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GANGMEN.INFEAR OF DEATH, BEG FOUNDS Confessing New York Gamblers Fear They Will Be Killed on Way to Court. NEW YORK. Aug. s.—Fear of fur ther bloodshed in the police-gambler feud, which has grown out of the as sassination of Herman Rosenthal, led oday to a demand for redoubled guards ibout "Bald Jack” Rose, “Rridgey” Webber and Harry Vallon before they left the Tombs to go to the court of Coroner Feinberg to give further evi dence in the investigation. The trio of prisoners professed great alarm that they would be attacked by gun men who sympathize with Police Lieutenant Charles A. Becker, whom they accuse of having ordered the murder of Rosen thal to silence the informer’s story of police graft. Later their eases were continued un til August 19. , District Attorney Whitman, who is personally handling the case of the Rosenthal murder, arrived from Man chester, Vt., this morning. Burns Completes Graft Cases. William J. Burns today turned over to District Attorney Whitman three practically complete graft cases upon which the detective had been working for three months. The evidence pro : ilueed by Burns and which went to Dis trict Attorney Whitman immediately upon his arrival is asserted to insure the arrests of a number of men much higher in official position than Lieuten ant Charles Becker. Detectives and numerous local offi cers were sent by Deputy Commis sioner Dougherty through the Catskill mountains trying to run down “Lefty” Louis and “Gyp the Blood," the two gun men who are wanted in connection with the murder. Rose, the gambler, who was the first man arrested after the investigation Started. charges that he was “double crossed” by Becker. The district at torney’s office is said to be in posses sion of a confession from Rose, in which he alleges that Becker advised him to give himself up to the police, at the same time intimating that a fund would be raised in his behalf and he would soon be freed by brilliant crimi nal lawyers who would be retained in his interest. Becker Advised Rose to Surrender. "It was upon the night before I was arrested that Becker advised me to give myself up.” Rose is alleged to have said. “The two men who owned the automobile—Shapiro and Libby— were prisoners. I was in hiding at the home of my friend, Harry Pollock, the sporthig promoter. Becker telephoned to me during the night. He told me I must go down to headquarters and give an explanation. I protested and told Becker that I was sick and wor ried over the affair and did not fee! able to stand the grilling that I knew the police would administer. Becker assured me there would not be any thing to it. Becker further called my attention to the fact that Shapiro and Libby had told the police that I hired their car on the night Rosenthal was shot. He said: ’Now, there is nothing to it but coming down and explaining that away.’ L was still leery. I told Becker I was afraid to go to headquar ters, because I had a bunch if I did that I would not get away. Becker assured me positively that it was all fixed. He said 1 would not be detained." Becker Is Arraigned. Lieutenant Charles Becker, charged with the murder’of Herman Rosenthal, was arraigned this morning at 10:30 o'clock before Judge Thomas <’. Crain in Part I. General Sessions. The hearing of Becker’s plea was transferred by Judge Crain to Judge Mulqueen, in Part 11. and after hearing the motions of counsel to dismiss the indictments and to allow an inspection of the grand jury minutes, the court adjourned the hearing until August 7. JUDGE POTTLE WANTS TO SUCCEED HIMSELF Judge J. Robert Prottle, junior mem ber of the court of appeals, today an nounced his candidacy to succeed him self in the unexpired term of Judge Ar thur Powell, subject to the Democratic primary of August 21. Judge Pottle has been an occupant of tlie bench for a few months only, hav ing been appointed by Governor Brown to succeed Judge Powell last February. The unexpired term, to which, undet the law, he must now be elected, ex pires in 1916. SLAYER IN ALABAMA FEUD FACES TRIAL AT ANNISTON ANNISTON. ALA., Aug 5.