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MOTHER OF GRACE
TELLS W HIS
WIFE SAID
Mrs. Hill, of Newnan, Ga.,
the Leading Witness at the
Morning Session.
Continued From Page One.
above those ctlrectiy concerned in the
trial. Os this number, 64 were women.
It was a noticeable fact that there
were present many more nicely dressed
women than on the day before. Ono
of these —young and pretty—who wore
a neatly trimmed white suit, sat near
the rail. Every now and then she
made notes with a pencil. She replied
to a question that she was not a news
paper correspondent.
Only One Red-Headed
Girl in the Audience.
One of the lawyers concerned in the
■ case drew attention to the scarcity of
red-headed girls in the court, room. A
survey of the crowd revealed the that
that there was one. She was slender
and nervous, frequently rose to her seat
and looked about. When Grace was
brought in ont a stretcher, she climbed
to the top of a chair and so remained
until forced by a sheriff to resume her
seat,
One little girl on the outside of the
court room was curious to discover how
Grace spent the night. She seemed
very much disturbed when told that he
didn't sleep well and suffered a chill
during the early morning,
Grace was bright and cheerful, how
ever, when brought into the room. His
sickness, he said, had worn off com
pletely. He laughed when asked if he
feared assassination.
"I was only .ioking when 1 said that."
he declared.
State Pleased With
Progress of Case.
"The slate is very well satisfied with |
the progress of the vise," said Lamar |
Hill, of cousel for the prosecution, to- •
dai "Rut we have only Just started.
We brought out every point we de
sired from on< witness and have every|
reason to believe we have mad. good!
progress."
John W Moore of eoupsel for the de
fense. <>nlj smiles ul.ett asked about
the states evidence.
"1 am as weli satisfied ns Mr Hill."
he said. "There's nothing else to sa\ "
That the ease will b< continued
through tomorrow at least was indi
cated by tin court's announcement that
all witnesses in other ■a- s, called for
Wednesday would be rv used until
Thursday It - expected that the case |
will reach the jury by Wednesday aft- |
ernoon.
The absent' of Reuben Arnold, tin
noted criminal lawyer, ft om the trial.
o< i astoneel a great deal of comment i
from members of the bar and court
titaches, who had anticipated a battle
royal bitvijen Mr Arnold and Luther
Z lioss> i who lav- met more than
otn * n uotdt w" - oV'-r witness. ■
It Wa- .stated in tin court twin that
MRS. GRACE’S AGED MOTHER
CONTENT WITH DRIFT OF TRIAL
•
Here is the view Mrs. Martha Ulrich, mother of Mrs. Daisy
Opie Grace, takes of proceedings thus far in the trial of her
daughter:
By Mrs. Martha Ulrich.
Just as 1 thought, absolutely no evidence has been pro
duced at the trial of my daughter which would tend, in any
way, to substantiate the charge that she shot her husband.
All that has been proved so far is that he was shot. None
of us have ever been in doubt about the result of the trial.
We are all so assured of Daisy’s innocewcb that we can con
ceive of no evidence that could possibly prove her other than
innocent.
As I look upon the faces of the twelve good men and true
who have been chosen to decide the charges against my daughter
I am more than ever convinced that the trial will result in an
acquittal.
There is not a man in that twelve who would listen to
false testimony; there is not a man hut wouldn't weigh each
circumstance carefully before he drew a conclusion. In other
words there is not a man but who would be fair and just and if
he is so there can be but one result.
Neither my daughter nor her lawyers have any fear. We
know that if the truth comes out—and it will—that she will
go free ami untouched. We feel that after this trial is over
everybody will be convinced that she could not have shot
E u gem'.
1 wish every one knew her as well as I do. They would
know then that she is incapable of doing what Eugene said
she did. Iler whole make-up is one that lavishes love and not
hate.
Mr. Arnold, who had been retained with
Lamar Hili by Grace's relatives, had
withdrawn from the ease because he
did not receive a fee commensurate
with the importance of the case, and
because, as he said, he did not care to
face the ordeal of a court room so hot
and sickening in its atmosphere as that
in the Thrower building. Mr. Arnold,
it is understood, is out of the city en
gaged in an important criminal ease
i in a Georgia town.
Trial Puts Spotlight
On Young Attorneys
The Gran trial brings to the front
two lawyers of Atlanta's younger school
and three others who have figured more
or less in the public eye for a number
of years.
