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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09
ROOSEVELT HOPES
TO KILL ALIEN LAW

WASHINGTON. Feb. 5.-The action of
the California legislature yesterday with
reference to the Japanese has not created
the excitement in Washington that might
be supposed, although the president was
surprised and the Japanese ambassador
disconnected at the news. The latter
made no secret OF his attitude but his
excitement was due to the fact that he
had advised his government that the Cal
ifornia legislature would do the very
thing they did not do. His misrepresent-
atoms to his home office were based upon
what he considered reliable information
from California. The ambassador stu
has confidence in the presidents ability
to bring about a satisfactory adjustment
of the question and the two have a per-
feet understanding.
Mr. Roosevelt still has three cards up
his sleeve, and he believes confidently
that he will check the radical action Of
the legislature without exhausting the
last card. He counts, first on considera-
ton of this action by the assembly; sec
ond, he looks to the state senate to de-
feat the bill unless the lower body recon-
siders Failing in both of these, the pres
ident is sure that the governor will veto
the legislation and that all will end well.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09

The sailor had recovered his presence
of mind in a great measure while Dupin
uttered these words, but his original
holiness of bearing was all gone.
$50 help me, God" said he. after a
brief pause, 81 will tell you all 1 know
about this affair-but I do not expect you
to believe one-half 1 say--I would be a
fool indeed IL / did. Still 1 am innocent,
and 1 will make a clean breast If die
for it,"
What he stated was in substance this:
He had lately made a voyage to the In
neo and had captured the ourang-outang
After great trouble, occasioned by the
intractable ferocity of his captive, he at
length succeeded in landing it safely in
Paris, where he kept it carefully seclu-
ded until such time as it should recover
from a wound in the foot received from
a splinter on board ship. His ultimate de-
sign was to sell it.
Returning home on the night or rather
in the morning of the murder, he found
the beast occupying his own bedroom, in
to which 1t had broken from a closet ad-
Joining, where 1t had been, as was
thought, securely confined. Razor in
hand and fully lathered, it was sitting
before looking glass attempting the
operation of shaving, in which it had
previously watched it's master. Terrified
at the sight of so dangerous weapon in
the possession of an animal so ferocious
and so well able to use it, the man, for
some moments, was at loss what to do
He had been accustomed, however, to
quiet the creature, even in its fiercest
moods, by the use Of a whip. and to this
he now resorted. Upon sight of it, the
ourang-outang sprang at once through
the door of the chamber down the stairs,
and thence into the street
The sailor followed in despair; the ape
razor still in hand. made off. The chase
continued for a long time. The streets
were profoundly quiet, as 1t was neadly 8
o'clock in the morning. In passing
down an alley in the rear of the Rue
Morgue, the apes attention was arrested
by light cleaning from the open win
dow OF Nine. L'Espenaye's chamber, in
the fourth story OF her house. Rushing
to the building, 1t perceived the lightning
rod, cTambered UP with inconceivable
agility, grasped the shutter, which was
throws fully back against the wall and,
by its means. swung itself directly upon
the headboard of the he'd. The shutter
was kicked open again by the ourang
outang as it entered the room.
The sailor in the meantime, was both
rejoiced and perplexed. He had strong
hopes of now recapturing the brute, as
1t could scarcely escape from the trap
into which 1t had yentured except by the
rod, where it might be intercepted as it
came down. On the other hand, there
was much cause for anxiety as to what
1t might do in the house. This latter re-
Election urged the man to still follow the
fugitive. A lightning rod is assembled
without difficulty especially by sailor,
but when he had arrived as high as the
window, which lay far to his left, his
career was stopped; the most that he
could accomplish was to reach over so
as to obtain a glimpse Of the interior of
the room. At this glimpse he nearly fell
from his hold through excess of horror.
Now it was that those hideous shrieks
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09

