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THE WEATHER.
Fair Thursday night and Friday.
Temperatures Thursday (taken at,
A. IC Hawke* Co.’s store): 8 a, m.,
75 degrees; 10 a. ra„ 82 degrees; 12
noon. 85 degrees; 2 p. m., J57 de
grees.
SPOT COTTON
Atlanta, steady; 10‘4. Liverpool, steady;
till. New York, mu Jet; 10.4&. Augusta,
steady; 10 2-16. Kavannah, quiet; l«Hi.
Memphis, steady; 10**. Galveston, steady;
10 9-lfl. rhurleston, steady; 10c. Norfolk,
steady; 10 8-16.
‘Nothing Succeeds Lite—THE GEORGIAN"
AND NEWS
“NoMns Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN"
home: (4th) Epmora ATLANTA, GA.. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1911,
HOME(4Th) EDITION price
la Atlanta. TWO CENTS.
On Trains, FIVE CENTS.
What 47 Years Has Done For Atlanta
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The votes of the people of Atlanta Wednesday expressed,
we believe, less their approval ofthe old charter than fear of
the proposed system of government.
It, is our belief that the original charter drawn by the com
mittee of five, containing as it did the strength of commission
government with all the safeguards of the initiative, referen
dum and recall, would have been adopted had it been submit
ted for a vote.
There can be no mistaking the dissatisfaction the people'
feel in reference to certain features due to the present charter
—the unwieldy boards, the slow, cumbersome, circuitous meth
ods; the lack of fixed responsibility in many matters, and too
often crass inefficiency.
But there was no doubt in the minds of the people that
with these admitted defects the old charter was far safer and
therefore far better than the botch of a compromise offered
them. / ■ •.
The Georgian has been for the right sort of commission
government, and it still believes in it
And we believe the time will come before long when the
people of Atlanta will have the opportunity to accept it.
The one regrettable feature of the campaign jvas the aeri-
nva.v thrown into it by the two papers which supported the
compromise charter. Wholesale denunciation of the present
city government as a mass of tricksters, hucksters-and peanut
politicians was not merely a bitter untruth. It was a grievous
wrong to many honorable, faithful officials, and of great harm
to the eity of Atlanta.
SAYJF WILSON
Comment From Here and
There on the Princetonian
and the Presidency.
Jefferson (Ga.) Herald: Prospects for
'le'tnnrw Democratic • president grow
trlehter-cvCry day. The man on whom
most eyes tire‘centered as the proper
person . th bear the standard of the
Democratic party Is the Hon. Woodrow
Wilson, of New Jersey. He seems to be
the man of the hour. With Wilson for
tnsldent and Champ Clark for vice
(resident, wo bellavs tho Democratic
put}' will bo united and present a solid
rmv Wilson Is the scholar In politics. If
you like It that way:, nOLtnan in public
life more distinctly so. But he Is also
the governor of "New Jersey. He ,wns
elected to that position because he ads
vocat*d reforms and fought for them,
hitting straight from the shoulder. In
office Governor Wilson has .been tho
echolof and gentleihan, not a dabbler
and a boor. He has opposed political
thtima; ho has smashed the partisan
machine; he has been an upbullder In
•dual-constructive work, not a weather
vane, a follower,- a time-server. •
Cy-dele (Go.) Rambler: When Gov-
,*rn jr Johnson, of Minnesota, died It
Las believed by many that thare was
not another man In the United States
who could organise and lead the Demo
cratic forces, but since his death
Woodrow Wilson has appeared on the
scene and la even a greater leader than
Johnson. Governor Wilson did not
have to serve any novitiate, so to
apeak, but Jumped Into the arena a full-
fledged Prometheus—a Titan thrown
above Tttans. s. .
Santa Fs (N. M.)Eagle: The Wllaon
boom la rapidly gathering atrength In
nearly every aectlon of the country.
The South and the West are strong for
him, and he Is gaining strength as a
randldate In ths East. He Is Just the
kind of a Democrat who can lead the
rartf to sucres* next year, and-Demo
crat* all over the country are waking
up to this fact It la hardly too much
to tay that a majority of the Democrat*
of the country are In favor of hi* nomi
nation for pre»!dent next year.
Peoria (111.) Journal: The Journal 1*
for Wllaon aa the presidential nominee.
