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2 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. A NERVE TONIC Horsford's Acid Phosphate Recommended for relief of insomnia, impaired nerve force and fatigue. In vigorates the entire system. 0 The Need of Glasses * It Is a very prevalent idea that glasses should be avoided es long as possible. This idea Is a sadly mistaken one. The proper rest glasses will keep the eyes from failing rapidly and permit you to do close, continuous work with ease and comfort. ' Our opticians will make a careful examination of your eyes and fit the correct, lenses In the latest style mountings at a reasonable charge. A. K. HAWKES CO. OPTICIANS 14 Whitehall St. "On the Viaduct” Meadow-Gold QCp Butter, Pound vvu FRESH COUNTRY ECCS 17a c doz. No limit. Boy a!! yog want. Cash Groeent Company 118 and 12? ftfettStaS St WHITE FOR PUCE IN CORL DISTRICT 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. Lawn and Porch Swings Have Your Swings Put Up Before Summer We are prepared to deliver and put up lawn swings made of oak for $7.50; pine, $6.00. Porch swings, $3.75, $5.00, $7.50 and SIO.OO. KING HARDWARE COMPANY 87 WhitehaU St. 53 Peachiree St, Money-Making Opportunities The man with a little capital has more opportunities now to make money than ever before in the history of the world. Thousands of good propositions are crying for capital and thousands of men without a cent saved are bemoaning their "ill luck." GET CAPITAL! Save it out of your earnings. 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