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VOL. X. NO. 245.
BITTLE DIIEfI
TIPPIHS BILL
IS NEURINE
ITSEIO
Anderson to Close for Foes of
Measure With Defense of
Governor Brown.
GALLERIES CROWDED AS
FIGHT NEARS ITS FINISH
Referendum Amendment Now
Thought Likely to Pass—The
Friends of Act Confident.
TYn* big battle over the Tippins bill
«-as resumed in the house of represen
tatives this morning, immediately after
the speaker called that body to order.
Yesterday’s sensational developments,
with Mr. Alexander’s vehement attack
en Governor Brown and Mr. Hall’s
epually vehement defense of the chief
magistrate, served to fill the galleries
again, and the practical certainty of a
vote along about noon filled every
member’s seat with a real member.
With the night came renewed opti
mism in the ranks of the Tippins bill
advocates. Today they are claiming
the bill’s passage by a two-thirds vote,
although a majority will put it through.
Referendum Now
Likely to Paes.
Contrary to the idea entertained by
Its friends when it was first called up,
It now seems likely that the Tippins
bill will pass with the referendum
amendment attached.
if it does, the governor will sign it
promptly. If it does not, there is no
reason to believe he has weakened in
his determination to veto It.
The bill, with the numerous amend
ments offered, will come up for passage
at the conclusion of Mr. Beck's argu
ment. which will be liimted to twenty
minutes, and should begin not later
than 12 o’clock.
Anderson to Close
For Bill’s Foes.
Mr. Beck is the acting chairman of
the temperance committee, and is,
therefore entitled to the closing speech
in favor of the measure.
Representative Randolph Anderson,
of Savannah, will deliver the closing
argument against the bill and in favor
of his "local option” substitute at 11
o’clock. He will be allowed 45 minutes.
A a he Is the leader of the opposi
tion, his address will be easily the big
feature of today’s session.
Mr. Anderson is expected, in the
course of hie remarks today, to take
direct and emphatic issue with Repre
sentative Alexander, not only with re
spect to the Tippins bill but ar- to the
governor and his alleged failure to do
all within his power to enforce the
present prohibition law, as weir as all
other laws.
Mr. Anderson 1s said to resent deeply
the DeKalb man’s attack on Governor
Joseph M. Brown.
BANDIT HOLDS UP 37
MEN AND TWO BARKEEPS
CHICAGO, July 10. —George Rodgers
held up 37 men and two bartenders in
’ raloen here last night. Two thirsty
policemen entered during the proceed
'ngw and arrested Rodgers after beating
him into unconsciousness
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• •
: Standing of Teams ♦
• In Track and Field •
• •
• America was still in the lead on •
• points at the opening of today’s •
• session of the Olympic games, al- •
• though the team had made no gain •
• yesterday. Great Britain had en- •
• tered the race, having made her •
• first three points in the 400 metre •
• relay race yesterday. Finland made •
• a good gain in the javelin contests •
• and stood next to the United •
• States. The points here given are •
• reckoned solely’upon the track •
• and field events and do not in- •
• elude the scores based upon swim- •
• ming, cycling, shooting, etc. The •
• basis of figuring out the scores is •
• three for first, two for second and •
• one for third. The score at the •
• beginning of today’s events: •
• United States, 25; Finland. 12; •
• England, 3; Sweden, 5; Germany, •
• 2; Norway, 2; Hungary, 1; Greece. •
• 3. •
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• Today’s Olympic •
: Games Program •
• Pole vault. •
• Putting shot, final. •
• 1.500 metres, final. •
• 5,000 metres, final. •
• 200 metres, trial heats. •
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NURSES R USH TO
POISONEEIFAMILY
Four Dead and Forty-one Sick
From Barbecue Dinner in
Emanuel County.
AUGUSTA. GA., July 10. —Trained
nurses and physicians from Augusta
are hurrying to Garfield, Emanuel coun
ty, today to save the remaining mem
bers of the Canady family, after four
are already dead from the wholesale
poisoning they received at a Fourth of
July barbecue. All told, 45 persons
were stricken with Illness after they
had partaken of a black pepper and
vinegar seasoning which had been
mixed in a zinc tub and poured over the
barbecued meat.
The dead are H. Tillman' Canady,
Henry Conova, of Wesley; Mrs. Fair
cloth and her little child. Thirteen
members of the Mac Canady family are
still so ill that some of them are de
spaired of. Half a dozen trained nurses
are on their way to the stricken town
today, going by train and automobile
across country in the desperate hope of
reaching the sick beds in time to pre
vent a decimation of the entire family.
The barbecue was held on Independ
ence day at the home of Mac Canady,
one of the best known farmers in
Emanuel county.
FATHER OF ROCK HILL PLAN
PREDICTS 15-CENT COTTON
AUGUSTA. GA., July 10.—John J.
