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a a fun. THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION I VOL. XLV-No. 87. ATLANTA, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1912- FOURTEEN PAGES.

PRICE, FIVE CENTS. BRIGHT, HAPPY CHILDREN, OVER 20,000 STRONG RAID BOOK STORES ON FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL Totes By Price Two members of the great throng of public school boys and girls who Monday morning answered the call of the school bells after a long and well- spent vacation. They received their, lists and then rushed to the book stores, giving the employees there the busiest day in years. When the vari- BASHFUL LOVER PROPOSES BY PROXY AND WINS OUT Robert E. Alexahder, a youth of Carroll street, didn't have the nerve to propose to.

pretty 18-year-old Hattie Hood, so he got a policeman to do it for him. The person of brass buttons, handcuffs and authority returned within Afteen -if not earlier--and said: "Go buy your license. Robert: she's accepted." It was this way: Hattie was ARKANSAS CLOSE ON PROHIBITION Returns Are Too Meager to Indicate Definitely the Result "Wets" Have Slight Lead, but the "Drys" Poll Heavy Vote in Country Districts Cities Show a Majority for the "Wets." Little Rock. September Because of the length of the ballot and the slow method of counting, only meager returns from today's state election had been received up to 1 o'clock this morning, and while the negative side of the proposition for the adoption of A prohibition amendment had a slight advantage, the returns in hand cannot be taken as Indicative, other than that the usual dem- ocratic majorities for state officers are being rolled up. In the larger cities the advantage was in favor of the "wets." but in the country districts, especially in the northwestern section of the state, the "drys" polled a large vote.

Likewise first returns showed slight majorities against the adoption of the so-called "grandfather On the several other proposals the returns were not indicative. The vote polled was large. and patches from a number of points indicate that returns sufficient to defi-; nitely establish the result will not be available until tomorrow. la J. T.

Robinson. congressman, is the democratic candidate governor, opposed by Andrew I. Roland, republican. The progressive party nominated no! candidates for state offices. The amendments voted on today include the so-called grandfather clause, designed to disfranchise negro voters; prohibiting the manufacture or sale of liquor in Arkansas; creating a state text-book commission; limiting legislative sessions to sixty calendar days; means to provide for the recall of all elective officers and giving to municipalities having 1,000 or more inhabitants the legal right to issue bonds for improvement purposes.

In a4 Ution, a tax bill passed by the legislature making sweeping changes in Arkansas taxing methods, was voted upon under the referendum provision of the constitution, and a proposed constitutional amendment to exempt from taxation for seven years all capital invested in cotton and fiber goods manufacturing. MAINE BACK IN G. O. P. FOLD; DEMOCRATS ARE DEFEATED BY ABOUT 3,000 PLURALITY TWELVE INDICTED FOR VOTE BUYING BY MORGAN JURY Fifty or More True Bills Are Expected im Next Few Days.

DEFEATED CANDIDATES CHARGE "SLUSH" FUND. Methods Used in the May Primary Cause Probe Charges Brought Against Officeholders by Defeated Candidates. Many Prominent Citizens Included in the Investigation. Madison. September Twelve men were indicted by the grand jury of the Morgan county superior court today on the charge of haying bought and sold votes at the county primary held last May, Their names were not announced, but it is said that a majority of them live in the Buckhead, Wellington and Fairplay districts.

Fifty or more additional indictments are 'expected to follow. A number of the most wealthy and prominent men of the county are implicated, and will be numbered among those who are indieted, it is believed. The grand jury has been in session since last Thursday, making a searching investigation of the methods used An conducting the primary last May. Those who were defeated in this primary openly charged that the successful candidates formad a pool, each putting in so much money, which they distributed throughout the county to district be heelers who in turn bought up the voters. It is this charge that the grand jury has been investigating.

Here Are the Candidates. Here are the names of the candidates for offices where there was opposition: City Court Judgeship--K. S. Anderson and J. H.

Holland; Anderson elected. City Court Solicitorship--A. G. Foster and W. D.

Anderson: Foster elected. Ordinary Peacock and A. H. Winter; Winter elected, Sheriff -R. B.

Aycock. C. S. Baldwin, W. J.

Nunn. H. A. Shouse and J. S.

Reid; Baldwin elected, Tax Collector -Asa Zathery, E. B. Fitzpatrick, 0. J. Richardson, J.

T. P. Austin and C. H. Cocroft; Zachery elected.

Tax Receiver -R. H. Prior and Harris Wilson: Prior elected Treasurer-E. L. Walker, J.

