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VOL. 1. NO. 119
Morning Edition.
ATLANTA, GA,. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13,.1906.
Morning Eilition.
PRICE:
Two Freight Trains on the Western
and Atlantic Railway Crash,
Head -on, With Fright
ful Results.
SIX OF THE SEVEN DEAD MEN
WERE RESIDENTS OF ATLANTA
Seven trainmen, nil but one of Atlanta, were killed In a frightful head*
,;n collision between two Western end Atlantic freight trains near Ring-
gold, On., at 1: SB o’clock Wednesday morning.
It Is said the wreck wee caused by Engineer Clemeni’n forgetting
bin orders and running past the switch, 290 yards north of Ringgold.
The dead are:
ENGINEER C. W. FISHER, south-bound freight, HI Simpson street,
Atlanta
ENGINEER C. H. CLEMENT, north-bound freight. 32 Markham
street, Atlanta.
CONDUCTOR T. Y. WHITEHEAD, south-bound freight, 1E» Central
avenue, Atlanta.
BRAKEMAN W. 13. SKELTON, 40 Bartow street, Atlanta.
FIREMAN J. W. KENNERMAN, 212 1-1 Marietta street. Atlanta.
FIREMAN W. M. SLAUGHTER, 208 West Alexander etreet, Atlanta.
WALTER SMITH, extra fireman, Lancaster, Pa.
The trains In the wreck were north-bound No. 8, of which Clements
was engineer, and south-bound No. 18, which was running In three sections.
Only the third section figured In the amashup. It was In command of
Conductor Whitehead and Engineer Fisher.
Conductor Whitehead and Engineer Fisher were Instantly killed. En
gineer Clements, Firemen Kennerman and Slaughter and an extra fireman,
who was making the run for the first time, were Injured so badly that
they died within a short time after the accident.
All of the bodies recovered were terribly mangled.
Those of Smith and Clement have not yet been recovered from the
debris
The two engines were torn to fragments and live cars of each train were
demolished.
Superintendent McCollum went to, the scene of the wreck early Wed
nesday morning, a wrecking train and surgeons being sent from Chatta
nooga, which Is only twenty miles from Ringgold.
* W. D. Adams, conductor of the northbound freight, was not hurt In the
wreck, being the only one of the two crews to escape without Injury.
Homer Robertson, brakeman of the northbound train. Jumped from a
window of the engine cab Just as the crash came. While severely bruised,
he Is not ssriously f hurt. He Jives at 173 Luckle street, Atlanta.
He had gone to the engine to remind Clement that his orders were to
•top at the Ringgold switch, when the crash came.
Had he arrived at the cab a minute earlier the awful accident would
have been avoided.
Fatality of Figures.
Clyde H. Clement was serving the
Western and Atlantic railroad In the
capacity of engineer his 13th day when
he met death because of the collision
with southbound train No. 13.
Engineer Clement was 33 years of
•ge, the death coming as It did when
promotion long sought for and work
ed (or, had Just been granted.
He was a member of Central Lodge
No. 23, I. O. O. F., and, for a number
of years, was active In fraternal .work,
making many friends, who have visited
the residence, 39 Markham street,
throughout, the morning to express
their deep sympathy for the members
of the grlef-strlcksn household.
He was also an active member of
the Hrotherhood of Railroad Firemen,
from which organisation he had not
taken his card because of. the few days
*lnee his promotion to engineer.
Mr. Clement was born at Tunnel Hill.
(la., and was raised there. He moved
lo Atlanta some years ago along with
the other members of the fnmlly, so a*
to facilitate his work. He Is survived
by his parents. Dr. and Mrs. J. P.
Clement, two brothers, S. D. Clem
ent, an engineer In the Western and
Atlantic railroad yards, and John G.
Clement, an electrical engineer, as well
as two sisters, Misses Reo M. and Elma
Clement, all of Whom reside at the
home in Markham street.
The body will be taken from the
scene of the wreck to Chattanooga and
from there to Tunnel Hill Thursday.
The family will leave Atlanta for the
old homestead Thursday morning. The
hinernl will take place In the home
lawn at 2 o’clock In the afternoon. A
delegation from the Odd Fellows and
from the Brotherhood of RnIIrtmil Fire
men will l>e in attendance At the serv-
Thomss Y. Whitehead.
