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VOL. X. NO. 281.
SENTENCE OF
YEH l« JUL
FDR Sffl'L
GDMPEHS
Head of Labor Federation,
Morrison and Mitchell Are
Guilty of Contempt.
WASHINGTON. June "4.—Justice
Wright of the District supreme court
today found Samuel Gompers, Frank
Morrison and John Mitchell, of the
American Federation of Labor, in con
tempt of court for violating an injunc
tion Issued against the boycott in the
Bucks Stove and Range Company’s
case.
Gompers was sentenced tn twelve
months in jail and Morrison to six
months.
Mitchell was not sentenced as he
was not in court.
Counsel for the defendants filed an
appeal to the district court of appeals
and they were released on bond.
Justice Bitterly
Denounces Defendants.
Justice Wright read a bitter de
nunciation of the labor leaders, and
declared the American Federation of
Labor designedly suppressed the truth
of the situation "in its fight against the
stove company.” The “unfair” list and
the “we don’t patronize” list merely
were synonyms of “boycott,” he ruled.
Taking up the question of defiance
of the respondents to the court’s decree,
Justice Wright stated they constituted
themselves Into a tribunal to defy the
legality of the court's orders, for the
purpose of carrying out their own de
signs in the campaign in question. He
cited the expression “go to with
your injunction” in one of Gompers' ut
terances to demonstrate the defiance of
the labor leaders, and declared Gom
pers’ "hostility to the court” and “rev
olutionary determination” further
emphasized by a speech he made at
the Jamestown exposition.
Editorials in The Federationist, the
decision said, further carried out the
design of the officials. These appeared
In January and February, 1908.
Cites Statements
Os Mitchell, Too.
Justice Wright also read excerpts
frbm speeches and statements from
Vice President Mitchell, wherein the
latter expressed his attitude toward the
court and Injunctions, one statement
being.
‘Tf a judge «an enjoin me from ex
ercising the right of free speech, I
should feel compelled to exercise my
constitutional liberty.”
The labor men twice were tried. They
were adjudged guilty on the first trial,
and Gompers was sentenced to a year,
Mitchell to nine months and Morrison
to six months in jail.
The United States supreme court re
versed the sentence on the plea that the
proceedings had been Improperly insti
tuted. The District supreme court im
mediately set a toot a new contempt
proceedings.
Gompers and Morrison were in court
and smiled at the bitter words of Jus
tice Wright.
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FROM POCKET AT TYBEE
SAVANNAH, GA., June 24.—C. E.
Stewart, of Atlanta, representing the
Underwriters Salvage Company and In
charge of the adjustment of the fire
losses from the. recent cotton conflagra
tion on the Atlanta Coast Line wharves,
reports the loss of SSO while returning
from Tybee last night.
Stewart missed the money after he
boarded a train at Tybee. Hr had it
when he came out of th» surf and
when he started for the train he had
to push his way through a dense crowd
to reach the platform. After boarding
the train he felt in his pocket and the
money was gone. That the money was
taken out of his pockets while boarding
the train. Stewart feels certain.
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Atlanta Georgian
Will Print the Best and Most Complete Accounts
of the Democratic Convention at Baltimore,
which will be reported by a large staff of political and
other writers, among whom will be
Arthur Brisbane, John Temple Graves,
Elbert Hubbard, Justin McGrath,
Alfred Henry Lewis, Bruno Lessing.
In addition, a womans view of the convention will
he written by the great authoress. GERTRUDE ATHER
TON.
Illustrations. portraits and cartoons will be tfrawn
l>v Thi' Georgian’s large staff of artists, including Toni
Powers. Tad. Igoe and others.
The Atlanta Georgian
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GIRLS TRYING
TO SHE PET
BITTEN 8Y
MSB DOG
Two Victims Are Rushed From
Dublin to Atlanta for the
Pasteur Treatment.
A record automobile ride and the
Pasteur treatment for hydrophobia
probably saved the lives today of Miss
Julia Ernest and Miss Frances Mc-
Geckin. two young women of Dublin.
Ga., who were rushed to Atlanta after
they had been attacked and bitten by a
mad dog.
The two girls were at the poin* of
collapse from shock and the pain of
their wounds when they were hurried
from the 9g£iin to the institute after
their 160-mile race against death from
Dublin, but the institute physicians said
they had been given the treatment in
time, though not an hour too soon, and
both of them were told that they would
recover.
