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the weather
Fair and colder tonight; fair to
morrow. Temperatures: 8 a. m„ 38
degrees; 10 a. m„ 37 degrees: 12 nocn,
39 degrees; 2 p. m., 40 degrees.
VOL. XL NO. 125.
PLUM TO OUST
CAHEYAND
CONTROL
PARKS
Three Commissioners Have an
Ambitious Plan to Abolish
the Job Entirely.
THEY'D PAY COCHRAN
SALARY: HE SPURNS IT
At the Same Time McClelland
Moves to Put One of Two
Out of Office.
. . .uitious plan of three park com-
... ix rs io oust Dan Carey, the gen
, >.,i;ager of parks, and secure con
the commission, was made pub-
!!■.■ today.
i";,. spiring triumvirate is made up
■■ . ■ cnissioners M. B. Young, of the
.>rd; Frank Wilby, of the Sec
and R. A. Burnett, of the
Third ward.
T • ir plan is to abolish the office of
il manager and place the man-
.. ■! . ; of Atlanta's parks solely in the
: H i of the commission, paying the
r.-iuent of the commission a salary,
members of the commission re-
\ no pay at present
Cochran Refuses
To Consider Plan.
i Idle these members have been dis
itisfiert with the trend of park affairs
some time, they allowed their pro
gram :o become known for the first
» when they approached President
.1. O. <\ eliran with a proposition to aid
ds re-election and add a salary to
. official emoluments.
President Cochran would not '’cmsltt-
i propot-aU .;
His re-election is assured, and there
, solid majority of the twelve me-m
--of the board supporting Manager
Carey.
Mnyor-elect James G. Woodward is
...rable to Manager Carey, and when
replaces Mayor Winn and Mayor
Winn’s pro-Carey appointee on the
li<: rd with a councilman who is also
;.i orable, the status of the factions will
unchanged by the new administra
tion.
During the past year the board has
the actual management of the
art s; in the hands of Manager Carey’,
i' has only been ihsipid dissatls
; i -iion to suggest the spirit of the
tier tights of two years ago.
Envied Authority
Os Woman Director.
s said that Commissioner Young,
. iiuirman of the playgrounds com
•lttee, was displeased because he did
''' think he had sufficient authority in
'he conduct of the playgrounds, -which
■' left in hands, of Miss Mary
Ha Dwell, the general director.
I’h< three commissioners have not
been able to agree on various items in
' • new budget which is to be submlt-
P“1 to council as a recommendation.
Benorts, however, are that their objec
tors are uot very specific.
It was at the meeting of the finance
’Oinmlttee yesterday that they came
OV' Into the open.
Manager Carey was not present when
ii plan was discussed.
Triere is irony’ in all politics, how-
f i. and Aiderman John E. McClel
’md has announced that at the next
eeting of council he will introduce
resolution declaring Commissioner
oung's place on the board vacant be
-e he has missed two regular meet
‘’■9 without an excuse. The charter
t r* • ides that under such circumstances
board member's place becomes va
' ipso facto, and that he is ineligi-
■ for re-election.
tlderinan McClelland prepared his
"Mutton at the last meeting of coun
' but on account of the rush of busi
s was unable to get it considered.
Hi; said today he would offer it at
next meeting.
loan broker held
BY U. S. ON LOTTERY
CHARGE FINED SSOO
■slit months imprisonment or tiie
•me-nt of a tine of SSOO was the op
"ffered today by Judge Newman.
“ United States court, to E. O.
' m. one of the officials of the South-
1 1-uan and Trust Company, recently
- ted for operating a lottery’ propo
.■',n Heim accepted the fine.
'’ase marks the beginning of the
>f extensive litigation In the United
mtes court, by which the district at-
• ey s sought to make out as a lot-
Jhv loan contract offered to patrons
' • Southern Loan and Trust Com-
The use of the_ziuails for the
• union of the literature was the
upon which the member-- of the
're arrested by the government
-•rities. Indictments w etc AVmnd
ium foil •of th, lirm too ml,* r l -- TV im
•it anil<y.
