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VOL. XL NO. 68.
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DEFENSE
Accused Policeman Wants to
Testify, But His Lawyer
Advises Against It.
TESTIMONY MAY BE
COMPLETED TODAY
Small Progress Against State’s
Case Brings Surprise at
Termination of Trial.
XfflV YORK. Oct. 22.—A sharp clash
jjxs dri •eloped between Police Lieuten
ant Charles Becker and his counsel, it
learned today when the trial of the
police official accused of murdering
Herman Rosenthal was resumed. This
developed over Becker’s desire to take
the stand and testify in his own be
half.
Attorney John F. Mclntyre, his chief
counsel, yielded at first to his client’s
demand, but last night changed his
mind, and this morning told Becker, at
s confetence, that he ought not to ap
pear as a witness. Becker protested,
declaring that he would be only a help
to hip case and did not fear any ques
tions that might be put to him.
The matter was still undecided when
Justice Goff reconvened court. Attor
ney Mclntyre 'stated that he had only
six more witnesses, and probably' would
close the case today. He made no
statement as to Becker’s testifying, but
the indications were that the attorney
would have his way.
End of Defense's
Case a Surprise.
The announcement of Mclntyre today
that he had only six more witnesses to
rail caused considerable surprise. It
was the general belief that he had failed
t« make much progress in breaking
down the prosecution's case, bnt Beck
s» seemed cheerful and confident when
'♦ arm* Into court.
"I think that If I took the stand, my
testimony would clarify the atmosphere
K’mewhm'’ declared the accused lieu
tenant •'lt would enable the Jury to
Iftvv the tearimony of Rose, Srheppe.
Webber and VWlon its proper value,
but I am not a lawyer, and will be
fuldad by the advice of my counsel."
things getting hot
FOR JACK JOHNSON;
CHAMPION PEEVED
CHICAGO, Oct. 22. — Employees of Jack
Jmrnson’s case and others will be up be
fore the Federal grand jury today and re
late what they know about the black
OiKmvirm’s alleged dealings In violation of
the Mann act On top of this, a reso
lution is to be presented In the city coun
tfl this evening which, if passed, will
the license under which Johnson
sti«rates. Johnson is apparently losing
control of himself as events pile up.
Mbrnn mibpenss were served on the at
taches of the champion’s resort, Johnson
threatened Lawyer Charles E Erbsteln
with violence and Erbsteln was forced
to vamatn outside the place surrounded
hr « thousand negroes while the process
servers were at work. Johnson declared
•ignlfleantty in his anger:
"There will be a charge of murder
Mainst Jack Johnson before 1 get through
*th this."
The witnesses were to tell their story
*c the jury In the case of Jeannette
Borr, hut Federal authorities said they
expect to get sufficient evidence from the
’itnesses to hold Johnson, who, In the
past few days, has discharged all his old
e'nployeas and substituted others The
ri,se failed to disturb the officials, who
•aid they would be able to secure all
the evidence they would need
young life convict
SHOT DURING SECOND
ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE
rn LUMBUS, OHIO, Oct. 22.—Cap-;
tmed at Piqua a little more than a]
’ Pr k ago, after having escaped October
12 with three fellow prisoners through
the penitentiary sewers. William Barne-
Rraff aged 24, serving a life sentence
torn: Butler county for murder, was
t >ot early today as he was scaling the
n,| rth wall of the main building at the
s ate penitentiary. He fell thirty feet
to the ground with a bullet wound over
- left eye, and sustained compound
Manures of his right ankle. left wrist
p nd elbow joint. His nose was split
n l' n and he was picked up unconscious.
I is not believed that he can recover.
It has not yet been learned how
1 negraff succeeded in breaking out
the hospital where he was confined
l‘i tiie basement.
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For ResuHs.
Man and Woman Fight
To the Death With One
Knife in Crowded Case
Fifty Women Go Into Hysterics
Over Double Early Morning
Tragedy in St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 22.—1 n the crowded
Falstaff case, in the heart of the down
town district, a man and a woman
fought to the death early today. Neither
has yet been identified by the police.
No one in the throng of Bohemians
and after theater diners could be found
who knew either of the principals in
the tragedy. A postcard may identify
the man. It was addressed to L. D.
Morrell and signed by Hannah C. Kelly,
Dayton, Ohio. The woman wore a -wed
ding ring, inscribed “M. C. O’D. to A.
