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the weather. Forecast: Showers Monday night or Tuesday; cooler tonight. Temperatures umday (taken at A. K. Hawkes Com pany’* store): 8 a. m., 77; 10 a. m., 83; 12 noon. 85: 2 p. m-. 8<. The Atlanta Georgian “Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN" AND NEWS "Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN” SPOT COTTON. Atlanta, steady; 14%. £Werpobl, easier; 7.22. New York, quiet; 18.60. Savannah, quiet; 14c. Augusta, nominal; 16c. Gal veston, quiet; 12%. Norfolk, quiet; 13V Houston, steady; 13% ' 14% Memphis, nomir VOL. IX. NO. 303. HOME( 4th ) EDITION ATLANTA, GA„ MONDAY, JULY 24, 1911. HOME(4th) EDITION PRICE: gUSl Colonel John Dymond, Editor, Declares Nebraskan Isn’t Wanted. SOME FAVOR GOV. HARMON But This, He Says, Is Because of Bryan’s Hostility to the Ohioan. .DDortunfty It ha, intir, control of th. national oov.rnment. It now ha. a majority In the houaa. nearly ■ majority In the aanata, and a eplendld oooortunlty to win tho presidency next year. It all depends, however, on the nom- Should tho wrong man be .elected tha opportunity would be thrown away. The Georgian believes that at preaent there It no man within the party who le ■0 itrong ae Woodrow Wlleon. former Georgian, now governor of Now Jonty. HI. political career haa boon brief but brilliant. If In the next twelve month* he maintains tho record he he; mada ao far, no othar Democrat will hav# Wilson's strength. So, believing that Ita roaden desire* to keep epeclally In touch with tha career of this logical leader. The Georgian will pub lish a complete nport of Wflaon’a accom pii.hmente In his own etat* and mirror the opinions of him expressed by others. The following article appeared In Tho Detroit News last week: Colonel John Dymond, of New Or gans. one of the wealthleet sugar plant ers of the South, and the editor of The Sugar Planter, an authority on both the enne nnd beet sugar Industry of Amer- Ict, who la In Detroit for tho twenty- sixth annual convention of the National Editorial association, says there la ai patently a dominant sentiment througl out the Southern states fer the nomlna. tlon of Woodrow Wilson, governor of New Jersey, as the next Democratic candidate for the presidency. •There le also quite a sentiment for Harmon In the South, but I am rather Inclined to believe that It haa been created thru the alleged opposition of Colonel Bryan to Harmon," said Colonel Dvmond. "The South seems to be al most a unit for the retirement of Bryan from the dictatorship of party candi dates and policies, for tha Southern Democracy Is moored to conservatism nnd has no use for Bryan's ultfa radi cal attitude on moat publle questions. Southern Democrats are asking by What right Bryan aaaumea to blacklist Hannon or any other candidate. "We In southern Louisiana are pro tectionists and are opposed to reci procity because of the evil effect Cuban reciprocity bad on our Industries. As a matter of principles rather than be muse of any direct Injury. It will bring to us, we are opposed to the reciprocity enactment with Canada now pending hr fore congress. We hold that adher ence to protection and opposition to reciprocity does not afTect our standing n* members of the Demoeratlo party. We can bring forward words of Thomas Jefferson to show that even In his day devotion to the principle of free trade was not the teat of party fealty. "We hold with General Hancock, some time Democratic candidate for the Idency, that the tariff Is a' matter roverned by local conditions and that no general tariff enactment can be made satisfactory to the whole coun try- Throughout,the South today we are proving the wisdom of General Han cock's position. We are protectionism In southern Louisiana because our •u.