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(►ELOPERS HIDE IN WOODS; CAUGHT Youthful Pair, Failing to Get License Sunday, Found at Night by Police. Awaiting today's sunlight and an of f ia! who might marry them, a flfteen ' J;ear-old swain and his lady love, one J eat his junior, played babes in the woods last’night, but the hard-hearted county police found them in their syl tan retreat hiding from the ire of ob jecting parents, and sent them home. When the youthful wooer called today to claim his bride he found that her mother had placed many miles of un romantic railroad track between their ha ppiness. Six weeks ago pretty Vera Glozier came to Atlanta from Natchez. Miss., 5 to visit a married sister at 161 Crew I street. M ith her came her mother. L Henry Thrasher was an errand boy L for L. W. Rogers, a grocer of 236 Capi- avenue. Each day he delivered ' goods to the Crew street home. After he had looked into the eyes’of the Mis sissippi miss for the first t'ime he ran his errands to this particular house ■with quickened step. ► Plan to Elope on Sunday Fails. I Then began an ardent courtship, eve"? I if the suitor had to be received at the back door instead of the parlor. The suit prospered. Vera Glozier began to believe that all masculine worth was yrapped up in Henry Thrasher. - The pair realized, however, that their jlouthfulness probably would cause ob jection to their marriage, but they ■were unwilling to wait through a weary waste of time until passing years in , creased their age and gave them op i portunity to make life worth living. They planned an elopement. Sunday was the day set, and yesterday they fared forth to seek a license. They didn't know that public officials do not work on Sunday and the ordinary's of fice was closed. They were grievously disappointed when this situation con fronted them. Still they were determined. They decided to wait until today, but feared that their return home would cause a collapse of their plan. They decided to Stay out all night. Found on Banks of River. It seemed ideally romantic to await the day watching the swirling progress of water to the great sea. They board ed a car and were soon studying the beauties of nature from the banks of t<he Chattahoochee. 1» There county policemen found them. • The constabulary could see no just rea son why persons of such tender years should be. camped on a river bank with nothing to protect them from the night flip but the canopy of heaven They ordered the lovers to get back *’ to Atlanta. . They obeyed, but planned ' to meet early today, and then once more seek matrimony. But when the Glozier girl got back sh< could give no adequate account of where she had been spending the day and evening. The mother grew suspi , clous. Mother Takes Girl Back Home. The first train for Natchez, Miss., leaves Atlanta at 5 o’clock in the morn ing. When it left today it carried Vera Glozier and her on its passenger list. Henry Thrasher raged and tore his hair in true lover fashion when he t found that for a while at least he will ■ have to bear up under single blessvd ■* Ttess. He even consulted the police. Under their advice, there was a fa miliar face at the grocery again today, but his feet were leaden as he delivered his packages. He carried none to 161 Crew street. ALLEN. OF UPSON. STUMPS SIXTH DISTRICT FOR WISE THOMASTON. GA., Aug. 19.—Inter est in the congressional race for the Sixth district has taken on new life with the active fight being waged for Solicitor General Wise’s candidacy by Representative W. Y. Allen, of Thom aston. Mr. Allen addressed an audi ence of 200 voters at Yatesville Satur -1 day afternoon when he.made a strong speech in Wise's interest. Mr. Allen , addressed thA voters of Crawford coun ty this afternoon at Roberta and speaks tonight at Knoxville. Tomor ■F" row night he will speak at Atwater, ■ Upson county. | WITHDRAWS FROM SECOND r WILCOX COUNTY CONTEST ■ ABBEVILLE, GA., Aug. 19.