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VOL. XL NO. 79.
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Chicago Gamblers Post Figures
Showing Democratic Nomi
nee Strong Favorite.
ROOSEVELT SLIGHT
CHOICE FOR SECOND
Courtesy Prices of LOGO to 1
on Debs and 5.000 to 1 on
Chafin. Prohibitionist.
iHICAGO, Nov. 4.—Election odds
post-d lousy by Chicago gamblers show
■ , ~ ,->«• Wilson a strong favorite,
: > itoosevelt and Taft quoted at the
price in second place. The odds
: wl'or. Wilson, 1 to 4.
'H. Tuft. 3 to 1.
■OV" ■ Roosevelt. 3 to 1.
•i. oit lots on the other candidates
■ -inly "courtesy prices.” They
* i>ei>.« i Socialist), 1,000 to 1; Cha.
, Prohibition >, 5,000 to 1; Reimer
-•■ a. 1;-i-LaborI. 6,000 to 1.
Democrat, is favorite for the
..is governorship, the price being 3
. '. . ernor Deneen being quoted at
- u. >vith Funk, Progressive, 7 to 1.
ij■ • ’ of 1 to 2 are quoted on the field
• •art Wilson.
h. ombinatlon bets, Wilson first with
velt second is quoted at 7 to 10.
Wilson first and Taft second is
Georgia Leaders
Ask Big Majority
■ ce.gia Democratic leaders are call-
ipoii Georgia Democrats to show
‘ " faith by their works tomorrow.
'l'lios, who have been without the
' , stumping and working for the
••••tse. arc headed for home now in or
■■■• to vote tomorrow..
This list includes Senator Bacon,
>’n.-.ior Smith, Judge William P. La-
'V. g. R. Hutchens and others, all of
• lion have been performing yeoman
-rvice o the party in the doubtful
Elate*?*
Gov rnor Joseph M. Brown, National
''r.mnitteeinan Clark Howell, Chairman
the State Executive Committee Wil-
• J. Harris, all the congressmen and
■Hjz.ens of public men generally are
united in a clarion call to the hosts of
Democracy to turn out tomorrow and
dv, Wilson and Marshall the biggest
■democratic majority on record.
These leaders declare that, indiffer
:. e and apathy in the ranks of the
D‘. mocrats alone can prevent an over
■lmlng Wilson and Marshall victory
■ ' ■ orgia tomorrow. And they believe
V have awakened* the rank and file
‘ the necessity of voting in all the
■ ■■■■•iiile strength of the Democracy lo-
Enemy, Too, Active.
tin Democrats are t lumping
: ' hi with rare enthusiasm in the
linw. .< of ih« campaign, they are
remindful of the fact, nevertheless,
•nemy has been active, and in
■■h sections effective, in Georgia.
1 : r is a big Roosevelt following in
'■worgla, outspokenly attached to the
■■’mgressive Republican party as at' ov
-auilzation formed o stand up straight
any years. Besides that Roosevelt
' . Thomas E. Watson, the Populist
‘her, is pleading with hie following—
"'l it is large and loyal in Georgia—to
' with him into the Roosevelt camp.
Reports from all sections indicate that
nas succeeded in lining up this vote
cost solidly, too.
I ruler the leadership of Henry S.
■"ksou, the regular Republicans,
standing for Taft, will marshal a brave
•'‘lowing on Tuesday. It is undisputed
that the Taft leaders have done a lot of
'‘l intelligent work in Georgia, and it
' not surprise the keen observers If
"i' effect of it is marked in Tuesday’s
ftturns.
Majority Necessary.
' will be necessary for the Demo
r ti< electors, under the Georgia law,
" B ' t a clean-cut majority over the
' ! "Inefi opposition—Roosevelt, Taft
' even forgetting Debs and Cha-
? n ‘ the Socialist and Prohibitionist
leaders.
these circumstances, the Demo
‘ftort to get out its full vole on
"t.v seems not unnatural. Upon
nthusiamn of that vote depends
" Ts ome in Georgia.
