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the weather. Showers Friday night or Saturday. Temperatures Friday (taken at A. K. Hawkes Co.'s store): S a. m., 80 de crees' 10 a. m.. 84 degrees; 12 noon, 86 degrees; 2 p. m, 00 degrees. I The Atlanta Georgian "Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN’ AND NEWS "Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN” SPOT COTTON. Atlanta, steady; 1SU- Liverpool, holi day. New York, quiet; 15.10. Savannah, quiet; 15H- Augusta, nominal; 16V Gal veston. quiet; 15c. Norfolk, quiet; 15 1 *- Houston, steady; 15c. Charleston, nom inal; 16V VOL. IX. NO. 277. HOME! 4th ) edition ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1911. HOME(4th) edition PRICE: On ^Trains,' Fl'vK CENTS' fOR PEOPLE’S RULE He Urges Commission System as a Step Forward in His Auditorium Address. EXPLAINS ITS WORKINGS A Great Audience Hears the Commoner Stress Impor tance of New Issue. Impressing the Idea that commission government, with the Initiative, refer- Jndum and recall. Is an outgrowth of the world-wide Intellectual, moral and governmental development. William Jennings Bryan closed hie addreee to an audience of more than 4.000 In the Auditorium-Armory Thureoay night and turned to meet the many who went to the etage to ehake his hand. Mr. Bryan spoke of commleeton gov ernment toward the end of hla address and placed It In the aame category with election of senators by the people and the more democratic constitutions \of some of the new states. Beginning with cheers, there was frequent ap plause throughput hla speech, especial ly when hs apoke pointedly of commis sion government .... "I regard this question." said Mr. Bryan at the beginning, “aa one of many questions that have grown out of the desire to perfect governments and Improve conditions." Then he took up the Intellectual de velopment of the world, telling of the Increase of schools and the awakening of many of the South • American and Asiatic nations which have long been nrt From that the talk led Into a.discus sion and explanation of moral better- ment. . ... ••We can all see the evidence of the coming of the’era-of brotherhood;” sald he. ".Van Is coming to see his relation to his fellowmen better than ever be fm<V World Moving Forward. "The world Is moving forward.” he continued, "and the -study of the. sci ence of government. It Is as pronouncsd as the growth In intelligence and In fhorals. . "As Jefferson said*, thete'are two par. ties—aristocratic and democratic. The party of the people is the growing party and the party of aristocracy Is the dy |nc party. , • ■ "Our nation r« leading” in thin sduca hlonsl. moral and governmental devel opment. Purity In politics Is making prog reu. When you set a great principal In motion, you can not prescribe limi tations for It. , .1 know nothing about your local conditions, except what I have heard, and that is that they are not worse than elsewhere. But I have heard that Atlanta can’t be satisfied If there Is something better to be had than she already has." He told of a note handed him aa he entered the hall, asklg If he had read the present city charter. He replied that he had not, but asked the quei tlon: Room For Improvement, "Have you the Initiative, referendum and recall In your charter?” * There were a number of answers of "No." "Then thers Is certainly room for Im provement,” answered Mr. Bryan. "The commission form has Been tried In a number of places, and so far as I know It has given satisfaction. If there are cases of dissatisfaction occa sionally. they are natural. "I believe Its principles are sound and will make It a aucceas and an Im provement over the old plan. "The old plan grows weaker es the city grows larger. One of Its principal faults Is lack of centralisation of re- ponslblllty. "Weakness Is a thing wo can not overlook. We have had so much graft In our cities that we can not be blind to a movement that will leesen the temptations to graft. "Responsibility strengthens a man nd arouses desires to live up to It. Centers Responsibility. "Commission government centers re sponsibility and puta the heade of the rlty government directly in the public eye. "There la- no reason for wards. In the state you can't tell the character of sections far from you and there Is di versity of Interests. The city Is a unit. A man frequently lives In one ward and ■sea business In another. "In the oldermanlc system, the re- Continued on Last Page. Ex-Senator Tells of Tangled Political Affairs in Illinois. TALKS OF BRIBE OFFER REMWfHlY BOSE LJ1E FRIDAY State Procession Rivaled Cor onation Itself in Splendor and Magnificence. Princes and Potentates at the Big Show Defeated Candidate Indignant ly Denies He Made Over tures to Democrats. WANT ADS Published by all the Atlanta papers for tne week ending tune 17,1911, six days to the week; Georgian ftjp 2,783 Journal .2,156 Constitution 1,183 On yesterday the Atlan ta papers carried Want Ads as follows: Georgian 564 Journal 365 Constitution 195 Whlttw GEORGIAN Print, no beer, , #r “ nel «en advertising. Ihoae who are out of a po- Thb" °-- v,ho dsslre * better one, ONE CENT A WOP. O Washington, June 23.