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DORSEY SMS HE
HEMOTIT
GUICE’S
Solicitor Was Advised by Emi
nent Counsel Not to Testify
at Time of Trial.
Continued From Page One.
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knew n was that morning and that th»*
shot sound came from the direction of
the Grace houst
"Eminent judges and lawyers ad
vised me concerning the expediency of
my going upon the stand. Every one of
them advised against it Others slni •*
have commended my action under th»-
circumstances. They are agreed that
my course was light, in keeping with
my position in the case and the peculiar
circumstances " hich surrounded me
■Since I have not made the state
ment of what J heard in open court I
had not intended that it should be
known, but since some fragments of
the Incident have become public I pre
fer now that the entire matter b»»
known
Surgeons Consider
Operation on Grace
Eugene Graef- came to Atlanta today
from Newnan and for more than two
hour* lay under X-ray photographic
tests in the office of Dr. .1, S. Derr, in
the Candler annex preliminary to un
dergoing an operation for the removal
of the bullet which a Jury last week
said Daisy E. Grace did not fire into his
epine.
After the examination, he was car
ried. still upon his stretcher, to the
Piedmont sanitarium, where another
consultation of experts will be held this
afternoon or tomorrow to determine
finally whether the removal of the bul
let from the channel of the spine will
he successful and permit him to
stand upon his feet and walk by the
time in November that he says he will
bring forth his suit for divorce from
the woman lie says tried to kill him
Life Returning to Limbs.
The examination made In Dr Derr’s
office showed that the bullet has not
moved the trad of an inch from its
lodgment when the firsl X-rays were
taken, a week after the shooting, it
showed more—that Grace is getting
power back into his paralyzed legs, for
Dr. Derr tested him by the sharp blow
just below the knee cap and proved by
the old pare«is test that the muscles
and the nerves of the helpless legs are
beginning to come to life again.
Dr. Derr said, after the long examina
tion. that an opt ration was under con
sideration, and Grace himself Ita.s de
manded that the bluelt he taken out
before he leaves Atlanta.
Grace came from Newnan on the
10:30 train this morning. He rode in
the baggage car. as he has ridden on nil
his trips since the shooting in Eleventh
street, and he was borne off the train
into one of Patterson's auto ambulances
by his stepfather. Mr. Hill, and E. W.
Hubbard, a liveryman of Newnan, and
his negro valet, Rob. The trip had been
made in the utmost secrecy, and Grace
was borne from the baggage car to the
ambulance without the customary
newspaper concealing his face, but with
a brown checked golfing cap upon his
head. He lay stretched a« helplessly
as before upon the litter, but his face
seemed fuller than when he left At
lanta before, and he smiled freely,
though he would say nothing.
Grace Demands Operation.
The ambulance whisked him quickly
to Dr. Derr s offices, and ho was borne
up the three flights of narrow steps to
the office by his valet and two other
men. Tlte tests began immediately.
The photographs show red no festering of
the wound, but that ttie bullet had made
a sac about itself in which it might lie
to the end of Graces natural life with
eighty chances out of a hundred that
it would not infect him fatally On the
other hand there is the doubt as to
whether the removal of the bullet will
completely restore his strength to the
lower bodi and limbs, or whether If
left where it is. he might not still re
gain their use
Epon the final consultation of the
doctors at the sanitarium rests the de
cision as to the operation. Grace de
clares that he will force them to take
the bullet out.
ELEVATOR MIRRORS ARE
OUT AS AID OF FLIRTS
PHILADELPHIA, Aug B—Mirrors
in Philadelphia elevators are doomed.
The order for their removal from ele
vators at city hall will be followed by
similar orders in the leading hotels and
office buildings. Conductors in tin ele
vator* assert that nearlj ever.' girl
who rides becomes so engrossed in
•primping' that she f gets what floor
lie wants and causes f-< .> Women
passengers come back at the conduc
tors with the charge that tl • latter u»-
the mirrors to attempt flirtation*.
