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TAFT'S ATTITUDE
ON TRUSTS LIFE
810 [ROOFS
—COL. ROOSEVELT
Sherman Law Complete Fail
ure. Says Rough Rider in
Hot Statement.
Continued From Page One.
Mr. Edmunds’ plan, arc perpetuated and
rewarded will join with us.
"Everv great malefactor will support
the Edmunds-Taft-Wickersham view,
for he knows that if that view prevails
he is certain of immunity; that the
only people jeopardized are the honest
business men who do not wish for
Immunity baths, hut who do wish to
have a rational law, to know what the
law is, ami then to obey It."
George F. Sheldon, of the
Republican national committe. in 1906.
telephoned to Colonel Roosevelt today,
the colonel said, to -ay that the testi
mony of ex-Governor Odell before the
senate committee in Washington yes- I
terday regarding the $240,000 campaign I
fund raised In 1904 hi E. II Harriman'
as not in accord with whit Mr. Odell!
had told Mr. Sheldon. Before he made I
his statement that Roosevelt had known I
nothing of the Harriman fund until!
after the election Mr. Sheldon said he;
submitted it to Mr Odell.
Colonel Roosevelt said Mr. Sheldon [
told him that the ex-governor, after
reading the Sheldon statement, he said
that it was correct.
MEES PERILED
BL BEBEL SHELLS
Nicaraguans, in Revolt, Bom
bard Managua. Endangering
Lives of Foreigners.
MANAGUA. NICARAGUA, Aug. 15.
Americans tn this city are in a state
of siege. Shells from General Mena's I
big guns are dropping in the principal
hotels of the city, and even the United
States legation is in danger of being
razed. American marines are doing
their utmost to prevent rebels aiming
shots at the foreign quarter, but as the
United States troops can not go out
side the city they are unable to hamper
seriously the tire of the revolutionists.
A shell from a rebel gun fell in the
dining room of the Hotel Lapone, I
wounding a number of diners and serv
ants. Another dropped in the court I
yard of the house occupied by an Amer
ican named Hamm, a representative of
New York banking Interests, demolish
ing the house but injuring no one; and
a number of shots struck dangerously
near the American legation.
New Orleans Asks
Additional Troops
WASHINGTON, Aug 15.—Sixteen
New Orleans business firms today tele
graphed the state department appealing
for additional troops to restore order
in Nicaragua. Set retail Knox replied
that the state department was doing
everything possible along this line but
it did not wish actually to intervene
until all other alternatives had been
employed.
TWO BOYS DRIFTED ALL
NIGHT IN LEAKING BOAT
PHILADELPHIA. Aug 15.—After
drifting helplessly all night In a leak
ing boat on the Delaware river, in con
stant danger of being run down by
larger craft. Charles Brown, eleven
years old, ami Alfred Baton, thirteen
years old. were picked up yesterday by
the crew of the polka launch Mar
garet. The bo) s w ere suffering from
exposure and exhaustion and in mo
. mentarj danger of drowning. They
were rescued off Greenwich pier after
having floated down stream from Pqrt
Richmond
SEVEN-INCH BABY IS
GAINING WEIGHT FAST
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 15 -Russell
Dalle) twelvt lay-old son »f M ■ and
Mrs Charles Dailey, is making rapid I
stride' in size and appeal.inc v His
present weight is on. pound .lever
ounces, and his length is six and three
quarter inches
The infant is k. pt w rapped in 5
lambs’ wool bag. in an incubator, at
the University hospital.
The mother of the bkhy is not yet
sixteen. She weighs .ti an 100
pounds and is fiv. feet two n . ■ s ta 'l
The father is not x .-t s. \. nter ■ at not
stout.
DOGS TO BE MUZZLED.
THOMASVILLE. GA . Aug 1 T .
city council has decided to rep. , th.
law requiring dogs to be muzz.cd dur
ing dog days. This law was pass,
two years ago. Last sutnmei Miiiir
Dekle decided that ft must be .nfo. >•-
Thomasville dogs did not tak. kindly
to the muzzling, and most of th. tn
managed to slip the muzzles off tli. lt
heads.