—Ex-Senator Albert J. Hopklna, the flret witneas to day before the senate committee In vestigating Senator Lortmer's election, gave a long account of the tangled po litical affairs in Illinois, describing the deals, bargains and negotiations among the Republicans before Lo rimer secured his election to the senate. Senator Hopkins described conditions In Illinois leading up to the election pf Senator Lorimer. He declared that he.had received a plurality of the votes cast In the senatorial primary in 1908. The Republican vote was: Former Rep resentative William E. Mason, 88,896; Representative George Foss, 191,110; Hopkins. 163.388. ,. Because of this vote he considered that he was entitled to re-electloh. He then described the fight before the leg islature and the deadlock which en sued. There were repeated conferences and caucuses In his room at ths St. Nich olas hotel, and the situation was dls cussed. Offered $2,500 for Vota. On the morning of the day Lorimer was elected senator, Hopkins said that his secretary, Mr. Pfeifers, had told him that Senator McCormack, one of his supporters, had come to him and ■aid that, he had been offered $2,500 to vote for Lorlmer. Continued on Last Pag*. GENERAL BOTHA IN PARADE ErigJish King and Queen Again Receive the Plaudits of Their Subjects. And They Mean To Get It if It Takes All the Summer. Rendon, June 23.—Rivaling in splen dor and regal magnificence the coro nation Itself, the state procession thru the south of London, ths second great street spectacle In the pageantry at tending George V'a crowning, today furnished the hundreds of thousands of visitors within the city's gates a military spectacle unapproached In modern times. King George and Queen Mary, ap pearing fresh arid unwearied dosplto the arduous functions thru which they had passed yesterday, again rode forth In state to Receive the plaudits of their subjects from both home and over seas. The weather was again threatening and showers fell during the early hours of the morning, presaging a* wet. gloomy day. Ths colonials occupied a conspicu ous position In the royal procession, the first division being given over to them alone. Old Boer Warrior In Parade. Escorted by life guards and detach ments of Canadian and territorial troops, Sir Wilfrid Laurler, premier of the Dominion of Canada, and General Botha, the famous old Boer general who but a few years ago was ono of Eng land's most implacable foes, but Is now premier of United South Africa, rode in the very van. Sir Wilfrid occu- pled the first carriage and General Continued on Last*Pags. HE IS ELECTED HEAD OF FEDERATION OF LABOR PUBLIC TIRED OF DELAY Speaker Clark Says the House Will Turn Root Amend ment Down. Washington, June 23^—Predicting an all-summer session and declaring that the Democratic house Intends to stick In Washington until the senate acts upon bills revising various tariff schedules. Speaker Champ Clark today outlined the tentative program of the Democrats, The party proposes a re vision of the antlrs Payne tarlfT. The speaker la hopeful that the coali tion between senate Insurgents and Democrats will hold together. In this event he forecasts remedial tarlfT leg' Illation that will be put directly up to the president either to sign or veto. Publio Won’t Aocapt Excuses. Speaker Clark declared that ths pub lic Is not In the mood to accept excuses for a delay In revising the tariff. The Republican plea that the tariff board "has not made its report" observed Mr. Clark, will not be received with pa tience by the country. "The tariff board.” said the speak- , “has been In existence something like eighteen months. So far as con gress la advised. It has learned noth- ng. “In view of recent developments In the senate and a coalition between the Insurgents and Democrats thers, who want a revision of the tariff, the pro gram of the house will be aa follows, gen*n.r«.rk Time. "The house will mark time for ten days or two weeks. Meanwhile work will progress on the cotton schedule, and It may be ready to lay before the house within three weeks. With cot ton out of the way, the committee may make better time on some of the less Involved schedules In the Payne law. "We are going to shoot tariff bills over to the> senate Just as fast aa we can frame them properly and secure their passage In the house." •The cotton schedule probably will bo followed with a revision of the sugar. Iron, steel and other sections of the Payne-Aldrich law. "Representative Clayton has Intro duced a bill to lower the duty on augar and to strike out of the law all refer ence to ‘No. .16 dutcha standard,' the retention of which benefits only the refiners. . _ , , People Demand Revision, "I have seen reports that the presi dent will veto all tariff legislation en acted In advance of the report of the tariff board. We can not help that. If such proves to be the case. We take the position that a general revision of the Payne law la needed and that It Is demanded by the people. We would not be Justified In further delay and the country la not Inclined to take any more excuses. The time for excuses has patsed. "In the light of .the situation today see no prospects for an early adjourn ment. As for the house. It Is willing to do Its part, I believe, and will stay here all summer If necessary In order Continued on Last Page. His Lawyers Will File Plea For Habeas Corpus on Satur day Morning. SAY SENTENCE IS ILLEGAL Reuben Arnold and Lamar Hill To Make Another Attempt To Free Client. , ... .. • • Celebrates Founding of the First Cotton Manufactur ing Industry. Fall River, Mass., Juns 23.