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COLON EL DEFIES
REP. COMMITTEE
Asks People Only for Justice,
He Says—Fight in New
Jersey Ends.
MORRISTOWN. N. J.. May 27.—The
"dore 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. T 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
selves. Remember the national com
mittee was elected, not by the people
but 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:
"In my administration the income ex.
needed the expenditures by somewhere
between two and three hundred million
dollar”; 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. There will be "the
hottest kind of a time” in Chicago, his
supporters declare, if the national com
mitter tides to substitute delegate'
against whom the Roosevelt faction is
raid to have lodged protests.
Taft Ends Jersey
Fight Confident
JERSEY CITY, 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. Taft, in slew York, and as
be left Jersey City over the Central
Railroad of New Jersey to begin the
day's itinerary by pleading with elec
tors at Perth Amboy.
Persons anxious to get 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 It
look, throe 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
be entered his car.
Mr. Taft was scheduled to make fif
teen speeches during the day and even
ing at the following places: Perth
titiboy. Mattawan. Red Bank, Long
branch. Asbury Park, Manasquan. Free,
hold, _ Lakewood. Bridgeton, Millville,
Vineland. Mays Landing. Pleasantville,
Atlantic City and Glassboro.
While the president worked his way
dow n the coast, Colonel Roosevelt was
whirled across the northern end of the
state.
'Mr. Taft hogan the windup of his
hardest political light confident that
iho voters will pledge him their sup
port tomorrow. He chatted cheerfully
about the situation to his companions.
Unit Rule in Ohio
Given Knockout
COLIMBUS, OHIO., May 27.—Governor
Harmon's contest for a solid Ohio delega
ilon to the Baltimore Democratic conven
tion met with a- severe setback today
n hen Secretary of State Graves, as head
of the. election machinery in the. state,
held that the state convention could not
impose the uni* rule on the twenty Wilson
delegates elected from the congressional
districts.
"The national delegates in Ohio were
fleeted 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-
L irict delegates elected last Tuesday can
■ vote for whom they please and no in
structions from a stale convention would
be binding ”
100,000 Want To
See Convention
CHICAGO. May 27.—Plans for the
Republican national convention will be
, ompleted this week. The members of
the sub-committee on arrangements
will plan to have all the details out of
the way so nothing will interfere with
the delegate contests which are ex
pected to begin June 6.
Wednesday is the last day for 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
hearings begin. Members of the na
tional committee, as well as members of
the various state delegations over
which contests will be waged are ex
pected next. week.
More than 100,000 requests for seals
have been received by the members of
the committee. Among these ate a
number from foreign countries who
have representatives here The demand
for tickets is greater this year than
ever before in the. history of the con
> on, according to Chairman New
UNCLE TRUSTY!
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Well, \\ illuhii. ali'-i n calm, dispassionate review of th° situation, it seems to me that
you are in awfully Dutch! Theodore, in his usual kindly, polished, dignified and conscientious man
ner, has swiped your clothes, and you were bouehead enough to let him dn it! T really hate to
foil ton what I think of you! Rut I wish you'd strip 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
ir Theodore Roosevelt falls to land
the Republican nomination ami the
Democrats adopt the kind of platform
that suits him, St Julien Yates, presi
dent of the Roosevelt Georgia White
league, will not only vote the Demo
cratlc ticket, hut will got out and work
for the Democratic candidate.
Mr. Yates gave this statement to a
reporter from Tim Georgian today'as a
wav of emphasizing the disgust of
Georgia Republicans with the Taft re
gime. • »'
The Roosevelt Georgia White league
is a "lily white" organization formed
Saturday night, and is working In
Georgia Io 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 ami supporter of Theodore
Roosevelt, will address the league
Thursday night in Judge L. S. Roans
court room, in the Thrower building, at
7:30 o'clock. Negroes will not he ad
mitted.
HOTEL AND HOMES
BURN AT FORSYTH;
DAMAGE IS $11,000.00
FORSYTH, GA.. May 27.—Fire origi
nating in th* 'Forsyth hotel completely
destroyed that hostelry and the two ad
joining residences All were frame
structures. AVhcu the tire was dis
covered the roof was in flames. There
w ere 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 Rush and T. C. Porch, both of
which were entirely consumed. With
itic.three buildings burning and insuf
ficient water pressure, it was feared
that the entire block would go. but ef
ficient work by the local volunteer file
department kept 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 insurance.
PASTOR RAPS THOSE WHO
DON’T DO OWN THINKING
"The world always hast 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 he 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
mon who did their own thinking—who
refused to bow the knee."
At it o'clock Sunday morning Dr.
• tgdon preached the annual commence
ment sermon of Agnes Scott college at
Decatur
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: MONDAY. MAY 27. 1912.
RARE CHINA SOLD
TO PAT SLlfflNy
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
satisfy an alimony judgment of $l5O.
The china collection, which brought
when parceled piecemeal about SI,OOO,
was once the property of the late Gen
eral Henry R. Jackson, of Savannah,
former United States minister to 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 an 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
son's household furniture. Tn 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 the 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 IM CONGRESS
BLUE 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
paigning for some time throughout the
district, but this is Mr. Charters’ first
public appearance.
