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THE WEATHER.
Rain Tuesday night; Wednesday fnjr
nnd colder. Temperatures Tuesday
(taken at A. K. Hawkeg Co.'s store);
s a in.. C3; 10 a. in., 55; 12 noon, 56;
' ... Cl
SPOT COTTON.
Atlanta, quiet; 9c. Liverpool, holiday.
New York, quiet; 9.40. Savannah, dull;
8 11-16. Augusta, steady; 9ft. Galveston,
steady; 9%. Norfolk, steady; 9c. Charles
ton, steady; 8jfc.' Memphis, Arm; 9%.
‘Not/tins Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN'
AND NEWS
'Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN’
ATLANTA, GA„ TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1911,
In Atlanta, TWO CENTS.
On Trains. FIVE CENTS.
HOME(4TH) EDITION PRICE
After Santa Claus Had Come
Apmsr.
VOL. X. NO. 125.
Judge Bell, In Charge to Fulton
Grand Jury, Will Sound a
Warning to the City.
■ns CRIMES DYNAMITE PLOTS
CIOS CRY COURTS
Judge Has 300 Cases Before
Him—Three Men Are Killed.
Hospital Overflowing.
CRIME WAVE IS SPREADING ALL RECORDS SMASHED
He Will Go After Electric Com
pany for Not Keeping-the
Street Lights Burning.
Judge George I* Bell, In hlg charge
to the Incoming grand Jury on next
Monday, will thunder a philippic againit
the crime wave that has swept Atlanta
for the past few months, the unde,
tooted murders of thirteen-negro wom
en. murder of several men on the
turrets, the sandbagging of others and
various assaults.
Judge Bell will emphasize the fact
that It la up do the city of Atlanta to
extend its police force so as to give the
fullest protection to the cltisena who
are entitled to It. Ilia remarks will
also extend to the lighting company
which Is supposed to furnish steady
arc lights at street comers, but by neg.
licence or accident fall to regularly af
ford them.
It Is Judge Bell's turn with the grand
Jury and he will wake 'em up on these
matters, which are of essential impor
tance to every citizen.
The prime matter of Importance In
the charge will be the recommendation
to the city of Atlanta to put a police'
force Into action sufficiently large to
protect the life and limb of every citi
zen.
The grand Jury which la to assemble
next Monday Is composed of tho fol
lowing gentlemen: Lott Warren, Grant
Wilkins, Thomas J. Day, A. T. Shrop
shire, Garnett McMillan, Alonzo Bulcc,
A. W. Hodnett, R. R. Wood, Hugh A.
McDonald, B. Davison. J. G. Engle-
hardt, F. W. Cole, W. G. Cooper, K. S.
Weasels, W. E. Newell, G. H. Morrow,
a A. Hemphill, A. b. Waldo, _H. S.
Johnson, Sr. F. B. Kern, J. A. McCord,
S. M. Inman, K. K. Kelley, W. H.-Steer,
J. H. James, C. I,. King, Walker Dun-
son. W. A. Simpson, C, A. Tappan, M.
G. Couch.
Toy Pistols and Real Ones,
Knives and Tiger Booze—All
Share in.the Story.
Police court cages—300.
Victims of pistols, knives and Are-
Late Developments at Indian
apolis Give Wider and Deeper
Meaning to Conspiracy.
COMMERCIAL WARFARE
Iron Workers’ Activities Only
Formed Technical Basis for
Criss-Crossed Plotting.
Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 26.—During
the last three weeks Information has
works—63—the greatest number for any been unearthed which gives to the dy-
one Chrlstnips in the history of Grady inamlte conspiracy case an Interna-
UNCLE ANDTA SURPRISE
Three Big Diamonds in Ring
Arrive at His Home With
No Name on Card.
What'a the Chrlitmoa mystery of the
diamond ring aunt by an unknown and
frneroue donor to Andy P. Stewart, tax
collector of Fulton county, on Monday?
