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WATSON'S CHALLENGE TO WAR AND FELDER’S ACCEPTANCE
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THOMAS B. FELDER.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast: Generally fair tonight
and tomorrow. Temperatures: 8
a. m., 77 degrees; 10 a. m., 79 de
grees; 12 noon. 84 degrees: 2 p. m.,
78 degrees.
VOL. X. NO. 257.
CUBA FIGHTS
MULT 10
PUT OOM
REBELS
President Makes Desperate
Stand to Save Country From
Occupation by U. S.
PRIVATE CITIZENS ARE
ARMED BY GOVERNMENT
Prisoners Will Be Shot as Trait
ors. and Extreme Measures
Used to Crush Outbreak.
HAVANA, May 27. —In the endeavor
ta save the Cubaa republic from in
tervention by the United States, Presi
dent Gomez is today making frenzied
efforts to put down the negro uprising
before United States military forces are
landed in what every Cuban believes
would be the final occupation of the is
land by the great republic.
Five thousand troops are In the field
under orders to give decisive battle to
the rebellious negroes at the earliest
possible moment and to give no quar
ter, Negroes will be treated with the
greatest severity: prisoners of war will
be shot as traitors.
Three thousand men in Oriente prov
ince. under the command of Montea
gudo. federal eommander-in-ehief. are
in motion against the principal rebel
detachment under Generals Estenoz
and Ivonot. The government army
topes to force the horde of rebels into
a battle within 48 hours.
Arms Issued to
Private Citizens.
Continued depredations are reported.
The greatest number are in Santiago
and Oriente provinces, where the rebels
are strongest. In those provinces plan
tation owners are marshaling their em
ployees and arming them. The govern
ment is supplying free of charge arms
and ammunition for private citizens. .
B> government decree all civilians are
empowered to take up arms against the
marauders and no act of violence
.malnst the negroes will be questioned
hereafter.
From Holguin in Santiago it is re-
• rted that negroes attacked the village
,f Saoarriba, north of there, burning
a number of houses and carrying off a
number of women. A small guard of
rurales has been rushed north from
Holguin on a branch line of the Cuba,
railroad to pursue the negroes and res
cue the prisoners.
The negroes are carrying off dyna
mite front mining companies in Cama
gue” province. In many instances I
where such seizures have been made I
receipts have been given to be paid by
the provisional government of which
Estonez has declared hims.-If president.
Many Rebels Armed
Only With Machetes
The chief results from the rebel raids |
have been seizures of money, guns and
horses. Many of the negroes went into
rhe field armed only with machetes.
These have proved pool weapons in
brushes against rurales, armed with
carbines and revolvers.
Traffic on the main line of the Cuba
railroad between Havana and its east
erly terminus at Santiago is interrupt
ed at a half a dozen different places, i
where the negroes have burned bridges ■
- blown up the tracks to prevent the .
advance of troop trains into Santiago .
province. ,
The extreme northeastern port of
p.iracoa is being closely watched to
guard against the landing of filibusters,
government has learned that Hai
tian and Dominican blacks and much
ammunition have been landed there
w ■bin th-’ past four da-’S.
While attempting to seize s-veral
... - -f the high explosive melinite- be
longing t> the t’uc a Copper Company ‘
Continued on Page. Two.
“I-will accept Thomas E. Watson’s challenge, since he will have nothing
short of a fight in the convention—and the longest pole will get the persimmon.
“Watson and Felder can not both go to the national convention as delegates
at large; that much is now settled. He. it seems, will have it no other way.
“We shall heat him. beat him. BEAT him—to an everlasting, eternal, non
revokable. complete and ultimate frazzle.
“He has. by his arrogance and conceit, written his own finish—the odium of
the fight he will lose is all upon him. He brought it on; he must face the con
sequence.”
—THOMAS B. FELDER TO THE GEORGIAN.
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results
Paddle Suit Cousin
Os Pannier Skirt, Is
Newest Bathing Garb
As the swimming season opens with a
splash new creations in bathing cos
tumes are seen in the department
stores.
The latest idea in swimming garb is
the paddle suit. The fashioners say it
is the aquatic form of the pannier skirt.
When seen on land it looks much like a
two-piece suit of the old school, except
that It is caught at the knees by two
bands, one for each knee.
When under water, however, these
bands are released, allowing perfect
freedom to the limbs.
It is said some novel decorative ef
fects are being planned for suits built
principally for the purpose of being
seen.
Joyrider's 'Musical*
Motor Horn Fails to
Soothe Peachtree St
Residents along Peachtree street were
awakened this morning early by a
sound which resembled the overture
from Tannhauser, but wasn't.
