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THE WEATHER Forecast: Fair tonight and tomor row. Temperatures: 8 a, m., 64; 10 a. m.. 69; 12 noon, 73; 2 p. m.. 73. VOL. X. NO. 278. ROOSEVELT’S “LAST WORD” CHICAGO. June 20.—The following statement was signed and issued by Colonel Roosevelt: -■‘The time has come when I feel that I must make cer tain statements, not merely to the honestly elected members of the Republican convention, but to the rank and file of the Republican party, and to the honest people of Ihe entire nation. I went into this fight for certain great principles. At the moment I can only serve these principles by contin uing to bear the personal responsibility which their advocacy has brought me.” i wt!» CT pen pictures of teddy in action AT CHICAGO-BY IGOE COLLEGE BOY AND GIRL, 15, ELOPE IN AUTO ATHENS, GA.. June 20.' Frank idwards. a seventeen-year-old sopho nore in Emory college, and Miss Hunt tr Barnett, who is only fifteen, decided t/hat a fleeing automobile was the only proper solution of the parental edict which put a cloud over their love af fair. and they eloped from Oxford in the machine that the lad's father had given him only a few weeks ago. The secret marriage that followed has just been divulged here, where the bride returned with no word of the ro mance or the marriage certificate. The families of both boy and girl today an nounced their forgiveness. Young Edwards, who ie a son of a prominent Toccoa merchant, met Miss Barnett a year ago when he was a freshman in the University of Georgia. They were known to take long walks together and appeared at all functions together. Neither parents nor friends dreamed that they contemplated mar riage. They Eloped on a, “Little Spin.’’ At the end of the last year Edwards' parents decided that he should not re turn to the university this year. He took it very much to heart, but when Captain J. W. Barnett, father of the young woman and Athens’ city engi neer. told her that Edwards would not return she said it made no difference to her whatever and she returned quite unperturbed to her studies in the Lucy Cobb institute. Nevertheless, she was not ions in learning that young Ed vards was continuing his studies at Emory college, and a secret corre spondence between the two followed. In which they planned the elopement. Just before the, Emory commence ment Mies Barnett suddenly went on a visit to relatives in Oxford. She met Edvards the next day and accepted his invitation to an auto ride. They told friends that they were just going for a little spin. College Boys Give Their Secret Away. Instead they sped to Monroe, where they obtained a marriage license and the wedding followed at the nearest minister’s house. Just afterward young Mrs. Edwards appeared at her home quite as though nothing had happened. She said no word of the marriage, and, once Edwards kept mum also, it would probably still remain a secret but for tin fact that university students living tn Monroe told of having seen the mar. riage license. Then Mrs. Edwards confessed anti her parents scolded her and forgave her. Tite same situation came to, pass In the Edwards home, and then the young coupl", with full parental eon tent, at last entered the automobile again and hurried to Atlanta, where, as th<- bride expressed it, they went to purchase another auto for us." The Atlanta Georgian Indictment Expected In Dn Knabe Slaying; Investigation Ordered Indianapolis Woman Doctor Was Found in Her Home With Throat Cut. INDIANAPOLIS. June 20. That there mill be an indictment in the fa mous Dr. Helene Knabe murder case within three days was the statement given out today by attorneys and de tectives prosecuting the cage for the local council of women. The grand jury has begun a new in vestigation. having important wit nesses and evidence said to insure sensational indictment. Dr. Knabe was found dead in her apartments with her throat cut several months ago. ATTORNEY, ABSORBED IN NEWS FROM TEDDY, HALTS CLIENT’S TRIAL Attorney John W. Cox's intense in terest in Teddy Roosevelt threw police court into confusion today, temporarily halted the proceedings and sent a ne gro woman client into a panic. The attorney sat in the court room reading a copy of The Georgian, “all about Roosevelt and the Chicago Re publican bout." and so absorbed did he | become that he failed to hear the name |of his client when it was shouted by Recorder Pro Tern Preston. As this trial started the negress looked about in fright. "Don’t try niv now. judge." she said. ‘Tve got a lawyer and he promised he would be here to defend me. Please don't try me till he comes." Preston shouted the attorney's name while Judge Broyles stopped the trial. Attorney Cox finally glanced up from his paper to see what all the excite ment was about, apologized and put the blame on Roosevelt. MOTHER, BADLY HURT IN AUTO COLLISION SAVES HER CHILDREN SAVANNAH, GA.. June 20. Mrs. G. L Nelson is in a serious condition at Tel fair hospital as the result of an auto ac cident. Mr. and Mrs. M. r. Moorehead, with their two children and Mrs. Nelson's two children, were bruised and scratched, but not seriously Injured. The party was returning from Isle of Hope when the chauffeur lost control of thp ear. which collided with a tree. Mrs. Nelson end her two children