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the weather. Forecast: Rain Friday night and Sat urday Temperatures Friday (taken at i KHawkes Company's store): 8 a. " 45- 10 a. m., 46: 12 noon. 48; 2 p. £>/ ' The Atlanta Georgian ’■'Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN” AND NEWS “Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN” SPOT COTTON. dy; 8 11-1# jalveaton, steady; 9 5-16. Norfolk, stead )c. Houston, steady; 9^*. Memphi iteady; 9%. Mobile, steady; 8 ll-16\ VOL. X NO. 116. HOME(4th) EDITION ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1911. HOME(4TH) edition On Trains, FIVE CENTS. Georgia at Chicago LaYid Show Proposed Merger Gives Atlanta Opportunity to Insist -on Reductions. WILL MEET ON FRIDAY Competitive Corporation Also Promises Chance to Cut the Rates on Light and Power. . Getting cheaper electric lighting and I potrer rate# for Atlanta la now the I matter of first consideration with a. number of tho more prominent mom- ( bers Of council; and their plans will 1 take mare definite shape at the meeting of the comifiittee on electrfcai affairs Friday afternoon'. The proposition to get a, cheaper rate J for municipal buildings In Atlanta has I ipread into a fight for; a general re- I auction of rates. Says Councilman I jtldlne Chambers: "It is my opinion that light and pow- I er rates in Atlanta should.be lowered f so per cent. We know that It costs less than one cent per kilowatt hour to produce electric power by water and the other expenses will not exceed this rest, making the cost of electrical pow er less than two cents per kilowatt hour. A most reasonable profit would be one cent per kilowatt hour. Our maxlmoin rate for lights Is ten cents, with a discount of, ten per cent, and the maximum power rate is six cents, with a discount of ten per cent.” To Go to Commission. At the meeting of the committee TTi day afternoon tho time when a sub committee will go before the railroad commission will be > determined. This sub-committee Is composed of Mr. chambers. Councilman John E. Mc Clelland and City Attorney Mayson, They will ask the commission If the city Is entitled to a-special wholesale rate for all Its buildings; and they will urge a cheaper rate on certain contracts for new schools and tho Grady hospi sal, the ruling on. which will hayo general apppltcatlon. The ofnctals are collecting all sorts of data on the cost of production of electrical power. They aro haring es timated the cost to tho city of building Its own distributing system and pur- I chasing power at wholesale rates, May Have Competition. Especially Is this last Idea appealing, In view of the proposal of officials of the Central Georgia Power Company of I .Macon. W, J. Massee, president of this [ company, has offered to give a contract and make bond to furnish power at tho edge of tho city for one nnd one-' -half cents per kilowatt hour, and less If sufficient quantities ore used. Another conference has been hold with offi cials of tho company and tlffey Insist they mean business. . Several members of council say they ire determined to have the "rates In j Atlanta materially lowered and that | ttcv.are going to light for tho best Feans toward that end. Within a few days the committee will he In possession of sufficient data to speak definitely and to demand defl- nite answers. And It Is tho general impression that cheaper rates will be the result. No Help in Merger. As to the 157,000,000 merger of the Heetrieal companies, council has stated I its position to the railroad commission, j Hut it Is the opinion of the members of council that this merger won't tend toward a reduction of rates, ’ The members of the committee on electrical affairs are McClelland, War- ; nook. VanDyke' and Chamber!. While practically all the members of council say that the city le morally hound to carry out a contract with the 1 rgia Hallway and Electric Com pany. which does not expire until March, IPia, It is tho Intention of thd leaders In this matter to get things adjusted now