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2 JURY TRYING MRS. EUGENE H. GRACE ON THE WAY TO LUNCHEONj i = w W J ■- AW rIW 2ml AM isl&Ae. iHL ' iJ • VK& /ill Tl- \ W& WK •2& UT i IjC 7 - - . .shr £ KS. <%f . * iri. ■ fiEßk • Ja ■ « » .A BsU '** Bwk r«BLW*g i w»L ■ ' id iwk >v . WHKilnl 1 WrWjrl iKvJ y, yi ■’ WB J ®/\i . .iMMiM/M a® f J >1 A* i— M 3) 1 • 1 - •'«! •Max BEL / Ji f 1 LWBHMWk* MMi» //x ■ A|Mm^ JK i S^ ■ wy*'""*' *‘i ’ W3WM& Jrc*iHMl ji dri* ■ j”"br>?7*.A>iw . ■•' 9slk • - k ■■' ; : . ■■ v . g^ ? 33UiiiMVKaH|E^a. 'ys u ' i ? Sg B k^^^KMr 88 aBQIMiw J *' a— ■ ’ • a,. . j,— " ' ii '” <^»i^£i?\'‘^^! JKjK f - > '* < y\ V •" * z ■■' ~-y-' • a..;'’ A/ y Ws aSsffi v *”**•'♦ <• i v< 1 —— >- - ■.- s----- --——- —.-. ---o —-OImHII 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.