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VOL. X. NO. 118.
HOME(4th) edition
ATLANTA, QA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1911.
HOME(4TH) edition
, FIVE CENTS.
TOT ABROGATES
tUSSIANJREATY
President Takes Matters Into
His Own Hands and Notifies
Russia of Action.
BUILD CITY PLANT,
“MAMMA, WHAT IS SANTA CLAUS REALLY LIKE?”
“Do You Think He Knows Where We Live?”
house ignored entirely
Ratification of His Move Must
Now Be Secured From the
United States Senate.
Washington, Dec. 1&—President Taft
has formally notified Russia that’ the
treaty of 1833 with that country Is to
be abrogated on December tl, 1812. By
this acttop he took the entire matter
out of the hands of congress and fore
stalled action by the senate on the Sul-
zer resolution against which Russia has
made proteit.
The basis of Russia’s objection was
the declaration that that country had
“violated" the treaty by refusing to
honor the passports of Jewish citizens
of this country.-
Russia’s action on Saturday created
a serious diplomatic crisis, which the
president hopes to bridge over by the
aetlon which has been taken, and in
doing SO President Taft has followed
a precedent of 55 years ago, during
the administration of President Pierce.
In a special message sent to the sen
ate this afternoon the president advised
that body that on December 15 he in
strueted Curtis Guild, American ambas
sador at St. Petersburg, to Inform the
Russian government of our desire to
abrogate the existing treaty of 1881.
This Instsuctlon was carried out by
Ambassador Guild on December 17.
The president’s communication Is ad
dressed to the senate alone,
The senate committee on foreign re
lations In considering the subject today
ignored tho Sulzer resolution passed
by the house and drafted an’entirely
new nne to the same purpose, but
couched In more moderate and temper
ate language. This resolution was re
ported when the senate.met today. It
recites In effect that whereas differ
ences of opinion have arises between
the two governments as to the inter
pretation and construction to .bo placed
on the existing treaty, the united
States abrogates the same knd Instructs
the president to givo Russia due notlco
aa provided under the terms of tho
convention. «
These conditions are that either gov-
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eminent desiring to terminate the
Gigantic Walk-Out Scheduled
on Harriman Lines From
Chicago to Pacific.
WILL PARALYZE TRAFFIC
Movement in Sympathy With
That of Shop Men’s Federa
tions of Various Lines.
St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 1(L—Three hum
•bed thousand employee* of the Harrp
man lines, extending from Chicago to
the Pacific coast, and of the Illinois
Central railway, will be asked to strike
[n sympathy with the striking mem
bers of the shopmen's system federa
tions of the various lines this afternoon.
~hls announcement was made here
this morning Just before a conference
m national labor representatives, at
»hich It waa believed by every man
entering the meeting the final atopa for
thr gigantic sympathetic strike would
os taken.
Tits conference hero follow* a long
"cries of meetings In Chicago at which
pledge* have been received from offl-
rsrs of many unions, who promised to
call strikes In sympathy with the shop
men. Every one of these union ofilclais
ant representatives of every railway
employees’ union on tho Western rail
roads were Invited to the conference
here, and a large percentage of them
“ave come, strike leaders say.
flans for the strike, which, It is be
cod, will ultimately Involve every
railroad In the West and be the great-
"> of its kind In ths history'of this
country, have been proceeding secretly
mr many weeks. An Immense fund has
ben raised, secret strike assessments
. ing been levied jm many of the
•rads*. .
Eastern trades unions. It Is stated,
?> v « also volunteered financial aid. If
■hi gigantic strike Is called.
Business Days
Before
CHRISTMAS
Shop Early and
Avoid the Crush
Councilman Believes Electric
System Would Be as Suc
cessful as Waterworks.
HE WILL RUN FOR MAYOR
Next City Primary Election May
Include Vote on Municipal
Light and Power.
Atlanta may build her own electric
power plant and distributing system.
"It la the only thing to do to keep
rates at a reasonable minimum,” says
Councilman John K. McClelland, chair
man of the committee on electrical af-
f&lrs. He becomes an alderman ths
first of the year, and will probably bo
reappointed chairman of tho commit
tee on electrical affairs by Mayor Winn,
And his declaration praotlcally pre
sents the Issue of whether there shall
be a bond Issue for such a purpose In
the coming mayoralty race; for Mr.
McClelland has said that he would run
for mayor, and ho has received consld
erable encouragement.
