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THE WEATHER.
Fc-eeast for. Atlanta and Georgia:
Fair today and crobably tomorrow.
VOL. X. NO. 245.
SUNDAY BATH
FIGHT IS ON
IN SPITE OF
GOUNGIL
Leaders of the Movement in
Park Board Declare Ban
Will Be Removed.
J. 0. COCHRAN SCORES CITY
FATHERS FOR “BUTTING IN”
Old Blue Laws Have Been Out
grown. and Rich Should Not
Be Favored. He Asserts.
Despite the city council's request that
no Sunday swimming be permitted in
Atlanta’s parks, leaders in the park
board declare today that a majority of
the board will vote to give men who
work all the week an opportunity for a
healthful amusement on the one day
they claim their ow n.
President J. O. Cochran has called a
special meeting for next Monday af
ternoon at 3 o'clock. The public is
Invited to come to the meeting and
express its views.
But the twelve council members of
the majority which placed the council
on record as against Sunday swimming
are determined, and If the park board
votes to allow the Sunday bath, a
critical situation may arise. It is in
the council’s power to pass an ordi
nance prohibiting Sunday bathing.
Whole City Split
Over Sunday Rule
The semingly unimportant recom
mendation of Park Manager Dan Carey
that Sunday bathing, in Piedmont lake
be prohibited this yekr has divided the
whole city into two factions A ma
jority of the park board present at the
meeting a week ago adopted the rec
ommendation. and a bitter tight has
been waged ever since to have that
action rescinded
The Federation of Trades and indi
vidual union labor organizations have
adopted resolutions insisting that the
board allow Sunday bathing. The
Methodist Ministers Association has
adopted resolutions condemning the
amusement. Epworth Methodist church
unanimously cast 150 votes urging that
the Sabbath should not be desecrated.
Dr. Charles W. Daniel, pastor of the
First Baptist church, and Bishop \A A.
Candler, of the Methodist church, both
preached against it Sunday. The Sun
day school superintendents will take
action at their meetinc in Ponce De
] eon Avenue Baptist church tonight,
and other religious organizations are
expected to follow their example.
On the other hand, nfhe-tenths of the
500 ballots cast at a cigar store at
Peachtree and Decatur streets are for
the Sunday plunge
Cochran Defends
Action of Liberals.
,1 O. Cochran, president of the park
board, gave the council a hard rap In
an interview today. He said:
"It is not the Intention of those now
advocating Sunday bathing to defy the
church and the moral lan. The park
board does not contemplate operating
on Sunday morning when people ought
to attend church, but only in the af
ternoons. when churches, as a rule, do
not hold any services
"tVe propose to see that order is
maintained The chief of police assures
us that he will hare plenty of men on
hand for that purpose.
"If swimming on Sunday is so bad,
then why not close up every cigar and
soda stand in the city? Why not stop
street cars on that day? Why not close
up the Capital City and all other clubs'.’
M'hy permit the wealthy classes to play
rolf all day?
"The man who works all the. week
and who has no opportunity to go
swimming except on Sunday has as
much right to he considered as the
gentlemen who has plenty of time and
money.
■ I challenge any of the twelve coun
cilmen who went on record against
Sunday bathing to run for office on that
issue.
"Instead of abolishing the dump piles
which reek with disease germs, and
performing duties which they have au
thority and ought to perform, certain
council members waste their tiriie med
dling with matters which .io not con
cern them.
'This city has outgrown the Puri
tanical blue laws, and all the ordi
nances and resolutions of the council
ran not set back the wheels of prog
■pss.”
TH FOR ADD IN TYPE
The proposal that council declare it
t«>lf on Sunday swimming yesterday
afternoon precipitated the hottest de
oate of the year.
In introducing the resolution request -
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No Richeson Reprieve
An Unofficial Poll of
Foss* Council Shows
BOSTON. May 14. -An unofficial
poll of the executive council which will
decide- the fate of Rev. flat erne V. T
Richeson, condemned to death for the
murder of Avis Linnell. taken today,
indicated that the plea of the pastor
slayer's lawyers for a commutation of
sentence will be denied by a vote of
7 to 2.