Thomas Y. Whitehead was known
throughout the neighborhood of the
(••Hence, 189 Central avenue, as the
"Man on the Porch,’’ because of his
eonled pastime of quietly rocking
**'ay the hours at the front of his
home while not engaged In. hie duties
of conductor on the Western and At
lantic railroad.
Conductor Whitehead has been with
'be W. & A. for the past 19 years
He was 49 years of age, having been
•om at Athens, Oa., 1887. The greater
Part of his life has been spent In At
lanta and at Kingston where the re
mains will be taken for burial Thurs-
°av morning.
Engineer Charles Whitehead, a
rouatn of T. Y. Whitehead, atated
Wednesday that Conductor Whitehead
usually rode from Dalton to Ringgold
in the cab of the engine so aa to
fare the loss of time walking from
•be caboose to the front of the train
\1 receive orders. It Is further stated
Inat orders had been received by No.
•* lo meet No. 8 at Ringgold but that
rders were overlooked or forgot-
GREAT CRISIS
ten.
•' !r - Whitehead is survived by his
formerly a Miss Ada Armspaugh.
*ibens, and a 14-year-old son, Fred-
•Hck. He lived In the home with hla
Cuban Capital Is Re-
. ported in a Tur
moil.
Havana,. Sept. 12.—The
city is an an uproar. News
that the United States gov
ernment has dispatched
three warships to Cuba has
reached the people. It is ru
mored that more vessels are
to be sent and that an Amer
ican squadron will rendez
vous off Havana harbor.
Insurgeuts are boldly re
cruiting their forces within
the city. Reports are con
stantly' reaching here of in
surgent success. The gov
eminent appears helpless.
Many believe that President
Palma is unable to cope with
the situation. A crisis is ex
pected within a few hours.
IT WAS J. B. ECHOLS.
NOT EBER ECHOLS
Continued on Pago Three.
Owing to a mistake made at police
headquarters, the name of Joe B. Ech
ols, who when recently arreeted, tried
to commit eulclde. appeared In The
Georgian and other Atlanta papers ae
Eber Echols.
The fact of the matter Is that Eber
Echols, who lives about 10 miles from
Atlanta on the Flat Shoals roed. Is one
of the best known men In his section
of the county and has elwere b^™* »
reputation of Integrity and Industry.
COURT OF APPEALS
ELECTION OCTOBER 3;
CABANISS -SE CRE TAR Y
The committeo voted down by over
whelming majority a proposition tc
placo ths headquarters permanently in
Macon.
H. H. Cabanlss, of Atlanta, elected
permanent secretary of the state Dem
ocratic executive committee.
Election lor three appellate court
Judges to be held October 3, In sepa
rate boxes. \ The amendment creating
the court will be voted on at the same
time.
This was In substance the action of
the new state Democratic executive
committee In Its first meeting here
Wednesday.
The state Democratic executive com
mittee met at 12 o’clock Wednesday In
the convention hall In the Piedmont ho
tel, with practically all the members
present.
Upon motion of Hooper Alexander, of
DeKalh, Hon. Henry Cabanlss, the
veteran newspaper man of Atlanta and
Augusta, was named as permanent
secretary of the committee, as first
predicted In The Georgian.
Chairman Miller read two letters
from members of the committee who
were absent, asking that they be rep
resented by proxies.
Mr. Berner, of Monroe, Hoke Smith’s
law partner, said he had no objection
to proxies now, but that he would bp-
pose them hereafter.
Reuben Arnold, of Atlanta, Intro
duced a series of resolutions providing
for the election of the Judges of the
court of appeals.
One resolution provided for holding
the primary for this purpose on Octo
ber 30, the same day of the general
election.
Urged Separate Primary.
Mr. Holderness, of Carroll, was op
posed to the holding of a primary as
soon as October 30. He believed that
It was Inexpedient to vote for appelate
Judge until the people had ratified the
amendment. He strongly urged a sep
arate primary.