P.”
The woman was seated in the case
with two men and a woman when the
unidentified man entered. He went
quietly to a table, called the woman,
and she. with little apparent concern,
left the party and seated herself at an
other table with the newcomer.
There was a cry. The man stood
above the woman and plunged a knife
Into her body. She screamed, and they
struggled into the center of the room,
where she wrested the knife from the
man and stabbed him in the throat. He
fell dead and she fell across his body.
Scores of women fainted and men
fled. The woman died on the way to
the hospital, without speaking.
The tragedy occurred without the
slightest warning. Within five minutes
the street above the Falstaff was mass
ed with people, and more than fifty
hysterical women were being cared for.
JAP WOOES U. S.
GIRL ROUND GLOBE
AND WINS HEART
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 22.—8 y eight
years of persistent wooing, during
which he proved his courage by defeat
ing the attack of two ruffians, Sanno
suke Yananoto, who lives at the Jap
anese club in this city, won the con
sent of Miss Hilda B. Nelson, of 1339
North Tenth street, to become his
bride.
They first met in 19M, when Miss
Nelson was making a tour of Japan.
She and others were being shown
through the Tokio High school when
Yananoto fell in love with her. He
ran away from school and trailed Mias
Nelson's party through Japan.
When Miss Nelson left Japan he
stowed away in the same ship, but was
turned back at San Francisco by the
immigration officials. He saved enough
money in Japan to satisfy the immi
gration officers, again came to America
and won his suit.
MOTHER IS WEDDED
TO MAN DAUGHTER
ONCE TURNED DOWN
CHICAGO, Oct. 22.—Mrs. George A.
McLean, of Riverside, is today the
bride of Georgs Isham Randolph, son of
Isham Randolph, the well known civil
engineer of this city.
The wedding is the sequel of a ro
mance begun when the bridegroom was
rejected by a daughter of his bride.
Announcement of the engagement of
Miss Dorothy McLean, daughter of the
bride, to Mr. Randolph, the bridegroom,
was made in August, 1909, and was
tater canceled.
Harold Hellyer. next door neighbor
and childhood sweetheart, had become
a constant caller on Miss McLean and
within a year she married Hellyer.
The jilted man continued calling at
the McLean home, and the fact that he
Is in the early thirties while Mrs. Mc-
Lean is nearly forty-five served to al
lay notice. The wedding came as a
surprise.
HOLD-UP VICTIM ONLY
KNOWS HIGHWAYMAN
HAD A BIG REVOLVER
The police are looking for two hold
up men today, but they haven’t much
hope of landing one of them, because
they have no description of them.
There's a reason why the description is
lacking
R. O. Rivers was attacked on his way
to his home on South Boulevard ave
nue, just outside the city, last night, by
two men. One held a pistol while the
other rifled his pockets of all his cash.
"One of them," Rivers told the police
today, "was a tall, clean shaven, fairly
well dressed man.”
Rivers proceeded with a detailed de
scription.
"Well, how about the other man?”
asked the police.
"Oh. him.” said Rivers. "I didn’t see
him. He held the gun. and yours truly
looked the other way."
SAY SPIRITS OF DEAD
KIN BADE THEM WED
KALAMAZOO. MICH., Oct. 22.—Be
lieving their marriage prearranged by
relatives in the spirit world. Mrs. Ada
Slocum and Charles Rector, of this
city, were wed tn the presence of Gene
vieve Thurston, a local medium, and
relatives. The bride claims that the
spirit of her aunt, who died thirty
years ago, and'the spirit of the groom's
mother arranged the match. These rel
atives had never known each other in
material lift.
MISSING 11. S.
TRANSPIIHT
ARRIVES
111 PORT
The “Prairie,” With Marines
Numbering 750 on Board,
Was Believed Lost.
UNREPORTED 20 DAYS ON
JOURNEY TO SAN DOMINGO
Vessel Last Heard of October 2
Off Coast of the Island of
Destination.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—The United
States transport Prairie, with 750 ma
rines on board, reported to the navy
department today that she had arrived
at Santo Domingo city last night. As
the transport had not been heard from
for twenty days, fears were felt at the
navy department that she had met with
a mishap, but these were set at rest by
the message today.
Every resource of the United States
government was being used to secure
some trace of the Prairie, which sailed
from Philadelphia nearly a month ago
carrying 750 marines and the American
commissioners to Santo Domingo.