AN EXCELLENT NIGHTCAP
Horsford's Acid Phosphate
Haifa teaspoonfu) of Horsford s Acid
Phosphate in half a glass of water on r<
tiring induces restful sleep •••
Children of the Regiment True Soldiers
‘PETS AT FORT MILITARY. TOO
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S' X- iflK saUtelU
//•' WMn w\
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Two beautiful children al Fort McPherson. Margaret Snvder, daughter of Lieutenant Sny
der. on left, and Katherine, daughter of Captain Bankhead. Then, the soldierly dog “Jack.'”
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: Butchers Blame •
: Government For
: High Meat Prices •
• __— .. •
j • DETROIT, MICH., Aug. 15. •
• The high dust of meat was put •
• squarely up to the general govern- «
• ment in a report submitted today •
• by the legislative committee of the •
• Master Butchers Association of •
• America, now in annual conven- •
• tion here. •
• Chairman Haley, of the commit- •
• tec, explaining its report, says the •
• master butchers nearly ten years •
• ago began pleading for the re- *
| • moval of tile tariff on animals used •
• for food, and that they have pre- •
• dieted time and time again that •
• tile prices would go up to the •
• present high figure unless the pro- •
• hibitli e tariff of two cents a pound •
• was removed. •
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Up and Down
Peachtree
Prunes Join in
Living Cost Flight.
Where are the prunes of yesteryear?
Gone up -like beefsteak, flour, pota
toes and everything else that man here
below cares to eat.
There was a time when prunes were
served breakfast, dinner and supper.
There was prune cake, prune pudding,
prune pie. prune syrup and the good
old Sunday supplement jyune joke,
which ran like this:
Landlady (passing the dish of
prunes) —What are you bowing and
scraping about. Mr. Starboarder"
Mr Starboarder —I always salute old
acquaintances.
All of these have disappeared, how
ever, because prunes have, within the
I hist year, taken such an ascension that
I they .-n now be well classed as luxu
ries.
A well known produce merchant of
Atlanta stated today that prunes had
advanced 100 per cent In price within
the last twelve months. This puts
them quite out of the reach of the
"common rabble."
Little Danger of Kiss
Germs at Terminal Depot.
If mother or father or brother or
| sist.-r or aunt or uncle or well dressed
I young man and his fiancee say a fond
I farewell in Atlanta's Terminal station
Just before making a summer trip, all
tlie well wishes, cautions or perhaps
last remembrances are given with the
eyes not the lips.
According to the station attaches,
there is little kissing done in the great
building which shelters the entrance to
trains It is so much in the minority
that train callers, matrons and regular
visitors there look on witli mild sur
prise when the parting ones forget those
around them and kiss each other. When
kissing Just must be done, ft is usually
indulged in at the home, down at the
husband's office—or maybe in a car
riage.
Even Erltz or Louie or Michael, fresh
i into this country, rarely ever greet rei-
I utives or friends who came before them
i with the universally known smack
Thei sometimes fall into one another's
| .-rms or express their feeling with vig-
1 loious pats on the back, but not a
kiss!
TO FILE LIGHTING BIDS.
MACON. GA.. Aug 15 - Blds from
'the Macon Railway and Light Compani
and W .1. Massees new compani for
the new five-year lighting contract will
be filed next Tuesdai night in open
council meeting and opened immediate
ly Thus no mistakes cun possiblj oe
-1 cur
TIIE ATLAXT.X GEORGIAN AND NFWS. THURSDAY. AUGUST 15. 1912.
Play Dropped for “Attention”!
When They Hear “Star
Spangled Banner.”
it was afternoon and dress parade
was on at Fort McPherson.
A long, unwavering line of rifles
caught the sun. A sharp staccato re
sounded across the parade ground. A
sonorous crash of melody came from
the post musicians and the glittering
hand Wheeled from the line and started
its march the length of the column.
Everything at the fort was rigid. The
soldiers in line were at "parade rest,”
the domestics about the place wore filled
with sudden martial spirit. Even the
convicts felt the melodic cadence.
