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POLICE ‘FIXED’ TO
ALLOW SLAYERS
TO ESCAPE
Man Driving Auto From Which
Rosenthal Was Shot Makes
Sensational Admission.
XEW YORK. July 18.—William Sha
—who drove the automobile in
t-ich -ode the murderers who killed
f Herman Rosenthal. the gambler, in
* nt of the Hotel Metropole, after
Ho.enthal had accused the police of
hpinc in' with gamblers, today,
rivnugh his attorney, Aaron J. Levy,
J barS ed that he was told by one of the
m rder party that the police had been
' flX ed” and that official arrangements
had been made for the murderers to
e 'Thi= =ensanonal statement followed
fast action in which these things hap
b ' lack" Rose, friend to Police Lieu
tenant Charles A. Becher, wnom Rosen
thal alleged to be his partner, surren
dered and was subsequently arrested
upon the charge of murder. He ad
mitted hiring the automobile used by
the assassins to escape. He will be
examined Monday.
Mayor Gaynor Enters Probe.
Mayor Gaynor summoned Lieutenant
Becker to his office for a conference
and started an investigation that is be.
lieved to be the forerunner of a police
. shake-up.
y ' Policeman William J. File, who was
In the Metropole when the murder was
committed, was suspended after Com
missioner Waldo held an investigation
to which all of the policemen who were
in the vicinity at the time were called.
It is rumored that Detective William
J. Burris, who worked up the McNa
mara and other famops cases, has been
■ retained by a private citizen to run
down the Rosenthal slayers in the in
terest of the public good.
Before the grand jury resumed its
labor- today District Attorney Whit
man said: •
"No single explanation of the many
that have been advanced about E'ast
Side gambling squabbles—and several
of these explanations have come direct
ly from the police—holds water.
"This man Rosenthal has for many
years been mixed up in gang fights.
He has been seriously involved either
directly or through his friends in the
( fights that brought about the deaths of
"Spanish Louis" and "Kid Twist," two
notorious gand leaders, and yet he was
n"t harmed at these times by rival
gangsters who perhaps might have felt
that they had cause to attack him.
No Danger From Gangs.
"And for months preceding this mur
der his relations with the gangs have
br-en pleasant enough for him to look
for no danger In that quarter. His
promised exposure concerned the po
lite. Ho had said he would tell nothing
about other gambling houses or gam
blers.
“.lust a few hours before he was to
winr- to my house and try to make
go > I ins charges he was killed. Now
'iirrgiw are practically dead —they
nr an little or nothing. The gain to
th accused by Rosenthal's death is
apparent.
"I repeat that my personal belief is
’hat behind the gang that killed Rosen
t c was a bigger motive than mere re
'’••ng r The death was a protection to
’h'x -ystcni because It stopped one
’ <•* ’e nd was a lesson to others that
mi'Sht show a tendency to wag.”
1 Trying to "Lose" Widow.
" ' I" funeral services were being
d for Rosenthal efforts were being
nui' c to induce the widow of the slain
v "r to leave New York so that
.-he could not give further information
to the district attorney’s office relative
Iter husband’s affairs. One of the
" ' tun s was made by a woman who
H d Mrs. Rosenthal on the telephone
'■'l tried to make an appointment to
7'' 1 her in a hotel in the heart of the
" nite light district. Friends of the
l " ' tried to run down the call, but
only succeeded in learning that it had
1 n sem from a point near Broadway
and Forty-first street.
MASS MEETING TO VOICE
F EE SYSTEM OPPOSITION
Mai-iiN. GA., July 18.—There will be
® "i’ll' mass meeting tonight held at
J ' l ' auditorium under the auspices
>'■ ' hamber of Commerce for the
' ‘ " "* voicing sentiment against
•'’ntinuance of the fee system for
olficers in Bibb county. The
" nty commisioners who began
1 ' agitation for a change to the salary
‘ZZ 111 be present to submit facts
'/ They claim that the abo-
Re’ fee system will save the
. ' J- 3 .’ 000 a -'far. It is also ex-
fl i'i i„ lat some °f the county officers
t Z Present to defend the fee sys-
SORDON COUNTY TIRED
OF GOING REPUBLICAN
- GA " Jul >’ 18 —The Dem.
