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VOL. X* NO. 106.
HOME(4TH) edition
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1911.
HOME(4TH) EDITION PRICE:
CONGRESS MEETSjROCKEFELLER QUITS MIIW GUILT
Sixty-second Assemblage Be
gan at Noon for Short Pe
riod Before Christmas.
HOKE SMITH TAKES OATH
Many Reports To Be Made on
Probes in Nearly All Depart
ments of Government.
H-!■;. IHIHI H 1-H-H-H-j.
t DEMOCRATIC PROGRAM FOR t
? 8IXTY-SECOND CONGRESS +
| Rcvlalon of tariff to a revenue j-
4* basis. , T
I Economizing on great supply +
1 bills for running the government, •v
4 Amendment to the Sherman 4
4. anti-trust law to strengthen and j*
4* enforce It +
4* Anti-Injunction bill.
+ Contempt of court bill.
4. Bill for automatic compensation +
+ to employees (employer's llabll- +
+ ity bill). +
Washington, Dec. 4.—Staccato raps
from two gavels, one In the hands of
Vice President Sherman In the senate
amt the other-held by : Speaker Champ
Clark In the house, at noon today set
In motion the first regular session of
the sixty-second congress. Tho sessions
were brief today and both houses ad
journed until tomorrow, when tho pres*
Idem's message will be received.
Fully four-fifths of the members were
In their seats when the session opened.
The galleries were crowded with gov
ernment officials and members of the
families of congressmen. Tho gowns
of the women and tho great array of
beautiful flowers upon tho desks of the
members made a pleasing scene.
Five new members took the oath In
the house, but one vacancy still re
mains. It was created by tho death of
E, H. Madison of Kansas. Two now
senators were sworn In, Hoke Smith,
of Georgia and Obedlah Gardiner, of
Maine. ■
The senate adjourned at 12:16 until
2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon.
The drat regular session of the sixty
second congress will establish I
number of now records, among
them one for the number of reports
from spechtl-'rommissloners and inves
tigating bodies which will be made to It.
In addition to the regular program of
legislation, as outlined by the allied
Democrats find insurgent Republicans
and as called for In President Taft's
message^ ounsrosB tvill bo called to act
. t b ust 23 various reports. One of
the most Important of theso Is from tho
tariff board, upon which President Taft
and Republicans In tho Taft wing dc-
•Ire tariff revision to bo molded.
Four reports, two of them dealing
with charges of Irregularity In the elce.
lion of United States eonators, will be
made to the Benate alone.
Nearly twenty separate bodies havo
been at work since the special session
fame to a close, investigating as many
different subjects, under orders to re
port to congress. Tho work of some of
them Is of the utmost Importance to the
entire country and the labors of all are
of more than passing Interest.
Kspeclal Interest Is attached to the
•pedal house committee, headed by
Representative Stanley, of Kentucky,
which has been delving Into the affairs
of the United States Steel Corpora
tion. It was upon a part of tho find
ings of this committee that the govern
ment's dissolution suit against the
steel trust was founded.
Another report of national Interest
snd of more than national Importance
l« that of the national monetary com
mission which was appointed to design
currency reforms which would prevent
panics In this country In the future.
The monetary commission, which was
headed by former United States Sena
tor Nelson ,W. Aldrich, has been at work
for ovsr two years and was ordered to
r, m>rt beforef'January 8.
The mission of some of the probing
'’/alien, especially those Investigating
the elections 6! United States Senator
Continued on Pago Four.
Aged Financier Resigns as
-President and Director of
Standard Oil Company.
ARCHBOLD SUCCEEDS HIM
William Rockefeller, Flagler,
Pratt, Folger and Drake Also
Quit Jobs in Corporation.
New York, Dec. 4.—John D. Rocke
feller today resigned as president and
director of the Standard Oil Company
of New Jersey, the Standard Oil trust.
William Rockefeller, a brother, also
resigned as a director. Other resigna
tions were announced as follows: H. M.
