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The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Vse For Results
VOL. XL NO. 73.
POLL SHOWS
SWEEPING
WILSON
VICTORY
Georgian’s Thorough Canvass
of Nation Indicates Walk
over for Democrats.
TAFT AND ROOSEVELT
RUNNING NECK AND NECK
President Appears To Be Lead
ng Mooser in Popular VoP
by Narrow Margin.
Oil Os 1 • !(, vl i '
. i- .-jsiurni y an<l vl *• presidencyl
t ..ecl Shales on N- ve»ii>e: 5 .ias
i ■■ r.i -.fieri by a«ior.s. Just
• ■ >■< . b a e . ivi.c • ■•! the Denio-I
i
r.dide.tes nay he and xactiy
r » strength of President Taft
ti i.onel Roosevelt befcie the peo-
P’.e va '/te two questions that
; ? .ed f' - * tl so- poibi' ■’ argu-
te questions Tre G-t- s-. --.. ;>nd l’s|
» newspapers hare endeavored, I
;gh a conscientious search of po- ;
.1 renditions througl’.O':' the fori) I
•Ig states, to determin'*, in .’-.is >f. ;
■n- he best political nir.ca of till!
?:• -s in ail states have been cor.-;
" . The consensus f opinion is i
.’ rovernor Wilson an'l Governor j
Hi* a ' e til be swept into office by;
•ge«* '.naiorPy in the electoral I
■ "re any 'tier have "eceived since
1 war
T■■ lira's of Georgia stows ir-j
this state probable will be:
77.b0h, P<-ose"elt 26.000. atiri
'.'•>« 10.009.
D« ’ted Their Time
Ti the Big States.
i-tent Taft seemingly ' ill «-
» only thirty-nine electoral voter,
• California throws he- strength
'-on ami Marshall they will re-
■ the balance of the electoral
: ze. f In no state, at the moment.
*■' •'olonel Roosevelt look like an
i>" winner.
I’ early was foreseen by the poli
■’s that the big states of New York.
Pennsylvania. Ohio, Indiana and Illi-
- would bo the battleground, nnd the
attention of al! parties was given to
t't'wo commonwealths. As the cam
r,'fl?T) progressed, public sentiment
■’ ll ge o heavily toward Governor Wil
that today those states can be
cinated and still the Jersey gov
' nor wilt win a majority of the elec
’■>-pi vote, as the following table will
'lolid South and South Dakota..ll9
Delaware 8
Idaho 4
Maine 6
Maryland S
Missouri 18
Montana "
New Mexico. "
Wisconsin 1"
Arizona 3
Colorado 6
Kansas 10
Kentucky 13
Minnr-ota 1-
Nebraska 8
Nevada 3
North Dakota 5
Oklahoma 1 n
Tennessee 13
’Most Virginia 8
Total 267
Necessary, 266. Total. s’l.
hi the table of Indicated results it
’ be seen that Governor Wilson is
atomised a tremendous popular ma
or’ty and that Republican strength
' almost equally divided, with Presi
i '“'nt Taft leading Colonel Roosevelt
I’’ about fifty thousand votes. It is
1 ~ division of the Republican vote
’ t makes the indicated electoral vote)
the Democratic ticket so tremen-
I flous.
H may be said that the politicians 1
j 611 parties at the moment are at
!eil as to the result In th" state of;
x «w York. The Democrats art; con- i
'L'tntly claiming it without having any •
i knowledge of the Intentions of.
l! ‘“ voters.-
New York a Bone of
Contention on All Sides.
1 independent canvass of lift.
s; ' ; iatlon in New York mn<“ for The j
•eorgian would show Hies'" results:
i p avlng aside the scattering votes for I
’■'>? Socialists and others four years |
K ko, the total vote of the state was
’•'■•37.538. The natural increase, as sug- 1
by past experience and present I
'• xistratlon. would indicate the total
Continued on Page Twt.
Artistic Dancing Still Lives, Here, Despite Invasion of the Turkey Trot
ATLANTA GIRLS QUICK TO LEARN CLASSIC STEPS
Elks Kirmess to Teach Lasting
Lesson of Grace. Declares
Ballet Master.
Artistic dancing is not a lost art in
Atlanta despite modem tendencies, the
introduction of the turkey trot and
other bizarre dances. This at least is l '
| the opinion of F. M. Agostini, who is i
; drilling hundreds of young women so; ’
| the Elks Kirmess.
Atlanta girls are remarkably east |
ito teach,” said Agostini. “They pici; !
i up the most difficult steps and figures I
lof classic dances without the slightest!
