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THE WEATHER Fair tonight and Wednesday. Tem peratures: 8 a. m„ 82 degrees: 10 a. m., 85 degrees: 12 noon, 87 de grees: 2 p. m„ 90 degrees. VOL. XI. NO. 14. WIFE JOKES OFSUICiOE iO ENDS HER LIFE Disappointed in Marriage, Mrs. Fiona Wynne Takes Poison in Soda Water Parlor. LAUGHS AND JESTS AS SHE PENS LAST NOTES Asks Her Employer if Persons Who Kill Themselves Go to Heaven. Joking of death as she planned her own. Mrs. Nona Wynne. 23-year-old wife of Ernest L. Wynne, a painter, of 110 Walton streej, sought advice from hr-i employer as to the best way of committing suicide. Her husband de termined her identity today immediate ly after he had read liotv she drank poi son and died last night in a soda water parlor, while a dozen pleasure seekers sipp W their cooling drinks at the ta bles surrounding the one where the tragedy was enacted. Disappointment in her married life is the ole explanation of her act. Her husband, a painter and paperhanger, protests that there was no trouble be tween them "If she had any troubles, they were of her own," was his 'laconic answer when asked for explanation of her deed. Uncanny Plans Ride For Suicide. Her entire action, though, previous to the tragedy indicated that trouble had weighed heavily on her mind and that the decision to conimit suicide was not the result of sudden impulse, but had been reached after careful, al most nueannv consideration. Shi hft ,i im: e, - appealing to the husband for forgiveness. She left a re piest as . , the future care of her baby hoy. Th exact spot in the rem otely, where she u i«h> .1 her remains to rest, was indicated. Prayers for her S' al were pleaded for. She had con sidered he hereafter as a result of he;- act. She had chosen poison as her method after others had been con st lered. x Her married life had not been one of en.-' ind pleasure. Five years ago at Pell City. Ala., white she was born and roa led. she w.-'s united to Wynne. A hoy James T. Wynne, was born. De s; in th' ipuher responsibilities, Mrs. M nn<- went to work to aid in the sup >" rt of herself and her baby. Gay Questions About Suicide. Sit • was employed as a clerk in the ret- grocei y •‘establishment of S. C. Glass, 133 Marietta street. Her hours were long. Still she was regarded as a cheerful, willing worker and was pop ular with her associates in the store and its patrons It was to the proprietor of the store that .dir first gave intimation that she intended to end her life, but so cheerily vile the questions tn reference to sui cl ii-la d him that he had no thought th t his questioner actually intended to profit by his advice. There was no apparent change in the girl's good humor yesterday in the She waited on her customers blithely and laughed and joked with her co w rkers. It was during an afternoon hill that she broached the subject of <ni< lde to her employer. She Didn’t Like The Lakewood Idea. "What do you think would become of a girl who committed suicide?" she asked There was a smile on her lips ns she spoke. Her eyes twinkled. She scented unusually merry. *1 hardly think she'd go to heaven," Mr. Glass replied. The answer did not affect her demeanor. "Well, if a girl did. what would be the best way?" she next asked. Plainly the clerk was jesting, the employer rea soned as be returned her laugh. “Why, I think I'd ride out to Lake wood and jump in,” he said. “Oh. that wouldn’t do," she bantered back. "Sorrtebody might pull you out, and you would have had all your trou ble for nothing.” The conversation drifted to other subjects. Later in the afternoon Mrs. Wynne asked to he excused from duty in the store for a brief time. It was then that she purchased the poison. She bought 2.3 cents worth of strychnine in a drug sioie. telling the prescriptionist that H.ie wished to use It in killing rats. - i< then returned to the store and i -u.m,| her work. Later she wrote ; t'er and showed the envelope to Mr. (j'.i I'm not going to snow you Continued on Page Two. The Atlanta .Georgian Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Result, £JPI TS wja W oman W atches Fatal Duel of Suitors: She And Survivor to Jail Consenting