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8 PLAGE PLAN MAY BE TAFT'S RUIN Scheme to Give All Delegates Half Vote Each Looks Bad for President. By JAMES J. MONTAGUE. WASHINGTON, May 9—lt devel oped today that the Republican nation al committee is preparing to duck the embarrassing Job of pudglng between Taft and Roosevelt at Chicago. The business of the committee, which meets two weeks in advance of the na tional convention. Is to decide all cases of contesting delegates. This the com mittee. in view of the heated contro- I versy. doesn’t want to do. Its members tire all practical politicians, and they know the danger of getting on the op posite side of a fight from the majority of Republican voters, in office of out. Lately, through an exchange of let ters half a dozen of the most influen tial members of the committee have barn talking about a plan to seat all delegations, both •’regular" and con testing. giving each individual, half a vote. This Ingenious scheme would acquit the committee of any charge of plot ting tn aid one candidate or the other. Incident ally, on the face of present re turns. it would subtract 79 votes from Mr. Taft's 391 and add that number to Mr. Roosevelt’s 243. which would rate Taft 31? and Roosevelt 322. Taft Deserted at Dark Hour. Os the remaining 294 delegates to be elected Roosevelt probably will get a majority. So, if the committee finally determines on this plan. I'aft might as well begin looking for a substitute. The sympathies of the majority com xnittee are. ot were, with Taft Rut when expediency enters the door of a committee room sympathy flies out of the window As was reported before in these columns, the firm of Penrose, Root, t’lttne A Smoot, which has been presiding over Mr. Taft’s d.estlnles. has decided he ought to get out. This quartet has a lot of influence with the committee, almost as much as Mr. Charles Francis Murphy has with the New York legislature. , AU save Root are members or acting members. And. having decided to get somebody else beside Taft with whom to stop Roosevelt, they are probably parties to this scheme. Dark Horse Talk Is Renewed. Thev reason that if they can. by actual figures, show Taft that he can't be nominated, they can back him out inri get somebody else. They are taking long chances on Roosevelt sliding in. but they would take a longer chance on political ruin If they nominated a man who Is beaten In advance of his nomination. The president is beginning to realize that he has beefi leaning on broken reeds, and that he must do most of the fighting himself. He believes nothing. He trusts nobody. He credits no re ports. The information that he has been gathering first hand varies widely from the information that he ufied to get from McKinley. And it Is not near ly so rosy. Deterruined not to be forced out. he 4e going to keep speaking till he has reached every possible Voter. He hue told off members of his cabinet and a few trusted senatorial friends to roach as many as possible that he can't reach When told by his physician Hint he ought to take a rest, the president re plies there will be plenty of time to rest after the primaries are ali over And probably he is right. TORCH OF WORKMAN IGNITES GAS IN BLAST FURNACE; 5 KILLED CLEVELAND, OHl<>. Muy 9. I'l ve i men were killed, eight fatally hurt and four less seriously injured early today In an explosion at the central blast fur nace of the American Steel and Wire Company ofi Broadway near the Cuya hoga river. The dead: John Zella, 36; William | Champlin. 46: Andrew Husek. 28; John I Pollock. 31, and an unidentified man. The men were inside one of the fur naces removing a blow pipe prepara tory to shutting down the furnace when the explosion occurred. The blast is believed to have resulted from an ac cumulation of gas which was Ignited tsy a workman s torch. The explosion was heard for two miles CITY IS ASKED TO DROP ELECTRICITY RATE FIGHT Chairman Caadler, of the state rail- I road commission, has addressed a latte' to the city attorney requesting that the • city’s complaint asking for cheaper I light and power rates be withdrawn so! that the commission can close its re. - ords Effecting a compromise with the Georgia Railway and Electric Company, the city council practically abandoned its fight for i heap'rates but the for mal complaint filed with the commis sion has never been withdrawn. Escapes An Awful Fate. A thousand tongues could not ex press the gratitude of Mrs. J. E. Cox. of Joliet. 111., for her wonderful deliver ance from an awful fate. Typhoid pneumonia had left me with a dreadful cough.” she writes. "Sometimes I had such awful coughing spells I thought I would die. I could get no help from doctor's treatment or other medicines till I used Dr. King's New Discovery But I owe my life to this wonderful remedy, for f scarcely cough at ail i»pw.” Quick and safe it’s the most reliable of all throat and lung medi cines. Every bottle guaranteed. 