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THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia: Local showers today and probably tomorrow: VOL. X. NO. 236. WILSON LOSS OF GEORGIA INCREASED T 014,211 Underwood’s Majority Mate rially Swelled by Further * Returns of Primary. ALABAMAN CARRIES 106 OF 146 COUNTIES IN STATE Professor’s Defeat Is Most Humiliating in Many of Its Aspects. Underwood's plurality over Wil son, 14,211. Total vote cast, 131,412. Underwood received 72,299. Wilson received 58,088. Clark received 701. Harmon received 324. Underwood carried 106 counties. Wilson carried 40 counties. There are 146 counties in Geor- gia. The Napoleon of the Woodrow Wil son effort to capture the South, Sena tor Hoke Smith, of Georgia, selected this state to be the Wilson field of Waterloo. Like that other Napoleon who, for a time, messed up the rpap of Europe so thoroughly that its best friends were hardly able to recognize it from one day to another. Dixie’s self-appointed Napoleon went forth to Waterloo to do or die, but pretty sure, in his own mind, that there was to be no dying fool ishness about it. It was proclaimed, with the usual preliminary fanfare of trumpets, that the South was about 10 be shown which way it should go presidentially—shown by Senator Smith and his political ma chine. Professor Wilson didn't know much about "hat was going on: and. being a guileless and unsuspecting sort of per son. he let Napoleon have it his way. The professor never had butted in on Southern politics, anyway: and Napo leon is a mighty persuasive and sweet ly argumentative general now and then. The Professor Played His Part. So Professor Wilson said all right; k if Napoleon knew that Waterloo was the place to pull off the big fight and get away with the bacon, he (the pro fessor) would come down and jolly the dear people along the line, and trust to Napoleon to do the real directing of the Wilson star of destiny. And Napoleon took the Wilson star of destiny, loaded it in his biggest cannon, and fired it bang in the face of “Little Joe" Brown —which the profes sor never suspected was going to hap pen at all—and the impact left “Little Joe" standing right where Napoleon found him. but it busted the poor little star into so many fragments that all the king's horses and all the king's men will never be able to put it to £*> gether again! Wilson's Defeat Overwhelming. Even the I-told-ypu-sos have been amazed almost to silence by the mag nitude of the Wilson defeat, as .the final figures disclose it. Os course. 243.796 people did tell the ( few Doubting Thomases at large in ' Georgia that Wilson was going to he so badly lost in the shuffle that he —-w never would be dug up again, but pre y cious few believed that it was going to be as bad as it was. Even The Atlanta Georgian, which ii estimated Underwood’s plurality from 12.000 to 14.001 at first, and then back ed off to 10.000. eventually had to admiti ti s slightly over Its own out- • side figure given out Wednesday night at 9:30 o’clock. The remote country counties coming in at the last hour, some of them not i until this morning, showed up practi cally solid for Underwood. The farmers of Georgia lined them selves stoutly and aggressively against Wilson. It was shrewdly calculated by the Wilson people that Mr. Eartfipr would not bother to vote in this presidential . > campaign to any considerable extent — and he might not have bothered so s much as he did. moreover, if Napoleon c . hadn't undertaken to fix it so that the small counties would be choked to death by the big city counties in the final count, no matter what happened. The big city vote, which came in first of all. shov|d getaway bad enough, but better than it ever was afterward. As the country vote was reported. Underwood pulled steadily farther and j farther ahead. As the very remote 5... courities were reported, his ratio of in ■fe crease began to jump tremendously. And the final summing up put Wilson down and out even more emphatically than his dearest enemy dared hope in Georgia when the polls opened on Wed , - nesday morning. Taken all in all, Wilson's defeat was | one of the most humiliating and com plete ever recorded in the state. The Atlanta Georgian Read. For Profit —GEORGIAN WANT ADS —Use For Results BOLDPLOTTD STEAL TAFT DELEGATES IN SOUTH President Hears of Suspicious Moves by Boss Barnes and Acts. TELLS JACKSON TO KEEP A “STRANGLE CLUTCH” Hughes Being Groomed as Dark Horse—Atlanta Collector to Keep Eyes Open. WASHINGTON, May 3.