Miss Frances McGecken, daugh
ter of R. B. M'cGecken, an architect,
was taking her blooded collie for an
airing in Stubbs park at Dublin, when
a hound, with a piece of broken rope
dangling from his neck, suddenly leaped
out from a clump of bushes and sprang
upon the collie. Miss McGecken, In a
brave effort to protect her pet, sought
to drive away the frothing animal with
a small whip she carried. The hound
jumped upon her and fastened his
fangs in her arm.
At this moment Miss Ernest, who had
been walking with her friend, ran to
Miss McGecken’s assistance with a
small branch which she had picked up.
The Infuriated hound bit her again and
againfi mangling her wrist frightfully.
Both Victims
Near Collapse.
The mad dog sprang away into the
woods just as Policeman John Tomp
kins arrived upon the Scene. Tomp
kins took the two young women to their
homes and doctors were summoned, for
both were already upon the point of
collapse. The physicians advised that
both victims be sent to the Atlanta
Pasteur institute as the only means of
saving their lives.
They started immediatley for the sta
tion at Tennille, 40 miles away, in an
automobile, and by pushing the
machine to the utmost the chauffeur
succeeded in reaching the station there
just as the train for Atlanta was pull
ing in. The two youTig women were
taken into a compartment in the Pull
man and friends attended them until
they arrived in Atlanta, when they -were
taken to the Pasteur laboratory of the
state board of health at the capital and
given treatment. They will remain
here under treatment a week or longer.
The dog was shot bv a young son of
Sidney Smith, a mile from the scene, an
hour after it bit the young r -■men. Its
head was boxed and sent to th. Pasteur
institute here for examination.
WOMAN’S JIU JITSU
GRIP HOLDS BOARDER
UNTIL POLICE COME
Mrs. J. Brandenberg. proprietor of
the Fairlie house, in Fairlie street, near
the postoffice, told Recorder Broyles to
day how she obtained a jiu jitsu hold on
R. J. Faulk, a guest, yesterday and pre
vented him from fleeing and leaving an
unpaid board bill of $73, holding him
fast until the arrival of Policeman
Mitchell.
”1 don’t pose as an expert athlete,”
said Mrs. Brandenberg. “but I do know
how to hold a boarder for the police
and prevent him from beating me.”
Faulk explained to the court that he
was leaving the house simply because
he was scared. He said there was so
much fussing about the place that he
though* he would feel safer elsewhere.
He was fined $10.75. A warrant has
been sworn out against him for the
board bill.
BRYANS CHALLENGE.
"If if becomes necessary, in
order to defeat tliez.’react ion
apies as represented by Mr.
Parker. I will myself become a
candidate for the temporary
chairmanship. I will fight on
the Hoor of the convention, not
before the national committee.”
Ten Thousand to Join in Demonstration
MONSTER PARADE FOR CLARK
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Champ Clark, of Missouri, speaker of the house of represenlatives of the I nited States, who
is the foremost candidate for the Democratic nomination for president.
Husband, Accused of
Neglecting Sick Wife,
Shoots Father-in-Law
ATHENS. GA.. June 24. —< .'ouncilman
A. H. Richards was shot by his son-in
law, J. H. Potter, today In front of his
own residence and may die at any min
ute.
Mrs. Potter, daughter of' Mr. Rich
ards, stave birth to a son about nine
days ago. Potter, after the shooting,
said that Ills father-in-law, Council
man Richards, accused him of neglect
ing his wife and advanced on him with
a brick, when he (Potter) drew his gun
and fired three times at his legs. Mr.
Richards, however, was hit higher in
the body. After an operation the doc
tors could not say whether or not he
would live.
On account of lhe prominence of the
family the shooting is attracting wide
attention.
FAMbUS WARRIOR DIES.
IXJNDON, June 24 Held Marshal
Sir George Stuart White, defendei of
Ead.Vsmlth in the Boer war. died to
day, aged 77. Sir George served In In
dia. and went through the Indian mu
tiny. He was the recipient of many
medals for bravery.
ATLANTA. (IA.. MONDAY. JUNE 24. 1912.
BRYAN ENTERS RACE
TO DEFEAT PARKER
“Holin’ Dawg” Clubs and Dele
gation Plan to Boost Enthu
siasm for Speaker.
