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CH URGES POLICE
SLEW ROSENTHAL
New York District Attorney
Puts Responsibility Squarely
on Department.
Continued From Page One. ■
shaped up most dangerously for the po
lice involved, he is killed and his e\o-
Sence with him.
Police Near When
Shooting Occurred.
"There were five policemen "Thin
100 feet of the shooting when it look
place. Two were within l"0 feet of it.
one was within ?>" feet of it Yet five
men were able to -horn to pieces the
head of a grand fury witness, get Into
an automobile and escape without oven
being seriously inconvenienced. and thi«
at ’ o'clock in the morning on a bright
ly lighted street 40 feet off Broadway |
and in front of a place that was filled |
w ith people From wh* r* the farthest |
policeman stood on Broadway lust I
around the corner from the Metropole ]
it took just fifteen set ond- to reach i
the spot by running.
'.The neare i policeman whs less than
two seconds away. Yet not one of the
fitc policemen got near enough to]
threaten the murderers. And after the I
assassins got into their machine the po
licemen did not enter theit taxicab in'
time to give any pretense at pursuit.,
They mad® i show of following them,
but by the time their cab started the |
gray auto was out of sight. Why, not :
one of tin politemen even got the num I
her of the murderers' ar."
Goaded into desperate activity hv
District Attorney Whitman's charges.!
the police department is making a tin. - I
tooth search into every quarter of thei
city sot the -layers. More than Ron
city detectives were kept on the .jump
all night gome of them having had no
rest sin. •. Rosenth.i' was shot to doaih.
Louis Libbey. and William (or Anto
nio) Shapiro, his partner in the owner.
ship of the big gray automobile in
which the assassins tied, are said to
have made a confession, revealing the
identity of the mon alleged to have
been in the plot. According to this
report, there were seven conspirators.
Vengeance of Gamblers,
Police Assert.
The n< lve insist That FU'sent ha I's •
murder was an art <»f vengeance on the i
pa 1 ' <>f rhe gambler*. w’m feared ex- •
posurr nr who w rro angry because |
Rosenthal had ”B<»’ them in bad.”
Police Commission! r W aldo. Depotx
Police Comniisßionri Dougherty and
Inspector Hughes. who have been flit
ting about in department autnntobilos
continuously sim the arrest of Libbey i
and Shapiro, say seven men were in the .
plot, and four actually engaged in the I
assassination, according to admissions
made • them by tht prisoners.
The pint against Roa»-nthar< life is !
31>gt' ' by some <»f the authorities!
working on sh»» case to have been con- |
encted 'asy Sunday dicing an outing of I
fh> Sam l’'<u' asso’i.pi-.n, an East Side
organize* ion. part <»f w hose member- |
♦ hip ’s made up of gun fighters ami 1
professional gang'd*The actual kill i
ing 'as hastened when Rosenthal be- I
ll'p i ' nn Pl ' '■ ■ ■ ■ ....... • ■> '
gan to give awax inaide information;
to the district attorney.
Rrirlgl.’’ Weber is Raid t" hine boon
□ member of th? Sam Pan! associa
tion and a participant in last Sunday --
picnic. Sam Paul, after whom the as- '
i»'i'iation i« named, is a powerful poli
tician mil in the past has ex er been
one of the first to respond with bail
when an Fa-' Side gang lighter was
a•rested
eharl.-s Gallagher. a hotel singer,
who was arrested xesterdax and de
tained as a material witness because
he had furnished the authorities with
the number of motor ear in which tile
assassins es- aped, Ims been released
ttpon orders by the district attorney.
Gallagher was standing in front of
tbt.,Met' '’pole w hen th.- shooting took
plaxe and noticed the number of the
automobile In which the murderers tied.
When he gave this information to the
police the' got suspicion- and locked ;
him up in the West Horn smnlh
street p->1 it e etat nm
MAN WHO WON MEDAL
AS SWIMMER DROWNED
RG. hih ’7 Ria. k.
Jerscv . w<*nf <w.nin”i)2 n the \llr
gherr river an< ! drowned \< - >'r<iinc
to fr onds Blr< k la.«’ August w«»n i ni*-i:p
b\ tmming ten •>( a 0 miU < "it -r
from Bauer' I'uA X Y r.»n**y I
land, be »de< winning •Mhrt medal'-
a\
PETITION
(If you are desirous of bet- 'X,
tenng the condition of At \
lanta's streets, cut out this cou- X
pon, fill out the blanks and send it X.
to the councilman who represents th” 'n
the ward in which you live.) \
To <'oiiimihnan "x
< ity Hall. Ailhulii. 1 in
Kcalizuig the disgraceful condition of At X.
lanta s streets. ] ask von to n-o <.\'.|y ,-ff.irt iu
your power to bring about belter conditions. X.
