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the weather.
Fair and much colder Wednesday
right’ Thursday fair. Temperatures
Wednesday (taken at-A. K. Hawkes
Pa-s store): S a. m., 44 degrees; 10
« m- 42 degrees; 12 noon, 42 degrees;
The, Atlanta Georgian
SPOT COTTON,
Atlanta, quiet; 8 13-16. Liverpool, earner;
3.01. New York, quiet; 9.30. Savannah,
dull; 8 11-16. Aupusta, steady; 9^. Gal
veston, steady; 9'i. ■ Norfolk, steady; 8*4.
Charleston, steady; 8 7 ». Memphis, quiet;
“Nothing Succeeds £tie—THE GEORGIAN” AND NEWS "Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN”
HOME(4TH) EDITION Atlanta, ga., Wednesday, December 27, 1911. HOMEI4TH)EDITION PRICE:Sk^SSr^c 0 ^-
MUIONSEXPEKBED LA FOLtETTE TAKES
IV SEiGIA ROADS FIERI INTO OHIO
Year Now Closing Was Marked
by Tremendous Strides in the
Transportation World.
GREAT WORK LIES AHEAD
It Has Been a Most-Prosperous
Season and One Marked by
Generally Better Feeling.
Railroad appropriations for Invest
ing! In Georgia In 1911 and 1912 run
nail Into the millions.
It has been a great year of improve
ments with the railroads that center In
Atlanta, and It Is confidently predicted
that 1912 will be marked with even
more derided modern Innovations.
Georgia railroads have had but few
labor troubles and these were lnslgnlfl-
tant. Their prosperity has witnessed
the Increase of wages,of various em
ployces.
The Southern Is building- a monster
Progressive Republican Sena
tor Invades President Taft’s
Home State Wednesday.
SEEKING 1912 NOMINATION
Will Probably Deliver Keynote
Speech of Campaign at
Cleveland Tonight.
Youngstown, Ohio, Deo. 27.—The In.
vaslon of Ohio, President Taft's home
state, by the progressive Republicans
began today with the arrival of Sena
tor Robert M. LaFollette, their candi
date for the presidential nomination.
Senator LaFollette will speak here to-
- day and tonight In Cleveland -will prob
ably deliver the keynote speech of his
campaign.
Senator Clapp, of Minnesota, Is con
ducting a secondaray campaign In the
smaller Ohio cities.
construction work along Its line. It Is
double-tracking Its lines in Georgia,
and expects In the future to give At
lanta a suburban motor service. The
Seaboard Is spending an enormous ap
ami adding Improved buildings and serv
Ice.
■ The Central of Georgia contemplate*
the Installation of automatic block sig
nals w ithin the next year on Its line be
tween Atlanta -and East Point, five
miles, double track. This line Is now
worked by the telegraph block system,
The signaling plans for the ensuing
vear Include also threo new Interlocking
plants (mechanical) to be operated
Jointly with the Southern railway, as
follows: GrlUln. Ga.. 64 levers; Silver
I'reek, 24 levers, and East Rome, 4 r
levers. In all of these plants the dls
t«nt signals will be power operated.
Its purchase of steel rails In 1911 was
probably the largest of any Georgia
railroad.
The Atlanta and West Point had n
i-rnsperous year, as shown by Its an-
| nml report. It w|U put In a telephono
dispatching,system. It Is making ar-
j r-ingemertts to build 100 30-ton box cars
■ and ten 40-ton automobile cars. Local
Improvements of a substantial typo are
Mng made all along the line.
The Atlanta. Blrnilnglinm and At
lantic Is handling more cotton business
I than ever In history; has opened new
iKamshlp connections with Eastern
dlle*. and has Added much new equlp-
| mrnt;
The shops of all these roads have
been busy thru the year turning put
I new rolling stock.
While many matter* have risen be
fore the Georgia railroad commission
and the Interstate commerce commit-
I rlon, which afforded good "wrestling
mniches" for the lawyers,’ a kindlier
public sentiment has developed in Geor
gia. and all over the state there Is mu
tual co-operation between the railroads
and the public.