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1 Forty Defendants and Their
Families Wait Anxiously
for Verdict.
I
DELIBERATION LASTS 22
HOURS WITHOUT RESULT
I
I Every One of the Many Counts
Charged Carries Minimum
Penalty of 18 Months.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Dec. 27.—Aft
er 21 hours of deliberation, the jury’ in
the dynamite conspiracy case, involv
ing forty union labor officials, had fail
-1 ed to reach a verdict today. Judge An
derson convened court at 10 o’clock this
morning and announced that the jury,
which retired at 5 o'clock yesterday aft
' ernoon, was not ready to report. He
Indicated, however, that the work of
reaching a verdict was progressing by
announcing that the defendants would
be expected to be on hand this after
noon.
The counts against the defendants
i vary from one to 128, every one of
which carries a penalty of from 18
months to two years.
Families of
Defendants Anxious.
A crowd filled the court room in the
Federal building at 9:30 o'clock when
it was expected the jury would re
port. However, the crowd was much
smaller titan that which heard the final
arguments of Senator. John W. Kern,
for the defense, and District, Attorney
Miller, during the past few days.
Tile 40 defendants airived in the
building shortly before time for court to
, open and quietly took their places in
side the heavy brass railing. Ortle E.
i McManigal also was brought in in the
, custody of a deputy United States mar
, shnl. Apparently the most anxious
persons in the entire court room were
the wives and families of the defend
ants. many of whom have been here
during the past three months while the
trial was In progress.
Jury Up At 6 A. M..
Singing Cheerfully.
The general opinion prevailed that
verdicts could not be reached until
some time Saturday. The Jurymen went
to bed at 11 o’clock last night, and were
astir at 8 o'clock this morning, when
they could be heard singing cheerful
songs.
Keen but suppressed excitement per
vaded the court room. The defendants
maintained a cheerful mood, and an
air of confidence followed Judge Ander
son’s Instructions to the jury, which
were, with a few minor exceptions, pro.
noqnced satisfactory to the defense and
in a great measure offset the sting of
District Attorney Miller's merciless con
demnation in his closing argument.
During the wait for court to open,
the defendants laughed and Joked with
in their own circle.
Today was the first time during the
entire trial that court was not con
vened promptly at 9:30, and many per
sons regarded it as an indication that a
verdict was expected at any moment.
Defendants Not
Worried by Delay.
When Judge Anderson announced
that recess would be taken until after
noon, the crowds took their departure
and restrictions were enforced agamst
any person not actually connected With
the case from going above the first floor
of the Federal building The fact that
the jury would require more time did
not appear to worry the defendants as
they left the court room.
Judge Anderson remained in his
chamber throughout the forenoon, and
District Attorney Miller kept close to
his office and declared himself confident
of a verdict of guilty. The defendants
remained in little groups in front of the
Hotel English, discussing the possible
outcome.
Ortie E. McManigal. who pleaded
guilty to the charges against him here,
will be returned to California, his sen
tence in the dynamite conspiracy case
to be determined in the future. The
Federal court will await the action of
the California court, which will dispose
of his case first.
‘SAVE YOUR PENNIES.’ SAYS
JOHN D..‘AND BECOME RICH’
TARRYTOWN, N\ Y., Dee. 27.—“ Save
your pennies,’’ war the advice given by
John D. Rockefeller to a young school
teacher who asked bin forth,
of get tine ri> h.
I Tillman Children
I Cry for Mother as I
; Father Takes Them!
Mrs. Dugas Sends Little Ones to (
Divorced Husband by Nurse I
for Week’s Visit.
COLUMBIA, S. C„ Dec. 27.—Crying •
piteously and calling for their mother,
the Tillman children—Douschka and
Sarah Stark—under order of the South I
Carolina supreme court, are now spend- i
I ing a week with their father, B. R. Till
j man, Jr., at Trenton. They were given
; to their father yesterday.
