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TWO RECORDS FALL BEFORE RAGING AUTOMOBILES AT SANTA MONICA Tetzlaff Sets Up New Mark of Over 78 Miles an Hour in Fast Three Hundred Mile Grind, in Which Bruce-Brown Wins Third Place. Santa Monica, Cal., May 4. —Three new world's records for the distances were established at the fourth annual Santa Monica automobile races here to-day. Teddy ’Tetzlaff of I.os Angeles, driving a 90-horse power Fiat, won the 303-mile free-for-all, with the phe nomenal average of 78.50 miles an hour, breaking the previous mark of 74.63, made last year by Harvey Herrick in a National on the same course. Caleb Bragg of Pasadena was second, with David Bruc'-Brown of New York, the favorite, third. In the anedium car event Ralph de Palma tn a Mercer set a new record of 69.5/ miles an hour for 151 miles, and in the light ear event George Joer man of Los Angeles, driving a Maxwell, placed the 101-mile record for small cars at 61.86 miles an hour. Only one nceident that assumed a serious aspect marred the day’s racing. Near the close of the free-for-all David Lewis, in a Stutz car. threw a tire. The flying tire struck William Ross, a local resident. He was not seriously hurt. Oldfield Doesn't Come Back- David Bruce-Brown and Barney Old field, who an.rounted that he would be able to "come back," were practically "raced oft their wheels." Tetzlaff set a heart-breaking pace, and throughout the long grind Bragg seemed to be the only driver able to keep "within distance of him. In the medium car event DePalma practically had no opposition, taking the lead at the start and showing the way to the finish. Joe Nikrent of Los tngeles in a Case tagged on to DePalma and finished second. Another Case, driven by Louis Dlsbrow of Los Angeles, finished third. Surprise in Light Cars. The light car event proved the sur prise of tile day. Joerman Mann and his Maxwell had scarcely been noticed in the entries, but by consistent driv ing Joermann. who first sat in a rac ing car eight months ago. gradually forged to the front and won with five minutes to spare. The results follow: Light car rice. 101 miles: MSxwell (Joermann), won. time 1:37:57: Flan ders (Evans), second, 1:40:38: Flanders (Tower), third. 1.42. Average speed, 61.86. new world’s record. Medium care. 151 miles: Mercer (De Palma), won. time 2.10:43; Case (J. Nikrent). second. 2:15:20; Case (Dis brow), third. 2:22:23. Free-for-all. 303 miles: Fiat (Tetz laff). won, time 3:50:47; Fiat (Bragg), second, 3:54:05; BCnz (Bruce-Brown), third. 3:56:32. -- WIItTOIERK’S 1 OFFICE BE MOVED? Rumor Says T. F. Johnson Will Be Replaced. Macon, Ga., May 4.—There is an un confirmed report abroad here that on July 1 the office of the United States District Court clerk in Savannah will be removed to Macon. This, rumor has it, would mean that T. F. Johnson, clerk of the court, will be replaced, but by whom it is not said. It is also said that Cook Clayton of Macon, court crier, will get a place In the office. Judge Emory Speer, the man most apt to know the truth, when asked about it, said: "‘There has been no order to .hat effect signed." He declined to discuss it further. negro~is~FieldfoF WRECKING DIXIE FLYER Floyd Jones Faces Serious Charge at Macon. Macon. Ga.. May 4.—Floyd Jones, a negro, has bee i placed under arrest here charged v ith being the man who on Saturday 1 ight, two weeks ago. threw the switi h at the north entrance to the Macon : ards of the Central of Georgia, and f urned the Dixie Flyer into a siding v here it collided with a string of freig it cars, injuring three persons and de: troying several cars. The arrest is based on the fact that the negro is known to have had trou ble with one < t the crew of the en gine rfulling the South Atlantic Limit ed. following : long behind the Dixie Flyer on the r.ight of the wreck, and the additional fact that he was seen in the vicinity hortly after the wreck occurred. The detectives are said to have other inf> rotation and are posi tive they will be able to convict the negro. womanTup conscious. MISSES NO MEALS Mrs. Barair. re Gives Physi cians a Puzzling Case. Atlanta, May I.—Mrs. Eugene R. Baramore of f. Capital avenue has been in a state ■ f coma or practically totally unconsc us for sixteen da vs. though she -tin lives, eat/ and breathes. She ; »s no one and hears nothing and the food she takes is eat en mechanically When stricken on April 17 she appeared to be in per-1 feet health. Th- physicians fear her peculiar condith.i was caused bv a brain eruption. WOMAN~ASiTOAMAGES AT $375 A POUND Bays Elevate? Accident Cost Her Forty Pounds. Atlanta, May -I -As the result of an accident in an elevator in the Kiser building, through which she claims she has tost forty p.-unds, Mrs. T. L Os bourne file.