to Wed Victor, She Looks on as They Draw Guns and Fire. ‘ WILKESBARRE, PA., Aug. 20. Charles Williams, of Hazelton. Pa., died today in a hospital from a bullet fired by Edward Raebler. Raebler is under arrest charged with murder, and a wom an who caused the quarrel also is locked up. Both men were suitors for the wom an’s hand and both met at her home. With her consent, the police say, they agreed to fight it out, the victor to take her. The duel was fought at mid night. Each man. armed with a revolver, stepped off ten paces. They fired. Wil liams fell with a bullet in his brain. The authorities have so far withheld the name of the woman. WOMAN, ON TRIAL FOR HER HUSBAND’S DEATH, COLLAPSES IN COURT CHICAGO, Aug. 20.—Mrs. Florence Bernstein collapsed in court today while Attorney Patrick H. O'Donnell was pleading for her liberty. The woman is accused of the death of> her husband. As her attorney reached his perora tion the strain was too great for Mrs. Bernstein! and she broke into hysterical shrieks and sobs. She was led from the court room and quieted. It was many minutes before the trial could go on. RUSSIAN DEPUTY WHO DEFENDED STOESSEL KILLED IN ARGUMENT ST. T ’ETERSBURG. Aug. 20.—Dur ing a political argument today Deputy Syrtlanov of the Musselman group in the'diima, was shot and killed at the residence of Major General Sheikhali by one of the officer’s friends. Syrtlanov was one of the foremost lawyers In Russia. He defended Gen eral Stoessel when the latter was tried by courtmartial for the surrender of Port Arthur to the Japanese. AUTHORITIES,FEARING SUFFRAGETTE WOULD KILL SELF, FREE HER DUBLIN, Aug. 20. Because the au thorities feared that she would carry her fanaticism to the point of suicide, Mrs. Baines, the suffragette who was recently sentenced to seven months for her connection with a plot to burn the Theater Royal and who led a hunger strike in jail, was today liberated after serving two weeks. Another suffragette. Leigh Evans, is also refusing to, eat. The officials did not try to feed the woman forcibly. SOLDIER, PUNISHED FOR BREACH OF DISCIPLINE, KILLS RUSSIAN PRINCE ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 20. -A Cos sack who had been detached from hl’s troop for some breach of discipline en tered the apartment of Prince Tumanoff today and shot that nobleman dead. The slayer continued to discharge his revolver, wounding the princess and an orderly, other soldiers, who were in the building, aroused by the sound of shots, rushed in and shot the Cossack dead. GENERAL BOOTH SINKS: BELIEVED TO BE DYING LONDON, Aug. 20.—General William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, is believed to be dying. Colonel Kitch en, private secretary to General Booth, said late this afternoon that the gen eral sank into a state of coma and his family feared he would not. live many hours longer. FIFTY DRINK WOOD ALCOHOL; TWO DIE MONTREAL, Aug. 20.—Two em ployees of a railway here are dead from drinking wood alcohol and several oth ers are in a hospital in serious condi tion. Fifty altogether, all of them Russians, were poisoned. TOO ROUGH FOR YANKEE GIRL TO SWIM CHANNEL DOVER. ENG., Aug. 20.—Rose Pitl noff. the American girl who came here to swim the English channel and who was to have started today, could not do so on account of the roughness of the water. Like a Garden==» Pick as Yom Ptease Each day's want ad pages contain hundreds of ways to make money easily. The want ads point, the ways to many opportunities. This big garden is brimful or ripe fruits of all descriptions. If you desire to sell, buy or ex change for profit, secure a fine posi tion or locate a business, you can do so through the want ads. Rend them for profit and pleasure and use them for results ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1912. LT. BEGKER IS INDICTED AS GAMBLERS’ SLAYER Police Officer Named in Con fession and Six Others Held by Grand Jury. SCHEPPS’ STORY TOLD TO INVESTIGATORS Paymaster of Slayer Tells of Running Errands Between Officer and Rose. \ NEW YORK, Aug. 20.