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SPOT COTTON. Atlanta, quiet: 8 11-16. Augusta, steady: 8V • vestnti, stonily; y'4. Norfolk, ate* 8 13-16. Houston, steady: f*c. Memr Steady; 9H., Mobile, ateady; 8 11-16. In Atlanta. TWO CENTS. On Trains. FIVE CENTS. HOME (4TH) EDITION PRICE ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1911 HOME (4TH) EDITION A Georgia Rhode Islander A LIFE PRISONER GIVES TO EMPTY STOCKING FUND At the Republican Powwow Subscriptions Received. Previously acknowledged ;.J A friend Cash A friend Phoebe Prloleau Rhett .. .. . • S. B. Turman Dorothy Jeannette Wild man .... Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Copton, Leslie Dan Wilson Dougherty Darum Sutherland Bates, age three weeks, Cleveland, Ohio .. Georgian “Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN’ AND NEWS “Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN' jourt Decisions Show Effect iveness of Statute to Accom plish Purposes Intended. REPORT MADE PUBLIC Attorney General Reviews His tory of the Famous Oil and Tobacco Trust Cases. * Wi.Hington, Dec. 14.—That ths do- ririoM Of the United States supremo court In the Standard Oil and To rero truat cases "have fully demon- ,trated the effectiveness of the Sher man nntl-trust laiv to accomplish the aurpoaes for which It was enacted Is Sue opinion expressed by Attorney Gen eral Wlrkersham In. his annual report ■rhlch was made public today. "The court In these decisions, says ill. report, “rejected a literal Interpre- Utlnn of the net which would have brought within its condemnation every agreement which, in nny respect what ever, restrained competition, and hold ing that a reasonable construction must be given to Us language, recited that tint every incidental or Immaterial re- itralnt of competition was a restraint of trade within Its meaning, but that a contract combination or conspiracy, .n order to fall within the law, must im pose a direct and undue restraint upon commerce between tho states with for eign countries.” .... The attorney gepernl reviews the his tory of these two cases at length, and nates that In the tobacco case tho su preme court was confronted by a far more Intricate problem than In the Standard Oil case. He sets his stamp of approval on the reorganization plan of the Tobacco trust, which was re cently affirmed by the circuit court. In this connection he aays: “In my opinion tho plan which has been approved by the circuit court will accomplish the object! of tho law, and tho various in junction provisions embodied In the de cree of the circuit court will effectively ■ ■ ; I ; rev, lit a tvrnrrimo In tile future of those agreements and condi tion., which In tho past liavo been found to be essential to the creation and maintenance of monopolistic con dition.” In connectionWith the reorganization plan.., (he attorney general states that neither the courts nor tho department of Justice la properly equipped to work out nueh problems, and recommends functions of the bureau of corporations be enlarged so ns to ena ble that body to act in an advisory rapacity to tho department of Justice. •It presont tho bureau of corporations li organized with sole purpose of gath ering Information and data to enable the president to make recommonda- tlena to congress of legislation looking tewtrd tho control of corporations. Tho tttorney general'thinks, however, that If their powers were enlarged In ac- eordanca with hls recommendations, it would prove of exceptional help In llilntegrating corporations that had keen adjudged as violating tho anti trust law. Fourteen proceedings under tha anti trust law have been Instituted since nit against tho United States Steel Corportaton. tho shoo machinery trust, eugar trust, magazine trust, electric Itmp combination and tho lumber trust. ■ Under the Hepburn and Elkina Inter nals commerce law thero have been IS prosecutions for Illegal discrimina tion and rebates. According to tho report, the expenses of the department during tho last fiscal *ar, Including: tho offices of tho attor- k> general, district attorneys, asstst- mte, etc, amounted to 13,2:3,773.89. There was actually collected arid paid Into the treasury of tho United States us a reeult of suits brought or com promised by the department tho sum of $3,487,095-39; In addition tile sunt of J7.020.12 was collected by tho so- leltop of tho treasury as compromise of lulm. not In suit, making an aggregate »H Of 94,304,115.51. The grand total I* *11 appropriation for the department courts was $10,351,113.95 for tho '•ral year. In ipeaktng of tho excellent work Continued on Last Pag*. «SI»1 afford to marry there Is neS- tf> tarry, for you can find ? , our ads the means to satisfy rat fad* as well as your no,-, esliie.s— ‘"“can marry when you please; for : • fire, position .lie !