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NEGROES IN PLOT
TO SLH GOMEZ
Havana in Panic When Firing
of Revolutionists Near the
City Is Heard.
HAVANA. .May 25. —In connection
with the negro uprising, a conspiracy
to kiil President Gomez is said to have
been discovered. Several arrests have
been made in Havana. All the prison
ers are held incommunicado.
Havanans were terrorstricken early
•today tvheri firing was heard at Casa
Blanca, near Cabanas fortress, on the
north shore of Havana bay. Troops
were rushed to that point. The fact
that the defenses of the city had been
weakened by the withdrawal of troops
for the eastern provinces added to fears
for outlying districts. The military’
guard at the presidential palace was
tripled today,
• News from the provinces, although
' censored, tells of a condition of anarchy
in the eastern end of the island. In
Oriente province the negro rebels are
maltreating women and children.
The rebels under Genera! Estonez
have begun destroying railroads and
cutting telegraph and telephone wires.
A repetition of the guerrilla warfare
maintained against Spain for many
years is expected.
Foreigners are panicstricken, and all
who can do so are seeking refugei n
the cities. There are many rumors of
Americans and Englishmen being killed
in the outlying sections, but the censor
ship is so severe and the wires so badly
interrupted it was impossible to con
. firm these reports.
The. labor situation increased the
government’s troubles. Stevedores in
Oriente province are nn strike and re
fuse to yield. President Gomez was
defied when he ordered the firemen’s
union to call off its strike in this city.
Battleship to
Protect Americans
WASHINGTON. May 25. At the re
guest of Secretary of State Knox, the
navy department today ordered the
battleship Nebraska, now at New Or
leans, to proceed to Key West, so as
to be able to protect Americans in
Cuba should conditions there grow
worse. A number of first-class war
ships will be mobilized at Key West
within the next three days. From this
point they can reach Cuban waters in
a few hours.
Orders were issued at the war de
partment to prepare for service all
army transports on the Atlantic Sea
board.
Ismay Ordered Olympic
Back to Hide Titanic's
Sister From Survivors
NEW YORK, May 25.—Senator Wil
liam Alden Smith, chairman of the sen
ate Titanic Investigating committee,
accompanied by Rear Admiral Watt,
as a naval expert, boarded the White
Star liner Olympic, sister ship of the
Titanic, today and took testimony from
Captain Henry J. Haddock, Wireless
Operator Ernest J. Moore and members
of the crew’.
One of the interesting statements
made by Moore was that among the
wireless messages he received after the
Carpathia had picked up the Titanic
survivors was one which stated that J.
Brtlcef Ismay was under the influence of
an opiate.
Moore said he did not know what this
message meant, hut he presumed that
Mr. •Ismay had been given an opiate to
quiet his nerves.
While he was proceeding, according
to testimony by Moore, Ismay sent a
wireless tp the boat, ordering Captain
Haddock ; to turn back and go to Eng-
IsSid. as he did not want survivors on
tile Carpathia to see the sister ship of
the. boat which sank.
CONVICT WHO SAVED
WARDEN’S LIFE MAY
BE GIVEN A PAROLE
SAVANNAH, GA . May 25. As a
reward for saving the life of Warden
Cary of the Chatham county convict
camp when he was attacked by Henry
Bacon, another prisoner. Ben Jones,
serving a life sentence, may get a pa
role. The Chatham county grand jury
has recommended that the solicitor
general take such steps as are neces
sary to bring the matter before the
prison commission.
Bacon on May 2 attacked Warden
Cary with a knife, when Jones inter
fered in the officer's behalf. Then Ba
con turned on Jones and was catting
him when Warden Cary shot and
wounded Bacon, sending him to the
camp hospital.
Jones has served 22 years, of which
18 have been under Warden Cary. His
record is that of a model prisoner.
ILLITERACY TEST MEETS
PROTEST BY FOREIGNERS
WASHINGTON, Mat 25.—0 n the
ground that it is unreasonable, promi
nent Polish and Jewish organizations
have made protests to the secret ary of
commerce and labor against the illiter
a< y test provided in the Dillingham
immigration bill. The protestants de
clare the test is unfair to their coun
trymen. They coine to this country for
an education, the protest:- say. and
should not be barred from admission by
t t lark of things’ they seek
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Little girl pupils of the Edgewood school listening tn speeches at the presentation of the Walter Rich prize for the best kept yard. The children stood with
the sun shining in their faces, which accounts for most of the frowns. Ln front are Walter Rich and little Frances Peck, in his arms.
