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■fHE weather I Forecast: Fan- ton.ght and Tues- ■ 5 , colder. Tempertures: 8 a. m., 30; ■ -U- 12 noon. 41; 2 p. m., 41. ■-0 a. ■**' Vol xl xo. W 9. iEKWS iiMim Ism on I ■OHIO Kill Request Wilson, on Return Koine, to Make Date Month K Earlier Than Promised. ■COULD MAKE TARIFF ■ MEASURE LAW BY JULY ■Underwood Says Manufactur- U er s Are Marking Time Wait i ing for New Schedules. ■ IV I'H’. XiiT< >N. Dec. 9. —On the re- ■ _ ; v-..Hi.b-nt -■ -lect Woodrow Wil- ■ t ■ .T.ts who are to be forceful ■ . --haninn tariff legislation at the ex- session of congress which ■ . ..pi-rior Wilson lias announced he Is ■to call not later than April 15 are to ■urge the president-elect to convene this ■extraordinary session on March 15. yip. Democrat who is at the head of ■ <J ?:: „ v . m< nt is < ’soar W. Underwood, ■chairman of the ways and means coni- Supporting Mr. Underwood in ■ ~ » are Representative Edward ■w. Townsend and nearly all of the New ■ j«rsev congressmen, as well as many ■ from New York. the New England and ■ t!.. m’.iid W>-tern. Northwestern and ■ far Western states. ■ Tn. fret, it is known that the vast ■ major.’j of the re-elected Democratic ■ congressman are heartily in favor of ■ calling the extraordinary session on ■ Mar. Concerning the newly elect- ■o; members, the sentiment is agree- ■ able to that date so far as it could be ■ ascertained. ■ When Governor Wilson returns to ■ Trenton, X. .1., he is to begin his con- ■ Wan.'es with leading Democrats of the ■ <our.tr>. This statement was made by’ ■ William !•'. McCombs, chairman of the ■ Iksnoeratic national committee. ■ Underwood to I Call On Wilson. R .li. McCombs had nothing to say ■ Personally on the question, but it is ■ quit, well known that Representative B 1 ~J< t-wood is to be one of the presl- ■ 'ler.t-ei. ct's visitors. On that visit, it B s'.i.ti-., Mr, Underwood is to suggest ■ . tne president-elect that the quicker B extraordinary session is called the B Htc.r it will be for the business inter- R fsts o' the country, and the quicker ■ the new tariff bill to be prepared by ■ Mr. Underwood's committee and ac- R opted or amended by the house and R <h- senate will be ready’ for President ■ Milson's signature. ■ 1 believe firmly with a number of H ay Democratic colleagues," Represen- H’akve Underwood said, "that it would ■ he advisable for President Wilson to H cab the extraordinary session as quick- R c afte: . - A| arch 4as possible. I have no R hesitation in suggesting the date to be ■ -'larch 15. I In my daily mail are many letters, ■ ipally from textile manufacturers, ■ y^ ut ' st ' n g that I give them the best ■ mtion at my command as to the ■ hew schedules for their goods. Os I -i) ' ' , . can Five them no information. Is '? ’' r * tv * ba * they are slowing down I usiness and hesitate to go ahead I * caus,? <’f the uncertainty of the sched | t" be adopted in the tariff bill as-- I a ‘ their goods. I , ,"Th.< new tariff bill must first be pre- I the ways and means commit- I ■' then go to the house for I ...'l 1 " nts an< * subsequently to the I ■r, j ( may be anien j etl and | - to the house, and so on and I Ullti! ’’ eventually reaches the „ ’’ 1 for bis signature. Could Be Law Next July. “ ie could convene the extraordi on March 15 I could almost .... /' . the business of the coun !,'i certain circumstances, that bill would bo in the hands of p. ‘ April 15. Os course, if “ “‘‘*ff bill is to be adopted j. v r> .' " y greater celerity th.- '. ' ' JR ‘'ttained, and yet matt, a ' lifter< ‘ nce °f opinion on" that 8ch...r,. ■ lou '“ e eou 'd adopt a number of the ■- t ;.m an i <J r th , ey . coul( l go over to like in ini’,v, 1 ’ et ’ t, ? at wi,b something of pu i “ ' V US ‘“'tion and unanimity “'‘‘'hted <“ P . Uew tariff blll f°tlld be ‘" r inin no't t ß , gne l l,y ~le president Th" ' lat ‘ r ,ha n July next. h ,f e sJ uref! of ,lle new bill, sin ilnr sh,5 h, “ st doubt ’ win be al bill ' ls n,,t >d'-ntical, with the " bi. li th. ~r'’ bi st session and u ' President vetoed. m' ritlfv n’ , < h< ’ Btates ,le °- r - O I. , ~ bf'oine tax will act ’ s ... .’ ial proposition during ’ x " ,bH t ‘‘Vent an income substituted in tit, new ' ■ Ol'|,oration and the excise . '"U-rexHed. though, more and ■rit.i of action » dm to .. 1 . 1, . , 1 K1 ‘ Imerest> of ti,e H,. buHitiPhs men muv H ' U" what Un. < they arc ta The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results. Meat Inspector Eats Sausage to Test It: to Prosecute When Able Only Thing Which Prevents Speedy Trial of Packing Com pany Is Wasser’s Illness. a. Ill—torturingly ill—City Meat Inspec tor A. Wasser declared today that he had a wretched job. He said he had eaten some sausage reported to be bad with the result that the proof was ab solutely too overwhelming. J. H. Gresbach sat down with his wife and two children to a supper of sausage Saturday night. Before morning the whole family was sick. Mr. Gresbach notified the health de partment today. Inspector Wasser went to Fowler’s grocery store, where It had been purchased, to inspect the meat. He was told that It had Just been bought from the Armour Packing Company. Inspector Wasser hied to the local store of the packing company. The sausage looked good. He and one of the employees decided they would cook some and taste it. They did. Today Inspector Wasser said he had docketed a case against the Armour Packing Company, but that he did not know whether he would be able to try it tomorrow. EX-MAYOR JOYNER NAMED STATE FIRE INSPECTOR TODAY William R. Joyner, former mayor of Atlanta, former chief of the city’s fire department, former president of At lanta’s baseball association and one of the South’s veteran fire-fighters, was today appointed state fire Inspector by Comptroller General Wright. The office was created by the last legislature, but was not filled until to day, when Colonel Wright, who is ex officio state insurance commissioner, named Captain Joyner. The duties of the position involve the investigation of every fire of a suspicious nature in the state and a report thereon the insurance commissioner. Captain Joynei- is one of Georgia's best known men. He was a volunteer fireman and entered Atlanta’s service when the paid department was in stalled Prom the rank of captain he was promoted to chief, which position he held until he was nominated and elected mayor. WAKES UP SHERIFF TO HUNT HIS DERBY AND LANDS IN JAIL BLUE RIDGE. GA., Dec. 9.—Tom Rodgers, wanted by the sheriff of Cher okee county, was returned to Canton today, after spending a day in the Fan nin county jail, where he landed through most unusual and amusing cir cumstances. Early yesterday morning, after a night’s "spree,” Rodgers knocked at the jail door. Sheriff Jenkins, who is also jailer, arose, rubbed his eyes and in quired of the visitor what he wanted. Rodgers said he had lost his derby and wanted the sheriff to help hunt It. While on the early stroll Sheriff Jen kins discovered that Rodgers was the man wanted by the Cherokee sheriff. They returned to the jail before the sheriff took him into custody. As soon as Rodgers found that he would have to take breakfast at the jail he made for the open door. The sheriff caught him by the arm and “yanked” him back into the room. Upon searching him, he found a .32-caliber pistol, a razor and a pocketknife. SMOKE MAKES FOLK OF ATLANTA DODGE NEEDED FRESH AIR Commenting on the statement of S. G. Lindholm, the municipal expert on health and sanitation, that Atlantans are afraid of fresh air, Dr. Claude A. Smith, head of the city laboratory of hygiene, said today that one of the main reasons Atlantans kept their doors and windows closed so tightly was the smoke niusance. Dr. Smith said it was absolutely es sential for the human system to have fresh air to be able to resist diseases, and that people here did not fully real ize the need of proper ventilation, f.ut lie said that smoke did as much to keep fresh air out of offices and homes as the fear of cold. GOVERNOR URGES CHURCH UNIFORMS FOR POOR’S BENEFIT CHICAGO, Dec. 9.