The vessel was last heard from Oc
tober 2 off the coast of Santo Domingo,
to which it had been dispatched as a
result of the revolutionary situation in
that country.
The navy department had been send
ing cablegrams to Haiti and Santo Do
mingo for 24 hours, asking for the
latest news of the vessel. Lack of
news from her caused fears that the
vessel had met with disaster.
The United States commissioners.on
board were Brigadier General Frank
Mclntyre, chief of the bureau of insular
affairs, and W. T. S. Doyle, chief of the
division of Latin-American affairs.
The Prairie sailed from Philadelphia
on September 27.
WEALTHY GIRL, ONCE
A CHAUFFEUR’S WIFE,
IS TO MARRY AGAIN
CHICAGO. Oct. 22.—Miss Bessie
Bevington, the Oak Park society girl
declared today that she will tty mar
riage again. This time "for keeps." as
she put it.
Miss Bevington two years ago ran
away and married a taxicab chauffeur
The incident brought her much noto
riety. The marriage was annulled. She
was eighteen years old at the time.
The wedding will take place next
Monday evening. The bridegroom-to
be is Paul D. Channon, of Chicago, for
merly of Oberlin. Ohio. As on the. oc
casion of the first wedding of the young
woman, the forthcoming one is the se
quel to a romantic meeting.
It never was known outside of a few
friends just how or when Miss Beving
ton met her first husband. She is said
to have become acquainted with Mr.
Channon a year ago at an entertain
ment at the church in which the wed
ding will be performed. It was a case
of love at first sight.
Miss Bevington's former husband was
William J. McGrane. The young couple
eloped'and were married in the county
building. Immediately following the
ceremony the bride returned to her
patents' home and that evening at
tended a dance given by the Nakama
club. Her escort was Edward Razall.
Neither he nor any others at the dance
knew of the secret wedding until near
the close of the affair. The bride then
confided the news to a girl friend and
the latter told another friend, and soon
everybody at the dance knew,
DEMOCRATSTO VOTE
ON PINK BALLOTS TO
CATCH WILY BOLTERS
To distinguish It from the others and
enable managers to detect “bolters,"
the official Democratic ballot to be
voted in the presidential election on No
vember 5 will be printed on pink pa
per. The Republican, Progressive, Pro.
hibitionist and Socialist ballots will be
printed on white paper.
Chairman W. J. Harris, of the state
executive committee, is determined to
locate persons who are in the habit of
voting in the primary and bolting the
ticket in national elections. It Is said
that Chairman Harris has declared that
the committee will require managers in
various precincts to make a record of
bolters, in order that the deserters may
be prohibited from voting tn the elec
tion two years hence.
Two constitutional amendments will
be submitted to a vote on November 5
an amendment creating Wheeler county
out of a portion of Montgomery county
and an amendment exempting farm
products from taxation for one year.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1912
Her Hero Bold Defies Grim Fear as She Spurs Him With Valiant Cheer
MISS FOOTBALL FAN IS HERE
She Shouts With Joy 7 as
Husky Boy Bucks
Center for a Gain;
She Sighs “Alas” as
Forward Pass Is
’Tempted, But in Vain.
Now comes the fair young foot
ball fan. with ribbons gay and coat
of tan. to cheer her heroes as they
run and shout yell. Oh, gee, it's
fun. She little knows of football
dope, but still she's full of noise
and hope; she cheers a run that
wins the game, she cheers a fum
ble just the same; she think the
game is awful rough, but still she
never has enough. She's there with
bells on in the stand, with cries of
"Ripping! Daring! Grand!” And
when her Harold's team is licked
and Harold's ribs are fiercely kick
ed, she pouts and cries, in language
heated. "Oh, fudge, we'd beat them,
but they cheated."
She yells for all; it little boots
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Miss Sally Cobb Jbhnson, caught* by the camera, eheeri
the Georgia football heroes during the Vanderbilt tragedv.
whose flag she bears, for whom she
roots. When Georgia plays, she’s
Red and Black: when Mercer comes
she changes tack. She’ll split her
throat and raise a racket for Au
burn team or Yellow Jacket. For
Chauncey plays with Tech’s eleven.
Jack sports a "Clemson, Nineteen-
Seven." She has a brother up in
Yale; her best chum's fellow's with
the sailors at Annapolis, so she can
root for any team, you see.
The female fan pays little heed to
science, teamwork, beef or speed.
