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VOL. XL
OROZCO'S REBELS
CHARGE FEOERALS
AND (ME GUNS
“Chinese” Campos Leads Wild
Dash on Federal Left - Oroz
co Is Fighting on the Firing
Line
AT REBEL FRONT. REL
LANO, Mexico. May 23.—Gen.,
Huerta, the federal chief is at
tempting a flank movement be
hind the hills to the east.
AT REBEL FRONT. REL
LANO. Mexico. May 23.—The
flank movement of the federals
has been checked. The main col
umn of the federals has fallen
back. General Orozco is still on
the rebel firing line.
. AT REBEL FRONT. REL-|
L,-\NO. Mexico. May 23. —The
rebel general. “Chinese” Campos
is calling for volunteers and plan
ning to lead a charge against the
federal artillery.
(By Associated Fress.)
AT RHBEL FRONT. RELLANO.
Mexico. May 23. at 9:10 a. m.—Oen.
J. J. Campos. known as "Chinese”
Campos, had captured two cannon and
onr machine run from the federal col
umn on the left. w The advantage ap- ;
pears to be with the rebels in that i
they are holding firm their positions.
tlgnera! Orozco. who has been near
the front rank of hia troops since the
engagement began yesterday, has been ?
under fire many times. His brother of- i
fleers have begged him not to expose
himself, but be continues to command I
personally that section of the right I
wing which repelled the federal’s cav
alry charge yesterday with an esti- I
mated loss to the government of 159 ’
men. The rebel lines are stretched
over five miles in the trenches in front '
of Rellano. Water is scarce and the ;
heat of the sun is intolerable. Ex
ploding shells stir up clouds of alkali 1
dust, which not only stifles the parched
throats of the troops, but interferes j
with rifle aim. The residents of the
town have fled many miles north.
The federals* cannonade attack today J
begun shortly after midnight, was ap- j
patently to keep the rebels on the alert .
and exhaust them while the federal i
infantry rested on their arms. The '
rebels are handicapped by a lack of ar
tillery. The federals have all their |
big guns in action and the bombard- 1
ment has at times been terrible, but
the rebels have Defer wavered, holding
their entrenched positions until the
federal infantry advanced under cover
of the artillery to a point well within
range.
The deadly hail poured, into the ad
vancing columns of government troops
was well directed, but the instant the ,
federals broke they were rallied by
their officers and again advanced only I
to be driven back a second and third ’
tune, finally retiring to Asunsolo, five
miles south.
Four hundred miles south of the Amer
ican border, near Rellanb along the Mex
ican central, a fierce battle is in progress
today between the rebel forces in north
Mexico, under Gen. Pasqual Orosco and
the Mexican federals, commanded by
General Huerta. The battle may prove
to be a turning point of the revolu- j
lion
Late yesterday, the federals attacked.
Since then the firing has been almost
incessant. It is estimated that 3,300 troops
are engaged on each side, and already
scores of deed and wounded dot the high
mesa desert battleground.
REBELS HOLD FIRM.
The advantage early today appeared to
be with the rebels tn that they held
their strongly fortified positions in front
of Rellano. repelling the heavy fire the
federal cavalry and infantry. The gov
ernment has the most artillery. If the
rebels are dislodged, it wilt be because
of the superior commanding of the feder
al force, which alone, in the last two
weeks has been gradually forcing the
rebels a distance of 114 miles north and
away from Torreon, the railroad gateway
of north centra) Mexico.
Torreon originally was the objective
point of the revolutionists In this cam
paign. The scarcity of food and water,
the burning heat and the stifling atmos
phere that spreads over the sandy table
land where the battle rages today make it
seem Impossible for either side to keep
its whole force in the field for many
hours at a time.
BUMPER OAT CROP
FORECAST IN SUMTER
? Yield Will Probably Reach a
Quarter of Million
Bushels
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
AMERICUS. Ga. May 23.—The oat
crop of Sumter county is the finest this
season produced in a number of years,
and. in the opinion of capable Judges,
w ill probably y ield a quarter million
bushels. Sumter is the banner grain
county of south Georgia, and last year
produced an oat crop of 250,000 bush
•Is. The acreage in oats this season
is not as great, perhaps, as last year. I
but the crop is a better one, and the
net yield will be quite as large. The
machines and reapers are busy this
week on the fine farms about Americus, j
an-l vast fields of magnificent oats and
rye alike are being cut down.
