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rTT. . THE WEATHER ONE WEDGE DRIVES ANOTHER." So continued advertising will surely drive home your argument to the person you are trying to convince. F.iir Thursday, thunder showers at - cht or Friday west portion VOL. XCIV KO. 142. PAUSE Word From Berlin to the Effect TO Guarded by Police, and Japanese Subjects Are Be ing Sent From the Country Students in London. MM ENDORSES ACTION TAKEN BY W. Parliament of the Country to the North Declares That Entire Country is of One Mind With the Mother Nation Engagements of Unimportant Nature Are Re ported Along the Line of Battle. Lwtn. August 20. A Havas dis- j:rh fr-rn Brussels gives an official c---.'irvition concerning the present star- of field operations in Belgium. Alter having lost much time and a grfr mimber of men and, besides, implant war materials," the com- ir.umcation says, "the Prussian right ring- has gained on both banks of the 3Ie'ise the ground to bring them into contact with the allies' armies. "The German troops on the north bark of the Heuse comprise sections of different army corps, whose efforts have been directed toward the capture of Liege and who are now disengaged. There also are bodies of cavalry, thanks to which the Germans have teen able to make considerable dis turbance and to extend themselves north and south. "On the south the allied Belgian and French armies have repulsed them, tut on the north, they have had a free field and could penetrate in small bod ies far into the country. "In a word the Germans have taken a number of our positions, but have wasted fifteen days in arriving: at this result, which is greatly to the honor : of our army Sit-is not a question of single battle evolutions or captures of certain parts of the country or of towns. These .matters are secondary in regard to the object assigned our troops in the general dispositions. This aim cannot be revealed and the most penetrating minds will be unable to discover it, owing to the necessarily vague particulars furnished concern ing the operations. .'gn,M,s " '"""'"t" , Fighting is proceeding on the whole ! front, extending from Basle, Switzer land, to Diest, Belgium, and in these numerous contacts the more the oppos ing armies approach each other and the nearer come to deciding battles the more one must expect to hear of ad vantage in this side and of yielding on that. "With the operations so vast and those engaged using modern arms, too great attention must not be paid to the operations in our immediate vicinity. An evolution ordered in a previously determined aim is not necessarily a retreat. Engagements of the last few cays have rendered our adversaries very circumspect. The delay of the enemy's advance had the greatest ad vantage for our general plan of opera tions "There is no need for us to play into the hands of the Germans. That is the motive of the movement now be ing carried out. Far from being beat en, tt-e are making arrangements for beating the enemy under the best pos sible conditions. The niblic should ! hls matter place full confidence in t-'.e commander of the army and re main calm and trustful of the out-co.-:. Meanwhile, the newspapers should abstain from mentioning the rrr ments of troops. Secrecy is es-fr.-a! to the success of our opera tor; ' IV FORCE NEAR BRUSSELS. re!r -in Aviator Discovered Germans Encamped Near City. I- ' Ion, August 20. A Brussels dis- o The Havas Agency says teh ? again attacked Diest Wednes- C3 afernoon. They appeared to have h.irk in force and bombarded the whose inhabitants fled in terror. crman artillery also is reported ' bombarded TiiVmont. -r,th r Havas dispatch from Brus--&nt in vague form, ,leads to the hat the Germansc made a sur :i!vanee close to the Belgian po-rWen-ding Brussels. They en- to r-eh rr . Ci.v for the night, but a Belgian rt;?covered their position and it to headquarters in time, was hurried forward and after iirhing and counter-marching, ""-ti:-: retired; flVITI.E IN PROGRESS? Co. r'tifi).ttN Say Impossible to Get '-s .a- From Brussels. ' . August 20. Dispatches from :u.nounce that the British, the i t lie Russian ministers, with h;ive left Antwerp. '.isyels correspondent of the sorbed in caring for stranded Ameri- Tr-leraph Company, says it J cans ani are unable to call at the em practically impossible to lassies or legations where news might twny from Brussels, as the j be obtained. : 'i'is information concerning j Ambassador Herrick, in one mes 'fnionts being published. How- sage, however, spoke of the fact that ' rtain that a tremendous even diplomats were unable to learn :n progress within the area j what was happening in the war zone s from Diest and Tirlemont ' beyond what was given out by the offi- 'iivet : cial press bureau. :r impression here is that; From the Far East the American ' H be made to concentrate , government had no dispatches today. -.. to , fcr -U-ftnse' of Brussels, as the at- AMBASSADOR IS WW LEAVE TIE (GERMAN CAPITAL SOON That Legation There is Strong- .V tacking Germans would not be of suf ficient strength to warrant such con centration." CANADA ENDORSES ACT. Parliament Declares That Country is of One Mind With England. Ottawa. Ont., Aug. 19. The Cana dian parliament today endorsed Eng land's participation in the European conflict. In the House of Commons and the Senate, the government and opposition leaders and their followers were in unanimous accord and in both cham bers the address endorsing the speech from the throne was adopted in record time. Crowds of spectjtors filled the galleries. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, opposition lead er of the lower house, declared that for the present session party lines had been abolished. "So long as there is danger at the front," said Sir Wilfrid, "it is our duty to let Great Britain and friends and foes of Great Britain know there is in Canada but one mind and .one heart and that all Canadians stand behind the mother country, conscious and proud that she did engage in war only to maintain untarnished the honor of her name, to fulfill her obligations to "er.a"'00 w ..muua... ..r uCalJ a"ona , I , '--V lilts UUU11U1CU lUOl v. wnucai aiiu power. "It is the opinion of the British gov ernment, as disclosed by the corre spondence brought down to us yester day, that the assistance of our troops, humble as it may be, will be appre ciated either for the material help they give or for the greater moral help." "Of the Germans in Canada," Sir Wilfrid said: "they have shown more t, tv,, t-ottt in than once their devotion to- British in stitutions, but they would not be men if they had not in their heart a deep feeling for the land of their ancestry. Nobody blames them." That Canada was warned in Janu ary last that Germany probably would precipitate war was the announcement with which the Premier, Sir Robert Borden, opened his speech. As a re sult of this warning Canada prepared a different plan, and he said: "I cannot overestimate the great ad vantage which resulted to the govern ment from having these matters thought out in advance." Sir Robert declared British states men had made every effort to preserve the peace of Europe, "but their efforts have been of no avail, and now as to our duty, we are all agreed. We stand shoulder to shoulder with the mother country. With firm hearts we abide the issue." JAPANESE AMBASSADOR LEAVING. Word From Berlin to That Effect Germany Not Afraid. Copenhagen (via . London, 3:10 A. M.), August 20. A dispatch from Ber lin says: "The Japanese ambassador's departure from Berlin is approaching. The police are guarding the embassy. The Japanese Club is empty. All Jap anese students in German universities have left." The Vissiche Zeitung says, comment- ling on Japan's ultimatum to Germany: i "One more declaration of war cannot ' frighten Germany, and Japan's action IS WlulOUl linpui lanuc NO MENTION OF rtGHTING. Contained In Any of the Many Messag es from Representative Abroad. Washington, Aug. 19. Officials of the United States government are as ignorant of what Is happening on the battle fields in Europe as is the gen eral public. Not a message and American diplomats are in hourly com munication from all European capi tals has come in the last five days hinting at the development of military operations. In only one dispatch was there any reference to pending hostil ities. Minister Whitlock, at Belgium, reported that although the seat of government had been moved to Ant werp, he saw no need of leaving Brus sels for the present. It was inferred from this that the German forces were not yet close to the Belgian capital. Absence of information about the movement of the armies is accounted for by officials as due to the fact that Amprican ri i nloma t ic officers are ab- AND (Continued on Page Two.) WIIiMIXGTOX, HT. HEAD OF THE CHURCH Pope Pius X Taken by Death at an Early Hour This Morning. GRIEVED OVER THE WAR Depressed From the Beginning of Hostilities. Brooded Over Terriflic Conflict Now Being Waged in Europe and His Physicians Had to Combat Mental Condition. Rome, Aug. 20. Pope Pius X, died at 1:20 o'clock this morning. He had been ill for several days, but alarming symptoms did not develop until Wed nesday morning. Throughout the day Drs. Marchiafava and Amici devoted their utmost energies to stimulating their patient and keeping him alive. The cardinals were notified of the Pope's grave condition and some of them who entered the sick room de scribe the scene as heart rending, es pecially when the pontiff, rousing him self from time tot time, spoke. Once he said: "In ancient times the Pope by a word might have stayed the slaugh ter, but now he is impotent." Prayers were said by thousands and church bells sounded when the sacra ment was exposed upon all the altars. When the court aearned of the Pope's condition, there was the deepest con cern. Jts.ing victor jMiimanuei person ally informer Queen Helena and the . . . . i .1 news was communicated xo me yueen Mother. - . - Extreme unction was administered by Monsignor Zampini, Sacristan to