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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. The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit-GEORGIAN WANT ADS-Use For Results JUfIYSTILII rams n OVNAMIIE MSES 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” % \ * \ ) (( t, x •<’ Z /S' // w •' A ■ ; ■ Ok’ ißiiL ''Vtl < KCIIj I*. I’iJOLE. \ew Smoke Inspector. 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 I > 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. k