—A suggestion by! Governor Chase S. Osborn, of Michigan, that churches adopt uniforms so that the poor can attend service has caused wide comment in church circles here today. The governor's suggestion was made in a sermon delivered In the First Baptist church here, whose pas tor, Rev. Myron E. Adams, is a close friend of the Michigan executivi. The governor, commenting on the lack of attendance in churches by those who are "poor ynd distressed." sug gested that a slnipl<-.x-osttime be adopt, ed for < lmr. h worship so that comjieti tion In dr's would not keep anyone away lb- luggested simpli black tor women | SHOOTINGIN nN USE sums FEUD Armed Men Gather as Cleghorn Clan Vows to Get Even With Cochran. RENEWS INTEREST IN MARCHMAN MYSTERY Youth Named as Sweetheart of Dead Girl Shot at Three Times by Her Kin. ASHBURN, GA., Dec. 9.—With armed men rapidly gathering at Raineys Set tlement, the whole of Amboy district is on the verge of feud warfare today as the result of the shooting of Tan Cleg horn by W. F. Cochran, and bloodshed is feared as a result of this new turn in the Minnie Marchman death mystery. Cleghorn, slightly wounded in the head by Cochran's bullet, is arming his kinsmen with shotguns and has sworn that he will even his score. The latter, released on SSOO bond, when it was learned Cleghorn was not hurt serious ly, has announced that he will -defend himself and is rallying his friends. Met in Road and Fight Started. According to the story told by the authorities. Cleghorn and his brother met Cochran, brother-in-law of the Marchman girl, in the road near his home yesterday and threatened to whip him for his persistence in investigating the facts surrounding the girl’b death. Both Cleghorns climbed out of their buggy and attacked Cochran, who knocked one of them down. As Tan Cleghorn turned and fled Cochran fired two bullets after him. One went through Cleghorn’s hat and the other inflicted a scalp wound. Cleghorn fell as if dead and Cochran gave himself up to Deputy Sheriff O. B. Harmon. While the man was still in Jail mem bers of the Cleghorn family began gathering from all parts of Turner county. It had been rumored widely that Cochran had killed his man out right. With this new development, feeling over the countryside, which has been repressed for weeks while .the investi gation of the girl’s mysterious death had been going on, has broken and the authorities look for trouble If members of the two clans meet. Cochran was released on bail this morning. He immediately went to his home and began preparations to defend himself and his family against any at tack of the Cleghorns. Cochran Bent On His Punishment. Cochran instigated the investigation of Minnie Marchman's death, and all along insisted on a thorough probe. Following the death, Cochran exhibited much feeling toward Cleghorn and seemed bent on prosecuting him. He had never publicly made any threats against his life, however. The girl bad confided to her sister in-law that she and Cleghorn were en gaged to be married, but this Cleghorn denied the day he showed himself in his home community, following the search for him. Cleghorn and the girl had "gone together” for quite a while, but the young man insists they were merely friends and that he had never loved the girl. Believing that she had been poisoned, the dead girl's stomach was analyzed in Atlanta, but no trace of poison was found. ORDINANCE TO STOP PARKING OF AUTOS TO BE INTRODUCED The council committee on legislation will meet tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’clock to consider an ordinance pro hibiting the parking of automobiles on Fem.htree, Whitehall, Hunter and Ala bama streets. Some members of coun cil declare that the central streets ars too congested to allow automobiles to oe parked in them. Not only is there opposition to the ordinance in council, but a number of the merchants take the view that it would be bad for the business interests. All interested citizens are invited to appear before the committee and give their arguments. INSURANCE AGAINST TWINS. 5 PER CENT LONDON, l>e< 9.- Five per cent Is the rate quoted by brokers for Insur ance against birth of twins, it also ih possible to lusure against a child which might denrtvt- one of an <-.tat« or till< ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY. DECEMBER 9. 