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THE WEATHER Forecast: Rain tonight or tomor row. Temperatures: Ba. m„ 37 de grees; 10 a. m„ 39 degrees; 12 noon, 41 degrees; 2 p. m„ 40 degrees VOL. XI. NO. 99 TURKS HI TURNDOWN BUMS' TERMS Reject Proposals and Make Counter Offer—Chances of Peace Remote. DELAY ADDS GREATLY TO OTTOMAN STRENGTH Sultan’s Men Take Heart at Embroiled Condition of European Affairs. CONSTANTINOPLE. Nov. 27.—Tur key today rejected the peace proposals of the Bulgarian government when the negotiations between the plenipotentia ries were resumed in the private rail way car formerly owned by Abdul Hamid, near Chatalja. Nazim Pasha, the Turkish command er-ln-chief and war minister, offered counter proposals, which he had been authorized by the porte to make, and these were taken under consideration by General Savoff, the Bulgar com mander-in-chief, and his two fellow commanders. That the Bulgar envoys countenanced at all the proffer of Turkish peace con ditions indicated that they had been clothed with wider powers by the Sofia government than had been expected. Many reports were current here throughout the day. The first was that the Bulgars, after withdrawing for cur sory perusal of the Turkish counter terms, had rejected them and prepared to return to She Bulgarian camp. Negotiations Reported Collapsed. This was followed by another report that the Bulgarian envoys were mark ing time, having telegraphed to Czar Ferdinand and Premier Guechoff foi further instructions. Another report, and one that was received with consid erable credence, was that the negotia tions had collapsed and that hostilities would be resumed. There is no doubt from the attitude of the Turkish government officials that Grand Vizier Kiamll Pasha down, that the Turks are gaining heart from the growing danger signs in Europe that might embroil the Balkan league with one or more European powers, and that the position of the Ottoman gov ernment has become markedly stronger vithln the past 48 hours. During the lull in the fighting brought about by the present armistice, the Turks have worked night and day’ to strengthen the defenses of this city. New trenches have been dug along the Chatalja lines, and artillery’ placed in ■ tronger positions. Porte Wants to Join Confederacy. There was a recurrence hero today of the report that the porte is nvtkmg overtures to join the Balkan confeder acy, in order to retain as much as pos sible of her territory in Europe. Developments along other lines have come to light, showing that Turkey is drifting rapidly coward the triple al liance as the most likely means of get ting help from the European powers. Germany, the strongest country in the riple alliance, has been on the friend liest terms with Turkey during recent ears. The government still is moving ah available Asiatic troops northward o the Bosphorus, and it now has a eserve force of about 10,000 within miles of the capital in Asia Minor. The .'■ar office announces that the cholera Ituation in the Turkish camp is im proving. General War Clouds Heavier VIENNA. Nov. 27.—Austria has re jected Emperor William's proposal to submit her controversy with Servia to a council of the powers, adding a new note of alarm today to a situation al ready overburdened with perils. Austria has adopted a “hands oft Policy, Foreign Minister Vonßereht hnld and Emperor Francis Joseph hav- Ing arrived at a program by which they are determined to deal directly with Servia without outside interfer- • ence. The dual monarchy has given notice of its willingness to go into an Inter national conference after her quarrel | citti Servia is settled. Although te- Ports of safety of M. Prochaska, the Austrian consul at Prisrend, who y. as reported to have been killed by Ser vian troops, removed one obstruction t° peace, yet the controversy over Ser vian occupation of Adriatic ports and autonomy for Albania are no neater s -ttlement than before- The Atlanta Georgian Rears For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results. Aviating Thanksgiving Bird Fails to Set a New Altitude Record FLYER TURKEY STRIKES AN AIR POCKET jak>---■""" 11 I Mil t , * ‘Ft Atlantans Can Have an Appro priate Feast Tomorrow at Reasonable Cost. Atlanta turkey soared high for Thanksgiving, but it failed to break any aviation records; in fact, the tur key altitude record for Thanksgiving, 1912, is several cents under the mark for 1911. Let us be thankful. The wet spring of a few months back cut short the crop of turkeys to such an extent that it was feared prices might be higher than usual, but today a new and unexpected agency in the local market placed the king bird nearer the reach of all —all who are fairly prosperous. Formerly local poultry dealers have operated under a city ordinance that prohibited the shipment