H. Hutchinson and Frank Calvert; Walker elected. Every candidate who had opposition in the primary has been before the jury and testified. Also every manager of the different precincts In the county has appeared before them. The district heelers have also been summoned and testifed.

The grand jury went in the Investigation systematically. Each candidate who had participated in any way at the polls during the -primary was sworn and told of the most. remotest detail of what he had done himself and what he saw in regard to vote buying and vote selling in the county. jury stands as one man in this investigation, and when it adjourns developments and many arrests are sure to be made. Races Very Close.

The late primary was one of the most exciting political contests ever held in the county. The race for the Judgeship of the city court was most bitter. as was the city court solicitorA ship. The candidates were Judge K. S.

Anderson and Colonel J. H. Holland, for the county court. Judge Anderson defeated his opponent. 'Colonel Albert G.

Foster and Colonel W. D. Anderson were contesting for the solicitorship. Colonel Anderson was defeated by 8 very narrow margin. The sheriff's race was also fought most bitterly, the Incumbents being defeated by a small vote.

SPANISH WAR VETERANS WRANGLE OVER TEDDY Atlantic City, N. September Delegates representing all parts of the United States and its insular possessions are here today for the ninth annual encampment of the United Spanish war veterans. During the first business session of the encampment there was a lively debate over a motion to send felicitations to Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. The encampment had given instructions to send greetings President Taft, as the head of the nation, and to Governor Woodrow Wilson, as the head of the state government of New Jersey, and a motion was made to include Colonel Roosevelt. This amendment provoked a half hour's wrangle, which wag ended by the adoption of another motion to table the Roosevelt amendment until after permanent organization of the convention had been effected.

Sues for $30,000, Macon, September L. D. Johnson, an Insurance, agent, today brought suit against the Macon Railway and Light company for $3u, damages, as the result of alleged injuries sustained last May. He alleged thet a car made a curve so fast that he was thrown from his seat and permanently injured. NEGRO IS RUSHED IN FAST MACHINE TOFULTONTOWER Prompt Action Saves Ernest Cox From Lynching in Hall County, RACIAL TROUBLE FEARED AS RESULT OF ASSAULTS Negro, Now Safe in Atlanta Jail, Confesses That He tacked and Killed Pretty Daughter of Planter Living Near Cumming Tracked by Small Pocket Mirror.

Spirited at nightfall from the rear of Hall county jall. while a mob of infu.riated whites were gathering in front of the building, Ernest Cox, an 18- year -old negro, the confessed assailant and slayer of a pretty 18-year-old planter's daughter, who was found dy. Ing Monday morning in a desolate spot near her home in Brown's Bridge settlement, was rushed by Chief of Police Smith. of Gainesville, and two deputies in an automobile to the Tower, In Atlanta. where he WIll be held for safe keeping.

Smith and his inen were well armed and determined to save their prisoner. The distance of 53 miles from Gainesville to Atlanta wag made over the rough, inountainous roads in almost record time of three hours. Although trouble en route to this city Was feared. there was no interference. Race Trouble Feared.

Chief Smith brought news that the white people of the mountain section around Gainesville and Forsyth county were incensed over the crime, and race trouble 1s feared, even though the guilty negro is imprisoned 53 miles away. He says that if Cox had not been spirited away, nothing short of troops would have prevented a burning at the stake. Cox is scrawny black neg 'o, dwarfed and deformed. He freely confessed his guilt. Apparently he had little fear of violence at the hands of a mob.

He was emploved upon the farm of a planter living near the spot where his victin was slain. Chief Smith predicts that 11 Cox 19 brought back to the hill country, the lAw will never be allowed to take its cOurse. Although the crime 00- Purred in Forsyth county. 12 miles north of Gainesville, the people Hall and ajoining counties are enraged over the deed Horse Guards Ready, The Candler Horse Guards of Gaines- ville. which quelled race trouble last Saturday at Cumming.

is being held in readiness for first evidence of trouble. The men can be called out and tered into service within thirty The police force at Gainesville has been strengthened. and all efforts are being to brevent demonstrationa there or aLt Cumming. Cox WitS caught about noon Monday at his home. a short distance from ine scene of the crime.

posse of men from Cumming found him upon the porch. A small mirror which he had purchased recently at a roadside store brought him under suspicion and canNed his arrest. This mirror was found near the dying girl's body. A small label on the back indicated that it had been bought at Shackelford's store. Mr.

