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2 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; 9 FIGHTING TOM WATSON MARCHING TO ATLANTA READY FOR SCRAP IN DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION \\ >**3l M WiJ KI F \ <?! I Al’XtS r JSkl B \ ,jK 1— F ZV* Jl* v x fes r 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 ... ..... 1 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 >