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BLEASE BEATEN;
SO fflS WILSON
South Carolina Denies Governor (
Place as Delegate and Re
fuses to Give Instructions.
COLUMBIA, S May 16 -Antt
pieasp Democrats tn South Carolina are
lubfla'nt today over the action of the
■■■. ate convention in defeating Governor
Coif L. Bicast for delegate from the
state at large to the national conten
tion. Biease ran sixth and last in the
voting for delegate places He was
nominated bv F H Dominick, his law
pattne'. The convention was over
wh lining!' opposed to Biens'- ThD
"as shown early, nhen two contesting
delegations opposed to his candidacy
wet e seated from Charleston and
Georgetown counties.
But Rlease was not the only governor
tn be disappointed by the action of the
convention The governor of New Jer
sey was handed a severe jolt, when the
convent'on refused to instruct the Bal
timore deh gates They w 11'. go to the
national convention untranimcle.d. ex
cept that they vol. as a unit. Wilson
forces fought vigorously to bind the
delegation for him. and today they are
acknowledging their defeat. Opponents
'f the New Jer-'v candidate declare
today that his chati. es are now weaker
than ever The Wilson forces, after a
fight, did put over an indorsement reso
lution. but it sp 'rifled "without Instrc
tion."
Judge Gary Evans, of Spartanburg,
former governor, is the new chairman
of t.o st ite . xeeutiv - committee..
The four delegates from tne stale at
larg. ,u' United States Senators Hen
R Tillman ami Ed D Smith. Chairman
Evans and Richard L. Manning.
The following ate the delegates from
the cotig h ssional districts:
Eiist District -R. S Whaley. Charl
ton Dinant Allirnates. W. I’ Gross.
J D Padgett
Second District W. W Williams. It
W. Crouch All 'rnat's. R. E Nichol
son, N. Christensen.
Third District- H. L. Watson. Dr. E.
C Daoovle. Mternates, R. B Grossett,
Dr R F. Smith.
Fourth District - I. W Barker. S. T
D I,am aster. Alternates, MUI Mooney,
Ren Hill Brown.
Fifth District Walter M. Dunlap. .1
L Glenn. Alternates. W P Pollock. .1
1 < •'Bear
Sixth District S. A. Wood, W. T
Betina. Alternates. It. B. Scarborough,
T P. Gibson.
Seventh District \\ A. Stuckey, .1
R Wingard Alternates. .1, T. Thomas,
D It Law
Senatoi Tillman was indorsed fm re
flection as national committeeman for
South Carolina.
Clark Wins 22 More
De legates in M ichi gan
BAY CITY, MUTL. Mav Hi. Clark
supporters today are claiming 22 mem
bets of the Michigan delegation to the
Baltimore convention, following the
failure of the plan of the Wilson faction
to wi-urc indorsement Wilson men
won a partial victory, however, when
It v. a decided not to adopt the unit
rule, and a." a rt suit eight of the state
delegates are Wilson men. An effort
to adopt the unit rule was howled down
end the motion withdrawn.
Majority for Clark
In lowa Convention
BURLINGTON. IOWA, May IS.
Democratic leaders here predicted that
Champ Clark would he winner in the
Democratic sure i 01.,■. nt.mt Scheduled
for today The fight in the convention,
the leaders predicted, would tenter on
if question of instruction." It was in
timated that the Wilson. Harmon and
Bryan fortes might .tom hands in an
effort to upset the Clark program.
Cla i ’< aders. before the convention
way called to order -aid they had
ta'ked with delegates from all sections
cf the state and wen sire trn Missou
rian would hay ea majority.
Minnesota to Name
Roosevelt Delegates
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. May 16.
That Roosevelt de!egates-ut• la s-
■would be elected by the Minnesota
state convention today wa conceded
by leaders of all factions hi re. but a
sharp fight over the platform was ex
pected l.aFollette men fit Id cauem e
that lasted most of the night at winch
the platform question was discussed.
An effort to secure the adoption ..f t
platform virtually dictated by the ad
herent- of the Wisconsin man was de
cided on. George S Loftus, president
of the Minnesota Progressive Republi
can league, is backing the LaFollette
plan.
