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THE WEATHER.
Forecast; Showers tonight or to
morrow/. Temperatures: 8 a. m..
74 degrees: 10 a. m., 77 degrees;
12 noon. 80 degrees: 2 p. fri.. 83 de
crees.
VOL. X. NO. 242.
GOVERNOR IT
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MIKES
Louisiana Executive Wires Tart
Reply to “Touchy” Negro
Association.
TORRAS BREAK IMPERILS
TOWN: CITIZENS LEAVING
Many Relieved Lost in Quick
Rush of Flood—Sanders
Asks More Aid.
NEW ORLEANS. LA.. May 10.—
With the governor of Louisiana work
ing beside negroes and convicts, th*-
desperate battle to keep back the
threatening waters of the Mississippi
continued today.
Removal to safety of residents of
the town of New Roads. which is
threatened by a torrent precipitated by
th- break in the Mississippi river levee
at Terras, was begun today. The flood
ed waters about New Roads rose rap
id!'- through the night.
In the fleet of boats which gath
ered after daybreak at the southern ,
end of the town were river steamers,
launches, barges and even rafts
There are about 20,000 inhabitants of
ihe New Roads section of Pointe Cou
pee parish. Should the crevasses
widen -and allow further rush of water,
all these "would'have to flee.
Governor Sanders
Works on Levees.
communication was cut off with
Terras, but refugees from tha* district
reported tha' when they left the ere
vasse in 'he dike there was a ntfle wide,
and that the main current of the Ml:-
tfissippi was flowing through the break
There’ is danger tha' a large part of
the levee system, both north and south
■of Terras may be swept away entirely.
Governor Panders, replying today to
a complaint of the National Associa
tion for the Advancement of the ( ol
ored Race that negroes are being driven
bv state troops, wired as follows.
-It is true idle negroes are being
compelled to work on the levees. I am
working on the levee niyself, as are
all other whit* chiefs.
The full force of the Mississippi
sweeping through the Torres levee
caused th* flood to spread rapidly
through the fertile Avoyelles parish. So
Quickly did the inundation come, many
persons had narrow escapes from
drowning
-Vt Moreauville .the telegraph opera
tors worked at their keys until the
wafer put the instruments out of com
mission After communication was cut
off'from Moreauville it is supposed
that telegaphers and other flood suffer
erß took refuge in boats or on house
tops So ' quickly was Moreauville over
come that it is feared that there was
jr,s« of life there.
Blames Flood On
Eating of Frogs.
An old man who was among the last
cf the residents taken out of Morganza,
gave hi« reason today when he though’
the suffering caused by th* flood was
the result of a punishment inflicted
upon the wrongdoers.
"God don't like ugly.” was the way he
prefaced his explanation. "He put the
Indian and the bullfrog here We run
the Indian away and eat the bullfrog.
He punish us for it by overflow."
Carcasses of hundreds of dead ani
mal' are floating in the backwater be
tween New Roads and Torras. They
can neither be buried nor burned and
the heatlh authorities are somewhat
pqzzled as to what disposition to make
of them. Every carcass has a half
dozen or more buzzards as passengers.
The telegraph operator at Batchelor
asked to be relieved of his duties today
because of the odor from the dead cat
tle floating around the railroad station.
"Please furnish me with a boat, to get
out of here Can't stand this awful
smell." was his message.
Begs For a “Bite"
For His Cows.
Today an old negro who had driven
his cattle through the country from
Fordoche ahead of the crevasse water,
walked up to one of the government
representatives and asked.
Cap. is you running th* govern
ment ?"
After the officer explained that he
was a very small cog in the big gov
ernment wheel and asked as to his
wants, the negro replied:
All I wants. Cap. is just a little
bite for my cows and a sandwich my
self "
He was given four bales of hay for
Continued on Page Two.
The Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Prepares to
Pay Chivalric Tribute
To Mothers on Sunday
Atlantans are preparing a splendid
tribute of love and chivalry for next
Sunday, when they will observe “Moth
ers’ day ’’ The day alreadj’ devoted to
the reverence of deity will be made ex
traordinarily impressive by the services
in the churches, all themed about the
fair name and fame of motherhood.
