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the weather. r-irecast: Fair and warmer Friday ,i,.ht and Saturday. Temperaturea Fri- ; fj (taken at A. K. Hawkea Company's s a. m.. 34; W *• m - «i 11 noon ' 49; 2 P. TO. 61 - The Atlanta Georgian "Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN" AND NEWS u Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN” SPOT COTTON. Atlanta, quiet; 9c. Liverpool, steady; 5.08. New York, dull; 9.25. Savannah, quiet; 8 15-16. Augusta, steady; 9 3-16. Galveston, quiet; 9‘*. Norfolk, steady; 9 1-16. Houston, easy; 9 7-16 Memphis, quiet; 9Vi. Mobile, steady; 9c. VOL. X. NO- 104. HOM E ( 4th ) EDITION ATLANTA, OA„ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1911. HOME (4TH) EDITION FIVE CENTS. Larqest Class For Scottish Rite Ever Given Deqrees in South Cossacks Ordered to Invade Land and March on Teheran Immediately. AN AMERICAN IS THE CAUSE Persia Refused to Dismiss W. Morgan Shuster, Treasurer- General, as Demanded. St Petersburg, Dec. 1.—Invasion of Persia by Russian troops was ordered this afternoon. Cossacks which have been held at Resht were ordered to march on Teheran, the Persian capital. This is considered an net of war. News from Teheran that the Persian national council had rejected the ulti matum of Russia relative to the dis missal of W. Morgan Shuster, caused excitement in official circles when re reived here today. A number of con ferences were held, one of the most im portant being between M. Kokovosoff, Russian premier, and the British am bassador. _ It is expected that Russian troops will advance on Persia within 24 hours, probably occupying Kasbln as the first step. . PERSIA TURNS DOWN DEMAND8 OF RU88IA Teheran, Persia, Dec. 1.—Following riotous demonstration of the populace, the Persian cabinet met again today and reversed its decision of yesterday that Persia should bow to Russia's ulti matum for the expulsion of W. Morgan Shuster, the American treasurer gen ere I of Persia. By today's action Persia rejected In full the demands of Russia that Shus ter be expelled from Persia and the re habllltatlon of the country’s finances under tho supervision of the treasurer general and several other Americans be stopped. W. Morgan Shuster had already pre pared to leave following the cabinet's decision of yesterday to j'leld to Rus sia’s ultimatum that Shuster be deposed and expelled. Mr. Shuster In reviewing the circumstances which had led up to this point. Just at the , moment when he had begun to make headway In the re habilitation of'Persia’s finances, took England bitterly to task for not oppos ing Russia's domination and tyranny over Persia. N He declared that never from tha first hid Russia intended to permit Persia to rebuild her shattered finances and re clothe tho government with national power. i ■ . . Rioting broke out*as soon as news of the cabinet's first decision yesterday reached tho public. As a result of tho demonstrations a strong guard war placed over the legation of the Russian, whose arrogance is hated by the Per sians. For a time it looked as tho martial law would havo to be proclaimed to prevent serious disorder and bloodshed, l-ut today's decision by the cabinet was proclaimed as soon as the sitting ended ••in.I tho mobs woro calmed. IS OFFERED AMIM Massee, of Macon, Says City Rates Are Too High, and He Wants to Come In. BROTHER OF FORMER MINISTER TO BERLIN IS A8SA88INATED Berlin, Dec. 1.—A telegram from Teheran, Persia, received by the Ger man Cable Company today atated that Ala Ed Dowleh. a brother of the former Persian minister to Berlin, haa been assassinated in front of his resldenca because of the part his brother has taken In the controversy over the re moval of W. Morgan Shnater, the Amer ican treasurer general, ENGLAND MAY BACK RU88IA IN THE AFFAIR London, Dec. 1,—That a crisis has :■ ■ li. 