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RICHESON GOES TO BRAVE DEATH IN CHAIR THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlant? and Georgia: Fair today and tomorrow. 'Oh. x. NO. 252 TAFTfiNDT.R. MEN BOTH CLAIM OHIO President Winner on Weather, But Obsri vcf's Think Prima ries Will Split Delegation. • • [_l MBl S. i >111'». May 21.- Taft v. ather prevailed throughout < 'hio to day, from Lake Erie to the Ohio river, and from the eastern boundary of the] .‘■rate to the wvsbrn. The Presidents 'i'lU-'.s ir i v,, r jubilant, declaring - it. Hie •ul' of the presidential pri t o' , which opened at -Tito o'clock this t. >rning. show a complete vie- t-r sci the a ■':-iinistration over Theo c ■ - p,,„,„ Vl .|i There was a heavy i o-|v vo'e. and clr-timi officials de cland ti’ it Ik p|o=p ( t to break all r • - to - i i unary vote was good. Bon evcll l-d’nwers iiad been hop ing for rain limit would interfere with f n oik iml allow the farmers to go t the p' Ils ami were disappointed ' --’n th*-' learned that dear, pleasant v -iji.i i:cv;iib,| everywhere. They a erted. however, that Taft would lose i •■-rdto the weather's .nd and that the t ■ n i would m ike a clean sweep of 1 ' -a a to. rhe Taft men ridiculed this claim I <■' -'•i-;»z tin" th r* bill hr. n ■ : great g " ■ •-. i ■!' sentiment a a result of t - r -srlem'. 'our of the state. 'i '■•■ o] iu;.-n w a general that Sena- Im I • tin would poll only a ■ t-ring ’.o;o that would npt affect ma *—*■ 1 tin verdict of the people on t lift- Roo-ev I’tf fight Unbiased Observers Predict a “Split." ■ : iii r d observers declared their 1 ' ■ that he twelve-hour battle of 1" - Il ii ouhl result in a split dele- ■' '■ id< d 1-'ween Roosevelt and ■. -i : 'm Dnnnti -Us. the politi < ' ' ■ -: i i< looked as if Gov- i IT’.iimm would iai ry his own s h ‘pile ihe well-organized ef f ' the 'A codvow Wilson follow c '•'■ , i; , [ ias brou aided by Na- t 1 omuuite-man Harvey f Gar -1 ;■ d Hie latter today reiterates his 1 that the New .Terser governor v I -weep Hie .-tale, even against an 'mean ■ Rej übiiean voters were con s d with a complicated ballot, but t. ”i the fs mocrats was simpl . ■ 1 -> -tiaight preferential ballot car-I jv c: he it-iin- of Harmon ami U'il*on ; i” diti'.'ii a the regular primary bj;-| lot I.l■••tion officials predicted that there v i' l he • large number of Republican I 1: is thrown out as defective The . ’ ■mi primary ballot i. very >om- i ! ; Die names of the candidates fr, ;he presidential nomination did not a; ■ ■ <" upon the Republican ballot, nor w. ti"’ie anything on it to indicate v h delegate- to the national conven -1; i '■ ■ •!'. ■: io i 'lis or that i a.mli- dt - I I THE SCORE CARD FOR TODAY’S BASEBALL GAME AT PONCEY PARK I - - d~ f AOAIXZ3-JZL HCLTII M 2 fiMBTRIiBiPOIAI fc I t * , I Bailey, If. 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By Bases on Balk Off Wild Pitches H t Sateman Balk Time of Game Umpires The Atlanta Georgian Opening of Swimming Season at Piedmont Is Delayed Till Saturday Dan Carey announced today that the opening of the swimming season in Pied mont nark lake had been postponed from tomorrow until Saturday. No water has been pumped into the lake for the past several days because it has •been neces sary to stop the principal pump at the river station for repairs, and the water off'rials have been conserving theit re serve supply Rut the water will he turned on tomor row and by Saturday everything will he r ead.\. Mr. Carey says the lake will be absolutely sanitary this year The water will flow in under the inclosure and be kept constantly fresh. President J. O. Cochran has received a protest signed by a number of prominent merchants against the requirement that al! bathing suits must have sleeves down to the biceps nf the arm. They are all supplied with sleeveless bathing suits and say that such suits are universally in use. Members of the board say they will repeal this feature of the regulations. Demand for Luxuries By Americans Ma. es New Import Record WASHINGTON, Max 21. -America's demand for ’.he luxurif « or life has not diminished with the ox er mounting cqst of necessaries. Articles listed as "luxuries” import ed during the fiscal x ear ending next month will exceed in value two hun dred million dollars, and, in nianx of the import divisions, import records will be established. Works of art will show for the nine months ended March a total exceeding