Governor Foss today received , the
last of the alienists’ reports, and will
make his decision known at the coun
cil's meeting tomorrow.
Richeson probably will be taken from
his cell in the Charles Street jail to
the prison in Charlestown tonight.
Atlanta Takes Lead in
Movement to Build Up
Panama Canal Trade
To put the South in touch with tne
great markets of South America, with
Atlanta at the head of the movement,
is the plan of the foreign trade com
mute of the Chamber of Commerce.
It is planned next fall to call a con
vention of the leaders of this section
in construction and finance, and after
that meeting to have a number of At
lanta men to go to South America and
get acquainted with actual trade con
ditions and methods of carrying on
business.
The foreign trade committee, of
which St. Elmo Massengale is chair
man. listened yesterday afternoon to
an address by John Fox. former head of
the rivers and harbors 'committee of
congress, and now representative of the
San Diego exposition of 1915.
What the opening of the Panama
canal means to the South in procuring
the trade of South America, which now
goes to Europe, was shown by Mr. Fox.’
He is in Atlanta in an effort to procure
a Georgia exhibit at the expositlop.
Fun and Frolic in Big
Bunches on Bill for
Us C L Convention
The United Commercial Travellers in
Georgia and Florida will assemble in At
lanta Thursday morning for a three-days’
convention. Many forms of entertain
ment have been arranged, including a din
ner at the Piedmont hotel, the Atlanta-
Montgomery baseball game, a theater pat -
ty at the Forsyth, automobile parties, pa
rades and a dance.
Besides the social events, business af
fairs will be taken up. and a number of
candidates will be initiated Saturday night
at the hall of the organization In the
Kiser building The convention will In
clude practically the entire membership
of the Georgia-Florida Grand Council of
the United Commercial Travellers of
America.
Former Sweetheart of
Singing Evangelist to
Sue for Heart Balm
CHICAGO, May 14. Homer Rode
heaver, singer of revival hymns, who
has been connected with the tours of
Rev. “Billy" Sunday, today faces suit
for $59,009 damages'for breach of prom
ise. filed by Miss Georgia W. Jay. Miss
Jay now lives in Chicago. She met
Rodeheaver In a small town in lowa,
when the singing evangelist was there
with Sunday two years ago.
According to the complaint, the two
became firm friends. When Rodehea
ver was not traveling about the coun
try. he spent much of his time in the
girl's company. Then, she says, came
the promise of marriage.
Months ago Miss Jay received a let
ter from Dakota, written by the singer.
She has waited vainly since for an
other.
“My lawyers.” said the girl, discuss
ing the ease, "tell me there never has
been a case in Chicago in which a girl
was more entitled Io damages.”
Union Telegraphers
To Be Locked Out by
W,&A + , Says Rumor
Telegraphers of the Western and At
lantic railway who are members of the
Order of Railway Telegraphers must quit
the union or lose their jobs, according to
rumors among the men today. They say
that President .1. W. Thomas, of the
Nashville. Chattanooga and St. Louis rail
way. which leases the Western and At
lantic. has issued an order to that effect.
It is expected that the telegraphers will
stick by the union
Conferences have been held for two
weeks between telegraphers and road of
ficials. looking to a recognition of the
union and an adjustment of hours and
wages A strike among ihe operators
was threatened in case their demands
«>rf refused Now it appears that in
stead of a strike a lock-out may result.
Officials of the road have several times
stated that they could fill the places of
an,' men leaving.
52.000 ATTENDED REUNION.
MACON, GA., May 14. -official re
ports from the various railloads place
the attendance upon the reunion of the
veterans in Macon at 52.000. This Is
about 75.000 legs than was anticipated.