while the merger la pend- i lag and a new company Is preparing to enter the field. Tho new contract ean go Into effect, then, when the pres ent one expires. Merger Hearing Begun, Consideration of the evidence heard and exhibits flier] upon the application Continued on Lett Page, FrrTil e c' lue * ,,on ot labor for you or your eighbor ehould be of much Interest to or ® Mike, for wages or hours may hi* the powers to make you stop • n * calling a strike. When su-.h , "‘ns happens and you need work bad m»s** . BO B *° oafrgulng or getting -igst look thru our Want Page i sonfc Male Help Ad will give you yji '/i* where a Job can he had. U SE GEORGIAN WANT ADS. BIG AUTOMOBILE SHOW IS SET FOR FEBRUARY All Cars Represented In Atlanta Will Be Displayed for Week In Auditorium-Armory. TWO OF LIVE WIRES IN AUTO SHOW PLANS A.glimpse of Georgia’s exhibit at,the Chicago Land show. Hafer, Georgia made ae finest showing as any of the states. Under the direction of W. H. Leahy end Ed, M, With Crowbars, Politicians of Denver; Colo., March on County Official. AT OUTS WITH MACHINE Clash Between the State Militia and City Police Force Was Narrowly Averted. Denver, Colo, Deo. 15^-A battle be tween the state militia and 100 armed policemen, plain clothes men, detec tives and "gun totefs” was narrowly averted at 1 o'clock this morning at tho Denver county court house as, the re sult of forcible ejection from his ofljee of County Assessor Henry J. Arnold, on orders frfom Mayor Robert W. Speer, Governor Shafroth, who had been ap pealed to for assistance by Assessor Arnold, had ordered General John Chaee to mobilise the Denver companies of state militia ready to march to the court house under arms. Before -these In structions could be carried out, the city hall gang, headed by the police with crowbars and ramming appliances, had shattered the doors of the assessor's of fice and threw Arnold and several of his deputies Into the street. State Senator Hiram E. Hilts, who also occupies the office of election com missioner, a henchman of Mayor Speer and acknowledged representative of the Denver skyscraper trust, then took pos session of the assessor's office. Hllte ■was appointed assessor by the board of supervisors n't an adjourned session late last night. District Judge Harry E. Riddle, another member of the Speer faction, was waiting In his chambers to swear In Hilts. Hilts and a doxen "gun totere" then proceeded to the court house, where they encountered Arnold, who had been advised of the move against him.! Arnold refused to surrender his.office, and when Hilts learned that Governor Shafroth had ordered the troops he summoned a big detachmeht of police, thru Chief Armstrong, and assaulted the office. Assessor Arnold today will begin legal action to recover his office. Both Arnold and Speer are Democrat! and the former was named for the of fice of county assessor by the Denver city hall machine, which Mayor Speer controls. . After being elected Arnold refused to do the bidding of the machine. When the supreme court of Colorado recently decided that tho consolidation of two ;,-ears .ago, combining the city and coun ty governments of Denver, was legal, Arnold refused to give up his office and took the matter into the courts, alleg ing that his office was exempt from the consolidation order until his term ex pired next spring. ' The enmity toward Arnold by. the city hall machine reached lta most bit ter point yesterday when the assessor bluntly announced that unless he was ordered to do so by the courts he would not extend the tax assessment for 1912 from fifteen to more than nineteen mills, on the ground that the city char ter expressly forbade such an extension. 235,000 BALES HANDLED AT PORT OF BRUNSWICK For the Empty Stocking Tlje 'time is short—the oppor tunity great. Help the Empty Stocking fund. It is used to make Christmas a happy day for the little orphans instead of a, day of disappoint ment. • Only a few days are left. Send' in a contribution. ’ Here is tho subscription list Previously acknowledged .. ..2110.25 Irby Hill and Louise Shouts, Kingston 25 A friend .. 