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m 1 the weather. __Monday nlsht. temperatures . freezing; Tuesday fair and uihtlv warmer. Temperatures Mon- 'if taken at A. K. Hawke. Co.'s s , rn.. 34 degrees: 10 a. m„ 40 degree,; 13 noon- 43 de 8r re es; 2 p. m.. 46 degrees tlanta Georgian 'Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN” AND NEWS “Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN” 8POT COTTON. Atlanta, quiet: 8 15-16. Liverpool, steady; 5.01. New York, quiet; Savannah, quiet: 8 1.116. Augusta, quiet; ft**. Gal veston. quiet; 9* 8 * Norfolk, steady; 8 7 *. Houston, steady: 9Vi. Memphis, steady; 9S* Mobile, easy; 8 V 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 Continued on Last Page, '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 Continued on Last P*g*. 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 Continued on Last Page, 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 Continued on Last Pag*. 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