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The Atlanta Georgian
■'Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN"
AND NEWS
’*Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN"
SPOT COTTON.
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quiet and steady; 8'*.
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quiet; 9c. Houston, at
phis, steady; 9*«. Mobf
VOL. X. No. 111.
HOME! 4TH) EDITION
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1911.
HOME(4TH) EDITION PRICK:
MINERS ARE ENTOMBED
MAN WHO MADE GOVERNOR
IS "SOME” CAMPAIGNER
The Empty Stocking
It is Feared Many, if Not All ofj
Them, Have Perished in the
Frightful Disaster.
RESCUERS SENT TO MINE
Men Are Imprisoned in Knox
ville Iron Company’s Mine at
Brycevilie, Tennessee. '
Knoxville, Tenn., Deo. 9.—One hun-
drpd miner* who wore entombed allvo
in the coal mine of the Knoxville Iron
rompany at Brycevlllc>30 mile* north
There; earl* today are believed to
tave perished. The Interior of the
mine Is now burning fiercely and at
noon all rescue work had to be suspend,
ed because of great sheets of flame that
muted from the opening. It 1* feared
that all who escaped death In the ex
plosion have been burned or suffocated
AMlrst it was Bald that there were
too men In the mine, but President Ste
phenson of the company subsequently
learned that about half of the usual
working force was not In the mine at
the time of the disaxter.
The rumble of the explosion brought
great crowds of townspeople^ to the
mine opening. Company officials made
Immediate preparations to organize
rescue operations, but at 9 o oIqcK tho
mine had not been entered.
The town Is In the grip of confusion
and it is expected another half hour or
more will pass before a crew will be
able to attempt tho rescue of the en
tombed miners. ' ,
Brycevilie Is In the heart of a coal
mining region and has a small popula-.
thin, made up principally of the fami
lies of the miners. Relief crows were
Immediately formed, but the men were
unable to penetrato the'ahaft because if
the poisonous fumes which rolled up
wore
It was necessary to station guards
sboui the pit’s mouth to keep back
frantic mimon and relatives of tho en
tombed miners.
The greatest fear was that falls of
slate, resulting from tho detonation, liqd
cut off the air. Th* fan* wen k. q>t
tumping steadily In order to force oxy
gen Into the smoking Bhaft.
The opinion was advanced by expe
rienced miners that the explosion had
been caused either by a careless use of
blasting powder or from the flnro of a
lahi|r-on the cap of one of the men.
Official* of tho Knoxvlllo Iron Com
pany gnve Immediate orders tfmt every
thing possible be done In an attempt to
save tha miners.
R,scus Cars Leava For Mines,
Pittsburg, Pa., Dee. 9.—Engineer J. J.
Rutledge, of the United States bureau
of mines, Pittsburg, and two rescue
ram. crews anil equipment started this
morning for Brycevilie. Tenn., where
Mb miners arc entombed In a mine as a
result of a dust explosion. It wag re
ported at .the United Btates bureau of
mines, arsenal'station, that the rescue
trews from the Knoxville (Tenn.) Fed.
eral station art now at the sceno of tho
disaster. •
lire was believed tY> have followed
the explosion, judging from the vol
umes nf smoke which at .tlmea rolled
from the mouth. Experienced miners
expressed fears that none of the men
had escaped.
So violent was the detonation- that
the earth trembled as tho agitated by
«n earthquake. Nearly all the entombed
men were at work In the shaft In which
'he explosion occurred or In adjacent
Chambers. The day shift had Just gona
1 work when the blast let go.
Mine Threo Miles Deop.
■”he mine la one of the oldest In the
brycevilie section and Is some three
"dips in depth. It backs Into tho Fra-
P ivllle mine, where the terrible explo-
™"' in May, 1902, took place at about
■I |»me time of day or just after the
Continued on Peg* Twelve.
JAMES R. SMITH.
Georgia’s political Warwick Is J. R.
Smith, who managed the campaign of
Governor Joseph M. Brown, leading up
to .tho primary election of Thursday.