The sound was moving swiftly, too,
for it was heard on one side one minute
and another the next. Presently the
notes changed and a weird chord was
sounded. In his basic principles it was
like the muffled drum effect from Cho
pin's Funeral March. This and other
near-melodies were honked on th*
morning air.
A curious person found the organ
w as attached to an automobile and was
played by the exhaust from the gasoline
engine.
Woman Asleep, Rocks
Chair on Match and
Burns Self to Death
CHICAGO, May 27. —Mrs. John J.
Dunn, a wealthy widow of 40. is dead
today from the effect of burns caused
when she rocked on matches and set
fire to a pile of newspapers. The acci
dent occurred on the porch of her home
while the woman fell asleep in her
chair. The flames spread to her cloth
ing, and she awoke with a scream. Her
son ran to her assistance and tried to
put out the flames with a niece of car
pet. The carpet caught fire. Albert
Strasberg. 14 years old. saw the acci
dent and ran to Mrs. Dunn's assistance.
He broke into the basement, got a gar
den hose, attaiched it to a hydrant, and
put out the fire which had attacked the
house
The woman died later in a hospital.
Berry Pilots Balloon
'St Louis* in Attempt
To Win Distance Prize
SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS, May 27.
No word had been received at 9 o'clock
today from th- balloon St. Louis, with |
Albert VonHoflfnian and Captain John I
Berry, pilot, which sailed at 5:25 last
night in an attempt to lift the Lahm
cup.
The St. Louis got away in a 25-mile
wind which carried it rapidly in a
northwesterly direction.
The balloon lacked about 5,000 cubic
feet of being filled to its capacity of
80,000 feet. Captain Berry was satis
fied, however, that he and Von Hoffman
would make at least 1,000 miles before
landing.
NEW TROLLEY LINE
ATLANTA TO MACON:
CAPITAL IS $100,000.0()
The Atlanta and Macon railway, a
projected trolley line between Atlanta
and the Bibb county metropolis, was
chartered today by Secretary of State
Phil Cook. The road Is capitalized at
SIOO,OOO.
The line is to operate through the.
following t.owrfr Forest, Jonesboro,
Lovejoy. Hampton, Sunnyside. Griffin
and Forsyth The incorporators are
W D. Seahan. Kennatt Cowan. S Bul
lard <. G. Young R. S Parker. H M
Scott, W j Masser- H R Stewart,
s Grantland W. J. Kincaid and James
M. Brannen.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY. MAY 27. 1912.
PLOTTERS ON!
KING’S LIFE
JAILED IN
ITALY
Wholesale Arrests of Anarch
ists. Alleged Conspirators,
Being Made.
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EMMANUEL IS CLOSELY
GUARDED FROM PUBLIC
Seizures Believed To Be Result
of Probing of Recent Attempt
to Slay the Ruler.
ROME. May 27. —Wholesale arrests
are being made throughout Italy today
as the result of the discovery of a plot
to assassinate King Victor Emmanuel
of Italy. The discovery of the plot fol
lowed admissions made by Antonio
d’Alba, the young anarchist who tried
to shoot King Victor Emmanuel sev
eral months ago. A number of alleged
conspirators already have been taken
into custody at Milan, Naples, Rome
and Bologna At least three self-con
fessed anarchists are said to have been
arrested here. The authorities will
give no information relative to the
scope of the cabal, nor will they admit
hew many arrests have been made.
It 1: believed that the authorities
have been investigating the ramifica
tions of the plot for some time. After
d'Alba was arrested in Rome charged
with attempted assassination he clung
to the story that he was alone in the
matter.
Police Quiet To
Avoid Suspicion.
There were rumors of various sorts.
One of these was that d'Alba was in i
the pay of Turkey and had been elected
by an anarchist society to kill the king
The belief most generally accepted at |
the time, however, was that d'Alba had
cone insane through reading accounts
of Italians killed in the war with Tur
key.
That the police have delayed making
arrests until the last minute so as no*
to arouse suspicion and hinder their in
vestigations is evident. It is known
that many other arrests will be made.
in the meantime King Victor exposec
himself as little as possible and when
he appears in public is escorted by a
strong guard, while secret service
agents mingle with the crowds.
WOMAN AND 2 CHILDREN
DIE WHEN BOAT IS UPSET
MORGAN (TTY. LA.. May 27.—The
Mississippi river Is being dragged to
day for the bodies of Mrs. Henry Brown
and her two children, who were drown
ed when a launch was capsized last
night. The woman's husband and an
other pasenger saved themselves by
clinging to piling
FESTIVAL REHEARSAL IN
CHARGE OF DR.STARNES
Dr. Percy Starnes, city organist, will
be in charge of the rehearsal of the
Atlantic Music Festival chorus, which
will be held tonight In Cable hall at 8
| o'clock.