breaking the furniture as it moved and
dragging the bed from the bedstead. In
conclusion, it seized first the corpse Of
the daughter and thrust it up the CHM
ney, as it was found; then that of the
old lady, which it Immediately hurled
through the window headlong.
AS the ape approached the easement
with its mutilated burden the sailor
shrank aghast to the rod and, rather
sliding than clambering down it, hurried
at once home, dreading the consequences
of the butchery and gladly abandoning.
in his terror, all solicitude about the fate
of the ourang-outang. The words heard
by the party upon the staircase were the
Frenchman's ordinations of horror
and alright, commingled with the fiendislI
jabberings of the brute.
1 have scarcely anything to add. The
ourang-outang must have escaped from
the chamber by the rod just before the
breaking of the door. 1t must have closed
the window as It passed through it. It
was subsequently caught by the owner
himself who obtained for II a very largo
sum at the zoo.
Lebon was instantly released upon our
narration OF the circumstances with
some comments from Dupin) at the police
headquarters The chilf, however, could
not altogether conceal his chagrin and
was fain to indulge lin sarcasm or two
about the propriety of every person mind
ing his own business.
Let him talk" said Dupin. LET him
discourse it will ease his conscience.
am satisfied with having defeated him in
his own castle. Nevertheless, that he
failed in the solutions of this mystery is
by no means that matter for wonder
which he supposes it, for. in truth, he is
somewhat too cunning 10 be profound.
His wisdom is all head and shoulders.
like a Goldfish. But he is a good creature
after all"
CThe End)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09
JAPS IN AMERICA
DEMAND EQUALITY

DENVER, Col, Feb. Equality with
other foreign nationalities in the United
States. or a good and sufficient reason
why not, is the demand of the Japanese.
In America, according to Takeo Sagora.
secretary of the Japanese association OF
Colorado.
I'VE consider ourselves superior as
race to the Chinese, Koreans and otiivf
Asiatics, and we do not want to be class
ed with them and will demand our rights
granted the japanese by treaty and un-
der the constitution OF TIE United States.
to be treated in equal terms with tho
French, German or American of any 9TH
er nation" said the secretary The
Asiatfc scare OF the Pacific coast amounts
to little he continued. THE number OF
japanese in the United States is decreas-
ing and will probably continue te do 50.
There are about 1900 japanese in Colora-
do and 800 in Denver
The statement that there are only 500
japanese in Denver, is denied by Chief
OF Police Armstrong; who says a conserv
alive estimate shows between 5000 and
1000 in this city.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09

attempted to get him away from the
officers. The young man struck at the
negro and threatened to shoot him. A
large crowd gathered and for a time it
was believed the negro would receive
rough treatment.
Two officers took charge of the prison
err, and while a number of officers kept
the crowd in check, he was rushed to
the police station. After the negro had
been locked in a cell the crowd kept
up a demonstration in the street.
Moulton was given a hearing today
before a police magistrate, who SEN
fenced him to six months in the work
house without a fine. Before imposing
sentence the magistrate said:
There is no evidence that you at
tempted to assault the girl, or 1 would
hold you for court. Under the circum-
stances, however, will impose the
maximum sentence, to show others,
black or white, that women must be
protected"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09

How can I raise larger crops of corn
and cottongs' IS the subject OF constant
consideration on the part OF the farmer,
and II Is well that IL should be, for little
progress Is made I'm any direction unless
the problem be approached from the
standpoint OF the student. Moreover,
success is more likely TO be attained when
one sets up a standard or ideal much
above the ordinary. At present the yield
OF corn and cotton are both very low.
Probably 10 to IS bushels of the former,
and a third OF a bale per acre Of the
latter Let us set a standard for corn at
50 bushels per acre and cotton at one bale
per acre Is II possible to attain these
Yields by methods which will leave the
farmer a SUFFICIENT margin OF profit on his
labor? To cultivate an acre Of land
where the yield Of cotton is one-third OF
a bale per acre entails practically as
much outlay for labor and EFFORT as where
a bale is grown. Therefore, the cost Of
cultivation viii not be materially in
creased by the larger crop. There viii OF
necessity have 70 be a larger outlay, how
ever for plant food Two-thirds OF a
bale OF cotton Is worth 500 a cents a
pound An additional expenditure OF $500
70 5000 per acre for commercial plant
food would thus be justified by the in
creased yield. Let us now consider what
draft viii be made on the land by yield
OF thirty bushels OF corn with the slower.
We find that 8 pounds OF nitrogen, Is
pounds OF phosphOric acid. and As pounds
OF potash would be removed from the
soil. A third OF a bale OF cotton would
remove from the land in the seed and lint
between and 10 pounds Of nitrogen, 3
pounds OF phOsphOric acid. and about -
pounds of potash This is certainly a
small amount OF plant food. and one
would naturally think the land would
supply this food II no commercial fer
tilIzer were used A bale of cotton, in
GLIDING the seed. win remove from the
soil about ga pounds OF nitrogen, 90
pounds OF phOsphorie acid. and 13 pounds
OF potash, amounts OF plant food which
would easily be applied by the farmer at
a profit where he raises one bale per
acre. Evidently from these figures IL
should be possible TO supply the addi-
tional plant food needed TO increase the
yields to the standard suggested. and that
It would be profitable to do no one win
question
At the present time a fair average APP
pIication OF plant food per acre is prob
ably not over zoo pounds of a "2-S-2
fertilizer" or pounds OF nitrogen, Is
pounds OF phosphOrie acid, and pounds
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09