It is persistently rumored that Con
gressman T homas Bell will stand for re
election, despite rumors early in the
spring that, he would retire to private life
at the expiration of his present term
It is generally agreed that the fight
in the Ninth is to be a hot one, in any
event, as Charters, Holder and Bell are
all popular ami strong
MARTIN SETS ALTITUDE RECORD.
LOS ANGELES, May 27. -Glen Mar
tin, who was the first aviator to cross
the channel to Catalina island, and who
last Sunday took his mother in«o the
air a passenger at Balboa, lias bro
ken th* worlds altitude record in a
hydroplane by ascending MO9 feet. A
Co-mile wind was blowing.
| State Draws Its Net
About Defendants in
' Myrtle Hawkins Case
HENDEKSONVTLDE, X C.. May 27
"What would you do if a dead body
was found on your place?" was ask»d
by Pan McCall, about the time, the
body of a girl, said to be Myrtle 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 one of the
denfenrlante. Thomas Hollingsworth,
school committeemen, said he saw Mc
-1 Call soon after the body was found and
Dan told him. "All Ills troubles came
at once," and then propounded his
quest ion.
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 todav.
HORSE STARTS FIRE
LIKE O’LEARY COW.
MENACING CHICAGO
1 HTCAGO, May 27. —A horse kicked
over a lantern in a barn in Cicero and
the suburb was given a small 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, wife of the city clerk.
W. A. WRIGHT SERIOUSLY
ILL FROM INDIGESTION
William A. Wright, state comptroller
and insurance commissioner. Is seriously
ill at hi' home, 103 Peachtree street, fol
lowing an attack of acute, indigestion
while tn Rente, Ga . Saturday It Is nnt
expected he can be al hia office tor sev
eral (lavs.
ATLANTA NIJSDND
BEGIN 4< FEST
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Record Class To Be Initiated
by Scottish Rite Branch.
Banquet as Feature.
Costumes valued at $30,000 will be
worn by those participating in the fifth
annual convocation of the local lodge of
Scottish Rite Masons which was opened
at 11 o’clock today and will be con
| eluded by a banquet Thursday night.
I More than 80 candidates from all parts
of Georgia gathered to be "put through"
| with one of the largest classes ever j
i initiated here.
The feature of the banquet, will be |
i the presence of two of the three stir- ,
i cit ing members of the ciass of 1882.
: who were inducted Into the order by .
General Pike, the father of Scottish
Rile Masonry. This class had ten can
didates —James Andrew Gray, Henry U.
Pope, A. M. Law, D. O. Dougherty,
Charles F. Malone, A. S. Eiehberg, M
Mcßurney, R. E. Holt. Henry C. Stock
dell and Jacob Morris, (if these Gray.
Eiehberg and Stockdell are the only
ones living. Eiehberg and Stockdell will
attend the banquet.
Many to Get Degrees.
Four days will 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 the fourth to 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 in 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..
vl<e chairman. Joseph C. Greenfield.
".3d Hon., secretary; Edward Morris
Hafer, 32d Is. ''. <'. H . John Gilmore.
T'<l; Alfred Salom Eiehberg, 32d; John
Marshall Slaton. 32d; George Moultrie
Napier. 32d; Edward Salmond McCan
dless. 3"d 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 Byrk, 32d.
Refection Edward Morri” Hafer, 32d
K C, C. H,: Edward Clarence Brown,
32d.
< 'lass Director—John Gilmore, 32d.
Director of Work—Charles E. Robert-
GEORGIA SWAMP
TD DE EXPLORED
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 United
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 ento
mologist, who will be with the party
during the entire trip of exploration.
T,ee W'orsham, 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 party composed
wholly of scientists has 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 professor of entomology at
Cornell university, and is composed of the
following men: A. W Wright, A. R.
Camp. C. R. Crosby, M. B. Leonard, S.
C. Bishop, W. D. Funkhauesr and C S.
Spooner.
The party visited the state papitol this
morning and held a short conference with
Ix>e 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 United 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 put 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 sash- |
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.
Funeral services will be held tonight by
the Mohawk tribe of Red Men, of which
he was a member. The remains will
be taken to Flowery Branch. Ga.. f'u
interment tomorrow morning.
$lO WRIGHTSVILLE
BEACH $lO
Round i'ip ‘i'»od ton days. On uh
thu r sda v s S<?abo a r
| Liquor Fosters Music
, Where Genius Exists,
Divorcee Tells Court
Mrs. Kila Holmes, wiih seventeen
j years of first hand experience to hack
I her assertions, told Superior Judge Pen
dleton today that musical genius could
I thrive on liquor.
The example cited by Mrs. Holmes of
a perfect blend <»f musical ability and
liquor was her husband. William H
Holmes. In securing a second divorce
verdict Mrs. Holmes volunteered this
statement to the court:
‘'Judge, that man did not draw a sober
breath during the entire seventeen years
<»f our married life.”
"Could he make music when he was
drunk?" asked Judge Pentdleton, who
had been informed that Holmes was a
musician.
