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Smyrna times., 1912-08-21
TAKING A CAMERA ABROAD.
A Source of Pleasure That May Win
Fine and Imprisonment.

II the American tourist carries his
camera to Europe with him he must
be careful to avoid photographing per-
IONS, private property and particular
" government buildings, forts, docks
and ships without permission. Many
tourists have got themselves into
much trouble in this way, especially
In Russia. where the restrictions are
unusually rigid. and in Germany also.
a few years ago Germany passed a
special bill through the reichstag deal
ing with this matter and imposing
heavy penalties upon those who in
fringe the regulations. Damages to
the amount of $500, with a fine of
$3.50 or two months Imprisonment,
will be the fate OF any one who snap
shots a private person, work of art
or the interior of a private building
and circulates or publishes the picture
without permission.
Persons in the public eye. such as
members of the royal family, states
men. actors and we'll known divines
are excepted, says a writer in Country
Life In America So. too. are public
buildings and works of art in public
galleries.
In Italy the camera Of the tourist is
made a means of providing revenue
for that somewhat impoverished coun-
try. If you carry your camera when
on a visit to Pompeii or others Of the
recently excavated ruins you may take
as many photographs as you please
but you are forced to pay a small fee
for each plate exposed.
Smyrna times., 1912-08-21
HAS MECHANICAL SPANKER
Fined After Quarrel over How Son
Shall Be Punished.

Because his wife objected to hiS
using mechanical device. invented
by him at the University of Illinois,
for furnishing their child, Professor
Duff Andrew Abrams, Of Campaign
ILL.,, beat her, and she had him ar
rested. He pleaded guilty, waving
jury and paid a fine of $3.50.
Abrams is associate professor In the
engineering experiment station in ap
piled and theoretical mechanics. He
applied his theoretical mechanics to
the erection of a spanking machine
for the chastisement of children with.
out the usual manual labor When he
tried to demonstrate the practicability
of the device on his little son the
mother objected
A quarrel ensued. NeighbOrs in
terfered, saving the child from a
spanking and allowing the mother to
escape.
The device that caused the trouble
weighs about twenty pounds, is con
structed of aluminium and bamboo
and the 'spankers" are padded so as
to punish but not injure the patient.
"The patient" is bent over a rod
and a wheel, operated against cogs
connects a crank run by a belt de
vice. The "spanker" makes abou
| thirty-five spanks a minute.
Smyrna times., 1912-08-21
PENSIONS TO BE PAID
The President Signs Appropriation
Bill For S160,0CO 900.


Bill For S160,0CO,000.
President Taft's first official act
was to sign the $16O,OOO,OOO pension
appropriation bill.
The pension Office was Immediately
notified, and telegraph orders were
sent to the eighteen outlying agencies
to start payment at once of the money
so long held up by the delay in con-
gress. Every pensioner in the United
States will be paid by Tuesday at
the latest.
Paymaster General Smith, of the
army, authorized payment to enlist
men Of the regular army for the
month of July, leaving the June pay to
be paid later on. The officers have
already received their pay for June
The pay of the regulars has been held
up in the general deficiency bill.
Smyrna times., 1912-08-21
BOWMAN CLINCS
!. TO HIS SEAT
Obtains POStpOnement Of Con-
test Hearing
GETS A SEVERE SCORING
Trial of Congressman Accused OF
Corruption Is Delayed Until oeeem-
Der.