-! suit to-dav against W. h. and John F Kis« for U5.M6 damages, or at the rate of J*7s per pound. I, \ I 131,000 NOW ARE ON LIST OF HOMELESS FUNDS ARE RUNNING LOW Day of Rain Dreaded by Lou isiana People. New Orleans, May 4.—A half dozen hours of sunshine in the lower Mis sissippi valley to-day' gave some little relief from the tense anxiety of the last few days. Threatening clouds gathered at intervals throughout the day, but the flood gates overhead held back the drenching rains which for a month have been adding to the already enormous volume of menacing flood waters piled high against the levee It was just a breathing spell, how ever, and the new hopes kindled to day may be dashed to naught to-mor row. The engineers, who yesterday were almost hopeless, to-day said the prospects of saving the remaining le vees were favorable. But the danger is not past. The weather bureau has forecasted still another foot rise in the river above the present record-smashing stages which obtain from the Red River south. The crest, With Its ac companying increased danger of dis astrous crevasses, is not expected to pass Baton Rouge and points south of there for another week yet. Chances for Disaster. Will the big Morganza dike, holding back a wall of water 40 feet hign, continue to hold? w‘lll the threat ened levees at Baton Rouge. 40 feet high, hold? Will the threatened levees at Baton Rouge, at Grand Bay, at Labarre, Scott's Point and above anJ below New Orleans be impregnable? While the engineers are battling and hoping against the greatest odds they have ever confronted in the flood his tory of the lower river, warnings are being broad casted to the people In the fertile valleys on both sides of the big stream to get their cattle to high groilbd and themselves for a hasty exit. The only remedy, perhaps, is sun shine, and this the people are hoping and praying for. An hour's sunshine now Is worth more than the labor of a hundred levee workers an entire day. To-day's sunshine has permitted the thousands of laborers employed on weak stretches of the levees south of Torras to work uninterruptedly and to-night encouraging reports came from all points up and down the river. Flood Waters Getting Higher. No other breaks occurred on the Mis sissippi to-day, but on the Bayou des Glaize In East Central Louisiana, where the great volume of flood wat ers from the disastrous Dog Tail cre vasse near Alsatia is hourly getting higher, one break was reported in the levees, and at Simmesport a report came to the engineers that a crevasse was expected at any hour. On the Atchafalaya river from Mel wille north the levee situation be came more threatening and several people deserted their homes in that territory and are rapidly getting out their live stock and a few household goods. The crevasse waters from the break at Torras have spread over the entire upper half of Pointe Coupee parish and are slowly creeping upon towns further south. , Approximately 4.000 people have mov ed out of Pointe Coupee parish to the refuge camps on the east side of the river. More than 1.200 of them are cared for by Baton Rouge relief depot. Thousands already have moved out of the vast territory south of the Al satia crevasse. In the Vicksburg territory the United States army relief depot has been feeding and furnishing supplies to ap proximately 91,000 homeless people, about half of whom came from the overflowed Northeast Louisiana ter ritory, the other half from the Missis sippi territory which was covered by the waters from the Beulah break in thfe.east side levees. 131,000 Are Homeless. The Baton Rouge federal relief de partment is furnishing supplies to ap proximately 30,000 others. Local relief committees probably are carrying for 10.000 other homeless folk. This gives a grand total of approxi mately 131.000 people whom the floods have driven from their homes. Relief funds are getting scarce and appeals are going out for help. Los Angeles to-day telegraphed a substant ial contribution; Birmingham. Ala., has sent a generous amount; Pensa cola, Fla., wired that the people there are raising money and from different sections telegrams came asking if the sympathetic folk in neighboring states could help'out. The relief committees gladly ac cepted every offer of help extended. A’ a mass meeting of the New Or leans business men to-night plans were adopted which win mean the raising of thousands of dollars more next week by the people of New Or leans. Now Free of "Sis Cow." Waycross. Ga.. May 4.—Waycross, after years of fighting, is free of cows. The new city ordinance is being en forced and although it has been found necessary to employ a special officer to arrest wayward cows, the streets are kept almost entirely fre» of "sis cow." The adoption of the cow ordinance was by a special vote of the voters and they were not slow in voicing their desire on the subject when council called the election a short time back. , THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK) MONDAY, MAY 6, 1912. 