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The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit-GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results VOL. XT. NO. 73. POLL SHOWS SWEEPIIG WILSON VICTORY Georgian's Thorough Canvass of Nation Indicates Walk over for Democrats. TAFT AMD ROOSEVELT RUNNING NECK AND NECK President Appears To Be Lead ing Mooser in Popular Vote by Narrow Margin. T-- election of Wilson and Marshall to . • presidency and vice presidency of the Fnited States on November 5 has long been conceded by affiliations. Just ho c sweeping the victory of the Demo nth' candidates may be and exactly jiti-e strength of President Taft ''olonel Roosevelt before the peo t.lie •nily two questions that i'.s. ed food for political argu- ■ ■ questions Tire Georgian and Its newspapers have endeavored. :. lugii a conscientious search of po- ■ . ii conditions throughout the f-:':- states, to determine. In tills ef fort ‘be’ be political minds of a ! •■arties In all states have been cor tiled. The consensus of opinion is : .iat Governor Wilson mid Governor Mar-hall will be .-■wept into office by the largest majority in the . oiiege any men have received since the Civil war. The canvass of Georgia shows tie vote In this state probably will be: Wilson 77,000, Roosevelt ’’6.000., a-nd' Taft 19,000. ' Devoted Their Time To the Big States. President Taft seemingly will re ceive only thirty-nine electoral votes, 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 th attention of all parties was given t these commonwealths. As the ca palgn progressed, public sentimei swung so heavily toward Governor Wil son that today those states can b eliminated and still the Jersey gov -rnor 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 . ® Maryland * Missouri 18 Montana . 3 New Mexico 3 'Visconsin 18 Arizona ? > Colorado 8 Kansas 1® Kentucky- 13 Minnesota 1- Nebraska 8 Nevada 3 ' North Dakota 5 Oklahoma 10 Tennessee 1- IVest Virginia ® Total Necessary, 266. Total. 531. In the table of indicated results it will be seen that Governor Wilson is ■•roinised a tremendous popular ma ril' and that Republican strength ’ most equally divided, with Presl ■nt Taft leading Colonel Roosevelt about fifty thousand votes. It is ‘s division of the Republican vote at makes the indicated electoral vote the Democratic ticket so tremen f Oil Ji. 11 may be said that the politicians ' l! al] parties at the moment are at ' a as to the result in the state of Neu York. The Democrats are con ' t'nily claiming it without having any '■••finite knowledge of the intention 1 - of •• voters. New York a Bone of Contention on All Sides. 1 ” independent canvass of the s nation in New York made for The n rgian would show these results: 1 " |'ing aside the scattering votes for • “ Socialists and others four years the total vote of the state was • •‘'>3B. The natural Increase, as sug ‘ "d by past experience and present ; ''Ration, would indicate the total Continued en Paa* Two. Artistic Dancing Still Lives Here, Despite Invasion of the Turkey Trot ATLANTA GIRLS QUICK TO LEARN CLASSIC STEPS Elks Kirmess to Teach Lasting j Lesson of Grace, Declares Ballet Master. Artistic dancing is not a lost art in Atlanta despite modern tendencies, the introduction of the turkey trot ano’ other bizarre dances. This at least is the opinion of F. M. Agostini, who is drilling hundreds of young women for the Elks Kirmess. “Atlanta, girls are remarkably easy to teach,” said Agostini. “They pick up the most difficult steps and figures of classic dances without the slightest hesitation. 1 am delighted with"the wondc ful progress they are making They seem to take to artistic dancing! instinctively." Professor Agostini explained that his • onclusions were made from the man ner in which his chafes grasped tin intricate figures of a.i elaborate Kir-I mess number called “The Last of the! ’ estals, which is to be the most pre-| tentious thing on the piegram. I IL' V a -w Bl //IBMJr ~ J Sv ■' // / Ml IWBIMt / & J V THS? 111 '! 1 "■ - 411.ni.VS / 'lb? I Tfawaiala | Jgw ;j x x m ..