arose which startled from slumber the
L'Espanaye and her daughter, habited
in their night clothes, had apparently
been occupied in arranging some papers
in the iron chest, which had been wheeled
into the middle of the room. 1t was open
and its contents lay beside 1t on the floor.
The victims must have been sitting with
their backs toward the window, and from
the time elapsing between the ingress OF
the beast and the screams it seems prob
able that 1t was not Immediately per-
ceived. The tapping to OF the shutter
would naturally have been attributed to
the wind.
AS the sailor looked in, the gigantic
animal had seized Nine. L'Espanaye by
the hair (Which was loose, as she had
been combing III, and was fiourishing the
razor about her face in imitation of the
motions of a barber. The daughter lay
PROSTATE and motionlessl She sad swoon-
ed. The screams and struggles OF the old
lady during which the hair was torn
from her head had the effect of chang
ing the probably pacific purposes of the
Ourang-outang into those OF wrath. With
one determined sweep OF it's muscular arm
1t nearly severed her head from her body.
The sight Of blood inflamed it's anger into
frenzy. Crashing its teeth and flashing
fire from its eyes, 1t flew upon the body
of the girl and imbedded its fearful talons
in her throat. retaining its grasp until
she expired. It's wild chances fell at this
moment upon the head OF the bed, over
which the face of its master, rigid with
horror, was just discernible. The fury of
the beast, which no doubt bore still in
mind the dreaded whip, was instantly
converted into fear. Conscious of having
deserved punishment, it seemed DESTROYS
of concealing it's bloody deeds, and
skipped about the chamber in an agony
of nervous agitation. throwing down and
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09
PITTSBURG POLICE
RUSH IN MOTOR CAR

PITTsBURG. Pa, Feb. 5-Shortly af-
ter noon today 1t was reported to police
headquarters by telephone that a negro
had assaulted white girl on Ridge ave-
nue., Heron HILL A large force of officers
was rushed to the scene from the different
stations in automobiles.
When they arrived they found the dis
trict in an uproar over the alleged as
sault, but an investigation failed to To-
cate any young woman who had been at
tackled.
The police are now searching for the
person who sent the message.
Early today two negroes attempted to
assault Miss Blanche Smith, daughter of
justice of the peace, and Miss Rose
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09

Sesock, residing in a nearby suburb.
The screams of the girls frightened the
negroes and they escaped. Several hours
later two negroes were arrested on sus-
picion and sent to the workhouse, almost
Immediately. for three months. In many
sections Of the city racial luminosity is
gradually becoming acute.
Serious trouble, growing out of the
police crusade against negroes, who
have terrorized the Heron Hill district
by frequently assaulting white girls,
was narrowly averted last night when
John Moulton, a negro, 80 years old,
was arrested in the east end district on
a charge that he had annoyed a white
girl and had accosted her with Good
evening, sweetheart; amt you going to
kiss me?"
The negro was quickly located by
squad of officers. While being taken to
police station a brother of the girl
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09
IN EGGS IS
EFFECTED IN ATLANTA

