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COLONEL DEFIES
REP. COMMITTEE
Asks People Only for Justice.
He Says—Fight in New
Jersey Ends.
Morristown, n. j„ May 27.—The
*fiore Roosevelt today defied the Re
publican national committee. While
thousands cheered him here he cried:
The other day Mr. Taft said that
the national committee would give him
justice. I want the people to do me
justice, and that Illustrates the dif
ference between us.
"I appeal to the people and not to the
national committee, with the exception
that It will misrepresent the people. I ,
appeal to the people to control them- I
selves. Remember the national com
mittee was elected, not by the people
hut by the politicians, four years ago.
Denies He Left Deficit.
"Mr. Taft appeals to the national
committee elected by the politicians
and I appeal to the people.
Now. this is your fight. I have come
here to ask that you stand by your
selves. We are making a tight for you
to rule, for your right to rule, and it is
your duty to rule.”
Replying to the Taft charges that
Roosevelt left a national deficit when
he retired from office, the colonel said:
'ln tny administration the income ex- |
needed the expenditures by somewhere '
between two and three hundred million ;
dollars: so much that we had almost '
too much surplus. We had more than
we needed for our own running ex
penses and we used it to pay for the
Panama canal digging.”
following a conference with Sena
tor Dixon, head of the national Roose
velt bureau, the colonel let it be known
he is sure of getting the nomination
on the first ballot. Thepe will be. "the
hottest kind of a time" in Chicago, his
supporters declare, if the national com
mittee tries to substitute delegate
against whom the Roosevelt faction is
said Io have lodged protests.
Taft Ends Jersey
Fight Confident
JERSEY ITTV. N. J.. May 27. Pres
ident Taft began the last day of his
New Jersey fight with the cheers of
loyal supporters ringing in his ears
The president received an ovation both
as he left the residence of his brother,
Henry W. Tass, in •lew York, and as
he left Jersey City over she Central
Railroad of New Jersey to begin the
day's itinerary by pleading with elec
tors at Perth Amboy,
Persons anxious to gel a glimpse of
the president gathered in front of the
Taft residence in New York several
hours before Mr. Taft made his ap
pearance. The crowd was so dense ft
took three policemen and eight secret
service men to open a lane for the
president’s automobile.
The president got his second ovation
on the ferry boat and this was contin
ued through the depot and even after
he entered his car.
Mr. Taft was scheduled to make fif
teen speeches during the da.' and even
ing at the following places: Perth
Amboy. Mattawan. Red Rank. Long
branch. Asbury Park. Manasquan. Free
hold. Lakewood, Bridgeton. Millville,
Vineland. Mays Landing. Pleasantville,
Atlantic City and Glassboro.
While the president worked his way
down the coast. Colonel Roosevelt was
whirled across lhe northern end of the
state.
Mr. Taft began the windup of his
hardest political fight confident that
the voters will pledge him their sup
port tomorrow. He chatted cheerfully
about the situation to his companions.
Unit Rule in Ohio
Given Knockout
t'OLUMBUS, OHIO. May 27.—Governor
Harmon's contest for a solid Ohio delega
tion to the Baltimore Democratic conven
tion met with a severe setback today
when Secretary of State Graves, as head
of the election machinery in the state,
held that the state convention could not
impose the unit rule on the t wenty Wilson
delegates elected from the congressional
districts.
“The national delegates in Ohio were
elected at a primary," Graves holds, "and
no state committee or convention has the
power to prescribe rules for their action.
The convention can prescribe rules for
the action of the six delegates at large,
but its authority ends there. The dis
trict delegates elected last Tuesday can
vote for whom they please and no in
structions from a stale convention would
he. binding.”
100,000 Want To
See Convention
CHICAGO. May 27.-Plans for the
Republican national convention will be
completed this week. The members of
tlm sub-committee on arrangements
,Cil| plan to have all the details out of
the wav so nothing will interfere with
the delegate contests which are ex
pected to begin June 6.