Tim <'entrai of Georgia handled 23,000
and the Southern 22.000.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY. MAY 13. 1912
TELLS HOW
HEIGNORED
SINKING
TITfC
Californian’s Captain Admits
He Saw Boat Go Down,
But Gave No Aid.
MIGHT HAVE SAVED
HUNDREDS OF LIVES
Says Doomed Liner Snubbed'
His Warning of Danger Just
Before Iceberg Crash.
LONDON. May 14.—The British gov.
ernment’s inquiry into the Titanic dis
aster produced sensational develop
ments today when testimony was In
troduced to show that the Leyland line
steamship Californian was within easy
reach of the great White Star liner
when she plunged to the bottom of the
Atlantic off the Newfoundland coast on
the morning of April 15.
The master of the Californian testi
fied, under oath, that he plainly saw
lights, which are believed to have been
those of the doomed ship, from the
time she struck the berg until she set
tled beneath the waves. It was esti
mated that the Californian was from 15 ’
to 32 miles away from the Titanic when |
the latter sunk, easily within range to ■
have picked up practically every one |
on the ddomed ship.
She Was “Phantom Ship."
The Californian is thus identified in
the minds of many as the "phantom
ship.” whose lights the survivors saw
from the lifeboats. Stanley Eord. mas-1
ter of the Californian, told a story of |
the events of the night of the disaster. I
part of w hich was characterized by j
Dol'd Mersey, presiding Judge of the In. ,
quisitorial court, as very important.
Lord was a witness before the United
States senatorial investigation which
investigated the disaster in America.
Lord's story, told in answer to ques
tions of court and counsel, follow s:
"We sailed for the United States April
5. arriving at Boston on April 19. The
ship carried no passengers, but we had
lifeboats to accommodate 218 persons.
On Sunday. April 14. we encountered
ice. The Titanic was within wireless I
range at that time because a message
which we sent out was intercepted by
that ship. About 10:30 o'clock on Sun
day night the ice became so thick that
we had to stop and*reverse the engines.
Titanic Snubbed Warning.
"About 11 o’clock, having remem
bered the nearness of the Titanic. I told
the wireless operator to send her a mes
sage of warning and let her know that
we were surrounded by ice. At the
time I did not know whether the Ti
tanic’s operator had received the mes
sage or not as he flashed back the re
ply: 'Keen out, I am busy with Gape
Race.' We could see the lights of a
vessel coming up and I stood at the rail I
until 11 o'clock watching her approach, j
About 11:30 o'clock the lights showed |
that the ship had stopped dead.
. "The third officer of our ship tried
to communicate with her with the
Morse lamp signal, but got no reply.
Saw Titanic’s Rockets.
"At 12:40 o'clock another officer on
our ship met me on deck and told me
that the vessel w hose light w e had been
watching was in the same position as
she had been when she stopped at
about 11:30 o'clock. The second officer
reported that he had seen a white
rocket."
Lord Mersey broke in here to sug
gest that the Californian would be
about fifteen miles away. Sir Robert
Finlay, chief counsel for the White Star
line, suggested nineteen miles. Contin
uing. tlie witness testified that the third
officer had told him he had seen two
masthead lights on the stationary ship.
"That's very important." interrupted I
Lord Mersey, "for the Titanic had two I
masthead lights."
The witness declared that he had I
only seen one light himself, but he had I
taken the word of the third officer that |
there were two.
Sir Rufus Isaacs, of the government I
counsel, declared that if the third offl- i
cer was right the ship must certainly j
have been the Titanic.
SISTER OF HARRY THAW
EXPIRES IN PITTSBURG
PITTSBURG. PA.. May 14. Mrs.
Eliza Thaw Edwards, half-sister of
Harry K Thaw and widow of George R. ■
Edwards, one of Pittsburg's best known
railroad men. died at her resid me,
4891 Forbes street, at an early hour
today.
Mr-. Edwards had been m ill health
for several months and her demise was
not unexpected by her friends.