’ 1 s "f Gordon county are deter
; -rwd that the presidential election in
"ber will find Gordon safely in the
■on column. Four years ago Taft
* •, ‘ ’ ne c ounty against Bryan, and
7 /y * 1 ‘"‘l tbe same thing previous-
■ but the Democratic /oters feel that
”>■ there will be a landslide for
fi r ‘ Rome of the leading men are
ZU takin B steps to organize the
'•i gn to insure success.
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it \ n _? rpl L?; " Allied his mother
... ;? n " Rivers. and stabbed h|s
>-r .. . . night of .lune 1, has been
V. ... L" han « ''n Friday, \ugust IS.
t'.. . *•* arrested In Jacksonville
' ttsoL a ’Z k1! . ,ln K He had pre
“titled to t«n hl "2 fr - and was com
° Jah for the uffense.
FIRST TASTE OF
REALSOLDIERING
Members of New Battalion of
Fifth Georgia Learn Ditch
Digging and Hiking.
CAMP PETTI'S, ALA., July IS—At.
lanta’s new regiment, especially the
new batallion, got its first taste of real
soldiering yesterday afternoon and to
day. For three long hours the men
were hiked across the hills and near
mountains about the camp, attacking
and defending positions, wading
streams, ploughing through brush and
undergrowth waist high and dripping
wet, and getting a glimpse of what real
campaigning is like.
"The kid glove contingent," as an
Atlanta police commissioner dubbed the
new battalion, stood the strain along
with the be=t of the veteran companies,
and while the men of Major Hendrix’s
command lodked anything but the part
of "society soldiers” when they return
ed from their first hike, they were in
most excellent spirits, and all ap
pearatices had stood the test fully as
well as had either of the other battal
ion composed of men who have par
ticipated in hikes innumerable before.
Rain Increases Work.
The rain which set in only a short
time after the Georgia troops reached
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yesterday afternoon increased the work
of the men not a little, making it im
perative that many ditches and drains
be dug. As a consequence, scores of
men who have done nothing more
strenuous than hammer a typewriter
or draw a trial balance for months past
were to be seen about camp laborious
ly and clumsily wielding pick and
shovel. But if they were awkward, to
all appearances, they were willing and
only swore softly at the puffy blisters
which soon began to appear on their
palms.
Colonel E. E. Pomeroy, in command
of the Fifth, smilingly expresses his
sympathy for the recruits, but points
out that on this encampment the com
manders of the new Companies will
have a most excellent opportunity to
judge which of their men are really
worth while. Those who "want more”
after their stay here have the making
of real soldiers, in the opinion of the
colonel.
Fifth Welcomed by Regulars.
Officers and men of the Georgia bri
gade, especially of the Fifth, were
given a cordial welcome by the battal
ion of the Seventeenth infantry from
Fort McPherson, taking part in the
maneuvers. Both Colonel J. T. Van
Orsdale. who commands the entire ma
neuver camp,-and Major Martin, who is
In command of the battalion of the
Seventeenth, expressed their pleasure
at seeing "the boys from home," and
complimented the Georgia troops upon
the showing made so far.
The people of Anniston are also do
ing their best to make both the national
guard and the regular army officers en
joy their stay here. Every possible
courte’y has been shown them and for
tomorrow night a dance has been ar
ranged for the officers of Hie Georgia
brigade at the country club.
