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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-12-02
PULLMAN CAR RATES ARE
LOWERED ON UPPER BERTHs
Reduction Is Also Announced
On Lower BerthS in Some
Cases
(By Associated Press, /,

CHICAGO, Dec l-General reduction
of the rates for upper Pullman berth
and in certain instances for lower berths
were announced today before Commits
sioner Franklin K. Lane and E. E.
Clark, of the interstate commerce COM
mission, by c. S. Fernald. of the Pull
man company
No testimony in the case before was
taken
SCALE OF REDUCTIONS.
The reduction of upper berth rates Of
fered is 20 per cent where the lower berth
exceeds $3.50. Various reductions are
announced for the rates on lower berths
in specific instances.
Todays hearing at which the promise
of reduction was made was rehearing
of the petition of George s. Lotus
against the Pullman company, the point
at issue being the upper berth rates be-
tween Chicago and the Pacific coast
Last March the interstate commerce
commission ordered a reduction in the
rates for both upper and lower berths
and the United States circuit court enjoin-
ed the enforcement of this order and di-
rected that a rehearing be held.
The offer of the Pullman company
proves satisfactory to the plaintiff" be-
fore the commission; no testimony in
the hearing was heard.
MINIMUM RATES.
Hereafter the minimum rate for upper
berths will be $1.25, instead of $50,
said Mr.. Fernald, who is assistant gen.
eral solicitor of the Pullman company.
1--WE have not prepared all our tables,
and being the new rates." explained Mr.
Fernald, but we are working on them
as fast as possible. We decided that
although the upper berths cost more to
build furnish and maintain than the
lowers, public discrimination against the
uppers required reduction in their
price.
mot a rate has been raised by this new
schedule, but we are endeavoring to adj
just all charges to correspond with the
eastern standard of six mills a day"
Among the reductions, points out oil
New York for lower berths are:
To Tampa, Fla, 81; to st. Augustine
81; to Savannah, Ga, 81; to Jackson
Vile, 70 cents.
The new rate from New York to New
Orleans is IS.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-12-02
BRANTLEY TO BE GUEST
OF SAVANNAH PYTHlANS

SAVANNAH, Ga, Dec. 1.-The mem
bers of the knights of Pythias in Savan-
nah are to be the hosts on Monday AFTER
noon and night of Hon. B. D. Brantley'
of Blackshear, grand chancellor OF the
knights of Pythias of Georgia. The
grand chancellor will come to Savannah
on this occasion to pay his first official
visit to the local lodges. He Will be car
ried for an automobile ride In the after
noon and IN the evening he will be the
guest of. the several lodges OF the city.
Forest City lodge No. l VIII meet on
that night and after a visit there the
grand chancellor will be rendered ban
quet in the banquet hall of the Knights
of Pythias building.
There will be some good speaking ana
the occasion promises TO be one OF much
enjoyment. Mr.. Branley is very popular
with the members of the order In Savan-
nah and 1t will give them pleasure to
act as his host upon this occasion.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-12-02
UnioniSts Encouraged by Bal
tours Willingness for Refer
endum, but the Liberals Are
Making Capital Out of 1t
REFORMERS NOT so READY
NOW TO INDORSE PLAN
First Members to Be Returned
to the New Parliament Will
Be UnioniStS-- Some Noml-
nations Expected Friday
(By Associated Press.y