50c and 31.00. Trial bottle free at all drug gists *** White City Park Now Open SEARCHING SIDELIGHTS ON GEORGIA POLITICS By JAMES B. NEVIN The efforts of ihe minority in the late 1 presidential unpleasantness in Georgia to get a “look-in” on the state convention I to meet in Atlanta on May 29, are more I than ordinarily interesting, and in a meas ' ure professedly amusing, to a number of I innocent bystanders. The curious aspect of the situation is that the presidential primary was framed up over the expressed and emphatic op position of the very people who now find themselves in control of the convention. It was a pro-Wilson executive corftmit tee that ordered all the delegates selected from the ranks of the winner, no matter how the various counties voted sever ally. Os course, in ordering such a primary, the inference Is fully warranted that the committee thought it would be decidedly to the advantage of Wilson. The idea was to have a convention that could in no way imperil a solid Wilson delegation to Baltimore The people of Georgia had specifically repudiated such a primary once before however and they did it again the other day. Hence, despite the previous vir tuous indignation of the anti-WHsonites. the big red apple dropped right Into their hands, and the I’nderwoodites captured the solid convention. The plea now advanced in behalf of Wilson is more than ordinarily adroit, even If it falls to prevail finally It is argued that, inasnfuch as the anti- Wilsonites did protest and declare that it was wrong to strangle a minority In any event, they now should live up to their preaching, and give the minArity a show in the forthcoming convention, notwith standing the prior ha<l conduct of those composing that minority today’ Were politics governed by the Golden Rule which, perhaps it should be, of course that philosophy of returning good for evil might influence somebody; but politics isn’t governed after any such noble and self-sacrificing fashion, as ev erybody knows hence the betting is 234,- 536 to 1 that the Wilson minority never will get that much-desired * look-in” on the convention of May 29. The commercial travelers of Georgia propose to take a hand in state politics this summer, not only as concerns the election of new state house officers, but with respect to certain legislation before the general assembly as well Already a movement has taken definite shape among the traveling men looking to the candidacy of some one from their ranks for une of the railroad comrifisslon ershlps. Levi Reeves, of Bartow, has been suggested as the proper person to make that race, and the suggestion is still young at that. F’ost A, 'l’ I*. A., of Savannah, has asked the assistance of the Chathan) county legislative delegation in drafting and having passed n complete revlsicfii of the Georgia hotel laws. To this. Rep resentatives Anderson, Lawrence and Mc- Carthy have agreed, and the bill is now being considered Classic City council, United Commer cial Travelers, will petition the legisla ture to provide a system of movable registration for both primary and regu lar elections in Georgia, to the end that no commercial traveler need necessarily lose his vote by reason of being un avoidably away from home on election] day. It is suggested that when one regis- i ters for qualification as a voter, and takes oath, as to his occupation and place of residence, if his vocation shall be such as to Include him in the general category of traveling men. there shall be issued to him a certificate of registration so that in all elections, if election day finds him away from his place of legal residence, he may present his certificate ami exercise his right of frawichlse wherever he may be at the tinj’ l Judge Augustus W File has made known his determination to be a candi date to succeed himself as judge of the Cherokee circuit. The judge will go be fore lhe people again, just as he is. with out one plea, save that of the record he has made Judge Kite is one of Georgia’s most picturesque public officials. His friends swear by him. and his enemies swear at him and he has no small supply of either. Nevertheless, thus far the judge has man aged to keep well enough ahead of the game on the friendship side to insure his regular re-election to his job; and it now looks as if this year’s show down is to find the judge still doing business at the same old stand. Editor E. L Rainey, of The bawson News, is heartily in favor of sending Thomas E. Watson as a delegate to Bal timore. If Mr Watson desires to go. Mr. Rainey's view of this matter is more than ordinarily interesting, and not without much, significance politically. He says: The News does not know that Mr. Watson desires to go to Baltimore. If he does, however, we have no hes itancy in saying that we hope he will be sent He is the consistent friend and champion of the common people and popular government; he has done as much as any other man to check the bosses In their schemes to HOW EMBARRASSING Nothing is more em barrassing than to be constantly throwing off gas. Tutt’s Pills will stop it and at the same time make your breath sweet and your skin clear. At your druggist sugar coated or plain. THE GRAND TONIGHT and all week. Matinee daily. THE DURBAR IN KIN EMACOLOR "Greater Than the Arabian Nights." Prices. 