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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. teji ! \\ i /I I ( / MKB 1 1 tig ' ,l 'V knS A ; . ... x * 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 K -- lly M| T| CM: / f V, lll 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 I "UH®* T- \ / // umks.J®’ \ « , jWFt - *» Z’v JBV ■. <-■' -Fj4*** fml a b fk I. ~ 4r ./Mated \ /•".A 'r 1 wa<■ * x . < I M bRBh ilaf 11 for ~ ii. Zt Yjsa&gff, | ’Z, I .. / 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 . - • . 1 f Ai " \ MS Ibt 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 I*—- —’. Kae *K.A Ual/ T W VTir*»«e»x<. 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 ii urn's ADVANCE Night of Terror for Many Is Caused by Rain and Thunder Storms. T3BP LEVEES WEAKENED AS TORRENTS SWELL RIVER New Orleans Denies It Is Ini Peril in Letter to Atlanta I Commerce Chamber. / < 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»-