-ar needed protection. In the cotton belt freo trade sentiment Is dominant hecaurn cotton needs a would market. In the manufacturing Birmingham sec tion of Alabama they are protectionism, •nd such Is the case In sections of Ten. nessee, ( The cane eugar Industry of Louis iana has readjusted Itself to new con ditions since the disastrous Cuban rec iprocity measure became a law, but 'here Is not the capital Inveeted In It there formerly waa I waa surprised the ether day to hear your Congressman Eordney say that augar-maklug Is now the leading Industry of the state of Michigan. I guess Michigan can now be classed aa the leading sugar pro ducing state In the country, outstrtdlng Colorado, that formerly held the record. "On the queetlons of centralisation of (Overnment and the truets, the South ern Democracy are one with the North ern Democracy. We are out to smasji the trusts." WANT ADS Published by all the Atlanta papers for tne week ending July 23, 1911, six days to the week: Georgian P A2 2,4C4 Journal 1,878 Constitution 1,028 On Saturday the Atlan ta papers carried Want Ads as follows: Georgian 666 Journal .301 Constitution 171 "hlsky or unclean to nelp thess who srs out of a po- «ton or who desire e better one, THE GEORGIAN prints want ada under Uw claitlfleatlon "Situations Wanted" free. Other classifications HUE CENT A WORD A STORY OF THE ETERNAL TRIANGLE WOVEN IN MURDER OF MRS. BEATTIE -HENRY CLAY BEATTIE, JR. ..... He is sitting i ull of detectlvea. On way to Jail. Ho Is sitting on tbs rear seat, right-hand aids, surround ed by an auto Mil" Her Husband’s Remarkable Story of Her Death, When He Brought Wife’s Dead Body in His Arms to Richmond,- Has Been Followed by Even More Startling Revelations. Richmond, Vs,-July 24.—A story of the eternal triangle—two women and a man—with a denouement as tragic as tho It had been worked out by sorao master of stagecraft la woven about the murder of Mrs. Louise Owen Beat- tie, the arrest of her hueband, and the other woman." and the confeaalon of Jie man who says he Innocently pur chased the gun with which Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., to alleged to have elsin hto wife. Seven years ago Virginia furnished a murder-sensation that rivaled In dia bolical execution the crime that Is the one topic of awed converegtlon here to day. That was when Mayor J. Samuel McCue, of Charlottesville; slew Ms wife In the bath room of their home and fur nished to a country that gasped In hor ror "the mystery of the bath room." Within six months after the commls- elon of that crime—and here, too, mari tal Infidelity had a part In the tragedy— the mayor of CharlotteevlUe dangled at the end of a rope. Charlottesville and Virginia and the country tried td for get thle wife murder. That by way of parallel, for the crime By THEODORE TILLER. fashioned them both. The scene of the one was laid In a bath room and a clumsy shotgun was used to take n woman's life. The scene of the other was laid, only last Tuesday night, at a lonely point of the Midlothian pike, where automeblllsts of Richmond spin Fiendish ingenuity which Henry Clay Beattie, Jr„ and hla wife began a ride that ended In death. In the Beattie tragedy also a shotgun was used, and when the young husband drove Into town with the dead body of his wife beside him he declared that at the butt of the Instrument of death had been an "unknown" farmer. . Like McCue Case. McCue protested to the last that hla wife had been slain by an unknown burglar, who first knocked McCue un conscious. Beattie says his wife was •hot by an assassin, who demanded all the road, and who knocked Beattie un conscious after blowing out the brains of hto wife. The superstructure of the plots are muoh tho same. The havoc wrought may bo In the~»nd aa sweeping IttW ■ the toll today Continued on Last Page, LILLIAN GRAHAM Chorus Girl’s Attorney Says She Has Been Kid naped. POLICE ARE WROUGHT UP Private Detectives Followed Both Girls Who Shot Mil lionaire Stokes. BEULAH BINFORD. “The other woman" In the Beattlo tragedy at Richmond. Affairs at the Capital Are in Decidedly Mixed Condition. STATESMEN ARE WEARY Congress Will Adjourn Either on August 10 or August 12. Washington, July 24.—Ths removal of Canadian reciprocity from the con gressional stage has left affairs at the capital In a decidedly mixed condition The senate launched Into ths wool tariff light today, but It waa anticipated that the discussion would not stick closely to wool, but would run the whole gamut of tariff revision. The house Democrats' caucus tomor row and tho cotton tariff bill, with their Indorsement. Is expected to come Into th# house Wednesday. Tha house la f olng to pais Us cotton tariff measure, ut tha fate of tho wool blr. In the sen ate still to a matter of conjecture. Democratic leaders In the house are skeptical as to whether the senate will r s any of the tariff bills now before They have tried to obtain some defi nite Information from senate leaders as to what will be done, but