and handling of undrawn fowls, but the ordinance has been set aside pending a new draft intended to remedy existing evils, and the result is that the market is well f stocked. Turkeys of the best grade sold last year for 30 to 35 cents, but the I general opinion is that they will not go | over 30 this year, while the lower grades can be bought for from 22 1-2 to 25 cents. Cranberries and the various vegetables necessary for the dinner are about the same as last year Apples and oranges, it is quoted, are much cheaper than formerly. Supply Much Larger. “The old ordinance is obsolete,” de clared a leading poultry dealer and grocer today. "It prevented the impor tation of undrawn fowls and for this reason the dealers could not get a ±ull supply of birds. Since this ordinance is set aside temporarily while a new one is drafted by Dr. Claude Smith and the Chamber of Commerce, there has been a great increase in the supply and I took for nearly twice as many birds as last year." Another well known market man also is of the opinion that the turkey dinner j will average less this year and the poor) 'man can sit down to a mighty good lineal if he uses care in buying. "This is a poor man’s year,” he said. “If he is careful not to buy too much turkey and will exercise judgment in his other purchases, cutting out a dish here and there that the rich man is unwilling to forego, he will find the going easy. Instead of paying 40 or 50 cents a quart for oysters for dressing, or 30 cents for chestnuts, he can pay five cents for a loaf of bread and five cents for a couple of onions and have t thoroughly good dressing. Then he needn’t buy new potatoes, but a cheaper grade and save 300 per cent on that item alone. Dinner For Six For $5.85. “Let him cut out one or two vege tables that even the rich man can t eat, together with nuts and raisins and one fruit, and he has saved nearly one half of the price and enjoys the dinner quite as much. Everything depends on the buyer. The careless buyer may pay sls for his dinner and the shrewd buyer just a third as much.” . There is a small saving in a substi tution of one of various meats for tur key, such as chicken at 25 cents, goose at 22 1-2 to 25. and duck at 25; but only the very poor, indeed, are expected to forego the pleasure of the King Bird, even if he does cost a trifle more. Tur keys range in weight from 6 to 15 pounds, hence t+ie meat part of the din ner at 30 cents a pound will cost from JI.BO to $4.50, and tiiose fortunate enough to land a 15-pounder will have meat in some form or other the rest of the week. The following menu has been pre pared for a family of six and foots up a total of $5.85 to $8.95. The qualities are the best to be had: Turkey, 6 to 15 pounds, SI.BO to $4.50; dressing, oyster 50 cents, chestnut 40, pork sausage 30, bread 10; celery, 15 cents; lettuce. 15; cucumbers, 20; to matoes, 20; snap beans, 15; new Irish potatoes, 20; cauliflower. 25; cran berries, 20; s«eet potatoes, 10; pickles, 10; raisins, 15; assorted nuts. 25, grapefruit, 90; pineapple. 25; ice cream, 60; cakes. 25; paisley, 5 ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1912 North Side Joins in Thrilling Turkey Chase COP'S AIM SAVES DINNER t One Atlanta family came near having its Thanksgiving dinner snatched from its grasp today after the water was hot and the oyster stuffing and cranberries were waiting in the kitchen. It only was the unerring aim of Policeman B. B. Haslett that saved the dinner and converted tears into paeans of joy. The family lives at Linden street and Piedmont avenue, and for three weeks past mother, daughter and the young sters have taken turns in feeding a big gobbler which strutted in a high fenced inclosure in the back yard. Day by day the gobbler gained in weight: day by day his chestiness and his dignity kept pace with his avoirdu pois. Neighbors estimate that the tur key had consumed enough carefully chosen grain to keep a horse fat for a month. But he certainly was s< me turkey and the pride of the north side. Big Bird Flees Execution Block. , Early today, when the kettle was steaming and ready and the cook grin ning with the anticipation of the feast to come, the head of the family sallied forth, picked up Mr. Gobbler and bore him triumphantly to the chopping block. But the bird must have been reading the papers and knew the date of the annual massacre had arrived. As his would-be executioner paused to raise the ax, Mr. Gobbler broke from his grasp, made three circles around the yard and flew over the fence into the street. Down the avenue he went! Cries of ‘stop him!" resounded in the air. Out from homes and garages poured house maids and chauffeurs, cooks and but lers, governesses and heads of the fam ilies. Half a hundred children joined in YOUTH, RUNAWAY 28 TIMES, IS SEEKING WANDERLUST