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WATSON'S GUNS
SPIKED. SATS
TOMFELDER
Sage of McDuffie Is Coming
With a Big Stick. But His
Foes Are Confident.
Continued F r om Page One,
and vo.'fferausly invoked the ’'rath of
the country counties upon them
Demand so inwed demand so swiftly
and so peremptorily that it soon be
gan to dawn upon the Underwood peo
ple that Mr Watson was looking for a
fight and 'S? determined to have it. i
Numerous T’nd*rw*od leaders began!
to grow] and protest that Watson was ,
making himself intolerable, and was I
de** -mined to run the « hole shoe his ,
way or break it up Threats of an
anti-M'atsnn outbreak inj-ide the Un
dem ood ranks began seriously to dis- i
turb the peace of mind of numerous!
people bent upon peace at any price.
Begged Him To
Bp a Good Little Boy.
Mr. Watson was written to, wired to.
end telephoned to. He was begged,
aim's' oh bended knee, not to make a
ra r.et- *o ome along to Baltimore,
be a good little boy, and h* should have
a n <s fat red striped stick of candy
all so.- his very own
Put the "red-headed one" wouldn't
Have ]* Nothing would do but i fight,
that he was spoiling for. and for noth
ing else- would he spoil, not to please
ant city politician" that ever encum
bered and infested th* earth.
Finally he unlimbered a big thir
t»en-fnch gun siuarely in the direction
of Thoma« B Fe’der, nominee of the
Fifth district for delegate-at-large to
Ba’timore, and let it be known that
Felder’s scalp must dangle at Watson’s
belt, or Watson Just couldn't be even
remotely happy
Watson flung a contemptuous taunt
at Felder's connection with the Morse
case—
And right there the anti-Watson
fifeworks started
Felder Confident
That He'll Win
No sooner was Watson's ultimatum
tn Felder made public than Felder
rushed to accept the challenge and to
assure Watson that the flght he had
been ‘coiling for at ’ast was headed
unmistakably Watsonward
That pretty little dove of peace that
had been hanging around, cooing for a
permanent job in the state convention,
gave one final and ultimate shriek- ir
whatever it Is that little doves of peace
Indulge ’hemselves In when th* quit
ting time comes -and expired, or took
to the woods, nr something
Anyway, all efforts to avoid a racket
in th* convention w.-nt immediately tn
pr >t*st whm Fe’der exasperated ind
rom nu> with seeking tn placate Wat
son, buckled on his trusty sword and
gave forth the word that either Watson
or Felder must remain at home mid
look after th* crops while the other
went to the national convention in Bal
t! TP.
There- is no sort of doubt that Feide
means it. too'
If Felder goes to Baltimore Watson
will not, and if Watson goes, Felder
v ill not
Them is tn be no quarter shown-no
compromise. The delegation Jo Ba'ti
more must be frankly pro. Watson and
headed by Watson, cr it must be frank
ly anti-Watson and headed by—-prob
ably Felder, but. he nas never suggest
ed that he vents tin chairmanship
His Guns Spiked,
Declares Felder.
' We have his guns spiked. " said Fel
der tl-i- morning Watson will not go
to Baltimore
'His atregant attempts to dictate the
terms uron which a Democratic ’con
vention in Georgia shall bo held, if it
b* held at all. i- an immrtinen o that
will be rebuked everlastingly. Attempts
to hog it all in Georgia invariably
hate resulted disastrously to the would
be hogs
Th's convention is to b* held by
white men. free white men. and white
men .’I years of age and upward Ton
Matson is not their boss, that he will
find out bcfori he ■ -two davs older.
'He "might have had anything in r«a
sor.-—he shall has* nothing in unrea
son He is seeking a.-- is his custom to]
rule or ruin--and he would prefer to
min Tnat is characters’■ c of him
“Under the terms he demand.- it
they were agreed to. 'here w mid be no
u*e 'n electing anybody to Baltimore;
but M atson.
