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THE WEATHER
or Atlanta and Georgia: Fair and
cooler today; fair tomorrow.
VOL. X. NO. 278.
COLLEGE BOY
WGIRL.IS,
ELOPE II
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They Flee in Machine Father
Gave Lad, and Are Secretly
Married.
DAUGHTER OF CITY
ENGINEER OF ATHENS
Both Finally Forgiven by As
tonished Parents—Buy New
• Car in Atlanta.
ATHENS. GA„ June 20.—Frank
Edwards, a seventeen-year-old sopho
more in Emory college, and Miss Hunt,
er Barnett, who is only fifteen, decided
that 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 is 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 long in learning that young Ed
wards 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-,
rnent Miss Barnett suddenly went on a
visit to relatives In Oxford. She met
Edwards 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,
since Edwards kept mum also, it would
probably still remain a secret but for
the fact that university students living
in Monroe told of having seen the mar
riage license.
Then Mrs. Edwards confessed and
her parents scolded her and forgave
her The same situation came to pass
In the Edwards home, and then the
young couple, with full parental con
sent, at last entered the automobile
again and hurried to Atlanta, where, as
the bride expressed it, they went to
purchase another auto “for us.”
KITCHIN-SIMMONS FIGHT
’ CENTERING AT CHARLOTTE
CHARLOTTE. N. C., June 20.—The cen-
> ter of the Kltchin-Slmmons fight for the
United States senatorship from North
Carolina will be waged around Mecklen
burg county.
The candidacy of Governor W. W.
Kitehin. who Is completing his first term
as governor is now well established and
both men have the state thoroughly or
ganized by their followers.
The main fight on Senator Simmons, the
incumbent, as alleged by the opposition.
Is that he has departed from the old and
tried ways of Democracy and has leaned
mo strongly towards high tariff and Re
publicanism.
Chief Justice Walter Clark, of the state
supreme court, is the third candidate In
the race
TRAIN DISPATCHERS
PROTEST 8-HOUR LAW
[.ml ISVILLE KY„ June 20:—The
Xstlonal Association of Train Dls
> Hchers. in session here, appointed a
( ‘,immlttee to go to Washington to pro
,, st against the passage of the bill
, | ending before congress which says
• hat no employee of a railroad can
y ndb- messages more than eight hours
i ,L rJ .| v-fmir. The present law, with
~ ten-hour lay-over after a maxlniuin
m sixteen hours work, Is satisfactory,
they say. ,
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results
ROOSEVELT IS
OUT OF IT,
M’KINLEY
SAYS
Yesterday’s Defeat Eliminates
Oyster Bay Candidate, Says
Taft’s Manager.
THIRD-TERM ASPIRATIONS
HAVE BEEN REPUDIATED
Predicts Certain Triumph of
the President, With Increas
ing Strength.
CHICAGO, June 20. —With the asser
tion that "It's all over but the shout
ing,” Congressman McKinley. Taft’s
campaign manager, gave out the fol
lowing statement:
"President Taft will be renominated
by the national Republican convention
now in session in Chicago.
"Theodore Roosevelt has been elim- 1
inated as a candidate before the con
vention. Two test votes, one Tues
day and another forced by his leaders
yesterday, have demonstrated that he
can not be nominated. The delegates
have repudiated his third-term preten
sions. His managers have resorted to
every known method of political strat
egy, but without success. They have
attempted combinations with other
candidates, they have adroitly present
ed unfair and revolutionary plans of
procedure under the pretense of hon
esty. and they have endeavored by
every means to make Taft delegates
break their solemn pledges and instruc
tions. In the face of these desperate
efforts, the Taft column has steadily
grown.
“The Roosevelt followers, knowing
that their candidate can never get
enough votes to give him a majority of
the convention, are now seeking in
hopeless and discouraged fashion for
another leader. Their search will be in
vain. President Taft’s demonstrated
majority in the convention represents
delegates who have come to Chicago
determined to renominate him and they
will not be swerved from that purpose.
They have shown their loyalty and de
votion to the president upon two test
votes, and their solidity was not In the
least affected by a deliberate but futile
attempt to stampede the convention
through a carefully planned demonstra
tion. They gave their answer to that
demonstration by casting more votes
than they did Tuesday. They have
shown that they propose to remain with
the president until his renominatjon is
an accomplished fact, and they will re
ceive accessions to their ranks from
those who have been temporarily car
ried away by a noisy, blustery, brag
gadocio campaign. The balloonlike
character of that campaign has been
twice punctured by decisive majority
votes,”
NO “KEEP-OFF-GRASS’’
SIGNS IN CITY PARKS;
GO WHERE YOU LIKE
"The parks are for the people; not
the people for the parks," said Dan
Carey, park manager, today.
