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THE WEATHER Forecast: Shower* tonight: fair to morrow. Temperatures: Ba. m.. 65: 10 a. m., 68: 12 noon, 77; 2 p. m., 75. VOL X. NO. 283. LEGISLATURE OPENS; PACT ON TIPPINS BItLMAOE Friends and Foes of the Meas ure Agree to Decide Its Fate Early. BELIEVED ACT WILL BE PASSED, THEN VETOED i Dozen Absent From Session This Morning—Slaton, H all and Holder Present. With a dozen absentee# and a gen eral "I wish T were at Baltimore” feel ing pervading both branches, the two houses composing the Georgia legisla ture convened today at 10 o’clock to take up business where it was left off last summer. It looked like a rather dull session ahead, for there were no officials to elect, no real lights in sight, except over near-beer, and Joe Hill Hall is running for governor and there fore expected to be less apt to start something every time he sees a good opportunity. Clerk John T. Boifenillet. in the house, and Secretary Charles T. North en, In the senate, had hardly announced a, quorum and laid down their rolls be fore there was a hurry call for the pages, and new bills by the dozen went up 1 1 the aisles for introduction. Whether there's any excitement ahead or not, there will certainly be plenty of new laws. No Filibuster On The Tippins Bill. The newsiest thing which stirred up conversation around the Smokers club was the fact that the friends and foes of the Tippins bill had got together and agreed not to filibuster. This was good news to members who had bills to pass this session and who remembered the long-drawn-out fight on the prohibition law when the filibuster lasted 40 days and 40 nights, or thereabouts, to the general disgust of all concerned except the fllibusterers themselves. It means , that the bill will be passed or defeated early in the session without blocking the way of other legislation. Leaders representing the prohibition ists who desire to stop the sale of the near-beer now sold in Georgia, and those who would make it even a little nearer, have agreed to let it go to a vote. It is the first bill on the house calendar, has been read' twice and is ready for passage. It will be taken up >nn the Monday after the Fourth of July. Two days will be permitted for debate, speeches will be limited, the time divided between opposing sides, , and the previous question will be called at a fixed hour. Think It Will Be Passed, Then Vetoed. The house has a clear majority in favor of the bill, unless some of the members have backsljdden since last session. It will probably pass easily there. The senate is said to count 31 for the bill to 13 against it. But Gov ernor Brown announced last year that he would not sign any bill changing the present prohibition law unless it Is first submitted to the people for a vote. This is taken to mean that he will veto the bill, which must then pass both houses again by a two-thirds majority. Whether the sentiment for It can mus- Continued on Page 2. THE SCORE CARD FOR TODAY’S BASEBALL GAME AT PONCEY PARK Atlanta— Bailey, r 5.... y yz yz "y~ yz "y" y" Hemphill, cf.. y'’" yz~<r ~y” “*x~ y< 'r Y i" y j Callahan, If.. y > ~ "‘y" ~y~ ~y" Alpermaai. 2b -y >_ ~y > ~'y > ~ yz y^" "y*" ~y^~~y > ~~y^ "yzyz~yz~ _ McElveen. 3b. "y“ ‘y’" "y*" yz’" "y ~y "y*" yz*" yz Agler, lb yy_ -<J> -O- “y> -<"> -y> -y> y>“ -O- -y> -kS*" Harbison, ss.. yK. - yK. -<*>- y\- -/S- y*K- yK. Y*Y ~yY -yX Donahue, c... yS- yj>-y>“Ky-~y>-"y""y^"“y“^y""y* - Atkins, p y\- -y>- -<<> yy -y> "’y" “y”"y"“y*" ~y" "'y""y“ Total y y 'y " i~L 1.12 yo«Ji»t tc 4et .JtCcßmiji U th» yw !»” by 4. Q. BrU4io» * Brcv l» «jt o#e» ctth« I',Sarto ot Cv»ktm« «t '•’MkUjrtoi D 0 The Atlanta Georgian Rears For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Result? SEEK WAITER AS STEVENS LIES NEAR DEATH Son of Former State Official Slashed in Quarrel With Friend. WOUNDED MAN EXHIBITS NERVE UNDER OPERATION Frank McDonald, Accused of Cutting, Hunted in Vain by Police. Robert L. Stevens, son of Colonel O. B. Stevens, of 304 East Linden avenue, and one of the best known young men in the city, lay at the point of death in Grady hospital today, the police hunting in vain for Frank McDonald, a