Flagler, as director: John D. Archbold
and C. M. Pratt, as vice presidents: H.
C. Folger. Jr., as secretary, assistant
treasurer and director; E. T. Bedford,
as director; J. Drake, as director; Wil
liam O. Rockefeller, as assistant treas
urer. The board was reduced from
fourteen to nine, and the following of
ficers were elected to take the place of
those who resigned: \ •
President, J. D. Arehbold: vice presl.
dents, A. C. Bedford and W. C. Teagle.
F. H. Bedford was elected a director.
Was Told From Very First That
Brothers Were Guilty of Dy
namiting, It Is Alleged.
BURNS MAKES STATEMENT
Detective Says Leader Tells an
. Untruth When He Declares
He Was Deceived.
Tf
. . ■_ f
His Confession Involves Others
Connected With the Case of
the McNamara Brothers.
Indianapolis, Ind., Dec, 4.—Samuel
Gompers, president of tho American
Federation of Labor, who has been
most bitter in denouncing the McNa-1
mara brothers for what ho terms their i
deception of him. knew almost from
the beginning that James B. and John
J. McNamara .were guilty of the
charges, to which they have now con
fessed, according to William J. Bums,
tho detective who brought about the
arrests and confessions. Burns reiter
ated Jn vigorous language his previous
statements to this effect. In the follow
ing statement:
“When Gompers says he was sur
prised and that the McNamaras had
deceived him in declaring their Inno
cence, he tells what is not true. Mr,
Continued on Last Page.
RECEIVING A BRIBE TO BURN DOWN CITY
Ortie McManigal Makes Con
fession More^Startling Than
Former Statements.
NEEDED MONEY TO LIVE ON
Jury Fee Did Not Equal His
Salary r and He Was the Sole
Support of Family.
Lcs Angel**, Deo. 4<—Three new
names were dragged Into the Jury brib
ery scandal that marked tho sudden
close of the trial of James, B. McNa
mara. Robert Bain, sworn Juror In
the nisr, hlH wife, and an unnamed
agent of the McNamara defense have
played a part In the transaction, accord.
Ing to the confession of the ageh car
penter.
This revelation, published today, has
Increased Interest In the hearing of Bert
H. Franklin, tho defense dctectlvo
charged with having bribed .Venireman
George N. Lockwood. At 10 o'clock
Franklin was summoned to appear be
fore Township Justice Young. Late
yesterday It was agreed by counsel that
a continuance bo granted. The pub
lishing of the statement made by Bain
that he was Involved In the bribery
transactions caused a report today that
tho district attorney would push the
case against Franklin at once, bringing
out the evidence that Is said to con
nect still others, some of ths high-ups
Continued on Last Page.
MMW TO BE
II
Sentence Likely To Be Sus
pended for* Probe of Other
Dynamite Outrages.
Loe Angeles, Dec. 4.—The McNamara
brothers have given no detail, which
would show that they had designs upon
buildings other than The Times and
the Llewellyn Iron Work*, to which
they confessed to dynamiting. Neither
man has confessed other than to plead
guilty. In statement* made to prison
guards, they have Indicated that they
would refuse to make confusions In
volving .other labor men. J. J. Mc
Namara Is quoted ae aaylng: “We will
take our medicine, but won't squeal on
th A l> rumor that received general cir
culation today was that the McNamara
brothers would not be sentenced tomor
row. altho as Judge Bordwell’e order
now stands they must face that ordeal
at 10 a. m. tomorrow. This order Is
subject to modification by the court
and could even be changed, the Judge
consenting by stipulation of the attor
neys In the case.
The reason for the delsy In sentenc
ing the confessed dynamiter* would be
that they are to be used by the dis
trict attorney In the further plots that
are said tb have been discovered. The
district attorney would not definitely
state that this was true. but. coming
after the statements of Detective Bums
yesterday that the only region for
granting clemency to tho men that
could have much weight would be their
willingness to confess In detail and help
crush out the alleged gigantic dyna
mite plot that Involves the eountry.
today's rumor was given considerable
credence. Judge Bordwell wa* not In
L _VrT" l " buy it.” Use Gear- | his chambers early today and could not
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'In t It a dream? And don't It seem
"It came straightway from Paris!"