“There will be no more ‘Keep off
the Grass' signs in Atlanta parks.
What’s grass for if people can't stroll
on It, lie on it, enjoy it. People don't
hurt grass unless there is unusually
heavy passage over it, and even if a
plot is ruined, it will grow again next
year.
"This isn't peculiar to Atlanta. The
‘Keep off the Grass’ signs are going
into the scrap pile all over the coun
try. Park commissioners are realizing
that recreation draws people to the
parks. The playground feature is be
ing emphasized, not the artistic. The
people want recreation, not soul uplift.
If they attain souPuplift it will be only
through recreation.”
Mr. Carey’s order that "spooners”
should not be molested further, that
seats for two should be placed in cozy
spots and away from the lights, and
that holding hands should not consti
tute a misdemeanor, was told in The
Georgian several days ago. He stoutly
defended his position today.
“Why shouldn’t the parks encourage
courtship?" he asked. “This is a big
city now. It has hundreds and thou
sands of girls who have no place to be
courted except the boarding house par
lor. with everybody rubbering, or the
parks. Why shouldn’t young fellows
court their girls In the parks?
"We used to have a couple arrested
If we caught them kissing or holding
hands. In future they may kiss all
they like, but we’ll arrest the man who
spies ou them."
ATLANTA, GA.. THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1912.
New Clew Found in
Dn Knabe Killing:
Indictment Coming
r~
INDIANAPOLIS, June 20.—That
there will 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- I
tectives prosecuting the case 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 j
found dead In her apartments with j
her throat cut several-months ago.
GLEEFUL YOUNGSTERS
SWARM PLAYGROUNDS;
ARMY IS UNLEASHED
Atlanta’s young citizenry is giving
full play-to legs and laughter today, for
all the playgrounds of the city are open
and inviting.
And that accounts for the sudden,
sharp shriek which hit the air yester
day. It was not an incoming locomo
tive or the opening of a new factory
but the voice of a juvenile army un
leashed.
Across the green coverings of tin
several parks the children are rolling
and rollicking. Each favorite haunt of
last year is being sought. There was a.
pirate cave perhaps where young Cap
tain Kidd, of Atlanta, was wont to hold
forth. He probably will be on hand
again looking “blood-thirstier” than
ever.
Little splotches of water, which are
sometimes called lakes, are serving as
scenarios for new battles of Manila
and Santiago. The Russian fleet came
from its hiding place this morning at
Piedmont park and with one sweep
drove the forces of the German emper
or on the rocks. The czar's sailors
then turned their attentions to the
United States dreadnought and strange
enough was getting much the better of
the fight when reinforcements from
land came in the form of a huge rock
tossed into the water.
New swings have been erected at
several playgrounds and tire children
are taking every advantage of them.
They also find huge delight on the jog
gling board—it being a particularly
dexterous thing when one with bare
feet is able to stand in the middle while
the joggling is going on.
Baseball also is a favorite—but the
lads and lassies are not crying for any
I particular kind of occupation, for one
I serves about as w ell as the other. Tint
are simply glad all over that sunimr r
is really here,
COUNCIL URGES ACT
DEEDING LAKEWOOD
FOR EXPOSITION SITE
The city council will meet this after
noon in special session to consider a num-
I ber of proposed charter amendments of
fered by the special committee which met
yesterday afternoon. Several amend
ments will be recommended, among them
one to enable the city to deed Lakewood
park to a private corporation in order
that buildings may be erected for an in
dustrial exposition. The people will he
given a vote on the bond issue contem
plated.
A board of appeals to»protect tax-payers
against unfair assessments, a city license
tax. on locker clubs and police control of
hotels and rooming houses were provided
for in amendments recommended by the
committee.
The council resolution calling for a re
duction in board members was not acted
upon.
BISHOP REFUSES TO
WEAR WHITE RIBBON
TEMPERANCE BADGE
VALDOSTA. GA., June 20. —While
Bishop Warren A. Candler was in Val
dosta attending the South Georgia Ep
worth league conference some ladies of
the Woman's Christian Temperance
union sent him a white ribbon temper
ance badge, asking him to wear it. He
refused to do so, replying that he did
not think it quite proper for a bishop
to “go about tagged," adding that he
did not think anybody would doubt
how he stood on the temperance ques
tion.