Since Reuben Arnold withdrew from
the Grace case the burden of the prose
cution has been thrown upon Solicitor
; Hugh Dorsey and Lamar Hill. Both of
I these lawyers are young, shrewd and
I distinguished.
Lamar Hill is a young man not long
■ out of college but in bis brief legal e\-
perienee he ha- handled a number of
important eases. Solicitor Dorsey is
; not much older and has made a repu
tation for tireless attention to detail In
working out all his cases.
The defense is being cared for in sep
; irat* lots X.« a judge of human na
|tu • . John Moore is distinguished. He
l has had a long practice in criminal law
, be fort tile Atlanta bar. and his shrewd ■
■ Know ledg. of human value* i> observed I
•in cieij est u’l he makes to lead a case
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY. JULY 30. 1912.
into certain channels. Luther Rosser
is the aggressive and militant forward
of the defense. All witnesses hold him
in fear. A person on the stand who
hasn't a straight story In his mind is
pretty sure to fall into the toils when
Rosser opens up on him.
J. A. Branch rarely rises to his feet,
but his mind works all the time. Those
associated with him have come to rely
on him in a measure for solving legal
tangles.
OLD OFFICIAL OF CENTRAL
TO ENTERJ3USINESS HERE
SAVANNAH. GA.. July 30. —R. L.
Baugh, for many years in active charge
of the purchasing department of the
Central of Georgia railway, has ten
dered his resignation, to become effec
tive August 1. He will engage in busi
ness in Atlanta. Baugh has served the
Central for a third of a century. W. C.
Hunter, of Americus, has been named
to succeed him.
POWDER WORKS BLOWS
UP: THREE MEN KILLED
CLEVELAND. OHIO. July 30.- An
explosion at the Austin Powder Works,
in South Brooklyn, shortly before s
o'clock this morning killed three work
men and injured a number of others.
The powder plant has a number of
buildings widely separated. but half a
dozen of these were destroyed by the
force of the explosion. The noise of the
| b'owup was heard at Akron. Youngs
town and ether towns within a radius
of 50 mili’f
ISMAY ABSOLVED
FROM GENSORE
BI ENGLISH
Report of Titanic Probers Fixes
No Blame Duff Gordon
Bribery Story Unfounded.
LONDON. July 30.—Excessive speed
is held responsible for the Titanic dis
aster in the report of the British com
mission of inquiry which was presented
in Scotich Drill hall toddy.
J. Bruce Ismay, managing director
of the White Star Line, is absolved
from blame for jumping into a life
boat and savihg his life, while hundreds
of other pasengers went to their doom.
There is no censure of the conduct of'
Captain Smith, of the lost liner, in the
report. In driving his ship at high
speed through the ice region he was
merely following the general custom
of shipmasters, the report states.
Practically the only adverse criticism
in the report is visited upon Captain
Lord, of the Leyland liner Californian,
who might have saved many, if not all,
of the lives that were lost, the commis
sion finds.
Lord Mersey presided when the com
mission was called to order and person
ally read the conclusions of the body.
Ship Properly Officered.
"The loss of the Titanic was due to
a collision with an iceberg, brought
about by the excessive speed at which
the ship was navigated," the report
says, "but the ship was efficiently offi
cered and was supplied with the proper
charts."
The commission found that there had
been no boat drills aboard the Titanic,
and recommended that the board of
trade formulate rules requiring boat
drills and boat musterings. The com
mission found that all of the officers did
their work well and with no thought
of their own safety. The wireless in
stallation was effective, but there were
not enough operators. Strict discipline
of both pasengers and crew during the
lowering of the boats were found.
Ismay Exonerated.
Os the conduct of J. Bruce Ismay, the
commission states that it can not agree
with those critics who held that his
position as managing director imposed
on him the moral duty to remain aboard
until the vessel sank.
"If he had not jumped into a boat
another life would have been lost,” the
commission declared.
■'Captain Smith should not have
given Ismay the lee telegram,” the re
port sta'es. "After getting it. Ismay
should not have kept It quiet. How
ever. this did not influence the naviga
tion of the ship."
The commission finds that the third
class passengers were fairly treated
and it commends Captain Rostron and
the erew of the Cunard liner Carpa
thia for their rescue work.
