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WILSON IS NOMINATED the weather —— Forecast: Showers tonight or to morrow. Tempe-atures: 8 a. m„ 70; 10 a. m„ 78: 12 no°n. 79: 2 p. m„ 79. VOL. X. NO. 238. imiLEi mm is HMM BBS UM Tot of Three Struck Down in Peachtree by Machine Driven by Carnegie Medal Winner. PLAYMATE ESCAPES AND CALLS DOCTOR Little Victim Lies Unidentified as Frantic Parents Search for Him in Vain. Three-year-old Ralph Russey, of 86 West Baker street, ran away from hts home to play in the streets for the first time in his life today, and while his parents searched throughout the city for him he was run down and killed at the corner of Peachtree street and Merritts avenue by the automobile of Willis E. Ragan, the merchant, driven by John Hill, the only negro who has ever received a Carnegie hero medal. George S. Russey, secretary of the Atlanta Wooden ware Company and fa ther of the child, came upon his son's body in the Davis-Fisher sanitarium, where it had been carried. He had heard that, a child who resembled his lost little son had been hurt by an •au tomobile. When he was brought in to make sure of the identification he was told that the lad had been dead for several hours. Both the father and mother were prostrated and are under doctors’ care. Mother Makes Vain Hunt for Child. At 7 o’clock this morning Ralph climbed out of bed to eat an early breakfast'with his father and be kissed good-bye as the latter hurried to his office He toddled down the street a block with Mr. Russey, then started back homeward with a promise to be a good boy and stay close at home until his father should return tonight. But on the way hack he met a little ■playmate. Marion Cain, who lives just two doors away, and Marion knew of a great heap of sand that some house builders had piled up near the corner of Peachtree street and Merritts avenue, and the tots agreed that it would be great fun to run over there and dig oui | a Robinson Crusoe cave. Ralph's mother, Mrs. Russey, missed 1 her son when ten minutes had gone by and he did not come back from the : walk with his father. She called at all j the neighbors', but none had seen him. At the Cain homestead they told her that Marion had strayed away. too. Mrs. Russey grew very much frighten ed. fearing that some harm might come to her child. She asked neighbors to help her in the search and she called het husband on th-' telephone and he left his office and hurried homeward, asking at every block if any one had seen a boy resembling bis son. Struck by Auto; Crowd Threatens. Meanwhile the two little lads had found the sand heap they sought for and were playing behind the great pilei that stood between the sidewalk and the street. Then of a sudden. Ralph remembered that bis mother would wonder "here he could have been gone I so long and, tailing to Marion, he rani -mt from the < ave they had dug to' hurry home. i Marion followed at his playmate’s Is. but just as they emerged into street from th< sand pj| e a great automobile bore down upon them and 1" fore Ralph could turn around to run I back the hood had struck him and his body went down under the wheels and the weight of tons above them. • automobile driven by Hill was being taken back to the garage of its I «n«r, Willis Hagan Hill put on the ■ -mergenej brak. ■. but when the ma | bine was stopped the little frame lav ■ dying Os a broken nock- and a fra.'- ■ tik' t > ' l,f ' n ' ll,h its frame. inn ■ Pkked li.m up, carried him to the ma tt w Jr, and a Wafi ’ ,tar " nK ™ t''e ■ a> to a doctor’s whe n th _ croW(j ■ JT?* 1 beam., threatening. P „. ■ '* ol « f ‘h-rseti Iturriod up fcd .J' "'- arm, a'd ■ " to pm on » Contmued e „ p lgt F , ve The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit —GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Resultt Mrs. Clark Howell, Sr., 1 Dies After Shock of Death of Grandson Demise of Little Edwin Gunby, •Jr., at Tampa. Prostrates Grandmother. Mrs. Clark Howell. Sr . of 737 Peach tree street, prostrated by the death of her grandson. Lidwin Gunby. .Jr., of Tampa. Kia., died hi her home today. Mrs. Howell became ill suddenly after the death of her little grandson several weeks ago. and since that time has gradually grown worse. Mrs. Howell was the wife of the veteran deputy superior court clerk. Mrs. Ehwin Gunby was Mr end Mrs Howell's only child, and both the latter were unusually devoted to their litt> 1 grandson. He visited the Howells regu larly, and it was nearly time for the ac customed trip io Atlanta when he died at lhe Gunby’s Florida home. Before Mrs. Howell’s marriage to Clark Howell, Sr., she was Miss Elizabeth Gardner, of Atlanta, she was born and reared here, and was extensively ac quainted throughout Georgia and the Southeast. Mrs. Howell was an aunt of Clark Howell, Jr., of the Atlanta Con stitution The funeral service will be held at the family residence- tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock by Bishop Warren A. Candler, 1 of the Methodist church. Mrs. Howell had been a member of that church for a number of .rears and his services for the funeral address were secured today. Private interment will follow in Oakland cemetery. FELDER’S AIDS MEET; LIKELY TO URGE HIM TO BE A CANDIDATE MACON. GA., July 2.