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I’VE NO HITE FOR i GENE, ® K “He and I Know Who Shot Him.'’ Declares Mrs. Grace. Who Is Accused. Continued From Page One. Grace stated that her husband know who shot him; that she knew, and that in a three-mlnutv statement she could < leaf herself before any Jury. She bad nothing t<> add to this statement today, nor to take from it. The stage Is being set rapidly for the trial. The prosecution r ill < all together Its witnesses Saturday for a final word. The defense. In addition to former witnesses, will call to the stand friends of Eugene Grace's youth, who will testify as to his character before he was married. Mrs. Martha Ulrich, Mrs. Grace's mother, leaves Philadelphia today and will arrive In Atlanta tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock. Grace Can’t Come To Wife’s Trial. A promised feature of the trial—tin ( presence of the wounded man will bi 1 lacking. Though Grace has been sub j penned, it will be physically Impossi ble for him to be brought to Atlanta so that he can testify. Grace is still a paralytic and the probabilities are that he will never recover the use of his limbs. Mrs. Grace still preserves an out ward calm, but little signs show that the ordeal will be a heavy one for her. The iong days of prison life, of cross-questions from officials, of stares from the curious and of being whirled about from place to place, wore her nerves to a thin edge, and the seclu sion she has enjoyed since has been as balm to her. Grace Probably Can’t Attend Trial NEWNAN. GA. July 25.—1 t still Is a question whether Eugene H. Grace will appear Monday at the trial of his wife, Mrs. Daisy Opie Grace. Dr. T. S. Bailey, Grace's physician, says that if It is possible for the patient to make the trip to Atlanta without disastrous . results, Grace will come; but it is Im- . possible to sa.y today whether he will be able to do it. Grace will go to Atlanta If the phy sician decides by Monday that he can stand the trip and the attendant ex citement of the trial. The prosecution is anxious to have him present. He has been formally summoned. Grace still is confined to his bed. unable to walk or sit in a chair. If he goes to Atlanta, it will bo on a cot, as he came | here from that city about three months ago. SNAKE ATTACKS AND NEARLY KILLS AGED KENTUCKY PLANTER FRANKFORT. KY„ July 25. -Has- t tening to the cry of help. Miss Ada May ; Cromwell, aged eighteen, found a black- t snake six feet one inch long and three Inches in diameter had coiled itself ' around her father, H. M. Cromwell, 83 < years old. t The snake attacked Mr. Cromwell in I his orchard. Miss Cromwell killed it i with a hoe. I Dr, T. R. Moore was chased from t his carriage by a hissing viper which dropped from the bough of a tree as he I was passing. The snake took refuge I under the buggy seat and put up a game fight. Rev. E H. Eberhardt, Baptist minis- , ter. criticised from the pulpit citizens | permitting weeds to grow up in their l vacant lots, stating that a lot next to , him was a harbor for snakes, and that when they crawled out to sun them selves they frightened people on their way to church. The section hands on the Louisville and Nashville railroad had a fight with a nest of snakes near this city. PREMIER OF ENGLAND APPLAUDED WHEN HE TALKS PEACE PLANS LONDON, July 25.--The house of commons was crowded with spectators today, who were drawn by word that Premier Asquith in a speech would en ter into a frank discussion of diplomat ic questions. There was applause when the premier declared that Great Britain had no cause for quarrel with any part l of the world; that she viewed with] equanimity such special conversations I and Interchanges of opinion as had re cently been exchanged between Russia and Germany, and that Great Britain’s I relations with Germany today were characterized by amity and good will. ; Tm> premier paid high tribute to th. Imperial council of defense in reply to I criticism fr< m the opposition that th > | council's power tended to encroach I upon those of the legislative govern ment and evert those of the house it self. He declared that for the y. ars the council had stood between the em pire and war. RANCHER WITH 3.000 ACRES WANTS A WIFE <*HICAGQ» July 25. Wanted- A wife I between the of 18 and 30 years. a Texa rancher, who owns 3.000 acres, has $15,000 in