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ALL LOCKER CLUB PERMITS VETOED The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results VOL. XI. NO. 70. I JURY VOTES I ON FATE OF SLAYER I OAMP ■ Attorneys Argue for Five Hours in Fight tor Conviction of Atlanta Policeman. ■ CASE GIVEN TO JURY I AFTER T.HREE O’CLOCK ■ for Defense Charged I With Trying the I ■mors With Exhibit. Ml Si.p' "’ ' Judge p «min “ruGti his l<> the jury in the cjisr* of Bi- P<'li<‘Pin.'t » <’ar.ip charged with M' . order -f his f< How officer. S. A. ■ ir,2. it exactly 3:30 o’clock this aft- The .i'i'y retired. nt 3:35 faliy five hours today opposing in the rase tore evidence to ' :>-'foro ti-c jury* Th«* ’»»•<»«••: outiori ’<> show that (L»mn whs in a ' ffppzv when he herd on r ■riner «o/inmate and thr de l|p stahlish thnt he slmi ui >*'li- '’amp’s fat'* will be placed in ;;•) f ; s of ‘he jury lotr afte - .<-,;■ : ’or I>o;<C’'. closing for tie- pvos : aied the ■ ' f-defm theory, L:ioiiing Li:: arguments on the testi -1 Dr. T*. I>. Longino. which, he Mlhi;: "’l’d. proved conclusively that ■<!.*• on a nrotracted spree and ' .h iL . riu’nia*’ •■.• mid shoot. ■Arnold Impassioned Closing - Speech. ■■ .: ■ -ionerl <1 es • ! h" jar." A'■iioul. nttome;. I '■ up. iheorvj)f t’,:q Camb's action just ift"r 1 when the officer \:',r o a ■S' <-,i iird up poli.e '...", < s ■ Ciit-f Beavers of tin :::g - gave’liis pistol to J. ,'.L C:t'- - qveryman. am l eveu -i'iifr in a room adjoining the :he killing to "losi tin? door ■ .•■ was a dead man in Cue HR ■ ' use ;■!•: actio’.ts f a maniac?" V mdd. “Could a victim of de n.-, who had murderously •mly slain bis b": f:ien<i. snd beemne a sane man a-nd proceed - me man ' oald have aft» r he BH r '■<: in self-defense?" HE VieCov.an. ass'sting SMieito: ■f " 'med fe the s ate. s’te-sing ■B ■" •n , b" ance cf evi(lenv> subni'i.- R& " • that Camp was drunk on Hr the killing. He accused tin Hf "f attempting to influence the SB Taping a knife before the ■» gaz? which had not been Kjf i lie room where the shooting ■Luise Kept. Jurors’ View. Ei •-•<> it 'S a knife similar to th i< i .lames Branch found in I 'n the day after ib. ■■ s not claim it is the knife at al'. B|| no y keep it here for y<> imm to Mp " lather odd that non? of the ■H 'ives and policemen, w’n ■ ■••a: elmd ■M ' light after the killing, didn’t '' r this knife that Branch says he never produced." iHire day was laken up with igmnents of the lawyer:: and Judge " !li not begin liis eiuiige until o’clock. ■ARNES INDICTED FOR IpfABBING ON PRETTY I TYPIST’S TESTI n testimony given by Miss Emily a stunning little typist, who ■g r ’ng her nose when the flght he- Bk Barnes, a type' riter sales- ihl knifed .1. S. Dunaway, in the s "f the Becht Piano Company, Bra ' Court building, a week ago, was '1 on the charge of assault with H p’.i to murder today. ss Nelson said that Barnes called B| ‘'away a short., ugly word and Dun nonplussed by the procedure. 1 It When Barnes had made his ‘ mim; perfectly clear. tb< two ' 'I. and as .1 K. Becht was st p- ' g them Harm's slashed Imn.ioay Hecht', shoulder. Dunaway is in it'spitai recovering. JIMIO KI ME, ISSEIITS HEIM i / Judge's Instructions One-Sided and Unfair. Says Accused Policeman. CHARGE IMPARTIAL. DECLARES WHITMAN Court ConsiHiies Nearly Three Hours in Summing Up. Verdict Awaited. NEW YoRK, tict. 24. Th' fate of 1 Polic' Lieutenant Charles Becker now rests v itii the jury I hat is to determine whether he is guilty or innocent of the murder of Herman Rosenthal. Justice Ca ff charged the jui.v in an address lasting two hours and forty minutes. In it he brought out impor- I t in! points for the defense, but in gen i eral it was r yarded As more favorable to the pros' i uti'm than to Becker. Mc- Intyre moved that the indictment be quashed He was overruled. Several motions to strike out certain sections of the "oiirt’s charge to the jury fol lowed. Tin so w ere all overruled. The I jury retired - l:.?l o’clock. i Th'? judge’s instructions were regard led as very favorable