'oust admit, my dear, that It com-
p.„ * **th them and still more fair Is!
"here did you have to go to for It
I '’"h«re first did you spy It?” "For .
i,■ . 1 fln<l an Ad which tells me I credence. Judge Bordwell wa* not In
and S')—— ‘ - jw- -- M -— “ —
“•in Want ,
1915 WAS YEAR SET APART
Los Angeles Escaped Dettruo
tion by Dynamite and'Fire by
Arrest of Brothers.
Lo, Angeles, D*c. 4.—Tho entire city
of Los Angeles was saved from prob-
ablo total destruction by ‘ dynamiters
thru tho arrest of the McNamaras.
This, according to a heretofore unpub
lished portion of Ortie McManlgnl's
confession, was threatened by the Mc
Namara brothers, after they had blown
up The Los Angeles Times building and
killed 21 employees. McManigal puts
this terrible threat In the . following
words: •
If another dose of dynamite doesn't
unionise Los Angeles, we will blow up
the waterworks and explode enough
mines to burn the city. We can give
them until 1216. and If they haven't
mended their ways by thin we Villi
make that place an example the world
will always remember."
The plan was discussed. McManigal
said, ln-connectlon with his trip to Los
Angeles lost Christmas, when he dyna
mited tho Llewellyn Iron works—the
crime to which John- J. McNamara
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It Appears a Lot of Misunder
standing Figured in Anti
Saloon League Card.
To the Public:
The etatemen _
on Saturday by the officers <
Saloon league. Dr*. S. R. Belk. Charles
W. Daniel and M. J. Cofer, requires an
answer at my hands. It will be a dig
nified answer, because In dealing with
these brethren I pass out of the atmos
phere of political managers Into the
area of Christian fraternity. It will bo
a kind answer, because that will turn
away wrath, and I am associated with
these brethren In matters of vastly
more Importance to me and them than
the politics of the Anti-Saloon league.
It will be a convincing answer, became
the facts of the case reduced to tbelr
essence of truth are capable of being
made clear.
These brethren signed a statement
which unless relieved by them or by
me carries to the public the moral ef
fect of a personal testimony against me
concerning what I have publicly denied
having said In Mr. Woods White's office
on September *. This statement signed
by them would Indicate, unless correct
ed. to the public that they personally
beard me use the words which ( havo
publicly denied having used with refer
ence to Governor BrownV former and
first race for governor In 1208. It ap
pears to recite over their personal slg-
natues occurrences in Mr. Woods
White's office as facts of their personal
observation and hearing.
I beg attention, therefore, to ths fol
lowing statement which Dr. S. R. Belk
authorizes ms to publish:
“Dear Mr. White: In allowing my
name signed to the statement In tho
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Picture t>> i*. b. Manning. Copyright by Tho Inland Printer.
Christmas is only a little way off now.
Santa Clans is n great way off to lots of little tots, and thousands of homes don't - know
him at all. -
There are koines where papa has forgotten to send word to-Santa Claus for years, and
where the stocking is found empty on Christmas morning.
This is not Santa Claus’ fault, for he loves all children alike, but he only goes to homes
where there arc father and mother to loye tho little boys and girls, and send word to Santa
Claus ahead of time. _ J
The Georgian knows Santa Claus, and if all the little boys and girls who can spare their
last year’8 doll, or some shoes, or some money, will send it to us, we will give it to Santa
Clause for the poor little boys and girls who haven’t any papas and mammas and who won’t have
anything in their stockings for Christmas.
Don’t write us any letters asking Santa Claus to come to your house, but write us and
send us ten cents—or more, if you can—for some poor little girl or boy.
EIGHTY-SIX GOUNIIES
I
GEE!