She's at the game to hear the band,
to see the crowd which fills the
stand, to be where other girls are at
and show her brand-new autumn
hat; to drag the last lone silver
scad from some poor Fresh who’s
got it bad. He’ll wire his father
now for cash to pay his bills for
college hash. He'll hock his Socra
tes and Caesar to hire a taxi; some
poor geezer has to dig the iron man
to rush his skirt, the female fan.
AUTOIST DRIVES INTO
STREET CAR TO SAVE
LIFE OF PEDESTRIAN
A high-powered automobile, owned
by T. M. Fincher, of the Fincher In
vestment Company, is In a local garage
and two trolley cars damaged as the
result of a collision late yesterday aft
ernoon at the corner of Whitehall and
Hunter streets. In order to avoid hit
ting a pedestrian, Mr. Ficher turned his
car Into an outgoing Whitehall-to-
West End trolley car and was rammed
from behind by an incoming Peachtree
to-Brookwood car.
Mr. Fincher wrfs driving up White
hall toward Alabama when a pedestrian
stepped out In front of his ear. He
veered to the left and the accident fol
lowed. The automobile was badly dam
aged, but the occupant was unhurt.
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RAISES TERRAPIN
IN ROOM TO BEAT
HIGH LIVING COST
PHILADELPHIA, PA„ Oct. 22.—50
that the lovers of the diamond-backed
terrapin will in the future not have to
depend upon a precarious supply and
to insure his own soup and steaks, A.
M. Rarbee, of Savannah, Ga., is raising
a supply in his room at the Hotel Han
over here. The terrapin egg is a lit
tle larger than that of a pigeon. He
brought 165 eggs with him.
Upon his arrival at the hotel he
packed them in a box of warm sand
and already 36 of them are hatched.
Others are hatching daily. Each little
terrapin, as it breaks from the shell.
Is as lively as can be. They bore their
way to the top of the sand and a day
later Barbee transfers them to a tank
of water.
FIVE CONVENTIONS TO
HOLD THEIR SESSIONS
IN MACON TOMORROW
MACON, GA., Oct. 22 -Five conventions
will be in session in Macon at the same
time tomorrow.
The Georgia Berkshire association held
the first session of its annual convention
last night, with about 40 members present.
The Georgia Fertilizer Mixers associa
tion convened this morning at the city
auditorium, with a large attendance. Ses
sions will be held this afternoon and again
tomorrow.
The annual meeting of the’Maeon pres
bytery, with delegates present from 40
churches, starts tonight.
The executive committee of the Wom
an's Missionary society of Georgia begins
a two-day session tomorrow morning for
the purpose of outlining plans for the
coming year.
Freight and traffic managers front all
parts of the state are now assembling
here for their first annual convention. A
permanent organization will be effected.
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Miss Martha I’hinizy. of Ath
ens. snapped at the Georgia-Van
derbilt game.
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GBEfIT BATTLE
Bulgarians Steadily Advancing
on Adrianople-—Turks Pre
pared for Long Siege.
VIENNA, Oct. 22.—Fighting between
Turkish and Bulgarian soldiers before
Adrianople is being marked by heavy
casualties on both sides.
Censored dispatches received here to
day from Sofia stated that the Bulga
rians wore still advancing and it is be
lieved here that the city is now com
pletely surrounded. Rig bodies of
troops and artillery wore massed on
the heights south of the city in order
to keep the railway line to Constanti
nople open and to prevent the cutting
off of telegraphic communication with
the Turkish capital.
Tiie fighting around Kiri Kilisse was
particularly severe. Several batteries
of the Bulgarians' heaviest artillery
were concentrated within easy range of
the Turkish works there and for six
hours a steady fire was poured into the
Ottoman soldiers.
Turks Flee to Inner Works.
The fighting of the Bulgarian artil
lerymen was good and the heavy can
non did much damage. When the Turk
ish guns were silenced the defenders
tied to tiie inner works and the Bulga
rians pressed forward, taking posses
sion of the evacuated trenches and the
abandoned guns.
Most of the dead who fell In yester
day's fighting were buried during the
darkness. The wounded were carried
from the field to the hospitals erected
in the rear of the Bulgarian lines.
The Turks in Adrianople are believed
to be in position to stand a long siege
if this is necessary.
During the weeks before war broke
out the Turkish government moved
great quantities of supplies of all kinds
into the city.