NOIIuPhtOH 70 NS'@JSS ''
ber
After undergoing a severe lam
basting at the hands of Representa-
tive Ansberry, of Ohio, chairman or
the selections committee No. /, Rep
resentative C. c. Bowman, of the
Eleventh Pennsylvania district, sue
ceeded in getting the house to post
pone consideration Of the contest for
his seat brought against him by
George r. Mclean, who was Bow
mans Democratic opponent in the
congressional election of 1910.
1t was the arrangement to take up
the BOwman-McLean contest in the
house, the majority of elections COM
mittee No. 1 having reported that
Bowman's title was besmirched by
corruption and intimidation, and that
his seat should be declared vacant.
But the Democratic leaders discOv-
cred that Bowman had induced the
Republicans to organize a filibuster
against the passage of the redrafted
legislative appropriation bill in order
to prevent action on the contested
election case. To avoid the threaten
ed delay in passing the appropriation
bill the Democrats had agreed to put
the election case over to the Decem-
Der session, provided the cOnteste0
himself would ask for postponement.
When the election case was called
10 oil
but unfortunately for him, in stating
his reasons, he included the alleged
illness of Chairman Ansberry of the
committee as one of them. Mr. Ans
berry didn't like this, and taking the
floor he declared he was ready and
ter how many days 1t might take to
dispose of it. He went on to say that
he was willing, however, that the case
should be postponed If Bowman was
willing to rest for months under the
grave charges made against him in
the report of the committee and seek
reelection to congress under such
conditions.
Then Mr.. Ansberry proceeded TO
read from the testimony tending to
show that Bowman and his agents had
been guilty of intimidating voters and
of conniving at the illegal voting OF
unnaturalized aliens.
If Bowman was willing to rest un
der these charges until next Decem
ber and go through a campaign with
them hanging over him, Mr.. Ansberry
said he would not object to the post
ponement. Finally it was agreed that
the case should go over until next ses
sion.
BY this arrangement Bowman will
remain on the payroll for three oi
four months longer, which no doub
had a good deal to do with his anx
iety for pOstpOnement.
Smyrna times., 1912-08-21

In these days of high cost of liv-
ing, a medicine that gets man up
out of bed and able to work in a
few days is a valuable and welcome
remedy. John Heth. Michigan Bar,
CAL, had kidney and bIader trouble,
was confined to his bed unable to
turn without help. 81 commenced
using Foley Kidey Pills and can
truly say was relieved at once. Z"
His example is worth following.
For sale by all druggists.
Smyrna times., 1912-08-21
A Good Excuse.

Ethel has taken a great dislike to
rice, and lately her mother has not Of
fered it to her. The other morning
she asked what Ethel would like for
breakfast
"Oh, give me some rice so as l can
fuss about it." was her reply.-New
York Times.
Smyrna times., 1912-08-21
sIast Hits FIiers' Watcher.

Going to a hill above a stone
quarry at Altoona, Pa, to watch
Lincoln Beachey and Charles Walsh
flying, Fred E. Llmbert. aged twenty
six, became so interested that he for
got his own danger. and was struck
in the back by stone thrown by a
blast, and 50 seriously injured that
he may die.
Smyrna times., 1912-08-21
Bees Clog Motor; Man Badly stung

Bees Clog Motor; Man Badly Stung.
L. N. Dunn, superintendent of a car
fridge company, at Kings Mills, o., lies
unconscious and in a critical condition
as a result of attack by a swarm Of
bees. Dunn attempted to start motor
which had baked and found that a
swarm of bees had clogged it. Before
workmen could rescue him from the
infuriated bees, he was unconscious
Physicians say he cannot recover.
Smyrna times., 1912-08-21
GENERAL BOOIH BETTER
Head of Salvation Army Shows Slight
Improvement.

General William Booth, founder of
the Salvation Army, who is seriously
i'll in London, passed more comfort
able night than usual, and his physi-
clan issued a statement saying that
the aged patients general condition
showed slight Improvement.
This news was flashed to thousands
Of inquirers in many cities. While
General Booths heart action has been
slightly impaired, he lapsed into per
tods of unconsciousness which caused
much alarm.
Smyrna times., 1912-08-21
Tn. One Perfect Bow.

"I never heard Of but one perfect
hey" said Johnny pensively as he sat
In the corner doing penance.
"And who was that?" asked mamma
"Papa-when he was little," was tn
answer. Then silence reigned for the
space OF Eve MISUNDERSTANDING.
Smyrna times., 1912-08-21

United States District Court In PhiIa-
delphia Will Hear Suit to Dissolve
the so-calIed $too,oOo,OOo Moving
Picture Trust.
Smyrna times., 1912-08-21
Presldent Eax 10 Reslan.

Thornwell Fay. president Of the
Southern Pacific lines in Louisiana
and Texas, announced that he would
resign permanently from railroad SER
vice on Sept 1.
Smyrna times., 1912-08-21
Riaamlst,s Year h jail.

