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THE WEATHER.
F*lr Thursday night and Friday:
warmer tonight. Temperatures Thurs
day (taken at A. K. Hawkes Co.'s
•tore): 8 a. m.. 86 degrees: 10 a. m., 61
degrees: 12 noon, 63 degrees; 2 p. m.,
65 degrees.
The Atlanta Georgian
■’NoMng Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN”
AND NEWS
“Nothing Succeeds Life—THE GE OR GIA N ”
SPOT COTTON.
Atlanta, quiet; 9 3-16. Liverpool, easier;
5.21. New York, quiet; 9.50. Savannah,
steady; 9*4. Augusta, steady; 9 5-16. Gal
veston, steady; 9 s *. Norfolk, steady; :»o.
Mobile, steady; 9*4. Houston, steady;
9 9-16. Memphis, steady; 9%.*
VOL. X. NO. 90.
HOME(4TH) EDITION Atlanta, ga., Thursday, November le.-ion. HOME(4TH) EDITION PRICE:
THIRD GOVERNOR OF YEAR
TAKES OFFICE A T CAPITOL
Georgias New Governor
BY JACK MON
Governor Hoke Smith Resigned
Wednesday Evening toBe-
come U. S. Senator.
Taking the Oath of Office
WAS A SIMPLE CEREMONY
: G. Perry of Camilla Appointed
Private Secretary to the
New Executive.
THE RESIGNATION.
4 Hon. Phil Cook; Secretary of State, 4
4 Atlanta, Ga.: •!•
4 Dear Sir—I hereby present to 4
4 you this iny resignation of the of- 4
4 flee of governor of Georgia, to •!•
4 take effect at once. 4
4 In leaving the office, let me ex- +
4 press to you and to tho other state *1*
4- house officers and officials my very 4
4 sincere thanks for their faithful +
4 and able co-operation with me In 4
4 the discharge of my duties during +
4 the term of my service. Very truly 4>
4- yours. HOKE SMITH. +
4 Governor. -!•
4 Atls.nta, Oa., Nov. 15. 1911. 4
THE NOTIFICATION.
4 Hon. John M. Slaton, President of t
4- the Senate of Georgia, Atlan- 4
ta, Oa.: 4
4- This Is to notify you that Hon. 4"
4- Hoke Smith has filed with me hls 4*
4 resignation as' governor of tho 4
4 state of Georgia, the same to be- 4*
4 come effective at once. Very truly 4*
4- yours, PHILIP COOK. 4
4 Secretary of State of Georgia.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 15, 1911.
English, Canadian, and Porto
Rican Representatives Have
Floor of Convention.
REPORTS SPECIAL ORDER
Federation of Labor Getting
Down to Actual Work on
Fourth Day.
JOHN M. SLATON BEING SWORN IN AS GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA.
At the left is Chisf Justice William H. Fish. Next is Charles 8. Northon, secretary of tho senate,
la next, and at the right is the new acting governor.
SAYS HE IS INSANE
As Son Enacts Pitiful Scene in
Court, Mrs. Spencer Tells of
His Weaknesses.
FollOVtOK la the oftth 6# ^office *fr
4* taken by Governor SJaton: j
I do aolmenly swear that I will
Sacramento, Cal., Union De
clares It Is Growing Stronger
Day by Day,
The follow)nr,ti from The Sacramen
to (Cal.) Union) '
Politicians who assert that tho.Wil
son boom has subsided arc evidently
not in touch with political-sentiment
hi the United States. It .is growing
steadily and substantially,, and when
the Democratic national .convention
meets next summer the demand for the
nomination of the Now Jersey govern
or will bo!so .universal that It'can not
with common:sense, be.dented.' .
If wc tried to reprint half ofthe edi
torials published In'the United. States
Indorsing Wilson wo shouldn't .have
room for anything-else. The enthUsU
asm for him‘ls;lhcreaslng to a mighty,
volume and power. It Is sweeping'the
country. 'The East, which knows him
better than other sections,. accep(g him
as the man on whom the logical'choice
of the American people should fall;‘ the
South la practically solid' for‘him'and
will be represent!
ally solid' for‘him'and
ted In the convention
Government Draws'pirst Blood
in thelHearing-ofIthe Writ
ofHabeas’Corpus.