—Strong evi. dence of a well laid plot to steal from President Taft the> delegates of every Southern state and make his nomina tion impossible has aroused the easy going chief executive to action, and the announcement was made early today upon his return to the white house that he would take personal charge of his campaign from now on. The plot involves William Barnes, Jr., Republican boss of New York state, who fought desperately against in structing the Empire State’s delegation for the president. It was first revealed in a secret letter sent to the leaders of the Taft henchmen in the South. This letter was the subject of a lengthy conference between Henry S. Jackson, collector of internal revenue at Atlanta, against whom serious charges have recently been made by a weekly publication, and the president aboard Mr. Taft's special train on its way to Washington today. Taft Tells Jackson To Keep Strangle Hold. Jackson was the president's guest and until the early hours the two went over the Southern situation. Mr. Taft is thoroughly alarmed and Jackson is understood to have been given rigid in structions to keep a strangle hold on his delegates. The hot fire directed, at Jackson re cently by the Roosevelt forces put him in urgent need of comfort and solace, and It Is understood he was ready to promise the president everything he asked. However, the Atlanta collector insisted to the president that the Southern Taft leaders, in Georgia at any rate, interpreted the Barnes letter as meaning that William Barnes. Jr., is for the president. The president was not reassured. Ho has received information from reliable sources that the Republican boss is preparing to throw the New York dele gation to Charles E. Hughes, now su preme court justice and the most con spicuous dark horse that ever balked at running in a pr Jdential race. No body supposes that* Barnes is in love with Hughes. Barnes Sounds Out Leaders in Daring Plot. But Barnes is convinced that, ac cording to present indications, the split Republican party in New York is going to be badly whipped in the November election. It is a case of the Albany boss loving not Taft less, but Barnes more, and in the belief that Hughes can carry the state for him, he has turned to the former governor for help. Barnes has sounded out Taft leaders throughout the country on this daring plot to desert the titular head of the Republican party. A number of the Southern filer, who received it inter preted it as indicating that New York's uninstructed delegation will not sup port Taft, but is looking for a compro mise candidate. The president is pretty well con vinced that this is the situation he faces, and is said to have so told Jack son. The president arrived at the white house about 9 o'clock and simultane ously the announcement was made that he “will personally direct his campaign for renomination from this time on un til the national convention at Chicago." Delegates Refuse To Desert Colonel BOSTON, May 3.—The eight dele gates at large elected in the Massa chusetts preference primary and pledg ed to vote for Theodore Roosevelt will vote according to their personal Incli nations when convention time comes around, according to today’s develop ments in the tangled presidential situ ation in the Bay state. Colonel Roosevelt has released • the “big eight" after learning the result of the preference vote. But Charles S. Baxter, who led the Roosevelt slate, declared. 'I have always been a Roose velt man and I still am," and it is be lieved that the attitude of the other delegates will be the same as that of Baxter. The Taft forces, however, are not satisfied with the situation. They have announced'that they will demand a re count of the state vote for delegates at large, and if this recount still shov s a Roosevelt lead, will attempt to prevent the seating of the Roosevelt delegates at the convention. FIRST PHOTO OF PRESIDENT TAFT AND HIS NEW AID TAKEN IN GEORGIA *** 1 j JB9| ? • SI ti ?6 I I I WV- • ' H ' This 'photograph taken in Savannah Wednesday is the first made of President Taft with his new military aid. Major T. L. Rhoades, who was recently appointed to succeed Major Archie W. Butt, the gallant young Georgian, who lost his life when the Titanic went down in mid-ocean. Major Rhoades is shown in full uniform in an automobile with the president. The photograph was taken upon the arrival of the presidential party from Washington to attend the Hibernian centennial celebration held in Savannah. The president was entertained highly. KILL ME OIINX PLEMSJLLEN Outlaw Chief, in State of Col lapse, Wails, “I Have No Chance.” WYTHEVILLE. VA., May 3.