N. Carolina Taft
Machine Wrecked
RALEIGH. N C.. May 16 All that
remains today of the Morehead-Butler Re
publican machine, the Taft organization
in this state. Is John M. Morehead, him
self. national committeeman In a test
vote, the state convention eliminated for
mer Senator Butler from participation I;
the party affairs, and. his enemies say. re
lieved the Democratic party of Its great
est asset in this state The' convention
severely criticised President Taft and
instructed its four delegates at large to
vote for Roosevelt first, last and al' the
tlme The delegates at large are Rich
mond Pearson. Thomas E Owen. Zeb
■'•ante Walser and Dr. Cyrus Thompson W
UNCLE TRUSTY!
Copyright. 1312. by International News .Service.
I ' ' S '% S J>REAM
I'M
“On the ovc of the hattie it is all right for William ami Theodore to hate some swell dreams! Poor guys, one of them is
sure to he carried off the field on a shutter before the fighting is over! I expect there will he tjnite some carnage this 'week!
Charlies never dreams- -he hasnt imagination enough! Elihu. stop counting your money- that jingling sound annoys me!
Harmony at Last
For Tennesseeans
NASHVILLE, TENN., May 16. All
is harmony today In the long disor
ganized Democratic party in Tennessee
a; a result of an agreement reached in
the state convention that did not close
until after midnight, whereby the four
rotes from the state-at-large in the
national convention will be represent
ed by eight delegates,► divided equally
among the four candidates for presi
dent.
Clark will have 10 or 12 of the 24
votes, with the others divided among
I'nderwood. Wilson and Harmon, since
he won more than one-third of the dis
:r;i t delegates.
The new state committee contains a
majority of tie old •'regulars.'' A pri
mary will In- held In August Io select a
candidate for governor and railroad
< ommlssioner and the candidate for
(’lilted States senator and state house
<dil< lais will be selected at a primary at
the November election.
There was a disturbance in the con
yenlion that threatened to become a riot
when Congressman K. D. McKellar in
making a speech assailed Stale Comptrol
ler Frank Dfbrell. Dibrell and his friends
rushed towards the platform. I‘lbrell de
claring be would have personal satisfac
tion. Mayor H. Crump, of Memphis,
and the delegates from Shelby county
started Io McKellar'* defense. The po
lice and sergeant-at-arms restored order
after ten minutes confusion. McKellar
finished his speech.
Va. Black-and-Tans
To Indorse T. R.
>
RICHMOND. VA.. May 16. With a
squad of policemen on hand to pre
vent Taft supporters from packing the
hull and passing resolutions indorsing
him. th black and tan wing of Vir
ginia Republicans held a state con
vention here today, electing four dele
gstes-at-large to the national conven
tion and adopting resolutions instruct
ing for Roosevelt first, last and nil the
time. Each of the ten congressional
districts w ill send two Roosevelt dele
gates to Chicago. representing the
black-andltan element. Os the 300 del
gates at today's convention. 200 yyere
negroes.
Senator Dixon ha. assured the Vir
emia negroes that they will get recog
nition at Chicago, if Roosevelt controls.
The lib white faction was denounced
in umpialifly d terms by the contention.
PYTHIANS OF ALABAMA
ELECT GRAND OFFICERS
MONTGOMERY. ALA . May 16 The
Alabama Gland Lodge. Knights >f
I l ' hi is. today elected D. B Cobbs, of
Mobile. g and chancellor. succeeding .1.
Lee Holloway. of Montgomery, Other
gi ind lodge officers a ■- as follows A
G Patterson. Falkville, grand vice
chancellor, .lames M, Dannelly. Mont
gomery. grand k< er- r of records and
seal; Willi., m H. Samford. Montgom
ery, giami mast>— of exchequer; G. W
Waldrup. Florence, grand nreiate; Gra
ham D Perdue. Birmingham, giand
master at arms: Benjamin A. Taylor,
Montgomery, grand inner guaui; H 1.
Gwin, Gadsden, grand outer g t:>i,
SENATE WANTS LETTERS.