CURE Frank Cummings, seventeen years old. of Scranton, Pa., who says his fa ther, W. M. Cummings, is superintend ent of schools in that city, is seeking an antitoxin for the wanderlust germ. The youth insists he just can’t resist run ning away from home, despite his strong love for his home life and the ties that Find him to Scranton. Beginning when he was but rive years old, young Cummings said that he has run away from his home 28 times and has traveled over nearly the whole country. He is being held until word can be received from his father. "I just can’t help running away—l seem to be strangely affected with something that just forces me to leave my home,” said the youth. "I know full well that my father will whip me every time I run away, but this doesn’t stop me. I don’t want to run away—l want to stay at home and try to make some thing out of myself, but suddenly I'll be seized with this feeling to get away and then I light out.” x I In Your Thanks Giving For get Not the Poor Tomorrow will be a real Thanksgiving day if Atlanta heeds the promptings of her big, generous heart and lets not the re joicing of her prosperous drown the murmured appeal of the needy. The winter that emphasizes the delight of a cozy hearth to you may mean only shivering and woe to the ill-sheltered and ill housed —and there are many in prosperous Atlanta. The Associated Charities is Atlanta's wall between gaunt need and suffering and poverty’s innumerable, wards. Today and tomorrow the Ad Men's workers will ask you to help keep that wall strong and firm; to make it an effective shelter for fate’s victims, the wretched mother and her sobbing, shivering child, and its defeated, buffeted father. Add the sauce of charity to your Thanksgiving feast. It will taste sweeter and cleaner. the chase. It was a sight to gladden the heart of a motion picture man. But Mr. Gibbier had found his second wind ' and wept his lead. Eight blocks ran the turkey and eight blocks pursued the heartless mob. At last the bird turned into Currier street and fOf the first time found himself in real danger. Three prominent citizens, ; approaching from the opposite direc tion, spread themselves across the street. Mr. Gobbler was surrounded. But he didn’t give up. Spreading the wings he had not used since childhood, Mr. Gobbler rose with the graceful sweep of an aeroplane, barely eluded his tallest pursuer’s grasp and settled on the roof of a two-story residence, , the home of John O. Douglass, 55 Cur rier street. And there he settled, re . fusing to come down and be decapi tated. "Call a cop,” suggested somebody. Some one else ran to the phone. . ’’Serf?! out a policeman. Our Thanks giving dinner’s got. away,” said the voice the sergeant heard. "Somebody steal it?” he queried. Sharpshooting Cop Wins the Day. "It stole itself," said the voice. “It's roosting on top of the house and we want somebody to get it down." The sergeant’s first thought was to rush out the hook and ladder truck ' from the fire department, but his sec ! ond was to depend on his own force. So Call Officer Haslett put a fresh car tridge in his revolver, mounted his mo torcycle and sped out to the scene. Mr. Gobbler, iike the noted raven, still was sitting, still was sitting, when the cop arrived. Haslett dismounted, took careful alm and fired. And down . nine Mr. Gobbler, kicking his last kick and all ready for the cook. The family has promised the officer his choice of the drumsticks. ASKS WRIT TO KEEP CITY FROM ENFORCING TILE SIDEWALK ACT 1 J. Carroll Payne, the attorney, went before Superior Judge Pendleton today and obtained a temporary order re . straining the city from enforcing the construction of hexagon tile sidewalk in > front of his property at Cain and Wil liams streets. In appealing to the court for a per manent injunction Payne asserted that ; in September employees of the city had ■ removed a brick sidewalk to lower the grade of Cain street and then re-lai<i it. He said that the city authorities had agreed to replace the sidewalk if he waived dasuages in the matter of the ’ street grade. I On November 18, he alleged, he was served with a notice to construct a tile 1 sidewalk around the property and upon his failure to comply, city's employees began work with the avowed purpose of assessing the cost against his prop erty. PUN BIG HOTEL IT PEACHTRE PL. Michigan Banker Reported Try ing to Buy Gen. A. J. West’s Property For Site. That a modern steel and concrete hotel of eight stories is to be erected soon on the site of General A. J. West's residence at 789 Peachtree stret, foot of Pachtree place, was reported among real estate men today following the ap pearance in town of a retired banker from Michigan, who, it is understood, had offered SSOO a front foot for the property. Approached on the subject, General West