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THE WEATHER Showers tonight or Friday. Tem peratures: 8 a. m., 73 degrees; 10 a. m.-, 76 degrees; 12 noon, 81 de grees; 2 p. m.. 83 degrees. 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- // z \\ of th . '■ Derailment Near the Pattillo / / \\ fr e i t train \\ wrecked near the Yards Was Planned. . \\ I’ iiil I<> lumber * \ \ '; 11 •■isll> <la \. tine ' . \ ' |.;ii 1 Wr. ckers, working cans- I I , pc! the derailment of a Southern freight **** Xr \ \ y ' <l,( three hurl Hl train near the Pattillo Lumbei Com- " reuk h // -east i EEf -i Al i\ If A' «1 . PBs \ jiaSS mm * p i - . I BKiFgfo Jt W '***«. * 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.