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UPROAR 15 CALIF.
CONTEST GOES
TO TUFT
Arizona's Six Delegates Also
Put Safely in the President’s j
Column.
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Continued From P»oe One.
vote in the Fourth district, according
io thi statement filed in th< commit
lee, ihowed tile Roosevelt ticket with a
total of 10,209 and the Taft ticket with
10.240
Reuf Might Learn
Here. Says Heney.
Htncy m-iide this brief statement aft
rs the t'alffornla vote:
■ls Abe Reuf were present in the
committee room he would learn meth
ods of which he never dreamed before
he landed in the penitentiary.”
"Was there a contest in the Fourth
district?” Governor Johnson was asked.
"No? he answered. "There was no
contest. All our delegates were elected
at large. The California legislature,
when it passed the presidential pri
mary law. abolished the district system
and had all delegates elected from all
the state The Roosevelt ticket won by
s majority of 77,000. Pat Calhouas, has
sent, in a man to say that he doee. hot
like the California delegation, and the
committee is listening to Pat Calhoun.”
"Do you think they will throw' out
the California delegation, governor?”
he was asked.
"If they need the delegates,” he an
swered "They are here to steal wl!
they need. T suppose that at first they
will only steal the two from the Fourth
district, but if they need more they
will steal more. They have a comput
ing machine somewhere, and when they
figure out just what they need, they .
will go and take it.”
Francis J. Heney’s resplendant smile .
did not disappear for a moment when '
the announcement of the California re- ,
suit was made in the antechamber to '
the committee room.
“It helps to put the brand on ’em.” <
he said. “Plain stealing, that’s true.
Rut. nevertheless. I'm rather pleased. •
The.v are working their own destrue- J
lion. Acts like that will cause the ■
downfall.of the Taft cause. ;
Can t Defy 77,000
People, Says Kellogg.
“I told that committee, and 1 meant
it. that Abo Rues could learn a whole
lot about crookedness were he in these
meetings. Rut, unfortunately, Abe b- .
behind the bars, and can not add to his '
already wide knowledge.” ,
Frank It Kellogg, of Minnesoti. ;i | ■
Rppsevylt man. explained his vote. *
W. can net defy the 77,000 people I •
in California,” he said.
"Do you doubt that the. Fourth dis
trict of t’allfqi nia was for Taft dele- i
sates?” asked Dowden.
"1 certainly do.” he answered. i
Senator Borah, explaining his vote,
said. “This Is i contest to bring back i
to the people the rights given us by
the fathers of our party. If you dis- ,
franchise these California men you will
prevent the election of a Republican
president for the next four years.”
Colonel Dowden, of Illinois, then ex
plained his vote. "The question is
whether we are going to sustain the
rules of that body which gave us life—
the old national committee,” he said.
"I vote aye.”
The committee then took up the con
tests over delegates-at-large from
Louisiana This contest Includes the
question of the three-way split in the
Republican organization there.
A novel complication confronts the na
tional committeemen. There la no Re
publican party in Doufslana At the
last election, held some months ago,
the party failed to poll 10 per cent of
the vote. Under the Louisiana law it
thereby is no longer- recognized as a
regular party onganizgtion and can
get its names on the ballots only by pe
tition.
Here’s the Taft
Side’s Contention
7he Arizona Tatt men were seated I
and the California cases then came up.
A statement of the Taft side of the
vase Is in .substance as follows
Taft delegates were elected tn the
Republican national convention from
the Fourth California district The rail ;
for the Republican national conventions <
ontalnr the following eluu.-e
“I'roviued that delegates and altr-i
I. :• s. bet., t. ->n> i’-.f talc at Ik ge and
■ com each < oirg : ess ional district be
lie. rmfer u, "th the laws of
- . e t which the election occurs,
■' ,<tot< committee or any such con- !
. -.v.ei> ■ ■ nmlttee «o direct.”
!“iie set' o.r c'..*ej with the follow 1
g aae. t.ir.; p-. ovisi >n 'o which at 1
’ < is . ..he,
I 1.. , •>'idea further t'-.a. r> no
. »■> shall .... -.lc'-tiy. be so held as to
■ vent -.:>•> < evtc..- cf an? district -
’•-•n. <•>■ . ng their < v n deiegates.
