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Newspaper Page Text2 WATSON RUNS DIG CONVENTION OF DEMOCRATS Loses First Vital Encounter Over the Unit System. But Regains Control. Continued From P?qe One "•y m ' < ountx sax ' * * -*nt to T f ' tn Paltimnre." h* <atd. J. J. Flynt. of Spalding a«k®d Wat gon to permit the countHs t■» elect dcl egates-a! • "£‘ m th*- * a originallx planned. Antkr.-ui. of < 'ha than- u cd that th» question b® dropped until ’he time for election of delegatesat-large be reach ed, when he would agree to < all th* roll of the (ountles mi th» election of delegales-at-large Tht wa agreed •>. Chairman Names Convention Committees. (’hairnun Hutchens announced '.•< committer on . redentlals h.« 10l - J .1 E Ami -on W E I'.oddmb- •- - A J. Mi Donald. 1 '<■<■!' Vi \ 1 M Clei’an. J C Brown. E S to :.A c Smail. .1 E Quillen, < e M'f)t'-r> W E Connelly and E M. Eason. Th-' '•ominiliee -ii rr-sdution io ion t Alex Laxx'eni', H H Perry. \\ A. Dodson. W A. Post. Albert How-.1. •J .1. M. Kax S P Maddox \\ I Witham, F»rmrr Barrett, I F. Pot'.' A S Johnson and John S. Adams These ' rimmltteemen ao given n the Older of the! congresslmul dt tricts Watson Resolutions Rap Government Officials. Mr. Watson Introduced a resolution • ailing upon the national convention at Baltimore to change th* rule to git th'' states future representation In tin t tonal conventions based upon th Democratic vote in each state mid not upon the total population. Watson had several othei resolu tions. "up denounced the us® of vessel to the president a> .< pri vate vacht Another denounced th practice of furnishing •<ut<»nvd»ih s to the president and other national offi cials. He also demands- that the gov ernment not beautify the <*it> of Wa > ington at the expense of taxpayers Other resolutions were directed at th> trusts The croud heard them in si lence and th®> went to the committe on resolutions His osolutlon that all fourth-class mail be placed oR the D* list was given applause Last Words Before Battle Is Joined Before the D-ue was actuallv .mim’d between the Watson and Felflet fat tlons in the convention, tin opposing leaders made final statements which practically It moved the last hope that a fight on the floor might be avoided. Mr. Watson declared that there could not. in decency, be anything "f . ompro mlse in him. "I can not sit on the deb gallon with Mr. Felder; I will not sit then with Mr. Brant lex . I must be placed absolutely at the head of the Georgia delegation, and that delegation must be made up en tirely and exclusively of nix friends. I would not care to go to Baltimore em barrassed Ijj a hostile and unfriendly delegation behind me. "I shall begin my fight immediately after the teinporarx organization is un dertaken. "T shall move that all secret cau cuses held last night and this morning be set aside and abrogated, and that every county vote for itself in open convention, county bx county, upon every question coming up. 'I shall triumph or fall in that fight Its outcome will show conclusively whether 1 am to control or be con t rol’ed “I am content to stand or tall by it. I am right; I would rather be right than be e'ected chairman of th- d< gallon to Baltimore a a sacrifice of honor and principle" Peace Overtures Rejected. He Says My friend. J J Brown.” continued Mr Watson ’cam. to m» last night and said Felder wanted to know if 1 would meet him in conferee e to talk things ox r- "I un -tesitatrng x . f < d ■ nv-ct Feicier for an-, purpose "Sut h oxeitur - -f p-a • *- ’'it- !>•-' c made to me bes" r Brown -six rm- w er, made upon a b. that I felt I mis'" .oi • But ■ ri' . )"■ f.. , .ting Fr-lder and t i king - h •iz < nf x, >t h him 1 balked. "I have finely and m-tin •■'x deter mined to put thi? - to .1 :<■»! in th. convent t o Wats-m \\ • .... •. p u‘ i jen Ra’.’i’p ■'.» j iflre no* 'vhenr. 2 n ’ Thar *a’ and tha w i-• v n».