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“I SHMI STRIVE FOB
BLESSINGS OF PEACE"
"I Believe in Georgia Civiliza
tion and Institutions,” He
Says in Convention Speech
Following Is the .«pee«-h that Go▼.-elect
Jofrn M Slaton delivered Wednesday to
the state Democratic convention by which
he was nominated:
“With devoted loyalty to the platform
which you have adopted, I accept the
Democratic nomination to the governor
ship of Georgia.
Thiavla the time of Democratic har
mo&y. If marts the passage of strife
and division. It eradicates that dissen
sion which has separated our citizens
and. which has entered the communities
of our state, and has esteemed its people
and has exalted factional loyalty above
fidelity to the great principles upon
which our government was founded, and
upoh adherence to' which, its perpetuity
be maintained. Henceforth our
disagreements will be upon measures,
an<f the great citizenry of our state, un
embarrassed by personal bitterness, may
I be retied upon to settle our problems with
a judgment guided alone by a lofty pat
* rtopsm.
believe tn Georgia civilisation and
inaptutlor.s The suggestions of distant
states and alien people arouse apprehen
sion more than confidence. I believe in
constitutions that guarantee the inalien
rights of the weak and the unpopu
' Ur, I beUeve in representative govern
ment as the wisest product of the gen
ius of our forefathers. I trust the people
as the final repository of that power upon
I whose exercise repend their liberties and
prosperity. The government ia for the
people and not the people for the gov
ernment. and every effort of the states
man should be to make the citizen a
sovereign, living Ln the atmosphere of
thatjfre*dom. which alone can make for
his ‘Mghest achievement and develop
ment
“I do not believe in that multiplication
of Jaws which hampers tha energies of
the drtizen. and subjects him to a serf
dom as complete as if dominated by de
spotic authority.
"We now enjoy blesalhga far inr
passfns those of any people upon tne
globe- Every xitizep has the right to
appeal bis cause to the hitheat court
t- ofj.be state, without coot or bond. Jus
tice Js sacred withjn our domain, -aid
’ evarj- man can claiA it aa a matter of
right. We are heirs to that liberty for
which our ancestors fought for a thou
sand years, and. no man can be depriv
ed of Ma. Ute. liberty or property save
by a Jury of his peem, •, ••
"The people of every >t municipality
f and*teouhty ehn control ‘their own af
fair* decide their own interests
and no centralized power can dictate
to them what they shall do. We have
no COBawr. people, but all are nobles
by virtue erf the divine stamp which
makes honesty the patent of nobility.
“I am personally gratified to !«e
your nominee in the year which shall
witness the election of a southern
Democrat and statesman as president
of the United States. For years he
Ewaa S citizen of Georgia and from our
people he chose that helpmeet who
, constitutes the, happiest possession of
any true man. A student of govern
ment, he knows its science and neces
sities. and his sympathies are limited
by no clans or section. Recognizing
’ the eternal principles whose abandon
ment means disaster he speaks the,
message of hope and progress to the
people of thia nation. Realizing that
stwimtion means retrogression. he
S knows the lessons of history, and with
Ms guiding hand, the ship of state
win run on no shoals or sunken rocks.
Everywhere in every state, tn every
business and calling the people ere
looking to Woodrow Wilson to restore
confidence to the citizen in our form
of 'government to meet and solve the
f problems of our civilization. I hone
Georgia may be the banner Democratic
k state of the union, and give him an
inspiration and encouragement in the
successful accomplishment of his great
work.
’** "In conclusion. I wish my adminis
tration to be marked by the blessings
of peace. If the farmer shall have
# lifted Georgia to a higher place in ti e
roll of agricultural states, if the bless
ings of education can be more wide
ly extended: if the workman may find
his burden lightened in a broader hori
zon t>f hope and achievement; if the
business man shall reap a larger re
ward from endeavor and skill: if the
sum total of happiness of the people .»f
my native state be increased my full
fc. est ambition Will bp satisfied."
