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2 ■IL SESSION OF GUMM BUSHOMI Mrs. Pennybacker. President of National Federation. Is At lanta's Guest of Honor. Continued From Page One presidents of the Georgia tideration. Mrs Lindsay Johnson, Mrs. A. <). Granger, Mrs. Hugh M. Willet, Mr? James Jackson and .Mrs M A I.ips i >tnb. Baroness Opens The Convention. The address of the Baroness Von Suttner at the Auditorium last night marked the informal opening of the convention. Most of the delegates had arrived and the scene in Taft hall was a brilliant one. The Baroness, who had arrived only shortly before the meeting, was escorted to the stage by Mrs. John M. Slaton, who is entertaining her for her stay in Atlanta, and was presented to Governor and Mrs. Joseph M. Brown. She was formally welcomed to the con vention by Dr. and Mrs. H. C. White and Mrs. Charles J Haden The Baroness wore an evening gown of black velvet with garniture of cut jet, with a jet tiara from which hung a veil of lace. She is a handsome wom an, whose features apeak of generations of high breeding, and she was thor oughly at home upon the platform. No other woman has done so much for the cause of world peace as Bertha Von Suttner, author of that .potverful work. "Lay Down Your Arms.” Fo* years she has traveled and labored in the cause of universal disarmament and took an important part in tha Boston Peace congress of 1904 and the London congress of 1808 The Baroness speaks English almost perfectly, but with an accent that has a charm all Its own. Occasionaly in he> address she would pause for a word and turn to Mme. Andrea Hofer Proud foot, secretary of the International Peace league, who quickly would sup ply the word needed. She paid a high tribute to American women and said she believed they were responsible tut placing America 50 years ahead of other nations in the movement for peace Always Longed To Visit Georgia. "I've always wanted to visit tins part of the South. I’ve passed through Georgia often, but always on fast trains, and the Georgia folk I met only made me hungry to stop a while with you. And now that I’m here I’m going to enjoy Georgia to the utmost.” That was the way Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker greeted Atlantans who met her at the train. She is president of the General Federation of Women’s t 'lubs, which has 8,000,000 members, and she is here for the clubwomen’s con vention, She was met by Mrs. Bolling Jones, who will be her host tn the city, and by Burton Smith, who was once her schoolmate, and she began chatting away as freely and happily and just as much at home as though she had lived here all her life and was among child hood chums. Mrs. Pennybacker doesn’t give one the impression that she is a militant suffragette or one of those clubwomen the funny papers describe as leaving their children unwashed and unfed. She la just a bright little motherlike wom an. so ready to please that she endured being dragged about to give the came ras a good light, promised any inter view wanted and didn’t say a word about a long railroad journey on a train tar behind time. She lives in Austin. ' Texas, and is the third Southern wom an to head the general federation. Mbs. Pennybacker will deliver an ad dress before the federation tonight at Taft hall. Her subject will be "Some Things Which Threaten the American Home.” FANNIN DEMOCRATS CONTEST ELECTION OF G. O. P. TICKET ———- ( The executive department today re ceived notice of contests in Fannin county against several of the recently elected county officers. The contestants have asked that the recent elections in that county be de clared null and void, because not held according to law. The cases will be carried to the state courts and settled there, but the law requires that notice be given the executive of a determina tion to contest.: The election officers are Republicans, and the contestants Democrats. The election of Georg, Curtis as clerk of the court is being questioned by J. C. Pow ell: A. S. J, Hull, as ordinary, by J. R. Kinkaide: .1. V. Curtis as tax collec tor. by J. T. Forrester; T. P. Jenkins, a» sheriff, by W. A. Thomas, and Lee McClure, as tax receiver, by T C. Par ker. RAILROAD OFFICIALS DISCUSS PUTTING ON TRAINS FOR WINTER For the purpose of discussing putting on winter trains, representative- of railroads in this territoi, met at 'be Georgian Terrace this morning, /.in. mg them were J. M. <’ulp, vice president of the Southern; C. H. Cepelan vice pi. s. ident and general manager of the Southern: W. .1. Craig, passenger truf fle manager of iho Atlantic Coast Lin, . H. F. Smith and J. W. Thomas, of tl N„ C and St. L.; W. S. Andrews, su perintendent of transportation ~i the Queen and f'resc-nt; \ . Ft . li; and General Maimgi i Im. , H’x.G Centtai. BECKER, POLICEMAN TRIED AS SLAYER QC Mr My A A# will! Becker s attitude is nearly al-1 ways the same, no matter how j startling the testimony. BECKER CASE TO JURVIOMIORROW Arguments Will Close Today. State Witnesses Denounced as Actual Slayers. NEW YORK, Oct. 23.