GEORGIANS WIN PATENTS
WASHINGTON. Aug 8 Davis 1V ‘ la
vis, Washington patent at' meiv report l
'he grant this w eek to citizen, <>f ,
gla of the following patents ,| <• ,- a |
houn. Midville, wire fence supporting
truss; W. L. Pulton, G. J S'-rhnsl ,iw ano
W M Snyder. Savannah, wire rope oh.- I.
W. L. Pulton. Jr.. Savannah, •■ ng
wheel. H S. Me'’all t'geechee . auburn.- '
bile extricator; N. McQueen, l.udown
spring cushion fire (three patents'. A. E
Merrit. Gainesville, agricultural imple
ment: v Redding. Juliette, hoe
FOR NERVOUS DYSPEPSIA
Take Hosford's Acid Phosphate
Sufferers from acid stomach, nausea or
s'r.-k headache will find this tonic bever
tge a grateful relief
Grand Jury's Expense
Bill—Drinks* Eta, .
s42l—Will Be Probed
———
Sleuth in Locker Club Inquiry
j Said to Have Incurred Items
Getting Evidence.
The bill of expenses for the March
term of the Grand Jury, which Included
$421.95 for drinks, cigars and other
things bought in investigating locker
Hubs In Atlnnta, may he refused pay
ment by the county commissioners.
The bill, totaling $539.10, was before
them today for an order that it be
paid, but was .-ent to the finance com
| inittee for investigation.
- Th- bill, made b* the .1 K. Glenn
grand Jury, was formally recommended
by Foreman Glenn and Judge Pendle
ton of superior court.
The $421.95 for locker club investiga
tions was for the expenses and salary
of a detective for 4'l days. Among the
incidentals mentioned were cigars,
drinks, theater ti< kets and carfare, said
to have been used to obtain convicting
information against some of the club
operators.
MOTOR BOAT MAKES
TRANS-ATLANTIC TRIP;
VOYAGE TOOK 24 DAYS
Q UEENSTOWN, Aug B.—Having
weathered a succession of terrific gules
and breasted high seas, the 35-foot
motor boat Detroit, Captain Thomas
Fleming Day, of New York, has ar
rived here safely from New Rochelle,
N. Y. The Journey occupied nearly 24
days, and constituted the second leg of
the contemplated trip from Detroit,
Mich., to St. Petersburg.
Great crowds, including officials, wel.
corned the boat. Captain Day said he
had proved the feasibility of a motor
boat race across the Atlantic. The
crew stood the trip well, though
cramped space resulted in stiff limbs.
The Detroit arrived with 200 gallons
of gasoline left from 1,200 aboard when
she started. The fluid caught fire in
the englnd room once and was extin
guish'd with difficulty. Tlie fresh wa
ter turned foul and thirst was one of
the crew’s trials.
The Detroit will remain here tor a
few days.
BARBECUE,“ALL FREE,”
SPELLS SURE DEATH
FOR BILLS IN SENATE
State senators are today bemoaning
the fact that the barbecue to be ten
dered the legislature by the founders
of the new county of Bleckley, In Coch
ran. on Saturday, means certain death
for a slew of senate bills now before
the house
The house has granted leave of ab
sence to all members desiring to at
tend the barbecue. And as everything,
even the train trip to Cochran, is free
the no quorum sign will go up on Sat
urday morning
What the senate will do with the bar
beetle invitation is a matter 6f conjec
ture. but certain members of the upper
house are willing to attend. Members
of the house w ith pet bills now before
the senate also will be putting up the
same wall as soon as the facts are
known
RUNAWAY AUTO BUS
HITS ASTOR MANSION;
SHOCKS YOUNG WIDOW
NEW YORK, Aug. 8. A dozen per
sons narrowly escaped death last night
In front of the Astor mansion on Fifth
avenue directly beneath the window of
the room in w hjeh Colonel John Jacob
Astor's widow is confined In expec
tancy of a millionaire baby. A Fifth
avenue motor bus of the double-decker
type, after collision with a motor truck
crashed with such force into the fence
around the mansion that the iron and
stone were torn away nnd the motor
bus poised on the brink of an area
way several feet deep.
Four persons who were slightly In
jured in the accident were treated by
nurses who have been in attendance at
the Astor home.