The establishment of farm experi
mental stations In Georgia by the rail
roads, advertising her products and
wonderful possibilities abroad, prizes
n tho boys com clubs, lnltlc
and quicker aervtces to put the
atate's fruits into the metropolitan mar
kets. and general development. Indicate
that all the lines are pulling with hearty
rood will for a bigger and greater Geor.
GEORGIANS STORY
After at First Denying It, Con
firmation Is Sent Out From
New York Office.
Press dispatches from New York, the
headquarters of the American Tele
phone and Telegraph Company, on
Tuesday afternoon brought the belated
news that the merger of the Cumber
land Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany with the Southern Bell Telephone
Company wan planned and would be
•"nsummated. And beat of all, Atlanta
t* to be the headquarters of the great
Southern system, with W. T, Gentry as
president.
This Is a direct confirmation of the
rrvluslve stories of the giant deal as
printed in Tfie Georgian of Friday and
Saturday, The Georgian had the
straight news and did not hesitate to
Publish the facts, being the first paper
*n the country to flash the big news
to the public—this, too, when eub-
Pdiclals In New York denied It, and
Atlanta officials positively stated they
•tad no Information whatever upon the
•ubject.
When the merger Is actually accom
plished It wUl mean a more' gigantic
tayroll In Atlanta, colossal improve
ment* that will start from here, addl-
r ‘ n ®f more workers to the communi
ty and Industrial betterments of ines
timable value,
STATE DEPARTMENT
HEARS OF BOYCOTT
'Washington, Dec. 27.—The state de-
enment waa officially advised today
"•he movement In Russia to boycott
jn-crlcan Imports as a result of the
•“rogation of the treaty of IS22.
T
MARSHALL OPPOSED TELLS INSIDE STORY
OF THE BEEF TRUST
From Another Angle
Trouble Feared at Democratic
Primary Election in Terre
Haute, Ind., Wednesday.
WANT CONTROL OF STATE
Hoosier Governor and Former
National Chairman Are Lined
Up Against Each Other.
Terr© Haute, Ind* Dee. 27.—Altho the
early hours at the polls passed Quietly
today, trouble was feared at today's pri
mary election. A strugirte for control
of the district Democratic political ma
chine Is under way and tho forces, of
Tom Taggart, former national chair
man* and Governor Marshall are lined
indication that ■,
lng desperately to control the
Democratic machine.
BRITISH OFFICIAL
Consular Agent Smart, Sta
tioned at Bushire, Reported
to Have Been Killed. ,
HIS ESCORT AMBUSCADED
Diplomatic Entanglements Are
Almost Certain to Follow.
England Massing Troops.
Teheran, via St. Petersburg, Dec.. 27.
—British Consular Agent Smart, sta
tioned at Bushire. Persia, Is reported
to have been killed In a fight botween
his escort of Indian cavalry and Per
sian constitutionalists near Kazcrun.
Word was received here today that
the military escort accompanying Mr.
Smart from Bushire to Shiraz, 115
miles distant, was attacked, and that
many were killed on both sides. Sub
sequently. a relief party found Mr.
Smart's horse which had been severely
wounded, but the English official was
not located.
The Smart party was harassed all
he way from Bushire to Shiraz. The
Jercest fighting was near Kazerun
when a party of armed nomada am
buscaded tho party.
Diplomatio Entanglements.
It Is almost certain that diplomatic
entanglements will follow the attack,
England has been massing troops along
the southern frontiers In order to pro
tect the trade routes from the hordes
of brigands which infest the feglon.
The Persian government will disavow
responsibility for the assassination of
Mr. Smart If It Is found he was killed
by the Persians, by taking the ground
that the lawless nomads of tho south
era provinces do not recognize the au
thorlty of the Persian government.
News of the battle created Intense ex
cltement here. Increasing the high ten
slon which already-prevailed over the
W. Morgan ShUBter affair, whoso ex
pulsion was demanded by Russia, back
ed up with the moral support of Groat
Britain, Bushire Is on the Persian
gulf, and. la one of tho richest and
most Important seaports of Persia.
Slaughter It Checked.
Reports from Tabriz and Resht re
celved today contained vague Inttma
tlona that tho slaughter of Persians
by Russian Cossack* had been check
ed. The Russian force In the northern
provinces are being scattered In order
to hold tho entire north under mar
tial away. Fighting between Moham
medan tribesmen and detachments of
Cossacks la going on In the mountains.