>• re f. • f your condition. CEORGIAN WANT AD3. Photo by Harris & Ewing. „ . . „ , Former Governor John F. Hill of Maine ie at the left and William Hayward it at the right. The former succeeds Frank R. Hitchcock as chairman of the national Republican committee. Hayward is secretary. WOMEN’S WAILS STILL ECHO IN EARS OF MINE RESCUER Joseph Logan, Returned From Red Cross Mission, Describes Scene at Briceville—No More Men Will Be Found Alive. Brave Women and Children Face Terrible Future. I—W--W--9—9—♦—f—f—t—t- r%*s*n*n • rv + RELIEF FUND FROM * ATLANTANS IS NEEDED * BY THE SUFFERERS + 4* Tho letter of Mr. Logan, who 4» •P rotumed from the sceno of tho -I- + disaster Wednesday, was written 4- -I- us information at our request. 4* 4- Tho great calamity which has *r + befallen our sister stato should 4- 4- appeal to the hearts of tho cltl- 4* 4* zona of Atlanta, and especially to T 4- those who were former Tonnes- 4* 4- soeans. If any of our friends can 4- 4- help In this cause, plcaso send 4* 4- checks, promptly to Robert J. 4- ■ 1 - —will receipt 4- Lowry, chairman, who ’ 4* YVc will unitedly endeavor to see + 4- that all funds received go thru v 4- practical hands, where tho best re- *;* 4- suits can bo obtained. 4. ROBERT J. LOWRY. * JOHN L. HOPKINS. 4. WILLIAM T. NEWMAN. + GEOROE W. PARROTT. 4- SAMUEL M. INMAN. "When the last word has been print ed about the Briceville mine disaster: when tho last victim has been found and buried, a new force of miners are again, with their lives in their hands, bringing forth tho ever-desired mineral from Tennessee's soli, one thing wilt re main In tho memory of those who wont to tho sceno of tho disaster, crowding out oven tho sight of tho terribly man gled corpses us they were brought from tho wrecked mine—tho walls of the wives and tho cries of the children of the stricken miners ns they crowded about tho mouth of tho mine, awaiting aomo word of 'their man,’" says Joseph C. Logan, secretary of tho Atlanta As sociated Charities, who was called to the mine Immediately after tho disaster to take charge of tho Red Cross relief work. Less than twelve hours after the ex plosion at the mine had occurred Mr. Logan received the following telegram from Miss Mabel Boardman, chairman of the national relief board of the Red Cross society "If posslblo proceed at once to Brica- vllle, Tenn, and offer Red Cross assist. anee to mlno disaster sufferers.' In less than twelve hours after re ceiving the telegram Mr. Logan hnd ar rived at tho mouth of tho devastated mine. The Wells of Women. As hq drove over tho flve-mlle road from the railroad station to the mouth of the mine ho heard a sound which Continued on Lest Pegs. SUSPECTED OF PLOT Confessions of Private Quirk to Dynamiting at Fort Riley Ensnares Several. Junction City, Ksns., Dec. '♦•—Army officers at Fort Riley declared today that tho Federal authorities had un-, der observation several persons Impli cated In the recent dynamite explo sions at Fort Riley and that additional arrests might bo expected at any mo ment. Altho . the officers would not permit themselves to be quoted, it declared that the persons under.survell- lance are , prominent and the arrest would cause a sensation. The Investigation has been going on some time, but It was not until after tho Rev. Charles M. Brewer, former army chaplain at Fort Riley but now pastor of a church at Olustce. OkU., and Mrs. Anna Jordan, of Kansas City, had been arrested by Federal authori ties that Colonel BHiD. Hoyle, . com mandant at Fort Riley, gave out the confession of Private Michael Quirk. Quirk in this confession sa d ^e,per formed the work of dynamiting at the Instigation of the Rev. Mr,»Brewer, instigation of the uev. »»r. urewer, who Bought revenge, becauaejie 'had been