Joe Brown 1ms run before the people
.of Georgia three times for governor.
I The flrst time lie won by a big ma
jority. The second ttme he lost by a
big majority and the third time he won
: by a big majority. Tho flrst time, in
i 1908, J. R. Smith managed his cam
paign. The second lime, in 1910. J. R.
Smith did not manage Jits campaign.
On the contrary - he advised Governor
Brown not to run at that time. The
third time J. R. Smith managed his
campaign. Twice Mr. Smith was at
the helm and each time Goverrior
Brown was a victor. Once Mr. Smith
was not In charge and Governor Brown
lost.
The result of Thursday’s primary ro-
! fleets credit upon Mr. Smith’s ability
us a political organizer and an ln-
I defatlgable campaign worker. He sur-
| rounded himself w*lth able lieutenants
, nnd advisers, who were heart and soul
with him for the success or tholr chant
1 plon. Thru correspondence and speak
I Ings a personal appeal was made to
| practically every voter in the state to
support Governor 'Brown. These ap-
‘ peals were backed up with arguments
l that were Ifectlve. The result has been
seen! ’ ,
I Mr. Smith was asked how It came to
1 pass that Governor Brown swept the
small counties so completely. Ho re
plied;
"When they began to quote ’a* Ful
ton- goes so- goes the state’ and both
Pope Brown and Russell began to strain
every point to carry Fulton. I moved
to the woods and began to center our
work on the country vote. That Is why
Governor Brown ran third In Fulton
and ran flret In the country counties.”
I-,t p i > grinding away at whatever you
’'*>■* m »y seem dark and fr(. nils
,. r ; - and matters aill brighten It
to?. ** p an ey * on fickle Miss I'or-
lu,' **, *he passes by. So while you
- L. r nrlln * lust glance very day to
■ *hat our "lgesUrf A4* hare to
ror there may he .something at
bJ3l 1 wu r an grind and he mere suc-
nKr* 0 bear thls ln mind.
L -E GEORGIAN WANT ADS.
DICK-Tfl-DICK NOTE
TO RECEIVE AIRING
Committee on Controller Bay
Controversy Submits Report
and Precipitates a Feud.
MINORITY WILL MAKE FIGHT
Matter Likely To Be Made
Public—Alaskan Legislation
Recommended.
BEEF TRUST JURY
Attorneys for Millionaire Pack
ers Weed Out Undesirables
Saturday Morning.
Washington, Dec. 9/-*The report of
the majority members of the commit
tee which Investigated the famous Con
troller bay controversy was made to
the house today and It promises, to pre.
clpitate a feud on the house floor. Re
publican members are now preparing
to begin battle, for tfie dommlttee re
port Ignores) entirely the “Dlck-to-
Dlck” letter, alleged to have passed be
tween Richard S. Ryan, a promoter, and
SecretaVy Richard Bollinger, Involving
the name of the president and his
brother, Charles P.* Taft.
Congressman Graham, of the Inves
tigating committee, died tho majority
report today. He includes the letter
written by Louis D. Brandels, attorney
for the. committee, which was madq
public a fow days ago and which states
that Ryan has withdrawn his ap
plication for one claim on Controller
_,ay and that consequently no Investi
gation is now needed. •
The majority report, while It Ignores
the •‘DlcK-to-Dlck" letter, recommends
the following legislation affecting Alas
hit j . » .
That hereafter the government shall
reserve In perpetuity title to aR min
eral and coal lands In Alaska, title, to
which has not already passed to some,
ono elso; that the same reservation
shall apply to natural gas and- petro
leum land*. ' , - ' ■ ■ .
That all land patents Issued hereafter
shall contain .a provision reserving to
the Federal government the title; lit
such oil, mineral-petroleum and natural
gas lands, with a right to remove same.
That tlib government shall -giver, fair
nnd even liberal leases of these land* to
proper parties; for development of the
lands so leased.
