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POPE BROWN
CONFERRED WITH
• HOItf SMITH
Former Race for Gover
nor was Referred to
Fla., stabbed and killed Clarence C.
Peavy, of Cordele, Cte., a bartender,
~ ~ after a quarrel in the girl’s room at
I1GKE CLAIMED THAT HE HAD j boarding house about 6 o’clock
DISCHARGED HIS OBLIGA-1 Saturday morning.
6IRL IN MACON PUTS
KNIFE IN MAN’S BREAST
Girl Wanted to go to see Her
Blind Father and Fatal
Quarrel Ensued
Macon, Go., July 31.—Eva Good-
wyn, a 19-yoar-old girl from Tampa,
TIONS TO POPE BY GIVING
HIM TREASURER'S PLACE.
Atlanta, Ga., Jdly 81.—Casting
about tor a candidate to succeed
Got. Hoke Smltk Is tbe position
wilcl SUe followers etlll occupy as
to .he governorship, and the problem
as »o where they ere going to And
him Is growing more and more inter
esting.
They are calling on the friends
ot Mr. Smith over the state, thoee
who elected him, to wait, premising
to be there prlth a candidate when
the time comes. It is generally be
lieved they would have supported
Commissioner ot Agriculture T. G.
Hudson had he not been eliminated
from the race as the result ot the
legislative Investigation into the
conduct of his department which
has just been ordered.
An Interesting story le told In' this
connection of former State Treas
urer J. Pope Brown, one of the an'
nounced candidates who bee already
launched hie campaign, and of Gov.
8 mi the
Wes “Conferred" Out of It.
According to tho report which
politicians are discussing generally,
Pope Brown 1 went to Gov. Smith bo-
ford he delivered his Waycross
speech and asked the latter what he
though about it.
It Is said the Governor gave an
Indefinite reply end Intimated that
Mr. Brown should have come end
conferred with him before he am
nounced his candidacy. Mr. Brown,
it le stated, came back with the re
ply that he had done thle on a form
er occasion. In 1908, when Mr.
Smith was first elected governor, and
found himself "conferred” out of
the race.
It le stated the Governor then
gave Mr. Brown to understand that
he considered he had evened things
up politically with Mr. Brown for
retiring from the race at that time
by appointing hl-i state treasurer,
whereupon Mr. Brown said "Good
day,” and left the Governor’s office.
It la pretty clear, therefore, that
the former treasurer will run hie
campaign upon bis own hook, and
that he will make direct appeal for
South Georgia support, is not to be
questioned.
Will Russell Resign?
That the friends of the Governor
are not going to take up the candi
dacy of Judge Richard B. Russell
of the state Court of Appeals Is
equally apparent; for while Judge
Russel has practically adopted the
Hoke Smith platform, and almost,
If not quite, added local option to it.
some of the things ho said about
Gov. Smith In his former campaigns
are not easily forgotten.
What Judge Russell proposes to
do with reference to the Judgeship
Is becoming a question of no small
Interest in connection with the r&ce,
even though It has not progressed
very far as yet. Custom would dic
tate hie resignation from the bench
In order to make this race, but Judge
Russell has given no Intimation so
far of an Intention to resign. He
may have to do so, however, when
he begins to devote practically kli
of hie time to his campaign, linos
it is said the Court ot Appeals dock
et Is so crowded as to require the
attention of all the Judge*. This
court hasn't been any too popular,
it Is stated, si there have been sug
gestions °n sever*: occasions of ask
ing the Legislature to abolish It.
She slays that be attacked her
first. The coroner's Jury held that
the set was justifiable and the girl
was released.
Peavy went to Miss Goodwyn's
room In an intoxicated condition.
He had been her companion for eome
time and had beard that she wee
preparing to leave the city.
Telfng her that she could not
leave Macon alive he began to heat
the girl who grabbing his knlte from
his hand stabbedi him In the* chest
end head.
Miss Goodwyn says that she had
received a letter from her sister tell
ing her to come to Tampa ms her
father was going blind and wanted
to see his daughter once more be
fore hie affliction took away Me
sight
MYSTERIOWMURDER
FOLLOWED AN EPIDEMIC
A QUARREL BETWEEN <
PENNSYLVANIA WAS
UHES AND LATER ON]
MURDERED.
TO CAUCUS
TONIGHT ON
PUBLICITY
Senate Arouses the Ire
of Southern Democrats
in the House by its
Amendments
Washington, July 81—The House
Democrats will caucus tonight on
the campaign publicity hill, which
was so amended In the Senate that
the Houset hardly recognised it when
It was sent back today .