20 Eula and Roslyn Wheelor. Car- tersvillo • ,20 Finnic McMillan, Regal, N. C. ,. f.00 Fred Cook 1.00 "Qordon-st„" West End ., .. 1.00 Worfh, Eugene and Mac Coving ton, Linden, N. C. >0 C. W. Gee, Crawfordvlllb 1.00 Margaret Katherine Smith, Mon- tlcello, Fla. 1.00 Martin .May 5.00 Mary Garrison, 140 Crew-st. ., .25 Dorothea Stanley, Marietta 25 Lou Ella and Ruth Eaxterlln, j Marietta 50 Ruth Hill, 135 Oakland-ave 25 Mary T. Nowsom and - Guthrie M. Boydston, South Houston, Texas .. George A. Speer .. 2,00 Charles, Grace and Ethel Smith, Dewy Rose 50 BRIBERY OF JURORS Government. Increases Guard Around Grand Jury Investi- • gating Dynamiting. ALL M0VEMENTS.IN SECRET Names and Identification of the Jurymen and Witnesses Held From the Public. BIDSOFPACKERS Indicted Chicago Millionaires Lose $15,000,000 Annually From British Government. Chicago, Dec. 15,—Fifteen million dollars a year-went glimmering for the Chicago packing companies today when official'advices from the-British government were received In the offices of all the packing companies whose heads have been Indicted by the gov ernment for conspiracy Jn restraint of trade announcing that the companies Would not be permitted to aubmlt bide for the supply of the British navy and army pending settlement of the gov ernment suits. The total Business of the British government with Chicago meat pack ers Is estimated at something like 323,000.000 a year. Armour & Co. do $750,000 a year In one class of supplies alone, and the total Armour business with the British authorities Is 'said to be far In excess of this figure. ROOSEVELT TIES SHOT New York, Dec. 15.—Declaring that the plea for sympathy for- the MNamara brothers was "monstrous In Its folly and wickedness." Colonel Theodore Roosevelt reviews the famous case In an editorial captioned: “Murder la Murder," In the current Issue qf The Outlook. In part the editorial says: "Not only laboring men, but businees men. capltalleta, have at times shown the worst form of class consciousness—that Brunswick, Ga., Dec. 15.—That nil previous' cotton records at this port will bo broken during the present sea son Is borne out by tho fact that up to the present time almost as many bales have been shipped from Brunswick this season as In any previous year. Unof ficial figures obtained show- that ap proximately 235,000 bales have already been shipped to foreign and domestic ports, handled by the steamers of the t Is conservatively estimated lipv/arrt murderous violence* me iw« vueiMWP — a f 325,000 bales will'he shipped, which stand on a par from the standpoint of who have had a part In the Ran- will surpass all records for this port. damage to the- community.” ea* City Job. . > they were of their own class. This has been done by capitalists In the case of capitalists who have been guilty of bracta Indianapolis, Ind„ Deo. 15.—That tho Federal authorities fear attempts to bribe members of the Federal grand Jury, which opened tho second day of lta McNamara Investigation in Indian apolls at 9 a, in. today, and that that is the reason for armed guards and extraordinary secrecy In a square all directions from tho grand Jury room. Is the belief current about the Federal building. At first it was the expressed bellof of newspaper mon that the extreme secre cy was employed to prevent the publi cation of facts concmtng the grand Jury investigation, but that now Is be lieved to be a secondary object. Fed eral authorities have not been so sccre tlve thru fear that newspapers would publish Information ooncemlng persons who may be Indicted In the Investiga tion, becauso the authorities know that many of tho larger newspapers and several of the nows services of the United States have In-their possession lists of persons who may be Indicted. The authorities did not furnish tho publications wtlh'the Information and the newspapers could not be. prevented from making public the facts In their possession. However,. It Is known that