A chronic bachelor, who has a western
exposure room in the Bachelors Domain,
makes it one of his principles of life to
have a nip of eggnog when he rises In
the morning. But Friday when he looked
into the little box he keeps over next to
the washstand, he found it empty and
bare.
"Dere amt er egg on de place, boss"
the negro bell boz explained.
So he took it law, and went down the
stairs feeling that he had made one Of
the first serious mis-steps of his life. He
is as firmly addicted to ham and eggs for
breakfast as to eggnog for a morning
bracer.
Ham and eggs" he said at the lunch
counter where he has eaten ham and
eggs regularly every morning for the last
twenty years
The girl looked confused and went away
with a guilty expression. She returned
with a platter of ham, but no eggs.
Eggs all out" she said.
He toyed with his ham for awhile, then
got up and walked away with a dazed
look. He felt as though something had
happened to life and changed it sadly.
Mechanically he went towards a barber
shop. Since time immemorial he has had
an egg shampoo every Friday.
AS he clambered into a chair, the bar
Der coughed embarrassedly.
Shaver"
Shampoo" he said.
mot an egg in the shop" the barber
replied.
He walked blindly by the manicure girl
without even smiling, and totally ignored
the morning paper. Down the street he
went, round the block and into a grocery
store.
"Have you any eggs?' he demanded.
The clerk shook his head.
"All out. You might as we'll hunt for
pearls in this town today as for eggs. A
fellow shipped away the last one yester-
day." +
Coner in Eggs
Owing to conditions existing in the east,
an effort has been made to corner the
Atlanta egg market. Harry We'll, of Bir-
mingham, reached here the first Of the
week and has since been buying every
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09

egg in sight. Thursday afternoon he
shipped away 2 1-2 car loads, which is
equivalent to Il, $50 dozens, or 166, 800 eggs.
1t is probable that such an amount OF
eggs was never before bought here. The
price they brought was between 5000 and
$4,000. And now Atlanta stands eggless.
Every egg purchasable has been bought,
and the market is fairly stripped. The
commission merchants are dependent on
shipments and the supply of the retail
dealers is small
There has been an egg famine in Gin
cinnati, Chicago and other western
cities, and spectators have bought ali
the eggs obtainabIe in Atlanta to secure
the high prices existing elsewhere.
Monday and Tuesday eggs sold in
Cincinnati at 10 and 10 cents apiece,
and were scarce at that price. In Chi
cago the famine was just as keen and
was felt just as heavily.
As soon as news of these conditions
Grifted south an effort to corner the
entire southern egg market was begun.
Eggs were bought right and left, the
markets were stripped, not a one was
left. Monday operations. were started
against Atlanta's egg supply. The last
crate that the commission merchants
possessed was taken, even the retail
market was invaded, and Atlanta stands
today in more eggless condltlon tnan
it has. been for years.
Ships Off 1865
BY Thursday Mr.. Well had bought
every egg to be secured, and he shipped
away his total purchase-two and one
half carloads, or 166,32O eggs. The
number was great enough to have sup
piled every resident of Atlanta with at
least one egg apiece.
AS a result of the enormous number
bought, the wholesale price Of eggs has
advanced six cents since the first Of the
week Before the effort at cornering
the market was begun, eggs were selling
at about % cents wholesale; now they
are bringing about 2s cents. The retail
price is over IS cents
Most of the eggs shipped from here
went to Chicago or Cleveland, but
number were also sent to Philadelphia.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09

ing cotton seed 20 his cows, and IL more
than six pounds are fed per day the
quality OF the butter is likely to be In
jured. Since the oil is objectionable in
feeding for more reasons than one and
better results have been obtained with
both beef and dairy cattlO from feeding
the meal and hulls, it is impossible to
see why the farmer should care to retain
the Ssed on his farm II he can obtain a
fair tVsis of exchange. This we would
consider TO be from 1900 to 1900 pounds of
meal when the seed are selling at SIS
TO $50 a ton and meal brings S2S to SIS
a fOu
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09
QUERIES ANSWERED
Reclaiming Worn Out Lands

Retaining Worn Out Lands
A. c. ", Houston. Tex, writes: would
Ike some information on the following
subjects. Rye for soil Improvement; recla-
nation OF wornOut Virginia lands; the
best varieties OF Canada peas and where
TO obtain them; Fenugreek; soy beans;
rape, tangier peas, nematodes; cover
crops; orchards in grass as compared
with clean cultivation.
Rye makes an excellent winter cover
crop for soils likely to wash and may
be turned under early in the spring to
add vegetable matter to the soil in time
to permit Of growing a crop Of corn or
cotton on the land that season-R Rye should
be turned under when comparatively
young because Of the rapid growth it
makes early in the season by reason or
which Il is liable to pump too much water
out OF the soil. and leave it in bad me
chanicaI condition. This crop may be used
for cover on any soil The worn lands OF
Virginia as elsewhere may be reclaimed
predominate. OF course, stock farming is
the most certain and economical method
OF building up thin lands. but stock farm
ing can only be practiced to a limited
extent without considerable capital.
whereas. one may use the legumes In 3
crop rotation for soil building. The wri-
ter has seed exhaused soils I'm all sec
lions Of the south reclaimed in a period
OF five years. and brought under profita-
bic cultivation by the use OF a rotation
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09
Each

