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VOL. X. NO. 237.
FSHTHtIn
LIGHTPLANT
TIES UP BIG
GOWtGT
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Financial Institutions Balk and
Destructor Company Vainly
Seeks Capital..
COMPLETE COLLAPSE OF
PLANS NOW THREATENED
Council to Grant Two Weeks
Nore Time. But Helpless
Tangle Darkens Outlook.
Advocates of the Destructor Com
pany’s proposition tn build a garbage
disposal, plant declared tofay that the
employ bad not been able to carry out
Its eontrct with the city because flpan
rial interests of the city would not
finance the building of a municipal
light and power plant At the same
time they would not assert that tiie
Georgia Railway and Electric Com
pany. with which the city plant would
compete, had displayed ans active op
position.
Two of the leading bonding concerns
have offered to give the Destructor
Company a bond to the entire amount
of its bid. $376,000. Financial institu
tions have offered to underwrite the
building, of a garage disposal plant for
$276,000. But tile capitalists refuse to
hegotiatf the city’s (Moral obligation
fo> SIOO,OOO to build an electric power
plant in ion.iuuetiun with the garbage
Cp'aul. by which to light the j’white
Two Weeks More
Time To Be Given.
Though members of council fear that
the contract for the combined garbage
disposal and electric power plant is in
a hopeless tangle, the council will today
grant an additional two weeks' time to
the company to try and finance its
proposition. If the company fails to
finance the deal, the city holds its cer
tified cheek for $37,000. which can be
declared forfeited.
I am willing to give the company
two weeks mor*-*lime to carry out its
contract," said Councilman Orville Hall
I Ta;.', one of tlie members who op
i 'S ’'- C” purchase of the plant. "1
<’ obt if the cotipany will be able to
' : c out the contract, for it was pro-
Vl "' i that work should begin ten days
after the contract was let. The con
-1 nt wa ■■ on June 4."
No Immediate
Action Probable.
' inanv inomhcrs- <>f the council are
out of i no city that a settlement of the
matter toulii hardly be attempted this
ito'rnoon. I'he giving of more time to
te ■ ompany io obtain underwriters for
’ ’ l ’" 1 virtually is postponing action for
two weeks,
11 IS said the Georgia Railway and
Electric Company has made no fight
Against the building of a city plant, but
■ 'ii the capable financial institutions
simply refuse to underwrite the con
'l’o'i ..f the Destructor Company. Since
m. . on: root wa« first let W. K. Dowd.
O". topi < tentative of the company, has
I " • n Tying to negotiate through banks
'he - promise to pi < .• the of
he plant.
Will Ask City
To Change Contract.
Mr. Dowd said late today that his
ompanv would be ahi,. ,o finance the
m dine of the plant if council would
X kp fi 7 a ">endment S to the contract,
’he first was that the deferred pay
ment. should be made o n February 1 of
U- b t ear. am,’ the second that his com
pant should retain title of the prop
v^m"’h"ti'’,l nn " P, ° vi ' ,r!t onl - v that
PaW cash anrt 'hat
’ "'Cmmnts shah be ni ade each
, ' until the total $376 non
paifl . Bv » ivin K up the title to the
'■>’> 'he city would simply pay on!
nuil lontal until the purchase price
U P. a substitute for the citv's
obltgatton for the deferred pay
''O'Mdbe su'bmitted'to' 11 ' 1 ’ I ? ropoßltit,n
'nd rX r Jod tothe U fln' t " lsaf '-
mittee for investie-oH lh fl , na nce com.
™ ->•’ know w" Sa,r ’ ” e
nove for the ritv to n-,7 ” ROOd
had no. had_tUTo
30 MADE CITIZENS OF
U. S. BY ATLANTA COURT
,'? a m S !'t h7 S 0 addit 'unal nephew.
'• celebrate the Fourth of ,j uly
an "
vrattted Citizen.bin^ P - e "man today
"Iter- Ther? ate r ?
»ig teen RmssP ,2 ' " ’he number
Aruns'. Sl a tt :U h . r 7 w^ r A ,,an ’'
Austrian ot)f ( one
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The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit —GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Result».
I WILL DEFY
DEATH,SAYS
GRACE, TO
JAIL WIFE
Wounded Man Declares That
He Will Go to Court in i
Invalid’s Chair.
STILL BITTER AGAINST
HER: DENOUNCES ‘LIES’!
i
, I
After He Has Helped Convict
Her. He Says He Will Sue
for a Divorce.
