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VOL. XI. NO. 16.
SLATON’SWIN
IS GREATEST
IN STATE’S
HISTORY
Atlantan Sweeps State, Receiv
ing Over 100,000 Popular
Vote Out of 150.000.
SIX COUNTIES FOR HALL,
FOUR FOR ALEXANDER
Price Is Probable Winner for
Agricultural Commissioner.
Senator Bacon Wins.
The overwhelming victory of John M.
Slaton in yesterday’s primary for the
Democratic nomination for governor of
Georgia is assured in approximately
complete returns from almost every
county in the state.
He seems sure to have carried 136
counties, and will have a convention
vote of 338.
The counting has been aggravatingly
slow, but it has progressed to a point
where results may be definitely ascer
tained.
Slaton is known positively to have
carried 116 counties. Alexander is
credited with 4 and Hall with 6.
The DeKalb county mart carried
Ware, Decatur, Chattahoochee and
Laurens, and there seems no hope for
him in any of the incompleted counties.
Hall won in Bibb, Baker, Crawford,
Dooly, Dougherty and Taylor, and has
a seeming chance in no more.
Every Incompleted county is running
away to Slaton.
Alexander will have 14 unit votes in
the convention and Hall 16.
The popular vote is estimated to
have run over 150,000, with Slaton get
ting something like 115,000 of them.
Never before has a primary candi
date received such a sweeping, conclu
sive and definite indorsement in a state
convention as that accorded John M.
Slaton, of Fulton, yesterday.
Results Exceed
Highest Expectations.
The result exceeded even Mr. Sla
ton’s most optimistic expectations, and
went, beyond hi> headquarters’ official
claim, issued by Hardy Ulm Tuesday.
Senator A. G. Bacon decisively de
feated H. H. Perry for re-election to
the United States senate, although
Perry ran a remarkable race. Perry
received a. strong vote In many coun
ties and carried something like a dozen.
He will show up most creditably in the
final returns, so far as the popular vote
is concerned.
Senator Bacon probably won by from
40.000 to 50,000 popular vote—the sen
atorial race being the only one the state
executive committee authorized under a
plurality plan.
James D. Price, of Oconee, appears to
have won the race for commissioner of
agriculture.
In 99 counties reported in complete
form. Price has carried 46, with 118 unit
votes; Blalock has 22, with 54 unit
votes, and Brown has 31. with 82 unit
votes.
Price has pulled steadily ahead, and
the incoming returns indicate his elec
tion with approximate certainty.
Brittain overwhelmed Beck for state
school commissioner, about doubling his
opponent's vote.
The railroad commissionership races
were hotly contested, but the present
commissioners look like safe winners,
with Flynt. McLendon and McGehee
running well. In the order of their
winning, it stands Gray, Hillyer and
Trammell.
Felder Beats Jones
By Vote of 2 to 1.
Felder has defeated Jones for attor
ney general by a very large vote —per-
haps 2 to 1.
Decidedly one of the most interesting
races of all was the contest between
Broyles and Pottle for the succession
to Pottle on the court of appeals bench.
Pottle wins this fight safely, but not
by the wide vote some of his friends
predicted. Broyles ran well in spots,
but not sufficiently well to overcome his
opponent's lead in any particular sec
tion.
Lindsey, for pension commissioner,
and Patterson, for prison commission
er, were easy winners.
The following state house officers
were re-elected without opposition:
Secretary of State Philip Cook, Comp
troller General W. A. Wright, State
Treasurer W. J. Speer, Commissioner
of Commerce ami Labor H. M. Stanley,
Justices S. C. Atkinson, Joseph Lump
kin and H. Warner Hill, of the supreme
court, and Judge Ben H. Hill, of the
state court of appeals.
Owing to the great length of the
ticket, complete returns will not be
avallaole in some counties before to
morrow morning, but the count bus
progressed Io the point ulc re tin so < .
going estimates mat be accepted as
practiially conclusive.
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS~Use For Result,
FULTON GOES
AS TIPSTERS J
PREDICTED
NO UPSETS I
Slaton. Dorsey, and Pendleton
Were Expected to Win Their ;
Respective Races.
BLACKBURN. J. Y. SMITH.
AND COCHRAN WINNERS
Judge Broyles' Friends Rallied
to Him— Senator Bacon Gets
Usual Heavy Vote.
