the' <&>FOURTH of & JULY, A DAY OF JOY 2M FOR FO? ALL
THE WEATHER
Forecast: Showers tonight or to-
morrow.
VOL. X. NO. 240.
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■ FOR
FUJI
White Hope Is First to Appear,
and Is Given a Rousing
Reception.
•‘NEW CHAMPION TONIGHT!”
FIREMAN SHOUTS TO CROWD
Johnson's Superb Physique Is
Admiration of All —Shows
Him Trained to Minute.
By Ed W. Smith.
East las vegas. n. m.. July
4. - Johnson aM Flynn ar
in the ring wailing for the
timekeeper’s bell to send them on
ih'ii way in the battle for Hie
heavyweight championship of the
n o Id. The men have received
final instructions from the referee
and itb gloves tied and shoes well
rosined, they have only to shake
t'nei- flimsy bath robes and tear at
each other.
i i'. nn was the first to climb into
the roped arena. He was given a
nm.-ing ovation. He. bowed time
Anri again in acknowledging the re
ception. Finally he went to the
casi side of the ropes. h o ld up his
hand so. silence and yelled his
loudest:
"Tuere will be a new champion
tonight, boys'.”
Again the multitude broke loose
ind the noise was deafening. It
didn’t let up until Johnson worked
hi- way down the isles and climbed
Inii' the ring.
And then it let up only for a
second. Johnson opened his robe
and the crowd could not help but.
admire his wonderful physique He
looked trained to the minute.
He. too, was given a big hand,
but nothing compared to that ten
dered the white challenger.
I’here are those, and many of
thorn who think because of his
present ruggedness and known
ganionosy that it will be a race over
distance of ground, and that
! yens present, condition will en
“bio him i,, tire down his oppo
nent and finally win.
Rut while Flynn lias been work
ing iike a. trojan, Jack Johnson has
b-en doing a faithful task in his
Continued on Page Fifteen.
Boossoms Are Soy
But the country is
inight with homes that
'■an he purchased at
bargains and on time
aud small payments if
seekers for them will
"lily consult The Geor
gian Real Estate Ads
">i the Want Ad pages,
''here these Howers of
investments are each
day.
•lust over the citv
line, or as far away as
"u like, you can find
1 "" hou s e of vour
"'"ams in The Georgian
'"al Estate Ads. Read
''Hill | l( |. ppofil
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS —Use For Result*
Ptomaines in Food
I Poisons 6at Table:
Rushed to Hospital
Mother, Daughter and Four Oth
ers Suffer Tortures After
Eating Sliced Dried BeeJ.
Six persons were taken violently 111 with
ptomaine poisoning this morning at the
home of Mrs. A. E. Alliston, 388 Piedmont
avenue, and aTe in the Atlanta hospital
this afternoon.
The poisoning is laid to sliced dried beef
served for breakfast this morning. Be
sides Mrs. Allison, her daughter Louise,
Mrs. S. E. Morton, ol Eatonton. Ga.. and
three boarders. Messrs. Jenkins, of the
Southern Bell Telephone Company; No
lan. of the Maxwell Auto Company, and
a Mr. Parker were affected.
Dr. Frank Eskridge was called In and
managed to relieve the agony nf thp
worst sufferers and rushed them all to the
Atlanta hospital where, this afternoon, it
was said all would recover..
FELDER’S ANNOUNCEMENT
DUE TO COME TOMORROW
I MACON. GA.. July t. -Thomas S.
I Felder, attorney general, did not an
nounce today his decision on entering
the race for governor, as his friends
expected, but they say he will make a
public announcement tomorrow, upon
lii' return to Atlanta. Fie held a con
ference with a number of friends to
day. but it is not yet decided wlrether
ot not he will in-come a candidate.
A number of Macon rn-.-n have
pledged finam i ti sii|iih-> ; to Mr, Felde’
if he will consent to I>' < ome a candi
date. and he has tiwnk ■ ,! (hc'lii, .iva m!-\
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GEO. ROBERTS’ NAME
MENTIONED TO FILL
DR. ANDREWS’ SHOES
WASHINGTON. July 4 While mem
bers of the house committee 0:1 rules con
ferred today on the advisability of ap
proving the Cox resolution to investigate
the treasury department following the
startling charge- of that management and
incompetency made by Former Assistant
Secretary Andrew against Secretary Me
Veagh. official Washington speculated as
to Andrews successor. The names of
George Roberts, of the mine, is one of
the most prominently mentioned. Law
rence < Murray, comptroller of the cur
rency. and Francis W Taylor, private
secretary to Secretary Me Veagh are
among others suggested.