On some farms the yield in oats is
as high as 50 bushels per acre, although
tlve general average is 25 to 30 bushels.
Several farmers here are so well
pleased with results in growing grain
that they will almost abandon cotton I
in future, as corn, oats, rye and hay
are produced at such small cost as com
pared with cotton production.
One large fanner in Americus, .who .
operates 30 plows and makes COO bales ,
of cotton annually, declares his Inten
tion of converting his entire farm into
gram fields next year, cutting out cot
ton almost altogether.
840.000 GALLONS OF
WHISKY ARE BURNED
SCHEXLEY, Pa.. May 23 Xaarly
,£40.000 gallons of whisky was destroy
ed in a distillery fire here last night.
.The loss win approximate >BOO,OOO.
S4.BDO.DOD COMBINE
DFGEORGIA COTTON
OIL MILLS FORMED
41 -
Empire Cotton Oil Company Is
Organized and Has Acquired
Twelve of the Largest Cot
ton Seed Mills in State
I A four-million-dollar corporation,
known as the Empire Cotton Oil com
pany, has been organized in Atlanta,
and has acquired 12 of the largest and
most important cotton seed oil mills in
Georgia, the Atlanta Oil pnd Fertilizer
company being among the number. ,
This corporation, which will have Its
central offices in Atlanta, wah promoted
and organized by the Trust Company
of Georgia, and all of the directors and
principal clients of the trust company
are substantially interested in the big
' undertaking. *>. .
The officers of the Empire Cotton Oil
company are Thomas Egleeton, well
1 known Atlanta insurance man. president:
| E. P. Mcßumey. secretary and manager
West View Cemetery association, and
capitalist, vice president and general
manager* L. G. Neal, vice president At
lanta Oil and Fertilizer company, vice
president snd manager fertilizer depart
ment.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Composing the board of directors
are. Charles E. Currier, president At
lanta Xational bank: John E. Murphy,
capitalist; Ernest Woodruff, president
Trust Cctnpany of Georgia; J. N.
Goddard, manager Cofikl.n Tin Plate
and Metal company; L. G. Neal, vice
president Atlanta Oil and Fertilizer
I company; J. M. Diffey. general man
ager Bainbridge Oil company; Mell R.
Wilkinson, secretary Van Winkle Gin
,and Machinery company: C. L. C.
Thomas, manager Madison Cotton Oil
( company; ThomWs Egleston, of the in
; sura nee firm of Egleston & Prescott;
!E. P. Mcßurney, capitalist and secre
| tary and manager West View Feme-
I tery association; J. E. Smith, Jr.,
j president Lawrence Cotton Oil comps-
Iny Dublin, and Edward H. Inman, of
| the cotton firm of Inman. Akers & In
! man.
All of the mills in the big eomblne are
located in Georgia, although it is under
! stood the company may extend its opera
| tions into other southern states. Mills
' already acquired are situated In Atlanta,
j Valdosta. Bainbridge, Madison. Dublin
i and other Georgia cities. Only one of
i the 12—the Atlanta Oil and Fertilizer
i company’s—is in Atlanta. The full list
of the various properties taken over by
the Empire Cotton Oil company has not
I been made public.
84.000,000 CAPITAL.
i The 12 mills, whleh are to form the nu
j deus of the new corporation, and to
which others are to be added as rapidly
as they can be erected and purchased,
now crush 75.000 tons or cotton seed per
annum.
The capital stock of the Empire Cot
ton Oil company is divided into 82,000,-
000 common stopk and $2,000,000 7 per
cent preferred stock. Two million a>nd
five hundred thousand dollars' worth
of this stock, divided equally- between
preferred and common, will be issued
lat once, and it is said that the full
' amount has already been subscribed.
It is said' that the combination of
mills into one large corporation will
greatly reduce expenses of manage
ment This corporation will be well
provided with capital and will, it is
said, begin business with cash on hand
of upwards of $400,900.'
