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2 ROOSEVELT GIVEN TREMENDOUS DECEPTION Bull Moose Convention Was in Frenzy for 55 Minutes After x His Arrival. Continued From Page One. * Chairman Beveridge the < ommittre you appointed yesterday afternoon is ready to report, and the guest of the convention has arrived." Pandemonium followed. The whole ...house .’prang to its feet and began shouting. It was only a moment until the colonel came forward; then the din Increased a thousand fold. Between John C. Shaffer and ex-Gov - ernor Fanklin Fort, Roosevelt stepped to the front of the stage. Every one sprang up and the demonstration was In full swing. The veteran drum and fife corps took up the noise. Roosevelt turned and ’aw them. His teeth displaying a •smile, showed and he waved his hand in a cordial invitation. Tiie drum corps members stepped to the front of the stage. Roosevelt shook their hands. Thon, while he smiled and bowed to the cheering, x idling crowd, the drummers played for him. but no one could tell what they were plating on account of the noise. General John V. McDowell, an ex- Confederath soldier, made his unj to the stand and before the enthusiastic multitude grasped the hand of the ex president. T. R. Asks Drum Corps to Play Dixie. Roosevelt turned 10 druiiiim r j boy R. “Dixie.” hr yelled The drum corps plny«-d l» \i« " and : thp colonel himself led the - tn rring. ■ Ar the crowd cheered. Roowvelt smiled 1 and waved his arms* in strenmim and enthusiastic appreciation of the din. A inarch of the states began. Ohio.; New York. Missouri and l*«*nn v y h ini i In the order named, started a march to the platform with their state ban ners and markers, other states fell Into line, and it seemed a.® if some thing must give way ns they < rowdod and surg' d about the v< ry from of the speaker’s stand. Arizona. Montana, lowa and Georg; i v. me in the front and Delaware. Virginia and < o:\ol" were crowding them. While tin demonstration as al its ?o ight a woman, borm on tin l shoulders of two stalwart delegat* • a- taken : aer the press stand ami in front of the »l <-a iu r’s stand. Tip woman wur Mt I•’< rdinand While, of t’hicHgO. She wort a long yellow “votes for women" streamer pinned across tin bosom of hei white lives.-. She smiled and ;« eno d ha pp\, and as s>he was- t arried past the • peak er’s stand she looked into thr face of the former president aid ■unol: "Teddy! T-ddy 1 Teddy Waves a Red Bandanna As the cheering (‘used up > wwii.' if • er 1 o'clock the colon* I(1t iv. red ban danna from his pocket ami waved :. The crowd could make no more noisi-, but it could wav* more lu.lidkeri lllcfs. mid it did. When the demonstration had lasted fifteen minutes the irow-d beg in sing ing "John Brown." For a little while the rolling clamor of the song nearly drowned out the cheering But not quite. The crowd had to give way to a stored-up enthusiasm that whs too great for music, and in spite of the ryhthmlial swing of t o music tin- e was n staccato of handclapping and a booming accompaniment of cheers. Over It all some one started the old rebel yell, and It shrilled above the Binging, shouting and blaring brass In a momentary lull the mooing of the moose could be heard as tin un dertone of the noisy demons, rat ion. At the front of the hall wt re grouped n half dozen state standards, i d 0... r banners and a number of flags <in the platform back of Colonel Roosev* t oth er flags were waved “We Want Teddy" Yell Appears Again. As the singing died down the \t • Want Teddy" veil, the keynote of the long demonstration for Roosevelt at the Republican convention, broke forth and kept up In all parts of the building. Miss Jane Xddams. Illinois delegate at-large. was lifted to the speaker's stand. As she appeared titer* was a renewed burst of cheers and Roo’evti. stepped from the "moose pen." in which he had been standing, and ’trode forth "* to meet her Perhaps the two h-.ttil what they said to each other Certainly no one two feet away could linn *i iStingui-med a word. Then the band got its part in the demonstration air that caught th. .row.: I’l.. \ like "Onward, Christian Soldi, is. was the martial music at this eonvention. Colonel Roosevelt le<] in the singing and the cheering ceu»e.i us cm > one vang. The delegates le gal, i.. y■. t ii i.se. Their voices played out ahe *1 tlieir enthusiasm, and there was a s. s- n of whistling. Then the rru» .1 returned to s* *ng, “John Brown's Body" was .. ; . ■ again. Ex-Senator Beveridge stepp. i , the \ The Atlanta Georgian—Premium Coupon This coupon wall be accepted at our Premium Parlor, 20 East Alabama st., ? as partial payment for any of the beaut.fu* prem urn goods displayed there .See Pretniun Parlor Announcement on Another Page t • New Party Will Set • Pace in Campaign • • • • • • • • fw < ,•<ifcn for th'* othr-i pa’ • * • • Mfh mone.