■ c Tail ntn hold tra, me r candl-|
D-.cs received a pluralit; in the Fourth i
e:rt:ic;. Alt the delegates were voted •
' by all the voters of me state on I
. showing the Roosevelt men were!
;cd b a big majority. Trji- Taft
m n hold that this election violated the!
■I! of the national committer and that I
1..' en should not be seat'? •
Motion to Seat
T. R. Men Beaten.
I he it s-l vote was taken on a motion i
to seat tr.r Itoo rvelt candidates It |
"a v Io on *- .- <a voce vote The mo
on to -'w Taft delegates was
■Bfej?- I *-’ ' ' ay demanded. ,
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fornia." he shouted
"Address yourself to the commit
tee." rul'd the chairman.
"I am an illustrious member of the
committee." roared Heney. “We don't
propose to let any Cranes or Penroses
dictate how we shall elect our dele
gates.”
“Are you here to present the case.'
asked the chairman
"No," ho cried. "I am here to tell
the president of the United States that
If he Is renominated it will be on
stolen goods I want him to know that
this committee stole the votes of tho
people of California."
Heney read into the record the fiery
statement made by Johnson when he
refused to enter the committee room.
Chairman Rosewater tried to gavel him
down, but the California man would not
be silenced, and shouted his charges in
a voice so loud it could be heard out
side the committee room
Then Esterbrook, of New Hamp
shire. mined to seat the Taft men. Bo
rah moved as a substitute to seat the
Roosevelt men The Roosevelt motion
was voted down, and on roll call the
steam roller ran over lite Roosevel
delegates, and the Taft men were
seated.
Arizona Under
Big Roller. Too
The six delegates at targe from
Viizona the entire state dele
cation were seated for Taft by
the Republican national commit
tc< today Tho decision was cached
after the Taft men had submitted evi
dence showing that their delegates were
elected by th* "regular" convention and
that th* Roosevelt delegates to the \rl
zonu state convention did not even pre
sent their credentials to tho conven
tion'- credentials committee. The
Roosevelt delegation was elected at a ;
bolting convention.
When the arguments had been pre
-ented Nevi!.' Saundei-, of Washing
ton. move;, to scat the Taf delegates..
Senator Borah of Idaho presented a ■
suhstltiit' motion to seat the Roos.- t
velt. lielrg- t*s. He demanded a roll i
cal’. i>n" t i„;'.:een men stood U) . Tile
motion wa lest or: . viva vice vote
The Sau.ide-s motion v. then . ar
ried by a v voce vote \n attempt
to .seen"i i .oil c,i'.' on the motion
fiuid.
I'nclr.a ■ ' ' 'it'’" tig « of th
1 .on,si;, a I 'll" ts to !.. . th' Repubii
ai. nali m: committee Ims declared
for nigh, talons
The tangle that the Louisiana cases
a ill y , ent is not a new one to th*
ommittee. Perhaps no state ha« fur
nished tiic members so much practice
i contest 'leaving The Republican
party there •* divided into three fac
tions The "lllv whites.” as one faction
t.nn-.vn. is head'd b. P*irt Wigh',
ti.i ona' co-, "if'**'Teio and -taum i’!
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i iir/.T i l.\.\ r.\ Georgian and news. Wednesday, june 12. ihvz.
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• Here’s the Platform •
: Taft Will Run on if :
He Is Nominated:
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• CHICAGO. June 12. If Taft is •
• renominated for president his •
• platform will contain the follow- •
• ing planks: •
• Scientific revision of the tariff. •
• with a decrease of duties on tie- •
• cessities. •
• Revision of the Sherman anti- •
• trust law to make it effective in •
• the prosecution of monopolies and •
• fotce the disintegration of those •
• now in existence. •
• Extension of reciprocal tariff •
• agreements with other nations. •
• Indorsement of the universal •
• peace movement •
• v new currency law similar to •
• the Aldrich currency bill, now •
• before the United States senat' •
• F’opula’’ election of senators •
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Here’s the Progratn
For First Two Days
I'Hlt'AGo June 12 The sub-com
ntilte' on arrangements for the Repub
lican national convention lias framed a
prog am for th* first two days After
that th''- don’t dare venture No one
knows want wi'l happen on the third
day Here is th* program as far as it
could he fixed.
Tuesday. June IS
Convention called i" order at noon.
Player by chaplain
. Presentation oi gavel to chai man of i
. national committee.
Reading, of convention calk by Secre- i
| turv II yvva:
i Address of temporary chairman.