—A spe cial term of the city court convened here today to try a number of cases of long standing. Cross Pearce, only eighteen years old. was first put on trial for killing Sarge Kennedy, another youth, in a feudal fight in which the parents of both the slayer and the slain were engaged, and in which Shelt Ken nedy, the father Os Sarge Kennedy, was killed by Dr. John Pearce, the father of Cross Pearce. William Kennedy, the father of Shelt Kennedy, is to be tried also for participation in the fight. GREAT DRESS SALE QQ LESS THAN 1 VALUE jCOOO More than a thousand beautiful new Dresses bought by our The line includes new Lingerie Dresses of fine cotton voile UfjClfl IflAsl Mr. L. B. Joel in New York last week will go on sale tomorrow at and marquisette, all-over embroidered and lace trimmed; some hIOAA IfUW less than one-fourth usual retail price. Seethe two big window with wide satin bands at bottom of skirts. White, blue, pink and OUvU displays of Dresses today. other colors. ROBERT F. MADDOX TO BE DIRECTOR OF SEABOARD AIR LINE Robert F. Maddox, of Atlanta, and several other Southern men will be directors of the reorganized Seaboard Air Line, according to impressions left by the visit to Atlanta of S. Davies Warfield, president of the Continental Trust Company, of Baltimore, who was a guest at the Georgian Terrace. Mr. Warfield discussed the future of the Seaboard, of which he recently got control, and though he said the stock holders' would elect the new directors,, he left the impression that Robert F. Maddox. A H Woodward of Birming ham. Mills B. Lane of Savannah and George W. Watts of Durham, N. C., would be chosen. e Mr. Wai field reiterated the statement made by him some time ago that the Seaboard would be devoted more than eve- to th- ut’bui’dinv of the South and would be kept a stiictly Southern prop erty. OVERTAKEN BY POSSE. COLORADAN ENDS LIFE LAJI N I A. <’(>!.i Aug. 5. —George Ballew, who on Friday night shot four people at South Platte, committed sui cide three miles from here. He had been pursued by a sheriff and hie posse, and took his life only after lie had been wounded twice and brought to bay be hind a hay stack. Ballew was overtaken on foot near the village of Ormega by Deputy Sher iff Devine, but Ballew opened fire and forced Devine to retreat toward La junta for nearly a mile. When Devine returned to a house where there was a telephone he summoned assistance. “HISTiTm A DETECTIVE:” BORROWS WIG. DECAMPS CHICAGO, Aug. s.—" Hist!” said a tall. dark, mysterious young man. "I am a detective. J need a disguise for a few minutes.” Mrs. H. E. Deutscher. milliner, loaned him an expensive blond wig. He hasn’t returned. IT -Mr • / Y J ’\ r ' JiF Si Z' w\ F- I ' J 5 II I // A W U 'a I Airs. Madeline Force Astor, happy expectant mother. She hopes the little Astor heir will be a boy to perpetuate the name of J ohn Jacob Astor. FLORIDA PLANS LOW FRUIT-VEGETABLE EXPRESS RATE SCALE TALLAHASSEE. Aug. s.—The Flori da railroad commission has cited the Southern Express Company for a hear ing on September 3, to show cause why the commission should not order cer tain proposed rates on fruits and vege tables between points in this state. These rates would mean substantial reductions. The present rate on fruit for a 25- mile haul is 25 cents per box. and on vegetables. 25 cents per crate. The proposed rate on fruit for this distance is 20 cents per box, and on vegetables 15 cents per crate. For 100 miles, the present rate on fruit is 30 cent*, and on vegetables 25 cents, while the pro posed rate on fruits is 27 cents and vegetables 20 cents. For 200 miles, the present rate on fruit is 40 cents and on vegetables 30. while the proposed rate is fruit 37 cents and vegetables 27 cents. Moving under the fruit rate are oranges, grapefruit, lemons, limes and pineapples, in standard crates of 80 pounds. Under the vegetable rate are peaches, pears, guavas, persimmons, beans, beets, okra, cucumbers, lettuce, onions, cabbage and like articles, in standard crates of 50 pounds. If ship ped in barrels, the rate is double the crate rate. COMMITTEEMAN A SUICIDE. SEATTLE, WASH.. Aug. s.