Clark Winning in California With Women's Votes
TEDDY AND TAFT CLINCH
■ MNR" aS
kA—- —J
Presidon! lalt. < olonel Roosevelt.
Missourian Is Sure. Victor Over
Wilson, and Ex-President
I
Seems To Be in Lead.
i
| SAN FRANCISCO. May 14. Presiden.
I tial primaries the first in which wom
en have ever voted—were held in Cal
ifornia today.
After months of the most active kind
of campaigning, the. Clark. Wilson.
Taft. Roosevelt and I.a Fol let te boom
ers strove today to got the voters to the
polls.
Few campaigns In this? state have
been attended Ijy such keen interest,
i Women have taken an active part and
I they will increase the size of the vote,
the vast majority of them favoring
Clark, who looks like an -easy winner
over Wilson. The election is the first
in California at which voters have the
right to express their preference for
nominating a president.
Clark and T. R.
Look Like Winners.
The Democratic campaign between
Champ Clark and Woodrow Wilson has
been spectacular. Disinterested fore
casters today predicted that Clark
would carry the state in spite of Wil-,
son's carefully perfected organization.
I Interest on the Republican side was
j heightened by the sw itch of Governor
Johnson from Senator I.a Follette to
Colonel Roosevelt. The fight between
the Taft and Roosevelt forces has been
bitter during the entire campaign, and
spice was added to it through the at
tacks by LaFollette, on Governor John
son and the Roosevelt followers.
Despite the light made against the
colonel, figures from unbiased sources
indicate that Roosevelt will win the
California delegation on the Republican
ticket.
But Wilson Men
Make No Forecast.
Here are the forecasts made today
from the various headquarters:
"Roosevelt will carry the state, by a
plurality of not less than 7»>,hb<l and by
a majority of not less limn 2.?J'00."
John W. Stetson, president of the
Roosevelt leagu'
"President Taft will carry California
Iby a very handsome majority." Colo
nel Charles Mifflin Hammond, manager
I of the Taft campaign
| "Late advices, coming from all sec
• tions. confirm our prediction that
Champ Clark will cany every county
lin the state." R. H. Dewitt, chairman
of tile Democratic state central com
mittee.
"I am confident that Senator LaFol
lette will be the choice of the free
voters of this state. Roosevelt and
Taft have both failed to solve our prob
lems."- Rudolph Spreckels,
No statement came from Woodrow
Wilson s managers.
Balloting was active early in the day
and a heavy vote was predicted.
A heavy vote was cast in Los An
geles county. Women flocked to the
polls, voting early. Reports from the
state indicate that unusual interest was
displayed by them. With the addition
of the votes of the women, it is be
lieved that the vote In the state will
’be twicy as great as ever before.
SLAYER INDIGTEO
i IN RECORD TIME
Takes Just Three Minutes to
Find Rill Against Man Who
Killed His Wife.
Robert L ('lay, ho shot and killed
hi.? wife at 201 Lee street Sunday night,
wa.« indicted For murder today in th**
shortest hearing in the history of th*
KuJton county grand .iui? . <»nlx one
witness. Mrs< W. \V. Smith, was ‘-x.mi
med, and the hearing lasted <»nly thro*
minutes. Mrs. Smith is a sister "f
r ‘lay’s victim, ami saw her shot.
Clay is. held in the police station, and
a plea of insanity will probably be of
fered in his defense
This means that <’la x will be held for
trial in the criminal branch of the su
perior court, the grand jury action ob
viating the necessity of a preliminaiy
trial. Up will be transferred to the
Tower during the day.
<‘lay refuses to taste food, and th*’
police fear hp is trying to starve him
self. Up drank a cup of eofTee todav,
but pushed aside the breakfast carried
to his cell by Turnkpy Bayne.
He is still maintaining his silence,
declining t«» answer an? *iue«tions
asked him. The only time h»> has spoken
was when he asked a fellow prisoner f«»r
a cigarette. He sits on his hunk and
glares out of th** barred door most of
the time.