Wednesday is the last day sot filing
credentials for delegates and for filing
contests Contests for 260 seats have
already been filed and the total, it is
expected, will be increased before the
hea r ings begin. Members of the na
tional committee, as well as members of
the various sfette delegations over
which contests will he waged are ex
pected next week.
More than 100,000 requests sot seats
h>jVe he e n received by the members of
the committee. Among these are a
numbet from foreign countries who
have representatives h»re Th° demand
f.. tickets is greater this year than
ever before in lhe history of tbc »on
-- ion according to Chairman New
UNCLE TRUSTY!
Copyright, 1912. by International News Service
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"Weil. Wlll i.i m. after a calm, dispassionate review of the situation, it seems to me that
von are in awfully Dutch! Theodore, in his usual kindly, polished, dignified and conscientious man
tier. has swiped your clothes, and you were bonehead enough to let him do it! 1 really hate to
tell you what I think of you! But I wish you'd stop that caterwauling—it gets on my nerves!
You’d better go and look for an empty barrel to walk home in! - ’
Taft Disgusts
Yates, T. R. Aid
If Theodore Roosevelt fail- tn land
the Republican nomination and the
Democrat'’ adopt the kind of platform
that suits him. St. Julien Yates, pres! •
of the Roosevelt Georgia White
league, will not «»nly vote the Demo
eratir ticket but will gm out and work
for the Democratic candidate
Mr. Yates gave this stat».ment tn a
reporter from The Georgian today as a
wav of emphasizing the disgust of
Georgia Republicans with the Taft re
gl me.
The Roosevelt Georgia White league
is a “lily white” organization formed
•Saturday night, and is working in
Georgia to muster votes for the former
president, from both Democrats and
Republicans, in case the “Rough Rider”
is nominated.
Dr. R. S. MacArthur, pastor of the
Baptist Tabernacle. and an ardent ad
mirer and supporter of Theodore
Roosevelt. will address the league
Thursda.' night in Judge L. S. Roans
ourt room, in the Thrower building, at
7:30 o’clock. Negroes will not be ad
mitted
HOTEL AND HOMES
BURN AT FORSYTH;
DAMAGE IS $11,000.00
FORSYTH. GA., May 27.—Fire origi
nating in the Forsyth hotel completely
destroyed that hostelry and the two ad
joining residences. All were frame
structures When the flee was dis
covered the roof was in flames. There
were about 25 guests in the hotel, most
of whom lost all of their belongings. A
number who had gone to bed escaped
in their night clothes. An east wind
carried the flames to the homes of Mrs.
Mary Bush and T. C. Porch, both of
which were entirely consumed. With
the three buildings burning and insuf
ficient water pressure, it was seated
that the entire block would go. but ef
ficient work by the local volunteer fire
department kepi the flames from
reaching the next residence, only 30
feet away.
The hotel was valued at about $5,000
and the homes of Mrs Bush and Mr.
Porch at $2,000 each, with only about
$4,000 total insurant e.
PASTOR RAPS THOSE WHO
DON’T DO OWN THINKING
"The world always has needed men
and women who think for themselves,
and never so much as today," said Dr.
Dunbar Ogden, pastor of Central Pres
byterian church, in his sermon last
evening.
“How much better it would be in the
realm of giddy fashion,” he said, “if we
had more women who think for them
selves instead of letting other people"
think for them. How much better, in
the realm of politics, if we had more
men who did their own thinking-who
refused to bow the knee.”
M |l o'clock Sundaj morning Dr.
Ogden preached the annual commence
ment sermon of Agnes Scott college at
Decatur
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AM) NEWS: MONDAY. MAY 27. 1912.
RARE CHINA SOLD
TO PH ALIMONT
Jackson Collection Goes at
Auction to Satisfy Judgment
Against Grandson.
A collection of rare china, once the
pride of one of Georgia's most exclu
sive households, went under the ham
mer in Justice Johnson’s court today to
I satisfy an alimony judgment of $l5O.
