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i i ....ii.- i ~ , 188 _ji oBiBS Al/ 'MTEFN AT/£HAI_ u*a •SRrfca. ELI HU ROOT, Tempo-ary Chairman. VOL. X. NO. 276. CHILO SEEKS MOTHER IN DEBRIS OF FLIES Three Dead, One Missing and Two Injured in Disastrous Fire at Waycross. Ga. BOARDING HOUSE OVER GARAGE IS DEATH TRAP WAY-CROSS. GA.. June 19. The bodies of three victims burned in the Sje.OOO tir e which destroyed the English l>t hding. a moving picture theater and several smaller structures here last tight were recovered this morning. The dead are: .'IRS. I>. B. ENGLISH. widow of Dan ft-omlv. ay English. MRS. JOHN D. (IAMBI.E, wife of a inolyue operator. I’AII. GAM*BLE, nine-year-old sun >f Mrs. John D. Gamble H i'. Lee and Alvin Johnson, who v ere badly hurt by jumping from the -owmd floor, are in a serious condition, it is feared they may not survive. A fourth body, that of a missing . iti man. is believed to be under the 'll ilny long today, while the tiremen ■ lied among the ruins of the Eng- I -h building and the garage, where the l laze was started by a workmans ’ .fated match thrown into gasoline, lit- Margaret English, whose mother was burned to death, clung about the pot weeping hysterically and begging to enter the charred debris. Shi had seen her mother's body taken from the wreckage of the boarding house upon the second floor, but the seven-year old child could not believe she was d/ad. Before the body was recovered the child sought frantically to break away from those who detained her to run back into the flaming building and bring out her mother. It is feared that the child will not survive the horror of the tragedy. Investigation today proves that a workman, smoking in the garage on the first floor of the building, against all rules, tossed the match he lit Into a corner of. the room where several gal lons of kerosene were stored. Flames fairly hurst from the building. In less than a minute the garage was a raging furnace and tongues bf fire shot, up ward and encompassed the whole porch of the boarding house on the second floor, where several men. women and children were sitting. RESCUE WORK DONE IN DARKNESS. The firemen reached the scene to find that the blaze had already doomed the house, though less than half of the oc cupants had escaped. At the same mo ment the electric light connections were burned out and all the rescue work was done In darkness, except w her the fire men carried lanterns into the smoke filled rooms of the building. So swift was the progress of the flames that John Gamble and bis little son escaped from the porch by the narrowest mar gin. while Mrs. Gamble, fully dressed in a room within, was burned to death before she could find an exit. (n the same way Mrs. English and the other Gamble boy lost tlieir lives. Firemen fought desperately to reach them, and several men just missed death beneath the falling walls. The moving picture theatei caught fire ten minutes after the fiaihes first broke forth, but the audience had suffi cient warning to rush to the street in safety. A Chinese laundry next door also burned. Many automobiles were burned in the ga rage. The firemen succeeded in confining the flames to one side of the street, and, after a four hours fight, succeeded tn saving the handsome Logan LaGramie building. How much bf the lor* i covered by Insurance is not know yet. T. R. FORCES PLAN BOLT TODAY June 19—-Refusal to recognize Elihu Root as the legally elected temporary chairman of the convention, and threat to hold another convention unless the roll is purged of the delegates fraudulently appearing upon it, was the war platform announced by the Roosevelt forces prior to the opening of the second day’s session. “Either the roll will be purgedr or there will be a double convention held,” was the ultimatum of the Colonel’s lieutenants, undaunted by defeat in the opening skirmish. The struggle was to be resumed as soon as the convention opened, and Herbert S. Hadley, the Colonel’s floor leader, was ordered to start the battle, every move of which had been carefully planned. Atlanta Georgian EXTRA Aead For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results M BEGINS ON TANGLED charter CHANGES Fight Centered on Proposition to Make Retirement From Office Compulsory. REVISION COMMITTEE DRAFTS AMENDMENTS Atlanta's already twisted and tangled city charter will be doctored and patched again when the charter re vision committee meets this afternoon and recommends to council a number of amendments to be put through by tile coming legislature. The compulsory retirement of any lily official or employee who has been twenty years continuously in sei'. ice. provided council and board of aidermen cast