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- LAUDS GOV. WILSON HE IS DEMOCRACY'S HOPE, SAYS ' SENATOR SMITH SAYS HE'LL BE ELECTED In a (ircat Speech at Atlanta Kcccntly ^ Senatoi' Ifoke Smith I*rccllcled tlic < Nomination and Klcctlon of (j!ov- < fvtutv \v nridroiv Wilson l?v Hie Democrats This Year. ' Senator Hoke Smith, who introduced Governor Woodrow Wilson on his recent visit to Atlanta to an inimcnso audience that literally packed the auditorium in that city, was given a personal ovation, and his highest enthusiasm for Woodrow Wilson as Democracy's leader in the J 111 2 campaign and the next president of the United States. Senator Smith analyzed the situation throughout the country and showed how Woodrow Wilson is running everywhere and that the race for tlie Democratic nomination is between Speaker Champ Clark and Gov Woodrow Wilson, with Wilson far in the lead. Senator Smith said lie had reached a conclusion, about what the Democratic party can and ought to do. I have had unusual opportunities to form an opinion within the past four months in Washington city, and i feci that my fellow citizens of Georgia are entitled to hear what I have learned. .My conclusions about what 1 the parly ought to do were not formed by preconceived views I believed that the interests of the entire country demanded me election oi a Democrat and I undertook to find out who would bn the strongest candidate and wlio was in a position to-day to serve his country best. I talked to senators from (lie Pacific to the Atlantic, fioni (ho lakes to the gulf, J talked to visitors in Washington, and I was forced to tha ' conclusion that the people were in- 1 terosted in the tariff, especially north of the Potomac, but that they were interested in other Questions as well, i The fixed conviction was taking hold of them north of the Potomac that they were not receiving from the of* fleers elected what they were entitled 1 to?that political bosses, in alliance with special interests were control! ing legislators and keeping the mass cf the people out of their rights. I found that all through tne north, the middle states and the west, there was a deep and stated purpose to elect a president who would help them to get away from the evils by which they were burdened. I found that all over the country one man in the Democratic party, above all others, had caught the popular imagina-1 tion and won their love and esteem. I knew his record and I knew he deserved it. Let me give that record to you. Porn in Virginia. The people throughout the land are glad to turn again to the birihplaco of Washington, of Jefferson, of Madison, and of Monroe, and go hack to tlw old days of the infancy of the republic. His boyhood spent in Georgia. JI is colic-Re training received at the University of Virginia. And admitted to the bar in Georgia That don't hurt him north of the Potomac. The great heart of the American people to-day is asking for the man and not questioning about where he comes from. I say he will bo elected. Listen to me. it is a firm conviction. I have - talked with senators from Maine. { They tell mo that Maine will vote for Wilson against Tnft or Roosevelt. Tie is the only man that can carry New Jersey. He is the strongest man in Ohio by 50,000 votes. Iioth the senators from Indiana have told me that if nominated ho is certain to carry that state without a campaign. Wisconsin is safe, in spile of LaFollotto's power as a Republican. Both the Dakotas will swing into line. The Democrats of Montana will support him against either of tho Republican candidates. A senator from Oregon tells mo Wilson can carry that against either of tho Republican candidates. Two ' editors of the leading independent papers in California say that against Taft, Wilson will have ti walk-over in California, and they are convinced that he would beat Roosevelt also. . Now T come back to New York. I am * assured by some of tho very bc3t informed men in New York that with / Governor Wilson we will have our J strongest candidate in that state and that, lie can certainly beat either Taft or the colonel. \\ hen Geo g!a, the empire state of the south, deep res her preference on May 1, I believe that tho national! convention in Baltimore will see ho b j empire slates lino up and vote for; Wood row Wilson. One of the delegates, who is one of tho foremost men of New York, told me that wo tin troubled about No\V nnni nwi, York, Mi at when Wilson needed those votes to nominate him he was satisfied ho would get them. T came down on the train today with another delegate from New York, who is an earnest friend of Wood row