The china oollection, which brought
when parceled piecemeal about $4,000.
was once the property of the late Gen
eral Henry R. Jackson, of Savannah,
former I’nited States minister Io Mex
ico. The alimony judgment was ob
tained by Mrs. Laura Jackson, wife of
Renfroe Jackson, prominent Atlanta
insurance man and grandson of Gen
eral Jackson, who fell heir to the col
lection as part of his portion of the es
tate
The alimony levy was made by Lu
ther Rosser. Jr., acting for Mrs. Jack
son. and brought against all of Jack
-1 son's household furniture. In addition
to the massive cabinet filled with
dainty china, old-fashioned mahogany
highboys and slender-legged chairs,
after the fashion of the Chippendale,
were sold by the justice of tlfe peace to
satisfy other judgments.
Mrs. Jackson obtained an alimony
judgment in superior court several
months ago. which provided that Jack
son was to pay her SSO a month. The
judgment upon which the levy was
made amounted to $l5O. Mrs. Jackson
has a divorce suit ponding in superior
court.
CHARTERS OPENS FIGHT
FOR SEAT IN CONGRESS
BLL’E RIDGE. GA., May 27. William
A. Charters, former solicitor general of
the Blue Ridge circuit, opened his cam
paign for congress in the Ninth district
here today. He addressed at length a
large gathering at the noon recess of su
perior court, which is now in session at
Blue Ridge
Speaker John N Holder has been cam
for some time throughout the
district, but this is Mr. Charters' first
public appearance.
It is persistently rumored that Con
gressman Thomas Etell will stand for re
election, despite rumors early in th*?
spring that he would retire to private life
at the expiration of bis present term.
It is generally agreed that the fight
in the Ninth is to bp a hoi one, in any
event, as Charters. Holder and Bell are
all popular and strong.
MARTIN SETS ALTITUDE RECORD.
LOS ANGEEES, May 27. -Glen Mar
tin who was the first aviator to cross
the channel tn Catalina island, and who
last Sunday took his mother ln*o the
air a- a passenger al Balboa, ha- bro
ken th* world’s altitude retold in a
hydroplan** by as* ending 4.109 feel. A
25-mile wind was blowing.
State Draws Its Net
About Defendants in
Myrtle Hawkins Case
HENDERSONVILLE, N C„ Muy ’<
'What would you do If a dead body
waj* found on your place?" was ask*d
by Dan McCall, about the time the
body of a girl, said to l><= Mjrtle Haw
kins, was found in Lake Osceola, ac
cording to testimony today in the trial
of seven defendants charged with being
principals and accessories In the Haw
kins girl's death. McCall is on» of the
denfendants. Thomas Hollingswort h,
school committeemen, said he saw Mc-
Call soon after the body was found and
Dan told him. “All hfs troubles came
at once," and then propounded his
question.
Frank Brown, a negro preacher, testi
fied that on the Wednesday before the
body was found, he saw Myrtle Haw
kins and her mother in the vicinity of
the lake.; about I o'clock the next day
he saw the girl near his home, and that
night heard a woman's screams from
the direction of Dan McCall’s home.
George Green, another negro, testified
that on this same night he heard
screams from the direction of Ab Mc-
Call's house.
The state will rest its case today.
HORSE STARTS FIRE
LIKE O’LEARY COW.
MENACING CHICAGO
CHICAGO. May 27.—A horse kicked
over a. lantern in a barn in Cicero and
the suburb was given a smalt imitation
of the result that followed the kicking
over a lamp by Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow in
Chicago in 1871. It took the firemen
of Cicero most of Sunday to quench
the flames. The barn and five sheds
were burned and the flames threatened
the nearby residences and the Grant
locomotive works.
Citizens. armed with buckets, put in
their day of rest helping the firemen
.■save their homes.
RUNAWAY HORSE HURTS
THREE AT MARIETTA. GA.
MARIETTA, GA.. May 27. Four ribs
were broken, one eye badly lacerated
and severe bruises sustained by Miss
Vera Johnson when a horse ran over
her in the public square here. The
horse also struck a man named Rainey,
bruising him. Mrs. W. M. Fleming, who
was driving the horse when it ran
away, was badly bruised in jumping
from the buggy The horse is owned by
Mrs. Fleming, w ife of the city clerk.
