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THE WEATHER Rain tonight and Thursday; snow probable. Temperatures: 8 a. m., 41 degrees: 10 a. m., 42 degrees; 12 noon, 43 degrees; 2 P- "i., 43 degrees. VOL. XI. NO. no. BII'S PLOT Il "KNIFE" WILSON MOLD Frank P. Glass Says Nebraskan Planned to Eliminate Jersey Governor as He Did Clark. SCHEMED TO HAVE SELF NAMED FOR PRESIDENCY Alabama Editor Declares Com moner Isn’t Powerful Enough to Boss President-Elect. Frank P. Glass, for three years Wood - row Wilson’s housemate at Princeton university, editor of The Birmingham News, general manager of The Mont gomery Advertiser, Alabama’s foremost newspaper man, today revealed star tling facts in reference to Governor Wilson’s pre-convention campaign, in which he declared that William J. Bryan attempted to knife the New .ler y governor just as he knifed Champ Clark, with the end in view of having himself nominated for presi- "Eryan will never be offered a place ii the Wilson cabinet, unless Mr. son decides that by this means he can preserve Democratic harmony by si lencing the Nebraskan.” declared Mr. Glass. "Mr. Wilson has no debt to pay Mr. Bryan. “Mr. Bryan schemed to defeat Gov j ernor Wilson at Baltimore just as he I schemed to defeat Champ Clark. It was only because the New York delegation I refused to cast its vote for Mayor Gay i nor on the final ballot, at Bryan’s sug gestion, that the Nebraska man’s jcheme to make himself for the fourth time Democracy’s candidate failed.” Glass Long a Friend of Wilson. Mr. Glass played an important part in Wilson's nomination. He was a soph omore when Wilson entered Princeton. The fires of the Civil war had not died out in those days, and at the great Eastern university the Southerners kept largely to themselves. Practically all the Southern students were quar tered In the same house. Among them [ was Mr. Glass. Wilson came a year I later. Naturally their association was close, and when Wilson loomed as a presi dential possibility, Mr. Glass took the lead to have the Alabama delegation instructed for him. Then Oscar Underwood entered the list, and Mr. Glass, refusing to fight his i fellow Alabaman, even for his college ■hum, centered his endeavor on having tn Alabama delegation favorable to it llson as a second choice. In this he was successful, and when Senator Bankhead withdrew Underwood’s name at Baltimore, Glass was able to vote Alabama for Wilson and’ start the ■ stampede for the New Jersey man. On account of these signal services and his close personal relationship w’ith he president-elect, the Alabama editor ■as been prominently spoken of for a ■ ablnet post. Sditor Not Looking For Cabinet Place. I have never considered my cabinet boom seriously,”- said Mr. Glass. “Os vuise, I am grateful to my friends for filing inaugurated it. but Governor I Wilson has political obligations to pay and plenty of material to select from before he could possibly look my way. nd, anyway, I am pretty well satisfied d are run ning now.” it’s pretty certain Bryan will ■-it any cabinet job he wants?” he was asked. dlr- Glass’ eyes flashed with the fight •S- spirit that has made him a power. Ket no cabinet po- Tl,'- onii f he o?. es ’ 1 wl 'l be surprised. ‘hit £°ndition under which I can him I«f, ( ;°lT rnor W,lß ° n "111 name silence m" ' e . governor to wish to the party and P reser ve harmony in Bryan Can’t Boss Wilson, He Says, folinwin" Undoubt -»y has a powerful fcilitv i IS \ , bas a Powerful person boss \v K S n °t Powerful enough to men '° W Wilson. I know both h d< L bt of latitude to ’ ' movem nt tFUe * lat Br .van started rll-lr. t 'lo It for urn fr ° m C,ark ’ but he 1 ’ -If tMlson. He did it for ’ nlnat..,; he m’ U P Wilson was Lav X,. . le rn «de every endeavor to '■ '■ ■ tried , east Its vote for Mayor ' m the r? makp us ke «P L'nder- ” d' ull<H-p rat ‘u ,bat there would .-de ti * B ,° hopeless that he could > I ' ""'’''''tion with a speech Wix "’'nuted himself. Id•>. <[,, .. ti," ’", 8 *hla. J have not seen »" ■!