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ph-f r— THE WEATHER. Forecast: Partly cloudy, with possibly showers Tuesday. Tem- oeratures Monday (taken at A; K. ilawkes Company's store): S n. m„ So degrees; 10 a. in., 50 degrees; 12 in.. 55 degrees; 2 p. m.. 68 degrees. Atlanta Georgian AND NEWS SPOT COTTON. Atlanta. qul*»t; S?i. Liverpool, steady; 4.87. New Orleans, quiet and steady; SV New York, quiet; 9.10. Savannah, dull and*easy; 8 7-16. Augusta, easy; SV Galveston, steady; 813-16. Norfolk, quiet; 813 16. Mobile, firm; 8H- VOL. VII. NO. 115. ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1908. On Trains—FIVE CENTS. SANTA CLAUS' SPIRIT BIST Have you or your happy little ones felt yet the touch of Santa Claus' spirit In behalf of the Empty.Stocking Brigade? That spirit Is abroad In the land and several scores of young and old have responded to Its thrilling contact. They have not waited for another day to come and go, but having acted instantly on the suggestion of that Magic Spirit which proclaims the bond of kinship between Those Who Have and Those Who Have Not, they are now tingling with the pleasure tl at ever follows a Good Deed promptly performed. Will you Join that group and share In that Joy? You will not be urged further than your own heart prompts you at this moment; this Is no demand upon you or your fortunate little ones. The spirit of Santa Claus la as gentle as the love of a mother and Just as swift and sure In Its rewards! U Therefore, when the Spirit touches you do not put off the performance of tlm Good "Deed It suggests. See to It that on the Instant your mite starts on Us way to swell the fund The Georgian Is raising for the Empty Stocking Brigade. Here is a sample letter expressing the manner In which the Spirit of Santa Claus urges Those Who Have in behalf of Those Who Have Not: “Atlanta, Dec. 9. •Dear Georgian: "I marked on the front porch and father said he would take 50 cents nf my money out of the bank and pay for cleaning It. I did the work my self but got wet. I am (low sending you the 60 cents I saved. It Is for the little boy crying over the empty stocking. Tell him to come to my house to the big tree Christmas day. "Yours truly. • DAUGHTY RANKIN MANLEY. • Six years old. More of these letters.are on hand, and The Georgian will begin publi cation of them Tuesday. Let yours come at once and may the number swell until nothing else ean be crowded onto the page but responses from those who have felt the touch of the Magic Spirit of Santa Claus! SOME CONTRIBUTORS TO THE FUND. The Georgian Is In receipt of the fnl low'iig sums from contributors to the fund for Santa Claus and the empty stocking brigade: j D Rhodes 15.00 Doughtv Rankin Manley 60 Vinson Harris, 109 Woodward-ave, ,A Alexa and Nora Sterling jnsie Vaughan, Powder Springs .. Rand S. Howard. Blakely 25 H E. King, 165 Glenn-st Edward L. Farris, Jr., 96 West Harrls-st Peggy and Betsy Bates, Cleveland, Ohio, and Catherine Scott 1.50 Nellie. Evelyn and Hurt Means .. .25 Margaret Klnard, Jackson 10 Robert Martin Scales, Waynesboro .25 Adelaide Callaway, 218 Ashby-st.. Marv Louise, Cornelia and Julia Pope, Washington, Ga 25 Cash .. Mailing department of The Geor gian— Htjgh Hill, C. J. Thornton, SOFT PERIL Will It Let President’s Reference to Secret Service Pass? WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—Altho members of the committee deny In ad vance that the waving of the presiden tial “big stick" over the head of con gress will have any effect on Its report, the Impression Is growing that this aft ernoon’s meeting of the special commit tee apoplnted to Investigate the presi dent's remarks about the secret service *m result In putting the soft pedal nn all propositions of censorship of his words. The committee will convene for the nist time this afternoon and Chairman 1 erklns, author of the resolution asking the appointment of such a committee, Has said that a report will be ready before the holiday recess. Representative Each, of Wisconsin, today denied the report that the Insur ants had capitulated to the Cannon forces and that the proposed fight on the present method of selecting the 1 omtnlttee on rules would end in a sur- i^nder to the powers that be. Jr., Albert Kemp. Doc Hollings worth. Dave Warner and John Barrow William Outland, Jr.. Statesboro.. Mrs. Letton. 