WANT SOUTHERN MUN ON
TICKET WITH ROOSEVELT
Club tor White i Voters Only
Formed to Boom Roose
velt Campaign
The organization of southern white
sentiment supporting Theodore Roose
velt for president was begun In Atlan
ta Thursday morning when a caucus
of about a dozen men assembled at 9
o’clock, in the office of Edward IL
Walker, at 35 Xorth Forsyth street,
elected officers and organized l'ie
Southern Roosevelt Campaign club io
be open to white voters only. The pur
poses of the club are to help split
Georgia and the south for Mr. Roose
velt, in the event of his nomination by
the Republican convention, and to se
cure the name of a southern man for
vice president on the ticket with ' Mr.
Roosevelt.
Edward TF. Walker, candidate for gov
ernor Georgia two years ago. formerly
mayor of College Park, where he now
resides, was elected president of ihe
club. Dr. Horace Grant was elected
treasurer; H. K- Dranke was elected
secretary, and A. G. Moser was elected
asistant treasurer. An executive com
mittee will be chosen later. In the
meantime the canvass for members will
be carried on, and when the time is ripe
for it a general meeting of the mem
bership will be called, precedent to the
opening of headquarters in Atlanta and
the inauguration of other details of
the proposed work. .
DALTON INAUGURATES
CITY CHAIN GANG
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
DALTOX. Ga., May 22.—A chaingang
for the city was esatblished by city
council Monday night. and provisions
for maintaining it were made. The
mayor and council will elect the guards,
whose duties will be to look after
holding the prisoners and report any in.
fraction of the rules. All mirconduct
will be reported to the chief of police,
who shall see personally after the pun
ishment of refactory prisoners.
A recent enactment of the state gen
eral assembly amended the city char
ter, giving Dalton the right to estab
lish and maintain a chaingang, and
I the mayor and council believe that it
I will prove a strong deterrent to crime.
Boy Hobos Hurt
<’By A«Mciat«d Frees.)
HEXDERSONVILLE. X. C., May 22.
—Otto Edney and Ernest Hill, two
Hendersonville boys, aged 15 and 13
years. respectively, were fatally in
jured in a Southern railroad freight
wreck at Xaples, four miles from Hen
dersonville. Tuesday afternoon. The
boys, it is said, were hoboing their way
from Asheville.
mimiM
BFm OHIO.
I HISJME STATE
; Theodore Roosevelt Scores a
I, Sweeping Popular Victory in
Ohio, Assuring Him 32 Out
of 42 Delegates
(By Associated Press.)
’ COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 22.—Xearly
! complete returns from yesterday’s Ohio
j presidential preference primary indi-
I cate that Colonel Roosevelt won 32 of
1 | 42 district delegates to the Republican
’ national convention.
President Taft took 10 district dele
i gates, or slightly' less than a third of
I the total number.
’ On the Democratic ticket. Governor
I Harmon is believed to have won by a
r larger percentage than did Colonel
; Roosevelt. ' Harmon is credited with
35 district delegates as against 7 for
I Woodrow Wilson.
I Although President Taft secured
; only 10 out of the 42 district delegates,
■ the Taft-Roosevelt fight in Ohio is net
I finished. It will be carried into the
I state Republican convention, which on
June 3 will select sig de!egates-at-
> large.
FIGHT XOT ENDED.
Os a total of less than 1,000 dele
gates to the state convention, nearly
i complete returns indicate that Presi
dent Taft has nearly a sufficient num
, ber to control. This may give the
. Taft managers the six delegates-at
large to be named by the state con-
■ vention and probably will make the
president's total 16. just an even third
of the Ohio delegation of 48 members
which will attend the Chicago conven
tion.
Governor Harmon, on the Democratic
ticket, unlike Colonel Roosevelt, will
not be forced to make a further fight,
for delegates-at-large, as the Demo
cratic call specifies that the winner of
the presidential preference primary
shall name his own state-wide dele
gates.
It will be impossible before night to
get an accurate list of totals in the
various districts on the Democratic
presidential preference, but it is clear
i that Governor Harmon has won over
Wilson by a large plurality.
TAFT THIRD IN SPOTS.
Amplified returns in the Republican
contest show that Senator LaFollette
oolled a heavy vote in several counties
and it Is possible that final results will
show that he ran second to Colonel
Roosevelt in a number of counties,
where Mr. Taft dropped down to third
place on the ticket.
The Taft managers declared that this
occurred only in Democratic counties,
where Democrats voted the Republican
ticket. Mr. Bryan and Speaker Champ
Clark, although their names were not
on the ballot, got a small fraction of
the total vote cast.
