Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, September 27, 1912, FINAL 2, Image 10

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Newspaper Page Text10 POISON WITNESS AGAINST BECKER Former Wife of Slain Gambler Was Near Death and Feared to Report It. NEW YORK. Sept. 27.—1 t was learn ed today that an attempt has been made recently to kill Dora Gilbert, first wife of Herman Rosenthal. She Is expected tn be an rmportant witness for the state ■when the trial of Lieutenant Charles Becker, the police official indicted for Rosenthal's death, begins. Although the attempt to kill Mis. Gil- I bert by poison was made at her home. ■ 151 East Twenty-seventh street, some time ago. it was not until today that it was known. The woman was taken to Bellevue hospital for treatment, and for three hours her life was despaired of. Mrs. Gilbert believes that poison was placed in her food. She suffered two attacks, being attended by a physician the first time, but the second was so serious that she had to be taken to the hospital. The attempt made her so fearful that she did not report the case to the po lioe Representatives of Becker secured, an affidavit from Mrs. Gilbert against Ros enthal before the gambler was shot. CRAZED NEGRO HOLDS LOUISVILLE’S POLICE AT BAY FOR 6 HOURS LOUISVILLE, KY., Sept. 27.—. Tim Jackson. a cocaine crazed negro, held fifty policemen at bay from 10 o'clock last night until 4 o'clock this morning, when he barricaded himself In his room, after terrorizing the neighborhood Jackson was heavily armed ar.l hundreds of shots were fired in the battle Officer J. C. Plappert was shot and dangerously wounded The police finally rushed tl»e place and captured the negro, after shooting anoth er negro who was in an adjoining room and who tried to stop them Thousands of persons watched the fight SAYS HE WAS TO GET SIO,OOO FOR CONFESSION DENVER. Sept. 27—Declaring that upon the promise of a reward of SIO,OOO he had accused himself falsely of a mur der s<> that another man might be par done from the penitentiary, Jacob S Kra- a Russian youth, is under ac re- today, following a chase last ing -I months The search led from low ' New York and back to Denver K -r.o confessed to murdering Mrs Mai il da Hermsmejer, a rich recluse living near Newton. lowa, who was found dead in her farm house February 25, 1911. She had been shot through the temple and her house had been robbed. BAN ON RIDING REAR WHEEL OR HANDLEBAR KANSAS CITY. Sept. 27, —No more riding on handle bars or astride the rear wheels of motorcycles. An ordi nance passed by the upper house of the council prescribes a fine of SIOO for that offense. And ft is an offense, Aiderman Taylor told the house; also a danger. The aiderman did not say his sense of propriety was shocked b\ the sight of young women on the handle bars or astride the rear wheel, but he was sure the man operating the motorcycle was unable to exercise proper ■are, or dis cretion when so hamper.d GOING TO ROAD CONGRESS. BRUNSWICK, GA . Sept. 27 S K. Brown. E. Mason and J Hunter Hop kins will leave next week to attend the American Good Roads congress, which is to meet at Atlantic City, N. .1 The delegation will represent Glynn county We Are Leaders In Popular Price Tailoring Over .>OO fine new pure wool fall fabrics to select from. Any Suit To YOUR Order Made Union to Your g| Label Individual A in Every Measure Garment Choice of Over SGO Patterns Corner Auburn Ave. and Peachtree St. I —» 121 Stores From Coast to Coast 1,000 NOW DEAD, 2,000 MISSING AND 200,000 HOMELESS IN JAPAN TOKIO, Sept. 27. —Every official dis i patch received today’ from the quarters of Japan swept by the great typhoon j increased the magnitude of the disas- I ter. At least 1,000 persons are dead and twice that many are missing About 200.000 are homeless. The dam age Is estimated so far as today’s ad- I vices show at about $50,000,000, though lit will undoubtedly be much greate when the full extent of the damage is; known. Heavy storms are still raging off the coast and vessels in the Chinese service reported seeing n number of small craf in distress. Owing to the high seas, no aid could be given. Coast guard sta tions have been warned to kvep a sharp