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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 m 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 \\ \V 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.-,