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THE WEATHER. Showers tonight or tomorrow. Temperatures: 8 a. m., 69 degrees; 10 a. m., 72 degrees; 12 noon, 75 de grees; 2 p. m., 78 degrees. VOL. X. XO. 238. MHS.GRACE INDICTED; SAYS SHE IS GLAD Grand Jury, by Almost Unan imous Vote, Holds Her for Shooting Husband. COUNSEL FOR DEFENSE DEMAND A QUICK TRIAL I Mother of Grace Is Not Called, and Neighbors and Police Are Chief Witnesses. Mrs. Daisy Grace was indicted by the grand jury this afternoon on the charge of attempting to murder her husband. Eugene H. Grace, and will probably face trial at the July term of the supe rior court. At the latest, her trial will be before September 1. if her attor neys ask for an immediate trial. The new jury, of which Major R. J. Guinn is foreman, considered the case for two hours and 40 minutes, most of the. time being taken up by the exami nation of witnesses. All except one or two corroborative witnesses were called and each was examined thoroughly. “I’m Glad of It,’’ Says Mrs, Grace. • Mrs. Grace was told the news of her indictment by a reporter for The Geor gian five minutes after the jury’s ac tion. She received the news with ap parent Joy. "I’m glad of it; I'm glad of it; I’m so glad," she repeated. Her next question was about her husband. "Did they bring out anything about Mr. Grace’s condition?” she asked. As the grand jury investigation was secret the reporter could not answer the ques tion. Mrs. Grace expressed her hope of an early trial. She said she had been im patient for some definite action by the grand jury. The news that it had found a true bill did not seem to sur prisp her. Will Make Bond As Soon As Possible. Mrs Grace’s bond will be made as soon as the amount is assessed by the officials. This was announced by At torney J. A. Branch, when he was told of his client’s indictment. “The offense charged is bailable, and we will make the necessary security when the amount is fixed,” he said. “We desire as early a trial as possi ble." he added, "and will endeavor to have it set before June 1.” A consultation of Mrs. Grace’s law yers will be held this afternoon, when the return of the true bill will be dis cussed and plans for future procedure decided upon. Dr. W. S. Goldsmith First to Testify. Dr. W. S. Goldsmith, who attended Eugene Grace at St. Josephs infirmary after he had been carried there from his Eleventh street home, was the first witness called before the grand jury. He testified as to the nature of Grace’s wounds and the conversation which oc curred between the wounded husband and the accused wife upon their meet ing in the infirmary the night following the tragedy. Dr Goldsmith exhibited to the jury the nightshirt which Grace wore when he was shot, showing the bullet hole with powder burns and blood stains. Officer R. A. Wood followed Dr. Goldsmith, and told the jury of his breaking into the house to reach Grace after the wounded man had tele phoned the alarm to the police station. He also testified as to the position he found the wounded man in when he er ,r.:. r o’ the chamber of the tragedy. To corroborate this testimony. Policeman James Dorsett was called, and also told how the blood had dried on the bed sheets and pillow slips. Neighbor and Officers Give Testimony. John S. Owens, a neighbor of the Graces, was the fourth witness, and gave testimony merely corroborative of that of the police, as Mr. Owens en tered the house immediately after the officers broke In. Chief Newport A. l.anford. of the clt' detectives, was called next, and told of his conversation with the ac cu-ed woman after her arrest. James Deval, another member of the Atlanta detective force, followed his chief, and exhibited the bed clothes which he took from the Grace home immediately aft er fftp wounded husband had been re moved to the hospital. The Graces’ negro servants, J. and Martha Ruffin, were questioned closely concerning the actions of Mrs. Grace on the morning of the shooting and of her Continued on Page Three. The Atlanta Georgian MACONAWAR GAMP US BIG REUNION OPENS Old Age and Youth Mingle at the Central City for An nual Festivities. DAYS OF '6l RECALLED BY GRIZZLED VETERANS Confederate Flag Raised Over Tented City—Pretty Girls There by Hundreds. By THOMAS B. SHERMAN. MACON, GA.. May 6.