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THE WEATHER Forecast: Fair tonight and'Tues. a.-,. Temperatures: 8 a. m„ 58 de gr-es; 10 a. m., 62 degrees; 12 noon, , agrees: 2 p. m., 70 degrees. VOL. XI. NO. 73. fill SHOWS sms WILSON worn Georgian’s Thorough Canvass of Nation Indicates Walk over for Democrats. TAFT AND ROOSEVELT ! RUNNING NECK AND NECK President Appears To Be Lead- I ing Mooser in Popular Vote | by Narrow Margin. The election of Wilson and .Marshall 'o the presidency and vice presidency of the United States on November 5 has eng been conceded by affiliations. Just how sweeping- the victory of the Demo cratic candidates may be and exactly the relative strength of President Taft and Colonel Roosevelt before the peo ple are the only two questions that have furnished food for political argu ment. These questions The Georgian and its Billed newspapers have endeavored, through a conscientious search of po etical conditions throughout the forty eight states, to determine. In this ef fort the best political minds of all ■arties in all states have been con sulted. The consensus of opinion is that Governor Wilson and Governor L> -ball will be swept into office by ■h: largest majority in the electoral college any men have received since the Civil war. The canvass of Georgia shows th* tote in this state probably will be: Wilson 77,000, Roosevelt 20.000. and Taft 19,000. Demoted Their Time To the Big States. President Taft seemingly will re ceive only thirty-nine electoral voter, and if California throws her strength to Wilson and Marshall they will re ceive the balance of the electoral college, for in no state, at the moment, does Colonel Roosevelt look like an easy winner. It early was foreseen by the poli ticians that the big states of New York. Pennsylvania, Ohio. Indiana and Illi .nois would be the battleground, and the attention of all parties was given to these commonwealths. As the cam paign progressed, public sentimen* swung so heavily toward Governor Wil son that today those states can be eliminated and still the Jersey gov ernor will win a majority of the elec toral vote, as the following table will show: Solid South and South Dakota. .119 Delaware 3 Idaho 4 Maine 6 Maryland 9 Missouri 18 Montana 3 New M xico 3 M'isconsin 13 Arizona 3 '■dorado 6 Kansas 10 Kentucky 18 Minne.'ota 12 Nebraska 8 Nevada 3 North Dakota 5 Oklahoma 10 j Tennessee 12 I 'Vest Virginia 8 Total 267 Necessary, ?«6. Total. 531. T ti t.u table of indicated results it ' ■ ‘ be seen that Governor Wilson is '"inised a tremendous popular ma ''’ >ty and that Republican strength most equally divided, with Presi ' ! ’t Taft leading Colonel Roosevelt 'bout fifty thousand votes. It is , ■ division of the Republican vote; ' :, i makes the indicated electoral vote I the Democratic ticket so t emen-| It may be said that the politicians Ml parties at the moment are at ( • as t<T the result In the state of, York. The Democrats are con- 1 ' illy claiming- it without having an.v ' finite knowledge of the intentions of voters. New York a Bone of Contention on All Sides. e independent canvass of th--1 ’ -atlon in New York made for The i "orgiau would show these results: '• ’ ing aside the scattering votes foi ' Socialists and others four years the total vote of the state was 1 •'•3B. Tile natural increase, as sug- 1 d by pa st experience and present . I 'kistration. would indicate the total! Continued on Psge Twe. The Atlanta Georgian l\ead For Profit—GEORGIAN IVA/VT ADS —Use io r Results. EP Wi B, SLOGAI INCLOB FIGHT Efforts Are Centered on Pro-, hibiiing Serving of Drinks on Sabbath. (WOODWARD’S ATTITUDE IS AWAITED ANXIOUSLY ■ His Election Commonly Be- I Sieved to Mean People Want I More Liberal Regulations. Backers of the locker club reform movement, encouraged by the success they have already won. declared today that they would center their efforts on the establishment of a permanent dry Sunday in Atlanta. With the license of every club, in cluding the powerful Capital City, held up by the veto of Acting Mayor Candler and the subsequent action of council, a handful of organizations seem certain of losing their