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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.