WASHINGTON. May 16. T o
ate today adopted a resnlu’ion pre
sented by Senator Hitchcock okiriz
the secretary of state t< send -he
”finatp copies of letters from attorneys
or others forth- syndu.aw interested
in Magda •na ba' a'sn • opie of far
replie- .ent by department offieDiy to
Ase letters
rHE.\TI.-\VT\ S'EOKCIA.X WI’MWS- IHI KSDA V. MA Y 16. 1912.
THIN MARKED 3
KN FOR DEATH
Letter Written Before He Slew
Stanford White Is for First
Time Made Public.
NEW YORK. May 16. -In a letter
written by Harry K. Thaw and made
public for the first time today, is con
tained a list of the names of five per
sons with the word "kill" marked af
ter the nanu-s of three. Sanford White's
name was third on the list. The others
named were Bancroft Davis, Frederick
Gebhard. Craig Wadsworth and Regi
nald l"’ian< klyn.
This letter, which was written by
Thaw in December. 1903, was addressed
Io one "f his confidential agents in this
city. The letter and facts contained
therein will play an important part in
the state's hands in the sanity hear
ing now pending.
Bancrort Davis Heads List.
Thaw's letter was written just af
ter lie and Evel.v n Nesbit had returned
from their first trip together to Europe,
of the persons referred to in his let
ter, J. <'. Bancroft Davi*. a member of
the Knickerbocker club, and now an of
ficial of the Standard Trust Company,
in this city, was at the head of the
list of those marked "kill."
Tlie word "kill" following the names
of Mr. Davis. Gebhard and Mr. White
is underscored in each instance. in
the list, without the notation "kill”
are the names of Craig Wadsworth and
Reginald Francklyn. Mr. Ainsworth's
name was mentioned in both of Thaw’s
trials. No word has ever been writ
ten or spoken to the public which con
nected J. c. Bancroft Davis, Frederick
Gebbard or Reginald Francklyn with the
slayer of White in the tragedy of Madi
son Square Garden on January 25. 1906
The secret of Thaw's attitude toward
any one but White has been closely
guarded.
GOVERNMENT'S STEEL SUIT
DAMAGED BY OWN WITNESS
NEW YORK. May 16. The govern
ment lost a point through one of its own
witnesses today, .when John A Top
ping. chairman of the Republic Ste, I
and Iron Company, one of the biggest
of the independents, swore that his
company was in open competition with
the corporation under tire.
Richard V. Lindabury , chief of coun
sel for the steel corporation, cross-ex
amined Mr. Topping and brought out
the statement that the Republic com
pany was competing against tlie i'niled
States Steel <'orpotation.
MILLIONAIRE NOW HEAD
WAITER AT COUNTY JAIL
I."S VNGELES. Mav 16. George C.
Fct’erman. millionaire real estate deal
er. orange grower and rancher, and
also incidentally auto speeder, has been
promoted to head waiter at the county
jail. It :• because Fetterman is an
auto speeder that be spending a
number of days at 'he jail, and it was
b« ..?• his fiegtrs -yers unfamiliar
ith 'he work that he cut himself re
i peatedl: that he war moved up from
I the position as potato peeler.
POSSE AGAIN ON
BANDITS'TRAIL
With Bloodhounds From Con
vict Camp, Pursuit of Train
Robhcrs Is Renewed.
HATTIESBURG,' MISS. May 16.
Sheriff Bennett and Pinkerton detec
tives, under E. E. Miller, assistant su
perintendent, left here this afternoon,
with dogs from the county Cpnvcict
t amp for Black <'reek sw amp, a few
miles south of this city, to follow a
new trail of the train robbers who held
up New Orleans and Northeastern pas
senger train No. 2 early yesterday and
got away with $.150,000.
Tlie Southern Express Company has
offered a reward pf ss,ooo for the cap
ture of the bandits. More than ion of
ficers. detectives and railroad em
ployees, anxious lo win tlie reward, are
scouring tlie country between Richburg
ami Ralston. Officers have secured in
formation that the bandits boarded
train No. 4n shortly after the hold-up.
but left it at Richburg, six miles south
of here, going in a southeasterly direc
tion toward Ralston on the Gulf and
Ship Island railroad.