courtmartialed and discharged from the army for conduct unbecoming an officer. ". Quirk, In hls confession, which was mode to Colonel Hoyle, said 'that he blew up the bridge - across the Kaw river, June 24 last, and that he blew up the cavalry stable, June 10, when 25 cavalry-horses were burned to death. He said also that ho blew up the water main which supplied the post with " Mrs. Anna Jordan, Implicated by Quirk, Is the wife of a convict In the Federal penitentiary at Fort Leayen- worth. Quirk. In hls confession, al- leg. d he met the ex-chaplain end Mrs. Jordan In an automobile on the road between Junction city and Vert Riley. (1 Brewer told him they were on ay to blow up the bridge and him to go along. CHRISTMAS RAFFLERS II Order to Stop Them Will Be Carried Out—Cigar Dealers Haye Big Stock on Hand. Scores of Atlanta cigar dealers who loaded up with between $200,000 and $300,000 In .cigars, pipes, .candy, fruit cakes and other valuables, expecting to rattls the goods, ar« up In the. air a* to whother to take further chances to rid themselves of these stocks or acquiesce in tho. order of *ho grand Jury Wednes day jtftscnoon that.alL'he raffles stop tnstanter and be dlicontinued. The ultimatum of the grand Jury went to the chief of police, who at once conferred .with Mayor Winn,.-and.then the police stopped the wholesale raf- fling. An Appeal For Mercy. . Twenty-flvo of the cigar dealers waited on Mayor Winn Thursday morning, "Tho city will do nothing antagonistic to the state authorities," was-the reply of the mayor. Then the delegation called on Solici tor General Hugh M. Dorsey. "It Is up to the grand Jury,” said that official. The delegation thpn set out to And, the committee of the grand Jury In charge of this matter. Foreman John J. Eagan. E. M. Horine and Frank Lake. Little comfort is expected at that source,, for the grand Jury had Chief of Police Beavers, of the city, and Zack Rowan, of the county force, before It Thursday morning and gave them fur ther orders tovalop the raffling. Thero is no chance that the lid will be lifted. . ‘ Attorneys Are Consulted. Thursday morning at 10 o'clock there was a conference of some 25 of tho cigar dealers In Batchelor & Higdon's law oltlces, 1016 Empire building, to discuss the matter and determine what action should be taken to continue the raffling thru the Christmas holidays. The dealers w»re very Indignant and ,, I r I.—t ageinn- I 1 :- raffling stop Continued on Last Page. OF U. S. CONGRESS Sulzer Resolution Denouncing Treatment of American Jews Passed Wednesday. THE VOTE WAS 300 TO 1 Now Up to Senate to Instruct the President to Abrogate ■' Treaty of 1832. Washington. Dsc. 14.—With tho res olution of Senator Culberson, of Texas, before it and tb| Sulzer resolution which passod the liouae yesterday ready to bo transmitted, the United States senate Will determine whether or not the Russian treaty of 1832 will be abro gated. The Culberson measure Is prac tlcally the same as the Sulzer In Its meaning. It calls upon President Taft to give tho required one. year’s notice to the Muscovite government to end th treaty whtcli has stood for *0 year., be cause of Russia's attitude toward Jew- Ish-American citizens. The victory in tho house yesterday was overwhelming, as only ono repre sentative ventured to vote against Its passage. He was Representative Mal- by, of Now York. Throe hundred vot'-s were cast In the affirmative. An attempt led by Representative Olmsted, of Pennsylvania, to modify tho Sulzer resolution so as to avoid making tho direct charge that Russln has violated tho treaty In refusing to recognlzo tho passports of American Jena was defeated 184 to 115. Promt nent Republicans declared that the house should not go on record as charging a violation of tho treaty, but should adopt language stating that Russia bad so construed tho treaty that the United States could no longer be a parly to It. “The sentiments announced here to day," declared Republican Leader Mann, "are such that if they were uttered in another parliamentary body they might bring much resentment and would pro- voko war.” Mr. Mann added that If the United States asserted that a discrimination against races was a violation of a treaty, It might weaken Its orwn atti tude toward the exclusion of Orientals. The