—The four chief witnesses for the state in the trial of Police Lieutenant Charles Becker for the murder of Herman Rosenthal were denounced as the actual assassins of the gambler informer by John F. Mc- Intyre, chief counsel for the defense, in hls closing address to the jury today. Mr. Mclntyre began his speech im mediately after court reconvened. He said that it would probably take him three hours and a half to finish. The state will conclude its argument before court adjourns tonight and the case will be given to the jury tomorrow morning by Justice Goff. Calls Accusers Vile. Attorney Mclntyre’s speecii was a calm, forceful analysis of the testimony, becoming oratorical only when he de nounced Jack Rose, Harry Vallon. Sam Sehepps and Louis Webber as the men who actually plotted the death of Ro senthal. At this point Mr. Mclntyre cried: "I atn defending an American, not a murderer. His accusers are vile —not lovers of the flag nor the institutions under which we live, but a tawiess anti degenerate set seeking filth and infamy. "This trial had its birth in the career of four murderers —Rose, Webber, Val lon and Schepps. self-confessed assas sins, all of whom, when it is Over, will be free men again in this city, to mur der again if they please.” Mr. Mclntyre told the jury that the only evidence against Becker was that of "crooks, gamblers and blacklegs;” that such evidence was not worthy of credence, and that no twelve men have the right on their own conscience to send a man to the electric chair on such testimony. DavidsOn, Quaking, Arraigned. The summing up was interrupted when “Red” Phil Davidson, the man who murdered "Big Jack” Zelig. the no torious gang leader, was arraigned be fore Justice Goff, upon application of District Attorney Whitman, that a spe cial panel of talesmen be called for his trial. Mr. Whitman asked that David son’s case be set for October 30. adding that he hoped to have not only Zelig’s trial out of the way before Christmas, but also those of the gunmen in the Rosenthal case. "Gyp the Blood,” "Ijefty Louis.” "Dago Frank” ('iroficl and "Whitey” Lewis. Zelig is alleged to have furnished the gunmen who slew Rosenthal. When Davidson was arraigned he stood at the bar within four feet of Becker, shaking like a leaf. As the brief proceedings went along Davidson became hysterical and began to cry. He was on the verge of collapse when taken from the room. A plea of not guilty was entered for Davidson by his lawyer, and Justice Goff ordered the calling of a special panel for his case next Wednesday. Then Davidson was taken back to the Tombs, and Mr. Mc- Intyre resumed summing up where ho had broken off. MANY WILL TESTIFY ABOUT BATTLE HILL PHTHISIS HOSPITAL So many persons have expressed a desire to testify in regard to the con duct of the Battle Hill Tuberculosis -anilurium befor, tile special commit tee of the city council appointed to in vestigate th, charges us mismanage ment. that chairman W. G. Humphrey said today he was afraid tire council chamber would not hold them. The commute, will m.-et Friday aft • moon at ~ o eie, a. The members made < personal ihsp. etfop Os the Institution yesterday r 11 > ii.. There were com plaints from a number of the patients. But < ’hairmaii flumphr.y ,-nid the in •titi’iion In .1 .indoubt, dly done .. great work. Thee, are 1"1 iuii»mts In the hospim Till: VI LANTA GEOHGLL.N AND NEWS WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER Wt_. lb- sits with Ins deep lined, cruel face constantly scowling at the witnesses, his expression betraying but little of his thoughts or emotions. Blue Millinery Made Unanimous by Clubwomen OLD TIME KISS STILL LIVES Hats of turquoise ulue have chased those ee:ist things to tire woods and kissing hasn’t, gone out, despite ad vanced thought on hygiene and sanita tion. Those-jue the chief impressions ab sorbed at the club woman’s convention by a male reporter more used to train wrecks and hangings titan pink teas and receptions. These, and the fact that last season’s wraps have emerged very successfully from the ceda. chest without a moth bite, are the principal crop gathered at the Auditorium. Oh, yes, the women are enthusiastic and all that, and they seem to know what It’s all about. But there was so much con versation in the last rows that re porters near the door couldn't hear much of the reports read by the va rious secretaries on the platform. Wraps Really Necessary. The wraps were really necessary, be cause it was cold today and the weath er bureau had failed to notify the Au ditorium