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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
HAITI DISASTER
RESULT Of PLOT.
-Four Hundred Are Killed or
Wounded Besides President
LeConte in Explosion.

PORT AU PRINCE. HAITI Aug g
Haitien soldiers today began making
arrests of men suspected of participa-
ton in the blowing up of the national
palace yesterday, which resulted in the
death of President Leconte and the an
initiation and wounding of probably 400
other persons. mostly Haiten soldiers,
General Tancrede 'Auguste. who was
appointed acting president by the ma
tional assembly to succeed Leconte, viz
tually placed the city under martial
law today, and issued a manifesto say
ing that a rigid investigation of the out
rage would be made. While soldiers
patrolled the streets others were at
work clearing away the wreckage of
the palace which was burned after the
explosions had set if on fire.
Although Leconte had been in office
less than year, there We're rumors of
conspiracy against him at the time of
his death. That was the reason Lee
conte had insisted on maintaining a
powder magazine and arsenal in his
palace. and why he kept hundreds of
ture or in the immediate neighbOrhood.
The palace. huge frame building re-
sembling an American summer resort
hotel. rather than the official residence
of the head of a republic caught fire
from an explosion in the magazine.
which was Immediately underneath Lee
conte's chamber, and was soon envel-
oped in flames.
The first explosion occurred at a. m.
yesterday. and was followed quickly by
fire The flames ignited charges In the
cannon and small arms, and in short
time there was a cannonading.
Following the arrest OF a negro pol
itician today who is reported to have
had dealings with the neighboring re
public Of Santo Domingo. it was re-
ported that grounds had been found to
warrant that Dominican officials were
interested in the plot.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09

Forty ninth street and Third avenue
after the shooting and that they left
YOUR car there Weren't you lying?
Didn't you take those men uptown"
Yes" said Shapiro, glancing nerv-
ouslv about Whitley" Lewis and "Da-
go Frank" Cirocci were in the room and
looking at him. Whitley" was boring
into Shapiro's soul with his little sharp
eyes. "Dago Frank was watching the
chauffeur from under dropping eyeltds.
Both hung on his answer
is that one of the men you drove
from the Metropole after the MURDER
the attorney asked. pointing to "Dago
Frank" Shapiro let his eyes rest upon
his fellow prisoner for only a second.
He put his hand to his face and shook
his head.
no. l didn't see them good" he re-
pile j.
rs that one of the men you drove
that right?" asked Mr.. Whitman, point
ing to Whitley" Lewis. Shapiro seem
ed struck with a spasm of fear.
II didn't see EN- Honest, Mr. Whit
man, I didn't see em good" was the
terrified response.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09

volvers, except at odd times when the
police make a raid" on the club. The
raid is the usual fruitless one, with an
charge of all the prisoners on account
of insufficient evidence.
Harry Horowitz, called "Gyp the
Blood" who is wanted as a participant
in the Rosenthal murder, is the leader
Of a band Of young outlaws who have
terrorized Harlem in the neighborhood
Of Lenox avenue and 116th street for
many years. They have openly defed
the honest policemen. insulted women
and young girls with impunity at
tackled aged men and robbed them, SAL
lied downtown into the homes of un-
protected women and robbed them. shot
up gambling rooms and kept the whole
neighborhood in turmoil. They have
bullied and browbeaten the policeman
honestly trying to do his duty by
threate to write to Commissioner
Waldo and complain or frame up
charges against the patrolman that will
make trouble.
Horowitz Outlaw Leader.
Horowitz himself is a tall lanky,
yellow faced youth, with a stoop and a
cringing way that certainly would not
mark him as very bad man where real
men figure. In spite of all his bravado,
he has gone to the captain Of the dis
trict crying Ike a baby because he
feared the police suspected him OF a
,,vh, rti ia RI at
cious crime did point to him he found
influence to reach the system" and he
was not punished.
He was born in 115th street and
reared in the district where his gun
men make their headquarters. He re-
cruitd his bandits from the neighbor-
hood and from every other section of
the city that would turn out possible
good men for business He aggrieved
many a Harlem family by drawing into
his element a young son who had
given promise of amounting to some
thing.
The temper of the gunner and their
fear of their fellow gangsters was
never more strikingly shown than when
William Shapiro, driver of the noted
gray automobile used by the slayers Of
Herman Rosenthal, was brought into
Coroner Feinberg's court and put under
a fire of merciless questioning in the
presence of "Whitey" Lewis and Frank
Cirocci two of the men under susp-
cion. It was not the law that Shapiro
feared-Eot the blue coated men who
I,,. 70, 10 Il
cred and turned pale under the gaze Of
the other prisoners, for he feared that
he would be forced to tell the truth and
his old pals would get" him as they
got that other who "squealed." Herman
Rosenthal the gambler.
Quailed Under Ganemen's Gaze.
Now, shapiro" said the coroner
you know you have been lying to me
in saying that you drove those men to
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
MEDITERRANEAN FLY
QUARANTINE FOR THE
ATLANTIC COAST ONLY