The enlisted men are waiting for no
second invitation to make themselves
at home and the Anniston ’wains are
having but little to do save gnaw their
finger nails and utter Imprecations
upon the boys In uniform as they go
marching by with every pretty girl in
sight.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSO AY, JIL Y 18, 191 x
HOW FIRST AID TO INJURED IS GIVEN
TO MILITARY IN CAMP AT ANNISTON
Fifth regiment hospital corps caring for Captain Lichten
waiter, who was thrown from his horse. The lad on the army sMaJSSa '• 'at
mule is William S. Coburn, Jr., of Atlanta, mascot of Company 11. ' %
lie is the pet of the Fifth regiment, wears a regular uniform n’ j-' s lk
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JOHN W. WADE, SR.,
ENGINEER OF TEXAS
IN CIVIL WAR, DEAD
The body of John W. Wade. Sr., once
driver of the engine “Texas,” made
famous in the Civil war, is at the
chapel of Patterson & Son. awaiting
the funeral tomorrow morning. Serv
ices will be held at 10 o’clock, with in
terment in Oakland ceme.tery.
Mr. Wade, 88 years old, died at his
residence, 148 Gilmer street, late yes
terday, after a long illness. He is sur
vived by his wife and two grandsons.
John W. Wade, Jr., of Atlanta, and
Jesse McHenry, of Nashville, Tenn.
After a series of thrilling adventures
during the Civil war. In which bands of
Northern troops were put to rout and
service was done the South through
trains of supplies handled by Mr.
Wade, he retired from active duty and
settled in Atlanta. He drove the
"Texas" for several years, then en
tered the floral business here.
COUNCIL TO VOTE ON
CHANGE IN ELECTIONS
FOR CITY VACANCIES
Vacancies in city offices, which come
under elections by' the people, hereafter
will be filled by elections by boards,
where boards are In charge, and other,
wise by council If the resolution pro
viding for a charter amendment to be
recommended by' the charter amend
ments committee is adopted by coun
cil this afternoon.
The amendment provides that such
elections shall be for the remainder of
the term, except in cases of members
of the council. Council members shall
be chosen to hold only' until the next
general election.
WAREHOUSE PAYS 15 PER CENT.
EASTMAN, GA„ July 18.—The stock
holders of the Parmer's Union Ware
house Company of this city have elect
ed the following officers: President,
L. F. Wooten; vice president, J. D. Gid
dens; secretary' and treasurer, W. H.
Thompson; directors, W. H. Smith, W.
R. Foster. G. E. Martin and D. J. Gra
ham. A fifteen per cent dividend was
declared.
(NINE DROWNED
BL CLOUDBURST
Wife and Six Children of
• Jacobs Creek, Va., Are
Among Victims.
: JACOBS CREEK, VA„ July 18.—
Word reached here today that nine
persona were drowned in a cloudburst
on John Raymond's farm, a few miles
from here, during the night. The dead:
Mrs. John Raymond, six children of
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond, brother of Mrs.
; Raymond and mother of Mrs. Ray
mond. •
The bodies were washed into Jacobs
i creek. Raymond alone of the entire
' family escaped.
.
I (DRIVER ASLEEP, CAB
ISDITCHED;NEGRESS
WEDGED IN TRENCH
Asleep in his seat, a negro early to
day drove his cab into a sewer ex
cavation in Marietta street, near Thur
mond, and Annie Williams, a passen
ger, a negro woman of much avoirdu
i pols, was hurled with great force into
the bottom of the big ditch.
‘ The strength of two policemen, Of
ficers Russell and Adams, was taxed
• to pull her out of the excavation. She
• hit the bottom with such force that she
was knocked breathless and painfully
injured. At <Jrady hospital it was
found her injuries are not serious.
IRISH ROLICEMEN AND
f DIGGERS TOLD TO GO
‘ TO SOIL FOR WEALTH
CHICAGO, July 18.—A back-to-the
soil address was the feature of the
morning session of the convention of
the Ancltnt Oder of Hibernians here
today. It was delivered by Father F.
Faust, a Nebraskan. He urged young
Irishmen to colonize and form agricul
tural communities.