little to forth- C °The , senste situation refuses to clear. Democrats want a wool revision end the Republican Insurgents also, but they can not agree on the kind. T)ie Demo crats want to pass a Democratic meas ure If possible, but above all they want to pass some kind of a bill. Senators and representatives are tired of the extra session. At the proper moment a resolution will be Intro duced calling for adjournment Thura- day. August 10, or Saturday, August 12. The last business that to scheduled Is the vote on the statehood bill, Au gust 7. ANDERSON KEEPS PLACE AS LICENSE INSPECTOR Marcellus Anderson has Just been re flated near ‘ for Atlanta by He was appoln nterf originally by Gov- ... Ji. Brown, two years ago. It to a non-oommlssloned office expir ing at the will and pleasure of the gov- tr »ir Anderson stated Monday that the near-beer license of Atlanta for the state amounts to 112.000 annuatly. TMs year he has already collected 260.000 and will go after the othera passenger mu .- The n-ar-beer seller first "htCns h'«. Ohio railroad. mam jewels STOLENJN DAYLIGHT Nervy Sneak Thief Robs Home of Police Commissioner and Gets Away. Diamonds and Jewels valued at about {500 were stolen Saturday from the hdme oh Police Commissioner J. N. McEachern. 60tf Lee-st,. West End. by a daylight thief who worked while members of ths fam fly were on the front porch downstairs. The serond story man Is supposed to have entered the house from the rear, having studied the situation and become convinced there was no one In the bouite, except those seated on the front porch. — m the burglary was discovered later, as found that the marauder had taken xmnnd brooch, several diamond rings, two gold watches and several smaller “885 ofifttectivea Lanford was notified and detectives were detailed to make a thorn Investigation. 8n far no trace of the missing gems nor the thief has been discovered. . The burglar Is believed to he the same who recently robbsd several north aide homes. STATE ANTI-FEELAW New York, July 24.—The police are wildly excited today over the" disap pearance of Lillian Graham, one of the girls out on 26,000 hall on a charge of •hooting W. E. D. Stokes, but she has mysteriously vanished Just ths same,, according to her sister, Mrs. John Sin gleton, and her vaudeville partner, Ethel Conrad. Clark Jordan, attorney for the girls, declared Miss Graham hod been kid naped. "I am going to appeal to the district attorney today," Ife raid. "Miss Gra ham's disappearance, coming on top of the Stokes letter episode, to peculiar, to say the least. This to no press agent affair. I don't believe she went away of her own accord." He corroborated the statement of Mrs. Singleton that the girls had been followed for days by detectives and said private detectives would be put on tho rase If something was ndt learned about Miss Graham’s whereabouts. “I am going to put everything I know and suspect before Mr. Whitman," said Mr. Jordan. "He will give us a square deal.”' Field of Action Is Shifted From Washington to the Dominion. POLITICIANS CONFERRING Liberals and Conservatives Will Lock Horns in Parlia ment Over Bill. Ottawa, Ontario, July 24.—With the field' of action In the American-Cana- dlan movement for reciprocity shifted to the Dominion by ,the passage of the agreement by congress at Washington, the leadere of the liberals and conser vatives, the two big parties, held con ferences today with a view to definite campaigns. Both parties will hold cau cuses tomorrow to determine what pol- Icy shall be followed relative to the measure In the Canadian parliament. The session of parliament which wilt open Wednesday Is looked forward to as one of the most Important In the history of Canada. Urgent calls have been sent out so that-there will bo a full attendance at the caucuses tomor row and In response members began arriving today. In view of the determined attitude on the part of the government to pass the measure and -the squally bellig erent, stand of the opposition a dead lock Is possible. TAKE ATLANTA TO BOSTON IS AD MEN’S MAIN IDEA MEM But Courts May Have To Be Asked to Decide ' Result. VOTES NOT ALL COUNTED Both Sides in the Contest Are Claiming the Vic tory. iH. Dallas, Taxas, July 24«~Wlth about 25,000 vote* yet to be heard from, tho antl-prohlbltlonlsts led In the count to- day by 3,400 votes. The closeness of the election assures a struggle In the 1 courts. When the count showed 225,638 for prohibition to 228.933 against It both sides were claiming victory. Official Count Necessary, Austin, Tex., July 24.