•> u i ’ t I’ l ■■••tlvri< i n. I-'.loisr I’.h’uih /K Sag l'"l<l-. If 111 Ihll- liSISHpk IF ■EraF \\ - i'WbF . JmiiiiMiiiffi / / \ —■’WsMr F \ \ 'C ' ■ • Swl’ jNwWz? " 1,1 1 *’■ l 'li-ss-• o.sl ine Hen Xr I •Icrson. ;in<| left. M.i.x \ i Broth- \x* X irf on A v \ \ I Another of the pretty girls who t ill take part in the Kinnes s. She is Miss Anita Lawson. KNAPP AND NEILL TO NAME ARBITER OF GA. RY. STRIKE! Judge Martin A. Knapp, presiding of ficial of the I’nited 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’ have been unable to agree on a third arbitrator, 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, was released from custody in the county jail, was released from custody' long enough to go to the office of Probate Judge McCanless and marry Mrs. Hertha A Richardson. Mrs. Richardson has been several times married, and J. C, “Blick le” Towery, one of her former husbands, is now serving a five-year sentence for shooting at "Slim” McClure, another hus band. McClure and Chandler were ar rested together on a charge of violating the prohibitory law. Chandler went back to the jail after the wedding, and his bride went home to wait until he is re leased. ZOO BEAR SUICIDE WHEN HE LOSES FAVORITE PERCH NEW YORK, Oct. 28 -Yogi, a valuable Himalayan bear, drowned himself in the Hronx zoo because he was prevented from lodging on his favorite perch Mira iggLJ&jjfr << // wSHREKSfInPSRVw V wlfir im?/ t RACING RESULTS H AT LAUREL. First —Phyllis Antoinette, 3-5. first; Mary Ann K. 2; Mojawk Giri 8-5, Also ran: Mahubah. Huda Maid, Novelist, La- Zuli, LaSainerella 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 Squire, Shady, Sir Kearney, Handrnnning 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. Also ran: Deduction, Mannasseh, Lord Elam, Blackford, Troy Weight, Spin. Futurity and Henry Hutchison. Sixth—Hilarious, 3, first; Nonpareil, 6-5; Yorkshire Boy, 8-3. Also ran: Herbert Turner. Turbine, Breaker Boy, Chester Krum. f RACING ENTRIES AT LATONIA FlßST—Selling, maiden two-year-olds, 5% furlongs (12): Kelly 107, Fiel 107, John Suton 107, Ernest H. 107, Bernard 107. King Stalwart 107, Batouch 110. Kid Nelson 110, John G. Weaver 110, Royal Amber 110, Roy B. 110, The Cinder 110. SECOND—Selling, two year olds, 1 mile (11): xLlttle Waif 92, Ancon 97, Coun terpart 100, Barsac 101, Armor 102. Rock Fish 103. Daisy Platt 103, Toy 104. Silk Day 105, Connaught 105. Carpathta 109. THlßD—Selling, four year olds and up, fi furlongs (1.2): 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 (10): Curlicue 90, Cockspur 96, Sir Hlaise 96, Three Links 100, .1. F. Crowley 101, Royal Tea 105, Presumption 105, T. M. Green 107, Jim Basey 112, Meridian 126. FIFTH —Selling, three year olds, mile and 70 yards < 12): Mandy Zane 101, Shirley O. 101. Rossini 104, George Oxnabd 104, John Robert 104, Dynamite 104, Daingerfield 105, Cllibs 106. Winifred I). 105, Ursula Emma 105, Beautiful 105. Hen rietta W. 105. SIXTH -Selling, four year olds and up, mile and one-sixteenth <12); xLouis Katz 105, Bruce Rlc* 107, Wishing Ring 107, Sir Cateaby 107, John Louis 109, Sweet Owen 110, Sager 110. Idleweisa 110, Felle- ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, OCTOBER 28. 1912 AT LATONIA. First —Star Berta, 6.80, first; Terra Blanco, 8.10; Kallnka, 3.10. Also ran: Red Rost-, Imperial Prince. Higher I p, Esther Blues, Neville. Gardenia, The Swan, Swift Sure and Etta Ray. Second—Kleburne, 7.5 C, first; Jimmy Gill, 5.40; Prince Hermls, 2.90. Also ran: Mimesis, Madelle, Lord Marshall and Gold Color. Third—Lady Lightning, 13.00, first; Prince Chap, 4.50; McClintock, 10.20. Also ran: Gay, 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- | pression. Swannanoa, Reciprocity, Muckier Fifth—Al Bloch, 13.80. first; Luther. 6.20; ! Donerall, 2.70. Also ran: Ancon. Usteppa, Alfred V., Eleusis, Anna Reed, Fellowman, Hasson. Sixth —General Marchmont. 16.10, first; Wander, 21.40; Effendi, 12.50. Also ran: Cliftonlan, Puck, Cross Over. M. Cambon, Fireman, Spindle and Dick Baker. Hies 11.0, Sigurd 110, Dangerous March 111, Polls 112. AT LAUREL. FIRST Two year olds, selling, S6OO, 554 furlongs. xPass On 102, Chilton Dance 104, Insurance Man 104, Cordie F. 104, George Stoll 104, xContinental 108, Stock ton 107. Aurfflc 107, Fatty Grub 110, Tweedeedle 111. SECOND—Owners’ consolation, three year olds and up, selling, SSOO, mile and 70 yards: xTom Melton 101, Tucky George 101, Mindlnette 106, Golden Castle 108. Monsieur X. 109, Haldeman 109, Stairs 109, Sidon 104. THIRD All ages, handicap, SSOO. 6 fur longs: Acton 97. Isadora 102, Altatnaha 103, Pharaoh 104, Judge Monck 105, Lo chlei 109, Sebago 