FLOODS IN ENGLAND
NOT YET ABATED
LONDON. Aug. 28—The cessation of
a month’s rain in most parts of Eng
s’ land has not yet been accompanied by
an abatement of the floods.
Norwich still is cut off from the outer
I world except by telephone. Rescue op
erations are proceeding in that city.
Rail communication has been upset in
fe, many directions.
THE WAY OUT
Change of Food Brought Suc
cess and Happiness
Aq ambitious but delicate girl, after
failing to go through school on account
L of nervousness and hvsteria. found in
Grape-Nuts the only thing that seemed
to build her up and furnish her the peace
of health
“From infancy,” she says. “I have not
been strong. Being ambitious to learn
at any cost I finally got to the High
8c hoc I. but soon had to abandon my
studies on account of nervous prostra
tion and hysteria
"My food did not agree with me. I
grew thin and despondent. I could not
enjoy the •simplest social affair for I
suffered constantly from nervousness in
spite of -all sorts of medicines
“This wretched condition continued un
til I was twenty-five, when I became
Interested in the letters of those who had
cases like mine and who were getting
well by eating Grape-Nuts.
"I had little faith but procured a box
and after the F.rat dish I experienced a
peculiar satisfied feeling that I had nev
er gained from any ordinary food. 1
i.ept and rested better that night and
s la a few days began to grow stronger.
* “1 had a new feeling of peace and rest-
; fulness. In a few weeks, to my great
« Joy. the headaches and nervousness left
me and life became bright and hopeful.
I I resumed my studies and later taught
> ten months with ease—of course using
K Grape-Nuts every day. It is now four
years since I began to use Grape-Nuts. I
am the mistress of a happy home, and
the old weakness has never returned."
. Name given by the Postum Co.. Battle
| Creek. Mich.
“There’s a reason.” Read the little
book. The Road to WeliviUe." in pkgs
Ever read the above letter?
A new one appears from time
to time. They are genuine,
true, and full of human inter
est
GREAT BRITAIN WILL
APPEAL CANAL BILL
Note Received by State De
partment at Washington
Through Mitchell Innes
rßy Associated Pr«ss )
WASHINGTON. Aug. 28—Great Brit
ain has reaffirmed its protest against
the Panama canal bill, tn a note filed
today wl.’h the state department by A.
Mitchell Inness, charge of the British
embassy. It was stated that if a satis
factory agreement could not be reached
Great Britain would appeal to The
Hague tribunal for arbitration. •
The note submitted today says Great
Britain will give careful consideration
to both tha bill and the message Presi
dent Taft sent to congress relating to
discrimination in favor of American
coastwise shipping in the canal. If aft
er due consideration it is found that
no satsfactory agreement can be reach
ed in the matter Great Britain declares
it will be necessary to appeal to arbi
tration.
Mr. Innes was instructed by his gov
ernment to file the protest and he sent it
to the state department today. It stated
merely that Great Britain still stands in
her previously explained attitude in re
gard to the Panama canal bill. The tone
of the protest makes it appear that
Great Britain believes it will be nec
essary to submit the question to arbitra
tion.
WHERE U. S. STANDS.
Mr. Innes, who has been acting as
charge of the embassy during the ab
sence of Ambassador Bryce, came to
Washington recently from the summer
headquarters of the British embassy in
Maine, to remain diring the discussion
in congress of the bill, and to file for
his government the protest against it.
He expects to return today to Maine.
One state department official today de
clared he did not believe Great Britain
had a case to carry before The Hague
tribunal. ♦’
Senators Root. I-odge and other sena
tors went on record as declaring that the
United States would certainly lose should
the case be yeferred to The Hague.