1 ■ is the Wilson and Marshall elee
, ‘•’a majority of tiie vote. ute state
kM , :ur. will be called ih extruordl
'U to provide persons comp..
Continued on Page Two.
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results.
Left in Dark, Crafty '
Hubby Outwits Wife
And Pays Light Bill;
Arkwright’s Office Is Stormed By |
Irate Woman Who Couldn’t
Understand “Dun.’’
President P. S. Arkwright, electric I
light magnate, looked up from his desk •
in his private office today to encounter |
a vision—and it was a real one, just 1
as this is a real story. If you don't I
believe it, you can ask him. She was
* nearly six feet tall, and she wore a big 1
« hut with a military plume, a tailored j
coat and a high stand-up collar, and
she looked like she wanted something i
i and wanted it right now. And she did.'
j “See here, sir," she said, right off the
bat, “I’ve been insulted, sir—-grossly In -1
suited—-and I want the man fired be- ,
fore I leave this office.”
President Arkwright looked around.'
saw nobody in sight to take trouble off i
his hands, and asked further informa- I
tion.
“Here’s an electric light bill for $4.50,” |
said the visitor, ominously. “When 1
I left home a month ago I disconnected
! the wires so the lights wouldn’t work,
j and yet here’s this bill. I told the cash
ier I wouldn’t pay it, and he said the
; meter reader had read the meter, and
1 the bill was correct. Call him up here
. and fire him. He ought to have been
■ whipped, but this little shrimp here
wouldn't light a mosquito.”
She moved slightly to one side, and
from his concealment behind her there
emerged the “little shrimp.” His head
barely reached her shoulder, and he
seemed rather a clinging vine, bpt he
admitted that he was her husband.
“Leave me a memorandum of name
and address, and I’ll look into the mat
ter,” said Mr. Arkwright, weakly. And
the pair departed.
Ten minutes later the pocket-edition
husband slipped back into the office,
and this time he was alone. Glancing
cautiously behind him. ho drew out
$4.50 in cash and turned it over to Mr.
Arkwright.
"That's all right about that bill,” he
said. "My wife cut off those wires so I
couldn’t have a good time while she
was gone, and I connected them up
again. I had a sight more than $4.50
worth of fun, and I'm ready to pay the
bill. But don’t you ever let her know."
And he backed cautiously out of the
qfflee and disappeared down the stair:'.
DIES IN BERTH ON ‘
TRAIN EN ROUTE TO
FLORIDA TO VOTE
WEST POINT. GA., Nov. 4.—Heart
failure snatched the life of J. Edward
O'Brien, president of the National Bar
Pilots association, yesterday near West
Point while he was traveling on a West
Point Route train from Baltimore to
Pensacola to east his vote tomorrow.
He was apparently in good health when
be retired in his berth Saturday night.
A physician aboard the train rendered
medical aid unavailinglyf
The body was taken off the train at
' Opelika, Ala., and cared for by the Elks,
. who shipped it to Pensacola last night
for interment.
Mr. O’Brien was president of the na
tional association for fifteen years and
was a pilot himself before he was elect
ed. Hi ran for congressman-at-large
. in Florida last summer. His wife ami
■ several children reside in Baltimore.
FITE WARNS JURY TO
LOOK FOR BRIBERY IN
ELECTION TOMORROW
CARTERSVILLE. GA., Nov. 4. -In
: his charge to the grand jury at the
■ opening of court here today. Judge A.
. W. Fite told the gran 1 jury that he had
heard that Roosevelt leaders nad de
clared they were going to spend $25,00'1
' in Bartow county, if necessary, to in-
; I sure Roosevelt a plurality hen- tomor
i row. He told tin- jury to investigat
. that and indict any man caught giving
or accepting any money in the int re.-t
i of Roosevelt, Wilson or any other cat
didate.
i Judge Fite did not so much as men
. tion the court of nppeais. which i-. ’eut
ly tin< him SSOO for contempt. i. r
suit of his criticisms in h I :Cu oug i
case. Afterward he «:.ui he lird not
mentioned the matter in his ehargi
. simply because he had fo'gotbn all
, about the incident.