It believe* thfit he far outstrip* all the
other possible candidate*. The time*
demand a fearless, unimpeachable lead
er. one who has Justified public confi
dence by his acts, one who will vitally
represent the nation-wide movement
that will restore to the peopld their in
herent right*. .
Montlcello (Oft.) News: That ray of
light you see In the dim distance 1*.
Woodrow Wilson coming along to shine
for the Democrats In 1911.
Janesville (Minn.) Argus; It It said
that President Taft feels practically
•ire of renomlnatlon. But he Is not so
■ure of election. With Woodrow Wil
ton the Democratic nominee he ha* his
doubts
Spartanburg (S. C.) Herald; In every
•traw vote tigeen In this country during
the present year, whether among mem
bers of congress, among the voters
of the Democratic »tate of Georgia, «n
the Republican state of Pennsylvania,
the doubtful state of Colorado or the
progressive Insurgent state of Oregon,
t is noticeable that Woodrow Wilson
1* the popular favorite.
, Long Beach (Cal.) Press: For presi
dent, Woodrow Wilson, of New Jersey;
for vies president, Joseph W. Folk, of
Missouri. That's a ticket that should
k good for sore eyes among Democrats
»nl progressives.
Hyrnere (Ind.) Vindicator: Tho,Vln-
Itinerary of President Thurs
day Includes Six Towns in
Insurgent Territory. •
Council Bluffs. Iowa, Sept. 28.—Pres
ident Taft Invaded Iowa, another
stronghold of Insurgency, today, and
waa booked for the bualeat day of his
Journey so far. Hts Itinerary Included
six towns—Council Bluffs, Denlnon,
Fort .Dodge, Webster City, Iowa Falls
and Waterloo.
The president expressed himself as
delighted with his trip thru Kansos.
'1 am sincerely grateful to the people
of Kansas." he said, "not only, for the
warm welcome they extended to me ns
president of the United States*, hut for
11 paid to wbat
The president will spend two days In
for'the far Wi
Iowa before heading for the far
Mr. Taft again Is defending h^H
ministration policies, his most Import
r "west
his ad-
ant speech being tonight at Waterloo,
In which he will reaffirm hie "middle-
of-the-road” attitude. He Intenda dla
cussing his tariff vetoes, the trust prob
lem and the administration’s policy In
dealing with the great corporation In
terests.
The president here Is In ths district
of Judge Walter I. Smith, a standpatter
who waa defeated by a narrow major
ity for re-election to congress last fall.
He arrived here at 8 a. m.
City Executive Committee Will
Meet Friday to Fix Date for
Primary in Wards.
The election of three aldermen and
ten councllmen now confronts ths city,
It Will be decided in a Democratic pri
mary, which the city executive commit
tee will call at a meeting in the city
hall Friday at 11 o'clock, and will be a
data toward the last of October or the
first of November.
While the primary Is only for the
purpose of nomination and the general
election la held In December, nomina
tions In ths primary are equal to elec,
tlon. Each ward alone votes In the
primary for Its councllmen, but the
whole city votes on tho aldermen.
The officials whose terms expire and
the probable candidates for the places
are here given:
Alderman C. H. Kelley's term expires
and It is expected he will run for re-
election as ths representative of the
Second ward. Hs will he opposed by
Councilman John E. McClelland. The
term of Alderman John W. Grant, of
the Sixth ward, also expires. Mr. Grant
says he will not stand for re-election.
No candidate for the place Is yet ap
parent. John S. Candler, of the Ninth
ward, will probably be unopposed for
re-election.
For the councllmantc place, the line,
up eo far Is: Dr. A. H. Baskin's term
as the First ward representative ex
pires, and A. M. Corrle will probably
• •/mera tina.i > uiui.-iu.. -.... .... . ..
fllcator believes that no stronger man oppose him tor n-rttcOon. J°f>n E.
£<»ld be found anywhere to drive the- McClellandofthegecond "'L
democrat donkey to victory than Gov- fun for alderman front that word and
“““ft ’ . — no probable candidate for his place Is
yet evident. Gordon Noel Hurtel Is the
only announced candidate to aucceed J.
C. Haralson, of the Third ward, who
will not run again. Dr. S. D. Wamock's
term os the Fourth ward representative
expires and It l# not yet known who
will run for tho place. J. J. Greer will
run again to represent the Fifth ward.