were in the front the car with the chauffeur. See ing that'a collision was inevitable. Mrs. Nelson threw tl children into the ton neau. This probably saved them from serious injuries. When the machine struck a tree the tonneafii was ripped from the chassis, and Mrs. Nelson was thrown forward, striking on her head. She sus tained concussion of the brain. COURT HEARS PRIZE FIGHTS ARE HELD IN DECATUR ST. SALOON Recorder Broyles today ordered an in vestigation of a saloon in lower Decatur street, in which prize lights are said to have been held. "I didn’t know before that It ever be came necessary for a saloon to, conduct prize lights to entice trade,” remarked the recorder. ‘‘They certainly won't be per mitted to violate the law tn this way.” The alleged fights were brought to the notice of the court when Mrs. R. 1,. Wil son. a frail Hille woman living at 90 South Boulevard. told of the negligence of her | husband. She said he had Bpent hot three { nights at home within the past six weeks. Wilson said the only time he had spent awa? f”om bis w>fe at night was when lie I attended a light in a T>ecatur street sa loon. \\ ibon was given seven days in the I stockade. Read For Profit —GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Result? ATLANTA, GA.. THURSDAY, JUNE 20. 1912. I. R. REFUSES TO LEAVE RACE; TAFT CHIEFS SEEK THIRD MAN DOCTOR HELD IN FIGHT DN COCAINE AGENTS Vigorous war against the illegal sale of cocaine in Atlanta has been declared by the police and Recorder Broyles to rescue scores of boys, victims of the deadly drug. The first move came today in the conviction in police court of Dr. Wil liam D. Roper, proprietor of Roper’s pharmacy, at Pryor and Wall streets, against whom three young men, one of them a member of a prominent family, gave positive testimony. Judge Broyles imposed a fine of $500.75 or 30 days on Dr. Roper on the charge of violating the city cocaine law and also bound him over to the state courts in bond of $1.000.. Victim Pleads for Breaking Up of Traffic. The city charge is based on evidence that the druggist sold cocaine without inclosing it in a scarlet wrapper, while the state offense consists of the selling of the drug without a physician's pre scription. In explaining his evidence against Dr. Roper, one of the victims pleaded that the traffic in cocaine be broken up. in order that others as well as himself might be saved. The police say that the "coke" habit has made startling inroads in Atlanta, not only among negroes but among young white men. Large numbers- of boys, they sa.v. are fast being ruined by the drug. In the hope of remedying this condi tion, Police Chief Beavers has Insti tuted a searching investigation, and any druggist found selling cocaine in violation of law will be haled to police court and vigorously prosecuted. Judge Broyles declares he will back the police in this fight to the limit of his power. That he means just what he says is evidenced by the penalty meted to Druggist Roper. The police say that the cocaine habit has grown to an alarming extent among the negro race in Atlanta. So much of the drug is used that negro peddlers leap a harvest selling it. The police war will extend to the negroes, and all peddlers caught will be dealt with severely. “Coke sniffing" has be come a notorious term among the ne groes. "We intend to do our best to stop the progress of this insidious and vicious cocaine habit in Atlanta,” said Chief Beavers. "That cocaine is being sold here in great quantities there is no doubt, and wc ate going to try and find out what druggists are selling it illegal ly. Any one found violating the law will Have to pay the penalty, and that in short order. "Numbers of young men in Atlanta are being swept to ruin by the co caine habit, and we want to save them before it is too late. In order to do this, we must strike at the fountain head stop the flow of the poison. If statistics could be compiled on the havoc wrought by this drug habit, the figures would he shocking." Judge Broyles said: "Everything possible should be done in break up th<- illegal sale of cocaine in Atlanta. The habit is spreading and getting worse and worse every day. and we must curb it. Scores of our young men are in peril and we must go to t heir r<-s< tit." Eastman Girl Elopes With Old Sweetheart Jilting Groom-To-Be Bride-Elect Decides She Loves Macon Man More Than One in Dallas. MACON, GA , Junp.2o.—“Mr. Turner Is a mighty nice man. and I haven't any doubt that he would have made me a good husband, but 1 simply love Mr. Mc- Millan better than I love Mr. Turner, and so I’m glad 1 realize it in lime to marry him." That is the explanation Mrs. Carrie Belle Edwards McMillan, a bride of a day’, gives for eloping with E. C. -McMil lan, a young business man of Macon, when her marriage io Homer Lawrence Turner, of Dallas, Ga.. was scheduled to take place at the First Baptist church in Eastman next Thursday night. The marriage license was procured in Macon, but the couple heard that the young woman’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Edwards, of Eastman, had followed her here and were seeking to prevent the wedding, so they took an afternoon train to Mcßae and were united there last night. I.a st week Mr. McMillan received an invitation to attend the marriage