TAFT TALKS WOOL
Congressmen Payne and Hill,
Leaders on Ways and
Means, See President.
DISCUSS DRAFT OF BILL
Veeder, on Witness Stand, Un
folds Plans of Financing the
Billion-Dollar Combine.
“OLD POOL” FELL THROUGH
National Packing Co.’s Forma
tion Following Failure of First
Scheme Is Explained.
Conferees Agree That the Re
publican Party Is Pledged to
..a Protective Policy.
YOU’D BETTER LETTABBY
SLEEP INDOORS TONIGHT
Drop to 26 Degrees Predicted
by Uncle Sam’s Weather
Prognosticator.
Get out your fura, your old knitted
mittens and your ear muffs, for the lo
cal weather forecaster predicts frigid
weather In these parts Thursday. At
lantans will awaken Tburaday morning,
says the looal prophet, to find the mer
cury fallen to 16 degrees or below.
This real winter weather, however,
will continue for but a short time, ac
cording to present Indications, and hv
Thursday night the temperature will
begin to ascend, and for several days
balmy atmosphere and sunny skies will
prevail. „
Tho thermometer at T a m. Wednes
day morning registered 42 degrees, a
drop of 6 degrees from the temperature
at the same hour Tuesday morning.
The rain of tho laat five days broke
up what seemed destined to be an Ideal
month, from an atmospherical stand
point, for up to the beginning of the
rainy spell under which Atlanta has
Just been suffering, but two rainy or
cloudy day* were recorded In the prea-
ent month- ' .
Washington, Deo. 27.—Congressmen
Payne of New York and Hill of Con
necticut, leading Republican members
of the house committee on ways and
moans, were In conference with the
president today about the proposed re-
vision of the wool schedule.
It was agreed among those present
that the Republican party Is pledged to
a protective policy and that any tuition
by the Republicans on the queitlon of
tariff reform at this session of con
gresa must be predicated upon this the
ory.
A rough draft of a bill to be present
ed to the ways and means committee
by the Republican members'was dis
cussed. This measure gives both the
wool growers and the wool manufactur
ers protection, but It does not provlde
as yet for a fiat rate nor for an ad
valorem rate. '
Senator Smoot of Utah, who will
probably lead the fight In the senate
Continued en Lett Page.
11 MORE DIG-QUICKS
Trolley Company Likes New
P-A-Y-E System—Double-
Tracking Walker-St.
Twenty-seven new and handsome
pay-aa-you-enter street care will bo
built In 1912 by the Georgia Railway
and Electric Company, and as rapidly
as finished an average of six or eight
every two months will be put on lines
where such car* have nover been oper
ated before.
At present pay-aa-you-enter cars are
run only on the two cross-town lines,
Peachtree and Whitehall and Decatur
and Marietta, where they have become
popular and successful. It has not yet
been decided on what lines the 27 new
cars will be distributed.
Another new and Important work an
nounced by the Georgia Railway and
Electric Company la the double-track
ing of the Walker-st.-WeatvIew line.
It has already been constructed aa far
as West End-ave. and A*hby-st. Near
ly a mile of the double-tracking work
will be done, and when accomplished
will relieve the congestion during tho
rush hours and facilitate the schedules.
The budget of appropriations for 1912
Improvements by the corporation has
not yet been made up, but la expected
to contain some material betterments to
keep pace with the progress of Atlanta.
SILLY, AND THAT’S ALL,
SAYS GENERAL MILLS
When asked what he had to say in
regard to/the recent article by Captain
ntei ~—
George Steunenberg, at Fort McPher
son, on his very unfavorable views of
Atlanta, and the publicity which At
lanta newspapers have given the mat
ter, General Albert L. Mills, command
er of the Department of the Gulf, *ald
that he did not have anything to say
except that to express his surprise that
such a silly thing os that should at* satlon Is concerned.
Chicago* Deo. 27.—A. H. Veeder,
ther of the beef truat," was again ques
tioned today concerning tho gigantic
$500,000,000 pool which the beef trust
barons proposed to form prior to tho
organization of tho National Packing
Company, which tho government in
slsta was devised as & substitute for
the ‘'proposed trust” of much larger
capitalization, when tho trial of the ten
millionaire Chicago packers was re
sumed today In the United States dis
trict court The packers are charged
with criminal violation of tho Sherman
anti-trust Jaw*, which carries with con
viction of guilt possible prison sen
tences.