Shackeltord identified it as having been purchased by Cox. Shortly after his arrest. while he being carried 011 horseback to Gainesville. Cox confessed. Not until lie was lodged 111 jail was his acknowl.

edgement made known. Anticipating trouble. Judge J. B. Jones.

pregiding over Hall superiop court. ordered the prisoner removed to Atlanta. Already threats had been made, and rumor Was passing freely that a lynching would result Monday ight. Trip to Atlanta Begins. At 7:15 o'clock at night.

as groups of men began to gather at the jail, Chiet Smith, deputized by Judge Jones to escort Cox to Atlanta. decided that 1t Would be fatal to wait longer. Securing a hign-powered automobile, he had it driven to the rear of the jail. Cox two deputies were laced in the machine. and driven at 40 miles an hour until the outskirts of, the town had been reached.

The negro will be given a preliminary hearing in Cumming next week. Feeling in that place runs as high as In Gainesville, Strong military protection. ('hief Smith says. will be requested of the governor. and it is probable the same troops rushed to Cumming last Saturday will have to be dispatched there again to prevent trouble.

('rime a Diabolical One. The crime which Knox confessed is one of the most diabolical in the history of the state. The young woman was going to an aunt's Sunday at noon to assist her mother in bringing the children home, and as she passed a secluded spot the negro boy came upon her suddenly and, dragging her Into the woods. beat her into insensibility and criminally assaulted her. The young woman was missed by her parents, and a ing party started out hunting for her.

By traces of blood in the woods, where she Was beaten. her body was discovered at 9 o'clock Monday morning. She was unconscious and all but dead. Although every effort was save her life. she died late Monday afternoon.

TRAIL OF GRAFT COVERS GOTHAM, ASSERTS GAYNOR In Caustic Letter Mayor Refuses to Appear Before the Aldermanic Graft Probers, HE ALLEGES ALDERMEN GRAFT LIKE THE POLICE Mayor Says Police Can't Be Expected to Be Honest When They See the Aldermen Engaged in Grafting. Gaynor to Be Subpoenaed to Appear Before Board. New York, September Gaynor late today withdrew his acceptance of the invitation to appear tomorrow before the aldermanic committee which 1s inquiring Into the police department. In a caustic letter to Alderman H. H.

Curran. chairman of the committee, Mayor Gayor declined to appear unless subpoenaed or notified to do so, adding that he could not "enter Into anv petty and partisan inquiry," and asserting that in his efforts to lift the government up he, had never allied himself "with anyone who was not himself above reproach." "I do not see how I can expect the police to be honest when they see on every hand that even the aldermen of the city are taking graft personally, or enabling corrupt go-betweens to do so." Mayor Gaynor declared. The letter followed remarks said to have been made late today by Alderman Curran regarding the mayor's "honor" after the latter sent word to the waiting committee that he would prefer to appear tomorrow. He WAS to have addeared today hv invitation. but it was stated tonight that should he fail to present himself tomorrow he would be subpoenaed.

Mayor Gaynor's Caustic Letter. Mayor Gaynor's letter to Alderman Curran was in response to one from Mr. Curran under date of September 3, in which the mayor was Invited to appear before the committee. The mayor's answer follows in part: I cannot ally myself with you in any effort to discover wrongdoing in the police department. I have devoted much of my to efforts to lift government up and make it respectable and honest, and I intend to continue that work.

but I have never allied myself in it with anyone who was not himself above reproach. have called attention, to miscrable grafting by members of the board of aldermen in respect to the licensing of newsstands. and the like, throughout the city. By an ordinance of your board the bureau of licenses cannot grant these licenses except on certificate of approval of alderman of the district in which the license is granted. I have now for more than two years been calling the attention of the board of aldermen to cases where aldermen refused to grant these permits unless the licensee pays heavily for them.

Sums of $500 and $250 are commonly pald, and there are about 7,000 of such licensed stands. The method by which this is done is that the aldermen, in place of dealing with the licensee personally and handing the certifcate over to him personally, as the law and official duty require. refers such license to a gobetween, who holds it and refuses to deliver It to the licensee until it is paid for. Alleges Aldermen Share la Graft. "I have 110 doubt that aldermen who do this share in the extortion money, Evidence has accumulated here that you pursue this system.

I do not see how I can expect the police to be honest when they see on every hand that even the aldermen of the city are taking graft personally, or enabling corrupt go-betweens to do 80. I cannot ally myself with you in any effort to investigate the conduct of any official or any department of the city government. My attention has already been called to the fact that you have of late several times published statements with regard to your visits to this office, which are very far from being truthful. "If committee wants any facts of me, let it subpoena me or notify me to attend. and I will do so and give such facts.