The House will probably have to
do most of the yielding or the
measure will go over until the next
session.
The most important change makes
the bill apply to the south where tbe
negro problem must be met and It
has aroused the Ire of the southern
Democrats. The causcue tonight
will probably be a warm affair.
The Democratic Senators today
caucused on wool and the farmers
free list bill.
The Indications are that they will
agree to support the farmers free
Hit bill, with the Bailey amendment
striking out farm products.
Warren, Pa„ July 31.—Ar
meats were heard today by Ju<
Hinckly In this city on the applli
tlon for a new trlel in the oase i
John M. Andrewe, former euperii
tendent ot the Warren waterworl
convicted ef the murder of E:
Amann. one of bis former sul
dlnates. Owing t the many peei
liar and highly mystifying features
of the case the trial of Andrewe at
tracted a great deal ot attention
throughout the State and the devel
opment since the trial, upon which
le baaed the motion for a new trial
tor the convicted Andrews, have
added materially to the mystery sur-.
rounding the case and to the state
wide Interest aroused by It
The Interesting history of the
case dates back several years, and
personal Jealousies, and political and
social Intrigues seem to have played
an Important part In It. Andrews
and Amann were friends several
years, when both entered the field
of polities and. Andrews won out by
being appointed' superintendent of
the Warren waterworks, which are
owned by the American Water
Works Company of Pittsburg. Pa.
white Amann was assigned to a sub
ordinate position. Amann's Jealousy
over the euccess of his former triend
Is said to have earned a serious
breach in the relation of the two
men.
Two years ago a typhoid fever
epidemic broke out In Warren, which
caused the death of more than
seventy persons. After the epidem
ic had. been. ,«tniur*d ouyjvherolr.
methods and the bitcltment Fobie^] 1
what subsided, Amann produced' a
tremendous sensation ■ by pointing
out that foul and stagnant well, full
of fever germs, had been allowed
to drain Into the reservoir and had
thus contaminated the drinking
water of the citizens of Werren.
Amann stated at the time that An
drews knew of that fact and had In
tended to dam the connection be
tween the well and the reservoir be
fore the investigation could he
made. So -great was the Indignation
of the citizens against Andrews in
consequence of Amann's statement,
that there was an open talk of lynch
ing him. Andrews, who was never
very popular, ns he was too exclusive
dented the truth of Amann’s story
and charged that It was Amann who
had known of the well, but had
never reported Its existence., as he
should have done. The Investiga
tion by the authorities showed that
OK WATER WORKS PLANT IN
ID BY SENSATIONAL DISCLOH-
MB.V IN THE CASE WAS
is well was responsible for the
but for eome reason no
[legal steps were ever taken against
(drew* or Amann.
in Marsh 25, 1810 President A.
in of the Water Works Cora-
POLITICS IS QUIET
IN ATLANTA TODAY
Dick Russell and Pope Brown
are Inactive and Others
are Also Quiet
Atlanta, Ga., July 31.—Judge
Ruscell returned today after dellv-
erlng seven wpeechs In four days in
the interest of his campaign for gov
ernor.
Ex-Governor Joe Brown Jr on his
arrived in Warren and, after |f arm i n Cherokee county, but will
jhrlef examination of the account* he )n Atlanta Tuesday and will
of. the office, which Is said to hare
ahbwn a discrepancy In the figures,
h« discharged Andrews, who was
bonded for 33,000. There le a story
tbit Amann, after a conference with
Andrewe. wrote and signed a
c<\hfc**Ion, admitting that be and
not Andrews was responsible for the
shortage.
f ine time In January'pf thle year
on's friend 1 , sought to persuade
to withdraw his alleged confes.
and It Is said that Amann
promised to follow their advise. Their
was never done,, however, for on the
following night, January 2?, 1911,
Amsnn was killed by three shots
from an antomottc pistol, after he
had visited the reservoir during a
soverriatorm. There was a atrong
feeufK against Andrews and the
publgj|uspected him of having kill
ed Amann. He was carefully watch
ed for several days and finally ar
retted on tfri charge of murder.
The following trial was full of In
terest »nli sensational features. An
drews tried tq prove an alibi, which
he partftlly establtsed, hut there
was , some conflicting evidence, to
•he ,-yMflfethat he had been teen
c'ohilm^Kosi tho direction'of the
reserr^^bont the time the murder
probably have something else to say
on the gubernatorial question.
Pope Brown Is attending to busi
ness affaire here and It Is said that
he will not make many more
speeches until he finds out when
there Is going to be a vacancy.
