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A group of delegates at the Democratic National Convention —From left to right are ’loin Brown, of Vermont; E. J. Giddings, of Oklahoma; 11. A. Daly, of
aska, and Sirs. Daly; Perry Belmont, of New York, and J; Ham Lewis, of Illinois.
LYNCHERS OF
NEGRESS GO
AFTER HER
IN AUTOS
Pinehurst Citizens Chase the
Sheriff and Prisoner Sixteen
Miles to Cordele.
VIENNA. GA., .Tune 25.—The entire
countryside is in a state of tremendous
excitement today over the killing of
Mrs. B. E. Jordan by her negro servant.
Annie Barkdale, and the subsequent
lynching of the negress by a crowd of
enraged citizens of three towns, who
took her away from the sheriff after
a sixteen-mile pursuit in six automo
biles, strung her up to a tree and filled
her body with lead.
I No arrests have yet been made by
Sheriff Bennett, of Dooly county,
though it is known that among the au
tomobiles that chased the negress were
several owned by prominent residents
of Cordele. Pinehurst and Vienna.
Sympathy Is Entirely
With the Lynchers.
The Barkdale negress killed Mrs.
Jordan without the slightest reason.
Mrs. Jordan, wife of a wealthy planta
tion owner, had reproved tl.e negress
for failure to do some work about the
house. Without a word the negress
sprung upon her, stabbed her in the
back three time and then, as her mis
tress lay upon the floor already dying,
the woman cut her throat so terribly
tat the head was nearly severed from
the body.
Neighbors ran to the scene in time
to catch the negress as she was leaving
the house. A glance showed them the
terrible crime that had been committed
and they fell upon the negress and were
on the eve of carrying her to a tree
when Sheriff Bennett, who had been
• notified of the killing, arrived from
Vienna in an automobile in time to save
her life.
Sheriff Starts Race
To Cordele JaiL»
The sheriff bundled the slayer into
his touring car and. with the crowd in
full chase, started on the road to the
jail at Hawkinsville. The sheriff knew
that the enraged citizens would never
pennit the negress to escape lynching
if they could overtake her, so he
planned a ruse and instead of hurrying
on to Hawkinsville w ith his prisoner
he swerved into the Cordele road and
made all speed to that town.
Just a few minutes after the Bark
dale woman had been put into the Cor
dele jail the pursuers rushed up in n
great cloud of dust. They demanded
the woman of the sheriff and were
about to storm the jail when they learn
ed that the negress had ben spirited
away to an empty house about 500
«grds away. Upon this house they de
scended more tnan 50 strong and
though the sheriff and his few deputies
resisted stoutly for a moment, they
were too greatly outnumbered to hold
the negress against the mob.
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit —GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Uss For Results
DR. D. H. CONNALLY,
FORMER ATLANTAN,
DIES AT TYLER, TEX.
R. T. Connally, brother of Dr. D. H.
Connally, who died at Tyler. Texas, has
left Atlanta to attend the funeral there
today.) News of the death of Dr. Connally
was received in Atlanta last night by his
relatives here, his brother and Sheriff C.
W. Mangum, a first cousin.
Dr. Connally was a Confederate veter
an, and when returning from the Macon
reunion, stopped in Atlanta He remained
several days, and when he left told rela
tives it would be'the last visit he would
ever pay them.
He was well known in this city, having
been raised and educated in Georgia. He
was a member of the Gate City Guards
when it joined the Confederate army, and
later lived here a number of years.
Relatives surviving are a sister, Mrs
John Blake, of Tyler, Texas; R. T. Con
nally, of Atlanta, a brother; one daugh
ter, Mrs. Eugenia Morris, and two sons,
Walter and Clarence Connally, of Tyler,
Texas.
SPURNED BY ‘FIANCEE,’
MAN DRINKS ACID IN
NEXT ROOM TO WIFE
LOS ANGELES, June 25. —Within a
few hours after his attentions had been
rejected by a young woman whom he
sought to marry in spite of the fact
that he had one wife, Lewis Corey, a
member of a prominent Lima, Ohio,
family, committed suicide in a room at
the Hotel Hayward last night by drink
ing carbolic acid. In an adjoining
room sat Corey’s wife entertaining sev
eral of his friends. When informed of
the cause of it, Corey’s wife and his
friends were astounded.
