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HER GOES TO MIR EK OF DEHBER3 Rosenthal Slayer Calm as the Death Sentence Is Passed. New Trial Denied. NEW YORK, Oct. 30.- —Former Po lice Lieutenant Charles Becker today was sentenced to death in the electric > chair by Justice Goff in the supreme court, for the murder of Herman Rosen thal. The former police official took his sentence calmly'. Becker was convicted of Instigating the murder of the gambler informer on the night of October 24. Justice Goff set the week of Decem ber 9 for Becker's execution. He im mediately was ordered to the death house at Sing Sing. Mrs. Becker w’as in the court room when Justice Goff pronounced the death decree. Those sitting near her thought she would break down, but she bore up with wonderful fortitude. Denied Ten Days to Wind Up Affairs. Becker had just left his wife a few seconds before in the offices of Sheriff Harburger, where there was a pathetic scene. The condemned man gripped his wife in his powerful arms, and for a moment neither spoke. One hour after the sentence had been passed. Sheriff Harburger left with Becker for Sing Sing prison. Five dep uties accompanied the condemned man. Becker asked for ten days in which to wind up his affairs, but the sheriff refused to grant this. Attorney John W. Hart was present as the representative of Becker. Mr. Mclntyre was not present, having sent word that he was too ill to appear. Mr. Hart presented a motion for a new trial, but it was overruled by the justice. • Shows Traces of a Sleepless Night. Justice Goff entered the court room at 10:31 and Immediately Clerk Charles Penny called out: 'Charles Becker to the bar!” Although Becker was outwardly calm, he showed traces of a sleepless night. His eyes were inflamed, and he showed !■> was under high nervous tension. He held himself'as stiffly erect as though on parade when he stepped to the bar. Becker gazed steadily into the eyes of Justice Goff, never blinking nor drop ping his glance. The stillness of death prevailed. The ! orridors had been cleared and the ■rowd outside the court house was held at bay by a dozen policemen. "Have you anything to say why sen tence should not be pronounced?" asked Justice Goff. Attorney Blocks Attempt to Reply. Becker opened his lips to reply', when Attorney Hart leaped to his feet and addressed the court. He asked that sentence be deferred and made a mo tion for a new trial. The motion was overruled, and Justice Goff proceeded to impose sentence. It was a dramatic moment, and the tenseness of the situ ation gripped all alike. As the court finished the pronounce ment of the death sentence a deep sigh escaped Becker. Then he braced him self, squared his shoulders and once more looked the court squarely' in the eye. Sheriff Harburger then was given of ficial charge of the prisoner. As Beck er came in view of his wife he smiled, but she did not see him. She was holding a handkerchief before her eyes. The prisoner walked so rapidly through the corridor to the sheriff’s of fice that the deputy handcuffed to him could hardly keep up. It was reported that Becker had quarrelled with John F. Mclntyre, his lawyer in chief, and that Mclntyre had withdrawn from the case. Becker had insisted upon taking the witness stand in the trial for his life, and after his conviction persisted in giving Inter views to the newspapers despite the warnings of his lawyer. John W. Hart, Becker’s attorney' of record, was ex pected to take charge of the future affairs of the former police official. Chief interest centered in the sen tencing of Becker, but there were other developments commanding attention. The four gambler-informers, Jack Rose, Louis Webber, Harry Vallon and Sam Schepps, declared that they were no longer afraid of assassination when they get their liberty as they realize that a death blow has been struck the CHILDREN NEED CffIRETS WHEN CROSS,FEVERISH DR CONSTIPATED Any child will gladly take "Caacarets Candy Cathartic" which act gently —never gripe or produce the slightest uneasiness—though cleanses the little one's Constipated Bowels, sweetens the stomach and puts the liver In a healthy condition. Full directions tor children and grown-ups in each package. Mothers oan rest easy after giving 'his gentle, thorough laxative to children. *T ’i l X — - ' " 10 Cents. Never gripe or sicken. “CASCARETS WORK WHILE YOU SLEEP.” Neighbors Rescue 3 Families From Home Fired by Hungry Rats North Siders Flee Flames in Night Attire—Rodents Nib bling Matches Start Blaze. Flames roaring from the roof of the home of H. A. McCall, 128 East North avenue, awoke neighbors just in time for them to rouse and save three fami lies in the burning home early' today. All the occupants of the house were sleeping when the alarm was given. The McCall family was the first to be aroused, and not waiting to dress they joined the rescuers in saving the fam ilies of D. H. Camp and A. W. Thomp son. All escaped in their night attire. The fire is thought to have been caused by rats nibbling matches in a heap of rubbish on the second floor. PAIR SUSPECTEDOF SLAYING HEIRESS IN CHICAGO UNCAUGHT CHICAGO, Oct. 30.