Andrew has gone to his home in < Glou
cester.
DEMOCRATIC NAVAL
PLANK MAY GET U. S.
2-3ATTLESHIP PLAN
WASHINGTON. July 4. —As a result of
the naval plank put in the Democratic
■ platform at Baltimore in which the party
is pledger! to "provide ami maintain a
navy strong enough to protect citizens
and country and to uphold the .Monroe
doctrine," advocates of the "two battle
ships" program today asserted the house
would reverse its policy and make the
appropriation for the warships.
The opportunity for a change will be
offered when the senate amendment au
thorizing the construction of two battle
ships reaches the house
NEW GOLD DISCOVERY IN
ALASKA CAUSES A RUSH
FAIRBANKS. ALASKA. July 4 —News
has been received here of a gold strike in
Fox gulch. In the mining district. Many
prospectors are rushing to the new dig
gings from idltarod Low water at the
latter plae< >m causing delai in th. install
ation of the Guggenheim dredge on Flat
in carry tnaihlnei'. al the rule offered by
to lan machine!' al 'he 'i,t< offered !>•
the syndlra'*. asking an increase of s.’> a
ton. which the .ompanj ha- refused.
ATLANTA. GA.. THURSDAY. JULY 4, 1912.
LEGISLATOR'S
WIFE SAVES
DOOMED
NEGRO '
—. <
She Makes Successful Protest
Against Hanging in Georgia
Baseball Park.
Because a woman objected to the
erection of -i gallows tn the Louisville.
Ga.. baseball park. Charles Gibbons, a
friendless negro, sentenced to die for'
the killing of a mulatto woman, will
not hang tomorrow.
As scon as Mrs. R. N Hkrdeman.
Xat Thornton. Atlan- A
fa’s greatest tennis
player, seems certain of /
winning lhe Southern £
championship now in S J|
progress al >East Lake. JR -ry
»>7I JW*
.< Y ' - "T.
/’go
whose husband. "Bob" Hardeman, is
in Atlanta representing Jefferson coun
ts- in the legislature, heard the sound
a.f the hammeband saw on the gallows
that to accomplish Gibbons' death
she wired to Atlanta.
"They are going to hang that negro
in the ball park within a stone's throw
of our house," she excitedly informed
her husband. "1 want you to see the
govertwir and stop it."
Following instructions explicitly.
Representative Hardeman called on
Governor Brown late yesterday after
noon. learning that new evidence had
been unearthed favorable to the negro's
case. He came away from the execu
tive office with a two weeks respite for
Gibbons
While Hardeman had never repre
sented the negro in court, he had of
late taken some Flight interest in the
case..but It was the urgent telegram
from his wife, protesting against the
hanging in the ball park, that really
influenced him tn plead with the gov
ernor for clemency.
Hardeman really thinks that Gibbons
is not guilty of a capital offense. He
asserted that the woman had been
killed at a negro picnic, where the
-hooting had been more or less general.
H e sa id:
“Gibbons was represented by a law
yer appointed by the court, and his de
fense was most perfunctory. All the
facts in the case did not go in by any
means. I expect to hav'e all the facts
here next week," and it was for this
reason that the governor granted a
reprieve.
“1 might not have called on the gov
ernor yesterday if 1 hadn't'received the
i telegram from Mrs. Hardeman. She
wanted that ball park hanging stopped,
i and I had to do my best to stop it."
AUGUSTA CANDIDATE
ASKS INJUNCTION TO
BE KEPT OFF BALLOT
Al'GI STA *4A , July 4 L <’ Ha.sne. j
candidate for mayor, has asked for an
injunction to prevent his name being !
' placed on tn** official ballots of the city
primary, to he held July in Judge Ham
mond will hen? arguments on the pcH-
'iion Kjtiirdav Boy kin Wright and F H
< dlawij represent Hayne and \V H ’
l-Pmlng «nd Bryan ’’uinming represent |
the primary committee
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AN ATLANTA PLAYER
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OLDEST ALUMNUS OF
EMORY COLLEGE DIES
AT HOME IN MOBLEY
Dr. R W. Lovett, 94 years of age.
father of Rev. W. C. Lovett, of Atlanta,
editor of The Wesleyan Christian Ad
vocate, is dead at his home in Mobley,
Ga. He died there yesterday after an
illness of six weeks.
Dr. Mobley, at the time of h'is death,
was the oldest living alumnus of Em
ory college. He was for many years, a
prominent member of the South Geor
gia Methodist conference, and had also
practiced medicine. He was widely
known and loved in south Georgia. R.