15c, 25c, 50c. CORSYTH I ■ Mlsnta’sßnslestThesttr J Tsripht 8:30 Th6 Scientific Sensation of the World PAULINE? THE EXPOSITION FOUR—VISIONS D’ART and Other Features. NEXT WEEK. BOSTON FADETTES THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: THURSDAY, MAY 9, .1912. forever do away with the county unit plan <the only safeguard Os the country counties) and place the po litical power of the state in the large cities; and he has been an influential factor in the victories of the last two campaigns in Georgia Watsoh deserves recognition, and by all means should have a place on the delegation to Baltimore if he wants it. The Dawson News supported Under wood in the presidential primary The name of Walter B. Steed, of But ler. Taylor county, has put forward by friends for one of the deiegates-at large to the Baltimore convention Mr. Steed was a tireless Underwood worker, and was. at all stages of the cam paign. one of Manager Hutchens most valued counsellors. His friends thing he deserves anything he wants at the hands of the Underwood convention. Judge T. A. Darker, of Waycross, has formally announced his candidacy for con gress from the newly created congression al district. The fight for the honor of represent ing that constituency in the congress of the United States is to be a very pretty one. indeed. Besides Judge Parker, for mer Senator J. A. J. Henderson and J. W. Walker are candidates. RABBIT’S FOOT FOR BRIDE AS DIVORCE PREVENTIVE MUNCIE. IND,. May 9.—Alarmed by the prevalence of the divorce evil here, and resolved to do what he can to see that those united in marriage "stay tied." as he exrresses it. Justice Na than N. Spence, known as "the mar rying squire," has a large horsefeh<« suspended from the chandelier in his Office. It is his intention to insist that all candidates for matrimony stand be neath the. horseshoe. At the proper season for rabbit hunt ing he intends, also, to lay in a large supply of rabbits' feet, and he will then present each bride and bridegroom with a rabbit’s foot NEW YORK CITY ANNUALLY EATS 1.300,000.000 EGGS NEW YORK, May 9.—Some startling figures as to the appetite of this city have been gathered by the Marketing committee -of the State Food Investi gating committee. Each year New York consumes be tween 1,296.000.000 and 1,440,000.00(1 eggs, the investigators learned. Each week the inhabitants eat over 1,350.- 000 pounds of butter, and, in the course of the year they make awgy with 72,- 000.000 pounds. Last year the market for cheese was considered unusually poor, but in spite of that the amount consumed in the city was 30,000.000 pounds. I BAG OF GOLD DUG UP. AND FREE FIGHT FOLLOWS NEW YORK. May 9.—A gang of workmen at tjommacli, L. 1 , dug up a bag of old coins and a free-for-all fight ensued for their possession. Some of the coins are dated 1 752. “Swissco" Restores Hair to Natural Color Dandruff Is Maddening. "Swlsseo" stops dandruff quickly, grows new hair and restores gray and faded hair to Its natural youthful color. "Swlsseo" slops baldness, falling hair, scabby scalp, sore scalp, brittle hair or anj hair or scalp trouble. Tn prove, that our claims are true we will send you a large trial bottle free, it you will send 10c in silver or stamps to help pay cost of postage ami packing to Swissco Hair Remedy Company. 4958 I’. < >. Square. Cincinnati, Ohio. "Swissco" will he found on sale at all druggists and drug departments every where. at 50c and $1 a bottle. For sale and recommended In Atlanta by Jacobs’ Pharmacy. IBM THAT BIG FIRE On May 2. in an Atlanta public garage, forcibly illustrates the necessity of owning your own private Are-proof garage. Our all-iron garage is abso lutely fire-proof, and we firmly believe will last 100 years. It's | made in sections. Easy to erect by any laborer, using only a screw driver. We make underground storage tanks, too. Let Us Tell You More THE Dixie Culvert & Metal Co. Atlanta, Ga. MINERS STONED BY ANGRY WOMEN Children Join in Riotous Dem onstration at Colliery When Men Return to Work. WILK ESB ARRE. PA., May 9.