The chorus is working on Hayden's
"Creation." which will be put on In
the early fall. Besides this, they are
working on some part songs which will
be given shortly at one of the organ
recitals.
COLUMBUS COTTON BUYER DEAD
COLUMBUS. GA Ma- 27 J T Watts,
for fifteen vears a resident of Columbus,
is dead from heart failure Hh body
will be sent to Senoia for interment. He
was well known as a cotton buyer.
“The action of the secret caucus held in Atlanta Saturday was a rank in
justice upon Walton, Rockdale, Clayton and Campbell counties.
♦ “Both Fulton and DeKalb counties went for Wilson, yet those two coun
ties not only ‘hog’ a majority of the district delegates, but also arrogate to them
selves in advance of the convention the right to dictate one of the delegates-at
large.
“I am a candidate for the chairmanship of the Baltimore delegation, and I
invite all delegates who favor my candidacy to meet in the ballroom of the
Kimball house at 8 o'clock Tuesday night. * * No one connected with the
scandalous Morse ease -should present himself.”
—THOMAS E. WATSON TO THE GEORGIAN.
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Mrs. Nat Kaiser, formerly Mrs. Ruth Wintz, and Mr. Kaiser,
of Atlanta, who were married last week and have returned to
Atlanta and are at the Georgian Terrace.
Mr. And Mrs. Nat Kaiser are at the
Georgian Terrace, having arrived Sat
urday night from New Orleans, where
Mr. Kaiser married Mrs. Ruth Wintz
last Monday.
Witt) his two sons and his daughter.
Mrs. Robert Schwab, beside him, Mr.
Kaiser told a Georgian reporter of his
marriage and of errors which, he said,
had, crept into newspaper reports. He
appeared as happy as any bridegroom
possibly could be, and expressed regret
that Mrs. Kaiser was indisposed and
could not leave her room.
"My wife was never a manicure."
said Mr. Kaiser. "Mrs. Wintz was for
some time cashier in the Hotel Frune
walcl, the leading hotel of New Orleans,
holding a responsible business position
MERCURY REMAINS UP
AROUND 86 DEGREES;
DROP BY WEDNESDAY
The mercury played around 86 de
grees during the greater part of today,
as it did yesterday, and kept Atlanta
sweltering and seeking tor shady spots.
For s' hast another day or two no
change is scheduled in weather condi
tions By Wednesday or Thursday a
cool wave is due. No rain is in sight
for a longer period than Thursday.
WRIGHT IN CRITICAL
STATE AFTER RELAPSE
DAYTON, OHIO. May 27. The con
dition of Wilbur Wright, the aviator, Is
again highly critical today, following a
relapse late last night. Physicians are
tn constant attendance at the bedside
ready to resort to he mic measures un
less his temperature soon goes down.
and one which any woman might be glad
to have. She was not a wealthy wom
an. The death of her first husband had
made it necessary for her to earn a liv
ing, just as many of the best women of
Atlanta are doing. A short time ago
she opened a hairdressing establish
ment, with several women as her em
ployees, and was making it an entire
success. And the story of a hurried
courtship was all wrong. I had known
Mrs. Wintz for a long time.
"My sons knew I was to be married
and accompanied me to the train when
1 left. My children have met my wife
and we are all Just as happy as any one
could ask."
Mis. Kaiser remained tn her room
most of the day, complaining of Illness
resulting from the railway journey.
$200,000.00 BILAZE hits
CLEVELAND; SEVERAL
FIREMEN OVERCOME
CLEVELAND, May 27.-—Two hun
dred thousand dollars loss was caused
today by fire on Euclid avenue between
East Nineteenth and East Twentieth
streets. Several business concerns suf.
fared. The fire, started from defective
wiring in the building occupied by the
Jackson Motor t.'ar Company and
spread to the Firestone Tire Company,
the Continental Jewelry Company and
th* Grabowsky Power Company.
Several firemen were overcome from
fumes of burning rubber, but recovered.
Fireman Synaer. engine No. 7, fell from
a second floor and was badly hurt.
WfITSDN BEGINS W
FELDER HITS Hllll HARD;
GREAT BATTLE Mill BN
The Sage of McDuffie, Aroused by
“Unwarranted” Caucus, Says He’s Out
to Beat City Politicians to a Finish
and Issues Call to His Legion.
Felder Accepts the Challenge and Promises a
Rare Old Fight, With the “Red-Headed Per
son” Beaten to an “Everlasting, Complete
and Ultimate Frazzle.”
Thomas E. Watson today declared war uncompromising
against the “city politicians," and will undertake to dominate-the
state Democratic convention completely through the country coun
ties.
