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Piedmont Lake Bathers Will Contest Today in a Big Carnival of Water Sports for the Season’s Titles fair swimmers to compete today in the FINAL MEET OF 1912 ~ Scores of pretty girls ~ r a rTy ,T~ /' ,)t Atlanta s popul s' If ' «xO 2Jf ”’ a free-for-all 25- / / / \ / ’"■■■ W / beach. / . - 4 " \ ' ar< * ~asl> 1?,,r heanti- // '&. / / 1 Mfck. .jk-- uiwik/ I ZzW ' -*mw .4WLX t«i «« g i» s « P ri Ze . J A/* 1 '.Wm \ // Mila'- 51ibx\ .. >k\ t>z * ■ Z \ 'WEaN. / JsfcTSH . # ■%“ z«tisw i *»’/ "W\ \ \VfV-' V In a carnival if water spurt:- whii vi.l be on a larger scale than anything ever attempted at Piedmont park, the fiimmine championships of the 11112 s ason "ill be d-terminei’ this aftei • ninDi in a seties of r-v nts of va.i ■■ - distances, arranged so that there will ' . entriis for the men. women and boys who have spent their afternoons tec summer enjoying the wati r sports. This season will be brought to a close within two weeks and the lake ~t Piedmont, which has been filled each day with a happy throng of Atlantans clad in bathing suits of every color and hue. soon will be ns? deserted as an abandoned sumim r resort. The scores of pretty girls who Imv , found health ami pleasure learning to sii.m in the lake and w 2 > < pr<w.<. an attraction for hundreds of visitors to the park will soon be dropping back tn th-' bridge tables ami th:-.’ ter Women to Race For Prize. .\l,ii .mi. boys w.o "aw found ■' he.mhful tan th:,- . ;immer an.l lost th. wan look of t.'.e city w.e.ler wi.l b< once more back at the office and shop in the winter time tush and struggle for a livelihood, whi- ■■ tin Ink. waits for tin coming of moth r year. It wis first pF.inn-d to ho’l the | swimming contests <>:: September IT th .i :y on which all bathing and swim rmg at th. like will b - discontinued I for tii season, but tin id. . was sup,- | pested that the events b, held today as I part of ilic exercises in honor of i.a- , bor day. There are many Atlanta women who 1 .me to the lake this summer as ex- 1 [■ r> swimmer® and found themselv able to compete creditably in diving and swimming with tin men. Oliui women have developed into expert® p lough constant daily practice after they learned the stroke. The winner ir tee nomen's free-for-all this after noon, which is to be for a distance of !3 yards, will receive a handsome piece nf cut glass as a prize. • Various prizes were thought of as t In most appropriate for the women's event and finally Captain B. H. Sehlomberg, under whose direction the events are he'd, put the matter toXi vote when a score of fair bathers were discussing whether they would enter the women's 1 ontest. Some one made the sugges tion that any woman would swim for a piei-i of cut glass, and one of At mta*s merchants offered to donate the prize. Cup Prize in Men's Contest. I'm the man or boy who can m ike 'll, greatest number of points in the sir contests for men a seventeen-inch - ."I loving cup is offered. The pres entation of this cup carries with it the award of the title of supreme champion nf ;b lake for the entire season, and ’ nr. ire mor. than a score of men and boys who believe they should hold it. Nearly every man contesting will have a chance for an individual prize, 11s the distances of the various swim ming events are arranged to give a : . aiice to those who are best on tong swims and to those whose specialty is the short and speedy dash through the r ater. The men's races will start with a half-mile swim and will end with the shortest route. 2". yards. Included in terse will be a imi-yard swim and a ’"-yard swim. For the younger boy s who x. ant to compete among themselv, s and feel that they have a chance to struggle against their equal in muscles and years a swimming event of 2., yards will be held. Another event which possibly brings more laughter than any other contest in I arouses more of the pride and dar ing of the boyish contestants, is 1 a tilting contest between two boys in boats. Like knights of old in a joust, tl e lads are armed with long lances and endeavor Jo unseat each other. While just as exciting, and far mote ludicrous than the contests held in medieval times when two knights . aw in heavy mail fought for love or honor before their “ladves faire," thfse mod -■ n "jousts" are far less dangerous. Ducking For Loser.. The only mishap that can b fall a contestant is a dip into the waters of the lake, and as the required suit is a bathing costume, no daniag. is done "b'n one contestant falls. Great skid rs been acquired by many of tin lads in the life-saving corps in keeping, a footing on the bow of their boats and their respective oarsmen have also dc "ped a friendly spirit 'of rivalry in maneuvering foi the proper angle at "inch the boats shall pass each other. The bathers at the lake have remem b. red the two life-savers under ■> In -■ "atchfu! eyes they have felt safe 'h's summer and two gold medals have bn :i 1 urchased for them. Tin y w ill be pre- - ntr.l this afternoon, at the conclusion f the events, to R. McDermott and L A. Carraway in token of the appro riation of the thousands of swimmeis "ho have been under their care this s tminer The medals w ill be suitably •ngraved with th“ names .