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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWSt
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1911.
The Experience of One Man
Dcnr Ed:
JIatiy thanks for your kind and timely advice.
Upon reading your letter, I decided to share my De
posits with the TRAVELERS BANK & TRUST COM
PANY, 56 Peachtree street—it’s on the west side of the
street, just above Walton. I made my first deposit with
them' last week, and, of course, have been closely com
paring the service, accommodations, etc., with those of
my “"regular” depository; and it was precisely as you
have so ably prophesied. The new concern has' evi
denced as great an interest in my requirements as could
possibly he asked or desired. The officers always greet
Jne with a frank cordiality thnt is very pleasant and
-eems GENUINE. It just makes a fellow feel good to
do business with those who really seem to appreciate
his patronage and who make a special effort to fur
ther his interests.
Hope you had a pleasant Thanksgiving. ‘
Your affectionate brother,
FRANK.
P. S/—Perhaps you know some of the officers of
this new bnnk; they are: E.'L. ADAMS, President; W.
S. LOITNSBURY, Vice President; JOHN F. CONE. Vice
President; GROVER"MEGAHEE, Cashier, and M. 'C.
JOHNSON, Assistant Cashier.
INSIDE STORY OF CONFESSIONS
BASED UPON LABOR PROBLEMS
Proposition Was Made to Fredericks in July, But He Turned It
Down Because of Provision to Release J. J. McNamara,
Whom He Thought Should Not Go Unpunished.
Los Angele,, D»c. 2.—The InslUe
story of negotiations leading to the, 4-
confessions of the McNamara brothers 1+ NO AVOIDING THE STEP, 4-
leas of guilty was revealed + 8AYS ATTORNEY DARROW +
lit Washington, Dec. 2.—Tho fol--t
tl*
“SORRY THAT WE PUT GOMPERS
IN AN EMBARRASSING PLACE”
J. B. AND J. J. M'NAMARA.
loi Angelas, Dec. 2.—"I took the same
llitude toward Samuel Gompers that I
ik toward the rest of the world. I
is fighting foe my life and deter
mined to make the battle ns long as
Sere was hope and no one was put In
Mger,” said James B. McNamara
fils morning, when told that Gompers
ias Indignant at the fact that he had
teen deceived by the two brothers. The
/ rlsuner continued:
“Remember, I risked prison and per-
„i«p» worse fighting in a cause In which
/Gompers and all of the men who con-
I tributed to my defense were Interested.
II had an Idea things could be done
I only by scaring the people who fought
us. As every man must know, I did
not want any one to get killed. Well,
when I got Into it and saw what was
done, I stuck to my struggle for life
and would have stuck until there could
be nothing but a cinch for the prosecu
tion and a rose finish for John and
myself.
“I would havo been a fool to con-
fldo my guilt to any one, and It would
havo ben unfair to Gompers to mako
him carry around any secret confes
sion of mine. I did what I could Jn my
own way for the boys who were getting
the worst of It. I don’t care what Gom
pers says of me; he has my respect
and regard.' I am sorry I havo put him
today for the first time when all the
details of “golden rule” efforts which
led to the compromise became public.
The negotiations which brought
about the conclusion of tho trial of
James B, McNamara were based not
alone upon the effect which a long
drawn out trial would have In Increas
ing hostility between labor and capital
In this city, which has been a hotbed
of labor troubles for several years, but
upon the real labor problem which is
now. a great national problem.
District Attorney Fredericks today
said that the proposition of allowing
James B. McNamara to plead g'lllty
and frteing John J. McNamara had
been made'to him as early as last July.
He refused the proposition. It was
this position, he sald.that the men In
fluenced by Steffens presented. As a
matter of fact, ho said, It was only
when this had failed that the attorneys
for the defense came to him and
agreed to his terms—that both plead
guilty. In his own words today Captain
John D. Fredericks, -who yesterday
forced attgrneys for the two McNa
mara brothers to come Into court and
plead guilty, told of tho negotiations
that preceded the final settlement. The
story was started when Fredericks was
asked about the part Lincoln Steffens,
the magazine writer, credited In a lo
cal paper today with having brought
about the adjustment, really played In
the matter.
"I did not know that Steffens had
anything to do with It.” said Fredericks,
whimsically, then added, "His part was
very slight. I am going to give you
the real story of the negotiations that
preceded the entering of pleas of guil
ty. When It’s over you can take It over
and read It to Darrow If you want to.