—Friends of Hon. Thomas S Felder v 111 meet this afternoon in the offices of Judge Mil ler and likely will determine then to advise him to formally announce that he is in the race for governor. Replies have 4teen received tn the 100 telegrams which were sent tn Mr. Fel der’s friends in all parts of the state Sunday. These answers are s,aid to convey assurances sufficiently strong to indicate a state-wide sentiment for the attorney general and the meeting will urge him to announce his can didacy. It is said t to financial canvass here has met with success, and that an ample campaign fund is assured. ■OHIO REPUBLICANS INDORSE TAFT AND CHICAGO PLATFORM, I i COLUMBUS. OHIO. July 2. The Re publican slate convention today indorsed the Chicago platform and the renomina tion of President Taft. A resolution in dorsing Theodore Roosevelt was tabled by a vote of 426’ 2 to 301 l 2 . 'Phis was the first clash of the Roosevelt and Taft men. resulting in a defeat for the former The platform as adopted was semi progressive. although making no radical ' departures from previous Republican dec : larations. Its most progressive plank I favors the direct election of United •States senators and declares for the ap ; plication of the short ballot principle to I state, county and city administrative «>f- I flees. POLICEMAN ARRESTS CHIEF FOR SPEEDING IN NEW AUTO PATROL i ROME. GA.. July 2.—Favmiiuni is shunned by Patrolman W. I). Jones ami when be saw chief of Police Harris in a speeding automobile he did not hesi tate to make a ease against the driver. Bairy Wright, a former member of lhe legislature When arraigned before lhe recorder Mr. Wright was dismissed on the grounds that th- auto had been 1 purchased by lhe city for u police pa trol and he was only showing the chief what speed the machine could mak- BRIDE OF ONE MONTH FEARS HUSBAND HAS COMMITTED SUICIDE ’ s Fearful that her husband Ims committed p 1 suicide. Mrs. James P Mayfield, SO S<’ u '• ' McDaniel street, bride of one month, is i I frantic today while police and relatives i are scouring the city for trace of the , ! missing man. Max field dlsapeared xesirrda morning. Ho was manager of lhe resaurant in the | Georgia Athletic club until Saturday; ; night. Yesterday morning ho started hit < to look for another job. remarking that he ; “would get a job. or else" I Mr. Legislator: ' The “Legislators' Accom- 1 modations" column on the | first WANT AD page in to- ■■ day's Georgian gives you a I long list of select places to choose your eating, boarding and rooming houses. This ; column was gotten up for ; your special benefit. So take advantage of it. WILSON MADE NOMINEE BY ' ALMOST UNANIMOUS VOTE WOODROW WILSON fail - A- . . W HI K-' 'Dil H \ V’H > -■ / fedSSHK?- 4 wVS&R- H ’Set r k BMk - Aj x. ■ fIH IHBlpHraH ' s ' 'ifi [ : W JMIKI I. I / 1 - , ... Vice-Presidential Talk on Today BALTIMORE. July 2. Vice presiden tial possibilities for nomination in the Democratic (.invention began sprout ing today There were numerous pos sibilities. Some were out for the place and others were being boomed by their friends. Some of those mentioned prominently were: Governor Thoma - R. Marshall, of In. diana, a presidential possibility, who lost Indiana's support Monday Mayor New ton Raker, of ''leveland. .Mayor Joseph H Preston, of Balti more. Bryan's selection for second place. Mayor Carter Harrison, of Chicago, being boomed by some friends. The Harrison boom has little weight because it Is known that Mayor Har rison is not out for a place on the ticket. He has been mentioned as a presidential possibility. I>|it told his friends he did md wish it. H has always taken the position that he does not care for anv other office until he has completed his term is mayor of * ’hicago. SIOO,OOO COTTON SALE. I.A GRANGE. GA July 2 At 12 1-4 cents a pound 1.70 b bales of cotton that had been stored in the Ttoup county warehouse for several months hav. lust been sold, the transaction amounting to more than .