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WITO KILLS CHILD ON PEACHTRB THE WEATHER Forecast for Atlant? and Georgia: Local showers today and probably tomorrow. VOL. X. NO. 238. IBADLY HURT IN STRANGE NIGHT GUN BATTLE R. Z. Upchurch, chief clerk of the Georgia Fruit exchange, and living at 91 Summit avenue, was shot and badly wounded In a mysterious fight on the eighth floor of the Walton building at 3 o’clock this morning. Emmett Hight, a prominent real es tate man. of 90 Peachtree circle, and a member of the Transportation club, is socked up at the police station charged with the shooting. The bullet was fired into Upchurch’s body at such close / range that his coat was burned by the powder flash, entered his side just be low the heart and passed out at the back. The surgeons at Grady hospital will perform an operation upon him today. Fight to Get 1 Possession of Pistol. Neither Hight nor Upchurch have talked freely of the strange shooting, but, according to the account given the police by Night Watchman L. M. John son of the Walton building, who was locked up six hours before he would talk, the fight came simply because Hight refused to take another drink. The two men were drinking in the offices of the Georgia Erult exchange with Johnson and one other man. Johnson had introduced them and Up fl church was urging his new acquaint | ance to sample the rye again. Hight I refused. A wordy quarrel arose, during * which Hight says that Upchurch made a rpsh at him and hit him in the face. He says he fell to the floor and that while IW> lay there Upchurch kicked him in the face. He staggered to his f, et. , drew a pistol from his pocket and both men grappled in a struggle for its pos session. Johnson says they fought des perately and silently in the dimly light ed offices for five minutes. Then sud denly the pistol went off and Upchurch dropped to the floor with blood stream ing from the gaping wound in his side. Wounded Man Hides the Truth. The other men summoned an ambu lance and he was taken to Grady hos pital. The police were notified, but when Officers McWilliams and Ander son questioned the wounded man he M gave them the false name of R. R. Jones, aril declared that h- had been shot, by a pistol which dropped from his desk and exploded as it fell upon thi’ifloo:-. When the policemen showed Upcnuri h the powder burns upon his he changed the -’nicin>-m and -aid man had fired the buil't. but that he not know the man and had n-vr hint before 88888’ B '' 11 >l’' >''’ ’hi 1 tie M ’ H'v s'mmme m W. lU-.n building. came U|.O| > ,übt Wat. liman I- _ • Mison. wlm ~fie ami that to had »* * A pre-cm .m ng t! ■ a ffa ir. but ""'d ' ■ tel anvthinu It lb a- Imstl'd o\. I m a !" 1 ..nd l.nk- y.ddh.y. ■ V 11 • i-- morning he .-fc.-S cm ■ bm ' fie 1 ■' ’ ’ ’ e ~r , , to bo •■•’.plain.d. ■ is . 1.1 t L’. . .|.■.'... 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The flight over the meadows began at 7 o’clock, and it was just a short time later that the accident occurred. Eike a blazing meteor, the blazing balloon dashed earthward. emitting clouds of black smoke. It fell upon Brigantine beach, and rescuers who dashed two miles across the inlet were unable to give any help. Besides Melvin Vaniman. who was personally in charge, those on the Akron were Calvin Vaniman. brother of the aeronaut; Fred Elmer, George Boultin and Walter Gest. Mrs. Vaniman Sees Disaster and Collapses. Mrs. Melvin Vaniman saw the disas ter from the porch of her home. She collapsed and is In a serious condi tion. An hour after the accident and after the rescuers had given up all hope of finding any of the bodies, the corpse of Calvin Vaniman was recovered. After making a search of the beach about the point where the balloon had plunged to earth, rescuers took to boats and began searching the bay in the hope of finding some of the aerial sail ors with the breath of life still in them. Calvin Vaniman's body was recog nized by a party in a launch belonging to Councilman Harry Cook. The body was floating in Absecon bay. Although bruised, it was not burned. Thousands Watch Craft’s Evolutions. News that “Vaniman has gone up” spread rapidly and, despite the early hour, thousands were soon gathered upon the beaches and the street watch ing the huge cigar-shaped craft out lined against the morning skj After attaining an altitude of about 1,000 feet, the aerial pilot began put ting his craft through fancy motions. There was no wind, the air was clear and conditions were Ideal for balloon ing. Taking advantage of this, Vani man decided to show the people on the beaches some fancy stunts. It was dur ing these evolutions that the explosion occurred. Victims Cling Desperately to Craft. Vaniman had made his third long circle, sailing through the air with the grace of a swallow. Suddenly the spec tators saw a spurt of black smoke is sue from the rear end of the bag. A moment later the after end of the craft shot upward as though propelled from a blast underneath. The smoke became Continued on Page Two. BRYAN MEN IN REVOLT BALTIMORE, July 2—A re volt against the methods of W. J. Bryan has broken out. Bryan was today renounced by Albert Chappelle, delegate from Cali fornia, who has been a life-long friend of the Nebraskan. Mr Chappelle asserted that Bryan has “driven reputable men of the party,’’ and now Stands ready to grasp the nomination WOMAN FLYER DIES IN FALL On right, Miss Harriet Quimby, first woman aviator in America, carried on shoulders of admiring friends as she finished her flight across the English Channel. On left, Miss Quimby just after landing from her cross-channel flight. Miss Quimby, fell 1.000 feel to instant death at Boston last night. x?? ii Ei bp? * j \WKBH JI? A BI Br It Jw it) J 'Sr - —-u m v dMf ■ V GirlßunDown onPeachtree automobile kills child A child playing in the street with one companion was killed by an automobile on Peachtree street near Merritts avenue today. The car. a big limousine, owned by Wilns E. Ragan, the merchant, was driven by John Hill, the only negro who has ever received a Carnegie hero medal. Hill, who was put under arrest, told the police that he was driving along at a very medium speed when suddenly two chil dren ran out from behind a sandpile. One of them, a little girl, dashed directly in fiont of the automobile and was crushed to death before the chauffeur could stop his car. Hill put the little girl into his car. but a crowd had collected, and a policeman took the child in charge. The policeman rushed the child to the Davis-Fisher sanita rium in East Linden street. All this time no one had learned the identity of the child, and Mr. Ragan, when he learned of the acci dent. began a frantic search to locate the parents. ATLANTA, GA.. TUESDAY, JULY 2, 1912. ILLINOIS QUITS CLARK! WILSON HAS MAJORITY By Monument to Women Os South in Danger | Os Seizure for Debt MACON, GA.. July 2.