ANALYSIS OF VOTE.
An attempt to analyze tlie vote early
today from about 70 of the 88 counties
of the state showed that President Taft
will have only 10 of the 42 delegates to
the national convention. He will have
two in each of these districts:
First, Second, Seventh and Thirteenth,
and one delegate from the Third and
one from the Fifteenth. The official
count may show a change in the dis
tricts where the delegates were di
vided between President Taft and Col
onel Roosvelt.
The 32 delegates that have been elect
ed to vote for Roosevelt are from the
following districts:
Fourth. Fifth, Sixth, Eighth. Ninth,
Tenth. Eleventh, Twelfth, Fourteenth,
Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth
Nineteenth, Twentieth and Twenty-first.
He will also have one delegate from
. the Third and Fifteenth.
MORE RETURNS.
Complete returns from 59 of the 88
counties show that Roosevelt carried
45 of them and Taft 14. Os the 59,
Governor Harmon carried the same
number as Colonel Roosevelt; and in
the 14 counties carried by Wilson, Mr.
Taft, on the Republican ticket, failed
to get one of them.
Os the 14 pounties which have so far
reported as carried by President Taft,
one-half of them are Democratic strong
holds, where the Republican ovte lAas
very light.
Senator LaFollette secured heaviest
vote in the Twenty-first congressional
district, where he poled 4.163 votes. In
Fulton county LaFollette secured more
votes than President Taft.
BLIND MEN PROTEST
AGAINST BLIND BEGGARS
)
Petition Is Presented to Macon
Asking That They Be Bar
red from Streets
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.) .
MACON. Ga., May 23.—An amusing pe
tition that will be presented to city
council at their next meeting is that
of the blind men of Macon, who reside
here altogether, asking that other blind
men who traverse the country with a
musical instrument and a tin cup, not
be allowed to operate in Macon.
They declare in their petition that per
sons contributing to these so-called blind
men. encourage them into a life of ,a
vagrant. They aver that these tin cup
and grinding organ men are willing to
lay aside any vestige of self-respect
which many of them had at one time
to use their blindness as a means of
preying upon public sympathy and char
ity to get something for nothing. They
2city instances where the blind operators
■ have been the means of causing great
i trouble in the blind academys of the
i For the past year, all blind vagrants
' have been refused admittance to the local
| Institution for the blind and the author
.’"itiew in charge declare that the school
will never be at their assistance again,
i unless a ban is placed on the professional
I blind men, front bagging in Maconz
j..,The petition will probably be acted on
favorably by council which will mean
1 an end to the begging of tin cup musi
cians who have been found in Macon
: for years.
THOUSANDS APPLY FOR
SHERWOOD PENSIONS
WASHINGTON, May 22.—Thousands
of applications for pension increases
under the recently enacted Sherwood
"dollar-a-day” law are pouring into the
pension office. Commissioner Daven
port estimates that fully 25,000 applica
tions have come to him so far, and
since increases will date from the days
on which applications are received, the
office probably will be flooded for many
days to come. * V
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1912.
mu _ . I
\ ®Vaking the coum-t •
aT ? I fi.
* GEORGIA vM ’
DELEGATION x ?
J
GET OFF THAT GRASS ! / „ ~
B/G EVENTS OF THE DAY
TAFT AND COLONEL
BOASTED TO CRISP
ON SENATE FLOOR
Their Campaign Methods Have
Disgraced American Politics
and Killed Republican Party,
Says Senator Stone
(By A«»»ci»ted Frets.)
WASHINGTON, May 21—Senator
Stone, of Missouri, today carried out
his purpose of addressing the senate on
“The Modern Damon and Pythias, and
Correlated Subjects Pertaining to Cur
rent Politics.”
“Mr. President,”-he began, “any man
having even a meagre knowledge of
ancient lore, riJ recall the story of
Damon and Pythias and the story of
David and Jonathan.
"A few years ago the American peo
ple and the civilized world were given
to understand that here in our dear
country we had a reproduction of these
glorious traditions. We were led to
believe that the combined spirit of Da
mon and Jonathan had come out ’ of
their haven of rest and taken refuge
in the corpus of Theodore Roosevelt,
and that the combined spirits of David
and Pythias had, in like manner, come
to rest on the ample bosom of William
Howard Taft.