the bank. 1,000 head of rattle, 100 head of mules and 200 head of horses. Pont master Campbell received * letter yesterday from 3402 West Thurs- Bk ton street. San Anton •», Texas, asking M that a woman bo found to share the cat *'eman b life with him. John Marshal) Slaton, of Fulton, Tells WHY I SHOULD BE GOVERNOR 5C BB ?s*m WMMMI '*■ ‘SfKSt Ji W *Ay 7/ \ W h ' SXL7 'W/ // \ TO ilk ' tfMHjSM J 157-7 The latest ancl nest photograph of “Jack” Slaton, president of the senate and candidate for governor, who gives briefly his reasons for thinking he would make a good executive. F« CHOPS WILL ffl NO tax House Passes Farmers’ Free List, Exempting Cotton and Other Products. The house of representatives broke ex i n on today's legislative session by passing one piece of important legisla tion and killing another. It passed, by a vote of 134 to 15. the '•farmers free list” bill of Mr. Johnson, of Bartow, and it killed, by laying on tile table, the bill of Mr. Ashley, of Lowndes, which sought to amend the constitution in such wise as to provide for a one year's raise in the limit of taxation from 5 to 6 mills. Both bills were debated at great length by leaders of the house, and both required a two-thirds vote to pass. The "farmers free list" bill provides for exemption from taxation for a period of not more th in one year after production. in the wisdom of the legis lature. of certain farm produels, spe cifically including baled cotton. Would Help Farmers Hold Their Cotton. The bill is intended frankly to aid the farmers of Georgia in their efforts to "bull" the cotton market from time to time, by withholding cotton from the market. it is In effect the same provision that now exists in the constitutions of Texas and Alabama, and thousands all over the State petitioned the members of the house, individually and through their organizations, to pass the bill. it was fought with considerable bit terness by Mr. Harrail. of Stewart, who character Ized It as class legislation. Mr. Johnson, of Bartow, ably and vic toriously championed it on the tloor. Tl>. bill of Mr. Ashley, of Lowndes, which sought to provide for a tempo rary raise in the constitutional limit of taxation from 6 to 6 mills, was lost on a motion to table, which prevailed by a vote of 87 to 45. This proposal was a decided legisla tive innovation and novelty in Georgia and tie house whs evidently shy of it. It was designed to provide away whereby the paying of the school teach ers might be more satisfactorily ad justed, and, in the event of its passage .'tid r i ■ lib ation, would have been In ef fei t but one y ear, 11'13. It was vehemently advocated by Mr. Ashley. It> author, and several other members, but it never was in sight of passage. Its author figured that under its oper ation a sum sufficient to pay up the school teachers might be raised, and that once the state got the teachers on a cash basis again it would be easy to keep them there Those who opposed the bill seemed to feel that it would be dangerous to let down the gap in the matter of high er taxation for any purpose, and for that t■' as 'it the bill should not pass. It v. til not be taken from the table again ihl- .' -slop, which is the iast of •be ;,1 eS' iit !• gisiatu e. a mil ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY, JULY 25. 1912. President of Senate. Who Was Once Acting Governor, Out lines Platform Principles. John M. Slaton thinks he should be elected governor, because he has dem onstrated by a long and worthy term of legislative service that he is fitted for i the high office to which he aspires, and that be would fill honorably and ac ceptably if conferred upon him. He says: "I started in 1896 and am the oldest legislator in point of service in the state. “In addition to having been chairman of the general judiciary committee and presiding officer In each house, I was acting governor for a short time, and 1 think my election as governor would be in reasonable line of promotion. "I believe 1 know the needs of the state and its institutions, and how to maintain them within the limits of the state revenue. This, of course, must be done. "Nearly $1,000,000 of the state’s debt must be refunded by the next legisla ture, and the state’s finances should be put on a sound basis. "In the past 1 have endeavored to pre serve the value of the Western and At lantic railroad, and 1 believe