In issuing his defiance from Thomson. Watson centered his
fire upon Thomas B. Felder, of the Fifth district, and makes the
indorsement of Felder by the Fifth district for delegate at large
his immediate and controlling reason for inviting a bitter fight on
the floor of the convention. ;
Felder unhesitatingly and vigorously accepted Watson’s broad
and specific challenge, and said Watson shall have a fight, and a
real one.
This joining of the issue between Watson and Felder, in spite
of all overtures for peace made last week, undoubtedly means a
big fight for control on May 29 on the floor of the Democratic con
vention in Atlanta.
Both Watson and Felder are confident of winning.
By JAMES B. NEVIN
THOMSON, GA., May 27.—Thomas
E. Watson is going to Atlanta tomor
row, looking for a fight, and specifically
inviting it.
The "red-headed person" who hails
from the grand old county of McDuffie
today announced his abiding determi
nation to run the state convention his
way. or run It Into the ground—or
somewhere.
He once again reads the riot act to
the “city politicians." deciares that his
enemies are undertaking to "hog" the
whole show, throws a big bomb in the
direction of Thomas B. Felder, of At
lanta. and winds up by announcing his
purpose to “hog" the show himself.
Whatever there was of white-winged
peace In the atmosphere political, so
far as Watson was concerned—and
there was much of that as far back as
Friday last —has been utterly dispelled.
The secret caucus of the Fifth con
gressional district delegates in Atlanta
Saturday was the straw that broke the
camel's back.
Watson Promises Fight
To the Finish.
And now it is to be a fight to a
finish, says Watson.
The state convention must yield to
certain demands that Watson will make
and that he thinks fair. Just and right,
or it must cast Watson out completely
and travel without him.
There is to be no compromise—the
state convention must be frankly pro-
Watson or anti-Watson. That is Wat
son's "ultimatum.”
It not only means the Watson or
antl-Watson coloring of the delegation
to the national convention In Balti
more, but it likely will cut far into
state politics, and profoundly affect the
forthcoming gubernatorial campaign.
As late as Saturday morning. Mr.
Watson said: "I am not going to At
lanta with a chip on my shoulder, spoil
ing for a fight. I am assuming that
the Underwood politicians of the big
cities mean to give me a square deal I
have been assured, with emphasis, that
such is their purpose. Until I see con
crete evidence that they do not intend
doing that. 1 shall not be the aggressor
In trouble."
Atlanta Caucus
a “Rank Injustice.”
Today Mr. Watson sees—or thinks hr
sees. which means the same thing to
Watson —that very concrete evidence,
and the sight by no means surprised
him
He said
"The action of the secret caucus held
Pl. < '
THOMAS E. WATSON
HOHL
EDITION
L»L> On Trains. FIVE CENTS.
X IVIVIL. i n Atlanta. TWO CENTS
In Atlanta Saturday was a rank injus-e
tice upon Walton, Rockdale. Clayton
and Campbell counties."
"Both Fulton and DeKalb counties
went for Wilson, yet those two counties
not only 'hog' a majority of the dis
rtict delegates, but also arrogate t<*
themselves in advance of the conven
tion the right to dictate one of the dele
gates-at-large.
"The Fifth district caucus was tile-,
gaily called, and its action is null and
void. Nobody had any right to call
that caucus in advance of the assem
blage of delegates from all the counties
Wednesday. I advise the delegates
from all the counties of the Fifth dis
trict to assemble on the night of May
28. after my conference at the Kime
ball.
"Those delegates have the right and
should exercise it to agree upon the
district delegates and also deleg’ate' for
state-at-large, subject to the ratifica
tion of the convention. The country
counties are not bound in honor nor>-
party law by the snap judgment taken
upon them by the secret caucus Satur
day.
"That local, secret, unrepresentative
caucus is without a precedent within
the political history of this state. It
was meant to cut the country counties
out of a fair expression of their choice,
and every man who is connected with it
has made a serious mistake.
“It is my purpose to see that the
country counties are treated right.
"The Underwood victory was the
country man's triumph, and we do not
intend that city politicians, who could
not carry their own counties, and who
were snowed under in their own voting
precincts. shall be permitted to issue
advance orders to the convention or to
run the convention after it. convenes.
"1 am a candidate for the chairman
ship of the Baltimore delegation, and I
invite all delegates who favor my can
didacy to meet me in the ballroom of
the Kimball house at S o'clock Tues
day night. Reporters of all newspa
pers are cordially invited. No railroad
lobbyist need apply. No one connected
with the scandalous Morse case should
present him.-.elf.
"I earnestly request delegates who
are friendly to me not to enter any
caucus until after the adjournment of
our conference at the Kimball house, on
the night Os the 28th."
Mt itson's vchemant declaration
Os war means that there is to b* a .posi
tive and sharp division of the forth
coming state Democrat! convention
into Watson and anti-Watson camps.
It means that Thomas B. Felder,