debate In the house bristled with charges that Russia's attitude was an olTense against the United States, and that her oxcluslon of American Jew* who bore properly certified passports was an affront to this government. Rep. resentatlvo McCall, of Massachusetts, said tho matter ought not to be noted upon by tho house until It had bc-n submitted to arbitration between the twojcountrlcs. Representative Long- worth. of Ohio, Insisted that the "time for arbitration has gono by and tha time for action has cotne.” "This ought not to be considered In any way an affront to Russia." - said Mr. Longworth. "Tho United States desites the frlendslp of Russia, but this question Is above dnd beyond friendship; It Is a question of national honor." Mr. Mann endeavored to have the Joint resolution amended so as to as sert the continued right of the United States to discriminate against for eigners on account of race. All amendments fD.the resolution were overwhelmingly beaten. The resolution passed declares that 'tho government of the United States will not be a party to any treaty which discriminates, or which by one of the parties thereto Is s<, construed as to discriminate between American citizens on the ground of race or re ligion;" and It adds: ’ "Tho government of Russia ha* vio lated- the treaty between'the United States and Russia, concluded at St. Petersburg December 18, 1832, refus ing to honor American passports duly Issued to American citizens on account of race and religion; and in the Judg ment of the congress the said treaty for the reasons aforesaid, ought to be terminated at tho earliest posslblo time.” Business Days Before CHRISTMAS Shop Early and Avoid the Crush This magnificent Rhode Island Red cock, owned by J. Nephew, of At lanta, won firet prize at the poultry show. MINSTRELS BEHIND BARS MAKE PRISONERS MERRY Negro Convicts Sing “Alexander’s Ragtime Band’’ and Dance Until Audience Roars With Delight—Prison Jokes Make a Hit—Touch of Pathos in “Home and Mother” Song. “Ladles and gentlemen; 1 present the U. 8. P- Quartet, the greatest quartet In captivity." , „„ Did y6u get that "In captivity? That's the gag. That’s why the au dience of 300 chuckled and roared, and then broke into a yell. But vou'd have to bo one of them to see the Joke, if there Is any Joke In being a guest at the Federal. It was tho first minstrel show of the United States prison. In the suburbs of Atlanta; the time, Thursday morning at 9:80 o'clock; the place, tho big chap, cl. The Interlocutor wns an ex-theater manager serving a term for getting mixed up In a got-rich-qulck scheme; the orchestra, tho prison’s own band; the minstrels, 30 negro convicts who sang and danced as merrily as tho they were at a barbecue. It was planned and executed by tho prisoners themselves. It wasn't open to the public, but the officials invited two or three friends to be present. The stago, filled with a croaccnt of minstrel* In natural black-faco, their mouths stretched In a grin of delight; the Interlocutor, In a white uniform, upon hls dais In the center; the orches tra sawing away at a ragtime overture, while Jake Matthlesaon, familiar to every vaudeville lover, pounded the piano with one hand and waved a baton with the other—nil this was natural enough until you turned for a study of the audience. Then It seemed un canny. And Such An Audience. Long rows of men and boys In th prison blue, their backs ndomed with the insignia "U. S. P..” nnd the same emblom blazoned on trouser-knees and shoes: grizzled veterans of perhaps a hundred crimes, youthful prisoners caught perhaps In their Arst offenso against society, and sent up for a year or two—sharp-eyed foreigners, who found America tho land of the free only for the Innocent or the uncaught; ne groes from tho slums and from the corn-Aeld—verily a motley throng. Many of them had heard real minstrels, from tho days of Primrose to the frills of Cohan; some o of the moun taineers were having their Arst Intro duction to buck-dancing and ragtime; but. they nil yielded sooner or later to the infection of tho hour, nnd laughed and cheered at some sly dig at the pris on or a bit of song which suited their fancy. Very little lamp-black was needed for this performance, for tho "talent” was all negro, except the Interlocutor, who had been busy for a month at hls old profession of theatricals and who show- Continued on Last Page. IN A JACKSON THEATER Negro Confessed to Murder of Jesse Singley Before Paying Death Penalty. Jackson, Ga., Dsc. 14.