a two-thirds vote for such retire ment. is likely to precipitate a fight when it reaches the council for adop tion. It prot ides that upon a resolu tion any such official may be ousted oY given light employment upon half pay until the end of his term, this pay in no case to exceed SIOO per mtrtith. Opponents of the measure assert that this power can be tis*d just before a primary by fm tionsj politicians to in jure the reputation of any official who is offering olr re-election. The mere fact that a resolution is introduced to retire such an official, they say. would be used as an effective argument against him, whether it were adopted or not, and thus one enemy might do serious injury to an official who had in curred his dislike. Among the charter amendments to be recommended are the following: To give the city the right to lay ad ditional sanitary sewers uptown, where , storm and sanitary sewers, combined, already exist, the cost to be assessed against property owners. It is not in tended to tear up the streets to lay these sewers, but to do the work as rapidly as the pavement is taken up for other purposes. Citizens To Have Right of Tax Appeal. To give citizens the. right of appeal from tax assessments, by providing a chief clerk in the tax .office who shall receive such appeals, these to be passed on by the tax committee. The reduction of city boards to five members each, instead of the present teui members, will be urged, Council is virtually pledger! to sinh a reduc tion since the charter revision fight of last summer. To enable the city to provide mu nicipal license taxes on locker clubs and regulate such clubs. Radical Sewer Changes Planned. To provide flial when sewers are laid a. sewer connection shall be run to the property line abutting; that stone gutters shall laid whenever curb ing is put in. and when water mains an 1 laid, to lay connecting pipes to abutting property linos. These are Combined in one amendment, the ob ject being to avoid tearing up pave ments to lay private connections. If possible a provision will be made for laying gas connections in the same way. . The legislature will bo asked to give the city the right to vest the title to Lakewood park in a private corpora tion which shall carry on the proposed industrial exposition there and deed the property back to the city when the exposition closes. Tim object of this Is to Hvoid the city's liability foi debts incurred for improvem<-i,‘s. CEDARTOWN TO PAVE MAIN ST. CEDARTOWN. GA., June 19. - Main street will be paved with asphalt, the contract having just been awarded Io the West Construction Company, of Chattanooga. Tenn. The work is to be completed by September 3<i. The city recently voted bonds for paving and other improvements. ATLANTA, GA„ WKDNKSDAY, JUNE If). 1912. T. R."MANAGER ANDOXSHIER'I ■ The former nart- / gari. the man wlm /< fui n't-ti the Harv- I Aft ester Trust, is ink- ‘UBR/m ing an active inie. - || esi in the tig 1.1. He I Sml ” is aidir.ii ;*n«l enm- | soling with Colonel \\ IKf x* X X. Roosevelt, and is \\ - believed to be tl,.< \\ man who haa hokl \\ 1 of Ihe strings of ihc \\ , I xv •• II - tille<l dough / Lll bag Senat<it’ tii.x- \\ ’ J ■'! on. who is i<ini. t. 1 ’.AA, after lloosext h - \ \WKSHMBk ‘ ik t»• rests m < hi< au.•. \ still expresses .up \ I li'let’ce Ilia' 11 • \\ V Z • •■lor.cl will l'» iii” A \ '-A Z-. r 'l"’ l ' p < "ti- \ \ A. • \ et'J'-m \\W. ■■■' i i ftaraWn' ■* Mm ' Wife. W HI ■T’W. (o-orgt' \V. Perkins in two eliarticft-risfie poses. ’ Senator Dixon. 69 POSTAL BANKS I TO BE OPENED IN GEORGIA AUGUST 1 1 WASHINGTON, June 19. Addition al postal savings banks depositories will be opened at the following Georgia post offices, effective August 1 : Auburn. Hogart, Bostwick, Bowdon. Bowman, Braselton, Brooks, Buchanan. > Buckhead. Bullocbville, Canon. Carlton. Carnesville. Colbert. Concord, Craw ford, Culloden, Dacula, Danielsville, Dearing. Devereux. Duluth. Ellenwood, Flovilla, Gay. Gibson. Gray. Grayson, Haddock, Hampton, Hapeville, Hiram. Hoschton, Jenkinsburg. Jonesboro, Lex ington. Lilburn. Lincolnton. Luthers ville. Mansfield, Maxey* Meansville, . Milner. Mitchell, Molena. Newborn, f Norwood. Odeasadale, Palmetto. Pen dergrass, Riverdale. Roberta. Roswell, 1 Rutledge, Shady Date. Sharon. Sharps burg, Smyrna. Stephens, Stockbridge. < Suwanee, Tempi, . Tignall, Turin, j White Plains. Whitesburg Woodville Yatesville. Zebulon. _ ~ a DIES AT 92 WITHOUT SINGLE RELATIVE TO MOURN HER PASSING , MM’oN, GA.. .lune 19. Without a sin* g|p living restive to mourn her passing. Miss Mary Miller, aged 92 years, and one I of the most estimable of the elderly worn- J en of Macon, has yielded to the weak nesses of ad valued age Miss Miller did not have even a distant relative living. FRENCH ARMY FLYERS ARE KILLED IN FALL PARIS, June 19.