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r the weather. „ nn d warmer Saturday night; fair Temperatures Saturday Sunday Hawkes Co.’s store): (taken at 10 a 47 degrees; T\oon 5- "degrees; 2 P. m„ 54 de- f'rtes. . The Atlanta Georgian “Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN” AND NEWS "Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN” SPOT COTTON. Atlanta, quiet; 8 15-16. Liverpool, steady; I 5.03. New York, dull; 0.25. Savannah, [ quiet; 8 15-16. Augusta, steady; 9%. Gal- | veston, quiet; l***. Norfolk, quiet; 9c. Houston, steady; Memphis, steady; 9-V Mobile, easy'; 8%. VOL- X. NO. 105. HOME(4TH) EDITION Atlanta, ga., Saturday; December: 2, ion. HOMC(4TH) EDITION PRICE : &£$£ M’NAMARAS ADMIT THEIR GUILT IS MAM ONE Expected to Make Statement Next Tuesday to Clear Up Dynamite Outrages. FEDERATION OF LABOR ISSUES OFFICIAL CARD ON M’NAMARAS MAY implicate others Altho 21 Persons Were Killed by Explosion, James B. Will Escape Death. Los Angeles. Cal., Dae. 2.—When Junes B. McNamara, who pleaded guilty late yesterday afternoon to mur der in the first degree In dynamiting The Los Angeles Times building on October 1,1910, causing the death of 21 men and his brother John J. Mc- N'xmxra, secretary-treasurer of the Structural Iron Workers union, who -leaded guilty to a felony In dynamlt- jj- the Llewellyn Iron Works In this city on Christmas day, 1910. are ar raigned before Judge Bordwell on Tuesday morning for sentence, each will get a term of Imprisonment, tho murder la a capital crime in California. This has been agreed upon by law yers for the prosecution. Before sen tence Is Imposed a full confession Is expected from the two men which will i throw light upon other dynamite out rages which have never been cleared up. • It Is understood that by agreement wfth the state prosecutor, John J. Mc Namara will get a term of from twelve to fifteen years, while his brother, James B., whoso crime is the more serious, trill go to orison for life. District Attorney Fredericks, repre senting the commonwealth of Califor nia, will go Into court and make spe cific demands as to* the lengths of the sentences, and as the action of the brothers in pleading guilty haa saved the state at least J800,000, he will be Influenced to leniency by this fact The district attorney declared that tho state had figured on spending $1,000,- 000 to convict the men and $200,000 had already been exponded when the rnso cams to a dramatic halt late yesterday. "A JIttle letting, down on tho part of the state,” «r*tfie result of the pleas <•( guilty, has already been promised by Mr. Fredericks. This, he said, was cus tomary In such coses. Ortle E. McManlgal, who turned state's evidence, -will bo released from prison at once,. It Is believed. The Mc Namara brothers today felt keenly the shadow which they had placed upon the name of organized labor by their pleas of guilty and their confessions. This fell especially hard upon John J., the secretary-treasurer of tho Iron waiters, who was also high In tho councils of the national labor officials. If ft had been left to him. tho trial would probably have been fought out to a bitter conclusion. James B. was the one who weakened, but he yielded only when assured that his brother would escape a life term, Tho state had materially strength ened Its case In the last few days, but the climax which brought about the abrupt termination of tho trial Is said to have been caused by tho arrest of Bert H. Franklin, a dotectlvo employ ed by the defense, on a chargo of at tempting to bribe a prospective Juror, as well as by tho knowledge that the •tate had Installed a dictagraph In Mc- Manlgal's room, which faithfully re corded every word spoken at tho con ference between McMnnlgal and the men who knew tho facts about the StcNamara brothers. Clarence S. Darrow, chief counsel for the men, had become convinced that nothing could save tho men, and ad vised acceptance of the state’s promise of mercy. There Is still another feature of the rase which presents an Interesting as hed. M. A. Schmidt and David Cap- tan, Indicted with the McNamaras. n» dynamiters, aro still at largo In eplte Continued on Page 23. Declares That They Have Outraged Confidence of Organized Labor and Deserve Punishment Commensurate With the Crimes—Use of Violence Is Contrary to Unionism. Washington, Dec. 2.