the Infromatton'held by.the newspapers and. the news bureaus .will not bo pub lished until such time as such publica tion no longer will interfere with or ' iple the governmental investigation, 'acts which tend to strengthen tho tmpreslson that attempts at bribery of the grand Jurors is feared are,these: Such attempts were made during the McNamara trials In Los AngelcB and Indictments have been returned there against at least one detective said to have offered bribe money to a trial Juror. There are almost twice as many Jurors In the Federal grand Jury a there were in the trial jury In Call fornla. The names, addressee and oc cupations of the Federal grand Jurors have been kept secret by the United States marshal. "Probably there will be a halt dozen witnesses examined by the grand Jury today,” said District Attorney Charles W. Miller before he entered the grand Jury room at 9 o'clock this forenoon. The identity of witnesses also Is be ing kept secret ae far as possible.. Most of the witnesses are out-of-town per sons with whom few persons - In In dianapolis arc acquainted except by name or reputation. These witnesses step Into the elevators In the Federal building and are taken to .the, third floor. Several young women whose Identity could not be ascertained wore present at tbe Federal building. In Mr. Miller's office and In the witness’room. Among the half dozen of witnesses spoken of by Mr. Miller are A. E. Grif fin, chief of police at Kansas City, Mo., and Daniel Danclger, a hotel man from the same city. These two men. It Is understood, his Information concern ing the dynamiting of some McCIIntlc- Marshill construction work the night of August 23 In Kansas City, rn con fessing to tbis Job McManigal stated that John J. McNamara was In Kan- sas City at the time of the explosion, and It Is thought there were others ildc from McNamara and McManigal Under the auspices* of tho Atlanta Automobile and Accessory association an automobile show will bo held in the Auditorium, beginning February 10 and continuing a week. The plans were definitely decided after soma weeks consideration at a meeting In tho Transportation club rooms Thursday afternoon. Leading automobile manu facturers all over the country and the civic bodies of Atlanta have already strongly Indorsed the project and ex pect to make It the greatest automo bile display ever hold In the South. The date of the show Is a time when all manufacturers will bo ablo to ex hibit thotr 1912 models, and It --follows the great Chicago show Just soon enough to allow all dealers to ship their displays direct to Atlanta, Two years ago a moat successful show was held In the Auditorium. The members of the Atlanta association de cided It was time for tho South to be given another opportunity to Inspect the many makes of machines and to bo shown the many Improvements that have been made. A oommlttee wns ap pointed to Investigate the probabilities of the success of such an event. This committee was enthusiastic In Its re port that an automobile show should be held. The show 1b to catdr to the whole South, but only those manufacturers who have legitimate official represen tatives In Atlanta will be allowed to exhibit. Blnce Atlanta has becomo the Southern distributing point for practi cally. all the big manufacturers, tho ex hibit will be quite complete. But it was doclded that no outsider who Is not represented In Atlanta 1 should bo al lowed to enjoy tho benefits of tho work "f tho local agents. Special rates will be secured on tho railroads. There will bo everything In the Auditorium to delight an enthusi astic autolst. Tho building will bo beautifully decorated and besides the many ears there will be exhibits Of all accessories an<l nv-r.