Superintendent Crumbaugh and Route
Agent Terry of the Southern Express
Company are here making an investi
gation of the conduct of the express
messenger, his guard and the train
crew at the time of the hold-up. but
they refuse t'> divulge any information.
3 Privates Commit
Suicide on U>S» Army
Transport: I Killed
SAN FRANCISCO, May 16.—Three
privates committed suicide on the armv
transport Thomas on its cruise from
Portland. Oreg., to San Framisco. The
Thomas arrived' today with a. number
of companies of troops that have, been
stationed in the Philippines.
Another private was stabbed to death
in a tight that occurred in the trip
down the coast. The dead mm are'
Pt iv ales Lopez. Wilson. Smith and
Curtis. 11l luck marked the entire
voyage, the Thomas encountering ex
tremely rough and stormy weather.
RAILROAD WHARF TRUST
IS HARD HIT BY DECISION
WASHINGTON. May 16. —Commis-
sioner Lane of the interstate commerce
commission today struck a blow at the
so-called wharf monopoly, maintained
by the railroads at the hading Eastern
seaport cities, when he decided that
where a railroad has a wharf to which
'it offers delivery and at which part of
the shipping is served, such a wharf
becomse a public terminal. It is held
further that if all shippers are not given
acccs- to it by the boats thev choose to
employ it becomes the carrier's duty to
make delivery at other wharves with
out additional charge.
The decision was given, in the case of
trade bodies of Mobile against- the Mo
bile and Ohio and the Southern Rail
road companies, but ''ommissiT-er Lane
says its effect will be wide-reaching.
NEW REAL ESTATE FIRM
ENTERS ATLANTA FIELD
The L. O. Turner Realty Company,
with a capita) of $2,000, has opened of
fices in Atlanta and will take an active
part in the real estate business in this
city. L. O. Turner, formerly with the
Holmes <<• Verner Co., and George H.
Gillon. recently of the Fulton County
Homo Builders, are the members of the
firm. Incorporation papers have been
applied for.
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Miners Union Too Weak to
%
Win Strike, President Tells
District Convention.
WILKESBARRE. PA.. May 16.—De
claring for peace in the anthracite field
and staking his future upon the result
of his efforts. President John P. White,
president of the United Mine Workers,
today addressed the tri-district conven
tion here in support of the tentative
agreement rejected in New York by
the full scale committee.
After asserting that he had dis
charged his duties with fidelity and had
been faithful to every trust, he de
clared that the union is unprepared for
a strike at the present time, and put
responsibility for a strike directly up
to the delegates, saying: "You are re
sponsible for the success or failure of
any action,"
White quoted these statistics to sup
port his position:
Workers in anthracite field, 170.000.
Miners in union March. 1912. 29.225.
He then pointed out that the finances
of the organization fell off from $1,207,-
120 in 1902 to $197,210 in 1911. and as
serted that the union is too weak finan
cially to wage any industrial war.
SAM STEELE, PORTER
AT STATE CAPITOL
FOR4OYEARS.IS DEAD
Sam Steele, ex-slave and dean of
capitol employees, is dead.
The aged negro, who as executive
porter, weathered the political storms of
nine governors’ administrations and
who for the past ten years liase found
a quiet haven in the office of the at
torney general, died suddenly at noon
today.
He was stricken in the corridor of the
capital at 16 o'elqck and taken to the
Grady hospital. He failed to regain
consciousness and died two hours later.
His malady puzzled the hospital physi
■■iaiis.
Sam came to the Georgia state capi
tal with Governor James Smith in' 1572,
when the state house was located at the
corner of Marietta and Eorsyth streets.
He was handed down as a heritage
through - i.eh' successive gubernatorial
terms, ending with Governor Allen D.
(’andler.
When Governor Terrell went into of
fice and Judge lohn Hart became at
torney genet'.’ 1 , Sam went with Judge
Hart He had -•ed as executive por
ter under Governors Smith. Colquitt,
Stephens, Ri yntor.. McDaniel, Gordon.
Northen, Atkins, n and Candler.
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