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the weather. F»lr Tuesday night and Wednesday; iiiehtly warmer. Temperatures Tues- (taken at A. K. Hawkes Co’s •fire): 8 a. m., 38 degrees; 10 a. m.. 42 degrees; 12 noon, 45 degrees; 2 p. m., 4 , degrees. i .VW» ^ -Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS Georgian “Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN SPOT COTTON. Atlanta, quiet; 8 15-16. Liverpool, steady; 5.05, New York, quiet; 0.35. Savannah, steady; 8 16-16. Augusta, steady; 9^4. Galveston, firm; 9-V Norfolk, steady; 8c. Houston, steady; 9*4. Memphis, steady; 9 a ». Mobile, easy; S'*. VOL. X. NO. 107. HOME(4TH) EDITION ATLANTA. OA„ TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1911. HOME (4TH) EDITION PRICE: & «• ££?■?£: i n Annual Message to Congress President Gives His Ideas on Corporation Legislation. KEEP INTACT SHERMAN LAW Anti-Trust Statute Should Not Be Repealed Nor Amended, Declares Message. TO Hm LIFE Clemency Is Extended Dyna miters for Confessing—John J. Gets Fifteen Years. ' FREDERICKS ASKS MERCY Washington, Dee. B.—President Taft gent a special message to congress to d,v dealing exclusively with the trust problem. The president gave his own views on its solution, demanded legis ution to supplement the Sherman anti rust law. and took direct ieeue with criticisms of tho dissolution plan for the American Tobacco Company, as expressed by ex-Presldent Theodora Roosevelt in The Outlook. Among the recommendations made by President -Taft are demands for a law specifically defining "restraint of trade and suppression'of competition, a Federal corporation commission and a Federal incorporation act. He up holds the Sherman law, and defends the results ’of litigation under that measure. In defending tho action of tho United States supreme court In the Standard Oil decision. In reading the word ‘'un reasonable” into tho law. President Taft deplored the agitation for the repeal of the law which has sprung up since the Standard and American Tobacco trusts were dissolved. The message, which contains between «,(M0 and 7,000 words. Is accompanied by numerous extracts from court deci sions to uphold Mr. Taft’s contentions One feature of the message Is con tained In a paragraph In which Presi dent Taft disavows the Intention of the government of confiscating property of offending corporations. The president cans attention to thd fact that Impris onment Is one form of punishment pro vided for In tho anti-trust law for of fenders. Mr. Taft declares that the Hherman law protects business, and says that “the mere slzo of a corporation Is no Bln against the anti-trust law.” In his plea for supplemental legisla tion to the Sherman act, the president says that it would be a great aid to the government In bringing future anti trust sultg because the proceedings could charge a misdemeanor Instead of the cumbersome method of charging a conspiracy and naming an unusually. large number of defendants. Mr. Taft advocates that the bureau ef corporations bo a tribunal of the dignity and power of tho comptroller of the currency, and be modelled after the Interstate commerce commission. He calls the anti-trust law "the ex pression of effort of liberty-loving peo ple to preserve equality of opportuni ty." "For twenty years.” he said, “this statute (Sherman law) was on the statute books. All knew Its general purpose and approved. Many of Its vio lators were cynical over Its assumed Impotence.” To the Senate and .House of Represen tatlves: This messago is the first of several which I shall sem) to congress during the Interval between the opening of Its regular session and Its adjournment for the r-hlfctmas holidays. Tho amount of information to be communicated as to the operations of the government, the number of Important subjects call ing for comment by the executive, and the transmission to congress of exhaus tive reports of special commissions, make It impossible to tneludo In ono message of a reaaonable length a dis cussion of tho topics that ought to bo brought by tho United State* to en- Ifglslaturo at Its first regular session. Anti-Trust Supreme Court Decisions. In May last tho supreme court hand ed down decisions in tho suits In equity brought 'by hthe United States to en join the further maintenance of tho Standard Oil trust and of the American Tobacco trust, and to secure tbcir'dt*- solution. The decisions are epoch- Contlnued on Page Eleven. Brothers Leave for San Quen tin Penitentiary, Where They Will Pay for Crimes. Lot Angeles, Deo. 5.