If Watson Promises
To Let Bryan Alone,
Johnson Favors Him
< olonel J. Lindsay Johnson, editor <»f
I’he Rome Tribune-Herald, and leader <»i
the movement in the Seventh Congres
sional district io seat Wilson delegates in
the forthcoming state Democrat i<> con
vention. is favorable to Thomas E. Wat
son as a delegate-at-large I" Baltimore
>nly upon one condition.
He thinks that Mr. Watson s threat to
attack Bryan on the floor of the national
convention is a circumstance that should
cause the state convention to hesitate to
send ‘ the red-headed person ' to Balti
more
Colonel Johnson sa’s Mi Watson
wants t<» go to Baltimore tn measure
lances with Mr. Bryan in other words, to
raise a row in the I‘cmocratic love feast
that should be.”
The Rome editor is an ardent Bryan
enthusiast. and has been for years
if Colonel Johnson and his Wilson “in
surgents” are seated in the state con
vention a doubtful ‘ if. ' of course it is
certain that they will object strenuous!)
to Mr Watson's going to Baltimore with
hostility to Mr. Bryan in his heart.’
FIRE ROUTS OUT 50 FAMILIES.
NEW YORK, May in. Fifty families
were routed from their home? in panic
early today by a $;><».000 fit*’ which
w recked the'l wo-story building at 5102-
;>ll2 Third avenue, Brooklyn.
I
President and Man Who Made!
Him Attack Each Other
While Crowds Cheer.
President Taft and Theodore
Roosevelt locked horns today in
their fight for the Republican presi
dential nomination with the presi
dent's home stale, Ohio, for battle
ground. .Ail day long the two ambi
tious statesmen barnstormed < thio
towns defying and deriding emit
other in their 'efforts tt* win the
Buckeye delegation, which a ill be
instructed on My 21. They spoke
in town halls and from train ends,
virtually bombarding the com»mn
<lth with talk
Colonel Roosevelt w ill follow
President Taft throughout the lat
ter’s tour of (thin and several times
the trail of the two rivals will
cross.
Bosses in Control
Says Colonel Again.
BELL \ 1 1? E. <i|lK >. May [ t J„ his j
invasion of Ohio today (‘olonel Roose
velt scored President Taft so, his re-’
cent attacks on him. The ex-president :
rghuked tin president for having been |
misled by the influences around him.
Roosevelt told a wild!' cheering crowd
here that the president has shown that
he can not he trusted to handle tin
affairs of the people,
"It's the bosses that are in’control,”
he shouted.
Roosevelt was in fine fighting eon- i
dition. He found as his train entered '
i thio th'is morning that his Ohio com- :
mitt.e, of which Wt'ltei F Brown, I
chairman of the Republican state ten- ’
tral committee, is the head, had carved ;
a vigorous campaign out lor him. Dur- i
ing the seven days he is in the state the '
colonel w ill tlelivi r 73 speeches. Roos- i
volt will appear in 3.7 big towns and :
cities, besides, more than a score of!
smaller towns. In his trip he will cover j
1,743 miles.
Tells Youngsters
About His Boy.
The colonel will devote most of hie 1
lime to the southeastern and central
northern portions of The state. The. ex
ptesident's principal speech will be at
('anion, where he talks tonight. The
colonel's train reached here nt 7:30 I
o'clock this morning and was left on a
siding until 8:30 while the ox - president
breakfasted. A group of Bellaire young
people surrounded the'car and gave a
rousing yell. The colonel .went to the
'ear platform of his ear and, beaming
upon the youngsters, asked: "7 sup-|
pose you all play football?”
"Suit'.”
"Well. one of my boys was venter i
rush last year on his team," said the J
colonel,
"Hooray 1" came a chorus Roosevelt I
wrote itis name on a card for the hovs I
and they gave him atiothtt cheer.
Roosevelt was escorted to the public
square and there talked to 2.500 peo
ple. The crowd was as enthusiastic
and a.- huge as that which greeted
Continued on Page Two.
