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Playing Vigorous Game of
Politics for Favorite
Candidate.
TRY TO CONTROL
BIG CONVENTION
Turns Down Ala. Chairman
Because of Anti-Taft
Attitude-
Washington. Dec. 13.—It Is now be
lieved the president will uso his
strength In rounding up support lor
Tett. , .
This belief was given additional
weight recently when the name of
Charles R. Barker, applicant for post
master at Anniston, Ala, was sent to
the senate. . ,
State Chairman Brown, who has been
looked on as having ths say as to pat
ronage. had suggested another man.
The white house was not satisfied with,
Brown’s attitude In the presidential sit
uation. He wns too active against Taft
and the result was that National Com
mitteeman Scott was suddenly called
on to suggest a candidate. Scott sug
gested Barker.
The action In the Anniston case Is
pointed to by politicians as proof of the
fact that there Is no reason to suppose
the president, because he Is not seek
ing office, will not play a vigorous game
of politics In. behalf of his favorite
candidate and'for the purpose of con
trolling the national convention.
PANIC NECESSARY
FOR FINANCIAL
HOUSE CLEANING
Washington, Dec. 13.—"Tell the boys
out In Omaha that If I am responsible
for this money panic which showed up
the rotten foundation on which the
finances of the country were built,
am glad of It."
In these terms President Roosevelt
today told James Dahlman, cowboy
mayor of Omaha, Nebr., Just where he
stood on the financial question. The
president and Mayor Dahlman punched
ccws on adjoining ranches In the Wes'
seme years ago.
"I don’t care what governors nnd
judges say," the president Is reported
to hare added. "The panic showed the
necessity for a general house-qleanlng
In financial circles, and the sooner
house-cleaning Is started the sooner It
Is over with.”
LEAGUE WILL ASK
FULL NEWS OF FLEET
BY SPECIAL WRITERS
The. Hearst News Service, of which The Georgian l§ a client, has
arranged, through the navy department, to send John Barry as special
representative with the American fleet to the Pacific. The service will
have Langdon.Smith as special representative cn the government tug at
the president's review at Norfolk op the departure of the fleet, and read
ers of The Georgian may expect full and graphic accounts of the great
event.
BUSY AS A BIG BEE HIVE
IS CONTEST DEPARTMENT
FOURTEEN MILES
OF PAVEMENT LAID
IN YEARJLOSiNG
Collier’s Report Shows That
; Work Worth $250,000
Was Done.
More than fourteen miles of paving, worth
nt contract price more than a quarter of a
million dollars, has been laid on Atlanta
streets this year.
The increase this year over last year In
the amount of paying done is nearly 100 per
cent, only gbont seven mllea of street pav
ing being done In 1906.
The increase is even greater In sidewalk
paving. Last year between live and six
miles of sidewalk paving wns laid. This
year about 14 miles of'paving has l>een
laid, an Increase of more than loO per cent.
The cost to thu city itself for Its part of
all the paving was only nbont $80,000, as the
city had to pay only for a share of much
of the paring and nothlug on thnt done by
the county.
The figures are obtained from H. L, Col
Her. commissioner of public works, who is
making his tabulations ‘
annual report to council.
ment hna lieeu put down; 600 feet of belglan
block, 2,800 feet of fiftnlftbfc and 6,800 feet
of wooilen blocks. In the latter Item Is In
cluded all of Kdgewood avenue, for, al
though only, about half has l»een laid, pro
vision baa been made and funds laid aside
for the entire work. Broad street, which is
to be pared with wooden block from Mitch
ell to Peachtree. Is not Included, ns the
work has not begun. The funds, however,
hnve been provided.
Introduced Wood Block.
The year la especially noteworthy In At-
lantn, from a paving standpoint, for It
marked the actual Introduction of wooden
block as a pavement.
The most Important ,
the year Is that on Edi
this la being done with wood block. The
new paving will extend from the Boulevard
to Peachtree street, nearly a mile.
Broad street also will be paved- with
wooilen block, and the Whitehall street via.
duct l& paved with the same material.