1912. MSILENI IS M BES EIHEIL mo Doomed Slayer Apparently Un moved by Sobbing Pleas of Sister and Brothers. ■> STARES AT CELL FLOOR: NO SIGN OF RECOGNITION Family to Implore Governor to Stay Execution. Set for Friday, Thirteenth. Weeping piteously, Mrs. \V. H. Whit aker, only sister of Rober L. Clay, the wife slayer and alleged maniac, condemned to hang Friday on the Tow er gallows, stood today before tiie barred door of her doomed brother’s cell and pleaded with him to speak to her —begged for just one word. Clay sat on his bunk with bowed head and drooped shoulders, his long, unkempt hair falling over his forehead. His emotionless gaze roved about the cell floor. He did not say a word, and not once did he lift his head with a glance of recognition. Beside Mrs. Whisker stood Mrs. J. A. Clay, sister-in-law of the con demned man, and she, too, wept. Just behind the women were J. A. Clay and J. W. Clay, brothers, who were un able to control their emotion as they peered through the bars and joined the women in trying to get the doomed man to speak. Plens of Brothers Ignored by Slayer. “Bob, speak to us. Don’t you know us?” cried the brothers, but Clay main tained the silence he has broken but once since he was imprisoned last May. While she pleaded at the cell door, a three-year-old boy, son of Mrs. J. A. Clay and nephew 6f the prisoner, tugged at the dress of his mother and prattled of the strange prison sight. Outside of the cage, on the balcony "run around," just out of sight of the cell, stood a stalwart, rugged man, more than six feet tall, waiting for the little party inside. He was J. Clay, of 116 Piedmont avenue, the broken-hearted father. He chose to remain outside alone, saying he could not bear to look upon his “poor boy.” One figure was missing from the fam ily circle as it assembled about the condemned cell —the aged mother. Dealh saved her this heartrending cli max in the tragic life of her boy. Entire Family to Appeal to Governor. In the event there is no stay in the plans for the execution Friday, this probably is the last time the relatives will see Robert L. Clay in life. The entire family will appear before Governor Brown tomorrow morning and make a last plea to save the doomed man. "We’ll ask the governor to give Rob ert a life sentence, and, if he doesn’t see fit to do the* we will ask for a lunacy commission to examine him, and will ask for a respite—oh, just anything to save his life,” cried Mrs. Whitaker when asked what plea would be made to ihe governor. Clemency by the governor is the final hope for Clay, and, if it fails, the wife slayer will pay the penalty Friday be tween the hours of 11 and 1 o’clock. SUIT TESTING COUNTY SALARY ACT HEARD IN SUPERIOR COURT The first court test of the liilton county salary act, which purposes to abolish the fees of seven county offi cials, was begun in third division of su perior court today, when Judge Pendle ton called to trial the commissioners’ mandamus rules against Tax Collector Stewart, Tax Receiver Arniistead and Ordinary Wilkinson. Luther Rosser, county attorney, ap peared for the board and argued that the writ against the three officials should be made absolute for their fail ure to comply with the preliminaries to the inauguration of the salary act. J. D. Kilpatrick, conducting the defense, maintained that the new law was un constitutional and discriminatory. J. S. B. THOMPSON NEAR DEATH IN RICHMOND. VA. RICHMOND, VA., Dec. 9. No im provement was noted today in the con dition of J. S. Barbour Thompson, of Atlanta, who is extremely ill at tile Johnston-Willis sanitarium. Ills doctors fear the end uui> ionic nllhlu th* uuxl day or two Rules of Etiquette in Matter of' Noblemen HOW TO TREAT SIR TOM Sir Thomas Lipton, who has lE\ made four I 1 unsuccessful jt j x i attempts to L win the Amen- n cup and is determined to ' try again at . S ! San Francisco ESSSIfe ! in 1915. He will be the 9 lj est of u- Atlanta ‘ ~ Wednesday. ’ MINISTER HITS ST FULTON COURTS Rev. Hugh Wallace Declares Justice in This County Is Ruled by Dollars. “Justice in Fulton county is weighed by the dollar mark. God have mercy on the courts of a community when