Chicago, Nov. 16.—Judge KohU&at
gave the ‘government flint blood' In #the
packers hearing on ,the wrlt'Of habeas
corpus today' when he permitted A* 1
torney James Sheehan to file a. /mo
itlon-to-quash the writ with affidavits
In.support of the motlon and adjourned
court one- hour to permit the prepara
tion of .counter affidavits'by the pack
ers. ■ t t ,
Attorney Sheehan, ;for the govern
ment, brought a' ^IstlngulsWCtT audience
of.legal and Judicial-talent, to *lts feet
•when he moved tarquash the writ.
rlsdlctlon of‘Juago Kohlsaat *and at
tacked the truth of‘the; defendant’s
statement'In 'the%petlttpn for? a. writ
oft habeas corpus, follow!]
by a great block of instructed delega-. ~ —z- - , , _ .
tlons; the lake states, as far as they aro that these defendants surrendered vol-
—m1“ untartly to the United States marshal,
wing' the sur
render of ’the packtfrsytd the‘<United
States ■ marshal..
Your honor,” * said 1 Mr. Sheehan, ”we
have Interposed la motion to quash. 'It
Is the contention of the government
4* faithfully execute the office of gov- +
4* ernor of the state of Georgia, and d*
d* will, to the best of my ability, +
d* presene, protect snd defend the d*
d* constitution thereof and the con- d«
d* stltutlon of tho United States of •
4* America.' ■
d-
John M. Slaton, president of the state
senate of Georgia, by virtue of that of
fice Is governor of Georgia. At# 9.
o’clock on Thursday morning he took
the oath of office, administered by Chief
Justice William H. FMsh, of the state
supreme court. Ht> will serve as gov
ernor for a little more than two months,
within which period a special election
will he held, and ft special session of tho
legislature called to Inaugurate the new
governor to be elected.
Hoke Smith, who since July 1, 1911
had been governor, retired from the of
fice at 7:10 o’clock on Wednesday night
preliminary to hls becoming United
States senator from Georgia the first
Monday In December.
The retirement of, Governor Smith
and the accession of ’Governor Slaton
took place without ostentatious cere
mony. Nevertheless numbers of friends
of each witnessed tho two events.
Governor Slaton, accompanied by
Mrs. Slaton; his brother, William M
Slaton; hls brother-in-law and sister.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Waldo, and friends,
r",n-h< «i the rapito] n few minub'S la -
fore 9 o’clock Thursday morning and
repaired immediately to the executive
offices. # Chief Justice Fish, four other
members of the supreme court, two
judges of the court of appeals, several
1 others eongre-
not controlled by designing* politlclhns,
■ire strongly In hls fight; and the West,
-iiruost without exception, welcomes hls
leadership and manifests * its pride In
4 superb statesmanship/
WANT ADS
Published by all the Atlanta
papers for the week ending
November 11,1911,6 days
to the week:
Georgian SSk D 3,059
Journal .2,059
Constitution 1,276
On yesterday the Atlanta
W
Papers carried Want Ads
as follows;
Georgian 591
Journal 334
Constitution 201
GEORGIAN prints no beer.
those who are out of a
F-S'tlon or who desire a better one,
THE GEORGIAN prints want ads
H^foer the classification “Situations
I*. — * *»■« (.KllllltdllUII OIUUUUMI
v *anted" free. Other classifications
■ ONE CENT A WORD
and that' they havo never at any time
been-under detention 1 or anxious to be.
This 'being true tho (government con
tends that tho w'rlt> of habeas cor
pus could not-properly ; Issue .'and the
court Is without Jurisdiction.". ,
*• Attorney Levy, attorney for.thc pack,
ets.' at once , Interposed 5 the. announce
ment, “that he -stood ready- to.'sigue
the legality of the writ,"
"We are tiling a motion.to quash,'
said Mr. Sheehan, "and ln thafconnec-
tlon wo furnish afljdavits In'support of
the action.”
The court replied: "There ls.noth
Ing to prevent yoUr filing affidavits."
There was a great array of legal tal
ent at the tables. For the packers ap
peared Levy-Mayer, John Miller, George
T. Buckingham. Ralph Crows, M. W.
Borden. Alfred R. Urlon, Albert H. H.