Georgian Says Bryan Will
Carry Georgia and
Dixie States.
Following are the vnlues of the different
kinds of pavement, according to an estimate
of Commlfsloner ColUer: Chert and ma
cadam. $80,850; asphalt, $92,250; belglnn
block, $1,200; bltnllthlc, $18,200; wooden
block, $63,240.
To Petition Council to Close
Bars Two Days Before
Christmas.
• The Fulton County Anti-Saloon League
will request couneil to close the saloons of
the city on Monday and Tuesday prior to
Christmas dsy. .
The proposition of havinff them dosed
from December 23 until January 1 was dis
cussed, hut It wns decided that this would
w unnecessary, nnd would work a great
hardship on the saloon men, who must dis
pose of their stock lief ore January 1.
, The petition of th6 league will prol
be presented to council next Monday,
some action will In? taken thereon.
Several members of conndl have different
plniis In dew whereby they think they can
*olve the problem of keeping order during
the strenuous holidays, and the considera
tion of this problem will be the main event
of the session Monday.
The mayor has the authority to close the
saloons at any It me, nnd the action taken
by council will prohnbly be In the nature of
tlo
The total amount Is about fourteen miles
and a hslf.
About fourteen miles of sidewalk paving
were laid, counting the sidewalk on each
side of the street separately. Estimating It
at 90 cents per foot, the total value of the
Washington, Dec. 18.—"There is
question but that President Roosevelt
would he the strongest canildite the
Republicans could nominate," declared
Ciark Howell, of Georgia, who has been
attending the Democratic convention.
"Roosevelt would come nearer
carrying some of the rock-ribbed Dem
ocratic states than any other Repub*
itc^n,” continued Mr. Howell. “In
Georgia he would poll a larger vote
than any Republican in history, partly
because he Is regarded as one of our
l»eop!e and also because ths people are
it: sympathy with his policies.
"With the president eliminated as
candidate. It appears to me that Gov
ernor Hughes, of New York. Is the
most probable nominee of the Repub
Hcan party. Bryan, of course, will be
nominated by the Democrats and w
tarry Georgia and other Southern
states. 1 ’
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0 MURDERS HIS WIFE
0 AND KILLS HIMSELF;
0 NO MONEY FOR HOLIDAYS.
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0 Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 13.
0 C. M. Colby today murdered his
0 wife add took his own life be-
0 caua* he could not stand the
0 thought of only ten more shopping
0 days till Christmas when he hod
0 nothing with which to buy pres-
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laid this year.
Commissioner Collier will recommend
council in his annual report that the city
purchase Its own wood
plant.
treat all the wood block we need," states
Mr. Collier, "and would nave about 15 per
cent on the cost of the work. In addition,
wo would know tho blocks were treated
•‘“onerly."
fr. Collier may recommend also that the
city take over the county bltnllthlc plant on
the Idea thnt the city could mix its own
asphalt as well ns bltullthlc pavement.
BRIDE OF GREEK PRINCE
inni ne uoes not
bje. The police force
"bout twenty-live men.
. It is stated that the
lice force will' be Increased
men.
the chief and the mayor
MAN LOST LIFE
IN N. Y. FLAMES;
POLICE BLAMED
New York, Dec. 13.—William Scobei,
«*ed S3, was burped to death and Hob.
ert Dwyer and his wife were badly
burned and their condition Is serious
«» the result of a fire which destroyed
a three-story building In the lower East
Sde today. The loss of life Is attrib
uted by Chief Croker to the negligence
of the police. He alleges policemen on
the post Informed him there was no ono
in the building.
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o FREDERICKSBURG BATTLE . O
2 FOUGHT 45 YEARS AGO. O
2 Forty-five years ago on De- 0
2 member 13. General T. R. R. Cobb. O
2 the brilliant Confederate lender. O
2 ®nd father of Mrs. Hoke Smith. O
~ lost his life at the battle of Fred- O
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£ Four men who fought In that 0
“ desperate encounter forty-five O
2 J'ears ago are now employed In the O
2 **«« capitol. They are General O
2 S- *• Evans. State Treasurer R. E. O
2 p «rk. Captain Charles T. Furlow O
g “nd Captain W. H. ("Tip") Harrl- O
® The last three gathered In the O
2 *’ ate treasurer’s office Friday O
morning and exchanged reminls- O
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PRINCESS MARIE BONAPARTE.
