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THE WEATHER. Forecast: Rain and warmer Thurs day night, clearing and colder Friday. Temperatures Thursday (taken at A. K. Hawkes Company's store): 8 a. m., 42; 10 a- m., 48; 12 noon, 51; 2 p. m., 53. The Atlanta “Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN" AND NEWS “Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN' steady; !♦**,. Augusta, steady; 9V Gal veston. firm; 9%. Norfolk, steady; 9 3-16. Houston. steady; D 0-16. Memphis, steady; 9%. VOL. X. NO. 96. HOME(4th) edition ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY,-NOVESIBER 23, 1911. • HOME (4th) EDITION PRICE: Mr. Voter, when you go to make up your mind about this governorship campaign, stop and see if you can find any issue of any kind involved except prohibition. If yon believe prohibition has been a good thing industrially, morally, commercially, and that the state has been better off for it, do you think well of taking the chances of letting the highest office in the state be filled by ah enemy to the law? FROM TRIP SOUTH Feels Confident, of Victory in the Counties He Visited in South Georgia. HERE REST OF THE WEEK Russell Busy on Trip —Joe Brown Club Gives Answer to Volney Williams. Pop# Brown, candidate for governor, returned to Atlanta Thursday and en- ouraged hla campaign workers with plowing reports of his prospects for Ictory In the counties Of south Geor- ta which ho visited on this trip— Spalding, Crisp, Sumter, Dooly and Srtlley. Mr. Brown said he was con fident of carrying each of those coun ties. With Dupont Guerry, the candidate made speeches at Griffin, Cordele and dmerlcus to largo crowds. He visited l'llavtlle and spoke there, and stopped for a few hour* at Vienna to shake hands with friends. Mr Brown will spend tHo remainder of the week In Atlanta, and arrange a list of speaking dates for next week. New Pope Brown Club. On Wednesday night citizens of Lakewood Heights. South Bend district, met at the residence of H. L. Watts and organised a Pope Brown club with the following officers: P. B. Hopkins, chair man: 0. H. Bray, first vice chairman’ BEATTIE SPENDING HIS (MAST DAY Father, Brother and Little Sis ter Visit Wife Murderer in Peath Cell. LABOR LEADERS JUSTICE REFUSES IISS CASE “LET ME GO ON TO JAIL AND END IT,” HE SAYS I (KP SECOND MASSACREIATLANTANS’OFFER THREATENS HANKOW MAYLi IE Judge Wright Says Motion to Set Aside Contempt Pro ceedings Is Frivolous. “CONTEMPT NOT CRIME” NO CONFESSION COMING Lawyers to Appeal to United States Supreme Court in One Last Effort. Richmond, Vs., Nov. 23.—On this, the laat day on earth for Henry Clay Beat- tie, Jr., the young wife murderer doomed to go to hie death In the elec tric chair tomorrow, it was reported that the lawyers tor the condemned youth. In a last desperate effort to save him, contemplated making an appeal to Chief Justice Whit- of the United States supremo court In Washington for a writ restraining the Henrico county authorities from executing the death sentence. Only a respite was sought. It was said. In the face of this report, however, Beattie made his last preparations for death. And hit aged father also had given up all hope for further respite, declaring to Intimate friends that he did not wish to have his son's ordeal of waiting lengthened or his own anguish drawn out, as he realized that the .Hv. McWIUlwas.^^cOd'vlcT'ctaTr: court', sentence of death would only be man; H. I,. Watts, secretary, and H. C. Opinion in Noted Labor Case Is Another Blow at Three Union Defendants. JOHN MITCHELL, Vice president of American Federa tion of Isabor, and one of threo men under sentence for contempt of court, who pleaded Thursday to bo allowed to serve his term and end vindictiveness of Judge Wright. FEDERATION’S W0!K Buchanan, assistant secretary. ■ The following; ^<rc appointed os a campaign commltt*'*: C. E. Manning, fha/rman; 8. D. Skinner, H. Is. Watts, Ttev. J. P. Hayes*. R. B. Gains. Rev. J. E. Daniel, \V. II. Grogan, T. E. Bartlett, V. Y. Norman. Rev. T. C. Bray. It. C. aster. \V\ K. Ballard, J. T. Jordan, D. 8. Vancy, W. V. Nelms, T. E. Hooper, . W. McWilliams, S. M. Buchanan, W. » Cates, L. W. Plunkett. The club ill meet again at the same place on Hday night to take steps tor a big ally. Replies to Hopkins. James B. Nevin, Judge Richard B. Hassell's campaign manager, gave out the following statement on Thursday: “In the ubscnce of Judge Russell, I think It proper for mo to take some no tice of the statement of Judge Hopkins on last Tuesday night, to the-effect that Judge Russell Is drawing his salajv as .