THERE ME 256 COUNTIES
IN STJTfTF FIGURES DOITT
LIE
KING CORN READY
TO MOUNT THRONE
Auditorium-Armory a Scene of
Ceaseless Activity on Mon
day Morning.
500 BOYS CLUB EXHIBITS
Prohibitionist Will Carry That
Many, Says Campaign Man
ager Volney Williams.
LIQUOR BEHIND RUSSELL
Joe Brown Would Tear Down
Progressive Legislation En
acted Under Hoke Smith.
My prediction, based upon report*
from every, county In the state. Is that
Popo Brown will carry 86 counties as
a certainty. In next Thursday's pri
mary," said Volney Williams, campaign
manager for Popo Brown, on Monday
Theso are distributed by congressional
districts ns fallows:
First Congressional District—Pope
Brown 4.
Second Congressional District—Pope
Brown 6. _
Third Congressional District—Popo
Brown 11. _ _
“Fourth Congressional District—Pope
Brown 8.
"Fifth Congressional District—Pope
Brown 4.
■'Sixth Congressional District—Popo
Brown 16.
"Seventh Congressional District—
Popo Brown 8.
"Eighth Congressional District—Pop*
Brown 8.
"Ninth Congressional Dlstrlct^Pope
Brown 8
'Tenth Congressional District—Pope
Brown 4.
"Eleventh Congressional . District—
Popo Brown 2.
"Twelfth Congressional District—
Popo Brown 2.
"Total Counties—Pop* Brown 86.
"This estimate puts 22 counties In the
doubtful column. It Is reasonable tp
suppose that Pope Brown will carry the
share of the doubtful counties, which
would give him a total of 92 counties.
"In addition to the reports from all
over the state which give abundance
of assurance that Popo Brown will be
elected, there are certain ethical fact*
that make us doubly sure of his elec
tion.
People Not Reactionary.
In tho first place, tho people of
Georgia are not reactionary. Espe
cially Is this true when normal rendi
tions prevail, as now exist. Both the
other candidates are reactlonarlea Rus
sell wants to bring back an Immoral
condition that existed ten, twenty, thir
ty yean ago, when liquor and rowdy
ism were rampant In the country dis
tricts of Georgia, as well os In the
cities. He wants to commercialize tho
education of our children of Georgia,
and make It dependent on llquoriem for
Its support.
'The fact Is, Russell Is simply the
agent In this campaign for the distil
lers His campaign Is practically In tbs
hands of the liquor itrusts, and Mr.
Charles Lewis, the agent In title city
for the liquor dealers association. Is
sending nut 21,000 pieces of literature
dally with Russell'* name to It. It Is
all stamped with a robber stamp. This
Continued on Last Page.
Rjjssell Manager Says "Plain Dick” Will Carry 92; J.-Pope
Brown’s Office Claims 86, and “Little Joe’s” Organ De
clares the Former Governor Will Get the Other 78.
In the home stretch are tho three
candidates entered In tho present
gubernatorial raco In eGorgla. They
have passed the last turn, and are
"beating It” to tho wire under spur and
whip.
Thursday, December 7. see* tho end
of the race, when the whits Democratic
voter* of Georgia will cast their bal
lots for their choice for governor to
serve out that part of Hoke Smith’s
unexplrod term that will remain from
January 26, the day the new governor
will ho Inaugurated. .
That there will not bo a tun-away
finish for any one of the three candi
dates Is apparent to a dose observer
of the campaign.
It appears that the winner will poll
a' unit vote of not exceeding 160, and
tho third man will be class to the 100
mark. Tho race will be won In the
small two-voto counties, as the three
candidates are expected about evenly
to divide tho 32 largo counties, six of
which haxe six unit votes each and
26 two units each. Theso 32 counties
have 140 unlta. The remaining 114
, I unities have 22S units. The candidate
who can get 45 to 60 of these counties
should Win, and It looks certain that
Pope Brown will round up at least 50
of them.
Some Strength to These Claims.