The sounds of it brought the wives
to the front windows in officers row,
and they thri w their shoulders hack a
triflle while their pulses kept time with
the martial beat.
Jack Breaks Discipline.
But to Katherine Bankhead and Mar
garet Snyder, daughters of Captain
Bankhead ami Lieutenant Snyder, it
might have been "parade rest" or it
might have been “mess call” for all that
they heard. With a zeal more severe
than was in the manner of any of the
soldiers, they were laboring in an ef
fort to persuade "Jack" to sit on his
haunches. But Jack being a bulldog
of the most militant sort was diffident,
nay positively reluctant to perform
while "Semper Fidelis" was being
played.
"Uome to attention there. Jack," ad
monished Margaret severely, “or you'll
be sent to the guard house."
Jack must have doubted her author
ity. for he continued to sniff about in
disobedience.
"Jack. ' wheedled Katherine, “won’t
you sit up for us after all tile beefsteak
and bread we gave you?"
Children at Salute.
Jack turned a whimsical glance upon
her which as much as said: "I've paid
you back many a time and oft for that,
little bit of meat besides, 1 want to
listen to the music."
"Jack, said Margaret, taking her
turn. "1 don't believe you know your
manual. I think you will have to be
placed in the green squad until you be
come a real soldier."
This must have touched Jack’s pride,
for he immediatley sprang up on his
hind feet and remained there until a
sharp word from the two children
brought him to ground again.
By this time the band had completed
Its circuit. The sound of "Open ranks"
was heard, the cannon boomed and
then with slow majesty the first few
notes of the "Star Spangled Banner"
fell upon the < ars of the playing chil
dren Whereas before they had been
playing with absolute disregard tn
everything that was going on about
I them, they now sprang to their feet,
drew their heels together, held up their
' chins, threw out their chests, braced
their shoulders and brought their right
hands to the salute.
Kiddies of the Post. ♦
At first glance the platoon of chil
dren sons and daughters of officers—
who plav about the grounds of the fort
seem exactly like nil other children.
Military life seems to interest them but
little. In fact, the average boy outside
of the army Is much more eager to don
the armv blue than tin average child
of the post.
One small lad at the post was asked
"Are you going to be in the army
when you grow up""
"Naw." he responded, the army'll be
over by then.”
This sanv boy, hovveva r. has an !n
--, timate acquaintance with the inside of
a carbine, knows the military divi
■ sions from squad to brigade, knows the
meaning <>f * vary bugle < all. knows the
uniform, knows everything, in fact
that ho well could know about army
lite.
FREECMLDNLy
FDR [OUST TRADE
Conference Committee of Con
gress Reaches Agreement on
Panama Bill.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—Free pass
age is denied to American owned ships
engaged in foreign trade, foreign ship
building materials are admitted free of
tariff to the United States, and the in
terstate commerce commission Is given
power to break up any combinations
of competing rail and water lines which
it finds are not for "the public good" in
the Panama canal bill agreed upon by
the conference committee of the house
and senate.
Two of the six members of the com
mittee, Senator Brandegee and Repre
sentative Frederick C. Stevens, of Min
nesota. declined to sign the report.
As perfected in the conference com
mittee, the canal bill now provides in
brief:
Coastwise Ships Free.
Free passage for American coastwise
ships.
American registry for American
owned foreign built ships engaged ex
clusively in foreign trade.
No tariff on foreign shipbuilding ma
terials for use in this country.
Trust owned ships prohibited from
using the canal.
Railroads prohibited from owning
competing waterway lines operating
"through the canal or elsewhere," when
such ownership is detrimental to the
public welfare.
Interstate commerce commission au
thorized to investigate control of water
lines by railroads and sanction it where
it is beneficial.
One-man government for Panama
canal and zone.
In dropping out the senate amend
ment giving free passage to American
ships engaged in foreign trade, the con
ference committee met the opposition
of those who considered this a direct
violation of the treaty with Great
Britain.
ship Materials Duty Free,
The senate amendment admitting
foreign built ships to American regis
try, when owned by Americans, was
supplemented with the provision admit
ting shipbuilding material free of tariff,
to meet the opposition of house mem
bers who claimed the American ship
building industry would otherwise suf
fer.