%1bo and neglecting his work. These barges have been made before, but as hey came from rival campaign mana gers and from partisan newspapers we * not deemed It necessary to take notice of them, but now that Judge Hopkins, with apparent sincerity, makes the change, the people ought to f»w the truth. Judge Russell Is not neglecting hla dice. Almost at the very moment hen Judge Hopkins was making hla r barge. Judge Russell with his asao- iates was on the bench at the capltoL taring arguments for the call of Tues day’s calendar, and the hearing o ■ rguments ran well into tho night be pore It wan finished. Judge Russell has >en continuously engaged In court ork with his associates since Thurs- ny of last week, until he left here Tuesday at midnight for Bafnbridge. ’ Since the court reassembled on Oc- >ber 1 Judge Russell has been present t every call, argument and consulta- ? ton of the court.* In that time some 00 cases have been heard and decided, nd he has handled bis full share of them.** On Saturday Judge Russell speaks In the morning at Moultrie; in the after noon at Valdosta, and at night at Way- ' ross. Nest week he expects to make Hve speeches in one day. He is spend ing Thursday and Friday on an auto mobile trip between Bainbridge and jjaidosta. Jo® Brown Meetings. Judge Moses Wright, H. H. CabanlM nd J. R. Smith will go to Grlflln on Saturday to address a Joe Brown cam- aign meeting. On Monday Judge W. Jr Jones and Mr. Cabanlss will speak ut Knoxville, Crawford county, and on Tuesday at Butler, Taylor county. Joe =»l!l Hall, representative from Bibb jaunty, will take tho stump next week nr Joe Brown, making a night speech at Columbus at a date yet to be an nounced. Representative Hall was at r°* Brown headquarters on Thursday ,r m consented to go to Columbus. He Continued on Last Page. Business Days Before 25 CHRISTMAS Shop Early and Avoid the Crush deferred This was also tho day for the Anal farewells beltveen Beattie and the members of his. family. The Jail au thorities prepared to receive the grief- bowed, white-haired father this after noon and tell him to spend a brief pe riod with his son. Beattie's brother, Douglass; his young sister. Hazel, and other near relatives were expected at the prison to give their last good-bye to the doomed youth. Rey. J. J. Fix and Rev. Benjamin Dennis, the two clergymen whose spir itual ministrations have buoyed up Beattie In the declining hours of his life, visited murderers’ row and Beat- tie expressed eager Joy at seeing them. He takes great comfort from the pres ence of the clergymen and the words of cheer which they utter when, as It seems to him. he has been deserted by all others save tho Immediate mem bers of his family. Altho In the very shadow of death, Beattie's wonderful nerve has not ut terly given away, as had been reported. He slept the greater part of last night, ate breakfast with apparent relish, aft er which he smoked a cigarette. Ho then read the Bible, which has been his almost constant companion. Beat- tie ai one time spoke to the death watch outside his door about how fast the time was fleeting. The people of Richmond—friends and neighbors of tho condemned prisoner— hung with unprecedented eagerness upon every morsel of nows which came today from behind the grim walls of the prison. Those who knew Beattie Intimately expressed tho opinion that the boy will go to his death leaving behind no utterance that could be con' strued Into a confession of his guilt. The spiritual advisers of young Beat- tie say that he 1s fully prepared to die. Even with the mists fast gathering about him and In the solitude which must necessarily beckon back to his brain all the Incidents of a wayward life, he faces the future firmly, ALLEGED CONFESSION MADE BY "GRIZZLE BEARDED STRANGER' Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 23^-The police placed little credence In a “confession - of the murder of Mrs. Louise Beattie, made In a letter to a Hungarian dally paper here. The letter was signed sim ply "Rudolph,'’ and was dated and postmarked Cleveland. The writer de clares he shot Mrs. Beattie by mls- ta neattle had spoken to him roughly when previously he had asked for work at the Beattie home. He waa on the road when Beattie's automobile passed, STSSArn Bea h m.: HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT LEASED FOR DRUG STORE Washington, Nov. 23.