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the weather Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia: . rains today and probably to- Local mo rro ' v ' NO. 105- ■n !■ ffffllNlF SUIEIS iiina Chambers Faction Will Retali ate For Attempt of Woodward Men to Corner Power. sidetracked MEMBERS hold THE WHIP HAND Mayor’s Hands Will Be Tied if Strife Disrupts Legis i; lative Body. cf fh* Camber* faction of tkirftTCOur.cn definitely planned today to injury* gainst the Woodward ad nirfrfration if the slate of appoint ment made up by Mr. Woodward’s friends la accepted by hint. Confident that their slate will be ac rsptei by their chief, the Woodward men expect to be in absolute control of the council committees next year. They believe that to the victor be longs the spoils. But the move of the opposing faction promises the irony of fate. They are to be left off of the im portant places, but they have a consid erable majority of the members of council and they plan to disregard com mittee recommendations or appoint special committees to handle the more important matters. Council Holds The Whip Hand, The laugh will then be decidedly on ' the mcnibe. who think they- are going to be ab to grab all the pie. 4**- KraOte- tla-ve.-aan* ffi beoomc -o -ions that a majority of the rttembers of council will be hope essly antagonistic to Woodward from the very first day of his administration. Council holds the whip hand and the power to tie the hands of the mayor. Ind the Woodward members tn council are planning to arouse the opposition of the commanding majority of this body. The non-Woodward element is called the Chambers faction solely for want of a better name, Al] the men who com pos the element voted for Aldine Chambers for the mayoralty nomina tion against Mr. Woodward. The Woodward men are basing their slate on this alignment. Do Not Expect Favors Os Woodward. The non-Woodward men are the men trho hold the important committee chairmanships this year and have no reason to expect any- special favors from Mr. Woodward. But they control the general council, both the council end the aldermanic board. They fee! that if they are left off of the impor tant places next year it will be personal revenge. And they are prepared to retaliate with a similar spirit, and Sweater effectiveness. Here are the members of the 1913 council who have been sidetracked ab solutely by the Woodward slate, and •e places they hold this year: John S. Candler, chairman of the finance committee. James R. Nutting, chairman of the tax committee. ( laude C. Mason, chairman of the waterworks committee. * r har ><s W, Smith, chairman of the ordinance committee. I • J. Spratling, chairman of the com mittee on hospitals a, nd charities. Others Sidetracked B y Slate-Makers. h„'2 arr " rf ‘ Havert >, chairman of the l‘ ' ll ° n municipal research. nf c,7 ,: '' Rsda ' p - chairman of the board or n remasters. a. »' lll ' eomtnitu-" ’ Al . ad,lo . x ' e,lai| unan of the j ■"/ " n ’"'lldings and grounds. tee on brid e ge 9 ' halrman ° f the ®Kte^on\'hd ni l ? la,lm^n ° f the Com ’ of the com - S \ ' )le nces and pensions, mlttee ..n'f, 'u' chairma n of the com lion. lR ” t cates and transporta- , Chairman of the .. ‘ on minutes. Kimbroughansa o **’ W ’ D - White, J. T. T!•.. t.,11 ‘ a Slim Shepard. ■mticii .> '"-liibers of next year's '-t.ii,; 1,, - wll ° v oted for Mr. ■*'-n hin; tin- '’, nia s'ocalty nomina -1 '>'■ sl.t, Io whom the Wood- ' " :i tnitt.. confined the good I <; |, 1 I '-'."ttou nls: ; | i, "‘J' ' A. >l. VauDvke, I t: - K- !' ■; I-;. Warren. , 1 • Knight. Orville || ; 1 11 U - 1 ' 1 ' '. Tnoiiias l.\ nch I I olcort h. h, 'll'." the I . s i; \\ I th, The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results. Girl Thwarted in Her Effort to Elope With Actor, Shoots Herself WEST POINT, GA., Dec. 4.—Miss Gussie Harmon lies critically wounded in her home at Lanett, Ala., just across the Chattahoochee river from West Point, as the result of an attempt to commit suicide. Thwarted tn her at tempt to elope with a stock company actor who played here last week, she sought to end her life. Miss Harmon, an attractive sixteen year-old girl, became infatuated with the handsome young showman. He was her matinee idol. The glare of the footlights attracted her. He pro posed that she elope with him when the troupe left town. She agreed. The show folk had gotten as far as Ope lika. Ala., when pursuing relatives overtook them and brought the girl back to Lanett. Hardly had Miss Harmon reached het home before she went to her room, lock ed the door and shot herself with a .38-caliber pistol. The bullet entered the left breast and came out under the left shoulder, penetrating the left lung. The shot attracted members of the fam ily, who broke open the door, discov ered what had taken place, and hur riedly summoned