Jack Slaton and Tom Hudson are
not talking of running Just at pres
ent. Mayor Trammel, of Dalton,
also has nothing to eey about the
matter ,
EDITOR USED HIS GUN.
Sporting Man on Memphis Paper
Killed Man Defending Woman.
Memphis, July 31.—A . M. Kels-
ker, the sporting sdltor ot the Eve
ning Press, shot and killed William
Schumme last night Kelaker claims
that he was defending a woman,
whom Schumme had assaulted.
hed left her huSTshu.
sensation by testifying, that
1th Amann the night of the
murder, hut that (he could not tell
who had shot him. After a long and 1
bitter-fight the trial wee cbncladed
and Andrews was found guilty
8hort!y after hie conviction Mrs
Hodge signed a confesslcn, atatlng
that It was she who had shot and
killed Amann. but that I' was done
accidentally. Upon -he strength of
her confession Andrews atto-nivo
made a motion for a new trial,
which came up today for argument.
Slncd then, -however, Mrs. Hodge
has eome out with another state
ment, to the effect that she had been
Induced by Andrews’ aitjrntyt to
confess to the kllllm; ef Amann,
under promises of reward end Im
munity. This complicates matters
still further and makes the outcome
of the caee extremely uncertain.
CRIME WAS HIDDEN
IN RIVER THREE YEARS
The Finding of Body of Tuck
er Davidson is Followed
by Three Arrests.
ColumhUB, Ga., July 31—Charged
with the murder of Tucker David
son, whose body was found on an
Island In tbe Chattahoochee river a
day or two ago, Monroe Lloyd, Ben
Lloyd and Jessie Phillips, white men,
of Girard, Ala., were arrested Sat
urday.
Davldeon disappeared three yean
ago and, It la alleged, that big body
was burled deep In the sand of tha
river bank and waa unearthed by
recent floods. ' 1 t
The Lloyds and Phillips, It Is said,
wer a members of a fishing party
favored revision by commission and l* 1 * 1 w *» camped near the spot,
REPUBLICANS BALLOTED
UN TARIFF REVISIONS
Chicago Paper Takes a Straw
Ballot to Get the Views of
■ 10,000 of Them.
Chicago, July 31.—A morning
paper this morning printed the re
sult of a pole of ten thousand re
publicans on tariff revision. Four
thousand one hunderd end ninety
responded. Two thousand eight
hundred and thirty-eight were un
qualified In favor of full revision.
Six hundred and eighty-five opposed
Three hundred end forty eight
390 qualified their answers.
The general opinion favors the
free Hat for food stuff end neceosl-
tlee. Answers came from every see-
tlon.
where Davidson was lest seen alive.
He wee on a fishing trip whan ha
met hie tragic death.
SOI/INS GOING TO MACON
Georgia Legislate!* are Gofag to S*e
tbe Future Capital.
Atlanta, Qa„ July 31.—The mem.
Western Catholic Chantauqoa.
Milwaukee, WIs., July 31.—Many
edneators and ehnrehmen of note
era on the program of' the Western hers of the House decided today to
Pope Slightly Improved. Catholic Chautauqua, the sessions go to Macon next Saturday and «t-
Rome, July 31.—The Pope Is [of which were opened at Spring tend a barbecue to he given In that
slightly Improved today. There 1* Rank today and will continue city In the Interest of moving tha
•till considerable anxiety, however, through the week. ( capital.
HE SHOOTS HIS WIFE
THEN KILLS HIMSELF
Gainesville, Ga., was Scene
of a Sensational Shoot
ing Affray.
Gainesville, Ga., July 31.—After
firing three shots at hi* wife caus
ing fatal Injuries, Addlo Green, son
of 8. W. D. Green, a well-known
farmer, committed suicide ber e Sat
urday afternoon.
The Greens has been separated
eome time and met tdfiay to reach
an agreement as to who should have
possession of their only child.
Green l s said to have fired one
shot into his own body before shoot
ing his wife and then reloading his
pistol he walked to the back porch
of the hotse and poured three more
bullete Into hla own body, dying
Instantly.
HOT STUFF
PUT UP TO
WICK’SHAM
j... — '
Alaska
ATLANTA ROW
GOES TO THE
LEGISLATURE
Legislature to Decide
Upon Commission Form
SOME MEMBERS OF THE FUL
TON DELEGATION WILL PRO-
11ABLY OPPOSE the passage
OF THE new bill.