1 GEORGIA “BIG EIGHT” GAUSE SPECULATION HUTCHENS TO BE CHIEF Os Delegation That Will Go to Baltimore. Atlanta, May 4.—lnterest now cen ters in the personnel of Georgia’s dele gation to the national Democratic con vention in Baltimore. Os course the district delegations to the state convention will each nomi nate their own delegates, but candi dates for these positions are already appearing, and there will doubtless be an interesting contest for every one the district places. It is said the Georgia convention, fol lowing the plan which has been adopt ed in many of the other states, will probably select eight delegates from the state-at-large, giving each of them half a vote in the national convention. In this way more of the men who took prominent part In the Underwood vic tory and more prominent Georgians can be honored by prominent places on the delegation. While it is probable that Thomas E. V ktson could easily have gone to Bal timore as a member of the Georgia delegation, had he so desired, it is now definitely understood he will not do so. 1 his is concluded from an announce ment published in The Jeffersonian, Mr. Watson’s paper, in which he says: I have talked the matter over with Miss Georgia and Mrs. Lytle, and we have decided that T. E. W. will remain at home, and continue to improve his mind and expand his genial dispo sition." This, taken from the body of a Jef fersonian editorial relating to the Georgia delegation to the national con vention, is taken to mean that Mr. Watson would not accept a position on the delegation, if it were tendered to him. "Miss Georgia" is his wife and Mrs. Lytle is one of the editors of the Watson publications. It is stated that the Fulton county delegation to the state convention will urge Hon. Thomas B. Felder, a well known Atlanta lawyer, as one of the delegates from the- state at large. • It is pretty generally conceded that Hon. G. R. Hutchens of Floyd, the successful campaign manager for Mr. Underwood, will be one of the dele gates-at-large, as well as the chairman of the state convention; and it is more than likely that he will head the Geor gia delegation. Among others prominently men tioned for the place of delegate-at large are Hon. Charles R. Pendleton, editor of the Macon Telegraph, and Hon. Crawford Wheatley of Americus, a prominent banker, who has been quite prominent in politics in South west Georgia. The published statement that Editor Clark Howell of rhe Constitution will he one of the delcgates-at-large is in correct. Mr. Howell as national com mitteeman will have his hands full in looking after the state delegation; and besides it has never been customary for the national committeeman to go as a member of the delegation. The state convention will have verv little to do when it meets on May 29. Its entire business will consist in nam ing twenty-four district delegates and as many alternates, and eight dele gates-at-large with an equal number of alternates, to the national Demo cratic convention in Baltimore, fol lowed bv the nassage of some brief resolutions indorsing Underwood and instructing the delegation *to stick to him until the last ditch. The final consolidation of the state vote in the primary of May 1 will be made by th ? state executive committee at a meeting to be held in Atlanta next Friday. May 10. It is believed that consolidation will show that Under wood's plurality in Georgia is more than 15,000 votes.- Then will come the naming of the delegates by the county executive com mittee. all of whom must be chosen from among the "known friends and supporters" of Mr. Underwood, under the state committee's resolution. The committee requires that these dele gates shall be named not later than May 22. but many of the county com mittees. seeing that the state is al ready conceded to Mr. Underwood, be yond any possibility of a contest, have already chosen the county delegations in order to avoid the necessity for an tthtr meeting. turnerTiumpsfrom FAST MOVING TRAIN Hits Soft Dirt and Is Slightly Injured. From the Morning News May 5. Putting his feet th'rough the win dow. J. H. Turner, of Memphis, de liberately jumped from Central Rail way train No. 4. Savannah bound, near the 146-mile post yesterday morning, while the train was going forty-five miles an hour, slightly injuring him self. That he was not killed, as was ex pected by the passengers, is believ ed to be due to the fact that he struck a mound of soft dirt as he hit the ground. He was carried to Wad ley. where, medical attention was giv en him. He refused to tell why he jumped from the window. Conductor C. R. Richards, of Savan nah, was standing at the end of the coach, and tried to get to Turner be fore he jumped, but the man was gone. Putting on the emergency brakes, the train was stopped, and going back Turner was found unconscious in a ditch. He remained in a semi-con scious condition until reaching Wadley, where he was left. No bones were broken, but his body is considerably bruised. Turner, in the opinion of Conductor Richards, was not drinking, as he had noticed him only a short time before. The man han a ticket for Midville. There were a number of passengers in the ear. and the affair caused considerable ex citement. Valdosta’s New Hotels. Valdosta, Ga . May 4.