'I In Persian affairs was of ficially recognized today. While tho sum and substance Is not known. It Is known that several messages passed between London and St. Petersburg. The press takes the universal view that Great Britain must necessarily back up Russia In her demands on Per rin, tho Sir Edward Gray, foreign min uter, Is blamed for yielding too easily J* Russia. Morgan Shuster, the Amer ican, about whose head the Btorm Is raging. In accused of lacking tact and Continued on Last Pag*. Photo.by Wesley Hlrshburg. CLA8S OF 107 MASON8 WHO WERE INITIATED INTO SCOTTISH RITE DEGREE THI8 WEEK IN CEREMONIAL LASTING FOUR DAY8. Campaign Manager Volney Williams Gives Warning of Opposition’s Scheme. DECLARES POPE WILL WIN Joe Brown and Russell People Trying to Control Doubtful Counties by Fusion. When This Race Is Over They Will Begin Saddling for the Next Event. LOTS OF JOBS ARE WAITING Seventeen- Capitol Positions, Twelve Congress Seats and a Few Other Plums. Army and Navy Experts Who Have Made Examination Are • Ready to Report. "During the last few days numemus reports from various auctions of the state have reached the pope Brown headquarters, giving the information that the opposition are endeavoring to work a smooth political trick," said Volney Williams, campaign manager for Pope Brown, on Friday. "Pope Brown is the leader, and, course, It Is to the advantage of both Governor Brown and Judge Russell to tear down ns much as possible the Pope Brown support. In .order to do this they havo adopted the following scheme: "In some counties Popo Brown lead ers have been submitted a proposition to .fuse with the Joe Brown men In or der to defeat Russell in such particular counties. On the other hand, In other counties, the Russell men have made propositions to fuse with the Popo Brown men in order to carry theso par ticular counties against Governor Brown. These propositions always come from the enemy, and should not bo con sidered by tho Pope Brown supporters in any county. "Reports from every section of the state within the last ten days indicato that beyond any doubt Pope Brown will earn’ counties that Ills management did not figure upon at all at the beginning of tho campaign. In othor words, Popo Brown will carry a great many counties that will be a surprise to his followers who are not In a position to know the exact situation. I “want to warn Pope aiBirjcti IIOW WIUIUUI , * lvu«icbiuii«ii, Brown’s friends In every county In tho wiU preacnt tho most spirited fight, Havana, Deo. 1.—That the Joint Unit ed States army and navy board which has been here investigating the explo sion which wrecked the battleship Maine will report that the United States warship was blown up from an outside mine, was the belief generally expressed here today as the members sailed for Key West. Fla., en route for Washington. So certain has become tho belief among the Havana newspapers that tb© board will hold Spain responsible for the dieesiec .that thg papers have an nounced that they will publish nothing concerning (he findings. Naval Constructor Ferguson accom- SCOTTISH RITE CUSS LARGEST II Georgia will hardly be thru the present gubernatorial campaign— at least, not more than thru with the in auguration of the new governor—before -Aiknir 4. the state will be In the throes of po- j pnnlcd the members of the Joint board, litical activity that will stir the state from end to end for six months or more. And next year will be some po litical year In Georgia, too. First of all will come tho fight for delegates to the Democratic national convention to nominate candidates for president and vlco president. Under tho new congressional apportionment. Georgia will bo entitled to 28 delegates —two for each of th© twelve congres sional districts and four from the state at large. The fight for control of the delegation and instruction for presiden tial aspirants promises to be warm. Then there will be the contests for Democratic presidential electors, four teen In number—one for each congres sional district and two from the state at largo. Right there 42 contests de velop. And there will be thirteen more, or a total of 55, all having a hearing on-natlonal politics. United States Senator A. O. Bacon’s term expires March 3, 1913. Thus fat no announced opposition has appeared, but there has been talk that ex-Sena- tor Joseph M. Terrell would be a can didate. Congressmen Too. Twelvo congressmen are to be elect ed, and there will be contests In some. If not ull, the districts. The new third district, now' without a congressman, DEMOCRATS FEAR SPLIT INTHE PARTY Leaders in Washington Much Disturbed by the Stanley- Littleton Dispute. CHAMP CLARK IS