• hesitation. I am delighted with the
j wonde-ful progress they are making. |
■ T b.et seem to take to artistic dancing:
I instinctively.” •
Professor Agostini explained tiiat his i
.conclusions were made from the man-'
'no- j, •. inch his charges grasped tin
I inti b ate figures of an elaborate Ki.-
.mess number called "The Last of the
! ’ s'stals, a hied is to be the most pre
. tentious thing on the program.
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i jwl&or
■ HTr JHf will
F - IMMT- -I'M'
/Mr. J i'fe| JKMWm /
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mi T Miss Justine Hen-
\\> C* -aMb- ' » lerson, and left. Miss Vi Broth-
Yj- MIMb ■
Another 01 the prett.i girls whu vill take pari in the Kirmess. >!he is Miss Anita Lawson.
KNAPP AND NEILL
TO NAME ARBITER
OF GA. RY.
Judge Martin A. Knapp, presiding of
ficial of the United States commerce
court, has been notified by Charles A.
Wickersham, 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
I have been unable to agree on a third
arbitrate . and it is now up to Judge
Knapp and Dr. Charles P. Neill. United
States commissioner, to choose the
third man.
Mr. Wickersham and Mr. Burgess
realized yesterday morning that they
could not agree, the choice of one of a
dozen or more candidates having nar
rowed down to Hoke Smith and Reuben
R. Arnold. A telegram was accordingly
sent to Judge Knapp, and an answer is
expected at any time.
LET OUT OF JAIL JUST
LONG ENOUGH TO WED
| WICHITA. KANS., October 28. L. J
■ Chandler, a prisoner in the county jail,
I was released from custody In the county
I jail, was released from custody long
I enough to go to the office of Probate
Judge McCanless and marry Mrs. Bertha
‘ ' Richardson. Mrs. Richardson has been
I several times married, and J. C. ‘ Blick
•e" Towery, one of, her former husbands,
I is now serving a five-year sentence for
I shooting at • Slim” McClure, another hus
band. Met'lure and Chandler were ar
rested together on a charge of violating
the prohibitory law. Chandler went back
I to the jail after the wedding, and bls
i bride went home to wait until he is re-
I leased. (
ZOO BEAR SUICIDE WHEN
HE LOSES FAVORITE PERCH
X’EW I’o'RK. Oct 28. Yogi, a valuable
I Himalayan bear, drowned himself in the
Bronx zoo because he was prevented from
| lodging on hie favorite perch
I* ' " ‘' 4 7k
//■a i 1 f JBr -aft
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C RACING RESULTS !
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AT LAUREL.
First —Phyllis Antoinette. 3-5, first
Mary Ann K. 2; Mojawk Giri 8-5. Als<»
ran: Mahubah, Huda Maid, Novelist. La-
Zuli. LaSalnerella and Viento.
Second —Ten Point, 11-20, first; Robert
Bradley, 7-2; Federal, 1-5. Also ran: Ger
rard and Strenuous.
Third —Edith Inez, 9-5. first; Patrick S.
5; Frank Purcell. 4. Also ran: Halleck.
Ceremonious. Madeline L, The Scjulrt,
Shady, Sir Kearney, Han4jrunning and
Mr. Spees.
Fourth —Shackleton, 3-5, first; Penob
scot, 4-5; Sam Jackson. 6-5. Also ran
Barnegat and Sticker.
Fisth —Donald MacDonald. 9-5, first;
Fred. Mulholland, 3: Adolante. 5-2. .\lso
ran: Deduction, Mannasseh. Lord Klam.
Blackford. Troy Weight, Spin, Futurity
and Henry Hutchison.
! RACING ENTRIES 1
AT LATONIA.
FlßST—Selling, maiden two-year-olds,
ota furlongs (12): Kelly 107. Kiel 107,
I John Huton 107, Ernest H. 107, Bernard
I 107, King Stalwart 107, Batouch 110, Kid
| Nelson 110, John G. Weaver 110, Royal
Amber 110, Roy H. 110. The Cinder 110.
SECOND .Selling, two year olds, I mile
(11): xLlttle. Waif 92, Ancon 97, Coun
terpart 100, Bursae 101, Armor 102, Rock
Fish 103. Daisy Platt 103. Toy 104. Silk
Day 105. Connaught 105, Carpathla 109
THIRD Selling, four year olds and up.
6 furlongs (12): xSwartshill 97. Gold of
ophir 102. Fay <». 102, Black Mate 102,
J. B. Robinson 102, All Red 102. Jack Den
man 105, Imprudent 107. Princess Thorpe
107, Sir Cleggs 107, Helene 107, Ethelda
107.
FOURTH Handicap, three year olds
and up, 6 furlongs (IO). Curlicue 96.
COckspur 96, Sir Blaise 96, Three Links
TOO, J. F. Crowley 101, Royal Tea 105,
Presumption 105, T M. Green 107. Jim
Ba-ey 112. Meridian 126.
FIFTH Selling, three year olds, mile
and 70 yards >12): Mandy Zane 101,
IShlrley O 101. Rossini 104. George Oxnard
I 104, John Robert 104. Dynamite 104,
Daingerfield 105, Clubs 105, Winifred D.
I 105. Ursula Emma 105, Beautiful 105, Hen
rietta W. 105.
, SIXTH- Selling, four year olds anti up,
mile and one-sixteenth (12): xlasils Katz
j 105, Brtice Rice 107, Wishing Ring 107.
I Sir Catesby 107. John Louis 109, Sweet
'•wen 110. Sager 110, Idlewetas 110, Felic-
ATLANTA. GA.. MONDAY. (XTOBER 28. 1912
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AT LATONIA.
First —Star Berta, 6.80. first; Terra
Blanco, 8.10; Kallnka, 3.10. Also ran: Red
Kos< . Imperial Prince, Higher Up, Esther i
Blues, Neville, Gardenia, The Swan, Swift '
Sure and Etta Ray.
Second—Kleburne, 7.50. first; Jimmy
Gill, 5.40; Prince Hermis, 2.90. Also ran
Mimesis, Madelle, Lord Marshall and Gold !
Color.
Third —Lady Lightning, 13.00, first:
Prince Chap, 4.50; McClintock. 10.20. \ls<>|
ran: Guy, Ethel Samson, Salesia, Star
Rose, Cynosure, Bonanza and Beautiful.
Fourth —Gay Bird. 17.30, first; Miss
Thorpe. 3.90; Osana, 5.60. Also ran: Im
T»ression, Swannanoa, Reciprocity and
Mockler.
ities 110, Sigurd 110, Dangerous March
111, Polls 112.
«
AT LAUREL.
FIRST Two «'ar olds, selling, S6OO, ot.. ■
furlongs xPass On 102, Chilton Dance I
104. Insurance Man 104, Cordle F. 104,
George Stoll 'O4, x''ontinental 108. Stock
ton 107. Aurific 107, Fattv Grub 110
Tweedevdle 111.
SECOND Owners' consolation, three
year olds and up, selling. SSOO. mile and 70
yards; xToni Melton 101, Tuekj George
101. Mindlnette 10(1. '(olden Castle 108.
Monsieur X. 10!', Haldeman 109, Stairs I'D
Sidon 104.
THIRD All ages, handicap, SSOO. 6 fur
longs: Acton 97, tsadore 102. Al'.amana
’O3, Pharaoh 104, Judge Monck 105, 1.0-ehtel
ehtel 109, Sebago 110.
FOURTH— Three year olds and up,
handicap, S6OO, mile and one-sixteenth:
Hamilton 99, Cliff Edge 103, Dr. Intenner
113, Carlton G. 115, Superstition 116.
FlFTH—Owners’ consolation. three J
year olds and up. selling, SSOO. mile and 70
yards: xße 99, xSt. Joseph 101. Cheer
Up 104, xßonnle Eloise 106, Pedigree 106,
Wenna 108, laid of Langdon 111. Kind
Sir 104
SIXTH Owmers' consolation, selling.
SSOO. three year olds and up. mile and 70
yards: xf'laque 01, Caliph 104, xChilton
• Squaw 106, Adolante 106, Hempstead 106
' Granta 108, Bea-h Sand 10'.' Beu Wilson
111.
FRIENDS FIT FINE
FOB 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, paid to
Logan Bleckley, clerk of the court of
appeals, shortly after noon today, SSOO
in the settlement of the fine assessed
against Judge Fite in the famous con
(■•inpt 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
I the names of the subscribers.
Judge Fite accompanied Dr. Hai ris
ito 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
ceipt.
Discussing the incident after the pay
ment of the fine, Judge Fite said:
"Yes-, some of the good people of the
Cherokee circuit have paid my fine, and
no doubt many others would have con
tributed thereto if they had known of
the movement, and had an opportunity
to do so.
"At first 1 protested against their
I 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 1 have done.
“I may not know much law, but I
do know that 1 am not In contempt
of court.
"However, my ease is now in the
bands of the good people of Georgia,
land they will take care of me and my
. reputation."