BALTIMORE. June 24, A monster
demonstration for champ Clark, the
Missouri candidate for the Democratic
presidential nomination, has been
planned for tomorrow by his support
ers here The demonstration will take
the form of a parade, in which, it was
asserted today, fully 10jui0 persons will
be in line The parade will wind up at
the convention hall a short time before
the convention is called to order.
The parade will form in four divi
sions. At the head of each division 28
boys representing the National Champ
Clark association, of Washington. I».
will march Each boy will carry a
banner representing a state pledged to
< 'la rk.
Delegations of 225 men from Kansas
City, 200 from Pittsburg. 250 from the
St. Louis "Holin' Dawg club.” 450 from
Boston and 500 from Chicago will
ma i eh.
E. S. Kelso. of Kansas City, is in
charge of plans for the parade.
“If Champ Clark, of Missouri, gains
much on the second ballot, he will be
nominated." declared Thomas Little, a
Mu'viand delegate .today "Wi arc all
waiting to see what New York will do
If New York goes for Clark he is nomi-
Continusd on Pajje Two.
Forget Vacation if
You Have Io Leave
Your Grocer Unpaid
c H |i'A< ;< i. June 24 The thirteenth
annual notice, which has been inserted
in a newspaper of Oik Park, a west
side suburb, appealing to residents not
to forget to pay their grocer. meat and
oilier hills before they leave on va
cations, appeared today.
The proclamation has been publish
ed for thirteen years by the Rev Wil
liam E. Burton, pastor of the Hist Con
grogitional church and chairman of
the pastors union. The statement de
clares that one should not think of tak
ing a vacation, if by «> doing any
other person Is deprived of the means
of taking an outing He furthermore
calls upon all who are able to provide
Hie means for at. least one needy per
son in the city’s congested district to
take a short country trip.
HANGS SELF IN PRISON.
CHARLOTTE, N. C„ June 24. -('sing
a trouser leg as a hangman's noose,
Tom Adams, a 23-year-old negro, end
ed Ills career in a cell at police head
quarters shortly after being arrested.
Adams not only choked, but his neck
was broken, although the cell was less
than seven feet high. The negro bad
made a like effort to end his life about
two years ago while oi.fined in a near
by cell.
Declines to Go Before Committee, But
May Take Fight to Convention Floor.
Peace Envoys Sent to Him and
Parker in Hope of Avoiding a Clash.
National Committee Holds Short Secret Session,
Barring Even Newspaper Men-Clark Boost
ers Fill Bal ti more—Other Booms Under Way.
No Steam Roller, Say Illinois Contestants.
BALITMORE. .lune 24.—Because of the hitter partisanship
that grew out ot the fifrhl over the recommendation for the tem
porary chairmanship <>t the Democratic national convention, the
national committee adjourned this afternoon without taking a
vote. The adjournment followed the report, of the sub-commit
tee on arrangements, recommending Alton B. Parker, of Xew
York for the place, and a statement from Committeeman P. L.
Hall, ot Nebraska, that if Parker were chosen by the committee
William Jennings Bryan would fight the election in the conven
tion itself. Hall and Norman E. Mack, chairman of the national
committee, were named as a special peace committee to discuss
Ihe situation and effect harmony.
While the national committee was in session Bryan annoueed
that he would lead a fight against Parker on the floor of the con
vention. and that if necessary he would become a candidate for
the chairmanship himself. Bryan asserted, however, that under
no circumstances would he go before the national committee and
lead the tight there. Mr. Bryan said:
“I will not under any circum
stances go before the national
committee and lead the fight for
anything, and I will not take the
,cause which 1 represent before
the national committee. If the
issue becomes so involved as to
make it necessary, I wijl fight on
the floor of the convention, not
before the national committee. If
it becomes necessary in order to
defeat the reactionaries as repre
sented by Mr. Parker. I will my
self become a candidate for the
temporary chairmanship. I do
not believe it will be necessary,
and if 1 do take such a step it
will be only because it is neces
sary.”
"If no other progressive ran be found
to lead the fight I will become the can
didate myself," Bryan continued. "This
fight on the temporary chairmanship
will be carried to the floor of the con
vention. If they want a light, there will
be no compromise."
Western Progressives
Behind Bryan.
The first announcement of the Ne
braskan's Intention to enter the lists
came from Delegate G. S. Gillan, of St.
