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THE WEATHER. Forecast: Showers tonight or to row, Temperatures: 8 a. m., 73: 1 0 a. m 76; 12 noon. 79: 2p. m.. 79. VOL. X. NO. 252. BtniHGEKN MCOLONEL MO Tin 111 BO It's Taft Weather. But Roose velt Men Say They Will Win Primaries. COLUMBUS, OHIO. May 21.—The Ohio presidential primary is proceed ing with exceeding slowness today, less than one-fourth of the qualified voters having iegistered their choice between Taft and Roosevelt or between Harmon and Wilson at 3 p. m. The betting at that hour was nearly even between the two Republican candidates, while odds of two to one upon Harmon against Wilson prevailed throughout the state Even at these odds there were vcr> few IVilson takers for the opinion is prevalent throughout the state that the New’ Jersey governor is meeting a decisive defeat. On the Republican side the confl uence of T ift supporters seemed large ly based upon the excellent weather which prevailed throughout the com monwealth. The more jubilant of the president’s friends declared that if the sun kept shining all day long he would make a complete sweep of the state. Roosevelt men admitted that they would have preferred rain in the farm ing districts to make agricultural work impossible for the day and permit the ruralisi.- io get to the polls. Split Delegation Is Looked For. I nbiased observers, however, are of the opinion that the slow vote means that the Buckeye Republicans will split the delegation and that Ohio’s repre sentation to the Chicago convention will not he solid for either of the Re publican candidates. I’he complicat’d ballots of the Re publican- seem to insure a primary v fiasco equivalent to the results in New Yoik ■ it\ and Massachusetts. Many voters spent more than five minutes trying to vote as they wished and none left the booths within three minutes. The Taft men ridiculed this claim, declaring that there had been a great gain in Taft sentiment as a result of the President's tour of tne state. The opinion was general that Sena tor La Follette would poll only a scat tering vote that W’ould not affect ma terially the verdict of the people on the Taft-Roosevelt fight. \- regards the Democrats, the politi cal prophets said it looked as if Gov ernor Harmon would carry his own state, despite the well-organized ef forts of the Woodrow Wilson follow er;., Wilson has been aided by Na tional Committeeman Harvey C. Gar ber. and the latter today reiterates his belief that the New Jersey governor would sweep the state, even against an Ohioan Election officials predicted that there would be a large number of Republican ballots thrown out as defective. The ' Republican primary ballot is very com plicated. The names of the candidates for the presidential nomination did not appear upon the Republican ballot, nor was thare anything on it to indicate which delegates to the national conven tion are pledged to this or that candi date. T. R Talks Fight, But Dodges Prediction NEW YORK, May 21.—"1 am a bet ter warrior than prophet.” This was the statement made here today by Theodore Roosevelt upon his arrival from the Ohio primary battlefield. The Colonel arrived at the Pennsyl vania station at 8:08 o'clock, and was met bv a number of friends. He W’ent into an impromptu conference in the waiting room, mapping out plans for his New Jersey campaign. Still talk ing ’fight.” he and his followers en tered the dining room and had break fast The Colonel said he was going straight to Oyster Bay to rest up be fore his campaign in New Jersey. He will spend Thursday, Friday and Sat urday in Governor Wilson’s state. He seemed to fee! pretty sure that the Ohio primarv election would give him an even break with Mr. Taft. After expressing bis poor opinion of his own uiialiflcations as a prophet, he contin ued ■ ■ The Ohio fight has been one of the hardest of the campaign, and I am glad to get a rest." Colonel Roosevelt announced that he v -uld not go to South Dakota for a presidential campaign, although he had Reived a number of invitations to -’0 so. Cleveland Picks Roosevelt to Win cppVELAND. May 21. —Thar forty thousand cotes would he cast in Cleve- I inday at th’ presidential primary v.