In the Sixth ward Steve R. Johnston'a
term expires and Jesse M. Wood Is the
only candidate for the place so far. Roy
Abernathy and Steve Herren are both
candidates for the place held by H. W.
Dent as the Seventh ward's represen
tative. Samuel N. Evlna. of the Eighth
ward, will not run again, and W. J.
Stoddard and Dr. J. W. Hurt will both
probably run to succeed him. E. A.
Minor la again expected to be a candl
'mor Wilton—for Wilson will want to
A rive, or not be In the race. Mr. Wll-
*">’» qualifications highly recommend
Mm. To the Invaluable advantage of
Mfh academic training, as president of
Princeton university, he adds the prac-
Jleal acumen of the shrewd politician.
To hare beaten the machine In truet-
rlflden New Jersey, riding into office on
* cloud of popular votee. Is the best
•ort of proof of his wonderful two-fold
“'"city for leadership.
. lend (Fla.) Rcgfon: Colonel T. J.
A PPleyard, atate printer, wants to be a
candidate as one of the delegates to the
;ext Democratic national convention,
andidstes to this convention must de-
Mre thslr choice for a nomine# for
president, and those who arc In favor of
He New Jersey man as first choice will
Ja doubt be sent to the convention by
D*mocraey of Florida, for I*, ap-
■rn tint Wllaon Is Ihe chofca from
; t t end of the state tv the other.-
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TWO VIEWS OF PEACHTREE-8T FROM THE WESTERN AND ATLANTIC CROSSING.
thoroughfare with one and two-
" on the extreme left, and ths
ling.
I WO VlfcWS Oh rtAUHl HEfc-oT FROM Trie WtSTEHN SNU AILANIIU OK030IWU.
Above Is shown an old photograph, mado in 1864, in war time, showing ths street at Sherman left It, a straggling thoroi
itory buildings. Below is ths-newest view of ths asms street 47 years later, showing ths new Third Natloml Bank building oi
vhole oluatsr of sky-scrapers of tho cantor of Atlanta. This photo Is by Mathawson, from tho Atlanta National Bank buildin
Great Fleet of Dreadnoughts
to Shell the Town.
OFFICIAL MAJORITY, 1,995;
TOTAL VOTES CAST, 7,925
The official-majority against the compromise charter, as announced by
City, Clerk Walter Taylor at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon, waa l.MB, two
lesa than The Georgian's unofficial figures as given In the noon.edition.
The Georgian's total majority given In the last extra on Wednesday,
night, within live minutes after the last ward had been counted, was 1,014,
Just 10-votes off, and easily the nearest exact of any glvtn In the night.
, The official flgurca will cause a shrinking In the pocketbooks of the en-
AwaitS Orders From Rome ? ■wiMaatlc ones who wagered thslr shekels on a 2,000 majority against tbs
charter.
The official vote, by wards and precincts, as consolidated, Is as follows:
Male '
* REPORTED THAT TURKEY *
IS PREPARING TO YIELD *
4- Constantinople, Sept. 28.—Tur- +
•f. key la reported'to be preparing to +
+ yield to Italy.In the dispute over +
4- Tripoli and from ' semi-official 4*
4- quarters It was reported today +
4- that there was strong hope that-4-
‘ hostilities would be averted. +
H-H-w-H-i-i-i-i-i-i-.’-i-t
date in the Ninth ward. In the Tenth landed
W. J. Stay won't run again, and Cl"i<>" •'
<• 'Jm-. n is the most probable candi
date.
M-M-I-H-H
Paris. 8ept. 28.—An armed force of
100,000 men stands ready In Tripoli to
sweep back an-invading Italian array,
according to dispatches received from
the city of Tripoli by the way of Malta
today. Theae advices stated that In
addition to the 10.000 Turkish soldiers
In the garrisons throughout the Vilayet
of Tripoli, 70.000 native*. Including all
the Arab tribesmen, have armed them
selves and have sworn to die If neces
sary to keep Italy from landing her
troops on Trlpollan sqll. An Italian
fleet of four dreadnoughts, three cruis
ers and several torpedo boats were
standing by oft the threshold of the
disputed province early today and Rear
Admiral Aubrey ' In command, only
awaited word from Rome to shell the
city of Tripoli and under cover of the
artillery fire, land the first of the Ital
ian expeditionary forces.