| Felder s Last Word ' I ll Stick to Guns At 11 o ■- n-k trrs rnorr.mg i « d«r sh; la f* v nrd ‘ I ar gnir g ; ntn »hr- rn’ ion •• -f’n rg t’/ y J ppi t ’£ to -old my pea<* un‘« ■ fight « ■ -.rj. ..p Then I x« ill sefirij mx self -.. ~ finis There wi tb. i. ■ King down I -->.i stand to • g-ir ■ • x There w,u a ■ ■ <b fin. d and ippa- - ent <nt in trut hf . g dng • r- .->■.> '.ist i . eff,.. t <■ Go • rr. r H - m -ttel ■ f t .-.or ... i;h v m > !rt nd. and han a long <-.,nf-i.-r. . -hr -ed-head. -: pr son -«r- r.g tr |a<rc . ij I HOW IT FEELS TO LOOK DOWN ON DELEGATES 'IB™ There was a chance gI ;i III’ aerated view of some jjreat Georj on one of the hiirh Ini I conics in t dihgentlv and most patiently with Wat ' son. but that Watson would agree to s nothing hut being the head of a pro Watson deb'gatlm\, with F'elder left ai home The governor is said to have repre- ' sented to Watson that his demands were Impossible: that th® host Watson k could hope for would l»® a deb gate's plate, without anx promise of the < chairmanship of th< delegation s Watson is said to have i.jected the go\« mor's good ofii<a-s, hut with ap pretimion of the governors good in tent Governor Broun is said to have been I gtPHtlx distressed and dlst iirhed by the turn things have taken, md to ha', j gone fa i out of Ids usual road to bring ■ thing- into shape if possible I; Watson’s Meeting A Good-Natured Riotl', h Thos. who went io T-ihiim- I',. Wat- . son's much advertised meeting at th® ( Kimball house last night •xpectlng the:® to get a straight hm on what to ( look sot in th® convention today, had their trouble for their pains , Mr Watson's meeting was a good- ’ matured riot, and accomplished pra - » tn ally nothltig. so fai as framing up a > progiam for the < ‘inenti-m uas con- i terned. The little hall mom of the Kimball wa< packed and jammed with a swell-!, ering. gabh\. curious mob <»f people, | ■ there to see whatever it was that might happen, and not caring a hoot in pa i Hru'.ar what that might bp Mr. Watson Peaceful. . . , I i M’ W atson made the first epee, a , He dp< ] <red that h® had ( om» to \i i ' lanta to make the state ■ <»nvmtion a ' - lov® feast, and far be It from him to , f start anx thing unsecmlx J do not want to skin an\ * els. ’ said the ' ’e<l-headed person," and th® - r«v.\ I how led with delight. I ii,»vo been tnisia prc:-®nted b> th® n. a-pa pers." h® -ontlnued. 'I bav b< rn put dow n as wishing to disturb the pe |t p inside th- state Ihnio. >at i® pa t s On thei ontrary, lam for peact I ha\® . ome her® nat to tun th® con vention my wax but' to put it in \ ot, |. hand- ’hat \ou max run it yotr wax.’ Th* n th* crowd howled some mor*'. I I want g* snatch the leadership of th® l»t-mo. ’.«• \ from th® hands of that failur* , Bryan ! want to go to Balli j 0)0!.’ 1.. put th' South hack where ft j 1 in ’ong . in the front of this nations! Othet s Wanted to Talk. xnd n<®’' . friends '■aid M • Wa* -oti, I .van* (Ips 1® be a business meeting W- ha\( uiu< ’to do W e must agr*e tjp"H * pog am f.'i t<»motrow We! mu.-' n- '<'• th® puopei -iflifPtv anfi ’■ I ommeml th®m to the convention L®t • pi o. pj’d to that xx ork M W th®n n-' lov.Hf.i s .1 •'■ ■ i”. >»f Bu och. f"» th® •a i "'u ar.- ! ' >p -f f'a® eting »nd Mr Uowanl woe r : trd w ith a ’ ’«n M » o\» in attempted tn a few i n • ■ ' in fa. • 1 B U t rbp ( ■ . . •• V1- X»' ns for U .".on « Tn explain.-,! fhqt Watson W nil! 1 ’All at ’h® ; ep**' but th U ’’C V • •••■•* T r• . r* . T» hrr- wT< v. » ntnfi in 1 Aft®! ■ c-a’-uir of quirt had hern -i" • I' M B ackburn. of Xtlanta. "ffere ! a itmn after delivering an imp -sioned j m-W atson nddr®s- Judqe Twiggs On a Table. T’i® BLokbu’n '» .xhich vxj.« 4 . • W•< ffHl »« «• H \*: I'c H tip • mx • ’ lion r®- - * i ’> - ’al •’ nx®n • mt *»m. - ' ' ° •' ■ ■ -’I THE KTLAXTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: WEDNESDAY. MAT 29. 