—The beautiful monument to the women of the Con federacy, which was recently unveiled in Macon, is in danger of being re moved from the park in front of the city hall by court deputies or sold as mere stone to satisfy the creditors of the bankrupt National Granite and Marble Company, of Marietta, which designed and erected it. The monu ment was purchased by the women's monument committee, but there is an 1 unpaid balance of $2,200, which the referee in bankruptcy of the United States court for the Northern district of Georgia has demanded. Attorneys today notified the officers of the committee that failure to pay ' this balance in an appropriate time ■ would result in the monument being dismantled or sold. Members of the committee are alarmed over the situa tion, but state that they will make a ' desperate effort to raise tire money by popular subscription and save the good name of Macon CONVENTION SALL. BALTIMORE, July 2.—When the Democratic national convention was called to order at noon there was an unmistakable desire on the part of many of the del egates who have thus far stood unshakable fpr their favorite can\ didates, to bring an end to the ddeadlock that has already nearly approached the deadlock record for the party, going 42 ballots without a nomination, and there were many predictions that the day would bring forth a nomination. The most probable choice it seemed, was Woodrow Wilson, who on the last ballot last night still held the lead which he took yesterday, and, from early reports, was scheduled to receive a majority vote of the conven tion on an early ballot today. It is reported that the New York delegation will abrogate the unit rule today and throw 27 of her votes to Wilson. The delegates were tired from 1 the long sessions and monotonous balloting, and were desirous of making a ribmination, eve if they had to sacrifice their favorite and choose another for standard bear er. Many took this view in the face of the prospect of adjourn ment without a nomination and the callin gos a new convention next moth. Such a eotingency would delay the party fall cam paign by mank weeks, which are valuable in perfecting the organ ization and getting the fight for the November contest well under way. Roger C. Sullivan has been author ized by 47 of Illinois’ 53 delegates to cast that state’s vote for Wilson on the forty-third ballot today. At a cau cus held early this morning Sullivan was directed to switch Illinois’ vote from Clark to Wilson on the next bal lot, but before this could be done the convention had adjourned. Eleven \of the delegates fought against a desertion of Speaker Clark, but a majority of the others declared that support of Wilson was the only manner of breaking the deadlock. The time for making the switch was left entirely in Sullivan’s hands, the dele gates directing that the change should be made when, “in the best judgment of the chairman (Sullivan), It should be deemed advisable.” The big vote of Illinois was held in line for 42 ballots without difficulty. Just before adjournment, shortly after midnight, a meeting was held. By vote the Illinois delegates decided that Clark had no chance for nomination and the next choice should be Wilson. Adjournment w’as taken before ft was generally known among the Wilson men that Sullivan and his men from Illinois had decided to change. Illinois Expected to Start Things for Wilson. The Illinois vote today was expecte* to have a big moral effect upon the rest of the convention. Like New York's 90 votes,/which have remained in the Clark column steadily, there is always a silence just before it is announced. The effect it is expected to have will be more beneficial, the Wilson men de clare, than the actual changing of the votes. That West Virginia would switch from Clark to Wilson was the predic- [XTI 2 CENTS EVERYWHER tion of National Committeeman John ■ T. McGraw, of that state," today. a ’’lf Illinois .switches to Wilson. ’ McGraw, "the West Virginia votes thcwE have been cast for Clark will probablJH be cast for Wilson.” It had been freely nredicted that Illi- I nols would take this step soon. Suili- I van has always been a Wilson sup- I porter, but the voters of Illinois took a ] different view In the primaries. Suili van used persuasive arguments rather than threats and it finally won. The Illinois men took the vote change ac tion only when they became convinced j that there was no chance of their ■ choice winning. ■ The Wilson men figured today that I with Illinois will go Michigan’s ten I votes Clark got on the first ballot Mon- ■ day night, lowa’s twelve and some B scattering votes. If this occurs Gov-® ernor Wilson will have 574 or 28 than a majdM'ty. 1 Situation Shows " Small Progress. In r. situation marked by more in tense bitterness than has ever been shown in a previous Democratic con vention, the striking fact stood out today that while the conservative force# had steadily disintegrated from the very opening day, the opposing •' radical constituencies had not made any striking progress toward the as cendancy of either of the two leading factions. Following closely the figures and taking a perfectly obvious result that seems to have been generally over looked, It was apparent at the begin ning of today's work that no faction in the convention was in any better posi tion to assert its dominance than was the case on the morning of June 25, when the delegates came first to state their preferences. It is like a tug />f war, with two teams pulling onmhc rope and neither able to budge the other over the tape. To properly understand the facts ,'gnc must throw tout the- great mass of .fig ures and get the few digits that .show the real change since the start—not the hourly fluctuations, but the actual net result of the struggle. In other words, it is the general bal ance sheet of the convention and not the daily trading that makes the prop er showing of the present conditions. And, like any ot>her balance sheet, it must start with the assets at the open ing of business and show what is left at the last transaction. This table showing what each of the candidates had when he started In the convention and what he had left at the close of the