Despite the gravity of tho charges
against them, only on© of tho Indicted
millionaires was In court when tho trial
was resumed. Others came later.
Ogden Armour has not been present
since the Jury began hearing testimony.
United States Senator Kenyon, of
Iowa. r>n«- of the povernment att**rn»*>
after consultation, said It was unneces
sary for the packers to attend every
session of the court, as they wero
jarged only with misdemeanors.
Contracts F°p pool.
Tho examination took up the ques
tion of . contracts provided In subdivi
sions of the pool contract.
Clause by clause the contract was
taken up by Mr. Butler in his questions
and In each Instance where the con
summation of a provided transaction
was Involved Mr. Veeder declared It had
not taken place because or the failure of
tho proposed $500,000,000 combine to
get requisite financial backing.
A striking bit of the precautionary
measures of tho packers in watching
each other was brought to light in
Veeder's testimony on the provisions of
the packers* deal for the absorption of
two of Gustavus Swift’s private Inter-
because of their possible influence
on th* future trade of the trust-to-be.
* Tbe-two companies Which ttia-famous
-'exhibit 1” contract proposed for pur-
chn*.- were the Binib], r VunWuKmrr
Company,. of Newark. N. J„ aiul D. M.
Anthony & Co., of Fall River, Mas*.
These companies wore concerns hand
ling food products and controlled by Mr.
Swift.
-It was proposed that Mr. Stvl ■
these properties so. that he could not
obstruct a business In which he hod
been concerned," sold Mr. Veeder.
"What do you mean by 'obstruct 7"
demanded Mr. Butler.
I don’t know,” replied Veeder, "un
less perhaps I meant Interfere with.’
Uneaey About Swift,
Mr. Veeder finally made It clear the
fellow packers In the pool contract deal
felt that Mr. Swift should not control so
lurge a portion of the provision trade,
which might In turn affect the business
of the combine of which Swift A Co.
was then about to become a part.
Rapidly Mr. Veeder produced the con.
tracts whereby the Swift, Armour and
Continued on Last Page,
Aristocrats of the Feathered
World Will Soon Crow in
Great Central Show.
THOUSANDS IN THE LIST
More Than Forty Cups and
Other Trophies Offered Thru
The Atlanta Georgian.
>y J
NEW THIRD NATIONAL BANK FROM FIVE POINT8.
The contractors’ shacks and debris have been cleared from the new
Third National Bank building and it will soon be ready for occupancy.
This is th, first really good view of the latest member of the Skyscraper
club.
FORMED ATEAST POINT
Byron Huie Resigns From the
American National To Be
Cashier of Citizens.
East Point Is to bav, a new bank,
with 260.000 capital, to begin business
about the first week In January.
B. S. Huie has resigned his position
as paying teller of the American Na
tional bank, effective January 2, to ac
cept the position as cashier of the new
Institution.
Mr. Huie, who la also mayor of Col
lege Park, will carry to the new bank
In a managerial capacity, the best
equipment of a modern banker, having
been connected with the American Na
tional bank here for ten years. He
worked his way up from life position as
collector.
The stock of the new 250,000 Citizens
bank has been placed with the most en
terprising cltisens of East Point. The
town Is rapidly becoming a great man
ufacturing center, and already has one
bank.
A building has already been purchas
ed and at a meeting of the promoters
this week a president, officials and
board of directors will be chosen.
East Point cltisens organized a Man
ufacturers club last week, and Mr. Huie
was chosen as one of the quartet that
compotes Its board of governors. The
town has a population of about 6,006
and Is said to be growing faster than
any small city In Georgia.
Nationalists Introduce a Bill to
This Effect in the Duma on
Wednesday.
OCTOBRISTS .SUPPORT IT
Designed to Supplement Pro
posed Measure Increasing
Tariff on U. S. Goods.
8t. Petersburg, Dso. 27.—A bill was
Introduced In the duma today by the
nationalists barring all Jewish citizens
of the United States from Russia In
the future.
