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FOUR Big Doings At Macon Tuesday; State Convention to Name Senator Hot Fight on Between Slaton and Anti-Slaton Forces--Pro gressives Led By Hardwick and Felder Forces to Control VIEWS OF STATE PRESS ON THE SITUATION SOMETHING OF A JUMPING JACK, AN ACROBATIC POLITICIAN. (ThomaxvMle Proas.) As a producer of acrobats a Geor gia primary is sometimes hard to bee t. Before the primary of August 10. Hardwick and Felder were running «k partners against, fcduton. It wan the field against Hinton, and Slaton Against the field. At lea*st. that in what the governor vociferously pro claimed. He won fill that waa wlnnable by referring to bis opponents «** 'Hirriwic*. Felder and Company.’ But now that the primary has been held, and "Hardwick, Felder and Co.” are seen to have about two votes to his one, tb« governor is seen to turn turtle, somersault, swallow his pre election slogan, and do a few other stunts calculated to amuse all lovers of politbai acrobatics. Since the prim ary. Slaton claims to have been tbe side partner of each of his opposing candidates. He was the second choice of Hardwick’s support ers. Felder’s supporters. Hutchen's supporters, and even Bunk Cooper’s supporters. He is the second choice of the peoplf, notwithstanding two thirds of them voted against him. At least, he jiow vociferously proclaims that he is tthe second choice and that the election returns show It. That s rt of acrobatics may amuse a great many, but we don’t think it will help Governor Hinton. The time has been decidedly too short, since he proclaimed all votes for the opposition to Im* antl*Blaton for hfcm to now i |g|m that til) except the Hardwick vote wn pro* Slat on. The governor can’t warm his hands and cool his soup with the same breath. SLATON FOR HEARST, NOT FOR WILSON. (Macon News.) Governor Slaton says “Mr. Hearst is one of the really great men Of the day./ If he thinks so. Is it fair to the administration, the i*soplc and uor s< Ives to sepd a man to Washington t.» hamper the efforts of our presi dent ? We think not. And we know a 'ma jority of the voters of Georgia think not. otherwise, the results would have been different. W> now hove’ in Washington (*lty about ninety-nine per cent harmony vaHli President and his ideas of running the government. Wiy not make it one hundred per cent by sending to the senate Home one other than a foe to the greatest opportunity ever afforded tho whole people? TAKE THE DOSE. iTJwwnavlHr Press.» A county unit plan of electing offl <er« has, or will, no doubt, sound the political death knell of Gov Jack Sla ton lie has received a plurality of about iftur thousand votes, vet great •wldw arc against his election. Mr Staton cannot Maine the opposition for Ilia defeat, for he chose the road that they were forced to travel, and they traveled It under protest to vic tory it seems Toni Watson Is the daddy of this plan and Jack Slaton Is the mother who Pore it in tin* Inst state conven intt and nursed it to his breast with | •of fund hope of riding into the Unit* ol States senate on the advantages | it offers in giving a few voters in a j small county an equal strength with thousand l4 in the large i entities. Mi 1 1 irdw i« k. Mi I • Id* r and M» Hutchens cannot he blunted for de feating Mr. Slaton with even s com bination, for Mr. Slaton Is respon sible l«.r the possible formation of such combinations. They were forced to run* the race under the Watson and Slaton plan if they run at all. At the same time Mr. Staton Is wrong in claiming that he is the choice of the majority of the people of Georgia for senator He has a plural ity but the facts are he received 61*,- 627. Hardwick reoelvcd 66,817, Felder 33.481, Hutchens 27.73 f», and Cooper 1* 716. This shows that 140.461 votes are against Mr. Slaton, while only 69,527 are fur Idtn. Under the unit plan Hlaton has a convention of 143, Hardwick 124. Fel der 87. and Hutchens 20. This shows that only 141 are for hltn and 231 are against him. He knows now full well that either Mr, Hardwick or Mr. Fel der single-handed would have beat him to a fra Rile in the primary if there Imd only been one In the race against him. How can he claim then that he is the choice of the majority any more than Hardwick or Knitter? STRONG AGAINST SLATON. (Bremen Gateway) The delegates from this county to the Macon convention will bear in mind that Haralson voted for XVufe Hutchens and not for Jack Hlaton, When Hutchens* votes are called for. By all means, never go to Hinton, but to Felder, who run next to Hutchens in Haralson besides going over whelmingly for Harris for governor. In this county, we are reliably in formed that two delegates have been appointed to the Macon convention who are known to have been Hlaton men. yet Hlaton run far behind tiU other candidates. Who had the naming of these dele gates. and by whose Instruction* were they requested to Ignore Hutchens’ sup porters? There is a skunk somewhere and he must be Una ted. Those anti-Hutchens men who have been appointed delegates to the con vention, we