Presentation of gavel to temporary |
chairman. x
Election temporary office.s
Naming of committees on permanent
organization: rules and order of busi
ness, ctedentials. resolutions
Miscellaneous business,
Wednesday. June 19.
Cab t" order by temporary chairman
P aver by chaplain
Report of committee on credentials
If this is not ready , visiting marching
■■lubs will be received.
Aftei acting on credentials report,
i-'P" ..- of following committees to be
received:
I’ i inai'Ciii .' ganiz.iiion, ules anil
order of bikini i S 'lu'inn»
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CHURCH WINNER
IN VIADUCT SUIT
The stale supreme court today decided
Riat Bishop Nelson, of the Episcopal dio
cese of Atlanta, and St. Philips cathedral
can recover damages from the city of At
lanta for the construction of the Wash
ington street viaduct, if damage has real
ly’ been done.
Justice Beverly P. Evans, of the high
court, in a lengthy opinion reversed the
Judgment of the superior court of Pul
ton county on the grounds that decision
in the trial court had been reached on
purely speculative testimony bearing on
real estate values, which should not have
been admitted.
Difference in Prices the Test
In bringing to a close a case that has
been rehashed In local courts for two
years, the supreme tribunal held that
damages in such a case should be meas
ured by the difference in the price of real
estate before the viaduct was built and
its present price If the St. Philips cathe
dial property will bring less on the mar
ket today than three years ago. the
church lias been damaged and can re
cover
The court definitely pu’ a ban on spec
ulative real estate testimony when It
held that evidence allowed by Judge Pen
dleton in the trial court to the effect
that the ‘leaning up of Collins street
increased real estate values in igai sec
tion was merely conjectural.
Viaduct ’2 Feet Above Church.
The original suit was brought against
be city shortly after the Washington
street viaduct was built. Till- southern
end of the viaduct fronts the church
property for .'B3 feet and in one place
the viaduct rises 12 feet above the level of
' the church The city maintained that
• property had increased in value as a re-
Siill of the erection of the viaduct, and
I this contention was sustained by the
: Pulton courts
HOBBLE SKIRTS PUT ON
BOYS AT REFORMATORY
WILMINGTON. DEL June 12.
Hobble skirts have been adopted at
Hu Perils Industrial school, where all
tho bail hoys of Wilmington are sent
to be reformed ' The feelings of the
boys have been sorely injured by the
innovation bitt the skirts have come
to stay, the officials of the institution
■ay The dresses have been adopted,
not so much to wound their pride, but
tn mt vs a deterrent upon the in
mates who have a penchant for run
ning ana; When encumbered bv the
fires ~f , unman, a boy , Hn not run .<
ii "t i n Ins nw nel >t h'ng
ATLANTA RUCKED
BE EARTHQUAKE
Augusta Shocked by Three Dis
tinct Tremors—Charleston
Slightly Shaken.
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An earthquake shock was felt in At
lanta early this morning. A number
of residents in the southeastern part of
the city were awakened by the tremor.
According to their description, it was
of about 20 seconds duration, but dur
ing that time could be felt distinctly,
in a number of homes the walls trem
bled noticeably.
Mrs. Warren Boyd, of Washington
street, said she was awakened by the
severity of the quake, which continued
for several seconds. Not knowing the
cause of tho shock, which was felt dis
tinctly all over the house, she left her
bed to investigate.
Shocks Frighten
Augusta Negroes
AUGUSTA. GA.. June 12. —Augusta
felt three distinct earthquake shocks at
5:30 o’clock this morning.
The duration of each was about 15
seconds, and was sufficient to frighten
tho negro population considerably.
Mortar was shaken from the chim
news of some houses in this city.
CHARLESTON. S. C.. June 12.--A
slight earthquake shock was felt here
this morning at 5:30 o'clock. Reports
indicate'that it extended over a con
siderable area. Only a few people here
felt the tremor. It was sharper at
Summerville, 22 miles away. No alarm
is felt.
MILLEDGEVILLE. GA.. June 12.
A severe earthquake shock was felt
here early this morning. Sleepers all
over the city were aroused by the
tremor. Several chimneys were dam
aged slightly.
Records Broken
In Rush to Aid
CHATTANOOGA. TENN.. June 12.