Practically all of the force of the
Bourne railroad amendment attached
to the bill in the senate was retained
by the conferees. It was rewritten to
give the interstate commerce commis
sion the right t<i determine whether
ailroads should be allowed to hold
water lines, and to sanction such own
ership when it was in the public inter
est.
The railroad section of the bill is
drastic in its terms, and broad in the
powers it confers on the interstat"
commerce < ommission. It prohibits
railroads after July 1, 1914. from own
ing or controlling competing steamet
in. s. "operating through the Panam.
canal or elsewhere;" and gives to the
interstate commerce commission- tht
power to determine whether the rail
road and steamship lines aty competing
carriers, within the meaning of the law
INHERITS SIOO,OOO ESTATE.
MA'’ON GA., Aug. 15,—Dr. Henry
McHatton is the principal beneficiary
in the will of bis late mother, Mrs.
Eliza Ripley, who died recently in
Brooklyn. N Y , leaving an estate worth
about HOo.OOO. He will go to Brooklyn |
soon to settle up the estate. |
CHILD LABOR BILL
AIDS HIT COPELAN
Secretary of State Commission
Says Measure Was Smoth
ered by Cotton Men.
A. .1. McKelway, Southern sccrctatv
of the child labor committee and acting
secretary of the Georgia child labor
commission, vigorously protests the a.-
tlon of the Georgia legislature in chok
ing to death, in the last days of its
session, the child labor bill.
Mr. McKelway says the bill was
j passed in the shape it was because the
advocates of a child labor bill on the
one hand and the cotton mill men on the
other supposedly had reached a com
promise agreement in the matter, and
the cotton mill men had given assur
ance of their approval of the bill in Its
final form.
Notwithstanding this approval and
agreement, McKelway charges that tile
bill was smothered and prevented from
| coming to a vote in the last Wednesday
| night session of the senate, and that
: the smothering was accomplished al
| the hands of Senator Copelan, a mem
; her of the cotton manufacturers asso
ciation and a directly interested party.
“Relic of Barbarism.”
Complaining somewhat bitterly of
Senator Copelan’s action in this matter
and the failure of his association to
stand to its agreement, Mr, McKelway
said today:
"Manifestly an agreement that binds
only one side Is of no avail. The de
feat of this bill leaves the Empire state
of the South occupying the bad emi
nence as the only state in the Union
allowing ten-year-old children to work
in factories, and the 60-hour week al
lows them to work eleven hours a day.
Government statistics show that the
children of the cotton mills have a per
centage of illiteracy four times as great
as the white children of the same ages,
from ten to fourteen years, in the state
at large. Georgia can not present a
serene front to civilization while al
lowing this relic of barbarism to re
main untouched by law.”
Mr. McKelway says the death of the
child labor bill at the hands of Senator
Copelan reopens the fight all along the
line, and that now the friends of child
labor bill will not- rest until the battle
is carried to an absolute finish.
He says the anti-child labor advo
cates will go before the next legisla
ture asking no quarter of the cotton
mill men and giving none.
EX-BLIND 'tIGER~KING
OF MACON TO STAND
TRIAL IN OLD CASES
MACON, GA., Aug. 15.—Chauncey
Groves, the former "blind tiger" king of
Macon, who is now' a prosperous busi
ness man of Miami, Fla.', and whose
pardon by Governor Brown last year
stirred up so much feeling here, must
stand trial on two charges at the ap
proaching term of the city court.
Groves came here this week and. to
gether with his bondsman. Nick Block,
made an urgent appeal to Solicitor
General Matthews to recommend the
dismissal of the indictments against
him. The solicitor general refused to
do this, and Groves must be tried. He
is charged with violating the prohibi
tion law and also with pointing a pistol
at another.
Groves pleaded hfs residence in an
other state and the fact that he has sold
all of his Macon property and retired
from business here as reasons why he
should not be prosecuted.
MARIETTA LAD RUN DOWN
AND HURTBY AUTOMOBILE
MARIETTA, GA., Aug. 15.—The lit
tle slx-year-old son of Mr. Woodruff,
manager of the Singer sewing machine
office here, was run down by N. M.