“There Is no better evidence that wo
should own our system than tho won
derful success of our municipally-own
ed waterworks system,” says Mr. Me-
Clelldnd. ”Our electric current rates
are too high now, not only on a basts
of cost of production, but In compari
son with other cities—Galveston and
Winnipeg, Canada, for Instance.
Waterworks a Success,
"Including the free water furnished
the city, the net profits of the water
.department will amount to tnoro than
3300,000 this year. This year 2,493 new
taps have been made and a new 300.-
OOOtOOO-gallon capacity reservoir has
been completed, and Is full, besides the
laying of 40 miles of now pipe, and the
building of practically a new filtration
system.
"Of course, the greater part of these
Improvements have been made with
bond money, but the profits of the de
railment can well take caro of this
bond Issue. And our low water rates
are a gratification to all classes of cit
izens from tho housewife who does not
use more than tho 60 cents minimum
to the manufacturer who consumes
thousands of gallons.”
City It Waking Up.
.The fight begun several months ago
to got a wholesale light and power rate
for municipal buildings thus continues
to broaden In scope. First council took
notice of the proposed competition be
tween the Central Georgia Power Com
pany altd tho Georgia Railway and
Electric Company. It waa suggested
Continued on Last Pays.
UAHUTOBESENT
TO ATLANTA PRISON
Leader of Holy Ghost and Us
Society Gets Ten Years for
Manslaughter.
POLICE FORCE FOR
Only Eighteen Men on Duty in
Hom6 District From Mid
night *to Dawn.
CAN’T COPE WITH CRIME
PUTS CURSE ON AMERICA
Declares War, Floods and Pes
tilence Will Swoop Down
Upon This Land Soon.
Last Day But One of Paying
Limit Brings Late Comers
in Great Numbers.
Portland, Maine, Dec. 18.—Rev. Frank
Sandford (or Elijah II), of the Holy
Ghost and U* society, was today sen
tenced to ten years In the Federal pris
on in Atlanta. Ga., for manslaughter.
Sentence was Imposed by Judge Hale.
Sandford waa convicted on six
charges of manslaughter, but the «en>
tence Imposed today wA baaed on only
the first of these. The other five counts
were continued.
His business and. personal affairs
have been put 1n order during the week
of grace since Sandford was found
guilty of the responsibility for death of
alt of his followers during a cruise of
the Holy Ghost and Us society.
For nearly ten hours before leaving
the Shiloh colony at Durham Sandford
stood in the pulpit of the Holy Ghost
and Us temple preaching and praying.
Of the tOO men, women and children
who make up this strange religious
colony hardly ona was absent
the services, some even being brought
In from the hospital, on stretchers.
Inside the temple, where the follow
ers of the man who nineteen years ago,
pennllees and alone, set out to evan
gelize the world were saying their
tood-byee, ths atmosphere was cheer-
ess. There was no sun shining on the
outside; there were no smiles Inside;
drops of rain trickled down the window
panes without; within tears streamed
down the faces of the faithful.
“Hell itself can not hurt me," Sand
ford declared In referring to his ban
ishment. "God has done so much for
me that nothing hurts.”
At another time the preacher pre
dicted the early coming of Christ. ’’You
will not have many year* before you
will see the Hon of God come. I prom
ise you.” he said. "I shall have perfect
peace when that day cornea I have the
leys to death and hell In my hand*.
•Tv* got North America by the hair
of the head. If I go down. North Amer
ica will go down with’ me. Ill be a
map of God wherever I go, and IH turn
this old world upside down, no matter
where I go. I never had North Amer
ica In charge as I have since I stood
before the bar In Portland.
“War. war will spread from the At-
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Collections of state and county taxes
will run almost to 31,000,000 In 1911,
according to Tax Collector A. P. Stew
art. Up to noon Monday he estimated
the collections already made would
amount, to 3300,000.
The time limit ends at 6 o’clock on
Tuesday afternoon, and front the wild
rush that was made on Monday morn
ing, It Is evident that "tons of money”
will be paid Into the county’s coffers.
People began to swarm Into the ofilct
as soon as tho doors were open and the
big office force plunged into a aea of
work which continued all day. Men
and women formed long lines, armed
with the coin of the realm, and there
never was a lull In the assembling of
the big all-day crowd,
Monday It was "the charge of the
light brigade,” and Tuesday the heavy
taxpayers will get Into action. Checks
for 35.000, 310,000 and *15,000 will be
thick from the colossal estates and
giant corporations represented. In At
lanta and Fulton county.
More than 1,500 more people have
paid up to this hour as compared with
last year,” said Collector Btewart. "Of
course they are the small ones, but they
have paid In fully 350.004 more than at
this time last year. It show* prosper
ous conditions and a desire to pay up.