“If it costs me Hie life that is
coming back to me I am going to
be at the trial to help put behind
the bars the woman who tried to
kill me. Anti after that I will
divorce her so that sjie may never
again call herself by the name of
Grace. These two things I will
tjo or die in doing them.
Lying helpless in bed a: his mother's |
home in Newnan, still paralyzed from i
the bullet that In says bis wife fired!
into his body while he lay asleep, Eu- ‘
gene H. Grat'" held up his right hand I
as one who swears an oath when he:
made that declaration.
"Daisy Grace comes to trial In A.t- ]
lanta July 22." he went one "My doc-'
tor says that i will still be paralyzed]
then—that there is little hope that I I
will be able to move my, lower body 1
or my limbs for months to come. But
I know that if I am a: that trial she
will be convicted though the law pre
vents my testifying against her. arid]
so I have already ordered the invalid's
chair that will carry me to Atlanta. :
and I am going to lie in the court room I
by my lawyer's side to help them prove
her guilt from her own lips. - ’
Declares He Never
Wrote Alleged Note.
As Grace told of his vow and the
fight he is going to make against Daisy
Opie Grace, his hands worked nervous
ly at the counterpane, his teeth snap- I
ped together in the intensity of his I
devolve and now and then pie par- ]
alyzed legs twitched suddenly beneath!
the bed covers from reflex action the
the doctors say Is the promise of his
recovery.
"It is a lie." he continued, "that I j
ever wrote that I would not prosecute I
my w ife. I did mot write that letter
to Dr. Fetter in Philadelphia, My nurse |
wrote it. but she did not say I would j
not prosecute. That prosecution is my
first ambition. It is why I am trying
so bard to get well. Listen, that woman
shot me while I slept because she
thought she saw away lo get the $27,-
000 life insurance policy that 1 had
laken her own request.
"Shi had duped me into marrying
her. She was a lobster palace ladv
She was clever in the way of those
adventuresses who have had much ex
perience beneath the White Lights. I
was less experienced. I brought her
lo Atlanta, Well, she could not be sat
isfied with Atlanta after the life of
New' York. I did my best to make her
happy. But she tired of me.
When She’s Convicted
He’ll Sue For Divorce.
"She could not r are fm one mtm j
alone. So she thought she saw her way j
to be rid of me, and at the same time
win for herself a fortune and 3 free re
turn to the White Way that she loved.
And while I slept she shot me. Could
a woman do anything worse in God s
sight or man's? Do you wonder that
I am going to live to see her put behind
prison bars? And do you wonder that
when she has been convicted I am go
ing to sue her for divorce as soon as
I have lived in the state a year?
"I would have been nearly well by
this time," said Grace resentfully, "if
the Atlanta doctors hfld operated when
they should. Rut they said an opera
tion would only hasten my death. And
so I had to come down here to my
mother’s home 4n New nan to a ‘country
doctor' who did the operation that all
of the city experts said could not he
done. He knew it could be. done be
cause he had done It before.
Used Negro For
A Test Operation.
"There's a negro down here in New- I
nan named Level. One night eight I
months ago he went out to a frolic
with other negroes, and in the figli: '
that followed the whisky he wa- shot)
in the spine as my wife shot me, only I
the bullet that the negro got struck 1
him through the fifth vertebae, w Itrlc
the bullet in my spine Iles low i t in
the ninth
"Well. Turner, tht- country doctor
Continued on Page 2.
Testimony of GirL 12,
Wins Divorce for Her
Father in !0 Minutes
Sallie Myers Says Strange Man
“Came to See Mama When
Papa Was Away.’’
Sallie Myers, twelve years old. daugh
ter of J. R. Myers, won a divorce suit
for her father today her birthday. Mr.
Myers was suing Mrs. May White My
ers for complete divorce, charging de
sertion. and the testimony- of the little
girl caused a jury in superior court to
grant the request of her father.
As the child took the stand the at
torneys questioned the judge as to
whether or not she should be sworn.
"Do you know anything about swear
ing to tlie truth, little girl?" Judge Ellis
queried.
"Yes: I know you have got to tell
what's so or tlie bad man will get you,”
she replied simply. So she took the
oath.
"A strange man used to come home
with mother quite often." she testified.
"When, he did my mamma would give
me money and tell me to go to a near
by store and get some candy. One day
I came home and found the doors
locked. Mamma was angry when she
opened the door. She was in her night
gown and a man was with her."
Tlie decree was granted Myers in ten
minutes.
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■ .Mi,< Willie Muse, one of the
j favorites in the society, tourney.
