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the weather forecast for Atlanta and Georgia: fair ard warmer today; fair tomor row. VOL. NT. NO. 74, (■SEES m™ HEME SUREST Mrs. Costner Declares Railroad Trumped Up Charges to Avoid Her Suit. DECLARES engineer BEFRIENDED ACCUSED Brought Him to Their Home and Found Work in the Atlanta Yards. —, — "Mr. Renfroe loved Mr. Costner as he would his own brother. He had no motive whatever to prompt him to take the life of my husband. He is inno jent” Mrs. Minnie Costner today made this Sefense of Edward Renfroe, who had ons boarded with the Costners in their (Vest End home, 403 Gordon street, and ffho is in prison accused by Southern railway detectives of having, a few weeks ago, caused the wreck of a Southern train, in which Engineer Ja ■ b M. Costner. Mrs. Costner’s husband, ost his life. Mrs. Costner added that the whole thing is just a scheme on he part of the railroad to make it appear that Mr. Costner was foully lone to death.” Hr?. Costner Is ’lanning Suit. “That's the only way I can see it,” ihe said. Mrs. Costner confirmed the report hat she is planning to sue the South ern railway for damages for the death if her husband. She has consulted law yers, she said, but has not decided on :he sum for which she will ask. Mrs. Costner is indignant over the lew turn given the tragedy, and as serts that Renfroe is being done an in lustice by reason of the sensational charge against him, Mrs. Costner laid stress on a denial )f the statement given out that she purchased an automobile just a few lays following the death of her hus land. “As to this ‘blue roadster’ that is tausing some talk, I want to say this,” said Mrs. Costner. “That car, a Mar lton roadster, was ordered by Mr. Cost ier himself six weeks before his death. According to agreement, it was to have teen delivered a week prior to the time >f the accident, but was delayed in shipment and didn’t arrive until the ireek following the wreck. That’s how I came in possession of it. We have twned autos for years, and I couid see that no harm would be done by taking this particular car out of the iepot when it arrived. "Mr Renfroe and Mr. Costner,” she iontlnued, "had known one another for i long while and had been the best of 'riends. They boarded at the same Jlace in Greenville, S. C., long before Hr. Costner and I were married. Mrs. S Logan, mother of W. M. Logan. By first husband, conducted a board ing house in Greenville for railroad ®en, and Mr. Renfroe boarded with her °r quite a while. All during this time n Greenville, Mr. Costner and Mr. Ren roe were fast friends. lusband Brought tenfroe to Home. 'Mr. Costner and I were married in December. 1910, and went away on a ’"deling trip, returning to Atlanta in l“c 1911. We were unable to get H'sscssion of our home here at once. ‘ lived in Western avenue until Feb fiarj. when we moved to this house. " is Just after our marriage that my •hand brought Mr. Renfroe to At ,!lH. urging him to come here, as he i always get plenty of work, and him ‘there was nothing in Green him.' '■ Id' : brought Mr. Renfroe hero, nne to our home. He had ■ us ever since. Before we om Western avenue. Mr. Cost him work to do, sending him 'he io Gordon street to tear i| old barn and build a garage. . ine this, he built a servants' '”■l then did other work about Completing Mr. Costners H'-nfroe afterward did carpen- I, '■ about the city. Six months '' "k a job as switchman in the • ’ho Southern railway. i, ■ 1! ' nfroe had always Impressed F . -in honest, good - hearted. bu'watd man. There was but ’ I could find with him—he r '. drink a great deal. He has had of Jobs on the railroad, but ' "> be- mse of sprees. , ’ trouble of any kind between r , isiml and Mr. Renfroe—that is : It's absurd. In all of the time ■nfroe has been in our home, he '■ Costner never bad a cross a' 'eh If -s a quarrel They got L’- Ik ' like brothers. As for qunr- j. with me. Mr. Costner never once '■•ssiy t ( , |j|>. to my children ■By first husband." The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Resists. Pickpockets, in Macon, Rob Policeman, While On Duty, of His Watch I . Officer Misses Gold Timepiece After Assisting Two of Drinkers to Hotel. i MACON, GA., Oct. 29.—When he was i relieved on his "heat” this morning at I 6 o’clock Policeman James R Robinson ■ reported that during the night pick- I pockets had robbed him of his gold j watch. I Policeman Robinson is the oldest pa i troiman, in point of service, on the Ma- I con force, and he was on duty on Mul- | berry street when his timepiece was taken. "Three young men who had been drinking were on their way to a hotel," said the policeman, "and as they were not disorderly I did not arrest' them, but sought to assist them to their des tination. I remember now that they were very familiar, hugging me, patting me on the back, and so on. Five min utes after I left them at the hotel 1 missed my watch, which I know I had | in my pocket just before T met them." The three men. who say they are i traveling salesmen, were later arrested •.and searched, but the watch could not I be found, they were released. ESSIE CARTER WEDS VOGHT DOZIER TO GET EVEN FOR FLOGGING ’ MACON, GA., Oct. 29.