1912. el Hile |(u|;i \ Jo '/et HD ''Xa JZ Lfia politicians, by standing the Kimball hikl looking down vent ion «t Baltimore b® mad® by pre senting for ballot tach name 'paratri.', and that su« h nam®a he voted on s*p a lately." Then th® croud began b®llowing for W 11 son aga in. W hile he was speaking the disorder grew. ; «nd finallx Mr Watson got mad. •nd mo\ ♦il to anjnurn. Amid the ®x < ii®m®nt. Judge Twiggy, of Savannah, got upon a table and mad® y Watson -perch that held the imih for a while Th® judge was a Woodrow Wilson man in the late primary, it saeois-, but th*- < towd didn’t i up. Ji didn't want to h»ai anybod.x but Watson. anyway \nd ii continued vociferously to ex pies itself accordingly. Felder’s Name Unmentioned. Realizing that the confusion was their to Slav am) thyt adjournment might a. well b® taken, a resolution in dorsing Mr Watson for delegate at large to Baltimore and foi th® chair manship of the delegation was crowd® I through, and the big mob dispersed. That was all there \\<is to th® meet ing It did not insist upon anx singl* demand previously made bx Mr. Wat son, save that he be named a delegate to Baltimoie Thomas H Felder's name was not mentioned in th® proceedings. M». Watson's one reference to ’skinning eels” was the m arest th® meeting p\ er got to a last® of the Feldei W at.son row. American’?; Sugar Ruined; U. S. to Act W XSHIXGT’IX. Max 29 \ confir- mation of the report that S.OOO ton® of >ugar. owned by Americans, had been destroyed by the Cuban rebels reached thr state department today. Se« retarx of State Knox dec a red the matter would hr presented to the Go mez. administration and peeuniarx rep. a rat ion demanded Kight ships of the third and fourth division?* of the \thintic fiept are *-\- p®. »*-d to reach Key W est tonight. Rebel Plot in I lavana Shattered HA\*A X A. Max 29. A viol for a ne- K"> uprising in Havunn came to light toilax xx i’ n a rebel sp\ xxas captured and complete plane of the conspiracy xxeie found upon him Manx arrests liaxe been old. red. it is reported, al though the government professes no feai- stating that beside the several hundred trained troops- remaining here thousands of armed volunteers are r. idy to spring to the . itx a defense at t moment s noticr. DR. WILEY AsSKED TO HEAD HEALTH BOARD OF BOSTON Al $7,500 vt.iv m r*r Harvex W \xc.-' the for<-in authoritv on mat •er- of health sanitation and pure food in tite world and editor of Good House ke> i ing Magazine. max be named c:i airman of th. Boston board of healt’t. Maym Fitzgerald returned to Boston ■' dux from \\ aahington. White there . led upon I), Wiley. H> ten der, d him the dfi. e and offered a sa’- .itx of a x ar Max or Ftizg-ru’d -aid I a x to >qs- .. , tn e mat ter KICKERS’ | COLUMN If you are unhappy, have a grouch or a grievance, here's the place to tell about it. Wants Men to Keen Hats On in Elevators. To the Editor: Why don't Atlanta men quit removing their hats in ele vators of public buildings w hen women step in? It is no more necessary there I than on a street car, and no one is I thought rude if he wears his hat on the i latter. The habit -for it is just a habit is i verx- inconvenient sometimes, for w hen i there is a large crowd in an elevator it | is almost a hardship on men to have to go through several forms of gym nastic exerefse t o g e t the headgear off. Let’s quit doing it. The women will not seriously object. SILK HAT HABRY. This roriespondent has ver . evident • X no idea of the ' hivalry of Atlanta ’ men Who objects to a little physical culture, anyhow? GRIM FIRM TO DESIGN I.M.C. J. Contract for Plans for New Building Awarded to Special izing Architects. Th» contract for the de. ighs and -pc ifications of the new $350,000 V. M. ' A building was awarded today to Shaltuik A- Hussey, a Chicago firm.: which makes a specialty of designing V M. <A. buildings Haralson Bleckley, president of the Atlanta chapter of the American Insti tute of Architects: Hal F. Hentz. Eu gene <Wai-hendorff and other archi tests of Atlanta appeared before Marion M-, Jackson, chairman of the Y. M. 