its dispo sition is now one of the most vital ques tions before the people today. "It is suggested that the lease of con tiguous property in Atlanta and Chat tanooga, not needed for railroad pur poses, plight produce a revenue ap proximating the receipts from the en tire lease of the railroad. "These are matters- for careful thought." The Georgian published yesterday an Interview with Joe Hill Hall, and will soon publish a statement from A. F. < 'astleberry, Socialist. GIDEONS TO GATHER FOR 3 DAY MEETING; 300 MEN EXPECTED Between 200 and 300 delegates are ex pected to attend the annual convention of the Gideons. which meets in Atlanta tomorrow for a three-day session. The delegates will hall from all the stales and from Canada. At a recent meeting of the Atlanta camp, attended by 200 members, plans for the entertainment of the Gideons were made. The convention will he held at the Pied mont hotel and will be called to order at I If o'clock tomorrow morning by A. B. T. Moore, of lowa, president of the national organization. Edgar Oliver heads the state comrnlt- ■ tee for the entertainment of the dele gates. and tiic following are the state, of- i fleers of the order: , A. F. Todd, president; M. L. Elkin, sec retary, and C. 11. Burge, president of the I Atlanta camp. i ■—• iF TIRED, RESTLES NERVOUS Take Horsford's Ac d Phosphate To quiet and strengthen the nerves and Tbliw refreshing sleep it is especially re mm>""'“'' ••• SENATE SECRETS DULSLATGNMAB President Criticises Members i | of Upper House for Discuss ing Nominations Fight. Aroused because proceedings of the senate's executive sessions were leak ing out in spite of the strict rules for bidding such disclosures. President John M. Slaton took occasion today to censure severely members of the upper house. President Slaton's criticism was made shortly after the upper house had gone behind closed doors, ostensibly to dis cuss appointments recently sent in by Governor Brown. The discussion of the publication of secret proceedings took all the time, however, and action on the governor's nominations was postponed until Mon day. The rule of the senate governing ex ecutive sessions, read to the senate by President Slaton, is: President Slaton's Rule. "No senator shall be at liberty at any time or under any circumstances, to expose or publish anything transpir ing in executive session, except only such matters as are required to be dis closed under the rules. It is the in tent and meaning of this rule, that business transacted tn executive session shall be sacred and free from exposure to the outside world and that every senator shall be on his honor concern ing the same.” The action of the senate in again postponing consideration of the gov ernor's nominations after spending thirty minutes in executive session in dicates that a real political fight is to be made over the nominations for the state board of education. It is conceded that various other ap pointments sent in by the governor will provoke no contest, but they have been held up because of the disagreement centering around the educational board nominees. The fight, it is said, will be waged over Governor Brown's appoint ment of G. R. Glenn, of Dahlonega, to succeed Dr. Jere M. Pound, the Hoke Smith appointee It is not believed that a light will be made on A. 1,. Moon as a successor to J. (Langston. 500 MADE HOMELESS, $500,000 DAMAGE DONE IN WISCONSIN FLOOD MERRILL. WIS„ July 25.—Five hundred persons were made homeless by flood wa ters from the Wisconsin river here today. Property loss estimated at $500,000 has been done. A large power dam at Grand father Fulls in the north end of the city went out and the Ltndauer Pulp ano Ta per mill was destroyed. Merrill Is 30 miles north of Wausau. vifty persons are marooned on a high bit of land at the north end of the city. They are believed to be out of danger. MACON BOOMERS' SWOOP DOWN ON ATLANTA Boosters of Central City Pa rade Streets Lauding “This Town's Only Rival.” Today is Macon day in Atlanta. Two hundred fifty of the Central 1 City’s enthusiastic boomers, headed by ! Mayor Moore, many beautiful women j and the Macon bugle corps, breezed I into the Terminal station today in a special, six cars long. They came to boost Macon. All day they did what they came for. Incidentally, they were royally entertained at the Elks club by the Atlanta Ad Men's