authorities that winter was on its way. And, of. course, you can’t expect womankind to equip itself with 11113 model coats until they see what's gping to be worn this season. That’s why fur eoats, .chinchillas, auto wraps and polo coats were worn indiscrimi nate ly today, giving a spice of variety to the scene, even if they ,id look queer above extra sheer silk hose and shoes cut decollete. But the heat was ready by the end of the opening ses sion. Those blue hats were as prevalent as the coughs which helped drown the secretaries’ reports. The messenger boy who arrived lute with a forgotten handbag for a lady with a blue hat had his choice of 57 consignees ami it took him a long time to deliver the goods. Almost everybody had a' bit of blue gauze or lace, or whatever kind of flummery you call it, to cap her lid. and it seemed to become the grandmothers as well as the buds. It is evident that the splashes of red which made last year’s football grandstands look like an anarchists’ convention won’t be there this season. Same Old Kissing. But kissing! There doesn’t seem to be any new twist to that this tall. Mrs. Jones, of Newnan, meets Mrs. Smith, of Valdosta; they shake both each other’s hands nervously, push their veils up under their noses and give each other the same little peck on the AFTER BLUFFING SON, FATHER PAYS YOUTH’S FINES FOR SPEEDING When asked today by Recorder Broyles why he had failed to appear in court a few days ago to answer the charge of violating the automobile laws, J. H. Gwinn, son of a shoe dealer, said: "It was pure fear, your honor, that’s all. My father had told me that if I ever got caught for speeding I would have to go out to the stockade and work it out, or get up the money myself for the fine. He said he would have noth ing to do with it. and I was just afraid to face the music.” As a result of this year, young Gwinn annexed another charge against him self. He was fined $25.75 for failing t< appear in court, and was fined another $25.75 on the original charge of speed ing. His fat.hei vias present and paid the tines ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS SHOW READY TONIGHT owing to an accident in getting lite machine readv. the lantern pictures which were to have been shown at Five Points last night, under the aus pices of tlie Anti-Tuberculosis associa tion, hud to be postponed until tonight. But the machine is now in ship-shape, and tin- pictures will be presented every night this week, from 6 to 9 o’clock. They will include pictures dealing with tuberculosis, methods of preven tion ami elimination, pictures showing loeil conditions which need remedy, in terspersed with comic scenes The showing of these pictures will be di rected toward creating nn interest in Tuber, uk,sis day. October 27. and tlie .oik uf.it it is intended to siemtllze. By A MERE MAN left, cheek as of yore. Then they say. “How well you’re looking!" and, "Oil, what an exquisite hat!” and break away so;- the next round. But theyTg strictly businesslike when they get down to work on the floor. Mrs. H, C. White, president of the fed eration, lias a gavel with a trusty han dle, and when she pounds it on the desk there is order everywhere—for a moment. The first day was given over princi pally to reading reports of officials. Written reports are seldom marvels of human interest, but their authors read them today as eloquently as though they had an offer for dramatic lights in their morning's mail and the dele gates listened, too. The news that one club had added a bunch of new mem bers was received with applause, and the announcement of some task well done brought rounds of cheers. And when anybody wanted to address the Convention it was done in the proper way. too, with all the parliamentary law in the book of rules. Handsome Salesmen There. The back of the hall is given over t< - exhibits this week, with everything from elecffic vacuum cleaners tocrefim separators being demonstated by handsome and affable salesmen. There is a model sanitary kitchen outfit with out a piece of wood in it except the handles of the rolling pin. and an outfit f brushes warranted to starve a germ to death in 4x hours. There’s a pure food exhibit from the state laboratory, with a booklet reporting a long list of dealers whose goods were adulterated, benzoated or imitated. Dr. Claude Smith, the city bacteriologist, has his mosquito hatchery in operation in the convention hall, though the drop in temperature ather discouraged the in cubation process. Around the had are also tin.- exhibits of the mountain schools and other in stitutions fostered by the club women. The girls from Martha Berry’s school are showing cases of embroidery and hand-woven baskets, and other institu tions have sent specimens of handi work. Gutside, in the chilly corridor, the National Peace society has on sale the works of the Baroness Von Suttner, who spoke last night, for the peace makers depend largely upon woman’s influence io disarm the world and are spreading their propogapda through f h<- homes. 