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the weather Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia: Fair and warmer today; fair tomor row. VOL. XL NO. 80. SMITH PUNS OUSTING OF SMOKE BOM Father of Ordinance Aimed to Eliminate Evil Leads Fight to Abolish Body. FIVE OFFENDERS TO TRIAL BEFORE RECORDER TODAY . .. iiiian Charles W. Smith, father (1 : n , (finance to eliminate the smoke . jjsair . said today he would intro* ;; , an ordinance at the next meeting .noil to abolish the board. He lovever, he yvopld lirst request u: a met ting of the smoke committee o t iv Chamber of Commerce be called tn « . the co-operation of the commit.- T sm xe commission has broken cth both the council and the i ’■ of Commerce,” lie said. “It lias been on probation since it ; Ito amend the ordinance and mor? liberal.” h Lite L. Moore, president of the i'., it.■ of Commerce, said today that ■ ioke commission had not been gi n sufficient time to show what it ■ ■nuin do toward abating the smoke aii< \ He said it required a cam paign of education to reduce the smoke evil. mill that he thought Mr. Elsas was sincere in his efforts. I do.i't think the Chamber of Com- i. should interfere now.” he said, it i.- matter for council and the nnoke commission to settle.” Five Offenders In Court Today. The five offenders against whom - ■ ve been made will fight their .1- .-.efore Recorder Broyles this aft noon. They are the Aragon hotel, AtCnta Milling Company, Atlanta Brewing and Ice Company, Austell iiuilditig and the Grand building. ’Reorder Broyles has the option of imposing a fine or a stockade sen tcnce. i; is the opinion of a large majority i ii mbeis of the city council and of I'lii'iing citizens generally that most of tin. members of the commission do I u nut to enforce the smoke ordi wru i'..airman R. M. Harwell said i m i.i.uself. and added that the commis- • I'li ought to be abolished. i 1 'sear Elsas should resign from “i. commission," said Councilman Smith, in referring /to Mr. Bl as' action of yesterday, when he put rough the commission, in a secret ses a resolution prohibiting the smoke aspect,ir from making cases without pecific instructions from the commis iwi. "He should never have been ap i-ointed to the commission, because he ls a manufacturer who violates the smoke ordinance.” Will Insist On Enforcing' Ordinance. h' tin smoke commission maintains its present attitude, I see no reason for the city to pay an inspector S2OO per month,” he continued. “We have passed the law, and the commission must not allow persons to violate it with im punity.” Alderman James E. Warren, Council ien All,, i t Thomson, C. D. Knight and Aldine Chambers were among the many ' ho declared that the smoke ordinance must be enforced. 1 spent $2,000 on the furnaces at my sundry to comply with the law," said "uneihnan Knight. “The law can be 'implied with. It would be an unjust ‘imination against the men who ■ a 'e complied with the law not to en "‘|.e the law.against those who have refused.” Violators Warned Ma ny Times. Th ne smoke ordinance was passed and ‘‘ 'oniniission appointed by Mayor la . inn almost six months ago. All vio- 1 ’•? of tlie smoke ordinance have been wine by Inspector Paul McMichael ‘’“ f ' and again. He says that many ' i 'implied with the law, including railroads. ' ? instructed by the commission "cm to make cases on November 1. OIX Wppm 1 ’T- flu , uocketed yesterday, and set iblh ldl afternoon. More were to p '’"mediately. Then Commission* '! a meeting of the commls , , ; ' lntl Inspector McMichael ,|s tructed to go slow and to make I rr , ' without specific instructions J'" ” < omniisslon. t 0 . a few weeks since a plan 11 1 * le smoke commission had r,.. ( nue shape. This movement , c ’ ' "ii the commission amend (.,l( '• liberal ordinance of the ii, " '‘king it almost useless. The " abolish the commission tailed when the commission action, ' ovldes that black smoke . 1 emitted for mon than “ u "' to the bout. The Atlanta Georgian X Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS —Use For Results. • , : Wilson First and : Roosevelt Second : By First Returns: • BOSTON, Nov. s.