waiter In Durand’s Ed go wood avenue case, who is accused (ft having stab bed the youth tn a street fight. Stevens was taken to the hospital with a gaping wound extending several inches across his abdomen. Glen Bul lard. of College Park, who was with Stevens, made the accusation against McDonald, and the police began a city wide hunt for the waiter, who disap peared immediately after the cut ting. At Grady hospital the physicians said Stevens had little chanee for life. Stevens gave a remarkable exhibition of nerve on the operating table, refus ing the use of. an anesthetic. He urged the physicians to keep the affair a se cret from his parents apd smiled grim ly as the gaping wound' was sewed to gether. According to Bullard’s version of the shooting, Stevers, McDonald grid three other young men stopped in a cigar stand on Pryor street to get some ciga rettes. Stevens and McDonald got into a row. No one thought the affair was at all serious. Stevens displayed a shoe buttoner as his “weapon” and McDon ald drew a small pearl-handled pen knife. Out on the sidewalk the argument was renewed and Stevens is said to have slapped McDonald across the face. McDonald pulled out. his knife and slashed Stevens across the abdomen. The wounded youth, gasping in pain, ran toward the Black apartments, with several of the party close behind him. He dashed up two flights of stairs to the room of a friend, wUere he fell in a faint. Policeman J. D. Kilpatrick stated he saw McDonald walking back toward Peachtree street, remarking that “it was a shame for a friend of his to have been cut that way.” Robert Stevens is one of the best known young men in Atlanta. He is a graduate of the North Georgia Agricul tural college, at Dahlonega, and also prominent in state college circles. PREACHER RESIGNS TO BECOME A BREWER JOHNSTOWN, PA., June 26. —The Rev. Herman Kauffman has resigned to become a brewer. Before he came to America to study for the ministry and later to accept the pastorate of one of the largest churches here, lie was identified with the brewery business. The trustees of St. Pauls German Lutheran church, in Morrellsville, a su burb of Johnstown, accepted his resig nation. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1912. POOR OLD MAN—BY T. E. POWERS r — A I FEEL I SORRY FOR | v; I HIM vA/'Y 'Aj k. A Bo W Tfe’ 7 //1 H I ? i w Judge Compares Old Lawsuit to Dickens' Famed Jarndyce Case Litigation Pending Seventeen Years at Macon To Be Ended in Short Time. MACON. GA., June 36.—-An order was drawn in the United States court by Judge Speer today which forecasts the final settlement of the long-pending Huff litigation within the next six months. Seventeen years ago, W. A. Huff, ex mayor of Macon, was put in bankruptcy because he refused to pay a claim for *I,OOO against him. and by dint of un usual and persistent appeals he has prevented the case, from being finally closed, notwithstanding that the great er part of his estate was sold years ago. The court has had a fund of $90,000 in the bank for three years. The order drawn today provides for the early pay ment of all creditors. Interest and court costs. After the payment of claims and expenses, the defendant wilj have a considerable sum, probably as much as $30,000, coming to him. In passing the order, Judge Speer commented that this was one piece of litigation which could be literally com pared with Dickens' famous "Jarndyce versus Jarndyce” case. OLD PORCH GIVES UP HIDDEN TREASURE EASTON. PA., June 2s.—Robert Peiffer started several days ago to make altefations to his home and store prop erty. In tearing down an old porch a car penter found an old wallet which had been hidden under the flooring. The tvallet contained $2,834 in bills. The house is about 75 years old and was occupied for many years by Jacob Lesh. deceased. ALFALFA STEW MAY HELP REDUCE COST OF LIVING GREELEY. COL., June 26—Hotels in Greeley are considering the proposal to supply their guests with an entirely new dish—alfalfa stew_- At Missoula. Mont., alfalfa flour has been turned into palatable bread. The loaf is somewhat the color of rye, though darker. PROBE Os HEALTH BOARD ISWANTED Senator Beauchamp Urges