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CRUEL BAY STATE LAW
DELAYS SAILOR’S WEDDING
BOSTON, Aug. 28.—When darknesh fell
last night Steward Leo F. McCready,
of the steamer A. W. Perry, twice pre
vented from marrying Miss Katherine
Marks, of Miami. Fla, hid a marriage
license in his pocket, but was still a
single man. This was because of the
law adopted this year which requires
that five days must elapse after the
issuance of the license before the par
ties can marry, regardless of whether
they are residents.
McCready's steamer arrived from Hal
ifax early this morning. Miss Marks
reached here from New York about the
same time, accompanied by Mrs. Marks,
her mother, and Miss Lena Shields, who
was to have acted as bridesmaid and
who may yet have that honor.
They endeavored to get the court’s
permission to • have the ceremony per
formed at once, the law leaving the
suspension of the five day clause to the
discretion of the justice, but failed. Then
they went to a north end church to
have the ceremony performed and failed
there, too.
CHARLES D. HILLES
ISSUES STATEMENT
(By AzzocUud Press)
NEW YORK. Aug. 28.—Charles D.
Hilles, chairman of the national Re
publican party, Issued a statement to
day covering the alleged agreement be
tween Taft representatives and William
Flinn, representing Colonel Roosevelt in
Petiniylvania ftor withdrawal of the
Roosevelt electors from the Republican
ticket and the substitution jf Taft elec
tors in their places. Flihn ffrst must
obtain signatures of a petition naming
Roosevelt electors on a Washington
ticket, according to the reputed agree
ment. As the state law requires 3 per
cent of the total vote. It is estimated
that it would take nearly the whole
month of September to prepare the pe
titions.
“We have taken no action on Mr..
Flynn’s prqposal,” said Mr. Hilles, “and
will wait for him to carry out his
plan.”
MONTGOMERY POLICE
ARE ALSO INVESTIGATED
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Aug. 28.—In
vestigation of charges that Montgomery
policemen and deputy sheriffs have
failed to do their duty was started by
the Business Men's league Monday
! eventhg when a secret conference be
tween members of the organization and
the city- commission was held.
Newspaper men were barred from the
meeting and no result of the conference
was made public. It is understool the
police department was criticised and
that certain deputy f sheriffs came in
for discussion as to their fitness for the
positions they .hold. Newepaper men
gathered at the meting, but were asked
to withdraw by Vice President F. C.
Rai ter, who served as chairman of the
meeting in the absence of President
E. J. Meyer.
■■■ I 1—
Trailed Him by Pennies
(Special Dispatch so The Journal.)
NEW YORK. Aug. 28—Albert De
tesao, 28. a Colored elevator operator,
of No. 8 West 186th street, was arrest
ed yesterday by Detectives Trayer and
Hannigan, of the St. Nicholas avenue
station, arraigned before Magistrate
Cornell in the Harlem court, charged
with burglary, and held for examina
tion today. The prisoner was traced
by his trying to dispose of 600 new
Lincoln pennies, which were included
ni the loot from the apartments ot
Adolf Thomas and K. K. Byrd, both
lawyers, living at the oMnteray apart
ments, at No. 41 Pinehurst avenue.
Between August 4 and 19. from th«
Thomas apartment, the pennies, a gold
watch belonging to Mrs. Thomas and
some foreign coins were stolen. From
the Byrd spare m ent a gold locket and
chain and a silver purse with a sap
phire chain were taken.
The detectives found that Detoaso
had pair for his lunch at a restaurant
on St. Nicholas avenue with 50 of the
stolen pennies, and that he had de
posited the remaining 450 in the Chel
sea National bank. When his room
was searched the purse was found
without the chain.
CECIL LYON LEAVES”
FOR NEW YORK CITY
(Bt Associated Press.)
' CHICAGO, Aug. 28.—Cecil Lyon, of
Texas, was in Chicago today, en route
east, where he will take charge of Colo
nel Roosevelts special caxupalgn.
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. ATLANTA. GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1912.
PROGRESSIVES OF ALL PARTIES
SHOULD SUPPORT GOV. WILSON,
DECLARES BRANDEIS OF BOSTON
BT BA.X.PBL IWM.