The Union depot was crowded today
with friends who had assembled to
meet the excursionists from Calhoun,
and when the news of the wreck spread
through the station the grief shown
among relatives of the Calhoun folks
was heartrending. First reports indi
cated a heavy loss of life, and the local
officials were besieged with pleas for
complete reports of the dead and in
jured.
F. H. Dowler, agent of the road here,
equipped a special relief train when
the first news was received, summoned
as many.physicians and nurses as could
be secured on short notice, and rushed
tlicm down the road toward Dalton.
Orders for clear tracks were given by
the dispatchers, and every train wait-,
ed on its siding for the relief train to
pass. The special is said to have set a
pace over the road hardly c.quaied in
the history of the Western and At
lantic.
A half hour later, two special coaches
carrying additional emergency V'P
plies and a corps of helpers left the
station, and the leaving of the second
relief train caused renewed excitement
in the crowd of men and vvomen, who
feared the wreck was more serious than
at first reported. It was several hours
before a correct report could be given
out. and all that time the anxious
watchers remained grouped around the
bulletin board, dreading to see the
name of a friend or relative. Before
the facts came in lhe station was jam
med almost to suffocation with anxious
and excited friends of the picnickers
■aboard the wrecked train
ATLANTAN ATTEMPTS
SUICIDE IN MEMPHIS;
HAD ROW WITH GIRL
MIGMPIIIS, TENN., .June 12. H. L. Os-,
borne, ‘laiming Atlanta as his home,
swallowed laudanum today, after a vio
lent quarrel with a woman, whose iden
tity is unknown At first he gave his
name as Ira Ellis. Papers found on his
person indicate that Osborne is his right
name and that his father resides In Sa
vannah. Ga I’he man is at the city hos
pita! in a serious condition. Twice today
a woman has called the hospital by tel
ephone and inquired as to his condition,
say the attending physicians, but she
would not reveal her identity. A veil of
mystery surrounds the affair
H. M. WILLET TO LEAD IN
WAR ON TUBERCULOSIS
Hugli M Willet has accepted the chair
manship ot the ways and means commit
tee of the Anti-Tuberculosis and Visiting
Nurse association. Mr. Willet is a close
student of health conditions. He is a
member of the "Ten club, a director of
the Associated Charities, and a leader in
tlte Young Men’s Christion association
NOTICE
Big Fire Sale
Now going on at
The Damascus Oriental
Bazaar. 167 Peachtree SI.
Between the Grand and Aragon
hotel. Everything must be <old
at a great reduction. Soma fm*
ba»qa’ns «n Oriental acod?.
WOMAN HE MARRIED
HAD ONE HUSBAND,
ATLANTA MAN SAYS
When E. C. Kelley, of Decatur, mar
ried Mrs. Annie Holder he thought he
was capturing a widow, but now —seven
years after he led that woman before
a DeKalb county justice of the peace—
he says he has been rudely awakened
to the fact that Mrs. Kelley had never
been divorced from George Holder
when she married a second time.
This Kelley alleges in a suit for an
nulment of his marriage, filed in su
perior court today. Kelley, who is the
father of two children, asks the court
to award them to him and issue a dec
laration of legitimacy.
Kelley's suit for annulment is not the
only information superior court has
had of the tangles in the Kelley home.
Mrs. Kelley beat her husband to the
court house by just tw o days, when she
filed suit for total divorce Monday al
leging desertion and cruel treatment
and requesting alimony.
Kelley told the court he had married
Mrs. Holder May 25, 1905. They got
a bungalow in Decatur and lived in un
interrupted happiness for seven years.
Two children, Lera and Frank, came to
the union.
Gin mi act
FIGHT AT CLIMAX
Clayton and Goldsmith Will
Make Enemies Show Their
Hands at Meeting Today.
A "showdown" in the game, of a num
ber of members of council, seeking to
retire R. M. Clayton, cihef of construc
tion, and J. H. Goldsmith, comptroller,
on account of their ages, will be de
manded at a meeting of the council
committee on charter amendments this
afternoon.
The meeting is called to consider the
resolution giving the council this au
thority. It was introduced by tire or
dinance committee at the last meeting,
it provides for a charter amendment
giving the council the broad authority
to retire any official on a pension. Since
the authority was so broad there were
objections and the wording of the reso
lution is to be "fixed" at the meeting
this afternoon.
Captain Clayton and Mr. Goldsmith
are both ready for a fight, but they
have not been able to determine the ex
act source of the attack upon them.