"The first offer that James B. McNa
mara be allowed to plend guilty and
John J. McNamara be freed came as
early as the middle of last July. It
was Intimated to me by, parties to the
defense at that time that If I would
consent to John J. going free that
James B. would plead guilty. It was
also asked that he be saved from the
Washington, Dae. 2.—Tho
lowing telegram from Attorney 4-
4- Da*ow. conducting the defense of +
4- the McNamuras, was received to- 4-
4- day at the headquarters of the 4*
4- American Federation of Labor:' 4-
+ "There was no avoiding the step 4-
4- taken. When I Bee you I know 4-
4* you Will be satisfied thnt all of us 4*
+ gave everything We had to aeco'm- 4*
+ pllsh the best. Hope you will be- 4-
♦ Heve we realized our responsibility 4-
+ and did the best that could be +
4- done.” , 4-
+ ' *
negotiations.”
The district attorney was asked a
number of Questions. In answer he said
that It had not yet been determined
whether clemency would be redom-
mended to the McNamara brothers. He
said they had been sentenced In open
court; that any other procedure was
Impossible. He said he had not been
askigl It MeManlgal should plend guilty
to the Indictment charging him with
complicity In the Llewellyn Iron Works
dynamiting, to suspend sentence so
that he could testify before the Federal
grand Jury at once. J. B. McNamara,
he said, had not told him how The
Times dynamiting took place. Ho said
in view of the fact that MeManlgal
might testify In the East he thought It
best not to give out the MeManlgal con
fession yet.
He said It would take a book to
hold 1L. .
The murder indictments against John
J. McNamara, he said, were the aame
as quashed, thnt they would bo dis
posed of when the sentencing occurred.
Ho said he did not know what effect
the case would have on the local labor
situation, that, he had never made a
study of that' matter and could not
say. ♦
In a fix by sticking to my defense so “iso asked that he be saved from the
long. No matter what they all say, I scaffold. About four weeks ago Dar-
wns working to help. In my way. and
I could not turn down the money for
defense when It came without putting
the noose around my neck at tho start.”
When John J. McNamara was told
what his brother Jim aald he remarked:
■T guess that can go double, lad. I’m
In.”
Deaths and Funerals
— —
taken to Savannah Friday night by Colo
nel J. C. Woodward, principal of tho
schopl.
row and I were Joshing In tho court
room. We got a little too loud about
It, I guess, and tho. Judge suddenly
called a halt In. the proceedings. Then
we had a little "talk but nothing came
of It. It was the same proposition. 1
told Darrow my position was this:
There were two men on trial and that
both would havo to plead guilty or
both would have to be tried and that
I would a little wather go on with the
trial anyway.
"It has been.a. standing offer since
virtually tho middle of July.
nanneu u«. „ "Larry Sullivan, the detective cm.
Euosns W Dutton. Sewell 1 ClaVk. 2«' years old, wife of iir"' ployed by the defense, was one of the
The ef FuVonn W Dutton' a' O. S. Clark, died at her home on Forest- first that spoke to me of the matter.
efj.ie^rneee ■ Who died ave.. at 6 i'clock this morning. Besides Ten days ago Darrow and I talked
well known Civil engineer, who died hPr husband 8hc , eave3 a little son. about tbe matter again.
Thursday night, was held Saturday aft- r.eorgo 8.. Jr.: her father and mother, that ' Darrow ami Steffens
emoon at his late resldenco. 38 L open- and -several brothers and sisters. The ■ , B k nf
hilJ-ave. The remains will be taken to funeral services will take place at the res-- to J® tbe business men of
Boston Mass, for interment. Mr. Dut- idenee Sunday afternoon. The Interment the tb\Vn. They represented that they
too nai a member of Schiller lodge So. be ,n Hartwclk cemetery.
'it nt Cl A A I.VlIm. o II n la onrwll'O/1 hv 1
Mr*. Rebecca Trouton.
The funeral of Mrs. Rebecca TroQton,
aged 82. who jfltotf Friday night at her flee m0> They made the same nroposl-
■ a• • • .home, 8« Pearl-at., was held Saturday j _ nm i j ttn-nod it down
J. J. Miles. afternoon at the* residence and the re- i ***? f , n - »
The funeral of J. J. Allies, aged 76, mains were interred at Oakland cemetery. My mends did not urge me. A few
who died early Friday morning, was —— I days later they came up again and said
Saturdav morning at his former Helen M.Stelalltr. w they had a typewritten offer and they
home- 223 West Fair-st. The interment 1 showed it to me. It was the same
Judge W. A. Covington, Dr. S.