the Legislature to Investigate Dr. Westmoreland’s Charges. Shortly after the Georgia senate con vened today Senator J. C. Beauchamp, of the Twenty-second district, sprang a sensation by introducing a resolution calling Jor an investigation of the state board of health. Dr. Beauchamp’s request for a probe of the health department was based upon the charges recently made to the governor against Dr. Roy Harris, sec retary of the board of health. The al legations filed W’lth the governor were made by Dr. Willis Westmoreland, of Atlanta, former president of the state board, and charged Dr. Harris with mis conduct of his official duties. The health board met and Dr. Har ris w’gs completely exonerated. Dr. Beauchamp said today that since the allegations were made by one as high In the medical profession as Dr. West moreland that a complete legislative probe should be undertaken. Dr. George Brown, of Atlanta, intro duced a. similar resolution in the house calling for an investigation committee of two from the senate and three from the house. PARIS IS THREATENED WITH A BREAD FAMINE PARIS. June 26.—Paris is threatened with a bread famine. The price of flour is $14.60 a sack, the sacks con taining 157 kilogrammes, the average price of which during the last ten years was only $lO. The prospect is alarming, because most of the hatvesting in Prance is done in the middle of July, so that a new supply of flour can not be obtained until August. As the government main tains custom duties of seven francs on foreign wheat, and is allowing a re bate only under conditions difficult of fulfilment, it is expected that the price of bread during the next six weeks will go up 20 per cent. ATLANTA GEORGIAN'S SOUTHERN LEAGUE SCORE CARD GAME CALLED 4:00 MEMPHIS vs. ATLANTA AT PONCEY PARK JUNE 26. 1312 Nagging of Wife Caused Cataracts on His Eyes And Tight Skin on Back Pedagogue Author of ‘' Night mare of Gloom,” However, Is ! Refused Divorce in Reno. RENO. NEV., June 26.—Although Waldo Dennis, for many years a school teacher and at present principal of the Manierrex school in Chicago, declared that he was the subject of years of , scolding on the part of his wife, that ; he was compelled to forsake her bed i and live in a. separate room for the last fifteen years: that the nagging commenced Immediately after they were married in Chicago 31 years ago, Judge Thomas E. Moran granted a non-suit today on Dennis' application for a divorce from his wife, Ellen W. Dennis, who is also a school principal, being In charge of the Waller High school. Dennis admitted that he was the au thor of a book entitled "Nightmare of Gloom,” based on his years of expe rience. Dennis stated that on their wedding trip his wife commenced complaining; that she grew wrathy because mos quitoes bit her. He stated she opened his letters, cooked steak so that the smoke annoyed him. scolded and ren dered his life miserable. He said it ruined his health, tight ened the skin on his back, caused cata racts to come on his eyes, his face to become pinched. He would go to his room and offer a prayer to be relieved of his sufferings. Judge Moran failed to see extreme cruelty In all this and dismissed the case $5,000 SECRETARY FOR BIRMINGHAM TRADE BODY BIRMINGHAM, ALA.. June 26—W. C. Radcliffe, of Detroit, is studying the local work as secretary of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, preliminary to succeeding Joseph B. Rabb, who has held the office for sev eral years, and who retires next Mon day. Mr. Babb will take, up general organization work, his first efforts to be in Increasing the membership of the Montgomery Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Radcliffe comes to Birmingham at a salary of $5,000 per annum ~n it i 1 4 i~yrx j ix i ilk i ryff°i g Chattanooga— “y* - y>- <y ~ < y > - ~y>- ~‘y>- Moran,, 1f... 