Confronted with two wives. Victor
Hartman pleaded guilty to bigamy in
Lancaster, Pa. and the court SEN
fenced him to the county prison at
hard labor for one year.
Smyrna times., 1912-08-21

Wounds Cop, Kills Wife, Ends Life.
Resisting arrest, Joseph Splitter,
twenty-five years old, Of Paducah,
KY. killed his young wife, and
then committed suicide at his home
near Psducah.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-03

the crooks sefulness-potentlal or nm
mediate-to the system" He must not
fail in his duty to the system while he
is out on bail, and even after his case
has been dismissed, he is marked as
being under obligation 1t is easy to
get" him if he rebels-and it strikes
greater terror in the underworld to
send a man to Sing Sing for something
he did not do than for something he
did.
Previous dispatches to The Georgian
referred to a quarrel of Chick Thicker
and Zelig over the affections of Won
der" Murphy Zelig was preying. with
out letters of marque, on the sinister
traffic of Chinatown and the East Side.
and that he was. therefore, one too
many in a district that was framed by
Jack Sirrocco, Chick Thicker and jim
my Kelly.
Row Starts at Coney Island.
One night not long ago Zelig and
several of his henchmen went to COney
Island and sought diversion and re-
freshmen at music hall There one
of the singers accused a henChman of
Zelig's of robbing him on a previous
occa sion, and Zelig broke a glass in his
face. The party returned to New York.
This incident has no bearing on sub
sequent events save as it famed the
war lust in Zelig's bosom. He ordered
the auto to drive past a saloon where
Chick Thicker rested from his labors,
and he and his friends emptied their
revolvers in at the door. This was no
very knightly feat and Zelig was ar
rested on a charge of carrying con-
cealed weapons. There is no sympathy
for a gang leader who shoots and fees
like Chinaman. He must stand and
aim. He was arrested by two of Beck
er's aids.
Zelig faced a term of seven years in
Sing Sing. but he was released on bail.
The other leaders whose activities he
had attempted to curtail decided that
he would be better off in the grave
than in Sing Sing. He would be much
better off in the grave than loose around
Chinatown under indictment with
Beckers aids as compliments
So one Torti was assigned to kill
him. He did his best He waylaid
Zelig in broad daylight in front of the
Criminal Courts building. just as he
was leaving after pleading to the in
dictment, and shot him through the
head. But the bullet went an eighth
of an inch astray and the head-h hard
ened gangster was merely discommod-
ed for a few days, Tort is serving ten
years.
SO Zelig was loose under indictment,
and this was the situation when gun
men were needed to bump Off Ro-
senthaLt
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-03

of two sturdy trees of evil fruit-the
secrecy of police records and the
twisted notion Of loyalty to the force
among the thousands of honest police
men who make up the great mass of
the city's protectors Hundreds Of
honest policemen who would not take
a cent of graft under any circum-
stances will not bear testimony
against a known and merciless crook
because he is a member of the force.
No one believes that any one of the
half dozen or more uniformed men in
the vicinity of the Hotel Metropole
knew anything of the murder Of
Rosenthal Yet, as District Attorney
Whitman says the efforts of the police
to run down the assassins would not
fool child
Secrecy of Records Helpful
But it is the secrecy of the records
of the department that is the greatest
shelter of the system. 1t is this that
gives comfort to those whom pub
licity would quickly destroy 1t is this
that at once fosters and conceals the
alliance between the lawless in the
department and the lawIess outside. 1t
is this that permits the system TO
make and unmake law, by enforcing
Or not enforcing It, and to hold in
absolute bondage the denizens of the
underworld. And it is this that makes
it possible for a lieutenant of police 10
command murder at will.
The last report of the police de-
partment showed twenty hundred
arrests for felony and only six hun
bred convictions. 1t is in this vast
field Of nineteen hundred men arrested
and never convicted that the system
works
Practically all of the police owe their
appointments to politicians. If the
crook is lin right" some one whom the
policeman knows is very close to the
man who is his-the poiceman's-
sponsor approaches him" He sug-
gests to the policeman that while no
body wants him to do anything crook
ed or swear falsely. yet, if his memory
should prove little hazy on these two
points, it would be pleasing to several
important personages. And a man is
likely to forget a lot of things in three
or four months. Possibly the police
mans superior drops a hint to the eff
feet that discretion should ever walk
hand in hand with good memory.
He Forgets the Details"
And so when the policeman takes the
stand he tells a perfectly honest story.
but in the interval his memory has
dropped one or two details that he could
not be expected to hold as essential.
And the case falls down
Now, whether the memory of the po-
liceman fails or not depends entirely on
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-03
Accused Policeman Welded Influence Greater in Many
Ways Than That Held by the Official Heads Of
Greatest Department in America