Athens, Dec. 13.—With the splendid
and elaborate rite of the Greek church
religious ceremony uniting In marriage
Prince George, second son of . the king
of Greece, and Princess Marie Bona
parte was performed at the cathedral
here yesterday In the presence of tho
king of Greece, a gathering of high
slate dignitaries and the members of the
vember 31. *
By the ceremony Princess Marie be
comes the daughter-in-law of the king
and queen of Greece^ the piece of the
dowager empress of Russia, the king
and queen of England and ihe king and
queen of Denmark; the cousin of the
emperor of Ruqsla, and the king and
queen of Norway, and a close relative
of all the other crqwned heads of Eu
rope. Her father. Prince Roland Bo
naparte. Is the oldest living grandson
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GEORGIAN
BATTLE OF BALLOTS FOR RICH PRIZE8.
Animated Scenes in Georgian Office on Friday, With Interested
Young Women Bringing in Subscriptions in Exchange For Ballots.
All Georgia Agog, and Contest Manager Is a Very Busy Man.
13-YEAR-OLD BOY
FATHERJVITH GUN
Details of Shooting Not Re
ceived From
Scene.
Winder. Ga.. Dec. IS.—Newt ban retched
Winder that American Thompson, who live*
about four wiles out on the Jefferton road,
lu Jackson county, ilea at the point of death
and la uot expected to'lire an tho result
of n pistol wound from the bands of bis
13-year-old son. Mr. Thompson la the son
of the late John Thompson. Definite In
formation as to the cause of the shooting
can not !>o obtained, ns to whether or uot
the shootlnx wns accidental.
IN R, R, RATE GAGE
The *tat« filed In the Federal court
Friday afternoon a demurrer to the
bill of the Atlanta And West Point and
the Louisville and Nashville nnd At
lantic Coast Line railways In tho lltl
gallon resulting from the recent order
the commission making reduced
passenger rates upon the roads named.
The state sets forth about fifteen de
murrers to the complaints of the com
panics. One of these sets forth that
the rates have not been given a fair
test and will not until further time Is
elapsed, and that, should time prove
the rates unreasonable and confisca
tory, the proper course will be an u;>-
Iioal to, the commission, which I, |,
understood will grant such fair ant’
equitable arrangement aa may be
deemed proper. .
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"Wlmt’B this? An afternoon tea? I
never saw so many girls In a business
office—what's that room—’Contest De
partment’—oh, I see. Well, the girls
are certainly getting In the game to
win."
It was a visitor to The Georgian’s
business office who spoke, and he
watched with Interest a row of young
women who bore envelopes In their
hands and waited to talk to a man at a
disk. This desk was piled high with
similar envelopes nnd long lists of
names, and there were stenographer,
hammering typewriters and trying to
answer questions at the same time.
Piled high on a table were sheets bear.
Ing votes—and more votes.
"Yes, the voting contest Is on," said
the manager. "Want to get In?"
Kpr Georgia ha* awakened to tho op
portunity to win a prlxe. It’s not every
day that 31,000 In gold Is offered for a
few weeks' work, and If u contestant
misses the gold, there are still u couple
of automobiles and giAnd piano to vrork
fur, and when fhtse are woi: there are
ter. KlngHbury pianos, twenty trip, to
C uba and other prizes by the score for
other winners.
The district plan gives everybody a
chance, and those ten pianos, twenty
trips to Cuba, thirty college scholar-
ships and fifteen diamond rings and
fifteen watches must all rn ,o some one
The young women are working aa they
never worked before.