Undo Andy was sitting In his library
at hla residence, 656 Weet Peachtree-
st„ Christmas morning, congratulating
himself that ho had made a record-
breaking collection of Fulton county*e
taxes up to December 22. when lo nnd
behold, a boy dashed up the door step
and rang the bell.
A house-servant answered the call.
The visitor delivered a small pock
addressed to Uncle Andy, and left 1
hurry, before any Inquiry could be ad
dressed to him. The house-servant de
livered the package to Mr. Btewart, who
almost fell off the choir when he open
ed It.
It was a handsome gold ring, studded
With three diamonds, and they are fat.
Juicy sparklers, too.
Accompanying the magnificent ring
was a note unsigned, which said:
"From one of your many friends and
admirers, who appreciates your public
service to Fulton county. Wear It."
Uncle Andy surveyed It with pleas-
ire. He could- not return It, because
there was no Indication where It had
"me from. So he had to accept It,
•tltho he is a inon of Jeffersonian aim -
Pllcity, not given to glittering orna
ments, no matter how valuable they
may be. Jewelry has been one of the
hospital.
Number of deaths—3 .
Severul more deaths expected.
This Is Atlanta's crimson record for
Christmas, 1911.
While the number of police eases Is
Just about the same as last Christmas,
the Christmas liquor seemed to get In
its work with more deadly viciousness
this your, and the trail of blood and
tragedy In the wake of the celebration
stamps It as one of the worst'Atlanta
has ever witnessed. Physicians and
attaches of Grady hospital were almost
completely exhausted Tuesday morn
ing as a result of their strenuous work
to save life and relieve suffering, and
because of the general rush and excite,
ment incident to the unusual and un
expected flood of cases.
The season of peace, love and good
will—from a hospital and police view
point—was suddenly converted Into a
spasm of debauchery, drunkenness and
blood thrlstlness.
Three Victims Are Dead
The three deaths were caused by
gunshot wounds—the victims all ne
groes.
Of the 63 victims received In tho hos
pital 14 were white and the remaining
49 negroes.
The toy pistol—the annual specter of
parents—claimed Its usual toll. Four
teen children were wounded while eele-
bratlng with this dangerous and alleged
toy.
Eighteen patients, mostly negroes
and several of whom are In a precarious
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ALL RECORDSJHIS YEAR
Postoffice Looks Like Wake of
a Storm—Big Stack of
“Nixie” Mail Left.
After the storm comes ths calm, and
with Christmas past, the postofflee haa
taken on. an appearance of devastation.
Where, during the week preceding
Christmas, the floor of the postofflee
had been covered by a flood of mall
matter being assorted and canceled by
the clerks and a small army of extra
men, bareness now presents Itself, and
except for a large stack of "Nixie" mall
nothing remains to show that the At
lanta postoffleo has Just been thru the
bualeet week In Ite existence.
Business at the local postofflee last
week broke all records. From Decem
ber 22 until 12 o'clock Monday night
429,300 letters and postal cards went
thru the canceling machine. Ths num
ber of packages that were sent out last
week were not tabulated, but 58,000 a
day 16 a Jow estimate. In the money
order department the record was
broken on December 11, when 996 or
ders were Issued. This record was
broken December 16, when 1,084 were
Issued, and this record was in turn
broken December 18, when 1,65* or
ders, amounting to thousands of dol-
Continued on Last Page.
things he has tabood In life.
"Well, It's a beauty," said Uncle Andy
os he showed*It to hla friends Tuesday.
He'd like to know the donor.
tlnnal scope and a much wider, deeper
meaning In the United States than
heretofore It lias had. according to In
formation obtained today.
One detail of the new Information Is
certain large commercial organizations
not affiliated with the National Erect
ors association made contributions of
thousands of dollars toward the execu
tion of dynamite plots originating In
the International Association of Bridge
and Structural Iron workers.
These contributions were not to be
made as coming from any Arm or cor
poration, but were gtvon as personal
contributions from certain Individuals
whose names are In the hands of the
National Erectors association and of
the Federal authorities.