Veeder and Henry Veeder.. '
For tHe government appeared United
States Senator U. S. Kenyon; District
Attorney J. H. Wllkersdn. Elwood God-
man, Pierce Butler, Barton Conneau
and James Sheehan. Louis F. Swift.
Edward F. Swift, Edward THden, Ar
thur Meeker, Edward Morris and Fran
cis A. Fowler sat. close together Inside
the rail. The other men Indicted, with
the exception of J. Ogden Armour, who
Is abroad, sat close by.
The court roohi was crowded to the
doors by many distinguished in the
law. When Judge Kohlsaat ascended
tho bench a great crowd of well-known
commercial and financial figures
thronged the corridors and blocked the
doors.
In an endeqvor to force nine Chicago
millionaire packers to Immediate trial
on chargrs of maintaining a meat mo
nopoly. the meat barons came Into
court for the hearing on writs of ha
beas corpus by which they put the gov-
ertuner.t on the defense and hope to
make It prove the constitutionality rf
the erimmal section of the Sherman
law before trying them.
state hduse officers and
gated In the rccoptlon room of the ex
ecutive offices nnd thero the oath of
office was administered, as the clock
struck 9. Tho ceremony was witnessed
by about 60 of the new governor's
friends. Then for half an hour he was
busy receiving congratulation*.
Among Those Present.
Among those present were Justices
', Henry Lumpkin. Sam
William H. Fish, . .
uel Atkinson. Warner Hill and Beverly
Evans, of the supreme court; Chief
Justice Ben Hill and Judge Arthur
Powell, of the court of appeals; State
Senator William J. Harris, of Cedar-
town; ex-Senator J. C. Jarnagln, of
Warren county; er-Senator Charles
Reid, of. Campbell county; Secretary
Charles S. Northern of the state sen
ate; Representative Walter McElreath,
of Fulton county; Colonel John W.
Lindsey, state pension commissioner;
Chairman R. E. Davison, of tho state
prison commission; Calvin M. Hitch,
executive secretary under Governor
Smith; J. G. Perry, private secretary to
Governor Slaton, and others of promi
nence.
Perry Named Secretary.
Governor Slaton's first official act was
to announce the appointment of Mr.
Perry as hls private secretary. No ap
pointments have yet been made of ex.
Springfield, Mess', Nov. 16.—Mrs.
Katherine E. Spencer, mother of Ber
tram G. Spencer, alleged Jekyll* Hyde
slayer, took tho witness stand today as
first witness fqr tho defense In tho trifii
nf her sen for tlie murder ..r Min!
Martha R Hlurkstnn,.. The mother,
pale, but painfully tense In her mater
nal anxiety for her son, was questioned
by Richard F. Stapleton, of counsel for
the defense.
From the , start the questions were
put to eupport the contention of the
defense that Spencer Is Insane within'
tho meaning of the law. The defense Is
basing Its solo hope on tho Insanity
Plea. )
"From tho, time Bertram was nine
months old,” said tho mother, "he was
crnelly'beaten by hls father. When he
was nine months old he reached for a
jlece of bread at the table nnd hls fa
ther whipped him upon the hands with
a tablo knife.” ,
No leas dramatic than-the picture of
tho mother on . tho witness stand was
the spectacle presented by Spencer'ln
tnc cage. When brought Into the cage
with-the court officers guarding him
carefully, every move he made 'was
watched. Tho officers were upon tho
lookout, lest Spencer repeat'today the
wild dash he made yesterday, whence
threw himself against the'Iron front of
the cage, juBt after State Officer Rllgh
used th.. u'lrdN "electric chalrV lri testi
fying as to Spencer’s confession of the
crime.
BEACHEY FLIES HIGH
II
First Day of Atlanta Speedway
Aviation Meet Dawns Clear
and Warm.
BIRDMEN ON THE SCENE
Wu Ting-fang Writes Formal
Proclamation, Founding Na
tion and Ending Strife.
Test of Carrying U.*S. Mail
Was Made Thursday by
the Aviators.
The. boom of a signal gun fired by
from an aviator as
In the seat of hls aeroplane, and the
aviation meet, under tho auspices of tho
Atlanta Pollen .Relief'association, had
been entered on tho log of aviation hls.
tory. ’
Promptly at - 2:30 o'clock Thursday
afternoon Mayor T’lnn fired the open
ing gun and a minuto later Lincoln
By the side, of the cage sat Mis.
