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the weather Tati" to warmer tonight; clear Frj. J,. Temperature*: Ba. m.. 67: 10 am., 62; 12 noon. 65: 2 p. m.. 65. VOL. XI. NO. 64. WOODWARD’S FOESHOLD OUT OLIVE BRANCH Chambers Declares He and His Friends Are Ready to Co operate With Nominee. .1? i.',- G. Woodward's foes in coun cil held out the olive branch today. The\ have dropped the pre-election plan of curbing the mayor’s power in ase of Woodward’s election. \ldine Chambers, the defeated candi date. said today that he felt sure that hi lends would do all they could to q. operate with Mr. Woodward. He s,iid that he felt no bitterness or ani mosity toward any one, and that the . pit? council would stand for the •;or.cl of Atlanta above everything else. Hr. Woodward announced that hr wao not seeking any clanshes with an; ..io He said that the statements 1 iri : «■ ... in continuous clashes with \ '»-- *- '}awwwt.n ? V ;•%;* A ' '•■ ■. ... , i wt a&w ’ A X fte J<ff ,Je '' ■ ■■•'‘™,*■''•7 ! ■rdWs^(lf!Z : 4 - fir/W?. f • { i> //./- r \ • ! -< : Ww z \ ■ ’i tW A <7^\w /jWS®M»I ■ ; - -> t ''' " r, i- "hen mayor before was untrue. I rant to straighten the departments f "it for bftter street, and other im- 1 rments.” he said. “So long as the work for the good of the. city will find a hearty eo-operator in Only in cases where they work sot , ’ f; ">!al aggrandizement will they find obstructor. 1 won’t fail to call down if they don't do right.” 1 uncilman Albert Thomson prepared ’ n dinance before the nomination to from the mayor the authority" to name the committee‘chairmen. He said Ilf ' ' 'ought the ordinance was legal, for. the charter provides that the hall appoint all committees, it not mention how the' chairmen 1,0 named. He would have council the chairmen Strong Enmity Between Factions. aid today that this ordinance not be introdiiced. h'\ortheless. there is a strong un ' ua-erit of feeling between the two tiral factions. It will only take ' ni ‘ definite matter to bring on a tight '"oen the two factions. ' oodward will have strong support ■uneil. and will probably he able to tvorable action from the majority members, despite the unfavorable mtent from Chambers in his written ' ■'ement yesterday, when he said: I trust that the apprehension felt by 1 any of our citizens will not be ' itted, but that he (Woodward) will measure up to the full standard of '• ’lerican citizenship.” Aiderman John E. McClelland and ' “Heilman Orville H. Hah were open for Woodward. Several other mem ' say privately that they voted for II A number, not closely identified 1 the Chambers faction, will vote ""h him now. ' ouncflman Chambers als< j goes out Continued on Page Two. The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results. BECKER WILL hie sim 111 HIS ■ DEFENSE Accused Police Official Over rules Lawyers and Will Be Witness for Himself. NEW YORK. Oct. 17.—Police Lieu tenant Charles Recker on trial before Justice Goff in the criminal branch of the supreme court for the murder of Herman Rosenthal, the gambler inform, er, will take the stand in his own de fense. It is expected that the prosecution jsaSKS; .IfL '' ' "T¥ ~ r» w Tka 11 ®« will conclude its case today and that the defense will open at once. It.is un derstood that one of the most important witnesses for Becker will be former Dis trict Attorney William T. Jerome. Jerome’s part in the plan of defense is said to embrace an attack upon the truth of part of Jack Rose,'s story. Counsel for Becker evidently believes that if any part of Rose’s story can be proven false the main effect of it upon the jury would be lost. Recker's counsel are reported to have pleaded with Becker not to take the stand, but the accused rolice official insisted and finally overrin d his law yers. Becker holds the principal wit nesses against him. namely, R Har ry Vallon and Louis Webber, in con tempt. and believes that the jury would be more disposed to credit his story than that of the prosecution's wit n<?BS€S. Becker Called on Night of Killing. The first witness of the day was John Carney, telephone operator in the pub lic exchange in The Times building, who was on duty th. night Rosenthal was killed. Carney had charge of the wires over which, it is charged, Rose and Becker talked. Carney testified that he made a con nection with the apartment in which Becker lived at 2:57 o’clock on the morning of the murder and that the conversation lasted three minutes. Lucius Haywood, a negro flail boy' in the apartment house in which Beck, er lived, testified that the telephone I call came for the police official early' on the morning of July 16 and that short ly afterward Becker