—From all parts of southern Massachusetts and many sections of Rhode Island thou sands of people streamed Into Fall River today until the greatest' number of people that the famous mill city has ever had were gathered to greet Pres ident Teft when he steamed In from Newport on the yacht Mayflower to take part In celebrating the hundredth anniversary of ths founding here of ths first cotton manufacturing Industry In America. Ths Mayflower was due at 1 p. m. and was conv.oysd by a . flotilla of torpedo boats, the battleship Con necticut. the gunboat Yanktown ’and the United States revenue cutters Acushnet and Gresham. Official representatives of foreign countries. at the ' coronation of King GeorgO and Queen Mary Thursday. No. 1, Prince Henry of Holland; 2. the In fante Fernando of Bavaria (brother of King Alfonso), representing Spain: I, the German crown prince: 4. the crown prince of Sweden; 6, the Duke of Aosta, representing Italy; 6, Prince SMITH’S ADVANCE AGENT Told How Havemeyer Obtain ed Interest in Mormon Beet Sugar Industry. rep resen t I ng Japanl .7. the Jerome Jones, of Atlanta, De feats Williamson For President. Rome, Ga., June 23.—The final ses sion of thirteenth annual convention of the Georgia Federation of Labor la now being held and after election of officers and choice of next meeting place will adjourn. President C. T. Williamson was a candidate for re-election and was defeated by Jerome Jones, of At lanta. The convention voted down the at' tempt to change the date of meeting to the third Wednesday In May and will continue to meet In June. The federation ha* decided to wage an active campaign of education to get buyers to demand the union label. An executive committee was authorised, if It deems best, to buy moving pic' ‘ machines to.Illustrate the condition the union and non-union shops. Res olutions were passed Indorsing the Initiative, referendum and recall, bar bers' license law, plumbers' license law, bill to provide all factories with fire escapes and to work no employe- above fourth floor of buildings. The federation decided to keep or ganisers In ths field whenever neces- K ary and to try to secure closer affllla- lon with the Order of Railway Tel- ' egraphers. No Vote For Women. After having been recognised and seated as delegates by the Georgia State Federation of Labor since Its organisation thirteen years ago. women representing label leagues and auxil iaries will no longer be given a vote, according to the action of the conven tion Wednesday and a ruling by Sam uel Gompers. president of the American Federation of Labor. The matter was brought before the convention by the credentials commit tee, which recommended that Mrs. W. H. Liner, second vice president, be re ceived as a fraternal delegate only. The fact that Mrs. Liner had been elected a member of the executive council by the.conventlon last year and had served with such marked ability that the president made special mention of her work In hie ennuel report, gave the matter-prominence and caueed con siderable discussion, the final vote be ing very rloee. Hereafter ell delegates elected by la bel leagues and auxiliaries will be stat ed a* fraternal delegatee only. "Biting foV tbe^jyeetdenUaj: ero V n prince of ServYa. It win be no- h“d pU<Jli tartar back^ t,ced tha * Po " UMl " the «"«F A busy day was mapped out for the president. Plans bad been made to dine and fete him on every hand and he was expected to make an exhaustive review of the exposition. MRS. H. E. HER LIREWITH PISTOL Wife of an Atlanta Insurance Man, Residing in Moultrie, Shoots Herself. psan nation of any Importance that Is not honored with an official represen tative. This Is because of the recent revolution In that country. IN CHI Moultrie, Gs., June 23.—Mrs. H. E. Glass, wife of a well known local Insur ance man. committed suicide In her room at tha Hotel Colquitt this morn Ing at 9 o'clock. She had been In very poor health sines ths death of her mother In Atlanta some years ago. She was extremely nervous and hysterical all yesterday and was In a physi cian's care. This morning shortly before 9 o'clock her husband .left her alone and went to consult her physician. When he re turned to their room a few moments later she was In'ths last throes of death with a pistol bullet wound Just above her heart. She had covered herself with the bedclothes before firing and the sound of the shot was so muffled that It was not even heard by a lady In a room two doors away. The sight completely unnerved Mr. Glass, who waa devoted to hla wife, and he