'A. building committee, and protested against the contract, carrying-w ith it a fee of about SIO,OOO, being given to an outside firm, and the contract with the Chicago firm provides that an Atlanta firm of architects, to be chosen later, -hall be associated in th» designing of the plans. The new V. M. C. A. building will be located on Spring street, near the old Baptist Tabernacle, and will be modern in every respect Rooms xx here 240 men van board at a small expense will be provided, and this Is on<- of (tie fea tures that will help to make the insti tution self-supporting Montann to Give Six to Clark BUTTE. MOxXT., Max 29. With the delegates strongly favoring Clark, lite Democratic convention of Montana convened here today. Before the ses sion began, leaders in the party as set ted Clark was sure of an instructed delegation. The six delegates were all to be chosen by the convention. Taft at Desk, Ha.s No Comment WASHINGTON May 29. -Tired and convinced that the political situation has reached Its most critical point. President Taft today plunged Into the thick of the Cuban and Brazilian ques tions. Senatoi Murray Crane, after being closeted with the president, declined to make anx comment on the result of the New Jersey primaries, except to claim that they would not change the final re sult. as. he said, the president had al ready enough delegates to assute his nomination. INDIANS RAISE NEW MEXICAN REBELLION AS OTHER IS ENDED MEXICO CITY. May 29. Just as the government is on the verge of enter ing into peace negotiations w itn the Orozco and Zapataist insurgents fresh alarm xvas created today by reports that the Sierra Juarez Indians have risen in revolt. Advices from points in the states of Morelos, Puebla ami Oaxaca state that t>»e situation there is serious. The Indians are attacking small towns and ale killing and plun dering. Small bands hate joined the Zapatists in Morelos. FOREST FIRES MENACE NEWFOUNDLAND TOWNS ST JOHNS. X. F May 29—Fore 1 ’ fO'.x w hich hax e already sv-ept txx o vil tages and have several other? surround rd are reported from the interior of Newfound'ard High winds addeq to the menai e. At Botwood thousands of dollars worth of wiwii pulp have been consumed. No fatalities are reported Why not begin today and take ad vantage of the numberless opportuni | ties that daily appear in the Want Ad I columns of The Georgian? Bargains ! galore are there that mean a big sav ng to you. Answer quickly any ads 'xoii ma; see that offer 'ou things at ’''’•gam pries Remember tha - all 't ■ usm is watching these pages and th iflrc -ne to answer t»ts thx good HUTCHENS CHAIRMAN -OF BIG CONVENTION ’ h ■ N'X w L . ' 'u \ ■ ■ •«&<’' W\ A\\\ \ > / a® Riifp Hutchens. rnderwooH campaign manager, was made chairman of th° big Democratic convention today by lom Wat son. GA. GIRL ROBBED DFS2O.DDBGEMS Savannah Home Is Looted by Daylight Thief in Absence of Family. SAVANNAH. GA.. Max 29. As a result of having left her home unguarded for two hours in the afternoon, while she went visiting. Miss Marie Nisbet, daugh ter of John Nisbet. Is deploring the loss of jewels valued at *20,000 and there is no clew The thief evidently had perfect knowl edge of the house. Miss Nisbet suspects no one and the po lice have nothing on which to work. MRS. KELLEY IS URGING CO-OPERATIVE BUYING; REDUCES LIVING COST ■ In th® matter of buying anti the necessities of lif®. w® are Mi xcj - behind th® European people. U'dax de clared Mrs. Florence Kelley, of Xew York, secretary of the National ’ on sumers league, and famous in the nexx work of women. Mrs. Kellex addressed , the Atlanta conference for the study of negro problems at Atlanta unix'ersitx. "Practically