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INDIANA CONTEST
LOOMS OF TODA!
G. 0. P. Committee Hearing
Charges of Corrupt Election
of Taft Delegates.
Continued From Page One.
Frederick Land)’, form, r Stat>- Chair
man Edwin M. Lee and Charles H
Campbell, members from Indiana of the;
Roosevelt national committee. These]
four arc the Roosevelt delegates -at- ,
large. The Taft delegates-at-large are
Harry S. New. former Vice President
Charles W. Fairbanks, former Con
gressman James E. Watson and Joseph
D. Oliver, millionaire plow manufac
turer.
T. R Men Claim
“Good Case” Here.
Contests from the First district,
where Roosevelt men are trying to un
seat former United States Senator
James A Hemenway, and Charles F.
Heilman, from the Third district, where
the Roosevelt men are alleged to have a
"good case," and from the Thirteenth
district are to be heard. The contest
from the Fourth district has been dis
missed.
This promised the sensation of to
daj It is the "test cast "of the Roose
velt men. The tight hinged on the
committee's r< view of th* primary it.
Marlon county (including Indianapolis)
at which delegates were elected to tl’o.-
state convention that named the Taft
delegates-at-large. Charges of gross
fraud, manipulation, buying of votes,
use of "repeaters," stuffed ballot boxes
and Illegal counting were the basis of
the Roosevelt contest. -The primary
election was characterized by Roosevelt
soon after it occurred as the crooked
est ever held in this country. The
briefs filed by the Colonel's supporters
have been prepared with a view to sus
taining the former president's charge.
The Marion county delegation con
trolled the state convention in Indiana.
The whole contest in the convention
practically centered on securing the
votes of these delegates.
According to the Roosevelt men, the
Tjift forces decided to make the pri
mary one of the ‘s’oap box" brand.
There is an optional primary law over
party organization In Indiana. The op
tional part allows the machine men
who have the say to decide not to hold
the election under the law. To choose
these delegates they decided to hold a
primary under their own rules and reg
ulations.
Roosevelt Men
Barred at Primary.
Under these rules, the county chair
man, Harry Wallace, named the elec- (
tlon boards. Roosevelt men say they
were excluded from any representation
They were not allowed tn have watch
ers at the polls nor at the count. Th"
Australian ballot was tabooed, and the
old-fashioned ballot prepared outside
and handed the voters was substituted.!
I’nder these rules, the Roosevelt men |
assert in their affidavits filed with the
national committee, the machine pro- ;
ceeded to hold the election In its own
way. Several auto truck loads of ne
groes. some two hundred in all. It is
asserted, were driven from one polling
to another, and voted for the
Taft delegates. In some places ballots.
It is asserted, had to be handed in
through a window. The voter did not
see them dropped Into the ballot boxes
It is alleged that the "repeaters" hand
ed in several ballots folded together.
Tally Complete,
Ballots Uncounted.
Tlw methods of counting were
unique, u cording to the Roosevelt fac
tion In one ward, it Is asserted per
sons who watched through a windyw
saw the clerks cheek off the vote on
the tall) sheets. After they wore
through, the ballots wore taken from
th* box. ,s ami burned. The boxes w ere
not opened before the tally sheets were
completed.
The answer of the Tift men is a
general denial They admit that under
a primary governed l.v the rules th.
committee adopted there was sunn
chance for fraud Recognizing this
thee <av thev followed a custom as
old as th'- partv primary In Indiana. |
A contest committee was appointed to
hear anv ■ barges brought after the-vot
ing This was done. It is asserted. In
order to give the contestants a more
complete hearing than anv convention
credentials commit'." mb: do. Martin
Hugg law par’m. of Joseph 13 K.-at
Inc head of the Taft vigilant commit-'
tee was chairman •' this committee i
The brief filed In the T.af" ■ , n i
serfs that while there w a s. re fraud ’:
which thev th"inselves embivored to;
discover and eountebaet. the case should
go against th- It -••volt nun on the
prima facie . vhh >v <■ f 'he returns
Roosevelt . . >v. ,i I. IS" md T.'ft
1,163 vot( s. a l 'm idly forth- president
of 4.1X3 vot« s in tin- o'mtv This re
sult was achieved, tb.ev say, because
the organization got "tit the vot* . They
assert that th" charges or r. praters ate
falsi Th. contest committe. h< : d
nv Hugg. mv ■ stlirate.! issa.t: • th..'