> lat le, but 1 k "°w hint ’ i .nor R"? BUr““”wninOthur - ‘‘ n unless tile solidity • 'lemmidii It.” The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results. cm APPEAL FOB PJRDDN REFUSED BI GOVEHNOO Executive Considers the Case Far Into Night. But Finds No Cause for Action. i PRISONER FOUND SANE IN THE FINAL INQUIRY Dr. Ellis Makes Thorough Ex amination and Reports to Jailer Slayer Is Feigning. Governor Joseph M. Brown will not interfere in the case against Robert Lee Clay, sentenced to die on the gal lows in the Fulton county Tower Fri day of this week. The governor, as he promised the doomed man’s sister and father, went into the record of the case against Clay exhaustively. He could find noth ing in it byway of extenuating circum stances. To the executive mind, it appears as if Clay's crime was cold-blooded, ma licious and premeditated murder. He could find no justification for mercy oi .clemency in the case. Therefore, he authorized the an nouncement that lie will permit the law to take Its course Friday. Considers Case Far Into Night. The governor was deeply touched by the petition made to him by Clay’s sis ter and father Tuesday. The case came to him direct from the home of the i people Coneerrted.*' It rieWt "lists I passed upon by the supreme court —it i never has been referred to the prison i commission. Ttie entire responsibility was thrown i upon the executive, and he sat far into ' last night thinking of the case and I considering It. It was well after 1 o’clock today- be- I fore he definitely made up his mind I what his duty is. Clay must hang Friday, unless some extraordinary circumstance arises in the meantime to save him. And this seems most unlikely. “I can see no reason for interfering in the Clay case,” was the terse and only statement the governor gave out for publication. That Robert L. Clay is feigning in sanity; that his mental condition is normal, and that he could break his si lence if he would, is the finding of Dr. James N. Ellis, alienist, who called at the Tower today a.nd made a thorough examination of the wife slayer, doomed to die on the gallows on Friday, De cember 13. Dr. Ellis made his examination fol lowing a written request from Attorney William M. Smith, counsel for the con demned man. Similar reouests were made of Dr. James B. Baird and Dr. Samuel H. Green, who, with Dr. Ellis, examined Clay prior to his trial, the first part of last June, and declared him sane at that time. Whether these two experts will make a further examina tion has not been learned. Dr. Ellis declined to give out a state ment, but, in a report to Jailer Broad nax, immediately following the exami nation, he pronounced Clay’s mental condition the same as it was when the first examination was made. Cell Floor Littered With Cigarette Stubs. He said the slayer’s physical condi tion is not quite as good as at that time, but attributed this to his long confine ment, the constant mental strain under w-hlch he is laboring, and the smoking of cigarettes. Partly smoked cigar ettes and matches in profusion were found by the doctor on the floor of the cell. Clay's pulse was found to be above normal, but Dr. Ellis told Jailer Broad nax this was due to suppressed ex citement, anxiety and dread. Asked by the jailer if he thought Clay could break his long silence and speak, Dr. Ellis replied that he could. He said he was sure Clay is sane, and that “the attitude of silence is merely a feature of the role Clay is acting.” Dr. Ellis explained that he thought, as a matter of justice to the doomed man. another examination should be made, in order to determine Clay's men tal condition at this time. Clay did not utter a sound during the examination. When told by Inside Jailer Roberts to hold out ills hand so the doctor could feel his pulse. Clay made no move. The jailer then took hold of Clay’s wrist and placed it in the doctor’s hand. Clay apparently took no interest whatever in the pro ceedings If Clay is feigning insanity, ’io, in the opinion of jail oflli iuls, will collapse on the gallows ami bleak tli> silence he lisa maintained since he shot his wife . to death on Mav 12 last. j ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1912. Just a Jolly, Grizzled, Sportsmanlike Six-Foot Old Chap-—That’s Lipton SIR THOMAS IS ATLANTA'S GUEST TODAY Sir Thomas Lipton, on right, and Colonel Willis Ragan, snapped on the arrival of the noted British A 'TV, ; yachtsman and sportsman in Atlanta today. IrWZ’W’/ r*? BHni x "W** 11 ’ w\ << *\\ A--- \ i Shi I WIW" \ ifd|r S&F -v - B' / / z \'flR gar- a W w I f // NNjgW...