Dr Edwin D. Cragin. who is at the
Astor home, felt considerable alarm
for his patient because of the great
excitement Into which the accident
threw the household. He was so con
cerned over Mrs. Astor's condition that
he refused to allow the omnibus com
pany to remove ths vehicle, contending
that much noise would be caused
PRESIDENT OF HAYTI
BURNS IN PALACE AS
MAGAZINE BLOWS UP
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAYTI, Aug 8.
President Cincinnatul Le Conte, of
Hayti, was burned to death today when
the national palace was consumed by
flames following an explosion in the
powder magazine adjoining the palace.
THIRD DISTRICT MASONS
MEET IN CORDELE AUG. 14
I ■' 'IF 'ill i: GA.. Aug 8 The Third
congressional district Masonic meeting, to
be held in Cordele August 14-15, will be
I recognized as one of the big Masonic
• vents of the year in Georgia by the great
| numbe- of lodges participating. Judging
-'•■■tn the interest being manifested and
•lie preparations being made for the en
'ertalnment of the delegates by the local
■hapter, Cordelia ledge. No. 296
Th" convention will meet tit the Ma
sonic temple at 10 o'clock on the morning
|of \ugust 14. with the following pro-
Invocation. Rev W s Hardin, pastor
"f the Presbyterian church; address of
wel me for the city, Mayor w. H. Dor
ris i-css of welcome for Cordelia lodge.
I' ' R Crum, W. M response to ad-
I oiesses of welcome L J Blalock. of
, tmericus There will be afternoon and
nig; t business sessions.
' n August 15 the designating of the
next meeting place anti an address bj
I ■' •«» M Napier, grand master of the
jut - oct'on of Georgia. will be features
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY. AUGUST R. IM2
$1,000,000 Building Will Chase Rats
HEALY IS READY TO BUILD
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William T Healy. Atlanta millionaire, snapped by the cam
era man as he was superintending work at the enormous hole
which is soon to be replaced by a giant skyscraper if he car
ries out his plans. Mr. Healy wouldn’t pose, and this is believed
to be the first time a picture ol the man known to virtually every
Atlantan, by sight or reputation, has appeared m print.
Will Erect Monumental Build
ing With Own Cash—Tells
Some Graphic Rat Stories.
William 'l' He.tly. Atlanta multi
millionaire, told a' Georgian repotter
today that he was ready to begin work
on a giant skyscraper on his lot bound
ed by Forsyth. Poplar. Broad and Wal
ton streets. It is to be the largest of
fice building in Atlanta, covering an
entire block, sixteen stories high and
costing more than $1,000,000 when
finally completed.
Hut Its size and cost will not be its
most Individual features. The reasons
it Is to be built and the methods of its
construction will always mark it as
distinct (rom other structures when it
Is surrounded by loftier buildings
Mr. Healy, who through the years
has diligently saved the income from
his vast properties until it lias reached
a great sum, is tired—not literally, of
course—of his money. The gold ac
quired through economy and self-denial
has failed to satisfy. He is going to
spend it for a monumental building.
And It is said that he will finance the
building of this great structure with
out borrowing a penny—a feat which
has hardlk been equaled before in this
country.
Began With One Mule.
The methods of construction are en
tirely original—Mr. Healy a own. He
begun excavations for the f oundations
three years ago with one negro and a
mule. As the hole grew deeper people
began to ask what it was for. But Mr.
Healy kept his counsel and the curious
wondered more and more from day to
dny.
The original hole, on the Forsyth
street side of the lot. was made deep
and round and narrow at first. It looked
like a giant well. But the negro and
the mule kept at work for many days
until the hole finally took the shape of
an execavation for a building Then
Mr. Healy announced that he was go
ing to erect an office building, some
day.
Then he quickened his pace. More
negroes and more mules were put to
work. Excavations for half of the
block have been completed. Archi
tects Morgan & Dillon have finished
the plans.
He Sees the Fine Points.
Mr. Healy has outlined his ideas. He
will begin work on one-half of the
building at once. When the leases on
the Broad street side buildings have
expired he will tear them down and
build another half of the skyscraper.
The upper floors will be for offices and
store rooms will front on all four
streets.