R. Beik, and Bollipg H. Jones
Will Be the Speakers. •
7l of,Odd Fellows. Ho is survived by
hit wife and one sister. Miss Harriet
.Dutton.
were rpady to come to a settlement
and suggested to tiu-m this same pro-
posal that has been put to mo. The
business men, fiends of mine, came to
The funeral - r
Armstrong. aged 83, was conducted by
Dr. Charles tv*. Daniel Friday afternoon
from the residence of F. A. Boston, 117
West Baker-st. The Interment was at
Westvlew. Tho pallbearers were J. K.
Dickey, A. P. Stewart, F. A. Boston,
James Lynch, It. T. Wynecoop. D. It.
Wilder, II. F. Boston and F. C. Boston.
Ethel Stephens. •
The funeral of Kthel Stephens, the
young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. D.
Stephens., of J.71 Rockwcli-et., was held
Saturday morning In route's chapel, and
*— -— interred at Caseys
The remains of Henry T. McKinzey. the
Henry T. McKinzey,
— •— •*—*— m inp
Mckmie>7ori49'M 1 lTs-s t., weretnkeri to
Otkwooa, Go., for intermont. ,
me remains or Aieovnie *>asn, wic nine-
months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. B. EL
Nash, were taken to Poole’s chapel and
later will bo sent to Tucker, Ga., for fu
neral and Interment.
II, miiicauaviiiB.
—ua.i Dec. 2.—Everett Far-
f'MJ, 17 years old. died Wednesday at tho
home of his mother. He was a son, of
the late Charles Farrell, and a grandson
of J. T. Farrell. He was an employee of
the Joseph Dry Goods Company, of this
city.
«... Willi# Feus,
W line Feus, aged fifteen, of Savannah,
a student at Georgia Military academy, a*
College Park, died Friday afternoon or
ftfcumonta. He was the eon of Mr. and
***■ H. T. e. Feus. The remains were
urday morning at her home, 222 Waverly
way. The funeral arrangements have not
yet been made.
> .
Saturday
at a local sanitarium. f~
hie wife. The funera
held at
Greenberg A
ment ^*111 bo at Westvlew.
Mrs. PeloUa Sweeney.
Mr*. Pelotfa Sweeney, wife of EL T.
fling
•HM
Arthur L. 8weet.
Arthur L. Sweet, aged 2«, n
salesman, formerly of Wlffco
wwnif t%f tvnhoid fever at the TaD-
... He lived at 66 Brad-
The funeral will be held at 10
o'clock Sunday morning at Patteraon'o
chapel. Tho Interment will be at West
view. •
■ine tunerai u* Henry C. Leonard, .who
B * ot himself Friday afternoon at his home,
East Merritts-ave., will be held at
2:80 o’clock Sunday afternoon from’ tho
residence. The Interment will be ot West-
view.
ARTISTIC FLORAL DESIGNS
.ATLANTA FLORAL C0. r
41 Peachtree St.
troow , .
I asked two or .three other frlenda of
mine to meet me. After listening to
tho wholo tiling they said It waa safe
In my hand*. Davis and Darrow havo
talked to me since.. They wanted the
caso put their way. They wanted ono
man to go. free ,and the other one to
plead. The inatter of punishment wns a
thing In which I was not Interested. I
knew If It went thru that James B; Me.
Namara would bo found guilty and
hanged. I thought It was a chance tor
him to save his neck and for his brother
to help him nnd maybe save his own.
"Steffens kept going to business men
and other prominent men In town. He
told them of Darrow’s offer. These
men were largely friends of mine. It
was tho old gama of a man trying to
work at another thru the second man's
friendship. They tried to Influence mo
thru my friends. Wednesday nlghi
there was another meeting of the bull-
ness men and Steffens. A friend .of
mine came to me and told me of it. I
told him If he had any Influence with
hla friends that he would better tell
them to run along about their own
business.
"That was the last of these meetings.
After that Darrow and Davis came to
me and we had a short talk.
Frohlhltlon will bb the theme that will
day attemoofi at 3 o'clock.
tor the prohibition cause will oe Held
at the Grand Opera bouBe. It will "be a
public gathering of those who ilo not
want Georgia to return to the control of
the whisky and beer Interests with their
open saloons anil tho accompanying moral 1
degrcdatlon, poverty and crime. It will
be a protest against the efforts In cer
tain quarters to bring. It will be a p.'ea
for the strenmiienlng of the laws against
the sale of intoxicants in Georgia and 10 1
mako these laws such that they can not i
bo evaded thru subterfuge. I
Bolling Jones will preside over this
meeting Dr. 8. It. Belk, president of the
Antl-Bnloon Lengue of Georgia, will In
troduce the principal speaker, who wl
bo Judgo W. A. Covington. Tho sul)
INGS MUST
FEEL SUM'S KNIFE
Tiger Leader Suffered Internal
Injuries When His Automo
bile Turned Turtle.