-. NS. li®’ w A I y .LO-. yI \ z / wT Y Xv - tfC’ ‘ 7/B irfy J ' SANTA NEEOS SID TO FIND THESE CHILDREN Atlantans Asked to Remember Poor Kiddies Who Face a Cheerless Christmas. In twenty thousand Atlanta homes there are boys and girls busily plan ning for Christmas, Wheedling fathers and mothers into promises of gifts es pecially desired and making lists of presents to be sent equally fortunate little cousins and friends. Some of them, children of the fash ionable streets, will be satisfied with nothing short of gold watches or dia mond rings. Hundreds have set their hearts on bicycles or ponies or a newly furnished room for their “very own." There will be dozens of automobiles given to young scions of wealthy fami lies; dozens of electric coupes for debu tante daughters of the rich. It is to be a Christmas of luxury, a season of extravagance. Already’ the shopping streets are filled with hurry ing purchasers, already the show win dows are being stripped of their choicest offerings. Homes That Fortune Forgot. But there are other homes—hundreds and hundreds of them—where the only Christmas planning is for another bushel of coal —for another week's rent. There are homes where the father has earned nothing for many’ weeks, where a widowed mother has been struggling through the year to provide tht bare necessities. They are not so far away from the homes of the fortunate, for Atlanta has no clearly defined “slum district.” Some of them may be just around the corner from your own resi dence. There are many not a five minutes walk away. And these homes have children, too— children with hearts just as hungry for Christmas joy as the boys and girls within your own nursery; children who face bravely the ordeal of Insufficient food, and clothing worn thin and awk wardly patched; the suffering of long days and nights In half-warmed, thln wallt'd rooms, but whose eyes fill with tears at the thought of a Christmas without a Santa Claus. So the people of Atlanta, not only the Continual! on Pago Two. HLT. THE EMPTY STOCKINGS Shall there be a single empty stocking in Atlanta on Christ mas morning? Shall there be a single person in the richest city in the South who can say Christmas night, “I didn’t have my Christ mas dinner?” It is up to you to decide these questions. The Georgian is starting a Christmas fund, and with your help no child will be without its Christmas joys and no unfor tunate man or woman without a wholesome Christmas dinner. Before any announcement was made of this plan, several generous Atlantans subscribed to the fund. If you are in sym pathy with it send your contribution to the Christmas editor i of The Atlanta Georgian. » The progress of the work and the plans for the distribution of gifts will be. printed in this paper day by day. Prominent men and women who are continually being called upon to aid charitable causes were quick to respond to day to fill the empty Christmas stockings in the poor homes of Atlanta. Here is the list of today’s contributions: J. M. Slaton >25 R. J. Guinn 5 F. J. Paxon 25 E. P. Ansley 5 R. F. Maddox 25 E. C. Peterg 5 Forrest Adair 25 M. L. Thrower 5 J. W. English 25 S. B. Turman 5 John E. Murphy 25 Mrs. J. M. Slaton -|Q W. T. Gentry 25 Mrs. E. L. Connally’ iq George Adair 25 Mr s . Robert Maddox 5 Joel Hurt 25 Mrs. J. M. High", 5 W. H. Glenn 25 Mrs. George McKenzie 5 E. H. Inman 25 Mrs. P. H. Alston ... 