Mr. Healy has personally supervised
• the tearing down of all the old build
ings and the excavations. Every day
he can be found watching the work
with a keen eye. His methods are odd
and original; but he sees fine points
that many another would miss.
A negro laborer was pitching down
loose bricks from one of the low build
ings which is being demolished. An
other negro stood on the ground and
stacked them up.
"Re careful. Williford," shouted Mr
Heal*. "Don't hit those brick against
one another. You’ll break them."
And Williford was more careful.
A Tale of a Rat Battle.
,The hole is large and empty. < x< ept
for piles of brick hats and old cobble
stones. In the quiet hours of the day
tremendous rats can be seen to steal
out to find food where the mules have
been ted. Several days ago a number
of them were noticed divided into two
droves. Opposing loaders were in the
vanguard. Suddenly the leaders
clashed in battle while the others stood
by. One was victorious. He took pos
session of the food with his band while
the vanquished leader with his band
withdrew.
Mr. Healy told a group this story the
other day . He said it was true, because
his foreman had told him. and the fore
man was a truthful man.
A number of rats were eating where
the horses had fed.” he related. "The
foreman looked up and saw a sparrow
hawk on the weather vane of the city
hall. Suddenly the foreman saw the
hawk shoot toward the rats like an
ario". He came from his perch, a
block and a half away, as straight as
a shot, and grabbed a rat from the
ground without an instant’s pause.
"The hawk Hew up for a height of
about 30 feet, but stopped suddenly in
the air and screamed. The rat was
dropped. It had bitten its freedom
from the hawk—had 'anguished the
mighty bird.
"The rat fell heavily to the ground
and rolled over. Then It crawled slow
ly away. The foreman was merciful,
after witnessing such a game fight, and
he let it escape.”
But this playground for rats will
soon be no more. Mr. Healy said prac
tically all the details for beginning
work on the new bulldii were com
plete.. It "'ll not be long before the
old buildings on Broad street will be
torn down. Then one of the most mag
nificent developments in Atlanta will
be a reality.
And it is safe to say that Mr. Healy
"ill be present every day to watch with
his keen eye the progress of the work.
He is worth millions and could spend
his time in Europe or touring unknown
seas in a private yacht. But his de
sires are different and he lives deter
minedly his own way.
WATTSAND CABAN ISS
IN A SHARP CLASH ON
FLOOR OF THE HOUSE
The house of representatives was the
scene of a sharp attack on Represen
tative Emmett t'abaniss, of Oglethorpe
county, this afternoon, when Repre
sentative J. N. Watts, of Randolph
county, charged that Mr. ('abanlss was
concealing a certain portion of corre
spondence then being read by the Ogle
thorpe member.
Mr. t'abaniss. rising to a point of
personal privilege, charged in his turn
that tlie attack on his fairness had not
been made "by the rank and file of the
members, but by persons interested in
fertilizer manufacture or in the employ
of such manufacturers." His remark's
caused a stir which was only silenced
by the speaker's gavel.
The matter came up when the bill by-
Mr. t'abaniss. prohibiting the use of
deleterious fillers" in fertilizers, was
on its passage There was a strong
fight on tiie bill, its opponents dt siring
to permit the use of certain fillers,
"hich, they claimed, were not adulter
ants. The bill was left unfinished at
the close of the morning session.
Mrs. Annie M. Mitchell.
Arrangements for burial of Mis An
nie M Mitchell, who died last night.
I have not been completed. The burial
will probably await the arrival of he:'
husband, \\ . F. Mitchell who is now tn
Panama Mrs Mitchell was 52 years
old She resided nt 187 North Jack
son street.
SENATE PASSES
BANKING BILL
Section Prohibiting Loans of
More Than 30 Per Cent of
Capital Killed.
Th? general banking bill, which ere
lates a new code of laws'for the banks
of Georgia, passed the senate by a
vote of 30 to 3 today. A mass of
amendments to (he measure, some em
bodying the ideas of the inter-session
commission and some representing the
pet hobbles of members of the upper
house, were attached to the bill.
