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THE WEATHER Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia: Showers today and probably tomor row. < VOL. X. NO. 284. HUE RIER vnm UH KILLED Locomotive Turns Completely Over and Jix Pullman Cars Jump From Tracks. CHICAGO. June 27.—One man was killed and a number of oth ers reported injured when the Dixie Flyer, on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois, which left here at 9:30 last night, bound for Florida, went off the rails at Martinton, 111., 68 miles from here, at midnight. J. W. Kendricks, of Danville, 111., the engineer, was killed, and the fireman was injured, escap ing death by jumping. All the cars, including six Pullmans, were derailed. The passengers were hurled from their berths. The locomotive turned completely over. ARMY SURGEON GOES ON TRIAL TO ANSWER INEFFICIENCY CHARGE SAVANNAH. GA., June . 27.—Major Woodberry, chief surgeon at Fort Screven, appeared before a general courtmartial today to answer charges of inefficiency, preferred, it is said, by the surgeon-gen eral of the United States. Among the witnesses summoned are a number of of ficers of high rank. Major Woodberry has retained both civic and military coun sel and will fight jhe charges. Captain H. D. Bunn, of the Seventy-second com pany, coast artillery corps, appeared for Major Woodberry in a military capacity. Major Woodberry declines to make an Extended statement relative to the charges. He is inclined to scoff at the idea of inefficiency. He asserts that his friends in the medical profession and at the fort know him well enough to draw their own conclusions as to' whether he is efficient in his profession. He declares that the charges are technical. TWO ALLEGED FORGERS IN JAIL AT MT. VERNON MOUNT VERNON. GA., June 27 Charles White, a young man of Mont gomery county, and a young man who gives his name as E. D. Helmick, of Buchanan, Mich., are in jail here charged with forgery. Helmick pre sented a check to the Mount Vernon bank, purporting to be signed by Wil liam Kent and Indorsed by E. D. Hel mick, for $250. TLte cashier did not pay the check, but told Helmick to come back later. Eater the sheriff was noti fied and upon search found Helmick still in town with White. They were arrested. In the preliminary trial White claimed to know- nothing of the matter. • Helmick said he knew nothing of Kent, but that White suggested the scheme. Both were bound over under SSOO bonds for appearance before superior court. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER GETTINGJECONOMICAL COLUMBUS, OHIO, June 27.—John D. Rockefeller has cut down the num ber of his automobiles since the gov ernment ordered the dissolution of the Standard Oil Company. Before then he had five. Today the state depart ment received a request from Mr. Rockefeller sot licenses and tags for four machines. THE SCORE CARD FOR TODAY’S BASEBALL GAME AT PONCEY PARK _ 1 9 iioMj ATI ANTA ~ 4 5E5> fBJ ~ Atlanta Xy- Yy- YY Xy Xy Xy- ~ < o x Xy+Xy Yy Yy- v oIL“11 Ifi Chattanooga— Yz YytYY Yy ~Yy ~ Y y~ ~ < 'y~ ~Y y' „ Georgian’s Hemphill, cf.. 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The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results GOV. BROWN'S OWN LIST TANGLES FIGHT Legislature’s Row Over Smith Appointments Complicated Still More. _ The state senate was disappointed today in its expectation of a fight over Senator Sheppard's resolution to re open the Hoke Smith appointments be- [ cause the sponsor obtained a postpone ment until July. But the situation has been badly complicated by the fact that Senator Smith had stripped the executive office clean of official pa pers when he left the governor’s chair, creating a rather unusual situation. Even if the senate should pass the Sheppard resolution. Governor Brown, should he desire as a matter of cour tesy to send in his predecessor's ap pointments, could make up the list only ' from hearsay. It was asserted in the senate that Senator Smith, after issuing ad interim commissions, had carefully removed his list of appointees from the executive office before he went to Washington. The only record of these appointments is in the minutes of the executive of , fice. In the fight over the Sheppard reso lution, the Brown leaders insisted that I former Governor Smith had issued his - commission only as ad interim appoigt > rr.ents and the commissions would, therefore, expire automatically with the meeting of the legislature. j It became known that Gov • ernor Brown expected to send in a list of appointments entirely of bls j own choosing, and should the senate ! pass a resolution demanding appoint . ments, the governor would prefer his t own list to one pieced together by guesswork that might represent the se- ’ lection of his predecessor. The resolution, introduced yesterday and laid on the table for one day as the rules require, calls upon Governor I Brown to send back to the senate for consideration the appointments made by Governor Hoke Smith last year and , which were left unconfirmed by the f senate. There are several contests for ? judgeships and other Important offices ■ involved, the officials who held the 1 seats prior to the governor's appoint ments having stuck to their places, . while the Smith appointees have gone . to the courts to fight for the jobs. . Whether the senate, which is the same ( senate which refused to confirm the , appointments last year, will change its mind this session is the question being -> thrashed out today. More new bills, ranging from mere local legislation to general bills of more or less importance, marked the opening s of the house session. Several absentees of yesterday were In their seats today when the roll was called. It was the general opinion that a recess would be taken after tomorrow's session until - Monday, giving the lawmakers of both houses a Saturday off. 1 The result of Senator Sheppard's resolution, if passed. Is open to a vast amount of speculation. P Without delving into ancient history 1 to trace the ftte of the much-mooted Smith appointments, it can be safely ' said that Governor Brown is bound to r _ . Continued on Page 2. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1912. Young Woman Bandit, ' With Levelled Pistol. Aids Gang in Robbery Fair Desperado Keeps Case Pro prietor Prisoner While Confed erates Ransack His Place. CHICAGO, June 27.—Led by a young woman, fashionably attired, and armed with a magazine revolver, three ban dits held up a case on South Halsted street early today and escaped In an autdmobile. With her revolver leveled at the pro prietor of the restaurant. George Park er, she kept him a prisoner while her confederates robbed the cash register and searched the clothing of two pa trons. The young woman was described as wearing many diamonds, about 23 years of age, attired in a finely tailored suit and a wide panama hat. Detectives have been sent in search of the bandits, but as yet no clew has been found. The extent of the robbery is not known. (GOVERNORS IN MOVE I TO HOLD 1912 COTTON FOR 15-CENT MARKET Governor Joseph M. Brown will in a few days call a convention of cotton growers and business men of the en tire South, with the governors of the cotton states, to be held in Atlanta July 10 for the ptlrpose of considering a plan to hold cotton for a 15-cent market. The Southern States Cotton Corpora tion. of Macon, is backing the conven tion plan, and five, governors have promised to be present if possible. The Macon Chamber of Commerce is giving support to the plan, which now embraces 60 Georgia counties and has spread to other states. George Dole Wadley, of Macon, presi dent of the corporation, is in the city to consult Governor Brown. The cor poration proposes to finance the cotton movement of 1912 so as to regulate sales, hold the crop for 15 cents and make possible a concerted movement for handling the crop. COURTSHIP OF WEEK ENDS IN MARRIAGE OF MACON DIVORCEE MACON, GA.. - June 27, —After a week’s acquaintance and courtship, Mrs. Emily C. Ennis, an attractive young Macon matron, whp divorced her husband several months ago. was last night married th ('Ar I tori M. Hed rick. a traveling salesman. They have gone to San Francisco to make their future home. BRUNSWICK Ts MADE PANAMA MAIL PORT BRUNSWICK, GA„ June 27.—Bruns wick is to be one of two south Atlantic seaports to be made calling ports for Panama-bound mail and steamers car rying mail, bound from various North ern points to Panama, will call by here once a week to receive mail destined to Panama. Charleston has been named the other port of call on the south Atlantic coast. Brunswick and Savannah have been fighting for this honor for over a year, and the trades bodies of the two cities petitioned their respective congress men to have their respective ports made calling points. SEEKING DIVORCE MACON. GA„ June 27. —Eleven chil dren. five grandchildren and 35 years of married life do not deter R. B. Davis, of Macon, from seeking a divorce. He has brought suit against Mrs. Josephine Davis, from whom he separated several weeks ago. charging that she "no lon ger loves him.” and that to live with her longer will wholly destroy his hap piness and impair his health. SLAYER GETS 15 YEARS. EASTMAN. GA., June 27.—Arthur Daniels, a negro, was given fifteen years in the chaingang for killing his brother a few months ago. The jury was out only a short time. ____________________________________ WAR DECLARED ON BRYAN BY BOSSES OF BIG STATES GROUP OF DELEGATES Sketched by T. E. POWERS. i » fUuL zn F» MNHtu,t ** " ? A Sissoh V / x ' a m,ss 11 pvv ■ MEffl BEQUEST WILL BEJESISTED EATONTON, GA„ June 27 Mercer university may not, After all. receive the SIOO,OOO bequest made to that in stitution in the will of the late Judge Thomas G. Lawson, who at the time of nls death a few weeks ago, was president ot the Mercer board of trus tees. Mrs. Lawson, widow and sole heir to the estate of Judge Lawson. Has em ployed counsel to resist the payment of this bequest, in event the officials of Mercer undertake to collect it. Her contention is that a Georgia statute prohibits the giving of more than one third of an estate for charitable, edu cational or other such institutions. Judge Lawson’s estate Is valued at be tween $200,000 and $250,000 and there fore the SIOO,OOO bequest is in excess of one-third. Thus far Judge Lawson’s will has never been probated, although It has been opened and Its contents made public. The officials of Mercer have taken no steps to collect the bequest, pending the probating of the will. It is said that Mrs. Lawson, who is past 70 years of age, Is not averse to giving Mercer a substantial sum, $25,- 000 to $50,000, but that she considers Mercer had been the recipient of Judge Lawson benevolence to a liberal de gree during his lifetime, he having given the institution about $25,000 in cash at various times and also a large tract of Jones county land valued at probably $25,000. In addition to the estate left by her husband. Mrs. Lawson has