CONDEMNED FELON
DECLARES HE WILL
HAUNT HIS CAPTORS
WASHINGTON. PA.. June 25.—"1n
eight days, me come back." remarked
Jan Ribarik, when discussing his exe
cution.
Ribarik. whose views of the here
after no one seems to know, told
Sheriff Lutton and some of his deputies
that he expects to return after his
death and haunt the jail where he has
been a prisoner since the first of the
year. The story has caused perturba
tion among tjie superstitious.
CAPT. LORD SCORED
FOR IGNORING CALLS
OF DOOMED TITANIC
LONDON, June 25. A bitter attack
upon Captain Lord, of the Leyland liner
Californian, for not going to the aid of
the Titanic when her distress signals were
flashed as she was going down, was made
at the summing up in the hoard of trade
inquiry today by Clem Edwards, counsel
for the Federation of Maritime Workers.
Edwards declared that there was doubt
that lights seen by the survivors in life
boats were those of the Californian and
he cited Captain Lord’s explanation that
he thought the Titanic distress signals
were of no importance.
LOAN AGENT ACCUSED OF
THREATENING MAN’S JOB
Asserting that P. P. Jackson, a loan
agent, has sought, by threatening his
job with the Southern railroad, to col
lect $79 for a loan of $26, Bud Favors,
a switchman, has obtained a temporary
order from Judge Pendleton restrain
ing the Southern railroad from paying
his wages to Jackson.
Favors told the court that he already
had paid Jackson $28.60 for the $26
borrowed. Jackson, he asserted, threat
ened to appear at the offices of the
Southern with a fake assignment of his
wages.
PROF. PARKER
SCALES MT.
MW’S
SUMMIT
Highest Peak on Continent
Climbed for First Time by
Columbia Man.
SEATTLE. WASH.. June 25.—That
Prof. Herschel Parker, of Columbia uni
versity, has reached the summit of
Mt. McKinley, America's highest peak,
and hitherto unsealed, and is now on
his way to tell the world of his suc
cess, is the word received by Mrs.
George Browne, of Tacoma, mother of
Belmore Browne. Prof. Parker's com
panion. in a letter today from her son.
The letter, mailed April 13, said that
at that time the party was on the
summit and had but little difficulty, and
would reach Cooks Inlet on its way out
side before July 1.
Browne wrote that the passes used
by the expedition were much easier
than those used on previous occasions.
T\fo new glaciers had been found and
would be reported when the party re
turns to civilization.
TEAM OWNERS FIGHT
GRAIN GAMBLING TO
LOWER LIVING COST
CLEVELAND, OHIO, June 25.—A fight
to lower the high cost of living by legis
lation forbidding speculation in grain be
fore it is out of the ground is being made
by delegates here attending the annual
convention of the National Team Owners’
association.
The convention also passed a resolution
calling for a ruling by the interstate com
merce commission as to what teamsters
come under the definition of "carriers '
“If we do,’’ said President Goldberg, “we
shall be in a position to appear before the
commission and probably bring about bet
ter conditions for teamsters at railroad
depots.’’
MONEY OR NO MONEY,
ARMY TO GET SUPPLIES
WASHINGTON, June 25.—Secretary
of War Stimson has directed the com
missary general to supply till the men
and officers of the regular army with
needed clothing, food, forage, fuel,
transportation and medical supplies for
the next twelve months, whether the
army appropriation bill passes the
house before July 2 or not. Under the
law, however, there can be no payment
of salaries unless the bill be passed.
AUGUSTA’S $1,250,000
BOND ISSUE CARRIES
AUGUSTA. GA., June 25. -Angusta
voted $1,000,000 bonds for Jesvee purposes,
together with $150,000 for a city hospital
ihd SIOO,OOO for improved water works, in
a special bond election held here yester
day. A two-thirds vote was required ami
the three Issues carried by about 200 more
than a two-thirds majority of 2.400 ballots
cast, and 109 more than two-thirds of the
registered vote us the city.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1912.