PUBLIC INQUIRY fFxES
BLAME FOR BAD WRECK
MACON, GA.. June 20.—The result of
the first public inquiry ever conducted
by the Central of Georgia railroad into
the causes of a w reck has been made
public,■ with regard to the wreck at
Everetts last week, in which nineteen
were injured and one killed. The in
vestigation was conducted openly by a
board composed equally of citizens of
Fort Valley and Macon and railroad
officials.
The conclusion reached is that the
crew of a freight train was negligent
in leaving 22 coal ears on a side track
from which they were shoved by an
other freight on the main track in the
way of the pasesnger which was
wrecked.
TO REBUILD ORPHANAGE.
—MACON. GA.. June 20.—Public-spir
ited citizens of Macon have already
subscribed a considerable sum, and
more contributions are being received,
for the Hephzibah orphanage home in
Vineville, which was destroyed by fire
Tuesday night at a. loss 0f,512,000. This
home housed mole than 100 children.
TO TEACH AT LAWRENCEVILLE.
CRAWFORDVILLE. GA. June 20.
Professor H. H. Ezzard, wiio has been
superintendent of Stephen- High school
for the past year and who has h' < n re
elected for the coming year, has re
signed to take charge of the school at
Lawrenceville, Ga.
T. R. ORDERS BOLT;
GENERALS QUIT HIM
ROOSEVELT’S DOUBLE
PERTURBS CHICAGO
// WE&i ’ Sdk \\
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KLVS efttvtce \
John N. Keyes, of Melrost
Colonel Roosevelt in America, >
mous Teddy grin. Mr. Keyes is
watching the people get excite
keecomes
BAGKATfELTON
Heads of Rival Electric Corpo
rations at Macon Engage in
Lively Controversy.
MACON, GA., June 20.—There is the
liveliest sort of a personal controversy
on between W. J. Massee, former pres
ident of the Macon railway, and Judge
W. H, Felton, who succeeded him.
In a signed published statement, Mr.
Massee has charged Judge Felton with
receiving fees from coroprations while
on the bench of the Bibb superior court,
which office he held for seventeen
years, until he resigned two months
ago. Mr. Massee also declares that
Judge Felton made a false statement
about the new Massee electric compa
ny, and “knew it was absolutely false
when he made it.”
The controversy was precipitated
when Judge Felton, in a letter to the
mayor and council, referred in stinging
terms to Mr. Masseo’s effort to secure
the city lighting contract for his new
company, saying that Mr. Massie’s at
titude was unethical and susceptible of
criticism and various interpretations.
Mr. Massee has offered to give the city
its lights at a saving of $15,000 annu
ally, and council has decided to allow
the citizens to vote on the question,
saying whether bids for a five-year
contract shall be asked for.
BOARD OF FORMED.
BRUNSWICK, GA June 20.—The
Brum wl-ck Board of Trade has been
organized with 50 members. The board
will have a paid secretary. Before the
end of the present month it is expected
the membership will be increased to
100. Officrs will be named at a meet
ing to be held next week.
ROAD BONDS RECOMMENDED.
BRUNSWICK. GA., June 20.—The
Glynn county grand jury has recom
mended a bond Issm of sloo.<mo for
the improvement of roads of Glynn
county.
■. Mass., the only double of
bowing his imitation of the fa
having the time of his life
•d as he goes about Chicago.
Cheers for Massachusetts Man
f
Made Up Like Teddy When
He Attends Ball Game.
By CHARLES DRYDEN.
CHICAGO. June 20.—There was a
double-barreled joke unloaded on the
South Side the other day. The White
Sox fired one of them and John M.
Keyes bulged into the public eye. He
is the only double of Theodore Roose
velt now at large, and his arrival at the
ball park caused a tremendous crack
ing of necks,
Made up to look like the colonel,
even to the rope on his eyeglasses, John
M. came in late with a bunch of badge
wearers and took a seat back of the
Boston dugout.
Prominent citizens from various parts
of the stand left their roosts to call on
the fake Teddy. The Boston players
rolled out of the dugout to gaze at the
great man and for the rest of the after
noon the Blaine club, huddled behind
the home coop, was a dead one.