permits, but the real fight will be waged about the question of a closed Sunday. Atlanta was dry yesterday. Alderman John S. Candler, who. as acting mayor, vetoed the permits of all locker clubs on the grounds that all ; were illegal, has since declared that the j most Important point in the enforce- l ment of the locker club law was to stop i the serving of drinks on Suntjp.y. He said such a system made a club crimi nal as a tippling house. Chambers’ Law Goes to Committee. Councilman Aldine Chambers has had referred to the police committee of j council an ordinance prohibiting the I sale of drinks on Sunday in all clubs. ‘ It has developed that the upshot of > the whole locker club probe now in I progress will b» a fight to stop the serv ■ | ing of drinks on Sunday. A number of clubs will be closed, of course, as was originally intended. But the most seri ous probable effect on the real social clubs will be the banning of Sunday drinks. Tb.e law is already reasonably clear | on the subject, but council has been si lent. Council may or may not decide to much noise in making the decision, noise in making the decision. Aiderman Candler said he had re ceived many letters from citizens liv ing in nearby towns congratulating him on his veto of locker club permits and urging him to stop the sale of drinks in Atlanta on Sunday. Come to Atlanta Sunday to Drink. H* said that these citizens com plained that their young men came to Atlanta to spend Sunday and drink. Aiderman Candler said he felt that At lanta owed it to her smaller neighbors to stop the dispensing of intoxicating drinks on Sunday. However, the nomination of James G. Woodward for mayor was considered a plea from the vqters for a more liberal town. Ti er* is argument that a real locker chib ha ; ; as much right to serve drinks on Sunday as on any other day. , Also, it Is pointed out. there are many | citizens In Atlanta whose religious doc- j trine does not designate Sunday as the ■.-acred day of the week. j Council is divided on the subject by * two very positive opinions. The police committee has not seen fit to recommend any such action so far. Chairman W. G. Humphrey «as dis pleased by the veto of his committee's report by Acting Mayor Candler. It is probable that he police committee will stand pat on its report and allow the • dry" Sunday light to develop in coun cil.' ELECTION POSTPONES SUPREME COURT CALL 1 Announcement was made at the capi -1 tol today that, because of the national ■ Meetion on Tuesday. November 5, the I call of the .supreme court set for No vember 5 will be postponed until No vember 6, and that the call of the court of appeals set for Monday. November 4 ’ will be postponed to Monday, Novem | her 11. - DOG CATCHER IN JAIL: THEFT OF PUP CHARGED MACON. GA Oct. 28.—Dewitt C. Harp, the city dog catcher, was ar rested today on a warran. sworn out Iby Cornelius O’Connell, charging him with the theft of a pointer pup. Un-| able to five bond, he 1 Q now in jail. AT’LANTA, GA.. MONDAY. OCTOBER 28. 1912. With 2,000 High Class Pedigreed Fowls on Exhibition [GEORGIA POULTRY SHOW IS ON - •’V ~- Ip® & tejfl Hr w -■ Sx W v”w: I Mnr 1 IT i T i T « I // ’ P iiwwaßy/ I w 1 'WWM /JI NS: mF \WWS' SM - --A - . /// / / X/ / / : : * ' Y I IL S, Naval Captain Vidor in Clash With Testy Mexican Admiral American s Threat to Sink Feder al Fleet Saves Vera Cruz From Shelling. MEXICO CITY, Oct. 2S.—Details of a clash between Captain Hughes, com mander of the United States cruiser Des Moines, and Admiral Azuiate, of the fleet of Mexican gunboats in the Vera Cruz harbor, while lighting be tween federate and insurgents was go ing on in Vera Cruz lust week, reached the capital today. When Captain Hughes saw that fighting was inevita ble he sent word to the Mexican ad miral that lie must respect the neutral ity zone. "If you fire a shot into the city which injures a foreigner or a foreign proper ty. or if you shoot into a foreign ship in this harbor, I will sink your fleet,” was the warning sent by the American. "What if I should sink the Des Moines?" was the messr;*' sent buck, by Azuiate. “That is up to a better man." re sponded Hughes. The Mexican gun boats did not tire a shot. During the fighting in Vera Des Moines occupied a position between the Mexican fleet and the shore with her 22 guns trained on the Mexican gunboats. SENATOR PENROSE IS TO BE CALLED NEXT BY “SLUSH” PROBERS WASHINGTON, Oct. 2S.