His Holiness, amid a touching scene, The Pope's sisters and his niece were overcome with grief. Cardinal Merry Del Val knelt by the side of his bed, where other cardinals joined him. Members of the household intoning prayers. The dying Pope, in a moment of lucidity, said: "Now I begin to think as the end is approaching, that the Almighty in His inexhaustible goodness wishes to spare me the horrors Europe Is undergoing." Grieved Over War. Grief over the war in Europe caused the Pope much depression from the first outbreak and several days ago symptoms appeared of the old bron chial affection from which the pontiff has suffered in times past. On Tuesday Dr. Marchiafava an nounced that the Pope was suffering from a simple cold and that possibly complete rest for a week would re store him to his usual health. The bronchial condition spread, however, and on Wednesday it was announced that the Pope's condition was serious. A bulletin issued at 3 o'clock Wed nesday afternoon signed by Drs. Mar chiafava and Amici gave the following explanation: "The Pope's condition grew worse during the night. This was due to the diffusion of the bronchitis to the low er lobe of the left lung. Symptoms of heart weakness became bo threaten ing at 10:30 o'clock this morning that it was believed the pontiff's life was endangered. At 1:30 P. M. the symp toms were slightly improved but still grave." Dr. Marchiafava was able to leave the Vatican for a time owing to the amelioration of symptoms. He said that nothing early in the morning had indicated the grave crisis which had come on rapidly. Shortly after he left Dr. Amici examined the patient. He explained that the sudden collapse was due to the pontiff's age and the gouty affection, which always combine to give bronchial catarrh of an acute na ture a most serious character. Dr. Amici further explained that the pontiff's diminished vitality caused by old age might render his illness fatal. The practice of living in heated rooms and breathing the vitiated atmosphere, as a result of large assemblages in the papal apartments, was against him and, he added, the people would now understand why the attending physi cians were strongly opposed to the resumption by the Pope of collective audiences. At times during the day the Pope had much difficulty in breath ing. He suffered much from headaches and inability to rid himself of the ac cumulation in the lungs. Efforts to Save Life. Stimulants were injected, and oxy gen administered. Several times the pontiff revived and seemed much bet ter. He then would speak to those about him, and insist that his desires be executed. In one of these intervals he asked for Monsignor Rosa, recently appointed secretary of the consistorial congregation. Monsignor Rosa had been an intimate friend of the Pope since the pontiff was bishop of Tre viso. As soon as he was notified he rushed to the Vatican and was admit ted immediately to the apartment where the Pope was lying. Monsignor Rosa remained alone with the Pope. The incident was considered signifi cant, as owing to his present position Monsignor Rosa would be secretary of the conclave on the death of the Pope. It is thought that the Pope confided in him his last wishes. Cardinal Merry del Val, the papal secretary, telegraphed to all the car dinals, notifying them of the grave J C, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 1914 READY CATHOLIC PASSES A WA Y condition from which the Pope was suffering. Later the ringing of church bells announced to the faithful the exposi tion of the Holy Sacrament and call ed them to prayer for the restoration of the pontiff to health. This gave rise to rumors of the Pope's death, which the Vatican denied, owing to the many inquiries from all quarters. Those pi ago tn the Trr. ' Ye iairo V. a crriflf : .... over the war-situation brought on the crisis and so overwhelmed him j that he was unable in his 80th year j to withstand still another attack of ! his ol3 enemy, gouty catarrh, j 111 health has been the pontiff's lot ' for many years, and intermittently the attacks have been so serious that the world was prepared several times to hear of his passing. During the sum mer there had been numerous denials from the Vatican that his indisposition was serious. As late as August 10th, last, upon the occasion of the 11th an niversary of his coronation, Pope Pius granted numerous audiences. Cancelled All Engagements. Two days later it became known that he had cancelled virtually all engage ments. His attendants reported he was unable to work and that he sat listless and silent for hours, evidently brooding over the great clash of arms in Europe. His physician, Dr. Marchiafava, or dered his holiness to bed on August 16th, when it was announced that the (Continued on Page Two.) RELIEF WORK IN LONDON DONE S YS TEMA TIC ALL Y Existence of Citizens' Relief Committee is Ended American Headquarters Crowded With Thousands, But All Await Patiently Their Turn to Secure Berths on the Steamers 20,000 Leave This Week. London, August 19. ' The