer la
Atlnnta who had not been made the
victim of Mr. Smith's activity, and
i ’Mi Mk nuinli* t .if a pprnvlng ,
have received on the subject
Of ths Dempeey fraud Mr Dt-mpscy Is
»»■•• till* Ml,I'. \!' r Ini w bo 1* nursing a
grievance against him. For almost
i • • 1 v*■ rii"iii h * I ha\ • ea* HN-nt under
the cowardly insinuations and i nvert
attarks Mr. Hmlth hns directed by him
self end through his henchmen against
me, for tho sole reason that I wns
CABBIE TO SUE
SECRETARY LOEB
By Private Leseed Wire.
Kansas City, Mo., August U,-~”Tes,
sir, I'm going to sue that man, too. I'd
have him arrested If I could. He In
sulted me and I'm going make him pay
for It.”
Mrs. Carrie Nation sat In a Pullman
Continued on Page Thr
can attached to a west bound Burl
ington train at the Union depot. .She
had Just rend about the damage suit for
150,000 brought by Nadage Doree. a
I. I i ■.* i lie., ugiilrtst William t.oeb,
Jr . the president's secretary.
“Did not I go to see the president a
couple of months ago and did not that
man Insult me nnd call two policemen
to throw mo out of the white house?"
•How much will you sue for?"
•Why, 150,000 or maybe $800,000. I'll
leave that to my lawyers, but they’ll
have to make It big.”
, lAUHORY,
(trust.
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