The section prohibiting a bank from
lending more than 30 per cent of its
capital stock to a single borrower was
stricken after a heated debate. Sena
tors opposing the measure used the ef
fective argument that this provision
i would favor the big city banks over
the country institutions.
I Tlie measure, in its present shape,
i has the indorsement of the Georgia
I Bankers association and is said to in-
I elude many of the best features of the
I banking laws of various states. It
| creates a department of banks which is
to have sole charge of the administra
tion of the state's financial institu
tions heretofore under the jurisdiction
I of the treasury department.
Squirrel shooting, temporarily sus
pended by the passage of the game bill,
will be resumed in White, Union and
Habersham counties if Senator Ed
wards' measure, passed by the senate
today, meets with success in the house.
The game law lid has been lifted on
squirrel in the three mountain counties
because the animals are destroying
crops.
Senator Williams provoked a gen
eral discussion on squirrel hunting
when he attempted to amend the bill
allowing squirrel shooting only when
the animals were actually destroying
crops.
“Suppose you go into a field and the
squirrel runs to a fence. Under your
amendment you violate the game law if
you shoot," asserted Senator Shingler.
It was agreed that the amendment
was too technical to give the north
Georgia farmers the relief desired. It
was lost by a vote of 39 to 4.
FAST TRAIN JUMPS
TRACK INTO SWAMP;
4 KILLED, 100 HURT
BOSTON, Aug. B.—Four men were
killed, several persons fatally injured,
and a hundred passengers hurt at 11:1"
o’clock today when the locomotive and
two passenger' coaches of a Cohassett
train left the New Haven railroad
tracks near the Crescent avenue sta
tion. in South Boston, and plunged
down a ten-foot embankment into a
swamp.
According to railroad men who start
ed an investigation, the train was trav
eling 40 miles an hour. The train left
the tracks on a long curve.
The dead:
William Tirrell. Jr.. 48. married, en
gineer. Frank Campbell. 32. married.
Unidentified man. a passenger. Mich
ael Dailey.
Most of the injured were women
shoppers on their way so Boston from
Southshore towns.
CANDIDATE APPEALS
TO 86.276 VOTERS BY
POST CARD METHOD
NEW YORK, Aug. B.—William S.
Bennett, former congressman, today
mailed to each of the 86,276 enrolled
Republicans in New York county a
postal card, stating that he is a can
didate for the Republican nomination
for governor and asking each voter to
express his opinion of the candidacy
on the return part of the card.
This is the first time in the history
of New York politics that a candidate
has made an individual personal appeal
to the voters to say whether or not he
shall be a candidate.
$20,000 ADDED TO FUND
FOR ATLANTA POSTOFFICE
Postoffice authorities in Atlanta were
notified today that $20,000 had been
added to the original appropriation of
$1,000,000 for the Atlanta postoffice
building.
This is taken to mean that work will
be started at once on finishing and
decorating the fifth floor of the post
office.
Perkins Head of
Moose Campaign
CHICAGO, Aug. B.—George W. Per
kins. of New York, was today selected
as chairman of the executive commit
tee of the Progressive party; Joseph M.
Dixon, of Montana, was selected as
chairman of the campaign managing
committee; and John M. Parker, of
Louisiana; Charles H. Thompson, of
Vermont; Ben. B. Lindsey, of Colorado,
and Meyer 1 .issuer. of California, named
as members of the executive committee.
The selections were made at the meet
ing ot the natimai committee today,
while Theodore Roosevelt and Hiram
Johnson, who were present, approved
the action.
For campaign purposes the United
States will be 6ivided into five zones,
and headquarters will be established,in
five cities. Chicago. New York, New
Orleans. Denver and San Francisco are
the cities that have been chosen. The
principal headquarters will be in Chi
cago.
BANK EXPECTED TO
USE GROUND FLOOR
OF HURT BUILDING
One of the national banks of Atlanta
probably will occupy the ground floor
of the new $200,000 seventeen-story
building which Joel Hurt is to erect.
Much discussion as to which bank it
will be has been aroused.
The new building, which will be at
the junction of Edgewood avenue and
Exchange place, will be entirely mod
ern in construction and will be as fire
proof as it can be made. A feature of
its construction will be metal doors
opening both into corridors and com
municating between rooms in a suite.