—It will be nec- I essary for the-official count to definitely determine the result on the st&te-wlde prohibition amendment to the consti tution In Texas. Both sides are claim. Ing a victory. Not more than 3,0001 votes between the counter claims of the : two campaign managers. The saloon Interests look upon the small apparent. majority as a poor victory, as It In sures drastic legislation by the next legislature that will put them out of business. Both sides to the contest aw preparing to fllq contest proceedings In a number of coupMes where alleged fraudulent votes were cast. Chairman Ball of the state prohibition org&nlsa-, tlon alleges gigantlo frauds were com mitted by the "wets" |n many south Texas counties. Club Will Make Special Edition of The Georgian a Principal Exhibit—Will Leave Next Saturday For Trip by Rail and Steamer—Many Are Going. IN m INQUIRY Claimed That Eleven Compa nies Formed an Illegal Agreement. COPY IS INTRODUCED Job Printer Testifies That He Set Up the Alleged Agreement. Felix Camp Drafting Bill to Cover Every County De siring Change. Washington, July 24*— 1 Tho expected sensation In the house steel Investiga tion hearing came today with the In troduction of an alleged agreement en tered Into November, 1900, by eleven steel companies to co-operate for their mutual Interests and to form them selves Into an organisation called the "Steel Plate Association of the United States." What purports to be a copy of this agreement was Introduced as evidence by Chairman Stanley as soon as tho committee convened. Representatives Stanley and Littleton were the only members of the commlUee who knew of this agreement, which is alleged to be In restraint of trade and in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. The first witnesses called before the committee today were Eugene Bonne- well, an attorney, and P. B. Kauffman, a Job printer, both of Wayne, Ba. They discovered this agreement and brought it to the attention of Chairman Stanley. KaufTman had prlnten .the agreement, he said, for the association and he and Bonnewell put their heads together and decided to give the Information td the committee. Th«A first section of the agreement says that each of the parties to the agreement thalt by reason of the man ufacture of steel plAtes he entitled to membership In the association and to each of the parties the following pro portions of all steel shipments Is al- Camegle 8teel Company 4.25; Jones Laughlln, limited, 4.75; Illinois Steel any 11.00; Crucible Steel Compa- Arnertca, 4.50; Otis Steel Compa ny, 2.50; Tidewater Steel Company. 3.00; Lukens Iron and Steel Com pa - yn, 7.50; Worth Bros. Company, 7.00; Central Iron and Steel Company, 8.00; American Steel and Wire Company, 5.50; Glasgow Iron Company, "to the extent of sales and up to 40.000 tons, should they be able to handle that much to December 81, 1901." Section 9 of the agreement says In irt: "All sales between parties io this agreement shall be at full prices as provided In agreement *B* and all ship- -, mente shall be reported by the manu- jffiohMt MsiS' factum*, on which tax will be charged permit 'from'thV dn.then com#, to tl,.|ES ’JSSSSTC.“h McE «&* « »«««• Jut# Hr#ns# Inspector for hi, Onsl ers- j nerraott. of Conosltavlle. Pa., wss crushed [ chs«r ato n u Jg'^J'Last'psas. * * dentials. lo • - Boston and ths rest of the world will and' oat that"Atlanta la on the map next week, even If they didn't know It before. The ad men are going to Bean- vllle with that one object In view, and ae advertising to their business, they ought to make good. It will be eome Job, at that. Adver tising writers from Maine to Mexico will be there, all bent on boosting their town and all trying to outdo the others. Bo It's up to Atlanta to do something out of the ordinary. One way they expect to “put Atlanta on the map” Is by taking several thou sand copies of The Georgian along. It will be the specie! ad men's edition, which will be published next Wednes day, and It will show what Atlanta can do In the way of advertising. Hardly a representative firm In Atlanta but will be represented In that edition. The members of ths Ad Men's club ars busy chasing copy for that Issue and It to already rolling Into