O. Lovett, of West End. is also a son of
Dr. Lovett. •
CHINESE WHISKY AND
5 HUSKY “COPS” LAND
NEGRESS IN STOCKADE
The wrecking of a Chinese laundry
at Peachtree and Tenth streets, the
routing of the proprietor, Charlie Moy,
and a battle with five husky policemen
was the net result of a drink—or two —
of Chinese whisky, according to a stir
ring account of the doings of Pauline
Scott, a meek-looking negro shirt iron
er, given today to Recorder Broyles.
The woman is employed in Charlie
Moy’s laundry and yesterday aftei -
noon found a bottle of the Oriental
whisky. Ignorant of the amount of
fire and excitement corked up in a bot
tle of Chifiese liquor, the womtSi drank
freely. It was then but a few minutes
until she was imitating a maniac The
other adventures followed.
Charlie Moy sought Policeman Dor
sett, who rushed to the scene of war
and finally subdued the shrieking wom
an. It took five policemen to quiet her.
She was fined $L">.75 or 30 days in
the stockade, and accepted the latter
alternative
BOY KILLED IN QUARREL
OVER FIRING CANNON
.MEMPHIS TENN Inly I Quarreling
about who should tire a cannon In tislay s
Fourth nt Jul' celebration. Cheater Wil
liams 17 w i »<abb'd io death today by
,M H Tucker, who escaped.
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BILL IN LEGISLATURE
IS AIMED TO PROTECT
PLANTERSAND HANDS
Negro cotton pickers can not jump
their jobs when they please, leaving
the fields while with unpicked cotton,
nor can planters tire a laborer without
due cause. If a bill now before the
Georgia legislature becomes a law.
Representatives Adams, of Hall, and
.Bell, of Milton. have a bill before the
.house which is planned to bring more
harmony between employe: and em
ployee and give both better protection
than is now afforded.
The bill provides that it shall be un
lawful for a landlord to discharge a
tenant or a tenant to quit the land
lord's employment, without reasonable
cause, where there is a written con
tract oi a verbal contract with wit
nesses.
The same law applies to "croppers"
and to farm cooks and hirelings.
COLUMBUS TAILOR TO
SEEK GOVERNORSHIP
ON SOCIALIST TICKET
MACON". GA.. July 4. -The Sociadst®
of Georgia met m convention here to
day with about 25 local organizations
represented Tills afternoon candidate,
for state offices will be nominated A.
F. Castleberry, of Columbus, a tailor
will he selected to iun fol governor
The national Socialist party has sent
six organizers here to condui t the cam
paign
HOWITZER EXPLODES: 3 DEAD
HAMBURG, lul' I Three men were
killed and five injured today by the ex
plosion <if a new pattern Howitzer gun
ditrlng raplij-flring practice <H the . emp.it
Lock sled i.
35 KILLED WHEN TIIAIN
TAKINGCROWDHDffIE
FOB P IS WRECKED
COUXIXC, X. Y„ .Inly "4. Afore than 35 persons were killed
outright today when a west-bound express train on the Lacka
wanna railroad dashed past two block signals three miles from
here today and crashed into h west-bound passenger train Xo. 9,
which was standing on a siding. Sixty persons were injured,
some of whom will die. The accident was attributed to the fog
which obscured the signals. The accident occurred at 5:30 a., m.
Several hours later it was said that the death list might go to
forty-five. The passenger train was loaded with persons on their
way home to spend the Fourth.
10 YEAR OLD GIRL
BEST SWIMMER
Jennie Perkerson Does 25
I
; Yards in Piedmont Lake in
40 Seconds—Wins Prize.
—,—
Little Jennie Perkerson. who, some
j folks think, is a coming Annette Kel
lermann, showed her older rivals in
the Fourth of July events at Piedmont
park lake today just how to swim and
dive. Although but ten years old. she
led all the way in the 25-yard race for
girls, swimming the distance with a
beautiful rapid stroke, In just 40 sec
onds. She got a pretty bathing suit
as a prize.
The tiny mermaid was equally suc
cessful in the diving stunts, judges and
spectators alike deciding that she was
easily the most graceful and skillful.
She executed a few figures that were
calculated to make Annette herself
vainly envious had she seen them. Lit
tle Mabe) Murphy and Dorothy Clem
ent also showed remarkable speed in
the swimming event, coming in second
and third in a large list of entries and
in the fancy diving event Mis# Frances
Smith won a good share of applause
and second honors.