Proud advocates of the anti-race sui
cide Idea brought their offspring up to
shake hands with Teddy. Every little
while Mr. Keyes arose, bared his head
and teeth and nulled the Roosevelt
smile, which is visible at a distance of
one city block.
When John Collins came to bat in
the second the fake Teddy tipped his
mitt and aroused the suspicion of the
press coop inmates. Keyes Is from
Melrose, Mass., and h? cheered f’ollins,
who hails from near by.
A reporter who had trailed Roosevelt
the previous day and brushed close up
was *nt down to investigate Tim
scribe cante back after a close scrutiny
and said he was stumnori He couldn't
tell.
When Keyes went away In the
eighth inning the crowd got up and
cheered him.
WILL OPPOSE VOUCHERS
FOR MACON ALDERMAN
MACON, GA., June 20.- Following
the recent disclosure that, in direct
violation of the city charter, three al
dermen have been "trading with the city
to the extent of thousands of dollars,
Aiderman P. L. Hay has announced
publicly that at the next meeting of
council he will denounce this practice
and oppose the payment of several
vouchers now pending in favor w of three
members of council who have sold
goods to the city.
President’s Forces, Skirmishing for a
Compromise Candidate, Pick Cum
mins as Man to Unite Party—Walk
out of Roosevelt Men Due Today.
COLISEUM. CHICAGO. June 20.—A desperate situation
faced the Republican national convention when Chairman Root
called it to order at 11 o’clock this morning.
Colonel Roosevelt, during the early hours of th? morning,
had issued final orders to his followers to bolt if the convention
roll is not immediately purged of 78 “stolen” Taft delegates.
The Taft wing, in alarm at the prospect of the inevitable
splitting and »possible total destruction of the party, had hur
riedly begun plans to avert-the disaster by withdrawing the
president's name in favor of a compromise candidate, thus to
spare the organization and at the same time crush Roosevelt.
The Roosevelt forces, beaten
for a second time yesterday, and
feeling the sting of the words of
the colonel that they would no
longer recognize the authority of
the convention as organized, with
“stolen” delegates, but would
take mailers into their own hands
and hold their own convention
if they had the courage of their
convictions, assembled with the
evident determination to make
today the fateful day for their
political fortunes, and the long
threatened break in the conven
tion appeared to be only a short
while away when the gavel
sounded.
To further involve the situation,
.there was evidence of serious disaffec
tion in the Roosevelt camp. The col
onel and Governor Hadley, of Missouri,
bad parted in anger during a confer
ence following the bolt in the creden
tials committee last night, and Senator
Dixon had also incurred the colonel’s
displeasure by his hesitancy to become
irregular.
That the program for the "regulars,"
anti-Roosevelt. had shifted from a de
termination to renominate President
Taft to a plan to unite both factions
on another candidate, a progressive
man whom the Roosevelt forces could
not refuse to support, was apparent.
That Senator Cummins, of lowa, was
’the man selected for the support of the
Taft forces was apparent.
Crane ‘ ‘ Feeling Out ’ ’
Cummins’ Availability.
The chief of the Taft “peace delega
tion” was Murray Crane, senator from
Massachusetts, and the man he picked
for the compromise candidate was Al
bert M. Cummins, senator from lowa.
A three-hour conference was Held by
Crane and Senator Kenyon, of lowa,
| tlie ’Cummins commander-in-chief.
This ended early in the day and at that
time Senator Crane stated that the two
had discussed replacing Taft with
Cummins before the convention and
that there was good reason to believe
that the factional controversy would
be settled.
A great part of the discussion was
given up to the platform that Cum
mins would insist upon. Senator Ken
yon made it plain that Cummins would
demand a progressive platform con
taining no planks favoring reactionary
methods or measures.
Senator Kenyon pleased the Taft
leader when he said that Cummins was
not In favor of the recall of judges
either in the manner advocated by
Roosevelt or In any other form. He
was. however, said Kenyon, an advo
cate of the initiative and referendum.
After Kenyon and Crane separated a
caucus of the lowa delegation was
called to reach a definite decision as to
the platform to be put forward. John
McVfcars, one of Cummins’ chief ad
viers, said later:
"If Senator Cummins should prove
acceptable to the Taft followers as a
compromise candidate the Roosevelt
wing of the party can not possibly re
fuse to support him because his pro
gressiveness has to be admitted by all.”