the offlee and threatening to tax tha capacity of the mechanical department to set It up. It will be a big paper. Members of the Ad Men's club will handle nil the advertising department of The Georgian that day, taking a lib eral rake-off of the proceed, to pay fur boosting Atlanta In Boston. Thor are working as volunteers, nobody being paid for hto services, and they us showing their ability to hustle. • Ths ad men expect to have a big time In Boston, besides boosting At lanta. Ths Atlanta delegation will leave next Saturday, going by ths Sea board to Norfolk and taking s steamer there for Boston. There are many famous men on the program for speaking, and the guests will sco all the sights, old and new. In Boston and the surrounding country. They will go over to Beverly to pay t call on President Taft, have a steam boat trip around the bay, a clam bake at Revere Beach, all kinds of Now Eng Ind sea food, Including clam chowder, and occasionally a rest. The epeaklng program to os follows: August 1—Welcome by, Governor Base, Governor Foes and Mayor Flu ild; addreseee by H. H. Knhlsaat, George Horace Lorlmer and 8L McElwny. August 1—Addresses by Theodore Roosovelt, Lincoln Steffens, Lafayette Young, St. Elmo Lewis, Woodrow Wil son, Charles W. ElloL Herbert Myriek and Brand Whitlock: auto trip to and reception at President Taft’s home, and addrrse by the preeldent. August I—Addresses by Rabbi Fleischer, Jane Addams, Jacob Rile, Elbert Hubbard, James Wilson, Rich ard E. Bears, John Wsnamaker, John Kendrick Bangs, Norman Hapgood, Victor F. latwson, Louie Brandele and Arthur Twining. August 4— Addresses by James Bryce, William C. Frye, Bamuel Hopkins Adams, Archbishop Ireland, Lyman Abbott. William R. Hearst, Rsbbl Wise. Bishop Lawrence, Newell Dwight Hll- A uniform anti-fee bill to cover every eounly In Georgia, but allowing the coun ties the right of local option upon the question, to being drafted by Felix Camp, attorney, at the request of several mem bers of ths legislature. If ths bill Is Introduced and passed, such Counties aa desire to do so will vote upon It at their discretion. Mr. Camp aayi that In drafting the hill ha Is following the Ohio law. It will pro vide that 26.000 shall be th* highest salary for any county officer. Provtalon will be made for ths officials to draw 1100 for each 1,000 of population for ths ffrst 12,000, 200 the second 15,000, 250 ths third, 240 the fourth. 2M the fllth, 220 the sixth, and 25 the seventh. It wilt apply to clerks, sheriffs, ordi naries, solicitors, tax collectors, receivers. Hirers and their deputise. >. Camp ears that II all the counties adopt the salary basts It will accomplish a saving of tl.sdO.000 annually, and ths counties can buUd court houses, reforma tories, Industrial schools and other much needed public InatHutlone with the money saved. He says It will save Fulton county ,000 a year. Fireman Killed In Wrack. Fslrmount. W. Vsp, July *2.—Pittsburg passenger train No\2. on tha Baltimore WONT YOU DO THE SAME? BLUDWINE COMPANY. Athena, On, July 22, 1911. Mr. Wm. F. Parkhurat, Atlanta, Oa. 1 Dear Mr. Parkhurst: • I am tntereeted In th# special edition of The Atlanta Georgian for the Atlanta Ad Men'e club, and Inclose herewith copy for an adrertleement for the same occupying t inches across 2 columns. I am mailing you cut to bo used In the advertisement and will thank you to sea that I get good po- sltlon. . Very truly yours. H. C. ANDERSON. Pres. IKS WILL N£BE DELAYED To Introduce Bill on Tuesday. Opponents Demand Recount of Petitioners. . rfepresentatlvc Walter McElreath says the commlsalon charter bill will be Introduced In the legislature Tuesday morning. , Several days ago It waa agreed by the Fulton county representatives that the count of the twenty per cent of the registered voters of Atlanta, was aa factory to them, but strong pressure was brought to bear by the opponents of the new movement and as a courtesy to this element the representatives were about to delay the Introduction until tho op position got an answer aa to whether a recount would be granted or not. But the delay Is to be for but one day. It Is understood that Representatives Westmoreland and Brown agree with Mr. McElreath. Senator Slaton, It Is understood, will agree to submitting the proposition to the people, hut It has been decided that the place for the bill to originate to In the house and the