know are honest men Hnd we believe, will do the right thing, yet It would have been simple justice to him. had Hutchens' men been nan cd. From throughout the state, protest after protest Is being made at the action of county «xocuttves in ttP* pointing delegates to the convention contrary' to the way they voted. At a meeting of the voters in Ware county, held at Waycfoas, together with many other dirty schemes of the Hlaton forces there exposed we find this “It was made plain how Hlaton men In a nundwr of counties, have taken Hardwick delegates away from Hardwick where the counts went ovat w helming I v for Hardwick. It wee made plain that Governor Hlaton wired ail hit county managers to con j trol all delegation* at all hazards if that were possible. In the county of Colquitt, which | gave Hurd wick a majority of 400 a bold attempt was made to appoint Hmton dclekiites and the attempt was made on authority of a telegram from Hlaton headquarters, which Indicates that Mr. Hlaton would be willing to defeat the will of the people as ex pressed at the ballot box. Haralson is for Hutchens first, Fel der second, Hardwick third, and Sla ton never!!! Will our delegates so vote? i.el us believe that they will, threhy expressing the desire of Har alson. SHOULD SLATON HAVE IT. (Ocillft Star.) By the rule tliat Mr. Slaton himself laid down we do not think that he Is entitled to the nomination for the senate. In Ills specious reasoning why he ought not to resign the governship when lie entered the race for the sen ate, tin said that ho would leave it to the people themselves as to whether he should he sent to the senate or kept In the office of governor. Wheth er the people liked It or not, they had to abide by the ruel that Mr. Slaton laid down. Well, In due time the election cam* on, and the people were called on to vote on the Issue that Mr. Hlaton had raised. And they did. About Bf.ooo said that they wanted Slaton for sen ator. By their vote against him for some of the other candidates about 132,000 of the voters of Georgia said that he should retain his Jolt as gov ernor, Nor do we believe that our po sition is a fanciful one. Mr. Slaton re ceived an overwhelming majority when two years ago lie made the race for governor. This time when he made the rave for senator, lie receiv ed about one-third of the votes east. Kvcry man knows that this Is true. With Ihe voters of the state the quos llon was as to the best man udth i whom toheat Slaton. In this county, j we know of many people who voted I for Felder while preferlng Hardwick, simply because they saw that Felder had the best chance of carrying this county against Slaton. In this coun ty Mr, Slaton received 204 votes. The combined vote, of Felder and Hard wick was Ml). We are not going be yond the bounds of reason when ws say that every one of the 840 votes cast for Felder and Hardwick waa a vote against Slaton. Mr. Slaton Is defeated by his own argument again. He made wholesale charges before the primary that there was a partnership between Felder and Hardwick, and be fully warned the people seemed not afraid of the combination, and two-thirds of them said that they In fact preferred It. So Hie partnership won at the ballot box. II only remains now that the partners Felder and Hardwick agree on a dis position of Hie prize. The people liy their votes last Wed nesday Mild that Mr. Slaton Is not the man of llmlr choice. The convention will have to say whether Mr. Hard wick or Mr I'Vider is entitled to the plum. SHORT ITEMS BY WIRE Saratoga. N. Y.—The t wenty-flfth running of tin* futurity wan won hy an outsider, Trojan, from the Quincy stnMrs. The Wyman |>nlr. the Finn mid Polish, were among the choice, In the betting. Senat# Conference. Washington.—A conference of tn« Kennto majority wju decided on to night to del ermine The form of legis lation to offset shrinkage In federal revenue due to the Kuropenn war. Senator Lewis, Democratic whip, “fter a conference with Senator Kern, majority leader, announced that he had sent telegrams to all absent mem bers urging their Immediate return »e attend the conference. No date for the meeting has been set. Naval Stores Men Meet. Montgomery, Ala. Naval stores factors from various southern states, In session here today discussed means for supporting the market as a re sult of depression caused by Ktiropean war conditions. T. A Jennings, of Pensacola, Kla., presided over the meeting. Buckner Chlpley, of New Orleans, acted as secretary. Want All Available Troops. Winnipeg.—ll was announced that orders were received tonight to main tain under arms all avlalahle troop, from the tlreat laikes to the Paclfto Ocean for Immediate call far active service The London war office. »v was said, had notified the Dominion authorities that every available man will he needed." Cavalier! a Nurse. Chicago, l.tua ('avaltert. now the wife of Muerutore, has followed her husband to the front, clad In the uni form of s Hod Dross nurse. Motel managers asserted thev would lose J 1 .000,000 worth of business through the absence of opera this sea son. Americans Assisted. Vienna tvia Rome and Parisl.