—1 n a ■ card made public through a local pa- ■ per, Sheriff L. H. Glenn announces that he is not in the race for representative ■ for Wilcox county. He had paid the F assessment and was considered a can | didate until this announcement was made public. This leaves Dr. C. D. r Mcßae, of Rochelle, without opposi tion. I Mr. Glenn was likewise a candidate 1 in the county primary last spring for L re-election to the office of sheriff, but ■ withdrew before the primary came off. WAYCROSS FOLK GOING TO JOY-RIDE IN STREET CARS WAYCROSS. GA.. Aug. 19. —Unless th. re are unforeseen delays, Waycross v people can go joy riding in street cars • th< first week in September. The de ' onti icts • < rossings of vari- ous tracks of the Atlantic Coast Line and arrangements for electric power are settled propositions now and noth ing but construction hinders the opera tion of cars. This is being rushed, and with good weather will be completed by September 1. HARDWICK AT CRAWFORDVILLE. I ( .f{\WFORDVILLE. GA . Aug. 19. ■ T W Hardwick, candidate* sot congr> ss ■ t ,,' s! |c ced himself from th< Tenth dis- L tti,- si ..It., to good size audi* nee in ■ court house Saturday afternoon. Iff! FOR TEST OF CANAL BILL Confers With Cabinet Over Free Tolls—May Send It to the Supreme Court. WASHINGTON. Aug. 19.—President Taft and his cabinet yesterday discuss ed the Panama canal bill, and the question of a possible presidential veto of the measure. Every member of Mr. Taft's official family who was in town was present, and the discussion lasted for an hour after luncheon time, but no decision was reached. The presi dent's inclination, it was said today, is to approve the bill, but he is anxious to have provisions made for a legal test of the matter of free tolls for American ships. The cabinet was un derstood to agree with him that there is basis for believing that the bill with the free tolls clause in it. is not in conformity with the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. When the conference was over the president was still of the opinion that the best way to test the bill's agree ment with the treaty was to have the United States supreme court pass upon it. He will confer with senate and house leaders in the next few days, and will devote most of his own time to pondering over this one bill. Most of the Republican leaders in both houses, and probably some of the leading Dem ocrats will be called into consultation, and the bill will b. gone over with care Wife No. 4—Edna Goodrich. / 1 ■ iHSafflßSßn. V. BJu-' ; Wife No. I—Eliza Weathersby. WATER TAKES 2 LIVES AND CAUSES $1,000,000 DAMAGE IN MICHIGAN NII.ES, MICH., Aug:. 19. —Estimates of property damage caused by yester day's cloudburst are placed today at $1,000,000 and two persons are dead from lightning. The storm was con fined within a radius of three miles outside of Niles. The storm washed out seven railway bridges, destroyed miles of railroad tracks, stopped . street car traffic in Niles and other towns, held up al! trains of the Big Four and the Michi gan Central and did much damage to small buildings. Fourteen inches of rain fell in seven hours. The million-dollar dam of the Chapin Power Company, on the St. Joseph riv er, which was erected recently by Chi cago capitalists, threatens to break and hundreds of men with sandbags are working to save it. I MADDING PAINS DUE TO BEE IN MAN'S EAR MARLBORO, N. J., Aug. 19.—8 y ex tracting a large bee from his ear physi cians relieved John Pollish, a farm hand, from pains in his head that al most drove the man insane. Pollish drove a wagon load of pota toes to the Marlboro freight oation and while waiting his turn to unload went to sleep in a nearby field. He awoke with terrific pains in the left side of his head. Fellow drivers thought- Pollish had suddenly gone crazy and hurried him to a doctor. The physician, with forceps, pulled out the bee, still buzzing despite his waxed condition. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY,‘AUGUST 19. 1912. (injured actor AND I HIS FOUR EX-WIVES 1 Nat Goodwin, who was badly injured when a boat upset with him in the high surf on the rocky California coast last week. » ..... ? ■ JffW ■% 'AO 9 '■ -HT He Wf ' WslOlk Wife No. 3 M.txiiie Elliqit. ‘wpr * 'Apo \ wR/ Wife No. 2—Nella Pease. HERBERT DITTLER IS GIVEN OVATION BY 3,000 MUSIC LOVERS Herbert Dittler, young Atlanta violin virtuoso, today received the plaudits of his admirers on the magnificent re ception he received on his first appear ance in his home city since his return from study abroad. He appeared at , the Sunday concert at the Auditorium ■ and his playing was a revelation to even his mogt enthusiastic friends. Dr. Percy J. Starnes had arranged a Massenet program for the afternoon and mor» than 3,000 persons attended. The young violinist received tremen dous applause after each number and frequently had to respond to two en cores. Among the numbers he played were Starnes' “Aria Romantico,” “Medita tion,'' from Thais; “Ballade et Polo naise." “Vieuxtemps," “Orientale" and “Cesar Cui.” TIFTON BUILDING BOULEVARD. TIFTON, GA., Aug. 19.