did not deny that he had an offer for his place, but refused de tails of the proposed transaction. The West homestead was one of the first built in the neighborhood, and has a frontage of 90 feet, which would make the price of the lot $45,000. The cost of the hotel is expected to reach $500,000. The hotel plan is said to call for a structure unique in design and operation, which will enable it to cater to a distinctive class of guests. The deal, according to the rumor, hangs on General West's agreement to accept SIO,OOO of stock in the hotel company. In depth, the West lot is 240 feet, to the alley. The lot is elevated and com mands a view down Peachtree place which is said to have struck the fancy of the Michigan capitalist. Among the apartments in tiie neigh borhood are the Hampton Court, at 803 Peachtree; the Palmer, on the south side of Peachtree place, and the Elysee, on the east side of Peachtree between Peachtree place and Tenth street, and among those living in the immediate vicinity are S. H. Phelan, Major J. F. Burke. John S. Cohen, Mrs. Clem Har ris. Thomas H. Morgan, J. J. Disosway, W. S. Witham, Mrs. M. R. Emmons, A. D. Adair, Julian Field, John D. Lit tle. Dr. Fred G. Hodgson, Thomas Egle ston and others. This hotel would be the first north of the Georgian Terrace and would greatly stimulate building for business purposes as far out as Fourteenth street. THANKSGIVING DAY TO BE COLD, FOGGY, AND PERHAPS RAINY Thanksgiving will be a day for eating —if you have something to eat. The day won’t be good for anything else, ac cording to Weather Man VonHerrmann. All the meanness of a London fog, all the discomfort of a Scotland drizzle, all the chill of a northeast wind will d'> their best to dampen the celebration of Thanksgiving day. From morning to night, if the dope is not wrong, the day will be foggy, smoky and wot, with an added chill caused by zero temperature In the Northwest. The valient sportsmen who hive made exciting plans for game slaying and the pleasure of the chase Will have a damper thrown on their ardor. Even the football fan will face a chilly wind that will cut through overcoats and make living generally unpleasant. The only ray of hope the weather man will ca»t upon the situation is his own hope—that the rain won't arrive. It will undoubtedly be cloudy, windy and cold, but he says that perhaps the rain will fail to materialize. All At lanta hopes so. After Thursday will come chillier days, although all will be bright and sunny. Until Sunday the cold will con tinue, and then, perhaps, normal weath er will return. IT’S SNOWING IN ALABAMA; 15-YEAR RECORD BROKEN HUNTSVILLE. ALA., Nov. 27.—A little snow is falling throughout north ern Alabama, breaking all records for fifteen years. SLOT MACHINES COST CITYJ2OO,OOOAB GANBLim DEFIED Gaming Devices Operated All Over At lanta Have Already Taken More Than $150,000 Out of Players’ Pockets. Court Ruling Stamped Them Illegal. Slot machines, plain, ordinary gambling devices run in defiance of law under cover of the barest of technicalities, are reaping a har vest, conservatively estimated at $150,000, for the eight months they have been in operation. More than 100 nickel slot machines —the figure is probably nearer 150 —in near-beer saloons and locker clubs in Atlanta, are costing the city $200,000 a year. Although the authorities have been flooded with complaints and several members of council have declared that the operation of these machines is a flagrant violation of the anti-gambling law, the prose cution of these offenders is tied up in a net of legal technicalities. The state and city laws absolutely prohibit games of chance. Council has the authority to regulate in every detail the operation of near-beer saloons and locker clubs. Yet the playing of these machines continue'as uninterrupted as roulette in Monte Carlo. Tlie machines, manufactured by a big outside corporation, are own ed by several large companies or their agents. One company, the Atlanta Gum Company, owns about. 50 in Atlanta. The saloons or clubs in which they are in get 25 per cent of the profits. Chances 10 to 1 In Favor of Machine. The machines are filled with cheap chewing gum, which is ostensibly what the victims play for. A further effort to dodge the law is that the register shows what the first nickel will win. But the real stakes are checks, which are worth five cents each for drinks or tobacco. There is a "chance" to win twenty or more checks with one nlckek But experience has shown that the 1 chances are at least 10 to 1 In favor of the ma chines. While the machines show what will be secured with the first nickel, of course, the victims don’t stop with one play, but continue to drop in their nickels, sometimes for hours at a time. The machines simply show the result of the next play, while the victims