h\ 50 per cent the highest record of any previous year, and will approxi mate slo # ooo.ot}o in value for the full year, compared with $22,500,nnn in 1911. Diamonds and other precious stones -how a total of $30,500,000 for the nine months, indicating a total of about $41,000,000 for the year, thj: exceeding any earlier x ears except 1910 and 1907. Girl Elopes Sitting . On Handlebars of Fiance's Motorcycle MILWAUKEE, WIS„ Maj 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 vvay 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 ha<l accepted Davies' invita tion to go for a spin. There was only one place feu her to ride, and she perched on the handle bars. As they flew through the streets of Milwaukee the'- decided to be married, and the motor ' hugged its wav to Waukegan, where they visited the office of a jus tice. ' Lack of Silk Pants Worries Britons on Eve of Royal Levee LONDON. Max’ 21. —Tnc st 'k*? nf tai lors has •. aused a shortage <»f -ilk trousers. The odd situation threatens seriously to interfpr" wiib the forth coming royal levee al pal i ace. i Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results WOMEN W FOR PUCES S _ Al BAR OF GEORGIA t Open Fight to Practice as Lawyers, and Will Appeal Again to Courts. Portia decided today *o wage battle I once more in Georgia. Already the bar of the state has de cided up"n an* open db< usrion of the v ornan-lawyer tion, and Th« demand of wonrn ;hat they be ad- ■ mitted* to practicp in Georgia courts will he carried to' i|i supreme •ou * | for a ruling, while he hill giving «h- ■ admission to th>* bar xvilj be again in troduced in the iegislatui'. 'Pre’ Georgia Rar issociarion, com- 1 pt?> «d nf th<- ’r idipg attorneys of j[he staff wil; hold ip. annual meeting at Tybee Reach rmxt week, .Max 30 to ■ 'iin* I. when 'he ;> imapa! topic of di = - -ion \\ id be: Shall Women Re Ad- j mitted to the Rar of Georgia?” It Va /Il j be Pd by Judge Hepr;. <’ Hammond, of 1 Augusta. «ith E. B Bl <k, of Atlanta I ■Hid Roland Ellit. of Macon, cmong th- | speake: r. Ii is expected that rnmo than a sco.e of ' ci’iimni. lav vers , ill cspous" :h' ■luse of the ,-. mi'-u .■ ho prove the: ‘abiiitv b; pa'Sfng Tgal ■\ * mina I ion •. hut "ho have been povveiJeaji .to 11 ■- th' ir hr: iv. i—fie through an ;ini-ierit liv ' "hi l h has never stood th? test of th , nuns. Two Atlanta Women Lead Fight. Two nomen will be striking figures I ti 'he fight for rr’ognitlon of th° ’to man in lav . They are Mrs. Minnie Anderson Hale, who was graduated with honors from 'he Atlanta Eaw M-hool last season, and Mrs. Georgia M' lntyre Weaver, a member of the se nior . ’ass which will receive its di plomas in June thi- tear. Both are residents of Atlanta and both have pioved bv actual work that they arc qualified for practice in the < ourts Mrs. Weaver has proved herself ca pable of practicing law by >he simple method of doing it. She has for sev eral years conducted a successful busi ness of h-r own. an adjustment agen cy in the Eourth National Rank build- I ing. For four years she has stuWied law. and for ?r large part of that time handled her own legal affairs in de tail. Believes Georgia Will Chance Practice. "1 haw a great deal of legal work," she .“aid today. "I draw up all the pa- I" :mnkf. a arcful -ludv of the case and then haw to retain a man for an attorney and nay him a fee simply to liie the paper-' for nic and permit his n,imo jo be used a. an attorney of rec- i ord. ATLANTA. GA.. TUE SDAY. MAY 21. 1912. Smiles at Death-Chair Summons •r>4’ 1 Am Ready,’ He Tells Warden ‘ Ilk--- \\ 'R- i MM \ i •••'jml OHI K ■ W Wl WM. I l V i - WhH HI "% w JIM O JMB/ I’lcliirt' '»■' I'U slitms ClaretitT ' I Ifidn ,<>n as Ii- <t|'pmti'pd shorliv before he was condemn ed to the electric chair. The oilier picture is of Riel>w,on whib’ pastor of the church near Boston. Complete Statement of Crime Written Before End, But Not Made Public---“He Feels He Has Paid Fullv and Is Going to Greater Service.'' Says His Lawyer. BOSTON. May 21.—The body of Clarence Virgil Thompson Rieheson. the former pastor, who was electrocuted in Charles town prison at 12:17 o'clock this morning for the murder of Ax is 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 raking place, moved back and forth before the barred doors of the morgue while the post mortem examination, the final act in the drama, was being performed. Before Richeson paid with his life for the death of the pretty Hyannis choir singer on October 14. 