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THE WEATHER.
Forecast: Fair tonight and tomor
row. Temperatures: 8 a, m., 73: 10
a. m., 77: 12 noon.- 78: 2 p. m.. 80.
VOL. X. NO. 241.
IWLLGD AS
DELEGATE
NOW. SNS
WITSDN
Declares He Jested When He
Wrote That He Would Not,
and He’ll Make Fight.
SENTIMENT DIVIDED
OVER SENDING HIM
Meanwhile Watson Says He’ll
“Know the Reason Why”
Before He’s Put Aside.
Thomas E. Watson today announced
not only his positive desire to go to the
national Democratic convention as a
delegate at large, but his full determi
natioK to go or know the reason why.
Mr. .Vatson s declaration comes as a
surprise, in view of his announcement
last week, in his Jeffersonian Weekly,
that he would not go to Baltimore
that he had thought things over and
decided that it would suit him better to
stay at home.
In this week’s issue of The Jefferson
ian Mr. Watson completely reverses last
week's promulgation, and now ex
presses the most vehement determina
tion to be on hand when Underwood’s
name is placed before the convention
for its consideration.
Going to Convention
Or Know Reason.
In big, black type, under a headline
reading, "Meet me in Atlanta, boys,
Mr. Watson says this week:
On the night preceding the con
vention I propose to hold a meet
ing in the ball room of the Kimball,
and all delegates friendly to me are
requested to attend.
The city politicians who are hog
ging all the credit for the Under
wood victory are courting a fight
with me, and of this fight they can
get just as much as they are look
ing for.
What I said in the P. D. last
week was in jest.
I mean to head the Georgia dele
gation to Baltimore, or know the
reason why.
I mean to lock horns with Bryan,
and to exhibit that coldly selfish
fraud in his true character.
Trouble Coming
On Heels of Deft.
Undoubtedly Mr. Watson’s announce
k ment of a determination to go as a del-
I egate from Georgia to Baltimore and
I his evident idea that he is sought to be
I shoved aside by some of his recent l’n
[ derwood associates, coupled with his
call for a Watson meeting in Atlanta
the evening preceding the state con
vention on May 29. means excitement
and trouble in plenty when the conven
tion does get down to business next
day.
Mr. Watson expressed a mild desire
to go to Baltimore, early in the late
presidential campaign. It was charged
by the Wilson people that he had ar
absolute trade with Senator Bankhead
that he should go. This was never de
nied nor affirmed by Mr. Watson.
Immediately following the primary,
however. Mr. Watson, under a head
line reading. "Watson Will Not Go To
Baltimore.” said in bis weekly that th-
Baltimore business was all off, and that
| he would not ask to be made a dele
gate. He now says he spoke then in
fe jef!t
* Sentiment Divided
I About Watson's Going.
There is a division of sentiment
among the Underwood people as to th
advisability of sending Mr Watson to
Baltimore. Many of them hold that he
... has earned the right to be named as a
if he wishes; others contend
I'iiat it would but make trouble for the
■ ar ty—perhaps far-reaching national
S-rouble. at that—to send him.
j inasmuch as it is difficult to forecast
- thk movements of the Hon. Thomas E.
Walton in any gathering, the question
of hS going to Baltimore has been kept
veryVmch up in the air
This Wilson people have urged the
Watsov end of the controversy' with
persistence. They profess no love for
Watsoft but they see in the question if
his to Baltimore the possibility
of much embarrassment to the victo
rious Underwood hosts in Georgia.
Hence, tße Wilsonites have, lost no op
portunity to protest piously the right of
Watson ti> go to Baltimore, if he wants
to go.
However it was brought about, the
fact remains th.T the Watson row in
side the convention is now on in dead
earnest, and what the final outcome will
be no Georgia politician dares predict
at this stage of the game.
The Atlanta Georgian
MEXICO CITY
IN TERROR
AS 34 OIE
IN QUAKE
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Scores Flee Capital and Thou-,
sands More Prepare to
Leave for Hills.
DISASTER IS PREDICTED
WITHIN NEXT 12 HOURS
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! Warnings Posted as Observa
tory Experts Declare Great
Calamity Is Near.
MEXICO CITY, May 9.—Thirty-four '
persons were killed and half of the city
of Zapotlan, which is located on the
slope of the volcano of Colina, was de- .
stroyed by an earthquake last night. i
A disastrous earthquake in Mexico
City within the next twelve hours is
predicted by t,he observatory experts
here and warnings have been posted
about . the city. Scores have already !
left and thousands more are preparing j
to flee.
More Volcanoes
Become Active.
Sixteen persons were killed tn the
town of Ciudad Guzman, and thirteen
were Seriously injured. Twelve shocks
were felt at Guadalajara, while in Cuar- j
I tel more than half a million dollars |
damage was done, including the com- |
j plot.? destruction of a large church.
Following the shocks the Colina vol
j eano became active, throwing out lava.
I boulders and sand in its first big erup-
I Hon since it , destroyed the city of
I Zapotlan in 1 806.
