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THE WEATHER.
Forecast: Showers tonight, clearing
tomorrow. Temperatures: 8 a. m., 73:
10 a. m.. 74; 12 noon. 78: 2 p. m.. 77.
VOL. X. NO. 243.
ALLEN CHIEF
ON STAND
ACCUSES
HIS FOES
Outlaw Leader* Tells His Own
Story of the Court House
Killings.
DECLARES ENEMY
FIRED FIRST SHOT
Says He Fell. Shot Through
Leg, While Other Court Of
ficers Blazed at Him.
WYTHEVILLE, VA., May 11.— Floyd
Allen, central figure in the shooting up
of the Carroll county court house on
March 14, when three members of the
court were shot to death and two othe:
persons received mortal wounds, took
the witness stand in his own behalf
when his murder trial was resumed in
the Wythe county circuit court today.
“If your honor please, we desire to
Introduce Mr, Floyd Allen, ’ said Judg*
Hairston of the defense.
The prisoner gave his age ar 55
years, ..nd said that ha ha? lived In
Carroll county all his life. During this
time hr has been constable supervisor,
d'put' s :'riff for eight years and dep
ut ■■ treasure;.
Had focxetbook in His Hand.
, ■■ :1 - ) ,<ie and nervous when he
took the stand. He testified that he
- ; Bolen had a conversation
ju.-t be 1 c- ;he shooting. "It concerned
! jail," he said. "I had a
; joiketbook in my hand. My
qA '” vas toward Mr. Goad. I
Mrn *+ the sheriff and wink."
'Then Mr. Goad raised his pistol and
jlr Webb raised his’n. ’ hAd heard
M G ,;d had been messing around.”
Th ' iiness was interrupted at this
p .int bv the prosecution, who said h
lee 1 . r ; .j tight to mention threats wdth
c y ..tin? them. The court would no;
' I'm to continue.
Declares Goad
n rr; - First Shot.
■ u you saw Goad with a pistol,
v.’p-u happened next?” he was asked.
"I kept eyeing him and wondering
vha h' was going to do with that gun
Then 1 rose right up and put a paper
ii: m pocket, and I says. I ain t going
my“ here with you, Mr. Goad, and by'
■ hat time he drew his pistol and just as
hcH'id the sheriff ‘ fired. He missed. I
think he shut behind me. Mr. Goad
fired, numbing my hip and leg. and I
fell. After I fell 1 saw him fire three or
four more times. Webb fired a little
the first, and Mr. Goad kept shooting.
I never saw Mr. Webb any more.”
Allen entered positive denials’ to prac
tically every charge made against him
by witnesses for the prosecution. Hr
denied making any threats to "shoot
holes in the court house’ and denied
that he had pulled a pistol from his vest
pocket.
He said his gun was in his hip pocket
and declared that he only fieri four
times in the court room, once to the
ceiling, again at random and twice at
Deputy Queensberry.
He denied shooting at Juror Early on
the outside of the court room, and also
that he wore a steel plate or armor.
ATLANTA LIKELY TO
GET SOCIOLOGICAL
CONGRESS FOR 1913
The Southern Sociological congress
which met this week in Nashville will
probably come to Atlanta next year.
Philip Weltner, Joseph C. Logan and
W. Woods White, who were among the
Atlanta representatives at the conven
tion, though without official power,
made overtures to the members. It is
practically agreed that when the invi
tation is extended by the city and the
Chamber of Commerce the congress
will accept.
Mr. Logan was elected secretary at
the Nashville meeting and Mr. White
was chosen as a representative from
Georgia on the executive committee.
BOY AND GIRL END
LIVES IN LOUISVLLE;
GIRL SHOOTS SELF
LOUISVILLE. May 11.—Two chil
dren have committed suicide in Louis
ville in three days.
Bruce Russell. 14 years old, hanged
himself in a closet at his home on Ta
rascon avenue, his body being found
bv a younger brother. His family think
he grieved because his mother, to
whom he was devotedly attached, had
gone on a visit.
Thursday Aline Hause. 12 years old
shot herself through the head.
The Atlanta Georgian
Arrest of Tagless
Auto Owners Halts
Hill-Climbing Show
The crowd at the annual automobile
hill climb in Stewart avenue this aft
ernoon was given an event not down on
the program in the arrest of J. B. Dub.
of the Buick company, and Dr. J. W.
Puckett, of Dunwody. Ga., for running
machines without numbers. They said
their number tags had been lost in go
ing to the meet. They gave bond on the
field to the county police and > were
permitted to resume their way up the
hill.