—Floy <1 Allen, leader of the outlaw gang that wiped out the Carroll county court at Hillsville, was in a state of collapse while his trial for the murder of Prose cutor Foster went on today. He was pale and trembled in every limb when carried into court. .Just as court convened Judge Staples was in formed that the prisoner last night begged his guard to cut his throat. ■■l've got no chance,” Allen said to the jailer. “Kill me quick and have it over with. I’m all in." Judge Staples ordered that Allen should hereafter be watched carefully night and day to prevent suicide. The guard will also be doubled over the other prisoners. Cyrus Gibbs, a. civil engineer of Car roll county, took uji a great deal of the early session of coqt t explaitilftg in de tail maps of the Hillsville court ],-■ is<-. that the Jurors might have a clear idea of the conditions tinder which the shooting took place. ILLNESS POSTPONES PROBE OF SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE CO, The investigation of the Southern Bell Telephone Company has been postponed until Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock on account of the illness of Alderman John E. McClelland, chair man of the committee. When the probe is begun a hearing will be given the company officials and all citizens who wish to make com plaints. After receiving tnis evidence the committee will decide whether the case should be taken to the railroad commission. JUDGE PALMER CHEERY DESPITE ELECTION DEFEAT Judge H. E. W. Palmer, who was taken seriously ill at his office Mon day. is recovering rapidly and expects to be able to resume his duties within a short time. "I wish to express my thanks to my friends who stood by me in the race for county commissioner," said he in a statement issued today. "My failure to be re-elected w ill not in any way! impair my kindly feeling toward the' voters of Fulton, nor will it make me | any less willing to do all in my power for the public good.” PICTURE SHOWS SOLACE TO PEOPLE. SAYS GAYNOR NEW YORK. May 3.—ln a letter to the board of aidermen. Mayor Gayn-T says that the moving picture shows are a great solace to the community. ATLANTA, GA. FRIDAY, .MAY 3. 1912. Despondent Over His Domestic Troubles, He Tries to End His Life E. Batta. of 107 Fraser street, shot himself in the breast near the heart today in an attempt at suicide. He was sent to Grady hospital at. once, and is not expected to live. His recent troubles with his wife are believed- to be the cause of his attempt to kill himself. • Batta appeared in the police court a short time ago. when, he brought charges against his wife, and she was held to the state courts. At the trial Mrs. Batta tried to jump from a win dow on the fourth floor of the court room, but an officer caught her just as she attempted to leap. She was dis missed, as under the Georgia law a husband can not testify against his Wife. A divorce suit against Mrs.-Batta is now pending in the courts. WILL ADDRESS LAW STUDENTS ON TWO GOVERNING SYSTEMS Upon the invitation of the Atlanta Law school, S. G. McLendon, former chairman of the state railroad com mission, will address the senior and junior classes of that institution on ■The Swiss vs. the American Initiative, Referendum and Recall" tonight in the convention hall of the New Kimball. A full discussion of the two systems of popular government will be given by the former commissioner. Mr, McLen don is thoroughly familiar with his sub ject. as he has spent much time collect ing data both on the American and for eign forms of government. Besides the two higher classes of the Atlanta Law school, the other students of that institution with the Atlanta bur are expeced to be present. MINNESOTA BANK CLOSED; VICE PRESIDENT MISSING WINNEBAGO CITY. MINN., May 3. Bank examiners today are investigat ing the affairs of the Bank of Com merce here following the closing of the institution at their order after a brief I preliminary investigation, H. W. Parker, vice president of the institution, has left the city. At the bunk and at his home it is said his whereabouts are not known. 6-TON PRINTING PRESS FALLS SIX FLOORS CHICAGO, Max 3. A six ton printing press being hoisted into the new building i of Rand, McNally Company, slipped from its tackle and fell six tv <-i • to the street. It crashed through into the basement. | A number of pedestrian:; had narrow es- I capes. The press was demolished and damage amounting to SIO,OOO was done. WHITE SQUIRREL NEWEST FREAK. GOTHAM’S BOAST NEW YORK, May 3.