Reuben Arnold said that his purpose
In naming the day for the primary was
to save expenses. He seemed to be the
spokesman of the new regime, but to
an outsider It appeared that some of
the new members, not being old poli
ticians. were rather Inclined to kick
against Messrs. Berner and Arnold's
program.
Mr. Arnold, Mr. Berner, Mr. Wright,
of Richmond, and Mr. Alexander, of
DeKalb, and Mr. Knight, of Berrien,
were promlntnt, and they made them
selves heard upon even* matter that
came up.
Hooper Alexander wanted T. C.
Crenshaw’s name left off the ticket, as
this was a Democratic ticket.
Mr. Wright, of Richmond, and other
able members of the committee,' were
honest und frank enough to say that
every name should be on the ticket and
let the voter decide for himself for
whom he wished to vote.
Mr. Knight, of .Berrien, who Is a
member of the Soldiers’ home investi
gating committee, absented hlmsslf
from the Soldiers’ Homs committee,
and mads himself felt In the committee.
Did the Macon convention make a
grave mistake In enlarging the commit
tee? Thirty-two or thirty-three mem
bers were hard enough to control, but
when H got to fifty-eight, the discus
sion became general and seemed to
split this “unanimous consent" advo
cated by the governor-elect.
To Name Judges October 3.
The court of appeal Judges will be
nominated on Wednesday, October 3,
by resolutions offered by Reuben Ar
nold, of Atlanta, and passed by the
state Democratic executive committee.
The voters qualified shall bo those
defined In ths recent platform. Ballots
tor the JndRcs shall be deposited In
separate boxes.
Arrangements are left with a sub
committee of live from the state com
mittee. The three candidates receiv
ing the highest number of votes shall
be declared the nominees. Departure
from the majority rule, It Is stated, ts
made because of the expense of hold
ing two primaries.
Tickets shall contain the names of
all candidates, ■ and no ticket will be
counted where fewer of more than
three are voted for.
No County Assessments.
The following resolution by Mr. Alex
ander, of Dekalb, was tabled:
“Resolved,“That candidates for state
offices voted'by the whole state, ought
not to be assessed by county executive
eommlttees, find such assessments are
prohibited." ;
It was adopted.
Mr. Dean,;*)? Hall, wanted the tick
ets to state only “For amendments,"
and Mr. Natria, of Cobb, wanted
“Against Ratification," so that any
man, If he wished, might so vote.
The Atlantic circuit sollcitorshlp also
came up, upon a petition from Living
ston Kenan, asking a re-hearing upon
the returns In that circuit.
The resolution by Hon. Boykin
Wright, of Richmond, was passed, pro
viding that the place and hour for
holding a primary shall be the same
as Jhat fixed’ for the general election.
Further Charges Made
in Investiga-
T. Y. WHITEHEAD.
Conductor who was killed in wreck.
tion.
Bombshell . Is Thrown
Into Ohio Con
vention.
engineer clement.
Who It is charged forgot his orders.
IT
OF ALL STRIKES
Louisville, Ky., Sept. 12.—William J.
Bryan spoke today at North Vernon,
Ind. He took an advanced position
In regard to the duty of the govern
ment In regard to strikes. Among
other things .he s^d :
The Democratic party has always
Insisted and It will be one of the
planks of their platform that Com
pulsory arbitration should Us enforced
by the national congress. I am op
posed to etrlkes. it Is the business of
the national government to stop them.
They cause suffering to people all over
the world. It 1* not alone the miner
and operator who suffers.
"The president did a good thing
when he stepped in and stopped the
strike, but I blame him for not stop
ping them all by national agitation."
Profane and abusive language to the
old soldiers on the part of pr. Amos
Fox. treasurer of the home; brutality
on the part of Captain John A. Thomp
son: Incompcteney and drunkenness of
Captain Langdon Bowie; poor and Illy-
prepared foods, and further testimony
as to the character of Mrs. Bello Reid,
former stewardess, formed the meat In
the legislative Investigating commit
tee’s second day’s work.
Testimony from the Inmates of the
home relative to allegations set forth
In the petition were concluded Wednes
day at the morning session. Further
hearings will be held, beginning on
Wednesday afternoon, In the Bcnate
chamber at the capital.
The hearing of the committee did not
commence until 9:40, owing to the ab
sence of members.