< Inii.tion. R. pr< scnlativt s of th. Carolina mill 1 - wen- the buyers. The iah ... a moh In J. E Itunson, .. r>• .ruing the laiGrnnge Cotton Com pan!. ♦. i ATLANTA, GA.. TUESDAY. JU J A 2, 1912. Silver. Centuries Old. in Court HEIRS FIGHT FOR PLATE The faintly plate of the Maddisons, one of England's old families, mono gramed and bearing the coat of arms that was adopted centuries ago. is In the hands of Sheriff C. W. Mangum, in Atlanta, awaiting developments In a legal contest. The plate had been ordered sold at public auction today, but members of the Maddison family secured an In junction from superior court to stay the proceedings. It was not offered at the sheriff s sale and will be held by that official until a detision in the ease Is reached. The matter will be taken up by Judge J. T Pendleton Sat urday. It may run through the courts for months. William W Maddison who owned one-fourth interest in the silverware, sold his interest Io Mr and Mrs I’ L. Wooley, In 19!'! and when the title was transferred, William K Mower, of the Mower-Hobart Co., levied on the property for alleged debts due him by Mi Wooley Then i.ime the order for tie public -ale of the Maddison heir looms. However, Mt- ■ s Muriel. Rosnm and A|h< Maddison -islei.- of William Maddison and pos . -Ing each a i.ua' - tot interest In th. platr , opposed the sale of their ancestral silvo and proceeded to secure the eouti's injunction. The alive, consists of file following plot ( s , Twelve table spoons, twelve dessert spoons, twelve tabic folks, twelve tea spoons, one five o'clock tea set. and twelve spoons and sugar tons, mustard pot and spoon, four salt spoons, two sauce ladles, one soup ladle, one but ter knife, one sugar duster, one marrow spoon, one pickle fork, one gravy spoon, four salt cellars, one tea pot, one cof fee pot. one sugar basin, one cream ewer, two candlesticks, one snuffer and tray, one toast rack, two bottle sliders, one small card tray. Its history covers generations. In the time of the Crusaders the Maddi son family, landed gentry of England, and In favor with royalty, had the coat of arms inscribed on their silverware. It was the pride of the family. Generations passed and the plate was handed down from eldest son to eldest son until it came to George Latham Maddison He grew tiled of England, and hearing of the wonderful America, emigrated to Canada finally locating in Toronto There the plate passed to another generation. and Alfred Maddison brought it to Atlanta Hi lived here a number of wears, carefully preserv ing the inherit,,n< e. East yea, he died, and by his will, and the will of his father, the silver was given to his children, William W. Maddison and the Misses Maddison Then William W Maddison sold his interest In the plate to Mr. Wooley, and the order for its sale al. public auction resulted. Bankhead, for Underwood. Gives Up Fight and New Jersey Governor Is Put in Nomination Without Protest. BALTIMORE. July 2.—Woodrow Wilson was nominated m the Democratic candidate for president of the United States this afternoon. Wilson's vote was 990 and Clark 94, Harmon 12. absent 2. On the forty-sixth ballot every vote was cast for Wilson ex cept 12 in Ohio for Harmon, and the following for Clark: Cali fornia 24, Florida 5, Louisiana 2, Missouri 36, North Dakota 6, New Jersey 4, Ohio 1, District of Columbia 6. The nomination of Wilson came on the forty-sixth ballot. Before that ballot was taken Senator Bankhead withdrew the name of Oscar Underwood as a candidate. Then the name of Governor Foss was withdrawn, and imme diately after that Champ Clark’s managers admitted that their candidate had been defeated. The ballot was taken, with the result that practically all of the Southern states that had been loyal to Underwood voted for Wilson. A few of the votes were split, and Missouri continued to cwt its vote for the speaker. New York, however, voted for Wilson, despite the bitter fight it had m ade on him. A motion to make the nomination of Wilson unanimous was carried, after which adjournment until 9 p. m. was taken. At that time nomination for vice president will be in order. I • All day th#* strength of (’lark had been growing weaker, and on the ballot before the last ho had scarcely 300 votes. Plenty of Vacant Seats in Gallery. The twelfth session of the Demo cratic national convention was called to order at 12:09 this afternoon. Rev. George F. Gross, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church of Balti more, pronounced the Invocation. "Grant Thy blessing, we beseech Thee, upon this national convention,” said he in his prayer. "Grant that patriotism may guide their acts and that no matter under what