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2 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 « •» • • i«. » ♦ • • • . • • » i* ; iti i I *i i • i li* * 4 •;i »». »i ii » » . ii i • » • .«««»•»« • • • • » • • » . il READY FOR ANOTHER TRIP I ' X Copyright. 1912. by International News Service. y X x 11 . '' I f Be Sb re and” \ X i 11 i i ii '■ft ■ i | 11 v~i mhE I •J Nwv ll W. ? I r 81l AL \ ji i \ : . / • • ■BBrL.'-. ’ I iWoJ&Htyjq-Sk- chilli- r 'iJ/j, itiphli ;- t T " s Oi , X‘ X - s *S? - L ) d. I X "A S I litoKl _ ) '■ y 7 \ VUAHT T» ( - -I, ! ■ "A.a - | X ’ I 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. * 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. liar TOMORROW!! STARTLING SfZ ’.g yflKr' VALUES IN | TU E S D A Y SILKS! | * We Offer You a Si I SILK SALE!! | This sale embraces four magnificent values. The most M 'EM wonderful in manv respects this department, famous t »* p . " for its value-giving, has ever before been able to snow. Floor Left In some instances the prices are cut below cost. The Annex. * beauty of these queenly fabrics must be seen to be appre- vrj* ciated. Bargain No. 1 is an elegant Si 24-inch‘‘rainproof" foulard in black gC gD and white, navy and white, reseda. 1 v* tan. violet, gray. Copenhagen and ■ Jf •> browns. The regular Sac and SI.OO J gc qualities NOW 'mb mil? A sparkling new lot of Fancy and 27-iiicli Silk Serges—Fancy Pon jj Plain Chiffonsand Marquisettes in u - ( . es -Silk Suitings, in shades of J' Tig pink, rose, ciel or naw, brown, res- .’ ~ . ZD ■--Z t i ci o +• i. brown, grav, Copenhagen, back. Zc „ * eda. ara\ and man\ other ultra lash- ' * ’ TMb ■ fi rose, naw. «' “5 'T la i,n<l OO c S’ i 69 yd- STS oy y d.: ’ S nes — Sr J to $4.00 VALUES $1 .19 I mb In bordered chiffon, bordered marquisettes and border- ■ » 8* cd foulards in “spotproof” qualities- in the season's JHte ' J latest leading colors j bl ' Bai The fascinating features of this “Big Four" Silk Sale are the astounding \alues reduced to bargain prices. .mb Earl\ response to this ad alone will insure choice selections "’’TW | M. RICII & BROS. CO. I 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.