>f the life- v, r- and with a suitable testimonial '■ 1 neir -kill and fitness llm first contest will b. started l r 'iipily at. 3:30 o'clock and m< m'" i a "■ tht paik board have been asked l” an a.- judges in the events. \ t \\ / Way ..r.-4!g .Wm XkT // c* ■■ --e* Ja W' • \i I Mi ** Jjl, oUr-xAAo v 'yv —'vy''-' i''- -'I Rimini.mt Park Lake. The figur,.- In the water, reading j tl ;l crescent form left to right, are Miss Ruby I’erkerson, Miss Bobbie Carr. Miss Mamt Waldron. Mis-, Lillian Karr. Miss Dorothy Shappy, Miss Ruth Walker. Miss Eveline (Ebbs. Mis-. Gertrude Jaffe. Miss Mabel Murphy, Miss Irene Terral, Miss Bertha Whi'eh. and in front, left to right. Miss May Waldron, little Miss Jennie Perkerstfn. Miss Vera Thomas and Miss Thelma Freeman. The girl on the left, diving, is Miss Frances Smith and the other Miss Maud -lacks. The central figure is Miss Bessie Powell. COL GEORGE HARVEY ANALYZES CONTEST ’ FOR THE PRESIDENCY i NEW YORK. Sept. 2—Colonel ■ Georgt Harvey, editor of The North . Vmerii-in Review, has had notable I success as a cold-blooded political i prophet. , He aloti'' predicted the nomination iof Taft and Wilson two years ago. I and told correctly the reasons why I each w ould in the end be nominated. i In the September number of his maga zine Colonel Harvey analyzes the pies ent political outlook, and The Geor- l gian is enabled by his courtesy to I print this synopsis of his view in ad- The true appellation of the three leading candidates, he declares, are: Taft Conservative: Wilson, Liberal; Roosevelt. Radical. He continues: The contest has already nar rowed, as in 1824, to Hu Democrat igainst the field. Now, as then, lie is practically assured a plurality of j votes in the electoral college: and now . ii'ii. hi - ■ ' I' . i' can be ac complished only by withholding from him. an actual majority over till, thus again imposing the elec tion of a president upon the house of representatives. If the slates should ' *te in the elec tor il college as they are now repre sented politically in the house of rep resentatives elected in 1910 the r<sul' would be: Wilson. 298; Tift. I*i7; Roose*' 11. 66 The editor continues: Taft's Probable Vote, Without assuming that the voting in November will follow closely the lines indicated, we nevertheless find in these actual results of 1910 the p.-st b ■ 'ljta 'l.'ilil" l ol' III' : gent speculation. Certain deduc tions. for example, sei in fully war ranted—to wit: 1. Roosevelt can not be elected. He may expect witii reason to obtain tin 66 votes allotted to him in tin above table. Give to him from the Taft column: Illinois, 29; Pennsylvania, 3x; Wisconsin. 13: Michigan. 15; Massachusetts. 18, and Delaware. 3—a total, with the original 66. of 182. Add from the Wilson column: Arizona, 3; Colo rado, 6; New York. 45; North Caro lina. 12. Oklahoma, 10—total. 76; grand total, 258. or 8 less than the requisite number. The wildest ini ' agining can not accoid Roosevelt a majority. 2. Taft 'an not win. Allot t" him 167. as eeord' d above, including the doubtful 54 from Illinois. Minnesota and Wis consin: fl th*- Roo.-evelt column: Ctal'. 1 fi"in Wilson: Matyland, 8. X,. > y ( rl . 45; (ihio. 21. West Vir gin!, > t 0,.,!. 256. Os Hl less than m. unit.'. This must be regarded as th*' topmost of Mr. 'laft’s po.-.si - bilitie.' !n ia,o Wil.-ot Mould m t obtain a THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 2. 1912. majority over both Taft and Roosevelt the house of representatives would be called upon to elect a president on the second Wednesday of February. Each state would have one vote, and the result would be: For Wilson. 22; oppo sition. 22; divided. 4 Maine. Nebraska. New Mexico and Rhode Island. Neces sary to a choice, 25. Only Taft, Roose velt and Wilson could be voted for. Obviously neither Roosevelt nor Taft would have a chance. Wilson would have to win over three non-Democratic states —i virtual impossibility. The house of representatives. therefore, w ould be* unable to elect a president. The editor continues: Meanwhile the Semite, acting nn dei the same provision of the con stitution. would be engaged in choosing a vice president, since Marshall necessaiily would have failed to obtain a majority in th*' electoral college. in common with Wilson. <'hotei w ould be restricted to the two persons who bad re ceived the largest number of elec toral votes—Marshall surely and / Sherman probably—and the sen ators would vote individually in stead of by states, as in the house of , 'presentatives. Forty-nine votes would be required to elect. The senate is notv classified political!.' as follows: Republicans. 