—Tim American Federation of Labor today issued an official statement on- the McNamara case. It wps given out by Secretary Frank Morrison/ In It he decries the use of violence by union men, and as serts that the confessed dynamiters had outraged the confidence of the working men who raffled to their sup port. The statement follows: “The McNamaras by their confession show that they have outraged the con fidence that organized labor had in them, and thus deceived thousands of Namaras bearing witness against themselves should receive punishment commensurate with the crimes .which they committed. “The confession of the McNamaras was so much, of a surprise and shock that I could not bring myself to believe that it was true until It-was confirmed by a telegram from Clarence S. Dar row, which was received at headquar ters at 10:30 last night. “Tho reports of international unions that met in Indianapolis, June 29, to devise ways and means to raise money working meri who rallied to their sup- i to secure for the McNamaras a fair and port with financial assistance. The use impartial trial and to prosecute the of violence of any kind is contrary to I kidnapers sincerely believed in the the principle of unionism, and* is repug- I Innocence of the McNamara brothers, nant' to the entire mass of our mem- j “Organized labor stands for law and bership. “The criminal acts of which the Mc Namaras stand self-confessed merit the condemnation of every member of organized labor and society as a whole. The American Federation of Labor stands for government by law, and will not remiss in even an implied attempt to condone unlawful acta. The Me- HALF THEFARMERS Sixty-five Per Cent of Business Men for Prohibition Candi date, Says Manager. STRONG IN SOUTH GEORGIA Vou ■WILT-J BE surprised Men Who Have Traveled That. Section Report Him a Sure Winner December 7. order. It has always stood for law and order. Every effort that the represen tatives of the International unions have put forth to raise funds for the defense was based on the belief that they were victims of an outrageous prosecution, and were being made the scapegoats upon .whom was loaded the venom of the bitter enemies of the trade unions.” T ON PERSIAN CAPITAL Four Thousand Russian Sol diers Ordered to Advance oh . City of Teheran. IS NEXTBK PROBE Trial of Franklin Takes Place of James B. McNamara on Stage of Justice. EVIDENCE IS CONVINCING Trials of Bender, Maple, and Connors forDynamiting to Begin Soon. WAR OFFICIALLY DECLARED "Definlto Information from every county In Georgia received at the Pope Brown headquarters Indicates that Pope Brown Is receiving tho support of largo percentage. of the business men and the farmers," said Volney Williams, campaign manager for Popo Brown, on Saturday. "Detailed reports show that outside of the large cities 65 per cent of tho business men aro for Pope Brown. It can bo conservatively estimated that at least 60 per cent of tho farmers are supporting Pope Brown. This Is due to the fact that tho farmers, as a general rule, aro prohibitionists, and also to the fact that tt Is the first time in a great many years that tho farmers have had a chance to vqte for one of their num ber for governor of the state. "Emmett Cablness, former president of the Farmers union in Georgia, In a telegram to Pope Brown states tho po sition of the average farmer very clear, ly when he says: ‘"I am for Pope Brown for governor because ho Is the only slmon pure pro hibitionist running, and because the yme has come for a farmer-governor. No one can so fully understand the agricultural needs of Georgia as he wlv> has actually tilled the soil,,which Is the basts of all wealth.’ •Tho farmer, as a rule, does not be come greatly excited over a political campaign. He attends to his work up until election day and then goes and votes for the man who nearest repre sents the farming and commercial In- terestsT The farmers of Goorgla appro. elate the great-good that the state-wide prohibition has done them, * and will certainly vote for the man who Is In Continued on Page Twelve. Persia Prepared to Resist the Invasion, and a, Battle Is Imminent. St, Petersburg, Deo. 2.