20(1 illegal voters were sent to toe polls
In th" Tent It <it > war'' The ommlttee
found that th. Roosevelt met •.■. tc
thr assertion . ould name non.- of the
"repealer-" s lid to have beer cs d
Therefore, the contest was "t ped
There are also „ number of atfi.mvits
filed by tbr Tuf' men denying sp.- t’ •
charges, particularly those of manipu
lation.
The Indiana ■ ont-s»t fo' delegate- H
larg. is not expected to bothot ti •
steam roll'd. ordius ~t" .mini from
the I’enros-f hcmiquurtet s to drive
ahead. The attorneys for the Taft men
have discovered that the contest com
mittee that heard the Contests after the
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primary ended is a “party review" .of
the primary, and that the committee
need not inquire into this matter again,
in the F'irst district tin- Taft men
expect an easy time. <>n the showing
of their brief, the charges that
frauds occurred in the ward primaries
in Evansville are groundless. More
over, they assert, httd all the contests
been allowed the Taft men would still
have controlled the convention by ten
to fifteen votes.
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More Roosevelt
Supporters Gather
i 'lll< At•<June !<• New warriors
for th< Republican party tight being
waged by the party leaders gathered for
the national convention were In the
Taft and Roosevelt headquarters today
ready to take up the battle. Gifford
Pinehot, former chief forester under
Roosevelt, and the man who carried
tin first political message to the former
chief while lie was in Italy, during the
“return from Elba," took up his place
in the Roosevelt quarters.
George <'. Pardee, former governor
of California, and Eranets J. Heney, the
prosecutor who tried Abe Rues, of San
ITainlsco. in the graft cases, are here
to tight the Taft attempt to acquire
the California delegation. Secretary of
Commerce and Labor Charles Nagel, of
St. Louis, national committeeman,
whose proxv is held by Congressman
Barthold, was one of the additions to
; the Taft camp. Nagel will go to St.
Louis today, Gut will return to take a
'part 111 the tight.
Governor Hiram Johnson, of Califor
-1 nia, one of the principal “Roosevelt
governors." will arrive before the end
of the week. Theodore Roosevelt. Jr.,
ami Mrs Roosevelt and Congressman
Nicholas Longworth and Mrs. Long
worth will arrive in time to see the big
tight in the convention itself.
T. R. Elated;
May Stay at Home
OYSTER BAY. N. V. June 10, -Colo-
I nei Theodore Roosevelt was much
| elated t 'day over prix ate information
which having liven brought to him
from tin political battle ground in
Chicago, and there were indications that I
th ,x■ pt a sident considered that it
' would be unnecessary for him to go
I west tor the meeting of the Republi
. m ri.it’ ma! convention. George W
I Perkins, who returned last night from
: Ciiicggo. had a long conversation with
l the c.donel today. The Colonel met re
; porters w ith beaming countenance
Asked about a report that a special I
, .sn had been eng..gi ll for Chicago to
■ [ morrow with Colonel Roosevelt op I
iboird th. former president issued the j
follow mg stat> merit
I know of no .meh plan No w ord i
of .ony such tiling has come to me. 1 :
i io not know at this time that I ami
i going to Chi' ago at all If I go. I don't
i . know when It will in I do not know
• | that it is going to be neees'ary for me
; io make tin trip at all."
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NFAVS. MONDAY, JUNE K). 1912.