Fears for the lives of Europeans In
Tripoli has caused hesitation on the
part iff war authorities at Rome to act.
The Turkish transport Dernn, which
Idlers, arm* and provisions In
curs iff llje .hostile
harbor
FIRST—Total
Second—First Precinct... .......
Second—Second Precinct.........
SECOND—Total
Third—First Precinct .
Third—Second Precinct ;
THIRD—Total
FOURTH—Total.:
Fifth—First Precinct
Fifth—Second Precinct
FIFTH—Total .
Sixth—First Precinct...'
Sixth—Second Precinct'. ....,
SIXTH—Total
Seventh—First Precinct..
Seventh—Second Precinct
SEVENTH—Total
EIGHTH—Tout
-Ninth—First Precinct .
Ninth—Second Precinct...
NINTH—Total
Tenth—First Precinct
Tenth—Second Precinct...
TENTH—Total
TOTAL—City
Net majority against new charter..
Cast.
For. Against
For.
Against
. 631
106
425
••#»*
319
'.l.m
474
683
20*
. 124
27
•9
72
.1,285
501
782
.....
281
.1,040
21*
'80*
• e . ••
*70
. 268
27
22*
»»
1*2
.1,306
272
1,034
762
. 784
380
404
> e .
24
. 187
45
342
2*7
. 131
I*
115
... • e
**
. 818
61
457
.„ . .
398
. *11
521
3*0
131
. 202
48
254
“m
.1,214
569
844
76
. *77
272
304
31
. 80
22
67
34
. <87
296
361
.66.
. 719
503
216
*247
’
. *8*
220
10*
7*
. 123
I*
104
82.
. 883
249
413
164'
. 128
20
103
83
. 135
11
124 -
*1*
. 289
31
227
••••*
196
7|»28
2fie»
4,963
287
2,284
...1,998
35.000 MAY STRIKE
Union Officials Say Walk-Out
Will Be Ordered Friday if
Demands Are Refused.
W-H-I-I-H-H-K-H-H-H-l-D
REAL COMMISSION SYSTEM
COMING YET, SA YS HOPKINS
Continued on Last Pago.
Charles T.-Hopkins, one of the fram
ers of the original commission charter
and a leading advocate of Ihe compro
mise charier, after It was passed by
the legislature, took the defeat good
himwredly. He was asked for a state
ment on Thursday morning, particular,
ly In fegard lu the charges made Wed-
by Th» Journal that the tienlun-
lug conducted Improperly.
"Why. we lost," said Mr. Hopklna.
"But 1 believe we will have commis
sion government, real commission gov
ernment, in due course of time. No, l
have no complaint to make of the elec
tion.”
E. V. Carter, chairman of the charter
campaign comifllltee. said Thursday
morning that be had no etateimnt to
make.'
4-H-
4- "GO.AHEAD AND 8TRIKEJ
— 4 jg|
n
SAY THE OFFICIALS +
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New York, 8opt.-28.—Tho offi. *
4* clals of -the Harrlmin railroad
4- lines today sent .-an ultimatum to
4" the officials ot.'the shop men's un-
4* Ion. declaring that 'all that copld .
t he done-In the way of concesalona +
had been offered the men.and that +
4* If they still Insist on striking, they +
4* could go ahead and strike. It' Is 4*
4* probable that the men will now go 4<
+ out on ths Southern and Union +
4- Pacific lines within twslve>hours. 4*
Nine Wards Register Big Vote
Against Untried System of
Government. . ,
WAS NEVER A DOUBT
OF ELECTION RESULT
City Executive Committee to
Meet Friday and Cali Pri-
. mary for 1912 Officials.
Atlanta turned down the compromla*
charter, turned It down by close to
2.000 majority. Every ward of the ten.
< x r -1, t I ho Eighth, out Peachtree.at.,
registered a decision against the pro
posed hybrid system of city govern
ment.
That a comparatively small vote wee
rolled did not mean perhaps that public
merest was alight. It Is,believed to
have been an Indication that 4.000 qual
ified voters, displeased with tho present
system, were not willing to accept the
substitute offered, and atayod awav
from the polls until they could be given
ortuntty to vote for real cnmmls-
government. modeled after that of
cities where It has oeen tried and
tested.