—The Hussion advance on Persia has begun. The government was officially notified to day In dispatches from the commander of the Russian army at Hesht, on the Caspian sea, that the advance on Te heran, the Persian capital, has started. The troops, about 4,000 In number, are equipped for active service In the field. It was at first Intended as a military demonstration to force the Persian na tlonal council- to expel W. Morgan Shuster^ the American treasurer gen eral of Persia, ivho ha* Incurred Rus ala’s displeasure, but everything today Indicated that war had actually begun -at least so far as Russia Is concerned. The semi-official newspaper, Noyoe Vremya, which represents the govern ment’s attitude, expressed- the hope to day that Persia would yet yield to Russia's demand for Shuster’s removal and consent to the Joint appointment by Russia and England of a new treas urer general for Persia. Russia is moving fresh troops to the Persian front, and Is making other preparations for war. She will de mand heavy indemnity from Persia to defray the expense of these warlike preparations. PERSIA WILL RESIST RUSSIAN INVASION Teheran, Dec, 2,—Alho apparently doomed to defeAt by the overwhelming power of Russian arms, the Persian Continued on Psqe Twelve, Lo* Angeles, Dec. 2.—The trial of Berth Franklin, on a charge of attempt ing to bribe a Juror, which comps up Monday in the court of Township Jus tice Young, is the next thing of interest in the tangled web that surrounds the cases of John J. and James B. Mc Namara. confessed dynamiters. At the hearing Monday, according to the re ports that eeem well founded, the district attorney will Indi cate what moves will be made in the bribery charges that are now hold ing the center of attention. That the testimony of state’s witnesses will be of unusual Interest; that they will make direct charges against the others whom It is hinted are connected with the af fair; that the higher ups responsible for the alleged bribery will be drawn Into the uffair at that time, is the gen eral belief today. What the testimony will be is prob lematical. The district attorney in not talking. But there are rumors In plen- These rumors say that when the preliminary hearing is called the state ment of the district attorney made at the time he made the arrest of Frank lin, that he could trace the bills from the time they left the bank until they reached the hands of Franklin and from there went to Captain C. E. While, the escrow man, and then to George M. Lockwood, the venireman who was, it Is alleged, bribed to hang the McNa mara jury, will be verified. And by the tracing <>f these bills, It is asserted' the man higher Up, the man whoso mysterious connection with the case Is the real question of interest, will come out. Whether on this testimony be predicated further action by tile dis trlct attorney, whether it wjff meni more arrests, Is the thing that Is eaus iug the greatest comment. Another Dynamiting Cate. Tho next important ihatter in tho tangle of dynamiting offenses will coma up December 11, when the trinl of F. Ira Bender, A. B. Maple and J, B. Connors, for an attempt to destroy the hall of records with dynamite, Is set for trial. Yesterday It was asserted this case would go over for the present. Today there Is a general feeling that delay will not be asked for nor granted. Tho district attorney’s office is prepared to go ahead with.the case now that tho McNamara caso Is definitely out pf the way. On the other hand the attorneys for the defense are also ready to pro ceed. Attorney Davis, It Is expected, will handle this caso. It was to have been taken by his law partner, Jud Rush, whose Illness was one of tho causes which It was expected would| cause a postponement. Davis this morning did not know certainly whether ho would handle tho case or not, but asserted that he thought he might do so. Davis was one of the first callers atl the district attorney’s office today. He was there before Captain Fredericks, who, after the labors of yesterday! treated himself to a late morning nap. At 10 a. m. Fredericks had not appeared, tho his subordinates had long been at tho office. > Davis appeared In the office shortly before 10 o’clock. He' was smoking the customary cigar, wa* clean shaven and fresh looking, apparently having rested after the terrible ordeal of yes terday. He would not’ say what 1 the naturo of his business was with 4he district attorney, but It Is believed he| called In connection with the Franklin ^ContihuecT on Page Twelve.F WHAT DR. M’ARTHUR THINKS OF ATLANTA AND RELIGION “Atlanta Is New York In minia ture. “Its chief .drawback is Its smoky atmosphere. “Atlantans are greater church- . goers than New Yorkers. “Atlanta has few foreigners, but , an Influx of them is predicted. "The true Anglo-Saxon prevails in the ^outh. “Sunday observance here is marked, as comparedwith North- . ern metropolitan centers.. “Broughton’s Baptist Tabernacle has a world-wide fame. "Dr. Len O. Broughton is tho first of his typo God has raised up In America. .