American j citizens' relief committee, organized ! ...... i during the financial and shipping panic the first few days of the war, ended its existence today, after accomplish ments that greatly impressed English observers. Owing to the departure for New York of Theodore Hetzler, Frederick I, Kent, William C. Breed and other leaders in the movement, the executive committee empowered Herbert C. Hoover, W. N. Duane and Joseph H. Day to prepare to turn over the work of the citizens' committee to the American residents' committee.which will continue relief measures in conjunction with the Am erican embassy. At today's meeting Mr. Day reported that 20,000 Americans would sail this week for home, as against 35,000 last week. On the vessels sailing this week . mmnHMtinnq fnr Kft flr-nt cbaa i passengers additional which have not I been these reservations are coming from personss who had booked passage in the steerage when the rush began to get away from Europe. More Vessels Sailing. The French steamship line has re stored its service from Havre to New York. The steamer Espagne will sail August 22, and the Rochambeau August 29th. These sailings will help relieve the situation on the continent. The American residents' committee handling relief funds is paying out thousand af ounds sterling daily, chiefly as loans. Only a small percent age of this money Is being extended as charity. The American embassy is besieged REPORT OF THE LOSS OF A Information Bureau Makes Known Particulars of the Amphion's Sinking. VIVID DETAILS GIVEN Captain Was the Last to Leave Vessel After She Struck Mine German Mine Planter Sunk Just Prior to Accident. London, Aug. 19. The official infor mation bureau has issued an account of the sinking of the British cruiser Amphion by a mine in the North Sea, which was first reported last week. After describing how the Amphion and the third destroyer flotilla had pro ceeded to carry out a pre-arranged plan of search, the report continues as follows: "A trawler informed us that she had seen a suspicious ship throwing things overboard. Shortly afterwards the German mine layer Koenigin Luise, was sighted steering east. Four de stroyers gave chase and in about an hour's time she was rounded up and sunk. "After picking up the' survivors of the German ship, the plan of search was carried out without incident until 6:40 A. M., at which hour the Amphion struck a mine. "A sheet of flame instantly engulfed the bridge. The captain was rendered insensible and he fell to the fore and aft bridge. As soon as the captain re covered consciousness he rang the en gine room to stop the engines which were still going at revolutions for 20 knots. As all the forward part of the Amphion was on. fire it was found im possible to reach the bridge or fioood the fore magazine. Ship's Back Broken. "The ship's back appeared to be broken and she was already settling down by the bows. All efforts, there fore, .were directed to placing the wourifted in places of safety in case of an explosion and in getting the crui ser in tow by the stern. "By the time the destroyers had closed in it was time to abandon the ship. All was done without hwry or confusion and 20 minutes after the cruiser struck the mine the men, the officers and lastly the captain had left the ship. "Three minutes after the captain had left another explosion occurred. This enveloped and blew up the entire fore part of the vessel. The effect of this showed the Amphion must have struck a second mine, which exploded the fore magazines. Debris falling from a great height, struck the rescued boat and the destroyers and one of the Amphion's shells burst on the deck of one of the destroyers, killing two Eng lishmen and one German prisoner. "The afterpart of the Amphion then began to settle quickly until its fore most section is on the bottom and the whole afterpart was inclined to an angle of 45 degrees. In another quar ter of an hour this also had disap peared." by persons who were expecting money, which had been deposited with the State Department in Washington, and which they believed would arrive on the " United States cruiser Tennessee. Ambassador Page is trying to straight en out this tangle. Two steamers sailed today and two will sail tomorrow, two Friday and eight Saturday from English and Scot tish ports for the United States and Canada. The American committee had donated $1,250 to the Boy Scout organi zation. Thousands at Headquarters. Thousands of Americans gather daily at the Savoy Hotel, where the great ball room and scor"e of tea rooms and private dinfng rooms have been turned over to American citizens and American residents' committees, which are providing for residents of the Unit ed States stranded In Europe. Every morning when the doors of the relief headquarters open an army of Ameri can tourists rusn io me various oootns in search of information concerning their clerks are kept constantly at work providing money for travelers with let ters of credit, while committees of rep resentative men and women