to the stalo when he said, near the close: "1 have decided that there is evidence which tends to connect this defendant with tlie crimH. and there is evidence I in corroboration of one or all of the I accomplices, i instruct you that even i if Rose, Webber and other persons were I hostile It' Rosenthal and even if that ! hostility was so intense as to engender ' expressions of Hatred, that condition or ; situation would not excuse Becker foi I availing himself of such hatred for his | own uses and purposes." j Becker Displeased With Instructions. When District Attorney Whitman left the criminal courts building he said: ”1 think ihe charge to the jury 'vas eminently fair and impartial. Justice Goff put it right up to the jury to de cide whether Schepps was an accom plice and whether his testimony was worthy of credence, which in my opin ion. is the only fairway to charge a jury." Becker was dissatisfied with Judge Goff's charge and bluntly, said so. "Justice Goff's charge to the jury was absolutely one-sided and unfair in my opinion," declared the accused police official. “It was not a charge, in my opinion, but an adroit summing up of the people’s case. It was virtually a direction to the jury to find me guilty of this charge.” When Attorney Mclntyre was asked to comment upon the charge he re plied: "I can no! say anything i CAN’T.’ Uncertainty Os Result. Attorneys who havi been following the case declared that Becker ought to know his fate before night, but admit ted that the outcome would depend large!.' upon Justice Goff': instructions to ’.lie jury. The court's interpretation of the law would have much to do with th convicti n or a quittai of the acused police official, they said: In no groat murder trial of the past has there been so minii uncertainty as to the outcome. Lawyers who have figured in many famous murder trials shook their leads when asked as to the I probable verdict in the Becker case, and frankly confessed that thev could find nothing on which to venture a predic tion. There wa-- no betting on Ihe verdict. No odds were offered, and if there had been it is not likely that any takers would have been found. One prominent attorney, experienced In murder trials, said: • “A disagreement Is probable, convic tion possible, acquittal improbable.” The most perfectly poised person in the court room was Mrs. Becker, wife of the accused. She smiled hopefully at her husband as sh" paused on her way to per seat to shake hands with Lieu tenant John Becker, a brother of the defendant. Becker was more carefully dressed than at any time since the trial began as he was brought into court. He Continued on Page 2. WHICH? -; - -; - By HAL COFFMAN 1 "np(H | Y. y ' Tl:I is- - > i=—-'WJ L W J.T:,:JVCTC- - I 1 W”“ z w s ' . '-L ' " y. i' ■■ “ r ’ ... wwMMSe.-r-.- J, • ' V ' - SOLDIERS STILL GUIRDINGTRH W Indiana Judge Hears Argu ments and lakes Case Under Advisement. MICHIGAN CITY, IND:, Oct; 24. Judge Harry B. Tuthill today heard the petition of the officers of the Mineral Springs Jockey club for an injunction to nrever.t state interference with the race track, then he took the matter un der advisement. As a result the sol diers were left in possession of the track for another day at least and no racing was held today. After the arguments of the attorneys for the petitioners wen* in, Judge Tut hill said there weie some points of law that were not clear to him and he would nave ’ eonshter them. The track officials forth rhe con tention that the troopsHiad been quar tered at the race track in tithe of peace in violation of the rights guarantee! under the I’nited States constitution and the constitution of Indiana. Th? petitionees likened Governor Thomas R. Marshall, at whose orders the troops were sent to the track, to King Georg’ 11. and asserted that he .