SEAGIRT. N. J, Aug. 28. —Hlmselt
an expert stenographer. Gov. Woodrow
Wilson sympathizes with shorthand
writers, ana that Is one of the reasons
why he objects to dictation of his
speeches in advance.
The governor has prepared a two
thousand-word synopsis of the speech
that he will deliver at Williams Qrove,
Pa... tomorrow, but he is not pleased
with the effort. /
“You will see by reading this spe»eh
that I cannot prepare one in advance,’’
he said today. “I have to have an au
dience and the warmth that comes as 1
go along with my speech. I can’t take
a helpless stenographer and talk to
him. It is Hke cruelty to animals. ’
Governor Wilson added that his
speech would deal largely with the re
lation of the farmer to the govern
ment, centering around the tariff.
He will leave Seagirt for Williams
Grove this afternoon, spending ihe
night in Philadelphia. He expects to
attend the Monmouth county fair upon
his return here on Friday, and on Sat
urday evening will leave for Buffalo,
N. Y., where he will make a speech on
Labor day.
Louis D. Brandeis, the Boston lawyer,
lunched at the Little White House to
day. Although he has been a lifelong
Republican and a progressive, he has
decided to support Governor Wilson.
The governor also expected to re
ceive a delegation of Italians from
Newark during the afternoon. It will
afford him an opportunity to set him
self right on the immigration question.
Mr. Brandeis. in discussing his reason
for supporting Wilson, said:
“Progressives, irrespective of party as-
Jail Breaker Is
Conscience -Stricken
At, Leaving Jail
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MONTGOMERY, Ala.. Aug. 28.—J.
Monroe Laxnmons, former superintend
ent of education of Geneva county, who
was arrested in Baltimore Monday aft
er having jscaped from the Montgom
ery county jail where he was awaiting
trial for embezzlement, will be brought
to this city at once and Sheriff Hood
will not again allow him the privileges
of a trusty.
Deputy Sheriff W. C. Frizzle left Mont
gomery tor Baltimore Tuesday morning.
He carried requisition papers and al
though Lammons agreed to come with
out papers the sheriffs department will
take no chances. Press dispatches quote
Lammons as saying that he was sorry
that he had escaped. His conscience
worried him a great deal before he was
rearrested,* he stated, and his betrayal
of the confidence placed in Mm by the
jailer has bothers the former education
al superintendent.
Lammons was arrested in front of
Hotel Caswell, in Baltimore, Monday
afternoon and was locked up. He ad
mitted his identity and agreed to re
turn without requisition.
“I deserve all the punishment I can
get," Lammons is quoted as saying,
“breaking jail was worse than taking
the money, for I betrayed the confidence
placed in ma by the jailer, who has
been a life-long friend of mine.”
CONVENTION RATIFIES
HUIE’S NOMINATION
The nomination of G. M. Huie, of Clay
ton county, as a Member of the upper
branch of the general assembly of Geor
gia from the Thirty-fifth district, was
ratified by the district convention, which
met at the Kimball hotel on Monday.
Mr. Huie succeeds John M. Slaton, the
Democratic nominee for governor.
Robert F. Maddox presided at the meet
ing and D. F. McClatchey acted as secre
tary.
Mr. Maddox's speech, on being elected
permanent chairman of the meeting, was
largely upon the prosperous outlook for
the commercial south.
He declared that the Democracy of the
state had never been more united than
it is at present and paid a tribute to the
gentlem&n whom Mr. Huie succeeds In
the state senate.
Before the nomination of Mr. Huie was
ratified, Mr. Maddox referred enthusias
tically to the record he has made in the
legislature.
The convention also selected the fol
lowing executive committee: R. F. Mad
dox, Reuben Arnold, Byron Huie, J. T.
Wright. Claude Mason, Joseph Power,
E. P. Dobbs, D. F. McClatchey, W. C.
Green. Mr. Maddox was named chair
man of the committee.