— The American relief commission to day dealt with 160 applicants for as eistanoe, for the moat part tourists, physicians and students. Seventy five Americans left today nnd a spe cial train has been arranged for 150 additional. This will dispose of most of the Americans In IVenna. LAND ENGLISH SICK. Aberdeen, Scotland. The hospital ship Itotulla today lauded forty stoa from the British fleet One of the In valids was Prince Albert, second son of King George. who was taken to a nursing home. It was reported several days ago that Prince Albert was suffering from an attack of appendicitis and had been landed at a port In Scotlann. where It was said his condition cans' ed no anxiety Prince Albeit was at tache,! to the battleship Collltigswood Bidding German Troops on Way to Front Good Bye at Railway Station I." ' z, *" 4 ~^^^^////^//*w‘ wjb '^ ( w 7 4^r? TODAY’S WAR NEWS CONDENSED Bummarltltig the event* of yester day the Associated Press aaya: Most significant Is the official an nouncement by the French war office that the military governor of Paris Ima ordered all residents within the zone of action of the forts around Paris to evacuate end raze their houses within four days. Another significant official an nouncement from Pnrls Is that the Herman forces are advancing In the direction of l.a Fere, about eighty miles northeast of Paris. The right wing of the French troops operating in this region ban driven back the Hermans on the town of Guise, hut the left wing waa unable to hold the ad vance of the Herman troops. Both French and Brltiah are calling on all their men to Join In the defense of the French lines, which apparently are drdfvplng back gradually. A cam paign has been started in London and other Kngliah centers to Induce all Englishmen of proper age to Join the colors. Field Marshal Lord Roberts, In a stirring address, declared that the country was In great danger and de feat would mean "ruin, shame and slavery.” British cruisers and destroyers Historic Sistine Chapel and Three Prominent Papal Candidal , X»-»«*»V.«1.. Stioin-t TO CONVENE ON AUGUST 31 Rome. Three of the most piomlnen among the name* now being discussed ns possible successors to Pope Plus X sre Oardlnat Ashardi, v'jrilmal D* I .at ai d ('ordinal Seriumi. It Is probable. a< cording to high church officials that on* of the** men will be selected * the next Poatlf* of the Church of Home. Th* conc ave to select the new head of the church wl l convene at the Vatican on August 31. Iv •» th* common-law of lh( Roman Catholic church that con clave*. celled together for papal election*, shah open ten day* attrt* the dewth of the Pontiff. The lullotlng will lake pise* In the famous t»l*tlne Chapel In the Vatican decorated by Michael Angelo. Workmen are now engaged In the rhapel erecting a catafalque for th* funeral mas* for Pope Plus, which will be celebrated Sunday. Immediately after this service the chape; will be transformed Into a conclave balk THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. " which were in the engagement of Hel goland have arrived at various Eng lish ports and some members of the crew assert that at least elevpn Ger man vessels of vtfrious sizes were sunk. A German army corps which has been engaged along the line of the Meuse has been withdrawn and has proceeded to the northeast, presum ably to reinforce troops striving to check the advance of the Russian army through East Prussia. Ati Athens dispatch gives as a semi official atateinent news from ft “trust worthy source in Constantinople” that German officers and sailors have pass ed through Bulgaria on their way to Constantinople. There has been soma question as to the attitude Turkey will assume In the present war. some previous reports declaring Turkey had a strong leaning towards Germany. "UNFAIR COMPETITION." Washington.—Conferees on the fed eral trade commission bill today re ported a practical agreement on alt features In dispute except the "unfair competition" section injected by the senate. Some amendment to that may be made when the committee meets again next week. DAT OF REST FOR PRESIDENT Expresses Pleasure at Confir mation of Attorney General Mcßeynolds to the Supreme Court Bench Windsor, Vt.—President Wilson got a thorough rest Saturday at the sum mer white house. A long automobile ride in the morning and a nap in the afternoon completed the day’s pro gram and he planned to remain In doors last night. During ills ride the president sp:d in the white house Rutomobile to the club house at Hanover, N. H., where he spent a half hour. Late Saturday the president receiv ed word from Secretary Tumulty of ttie confirmation of former Attorney General Mcßeynolds as a member of the United States supreme court and expressed pleasure to members of his party. Answering a few letters fur nished the only work of the day. Miss Margaret Wilson took a long automobile ride yesterday but other members of *he party remained In doors. Ware County Delegate Replies To Governor Slaton’s Letter^ Says Treason to His People and