RUN WILL SELL
SEIBOf STOCK
Shares Held by Cumberland
Corporation to Go to Meet
Outstanding Notes.
NEW YORK, May 25.—Arrange
ments virtually have been completed
for the sale to a syndicate composed of
interests closely identified with the
Seaboard Air Line Railway Company,
which was organized by Thomas F.
Ryan. Henry Coolidge and Norman B.
Ream to build the Carolina, Clinch
field and Ohio railroad.
The Cumberland corporation issued
$15,000,000 notes which mature June 15
next, and pledged Seaboard Air Line
stock and some other collateral as se
curity. It Is now proposed to pay off
the notes at their maturity, and to get
funds for that purpose ft was decided
to sell the Seaboard Air Line stock
held by the Cumberland corporation
Now that the Cumberland corpora
tion proposes to sill Ihe holdings of
Seaboard Air Line, it i.< believed there
is no intention of the latter securing
control or even a large interest in the
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio road.
This road has sold five-year notes
dated May 1. 1912. and secured b\ a
mortgage on the proposed extension of
the line from Dante, Va.. Io Elkhorn.
Ky.
Banking interests closely identified
with the Seaboard Air Lino do not think
there is anything in the rumor that
Frank J. Gould or any other large out
side interest is likely to get control of
the Seaboard.
“Nothing to Confess,”
Says Darrow
LOS ANGELES, May 25. —Clarence
Darrow said today in reply to state
ments made by General Harrison Gray
Otis:
“I have nothing whatever to confess
to in this case. There has never been
any conversation with anybody in re
gard to any such thing or any intima
tion or thought in reference to such
thing. It is palpably unfair that such
statements should be made at this time
for the purpose of prejudicing the
ease.”
M.E.CONFERENCE ELECTS
BISHOP FOR ASIAN POST
MINNEAPOLIS. MINX Maj 25. W.
P. Eveland, president of Williamsport
seminar.'. Penn-j Ivania. wa elected
missionary bishop of Southeastern Asia
on th r third ballot today nt the general
cottfereni” of the Methodist Episcopal
church. Bishop William Foldb;r>i 'an
nominated a: seeietar.' of the board of
foreign tnisstonr-.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWStSATCRDAY, MAY 25. 1912.
iGRACE SHORN OF
BUSINESS RIGHTS
Lawrence. Partner of Wounded
I
Builder, Given Power to Sell
Firm's Property.
Judge J. T. Pendleton, before whom
the Lawrence-Grace injunction petition
was heard, today granted E. E. Law
rence. the partner of Eugene H Grace
in a building, business, the right to sell
• or borrow money on the property own
ed by the company; ordered that the
title of the property to be with Law
rence, and that all claims which Mrs.
Daisy E. Grace may have had on same
to attach to the money or notes re
ceived from the sale or loans. The
court’s order igno-ed any claim that
Eugene H Grace may have had in the
' premises.
The order was given after Mrs.
Grace's attorney?:. Moore <?■ Branch, and
Etheridge & Etheridge, attorneys for
Mr. Lawrence, had reached an agree
ment. and stipulates that all the money
derived from the sale or loans on the
property must be placed in of the
national banks, to be held subject to
further orders of the court, except
money paid on the debts of the com
pany.
Lawrence is given the right to sell
> the property at terms he deems best,
borrow money on it and to secure same
by mortgage or loan deed. He is also
authorized to pay all debts incurred
for the purchase of the propertj’ men
tioned. for material purchased and la
bor for improvement. But he is re
strained from paying our any money
for any other purpose.
This order restrains Eugene H.
Grace, who accuses his wife of shooting
him, from drawing any revenue from
the firm of which he was a partner and
whii h .Mrs. Grace says she financed.
It is probable a law suit, between the
wounded husband and the accused wife
for possession of half of the funds de
rived from the sale of the property, will
follow.