Fulton county’s vote ir the state pri- ■
mary is today undergoing careful study -
by persons politically interested. It is
a striking fact that virtually no race
in the county resulted in a surprise. As i
the political tipsters said the county j
would go, so the votes were polled, in |
nearly every instance.
Slaton’s majority of almost three to j
one had been freely prophesied during
the final days of the campaign, and the
vote —Slaton, 6,405; Alexander, 2,529;
Hall, 158—shows how well the situation
had been studied by the leaders of his I
campaign.
Though there were Alexander work
ersvtbout the polls throughout the day, j
they were unable to swing even one |
city ward or country district into the
column of the prohibitionist candidate.
In only' one district did he come close.
That was at Hapeville, where Alexan
der received 47 votes to Slaton's 48.
Hoke Smith Factions
Not in Line Yesterday.
It was noticed that the Hoke Smith
or anti-Browr. faction that swung Ful
ton county in both the last gubernato
rial fight and in the presidential pri
mary, made no effort to maintain its
line in yesterday’s battle. Many of
them were enthusiastic workers for
Slaton, while Alexander's strength came
largely from the ultra-prohibitionist el
ement.
More than in the governor’s race, in
terest centered In the purely local
fights. The contests between Judge
John Pendleton and Alex Stephens for
judge of the superior court, Hugh Dor
sey and Madison Bell for solicitor gen
eral and the legislative race were all
spiritedly fought and drew out the big
vote.
Though interest was high in these
races, no ante-election prophecies went
wrong. Though Stephens’ supporters
struggled to the end, the talent had
picked Judge Pendleton as the winner.
Stephens carried but one city ward, the
Fifth, where he Idd his opponent 342 to
243. Adamsville and Battle Hill dis
tricts both went to him by small ma
jorities and in Blackball each candi
date polled 46 votes. The total was:
Pendleton, 5.767; Stephens, 3,115,
Dorsey Wins
Easy Victory.
The runaway race made by Solicitor
General Hugh Dorsey was gratifying
to his friends and a distinct surprise to
the supporters of Madison 8011, his op
ponent. Mr. Bell made an aggressive
campaign of a personal nature. He had
employed the old method of personal
appeal so rapidly fading out in the
larger counties and had visited every
section of the county, the stores, the
shops and office buildings to press his
claim.
Despite this, he failed to win a single
box. The vote was: Dorsey, 6,230; Bell,
2,738.
There was a real thrill in the legis
lative race. There were five candidates
for the three positions, and until the
votes were counted there were few bold
enough to say who would be returned
winner. Throughout the polling,
though, it was known that the race had
narrowed down to Robert Blackburn,
R. O. Cochran, *l. Y. Smith and W. M.
Smith. Walter McElreath, member of
the present legislature and candidate
for re-election, fought hard and had
loyal friends, but they saw that there
were too many and too potent influ
ences working against him to bode
well for his success.
His support of the Tippins bill had
aroused the ire of the ' near-beer” ele
ment and the weight of its support was
thrown against him. Then, too, his
support of the proposed new charter
last fall, which was so bitterly fought
by the city government, did much to
account for his defeat. Despite these
I influences his race was close. The
j vote was: Blackburn, 5,636; J. Y. Smith
I 5,447, Cochran, 5,299; W. M. Smith
I 4,763; McElreath. 4,416.
Broyles Got the
Support of Fulton.
Though ‘here was no great interest
In the other state races. Judge Nasli
1 Broyles' friends in Fulton rallied le
l ...
Continued on Page Two.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1912.
1 Killed, 3 Injured When Switch Train Goes Into Ditch
SOUTHERN RY. WRECK IS LAID TO PLOT
Railroad Investigator Charges
// A Overturned en-
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\\ wrecked near the Yards Was Planned.
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AMOROUS ffl
BUNFOBNIAYOR
Urged by Business Men, He
Is Considering Seriously Plan
to Enter Race.
It was generally predicted In political
circles today that Martin F. Amorous
would be a candidate for mayor. Mr.
Amorous has been urged to run by
many citizens during .the past few
weeks, among whom were a number of
leading business men. His reply has
been that he has the matter under seri
ous consideration.
J. Y. Smith, chairman of the city
Democratic executive committee, today
called a meeting of the committee for
Saturday morning at 11 o’clock. The
date for the city primary will be fixed
at that time.
