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2 UPROAR 15 CALIF. CONTEST GOES TO TUFT Arizona's Six Delegates Also Put Safely in the President’s j Column. i 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. , t e ■ '■ -ft t > a thr.-e . < ( 1 SHE’S RUNNING AGAIN TODAY ? ¥ ■- — ' ¥ it / > • -- A I I -< aJ I ! t ll’ J ' i II . ' - x p: /--t--.., | x If GY || | • || aA I X ' • ' . H I X I /aWW i i ® XJ E I c I T I ABWMMOr,’ /l t ' \ x . '"- a. 4 y T z T', I HAW.' The'/ ) D .-'o y t ooHT-mev | haveht<<ot/ ' *, y I I t,' J 1 a .> \ | T <_ ' T V "hi *. * "* T X ’ <- ~ T t.•i . * T T . ■ , J ;-.J T 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’! Sb.. ' ' ” of Roosevel. Il* M fi e m rnc pn'ltl.’ui imt kt,o" • O pre | i iir/.T i l.\.\ r.\ Georgian and news. Wednesday, june 12. ihvz. i ••••••••••••••••••••••••a* • • • Here’s the Platform • : Taft Will Run on if : He Is Nominated: • • • 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 • •••••••••••••••••••••••••a 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» s,r r , |,,,,, ~f in.nm arv vn * pl * - • u- u' ■ 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. . - 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 i 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.