—Judge Daniel Thew Wright, voicing the opinion of the District supreme court, In general term® today overruled motions of Sam uel Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank Morrison, officers of the American Fed eration of Labor, to dismiss contempt proceedings against them on tho ground of the application of the statute of limitation. He held that contempt of court is not a crime, and can, there fore, not bo subject to the statute of limitations. Ho gives tho counsel representing the labor leaders three days In which to road] an agreement with the com mittee previously appointed as to a suitable person to be named commis sioner to take testimony as to the al leged contempt. “There being no faith or merit in any part of the motion it must be over ruled,” SAfd Justice Wright. Of the parts of the labor leaders’ mo tion urging the dismissal of the con tempt proceedings, he said that they “are put aside, for they seem at best frivolous and Insincere." Continuing, the opinion says: “Of^ the fallacy that alleged con temners are contending with judges, contemners can not too soon unload their minds; for If charges of con tempt are true, the contest is again si the supremacy of the law; The Autyidelay h«+ been ot^sed:by the and concern of Judges f* «m!y this: baNational Cfvjc F That for and in the name of tho peo ple the supremacy of tho law should be maintained." The opinion was read by Justice Wright with his five associates sitting In general session. The court room was crowded to utmost capacity. Notice of an appeal to tho court of appeals was filed by counsel for the de fendants. This move means that an attempt will bo made to take their case to the upper courts. “He Is Mentally Incompetent,” Declares Mr. Gompers on Reading Telegram. WILL CONTINUE DEFENSE “Let’s Call Off Our Lawyers and Go to Jail,” Urges John Mitchelll Will Hardly Print Convention Program Before Late on Saturday Night. toric of“*tructure begun 100 rears after the date of the first Inauguration of Washington a» president and on whose front U the Inscription, "Paul said. Owe no man.' Let posterity take his advice. The lessee has taken the building for a period of ten years, and will remodel the whole first floor for a store, putting Ins plate glass front. Th# upstairs, now the atxxle of lone bachelors, wlU be convert ed Into offices. —' „ , The building stands at the corner of Forsyth and Peachtree-ats. It la one of the famous structures of Atlanta, but is no more famous than Its, owner, Jasper Newton Smith, for whom It Is named and who la the author of tbe Inscription It bears. BUSINESS MAN WANTED FOR MAYOR OF DALTON Dalton, Ga., Nov., 23.—No man was indorsed for mayor of Dalton at the mass meeting of citizens held at the court house Tuesday night; but resolu tions were unanimously adopted pledg ing the support of the gathering to any good business man who would offer for the place. The meeting was largely attended and speeches were mode by H. J. Smith, F. T. Reynolds, H. L. Erwin, Tom Gilbert, W. M. Haig, John Ches ter, Frank Manly and B. K. HIx. Judge S. B. Felker presided over the meeting. With the election less than a month distant, there has been no announce ment for mayor. The business men are, however, actively at work and a good man will be put In the race with in the next few days. The American Federation of I>abor entered upon Ita tenth day’s session Thuredsy rooming, several days behind In its business as compared with other previous conventions at this stage. The long , „, ^ Federation and t*Ke Initiative and referendum. It ia predicted by tho veterans of for mer conventions that the convention will either have to hold night sessions now or work all of Saturday night to complete its business The situation is said to Involve not only the defense of the McNamaras, but is a contest for the continued exist, ence of the American Federation of La bor