—Ac cording to a private cablegram re ceived here today, A. J. Daly, of Fair banks, Alaska, national Democratic committeeman for that territory, com mitted suicide last night THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.MONDAY. AUGUST 5, 1912. Young Widow Yearns for a Son ASTOR HEIR EXPECTED Mik.. Br / / . * £ r JT £ W-’ - . 4 « ' ■’s WaPSt ■; WI y*? c 1 ’ - I Colonel’s Will Gives $3,000,- ; 000 to Posthumous Child. $6,000,000 if Twins. NEW YORK, Aug. s.—Colonel John Jacob Astor’s posthumous heir, a highly important baby, who will in herit $3,000,000, is expected within a I week at the Astor residence, No. 840 Fifth avenue. Mrs. Madeline Force Astor, tlie hap ! py, expectant mother, yearns for a son to perpetuate the name of John Jacob Astor. , But. boy or girl, she is determined . that the infant shall first see the light I In the family mansion which her hus band bequeathed to her. She returned to her home a few davs ' ago after a long visit to her father , and mother. Mr. and Mrs. William H. f Force, at Bernardsville, N. J. Doctors and Nurses Watch. Dr. Cragin. an expert, and Dr. Reuel 1 B. Kimball, her family physician, are , visiting Mrs. Astor. Her health, which was shaken bj her anguish when her , husband was lost with the Titanic, is 1 greatly improved. She is youthful, healthy and strong. • Her physicians are convinced that no complications will attend the truly interesting event. The nursery in the Astor house is ready, having reverted to its original • use. In this nursery Vincent Astor was ■ bathed and powdered and dressed. As ■ he grew older the great room was di : vided into a suite for him. Now the partitions have vanished, the room is again a nursery, the perfection of ven- tilation and sanitation. Two nurses, ■ one selected by Dr. Cragin for the mother, are in waiting Mrs, Force fias been with Mrs. Astor since her return to New York. As has been said, the highly impor tant baby awaited on Fifth avenue will inherit $3,000,000 from its father's vast , estate. L But suppose Mrs. Madeline Force As tor be doubly blessed? Or, to further stretch the imagina -1 tion, suppose a triple or even a quad- > ruple crown of motherhood be placed on her fair brow. Will each child inherit $3,000,000? | Suppose the baby lives no longer than to utter a cry, to breathe, to look ’ into its mother's fond eyes. In that case the $3,000,000 willed by Colonel I Astor to his posthumous child would ■_ go to the next of kin of the child—tis mother. - 9 STITCHES IN HEART TO SAVE DYING MAN’S LIFE PHILADELPHIA, Aug. s—As the result of a delicate operation, when I nine stitches were taken to close a stab wound in his heart, John Thomp son, 59 years old, may live. 1 The operation was performed by Dr. Joseph Mitchel at the Pennsylvania i hospital. Thompson received his in jury during a quarrel with “British” Shaw, 33 years old. Shaw is alleged to have drawn a large knife and ' plunged it into the breast of Thomp son, penetrating the heart. > NEW PASTOR AT DOUGLAS. i DOUGLAS, GA., Aug. s.—Rev. H, H. ; Shell, the newly elected minister of the First Baptist church, has arrived here with his family from Mobile, Ala., ! where Mr. Shell has been pastor for thirteen years. 3MOREA..B.&A. CHIEFS TO OH IT J.T. Rowland. Traffic Manager, C. B. Kealhofer. and Proba bly Leahy Will Resign. That a general shake-up is coming in the offices of the Atlanta. Birmingham and Atlantic railroad was forecast itj railroad circles today, coupled with def inite announcements of several changes among the officials of that road. In fact, the shake-up began last week with the coming of E. T. Lamb to take gen eral charge of the operation of the road. The announcement of the resigna tion of Alex Bonneyman. general man ager. has already been made. Tills is to be followed within the next few days by the announcement that J. T. Row land, traffic manager, will resign. It is reported also that C. B. Kealhofer. gen eral freight agent, will follow Mr. Row land. W. H. Leahy, general passenger agent, while not affected by the general shake-up inspired by Eastern stock holders, will leave the A.. B. and A., if he carries out his present plans to en ter the real estate business. Mr. Leahy gained an insight into the possibilities of farm land dealing by his remarkable development work along the lines of the A., B. and A., and has had