- th» ]■< edict’"it of leaders on both / ii. mli.iw m-.: an rarlv heavy vote Sixty ' ~i ti e vote i’ wa as erted, ivouhl be *u ’ ui'li'ii i’he weather is (f.’a. Betting Harmon and Rou»e- Aa lt at the fa orites. The Atlanta Georgian Ball Strikers Fined SIOO Each; Cobb Case Is Left With Johnson PHILADELPHIA, May 21—A fine of SIOO each has been assessed against each member of the Detroit American league team who participated in the strike because of the suspension of Ty Cobb. This is the agreement reached by which the tangle was cleared up. The fine was imposed by President John son, of the American league. This fine is at the rate of SSO a day for the time that the men refused to play and is the regulation penalty for the offense. The magnates also decided to take the question of handling rowdy spec tators In the grandstands out of the hands of the umpires and put it in the hands of the local club management. The local managements are to call on the local police power to put an end to attacks on ball players by rowdy spec tators.' The case of Ty Co£>b was left entirely In the hands of President Ban John son, who said he w ould go to New’ York late today to take evidence of those who saw the assault at the American league park. Women Now Fight For Places at the Bar Os State of Georgia Already the bar of the state has de cided upon an open discussion of the question, and the demand of women that they be ad mitted to practice in Georgia courts will be carried to the supreme court for a ruling, while the bill giving the admission to the bar will be again in troduced in the legislature. The Georgia Bar association, com posed of the leading attorneys of the state, will hold its annual meeting at Tybee Beach next week. May 30 to June 1. when the principal topic of dis cussion will be: "Shan Women Be Ad mitted to the Bar of Georgia?” It will be led by Judge Henry C. Hammond, of Augusta, with E. B. Black, of Atlanta, and Roland Ellis, of Macon, among the speakers. Two women will be striking figures in the fight for recognition of the wo man in law. They are Mrs. Minnie Anderson Hale, who was graduated with honors from the Atlanta Law school last season, and Mrs. Georgia Mclntyre Weaver, a member of the se nior class which win receive IT* plomas in June this year. Both are residents of Atlanta and both have proved by actual work that they are qualified for practice in the courts. 2>ooo Churches Need Preachers: Better Pay Urged as a Remedy LOUISVILLE, KY„ May 21.—That there are 2,000 pastorless churches in the Presbyterian denomination was the assertion made by Dr Joseph Wilson Cochran, secretary of the board of ed ucation, to the general assemble. Dr. Cochran appealed for better financial support for the ministers, de claring that young men would not re gard the ministry as a. man’s ‘job until the church paid a man’s wages. "We are gaining barely enough men to supply the church." he said. "In calling for more men we are calling for heroes who must face starvation wages." One result of merging ministerial re lief and ministerial sustenance funds is expected to be that annuities as high as SSOO can be paid ministers out of service, whereas the maximum has been S3OO. The project to raise a fund of $10,000,000 to provide adequate pen sions will be pushed. JULIAN V. BOEHM IS RAPIDLY IMPROVING After submitting to a serious opera tion at a local sanitarium on Monday. Julian V. Boehm, well known Atlanta insurance man with the Union Cen tral Life Insurance Company, is re ported to be rapidly gaining in strength. His physicians say the op eration was successful and that he will probably be back at his desk in a short time. Mr. Boehm has many friends who will be pleased to hear that he is progressing. Young Men s P in search of Opportu nity will do well to read the Help Want- : - ed Advertisements in The Georgian each day. Many a man has found his chance through the Waht Ad pages of The Georgian. See . oday s Wahi Ads Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results BROWNFINDS ANSWER TO SLAYERS IN BIBLE Governor Quotes Old Testa ment, Refusing to Stay Five Executions. Georgia slayers who appeal to Gov ernor Brown to save them from paying the death penalty will find their final answer in the Mosaic law. The governor today turned to the Old Testament injunction to justify his action in refusing to stay execution in the five murder eases appealed to him during his present term of office. "Moreover ye shall take no satisfac tion for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall surely be put to death. Whoso killeth any per son. the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses." says verses 30 and 31 of Thirty-fifth Numbers— the law that the governor has taken to supplement the drastic statutes of Georgia. Noticeable Fall In Clemency Pleas. The chief executive made known the fact that he had sought Biblical com mandment to help him reach a conclu sion when the prison commission gave out the information today that there, had been a falling off of appeals for clemency since the governor’s firm stand in the Jefferson and Alford cases. Judge Patterson, one of the commis sioners. in speaking of the matter, said: “There has been a noticeable de crease recentlj in applications for clemency in murder cases since the governor has gone on record io? op posed to rereysing the ”oixrv I '■’tJS 'We. \ A-~-- —» *>. “ar “ a ’nt in murder cases to the