—Work was be gun the first of this week on the Tifton boulevard, which will he 30 feet wide and wijl extend around the entire city, a dis tance of about seven miles. H. H. Tift, Jr., has the work in charge and is build ing a road second to none in the state.' When this road is complete, which is ex . pected In 90 days. Tifton will be the only city in Georgia having a boulevard cir cling the entire city. TRIES TO KILL SELF. DALTON. GA , Aug. HI. While in an epileptic fit William White, living in North Dalton, attempted suicide by cutting himself with a knife. His con dition is critical. I NAT GOODWIN IS STILL BETTER; WATCHED BY HIS LEADING WOMAN, SANTA MONICA, CAL.. Aug. 19. The condition of Nat C. Goodwin, the actor, who was so severely injured last week by being thrown upon the rocks from a boat by a breaker, showed still further improvement, and the attend ing physicians are certain he will be able to be up and around within three weeks. The crisis of his condition will not he passed until tomorrow, but no untoward symptoms have developed and everything points to certain re covery. Miss Marjorie Moreland, Goodwin's I leading woman, who was with him on I the trip w hen he was hurt, remains with him almost constantly. FATHER SUES BECAUSE BABY’S LITTLE CASKET HAD TO BE ROUGH BOX ROME, GA., Aug. 19.—While a funer ial party waited at the grave, H. L. i I.emaster claims he had to make a box in which to bury his two-year-old child through the alleged negligence of the Southern Express Company to get a casket to him in time, and he has sued the corporation for SI,OOO dam ages. I.emaster alleges that he bought a I casket and box from a local undertaker, which he took to the express office to be transported to his home near Rome. This, he claims, the company failed to do, and as a result he had to make a rough wooden box for the body. DENIES POWER PROJECT WILL MAR FALLS’ BEAUTY SAVANNAH, Aug. 19.—That the de velopment now under wav at Tallulah Fal's in utilizing the waterfalls for pow - er purposes will not destroy the natural beauty of the scenery In lhat section Is the declaration of Rawson Collier, con tracting agent for the Georgia Railway & Power Company which is develop ing the project. As president of the Georgia section. National Electric Lighting association, he has been in Sa- < vannah attending the annual meeting of the association. LEAVES 17 IN RACE. ROME. GA.. Aug. 19. —W. O. Connor has withdrawn from the race for coun ty commissioner. He is superintendent of the Georgia School for the Deaf and .it pre-ent a member of the board. H 1 leaves seventeen in the tace. MAYOR PLEADS FDR fl VALJEAN Philadelphia Executive Asks That Helping Hand Be Given Confessing Alderman. PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 19. .Mayor Rudolph Blankenburg. in a statement, practically leads a movement to “turn back" the resignation of William Burke as a councilman, and allow him to face 'the music of his confession, but remain a city father. "In my many years experience as a business man." the mayor wires, “I have on a number of occasions for given those that have wronged me. and I have never regretted my action. Our whole body of citizens should be given | the opportunity now to show whether the spirit of the age and the admoni tion of forgiveness so beautifully ex pressed in the Good Book are an iri descent dream of a beautiful reality. Let the citizens join with me and ex tend a helping hand.” Councilman Burke resigned and de clared in his letter to the president of the city council that he was leaving his civic post because he had once been a convict in Massachusetts, and had been discovered by a former fellow in mate of the prison, who was blackmail ing him. He has been married since his re lease from the prison at •'haVlestown and has two children. Yeggman, pick pocket and burglar he admits he was, but he declares that he has tried to live a righteous life since his release in 1907. In prison he learned the trade of fur niture finishing, and after his release, he settled down in Philadelphia to make a new life for himself. He tells the story as follows: "1 was doing well. I married and I was happy. A girl was born to my wife. I thought I had lived down my past—God knows I had tried to!” SLAYS HIS WIFE AND ; MOTHER-IN-LAW AFTER QUARREL OVER CHILD ASHTON, ILL., Aug I#.