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'CDLONEL MIKES
GLEAN SWEEP.
IN JERSEY
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Taft Fails to Win Any of 28
Delegates— Woodrow Wil
son Loses Only Four,
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TRENTON, N. J., May 29.—Returns
from New Jersey's first presidential
- preference primaries showed today that
Theodore Roosevelt had overwhelm
ingly defeated President Taft in their
battle for the state delegation to the
Republican national convention.
t’olonel Roosevelt’s victory was one of
the most crushing blows he has dealt
the president since they began their
contest to win state delegations through
, speech-making tours.
'' As the count continued today, the
returns indicated that Roosevelt had
■— - *on the complete state delegation,
consisting of four delegates-at-large
and 24 district delegates. Earlier in
the day it looked as if Taft would save
four delegates.
Roosevelt's plurality over President
Taft and Senator I.aEollette. estimated
from the returns at hand., will be be
tween S.liOO and 10,000 when the count
is complete.
on the Democratic side Governor
\Vil3on-was an easy victor, winning 24
of the 28 delegates. He had apparent
ly lost two districts in Essex county,
v here he was bitterly fought by ex-
State <'hairman Nugent, who wanted
the state delegation uninstructed. Re
turns from the Democratic balloting
indicated that Wilson would have a
majority of at least 30,000.
Great Surprise to Politicians.
The result of the Republican prima
ries was one of the greatest surprises
that the old-fine politicians have ever
received in New Jersey. The confi
dent. prediction of United States Sen
ator F. O. Briggs, Republican state
leader, that Taft would sweep the state
was made after a careful canvass.
The labor ynte was the greatest as
set of the ex-president in his victory.
The first returns received after the
primaries closed were from the "silk
Stocking" districts, where the voting
had been completed early. These were
favorable to Taft, hut when the re
turns came from districts where fac
tory hands ami other workers had
voted after their day's toil, it was ap
parent that Roosevelt would make a
big sweep,
I' . sidetit Tift w ;■- expected to poll
'heavily in' ‘shiftMrn Now Jersey, but
k .. .. Ru.us> vol: captured the First district
b.\ a. largo majority.
The Second, containing Atlantic City,
also went to the colon#!. The ballots
("T (l in the Third were slowly counted, es
pecially in Middlesex county, the piv
j, * otnl section, but Roosevelt was appar
ent h winner there also.
Labor Vote For T. R,
The Fourth, containing Trenton and
Mercer counties, went strong for
Roosevelt, he faking both ijty and
county.
As th° count proceeded today it
looked as if Roosevelt would win the
Fifth by fun He also took the Sixth,
ar well as the Seventh.
The labor vote was especially strong
in the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth, and it
vas all for Roosevelt, for he swept the
i ,ree districts. In Essex county, where
•Taft was expected Io win. Roosevelt
war, (lid victor by two to one.
Hudson county, containing the Elev
enth and Twelfth districts, stood three
io one for Roosevelt on the retur
thus far counted.
At Princeton, the home of Governor
Wilson, the Taft vote was 202 and
Roosevelt's 196. Wilson had a lead bf
318
T. R. Would Hold Up
Contested Votes
CHICAGO. May 29. That only dele
gates whose seats arc not contested will
he allowed to vote forth» temporary
officers of the Republican national con
vention is the plan of th* Roosevelt
faction and the Roosevelt leaders will
/make »’ffort to sec that it is rn
' forced.
This is the •ital'-’ipnl nf Ormsby -
-'-w4-',yrg. he ■ ,r 11 > ,!i ' ,|: Ibv»s< velt 01
/ the. delegate <>»nl<’si-. Mcliurg holds
that it would he manifestly unfair tn
k allow contested delegates to vote on a
question that would influence <<-i
t lcme.nl of the contest . This U the
same question nn which contests in
some states are based
The Taft men say that 11m demand is
a political Irak Roosevelt followers
have contested 2GO seat?, and if thes*
delegates were barred from voting the
Roosevelt forces would have n<» difi'i
«iiliy in controlling the temporary or
ganization and naming their own < rr.
fjentials • ommittoe.
T. R. for Sims for
G. O. P. Secretary
CHICAGO. M iy 29.- Edwin W. Sims,
former Federal district attorney hero,
L secretary of the Roosevelt nation;,
t committee. Is dated for the seeretary-
■ ship of the Republican national com-
1 initte.- if the Colonel is nominated for
BB uresid. nl The presidential candidate
virtually names the chairman and Sec
retary of the committee who will act
. during the presidential campaign. Sims
( ■ is said to be Roosevelt'- choice It ' -
f B umbr<tood that William Hayward.
