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Qmmud The Atlanta Georgian 50; 12 noon, 63; 2 p. m„ 64. *Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN" AND NEWS 'Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN” 8POT COTTON. Atlanta, steady; 9c. Liverpool, easier; .'.13. New York, fjulet; 9.46. Savannah. Hteady; 9c. Augusta, steady; 9V». Gal veston. steady; 9 9-16. Norfolk, steady; 9 1-16. Mobile, steady; 9c. Houston, steady; 94»- Memphis, steady; 9*4. VOL. X. NO. 84. HOME (4th) EDITION ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1911. HOM E (4TH) EDITION PRICE: His Belief That Publicity Is the Best Cure for Bad Politics Wins Praise. PEOPLE TO RALLY CLOSER Grand Rapids, 'Mich., News Says Princetonian’s Views Are Winning theCountry. The following Is from The Grand (Mich.) News: \Voodrow Wilson appears to have the right Idea. Publicity, lie says. Is the best cure'for bad politics. • The treatment -of bad politics," said the governor in an address the other dsv "I* the same as that for tubercu losis-exposure to the open air. Thro* the school houses open for the free use „f the public which owns them and note how quickly the opportunities of using them for the greatest good to the greatest number are grasped. Social llfo will soon express Itself In opinion and Anally Into action when the masses, begin to use the schools as community centers." * - '• - ' He deprecated the tendency to sscribe bad motives to representatives of special Interests: he preferred to rail their motives born of Ignorance and nf social and community barriers be tween classes which prevents a com mon understanding. \ few more opinions of this sort nnu the good people will rally still closer around him when he goes before the country as a candidate for the presi- iency. When Johnny Comes Marching Home Another Victim of the “Pepper Box of Death” Has Been Found in Chicago. Italian Aviators Make First Successful Use of Airship as Machine of War. SAME POISON USED ON ALL UNABLE TO HIT AIR CRAFT Her “Official Undertaker” De manded Possession of Bodies Immediately After Death. Chicago, Nov. 9.—To the little "pep per box of death” in the home of Mrs. Louise Vermllya, now In Jail for the murder of Policeman Arthur Bisson* ette and suspected uf knowing much concerning at least eight other deaths, the police believe they have traced one more death. The newest victim Is Jay son Ruppert, who was employed as a fireman by the Soo Railroad Company and who died January 17,1310, 36 hours after dining at Mrs. Vermllya's home, at the Rhodes-ave. woman’s hospital. Arthur Denton, another Soo line fire man, who told the police of Ruppert’s death, described many circumstances very similar to the deaths of Blsson- ette and Richard T. Smith, th<4 Illi nois Central conductor. Ruppert died is Smith was supposed to have died, of 'acute gastritis." Undertaker Charles C. Boysen was at the hospital demand ing his body fifteen minutes after his death. Ruppert was a close friend of Mrs. Vermllya, and In addition to visit ing the Vermllya home, accompanied by Denton, jUBt before nls fatal Illness, the fireman Is said by his friends to have made many clandestine calls at the woman's home. 1M MX ECONOMY OH CHYJF PEKIH Imperial Forces Sent to Feng Tai to Check Advance on the Capital. Pekin, Nov. 9.—A battle between the Manehu troops and the rebel army, which Is reported to be marching on Pekin, Is expected at Feng Tai, whore the defenders were ordered to make a last stand against the Invaders. General Chang Shao Tsen, command er of the rebel army In northern China, Js one of the roost radical of revolu tionary leaders. Ho declares that he win exert all his Influence in the move ment to establish a republic In China Instead of a limited monarachy. He favors a president and the splitting up of the nation Into states. nchus In the capital sent out a cry for help today thru fear of a slaughter. The city Is held under rigid martial law. Antl-Manchus are showing their hos tility to tho government with a hither to unknown boldness and the revolu tionary tri-color of red, white and blue Is s well knowrf sight even within the ahailow of the palace walls. Allho the national assembly Is meet ing dally, its actions for peace are with- out effect. GENERALS BECOME JEALOUS; SUBORDINATES KILL BOTH Shsnghai, Nov. 9.—Two rebel lead ers. Generals Chia and Tseng, were murdered by their own troops at Chang Sha today, following a quarrel between the two. The two rebel chieftains were Intensely Jealous of each other. Their subordinates, fearing that the bitter ness existing between the two leaders might weaken the discipline of the army, decided that they should be put to death. The generals were led out and shot to death. Both died with Oriental sto- lotani, ncceptlng the tragic sequel to 'u?! 1 quarrel as a matter of course. Rebels today captured the city of Poo how, a community of 10,000 souls In Kiang si province. The Imperialists threw down their arms after a sharp snRagement. The government build ings were burned, but the lives and Continued on Last Page, WANT ADS Published by all the Atlanta papers for the week ending November 4,1911, six days to the week: Georgian ads Journal . . . Constitution 3,012 ...2,223 .. .1,310 ay ■ papers carried Want Ads as follows: Georgia* 563 Journal 346 Constitution 212 GEORGIAN print* no beer, or unclean advertising, naaiftt**•** tho*e are out of a THr °5J , X^ wh0 de * lr « a better one, unci*. GEORGIAN prints want ad* classification ‘‘Situations af >ted free. Other classifications °NE CENT A WORD* Speedwell Representative Is on a Campaign of Education Among Business Men. R. Harry Cronlnger, a prominent mo tor car man, formerly general manager of the American Locomotive works, and now the special representative of the Speedwell Motor Car .Company, is trav eling over the cntlro South upon an educational mission, endeavoring to show to merchant ;nul iimnui'jii-nin-rs the exceptional advantages of motor vehicle delivery. He Is in* Atlanta Thursday and will remain several days. Mr. Cronlnger IS an expert analyzer of-business methods, probing into the very depths of difficulties that confront a business man and, suggesting reme dies for overcoming the obstacles. He talks very interestingly upon the com mercial motor car, and shows some startling figures. "First of all," he says, “leb me im press the fact that I am not a sales man nor do I wish to sell anyone a truck. My work In the South is purely an educational one. I want to Investi gate the situation and if possible to show to the business men the advan tages to them of adopting the commer cial motor car for their delivery r^eeds. It may be our truck, we hope It will be, but I am trying to show by arguments and figures the financial saving to be derlvecf from the use of motor trucks, “ 'well or Page. Natives and Soldiers Scatter as Deadly Explosives Descend From Heavens. Tripoli, via Rome, Nov. 9.—Terrific execution was done today oy~4he Italian military aviation corps, which Is fight ing the Arabs. Bombs dropped from aeroplanes killed scores of natives and Turkish soldiers, who were unable to respond to the fire from the heavens. The Italian advance continues, the Invaders now holding half of the hin terland. The natives are abandoning their camps In caves and are now camping In the open desert. ARAB WOMEN ARe'sLAIN BY FIRE OF ITALIAN GUNS Malta, Nov. 9.—Arab wqmen, dressed In men's clothing, are leading in tho fighting against the Italians in Tripoli, The sex of these amazona was not dis covered until a number of them had been killed. This Information was re ceived here today on steamships from Tripoli. Passengers on the ships ds- clared that. General Caneva, command- er-in-chlef of the Italian troops in Tripoli, Is using thls'fact as an cxcuss for the Italian slaughter of women and children. According to Caneva, the i Continued on Last Pags. TO RESUME PROBE Investigation of United States Steel Corporation To Be ' Pushed With Vigor. By THEODORE TILLER. .Washington, Nov. 9.—Entirely Inde- penrfent'of (ho government’s suit to dis solve tho United States Steel Corpora tion, the so-called steel trusL the Stan- ey Investigating committee of the house is preparing to , resume its hearings here to examine, some of the biggest figures ln.tho steel Industry. It Is learned today that tho house In vestlgatlng committee hopes to unearth sufficient additional evidence against the steel trust to force the attorney general to file an amended petition against this giant Industrial concern. The Democratic Investigators claim that the department of justice has al ready etolen their "thunder" In filing the original petition and that the Stan ley committee Is entitled to credit for the action against the steel trust. Representative A. <0. Stanley, chair man of the Investigating committee, has Just finished a speech-making cam paign In Kentucky In the Interest of the Democratic ticket. He Is expected to return to Washington Immediately and coincident with his return will Is sue a call for the first meeting of the Continued on Last Pags, FREE FIREWORKS DISPLAY FOLLOWS BROKEN TROLLEY snapshot »y M|tl.--™. BR0KEN W|RE THE TRACK Photo on a dark morning, taken by light of electric flash on work car at Alabama and Whitehall-ata. Accompanied by a aeriea of pyro- tecnlc displays that caused Atlantans to crane their necks and hasten out of harm's way. a trolley wire snapped in two at Alabama and Whltehali-»ta. about 9 o'clock Thursday morning. Cara are still being run In Ata- bama-st. and the breakage caused fur ther delay and confusion to the sched ules. All cans going west In Alabama- st. were tied up and stretched oqt in a string from Whitehall-at. as far as South Pryor-eb After some delay the cars were sent back to take another route and regular time of running was resumed. The wire first broke In Alabama-st.. near Whltehalt-it.. when the trolley pole of one of the work car* came off. and ae the charged wire fell along the ground and came In contact with the tracks a burst of flame and a sound like that of Maxim guns trying for a speed and endurance prise would burst out. After each "grounding" of the wire a mass of molten copper would He op the track where tho end of the wire had touched It, and the connec tion being broken for the time, the fireworks would end. Dozen, of Atlantans gathered on the corner*, careful not to step on any thing that resembled metal or seemed connected with the dangerous "Juice," and watched the expert electricians of the company snip oft the end* of the . broken wire with a huge pair of shears ' and string a new strand of copper In Its place. Phofo by MathejWpn, Scene, at Fort McPherson when regiment camo homo. The Seventeenth detrained In the rain Wednesday afternoon at tho po.t after an ab.enoo since March. At the top it a group of officer.’ wives, maids and retain ers waiting for the train. Below are a glimpse of tho wagon train, unloading'the big bdss drum and the terrier mascot of one of the companies. Engineer R. V. Rhodes of At lanta Meets Death Near Dalton, Georgia. Dalton, Ga. ( Nov. 9.—In a head-on collision between an extra northbound Western and Atlantic freight and No. 19, southbound. Engineer R. -V. Rhodes, of Atlanta, wns killed anil Engineer T. L. Hamby, of Smyrna, and Fireman Barney, Bridges, of Rocky Face, were Injured. The collision occurred at 7:30 o’clock this morning near Elk Cotton mills. Both of the freight trains were run ning according to orders. Extra north bound No. 174 had orders to, meet the southbound train at Dalton and the southbound train was sent. out from here without receiving notification of tho extra. The local office shows no record of receiving'a message to hold tho southbound train, the opinion hero being that the fault was in the dis patcher’s office. Only a few of the cars were plied up, the two engines barely leaving the rails and remaining u(- rlght. All of the men In the cabins of the engines Jumped when It was seen that a collision was inevitable. Engineer R. V. Rhodes, of Atlanta, as buried beneath a car of cement as e was scrambling up an embankment. Tho escape of Fireman H. M. Ward, of Graysvllle. on the northbound extra, was little short of marvelous. He was completely pinned beneath a pile of cars and escaped with only a few scratches about the face. Engineer T. L. Hamby, of Smyrna, was unable to give a conencted account of his escape. He remembers only the fact that h# Jumped and In some way escaped the wreckage. His back was wrenched, but not seriously. Fireman Barney Bridges and Fire man £. Bowling, of Adslrsvllle, were both on the southbound engine, the lat ter escaping without a scratch. Mr. Bridges was cut about the head, but his Injuries are not serious. Mr. Bowling stated that the engineer who was killed, R. V. Rhodes, of At lanta, on the southbound train, re- retd his orders just prior to the col lision to make sure that he had not overlooked anything. ENGINEER RHODES FEARED “SOMETHING” WOULD HAPPEN But He Took Out His Train and Died in Head-On Collision Next Morning. Books have been written, stories told of strange presentiments of death be fore disasters and accidents, and In the news of the death at 7:30 o'clock Thursday morning of. Engineer Robert Virgil Rhodes, of Atlanta, In a head- on collision of two Western and At lantic trains at Elk Cotton mills, near Dalton, the mysterious specter that seems to precede the grim reaper again comes Into evidence, i , Rhodes, who was engineer of south bound train No. 19. which figured In the collision with an extra, ■ northbound freight, was unmarried, and had board ed for the last nine years w.lth Mrs. IM. A. Stoddard, at 60 Venable-st., whom he had come to look upon almost as a mother. : He left the Stoddard. home at B:30 o'clock Tuesday evening, remarking he crossed the threshold: "I was going to lay off this trip. 1 almost feel that I ought to—I don't know why." "Why not do It then, Virgil 7” asked Mrs. Stoddard. The engineer hesitated a moment, and then with a toss of his head, said: “Aw, what’s the use of my being fool ish! Of course. I'll make the run.” He then left, and the message of his sudden death, received Thursday morn ing by Mrs. Stoddard, was almost ex pected. Rhodes, who was 43 years of age, had Washing: pestotrices ml saving were today designated as pos- depositories to begin bu»b neaa December 7. The following were among them: Georgia-Blue Ridge, Camming, Dallas and Lumpkin, railroad for twenty yeara and was re. garded as one of their best men. UNION LABEL WINS ITS WAYJN WORLD Department of Federation Dis cusses Increased Demand for Union Labor Goods. FIRST MEETING IS HELD Plans for Parade and Enter tainment of Delegates Com pleted by Local Body. Sixty-three official delegates of thir ty-seven national and international un ion*, levrt'nentluK a membership of 414,000 workers of the world, were pres, ent at Taft hall when Dennis Lindsay, chairman of the label committee of the Atlanta Federation of Trades, called the fourth annual convention of the union fabel department of the Ameri can Federation of Labor to order. After extending a welcome, Mr. Lindsay In troduced John H. Lennon, ot Bloom ington, 111., president of the union label trades department, who assumed charge ot the session. Happy and cheery welcomes to the delegates front all parts of the country were extended by Carl Karston and Je romes Jones, to which President Len non gracefully responded. Formal business of the convention opened with the report of the creden tials committee, D. F. Manning. John A. Moffltt and Matthew WoIL This re port