Anderson, of Rock Hill. S. C„ the orig
inator .of the "Rock Hill plan” for the
reduction of cotton acreage In the
South, while in Augusta made the pre
diction that cotton will bring 15 cents
by next October. Mr. Anderson said
that he had received reports from all
over the cotton belt and that he be
lieved a 12,000,000-bale crop to be the
best that can be made, even with ex
cellent weather conditions existing
from now until th harvesting time. He
said that under the "Rock Hill plan"
the acreage had been curtailed this
year between 4,000.000 and 6.000.000
acres.
LIGHTNING KILLS CHILD.
ROCHELLE, GA., July 10.—During a
thunder storm in this section lightning
struck the residence of J. M. Adams,
•a farmer, who lives two and a half
miles northwest of this place, killing
his thrlteen-year-old daughter and
tearing off the end of his house.
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results
ATLANTA. GA.. WEDNESDAY, JULY 10. 1912.
MORE GLORY
TO YANKEE
OLYMPIC
TEAM
All Three Positions in Shot-Put
Go to United States, With
Two Breaking Record.
AMERICANS FAVORITES
IN 1,500-METER FINAL
Finn Wins 5.000-Meter Run.
United States Fails to
Get Place.
By MICHAEL J. MURPHY.
(Trainer of the American Olympic
Team.)
STOCKHOLM. July 10. —Kolehmain,
of Finland, won the 5,000-meter final.
J. Bouin, France, second; J, W. Hubin,
of England, third,
STOCKHOLM, July 10. —Records
were smashed by the Americans in the
fifth session of the Olympic games to
day. Patrick McDonald, the brawny
weight hurler of the New York Irish-
American Athletic club, not only won
the shot, put for the United States, but
beat the old Olympic record. McDon
ald’s mark was 50.32 feet. The old
mark was 48 feet 7 Inches, made by
Ralph Rose at St. Louis in 1904.
The Yankees swept the boards In the
shot put final, getting all three places.
Ralph Rose, of the Olympic club of
San Francisco, was second, with 50.03
feet, which also topped hie old record.
L. A. Whitney, a member of the supple
mentary list, was third. His mark was
44.06 feet.
The weather was again excellent to
day. and an enormous crowd thronged
the stadium. The Americans, who have
distinguished themselves by their "Rah,
rah, rah” cheers after the boys, got a
chance to exercise their vocal chords
almost as soon as the games began.
There was a tumult of applause as the
Stars and Stripes were raised on all
three poles, signifying that the Ameri
cans had taken first, second and third
places in the shot put.
America was also an acknowledged
favorite in the 1,500-meter final today.
The Yankees who qualified to take part
in this event were Oscard F. Hedlund,
Boston A. A.; Walter McClure, San
Francisco: Mei Sheppard, New York;
Irish-American Athletic club; Norman
R. Tabor, Brown university; Abel Ki
vlat, New York Irish-American Ath
letic club; John Paul Jones, Cornell
university, and Lewis C. Madeira, Uni
versity of Pennsylvania.
Four Qualify For
5,000-Meter Run.
The Americans who qualified to run
In today’s final of the 5.000 meters were
T. S. Berna. Cornell university; George
V. Gonhag. New York Irish-American
Athletic club, and Louis J. Scott, of the
South Paterson, N. J., Athletic club.
Americans had another opportunity
to cheer when the trial heats of the
200-meter event came. Yankee ath
letes took the first three consecutive
heats with ease. Charles D. Reidpath,
the speedy runner from Syracuse uni
versity, was the first to breeze home.
He won the first heat in 22 6-10 seconds,
with Rolo, France, second. Reldpath's
victory was the signal for a burst of
applause, but when Ralph Craig, of the
Detroit, Mich.. Y M. C. A., took the
second, a storm of cheers broke loose
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J. I. Courtney, of the Seattle Ath
letic club, won the third heat In a burst
of speed which exceeded Craig's time.
When Courtney romped In the Ameri
can spectators went wild with delight.
They rose In their seats and whooped
with glee. Many of them who carried
flags waved their banners above their
heads while they whooped.
No American showed in the fourth
heat, but in the fifth H. W. Heiland, of
the Xavier Athletic club, qualified by
running second to Applegarth, the fa
mous English sprinter.
One of the. most talked of athletes
competing here is Duke Kahanamoku,
of Hawaii, who is taking part in the
swimming competitions. So interested
has King Gustave become in the rec
ord-breaking water feats of the dark
hued American that he had a private
swimming match arranged in which
the Hawaiian went through a number
of different swimming feats in the
water.
ALABAMA BAR MEETS FRIDAY.
MONTGOMERY, ALA., July 10.—
The thlrty-fiifth annual meeting of the
Alabama State Bar Association will be
convened at 10 o’clock Friday morn
ing in this city. The convention will
last two days.
