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VOL. X. XO. 258.
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■ DISASTER
WASHINGTON, May 28.—Re
sponsibility for ;he Titanic dis
aster and the loss of ov£r 1,600
lives was placed upon the British
board of trade today by Senator
William Alden Smith, of Michi
gan, chairman of the committee
which investigated the world's
greatest marine disaster.
In the most striking speech
heard on the floor of the senate
in a decade, he scored the “laxity
• of regulation and hasty inspection
of the British board.'' The sen
ator gave as cause contributing to
the disaster:
1. The difference of dan
ger maintained by Captain
Smith, who lost his life in the
disaster.
2. The increase of speed de
spite warning signals and
messages of danger.
Though pointing out the rashness of
Captain Smith's actions, the senator
praised him as a dauntless hero of the
, set. whose "willingness to die was the
'expiating evidence of his fitness to
live."
Smith first mentioned the purpose for
which the Titanic investigators had
been appointed, and reviewed the stope
L • of their work. Then describing the con
struction of the giant liner, he de
clared that so confident were both
owner and builder that the ship repre
sented the last word in ship-building
that th-os- were eager eo go upon her
maiden trip. Continuing, he said:
Nc Tests of Ship or
Live Saving Devices.
“No sufficient tests were made of
boilers nr bulkheads or gearing or
equipment and no life-saving or signal
devices were tested; officers and chews
were strangers to one another, and the
passengers to both; neither was famil
iar with the vessel or with its imple
ments or, tools. No drills or station
practice Ar iwdpful discipline disturbed
the tranquility of that voyage and when
the crisis came a state of absolute un
preparedness stupifled both passengers
and crew and in their despair the shin
went down, carrying as needless a sac
rifice of noble women and brave men as
ever clustered about the judgment seat
in any single moment of passing time.
We shall leave to the honest
judgment of England its painstak
ing chastisement cf the British
board of t r ade to whose laxity of
reoulation and hasty inspection the
world is largely indebted for this
awful fatality. Os contributing
causes, there were very many. In
the face cf warning signals, speed
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today, when James Sims, 19 years 3
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perished in the newly-opened lake J
after a boat had capsized with 3
him and three companions.
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time, on the water when Sims J
lost an oar. One of the boys 3
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was tipped over, capsizing. 7
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boat dressed in street clothes, and '4
that fact cost him his life. The 7
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in difficulty and turned back to help 4
him. He was dragged under the water j
by the drowning boy and had to make a 7
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escaped, dived for the body, but in vain. 7
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Police headqua-ters and Gradv hos-
pital were notified and an ambulance | I
and patrol rushed to the scene.
C. & w, C. ROAD TO MAKE
$2,000,000 IMPROVEMENTS '
. AUGVSTA. GA., May 28. - The J
Charleston and Western Carolina rail
way will spend $2,000,000 with’n li.
next rear nr two in the genial irn- 11
r»f its lin * T he C ‘
operates from Augusta to Spartanburg
and from Augusta to Port Royal.
The completion of the f'arolin-', v
Clinchfield and Ohio rail’-nad into Spar
tanburg will mean a great den! for tli
Charleston and Western '"arolina. !>■■-- >1
cause quantities of coal from mines in b
Tennessee will be shipped into and b
through Augusta. g
ATLANTA, GA.. TUESDAY. MAY 28. 1912.
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IT’S‘JERSEY’S TURN TODAY!
Copyright, 1912. by International News Service.
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HOD CARRIERS GOT $5
A DAY: MASONS STRUCK
BUTTE. MONT.. May 28. —A unique la
tor problem which had tied up building
iperatinns in Rutte since April 1 was ad
usted by the intervention of international
ifficers.
A few months ago the hod carriers'
iro-m demanded an increase in pay from
.. to $5 50 a day, and the contractors
onceded the demand, but the bricklay
rs opposed the raise and refused to work
nth any hod carrier who got more than <
5 a day. ■
T he problem was settled bv compro
mise. and hod carriers who work with
Tkklayers will get only $5 a day. while
od carriers working with plasterers will <
et $.5 50. 5
OFFICIAL A SUICIDE,
FEARING COAL TRUST
WOULD BE INDICTED
CHICAGO. May 28 —Balief that the
prosecution of enal dealers would ruin
his business is assigned as the reason
for the suicide of Frank E. Lukens. wh>,
was found dead in the Rest hotel here.