physicians. While the wound is dangerous, the doctors believe she has a chance to recover. COUNTY COMMISSION AWARDS $162,131 IN COURT HOUSE JOBS Contracts for the plumbing, lighting, wiring and heating systems for the new Fulton court house, aggregating $102,- 131, were awarded by the county com mission today. The Farrar Plumbing and Heating Company was given the plumbing con tract at $41,400; J. M. Clayton, the lighting and wiring, at $12,843, and the Atlanta Steam Heating Company, the heating job, at $46,300. The E. How ard Clock Company was awarded the contract for installing a clock system. This will cost the county $1,588. In letting the contract for the heating system, the commission stipulated that the arrangement must include a com plete heating plant, so the blds were ordered for the duplux system. Under this arrangement the county will have its own plant in case it cares to dis pense with the city heat. COUNTY 'BOARDBALKS AT PAYING 75 CENTS FOR ‘INFERIORS MEAL The Pulton county commission to day balked on Ordinary Wilkinson’s ex pense account for election day meals. Three of the commissioners asserted that the 75 cents a meal charged by Du rand's Restaurant Company was exor bitant for the quality of the food served. Commissioner Anderson said that he had heard several complaints on the quality of the food served to the elec tion managers on November 8, and it was his opinion that a good meal could be served for 75 cents. The ordinary’s expense bill, for rent, light and heat on election day, came to $125.20. Forty-five dollars was spent for 60 dinners. No supper was served. The commission authorized the pay ment of the other items on the bill, and referred the refreshment account to the finance committee, with power to act. RAIN WILL CONTINUE REMAINDER OF WEEK; WET RECORD GROWS Busily engaged In smashing the rec ord for all past years, the rain fell al most steadily in Atlanta today. It will be at least three days before It can possibly end, and probably the rainy spell will last a whole week, accord ing to Section Director VonHerrman, of the weather bureau. At 1 o’clock today the rainfall for 1912 amounted to a-little more than 61 Inches. If it rains three more days, this mark will be increased by at least two inches. In 1888 Atlanta had her rainiest pre vious year. During the twelve-month I a total of 64.98 inches of rain fell. That record has been untouched during the | 24 years that have passed, but the year of 1912 will beat it, the director thinks. MAYOR WINN BACK FROM HEALTH TRIP, HALE AND HEARTY .Mayor Courtland S. Winn returned to the city today after a three weeks rest at Palm Beach, Fla. The mayor was robust and happy and said he was feeling 100 per cent better than when he left Atlanta on account of a threat ened nervous breakdown. He said he enjoyed the fishing very much in Florida, but thaCthe buzzards were so tame and numerous It took one-half of his time to fight them away from the fish that had been caught. He said he never enjoyed anything better in his life than the perfume from the pineapple fields. ENGINEER'S WIDOW GETS $14,000 WITHOUT A SUIT MACON, GA., Dec. 4.—one of the largest settlements ever made by a rail road in .Macon was executed today by the Central of Georgia when it paid' s| i.nitii to th, widow of Edward l-‘. I Ad.nns. an engineer who was kided ■ this >eat ill a wreck near Macon. lin I IK’IH 'AJP 'VitllUUt SUH < \*’l ‘ ha\ ing been b. -mu n. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1912. BLEJSE SUS LYNCHERS WILL GH FREE South Carolina Executive to Protect Avengers of As saults on White Women. NO SOLDIERS TO DEFEND BLACK BRUTE FROM MOB Defends Liberal Use of Pardon Power That Has Character ized His Administration. RICHMOND, VA.. Dec. 4.—While Cole L. Blease is governor of South Carolina he will permit lynchers of ne groes who assault white women to go scot, free in that state. He made this declaration before the fifth annual con ference of governors, non in progress here, when lie delivered an address in which he said he would not use the tnilitia of South Carolina to protect ne gro assailants, would not punish lynch ers and would continue to exercise the pardoning power in the liberal manner that has thus far characterized his ad ministration. Here is what he told his fellow gov ernors: “I have said all over the state of South Carolina, and I say It again now. that I will never order out the militia to shoot down their neighbors and pro tect a black brute who commits the nameless crime against u whits wom- >MM ■ v—' ’"***'■' ■**•» -■-/ ’*4 "Therefore, in South Carolina let it be understood that when a negro as saults a white woman, all that is need ed is that they get the right man, and they who get him will neither need nor receive a trial. Defends Use of Pardon Power. "I walked through the penitentiary of South Carolina and found it a tuber culosis incubator, where poor devils were dying at their tasks, making money for other people; poor devils who had no choice but to stand and work or take the lash. "Just the other day. Jim Roberts, a negro from Charleston, stopped me as I was walking through and respectfully asked permission to speak to me. He told me that lie had been kept in jail for 22 years for stealing a $27 watch. I said, 'lf you are telling me the truth, you will eat your Christmas dinner with your folks at home.’ He said, ‘Gov ernor, I have no folks.’ 'Then,' I re plied, 'you will eat it away from here.’ And he will. "Another negro had served eleven years and seven months for stealing $9; a judge wrote to me that he had sen tenced to death a man when he did not bqlieve the man had been convicted beyond a reasonable doubt; another wrote me that he sentenced to death a man whom he did not believe should be put to death—he did not believe it at the time, nor does he believe It now. "These are the errors of injustice I am trying to right with my power to pardon. lam proud of my record." Governors Enjoy Oyster Roast. Accompanied by Governor Mann, of | Virginia, and his entire staff, the 23 governors assembled hete for tile fifth annual governors conference, today vis ited Norfolk to meet the National Guard association, by whom they were tendered an oyster oast at Cape Henry. Al’ official business was suspended for tli'’ day. while state executives gave themselves up to a thorough apprecia tion of Old Dominion hospitality. The governors and their wives wiil i turn to Richmond tonight in time for the evening session of the conference when the report of the committee on organization will be submitted and lilans for a permanent organization dis cussed. The appointment of an execu tive committee for the coming year will also be made at this session and a large amount of miscellaneous business at tended to. AFTER WICKERSHAM FOR STAYING ARREST OF JOHN D. ARCHBOLD WASHINGTON. Dec. 4.—Represen tative Garner, of Texas, announced to day that he will Introduce a resolution in the house calling for an investiga tion of the conduct of Attorney Gen eral Wickersham in staying the arrest of John D. Archbold, now under indict ment in the criminal proceedings against tin Magnolia oil Company, of Texas. if an investigation he is now conducting result- in warranting such pm < eding--. J. He Nunnally Before Judge Ellis, Accused Os Ignoring Jury Call J. H. Nunnally, president of tile Nun nally company and at present sup posed to be a Fulton grand juror, was ordered under arrest today by Superior Jpdge Ellis, chaigeq with hawing ig nored liie jury summons. Armed with a court order. Deputy Sheriff Plennie Minor left the solicitor's office this afternoon in search of the Atlanta business man. Mr. Nunnally appeared befo e tiie court and claimed military exemption. Judge Ellis instructed him to show up at the next jury meeting and is. ued a strict warning to others. The court’s order 1> a citation asking Ewß 7 * Ir K I 6wH '( I ■ "W ■ 14 Wb \ v ‘Wl - m ’ 1/ Nunn.dly to give good reason why he should not be adjudged in contempt of couyt and igjprrlng the «xist fact that he was summoned as a juror. COURT DEFENDS ALLEGED SUM I Recorder Broyles Declares Sloan's Charges Against Risley Are Untrue. A plot to sacrifice an innocent man's life on the charge that lie had commit ted a murder, was Indirectly charged by Recorder Broyles in holding Robert L. Sloan, of Roswell, and Frank Risley, of Atlanta, for the slaying of William Franklin, a peddler who was slugged to death in his Decatur street home. The two men are in the Fulton Tower today. Sloan, in court, reiterated his partial confession of a share in the crime, ad mitting that he had witnessed the trag edy and received some of the spoils. He declared, however, that Risley was the actual slayer, althougn Risley denied having any part whatever in it. Recorder Broyles declared that he did not believe Risley had anything to do with the killing and that he was con vinced of his innocence. He said he was forced to hold him, however, as long as Sloan claimed to have seen him commit the murder. Sloan's wife and children were at the police station and took part in a tearful and affecting reunion with the pris oner. As Sloan wa.- taken away by the officers one of the youngster’s cried out: "Come on. papa. Go with us.” Mrs. Sloan said she was too much affected to be able to bear the ordeal of the heating and did not enter the court room. Miss Ch’oe Austin, the dressmaker involved, was freed. She admitted that Sloan had brought her some clothes and given her some money, but denied any complicity in the crime. JUDGE SPEER PASSES HUFF CONTEMPT CASE TO ANOTHER JURIST MACON. GA., Dee. 4.