—Valdosta s new hotel, which will be completed about the first of June, was leased yesterday to William Foor of Jackson ville. Mr. Foor takes a ten years' lease and also pledges himself to fur nish the hotel with the very best fur niture he can get. He says it will be one of the best furnished houses in Georgia when he takes charge of it. It is also announced to-day that Val dosta is going to have a stag hotel of forty rooms. It is said that the lessee already has spoken for the building and local capitalists are going to erect it. The Valdes is to be doubled in size as soon as the present lease expires in September. This will give Valdosta amole hotel room for a year or two. 9,000 WOMEN MARCH IN SEARCH OF VOTE Lots of Lady Paraders Ride, and Astride, at That. LAUNDRESSES IN THE LINE With Some Men and Women With High Brows. New York, May ‘.—The promise of the woman suffrage leaders to eclipse all previous demonstrations for their cause was fulfilled this afternoon when more than 9,000 women and 900 men paraded for three miles up Fifth av enue under’suffrage banners. Hundreds of thousands of persons looked on from windows and balconies of hotels and business places along the avenue and the. sidewalks were so crowded for the entire length of the route that the mounted police were unable to keep the spectators within bounds. There was no disorder, how ever. There were women, men and children in the ranks. Almost every profession and industry In which women are engaged from educational leadership to laundry- work was represented by a delegation under appropriate ban ners. Ladies Riding Astride. A squad of mounted police led the parade, but vieing with this eques trian show there followed nearly a hundred women on horseback, most of them riding astride. The parade was under command of Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch, president of the Women’s Political Union. A majority of the paraders wore "39-cent” hats of yellow straw and some effort was made to preserve uni formity in simple dress of black and white. The parade concluded with a meet ing at Carnegie Hall at which Mrs. Blatch presided and the Rev. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, national president of the Woman's Suffrage Party, and the Rev. Anna Garlin Spencer were speak ers. chargFperkTnsTumber COMPANY IS INSOLVENT Referee MacDonell Appoints A. E. Moynelo Receiver, From the Morning News Maj 5. In response to a petition filed by five creditors A. E. Moynelo of Savannah was yesterday appointed receiver of the Penkins Lumber Company of Ha gan, Ga. The moving creditors allege that the Perkins Lumber Company is insolvent and <al» that the receiver be authorized to Tpfcd up the estate for the benefit of The creditors. The involuntary bankruptcy proceed ings were not unexpected by the cred itors as it was known to many of them that the affairs of the defendant com pany were not-in, flourishing condition. The company was reorganized about a year ago when some of the leading creditors took charge and elected W. V. Davis of Savannah acting president in the hope of putting the concern back on a solvent basis. The petitioners and the amount of their claims are as follows: A. Ehr lich and Brother Grocery Company, notes aggregating 33.100. and $302.18 on open account; James E. Grady and Sons, notes aggregating $1,350, and 31,- 718.29 on open account: Charles Ne ville, open account. 391.60: Braid and Hutton, Inc., open account. $89.04, and Harden and Rourk, $15.35. It is alleged the company has been insolvent, for more than six months and several acts of alleged insolvency are alleged. The petition was filed in the United States Court by Wilson and Rogers, attorneys for the petitioners, and shortly afterward Referee A. H. Mac- Donell appointed Mr. Moynelo receiv er. President Davis was served with a copy of the petition as he was leav ing for the stearaer to go to New York. HOKEIMIfFwON'T BOOM FOR HUDSON HE WILL KEEP HANDS OFF Slaton Won’t Have Factional Opposition. Atlanta, May 4.