Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, May 24, 1912, Image 1
fSTlje Olanta Id jj Imtrmd 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 - -- (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.”