LITTLE CHARLEY LOST
HIS CHRISTMAS MONEY
If you were Just a little 34-a-week
office boy—
And had only 34.55 to spend for
things to live on and Christmas things,
too—
An(l you vfere to lose all you had In
the world while going home from
work—
It wouldn’t be a “Merry Chrletmas"
ahead for you. would It?
That’s what happened to little Char
ley Ellis Saturday night. He works at
the Eberhard t - Con way Company's of
fice In the Rhodes building. Charley
think* that maybe somebody found the
money which slipped thru a hole In hi*
pocket, and that perhaps the finder will
tell him about It. Charley always an
swers the phone nt his office—it Is Main
2470—and hell be glad If the finder
w ould tell him to. come for the money.
The Empty Stocking Fund
Only five days are left In which to
raise the Empty Stocking fund.
Unless the friends of The Georgian
respond promptly with thslr donations
there will be hundreds of little children
In and near Atlanta who will awaken on
Christmas morning to find that Santa
Claus has left them nothing.
It takes only a few cents to make
Christmas a happy, day Instead of one
of sadness for each of these little chil
dren of the poor.
• If you don't care to contribute In
cash, send a doll or other toys to Tho
Georgian. They will do a lot of good.
A large basket 1 of toys have been re
ceived from Helen Bethel. Louise Seely
has contributed a doll whose dress ah*
herself made.
Here are the contributions received
Monday:
Previously acknowledged 3154.95
J. M. High Company 25.00
Miss E. Corley 25
Zaidee Ivey, 176 Oglethorpe-avs. .50
U. L. Blackman 6.00
Ivalene Lucke, 9 West End-Ave. .40
Eleanor Latrelle Smith, Decatur. .10
ENTER!,
Present, Future and Past Offi-
ficers and Editors Dine at
Capital City Club.
A.C.L.VESTIBULE JUMPS
TRACK ATOOTHAN, ALA.
Loose Wheel Said To Be Cause
of the Wreck—Passengers
1 Escape Injury,
UPON THEJAFFLINGLID
Auto Drivers Reported To Be
Indicted for Manslaughter.
Still in Session.
Colonel Frederic J. Paxon, retiring
president of the Chamber of Commerce,
gave a luncheon to more thnn 100
guests at the new Capital City club
Monday at 1 o'clock In honor of Wll-
mer L. Moore, president-elect of the
chamber.
The guests Included the retiring
board of visitors, the Incoming board
of directors, the chairmen of the stand
ing committee* tho ex-prestderits and
the ex-director* and the editors of the
Atlanta papers. ■
President Paxon stated before - the
dinner that he wanted to Invite all who
bad aided the C harp her of Commerce
In Its work, but that he found he did
not know where to draw the line In
giving invitation* He eatd there waa,
no banquet hall In Atlanta large enough
to hold them. So he only invited the
officials.
was the first event of the kind held
In the beautiful new club. After a
R. F. Dawson, Jr 1.00
Louise and Elisabeth Rhodes,
Forsyth 1.00
Christian Union of Universallst
church ...". 1.30
May, Gregory and Vivian Griggs. .30
Dr. George Brown, Mrs. Brown,
Georgia Melt Brawn, Helen
Brown 2.00
John, Fred and ThomwellJacoba 3.00
Margaret and Elisabeth David
son. Comer 1.00
W. L. Yancey, Jr., Cedartown .. l.DO
A friend, A. A. C. .. . 1.00
F. W. Tyler, M. D, Norman Park .60 . . .
John T. Cleckley, Augusta .... 2.00 There will bo no holiday raining In
Lois Barron. Adgatsvllle .. .’, .. .60 Atlanta or Fulton county. The grand
Lamar and Edward Holmes, Cov- Jury firmly bound Itself to this Monday
Ington 1.00 morning, and the ultimatum goes down
Subscriber 60 the line that tho lid will stay on tight
A friend 5.00 Not only that, the grand Jury will
John Anderson, Charley Cobb *lt on the lid by keeping Itself In ses-
Etla May Cobb, MrJ. Cobb, Mrs elon. ready to assemble and return In-
Anderson, Mr*. Brown. Mrs. diclment* agslnst any dealers who dare
Parson, Mr. Parson. R. 2. to conduct raffles contrary to the law.
Orange 80 The grand Jury was to have finally
Luclle and Helen Dlckeon .... 1.00 adjourned ’ Monday morning, and pre-
George 8 Obear Jr .. .. .. 2.60 eented its report to Judge W. D. Ellis.