—John Seaton, superintendent of public buildings In Richmond borough declares he saw a white ■i'liiir-'-l while- motoring along Jewett avenuj| HEBS' PKT OFF LOOK FOR STRIKE . I Break in Peace Negotiations May Result in Walkout of 170,000 Men. WILKESRARRE. PA.. May 3.—That any referendum vote of the anthracite miners on the peace agreement, which . was rejected by their conference com mittee in New York yesterday, will support th<> action of the committee was the opinion expressed by leaders here today. As a result of the break off In the New York negotiations, be < ause the operators insisted on the abo lition <if the sliding scale, the same leaders say they expect that there will ultimately be a strike in the anthra cite fields, which will affect 170,000 ' men. Hitch on Wages. The anthracite leaders declare that the supposed ten per cent increases offered by the operators amounted to little- more than live per cent, with the sliding scale gone, and they demanded 1 some form of union recognition. The possibility of a miners’ conven tion, probably held in this city, to ■ which the whole matter will be refer- , red., is now very strong, although it was reported that President John P. White, of the United Mine Workers, and his follow committeemen might make- a final attempt to have negotia tions in New York reopened. SMOKE CAUSES ALARM IN MOVING PICTURE SHOWS A pan!' was threatened last night in the moving picture- shows on Peach tree street by volumes of smoke drift ing in from a blaze >n Auburn ave nue. This and the clanging of gongs as the fire apparatus dashed by made the spectators rush to the exits. The people on the outside were quick j to locate the fire, and the rush was stopped before it assumed dangerous proportions or any one was injured. [HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE’S CHIEF IS DEAD GREENWICH. CONN. May 3.—Emil L. Boas, director and g'-nera! manager of the Hamburg-American steamship ' line, died early today at his home here after a four days illness, from influenza and incipient, pneumonia. Mr. Boas was born on November 15. 1854. in Goerlitz, German”, and was educated at the royal Frederick Wil liam gymnasium, Breslau and Sophia gymnasium, Berlin. His wealth is es timated at several millions. N? PARADES AT POST. Dress parades at Fort McPherson will be discontinued for three weeks, on ac count of the absence of a part of the regiment at Waco, where it is engaged in target practice KHH DUEL ID DEATH FOLLOWS GAME HUH "THE GIRL FROM N. V Women Terror-Stricken Outside Door as Men Battle Alone in Dining Room of Mechanic Street House—Find One Killed and Other Wounded. Slayer Arrested as He Enters Cab and Five 1 Women Are Held by Police---On Hospital Cot Story of Tragedy Is Told—lnquest To Be j Held by Coroner. Alone in the dining room of Belle Burton’s resort, at 28 Me chanic street, this morning at 3 o’clock, C. Richard Harper, rep resentative of an insurance publication, and Kell Potts, clerk for the Southern Express Company, fought a duel with knives, and when terrified women of the place entered, after the . struggle had ceased, they found Harper dead from a dozen ■ wounds and Potts bleeding and barely conscious. They had quarreled over the result of a matching contest‘d J with a hottie of beer the stake. "|g The body of Harper lies in the morgue of a local undertaker, awaiting a coroner's inquest this astern ion. Potts, his head ] swathed in bandages, is in Grady hospi il under the guard of a policeman. Five women are locked in tl police station to tell the coroner the story of the quarrel and the! tragedy which ended it. “Dick” Harper,'as he was called, had lived in Atlanta for the past year with his wife and sister. He came from Louisville, Ky„ about a year ago as the representative of The Insurance Field, a trade paper. Kell Potts is the son of the late Frank M. Potts, a wholesale liquor dealer, and lives at 21 East Fifth street. He Is a clerk for the Southern Express Company. He and Harper were close friends, ✓ Matching for Beer With “Girl From N. Y.” Harper told his wife yesterday aft ernoon that he was called out of town on a business trip. Shortly after mid night he and Potts drove In an auto to the segregated district. In Mechanic street. They were drinking then, the ■> omen say. and they drank more after lheir arrival. "Harper was matching for a bottle of beer with The New York Girl,'" said Potts on the operating table at Grady hospital. "They