The edifices will he decorated in white
and white rose buds or carnations will
be worn in corsages «or lapels in token
of respect for' the mothers.
Byway of further tribute, thousands
will contribute to the fund that is being
raised for the building nf a new Home
for Old Women, and contribution boxes
will he placed for that purpose in all
the clubs and hotels. Many men of At
lanta who have only the memories nf
mothers or families have expressed their
wish to do honor to those memories by
giving substantial aid tn the Home, for
Old Women, and substantial gifts to
ward the $5,500 needed for the proposed
$8,500 building are assured
At the Baptist tabernacle a special
Mothers’ day service has been arranged
and and other churches the children will
march •
Australian Ballot Is
Demanded by the State
Democratic Committee
The State Democratic Executive
Committee today formally declared
Oscar Underwood winner of Georgia’s
first presidential primary.
The committee determined the result
from returns with five counties miss
ing. the figures giving the Alabaman a
majority of 14.4U7 votes over Woodrow
IVJlson.
The committee’s figures show a total
vote of 12.3.432 . Underwood's popular
vote was 68,273. Wilson's, 53.866;
Champ Clark s. 882; Judson Harmon’s.
411
Following the declaration of the re
sult of the primary, the committee
adopted a resolution recommending
that the Australian ballot system, which
provides for an absolutely secret vote
and prohibits any sort of campaign
work in th* vicinity of the polls, be
used in the future in al! Georgia elec
tions. regular and primary This reso
lution was introduced by Ceci! Neal, of
Muscogee.
Bites of Rabid Canine
Spread Alarm Among
Atlanta Dog Fanciers
Dwellers in the neighborhood of Myr
tle. and Tenth streets have been trou
bled with an epidemic of rabies which
has struck the canine population.
Recently a mad cur went through the
community and bit several pet dogs
One Os these was a fox terrier belong
ing to J. W. Boone, and Mr. Boone im
mediately killed his pet. Just how
many other dogs in the neighborhood
are affected is not yet known.
The Myrtle street residents are com
plaining that a dump pile left by the
city sanitary department is the attrac
tion for a number of mongrels. They
have asked the city authorities to re
move the nuisance.
86 Persons of Four
Generations Survice
‘Grandma* Wallace
“Grandma" Wallace died at her home
in Pen Hill today at the ag* of 86 Her
husband. S. H Wallace.. 5« grandchil
dren, ten sons and daughters, 25 great
grandchildren, one great-grandchild and
a host of friends mourn her death.
Charles H. Brannan, a son-in-law. Is
well known as a member of the Atlanta
police force, and another. A. D. Brannan,
is also connected with the department
Mrs. Wallace and her husband were of
the same age to a day, and until ‘'Grand
ma" Wallace died, they bore the distinc
tion of being the oldest couple in the Ben
Hill section, where they had I bed nearly
all their lives
Interment will be in Gilead cemetery
tomorrow morning.
Morseon Way Home;
Health Improved by
Pleasure Trip Abroad
BATH, MAINE. May 1 n.—Charles W.
Morse, the New York banker who was
released from the Federal prison at
Atlanta some months ago, is- expected
to arrive In Bath, his native city, in
three weeks tn pass th* summer and
possibly make his residence here for a
longer period. Word 1 hast been received
by relatives that he is considerably im
proved in health. He is now in Europe
ALFORD, TOO WEAK
TO STAND, DIES ON
GALLOWS IN MACON
MACON, GA.. May-10—Supported to
the gallows and held up on the trap
by two officers. Edward B. Alford was
hanged in the Bibb county jail at 1
o’clock this afternoon. H<= killed his
wife and mother-in-law on December
27. 1909 For the last year Alford has
been a confirmed invalid and was in
the last stages of tuberculosis Gov
ernor Brown was appealed to, while
here yesterday, to grant another respite
and also in Atlanta this morning by
Alford's attorney . John R. Cooper, but
he refused Alford made no statement
on the gallows beyond saying ' Good
bye. everybody."
Read For Profit —GEORGIAN WANT ADS —Use For Results
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY , MAY 10. 1912,
TRADE BODIES
BATTLE FOR
SUNDAY
PLUNGE
Hundreds Sign Petition Pro
testing Against Abolishing
Swimming on Sabbath.