The bill Is designated to be supple
mental to the proposed measure In
creasing tariff rates on all ’goods of
American manufacture. The essential
points of thia bill correspond with that
which waa-Introduced December 22 by
Guchkoff, former president of the duma.
The measure barring American Jews
is said to have the support of the octo
brists, who, with the nationalists, con
trol a majority In the duma.
FRED GRANT COMING
10 ATLANTA SUNDAY
Vill Look Over Army Post
Which May Become Head
quarters for Brigade.
Will Entertain Country Mer
chants While the Auto Show
‘ Is Under Way. -
Oh Wednesday, the last day for en
tries for the show of tho Georgia Poul
try association, the Indications are that
the week of January 8 will bo the time
of tho greatest collsctlon of poultry
over assembled In Georgia- Every mail
bring, In hundreds of entries, and thsy
are from tho leading breeders of the
country, tho prominent fanciers of
Georgia making an especially fine and
complete showing. The entry list
closes at midnight Wednesday.
Despite the old proverb, the Poultry
Doctor aays that fine feather, do make
fine birds. But ho says It Is quite true
that "birds of a feather flock together.”,
and that the many noted prize winners
of the country that will be on exhibi
tion will have plenty of company and
won’t bo In a class by themselves. It
Is the poultry breeders- show, the show
that has annually exhibited the best
poultry In the South for some years.
And the plumage of wild fowls that
adorn the vanity of woman will look
tame amid thq displays of feathers that
scientific breeding has produced.
The officers of the Georgia Poultry
association held a meeting Tuesday aft
ernoon to plan some of the minor de
tails. It was an enthusiastic meeting,
ths anticipations being that something
like 2,600 of the finest birds In the
United States would be entered.
The officials decided that none of the
entries would be made publlo until the
list closed, for thore Is strong compe-
tltion among tile high-class breeders.
They don’t want the others to know
what they will enter. For the same
reason nil the lea-ling breeders are en
tering their finest specimens. They
want tho honor and the prestige of
winning In such high-class competi
tion.
Many beautiful cups have been of
fered, about 40 In all. There are also
many special prizes and money prizes
from 260 in gold on down.
On Thursday the officers of the as
sociation will announce the number of
entries The public will he given a
more definite Idea of what a fine display
will be provided. And they say that If
Rostand, the author of "Chanticleer.”
should dramatize the Great Central
Show of the South, making the fowl*
act as people. It would be a drama of
tho highest society In tho land.
BANQUET IS ON PROGRAM
Details To Be Discussed at the
Annual Meeting in New Kim
' ball Thursday.
tract so much attention.
"Well, General, If you think that it
ta stily for the papers and the Atlanta
public to give so much attention to
the article," aaked the reporter, "what
do you think of the captain for giving
his opinion of the city so freely and in
such a disparaging way?"
"Nothing to say. nothing to say,"
sald the general with a peculiar smile
on his face.
"Just quote me aa saying that f think
the whole affair too silly to merit the
publicity It has received, and let it go
at that.”
No official action will be taken. Offi
cers at the post say the matter Is not
worth attention, but Steunenberg will
be "shut up,” so far aa further conver-
On hls annual Inspection tour of the
various posts In the Eastern division,
General Frederick Dent Grant is ex
pected to visit Fort McPherson on Jan
uary l. He will reach the city from
Galveston late on the night of Decem
ber 31 and will leave on the next after
noon.
From headquarters of the Depart
ment of the Gulf the statement I* given
out that General Grant’s visit ta only
the regular Inspection which It Is hls
duty to make each year and that It has
nothing to do with the proposed estab
lishment of a brigade post at the fort.
The statement was added, however,
that while General Grant’s stay In At
lanta would be far too short for him to
give any personal attention to the mat
ter of establishing a brigade post here,
that he would at least be In a position
to gain some superficial knowledge of
local conditions which would be an
aid to him In case he ahould be called
upon later to make a report on the
feasibility of the project.
^Nothing definite could be given out
Wednesday morning by the Department
of the Gulf aa to the talked of visit of
General Leonard Wood to AHanta. It
waa stated that officially noTblng waa
known of the matter and no orders on
the subject had been Issued.
Atlanta's progressive wholesale mer
chants will entertain several thousand
of the country merchants of Georgia.