investigate credentials of persons who have ex hausted their funds, but hold tickets on steamship lines which have discontin ued sailings. A large postoffice force handles mail for the Americans. All letters and ca blegrams sent in care of the American embassy are turned over to the relief committee. Men and women of all ages, million aires, workmen, school teachers and society leaders, dressed in elaborate Parisian gowns, moves shoulder to "(Continued on Page Two.) CRUISER FEDERAL MONEY FOR A MERCHANT MARINE Administration Maps Out Plans for the Building Up of Amer ican Commerce Approximately Twenty-Five Million Dollars Will be Expended Soon to Purchase a Large Number of Ocean-Going Vessels. COMPANY SIMILAR TO PANAMA RAILWAY COMPANY WILL BE ORGANIZED TO OPERATE THE SYSTEM No Offers to Sell Ships to the But it is Understood That Tied Up in American Washington, August 19. The adminis tration today mapped out comprehen sive plans for building up the Ameri can merchant marine with govern ment money, for the immediate pur pose of transporting products of the United States to warring European nations and to South and Central America. President Wilson in consultation with Democratic congressional leaders, approved a project contemplating the expenditure of approximately $25, 000,000 to purchase ocean-going ves sels to be operated under the direction of a government shipping board. Government insurance of American ships and cargoes against war risks would be provided for in a bill sub mitted to Congress today after it had been approved by the President. It would create a temporary bureau of v ex. l i u xv uioui aiivc in m: lie a. o ui j j partment and would appropriate $5,-i 000,000 for payment of losses and $100,- I 000 to operate the bureau. j Create Shipping Board. Plans agreed on for the purchase by the government of ships include the creation of a shipping board to com prise the President, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Corn- . T"". i. . f 1 T J is proposed to use the ships principal- ly in foreign trade and the administra tion hopes that great impetus will be given to trade between South and Cen tral America. The present plan is to obtain money to carry out the project by the sale of Panama Canal bonds. It was decid ed it might take sometime for suffi cient ships to take advantage of the recently signed amendment to the Pan ama Canal act, allowing f oreign-bujlt ships to register under the American flag and the necessity for moving the crops of the United States, is so press ing that extraordinary steps were de cided on. . It is planned to organize a company similar to the Panama Railway Com pany, controlled by the government for the actual operation of the ships after they have been purchased. The President conferred with Secre tary McAdoo, Senators Clarke and Simmons and Representatives Under wood and Alexander on the entire ship ping question. The war risk insurance bill was approved at the meeting. itie f resident wa stom tnat it woum east of Antwerp and close to the Dutch be almost impossible to move exports : frontier. unless the government stepped in and he finally consented to the scheme. ) REDUCTION IN SUG4R. Glad to Sell Ships. j '. No offers to sell ships to the govern- . rlrst Recorded slnce openln of Hoi ment have been received but it was 4iiiiih in r.iir.m the general understanding that own ers of many vessels now tied up in American ports will be glad to dispose of them. Immediately after the con ference today work was begun on the proposed legislation and Senate and House leaders plan to bring about the completion of the movement as quick ly as possible. There already is pend ing before the House naval affairs committee a bill to appropriate $25, 000,000 for the purchase or construc tion of a fleet of twenty vessels. An other bill of this character is pending in the Senate naval affairs commit tee. Before the House naval affairs com mittee today Rear Admiral R. M. Watt, chief of the bureau of construc tion of the Navy Department, discussed the type and size of vessel which would be useful as trading ships and ; a tne same time wouiu ued'7',:- States Senator Hoke Smith has been auxiliaries to the navy. He said the ; nominated for re-eiection to the Sen ships should be from ten thousand to i aU oyer hls opponent) former Govern twelve thousand tons displacement. He j or Joseph M Brown( by an overwnelm added that the navy needed twenty or , jn majority ln tke state-wide Demo. miriy sucn snips u. n. emeigeii- cies. Fred Woods, president of the Mary land Steel Company said that twelve or fifteen auxiliaries 01 tne type de scribed could be constructed in eight or nine months. ssecretary jmcaooo vonignt maae. pud- lie figures on grain in port along the gulf coast and the Atlantic seaboard, I showing that nearly fifty million bush- j els either are in terminal elevators or ; in liailelL cjlilU L 1 1 (1 L w yj i hit: oiiijjo are loading. In. New Orleans, he said, there are 15,700,000 bushels, in Gal veston 25,623,000 bushels, in Baltimore 