Name n
A'lllrc s X.
Atlanta Soldiers Begin Camp at Anniston
ITS NOT ALL FUN IN THE ARMY
I
Fifth Regiment Gets Taste of
Real Army Life at Annis
ton Maneuvers.
ANNISTON ALA . July 17. Today
(he Fifth Georgia regiment -eltled
down to roil army lif» in <’amp Pei-|
' tin-. Tip Atlanta boys arrived in camp,
at ? 4.’> o'clrKk yesterday afternoon]
amid the cheering of the town folk and I
I the martial atraihs of several military
I band*. They seemed Io create quite]
| a sensation by theit neat appearance
and soldierly beating.
The . amp is «iluated on hills, over- ]
looking a lolling country, amid which ;
the maneuvers for the ensuing we. k
w ill take place
The first afternoon was devoted to]
pitching tents and the arranging of
camp detail
Quite a little good-natured grumbling
I wa.- heard at the delay of mess calls
for supper
The only incident that marred the
| first day of ■amp life was the fall that
|t'aptain I .it htenwa ter received from a
Colonel K. E. I’oiipu-ov. of the Eifih Georgia (mounted), di I'cctincr the unloading of camp
outfits from a baggage car. He is telling Adjutant Morgan just how to handle a bunch of army
mules. Photographs In Georgian staff photographer.
; horse, frightened by the movements
[of the troops. His back was severely
i rent bed and one arm badly bruised.
| Notwithstanding, he insisted on con
] tinning the march to camp on horse
back.
First Detail Leaves
As Second Arrives
ANNISTuN ALA.. July 17 Th’
] first ten-day period at t’amp Pettus
has ended and the Nalolnal Guard
that has been here under training has
-truck tent ami returned home. The
second ten-day period was with
' the arrival of Georgia and other troops.
The Second Alabama legiment. the
First and Third Tennessee, the Thil l
] North Carolina and the Third South
1 . ■ . t ... . i... , , > r, e... »,. v.x..
''a’olina have left for home
l Following these into camp camo the
I Fifth regiment and Fourth battalion of!
Georgia, the Fourth Alabama, a regi - :
mer.t fmm Kentuckx and one from;
Fioriila. who will occupx the pmp so; '
I I lie mot ton da X s
A battalion of the Seventeenth in- |
fantrx from Fort McPherson and a
squadron of c.ixalix from Fort Ogle
thorpe w ill be in camp to the end. glx
ng instruction to the National Guard
in tile art of xva:.
\ f-atinc of tlie encampment so fa
lias been the orderly behavior of the
men. There has been no disturbanc
among the nu n or between the soldiers
and citizens Fp to dot, not an arrest
mis been made.
South Georgia Boys
(Jo to Anniston Camp
I'OI.I .1181 S. <; A., Julx 17 A spe
ll! irain of eight cars passed throng.i
■ i '•■tumbiiv having the Mlianx and
Americus military companies on boa d.
Tlie Columbus Guards boarded the
tin m this .citx. while at Phoenix
'■'lx the Twin-city Guards were taken
on These foul emntianies with the
- mppanx at Mexandc- City Ala . t'.ix
gone to Anniston to camp fm ten day-
Marietta Soldiers
.Join Fifth Regiment
MARIFT I’ ,A GA .1 u1 x 17 Asqun d
■ -In rs from the Marietta Rill - in
mnmand of <'<»;<>ra' W H Beshire.
i 'med t'ompan.x H. Fifth infanttx.com.
•n..m. by, I'lpiiin Quillian, for the
'U■ ‘•■■i -i ■nt at Anniston The mem-
I’vis making the trip arc Corporal \V
H li- iii. Private.- l< i ' Blown. H. I. .
l i t: I'll , . 1) ,|,bs F F. Kill ken- ’
1 I' MI 'h.-i 'll. I'. 1.. Mart in and
T. F AV ,-x
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY. JULY 17. 1912.
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Spalding Grays Send
Detail to Anniston
GRIFFIN. GA.. July 17. -First Lieu
tenant P. M Cleveland and twelve
members of the Spalding Grays are in
Anniston. Ala., where they are on duty
at the national maneuvers at Camp
Pettus. They were assigned tn a com
pany in the Fifth regiment. Colonel M.