capitol now unlecs the, have extraordinary evidence.” Governor Upholds Verdicts of Courts. Although the entire prison commis sion recommended that James Jeffer son of Columbus, convicted of the murder of Policeman Marchant be given life imprisonment instead of death. Governor Brown, after days of deliberation, decided that the verdict of the courts should stand. Twice Governor Brown respited Ed Alford, the Macon slayer, upon the pleas of his attorney that the man was first insane and then dying of tubercu losis. On May 10 the governor re fused to act again, and Alford went to his death on the gallows in the Bibb county jail. Jefferson thwarted the law by tak ing poison in his cell In Columbus on the night before he was sentenced to die. Girl Elopes Sitting On Handlebars of Fiance's Motorcycle MILWAUKEE. WIS., May 21 Seated on the handle bars of a motor cycle designed to carry only one pas senger, Miss Thera Knudson eloped to Waukegan with Evan Davies. In the same way she returned to Mil waukee again as Mrs Davies. Now’ Davies is having a second seat put on the machine. The elopement was planned after Miss Knudson had .accepted Davies’ invita tion to go for a spin. There was only one place for her to ride, and she perched on the handle bars. As they flew through the street? of Milwaukee they decided to be married, and the motor chugged its way to Waukegan, where they visited the office of a jus tice. P* Harris, Veteran Atlanta Fireman, Dies In His Wife's Arms Henry P Harris, one of the. oldest and most popular members of the At lanta fire department, died in his wife’s arms today as he was being led from the front porch of his home, 54 Irwin street, to his bed- room. Mr. Harris was stricken as he sat on the porch. He had been in ill health for several months but his death was wholly un expected. Mr. Harris was stoker of fire com pany No. 6, in the Boulevard, having been a member of that company for 18 years He went with the fire depart ment when No. 6 < ompany’was organ ized, being the only charter member of the company at the time of his death. He was a member of Fulton Lodge. Odd Fellows, and was also a Fellow Craft Mason, being a member of At lanta Lodge . Mr. Harr’ i survived by his wife nd three children Lottie, Frances and Ellie- all girl , the- oldest of whom is :ged 15 tea" Funeral arrangements w ill be announced lai-tat ATLANTA. GA., TUESDAY. MAY 21, 1912. W omen, Clinging to OldHome, Defy Police PIONEER’S DAUGHTERS ARM 1) •<' ? ..J Ki \A J) • j||| g||i| ■ ’ . .. . "'-I NKr / JMfu A: ’W vWv 1 waiKuafe <’#■. “'Wi -' V l * l *".." is / 11 \ ii Thp top picture show:- Miss Annie Sullivan wcppinp on the shoulder of her sister. Mrs. Mary Yancey, as their home was torn down. Below is Mrs. Yancey standing guard with a small rifle in her hand for protection. Opening of Swimming Season atPiedmont Is Delayed Till Saturday Dan Carey announced today that the opening of the swimming season in Pied mont park lake had been postponed, from tomorrow until Saturday No water has been pumped into the lake for the past several days because II has been neves ‘sary to stop the principal pump at the river station for ’tr»" - and the water nffieiair tiave been conserving their re serve supply. Lack of Silk Pants Worries Britons on Eve of Royal Levee LONDON. May 21.—The strike of tai lors has caused a Shortage of silk trousers. The odd situation threatens seriously to interfere with the forth • orning royal levee at Buckingham pal ace. Home Torn Up as They Weep and Plead in Vain With Workmen. Dispossessed of their home and thrown Into the streets, bag and bag gage. by a squad of sheriff’s deputies, Mrs. Mary Yancey and Miss Annie Sul livan, daughters of the late Dennis Sul livan. a well known Atlanta pioneer and ; capitalist, today refused to leave the old homestead at 287 Decatur street Armed with small rifles, they today defied the police to move them The home is torn down; their furni ture is in the gutter and their belong ings are strewn from sidewalk to side walk A mob of the curious stood about the house today as the two ducky women maintained their stand. The workmen who began to tear a wav the house Sunday night were putting the finishing touches to the job today. Every now and then one of the women Implored’them to go away' and leave them the home of their youth Ever since their dispossession Saturday night the women have kept guard over the place. They have slept on the front porch of a store house next door. Mrs Yancey Didn’t Authorize Sale. The house was sold by a commission of three last Tuesday, apparently with the permission of the Sullivan heirs, but. Mrs. Yancey today denied that she knew anything about it or authorized the sale In any way. The commission was appointed by Judge Ellis of the su perior court. According to a statement of