WASHINGTON, Aug s.-The house
late yesterday unanimously adopted the
conference report on the agricultural
appropriation bill. thereby concluding
action. on another of the national sup
ply measures.
The conferees struck out provision
limiting the quarantine against the
Mediterranean fly so that it would ap-
plv only to the Atlantic coast. This is
the second change which has been
made in the bill with regard to the
Mediterranean fly, the original provi-
sion being that protection against the
pest should not apply to the Atlantic
sea board.
The conference report on the agri-
cultural appropriation bill already has
passed the house.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
AS FOOD
SUBSTITUTE! OH, J0Y!!

PARIS, Aug. s,-Hunger Is to be
abolished shortly by electricity, &C
cording to prophecy by Professor Ber-
goni, who explained his method to the
Congress for the Advancement of Sci
ence, now in session at Mines. Bergoni
recalled the experiments of Professor
Berthelot, who claimed that within
generation beefsteaks and other foods
would be replaced by small pills con-
tanning the chemical constituents. Ber-
goni added that what chemistry had
not yet accomplished electricity viii
achieve through treatment with high
frequency currents.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
DAMSEL IN DRY BATHING
SUIT ANN0YS THIS JUDGE

NEW YORK, Aug. s.-Miss Mabel
Bennett. nineteen years old, fair OF
face, round of limb and scanty Of bath
ing suit, suddenly appeared before
Judge Decker at Croton Point Beach
The judge elbowed his way through the
crowd which surrounded Miss Bennett
and her dry bathing suit. You go
home and put your clothes on" he
said Miss Bennett disappeared-fo
minute. Then the judge saw another
crowd also around the bathing suit
with Miss Bennett inside When the
judge threatened to lock her up she
departed.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
SAYS SHE WAS IN HEAVEN:
GIRL ASLEEP FIVE DAYS

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 9.-After be-
ing asleep five days, Miss Lulu Mae
Satterlee. 20 years old. daughter of
Rev J. H. Satterlee, Baptist minis
ter. awoke in her home at Chunky,
Miss, and declared she had been in
heaven.
Many friends were assembled about
her bed before she began recital of
her visions. Miss Satterlee said she had
conversed with St Peter and with the
spirit of Henry Ward Beecher and 9TH
erS
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09

profession, and 1t is known that in at
least one case a gunman killed a man
in cold blood on the upper East Side for
as little as $40, and that others have
received as high as $500 and $1,000 for
experimenting the Staying, with a cor
responding amount for others that as
sisted.
Gangs Used to Win Elections.
Every election brings out the power
of the system" A leader finds that
he is in danger Of losing his district
through the vigorous campaign of his
rival. He and his henchmen then go
to the gunner or repeaters, give the
word and the man is elected, even If
murder is committed. The repeaters
are unmolested because word has come
through the police captains that the
bands helped the leader, and they know
that before long tribute and political
favors will be forthcoming.
one of the most powerful bands of
murderous hoodlums who work like
wolves-bravely when in large num-
bers--ls the nondescript following
called the Gophers. Their bailiwick
stretches all along the western side
of the city from Greenwich village to
Fifty ninth street They number in
all about 800 men, ranging in age from
16 to 40, and large is the list of crimes
they have committed. Murder is no
more than a pastime. and felonious as
saults, robberies and destruction of
business when it will benefit some one
in the band are mere incidentals to
their existence.
They will murder for money and
trust to their influence with the poll
ticians to square" the whole thing
through the system They will muir
derously assault any man who crosses
their path at a tangent to their own
smooth way of doing business Several
of the most atrocious murders ever
committed in this city are charged to
them, and yet the guilty men walk
away, brush the dirt off their clothes
and get ready for the next event. Many
of their members are policemen.
Don't Look Like Bad Men.
One of the best and most forcible il
lustra tiOns of how the gunner have
worked into the good graces of the po-
lice within the last two years Is given
every day in Seventh avenue, where
the Paul Kelly band make their head
quarters. A more thriving, more pros
porous looking set of men of their call
ing could not be found anywhere in the
city. and any day, every day, afternoon
or night, several of them may be seen
standing in front Of their club house
which is almost as pretentious as that
of the Sam Paul association.
They do not look like the murderous
type one might expect. but in well
made clothes. clean shaver faces and
good shoes they could pass easily for
persons living at the high-Class hotels
near by. Their members come and go
as they please, reyolvers or no re-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
MACON BUSINESS MEN TO
URGE ROAD IMPROVEMENT