HILLYER’S HAT IN RING
IS SOURCE OF WORRY
TO TROX BANKSTON
W. Tiox Bankston, the West Point
editor, who Is a candidate for railroad
commissioner in the August- primary,
came into Atlanta today much per
turbed over Judge Hillyer's determina
tion to run for re-election.
Bankston,llitek t e all of the other can
didates for a commissionership, had
taken Judge Hillyer’s statement, made
months ago, to the effect that he would
not be in the running, as ? final. Bank
ston, like several others, had announced
to his constituents that he was in the
contest for Judge Hillyer’s seat.
Now' it develops that Judge Hillyer
has changed his mind and will be in
the race. He gave assurance of this
in a statement made public Saturday,
asserting that his friends over the state
had insisted that he abandon his idea
of retirement.
Mr. Bankston wants it distinctly un
derstood that he really believed Judge
Hillyer was not to run when he sent
letters over the state announcing him
self as a for the place. He
had no idea, he told The Georgian to
day, that Judge Hillyer would an
nounce.
ATLANTA T. R. MEN
CONFIDENT THIS CITY
CAN GET CONVENTION
So certain are leaders of the new pro
gressive party in this city that Atlanta
will be the Roosevelt convention city next
August that they are already planning for
the Auditorium to house the expected
gathering. JJ. St. Julien tales today
waited upon Wilmer L. Moore, president
of the Chamber of Commerce, and asked
him for the aid of that organization in
bringing the convention here.
"The proposition to bring this Roose
velt convention to Atlanta," said Mr.
Yates, "is meeting with a most hearty re
ception. The citizens of the town under
stand that it would mean thousands of
visitors anti would result in the biggest
single advertisement Atlanta ever •had."
The other organizations formed about
Roosevelt's leadership have taken tio ac
tion about the convention, preferring to
wail until die colonel himself expresses a
preference.
MRS. PANKHURST, IN
BROKEN HEALTH, IS
FREED FROM JAIL
LONDON, June 25.—With eight
months of her sentence still to be serv
ed, Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, leader
of the militant suffragettes, who was
sentenced to nine months imprison
ment in May for conspiracy, has been
released from Holloway jail. Mrs.
Pethick Lawrence, joint editor of Votes
For Women, who was sentenced with
Mrs. was also freed. Peth
ick Lawrence was detained. No expla
nation was made by the home office,
but it is presumed that Mrs. Pankhurst
was released because of ill health.
Mrs. Lawrence, who went upon a
“lone hunger strike," has been ill from
malnutrition and has been forcibly fed
in the infirmary department of the
prison.
TO ASK AID OF STATE IN
SURVEYING GA. SWAMPS
To ask the Federal department of
agriculture in making a complete sur
vey of the’ swamp area of Georgia,
members of the Georgia Drainage con
gress will urge the legislature to make
a special appropriation of $5,00(1 for five
years to the state department of geol
ogy.
The bill will be introduced into the
lower house by Representative Ran
dolph Anderson, of Chatham county.
CEOM MEN
MS
API 111 PT
GAINST
BRYAN
Resent His Attempt to Dictate,
and Will Vote for Alton
Parker as Chairman.
By JAMES B. NEVIN.
BALTIMORE, Juno 25. —The Georgia
delegation went into the national con
vention today strongly anti-Bryan.
Practically to a man the delegation re
sents Mr. Bryan's anti-Parker attitude
and evident disposition to make trouble
and to dictate to the convention.
The individual members of the dele
gation were outspoken and more or less
bitter in their comments on Mr. Bry
an's position, right on the eve of what
they think should be a winning fight.
The Georgia delegation declared it had
fallen right into line with the army of
workers who are Seeking to make this
convention a love feast and a gather
ing of Democrats tolerant of one an
other’s opinion and determined to get
together for a contest that promises to
be the most sweeping victory the Dem
ocratic party lias known since the war.
Ready to Help Run
Roller Over Bryan.