—The old and the young, the fresh and the faded, the sublime and the ridiculous, the beauti ful and the plain are blended in strange contract throughout the city, as the great Confederate reunion opens. At corners and in front of the hotels men of gray hair and wrinkled brow meet and speak, sometimes it is a mere exchange of courtesy, then again they will hark back to the old days. Pres ently a lad of ten or twelve will come up and place his fragile hand into that of the vet. For this once the beauty and graciousness of Macon’s woman hood is out with lavish smile and cor dial manner. Against the sprinkling of gray in all the streets there marches every now and then a youthful militia man in the regulation United States khaki. Every home, every business place is decorated. The stars and bars wave at passersby from piazzas, from upstairs windows, from the hats of civilians, from the shoulders of some tattered soldiers. Out at Camp Gordon a huge Confederate flag swings to the breeze. In the presence of thousands it was raised yesterday afternoon and the hand that pulled the rope was that of a son of Massachusetts. Fakers On Hand With Their Noises. From the extremes of the city where the soldiers are already beginning to assemble a bugle call clear and sweet comes at intervals and is answered by the hoarse rattle of a drum. Against this in all its garish modernity is the tiny piping sound of an oboe coming from the tents of “Boscoe, the snake eater,” and the "two-headed baby.” but from the topmost point of Coleman Hill to Review' park, around which are flanked the stands of lemonade venders, a scene of bustle and hurry presents itself. With each passing hour the crowds grow. Already there are 25,000 persons in excess of the normal popu lation in the city and before Wednesday 100,000 will be within the city’s bounda ries. It all means that special trains and extra coaches on every regular train from every section of the South are pouring thousands of visitors into Macon today for the twenty-second an nua! reunion of the United Confederate Veterans and the annual gatherings of the kindred organizations, the United Sons of Confederate Veterans and the 1 Confederate Memorial association. Grizzled old veterans who fought for the South for four long years in the sixties—this one minus a leg. that one an arm. this one bent with age, that one crippled from an’ old wound—are here to revive and perpetuate the mem ories of their war days. Knots of the old soldiers are gathered in every ho tel lobby, on the street corners, in the veterans’ camp, and at other public places, retelling their experiences of half a century ago. Tattered old battle flags are unfurled, and the old soldiers point with pride to the bullet holes in them. They tell of how the flags were carried over the ramparts at First and Second Manas sas, through the Wilderness, at Pe tersburg, up Lookout mountain, on Chickamauga, through Georgia to At lanta. in the Mississippi campaign and the Red river country. And with tear dimmed eyes they earess the old ban ners as they recount the last days at Appomattix. South’s Prettiest Girls All There. Rut the old veterans are not the only ones in Macon. Thousands of the pret tiest girls of the South, named as sponsors and maids of honor, are com ing in for the social festivities inci dent to reunion week. They are at-, traded by the parade, balls and other affairs in which they will play conspic- j nous parts. In Central city park is a vivid re minder of war days. Hundreds of tents have been pitched here, and the old veterans not able to get accommoda tions in hotels-boarding houses or pri vate homes will live in camp during the week. The ca,mp was opened and Continued on Page Three. Read For Profit —GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results [EVERYBODY’S WEARING A TAG TODAY| // wJt* ■ Xu /kA _ & - \ '. .Wk-.-, . XJI" '/Jr / ) \v i ¥.a iv/ \W* Y®?/ V I H 4 -■■ S‘ l \ v.. .--n Sheltering Arms Will Have Bushel of Goin Before Cam paign Closes Tonight. Atlanta women and girls were out to aid the little children of the Sheltering Arms, and however much they disliked the idea of tagging strangers on the streets when they first started, they soon forgot it. Everybody entered into the spirit of the ds.y and willingly handed out a coin large or small, for the tiny piece of pasteboard and the gracious word of thanks that it pur chased. Automobiles were stopped in the street and large streamers with “Tag Day" printed across them were tied on the hoods. Whenever a street car stopped to let off passengers tj)? same story was repeated, and men and wom en leaned out of the windows and bought tags from groups of excited girls who braved the dangers of pass ing bicycles and automobiles. How much the tag sales will bring it can not be estimated until all the com mittees get together and count their individual gains. The sales are being carried on in 'West End, out in Inman Park and at every corner and gathering place throughout Atlanta. WOMAN LEAPS FROM WINDOW OF HOTEL TO ESCAPE FROM POLICE Mrs. Senie Hayes, proprietor of a hotel | at 46% West Hunter street, escaped from the police by jumping from a second story window in the hotel, while she was in her mom alone on the pretext of dressing to accompany the officers. The woman was evidently unhurt, as no trace of her could be found when her escape was discovered and a search made. She is still at large. Her leap followed a raid on the hotel by officers Baker and Bone. When was tahen into custody, she requested that she be allowed to go into her room and don her street attire before being taken to police station. The officers con sented. When they had given her what they supposed to be ample time to dress, the officers knocked on the door. 