\ and orator® Every • • candidate on th< nations arid • • • • .M • Roosevelt will apeak in 44 • ° "Ut of the 4R states. Nothing in the • • • • undone, • • • • ono. both in Chicago arid N» ■ > • • • o • t • • September 1 until election day • “moosp pvn” be«id»- Roosevelt H evi dently thought the time had < nine when it might be jMOi.’ibh to hear RoosevelUn sjjeech. Tin- crowd did no) think so. i The nois* came back. Chairman Beveridge humin* red for ord':.-, hut he smiled, and with every blow of the give! the cheering in croaspd. ’I he California gilded grizzlx was taken to the stand “He’s a hear." played the hand. After the yelling had gone on foi minuter, ( hairman Beveridge made a determined effort to restore order. It s' ( md a< though the raps of hia gavel '»ete onl\ signals to loose more noise While the noise wa* just a little lesK jin volume than it had been, delegates I st h rted a new song "Foiiow follow, we will follow v * It." it went. When it luuj been sung through. Rev ciidgi’ tried mm n to uuh*t the noise Butlgl v. nt the guvel. hoop-w * *•-t ub went the crowd. I lu V weie >m| ready for mote noise Ihe mechanical whistle thut had mounded its "toot, toot" at the R. publl- Ican convention while the steam roller I was running over the Roosevelt men | injected itself Into the proceedings at phis- point. It brought a little ripple of i meri-iment th.it disturbed -but only . barely tim volume of sound. i Demonstration Breaks Long Distance Records. When th*- demonstration hud lusted ■l.* minutes still the noise continued, breaking all records, even that for W. ,|. Bi.van at Denver. Tiie woman who led the Roosevelt demonstration at the Republican con vention (Mrs. w. A. Davis) whs in the gulb-rv behind the speaker's stand. The California bear was .anled to her and she rose and waved a red bandanna. (She was escorled to the stand Io meet Roosevelt and he gripped her hand en t Imslastlcaflv Beveridge hammered the table again three big resounding whacks and again the cheering redoubled. He turned to tlu colon.'!, spreading his hands in an altitude of helplessness ami esigmitioti a» **m who would .’iv . "What can I do with this mob."’ Tiie colonel smiled. Fifty minutes after the colonel ap peal'* d the aisles la gan to cleat slight ly. The Montana delegation stalled ba. k. la th*' midst of lb* demonsti.ition ■ * olnliel .-pled his wife aud waved i. i a grilling. The crowd saw the move and a number of enthusiastic del egati'S marched to the visitors box and shouted ami cheered. Mrs. Roosevelt got cp and smiled. Her husband smiled i' It. r and sin waved a red bandanna at him. The iiiomenti'r.v lull didn't last. The crowd begun .veiling again. The band played Hot Time" and thev yelled some more. Tinn Bi vcrldge hammered for order and theie were more veils Uproar Lasts for Nearly an Hour. The c olonel Id bi up h hand fur M h in W hat li* got wa.s a bugle .salute t ic I 'nitcd State* atmx salute to the j president of the I'niled Slate?. Then I there uas niur» cheering and a big I “mooing.” I'ifty-two minute? after the uenmn- Mvation began, the noise wae still un der way yelling and hooting gave way to handclapping, and for two minutes more the noise continued. I inall\ just five minutes less than an houi Ir an the time the noise started, thr sergeant at arms was ordered to ’h a i s he aisles Then there was the ' >i.al pause for the photographers. I i •• ci'lon» l and Beveridge, standing ther. faced the camera and waited the hash. ’ hairman Bev, ridge again called for order, and he got it. ’’ ntlemrn of thr convention ” h<* said: the hour and the man—Theo dore Roosevelt." I hen th. colonel made his sei speech. Roosevelt Sounds Real