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Newspaper Page TextTHE WEATHER Forecast: Rain tonight and Friday. Temperatures: 8 a. m., 63 degrees; 10 a. m., 68 degrees; 12 noon, 72 de grees: 2 p. m., 75 degrees. VOL. XT. NO. 76. IffIIWLE FILLS, W 10 GIPITJL NOW OPEN Turks. Utterly Routed. Fleeing Toward Constantinople to Make Final Stand. r MANY SPOILS FALL TO : VICTORIOUS BULGARIANS Sultan's Troops Leave Guns! and Stores as They Quit Bombarded Stronghold. SOFIA, Ofet. 31.—Advices from the front tonight stated that Gen Nazim Pasha's Turkish army at Adrianople had been defeated and completely rout ed by the Bulgarians. Vast quantities of spoils fell into the Bulgarians’ hands. The Turks fled, throwing away their arms and leaving all their belongings behind. By the flight of the Turks the way to Constantinople was opened for the al lies. General Nazim Pasha's Turkish ar my. southeast of Adrianople, has been driven across the Erkene river and to day is in retreat toward Constantinople, pursued by Czar Ferdinand's Bulga rian forces. Turk Losses in Two-Day Battle 10.000. This information was received in Vienna today in news agency dispatch es from the front which added that the Turks withdrew toward Luleburgas along the Orient railway, after losing I'l.otiO killed ami wounded in two days I ighting with the Bulgarian troops. Todav’s fighting resulted in a drawn wattle. The Bulgars at first seemed to be winning a great victory, but nine Turkish divisions held in reserve rein forced the battered center and the Bul garians were unable to break the line. The eastern wing of the Turkish army w hich was in retreat earlier in the day after abandoning jLuleburgas, rallied this afternoon and made Sarai and Is .randka their bases. The Turkish reserves now are practi cally exhausted and Czar Ferdinand sends word here that he expects a com plete victory tomorrow. While the Turks were compelled to give way before the onslaught of the Bulgars their retreat is reported to be orderly and well covered. It is report ed from Turkish quarters that the back ward movement of the Turks eftn not be classed properly as a. retreat, but as a strategic movement into a bet ter position. Greek Army Is Suffering Hunger. Crown Prince Constantine's Greek army is now moving upon Salonika from Verria, and is short of provisions. The soldiers are suffering from hun ger. Reports from the front today stated that the Greeks were pushing on at ut most speed to reach the coast, in order to obtain supplies by ship. Three hundred Montenegrins fell I.’ an unsuccessful night attack upon the Turkish fortress on the heights of Tar abosch shortly after midnight. Turkish sentries gave the alarm of the Montenegrin approach, and artil 1< i y fire was opened up as they charged up the slopes before the ramparts, caus ing them to retreat with heavy casual ties. The dead were left upon the field. CITY COMMITTEE WAS CALLED ON TO DECIDE WAGERS ON ELECTION .1. O. Cochran, secretary of the city Democratic executive committee, stated ala meeting of the committee today that the meeting had to be called to settle a dispute between some gamblers. It was a question of the majority of James G. Woodward in the mayoralty pri mary. The official returns gave his ma jority as 770. It developed later that his majority was only 718. The mistake was made by managers in the Ninth ward. Many bets had been made on a majority of 750. The losers would not pay because the committee had declared the official majority to be 770. The winners com plained to members of the committee and the session was called by Chairman J. Y. •imith. The majority of Mr. Woodward was de flared to be 718. It is still against the law of Georgia to bet on elections. WOOED AND WON BY BARON IN TWO HOURS NEW YORK, Oct. 31. Eighteen months ago at Wiesbaden, Baron R. E. von Sehlotheim met Miss Mildred Paine, of Baltimore. Two hours later he had proposed and had been ac cepted. Mix. Paine's approval was ob tained four minutes later and the ar- . langeiiieuts tor the ceremony were ton- | The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit— GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Resu'ts. FI6HTFOHGEO Oil MB PUHI ill COUNCIL Aiderman Van Dyke Declares He Will Use Every Effort to Block Present Program. TALKS WITH WOODWARD ON CHECKING APPROVAL First Move Will Be to Prevent Destruction of the Old City Crematory. Alderman Arthur H. Van Dyke de clared today that he would use every possible resource to prevent council's