That a. harbor, and coaling.statlon.bo
developed In Alaska for ■ government
use and that tt be connected, by a gov
ernment- owned railroad with one of the
coaling fields. „ , —
The committee approves the Robinson
bill for the control of Alaska lands,
but recommends that the bill’be amend
ed to Include coal, gas and mineral
**The minority members of the com
mittee arc going to present a minority
report In which they will demand fur
ther airing of the "DIcR-to-DIclk ***-
ter and those responsible for the claim
thnt It existed. Representative Burke,
a Republican member of the committee,
attacked the report of tho majority
members. Mr. Burke brought before
the committee a resolution demanding
the appearance of Mlsa Abbott, who
claimed to have aeen the letter In the
flies of the department.
”1 assume," said Mr. Burke today,
that the majority of the committee
will reject my resolution, and ‘ b “t wj"
end the matter so far as the committee
** "if" wT'eflfort la made to have the
house adopt the majority report. I shall
carry a light against It to the floor and
make a speech telling the whole circum
stances If no such effort Is made,
then I shall go on the floor on the same
day In general debate and present our
*'to °rmae of such a presentation by
Mr Burke. Chairman Graham will re
spond with vigor and enthusiasm, and
the whole "Dick-to-Dick” mystery will
get an airing of tho most thorough sort.
Mlsa Abbott baa never been examined
by the committee. Secretary Fisher
instated early that she bo placed on the
stand and riven the chance to tell her
story Toe minority of the committee
joined In this demand: but the chair
man, Congressman Graham, of Illinois,
Immovable.
did not want Miss Abbott fxam-
n^d until all other feature* of the mat-
EXCUSE FIVE FROM SERVICE
Hope of Completing Panel by
Monday Fades as Veniremen
Undergo Examination.
Chicago, Dec. 9.—Prospective jurors
to pass Anal judgment on tho case of
the - ten Chicago millionaire, packers
charged with violations of tho criminal
provisions of the Sherman anti-trust
act; faded away like snow boforo
summer sun In the tfnlted States dis
trict court today.
Within a few minutes after court had
convened live veniremen were excused
from farther service. One of these was
excused on account of Illness of a child.
The other four were found to havo de
cided opinions on the guilt or Inno
cence of the millionaire defendants.
One venireman was tentatively ao.
cepted after a severe examination at
thr'hands’of former Judge John Bar
ton Payne. • ",
This left tlx men In the Jury box,
who. If Is understood, were acceptable
to both attorneys for tho government
and to attorneys for the millionaire
beef barons. There were more men
In (he box; but six only stood a chance
of serving on the Jury throughout the
trial.
Neither side would Indicate tho
names of the six men thus tentatively
accepted. It waa said that circum
stance* might arise that would make
peremptory 'challenges necessary.
'W. Dougas, the contracting engineer
called to the Jury box Friday, was ex
cused at the opening of court on ac
count of the Illness of Ids little daugh
ter. who Is to submit to a surgical
operation today. R. J. Erskln, of Chi
cago. a life Insurance man called to
All the chair vacated by Douglas, was
excused In less than a minute, aa also
was'George J. Grimm, of Chicago, a
broker. Both men had flxed opinions.
'A. M. Folger. a real estate dealer of
Chicago, waa excused for cause. Au
gust Lueders, an agent of a brewing
company, Chicago, waa excused by con
sent.
The defense used Ita flrst peremptory
challenge during the morning. John
D. Brown, a contractor of Chicago, waa
the man who was peremptorily excused.
Brown had been put thru a severe
grilling, and had satisfactorily answer
ed question after question, but the law
yers for the defense, for some reason,
did not want Brown on the Jury. There
was no way in which he could be chal
lenged for cause. Then the peremp
tory challenge was resorted to, and the
Juror left the box.
Dear Santy, you ain’t never come
To seo uh in our lonely lioitie
Since Mother went, threo years ago,
To rest beneath the -Christrans snow.
Is it because, we soYnatimes think,
Thut pnpa only cares for drink f
And you don't want to visit where
The rooms is always cold and barol
It ain’t true, is it, that your toys
Are just for rich folks’ girls and boyst /
We hope you’ll come again, and so
Our stockin’s waitin’. MAME AND JOE.