INFANT DAUGHTER OF
CHAS. J. KELLY DIES
Evelyn Kelly, the eighteen-months
old daughter of Charles J. Kelly, At
' lanta newspaper man, died this morn
‘ ing at 2 o’clock, after an Illness of ten
’ days at the family home, 40 Culberson
, street.
She was the grandniece of the late
‘ Joel Chandler Harris, the famous
writer. She is survived by her father,
mother and three brothers and two sis
ters.
The funeral will be private. It will
take place at 4 o’clock this afternoon at
the grave side in Westview.
ALBERT L. ODEN NOT
IN MARITAL MIX-UP
Police information that it was \ibert
I 1.. Oden who was chased by iiis wife
through downtown streets of Atlanta
and afterward took out it peace war
rant against her was found incorrect
today. The man in question had the
same surnuim. but a different given
I name. Vlbett L. Oden han never been
involved in police-court troubles.
ATLANTA, GA„ MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1912.
PfIWEBS 101
TO HINDER
CHOSHIIIE
OFTOKJ
i 1
I
!Sultan’s Government Notified:
I
i That They Can Not Open
Armistice Negotiations.
(MOSLEMS ADMIT THEIR
DEFEAT IS COMPLETE
i
|
Urge European Countries to i
Take Immediate Steps for
Mediation in Her Behalf.
————
PARIS, Nov. 4.—The powers today
notified Turkey that they could not
open negotiations with the Balkans'
with a view to bringing about an armis
tice in the Balkan war.
Turkey was instructed by the French
government that the Balkan states could
propose peace, but could not propose
an armistice.
LONDON, Nov. 4.—Turkey's note
asking the powers to mediate in her
behalf with the Balkan states and with
Greece was the subject of formal dis
cussion at a special meeting of the cab
inet jn the foreign office today.
Sir Girard Augustus Lowther, British
ambassador to Turkey, has cabled from
Constantinople that the Turkish gov
ernment is desirous of the greatest ur-
MTencj on ;.he part c T> powers.
Tuii is a virtual admission by Turkey
that sin- has been over*r*>.jnilngiy
crushed in the Balkan war.
Greek and Turk
Dead Strew Field
j ATHENS, Nov. 4.—Details of the
| Greek victory at Yenidize, received here
this evening, showed that it was the
bloodiest battle in which Greek and
Turkish Soldiers have been engaged.
The Turkish army of 25,000 men lost
6,500 in killed, wounded and prisoners.
The Greeks captured 30 heavy guns.
The battlefield Is strewn with Greek
and Turkish dead and with the car
casses of dead artillery horses.
Furious Fighting
Still Going On
SOFIA, Nov. 4.—Although Turkey has
appealed to the powers to mediate and
bring about a suspension of ho’atllltles
in the Balkan war. furious fighting was
•still going on today almost within the
suburbs of Constantinople.
While the main division of the Turk
ish army lias sought refuge beneath the
forts of Chatalja, the main defenses on
the north, lighting was still going on
south of the ' irient railway and on the
western -siopi s of the Istrandja moun
tains, where Bulgarian forces drove
Turkish .‘loops before them. It was
: ’earned today that the Turkish army
j began retreat after 72 hours fighting.
Tile first report of Bulgarian losses
in this light was given out here today.
This stated that 4,000 Bulgarians were
killed and 20,000 wounded. The brunt
of the battle was borne by the First
i nd Second regiments of tile Bulgarian
infantry. Out of the 7.200 troops only
700 escaped unscathed. Six thousand
five hundred soldiers of the First and
Second regiments fell upon the field,
either dead or wounded.
Compared to Famous
Retreat From Moscow.
The flight of the Turkish army is com
pared with Napoleon's retreat from
Moscow. Whole brigades of the flower
of the Turkish army were annihilated.
The Bulgarian artillery thundered its
destructive fire without cessation night
and day ffr 48 hours.
Rejoicing here was mingled with
pathos over the bitterness of the loss.