132 Capltol-ave George S. Kimball. Garfield .. .. Mary Hale and Carter Vernon, Cartersville Alice Muse Cash T. Chris Esslg Fay Christine and Evelyn McCor mick, Stllesboro John T. Pugh. 114 1-2 Central-ave.. Evelyn McGahee, Battle Hill.. .. Milton McGahee, Battle Hill.. .. Douglas and Turner McGahee, Bat tle Hill Reba Lowry, Cartersville.. .. Aline Hafnes, Battle Hill.. .... “For the Empty Stocking” Alton Flowers, Sharpsburg George Wisdom, Chlpley, Ga. Theodora Warfield, 374 Capitol- ave Evelyn Cockrell, Valdosta Lillian and Buth Sims, Meansvllle Frederic Nardln, Ocllla, Ga HOLLAND’S ACT OUTRAGE, SAYS PRESIDENT CASTRO WOMAN’S TEARS BROUGHT BIG HELP TO NEEDY POOR NEW YORK, Dec. 14.—-After a few minutes' visit to the Bowery mission and a talk with some of the men who nightly farm its bread line. Judge E. L. Gary, head of the steel trust, headed a contribution list with a substantial check and pledged himself to devise ways and means for transporting de serving men who want work to places where their labor la needed. He will Supreme Court Hits Commerce Com mission. WASHINGTON, D.c. 14.—The su- pr.rn. court today handed down an opinion In a suit Involving the attempt eome time ago to compel E. H. Harr! man to give teatlmony before the Inter atate commerce commlaalon at Ita In' veatlgatlon Into the affaire of the Union Pacific railroad. The court holda that the Interstate commerce commlaalon did not have un limited power to compel teitlmony on all subjects and It la considered a vic tory for Mr. Harrlman. A dissenting opinion was given by Justice Day, who says the decision of the majority of Justices Is a blow at the Interstate commerce commission. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dee. 14.—It Is denied here that John D. Rockefeller will give $30,000,000 to Oriental edu cation. He came here to have a tooth pulled. SEAMAN DESERTS AT CALL OF LITTLE DYING SISTER Commander of Idaho Refused Gilmore Permission To Go To Her Bedside; But He Went Anyway. Arrested at Her Deathbed. i BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 14.—John Gll- nior *. s eantan on the battleahlp Idaho, *** arrested here Just as ha left the 'bath bed of hie slater, aged 9. s he was taken 111 two weeks ago of spinal meningitis and constantly asked Colombo Greets American Fleet COLOMBO, Ceylon, Dec. 14.—Rear ■admiral Sperry paid his respect* here ‘"day lo sir Henry Edward McCallum, kwernor of Ceylon. A great throng greeted the arrival of the admiral and men „f the ship*. A visit was paid the governor’s mss- tK' n ; Ial * r the governor returned “board the Connecticut. Dally Wi iTliLV* n> from the fourteen “i '.r.>y|„n 111 vl,lt . K,nd >'. « be C “P'- 'ndem N n uT A N T INOPLE, Dec.’ 14—The ha. » n i IJ olr * r from Austria to Turkey went ,D'¥ :h ' d 416.000,000. A atate- luday*® effect was made officially for him. Laat Monday her condition became critical and his mother wired Gilmore, asking him to coma. Gilmore said that he applied for leave, showing the telegram to the command er, but he was refused. He seised the first chance next day toidesert. NoStandard Oil Hearing Monday NEW YORK, DSC. 14.—The hl.nd.rd Oil hesriaf -ss adjourned today uytil 10 o'clock tomorrow moraine, whoa the standard at- torn.r will pal In comr doeumeatsry erl. dear,, which will practically closa the cais for the defeuae. > CHANGE WOULD DELAY ARRIVAL OF THE PAPERS EATONTON, Ga, Dpe. 14—Saturday afternoon a petition waa being circu lated here to aak a change In the ar rival of the 10:10 p. m. train over Cen tral railroad to 7:40 p. m. If thl* goes Into effect it will delay the Atlanta evening papers. Judge Gary, Former Steel Magnate, Sees New York’s Bread Line—Wife’s Sorrow at .Suffering Brought Big Check. BOTCH TIKE ROSIE STEP Coast Ship Seized by Dutch Battleship. No Resistance. BERLIN, Dee. 14.—President Castro triived here today and said the seising of the Allx was nothing more than naval brigandage.' He said further that It was an out rage on civilisation, and Holland had placed herself without the pale of de cency. President Castro said he did not know what Venezuela would do about It. WILEMSTAD, Curacos, Dee. 14, Selsure of the Venesuelan coast ship and the suspicious absence of President Castro at a crucial time has thrown Venezuelans Into a atate of wild fear and a revolt la Imminent. Cables from Bordeaux bring Inform*, t Ion that' rumors persist that Castro Is still placing larg* sums of money ,ln European banka, and has no Intention of returning until the trouble subsides. The selsure of the ship took place subsequent to a protest sent to the S iwera by Minister Paul, who said that olland