About 800 spectators drove out to see
the climb, and the road was lined with
machines and redolent of gasoline for
half a mile. The track appeared to be
in good condition despite the rains, and
a few new records were expected.
‘Dixie Flyer* Wrecked
By Freight Train Near
Vincennes; 2 Killed
VINCENNES. IND. May 11.—W. L.
Miller, of Vicksburg, Ind., and F. M.
Hyatt of Shelburn were killed and six
persons injured today when the Chi
cago and Eastern Illinois Dixie Flyer
sideswiped a freight train at Smith’s
Switch.
Joseph Ramsey, of Clinton, Pa., is
dying in a lo< ai hospital. Fred Mar
tine and Rensello and Vyne, vaudeville
actors, were bruised, and Henry Bel
cher. negro, was slightly injured.
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Hundreds of Juvenile Rooters in
Grandstand Yell Wildly as
School Teams Battle.
The field day exercises of the Atlanta
public schools took place before a gen
erous. though juvenile, throng of spec
tators today at Ponce DeLeon park. The
afternoon program began at 3 o’clock.
Every school in the city was represent
ed. Every kind of athletic feat was tried.
Beginning at 10 o’clock, Atlanta's quota
of Young America broad-jumped, hurdled,
threw the discus, put the shot and smiled
as admiring fellow’s in the stands sent vol
leys of applause across the field.
The exercises were by no means con
fined to the boys. Young Dianas in
bloomers raced around wdth fine display
of energy and showed quite as much
endurance as the representatives of the
alleged strongei eex.
In high jumping the girls
the boys. It was a poor leap for a girl
when' she did not clear 4 feet 8 inches.
The boys averaged hardly 4 feet 6 inches.
The crowd had a difficult time in fol
lowing events, so fast did they crowd
and lap each other. In the earlier part
of the morning several events were con
ducted at the same time.
All of the day's activities were not con
fined to the field. In the grandstand the
"rooters" were continually on the job.
The flfty-edrl schools represented each
had a delegation shouting for its particu
lar athletes. This constant and complex
rivalry resulted in a continuous chorus
of treble shouts which could be heard
for blocks around the park
Dr. Theodore Toepel. physical director,
was master of ceremonies, and kept things
going at a lively pace. The winners will
be announced Monday. _ _ .
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results
VICTORY WON
BYFRIENDS
OF SUNDAY
SWIMMING
Nose Count of Members of
Park Board Shows Vote
Stands 6 to 5.
MAYOR WINN AGAINST BAN
ON SABBATH DAY BATHING
Test Vote of Citizens Shows
Ninety Per Cent for Use of
Lake on Sundays.
Victory is in sight for the Sunday
bathers. A canvass of the park board
members today shows that six of the
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twelve will vote to rescind the action
of the board in prohibiting the Sunday
swimming in Piedmont park lake. Five
of the board members are firmly op
posed to it. Mayor Winn, the twelfth
member, i» inclined to vote for the Sab
bath plunge.
That public interest in this Sunday
sport has reached a high degree is
shown by the balloting at the United
t’igar Company’s store at the corner
of Peachtree and Decatur streets. More
than 300 votes were cast there today
and the keeper of the ballot box says
that approximately 90 per cent of the
votes are for Sunday bathing.
The line-up in the board is: For Sun
day- bathing. Cochran, Wilby, VanHou
ten. Pitts, Reynolds. Puckett and prob
ably Mayor Winn. Against it, Bur
nett. Pond, Anderson, Thomson and
Young.
Since the last vote Commissioner
Frank Reynolds has flopped from the
anti-Sunday swimmers and Commis
sioner M. B. Young has changed to
them. Mayor Winn says he was not
present at the meeting and is not fa
miliar with the new issue, but that he
is inclined to favor well regulated Sun
day bathing. In fact, only nine of the
twelve members were present at the
meeting which voted that nothing but
strolling should be permitted in the
city parks on Sunday.
Following the action of the Federa
tion of Trades in adopting resolutions
urging the Sunday privilege of Sunday
bathing, union men all over the city are
strong for it. They are among those
taking the most prominent interest in
the balloting.
On the other hand, one faction is
urging that the Sabbath should be held
more sacred and that the city govern
ment should not countenance a practice
for which almost every man in Atlanta
has been whipped in boyhood. Another
objection is that there was too much
disorder at the park on Sundays when
swimming was permitted last year.
Police Chief Beavers has informed
Commissioner Cochran that he will al
ways have enough policemen present
to enforce the best of order. Besides
the popularity of ths lake last summer,
the members point to the greatly im
proved facilities this year, and say that
it will be very difficult to keep people
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1912.