of his former sweetheart. He immediately’ wrote Miss Edwards, wishing her much happiness, but saying that he could not attend her wedding because of his own feelings She replied to this with a let ter which showed that her former affec tion tor Mr. McMillan had not altogether died So yesterday he telegraphed her to meet him In Macon and she, packing in a suitcase the trosseau, prepared for her marriage to Mr. Turner, she came to this city. CENTRAL OF GEORGIA ASKS STATE TO PUT 0. K. ON STOCK ISSUE Attorneys for the Central of Geor j gin railroad appeared before the state ! railroad commission today, urging an i approval of a $15,000,000 stock issue recently allowed by the secretary of state. The commissioners were told that the issue, which will bring the capital ization of the railroad up to $20,000,000. was to be used to retire $15,000,000 in income bonds. The Valdosta Lighting Company has asked the commission to sanction a stock and bond issue of $600,000, to be used by the company to take over the j plant of the Consolidated Light and j Bow or tCompany. MUTINY IN TURKISH NAVY; RINGLEADERS ARE PUT TO DEATH I'ARIS. Pun* 20. Mutiny lias broken out in the Turkish navy, according to dis patches from Rome printed in the Eclaire today. These dispatches state that the bluejackets oq_the Turkish fleet, angered by the inactivity of the naval authorities, revolted. The ringleaders were arrested, taken to Constantinople in a torpedo destroyer and summarily executed. GEORGIA RED MEN END CONVENTION IN GRIFFIN GRII’TIN. GA.. June 20. The Red Mon of Georgia adjourned at noon today to meet next year at Columbus the third Wednesday In June. About 300 delegates have been present during the sessions. At 7 o'clock last night the "red lire" pa rade. led by the drum corps of the Chero kee tribe, of Atlanta, toek place. This feature was enjoyed more than any other connected with the entire .intention. Th* Red Men's recital, following the pa rade, was an event of interest. PERMANENT ORDER PLAN BOLTED BY T. RJEN CHICAGO. June 20. —There was a bolt in the committee on permanent organization of the Republican con vention today when a iecommendation that the temporary organization be come the permanent organization was adopted by a vote of 21 to 7. The seven negative voters quit the meeting. Only 28 of the 52 members were pres ent. Chairman N. E. Clayton called the committee members to order In room 1616 in the Congress hotel. The 28 members present formed a quorum. Seven members of those present rep resented the anti-Taft element. They wre “steam rollered" into submission when it came to a vote. Ira J. Copeley, Illinois member of the committee, w’as on his feet the mo ment after Governor Simeon Penne will, of Delaware, moved that the tem porary organization become the per manent one. Copeley moved that no action on per manent organization be taken by the committee until the committee on cre dentials had completed its work on the contests. There was discussion that lasted 20 minutes, during which Chairman Root was lauded by the members supporting Governor Pennewill’s motion. Then came the vote and th.' bolt. Roosevelt Loses Alabama Contest CHICAGO, June 20. —After debeating for three hours the contest of the Ninth Alabama district, the credentials committee of the Republican conven tion htoday voted down a proposition to seat the contesting Roosevelt dele gates. Then the committee seated the Taft delegates and adjourned until 2 o'clock. Tite Ninth Alabama district was one of the contests settled by the Republi can national committee in favor of Taft that called forth a stinging state ment from Theodore Roosevelt, who said it was nothing better than theft. Tite vote against Hie motion to seat the Roosevelt men. whirl! was offered as a substitute motion or one to seat the Taft delegates, was voted down 34 to 14. When the original motion, that to seat the delegates who had been put on tite roll by the national committee, came up, the Roosevelt men lost one vote. The count was 34 to 13. Robert R. MeCotmick, of Illinois, did not vote. All Alabama Contests for Taft. Aft*r the Ninth Alabama contest had been ended, a motion to seat the other Taft delegates in the state that had been contested before the national committee was made. It was carried, the Roosevelt men having only the contest from the Ninth district in the Continued on Psoe Two. COLISEUM. CHICAGO. June 20.—Colonel Roosevelt, al though beaten twice in the Republican convention, is in the tight to stay. So is President Taft. Both issued emphatic statements to this effect today. Col onel Roosevelt gave out his statement to crush rumors I hat he had released his delegates to Governor Hadley. The colonel said : “I wpnt into the fight for certain great principles. At th* 1 present I can only serve these principles by continuing to bear the personal responsibility which their advocacy has brought me.” ’ '■ Although from Washington came the word that tn numerous supporters who had called upon the president to assure him of their continued support he had given the positive assurance that he would not quit the fight, and expressed utmost confidence that he would be nominated, the Taft leaders here were casting about for a compromise candidate. Sen ator Cummins was most mention ed as the third