. “Thus, in happy conjunction, both pf
these old stories of ancient lore aAd
love were reproduced here in this new,
world of ours for the edification of the
human race.”
Senator Stone said it Jisd been a
case of "two souls with but a single
thought; two hearts that beat as one,”
until “the slimy and poisonous serpent
of ambition crawled across the path
they were walking and divided them.
Both had tasted the bitter-sweet of
power and liked it over much. Both
were tempted and both fell.
“So, instead of peace we have had
war," the senator continued; “war with
knives, and knives to the hilt. As a
consequence of this furious contest, the
country and the have been treat
ed to a series of spectacular vaudeville
stunts in politics without a parallel in
the history of our country, and which
I devoutly hope will not be again re
peated.”
AS TO LA FOLLETTE.
Senator Stone referred to Senator La-
Follett’s participation in the campaign,
and continued:
"Passing over the personal and party
aspects of this miserable squabble, is
it not truly a sad spectacle we are
witnessing? The world-famed Repub
lican leaders have been for months cir
cling the country, abusing each other
like pickpockets, in language akin to
the vernacular of a fish marketer —even
something worse.
"The world outside looks on aghast,
and the press and the reading public of
Europe and of enlightened nations ev
erywhere criticise, cartoon, laugh and
taunt.”
Senator Stone read samples “of the
polite exchanges of compliments”- among
the three Republican candidates. He
said he must grant that President Taft,
“innately a gentleman,” evidently was
reluctant and slow to enter upon "this
ruffian fight.”
Mr. Stone asserted the last word in
"this black chapter of American his
tory” would be written at Chicago. “I
say last chapter,” he added, "because
I cannot believe that after this storm
of strife and exposures the American
electorate will consent to return the
Republican party to power."
He declared the Democratic candi
dates were conducting themselves with
“dignity and a sense of propriety.”
CAPT. SMITH OF TITANIC
BLAMED FOR TRAGEDY
Senate Cerfffifftee Report Con
demns Dead Captain for Not
Heeding Warnings-General
Conditions Also Criticised
(By AMoeisted Freis.)
WASHINGTON, May 23.-The senate
commerce committee today considered the
report on the Titanic disaster, which
will be submitted to the senate next
Tuesday. It will be a sweeping arraign
ment of the conditions under which the
Titanic raced along through the iceberg
area to her doom.
It is understood the report will severe
ly criticise Captain Smith, of the Titanic,
as mainly responsible for the disaster,
because of failure to heed the warnings
of other vessels; the British board of
trade for lax Inspection; J. Bruce Ismay,
who was a passenger, and will point to
the lack of discipline in the time of
MOSEIFLT OHIO IIICTOHI
COMPLETED HOOTS TIFT
But Harmon Lead Over Wilson
Decreases As Late Returns
• Come in
(By Associated Press.)
COLUMBUS. Ohio, May 23.-Scattering
returns from the most distant districts
which have been received within the last
few hours indicate that Colonel Roose
velt’s delegates acquired in Tuesday’s
primaries will not drop below the 32 hith
erto accorded him. Governor Wilson, of
New Jersey, however, has made slight
gains and there is a possibility that
Governor Harmon's delegates will not to
tal more than 27.
HARMON LEAD DECREASES.
A count of the Democratic preferential
vote, with seven counties only partly
complete, give Governor Wilson 10,137
votes and Governor Harmon 23,225, a plu
rality to the Ohio governor of 13,091.
While the seven counties. It is thought,
may reduce Harmon’s plurality slight
ly, no important change in these figures
Is expected.
LOSES HOME COUNTY.
The governor lost his home county,
Hamilton, in the first district, by a
close race, but suffered no loss of dele
gates there, In as much as his oppo- ■
nent had no candidates for delegates. ,
On the basis of. tabulations of delegates •
to the Republican state convention. Colo- '
nel Roosevelt apparently has 387 out of :
754, while 378 are necessary to control. ;
The county conventions to which dele-1
gates were elected Tuesday and at which I
al! but 23 counties will name state dele- I
gates, have not yet rnet. but estimates |
in each county accord Colonel Roosevelt 1
an advantage.
TAFT DYING HARD.
Taft supporters do not admit this, how
ever, and intimate that the president
wi'. have enought strength in the state |
convention in June to give him the six i
delegates at large to the Chicago con-1
vention, over which the chief fight in the .
state is to be waged.