"There are enough Irish boiler mak
ers and ditch iliggers and policemen
now.” he said. "Go to the soli and be
producers of wealth. There is inde
-3 pendence in the soli. Independence is
good for the Irish.”
MILLAGE PULLING
MEASURE PASSED
Senate, Without a Dissenting
Vote, Adopts Bill Bitterly Op
posed by the Railroads.
Traveling men of Georgia and the entire
Southeastern territory won an Important
victory In the senate today when the
Shaw bill, requiring Georgia railroads to
pull mileage on trains instead of exchang
ing mileage for a ticket, as is now the
vogue, passed the upper house without
a dissenting voice.
The success of the Shaw measure
means that the fight now being centered
on the state railroad commission by the
Travelers' Protective association. United
Commercial Travelers and the Georgia
Travelers' association' will be transferred
to the legislature. With the senate vic
tory achieved, great pressure will be
brought to bear on the house to approve
the measure.
The railroads. It Is understood, also
will lodge their objection to the measure
with the house committee on railroads
The advisability' of ordering Georgia
railroads to pull mileage on trains is now
being considered by the railroad commis
sion. The travelers have asked the com
mission to consider a flat 2-cent passen
ger fare as an alternative
Their petitions were opposed bitterly
by attorneys for the railroads before the
commission.
The Shaw mileage bill has had a check
ered career in the senate. A trick bill
which went to the upper house early last
session required railroads to install sep
arate windows and employ separate mile
age ticket agents in all cities of more
than 2,000 population, with an alterna
i tlve of pulling mileage on trains. This
bill was amended to death in commit
tee. The present bill was introduced In
the senate on the last day of the last ses
sion—August 17, 1911.
ENTRANCE FEES IN
RACES FOR COUNTY
OFFICES INCREASED
The small number of offices to be
filled et the county election and the
comparative small number of candi
dates for the places has caused a mate
rial increase in the entrance fees in
the races. The amount assessed against
each officeseeker, as announced by the
sub-committee of the county executive
committee, is:
For Judge of superior court, $350.
For solicitor general, $350.
For congressman, SIOO.
For member of legislature, SSO.
The assessments are to be paid to
Albert Thomson. 18 Wal’on street, or
to J. O. t'oehran, chairman of the sub
committee. The entry lists close Au
gust 5.
Hugh M. Dorsey, candidate for so
licitor general, and' Ralph O. t'oehran,
for the legislature, paid their entrance
fees today.
TO ENTERTAIN MERCHANTS.
COLUMBUS, GA„ July 18.—The pro
gram committee for the merchants
convention, in this city August 5-6. has
i arranged a program for both days.
Public addresses trolley and automo
bile rides, luncheons, theater parties
i and baseball games are among the sea.
tures.
SLAYER OF GIRL
FOUNO.SUICIDE
Nathan Schwartz Inhales Gas
After Writing Confession of
Fiendish Crime.
NEW YORK July 18—Nathan
Schwartz. confessed murderer of
twelve-year-old Julia Connors, com
mitted suicide by inhaling gas at 219
Chrystie street early today. The strik
ing resemblance of the body to the de
scription of Schwartz caused the po
lice immediately to summon members
of the dead man’s family and positive
identification was made by Philip
Schwartz, a brother.
Schwartz left three hastily scribbled
notes confessing the fiendish crime and
expressing contrition for It.
Following the discovery of tl»e notes
and identification of the body, a fur
ther search of the room by the police
revealed a complete confession, which
evidently had been written just before
the man turned on the gas preparatory
to taking his last sleep and cheating
justice of her due for one of the most
shocking crimes eVer committed.
One of the notes left by the suicide
was scribbled on the wall paper, an
other on his collar and a third on the
margin of a newspaper. In one of these
he said that two minutes after his
fiendish act he was sorry for having
stabbed the girl to death, inflicting 41
wounds.
. Driven Insane By Beautiful Woman.
"I was driven insane by the sight of
a beautiful woman," another note
stated.