Mrs. Lucy Dugas, mother of the chil- >
I dren, did not surrender them in per- I
; son to her divorced husband. She re
mained at her home, Edgewood, near
Edgefield, and sent the children to a '
drug store in the town, accompanied by i
a nurse and friend. B. R. Tillman, Jr., j
accompanied bj’ his brother and attor- (
ney, H. C.Tillman, of Greenwood, drove :
■to Edgefield in a buggy and got the i
I children.
Sarah Stark Tillman, the youngest
girl, cried loudly and resisted when ,
transferred from one buggy to the oth
er. The older girl was more composed
and did not offer any resistance, though i
she cried.
Immediately after securing his chii- ;
dren. Tillman and his brother drove in j
the direction of Trenton.
A large crowd witnessed the transfer '■
of the children. zj
TEXAS STORM JUST
TIPS ATLANTA; FINE I
WEATHER FORECAST!
Whizsing over Atlanta with a spatter '
of rain, a storm originating in Texas
took a cross-country jaunt last night
and was located on the weather map ,
near Atlantic City this morning. Sta- ’
tlon Director VonHerrmann, who all I
along has ascribed to the Texas dis
turbance Atlanta’s weather troubles,
sees good news in the rapid and com
plete passage of the storm. He sees
good weather ahead for Atlanta, clear
and sunshiny for several days, and !:•■. :
too cold.
There may be a little wind, of course'
he says, but not much. Mr. Von Herr- j
mann, being nothing if not an optimist, I
thinks that it is an il! wind that blows ;
no good. There's always smoke to blow '
away, and always a sky to clear, and ,
the wind can do it.
The wind played mapy pranks abv al
the downtown streets this morning. A
big pane of glass was blown from a
transom of the Fulton National bank to
the pavey«ießt al the uortheaet j irnet
of Maridjttfe etrfS Broad streets,
breaking Into s thousand pieces and
narrowly missing pedestrians. A big
plate glass window was also broken
during the night at the McClure store.
BACHELOR RECTOR OF
64 FORCED TO RESIGN;
WOMAN IN THE CASE
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 27 A sensa
tion was caused in social and religious
circles here today when it became
knowm that the Rev. Alfred Gartnett
Mortimer for 21 years rector of the ex
clusive St. Mark Episcopal church, has
resigned from his charge and from the
Episcopal diocese of Pennsylvania, at
the request of Bishop William Rhine
lander.
Although the details have not been
made known, it is revealed that a wom
an figures in the case. Friends of the
Rev. Dr. Mortimer, who is now living
with relatives in Jersey City, N. J., de
clare that the clergyman was compelled
to resign because of ill health.
Dr. Mortimer is a bachelor and 64
years of age.
The most light was thrown upon the
case bv George W. Pepper, one of the
leading Episcopal laymen of Philadel
phia, who explained Dr. Mortimer’s res
ignation by saying, “We found Dr. Mor
timer was a splendid teacher, but he
failed to live up to what he taught.”
M’CABE IS NOT EAGER
FOR DEMOCRATIC AX;
TO RETIRE MARCH 4
WASHINGTON, Dec. 37.—Solicitor
McCabe, of the department of agricul- •
ture, is not going to stay in office to
await the failing of the Democratic ax
on his official head, but will retire
March 4, as announced by his friends
today.
McCabe, who has been the storm '
center in the department for several
years, is said to be planning to go into
business in the West at the end of the ,
present administration.
19 MULES, SOLD AT
AUCTION BY COURT
ORDER. BRING $2,490
It looked as if the Howell Station '
stock yards had been transported to '
the corner of Htinter and Pryor streets
for an hour at noon today.
Ninfteen head of mules, attached by ;
the Farmers Bank of Jackson, Ga., were
put up at auction at the court house
door and brought $2,490, or an aver
age price of sl3l a head.
The Farmers bank bought in ten
mules for $1,355; Gus Newson bought
eight for $985. and J. E. Meek got one
for $l5O.
CONGRESSMAN M'HENRY DEAD.