Lord Mersey declared the commission
was convinced that the liner California
saw the Titanic's distress signals and
said she should hale pushed through
the tee as fast as sh< could without un
due risk to the Titanic s issistancv.
SEARCH I NG SI DE LIGHTS ’ 1
ON GEORGIA POLITICS
>
By JAMES B. NEVIN.
Speaker John N. Holder says he has
been put in an entirely false light with
respect to his attitude on the proposed
county of Barrow constitutional amend
ment, by enthusiastic but misinformed
friends of that now practically defunct
proposition.
; The speaker says he is opposed to the
creation of the county of Barrow, be
cause he was elected to the house specifi
cally instructed against the measure, and
has never intimated that he would favor
it. save in certain remote circumstances
which never have arisen.
The proposed new county would take a
section of territory from the county of
1 Jackson, Mr. Holder's home county, and
he naturally would oppose that, unless
there were some compelling reason for
the separation.
There has been strong opposition to the
new county upon the part of the people 1
, of Jackson, but certain friends of Barrow
thought they had this objection overcome,
> and to those friends Mr. Holder admits
. saying that he would not oppose the
( measure in the legislature, if the objec
tion of his home people should be re-
. moved—that if the Barrowites could show
:• undisputed sentiment in favor of the new
, county among the people of Jackson.
[ The speaker says the Jackson county
. objection was not only overcome, but is
quite as rampant as ever —hence his at
-1 titude of opposition to Barrow county.
The speaker says he has nothing but
I the kindest and friendliest of feeling for
i the people who wish to create Barrow
county, and that lie does not charge that
he has been willfully placed in a false
light, but he feels that in opposing Bar
row county, he is representing the real
interests and desires of his immediate
• constituents, which he considers a para
mount duty upon his part.
A Georgia legislator wishes to limit
> debate to ten minutes on each propo
j sition brought up. If only he had
thought of that bright idea earlier in
the session!
"The club”—whatever that is—as The
• Savannah Press calls it. has' nominated
J. Randolph Anderson for the state sen-
I ate, and the Honorable J. Randy has ac
cepted, and settles it in Savannah- he
’ will be the next state senator from that
vicinity.
: "The club"—don't be peevish, that's
the only description one can get from
I The Press —also has indorsed Joseph Mc
t Carthy and Pleasant Stovall for the
house, and if they want the jobs, they
can hgve them, for whatever "the club"
rays goes, in Savannah.
"The club" has a few alternates up its
• ample sleeve, and it may become neces
sary to trot one of them out. provided
there is a break in the "indorsements"
somewhere, by reason of non-acceptance
but the chances are the alternates will
have to remain In the background for the
present being young and good-natured,
and fairly well disciplined, anyway, they
■ will not mind that
Oh, yes—"the club" has indorsed Alex
Lawrence, too!
. <N. B. It's Alex's club!)
"A lot of Macon people got a free
' ritje to Atlanta to boost the capital
removal scheme," notes The Savannah
Press Move to amend by striking
the last four words.
Alexander A Lawrence, "the walking
delegate from Chatham," is the real guar
dian of the capitol
I While others rave and imagine vain
I things. Mr Lawrence prowls around and
about the old building looking for things
that need fixing up and renovating
Just why the capitol is so very em
phatically on the mind of the gentleman
' fr 'ii i'hatham. nobody knows, but it is,
nevertheless.
1 Every once in a while. Lawrence finds
a corner that needs repainting, some
brick work that needs pointing up, or
something—and whenever lie does, he is
as happy as a ten-year-old kid going to
his first circus.
Recently, he browbeat the house into
providing a new floor for the library, and
yesterday he introduced a resolution
looking to the removal .from the basement
of a lot of old books and things that have
littered up the place just about as long
as he proposes to stand for!
By and by, he hopes to get a new dome
to replace the old tin thing that now
adorns the capitol, which is a black as
the ace of spades, anyway.
This, however, is Mr. Lawrence's final
pipe dream!
The local flower markets are said to
be distressingly shy of flowers. Per
haps some citizens have been antici
pating the death of the Tippins bill.
I Mr. Jones, of Meriwether, is tired hav
ing folks kick the state's financial status
around.
