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the weather. Saturday night an.l Sunday. Temperature* Saturday (taken at A. K. Hawke* Co.’s atore); 8 a. m, 61; 10 a. 5* 12 noon. 61; 2 p. m- 63. The Atlanta Georgian ■'Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN" AND NEWS ’*Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN" SPOT COTTON. Atlanta, quiet; 8 T ». 4JPt. New York, »iulct quiet and steady; 8'*. 9%. Galveston, easy; 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