several op portunities offered him to go Into the real estate business, with ample back ing. Object to Fancy Salaries. Dissatisfaction among the stockhold ers and bondholders of the road is said to be responsible for the many changes The road, running from Atlanta to Bir mingham and Brunswick, has been in the hands of receivers about two years, and though it has shown considerable improvement in its gross earnings of late, the owners of the securities have not believed the net profits have been up to what they might have been. It is said that they decided that too many fancy salaries were being paid for the business the road was doing, and made up their minds to effect a change in management. E. T. Lamb, a veteran railroad man, who was president and general mana ger of the Norfolk Southern, was chosen as the chief executive who would reor ganize the system. He was sent to At lanta last week to take absolute charge of the operating department of the road, with full authority to “hire and fire" as he might see fit. The report that sev eral resignations were on file to take effect on August 15 and September 1 followed soon after. The securities of the road are largely owned by the Old Colony Trust Com pany, of Boston, and men in what is known as the “Old Colony crowd.” S. L. Schoonmaker, of Boston, and Harry M. Atkinson, of Atlanta, are the receiv ers. It is said that neither of the re ceivers is a practical railroad opera tive, though both are excellent finan ciers and men of great executive abil ity, and It was the bondholders’ desire to have a trained and expert railroad operator, one who knows the game fjom cooling a hot box to shaving seconds off a schedule, jn active charge of the road, so they brought Mr. Lamb from the Norfolk Southern to take charge. ILL HEALTH PROMPTS ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE CEDARTOWN, GA.. Aug. 5. —Elder N. A. Hamrick, a highly respected citi zen of Polk county, committed suicide at his home about four miles north of town. He had been ill and helpless for several weeks. His son, Grady, was about to shave him and he asked the young man to get some thing for him from another room. On his return, he found his father slash ing his throat with the razor. Physi cians were summoned at once, but no hope was entertained of his recovery. He died a few hours later. Mr. Hamrick was one of Polk coun ty’s commissioners, but resigned last winter on account of ill health. MAN ARRESTED AFTER A 2,000-MILE CHASE CALGARY, ALBERTA, Aug. 5. Pursued for four months through'the wilds of northern Canada by members of the Northwest mounted police, Will Ropn. said by the authorities to be the most notorious horse rustler and cattle thief in the Western country, has been apprehended and is in the barracks here today awaiting trial. The chase cov ered nearly 2,000 miles and was re markable for the persistency with w hich the police followed the trail of the fugitive through the trackless north country. Ropp. tired of being hunted, finally gave up. PARKER AND WALKER HOLD JOINT DEBATE AT DOUGLAS DOUGLAS, GA„ Aug. s.—Judge T. A. Parker and J. R. Walker met here to day in a joint debate in their cam paign for congress in the Eleventh dis trict. Coffee county is claimed by the friends of both candidates. Judge Parker has been judge of the superior court of this county for ten years and is very popular in the county. Mr. Walker is a prominent lawyer of Val dosta and has some close relatives of prominence in this county. They are both being actively supported. DARROW REQUIRED TO ANSWERS QUESTIONS, DAMAGING DEFENSE LOS ANGELES. Aug. s.—Clarence S. Darrow lost a point in his trial for jury bribery today when Judge Hutton ruled that the defendant would be re quired to answer the Impeaching ques tion of Assistant District Attorney Ford concerning the conversation with John R. Harrington, which was recorded through the dictograph. He stated at the same time his ruling extended no further and had no bearing on the possible decision, should there follow an attempt to introduce, by way of impeachment, parts or all of that conversation. SNAKE ON RAIL HALTS TRAIN: LOOKED LIKE BAR NORRISTOWN. PA., Aug. s.