WORRIED May Interfere With Caucus Plan on the Stanley Steel Committee Report. . our Want Ads you can see n*ng* common and with pedigree; the •port with jaunty cane held up who •ifS* 0 his fullbred pup. Extremes *n«l likenesses will meet among our Ads T* ***• street: and if You want to sell 2^ buy, our Want Page is the plac to USE GEORGIAN WANT AD8. state to stand by their guns, pay no at. tentlon to fusion offers, and have Pope Brown's full support polled In every county.” Manager Williams gave out the fol lowing reports: J. T. Woodruff, traveling salesman for tho Woodruff Machinery Company, reported at Pope Brown headquarter* that he has Just returned from a two weeks trip, thru south Georgia. Mr. Woodruff gavo out the following Inter view: “Joe Brown and Dick Russell are running neck and neck: Pope Brown Is way head of both. Of the counties I visited on my last trip I am fully satis fied that Pope Brown-will carry Bum- tar, Stewart, Early. Turner. Dooly. Pu laski. Wilcox, Telfair, Lowndes, John son, Washington. Jefferson. Jenkins and Tolbert. I bollevo that Judge Russell will carry Bulloch county, but also be lieve that Pope Brown has a fighting chance. In Statesboro I saw Pope Brown’s picture In 32 store windows out of 62 fronts. My observation In electlons.has been that the state usually goes tho way the business men In the smaller cities go.” • pike county Is solid for Pope Brown." said J. B. Means, a promi nent citizen of that county. Mr. Means further stated. ”1 have Just finished a careful poll of Meane district, which shows 4" for Pope Brown. 19 for Joe Brown and 7 for Russell." J. E. Mercer, of Fitzgerald, state game warden, while In Atlanta this week gave out the following interview. “There Is no doubt about Ben Hill and Irwin counties going for Pope He will-get nearljr ns many votes as the other two candidates put together. I am receiving business let ters dally from all over the state, and It Is my honest opinion that Pope Brown will have a land-slide." T A. Adkins, editor of The Vienna News, of Vienna, Os, while at Pope Brown headquarters stated; "Pope Brown will rarry Dooly county by a safe plurality. Four weeks ago no one thought he had a show of carry ing th- county, but the opposition Is beginning to concede It Ij him now. He has gained faster In the last ten dave than any other candidate I have ever known of." E L Tanner, one of the mo^t promi nent ni**n in south Georgia, and a resl- .1. nt "f D-.ugl.i-. * '■•ft-- • ■■univ, *1. , Continued on Last Pago. where Judge Charles R. Criap, parlia mentarian of the preaent congress; Thomas G. Hudson, commissioner of agriculture; State* Senator Emmet Shaw, and one or two others are fig ured on as candidates. Opposition l,) present congressmen is also reported brewing from* the second, eighth and tenth districts, and maybe the sev enth and fifth. So much for tho national side of next Continued on Last .Page. Degrees Taken by 107 Masons During Four-Day Session at Atlanta Temple. Thanksgiving day of 1911 will rank aa among the most remarkable In the his tory of the Ancient and Accepted Scot tish Rite of Freemasonry in Atlanta, for degrees were conferred on the larg est class ever nssemblod In Georgia, a total of 107. The work <»f conferring the degrees occupied’ four days, being concluded nt noon Thursday. The climax came with the banquet at the Piedmont hotel Thursday night, where 478 persons enjoyed the feast and witnessed the presentation of nota ble gifts. The class of 107 was composed of some of the most prominent Georgians, coining from Atlanta and a number <>f other cities and towns. It marks an Increase of nbout 25 per cent In mem bership of the Scottish Rite Masons in Atlanta for 1911. The two bodies taking part in tli reunion were tho -Valley of Atlanta and the Orient of Georgia. The four At lanta lodges are Hermes Lodge of Per- Continueo on Last Page. MYSTERIOUS SAM ON JOB; BETTER BE IN WHITEHALL Look out for "Mysterious Sam!" You have hud fair warning—a* the man says at. tho auction sale—and. no one but yourself Is to blame If you are not ready for him when he starts out y his pockets laden with theater tickets Friday afternoon. "Mysterious Sam" will make his appearance at 5:30 o’clock at some point in’Whitehall-st. between the viaduct and Mitchell-at.