The confession that Schwartz left
was dated yesterday. It was apparent
ly written in the Idea that he would
be able to comfort his mother with his
last words. He said that he was do
ing as he had been told to do by his
father.
The confession In full was as fol
lows :
"July 17—This is only to my dear old
mother, who I am always homesick for,
and same to the rest and pa. whose
word I am taking by doing this, which
I figure to assist me in death of my
own estimation.
"I want to say that if I was hap
pened to be revived, in order to be exe
cuted, I will take that medicine just
the same.
"My last job was at the pocketbook
manufacturing company at No. 74
Grand street. He owes ine for two
days work. Please secure pay and give
to my mother, for she is very poor, and
for the truth my brother has lots of
money and doesn’t want to settle the
old folks on a farm for simple life.
"I am very sorry to sause the trou
ble to neighbor, but all he will have to
do is to call a cop.
“Tell Mother I Am Really Guilty.”
“Tell mother again that I am really
guilty, and she shall not cry her eyes
out and break fier heart. I know she
thinks I am innocent.
”1 am sorrw I done ft, hut I got crazy
as I often do, and you can’t blame me
nor any one else for what I have done.”
The suicide hired the room in which
he died on July 8, the day after little
Julia was found dying in a vacant lot,
and told the landlord, Max Kaplan, that
he was a waist cutter out of work.
Schwartz was a waist cutter by trade.
TOM MURPHVSFRIENDS
WANT HIM RENAMED AS
AUGUSTA POSTMASTER
AUGUSTA, GA., July 18—Already
there are aspirants for the postmaster
ship at Augusta in anticipation that
Woodrow Wilson will be elected presi
dent. One applicant has already
launched his campaign by criticising
Postmaster Thomas D. Murphy for be
ing a Taft man.
The present postmaster formerly was
managing editor of The Chronicle and
is a good Democrat. However, when
President-elect Taft came to Augusta
to spend the winter immediately pre
ceding his inauguration Mr. Murphy
was a member of his "newspaper cabi
net" and, with the press and special
correspondents, daily called on the
president-elect. When Mr. Taft went
to Panama he took Mr. Murphy along
and when it came time to appoint a
postmaster at Augusta he gave it to
Murphy purely on a personal basis.
Now Murphy is going to vote for Mr.
Taft on a purely personal basis, be
cause he appreciates what Mr. Taft
has done for him.
If Woodrow Wilson Is president some
of his strong Augusta friends are go
ing to unite in a request to retain the
genial, big-hearted newspaper man
who has enough sense of appreciation
to cast a complimentary vote for the
man uho helped him. It may be Post
master Thomas D, Murphy under Pres
ident Wilson as well as under Presi
dent Taft.
TREASURERMcCULLOUGH,
OF HARRIS COUNTY, DEAD
COLLXIBI S, GA., July 18.—Colonel
W. H. McCullough, treasurer of Harris
county and 40 years justice of the
peace of Waverly Hall district, died
today at Waverly Hall. He leaves a
wife and seven children. He was colo
nel of the Seventh Georgia regiment
during the Civil war. The funeral n ill
take place tomorrow morning at lo
o'clock at Waverly Hall. Colonel Mc-
Cullough was 73 years old. He was
known throughout the state.
SIXTH districtTprimary
PLANS TO BE FIXED SOON
MACON, GA., July 18—The execu
tive committee for the Sixth congres
sional district will meet in Macon Mon
day at noon to arrange for the primary.
The principal question to be decided
Is whether the county unit or the plu
rality plan shall prevail. The meeting
has been called by Chairman W. M.
Howard, of Barnesville.
VETO 15 ENOUGH
TD KILL TIPPINS
MEASURE
Speculation Shows It Can Not
Pass at Thi.s Session, Even
With Sufficient Votes.
Speculation on the fate of the Tip
pins-Alexander bill, should the gov
ernor veto it, leads to but one point.
With the governor's veto the bill cifn
never be passed at this session, even
though the necessary two-thirds votes
can be marshaled in both houses.