—The first of- • • ficial returns received today were • • 250 ballots counted in precinct 1, • • Revere, a town near Boston, which • • gave the following result: • • For President Wilson 84. • • Roosevelt 83. Taft 70. • • For Governor—Foss 105. Bird 68 • • Walker 62. a • The total vote in Revere in 1906 • • for president was: • • Bryan. 664; Taft, 1.324. The to- • • tai vote of Revere last year for • • governor was: Foss. 1,201; Froth- • • ingham, 1,057. • • President Taft has carried • • Acushnet. Mass., the first town to • • return a complete vote. The bal- • • lot: Taft 104, Wilson 52, Roose- • • velt 50. The 1908 vote was: Taft • • 118 and Bryan 12. • • Two precincts in the city of • • New Bedford give Roosevelt • • Taft 359, Wilson 237. • • Norwell. Mass., voted as follows • • today: Roosevelt, 104; Taft. 97; • • Wilson, 78. The vote in 1908 was: • • Taft, 164; Bryan, 40. • •••••••••••••••••••«■>•••• Councilmen, Failing to Get Bid to Wedding, Recall Fund for Gift Gossip That Invitations Often Are • Sent Just to Get Presents Suffers Knockout. Gossips have it that wedding invita tions often are sent in the hope of getting wedding presents. The mem bers of the city council do not see it that way. Two weeks ago they each subscribed $5 for a wedding present for a« fellow member. That made $l5O. Yesterday afternoon they began to ask each other who had received invi tations to the affair, which is attracting considerable attention In social circles. Only three members of council had re ceived invitations. The other members immediately re called their subscriptions for the pres ent. GIRL CONFESSES TO FIRING HOTEL WHERE 3 LOST THEIR LIVES ST. LOUIS. Nov. s.—Miss Barbara Gladys, eighteen years old, a ilurse girl employed for a year and a half by the family of Rev. William J. Wil liamson, was arrested today at the Windermere hotel by Chief of Detec tives Allender, who declares she con fessed that she set the Berlin hotel on fire Friday night. Three persons lost their lives in tlie flames. She also told him that she tried to set the Winder mere on fire Tuesday. “Love of excitement” was the reason she gave. She said she fired the Berlin by scattering paper through the halls of the second and thiid floors and igniting it. At the Windermere she said she hung a towel through a transom and set one end of it on tire. This attempt, ac cording to the police, was discovered by other persons in the hotel and led to the girl’s arrest. CANDLER SMILES AS COUNCIL OVERRIDES HIS VARIOUS VETOES Members of council who yesterday lan roughshod over vetoes by Acting Mayor Johfl S. Candler expected no fight from him today. The acting mayor was reversed on the ordinance creating two assistants to Probation Officer Coogler. Judge Candler was in the chair as the presid ing officer of council. He looked se rious when Councilman J. H. Andrews moved that the veto be overriden. But he had to smile at the monotony of “aye” votes. The matter must be approved by the aldermanic board, but it is not expected that Acting Mayor Candler will make any fight. Council sustained his veto of the measure allowing Philip Weltner. the social reformer, to investigate police court cases. • A new ordinance was passed allowing Mr. Weltner to investi gate cases under the direction of Polio ■ Chief Beavers. OFFICIALS OF ALABAMA WILL BE WITNESSES IN CAPITOL KILLING CASE MONTGOMERY, ALA.. Nov. 5. — Sheriff Hood was at the capitol today assembling evidence and summoning witnesses to appear before the grand jury tomorrow in the case of Will G. Oakley, who shot and killed his step father. P. A. Wood, at the capitol last Thursday, within 20 feet of the govern or's office. The witnesses summoned are James G. Oakley, president of the state con vict board, and relative of the defend ant: Dan G. Trawick, of the convict department; Cyrus B. Brown, secretary of state; Max Porterfield, of the state automobile department; Dr. W. W. Dinsmore, statu hookworm director; Adolph Dietrich, landscape gardener at the capitol. and Luther Lattimer, a ne gro porter at the capita . ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5. 