J Daniel, chief quartermaster and dis
bursing officer of Georgia. Lieutenant
.1. H Crouch and Sergeant Hartford!
Green, of this place, are also attending ;
the maneuvers at Anniston.
COURT SETTLEMENT
FOR BUILDING ROAD
LIKE ENDLESS CHAIN
i ROME. GA.. July 17. Litigation of more
! than a year was settled today when a
* sixteen page decision was rendered bx
l Auditor Joel Branham on points concern
; ing the building of the Rome and North
ern railroad. A big array of attorneys,
i took part In the legal tight, which was |
i one of the most complicated pieces of lit-
I igation ever known in Floyd county
By the letms of this decision, tlie
financial interests backing the Rome and
Northern must pax Burke Joseph, the
original contractors, for building the road.
<l2. LG. who in turn must pay Hill Bros.,
sub-eontractors. $7'1,681; then Hill. Bros,
must pay to their sub-eontractors—G. <>
White $2,213. Smiley & Taylor $2,366. and
Morton & Hamilton $1,434 After pax
ing sub-contractors, the balance of the
funds goes to the creditors of Hili Bros.
Two years ago the contract was let to
Burke .<• Joseph to build the road. They
sub-let io Hill Bros., who built part, and
sub-let the rest.
Sult was then brought to compel Burke
.<■ Joseph and the railroad to make set
tlement.
TURKISH CABINET QUITS.
CONSTANTINOPLE. July 17. —The!
Turkish cabinet resigned today because!
of revolt in tlie arnix against the meth
mis of the Young Turks committee of |
union ;snd progress.
{ DEATHS AND FUNERALS'
Mrs. Sophie Ce f.
The remains of M’s Sophia t'erf, 72
years old. who died at Atlantic <"itx.|
will arrive in Atlanta late today for in j
f. menl Mis Cerf had gone to the I
Niw Jcrsi \ resort fm the summei She
contracted an lline.s there and died!
Atondax She was the mothei of 1< I A >
I'ctf and Mis. Madeline Kahn, of At- I
lama. Louis A t'erf. Ne-.x York: A x.l
• 'erf. Tampa. Hat x F i’etf. Mexico
Citx . S B. Ce f. Alaska, and Fred l> ■
Cerf, of Baltimore.
Ernest H. Stacy, Jr.
Finest H Slacx J .. one \ca old.
was buried at Westview cemetery late
Itodax. The little fellow died at the
' I'amilx home. S_' Walks, -tK-el. x stu
| dax . a ftoi a short illness.
Joseph S. Thomason.
Tlie emains of Joseph S Thomason.
2'l xeats old. who died yesterdax al 16
Claxton street, will be taken to Vi;;a
Rica. Ga . for interment today. Mi.
Thomason is survived by his wife an i
thtee small children ami his parents.
M' and Mis J B. Thmua-on. of I'oug
lasvibe, Ga
W C. T. Delay.
W. c. T Delay. 64 years old. died at
the residence of his son. J. F Delay,
early today. The remains were re
moved to Greenberg & Bond's chape! to
awap funeral arrangements He if
su; \'ved hm a number of children in
Atlanta— J. F Delay. Mrs r C Cobb.
M-s P D John, on Mrs yx t xx .of-'-d
—arc M"s H " Sewell -f Manches
ter
PILGRIM BIBLE CLASS TO
BE PRESIDENT’S GUESTS
The first social affair of the recently or
ganized Pilgrim Bible class of the Central
Congregational church will take place on
Thursday night when the president,
tjporge Starr Peck, will entertain for the
members and their friends at his home.
235 West Peachtree street
Several other entertainments planned
for the near future.
U. S. LOOKING FOR YANKEE
DOOMED IN MEXICAN JAIL
WASHINGTON, .lulj 17. The Ameri
| can embassy at Mexico City has been
i asked tn find Patrick Dunne, an Ameri
i ran citizen. Congressman Kinkead, of
: New Jersey, has received information that
I Dunne is in prison under sentence of
death, although his informant does not
where Dunne is confinefl
Allen’s Twice a Year Shoe Sale Now In Progress
•
Respite the weather, we are having a larger attendance at this sale than any ever held in our Shoe De
partment. it is needless to tell von that Alien’s sales are just as advertised: even when it is a natural season
end clearance; but this vear we are facing a condition we have never experienced before. ihe remarkable
growth of our business in every department had led ns to anticipate and prepare for at least 1-') to 25 per
cent increase in our Shoe business this season. We could not foresee that 44 inches of rainfall was to take
place in Atlanta this spring, and, to be perfectly frank about it. while we have increased our business very
handsomely under existing conditions, we still have a stock of over S2S,OfK) worth of Summer Shoes that must
be disposed of between now and September 1. W’e really want them out of the house by the 15th of August,
to make room for fall goods.