Belief is expressed that after bringing
the Turkish empire to its knees Bul
garia and the other Balkan states will
ref us' to listen to offers for mediation
until Constantinople has been invested.
I. E. Guechoff, the Bulgarian pre
mier, has dispatched important advices
to Czar Ferdinand, who is at the arrtiy
headquarters at Stars Zagorn, w"'' h, it
is believed, relate to the mediation.
.Vlr. Guechoff declared today that in
his opinion the powers would not press
Continued on Page Three.
Gen. Wood, in Atlanta, Picks McPherson as Brigade Post
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Major General Leonard Wood, chief of staff of the United Slates army, on left, and Briga
dier General R. K. Evans, commander of the Department of the Gulf, snapped as they in
spected Kort McPherson and environs this morning.
3-YEARFUGITIVE
IS BEHIND BARS
Accused Slayer of Policeman
SurprTsecT"and
Momentarily Unarmed.
Dodging officers of the law for three
years, during which time he was armed
constantly, John Huff, a negro accused
of slaying a policeman in Anderson, S.C.
and for whom a reward of S7OO is out
standing, is in a cell in the Tower today
awaiting to be taken back to South
Carolina for trial.
Sheriff W. AV. Adams, of Anderson,
and Deputy Sheriff Suttles, of Fulton
county, flushed the fugitive last night
in a room at Pine and Williams streets,
and captured him without a fight. He
iiad just walked into a room with a bot- 1
tie of milk in cither hand when the of- j
fleers covered him The negro’s pistol i
lay on a table near by.
As the handcuffs were snapped onto
his wrists, he exclaimed angrily:
“This is the first time in three years
that pistol's been out of my pocket. If
I’d had it, you fellows would never
have taken me alive."
Huff was under arrest at the time of
the murder, according to Sheriff Adams.
With handcuffs on his wrists, he man
aged to get his pistol out of his pocket,
and. catching the officer off his guard,
shot him to death, after which he es
caped.
OFFICIALS OF STATE
LEAVE CAPITOL FOR
HOME TO CAST VOTE
Georgia’s capitol will be deserted to
morrow, .save for the caretakers, a few
clerks incapacitated from voting for one
reason and another, and those state of
ficials whose voting residence is in At
lanta.
Governor Brown will go to Marietta
to vote, and will spend the greater part
of the day there. He will return to the
capital in time to receive the election
returns tomorrow night.
Commissioner of Agriculture Conner
and Commissioner of Labor Stanley
will vofe in Cartersville’and Dublin, re
spectively. The prison commissioners
already have departed to their homes,
and the supreme and appeals court
Judges all go this afternoon.
These officials are undertaking to
show by their acts the necessity and
patriotism of all Democratic officehold
ers voting in Georgia tomorrow, no less
than the privates in the ranks.
Every capitol attache who can vote
has been given leave of absence for
such period of time as a trip to his
home and back requires.
MURRAY’S COUNTY SEAT
CONTEST HEARING NOV. 20
Secretary of State Phil Cook lias set
Wednesday, November 20, as the date
upon which he will heur the contested
county seat election case from Murray.
Both Spring Place, tin present county
seat, and Chatsworth, the proposed
place of removal, will be ably repre
sented by counsel at this hearing
Declares This Is the Strategic
Point for Guarding Canal'
and Central America.
Centralization of practically the en
tire army strength of the South in At
lanta and tile Uiobiiiaatiun of the ma
jor oQrtion of the United States ijuhtiiig
the general staff of Uncle Sam’s war
force, outlined today by Major Genera)
Leonard Wood, chief of staff of the
army, who Inspected Fort McPherson
with the general mobilization scheme
in view.
“Our military activity.” he declared,
"is now practically confined to Cuba
and tiie Central American countries.
The oj>ening of the Panama canal will
mean that the government must be
refidy at all times to assemble an army
on the shortest notice in the Canal
Zone. Our'strength must be' centralized
in the South, and Atlanta seems the
logical point.
“My purpose in vlsting the post here
is to ascertain Just exactly what.we
have on the reservation and how much
Iwe would need if the centralization
I plan is carried through.”