Train Wreck
Kills 200 Turks
BERLIN, Oct. 22.—A Turkish troop
train bound for the front was wrecked
today and 200 soldiers were killed, ac
cording to reports received here from
Salonika.
Two repot ts were telegraphed. One
was that the train had been derailed
and lolled down an embankment, and
the other was that it had been wrecked
by Bulgarian spies.
Turks Seize Two
Bulgarian Ships
SOFIA, Oct. 22. —It is reported from
Varna that two Bulgarian torpedo boats
wete sunk by the Turkish squadron,
which has been bombarding towns on
the Black sea.
EXTRA
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE P^ R N E °
I. H, AT HOME
HAPPY AND
FEELING
‘BULLY’
Colonel Reaches Oyster Bay
and Takes Up Quarters in
Favorite Room.
WAVES HAT TO CROWD OF
WELCOMING NEIGHBORS
Journey From Chicago Fatigu
ing. But Condition Improves,
Says Physician.
OYSTER BAY, N. Y., Oct. 22.
Swinging his hat in the air, Colonel
Roosevelt came home today. The ex
president wag still carrying the bullet
that was fired into his body last Mon
day night, but arrived in good condi
tion and is now' installed in his favor
ite room on the second floor of the
Roosevelt home at Oyster Bay.
The last stage of the Journey, from
New York to Sagamore Hill, was trav
eled by special train and automobile.
The special train over the Long Island
railroad was made up of the colonel’s
private car carrying himself and fam
ily and the car carrying the newspaper
correspondents who accompanied the
party from Chicago. The plan had
originally been for Colonel Roosevelt
to leave his car at Oyster Bay, but this
was changed when Mrs. Roosevelt
heard that a large crowd had gathered
there to welcome the colonel.
She asked the Long Island railroad
officials to stop the train at Syosset, L.
1., which is the same distance as Oyster
Ray from Sagamore Hill. This request
was granted and word was sent ahead
to have the automobile which had gone
to the Oyster Ray station proceed to
Syosset. The train arrived there at
9; 30 o’clock.
News of the change of plan had pre
ceded the train and about 50 persons
had gathered. Colonel Roosevelt walked
down the steps of his car unassisted
and exclaimed:
"I feel bully, glad to get home.”
Waves to Crowd
Answered by Cheer.
Still unassisted, he walked the few
steps to the automobile with Mrs
Roosevelt, his daughter Ethel and Dr.
Alexander Lambert close behind.
As he enterd the automobile he took
off his hat and waved it to the small
crowd that had refrained from cheering
until this time. Then their enthusiasm
broke loose and they made up for lost
time.
Dr. Scurry L. Terrell and Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr., followed the rest of the
party.
A second later another automobile
drove up. Colonel Roosevelt and his
two physicians entered the one which
had first arrived, while Mrs. Roosevelt
and her children took the second. The
party started for Sagamore Hill. There
arrangements had already been made
for their coming. The room which the
colonel has always considered his own
private property is one on the second
floor, which commands a sweeping view
of the surrounding hills and valleys of
Long Island. In this had been placed
a roomy Morris chair as comfortable as
a bed, and In this the colonel will spend
the next few days convalescing from his
wound, when not kept in his bed by his
physicians.
School Children Send
Wreath to Colonel.
At the Pennsylvania station tn New
York vitv. the Roosevelt narty was
joined by Dr. Joseph A. Rlake, head of
the Roosevelt hospital tn New York,
and Dr. George C. Brewer, one of the
most eminent surgeons in the East.
These two doctors made the trip to
Sagamore Hill, holding a consultation
meantime with Drs. Terrell and Lam
bert.
The colonel wore his heavy army
overcoat in the machine and said he
felt no chill, although the air was raw
and a stiff breeze was blowing. At
Sagamore Hill a surprise awaited the
colonel. Scores of school children had
chipped in their pennies and bought a
big wreath of flowers to be placed In
the colonel’s room. The Oyster Bay
children all know and like Colonel
Roosevelt, and while a saw of them
“played hookey" from school so that
they could be on hand when their
friend arrived, they lurked about Oys
ter Bay station until an hour after
train time, wondering why the special
did not get in.
The Oyster Bay children were not the
only ones who sent flowers to the colo
nel. The home contained flowers of all
kinds. The homecoming was a gala
event here. A number of storekeeper
closed up shop, so they could give th«