—John Joseph McNamara, former secretary of the Bridge and Btructuyal Iron Workers, today a confessed and sentenced felon, will start tonight with his younger brother, Jaea Bums for Sam Quentin prison. ........ years John J. will serve behind prison walls for his confessed part In dyna miting plots that have reached from ocean to ocean. James B. McNamara, the brother who confessed he did the ."Jobs" his elder brother planned and who said he set the bomb that de stroyed tho building of The Los An geles Times when 21 lives were lost, will spend the rest of his days In con finement. The two men were sentenced today by Judge Walter N. Bordwell In the court room assigned to Judge McCor mick. Led Into court by sheriffs, the two men waited while a clerk was sent scurrying out to get chairs for them. In the excitement of the morning it had been forgotten to save a place for the principal aotora. As they stood before the crowd that filled the court room, their eyes fell. The prison pallor on the face of the younger man had been displaced by a nervous flush. Nerv ously chewing the gum between his teeth, he glanced around the courtroom with quick, cat-like glances, his head drooping forward. Outside the nervous toying with his hands at a watch chain that dangled from hie vest, he displayed no sign of nervousness. A striking figure was John Joseph McNamara, the elder brother—big, strong and distinguished—as he stood waiting for the day's events. Both men were guarded with extreme care. They wore black. J. J. might have been an attorney, to Judge by his appearance. He wore a high collar, around which was wrapped a black tie. Presently the chairs were procured and the men sank Into them, sitting In the most conspicuous part of the room. Presently Judge Bordwell mounted the bench. There was a ettr among the attorneys who had assem bled. Judge Bordwell arrived at 10:16 a. m. accompanied by a strong guard. Judge Bordwell entered his private chambers and took tho bench'at 10:22 o'clock. J. B. McNamara arrived, accompanied by his attorneys. The J. B. McNamara case came up first. ./ At 10:28 o’clock Judge Bordwell asked the prisoner to stand up and give his name. McNamara gavo his name In full as James Burns Mc- Continusd on Last Psgt. mmm Dramatic Scene Enacted in the Wilkes County Court After Murderer Is Resentenced. TO BE EXECUTED TUESDAY Shot That John C. Hollenshead, of Lincoln County, Fired Pierced Negro’s Cheek. Washington. Ga., Dad. 5.—Another sensational chapter In the life of T. B. Walker, twice escaped murderer of Charles S. Hollenshead, of this county, „ occurred at 11 o’clock this morning at McNamara a special session of Wilkes county su- For fifteen perior court, called by Judge B. F. Walker, for the purpose of resentencing Walker to the gallows. Walker Resantenced. After Walker was resentenced to die and time of his execution appointed for this afternoon between 2 and 8 o'clock, John C. Hollenshead, of Lincoln coun ty, brother of the murdered man, at tempted to kill tho negro before he couM be taken back to his cell. Supe rior court room was crowded with white citizens at the time and pando- monium reigned when a pistol shot sounded. Only one shot was fired, that taking effect In Walker’s face, entering his right cheek, going thru his mouth and came out below the left jaw. That Innocent bystanders who almost com pletely surrounded the negro prisoner werq not seriously injured Is considered miraculous. The wounded negro was given prompt medical attention In his cell and Is not too seriously hurt to Interfere wfth the execution of the court’* sentence ‘this afternoon. For a few moments after Hollenshead fired it wa* thought that the negro had made another wild dash for liberty and there was a hasty, exit of a score of men to guard the doors. Jn the meantime Sheriff Bobo • and Deputy Sheriff Callaway, who were standing on either side of the prisoner, made a quick getaway with Walker thru a side door of the. superior court room which led to the new jail In the rear. Crazed by Strain. Photo by Mathewson. A GLIMPSE OF THE DI8PLAY AT THE AUDITITORIUM-ARMORY, ATLANTA TO HAVE AN AWE! Handsome Marble Building Will Be Erected at Pied mont- Park. ar\ ASSOCIATION’S, PLAN Park Board of, City Will. Be Space Necessary.. n« i the foul murder of