became hysterical. Ths coroner was summoned and a Jury Impaneled. A search of tho dead woman’s pos sessions discovered two notes, which Indicated both that her mind Is unbal anced and that aha had planned to kill herself on two prevtons occasions. Both of the notes were written In Atlanta. One of them, undated, referred to tak ing chloral and spoke In a rambling way of her troubles. The other, dated June 10, waa a fare, wall to her husband and Indicated that she planned to lock herself In the bath room and turn on the gas. She told him that ho had done alt in hla power, but that her sufferings were such that she was ready to die. Mrs. Glass was Miss Ida May Staf ford before her marriage. The couple formerly lived In Atlanta at 112 West Peachtree-st.. and Mrs. Glass came to Believes June Record of 98.5 Degrees Will Be Broken. Chicago, Juns 23,—Six names were added today to the lone list of victims of hot weather in Chicago this year, making a-total of .eleven dead In, tha last two days of the third heat wave that has already swept the city, altho this Is but the second day of the calen dar summer.* The heat waa Intense and at 9 o'clock the mark waa 86 degrees and still rts Ing. No relief Is held, out by the weath er bureau. It was believed that the June record of'96.8 degrees would be broken. Thousands of persons were driven Into the waters of Lake Mlchi gan for relief. MRS. LEA’S LIFE SAVED BY HUSBAND’S SACRIFICE Washington, June 23.—Mrs Lea, wife of United States Senator Luke Lea, of Tennersee, whose life Is believed to have been saved by ths transfusion of a quart of her husband's blood, waa de. dared to be out of danger today. One Man Killed. Four Hurt. Waycross, Ga., Juns 23.—George Wil liams was klllsd and four psraons In jured, none seriously, when a car load of rails was spilled on the Waycross snd Southern twenty miles couth of Waycross this morning. The Injured were members of tho construction gang. Moultrie only about a week ago. Mr. Glass Is welt known In Atlanta, having been manager of the Southern States Mutual Life Insurance Compa ny, with offices In the Empire building, up until June 18. when he left Atlanta for Moultrie. His. wife had numerous friends In Atlanta. Washington, Juna.23.—Thomas Cutler, a former Mormon bishop and prominent among tha Latter Day Saints, resumed his testimony before the house committee Investigating the sugar trust today. Mr.'Cutler appears .!* the advance man for Prophet Joseph. Smith, head of the Mormon hierarchy, who will testify before the committee nest Monday. Mr. Cutler today continued hi* nar rative of how Henry O. Havemeyer and the American Sugar Refining Company ten year* ago obtained practically half Interest tn the Mormon,beet sugar In dustry of Utah and Idaho. The wit ness, who Is vice president and director In the Utah-Idaho Sugar Refining Com pany.' said that he was the Interme diary thru whom Havemeyer negotl ated for his holdings In the sugar con cerna controlled by the Mormon church. $600,000 of Watered Stock. Cutler acknowledged that there waa 6600,000 watered stuck in the capitali sation of tha Utah-Idaho.company. In amalgamating the various companies that went Into tha large combine, he said that It was necessary to give western Idaho and the Fremont county company stockholders a bonus on their holdings, and In consequence 1600.000 of ths 610,000,000 capitalisation was purs water. The witness acknnledged that ths Mormon church probably owned 10 per cent. of the stock In ths Utah-Idaho company. - "Does ths church not own other prop, erty?" asked the chairman. "Yea, It has holdings In other con cerns," answered the witness. 8mlth Acts as Trustee. Cutler said that the church-la not In corporated. but that . Prophet Smith acts aa trustee and that the dividends from the Investments are turned Into ths church treasury. An Inkling of the bueiness. methods of ths Mormon church was brought out tn the testimony of Mr. Cutler by Rep resentative Madison. Cutler said that the church had Invested 190,000 In the beet sugar Industry. Chureh Has "Inner Circle." Madison wanted to know of what funds this was taken and Cutler's an swer was evasive. Cutler admitted that there la "an Inner circle of the Mor mon church” which conducts the busi ness affairs of ths church and makes no report. He admitted that Joseph Smith made Investments for the church In the Utah-Idaho Sugar Refin ing company after Ihe alleged trust, the American Sugar Refining company, had acquired an Interest In the con cern. Georgian Heads Service. Philadelphia, Juns 23.