approval of the contract to tear down the old crematory in preparation for the building of the new $276,000 garbage disposal plant. - The contract has been approved by council and will be considered by the aldermanic board at its meeting next Thursday. If no one joins Aiderman Van Dyke in his opposition to the new crematory plan, he can delay action for two weeks from Thursday. But his at titude will crystallize whatever senti ment there is in this year's council to support James G. Woodward, mayoralty nominee, in his opposition to the new crematory plan. Talks Plans With Woodward. "I hate talked the matter over with Mr. Woodward," said Aiderman Van- Dyke. “Mr. Woodward said he had looked into the crematory contract, and it was illegal. He said that the bond based on the illegal contract was worth less. He said that council could not force him to sign the cheek for the $75,000 payment on the cremator, next year on an illegal contract. The city would be in a nice fix if lie should re fuse to sign the cheek. The time -to act is now.” Alderman Van Dyke said the city's moral obligation was no good with a mayor opposed to sucli a system. The Destructor Company, which has the contract, is preparing to proceed with the building of the new plant as soon as the old crematory is torn down. City Attorney Mayson and a majority of council declare that the contract is legal. But it will take a majority of the council and the approval of the mayor to make each payment, or enough members of couneii to override the mayor’s veto. Mayor-Elect Holds Contract Illegal. Mr. Woodward’s position is that the whole contract is illegal, because it pledges future revenue, and that no payment can be made on the plant if there is a protesKin the courts. A number of city officials are hold ing up their hands in horror at the fight on the crematory plant. They say that such a fight is damaging to the city’s credit. They continue to charge that the principal opposition is front friends of the Georgia Railway and Power Com pany, because it is contemplated to build a SIOO,OOO electric power plant in connection with the crematory. This would mean competition to the electric company. Mr. Woodward has not said what he intends to do .about the payment on the plant next year. He has said the contract was illegal, and stopped at that. Aiderman Van Dyke is sure to be Joined In his fight by Alderman A. J. Johnson and probably others. But the great majority of the members of coun cil are on the other side. Nevertheless, all the leading city of ficials declare that Atlanta is confront ed with a most serious matter. The city's moral obligation is in the balance Don't Fail to See the Poultry Show At the Auditoriiim-Armory this week is an exhibition of poultry which is in many respects the finest ever seen in the South. Every variety of chicken is represented by splendid specimens, and in certain breeds tin* class of tho .specimens is far above any ever seen before in Atlanta. The show is a credit to Atlanta. It is educative, interest ing. and will do much toward helping the poultry industry in Georgia—an industry that has been so long neglected that a million dollars a year is sent out of the state for chickens and eg <4 8. Visit the poultry show. Tin* admission price is only ten cents. Tlie show is open till 10 o'clock every night this week Flop-Eared Dawg Succeeds Pomeranian Pup as Society Pet POSSUM HUNTING CLUB FAD Brookhaven Members “Tree” Three Fat Fugitives Within Mile of Golf Links. Tlie "holin' dawg" has displaced the Pomeranian pup in the eyes of At lanta elite, and until the frost is off the persimmon this flop-eared bleed of / J FmJI IKw |gaF 1 , 1. i km | x r a S3' ' x i h-V iBR . Jit Mr Wk baH HRs.if X i hJwiM wi 5 JrXk 'Wk!?! Ojt -U4UW... • .STS > < XZ - .Members of Brookhaven club caught by camera as they treed a possum. James 0. Harris and. Charlie Cox arc shown on either side of the tree. canine will enjoy a social popularity that will rival his political prominence before the deadlock was broken at Bal timore. For the Brookhaven Country club, exclusive, with a double “x,” At lanta social organization, has gone in for possum hunting, and as long as the pursuit of the possum is a popular pas time the “houn’ dawg" will reign su preme. Within three miles of the horn, of the Brookhaven club Tuesday night, three large, juicy, fat possums were treed after a pack of live dogs, which had been gathered together by members of the club, had worked for an hour and a half, while the aforementioned mem bers yelled their erieeturageml-nt. fol lowed the eha.se. and wielded the axes that brought the game to earth after the canines had performed their func tion. New Pastime For Club. On account of this splendid luck on the first effort ami reports from the colored caddies and servitors that "the woods is full of 'em." the following of . the yelping dogs is expected to prove ATLANTA, GA.. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31. 1912. mM| MHiil ' one of winter's foremost pastimes at the club. The firigimil hunt was planned by several ot' the younger members, in cluding lames O. Harris. Charlie Cox. Jury Osborne, Stewart Witham, Eu gene Kelly. Charles S. iple anil Phil E’Kngle. They had reasoned —and rea soned well—that whore there were so many persimmons there were sure to be possums, ami they invited a num ber of girl friends to Join the chase. The young women were Misses Har riet <'alhoun, Mary Helen Moody. Mar jorii Brown. Helen Dargan, Sarah Raw. son ami I.aura Ansley. They came to the club as eager for the hunt as the dogs, who with mouth agape restlessly lcap«-(l on the negro expert, who. with cowhorn and ax, stood ready to give tlie yelp that starts the pack Chaperone Doesn’t Arrive. But tb' ie was no chaperone, and tlie guests were compelled to remain in the * lub house while the young men. with heavy heai is, followed as the negro sent file dogs away harking a joyous challenge to the wily mamma) Before the dogs had fairly crossed the golf course they had struck a. scent, and within a half mile they had treed a fat fugitive. After another mile an other was brought down. Returning toward the club house, a third was added to tlie traditional feed sack car- I ried by the aforementioned expert. On their return there was naturally a ■ jaissum supper served. The young wom en, who hadn’t enjoyed the chase en joyed the supper so well that the "houn' dayyg immediately’ became as firmly, founded an institution at the club as the golf sticks. CAROLINA ELEVEN ' BEATS CLEMSON BY SCORE OF 22 TO 7 FAIR GROUNDS. COLUMBIA, S C., Oct. 31.-—Carolina defeated Clemson's football warriors here this morning in a one-sided game, by a score of 22 to 7. Clemson was outclassed from the very start and never had u chance, I i SMaE Mgaa HEi 4® **WI/ ’W' ' z * / I hHt / I Tesj ' cu IKkLt SKP ’ *• H > ;. \\ ? J" %Ss - ■ \ \ \\ V wßk-" \\ \» I' ■'/ 1 \A X */' * * vv Prize “boun ’ of club eager for prey to fall. I 1 " POSTOFFICE DYNAMITED. | The department of postoffice inspectors in the Federal building, received a tele gram toilay announcing that the postoffice 1 safe at Warrenton had been dynamited last night and $75 stolen. An inspector was a< *ordingly sent to the scene to at tempt an arrest of the perpetrators. No stamps were taken. , Senator Elkins* Son, Exile for 18 Years, Dies of Alchoholism FORT WORTH., TEXAS, Oct. 31. After living in voluntary exile eighteen years and under an' assumed name. Flank W. Elkins, son of former United States Senator Stephen B. Elkins, of West Virginia, is dead here today from acute alcoholism. He was 58 years old. He left his aristocratic West Vir ginia home after killing a man there. Here lie was known as Dr. Frank W. Walker, mid was held In high esteem. Even bis wife did not know of his true identity, although lie admitted to her Walker was not his name. He began life here as a stable boy, but in later years amassed a fortune. He Jtad a peculiar hobby for collect ing diamonds, and had several worth SIO,OOO. FEETESTBATTLE TO BEGIN NOV. 6 Fulton County Commissioners Will Hear Officers’ Complaint on Salary System. Unless the Fulton county commission meets in special session before Wednes day, November 6. the salary act affect ing seven county officials will come up for discussion on that date. The commissioners have been ap prised of the fact that county officers directly affected by the new law will put the matter up to the commission and demand a court test of the act’s constitutionality. 