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BEGKER TRIAL 10
BE RUSHED AS
GANGS STIR
Threats Against Principal Wit
nesses and Fear of Attack
Cause of Speedy Hearing.
NEW YORK. Oct. B.—Growing agl
tJion among East Side gangsters will
r ‘. sll lt in the trial of Police Lieutenant
•harles Becker, under indictment for
the murder of Herman Rosenthal, be
ing rushed by Justice Goff in the crimi
nal branch of the supreme court.
When the second day’s session of the
t i.,i began there were evidences of
haste unknown before in the New York
courw which have been notorious for
their slowness in big murder cases.
‘ The situation which faces the au
thorities in the present case has never
before arisen here and it was this sit
uation which led Justice Goff to make
the announcement that if the Jury box
1, not filled by 5 o’clock this afternoon
he will hold night sessions of court un
tP the case 1b concluded.
justice Goff and District Attorney
Whitman believe that as long as the
B ,.cker trial lasts with Its revelations
and further possible exposures of graft
nnd gang secrets the East Side bands
or -social clubs.” with their thugs and
gunmen, will be kept in a constant
state of ferment.
Fear Attack by Gang.
It is feared that this may culminate
in an attack upon witnesses or perhaps
upon the court room itself. It is known
that threats have been made upon the
life of Mr. Whitman and it was report
e ) ~t the opening of court today that a
death threat had been received by Jus
tice Goff. However, this could not be
confirmed.
It is known, though, that a threat of
death has been received by Jack Rose,
who, by turning state’s evidence, went
over to the prosecution.
Only one juror had been chosen up
to the opening of this morning’s session
of court, although 28 talesmen had been
examined by District Attorney Whit
man and John F. Mclntyre, chief coun
for Becker.
When Becker entered court he was
asked how he felt.
Fine, fine," cried Becker.
He was then told that there was an
impression about the criminal court
building that his case might end in a
disagreement of the jury.
Becker Reviles Witnesses.
"A disagreement!” cried Becker.
"Why. you don’t mean to say that any
decent man Is going to give credit to
the testimony of such dirty Jews as
that crowd against me?- Why, they
can’t convict me of anything on the
strength of what that bunch swears to.
They are the scum of the earth.”
Becker was then asked for his opin
ion of Harold Skinner, the lone juror in
the box at the opening of court.
A look of satisfaction came into the
accused man’s face as he replied:
“If you can get eleven other jurors
like that first man I’ll be all right. He
is the type of man I want. A jury box
filled with his kind would satisfy’ me.
The higher class the men are the bet
ter I will be pleased. Men of intelll
getu e will readily understand the posi
tion into which I am forced. Ignorant
men may be easily fooled by the clever
web which, I understand, the district
attorney is prepared to weave around
me.”
There were 223 veniremen left out of
the first panel when the examination of
talesmen was resumed today, 27 having
been questioned by counsel yesterday
out of 250.
LECTURES ON MAMMOTH
CAVE AT PUBLIC LIBRARY
Next Saturday evening at 8 o’clock
at i arnegie library Dr. W. S. Beekman,
cf Dayton, Ohio, will give a free lec
ture, illustrated with stereopticon
views, on the Mammoth Cave of Ken
tucky This will be the first of the
series of free lectures to be given in
’h< library during the winter months.
Dr Beekman has conducted many
Parties through Mammoth Cave, and is
familiar with its beauties and won
- rs. More than 100 colored lantern
6 "ks will be used to illustrate the lec
ture and will show the wonderful for
mations as well as the subterranean
rivers.
Die lecture will be of Interest to
”m< of the club women of the city,
a> 'no of the views shows the delegates
' ’ * biennial Federation of Women’s
1 "in Cincinnati, when they made
'isit to the cave. A number of At
' i < iub women appear in this pic
ture.
CITY GETS $2,922! PAVING
TAX FROM SEABOARDR. R.
i p city of Atlanta will collect $2,-
instead of $7,800, in pavement as
■ from the Seaboard Air Line
( ’road. A compromise verdict in the
mctlon suit brought by the road
- n.°t the city was arranged after the
l ad been out six hours yesterday
” the smaller amount was named,
mad said it was not liable for
' ‘ ment or sewer assesment because
railroad property did not require
that.
j. ‘ were issued hy the city for
t tor pavement along the right
bordering DeKalb avenue. The
r ‘tion suit then was filed.
p ART OF $5,000 PLATE
STOLEN. SENT TO POLICE
YURK ’ Oct - 8-—Out of $5,000
verwar* stolen from Georg*
private ear Dixie, s4ou worth
p ’fi mysteriously returned through
JAIL HOLDING LAD AS
SLAYER OF PARENTS
GUARDED FROM MOB
QUINCY, ILL., Oct. B.—With a spe
cial guard'thrown around the jail and a
company of state militia held in readi
ness to -protect him from possible mob
vengeance, Ray Pfanschmidt passed a
sleepless night. He was arrested as
the slayer of his father, mother, sister
and a school teacher, boarding at their
home.