candidate. From Roosevelt headquarters, through Governor Hadley. Fame the word that the fight would be continued along the lines alredy begun. Bolt in Permanent Organization Committee. The third day's session of the con vention began at noon, but was ad journed within four minutes until 4 o'clock this afternoon to allow the credentials committee to complete Its report. Although the bolting members of the credentials committee returned to the committee this morning to renew the fight under the modified rules of the committee, the determination of the Roosevelt forces to bolt the national convention was unmistakable. They fought hard against the steam roller. The Roosevelt supporters on the mittee on permanent organization bolt ed when- a recommendation that the temporary organization become the permanent organization was adopted by a vote of 21 to 7 The seven nega tive votes quit the meeting. Only 28 of the 52 members of the committee were present. Thousands Storm Convention Hall. Attracted by the prespects of the fireworks predicted in the morning pam pers. thousands today stormed the Coli seum in an effort to gain admittance for the third day's session of the Re publican national convention. Jams about doors were terrific, many persons standing in line for more than two hours. As the rumor gradually spread through the crowd that the conven tion would adjourn soon after it con vened until 4 o'clock, there were disap pointed murmurs. Many of those who had been standing in the glare of the blazing sun for more than one hour turned and went away. To add to the confusion the assistant sergeants-at-arms were forced to enter into a single doorway over which Hie sweating doormen presided, while offi cers were stationed to keep them from crowding too fast. The sergeants did not get in in time to handle the crowd. Chairman Root called the convention to order at 12:02 o'clock. Rev Dean Walter T. Sumner asked the Invoca tion His prayer was very short. It follows in part: "Almighty God. bless this convention grant to its members self restraint, cool Judgment and wisdom that their de liberations may bring to the nation civic righteousness and liberty." Immediately after the invocation was HOHL ipition 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE £ A O Y RE NO Taft Says He Will Not Quit, But Compr o m i s e Talk Grows, With Cummins Favored. Convention Meets and Adjourns to Await Credentials Report. Bolt Ordered b y Roosevelt Expected Today. asked. Delegate-at-large Watson, of Indiana, was recognized and moved a recess until 4 o’clock this afternoon. The motion was carried on a viva voce vote, and within four minutes after the delegates and spectators had com pleted the fight to get into the hall they were filing out again. Watson's motion was: "Since the credentials- committee is not yet ready to report and we can not proceed with, our business until the report is received. I move that the con. vention take a recess until 4 o'clock.” The motion was put and carried with out dissent. It was part of a program agreed to before the session was called to order. Just as the convention was called t. 5 order rumors of various sorts regarding withdrawals of the principal candi dates and efforts to unit* on comprom ise candidates were rife. Denials from Roosevelt leaders that he had released his delegates: a signed statement from the former president that his hat was still In the ring: announcement of a war council of Roosevelt delegate lead ers added to the general uncertainty. Spectator and Delegates Remain. Instead of rushing from the conven tion hall the delegates stood in little groups talking Interestingly of the sit uation. On the platform the partv lead ers gathered and discussed the same questions that the delegates were de bating. That the crux of the fight had come was evident. Delegates and spectators alike wer • evidently prepared for some unexpect ed and unusual events when the ses sion should reconvene at 4 o'clock this afternoon Hardly had any of the women In the boxes left their places. The band in its higli gallery at the north end of the hall furnished a special program, while the hum of conversation float ed up to th?m from the floor below . The visitors were evidently as much Inter ested in the show with the delegates conferring among themselves as llui had been when the convention Itself was under way. Fifteen minutes after the convention adjourned less than a tenth of the dele gate's had left the floor. In’ the galleries many of the visitors having brought their lunches with them eamped patiently, evidently deter mined to wait until the session stalled again A desperate situation faced the Re publican national convention when Chairman Root called it to order at 11 o'clock this morning. Colonel Roosevelt, during the early hours of the morning, Glad issued final orders to his to bolt if the convention roll is not Immediately purged of the 78 "stolen" Taft dele gates. The Taft wing, in alarm at the pros pect of tite inevitable splitting and pos sible total destruction o's the party, had hurriedly begun plans to avert the dis aster by withdrawing the president • name in favor of a compromise candi date. thus to spate the organization ami al ihe same tiim crush Roose velt. The Roosevelt forces, beaten for »