LONDON, Dec. 1.-The ultimate effect
of the opposition's attempt to unload the
tariff reform issue for the purpose OF
the present campaign is still in doubt.
While the Unionists were greatly en-
couraged by Mr.. Balfour's sudden and
surprising announcement that he would
not object to the submission of the ques-
ton to a referendum, the leaders bold
stroke has far from disheartened the LAD
erals, who find therein good ammunition
and are accusing the opponents OF chang
ing their policy daily in desperate effort
to catch votes and so secure power at any
cost.
Moreover. the more ardent tariff re-
formers, who yesterday congratulated Mr..
BaIfour on his skilful manuevers were
not so ready today to indorse his pledge
Speaking at Manchester Andrew Bonar
Law, Unionist member for the Dulwich
division of Camberwell, refused Ito eat
my words" adding that IL the onionists
obtained an adequate majority at the
polls, they would be bound to enact a
tariff reform measure.
FIRST WILL BE UNIONISTS.
The first members returned to the new
parliament will be Unionists. In many
constituencies. nominations will be made
tomorrow and in at least nine instances
there will be no contests. These include
the city of London seats and those held
by Joseph Chamberlain and Jesse Collins,
of Birmingham, and George Wyndham, of
Dover.
The weather for the campaign scarcely
could be worse. Outdoor meetings plan
ned at many places necessarily have been
abandoned The house-to-house canvass
ing, however, continues and there is no
let-up in the usual indoor demonstra-
tons.
The leaders are keeping hard at It.
Home Secretary Churchill is leading the
van of the government forces addressing
two or three meetings every evening, be-
sides making brief speeches during the
day while travelling from one. end of the
country TO the other. Frederick E. Smith,
a barrister and writer on International
law, Unionist member for the Walton d.
vision of Liverpool is running a good
second to the secretary, while Chancellor
Lloyd-George, John Burns, and other eff
fective speakers from both sides are keep
ing busy.
LANSDOWNES ENERGY.
Lord Lansdowne is showing great en-
ergy in support of his proposals for the
reform of the house of lords Today he
addressed a big meeting at Portsmouth
in the interest of Lord Beresford, whose
seat for Portsmouth is seriously threat
ened by the Liberals. Sir Edward Grey
has arranged to reply to Lansdowne.
The weather has incapacitated many
candidates and speakers, among the num-
Der being Louis Harcourt, secretary of
state for the colonies, and Reginald Nc
Kenna, first lord of the admiralty.
The women, as usual in England are
taking a prominent part in the campaign
and residents of the east enu, where the
working class communities live, are fire.
emily diverted by the appearance of mo-
tor cars filled with fur-clad women.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-12-02
Cold, Cold, Still Colder,
Is Forecast for South

LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec. 1.-Freezing
weather as far south as the gulf states
marked the entry of the first day or
December l. Snow fiurries are reported
from many points in Kentucky and
Tennessee, and low temperatures pre-
vail in practically all sections. Points
in the Mississippi valley as far south as
Arkansas reported temperatures ranging
from 10 to 20 degrees, but the weather at
these points was balmy compared with
conditions throughout the middle west
and northwest, where heavy SHOWS and
blizzards drove the mercury down to q
point II degrees below zero.
Colder weather is predicted, for practi-
cally the entire south tonight. with in
dications of freeze in northern Florida
and frost in the central portion OF that
state.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-12-02
sunny SOUTH" A myth,
THINK sH|VER|NG VISITORS
Party of BraziIians Passes
Through Atlanta, Making
for Warmer Climate

A party Of ten unwashed and disil-
Iusioned Brazilians got into Atlanta at
I o'clock Thursday morning and left at
noon for Florida.
"Caramba!" said Juan Manaos, as he
shivered over a steam radiator at the
Terminal station. ''C-a-r-a-m-b-a! We
freeze. We've drop dead with cold"
Mercy mourned Juanita Rodriguez
who is the grandmother OF Mariqulta,
who is the youngest OF all the party.
Chit. mother" reproved Juan. We'll
soon be in Florida"
But neither Juanita nor any of the
others are quite sure of that. They
have a fear they'll freeze on the way.
And then If they do arrive, may not
Florida be as cold as the rest of this
terrible country?
The very day they landed in New York
a cold wave came along. They nearly
froze. The weather kept getting colder
and colder Life became unbearable fol
them Juan heard from a street peddler
about the sunny south, and the whole
party turned their faces in this direc-
ton.
On the train they heard of Atlanta
and thought of staying here. But wher
they stepped out of the train at the old
utpOI lnuISudg NhCs NtNANNe
this was no place for them. All ter
straightaway bundled into a bus and
with their teeth chatterIng and theiI
bodies shjvering, were driven TO the
Terminal station. They got tickets there
for Tampa
Juan says II il isn't warmer in Florida
they'll take il as a sign that fortune
has turned her face from them and thai
they'll probably jump into the sea.
They got TO the Terminal station be-
fore S O'Clock and their train for Florida
didn't leave until u. but they never FOL
one minute budged from the waiting
room. 1t was warm there and they
wanted to be sure Of their train fol
Florida.
The party attracted some little atten'
ton as they were being driven in the
bus from one station to the other. They
wore gaudy clothes and had a typica
gypsy look. The women and children
were piled on the top OF the bus anC
the men rode inside where IL was warm
At the Terminal station they attracted
still more attention. They made them
selves quite at home there. They useC
seats In the waiting room for breakfas
tables and afterwards turned them into
couches on which the men dozed. The
women were appointed TO keep a look
out and see that the train TO Florida
didn't get away without the Brazilian
party aboard; and the children skipped
about like so many grimy sprites.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-12-02
PECAN INDUSTRY OPENS
I'M MONROE COUNTY