"Ar.d let me tel’, vou another thing--I
he do's rot wan’ to go to Baltimore to j
do th.- Dcmocracv any good. He wan;* I
to gc, there to embarrass the party as|
much a.- be may -to demand cranky I
and intemperate planks in i’s pl.-.tf rm |
He thinks th< Democratic p rty has a ■
good chan, * tn win-he nan’s to spoil;
that han'. He turn*d traitor ra •• I
or..’ hr f re when yic tcry seen,' n rom
ing its wav. and openly advocated th*
Ilepubl: :.n nominee IT the presidency
He would in It again, if h- g t that
chance: bu' he isn’t going to ge, it
"Alr'-ady* I have seen enough del* -
gates to ure Watson’s overwhelming
defeat."
The One Big Topic
Is the Big Fight.
The delegate s are talking nothing but
M atson - Felder.
T 1 ” b £ flght. which v as sought to
be ay Aided is almost ready tn start
Ma’: •’ - meeting tn the Kimball
house ballroom t night will b* cither a
tr*mendou e sure-*** or a diems' fallur*
There- ■■ i]i be a <d on hand, bu'i
vhe-ther it elect t .-'and with;
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FIGHTING TOM WATSON MARCHING TO ATLANTA
READY FOR SCRAP IN DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
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B *JE® I K
. ‘jK9~ *it
w atson or yvitn r eider is a ques’ior,
that can not be answered.
Watson is a great card for drawing a
i rowd at any time, but he doesn't al
ways draw a Watson crowd, by any
means.
Inquiry at the Kimball discloses the
fact tnat Watson has not engaged the
ballroom for tonfe-bt. but It is given out
’hat a friend has said to the manilg*
ment that he will be responsible for <ts
res-rvatlon. and it is b*lng reserved
Mr Watson’s meeting Is set for 8
o'clock Upon the outcome or’ Watson'?
i aucus tonight.depends. so many think,
the question of whethet he will sit m
the convention tomorrow as a proxy
for a McDuffie friend, nr go home to
night disgusted and undone.
1,500 Delegates
Are Expected
Delegates to the Democratic state
convention, which meets at noon tomor
row in the Grand Opera house, began
arriving in Atlanta yesterday after,
noon, and by 10 o’clock this morning
more than half of th* entire number
was in the Itv It is thought that by
6 p tn. today nearly every delegate
named to the convention will be here
The voting strength of the convention
is 368. but in a large majority of the
counties the delegations have been split
into fraction- running all the way from
one-half to one-fifth of a vote per d*!< -
gate. Under this arrangement th< re
likely will oe in the neighborhood of
1,500 delegates
With this unusually large number of
delegates to be seated, there will be
little room in the Grand for the public,
as its seating capacity is about 3.000.
Discuss Watson-Felder Row.
Among the throngs that invaded the
Kimball house lobby and other congre
gating centers in th* city last night
and this morning, the absorbing topic
of conversation was 'he Watson-Felder
row.
There was considerable diversity of
opinion as to the merits of the contro
versy Thcr* were stout-hearted Wat
son partisans defending tn* “red
headed person ” from McDuffiie, and de
claring tha' he shall go to Baltimore.
On the other hand, there were stal
warts from hither and yon vehemently
protesting by the “great hornspoon"
and o’her things of that sort that Wat
son shall never get as far as the Chatta- I
hoochee river in the direction of Bal
tinior ■
Considerable reserve was manifested
by some of the delegates in the matter
of saying what they would do in th*
showdown between Felder and Watson.
A large proportion of them evinced a"
inclination to get their bearings b*- j
fore say mg anything too definite
Nevertheless, among those delegate*
willing to “talk right out tn meeting
the preponderance was pic inly and jn
questiunably pro-Felder.
W’ight To Call Convention.
In discussing the evident inclination
of those woo would -ay exactly what
they think of the sensational contro
versy and the certain fact that the talk i
was running largely against Watson
.-'nl in favor of Felder, it was explained]
[by Watson’s friends that th* talkers
last rngbt and this morning were sup
i porters >f the 'city politicians ' and
lth.it when the country delegates ret In
’ th’ M atson talk win grow much louder
. and more confident.