—Be cause he took liberties witli a snake, Leonard Mink, of Philadelphia, a re sorter at Gratersford. was fined by Jus tice E. M. Harry here today. Mink, while fishing, saw a large watersnake, and killed it. As its tail was still wriggling he threw the -reptile on the tracks of the Perkiomen railroad in front of an ap proaching passenger train. The engi neer, seeing the act and noting that the man ran up the bank, thought he was a train wrecker, and mistook the snake for a i«ar of iron. The engineer ap plied the emergency brakes, which brought tlie passengers to their feet and the train to a sudden stop. Then the snake was found. Special Policeman O’Donnell, of the Reading Railway Company, happened to be on the scene and took Mink into custody for trespassing. REED PENETRATING MOUTH CAUSES BLOOD POISONING ROME, GA., Aug. s.—With his face swollen almost twice its normal size, John Kitchens, a former policeman, is in a critical condition here as the re sult of a peculiar accident in which a reed plunged Into the roof of his mouth. Kitchens, with others, was searching for the body of Frank WooftTuff, drowned in the Etowah river last Mon day, when his foot caught in a wire and he was precipitated to the ground. He fell face downward on a sharp edged cane. The reed plowed its way Into the roof of his mouth and left a bad gash. He was almost dead from loss of blood when physicians arrived. Later blood poisoning set in and his death Is momentarily expected. BODY OF STEWARD OF TITANIC FOUND AT SEA PHILADELPHIA, Aug. s—The body of \V. I-’. Chiverton, chief steward of the Titanic, was found June 8 in latitude 49.06 north, longitude 42.51 west, by the British steamship Ilford, bound from Galveston to Hamburg. A lifeboat was lowered and it was found that a life pieserver was fastened around tlie body. There were found a watch with initials engraved on it and personal ef fects of value, which the steward had evidently collected just before the ves sel went down. His official papers were found in his pocket, and It was from these that his identity was ascertained. The body was buried at sea. COLUMBUS HOLDS THIRD MERCHANTS CONVENTION COLUMBUS. GA., Aug. s.—The third annual merchants convention began in I this city this morning at 10:30 o’clock, the opening exercises being held at the Muscogee county court house, where a number of addresses were made, Pres ident T. S. Methvin, of the Board of Trade, Mayor Chappell and Judge A. W. Cozart being the principal speakers. There are more than 500 merchants and other visitors from various sec tions of the Columbus territory, all towns within a radius of 50 miles be ing represented. Baseball games, trol ley t ides, theatrical performances, bar becues and gun s’hoots are some of the features on the program prepared for the two days of the convention. GERMAN STEAMER GOES AGROUND OFF SAVANNAH SAVANNAH, GA.. Aug. s.—The Ger man steamer Clara Menzell. which sailed from Savannah Saturday night, is ashore in the Savannah river at a point opposite the quarantine station. All efforts to get the vessel back into stream have been unavailing. The ship is bound for Bremen with a miscella neous cargo. It may be necessary to lighten her before she can be returned to the channel. An accident to the steering machinery is responsible for the trouble. EXPECT A RECORD WHEAT CROP IN MINNESOTA MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. s.—That the wheat yield of Minnesota and the Da kotas will approximate 265,000,000 bushels this year is the declaration of a local milling paper, which states that the harvest will be the largest on rec ord. The previous high mark was 198,- 000,000 bushels, in 1905. ELECTRICIANS GO TO TYBEE. COLUMBUS, GA., Aug. s—Chair man John S. Bleecker, of the program committee for the Georgia section of the National Electric Light association, has announced the program for its next convention, which will be held at Tybee August 15-17. Mr. Bleecker is general manager of the Columbus Railroad Company and the Columbus Power Company. MRS. GRACE WILL LEAVE Cl? IT MIDNIGHT May Never Return to “Scene of Her Greatest Sorrow,” She Declares. • In an effort to avoid any more of the notoriety which has clung to her since her husband