CHARLOTTE SOCIETY
GIRL ELOPES AND IS
WED AT MIDNIGHT
WINCHESTER. VA.. July 10.—Jdiss
Lucile C. Scott, a society girl of Char
lotte, N. C.. who has been visiting rela
tives near here the past month, and
Thornton Tayloe Perry. Jr., of Charles'
ton, W. Va., cadet at Shenandoah Val
ley Military institute, eloped in an au
tomobile late last night to Hagers
town, Md., and were married 1 by Rev. J.
S. Simon, after pulling him out of bed
at midnight. They returned here to
day. The pair had known each other
but a few weeks.
“THE SAME THING OVER,”
SAYS MR. WEATHERMAN
"Oh. just tell ’em the same tiling you
told yesterday.” said Forecaster Von
Herrmann, of the United States weath
er bureau today when asked about the
weather.
“It's more cloudy weather with light
showers this afternoon and tonight, and
that will hold good for tomorrow, too,’
he added. No particular change in the
temperature is expected, and appar
ently no dry spell is in sight, for this
week anyway.
DIVORCE COURT SUIT
FOLLOWS SCHOOL BOY
AND GIRL ELOPEMENT
MACON. GA.. July It).—A divoiie
suit has resulted from a recent boy
and girl elopement that attracted
widespread interest at the time. W. H.
D. Melton, the sixteen-year-old son of
,1. B. Melton, a well known Macon cit
izen. eloped with Miss Lena A Arm
strong. a fifteen-year-old school girl.
They lived together four months and
then separated, both resuming their
school studies. The ground for divorci
alleged bv the young Mrs. Melton is
that both were under the legal age at
the time and did not have the sanction
of their parents The suit will not be
contested.
AUTO THIEVES CAPTURED
IN CROSS-COUNTRY CHASE
LINCOLN. NEBR.. July 10.—Detec
tives from Erie, Pa., arrived here today
to take three men accused of stealing
an automobile in Erie back to the
Eastern city. The men weie arrested
here after driving the ear to Lincoln
and abandoning it. The machine is
valued at $2,000.
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Janitor Finds Crushed Body ol
C. C. Birchmore, Rail Chief’s
Aid, on Pavement.
SLEEPING ROOMMATE
IGNORANT OF ACCIDENT
Believed That Victim Went to
Window for Fresh Air and
Lost Balance.
Plunging 60 feet from the open win
dow of his room on the seventh floor
of the Pickwick apartment house,
Charles C. Birchmore. private secre
tary to Hamilton McWhorter, assistant
general counsel of the Southern rail
road, was dashed to death upon the
stone pavement of Fairlie street. He
was dead when the janitor of the Pick
wick picked up his body after hearing
the thud of the fall. Birchmore's head
was crushed and a score of bones were
broken.
The police believe the fall was pure
ly accidental and that Birchmore lost
his balance in the semi-darkness of the
early morning when he stepped to the
open window of his apartipent. His
body was taken to the undertaking
rooms of Greenberg & Bond. Later it *
will be removed to Birchmore’s home in
Maxey. Ga.. accompanied by Mr. Mc-
Whorter. who was nearly prostrated at
the news ’of his secretary’s violent
death.
Birchmore roomed in the Pickwick
with W. Y. Allen, a legislator of Thom
aston. Last night he worked late with
Mr. McWhorter, who is stopping at the
Piedmont, and when he reached his
apartment in the big building at No. 77
Fairlie street Allen was already asleep
in an adjoining bed. Birchmore re
moved his clothing and went to sleep
hut the police believe that he arose
about 4 o’clock and stepped to the win
dow to throw it farther open for freer
ventilation of the room.
Janitor Hears
Body Hit Flagging.
Down seven stories, on the ground
floor of the Pickwick, the negro janitor
William Morgan, had just arisen and
was preparing to open the Fairlie street
entrance of the apartment house for the
Jay.
He heard the thud upon the pave
ment. and hurrying out there cam*
upon the body of Birchmore, sprawled
upon the flagging.
Dr. W. Brewet and G. A. Wright
guests al the Piekwh k. had beer
aroused by the fatal fall. They hur
ried down to the street in their pa
jamas, but they saw Birchmore already)
was dead, his skull fiaetured and his
back broken. Gther guests of the
apartment house hurried from theit
beds and stood about the body unti
Policemen McWilliams and Anderflor.
arrived. They notified the coroner.
Meanwhile in the room on the sev
enth floor Representative Allen slept
with no knowledge that his roommate
had fallen to death, until the coroner’s
physician aroused Him and asked hlrr
how the man had happened to plunge
from the window. Allen could tell
nothing about it. but he said that he
believed it must have been an acci
dent for he knew Birchmore very
well and was sure he had no reason tt>