‘ and will work In that section until 6:30 o'clock, placing, with, falry-llke .touch, tickets to “At'the Mercy of Tiberius'* In’ the hands and pockets of all who stand near the curbing reading a current issue of The Georgian. Yet,'according to tne Doasi of -mys terious Sam.” he will distribute his en tire cargo of tickets—several hundred in number—without being seen. Can he do it? It’s up to you. Tho tickets that "Mysterious Sam" will distribute will be orchestra seats to the Monday evening performance of 'At the Mercy of Tiberius" at the Lyric. They will be to the third of the series of theater parties The Geor gian haa given this season. As was the case at both of tho preceding par ties, the recipient of the tickets will be under absolutely no obligation to the newspaper. It Is Just an'effort of Thq Georgian to repay the kindness of Its many friends, anil In placing the tick ets into the hands of "Mysterious Sara" a bit. of-fun and-amusement has been injected;into the distribution. .Go to "At the Mercy of Tiberius" at the expense of The Georgian and at the sanm time - if >oii • an • at« h Mys- terlous Sam" at \york. He has operated In other cities without being caught. Show him that Atlanta is wide awake. Remember the time—between 5:30 6:30 p. m.; the place—Whitehall-at., between the viaduct and Mltchell-ttV; ANDBE ON HAND. ' So great was the success of Augusta Evans WUson’s "St. Elmo” that-Vaugh an Glaser had a dramatization made of "At the Mercy of Tiberius,” another richer’In dramatic material 'than was "St. Elmo,” and a play of most in tense' Interest has been evolved from the book. The story of the conviction of the young girl. Beryl Brentano, for the murder of her grandfather, her unrelenting prosectuion by Dunbar, the lawyer, called Tiberius, his love for her and his securing her freedom has been woven into four absorbing acts. Throughout the piece runs the char acter of Bertie Brentano, a weak, vacil lating boy, the brother of Beryl. His misdeeds, which bring misfortune to his and the final visitation of the hand of God upon him, make him a character that will rank with the part Tully Marshall created in "The City." | » Washington, Dso. 1.—Democratic lenders fOdnv fear that the Stanley- Llttleton controversy growing out of tho newspaper reports that tho New York representative was friendly to tho steel trust, may prove a wedge which will split the party. It Is disturbing Speaker Clark, Representatives Under wood, Henry, Clayton and others more than any pending legislation, for It may Interfere with the plan to Incorporate the report of the steel committee, of which Mr. Stanley Is chairman, in a general report on the control of big business drawn In caucus. But before this is done, It Is pointed out, the differences must be settled bo- tween Mr. Stanley and Mr. Littleton, which arose over Mr. Stanloy’s unwill- Ingness’to have the steel committee sit In Judgment on the charges mado against Mr. Littleton, or to abandon tho Investigation of the steel Interests as urged by the New Yorker on the ground that sinco tho government has begun Its suit the committee haa no further scope. Every effort toward reconcilia tion will be mod© by the Democratic leaders. POSTOFFICE RECEIPTS E( Pass the $100,000 Mark and Gain Fifteen Per Cent Over . November, 1910. ATLANTA-CAROLINA IN RECEIVER’S SUIT Creditors Secure Court Order Stopping Work on Interur- ban Railway to Augusta. COMPANY STILL SOLVENT Alleged That It Has Abandoned Right-of-Way and May Lose Its Franchise. The onward march' of Atlanta from a commercial standpoint 1* *hown ln*the November postal receipt* at tho local poitofflce: largest In the history oTrtho office, and an Increase of -more than, fif teen per »ent over the receipts for. the same month last year. . According to tho figures.made known Friday momlnj;, the receipts at the poitofflce up until 12 o'clock Thursday night were »107;674.12. The receipts .November.' 