KEEN FIGHT IS NOW SURE
IN PARK BOARD MEETING
Cochran Assembles Foes of
Proposed Measure— Oppo
nents Determined.
A. city wide battle over the Sunday*
swimming question was in full progress
today Th* V’lanta Federation of
Trades has entered rhe fight to pre- I
serve the cooling Sabbath plunge, but
the opposition is determined and a ;
lively meeting is promised when the |
park board assembles to pass on the
issue.
On the one side are arrayed ’hose
who claim that hundreds of men kept
busy throughout the week have no
chance for an outdoor plunge except on
Sunday. On the other, those who as
sert that the serenity of rhe day* of
peace shall not be thus disturbed.
Hundreds Sign
Swimming Fleas.
Two big petitions were circulated to
day against anv action looking toward
abolishing Sunday swimming by the
park board. Th-v were signed by hun
dreds of persons and the trade bodies
of th* city* plan more.
At th* same time much interest was
manifested in the voting in progress
at the United Cigar Store. Peachtree
and Decatur streets. The ballot boxes
will be opened tomorrow and each side
claims the result will be in its favor.
Trades Federation
All for Swimming.
Commissioner J. O. Cochran, who Is
leading the fight to allow Sunday
swimming, received a letter today no
tifying him that the Atlanta Federa
tion of Trades had unanimously adopt
ed resolutions protesting against pro
hibiting swimming on Sunday and the
proposition to charge for admittance to
the lake.
“You will recognize that Sunday is
the only day when the working people
can take advantage of this much need
ed and desired recreation." wrote Sec
retary J. F. Bradfield, of the Federa
tion.
Mr. Cochran has also received an of
ficial letter from . Cliff Clower, Secre
tary of the Moving Picture Operators
union, pleading for a similar policy on
the part of the board.
Petitions Rea-ch
the Park Board.
Two petitions, signed by several hun
dred citizens, demanding that the Sun
day recreation be permitted, have been
filed with the board.
Commissioner M. B. Young, the au
thor of the resolution to charge a
nominal sum to all those who enter the
lake, said today that though a majority
of the members present favored stop
ping the Suhday swimming at the last
meeting of the board, the whole propo
sition of regulating the swimming at
Piedmont park will be reconsidered a.’
the next meeting.
FEDERAL ARMY KILLS
SIXTY IN BIG VICTORY
IN NORTHERN MEXICO
MEXICO CITY. May 10—Sixty in
surrectos were killed and more than
100 wounded in a battle between 1.000
rebels of General Orozco’s army under
General Gargoza and a wing of Gen
eral Huesta's federal army under Brig
adier General Rabago near Tlahuallo.
Tn an official report of the battle re
ceived here, it was stated that only
.seven federal? were killed. This was
the first decisive victory of the feder
al? north since the campaign of Orozco
began.
BEAR. LOOSE 3 DAYS.
TERRORIZES A SHIP
PORTLAND. OREG. May 10—The
Norwegian steamer Hercules, which has
just reached here from the Orient, had
a double portion of trouble on her voy
age across th* Pacific. While th* ves
sel was riding our a severe storm in
mid-ocean a big black Chinese bear,
belonging to the boatswain, broke from
his cage tinder the poop and for three
days was at large
The bear, eventually becoming weary
of prowling about the steamer, fell
asleep on the deck the third day of
his freedom, and was roped by the
members of the crew and dragged ba, k
to his p*n, much to the relief of all on
board.
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LOOT, HE ADMITS
Carl Roddy, arrested in New Or
leans for complicity in the Atlanta
diamond trunk robbery, was brought
back today by Detective Royal and
lodged in the police station, where he
was subjected to a close examination
by Chief Lanford. He denied having
been active in the robbery of the $25,-
000 worth of jewels, but admitted that
he had known the theft was to take
place and had shared in its proceeds.
Mrs. Roddy, formerly Mrs. Effie Dan
iels, came home with her husband, but
left him at the Terminal station. She
told the detectives she was going to her
mother's home. 328 Whitehall street,
but on inquiry there it was learned that
she had not appeared, and her mother
had not lived there for several months.
There is no charge against her.
Blames Kaul add Wrenn.