JULIETTE. Ga, Dec. Monroe coun-
ty promises from all indications TO be-
come within few more years one OF
the banner pecan producing counties Of
the state. Farmers and others In many
sections of the county are paying a
great deal of attention to the Develop
ment of the pecan industry. and hun
dreds of trees are being set out all over
the county.
Some of the krgest pecan growers in
the state now i've in this county, ana
IL is believed that within very short
time thousands of dollars will be added
to the wealth of Monroe county by a
development of the pecan industry.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-12-02
Temperature Thursday Was
"a and Will Drop Still Low.
er During the Night Says
Mr.. Won Hermann
PRESENT COLD WAVE is
AN IMPORTED ARTICLE
Wind Makes Cold Seem More
Severe and This May Abate
Some in the Next Few
Hours
Down goes the temperature.

Down goes the temperature.
This is the coolest first day of De-
cember on record in Atlanta since 1879
Thursday morning at o'clock the
temperature was "a. which was one de-
gree below anything on the weather
books for December l. That. however.
IS not the coolest record for this time
of year in Atlanta. There have been
days in November when the temperature
was as low as IS. but for the initial day
of December this is the record.
And the story is not yet told. for by
Thursday night there will have been a
further fall.
Thursday morning the temperature
made a desperate but futile effort to
come back. 1t began TO slowly crawl
up, but the best it could do was to reach
&C. after many and laborious attempts
Thursday night, according to the OBJ
servations of Director Won Hermann,
the temperature will get as low as 90
Certainly it will be between Is and 90
but the wind may take rest and keep
things from being unpleasant.
The present cold wave is an imported
article coming across the border from
Canada at such rapid rate that even
the customs officers did not catch a
glimpse of it
1t came like a fat man dropping out
of an air ship. 1t made an altitude
record and then swooped to earth again
with fresh chills and shivers gathered
in the clouds.
The cold is expected to last for at
least the remainder of the week and
u1avbe longer At anv rate n has rot
been in the least backward about an
nouncing its presence. With water pipes
freezing and the breaks that are sure to
follow, plumbers are said to be planning
Christmas jubilee such as has not been
held in years.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-12-02
JUDGE ]. H. MERRILL
THROWN FROM HORSE

VALDOSTA, Ga, Dec. 1.-The session
of the superior court, which was to have
convened on last Monday morning, has
been postponed until Wednesday on ac-
count of the accident which befell Judge
]. II. Merrill in Thomasville on Sun
day.
He had been holding court in this
city during the last week and returned
to his home in Thomasville to spend Sun
day. 1t was while there that he was
thrown from his horse and injured while
attempting to mount. His injuries. how
ever. were not serious and he arrived
here last night, accompanied by his
wife, who will remain with him for a
few days.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-12-02
LESS SUM ESTIMATED
FOR EXPENSES OF NAVY

WASHINGTON. Dec. IA total esti-
mate for the United States navy for the
fiscal year 1911-12 to be submitted to
congress as a basis for the appropriation
for that year, amounts to S126, .659. "a,
which is IS, 100000 less than the sums ap-
propriated in the naval bill for the cur
rent fiscal year.
This statement was made by Secretary
of the Navy Meyer. coupled with the
announcement that the figures mentioned
include the estimates for the first years
expenses to be incurred in the construc-
ton of the new vessels contemplated by
the navy departments building pro-
am.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-12-02
Hattie Leblanc, Cape Breton
Girl, Is Arraigned for Muir
der of Clarence F. Glover, a
WaItham Laundryman
ENCOURAGED BY VICTORY
OF COUNSEL WEDNESDAY
They SucCeede din Excluding
from Jury the Consideration
of the Victims Dying State
ment-- defendant Confident

CAMBRIDGE Mass. Dec. Interest
in the trial of Hattie lie Blanc. the IT.
year-old Cape Breton girl, for the muir
der OF Clarence F. Glover, a Waltham
laundryman, drew a curious crowd 10
the Middlesex county court house to-
day.
Encouraged by the victory OF her coun-
sci yesterday when they succeeded In
having excluded from the jury's con-
sideration the alleged dying declaration
OF Glover that Hattie lie Blanc had shot
him. the defendant faced her accusers
with a buoyancy that showed apparent
faith in her speedy acquittal.
Mrs. Glover, the widow. was expected
to resume the stand for cross-examina-
ton by Attorney Johnson, of counsel for
Miss lie Blanc.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-12-02
MAN WORTH 100000
IS HELD is A BURGLAR
Case Is So Strange, Though,
That Magistrate Believes
Him Insane
Csy Associated Press.O