1313. —ere llljlldl. The Increase of this year’* receipts over those .of last I* therefore 114,741.69. At the beginning of November Post* master McKee predicted that the postal receipts for that month would reach 1100.000. but the Actual figures have far surpassed his-fondest expectations. It Is now believed that Atlanta will lead In the receipts for the year ending De cember *1 any city of Its size In the country, and even New Orleans and Louisville. - Building Gains, Too. Bunding permits for November gained. ML1M In value over thou of the nzevloua month, attho 1*4 permit, were taken.out In October and only 320 In November. The exact figures were, for October 1111,- 403. and for November, 1416,(08. CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING BY HUNTING FOR A NEGRO Washington, Ga., Dee. 1.—Sheriff Bobo and a ikmuc of Wilkes county citizens celebrated Thanksgiving day by hunting for T. B. Walker, the negro murderer who escaped Tuesday night at Harnett, while b*lng brought here to be exe cuted. When last heard from Walker was headed toward Lincoln county. A reward o! $500 has been offered f.,r his capture, i uffer u A receiver haa been asked for the Atlanta and Carolina rnllrosd, a proj ected lino from Atlanta to Augusts, which Is now grading b right-of-way on city and county franchises thru Oon- foderate-avo. and Confederate road. The suit for Injunction and receiver ship was filed In superior court Frjday by the Carolina Portland Cement Com pany» the Fielder A Allen Company and the Milam A Miller Stable Company, creditors, for the sum of $453.80. Judg Pendleton granted the petitioners temporary restraining order, onjolnlng tho railroad company from further work until the s(lit was heard In court on January 6. In setting forth the complaint,* the petitioners Allege that the Atlanta and Carolina Railroad Company has aban doned tho right-of-way in Confederate- ave. and Is In danger of losing both the franchises secured from the city of Atlanta and Fulton county. Checks Is sued by the railroad for work already done and supplies furnished by tho plaintiffs have been protested,’and the railroad company Is apparently without funds to continue the work. It is stated in the suit that the rail road Is practically solvent, having dis posed of two separate Issues of bonds for $6,000,000 each, secured by mort gages given to the Chicago Trust and Title Company and W. C. Nlblack, of Chicago. Both of tho bond issues were made In 1908. In asking for a receiver tho creditors complain that the trustees of tho At lanta and Carolina, railroad can not secure prompt-action*to?Insure tho pay ment of^debts, but-must in every in stance secure the*ronsent of the various bondholders, who live, in distant cities, The-petltlon of the creditors was filed by Robert and Philip Alston and'asks in’addition to ’tho'appblritmentfof re ceiver/ and tho temporary* order re straining the'railroad •company ’.from further operations,; a ■ Judgment • in full for the respective’claims. The railroad company Is f Indebted -to 4 the. Carolina Portland Cement Company • for $354.50. Fielder A Allen for $91.30'and-Milam Miller for $28, making a total of $453.80. 7 The Atlanta and ‘Carolina,*Railroad Company,, an organization composed mostly.of-foreign capital, .was incorpo rated In Fulton county August 26, 1906. It secured valuablo franchises from the city of Atlanta and Fulton courtty. * •The projected railroad, of which n'niv t.n mile* of grading has been completed In Atlanta and vicinity, was to run thru DeKalb, Rockdale,' Gwin nett, Jackson. Fulton, Oconee, Blako, Oglethorpe, Wilkes, McDuffie, Lincoln. Columbia and‘Richmond*.counties. GRAYS HAD FINE TIME ON SAVANNAH TRIP HEARING IS HELD FRIDAY If He Can Convince Council, Rival Corporation May Get Atlanta Foothold. Real competition for Atlanta’s elec tric lighting and power business will develop before the council committee which hns the matter In charge at a meeting Friday afternoon. W. J. Mas- see, president of the Central Georgia Power Company, of Macon, and T. F. Wickham, vice president, have wired Chairman John E. McClelland that they: will be present to offer tho city a flat wholesale rat© for all Its municipal. buildings. Preston Arkwright, presi dent of the Georgia Railway and Elec tric Company, will be present to uphold his company’s contract, and to defend his position, taken at a former meet ing, that his company could not glv© the city a wholesale rate for all its buildings. Mr. Massee gave out an Interview in Macon Wednesday in which he said that City Electrician