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Tonight Marks End of Ten Days
Given Steel Committee
to Act.
(By International News Service.)
BILLERICA, Mass., Aug. 30.—
Boston and Maine car shopmen here
voted overwhelmingly against ac
ceptance of the government’'s award
of a 4-cent per hour advance in
wages, it was announced today.
Sixteen hundred men are employed
at the nlant. The result of the
vote will be made known to nation
al officers Sunday.
(By International News Service.) [
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30,—The \-y(\si
of the steel world were turned mw;n‘di
President Wilson today. The possi-|
bitity of the President taking action|
to prevent the threatened tie-up of
the industry was the one.iopic. of
discussion among labor leaders gath
ered in Washington.
The President had before him the|
request of Samuel Gompers, prvsi-[
dent of the American Federation of|
Labor, and of the commitiee rv;:rr‘—*
senting the steel workers, that he
urge Judge E. H. Gary, chairman of
the hoard of directors of the United
States Steel Corporation, to give the
men a hearing. But there has been
no intimation of what his action
would be. |
Tonight will mark the end of the
ten days given the steel mmmnlec[
to get the demands of the men be
fere Judge Gary. In its reply to thel
refusal of the Steel Corporation hvulll
to receive the demands of the men,|
the committee stated pnsith'vly.thut!
the sirilie vote would be put into ef
fect unless Judge Gary reconsidered
his position before tonight.
CONFIDENCE IN WILSON. |
In the meanwhile the mmnmtmvl
was sitting tight, with some of the
members confidently expecting Yhzul
the White House would intervene in
their behalf. ’ i
The executive council of thé*t
American Federation of Labor con-|
tinued its sezsions today and at :ul»!
journment it was planned to issue ni
statement covering the activities of
the past three days, l
At the railroad administration snl
official report of the situation on tho;
Pacific Coast was being awaited, Ad
vices received during the night imix~{
cated that the strikers all would h:lvei
_ returned today and that it would be!
unnecessary for the administration to|
take over the direct operation of thr‘
lines, *
However, in the event that the mt-'
uation warranted drastic action, Di-|
rector Hines was fully prepared loE
take it, officials of the administra
tion said.
MUST ACT WITH WISDOM, |
The labor situation is one “which
must be dealt with with as much
wisdom as energy,” President Wil-|
gon today said in a telegram -vxmw-ss.!
ing his pleasure at the return uf}
striking painters and paper hangers|
in Hoboken, following his appeal I'nrf
a truce between capital and labor |
The telegram, addressed to the]
gecretary of the union, follows |
“May I not express to you and,|
through you, to your fellow members
- of ln-('ul‘ 78 my tadmiration of the!
public spirited action they have taken, |
an action which I am sure I 8 in the |
interests of the whole country as set e |
ting an example of patriotic co-opel ~'
ation in relieving, not complicating,
a situation which must be dealt wnh'
with @ much wisdom as gnergy.
“Cordially and sincerely yours,
“WOODROW WILSON.” '
The telegram was in reply/to one
from the union notifying the Presi
dent of the action it had taken.
Gary Adds Nothing to ;
Labor Statement
(By Universal Service.) }
NEW YORK, Aug. 30.—Judge El-|
hert H. Gary, chairman of the 1 mrmll
States Steel Corporation, has left
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Full International News Service
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Admits Defeat;
More Votes in;
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Rejoices Now
ACKSON, Miss,, Aug. 30.—
J Despite the fact that yes
terday afternoon M. H. Casteel,
candidate for lieutenant gover
nor, left Jackson for his home at
Pickens, after conceding his de
feat by his opponent, John Frier
son, he took part in a victory
celebration here last night in
honor of Governor-elect Lee M.
Russell. More complete tabula
tions showed that Casteel had
won. A message reached him on
his way home in time to bring
him back to Jackson. The upset
came as a complete surprise to
the State.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.—Sena
tors interested in the prosecution of
food profiteers made efforts today
(to get the amendments to the rood
|l-ontrol act, requested by Attorney
General Palmer, beforc the Senate for
a vote. .