A friend, Bunnyslde 60 but the prospect of lid violations served
to hold It together another week or so.
subject to the call of Judge W. D. Ellis
or the solicitor general.
The grand Jury committee, having
the raffling matter In charge, gave a
fair hearing to the petitioning dealers
and their attorneys Saturday. They
reported this to the full bbdy Monday.
After careful deliberation and con
siderable discussion It was the opinion
of -the Inquisitor* that raffling was a
species of gambling, and very demoral
izing, end refused to consider any sort
of a compromise with It.
About eleven true bills and one no
bill was returned. It Is understood that
several persons were Indicted for In-
Voluntary manslaughter. In recent In
stances where people have been killed
l In and about Atlanta by automobiles,
< The final report of the grand Jury
/ will reach Judge Kills some days hence.
Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 18.—The At
lantic Coast Line's fast flying west-
pound veettbuled train No. 67 was de
railed at 6 o'clock this morning near
Dothan. It had a remarkable escape
from destruction. According to local
officials, seven .out of eight car* left
the track, while the engine remained
on the rails. No one was hurt. The
cause waa the working loose of a wheel
on the express car. About five length*
of rails and 50 crouties were torn up.
The wrecker was ordered out from
Dothan. - It was expected to have the
line cleared by noon. The fact that the
train was on upgrade probably averted
a calamity.
lightful menu only two speeches were
made. One was a farewell to hie co-
workers by President Paxon and the
other a greeting by President-elect
Moores who takes the office on Jan
uary L
FITZGERALD’S P0ST0FFICE
ENTERED BY CRACKSMEN
Fltzgtrsl’d. Ga., Dec. 19.—The postofflc*
here we* robbed by cracksmen this morn
ing at 2:90 o'clock. The supply safe con
taining registered letters and packages
was blown open with gun powder. Among
the missing packages Is one containing
11,600 of unsigned currency, belonging to
the First National bank, and 3400 worth
of diamonds belonging to E. P. IVlght-
msn, a local Jeweler. Another safe con
taining 39,440 in cash was unmolested.
The noise at the explosion awakened par
ties across the street and three men were
seen retreating from "ho building. It Is
tbqtight the work was done by novices,
supposedly local parties.
Chief of Police and Recorder
Join in Insistent Demand for
25 Additional Men.
More policemen for Atlanta.
Tills Is the present crying need of the
city, as expressed by citizens generally.
Tho demand Is echoed by the police
officers themselves.
Tho need of a greater police force
has been recognized for some time, but
numerous hold-ups and burglaries
throughout the city In the last few
weeks, particularly since December 1,
have Increased tho demand for mom
policemen, and liavo served to crou-u
officials and citizens alike to this press
ing necessity.
"We need at least 25 more policemen
to, guard the city thru the night, and
cope with the burglars and highway
men now Infesting the City. The need
for this number Is Imperative," says
Chief Beavers,.of the police department.
"Atlanta hits far outgrown her po
lice force. It Is llko a small boy who
has grown'to be a man and still at
tempts to wear his boyhood clothes
The pollro force In the matter of size
Is a signal misfit. The force Is doing
gSod work, even under this serious
handicap, but something should bo
done at once to glvo us a larger and
more adequate. department and better
protection,” Is the opinion of Recorder
Broyles.
All of the officials agree that while
Atlanta has grown with rapid strides
to be a city of nearly 200.000 people,
and her class of burglars, hold-up men.
and crooks generally, has Increased ac.
eordlngly, tho pollco force has remain
ed practically at a standstill—the force
put forth to combat Atlanta's horde of
crooks has almost been swamped by
floods of crookedness, •
December’-: Crime Record.
Slnco December 1 alone eleven hold
ups havo taken place, and fifteen bur
glaries havo been committed. This
number Is greatly swelled by tho record
for a few weeks prior to this time.
Chief Beavers, Chief Lanford. of the
detective department, and the men un
der them aro all working hard, but
Chief Beavers says the forco Is not
strong enough In numbers to take care
of tho cxtonslvo territory of the city.
For Residence Street!.
’ He has asked tho police commission
for 25 more policemen to do duty In the
residence districts (tt night—which dls-
Irlctji are now sadly neglected—and the
commission, approving the recommen
dation, has passed It along to the
finance committee of the city council.
It Is now up to that committee to de
cide whether an appropriation suffi
cient to put on tho extra men shall be
Continued on Lett Page.
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