NEW YORK. Dec. 1.-The case Of
Thomas B. Young. president OF the
Brownsville Engineering company. OF
Brownsville. Pa. who at first was ar
rested as a burglar and is now held
in the Bellevue hospital for observa-
tion. is S-r OF the strangest metro
poIitan pciiSe have been called on to
Falve In years
He was arrested on complaint OF Mrs.
Mary Menahan. who telephoned to the
janItor OF her uptown apartment house
that a strange man who would give no
account OF himself. had forced himself
into her fiat.
Omcers found him still sta-ding in
the hallway. where Mrs. Menahan had
pushed him He appeared dazed and
could not even tell his name 4 search
OF his clothes later disclosed q certificate
for s10aeo0 worth OF stock in coal
company Masonic credentials and a
bark book showing a generous balance.
This IS not one OF the kind of burg
lars we've been accustomed to-" sad
the lieutenant in charge. The same OBJ
servation was made an hour or so later
bv Magistrate Krotel. when the prison
er was arrafgned. The magistrate ques-
TONED Young and then remarked:
"A very peculiar case. I think this
man had better go to Bellevue for OBJ
servation."
Mrs. Menahan testified:
cit was about luncheon time. and
was expecting my husband. when in
walked this man. as II he was wood
from the knees down. He stopped In
front of me with no more expression
than a stone
:. What do you want?' I asked. but he
lust stared Then 1 pushed him out in
70 the hall and phOned for help. He made
no resistance and never spoke word }"
At Bellevue this morning IL was said
Mr. Young was suffering from severe
mental strain
N was impossible TO tell from what
cause or II the attack was only tenn
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-12-02
MISS TAFT TO MAKE HER
DEBUT At RECEPTION
She Will Be Presented by the
President and Mrs.
Taft

WASHINGTON, Dec. Miss Helen
Taft will make her debut at the White
House this afternoon, which is expected
to be the most brilliant society event
OF the season.
She will be presented by the President
and Mrs Taft at reception to be
given between and o'clock Members
of the diplomatic corps and official cir
Giles as we'll as other residents of the
capital have been invited.
Preparations for the affair have been
in progress for weeks.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-12-02
Cook Pities Peary, He
Writes American Friend

BELLINGHAM. Wash. Dec. 1.-Dr.
William H AxteIl. OF Bellingnam. an
intimate friend of DR.. Frederick A. Cook
who mas been in frequent communication
with him since his disappearance from
New York. received a letter from the
explorer yesterday. DR. Axtell refused
10 divuIge the whereabouts OF DR. Cook.
but made public several extracts from
the letter as follows:
My case viii eventually rest upon its
own merits. without reference to private
Interests.
4 prefer TO believe that the cam
PaiSn OF infamy which has been waged
against me. that the mud-throwi1g. BIRTH
cry and conspiracy has come from the
misguided and deluded-
AS TO Mr.. Peary. my feeling is of pity.
rather than revenge He has striyen
against awful odds. and the man who
can succeed under such a handicap de-
serves all the glory that comes his
way"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-12-02
PRICE OF STEEL WILL
NOT BE CUT AT PRESENT

NEW YORK, zee. 1.-The price of
steel will not be cut. Forty of the lead
ing producers and their representatives
who stand for approximately So per
cent of the production of the county,
met here yesterday and decided that 1T
was for the good of the industry to keep
quotations where they are now.
Among these men were Judge f. III.
Gary and w. z. Corey, chairman and
president respectively of the United
States Steel corporations; Charles NJ.
Schwab, president of the Bethlehem
Steel corporation, and others.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-12-02
PIONEER TOPSY IS DEAD
AT AGE OF ElGHTY-SEVEN

NEW HAVEN. Conn, Dec. Mrs. Ju-
ia Afyatt. famous I'm her day as an
actress and particularly in the part OF
Topsv in Uncle Toms Cabin is dead
a. her home here at the age Of s. years.
sha PLAYED the part for years.
included in the Wyatt company in later
years was her two daughters. Helen.
now dead. and Mrs. Warren. now liv-
ing In bridgeport. Her husband. George
ii wyatt, also an actor. died in ISIS.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-12-02
ERBSTEIN IS GIVEN
CHANGE OF VENUE