Probe Till Summer.
It Is believed that If the Federal au
thorities take tho time to go Into every
Angle of the Investigation that the
work of the grand Jury will not have
been completed before the summer days
are here.
It now develops that the actual dyna-
mitlngs laid at the door of the iron
workers union formed but 4he tech
nical ba Is for commercial and labor
organizations to Indulge In crossed and
criss-cross
trlgue and
The thread connecting all these plots
and counterplots is very frail, even
severed In places, thus making the task
of obtaining sufficient legal evidence
with which to connect them all an al
most hopeless one for the governmenL
LA FOLLETIE PLANS
FOR PITIFUL PERSIA
Russian Cossacks Celebrat'
Carnival of Blood to Mark
Christ’s Birthday.
1,500 ARE SLAUGHTERED
Unspeakable Atrocities Follow
Path of' Russfan Horde in
Outlying Provinces.
Photo by Muthewaon.
Scenes at the Henna far the Friendless on Chrlstmss d«y. t The Empty
Stocking fund resulted in giving the I ittle children a most happy day.
CAPT. STEPNENBERG STICKS
. TO HIS ROAST OF ATLANTA
•ON TURPENTINE RATE
Complaint Filed Against Atlan
tic Coast Line’s Charge From
Savannah to Montreal.
Washington, Dec. 26.—Complaint was
flled with the Interstate commerce com
mission’today by the Standard Oil Com.
pany of Covington, Ky„ against the At
lantic Coast Line of an unreasonable
rate charged on a carload, of turpen
tine from Savannah, Ga., to Montreal,
Canada. *
UNREASONABLE ARE RATES
CHARGED ON FIRE BRICK
Washington, Dec. 26.—The Interstate
commerce commission today declared
unreasonable .the rates on Are brick
•hipped by T. N. Atchison, of Perla,
Ark., over tho Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific railroad to Kuston and other
points in Louisiana. Rates un future
shipments were prescribed.
ITS WORTH THE PRICE
TO HAUL WATERMELONS
Washington. Dso. 26.—The Inter-
state commerce commission today held
that tho rate of watermelons varying
from 29 to 34 cents per hundred pounds
In carload lots, from points In south
eastern Missouri to Minneapolis and
St. Paul, and other Northern destina
tions over the BL Louis, Iron Mountain
and Southern railways, were not un
reasonable. Complaint was made by
the Gamble-Roblnsoh Commission
Company, of Minneapolis.
Let The Georgian
Start a Savings
Account for You
Have you a savings account?
The Georgian .proposes to assist 5,000 persons to open such accounts. To
each one* of this number, a pocket savings bank and a check for fifty cents
will be given by this newspaper.
The announcement will be made later of the date on which these banks
and checks will be distributed. ;
Thrift is the basis of every nation’s prosperity. Consider the people of
the earth and one will observe that no country whose inhabitants lack this
quality of character is wealthy.
France is the world’s banker. It has gained this position of pre-emi
nence solely thru the savings of its inhabitants.
If you have not a savings account now, The Georgian will afford you an
easy means of opening one.
Army Officer at Post Says He
Meant Every Word He Wrote
to Idaho Newspaper.
Ip, Cqptslp George Steununberg. of
Campany K, Seventeenth United States
, F , ori ,, jssaafstiisrjSK
transrerren to iYiB prcsfnt elation rrom
the Twenty-eighth Infantry, Fort Bnell
Ing, Minn.,'Atlanta has a critic who Is
as frank as he Is caustic.
Far from denying the story called
-A Glance at the Fur South,” attributed
to him. and published recently In Tho
Capital News, of Boise, Idaho, In which
Atlanta came In for a horrible punning.
t THE CAPTAIN’S CRITICISMS *
REDUCED TO TABLOID FORM +
4* “It has an unwashed appear- 4*
4* ance. +
4* “The people look tired. +
I- "Scarcely any of the streets aro •»•
4* named. 4-
The bank cashier Is slow and 4*
4* uses fearful grammar. 4*
4- "The stores ara dingy. 4*
4- "The cafes are fly-spockod.. 4*
4- "it makes a'man wish he was 4*
4* back 1n Boise." * —h
•!• (And he may get his wish.)