left the house. Max Margolin-, a free lance newspa per man and tipster, told of a raid by Becker upon Herman Rosenthal’s gam bling establishment last spring. Mar gulies said bo km w Becker personally and that the latter had asked him to go into the gambling house bobthe raid Macon Really Goes Dry When Water Main To Filter Plant Breaks Peddled Water Sells for 20 Cents a Gallon While 32-Hour Drouth Lasts. MACON. GA., Oct. 17. —Macon is just recovering today from a long dry spell, which began at 1 o’clock yesterday morning and terminated this morning about 9 o’clock. For about 32 hours j three-fourths of the houses and bust- I ness places of the city were without water, due to the breaking of the feed main at the pumping station. This was the only main connecting the city with the filtering plant, and. as by a recent | order of the council, nearly all of the i wells were filled up, there was no means ; of obtaining water. The few places that were within ac cess of the reservoirs were supplied, and a number of persons evert filled barrels of water at the reservoirs and went about the city, from door to door, selling it. They asked and obtained twenty cents a gallon. It is estimated that fully 10,000 gallons were sold. It was the first time in the history of the city that there was such a water fam ine as to oblige people to purchase it. A.B. ANDREWS. LONG IN INSURANCE FIELD IN SOUTH? IS DEAD ■ A. B. Andrews, manager of the South eastern Underwriters association and one of the most widely known insur ance men of the South, died early to day at St. Josephs infirmary. Mr. Andrews had been a resident of Atlanta for years, and virtually all his life had been in the insurance busi ness. For many years he had been manager of the underwriters associa tion. which fixes fire rates throughout the South Atlantic territory-. He was a member of Georgia Lodge. A. & F. M.. and Mount Zion Lodge. Royal Arch Masons, as well as Couer de Lion Commandery, Knights Tem plar. He is survived by Mrs. Andrews, a son and two daughters. The remains were taken to the residence of hie brother-in-law, H. M. Beutell. 101 West Harris street, where they will lie until 3 o’clock tomorrow afternoon, when the funeral will bo held from the First Bap tist church. The services w-ill be con ducted by the Masonic lodge, with an escort from the commandery. Inter ment will be at Westview. was made and pretend to be a patron and thus get a description of the inte rior. Perjured Himself At Becker's Command. • Margulies admitted that he had com mitted perjury when he swore in mag istrates court that he had gambled in Rosenthal's place. It was upon Mar golies’ sworn statement that he' had gambled there that the raid was made by Bcckeie The witness declared that he had been compelled by Becker to make the affidavit. < ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1912. ROOSEVELT STILL BETTER, BUT NOT OUT OF DANGER C ROOSEVELT AT MERCY HOSPITAL X S ‘ 't, wFm Ml- mF jßl’v ’ i' -ft -Wh ,7 B <7 / Drawing showing Colonel Roosevelt, recovering from an as sassin's bullet wound, reading in his bed at Mercy hospital. Chi cago, with his nurse and physician keeping watch. THREAT OF MARTIAL LAW TO RUN AUGUSTA’S CARS AUGUSTA. GA.. Oct 17.—Final de cision will be made In regard to the street car strike at 6 o’clock tonight. If no settlement can be reached. Colo nel O’Leary will have 500 troops brought here from Savannah by special WITNESSES IN KILLING CASE SCATTERED BY TENDERLOIN CLOSING Kell Potts, charged with the killing of R. H. Richards in a Manhattan avenue I retort several months ago will not be I arraigned sot trial this term of crimi nal court. The obliteration of the restricted dis trict by police edict has scattered the witnesses in the case to the four winds. Solicitor Dorsey announced today that the case would have to be post|>oned until the prosecution could locate a sco’e of women who had left town. Potts stands indicted for manslaugh ter and is out on $5,000 bond. He and Richards engaged in an altercation over a bottle of beer, which led to a knife duet. Both men were wounded and Richards died. train Hr will enforce ma tiai law rigidly and see that the car* a-c run. The men so far have blocked the settle ment. according to the members of the mediation committee. $50,000,000 TOBACCO FIRM IS CHARTERED TO FIGHT THE TRUST RICHMOND. VA„ Oct 17.—The | American Tobacco Products Company teas chartered here today with a capital of $50,000,000. The promoters announce that the company is formed for the purpose of entering the cigarette field in competition with the American To bacco Company. George J. Whalen, president of the United Cigar Stores Company, la Identified with the new concern. The incorporator- are all w ell known financiers, including H. C. Krick and Daniel G. Reid. Official Bulletin Gives Patient’s Condi tion as Splendid—Will Not Be Per mitted to Leave for Oyster Bay Before Monday—Bullet to Remain. CHICAGO. Oct. 17.