hi. brother and long days and night, of searching for the negro after his two successful .scapes, John C. Hollenshead. who fired the shot • . . , O„4 at the negro, this morning collapsed ASK6U tOr HeS€rVatlOn 0T and wa, taken from th. court room by half a dozen cltlsenz. H. haa .offered a complete nervous and physical col lRpse and grave fears of nls condition nre entertained. Walker was brought In an auto to Washington from Augusta this morning at daybreak. Judge Walker arrived on the train at 10:30 o’clock and Immediately called court In special session. Just before being taken Into the court room for re sentence Walker was seen by a repre sentatlve of the press and ralteratd hH former statement, that h, Alone was responsible for Hollenshead’s murder. He said he had contemplated the mur der two weeks before committing It, MANY WHL SPEAK El Gubernatorial Campaign Will Close With Oratorical Out s' bursts in Many Towns. Within 40 hours the Democrats of Georgia will be balloting for the three candidates for governor and two for commissioner of commerce and labor, as Thursday. December T, Is the dato get apart by the etato executive com mittee for the primary election to make nominations for these two offices. The candidates and their campaign managers, will make their final efforts on Wednesday preliminary to bring out the vote on Thursday. Tuesday Is also an active day In the political camps. Of the three candidates for governor Pope Brown has the largest number of speakers for the last two days of the campaign. Joe Brown speakings are next In numerical orders with fewer for Judge Russell than cither of his opponents. However, Judge Russell Is the only candidate billed to appear In Pl J?F7 McCarthy and H. M. Stanley, ri val candidates for labor commissioner, are confining their fight to personal work, neither making speches nor hay ing speakers In the field. Some of Mr. McCarthy's friends tn the legislature Continued on Last Pag*. WILL BEEXPOSEO McNamara Brothers Will Re veal Name of Every Man Connected With Crimes. Los Angslts, Deo. 6.—Under terrific pressure, which It la known Is being brought to bear upon them, John J. McNamara, secretary-treasurer of the International Bridge and Structural Iron Workers union, and hts brother, James B. McNamara, will reveal tho name of every member of the "dyna mite circle" which for years has ter rorized the nation, before a Federal grand Jury. They will make a com plete confession In return for lighter sentences. The confessions are expect ed to strike tn very high places and In volve numerous international labor of' ilclals. "Don’t be a squealer.” "Take your medicine and keep your mouth shut.” These are the tenor of message‘after message which has poured upon the McNamaras since James B. admitted blowing up The Los Angeles Times building, killing 21 persons, and Jobn J. McNamara confessed to Instigating the wrecking of the Llewellyn Iron Continued on Lsst Page. ANOTHER NEW POSTOFFICE FOR ATLANTA—OH, WAKE UP! 11, ‘ )'° u went Information about educa- or rashlon’o your passion or you or maybe your hired girt tisTiJs ft a Bred girl or cook has de- uj/I *!h' e h la even worse, there's no ,,, ,n hurrying, flurrying, worrying. If w banished and worry denied cr. * * ,art reading for what you ''UilsIfled Ur Dall> ' Uant ra * C * an '' Uee Georgian Want Ads. Atlanta Is going to have the grandest, ”moit gorgeous,” postofflee building in the world—ilf (a Ion* drawn out If) the story ae published In the local morning newspaper Is true. The building Is to be only 400 feet ■ square, according to the morning paper, land only two stories In height. This Is to cost 7 . Heave a sigh. Who would accuse the government of making such an eKregrl- ous error? It Is going to cost J600.000. It must be that tho govemment In tends studding the building with a few of the pearlerthe ex-sultan of Turkey la selling at a low cost. Or perhaps tho government f> fooling and really Intends to «*ct » J°-story building. That Is about what 8500,000 would buy at the regular rates. Another remarkable thing about that Story In the morning paper: It says that the present floor space Is only 200 square feet. If that le the case, where In the land of Goshen does the postofllce put all of Its carriers? Only 200 square feet means a 20 by 10 build ing! That would be Just about big enough for a couple of mall sacks. There must be something wrong about tho "looks o' things these days,” or else, the world la beginning to grow ity quick. E REAL FACT8. The government Intends to ask the present congress t ©appropriate 850,000 to finish the fifth floor of the present postoffice, and for plastering and mural decorations throughout the entire build, lng. The fifth floor was left uncom pleted when the postoffice was opened, and contains ONE ACRE OF SPACE (not 200 square feet, as the morning pa per says), and will be used by the mall service. IMMEDIATE RESPONSE FOR EMPTY STOCKING Response was Immediate to The Georgian's appeal for the Empty Stock ing fund. Merryman Cross, of 78 Oak-st., who has been the first to contribute every year since The Georgian Instituted the Christmas fund for the orphans, wrote the following letter Monday afternoon right after seeing our appeal: Dear Georgian: I do hope that I am first again to respond to’ your appeal for aid for the little helpless ones. I send 25c to help Thfu the efforts of the members of the Atlanta Art association, a museum, such a* have made art centers of many Eastern an<l N< w England rifles, is to be built in Piedmont park. And the as ■oclation expects to ultimately make Atlanta tho art of tho Roijth, just as the Music Festival association haa made It ther' music center of the South. Officials of tho association will ex plain their plan to the park board Tues day afternoon and ask for a reservation In Piedmont park In which to erect a building. A fire-proof marble or stone structure will be erected so that It con be enlarged later and Its architectural perfection retained. The members of the association realize that they can not complete tlioir whole plan until public Interest has been aroused to Its attractiveness and worth. So they ex pect to erect a small building at first and enlarge it as the public reHponds. The Atlanta Art association Is com posed of art lovers, men and women of wealth and high position. As in other cities, they expect to have the fine works loaned. It woyld.be Im- josslble to purchase a worthy exhibit. Jut when a suitable building is pro vided, wealthy persons will lend their valuable paintings and the general pub lic can feast Its eyes on the works of masters just as tho the public bwned them. Mrs. Samuel M. Inman ,la president'of tho association, and John \V. Grant is treasurer. Samuel N. Evins is rhair- man of the executive committee, and Mr. Evlns will present the request of the association to the park board’. Other prominent' people nre members, and their interest haa reached the point where they Intend to provide a per manent fine arts exhibit for Atlanta and the South. Letters From 300 Members of Congress Defiantly Denounce’ Treaty of 1832. Washington, D«c, 5.—Letters from 300 member* of congress, which will be read In Carnegie hall. New York, to- , flatly and definitely de nouncing the treaty of 1882 with Rus sia, which permits the czar's officials to dishonor American passports when presented by American Hebrews,.is the bombshell which lies beneath what state department officials - term the "most delicate ■ diplomatic question which has come before the United States tn many years.” The announcement today that this great percentage of legislators or the and have come Into the open practi cally demanding the abrogation of the treaty has come as an absolute sur prise here. What Its effset may b* on the rela tions between Russia and the United States, already strained by the Shuster incident In Persia. Is problematical. M. Bahkmetleff, the new Russian en voy, came here. It Is generally believed, with power to discuss tl)e treaty of 1882. Prominent Hebrews throughout the country are urging drastic action to obtain a change in the passport sys-’ tern. them. Hope you will have lots of do nations for them. Sincerely yours, MERRYMAN CROSS. . 76 Oak-st. Merryman was again the first to con tribute after we published the an nouncement. but Miss Mattie Lou Jor dan, of Snndersvllle, wrote on Novem ber 28 and sent half a dollar for the fund. Here are the contributions: Mattie Lou Jordan, Samlersvllle 8 .60 Merryman Cross, 76 Oak-st 25 Charles D. Barker 5.00 Mrs. W. J. Harris 2.00 WRITES CONFESSION SAMUEL GOMPERS GREAT GROWTH Splendid Exhibit Opened to the Public Tuesday Morning at Auditorium-Armory. KNAPP STAR OF FIRST DAY From Three to Four Thousand Farmers Are Expected to Attend the Display. in Short Statement, Accurate Account of Dynamiting Is Made Public. Los Angeles, Deo. 5.