ATLANTA SCHOOL GIRLS BEAT
BOYS IN FIELD DAY STRUGGLE
Charley Hanson and Esthetic
Morris, in a dance of school chil
dren. and DeSales Harrison and
Allan Palmarlee in a running
high jump at the big field day
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BIG POWER SITE
CLAIMED FOR GA.
Mrs. Longstreet Says Survey
Shows 100 Acres More Be
long to the State.
According to Mrs. Helen D. Long
street, president of the Tallulah Falls
Conservation association, the Koch sur
vey of the gorge area in the Tallulah
river will show that a larger tract be
longs to (he people of Georgia than
had ever been contended by the most
radical conservationist.
Mrs. Longstreet is confident that the
survey, which she has reviewed with
Professor Strahan of the university and
her attorneys, Spencer Atkinson and
George Napier, indicates clearly that
more than 100 acres in the gorge of the
Tallulah river have never been granted
to any one by the stale of Georgia.
"The tract we will claim as a result
of the survey." ’said Mrs. Longstreet,
"is 100 acres in the gorge opposite Lot
11 in the Fifth district of Rabun county.
This 100 acres has never even been
surveyed and could not have been
granted by the state. There are simi
lar tracts which belong to the state in
the grand chasm."
R. L. Ellis, member of the legislature
from Tift county and active in the fight
to save Tallulah Falls, called on the
governor today to urge the claim of the
association against the Georgia Rail
way and Power Comapny.
The final decision in the matter Is
still in the hands of the attorney gen
eral, and his opinion is not expected by
the governor before the middle of next
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TRITONS CHEER
ARRIVAL
White Star’s Rescued Chief Is
at Home—Says Disaster
Was His Greatest Trial.
LIVERPOOL. May 11.—British cheers
greeted J. Bruce Ismay, managing di
rector of the International Mercantile
Marine, owners of the White Star line,
when he walked down the gang plank
of the steamship Adriatic today and set
his foot upon English soil for the first
time since the Titanic disaster. The
Adriatic also brought the surviving of
ficers and crew of the Titanic, who,
with Ismay, have testified before the
United States senatorial committee,
which investigated the Titanic disaster.
Mr. Ismay refused to receive news
paper men. but sent a statement to
them. He said:
Titanic His “Great Trial."
"The Titanic disaster has been the
greatest trial of my life. I have given a
responsible and adequate committee a
plain, unvarnished statement of facts
and my evidence before the British
committee should not be anticipated in
any way.”
Ismay looked pale and haggard as he
walked down the ship's gang plank to
the pier. As the assembled, crowd
cheered him he raised his hat and
bowed.
A big crowd had gathered at the
dock, among them.relatives and friends
of the Titanic survivors. It is assumed
that all of the survivors who are on the
Adriatic w ill be called to testify before
the government court of inquiry, head
ed by Lord Mersey. wh>n it reconvenes
on Tuesday.
SMITH OR HODGENS
GETS FELTON PLACE
ON SUPERIOR BENCH
Governor Firown will probably appoint
either Judge Robert Hodgens, or J. R
L. Smith judge of the Macon superior
circuit to succeed W. H. Eelton. whose
resignation takes effect on May 15.
Apparently the contest for the appoint
ment has narrow’ed down to these two.
Delegations of friends of both were in
evidence in the executive offices today
urging their respective claims.
It was said today that Smith had the
indorsement of half the members of the
Macon Bar Association, and Hodges the
indorsement of the other half
The governor said that he would not
delay the appointment. Erom his state
ments it would appear that he will name
the new judge early next week.
MUTES NOD “YES” AS
MINISTER MARRIES THEM
ZANESnLLE. OHIO. May 11.—By
the nod of the head, indicating ac
quiescence, Mary Hines and Martin
Lincicome. deaf mutes, were married
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PRESSMEN QUIT
GEORGIAN PLANT
Local Union Has No Grievance,
But Hopes to Help Strikers
in Chicago.
The men employed in the press room
of The Georgian walked out this morn
ing in response to a telegram directing
them to do so from President Berry, of
the International Printing Pressmen’s
union. The men had agreed at the
meeting held two days ago to obey Mr.
Berry’s call for sympathetic strike on
account of the pressmen’s strike in Chi
cago. This morning Mr. Berry sent a
strike order to all the Hearst newspaper
press rooms in New York, Boston, Chi
cago. San Francisco, Los Angeles and
Atlanta
The men in Atlanta, as in the other
cities where the sympathetic strike, was
ordered, nave ansolutely no grievance.
On the contrary they are violating a
solemn contract w'hich does not expire
until next September. The Georgian
has always been fair to labor and is ab
solutely without fault in this strike.