Alabama, the Carollnaa,- Florida and
the Atlanta trade - territory early In
February, the week of the-big automo
bile show, with a Merchants' Trade
week.
-Detail* and plana, for the'entertain
ment will be fully and elaborately dis
cussed at . the annual banquet of the
Atlanta Merchant* and Manufacturers
association Thursday night at the New
Kimball hotel. Every wholesaler Is In
vited to be present and participate in
the discussion and making of the plans.
Continued on Laat Pag*.
ROOSEVELT WON’T EAT
AT TABLEWITH TAFT
Colonel Gives No Reasons for
Declining Invitation to Dih
ner in New York.
New York, Dec. 27.—Colonel Theo
dore Roosevelt announced today that
he had declined an Invitation to be
present at a dinner next Saturday even-
lng at the Waldorf-Astoria at which
President Taft will be one ot the prin
cipal speakers. The colonel would not
give hls reasons for declining the Invi
tation.
He said, however, that the corre
spondence by Millard . Bloomer, chair
man of the dinner committee, and him
self would be made public Saturday
next, and that therein would be dis
closed the reaions for hi, action.
From another source It was learned
that the ex-president declined to be
present because ot the fact that Presi
dent Taft would be among the speaker,
and would undoubtedly . disclose hls
theories for world-wide peace. The
colonel. It was said. Is not In accord
with the president's view, upon th*
peace question.
In explaining hls reason for declining
to make public at the present time hi*
cause for refusing the invitation. Colo
nel Roosevelt said:
"The attempt to raise a question of
veracity between Mr. Sheldon and my
self was a failure. I do not Intend that
nny such question shall be rals> d In
this Instance."
•V . .
IINGK
COMES TOSEE MORSE
Wires Two-Column Story That
Noted Prisoner-Is Now at
Death’s Door. , i
Charles W. Morse, In the Fort Mc
Pherson hospltnl, may feel that ht»
pleading for a pardon Is not hopeless
and that ho may yet die free from the
stigma of a felon.
■ Notwithstanding tho fact that Presi
dent Taft refused a few days ago t*»
give him a pardon, there Is now reason
to believe that tho case It to be re
opened.
After making a flying visit to Atlanta
for tho sole purpose ot seeing Morse
and getting the facts In the case. Tho*.
F. Logan, an editorial writer of Th<*
Washington Post, a newspaper man In
the confidence of the administration and
a special representative of John R. Mc
Lean, the owner ot The Post and The
Cincinnati Enquirer, left for home on
Wednesday morning.
He arrived In Atlanta Tuesday after
noon, saw Morse Tuesday night, and
Wednesday morning hls paper print*-,!
two columns of Information concerning
the noted prisoner’s condition.
That Mr. Logan's visit may be con
sidered In the light of a semi-official
one la evidenced by tho fact that th*
military officer* at Fort McPherson re
ceived telegraphic order* from General
Leonard Wood In Washington to show
him every consideration.
And Colonel VanOrsdale and Major
David Baker, the surgeon In direct
charge of Morse, talked. Army officer*
do not talk for publication unle** thr-v
are Instructed to, and both Colonel Van-
Orsdale and Major Baker are quoted In
The Washington Post Wednesday
morning.
Altho Mr. Logan simply nnnoum. I
that he waa a representative of Tho
Post, It la believed that he was In ■ in
ference with the president before com
ing to Atlanta. The fact that he cam-
after a visit to the white house and nf:-
er General Wood had wired orders con
cerning hls reception at the fort. Is be
lieved by those who have been following
the case closely to Indicate that hls re
port will bo giver* attention by the
president.
It Is known that President Taft does
not wish 5Iorse to die In confinement,
an be safely said that Just as soon
the president Is convinced that
Morse Is near to death, a pardon will
he Issued. And that Morse really Is
near to death Is the conclusion of Mr.
Logan after seeing and talking to the
noted prisoner and after consultation ’
with Major Baker and Colonel Van
Orsdale.
.Mr. t.ognn found Morse weak and
emaciated and weighing 60 pounds lei*
than when he entered the Federal penl-
tentlary. He found, too, that he had
lost five pounds since being remove.*
from the prison to the hospital at Fort
McPherson.
It waa minted out to Mr. !.n,an hj
Major Baker that Morse |a suffertni
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