The feeling against the young man.
who is a graduate of the University of
Illinois, is high and talk of violence is
heard on every side. Governor Deneen
has telegraphed Captain W. A. Long,
commander of Company F, Illinois Na
tional Guard, to hold his men ready to
repel any attack on the jail by a mob.
Although suspected of the crime when
the bodies were discovered the young
man was not arrested until a blood
stained khaki suit was found. Pfan
schmidt generally wore such a uniform.
The estate left by the elder Pfan
schmidt amounts to about $50,000 and
all would naturally gto the son, who
is th<. sole heir.
ANIMALS EAT PRIZE
FARM PRODUCTS ON
EXHIBITION AT FAIR
DALTON, GA„ Oct. B.—Two horses
and a diminutive mule colt, belonging
to W. P. Moore, superintendent of the
Whitfield County Fair association, en
tered - the main building of the county
fair, now in progress, and devoured, in
large quantities, prize corn, hay and
other farm products last night.
The animals eluded the watchman
and were locked in the building with all
the prize farm exhibits. Standing knee
deep in monster pumpkins, they ate
their fill of the choicest products dis
played by the energetic farmers of this
section.
DEMOCRATS WIN IN
NUTMEG ELECTIONS;
DRYS RECORD GAINS
NEW HAVEN, CONN., Oct. B.—The
Democrats swept the boards In two of
three cities holding elections yesterday
in Connecticut, electing mayors and a
majority of the council in New London
and Norwalk and the mayor in South
Norwalk, though the council in the lat
ter city is Republican.
Os the 54 towns voting only 14 went
to the "dry” side, a gain of six towns in
all for the “wets.” There are now 81
lieense and 76 no license towns in the
state, as against 75 and 91, respectively,
last year. Ridefield voted licenses for
the first time in 50 years.
TAFT AT BIRTHPLACE
OF FATHER, GRAVE OF
GREAT-GRANDFATHER
MANCHESTER, VT., Oct. B.—President
and Mrs. Taft and Miss Mabel Board
man, on their motor tour of New Eng
land. continued north today to Montpe
lier, Vt., where tomorrow’ the president
will address the Vermont legislature.
In West Townsend, the president vis
ited the birthplace of his father, Al
phonso Taft, and shook hands with sev
eral men who knew his father in their
school days. He motored to the top of
a hill nearby to visit the grave of his
great - grands ather.
The Taft party were guests overnight
at the summer home of Robert T. Lincoln,
son of Abraham Lincoln.
NEW CHURCH FOR DALTON.
DALTON, GA., Oct. B.—The First
Presbyterian church early in the spring
trill erect a handsome new edifice to
replace the present place of -worship.
If the present church building is utiliz
ed. it wiil be divided into class rooms
for the Sunday school.
ACCEPTS CAROLINA CALL.
MACON, GA., Oct. B.—Rev. J. B.
Phillips, of this city, a well known
Georgia evangelist, who has filled pul
pits in Macon and other cities, has
accepted the pastorate of the First Bap.
tlst church of Newbern, N. C.
CHILDREN LOVE
SYRUP OF FIGS
Sweetens their stomachs
and cleans the liver and
waste-clogged bowels
without griping.
Every mother immediately realizes
after giving her child delicious Syrup of
Figs that this is the ideal laxative and
physic for the children. Nothing else
regulates the little one's stomach, liver
and 30 feet of tender bowels so prompt
ly, besides they dearly love its delight
ful fig taste.
If your child isn’t feeling well; rest
ing nicely; eating regularly and acting
naturally, it is a sure sign that its little
Insides need a gentle, thorough cleans
ing at once.
When cross, irritably, feverish, stom
ach sour, breath bad or your little one
has stomach-ache, diarrhoea, sore
throat, full of cold, tongue coated, give
a teaspoonful of Syrup of Figs and in
a few hours all the foul, constipated,
clogged-up waste, undigested food and
sour bile will gently move on and out of
its little bowels without nausea, grip
ing or weakness, and you will surely
have a well, happy and smiling child
again shortly.
With Syrup of Figs you are not drug
ging your children. Being composed
entirely of luscious figs, senna and aro
matics, it can not be harmful.
Mothers should always keep Syrup of
Figs handy. It is the only stomach,
liver and bowel cleanser and regulator
•needed —a little given today will save a
sick child tomorrow.