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Bkj* . at• loi amdii. r term, n,t Taft i.
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As was generally expected, President Taft was “stung” by the New Jersey mosquito at tl
primaries yesterday. The picture shows him apparently feeling where ttie knock-out lande
The Colonel is shown successfully conjuring the pesky insect.
Clark Follows
Constituents’ Wishes
By SPEAKER CHAMP CLARK.
WASHINGTON. May 29.—Judging
from many letters and telegrams re
ceived. ihe people.of the Ninth congres
sional district of Missouri, while be
lieving and hoping that I will be nomi
nated for president, desire that I file for
congress, which under the law must
he. done not laler than June 7. if at all.
Matters presidential have advanced
so far that three things are clear:
First I «H1 have a long Taad at
Baltimore.
Second I will most probably have a
majority.
Third Nobody will have a two
third- majority on the first ballot,
I do not know whether the two-thlrc.a
rule will he enforced. It never has
been enforced but once, and that was
agiinst Martin Fan Buren, in 1 844. In
all other cases the man who received a
majority was given the necessary two
thirds m.-.jo -tty. Nevertheless the two
thirds rule may be enforced, and I may
or may not secure the ' wo-t birds ma
jorlty
I have every reason now to believe 1
will secure the necessary two-thirt>.
but in view of that contingency ami
out of respect for the wishes of my
constituents and of (lu* Missouri Derio
crats in both bouses of congress, I have
concluded to file for congress.
Result Speaks for
Itself, Says Teddy
OYSTER BAY. N Y. May 29.—" The
New Jersev result speaks for itself. I
do not think that I ought to make any
comment. 1 have already said in my
speeches what I think of the general
situation and Iww 1 regarded New Jer
sey in particular, and I stand by those
statements today."
This declaration was made by Colo
nel Roosevelt when today's returns
from the latest battlefield in his fight
with President Taft and Senator La-
Follette for tlie Republican nomination
were show n him
"Mv experience as a hunter has
taught me not to divide the bears hide
until Im Is dead." the ex-president
added.
Colonel Roosevelt ■ elobrated his New
lersfv i ietory l>\ taking a long horse
tuck ride. The t'olonel was in a jubi
lant mood and it "as evident that he
regarded the New 1 .lerse\ result as
f linching his nomination at t bieago
Follow ine New Jersey's overwhelm
ing declaration for him. Colonel Roose
velt. it is known, now is sure that he
will be nominated on the fir--t ballot at
Chicago. He has expressed his deter
mina.tion not to go to Chicago, but if it
becomes evident to Ids managers at the
last minute an attempt inav be made to
stampede the convention, he will be
prepan-'l to rush to the front, it is
said.
Cinched for T. R.,
Dixon Asserts
WASHINGTON. May 29 -Comment
ing upon the result of the primary re
turns: in New Jersey, Senator Dixon.
Colonel Roosevelt's campaign manag* r.
today said:
"The unprecedented Roosevelt victory
THT ATT.aNTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1912.
gers 'controlling' the national commit
tee has reached the point of foolish
conversation. The national committee
are the trustees of the Republican par
ty. They are in the nature of a board
of directors, and certainly no sane man
can believe that that committee could
be 'controlled' at the expense of de
stroying the Republican party.
"We did not pretenfl to ‘control' a
single member of the Republican na
tional committee. We have faith In
their Integrity that they tjiill try the
contests in a. judicial and Impartial
spirit, and not behind closed door.<”
Clark Picked to
Win in Arizona
PHOENIX, ARIZ.. May 29. Demo
cratic presidential preference prima
ries are veing held In Arizona today.
The Democratic state central commit
tee divided the state into six districts,
with one delegate to lie selected from
each. The voters also will express
their preferen :e for president. The can
didate receiving the highest popular
vote will name the four delegatos-at
large. Indications were that t'hamp
Clark would be the first choice for the
presidential nomination, with Wilson
second.
Hadley Chairman
If T. R. Controls
JEFFERSON CITY, MO.. May 29.
Governor Herbert S. Hadley will ac
cept the temporary chairmanship of
the Republican national convention if
tlie Roosevelt faction controls. Gov
ernor Hadley today sent a letter to the
Colonel telling him so. He received a
letter from Roosevelt asking him to
take the place. Hadley says he is will
ing to serve if it will he for the best
interests c ’ the progressives, but that
he prefers that some other progressive
he chosen. Hadley was one of the orig
inal "Roosevelt governors.”