Party Keynote. Mr Roosevelt s speech struck a key i ote for his followers and supporters in the n« w part' Rla •<! down the plan of battle to b.» waged by the National I regressive party He discussed those principles under twelve subdivisl ns namely, 'The Helplessness of the Ohl I‘Mities “rhe Right of the People to Rule. - “Th, Courts and the I’rople.” . ‘•Constructive Control of the Trusts;” “Rights of the Wage-Worker; Fhe' Farmer The Tariff. ’ “The High Cost <>f Uvmg ‘Curren,' “Conservation ' \laska and International Affairs “ “I he two old parties,” he said, “are husk>. with no real soul within either, j divided on artificial lines, boss-ridden anti i privdegf-< ontrolle«i. each a jumble of in •ngruous elements, anti neither daring to speak out wist lx and fearlessly what i should be sa ti on the vital issues of the I day “ as op. ■ -so. »<( this incongruity and in- •DTE ATLANTA GEORGI AN AND NEWS.TUESDAY. AUGUST 6, 1912. 4 Families Assessed at $6,550,750 WOMEN BIG TAXPAYERS Grant Fortune Is Rated First in Atlanta, With the Candler Wealth Second. I I‘artial revelation’ of the amazing, I fortunes made by leading men and I I women of th< < ity in Atlanta real es- j | ’ate are contained in the record fur this , I year's assessments, just completed to-' It bile a fen of tli< wealthiest buai- i * ik i-s men have but small land holdings | I the greater part of the wealth lepre-E i sent.-J, mounting up into the millions. ! Is in real estate. I Ihe figures given are the more | a- lound ing when it i« remembered that , they represent at most but CO per rent : of i r.il value, often less. Four Families Pay on $6,550,750. Four families figure with striking promiin id p. Membferu of the Grant, ’ i andler, Peters and Inman families.' or interests in which they are large i holders, pay as.-i ssments on a total of $6,550,750. Mr’. XV. D Grant, with a total as- I s> ssment of IfioX.OOO; Mrs. S' rah Grant I Hinton, with M6R.700: Mrs. a. V. D. In- I m in, 5259.000, and Mrs. .1. M. High. ' with jL'tiu.OOO, head the list of wealthy , women. 1 ompanles and corporations make ' < heir returns and pay their taxes as a • unit, and it is, therefore. Impossible to! get definite information as to the in- : dividual interests-. But realty and per- ! sonalty tiss-ssments are recorded in the i Individual's name. Within the last two years the as-i -mint; nave been increased S3O - Hut even nov . experts esti’-I mate that tiie assessments are onl.v ' about ,)0 per cent of tiie real value. I irst itt order of amount is the Grant fortune, .dost Os the love* .merits were made years ago. but no property in At lanta has been lopt up better by im provement s. Ineluded in it are two of the talhs i.nice buildings—the Grant building and the Third National Ban!-, building ami many of the best central structures. Ihe foundation of the fortune wa.fi* laid by the grandfather of John W. Grant. He was a contractor and be gan life pdor. Today John W, Grant pays taxes on $745,3D0 of real propei i v and $14,6(10 of personal propertv. Ii holds a large interest In the G ant Construction ('ompany, the Third Na tional Bank building, assessed at $500._ | 000. Mrs. W. It. Grant, his mother, is as- ; fessed Hl $572,800 on real property and $35,200 on personal. Mrs Annie Inman Grant, his wife, pays on $113,000 realty and $17.n00 per sonal propet ty. The Kimball House ('ompany. owned by John W. Grant and wife, is assessed at $475,000 .ills. Sarah Grant Sinton, sister of Mr. Grant, pays on $154,700 personal ami *14,000 realty. Candler Fortune Rated Second. Tiie ('andler fortune, the principal owner of whliii is Asa G. ('andler, tanks next It is a fortune made al most magically in the rnodem business world through the ('oca-('oia ('ompany, much of the profits from which having been invested in Atlanta real estate. Xsa G i'andler pays taxes on $43,000 real estate and on $78,000 personal propel ty. The ('oea-t'oia ('oinpanj pa vs on $1,507,700 real property and $313,000 personal property. John S. ('andler pavs taxes on $37,- 900 tetilty and $8,425 personal. The Hi-hl.v estate, almost wholly real estate. Is one of the biggest Items on the tax books. W. 'l'. Healy, the sole heir, pa.vs on $290,420 realty mid $5,200 personal. The Healy Real Estate ind Investment ('ompun.v pavs on stilß,t2ii, A. G. Rhodes is one of the biggest taxfiayei's. His real property holding.’ rue a’se s,-d nt $727,750 mid his per- I tonal holdings at $12,500. He ow ns a I big interest in the eonipan.v of Rhodes. Wimpev & Havert.' lie property being assessed at SIIO,OOO. ilis son, J. D. Rhodes, rays on $45,800 realty ami $575 personal. The Inman fortune is one of tile big- sincerity of action, he asserted that the! National Progressive plotform will be al "contract with the people." with deiinite and concrete provisions to be carried out If the people ratify tiie contract on elec tion day as exactly and honestly "as if ilt were actually enforceable tinder the law." Neither the Itepubliian nor Hie Dem ocratie platforms or managers show any adequate recognition of the mighty fact "that we are now in the midst of a great economic evolution." 'Democrats Lack Sense. Republicans Honesty.' ’ The Democratic parly, as is indicated i by its present record in congress, lacks ! the i-oinmon sense, and the Republican | part>. by its record of stolen delegates ■ at the Chicago convention, lacks tiie eth- I icul standards. “The men who presided over the Chi I cago and Baltimore conventions, and the i great bosses who controlled the two eon-’j vent ions Mr. Root and Mr. Parker. Mr. ' Barnes and Mr. Murphy. Mr. Penrose and ■ Mr Taggart. Mr. Guggenheim and A’r I Sullivan differ from one another, of , course, on certain points, but these are ' the differences which one corporation law | i yer has with another corporation law- ; i \<*! when acting for different corpora tiers They come together at once as ‘ against a common enemy when the do minion of both Is threatened by the su preinacx of the people of the I’nited States. •‘The actions of the Chicago convention, ' and to an only less degree of ihe Balti- ; i more convention, have shown in striking I fashion how little the people do rule under our present conditionH “ In older ' f to ass tire this popular rule Mr Roosevelt urged the adoption of presidential pti- J ' maries. popular election of senators, the ' short ballot, an efficient corrupt practices I act. <)iialified use of the initiative, refer i endum. and recall Tl-.e recall should be ; applied to administrative officers Mr Roosevelt strongly emphasizes ihe; necessity *»r the sovereign people preserv- , f | ing a check on ever? branch of public ■ ' 111111 l /'I -■ 7' H Wl Mis. Sarah (irant Slaton, wife !oi Jack Slaton, proident of the state senate and candidate for governor. Mis. Slaton is one of the heaviesl taxpayers in Atlanta. gest and individually the members (if the family are among the biggest tax payers besides their holdings in cor porations. S. .XL Inman is assessed at $734,000 on realty and $19,700 personal. Mrs. .1. \ D. Inman pays on $284,500 realty and $5,400 personal. E. 11. Inman pa.'s on $302,500 realty and $12,550 peisonal. Inman. Akers A Inman is i-s.-i-■■*! at $200,000 personal. The Hugh 'l'. Inman estate is as sessed at $4,400 on realty and $124,200 persona I. The Peters fortune is one of the city s largest. The Peters Land (''om pany is assessed at $629,750 on real property and SB,OOO mi peisonal. E. ('. Peters is assessed at $40,000 on realty and $1,680 personal. Mis. M. J. Peters' estate is ass.-ssed at $70,000 real property. Several Women With Fortunes. rile L DeGive estate Is assessed at $521,400 mi realty and SIO,OOO personal. Juel Hurt, one of tin- city's greatest real estate developers, [lays taxis as sessed in his own name on $461,090 real property and on si,i;on personal prop ertv. Mr.’. Joel Hurt is assessed at $89,000 mi real pro|.i rty. Besides tiie two wimum of the (Irani family, who are the largest women tax payers. are a number of others with large assessments. Mrs. .1. M. High is assessed at $2.80,- 100 en realty and slo.4ua peisonal. She is the largest stockholder in the J. M. High I'omiianv, assessed at SI,BOO on rialtv ami $175,000 per-onal. Mrs. Lillie P. Whitehead is obsessed Hi $233,200 on realty and $36,450 per sonal. 