As Senator Illalook^ and Representa
tive Knight are members of the new-
state Democratic executive committee,
they left the meeting at 11 o’clock.
Judge Longley suggested that a llml
tntlon be fixed on the Introduction of
witnesses along the line of testimony
submitted Tuesday. After discussion,
Judge Colquitt, for the petitioners,
stated that only a few more witnesses
would be introduced.
Senator W. C. Bunn, of Cedartown, a
member of the committee, was present
for the first time Wednesday morning.
, On motion of Mr. Williams, four were
named ns a quorum of the committee.
The hours for the session Wednesday
werc fixed for 9:40 to 12:50 and from
3 to 4:60 In the afternoon. The ses
sions beginning Wednesday afternoon
will be held In the senate chamber
at the rapltol.
More Testimony Given.
D. M. Moseley was the first witness
Introduced. lie said he hnd been In
the home two years. Asked as to Cap
tain Bowie’s treatment, he said It was
kind, but that he was very neglectful today. Theoe.jreldents occurred:
John*"'l'h') , rnp»on l w»Vtyr»nrfloa| t ai ' IUln ^ - *»' •-
"1 never heard him speak n kind
word to nny one while he was hers."
Mr. Moseley said - the butter was
rancid and unpalatable, and the syrup
unlit to eat. The biscuits were a com
bination of bad Hour and wretched
cooking. He never hnd nny milk ex
cept what he bought. Beef wns served
twice a week und eggs were unknown.
Played Favorites.
As to Mrs. Reid, she was partial to
some few, he testified, and overbearing
to others. Pressed to mention her fa
vorites, he gave the names of Mills,
Miller and Saffold. Saffold, he declar-
clarod
Bolts From Sky In
jure and Frighten
Many.
New York, Sept. 12.—The mopt se
vere electrical storm of the present
year swept over Greater New York ventton
Dayton, Ohio, Sept. 12.—What wi
designated as a bomb-5hell for tl
Republican state convention wi
hurled by James Holcomb on behalf ■
the Cuyahoga county delegation,
came In the nature of h resolution as!
Ing United States Senator Dick to n
sign the state chairmanship, to whic
he has Just been elected.
On this proposition Oongres.-nnfl
Ilurton took the platform and In a mo
Impassive, but earnest, manner, suj
ported the resolution. Burts
that the time hnd come when conven
tions should do something beside glory
over the past and make promises for
the future. They should do something
besides resolve themselves Into phrase
ological commendations of this or that
Individual.
Foraker to Rescue.
It was not fair for the committee
to take snap Judgment when Senator
Dick himself declared he wanted the
question of the propriety of his election
brought to a vote on the Iloor of th»
convention. He snld It was better for
•Mr. Dick to have tho convention as a
body decide on his merits nnd If he
were chosen In that way there could be
mi ■■in- I■■ criticise.
Loud cries from all purls of the hall
brought Senator Foraker to the stage.
Til' senator s.ild be was not n delegate
and not entitled to participate In the
convention, but he could not under-
sland why a man who wns good
enough to be chairman for
McKinley. George K. Nash n
Hanna was not good enough
years of campaign experience
admitted fitness for the plac
therefore, be sufficient to lndo
now.
A roll call being demanded
f'halrmnn Dick nnd the action of
central committee sustalnp-I by a \
of 673 nyes to 285 nays nnd a foil
ing vlve voce vote Indicated by
William
ltl M. A.
now. His
Rnd his
should,
volun
.(.*11
that tho
van ovf
ahogn
entlment of the
vhelmlngly for Dick.
nted
olldlv
for
story
factory of Broome ft Newman, at 13th
street and Third avenue, Brooklyn,
was struck by a bolt. One hundred
girls fikd In panic; ten were knocked
senseless and man and a woman were
burned.
The 6i-foot flag staff on the top of
the 16-atory Butterlck Publishing Com
pany, at McDougall nnd Bpring streets,
was shattered. There are 2,700 em
ployees In the structure, mostly young
women and girls, and many of them
fled from their work benches.