3,600,000, in New York 939.000 and in Boston 641,000. Railroads have refus ed to accept further grain shipments to New Orleans and Galveston, and while at New Orleans six ships are loading grain, virtually none of the grain at Galveston is being touched. Even if all these millions of bushels of grain are disposed of the secretary thinks the situation will become acute again when the present crop is offered for ship ment. P. A. S. Franklin, director of the International Mercantile Marine, came to Washington today to consult with the President and other government officials. Mr. Franklin proposed that the gov ernment provide means for the pur chase of available foreign-built ships. WHOLE NUMBER 13,733. Government Have Been Made, Practically All Vessels Now Ports Could be Bought. declaring the step imperatively neces sary owing to the difficulty of raising capital necessary from private sources. INTERESTING DEVELOPMENT. Money Taken Away from New York is Flowing Back Financial Matters. New York, Aug. 19. An interesting development in the financial situation today was the evidence that much money taken from New York banks during the early alarm engendered by the foreign crisis ic floating back. This return flow largely is offset by in creasing demands of interior hanks. The West is calling for crop moving money and the South is demanding ; cash from the harvest of cotton. Cotton planters recently received material assistance from local insti- tutions, but this, it now appears, was j sufficient only to meet a small part of i their needs. i Already there is talk of redeeming j some of the emergency currency al j ready issued. However, with moeny 'at 6 to 8 per cent as against 3 per I cent charged the first three months for this currency, there is little like lihood that these notes will be re deemed -until the latter part of the year, if then. Exchange brokers reported some business from Berlin today, drafts be ing issued in triplicate. That is, bills were issued direct to that center and by way of Holland and Italy in the hope of reaching the German capital. Rates on London were higher than yesterday, with a smaller volume of business. Crop prospects were somewhat im proved over night by rains in the Southern Qrop belt. but in certain sections of the Northwest the rainfall came too late. General trade advices again were conflicting, more steel mills following the lead of the larger independents in advancing prices, while others engag ed in special lines are working on shorter times and otherwise curtail ing. GERMANS NEAR ANTWERP. Cavalry Engna-ed In What Might be Called Outskirts of the Town. London, Aug. 20. The, advance of German troops around and above I Brussels, and even iiTto what virtually j are the suburbs of Antwerp is indt cated in Reuter dispatches from Ant ; werp, which report that German caval- ry have been encountered near Heren i tlials, 15 miles east of Antwerp and j also near Turnhout, 21 miles north- ! New York, Aug. 19. The first re action in sugar prices since the re cent excited " advance of over 2 1-2 cents a pound occurred today, when Cuban centrifugal 96 test sold at 3 1-4 cents, representing a decline of 1-4 cents from the high record prices. It was understood that Cuban holders were offering raw sugar at conces sions as the recent heavy demand had been pretty well filled up. KOKE SMITH RE-NOMINATED IN YESTERDAY'S PRIMARIES. Result Indicated from Partial Returns Made Early Last Night. , Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 19. Complete I and incomplete returns from a major- ! itt.- nf tViA rnnnHati n f Anrtrla of 1 4 f . hour tonlht ind,cated that United nrlmarv tortav. Nomination i equivalent to election. Smith carried every county from which complete re turns had been received up to 11 P. M. and it was claimed tonight that h would command the electoral vote of more than 100 counties of the 148 in the state at the convention. Cobt COUnty, the home of former Governor Brown, gave Smith a majority of 650 Fulton county, in which Atlanta is lo catedf was carried by Smith by more than 6,000 majority. While the race for the senior sena torship failed to provide the excite I ment which had been exported of it, I that for the nomination to the unex- pfred term of the late Senator A. O. .Bacon proved thrilling. Kg'ires at 11 I o'clock tonight showed Congressman , T. W. Hard wick in the lead by a nar j row margin, with Governor J. M. Sla I ton second and Thomas S. Kelder a ! close third. Neither John U. Cooper nor G. R. Hutehens, the other candi dates, had carried a county at the hour named. This contest probably will be taken to the State convention, as it would be necessary for the lead er to poll more votes than the com bined vote of his opponents in ordei to be nominated. In the race for the gubernatorial nomination Dr. L. C. Hardman, Judge N. E. Harris and J. Randolph Anderson were making a close flgtlt. 'A ! I! SI mv p.. V T it . ' VI.1'' I! Hi; I id i -i i J I - . c -
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