- Lieutenant F’eig- j nian and Captain Dubois, of the French ’ aviation corps, were both killed in an • aeroplane c eident a* Brayelk todav, when their machine clashed Into a hangar at the military aerodrome there. • Both were crushed to death. t M.SJWS Cuban Author of “Death-to- Whilcs” Edict Threatens Trouble at El Cobre. • • SAX ri.\<;<>. Cl’BA. Jun»* 19. Gpdpt al A iiiiHiuirrhi. most desperate of the negro Insurgent leader* and the author of tin proclamation calling for death to ail whit< s, is reported to he tparching on Ki t’ohre today with 1,50(1 black* at his back. lh< «<• ar* Ijx I'nited States marines' at Hl (’obro under command of (’aptain K B. Manwaring, guarding American and other foreign property then*. Th«* rebels are destroying all property along their line of march and arc threatening to give battle to the United States tro >ps. JUDGE HODGES TO SEEK SUPERIOR COURT BENCH MACON. GA.. Jtine 'll. Judge Rob ert Hodges, for nine years judge of the city court, which office lie now holds, and formerly solicitor of the superior court, has declared ho will run for the judgeship of tjie superior court of the Macon circuit. Ho will oppose Judge Nat E. ifarrls?, who. however, has not. formally ■•■ announced. Solicitor H. A. Matthews, of Houston county, will also enter the race. ATLANTAN IN A VERBAL BOUT WITH TRAVELERS ASSOCIATION OFFICIAL PEORIA, ILL., June 19 -Frank W. Crandall, of St Louis, chairman of the national railway committee, and R. A. Broyles, of Atlanta. Ga.. member of the nat-tbnal board of directors of the Trav elers Protective association, clashed yesterday in the convention of that or ganization here. Chairman Crandall, in his annual re port, declared that the national board last year acted in direct opposition to the will of the T. P. A. as expressed at the 1911 convention. Director Broyles accused Mr. Cran dall of being lax in his duty and al leged the board of directors, learning that the chairman of the national rail way committee had been too dose to certain railway traffic t managers, de cided to check him. After two hours of exchange of personalities, all asper sions and remarks reflecting on the character of either Mr. Broyles or Mr. Crandall were ordered expunged from the records BRIDEGROOM 72,8R1DE 65, ASSERT IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO MARRY MACftN. GA.. June 19.—‘Rev How ard McGhee. 72 years of age, a well known Georgia Methodist minister, last night married Mrs. Emma M. Daniel, a widow 6?> years of age. It was his third wedding and her second The Ig ids'gt oom's brother. Rev. John Mc- Ghee. officiated. "It is never too late Io marry." said the happy couple to da- as they loft for Shellman. Ga., whet they will make their future houit. IMEMM SECOmDUNDIMDTj ffIISSM’W ('OLFSEI M. CHICAGO, .Tune 19.—The second of the greatest political battle in many years was opened onK schedule time an hour before noon today when Elihu Root. vie-K loriotis Taft contestant in the bitter fight between the presi-B dent s forces and those of Roosevelt for the temporary rhair-B| manship of the Republican national convention, called that Io order. That the session today would he a critical one in t,heH fortunes ol the ex-president, and would be more riotous than the stormy battle over the chairmanship which lasted fiveM hours yesterday, was evident from the programs which had mapped out by the opposing forces and the determined which the cohorts of tin- Oysfer Bay candidate showed in Iheß face of what looked like certain defeat. The Roosevelt say they will not recognize Root as the legally chosen That the Taft forces were not 1 ; too confident of nominating the i president, however, was indicated Iby an uneasiness that was unrnis [ takable, coupled with rumors that would not down that Taft leaders ! had been in conference by wire this morning with Taft. an*d had imparted the information to him that his nomination was impossi ble, and the hope of the party lay only in the nomination of a third candidate. From the inside of the Taft personal following there came the exact esti mate of I lie president’s strength on the first ballot. His immediate family cir cle of political advisers say that he has eight majority with the possibility of losing two from the Brooklyn delega tion. who are said to he wavering on the brink of a flop to Roosevelt. Fight To Be Made Again on Root. "The Roosevelt forces will not reeog i nize Senator Elihu Root, of New York. I as the legally elected temporary chair man of the Republican national con vention. "Either the roll of the Republican na tional convention will be purged of