Roddy says the actual robbery was
committed by George Kan| and George
Wrenn, both now under arrest. Wrenn
is held at the polb e station, while Kaul
is bn his way to Atlanta from New
York under the custody of a detective
Roddy admits having had a Box of
the stolen jewels, which, he says, were
given him by Kaul in lieu of stnn prom
ised him. He says he overheard Kaul
I and Wrenn planning the robbery. When
i t.hev becarhe aware that he knew what
was going to happen, they approached
I him and agreed to give him SIOO if he
would keep quiet. This Roddy agreed
to do.
Several days h* savs. he met
Kaul, who told hi mthat the affair had
been ‘‘pulled off."
VonGestel. Susceet. Released.
Conrad VonGestel, a relative of Kaul,
who has been under arrest charged
with complicity, was released today,
after having made a statement that he
knew nothing of the burglary until he
arrived in Atlanta several days after it
occurred. His statement was corrobo
rated by evidence furnished bj- Ms
Kaul.
Miss Caroline Culver, a pupil of the Cal
houn school, is holding the basketball which will
be the center of an exciting game in the field
day 'sports of the Atlanta pupils at Ponce DeLeon
park tomorrow.
School Children to Meet in
Great Athletic Field Day at
Ponce DeLeon Park.
Almost beside themselves with impa
tience, 2,000 children of the public
schools are waiting for 3 o'clock to
morrow afternoon, when the drill which
Dr. Theo Toepel has taught them will
be shown to the public. Th» annual
field day exercises will he held at Ponce
Del-eon park
The boys and girls w’ho go through
the beautiful figures of the drill will be
dressed in white and wear the colors of
their school.
The exhibition features will be given
in. the afternoon, that the public may
see how the children are trained. Be
ginning at 9 o'clock in the morning, the
athletic contests will he held, and the
prizes for these will be awarded in the
afternoon before the throng of specta
tors gathered for the exhiibtion. The
rnerning contests are foot, races, run
ning and standing broad jumps and
churning" the bar for the boys. The
girls w!> substitute tossing t basket
lc.li for the "< binning" contest.
Atlanta Attorneys
Hired to Fight to
Conserve Tallulah
Spencer Atkinson and George Na
pier, of Atlanta, will act as attorneys
for the Tallulah Falls Conservation as
sociation and will assis l Attorney Gen
eral Felder at court if the state brings
suit to establish the land titles in the.
gorge of the Tallulah river.
The two lawyers and Professor Stra
han. of the university, who assisted in
making the state survey, were in con
sultation with the attorney general to
day. Mrs Helen D. Longstreet, presi
dent of the Tallulah association, was
also called in by the attorney general.
The attorney general said that it was
not possible for the state authorities to
reach a final decision in the matter of
bringing suit until next week. Hr said
he would have another conference with
the governor before the matter could
be cleared.
BUND OF $5.0110
FOR MBS. GRACE
Bond for Mrs. Daisy Grace was fixed
at $5,000 today by Solicitor General
Hugh Dorsey, following a conference
with Judge L. S. Roan, of the criminal
division of the superior court, before
whom the accused wife will be tried.
Mrs. Grace will spend the balance of
today in the Tower, and it is doubtful
that her bond will be given before a
> late hour ’"night or tomorrow. Her
attorneys had negotiated for a bond of
$2,000. feeling sure that figure would be
the highest fixed on a bond for assault
with intent to murder.
"I have practiced law in Atlanta for
, fourteen years," said John VV. Moore,
, chief counsel for Mrs. Grace, when in
formed of the amount of her bond, "and
I have never vet heard of such an
amount being named for the charge of
assault with Intent to murder. It is
the largest bond for that charge that I
have heard of, except the $7,500 under
«hit h she was held previously.”
Husband Improved.
74 r. Moore stated that he would make
an effort to raise the amount of the
bond during the afternoon, but ex
pressed his doubt, on account of the
amount set.
That Eugene H. Grace, the wounded
husband, is much better is evidenced
by the statement given out by Solicitor
Dorsey immediately after fixing the
bond. “The party assaulted is not now,
according to the best information ob
tainable, in danger of Imminent death."
says the statement. This “best infor
mation obtainable" is from Dr. T S.