Metal window sashes and frames and
metal trimmings also will carry out the
architect’s plan of having as little
combustible material in the building as
possible.
The architect is J. E. R. Carpenter,
of New York, and the contract for
constructing the building has been
awarded to the Realty Construction
Company of Birmingham.
BRUNSWICK TO HELP
BRANTLEY GET FUND
FOR GEORGIA RIVERS
BRUNSWICK. GA.. Aug. B.—At a
meeting of the Brunswick Board of
Trade the matter of co-operating ac
tively with Congressman W. G. Brant
ley and other trades bodies interested
in reopening plans looking to an ap
propriation of $635,000 by congress for
the deepening of the Ocmulgee, Oconee
and Altamaha rivers, was taken up for
the first time. .
It was decided after discussing the
matter at length to address a letter to
the boards of trade of all cities and
towns tributary to these rivers between
Brunswick and Macon and Milledge
ville, inviting them to hole] a conven
tion in this-city or at some other point,
to formulate plans for making the best
showing before the board of engineers
when the Georgia delegation having
this matter at hand appears before that
body in Washington in the near future.
Roosevelt Greets
Old Wolf Hunter
CHICAGO, Aug. 8. —Up early, re
freshed with a few hours sleep after his
strenuous day, which did not end until
after midnight, Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt plunged into political confer
ences today.
The first of the colonel’s callers today
was George W. Perkins.
James R. Garfield, formerly member
of the tennis cabinet, was another ear
ly caller.
Colonel Roosevelt breakfasted with
Mrs. Roosevelt. As soon as the morn
ing meal was over he was ready for
the political confabs. Governor Hiram
Johnson of California, his running
mate, yvas one of the first who visited
the colonel's apartment. Later both
men greeted the members of the na
tional committee and the notification
committee that had conducted them to
the stage at the Coliseum. As the
colonel yvas passing through the hall
way he was greeted by a man who evi
dently had waited to see him pass.
After the colonel had gone by, he
stopped, turned back and asked:
"Is that Sam Burnett?”
The man nodded.
“Why, you old yvolf hunter; how are
you?” cried Roosevelt.
The man was S. B. Burnett, of Fort
Worth. Texas.
"Come right in; I want to talk to
you,” said Roosevelt, and he took Bur
nett along to attend the meeting of the
committee.
Jane Addams Tells
Why She Is for T. R.
CHICAGO, Aug B. Miss Jane Ad
dams. famous for her work at Hull
House, today in a statement gave her
reasons for supporting the Progressive
party. Miss' Addams was a delegate at
the national convention. She said:
“There are two principal reasons, for
my support of the Progressive party.
The first is that the platform of the
Progressive party contains many planks
and advocates many reforms for which
I have been working for years.
“The second reason is that the party
comes out unequivocally for woman’s
suffrage. A woman’s suffrage plank
was presented to both the old parties
and was refused. I appeared before the
present congress of the United States
and asked for woman's suffrage. It was
refused. Forty-two times the congress
has been asked to grant women the
right of ballot, and Just as many times
has it refused.
“Now comes this party with a suf
frage plank in its platform. These are
my main reasons for the action I have
taken."
To Open Taft
Rooms in Chicago
CHICAGO. Aug. B.—David W. Mul
vane. of Kansas, director of the Re
publican campaign in the middle West,
returned to Chicago today to make final
arrangements for opening the Taft
campaign headquarters here.
Headquarters will be opened next
Monday.
"It will take several days to get
things well under way," said Director
Mulvane, "but we expect to be going at
full .-.peed by the middle of next week."
He refused to comment upon the re
sults of the Kansas primary.
WINN NOT A CANDIDATE
FOR ANYTHING. HE SAYS
Mayor Winn today denied the report
that he was a candidate for county at
torney.
"Since my decision not to stand for
re-election as mayor, I am not a can
didate for anything but the good will of
honest men." he said.
T.fi.PLANSTB
SWEEP SOUTH
Plans Early Whirlwind Cam
paign to Break the “Solid
South.”