Wilson. I want to tell you another thing. I ' did not believe it two weeks ago when St was told. One of the leading parIV ^ ? r STEAMER PASSES NEAR | HUT PAID NO ATTENTION TO TITAXIC DISTRESS SIGNAL. ' Dfllcer Hoxhall,Tells Dramutlc Story of Trying to Signal and Stop Pass- ^ lug Steamer. Two facts stand out with Intensity In tlio, evidence adduced before the Senatorial committee tnat la Investigating the wreck of the Titanic and the loss of lifo that attended it The 11 rat is sworn to by Vice-President Franklin of the White star line, the jthor by J. B. Boxliall, fourth oliicer it tlio Titanic. Franklin testified that the news of ' Iho sinking of tho Titanic readied < bo oflices of tho White Star lino in j \Tiw York between noon and 1 > clock Monday, April 15, about ten < hours after the vessel had actually j sunk, and two hours after tho Car- , pathia had sent broadcast in aerial \ messages Iho news that she had pick- , 3(1 up all tlie survivors. j Franklin said that ho could not , believe it true and that he took ev- , ery measure to prevent such news | becoming public until six hours la- ] tor, when absoluto confirmation { same from the Captain of the Olym- ] pie, giving tho number of the rescued and further details. ( Boxliall declared that within fif- . teen minutes of tho sinking ol' the Titanic he, with other officers, including Captain Smith, and also sov- , >ral passengers noticed tho masthead tights and red sidelight of a large , steamer, whoso position, Boxliall ] says, seemed to bo not more than five miles away. Boxliall, who was fourth officer of , the Titanic, says lie sent up rockets, ( 1 1 B " A /?!/?? 1 vw? f'otl'l 1 /lAfln I It IJIU IViiJi \>iuv*ciJvj oi^uui vv/uv/ I and did everything , ossiblo to attract the attention of this steamer. , Nevertheless, Roxhnll maintains this mysteriou i vessel drew away, ] taking an oblique course that sent | iicr below the horizon of those on the sinking Titanic lie lias 110 idea of I lie name of the vessel nor to what 1 line sho belonged. , Not the slightest whisper had . gone forth concerning what Boxhall , would testify to, and his every word fell upon the multitude crowded in the inarblo conference room of the Senate building as lightning flashes from a clear sky. Lies in the politics of Pennsylvania told mo that the people of Pcnnsylva- , nia were so determined to get rid of boss rule, that they would turn from the Republican party and that Wilson would carry the State. The one question with the masses of the people there was: "Shall wo bo bossriden by men or shall we have a le- > gal administration and administrators who consider tlio interests of the great mass of the people?" Why has Wilson got tho mass of tho people? Recausc after taking the presidency of tho great Princeton University, for 2 0 years strong young men have gone out over the country, intense believers i?i Woodrow Wilson. Tho whole United States came to admire him. And when New Jersey, having been trustridden by tho Republican party, wanted a candidate to lead them, they turned to Woodrow Wilson and nominated him as the .Democratic candidate for governor. Then the man went before the people face to face and promised them popular government. lie promised hem reform in their election laws, lie promised to drive out bosses, lie promised them public service improvements and legislative improvements in the school system. So fully did lie carry out his promises, in spite of almost overwhelming opposition that he stood squarely by the people and forced the legislature to stand by the rights of the people. If they nominate the colonel wo want somebody that can talk against him and write against him, and I promise you that he will make Teddy sorry if ho runs against him. There are too many unwilling to see tlie sanctity of the bench destroyed, unwilling to believe that the constitution can ho wiped out, unwilling to lot Mr Roosevelt set up a government in defiance of the constitution and in defiance of law. The great mass of people are unwilling to abandon the traditions of Washington and put ev( n the colonel in for the balance of his life. My follow citizens, I have talked longer than I intended, hut I wanted you to know why I have reached the conviction I have had With the approval of oGorgia on May 1, the e ffort to defeat Governor Wilson in the south will 1)0 given up, and ho will swoop all tho southern slates. Ills nomination will ho assured, and next. Novomber wo will put him m tno white house. Wo will place a!, our head a man than whom there lias been 110 greater scholar, or one with bettor training for responsibility?a man who has already shown his power as a great administrative officer, has always used it to serve the human race. T present to you our next Democratic nominee, the 1 next president of tho United States, Woodrow Wilson. ?' ?