—ln the as signment of cases in the Federal court today Judge Speer called the case of contempt of court against ex-Mayor W. A. Huff and passed It for future as signment by another judge. "If I can’t get another judge to try this case I'm going to try it myself," de clared Judge Speer. Several features of the Huff bank ruptcy litigation, which has been pend ing fourteen years, and which brought about tile contempt proceedings, were set for trial. “It will be personally embarrassing to me to preside in any feature of this litigation any longer," said the judge, "but neverthvb ss J will perfo m my 011. V." The cast was »»■ '•> an indefinite date in .lanut.i v Church Fairs Forerunners of Christmastide BAZAAR SEASON OPENS OK Miss Rosetta Wrigley at the doll booth at Sacred Heart bazaar. Women Begin Annual Culinary Campaign For Funds For Holiday Festivities. Bv Evelyn Wren The Christmas spirit is in town and the bazaar season is open. That’s why tiie stores along Peach tree street left’temporarily vacant are being filled with women as busy as bees, draping counters with linen cov ers and spreading out cakes and dough nuts and fudge. The women are pre paring to earn money for theii churches, the Sunday school Christmas trees and the stockings for the little folk who might otherwise find no gifts on Christmas morning. The men have a thousand ways of making money. Ask a mere man to give to a Christmas fund and he either says he hasn’t the money or digs down in his pocket and pays it over. But the women must earn theirs. Find Fun in Running Bazaars. No, it's not because they haven’t an allowance or because their husbands are stingy. But every woman likes to feel that she Is giving something of her own, something actually earned, not merely distributing a part of the money her husband gives her. That is the reason for church festivals and bazaars. And they’re fun, too. They give Mrs. Adams a chance to see Mrs. Brown and meet Mrs. Copp and observe what Mrs. Dobbs and Mrs. Evans are wearing. They give Mrs. French an opportunity to talk over Mrs. Grant's party with Mrs. Higgs. They furnish a chance to learn the recipe of Mrs. Ingle's famous sponge cake, and Mrs. Jackson's raisin pudding, and so on through the whole alphabet and back. And what if the materials and the gas and the cooking do cost as much as the price the cake brings, what differ ence does that make? They are charged iri the regular grocery bill any way and nobody feels the difference. Several Bazaars Opened. Several of the Christmas bazaars opened today. The Ladies Aid society of the West End Presbyterian church is holding its sale at 64 Peachtree street. The Sacred Heart church is holding its bazaar and restaurant at 168 Peachtree street, and the women of St. Philips opened theirs at the cathedral, with a midday luncheon as a drawing card for busy business men. The Ponee DeLeon Baptist commit tee opened its bazaar at the home of Mrs. Rutherford Upscomb. Park Street church will have its sale today and to morrow, and Westminster Presbyterian will begin its annual bazaar next Fri day. Others are being announced every day and they will continue until a day or two before Christmas. Tiie girl you danced with last night is wearing a white apron today and ready to sell you a pound cake, a Dutch collar, a jabot or a rag doll with a face made of a much-abused golf bull. The matron under whose mahogany you slipped your patent leathers at yester day's dinner is ready to charge you a cash pri'ee for a luncheon today , war ranted just as good, though in fewer WOODWARD MEH BUSY AT POLLS Heed Nominee’s Warning to Vote and Defeat Socialist- Negro Conspiracy. James G. Woodward, Democratic mayoralty nominee, said today that lie was> going through the third election degree today, and that it had decided him against third degrees. He said the two primaries were enough, but to “be pestered by the Socialists was unbear able." Voting in the general election today indicated a response to Mr. Wood ward’s warning that there was a con spiracy to defeat him. More than 1,000 votes are expected, and that is quite unusual for a general election. Early voting indicates that the prop osition to deed Lakewood park to an exposition corporation for the purpose of Issuing $500,000 of bonds to build a fair grounds will be defeated. Mr. Woodward urged that this project should be rejected by- the people. A majority of the members of the general council favor it. There was no excitement around any of the polls and there will be no elec tion extras this afternoon, unless Mr. Woodward’s fears of a heavy Socialist negro vote materialize. City Clerk Walter Tay lords in charge of the election. "Everything was going well.” he said this afternoon. MRS. ROBERTGOELET, ENTERTAINER OF TWO KINGS, DIES IN PARIS PARIS. Dec. 4.