—James B. Mc Namara’s brief confession, penned by his own hand late yeatorday and bear ing many evidences of a mom little skilled In letters, was made public to ddy. It Is as follows; James B. McNamara, defendant In tho caso of the people, having here tofore pleaded guilty to tho crime of murder, desire to make this statement of facts; and this Is the truth: President of Labor Federation Says He Has No Fear—His Work Is an Open Book. -•art ti jwsite — ™ Times building, a suit portion of The case containing sixteen sticks of 80 per cent dynamite, set to exploded at 1, o’clock the next morning. It was my Intention to Injure the building and scare the owners. I did not Intend to take the life of any ono. I sincerely regret that theso unfortunate men lost their lives. If the giving of my life would bring them back I would gladly give It. In fact. In pleading guilty to murder In.the first degree, I have placed my life In tho hnnds of the state. (Signed) "JAMES B. M’NAMARA." The confession covers one side of nn ordinary sheet of paper and wa* writ ten with a fountain pen supplied by one of the attorneys. It ,1s probably the only written statement of tho case that will ever be made by the writer, or his brother. PACKERS 1ST FACE DEM ST: PROPERTY JUDGE WEDNESDAY United States Supreme Court Denied Pleas of the Beef Trust Barons. SCENE SHIFTS TO CHICAGO Washington, Dec. 5.—Th© application of the Chicago beef packers to the supreme court of the United States for a stay of the proceedings In their trial for criminal violation of the anti-trust law was denied today. The decision of the court was announced briefly by Chief Justice White, and was without any written opinion. As a result of the decision, the trial of the packers before the district court of Chicago will be resumed tomorrow, the exten* slon of time allowed by Judge Carpen ter to permit packers to appeal to the supreme court expiring at that time. None of the attorneys for the beef packers was In the court room when the chief justice announced the court’s decision. New York, Deo. 5.-—Wan and tired from tho vortex of trouble Into which the confessions of the McNamara brothers In Los Angeles had plunged him, Samuel Gompers. president of the American Federation of Labor, who has been in this city ever since tho dyna miters confessed, prepared today leave for Washington, where Impor tant business relative to the American Federation of Labor awaits his atten tion. being "shadowed” by two.private de tectives employed by William J. Bums, but that he had no fears, for all his acts Were open. "All this talk about a national con spiracy makes mo tired,” said Gompers. "We In tho organized labor movement stand for peace and advancement. We are not a band of bomb throwers. If Bums can 'get anything on us’ let him go ahead. Let the truth speak for it self. As to any personal danger which Burns runt at thu .^hands of members of organized labor, all such talk is non. sense. I was ^recently unanimously elected president of tho American Fed elation of Labor. I shall bo at head quarter* Jn Washington by tonJgbt. Any one who wants me will And me at my desk there. We have 27- rooms at 801 G-ac, Northwest. I am usually In room 508." •. . ■ G0ESAW52A FOOT Hugh Richardson Pays $62, 000 for Realty of the Julius Brown Estate. Georgia’s wealth was Increased $8,- 000,000 In 1911 by the increase of her corn crop from 70,000,000 to 78,000,000 bushels, and the story of this wonder ful development Is told In the splendid exhibits that fill the Audltorlum-Ar* mory. where the Southern Com show opened at 10 o’clock Tuesday morning under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce. Hundreds of persons were present at the formal opening at 10 o’clock, farm ers. boy corn growers, government ex perts, women, girls and some of the. leading business men of Atlanta. By the tlmo the program began at It o'clock every one of the more than 1,000 com exhibits was In place. The great Auditorium was as handsome a picture of the "harvest home" as ever was fashioned, with its wealth of nicely arranged piles of com on the tables, tho grand prize-winning Habersham coun ty apple exhibit, tho handsome array of preserves and canned vegetables, great stalks of cotton heavy with tho fleecy staple, the educational exhibit of the State Agricultural college on the stage, and hundreds of gay flags