At the least, the senate can be given
three days of skirmishing before the
bill is passed. With the special order
set for next Wednesday, this means
that the bill will be approved by the
upper house probaoly on Saturday,
July 27. According to statute, the
governor can hold the measure five
days before acting and if he sends it
back to the legislature with his disap
proval it will reach both houses about
August 2.
The legislature adjourns on Au
gust 14.
Will Lose Its Position.
Through the governor’s veto the
Tippins bill will lose its position as
house bill No. 2 and be forced to take
its chances in the closing days’ scram
ble, with a horde of other important
bills.
When it is remembered that its wily
'opponents in the lower house succeeded
in keeping the bill buried in committee
last year and left It there high and dry
when the session closed, it can be real
ized that the vetoed tneasure will stand
a slim chance of passage in the last
ten days of this session.
Opponents of the bill have played
their best cards in the state senate and
the measure set on special order for
Wednesday of next tveek Is assured
passage.
The strength of the senate opposi
tion is in the temperance cosnmittee,
and the eight votes marshaled yester
day afternoon to delay consideration of
the measure a second time practically
constitutes the fighting force that will
be arrayed against it next Wednesday.
Vote-Hunting Saved Measure.
Only frantic vote-hunting saved’ the
adherents of the bill from facing an
other delay. Had not Senator J. JI-
Felker left the committee session while
several Atlanta business men were in
veighing against the bill and scoured
the capitol for missing committeemen,
Senator Morris would fiave scored an
other victory.
As it was, the Tippins bill went In
with a favorable report by the uncom
fortably close vote of 9 to 8.
Reuben R Arnold, Forrest Adair,
Captain James W. English and Ames
Biasleton spoke to the committeemen
urging adverse action on the, bill. Ail
four spoke along the same lines. The
open barroom was deplored, but the
beer saloon held up as the solution of
the liquor question In the big citv
Reuben Arnold voiced the sentiment of
the opposition when he said:
i„?Z yOU Y Ould P rohib ft liquor coming
into Georgia your bill would be a go I
one hut you can not. so is a
useless measuie. There are beer sa
loons in Atlanta, but you can’t get' a
dnnk of whisky in a single one of them
f you wipe them out with this legisla-
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S ARRESTED IN RAID
ON POKER GAME AT
THE ARAGON HOTEL
E.ght participants In a poker game in
room 210 of the Aragon hotel are under
bond to face Recorder Broyles this aft
ernoon, but it is likely that none will
appear, as all gave fictitious names
when they were taken to the police sta
tion.
The game was raided early today by
four detectives, who slipped up the back
stairway, avoiding hotel attaches and
others, and watched the players' from
the transom.
Jeff Harbin, who has several times
been arrested for running gambling ta
bles, was banking the game, and it was
Harbin who put up the $50.75 collateral
required to free each of the partlc
pants.
The detectives gained entrance to the
room when the bell boj' emerged with 1
tray of empty glasses. They say the
room was equipped with a big table
and all the necessary paraphernalia for
poker.
CANDLER PROTESTS
INCREASE IN R. R.
RATES AT CAPITAL
WASHINGTON. July 18—A delega
tion headed by C. M. Candler, chairman
of the railroad commission of Georgia,
held a conference with Commissioner
Clements of the interstate commerce
commission today to protest against
advances in rates proposed by railroads
operating to the Southeast.
Recently railroad traffic agents com
piled a new classification of Southern
freight, advancing rates from 15 to 40
per cent. The interstate commerce
commission is investigating the reasons
for the advances to determine whether
they are reasonable.
RELIGIOUsIeRVICE TO BE
HELD AT POLICE STATION
The third of the series of public re
ligious services being held in the court
room at police station will be conducted
Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock by Dr.
Hugh K. Walker, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church.
The worship last Sunday was con
ducted by Hon. Marion Jackson, and
was largely attended. The subject of
Dr. Walker’s discourse has not been
announced.
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