A large crowd of holiday merry
makers witnessed the contests, among
the most interesting ever held at Pied
mont park.
Swims Mile in 47 Minutes.
The program was arranged by Cap
tain R. H. Schlomberg, of the United
States Volunteer Life Saving corps,
and the participants all are members
of the corps.
The 100-yard swimming event devel
oped considerable excitement and T
Walthour. who is a relative of the fa
mous bicycle • rider, Bobby Walthour,
came out the winner, making the dis
tance in two minutes fiat. A lieuten
ancy in the corps was his reward. R.
S. Sims came in second.
In the one-mile race—and It takes
considerable strength and nerve to
swim a mile in fresh water—J. H. Lit
tlefield won In 47 minutes, capturing a
silver cup and a first lieutenancy. A.
C. Cowles was second. Gilbert Fraser
won the 25-yard event for boys under
seventeen .and got a bathing suit with
U. S. V. L C. woven on it. The judges
were H V Murphy and M Kaplan.
90-YEAR-OLD LAWSUIT
REACHES CONCLUSION
NEVA YORK, July 4. A case which has
kepi its place on the calendar of the New
J’ork courts for 90 years has Just been
* rought to a conclusion here. The action
which has long been known as the “old
est living suit,” was begun in 1822 and
was brought to trial in 1826 before Chan
cellor Kent. It was instituted to dissolve
the I’rdted Insurance Company of New
York, and the chancellor directed that the
corporation should he wound up, Its as
sets were collected and .its debts has mg
been liquidated, proceedings were taken
to distribute the remainder among the
stockholders and creditors of the coin*
part}
loir
tDITION
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE * A O Y RE NO
Thp passengers in the Pullman
cars were, protected by the heav
ier construction of those coaches.
Pullman Conductor F. W. Drake,
of Passaic, N. J., said after the
wreck that he did not think more
than half a dozen of the Pullman
passengers have been killed.. A
number of them had been hurt by
1 flying wreckage.
A train bearing nurses and physi
cians was rushed to the scene. A string
of undertakers’ wagons was sent from
Elmira.
The most of the Injured were taken
to the Corning hospital. Some <>f the
injured were so badly hurt that they
could not 'be removed from the scene.
Coroner H. R. Smith hurried to the
wreck and took charge of the rescue
work. He sent a telephone message to
this city saying that two of the coaches
had been derailed and had plunged
down a ten-foot embankment, being
smashed to kindling wood. These cars
were of wooden construction.
A wreck train was sent to the scene
and work of removing the debris was
begun within two hours after the ac
cident. The workers were confronted
with a ghastly task. In more than one
instance pieces of human flesh, arms
and legs torn from the broken bodies
of the victims were picked up with the
smashed steel and timbers.
A temporary morgue was erected
near the wreck, where the bodies were
taken. Later they were remov'd to the
undertaking rooms. An improvised hos
pital was established alongside of the
wreck. The shrieks of the wounded
could be heard a quarter of a mile.
The train that was wrecked was No. 11.
Among the killed who have been iden
tified are Mrs. Reynolds, of 211 Spencer
street, Brooklyn: William M. Arm
strong, 1200 Park avenue, Hoboken, and
Antonia Nova, of Carter, N. J.
As soon as the news of the wreck
spread hundreds of automobiles dashed
to the scene, completely filling the roads
.and interferring with the work of car
rying away the dead and injured. Chief
of Police Robert Seyer sent a detail of
Corning police to the scene to clear
away the autos and maintain order.
There were several babies and little
children among those killed, and their
little corpses, horribly mangled, pre
sented one of the most pathetic scenes
of the wreck.
One man, lifting a bit of white cloth
lying on the ground, uncovered the
body of a baby only a few months old.
BATTLESHIP GEORGIA
TO REMAIN IN CUBA
WASHINGTON. July 4.—A1l of the
battleships on duty around Cuba, with
the exception of the Georgia and New
Jersey, have been ordered home to the
summer exercises on the conclusion,
by the state department, that the bot
tom has dropped out of the revolution
in Cuba.
The marines, who have been landed,
will remain on guard. The state de
partment also has requested that the
gunboats and auxiliaries be retained In
the service along the Cuban shores.
The Georgia and Nebraska ate at Key
West expecting early orders to return
North
MRS. GRANT RETURNING.
NEW YORK Jnl> I Mrs Frederick D
Gram end her daughter. Prince i i'an
tavtizene. who have been abroad since
the funeral of General Grant, are on their
wav back to the United State* and will
re H < h New York »n Die K i unprltu Wil
helm early next week.