MACON, GA. Aug. 9.-The project of
good roads. or at least, better roads. for
this part of the state will be taken up
this afternoon al a mass meeting of Ma
con citizens called by the chamber of
commerce 1t is proposed to raise funds
for the improvement of the highways be-
tween Crawford county towns and Macon
and between Macon and Milledgeville, via
Grays and Haddocks. 1t is believed that
more than $4,000 will be raised for this
purpose.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
PERFECT? $4,000 FOR YOU
IN SWITZERLAND, GIRLS

GENEVA. Aug. 9.-Two thousand
dollars is to be given annually as
prize to the most nearly perfect girl,
physically and mentally. in Savoy. This
is a provision in the will of NJ Garrett,
wealthy and eccentric ex- deputy Of
Chamberley, who retired from politics
several years ago and has since lived
in the Alpine grotte. Savoy. He left
his entire fortune to the town of Sa-
voy on the condition that the above
provision be complied with.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
PITTSBURGER NAMED
PRESIDENT OF EAGLES
AT CLEVELAND MEET

CLEVELAND, Aug. 9--William ].
Brennan, Of Pittsburg, was elected
president Of the Order of Eagles at
their convention here today.
Other officials elected were: Worthy
vice president, w. T. Cogan, of Gin
cinnati worthy secretary, J. s, Par
ry, San Francisco; worthy treasurer,
Fred Hughes, Yonkers. n. Y; chaplain,
Re w. Fuller Richmond, Va; conduc-
tor, T. p Gleason, Minneapolis trus-
tees. c. H. Mann, Kansas City; James
f. Kelly, Cleveland; Fred Naeve, Da-
venport, Iowa, and John BOIL, New
Haven, Conn.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
LAMB BRINGS RALEIGH
RAILR0ADER TO A., B. & A.

RALEIGH, y. c., Aug. 9.--DiXOn V.
Conn, general agent of the Norfolk
Southern railroad, with headquarters
here has resigned and will soon leave
Raleigh to accept a position with the
Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic, Of
which F. T. Lamb, former head of the
Norfolk Southern, was recently elected
president.
MT Conn is native of Raleigh and
has served the Norfolk and Southern
as general agent for several years He
will be succeeded by Charles V Up
church. his chief clerk
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
BECKER WEEPS IN
CELL; IS NEAR
COLLAPSE
Overtures for Immunity for
Confession Said to Have
Been Refused.