a personal estate valued at about $75,000. In the event of her death, the large Lawson estate will go to a number of nieces and nephews in Putnam, Morgan and other counties of this section, there be ing no children In the Lawson fam ily. ________________________________________ BURGLAR HUNTED IN GRANT BLDG. Captain Poole and eight policemen searched in vain for five hours early this morning for burglars supposed to be hid ing In the Grant building with designs upon the Georgia Bank apd Trust Com pany and other safes in the big structure It was 3:30 a. m. when the alarm con necting the Burglar Alarm Company in the Empire building with the F. S. White Dental Company’s suite on the eighth floor of the Grant building rang furiously. The alarm people telephoned frantically for police help and Captain Poole took eight men on a dash from the police sta tion to the corner of Broad and Walton. There the men deployed and a guard was put around the entire Grant structure, while Poole, with drawn gun, rushed up to the dental rooms and forced his way in. He found nobody nor could any of his men. though they searched the building from basement to roof and went over ev ery foot of the bank offices There was not even a trace of a burglar, but Captain Poole detailed two men to keep watch until daybreak. Then they searched the building again. The police theory is that the burglar alarm wires became crossed. TO SERVE FOUR CHURCHES IN ATHENS PRESBYTERY CRAWFORDVILLE, GA., June 27 Rev. George M. Howerton, of this city, has resigned the pastorate of the group of churches served by him in the Au gusta presbytery and has accepted a call to a group of churches In the Athens prebytery. The churches in his new charges are Lavonia, Royston, Pleasant Hill and Hartwell. The churches in the Crawfordville group will secure a new pastor in a short time. Murphy, of New York; Taggart, of Indiana and Sullivan, of Illinois, Start in to Eliminate Nebraskan as Power at Convention. BALTIMORE, June 27.—Negotiations were started today to haze Governor Hannon withdraw from the race for the Dem ocratic presidential nomination. Edward Moore, committee man from Ohio, had a telephone talk with Governor Harmon and requested him to withdraw. COLUMBUS, OHIO, June 27.—“1 positively have not with drawn and will not withdraw from the presidential race. My name will be presented at Baltimore,” was the statement . Governor Harmon made this morning. BALTIMORE, June 27,—Charles F. Murphy, of New York; Thomas T, Taggart, of Indiana, and Roger C. Sullivan, of Illinois, the actual steering committee of the Democratic na tional convention, today decided to fight the Bryan forces to a finish. They will make no compromise with Bryan. They want harmony, but they will not go so far as to join with the Nebraskan in electing a president unless he is willing to accept their candidate. The three leaders will not support Wilson, but are willing to unite on another candidate not championed by Bryan. That wfis the situation when the third day’s session was called to order at noon by Chairman Parker. The trio today outlined the fu ture conduct of the convention as follows: This afternoon: Action on majority and minority reports of the committee on credentials; selection of Ollie James, of Kentucky, as permanent chairman, and address by him. This evening: Hearing of speeches in nomination and seconding of candi dates for the presidential nomination; balloting upon presidential candidates with the possibility that three ballots will be taken and that that will be enough to settle the matter. Friday afternoon: Presentation of the report of the committee on resolu tions and action on the platform. Friday evening: Nomination of a candidate for vice president and final adjournment of the convention.. This program will not vary very much, in the opinion of Taggart, Mur phy and Sullivan. Even though more ballots may be necessary for the presi dential nomination than they now fig ure upon, they insist that the work of the convention will nevertheless be completed some time Friday night. Choice For President Badly Divided. With the preliminaries out of the way this afternoon, the convention will proceed to nominating for president to night. The convention last night voted to abrogate the unit rule of voting by states, except in those cases where state laws impose the unit rule on the delegations. This action was consid ered a victory for the Wilson forces. Here Is the Way The Vote Is Split. The most enthusiastic boomer in Baltimore does not anticipate a nomi nation on the first ballot. Aside from William J. Bryan and William J. Gaynor, who havg no in structed vote, the total runs this way: Clark. 4494-2; Wilson, 261; Harmon, 67; Underwood, 77 1-2; Marshall, 31; Baldwin, 14. and Burke, 10. The uninstructed total is 184, but one must subtract from that the 90 votes of New York, which are to go to the Gaynor standard on the first ballot; so that the head man is short 281 votes. IW 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE £ A o Y RE Nt> Two Georgians at Democratic Meeting Drawn by TOM POWERS. • i /bob I S Manson /SE’C. To w A r ) TOE / \ John-So/i K fir? X or N.Y. X. with but a scant 94 from which to re ceive his first ballot strength. Here is the situation in figures by states: Alabama, 24 Underwood; Arizona. 6 Clark; Arkansas, 18 Clark; California, 26 Clark: Colorado. 12 Clark; Connec ticut, 14 Baldwin ;• Delaware, 6 unin structed: Florida, 12 Underwood; Georgia, 28 Underwood; Idaho, 8 Clark;