WILBUR WRIGHT’S FEVER
ABATES: H£S STRONGER
DAYTON, OHIO, May 25.—The con
dition of Wilbur Wright, aviator and
inventor, who has been severely ill with
typhoid fever, was greatly improved to
day. His fever has abated consider
ably and his strength and complete
consciousness is returning.
STEAMBOAT STRIKES SNAG:
SINKS IN RIVER; 1 DROWNS
VAZOO ■’ITY, MISS., May 25. The
stcame! Lucille struck a snag in the
v.izoo r>ver todar and sank in 30 feet
of tier. < >n> negro wa/ drowned.
The oember: of ;he crew and the pas
:<iif « r? ■x < <’. The steamer car
ried a large ' arg<>
Little Frances Peck Wins Bat
tle With Stubborn Soil and
Grows Pinks.
A group of pinks, rows of nasturtiums
and violets, lilies and chrysanthemums
are living today’ on a bald red hill in
the Edgewood school yard. They are
fresh and radiant as flowers should be.
They look glad to be alive.
In the school house are rows upon
rows of human pinks and violets. At
noon time the the twain meet and talk
to each other in some kind of language.
One of these little violets Is Frances
Peck, the ten-year-old daughter of W.
F. Peck. When, under the direction of
Miss Ora Stamps, the principal of
Edgewood school, the children began to
plant seeds several months ago, little
Frances wanted to know why pinks
weren’t being planted. The opinion was
ventured by some one that pinks could
not survive in such hard soil. But the
tearful injunctions of Frances prevailed
and pinks were planted, every one be
lieving, however, that they would die.
Frances Wins Struggle,
But Frances was a mother to the lit
tle flowers. Long before they showed
their heads above the soil she nursed
and coddled them. Each day she coaxed
and pleaded with the tiny bed and one
day tt seemed to soften and a tiny sprig
of green appeared. A little while and
the lacelike flower was out.
Frances had won.
This same diligence wrought out the
violets and the colius and the nasturti
ums. nd yesterday the children of the
Edgewood school realized the extent of
their work when thev w-ere presented
with sl n o by Walter Rich tor having
attained the most beautiful yard of all
the schools in Atlanta.
At 11 o'clock the children gathered in
front of the school. On the right there
was a phalanx of bright-eyed little
girls, while those of the sturdier sex
gathered to the left, all listening to
what Superintendent William M. Sla
ton, Walter Rich, Mrs. Joseph N. Moody
and others of the committee had to say.
Sometimes the speeches went a little
over their heads, for the grown-up peo
ple used a surprising lot of big words.
But their appreciation was unbounded.
No speaker lacked for applause. In
fact, the tiny hands nearly wore them
selves out with such generous hand
clapping.
Choice Hard to Make.
The speakers told them that they
were fine children; that in their eyes
was a residue of heaven, and that their
souls were reflected in the rows and
groups of beautiful flowers which now
flourished tn the school yards. It was a
great pity, said the speakers, that child
hood could not stay with them forever,
yet the world would lose much valuable
service if that were to come about.
After Mr. Rich had handed to Miss
Stamps the envelope in which w-as con
tained the SIOO prize, the children got
together and gave,a prolonged cheer for
Mi. Rich, for the committee, for the
teacher, for the rain and for the sun
shine. Then thev maicherj indoors to
(ho rhythm of a bras ban-i march
played on a giaphophon?
The prtzi was offered by Mr Rich at
BEATEN, OROZCO
ABIMY IS FLEEING
Mexican Rebel Leader Thinks
Forces Still Strong Enough
to Defeat Federals.
. JIMINEZ, MEXICO. May 25.—Dyna
miting railroad tracks and burning
bridges behind them, the remnants of
General Orozco’s defeated rebel army
are in retreat from Corralitos to Jimi
nez, the insurrecto leader’s new base of
operations. The rebel column extends
in a straggling line over 21 miles.
Orozco has opened headquarters here
and declares that aiyiouah he was
forced to retreat from Rellano before
the greater numbers of General Huer
ta’s federal army, his forces still arc
strong enough to meet the government
troops on the open field with a chance
of success. Orozco’s wound proved to
be but a scratch on the leg.
The rebel columns, under Major Fer-
and General Campos, are some
where near Corralitos. Orozco fears
that their northern advance has been
cut rtff and that the federals are be
tween him and his two missing col
umns.