James G. Woodward said today he
seriously was considering running for
mayor. He said many of his friends
were insistent that he be a candidate.
Councilman Aldine Chambers, Aider
man John E. McClelland, Dr. George
Brown and Steve R. Johnston, an
nounced candidates for mayor, have
begun active campaigning.
In a card, Dr. Brown declares that
one of the planks in his platform is a
municipal servants bureau to control
"worthless, diseased and irresponsible
servants.’’
CITY TO RUN MARKET TO
LOWER COST OF LIVING
MILWAUKEE, WIS., Aug. 22.—T0
convert an entire city block in the
downtown district into an old-fashioned
German market is a move decided upon
by the Milwaukee common council to
combat the high prices of food. Part
of the block is used as a hay market.
It is planned to purchase the remaining
property, erect a building to occupy all
the ground, and continue the market
Idea winter and summer. The project
will be under municipal control, con
ducted much the same as are the re
freshment stores in the public parks.
JOHN D. GIVES $250
TO HELP SWAT THE FLY
CLEVELAND, OHIO, Aug. 22.—John
D. Rockefeller has entered the lists
against the fly. From his secretary,
H. D. Sims, a letter came to Dr. C. E.
Ford, of the health office, saying that
a cheek for $250 would be sent imme
diately. Mr. Roc eller told the col
lectors that if they succeeded in raising
$1,750 he would fill out the fund to
$2,000. The fund reached the $1,750
mark. Then John D. wrote: ‘‘Swat the
fly. I'll semi the $250.” He sent a check
foi’ only $25 to I cd t'aley, of the Auto
club, last week tuwaid the orphans out
ing fund
Union Soldier Has Bible
Os Ga* Volunteer Lost
InFierce *6l Campaign
Bears Name of Sergeant C. C.
Wall—Awaits Claim of Rel-
atives of Owner.
There Is. perhaps, In Columbia or
Richmond county some person by the
family name of Wall kin to Sergeant C.
C. Wall, Company K, Sixteenth regi
ment, Georgia volunteers, C. S. A. If
so, O. A. Williams, a Union trooper of
Butler, Pa., can present them with
Wall’s Bible lost by' the latter in the
bloody peninsular campaign of 1862.
Williams has notified the adjutant
general's office that the Bible is in bis
possession and he will be glad to turn
it over to Wall’s relatives. The Bible
bears the following Inscription on the
flyleaf: “Srgt. C. C. Wall, Co. K, Six
teenth Regiment, Ga. Va., December 1,
1861. Camp Bryson, three miles from
Yorktown. Presented by his sister."
The muster rolls of the Sixteenth,
recruited from Columbia and Richmond
counties, show C. C. Welch and C. M.
Wall, but no C. C. Wall.
APOPLECTIC STROKE
FATAL TO W. O. JONES,
PIONEER LIVERYMAN
W. O. Jones, formerly police commis
sioner of Atlanta and for years proprie
tor of the Jones livery stable, died sud
denly at his residence, 58 Bast Fifteenth
street, at 9:30 o'clock today. Apoplexy
is given as the cause. He had just
dressed for the day and was almost ready
for breakfast when the stroke came upon
him and from it he died half an hour
later.
For several months he had been in ill
health. He appeared to be recovering,
however, and yesterday came downtown.
He remained several hours, then returned
home complaining of a slight headache.
Mr. Jones is survived by' his widow,
Mrs. Fannie E. Jones; a daughter. Miss
Bessie Jones; two sisters, Mrs. W. A.
Gregg and Miss Emma Jones; two broth
ers. Lozenro F. and O. H. Jones, and his
mother. Mrs. O. H. Jones. Cl. II- Jones
and Miss Emma Jones are at Saranac
Lake, N. Y. The other relatives are
residents of Atlanta.
DISEASE TRACED TO RIB
OPERATION ON ADAM
ST. PAUL, MINN., Aug. 22.—Cause
and effect of disease were traced back
to the time of Adarrt and Eve by Dr. P.
A. Quick, of Muskegon. Mich., presi
dent of the medical section of the As
sociated Fraternities of America, in
convention here. In an address tills
afternoon on "Micro Organism," Dr.
Quick declared his belief that an infec
tion probably was the result of the re
moval of Adam’s rib, from which, ac
cording to tradition. Eve, the helpmate,
sprung. Adam was the original pa
tient, the Michigan doctor asserted, al
though the physician and anaesthetic
used in the removal of his rib are un
known.