Spencer, theyoung wife of'the accused
Continued on Last-Pegs.
and was speeding toward the ond of 'the
get-away from where It .arose like a
great’bird to a height of 60 feet, from
Fifteen mlnotea' later Dr.', Charles P.
Grandflrld,' first' assistant postmaster
general, carried a pouch of mall mat-,
,ter to a waiting aeroplane, handed It to,
an'avlntor, who started with It' to a
point toward., tho clty.'lnnuguratlng'for
. Ilia 'Rant 61 n ' In Hi,, OaiiIL nasliil .nAstnl
the first titfie in the South aerial ;postul
servtfce'.. ! -
The .meet, will continue thru. Satur
day. and besides the aeribl feats of
Continued on Last Page.
New York, Nov. 16.—Formal i.rocla
matfon of tho founding of a Chinese
republic and on appeal for recognition
from tho world powers Is made In a
dispatch received from Dr. Wu Ting-
fang, formdr minister to the Unit jd
affairs In tho revolutionary government
of Chinn, nnd published here today.
Tho dispatch follows:
"Tho Chinese nation, born .anew In
the travail of revolution, extends
friendly greetings and felicitations to
the wfcMe world.
“As .the report of China It now asks
such recognition by the civilized pow.
era ns will enable It, with the assist
ance pt their kindly offices, to orefet
upon the foundation of honest govern
ment and friendly trade relations with
all peoples, a peace for' the future.
"Tho Chinese people are not untried
1n self-government. For.countless nges
they ruled themselves and developed
an observance of'the law to.a degree
not'known among other 1 races. They
developed'the arts, Industries and ngrt
culture and knew peace.and content
ment surpassingly sweet.
“Down upon them swept-the savage
hordes of an nllen, war-llke race. The
Chinese people- were conquered, and
enslaved. Fori 270 years this bondage
existed.
Fraternal delegates from England.
Canada and. Porto Rico featured the
fourth day's morning session of tho
American Federation of Labor with re
ports which were set as a special order
for 10 o’clock.
These fraternal delegates aro J. Crl-
nlon and G. A. Roberts, representing
the British Trades Union congTU
William Glocklln, of the Canadian
Trades nnd Labor congress, and San
tiago Igleslas, of the Portor Rico Free
Federation of Workingmen. Mr. Crlnlon
Is president of tho Amalgamated Card
and Blowing Room Operatives In Eng
land, while Mr. Roberts Is a promi
nent member of parllamenL
The organlaztlons represented by th»
fraternal delegates are affiliated with
tho American Federation of Labor and
cast votes on the floor of tho conven
tion tho same as American unions.
The reports were confined mainly to
a review of tho labor situation In the
foreign countries, the past year's work
and the promise of the future for ex
tension of the American Federation of
Labor's Influence In those countries.
Recommendations as to how this can
be accomplished were submitted.
Upon tho reassembling of the con
vention at 9:30 o'clock telegrams of
congratulation were read from labor
representatives and friends In various
parts of tho country.
Other fratcmlal delegates who were
on tho program to bo heard were:
National Women’s Trade Union
League of America—Mrs. Raymond
Robins.
Woman's International Union Isabel
struck' this 'blow for freedom,
the dust and chaos of the'falllng throne
emerges a free, enlightened""people, a
great national democracy of 600,000,000
Continued on Last Page.
RUBBERNECKS GET GOOD STRETCHING
WHEN JUPITER WEDS LUNA IN THE SKY
ment clerks. Messrs. Johnson and
wards, clerks In tho department under
Governor Smith, are still In the office.
Mr. Perry Is a young lawyer of Ca
milla, Mltchi *•
jell county. He was private
secretary to Joseph rf. Terrell during
hls service as United States senator at
Washington between December, 1910,
and July, 1911.
Numerous telegrams of congratula
tion have been received by Governor
Slaton, several being from othor states
and many from Parlous.parts of Geor
gia. Also, several floral remembrances
were sept to him at the capltol Thurs
day morning. One of these was from a
class of young women In the Trinity
Methodist Sunday school, which Gov
ernor Slaton ha* taught for 22 years.
Secretary Hitch wns at the executive
..rtf ■ - Tlmrs.i ,• in turn ov< r
Continued on Lest Pees.