Mayes’ automobile near Sams’ drug
store while Mr. Mayes was driving out
Atlanta street. The little fellow started
across the street, but suddenly changed
his course, and before Mr. Mayes could
stop, the machine knocked him down,
cutting his forehead and one hand.
While his injuries are not serious, they
are painful.
DIES OF FROZEN FEET: WAS
TURNED OUT OF HOSPITAL
CHICAGO, Aug. 15.—Charles Anderson.
35, died here today from frozen hands ,
and feet. Anderson, according to a signed I
statement, turned over to the coroner's
jury today, was turned out of the Dun
ning hospital March 14. although he was
very sick. The next day he was found,
his hands and feet frozen, and taken to
Alexian brothers' hospital. Gangrene set
in and after months of suffering the man
died today.
EUROPEAN RURAL CREDITS
TO BE STUDIED FOR SOUTH'
\t ASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—The senate
today adopted the N'ewlands joint reso
lution providing for the appointment of
an American commission for the inves
tigation of the rural credit systems in
Europe. The commission will be sent
abroad by the Southern Commercial con
gress and will be commended to the con
sideration of the diplomatic corps.
CONTRIBUTIONS BILL UP SOON.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—Senator
Culberson, of Texas, today served no
tice that on next Saturday he will press
the consideration of his bill to pro
hibit corporations from making cam
paign contributions and to limit the
amount of all gifts to political parties.
6-VEAR TERM BILL UP TOMORROW
" ASHINGTON. Aug 15. —By unani
mous consent the senate today agreed
to consider the Works bill limiting the
term of the president to six years at 4
o’clock tomorrow. It probably will be
I passed. ,
Woman Hails T.R. as Emancipator
MRS. I I I TON ON POLITICS
'■ W H > .
land ten and a s. w . •>.' x.ov« vl.Gd
lifelong resident ot < > t.-.t* , oml
militant Rail <» •>- M » >
the first time stove • w B-mii Dr
ier Bay made h> i forg. ’». > rents
hurry tv> t'hlcseo. and bo am,- ■•rr.- of
the ' • ' s .. . . .-er . >■'. i.-m
that nominated Th>o.'c r e'.t h'i
president
Mrs. Felton sees a »or’ond •rrtan.lt'r
lion in the Bui Moose mov m tri she
believes that through it t’w South rvlll
be freed from a political tb’ n di'm I bat
has hold it since the rra' While In
Atlanta she talked the Proßre'sJro <loc
trine not only to h<r friend" ami av
quftintances. but made « vigil to the
Capitol to toll the legislators rr hat she
thought of the situation.
Discussing the Bull Moose movement.
Mrs. Felton said
Sees Freedom of South.
"I saw in Chicago an uprising of the
plain people of this country, rvhlch has
not been seen since the rear. Some
one asked, ’Whore are the big men rr e
expected to see?'
" 'Not here,’ was the answer 'This
is a convention of people tq)t accus
tomed to the tricks of political .con
ventions.'
"And so it proved to be. For three
days the plain people of the country
thronged the Coliseum—fifteen thou
sand or more. When the convention
named itself the 'National Progressive
party' they had formally eschewed th<
old Republican party, with all that Mr.
Taft's nomination stood for. When Mr.
Roosevelt said on the platform what
he had previously written to Mr. Julian
Harris, I heard what I had longed to
see and hear—a declaration that would
free the Southern states from the in
cubus which had been fastened on its
politics since the war.
"The Democratic party in the South
simply meant a solid South—so long as
race troubles and negro domination
were dreaded. When these hindrances
are removed, there will be opportunity
for business progress and commercial
prosperity.
"The ftouth has nothing to expect
from Mr. Taft's The pie counter
is all It represents to the people of
Georgia Once in four years negro
delegates are carried up to a national
convention and Mr. Taft's nomination
was obtained by these rotten boroughs.
The pie counter is only provided with
enough seats for the white delegates
with occasional crumbs to the negro
politicians.