—Chairman Clapp, of the campaign funds investi gating committee, today left AV ashing ton for Minnesota, where he will remain until after the election. Senator Pom eron**, of Ohio, ami Senator Paynter, of Kentucky, the two Democrats on the committee, left Washington on Satur day. Before going, Senator Clapp said that among the firm witnesses to be called after th, election will be. Senator Pen rose, of Pennsylvania. Despite their belief ‘hat the "polit ical world is growing better,” members of the committee. It is said, are unani mously in favor of Federal legislation to control the giving of money foi presidential and other campaigns. Democrats on the committee express themselves as desiring first regulating the contributions of individuals affil iated with big corporations, it was de clared by one member of the , ommit tee that Colonel 1100 •■W'lt's theory that J individual contributions ate ail right is a technical evasion of the issue. Atlanta Has Opportunity to See the Finest Birds Ever Shown in the South. With the finest collection of nigh-1 grade chickens that was ever house' I under one roof, the ninth annual exhi bition of the Georgia Poultry assocla- * tion opened its doors today. It is announced that the p’ice of ad- | mission for its show this week will be a dime. This is an unusually low price. It is a fact beyond all chance of con tradiction that no fii si-class show iri America, outside of Atlanta, ever threw its doors open at any such price. The usual rates for admission to first-class chicken shows i un from 25 cents to .$1 The express companies unloaded two thousand of America's finest fowlj at the Auditorium-Armory yesterday, and over 500 more were delivered by vehicle and by hand at the Auditorium this; morning. Superintendent Frank Coll and his i gang of helpers were on hand all day fSpnttay and early this morning, and by j work ii whs' possible to get all j twite uncrated and placed before ih* M>is wore fo-tnttlly thrown open, •t’jfcl! Sunday th** Auditorium vat with people who were out tc gtt a fflhppse of the birds as they were placed in their exhibition quarters. Es pecial interest was felt in the miniature pond and the inclosed pen of Asa G. Candler, Jr.'s, exhibition on the stage, out none of the fancy stock was placed ! there until today. It did not take long afte • the birds began to arrive to determine just the amazing amount of class that this show possesses. Owens Farm to Show. For one thing, the Owen Farm, of Vineyard Haven, Mass., is represented. To anybody who knows a Brahma from a Bantam this means that America’s greatest poultry farm is exhibiting. And that they arc exhibiting in most impressive fashion is evident from the fact that they have sent 64 birds. under the personal charge of M. F. Delano, to the local show. The Owen Farm exhibit consists of Buff and White Orpingtons, White Wy andottes, Barred Flymouth Rocks White Plymouth Kocks and Single and Rose Comb Reds. These birds have been shown at the Nashville and Mem phis shows, where they picked up 51 first prize. . To those who follow, national poultry shows, it will be recalled that last year the Owen Farm made the most amaz ing «weep in the classes it entered in the national show ewr known in poul try .-'no. history. '♦ ! ook 27 fir.-i. on. ' •>f 49 plant•• *, and din it in the < las. e* jwlieic the competition is always ex Continued on Page Two. M. )•’. Deiano, manager of Owen Fanns, Vineyard Haven, Mass., critically examining one of his White Orpingtons. At the left, M. F. Morris, one of Georgia’s leading fanciers. Georgian Story Gets ‘Blue-Eyed Husband* Back to Longing Wife Head of Family. For Whom $25 Reward Was Offered, Found in Florida,. Mi.- Virginia Barker Jone* of Rut ledge, offered a reward of $25 last AVedn- day for the return of her ‘‘neatly dressed, blue-eyed husband." Charles F. Jones, and her offer was published on the first page of The Georgian. The ; story found the missing husband, and ; within a day or two he will he back J with his family. Jones was locate*) at Spray. Fla., where he was working for the Dundee j Naval Stores Company, under the as | sumefi nanb of J. A. Castleberry. A reader of The Georgian recognized him from tl:** description, notified Jones' fa ther-in-law, A. A. Barker, and commu nication between Jones and his family was reopened. He says he is willing to go home, resume his real name and work to pay his debts. There was never any charge of mis conduct against Jones, but he had b« come involved in •*. heavy load of debt, and a short time ago disappeared. He says he wanted io get away from asso ciates and earn enough money to pay off his debts. He was trying to do this when he was located In Florida. KNAPP AND NEILL TO NAME ARBITER OF GA. RY. STRIKE Judge Martin A. Knapp, presiding of ficial of the I'tilted States commerce court, lias been notified by Charles A. Wlcke sham, president of the Atlanta & West Point railroad, and F. A. Bur gess, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, two of the three arbitrators in the Georgia railroad strike, that they have been unable to agree on a third arbitrator, and it is now up to Judge Knapp and Dr. <T>arles P. Neill, United States commissioner, to choose the third iniut. Mr. Wicketsham and .Mr. Burges* realized yesteiduj morning that they could not agree, the choice of one of a cozen o: c o •• <ar hint* s having nar ito ed down to if * H'.ii i* ami Reuben It. Arnold. \ tt'.<-u am ..as accordingly I sent to Judge Knapy. :>ml an is expected al any time BOARDER IN PRISON FOR R. R. WRECK AS WIDOW PLANS SUIT FDR WOO Southern Railway Has Edward Ren froe, Friend of Costners, Arrested, Charging Him With Crash Which Cost Atlanta Engineer’s Life. Prisoner Calls It a Plot Concocted by De tectives-- -Neighbors Tell of Row at Home. Accused Says He Was on a Spree at the Tune of theWreck—Boy Held as Confederate. < 'ii-ip'-p d 'viili wrecking- Southern Fast .Mail No. 43 on the morning of October I. which resulted in the death of Jacob Costner, th engineer—Edward Renfroe, for years an intimate friend of Costner and his wife, is held in the Habersham county jiiii at Clarkesville today. He was arrested in Atlanta by spe cial agents of the Southern railway upon information that he had been seen in the vicinity of the wreck for several days before the <•:. a roplie. and he admits that he was there, though deny ing any complicity in wrecking the train. Tom Tankersley, a country boy, is also held on the same charge, and it i« said he confessed that he, with a party of oth ers, opened the switch while on a drinking spree. He has not implicated Renfroe in the crime, according to the officers. It has been reported to officers of the railway that Renfroe, who had lived at the Costner home, 403 Gordon street, had quarreled with Jacob Costner before the wreck. R froe stated today, in his cell in the Clarkesville jail, that he left the Costner home on Tuesday, several days before the wreck, because he was drinking. Mrs. Costner Plans Suit For $50,000. Mrs. Minnie Costner, widow of the engineer who was killed, has retained Moore & Branch as attorneys in her proposed civil suit against the South ern railway, and they expect to file a suit for $50,000 damages, br.eed upon Costner's earning power of more than S2OO a month, and on the ground that the wreck resulted from spreading rails or imperfect machinery, and not by the deliberate act of a criminal. In the lat ter case no recovery could be had, as the road would not be liable. It is, therefore, to the interest of the railroad to prove the wreck was caused by the act of criminals and to Mrs. Costner to establish that it was caused by im perfect rails or machinery. The fact that Renfroe, a former rail road man, had lived at the Costner home for several years and had long been on Intimate terms with the fami ly, and that he was seen in the vicinity where the wreck occurred without a reason satisfactory to the officers of the road led to his arrest. They look upon It as a significant coincidence. J. AV. Connolly, chief special agent of the .Southern, has been working on the case for several weeks, and C. W. Burke, the local special agent, has had I charge of the case in Atlanta. Renfroe Brands Charges All False. Interviewed in his cell at Clarkes ville today, Renfroe said: "The charge that 1 helped wreck the train or was implicated in any plot to wreck it is absolutely false and with out the slightest foundation. It is a charge hatched up by the railroad de tective.