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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 \