NEW YORK, Aug. s.-Chief in
terest today in the police graft
scandal conferred upon the condi
tion of Lieutenant Charles A. Becker
the police official under indictmtnt for
Rosenthal's murder. According to some
reports. Becker is on the verge of coll
lapse In the Tombs and Is ready to
make complete confession of the con-
nection between the police system"
and the under world.
In support Of the reports that Beck
el Is weakening is a report that John
r. Mcintyre, chief counsel for the ac-
cused official, called upon District At
torney Whitman and made overtures to
ascertain if Becker could get a sentence
OF less degree for telling all he knew of
the police connection with the crime.
Upon McIntyre's return to the Tombs
II was said that Becker collapsed and
Wept bitterly.
This was taken to indicate that
Becker had received an unfavora BILE
answer to any message which he may
have conveyed to the district attorney
through his lawyer.
Nothing to Confess" Says Becker.
Lieutenant Becker was seen in his
cell by newspaper men to whom he
said that ne had nothing to confess.
want to be understood once and
for all that I have no confession to
make for the simple rea son that | have
nothing to confess" said Becker That
will be proven clearly and to the salts
faction of all at the proper time when l
have my day in court"
Bald Jack" Rose has astonished
even the district attorney by his reve-
lations Of huge profits Becker is alleged
TO have received in tribute 1t is said
that Becker deposited $4,000 through
his wife in a single month and during
the same period banked $4,000 in his
own name.
II was said at the criminal courts
building today that not only had Beck
er banked $4,000 in one month. but
that in a period of three months he had
put away sums estimated at between
5000 600 and $500, 900.
These sums are said to have beer
IHt away HI i've New lOIh SdNliS"
banks and in banks In Rochester, Phil
adelphia and cities in New Jersey. AS
sistant District Attorney Rubin is said
to have found that Becker had banked
money in Rochester.
Collected $4,000 in Single Month.
Jack Rose is said TO have told the
district attorney that he personally
collected $4,000 from gambling house
operators for Becker IN & single month.
When the grand jury convenes next
Tuesday it is expected that seven in
dictments will be voted
But the police are uot combining
themselves exclusively to this section.
Police posters containing pictures and
descriptions of the three men are being
mailed to all sections of the country.
A shakeup Of the New York
police force, beginning at the
top and extending all the way
down the line. is imminent as a result
of the graft exposures following the as
sassination of the gambler, Herman
Rosenthal, according to insistent re-
ports in political circles and about po-
lice headquarters today. A prominent
Tammany Hall politician is quoted as
saying that Police Commissioner Wal
dos days of officialdom are numbered,
and that New York would have new
commissioner within three weeks"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
TAFT SHOULD WIN, SAYS
HILLES, FOR FEARLESS
FIGHT AGAINST TRUSTS
ANNOUNCEMENT

During the presidential cam
paign The Georgian will print the
most accurate, interesting and au- .
thoritative views of three poIti-
. cal parties that can be obtained
CHARLES o. HlLLES, former .
private secretary to President .
Taft and the chairman of the Re- >
publican national committee, will >
write for The Georgian a daily =
news article from the Republican .
point of view. His first article =
is published today.
ALFRED HENRY LEWIS will
write, beginning next week, arti- .
cIes from the Roosevelt and the .
National Progressive party's point
of view.
These able writer's will present
the news, arguments and facts =
from their own party standpoint.
. and will freely criticise and an. e
. swer the opposing parties and .
candidates.
. The Georgian will support vii.
son.
ssssssssssssssoessssssesss
junction asked for by Mr.. Tafts direc-
ton
Cites Far Reaching Results.
The results of President Taft's fear
less enforcement of the anti trust la
have been far ching. Not alone tee
trusts which he has prosecuted. but
those which deserved to be prosecuted
have been halted in their Illegal pur-
suits, and the managers of big busins $
are proceeding today with the utmost
caution lest they come within the pale
of the law. They would not do so if
there were "a practical man" in The
white house. They would not have to.
Then they could gain a promise of I'M
munity from prosecution could thev
but deceive such a man into believing
that the absorption of their rivals VIZ 8
for the general good.
Those who want "a practical man 4"
one with whom they can do business
one who will exercise his own good
judgment and decide for himself which
are good trusts" and which are bad
which should be permitted TO violate
the law, know they can neither deceive
nor corrupt Mr.. Taft.
Some Of the men no would perpetu-
ate their monopolies and disregard the
law undertook prior to the Chicago
convention the task of discrediting in
the eyes of the American people the
man who, by his fearless enforcement
Of the law, had won their fear and
their hatred, but the American people
were not deceived, nor will they be in
this great fight, They will stand by
the man who has stood by them and
who has enforced their laws without
fear and without favor. 1t is my con-
fidence in the intelligence of the Amer
lean people which leads me to declare
that President Taft's infexible enforce
ment of the anti trust law has been one
of the most forceful features of his ad-
ministration and to believe that be-
cause he has enforced that law he will
be reelected to continue its undeviat-
ing enforcement
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
SHERIFF GOES INSANE
FEARING HE Is CRUEL

NEENAH, WIS, Aug 9.-Constant
fear that he was too severe with pris
oners caused John Vilwock, sheriff of
Winnebago county, to go insane. He is
now in an asylum and while being
taken there nearly escaped from
moving train.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
HOBBLE SKIRTS WINNERS
AT CARNIVAL FOR CHURCH

ST. LOUIS. MO, Aug. 9.-Insurgents
triumphed when the women of the Ro-
man Catholic parish Of the Holy Rosary
were permitted to dress as they pleased
at the eucher and carnival on the
church grounds. The men Of the eX-
ecutive committee agreed on a ruling
that no "hobble" skirts should be al
lowed at the entertainment. The wom-
en- rebelled.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
Many Policemen Members of
Desperate Bands or Entirely
Under Their Power.