It wasn't nn exciting election, after
all, tho at several nf the polling plants
there was enthusiasm rampant. The
Issue Mil.- decided When the lire: v..te.i
began to pour In. Tho result was nev
er In doubt, and as Judge Illllyer ro>-
marked In the forenoon It was merely a
question of the majority. Even the
most ardent of charter advocates had
given up hope of carrying the day. Not
statement forecasting victory was
given to any of tho papers Wednesday
by word workers. Those asked hy Tho
Georgian for ssllmntes of the ward vote
decllnod to make them. They had tele
workers at the polls.
The complaints made early In ' the
day did not seem to And Justification
when they were lnveetigated. City
Clerk Walter Taylor made tho round of
eoveral polls upon receiving complaints
that tho booth system was not being
observed and offered to make any rea
sonable rhnnges. It was charged that
the voters were given small opportunity
to oast a secret ballot; that the ballet's
were kept on tables and th* eholee of
the voter could easily bo noted, i It was
a fact that-the voter had opportunity to
take both ballots, retire to a booth,
choose th*ticket he desired, fold It nnd
vots It,' without any ono knowing his
sentiments. But few mads any effort
to do this. They did not seem-to car*
for Hcrrecy, nnd they chose tho hall ■:
they preferred, vnlked over to ths box
nnd voted It openly. ■ But they had th-
facilities for secrecy If they desired. No
person In authority.representing the
charter faction made a public complaint
on election day.
The charter election over, the city
irlmary for c-fflctali under the old
eni Is nest In order. I'nnilldstes ar «
expected to spring up fast In the next
week, as the city executive committee
will meet Friday to call tho prlmarv
and tho rare is not far distant So At.
lama Is not yet'thru with polities for
the year.
Ths anti-oharterists held & meeting
of rejoicing when the result was mads
known Wednesday night City Attor
ney James 1* Mayson'Interpreted the
election-as a vindication and an ex-
treeslon of trust In ths city officials,
lut Judge Ktllyer, James U Key, B. M.
Blackburn and others seomed so'grat
ified over the result that they almplv
rejoiced In their speeches, without at
tempting an analyls to find the exact
reuse of Ihe victory. Tile Georgian
waa praised for lta work.
Thera was no happier man In Atlanta
Thursday than Dr. George Brown, rep.
ressatatlvs from Fulton county, who
worked hard and stood (Irmly In the
legislature to prevent the new charter
from being put Into effect without a
vote of th# people and to whose posi
tion It was due that the amendment
trovldlng a public vote was adopted.
Jr. Brown labored vigorously against
the pnssags of ths charter In ths sub-
sequent election.
Among ths men who have been re
ceiving congratulations Thursday ars
Jude* George Hlllyer, chairman, and
Archibald Darts, secretary, of the Pen-
tie’s committee, to whose efficient work
s due a large share of the credit for
the defeat of the compromise charter.
Chicago, 8ept. 28.—Thirty-live thou
sand shop men employed on tha-llllnole
Central and other Harrtman lines will
be ordered to strike tomorrow unless
the railroad officials agree to demand#
of the new federation of shop unions
today.
This was ths word passed out from
union headquarters In Chicago today.
Julius Kruttschnltt, vice president of
the Union Pacific railroad, to whom the
Continued on Last Page.
NO FEELING OF ANGER
• BY HOPKINS OR KEY
U Key at the Sixth ward polls Wed
nesday afternoon, Chsrlea T. Hopkins
stated Thursday that he and Mr. Key
had been good friends for many years.!
that their feelings were of the kindliest j
and that any Impression which 'my
hav
.,._t
e got out that anjer w,ia expresvcl
u v-n them was lflcorrvcL
WANT ADS
Published by all the Atlanta
papers for the week ending
September 23, 1911, six
days to the week:
Georgian %'? 3,031
Journal 2*216
Constitution 1,207
On yesterday the Atlanta
papers carried Want Ads
ns follows:
Georgian...... :653
Journal 3S5
Constitution 221
THE GEORGIAN prints no boor,
whteky or uncltan advertising.
help tn -se who jr* out of a po-
sltlon or who dosiro a bottor on#.
' .HOP-.IAN or.n*. want ad*
undrr the data’fixation "Situation*
claasincatlona
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