Progressive Republican Candi
date for Presidential Nomi-'
nation to Stump Illinois.
Chicago, Dec. 26.—Senator Robert M.
LaFollette. of Wisconsin, progressive
Republican candidate for the presiden
tial nomination, will make a whirlwind
tour of Illinois beginning January 3.
He will make his first appearanro In
Chicago, and from there will travel to
Bast St. Louis. En route he will make
a number of speeches from the rear
platform of his train,! nnd will maku
several stops In the larger cities,
v 6
Judge Carpenter Overrules Mo
tions of Attorneys Asking
Protection for Barons.
Captain Steunenberg laughed when his
attention was called to It In his com
Continued on Last Pag*.
ENTRIES FAST COMING IN
FOR GREAT POULTRY SHOW
With 600 entries already In and 1,200
more expected beforo the lists are
closed Wednesday night, things are
rapidly shaping for .what Is to be the
rreatest quality poultry show ever held
n tho. South, when the doors of the
Auditorium-Armory are thrown open
on t he.Georgla Poultry association on
January 8.
The show will be In the nature of . a
sweepstakes for tho entire South, as the
show of the Georgia association Is the
last of the big poultry shows of the
year. Here prlxe birds of all sections,
winners In the various shows during
the year, will compete.
Without a doubt the Georgia Poultry
association exhibit, beginning-January
8 and lasting the entire week, wHI be
the creme de la creme of Southern poul
try and many prize birds of all seations,
blue rlbboners from ths country over,
will be entered.
Last year 26 states were represented
and that record will be surpassed this
season. But what the Georgia Poultry
association la taking so much pride In
Is the Interest of the noted breeders and
the assurance that the birds exhibited
will be the finest In the land.
Handsome new Empire coops have
been Installed In the Armory and will
give an added display for 2,000 birds.
The show will surpass that given by
fhe association last year and doubtless,
In quality at least, will surpass any
show ever given In the South.
WAS DYNAMITE INTENDED
TO BLOW UP TROLLEY CAR?
As a result of a dynamite explosion
that demolished Cheney trolley station
at East Point and smashed windows all
over the town Monday night at 7:45
o'clock, citizens of the community are
aroused and talk was heard Tuesday
morning of a mass meeting for the pur
pose of sifting the matter to the bottom
and condemning the 'authorities for
tbelr lack of action.
That the explosion was carefully
planned and was the work of Individ
uals seeking to vent their spite on the
Georgia Railway and Electric Company
or upon W. Tom Callahan, to whom the
station belonged, seems to be the opin
ion of many.
C. H. Llvsey. mayor of East Point,
and- Joe Miller, chief of police, and
Councilman Fred Smith are coming In
for their share of criticism.
The explosion, which was.evidently
caused by a carefully laid stick of dy
namite eet Off. by a fuse, occurred at
exactly 7:45 o'clock, the hour an Eaet
Point car was due at Cheney station,
according lo the schedule the Georgia
Railway and Electric Company were
running Christmas day. The discharge
-Continued en Last Page.
Marse Henry and Governor Jack
Chicago, Dec. 26.—An attempt of the
ten millionaire Chicago packers on
trial for criminal violation of the Sher
man anti-trust law to except the
charge on an "Immunity bath" failed
today. Judge Carpenter, In the United
States district court, where the beef
barons are on trial,-overruled motions
by the packers" attorneys to exclude
testimony concerning operations of the
alleged "beef trust" prior to 1905 be
cause of the previous Immunity bath,
granted to seven of the packers by
Judge Humphrey.
The "Immunity bath" motions of the
packers came entirely unexpected, and
had been planned by tho beef barons
ns a final coup to thwart the govern
ment In Its attempts to.prosecute tile
organizers of ths "beef tfust.” Attor
neys for the government contested It
bitterly.