NEW YORK, Aug. 9.--You can have
your enemy killed for $40, if you hire
a New York gunman, That's the low
est price, and it ranges up to $500. in
the schedule of crime brought out since
the Rosenthal murder has turned the
searchlight on the "Apaches of New
York" The system by which police
officers and the gangmen carry out
their work, the remuneration and pro-
lection, the plotting and execution have
all been shown. No dime novel author
would have dared to weave such plot
and expect even youthful readers to be-
leve It.
There are many gangs on the East
Side, sometimes. enemies, sometimes
working for a common end; but they
live by crime and their livelihood is
made possible by the protection given
them by the police. They pay the debt
by crooked politics, repeating in cleo
tons, frightening away honest voters
swinging precincts for ward leaders.
The system has strange ramifica-
tons. A clew found in the crookedest
alley of the East Side, if followed
through blind twists and turns, will
lead up to a man high in the counsels
of the police department.
Policemen and Gangs.
How the gunner of New York have
become a powerful adjunct OF the gam
blers who are in league with the police
system was revealed by the Rosenthal
murder. How some of the policemen
whom Commissioner Waldo Is daily de-
Tending in statements have not only
developed the gunner, but assisted in
organizing them into murderous bands,
is story that will amaze the reader
The Rosenthal murder has shown
that nothing is too small and no crime
too great to stand in the way of the
system Murder is ordered, or
bought and paid for, as any commod-
ity, whenever it is necessary, and the
murderers are taken care Of by certain
corrupt political leaders and police Of
icals in the district until they are
needed again. To the credit OF the
politicians and the police it must be
said that the number who would con-
done a murder is very small.
A fair estimate of the union rates
charged by the gunner OF New York
for executing the orders of their EN-
ployers follows:
Slash on the cheek Gas a favor), up
to O.. $40
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
JINGLE COLLECTOR AT NArcHEz

WASHINGTON. Aug. 9.-The presi-
dent nominated Cyrus G. Ingle, of Mis-
sissippi. to be collector Of customs at
NatcheZ, Miss.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
Mrs. Carrie Landmon.

The body of Mrs. Carrie Landmon, who
died at 433 Fraser street, late yesterday
was taken TO Dallas. Ga, today for fu-
neral and interment. Her death came
after a short illness. Her Atlanta rela
lives are Mrs. Mollie Landmon. J. B. and
George Landmon, Mrs ". B. Irby.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Lizzie Ruth Astin.

The funeral of Lizzie Ruth Astin. little
daughter of w. r. Astn, who died at
Zen Hin late yesterday, was held at the
residence this afternoon. lnterment was
in Wesley chapel
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-13
SEEK MAID IN
PEARL THEFT

Because j $1,000 pearl necklace mys-
teriously disappeared from the home
of former Judge Gottfried Kruger u
maid is being sought in New York
State by Plainclothesman kaas, and
Andrew L. Bruce, a negro butler. is
under arrest charged with stealing a
diamond stickpin.
Bruce was held in 1,500 bail by Judge
Herr in the Fourth Precinct Police
Court today. The diamond pin, which
belongs to Mrs. lnglis M. Uppercu,
daughter of Judge Kruger, was
found in the possession of Bruce
when the police were searching for
the necklace.
While an automobile was waiting
for Mr.. and Mrs. Kruger Tuesday
to take them to the dock Mrs. kruc-
ger laid her necklace on dressing
table for ii few minutes and left the
room.
The string of pearls had disap
peared when she returned. The pd-
Ice were notified and Mr. and Mrs.
Kruger sailed for Europe.
Then a maid who had been en-
ployed in the household vanished.
Bruce WIS arrested, charged with
stealing the pin found in his posses
sion.
Judge Herr remarked, in fixing bail,
that the buffers bail might be in
creased in Il few days.