1 'ommissioner Shelby Smith said ao day that he understood that Tax Col lector Stewart and other officials hit would refer the matter to the commis sion, and that some sort of action would be taken by tlie board. “It is likely that we will await their formal communications before opening the subject," said Commissioner Smith. “And then a special session may be called to discuss the situation. It may be that part of the regular monthly meeting on November 6 will be given over to it." The seven county officials affected by the salary act are required to file claims for office expense for the years 1913- 1914 with the commission before No vember 20. CORPORATION TAX RETURNS FOR 1912 TOTAL $5,773,497.00 The comptroller general has compiled the corporation tax returns for the year 1912. and has found the total to be $5,773,497 in excess of last year The total property returned for taxa tion by the corporations this year toots •up to |137,61*3,331, HOHL EDITION 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE P^ R N E ° SHERMANIS DEAD; NAME TO REMAIN ON TICKET Republican Committee to Name Successor After the Election. Seven Are Mentioned. FUNERAL WILL BE HELD AT UTICA, N.Y.,SATURDAY Widow, in 111 Health. Prostrated by Shock Taft Grieves s. Deeply for Mate. UTICA, N. Y.„ Oct. 31.—The plans sot the funeral of Vice President James S. Sherman, who died last night, include services at tt«e First Presbyterian, church Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Rev. Dr. M. W. Stryker, president of Hamilton college, will officiate, assist ed by Rev. Dr. I.ou* H. Holden. The active pallbearers will be chosen from the employees of the Utica Trust and Deposit Company, of which Mr. Sherman was president. The honorary bearers were selected by Mr. Sher man many months ago and the list now is locked in his desk. Until thta is opened and the list found, the names of the honorary bearers will not be an nounced. Mr. Sherman’s body will lie in state In the Oneida county court house in this city from 3 to 9 p. m. Friday. * Mrs. Sherman was In a rather more composed state today following a few hours’ rest. Her husband’s death, though she realized two days ago it wa a Inevitable, was none the less a shock ing blow, and following hls death last night she was inconsolable for many hours. Never in rugged physical con dition. it is feared the death of Mr. Sherman will go seriously with her. Long 11l of Bright's Disease Vice President. Sherman died at » 42 o'clock last night, after a long illness of uraemic poisoning, caused by Bright's disease. He had been sinking since earty yes terday, and It was realized that death was only a question of a few hours. Mr. Sherman was unconscious when the end came and had been in that con dition for hours. All the members of the Immediate family wore at the death bed. In addi tion to Mrs. Sherman there were their three sons, Sherrill, Richard U. and Thomas M. Sherman, and their respec. tive wives: R. M. and Sanford Sher man, brothers of Mr. Sherman, and Mrs. L. B. Moore and Mrs. H. J. Cook- Inham, sisters of Mr. Sherman. Vice President Sherman was born in Utica on October 24, 185 S. He was married in 1881 to Carrie Babcock, at East Orange, N. J. They have three sons—Sherrill. Richard U. and Thomas M., all living, and in business in Utica. The vice president was an Elk, a trustee of Hamilton cortege, a mem ber of the Dutch Reformed church, a Member of many clubs and a business man of wide interests. Nation Knew Him As “Sunny Jim.” The twenty-seventh vice president of the United States, and the only one renominated, was christened James Schoolcraft Sherman. But, in nearly a quarter of a century of public life, Jim Sherman he was to his intimates and probably half the nation referred to hint as “Sunny Jim,” a sobriquet ha earned as one well might imagine by a never falling, all-year-round sunny disposition. Sherman belonged to the school ot Republicanism nowadays popularly called "regular" and he fought his political battles shoulder to shoulder with men of his faith without com promise or flinching. He came to the house of representa tives of the fiftieth congress in the winter of 1887, just past his thirty second birthday, with the energy and optimism of youth, college bred from the halls of Hamilton, which has given to public life many other states men and public figures. Bike many others who came to lead in the na tional legislature, he brought with him an education in law. He was well born and well bred. His father, Rich ard U. Sherman, was an editor and public figure in New York state. Two sessions of congress found Sherman defeated and out of office, 1 but not for long. Henry W. Bentley of Oneida county, beat him by lest ’ than a thousand votes In the race so the fifty-second congress. In the in • terim. Sherman went back, to Utica built up his law practice and returns* to tlie fifty-third congress with a sig * nal victory. He remained in the hou# without defeat to the sixtieth congrx|: