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THE WEATHER
Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia;
Local showe’s too’av and probably
tomorrow.
VOL. XI. NO. 16.
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ISGBHTEST
Il SUITE'S
HUE
Atlantan Sweeps State. Receiv
ing Over 100.000 Popular
Vote Out of 150.000.
FIVE COUNTIES FOR HALL, i
THREE FOR ALEXANDER
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Price Is Probable Winner for
Agricultural Commissioner.
Senator Bacon Wins.
John M. Slaton was nominated by the
T>r moi racy of Georgia yesterday for
the governorship.
Hi- vi< lory is, in every way, the most
complete ever recorded in the party’s !
state history.
Although returns, owing to the long
ticket, are not yet complete, it is defi
nitely sure that he carried well up to
140 counties out of a total of 146. and
will have in the state convention, to be
held in Macon next Wednesday, almost
a solid vote.
Joe Hill Hall, of Bibb, has five coun
ties to his credit, while Alexander ap
pears to have rounded up a total of
three.
I' looks as if at Fast 150.000 votes
wr. c,i<:. with Slaton, receiving more
than 1(19.000 of them.
Slaton s vote in the convention will
b“ about 34i> 28 short of th" entire ■
convent ion representation.
Never before has a primary candi
date received such a sweeping, conclu
sive and definite indorsement in a state
convention as that a<<orii"<l John M.
Slaton, of Fulton ;■ ■ - i,i:. . .
Results Exceed
Highest, Expectations.
Tile result exceeded even Mr. S!a-I
ton’s most optimistic expectations, and [
went beyond his headquarters’ official
claim, issued by Hardy I Im I uesday.
Senator A. <>. 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 liken dozen.
He will show up most creditably in the
final returns, so far as the popular vote
is concerned.
Senator Bacon probably won oy from
4i>,000 to 50,000 popular vote —the sen
atorial race being the only one the state
executive committee authorized under a
plurality plan.
I. D Price looks like a winner over
both Blalock and Brown for commis
sioner of agriculture, tilthough this race
Is close and it will take the final re
turns to decide definitely.
Price seems to have run surprisingly
well in the rural counties and to have
hold his own in the cities. It looks as
if he may hav; won approximately 75
counties. If so. he will be nominated.
Blalock looks like a second and Brown
a third in this race.
Brittain overwhelmed Beck for state
school commissions'. about doubling his
opponent’s vote.
The railload commissionership races
were hotly contested, but the present
commissioners look like safe w inners.
with Flynt. McLendon and McGehee |
running well. In the order of their I
winning, it stands Gray. Hillyer and I
Trammell. j
Felder Beats Jones
By Vote of 2 to 1.
Felder has defeated Jones for at tor- '
ney general by a very large vote—per- j
haps 2 to 1.
Decidedly one of the most interesting [
races of all was the contest between ;
Broyles and Pottle for the succession i
to Pottle on the court of appeals bench. I
Pottle wins this tight safely, but noli
bv the wide vote some of his friends I
predicted. Broyles ran well in spots. |
but not sufficiently w ell io overcome his j
opponent’s lead in any particular sec- I
tlon.
Lindsey, for pension commissioner, t
and Patterson, for prison commission- ;
er. were east w inners.
The following State house officers .
n re re-elected without opposition.
S, cretary of State Philip Cook. Comp. I
trollet General W. A. Wright, State I
Treasure! W. I Speer, Commissioner
of Com merci ami Labor H. M Stanley,
ju-ii. s S. c. Atkinson. Joseph Lump
kin anil H. Warner Hill, of the supreme
court, and Judge Ben H. Hill, of the
mate court of appeals.
owing to the gloat length of the)
ticket, complete eturr.s will not he 1
k mailahi' in soitu counties before to
ipoitow morning, hut tin count has
piOg . .--id to the point when the fore,
going '■'tin it<* ma.' be accepted as;
ni.oibab. com inf*
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Result*
• •
• Slaton, Grateful, •
• Wishes Foes Well •
i • •
• It is needless to say that I ap- •
| • predate the honor that was •
I • confessed on me yesterday by the •
• Democracy of Georgia, but when I •
• consider the sweeping nature of •
• my victory and the expression of »
• confidence in my ability, a- voiced a
• at the polls, it is difficult to ex- •
• press the depth of my feeling of *
» gratitude. •
: • "I have always loved my native s
• state, but 1 don’t think I ever loved •
• it like 1 do today. The vote .'"ester- •
• day was more than an expression •
• of personal preference for me over *
• my two opponents, it showed that •
• the people are tired of the bittei •
• factionalism that has so long torn »
• the state It proves that appeals e
• to prejudice w ill no longer prevail •
• in Georgia politics. •
• ”1 have had as loyal friends as ♦
• any min was ever blessed with. •
• My heartfelt gratitude goes out •
• to them. 1 hope that I shall prove n
: • worth' of th ir friendship. As to «
, • those who oppos' d me. all 1 wish ♦
i • is that all the good things of life •
• may be theirs during my adminis- o
| • tration. ” John M. Slaton. •
• •
SUFFRAGETTES KEEP
AFTER CHANCELLOR
EVEN ON VACATION
CARLSBAD. Aug. 22.'—Notice was
served today by the chief of police
upon the suffragettes who followed Da
vid Lloyd George from England that if
I they molested the English statesman
again they would be expelled or ar
rested.
Several of the women followed th<
chancellor yesterday when he went out
in a rolling chair, flaunting huge plac
ards in his face and screaming:
"Votes for women!"
Others entered the hotel where the
statesman is stopping and created such
an uproar that they were ejected.
Two Scotland Yard detectives arrived
from London today to act as a personal
bodyguard for Mr. Lloyd George, as it
is feared that the militant women will
attempt to take his life.
WOMAN TO LEAF) IN
AX WAR ON RESORTS
IF CITY FAILS TO ACT
i
HAMMOND. IND., Aug. 22. A small
army of men and women, headed by
Miss Virginia Brooks, reform leader
here, and Erank Davis, whose fifteen
year-old daughter was kidnaped and
(held prisoner in a West Hammond re
i sort. will wait tonight for the city
council to drive inserts out of West
| Hammond.
If no action is taken by the council
the little arm.'", with hatchets and
axes, will move on the resorts and take
i drastic action. The army was recruit
ed at a mass meeting last night. led by
Miss Brooks, who has undertaken to
drive vice out of the West Hammond
neighborhood.
COLLAPSE OF STAND
AT NOTIFICATION TO
BE PROBED BY CITY
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Aug. 22.—An
investigation to fix the responsibility
for the accident at the notification of
Thomas R. Marshall that he hud been
nominated for vice president is to bt
undertaken by the city.
While the notification speech was un
der way. a -tand collapsed ami nearly
100 persons were hurt T. A. Winter
row. city building inspector, says no
building permit was taken out and no
notification given the city that a stand
was to be erected. Consequently there
was no inspection of the structure, he
ATTORNEY GENERAL
RULES LORD S PRAYER
IS O. K. FOR SCHOOLS
OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 22.—Attorney
’General Charles West, of Oklahoma, has
1 come to the conclusion that it is proper
• that the public schools be permitted to
1 have the Lord’s prayer read or recited in
i the schools.
He made the announcement today when
i giving out an opinion rendered at the re
quest of A. V Hamilton, superintendent
| of schools at Coal Gate. Okla., where a
controversy has hinged on the question of
i repeating the prayer in the schools.
MAYOR FOR A MINUTE,
HE FIRES CHIEF OF POLICE
SAN ANTONIO. I EX AS. Aug. 22.
1 "Gus” Jones, cattleman and capitalist,
i was sworn in as mayor of San Antonio
[at (1:35 o’clock. At 8:36 he "fired"
I Chief of Police Erank Newnam and im
! mediately announced the appointment
jof Fred H. Lancaster. United State 1
| secret sei vice operative, as bis suc
cessor.
Two minutes later Mayor Jones p <>- 1
elaimed James McManus, superintend
ent <>f garbage collection, "dlsmisse' 1
for the good of the sc vice." One min
ute later the mayor said the resigna
tion of Fritz Russi. superintendent of
[streets, had been accepted
MRS. BERNSTEIN FREED.
• ■ 111< ■ a <;< ■. Aug 22 M i;■ natal n
late yesterday wa ■ found not guilt' of
;i hi • ii.i.ge of th' inurdei ot liei hn -
band.
ATLANTA, GA.. THURSDAY. AUGUST 22. 1912.
fWKOES
ISTKTESS
PBEIIC®
HOUPSETS
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.
Pulton county's vote in the state pri
mal' is today undergoing careful stud'
by persons politically interested. It is
a striking fact that virtually no race
in the count' resulted in a surprise. As
the political tipsters said she county
would go. so the votes were polled, in
hearty every instance.
Slaton’s majority of almost three to
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
campaign.
Though there were Alexander work
ers about the polls throughout the day,
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.
I hat was at Hapeville, w here 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-Brown 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
lino in yesterday’s battle. Man.' of
them were enthusiastic workers for
Slaton, while Alexander’s strength came
largely from the ultra-prohibitionist el
ement.
More than in th. governor’s race, in
terest centered i the purely local
fights. Ihe contests between Judge
John Pendleton and Alex Stephens for
judge of the superior court. Hugh Dor
sey and Madison 801 l for solicitor gen
era! and the legislative race were all
spirited!.' fought and drew out the big
vote.
I hough 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, w here he led his opponent 342 to
243. Adamsville and Battle Hill dis
tricts both want 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 Bell, 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, bo 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, J. V. Smith and W. ,M.
Smith. Walter McElreath. member of
llie present legislature and candidate
for re-election, fought hard and had
loyal friends, hut 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
influences his race was close. The
\ "to was. Bl ' kbuin. 5,630: J V. Smith
,■■■.44 7: Cochran. 5.2’99: W. M Smith
4,763: MiElreath. 4.41 k
Broyles Got the
Svpport of Fulton.
Though there was no gieat interest
in th« ntbei stat' races. Judge Nasit
Bl >y|es’ filend- In Fulton ra'liefi tr
Continued on Paue Two.
IS THIS THE FLAG FOR PANAMA?
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The United States is building a canal through land
w hich it owns on the Isthmus-of Panama. Great Bri
tain objects to tlie flee passage of American ships
througn an American canal running through Ameri
can territory. Congress has refused to give our ships
any advantage in our own canal.
BINK KFim
TOM 01 ‘ID’
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Kansas Cashier Caught in New
York After Eluding Capture
Two Years.
NEW YORK. Aug. 22.—Trapped b\
an advertisement after he had eluded
capture for two years. John A. Flack,
former cashier of the Abilene State
bank, of Abilene. Kans., is a prisoner
today in the Mulberry street police sta
tion. pending the arrival of officers from
Kansas, who will take him back to im e
the charge of stealing SBO,OOO.
Flack declared he would not compel
extradition. Detective J. J. Alien, of
the National Surety Company, and A.
M Birdsall, manager of the claim
branch of that company, trapped Flack
at Third avenue ami Twelfth street by
a carefully worded advertisement. Flack
made no attempt to deny his identity.
When he was taken to police headquar
ters but three cents were found in his
pockets.
Flack said he had been wandering
o'er the country for two years, work
ing at whatever he could find, and ;
changing his name frequently. He spent
the money which he Is charged with
embezzling in real estate speculation
He does not drink or smoke.
FIND YELLOW FEVER IN
SHIP FROM U. S. PORTS
MARSEILLES, FRANCE. Aug. 22. A
party of returning immigrants bound from
the I nited States to Syria were brought
here today from Cherbourg and placed in
a detention hospital because a case of
yellow fever was found on the ship on
which they crossed the Atlantic. They
will bo detained until all danger is past.
BRINGS HOME ZOO OF
PETS TO GIVE FRIENDS
NEW YORK Aug 22 Mrs. Percy Proc
tor wile of thr Ohio soap manufacturer,
has returned from Europe with one par
rot, one white guinea pig. 95 d and
cats and a monkes to be distributed as
gifts among friends.
RATS LINE THEIR NEST
WITH TEN-DOLLAR BILLS
XTI.ANTIC CITY, Aug 22 In unen\
ering a rat’s nest in a livtrv stable here
Joseph Penrose discovered that the nest
mms lined with *lO bills, partialh ana wed
Look at the 11.ig pictured above would congress
hoist it over the forts of Panama?
And yet, if Great Britain can dictate thr conduct of
our property, it would be only a logical result to Hy a
hybrid English flag over American territory paid for
with American ni<»ncy and developed by American en
terprise.
Flashlights on
State Primary
Hooper Alexander, of DeKalb, lost
| his home county in his race for tlie
governorship to John M. Slaton, by 285
votes.
"Bob" Hardeman, vice chairman of
the committee on rules, is returned to
the house from Jefferson by a hand
some majority. Ho will be a candidate
for speaker.
Mack Johnson, member of the present
house and candidate for president of
tlie senate, was defeated for election to
the senate by former Representative
Baker, of Bartow, thus collapsing a
beautiful boom.
Tippins, of Appling, co-author with
Mr. Alexander of the Tippins-Alexander
prohibition bill, seems to have lost out
in his effort to be returned, ami must
retire in favor of J H. I’arter.
Roland Ellis, former representative
and state senator, was badly defeated
by Judge John P. Ross for solicitor
general of the Mrteon judicial circuit.
Former Representative "Bob” Hedges,
present city court judge of Macon, also
went down and out in Iris race against
H. A. Matthews for judge of the Macon
circuit.
William H. Ennis, present senate,
w Iro was defeated by John W Bale four
years ago for solicitor general of the
Rome circuit, seems to have handed
tlie lemon back to Hale tills time, and
to have won for solicitor by a safe
margin.
(’ail Vinson, of Baldwin, speaker pro
tern, of the house, squeezed through in
Baldwin for re-election to the house,
against Howard Ennis,
Barry Wright, of Floyd, a former rep
resentative. son of Seaborn Wright, had
a hot time of it in Iris race for election
to the house, tlie result now being vrrj
much in doubt.
WOMAN BEATING MAN
PLEADS SELF-DEFENSE
• ’HR’AGO, Aug 22. John <’ibi. 2417
Wost Tv\• nty-first place, is in the c oun
ty hospital, aivl Mrs. Francis Wanlen
zik. residing at the same address, is
being held at the South <’!ark street
poller annex as the result of a quarrel
at the home »»t the man. <’iba told the
police the woman struck him over the
head with a stic k of wood. It is feared
. h<u his skull i - frac tuircl. ’l'h» wom
an said shr mt c’ih.i m sc|f-del»‘n*e.
DETECTIVEBIJIINS
ILL; IS POISONED
Well Known Sleuth Reported
Stricken in Denver After
Meeting Strange Man.
NEW YORK. Aug. 22-.—A report from
Denver, Colo., states that Detective Wil.
Ham J. Burns is there critically ill and
is said to be poisoned. The detective.
1 according to this report, was stricken
soon after meeting some unidentified
men.
The report caused a profound shock
here. Burns was supposed to be in this
city. The district attorney’s office had
■ announced that Burns would be a wit
ness today in the grand jury investiga
tion of the Rosenthal case.