At the (dose of the business session
of the committee, the members were en
tertained at a luncheon by,the new sen
ator.
NEW ORLEANS WILL TRY
THE COMMISSION FORM
(By Associated Press.)
NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 28.—Eanly
indications of the outcome of a spe
cial election being held here today to
determine whether i New Orleans, will
have a commission form of govern
ment were that the proposition would
receive an overwhelming majority,
both of two factions in municipal pol
itics apparently being almost solidly
supporting it.
The measure being voted upon pro
vides for a mayor and four commis
sioners who will constitute the com
mission council and embodies the right
of initiative and referendum.
OYSTER CROP WILL BE
THE BEST IN YEARS
(By Associated Brest.)
WILMINGTON. Del., Aug. 27.—The
fan's oyster crop on the Delaware and
Maryland coasts will be one of the larg
est of the last 50 years. Th» rivers were
frozen, up for seven weeks last winter
and those who have looked over the beds
report that there has been a .marvelous
growth and that the bivalves are in fine
condition for the market. The season
opens September 1.
POST OFFICE AT ST. ELMO
BROKEN AND ROBBED
(By AModated Prezs.)
CHATANOOGA. Tenn., Aug. 28.
The postofffee at St Elmo, a suburb of
Chattanooga, was broken into and rob
bed last night for the second time in
the past week. A sack of mail was
all the robbers secured.
The Head of the House _
Everybody’* Magutoe.
Smith and Jonee were diacuMinz the question
of whom should be bead of the bouse—the man
or the woman.
“I am the head of my establishment,'' said
Jones. "I am the bread-winner. Why
aboulda’t I be?”
“Well,” replied Smith, “before my wife adn
I were married we made an agreement that
I ahould make the rulings in all major things,
my wife la all the minor.”
“How has it worked?” queried Jones.
Smith smiled. “Bo far,” be replied, ”no
major matters have come an,"
filiations, should, in my opinion, support
Woodrow Wilson for the presidency;
should support him fully, actively and
enthusiastically, for he possesses in a
high degree the qualities of an effective,
progressive leader.
“Wilson is thoroughly Democratic in
spirit; he recognizes that all of the peo
ple are entitled to equal opportunities
and appreciates that the development of
all of the people is essential to the at
tainment of American ideals; he under
stands the dangers Incident to the con
trol by a few of. our industries and
finance. He sees that true Democracy
and social justice axe unattainable un
less this power of the few be curbed,
and our Democracy become industrial
as well as political. He can meet the
demands properly made upon a present
day executive, to be able to lead in
constructive statesmanship as well as to
administer efficiently, for Wilson’s char
acter, intellectual power and previous
training fit him peculiarly to take an
important part in progressive legislation.
He is courageous and frank, able and
firm and always open-minded—qualities
indispensable to safe leadership.
"Progressives should support Wilson not
only hi order to secure his election, but
in order to enable him after election
to carry out those progressive policies
which he has so much at heart; his
nomination ranks among the most en
couraging events in American history.
Under the masterful and masterly leader
ship of Colonel Bryan the ideals of
American Democracy triumphed over the
reactionaries and their money-bags; the
will of the people prevailed over the
devices of the machine.”
Revenue Officers
In Bloody Battle
With Moonshiners
(By Associated Press.)
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 28.—W. H.
Tyler, special employe of the internal
revenue department returned today
from Putnam county, bringing news of
a fight with moonshiners early yes
terday morning near Silver Point Hil
ary Masters, a member ■’ At th* posse,
was badly wounded. One moonshiher
is said to have been wounded, but es
caped by iumpirig a deep ravine.
The moonshiners, it is said, opened
fire on the officers with shotguns and
the latter replied with pistols. A large
plant was seized and three alleged op
erators arrested.