It's not confined to Atlanta. Every
mall brings stacks of letters from all
over tho state, for, as stated before, the
district plan gives everybody a chance!
to win. From Savannah comes a blg|
butch of subscription!; from Bruns
wick a contestant sends In u formida
ble list. In Atlanta, the ypung women
end their friends are working In every
street. It Is not Just the girls who are
piling up the votes. The matrons have
their share, and one matron Is now
leading the list, with more than 30,000
votes to her credit.
The votes are coming In at the rate,
of 250,000 a week now,” says Manager
Malcolm, "and still gaining. This
thing's getting too big to handle eas
ily."
In the circulation department the
clerks who make up the mailing and
subscription Hsu are working over
time to keep up with the new sub
scribers. Every day’s Issue shows
big gain, and every day fhe press must
run a little longer than the day before
But the circulation men don’t mind that
a bit.
The Georgian's contest Is attracting
notice far away. One man In New
York sent down a long time subscrip
tion Friday, with the request that the
votes go to a young woman whom he
specified. One girl brought In sub
scriptions calling for 26,000 votes,-and
says she can do It again without try
ing hard. ' ,
"It's easy to get subscribers to The
Georgian," declared one young woman,
vho has been unusually successful. "I
Just show them a few copies, point out
how newsy the paper Is, tell them what
The Georgian stands for, and then put
down their name and take their sub
scriptions. I’m going to win one of
those pianos, at least." And froth the
appearance of her record. It seems a
safe prediction.
The contest Is taking hold on the
best known people. More than one
well-known Atlanta society woman is
working for a prise, and a number of
the coftteniapts call In motors and car-
rlages every day to record their new
votes.
The special early effort contest closes
i Saturday night, when the prizes of
150 and 825 In money will be decided.
The contest has yet aeveral weeks to
run.
Have you entered?
Better come in and win a prlzel
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Washington. Doc. 13.—The national
Democratic convention will be hold in
Denver, according to the derision of
the national Democratic committee
t)ils afternoon. Qn the first ballot Den
ver got 20 votes, Louisville 18, Chl-
ca/o 5 and St. Paul 1.
When Ihe second ballot was started
Chicago threw htr strength to Denver,
making 26 votes for the Colorado city.
Immediately the motion was offered
and carried to make the decision unan
imous In favor of Denver.
July 7th was chosen ha the date for
the convention.
Representatives Clayton and John
Sharp williams, of Mississippi, and
Governor Hoke Smith, of Georgia, all
1.1 Mike in favor of the passage or a reso
lution of Mr. Clayton declining all
money not necessary for the actual
expenses of the convention.
Governor Smith was especially em
phatic In saying that the 3100.00" which
had been offered to secure the Repub
lican convention and refused by the
Republican national committee had
been offered and 'vas about to be ac
cepted by the Democratic committee.
He said the Republicans had turned
down the offer because It was regarded
as in the nature of a bribe, nnd that
Democrats. In view of that circum
stance, could not afford to accept It.
Mr. Williams rpoke in similar vein,
1 also did -Mr. Clayton.
The resolution was tabled, 31 to It.
LL0YDMAY GET - ’
GRIGGS’ PLACE
Washington. Dec. 13.—It Is now
practically certain that Representative
Jam** T. Lloyd, of Missouri, will be
elected to succeed Representative
James M. Griggs, of Georgia, as chair
man of the Democratic congressional
campaign committee. Burton Harri-
aon, of New York, is slated to aucceed
Charles A. Edwards aa secretary.
Mrs. Longworth Improves.
Washington. Dec. 13.—Mra. Long-
vorth passed a very comfortable night
and Is doing splendidly.
DEATH SENTENCE
FDR NEGRO SLAYER
Must Hang on January 3
in the Fulton County
Tower.
SWIFT JUSTICE
METED TO SLAYER
Judge Hammond Will Ask
New Trial, Or Appeal
the Case.
On Friday, the Thirteenth, Just one
week after he murdered Patrolman Mu.
nler, Andrew Johnson, alias "Black
Sport," wsa sentenced to be hanged by
the neck until he Is dead. On Friday,
January 3, four weekn after his crime,
he will go to the scaffold In the Fulton
county Tower.