W. A. WRIGHT SERIOUSLY
ILL FROM INDIGESTION
'Vflllarn A Wright, state comptroller
and insurance commissioner. Is seriously
ill ai, hir-t home, 1A” Peachtree street, fol
lowing an attack of acme indigestion
uJiiJe in R‘*me. <;?t , Siaiiirda.' it in not
expo* ted he *an be al his office foi sev
eral tia vs. -• • -
ATLANTA MASONSI
BEGIN 4-DAYFEST
Record Class To Be Initiated
by Scottish Rite Branch.
Banquet as Feature.
Costumes valued at $30,000 will be
worn by- those participating in tire fifth
annual convocation of the local lodge of
Scottish Rite Masons which was opened
at 11 o’clock today and will be con
cluded by a banquet Thursday night.
More than 80 candidates from all parts
of Georgia gathered to be "put through"
w ith one of the largest classes ever I
initiated here.
The feature of the banquet will be]
the presence of two of the three sur- .
viving members of the ciass of 1882.
who were inducted into the order by-
General Pike, the father of Scottish
Rite Masonry. This class had ten can
didates—James Andrew Gray. Henry C.
Pope. A. M. Law. D. O. Dougherty.
Charles F. Malone. A. S. Eichberg, M
Mcßurney, R. E. Holt. Henry C. Stock
dell and Jacob Morris. Os these Gray.
Eichberg and Stoekdell are the only
ones living. Eichberg and Stockdell will
artend the banquet.
Many to Get Degrees.
Four days w ill be required to com
plete the initiation ceremonies. Special
music and stage settings have been ar
ranged. Degrees from the fourth to the
thirty-second will be conferred. To
night from tile fourth 1o the tenth de
gree. inclusive, will be completed, and
Tuesday night will see the conclusion
of the twentieth degree. The thiry
flrst degree will have been completed
by 10 o'clock Wdnesday night, and the
thirty-second degree will be conferred
Thursday morning.
Upon the following committees will
I devolve the major portion of the work:
Executive —Forrest Adair, 32d K. C.
C. H.. chairman; David Marx. 33d Hon.
| vice chairman: Joseph ('. Greenfield.
33d Hon., secretary; Edward Morris
Hafei. 32d K. • C. H.; John Gilmore.
.T.’d : Alfred Salom Eichberg, 32d; John
Marshall Slaton. 32d; George Moultrie
Napier. "2d; Edward Salmond McCan
dless. 32d K. <’• C. H.
Reception—Edward Salmond Mc-
Candless, 32d K. C. C. H„ chairman;
John Robert Wilkinson, 33d Hon.; Jack
Morton Wilson. 32d K. C. C. H.: Wil
liam Henry Terrell, 32d K. C. ,C. H.:
William Amis Foster, 32d; Werner Si
mon Byck, 32d.
Refection Edward Morris Hafer, "2d
K. C c. H.; Edward Clarence Brown,
."2d.
Class Director—John Gilmore, 32d.
Director of Work—Charles E. Robert
son. 32d.
GEORGIA SIMP
TO BE EXPLODED
Scientists Would Penetrate the
Okefenokee in Search of
Botanical Specimens.
Georgia soon is to know the secrets of
Okefenokee swamp, probably the largest
tract of unexplored land In the I’nited
States not excepting even the everglades
of Florida
Seven scientists, members of the teach
ing corps of Cornell university, passed
through Atlanta today and will enter the
swamp tomorrow over the old Pendleton
trail to put in the summer there, study
ing the flora and fauna of the unusual
region.
The Cornell men will be accompanied
by C. S. Spooner, assistant state onto
mologist, who will be with the party
during the entire trip of exploration,
Worsham, state entomologist, will
accompany the party to the edge of the
swamp, but will not take part in 'the
work
This Is the first time a parly composed
wholly of scientists lias attempted to ex
plore the swamp. Local parties of stu
dents have skirted the edges and hunting
parties have penetrated some of the most
remote parts.