was shot five months ago. Mrs. Daisy Opie Grace will leave At lanta for Philadelphia upon a midnight train tonight. With her will go only her aged mother, Mrs. Ulrich. It is said that even the steeping car reser vations have been made under other names so that no morbidly curious fel low travelers jvill pry upon the acquit ted defendant as she makes her journey to the bedside of her blind son in the North. I am going to leave Atlanta, for Philadelphia some time today with my mother, to see my blind son in Phila delphia. who is ill. Ido not know when 1 will come back here. I may never come back to the scene of what has been the great sorrow of my life. If my nusband sues me for divorce here I will—l c an not say W h at i svlll do. I have made no plans.” I hat was the final statement of Mrs. Grace as she sat in her law yer S office this morning signing th* papers in the Grace-Lawrence firm in lunctlon case, which will make her free of ihe law’s arm and able at last to meet unfettered the little blind lad in tile Northern hospital, who has never been told that his mother was even ac cused of shooting her husband, tr 'p> n sald - he would have st'lT n\ r e 1 a yesterda y- on| y she was still 111 from the reaction that followed her acquittal and because the banks were closed, so that she could not close ■ a a “ ° f her husband’s company’s affairs here. She would not say how the injunction settlement had been made Wants to Forget All About Case ' don t want to think of those thing, a "J more.” she aaid . .. f , vant to i that terrib le morning the mart d^ 8 bPt ™ and thp a "' f Ul. heart-breaking days of the trial I want to go back with my mother to'mv five for him and with her “I am grateful to the people of At lanta for the kindness and the constdl eration they have shown me, but it has been a frightful ordeal, and I will be glad to live the rest of my Iff e caring or and educating my son and ‘stand! h " hose religious life has drawn me to her way of thinking. mean that I believe, with her that prayer had much to do with making the jury see that I was guiltless. "It is untrue that I have sought to < ommunicate with Gene Grace in New nan In the hope of bringing about a reconciliation. 1 have not and my law yers have not, nor any one represent- Ing me." To T*|| Son Os Tragedy Some Time. Mrs. Grace recalled that just as she was leaving the court room. less than five minutes after the verdict of ac quittal had freed her, she was met at the foot of the court house elevator by a newsboy who thrust into her hand a copy of The Georgian extra announc. mg the result of the trial. "He asked me to keep it as a souve nir," she said, "and I’m always going to. But 1 will never let my little blind boy hear of it until he grows up old enough to understand how his mother was falsely accused. Perhaps some day he will get back his sight, so that he can read it. Then I will show it to him. The next years of my life I am going to spend teaching him and try ing to find out if there is not some way to make him see again.” Mrs. Grace appears wan and still very nervous. Her mother, too, though not confined to bed, is suffering from the reaction of the trial. Florence Hagerman. The body of Florence Hagerman, little daughter of T. I). Hagerman, of Claren don, Va., was buried at Westview cem etery in Atlanta today. The child's re mains reached Atlanta late yesterday and were carried to the home of Mr. and’ Mrs. .1. N. Porter, of 85 Capitol avenue, her grand parents. RECEIVER’S SALE Before Court House Door. Tuesday, Au gust 6. 11 O’clock. Old buildings and material Ponce De- Leon Park, including Carousel, Old Mill. Human Roulette; also lumber on the ground. For further information apply P. C. M'DUFFHI. Receiver, Fourth na tional Bank building. Phone Main 1136. | CASH GROCERY CO I 118-120 Wi htehall Street 'Wj" Sells Tuesday: Sa 5 lbs. Best Granulated SEI 5 lbs. Best fresh Grits . , 14c Sal 5 lbs. Best Meal 12c gl 3 lbs. Best Head Rice .. • 19c j 10c Pkg. Corn Flakes .. . 5c 10c Bottle Leby’s Pickles 5c El 10-lb. Pail Silver Leaf sig Lard $1.29 ffia 10-lb. Pail Compound Em RS Lard 1.05 B’-fl 10-lb. Pail Cottolene ... 1.29 S CASH GROCERY GO I J 118 and 120 Whitehall ||j 3