Full directions for children of all
ages and grown-ups plainly printed on
the package.
Ask your druggist for the full name,
"Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna,”
prepared by the California Fig Syrup
Co. This is the delicious tasting, gen
uine old reliable. Refuse anything else
offered. (Advt.)
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8. 1912.
HISKSLIFETHYING
TO RESCUE CHILD
Woman Is Unable to Save Lit
tle Girl From Death Under
Street Car.
In a courageous attempt to rescue
three-year-old Charline Farris from the
path of a Central avenue street car In
Grant street last night, Mrs. W. S.
Sparrow, of 208 South avenue, barely
escaped with her life, and is being
praised today for her heroism. The
child whom she tried to save fell under
the forward trucks of the car and was
crushed to death.
The accident occurred In the view
of a earload of pleasure seekers bound
for Grant park. Little Charline, en
deavoring to follow her playmate, Lil
lian Sparrow, darted into the street,
but paused, confused, in the track of
the approaching ear. As if dazed by
the headlight, she stood there.
Mrs. Spirrow, who had been out
walking with the children, rushed from
the sidewalk and reached the track in
time to clasp the little girl in her arms
before the ear struck. The eolision
loosened her grip. Before the motor
man, who had been fighting'Hiis brakes
desperately, could bring the car to a
stop the forward trucks had passed
over the child’s form. Mrs. Sparrow
was thrown under the car and severely
injured, but the car was halted before
the trucks reached her.
Both victims of the accident lived
within a stone’s throw of the scene.
Charline Farris was the daughter of
G. P. Farris, 208 South avenue. Mrs.
Sparrow lives at 205 South avenue. The
child’s body was removed to Green
berg & Bond's undertaking establish
ment. where the funeral will be held
today. Mrs. Sparrow was taken to her
house.
Funeral services for the little girl
were conducted this afternoon at 2
o’clock in the chapel of the Greenberg
& Bond company. The body was later
taken to Marietta for interment.
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications, as they can not
reach the diseased portion of the ear
There Is only one way to cure deafness, ami
that Is by constitutional remedies. Deafness
Is caused by an Inflamed condition of the
mjicous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube Is inflamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed deafness Is the
result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its nor
mal condition hearing will be destroyed for
ever; nine cases out of ten are caused by
Catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh)
that can not lie cured by Hall’s Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists. 75c.
Take Hail's Family Pills for constipation.
(Advt.)
ALDINE CHAMBERS BRANDS
EVERY MAN WHO VOTED FOR
JAMES 0. WOODWARD
“A COMMON BLACKGUARD”
To those who have listened to the abuse which Mr. Chambers,
candidate for Mayor, has heaped upon Mr. James G. Woodward, his op
ponent, and said to themselves, “Probably Mr. Chambers is sincere in
his belief, or is being influenced unduly by hot headed advice,” we pre
sent the following extract from a half-page advertisement published
in The Atlanta Georgian on October Ist, and signed by Mr. Chambers
himself, in which he says, “That Mr. Woodward is a common black
guard, and all who vote for him are of the same type.” There can
be no misconstruction of what Mr. Chambers meant, or what he said.
The following quotation is exactly what Mr. Chambers published,
and can be found in 12-point tipe in a half-page advertisement in
The Atlanta Georgian of October 1, 1912:
HERE IT IS WITHOUT
A SINGLE CHANGE:
“This campaign is simply an issue of decency
against indecency and involves merely the question of
whether a common blackguard, who will stoop to any
unscrupulous slander, and who has adopted such meth
ods in his race for mayor as to almost frighten any de
cent man from entering a race against him, shall be
placed by this city at the head of its government and
thus advertise to the world that a majority of her
people are of the Woodward type.”
NOW STOP AND THINK IT OVER
Is Mr. Chambers, who stoops to such methods as this, in order to
gain votes, big and broad enough to be your chief executive? We leave
it to you. To all those who so honored Mr. Woodward with their
vote on last Wednesday, Mr. Woodward and his committee extend
their most sincere thanks, and deeply regret that Mr. Chambers
should so far forget himself as to openly insult them for their loyalty
to Mr. Woodward.
The People of Atlanta are aroused to their own interests, and
Mr. Woodward will be elected Mayor on October 15th, by the largest
majority he has ever received at the hands of the People of Atlanta.
WOODWARD CAMP Al GN COMMITTEE.
AVIATOR DIES FROM
HURTS RECEIVED AT
BIRMINGHAM’S FAIR
BIRMINGHAM, ALA., Oct. B.—Avia
tor Joseph Stevenson died this morn
ing before 4 o’clock at St. Vincent hos
pital from injuries received yesterday
afternoon at the state fair frounds,
when he fell from his biplane after go
ing up but 50 feet. He went up appre
hensive of an accident,
Stevenson was just beginning his
first flight here and had not been aloft
two minutes when he turned with the
apparent intention of landing. The next
instant he jumped and the aeroplane
fell. Man and machine struck the
FOR INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA, GAS.