Tli convention will be called at noon
by Chairman W .' Wright, of the state
■xc'-ui* i onv.nittee li will proi e.-d
[at once to a temporary organization,
m-1 under this organization the creden
jt'.il.' of d*'og.itcs will be pissed upon
[ >nd n temporary organization outlined
I Th ti-mp-’rary and perman nt hair
I man*nip- hive been kept very much U|i
[in the ah inc d ■ not appear to have
I been '-:c*niir: rmmed upon b
ihb*e who V" uno* rial ng now t > nt
line preliminary *ucii--’mn*
It ma' b* taken as a certainD 1
ever, thst F Hn’-ben- H it!'”
ib* temporal'* ■ ■ "'.ircnt .-s> ii-m i a
i and h* w-j|l d*'t'. *■ ■ ktyii'te .-i < :
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS:TUESDAY. MAA’ 28. 1912.
ODDS EM LB.
ATOaiWSEI
Election Day Ideal—Wilson Is
Conceded Democratic Dele
gation of Own State.
TRENTON. N. J May 28—Despite
the optimistic declarations of the Taft
leaders that th* president would cap
ture a large majority of the New Jer
sey delegates in th* state's first presi
dential preference, primaries, opening at
1 o’clock this afternoon, Theodore
Roosevelt was favorite in the betting
today Odds of four to three were of
fered that, he would capture the state
delegation, and there was an abundance
of Roosevelt money In sight.
Th* administration forces declared
that the Roosevelt claim was unfound
ed, and pointed out that there had been
a marked gain In sentiment for the
president during the last three days.
Though Roosevelt men admitted this,
they declared that the change had not
been enough to endanger their candi
date's chances and that when the polls
closed at 9:30 o'clock tonight the colo
nel would not only have a majority of
the delegates, but also an overwhelming
popular vote.
Weather Nave* Better.
The weather throughout the state to
day was never better for an election.
The sun was shining everywhere and
the air was just cool enough to make
the day ideal.
Though Senator LaFollette had been
campaigning the state while Taft and
Roosevelt were walloping each other,
his chances of success were regarded
as nil. It was not expected that he
would be able to capture a single dele
gate.
On the Democratic side Governor
Woodrow Wilson was conceded the en
tire delegation of his own state.
N. C. Democrats
To Go Uninstructed
RALEIGH. N. C., May 28—North
Carolina is expected to send art unin
structed delegation to the Democratic
national convention in Baltimore. The
state convention meets here on Jun* 6
to name delegates-at-large. In past
presidential years it has been cus
tomary- for the delegation from this
state to go uninstrueted. and there is
no indication that this custom will be
abandoned There was an exception
four y ears ago, when the state instruct
ed for Bryan, who had no opposition
for the nomination.
District conventions will be held on
June 5. w hen district delegates to Bal
timore will be chosen.
Reports from county conventions held
on Saturday to name delegates to the
district and state conventions show
that Underwood and Wilson ran about
even. Os 26 counties that gave direct
instructions Underwood secured 12 and
Wilson 14. Underwood supporters are
rather jubilant over (he showing he
mad' He developed strength in every
county and in many ran nv’k and nek
with Wilson, dark has developed a
great deal of strength in the last few
weeks but his friends bad no way of
expressing it, only th* names "f Un
derwood and Wilson being before the
'■"-i- Harmon also nas strength in
North Carolina.
Mr, Sustr F
D-e funeral of Mrs ?usan F B’.ghar.'
"bo o ed in <’a!r*un via. will be held
’bis afternoon n Atlanta Interment « :
be m Oakland I entetery She !s survive.;
BRITONS BLAMED
FDD TITfINiG LOSS
Chairman Smith of the Senate
Probe Scores Board of Trade
for Laxity and Haste.
Continued From Page One.
was increased and messages of
danger seemed to stimulate her to
action rather than to persuade her
to soar."
Captain Smith Brave
and Dauntless Sailor.
In discussing Captain Smith, the
Michigan senator mingled tribute to hi?
knowledge and bravery with criticism
for his indifference to the warnings
which had been given him of the pres
ence of ice.