ARTILLERIf READY
TO SEIZE CANNON
Adjutant General Obear Says
He Will Call Out Soldier
Boys to Take ’Em.
Two rusty Spanish cannon, once
mounted proudlv in a. water front fort
ress in Cavite, but more recently serv
ing as tumbling blocks for the children
at Grant park, may be the cause for
th* ordering out of the Georgia Na
tional Guard.
Adjutant General Obear ami the At
lanta park board have gone to the mat
over the cannon and the head of the
militia today threatened to call out his
men to seize the big guns.
Tlie cannon, declared by the state
authorities to be the property of the
state, having been donated by regi
ments sen Ing in the Spanish-Ameri
can war, were loaned to the city and
mounted to sweep the lake at Grant
park.
Recently Adjutant General Obear de
cided that the cannon would look much
better mounted at the Hunter street
entrance of the state capitol sweeping
the playground of the Girls Hig'l
echool Here, at least, the adjutant
general had decided they shall repose
and has so notified the park board
J. O. Cochran, president of the park
board, is equally confident that the
guns will remain at Grant park and has
given ii out that he is itching for a
clash with the new ly organized "society
battalion" of the F'it'th regiment.
The head of the National Guard said
that there is no doubt in his mind but
that the governor would have power to
cal! out the soldier boys to seize the
cannon if the park board called for the
city police to keep them in Grant park.
This w ill be done, he asserted, unless
th'- park board conducts itself discreet
ly and surrenders to the artillery.
It is understood the park board will j
shortly call a meeting and decide liter- |
ally to stick to their guns.
M. S. CHILDERS ON
TRIAL THIRD TIME
FOR WIFE’S DEATH
AMERICUS, ga June in. The third
jury that will rr> M S Childers, charged ,
with the death of hit* wife. Etta Chil- t
dert». a’ Smithville last Xugust. was se
; lected today and tomorrow morning the
I hearing of testimony will begin
Twice before Childers has been tried, a
; mistrial resulting each time The Mrs’
I hearing was at Leesburg last October and
tlu second tn Americus in December
Judge 7. A Littlejohn is presiding over!
the present trial. He adjourned <«mrt i
'until tomorrow morning as soon as the ■
oiry was completed The ease will prob- I
iably < onsump three <«r lour days No,
I indications of startling new evidence have !
[appeared Another mistrial or an acquit
tal is predicted.
SLEUTH TELLS DE
ABUSE 8T POLICE
Suit for SIO,OOO by Detective
Pinched as Footpad Develops
Third-Degree Story.
Judge George Bell was regaled today
with a description of the police “third
degree” as it is practiced in Atlanta
when two private sleuths. S. M. P
Pearson and M. S. Baughn. who work
ed up the Beach case, appeared in
the second division of the superior
court to settie a SIO,OOO damage suit.
Pearson instituted the suit because
Baughn had procured his arrest as a
footpad.
"I was taken into the defective's
room of the Atlanta police station and
abused for two hours," Pearson told the
court from the stand. "The city de
tectives let Baughn in. and he said I
was a highway robber and looked fierce
enough to commit any crime. All the
detectives promised me immunity if I
would give up some -ort of a confes
sion-as to what my line was."
Arrested as Hold-up Man.
Pearson, so the facts in the case de
veloped, had been employed by A. R
Erost to shadow Baughn, who was act
ing against Erost in a case involving
$5,000 worth of mining stock. Pearson
followed Baughn to the Kimball hotel.
There Pearson was arrested on
Baughn’s accusation that he was a
footpad.
“I'm on to you. Pearson." Baughn
said, “and if you don't quit following
mo i'll get you."
Just then, so Pearson said, City De
tective Harper appeared and placed
him under arrest, declaring that lie was
a hold-up man. Baughn and Harper
escorted Pearson to police headquar
ters. where the alleged "third degree"
is said to have been administered.