quarreled over who had won. " 'The girl won it.' I said to Harper. Then he came at me with a knife. He cut me, and then I drew my knife and went at him." Marie Danto, known as "The New York Girl,” told the police of the begin ning of the duel. She sobbed hyster ically as she described the quarrel and the attack. “At first they cut. each other, but not bad." she said. "Then they shook hands and seemed friendly. But right after that they went out of the dining room into the dance hall and shut the door. There was an awful hoise of feet on the bare floor, and cursing, and then a fall. After a little while we opened the door and went in. Harper was lying dead on the floor and Potts was bleeding and faint. We thought he was dead, too.” Shrieking Women Call Policeman. Potts pulled himself together in a few moments after the affray and left the house. He had just climbed into a cab at the door and was ordering the drivy to leave when Policeman Lewis Whitley, summoned by shrieking wom en who had fled into the street, ran up and arrested him. An ambulance was called and he was sent to Grady hos pital, where his wounds were bandaged. The physicians say he will recover. In the cab the patrolman found a bloody knife, a long-bladed pocket knife of the type used by physicians. He sent it to the-station to be used as evidence. The knife used by Harper was found on the polished floor of the dance hall. The restricted district was thrown into a turmoil by the news of the trag. edy, which spread rapidly through the street. There was a hurried exodus at once. Women gathered in little groups on doorsteps and street corners. In a few minutes the patrol automobile came clanging Ihto the street, and when it returned to the .station it carried as prisoners Marie Danto. Lucile Kern. Ovie Martin. Ethel Russell aryl "Jack" Davis, all women inmates of the re sort. Charles T. Hopkins and John W. Moore, attorneys, appeared at the sta tion today to examine the women wit nesses prior to the inquest. They have been retained by the family of Harper for the prosecution of Potts. EXTRA . - Pl'lrj? On Trains. FIVE CENTS. rillLT> i n Atlanta. TWO CENTS. T. R. AND TAFT IN ANOTHER OREL Colonel Invades Maryland, and the President Is to Follow. Advice to Negroes. BALTIMORE, May 3.—Colonel The- ,j odore Roosevelt made a whirlwind tour of Maryland today In an effort to carry , the state in the presidential preference | primary to be held on Monday. Presl dent Taft will follow him tomorrow and they will fight It out as they did in Massachusetts. The colonel arrived at Salisbury at 4:30 o’clock this morning and started in after a few hours’ rest on a program of eleven scheduled speeches and a number of impromptu platform talks. At 9:30 o’clock this morning the ex- M president addressed an enthusiastic ’ meeting at Salisbury. He then left for Havre De Grace, where he was sched uled to speak this afternoon. He will j arrive at Union station. Baltimore, at J 5 o'clock this afternoon. In his Salisbury speech Colonel j Roosevelt attacked President Taft and 1 denounced bribery of voters at pri- ’ marles. "Our opponents, and I am sorry to 5 say Mr. Taft has safcj it, do not trust a the people to rule themselves,” said the j ex-president. “Mr, Taft has told us that he dis- j trusts the impulsive judgment of the j American people. Now. I heartily dis- J agree with Mr. Taft. I trust the peo- J pie to govern themselves. I think they know how to do it." Hits Taft Machine. The colonel hit the Maryland Taft I machine, led by William B. Jackson, a the national committeeman, saying thata it did not prop.-riy represent the senti-S rnent of the people. s “1 don't expect the boss to be witnSj me because the movement is not for him." he said, “Now. ,as to ld?« business, we don’t antagonize the majjw who is square. We expect him to bs"d with it- But the crooked business man | we don't want with us and he isn't wel-Jj come. H< knows well we don't want® him. “The n n who sells his vote,” thsj, colonel said, “is a traitor. Now, I asim that every colored man here In South see that none of his race sells a3 vote. If the colored people will do as ka wish I hope they will organize and sefl that there Is no corruption here in th«l South." j LACK OF OPPOSITION PAYS JUDGE “ANDY” CALHOUN ■ It pays not to have opposition in J politics. Judge Andy ’’aihoun. of the Fulton a county superior court, was the first of Jj the < indldafos to furnish rhe commit- ,j tee an account of his election expenses. S The only item was S2OO. his entrance > tee..