representatives are therefore handling It alone at present. It Is learned that the general commit tee organised to oppose this pew plan of government has appointed a special WHAT LEGISLATURE DID ON MONDAY ... + Invited Dr. Peter F. Bahnsen to + 4* address a Joint session on "The 4* + Eradication of Cattle Tick." + 4* Introduced man/ new bills. ▼ + SENATE. + + Passed a large number of local + 4- bills. + 4* Introduced a numbsr of new + + measures. + committee to seek this recount. W. T. Winn, ex-councllman from the Sixth ward and a recognized candidate for alderman from the Ninth ward. Is chairman and C. C. Mason, member of ( he water board. Is secretary. A recount Is insisted upon; In fact, every Inch of progress of the movement Is being contested by the opposition, and many express the belief that ths bill will never pass the legislature, ^mpromlne, tho. Is looked upon with >r i>y a number of the opposition, but no definite proposition nas been made or Is In sight. Their season Is to prevent a hot campaign. What the advocates of the commis sion plan request Is that the proposi tion be submitted to a vote of the peo ple of Atlanta. The Integrity of the committee that counted the-post cards asking a vote by the people Is not questioned, and that the recount of the cards Is a polit ical move Is granted by members of council who are fighting for it. IN RAipATTER Brown Did Not Force Action on Western and Atlantic Rate Dispute. IT WAS PUT UP TO HIM Freight Bureau Had Brought Complaint Before the State. Railroad Commission. Governor Hoke Smith Is expected this week to take up the complaint of the Atlanta Freight bureau against the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railway, the, leases of the Western and Atlantic railroad, tho freight bureau claiming that the road discriminates against Atlanta In favor of NashvUlo on shipments to and from Chattanooga, Judge James K. Hines, special Attor ney of the state fallroad commission. Is out of the city, but Is expected back Wednesday, when Governor Smith will doubtless call Judge .Hines and Attor ney General T. 8. Felder Into confer ence to consider this matter. Harry T. Moore, secretary of the At lanta rFelght bureau, called on Gov ernor Smith On Monday, but did not present the bureau's complaint, as It had already been brought to the gov ernor's attention and be had deter mined on the conference with Judgo Hines and Mr. Felder. Mr. Moore con tends that the Nashville, Chattanooga and 8t. Louis road charges 27 1-2 per cent higher rates between Atlanta and Chattanooga than between Nashville and Chattanooga, tho Atlanta Is thir teen fnlles nearer to Chattanooga than Is Nashville, and Chattanooga-Nash- vine traffic become interstate com merce, as Is Atlanta-Chattanooga traf fic, since the Nashville, Chattanooga and 8t. Louis road between NashvlUo and Chattanooga passes thru a part of Alabama, while the Western and At lantic traverse# a few miles In Ten nessee. Brown Did Not Act. mor Joseph M. Brown, s few days before he retired from office, de clined to Institute legal proceedings or take other action against the Nashvllls, Chattanooga and Bt. Louis road to en force the establishment of lower rates between Chattanooga and Atlanta. Aft. er the matter had been referred to him for action by the railroad commission and opinions hod been furnished him by Judge Hines and Hewlette A. Hall, then attorney general. The commis sion, In referring this matter to Gov ernor Brown had quoted a section fr6m the lease contract for the Western and Atlantic road, holding that the leasing company was violating the terms of the contract made In 1889. This section follows: "Said lease company shall charge no greater rate per ton mile on thru freight on said railrokd than the local rate allowed and fixed on similar freight by the railroad commlsalon for said railroad.” The position of .the commission. In referring the complaint to the governor was set out In the following lanxpagn by II. Werner Hill, chairman or the commission: I am further directed by the com mission to say that the commlsalon finds after an extended hearing and a very cureful consideration of the case that said Western and Atlantic rail road, by applying Southern classifica tion on thru shipments, instead of ap plying the classification of this com- Continued *>n Last Page. The advertised letter list will be found on Paoe 15.