—The grand jury this afternoon returned to Judge Mulqueen, in general session, a blanket indictment against seven men named as generally responsible for the mur der of Herman Rosenthal. Those named in the indictment are Lieutenant Charles A. Becker, William Shapiro, who was driving the gray "murder automobile;” Louis Rosenberg, known as "'Lefty Louis;” Harry Horo witz, known as "Gyp, the Blood," both of the latter are still at large; Frank Muller, known as “Whitey Lewis;’’ Frank Cirocci, known as "Dago Frank,” and Jacob Reich, known as "Jack Sul livan.” Schepps, the first witness called, is reported to have given complete evi dence to the plot by which Rosenthal was killed. Schepps was brought down to the criminal courts building from the West Side police court prison a (let he. Jack Rose and "Bridgey" Webber had made additional statements to Dis trict Attorney Whitman. The efforts of counsel at paving the way to the quashing of the indictment against Lieutenant Charles A. Becker were thwarted for the second time when Judge Mulqueen in general ses sions today denied the motion of -Beck er’s attorneys that he reconsider his previous denial of their motion to in spect the minutes of the grand jury. Was With Becker At Time of Killing. Schepps is said to have told Whitman that he was with Police Lieutenant Charles A. Becker at the tiilft when Rosenthal was being shot to death, and afterward acted as messenger for Beck er when the latter wanted to communi cate with "Bald Jack" Rose, who was in hiding in the home of Harry Pol lock, the sporting promoter. It was said at the district attorney’s office that the present session of the grand jury would probably conclude the Rosenthal investigation so far as it con cerns directly the murder of the be traying gambler. Subsequent investi gation will delve into the police sys tem. Summonses were made out for Wall Street brokers who were wanted to tell about Becker’s stock dealing transac tions. Schepps is expected to prove the state’s strongest witness when the cases are brought to trial. Among bank accounts in Becker’s name enough has been found to bring his total deposits in banks up to $60,- 615. Becker banked all this money with in ten months on an annual salary of $2,250. Seelig Surrenders; To Be State Witness, Big Jack Seelig, gang leader, wose henchmen are alleged to have killed Gambler Herman Rosenthal at the be hest of Lieutenant Charles Becker, sur rendered himself to District Attorney Whitman today, and it is understood that he will become a witness for the state. Seelig was at once taken before the grand jury. CHASES THIEF WHEN WIFE GIVES ALARM; HOUNDS ON TRAIL Awakened by a noise in her bed room early today. Mrs. R. J. Spiller, of 596 Capitol avenue, discovered a burglar mak ing his exit through an open window. Mrs. Spiller, without screaming, quick ly awoke her husband, and the latter, seizing hfs pistol, gave chase The in truder leaped from the window, however, and slid down a high embankment and vanished before' Spiller could get a shot at him. He got away with sll in Spil ler s trousers and threw the trousers away, overlooking a watch * 'hief of Detectives lairiford we.s sum moned to the scene and put his blood hounds on the trail The dogs took the scent and followed it for some distance, Call of a Mother to Her Wandering Boy Is Scrawled on Box Cars "Barley—Come Home" Is Mute Appeal Carried Over Country on Freight Trains. Rolling through the land is a message from a longing mother tn her wander ing son. The message was in Atlanta today. It may be miles away tomorrow, but its tender pleading stays wherever It has been seen. Chalked on the trucks of three freight cars, now parked in Inman yards, are the words. "Ballex . Come home to moth er." And though the letters show signs that the* have traveled far. there has been no car inspector to wipe out their message. The cars will continue to bear the plea until time has effaced the chalk marks or Bailey comes hdtne. The mother evidently knows that wher ever the son is the box car is his meth od of transportation as he wanders. It is her hope that .some day. as he pre pares to slip through the side door or mount the bumpers, or lie on the rods, he will see the message and will heed its call It may be that the message is re peated whenever sell has opportunity to send her freight train plea, and scores of cars are muteli j ell jar him to turn his face homeward Clarence Darrow, Labor w/L''■ ■ Defender, Who Has 888 Been Freed of the Charge of ** <^ 4 * X * Bribing ajfefc i K . a ur y jßxdwU t L a a/ Los Angeles As » t ffMP / ZiHIIII " "Y -a »• / Mr -mMMHi Mwag jh ill a / 1 / * wi 1 B # / wk Jr/y r, i BBffl X* > -~0. > wnXJVk • - - olw \ CHINESE SMUGGLING THROUGH CANADA BY AUTO IS UNCOVERED NEW YORK. Aug. 20.