• , ■ “Practical religion has come to be the religion. * "Marked changes are now occur ring. to church and religious life. “Humanity’s, claim upon the church Is now recognized. '“World-Wide peace will eventuate from international arbitration. “Sectionalism is broadening Into nationalism. “Nationalism is broadening into Internationalism. “The Americanization of the world Is In progress. “Americanization Is the meaning of all the great movements in Asia and Europe today.” REITERATEOFFICERS “Jos. M. Brown Was Elected Largely by Liquor Interests and Corporations.” DOZEN HEARD HIS WORDS Anti-Saloon Leaguers Insist That Pastor Made Statement Attributed to Him. DR. ROBERT S. M'ARTHUR. ATLANTA IS LIKE LITTLE NEW YORK —DR. R. S. MacARTHUR. “Pope of the Baptists” Dis cusses His Visit to the Best City of the South. They're Shopping Early win be surprised (and It Isn't "urprt.Ing If you never advertised) Mart In advertising, for the 1» as great when tho public on. , now you. as the difference In vej rate 1* to $he business that we show USE GEORGIAN WANT ADS. GOES TO SEE THE CZAR Praise for Dr. Broughton and The Georgian Given by the Distinguished Baptist. HfCTRBUy HATES USE HOI WOK Arkwright Roasts Massee and Says Turner’s Statement Is “Absolutely False.” CENTRAL WANTS TO ENTER Trolley Company Head Quotes Figures to Show Atlanta Enjoys Low Rate.. These are some of tho. observations of Dr. Robert Stuart .MucArthur,.pres ident of the World’s Baptist njllanee. tin- only other living head of a religious denomination who ranks with the pope. For Dr. MacArtlmr is the executive rep. resentatlve of 10,000,000 Baptists of the world. Dr. MacArthur will preach hljufare well sermons at the Tabernacle Sunday. He leaves Atlanta Monday to go to Now York; thence to sail for Jiussrta, where ho Is to visit Czar Nicholas as an ambassador of peace and as a bishop of bishops. Dr. MacArthur has spent sev eral months In Atlanta, preaching each Sunday at tho Baptist Tabernacle, and during tho week tilling lecture engage ments in various cities of tho South. Ho hns worked hard, filling nine en gagements In one week. When a Georgian reporter asked him for his conclusions upon religious and church work In Atlanta and the South as ho had observed It, Dr; MacArthur said: "I have greatly enjoyed my residence of two months In Atlanta. , '.'Atlanta Is not so distinctly a South ern city as Is New Orleans and some others In the South. Atlanta Is Now York on a small'seals. Tills Is true as to Its high buildings, Its rush hf busi ness and general air of prosperity. Without doubt, the city has a great future as a leader In commerce, and also for Its social attractions .and for Its religious activities. "From a physical point of view. At lama's chief drawback Is Its smoky atmosphere, resulting from the burning of soft coal. This feature strikes a New Yorker at once, as tve have strict laws against the burning of soft coal trnl Qe i the limits of New York. "Th he people of Atlanta are more marked for their church-going habit than are the people of New York. This remark probably applies to most of the cities of the South. There are but few foreigners In the Southern cities. They are coming, however. They will be here In great numbers before many years pass. “The continental Sunday Is not known In the Southern cities as It Is In New York and most Northern cities. The old-fashioned Sunday has disappeared In many Northern cities. There Is. however, a vast amount of religious activity In a city like New York. Work In missions, settlement and slum work Is carried on with greater activity than ever before, but the one feature of church-going Is not so marked In the North as In the Squth. In this respect Southern cities are more like the cities of Great Britain, like Toronto and oth er Canadian cities where the true An glo-Saxon prevails. Tabernacle a Great Work. 