- Information about machines than any man. tho ho bo an experienced driver, could hope to re tain. President G. W. Hanson, of the E-M-F Atlanta company, appointed the following committee of eight to have charge of the event: H. G. Moore, of tho Velio Motor Ve hicle Company, chairman; Frank P. Dny, of the Locomobile Company; Charles L. Elyea, of the Elyea-Austell Company; Frank J. Long, of the Cole Motor Car Company of Georgia; W. D. Alexander, of tho. Alexnnder-Sewald Company; Wylie West, of the Firestone Tire Company; John IJ. Smith, of the John M. Smith Company, and D. T. Hussey, of the Georgia Motor Car Com pany. This committee meet* Friday after noon to begin Its work of preparation for the show. 1912 RUNS T0 157,835; INCREASEOF 2,365 New Directory Shows Big Gain in Atlanta Over Figures of One Year Ago. 214,419 PERSONS LIVE IN TROLLEY DISTRICT Most Complete Directory Ever Issued in America to Reach Subscribers Next Week. WYLIE F. WEST, SCHOOL FUND APPORTIONED AMONG GEORGIA COUNTIES Atlanta and Vicinity Will Get $125,000—Complete Sums Announced. Atlanta and the territory Immediately contiguous will get In excels of $125,000 from the elate of Georgia for the main tenance of public schools In 1912, ac cording to present Indications. In any event, tho total will be close to that eum. Apportionment of next year's school funds has been made by Pro fessor M. L. Brittain, stats superin tendent of schools, on the basil of $3.42 r capita of school age. Thle per cap- ta will apply, provided the contingent appropriation of $60,000 additional au thorized by the legislature last summer can bo- secured. However, the state treasury may not be ablo to meet* this $50,000 until 1913, In which event tho >er capita will be $3.38 or five cents ess. w The apportionment, based on $2.43 per capita, gives the city of Atlanta 197,430.02; rural schools In Fulton coun ty, $22,188.87;. city schools of East Point, 83,569.07; Decatur city schools, $2,013.41, and Kirkwood city schools, $781.48, a total of $124,992.53. College Park and Hapevllle city echools are Included In the Fulton county allow ance. Those of East Lake and Oak- hurst corporations are Included In the $13,680.09 set apart for DeKalb county rural schools. The apportionment by counties for the entire state and for those cities and towns that maintain separate school systems follow: TO COUNTY SCHOOLS. Appling $ 11,617.70 Baker 7,618.55 Baldwin .. 16,605.50 Banks 11,109.77 Bartow 24,610.26 Ben Hill 6,304.34 Berrien .. 18,289.01 Bibb 66,766.21 Brooks 20,688.70 Bryan 6,914.88 Bulloch 22,878.10 Burke 38,396.97 Butts 12,715.01 Calhoun 11,792.14 Camden 6.»J4.25 Campbell .. •• 11,977.56 Carroll 80,528.84 Catoosa .. 6,116.69 Charlton • •• .. 4,441.85 Chatham 72.787.45 Chattahoochee .. .. .. .. 6,098.54 Early .. Echols . Effingham Elbert .• t Emanuel 14,543.20 2,090.90 0,185.64 10,585.80 25,448.74 Fannin /. .. .. 12,089.41 Fayetto 10,842.23 Floyd 23,372.02 Forsyth 11,720.31 Franklin , Fulton ... . Gilmer Glascock ... Glynn Gordon .... Grady .. ., Greene Gwinnett ... Habersham Hall Hancock .. Haralson .. Harris ..... Hart Heard ..... Henry ... Houston ... 13,058.01 22,188.07 9,283-44 '4,600.10 12,917.38 15.150.31 17,424.40 19,009,06 26,421.29 9,449.05 20.310.32 34,390.73 14,327.11 19.678.44 13.747.44 12,210.80 20,768.85 23,708.16 Chattooga .. .. 12,649.14 Cheroke 18,810.43 Clarke - 8.458.38 Clay 9.710.33 Clayton Il.2l4.47 Clinch .. 6,966.32 Cobb 20,048.35 CofTee ., 16,555.05 Colquitt 14.320.25 Columbia 11,336.15 Coweta .. 24,565.66 Crawford 10,224.83 Crisp 10,403.19 Dade 4,160.69 Dawson 4,863.74 Decatur 25.335.43 DeKalb 16,680.09 Dodge 19,887.14 Dooly 19,194.28 Dougherty 13,654.83 _ uglas 9,902.41 Irwin t 8,743.10 Jackson .... . 26,088.58 Jasper ... f . ,'i . « 15,253.21 Jeff Davis ... t V Ft* • 4,654.61 Jefferson 21.785.91 Jenkins 11,274.41 Johnson .. 13,781.74 Jones . .... .... 18;391.97 Laurens 29,100.98 Lee .. *. f . 9,494.24 Liberty 12,763.74 Lincoln . . . r .. 8,596.68 Lowndes ... ... 23,567.63 Lumpkin .... ee #• ...... 4.028.38 Macon ... *•• . 13,623.90 Madison t. • e #v r . ... 16,244.48 Marion 9,833.81 McDuffie 11.963.55 McIntosh ,. t 6,997.20 Meriwether.. .. 30,938.60 .Milton ... . .. .. 7,261.31 Mitchell 20,669.18 Monroe 21,139.09 Montgomery .. . , V*. 19,876.86 Morgan 17.482.71 Slurray 9,912.70 Muscogee 13,733.72 Newton . .. .. 