—“1 had two ( reasons for marrying Vogt Dozier,” de clared Essie Carter today. "One is that I love him and he loves me. ami the , other is that I wanted to get even with I his father for whipping me last July. “We were going to Charleston. S. C.. ! today,” she continued, “but I am sick i with chills and fever, and the trip will ,be postponed now until I am well ( enough to travel. "I did not entice Vogt Dozier into marrying me. He came to Macon with ' out any solicitation on my part and j asked me to marry him, saying that he t owed me that much. Now that I am , his wife, I am going to be a different woman altogether.” The young woman is now in a house in the restricted district, where she has stayed ever since her flogging in July , by W. S. Dozier on account of his son's infatuation for her. The announcement t yesterday that young Dozier had ob tained a license to marry the young 1 woman created much interest tn Macon. Several ministers declined to perfoim ( the ceremony, but they were finally united in wedlock by Justice of the ~ Peace Burnett. ' Dozier has gone back to Dawson "to I get his clothes,” he told his w ife. 1 SHERMAN HOLDING ! HIS OWN; CONDITION ST ILL UNCHANGED UTICA, N. Y., Oct. 29.--Vice Presi ’ dent Sherman passed a fairly comfort able night and his condition today re- ■ mained unchanged from yesterday. It ■ was the most restful night Mr. Slier- ■ man had had since Friday, and mem ’ bers of the vice president’s family ap -3 peared to take hope that there is a 1 chance of his surviving his grave ill -3 ness. Doctors spent practically all of last 3 night at the bedside of the vice presi -3 dent watching for any possible unto f ward development in his patient’s eon -3 dition, but there appeared to be none. Mr. Sherman had less difficulty in 3 breathing anil there was less sufrci r ing from the kidney complication than t in some hours. 3 Excepting the members of his family, ‘ the physicians and nurses, no one is • permitted to see Mr. Sherman. The ■ greatly weakened condition of his heart • makes it imperative that he be not 1 excited in the slightest degree. . WOMAN WORTH $35,000 STARVES FOR 18 DAYS ST. LOUIS, Oct. 29. —Police broke into the home of Mrs. Johanna I'. Bier at Alton after she had isolated herself for eighteen 1 days, and found her almost starved to i death. Mrs. Bier is 35 years and is sep > arated from her husband. Although Mrs. Bier is said to be worth $35,000, owning several farms at Pana, ' 111., there was nothing but a stove, one ■ chair and the sofa in the house. The • police are seeking her husband, to urge • him to have her sanity inquired into. GULPS QUART OF WHISKY 1 TO WIN WAGER: IS DtAD NEW YORK. Oct. 29.—Edward Kane. ■ a driver, drank a quart of whisky, win- ! i ning a bet. smiled, walked home and . I then died. John Mann, who held the ’(other end of the wager, has been ar '' j rested. SWALLOWS MOOSE PIN: TAFT DOCTOR CALLED ’I IOWA FALLS, IOWA. Oct. 28—The | three-year-old son of Robert O. Fowler 1 ' today swallowed his father's Bull Moose , j , lin . ’ The attending physician, although 1 ’a Taft st and patter, said he did not think I lan operation necessary. •GENEVIEVE (CLARK) CURL’ IS NEWEST HAIRDRESS FAD ' WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 The "Gen- 4 evieve Curl." originated by Miss Gene ’ vleve Clark, daughtm of the speaker ■I of tin house, is the latest and most ; J popular fad. Tim curl is a baby ringlet just under the right e *r. RIGHFDHSVTH FIRMER 15 IICTIM OF ASSASSIN D. W. Elliott Dying After Mys terious Night Attack as He Travels Lonely Road. IDENTITY AND MOTIVE OF ASSAILANT NOT KNOWN • Cumming and Countryside Are Aroused by Crime—Further Trouble Is Feared. CUMMING GA.. Oct. 29.