1 service. "The American people, and not the courts, art* to determine their own fundamental policies." This does nut mean that the people are m interfere in cases which Involve merely questions of Justice between individuals except that "means should be devised for making it easier than at present to gel rid of an mi onitiet. ni judge. " But when a judicial decision involves an interpretation of what lb*' people mean by tiie constitutions which they have framed and laws passed bv the tieople are niiililied because the 'courts sav those laws are contrary to the people's will as expressed in their con stitution. there must be a "reference to the people of the public effect of suet, ■ decisions under forms securing full de i liberation.” to the end that tiie people ! may reetifv this alleged defect in their | < onstltution by a popular vote having ah I the force of a constitutional amendment. Referring to the opening sentence of i ills address, namely, "that we are now ' in the midst of a great economic evolu ‘ lion," Mr. Roosevelt said: Justice For Wage Workers. “The tirsi < haruc upon t:« in-: ;<trial I statesmanship of the da> is to prevent ; human waste. The dead weight of or ' phanagc and depleted craftsmanship, of 1 crippled v workers and workers suffering from trade diseases -f casual labor, of insecure old age. and of household d< pie .ion due to industrial conditions are, like ' eur depleted soils, our gashed mountain ! sides and flooded river bottoms, so many I strains upon the national st rm tore, drain ing the reserve strength ot all indus tries. and showing beyond all peradven- I ture the public element and public con i oern in industrial health.” He btoposed several specific methods for preserving and improving “our human i resources, and therefore our labor power.” i Wage scales and other labor data should .be made public all deaths, injuries and diseases due to indust’ al operation should | bp reported t<» the authorities: wage < -im- I missions should be cstaWisheii in ihe na tion and state to deteimine the minimum COMES TO GET JORDAN MISSEE Harry Stokes, of Nashville, Is Going to Spartanburg for Extradition Proceedings. Harry Stoke’, the "handsomest law yer in the Nashville bar,” is in At lanta today on his way to Spartanburg, S. <'., where, he declares, he will land Jordan .Xlassec by extradition and plant him gently but firmly In the Tennessee state prison. He leaves for Spartan burg tills afternoon to be present at the extradition proceedings before Gov ernor ('ole L. Biease tomorrow. Mr. Stokes discussed the case only by pressure of questioning, but his an vvers bore all the vehemence of old fennessee and none of the artful di plomacy which so many lawyers af fect “XX ill you get Massee?” he was asked. "Get him? We'll get him or make him forfeit a SIO,OOO bond.” "Are you taking any steps in Geor gia ?" "Not fora minute! We've hud enough of Georgia governors. We've found a governor in Sou.h Carolina wita back bone enougli to know law and justice.' Denies Rival I Behind Case. I "I see Mr. Massee claims that a big • ival power corporation is behind his I prosecutor in this suit; that the prose- I cutor hasn't any money to pay such expenses." "Thon 's nobody behind this but Hor ace Frierson, attorney general of Mau ry county, Tennessee, and Harry Stoke’. That's a-plenty." ■'How about those detectives Massee says are chasing him?" I know a half zen men have been hedging MY heels ever since I left Ton nes: . 1 don't know who they are and I don't rare." "What will you i.o with Massee when you get him?” "We'll put him in the pen as sure as God imide little apples; that's what." JI-. Stokes said he might be called as a witness in the proceeaings at Spartanburg tomorrow, so he had wired Attorney General Frierson to hurry over and act as counsel if needed. A Tennessee attorney gi ral corre sponds to a Georgia solicitor general, the county prosecutor. "They tried to 'fix' the state attorney in Tennessee." continued Mr. Stokes. "They sent a Republican politician down to see him. But it didn't do any good." wage scale in different industries: the Federal government should investigate all industries with a view to establishing standards of sanitation and safety: there should be mine and factory inspection ac cording to standards fixed by interstate agreement or by tiie federal govern ment Compensation for Industrial Accidents. National and state legislation should establish standards ot compensation foj industrial a» cidents and deaths and for