"Better than he could when he was
sober,” answered Mrs. Holmes
MS MIFF Bl
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 be 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... ended 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 the Hotel N’or
mandi, Robinson directed that no at
tention he paid to disposing of Ills
body. He was willing to be buried in
the potter's field by’ the city, he Inti
mated. "hut wanted his widow to col
lecth Is insurance.
Another mite was addressed to Rob
inson’s wife, who, before her marriage,
was Lucy Slid, 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
hers 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»
Slaton Makes Aragon
His Headquarters; to
Greet Visitors There
John M Slaton, candidate for governor,
will open temporary campaign headquar
ters in the Aragon hotel tomorrow morn
ing, and keep them open until Thursday
night following the gathering of the 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 get together for the
purpose of discussing, either with him or
among themselves, the forthcoming gu
bernatorial campaign
Rooms 4 and 6. the old Untierwood 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.
oa] ■ M it Dr. Leonhardt’s won
■ ■ H ] derfully successful
ternal remedy, HEM
ROID, is sold at Ja
cobs' F’harmaey Co. under guarantee. $1
for 72 sugar-coated tablets, lasting 24
davs. Quit using salves and go after the
inside cause. Hem-Roid book mailed
free by Dr. Leonhardt Co.. Sta. B. Buf
falo. N. Y.
WE ARE ATLANTA AGENTS FOR
White Mountain Refrigerators
Prices $7.50 to $75.00
“The chest with the "ESJJI m
chill in it.” Ice grate, j
flues, basket—remove to ' t-ja
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clean. White enameled BHlMtSjjaEt , )BB i
psp umbolm
and solid stone lined. The |g|jO'..' gKdw Shml*?
stone white is walled with HblßL zo| }
cold. gleaming. inde
structible, solid stone. fiM
white as snow." Use our C‘-
Divided Payments.”
This Boston Grand
White Enameled,s26.so
Solid Stone,. . $45.00
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FINAL ADVICE ON
DIR PUNT NEW
Health Board Meets Today to
Make Conclusive Recom
mendations to Council.
When the board of health has recon
sidered thoroughly blds for a garbage
i disposal plant and obtained the advice
’ of a second expert engineer, an abso
lutely final recommendation will be
i made to council, declared Dr. W. L.'
Gilbert and other members of the board
today.
It then will bo up to council to
finance the proposition or flatly turn
down the second recommendation of
the board of health.
1 The board and the sanitary commit”
toe 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
be 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
siioo for his expert advice. The board ,
of health urged the plan of his choice
to the council. The blds non before
the board are the old ones slightly al- .
r tered. It Is predicted the members of
, the hoard simply will amend their for
. mer recommendation by leaving off the.
. electric power plant and water pump of.
i the proposition of the Destructor Com
, patty of New York. The garbage, plant
> then would cost about $235,000. The
5 only other bid the board will consider
this time is the sso,oo*' bid 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 th-- I'nderwood *
Marching > lub in Fulton county Is pro
gressing rapidly and by < (-invention time
1 the organization will be in trim,
Thomas R. Felder, Nim McCullougn
■ and Carl Hutchenson have been added
to the list of leaders. The active work,
of lining up "the hunch" has begun.
, All delegates to the state convention
will bo asked to accompany the club to
Baltimore
As hotel rates will be high and the
hotels crowded, it is the plan of the
Marching club tn sleep In the Pullmana
! during the stay In Baltimore
PREACHES TO GRADUATES.
, LOUISVILLE, KT., May 2 1% -Dr. J.
W, Lynch, of Athens. Ga., delivered the
commencement sermon of the Southern
Ba ptist Theological seminary last night.
“IMPERIAL ARMY"’”"' -
MEDIGAL COLLEGE"
A letter dated "Imperial Army Medical
College. Canton. China." and signed "Holt
A. Cheng. M.D.." is in hand, that, con
tains an order for a shipment of a. specific
that the Doctor bluntly admits Is a nec-.
essitv in the treatment of kidney dis-'
ease.
Dr. Cheng was educated in America, and
knows the futility of Digitalis, Nitro Gly
cerine. Basham's Mixture, etc., and sends,
7.000 miles for the only known specific*
for Bright's Disease and inflammation of,
the kidney’s.
Another important order was "son,
Hospital supplies in Paris." The world’
is beginning to sit up and take notice of’
Ute fact that Bright's Disease is being
cured.
The constant reiteration by medical* '
works of the incurability of Bright’s Dis
ease is costing thousands of lives Even.;
under Fulton's Renal Compound referred!
to above all do not recover, but it is bad!
judgment to withhold it until the heart#
and recuperative power are nearly ex~J'\
hausted. Physicians can simply add it# X,
to the heart, eliminative and ionic treat-1
ment they are giving. There is no con
flict By relaxing the kidney it
the prognosis from despair to hope and 1
thousands of these cases are now recov-,
ering.
It can be bad at Frank Edmondson Xe
Bro . 14 S, Broaxl street and 106 N. Pryor
street.
Ask for pamphlet.
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