Betrayal of Their Confidence ] to Adopt Governor’s Suggestion. Waycross. Ga., Augr. 28th, 1914. Hon. John M. Slaton, Atlanta, Ga. Sir: I am in receipt of yours of the 27th inst. that appears to be a multi graphed copy of similar letters sent by you over the state, in which you ask me to vote for you as second choice for the junior senatorship. Note that you state in your letter that you were either first or second choice In 125 counties, and that you warn me against political trading and trickery in the state con vention. I would like to know how’ you figure it out that you were the second choice of the voters in any of the counties of the •'State. Were the voters required to indicate their second choice on their Jiakots, as tney do in some of the states of the Union? You well known that they did not do so, and therefore you stand convinced in this statement of trying to deceive the people of the state. Take my county of Ware for instance. In this county Mr. Hardwick deceived 1,- 134 votes, and I do not suppose more than 34 of these votes, if a single one, would have been east for you as sec ond choice. There is a vast difference between running second and being sec ond choice, and you are fully aware of this difference. As to political trickery ip the conven tion. I suppose that this was what you wanted. Is it not true that when Ex- Chairman W. J. Harris called the state executive committee together and sug gested that a second primary be held so that the state would be spared th jug glery of a convention nomination, that committee, composed of your friends and OPENING OF MEDICAL COLLEGE \ ON SEPTEMBER 16TH BEGINS A NEW AND MOST PROMISING ERA Departure ol German Envoy s Every Protection Afforded Re tiring Ambassador of Kaiser From Tokio—Goes on Board the Minnesota New York.—The following dispatch was received by the East and West News Bureau today: “Tokio, August 29th.—The German ambassador left Tokio August 29th. The Japanese government provided a special train for him. It left the Shimbashl station at 9:39 a. m. The minister of foreign affairs. Baron Kato, sent his private secretary, Mr. Y’oshlda, as an escort. On reaching Yokohama the party drove direct to the new Yokohama wharf, w hence a launch took them to the Minnesota. “In Tokio and Yokohama every pro tection was afforded the ambassador and a police force was on board the train. On account of the weather the Minnesota probably will leave port on the 30th. “The Austro-Hungarian ambassa dor is expected to start on the 30th. on board the Manchuria, departure of which also may be postponed for one day.” THE FALL OF NAMUR London.—Lieutenant Deppe of the Belgian infantry, who was in com mand of the cyclist section at Namur, in a report to the official bureau says the fortress at Namur was completely evacuated by the Belgians at 5 o'clock on the afternoon of August 23rd. Lieutenant Deppe says when he left Namur the Germans had knocked to pieces three of the forts northeast of the town with Howitzer fire. Between these forts the yadvanced and bom barded the town which was defended by the Belgian fourth division. Namur was evacuated when the defenders were unable to supoprj a heavy ar tillery fire. The Germans attacked in a form ation three ranks deep; the front rank lying down, the second kneeling and the third standing. Fifty or sixty Howitzers were brought into action hy the Germans, who concentrated seve ral guns simultaneously on each fort and smothered it with fire. » Appeals to the U. S. Consul For Indemnity Shanghai, Chins.—William Katz, of Shanghai, owner of the American Hujianiet, which was seized by a Brit ish torpedo boat, has appealed to the American consul, W. R Peck, for in demnification. The steamer was bound from this port for Tsing-Tau so remove non-comhatants and the owner declares carried no contraband. * explains that she was manned by Germans for the reason that the chan nel at Tsing-Tau was mined and the former British crew was not permit ted to sail her. A precautionary In spection made by the British author ities at Shanghai before the Han&met sailed resulted tn her captain receiv ing a certificate stating that she car ried no cargo. 22 CASES NOW. New Orleans.—The total number of bubonic plague cases discovered here since June 27th was increased to 22 today. Elmore H. Head, aged 30, is th* latest victim. SUNDAY, AUGUST 30. supposedly acting in your intertfA ptr emptorialy sat down on the pro®'ition? Is It not also true that when' rlr. HaU proposed to this committee that the delegates to be sent from the various counties should be supporters of the can didates for the Junior senatorship who carried such counties respectively, the suggestion was met by a prompt ad journment of your committee? Thus it would seem that the trickery of a convention is what you really desire above all things. Why is it that efforts were made by your friends, presumably acting under directions from you, to filch the dele gates from Ware, Ben Hill, Colquitt. con and other counties of the state? t understand that overtures have even been made to the delegates of Chatam county. Is the warning against convention trickery contained in your letter Intend ed only to conceal all these tricks of your own and to distract attention from what you intend doing at the convention? I am amazed at the statement in your letter that 1 am only instructed to vote for the candidate carrying my county 01, the first ballot. Why sucli a mis leading and fraudulent statement? I have always been under the impression that the delegates for the candidate car rying a county were In honor and duty ound to vote for such candidate as long as his name is before the convention. Such arc my instructions, and any other course would be treason to the people of my county and a betrayal of their con fidence. Yours truly, (Signed) W. E. SIRMANS. Examinations Will Be Held to Make Up Deficiencies and for Entrance Requirements at College on Fourteenth and Fifteenth EVERY INDICATION OF A SPLENDID SESSION • Students From Mercer As Well As Georgia Can Get B.S. and M.D. Degree in Six Instead of Eight Years As Before The time is drawing near for the opening of the Medical College at Augus ta, the medical department of the Uni versity of Georgia—the most auspicious opening in the history of the college. The Sard annual session will begin on- Wednesday, September J6th and; end on June Ist, following. On Monday and Tuesday, September 14th and 15th, examinations to make up deficiencies and also examinations for entrance requirements will be held at the college under the supervision of Prof. Jos. S. Stewart, of the University of Georgia. Begins New Era. The coming session of the Medical Col lege at Augusta, will begin a new era for the medical department of the State University. In that it will have oppor tunities through its new and modern equipment to offer the medically aspir ing young man that are unequaled in this part of the country. Announcement relative to the comple tion of the new hospitals on the grounds of the college this coming fall Is made in this Issue of The Herald. Preparatory Courses. It is also announced In regard to the opening of the Medical College this year, that while the broad training of a full academic course Is of unquestioned value, there are many whose time or circum stances will not permit them to spend four years In preparation for the study of medicine. To such the University offers two preparatory courses; one of two years, which together with the medical course leads to the degree of F>. S., and the other a one-year course which satisfies the minimum require ments for admission to the Medical De partment. These two courses are given In the College of Liberal Arts at Ath ens. and In the case of the six-year com bined course the degree of Bachelor of Science Is awarded after the satisfactory completion of the first two years in medicine. From Mercer University. Now beginning this year the same plan holds good with Mercer University. Al though the Medical College Is in no way connected with Mercer, this university seeing what the University of Georgia was able to do, adopted also the same plan. \ Thus a student may obtain a 8.5.. and I an M.D. degree In six Instead of eight / years, as hretofore. This plan was be gun with the University of Georgia last year for the first time. Requirements for Admission. The Medical Department of the Uni versity of Georgia requires for admis sion one year of college work, Including Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Ger man or French, corresponding to the one-year preparatory course offered by the university and outlined below. All credentials are passed upon by the au thorities at Athens and each applicant for admission to the first year class must present a certificate from an of ficial of the College of Liberal Arts that hts training has been at least equivalent to that of men who have successfully completed their freshman year at the University of Georgia, and has Included tlie requisite -amount of science. Must Be Morally Fit. Those who contemplate entering the Medical Department of the University of Georgia, should communicate with the vice-dean. Dr. W. C. Lyle, Augusta. Ap plication blanks will be forwarded, which, after being filled out by the ex ecutive officer of the school list attend ed. stonuld be promptly returned. Kach applicant, before matriculating, Is required to file a certificate signed by two physicians In good standing, or the setvtary of th college from which hs comes, testifying to Ms good moral cha acter. From Richmond Academy. Graduates of the Richmond Academy are entered at the MedicalT-'ollege If they have satisfactorily completed the spe cially prescribed five-year course at the Academy. The fifth year of this courss contains all college work adapted pat th ulariy for entrance Into the Medici Col leg. \ The Richmond Academy is the only* high school which can make this offer,^ 1,000 OUT OF WORK. Wakafisld. Mas*.--The Harvari Knitting Mills employing more that 1,000 hands announced today that th' plant would he shut down for a tnontl because of Inability to obtain mate rials from abroad.