-.as si ting utterly without power. The petitioners asked that the court iirilf ’lie t irons away from the track and the petition be made permanent against sending soldiers to the track. Judge Tut hill set no definite date tor his decision. He said it was an unusual contention and he was not sure who would haw tin right to determine whether a state of peace existed, the courts or the executive. ihe petitioners further set forth that if they weie deprived from carrying out their racing program- thev wchlld. suffer a financial loss of $15,000 during' th- next nine days. Attorney G ant <'ruinpacker and A. F. Knotts appeared for’the association. The hearing was transferred from the court of Judge McMahon, in Val paraiso. to Jn it - '' Tuthf'l. in Michigan t'ity, late yesterday. . LONG ISLAND MOTHERS HORSEWHIP SPOONERS NEW YORK. Oct. ?4. -Mothers, armed with horsewhips, created a great stir in Lovers Lane, Linden park, Corona, Long Island, this week. • The two mothers, residents'of Corona, had been puzzled lor some weeks by the failure of their flfteen-yeas-old daugh .ters to return home promptly after ’school. They found two boys sitting on a fence. The girls were near by Be fore th" boys eoulil run away they were horsewhipped by the angry mothers and the sobbing girls were tal/Wn home and locked up ’ ATLANTA, GA.', THURSD AY, OCTOBER 24. 1912. Mrs, Tift’s Speech Sweeps CluhvJomen WINS m II TBEISm A Georgia woman's eloquence coaxed $505 from the treasuries of the various clubs in the Genrgia federation at the convention this afternoon, after the na tional president. Mrs. Percy V. Penny backer, had shown the great need of funds in the national treasury. It was Mrs. H. H. Tift, of Tifton. Ga„ who swept the audience into contributing to tiie national cause. Mrs. Pennybacker, a guest of the convention, had just completed an ad dress in which she showed that the general federation suffered from lack of funds to pay for the tours of its of ficers and other heavy expenses. She explained the proposed memorial to Sarah Platt Decker, late 'president of ti e organization, which is to take the form of a SIOO,OOO endowment fund, of which the interest is to be devoted to the expenses of the national president, and she explained that Georgia's share toward this ”und had been placed at $2,000. Mrs. Tift Takes Floor. As Mrs. Pennybat’ker took her seal a woman in a dark tailored suit anti a hat of subdued tone rose and asked three minutes to address the convention. She was Mrs. Bessie Willingham Tift, wife of Captain H. 11. Tift, one of the great est lumber operators in south Georgia. Mrs. Tift is famous all over tiie state for her philanthropy. There is hardly a needy institution which has not had a gift from her. j ® * Reaching the platform, site spoke of the reverence In which all Georgia women hold the memory of Mrs. Deck er and announced that she would head the state’s gift with SIOO. Then she began a plea for liberality, and her fer vent exhortations brought responses from all parts of the house. Represen tatives of various clubs rose and pledged from S 5 to $lO from their or ganizations. The Atlanta Woman's club gave SIOO, ano soon 'he total reached $505. The subscriptions to th. general fund, while pi haps greatly needed, ■did not meet with hearty enthusiasm from a number of delegates, who are especially Inter-e-rd in the work of the mountain schools, and other institu tions supported by the Gu.rgia federa tion. “These women all have the hallelu jah spirit working on them now,” re marked one. “They’ll give away all the money in their club treasuries and there won’t be anything left for our school work." And then she rose to her feet sud- denly and subscribed s’O on behalf of her own home club. The session today was taken up with reports of the standing committees on various lines of work. Mrs. Eugene B. Heard, off the committee on home eco nomics, read a message from Dr. Har vey Wiley, of Good Housekeeping, con gratulating the Georgia federation on its efficient work for pure food. At 1 o'clock the convention adjourned to a luncheon served in the Audi torium by the City Federation of Wom en’s Clubs. Guests of honor at the luncheon were 100 college girls, who occupied seats at tables decorated in college colors’ and pennants. The schools represented were Wesleyan, Agnes Scott, Washington seminary, Brenau, Woodberry and Cox. and the scores of girl students in dainty gowns formed a picture not easily forgotten. The convention holds its last sessions this afternoon and tonight. There is no election of officers scheduled for this year, the state officials holding for two year terms. ATLANTAN SHOOTS WOMAN IN AUGUSTA, PROBABLY FATALLY AUGUSTA, GA., Oct. 24.