—United States Sen ator Hoke Smith will take no part in the gubernatorial race in Georgia this summer and will make no fight on Hon. John M. Slaton, as some of the Senator s friends have predicted. The Senator himself is authority for this statement. In the very first para graph of his last interview or state ment in Gov. Wilson s behalf, printed last Sunday, Senator Smith said, or wrote: "I wish to state most emphatically my desire to take no part in local pol itics in Georgia, especially so during the coming summer." In using the term “local" Senator Smith could only have meant state politics as differentiated from national. This expressed intention would seem' to mean that there will be no factional lineup in the gubernatorial campaign this year, notwithstanding the fact that when Tom Hudson flung his hat in the ring it was stated upon what appeared to be reliable authority that he had been assured of Senator Smith s support. Those responsible for Mr. Hudson s race are prominently identi fied with ".hat has been known as the Hoke Smith faction and. indeed, it was said the Senator himself was among those who induced him to en ter the race. Postpones Ware Court. Waycross. Ga., May 4.—Because of the lateness of the farm work through out the county. Judge T. A. Parker has agreed to adjourn the regular term of Ware Superior Court from the first Monday in May until the first-Monday of June. This act is highly appre ciated by the farmers. The petition that brought the. order of postponement v as prepared by J. L. Sweat and signet by many members of the bar and farmers also. WHO WILL CORRAL MARYLAND’S VOTE? SIXTEEN IN THE BALANCES Five Candidates Have Made the Races Hot. Baltimore, May 4.—Maryland's pri mary campaign closed to-night and It is conceded to have been’the most vig orous ever waged within Maryland's boundaries. The sixteen votes which the state will have in the national con ventions will be determined by the per sonal preference for presidential can didates expressed by the people Mon day. For the Republican preference the struggle is between President Taft and Theodore Roosevelt and both these candidates were in the state to-night leading the tight up to the last hopr., After bisecting the state from hortfi to south yesterday Col. Roosevelt crossed it to-day from east to west and delivered his parting shot to-night at Cumberland, on the edgfe of the Al leghanies. The President saved his ammunition until the last day of the campaign. He entered the state ear ly this morning and after blazing a trail almost to the northern boundary and back again made his last appeal In Baltimore to-night. The campaign has been brief, but all the candidates whose names will appear upon the primary ballots, Taft, Roosevelt, Clark, Harmon and Wil son, have visited the state during the three weeks intervening since the new primary bill became a law. Although the city of Baltimore con tains nearly half the population of the state, the appointment of delegates to the state convention relegates the principal interest in Monday s, contest to the country districts and adds to the uncertainty of the outcome. Bal timore has but twenty-eight of the 129 state delegates. The candidate for whom the primaries instruct the ma jority of these delegates will go to Chicago or Baltimore with the sixteen Maryland national delegates bound to them by the unit rule. LAMBASTES BOSSES Roosevelt Aims Shafts at Dem ocrats, Too. Cumberland, Md., May 4. —"Bosses" in the Democratic party and in the Republican party, Col. Roosevelt charged to-day, have combined to de feat him. He asserted that Demo cratic "bosses" foresaw their own downfall it he should win. It was the last day of Col. Roosevelt’s Maryland campaign, the final shot of which was fired here to-night. The colonel made a number of speeches as he traveled across the state and In Cumberland to-night made his last appeal for support in the primaries on Monday. From Cumberland he started back for Oyster Bay for a week's rest. "The Democrats are almost as con cerned In the outcome as we are,” he said in his speech at Hagerstown. ‘“lf we overthrow our own bosses the example will be catching. That's why the Democratic bosses are furtively aiding the bosses in our party to de feat us. "The federal office holders have had their orders to work against us and do everything they can to defeat us. Isn'g that so?” "They're doing it here," a man called out. 1 When the cfnWhgtf ■fihistofd‘shout-T ing, the colonel continued: “Exactly! I knew It! It Is the same from the Atlantic to the Pacific.” For the most Col. Roosevelt talked In the same vein as he did in his speeches yesterday. He appealed for support to the “plain people.” both Democrats and Republicans, telling them it was the people against the bosses. Col. Roosevelt received several re ports of the progress of President Taft in his campaign in Maryland to day