diseases clearly due to industrial condi tions; for the adoption by law of a fair standard of < ompensation for casualties resulting fatally which shall clearly fix the minimum compensation in all cases; the monetary equivalent of a living wage varies according to local conditions, but should be sufficiently high to make mor ality possible and to provide for educa tion, recreation, proper care of the chil dren, maintenance during sickness and reasonable saving for old age. excessive hours of labor should be prohibited for all wage-workers and night labor of women and children should be forbidden; one day of rest in seven should bo provided by lau ; continuous twenty-four-hour labor should be divided into three shifts of e!ght hours by law; tenement house man ufacture should be entirely prohibited and labor camps should be subject to gov ernmental sanitary regulation; all indus tries employing women and children should be specially subject to govern ment inspection and regulation; insurance funds against sickness, accident, invalid ism and old age should be established by a charge either in whole or in part upon the industries, the suffrage should be granted to women, if for no other reason than io enable workingwomen to combine for their own protection by the use of the ballot. The Farmer and High Cost, of Living. "The (’ounlrj Rife commission should be revived with greatly increased power. Its abandonment was a severe blow to nur pi ■ pic The welfare of the farmer is a basic need of this nation." i m the tariff he says: "1 believe in a protective tariff, but I bel cvc in it as a principle approached from the standpoint of the interests of the wh.Je people, and not as a bundle of preferences to be given favorite indi viduals.” " rhe cost ot living." says Mr. Roose velt. "has risen during the last few \'cars out of all proportion to the increase of most salaries and wage-.' What is tlrst necessary is "fearless, intelligent, aril searching inquiry into the whole sub ject. made absolutely by a non-partisan body of experts with no prejudice to warp I tlteir minds, no private object to serve. I who shall recommend any necessary rein ed' heedless of what interest may be hurt thereby, and earing only for the In terests ot the people as a whole." Crowd Slow in Filling Coliseum. Although this was Roosevelt day at ihe N..tional Progressive convention, w lien tiie (loot -of tiie Coliseum were | thrown open at 11 o'clock, the crowd outside nutnbi-red hundreds instead ot thousands. Outside a number of eutious persons, evidently not holders of tickets, waited to see Theodore Roosevelt make his en tr> into the building. Before the convention was called to I order, venders of popcorn and similar I "ill-lie iieies" were allowed to circulate : through the galleries The veteran drum ! corps that took a prominent part in .yesterdays proceedings was on hand ' e-.'riy. They struck jp before the band I got busy. I The Texa ■d* lesalion prepared for to- « U.S. CANAL RIGHT CITED IN SENATE 1 I ■ I Jones Replies to Great Britain’s- Protest Against Free Pas- ; sage of American Ships. WASHINGTON. Aug. 6—Senator : Wesley L. Jones, of Washington, a Re : publican, made a striking speech in the senate jesterday on the responsibili ties and duties of the United States in connection witli the Panama canal. The speech was called forth by Great Brit ain's protest against the bill allowing American ships free passage through the canal. Senator Jones upheld the right of the United States to govern and con trol the Panama canal, chided other members of the senate for expressing a contrary view, and said if he felt as some of his colleague.’ do he would never admit it on the floor of the sen ate or in public, but only would give utterance to such beliefs uuring execu tive session within the secret walls of the 'chamber. Senator Jones' interpretation of the early British-American treaty is that tiie United States and Great Britain, neither knowing who was to construct • the canal, simply bound themselves to protect the builders of the canal from unjust confiscation. He referred to the Clayton-Bulwer pact and the Hay-Pauncefote treaty and s^id: Refers to Other Nations. "It is plain to me." referring to pro hibition against blockades and the pro hibition of war rights', "that this rule refers to nations other than the United States. "When the United States says the canal shall be free and open to all vessels of commerce and war observ ing the rules, it is the same as a ferry ' man saying all persons paying 25 cents would be transported across his stream. There is nothing that makes it a dis crimination against any .of these na tions to allow American ships to go through the canal on different terms any more than it would be If the ferry man took himself across his own ferry free of charge. "No one disputes our title and no one ' can dispute it. Over it flies the flag ■ of the republic representing the sov ereignty and proprietorship of the na- . tion just as it represents that sover , elgnty and proprietorship over any I other territory belonging to the United t States. “It Is Our Canal.” "Through and across Hie strip of ! territory and wholly within its limits we are building with our people's money and will soon have completd a gnat canal through which will pass much of the world’s commerce. This I canal will be built by us and by our ■ money. It will be operated by us. We will protect it. It is ours. Our nation owns it. It will be built through our tertitorv. Can we sajs how we snail . use it? ; "This is the question which meets us • at the threshold in this bill. I have no : doubt as to what the American people ■ think about it. There is no doubt as to their answer to the question: in fact, they are very likely to be surprised that 1 such a question should arise. It has [ never entered their minds that this [ government could not use its own ptop- • erty and deal with its own people as it saw fit. without asking the consent of ' an-, other government or people.” i day's session by bringing in a big - American flag that was fastened to • their state standard at the very front 1 of the convention hall. Delaware had a new sign fastened above its seats. It bore the legend: "Delaware Progressives—Watch Us i Grow." t Fifteen minutes before noon, tiie time 1 when the session was scheduled to be ’ gin, not more than 50 delegates had r come into the hall. Roosevelt Parade Starts Enthusiasm. 1 It was just at noon when tiie blare ; of bands was heard outside the eon- - vention ball and a Roosevelt parade ar rived: The band streamed through the door and circulated around the hall, ’ playing lustily. When thiy reached the ' back of the hall under the Roosevelt f picture, they began playing "Every body's Doin' It." Before they had completed, another band was heard outside. ’ The delegates then came in rapidly, 5 and the hall, which had been empty a 3 few minutes before, was crowded. The delegates caught the enthusiasm, and ! there were lusty jells and waving ban i tiers. As tiie ma' i king musicians stopped ' playing, the regular convention band at 3 the back of the hall struck up. Women were even more numerous at today’s session that! at the ushering in of i he new party. Temporary Chairman Beveridge ar rived a little after noon. He took his • place on the platform. The delegates • gave him no ovation. Medill McCormick appealed on the 1 stage earl). Beveridge To Be Permanent Chairman. i Temporal') Chairman Beveridge ■ was selected at noon to be permanent chairman of the National Progressive J convention. 1 The New Vo k delegation today M elected George W Perkin’ national ’ ! committeeman. The name of Oscar S. 1 Straus was put in nomination by Anus 1 Pinchot, but Straus withdrew, saying 1 that it required a younger and more active man for such wo k. Perkins - was elected unanimously. WOO PER FOOT I FOR GRANT PLOT I ♦ w i |K Property at Peachtree and : Auburn. Worth SSO in 1846, Brings Record Price. Part of the L. P. Grant . estate, bought in 1846 for SSO. located at the corner of Peachtree street and Auburn avenue, sold today at public auction for $8,200 a front foot—the highest price ever paid in Atlanta. Bryan M. Grant, a grandson of the late L. P. Grant, bought the lot, which fronts 27.33 feet on Peachtree and runs back Auburn avenue to an alley. 