The strike, as stated, is directed only
at the Hearst newspapers In order, if
possible, to bring enough pressure on
Mr. Hearst to Induce him to yield in
Chicago.
The Typographical union and the
Stereotypers union have no part in the
strike and performed their duties on
today’s paper as usual
Tomorrow's Mothers'
Day; Wear a Flower
In Honor of Yours
"If you loved your mother wear a
white flow'er.”
That will be the shibboleth in Atlanta
tomorrow when the whole city will pay
public tribute to the women who gave
it life. The churches will be decorated
zi white flowers and ribbons in honor of
motherhood, little children in white will
march in reverential processions, min
isters will preach and choirs will sing
in praise of maternity.
The request has been made that all
persons who can shall wear roses or
earnations, but many have chosen other
snow'y blossoms because these were
their mother’s favorite flowers.
The boxes placed in the hotels, clubs
and other public places about the city
offer another fitting means of observing
the day. for the fund obtained from
that source will be devoted to the en
largement of the Home for Old Women
and men who haven’t mothers living
will quickly see the opportunity to pay
gift to the aged women who have no
tribute to their memories through a
aans to eaxe for their last days.
i HOME
4= EDITION
PRICE:
On Trains, FIVE CENTS.
In Atlanta, TWO CENTS.
HUNCfIECS II
IIALLEY FLEE
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ADVANCE
Night of Terror for Many
Is Caused by Rain and
Thunder Storms.
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LEVEES WEAKENED AS
TORRENTS SWELL RIVER
New Orleans Denies It Is Ini
Peril in Letter to Atlanta
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NW ORLEANS, May 11.—
Ing a night of terror in the valley,
caused by the heavieert rainfall ever
known <n this section, the situation
here and at other points along the lower
Mississippi today was the most threat- ■
ening of any so far caused by the pres
ent record break in the flood. The rain,
which began to fall shortly after noon
yesterday, ceased falling at 1:30 this
morning, and the high wind which had
accompanied the downpour died down.
The waves caused by the wind added
terrific strain to the already weakened
dikes.
Daybreak brought hope and relief t»
thousands In towns and villages
throughout the flood-stricken district.
Storm Makes
Thousands Flee.
At Baton Rouge the wind-roughened
waters were dashed over the tops of the
levees, tearing away ths temporary
works which had been erdeted on ths
top of the dikes.
Residents of the flood zone were not
(terrified alone by the heavy'rain and
its possibilities in regard to the weak
ened dikes. but by the terrific wind and
thunder and lightning which accompa
nied the storm. Thousands fled from
their homes in the dead of night and
either took refuge on higher ground or
joined the stream of fugitives seeking
refuge In the cities.
Revenue Cutters <
Aid Rescue Work.
The revenue cutters Windom and
Winona arrived this morning and pro
ceeded up the river to aid in the resewe
work.
At New Roads the water is up to the
door sills of the houses, but the inhabi
tants refuse to regard the warning of
Federal and state officials. Great loss
of life Is predicted there unless the flood
subsides soon. The levee broke at
Placheville today and the town is flood
ed. A new break at Moreauville has
widened the crevasse there 3,000 feet.
About six inches’of rain fell in four
hours. In this city the streets were
flooded from curb to curb. The deluge
was equally as fierce all over the flood
zone. Many residents who had disre
garded warnings to flee changed their
minds when the stopm burst.
Men worked all night in the stream
ing rain strengthening levees. Many
who had been tolling since dawn yes
terday fell exhaucted when day broke
this morning. While men worked side
by side with negroes and convicts toiled
with business men.
The wind backed up the water here,
adding to the menace. Last night the
gauge registered’2l.9. •
New Orleans Denies
Danger From Flood
In a letter to W. G. Cooper, secre
tary of the Atlanta Chamber of Com
merce. M. R. Trezevant, secretary’ of
the New Orleans flood relief commit
tee, denies that New Orleans is'tn any
danger from the flood. He says:
"The city of New Orleans is abso
lutely unaffected by the floods in the
Mississippi valley, though a number of
the parishes of the state of Louisiana
have been Inundated and the floods
there have, therefore, wrought great
damage outside of the city. New Or
leans is herself alleviating distress
with contributions of money and cloth
ing bedding, and the government with
rations, and the state militia is aiding
in rescue work. No levees within 100
miles of New Orleans have broken, and
all stories that this city is under water
are the wildest sort of irresponsible
canards.
Worst Is Now Over.
The United States, the state and ths
city engineers agree that New Orleans
will pass safely through the crisis, and
that the worst is now over. The great
est damage is the farmers’ loss of op
portunity to make crops, and we are
now working out a plan to begin the
reconstruction of our agricultural di»-