If the claims made for tho ttece can-
ili'hites nil*>ii 1 *1 prove true It would re
quire 110 more counties than thero are
In Georgia to go around. There are
but 146 Georgia counties, while a total
of 256 aro claimed for tho three camps.
The Russell people top ..tho list with
Continued on L.aat Pag*.
New York Congressman Cre
ates Sensation on Floor of
House First Day.
Washington, Deo. 4.—Asserting his
Independence of "ths Intolerant outsldo
Influences represented by William J.
Bryan,” and mercilessly scoring others
who have criticised his attitude in the
steel trust Investigation. Congressman
Martin W. Littleton, a New York Dem
ocrat, delivered A sensational and bitter
speech on the floor of the house this
afternoon.
The New York member, who became
famous as a criminal lawyer and who
saved Harry K. Thaw from the electric
chair, was In no trifling mood. He
arose to a question of personal privi
lege Immediately after ths formalities
of opening the new session of congress
the house. Readlqg. from a news
paper attack published In The New
York Press, which accused Littleton
of being "an ally of the steel trust,” be
cause he wanted to curtail the scope of
the Stanley committee’s Investigation,
Mr. Littleton' launched Into air Indig
nant excoriation of his critics.
The shafts of his earnest eloquence
were especially directed toward Henry
B. Martin, secretary of the National
Anti-Trust league, whom Littleton
charges with inspiring the newspaper
attack to aid bear Interests In Wall
Street. Martin has been frequently
seen about the steel Investigating com
mittee rooma altho having no official
connection with ths Investigation.
Referring to the anti-trust league,
whose secretary, he said, has circu
lated false statements that misled
even William Jennings Bryan, Con
gressman Littleton said:
’This league secretary, who Is Henry
Continued on Last Page,
Prominent and Highly Respect
ed Citizen Meets an Awful
Death Sunday Night.
M. R. Emmons, capitalist and one of
Atlanta’s best known and most respect
ed citizens, died at 10 o’clock Sunday
night as the result of taking carbolic
acid thru mjstake. .. ..
Mr. Emmons was alone In his.home,
794 Peachtree-st.. at the time - and took
the acid thinking It was an Iron tonic
which for some time he had been ac
customed to take. When he discovered
Ms error he left a short note pinned to
hls breast, which was.later found, by
hls wife.
The note which was 1 written In a
shaky and barely legible hand, read:
"Have taken wrong medicine by mis
take; thought I had Iron tonic. Can’t
phone or call for help—too weak, very
wealr.—M. R. EmmonB."
He had suffered with an affection of
hls throat lately and had been accus
tomed to take tho Iron tonic Just be
fore retiring. .
The medicine chest from which he
took ths fatal bottle of acid contained
two bottles similar In shape and size.
One bottle contained the acid and the
other hls tonic, and It Is thought that
after getting ready to retire ho had
icked up the wrong bottle. To save
Is teeth and to prevent the bitter taste
of the tonic, Mr. Emmons took the tonic
thru a small glass tube. The tube prob
ably prevented the first burning of hls
lips which might have warned him In
time, and It is believed that he gulped
the acid down In one swallow, as he
frequently did the bitter medicine.
In a few moments he was too much
overcome i" rlie* and reach the tcle-|
phone or call for help, and took the
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Show Opens Tuesday Morning
at 10 O’clock—Displays Are
All Ready.
’Corn Is King” at the Auditorium-
Armory, for a wealth of the finest rip
ened ears of grain ever grown In Dixie
Is being arranged Monday In Its proper
place for the great exhibit of the South
ern Corn show, which formally opens
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock.
Thero will be over 1,000 exhibits of
corn, piles of great, vigorous, husky
ears full-grained and representing the
development of years. All the scien
tific triumph of the United States de
partment of agriculture, the brainiest
efforts of state agricultural colleges, and
the best results of ambitious and ener
getic men and boys of the South will be
represented In the wholesome exhib
its.
Boys Clubs Exhibits.