Senator Harrison of . Mississippi
conferred with-~Senator Sterling of
South Dakota in an attempt to h:fl'e
the prohibition enforcement law laid
aside when 4t comes up and have
the senate take up the consideration
of the amendments which would give
the attorney general the power to
punish those who make unjust and
unreasonable prices. Senator Ster
ling has been given the right of way
with the prohibition bill after the
oil land leasing bill is disposed of.
“I am hoveful that 1 will be ante
to reach an agreement with Senator
Sterling so that the amendments may
be taken up by the Senate next week,”
Senator Harrison said today.
’ “I don't believe that it will take
|un very much time of the Senafe, and
{will not delay action on the prohi
lbition enforcement bills for long. I
don’t think the fight against these
amendments will be a long one.”
Mayor Key Abandons
'Food Conference Here
Because of the embargo placed by
the government on selling food sup-s,
plies to local retail grocers through
'the city of Atlanta, no conference was
held by Mayor Key and a committee
of grocers Saturday, as was plannea,
{ The conference was to have been
held to discuss ways and means
whereby the retail grocers could co
operate to a greater extent in the
Idistrihuxion of these foods.
Mayor Key said inasmuch as the
government has discontinued selling
tood for distribution through retail
stores and is confining itself to sales
!thrnugh the parcels post system, ¢he
conference was not necessary at this
time,
Retail grocers and butchers held a
meeting Thursday night and agreed
Im co-operate with the city in dis
tributing the government foods so
as to reduce the hig.h cost of supplies,
even should they be compelled to suf
fer losses in the distribution. A com
mittee of three was named to confer
with the mayor on the subject.
’ At the officer of Ctol. M. G. Zalin
sky, zone supply officer, it was ans
nounced that no official information
ilms been received concerning the
i;.:mw-rnnu-nt's plan to open retail
atores. At present the distribution
!uf government food supplies is con
{fined solely to the parcel post de
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{ Orders for unwr_mnnm‘ foods frum‘
1 six States in zone b continue to pour
linto the offices of the quartermaster
[ here. Extra postal clerks have been
| placed at the Candler warehouse and
they are kept busy handling the or
ders as they are received.
Forty-fifth Infantry
~ Ordere dto Camp Dix
The Forty-fifth Infantry, which has
been stationed at Camp (}m'dvm for
gome time, has been ordered to Camp
Dix, N. J., where it will relieve the
Fiftieth Infantry. |
‘ The order transferring the regiment
was all the information received on
l'.nhim-t at Camp Gordon Saturday
morning, but it is generally believed
l around headquarters that the Fiftieth
l\\'ill be sent to join the army of oc
cupation in Germany.
The Forty-fifth is in comand of
Col. Herman Glade,
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ATLANTA M 7 GEOF
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A T ARSI AeIR oA e (S TN )
| ST REweRE iAy OF YHE SOUTREAST
PERSHING REFUSES TO BE
QUIZZED BY COMMITTEE
Two Amendments by Committee
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in League.
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By JAMES NOURSE,
Staff Correspondent of Universal
Service,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.—Two
amendments to the League of Nations
covenant directed against the pre
ponderance of voting power given to
Ithf‘ British Empire have been.adopted
by the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee.
The first amendment was that pro
‘posod by Senator Johnson of Cali
fornia, providing that the United
States. shall have the same number
of votes as the British Empire, both
in the council and in the assembly
of the league.
The other amendment, offered by
Senator Moses of New Hampshire,
provides that in any dispute involv
ing any of the possessions or domi
nions of the British Empire and any
‘Ulh(‘l‘ member of the league, no part
of the British Empire shall be per
mitted to cast a vote,
VOTE WAS 9 TO 8.
Both amendments were adopted by
the vote of 9 to 8, Senator McCum
ber of North Dakota voting with the!
Democrats, and all the other Repub
lican, members voting for the umn»ml-!
ments, ‘
Commenting upon the action of the|
committee, Senator Lodge, the (h!lil‘-‘
man, had this to say after the com
mittee adjourned: “
‘l'd like to see any one go on the|
stump and say to the American ])(‘0»1
ple that the United States should
not have as many votes in the lmgun-‘
as Great Britain if such a league ;.44
to be formed.” i }
The view generally taken by thel
genators who supported the ummul-l
ments is that the issue will be a
hard one for opponents to meet, Tho-j.'j
‘h.nv not yet been advised as to ”"‘J
position the President may take wnlh|
reference to them.