agaInst tho greatest combination r»t capital and craft In history. Large funds are required to run down the trail of conspiracy, and punish the kidnapers. Authority Is given to en large the campaign for funds among all labor.bodies and labor union men. “Tho McNamaras-Otis Campaign for Revenge'* was a feature. The fight against labor by its arch enemies is re lated. On October 1, 1910, The Los Angeles Times building was destroyed. Detective Bums is denounced as a liar and a perjurer In making an affi davit on April 16, 1911, before Judge Continued on Lset Page. CORNELL’S PRESIDENT A GUEST IN ATLANTA GREETEDJY ALUMNI Head of University Is Given a Luncheon by Atlantans and Shown Over the City. “The whole procedure in these con tempt proceedings has the character istics of persecution rather than a trial. It is hard to understood how a man so lacking In judicial temperament as Justice Wright should have been ele vated to the bench/' said President fctamuel Gompers at Thursday’s ses sion of the American Federation of Labor. Ho indorsed tho denunciation of Justice Wright, of tho District of Columbia supremo court, aa mentally Incompetent, as printed by tho com mittee on president's report. John Mitchell, following President Gompers' statement that ho considered Justice Wright, of the supremo court of tho District of Columbia, mentally Incompetent to render a fair and im partial decision where labor men were Involved, sprung a sensation at Thurs- rlay’s session. Mr. Mitchell said that rather than impose on tho labor people any further burden of defending him In the famous contempt case, he sug gested the withdrawal of the attorneys In the case and that he and President Gompers and Secretary Morrison go on and serve their terms. This would end the persecution of a vindictive judge. This expression of Mr. Mitchell plunged the convention Into a general debate as to whether to continue the defense or not. Among those who par ticipated were Charles Lavin, A. Furn- seth, James Duncan, W. D. Mahon, Thomas Rumaey, J. H. Walker, W. B. Wilson and John Frey. Thi* tilscttMion on the matter of la bor’s policy of defense In remedial and criminal cases broadened until it the feature of tho morning session, next In Importance to the denuncia tion of Justice Wright by tho commit tee on president’s report, President Gompers and other delegates. The majority of the convention took the view that tho Gompera-MItcheJl- Morrlson contempt caso was tho cul mination of all the^ Injunction, con- Wholesale Slaughter of For eigners Feared—Anti-For eign Feeling Grows. 2,000 KILLED IN SHEN SI Fierce Fighting Now Going on in Yun Nan Province, and Many Are Slain. Pekin, Nov. 23-—-Wholesale slaughter of foreigners at Hankow is imminent today. Anti-foreign feeling there is gathering In Intensity and open threats are being made against all foreign residents. Killing of foreigners throughout Shen Si province continues. Revolutionaries are distributing their attention between foreigners and Manchus. At least 2,000 Monchurf have been slain. Fierce fighting is going on in Tun Nan province, where several Europeans have been killed. Five thousand dead bodies have been burled on the battle field In Yun Nan. Brown and Cooledge Pledge 170 Acres of Land and Fund of $250,000. IT GOES OVER TO TONIGHT Judge George Hillyer to Speak at the Rome Convention on “Crimes and Lynching,” LYNCH LAW IS NOT —THEODORE ROOSEVELT. The Colonel Writes of Crimes and Mob Violence in the North and South. JACOB G. SCHURMAN, President of Cornell university, who I, a visitor in Atlanta Thursday and guest of honor at the University club Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman, president of Cornell university. "New York, is a visitor In Atlanta .on Thursday, the guest of the Cornell'aJumnt in this city. He arrived at 10:45 o'clock Thursday morning and leaves about 4:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon.. From U until 1 o'clock Dr. .Schur man, accompanied by John Hilt, J. If. Porter and Edward Dougherty, toured the city by automobile passing thru the downtown business districts,, outlying manufacturing sections, resldcnco dis tricts and visiting the Georgia School of Technology. The student body at Tech assembled In the college chapel and wa» addressed tor fifteen minutes by Dr. Schurman, who discussed ad vanced education I it» i>iu.