Chicago Delegates
To Confer With T.R.
CHICAGO, May 29. -Te, m a dozen
delegates to the national Republican
convention will go to New York to con
fer with Colonel Roosevelt at Oyster
Ray Saturday afternoon. The invita
tion was extended through Medill Mc-
Cormick. It was at first planned to
send a committee nf seven delegates to
confer with the colonel, but It was later
decided to extend invitations to all the
delegates so that others might, go if
they wished. «
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Ky. Democrats in
Bitter Struggle
LOUISVILLE. KT., May 29.—Dele
gates to the Democratic state conven
tion In Louisville today are anticipat
ing the most exciting convention in
years, despite the fact that there was
no contest over the presidential in
structions which are assured Champ
Clark. The struggle for control of the
convention and of the natty in the state
was bitter The administration forces,
led by Governor McCreary and former
Governor Beckham, claimed a majority
of 200 delegates, but said they feared
the opposition forces, led by Senator-
Elect Ollie James, were planning to
throw out delegations holding regular
credentials. If this was done, a split
in the convention was predicted. Mr.
James and his supporters claimed they
had the majority of the delegates.
Taft Not to Go to
South Dakota
WASHINGTON, May 29.- President
Taft will noi go to South Dakota to
conduct Uie campaign for the primaries
on June 4.
This decision was reached today aft
er a conference between the president.
Director McKinley and Senator Murray
Crane, in which it was decided that as
f'olonel Roosevelt will not campaign
the state it is hardly worth while for
th" chief executive to take the long
journey.
The president will rest for the next
few days before going to Norfolk Sun
day night to meet the German, fleet.
T. R. Reserves
Rooms in Chicago
CHICAGO. ’ May 29.—Theodore
Roosevelt is coming to Chicago during
the Republican national convention.
This became known today when it was
made public tha.t quarters had been re
served for the colonel at the Blackstone
hotel. They are for occupancy June
16. the Sunday before the convention
opens.
CHICAGO SHIVERING AS
TEMPERATURE TUMBLES
May 39. The straw hat
went into the discard in Chicago toda>
when May stumbled while juggling the
weather and allowed the mercury to drop
21 degree;-. A brisk chilly wind blowing
off the lake emphasized the change in
temperature, while a cloudy, overcaet
sky, with occasional drizzles of rain, ad
ded their share tn gbiom.
RUSSELLHGPKINS
■'T HUE TD
DEFEND SUIT
Mrs. Josephine Lawrence De
cides to Abandon Action.
Notes Returned to Her.
NEW YIIRK. May 29. -Russell F
'Hopkins’ grandmother-in-law, Mrs. Jo
sephine Lawrence, has dropped the suit
she brought against him to recovei
5275.000 in promissory notes which she
said he got from her by false pretense.
The abandonment of the proceedings
follows the action of young Hopkins in
giving back the notes upon his return
to New York from a mysterious journey
to Little Rock. Ark.
Incidentally the son of Dr. John Ran
dolph Hopkins, of Atlanta, is once
again living unmolested in his Fifth
avenue mansion, upon the doors of
which there are no longer the legal
summons and cleats which barred him
from Itis home while the suit’ was
pending.
Hopkins made peace with Mrs. Law
rence by presenting her with all the
notes. They were not negotiable under
the supreme court injunction and so
when Mr. Hopkins, his wife and the
"Million-Dollar-Cliristrnas Baby” 8 0t
back from their trip Jo Little Rock on
Monday he promptly sought out Mrs
Lawrence's attorneys. Earl * Russell,
and made arrangements to restore the
mooted papers.
With the lawyers Mr. Hopkins hur
ried up to the Plaza hotel, where Mrs.
Lawrence has apartments, and turned
over the notes to her in their presence.
She gave him a release and instructed
her lawyers to drop the suit. She in
structed them also to take the legal
papers off the doors of Mr. Hopkins’
two New York residences.
The reports that the suit was wholly
formal and that there had never been
anything but cordial feelings between
Hopkins and his grandmother-in-law
are strenuously denied by Mrs. Law
rence. One. of the chief things she had
against Hopkins was her allegation that
after getting the notes from her
through misleading statements he had
deliberately altered them so that they
read "with interest,” whereas, she said,
she never meant to pay interest at all.
REUNION BANQUET TO
END SCOTTISH RITE
CONCLAVE THURSDAY
When 10 o’clock tonight comes, the
large class which Is being Inducted into
Scottish Rhe Masonry will have com
pleted all but the finishing touches,
they will have passed through 31 de
grees on their way to the goal. Tomor
row morning's session will confer the
last, the thirty-second degree.