Now. an.\ thing that von want in the way of Shoes, come and buy them at Allen's for the next week or
two at prices never before marked on new, stylish, up-to-date footwear.
W’e have reduced our entire stock of Shoes. Slippers and Roofs.
We have recently added about 500 pairs of $3.00. $4.00 and At $3.25 we cap furnish you unlimited choice of our $4.00
00 Shoes to the $195 table, and the sizes are fairly Rood today stock and several styles that were $5.00. We honestly think our
and will ip this week. ns ma es ox et . p< 1 s • • shown in Atlanta at that money, and to buy them at $3.25 a pair ;
ing at $1.95. in black, white and tan and nearly all leathers. j g chance indeed
At $2.45 you can have unrestricted choice of any $3.00 Shoe $3.75 we arc offering any $5.00 Shoe in the house, except
I m the house, ami a good manv $3.50 and $4.00 styles, clean, fully evening slippers. On all of our evening slippers we are giving a
i sized up. right out of the shelves. ' special discount of 10 per cent.
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Black and Tan Calf Pat- Black, Satin and Suede, Black Calf and Patent
p™. .4 V.!.., g;* T,„. »4V.1u.,
aq Ot Brown Suede. <t» -1 rsp*
$3 to $5 Values *P * Same in Tan $1.95
Como parlv in the morning as yon can. Althmiuh wc have added extra sales people for this occasion,
around dinner time we are short-handed.
]P« 51-53 Whitehal St.
HOUSE APPLAUDS AT
MENTION OF HOLDER
FOR CONGRESS SEAT
Representative Deese, of Pulaski, got
a big round of applause from the house
today when, in debating his bill to ere- 1
ate the county of Bleckley, he made
reference to Speaker John N. Holdet
as the next congressman from the
Ninth district, and said he hoped the
speaker would be elected.
Instant and generous applause greet
ed Mr. Deese's remarks. while the
speaker blushed, and forgot the cus
tomary whacks of the gave, and ac
companying admonition, "Det there he
order tn the house."
It looked as if the house was a prac
tical unit for Holder for congress.
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Company G men loadinc army
wagon with camp outfits at An
niston. One of the delights of
their “vacation.”
POOR GROCER WHO
“WENT WEST’’ IS BACK
HOME A MILLIONAIRE
George A. Stowers, of San Antonio.
Texas, formerly of Atlanta, who twen
ty years ago heeded the advice of Hor
ace Greeley by going West "to grow up
with the country," ia back on a visit to
his old home.
Incidentally, it might be added that
before Mr. Stowers left Atlanta he
conducted a little grocery store in De
catur street. Now he is a millionaire
ranchman, owner of one of the greatest
chain of furniture houses in the West
and one of the leading citizens of
Texas.
Mr. Stowers is accompanied by the
secretary of hist company. Park Strick
land. also a Georgia boy. Mr. Strick
land lived in Austell at the time he
determined to go West to make his
fortune.
The two visitors are being enter
tained today by Carlos Mason, chair
man of the police commission, who is a
clos° friend of Mr. Stowers.
Mrs. Benjamin's Will Filed.
The will of Mrs. Annie V. Benjamin,
formerly of 526 North Boulevard, who died
several weeks ago. was filed in the court
of ordinary today -M Benjamin, the
husband, is named executor of her $15,000
estate.
ENGINEERS IN
WEDJTREETS
Commissioners Call Halt on
Cutting Asphalt for Water
and Sewer Pipes.
Continued From Page One.
that he was glad the bad condition of
Atlanta's streets was being agitated. He
said the city would get better results
when it was realized just what the con
ditions are.
‘Three of the roughest places in the
city are the railroad crossings at Pryor
street, Central avenue and Decatur
street.” he said. "But the law provides
that the railroads shall keep these
crossings repaired. All that is needed
is that they be urged to make the nec
essary repairs.'
The streets committee of the council
held a three-hour session yesterday
afternoon, considering the proposal of
property owners on Ivy street to ad
vance the city the money to regrade
this street in conjunction with the
grading at the junction of the Peach
trees and Baker. The county commis- |
sioners want to do all this work at the I
same time, t'aptain Tom Donaldson,
superintendent for the county, w r ho is
in charge of the grading now under
way. said the Peachtree work can be
done in half the time and at a much
less cost if the city will provide that
Ivy street work be done at the same
time.