The report that Burns had been poi
soned at Denver was denied today at the
olTit e of the Bur ns detective agency at 21
Park Row. Superintendent Dickson, of
the agency, said:
‘There is nothing in the report. I had
a telegram this morning from Mr. Burns.
The telegram was sent from Denver.”
FULTON PROPERTY
VALUES INCREASE
$13,630,825 IN YEAR
Tom A • mislead. Fulton count' tax
receiver, announced today that proper
ty values showed an increase of $13.-
630,825 for 1912. The aggregate value
of tax ible property in tlie county this
year Is sll 1,375,035.
The value of automobiles has in
creased from $341,940 to $501,070.
The value of manufaetoiies has in
creased from $4,040,450 to $4,307,795.
Rank stock increased from $0,083,875
to $6,800,650.
Tlie in< l ease over 1911 is $2,886,205
more than the increase of 1911 ovei*
191't.
ALTHOUGH SHE'S DIVORCED.
WOMAN ASKS FOR SIOO,OOO
MH.WAUKEE. WIS. Aug. 22.—1 n a
suit asking SIOO,OOO damages. Mrs.
Katherine T White, of Milwaukee and
New York, charges Mrs. Catherine
Scammon, Mis Helen Tuttle. Charles
H Gtllman and hei former husband,
Aitliut C. White, with conspiracy and
i hargi s the defendants other than her
husband with alienation of affection.-.
Mrs White alleges that her husband
fl audult till' got hi- ilecii'e while sit ■
wa- visiting friends tn New York on
Mat 2o 1910.
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LIIDIO
PLOT
Switchman, Pinioned for More
Than Two Hours Under Cab,
Expected to Die.
ENGINE TURNED OVER
WITH BIG FREIGHT CARS
Southern Railroad Investigator
Charges Wreck Near Pattillo
Yards Was Planned.
Wreckers, working deliberately, caus
ed the derailment of a Southern freight
train near the Pattillo Lumber Com
pany’s plant early today. This is the
declaration of investigators of the road
who were hurried to the scene of the
rash, in which one trainman was
probably fatally injured, the conductor
of tile train seriously hurt and the
engineer and fireman compelled to
jump for their lives.
The Injured.
James W. Adams, switchman, 45
Short street, both legs crushed, will die.
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.
<’. L Barrett, fireman, 46 Lucy street,
badly cut and bruised.
All the injured men are at the At
lanta hospital.
Engine Suddenly
Leaves Tracks.
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 yaids to Armour.
At the Pattiilr) plant the train was
going up an Incline and around a curve.
The engine was backing and pulling
the cats. The speed was about fifteen
miles an hour.
Without warning the locomotive left
the rails. The engine turned complete
ly over and tile 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.
Switchman Under
Cab Over Two Hours.
Adams, the switchman, was caught
under the heavy engine cab and 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 tile
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 say there is hope for the con
ductor, the switchman’s life Is de
spaired of.
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.
Engineer Tells
How Crash Came.
Engineer Burroughs says that abso
lutely not one second's warning was
given the train crew of the impending
accident. “My engine was backing and
pulling the cars. We were • traveling
between ten and fifteen miles and hour
and I never saw a train pulling smooth
er," he said. "Then came a crack and
I felt the engine begin to turn. I
yelled to Barrett to jump and as I did
so I leaped from the cab. I was knocked
partly unconscious by my fall. I could
see Adams, buried under the engine.
He was pleading for help at first and it
was as pitiful a sound as my ears ever
heard. Finally the pain mercifully
made him unconscious, but still he
groaned.
"Yaidmen hurried to his aid, but
after a number of efforts it was seen
that only the removal of the engine
would peimit the rescuers getting to
him. A derrick was sent for It slow
ly lifted tlie engine up and the fellows
qui< kly got him out and put him in the
ambulance.
"Os course I couldn't say just what
caused the wreck The track was cer
talnl' <ll right tlu lust time 1 went
over it.’’