'Of all the religious enterprises in Atlanta none Is more widely known than the Baptist Tabernacle. Indeed. It Is not too much to say that many people In New York and London know Atlanta, because It is the home of Den O. Broughton and‘this great tabernn- Continued on Page 23. photo by M ^rJ5Jg B j ATURDA y MORNING SHOPPERS WON'T BE RUSHED AT CHRISTMAS TIME. Atlanta’s retail district is beginning to look like Christmas eve. It’s really hard to navigate thru Whitehall- st, on these fine days. Business Days Before 18 CHRISTMAS JShop Early and Avoid the Crush resident Wickham of the Cen •gin. Power Company’ of. Macon stated at tho mealing of the. council committee on electrical affairs Friday afternoon that while he could not quote rates to tho committee, the plans of Ills company wore to prepare to furnish power at retail and wholesale rates In Atlanta within n short time. Ha sold that his company would like to bid on certain contracts npw held by tho Georgia Railway and Electric Com pany. The chnlrtnnn of the committee and the city electrician were Instructed to furnish him Information that he might make an Intelligent proposition. Councilman Chambers asked him If his company would be able to furnish power at a wholesale rate at tho pow er station to bo located near the city limits. Mr. Wickham said that he would be-able to do this. Then Mr. Chambers made the rather significant statement that it was quite possible for the city to acquire a com pany which had underground ducts all over the city; and that should fhe city decide to distribute power thru theso ducts, both electric companies would bo asked to submit birds. Pres ton Arkwright, president of the Geor gia Hallway and Electric Company, slgnllled that his company would bid on iuch a proposition also. . Will Hojd Up Payment. ■ City Electrician Turner says ho will file nnothor report to the council com mittee’on electrical affairs ,on' certain Irregularities ..In the Georgia . Hallway and Electric* Company’s cpmpllanco wltH 'tHc. street lighting'.contract. And In,the meanwhileJie.sjiys he will refuso to approve the,vouchers for tho. month's strefet lighting bill, hmountlng to more than $10,0.0p. . • • • It;’;: .. The Irregularities tho electrician men tions are that thero wore 335. complaints about street’.lights, made to the police last month, the record. He says tho lamps In tho white, way are hardly up to specifications‘and that the whlte way globes should be washed with water, which, .up to„the present, has not been done. He says he Is making a general inspection. Mr. Turner says that T. F. Wickham, vice president-of tho Central Georgia Power Company, told ' him . Saturday morning that Preston Arkwright, presi dent of the Georgia Railway and Elec tric Company; and' W. J. Massee, presi dent of the Central Company,-dined to gether In Savannah Thursday night, after’Mr. Massee’s statement that Mr. Turner was right In his contention for a wholesale rate hod been published. Competition Is Expected. Tho the proposition of the new elec trical company wm Indefinite, the committee Interpreted Ita proposal as the beginning of competition for elec tric lighting current and power In At lanta. And It Is expected that they will figure materially In the city’s fu ture contracts for power and lights, as well as In Individual contracts. , The whole first pgrt of the meeting was taken up by a speech by Mr. Ark wright, defending the position taken at a former meeting, that hla company, could not give the city a flat, wholesale rato for all its buildings, and brand ing as false the statements of City Electrician Turner that Atlanta was paying 100 per cent more for power thnn other cities and that the city was being discriminated against In favor of private manufacturers. Mr. Arkwright referred. to the newspaper Interview with W. J. Massee, president of the Central Georgia Power Company, In which Mr. Massee said that the city electrician was right, and that If the city would give him ISO days he would furnish power to municipal buildings at a Hat. wholesale rate. Masses Gets a Roast. Mr. Arkwright was cffectlvMy castle In his remarks about Mr. Continusd on Page Twslvs. That Dr. John B. White, pastor o 1 tho Second Baptist church, did say, at nil Anti-Saloon lenguo meeting, that Joe Brown 'can not consistently run as a prohibitionist, having been elected before largely by tho liquor forces and the corporations," Is reiterated Satur day in a card to the press signed by Revs. S. R. Belk, Charles TV.