all of the bread made and sold in the little coiintry of Bel gium." sfio continued i G handl'd ; through the co-operative unions, and xx hen the change iff the tariff doubled for a time the price of what, thtj co operative plan had worked so well that the price of bread did not advance "Through the Consumers league w< have tried to get the artisans of this country to form such a union, and xve have various branch offices in the North and West, and recently ha\e opened headquarters in Nexx Orleans fo> the advancement of these ideas." Mrs Kelley xvas asked if she be lieved that such a plan xvouid be bene ficial to the negroes of tie- South, and xvhat she thought mi the negro ques tion here. "I believe the xo-operative plan xvotild apply xvell to both races; 1 know Utt! l of the negro question, as I have never lived in the South, and my xis its here have alxvaxs been short." she replied; 'but xvhat has aided the xxork ing people of othei counttie.- xvould aid them here, both whites and blacks." ' Mr«. Kelley is agt tduate of <'i.'t nell. and has contributed man.' paper.-- on social and labor questions to magazine ,nf tbi« country and Europe. She xx-jtt t address the negro women and children on the university campus ibis afternoon ! and tonight will continue her theme of "The Hitherto AVasted Poxx er of the 1 Artisan Margaret Ellen Cole. The body of Margaret Ellen ('me. the two-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs. M. J. Cole, of J'C. Plum street, was taken to Bloomfield - Burkr rt s i.ipel axvaiting the funeral at I" k tn- morroxx in Sacred Heart lurch Mrs Cole ts seijously ji| and is nm rxi.e"'e.l to he able tt’cn'l tit- . e . . in • . ~.f n t xth t.e c < 'akl.m : t - e. . DANA SLIP USED AGAINST DARROW Franklin Identifies Record nf Deposit of SI,OOO He Says Was Bribery Money. U»S ANGELES, May 29. -Assistant l»i?tiT'‘t \ttnrn®y Eord resumed the ex amination ®f Bert Eranklin today at th® Harrow bribery trial. Eord pre sriitod a deposit slip which Franklin identified as the slip which he filled <»ut and presented at the teller’s win dow of the Eirst National bank with th’ $1.””0 check given to him by Dar row. Eranklin testified that Darrow ga-e him this check October 6 io be used in making a first payment tn Juror Robert I'" Bain, provided h® could be induced to accept a bribe. The deposit was admitted in evidence. Darrow’s counsel moved tn strike nut th- exhibit. Th® motion was denied. Eord pi®>* nt<‘d a check for $."»00 drawn bx Eranklin <»n his account at th- tim® "t the dPV'»sit nf the Dar row - hei k, and Eranklin identified it. Th® < li- k was marked as» an exhibit. I-Tanklin testified he had most nf th® SMtO with him when li® - ailed at the !’<or iifJii 'ir Bam that night. F'rank lin testified h® reported the Bain mat ter th® next da' i.» Darroxx. “Will h® stand pc' .’’’ Eranklin said Da row asked him. T -ai L" eontinue-1 E'lanklin, that I ' i was sure he would." RAIN SOOTHES TIRED ATLANTA AND BRINGS IN COOLER WEATHER | ’Tear and con| for tomorrow i The nristling Iv-a; of the past se\ - era> Idays has suc< umhed to the rain and a p» nod ( ali®<l ' m<‘d®’a'tHy cool" by tit® weathei man is now du® for th® re mainder "f the w®' k Th® - ooi : =ic u w in be a merked relief rn hund’i who hav® sweltered in th® axxful h®ar of ib® Ax so- the past xx'Pck. ' wh®n Gi® iv.c> ip ■, hoY-P’r | , lose und®t the an a. ma 1- A- -ordinc to the Uf-Jfhcr mj n the ra’.D 'Xlll be gone «n --tirGx’ bv t' nic-ht and ' ’car skies will • £ .