watch for passenger ships in distress Three hundred thousand dollars is needed to supply the Immediate needs lof typhoon refugees. Because of the I heavy expense entailed by the funeral of Emperor Mutwuhito. the government has not enough money to provide for the needs of th- occasion. However, everything possible is being done. A public subscription has been started. rhe- superstitious Japanese declare that the typhoon was an act of Provi dence and a warning because the mod ern leaders are deserting the ancient standards of Japan. It is said that in the Ayama cemetery nearly every /tree was blown down and shrines were wrecked save those standing about the grave of General Nogi and his wife, who died by hara-kiri for the late em peror. ITALIAN KING VISITS MARCONI IN HOSPITAL SPEZIA, ITALY, Sept. 27.—Gugliel mo Marconi, the wireless inventor who i was injured In an automobile collision Wednesday, continues to Improve King Victor Emmanuel visited the royal nave hospital today and extended his sym pathy to the Injured Inventor. At th/ same time Queen Helena, who had mo tored with the king from Florence, vis. ■ ited Mrs. Marconi and expressed het hope that the noted Inventor would soon recover with his sight unimpaired. PLAN TO BUY COTTON ON STREETS IN COLUMBUS COLUMBUS, GA.. Sept. 27. A movement Is on foot to buy cotton on the streets of Columbus <»fY the wagons that bring it to market. Cotton was formerly brought to this city on wag ons and sold on the street, but in latet years has been purchased at the ware houses and the receipts for some rea son have dropped oft. The merchants are of the opinion that if they will put buyers on the streets again the receipts will lie much larger. •GOOD FELLOW' POLITICIAN IS SHORT $14,050 TO BANK CINCINNATI, Sept. 27.—“ Politics and being a good fellow brought about my downfall," said William H. Kruse, aged 36, teller of the German Nations: bank, Covington, Ky.. when he admit ted a defalcation of $14,050 of bank funds, for which he was arrested by a Federal deputy marshal at the bank. Kruse was released on SIO,OOO bond. He has a wife and five children Kruse was recently defeated for city treas urer of Covington. ENGINEER IN WRECK THAT KILLED 39 HELD CORNING. N. Y„ Sept. 27.—William Schroeder, engineer of the Lackawanna train which crashed into a passenger train here July 4, with a resulting loss of 39 lives, was arraigned today on a bench warrant following the finding ol a sealed indictment charging him with manslaughter tn the second degree bi the grand Jury two weeks ago. Schroe der was later arraigned for pleading before Justice S. Nelson Sawyer in su preme court. See Nat Goodwin in Oliver Twist at the Forsyth. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY. SFPTFWBET? 27, 1912. ORTIE M’MANIGAL IS BROUGHT TO TESTIFY AT DYNAMITE TRIALS INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 27.—Ortle McManigal, the confessed dynamiter in the McNamara case and chief gov ernment witness against the 51 defend ants in the dynamite trials w hich open Monday, Is safely lodged in the Federal building. This announcement was officially made by the United States marshal's office today. McManigal, it was an nounced. arrived in the city some time during the night and was secretly taken to the quarters that had been fitted up especially for his occupancy in the postoffice building NEW $3,000,000 BOAT LINE FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER PITTSBURG, Sept. 27. —A company, capitalized at $3,000,000, that will build new and enlarged steamboats for freight and passenger service, with Pittsburg as the home port, according to well defined reports In river and club circles, has been organized with a num ber of leading manufacturers in the di rectorate. The plans embrace daily arrivals and departures of steamboats to and from this port within eighteen months to terminal cities south and west, includ ing Cincinnati, Ohio; Louisville, Ky.: Memphis, Tenn.; Cairo, III.; St. Louis and New Orleans. DC i n PCI AIV We are showin g a large, handsome and select line IVCAV DEL V TT of GOOD Furniture for your most critical inspection rip at 103-5-7-9-11 Whitehall. 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