—The Baptist World alliance opened Its sessions here today, with Sir George McAipIne, of England, presiding. Devotional exer cises were conducted bv. C. T. Walker, of Georgia. An address was delivered by Mrs. Andrew McLelsh, of Chicago, on “Woman's Work." Another step In the fight for the free, dom of Charles W. Morse, former steamship king and multi-millionaire banker, now serving a fifteen-year sen tence In the Federal penitentiary here, will be taken Saturday morning In the United States court, when Judge New. man will be asked to grant a writ of habeas corpus. This became apparent Friday morn ing when Attorneys Reuben" R. Arnold and Lamar Hill, acting for Morse, served notice upon the court and As sistant United States District Attor ney John W. Henley that the petition would be filed at 10 o'clock Saturday morning. At this time Mr. Henley will be pres ent. representing the government, and It Is believed he will oppose the grant ing of the writ and ask Instead that a rule nisi bs granted, setting a date when the government shall be called on to show cause why the writ of habeas corpus shall not Issue. Such a proceed ing at opposing the granting of a writ of habeas corpus Is considered by at torneys as somewhat unusual, but In asmuch as once before such action was taken by a court. It Is believed that the government will take this stand. It Is known, however, that Attorneys Arnold and Hill will Insist that the pe tition for the writ of habeas corpus be granted and made returnable upon a convenient date, when Morse shall bo brought into court by Warden Moyer \ of the Federal prison, and when both > sides will be given opportunities of/ giving argument on the features set out In the petition. The petition which Morse's attorneys will file Saturday morning has been In the course of preparation for some days, and It is known that Attorney Arnold and Attorney Hill have had several consultations with their client. Attacks the Decision. This petition makes an attack upon the legality of Morse's Imprisonment for two reasons. The first Is that Morse was convicted under section 6209 of the revised statutes. Tho peti tion declares that the only punishment which can be Inflicted under this sec tion Is that of Imprisonment. This stat ute provides that convictions shall be punished by Imprisonment for not less than five years nor more than ten. It Is pointed out In this connection that the Atlanta penitentiary Is au thorised under an act of congress of 1891, which merely authorises the erec. tlon of buildings upon lands.purchased for the confinement "of all prisoners convicted of any crime whose term of Imprisonment Is one year or more at hard labor by sny court of the United States In any state, territory or dis trict." The point made Is that Morse Is be ing confined In an Institution devoted by the Very law of Its creation to hard labor convicts, while the statute under which he was convicted and sen'enced does not carry with It any requirement of hard labor. Second Reason Given. The second* reason assigned In the petition why Morse Is being Illegally detained by Warden Moyer Is based upon the sentence of fifteen years which Morse was given by the New York Judge. It Is declared that this sentence Is an absolute nullity. In ex plaining this, the petition says Mnrsn waa convicted upon a number of counts. This conviction was after ward reduced by the court of appeals to only a certain number of counts In the Indictment charging false entries. The court sentenced Morse generally lo fifteen years In the Atlanta peniten tiary. An Investigation of the authorities discloses that such a sentence as this will be construed only as a sentencu upon one count or one charge In tho indictment. 'In other words," said Mr. Arnold In discussing the cate, “we can not by guess work apportion a gross sentencu like this among the different counts of the indictment. "The great weight of authorities In the United States. Including numerous Federal authorities,” continued Mr. Ar nold. “Is that such a sentence Is 'to bo Interpreted as a sentence Upon onn charge of making false entries. This being tho case, section 5209 of the re vised statutes limits the sentence to ten year* aa a maximum." Is Sentence Void? The question which the petition will bring up It whether the sentence of fifteen years Is entirely and totally void or only void as to the excess. Mr. Ar nold believes that the sentence Is v i t In Its entirety and that no other court can take a vuld and Illegal sentencu and undertake to apportion it or lop off the excess. He declares that every part of the sentence Is void, that It U a sentence In gross and that unless It Is good In Its entirety. It Is bad. “My contention will be upon this petition." said Mr. Arnold, "that tha sounder and better authorities hold that such a sentence Is void In Its entire ty. It Is true that there are authori ties which hold that such a sentence Is good for the maximum period ami void for the excess, which would make It a good sentence for ten yean, bat I do not believe these authorities aro sound 'll Is also very Important for Mr. Morse to know exactly what his stains is a* a convict, and In this habeas cor pus petition we have asked that the court adjudicate hla status. If Mr. Morse's rentence It really one for t-n years Instead of fifteen, Mr. More* should know It because of the fact that he has various rights which flow from a ten-year sentence, such as the right to a discharge within a certain time for good behavior; and the right to a parole,at the expiration of a certa.n period. The time is near at hand u h«*r Mr. Mome'a right to a parole win ae- Continued on Last Page.