1912. WILSON TAFT Atlanta Boy Aviator Finds Greatest Pleasure in the Plaudits of His Parent FLYER CUTS AIR CAPERS FOR MOTHER s' \ x /' ' \ / \ r - ' < \ . A ’ y ¥ ' : ' . i ■' ' ' "i z 11 riL j / Charles Wiggins Gives Special Performance for “Crowd” of One at Speedway. Charle- L. Wiggins. Atlanta aviator, today declares that he has performed befov • his most enthusiastic crowd. In his year as a birdman he has ascended mai.y times while thou, ands looked and trembled. Yesterday, ut tlie Speedway, he manipulated 1118 aero.June while a siiiitl ■ spectator watched. \Ui: n h‘e de scended lie was free to admit that the plaudits of the one peison sounded louder than th. cheers of hundred;--. The spectator was his mother. Wiggins is but 20 years old. He started flying a bare twelve months ago. In that twelve months he has appeared in the big aviation meets of the country. But his mother had never seen him fly. He was anxious to have her witness ills skill in driving a machine through the air, and yesterday she consented to yvatch him perform. For her benefit he did all the dips and glides and spirals that have meant death to dozens of the men who have sought fame and fortune in the air. She sat in the grandstand and watched, unable to speak, but with her eyes flashing her admiration for her son. Wiggins did everything in the reper toire of a birdman. He dashed over tlie grandstand, where his mother sat. To sliow his absolute control of his ma chine. he followed the course of the race track. Spirals, dips, every feat of daring was attempted and shown. And the while the mother heart «h --torn beiaeen pride and fear. Each giiii<' her ut, made thrilled her, but SWEEPING MOST STATES; AND T. R. FAR BEHIND HIM / \ ■Hr \ Jw? Charles Wiggins, Atlanta boy aviator, who gave a private exhibition for his mother at the Speedway yesterday. each one sent a cold shock through her. "I ilhlp't know whether to cheer or cry.” was all the mother would say when tlie flight was ended. But when the mother lips were press ed on his. as hi greeted her at the con clusion of his performance, the aviator knew his reward. MAY FLY AT WAYCROSS. \\ A YUR< ISS. GA.. No. 6. If a Georgia locution is considered at all Waycross will be given cohalderation by a party of avi ators who ure seeking winter quarters. The information ree.elved here states that among the party I a woman aviator. SPANISH LINER SUNK; LOSS OF LIFE HEAVY LONDON, Nov. The Spanish steamer Arana was run down and suhk with heavy loss of life off lie D'Aix earl) today. awarding to a Lloyd tele gram from Tonnail. l>Tane< . GOV. BROWN AND SON VOTE. MARIETTA. GA., Nov Governor Joseph M. Brown and 11 - -on. Joe, voted I i r< this morning l<t Wil on and Ala . intil. Vt noon jpo v«i- had been polled in Marietta \ Wiggins ill trial flight at Speed way, Hying past the judges’ stand. GIRL MUSICIAN HURT IN EXPLOSION OF OIL AT MAJESTIC HOTEL Miss Frances Handibeau, a member of the Majestic hotel's orchestra, was pain fully burned about the face shortly be fore noon today when an oil stove in Room 307 of the hotel exploded. The fire department was called. Only a lace curtain was destroyed. Mrs. Gibson, in Room 504, fainted during the excitement, and had to be taken in charge by friends. Miss Handibeau was in the room with Miss Stannmd. Miss Sager and Miss Dana, also of the orchestra. She was inspecting the stove, and, placing her head too close, caught the explosion fairly in the face. She wa.- given attention by the hotel of ficials and later by a physician, who said that she was not hurt seriously. 4 LITTLE CHILDREN LOOK ON AS MOTHER FIGHTS OFF NEGRO COLUMBUS. OHIO, Nov. s.—The second brutal negro attack upon a white woman within a week occurred here today when a strange negro en tered the home of Mrs. Harry Little, in a suburb near Greenlawn cemetery. Residents in the vicinity heard the woman’s screams and rushed to her assistance as the negro fled from the house. Mrs. Little fought the black desper ately. l)ut lie succeeded in breaking her right arm. Four little children stood by and watched the frantic struggles of their mother A posse made up of citi zen-. headed by the police, is now . eaiching tor the assailant. HOHL IDITION 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE Only Encouraging Vote for Republican Can didate Is in Western Sections—T. R. and Taft Being Sacrificed in Illinois to Save Deneen. ) NEW YORK, Nov. s.