—With his l skull crushed, D. W. Elliott, a wealthy I Forsyth county farmer, lies at the point of death today, having been assaulted by unidentified persons while returning to Cumming from Gainesville, late last night. Mr. Elliott is ths father of Mrs. L. Tatum, of 622 West Peachtree street. Atlanta. The identity of the persons guilty of the crime and their motive thus far are mysteries. Deputy Sheriff Lummus went to the scene, seven miles north of Cumming, this morning and is mak ing an investigation. Mr. Elliott has been unable to throw any light on the affair, as he has been unconscious since the attack. ■ The assault occurred about 10 o’clock last night as Mr. Elliott was driving along a lonely section of the road in his buggy. He had been to Gainesville yesterday to transact, some businesßAnd was returning home atone. Shortly after 10 o'clock a wagoner, driving along the same roa'U found the uncon scious man lying in the highway. He took him m his wagon and carried him to a nearby farm house. Head Crushed By Blunt Weapon. Dr. W. B. Pirkle. who was call d to attend the wounded man, said today that Mr. Elliott could not recover. Ap parently he had been struck by a blunt instrument, the back of the skull being crushed. The attack on Mr. Elliott is believed by some to be an outgrowth of the recent lawlessness in this county, while others are of the opinion robbery was the sole motive, it was known gen erally that Mr. Elliott was a wealthy man’, and it is probable his assailants believed he was carrying considerable money with him on his return from Gainesville. This attack, coming so closely after recent troubles in this county and the double hanging here last week, has cre ated a great deal of excitement in Cum ming and the surrounding country. Mr. Elliott is one of the most popular and substantial citizens of the county and indignation because of the crime is high. If the identity of his assailants be comes known it is feared there will be further trouble. ATHENS WELCOMING VISITORS TO STATE U. D. C. CONVENTION ATHENS, GA.. Oct 29.—The G oigia division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy will begin a three days session here tonight, at which time many of the leading clubwomen of the state will be pi--eni The advance guard of delegates began arriving on the early morning trains, among whom were the state president, Mrs. Walter D, Lamar, and the first vice president. Miss Ida Holt, both of Macon. Dur ing' the convention there will be more than 200 visiting delegates from every city of any importance in the state. Tonight the convention will be form ally opened with an address of wel come by Mayor Hugh Rowe, welcom ing addresses from the local chapter U. D. Confederate Veterans ami Sons of Veterans. Miss Holt will re spond on behalf of the visitors. Athens is in gala attire for the re ception of the distinguished visitors, all of the down-.own merchants hav ing decorated their places of business. Many social functions have been plan ned. FAREWELL TO PASTOR. COLUMBUS, GA.. Oct. 29.—A fare well service was held at Rose Hill Bap tist church of Columbus for the retiring pastor, Rev. R. C. Granberry. who re cently resigned to accept the pastorate of the Tattnall Square Baptist church in Macon. .Mr. Granberry will leave Wednesday for Macon. He is succeed ed ns pastor of the Hose Hill church by Rev. J. C. Wilkinson ATLANTA, GA.. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1912 Southern Cooking at White House if Democrats Win GOV. WILSON LOVES CHICKEN Candidate’sJ'avorite Dinner Includes Fried Pul lets, Sweet Potatoes and Various Vegetables. PRINCETON, Oct. 29.—1 f “Win With TA ilson’’ comes true, white house guests must be prepared to like Southern cook ing. Governor Wilson likes no other food but good old-fashioned Southern cook ing—the kind his mother used to make sure enough—and this is on the word of no less an authority than his wife. At the pretty home here which the Wil sons have rented furnished for the win ter, Mrs. Wilson told today of her hus band’s fondness for Southern food during the course of a delightfully informal conversat ion. Governor Likes Chicken. “Yes, Governor Wilson since his mar riage has lived on Southern cooking.” she said. “You see, we have always had ow . U J Ey*? I *• I Miss Margaret Wilson. .ti 1 I i r I RS -i' ! fjlLiiCXt, A| I » -Au - Ik -wmMI B , kv. F cooks from the South or those who were j Southern horn, and they know how to j cook chicken better than anybody in the ! world, the governor thinks. He would j rather have chicken Southern style than a I foreign-cooking banquet. "The governor's idea of a fine dinner j includes chicken Southern style, rice and i candied sweet potatoes, with beans and j corn, fruit and a salad. “Never do we have a meal without | rice." said Mrs. Wilson. “And can you cook rice—said by many j cooks to be the most difficult of vegeta- I bles?” she was asked. I “Yes, indeed, I can cook rice. I have i always taught my cooks ever since mj ‘ marriage to cook rice as I have- taught I them how to cook anything we liked which ! they did not know how to cook. Now, ; : there are two. ways of cooking rice—one ■ !is steaming it, by taking two or three WEALTHY WOMAN NOW LEARNS SHE MAY BE CHANGELING ST. LOUIS, Oct. 29. —Mrs. Daisy Auer > Ogden, who for thirty-one years supposed ; she was the daughter of wealthy Mr. and ! Mrs. "Andy” Auer, has learned through court testimony in her suit to obtain a i share in the SIOO,OOO Auer estate that she ’ may be a changeling, the daughter of a I servant in the Auer household. ; The woman who Mrs. Ogden thinks may I have been her mother appeared as a wit I ness and told of the strange manner in I which ti e baby liai been found in the I house the morning after Mrs, Auer's baby | was supposed to have died. LA GRANGE VOTES WATER, GAS AND SCHOOL BONDS LA GRANGE, GA.. Oct. 29.