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I DROWNS IN PIEDMONT PARK LAKE ' The Atlanta Georgian IEXTR4 Shower, today and tomorrow. /? ea J p ro f it __ GEQ R QJ AN WANT ADS Use For Results 9* A- » J 118. VOL. X. XO. 258. BLIIME FIXED MIK fflllffllC ■ 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 Continued on Page Two. Continued on Page Two THE SCORE CARD FOR TODAY’S BASEBALL GAME AT PONCEY PARK ~ 4~rg [ 6~T~7~~rß~rs'YfO 11 12 |MB[H |IB|PO|A| E ] ITII i] T 1 I ' '~fr| 1I£1 3 I>I 5 I? 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Spalding & Bn, eL iu the offi<-« of tho Ltbrari «uof'conirre«» at W« a hln'(rt»n. t>“o. —— AT nA II ntV nA nt/ Entered according to Act of Congreae. in the year UT7. by A. O Spalding * Broe.. in the olßce of the Librarian of Congreaa. at Washington, D. C Stolen Bases Sacrifice Hits Sacrifice Fliea PONCEY PARK Stolen Bases . Sacrifice Hits Sacrifice Flies Two-base Hit- - Three-beer Hits - Home Pans Two-baae Hits . --- . . Three-base Hits ... , Home Runs.....— a Double Plays . Triple Plays Number of Innings Pitched. By GAME AT 3’30 P M Double Pkys .. Triple Plays- Number of Innings Pitched. By Base Hits Off Legal At Bats Scored Against Each Pitcher ’ ’ Off . . .. - Legal At Bats Scored Against Each Pitcher Struck Out. By. Bases on Balls. Off Wild Pitches Struck Out. By-.. Bases on Balia. Off Wild Pitches ... - Hit Batsman Passed B alb Time of Game Umpires MAY 28, 1912 Hrt Batsman.. Passed BaUs .... Time es Gss«».... u . t i. M Umpires- / 7 < LAKE IN PARK! MS ITS! ■ FIRST 00V I VICTIM i T 7 The first drowning of the sea- 7 4 son occurred at Piedmont park fl I 1 7 today, when James Sims, 19 years 3 I old, of 292 North Jackson street, 3 perished in the newly-opened lake J after a boat had capsized with 3 him and three companions. The boys were having a gay 7 time, on the water when Sims J lost an oar. One of the boys 3 7 reached out for it, and the boat 3 was tipped over, capsizing. 7 7 Sims was the only lad in the -; 7 boat dressed in street clothes, and '4 that fact cost him his life. The 7 3 other lads, in their bathing suits, 7 had a comparatively easy time 3 t I j . getting to shore. 7 Rov Bosche, son of R. C. Bosche. who I J » I J 1 lives on the Boulevard, ssw Sims was i-I 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 desoerate struggle to‘?a\e himself final- J ly. When dragged out he was exhaust -J ed. 7 The alarm was spread bv the victim’s 7 7 companions and with ethers dragging 7 J of the lake was begun. Several of the : I * ' lads, in spite of the peril the had just .! escaped, dived for the body, but in vain. 7 q 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. ■ fl-fl-fl-fl-fl-H- •l-H-H-Hb'H- i-t-l-I-H-I-i-h-b H-I-t-I-T-M I-I-bI-t-I-H-i-H-l-M-4-t-I-bI I I Mil 1 I bill I 1-1 IT’S‘JERSEY’S TURN TODAY! Copyright, 1912. by International News Service. " - 111 1 -I ' I 1 - J WvKWi H i ' > : % 1 1, M J / * I x >'<'--ike wWßwmi''.'A L 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 lom/Mssm: 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