as he went through territory which the colonel covered yesterday. He would venture no prediction as to the outcome of the primaries. The people of Frederick and Cumber • land took a holiday and made a great event of the colonel's presence, in both cities there were parades through crowded streets with bands and escorts of mounted men. In Fred erick there was a band in front of Col. Roosevelt's automobile and an other one behind it. Both played at the same time and fought it out until the parade was over and were still at it when Col. Roosevelt's train rolled away. At Hagerstown Col. Roosevelt was taken to the county fair grounds. The grand stand there has seats for 6,000 people and was not large enough for the crowd. He found evidence of friendliness during his trip as was shown in part by the cheers. TAFT’S FINAL BLOW AIMS AT ROOSEVELT Says ex-President Did Protect Big Trusty Baltimore, May 4.—ln the closing speech of a fourteen-hour campaign trip through Maryland, President Taft added a new chapter to the history of the Harvester Trust here to-night. Speaking to an audience that filled the Lyric Theater to the doors. Mr. Taft declared Col. Theodore Roosevelt did prevent the pro‘ecution of that "trust" after George W. Perkins, one of its directors and now a Roosevelt sup porter. had asked that the trust be not taken into the courts; intimated that Charles J. Bonaparte, Attorney General under Mr. Roosevelt, was mis taken when he said that he (Mr. Taft) was present at a cabinet meeting which decided against prosecution, and said the diary of Herbert Knox Smith, then and now head of the Bureau of Corporations, proved that at the time referred to he was on a trip around the world. Mr. Taft's explanation of the Har vester Trust muddle was only one of the many points on which he attacked Col. Roosevelt. He said his predeces sor's attitude toward the trusts showed clearly that he wished to perfect a be nevolent "despotism" that would dis criminate between the good and the bad trusts, pointed’out how Mr. Roose velt had changed from his attitude of regarding his entrance into the presi dential race as a calamity to that of being an active campaigner for the nomination and insisted that Mr. Roosevelt was striving to make this campaign one in which the man who had little should be arrayed against l)im who had more. Mr. Taft's Baltimore speech came at the end of a day that took him over much of the central and southeastern part of Maryland. He made seven speeches to crowds that were attentive and that* cheered him frequently. In practically all of "his early speeches th j President brought in the name of Col. Roosevelt and asked again and again for a “sqfare deal.” The President's Baltimore speech, was delivered just before he left for Washington, where he wlfl tak« break fast and luncheon before leaving for Cincinnati for a short stay. BEAT ROOSEVELT, • THEN STEP ASIDE This Plan May Be Put Up to the President. NEW CANDIDATE SOUGHT Barnes of New York Sounds Southern G. 0. P. Chiefs. New York, May 4.—Has William Barnes, Jr., leader of the New York state Republican machine, been sound ing G. O. P. leaders throughout the South in order to learn their feelings in the matter of finding another man, except President Taft or Col. Roose velt to be given the nomination at the phicago convention? :He has denied he has written any body that a third candidate ought to be considered by the convention. But It has become known that a Southern Republican leader went to see Presi dent Taft while the latter was at Au gusta a day or two ago and told him of this alleged activity and attitude on the part of the New York leader. The President’s managers know that many of the delegates in the South selected in the name of President Taft are now ready to turn to some other candidate. That candidate is not Col. Roosevelt. The letter which Mr. Barnes is said to have sent to the various Southern states leaders asked spe cifically what these leaders thought of Mr. Taft’s chances and wheth er it was advisable to look around for another candidate. Lead ers said to have received such a letter from Mr. Barnes are Representative Slemp of Virginia, Henry Blun of Georgia, the state leader of Florida, and the state leader of South Carolina. It is said that in his letter Mr. Barnes said that in his judgment it did not "look like” President Taft could he re-elected if he w'ere renominated. Mr. Barnes re fused absolutely to have anything to do with Roosevelt. He asked for opin ions. He Wants Justice Hughes. From s'dme of the Georgia state lead ers it was learned that the delegation already selected to go to Chicago and vote for President Taft cannot be counted upon to stick, as one of the leaders, a federal officeholder, said: "Some of these delegates selected will stick