*?? The man who is unconscious of ever committing a fault commits tho greatest of all. \ i GUARD JTO JUDGE STORMY DAY MARKS THE TRIAL OF THE OUTLAWS WHO SHOT UP THE COURT ? ludgo Staples Presided While Well Armed Pickets Were Scattered at Several Points in and About tlio Court House to Protect Court from Another Attack from Outlaws. Dspcrate but futilo efforts were mule late Tuesday, according to the Jetectlves here, to smuggle weapons .0 six members of the Allen clan in (ail at Jlillsville, Va., Early in the lay they had pleaded not guilty to ndictments charging them with live murders in Carroll county courthouse 011 March 14, and their trials .vero set for April 3 0 at Wytheville, in an adjacent county The prisoaers will be taken there during the uight and strict precautions will bo nken during their transfer from Hillsville, as the day's developments 3hovved that the Aliens had many friends, who might attempt a rescue. On the pretense of being intoxicated, Wesley Smith attracted attention around the jail and was locked lip. In an altercation with Detective 11. il. Lucas, Smith drew a dagger, but the detective knocked him unconscious. Smith is said to be a friend tf the Aliens and his plan is said to have been to get into a cell adjacent c? Floyd Allen to communicate with him. Later in the day at the point :>f a rifle, Detective E C. Payne irove J. C. and David Strickland from the vicinity of the jail. The two brothers, who hitherto have been under suspicion of aiding Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards, still at large In the mountains were charged by Payne with loitering in front of the jail and acting threateningly. Counsel for the Aliens were appealed to by the Strickland boys, one r?P thom Ihnf Pavnn had 3truck lilm. The attorneys sought out Judge Walter It. Staples, who visited the Jail and secured Payne's version of the affair. The judge told Payne not to relax his vigilance in guarding the prisoners. In the court proceedings early Tuesday it was decided that the bullet-scarred courthouse of Carroll county would not be the scene of the Allen trials. Attorneys for the six members of the Allen clan thought the lead punctured walls and chairs would be prejudicial reminders to a jury of the tragedy ?f March 14, when the judge, the prosecutor, the sheriff, a juror and a bystander were killed. The application of the defense for a change of venue was not opposed by the prosecution and Judge Staples granted it. To all indictments the six defendants pleaded not guilty. Their attorneys announced a scveranco of the cases and the Commonwealth will try Floyd Allen first and probably his sons, Claude and Victor, next, then his nephews, Friel Allen, Sidna Fdwards and Byrd Marion. Toward the closo of the day's proceedings 1? \ llrt,, I'UltM'UIH'U Wcltt niiUH* lU niu 11 c i ;\ nun, who with his nephew, WesleyJ Edwards, is srill being hunted in the mountains by detectives. N. P. Oglesby, of counsel for the prisoners, moved that attacliment of Sidna Allen's property be dismissed as had been done with the other prisoners. The prosecutor inquired how Mr. Oglesby bad been selected to act for Sidna Allen, and if ho had communicated with the latter aboil the subject. The attorney replied that, he was acting for Sidna Allen at the direction of Mrs. Sidna Allen. The court reserved decision. Court proceedings drew a picturesque crowd of mountaineers. Judge Walter It. Staples sat in the same chair in which Judgo Thornton L. 'Massic met his death. Behind flie rail was a detective, a six-shooter hung conspicuously on his hip. Among the six prisoners, as well as various strategic points in the smal courtroom, a*uned pickets were stationed. As the crowd filed in the room Detective Tom Felts, assisted by Sheriff Edwards, searched all for concealed weapons. Some who had rode in from the mountains expressed surprise at the unusual proceedings, but precaution was not lacking. A cordon of armed deputies guarded the six prisoners as they were brought to *ho court room. Floyd Allen, on ac- | count of an injured knee, had to be carried, but the other live defendants strode slowly to the court house in marked contrast to tho morning of March 14, when they galloped Into town and defied tho law. As Clerk Goad read the five separate indictments charging five murder, the rlx defendants listened indifferently and answered in mono'ono "Not Guilty." Reminders