circum stances or excitement that they may > not forget who they are" There was the usual notice that the galleries would be cleared In case of demonstrations, and then the taking of the forty-third ballot began at 12:15 p. m. At the opening of the cal! of states for the forty-third ballot (’hairman James said: "Please cease conversation or go >ut on the street, where yob can talk with out disturbing the convention." i Illinois Shifts Votes to Wilson. When the roll went on. the pent-up enthusiasm of the convention had an outlet when Roger Sullivan sent 40 of the 58 votes of Illinois to Wilson and announced that 18 votes had gone to ('lark. There was an outbreak from the Wilson folk. Mr. Sullivan still tried to talk. The yelling crowd would not let him. Final ly he finished his announcement. ‘‘Under the unit rule. 5.8 votes for Wilson." The news thrilled the Wilson outfit. They shouted for joy When Kentucky was reached. Ollie W. Young, of More head. Ky.. made Inquiry as to Ken tucky. "The Kentucky delegation desires to know If under our instructions we can cast our vote for Wilson If the major ity of the delegates so desire?" he said. Governor'Met'teary read the instruc tions of the delegation: "To support Champ ('lark as long as his name was before the convention." He hold that the delegation must east Its vote for ( "lark. When the Virginia delegation was called its chairman said: "Up to this time the Virginia delega tion has cast its vote according to the individual wishes of the delegation. This morning our delegation held a caucus and It was decided that the time had come to apply the unit rule. We decided to cast our 24 votes for Woodrow Wilson, and 1 now cast them for Wilson." Great cheers from Wilson and Bryan followers A Missouri man tried io start a stampede for Bryan and it fell flat The Wilson folks were all .-miles, 1 cheers and yells. They rested long enough Io let West Virginia get into action McGraw’s delegation which had beep in the ('lark column, switch'd • and voted for Wilson. The era of prosperity was on. They had not ex t I HOHL EDITION 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE £ a q y re no •••••••••••••••••••••••••a • THE VOTE BY BALLOTS. * • L • • Forty-second Ballot (last before • • today) Wilson. 494: Clark, 430: • • Underwood. 104; Foss. 28; Har- • • mon, 27: Gaynor. 1; Kern, 1; Bry- • • an. 1-2. • • Forty-third Ballot (first today) • • —Wilson, 602; Clark, 329: Under • • wood. 98 1-2: Harmon, 28; Foss. • • 27: Kern, 1; Bryan. 1. • • Forty-fourth Ballot Wilson, • • 629; Clark. 306: Underwood. 99: • • Harmon. 27; Foss, 27. • • Forty-fifth Ballot —Wilson. 633; • • Clark, 306: Underwood. 97. Foss. • • 27; Harmon, 25. • • Forty-sixth Ballot —Wilson vote • • was 990 and Clark’s 94, Harmon • • 12 absent 2. • •••••••••••••••••••••••••a pected It all at once. They expected that Michigan and Illinois would com® to their aid. but they had no idea that all of others on the list of changed voles had similar notions. They cheer ed again and again as the new recruits came to their standard. When the roll without Maryland showed that. Wilson had gained 111 votes and lost one on the vote, all eyes went to Maryland. "We demand the poll of Maryland/ called the delegates. The announcement of the result was the signal for a short spurt of applause from the Wilson side of the house. Mississippi, which held solidly twen ty votes for Underwood, hesitated for the first time on the forty-fourth bal lot. When her name was called the cheering voice that had sung. "Twenty votes for Oscar Underwood,” since the opening of the convention, asked that the state be passed while it held a caucus. Pennsylvania. Utah and Wisconsin Solid. Pennsylvania changed her long standing vote of 74 for Wilson to i solid shot of 76 for the New Jersey man. The change which put the Keystone state solidly behind Wilson started the applause again Utah solidified her vote and gave It to Wilson. The Wisconsin vote, which had been divided, was also thrown en masse to Wilson. Washington demanded a roll call on the forty-fourth ballot before the offl. cial count was announced. Mississippi's vote was awaited with great Interest. When she refused tn change and tlung to Underwood thete was a little hand-clapping in the Ala bama delegation. Evidently the big break had not come yet. A delegate from Washington insisted upon the tight to have a proxy counted In the delegation. Chairman .lame, titled that no proxies should be al lowed 'The ruling of the chair protects fraud." shouted the Date delegate Chairman James was angrr H said; ■ So far as the gentleman's charge is Continued on Page Five,