At 7:30 tomorrow night tl»e great re
union banquet will be held. Harry
Stockwell, of Athens, and Alfred S
Eichberg, of Atlanta, two of the only
three living members of the class of
18S2 which was inducted by General
Pike himself, will be present.
Today the class assembled at 8:30
o'clock and by noon had taken from
the twenty-first to the twenty-sixth
degrees inclusive. From 2 o’clock this
afternoon to 6 o'clock up and through
the thirtieth degree will be given and
the thirty-first, degree will be given
after 8 o'clock.
RIVAL COW WATCHES
WHITE HOUSE; BE ON
YOUR GUARD, PAULINE
NEENAH, WXS., May 29 "Good morn
ing, Carrie!” That's what the president.
Clark, or Taft, or Wilson, or Roosevelt,
or whoever he is, may be saying to the
white house cow next year. For. be it
known, there is a base, plot to supplant
Pauline Wayne, present occupant of the
executive cow herd. Caroline Parthanea
is the next candidate for the honor. She
is on exhibition at the annual show of
the Wisconsin Holstein Breeders’ associa
tion and is modestly billed as the best
Holstein cow in the world.
WRIGHT NEAR DEATH;
CAN’T SURVIVE DAY,
DECLARE PHYSICIANS
DAYTON. OHIO, May 29.—Wilbur
Wright, pioneer aeroplane maker and
inventor, who lias been sinking since
midnight, Is no! expected to live
through the day, according to state
ments made this morning by his physi
cians. It was said the <nd might come
at any time. Wright has t;. pho> r ’ fever
His temperature is high and his vitality
very low.
‘Baby Malady'-—Measles—Hits T ech
0 NLY SENIORS ESCAPE
Measles, popularly known as an in
fantile disease, has caused a number
of Tech men to return to their homes
without standing their final examina
tions and without a chance to attend
tlie college commencement this year.
None of the seniors will fail to be
graduated on that account, as, strange
to say. not a man in the class has be
come infected.
“It's just a baby sickness,” said one
wearer of the cap and gown today,
"and hardly anybody but the under
classmen have had it. It has not
touched us seniors: we don't have
things like that.”
Few Cases at One Time.
"There have not been more than eight
cases at one time during the week or
two that the measles have been here,”
said President K. G. Matheson today,
"and we liave been well able to cope
with ail eases: the students have been
segregated in the hospital and their
rooms fumigated so that the disease
CLAIMS OF PARTY
CHIEFS DISAGREE
Here Is How They Figure the
Situation. With the Race
in the Last Lap.
WASHINGTON, May 29.—Candidates
in the presidential "handicap” today
are on the final lap of their race. With
New Jersey results indicating 28 dele
gates there for Roosevelt and 24 for
Woodrow Wilson. presidential cam
paign managers figured out the follow
ing claims:
Republicans.
Convention delegates, 1.07 R.
Necessary to nominate, 540.
Claimed by Taft, 570.
claimed by Roosevelt, 490.
Conceded to Taft, 255.
Conceded to Roosevelt, 425.
Instructed for LaFollette, 36.
Instructed for Cummins, 10,
Not yet chosen (Ohio delegates-at
large, Arizona and South Dakota), 22.
Uninstructed, 134.
Democrats.
Convention delegates, 1.094.
Necessary to nominate, 729.
Claimed by Clark, 395.
Claimed by Wilson, 297.
Conceded to Clark, 198.
Conceded to Wilson, 130.
Claimed by Harmon, 52.
Instructed for Underwood, 82.
Instructed for Marshall. 30.
Instructed for Foss, 36.
Instructed for Baldwin, 14.
Pledged for Burke, 10.
Uninstructed, 225.
HOW TO PUT STOP
TO WHEAT GAMBLING
SOUGHT BY MILLERS
KANSAS CITY, MO., May 29.—Fed
eral legislation looking to the curbing
of wheat speculation probably will be
recommended by the members of the
Millers National federation, which be
gan a three days conference today. It
is the desire of the millers to stop the
selling of wheat by men who have no
wheat to deliver, and the buying of
wheat by men who could not accept It
if it was offered for delivery.
Another Important matter to be taken
up by the millers is the cost of produc
tion of flour.
