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THE WEATHER Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia; Local showe’s too’av and probably tomorrow. VOL. XI. NO. 16. SLlffl'Sfflll 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 —■ ■ 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? , |a , _ x _ *, I I '"3'" 1 » qF twat BBk ? I i N-sh. I I ■ ' ' I ■ tJ" ■■ W - Sy 1 'V L Ll / C " - - ~ 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’ I 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. IX® 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE p^ R r 4 M W inn 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.’’