would be held responsible for all consequences. Flying a Dutch flag and with a Dutch crew aboard, the Dutch cruiser Gelderland came Into port yesterday towing the Venezuelan coaat guard ship Allx. The Allx was captured by the Gelder land off Puerto Cabello Saturday, while the Allx waa lying close in shore under the guna of a fort. Altho Venexuela had made threat* that the Aral Dutch ship that made any demonstration would be fired on, not a shot was flred. The Gelderland sent an officer and guard aboard to take charge of the Allx, and the crew waa sent ashore, while a Dutch crew waa placed on the captured vesael. The selsure of the Allx waa In ac cordance with the plana of Holland to capture any Venesuelan ships found in these waters. WJien the Gelderland came Into port here, with the Allx In tow. there was great enthusiasm. The governor of Ouracoa Issued the following statement: "The capture by our warships of coaat guard and war vessels la not to be considered as. an unfriendly act against Venesuala. It Is only a reprisal against Castro's government, which re fuses to give satisfaction for his un friendly acta toward Holland. The selsure of these vessels will make It Impossible for the Venesuelan govern ment to carry troop* or ammunition to and from the varlou* porta. "A communication to this effect baa been forwarded by the Dutch govern ment to the German minister at Car acas." In the absence of Prealdent Caatro, H la believed that the Venezuelan govern ment will make no effort to prevent Holland taking other vessel*, and that no war-llke demonstration will result. TORPEDO'BOAT FLOTILLA IN WINTER PRACTICE CHARLESTON, S. C, Oee. 14—A torpedo boat destroyer and four toqpedo boats left Charleston for St. Joseph’s Bay, Fla., for winter practice. Several submarine* are expected to arrive at Charleston shortly. - x WHAT CONGRESS DID TODAY. Motion In house to reconsider $ alien act, passed Saturday, de- + feated 170 to 80. 4* President's message on Browns- + vllle Investigation read In senate. + Senator Koraker proposed com- + mission, headed by General Chaf- + fee. to Investigate Brownsville af- + fslr. Laid aside temporarily. + Senate may adjourn Thursday + to January 4. * + House may adjourn Saturday + for holidays. ♦ Affair* are again becoming critical ip Venexuela. Dutch warships are patrolling the venesuelan coasts and Venezuelan authorities avow their In tention to flCa on the Dutch warships at the first act that may be construed unfriendly. The picture at the top gives a blrdaeye view'of LaGualra, the principal seaport of Venezuela. Immediately below la Artlng Prealdent Vi cente Gomez, who la In charge of affair* during President Castro's ab- see.ee. Picture at the right Is from a recent. photograph of Queen Wllhel- mine, of Holland. GEORGIA NEGRO GIVES BROWNSVILLE FACTS Boyd Conyers, of Monroe, Confessed Shoot ing—Special Message by President , Roosevelt. advocate a law to provide such trans portation. A woman had much to do with the euergetlc plan to help the needy. Mrs. Gary accompanied her husband and a* the long line of 1,500 men filed slowly by. waiting patiently for their dole of bread and coffee, nhe buret Into tears. Judge Gary pledged himself to help them. ‘ ' IUUIS BEGINS FICHT FOR LIFE Days Probably * Re quired to- Select 4 Complete Jury. FLUSHING, L. I., Dec. 14.—Hand cuffed to Sheriff John M. Philips, Thornton Jenkins Halm arrived at the old Queens county court house In Flushing, at 12:30,o*clock. The pris oner had been brought from the county prison In Long Island City in a trolley car. It was announced that the defend ant’s mother would*not be in court, owing to her collapse at the Hotel Acton. Her condition Is not* serious. Counsel HIrsch asked that the In dictment be dismissed because mem bers of the grnnd Jury were biased. The work of selecting the Jury then commenced. On August 15 last at- the landing stage of the Bay Side Yacht Club he stood by with drown revolver while Continued on Pago Thirteen. EORMURDEROF CMKIN Alleged Night Riders Placed on Trial at Union Ciiy. UNION CITY, Tenn., Dee. 14—Never before has this section of Tennessee taken so much Interest In any proceed ings In court or trial of persona charged with crime os that manifested hero to day at the openlpg of the trial of eight alleged night riders, charged with tho murder of Captain Quinton Rankin, a prominent attorney of Trenton. Tenn., who met death at the hands of outlaws while here looking after land Interests some week* ago. and