—A wholesale system of smuggling Chinese across the Canadian border into the United States is believed to have been uncovered in the arrest today of Arthur Pierce, Ber tron Eranks and five Chinamen who had come to New York from Buffalo in an automobile. The arrests were brought about by Policeman Cornelius O'Con nell, of the Alexander avenue station, in the Bronx. Early today O'Connell while on duty at Willis avenue and the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad yards, saw a big red touring car pass through the neighborhood several times. The chauffeur’s actions aroused O’Connell's suspicions, and he stopped the car and found the Chinamen hid den under some heavy blankets. ASSIST IN CHECKING SCARLET FEVER AT MOULTRIE State aid will be given Moultrie, Col quitt county, in its fight to stamp out a scarlet fever epidemic which threatens the town. Ten cases have been reported in the last few days, and citizens sent re quests for the co-operation of the state board of health that the epidemic lie checked before it gains more serious proportions. It is believed systematic work can stop the advance of the epi demic In a few days. Sei retary Ha iris annoum ed the hoard is ready to act with the Colquitt au thorities at ant time. ATTORNEY ACQUITTED OF BRIBERY CHARGE x NM|| « .MEM We- St i ■ I a 1 /t/ A ft- \/A/ ADAMSON SAYS TAFT’S PANAMA RESOLUTION HAS BEEN PUT TO BED WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—The pro posed joint resolution urged by Presi dent Taft in his message on the Pana ma. canal bill, whereby this nation would declare that it has no intention of violaing the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, has been “put to bed,” according to Representative Adamson, of Georgia, chairman of the house committee on interstate and foreign commerce, to which the president's message was re ferred. Most of the members of the interstate and foreign commerce committee have left for their homes, it was learned to day. WOMAN IS BURNED BADLY WHEN S H E POURS OIL ON FIRE Mrs. Pearl Hornsby. living near East Point, was burned badly about the face, head and arms today as the result of an explosion of oil. while she was at tempting to start a fire in a stove, adding another to the loqg list of similar acci dents within the past few weeks The oil can exploded as Mrs. Hornsby hold it near the stove, preparing to pour oil <>n the fuel RABBIT’S BLOOD SAVES LIFE OF 6-YEAR-OLD BOY EOS ANGELES. Aug.* 20. By the transfusion of rabbit's blood into his veins, the life of Emerson Mair, a slx year-uld boy, has been saved here. DARROW’S ATTORNEY ASKS DISMISSAL OF SECOND INDICTMENT LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20.—Late to ) day Judge George tl. Dutton will rule on the motion of the defense for the dismissal of the second charge of jury bribing pending against Clarence S. Darrow, of Chicago. 1 The second indictment charges brib ery of Robert F. Bain, a sworn juror , in the McNamara case, 'and charges also an attempt to Influence a court officer. Darrow’s attorney demanded ' dismissal when the question of setting a date for trial came up yesterday. They argued thq,t the evidence was the same as that in the first case, that a verdict of acquittal in the former trial showed there was no basis for the al 'eged conspiracy to bribe and that the case had not been brought to trial within sixty days after the indictment was returned, as is required under the . California statute. Judge Hutton ruled that he had no right to fnquire into the evidence. He said, however, he would ; look up carefully the record regarding the sixty day rule. . District Attorney Job,, D. Freder icks said that if the indictment were dismissed, It was likely another would be asked from the gland jury. • ATLANTAN HURT IN WRECK, MORGANTON, N. lug. 20. -N. L. Hummel, of Atlanta, was among those injured when Southern railway passenger and freight trains hll<l a head-on collision near this place. Hummel was bruised about the fae.. and body. None of the injured is fatally hurt. The list com prises seven passengers and three train crew. 