association, after they had made one of the most spec tacular parades Peachtree street has seen this summer. The invasion of the Maconites was the idea of E. H. Hyman, secretary of the Central City Chamber of Commerce, “the Guy Who Put the Con in Macon.” | With Mayor Moore. W. T. Anderson.) of The Telegraph. F. W. Armstrong- and j the 246 other boosters, he boarded the train at the Central City at 7 o clock and started out in a blaze of Macon | bunting that startled the countryside j all the way along. The boosters stopped at Barnesville, Griffin and For syth and paraded the main streets of those towns with the redoubtable grey coated buglers at their head. Mot By Ad Men. When they reached Atlanta they found the Terminal station thronged with interested spectators, who cheered | the invaders almost a.s heartily as the Invaders cheered their native town as they detrained and marched, two and two. to the plaza, where the, parade formed. The Atlanta Ad association had a score of autos awaiting them, decked out with red and white pennants and red and white umbrellas flaring forth the inscription, ''Welcome to Our City.” But the men from Macon were not to be outdone. They piled the autos full of their own placards, prominent among which stood out the chivalrio boast, "Macon, Atlanta's Only Rival.” Into the automobiles climbed the vis iting women, Mayor Moore and the "Guy Who Tut the Con In Macon." The other invaders formed in double file on either side and. far back of the machines, the bugles and drums struck up a crashing fanfare and the long parade started across to Peachtree. There will never be -any doubt in I anybody’s mind after this about the i enthusiastic loyalty of Maconeers to Macon. Those boosters had been rid ing through a pretty warm country on a warm train since 7 o'clock in the I morning. Three times enroute, they had left the train to parade through Georgia villages and shout out their lungs for their favorite town. Sun Didn’t Wilt Them, When they swung marching into Peachtree street the sun was scorch ing and they had a long tramp up hill. But every one of them was smiling and still brim full of enthusiasm so that they cheered the crowds that swarmed the pavements and the doorways and windows, and then cheered some more for Macon for good measure. In one of the automobiles rode Miss | Eugenia Anderson, daughter of Man ager Anderson of The Telegraph, and ■ the mascot of Macon. Eugenia hadn’t ' had a thing to eat since 7 o’clock and she is only six years old and had been in all the marching. But all the way up Peachtree she flung an American ' flag' and waved a Macon pennant so . vigorously thqt the crowds in the street 1 cheered her. because she was pretty enough to be a mascot for Atlanta. Off Peachtree street the parade swung into Auburn avenue and up ' North Pryor street to the Elks club. At the Elks club the Atlanta Ad men had. fixed up a Dutch luncheon, which the hungry men from Macon welcomed 1 with a cheer almost as enthusiastic as those they continually expended upon their city. Shortly after noon the boosters matched over to the eapitol to pay ’■ their respects to the governor and the i general assembly. ' Unfortunately, the senate and house ' both had adjourned, but the governor came out, listened to a couple of tunes by the bugle corps, made a short speech. i had his picture taken with them on th? steps and invited them to come again LEGISLATURE TAKES UP ST REETS REFORAI PLAN THIS EVENING At 5 o'clock this afternoon the commit tee of the legislature on municipalities will consider the city council's charter amend l ments providing for street reforms. The ‘ Fulton delegation has assured the city of ficials that the amendments will be passed, i The amendments were adopted as a re sult of The Georgian's campaign lor bet ter streets, and sweeping changes in the city's system will be made as soon as the legislature acts. BALKY MULE IS BURNED WITH CIGAR-AND ZOWIE I | YONKERS, N. Y., July 25. Even tt I Blake, a chauffeur of Carmel, may know ( now to handle automobiles, but he has I a lot to learn about mules. He was kicked insensible by one he tried to j budge with a lighted cigar. Benjamin Edwards was driving the • mule. It balked. Blake could not pass. • j He watched Edwards try several meth -1 lods to make the mule move, but all , j failed. Then Blake burned one of its I legs with the cigar, and