18,326.49 Oconee 10,430.63 Oglethorpe . . . 18,840.99 Paulding 12,948.26 Pickens . , . . , 7,940.45 Pierce 10,125.36 Pike ..... 18,844.42 Polk .. 20,230.14 Pulaski 18,919.88 I Putnam 15,222.34 1 Quitman .. ,, 4.747.12 Randolph •9 .. 20,840.68 Richmond .. .. 59,487.03 Rockdale 6,345.50 Schley 5,G3.*i.49 Screven 20,881.8 t Spalding .. .. 12,684.14 Stephens 6,009.36 Stewart 16,669.80 Sumter 20.391.35 Talbot 12,.'.2:i.79 Taliaferro 7,974.75 Tattnall . e .. 19,125.68 Taylor 11.421.90 Telfair 12,0*10.13 Terrell .. . . 18,028.'{7 Thomas .. .. .. 21,276.29 Tift 7,185.85 Toombs 10,801.07 Towns 4.108.32 Troup • - Turner 7.844.41 Continued on Last Page. Atlanta's 1912 city directory popula tion Is 167,835, an Increase of 2,365 over 191L Tho Atlanta' district, a section ISO square miles, that suburban section Easily accessible by street cars, has a population of 214,419, an Increase of 5,417 over 1911. In reaching these figures, Joseph W, Hill, mnnager of tho Atlanta City Di rectory Company, used a multiple be tween 2 1-4 and 3 1-2. Tho new 1912 directory, which Is the most complete ever Issued In Its 36 years’ history, will bo ready for delivery on Monday, December 18. In announc ing the population tho directory profane says; Tho Population Estimate, “Wo estimate tho population as cov ered by tho directory canvass, which Includes practically all that territory reached by .the etreet cor tines, to bo 214,419, and within tho corporate limits of Atlanta to bs 167,885.” In tho 1911 directory Issued In De cember, 1910, the population of Atlanta was 155,470, and that of tho Atlanta district was 209,002. Tho now directory contains about 6 additional streets and avenues, mainly those opened by subdivisions and extensions by the city to accom modate tho rapidly spreading popula tion. Mr. Hill began tho collection of tlio names of tho residents of Atlanta and tho Atlanta territory on September 7, with a staff of 64 name collectors. The census takers. In tho beginning, rode to tho ends of the various street car lines, except tho Marietta Dm-, and walked back, collecting names nnd data. They obtained all names ns with a drag net. They secured tho names at the residence, and then downtown, and at all places of occupation. Some names were obtained a dozen times, men like Robert F. Maddox, Colonel Robert J. Lowry and others who aro stockholders or directors In a dozen dlf. ferent enterprises. Tho work of finishing the new direc tory was comploted at 9 o'clock Thurs day night and Manager Hill drew a long breath ot relief. The last proof, ns corrected, was hurried to the printer nnd Friday morning tho big directory staff was discharged, "H” Leeds the Llet. Names beginning with tho letter H aro in tho majority In the new direc tory. Then come tho S folks, M. and B. "This Is my thirteenth year as di rectory publisher in Atlanta,” said Mr. H1U, "and I positively affirm that this Is the most complete published in America. Thera 1n the rack are tho latest directories of about 200 Ameri can cities. The Atlanta directory ts tho only one that gives five distinct facts—the name, wife’s name, what ho does, where he does it and tho resi dence. "On Monday the full edition of 1,600 copies will bo ready for distribution at $7 per volumo. Thla is even oheaper than the dtrectoriea of such towns as Savannah and Montgomery. "Our system of distribution Is to notify all subscribers, by postal enrds mailed Sunday night, and they send for them at once. The advertising pat ronage Is far heavier than last year. This morning’s mall brought advertise ments, but the volume was closed. "Next week I begin to plan for tho 1913 directory." There are several hundred residents of Atlanta, In sympathy with union labor, who refused to give their names. How Poultry Ads PAY le answer received st.it. aw my ad In The Georgia m Inclosing ad twice, Place rill bring tho results. Yours v.-r ruly, W. J. FRASER. Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 13, 1911. Business Days Before CHRISTMAS Shop Early and Avoid the Crush