—Charles D. Con way and Beatrice* Ryall, sought by the police in connection with the death of Sophia G. Singer, wealthy Baltimon girl found slain in a rooming hous, were believed to be still hiding in Ch: cage today'. William R. Worthen. Miss Singer’.- fiance, held pending the police invest! gation. has aroused the suspicions of the officials. Captain Notbar, in charge of the case, said he had learned that Worthen had been engaged in the "wire tapping" game. While the police offi cial declared he believed Worthen in nocent of slaying Miss Singer, he said he believed the prisoner was withhold ing valuable information. Miss Singer's jewels, which are miss ing, are valued at $3,000. She drew SI,OOO from the bank before leaving Baltimore to come to Chicago. Jacob H. Fourner, of Chicago, a cousin of Sophia Singer, asserted today, that the slain girl was heir to part of the $50,000,000 estate of the Brocius family' in France. The estate long has been in litigation. The head of the Brocius family was the girl’s great grandfather. it is "asserted. Her uncle is George Brocius, of Baltimore, Four ner says. E V ANGELI ST 7 CALL ED TO BE STAR WITNESS IN ALIENATION CASE MONTGOMERY, ALA., Oct. 30. Rev. Bob Jones, the noted evangelist, who recently' conducted a big revival at Cartersville, Ga., has been summon ed by the plaintiff as a witness in the suit of I. E. Boyett against his father in-law, Richard Tillis, millionaire trac tion magnate. Boyette demands SIOO,- 000 for the alleged alienations of his wife’s affections. Mr. Jones, according to the plaintiff, will be called to testify as to certain alleged conversations with Tillis and Boyette, in which the name of P. J. Westhofen, recently mysteriously kill ed while auto riding with Mrs. Boyette is said to figure. Four letters in German scrip, writ ten by' Westhofen to his father in Ger many, will be offered in evidence by Boyette. The case is due for trial Fri day. LAMAR JONES. WELL- KNOWN ARCHITECT, DIES IN SANITARIUM Lamar Jones, one of the best known young architects in Atlanta, died at a private sanitarium last night at 11 o’clock after a lingering illness. Surviving Mr. Jones is his brother, Walter Jones, of Athens, Ga., and a sister, Miss Maude Jones, of High Shoals. The funeral will take place tomorrow morning at 11:30 o'clock in Patterson's chapel. Interment will be at Oakland. The pallbearers w ill be Dr. Frank Boll ing, Albert Collier, Joseph Hilsman, Charles Wright, James Morris and J. E. Hunnicutt. TELEGRAPHERS VOTE ON STRIKE. CHICAGO, Oct. 30. —A strike vote was started by telegraphers employed on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad today, following the refusal of the company to grant the men a wage increase of 10 per cent. “polioe system,” and that it no longer can Inflict punishment upon anyone w’ho attacks any’ of its members. The sentencing of Becker wiped out any lingering animosity which Mrs. Ro senthal, wife of the slain gambler, felt. "I am sincerely sorry' for Mrs. Beck er," declared the widow today. "I am not sure whether she wants my sym pathy, but nevertheless she has it. She is a brave woman, but she is blinded by her devotion to her husband. I pity her from the bottom of my heart. She is a loyal woman and a brave one.” THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1912. Former President’s Widow Won by Educator MR&_CLEVELAND TO WED A , wiiF/X\ //I vw > w /A 1 /si ' f #■» ’ Woi 11 -‘ \l I‘■- X ■ F»/ \\w> t i // iwv-? i MW Mrs. Grover Cleveland, who is engaged to wed Professor Thomas J. Preston, of Wells college. Announcement of Betrothal to Wells College Professor Is Made by Princeton Head. PRINCETON. N J., Oct. 30.