‘Daniel and M. J. Cofer, as officials of the league, who quote a statement’ from steno graphic notes to back up their cord. They quote a statement from Dr. O. W, Young and Secretary J. B. Richards to show that Dr. White did use the words as charged, the statement which has raised such a disturbance in Geor gia politics. Dr. White has been quoted In tho press as denying having made any such statement, and the original charge and tho denials have been among tho leading features of an otherwise duli campaign. The signers of the card go further and say that among those who hoard Dr. Whito’s remarks and will testify to his making them as reported are W. Woods White, Dr, L. G, Hardman, W, D. Upshaw, P. H. Todd, Dr. J. J. Ben nett. Dr. John F. Purser, A. B. Cald well, Dr. Len G. Broughton and others. They remember It .clearly, because It Occasioned surprise and comment at tho pmo. Tho card of tho league, an answer to an article In The Constitution, follows: Anti-8aloon League Replies. The Issue raised between Dr. G. W. Young and Mr. J. B. Richards, of the Anti-Saloon league, on the one hand, and tho editor of The Constitution and Dr. John E. White on tho other, Is sim ply ak to tho fact of what was said bv Dr. White In a meeting In Mr. W. Woods White’s office on the night of September 5,* which was called for n CO nr oven co between tho supporters o I prospective candidates for governor. There Is no desire on our part to ruls any question either ns to the motives which prompted Dr, White a j^awiSur.er to his present right to construe the purpose he had in view at the time he spoke. ; i The statements of Dr. Young and Mr. Richards as to what was said ni o herewith submitted: "There are three points that tli- lengue might take—ono Is, that tin prohibitionists keep out of tho political Contest. Another Is, that if they g.i Into It at all, let It be understood that they go without having been drawn Into a political light. And the third point Is, that If they go Into the coming campaign that It be done voluntarily, settling upon somo clear-cut prohibi tionist, centering all the prohibitionists upon his election, and go Into tho light determined to win. Touching cx-Gov- emor Brown’s position, I do not know whether ho will enter tho race or not. Personally I would prefer that he do not. If ho docs enter tho race, I do not believe he will do so os a prohibitionist. II. v III ri.it run MS a local nptlonlst, for he Is too much of a gentleman to do that. Ho A’lll probably run upon the same mutual position taken by hint before. He enn not consistently run ns prohibitionist, having been elected before largely by tho liquor forces and tho corporations, but upon the proposi tion to sustain tho prohibition law as it stands without change for the present." The League's Position. Upon.the questions raised by these publications the Georgia Anti-Saloon Continued on Page Twelve. SOUTH A GREAT HELD, 1 Head of Country’s Biggest Ad vertising Company in At lanta for a Visit. F. Wayland Ayer, head of N. W. Ayer & Son. the biggest advertising agency and publjclty organization In the United States. Is a visitor of promi nence In Atlanta. Ho arrived .Satur day, and will remain several days. Ho Is a guest at tho Georgian Terrace ho tel. The business of which Mr. Ayer Is the guiding spirit, was established In 1869 by his father, the late N. W. Ayer, and the original name has been retained since the first. F, W. Ayer en tered the business at the beginning. 42 years ago. and has been actively identi fied with its management ever since. Mr. Ayer said on Saturday that he has great faith In the South as a field for profitable advertlslng, and has had this faith for many years. He has done a great deal of advertising “mis sionary work” In the South, and is con fident It has not been without result. As to the South’s future, Mr. Ayer says the South can not come Into Its own until It markets Its own products manufactured goods, instead of shipping ih” materials it produces to other sections for manufacture anti distribution. But he thinks tho time Is quickly coming done. Colonel F. J. Paxo most prominent bu: ork under Mr. Ay< member of his Sund hen ich will be nf Atlanta’s men. began was also a Notices of Sunday Ser vices in Atlanta churches appear on page 20.