TR ANSPORT BECOM ES
HOSPITAL; REFUGEES
FROM MEXICO ARE ILL
SAN DIEGO, CALIF., May 29.—The
army transport Buford with American
refugees from the west roast of Mexico
will’dock here late this afternoon. The
wireless station at Point Loma got In
touch with the vessel today. Many of
the refugees are sick, but a report that
smallpox was prevalent was denied. The
Buford found most of the refugees at
Mazatlan.
Forty Americans will be disembarked
hero. The others will be taken to San
Francisco, where the army barracks aie
being transferred into a hospital to care
for them-. The Red Cross society here will
care for the Indigent.
VETERANS OF AUGUSTA TO
HONOR JEFFERSON DAVIS
AUGUSTA, GA., May 29.—The Con
federate veterans of Augusta plan to
honor the memory of Jefferson Davis
next Monday by a public memorial
meeting to be held at the court house.
A musical program will be rendered and
several addresses will be made June 3
on the anniversary of Davis’ birth.
has not spread We have taken proper
precautions In order to prevent its
spread, and that has checked it.”
One sophomore on his way to ths
train today looked around with watery
eyes when asked if he had had measles.
“Did I? Why. the doctors knew it
before I did,” he replied with much
sophomoric eloquence, "and they took
me out of my room in the 'dorm'
wrapped in a sheet.
Yearned For His Books.
"When they got me to the hospital
they dipped me in carbolic acid and
then in creosote and after that poured
things down my throat until I was anx
ious to get out and back to classes.
'T simply yearned for my books for
one time in my life, and just when I
begin to get well enough to satisfy
that abnormal craving I am sent home.”
President Matheson says that while
the treatment and measures adopted
might be described as "heroic,” they are
not quite as much so as described tn
the language of the sophomore.
JUDGE ARCHBALD
ACCUSED AGAIN
Coal Man Tells of Attempt
Made by Jurist to Lease
Big Culm Pile.
WASHINGTON, May 29.—Detail? oil
an attempt, in which he said Judge
Robert Archbald was Interested, to
lease a culm pile containing 700,*>00
tons of coal, were recited to the house
judiciary committee today by Thomas
H. Jones, a coal speculator, of Scran
ton. Pa. The culm pile belonged to the
Girard estate of Philadelphia and the
Lehigh Valley railroad.
Jones put In evidence a letter signed
by himself which ho said was dictated
by Judge Archbald, and which gave as
surances to trustees of the Girard es
tate that It they were willing the rail
road would sub-leaae the entire proper
ty to the jurist. It Is this information
that Representative Webb obtained last
week when he made a secret trip to
Philadelphia. These are the largest
transactions In which Judge Archbald
has been mentioned so far.
WOMEN WILL STUMP
ATLANTA IN INTEREST
OF CIVIC BETTERMENT
Well known women of Atlanta an
nounced today that they would take
the “stump” In an effort to (arouse
greater Interest in civic betterment
work. They will speak at an open air
rally at Grant park Saturday after
noon, a meeting fashioned after the
time-honored political rally. Mrs. M.
L. McTzcndon will talk nn “Woman
and Municipal Government,” Mrs. S.
Everhart on "A Vision of
the. City Beautiful,” and the fen presi
dent- of the civic ward clubs will make
flve-nilnute talks.
Men and women are urged tn be pres
ent. Addresses will also be made by
Charles J Haden, Mayor Courtland S.
Winn and W. M. Slaton, and W. W.,
Tindall will talk nn reformatories and
juvenile courts; E. L. Worsham, on the
care of shade trees: Dr. John E.
White, on city markets, and Dan Ca
rey, on parks.
CRIPPLE SAYS CONDUCTOR
THREW HIM FROM CAR
ts.-erting that a conductor on a. Georgia
avenue-Grant Park car threw him from
the rear platform because he failed to go
inside when ordered, T E. Brown, aged
50. hopelessly crippled by a broken hip,
has brought suit against the Georgia Rail
way and Electric Company for 45.00 C
The attack, according to the suit, oc«
cured at the corner of East Hunter and
Pryor streets. The. petition alleges the
conductor ordered Brown to go inside and
the old man was unable, nhysfcially, to
step un into the rar without aid. This
the conductor refused to lend, it is
charged.
JURY FREES VETERAN OF
INTENT TO SLAY CHARGE
J ft. Smith, the aged Confederate vet
eran of Adamsville, who spent several
weeks in the Tower, was acquitted today
in the criminal branch of the superior
court of the charge of assault with intent
to slay.
gfhe aged man. who has only one arm,
smllezl bis thanks to the jury .when the
verdiet was announced. He was freed
from jail a few days ago on bond signed
by several of his friends
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