lost cigar and ‘consciousness at the sxime time. Old- Timers Gambled Underground LOST RESORT IS FOUND A rare glimpse into the past, when Atlanta was a frontier town in spirit, with gambling as one of its principal institutions, was revealed today when D. AV. Yarborough began remodeling the old brick house at 10 Porters alley for his plumbing shop. Under the one story brick structure was discovered a secret gambling resort of four rooms. An observation of the house led to no suspicion of its underground apart ment and an cutside trap door, the only entrance, gave no indication of the ex istence of what was once the most famous and exclusive gambling resort in the South. The architecture of the house is per fect for its purpose. The house was for years the only one on the alley. The small trap door leads to a very small alley is so small that it is difficult for one man to enter at a time. A narrow hall connects three moderate-sized rooms, with low ceilings. Then another small tray door leads to a very small room. It was the poker room and the scene of the loss of several of Atlanta s early fortunes. The walls between these rooms are about four feet thick. Not a sound can be carried through them. There are no windows, but an ingenious system of ventilation from above through pipes. To have raided that house in the old days would have been like storming a castle. But there is no record of any effort IDE CREAM KILLS ONE; EIGHT SICK Prominent Cordele People Vic tims of Ptomaine Poison, Following Dinner Party. CORDELE. GA., July 25. —One per son is dead and eight others gte ill from ptomaine poison as the result ot eating ice cream at the homo of Judge J. B. Smith here on last Sunday. The death of J. E. Joiner, a prominent Cor dele business man, occurred today, fol lowing an illness of four days. Those still sick are: Judge and Mrs. J- B. Smith. Mrs. J. E. Joiner. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Dickson. Misses Irma and Agnes Roberts and Master Hope Roberts. The Misses Roberts are in a critical condition. The other victims, it is said, are now out of danger. On Sunday Judge and Mrs. Smith gave an elaborate dinner, with an ice cream dessert. Soon after the dinner one who had partaken of tae creiim became ill, physicians pronounc ing it ptomaine poisoning. It is sup posed that the poison developed from contact of the cream with metal, parts of the freezer. Yesterday the entire nine were re ported improved. Today, however. Mr. Joiner had a relapse and he died in a few hours. He leaves several children, besides his wife, who is among those poisoned. He was about 50 years of age. Funeral arrangements have not been made. DARROW DEFENSE MAKES A FIGHT TO LET ILL JUROR OFF LOS ANGELES, July 25. The Darrow defense made a determined assault today on Juror L. A. I.eavitt. demanding that Hie court excuse him if necessary on the ground of ill health and replace him witii the thirteenth juror, A. M. Blakeley. Earl Rogers, chief counsel for Darrow, declared Leavitt went on the jury de claring he had no prejudice and now the defense learns for the first time that he had frequently stated his belief that Dar row was guilty. This request was made in the absence of the jury. Leavitt ar rived from his home at Elmonte in charge of a deputy sheriff during tile ar gument of Rogers. "Juror Leavitt, is here in court ready to proceed with the trial,” said Judge Hutton, "and I can not excuse him for ill health and put the alternate juror in his place. I do not see any warrant in law for halting the trial at this time, in the midst of the evidence, nearing its close, to examine into the qualifications ; of the juror. "I’ll hear authorities if you have any on that question.” "I offer to prove to make the record.” said Rogers, “that immediately after the McNamara trial Juror Leavitt said to Jefferson Steele: 'They would have hung Haywood and Moyer If that scamp Dar row had not bought the jury. Harriman and all those attorneys knew the Mc- Namaras were guilty and they all ought to be hanged along with the McNamaras.’ “\Ve offer to show, too, that he fre quently expressed himself as bitterly op posed to Darrow and to union labor, and to show further that his answers as to bis qualifications for juror were not true." HORSE IN ’-NIGHTMARE” WALKS INTO WINDOW HAYKARD. CALIF.. July 25.