This rife can also be
used as a shot gun, as
we keep the cartridges
loaded with a heavy
charge of shot. Price of
shot cartridges per box
75c, price OF ball cart
ridges per box Toe. We
carry this ammunition in
stock at all times. This
is the opportunity of
your life time, for get
ting a perfectly efficient
firearm for home protec-
ton or for hunting pur-
poses. Send your order
today and remit by post
once or express money
order. AS to our respon-
sibility we refer you to
any bank in Atlanta or
to The Atlanta Journal.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09
FOUR ARE KILLED
IN ROLLING FORK
NEW CURRENT FOUND
FOR INSULATION WORK

NEW YORK, Feb. CDR. L. II. Baeke-
land announced last night at a meeting of
the American Chemical society, that he
had discovered a new chemical substance,
which he says Is valuable to electrical in
sulation where a high voltage current is
used.
1t is a coal tar product, with the COM
bined properties of amber, celluloid and
carbon and is less expensive than the
substances named, or hard rubber.
For the sake of euphony, DR.. Baekeland
calls the substance Bakelite, although
from a scientific view point, it would be
known as oxybenzyl-methyleng
bride.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09
HOUSTON MASONS SCORED
IN DISPUTE OVER TAFT

CINCINNATI, Feb. 5.-W. B. Melish,
past grand master of the grand lodge OF
Masons, said that the adoption of the
resolution by the Masonic chapter at
Workman, Texas, condemning the action
Of the grand master of Ohio in granting
a special dispensation in the case of Pres
ident-elect Taft. permitting him to be-
come a Mason lat sight" is unpreceden-
ted and inexcusable.
He declared that the action of the grand
master of Ohio was absolutely regular
and Masonic in every respect, and in ac-
cordance with Masonic precedent.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09
VETO ON CENSUS BILL
is FINALLY REFERRED

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-The first BUSH
ness of Importance to claim the atten-
ton of the house of representatives to-
day was the presidents message, vetoing
the census bill. Mr.. Crumpacker moved
the reference of the bill and message to
the census committee.
Such action was objected to by Mr..
Gillett, of Massachusetts,, who declared
that, inasmuch as the bill could not
be amended, there was no reason for ~
reference
Mr.. Crumpacker met this contention
with the statement that there were nu-
merous precedens for referring veto mes
sages. The alternative, he said, was Of
fred. either to report the bill back with
a recommendation that 1t pass, the presi-
dents veto to the contrary notwithstand-
ing, or with a recommendation that II
do not pass.
The bill and message were referred.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-09
TWO KILLED; OTHERS HURT
BY ARKANSAS CYCLONI

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Feb. "a special
from Brinkley to the Arkansas Democrat
says:
Two persons were killed and a third
fatally injured in a tornado which struck
Stuttgart early today.
The dead:
Mrs. Garfield and child of Will Shorey.
Fatally injured:
Mrs. Will Shorey.
The tornado carried away one residence
and FIVE barns, besides doing considerable
damage to property in the surrounding
country.
The residence destroyed Yves that Of
Will Shorey. his wife and child being
crushed by the falling timbers. The child
was killed and Mrs. Shorey taken from
the ruins unconscious. Her injuries are
thought to be fatal. The storm did ex-
tensive damage to the rice fields.
FOUR ARE KILLED
IN ROLLING FORK
JACKSON, Miss, Feb. 5.-A long dis
lance telephone message received here
this afternoon states that tornado had
struck the town of Rolling Fork, Sharkey
county, today and that four persons had
been killed.
Up to this hour 1t has been impossible
to secure details OF the disaster.
The report received states that there
has been a heavy property loss in addition
to the loss of life, which may be increased
by later reports.
Rolling Fork is a town of about 1900 in
habitants and the county seat of Sharkey
county.