—Fair weather throughout the United States brought out a heavy vote in the national elec tion today. From many states came reports that the biggest vote in the history of the state was being polled. Nearly 400,600 of the 700.000 votes in this city had been cast up to noon. At national Democratic headquarte s the most encouraging reports were re ceived from nearly every state. This afternoon Democratic National Chair man McCombs issued a statement say ing that all reports received up to noon contained the same glowing reports of a victory for Wilson and Marshall. Telegrams to the Republican head quarters and Progressive headquarters were far less optimistic, and 'lndicated their nominees running far behind. Gloom prevailed at Republican head quarters up to 2 p. m. The first re turns of tlie day came from Revere. Mas.-., a town near Boston, which gave Wilson 84 votes, Roosevelt 83 and Taft 70. All tli*- presidential candidates of tlie big parties voted in their home towns President Taft ca:-t his vote in Cincin nati, Roosevelt voted in Oyster Bay ami Governor Wilson cast his vote ai Princeton, N. J. Each was confident of success. ' Ticket Scratching- In All Sections. From East and West, North and South poured into the national head quarters telegraphic reports showing the far reaching interest in the election. In some districts this took the form of ticket scratching. In West Virginia, which Colonel Roosevelt regarded as a safe and cer tain Bull Moose state, the Socialists showed unexpected strength. In other states, notably TennesseA Oregon, Cal ifornia. Michigan and Pennsylvania. Progressive leaders claimed that Presi dent Taft would run third. Former Governor Joseph W. Folk, of St. Louis, reported that Wilson had Misouri safe. This was followed by a telegram from J. M. Heath, state chair man of Mississippi, claiming a Demo cratic majority of 15,000 there. Illinois continued in doubt throughout the day. with all parties making claims. Reports Indicate Sweeping Victory. 'hairman McCombs, of the national committee, issued the following state ment this afternoon: "Ail our advices received from every state in the Union up to 12 o'clock con l tain the same glowing reports of a sweeping victory for Wilson and Mar shall. Many telegrams have been re ceived from up-state leaders, all show ing the success of the New York ticket and the national ticket in this state Otlier states have reported a heavy ear ly vote.” J. D. Hand, Democratic state chair man of New Mexico, wired that Gov ernor Wilson was getting better than an even break there. Joseph A. Young, a Democratic lead er in Utah, wired from Salt Lake City that President Taft was beating Roose velt two to one in that state, which as sured a victory for Wilson in the final count. F. C. Whitten, of Portland, Oreg, telegraphed that Wilson was getting a, heavy vote there, and that the Indica tions are that Taft will run third. E. O. Wood, national Democratic committeeman from Michigan, sent word that Wilson had an even chance in that state. Tom Taggart, national committeeman from Indiana, telegraphed that the early vote in the state indicated a victory for Wilson. M. J. Rawley, Democratic state chair man of Maryland, telegraphed from Baltimore that that state and city would go for Wilson. “No Prophet Needed To Tell Result.” Joseph W. Folk wired from St. Louis to Chairman McCombs: "It takes no prophet to tell what will happen today. I congratulate you.” J. M. Beath, state chairman of Mis sissippi, wired: “From the voting being done, the Indications are that the Dem ocratic majority will be 75,000 in this state." Medlll McCormick, head of the Pro gressive t>arty in Illinois, issued the following statement from Chicago to day: "Reports at Progressive headquarters from Illinois and nearby 7 states indicate a tremendous vote, especially in indus trial districts. This augurs well for the success of the Roosevelt-Johnson tick et. Republicans generally are trading votes with the Democrats, offering one vote for Wilson for a vote for Deneen.