-.? in un commercial, Industrial ami professional life of the country.- He was Introduced by Dr. K. O. Matheson, president of Tech. Luncheon at the Club. The automobile tour was ended at the University club In Feachtrce-st., where a number of Cornell alumni and other prominent citizens had gathered to meet the distinguished visitor and en tertain him at luncheon. Following the luncheon at 2:SO o’clock, an Informal reception was held at the club, so that the business and professional men of Atlanta could meet Dr. Schurman. From the club he will go to the Termi nal atatlon to take his train. Present at the alumni luncheon were Dr.’ Schurman, Governor John M. Sla ton. Burton Smith, Dr. C. B. WUmer, Dr. K. G. Matheson, Professor J. S. Coon. Judge Ben H. Hill, Edward Dougherty, John Hill, J. H. Porter, George Hillyer. Algood Holmes. W. C. Bplker. Bydney Rich. W. H. Conklin, A. N. Bentley, F. B. Barrett. E. T. Mc- Continued on Last Page. tempt and other coiJrt proceeding!) In labor's history, and that defense must be mighty and permanently continued now and in future for labor's protec tion. To withdraw tho policy of de fense meant tho demoralization nnd disruption of labor’s organization everywhere. The committee’s report on continuing the policy of defenso was overwhelm ingly adopted, and John Mitchell’s of fer of sacrificing himself waa rejected. GOMPERS SAYS WRIGHT 18 MENTALLY INCOMPETENT When President Gompers waa shown tho dispatch from Washington, Just after the committee on president’s report -had read Ha roast of Justice Daniel Wright In the words given above, he said, In a speech to the con vention : > If know nothing more than what this telegram says was Justice Wrlght’e opinion or decision, but am willing to say this: , : “Insofar as any caso coming before Justico Wright, In which tho men of Continued on Last Pag#, NEW PASTOR IS CALLED TO PRYOR ST. CHURCH New York, Nov. 23.—Declaring that lynch law Is a national crime whether Perpetrated In tho North or the South, former President Roosevelt In th 1 rent tasuo of The Outlook today pleads for equality of justice for negroes and whites. At tho same time he deplores tho slowness of justice In the belief that this may be largely responsible for many ot the cases ot summary ven geance. In an editorial headed: “Lynching and tho Mlscarrfago of Justice," Colonel Roo.hovrlt exonerates tho South from solo responsibility for this stigma upon the United suites, and reluctantly ad mits that tho lynch spirit Is growing. Tho crime against womanhood, which has Inspired so many lynchlngs, espe cially In Southern states, and especial ly in cases where negroes figured as the assailants, the writer puts even before murder In tho grado of felo nies. He advocates making such crimes capital, and urges that death sentences be Imposed upon nil found, guilty of such offenses. Tho following are some striking ex cerpts from the editorial: “The repeated race riots nnd lynch lngs that have occurred In tho North ern states In the last decade or so must hava convinced the least observant that neither race feeling nor tho tend ency to lynching is In any sens© pecu liar to the South. “Lynch law is In itself a dreadful thing, but the manifestations that ac company it when tho cause Is duo to race hatred arc peculiarly horrible. “When men grow accustomed lynch men for one crime they speedily begin to lynch them for other crimes. “Dreadful tho it Is for tho mob spirit to bo aroused in a community by such a crime (attacks on women), It would bo even a worse calamity if the com munity did not fed tho fury of fndlg- nation which produces tho mob spirit/* Rome, Ga., Nov. 23*—Altho the regu lar program is being followed today and addresses on Sunday school work being made at tho Georgia Bap tist convention, tho Interest of tho del- Hgates Is very plainly centered around tho proposition for tho removal of Mercer university. A fight on this proposition broke out unexpectedly late last night, and will bo renewed tonight. Altho the com mittee reported favorably toward the offer by Macon of $25,000 In bonds fo>- a new campus, the matter Is not set tled. and probably will not be for a year. Evidently knowing of some criti cisms that have been mode