Scranton, Pa, Dae, 2.—Tho phyil-
clana attending Hughey Jennings, the
mnimger of the Detroit American league
baseball team, who vyas severely In
jured In an automobile smnsh-up, de
cided at noon thnt an operation was
necessary, and Jennings was Imme-
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with its three railroads, its'$500,600 piers and warehouses,
its deep water harbor, its strategic proximity to the Panama
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All improvements now in and paid for. No taxes for 5 years Fash
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the direct line of Pensacola’s greatest value increase. Prices very reasonable
now and terms 1U% cash, balance 1 to 5 years, 6% simple interest
Send the coupon right now for free map of Panama Canal and com
plete information.
CLARK McBRIDE CO.
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8 WALL STREET
Phone Main 3674
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LAWYERS OF LOCAL BAR
TO DINE AT PIEDMONT
Tho annual meeting’nnd banquet of
the Atlanta Bar association will bo
held Saturday night at 7:30 o'clock.in
the main dining room of the Hedmont
hotel. BeporU will be received from
tho preient officers and new officer*
elected for tho ensuing year.
Judgo Emory Speer, of Macon. Ga.,
had accepted the association's Invita
tion to deliver the nddress, but a com
munication has Just been received from
him advising that on account of Illness
Nct.ii>nai/, uiiim jciiiiiiigii wtui im/mr- mill uuvibiub ****** **.* ww-w... . ,
dlatoly removed to tho operating room]ho will be compelled to cancel hla en-
of tho Statd hospital. gagement. Addresses will be made by
5 Illiu nil iittu u isuijii^iuiii. 0
*Wo went over the proposition and
they said they did not think they could -——*—
hnfH men oomo thru Then * tor stealing lard four pall —.
*53?* .SKifa Thnnls. Branch la an employee of K. L. Adams
TVednesdaj night the eve of 1 hanks ^ wholesale Krocers in the L. & N.
giving day—they came again nnd told terminal, and l* accused of having stolen
me that they would accept the terms, the lard at different times. He was bound
“Now, that is the true history of the over to the state courts.
Smith, president of the Georgia Bar
. association, and Eugene M. Mltcheil
marked Becorder Broyic* Saturday morn- * d j. d Kilpatrick, president and vice
ing to John T, Branch, a negro. The re* nmiMnnt rpsnArtivAlv of the local as -
mark was not prompted by any clever rMpeclJve, J r ' 01 ine |OCBI aB
. . UllJ UOtCI _
,t performed by the negro—he was up sociauon.
Ito oflard.
Real estate of all kind* can be disposed
of thru The Georgian. The Georgian real
estate columns can be profitably used by
people who wish,to sell, rent or exchange
property of any kind.
REPUBLICANS GOING
TO CAPITAL MEETING
A party of Goorgta Republicans, com
posed of Henry S. Jackson and Walter
Johnson, of Atlanta, and Henry Blum,
Jr., of Savannah, nnd Phllpot, of Au
gusta, will leave next week for Wash
ington, D. C„ where they will attend
the meetings of tho Republican national
commlttco and the National Republican
league In the New Willard hotel De
cember 12.
Upon their return to Georgia tho time
and location of the Republican state
convention will bo announced and plans
laid for an active campaign for the Re-
publican presidential nominee. It Is be.
llcved that the state convention will be
held In Atlanta, the last having been
held in Macon.
Real estate of all kinds can be disposed
of thru Tho Georgian. The Georgian real
estate columns can be profitably used by
people who wish to sell, rent or exchange
property of any kind.
RUSSELL PEOPLE CLAIM
HE WILL CARRY FULTON
The following statement wan given out
from the IlusseU headquarter# on Satur
day:
“A# the gubernatorial contest draws to
a cIoho the relative strength of the can
didates in Fulton county Is easily de
termined, At the Fulton county head
quarters of Judge Bussell reports receiv
ed from the city wards and the country
precincts of Fulton county fully Justify uh
In predicting that Fulton county's six
voteH will be found In Ji^lge HusseD’a
column.
Tho largo number of member# of our
Sussell will carry every
On account of th# large home circula
tion of The Georgian, its want ads attract
greater attention and bring more results-
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