1911. at the home of the Bos- ATLANTA CEO fl GIAN’S SOUTHERN LEAGUE SCORE CARD MONTGOMERY vs. ATLANTA AT PONCEY PARK GAME AT 3:30 P. M. MAY 21. 1912 Kr~T~T~2'T"s''"l 4"T 5 6l' 7 8 9 110 11 112 [ißlßli BiPO |TTT _M GOMERY ~l' "tingle, cf. XX" < X > ~“ < X > ~ ~ < s > ' Waxes, 2b. .. XXxXXXXXXX >X ~>XXXXX" XXXXXZX - J —A —x - XX A~ ~r —X~ A" —X —X —X McElveen, ss. xxXX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX A/'Xx /t xX-X- rH-I A Axx I Danzig, lb. . x^ - xx ax xx XX xx XX XX XX xx XX xx Williams, rs XX XX XX XX XX xX XX -<X- XX xX" XX Elwert, 3b. -A. A> <X XX XX x!> XX X/“ Xj> XX cotes, if Gnbbens, c. . -X>- XXX>-XX _< CXXXXXXXXX- XXXX XX Radabongh, p. XX y\ _A A_XX A-X*XXS-X*XX*XX*X x— x— Hp—_x—X—X— -X- —X—dp—-X—X ' A* y X "X y ~ y~ xx xx XX ~y Tom XXXXXXxXxXXX~~I J_L Fntered according to Act of Congress, in th« year 1877, by A- G. Spalding <fr Brow . tn the office of the Librarian of CongioeE, at Waahlngtou. D. 0 Stolen Baa«• Sacrifice Hits Sacrifice Fliee .... • .. T'*o-baae Hita - ... ... .... Three-b«t*e Hita ... ... Home Rune. ... k. .... Double Playa Triple Playa . . Number of Innings Pitched By Bate Off -r —. . .. .... Legal At Bata Scored Arainst ELack Pitcher SMckOut By —r . Bases on BaP. Off Wild Pitches ... x Hit *«taman ... Fawed Ba’M -a, . Time of Game ; Umpires.., .. ~ ton Young Women's Christian asso ciation. he wrote a full statement. This was turned over tn his spiritual ad x fser. the Rex Herbert S. Johnson it may be made public later 'That an envelope containing cyanide of potassium, the poison with which Axis l innell was* killed, h id been sent i" Rii heson a few hours before he died be. ame known today. It came from Sew York city, but failed to reach the prisoner, the packet having Ween opened by Warden Bridges No Signs of Fear As Death Approached That Richeson died bravely xvas the unanimous verdict today of all .the witnesses who attended the execution. He showed no signs of emotion or fear, and his actions bore nut his recent de termination : "I have given myself to God. I will Continued on Page. Two. lEXTRA FP FT • On Trains. FIVE CENTS. X rcJWL'j. i n Atlanta. TWO CENTi WOMEN DEFY POLICE IN FIGHT FOR HOME Members of Well Known Pio neer Family Arm Themselves and Refuse so Budge. Dispossessed of their home place and I thrown into the street, bag and baggeg, |by the sheriff’s deputies. Mrs. Mary Yancey and Miss Annie Sulivan, daugh ters of the late Dennis Sullivan, who lived at 287 Decatur street, and mem bers of one of the South’s pioneer fam ilies. today defied the police and depu ties. Armed with shotguns night and day they are guarding the place that w.-is once their home. Their furniture is in the gutter and their belongings are strewn from side walk to sidewalk Both Mrs. Yancey and Miss Sullivan, since they were de posed Saturday night last, have been sleeping on the front porch of a store house next door. They claim that they are the sole heirs of Dennis Sullivan and that tha sale of the house by an administrator was without authority. Calmly Defy Officers of Law. The sale w as made last Tuesday. The i two wpmen were notified but they calml? assured the notifying officers that they would remain where they were Saturday night, in obedience to an order of Jonas Ewing, of the Ans ley Realty Company, who bought the property, men were set at work tearing the house aw ay The two women stood by and watch ed. Ever now and then one of them would hysterically implore the work men to spare the house that had shel tered them for so long. Today with only a few beams and columns to remind them of the old days, they- still guarded their home sitb. The sale at which the house was deed ed away was an administrator’s sale. According to Mrs. Yancey, she and Miss Sullivan are the sole heirs of the Sullivan estate and there wer<> no debts in existence which might be urged aa claims. The 287 Decatur street property was occupied by Dennis Sullivan all of his life. This house was the third plecaX of Dennis Sullivan property. The three piece brought 150,000 Mrs Yancey has not been able to find out who sold the property. SKIES WILL BE OVERCAST, BUT NO RAIN IS COMING Weather conditions are due to re main about the same for tonight and tomorrow, according to the local weath er officials. The skies will not be clear, but there will be no rain and tem perature conditions will not show much change within the next 24 hours.