—CHARLES HAMILTON MUSGROVE.
Will Urge Railroad Commission
to Adjust Rates for Light
and Power in Atlanta.
COMPETITION IS UNCERTAIN
Two Companies Will Be Asked
to Bid for Supplying Current
to the Municipality. ,
Dreadful bore, buying
presents, Isn't It?
Bobble has so many toya he doesn’t
appreciate them, and Alice would turn
up her nose nt anything less than a set
of whlto furs. It Isn’t a question of
money so much If you know what to
ohooso. .
See that pitiful little ton-cent doll
over ln the corner of the show window!
Tho tiny one. Just In front of the big
French beauty with a $(, price tag on
her dainty frock. Looks ridiculous ln
contrast, doesn’t It?
Wall, that ten-rent doll would bring
more genuine happlnohs to some' little
Atlanta girl than the 26 Importation
would bring to your home with its room
full of toya.
"Well, "If I knew how to reach some
of those poor little folks you Just bet
Christinas lM rend them a baskfiful of toys," you
‘say. Then you forgot oil about It.
Cold hoart7 Not a bit. You Just
don't wnnt to take the trouble or tho
time, anil besides, you wouldn’t know
whore to look for the poor little boys
and girls, nnyway. But you don’t linvo
and tho kind men and woman who are
In chnrgo of It will do the looking; They
will find tho homes where tho stock-.
Ings would otherwlso hang empty.on'
ChrtBtnias morning.. They have found
lots of thorn already and will try to
seal oh out every une.
All you need do Is send the money.
Just as muah as you core toglvo,orJust
as little as you wish—that’s up to you.
But If you read-thls and forgot It, per
haps next Christmas morning when
your bnblcs are playing nbout the big
warm nursery with a wagonload of toys
you'll Huililenly rouuunber—and think of
111" hundreds of fatherless little fellows
In tho side streets and up the alleys
who haven't hardly a real breakfast and
not even a stick of candy to-make them
feel that Christmas Isn’t Just a rich
mini's fenst day.
Here Is the subscription list! ,
Previously acknowledged '..146.70
Blon Griffin, Douglas 28
Ileurge M i 'ole, J!i Allu-uve
Payno - McMurry
Jim and-Bro. Brumby, Marietta..
Daisy Ivy, Wnrrentnn
Lizzie. Lee Shurley, .Warronton... .20
Jean Cantrell 1.00
Marian L. Boehm 1.00
Mrs. M. J. Ives. 648 Washington 1.00
IN DYlfMiE PLOT
Explosive Manufacturer - Gives
Testimony Which May In
volve Prominent Men.
ter had been developed. The commit
tee engaged Louis D. Brandels, tit Bos
ton, as counsel, and following his In
vestigation of the whole situation. II
was derided by tho minority not to ex
amine Miss Abbott. It Is understood
that Miss Abbott’* story was regarded,
after Inquiry, as ao strongly contro
verted that nothing would be gained by
pressing the matter. Messrs. Burke
Mendell and Hanna, the Republicans on
the committee, by no means acquiesced
In this conclusion.
Representative Burke obtained leave
from the house to file a minority report
ithln five days. In the committee
meeting Rurke denounced the majority
report, and demanded that Miss Abbott
be summoned anil required to testify
regard Ihe "DIck-to-DIck" letter.
Burke's motion uas voted down In
nfttec on a .-trlct party vote, the
ix—jiocrati all opposing It.
HE SOLD THEM EXPLOSIVES
Has Identified McManigal and
the McNamara Brothers as
Three of His Customers.
JOE HILL HALL WILL RUN
FI
Tom Hardwick Out for Senate
Seat Against John M. Slaton j
and A. 0. Bacon.