*. "It is true that I have boarded with the Costners. I boarded with Mrs. Cost ner before she married Jake, who was her second husband. She was Mrs. M. W. Logan then, and conducted a board ing house at Greenville, S. C„ where railroad men stayed. Logan died of Brights disease on May 13, 1910, and his widow married Costner In Decem ber, 1910. They moved to Atlanta In January, 1911, and took the home at 403 Gordon street. I came to Atlanta when they did, and took a job in the yards there. I had boarded with Mrs Costner's mother-in-law, Mrs. R. S. Lo gan, In Greenville, years ago. before Mrs, Costner took charge of the house. "I left their house on Tuesday and gut on a spree. The wreck occurred on Friday morning. Renfroe Is described by a man who knows him as a rather* rough man, of about 45 years, who was frequently out of work, and who was given odd jobs of carpentry around the Costners’ home in Gordon street. The Costners are well-to-do, having a handsome home in the best street ol West End, and owning several auto mobiles. One, a fine blue roadster, is said to have been purchased very re cently. Mrs. Costner was driving her husband to his work at the Tormina station about a year ago when h"r car • truck u negro in Whitehall street and j killed him. Tlie courts found the ac cident an unavoidable on? HOHL EDITION 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE p^ c FRIENDS PfiY FINE FOR JUDGE FITE Cherokee Jurist. Held in Con tempt of Appellate Court, Doesn’t Know Donors. Dr. R. B. Harris, of Cartersville a lifelong friend of Judge Augustus W. Fite, of the Cherokee circuit, patd ttf I,ogan Bleckley, cleric of the court of appeals, shortly after noon today, SSOO in the settlement of the fine assessed against Judge Fite in the famous con tempt case. Dr. Harris said that the fine had been made up among the friends of the judge throughout the Cherokee circuit, and that the judge himself did not know! the names of the subscribers. Judge Fite accompanied Dr. Harris to the capitol, but did not go to Mr. Bleckley's office. He waited In the of fice of the state treasurer until Dr. Harris returned with the official re»» cel pt. Discussing the incident after the pay ment of the fine. Judge Fite said; "Yes. some of the good people of th* Cherokee circuit have paid tny fine, and no doubt many others would have con tributed thereto if they had known oi the movement, and had an opportunity to do so. "At first I protested against theM payment of the fine, but finally con sented for them to pay it. feeling that it was my duty to them as well as to myself, to do so, as it shows their ap proval of what I have done. "I may not know much taw, but f do know that I am not In contempt of court. "However, my case Is no.w in the hands of the good people of Georgia, an<| they will take care of me and my reputation.” CONVENTION BUREAU, RECENTLY LAUNCHED, BEGINS ACTIVE WORK The new convention bureau will meet at the Chamber of Commerce this aft ernoon at 3:30 o'clock, and at that time the first steps toward making Atlanta the "Convention City" will be taken. Though no organized work has ever been done toward bringing conventions to this city, the records for this year show that more than 100 conventions will have been held by the end of the year. PREACHER GOES TO JAIL FOR SERMON MATERIAL HALEDON, N. J., Oct. 28. -To get ma terial for a sermon. “Behind the Bars.” which, he delivered yesterday. Kev. War ren A. Coon, of the Cedar Cliff M B. church, spent a night in jail. ZOO BEAR SUICIDE WHEN HE LOSES FAVORITE PERCH .xr.tC YORK. ■> :. 2s.—Yogi, a valuable ilitii.ilayan bear, drowned liinixeif in the Bronx zoo bee; i-a he was prevented from I'xiglug »n hie favorite perch.