Lukens was ser retarx of the Illinois-
Wisconsin Retail Coe) Dealers associa
tion. Many indictments were returnee!
against the lumber men. and members
of the Coal Dealers association became
alarmed. So many of them resigned
from the association and Lukens, who
is 58 years of age. became disoour
tge-d, saying the resignations had ruin
ed his business and he was too old to
start again.
HUSBAND NEED NOT
TALK TO HIS WIFE
CHICAGO. May 28 Whether a man has
to answer his wife when she speaks to
him. was a question propounded in the
! court of domestic relations Mrs Agnes
i .Tana left home because her ho-hand de
, dined to pay due attention to her re
marks Judge Goodnew held that Mrs
Jana did not have sufficient reason for
leaving her husband, who was arraigned
on a charge of technical abandonment.
Jana was discharged
EASTMAN EDITOR NAMED.
EASTMAN. Max 28. ' M. Methvin.
i editor of The Times-Journal. »if East
man. has been appointed b G vemo
Joseph M Brown as a member of the
annua! board of visitors to the
Schon] fnr the Deaf at Cave Springs.
Ga
WATSBNMARCHESHERE
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DECLARES ffll FELDER
“Red-Headed Person” From McDuffie
Confident He’ll Rule the Convention
as Clans Begin to Gather For Great
Struggle Tomorrow.
The struggle for control of the state Democratic convention
tomorrow is irrevocably on, and that gathering must now be
either frankly pro-Watson or anti-Watson in its make-up.
Thomas E. Watson has specifically outlined his demands
upon the convention, and his taunting challenge to Thomas B.
Felder, unhesitatingly accepted, has precipitated a fight that will
go to a finish, and without quarter or compromise asked or
given by either side.
Watson and Felder will not both go to Baltimore—one or
the other must stay at home.
Watson’s meeting tonight will be well attended, but whether
it will make or break Watson is problematical.
Both Felder and Watson are entirely confident of winning;
but a count of noses this morning seemed to favor the Atlanta
man.
Watson is expected on the Georgia train at 1:05 today. Fel
der was in the Kimball house lobby the greater part of the
morning.
Sage of McDuffie
Comes With Big Stick.
ThnmAs E Watson is tn ar
rive in Atlanta at 1:05 p. m. today bv
way of the Georgia railroad
That he has changed his fightinc
program in any particular is not at all
likely.
Efforts to eef him by wire last night
and this morning failed; but his friends
say he is coming with a big stick In his
hand, and that he is determined to
doijiihatg the state convention, make it
a "r=d-headed'' thing from start to fin
ish and clear the way for a solid pro-
Watson delegation to Baltimore.
Mr Watson is said tn realize fully
that it will be necessary tn crack a few
heads in order to put his ambitious
program over, and that Is why he Is
bringing his big stick with him.
He has selected the head of Thomas
B Felder as one that particularly
needs cracking: hut. as Felder has ex
pressed a positive determination to
crack first, there is some doubt as to
rxaet'x what will happen at cracking
time.
What Watson
Asks of Convention.
Mr. Watson demands of the state
convention.
First, that he be elected one of the
delegates-at-large to Baltimore, and
that he be made chairman of .the dele
gation.
Second, that his caucus tonight shall
name the temporary and permanent
chairmen of the convention tomorrow.
Third, that he shall pass upon the
qualifications of his associate delegates
. On Trains. FIVE CENTS.
mUUS. in Atlanta, TWO CENTS.
to Baltimore, and that certain specified
persons shall not be upon the delega
tion.
Fourth, that the convention shall In
struct specifically against Mr. Bryan’S
nomination for the presidency
Fifth, the elimination of the "city
politicians" from the political situation
In Georgia, and the seating in ths
convention of Wilson delegates from
counties that went for Wilson tn ths
late presidential primary, notwith
standing the rule of the state commit
tee under which the primary was held.
Sixth, anything else that Mr. Watson
happens to think he wants before th®
convention adjourns.
Peace Efforts
All Prove Futile.
Desperate efforts have been made M
keep the peace between Mr Watson
and the "city politicians." so-called, butj
Utterly without avail.
When he first intimated a d»slre tri
go to Baltimore as a delegate-at-large*
Underwood leaders all over state
said he was entitled to go because oil
the great service he did Underwood tir
the presidential campaign.
Among those who wired or wrote him
assuring him of their support were
f'lark Howell. G. R. Hutchens. Governs
or Brown. Thomas R. Felder and othei
prominent Underwood men.
Mr Watson no sooner received this
assurance of support than he demanded
that he be not only named a delegate*
at-large, but announced that he would
head the delegation, or know the rea*
son why." He declared the "city poli
ticians" to be in league against him