Turner was right In demanding that the city he treated as ono customer, and given a wholesale rate. This would result In materially decreasing the cost of electric power to th© city. But according to the class ifications of rates of the Georgia Rail way and Electric Company, each mu nicipal building Is treated separately, and the city has 65 different contracts with the company. Macon Pay# Mor# Now. me evidence that many Interest ing things may be brought out at th« meeting, Macon la charged more for electric current than Atlanta. If Mr. Massee gives Atlanta a wholesale rat©. It is up to Macon to get equally as good a proposition. Macon Is furnished power by the Ma con Railway, Light and Power Com pany. controlled by th© Central Geor gia Power Company. The rate charged in Macon, as recorded In the railroad lisslon’s office, i M twelve cents per att hour, while the rate given Atlanta Is ten cents. The street light ing rate« are $75 per annum In Ma con, nnd $57 In Atlanta. The scale of both companies Includes many other rates In the s H me proportion. Atlanta Overcharged. In a report to tho committee, Elec trician Turner charged that Atlanta was being charged 100 per cent higher rates for electric current than other cities, anil he urged that If a new and satisfactory contract could not be mad© With tho Georgia Railway and Electric Company, the city should build u pri vate plant. He offered as evidence of the high charge made against tho rlty a contract for a wholesale flat rat© which New York city recently secured, Mr. Arkwright was present at* the for mer meeting and he sold the railroad commission would not approve giving tho city a wholesale rato for all Its various buildings unless private citi zens were given similar rates. And he added that such a rate was iinpr&c- tlcal. Mr. Turner says ho has shown th© 2w York contract to Murphy Candler, chairman of the railroad comrmsalOh, nnd that Mr. Candler says there is nothing in that contract that would conflict with Georgia law. The only condition under which discrimination could he charged would be for a nearby City t-> fall to get equal consideration, according to Mr- Turner’s version of Mr. Candler’s statement. The officials of tho Georgia Hallway nnd Electric Company aro preparing data to refute the statements of Mr. Turner. It Is understood that they will present evidence to disprove that At lanta Is charged a higher rate than oth er cities, and his other contentions will be denied nnd an effort mude to dis prove them. Masse© Offers Compstition. But the proposition of Mr. Massee is somewhat unexpected and quite a slg- . nlficant turn of affairs. Ho askH that the City give him 1*'> days' time In which to construct a line to Atlanta and install his equipment. The city ha* a!- • ready granted his company a fran chise. It Is expected that the city will abide by the contract with the Georgia Rail way and Electric Company if the com pany Insists upon it, tho the city has the legal right to break the contract at the end of the year. "If Mr. Massee submits us a better proposition." says < ’"iiruliman Aldtn© Chambers, a member of the commute#*, "I will favor accepting it. But we don’t have to accept Jt until the expira tion of the Georgia Railway and Elec tric Company's contract, which termi nates in March, 1913 ” While the outcome of the meeting Is uncertain, it is already'a fact that com petition is now disputing the power of the Georgia Railway and Electric Com pany’s long-standing monopoly, that Is something In* itself. * After a two days trip to Savannah, ♦ h» A Man t a Grays .C«wnnany If Fifth regiment, Vetumed* to Atlanta‘on Friday morning. The Atlanta troops had a delightful time in Savannah and were treated hospitably on all sides. They were quartered In th© First regiment’s ar mory and Thursday night before their train left the men and officers of the First regiment gave them a supper and smoker. The troops took In the Georgia-Au burn rootball game and on Thursilay went to the race track with Company K of the First regiment, stationed in Savannah. Captain Charles A. Stokes was in command of his company and they were accompanied by Major Duncan of the Fifth’s medical stall. And 19 Business Days Before CHRISTMAS Shop Early and Avoid the Crush