—Citizens of LaGrange voted unanimously yes terday for bonds to build a $150,000 waterworks plant, cairled a $40,000 gas plant bond issue with only 19 opposing votes, and $40,000 additional public schools bonds with only 21 votes 'against. The total vote was 349 out of a registration of 383. The bonds will be issued shortly after validation by Judge R. \V. Freeman of the Troup superior court. The passage of these bond Issues I means that LaGrange will build water i works and gas plants for a city of I 50,000 persons, and public schools to I take care of the populace for the next twenty years Miss Jessie Wilson. quarts of boiling water, putting in salt to taste and a cup of dry rice, cleaned by rubbing through a napkin and poured in a little at a time. I let it boil hard twenty minutes, then drain through a col ander and let it stand on a hot part of •Jr' Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. the stove for a few minutes. If that isn’t beautifully cooked rice, ask any Southerner!” laughingly added the little woman. Mrs. Wilson said that in her home in Rome, Ga., she was taught something of cooking as a girl, but that when she married Mr. Wilson she went in for cook ing with a vengeance. “I never do things by halves,” added Mrs. Wilson, “and so I took up cooking as an art and learned to cook from Mrs. Rorer in Philadelphia. When 1 married, Mr Wilson afterwards told me the pleasantest surprise in his life was to find that I combined the practical domes tic sense with my artistic dreamy na ture. ’But it wouldn’t have made any dif ference at all,’ he told me, ‘even if you didn’t have al! these domestic virtues, but nevertheless it is certainly a de lightful surprise.’ ” GIRL OF WEALTHY BALTIMORE FAMILY SLAIN FOR JEWELS CHICAGO, Oct. 39.—Miss Sophia G. Sin ger, said to be the daughter of a wealthy Baltimore family, was found slain in a room early today in a boarding house Her body was on the floor, wrapped in a bed comforter. A towel was wrapped tightly about her face to hold another towel stuffed Into her mouth. Iler legs, arms and body were twined about with Cord. Several d< <q> gashes were found on her head. Robbery is believed to have been the motive Jewels valued at SI,OOO and $45 in bills can not be found. Wllfiam R. Warthan. who is said to have come to Chicago from Baltimore wi'h Miss finger two weeks ago. found the body. He was taken to a police sta tion and questioned. COSTLY TO SQUEEZE ARM: WOMAN RECEIVES SI,OOO TEXARKANA, TEX., Oct. 29.—The Bowie county court, upon the verdiet of a Jury, has ordered the Texas & Pacific Railroad Company to pay dam ages in the amount of SI,OOO to Mrs G. W. Brewer, because a bik ru in in the road's employment squeezed her arm. The brakeman admitted the squeez ing, but claimed he had meant no of fense and that lie only wanted to be friendly, Mrs. Brewer is young and handsome. . _.X / I ‘ jMP ' awU .wErP «■ [III. MERRITT TO FACE FIRE TROW Superintendent of Anti-Tuber culosis Sanitarium Will Take Witness Stand. Dr. S. W. Merritt, superintendent, and Miss Hunt, the head nurse, of the Bat tle Hill tuberculosis sanitarium, will take the witness stand in defense of the in stitution before the special committee of council this afternoon. The testimony promises to be rather sensational at the investigation this after noon. Aiderman A. H. Van Dyke and Dr. R. R. Daley, of the Anti-Tubercu losis association, the two men who are pressing the charges of mismanagement, will give their evidence. Chairman W. G. Humphrey and the other members of the committee hope to complete the investigation this afternoon. "We do not want to stop short of a thorough investigation,” said Dr. Claude A. Smith, head of the city’s laboratory of hygiene, who is championing the cause ot the institution, today. “There are lots of improvements needed at the Institution and we are going to take advantage of this investigation, to Impress council with the merit of our requests for appropria tions. "I have no doubt that when the in vestigation is complete it will have adver tised our institution favorably.” PENNSYLVANIA ROAD SAID TO HAVE EYE ON ATLANTIC COAST LINE WAYCROSS, GA., Oct. 29.