1100 WOMEN WILL BF AT RECEPTION OF FEMALE “MOOSERS” More than 100 Atlanta women wili participate in the reception to be held by the women's executive committee of the Progressive party at the Aragon hotel on Saturday afternoon from 4 to 7 o’clock. The hour has been set late. .4<j that many business women, who are mem bers of the Progressive party and lead ers in the feminine movement in Geor gia, can take part. In the circulars sent out by the com mittee it is stated that the reception is to be a political and not a social one. r. e members of the committee are, Mrs. Thaddcus Horton. Mrs. Paul Romare. Mrs. Robert L. Cooney, Mrs. Henry Grady, Mrs. E. M. Horine, Miss Sophie Thornbury. Mrs. William J. Tilson. Mrs. Amelia Woodall, Mrs. S. B. Turman and Mrs. Frances I>. Shaw. HIGH MEAT ANGERS BERLIN WOMEN, WHO ATTACK BUTCHERS BERLIN, Oct. 23.—A mob us Ger man women today attacked the mu nicipal markets because the butchers having stalls therein refused to handle imported meat and thus reduce the cost of living. The most serious trouble occurred in the Wedding district, which is inhabit ed chiefly by working people. Police men had to be culled to defend the butchers, who were being roughly Icm- Kled when rescued. Tin- housewives threw the domestic n\eats Into the streets an 1 tried to burn d >wn tlie market l>o,p v before they v re driven of! Listening to the striking testi mony of Mrs. Herman Rosenthal, wife of the dead gambler. EXPERTTDPROBE STREET MODS Council Committee on Con struction Reorganization to Secure N. Y. Engineer. Council's special committee on the reorganization of the construction de partment, appointed as a result of The Georgian’s campaign for better streets, has decided to postpone its recommen dation on the department until after the investigation bv an expert from New Yoik. This expert has been em ployed by the municipal research com mittee of the Chamber of Commerce, and he will begin his work, which is to be the beginning of a sweeping investi gation of all city departments, about November 1. Chairman Charles W. Smith announced the intention of the committee today. After a long meeting yesterday aft ernoon. however, the committee decided upon a number of improvement re forms. They declared for uniform street pav ing specifications, with more definite time limits in which tlie work should be completed. They declared that al] city depart ments and the public service corpora tions .should put tn their pipes and tracks tit the same time, so as to pre vent unnecessary delays, as in the case of Peachtree street. It was agreed that all street im provements for the year should be plan ned before the first meeting of council in March that the work might be begun early in the year. A sub-committee was appointed to confei with officials of the trolley com pany on a plan to have the com pany transport stone for street paving and haul city convicts to anil from the stockade. All the members of the committee, with the exception of Harvey Hatcher, chairman of the council streets com mittee, agreed that the present street improvement system needed some dras tic reforms. The committeemen de * laved that what had already been done since tlie beginning of The Georgian’s campaign was good, but that more re forms were needed. 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Par ham. tlie policeman who shot and killed John Wright as the latter lied from ar rest in Johnson -treet some weeks ago, will be waged to the bitter end, was shown by tlie, opposition made to Par ham’s application for bond in third di vision of superior court today. Although Judge Bell, in fixing Par ham's bond at $5,000, refused to go into the facts of the case, lie admitted that many of its features, as brought out in tlie coroner’s inquest, bore a myste rious aspect. "This bond will be granted because it is customary to grant one in such eases,” said the .in: ist as he sanctioned the formal writ of habeas corpus pre sented by J. D. Kilpatrick and William Smith. Parham’s attorneys. Henry Sanders. negro of 5 Johnson street, who summoned Policeman Par ham, asserting that WriglV was in his barn trying to steal his cow, did not appear. The prosecution maintained that Sanders and several other negro witnesses who testified at the coroner's inquest had been spirited away. It is said that the prosecution wiil attempt to show that the negro Sanders was a notorious blind tiger, and young Wright had visited his house in quest of liquor on several occasions. Both San ders and his wife told the coroner's jury that Wright came to the