ELECTRIC NEEDLE PLACED
NEAR HEART KILLS VICTIM
PITTSBURG, June I' l . Using an
electric needb- attached by wire to ap,
electrolier, Charles Beals, aged 43, chef
at the Union depot restaurant, was
electrocuted in a most unusual manner
in his home here Beals inserted the
needle near the heart and paralyzed
I that organ.
Robert Whitley.
The of Robert Whitley. “ I
years old. who died yesterday, was held
this afternoon at 3 o'clock at the resi
dence, Hon Woodward avenue. Inter
ment was in West view,
Mrs. E. F. Shelnutt.
Mrs E. E. Shelnutt. 30 years old.
I died at the family home. College Park.
IGa . teufax. The body was It. >ii*rlit t<*
i Bloomfield-Burkert's. It will be taken
i to Watkinsville, Ga., for Interment to
morroxx
MN COHORTS
MALICNJNG CLARK
False Accusation Floated in
Baltimore Clearly Refuted by
Congressional Record.
By ALFRED HENRY LEWIS.
WASHINGTON. June 10. -Thor, will
be 1.094 delegates in rhe Baltimore < on
vention. Os these, instructed and
pledged, Clark has 459. z Os the dele
gates who are unpledged and unin
structed. more than 100 have mani
fested an intention to support Clark.
The nearest man to him Is Wilson,
with 252 delegates, pledged and in
structed, to bis credit. The next near
est are Underwood, with S 4. and Har
mon. with 511 convention votes.
As the majority choice of the conven
tion. and with the nomination within
certain reach, (’lark is beginning to ex
cite the desperate attention of the Wil
son supporters. Already they lie about
dark—-that last resort of the beaten
and the '.unscrupulous,
over in Baltimore have appeared I.
I. Brill, a journalist, of New York city;
<'arl Dantihouser. secretary of the Ger
man-American Alliance, of Brooklyn,
and Cornelius Ford, president of the
New Jersey Federation of Labor. These
three are Wilson -shouters, and they are
spreading a lie about dark in connec
tion with his attitude toward inrmigra--
tion.
Lie About Clark Is Nailed.
They the mendacious three —declare
and are having the declaration print
ed wherever and whenever editors gul
lible enough to do so are discovered—
that in the house debates upon the
immigration bill lately passed by the
senate, dark used these words:
"I believe in the restriction of
immigration. lam opposed to Eu
ropean immigration coining into
this country that is not homogenous •
with our home people, and that
we i an not assimilate. I believe
that’the wise position to take with
reference to this matter is to adopt
an educational test that will large
ly eliminate the races from Medi
terranean Europe, and will not in
terfere to any material extent with
the races of northern Europe com
ing here—races of whom we can
make good citizens."
The statement which puts these
words into the mouth of dark is a lie.
barefaced and bold. He entertains no
such sentiments, expressed no such
feeling, employed no such language.
There is such a literary commodity
as The Congressional Record. Also,
there are house members who have
memories, and to whose memories ap
peal can be made. Clark not only never
said what the Wilson three have as
cribed to him. hut he made no immi
gration speech at all. The Record not
only shows this, but house members
avow it. Clark, being speaker, was not
heard upon immigration.
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PROF. SMITH UPHELD
BY SCHOOL BOARD IN
DIPLOMA DISCUSSION
When Professor W F. Dykes brought
to the attention of the board of educa
tion today complaints against the faculty
of the Boys High school said to have ema
nated from members of the graduating
cl: ss. the board muinlmouslv adopted a
resolution expressing absolute confidence
in the fa cult'
Regarding the chat ge of 50 cents made
be I’rotess .r .1 H smith for signing the
names of the members of the class on
their diplomas, members of the board said
they held Professor Smith entirely blame
less Sui'riinirtiilrhl W M Slaton said
tie practice had gone on in the schools
for thlrtv years It was made clear to
the tsurd that the bo.v s voluntarily got
Professor Smith to sign their diplomas.