Beyond that I shall not go. I had first thought 1 might be able to work with your comitittee in the investigation of the police department which I am making myself, and regret that in the circumstances I cannot do su. I cannot any petty or partisan inquiry. now plain entendnto that that is all you propose to make." What the Alderman Says. Alderman Curran was refused an audience by Mayor Gaynor this afternoon, the mayor saying the alderman had violated the confidence of a private conVersation with him.

suppose the mayor is referring to A conversation he had with me more than a month ago." Alderman Curran said, "in which he said. 'I know the reason you want an investigation. You want to embarrass me in my efforts to clear up the Socialist to Get Citizenship. Washington. September Attorney General Harr today Instructed the United States attorhey at Seattie, to agree to a reversal by the circuit court of a appeals of former Judge Hanford's decision denying citizenship to Leonard Olesson, a SOclalist: which resulted in impeachment proceedings against Judge Hanford, and his resignation.

The United States will practically be a confession ot attorney will file a stipulation which error. This is expected to on cause the circuit court to give Olesson citizenship, Besides Losing, the Governorship the Democrats Also Lose a Seat in Congress. NARROW G. O. P.

MAJORITY LIKELY IN LEGISLATURE Legislature Will Choose United States Senator and Senator Gardner, Democrat, Will Be Succeeded by a Republican Democratic Vote Fell Off While G. O. P. Vote Increased. ed on Marietta street early last night.

She wag sent to police headquarters and placed in. Matron Bonefeld's charge. Robert used to know her when she was a tiny tot, end did not forget her when she was sent by officials. to the Home of the Good Shepherd. In Cincinnati.

from which she returned only a week or so ago. She was SO pretty and high-toned, Continued on Page. Two. CLAIMED BY DEATH WILLIAM B. BERTS, Prominent Monday telephone afternoon.

Vicial. who died WILLIAM ROBERTS DIES OF TYPHOID William B. Roberts, for years prominently connected with the daily papers of Atlanta, died Monday afternoon at 4:35 o'clock at. his. residence, 39 St.

Charles avenue, after a protracted illness of typhoid fever. Mr. Roberts was 'a a native of Urbana, Ohio, but came to Atlanta at the' of 16 years. He began life as a carrier for The Journal and worked him-! self to a responsible position la in the advertising department. He was later connected in a similar capacity with The Constitution.

When The News was organized, however, Mr. Roberts became the business manager of that paper. the last ten years of his life he was connected with the Southern Bell Telephone company as division superintendent. He was one of the bestknown and most popular men In Atlanta. Mr.

Roberts was a prominent member of a number of fraternal orders, among which were the Palestine Lodge of the Masons. Atlanta commandery of the Knights Templars, Royal Arch Masons, Shriners and Elks. Mr. Roberts is aurvived by his wife and two daughters, Misses Jeurdine and Katherine; by his aunt, Miss Het, tie Williams, all of Atlanta, and by his mother, Mrs. Joseph Roberts, and his sister, Mrs.

David Kein, both of Napoleon. Ohio. Mr. Roberts' family originally from Virginia. The funeral services will be conducted at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon the North Avenue Presbyterian church, Dr.

Flinn and Dr." Ogden officiating ous classes open this morning all preliminary arrangements will be complete and the work of the term will begin in earnest. FATHER OF THE GIRL FREED ON $10,000 BOND W. September White, father of Nita White, aged 14, Saturday in connection with the lynching of Walter Johnston, negro, last Thursday night at Princeton, was 'released -today on $10,000 bond. White brought from Charleston, where he had been taken to prevent his rescue by friends. White.

who la charged with first degree murder, was met by. hundreds of, sympathizers at the railroad station here. a call for a special sitting court Judge J. Frank Maynard today, issued and grand jury to investigate the lynching. INQUEST FAILS TO GIVE MOTIVE Suicide Mystery Unrevealed, Miss Cameron Goes to Grave, Roy Whitehead, to Whom She Had Been Talking Before Taking Poison, Admits That He Had Discharged Her From His Employ.

It developed at the inquest held yesterday over the body of Miss Claire Cameron, who killed herself Sunday, night, that Roy D. Whitehead, the young Birmingham business man whom she had bidden at the Terminal station Sunday night a few seconds before drinking the fatal dose of acid, was her former employer, and that he had discharged her from the position of typist September 1. Whitehead made known these facts for the first time while making his statement at the Inquest. He said that he knew of no cause whatever for the suicide, and that he never suspected she intended committing the deed. The verdict of the Inquest was death by carbolic acid taken with suicidal inwas released by the police immediately after the coroner's verdict been returned.

He left late at night for Birmingham. Her Home in Birmingham. Early Monday morning the police learned that Miss Cameron was a daughter of John A. Cameron, former superintendent of the Columbus, Transportation company, but now an official of the Birmingham Street Railway company. He was prominent in Columbus, and has been in the Alabama Two city for the past several month.

brothers of the dead girl, John and Earl H. Cameron, of Columbus. ar. rived Monday to take charge of the corpse. They will accompany It to! Columbus.