the delegates fraudulently appearing upon it or there will be a double con vention held." This outline of the Roosevelt plan of campaign was given prior to the opening of the second day’s session of the convention today by a leader of the Roosevelt forces. It was a program of fight. The mines were laid early for the first engagement. At the very opening of the session today, according to the plans that were made in a long con ference between • 'olonel- Roosevelt and his chiefs, the struggle was to begin, Herbert S. Hadley, floor leader for the colonel’s forces, was ordered to start the battle. He had wheeled his war engines into line just as the first day's session of the convention came to a close. The contest hinges on the unseating of 7S delegates put on the temporary roll of the convention by the national commit tee's’steam t oller. They ate the cases that made Colonel Roosevelt cry "naked theft." In order to put them on the roll, the Oyster Bay candidate is determined that the delegates seated from one state shall not he permitted to vote on the contests in any other state. The eases are to bo taken up en bloc if the Roosevelt forces can bring it about. T. R. Men Expect Defeat at First. Every step of the tight had been planned by the Roosevelt men before they entered the Coliseum today. Their plans included the probability of de feat In the first fight. But that will not end the campaign. If they ate voted down in their effort to have all the contested delegates' cases taken up by the convention as a whole, they will make another fight, this time before the committee on credentials. If this fight fails, there will be two conventions. The foundation for today's fight was laid when, after seven hours of fighting. Senator Root had been elected tem- L 1 JOSEPH M. DIXON, Roosevelt Manager. 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE porary chairman and had delivered thß| keynote speech. Governor Hadley ofß| sered a motion that the temporary roH| lie altered by striking out the names the lielegates to whom the. forces objected and adding the that they approved. The motion substitute for a motion offered James E. Watson, of Indiana. direcds|B that various slate delegations as It&jB up by the temporary roll caucus to tlte (hairman the names of candidates for the credentials. lions and tales and order of committees. The convention was once adjourned. H| The substitute motion, bringing üBI I’m the second time the fight for a on all the contests together, was madM the unfinished business of the eonvetH iion. to he taken up as soon as the fen pl c limina t ies an dispensed of toBI da,\. HE Hope for Victory B| Against Taft Weak. 9 The main hope of vietorv was siakeW on this light. If the Roosevelt m'jß could force a vote ami if the delegates could he excluded from thH voting they would be abb- to seat men. I’lie fact that they had plans for the subsequent moles showeßl that thc-it own hop" of victory was very strong. But the battle will continue until rhß minority report that will he brought by th" Roosevelt members of the eotoßl mitten. Then the whole affair will directli in the hands of the himself. From that minute on, there is to be n bolt and when It is '■onto, will he determined by Throughout the convention he keep in constant touch with He may go to the convention hall socially. He may stay In the presldenß| tial suite at the Congress and keeß| watch through the eyes of his anfs. H| The colonel mai order the split w the credentials tight is lost, if ft is He may wait until rhe roll call on thß| presidential nomination Itself begins. B| Il is to he a ease of fine political crimination, Onlv when the last of a chance for a nomination before lhfl| present convention has vanished the colonel's delegates he given signal to leave their seats. In Instead of being called front the huijßl tile colonel’s forces mac strive to organize their own convention on floor of the Coliseum, B May Block Taft H On First Ballot. B A careful canvass of the vote Oh thflM temporary chairmanship fight has n«BI Utterly discouraged the Roosevelt tnefß Tlhw assert that twenty delegates vote,l for Root were pledged to Roose'jjß volt, and that they will not under elrcumstances vote for Taft. Root wa.|B elected by 5">H votes, eighteen vote ]B| moi, than was required. Taking awaJH the twenty and supposing Taft rc-ceii e all the others east for Root h would be iwo short of enough to notnC|B min If Taft's nomination on the firjgß balloi can be blocked the Rooseitßßl men believe they can win. When -billing of delegates on the second voaßl begins ihey believe th'"- can sweep ft* Ma coni epi ion. If necessary Roosevelt t’« pei son will visit the hall, depending; i»HB