5 John W. Grant 10 Henry Durand 10 Total $360 HOUSE OPENS WAY TO PAY $5,000,000 IN DIXIE WAR CLAIMS WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—A bill which will pave the way for the pay ment of approximately $5,000,000 In war claims passed the house this afternoon by a vote of 166 to 90. The bill provides that the persons whose property was confiscated by Un ion soldiers after June 1, 1865, shall not be required to prove loyalty to the Fed eral government. The bill authorizes the court of claims to consider hun dreds of claims which have heretofore been barred and which amounted in tlie aggregate to several million dol lars. FIVE YEARS FOR SIDNA ALLEN. WYTHEVILLE. VA., Dec. 11.—A ver dict of voluntary manslaughter was re turned this afternoon against Hidnii Al len, one of the mountaineers who shot up the Hillsville court house last March, killing several officials of the court. Al len was then sentenced to five years' imprisoiiiiient. SHARP COLD WAVE DUE THURSDAY, MAY CAUSE SNOWFALL The second snow of the season may come tomorrow afternoon. It is certain the atmosphere will be much colder then than it Is today. A storm Is trav eling this way from Texas, and a cold wave is coming down from Montana. If the two meet here tomorrow after noon snow probably will be the result, according to the weather man. The rain is expected to be heavy and will last until tomorrow night If snow does not come. Friday may be clear, but It will be colder. Up to the present date 61. US inches of rain have fallen this year. The greatest amount record ed in any one year in Atlanta was 64.98 Inches. Profeggor o. R. Lane. The funeral of Professor O. K. Lune, who died Tuesday, was held this morn ing at 10 o'clock in Patterson's chapel. Interment was U uakland. Recalls Days When the South Treated Him, a Poor, Hard- Working Boy, So Kindly. Sir Thomas Lipton, of Ireland, Eng land and Ceylon, Is in our midst. He arrived today, motored out to the Geor gian Terrace and settled down on a red velvet divan to chat with old and new friends. There’s nothing formidable about Sir Thomas. He isn't half so imposing in his demeanor as his valet, Louise. This Lou is must have an awful time keeping his dignity at par and traveling with such a democratic chap as his master. But Sir Thomas? ©h. just a six-foot old chap with a slight stoop in his shoulders from bending over and talk ing to shorter folk; a ruddy, sun-tanned face, rather thinning gray hair and a grizzly tnuktache. Merry Twinkle in His Blue Eyes. He wore a blue sack coat, a long chinchilla overcoat, tan shoes and a derby when he left the train. Os course, he wore that blue and white spotted Windsor tie with flaring ends, draped around a comfortable stand-up collar with plenty of room in front for an Adam’s apple. And he has a merry twinkle in his blue eyes and a bit of the most deli cious, smoothest, most inimitable brogue that ever came out of Ireland. Colonel Willis Ragan, his host in At lanta; Governor-elect John M. Slaton, John W. Grant, Frank Ellis and one or two others met Sir Thomas at the Ter minal station and drove out with him in a big limousine. Such a succession of carelessly spok en "Sir Thomases” as was scattered through the conversation! Such a rais ing of hats’ witli the handshake, Euro pean fashion, you know! Such a gath ering of a curious crowd in the station, and such a commotion among the bell boys! “A Dollar the Pose, Boys.” “Just a minute, Colo—er—Sir Thom as," asked the reporters "We want your picture.” " ’Twill cost you boys one dollar the pose,” retorted Sir Thomas, “cash m advance. I’ve had me picture taken this trip until I think I might as well make something of it. Eh? How’s that?” He stood for the camera, but failed to collect. "The reporters would like to see you at tlie hotel if you'll make a date," was the next suggestion. "Sure, come on now. Come right out. you boys, come right out," returned Sir Thomas. "Why shouldn't I be .1 friend to th" newspaper boys? Haven't they elected me an honorary member of tlie press clubs in Chicago and New York?” Settled in his suite In tlie Terraci, Continued on Page Two. HOMt EDITION 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE p^ c M. GIEGHOHK Ml FIOM WHIMS BULLET Tan, Not So Dangerously Wounded, Rests Easily at Home Near Ashburn. ‘ MARCHMAN CLANSMEN SWEAR OUT Five of Eight Cleghorn Broth ers Arrested, and Officer Goes After Others. / * i ASHBURN, GA., Dec. 11.