—Warren San ders today awaits preliminary hearing on the charge of having murdered his wife and his mother-in-law. Sanders Is mo- • rose and unrepentant. He says he is glad his mother-in-law Is dead. Sanders and his wife had separated. The woman had begun suit for divorce. Sanders was to have the custody of their baby girl on Sundays. He went to get the child as usual from the home of Mrs i George GrlL’ith. his mother-in-law. Mrs. Griffith had taken the child to the rail way station to meet its mother. Sanders went and demanded that the babs be given to him. Mrs. Griffith objected. A quarrel en sued and while it was at its height the train arrived and Mrs. Griffith rushed forward to meet her daughter. While the latter held the baby in her arms Sanders drew a revolver, shot her, and then shot his mother-in-law. SIGNAL LIGHTS TAKEN BY LAD TO LIGHT BARN; ALTON TRAINS TIED UP JOLIET. ILL., Aug. 19—Because John Rossi, a farmer boy, took two signal lights from the Chicago and Al- I ton railroad to light his barn while he did the chores, the railroad was tied up for two hours on Friday and Sat urday nights. When the lights winked out last night detectives were waiting and today Rossi will appear in court to explain. The absence of the lights, besides causing serious delay in the traffic of the road, almost caused a rear-end col lision between a passenger train and a freight. Officials say it is surprising that there was no wreck. CATHOLIC MARCHERS DROP FROM PARADE; SEVEN PROSTRATED LOUISVILLE. KY., Aug. 19 —The ex treme heat of Sunday caused seven pros ; (rations during the big parade which marked the opening of the national con vention of the Federation of Catholic so cieties. Hundreds of marchers were compelled to drop out of the lines. So far there have been no fatalities. Aside from the hot weather the parade was a thorough success, being the largest pageant ever seen in I Gillsville. Twenty thousand peo ple and hundreds of floats were in line. WHITFIELD CANDIDATES WANT “CLEAN POLITICS” DALTON, GA., Aug 19—Aspirants for county office in Whitfield have gone on record for “clean politics." Candi dates have signed the following agree ment: "We. the undersigned candidates, be. lieving in pure elections, hereby agree to pledge ourselves to abstain from the use of any intoxicant in our respei tivc races and further agree and pledge our selves to refrain from the corrupt use of m"ney in the purchase of votes or other illegal use of same, and to lend our influence in the prosecution of the party or parties guilty of so doing." TOWN OF ELGIN WANTS SECRET FOR HOLDING BEES ELGIN, 111.. Aug 19.—Elgin's com mission government scratched its head over an entirely new public problem. "How can a city slop the flight of honey bees?" is the puzzle The com mission received a communication signed by twenty residents of the southeast end of the city asking that Immediate steps be taken to keiqi bees out of the vineyards. The petition set* forth that unless tin- lw s are penned up they will ruin the crop, CONFESSION OF ROSE TELLS OF SLAYING AT POLICEMAN’S ORDERS NEW YORK. Aug! 19.—Here is “Jack" Rose’s confession of the killing of Herman Rosenthal as he wrote it for District Attorney Whitman: "About the time Jack Zellg was ar rested on a charge of carrying con cealed weapons some of Zelig's friends told me there were some nasty rumors associating my name in the jobbing of Zelig. I became alarmed and called Becker. He told me it was a fact that Zelig had been framed. "I explained to him what danger it meant to me. 'Well,' he said, 'find out Zelig's friends and tell them if they want to save Zelig and themselves tliat Rosenthal is the man that is stirring up all the trouble 1n New York and I want him murdered—shot, his throat cut, any way that will take him off the earth.’ Promised Immunity. "He went further. He said if any body will murder Rosenthal nothing can happen to him: he will take care of that. And if these men down town don't accept the job tell them that not one of them will bo left on my round ups. I will find where they hang out and I will frame every one of them up and send them up the river for carry ing concealed weapons. "Now*, he said it is one thing or the other. Rosenthal to be croaked or the fellows down town to be framed. "First I met Harry Vallon and Bridgie Webber I told them of it all and they agreed It was a serious matter, so we Ipcated two of Zelig's friends, 'Lefty' Louie and Whitey, We warned them of Becker's threat to frame everybody. “The next day Zelig was released