South Has Suffered.
"The Democrats have held the poli
tics of the South in the hollow of their
hand by reason of this policy of send
ing negro delegates to tpake presi
dents. They were obnoxious to white
voters and the South has had to suffer
in many ways.
"The Democrats have had only one
Democratic president in nearly 50
years. Mr. Cleveland came in by vir
tue of Standard Oil favoritism and
Wall Street's disgust with certain Re-
FURORE TRANSITORIA
PLEA OF WOMAN WHO
KILLED HER HUSBAND
CHICAGO, Aug. 15.—Furore transi
toria made its appearance in a Chicago
court today. That is the defense that
has been mapped out by attorneys
conducting the case of Mrs. Florence
Bernstein, charged with having shot
her husband, George Bernstein, to
death.
According to Attorney Charles E.
Erbstein, who is chief counsel for the
defense, furore transitoria is a technical
term meaning a state of mind super
induced by the condition of the parties
concerned.
Mrs. Bernstein took the stand in her
own behalf today and told a story of
domestic unhappiness. The woman,
pale and nervous, plunged at once into
the story of her first quarrel with her
husband. It came, she said, when her
husband insisted on her going with him
to the wedding of a former sweetheart
of his over whom they had quarreled
while they were engaged. Mrs. Bern
stein said she refused to go and that
her husband struck her.
"He hit me in the face/’ she testified.
“He knocked me down. My nose bled
and I fainted. He put me to bed. I
was very sick and asked him to get a
doctor, but he would not."
Mrs. Bernstein said that her husband
had compelled her to go to her father
to borrow money.
MOULTRIE’S NEW SCHOOL
BOARD GOES IN OFFICE
MOULTRIE, GA., Aug. 15.—The new
school law for Moultrie, recently passed
by the legislature, which revolutionized
the manner of conducting the local pub
lic schools, went into eeffet yesterday
when the new board held its first meet
ing. at which the new' members qualified
for office. The bill abolished the former
i board of commissioners and divided the
I city into four wards, naming two com
missioners from each ward and one from
the city at large.
FIGHT FOR FREEDOM OF
SCHIFF VALET RENEWED
ALBANY. N. Y., Aug. 15—The fight to
secure liberty for Foulke E. Brandt, for
mer valet of Mortimer L. Schiff, was re
sumed today. Announcement was made
at the state prison department here that
a writ of habeas corpus had been served
upon the warden of Clinton prison at
Dannemora directing him to produce
Brandt in court tomorrow afternoon at 2
o'clock before Justice Kellogg at Platts
burgh, N. Y.
FREIGHTER GOES AGROUND.
HALIFAX. NOVA SCOTIA, Aug. 15.
The British steamer Erie, bound from
Argentina to Quebec went aground off
Sable Island early today. Her crew was
taken off. The Erie, which is a vessel
of tons, was loaded with maize.
r ■il<ll> iit pi rsidontM.
Iti I Minu’inl m In the Routh are no
m.o piit ii w 11h the Democracy of
<h t■•»««, awl \Yr»t. than negro poli-
H.tnqo ar, popular with Republican ad
mttiiol i«lions
I'lur In four years the negroes aie
.<■ ilicil In foi service and once in four
<. n > |be Southern Democrats are
v.qmiai «llh I heir party. Both gangs
Hum told to go home and behave
an b> «i tliei < nn until they are drafted
qu ,i>ll clilnlli ilKnin.
Ihcie nrn iiui groat, or two noted,
men In Hue United States, namely,
Mr Brian and Mr. Roosevelt. Mr.
Ijooni velt lum been more fortunate than
Mi Brian, lull the latter completely
dominates latter day Democracy. He
cartb'd out n deep-laid plan at Bal
timore He went there with a Champ
i'l n k badge on his coat and a Clark
b.inner over bls head, but he absolutely
Kb Red Chump Clark all over the hall—
like Clark's own hottn’ dawg. He has
never liked Southern Democrats for
reasons above stated, and refused to
vote for Crisp for speaker.