REPORT NEAR.
The adoption of the amendments
relating t othe voting power in the
League of Nations brings the com |
mittee almost to the point of lumgl
'Toaul_\‘ to report the treaty with rt-s»|
ervations. It is urtderstood that near- |
ly every member of the committee
has already drafted a resolution u.’i
ratification., The committee intends
‘to thrash these all over and rl-pm't,
the treaty by next Friday. |
When Senator Johnson offered his
amendment, Senator McCumber in
troduced a substitute which provided
that whenever the case referred to the
assembly involves a dispute between
one member of the league and un-'
other member whose self-goverfing
dominions are also rc-plwm-rll--cl.‘
neither the dominant member nor lul
dominions may join in the report on
the dispute. This was rejected by ug
vote of 10 to 3, McCumber, Hitch- |
cock and Swanson voting for it, Whllt‘i
Williams of Mississippl voted with |
the Republicans against it
THE AMENDMENT. ¢
The Johngon amendment is as fol
lows+
“Provided, That when any mo-min-r!
of the league hag or possesses self- |
governing dominions or "!l"llll',‘i, or |
parts of empire which are also mem- |
bers of the league, the United States
shall have votex equal to the uk'-‘
gregate vote of such member of the
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ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1919
Elsie Janis §
Sl€ Janls Norry,
| But She's Not to
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Wed Rickenbacker
(By Universal Service.) .
NEW YORK, Aug. 30.—Miss Elsie
Janis, the actress, admitted that
Eddie Rickenbacker, ace of aces
among the flying fighters in the
great war, stands more than ace
high with her—as do all members of
the Ninety-fourth Aero Squadron,
of which she is honorary com
mander. But as for being engaged
to marry Eddie—well, let her tell it
as she did to a reporter who re
ported the report of the engage
ment,
“Engaged to Eddie Rickenbacker?
l My goodness, no, |
; “There isn't one little iota of
truth in it. I only wish I could
make such a nice announcement.
I'd shout it and sing it and maybe
weep it to all the world, in my jow
w “Why, I scarcely know him and
haven’t the slightest idea where the
dear boy is. And, for all 1 know,
| he may have a wife and three chil
| dren somewhere. -
‘ “l guess the story got started
when, some time ago, Eddie and [
were appearing in a benefit enter
tainment together on the Century
Roof. We both received warm re
ceptions and the audience began
calling first for me and then for
i Rickenbacker, and then for both of
us together. w
“You &now, it might have been
any other member of the Ninety
fourth as well as Rickenbacker. I
escaped them all, however—which \‘
the Germans did not.” :
| Rich Miss Morris Quits |
Stock Yards Clerkship!
| (By International News Service.) I
] CHICAGO, Aug. 30.—Miss Murioll
Morris, 17 years old, daughter of thel
Iluto Edward Morris and sister of the!
present head $f Morris & Co., and|
one of the wealthiest girls in the|
United States has quit her job in tho'
stock yards. For more than thron"
months Miss Morris has worked as.
a clerk at the plant .of Morris & Cni
She started on the job to study “lhpl
working girl” and became so inter- |
!eslod “that she could hardly quit” m‘
Irejoin her family at their . summer }
Ihome in Wisconsin. [
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| Physician, 85, Expires; l
Never Took Medicine
MACON, Aug. 30.—Said to be one
first residents of Grovania, a pros
perous little city a few miles south
lof Macon, Dr. W. H, Roberts, 85 years
old, is dead. Doctor Roberts had pr:u'-l
tised medicine for forty years.
He contributed his lengthy life to
never worrying! He always advised
'm;ninst taking medicine, The illm-ss!
'lhut caused his death was the only
time he was ever attended by a pnys
!si('iun. He was a captain in the Con
federate army and was born and
reared near Monticello.
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Campaign in England
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Shows Hate of America
(By Universal Service.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 30.—“ John Bull,
Shall America Boss the World?" is!
the slogan being used in a mm;mlgnl
| throughout England to stir up Brit-|
{ish ill-feeling against the United|
States, it was declared by army offi
cers who returned on the transport
Plattsburg.
i The campaign, the propaganda of|
lwhlvh includes flaunting bill posters
along England's highways and rail
roads and cards in newspapers, wani
declared to be headed by Horatlo
Bottomley, editor of John Bull, u!
magazine sald to be anti-American.