Battlefield Is Shifted;
New Jersey Fight Begins
(By Associated Press.)
NEWARK. N. J., May 23.—New Jersey
became the battlefield in national poli
tics today when President Tass and
Theodore Roosevelt moved into the state
to battle for the 28 representatives who
will be sent to the Chicago convention.
Senator La Follette began his campaign
last night.
Mr. Roosevelt opened his engagement
In the northern part of the state and
danger. Captain Lor<), of the Californian,
will figure in the responsibility because
t>f failure to take riecesssry Steps when
near the Titanta whose rocket signals
of distress were seen aboard the Cali
fornian. Congress will be asked t<y re
ward Captain Rostron, of the rescue ship
Carpathia.
A general bill is being drafted by Sen
ator Smith which along with other meas
ures already framed in the senate and
the house, will be considered by the
commerce committee and reduced to con
crete legislation to meet the lessons
drawn from the disaster.
STEVEDORES ON THAMES
WILL STRIKE THURSDAY
LONDON, May 23.—The national ex
ecutive committee of the Transport
Workers’ federation has decided upon
a general strike commencing tonight in
support of the Thames lightermen in
their dispute with their employers and
also to enable the federation to en
deavor to adjust Its own grievances.
STRIKERS ANO POLICE
BATTLING IN BUDAPEST
Two Labor Union Men Killed.
Twenty-Five Police Badly
Wounded
(By Associated Press.)
BUDAPEST. Hungary, May 23.
'Sharp battles between the police and
strikers have been frequent all over the
city throughout the morning. Two strik
ers have been killed and many of the
police and strikers wounded, 25 of the
latter severely.
Practically all the trade unionist
workmen in Budapest with the excep
tion of municipal employes, struck work
this morning as a result of a resolution
passed last night by the socialist union,
which proclaimed a general strike as
a protest against the election of Count
Tisza as speaker of the lower house.
Count Tisza is a strong opponent of
universal suffrage.
The most»serious encounter occurred
lon Outer Wigner street, where the
strikers took possession of a big build
ing, from which they fired at the po
lice with revolvers. After several of
the policemen had been hit with bul-
I lets, the officer in charge ordered the
men to return ...e fire.
Several volleys were fired into the
crowd and two of the strikers were
killed and a dozen wounded.
The strikers in the building, unable
to withstand the sharp reply of the
pqlice, fled.
TENNESSEE TOWN
SWEPT BY FLAMES
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
NASHVILLE, enn.. May 22.—A spe
cial today to the Banner, says:
Half of the business portion of
Ridgeley, in Lake county, was burned
early today, entailing a loss of about
$75,000, partly insured. The firms
suffering are Gazette Publishing com
pany, Knott & Glover, merchants;
Planters banw, Russell Brothers, fur
niture; Russell Livery, Barm Taylor
Drug company.
will reach Trenton tonight. President
Taft will begin his fight in Camden to
night.
Governor Wilson is the only candidate
named on the Democratic primary bal
lots, but he is opposed by a strong
anti-Wilson organisation, which is try
ing to elect “uninstructed’’ delegates.
The primaries are next Tuesday.
NO. 71.
LEADERS GATHER ID
HOLD SECRET CAUCUS
mu™
In Spite of Vigorous Denials
There Was a Gathering of
Delegates in Editor Clark
Howell’s Sanctum Thursday
Notwithstanding vigorous and appa
rently authoritative denials by the At- -•!
lanta Constitution, The Journal’s story
of Tuesday to the effect that within the
week there would be held a secret con
clave of _ nderwood leaders o decide
the fate cf Thomas E. Watson and de
termine upon a' program for the stata
convention has been fully confirmed.
The scheduled caucus was held Thurs
day morning, and. strange to relate, it
took place in the offices of Clark How
ell, editor of the Atlanta Constitutto|L’ ’
who is a candidate for re-election as a
member of the Democratic national com
mittee.
So unexpected and so embarrassing did
The Journal's exposure of their secret
plans prove to the leaders that many of 3
those invited to the caucus failed to put 1
in an appearance, and even the few who
did show up at the scheduled hour held
but a brief conference and decided to ?
try to get together again during the aft- - >
ernoon.
There is no doubt that the biyds were
flushed.