Much of Orozco's artillery has fallen
into the hands of the federals. Despite
this lack of heavy armament. he
threatens to make an attack upon Chi
huahua City.
BETH ISRAEL TO GIVE
RAZAAR IN THE ARMORY
A bazar will be held in Taft hall of
the Armory next Tuesday and Wednes- •
day for the benefit of the congregation
of Beth Israel. Washington street. Ar
tides w’ill be displayed and sold. A
special feature Tuesday afternoon will
be the baby show from 1:30 to 4 p. in.
A military band has been engaged and
there will be dancing. There will be 1
no admission fee
i
the beginning of the school term ind it |
was to go to the school which by its ,
own efforts grew the best display of ,
plants and flowers. A committee com- ;
posed of Mrs. W. A. Gregg, Mis. Edgar
Neely, Miss Sallie Eugenia Brown, Mr- <
Clarence Blosser, Mrs. Haralson Bieck- i
lej' and Mrs. Joseph N. Mood.v was ap- <
pointed to select the prize winner. i
After reviewing all of the schools an.! ’
being sorely perplexed as to what
award to make Edgewood was chosen. <
The fact that, the Edgewood children I
had worked against such diffi, ult ob
stacles threw the balam r in their fav-r
The presentation was made In the
presence of the committee and several
members of the board of education.
“The Gates of Silence" begins ,
in Monday's Georgian, Don't
miss it.
BREMEN COTTON
ROW OnSSED
Dealers Confer at Savannah
Over Reclamation Charges
by Foreign Exchange.
SAVANNAH. GA.. May 25.—Cotton
men from all over Georgia are in ses
sion tn this city this afternoon with
the object of devising some method by
which American shippers may be pro
tected against alleged unfair reclama
tion charges imposed by the Cotton
Exchange of Bremen. It is the purpose
of the cotton men to devise some means
of clarifying the situation and contrib
uting to an adjustment of the misun
derstanding between the Savannah and
Bremen exchanges. The trouble arose
over the system of appeal awards as
made by the Bremen exchange. There
has been some spicy cable correspond
ence between the two exchange’ on the
subject.
Georgian Home After
35-Year Absence To
Be Feted by His Kin
Dr. Tranni* Haygood is coming back
to Georgia after living 35 years in Tex
as. and the Haygood kith and kin are
going to make the home-coming such a
merrymaking as Atlanta has not seen
in some time.
The doctor went to the Lone Star
State soon after the war, In which he
served with the Third Georgia regi
ment. For years he planned to come
back, once more, to Georgia and to
Clarke county, where lie lived when a
boy. but business always delayed the
return. It was not until the Macon
reunion of veterans that Dr. Haygood
packed his trunk and started.
His sister, Mrs. Emma Moore, and his
cousin, J. Haygood, of Atlanta, deter
mined that such a long delayed home
coming should be celebrated so that
none who saw It ever would forget.
They have invited every relative of the
Haygood family to meet the doctor in
one grand reception, which is to be
held at the music stand at Grant park
Monday from 3 to 8 p. tn.
WOMAN DIES IN FIRE ON
EX-SENATOR DAVIS’ FARM
FILKINS W. VA 25 Mrs.
Phair“S. v 't*n nf thf* lodgF-kpppei'
nf Graef’land. the f irm of former United
State: Senate? Davis, was burned to
death and her husband was seriously
miured today when fire d*\lro>t<l their
WIND WRECKS GIANT
DIRIGIBLE, LAST OF
PARSIVAL AIR FLEET
LIEPSIC. GERMANY, May 25.—The
great German dirigible balloon Pars!-
val VI , as torn from her anchor to
day by a gale’and destroyed. The Par
*ival arrived here this morning and
bad been anchored in an open field only
an hour or two before the storm came.
The other Parsival balloons were de
stroyed or seriously damaged in acci
dents.
EX-GOVERNOR CROTHEIRS DIES.
BALTIMORE. May 25.—Former Gov
ernor Austin Lade Crotheirs died .early
today at the home of his nephew. Omar
D. Crotheirs, Elkton. Nd., of Bright’s
disease.
Hood’s
Sarsaparilla
Is the specific remedy for that
tired feeling so common in the
spring or upon the return of
warm weather. It purifies and
enriches the blood.
Get it today in usual liquid form or
chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs.,
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