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OH, SHAH!
(By Universal Service.)
LONDON, Aug. 30.—~The Shah of
Persia is not going to visit the i'nited
States after all, the Daily Express
llmrnn. Three delegates from the
shah are, however, now on the wgy
to America, the paper asserts,
| Mayor Makes Speech Asking
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. Withdrawal of Plea for
; More Pay.
Mayor Key in an address at Fire
Station No. 1" SBaturday morning ap
pealed to about 200 firemen of the
Atlanta fire department to take the
lead in a broad movement by which
it is hoped to bring conditions back to
normal, :
. The mayor's address was delivered
for the purpose of gétting the fire
men to withdraw their petition for a
’33:) per month increase in wages to
'W)mo before the City Council Monday.
l’l‘ho meeting was arranged by mem
lhers of the firemen's committee
| which conferred with the mayor Fri
| day and to which the mayor had pre
; viously outlined his plans,
, The firemen have not withdrawn
ithr‘ir petition for the wage inereasc,
although it is understood that meet
'in;:s will be held at some of the sta
'tiuns Saturday for the purpose of|
discussing the mayor's request.
LAB?R'S CHANCE NOW,
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In openming his address Mayor l\«'.\"
‘nh-l'l;u‘(»d that organized labor now
' had its opportunity to win world wide
!n-vngniri(m for patriotism and hu
‘manity. }
| “I would like for the firemen to
take the lead in winning this recog
' nition. I know their demands are
’_mslihrd, but a start must be made!
- somewhere toward getting back to
| normal conditions, and it would be a
fine thing for the credit to come to
! the employees of the city of Atlanta.
| “U'nless some one takes the lead
\in this direction and the strikes now
i pending are averted,” the mayor said
"“we are going to experience losses
’ that wil make those we suffered dur
’m: the war seem paltry in l‘t‘nl“
| parison,
| WARNS OF CALAMITY,
“If the operation of railroads is tied |
up by a nation wide strike it will|
mean that millions of men, \\umvu;‘
and children will be thrown out of
employment, for it will tie up lr.'|n~'~'
portation facilities to such an extent |
that it will be irthpossible to lwlllh]n"l
business., It not only will force zh«"
rail workers themselves into a state |
of idleness, but will force millions to|
starve from the lack of work !
“It is the firemen of Atlanta that l’
want to see take the lead in the '”‘M'll
movement that will place organized |
labor as the most patriotic class of|
people in the world. If you men T‘Ak":
the lead and other unions follow, it
will result in not only winning your |
demands, but you will win the htflll!
of humanity along with them.
“I do not blame the railroad men,|
nor do 1 blame you for wanting an |
increase in wages. Luring the war
every one was intensely patriotie :Hnlf
made every sacrifice necessary to car
ry it through to a successful cond |u»’
slon, but now conditions have re-|
versed and it seems as though the
biggest thought is how much we ean
grab.”
SCORES DEALERS, |
Here the mayor took a wallop at
local dealers and landlords He de
clared that it was enough to cause
the firemen to seek an increase in
wages when they were charged dou
ble prices every time they made a
purchase of food or clothing
| The merchants force us to pay §Mi
to $75 for a cheap hand-me-down |
suit of clothes, he sald, and the gro i
L cory dealers are Just a bad about
charges for foodstuffs, and the lan/d
lords are contributing their bit to the
present state of unrest by charging
unheard of rents so houaes and
rooms to live In. These are the things
that are causing the great inrest
among workers, but unless some one
starts things in the other direction it
\A- easy to see what the result-will be
in the end.'
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No Trouble Apparent, for Com
mittee Says Its Probe Is
Satisfactory.