PIRATES BEAT GIANTS.
First gams: R. H. E.
NEW YORK ... 100 000 001—2 6 2
PITTSBURG. . . 001 101 00*—3 10 3
Mathewson and Meyers; Camnitz and
Gibsun. Umpires. Johnston and Klem.
-
CANDIDATE ASKS
HIS 550 FEE BACK
Lanier, Beaten for Pension Of
fice, Finds He Was Unqual
ified Anyway.
If Calvin Hitch, secretary of the state
Democratic executive committee, and
W. H. Lanier, of Savannah, defeated
candidate for pension commissioner,
can agree today, the state organization
will be the poorer by SSO before night.
The SSO is Lanier's entrance fee as a
candidate in yesterday's primary. La
nier wants the SSO back because he was
not qualified to run for a state office —a
fact he did not know until the eleventh
hour yesterday.
The Savannah veteran discovered or
had it discovered for him by political
opponents that he had not been a reg
istered voter for years, that his taxes
had not been paid and he might not
have been legally’ qualified to take of
fice even had he received the votes.
Lanier naturally reasons that since
he was not a legal candidate he could
not pay an entrance fee, but he can't
get away from the fact that he did pay
this fee—sso. Which, he adds, he ought
to have back.
Hitch’s problem is even more intri
cate, and the secretary is speculating
on the advisability of letting the com
mitteemen decide the matter.
FIRM SUED BY U. S.
DENIED NEW TRIAL
BY JUDGE NEWMAN
The motion for a new trial in the
case which the government won against
the Tripod Paint Company was denied
today by Judge William T. Newman
and the company' must pay the gov
ernment $209.11, out of which the gov
ernment was defrauded by its own em
ployees.
The company had a contract to fur
nish paint materials at Fort McPher
son. and, according to evidence pre
sented at the trial, when anything
which they did not have was called for
in the vouchers presented by' the quar
termaster’s employees, an officer of the
company would indorse the vouchers so
that the government employee might
use them as cash at some other supply
store. White, a quartermaster's assis
tant. and Lehnard, a negro employee,
took advantage of tnis, the defendants
state, and cashed the vouchers for their
own use, thus defrauding the govern
ment.
"I do not think the jury found the
paint company guilty of any fraud in
returning its verdict," said Judge New
man in a discussion of his refusal to
giant a new trial.
"The verdict was rendered against
the paint company because it did not
use sufficient care and thus put it In
the power of others to defraud the
United States."
pany’s plant early today. This is the
declaration of investigators of the road
who were hurried to the scene of the
crash, in which James W. Adams, a
switchman, was killed, the conductor
of the train seriously hurt and the
engineer and fireman compelled to
jump for their lives.
The dead:
James W. Adams, switchman, 45
Short street.
The Injured:
Thomas A. Pope, conductor, 26 Au
gusta avenue, left leg torn from knee,
may die.
Benjamin T. Burroughs, engineer, 16
Larkin street, badly cut and bruised.
CL L. Barrett, fireman, 46 Lucy
badly cut and bruised.
All the injured men were taken to
the Atlantat hospital.
The derailment occurred at 2:30
o’clock this morning, when freight en
gine 1702 of the Southern railway, was
switching 28 cars from the Decatur
street yards to Armour.
At the Pattillo plant the train was
going up an incline and around a curve.
The engine was backing and pulling
the cars. The speed was about fifteen
miles an hour.
Without warning the locomotive left
the rails. The engine turned complete
ly over and the tender careened on the
other side. Two box cars were also
overturned.
Engineer and fireman saw their per
il in time to jump, but both were pain
fully injured when they struck the
ground.
Adams, the switchman, was caught
under the heavy engine cab ami for two
hours remained under its weight, until
a derrick could be brought to the scene
and lift from him the load of steel.
Conductor Pope was also caught in the
overturned cars.
When they were rescued from the
wreck, both of Adams' legs were crush
ed from the hip down, while Pope's left
leg was torn from his knee. They were
hurried to the Atlanta hospital in Pat
terson's ambulance, and amputations
were immediately performed. While
surgeons said there was hope for the
conductor, the switchman’s life was de
spair of. He died at noon.