Judge Carpenter Informed Attorney
Miller that Ire hla opinion nothing new
was contained In the motion and that
all points raised were Included In tho
pleas of abatement which he had over
ruled. As counsel for the government
were rather mystlfled by the motion
which they held was vague nnd Indefl-
nlte an agreement was made that an
early adjournment be taken nnd the
motion reduced to writing. Judge Car
penter consented and withheld Hnal
Judgment until the written motion was
passed up In order to determine whetlt-
any new points had been raised.
A. H. Vender, one of the attorneys for
the packers, was the first witness called
by the government, following Judge
Carpenter's decision against the Im
munity bath motions. It was In Vend
er’s office that headquarters of the old
beef pool, which the packers admit ex.
Isted, was maintained prior to the or
gnnlsatlon of the National Packing
Company, which the government main
tains Is still ths same old beef trust
only In a form which the packers have
Sought to legalize.
Vscdsr’s Examination.
Veeder, who la also an attorney for
Swift A Co., the flrst witness, was ex
amined by Attorney Pierre Butler, of
St. Louis, whose examination of the
witness Is the first active part he has
taken In the trial. Veeder said he had
been attorney for Swift A Co. since tho
firm was Incorporated In 1S88. Tho he
Is counsel, he had never boen Interested
in the packing business. He said ha
had organised the Swift corporation.
He Mid he had once been a director of
the concern, hut never had been an of
ficer. He Was asked what the sub
sidiary companies of'the corporation
are.
•The corporation law% of the differ
ent states make It necessary for many
concerns to orgnnlxe selling and dis
tributing corporations. For instance,
there la the corporation of Swift A Co.
of Maine, which sells meat In the New
England states; then there ls.Swtft A
Co. of New York,' nnd In Louisiana
there Is a law on sales of foreign con
cerns. . ao wo have Swift A Co. of
Louisians."
COLONEL WATTERSON AND GOVERNOR JOHN M. SLATON.
A snapshot caught as ths two walked into the Auditorium Sunday,
where Colonel Watterson delivered an address on ths peace movement. It
is en unusually faithful presentment of the noted Kentuckian,
AMATEUR YEGGS TRY
TO BL0W0PEN SAFES
Amateur safe-blowers on Monday fig
ured that Christmas morning was the
time for action and attempted to pull off
two stunts in Atlanta that made the de
fectives laugh.
Attempts were made to Mow safes at
Christmas mall and the city detectives
hurried to the two places to take a look
at the situation.
The burglars left a note written In Mue
pencil on s Matter at 4916 Alabama: "!Ve
did not And what we wanted. We were
broking for one thing."
Roth affairs were clumsily attempted
end with no results for the enterprising
burglars. At 49H Alabama they turned
over a hlg safe, attempting later to gel
Inside of It. It required six detectives
and police officers to reset the safe In
proper position.
Teheran, Dec. 26.—After a 72-hou-
carntval or slaughter In Resht, capital
of the Persian province of Ghllnl, i-i
Which approximately 1,300 Persian men.
women and children were alaln by Tin.- -
Man cossacks, tho aoldlera continued
their bloody work today by sending
deiaehmenta nf troops to abbot down
the refugeeB who were fleeing from th-
city.. • , j *
Inside Hesht the orgy of blood still
went on also. Details of the masjncre
were received here today by a courier
who traveled the 150 miles of counlry
between Rsht and the capital by horse
back.. Thp messenger brought a plr.i
for aid from the governor of Ghlla!.
lie declared the Ilusslana were kllllps
defenselesa men. women and children
In Anzlll, Masula and Ardabll at well
aa In Rosht.
The Russians started the slaughter
by shooting down a. dozen Persians who
had assembled In front of a proclama
tion on a public building, in flamed by
the sight of blood, the savage cbsaarl.s
swept thru thu streets, shooting ni
every person in sight. Foot soldiers
Invaded the dwellings and stares of
peaceful citizens, driving them into the
streets in terror, whore they fell vic
tims to the Insane rage of the cosaack -.