Here's One Woman Who
Knows Her Full Rights
Here is the case of one Georgia woman
who knows her full rights ana is going
to get them despite curt clerks and
everybody else. She lives in Savannah,
at that, where woman suffrage is not
supposed to have gripped the commu
nity.
Wednesday morning Secretary of State
Phil Cqok received, a text er from Miss
Sallie Roberts, a public stenographer in
Savannah, who declares that she often
loses notarial fees because her clients
have to go elsewhere when their docu
ments are written.
“While the legislature was in session,"
she wrote, "I understood that a bill had
been passed permitting the appointment
of ladies as notaries, and am writing to
ask if this has now become a law and if
so that you be good enough to acquaint
me with the proper steps to take to se
cure the appointment. I applied to the
clerk here and was curtly advised that
he had never been officially notified re
garding the mAtter, and if you will be
good enough to see that he is promptly
‘officially advised’ I wifi appreciate it,
and also furnish me with such informa
tion as may be necessary.”
Capt. R. F. Johnson, Chief clerk, looked
up the records and found that on Aug
ust 19 last Governor Brown approved a
law passed by the legislature, where it
had been introduced by‘ Representative
Stubbs, pf Putnam, ‘‘enabling females to
hold the office of notary public in Geor
gia.”
Miss Roberts is going to be advised
that the law is right there in black and
white on the books, and she will later
have the satisfaction of asking that
"curt clerk” for her appointment.
B. S. SCREVEN DIES
IN PORTLAND, ORE.
SAVANNAH, Ga., Aug. 28.—Tele
grams have been received in Savannah
announcing the death at Portland, Ore.,
of B. S. Screven. The message stated
that Mr. Screven had bten killed in a
street car accident, but no further par
ticulars were given. HC is surviveo
by his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Proctor
W. Screven, of Atlanta. and three
brothers and tfhree sisters in that city.
The parents of Mr. Screven reside at
65 Bedford place. No further details
of the accident have ui> to a late hour
been received by them. He left At
lanta over a year ago and had not been
back since. He was 36 years of ige.
The family is making arrangements
to have the body brought here for in
terment.
C. J. ZELLNER DIES
AT dOME IN FORSYTH
Mr. C. J. Zellner, formerly of At
lanta, though more recently of For
ay th, Ga., died early Wednesday morn
ing at his home, following an illness of
several months. He was apparently In
as good health as at any time during
the past six weeks and his death came
as great shock to his many friends and
relatives.
Until the middle of this year Mr.
Zellner was a resident of Atlanta, be
ing prominently connected with a large
manufacturing house. He resigned his
position some five months ago, owing to
ill health, and returned to his former
home at Forsyth, Ga., where he was a
large landowner.
The funeral services will be conduct
ed from his home at ForSyth some time
Thursday.
POSSE OF 1,000 MEN
ON TRAIL OF NEGRO
(By Associated Press.)
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn., Aug. 27.—News
from ColTlnsvuTe this morning reports
that the force of nearly 1,000 men armed
with all descriptions of firearms is still
pursding the negro burglar who shot
and wounded Oliver. and Charles Hall,
who disrovered him in a store at Collins
ville. Fresh bloodhounds were sent from
Chattanooga early this morning and they
are following the negro’s trail
the mountain, near Branch, on the
Southern railway. A report that the
elder Murphy, member of the who
was wounded yesterday, was dead, has
been received but lacks confirmation.
A
QUESTIONABLE DEALS
FOII CONVENTION VOTES
Blalock-Price Combination Is
Charged-Brown Accused of
Selling Patronage
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
(BY HARLLEE BRANCH.)
MACON, Ga., Aug. 28.—1 n times past
various and sundry performances have
been pulled off at Georgia state conven
tions, but it remained for the 1912 con
vention to witness what is perhaps the
most interesting, not to say, disgraceful
maneuvering of all these gatherings of
modern years.
The race for commissioner of agricul
ture, which the primary failed to decide
as between J. J. Brown, of Bowman; J.