—Although the bulletins today showing Colonel Roosevelt’s condition have been uniformly hopeful, a formal statement that the former president is out of danger will not be issued before Friday night. Dr. John Golden, house sur geon al Mercy hospital, and Dr. Alexander Lambert, of New ♦ - York, asserted today that until that time danger of sepsis would not he passed. This reserve on the part of the physicians does not indicate that they fear infec tion will develop. Dr. Lambert explained. He asserted, how ever. that they had agreed not to issue a statement saying that the colonel was out of danger until this possibility had passed. A bulletin this afternoon showed pulse, respiration and temperature nor mal. Roosevelt this afternoon was cheerful and declared he "felt as fine silk.” The bulletin said: "Pulse, temperature and respiration normal. Blood count has dropped to normal. General condition satisfac tory. (Signed! "MURPHY. “LA MBER. "TERRELL." Can Not Leave Hospital Before Monday. Colonel Roosevelt today definitely abandoned the idea of being removed from Chicago to his home in Oystei Bay before Monday. The colonel had hoped to be permit ted to leave Chicago tomorrow. After a consultation at which Dr. Murphy. Dr. Bevan and Dr. Terrell were present, it was officially announced that the colo nel could not leave before Monday at the earliest. At the same time It was declared that the patient's condition was progressing favorably and that not the slightest indication of a complica tion that might retard his recovery' had been discovered. The surgeons, entered Mr. Roosevelt's room at 8:35 o’clock and remained with him twenty minutes. The following bulletin was then is sued : "The pulse, 72, temperature, 95.3; respiration, 18 all night. Wound dressed, looks well, some oozing. Ex amination of lungs by Dr. Alexander shows lungs in gopd condi i HOHL EDITION 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE tlon. Genera! condition splendid. TTia case Is progressing- so favorably that< unless some complications occur. th« bullet will not be removed at present.’* Colonel Roosevelt -will dine on moose steak and trimmings tonight, if consent of the attending surgeons can be obtained. A coterie of the colonel's admirers have discovered a quarter sec tion of moose meat in a. cold storage warehouse and the tenderloin steaks are intact. Dr. S. L. Terrell, first of the stir-, geons to reach the hospital today, de-; dared the colonel mH have moo»< meat if he wanted it. Awakes Hungry, Eats Heartily. Colonel Roosevelt, after a night ofl almost uninterrupted slumber, called] his nurse at 6 o’clock this morning and asked for breakfast The colonel had! been awake since 4 o’clock. “I have not slept since 4 o'clock," hsi told the night nurse. Miss Margaret) Fitzgerald, as she entered the room "T feel all right, however. I’m hungry.” The colonel was given an alcohol bath and breakfast. The tray came in about 7 o’clock and the wounded man fell to with a relish. The menu was unchanged There were three soft-boiled eggs, some but tered toast, a few strips of bacon and a cup of tea. The colonel ate every mor sel allowed him. The colonel himself w»s delighted with his condition this morning. Ro had .s night of almost uninterrupted sleep Only once was he awake, and then only for a short time. In all h« slept about five and a half hours—a total that is close to his usual average. ”1 feel bully this morning,” he told the nurse “At this rate of improve < ment it won’t be long before 1 am out of here. I had a most refreshing sleep.” At 6 o'clock, when he called Miss Fitzgerald, the colonel’s temperature was 98.4 degrees, his pulse 72 and hie respiration 18. All these marks are virtually normal. Physicians Pleased With Night Record. The- colonel’s night, as shown on ths nurse’s record, pleased his physicians today. The patient went to sleep shortly before 10 o’clock. It was 2:lft o’clock this morning before he awoke When he did the thermometer shower no indication of fever. At that hour hi« temperature was 98.4. pulse 74 and hi.« respiration 18. When he awoke hi* temperature was 98.2. hfs pulse 74 an his respiration 18. Mrs. Roosevelt was awake at that hour and talked wdth her husband for t few minutes. "Let’s see you smile, mother- we I« out of the woods," was Colonel Roose velt’s demand upon Mis. Roosevelt when she tiptoed to his bedside