R. R. Jackson, one of the commission who sold the property, the Sullivan estate was originally in the possession of John Yancey, son of Airs. Mary Yan cey. By a legal process, however, it was taken from him. Recently Mrs. Yancey asked the court to make a treble division of the estate, and Judge Ellis decided that the only way was to sell the property and divide the pro ceeds. Accordingly two other holdings were sold and then the Decatur street property last Tuesday. Mrs. Yancey denied all this today, declaring she had never consented to the sale of any property, and her re moval from the place was worse than Siberian barbarism. She told the offi cers who informed her last week that she would have to get out, as the place had been sold, that she was living in a house that belonged to her father and had been willed to her in accordance with tfie laws of the state of Georgia and the United States of America. She refused, therefore, to go. Saturday night officers came again. Mrs. Yancey stood pat and she was up held in her stand by her sister. This time the officers brushed her aside and entered the house. In a few moments her possessions were being loaded out of the front and back door. She plead- Corrtinued on Paste Three, j HOME 4= EDITION PRiri?. On Train®. FIVE CENTS. A Atlanta. TWO CENTS. RICHESON BRAVELY GOES TO CHAIR “I Am Willing to Live or Die—” Last Words Ut tered by Slayer. SMILES AT SUMMONS TO BEGIN DEATH MARCH Repeats Confessional in Clear Voice as Straps Tighten. Victim’s Mother Forgives. ? BOSTON. May 21.—The body of Clarence VUgil Thompson Richeson, the former pastor, who was electro cuted in Charlestown prison at 12:17 o’clocjt this morning for the murder of Avis Linnell, lay today on a marble slab at the city morgue in North Grove street. Crowds of curious people who had surrounded the prison, despite a heavy rain, as the execution was tak ing place, moved back and forth be fore the barred doors of the morgue while the post mortem examination, the final act in th» drama, was being performed. Before Richeson paid with his life for the death of the pretty Hy annis .choir singe’’ on October 15, 1911. at the home of the Bos ton Young Women’s Christian asso ciation. he wrote a full statement. This was turned over to his spiritual ad viser. the Rev. Herbert S. Johnson. It may be made public later. That an envelope containing cyanide of potassium, the poison with which Avis Linnell was killed, had been sent to Richeson a few hours before he died became known today. It came from New York city, but failed to reach the prisoner, the packet having been opened by Warden Bridges No Signs of Fear , As Death Approached That Richeson died bravely was the unanimous verdict today of all the witnesses who attended the execution. He showed no signs of emotion or fear, and his actions bore out his recent de termination: “I have given myself to God I will die like a man ” Rev. Mr Johnson said "Richeson died like a man He dis played the same courage and fortitude in the death chamber that has marked his conduct throughout his imprison ment.” William A Morse, chief counsel for Richeson and a witness, said: "Mr. Richeson left his cel! and walked to the chair unassisted. He displayed superb courage; he met his fate like a man. He made no closing state ment.” Singing in Cell as / Summons Came Richeson left his cell at 12:08 o’clock. When the witnesses, headed by War den Bridges, filed into the short corri dor separating the death cell, the voices of Richeson, Chaplain Stebbins and the Rev. Mr. Johnson could be heard sing ing hymns, Richeson singing in a clear voice with much feeling Tlfe last lines sung by the threq in the death cell were: "For I know what’er befall me Jesus doeth all things well.” There were ten witnesses in the party, including Rev. Father Murphy, the 'haplain of the. prison. Attorney William A. Morse said: “For two hours I had a closed con versation with Richeson and we talked very confidentially over all matters. He expressed to me all that he wanted done. I shall carry out his wishes. He was ready to go. brave and reconciled. He asked me to go with him to the death chamber and I did. Felt He Had Paid His Debt. "He wanted to say to the world that he had paid his debt, and felt that he was going home to God for a larger service of life; that he had failed here and that he had suffered enough to know that he would be forgiven, and he was glad to go, and thus be given an opportunity for larger service in an other world." Richeson, just before leaving his cell, shook hands with Attorney Morse, then with Chaplain Stebbins and then with Dr. Johnson. His face was lighted up with a bright smile. He stood straight as an arrow. His eyes looked straight ahead, unflinchingly. Turning to Deputy Warden Allen. Richeson then said, with the smile stiil' ■