on bonds and I met him. I told him it was only the beginning of a long cam paign of framing by Becker and bis men unless Rosenthal was murdered. Zelig wouldn’t have anything to do wltTi it. "I received' a message on Monday night from Becker. He said if the would only get croaked tonight how happy he would be. ■ “I walked around to the Sam Paul club where I met Jack Sullivan and I talked with him. I telephoned for an automobile and Sullivan asked me to take him to Madison Sq. Garden to the fights where he had an appointment with Becker which 1 did I left Sullivan at the Garden and went to Gilbert’s house. “I took the entire party including Schepps, Plitt and Vallon to 14th St. where a tire blew out. I suggested to Schepps to telephone to the Boulevard for another machine which he did the Gray ear with Shapiro arrived. "I asked Schepps and Vallon to ac company me up town. We stopped at Webbers when quite a crowd was gath ered at the door we all went upstairs , and sat around a table ordering some thing to eat and drink some one came in and reported Rosenthal was at the ■ Metropole everybody started out of the I place. The Murder Reported. "I remained behind and insisted that Shepps remain with me which he did after a while Shepps went out. I wait ed around when soon one came In with the Report that Rosenthal had been murdered. “Webber suggested I telephone Beck er. I spoke to Becker. I asked him if he heard the nows he said yes some newspaper man telephoned him I said My God f’harlie this is awful. He said now don't worry no harm will come to any one. he said where are you I said at Webbers he said I will be down town right away. "I went back and told Webber and we waited a long while he came along all smiles and we walked down to a door way * started to talk Jack Sullivan was there and walked down with us as we got in the door way a man came along whom we knew and Jack Sulli van want him to see Becker to left Becker Webber and me there while he went away to talk to this man. “I opened the conversation by saying 'My God Charlie this Is Horrible.’ There will be' Hell to play, he said what is the matter dont worry leave all that to me I asked have you seen him and he said yes I saw the squealing Bas tard I would of liked to taken my knife out and cut a piece of hfs tongue out and hang it up as a warning to possible future squealers, he said well I was saved the trouble doing it myself he said I became tired waiting for you fellows to get the gang to do ft so de cided tonight to do it myself. Money For “Those Fellows.” “I asked him how, well he said after I left Jack Sullivan I instructed Otto to drive b.v the Metropole and to slow down without stopping I intended if Rosenthal was there to take out my Gun blaze away at him and then tell Otto to keep going but he wasn't there. “I said well what about’these fellows he said I will take good care of every body concerned to Webber he said see that these fellows get enough money to get out of town say about a Thousand Dollars between them which Webber said he would which makes fifteen Hundred from Webber. "I went home to One Hundred and Tenth street ill mind ami body. I remained at the house until.l received a message from Shepps saying the peo ple were waiting for me at the Garden Restaurant. I refused to come down. Schepps said Webber had money to give me to give to those fellows for Becker I told Schepps to get it and meet me at Fiftieth street and Eighth avenue. When I met him and Webber, and two of the men who were In Web ber’s the night previous. Webber hand ed me some money. He said it was a thousand dollars. I handed It to these fellows and told them Becker said to lay low for a while and everything would be O. K. “J left them accompanied by Schepps, went to Polocks house where I col lapsed. 1 was put to bed and asked S'hepp« to go out ami get word to Becker where I am ami to have him I call tut up, which he did. He laughed and joked and said don't worry, just a couple of days and everything will be O. K. That night Becker called me again and said get A. J. Levy to look after the interest of the driver. Becker Cheered Him Up. “I started Schepps out to get in touch with A. J. Levj. I later received another message that Levy had been tetained. He kept in constant com munication with me either by tele phone or through Schepps. cheering me up. Finally on Wednesday morning I received a telephone message from him advising me to give myself up, as they were asking so- me in connection with the Gilbert affidavit. "I said. 