—Bill Tumor, confessed murderer of Jesse Single/, was hanged her* today at 11:54 o'clock. The trap was sprung and Ave minutes later he was pronounced dead and tho hody waa cut down at 12:03 o’clock. Tho execution was In- Kinks opera house and was witnessed only by offi cers, newspaper men and relatives :of Singley. who was killed. .- The negro confessed to the murder Wednesday afternoon', saying he Ared all of the shots and denied hls boys were guilty. In a statement Just before being taken from the Jail to the place of execution. Turner warned the mem bers of hls race against whisky drink ing. He was cool and collected to the last. An immense crowd waa present to get look at the negro as he was taken out f the Jail. CARMEN’S STRIKE LEADER IS ACQUITTED OF CHARGES Philadelphia, Dec. 14.—Clarence O. Pratt, leader of the carmen's strike In 1910. was acquitted today of charges of conspiracy and Inciting riots. HYDE JURY DISMISSED; NEW TRIAL IN JANUARY Kansas City, Mo.. Dsc. 14—Judge Porterfield at 1:30 a m. dismissed the Jury In the Hyde trial. This means an entire ne" trial • f Dr. Hyde, which wui set for January 3. TRUSTS THE CAUSE L Louis Brandeis Speaks to Sen ate Committee, Urging the Crushing of Monopolies. Washington, Deo. 14.—Making the di rect charge that the methods of gigantic monopolies ‘are causing t a spread, of dangerous unrest throughout the Unit ed States,' Attorney Louts _D. Brandeis today appeared,before the'eenate com mittee on . Interstate commerce and spoke In favor ot the LoFollatte bill, which Is designed to curb the growth of trusts. _ L ,., , . ,, Mr. Brandeis explained that It. la not the object of those supporting the. La- Follette bill to kilt tho Sherman anti trust act, but to add to It In order to make It more' effective. . The moat menacing trust,' said Mr. Brandeis, . Is the.YVall-*t. money tryst, which . Is ever tightening up on -.The business of America He charged that conditions In trust-owned j mills and factories were not nearly so. good as In Independent plant A Mr. Brandeis took Issue with Presi dent Taft on the question of regulating trusts thru a commission. The speaker said that a commission might prevent excessive proAts, but could not secure low prices necessary to general compe. tltion. In support of hls contention that so cial unrest Is growing In consequence of trust mythods, the attorney pointed to the labor war In Los Angeles and the blowing up of The Los Angeles Times building, with a loss of 21 lives. Then lie reverted. to the Homesteud strike In Pennsylvania, when men were shot down In actual battles during the bloody struggle. Mr. Brandeis considered the-trust question from all angles. He said that with the LaFoltette bill tn force mould be impossible .to form any nv trusts in the future. McNamara Confederates Ex pected To Be Indicted Before New Year Dawns. MANY WITNESSES PRESENT President Frank Ryan Tells the Authorities Where to Locate Him if He Is Wanted. Indianapolis, Ind., Doo. 14.—-It Is be lieved that indictments In the govern ment’* Inquiry Into the alleged national dynamite plots will be returned before January 1 by the Federal grand Jury that began Its Investigation here today. Scores of witnesses were on hand to testify, manyor them being brought from points hundreds of miles distant. United States District Attor ney C.'tV’. Miller said that he had vast quantities of documentary evidence to present in support of oral testimony. Mr. Miller showed great confidence In hls case. The gathering of evidence had been greatly facilitated by the confession of Ortle Mr.Mnnlg.il, the Iron worker who turned state’s evidence against the Mc Namara brothers In Los Angeles, and Mr. Miller said that none of it -would wasted. If it were not used before tho grand jury, he said. It could bo used later. Tills Indicated the firm conviction of the district attorney that Indictments would soon be forthcoming. The be ginning of tho grand Jury investigation brought forth a fresh crop of rumors relative t" tho identity "f the "man higher up” who may feel tho heavy hand of the