gam ble on future plays. They do not offer even a fait- gambling chance. Another ingenuous trick of the scheme is that checks can be played as well as nickels. If one plays a ma chine long enough he will not only lose his money, but the few checks he might have won. Machine Takes Back Even the Gum. The most palpable fraud of the whole machine, though, Is that the play is supposed to be for chewing gum. The players rarely take the chewing gum. Appreciating this, the Inventors of the system have arranged It so that to get the chewing gum one must press a sep arate lever. If that lever Is not pressed the chewing gum goes back In the ma chine. Results show that while the machines are often refilled with checks, it is rarely necessary to put In more chewing gum. It is clear that the playing of the machines not only appeals solely to the gambling instinct, but if one wins, the tendency is to induce excessive drink ing. The cheeks are only good for drinks and tobacco, and with many checks the “winner” doesn’t hesitate to buy and buy. Some weeks ago a case was made in the recorder’s court against T. C. Alex ander, of the Atlanta Gum Company He was convicted by the recorder of running a game of chance. Some doubt as to the illegality of the operation of the machines was expressed in the court. It was agreed that a test case should be made of It. A Plain Gamble, Court Has Ruled. W. D. Ellis, Jr., assistant city attor ney, signed an agreement with the own ers of the machines that no more cases would be made until tills case was de cided by the higher court. Judge Bell decided, about November 1, that the operation of the machines was a game of chance. The case was then taken to the court of appeals. Under the authority of a legislative act, the police committee of council in troduced an ordinance in council some weeks ago barring the machines from near-beer saloons and locker clubs, re gardless of whether or not they were gambling devices. Gamblers Hide Behind Ellis Pact. The ’owners of the machines insisted that the agreement of Attorney Ellis prevented council from taking action until the decision of the courts was HOME EDITION 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE PEDDLER BEATEN ay BANDITS DIES Aged Victim Fails to Regain Consciousness and Police Have No Clew. William Franklin, the aged peddler who was beaten by robbers Saturday night in his home, 224 Decatur street, died today in Grady hospital without regaining consciousness. The failure of the victim to speak has left the crime a mystery. • Frank Risley, a young man. who was found near the scene by Policemen Haslett and Johnson, is being held pending an investigation. The body of Franklin was removed to Bloomfield’s undertaking parlors, where Coroner Donehoo will hold an in quest this afternoon. Franklin, who lived alone, was dis covered early Sunday morning in his home unconscious and apparently in a dying condition. The top of his head had been crushed by a blunt instru ment. The house had been tansacked, the peddler’s effects being scattered over the floor. He is supposed to have hoarded considerable wealth, and rob bery is believed by detectives to hava been the motive for the crime. WOULD BE LYNCHERS WAIT ONLY A DAY FOR WOUNDED MAN TO DIE OLIVE BRANCH, MISS., Nov. 27.—A mob, determined to lynch G. W. Tread way, the only survivor of the pitched battle yesterday, in which four men were killed, visited the home early to day, where Treadway lies desperately wounded. The family pnysiciaii addressed the mob leaders, and upon his representa tion that Treadway was in a dying con dition. the would-be lynchers departed. ‘‘lf he is alive tonight, however, we will come back,” was the warning as they departed. Anal. So the ordinance was referred to the ordinance committee. The ordi nance committee planned to take up the matter yesterday, but no quorum was present. In the meantime, the police are mak ing no cases, and the number of the machines is rapidly increasing. Alderman James E. Warren said to day that not only had many citizens protested against the machines to him, but that proprietors of saloons also had urged that they be prevented, because they were purely gambling schemes and tended to demoralize and discredit the near-beer business. “Barring the machines from saloons and locker clubs would stop their use. They are not found anywhere else,” de clared Aiderman Warren. “I think council should do it at once. Proceed ing against them in this manner would not conflict with Attorney Ellis’ so called agreement not to prosecute them as gambling devices.” Aiderman Warren is a member of both the pol(ce and ordinance commit tees. Councilman Charles W. Smith, chairman of the ordinance committee, said today that he was convinced that council should proceed at once to rid the city of the machines.