they reach such a condition as this!” said Rev. Hugh Wallace, pastor of the Jones Avenue Baptist church, as he rapped Fulton county’s court system last night in a stirring discussion of justice. "Red-handed murderers have been turned loose on this community by the courts simply because they were backed by money and influence, while men of the poorer classes, without money, have been tom from their fam ilies and sent to the penitentiary for long terms for much less crimes,” de clared the minister. "It pains my very heart when I think of the injustice in our courts and when 1 am forced to realize that the dollar mark is the con trolling factor in the dispensing of our so-called justice. As a matter of fact, this term justice is a misnomer." And then the minister added signifi cantly: “I know of things that have taken place in our court houses in the name of justice that would create a sensa tion were they agitated. “It is a shame," he continued, “that men guilty of cold-blooded, heinous crimes should go free and disgrace ths name of justice simply because they have money and influence. It is high time that our court system should be reformed and that justice—the real thing, not an imitation—should be en throned,” SIX-DAY BIKE RACE TIED AT 340 MILES NEW YORK, Dec. 9. —Walthour started a sprint shortly before 2 o’clock this afternoon in the six-day bicycle race, and his competitors nailed hint before he was able to gain the coveted lap. The score fin the fourteenth hour. 2 p. m., showed all the teams tied at 319 miles, 3 miles and 8 laps ahead of the record made by Root and Moran hi 1910. This is the first time in the history of slx-day racing In this city that all the teams entered were able to run on even terms for s<> long a. time. At 3 o'clock toe teams were lied at 340 miles, 8 laps. Above All. Don’t Ask Him if This Is His First Visit to America. By Alphonse Deßigeur Sir Thomas Lipton, the man who put the sell in Ceylon, is to be in our midst Wednesday, and my phone half been so busy with questions as to eitquette in the matter of noblemen and near-no blemen that I’ve decided to publish the official rules. Atlanta folk get on very well with Ty Cobb, and made no bad breaks when Roosevelt and Taft came down, but it has been a long time since a sir paid us a visit and a lot of men who can devour their way straight through a nine-course dinifer and make the knives and forks come out even Without put ting them inside their opera vests are in doubt about whether to call our guest of honor “Colonel,” "Mr. Sir Lip ton" or plain "Tom, old man.” But it isn’t difficult to learn how to treat a sir. It is best to adhere to the customs of the country in this re spect. in Tennessee one says, “Well, it’s about my time of day. How about you?" In Kentucky they say “Colonel, you and gen’ral will have another, won’t you? I’ve ordered ’em.” And in Atlanta you just step up boldly and say "I’ve ordered full of drink tickets on tvery club in town. Come on. Sir Tommy, and name your choice.” One of Nature'* Noblemen. But do not—oh, do not, under any circumstances grow facetious and say “Sir Thomas, won’t you sample a bit of cold tea?" One must never talk shop, you know. Oh, no! It really isn’t done. But any way that’s the way to treat a noble man. from king down to jack. They’re all gentlemen of capacity. Not that Sir Thomas is exactly a nobleman, except one of nature's va riety, which we al! are, except the man who took my umbrella, Saturday night, and I wouldn’t say lie is crooked, but I'll bet the cigars he could hide be hind the handle, which was made es pecially to hang over bars. But Sir Thomas is a square sport and a good loser, which he ought to be, having had ten years or more steady practice. A Knight for Every Day. Sir Thomas isn't exactly a nobleman In the British sense of the word. No blemen originated when William the Conqueror came across the channel with ninety million men, according to th)- family trees of present generation-) whose folks were with William. No. Thomas Lipton was just a plain, red-headed Irishman who started In th" tea business, discovered advertis ing. became a millionaire