—Unoffi cial but persistent reports coining here from Savannah state that there is a strong possibility of the Pennsylvania railroad getting control of the Atlantic Coast Line in a short time. In fact, it is reported that Hie (uestion may be settled at a meeting of the Coast Line directors in November. Rumors of negotiations between the! two big t stems have been current for months and a year ago Baltimore tinan- 1 eial circles apparently held the news j officially The Pennsylvania is seek-1 Ing outlets on the South Atlantic and! Gulf coasts which the Coast Line con trols at present. LAND COMPANY ASKS CHARTER. BRUNSWICK, GA., Oct. 29.—A peti tion for charter has been asked of Mc- Intosh superior court by the Mclntosh County Land and Improvement Com- I any, with a capital stock of $10,0’40. The Incorporators are W. G. Tyson, J. F. Thompson and Charles M. Tyson, all of Dalien. POULTRY SHOW FOR WAYCROSS. WAYCROSS, GA., Oct. 29.—H. Let ter Marvil, president of the Ware Coun ty Poultry association, will call a meet ing shortly to plan for a poultry show tor Waycross some time during the winter. ThJ poultry industry is grow ing rapidly in Ware. FAYETTE RALLY PLANNED. FAYETTEVILLE, GA., Det. 29. The layette County Democratic executive committee is planning for a meeting of the Wilson and Marshall supporters here next Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. A. II Blalock. J. \\ Wise. J. W ’"ulpcnper W t: Hollingsworth and o' .ers will EXTRA 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE P^ R 1 C ciniosES dl £L U, Iu U P. IN ■E Inspector McMichael Declares Atlantans Pay $5 Each An nually for Breathing Dirt. D A M A G E TO PROPERTY BY NUISANCE RUNS HIGH Central Heating Plant Is Sug gested as an Aid for the Domestic Consumers. Expert estimates made today show that Atlanta coal consumers pay $236,- 250 a year for the privilege of filling the atmosphere with smoke which should be consumed in their furnaces and macle to produce steam. Atlanta citizens pay $875,000 a year, or $5 each, for breathing this smoke, their loss being an indirect one, through damage to homes, clothing and other property Inspector Paul McMichael pointed out the remedy—properly constructed furnaces and correct methods of fir ing. Mr. McMichael, first smoke inspectoi under the recent ordinance creating the office, has made a careful study of conditions and has studied remedies used in other cities with marked suc cess. He made a rough estimate to day for The Georgian of the amount ol coal used in Atlanta, ns average cost and the possible saving through propet combustion. Here are his figures: Each Person Uses Three Tons. Tonnage of coal used, including man ufacturing and domestic, 525.000, oi three tons per capita of 175,000 popula tion. Cost of coal at average price of $3 a ton. $1,575,000. Saving possible ‘by correct methods of combustion, 15 per cent, $236,250. The last named sum represents what coal consumers could save in actua dollars and cents, by burning less coal and producing the same number ot heat units as are produced now with that 15 per cent flying out of the smoke stack. But there is an indirect charge against the whole city through the overplus of smoke in Atlanta’s atmos phere. This is the terrible loss through damage to property of various kinds. In Chicago, where statisticians have made a close study of smoke con ditions for a term of years, this loss Is fixed at sls for each man, woman and child in the city. Inspector McMichael believes it is lower in Atlanta. But. fixing the per capita loss at only $5, to be conservative, Atlanta's 175,000 pop ulation loses $875,000 a year through ruin by smoke. One down-town manu facturer told inspector McMichael that the firm's loss was SIOO a week, through materials and finished garments ruined by soft coal smoke settling on them. How Smoke Piles Up the Losses. i These losses are itemized, in part, as | follows: Increased laundry bills through quickly soiled garments. Consequent short life of garments through fre quent washing. Loss to retail stores, merchandise soiled and sold at reduction. Loss to wholesale stores, same. Loss to manufacturers and business houses by extra cost of light. With smoke in the air it is necessary to turn on the lights an hour earlier than oth erwise. Some houses burn them all day. This means decreased efficiency, also, for skilled work by artificial light is never so good by sunlight. These might be detailed indefinitely. But there is another loss impossible to estimate, its results may be found in the tubercular hospitals and the ceme teries. It is the tremendous loss to hu man health through breathing smoke surcharged air. "Don't think that stnoke-reducliif methods can be used only by the bii