Atlanta, July 31.—The biggest
row In connection with legislative
politics at the capltol today will oc
cur at tho hearing of the special
:.ouso committee an -omml-wlcn
charters thle afternoon, and will be
of historic Importance in the reoord
of Atlanta's destinies for the next
[few year*.
|At that meeting will practically
p>e decided whether or not tho voters
of Atlanta will be given a chance to
decide for themselves, at the ballot
box, whether they want a commis
sion form of government or not.
I The circumstance that make the
[situation acute le tho fear that cer
tain of the Fulton county delegation
will oppose the peeing of the bill.
In which case, as a matter of legis
lative courtesy and precedent re
garding bills of a purely local na-
ture It will not pain.
Antl.LobhyJng Bill.
This week will probably Ff-.> the
triumph of the antt-lobbylng hill In
Georgia, for that .mt-asuce, having
already pained the i-cunte will come
up In the bouse for r flunl vote dsy
after tomorrow, am! i- pradlcally
of passage I Govern- - Smith
irig to Prosficut
i Criminals
Washington, July 81.—The feud
between delegate Jams* Wicker-
sham, of Alaska, and Attorney
General Wlckeriham neared the
"shorter end uglier word” today
when both appeared before the
House committee and Delegate
Wlckersham declared that he had
placed evidence of the Alaska cases
In the hands of the Attorney Gen
eral over a year ago.
You know that Is not true,” eald
the Attorney General.
"It Is true” retorted the delegate,
'And I am here today to back the
charge that you have shielded
criminals In the Alaskan syndlcato,
Nearly all the documents I shall
produce have been in your hands
over a year."
The alleged affidavits were then
produced alleging that the Alaska
coni dealers had defrauded the gov
ernment of 339,00. The delegate
declared that he could not get the
Attorney General to take any action
SOLICITORS MUST TELL
T THEIR FEES
WTTjKERSON was reported.
•Jndlclary Committee In Favorable
to Nomination of Attorney.
Wanhlnton, July 31.—The aenate
Judiciary committee today favora
bly reported the nomination of Jan.
Wllkeraon an federal district attor
ney of northern Illinois, to succeed
8lm«, who baa been an active trust
bnstor.
Bill Passes Requiring Them
to Publish Details With
Comptroller General
Atlanta, Ga., July 31.—The Sen
ate today passed the hill providing
that ail Solicitor Generals of the
Superior court* shall file quarterly
reports with the Comptroller General
of Georgia showing the amount of,
and how many fees, they have re
ceived.
This hill was Introduced by Sena
tor Sheppard, of America*, and It*
ultimate purpose I* to put all Soli
citor General* on a salary.
:elv
lie assembly h.-m"
business of general Intoreef"
this week, Including the bill to lot"
women praotlco law. which will come
up on * special order tomorrow, and
will he.tho subject ot consldeshle
debate.
The houee le busy today on tho
general education bill, part of which
It hee already passed and which It
le further considering section by
section.
Urged Smith to Enter Race.
Following the visit of over 100
friends from different parts of tho
state, J. R. Smith, former campaign
manager for Joseph M. Brown 1*
himself considering entering the raee
for governor, provided hie former
chief dons not become a candidate.
Bills In the Legislature.
The records of the lower branch
of the assembly show that np to thto
morning, E81 hills end* 82 resolu
tions hare been Introduced In tho
houee. Or these 111 bills, mostly of
s local nature, have been already
passed, as have most of the resolu
tions. ,
Nat Goodwin In Stock.
Los Angeles, Cel., July 81.—Nat
Goodwin appeared In a stock com
pany for the first time In his career
on the stage of the Auditorium here
this afternoon, playing hie old part
In Augustus Thomas’ play, "In Mis-
sonra." ' ...
MANUFACTURE OP REKR.
The Department of Agriculture In
quires Into the Elements In Beer.
Washington, July SI.—With a
view to ascertaining just what In
gredients the brewers of the United
States use In tbe manufacture of
beer, ale, porter and stout, a series
Important hearings was cam-
menced In thle city ’ today hy the
board of food and drug Inspection
ot the department ot agriculture.
One of the points upon which the
board desire* light Is the meaning
ef the terms "lager’’ nnd “bock" as
applied to beer.
The hearing! are also likely to .
determine whether any domeotle
brews are masquerading under tho
nines of foreign products. Master
brewers from many parts of the
country have been summoned to tes
tify.
niUTtsn ships are sailing.
Second Flotilla Receives Orders to
Sail Today.
Portsmouth, July 31.—The second
flotilla of the British navy received
orders to sail today, with Its desti
nation unknown. it is rumored
that 1* has to do with the Moroccan
crisis.