BENTDN. PA., Dec. 27.- John Geiser
McHenrj- Democratic congresKnau
front the Sixteenth congressiona’ dis
trict of Pennsylvania, died ut M ho im
in this city todai front « i. iv-.,; hr»ak 1
c. "tvn, aged 46
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY. DECEMBER 27. 1912
ADMITS SLAYING PLANTER;
HIRED BY WIFE OF VICTIM
Poole Plans Vigorous War on Soot Nuisance
“SMOKE LAW IS TOO MILD”
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Evil Easy to Abate, and Will
End When People Stop to
Think, He Says.
Cecil P. Poole, the new city smoke
and gas Inspector who goes into dffice
on January 1. announced his program
today, declaring that he would enforce
the anti-smoke law but that the pres
ent law was entirely too i. lid.
He said he would recommend that
the law be strengthened as soon as his
administration was well ftegun.
Here Is What he says is the principal
cause and the remedy for the smoke
nuisance In Atlanta:
"Will End When People Think."
“If the business men of Atlanta who
own the smoke-producing plants would
only stop to think what a nuisance the
smoke is to the average citizen—
"lf the business men would dismiss
the getting of dollars from their minds
long enough to think how easily smoke
can be prevented ,
“Then the smoke nuisance will hi at
an end in Atlanta."
In outlining the program of his work,
Inspector Poole said he expected the
co-operation of the owners of all smoke
producers in stopping the nuisance, but
that he was accepting the office only on
condition that lie have authority to en
force the law: and that lie would make
cases against all owners of smoke-pro
ducing plants if tbev did not prove
tractable.
"No Excuse For Stationary Plants.”
"Atlanta is one of the dirtiest towns
of its size in the country because of its’
•moke,” he said.
"Tite present smoke ordinance is too
liberal. But it is pretty good as a be
ginner, for al) smoke abatement is es
sentially a campaign of education
"Railrt >nd engines must produce some
smoke. The railroad situation is the
hardest proposition for Atlanta.
"At first blush, I would say the
easiest way to stop the smoke by the
railroads would be to use anthracite in
the switch engines.
‘There is no excus, so: an.. smoke
being made by stationary plants Not
only would it be fine for tile city as a
whole to prohibit stationary plants
from making any -tnok at all, bur it
would be econotnii-u to tb< owin ' n
I- fiitialy a question **f , "i , furmn ■
Aim proper firing ’’
I ROOSEVELT TO TALK
ABOUT LITERATURE
TO U. S. HISTORIANS
BOSTON, Dec.-27. —Six national edu
cational organisations. opened conven
tions here today. They are the Ameri
! can Historical association, of w-hlch
’ Colonel Theodore Roosevelt is president
1 and which he promised to address to
i night on “History as Literaturethe
American Association for Labor Legis
lation, the American Sociological asso
ciation, the American Statistical asso
' elation, the American Economic asso
’ elation, and the American Political
Science association.
I In attendance are scores of world
, wide known historians, political econ
omists. sociologists, statisticians and
teachers.
, Colonel Roosevelt left N< w York for
Boston today to deliver his address to
night. Colonel Roosevelt will return
! to Oystei Bay Monday. Inning his stay
in Boston he will confer with a mjnt-
1 be. of New England Progressive lead
-1 era.
HOUSE OFFICIALS
RENEW HUNT FOR
WM. ROCKEFELLER
1 WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. Under orders
, not to return until thej have 'located
William Rockefeller. millionaire Standard
Oil magnate, and served hint with a sub
: pens to appear before the money trust
Investigating committee. Charles 17. Rid
dell. sergeant-at-arms of the house, left
here today, accompanied by two deputies.
Per six months past Mr. Riddell has
been trying to locate the brother of John
D. Rockefeller in oroer to serve ti sub
pena from the Pujo committee Calls at
’ the Standard OH offices brought Riddell
no Information as to the whereabouts of
,- the much-wanted witness
.''CHAMBER will hear
REPORT ON SMOKE WAR
Success in the campaign for the
abatement of the smoke nuisance will
! be measured by tjie Chamb* of Com
merce committee on smoke abatement
' at a meeting to be held Monday after
■ noon. It was tills committee that be
gan tite work to eliminate tin trouble,
and backed the passage of the neces
sary oidltiani Tie result- of tbe
! campaign thus fostered will be made
• known al the meeting. when several
i city officials will outline the present
i situation.