—After snapping his revolver three times and saying, “Damn you. 1 am going to shoot you." J. R. -McClure, of Atlanta, shot Lucile Harrison, a woman of tin re stricted district, when he pulled the trigger the fourth time, here today. It is believed that the woman will die. The shooting took place at 1221 Mai • ket street, in the house conducted by Fannie Young McClure was arrested by the police. He was in an intoxicated condition and was unable tv talk intel ligently about himself. McClure is an engineer on tiie Geor gia railroad and has a wife and ‘wo i-hlldren in Atlanta. In a statement made to a reporter at police barracks he said this afternoon that he had no intention of killing the woman; that he bore no malice toward her. and that he hardly knew what he was doing when he fired the shot. The fact that McClure was very much under the in fluence of whisky and was reckless in his use of a pistol are the real causes of the shooting. The woman was still alive at 4 o’clock. THE WEATHER Clear and warmer tonight and to morrow. Temperatures: 8 a. m., 42 degrees; 10 a. m., 50 degrees; 12 noon, 58 degrees; 2 p. m,, 60 degrees. rKIGHT] EDITION - CANDLER VETOES ALL LOCKER CLUB PERM ITS AS VIOLATION OF LAW . < Charging Discrimination in Granting of Licenses, Acting Mayor Sends AU Petitions Back to Council-Ordinance Provides Absolutely Dry Sunday. Drast’C Measure In Council .Aimed to Reform Organizations-—Sent t® Committee With Mes sage-—Capital City and Other Exclusive Bodies Hit. Acliiiff Mayor ( andler s<*iit a m< ?sajfe Io council this afternoon vetoing' the perniits of all locker clubs approved by council Monday He approved the adverse action of council on four locker clubs. He viriually brands all locker chilis illegal. The message was referred to the police committee by city Coun cil. and al the same lime on motion of Councilman Chambers the coinmil tee was instrig led io consider new applications from the four clubs recently banned A drastic resolution to "reform" the locker clubs and create an ahsoluielv dry Sunday in Atlanta was introduced by Councilnien (Jiasnbers. ♦Mason and Baker. It prohibits Ihe selling of liquor on the Sabbath, makes/'unlawful private alcoves where man and women may gather, kjioqks out tiie bell system, handy in case of a raid, and .provides that a conviction by the recorder of any locker club will be tantamount to a rev’oeation of its license. The ordinance was sent to the police committee. Evers Signs Contract To Manage Cubs For Ball Season of 1912 V CHICAGO, Oct. 24. -Johnny Evers, star second baseman of the Cubs, this afternoon signed a contract as manager of the Chicago National League Base ball club for 1913. Charles W. Murphy, owner of the club, made a careful study of all the available materia! on hand for a suc cessor to Frank Chance and decided on the fighting infielder as his man. Mur phy thinks he has picked a second Mc- Graw. RACES * AT LATONIA. First- Blue Jay, 8.40, first; Ancdn, 4.80; Fiel. t 5.90. Alsu mn: King Stalwart, I >r. Jackson. JTovato, World's Wonder. Roos ter, Little Waif and Toy. / Second —Anna Patricia, 3.60, first; Silk Day, 3.40; Inqueta. 4.40. Also ran. Tro jan Belle, Swift Sure, Mimtees, Bavell Lutz, I>aisv Plan and Sprightly Miss. Third—Coy Lad, 18.20. first: Sleeth. 4.40; Merry Lad. 2.90. Also ran: Curlicue, i Manager Mack. (’«»lson and Feather 1 Uls ter. Fourth —Royal Tea. 17,50. first; Three Links, 3.30: J. F. Crowley, 6.20.. Also ran: Florence Roberts aml Ithorpe. AT LAURtL First —Big Dipper, 10, first; Mary Ann K.. 2; Federalist, 2. \lso ran La Sain erella, Leumas. Vinto Astute, Mohawk Boy, Falconet, Frank Hudson, Rock Hell and Jacquin. Second —Flying Fairy. 