—A mob of 1,000 men, women and boys, all armed with clubs and stones, gathered at the Payne colliery near Luzerne to day and threatened the pump men, fire men and repair men if they did not quit work, although they are allowed by the union regulations to remain. At the Payne washery the mob seized John Hiddock, a fireman who refused to quit work. Hiddock was badly beaten before rescued. A hurry call was sent for a detachment of state troopers, but before the officers arrived the mob had, dispersed. Before doing so, however, the-leaders told all the men at present at work that they must not return to the mines tomorrow. State troops are now scattered over the entile anthracite field. Their ap pearance in towns where conditions are quiet, however, only serve to keep the miners restive. II FEW DIAPEPSIN WILL REGULATE A BID STOMACH IN FIVE MINUTES. It is so needless to suffer from Indigestion. Dyspepsia, Heartburn or a sour, gassy, upset Stomach. B’ ■— " *1 V * PAPE’S 1 V- IPEPSIN INDIGESTION J p «red in U S. Pat. Office 1 -g - -ir tl<m iTvs^e^psl^^as.^e^a 3 ! Urur^and^sournes^iti' fiyT'mlntßes ? ur. Dia. pepsin comes in contact with the stomach all such distress vanishes. It s t u y I'X ,„ 8 A- bome-fbomd .wjjjW of a sick, sour, upset stomach during lhe day or at night. It s the quiCKes surest and most harmless stomach doctor in the world. SPECIAL FOR TEN DAYS ’ T ° Reduce Our Large Stock of Teeth ftp. Set of Teeth $£ (JQ ipfc. Guaranteed.. O«VV I.’ j All OTHER PRiGES CORRESPONDINGLY LOW fcSHi NEW YORK & AMERICAN DENTAL PARLORS P. E Colenvm. 281-2 and 3212 Peachtree St. || If If Doesn't Rain Again in the next few days you will never have a better opportunity to finish up the spring gardening work with both vegetables and flowers. Seasonable right now are beans (both snap and limaT, beets, carrots, corn, cucumbers, eggplant, cantaloupes, watermelons, okra, pepper (sweet and hotk squash amt to matoes. We are fully supplied with either seeds or plants of all. In flowers, don’t forget to make hods oi* Nasturtium, Geranium. Salvia. Coleus. Petunias and many others of the beautiful and showy flowers easily grown from seed. Gardening time is getting short now. You shoidd take advantage of every sea -unable day. We have everything you need in seeds, plants, bulbs ‘ and fertilizers. Call or phono. H. G. Hastings & Company 16 W. Mitchell St. Phones 2568 l■^^ll.ll■l.|||l■■■l|||■ll||lrwl ii 11. in : .: :~c.r'iiL. ii Use Georgian Want Ads] Weeping 'Honor Men* Returned to Cells in An Unguarded Train RENO, NEV., May 9. —On the Vir ginia road a few miles from Reno was witnessed the end of the convict honor systenf—for the time at least. Near the convict camp stood a special train. It had been dispatched from Carson with Warden Baker and one assistant, the only msyi on board, and they were not armed. Warden Baker had flatly turned down the advice of the governor, who thought that he should take an armed guard with him to bring these men back to Carson penitentiary. Baker arrived where they were at 4 o'clock, walked from the train to the camp and was greeted by fourteen con victs. Others of the gang were out on the road. The men saluted, "Hello, warden." each smilingly extending his hand. "Hello. Jim; hello. Jack, hello there/you old rooster!" shouted Baker as he walked among them. "Well, boys, I have to take you back to prison tonight and turn you over to the new warden,” said Baker. "Just get your beds together.” Countenances of the men all showed disappointment and some of them wept. BEST FIRE DOG KILLED WHILE DOING HIS DUTY NEW YORK. May 9.—Smoke, the fa mous collie dog that belonged to fire truck No. 15, was killed last night on his way to a fire. Smoke Is said to have been the best fire dog in the de partment. REMEMBER HILbCREST AUCTION SALE Saturday, May 11th, 2 P. M. 50—Villa Sites—so (1 to 5 acre tracts) At Collins Switch on Marietta Car Line OWN A HOME in this delightful Suburban Settle- ment. We especially call your attention to the SIZE OF THESE LOTS—I to 5 acres. Each lot has an ideal building site. They survey of the prop erty was made with regard to the topography of the land. Each lot has ideal surface drainage—fronting a broad avenue on Circle Drive. Plenty of shade trees, a number of good springs on the prop erty. HILL-CREST is fast becoming one of Atlanta’s Highest Class Suburban Settlements, both in regard to the LOCATION AND THE CLASS OF PEOPLE who now have homes at Hill-Crest. The owners have spent over $5,000 in building drive ways, bridges, etc., and improvements of other kinds. Just 30 minutes from Atlanta by Electric Railway —via Marietta Car Line. Property at Collins Switch. The Terms 1-5 Cash—Balance SIO.OO per month with 7 per cent interest from date. HILL-CREST is owned by Riverside Investment Company, of Atlanta—Wm. Little, of Birmingham, Ala., President. WILL BE SOLD by THE AMERICAN REALTY AND AUCTION COMPANY, of Greensboro, N. C. YOUR PRICE will be OURS. We Sell them ONE A MINUTE—THAT’S OUR WAY. For Maps and Particulars Call Office of Joe M. Walker, 1020 Fourth National Bank Bldg. One Nice Lot and Cash Sums Will Be Given Away Ladies are Especially Invited to Attend This Sale Free Transportation Special cars leave corner of Fairlie and Walton streets at 1:30 p. m. The Sale Starts at 2 p. m., Saturday, May 11. American Realty & Auction Co. J. W. CALLAHAN, Sales Mgr.