Paul. Nebr. Gillan asserted that the
progreslsves of the West were bax-king
Bryan in Ills anti-Parker fight. He
said that they believed that Bryan
would master sufficient strength on the
floor to beat the New Yorker.
The announcement came as a sur
prise In political circles. It was gene
rail' expected that the Bryan heavy
artillery would he wheeled Into line
first to bombard the national commit
tee. II was rumored before the com
mittee went into session that Bryan
might sit in the meetings, himself on
the plow <>n tile committee.
The fight will be carried to the floor,
and it Is now generally believed here
will be the case that will give the first
test of the progressive strength in the
convention.
The Democratic national committee
went Into session at 12:10 o'clock. The
chairmanship was taken up. The first
ease came when the sub-committee on
arrangements reported its decision that
Alton B. Parker be named temporary
chairman.
The second struggle was the hearing
of the 79 contests over delegate seats.
Newspaper Men
Barred From Meeting.
The committee went Into executive
session at 12:12 o’clock. Chairman
Mack said that the representatives of
the news associations would not be
permitted to remain and cleared the
room of all others save actual com
mittee members.
William .1. Bryan did not appear with
a proxy, as, had been suggested, and
tils non-appearance was taken as an
indication that he had found it hope
less to make a committee light and
would go straight to the convention
with stir h fight as he may elect to
make.
Senator B. R. Tillman of South < aro
lina said as he came to the session:
■ I had a talk with Mr. Bryan just
now and he seems to think that they
WHAN
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE £ a o y r E no
have brought the steam roller over
from Chicago."
It was learned that Mr. Bryan had
agreed to tnake the race for chairman
himself if such a course seemed neces
sary to the opponents of Parker.
Immediately after the committee had
ordered excluded all persons, including
even press association men. an excited
fight, witfi strong debate, began on the
temporary chairmanship matter.
After an hour. Sergeant-at-Arms
Martin came out and sent a message
for Congressman Talbot, Maryland
member of the committee. Evidently
votes were needed inside on some ques
tion.
Voices of the oommltteemen could
be heard from the corridor as they
heatedly debated the Parker proposi
tion. That the fight was bitter was
nm.de known by din of oratory..
Vote on Chairman
Is Deferred.
At 12:44 the Democratic national
committee took a recess of fifteen min
utes.
When the committee took a recess
it was reported that the name« of both
Parker and Bryan had been presented.
While the committee was behind
locked doors, three man named at a
caucus of the Pennsylvania, delegation
tried to get to their committeeman
with this resolution:
"Resolved. That the member of the
national committee for Pennsylvania
be instructed to oppose the selection of
A. B. Parker as temporary chairman of
the convention.” This resolution was
passed by a vote of 59 to 6.
P. L. Hall, a member of the com
mittee from Nebraska, it was learned,
served notice on the committee that
the name of W. J. Bryan would not be
placed before the committee, but would
go to ♦ .convent lon proper.
Vote on the chairmanship was de
ferred on motion of Mr. Daniels until
after the contests.
Hall and Ma<k were namefl a - •»
committee to make peace In two hours
and report.
Meanwhile. Chairman Mack and P 1,.
Hall, committeeman from Nebraska,
will confer with Parker and Bryan in
an aim at harmony
Ihe national committee adjourn >d
at 2:20 p. m„ until 7 o'clock this even
ing.
‘‘lllinois Contests
Most Important.”
Corporation Counsel William H,
Sexton, Major Edward B. Tollan. City
Prosecutor James C. Mclnerney and
William Rothmann. of Chicago, waited
outside the barred door with Congress,
man Henry Rainey of Illinois. The
four first named carried the brief in
which were listed the facts forming the
basis for the contest of 30 Illinois dele
gates' seats.
Congressman Rainey had come down
from Washington. D. C.. to present T.
F. Young's contest for the delegate seat
from the Seventeenth Illinois district.
“The Illinois contests are the most
important that are before the commit
tee," said Mr. Sexton. "The only ques
tion involved is whether delegates hon
estly elected shall be supplanted by
'Boss’ Roger Sullivan, that he may
'handle' the.lllinois delegates instructed
for < 'hamp Clark as he sees fit.”
The Rhode Island fight between
George W. Greene, national commit
teeman. and Congressman George F.
O’Shaughnessy was next in importa.no*