—Mrs. Grover Cleveland has authorized the announcement of her engagement to Thomas Joseph Preston, professor of archaeology and history of arts at Wells college. The date of the mar riage is not yet determined. Mrs. Cleveland is a graduate of Wells college and has been a trustee of that institution since 1887. She married President Grover Cleve land in the executive mansion during his first administration. Her father. Oscar Folsom, was a law partner of Mr. Cleveland, who. upon Mr. Folsom's death In 1875, became Frances Folsom's guardian. After his retirement from the presi dency Mr. Cleveland made his perma nent home in Princeton and Mrs. Cleve land has continued to reside here since the former president died, in 1908. Her two daughters, Esther and Marion, and her son, Richard F„ are living with her here. The announcement of the engage ment was made by President John Grier Hibben, of Princeton university. Professor Preston is 50 years old and possesses a comfortable fortune. WINN WILL RETURN, BUT GO TO FLORIDA AT ONCE, SAYS SON Samuel Winn, the son of Mayor Courtland S. Winn, said today that his father would return to Atlanta next week but that members of his family would insist that Mayor Winn go im mediately to Florida for the winter. To a representative of The Georgian Mayor Winn stated, in Plainfield, N. J., today, that he would return to Atlanta within a few days to take up his duties of office. He said his illness had not been of a serious nature. Acting Mayor Candler said today that he had had no further direct message from Mayor Winn than the letter of Mrs. Winn stating that Mayor Winn would not be able to resume his du ties for several months. Acting Mayor Candler held a long conference with James G. Woodward, mayoralty nominee, today. They dis cussed city affairs only in a general way. DECATUR WANTS GAS SERVICE AND A NEW AVENUE TO ATLANTA Better road facilities into Atlanta and better gas service for the citizens of Decatur are being urged by the De catur Board of Trade, following a din ner at a meeting Tuesday night, and resolutions were passed asking that a committee be appointed to investigate the best methods of supplying the town with gas, and requesting the mayor to take immediate steps toward allowing work on the new road system to begin in Decatur. R. C. W. Ramspeck, secretary of the board, stated at the meeting that sev eral persons were interested in estab lishing a gas plant in Decatur, but feared the competition of a municipal plant. The resolution as passed re quests the mayor and council of the city to make an immediate appropria tion of sufficient money to fully inves tigate the subject and make a report to council. MADDOX APPEALS TO BANKERS TO AID DEMOCRATIC CAUSE Robert F. Maddox, recently appointed as vice president for Georgia of the National League of Business Men for Wilson and Marshall, sent today to the president of the Georgia Bankers as sociation. of which he is a former head, and directors of the 750 banks in Geor gia a letter urging that bankers join the organization at once. Those who are willing to act as members of the organization and as "advisers" of the administration in the event of the elec tion of the Democratic ticket will fill out blanks, sending $1 for each mem bership. The purpose of the league Is three fold: To unite the business men of the country, who shall make common cause with the consuming masses; to promote the election of Woodrow Wil son as the candidate of the hour, and to uphold the hands of the president elect In policies where he would doubt less be perplexed. Mr. Maddox declares that Georgia will poll a record vote, and that Governor Wilson will go into the presidency by’ the largest popular vote ever given a candidate. WIFE SLAYSHUSBAND WHO HAD LEFT HER AND KIDNAPED CHILD CHATTANOOGA, TENN., Oct. 30. Ernest Swafford, of Daisy, Tenn., was shot and killed by’ his wife late last night, according to a report received here today. He was slain after he had battered down the door of hfs home, shot his wife’s sister, and threatened to "clean out the whole family.” Swafford had been separated from his wife for some time, but last Sunday slipped into his former home and car ried off his child, which had been in the custody of the mother Yesterday Mrs. Swafford secured a peace war rant and legal papers to secure pos session of the infant. Swafford heard of this and late at night made his at tack, only to meet death at the hands of his wife, who peppered his body with a load from a shotgun. TO SERVE SENTENCE HERE. GREENVILLE, S. C„ Oct. 30.-’’Babe” Durham, a mountaineer, who took French leave of the United States court last week, while the jury was deliberating on his case, has been brought in from the mountains by his bondsmen, and Is now held at the county jail, awaiting orders to be taken to Atlanta to serve a year's sen tence for "moonhsfnlng ” AFTER GRIPPE OR PNEUMONIA the enfeebled system readily accepts any disease Nature’s resistant force is depleted and Scott's Emulsion is needed. Its highly concen trated nourishment is im mediately distributed to every organ. With Scott’s Emulsion nature repairs waste, con structs healthy tissue and active., life-sustaining blood Nothing squats Scott's Emulsion «r. conoatcsencs. »icott At Bownr Bloomfield, b j. 12-82 JUDGE HOPKINS, RAR DEAN, DEAD