Tho Federal Connell of tho Churches
of Chrlat—Rev. Charles S. McFarland.
American Federation of Catholic 8o-
letle*—Rev. P. E. Dietz, Charles I.
Denechand.
Farmers Union—Charles Barrett.
The program for the day Included an
adjournment at 1:80 o'clock p. m., tho
delegates to go to the steps of the *tnto
capltol to have an official group photo
graph taken.
Tho afternoon will be given up to the
enjoyment of a barbccuo at White City.
Telegrams woro received from, tho
seamen and workers of the maritime
district of New York, pledging support
and sending greetings: also, from the
Waterfront Federation of New York,
the United Garment Workers of St.
Louis, from the Free Workingmen's
league of Porto lllco.
The Hotel Men’s association of Seat
tle. Wash., sent a telegram inviting the
1912 convention to meet there, guaran
teeing normal rate*, flno climate, beau,
tlful scenery nnd an enjoynble time.
That the lion and the Iamb are to
gether now was shown when President
Samuel Gompers announced that Fred
erick W. Gardner, president of the
Buck's Stove and Rango Company, 8t.
Louis, had sent some beautiful souve
nirs to tho convention delegates, and
without objection these compliments
would bo accepted, received and dis
tributed among tho delegates. Thu* tho
ollvo branch of peace now waves where
once was war—a fight and boycott that
Is famous In tho annals of American
labor. Some years ago a prediction
that tho Buck's Stove afid Range people
would ever send compliments to the
American Federation of Labor would
have been scouted as ridiculous. Yet
this happened Thursday. They once
tried to put tho American Federation of
Labor officials In Jail, and tho con
tempt proceedings an- well known, hut
terms of settlement woro made months
ago satisfactory to both contender*.
The souvenirs are handsome boxes of
matches, with the name of Frederick
W. Gardner printed on them.
While tho Buck’s Stove and Range
Company and the Amerlcnn Federation
of Labor have adjusted their trouble*.
President Gompers. Frank Morrison ami
John Mitchell aro still In court on the.
contempt proceedings, which grew out
of tho original boycott.
Flashlight Is Taken.
tion at work was Taken. When Presi
dent Gompers announced the flashlight
tho delegates pflmpid up and looted
their prettiest. A little dog, down at.
the front Jumped about six feet high
Continued on Last Page.
New Organization Begins Ac
tive Effort to Raise Fund for
Association.
Photos *t»y Mathewaon.
80ME.OF THE “RUBBERNECKS” IN WHITEHAL L-ST. THURSDAY.
A man/ strolling down. Whltehall-at.
about noon Thursday glanced up at the
sky, and stopped in wonder when he
ob»erved the • new moon and n bright
star almost In conjunction with'It. It
was only a' matter (of a few moment*
until everyone around the center of
the city was gazing up at the blue
with the same wonder and curiosity,
Most of them thought the other* were
looking at an airship and followed
suit.
fng wonderful. The anticipations of the
superstitious that It Is a sign that
something unusual will happen are
doomed )o fall flat. The days of the
astrologer are no more. The star Is
visible .only because It Is so nearly In
conjunction 'with the mmn end In a
particularly favorable position for ob
servation. »r
Mr. %'on Herrmann says the
moon can be seen on any clear day that
It happens to be on our side of the
earth.
Anyway, the shiny bit is not a "atar"
at all. It Is the planet Jupiter. Per
sons pointing It out to others signified
its position by saying It was about ten
feet east of the moon. As a matter
of fact, the moon Is 245,000 miles from
tho earth and Jupiter Is 193.000.000
miles. ' It would be wome Journey from
the muun east to Jupiter,
o'clock Thursday night th*
young men who have.taken charge nf
the campaign to raise funds for th*
Associated Charities will meet In the
council room of the city hall to discuss
further plans.
Following the enthusiastic meeting
of Tuesday night, at which all of th*
directors of the Associated Charitle*
and many other leading men were
present, the younger men who were
selected as the most cai*able and prom.
Inent In Atlanta started briskly to
work. They have organized and have
arranged a comprehensive plan of cov.
erinff the city.
Reixjrt* will be ma(l»<at the rnp.uinn
Thursday, nnd further work outlined.
it is understood that several large
• ubsrrlptiniis* him* already been prym-
- .1 and a number of these ar« lift
riptt
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