The . -tmiuitie i* mi.. ■ . . j* .
formed today 11 .-. ;l establl iiu • rts <>.
Atlanta lune complied wll'a th. o O'
linnet With on exception, a ,ml
tin 31 are manufacturing ‘ore-ein-.
Nick Wilburn, Jones County Farmer,
Confesses to Killing James King,
Near Round Oak, on December 12.
Woman Arrested on His Accusation.
Offer ol S6OO and Promise of Marriage, Slayer
Declares, Were Inducements to Get Husband
Out of Way--Detectives Employed by Dead
Man’s Brothers (Inearth Plot.
MACON. GA.. Dec. 27.—Nick Wilburn, a young I‘armer, today
I confessed thtil on December 12 be shot and killed James King, a
j wealthy .(ones county planter, as the result of an offer of s6(k) made to
him by Airs. King. In consequence of his statements she has been ar-
I rested and is now being brought to the Bibb county jail for protection.
Ou December 13 Mr. King's body was found in the woods about
iwo miles from Round Oak. a faithful setter dog keeping guard beside
the corpse. A searching party had scoured the woods for hours before
locating the body. The man's gun was ip his hand and lhe indications
were apparently that he had killed himself. ?\n inquest, against which
protest was made by Mrs. King, developed that he had been shot “by
! unknown parties.
Recently the brothers of .Mr.
King employed private detectives
io work on the case, and last night
they arrested Wilburn and Jesse
Barber, a negro. First taken to
the -tones county jail at Grays,
I hey were later stealthily removed
because of the threats of a mob
and were brought to Maeon by au
tomobile.
This morning Wilburn confessed. aft
er being told that the negro had al
ready made damaging admissions. Sub
sequently Wilburn told the whole story
to a representative of Th* Georgian.
He said: "
Says She Promised
To Marry Him.
“Mrs. King had offered tne >6OO 10
kill her husband. She said she wanted
to get rid of him and she promised to
marry me if I would kilt him He hid
£2,000 life inaurafice.
"On December 12 I was passing the
King house about sundown and she
called me in and told me that Mr. King
had just gone out hunting and for me
to go through the woods, find him and
shoot him. 1 followed him and when
he stopped to rest I sneaked up behind,
grabbed his gun and then shot him just
over the heart. He begged me not to
shoot him any more and I told him I
would not. Just then be fell over.
, "I put the gun back in his hand and
1 arranged the body so us to make it
look like he had shot himself; then I
went hack to the house and told Mrs.
' King what I had done. She said I was
■ a good boy, and she thought a lot of me.
1 "When the detectives began talking
1 to her yesterday I guess I looked afraid,
■ because one of them asked me what I
• was trembling about. The thing has
• been on my mind for two weeks, and I
• Just had to tell It. I have not been able
■ to sleep a wink, but 1 feel better now
• that I have relieved my conscience.
1 "Mr. King was a good friend to me
and I am sorry now that 1 shot him.
• My brother Prank ran away with ills
■ oldest daughter four months ago
1 against Mr. King’s will."
Woman’s Brother
Hears Confession.
( Wilburn recited the details of the
. killing without any hesitation and an
swered all questions freely and frankly.
A brother of Mrs. King. W. S. Sim
mons. a shoe store proprietor of Maeon,
was present at the confession..
Barber, the negro, said that a few
minutes before the shooting. Wilburn
told him that he was on his way to kill
i Mr King. Til* negro -ays he tried io
■ find Mr. King and warn him, lint was
unsuccessful. Barbe; declarer that he
had repeatedly heard Mrs. King tell her
husband that she wished she could get
rid of him, because she wus tirgd of
"seeing him sitting around."