embellishing the scene. The star speaker of the morning wai Hon. Bradford Knapp, of Washington, chief of the farm demonstration work of the United States department of agriculture. As the government’s sentinel, stand ing on the outposts to observe and de termine the most modern lines of prog- for the nation’s farmers, he told them how to make two plants grow where only one grew before, of the rvelous success of farmers who had adopted scientific methods, thus raising themselves higher in wealth, education nd Influence as citizens. The boll weevil is on its way to Georgia and the raising of more and diversified food crops Is the one sure way of triumph ing over the coming menace. How Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi farm ers have bettered their condition by following the government's advice to diversify, and devote themselves to in tensive culturo was related. Dr. Knapp Arrives. Mr. Knapp arrived at the Auditorium. Armory about 9:30 o’clock nnd was warmly greeted by the demonstrators and farmers. He was gratified at tha magnificent exhibits and the Interest displayed. Georgia was one of the fa vorite states of his father, tho late Dr. Samuel Knapp, who was well known all over the commonwealth and who did much for the betterment of Its farming conditions. F. J. Paxon, president of the Cham ber of Commerce, opened tho Southern Com show at 11 o’clock, In an appro priate address. The program Included the "History of tho Show," by H. G. Hastings, chairman of tho executive committee; "Tho Com Show Move ment," by IT. E. Htookbridge. These- addresses were meaty, full of fnsplra-j tlon and Impressive of the fact that there Is no groater movement In Oeor-s! la than is the purpose of the Southern’ 'om show, which Is to develop better* products and help tho farmers prepare for the coming of the boll weevil. Tha Program. The afternoon and night program* Include: 2 p. m.—(Small lecture room) en tomological conference; "Boll Weevil] Injury and How Tt May Be A voided,’•j W, D. Hunter; "Demonstration Work] of the United States Department 1 Going .tor-$1,252 per front foot, prop erty at 35‘-37-'Decatur-st., part of the estate of the late'Julius Brown, of which ex-Qovemor Joseph M. Brown Is executor, was sold at sheriff's >nb* Tuesday noon to Hugh Richardson for $62,000. The property, which Is situated near the comer of Decatur and Pryor-sts., Is 50x100 feet and is occupied, by two one-story brick stores renting for $3,000 a year. The sale was handled for the Brown estate by A. J. & H. F, West. A. J. it-H. F. West also sold‘ at public auction Tuesday the Gallagher property In Boll ood-ave. to Miss An nie May Gallagher, for ^ $1,950, and property, also a parcel of the Galla gher estate. In Abbott-sL, for $331. The Atlanta Land and Investment Com pany bought the Abbott-st. property. Colonel Graves Here. Colonel John Temple Graves, editor of The Now York American, arrived in Atlanta, suave and smiling, Tuesday and was busy the whole day greeting his hundreds of friends in this city. Colonel Graves will Temain a day or-so. abama; "What the Boll Weevil Will Mean to Georgia," E. L. Worsham. 7:30 p. m.—(Small lecture room) Dissemination of Boll Weevil by Com mercial Agencies," W. E. Hinds, stats; entomologist of Alabama; "Discussion! of Quarantine Laws." Dr. Hunter: dls-*J cussion of quarantine problems also by. members of the transportation compa-j nles, cotton mills, and by cotton seed] crushers. E. Gentry, head of th** government, demonstration work In Georgia and su-j perlntendent of exhibits, stated that ho; expected 3,000 to 4,000 farmers from all* parts of Georgia, about 1,000 women ' nnd girls and some 400 boy com grow ers of the state to attend during the three days session. He Is very proud of the fact that Georgia Increased Its com crop by 8,000,000 bushels In 1911. Mr. Gentry says there are about 4,200- 000 acres In Georgia devoted to corn growing, and during the past year land that formerly produced fourteen bush els of corn to the acre by proper culti vation Increased Its yield to sixteen bushel*. Big Crowds Later. The largest crowds are expected to attend tho Southern Com show Wed nesday and Thursday. Boys belonging to the various com clubs began to ar rive Monday and were coming In ail day Tuesday. Homes were found for them, and four committees met them Continued on Last Page. Business Days Before 16 CHRISTMAS Shop Early and Avoid the Crush