Venerable Jurist Passes Away After Years of Service to City and State. Judge John L. Hopkins, long known as dean of the Atlanta bar and one of the best known men in Georgia, died today, after an illness of several months that had taken a serious turn only two days ago. He breathed his last at 9:20 o'clock this morning in the Hopkins home, at ?8 Spruce street. The news was a shock to thousands. Judge Hopkins had been a foremost figure In legal cir cles for more than a generation and was recognized as an authority’ on va rious phases of court procedure Judge Hopkins was born near Madi sonville, Monroe county, Tennessee, on September 23, 1828. He spent his early youth on his father's farm. He was educated at the common schools and at Hiawassee college at Sweetwater. On leaving college he lead law in the office of his uncle in Madisonville, practiced there and got his early legal experience in Chattatiooga. He moved to Georgia during the Civil war and came to Atlanta in 1865, entered the practice of law here and soon became one of the city’s foremost attorneys. Contemporary with a circle of Geoigia's foremost lawyers anil jurists he was at once recognized as one of the leading figures at the At lanta bar. He gained recognition as a lawyer with such able practitioners as Robert Toombs, Hen Hill, Alex Ste phens. Hiram Warner. Joseph Lumpkin ami W. .1 Hammond. He was married in 1853 to Miss Eliz abeth Cooke in Madisonville twelve years before he became a resident of Atlanta. Airs. Hopkins died two y’ears ago. He was judge of the superior court from 1872 to 1878, winning a wide repu tatlon for ability and impartiality. Aft er that term he became senior mem ber of the law firm of Hopkins & Glenn, and later senior member of the firm of John L. Hopkins & Son. until the time of his death. Judge Hopkins was a member of the famous code commission w hich whipped tlie statutes of Georgia into recogniz able shape. The other two members were Judge .1. R. Lamar and General Clifford L. Anderson. In 1910 Judge Hopkins codified a section of the laws, his work being approved by the legis lature of 1911. Judge Hopkins was the author of "Hopkins on Personal Injuries.” He is survived by two sons. Linton C. and Charles T. Hopkins, who made the Hopkins law firm one of the best known in the state, and two daughters, Mrs. M. H. Howell and Miss Charlotte Hopkins. All the courts in Atlanta will be ad journed tomorrow for the funeral and the Atlanta Bar association, of which Judge Hopkins was the first president, met today to draw up resolutions ex tending sympathy to his family. Judge Bell adjourned his division of superior court this morning, and Judge Newman adjourned Federal court. Both Judge Bell and Judge Newman were close personal friends of the deceased. The funeral will be held from the residence, 28 Spruce street, tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’clock. The interment will be in Oakland cemetery. The fol lowing men will act as pallbearers: Judge George Hillyer, Judge George Bell, Judge Henry’ Lumpkin, Judge W. T. Newman, Alex B. King, Logan Bleckley, Judge John T. Pendleton and Sam M. Inman. MRS. L. L. UPSON OF ATHENS, GA. Has just won 11 prizes Georgia Poultry Show. Two White Orpington pens entered, both won places. Two Buff Cockerels entered, both won places. Won ribbons on Buff Pen, Buff Hen, Black Pullet, Black Hen, Fifth Hen, and First Prize on Black Cock. Stock and Eggs for sale. ORPINGTON GROVE 1124 Prince Avenue. ATHENS, GA. What of Your Circumstances! One, Three Or Five Years Hence TT is hard to realize what Macauley termed, “The present A value of a distant advantage.” This is evidenced in the way so many persons neglect to save money in days of prosperity to make provisions for future needs and opportunities. Your position five years hence, depends largely upon how yon take advantage of present opportunities and pre pare for future ones. BANK TRUST CORPORATION ASA G CANDLER PRESIDENT i CANDLER BUILDING | ‘ F'fANC.H •Mbir I’l ■ K ' fiH.s.H.rf-'STEfI fJ- Georgia Farmers Held For White Slavery of South Carolina Girls Burke Countians Arrested by Federal Officers on Com plaint of Girls’ Mother. AUGUSTA, GA., Oct. 30.