Their father is expected in the city probably tonight, on his way to, Columbus to attend the funeral and burial. Although the police, detectives and corps of investigators on the coroner's staff worked untiringly Monday investigating the strange suicide, nothing was learned which might shed light upon deed. No motive, whatever, has been given by Whitehead, the dead woman's brothers or her father in Birmingham. It became known Mon-: day morning that she was not in financial distress, as was advanced by the police and detectives; Continued on Last Page. Portland, September turned back to the republican party in the state election yesterday, William T.

Haines, of Waterville, being elected, governor over Governor Frederick W. Plaisted. his democratic opponent, the who sought a second term, of while the two con- publicans regained one gressional distriots lost to the democrats two years ago. The new legislature is expected to have a small republican majority, though returns up to 1 o'clock were not sufficient to show whether former Congressman Edwin C. Burleigh, republican, or Senator Gardner, democrat, will be chosen to the United States senate for the term beginning next March.Returns for governor from 550 out.of 634 election districts give: Haines, republican 66,121 democrat .62,127 The corresponding vote in 1910 was: republican 60,556 Plaisted, democrat .67,501 Nine Per Cent G.

0. P. Galas. These returns show a republican gain of nine per cent and a democratic loss of eight per cent. If the same percentage is maintained throughout the state, Haines' election is indicated by about 3,000 pluarity compared with 8,660 given Plaisted in 11910.

The congressmen elected are: First C. Hinds, 'republican. Second District--D. J. McGillicuddy, democrat.

Third District--Forrest Goodwin, publican. Fourth District--Frank E. Guernsey, republican. Hinds. McGillicuddy and Guernsey, were re-elected.

Returns for the legislature showed eight republican and three democratic senators and forty- -three republican and thirty-six democratic representatives elected out of a total membership In the senate of thirty-one and in the house, of 151. The last legislature was heavily democratic in both branches. Democrats on the Defensive. The democrats went into the state struggle this fall on the defensive, having won control of the state government in the election of 1910. They based their campaign almost wholly on national Issues, although defending their course in the state administration.

The republicans used state. Issues entirely ag the weapons of attack. The progressive element of the republicans was in full control of party machinery, but with the approval Roosevelt, split was postponed until after today's struggle. Many of, the Weather Prophecy. FAIR Georgia: Probably fair north, show.

era south portion Tuesday: Wednesday fair except showers near the coast. Local Reports. Lowest temperature 69 Highest temperature Mcan temperature Normal temperature 74 Rainfall in past 24 hours, inches. .00 Deficiency since 1st of month, ins. .92 Excess since January 1, STATIONS AND Temperature.

State of 12 WEATHER. 1 p.m. High linches. Atlanta, cldy. 82 87 .00 Atlantic City, elr.

76 90 .00 Baltimore, clear. 84 91 .00 Birmingham, elr 82 92 .00 Boise City, clear 70 72 .00 Boston, clear. 66 80 .00 Brownsville, p. cly. 84 92 .00 Buffalo, clear.

74 80 .00 Charleston, rain 76 80 .06 Chicago, clear. 88 90 .00 Denver, cloudy 54 62 .38 Des Moines, cir. 86 96 .00 Duluth. clear. 64 78 .14 Hatteras, Galveston, p.

cldy 84 78 88 84 .00 Helena, clear. 64 .00 Jacksonville, oldy 78 82 .00 Knoxville. clear. 82 92 .00 Louisville, clear. 86 96 .00 Memphis, 'p.

eldy. 84 92 .01 Miami, cloudy 82 88 .00 Mobile, p. 88 92 .00 Montgomery, clear clear. 84 90 .00 Montreal. 60 68 .00 New Orleans.

cldy. 86 94 .00 New York, clear. 76 84 .00 Oklahoma, clear 90 96 .00 Phoenix, clear 84 86 .00 Fittsburg, clear. clr. 80 86 72 .00 Portland, Raleigh, clear.

80 88 .07 San Diego, clear, 68 72 .00 San Francisco, clr. 74 80 .00 St Louis, clear. 88 92 .00 St. Paul, clear 82 99 .19 Salt Lake City, cly. 56 58 .44 Seattle, clear.

64 66 .00 Sheridan. cloudy 50 52 .15 Shreveport. cidye 88 94 .00 Spokane, clear. 68 70 .00 Tampa, p. eldy.

78 80 2.88 Toledo. clear. 84 92 .00 Washington, clear. 74 92 .00 you dERRMANN, Section.