"Pure of character, dauntless as a
sailor should be." said the, senator, "he
walked the deck of his majestic strui -
ture as master of his keel, Titanic
though she was; his indifference to
dangre was one of the direct and con
tributing couses of this unnecessary
tragedy, while his own willingness to
die was the expiating evidence of his
ow n fitness to'live.
“Those of us who knew him well—
not in anger, but in sorrow—file one
specific charge against him. over-con
fidence and neglect to heed the official
repeated warnings of his friends; but.
in his terrible dismay, when his brain
was a-fire with honest retribution, we
can still see, in his manly bearing- and
his tender solicitude for the safety of
women and little children, some traces
of his lofty spirit when daVk clouds
lowered all about him and angry ele
ments stripped him of his command.
“The mystery of his indifference
to danger, when other and less pre
tentious vessels doubled their look
out or stopped their engines, finds
no reasonable hypothesis in conjec
ture or speculation.”
No Equipment
For Lifeboats.
Vividly describing the disaster as re
ported by the survivors. Senator Smith
pointed out that at the instant of con
tact with the ice the navigator turned
the nose of the ship aside to avoid a
collision, with the result that the blow
was struck at a point less capable of
resisting the impact than the prow of
the vessel would have been.
Telling of the Scene which followed,
he said:
“Life belts were finally adjusted to
all and the lifeboats were cleared away,
and although strangely insufficient in
number, were only partially loaded and
in all instances unprovided with com - |
passes, and only three of them had !
lamps
"They were manned so badly that
in the absence of prompt relief they
would have fallen easy victims to
the advancing ice floe, nearly 30
miles in width and rising 100 feet
above the surface of the water. ;
Their danger would have been as
great as if they had remained on
the deck of the broken hull, and if 1
the sea had risen these toy targets
with eve* 700 exhausted people
would have been helplessly tossed
about upon the waves without food
or wate>.
Th* I feboats were filled f* ind'f
fr-rently and lowered * quickly tl’i'.i
t VkNC W’ ■
I Wfi VIPM S 'll • ’i
Thomas E 1- i »
Wats on. the - I® '
Farrp of Mi'Duf
tin. in speaking # SO
aft't ud p: hi Ik WH G / V.
< enter. seate'l /ttT jj|B®
with his two w\ » <\Vi\
pr.-tt, grand
d a ii g h t ers w\ '
(rporgia Wat \y A
son on left, v\\ '7 : '
and (t e o r g i a—
Lee on right. ' "
according to uncontradicted evidence,
nearly 50fi people were needlessly sac
i rifleed to want of orderly discipline in
loading th* few that were provided.
“There were 1,324 passengers on the
ship. The lifeboats would have easily
cared for 1,176 and only contained 7'14,
12 of whom were taken into th* boats
from the water while th* weather con
ditions were favorable and the sea per
fectly calm. And yet it is said by some
well meaning persons that the best of
discipline prevailed. If this is disci
pline, what would have been disorder?"
Senator Smith paid a tribute to the
actions of the wireless operators for the
faithful performance of their duty, and
made a passing criticism upon the
White Star line for having sent the
mysterious telegram to Representative
Hughes of West Virginia, telling of the
rescue of passengers and that they
were en route to Halifax, when, he
insisted, they were aware many hours
before of the probability that the ship
had gone to the bottom.
Senator Smith reviewed the testi
mony of Captain Lord of the Califor
nian. who was within twenty miles of
the sinking Titanic, yet, according to
the senator, did not do his full duty .
“The failure of Captain Lord.”
said Sentaor Smith, "to arouse the
wireless operator on his ship, who
could have easily ascertained the
name of the vessel in distress and
reached her io time to avert loss of
life, places a tremendous responsi
bility upon this officer, from which
it will be very difficult for him to
escape.
Californian Could
Have Saved All.
"Had he been as vigilant in the
movement of his vessel as he was active
in display ing his own =ignal lamp, there
is a very strong probability that every
human life that was sacrificed through
this disaster could have been saved.
The dictates of humanity should have
prompted vigilance under such condi
tions."
Comparing Captain. Lord's conduct
with that of Captain Rosrtrom of the !