of his at titude In tho removal matter, Dr. 8. Y. Jameson, president of Mercer, mado a sensations! speech, In which he came out openly in favor of removal to At lanta. He said he did not want the presidency of Mercer when It was ten dered him. and was ready to resign st any moment, but that ho did want to uro the Institution grow and prosper, and believed this could beat be accom plished by removal. Ho referred to tho fact that Macon’s offer of $26,000 In bonds had a string tied to it, and would revert to Macon if the property ceased to he used for school pur poses. He said lie was opposed to any gift except an outright one. Offer (• Applauded. Tho offer of George M. Brown end F. J. Cooledge to donate personally 170 acres of land was greeted with tu multuous applause. No cash offer was made by these gentlemen, but they asserted that In twelve months Atlanta would come before tho convention with an offer four flmcr as largo a- Macon could make. Dr. M. A. Clark, of Macon, pleaded for sn opportunity for the alumni «>t the college to be heard, nnd said that under different conditions the alumni would be more interested. Ho wn* caustic In his criticism of present con ditions. and said tho faculty were too busy to keep tho college buildings clean and grounds attractive. Despite cries of “Let’s fight this mat ter out now. if it takes all night.’’ ad journment was forced at midnight. An other big conflict Is booked for tonight, starting nt 8 o’clock. Indications are that the question of removal, will ho left open for another year, with in struction to the committee to receive and entertain propositions from all cities that want Mercer. Considera ble Interest hlso centers in tho rcporl of tho committee on temperance set for this afternoon. Atlanta Offer a Surprise. The Atlanta offer came in tho midst of discussion of the offer made by th.* Macon committee of $26,000 nnd aji or*- ! tlon on 36 1-2 acres of land near Macon, • Immediately after tho completion of I the Inymon’s movement discussion nt . • Inst night’s session, tho committen ap pointed at last year’s convention ut ■ Elberton made Its report. In which It I recommended that the proposition oft Macon be accepted, and that the rol- I lege not bo moved. They Ruggest. <1 j that a committee of seven he appointed ! to look into the matter of securing a | Continued on Last Page. Use Georgian Want Ads Arb Y©U gut, ' hy&the/ C OLD, DR. S. RHEA PRESTON. He has accepted call to Pryor-at. a prominent minister of Bristol, Tenn. Ward Blames Former Wife and Her Daughter for His Suicide by Pistol Shot. ’Mrs. N. W. Ward and Nellie Kate are the cause of this,” was the sub- stance - of a note written Thursday morning by Nathan W. Ward, a barber employed In the shop of Grattan •& Cash, 31 Marietta-st., and which he placed In a conspicuous place on a dresser where It could easily be found. Lying across a bed, with his head resting on a pillow. Ward then shot himself thru the upper portion of the throat, directly under the Jaw, dying almost Instantly. ' The tragedy took place In the room of E. L. Down., a batcher, on the sec ond floor of a brick building at Edge wood-ave. and Courtlund-st. Downs, who was a close personal friend of Ward’s, left his room Thursday morn ing at 3:30 o’clock, locking the door. Ward, who boarded at 203 Ivy-st., but also carried a key to his friend's room, evidently entered shortly afterward. The fatal shot was fired at 11:30 o’clock. Ward waa alone in the room at the time. J. D. Whitman, president of the At lanta Milling Company, heard the re- Cantinuea on Last Psge. Are you out In the cold and have lest your hold on your trade and you find you are losing It? Then some hop, * still remain In an ad campaign If you write it up right and start using It. The man who succeeds is the man who heeds ,,iii- nd) e 1 in the matter )f plne- mg It :,n,l Ads Classified it ran n o be denied give Results and no trouble tracing It. ATTENTION* ATLANTANS: There are a large number yet of good Citizens of Atlanta not sustaining members of the Associated Charities. If the young men's committee missed you, it is not too late to get on the honor roll. This is to be an annual Thanksgiving offering. The offering will be completed next Wednesday. Send name and amount for annual contribution.