'There was no response. Investigation revealed the woman s absence and an open window. \V. B. Hayes, husband 'of the missing woman; E. Sherman, a clerk, and a young woman giving her name as Annie I. Smith, of Jacksonville. taken into custody. UNIVERSITY CLUB TO ELECT SLATON HEAD The annual meeting and election of of ficers of the University club will take place tonight at 8:30 o'clock m the. club house in Peachtree street. John M. Sla ton is the present head of the organiza tion. ATLANTA. GA.,- MONDAY, MAY 6, 1912. - * Jra a 'mH iSf \ * W I * * 4'- , « * * « * I J; Ballington York Dies Suddenly at 8 7 Ballington W. York. $7 years old, died early today at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Lewis Awtry. 37 Highland avenue. Mr. York had been confined to his bed for two weeks, but had seemed better last night. The end came suddenly, ami was due directly to heart failure. Mr. York wa,s one of Atlanta’s oldest citizens. He married Miss Hordelia Sas seen here before the Civil war. and with the first call to arms ho enlisted in the Confederate army. He served with dis tinction throughout 4he war. being pro moted to a captaincy under General Mar shall in Kentucky. He was with General Lee at Appomattox. After the war Mr. York returned to At lanta and engaged in the mercantile business, lie was prominent in business and public life until his retirement twen ty-fixe years ago. Mr York is survived by one brother, Oliver York; one daughter, Mrs. Awtry. and three sons, Norman, Reuben and Lucien York, the latter manager of M Rich Bros. & Co The funeral will be. held privately from the chapel of Barclay & Brandon and in terment will be in the family lot in West vie w. Miss Sadie Andrews, one of the girls who volunteered to tag every man in Atlanta today, jg shown'tagging Edward Hen derson. who had already fallen a victim to a dozen other girls. Below is. Miss Edna .Mooney, waving an irfvitation to a friend to come over and dig up a quarter. BISING FLOODS WmL WOMEN Terras Dike Breaks at Morgan sea, and Baton Rouge Is Endangered. NEW ORLEANS, May 9.—Twenty five persons are reported to have been drowned in Point Coupe parish today when the levee gave way before the flood-swollen Mississippi. Several bodies have been recovered. A later report states that at least 30 perished and that the death list may go to 50. Survivors report recovering twelve bodies. All communication with | the inundated districts have been cut I oft. 1,000 in Dangec. | At least 1,000 peonle are in danger and remain to be rescued from the in undated country' west of W°lls\vorth and Batchelor. Some of them are on elevated ground; others are floating in boats and rafts. All are menaced by hunger and exposure It is impossible to estimate the exact number of dead and the full death roll | may never be known. Refugees ar riving here said that they had seen en tire families swept from housetops into the water. Leaders in the rescue work are send ing motor boats to points where fami lies had taken refuge, only to find that they were t|>o late. In every rase the flood had added to its toll of human life. More Levees Break. A heavy rain which fell on Sunday increased the danger of breaks tn the Mississippi lev ees today. At Baton Rouge, where the situation is desperate, hundreds of ad dition'll workers were sent to the lev ees to aid in the fight to hold them against the rushing water It was feared that the storm water, when it reached the river, would be more than the weakened dikes cxiuld withstand, and they would give wav. At Mellville it is feared breaks may occur. Flood water from the Terras brisk has reached Morgansea. Women anil , children were rushed to places of safe ty. The town is partially inundated and the flood is expected to do heavy damage. it Is not believed that the levees there will go out. Heavy loss of life is feared in the Ateh ifnlaya country as a result of the Torras break. Many people there have refused to leave their homes. In some places people tried to escape after the water reached their doors. A number of negroes have been drowned. A fleet of rescue boats under orders of the United States engineers were started for this section today in an effort to rescue those imperiled. Artillery Punch Is Barred in Savannah; It Was’a Knockout The famous Savannah artillery punch is a thing of the past. The potent concoction, which has sent no less famous men than an ad miral of the navy and scores of others more or less distinguished to tempora ry oblivion, has been barred at Savan nah functions. Governor Brown brought home the news today. He said the famous brew was not in evidence during the recent Hibernian celebration in Savannah, and the reason for its absence was not hard to find “They have decided in Savannah to do away with the artillery punch," said the governor. “Public men need no longer be embarrassed when approach ing the flowing bowl. The