50; Demo crats, 44. vacancies, 2 The vacan cies "ill be filled presumably by the legislatures of Colorado and Illinois, in January. Apparently, therefore, the Republican- would have sui'-ly one and possibly three more than the 49 required for the election of a vice president, who would become president on the 4th of March. This seems to mean that, in the event of Wilson failing to obtain 266 electoral votes, Sher man would succeed T ift. , Senate Might Then Act. But here enters another faetoi The Republican majority in the senate is not only scant, but also nominal rather than actual. Prom ising that both Illinois and Colo ado return Republicans, the total Republican vote would be 52. If for any reason four of these senators should abstain from vot ing the senate would be unable to elect a 'ice president. Now, it is quite conceivable that Roosevelt might consider it. advisable to pre vent the election of Sherman. If so. it would not be surprising if four out of the so-called Insur gent senators Dixon. Clapp, Bourn". Woi ks. Borah. Poindextei and Hie two new senators from I'ol. rado ami Illinois should re fuse to act in conformity with his j wish's. • specially in view of the I position which Sherman holds 'in then st imu t ion a.- ,-t pronounced reactionary. Precedent for their refraining from voting is found in the abstention of the Vermont ami Maryland Federalist members of the house, whose refusal to vote gave the presidency to Jefferson in ISHII. But the question arises imme diately: What, aside from their disapproval of Sherman, could be the motive of Roosevelt and his adherents in preventing the elec tion of a vice president under cir cumstances which would constitute him president for four years? A possible answer is to be found in the law of succession (chapter IV of the Acts of the forty -ninth Con gress), which provides that: Knox Would Be President. "In ease of the removal, death, resignation or inability of both the president and vice president, then the secretary of state shall act as president until the disability of the president or vice president is re moved, or until a president is elect ed. * * * The acting president must, upon taking office, convene congress, if not at the time in ses sion. in extraordinary session, giv ing twenty days' notice.” This statute was enacted by au thority of article 11. section 6. of the constitution, which confers upon congress the power of “de ci; icing what office) shall then act as president • » » until the dis- ability be removed or a president shall be elected." The plain intent of both constitution and statute is that "such officer'-' shall only act as president until a president can be elected, and the mandatory provis ion requiring him to convene con gress forthwith is obviously for the purpose of enabling congress to call a special election under authority vonferred‘by article 11. section 4 In the event, then, of the house of representatives failing to elect a president and the senate failing to elect a vice president, the proced ' mi would be as follows: P csldent Tafts fixed term of office would expire at midnight of March 3. and the secretaiy of state. Mr. Knox, whose official life is indeterminate, would become acting president. As such h" would hr obliged to con vi m congress in extraordinary ses sion on March 21. and congress would "dete'mine the time of choosing electors” —certainly- not later than November of the forth coming year. In this manner Mr. Roosevelt and his new party would have a second opportunity to win the presidency within a twelve month. greatly, no doubt, to the satisfaction of both. The contest then resolves to Wil son against the field, and "there lemains the vital question: Is It within Hw iang" of possibility that any combination, tacit or fixed, can withhold from Wilson and Mar- Mall, whose pluralit* is virtually assured, an actual majority of votes n the eleetora I college ?" New York and Illinois Pivotal States. From the Wilson column represent ing the actual Democratlt standing n the present house of representatives the editor deducts as doubtful New York (45). Illinois (24). Ohio (24), Col orado (6) and West Virginia 18), leav ing a net secure total of 215 out of the 266 required, and adds: Apparently it is a fact that tile two pivotal states— both, possibly, and one or the other In any case—are New York and Illinois. If so it is a fact of the first magnitude,” because in these two states "voting by groups is a more important factor than in other commonwealths." These groups are classified roughly as follows: Or ganization men. railroad men, business men, anti-prohibitionists. Roman Cath olics. factory workers, fa rmers, foreign born voters and negroes. After analyzing the proclivities of each aggregation, the editor concludes that "the merest glance at the tabula tion suffices to show that the strong appeal of Governor Wilson to the whole people, without heed to segregated in terests and prejudices, while constitut ing his chief strength as a