I smashing the ball over the net.
Iler sister. Miss Caroline, today
is playing in the finals.
GEN. WOOD KEEPS
JOB BY PROVISIONS
OF NEW ARMY BILL
WASHINGTON. July I.—The oppo
nents of General Leonard Wood today
conceded defeat when ('hairman Hay.
of the military affairs committee, re
introduced tl:e army appropriation bill,
without the clause legislating the chief
of staff out of office.
The clause providing a commission
I of army officers to consider tlie reor
ganization of army posts with a view
to greater centralization also was
stricken out.
! This is accepted to mean Wood will
i be allowed to contlijue his present pol
icy of army ! <Tonn without hindrance.
SENATOR ASKS U. S.
PROBE OF TAFT T. R.
NOMINATION FIGHT
WASHINGTON. July 1. Denouncing
the pre-convention campaign of Pres
ident Taft and former President Roose
velt as the most disgraceful spectacle
in American history. Senator Works. " f
California, in tlie senate today intro
duced a resolution a»king the appoint
ment of four Republicans and three
Democrats on a special committee to
probe the activities of the presiden
tial candidates and their lieutenants
from the president and cabinet offierrs
down to the government employees who
assisted them.
SHOWERS TONIGHT AND
TUESDAY. THE FORECAST
; - Showers are headed for Atlanta and
we may expect to have rain tonight
land tomorrow." says Forecaater Von
| Herrmann, of tlie local weather bu-
I ■•eau. No change In the temperature
Its expected
RED MEN TO INSTALL.
• ’hiappewa tribe No. 50, Red Men,
«i)l hold a juiblic Installation of officers
tomorrow night st S o'clock In the wig
wam. S 6 Central avenue. Refrt ahinente
wIU be serve'l.
ATLANTA, GA.. MONDAY, JUL Y 1, 1912.
DARK HORSE REJECTED;
WILSON IS NOW IN LEAD
Society Racquet Stars Contest
BUDS IN TENNISTOURNEY
Atlanta society folk were attracted
to the Piedmont Driving Club today lo
watch the play in the finals match to
determine tlie best woman player, in
which two of the leading -oviety girls
of the younger set. Miss Caroline Muse
and Miss Esther Smith, were the con
testants.
These two fought, their way through
the matches, showing skill and knowl-
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edge of tennis which stamped them as
splendid players, and much interest is
shown in today's match.
Alex Smith, Jr., and H. M. Ashe were
scheduled to play Joe Colquitt and
Jesse Draper for the championship in
men's singles today. The play in men s
singles has not yet reached the finals.
Tennis has been a source of great
interest To Atlanta society folk who are
yet in town, and the matches on the
beautiful courts at the Piedmont Driv
ing Club during the present tourna
ment have drawn a large crowd each
afternoon.
AmonlJ those who have participated
in lhe tournament are Miss Lula Denn
Jones. Miss Esther Smith. Miss M. A.
Phelan. Mrs. John Hill. Miss Katherine
Crandall. Miss Mary Traylor, Misses
Caroline and Willie Muse. Miss Mar
garet Traylor.
Among the mon Winshlp Nunnally,
Alex Smith. Jr. Jesse Draper. Joseph
Colquitt. Carleton Smith. Dugas Mc-
Closkey. H. M. Ashe. Mr. Dorsey. Al
bert Thornton, I’m bes Fitzsimmons,
Union Hopkins, William Moore.
VICE COMMISSION
ASKS RECORDER BE
GIVEN MORE POWER
The vice commission, created at the
instigation of* the leaders of the Men
and Religion Forward Movement, to
day will urge the council to appeal Io
tin state legislature for a charter
amendment giving the recorder the au
thority to impose one-ycar sentences
in the city stockade and sl,O(tn fines.
The proposed law also provides a jury
of fixe shall be allowed In the record
er's court when requested by defend
ants.
The recorder's authority now is lim
ited to 30-day stockade sentences ind
TSOO fines
Some months ago Reco'det Broyles
declared that f the council would
grant such Increase tn his authority he
would guarantee to break up the blind
ttg- r traffic in Atlanta.
TORNADO SWEEPS
CANS n DEAD
Three Towns, Including Regina,
Sask., in Ruins—Property
Loss $10,000,000.
WINNIPEG. MANITOBA. July L
Rescue parties today searched the
ruins of the region devastated by last
night's tornado for the bodies of vic
tims.
At noon 34 bodies had been recovered
and conservative estimates placed the
number pf dead at 75.