The Georgians will vote for Parker
for temporary chairman, and, if nec
essary, will join a movement to run tile
steam roller over Mr. Bryan from start
to finish, although they hope to avoid
any such necessity. They do not think
it would be wise to nominate a man of
such ultra-conservative fund as Park
er for the presidency, and they will not
so vote, but they do believe that Parker
represents a wing of the party that is
entitled to recognition in the organi
zation of the convention.
They will vote for Parker because
they believe Parker's election to the
temporary chairmanship might accom
plish much good byway of harmony,
and could accomplish no harm, save in
so far as Mr. Bryan’s getting mad at
the very jump may be regarded in the
light of a calamity.
One member of the Georgia delega
tion was so bitter in his comment of
Mr. Bryan that he declared openly
Bryan and Roosevelt are in thorough
accord with respect to the organization
of a new party, and that Brvan is pre
pared to bolt this convention, if he can
not dominate it, and flock with T. R.
for a third party.
The Crowd Pines for
Red Headed Person.
The curious attending the Baltimore
convention are disappointed that
Thomas E. Watson is not here with the
Georgia delegation. Hundreds of in
quiries are made of the <'lacker dele
gation as to why Mr. Watson didn’t
come. Many are here who had expect-
Continued on Page Two.
BWHSESIH
10 OPPOSE PARKER
MIHBIPFH
Both Sides Confident of Victory as
Democratic National Convention Is
Called to Order—Alabama Leads
Break to Bryan Ranks.
BALTIMORE, June 25.—After an hour’s conference today
\V. J. Bryan and his followers went into the Democratic conven
tion <4t noon behind Senator John W. Kern, of Indiana, as their
candidate for temporary chairman. Kern was candidate for vice
president with Bryan in his last race. Mr. Bryan decided to
make the nomination speech and start the fight on the floor of the
convention between the progressive .and conservative wings of the
part \.
Not only did the Bryan party decide to fight the nomination
of Judge Alton B. Parker for temporary chairman, but also to
strenuously contest the unit rule and insist that the delegates be
allowed to register their individual, preferences in the first battle
for supremacy.
The decision to fight the en
forcement of the unit mile in
states where delegates were in
structed at presidential prefer
ence primaries was made at the
suggestion of National Committee
man Ohio. In this state
27 delegates instructed at the pres
idential primaries for Governor
Harmon are attempting to bind
the state’s whole delegation on the
temporary chairmanship fight.
Nineteen Wilson men have taken the
stand that the unit rule can not be en
forced. except on the presidential nom
ination; that each delegate is free to
act nn all other matters as an indi
vidual.
The situation in Illinois is simitar.
In that state Roger C. Sullivan, hold
over national committeeman. is, by
reason of a unit rule adoption, given
the vote of the state’s 58 delegates, re
gardless of the preference of -The indi
vidual ntembers. Abrogation of the unit
rule in this state would result in a gain
of several votes for the chairman pro
posed by the Nebraskan.
Mr. Bryan is reported to have told
the Conference that the steam roller
had been imported for local use and he
thought the Issue ought to be drawn
from the jump. The others present at
this conference agreed with this view.
Then came the selection of a man to
make the tig-tit. Ollie James, of Ken
tucky, who was voted for yesterday in
the committee tight, declined to make
the contest, or at least indicated that
it would not be to his liking to be placed
in nomination.
The selection then turned to Senator
Korn, who was the original choice of
Bt van for the race. After this selection
the conferees turned their attention to
the unit rule.
Neither side was ready for compro- |
mise or quarter. Both expected battle.
Both were ready to wheel their heavy
guns to the firing line. Backers of I
Bryan, who yesterday served notice on
the national committee that the nomi
nation of Judge Parker would mean
fight, made final preparations today to
begin the onslaught.
Bryan Personally
Leading Fight.
Bryan himself was personally direct
ing the fight and planned to lead the
struggle on the convention floor. Al
though it had not been definitely set
tled, it was generally believed that the
personality of the Nebraskan would be
made an issue in the struggle and that
Bryan would become his own candidate
for the temporary chairmanship.