EXTRA
PRICE:
On Trains. FIVE CENTB.
In Atlanta. TWO CENTS.
SANITARIUM
BBS; 11
HUE;
2 Hl
300 Patients Jump From Win- |
dow in Night Blaze at the I
i ' Raleigh Springs Shelter. |
I
DIGGING IN RUINS FOR I
BODIES OF THE DEAL I
Guards Scour the Surrounding |
Country for Refugees 8e- |
lieved To Be in Hiding. I
MEMPHIS. ’I’ENN May 14. A white
man and a \\ni< burned to death.
i‘’n othor persons are missing, and 300 ' J
I pHiipnts of the Juno's sanitarium at
‘ FLih igii Spring-, ten miles from Mem
phis. were forced t” jump from a sec-
, r ti'l-story window when th' 1 institution
burned al I o’clock this morning.
, The patient: were forced to flep in.
I th' ir night clothing 1! E believed that
I the missing may hav escaped and be
! < omc fugitixe . but a search of the
ruin.' iii being made for their bodies.
, The sanitarium was outside the* city
j limits and beyond the aid of the Mem
; phis rhe department.
Fear Death List
, May Run Higher.
Ihe sanitarium \\ a~ a large, three- ia
*tory structure that had been origi
nally built for a summer resort hotel.
It was t* n miles north of tl]p City. Its
inflammable construction caused it to
burn like tinder, and being without
fire lighting facilities, there was no op- |
portunitv to check it.
t»\< r Jihi poisons patients arid at
tendants were in the building. Most
of these • -< aped in their night clothes,
lumping from upper windows to ve
ran*las and io the ground
I "r houi - after the building had been
burned attendants uud volunteer work
er searched ihe ruin -for bodies of vic
tims. It is the death list may ■ S
run higher. At the - line time guards* ||
s> mi red the -'orro inning 'Ountry for
lef||g-(>4>. / -a
Raleigh Springs i connected with”
Memphi: n*. •y? Lan tr ,, lF‘\ line and . ;3|
during the morning huud’eds of persons ;
rode out f»om the < jtx to view the
ruins. t
The 'dd hol'd \\ a. takon over by the :
lam' - S inii.f'ium t’ornpan.' about eiThl '
['ears ago Patient' were treated for 4
j whisky and drug h.i •• • i
Nearßeer Sen Who /
Paid License Before A
May 1 To Be Freed
While no definite program haa beer,
announced by Solicitor Genera! Hugh Dor
i sey. it is understood that the indictments
| against \tlania near-beer dealers who had
paid li< case taxes before May 1 ’bp date
| the hills were returned by the grand jurj
j will be quashed.
\ The indictments were brought for the J
i purpose of forcing the payment of the
| 1912 taxes rather than to prosecute th?
' ncMr-heer dealers For this reason those
i dealers who paid up will be freed.
It is said that those dealers who have
failed to pa> taxes since the bills were
eitimed, will be arraigned before Judg?
1 Roan, in the criminal division of the su
’ perior court, some time during this term
anti tried for a misdemeanor.
I While but 82 dealers were indicted a
i week ago. some HO hills are pending, and
1 will be presented to the jury this week.
15 MEN BURIED ALIVE
BY MINE EXPLOSION;
ALL PROBABLY DEAD
IRONWOOD, MIOH. May 14.—Fif
teen men xveic buried alive by an ex
plosion in the M«ui'fs mine near here
eailx today. All are believed to be
l dead. Two bodies have been recovered,
, ami r scuei s ar' working desperately to
| reach the others.
STILL A LITTLE COOL, BUT
HOT STREAK'S ON THE WAY
(''•■at skic- and warmer weather for
(Atlanta luring the next day or two
makes up the outlook at the United
Stites u.-ather bureau. The tempera
tui" is still below normal throughout
the Smith, as tn Atlanta, but no repe
tition of the ehillj weather of Sunday
1 night is expected.