—Mrs. Robert Goelet, the noted New York society- leader, died early today in her Paris home as a re sult of heart disease. Her death was indirectly brought about by a tumor which she was found to be suffering from last August. She was 58 years of age and the wid ow of Robert Goelet, who died in Na ples in April. 1899. The body will be sent to America. Mrs. Goelet was one of America’s most famous society matrons. She numbered among her guests at various times Emperor William and the late Edward VII. SON GIVES 2 QUARTS OF BLOOD TO SAVE FATHER .MACON. GA., Dec. 4 —ln an effort to save the life of his father. Fred Stewart, an employ ee of a rairoad here, today gave two quarts of liis blood in an operation at the city hospital. The transfusion was successfully accom plished and it is believed that T. J Stewart, the father, will live. I HOHL I EDITION 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE ’ij.r GOVERNMENT BLAMED FOB PANICS BY M’VEAGH “Business Crashes Constantly Threaten While Currency System Is Unchanged.’’ “WHOLLY UNNECESSARY AND EASILY AVOIDABLE’* Disaster, Under Present Plan, Inevitable After Certain Con ditions Are Reached. < WASHINGTON. Dec. 4.—" As long our banking and currency system re mains as it is. the immeasurable dis aster of a panic will remain a possi bility. The system under which we are living not only would not prevent a panic, but after a certain point In ths generation of panic conditions is reach ed will make it inevitable. So that, aw long as the flanneial system created by our Federal laws remain unchanged and unreformed, the government will be exclusively responsible for the commer cial, Industrial and social disasters which flow from panics.” With this strong warning, backing up an urgent plea for immediate banking and currency reform. Franklin Mac- Veagh, secreta-y of the treasury, opens his annual report on the finances of the nation, which was sent to congress today. Continuing, Secretary Mac- Veagh says: "This responsibility Is a fixed one. It is \m?.voidable, and ought to be frankly recognized and acknowledged. The people are helpless. The charac ter of their responsibility is better un derstood when it is realized that the effects of financial panics are not at all confined to the banks and the larger business world. A panic such as 1907 or a lesser panic reaches, directly or indirectly, every town and hamlet of the country and every family and indi vidual. It nationalizes itself long be fore It has gone far, and its interrup tion of the business movements, largo and small, its fracture of the organiza tion under which commercial and in dustrial life go on, and the resulting social suffering, are prolonged into years. Panic Unncessary And Avoidable. "These facts intensify the signifi cance. of the delays and postponements of the government. A panic is as un necessary - and avoidable as an epidemic of smallpox. You can have an epi demic of smallpox if you disregard al! that science has provided as a pre ventive. You can not possibly have an epidemic of smallpox if you will apply the simple means that science has pro vided. So we will continue to have pan ics only so long as we refuse to ap ply the simple preventives which ha who runs may read. “Not only does the system establish ed by the present Federal laws promote and develop panics, but at all times the country is carrying the needless and heavy burden of an unfit and wholly insufficient banking and currency sys tem. This system never permits en tirely free commercial, financial or in dustrial action at any time, because its liability to sudden constraint and re striction is always a part of the na tion’s financial consciousness. There never is a time when there is any long look ahead, except when we are in the midst of a panic, when there is a long look of disaster ahead. There is never a long look of ease and convenience and prosperity ahead. This is true even in the quiest periods of the year. “Fortunately, the banks have been able, unaided, to carry on this autumn the financial operations necessary to the movement of our vast crops and at the same time to finance the operations of the general business expansion even in the face of a European dis turbance. I should have been sorry to feel it necessary for the treasury de partment to intervene at such a normal period as this. But, of course, it would have assisted if it had become neces sary. Suggestion for Relieving Situation. “It is not my intention to speak of the details of this urgent relief meas ure—this banking and currency legis lation. But the general features of the new system—if that system shall be at all adequate to the emergency—must include among its necessary features provisions for never-failing reserves and never-failing currency and for the perfect elasticity and flexibility of both: tor the permanent organization and organized co operation of the banks, which are now suffering and > ausing the nation to suffer by reason of their unorganized state for a cen-