In delivering an oration before the
house Wednesday, advocating the $50,000
appropriation to the state normal school
in Athens, the gentleman from Meri
wether took a fall out of the “calamity
howlers,” as he called them, and said the
statement or the intimation that the state
of Georgia is "broke,” or anywhere near
the verge of bankruptcy is "false."
"Georgia is not spending more than her
income,” said Mr. Jones. "She has not
spent more 'than her income for several
years. The reports of the treasurer
show that 1 am right, and the comp
troller general’s reports show that the
other official is right.”
“Every time an appropriation that a
few big talkers in the house oppose gets
up. we hear a great howl that the state
is bankrupt and that she is living beyond
her means!"
"The statement is false, and I am sick
and tired having this state published
abroad as a pauper and a bankrupt, to
her financial disadvantage in the great
money centers, when there is no truth in
the statement. The truth is, a number
of members of this house have political
ambitions to serve that they are willing
to serve by misrepresentation. They are
willing to advertise Georgia as bankrupt,
if it will push their little booms along.
“The state is solvent—the margin of
solvency Is wide, at least ample. Why
seek to make it appear otherwise?”
Mr. Jones served recently as chairman
of the appropriations committee of the
house, and is entirely familiar with the
state's financial affairs.
His vigorous challenge to those win;
pictured Georgia as about bankrupt cre
ated something of a sensation in the
house Monday.
SHERIFF TAKES PRISONER
TO 8188 JAIL FOR SAFETY
OGLETHORPE. GA.. July 30, —Ee.tr-
ing violence at the hands of enraged
neighbors from the upper end of Macon
county, Robert Phillips, a iveil-to>dr>
farmer, has been rushed to the Bibb
county jail at Macon for safe keeping.
Sheriff Hicks made the trip tilth his
prisoner in an automobile. Phillips had
been al-rested on a felony charge. He
is a married man about 60 years old.
ami heretofore has borne a good repu
tation.
TO ENTER COLUMBUS.
COLCMBCS, GA., July 3". An
nouncement has been made that the
Woolworth people of New York would
establish one of their large five, and
ten-cent stores In this city, < >ne of
tile most prominent store buildings in
the city has been rented for the store
and it is stated that it will be opened
about Uctobo
NEIN PARTY INTD
ALL EOT 5
STATES
And in Those the Progressives
Already Control—Convention
Plans Completed.
CHICAGO, July 30.—The national
machinery of the new Progressive par
ty will be set in motion formally dur
ing the present week. On Friday or
Saturday the provisional national
mittee will meet in Chicago to consider
delegate contests, make up a tempo
rary toll for the convention and io
the other final work incident to the
meeting of the convention itself.
With the meeting of the committee
the new party will, its leaders saj,
come into being.
A definite plan for the present or
ganization and for the campaign ! ’ a ~
been outlined. This will be explained
at the convention.
The plan, as it has been formed, ih
eludes the nomination of third pat A
tickets in all the states except < .in
fornia, Kansas, Nebraska and Nort.l
and South Dakota. In these states o.e
Progressives control the regain: "
publican machinery and will io't sup
port the Republican national ticket.
The second phase of the plan >-■ a
plan to break from the old orgamZ' 1-
tion. In states where the organization
has been captured it is to be us> d '' an
integral part of the new party.
The third phase is the idea that
new organization and the new •.
must be given permanency. no
what the outcome may be in N’m'-m
--ber.
Advance Guard On Hand.
The advance guard of the po.iticiarJ
and newspaper correspondents t"i •
convention have arrived in Chi ■ i- 1
the t'ungiess hotel, where th
quarters of the new party a' !
there is a faint revival of the b ' I
that preceded the Republican '■
convention. Politicians stand >’
groups in the hotel corridors nr
to the prnty headquarters. In t'
quarters the clerks are busy
usual convention grind.
More politicians are expected ''
and tomorrow, and on Thur;-
of the bigger men of the mov
arrive. Theodore Roosevelt ’
head of the new paity, is non ■
to g"t here on Thursday, .ut
minute of his arrival the iloy s
busy.
Plans to make his appea' ~ ~.f
t'op.-.um impressive )iav b 1 " '
mapped out. His speech, in ,
to conflict with the keynote
Albert 11. Beveridge, the
chai; innn, will be delivered 1
session held on Monday to
il.decided bi the ai'iang'
mittee after a careful ratio
situation.