15, first; Ring ling, 7-5; Sand Vale. 3-5. Xlso ran: Con tinental, Lace and Paris Queen. Third —Cardiff. 60. first; Toddling, o; Magazine, 1-2. Also ran: Silas (hump, Auto Maid. Fond Caliph. Argonaul Pat ricks, Carroll. Babbler, Kind Sir. Heretic, Sidon arid Galinda. Fourth —Sir John Johnson, 11-2, first; Republican, 3-5; Flamma. out. Also ran: Penobscot and Ragman. Fisth —Banorella, 7-5, first; O’Em. 6-5; El Toro, 5. Also ran: Warner (Srisvrell, Detect, Miss .Jonah, Long Hund, Re sponseful. Ben Wil on. Tom Melton and Hand Running. TROOPS LEAVFWITH NEGROES DOOMED TO HANG IN CUMMING Brotected by two provisional com panies of the flr«t battalion. Fifth Georgia regiment, Ernest Knox and Oscar Daniel, the two Gumming ne groes' convicted of the recent outrage and murder of a white woman near that place, this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock were :aken to Cumming, where they -will be lufttged tomorrow at noon. The two companies, composed of 40 men each, are in command of Major Catron. With the condemned negroes handcuffed and near the head of the column, the troops left the Tower halt’ in hour before train time, marching through the , to tiie Terminal station, where the Southern train for Cumming was boarded Immediately. The soldiers will guard the negroes in jail tonight and during the execution tomorrow. 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE £, a o y r E no The acting 1 mayor’s action re jects the applications of the Cap ital City, the Transportation, the Atlanta, the I adversity, the Owls, the .Metropolitan,* the. Theatrical, the Turn Verein and the 'l'. M. A. clubs. His approval of council’s adverse action turns down eom 'pletely the permits of the Geor gia Athletic, the Southern, the Knights as the Mystic Ark and the Bees clubs. The M. & M.. the Piedmont Driving club, the Atlanta Athletic, the Stand ard, the Moose, the Beavers, the Cen tra! and Press clubs have not been re ported on by the police committee of council and are unaffected by the ac tion of the mayor. Asks For Sweeping Probe of Clubs. Acting Mayor Candler gave as his reason for vetoing the permits of the clubs that members of council had de clared that no. club- in Atlanta was obeying the sta>te law. He said that some of the councilmen fighting for some of the clubs outlawed by council were making a fight on all clubs in the hope of getting permits for all. lie calls for an investigation of ail clubs and says that permits should be granted to none which do no l comply with the state locker club law. The message, the most sensational that any mayor of Atlantp has issued in years, means a complete readjustment of the locker club situation. Candler Returns Petitions to Council. "Atlanta, Ga., Oct ?4, 1913 "To the General Council, “City of Atlanta: “Gentlemen—l herewith respectfully return to you without mv approval the following petitions acted upon favorably by you at your session on Monday, Oc tober 21. "Each of these petitions asks the privilege and permission of the mayor and general council to run a locker club in the city of Atlanta for the last quarter of the year 1912. While these petitions were pending before the gen eral council, it was stated on the floor of said general council by at least two of the members of said general council, that they knew that there was not now a locker club in the city of Atlanta that was operating in conformity with and in accordance with the requirements of the law of the state of Georgia, provid ing for and legalizing locker clubs. “The genera! assembly of the state of Georgia, by and with the approval of the executive of this state has made it legal for a number of citizens to asso ciate themselves together and to ha', e* rooms at which intoxicating liquors may be stored by any member of such association, and where such intoxicat ing liquors may he served to the ownei thereof by a servant or employee of Continued on Page 2.