at the time Colo nel Each Taylor made a sensational escape from the same band of men. People from the Reelfont district be- gan arriving here early yesterday and when the trial of the men charged with the allocking murder was called there was scores of the friends of the prison ers on hand to hear the evidence and watch the progreaa of the trial. Eight Placed on Trial. The eight alleged night riders wore plnccd on trial this afternoon. Tho first men to go on trial are Garrett Johnson, Sam Applewhite. Roy Ran som, Bud Morris. Fred Pinion. Arthur Gloar, Tld Burton and Bob Huffham. At the very beginning of the trial a legal battle will be waged aa to who will •elect the names of the venire from which the Jury will be drawn. Tho state wants Judge Joseph E. Jones to select 300 names nnd the defense Insists that the regular custom be followed and Sheriff Eastwood be allowed to summon venire from the county. That the trials might move expedi tiously euch matters of a preliminary Continued on Page Nine. EVERYBODY IS NOW BUSY BUYING FOR CHRISTMAS Stores Thronged With Shoppers Looking For Presents For Daddy or the Baby, or Maybe a Best Girl. WASHINGTON, Dac. 14,-Prealdent Roosevelt sent a special message to congress today, covering fully tho Brownsville. Investigation. It was thru the confession of a Georgia negro, Boyd Conyers, of Monroe, that the main facts were established. This message consisted largely of correspondence bearing on the affair, and the report made by Hpectal Officer Herbert J. Browne. In conjunction wflth Captain W. G. Baldwin. In transmit ting this correspondence to congress the president says: "This report enables us to fix with tolerable dellnitenesa at least some of the criminals who took the lead In the murderous shooting of private cilisena at Brownsville. It establishes clearly the fact that the colored soldiers did the shooting; but upon this point fur ther record waa unnecessary, os the fact that the colored soldiers did the shooting has already been established beyond all possibility of. doubt. The Investigation has not gone far enough to enable us to determine all the facts, and we will proceed with It; but It ha* gone far enough to determine with suf ficient Accuracy certain facts of enough Importance to make It advisable that* I place the report before you. “It appears that almost all the mem bers of company B must have been Continued on Page Thirteen. JOHN L. A MOLLYCODDLE, AT LEAST WIFE SAYS SO Prize Fighter’s Wife, From Whom He Seeks Divorce, Also Declares Sullivan Is a Member Of Ananias Club. NEW YORK, Dec. 14.—John L. Sul livan Is only a mollycoddle. That Is what Ms wife says at the home of her sister In Centerville. R. I, She declare* she was never served^vlth notice of his Intended divorce or she would have fought It. "I understand John Is going or marry the widow of his former backer, Char ley Johnson. She lives In Brooklyn, and 1s worth $200,000, “I do not see why John spoke of me the way he did. I never spoke III of him. John has done lota of talking and now he can’t light any more. He's only a mollycoddle. He certainly belongs to Prealdent Roosevelt’s Ananias Club." Everybody's got a package—no, no, not the kind of package you are think ing about. Take a stroll dotfn Whitehall or up Peachtree and then you’ll gee the kind of package that la meant—a Christmas package, neatly tied. Men and women, old and young, white and black—age and color don’t matter when It cornea to purchasing “Christmas gifs." The afreets are fair ly swarming wlftt nil the different brands and breeds of shoppers. All the wlndowa are decorated with Christmas goods, a touoh of mistletoe here, a miniature Christmas tree there, and paper bells of fanciful and gorgeous and design everywhere. Toy* galore K ap forth Invitingly to the young folks, xes of cigars In silver paper and gold, unique Inkstands and paper weights, cash trays and playing card outfits hold forth a temptation to the male con tingent of the shopping army, and the women look long and lovingly at the glnvea and ostrich feathers nnd the hats, from toques to Merry Widows. Stores All Crowded. Each to his own desire. The stores awarin with clerks, regular and special. Floor-walkers pace to and fro, seeing that the clerka work and the shoppers shop. Proprietors beam down upon the great crowds that nil their stores, while the merry dollars Jingle In the bulging cash drawers. Of course It Is a gay. happy crowd. The holiday spirit Is already here and “Booze