and was hon ored by his country. M hen a man does that over here wo call him a trust, draw cartoons of him, tin- film S2V,tMM),OOt) and lei him take Continued on Page Two. HOHL IDITION 2CENTS EVERYWHERE BROWN RAPS BLEASE FOR MOBLAW SPEECH Georgia Governor, Back From Conference, Rebukes South Carolina Executive. GEORGIA LAWS UPHELD DESPITE CRIME, HE SAYS • Others at Meeting Unanimous in Condemning Remarks Advocating Lynching. . Governor Joseph M. Brown returned from Richmond and 'Washington totfay, where he has been attending the an nual conference of the national “house of governors.” Tiie governor talked most interesting ly of his trip, and incidentally pays his respects to Governor Cole L. Blease, of South Carolina, whose open advo cacy of lynch law shocked the gath ering. Governor Brown administered a tell ing rebuke to the South Carollnan, and in doing so cited some recent history to prove that Georgia entertains a contrary view. Governor Brown said: Conferences of ’ /' Governors Valuable. “These annual conferences by tha governors of the states are of great value in that they bring the executive officers of the states into personal ac quaintanceship with each other and en able them in al! subsequent correspond ence to have a more intelligent knowl edge of respective views and environ ments than could be the case if they had never met. They enable them to realize more fully the similarity be tween general conditions in the respec tive states and wherever there are laws in one state radically different from those in others to become advised as to whether exceptional conditions have or have not required exceptional laws. "Ultimate uniformity of laws, wheh ever practicable, is, of course, the desid eratum, as such a status tends more and more to a unity of that as well as unity of interest. "Regarding the defense of ‘mob’ law by Governor Blease, of South Carolina, concerning which you have asked me. I will state that I have not talked with a single other governor or a single other visitor at the conference who could see any call for such remarks. “No State Law Condones Crime. ’ ’ "I will venture to say that there is nothing in the constitution of any American state which encourages or condones crime of any character. All states and all laws among civilized peo ples have for their object the supres sion of crime by the process of law. “Immediately after Governor Blease had concluded his speech I arose and stated that one of the chief factors in securing my last election was my prom ise that I would not abuse the pardon ing power, but, on the contrary, would see that tiie process of law in the pun ishment of criminals who had been tried in the courts was faithfully up held. 1 stated that the executive of no state had a monopoly of devotion tc the white women of his state or to the determination to protect them, but that whatever the crime in Georgia we held that the criminal must be punished by Hi', law instead of the mob, that Geor gia did not have to depend upon mobs co punish those who violated her laws. Georgia Militia To Protect Negroes. "I instanced the fact that 1 had three times sent portions of the military of Georgia to Cumming to protect the laws of Georgia in ,Xhe custody, trial and execution of negroes convicted of criminal assault that the majesty of the law might be maintained regard less of the character of the crime. I stated in this connection that when ask ed by the judge of the circuit how many troops I could send 1 had an swered that I would send the entire na tional guard of Georgia if necessary to uphold the laws of the state. “1 regard Governor Blease’s advo cacy of ‘mob’ laws as exceedingly un fortunate for the simple reason that in every other state in the American Union the devotion of white men to white women is as sacred as it is in South Carolina and the determination to protect them, or. if needs be, to visit condign punishment upon those who have wronged them, is as deep-seated and irrevocable as it is in South Caro lina. "Every goterno with whom 1 talked and every lady who gave me her opin ion stood as one in advocating process Instead of 'mob’ law.”