Lot Angeles, Cal., Dee. 9.—J. H. Ktzer,
the Muncie. - Ind., explosive manufac
turer, who unknowingly supplied some
of the national dynamite consplrutors
with high exploalves. In hi* testimony
before the Federal grand Jury here. Is
understood to. have given teatlmony
concerning the Identity of other men
to whom he sold dynamite at various
times, and laid the bas|s on which con
spiracy Indictment* will 'probably be
issued next week. Involving, It Is said,
82 prominent labor men of the United
State*. It la admitted that Klzer la one
of the moat Important wltnaaaes yet
called by the investigators. Several
days ago he identified the two Mc
Namara brothers and O. E. McManigal
as men to whom he' *old dynamite at
various times during the last seven
y *TH!rty additional Federal grand Jury
subpenas have been Uaued here. The
moat Important wltneas to he heard be
fore the grand Jury next Tuesday will
be E A. Olancjr, of San Francisco, flrst
vice president of the International As
sociation of Bridge and Structural Iron
Worker*. Clancy was served In San
Fruncl.-ro with a Federal subpena and
•will be brought here .Monday. For sev-
Continu.d on ?»y. Twelve.
Notices of Sunday Ser
vices in Atlanta churches
appear on page 20.
Joe Hill Hall beat’em all to It. ,
Bibb county’s veteran representative
la a candidate for governor In the 1912
contest. ’ He was a visitor at the capl
tol on Saturday and said he wag cer
tolnly going to., run for.governor next
year. His platform,' he said, would bo
his sixteen years record as a member
of the house. Hu declared he would not
be a "Bibb county candidate; but a can
didate from the state at large.”
"When I begin running.” he contin
ued, "I won’t have to', do like Pope
Brown and Dick Russell did In the
campaign Juet closed. Pope hid to ad
vertise that he had been-a member of
the legislature and Dick had to tell.'em
In his speeches that he had been. Ev
erybody In Georgia already knows I’ve
been In the legislature.”
Joe Hill Hall has been a conspicuous
figure In Georgia legislative circles for
so long that hla absence from the house
would make the sessions taine and un
interesting in comparison with what he
ha* mode them In the past. Repre
sentative Hall announced In The Geor
gian last summer, while the legislature
was In session, that he would not run
again for the houso from Bibb. His
declaration that he will enter the gu
bernatorial contest Is taken as a con
firmation of last summer's statement.
Joe Hill Hall has been a staunch
supporter, nf Governor Joseph M. Brown
and as a candidate for governor wilt
naturally bo looked upon as a repre
sentative of that faction of Georgia
Democracy. Murphy Candler still fig
ures most prominently aa the Hoke
Smith faction's leader, tho it will be
fully three month* before the align
ment* will be drawn with any. degree
of finality.
The Georgian’s announcement on
Friday that Governor John M. Slaton
a prospective candidate for the
United State* senate against Senator
A. O. Baron has created a great deal of
Interest In political circle*. Tho gov
ernor does not deny that he hss fena-
il aspirations.
ivernor Slaton's entry ln the sma
ll . ontest 1 ould be as the repre-en-
Continued on Page Twelve.
PIES AWARDED
Unintentional Violation of the
Rules Prevents Distribution
> ‘ of About $2,500.
ONE EAR CORN WINS $150
Clayton County; Girls Land the
Premium Offered for Best
Exhibit of Canned Goods.
7 Prizes amounting to about $1,950
were awarded in various classes at the
Southern Com show Friday afternoon.
There was a total list of about $4,500
ln prizes offered, but on account of the
fact that the rylea were not strictly
obeyed as printed, about $2,500 of prizes
vould not be awarded.'.
These prises were ready and the of
ficials of the Southem'Com show would
have been glad to have given them to
exhibitors conforming to the rules.
Raturday the 600 exhibits of the Boys
Cora clubs of Georgia, with some of the
Individual exhibits, were loaded In a
car for shipment to Columbia, 8. C.,
where a com show Is scheduled next
week.
Permanent Organization.
Permanent organization of the South
ern Corn show was made, with the
following officers:
F. J. Paxon, president; W. G. Coop
er, secretary; executive committee, H.