CHICAGO. Dec. 1.-Attorney Charles
Erbstein was granted a change of venue
today by Judge Seaman, in his trial on
charges of bribing a jury in the second
trial of Lee O'Neil Browne. who was ac-
cused of buying votes for Senator WI
liam Lorimer. The case is set before
Judge Brentano. tomorrow.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-12-02
Lorimer Report Next Year

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-Senator Bur-
rows, Of Michigan. chairman of the SEN
ate committee on privileges and elections,
stated today that the subcommittee
which investigated in Chicago the
charges against Senator William Lori
mer. of Illinois, will make a report to
the full committee Immediately after
New Years.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-12-02
Dukes Condition Serious

LONDON, Dec. 1.-The duke of Man
chester was operated on late Tuesday
might for appendicitis. His condition is
said to be serious. The duke of Man
chester married Miss Helena thinner
man., daughter of Eugene Zimmerman,
of Cincinnati, in 1900.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-12-02
DIAZ INAUGURATED;
U. S. SENDS GOOD WILL
Congratulations of Powers Are
Presented at Services OF
Eighth Succession

MEXICO CITY, Dec. lat the inaugu-
ration ceremonies attending the eighth
succession of President Diaz, held here
today, the American ambassador, Henry
L. Wilson, acting as dean of the dipio-
matte corps presented the congratulations
of the representatives Of several foreign
powers, including the United States.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-12-02
FISHERMEN LOSE LIVES
WHEN SMACK CAPSlZES

CHARLESTON, S. c.. Dec. Fifteen
fishermen are supposed TO nave been
drowned eff Charleston. their snacks
ba wing .been missing for several days. A
,,erort saws a smack was sighted says a
smack was sighted floating bottom up
ward yesterday.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-12-02
AyIAFoRs WILL RACE
NEW ORLEANS AUTOS

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. LA
race between an aeroplane and an
automobile was scheduled as the
principal feature of the opening
of an aviation meet here this af-
ternoon. under the auspices of the
New Orleans Item
Eugene Ely, Augustus Post, j.
A. d. McCurdy and James Ward
were the aviators entering the
meet.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-12-02
AUGUSTA Shiverinu

AUGUSTA, Ca, Dec. 1.--Augusta shiv-
cred in freezing winds this morning.
The official thermometer recorded % de-
grees, but, in the city and especially. in
the lowlands below the town. it was
several degrees below that. According
to the weather bureau, though. 1t was a
degree less cold than October 81 Of this
Evening bulletin., 1910-09-26
KAPAALEASE
terms AGREED
Land Board Compromise On
Objections Voiced BY i3
Trent. y .NnelL

The Kapaa leases were approved by
the Land Board Friday. the lands
affected being those OF waipoull,
North and South oiehena and the Ka.
paa grazing lands. Owing to the stand
taken by Mr.. Trent. a compromise was
agreed, upon, providing that the leases
are to be of ten years duration and
the upset rental to be fifteen cents an
acre.
The applicants for the lands were
Charles Rice and the Makee Sugar
Company, who asked for the land on
twenty-one year lease with an upset
rental OF ten cents an acre.
Trent declared that am upset rental
OF fifty cents an acre would not be
too much and that Ave year lease
was long enough. Other members OF
the Board thought that since there ap.
peared to be competition between Rice
and the Makee Sugar Company. the
Government was assured OF getting all
that was coming to II on an upset
price OF ten cents an acre.
The Board opened its session FRI
day afternoon with discussion OF the
Kauai leases. the land affected being
3G79 acres and the suggested upset
price $50 year.
Trent calculated that this was less
than ten cents an acre, declaring that
II fxed the value of the land at $4,000
The compromise as stated was finally
agreed upon.
An application was read from Hugh
Galbralth for the purchase OF Govern
ment land adjoining the WahIawa
homestoads. GalbraIth offered ylOC
, but action was delayed until the
homesteaders could be communicated
with and informed OF the application
]. l.. McLean's application for ths
purchase OF small corner OF Govern
ment land In Nuuanu Valley received
the approval OF the Board. It was stat
ed that Mclean thought he had pur
chased the land before but found that
the Government could not give hin
title.
John II. Wilson's application for this
purchase OF lot In Moilili at the
junction OF King and BeretanIa avenu,
was approved. The upset price wal
5000 but the Board granted the appli
cation with the upset price left out
An application of Zeno X. Meyers
for the purchase of lot on the gov
ernment road In the district of HI,