—The rural quiet of the peaceful Amboy district has been transformed today to seething excitement, following the second clash of the week between the Cleghorn and Marchman clans. In which Tan Cleg- , horn and his brother,. Marion were ' grievously wounded by W. J. Cochran, j brother-in-law of Minnie Marchman. ■ the belle of Amboy, whose mysterious I death lighted the fires of feudal hatred ■ between the families. Marlon Cleghorn is dying from the j shots poured into him from the gun of I Cochran. Tan Cleghorn has been hur ried to his home, seven miles from Ash burn. Peace warrants against eight of the Cleghorn brothers have been sworn I out by Cochran and L. D. Marchman. his brother-in-law, and in the meantime the kin and friends of the two factions are figuratively sleeping on their arms. ; Call for Doctors To Attend Wounded. Telephone messages this morning from Amboy district, near the home of the Cleghorns, called for doctors from Ashburn, saying Marlon Cleghorn is growing rapidly worse. Tan is resting easy. After persistent persuasion on the part of their friends here, Cochran and Marchman agreed to swear out peace warrants. “My reason for objecting to this step,” said Cochran, who did the shoot ing yesterday, “is that I have to admit I am afraid of them, which is not true.” Deputy O. B. Jarman placed five of the eight Cleghorn brothers under ar rest last night. Three of the five were unable to make bond and are now tn Turner county jail. The two wounded men—Marion and Tan Cleghorn—were carried seven miles to their home by Deputy Jarman late last night. One of Cleghorns Carrying His Gun. One of the Cleghorns was seen late last night at his home armed with a shotgun. “I have carried my gun constantly for the last two days,” said he, "and I ex pect to continue to do so.” Deputy Jarman is out after the three Cleghorn brothers who were not ar rested last night and expects to arrive with them as prisoners this afternoon. A warrant was also issued for J. Brown, a relative of the Cleghorns, from north Georgia, but he left imme diately after the clash yesterday and has not yet been located. Cochran and March man are about their work today, as if the clash had not occurred. They are not the least bit disturbed as to the outcome. They will stand commitment trial before Judge J. C. Fincher here tomorrow’, at. which time they expect to be freed. Second Outbreak Os Week in Feud. The shooting on yesterday grew out of the recent mysterious death of Minnie Marchman, sister-in-law of Cochran, sister of Lee Marchman and sweetheart of Tan Cleghorn. Intense excitement prevailed in Ash burn yesterday afternoon and last night following the second outbreak of the week of the feud, when Cochran, ac companied by Marchman, shot Tan and Marion Cleghorn, when they and two of their brothers made a demonstration toward Cochran and Marelunan, who were about to leave town for their homes in Amboy district. After the shooting Cochran and Marchman gave themselves up. Officers took the wounded Cleghorns into custody. The others hastened to theii- home in the country, where officers late last night arrested five members of the Cleghorn family. All were brought to Ashburn without show of resistance. Sentiment here is largely with Coch ran and Marchman. Both Sides Ready for Clash. Cochran and his brother-in-law, ijee Marelunan, came to Ashburn early yes terday morning and were followed by four of the Cleghorn brothers, who ap parently came purposely to get Cocit ran and Marehmun. Tli<' shooting took place at 3:L. o clock on one of the main streets ol the city and w».> witnessed by a dozen