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This spirit of harmony was due in a large measure to the announcement of the committee of perma nent organization that Ollie Janies, of Kentucky, who repre sents the progressive element of the party, had been selected for permanent chairman of the convention. Mr. James was backed early by the combined Clark and Wil son forces for temporary chair man, and is also supported by the Bryan forces. Three interesting angles showed themselves when the Democrats start ed a new day full of memories of the exciting contest that had the day be fore reached a milestone in political history. They were: The prospect of an earnest fight over the platform to be presented, with par ticular reference to the tariff plank. The many-sided fight for the presi dential nomination with field running against Clark and with the present odds favoring the Missouri champion. Roosevelt Emissaries To Bryan Cause Worry. The reported visit of Francis J. He ney and Charles R. Crane, emisaries from the Roosevelt Progressive party, to William J. Bryan, with the conse quent rumors that they were seeking to lead Mr. Bryan into the newly form, ed third party. The attempt to win Bryan to the Roosevelt cause was the sensation of the lobbies, where the Bryanltes con gregated. An early report had it that Heney. the fire-brand representative who goaded the steam roller party at Chicago until it hooted him and who rankled Root until the chairman let fly a covert threat to restrain his.speech. ' rushed down during the night. With him came Charles R. Crane, of Chi cago. who is an ardent Roosevelt sup porter and one of the main financial contributors to the Roosevelt fund. Frankly these elders from the bull ' moose faith were here to proselyte, and the air was filled with reports that they had come with authority to talk for the party of their making and that they 1 were dickering for a recruiting station in the Bryan army. Mr. Bryan admit ted he had seen Heney. but refused to i discuss what was said between them. 1 The presidential situation is best ex pressed by Delegate John Fletcher, of Tennessee, who said: ( "While all of this racket is going on i the friends of all of the candidates are ' busy trying to land their men. The 1 Clark movement stands out most prom- I inently, which is both an evidence of j its strength and of Its weakness. On ( the one hand it shows the Missouri man I as the strongest man in the field — < r extra 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE K> A O V RB NO •Official Program of • • Baltimore Convention • • Today. « • Committee on credentials re- * • port. « • Convention permanently organ- • • ized. • • Permanent chairman elected. • • Committee on resolutions re- • • port, If ready, and platform • • adopted. • • June 27. • • Nominations for president, roll • • call by states for nominations. • • Nominating and seconding • • speeches. • • Balloting on presidential noml- • • nations until a nomination is * • reached. In case of deadlock, ad- • • Journment until next day. • • June 28. • • Vice presidential candidates '» • nominated. • • Clearing up of routine bus!- • • ness. * • • Adjournment. • • In order to win the nomination. • • the successful candidate must, poll • • at least two-thirds of the total • • vote. • • An important item of interest • • in connection with the nomina- • • tion of candidates is that the • • states will vote under the unit • • rule. • • • ••••••••••••••••••••••••a* now. On the other hand, it places him like the high man in a seven-up game where all of the other players throw the game to the low man in order to keep the high man from going out. That is the best possible explanation of the Clark status.” The complex situation has resulted in the naming of many dark horses. Among those named in the hotel cor ridor gossip are Governor Eugene Foss of Massachusetts; William Randolph Hearst, William J. Gaynor, of New York; Representative A. Mitchel Pal mer. of Pennsylvania; Joseph W. Folk, of Missouri; Senator Claude A. Swan son, of Virginia; Mayor Carter H. Har rison, of Chicago, The Tammany view of the nomina tion with Its 90 votes, and the alliance: that go with it. is expressed in thest words by Pat E. McCabe, after having had a talk with Charles F. Murphy: "The likeliest choice of this conven tion is Speaker Clark. 1 say this mere ly as a cold blooded political proposi tion. based upon the situation as it is. Surely Wilson was hurt and Clark's chances enhanced by the defeat of