‘ The state of Jalisco, in which Colima
I volcano’is situated, apparently bore the
| brunt of the disturbance.
Once Before
Destroyed by Quake.
This’ is a state on the west coast
lying west of the ranges of the Sierra
DeNayarit mountains and is a high,
rugged country. The capital city »is
Guadalajara, situated on the Mexican
Central railway, with a population es
timated at 125,000.
It was partly destroyed by an earth
quake in 1818. Guadalajara is situated
on a mountainous plateau, with an ele
vation of 3,750 feet, and lies about 100
miles north of the volcano. The ’quake
moved in a northeasterly direction.
Ciudad Guzman is in the northern part
of Jalisco. Zapotlan is just north of
the volcano, lying upon the mountain
slope. Colima volcano is one of two
twin mountains which stand near the
border of the states of Colima and Ja
lisco. It is known as Novado DeColima
and is 12,750 feet high.
Bruises on Kikefs
Body; Friends Want
Death Investigated
An investigation was begun today of
the deatli of Kosciuser Kiker; the rail
road man of 165 Alexander street who
died .Monday night in Grady hospital
supposedly of epilepsy, which probably
w ill result in a demand for a coroner's
inquest or the exhuming of the body
in order that an autopsy may be held.
The discovery that Kiker’s body’ bore
numerous bruises and that one of his
toes was crushed almost off caused ills
friends to become suspicious. James
E Garst, who is associated with the
offices of Attorney .1. I’. Poole in the
Fourth National Bank building and who
was a personal friend of Kiker, is con
ducting the investigation.
The fact that the injuries existed did
not become known until after the fu
neral. It is the theory of Kiker’s friends
I that he may have been run down by an
| automobile or other vehicle and that
j this brought on the epilepsy or other
direct cause of death.
Kiker was taken to Grady hospital
from Decatur street, near Five Points,
where he had fallen on the sidewalk.
He died shortly after arrival there. The
bruises and injury to the foot were dis
covered when Kiker’s body was pre- |
pared for burial, and were examined by i
Dr. L. P. Stephens, who has made a '
report of their nature.
“MOVIES” TRIED TO PUT
ONE OVER ON WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON, May 9.- -A motion I
picture plot to show a "crank" attempt- [
Ing to reach President Taft was nipped i
at the white house the other day. Pic- |
ture men walked into the white hou.m |
grounds, accompanied by a venerable .
looking man with a long white beard. !
They set up their apparatus in front ofl
the main entrance of the white house :
The w hite bearded stranger started up |
the steps. Policemen on guard inter- i
vened before the picture men could j
start business. I
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ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY. MAY 9, 1912.
Gray Heroes in Greatest Parade Cheered by Thousands
YOUNG IS NAMED NEW COMMANDER
C Queen of South Crowned at Reunion )
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When Miss Mary. Scandrett was crowned queen of the South
at the Confederate Reunion in Macon, a brilliant spectacle was
presented. The coronation was on Coleman’s hill, from which -Jef
ferson Davis spoke to Confederate soldiers in the sixties. The up
per picture shows Miss Scandrett seated on her throne and wear
ing her crown. She is surrounded by her maids-in-waiting and
pages. Below, Colonel Walter A. Harris is shown placing the
crown upon Miss Scandrett "s head.
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General Walker Withdraws
From Contest and Election
Is Made Unanimous.
MACON. GA., May 9. —General Ben
nett H. Young;, of Louisville, former
governor of Kentucky, was today elect
ed commander-ln-chtef of the United
Confederate Veterans. His election
followed the withdrawal of Generals
C. Irvine Walker and W. K. Van-
Zandt, of Texas, from the race.
General Walker was nominated for
re-election by Major General White,
commanding the Army of Virginia, and
his nomination was seconded by Gen
eral B. H. Teague, of the South Caro
lina division, both making eloquent
speeches.
General Young was nominated by
General G. Calvin Wells, of Jackson,
Miss., and his name was seconded by
H A. Herbert, of Montgomery, former
secretary of the interior under Presi
dent Cleveland.
General Robertson, of Crawford,
Texas, nominated General VanZandt.
Other Candidates
Withdraw From Race.
After speeches by friends of the
three candidates and while the vet
erans were clamoring for a vote. Gen
eral Walker authorized Adjutant Gen
eral Mickle to announce that in the
interest of harmony and brotherly feel
ing he would withdraw his name. Gen
eral Paddock, of Texas, followed with
the withdrawal of General VanZandt.
These announcements evoked tre
mendous cheering. Veterans leaped
I from their chairs and threw their hats
into the air, but above all could be
' heard shouts for General Young. Gen
t eral Young was elected unanimously by
I acclamation.
General Walker
Honorary Commander.
At Adjutant General Mickle’s sug-
I gestion. General Walker was elected
honorary conjfnander-in-chief, after
| some discussion.
The other officers elected are as fol-
I lows:
i Commander of the Army of Northern
| Virginia department. Major Theodore
! Garnett, of Norfolk. Va.; commander
of the Army of the Tennessee depart-
i ment, Major George B. Harrison, of
i Opelika, AU. formerly president of the
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I E .NEGROES
WMITBISHOPS
Compromise Fought as Obsta
cle to Union With South
ern Church.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., May 9.