SOUR STOMACIH’APE’S DIAPEPSIN
Time it! In five minutes your Stomach feels fine—Surest,
quickest Stomach doctor in the world.
You don’t want a slow remedy when
your stomach is bad—or an uncertain
one—or a harmful one—your stomach
is too valuable; you mustn't injure it
with drastic drugs.
Pape's Diapepsin is noted for its
speed in giving relief; Ms harmless
ness; its certain unfailing action in
in regulating sick, sour, gassy stom
achs. Its millions of cures in indi
gestion. dyspepsia, gastritis and other
stomach trouble has made it famous the
world over.
Keep this perfect stomach doctor in
Benjamin Franklin said —“A penny saved is two-pence
earned,” —and yet some people continue to pay 25 to 45
cents for others, when 20 cents per pound will buy
the purest, most wholesome and highest of the high
grade Baking Powders, made at any cost.
Sold by all good Grocer*. Insist on having it.
PICTURES
A house is never a home without pictures. They also make suitable
birthday, wedding and anniversary gifts and friendly remembrances at
any time. Let us show you oui- line. We also do framing. Prices reason
able and work the best.
SOUTHERN BOOK CONCERN
71 Whitehall St. J. C. Gavan, Manager
ground some distance apart. Steven
son’s skull was fractured and several
ribs were broken and one punctured his
lungs. His face was badly cut.
Stevenson's wife witnessed the acci
dent, as did thousands of school chil
dren. Stevenson was sworn in Satur
day as a mail carried, and was to have
conducted regular service between the
city and the fair grounds.
ASHBURN IS HEADQUARTERS.
ASHBURN, GA., Oc. B.—The general
offices of the Flint River and Gulf
railroad, which heretofore have been
in Sylvester, are now located in Ash
burn. This move was deemed neces
sary on account of the increase in
business here and because this city is
more centrally located.
your home —keep it handy—get a fifty
cent case from any drug store and then
if anyone should eat something which
doesn’t agree with them; if what they
eat lays like lead, ferments and sours
and forms gas; causes headache, dizzi
ness and nausea; eructations of acid
and undigested food—remember as
soon as Pape’s Diapepsin comes in con
tact with the stomach all such distre- -
vanishes. Its promptness, certainty and
ease in overcoming the .worst stomach
disorders is a revelation to those who
try it: (Advt.)
Wednesday
BARGAINS
At BASS’
Specials quoted here will be
on sale positively one day
only---Wednesday. None
sold to children.
FRUIT OF THE LOOM 7
10.000 yards of genuine Fruit of | *
the Loom Bleaching, yard wide, i ■
at, yard jUf
Not more than 10 yards to a buyer. ’w.’Str
WHITE BED SPREADS gjfoZ
500 full double bed size White t ■
Counterpanes, good as any you’ll gjj
find at $1.50; this sale
ALL-WOOL SERGES Jg
1,800 yards 44 to 50-inch All-Wool "
serges, white and colors; none I »
worth less than $1.50; at, yard...
ALL-LINEN NAPKINsT< Cft
200 dozen 5-8, 3-4 and 7-8 size V O ■‘W
fine all-line Table Napkins;
worth $2.98 to $5.98, at, per amKra
dozen, only
BLEACHED SHEETS
600 full double bed size Sheets If ■
made of good bleached sheeting 11
or sea island; worth 69c; at, each WF
AXMINSTER RUGS J .2S
300 Smtih’s 27 by 54-inch Ax
minster Rugs, very best quality;
in this sale at, choice
LAGE CURTAINS
200 pairs Nottingham and Sax- gl
ony Lace Curtains, extra wide ■MTeIB * $
and long; $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00 |j
values; pair V
FLOOR LINOLEUM
25 rolls of best Floor Linoleum; | *
can’t be bought elsewhere for g
less than 75c; at, yard. WF
READY-TO-WEAR HATS $ tfg B og
1,000 Ladies’ and Misses’ Ready
to-Wear Hats, all new and worth
up to $5.00; choice, only
LADIES’ HOUSE DRESSES
100 Ladies’ House Dresses of per- ®
cases, madras .etc.; all new styles
and well made; choice for only..
LADIES’ NEW WAISTS fmZ
200 Ladies’ Lingerie Waists and a ■
Colored Shirts and Waists, I
mussed from display; were up to wmu I
$2.00; now
BASS’
18 West Mitchell Street
Near Whitehall
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