Bailey, of Newnan, who has been at
tending Grace since he was carried
home on March 23. It was the desire
for an official statement from the phy
sician that caused Mr Dorsey to post
pone naming the amount of the bond
until today.
Following is the solicitor’s state
ment :
"Our opinion is that the bond as
sessed by the committing magistrate
was correct under the conditions ob
taining at the time the same was fixed.
As the party assaulted is not now. ac
cording to the best information obtain
able, in danger of.imminent death, con
sidering the nature of the charge, the
ability of the defendant to give hail and
al! the facts appertaining to the trans
action in so far as ascertainable. Mrs
Grace's bond for the time being is
placed at the "Sum of $5,000.”
j HOME
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PR It 'h' • Rn Trains. FIVE CENTS.
1 IVJ tjL’j. ln Atlanta . TWO CENTS
I» SAYS
HEILOIE
CM BEAT
BOSSES
Colonel Calls the Roll of the
Bosses and Declares He’ll
Down Them All.
ONLY MAN WHO CAN
DEFEAT THE PRESIDENT
Asserts Only a Crooked Deal
Can Nominate Taft at the
Chicago Convention.
NEW York. May 10. —“There Is juet
on* candidate whom It is possible to
nominate against the bosses, and that
is myself."
This declaration Is made in a letter
from Colonel Theodore Roosevelt to R.
A. Caswell, of Minneapolis, clerk of
the supreme court and chairman of the
Roosevelt- committee. The latter was
made public here today by the Roose
velt committee, upon the direct order
of Colonel Roosevelt.
Continuing, the Colonel says In part
“Nine states have now held presi
dential primaries or their equivalent—•
North Dakto, Wisconsin. New Hamp
shire. Illinois. Pennsylvania, Nebraska.
Oregon. Massachusetts and Maryland.
These States, the only ones tn which
there has been a free chance for the
expression of popular will, ar* to be
represented by 256 delegates in the Chi.
cage antionai convention. Forty of
these delegates are instructed for Pres
ident Taft and 216 are against him.
He has carried but two nf the nine
states—New Hampshire and Massachu
setts —while in Massachusetts the
Roosevelt delegates-at-large were
elected by over twice the majority
which Mr. Taft obtained on the pref
erential vote.
Pig Bosses All
Support Taft.
"In Maryland the majority against
Mr. Taft was about the same propor
tionately for him in Massachusetts and
New Hampshire. The other seven
states’ majorities against him range
from 2 to 1 to 20 to 1. In ail the states
together about three out of every four
of the Republicans who voted at the
primaries were against Mr. Taft. If
primaries could be held in all the states,
there would undoubtedly be no sub
stantial variation from those figures,
and Mr. Taft could by no possibility
have 400 votes in the Chicago conven
tion. Mr. Taft's chance of renomtria
tlon Iles solely In securing at Chicago
delegates w ho w ill misrepresent the will
of the people.”
“After a prolonged experience of me
as president, practically all of the big
bosses in the Republican party dislike
me so heartily that they opposed Mr..
Taft's nomination because I favored It.
They were afraid that Mr. Taft would
give them the same kind of trouble I
had given them.
"After three and a half years experi
ence of Mr. Taft since he has been
elected, these same men have turned
around and heartily favor his renomi
nation. They were opposed to me four
years ago and they are opposed to me
now. They were opposed to Mr. Taft
four years ago w hen they had not tried
him as president and today they heart
ily support him.
Calls the Roll
Os His Enemies.
"These men include, for instance. Mr.
Gallinger, in New Hampshire; Mr. Al
drich. in Rhode Island; Mr. Penrose, in
Pennsylvania; Mr. Geating. in Indiana:
Lorimer, in Illinois; Guggenheim and
Evans, in Colorado: Mr. Calhoun and
the Southern Pacific crowd, in Califor
nia. and the Amalgamated Copper
crowd, in Montana, and tn your own
state they include Mr. Smith and Mr.
Tawney. The fight is a nation-wide
fight, a plain people against the bosses.
"I became a candidate only when I
became convinced that no other pro
gressive candidate could by any possi
bility be nominated against Taft. The
contest has gone so far as to make it
now evident tha* I can certainly be 1
nominated against Mr. Taft, and either
I shall be or else a reactionary will
be."