As one enters the big auditorium he
will see on the right over 500 exhibits
of the Boys Corn clubs. On the left
will bo tho separato exhibits of Indi
vidual men and boys.
And Just aa attractive as the snowy,
pearly grain will bo tho splendid show
ing of the four Girls Canning clubs, of
Clarke, Bartow, Clayton and DeKaib
counties, under tho supervision of Miss
Mary E. Cresswell, of Athens, tho spe
cial agent of the government In that
line. Preserves of tho most tempting
and appetizing varieties arc arrayed
in theso exhibits.
The Auditorium-Armory was a busy
beehive Monday. There were officers,
government demonstrators, farmers,
scores of boys, and numbers of girls
arranging'the choicest products of th*»
year's harvest—all hustling to and fro,
rushing the work to completion for tho
opening.
Stockbridge and Gantry Busy.
Dr. H. E. Stockbridge, of the execu
tive committee, In charge, of entries and
exhibits, was here, there and every
where. Every moment of hls time was
taken up In giving instructions and
lending advice to the exhibitors. E.
Gentry, superintendent of exhibits, and
charge of Undo Sam's demonstra
tion agents in Georgia, was overwhelm,
ed with various duties. Among the
other government demonstration agents
were C. A. Bobb, of Mississippi; T. A.
Early, Tennessee and Arkansas; J. Phil
Cumpbell, Georgia and South Carolina,
and Miss Mary E. Cresswell.
Tho work of executive committee is
arranged like a commission govern
ment. IL G. Hastings Is chairman In
charge of general executive work; I!.
E. Stockbridge, entries and exhibits;
\V. H. Leahy, transportation.and pro
motion; John C. Murphy, finance, and
J. K. Orr, general work.
Thero are organized boys corn clubs
In Georgia, and soino 450 boys will be
In attendance during the show'.
Over 100 women and girls from all
parts of Georgia, members of the Girls
Canning clubs, aro expected.
Many States Represented.
Thero aro Individual exhibits from
Georgia, Louisiana, Virginia, Tennes
see, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama,
Florida, Texas and tho two Carolina*.
Tho Old North State leads In the num
ber of separate exhibits next to Geor
gia. There are about ten varieties of
com in the more than 1,000 different ex
hibits of that cereal.
The show begins Tuesday and ends
Friday. The Judges are Professors
Venattar, of Athens, and W. F, Dugger,
of Auburn, Ala..
This year, Jerry Moore, tho South
Carolina boy who won the champion
ship In 1910, did not “come back" with
a winning record, lie will possihly be
In attendance. Tho championship this
year went to a • Mississippi boy, who
raised 227 bushels to tho acre. Georgia
was but a shade short of this, for Ben
Leath raised 226 bushels and 36 pounds
to tho aero. North Carolina grew 225
bushels and Alabama 224 bushels.
Knapp Speaks Tuesday.
Tuesday Bradford Knapji, of Wash
ington, chief of the demonstration
work, will bo the star speaker. The
boll weevil experts will have a pro
gram led by W. C. Worsham, the
Georgia state entomologist.
Wednesday, E. Gentry expects at
least 47 of tho 61 Georgia county dem
onstration agents to be present.
The printed program will be ready
for distribution Tuesday.
CHILDREN THREATENED
BY FLAMJSH10M GRATE
Out of a number of fires Sunday, only
In one case was human life threatened,
when tho young children of Mr. and Mrs
H. B. Wilson, were left alon* Sunday
afternoon at tho family home, 19 Hunnl-
cutt-st. The children were said to be
playing around the hearth, and *et the
rug on fire. They were taken out be
fore tho firemen arrived. The damage to
the building was small.
In the West End Presbyterian church
an overheated furnace caused a small
blaze In the basement shortly after 10
o'clock Sunday morning. The (lames were
discovered In time and were put out be
fore the fire had left the basement.
SW Business Days
A m Before
CHRISTMAS
Shop Early and
Avoid the Crush