125 feet. Tiie total price paid was $224,106. I XX’hen Steve R. Johnston knocked JL down the lot to George .XL Felker, ot X Monroe, who was bidding for Alt. ’vf Grant, tiie property changed hands for the first time since 1866, when it fell to L. P. Grant as part of his inheritance. In 1546 M. R. Williams and Reub< n ('one bought together an entire land lot. 202 1-2 acres. They paid SSO for the entire plot. Mr. XVilliams was the father-in-law of L. P. Grant and gave this piece of land to him. It is now occupied by the United Cigar Stores Company and brings $8,820 per year rental. G. M. McKenzie Makes First Bid $5,000. When Steve Johnston prefaced hi’ call for bids today with the statement that the property was the most valu able in the city of Atlanta and was constantly increasing in value, there were gathered about him men who represented most of the capital and property interests here. Many of them made bids, others quietly watched. The first bid was for $5,000, made by G. M. McKenzie. George Adair fol lowed with an added SI,OOO and the price rapidly rose. Mr. Adair is under stood to have been bidding for Ed In- ■ man, owner of the adjacent lot. A 220-acre farm on the Georgia rail road beyond Stone Mountain was pur chased a few minutes later by Morris Brandon for S2O an acre. The total price was $4,400. This is regarded as a splendid price for the land. As parcel No. 3 of the estate. 155 shares in the Merchants and Mechanics Banking and Loan Company were sold to various parties. The total price was $15,350. $575 Per Foot for East Mitchell Lot. R. Lee Walker, at a commissioner's sale, bought the property on East Mitchell street now occupied by Rid dell Brothers. This brought $575 pc: j front foot, the total price being $39,825. The lot fronts 71 feet on the north side of -Mitchell and runs back 108 feet. XV. P. Walthall, of Forrest & George Adair, said today that the Grant estate sale established a record far above any previous prices paid for Peachtree realty. The 'highest price on record in At lanta was the sale of the .McKenzie property in Whitehall, between Ala bama and Hunter streets, now occu pied by the new Kress store. This soil for $7,000 a front foot, but it extends clear through to Broad street and has a full frontage on that street. The Peachtree property between Edgewood avenue and Decatur streets considered the must prominent site in Atlanta, lias not been sold for half a century, but its value was approxi mately fixed a few years ago when it was leased on a basis of $6,000 a front foot Washington Collier paid $l4O for the whole strip about 50 years ago. REVISION OF STATE’S BANKING LAWS TO BE FOUGHT VIGOROUSLY General revision of the slate banking laws as provided by an exhaustive bill introduced by Senators Morris, Shingles and Moore will be fought to the limit in the senate when the measure comes up for passage on special order tomorrow. The senahe spent the closing hours of today's session in agreeing to a multitude of amendments submitted tn the bill. The bill creates the office of banking commis sioner tasking the administration of bank ing law out of the hands of the state treasurer. The force of bank examiners is u augmented and the banking laws revised I generally. The senate's long fight over the Blalock bill to prohibit the use of artificial fillet 1 in fertilizer was closed today when the ■ Harris substitute requiring the tagging of all fertilizer indicating the character ot I the filler was passed by a vote of 35 to 4. Senator Shepard's attempt to have the action of the upper house reconsidered was lost. PITTSBURGER CANDIDATE TO HEAD EAGLES LODGE CLEVELAND, Aug. 6.—William J. I Brennan, of Pittsburg, is being boomed for president by delegates to the an nual convention of the Fraternal Ordet B of Eagles. President Frank J. Herring. I of South Bend. Ind., announced ha i would not consent to another term. Today's festivities opened with p.c liminary games for the world's base ball championship of the order. BOLT KNOCKS DOWN MAN AT TELEPHONE MIAMI. FLA.. Aug. 6. —During a se vere thunder storm L. T. Highleyniatt was struck by a bolt of lightning while talking at his telephone. He wa.t knocked down and the left side of his body badly burned. .Medical aid was summoned and he was soon restored it consciousness. On his left side was tii< ' imprint of the brunch of a tree HOT WEATHER DRINK Horsford's Acid Phosphate A teaspoonful added to a glass of cob < water with sugar, is wonderfully refresh ing. •» M