. Military Spirit
i Not Dead, He Says.
“Commercialism in Amerfca has not
killed military discipline or spirit yet,”
said General Wood, discussing the gen
eral military situation. "We have not
yet reached that point,” he asserted
‘lt has been the experience of every
nation that where commercialism has
gained the upper hand the nation has
disintegrated, but there is plenty of pa
triotism left in America and all we
need is to train the citizenry in mili
tary affairs and impress on them the
Importance of a better fighting force.
Then the army will have plenty of re
cruits. Furthermore, the army is not
now lacking in spirit, and the desire to
enlist is as great as it has even ever
been.”
General Wood added that the need of
the country was correct histories telling
of exploits in battle and a realization
of tiie importance of strengthening
the forces to repel possible invasion. He
takes the position that since the United
States won't allow Japan or any other
nation to maintain even a coaling sta
tion in this part of tile hemisphere, in
accordance with the spirit of the Mon
roe doctrine, it should be able to back
up its bluff with a real fighting force.
General Wood would not be drawn
out on tiie political situation. He knew
Colonel Roosevelt and President Taft
very well, he said; Governor Wilson,
less well, but admired him greatly. But
a soldier’s place was to fight on tiie
battlefield, not in the political arena,
he declared.
General Wood recalled many inci
dents of Atlanta’s early days, particu
larly when he was stationed at the fort
in the nineties. "We used to ride along
here on our wheels," he said, Indicat
ing the road to Atlanta.
Recommendations Go
To Congress Early.
General Wood's recommendations will
be made immediately on his return to
Washington, and will be submitted ear
ly In the next session of congress. Tile
highest active army officer indicated
that his report would strongly urge the
locating of a brigade here
General Wood reached Atlanta at 8
o'clock this morning from Chattanboga.
lie was accompanied by Captain I’. U
McCoy, <>f the g ■neral staff, and they
immeulately hurried to the offices of
the Department ui the Gulf, in the'
SEES HER BABY
KILLED IN LIFT
Little Girl Crushed to Death in
Big Store Elevator in Pres
ence of Her Mother.
Five-year-old .Fannie May Echols,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Echols,
of Buckhead, was killed while playing
in an elevator in the store of Davison-
Paxon-Stokes Company, in Whitehall
street. Her mother was with her when
the child was crushed. Mother and lit
tle girl were taken In an automobile to
Grady hospital, but before the place was
reached the child had died.
Mrs. Echols was making purchases in
the store and, accompanied by her
daughter and her little son, Howard
Echols, 2 years old. They entered the
elevator about 1:30 o'clock.
According tn a statement of the
mother, made at the hospital, the ele
vator jerked suddenly between the sec
ond and third floors, and the child was
thrown through the shaft. She de
clares that she had to beg the elevatoi
boy to lower the car, that she might
give her child aid. before lie complied.
Officials of the store declare that the
child was playing in tho elevator and
thrust her head in the shaft when, she
was struck by a bar and received the
hurts that resulted in death.
A physician was called and first aid
was rendered before tiie child was put
in the automobile. Mrs. Eugene Wil
son, of Decatur, volunteered the use
of her car,
Mr. Echols, the fathe-. is employed by
the Union Construction Company.
Candler building, where they were
gr< < toil by Brigadier General R. K.
Evans.
Accompanied by General Evan.', they
motored to the fort. Genera! Wood did
not hesitate to go on record strongly in
favor of locating a brigade of three
regiments at Fort McPherson.
Necessary For
Brigade Here.
"The last congress passed a bill au
thorizing the establishment of a bri
gade post at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.,” he
said. "This should in no way inter
fere with the establishment of a bri
gade post at Fort McPherson. The
Oglethorpe post will be occupied by
three regiments of cavalry, and it is
Just as necessary that a brigade of in
fantry be placed In Atlanta.
"I consider this part of the South the
logical place for the centralization of
our army strength. With practically all
our military activity devoted to Cuba
and Central America, most of the reg
ular army should be planed as far south
as possible, while the opening of the
Panama canal will add another reason
for the strengthening of the Depart
ment of the Gulf.