to the last ditch, but the major ity of them will swing to another can didate If his name be proposed in the national convention before the name of Mr. Taft is mentioned." Two of the Georgia leaders who knew Mr. Barnes said that the latter was preparing to force President Taft to agree to a compromise candidate. These leaders did not put the matter In exactly this light. They say that Mr Barnes controls eighty-three and one-half delegates from the state of New York and that he will be able to swing them as a unit in any direction he wishes. Mr. Barnes is said to have his eye on Justice Hughes of the federal Su preme Court, although this Is much doubted in many quarters. Justice Hughes has said that he would not be a candidate for the Republican nom ination for President. ■ This is admit ted by these Georgia leaders, but they add that If Mr. Hughes Is nominated will accent. The* point otfc tiljst from the 'n<Ufa : , tions I’resirienv will go Chicago convention with a bare ma' jority. This majority will include the votes from New York By. going In the convention wltt| thia number of votes the President Will have defeat ed Col. Roosevelt for the nomination. After he’ has done this the question will be put to him!' ‘"You beaten Col. Roosevelt; you cannot be fleeted owing to‘the bitterness between the faction represented by you and tbe one represented by Col. Roosevelt; will you now step aside and permit the convention to name a candidate who can be.elected?” As the situation now looks President Taft will refuse to do this. But it the President does not carry all of Mary land and the greater part of New Jer sey, leaders here say he will have to accept the inevitable and agree to the naming of a compromise candidate. Capt. Blun’s attention was called last night to the foregoing. He said he had not received a letter from Barnes that read as Indicated. He would not divulge the contents of any letter he did receive from Barnes. ROOSEVELT G. O. P. MEN IN ALABAMA MEET Montgomery, Ala., May 4.—Alabama Republicans of the Roosevelt wing of the party held county conventions throughout the state to-day and named delegates to the state conven tion which they hold in Birmingham May 11. Resolutions were adopted en dorsing Roosevelt and recognizing Jos eph O. Thompson as legal state chair man of the Republican organization. Thompson formerly was chairman of the Republican state organization but was succeeded by Pope M. Long and is now recognized as the leader of the "insurgent" wing in this state. The Birmingham convention was called by him for the purpose of sending a con testing delgatlon to the Chicago con vention. Want New County of Candler. Thomasville. Ga.. May 11. —Candler is the name selected by the people of the Meigs district for the new county which they are planning to have form ed from scraps of Thomas, Colquitt, Mitchell and Grady counties. At a re cent meeting held in Meigs committees were appointed to further the matter and take all steps necessary for get ting things into shape and creating sentiment in favor of the bill for the new county. It is stated by the peo ple of Meigs that there Is no politics in it. as the fact of the candidacy of a Meigs man for the Legislature might indicate, but they are just of the opinion that a new county is need ed and that Meigs is the logical site for the county seat of it. There has been some talk of a new county for this section, but it was understood that Pelham was considered the most logical both in point of situation and size for a county seat, should a coun ty be formed and It is argued that a look at the map of this section would show it. As the Georgia Legislature has not put itself on record of late as favoring the formation of any more new coun ties. it is not probable that anybody here will worry much over the matter, except those who are Working for it. The Kansas City Star (Ind.) says: “Massachusetts is going to force the Republican party to try the novel ex periment of running its national.con vention without the help of either Sen ator Lodge or Senator Crane.” The New York Post (Ind.) says: "The nomination of Charles E Hughes for President would be one form of the re tail of judges to which Mr. Roosevelt would hardly Subscribe.’ HISTORIC COMMAND ENJOYS BANQUET Chatham Artillery Celebrates Its Birthday. COL PHILLIPS A GUEST Command Nearly as Old as Nation Is Complimented. ' From the Morning News May 5. The Chatham Artillery, the oldest active military organization in the United States, celebrated its 126th an niversary last night at Bannon Lodge, Thunderbolt, in a manner delightfully appropriate to the historic importance of the event. Following an elaborate supper ad dresses were made by Capt. R. J. Da vant, commanding officer of the or ganization: Col. C. L. Phillips, com mandant of Fort Screven; representa tives of several branches of the reg ular army and members of the com mand. A particularly pleasing fea ture of the evening was the presenta tion of medals to members of the command who have attained 100 per pent, efficiency in attendance during the last year. The theme of the addresses was the honorable tradition of the historic com mand which had its inception almost from the day of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, through all the wars of the nation it has sb well defended,’ until the present time, when it is just as lusty as it was in the days of its ancient youth. FINDS $6,500 IN OLD GOLD COINS IS STORY NEGRO TELLS Samples Exhibited Genuine and of Spanish Coinage. From the Morning News Mat 5. If the stories told are true, Marcus Byrd, a negro who runs a confectionery place at No. 742 Perry street, east, has unearthed near the old war batteries adjoining Le Pageville about 400 old Spanish coins, the equivalent of about $6,500 in American money. It was established yesterday that the samples which Byrd was exhibiting on Bay street are genuine. He is said to have told business men to whom he offered coins for sale that two other negroes had discovered the money by accident and that he had been asked tc dispose of them. Further than this Byrd would not reveal how he came into possession . of the coins. He talked as little as < he thought necessary about how coins were found, and the men on Bay who became interested in the could get no satisfaction out of hj^B i -.< At his place of business it was that Byrd for jn ; >-r ■'•! : ■ s " :f. . ■ ;■ a ■ i-d th.- ’X Uu t two Afad -*Twin» Ing to sell some of theta. 1- One of the' coins, an onza. worth about sl6 In American money, was bought by John Fans, a traveling man and brother-in-law of F. J. Esteve, who was greatly Interested in the dis covery. but did not get an opportunity to talk with Byrd. Mr. Esteve exam ined the coin which Mr. Faus bought and testified as to its worth. According to Mr. Esteve the story which Byrd tells is plausible. The coin ><hlch Mr Esteve inspected has a 1783 date and is well preserved. Byrd said most of the coins were about the size of the one he sold to Mr. Faus. Be cause of their ancient coinage Byrd should get more than the face value for the csins. according to Mr. Esteve. It was saj<j that Byrd had really . made the find himself, and that he had told the story about the two other men to mislead any who might lav claim to th*, gold. Byrd travels through the country districts a great deal buying bottles, and It is said that while walking near the Le Pageville section some days ago he came across an old coin on the ground, with a bright edge showing. Searching closely he Is sa id to havs discovered about 400 of the coins in a place hollowed out in the ground. Byrd has promised to bring more of the coins on the Bay to-morrow. MILNER IN RACE FOR WALTERS’UNEXPIRED TERM Albany to See Exciting Electioi Tuesday. • Albany. Ga., May 4.—An eleventh hour political sensation was sprung here this .afternoon when announce ment was made that Ed R. Jones, present member of the Legislature from Dougherty county, had with drawn from the race for the short term as solicitor of the Citv Court of Albany and that Thomas H. Milner would make the race against Col. Jessa W. Walters. The election takes place next Tuesday. Col. Walters became a candidate for the unexpired term of his son, J. W. Walters. Jr., following the tragic death of the latter a month ago. He prom ised to clean out the dives and low resorts of the town and said the un expired term of his son would futxiish all the time required to accomplish, the desired result. He held the law less element, which he pictured 'as flaunting itself In the face of good citizenship, indirectly responsible for his son's death. Tuesday’s election promises to be exciting. The new candidate has practically but one day in which to make his campaign which is in the hands of prominent citizens who are his friends. ATLANTA AUTO PARTY STRIKES BAD ROADS Had to Be Towed by Mule Through Water Near Stilson. A party of Atlantians. composed of Marion Smith, son of Senator Hoke Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Simmon.’. Miss sarah Rawson. Miss Elizabeth Rawson. Miss Rebecca Morton. Clar ence Haverty. and Stuart Boyd, ar rived from Atlrfnta yesterdav after a rather trying experience on the roads. They report that they found the rains had made the road between Statesboro • and Rocky Ford very bad. Near Stilson the party encountered a mile of mad entirely under wa»er and through which the two machines they occupied had to be drawn by mules. which they secured from farm ers. The party is enjoying a pleasure tour of a round trip from Atlanta to Savannah and return