Behind Parker the forces of Murphy,
of .Sullivan, of Colonel James Guffey
and of the other conservative loaders
were marshaled. The men who last
night decided that Parker must go into
the race and the issue be forced at the
very outset of the convention were
ready to begin the battle. They were
using every artifice at their command
to bring their delegates solidly behind
the New York man at the very begin
ning of the tight.
Like the Republican convention in
Chi ago. which also opened with the
struggle over the temporary chairman,
ship, the fight was not expected to end
with the naming of the man to sound
the "keynote" of the convention. The
contests over delegates were stated to
be fought out on the convention floor.
The rulings of the national committee
in the important cases have been ap
pealed. There will be a fight over the
temporary roll of the convention, the
conservatives backing the Committee
tee, with the progressives, who will
again be led by Colonel Bryan. Oppos
ing. The fight, if it is lost when the
temporary roll is called, will come up
again before the credentials committee,
and, tailing in a vii tory there for (h*
wi
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE £ a o y re no
progressives, it will once more find its
way to the convention floor.
Line-up of Forces
Still Uncertain.
Leaders who have analyzed most
carefully the probable line-up of the
opposing forces of Bryan and Parker
find that there were some remarkable
upsets of previous calculations. Where
the national committee vote had shown
31 for Parker as against 20 for Ollie
James, the Bryan candidate, today
brought many differences. As reported
by the committee vote, the paper ad
vantage for the Parkerites was almost
2 to 1. No such situation was to be
found among the delegates.
The leading conservative forces —New
York. Illinois and Indiana —remained
with their committeemen. except forsix
votes reported from Indiana as having
dropped the Parker cause. Both Chas.
F. Murphy, of New York, and Roger
Sullivan, of Chicago, claimed that their
state" would remain steadily behind
Parker. But in the other states a de
flection from the former presidential
candidate promised to be wide.
Up and down the list of states went
the workers, polling each state on the
probable vote for the temporary chair
manship. When a couple of hours had
been devoted to the task, the leaders
had only claims. They were not able
to supply anything like accurate fig
ures. This was due to the conflicting
delegation reports.
For instance, Pennsylvania, which
yesterday directed Colonel James Gus
sy, by 59 to 6, not to vote for Parker,
today produced a number of men from
her voting list who said that they would
vote to sustain the selection of the
committee.
Georgia to Stick
With Parker Forces.
West Virginia, one of the Interest
ing states because her vote was cast
for Senator O’Gorman, of New York,
in the committee, was inclined to go
to the Parker element, much to the sur
prise of the Bryan workers. The lat
ter claimed that* they would make a
break in that delegation. Clark How
ell. of Georgia, who voted for Parker
in the committee, said that his dele
gation would vote for Parker in the
convention. Michigan reported a break
of one-half of her delegation away from
Parker. The Massachusetts delegation,
which got on the fence in the commit
tee and joined with Virginia in voting
for Judge O'Gorman, was badly at sea.
Alabama Leads
Break to Bryan.
The break started at the head of the
list in the actual count of votes. The
Alabama delegates whose committee
men had voted for Parker and who yes
terday supported the New Yorker,- as
serted today that they would divide
their vote and give the Bryan wing the
major part, if not all, of Its vote of 24.
Arkansas came along with the promise
of adding recruits to- the progressive
cause, though her vote had gone solidly
in the committee the other way.
“Tennessee will break about even."
said Senator Luke Lea, while Com
mitteeman Lee Mountcastle, who voted
for Parker, listened to his guess with
out correcting It. Mr. Mountcastle said
that he did not know what the state
would do.
The Bryan* men claimed that they
would take from the Parker side
enough votes to turn the tide in favor
of the progressive element. On the
other hand, Roger Sullivan was equally
certain that the Parkerites would sweep
the convention. He gave it out to his
lieutenants that Bryan would be snow
ed under in the very first battle. Frorr
thls mass of conflicting evidence it was
impossible to make a definite line-up
in advance of the actual declarations oi
the delegates
To get such a line-up and such e
declaration the Bryan leaders have re
cently gone to work on a systematic