' Early In the day the situation was
still chaotic and estimates of the num
ber of killed covered a wide range.
It is reasonably certain, however. 200
persons were killed and the total
The amount of property loss and
damage approximates $10,000,000.
The greatest loss of life occurred in
Regina. Sask., near the center of the
storm-swept area. A farming district
70 miles long and several miles wide
was hit by the hurricane.
Reports from isolated points were
meager early today, but it is not be
lieved there was great loss of life out
side the cities. Among the larger cities
in the swept district were Qu'Appelle
and Melville.
Telephone Girls Buried in Debris.
At Regina the local telephone office
was wrecked and the fifteen girls em
ployed there were buried in the ruins.
The telephone exchange building, the
Standard block, the First Baptist
church and tlie Bird and Bottell build
ings are among the buildings destroyed.
All wires, with the exception of one
telegraph’wire, are down. The iattgr Is
crowded with private messages from
persons who are safe
A special train left Winnipeg shortly
aftc " o'clock last night with doctors,
nurses, telegraph and telephone repair
men.
The tornado came from the -outh
and first struck the new parliament
building just completed at a cost of
$1,000,000. The building Is of steel and
concrete and while it still stands, is
severely shaken. Then It swept north
ward, mowing f. swath six blocks In
width in the most fashionable residence
district, transforming it into a mass of
w reekage.
Along Victoi ia street front Sixteenth
to Eleventh streets 200 houses were
destroyed and mans Inhabitants killed
Automobile' filled win prsmi' were
hurled high in the air.
Speakers Friends Renew Determina
tion to Stand by Him Uncompromis-V
ingly to the Very End—Minority
Block Will of Majority.
BALTIMORE, July I.—Wyoming switched her 6 votes from
Clark to Wilson on the thirty-first ballot today, and Alaska gave
Wilson 3of her 6. The totals were: Wilson 475 1-2, Clark 446 1-2,
Underwood 116 1-2, Foss 30, Harmon 17, Kern 2.
BALTIMORE. -Inly I.—On the thirtieth ballot today lowa
broke the unit rule by which 26 votes have been cast for Champ
('lark in the Democratic national convention and split her vote 12
to Clark and 14 to Wilson. This put Wilson ahead of Clark for
the first time since balloting began. The official count on the
thirtieth ballot was; Wilson 460, Clark 455, Underwood 121 1-2,
Harmon 19. Eoss 30. Kern 2.
The deadlock, which existed since the first ballot on president
was (,aken at last Thursday's session of the national convention,
continued today with les signs of ending than at any previous ses
sion. The first ballot of today showed very little change from the
last ballot of Saturday night. On the twenty-eighth ballot Indiana
shifted 29 votes to the Wilson column, hut outside of that, only
slight changes were shown as the balloting continued.
The Clark men entered the con
vention this morning with renew
ed determination to stand by the
speaker to the very end. They
took the position that since the
speaker on former successive bal
lots had received more than a
majority of the vote of the con
vention. he should he given the
necessary two-thirds vote, the
j failure of the convention to ex
tend this vote to him making the
minority of the convention in
control negatively, and the ma
jority powerless to carry out its
expressed will. Before the con
vention assembled the Clark men
held a mass meeting at which
they agreed to stick uncompro
misingly by the Missourian.
The developments of the day also
eliminated the prospects of a dark
horse, W. J. Bryan published a list of
five as available and suitable dark
horses—Senator Kern. Senator-elect
James, Senator O'Gorman. Senator
Rayner and Senator Culberson. Lead-'
ers immediately wiped out the list with
but little consideration, generally
agreeing that at least four or five are
obviously - impossible at this time for
one or more reasons. With the deter
mination of ail sides to continue the
fight without compromise, and the elim
ination of the probability of a dark
horse winning out, attention turned to
I lie prospects of adjournment without
a choice after a few more ballots are
taken, and a new convention being held
next month after a new call has been
issued and new primaries and stat»
conventions have been held and an en
tirely new list of delegates has been
chosen. This was accepted by many
as the only probable solution of the sit
uation.
Bryan Cheered as
He Entered Hall.
The Democratic national convention
began its tenth session at 11:03 o'clock
this morning After the meeting had
been called to order by Chairman Ollie
James, Rev. Carroll Hogue, of the First
Methodist Episcopal church. offered
prayer. <
He prayed that the work of the con
vention might redound to the greater
glory of God and added:
"We ask Thee, oh God. that thou
wilt guide us in everything that is done
this day. We pray that nothing may
happen In this convention to mar Its
glorious record.”