Babies’ Brains Dashed Out.
Little children were brained before
the eyea of their horror-etrlcken par
ents. Aged men nnd women were torn
from limb to limb while their relatives
and friends begged piteously for mercy.
Tho Russians only laughed at the
victims. A deputation of citizens ap
pealed to the governor to save their
tvbmen from thb wMffttii whb h th
Russians were Inflicting with fiendish
cruelty. They were counseled, how -
ever, lo take no aggressive port against
the Invaders nnd to do nothing that
would enrage still further the Russian
troops,
Persian cossacks were Idle In their
barracks while tho streets ran red with
tho blood of tbelr fellow Persians. In
tho most thickly populated district of
the city tho gutters were plied high
with corpses, many of them hacked to
bits and about half of them headless.
Russian cossacks, drunk with t if
genaral scene of death and cruelty and
with their uniforms dripping with hu
man blood, galloped thru tho streets to
check the flight of families which wet"
trying to get away from the city of hor-
rors.
A Carnival of Blood.
Those of the citizens who attempted
to defend themselves were subjected to
unepeakable Indignities. Some of them
were drawn and quartered. Othei..
were decapitated and their hends pine .1
on pikes before public buildings, with
warnings, written In Russlnn, showlnc
all Persians what they might expect if
they attempted to hinder the Russlnn
Invaders In their carnival of murder.
The horror was Increased by the fa- *
that the slaughter came at Christnv; .
time—a season representative of the
world over of peace and good will. This
was the bloodiest Christmas that tl-.-
stricken and Ill-fated city of Resht ever
knew. ... ......
Russian artillery lias been placed Ip
front of all the public Mining* in
Resht. which were seised by the ruth
less Invaders. The Russians thro.u
ened to "scourge the city with grape
nnd eannistor" If they were thwarted by
the people or by the Persian soldiers In
their looting of the efty.
To show that they Were In earned,
the Russian artillerymen tired several
volleys Into the buildings; riddling the
walls with shells,
It is said that similar scenes w ers
witnessed at Tabriz.
The cossacks, long schooled tn all the
arts of cruelty, were given free rein
by their ofllccrs, who made no effort to
check the massacre. It Is reported that
at Resht a sixteen-year-old girl went
before a Russian colonel of cavalry to
petition for mercy for her parents. Aft- 1
er being Insulted by tho Russian offi
cers, she was turned loose lo a horde of
drunken soldiers, who fell ipM E, ilk-
ravishing wolves, literally tearing h-r
to pieces for daring to protest.
TERROR IN TEHERAN TODAY:
8HUSTER PACKING TRUNK
Teheran, Persia, Dec. 26.—Martini law
was preelalmod here today. Persian
cossacks were stationed In the govern
ment building to prevent a meeting of
the national council In the parliament
room. W. Morgan Shuster, the Ameri
can treasurer general who has been
dismissed because of protests from Rus
sia, Is preparing to leave the country.
RUSSIAN EMBASSY DENIES
KNOWLEDGE OF MASSACRE
London, Dec. 26.—At the Russlnn <mi-
haaay It was said t.niav tint nothing
Is known of the Persian massacres at
Resht and other cities. It was said
that If any Persians were killed, tliei
Imd probably been killed In battle or
attempting treachery upon tho Russian
Cossacks.
BELATED CONTRIBUTIONS
TO EMPTY STOCKING FUND
Several contribution* for the Kmr’v
Stocking fund were received t
be acknowledged In Baturda
They are:
Lillian. Gladys and Livings to
McClelland. Jr., Htone Mour
tain- * ... ...
Caeh
A Friend
Anonytnoua
A Lonely Friend
Anna Hunt Hardaway, Newnar
Young Active \York<->*. Uthonl
W. I>. Willi * • Vat* IH'* ....