Bryan Greatest Democrat
"But ho resolved to name Woodrow
Wilson ns the party’s choice, and ap
plauded Ryan. Belmont and Tam
many's 90 wax figures to get them to
nominate him.
"For sixteen years Mr. Bryan has
been the nation's greatest Democrat.
He will dominate Mr. Wilson, or he will
make him look like 30 cents.
"No Southern man has a ghost of a
chance while Mr. Bryan is the king
bee of the Democratic party. Knowing
all these things. I decided I would pre
fer Mr. Roosevelt, who is a son of a
noble Georgia woman. He is a man
who understands his business and he
gave the United States the greatest
season of prosperity known to this
country. He is more than all a man
who belongs to himself. Mr. Taft's
connection with the Penroses and Gug
genhelms and his weak yielding on the
tariff question shows his weakness as
an executive. His pardon of Morse ap
pears to me to be indefensible. He
seems to be obliged to lean on some
body or obey his bosses.
“I have never said a word In public
on woman suffrage until today. I shall
never stand in the way of those who
claim their natural right to vote on
public issues. No woman can be com
pelled to vote and those who desire
the privilege can have it, so far as I am
concerned. Heaven knows we need
purification in our man-made politics.
"I heard a gentleman who lives In
Marietta say today that he had just
returned from the Pacific coast, and
he heard one man say he was for Wil
son; another said his friend said he
would vote for Taft, but the balance
were for Roosevelt.
M ith Mr. Bryan’s continued owner
ship of the Democratic party and Mr.
Taft’s continued servility to the great
grafters, I shall give what little Influ
ence I have to a candidate who will
give the South freedom from negro
domination in politics—and enable us
to pass prosperity around.”
GOVERNMENT READY
TO TAKE TESTIMONY
IN HARVESTER SUIT
ST. PAUL, MINN., Aug. 15.—The
replication of the department of jus
tice in the case of the government
against the Harvester trust was filed
in the United States district court here
today by Federal District Attorney
Charles C. Houpt. It states that the
answers of the defendant to the gov
ernment’s bill asking for the dissolu
tion of the trust are untrue and affirms,
the allegations contained in the origi
nal petition.
This is the last step in the lltigatior
before actual testimony is taken as to
the alleged violations contained in the
The government will proceed with
evidence about October 1 before an ex
a miner.
NASHVILLE IN LEAD
FORI9I3CONVENTION
OF UNION PRINTERS
CLEVELAND. Aug. 15.-A report ol
he committee on subordinate unions will
be made late this afternoon in the con
vention of the International Typograph
ica union in session here. The report
L ea L Wi * h ,he Chl «*KO newspaper
strike, rhe place of meeting of the next
convention will also be fixed. Nashville,
Tenn., is the place that probably will be
named for the convention. Richmond,
\a., has asked for the convention in 1914
and Washington for the gathering in 1915.
A walk-out from the meeting of the
M Oman's Auxiliarj' occurred when the
convention refused to name the private
secretary of Mrs. Frank Long official
stenographer of the convention. Mrs.
Long, whose home is Cincinnati, was sec
retary O s the auxiliary. She refused
either to resign or turn in her report,
ii hen she left the convention four dele
gates walked out with her. Her place
was declared vacant.
CONDEMNED MAN SLEEPS
18 1-2 OF EVERY 24 HOURS
I BIRMINGHAM. ALA., Aug. 15,-Arm
' stead M hite, the negro who will he
hanged In Birmingham August 23 for
killing a negro in the mines near here
several months ago. sleeps in bls cell
eighteen and one- half hours out of each
twenty-four. The negro talks to no one.
eats the food that is passed to him daily
and refuses to answer questions nut to
him.
JUDGE POTTLE INDORSED.
LA GRANGE, GA., Aug. 15.—Judge
J- Pottle, of the court of appeals, has
been Indorsed by members of the Troup
County Bar association. The Indorse
ment is signed by Attorneys E A
Jones, R. M Young. M. F. MpLendon,
R L. Lee, E. R. Bradfield. Jr., M. U
Mooty, Henry Reeves, Benjamin H
Hid F. M. Longley, w. R Campbell
Hatton Lovejoy and Arthur Greer.