The party is headed by Dr. .1. C. Brad
ley. assistant protestor of entomology at
Cornell university, and is composed of the
following men: A. W. Wright, X. R.
Camp, C.\ R. Crosby, M. B. Leonard, S
C. Bishop, W. D. Funkhauesr and C. S.
Spooner.
The party visited the state capitol this
morning and held a short conference with
Worsham, going over the details of
the trip.
Dr. Bradley is confident that the trip
will reveal flora and fauna not known to
have existed in the L'nited States. While
the trip Is not intended to observe con
ditions in the Okefenokee with an idea of
draining It. Dr. Bradley said that some
of the party’s observations doubtless
would prove valuable if the state or the
government ever decided to pul in drain
age canals.
SHANGHAI SEES FIRST
PUBLIC CHINESE WEDDING
SHANGHAI. May 27.—A public Chi
nese wedding, the first in recorded his
tory-, has been celebrated here. The
ceremony took place, in modern fash
ion, in Chang Suho’s garden
R. M. Mooney.
R. M. Mooney, 64 years old, died at
his residence, 298 Hill street, early to
day. He is survived by two children.
FunVral services will be held tonight by
the Mohawk tribe of Red Men, of which
he was a member. The remains will
be taken to Flowerv Branch. Ga . for
Interment tomorrow morning.
$lO WRIGHTSVILLE
BEACH-$lO
Round trip. Good ten day<i. Un sale
Thursdays. Seaboard
'Liquor Fosters Music
Where Genius Exists, !
Divorcee Tells Court!
Mrs. Kila C. Holmes, with seventeen
years of first hand experience tn back
, her assertions, told .Superior Judge Pen
dleton today that musical genius could
thrive on liquor.
The example cited by Mrs. Holmes of
a perfect blend of musical ability and
liquor was her husband. William H
Holmes. In securing a second divorce
verdict Mrs. Holmes volunteered this
statement tn the court:
“Judge, that man did not draw a sober
breath during the entire seventeen years
<>f our marrieil life."
“Could he make music when he was
drunk?" asked Judge PenLdleton, who
had been informed that Holmes was a
rhusician.
“Better than he could when he was
sober." answered Mrs. Holmes.
AIDS EX-WIFE BY
KILLING HIMSELF
Atlantan. Suicide. Provides Di
vorced Mate Get $20,000
Insurance on His Life.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 27, —Leaving
a note asking a friend to he sure to
certify to his death, so that his di
vorced wife might collect life insurance
amounting to more than $20,000. Joseph
West Robinson, member of a wealthy
family of Atlanta, Ga... <«nded his life
by firing a revolver bullet into his
mouth at the Golden West hotel.
In the note, which was addressed to
Robert Grant, living at th“ Hotel Nor
mandi. Robinson directed that no at
tention be paid to disposing of his
body. He was willing to be buried in
the potter’s field by the city, he Inti
mated. lint wanted his widow to col
lect h is insurance.
Another note was addressed to Rob
inson’s wife, who, before her marriage,
was Lucy Stid. of Rome. Ga. The Rob
insons were divorced six years ago, and
Mrs. Robinson now is living with their
three grown children in Pasadena.
Word was sent to her there today.
Robinson Not Known Here.
Inquiry in this city this morning
failed to Identify Joseph West Robin
son as a resident of Atlanta. No mem
bers of the numerous families of that
name here know of such a. man. they
said, nor of any- man of similar name
who had gone to San Francisco from
this city.
A telegram to Rome. Ga.. brought the
reply that no such man was known
thei e
Slaton Makes Aragon
His Headquarters: to
Greet Visitors There
John M Slaton, candidate for governor,
will open temporary campaign headqiiar
ters In the Aragon hotel tomorrow morn
ing. and keep them open until Tbursday
niglit following the gathering of tile state
convention in Atlanta Wednesday.
Mr. Slaton particularly invites visitors
and delegates to the convention, and
such other persons as would care to do so,
to visit his headquarters #
The primary and only- purpose of open
ing these headquarters is to afford Mr.
Slaton's friends and well wishers a con
venient place to got together for the
purpose of discussing, either with hint or
among themselves, the forthcoming gu
bernatorial campaign.