Three hundred men employed In ex
cavating the Belmont tunnel on West
Fourth etreet, Long Island City, had
a narrow escape from drowning when
a huge volume of water plunged down
upon them. They were 48 feet below
the surface and so great was the flood
that half of them were knocked down.
The county court house and the hall
of records In Brooklyn were flooded.
This was caused by the sewers becom
ing choked and two to three inches of
water .flowed about the halls.
the Holcomb motto
solidly against It.
It Is reported today that an effort
would bo made In tomorrow’s conven
tion to force through resolutions In-
■ I'U.-Ing Senpt.a- I*..raker as a candidate
for the Republican presidential nomi
nation In 1908.
ed. spent moat of hla lime In her
room. Baffnld sat Juat behind the wit
ness. He appeared about 60 years old.
He bought eggs, rrackera and milk
up to a few weeks affi>, when Mrs. Reid
stopped him from that. He cooked his
eggs In the grove then.
When asked why he did not com
plain of these things, he said that the
Impression was general that It would
avail nothing, nnd result In discharge
front the Home. He sultl one mnn was
discharged for twelve months because
he cursed Dr. Amos Fox.
Question of 8alarlos.
New evidence brought out from this
witness related to the charge In the
petition that the Institution was over
loaded with useless officials.
He said Captain "Tip" Harrison got
1200 e year for four days’ work as sec
retary to the board of trusteea, and
Dr. Amos Fox got a similar amount as
purchasing agent.
Captain Harrison questioned him as
to how he gained Information as to hla
salary, and Mr. Moseley said It was
general talk.
In conclusion he testified that report
accredited Mrs. Reid with being Im
moral.
Crum Injects Humor.
John Fort Crum, who was discharg
ed from the Home for a difficulty. In
jected some humor Into the hearing.
He eald Corporal Hughes knocked
him down and called him a damn pup
py. Asked Why Captain Bowie didn't
atop the trouble, he aabl the superin
tendent stayed In bed until 9 or 10
o’clock every morning. Bowie went to
town every night and didn’t come back
until the last ear.
“If they ever had any Investigation
of the trouble between myself and Cor
poral Hughes I didn't know anything
about It."
Questioned closely by Captain Harri
son. he admitted, however, that he was
nt the trial of the ease.
Kept Bill of Fare.
C. E. Loomis had been In the Home
four years. Captain Thompson, he as
serted, wns cruel, and the food had.
He bought eggs, milk, butter, Jelly end
such things.
“Alleged butter and molasses f were
served, hut nobody could eat either."
The bill of fare for a period of cov
ering June and July this year, as kept
Labor Leader Declares
Maine Election
Was Fraud.
t hat
Continued on Pago Threo.
Washington, Sept. 12.—Charging I
both the nomination and the election of
Charles E. Littlefield In the Second
Maine ■ congressional district were
bought fur him this year, and that but
for the use of large suniB of money ho
would surely have been beaten at the
polls, Hamuel Gumpers, president of
the American Federation of Labor, to
day discussed with less reserve than
heretofore the late campaign In Maine.
"Everybody perfectly understands
that Littlefield would have been beaten
for the nomination but for the liberal
use of money. His opponent was un
doubtedly the choice of the majority of
Republicans In the district and would
have been nominated but for the use
nt money against him. With the presi
dent declaring that the defeat of Mr.
Littlefield would be n public calamity,
we would atlll have defented him. hut
for the fact that n lot or fellows who
hnd been opposed to Littlefield were
hired to support him.”
"Who furnished the money that \va*
used in this, campaign? DM It come
from Mr. Littlefield himself or from
other Interests?”
"Mostly from others—the Boston nnd
Maine und the Maine Central. Rut
then 4t was also mnde a test of faith
by the vested Interests of the w hole
East. I have a copy of a letter that a
big wholesale liquor house In New York
sent to grocers all over Maine calling
on them to support Littlefield <>n the
ground that hts defeat would he a ca
lamity to business Interests."
POLICE SEARCHING
FOR WE ALT H YVY1I )OW
Chicago, Kept. 12—Mrs. Karah A.
Boatman, aged 64. a rich widow. Is to
day sought by the police, who were
notified that she has been missing
from her home for n « eea It was re
ported that she carried 11.600 with her
the night she disappeared.