—A horse belonging to Pedro Lorzonson became af flicted with the nightmare and proceeded to walk about town until It wandered through a plate glass In a store. The ani mal broke out of a stable. It was so badly injured from the glass that it died in the store. Dr. E. G. Griffin’s Dental Rooms Over BROWN & ALLEN'S DRUG STORE, 24' j WHITEHALL ST Set of Teeth s>s COMPLETED DAY ORDC' 22k Gold Crowns, S 3 Special Bridge Work, S Avffl I All Dental Work Lowest P PHONE 1708. Hours—B to 7, Lady ever having been made to r > ; house. In the sixties and severri was the rendezvous of some of a ta’s wealthiest and most promir.e-■ • izens. Old-timers can give their n, n .U But that would cause harsh dis, for among their descendants a:, ing business men and churchmen B. ing to make up the veritable i> ;i . of Atlanta's present moral strenv There are stories of big poker y . „ in that little room. Little els. played in this house. And its < siveness prescribed that none but could afford to play daringly con;.: ... ter. It was not so much a proses.-: nc house as a place for enjoying an a\ tion by some of the real figures of merce and industry. It was in the days when A: ■ , sportsmanship was vigorous and hu.- it took real red corpuscles to star;,' c . pace. When those days were over >■_ lanta’s most romantic and adv. ntm-,, -, period had come to an end. The days of the Civil war and the r. struction had had its effect on . . and public sentiment. The perioh its unique characters passed as a 1; , ... city raised itself from ashes. The house is being remodeled a,, , and Porters alley has passed. Yarborough is building windops i ;: house and a regular stairway. < eil has changed the name of the sttT'.'t to Equitable place. GEORGIA MOOSE SPLIT ON NEGHO Mrs. Felton Calls Taft a Fat Man and No Good—Woman Suffrage Is Indorsed. The Georgia Bull Moose partv hopelessly over the negro qu. sih.n when its- convention was 6pen< 1 v Aragon hotel this afternoon, and separated into two conventmns t-e bolters being headed by ('. W. M; < “ur,-, AV. J. Tilson and R. A. Dewar, r .> withdrew to another room. Th led-, under the leadership of St. Jud n Yates, kept on with its work after sev eral heated speeches, anff the rival con ventions are planning to send two S ct« of delegates to the national mcetlr.g ot the Progressive party. C. W. McClure and five other dele gates announced that they could n-• agree with the other Bull Moos. > s .mil withdrew, refusing' to have anythin; more to do with the first G orgia con vention of the National Progressive party. Their disagreement arose over the negro question. Mrs. W. H. Felton, of Cartersville, and Mrs. Helen Longstreet, . f <ir,. =- ville, were accredited delegat. a to the convention, which was held at the Ara gon hotel. Mrs. Felton was practicf ly offered a place as a delegate to Chicago, but declined on account of her age. In a vigorous speech, the aged wom an condemned Taft for pardoning Morse, and said the president, was a fat man and no good as a preC ! nt. "He can play golf, and that s about all.” she added. Woodrow Wilson she called an n known quantity, and said that he 1 either “Bryanized or Ryanized,” citner of which was bad enough., Woman suffrage met a heartj dorsement from the convention, and resolutions against the comm ' negro vote and against the ""oc slave” traffic were adopted. Most of the morning was taken a by the work of the credentials re mittee. Dr. Horace Grant was ’ ? temporary chairman and Sam J ! - was selected to act as secretary. MASSEE IS JAILED AT SPARTANBURG, S. C.: TAKEN FROM TRAIN SPARTANBURG. S. C.. July : ' v ; Massee, capitalist, of Macon, Ga ' v;|l arrested here this afternoon on arr ac tion from the. governor of Tennes- e m 1 is being held in the county :al. The Georgian was passing th: ’.a ’ city on a. southbound Southci r> 1 train and the sheriff arrested lam : Pullman car. Mr. Massee states that parties in c’- nessee are endeavoring to coin - against, him by criminal prose “ is wanted at Columbia. Murray Tennessee. The prosecution is . growth of a suit over horse- < 'l' “' at the Georgia State fair In M-v't- Tennesseeans. ( ( ! It was reported that the arrested Colonel Thomas B Atlanta, and hundreds ot persm - the jail yard to see the Atlnr.' ' ■' , whom Governor Bleuse says be «« catch in this state. The governor of Georgia, months ago. refused to honor a " ; _ tion for Mr. Massee's arrest in - nes'see case.