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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. V A 'X^. R v.T° AUGUST 16. W .., j . ■ '’A .Inly ix. Solomon 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 /X Ml [( l ( 1 W \\ < \\ \\V "Lie \\ vifU? yJFfA \ AVW I fra# their camp sites and continued until 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 olive drab, and js right on the jump from ’“velle to taps. [m ttwzra S -•- -WaMMBBBMsr j ... WZ ' W JW" 'IM ■ mCJ i wnki. i i w ■ * 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- -■> 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. 3