punch with the punch has gone for good.” According to Randolph Anderson, a Savannah legislator and authority on the famous beverage that amounts to a highball, a jolt of West Indian rum and life-sized drink of Japanese sake rolled into one, the punch had long ago served its purpose. “It had got so that they wouldn’t drink punch in Savannah,” he said. “If they did they were afraid they couldn’t get back to their hotels. So the good old stuff had to go.” It is said that one of the ingredients of the punch was champagne, but the exotic cordials that went to make out the greater part of the drink are Sa vannah secrets never to be revealed. But it was something more than a mere, punch. It was a knockout. UNCLE GIVES BLOOD TO SAVE BOY DYING FROM HOOKWORM SAVANNAH, GA„ May 6.—ln a des perate effort to save the life of his six year-old nephew, Clifford McTire Car ter, who is in a dying condition suffer ing from hookworm. E. M. Bennett, of Okatie, S. c„ has submitted to an in fusion operation at the Savannah hos pital, giving some of his blood to the boy. Despite the operation, it is doubt ful if Clifford will recover. He is being given oxygen in an effort to save him, but it is said that he is slowly dying. Last week th" lad’s older sister died at 'their home near Okatie from the same trouble, and now- his eight-year-old brother, Halton, occupies a bed in the same room and is in a serious condi tion. TITANIC RELIEF FUND PASSES $1,000,000 MARK LONDON. May 6.—Lord Crosby's Ti tanic relief fund passed the million dollar mark today. At noon it was sl,- 150,000. i HOME X— EDITION PRTPP. On Trains. FIVE CENTS. A XIAVEj. i n Atlanta. TWO CENTS. 8 KILLED IN WRECK OF VETERANS’ SPECIAL Train Bound for the Macon Reunion Derailed on Trestle in State of Mississippi. 20 INJURED WHEN FIVE COACHES LEAVE RAILS Special Loaded With Heroes of '6l. Coming From New Or leans, Jumps Tracks. NEW ORLEANS, May 6.—Eight per sons were killed when the first section of the Confederate veterans special train leaving New Orleans at 3:50 a. m. today and loaded with veterans en route to the reunion at Macon, Ga., was wrecked at 8:30 o’clock one mile south of East Abuchie, Miss. The engine was derailed, carrying with it five coaches. The wreck occurred on a tres tle. At least three passengers and five of the crew are known to have been killed and twenty others injured. Engineer W. A. Wood and Fireman Cicero Jones and a man supposed to be George Reid, a road foreman, were among those killed. mil MB POTTS US HE QUITS GOT Police Will Not Consent to Waive Serving of Warrant on Him for Slaaying. Kell Potts, of 21 East Fifth street, who killed C. Richard Harper in a knife duel in Manhattan avenue last, Thursday and who was himself badly slashed with a knife, will be arrested on a warrant for murder when he leaves Grady hospital this afternoon, despite the efforts of counsel for both, ’sides to have him released from cus tody and sent to his home. Potts has been under guard of a policeman in the hospital ever since the -tragedy. The police have been notified that Potts will be discharged from the hos pital during the afternoon. Attorney Charles T. Hopkins, counsel for Potts, and Attorney John W. Moore, representing Harper's family, held a conference with police officials today and submitted a proposition for the re lease of Potts, to which they' said they had both agreed. Chief Beavers de clined to enter into the agreement, however, and directed Chief of Detec tives Lanford to go before Justice J. B. Ridley’ and swear out a warrant against Potts charging him with murder and have it served when the slayer leaves the hospital. Police Refuse Freedom. The two attorneys agreed to have the guard taken off Potts when he emerged from the hospital, so that he might go to his home a free man. At torney Hopkins is said to have prom ised to be personally responsible for the slayer and have him in court at any time that his presence there might be desired. “Potts has taken a human life, and. whether it was murder or was justifi able. it is not within the province of the police to turn him loose. The courts * will havt to determine the question of his frci-dom. We van do l»it one thing, and that is turn him over to the courts," said Chief Beavers in refusing to free Potts. When asked if Harpers family in tended to prosecute Potts, Attorney Moore was reticent. The impression was gained at the police station that proseeuti' n would be dropped in order to avoid further publicity as to the de tails of the tragedy ami the scene where it occurred. When the warrant for murder is served on Potts he will be taken before Justice Ridley and a date fixed for his preliminary examiantion. That his counsel will make a hard fight for his immediate release on hail -'here is lit tle doubt. Should Judge Ridley hold him without bail, Potts must go to the Tower. Potts was able to be up and walk about the hospital ward today. Phy sicians say he is out of danger and able to leave the hospital.