'Charlie, I am almost crazy. I am sick in mind and body. I don't dare trust myself being questioned. I am thinking of you and I will surely make a mess of It.’ He said. 'Well, I guess you are right; rest and stay there a while until I phone you.' I received another message later in the day tell ing me to come to Lawyer Hart’s of fice, as he wanted to see me. I told him I was too sick. He said, “Well, I will send him to you.’ “About 10 o'clock that night Lawyer Hart amd a notary came to see me and began questioning me. “Schepps came in when they left and I said to him, Sam, I ha-ve been tricked and duped; it looks like Becker is try ing to make me the "goat.”’ Schepps assured me it was only my nervous state that made me think that 'Why.' he said, 'I had a talk with Becker and he said everything is O. K. Just ait tight, you and everybody elm will be all right. He is looking after every thing.' Gave Himaetf Up. “Thursday a. m. I got a newspaper and read A. J. Levy’s statement about me, and I realized at once that there was treachery somewhere. I awoke Schepps and told him I was going to headquarterg and give myself up and tell all. “I hired a taxi and started down, town, "Schepps all the while accom panying me and begging mo not to do it before I consulted with Backer, but 1 was determined, and went to head quarters and waited the arrival ot Deputy Commissioner Dougherty. "I was taken in the office with him and Hughes and questioned about the murder. Then Dougherty left me, re turned and left the door open, and Becker appeared in the doorway, pale as a ghost. Dougherty said. 'Shut the door.’ Then he questioned me about Becker. The trick of having Becker ap pear in the doorway had Its effect. My heart went out to him and I denied any relationship with him. “I was then charged with an acces sory to the murder of Herman Rosen thal. I was taken from there to the district attorney's office. I met *Mr. Whitman. .1 was taken to the Tombs, where I kept getting messages from Becker through Plitt advising me to sit tight and not worry, a S he was looking after everything, including my family." COTTON PICKERS IN TERROR AS SOLDIERS GO MARCHING HOME The Seventeenth Infantry, stationed at Fort McPherson, is congratulating itself on its warlike appearance. It had proof that it looks formidable. The Second battalion of the Sewn teenth was near Austell, Ga., on the last stage of its long hike from Annis ton, Ala.. Saturday. The soldiers were proceeding in heavy marching order, rifles glistening on thefr shoulders and bayonets clanking against the tin cups hung on their haversacks. Cotton pickers were busy in a field near Austell. They didn't remain busy when the soldiers passed. The f»ot that the Stars and Stripes were being car ried In the rear of the column gave the harvesters no assurance of safetyv. They took one look at the marching war riors and took to the woods, SOLICITOR’S CONTEST IN WESTERN CIRCUIT ENDS ATHENS, GA.; Aug. I».—Much local Interest centers in the coming primary which is to be held Tuesday. ar»d from all indications some close races wff! be waged In Athens and Ciafire county. From a local standpoint <he most in teresting feature of the ejection cen ters in the race for solicitor general of the Western clreutt, with R. L. J. Smith, of Commerce John B. Gamble, of Athens, and Colonel W. H. Quarter man. of Winder, as the contending can didates The race apparently lies be tween Gamble and Smith, with the odds largely In favor of the former, due to the fact that he is a local man. F. A. Lipscomb, Cobb I,ampkin, Frank Rhodes and C. E. Griffith are candidates for Clarke county’s repre sentatives. FALLS WITH DYNAMITE AND GETS AWAY WITH IT POTTSVILLE. PA. Aug. 19.—John • 'arnell, one of. a party of laborers un loading a car of dynamite in the Read ings new million-dollar yard between Mill Creek and St. Clair, while carry ing a case containing 50 pounds of the explosive, stubbed his toe on a rail and fell. Though the box had such a jolt that its boards burst, the dynamite failed to explode. POLICE IN CANADA BAR THE STARS AND STRIPES | SASKATOON. SASK Aug 19 Hi-cause they had several American flags on their wagon-- the Sells-Flor* parade was held up by the police unti Union Jacks wcr* substituted for th' Stars and Strip's. S I’. Allen, a cltf zep, started th< iteuion.si atlon and lt< land his -upport* - v--re loudly hiss--' lln \mericans ami > io by iiiuny Cana diaiig. 3