Rooms 4 and 6, the old Underwood head
quarters. have been reserved by Mr Sla
ton. and the former governor as well as
a number of friends will be there to meet
all callers.
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ROID, is sold at Ja
cobs' Pharmacy Co. under guarantee $1
for 72 sugar-coated tablets, lasting 24
days Quit using salves and go after the
inside cause. Hem Roid book mailed
free by Dr. Leonhardt Co., Sta. B, Buf
falo. N. Y.
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EIME ADVICE DN
CITY PLANT NEAR
Health Board Meets Today to
Make Conclusive Recom
mendations to Council.
When the board of health has recon
sidered thoroughly- bids for a. garbage
disposal plant and obtained the advice
of a second expert engineer, an abso
lutely final recommendation will be
made to council, declared Dr. W. L.
Gilbert and other members of the board
today.
It then will be up to council to
finance the proposition or flatly turn
down the second recommendation of
the board of health.
The board and the sanitary commit
tee of council meet jointly at 5 o’clock
this afternoon to begin a final inves
tigation of the plans. It is expected
that a special meeting of council will
he called the latter part of the week to
hear the report.
All of the work virtually is a resume
of what already has been done. Dr.
Rudolph Hering, of New York, was paid
SSOO for his expert advice. The board
of health urged the plan of his choice
to the council. The bids now before
tile board are the old ones slightly al
tered. It is predicted the members <>f
tlie board simply will amend. their for
mer recommendation by leaving off the
electric power plant ami water pump of
the proposition of the Destructor Com
pany of New York. The garbage plant
then would cost about $235,000. The
only other bid the board will consider
this time is the $50,000 hid of the For- '
syth Crematory- Company of Atlanta,
which has a different kind of plant.
UNDERWOOD CLUB IN
TRAINING TO ROOT AT
BALTIMORE MEETING
The formation of the Underwood
Marching club in Fulton c ounty is pro
gressing rapidly and by convention tint"
the organization will be in trim
Thomas B. Felder,. Nim McCullougn
and Carl Htilcltcnson have been added
to the 11st of leaders. The active work,
of lining tip ‘‘the bunch" lias begun.
All delegates to the state eonvontton
will be asked to accompany Hie chib to
Baltimore.
As hotel rates will be high and the,
hotels crowded, it is the plan of the
Marching club to sleep in the Pullmans
during the stay in Baltimore
PREACHES TO GRADUATES.
LOUISVILLE, KY„ May 21% -Dr. J.
W Lynch, of Athens, Ga . delivered the
commencement sermon of the Southern
Baptist Theological seminary last night.
“IMPERIAL ARMY
MEOIGAL COLLEGE”
A lpft«r datM "Imperial Army Medical
College. Canton. China." and signed “Holt,
A. Cheng. M.T>." is in band, that pen
fains an order for g shipment of « specific
that the Doctor hlnntlv admits is a nec
essity in the treatment of kidney dts-'
Dr. Cheng was educated in Amerfca,,afid|
knows the futility of DigltaJis, NUro Gly
cerine. Basham’s Mixture, etc., and sends
7,000 miles for the only known spent fin’
for Bright’s Disease and inflammation of-,
the kidneys.
Another important order was “fort
Hospital supplies in Taris " The world,
is beginning to sit up and take notire of
the fact that Bright s l»lsease is being;
cured.
The constant reiteration by medical)
works of the incurability of Bright’s Dis
ease is costing thousands of livee EvenJ
under Fulton’s Renal Compound referred.!
to above all do not recover, but it is bad’
Judgment tn withhold It untji the heard
and recuperative power are nearly ex -s
hausted. Physicians can simply add ifcl
to the heart, eliminative and tonic treat-4
ment they are giving. There is no con-;
flict. By relaxing the kidney it rhangej!
the prognosis from despair tn hnpp and
thousands of these cases arc now recov-«
ering.
It can he had at Frank Edmondson <5?
Bro.. 14 S Broad street and 10R N. Pryof
street. 4
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