Rut George M Hope. Dan W. Green
and Others said that the system was
wrong and that the board of education
itself sho Ild pay all cost of the diplo
mas •
WOMAN OF MYSTERY,
RICH, IS FOUND DEAD
BY MEMPHIS POLICE
MEMPHIS TENN.. June 10.—Mrs.
Carolina Cloth, a woman of mystery, was
found dead by the Memphis police today.
Hidden somewhere about her house, the
police declare, are government bonds and
other valuables. She left considerable
property in Memphis, with no relatives in
this country, so far as known, to claim
her estate.
Mrs. Cloth was born in Germany. She
married a baker, who came to Memphis
and amassed a fortune. Since his death
she has been living in seclusion.
PLUMBERS OF GEORGIA
HOLD STATE CONVENTION
SAVANNAH, GA. June 10.—Front
all parts of the state master plumbers
are in Savannah today in attendance
on the annual convention of that or
ganization in the state. The first meet
ing" was held at the Pulaskt hotel early
this morning. Organization was per
fected at that time and preliminary
formalities incident to the convention
were rushed through. The session was
resumed at Tyhee in the afternoon.
Stress will be laid on the question of a
uniform sanitary standard, the licens
ing of all master plumbers and exami
nation requirements by the state.
SALESMEN BADLY HURT IN
RUNAWAY
J. E. Singleton, city salesman for the
J. J. Barnes & Fain Co., was badly
injured today when a horse he was
driving under the tracks of the Georgia
railroad on Piedmont avenue was
frightened by a passing train overhead
and ran away.
Singleton was thrown out of the
buggy and had his collar bone broken,
and was otherwise badly injured. He
was taken to Grady hospital. The
buggy was demolished. The horse was
captured after running wild for several
blocks.
PENDLETON DDT
FDR J. HILL HftLL
Macon Telegraph, Old-Time
Party Spokesman, in Line
for ‘‘Lion of Bibb.”
The Macon Telegraph, Charles R.
Pendleton’s newspaper, has announced
its staunch support of Joe Hill Hall for
governor.
The Telegraph speaks in high terms
of John M. Slaton, Mr. Hall’s only op
ponent at this time, referring to him as
"a manly man and a fine Georgian;"
but it believes that Joe Hill Hall is, of
all candidates, real and prospective, the
one who has been freest from factional
alignments in Georgia, and that he is,
therefore, the one in whom factionalism
might be buried deepest.
The Telegraph believes that the re
tirement of “honest, confiding Tom
Hudson" opens the way for Georgians
to enjoy this summer one of those old
fashioned Democratic family rows, in
which bitterhess and rancor will cut no
figure, and in which genuine and vital
issues, principles and the best things
for Georgia will be discussed by rival
candidates and their supporters, to the
exclusion of personalities and mere
men.
Hudson Out Helps Hall.
The Telegraph says that the retire
ment of Hudson has greatly strength
ened 'Hall, particularly throughout
south Georgia. It speaks of Hall as
"bold, fearless and honest,” says he
would "make an ideal governor at this
time," and refers to him almost af
fectionately as "the old Hon of Rlhb."
No newspaper in Georgia speaks more
nearly by the card for the conservative,
old-fashioned Democracy of this state
than does The Telegraph. Its support
of Joe Hill Hall undoubtedly means
that his candidacy will be taken very
seriously by thousands of Georgians,
and that a stout-hearted effort to land
him in the governor's office is now well
under way.
The Telegraph predicts a sure and
steady development of Hall strength
all along the line within the next few
weeks.
BIG SURPRISE TO MANY
IN ATLANTA
Local people are surprised at the
QUICK results received from simple
buckthorn bark. glycerine, etc., as
mixed in Adler-i-ka. the German ap
pendicitis remedy. Jacobs’ Pharmacy
states that this simple remedy anti
septicizes the digestive system and
draws off the impurities so thoroughly
that A SINGLE DOSE removes sour
stomach, gas on the stomach and con
stipation INSTANTLY. It is the only
remedy which never fails.