<oot ’ w sun Tniwori-ow BOMB ROCKS HUNGARY PARLIAMENT HOUSE i BUDAPEST HUNGARY Mux 29. - j A •lynumit- cyrt.i.lgc. believed tn haw bwn i luced dm>ng the recent tints, ex- SANITY TEST FDR SLAYER DF WIFE ’Trial of R. L. Clay Postponed Indefinitely Pending Report of Three Experts. R. L. Clay, the alleged wife slayer, trill not go to trial In criminal division of su perior court during this term. Judge Roan today postponed the trial indefin itely pending the report of alienists as to Clay's sanity? Drs James Ellis. J. B. Baird and Coun. ty Physician S. H. Green, assigned by the court to examine the prisoner, spent two hours this morning with Clay in the office of the solicitor general only to ad journ to ask the court for more time All three doctors agreed after the miliar insanity tests had been applied that the case of the prisoner was a puz zling one. The man. they said, had ap parently lost his power of speech sim e the shooting or was playing a part. The physicians ascertained that Clay had been hit on the head some months ago and deprived, partially, at least, of his hear ing It was given out that the alienists will make a complete examination of the pris oner in the Tower tomorrow afternoon. Witnesses familiar with Clay will be sum moned and the jailer, who had charge of the man. cross questioned. W. M. Smith, attorney for Clay, said to day that he would enter a special insan ity plea when the case went to trial no matter what the decision of the alienist would be. RAIN FALLS SIDEWAYS IN BIG, STICKY DROPS, SOILING GAY DRESSES It rained today. It rained hard and in Spots and It rained large sticky drops. It first started raining about 7 o'clock this morning when a good many persons were still sleeping. It being the sort of rain that ran sideways in stead of straight down, there were a good many who were forced from their beds by little drops falling on their fore heads. The 7 o'clock rain didn't last very long, hoxvever. In fact, it looked for a while as if the day was going to be bright and burnished, but 11 o'clock saw the clouds get mad once more. Result, more large sticky drops. It wasn't a very damaging rain ex cept to one young woman from Kirk wood. who wore a blue dress, that ran when struck. Also to a young man who thought he would wear an ice cream suit. He did—but it xvas chocp- I late and not vanilla when the rain was finished with him. LIBELER OF CONGRESS SENT UP, THEN GIVEN PAROLE; TO QUIT U. S. WASHINGTON, May 29.—Henry \V. A. Page, convicted of criminal libel for condemning the house judiciary com mittee in a. pamphlet entitled "Death of Liberty," was today sentenced in criminal court No. 2 to five years in Ihe penitentiary and fined SI,OOO-—the max imum penalty—and then was placed on probation. A formal motion for a new trial was made and overruled. Page will sail for England next Wed nesday. He promised the court be would desist In his campaign to im peach lite judiciary of New York state and xtould circulate no more defama tory literature. RUNAWAY HORSES DASH INTO CHURCH; WORSHIPERS FLEE WAUKAU. WIS., May 29 Two frightened hor.«es ran away here and. seeing the doors of the Methodist church open, dashed in. Two ushers tried to stop them, but the animals did not pause politely the door. They knocked the u?her down and started up the center aisle. The people screamed and tried to climb out of the pews and the horse®, more frightened than ever, tried to find some way to get out. Just as they reached the pulpit th® minister caught, them by the bridles. They soon were quieted and led out by men in the congregation. jhaVe f a hundred W| 1 different /HB edies” “None did me ar»v good until I took R.R.R. Now lam perfectly cured.” 'l'hcre you have in "a nut shell" the story of Mr. George King of New" Orleans, who suffered with a had eruption on his neck, caused by scrofu lous blood poison. And it is the same story in thousands of similar cases. This invincible remedy con quers the most stubborn blood impurities and skin troubles in every form. It cleanses th* circulation thoroughly — 'rompletely. It sweeps the scrofulous taint <*n tirely out of the blood; and builds up healthy tissues and a fair smooth skin. It gives the wholebodynew life and energy. Tell your druggist you want the guaranteed remedy nothing else. i