D. Price, of Farmington, and A. O.
Blalock, of Fayetteville, provides the set
ting for this most remarkable political
situation.
According to comon report Blalock and
Price several days ago effected a combi
nation of interests. Under this arrange
ment, Blalock was to deliver to Price all
of the votes from counties he carried in
the primary, or at least, so many of
them as he could control. In return,
Price agreed to appoint an assistant
commissioner of agriculture acceptable to
Blalock.
The real political jugglery in this con
tst, however, has been sprung by Brown
and his friends. He not only made his
race for commissioner of agriculture as
the lieutenant and right bower of Thorn
es E. Watson, out there seems to be
little doubt that he has lined up behind
him In a solid phalanx many of the fer
tilizer manufacturing interests in Geor
gia. In addition to these questionable
influences in his behalf the report is
current that Brown is being made the
beneficiary of the patronage from the
office of the comissioner of agriculture.
It was openly stated in the caucuses
in the Laniet hotel Tuesday evening that
J. J. Cpnner, present commissioner of
agriculture, had been brought to Macon
by Brown and his fertilizer friends for
the purpose of trading oil and fertilizer
Inspectorships for Brown votes in the
convention. Under the recent laws enact
ed by the state legislature relative to
these inspectors it is left with the com
missioner of agriculture to make appoint
ments to these places at his pleasure.
There are something like a hundred of
these jobs to be given out by the com
missioner. It is claimed that Commis
sioner Conner hopes to be assistant com
missioner of agriculture in the event of
Brown's election, and for thia reason he
is willing to make appointments that will
result in votes for Brown.
Commissioner Conner was informed late
Tuesday evening of the reports concern
ing himself and these appointments. He
denied them, declaring that there was not
a scintilla of truth in the charges that
he was bartering the appointments of
his office. He said that he was not
taking any active interest in the candi
dacy of either of the gentlemen seeking
the office of commissioner of agriculture,
and that he had not promised a single
appointment based on expected support
for either of the candidates. Notwith
standing Mr. Conner's denial, it was a
subject of common gossip that he was
in Macon for the purpose of aiding Brown
in hia contest.
Whether the support of Watson, the
active influence of the fertilizer manu
facturers and the patronage of the com
missioner of agriculture can land the
plum for Brown remains to be demon
strated by the action of the convention.
The combination between Blalock and
Price has apparently assumed formidable
proportions, and it was an even bet
Tuesday evening that Price would win
out z
CHINESE BRIGANDS
ATTACK MOVING TRAIN
(By Aicooisted Press.)
HONG KONG, Aug. 27.-Several hun
dred Chinese brigands today attacked a
moving train at Fayuen on the line from
Canton to Hankow. The engineer in spite
of a hall of bullets, refused to put on
the brakes. Several of the trainmen and
passengers w«r/ wounded and the cars
considerably damaged. When the train
reached the market town of Ngwo, it
was found impossible to proceed farther,
as the rails had been torn up. The town
itself had been completely acked by the
brlgandh, many of whom were dis
charged soldiers. They are increasing in
numbers and temerity daily. There is
much alarm among the village and coun
try populations and troops have been
hurriedly dispatched to the scene from
Canton.
SENATOR FALL STARTS
MEXICANJNV£STIGATION
(By Aaaocisted Press.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 —Senator Fall
today left for El Paso, Tex., to begin on
behalf of the senate committee appoint
ed to Investigate whether American inter
ests had been fomenting revolutions in
Mexico or Cuba a preliminary investiga
tion there into the Mexican revolution.
The senator will spend three days in
El Paso and then interview Mexican
refugees in Los Angeles. Senator Wil
liam Alden Smith, chairman of the com
mittee, may join Senator Fall in Los
Angeles and make some investigations
along the Mexican border.