G. Hastings, chairman; H. K. Stock-
bridge, \Y. If. Leahy, John E. Murphy
and J. K. Oit; department superintend
ents, E. Gentry, In charge of general
orn exhibits; J. P. Campbell. In charge
if all boys corn club classes; Miss
«Iary F. Creswell, In charge of girls
lining club class; W. J, Dabn-y. In
charge of machinery und agricultural
plements; Professor J. S. Stewart, In
charge of educational exhibit.
Thirty-one years ago C. H. Summer-
ir, of Marietta, began to develop tho
embry variety of corn. By careful
C°ntmued on Page Twelve.
The project of purchasing tho At*
lonta Telephone and Telegraph Com*
pany for the purpose of using its ducts
for the distribution of electric current
was practically abandoned at'the meet-,
ing of the special committee of council
Friday afternoon. But a sub-comm It-*
tee was appointed to go before tho rail.,.'
road commission to seek to get a rul
ing for a lower electric lighting nnd
power rato /or the city and for all prl<
vate consumers. •
It was the very positive opinion of
some of the members of the committee
that the rates now charged In Atlanta
aro too high. But the Central Georgia
Power Company, of Macon, is prepare
Ing to enter the city and compete wltm
the Georgia Railway and Electric Com*
pany. It the rates aro too high with
out competition, the railroad commis-*
slon has the power to lower them. S®
the committee decided to begin wp?H
now to Insure a materially lower rate
by the time of the expiration of thd
present contract, March, 1913.
New Contracts Ahead.
Sofno now contracts are to be made
at once for the new Grady hospital and
the new schools. Tho specific rates for
these buildings will bo taken to the
railroad commission and whatever <le-
eislon Is made <01 them will have a
general application. Tho principal points
on which tho commission will be asked
to rule will be whether tho city of At
lanta is entitled to a better rate than a
private citizen and a reasonable rate
for all current on the basis of Its cost
of production.
The committeo appointed to take the
matter up with the railroad commission
Is composed of Aldlnb Chambers, John
E. McClelland and City Attorney May-
son.
It was further decided that both elec
tric companies should bo asked to bid
ln competition with each other on a
contract to distribute electric power to
all the city’s buildings, the contract to
begin at tho expiration of tho present
oilo. In the event that no real com
petition develops, the city’s chance of
gottlng a lower rato will then rest al
most wholly with tho railroad commis
sion.
Must Work For Future.
But no minor contracts will be mnde
to extend longer than March; 1913, and
then it Is that council expects to get 1
materially I<*\m r rate. Mut the eom*
mltteo realizes that In order to get a
lower rate then, work must be begun
now; And It la considered, an esp< Lilly
opportune time because of the entrance
Into the city of the Central Georgl*
Power Company.
In tho early part of the meeting
Preston Arkwright, president of the
Georgia Railway and Electric Company,
was present. He let the conimltt^o
understand that his company certain!*
intended to continue to do business wills
the city and that It would furnish pow«
er as cheaply as anybody. He denied)
tho statement of City Electrician TurJ
ncr that he dined with W. J. Mhmc<v
president of the Central Georgia Pow
Company, on Thanksgiving day.
The other members of the special'
committeo are Mayor Winn, John Wf*
Grant, Harvey Hatcher and City Elec#
trlclan Turner. * *
SOLDJOR $158,00Q
Auction Held Saturday—The
Creditors Buy in All of the ,
Properties. J
Griffin. Ga„ Dec. 9.—Three, biff entt f,
mills. Involved In li.illknil'try I.rncri'd-'
Ings. were sold at public outcry li’Mi*
today, as follows;
Boyd-Manqham mills, for 170,000;;
Spalding mill*, 848,000, and the Contrail
mills, 840,000. They were bought for
tho creditors by Atlanta repr.villa
tive..
LEUHRMAN IS CAPTAIN •
OF TECTSJ912 TEAM
Hugh Leuhrman. of Memphis. Tenn.,
was on Saturday afternoon elected
captain of the Tech football team for
1618.
Lculmnan is a guard and has plnyeij
three years on the' team.
Business Days
Before
12
CHRISTMAS
Shop Early and
Avoid the Crush