Carpathia. he said of the latter:
“He should be made to realize the
debt of gratitude this nation Owes
to him, while the book of good
deeds which had so often been fa* ]
miliar with his unaffected valor
should henceforth carry the name
of Captain Rostrom to the remotest
period of time.
“I’ falls to the lot of few men to j
perform a service so unselfish, and 'h* 1
American congr*?? can honor itself n •
more by any single act than by writing [
into its laws the gratitude w* feel to- |
ward this modest and kindly man. The :
lessons of this hour are. indeed, fruit- [
less and Its precepts ill-conc*iv*d if
rules of action d* not follow hard upon [
tne day of ir konlng Dbsolete and
antiquated shipping laws should no]
long*: encumber the parliamentary rec- [
ord of nrn government and overripe
tdminlF’ratlv# boards -hi'iild he pruned [
'* d'ad brat • hra it'd . rteril* pr*- i
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JUDGE ffIDDDX
ID DDII BENCH
Rome Jurist Elected President
of Life Insurance Company
at Reorganization.
ROME. GA.. May 28.—Judge John
W. Maddox, former congressman and
now judge of the Rome circuit of supe
rior cou.t. will resign f:om th* bench to
accept the presidency of the State Mu
tual Life Insurance Company, to which
Ihe was elected today. His resignation
! will be sent* to Governor Joseph M
! Brow n this week R A. Denny and W
J. Nunnally ar* already applicants for
the appointment. Judge Maddox was
appointed to th* bench two years ago
by Governor Biown, w hen Judg* Moses
Wright resigned to run for congress in
the Seventh district against Congress
man Gordon Lee.
At th* annual meeting of the State
Mutual Lif* Insurance Company today
'h* old directorate and officers retired
and new ones were chosen. Judg*
Maddox succeeds Charles R. Porter as
president: Thomas Hiles becomes vice
president, succeeding J t’. Odell, and
E. D. Waller succeeds R W Graves as.
treasurer. The nine new directors ar*
John W Maddox. J. A Glover. Thomp
son Hiles. J. B. Sullivan. H. E. Kelley
and E D. Waller, of Rome: E H. Ma
son. of Brunswick; G H Nixon, of Au
gusta. and George H. Lowden, of Sa
vannah.
GEORGIAN ON TICKET
WITH COLONEL PLAN
OF ROOSEVELT CLUB
Edward H. tt alker. th* head and
! front of the Southern Roosevelt Demo
[ ratio club, is Jubilant over a letter he
! ha,- Just received from G. R Manches
| ter. who i* th* j-ecretarv to Colonel
1 Rooseve? s • an.paign manager. Senator
j Dixon, informing him that the Colonel
I will unquestionably be elected on th*
i first ballot at c'hicago.
The l*tt*r also thanks Mr. Walker for
’ his efforts n organizing the Southern
' Roo = ev<>lt club. It adds that Colonel
; Ro"*’'.*!’ is th* "nly candidate who
I cat .I'.'p-c 1 t" Southerners, both pro
; •;i.-..-iir Republl'an. and I'togrosstv*
T>emoe'-ats. so they It rise above .heir
I patty line- and prove to th’ Northern-!
]■--!' a' th-, ' lection next November tha:
i ther* is .10 bmee: a solid Democratic
S. .nt l-
M’ \\ ilk*;- supplement this with a
! • item*’ ’ -f bi* own announc Ing tost
I th* S- uthein Roose'elt club I.- going t >
a that i Southern man g*ts on th*
itiii-.«t "ith R"o»*velt and he indicate?
'.hat iv'ii'inef for vice president I
ND SOLUTION YET
FDD AIM'S
GARBAGE
Health Board Refers Matter
to Sub-Committtee for Fur
ther Investigation.
In a morass of dissenting view s the
garbage disposal matter is further from
solution today than it was a month
ago. The board of health yesterday
acted only to the same extent as the
other official bodies, referring the whole
matter to a subcommittee. As the
weather grows hotter and the disease
breeding dump piles increase, the real
situation is shown by comments of the
officials.