Officials of the road immediately or
dered an investigation of the cause of
the derailment. Track experts were
sent out. They declare that the track
was in perfect condition and had only
recently been inspected. The assert
that the wreck was due to a spike hav
ing been driven in a rail, causing it to
spread. Their opinion is that it is the
work of wreckers, who had planned de
liberately. They declined to suggest a
motive.
FIRE IN CIRCUS TENT;
BIG CROWD IN PANIC
STERLING, ILL., Aug. 22.—The main
tent of Ringling Brothers' circus was de
stroyed by fire this afternoon. Thousands
of people had assembled for the after
noon performance and there was great ex
citement. Perfect police organization,
however, prevented a serious panic and
no one was injured. The fire spread to
the menagerie tent, causing an uproar
among the hundreds of wild animals.
The roars of the animals were terrific.
The loss will reach sloo.oou.
HOHL
IPITION
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE P^ R N E <
BOLLNOOSE
OPEN WAR;
NO STATE
TICKET
Perkins Issues Orders, and E.
L. Cooney, N. Y. Life Man,
Will Play Big Part.
«
PLANNING A FEW FIGHTS
IN CONGRESS DISTRICTS
Cash Ready Only When Assur
ance of Leadership by Big
Business Men Is Given.
With prominent Georgia business men
at the head of Its executive organiza
tion, and with the promises of a coffer
full of cash to be distributed for cam
paign purposes, the Bull Moose party of
Georgia is planning to open in a few
days a fight to sweep the state for
Roosevelt.
There will be no effort by the Pro
gressives to put out a state ticket. This
has been definitely decided on.
"We considered it utterly unwise to
make any such attempt,” said National
Committeeman McClure today. "All
our energies will be devoted to putting
Georgia’s electoral vote in the Roose
velt column. It may be that in one or
two districts we will have candidates
for congress, but this still Is under ad
visement.”
Perkins Sends
Orders Direct.
The word for the sort of a campaign
and the sort of leaders was sent by
none other than George W, ’’trkins, and
there was immediate peace, tranquility
and harmony in the Bull Moose ranks
of Georgia.
The wmrd was that Bull Moose cam
paign funds would not be available for
use in this state if the same methods
of squabbling for patronage and pie
that always distinguished the Republi
can party in the South were employed
by the Progressives here.
The word was sent straight. It was
delivered by E. L. Cooney, of Atlanta,
general manager for Georgia of the
New York Life insurance Company, of
which company Mr. Perkins was for
merly chairman of the board of di
rectors, and in which he is still largely
interested.
Perkins Wanted
Reliable Managers.
It was spoken at a quiet little social
gathering of the Progressive chieftain*
held at the home of Roger A. Dewar,
where the chieftains discussed the po
litical situation and an excellent re
past.
Mr. Cooney, who had hitherto not
figured in the limelight in the Moose
movement, is a personal friend and a
business associate of long standing of
Mr. Perkins. When he spoke, the chief
tains knew that he spoke with au
thority.
After the repast, he told the gather
ing that Mr. Perkins had said that he
had no intention of putting money in
the Georgia campaign, unless he knew
that money was being used legitimate
ly by a person in whose business abil
ity and political acumen he had the
utmost confidence, in short, his inten
tion was that the Bull Moose should not
be preyed upon by political harpies that
invariably flock to new movements in
the hope that purse strings of the move
ment will be loosely held.
Big Business Men
Enlisted in Move.
The Inference was obvious. Mr. Coon
ey had long been associated with Mr.
Perkins. Mr. Perkins had confidence in
Mr. Cooney. Beyond the shadow of a
doubt. Mr. Cooney was the proper per
son to handle the campaign.
But the available places were all fill
ed. W. J. Tillson had been elected
state chairman. C. W. McClure had been
chosen'national committeeman. A place
had to be found for Mr. Cooney. It
was thereupon discovered that the Pro
gressives were in need of an executive
committee, and Mr. Cooney was just
the right man for chairman of that
body.
And the details of the Georgia cam
paign are to be conducted by the ex
ecutive committee, with Meesrs. Tillson
and McClure acting as ex-officio and
advisory’ members.
It Is the plan that the executive com
mittee be composed of business men of
the highest standing, men who have
hitherto not been active in the politics
of either of the two old parties.
The leaders and Mr. Cooney are now
busy making up the personnel of this
committee It is said that when it Is
announced, the list will contain nnmoi
that will carry great political weight.