CHICAGO. Aug. B.—Theodore Roose
velt will invade the South and West.
Hiram W. Johnson will swing through
the East. Every state in the Union is
to be visited, some of them by both
candidates.
This is the tentative plan of cam
paign of the Progressive party as out
lined today by the candidates them
selves, the national committee and the
leaders of the movement in a series of
conferences that began when the first
national convention closed last night
otnd that were continued throughout
this morning.
The convention adjourned last night
after naming Roosevelt and Johnson,
governor of California, to head the
ticket, and adopting the most radical
platform ever approved by a national
political convention.
The campaign is to start at once. The
work of organization will begin as soon
as the work can be undertaken. Offices
will be opened in New York and Chi
cago for the general direction of af
fairs, and other headquarters will be
established where they may seem most
needed.
Headquarters for
South To Be Opened.
At the very outset it is expected that
such haedquarters will be established
in one of the cities of the ■ Southern
states. For the first time in years an
actual contest over the presidential
election is to be waged below the Ma
son and Dixon line, and a hot and
strenuous campaign begun to break the
"Solid South."
Plans as now .outlined will catapuit
the colonel himself into the Southern
territory at the very outset of the cam
paign. It was determined on for two
reasons—first, because the Progressive
leaders believe there is a chance to get
a part ot the Southern electoral vote,
and. second, because they believe that
dlrctlng a flghi into the very heart of
the Democratic stronghold will start
affairs With a rush that will give them
an advantage throughout the campaign,
putting the Wilson followers more or
less on the defensive.
All this was discussed today by Colo
nel Roosevelt. Governor Johnson. Jo
seph M. Dixon, head of the new Pro
gressive national commirnttee that
came into being yesterday, and the
other men who will conduct the fight of
the Progressive party.
Campaign Needs of
Sections Discussed.
Meetings of delegates and leaders of
the various sections of the country—
the South, the West, th* East and the
New England states—were Held today
before the national committee resumed
its scssisons at 11 o'clock. The section
al meetings were to determine the
needs of the party there in the way of
a campaign and to make a recommen
dation to the committee. The final
plans for the campaign will be based
largely on these reports.
The first meeting of- the committee
was held last night with both Roose
velt and Johnson present. Senator
Dixon was elected chairman, ex-Gov
ernor Franklin Fort, of Nett Jersey,
was named vice chairman, and Oscar
K. Davis, of New York, secretary.
It was before the committee in the
Florentine room of the Congress hotel
shortly after midnight this morning
that the first campaign speeches were
delivered by the new candidates. The
colonel's remarks were very brief.
"We do not promise more than we
can give," he said. "We promise to
give every man and woman a chance
to live their lives and get the best of
such a life."
Johnson spoke very briefly also. He
said he had read carefully the address
of Woodrow Wilson in accepting the
Democratic nomination and found it
lacking in the annunciation of human
principles.
“There is nothing to be feared from
either Taft or Wilson.” he said.
Johnson and Roosevelt went from
the Coliseum to the hotel together last
night after the convention adjourned.
They dined with Mrs. Roosevelt and
discussed campaign plans. A little
later they held an informal reception
in the presidential suite greeting the
party leaders. About midnight they
to the Florentine room, where
they* met the national committee.
Colonel Roosevelt and his party will
'eave this afternoon for New York.
They will remain for some days at
Oyster Bay. where the colonel will
rest. His first public speech will be
delivered at Providence, R. 1.. August
16. The following day he will go to
Point of Pines. Mass., near Boston,
where he will address the Progressive*
ot the New England states.
These speeches will be preliminary
to the opening of the regular campaign.
Colonel and Family
Off for Oyster Bay.
Colonel Roosevelt, Mrs Roosevelt and
Miss Ethel left at 2:30 o'clock th!*
afternoon on the Twentieth Century
Limited for New York.
RECEPTION FOR BIG MOOSE.
BLOOMINGTON. ILL.. Aug. 8
Upon his arrival in Chicago tonight,
Frank Funk progressive candidate for
governor, will be given a demonstration
by his townsmen here tonight. He will
address a mass meeting at the Coli
seum.