Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-27
FLASH PO v DER
HALTS WILSON
HANDSHAKE
President Gets Real Scare and
Photographer Almost Gets
Smash on Jaw.

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tating the minds Of the 400 persons
who caught glimpse Of President
Wilson in the twenty minutes that re
stopped in Atlanta Sunday afternoon
on his way to the Southern CONNER
sisl Congress IN Mobile.
Some OF them quite firmly are set
tied in the opinion that charge o.
hashlight powder ignited while the
President was shaking hands with his
admirers in the Terminal Station
train sheds. gave him the worst scare
ne has received since changing his
official residence from Trenton, y. >,
30 Washington, -. 6.
others say he took the incident
with Characteristic calmness.
Two flashes were taken OF the Pres
.Gent The first made no more dis
turbance than the mIffied football "
the family cat There was mo
mentary blaze Of light tha' resembled
the harmless playing Of sheet light
ming in the distant skies. The Presi-
dent merely smiled one OF his charsc-'
teristlc smiles and kept on shaking
hands with the enthusiastic members
OF the crowd gathered about the rear
Of his private car. the Columbia
Second Blast Shocks.
But there was another photogTa-
pher who used a more militant branl
OF powder And TO make sure OF ge.-
ting a good picture Of the President
he put a double charge in his fash
light machine.
when it explo- d. 400 persons
jumped in the air. The charge de-
tonated like the explosion of bomb
10 1cyfs 81 re mr. i
csliber Colt revolver. No one. prcba
bly,. ever will know what the Pres
dent thoBght II W. but he Jerkei
his hand away from the man 10 whom
he was saying a pleasant word just =
the explosion came, and quickly
lesped upward a step.
He realized an instant later tue
cause Of the noise, but there was no
smile on his face this time. He ga |e
few rapid orders, waving his hand
comprehensiyely toward the battery
Of cameras Instantly came hustling
end showing through the crowd
green hated. red featured and stock
lis built individual, who seemed beat
on sweeping the cameras onto me
ground.
In a sudden rush OF anger. the
phOtogra pher was considering with
some degree OF pieasurable anticipa-
tion VIVA; a fine target this aggressive
persons chin would make for we'll
Erected blow when he happened to
recognize in him Secret Service Agent
sloan. who probably holds the long
distance record for elbowing, strong
arrning and msnhandlIng away from
Presidential parties the reporters and
other peStiferous individuals VINO are.
always present
Transformation is Marvellous.
The transformation in the pho-
fogra pher from a Wrathful man 10
me mlldest hammered person in the
world was miraculous. He cared for
no encounter with Sloan. VINO he re
membered as the guard who once had
pushed him from the runningboard
~, President Taft's automobile into
sh undignified sitting posture under
the heels Of a mounted policeman
horse
While Sloan was attending TO the
camera men, President Wilson quickly
went up the steps OF his car. entered
the door and did not appear again
until the train was pulling out from
the station He left fully $50 good
right hands mistaken, but he was not
going 10 take any more chances with
charge OF giant powder masking
as a hsshlight.
The President was given oNations
all along the line in the Caroiinas
and found q large crowd waiting for
him when the train stopped at the
Terminal Station in Atlanta to
change engines and pick up the spe-
cial Mobile car carrying the recep-
ton committee for the President and
Secretary Daniels.
The newspaper men we're Informed
that no one would be allowed on the
platform when the Presidential spe-
cial came in. Every argument was in
vain No permits would be issued.
When they gained the platform by
circuitous route few minutes later.
however. they found that a great
crowd of people in some mysterious
manner had evaded the officials and
were on haid TO cheer the President.
Refuses 10 Make Speech.
Wilson refused 10 make a speech,
He spoke plea sanity to the members
OF the throng as they shook hands
with him. but he pleaded that It was
the Sabbath when several persons
called for an address. He regretted
he said, that he could not spend more
time in Atlanta. He would have liked
10 stop on his return, but his itinerary
prevented IT,
With the President in his private
car were DR. Grayson and numbe
OF the Secret Service men. Other
coaches were occupied by delegates 10
the congress and a number OF Its Of
fCialF including Senator Duncan 4