—Two prom inent Burke county planters and an overseer for one of them were arrest ed today, charged with violating the Federal white slave law. Walter Rhodes, Clarence Rhodes and Walter Pounds, overseer for the former, are charged with holding in captivity’ Lula Addison, married, 21 years of age; her 19-year-old sister, Susie James, and Ola Frasier, aged 20. The girls live in Bath, S. C. About a month ago the Rhodes brothers nnd Pounds are said to have induced them to go on an automobile ride. They are said to have brought them to Georgia, where they have been kept on the Burke county plantation. The girls say the men threatened to kill them if they attempted to escape. A letter to the mother of Mrs. Addison and Susie James revealed their whereabouts, and Federal officers were put on the case. The men were taken to Macon for a preliminary hearing. GULF DEPARTMENT ADJUTANT LEAVES FOR EASTERN POST Colonel S. W. Dunning, adjutant gen eral of the Department of tile Gulf, left Atlanta today for New York, where he will be in charge of the military affairs of the Eastern division, which Includes all the territory from New York down the Atlantic coast and embraces Geor gia. He will be succeeded in a few days by Colonel Charles H. Barth, who is on his way from his post with the Twelfth infantry, at Presidio Monterey’, Cal. Leutenant Colonel Dunning is slated for promotion to a full colonelcy, it is reported, and his promotion to the Gov ernors Island jpost is believed to be a first step for him. Mrs. Dunning, who has been in Europe for some time, will Join him in New York soon. Colonel Barth, who comes to join the army coterie here, will bring Mrs. Barth and their two children with him. He Is known personally to General R. K. Evans, commander of the depart ment. who spoke highly of him today. TEDDY ARRANGES TO PREVENT FRAUDS IN NEW YORK ELECTION OYSTER BAY, N. Y.. Oct. 30.—Ar rangements were ordered today by Colonel Theodore Roosevelt to prevent election frauds in New York county on election day. Detective William J Burns, who was Mr. Roosevelt’s lunch eon guest, was engaged to take charge of a sound of a thousand or more de tectives who will be detailed to all parts of New York county, watching for frauds. The ex-president also has en gaged William Travers Jerome, former district attorney, who in turn has en listed the services of a score of attor neys to prosecute any’ violators of the election laws. The colonel, greatly Improved in healtfi, leaves late this afternoon for New York. He will make an address tonight in Madison Square Garden. It will be the first speech since the at tempted assassination, more than two weeks ago, and may be his final speech In this campaign, unless he bears up well. SEEKS WE RE OMIT FOR RICHES Though She Has Been Rewed and Divorced Since Then, He Still Loves Her. Kept four years from the woman he loves and had made his wife, by his father’s threat of disinheritance, Ed ward B. Wardlaw’, of 318 Main street. Chattanooga, has called on the Atlanta police to find his sweetheart, though he knows that stress of circumstances compelled her to wed another man two years ago. Word has reached Wardlaw that she has obtained a second divorce, and lie now wants to make her his wife again. In his letter to Chief of Detectives Lanford. the Chattanooga man recites that he met and married Myrtle Smith in the Tennessee city’ some four y’ears ago. He had failed to consult his fa ther, a man of means, before taking the step. Quits Wife For Fort une. The parental ire descended on the young pair. Wardlaw was told that if he did not leave the woman he had made his life mate, another would be given the Inheritance on xvhich he was depending when he stood at the altar. Wardlaw was practically penniless. Ills wife was in no better finances. Though they loved each other devoted ly, he says, they’ realized that they had to face a practical problem. They finally entered a tacit agree ment to apply for divorce, but to re main faithful to each other through the years until the father had relented or had died and the Inheritance was young Wardlaw's. The decree was obtained, and Mrs Wardlaw came to Atlanta to earn a livelihood. Though separated by law, the pair continued to correspond. Finally Wardlaw received an appeal ing message. The girl assured him of her constancy, but declared she had been ill in an Atlanta hospital and was then unable to work. To keep from: starving she must wed, unless Wardlawl could aid her. He could not. and later! the news was brought him that she had' married in Tampa, Fla. Rich Again, Wants Her. Months passed before he heard from her again. The next letter told him i that her second husband had mistreat-j ed her and that she had left him and had applied for a divorce, and had re ceived assurance that it would be granted. She expressed her intention of moving to Atlanta. Wardlaw, In the meantime, had re ceived his inheritance. Nothing stood in his path to happiness. He wrot® his former wife, proposing a second mar riage. No answer was received. He wafted and waited. Finally, fearing for her safety, he decided to call on the po- . lice. Today’s letter to Chief Lanford was the result. 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