The negro was brought Into the court
room Friday morning at 10 o'clock. Aa
he faced Judge Roan the crowd which
filled the court room to the doors hush
ed Its murmur and the stillness became
almost appalling. Judge Roan spoke
briefly.
"You have had a fair trial, Johnson."
he said, gravely. "You have been tried
by a Jury good and true, have been
given counsel fully capable. Have you
anything to say hefere sentence should
be pronounced?"
The negro mumbled something under
u>. breath. Hi-n he raised his head
nml muttered, so softly that the re
porters bent forward to hear him:
’Show me merdy. Judge/’ he rnut-
tc red.
"You shall have ionger time to pre
pare yourself for death than you gave
the policeman." said Judge Roan, stern
ly, but with a bit of pity In his voice.
"One week ago today you were a free
man, tree tor the rest of your life had
You kept the law. You must hang on
January 3."
Will Ask New Trial.
Judge W. R. Hammond, leading
counsel for Johnson, stated Friday
morning thnt he Intends to make a mo
tion for a new trial in the case, and
that tho formal application will proba
bly be filed In superior court Friday
afternoon.
"It is my opinion that the court erred
Jn two or three Instances In chatging
the Jury'." said Judge Hammond, "and
I ills., do not believe that the evidence
Justified tho verdict brought In by the
Jury Thursday afternoon. I will make
a motion for a new trial and then ear
ly the case to the supreme court if
necessary.”
Judge Hammond stated that he was
not in position to say Just what part of
the evidence would he attacked until
he has an opportunity to examine the
record.
When asked what he thought of the
case. Attorney Chapman, who a-sslsted
Judge Hammond In representing John
son. said:
In so far as I am concerned the case
Is closed. I think the trial was fair
and I do not see that anything would
be gained by an appeal except delay."
Attorney Chapman stated, however,
that he, had not conferred with Judge
Hammond, and It Is probable that he
will assist the Judge in his nppeai to tho
higher court.
Taken Back to Tower.
The negro was led back Into an ante-
oom and returned to the Tower. Ha
silent Friday and had lost tho
bravado which marked his words to ,
some friends on Thursday night. As
he was being taken back to the Tow- i
er Thursday after the verdict of the j
Jury, he passed several negroes whom
he knew, and as ho passed he remark- l
ed:
"Well, boys, they broke old Sport's
neck today.”
The court room was packed Friday
morning when sentence was pro-
r ounced, the crowd being as large as
that which attended the trial on Thurs
day.
Friday Is marked by black figures In
Johnson's last weeks. It was on Friday
that he committed the crime, on Friday,
the Thirteenth, that he was sentenced,
and on Friday, three weeks from to
day, he will go to his death in the
Tower.
Seven Cyclists
Fall Exhausted
In 6-Day Race
New York. Dec. 13.—Exhausted in
every muscle and in every nerve, after
pedalling more than 100 hours in the
-Ir.t«e -it Mudfyon Square Gar
den, four riders of the eight teams still
left !M i!i<- mim contest Ml with their
wheels today as the other racers start-
1 sprinting.
The first of these speed spurts of the
afternoon, started by Stol, had not
fasted more titan a few moments before
three of the other riders who tried des
perately to hold their own simply col
lapsed and slumped to the track. The
men were only slightly scratched, and.
after a few moments, were able to drag
themselves onto their wheels and go<on
with* the race again.
The men had fallen from sheer ex
haustion.
At noon Fogler and Moran and Rutt
and Stol were tied at 1,738 miles 9
laps; Georget and Dupree. Krebs and
Vnndemtuyft. Logan and Rardgett,
Galvin and Wiley, Downey and Down
ing were a lap behind, and Breton and
Vunonl seven laps back.
Russian Empress Improves.
St. Petersburg. Dec. 13 - While con
siderable alarm way Mill felt today over
the condition of the Empress Alexan
dra, It was reported there was soma
Improvement in her condition. The fe
ver had abated. The « "Urt physician*
ar* treating the empress for anaemia.
THE WEATHER.
For Atlanta and Vicinity—Rain
tonight; clearing and colder 8atur-
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