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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 Continu'd on Last Pag*.