As the la=t echo of the prayer died
there came a shout. The galleries had
discovered an object upon which to
draw the first applause. After all eyes
went to the left aisle, down which canu
William J. Bryan, wearing a rose in his
buttonhole, piloted by a couple of po
licemen and with his face set for a
fight.
Chairman Jones made the following
statement:
"The galleries have been thrown
open to the genera! public. This is the
sixth day of our meetings. We want to
proceed to our business. 1 hope that
the galleries will appreciate the cour
tesy. We de not want any applause
that will disturb our business. The
chair will not tolerate any demonstra
tion that will interrupt business. If
there is such 1 will be compelled do
something 1 do not wish to do -to clear
the galleries"
Theodore A. Be|i. of California, came
to the stand and said:
"I rise for the purpose of asking ih
unanimous < onsent of this convention
that I may make a motion In favor of
thr extension of i|me for the railroad
FtioFa
IPITION
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE
; THE VOTE BY BALLOTS. *
• Twenty-sixth Ballot (last vote •
• Saturday)—Clark 447 1 -2; Wilson •
• 405; Underwood 112 1-2; Bar- •
• mon 29: Marshall 30; Foss 39. •
• Bryan 1. t •
• Twenty-seventh ballot—Clark •
• 469; Wilson 406 1 -2; Underwood •
• 112; Marshall 30; Harmon 29; •
• Foss 38; Bryan 1. Absent 2 1-2. •
• Twenty-eighth Ballot Clark •
• 468 1-2; Wilson 437 1-2; Under- •
• wood 112 1-2; Foss 38; Harmon •
• 29. Bryan 1; Kern 1. •
• Twenty-ninth Ballot —Clark •
• 468 1-2; Wilson 436; Underwood •
• 112; Foss 38; Harmon 29; Kern 4; •
• not voting 1-2. •
• Thirtieth Ballot—Wilson 46(f; »
• Clark 455; Underwood 1211-2; •
• Harmon 19. Foss 20; Kern 2. •
••••••••••••••••••••••••a*
tickets of the delegates." There was
no objection and he moved that a com
mittee of three be named to wait upon
validating agents of the railroads to
get extensions on all delegate tickets.
“All favoring motion say aye,” said the
chairman.
For once the convention voted as *
unit. The motion was carried. The
committee named by the chair to see
the railroad people was Congressman
R. Denver, of Ohio; Governor Emmett
O’Neal, of Alabama: Hollis Randolph,
of Georgia.
New York Poll
Gives Wilson 9.
The twenty-seventh ballot was then
ordered. It progressed rapidly until
the New York vote was announced for
Clark. It was challenged and a poll
ordered.
Governor John A. Dix wa« railed
first on the list. He voted for Clark.
Senator James A. O’Gorman was next.
He was not present. Alton R. Parker
voted for Clark. So did Charles F.
Murphy. August Relmont sent an
other Clark vote over. The Clark
stream kept up. Herman A. Metr. vot
ed for Clark. Borough President Al
fred E. Steers, of Brooklyn, did like
wise, as did John H. McCorey, the
Brooklyn leader Abraham 1. Elkins,
a leading New York lawyer, broke the
line and voted for Wilson. William G
McAdoo was another of the W’tlson
■voters. Lawrence Godkin voted for
■Wilson. Morgan J. O'Brien and Sam
uel Untermoyer, the noted lawyer,
voted for Clark. William Temple Em
mett voted for Underwood, and John
B Stanchfield, a noted lawyer, asked
leave to explain his vote. He came to
the stand for that purpose. Mr. Stanch
field said that hts delegation repre
sented 10,000,000 persons and 45 votes
in the electoral college. No president,
he added, could be elected without the
aid of New York. He said that his
state represented one-tenth of ths
government of the United States.
A Mi lligan delegate interrupted He
wanted a time limit put on the speaker.
"I would say to the gentleman from
Michigan." resumed Mr. Stanchflei 1,
"that New York has a right to a hea -
ing in this convention.’’
He told the Bryan folk that he had
been a fighter with Bryan tn the pate.
He said he ran for governor In 1900 on
the same ticket with William J. Bryan
and Bryan got then more votes by too.,
non than he ever got before or since.
Discussing the New York delegation,
he said that It contained the governor
and the lieutenant governor of ths
state, a former candidate for president
anti many* distinguished men, Them
he said, were the mon Mr. Bryan had
■ ailed men of wax. H> then turned ',
Colonel B'yan.
"We say to that favor-seekitfg. office.