candidate, nevertheless contains elements of no little weakness." Roosevelt's Strength. Assuming, for examtile, that Roose velt should draw two-fifths of the Re publican vote from Taft and one-fifth of the Democratic vote from Wilson., I aft would still carry Illinois by 10,01)0 and \\ ilson would have a scant 12,000 in New- York. Contrary to the gen eral view, Roosevelt's candidacy is regarded as harmful rather than help ful to Wilson, chiefly because he will get the far Western states, which oth erwise would have gone to Wilson. The editor continues: There remain the great bodies of workingmen in both New York and Illinois who comprise a large per centage of the Democratic party. To whom will they turn? Mr. Taft offers them the constitution. Mr. Wilson points to his record of offi cial achievement as evidence of hie effective friendship. Neither, it must be told in -truth, said in his speech of acceptance one convinc ing word of sympathy w ith the toil ing masses. Roosevelt not only professes but promises everything. He will work to raise their wages; he will reduce their hours of toil: he will pension them in old age he will insure their lives; he will lift the burdens and lighten the homes of their women; he will pro tect and safeguard their children. Do these millions of men believe he can or will do all of these things? Probably not. But he says that lie will try. Does any one else? Where else have they to go?« And why believe that he could not and would not? If Lloyd-George can and does, w hy can not and why will not Roosevelt” Grant that he may be a demagogue, a hypocrite, and a false friend, what of it? He is at least a concrete image; he speaks their language; he shakes their hands, he is neither a theory of government for which they do not care nor an abstraction which they do not wish to comprehend: I he is on- of themselves a live, hu i I man, imperfect being whom they 1 can understand. Such is the Roose velt appeal. In conclusion. Mr. Harvey summa rizes the probability ami the lesson de rived from his painstaking analysis in these significant words: "Wilson will probably be elected. If he carries New York, he can not be beaten." MAN WITH $250,000 IS UNABLE TO PAY FOR TAXI CHICAGO. 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HUGHES Specialist opposite Third National Rank 16 1 . North Broad St.. Atlanta. G,l. IITUMS ffl BOOTH TRIBUTE Governor-elect Slaton Lauds Famous Leader of Salvation Army and His Work. The number of Atlanta people famil iar with the life of the late General William Booth, Salvation Army leader and charity worker, is increased mate rially yalay as a result of the memo rial services at the Baptist Tabernacle yesterday afternoon. More than 1.000 persons wore there and listened atten tively to Governor-elect John M. Sla ton and others as they told of the great work of the famous commander. Mr. Slaton paid marked tribute to the life work of the great man. He opened his remarks by saying that il was right that members of all denom inations should gather to honor Gen eral Booth, and that he was proud of the fact that he had been selected to lead the exercises. Salvation Army His Monument. "Never has any man in modern times conceived a more general and efficient plan of bringing the erring to God and of preaching practical Christianity than General Booth," Mr. Slaton said. "He was a great man who ,-ame at the right time to begin the work he did, and the Salvation Army will stand as a monu ment to his memory through the years to come. "General Booth did not advocate a set rule of religion. He preached of Christ, worked for a goodness of soul and lived the life of a true Christian. He sought to set men in thq ways of God and to aid them in material ways without regard to any especial church." A telegram was read from Rabbi Da vid Marx, who was to have spoken dur ing the services, sent from New York, in which he said he lamented the fact that he could not be present. All Classes Represented. "We are, Indeed, sorry that he could not be here, for it is fitting that a rep resentative of the Jewish church should honor the name of General Booth. When Queen Victoria extended an ex ceptional distinction to him for the work he did, it was through a Jewish tninistei she presented it.” said Mr. Slaton. The audience represented every branch,of life, and short addresses were made by men from many professions. Major VV. W. Crawford, of the Salva tion Army; W. VV. Olr, representing the business men; T. H. Jeffries, the fra ternal orders; J. P. Jackson, the Young Men's Christian association; Rev. J. D. Wing, the Episcopal churches; Rev. Dunbar Ogden, the Presbyterians, Rev. W. R. Hendricks, the Methodists; Rev, John K. White, the Baptists, and others spoke. Better Order Coal Today September 2 is the last day on which yoi have to buy you; coal at the summer prices. Deliver) to be made any time in Sep tember or October, to suit your convenience. Henry Meinert Coal Company Phones 1787 3