The county has agreed to do all the |
grading work. It is estimated that it
will cost the city at least $30,000 to ad- I
just the houses to the new grade. Coun
cil has appropriated $5,000 for the pur
pose and the property owners have of
fered to advance $25,000.
Edmondson Objects
To the Regrading.
Councilman Harvey Hatcher and
George H. Boynton were appointed as
a committee to confer with the county
commissioners to see if the commis
sioners w ould use the old belgian blocks
in building retaining walls.
Frank Ednfiondson was bitterly op
posed to the street being regraded on
account of alleged damage to his prop
erty. E. L. Meyers and W. T. Healy
were opposed to the work being done
as it is now planned. But Joel Hurt.
G. M. Hope. Martin Amorous and oth
ers urged that it is one of the most
needed improvements in the city.
The committee ordered the Georgia
Railway and Power Company to replace
its "T” rails on Highland avenue and
North Boulevard with grooved rails.
Both these streets are passed up for
paving and the citizens petitioned a
change of the rails on the ground that
the “T" rails tear up the paving.
Seven thousand dollars was appro
priated for the Highland avenue pav
ing on the first of the year and SIO,OOO
for the North Boulevard paving. But.
the order changing the rails will so
delay the work that it may not be done
this year. Some of the councilmen who
were spectators at.the meeting suggest
ed that the trolley company should
have been ordered to change its rails
months ago.
Another striking evidence of the bad
condition of streets was given last night
when the Grady hospital ambulance
stuck in the mud at the corner of De-
Kalb and Mayson avenues while going
to the aid of a man in Edgewood who
was badly cut. The call was received
at the Grady at 7 o'clock, but it was
10 o'clock before the ambulance re
turned.
HITCHCOCK TELES
OF FUNDS IN 1304
G. 0, P. Collections Reached
$1,655,000, He Says—Few
Big Ones in 1908,
WASHINGTON. July 17.—Frank
Hitchcock, assistant secretary to the
national Republican committee in 1904
and national committee chairman in
the 1908 campaign, appeared today be
fore the Clapp committee investigating
campaign expenditures and told it that
the entire collections of the national,
committee for 1908 were $1,655,518.27.
Hitchcock said that of the entire
amount, $520,150 was collected by the
finance committees of the several
states.
"Is there a record of these financial
matters still in existence?”
"Yes sir. They were deposited with
the secretary of state of New York and
.George R. Sheldon has a duplicate set
of books."
'Does the record show all that was
received and from whom?"
"It does."
"I'd like to say that we received very
few large contributions in 1908." said
Hitchcock. "If my memory is correct
there were more than 25 or 30 that
reached as high as $5,000. At the very
outset of the campaign we received
several very generous contributions be
fore our system of collections had been
put into operation. C. P. Taft gave
$50,000; William Nelson Cromwell $25.-
i non; Mr. and Mrs. Larz Anderson $25.-
I 000; Carnegie $25,000; William Smith
Corcoran $15,000, and Frank A. Mun
sey. Whitelaw Reid. W. J. Boardman
and General Corbin SIO,OOO each.”
"Were the Andersons relatives of
the president?” asked Senator Payn
ter.
"I don't know.” replied Hitchcock.
In emphasizing the fact that many
small contributions instead of a few
large ones were sought. Hitchcock said
that letters requesting SSO contributions
were sent to about 4.500 business men
and that in this way $200,000 or $300.-
000 was obtained. He said General Du
pont. of Delaware, made a $20,000 con
tribution. but that this was refused be
cause at that time the government had
a civil suit against the powder com
pany of which the contributor was
head.
sacredlieart church
TO PICNIC AT LITHIA SPGS.
The Sacred Heart church will picnic
tomorrow’ at Lithia Springs, rain or
shine.
A special train, tn carry the picnick
ers. will leave the Terminal station at
9 o’clock. It will return in the late
afternoon. A special program of
amusements has been prepared and a
fine time is anticipated.
regainFhislyesight
after fourteen weeks
WILMINGTON. DEL. July 17—Follow
ing an accident by tripping over a carpe‘
in the kitchen of his home. George W.
Morgan. Jr., aged 21 years, who fourteen
weeks ago became totally blind, has had
his evesight restored.
Morgan eleven years age was hit In the
eve when a small boy hurled a stone.
Since that time he has been afflicted with
eye trouble.