law. President Frank A. Ryan, of the In ternational Association of Bridge and Structural Iron "Workers, who Is charg ed by Detective William J. Burns with being ono of tho contributors to tho “dynamite fund," sent word that he would be within easy call If he was wanted to testify. Stenographers formerly employed hv John .1. McNamara, the secretary-treas- urer of* the Iron workers, have been brought here from Chicago and Pitts burg to testify, and It was believed that they would be among the tlrst wit nesses. The Investigation will be sweeping and before it-Is concluded, according to .Air. Miller, It will cover the Illegal transportation of high explosives car ried about the country by McManlgat and .lumen B. McNamara In their cam paigns of violence. Just before the Federal grand Jurv ami District Attorney Charles \\\ Mil ler entered the Jury room at !> o’clm k this morning it was learned officially und for the first time Just what the plan Mini outline of the InvestlgatIon will ha. Acting on Informatoln from Pres ident Taft, Attorney General Wicker- sham instructed the Federal authorities at Indianapolis to make a general in vestigation of the dynamite plot throughout tho country. District At torney Miller was placed In charge of the big Investigation covering the en tire country and embracing every Fed eral Jurisdiction in the government. This was done because the original conspiracy, It Is beilevod, was hatched In the office <>f tho International Asso ciation of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers In Indianapolis. At tho close of the Federal investiga tion In Indianapolis tho grand Jury for this jurisdiction will return whatever Indictments. If any, ft sees fit against those responsible for tho alleged con spiracy to do dynamiting. Indictments also may be returned against those re sponsible for the shipment df dynamite from one state to another, which Is In violation of the Federal statute when shlpjwd on passenger trains. These indictments, If there are any, will he augmented by indictments against those persons responsible for, or connected with, dynamltlngs at the French Lick hotel and other Jobs in the Indiana Jurisdiction. This plan having been completed by tho Federal grand Jury here, transcripts of all evidence will be made. The tran scripts will be sent to every Federal jurisdiction In the United States where dynamiting John were done. In these various Jurisdictions the evi dence sent from Indianapolis will ho used as tho basis of a further and local Investigation of the Jobs dons in that particular Jurisdiction and Indictment* against little follows who may have knowledge or who may have assisted m tho ]oCiii Jobs may result. Among the witnesses who arrived on Thursday morning to testify before tho Federal grand Jury was E. W. Kehoe, n hotel keeper at Clinton, Iowa, who brought with him hls hotel register t » corroborate Ortle E. Mc.Manlgal's ad mission that he stopped at Kenoe’s ho- *«i th.' night lie nays lie blew up th« \V‘Nc->n-ln Bridge Cnmpitny's bridge over the Mississippi river at Clinton. Aimth'-i arrival tld* morning was President Frank M. Ryan, of the iron workers, who registered at the CIaypo«i hotel, from Chicago. The extraordinary secrecy main tained throughout the Federal building rendered It 'almost'Impossible to ascer tain even the Identity of witnesses who ore examined today. Guards wer.» stationed In both corridors of the build ing and all persons were compelled to prove that business connected with the grand Jury necessitated their entering the upper floors before they wore per mitted to enter tho elevators. Among th first to visit the witness room were employees of Attorneys Hen ry Seyfrled and Leo M. Rappaport. both of whom represented the Iron Workers union here prior to the confession of the McNamaras. Others who were taken up to the district attorney’s quarters were Mis* Nora Haley, of Chicago, nnd Miss Mary Dye, of Pittsburg, who formerly served as stenographers for J. J. McNatniva. It wns understood, however, thnt lit - ».!*• was d"tie In the wav of taking tes timony. the work todnv being mereiv a sort of getting tog.-ther and settling down for the big task. The Federal authorities declared they w • i ■ detrmined that there should hi no •hak'*. of information from th*