110. FOURTH Three year olds and up, handicap, S6OO, mile and one-sixteenth: Hamilton 99, Cliff Edge 103, Dr. Duenner 113, Carlton G. 116, Superstition 116. FIFTH -Owners' consolation, three year olds and up, selling, SSOO, mile and 70 yards: xße 99, xSt. Joseph 101, Cheer I'p 104. xßonnle Eloise 106, Pedigree 106, Menna 108, Ijid of Langdon 111, Kind Sir 104. SIXTH Owners' consolation. selling. SSOO, three year olds and up, mile and 70 yards: xClaque 101, Caliph 104. xChllton Squaw 106. Adolante 106, Hempstead 106 Crania 108. Beach Sand 109, Ben W ilson 1 111. FRIENDS ffl FINE FOII 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 .if t.ppenls, 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 frlends.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 ceipt. Discussing the incident after the pay ment of the fine, Judge I*Tte 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 I protested against their 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. ”1 may not know much law, but I do know that 1 am not in contempt of court. "However, my case is now in the hands of the good people of Georgia, and they will take care of me and my reputation.” THE WEATHER Forecast: Fair tonight and Tuo»- j day. Temperatures; Ba. m„ 56 de | grees; 10 a. m., 62 degrees; 12 noon, 66 degrees; 2 p. m., 70 degrees. FINAL * * iMris CHY HfflWß I i Efforts Are Centered on Pro 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 Sunday In Atlanta. With the license of every club, in cluding the powerful Capital City, held up by the veto of Acting Mayor Candler 1 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 most Important point in the enforce ment of the locker club law was to stop the serving of drinks on Sunday. He • said such a system made a club crimi nal as a tippling house. r Chambers' Law Goes to Committee. i Councilman Aldine Chambers has had L referred to the police committee of council an ordinance prohibiting the sale of drinks on Sunday In all clubs. t It has developed that the upshot 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 l!v- , 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. He said that these citizens coin- , 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 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 a* ths I 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 neer’s Home Arrested as Widow Plans Big Suit. ACCUSED DECLARES HE IS VICTIM OF A PLOT Neighbors in West End Tell of Row at Home Before Crash. f t’harged with wrecking Southern Fast Mall No. 43 on the morning of Oc tober 4, which resulted in the death o 4 Jacob Costner, the engineer—Edward Renfroe, for years an nntimate friend of Costner and his wife. Is held in th« Habersham county jail at Clarkesvtlla today. He was arrested in Atlanta by special agents of the Southern railway upon information that he had been seen in the vicinity of the wreck for several days before the catastrophe, and he ad hits that he was there, though denying any complicity in wrecking the train. Tom Tankerley, a country boy, is also held on the same charge, and it is said he confessed that he. with a party ot others, opened the switch while on a drinking spree. He baa not Implicated Renfroe in the crime, according to tha officers. It has been reported to officers of the railway that Renfroe, who had lived at Utt-.LUnalner home. 403 Gordon vtnwt, had quarreled with Jacob Costner be fore the wreck. Renfroe 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, 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. W. 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 charge of the case in Atlanta. Renfroe Brands Charges All False. Interviewed in his cell ai Clarkes ville today. Renfroe said: “The charge that I 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 tectives. “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. AL 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. 8. Lo gan. in Greenville, years ago, before 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 la described by’ a man who knows him as a rather rough man. of abo ut 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 of 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 Terminal station about a year ago when her ear struck a negro in Whitehall street and killed him. The courts, found the ac cident an unavoidable one.