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE p m a o ß e° SLATON ftfl Il LEAD 11 UNBIASED cimss Estimates of The Georgian’s Correspondents Put Alexan der Second, Hall Third. ' i 131 COUNTIES CONCEDED j TO FULTON’S CANDIDATE! Alexander Given Ten Counties!' and Hall Five by Impartial/j Prediction by Experts. / : 1 In an effort to obtain an accurate forecast of the probable result nt morrow's gubernatorial election. Th<* Georgian instructed its in every congressional district to make a careful study of the sltuation.and for ward conservative estimates. According to the reports furnished, John M. Slaton will be elected governor ; by an unprecedented majority over Hooper Alexander and Joe Hill Hall. Figuring out as nearly In detail aa possible. The Georgian’s reports Indi-’ cate that Slaton will carry 131 counties,/ with 328 vote® in the convention; Alex-, ander will carry 10 counties, with 2®-’ unit votes, and Hall will carry 5 coun ties, with 14 unit votes. The Georgian does not, of course, guarantee the figures presented. They are merely given just as they were re ported for whatever of authentic,lnfor mation there may be in them. Reports Fair And Unbiased. The primary Is to be held under a county unit plan, the candidate receiv ing a plurality vote in each county to receive the' county’s electoral vote in the convention. The Georgian s correspondents were required to forward fair and unbiased reports from the various congressional districts. They were cautionetf that, The Georgian wanted only the exact truth, as nearly as It could be ascer tained. Unless these newsgatherers are at sea, Slatop will carry every congres sional district handsomely, and well upr to 130 counties, as units. From various counties come reports that Alexander will get a "good vote,”! ind that Hall will “be remembered by. many friends,” but with astonishing regularity comes the report that Slatoi*: is to win. Joe Hill Hall Slated to Show. j In its general aspect, ft looks as if Alexander Is to get a fairly good vote! throughout the state, but scattered s<J badly as to be relatively Ineffective. Joe; Hill Hall seems listed for third place—e but not far behind Alexander, at that. According to reports, Alexander ought to run second and Hall third, but both? so far behind Slaton as to make theig combined strength Inconsequential. Mr. Slaton himself claims 120 coun-«i ties, but The- Georgian’s go him a few counties better. A rather curious phase of the situa-< tion seems to be that while the cong res-, slonal and state house races cut intcn one another badly here and there. In' the main the governorship race stands’ by itself—a runaway for Slaton. Little Interest In Some Counties. The division of the popular vote will show a closer standing between ths candidates than will the electoral vote, if the situation adjusts itself finally asi The Georgian’s reports seem to indicate that it will. There will be counties where both Alexander and Hall will run well, even though Slaton wins out. Basing the probable vote of the state at 150,000, Slaton should, if the reported proportion holds, receive approximately 100,000, the division between Alexander and Hall to run about 30,000 and 20,000. In many counties there is admittedly small interest in the governorship race, b'ut in practically every instance, such county is reported safe for Slaton, with the acute political interest centered in local fights. Interesting Battle In Fulton County The eve of the state and county pri mary finds all the candidates in Ful ton confident and aggressive. Tit" fight between Slaton and Alex ander for Fulton's six electoral votes in the guberjiatorial convention is sharp, but not particularly bitter. The legislative contest and the con< test for the succession to Judge Potth