AMONG THOSE PRESENT.
Among those who quietly betook them
selves to the editorial sanctum of Mr.
Howell at 11 o’clock Thursday were J.
Randolph Anderson, representative In
the legislature from Chatham county,
and a candidate for delegate-ht-large
place to the Baltimore convention; H. H.
Dean, of GainesviHe, also a candidate
for one of the delegate-at-large places;
Thomas B. Felder, of Atlanta, another
candidate for one of these places; Pat H. ?
Gambrell, personal representative of I
Charles R. Pendleton, editor of the Ma
con Telegraph, who is in an exceedingly
receptive attitude for similar honors,
and Editor Howell himself, who has
cheerfully undertaken the job of chief
engineer for the Underwood convention.
Other Underwood leaders who "just
happened” In town Thursday we’e
’■Rufe” Hutchens ,of Rome, who manag- .
ed the Underwood campaign and who
will without doubt be a delegate-at
large, and E. S. Ault, of Cedartown, rep- .
resentative of Polk county in the legis
lature.
Some of the chiefs who were expected
to put in an appearance but who liad
not shown up at any of the hotels i?j'
the noon hour Thursday were Cranford J
Wheatley, of Americus, and S. B. Mil
ler, of Columbus, both of wbon) are
aspirants for del«gato-at-large jobs, and
M. A. O'Byrne, of Savannah.
A casual scrutiny of the complexion «
of the caucus reveals the fact that in
the main it is the delegate-at-large Sknf
didates who are planning to control ti 4
convention. Whether they and the Un- S
derwood leaders who are affiliated with
them will permit Watson to be a mem
ber of the delegation without making a • #
fight to keep him off has not yet beun *,
decided. This matter, it is believeJ,. 4
was the principal reason for the secret <
caucus but owing to the < pub- ,'J
licity given their plans these who' met
Thursday morning thought it best to v
adjourn as quickly as possible without
taking any definite action on the prop
osition which is giving them their chief
political concern.
Then, too, it is said the caucus was
postponed in order to afford other lead
ers, who had been delayed in getting to
the city, opportunity to attend and have V 4
a hand in the deliberations.
CANCELLED RESERVATION. '
The Journal’s news stories not only ;
flushed the secret meeting planted for
Tuesday but they have run to cover ths
caucus which certain Underwood leal
ers had arranged to hold in the assem
bly room of the Piedmont hotel on the 3
eve of the state convention.-
Wednesday afternoon when ’ The 3
Journal appeared with a publication to 3
the effect that leading Underwood men
had planned an opposition rally to that
called by Thomas E. Watson, those be
hind the meeting got busy. They call- V
ed up the management of the Piednvt.lt '
hotel and had the reservation cancelled.
mWmcH;
SPANISH FARMS AFLAME
Cuban Revolution Spreads Ter , j
ror-U. S, Marines to Guard ,
American Property
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(By Associated Press.) .«
SANTIAGO, Cuba, May 23.—A body 1
of 700 negroes under the leadership of ‘
General Estenoz je|, fire today to the 9
cane field in the Esperanza, Santa Rosa *•
and Cervantes plantations, owned by
Spaniards.
The rural guards remained inactive. ~'3
as they were unable to control the situ
ation.
MUSCOGEE .WILL HAVE
AGRICULTURAL SHOW
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.) •
COLUMBUS. Ga., May 22.—Columbus
and Muscogee county will have a great '
agricultural and poultry show combined
during the first week in PccembeE. This 1
was definitely determined at a meeting ?
of tbe local poultry association, and C.
M. Jones, representing the corn clubs
for the district, held last evening, when
all plans were mapped out for the com- ' '/a
Jng event. '
It is planned to make the affair one of
the biggest events of the kind ever held O
in this section, and the promoters- of
the combined showtr are quite entbusi
asdic over the present prospects. 'JB
PRESBYTERIANS WILL
NOT ATTACK CATHOLICS
BRISTOL. May 23. —The general assem- 4 ?-
bly of tbe Southern Presbyterian church 9
refused this morning to adopt the major
ity report of its committee on Romanism,
which suggests a plan of attack on
Catholicism among the evangelistic *-B|
churches of the United States and Can- '-4
ada and the establishment of a fund to T
support converts from among the priests. 9
monks and nuns until theyt can learn
"gainful occupations.”