Train” Busier As Christmas Comes Christmas In Atlanta, for the first time since the advent of prohibition, promises to be almost as lively as Christmas was when old -John Barley corn was dispensed across the bar In packages or by the drink. At least such are the Indications, to Judge by the amount of whisky that Is now passing thru the hands of the Bouthern Express Company at the local offices. According to a statement given out by one of the officials of the company, the Increase In the shipment* up to Monday, twelve days before the holi days. ha* approximated about 20 per rent. The shipments are growing heavier each day and the express com pany is getting an extra force of em ployees to handle that phase' of the business alone. SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich.. Dec. 14. Robber* entered the postoffice here early today and sandbagged Deputy Postmaster Prank Higgins. Higgins was struck ovsr the head and rendered unconscious. The robbers then looted the office and escaped with booty. It is believed, amounting to $2,500. with which Higgins waa preparing to meet the pay roll. Illgglna recovered sufficiently to crawl out to the sidewalk, where he was found by Policeman Charles Roberts. It Is believed the robbers fled to Can- Ads. AT OFTOBACCOPLANTER Warned By Night Riders Not To Sell His Crop. MEMPHIS, Tenn.. Oee. 14.—James Vaughn, a wealthy planter living near Dukedom, a short distance from Union City, Tenn., found a note and bundle of switches on his doorstep Sunday morn ing. The note was signed. "Night Riders." and warned him against the sale of hts tobacco. He Is not a member of the Dark To bacco Association and recently sold his tobacco to buyers In Pulton. Ky. Dep uty Sheriffs art guarding his place. DEFY INJUNCTION; CLOSE FERRY LINE NEW YORK, Dec. 14—Three hun dred men were thrown out of employ, ment and thousands of merchants were Inconvenienced today by the closing of every line running between New York nnd Brooklyn at points from Broadway to Green Point. This action was taken despite an In junction restraining the company from • losing the ferry lines. They have been losing monex. everybody Is In a festival mood. It’s such great fun to shop—especially for the women folks and the young people. Of course all have at least one pack age. The long, slim- package, you know, contains a necktie, the hlg bulg ing one holds the toys, the real small one has the bracelet, the scarf pin or the ring, and occasionally you ace the shapely package, about aa wide as It 1 la high, and about half as high as It Is long—a pair of shoes for the cook or the house girl, perhaps. You can’t mistake the box of cigars that wifey has purchased for hubby. And the present hubby has purchased for wifey chances aro goes home In a delivery wagon—a dress, a hat. or a rug. perhaps. With It all there goes the pussled ex- preasjon which says: Everybody Wonders. •i w onder if she’s going to give me a present?" She who wonders Is lost. If there Is any chance "she” Is going to give you a present, even the remotest chance, then you must buy "her" nn.-. And she going thru the same mental process, does the same thing. Then, too, there Is the eternal Christ mas question, "What must I buy?" Here* a good suggestion: If you want a razor, be It safety or the kind a negro purchases Tor social purposes call on the man you would like to have give It to you; and talk to him about t,le barb * r '" b m l«. That •yin lead up, no doubt, to the proper If you want a pair of gloves, call at- tentlon to the chapped condition of bBnd ?— u doean’t matter whether they are chapped or not. If you want “Xrocclet. just remark how pretty Elisabeths bracelet la, and what nice- Institutions bracelets are anyway. It n all a system. The m&n or worn- all who play* the game right gets the beat results. TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES. ~~ T ' DRUG STORE FOR SALE I ONE Of Till best drug .owes l„ tli„ [■ city of Atlanta for sale. Will excbasc- *— real estate. Address Drugs. Box T;. SITUATION WANTED - WANTED—Temporary work by exr stenographer. Phone lyy 2QT-J. SETTLER WOMAN wishes eniployn b-’iiw'kerper In a small farnllv. 51 Box 1X3, enre Georgian, WASTED—Position* aa hoc pban girt. 27 yeara old. Jr liar). Address Q. ft _ FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT. FOB KKXT- Faraiahed " nml oil conTenl#*nrf«. A|*rtmfPt A. 3) firm 1 BOARDERS WANTED. LABOR I’LKASANT room with board at |g I’fHitrfr^t. t FlVri huudr*d wants sod (or tod*/ «a