house and knocked on the door a short time previous to the shooting. Parham, who was freed by the cor oner’s jury, but later indicted by the grand jury, was released on $5,000 bond signed by Assistant Chief Jett and two other men. FIRES AT PROWLER WHOSE NIGHT VISITS FRIGHTENED NURSES Nurses in the nurses' home at Wes ley Memorial hospital are all aflutter today- over the night prowling of a mysterious man who seems very much inclined to pay them a late call, but who, they hope, has changed his mind as the result of three shots fired at him early this morning. The prowler has been noticed around the home for the past few nights, peer ing into the home as he walked stealth ily* about It. He didn’t get into the home, but. he did succeed In scaring the white-capped ministers to the suffer ing. A neighbor saw the man in the early hours today and fired several shots at him. He doesn’t know whether he hit him or not, but the mar vanished —the nurses hope for good. The police have been notified and will await his re turn. FIRE WAGON DASHES INTO SAND: CONTRACTOR FINED Failure to place red danger lights on a sand heap in Auburn avenue last night came near causing a serious acci dent to a speeding fire department ap paratus early today. And. as a result, 11. W. Chambers, u contractor, was fined $10.75 by Recorder Broyles. Two firemen appeared against Cham bers. They said the tire wagon dashed onto the sand pile and narrowly es caped being overturned. The “BROADWAY” Here is one oF .0 ® 1 Yy > most desirab “BENUAVUN” Coats for this sea \ wK-ujd » son - ' S t? " 1 ’ j young mail ' v rrf/ J ' dresses in good last. \ fc i and in good dyle- \ t /» \I 1 and who wants a X F~7 A dressy, consei” ative Wa / 1 Coat. I We are carrying I ’Y 1 this model in (F 1• p°p n^u 1 ° rs ’ c °^ ar *' ol W W velvet, and the ' W lining is of hig'i- Fl grade silk or sat’ lll /j I Prices rang'- from $lB-5° t 0 l.Keee oT sen|arnin Clothes 00 “ IVear a Benjamin CARLTON Shoe and Clothing Co. 36 Whitehall St. PERKINS HELPEf BEVERIDGE ER Ex-Senator’s Former p ar t ner Tells Clapp Committee of Campaign Money. WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.—ta Whitcomb, former law partner ator Albert J. Beveridge, O s testified before the Clapp today that a campaign fund of v-• I was furnished Senator Beveridg"''-"’I George W. Perkins, Edward MclLn Ohio, and Gifford Plnchot. 01 Neither Senator Bevr-ridge •• Starr nor Harry Petit, ,L V witnesses, was present when tie ' ’ mittee resumed its inquiry into palgn expenditures. The Indiana senator has that lie be heard on Suturca- Petit sent word that he . oU ' ; i n ',. 5 I tend the inquiry today and has not yet been located. Mr. Whitcomb, ar. attorney O s k] dianapolis, who had office :oo:ne Senator Beveridge during 1904 ,’sE question by Senator Pom-rene cerning the existence of a lampairi fund on behalf of the s?naior Indiana. When Perkins was on Monday he testified he had sent a .'L ; for slo,ooo to Beveridge, w.'.ieh Craft was returned, and that lie ,ad se ,,t ~j other money to the Indiana senator r. - did he know of any campaign fur.t Whitcomb today made :he direct statement that $57,500 was s-nt to Sei. ator Beveridge by Georg- W. Perkia; Edward McLean and Gifford Plnchot He -said that Perkins sent about Ja,. 000, McLean about $25,000 and Plnchot the remainder. By Senator Pomerene: Q. Do you know what was cone wit! the five checks for $57,505 sera to Bev eridge? A. Yes. They were ser. back Q. All of them? A. Every* one. Whitcomb then testified that Bed eridge went out of pract! e in 1<« when elected to the senate, as lie dU not believe that a man holding pubis office should have priva e clients. SMOKE COMMISSION TO SEEK TO BETTER CITY'S GAS SUPPLY A meeting of the smoke- and g«.scoop mission has been called for tonioi-w morning at 11 o’clock, when the que’- tion of appealing to the state raf’osi commission to flx a standard of oualif of gas for Atlanta wili be considers At present the Atlanta Gas Light Com pany fixes its own standard of qua'.::; and the commission has !ad coinplalnts against the co-.nitnr.;.. Paul McMichael, smol:“ and gas i«-j spector, said the time limit given ut railroads in which to comply with tht smoke law had expired on Octoberli and that there was much improvement in smoke conditions from :a:’road en gines. The board will consider tonior-. row what cases shall be made against offenders. The second notices have been mallei out by the smoke inspector to o-vners of stationary furnace- that they must comply with the smoke ordinance b? November 1. Are you looking for Ileal Estate to In vest in or do you want to sell your prup-. erty? Then read t’.» Beal Estate Aft in The Georgian. Ever- dealer of im portance tn the real estate business ’ this section, advertises !n The Georgian' Real Estate columns.