Mrs. King lias six children, two of
them grown. She is a huxotn matron of
I ’ well preserved ami fairlv good look-
Ing
Sheriff Roberts, of Jones county, at
steii Mrs. Klug at iter home about a
mile from Rewind Oak at noon. She was
(list taken to Grays, but Ils being
brought to Macon th- afternoon for
safe-keeping
M .-. King lias been one of the most
highly esteemed w omen of Jones county
and prominent in the affairs yf her
church. The King plantation Is on* of
the largest In middle Georgia.
Wilburn is a farm and saw mill hand.
He is 25 years old.
RECEIVER NAMED FOR
GULF STEAMSHIP LINE
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 27. James P.
Wetherell, Jr., was todav appoint,-.1 ti -
reiver for th* Philadelphia and Gulf
Steamship I'otnpany by the Federal
■ i court Hi-, bond w..-. tlx d .
x.i0.000. T , . (impany. ■ lit. i ar
-II between thi- <-ity and Xi-»
urlean". was organized four )<»i» ago.
HOME
IPITION
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE
MOTHER SAVES
GIRL IN ELMS
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Hi-, clothing ablaze, fourteen-year
old Norena White today at noon fled
through her home. 256 Highland ave
nue. with her mother. Mrs. J. H. White,
in frantic purmtit in an effort to save
the child's life.
Mrs. White finally overtook the girl
• and with quilts smothered the Hames. In
doing so. her hands were blistered bad
ly.
The girl wag binqiap, -hsui;x
fact and body. fmi rtfoPlo
Grady hospital. Fhysitahm* -«fiy her
condition is critical
The girl was standing in front of a
grate when her clothing was ignited.
.1. H. White, the father, is foreman
in the American Can Company's plant
PEACE A NECESSITY,
PROGRESS CERTAIN,
IS GORE’S ANSWER
' WASHINGTON. Dec. 27. Comment*
ing on William J. Bryan’s declaration
that tlie senate must drop the rule of
1 seniority in committee assignments ami
that the Democratic party “must re
gard the rights of tlie people as para
mount," Senator Gore, of Oklahoma.
1 said today:
"Peace, progress and efficiency in
' icongress are necessary to the advance-
■ ment of the country. The recent elec
tion -bowed the country’s overwhelm-
' ingly progressive sentiment. I believe
the Democrats will stay on the pro
gTCSSive tack and that the progressive
sentiment will domlnate’congress. Suit
able instrumentalities will be found to
work out the expression of this pro
gressive attitude."
’ The impression prevails here that
Wilson's friends in the senate will work
along the lines of Bryan’s suggestion
and that Wilson will indorse it.
2 ASK DIVORCE FROM
XMAS CELEBRATORS.
ONE SAYS WIFE DRANK
Harry A. Glaser, In a suit for divorce
against Lula Smith Glaser filed today, al
-1 leges that Christmas night hilarity was
! the undoing of his matrimonial bliss.
1 He said that they had lived happily from
: their wedding day. July 12. 1912, until
, his wife came home at midnight intoxi- '
cated. Hr alleges that when he remon
strated with het she drew a knife, but
him He tied and escaped the. knife, but
charges that she struck him on the head
with a small mantel clock. He asks that
he not be required o vast*. any more
’ matrimonial time.
Mrs Mandi- < ’air pleads i<> the court.
In a sidt filed today or separation from
Joseph Carr, because he brok his pledge
not to drink 011 Christmas eve and abused
her terribly while drunk on Christmas
day.
Stu- asserts flint he had signed a pledge
■ nqt to drink and bad kept it for a year
CUBAN ANARCHISTS
ORGANIZE TO RUIN
HARVEST OF SUGAR
HAVANA. Dec. 27. —A new compli
cation was added to Cuba's Internal
troubles today when the government
learned that anarchists are > ft< ting a
■ strong organization throughout the re
public. They alm to prevent the sugat
harvest, by calling u strike. If they suc
ceed they will -.-rionsiy cripple the is),
anil’s ' otnmere*
< 'io . *• .lte’l is being kept on tliPi!
movent* m- by tie ooliye, inn thus fa,
no •-.•lT**l • have I* ■ inad* Lu curb then
. activities.
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