Hadley Boom
Growing, Too.
Senator Crane of Massachusetts
called a meeting of his state delega
tion at 10:30 o’clock. The Massachu
setts delegates had heard that Presi
dent Taft has notified Crane that the
president's name will be withdrawn as
soon as she Roosevelt bolt becomes an
accomplished fact and the administra
tion forces have beaten the ex-presl
dent.
While the Cummins boom was grow*.
ing. however, there was strong under
current of feeling that Governor Had
ley of Missouri was "the man of the
hour.” Many pointed to yesterday's
demonstration at the convention as
proof that the "show-me” statesman
could evxcite the enthusiasm of the Re.
publicans, a thing absolutely necessary
if the Democratic candidate were to be
1 beaten this year.
Reports that Hadley had warned
tXTRA
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE MORB°
Colonel Roosevelt that he would not
consider bolting- the convention gave
him standing among the tank and file
of the Taft delegates, who were strong
ly impressed by the governor's general
ship in the convention, though beaten.
Rumors emanating from the ’ Taft
camp were that Hadley would be of
fered the vice presidential nomination
in the original Taft program were
adhereed to and the president were re
nominated.
T. R. Orders Bolt If
Ultimatum Is Ignored.
Theodore Roosevelt early this morn
ing instructed his followers to bolt ths
Republican national convention unless
the Taft forces grant his final demand
to forbid the Taft Instructed delegates
California. Washington, Texas and Ari
zona from voting in the further pro
ceedings of the convention.
When the Taft delegates awoke they
found that active preparations were un
der way for a second convention to be
held at Orchestra hall in Michigan ave
nue. Colonel Roosevelt had instruct
ed his men to waste no more time, but
to proved to business as soon as the
Taft people had rejected his final ulti
matum.
The threat of the bolt did not affect
the feelings of rfe Taft men to any
marked degree. They received cheer
ing news through “underground”
sources frorh the Roosevelt camp that
there was a mutiny in the colAnel’s
camp, and that some of his chief lead
ers would refuse to follow him Into a
second convention.
The Taft men declared that Senator
Borah, of Idaho, Governor Hadley, of
Missouri, and the Illinois leaders would
not countenance a bolt.
The big bolt was forecasted when
twelve Roosevelt members of the cre
dentials committee walked out of the
meeting of that body last night in pro
test against a “gag" rule presented by-
James A. Hemenway, of Indiana. These
men were: 1
Francis J. Heney, California; Mau
rice L. Galvin. Kansas: Lex N. Mitch
ell, Pennsylvania; Jesse M. Libby,
Maine; Edward C. Carrington, Jr.,
Maryland; H. T. Halbert, Minnesota;
H. E. Sackett. Nebraska; C. H. Cowles.
North Carolina; John J. Sullivan, Ohio;
A. D. Swift, Oregon; Daniel Norton.
Oklahoma; S. X. Ray, South Dakota.
Four men listed in the Roosevelt
ranks remained, but voted against the
rule, though it had been amended.
These were: Clency St. Clair, Idaho;
Robert R. McCormick, Illinois; W. S.
Lauder. North Dakota; John N. Early,
Tennessee.
Straight Talk From
T. R. to Friends.
Immediately after the credentials
committee bolt Colonel Roosevelt called
a meeting of his followers at the head
quarters in the Congress and there is
sued his order for a bolt.
“My friends, I want especially to ad
dress the delegates to this convention.”
said the colonel. "Now, gentlemen. 1
am speaking to you as a man whom
some of you have done the honor to
say you wish to nominate for the presi
dent of the United States.
“When I went ito the race four
months ago 1 made an appeal to the
people to the best of my ability. I made
the fight squarely. I said that if the
people went against me I would have
nothing to say, but if the corporations
tried to trick me out of the nomination
I would have a great deal to say.
“I w'ent before the people and I won.
and now the national committee has
made a majority against me «out of
delegates that were never elected at all.
They are trying to cheat me out of the
nomination.
“As far as I am concerned this makes
no difference, it is not me that they
are cheating It is the people that they
are cheating—the rank and file of the
Republican party. I have not tried to
inlluence you. I wanted to let you de
cide what you would do, but I am
going to give you my advice.
“Governor Dcneen introduced a very
moderate resolution, more moderate
than I personally would have approv
ed of. It was directed against four
flagrant cases. It asked that the dele
gates of four states— California* Wash.-,