WARSHIPS SENT TO
ISLAND OF SAMOS
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON. Aug. 27.—Warships are to
be sent to the Island of Samos by both
Great Britain and France to prevent the
landing of filibusters from Crete. ,
Reports have been circulated that par
ties of Cretans were organizing an
armed expedition to Samos to attempt to
seize it, depose the prince and annex the
island to Greece.
REBELS IN MEXICO”
ON WARPATH AGAIN
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.—Increased
activity of rebel bands on the Mexi
can border is creating a grave situa
tion on the American side of the line
The war department 13 prepared to
send troops from the Pacific division
if they are required.
He Needed Proof
Newark News.
It was after 10 o’clock at night and
the jury had just been discharged.
A stout Juryman came over to the
reporter’s table. He had a worried look.
"You’re an Evening News man. aren’t
you?”
"Yes."
“Are you going to report this case?”
“Yes.”
“For tomorrow’s paper?”
“Yes.”
"Would you mind putting in a line
saying that the jury was out until 10
o’clock?"
“I’ll mention it. if you wish.”
“I certainly hope you will. You have
no idea how much I want you to. You’re
a young man and probably you’re not
married yet. but some day you’ll have
a wife, and then you’ll understand.”
Havana Reporter Who
Assaulted an American
Has Been Set Free
HAVANA, Aug. 28.—Release has been
granted to Enrique Maza, the reporter
who assaulted the United States charge
d’affairs last night. This was done in
spite of the official request that he
should be held. A vigorous protest has
been made to the Cuban government by
Mr. Gibson, the American charge
Ths prisoner in court admitted the as
sault, declaring that hs was over
whelmed by patriotic fury when Mr.
Gibson insisted on the government's pay
ment of the claim of $557,000 made by
Hugh Reilly, the American contractor.
. Secretary of Justice Menocal this after
noon informed Mr. Gibson that he had
taken steps to have the charges against
Maza laid before the prosecuting attor
ney. It is expected Maza will present
himself today before the police judge
when he will be held to await further
proceedings. An American charge was
hurt four years ago but his assailant
went unpunished.
SAYS POLICE SHE SOUGHT
FOR SAFETY ATTACKED HER
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 28.—As the re
sult of the story told by Miss Margaret
Collins of No. 5851 Wakefield street, in
which she charges that two policemen,
Henry Kuhn, a member of the force for
10 years, and Joseph O’Leary, a recruit,
whose wife Is now abroad, made an at
tack upon htar. both men after being
identified at the Germantown police sta
tion by Miss Collins, have been suspend
ed pending further examination.
"I was returning from the home of a
friend Saturday night.” said Miss Col
lins, "and when I neared the Wissahick
on avenue bridge, 1 saw two policemen
standing under a dark arch. I crossed
over, feeling I would be more secure on
their side. Just as I passed Leary
seized me about the waist, while the
other officer, Kuhn, put his hand over
my mouth.
“I fought as hard as I could, and ss
I tore myself free from them I felt tn
Lewy’s pocket and pulled out his revol
ver. Then I aimed it at them. As soon
as I did this both men dropped me and
drew back. They cursed me and said
that if I exposed them they would kill
me.”
When the men could not explain how
Miss Collins had come into the posses
sion of Leary’s revolver, the superin
tendent decided to suspend both men,
and make them stand trial.
COURT WOULDN’T ACCEPT
PLEA, SO HE BROKE JAIL
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Aug. 27.—J. M.
Lammons, former superintendent of edu
cation of Geneva county, who escaped
from the Montgomery county jail August
19, while awaiting trial for embezzling
SII,OOO from the state, was arrested in
Baltimore Monday morning and will ba
brought to Montgomery immediately.
Baltimore officers will get SIOO reward
which was offered by Sheriff Hood. Lem
mons was a trusty at the jail and when
the court refused to accept his plea of
guilty with a minimum sentence attached,
ne packed his grip and left Montgomery
In an automobile.
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(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
INDIAN SPRING, Ga.. Aug. 28.—A
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son and Indian Spring with about 15
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Inspector of Forts
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