THE WEATHER
Forecast: Fair tonight and Tues
day. Temperatures: 8 a. m,, 56 de
grees; 10 a. m., 62 degrees; 12 noon,
66 degrees; 2 p. m,, 70 degrees.
NIGHT
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Kiglil l<> .'■■ll, Misses iiladxsi
Sands. Allie Knins.'iur. Lorena ;
Brotherton. Eloise Peek. Ruth;
I’olds. Irean Hollis. ,
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'ORF W IS I
CRY IN CLUB ■
Efforts Are Centered on Pro-1
hibiting Serving of Drinks
on Sabbath.
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
I 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.
Aiderman 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
most Important point in the enforce
ment of the locker club law w-as to stop
the serving of drinks on Sunday. He
said such a system made a club crimi
nal as a tippling' house.
Chambers’ Law Goes to Committee.
Councilman Aldine Chambers ha » had
referred to the police committee of
council an ordinance prohlbitfhg the
sale of drinks on Sunday In all chibs.
It hns developed that the upahot of
the whole locker club probe now in
progress will be 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.
The 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
tlrlnks in Atlanta on Sunday
Come to Atlanta Sunday to Drink.
He 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 (J.
Woodward for mayor was considered a.
plea, from the voters for a more liberal
town. There is argument that a real
: locker club has 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
trine does not designate Sunday as the
sacred day of the week.
Council Is divided on the subject by
two very positive opinions.
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE A O Y RE NO
FATAL WRECK
LAID TO OLD
FRIEND OF
! COSTNERS
Farmer Boarder in Dead Engi-
i neer's Hamc Arrested as
Widow Plans Big Suit.
ACCUSED DECLARES HE
IS VICTIM OF A PLOT
Neighbars in West End Tell of
Row. at Home Before
Crash.
■ 1 <<■<' .:b sriwkin.e Southern
I-' st M.ii' No. ■!:: on tit in ning 1 .' 12c-
Ili ber 4. nidi ■.■ost'Lid in n - dent!' of
I Incob <'"stiivr. the engineer-—Edward’
; Renfroe, tor yuif an nntimu.e friend
j of Costner ai d his n ife. is he Id in the
liabf -anni county jail at Clarkesville
itodax. Ito wa.- a. rested In Atlanta by
i.ipecial agents of .ho Southern railway*
1 upon mfoi mation that he iia 1 been seen
lin the vicinity of he wreck for several
(days before 111- eatr.strophe, and he ad
hits that •!“ was there, tlioutrh denying
.any complicity in wrecking rhe train.
; Tom Tankei'iey, a count. x boy. Is alsoi
■ held on the same charge, and it la said.
! ue confessed that he. with a party of
I others, op ened the switch while on a
drinking spree. He has not Implicated
Renfroe in the crime, according to th*
off leers,
; ft has been r-ported to officers of tha
i railwaj that Renfroe, who had lived at
j the Costner home. -103 Gordon street,
| -R!1 Aanuu Coatner be-
Renfroe stated today,
in ills cell In the Clarkesville jail, that
he left the Costner home on Tuesday,
several days before the wreck, because
he was drinking.
I Mrs. Costner Plans * 8
Suit For $50,000.
Mrs. Minnie Costner, widow of th*
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, based 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. IV.
Connolly, chief special agent of tha
I Southern, has been working on tha
case for several weeks, and C. NV.
Burke, the local special agent, haa had.
charge of the case in Atlanta
Renfroe Brands
Charges All False.
I Interviewed in his cell at Clarkes-*
vlllo today. Renfroe said:
'"The charge that I helped wreck the
train o r was Implicated in any plot ta
wreck it is absolutely false and with
out the slightest foundation. It is n
charge hatched up by the railroad de
tectives.
“It is true that I have boarded wltft
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 18, 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 tha
| ygrds there. I had boarded with Mrs.
I Costner’s mother-in-law, Mrs. R. S, Lo
i gan, in Greenville, years ago, before
I Mrs. Costner took charge of the house.
' "I left their house on Tuesday and
' got on a spree. The wreck occurred,
on Friday morning.
’ Renfroe is described by a man who
’ I knows him as a rather rough man, of
I about 45 years, who was frequently out
• of work, and who was given odd jobs
i ■ of carpentry around the Costners’ home
1 I in Gordon street.
; ■ The Costners are well-to-do, having
I a handsome home in the best street of
I West End, and owning several auto-
• mobiles. One, a fine blue roadster. Is
f said to have been purchased very re
. cently. Mrs. Costnar. was driving her
p husband to his work at. the Terminal
station about a year ago when her car
struck a negro in Whitehall street and
killed him. The courts found the ac
cident an unavoidable one.