Mayor Winn said:
The more I hear and talk of this#
matter, the less I am impressed with'
what those about me know- about it,
and the less I know about it myself ~ ~‘- n -
Alderman James W. Maddox de
clared:
"It is foolish to send out of town to
! get an expert engineer to advise us.
IWe have engineers right here In At
lanta who are thoroughly competent."
Scoffs Atlanta Engineers.
“I w ould not give 5 cents for' the
opinion of any engineer in Georgia on
this matter, ’ said Dr W L. Gilbert.
‘ They have not had any- experience’ in
garbage disposal."
"How- do we know- that Dr. Rudslph
Hering or any of those Eastern engi
neers are competent 0 " asked Dr. J. F.
Freeman. There is polities in this
somewhere."
Dr J H Bradfield interrupted here.
"I resent for Dr. Hering any of these
insinuations." he declared. "He is not
here .to defend himself, and I believe
the statement that he was connected
I with the Destructor Company, of New
j York, is a lie.”
To Consider Forsyth B'd.
‘lf I were sure that the Destructor
Company, of New York, could do all it
claims it w ill do with this plant, gene
rating 1,500 kilowats of electricity be
sides burning the garbage, the city
could afford to spend 5440.000 f or jt,"
•asserted Aiderman J. R. Nutting. . i
Alderman F. J Spratling came back /
at him: J
“If I knew the Forsyth Crematory
Company, of Atlanta, could do al! it 1
claims it can. I would favor. purchas- I
ing its plant for $50,000." said he.
The Forsyth company was notified
by the health board that it must flic a
I $5,000 <ertifled check to show good
I faith. Dr. W. L. Gilbert. G H. Bran-*
don and I,ee Hagan -were appointed a
committee to employ an engineer and
consider the Forsyth bid. T °e
IDO DEAD IN DDE
INPICTURESHOIN
Eighty-three Bodies Recovered
From Ruins of Spanish The
ater—2oo Injured.
MADRID. May 25.-—The death list ir.
the explosion and fire which wrecked a
moving picture theater in Villrea! last
night probably will go over 100 Eighty
three bodies had been recovered up to
noon today and others were supposed to
be in the ruins. Two hundred persons
were injured in the panic which followed
the explosion of the picture film and of
these many will die.
The machine exploded while an exhibi
tion was being given Instantly hundreds
among th* spectators were thrown into a
panic and stampeded Hundreds wefe
trampled Fire which followed the explo
sion wrecked the building.
WAT ERWORKSHEAO
GOES TO CONVENTION
TO GET ECONOMY TIPS
W. Z Smith general manager of the
city waterworks, will go to the conven
tion of the American Waterworks asso
ciation at Louisville next week. Some (
rash person ask*d Smith if he did not
think it a little early for city officials w* A **-
be taking vacations.
“Attending this convention is cer
tainly not a vacation,” he quickly re
plied. "It is hard work and we get
many valuable ideas
“This year we are saving SISTOO ir
the cost of meters through information
I received at a convention two years
ago. The dealers were all bidding list
prices to us. while they were cutting
their prices to some other cities We
came back and proceeded to make them
cut their pi ices so us."
INHERITS 30 MILLIONS:
WILL EAT ALL HE CAN
LEIPSK’. May 28 —Max Henke*, a pri
vate soldier, was notified today that he
was one of five heirs to a fortune of $30.-
| non.non left by an uncle in South America.
The captain of his company congratu
lated Max and asked him what he would
do with the money. His reply was
"First of all. for once I am going to have
all 1 can eat and drink."
FINDS WEAPONS IN PIT
OF THE DATE OF 1000 B.C.
SIENSV. May A An exploration intr
>h* cavern of St Kanalnn in th* Karin
mountains has yieided more than a thou
sand brona* implements such as swords
axes, lance heads and vessels supposed
tn date from I'D'' R T The- «ere a"
found a’ th* bottom *f a nit t*n feet r
deep ’’ '. sugges'ed t*e w»-« ’hrA»’ ..
m there ac a sacrifice to a subterranean ,
deity ! ’
L >