The charter amendments committee
is made up of the tax and ordinance
committees of the council.
BLAMES POLICE MATRON
FOR BUGGYjCRASH: SUES
Asserting that a horse belonging to the
Atlanta police department and usually
driven by Mrs. Mary Bohnefield, police
matron, is a vicious animal and Mrs.
Bohnefield is an inexperienced driver.
W. B. Brown, a peddler, who collided
with the police matron’s turnout at But
ler street and Auburn wvenue, has asked
the superior court to award him 5250 for
the death of his mule, which was killed
in the collision.
BOMB HURLED INTO* HALL
KILLS TWO. INJURING SIX
LISBON, June 12. —A bomb was thrown
into a political meeting of republican of
ficers and civilians at Port Alegre to
day. killing two and injuring six. Royal
ists are accused of the outrage.
ijs.
Hie TRUST COMPANY OF GEOR- IM
(JIA insures absolute protection, costs no |z
Idl ll,ore ail( l relieves the beneficiaries of all
Isl anxiety. * |g
RJb hy not appoint this strong Conipanv ll x
m as YOUR Executor? BX
Trust Company of Georgia [|?
Equitable Building 53-55 N. Pryor St.
Capital and Surplus - - $1,800,000.00 |>
B I! i-
SIO.OO
During our Annual Sale will buy a 36-incb 3-ply guaranteed
trunk that sold regularly for 513 25.
It’s good. It’s guaranteed
LIEBERMAN’S
I The House of Guaranteed Baggage
92 Whitehall
3 DIE IN WRECK
AT DALTON, GA.
Continued From Psge One, »
a big union picnic excursion at Var
nells for next Friday, but when the re
ports of today’s ill-fated excursion
! spread over the town the order for the
special train was canceled and the
outing abandoned.
. Passengers say tlie train was run
i ning at a high rate, perhaps 35 miles
an hour, when it struck the weak track
and left the rails. There was a shock
which threw the passengers from their
seats and tossed children about the
coaches: then the shrill whistle'as the
emergency brakes were applied—a
swaying, sickening motion as the
wheels plowed through the earth—and
then the tumble down the high' cm
, bank men t.
The coaches turned over on their
sides and slid down the bank, and pas
-1 songers were thrown, flying, against
the roof of their cars. They fell in a
seeming inextricable mass and hardh
a man or woman escaped painful
, bruises from the tumble.
Children's screams.and the wails of
terrified women mingled with tho cries
of the injured. That at least a dozen
persons were not killed in the fall is
considered kittle short of miraculous.
Children were found wedged in be-
I tween broken seats and the roof—yet
not one is believed to be fatally in
jured. .
Had Just Taken
Home in Atlanta
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Instead of the Joy of a housewarm
ing that was to have marked his taking
up of a new residence, sorrow ruled to-
I day at the little home of Claude Hol
’ comb. 373 Mangum street, the fireman
who met his death in tlje Western and
' Atlantic railroad wreck near Daltbrf.
The wife was grief-stricken at the news
and two little girls, Mabel Ruth, aged
four years, and Mary, just one year
: old, cried in sympathy with the be
reaved mother.
- The heartbroken wife told between
‘ sobs how she had been preparing to get
the house straightened for his homc-
: coming. They had Just moved into the
cottage Monday and he. was ' called
1 away at 3 o'clock the next morning.
The furniture had just been moved and
nothing had been straightened before
he left,
’ Mrs. Holaomb planned io have ever.' -
thing arranged and in order in then
new home when the. husband returned,
and today the house was well straight
ened to greet him. Now the furniture
i must be again packed and moved, for
the widow and the two little girlswill
t go to Resaca, Ga.. to live.
Resaca is their former home, and
■ they had just left it for Atlanta<
day. The funeral and interment of tTi>
j dead fireman wiU-be hekl at Resa.ca to.
■ morrow. . . . . .
I Holcomb was one of two brbthe -
firemen on the Western and Atlantic
road. Before going with this road he
was a motorman on the street railway
system in Chattanooga. Tenn.
Engineer Kitchens left Atlanta last
night for Chattanooga. From there lie
carried the trains for the excursion to
i Calhoun and began the return trip with
it today. When staying in Atlanta he
roomed at 40 Bartow street. His home is
in Adairsville. Ga.. where his family re
sides.