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, Aug. 30.—Gen. John J.‘
Pershing, commander of the Amer
ican A. E. F. in France, today de-{
clined to recognize the right of the
Congressional Committee on War Exs
penditures and Treatment of Prison
lers to question him for information.
| The “interview” between General
‘l‘srshing and the congressmen lasted
only four minutes. ‘
' The meeting was arranged for m]
o'clock this morning at the zonnrul‘s‘
] headquarters, but when the committee |
I;xrri\'ml they found General Ps-rshing!‘
absent. ‘
| ARRIVES AT 10:30. ]
| General Pershing had gone to s‘nyl
go-d-by to Premier Clemenceau and
‘!1 was 10:30 before he reached his |
headquarters and confronted the im
luu(lwll' investigators. |
The committee was headed hy‘
Representative Royal C. Johnson of!
South Dakota. &
I General Pershing, who is busily
lprm-:n‘ing for his departure for home |
next week, sald he regarded the in-l
terview as purely a ‘“social call,” buti
the members of the committee took
i:\nulhur view of it. The Amvrimn!
commander explained that he was
iw»r,\' busy and, in any event, the r:-(‘-!
|.mls of army transactions had all|
!lu-wn shipped to Washington. l
| NO “SOCIAL AFFAIR.” |
After the conference members of |
.m.- committee denied that it had hm-n!
zzl ‘social affair.” It was plain busi- |
| ness, they said. The (-ummittm-ml'n!
explained that they felt they had the |
|nghl to go to the highest [N'S,\‘ih't'!
authority in thelr search for in!urm:x-'
’nun on military matters.
’ “I found conditions in the ndmlnis-‘
‘tration of the American expeditionary
force most satisfactory, p.‘n'!u'ulurl\'!
the work of the liquidation commit- |
tee,” said Representative Henry D,
Flood of Virginia l
PERSHING DECLINES. |
Technically, Congress may have
not inquisitorial jurisdiction n\’vr!
American citzens outside of the]
United States, but I know that it is |
unprecedented for an American cit
izen to refuse to recognize that 311|‘|~'-’
diction,” Representative Johnson de-|
clared, “General Pershing declined tn;
testify on the ground that the records |
were unavailable, He was informed
that most of the questions would be
propounded so that they would not
require printed data He then de«
clined to testify at all before the com
mittee,”
Representative Johnson later sald
that General Pershing would be (;A“Y'l,
upon to appear before the ('nmlanm"
in the United States ’
“It I 8 regrettable that there should
be any appearance of a conflict be l
tween the military and civil a Hhml‘{
ties at this time, when the »uul«lj
should become normal and be unhi
erned not by armies and navies, Ivull
by law,” said Mr. Johnson,
Avialors See Baltles l
Fought in Kronstadt
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Aug. 30.—~An Exchange
Telegraph dispateh from Copenhagen
snve that aviators fiew over KI'(HI-‘
tadt Thursday and observed seevral
battles going on in the streets, ’l‘hrvl
ulso reported seeing numerous bodies
lving about the streets,
v aminm
A Paper for Atlanta,Georgia,
and the South
‘Talk Does Not
Mean Much to
Mr. LaFollette
By International News Service.)
WASH|NGTON. Aug. 30—
Talk doesn't mean much
to Senator Robert M. LaFollette
of Wisconsin, Today he started
on his fourth day of a running
speech in the Senate. For par
liamentary purposes, Senator
LaFollette is speaking in oppo
siticn to the oil land leasing bill.
Actually, he is giving the gal
leries a bit of natural history,
some ancient history and a great
deal of future history.
(By Internfational News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.—Freedom
and self-determinatipn for Ireland
were urged before the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee today by Jus
tice Daniel F. Cohalan of the New
York Supreme Court and by former
Gov. Edward Dunne of Illinois, Frank
P. Walsh and Michael J. Ryan of
Philadelphia, the three members of
the Irish Independence Committee,
Judge Cohalan urged the rejection
of the League of Nations covenant
by the Senate. He asserted it was
‘“‘un-American” and would “perpetu
ate British oppression and tyranny.”
! “Speaking on behalf of the great
:hn”\‘ of' American citizens of Irish
| blood, who number more than 20,000,-
1000 of our population, we are opposed
| to the proposed lL.eague of Nations for
! many reasons, all of which we believe
' vitally affect the interests of our
| country,” Judge Cohalan said. *“We
|are opposed to the creation of any
{ superstate, or combination of nations,
;lhal will interfere with the independ
ence of or with the sovereignty of the
! United States.