My object In visiting McPherson at
this time is to look over the land, see
just what we have there and how much
we need for the locating of a brigade.
My rtipori will be based on this visit.
“Congressman Howard and the en
tire Georgia delegation is working hard
for the brigade and from my present
point of view 1 can see no reason why it
should not be established,”
HOHL
IPITIOH
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE
BOARD HALTS"
SMOKE«
HEADREADY
TO QUIT
Elsas Forces Through Resolu
tion Curtailing the Power of
Inspector McMichael.
MOVE TO ABOLISH BODY
LOOMS UP ONCE MORE
Six Cases Made Started Trou
ble—Harwell in Hot Criticism
of Commission’s Action.
••••••••••••••••••••••••••
• HEAD OF U. S. ARMY
; RAPS SMOKE NUISANCE. •
• Major General Leonard Wood, •
• chief of staff of the United States •
• amry, walked up Pryor street from •
• the Union station early today. In •
• the canyon behind a big office •
• building a great cloud of black •
• smoke started him coughing. •
• “This is bad for a fine city like •
• Atlanta, he said. "It isn't in keep- •
• ing with your progress. You ought •
• to get rid of the smoke nuisance.” •
••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Through the efforts of Oscar Elsas, a
prominent manufacturer, Smoke In
spector Paul McMichael’s war against
the srrtbke evil was called off today.
Inspector McMichael was instructed
not to make, any more cases against
violators of the smoke ordinance with
out specific Instructions from the smoke
board.
The commission repudiated its former
instructions to Inspector McMichael and
went on record by a vote of three to
five as opposed to any drastice action
to abate the smoke evil.
"I am ready-to resign if tiie commis
sion means t<f adhere to any such pol
icy as that adopted today," said Chair
man R. M. Harwell after the executive
session of the commission, in which
Commissioner Elsas put through his
measure.
Harwell Declares
Elsas Should Quit.
"It is Clear to my mind that Mr. Elsas
does not want to enforce the smoke
law," he continued. “I don’t think a
man with that attitude ought to remain
a member of the smoke commission."
Councilman Charles W. Smith has
had an ordinance abolishing the smoko
commission’drawn for some time. lie
delayed urging council to adopt it be
cause the smoke commission announced
it would enforce the law. He asserted,
however, that if the commission did not
enforce the law he would insist that ft
be abolished.
Following the announcement that In
speetoi McMichael had made eases
against six prominent men because
their plants were violating tiie smoke
ordinance, Mr. Elsas requested Chair
man Harwell to call a meeting of the
commission.
Men Accused
Ask for Hearing.
Five members assemble: today at 11V
o’clock, Commissioners Isaac Schoen,
Chris Essig and the mayor, who is ati
< x-officio member, being absent.
J. 1,. DeGive, manager of the Grand
opera house building: FJank Harrell,
manager of the Aragon hotel: C. L.
Ashley, chief engineer of the Atlanta
Brewing and Ice Company: W. F. Wine
coff. president of the Central Realty
Company, and a representative of tins
Piedmont hotel were present because
cases had been docketed against them
earlier in the day by Inspector Mc-
Michael Harrell appeared for his fa- *
ther.
These men wanted a hearing. Chair
man Harwell stated that he did not
think it the time to give a hearing. He
said the cases were scheduled to be
heard by Recorder Broyles tomorrow
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock and that it
would be presumptuos for the board to
interfere now. He was supported by
Commissioner J. M. VanHarlingen.
Commissioner Elsas declared tnat
he had not asked for a meeting to be
called in order to hear from these men.
but as they had understood that they
would be granted ti bearing. h< thought
the board should grant them that cour
tesy.
They Blame It
On Negro Firemen.
Chairman Harwell Insisted that the
hearing be postponed until the next reg
ular meeting of the board. Tuesday
week.
Commissioners it L. t’orky and J. N.
Renfroe voted with Mr. Elsas, and tho
men were given a hearing.
Os the six men against whom cases
’ were made, all made statements