of tho court house tragedy were numerous-?on the scarred chairs and the walls. Clerk Goad and Floyd Allen met for tho first time since their pistol duel outside the court house of March 14, which left a red scar on the face of Goad and two bullets in Floyd Allen's kneo As Clerk Goad read the long indictments, the scone in the courtJjfi I v . . V GREW REFUSES TO SAIL DEMANDED THAT GOOD LIFEBOATS BE PROVIDED. ' I\/%r.nWA 1 cciafatt/tA *\t J ^vn|71iliu 4in^u? (?1I\ V VM?W* W That the Supply of Boats Was Ampie Seamen Kicked. When the White Star Liner Olym- ( pic, bister ship to the Titanic, was ready to sail from Southampton, England on Wednesday for New York, 300 firemen and engineroom workers quit tiio vessel, declaring that tho collapsible boats on the Olympic were unseaworthy. The Olympic is lying otY Hyde, Isle of Wight, with 1,400 pasengers aboard < and no possibility of sailing very i soon. I There were reports that some of . tho passengers had refused to sail, t but for the present all remain aboard ] tho vessel. It also was reported soon ] after the strike was inaugurated that j tho company had succeeded in get- j ting men to take the strikers' places, ] but this proved to be Incorrect I As a matter of fact, the strike lias ( extended to the crew, which now declines to sail with tho "blackleg" firemen, who wore brought aboard and tho British Seafarers' union is , supporting the men on this decision, j Pickets are patrolling the docks to prevent the recruiting of "blacklegs." ] In an endeavor to have the strikers j return to work, Commander Clarke, ] chief of the Immigration office inn Southampton, offered to demonstrate | in tho Cowes roads that tho boats on j the Olympic were absolutely safe. The men were ready to listen to this proposition, but later, it is learned, J declared that they would have been I; ready to sail if the company had agreed to demonstrate the seaworthi- ] ness of the boats at this port. This, ] in turn, the company declined to do. Commander Clarke says that thoro ; are forty-four lifeboats on board the Olympic, including the collapsible , bonis, and that their total seating capacity is 2,500 which is largely in excess of the total of the passengers and crew. While he considers wood- . en lifeboats superior, he was satisfied with all the boats on board. One of tho stokers of the Olympic said: "What we demand is that every 0110 of tho lifeboats shall be a wooden one. Personally, 1 do not care, as I am unmarried, but many of the men have wives and families and their lives are as valuable as those of tho first class passengers.'' Ql'ITK MO A11 INK TITAMC. +?. __ But News of the Disaster liecahed the Califoinian Too Late. The Lcyland steamer Californian which lias just arrived at Boston was less than 2 0 miles from the illfated White Star liner Titanic, when ihe latter foundered on the morning of April 15 Cant. Lord, of the Californian, said that had he known of ihe Titanic's plight, all the hitter's passengers could have been saved. That his ship was the steamer reported to have passed within five miles of sinking liner and to have disregarded signals for help, Capt. Lord denied positively. "I figure that we were from 17 lo 20 miles distant from the Titanic that night," said he. "About 10:20 that Sunday night we steamed into an immense ice j ' " " /"I I ,1 5 Ml _ I UC!(1, " SaiCl V ;ij)UUIl I-Win, mm mediately, as a matter of safety, oar Iengines were shut, down to wait for daylight. With the engines sto-pped, the wireless was, of course, not working, so we heard nothing of the Titanie's plight until the next morning. Then the news came in a message from the Virginian. On receipt of the message we started immediately for the scene of the disaster.' ? MIUTOU SHOT A\l) KILLED. Murderer a Russian Crazed by the I I Titanic Wreck, I At Spokane, Wash., E. II. Rothrock, city editor of the Spokane Chronicle, was shot and killed In his editorial room by Richard Aleck, a Russian laborer Aleck first told tlio police lie had been on the Titanic and then that he had been 011 the CarpaLhia and mumbled: "Tnoro had been too much printed about the disaster." lie would give no other reason j for the crime. Aleck walked quietly into the Chronicle local room and asked for the editor. As Rot brock walked towards him, Aleck drew a revolver and shot him in the breast. Rolhrock died within five minutes. The murderer later told the police he was 10 years old and came to this j j country lour years ago house was one of prim silence, ex-j copt, for the maneuvers of a hip New-1 foundland dog that slowly crept) around under vho knees of the spec- j tators, calmly surveyed lie prisoners j and finally reposed beside the Judge's bench. Not a woman or a negro attended the trial, though many \\orc on tho court house green. ,?.?,? _ From Ontario conies a deep "morning of the bar" now that the liberal narty in that province has decided o mako the abolition of saloons one of its chief planks. (Hfc 'Jiw- ?. jr HORRIBLE STORIES CRUELLY TORTURED AND SLAIN BY MEXICAN BANDITS ? A WOMAN WAS TORTURED I'eopie at tnc :?iorcy 01 immins, r?uy Passengers Arriving l?y Steamer at Galveston?American Citizen lieheaded for Failure to Give Over Money Demanded by Desperadoes. Forty-seven passengers, all but one dtizens of the United States, who ar ived at Galveston Tuesday morning 'roin Vera Cruz on the steamer Texts, tell of alleged torture and assassinations of Americans in tlie Republic. All the refugees left their lands, tomes, furniture and everything they possessed, except enough money for passage and the clothes on their hacks. Among the entire number there are only four or live who have trunks. At. II. Ish tells of the murder of an American citizen named Wait. "Air. Wait was a neighbor to me," rsaid Air. Ish. "He had sold several head of catle and hidden the money. A hand of desperadoes came to his hacienda and demanded money. Failing to get it they deliberately beheaded him with their machetes, herded his cattle together and drove Lliem off. There are many instances iust like this. "We lived in a little settlement where a colony of eleven American Families had founded the town of Sauhurn. All of these eleven families loft because we were afraid to remain longer, knowing we would he killed or tortured. I am (M years old. I u'nii t in \ i it v i i riiu> von r ncn mil ill 1 had, $1,Gf>0 in land and improvements there and to-day I have only this (showing his two hands) and the clothes on my hack. "Before leaving we filed our claims for damages with the American consul in Mexico City." John T. McGec. a wealthy planter, who went to Mex'eo two years ago, returned to America minus more than $20,000 and loft behind land, cattle and live stock. Mr. McGee tells of cruelties practiced on an American woman now in "The bandits visited the home of Mr. Shay, one of my neighbors, about a week before 1 left the settlement," said 'Mr. McClee, "and demanded money and guns. He gave them $12 and one gun, saying that was all he had on the place. "The bandits then left, but. returned to Shay's place and demanded more money and arms. Not being given the money and guns they took Mrs. Shay tied her and began beating her feet. Mr. Shay and his son, to stop the torture, gave four guns and $800 in money to the desperadoes, who after a final beating of the woman, left the place. Mrs. Shay was badly injured and she had to be carried to the hospital at Mexico City, where it was found that nearly every bone in her feet had been broken. She is in a serious condition. "What has been true of the Shay family has been likewise true of scores of other Americans and by staying there wo took our lives in our hands. The bandits are everywhere. The Mexican government is not able to quiet these bandits and many Americans believe that the Madcro forces so dislike the Americans that would rather permit the brigandage than try and stop it. Whenever rurales are near the bandits disperse, but there is rarely a shot flred." Practically every man on board the Texas had a like tale to toll of experience there. Two men who rode horseback into Vera Cruz, after abandoning everything they possessed except their horses and their guns, tell of meeting four armed bandits in a narrow pass en route. "The only reason we are hero," said one of the men "is because we were lucky enough to beat them to.if." "Everywhere you go, xcept right in the largest cities, you will find deserted farms, houses burned, live stock stolen and in many instances, the decaying and headless bodies of their owners are left, lying about. The bandits are in such large numbers and so scattered over the interior that to resist them is useless. The Americans have just to give up everything to them when they come to settlemen s, no matter how well armed they may be." ? 4. ? 1*0111*8 Hot OotVee ill Mars. Because he failed to do the bidding of his wife, B. 11. ITayos, of I.a * * - - - * * 1 l . K ! . 1* .-v %. t .% I Ol lO, l III!., win juai* nia iiu?ii iii.h. Hayes rushed to a physicians o lice with tho statement that ills wife had poured boiling coffee in his cars in a (il of passion. Examination disclosed the fact that tho man's eardrums had boon destroyed, leadnx him entirely deaf. Child ilui'ticri to Death, While ho and his companions wore playing with matches In the from yard of his home, Frank Sparlhif Seely, the four-year-old son of Mrs It. A. Soely, of Norfolk, Va., was s< badly burned Tuesday afternoon tha ho died that night. rSiSlbii.-- ?w ? .. ! \* DASTARDLY OUTRAGE FOUll WHITE FIENDS ATTACK YOUNG WHITE I?ADY. The Drutes Entered a House Near Greer and Criminally Assaulted One of the Occupants. News reached Greenville Sunday night of a horrible offence, said to have been perpetrated upon a young white woman by four white men, about midnight Saturday, at the home, 0210 mile ivorth of Uroer, in. Spartanburg county. The police at Greer notified the Gieenville author- , ities Sunday night of the affair and 9 requested them to be 011 the lookout r for the 111011. Their names and other data were furnished the police. It was stated that the Spartanburg police have been advised of the matter and requested to keep 011 the watchout for the parties. A warrant was sworn out for the men before Magistrate Henderson, of Spartanburg County, and tiis constables have been in pursuit Sunday. Sunday night communication was established with tho police at Greer and particulars of the alleged crime secured. According to the story of the Greer police, four white men went to the homo of a white man, one mile from Greer, about 11:30 or 12 o'clock Saturday night. The man of tho house was not at home, having gone to Spartanburg to see a sick brother. 11 is wife and a single woman about lT> years of age, either a sister or a sister-in-law, were alone in tho house. Tho men are said to have forced an entrance to the house. Their approaches were resented l>y the two women and a lively struggle ensued. One of them is said to have struck the married woman over the head with a lantern and felled her. This woman is said to have recovered from the blow and rushed out and to the house of a neighbor. In the meantime), it is said, the men took their departure. A boy with a shotgun, it seems, responded to the woman's erics for help and took up his position at tho house. Very soon, it is said, the men returned to the house and disarmed the boy. They are said to have then jseized the young woman and carried her to a nearby patch of woods, I where they accomplished their pur! poso. Fiends Are Caught. After an exciting chase, Claude Wright, lien and Boyce Llttlofield, white, charged with attempting to criminally assault .a white woman near dreor Saturday night, were captured by Sheriff W. .T. White, of Spartanburg county, Monday afternoon and brought to Spartanburg on the eight o'clock train and lodged in the county jail. Hit VAX M.YV IUTN AGAIN. .? Should tho Kepuhlieans Nominate Teddy Itoosovclt. Tim vis;it of \YM1Ham .tounfiles Brv an to Washington Wednesday and his conferences there with the various party leaders, particularly In lho senate, was followed there by widespread discussion of the possibility that the distinguished Nebraska!! might again be the democratic candi(hito for President Mr. Bryan frankly stated to interviewers that he was not a candidate for the nomination in any sense of the word arid that it was dinicult for him to conceive of any circumstances under which he might be a candidate for tho nomination. He said there wore plenty of other progressives in tho party from whom a selection could be made. Despite theso public utterances, some democratic senators in discussing their informal talks with Mr. Rr.van were inclined to the belief that under certain conditions Mr. Hryan would not decline the nomination. In short the impression left was that if Col. Roosevelt should be the Republican nominee, Mr. Bryan would like onco more to take the field against him. Torpedo Strikes Maryland. A dispatch from Los Angeles, Cal., says the united States cruiser Maryland was struck- by a torpedo during torpedo practice Wednesdey. During the practise in which the torpedo flotilla and submarines fired torpedoes at he Maryland, torpedoes with collapsible he-ads were supposed to bo used, and it is thought that ono with a solid head was fined by mistako ? ? Outbreak a Massacre. The revolution in Fes, the 'Moroccan capitol, developed into a veritaj bio massacre. It is now known that '15 French officers and 40 soldiers were killed in the fight with the mui tiuous Moorish soldiers while 13 . French citizens wore massacred. Ono hundred Jews wore slain. Crazed by the Wreck. j Affected by the Titanic disaster, t ber mind filled with constant pic* turos en the sea trnpody, Mrs. H. IJ. . Spuebler, a wealthy St. I.ouls wo) man threw herself from the Venice t pier early Tuesday and was drowned.