. OPPOSED TO LEAGUE.
| “We are opposed to the League of
!Nu!inrw because it practically turns
lnvvr to England the control of all the
seas of the world and puts us in a
![msltinn where our right to trade ;nnl‘
ih\ carry on commerce with the other
i peopels of mankind is subject to m~}
| terference by England at any mnml‘nt,‘
l.\u that whenever her interests or hvr{
| inelination required it, our «'(Hnl’nPrn'ol
l‘ would be driven from the seas and we
{wuum be unable to carry on business
! ¢ xcept in our own country.
! Signed by many prominent Irish
| Americans, a memorial urging the re
!jv. tion of the treaty of Versailles by
Ilhv Senate, "as a direct violation nf“
the principles on which the war was
‘hmght." was presented to the com
i mittee,
"Hot Fight for Senate
i « In Emanuel County
| DUBLIN, Ga., Aug. 30.—-J. I
Nountree of Summit, Emanuel! Coun
!r\', will oppose Judge Frank Saffold
'of Swainsboro for the State Senate,
‘;1:'('01'4“"]4 to news from that cédunty.
This means a hot race for the of
fice, as both men have strong back
ling and will poll a heavy vote in
1(’10'”‘ home county. |
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Cooper Widely Known Through
His Remarkable Trial
: in 1909,
(By International News Servlce.)
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 30—
The body of Robin' J. Cooper, son of
Duncan B. Cooper, was found in
| Richland creek here this merning, He
lis supposed to have been killed and
' throewn into the creek, a vietim of foul
play.
Robin Cooper was well known in
l Nashville, where he had a wide ac
| Quaintance. He became known
‘ throughout the country because of his
trial in 1909 in connection with the
killing of Senater Carmack,
He was convicted of second degree
murder in March, 1910. The case was
,rflvcrsml by the Supreme Court April
13, 1910, «
Robin J. Cooper through his
mother, was allied to the noted Polk
family of Tennessee,
Thursday night some people in a
car came up to Robin Cooper’s home
fin Belle Meade Park and asked for
;:usnlino. He got in his car without a
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{hat and went with them. 'This was
{llm last seen of him until his body
lwus found.
| The car was found this morning on
| the lane running through Belle
| Meade Park to the Harding road,
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|near the bridge over Richland Creek,
jadjacent to the Belle Meade mansion.
I The car was covered with blood,
land Mr. Cooper’'s empty pocketbook
!\\':ls found on the floor.
l It was thought he was taken to this
i“|nvl and killed and his body thrown
lmlu Richland Creek,
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Story of Political
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Feud in Tennessee
BY EUGENE TRAVIS.
| Robin Cooper was one of the stag
{fiuuvvs in a Tennessee political feud
| culminating in a tragedy that stare
tled the nation,
It was in the early autumn of 1908
when the news was flashed across
the country that former United States
| Senator Fdward W, Carmack had
!ln-un shot to death in a street duel,
near the building of the Nashviile
Tennesean, a daily newspaper of
‘\\hn'h the Southern statéesman was
the aditor in chief. i
' In this tragic street clash were
t'!m-v persons and the flash of a g:es«
[tening weapon in the sunlight of the
lafternoon was witnessed by one
t\\““!illl
She had just met Senator Carmack
!md exchanged greetings when a
voice, deadly in its tones, jarred their
Curs,
VOICE SENDS WARNING.
“Don't hide behind that woman,
vou coward!"
The senator’'s face paled, the woman
tremblingly groped past, leaning
against a wall, and across the street,
i:c-\u';.] steps apart, were Col, Dune
|u|rl B. Cooper and his lawyer son,
! Robin.
i Grim eountenances betokened the
impending tragedy
Revolver shots spit across the nare
row Eighth avenue thoroughtare,
| within the shadow of the old Tulane
!”‘.- |, gathering place for Tennessee
politicians during legislative asser«
lhl:. s and conventions,
This sensational tragedy came not
unexpected, Bitterness over the poe
Jitical situation in Tennessee was at
fever heat,
THE POLITICAL FEUD.
Senator Carmack and former Gove
'mnnl' Malcolm R, Patterson, political
and personal enemies of the bitteress