Compromise with the colored faction of ■
the Methodist Episcopal church, which j
is demanding the appointment of one ,
Or more colored bishops, is proposed in
the report submitted today by a com
mission appointed four years ago by ,
the general conference to consider the
problem In the South and the demands
of the colored people for an episcopacy.
The commission declares that, two or
more bishops would be chosen from the
colored people, but that they should
rank as missionary bishopsand not full
bishops and have jurisdiction only over
territories to which they are assigned.
The report was made an order of busi
ness for Friday morning and a fight is
expected.
Os the 819 delegates to the confer
ence 96 tire colored They have been
campaigning for support, and it is ex
pect'd that some of the Northern white
delegates will declare for a colored
bishop, with all the power of a regular
bishop.
One of the arguments used w ith great
effect against the selection of a colored
bishop is the assertion that union with
the Methodist Episcopal Church South 1
would never be possible if colored bish
ops were chosen who might in their
duties be called upon to preside over
the white people of the South.
NEGRO BISHOP PROBLEM
STIRS GEORGIA DIOCESE
SAVANNAH, GA., May 9 Following a
lengthy discussion of the question of a
negro suffragan as bishop, the nineteenth
annual convention of the Episcopal dio
cese of Georgia, in session a’ St. Johns
church, has deferred action on the mat
ter until next year, deeming the problem
too big a one to be disposed of at this
time.
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Guns To Be Trained
On Tax Dodgers in
Coming Legislature
General revision and equalization of
taxes will be the battle cry In the leg
islature this summer. The discussion
is destined to hold the attention of the
lawmakers for several weeks. The
ways and means committee, of which
Representative Ashley of Lowndes, is
chairman, will report a bill revising
taxation by providing adequate ma
chinery for the assessment of taxes.
Representative Walter McElreath. of
Fulton, chairman of the appropriation
committee, has given his support to
tax revision and equalization and will
work with the members of the ways
and means committee In preparing that
bill which will meet the necessities of
the present tax system.
The fact that we are going to revise
the tax system,” said Mr. McElreath
today, "doesn't mean that we are going
to increase the levy It means that we
are going to equalize the assessments.”
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Meyerhardt Is Named
Masons* Grand Master
For Fifteenth Time
ROME, GA.. Max 9.—For the fif
teenth successive time Max Meyer
hardt, of Rome, was this morning elect
ed grand master of the Seventh dis
trict masonic convention. Judge Mey
erhardt was instrumental In organizing
the association and it has never had
another head.
The other officers elected are N A.
Bradford, of Carbondale, deputy mas
ter; A. S. Harvey, of Rome, senior war
den; Dr. Emmett Roberson, of Dallas,
junior warden; R. H. West, of Rome,
secretary and treasurer.
The convention will be in session
throughout the day, and will be con
cluded by a large banquet tonight.
CHASED INTO POLICE STATION.
Fuller Jones, a negro, was fined $25.75
today by Recorder Broyles for chasing
another negro man into the police station.
The negroes became involved In a dis
pute. and Jones made it so hot for the
other man that the latter ran wildly into
the station and cried out for protection.
j HOME
‘tH EDITION
PPTPTT. On Trains. FIVE CENTS.
I 11 lA>rj. In At i an ta, TWO CENTS.
SMOREDIKES
SMASHED;
VANDALS
ACTIVE
Homes of Thousands of Refu
gees Robbed While Victims
Flee From Rising Floods.
HALF OF DISTRICT’S
SUGAR CROP RUINED
Loss of Life Is Growing Daily.
Seven Hundred and Fifty
Rescues From Crevasse.
NEW ORLEANS. May 9.—With five
breaks in the levees along the Missis
sippi river and its tributaries in the
last 24 hours, the flood situation to
day was more serious than it has been
at any time since the waters began
rising
Fourteen hundred feet of levee have
been swept out in the last 24 hours at
Torras, widening the crevasse to 8.000
feet. This will inundate West Baton
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Rouge and Iberville parishes and add
greatly to the flood damage in Ponte
Coupee.
Vandals In skiffs, who have beets
looting deserted dwellings in the flood
section, have been ordered shot on
sight.
Two breaks occurred at Moreauville
and one near Long Bridge, in Bayou
Des Glases levees. These crevasses will
flood the most populous section of
Avoyelles and portions of St Landry
parishes. Half of Moreauville Is al
ready under water, and the Chouplque
and Bayou Jacques regions will soon be
flood-swept. Then the waters will
work down Into other parts of St. Lap
dry. and as the swamps and small wa
ter courses are already full to over'
flowing, the flood will form a junction
with the water from the crevasse in
the west bank of the Atchafalaya and
drive backwater Into Melville.
Sections of Avoyelles affected are so
thickly populated that the country
looks like a continuous string of vil
lages. Heavy loss of life is feared
throughout this region, as all flood
warnings have been Ignored. Fifty per
cent of the sugar crop will be lost.
Open threats were tna'de today of
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