was adopted. / John F*. Tobin, of Boston, president of the boot and shoe workers, was called to the chair, while President John B. Lennon read his annual report. His report of the nggressive label fight made in every state was applauded. President Lennon said: President Lennon’s Report. ‘jThe year closing on September 3A, 19P1, has been one of much Interest In the Industrial world as well as the world of politics. And union men and women have been wonderfully active in studying matters of Interest to them selves as wage-workers, producers and consumers. This activity has been ex ceedingly marked In agitation for the sale and purchase of products repre sented by the union label, stamp or but ton I have traveled In many states and have found an ever-increasing de mand for union labeled goods. That this situation has been accelerated by the work of the label trades department there Ip no doubt In my mind what ever, and I, therefore, have great pleas ure at this time in expressing my per sonal confidence that our department has before ^lt a career of very great usefulness to all the trades represented. The trial we made of tho moving pic ture shows, demonstrated In most cities where if appe.in-d that If Is ;m excel- , lent educator, familiarizing our people with the different labels and extending | tho sale of union labeled goods. I ho- ; Hove that severa 1 such machines could ! be used by the department with ad-'j vantage to union labor. “The organizers of the federation and 1 of all the national and International ; unions are rapidly becoming high-class i label agitators. Thoy have given splen did service, and will In the future be/ still more effective. The labor papers Continued on Last Page. CAREY HOLDS MEETING His Resolution, Asking for Five Resignations, as Effective as Its Predecessor. ROBERT V. RHODES, eer who was. killed Thursday ' Englm morning In wreck near Dalton. "Rhodes," says C. W. McClain employee of the road, who started in Its employ at the' same time as did Rhodes, "was one of the most careful engineers In the employ of the Western and Atlantic. He never drank and was a most competent man.” He was born in Adalrsvllls, where live hla father and several slaters. His remains will be brought to Atlanta Thursday evening and the funeral, ac cording to present arrangements will take place from the Stoddard home. In the wreck In which Rhodes was been with the Western and Atlantic .killed, Engineer T. L Hamby, of Smvr- ...a «... — nlli and Fireman Barney Bridges of Rocky Face, were badly Injured. PRESIDENT G0MPERS * ARRIVES SATURDAY President Samuel»Gompers ot tRe American Federation of Labor will leave Washington for Atlanta Friday. Private advices to friends In this city state that he will reach here Saturday. Mr. Gompers will be accompanied by Mrs. Gompers and a number ot others of the official famUy of the American Federation of Labor. JUDGE JOHN 0. SIMPKINS DIES AT THE AGE OF 94 son, Benjamin J. Simpkins. on Tuesday. If he had lived until next Sat urday, Judge Simpkins would have been 95 years of age. His descendants are many and of the most prominent Georgia families. The funeral was held Wednesday from the residence and in terment was at rrospect church yard, near Chamblee.* Dan Carey, general manager of parks, held a meeting In his office In tho city hall Wednesday afternoon. The roll was called and Mr. Carey answered present. Mr. Carey was elected chair man of the meeting. . He then Intro duced a resolution requesting the res ignation of Messrs. Puckett, Cochran. Wilby, Bond and Pitts as members of the park commission. The resolution was unanimously adopted.-. It is confidently expected that the resolution will have .practically the same effect as the resolution adopted by the five commissioners on Tuesday afternoon, asking the resignation of Mr. Carey. The indications now are that Mr. Ca rey will have six of the twelve board m* int»»*rs on his side He already ha^ five who aro supporting him against the five Just named. There are two vacancies to be filled and Mr. Carey will get one supporter, while the oppo sition also gains a vote. R. M. Harwell, of tho Sixth ward, and a member of the opposition, moved out of the ward and Informed the members of the board that he would resign. El gar Dunlap was selected by the coun cilman from the ward to succeed him. But when the Carey fight became more Imminent Mr. Harwell moved back Into the Sixth ward and declared his In tention of remaining a member of tho board. Tho city attorney ruled that he could not. At Its meeting Tuesday the board adopted a resolution requesting council to re-elect Mr. Harwell, but It seems that Mr. Dunlap will be the man. and It Is expected that Mr. Dunlap will refuse to line up with the anti-Carey faction. M. B. Young Is slated to succeed John Davis, resigned, ns the Ninth ward member. He is expected to be an anti- Carey man. The line-up at the next meeting will probably be: For Carey—Mayor Winn. Commis sioners Eubanks. Hurtel. Warren, An derson and Dunlap. Against Carey—Commissioners Coch ran. Wilby, Bond. Puckett, Pitts and Young. * An All-Day Singing. Oxford. Ga., Nov. 9.—There wii all-da her 1” In will be an address • prominent speaker.