NEW YORK, Aug 3.-The probers
into the assassination Of Herman Ros-
enthal, the gambler squealer, and the
workings of the System" which decreed
his death stood aghast today at the
marvellous power Of the police strong
arm squad by which Becker, a mere
lieutenant, welded an authority great
err in many respects than properly be
longs to the chiefs Of the force Slow
ly but surely the methods Of the sys-
tenn are being brought to light.
The probers have shown that Becker,
now in jail for completely In the plot
against RosenthaI who had "squealed"
On the strong arms graft levy, could
not only collect hundreds of thousands
of%dofars of graft money every year.
but summoned murderers at his bid
ding as though he had been the head
of giant organization instead of a
man only two degrees removed from a
mere patrolman on beat
The investigation furnishes a start
ling answer to this situation 1t shows
that with the shifting Of police given
power from the old time ward leaders
and captains the head of the "strone
arm squad" is now the man the crook
is obliged to see" The old famed
power of the ward man has been trans
ferred in the Waldo administration tc
the man who had authority to raid
gambling houses over the heads OF
captains and inspectors.
And the whole fearsome situation is
epitomized by Becker himself in the
statement he made to the gambler po-
lice go-between, Rose when the latter
asked him why he did not &c. out for
a big job in the departments:
I'm right where want to be- Is
Becker's quoted reply After ! have
a couple years more of this III get
any old job l want"
Why Becker Was Powerful
The immediate explanation of Beck
er's might in the department was the
well meant. if somewhat benighted
attempt of the commissioner to con-
troll the gambling situation, by set
ting one man to watch another and
it is in some such way that the Sys-
tenn will eventually vanish. if that
monster Is ever to be slain at all
BY this move Commissioner Waldo
did not break up the system, He did
not even seriously .emharrass it. He
simply forced it to alter its methods
1t became more centralized, and, in the
last count the forced alteration of the
machinery expedited the collection and
distribution of tribute money.
Changes such as these even the con-
viction of one, or a dozen. or a hundred
men will never wipe out the system
1t is imbedded in the soil of the de-
partment AMI it tlourishes i'm the shade
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-03

all be from the Northern states, where
Mr.. Roosevelt has made the strongest
showing at the primaries.
The question of the permanent chair
manship has not yet been definitely de.
cided. 1t was at first suggested that q
Southern Democrat be given the honor
Of presiding over the convention. There
is general movement. however. to
make the temporary chairman perma-
nent This, it is pointed out, would
save time The address to be deliv-
cred by Roosevelt after ex-senator
Beveridge, as temporary chairman,
makes his keynote speech would take
the place of the speech usually deliv-
cred by the permanent chairman.
There will be more women delegates
at the convention than ever took part in
similar gathering. According to the
estimates made before the temporary
roll was made up. thirty women will be
recognized as having a voice in party
affairs. Illinois will contribute two
Miss Jane Adams and Mrs. Anna H.
Wilmaith
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-03
CAN NOT SELL NOR
TRADE YOUR WIFE
FOR REAL ESTATE

CLEVELAND, WASH. Aug. ga
man can not sell his wife or even trade
her, This dictum was established by
the courts here which set aside a deal
Whereby James NJ Davis disposed of
his wife, Ida for two lots in Tacoma
Going a step further the court de-
cided that man who regarded his
wife as chattel wasn't entitled to
have one, so Mrs. Davis was granted
divorce.
In her bill she alleged she had suffer-
ed great mental anguish because her
husband had traded her to Doc" Far
row and the whole town knew about it,
Mrs. Davis said she didn't think much
OF Farrow She blocked the deal. even
though her husband had received a deed
for the lots. having agreed to part with
his wife in lieu of cash.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-03
THERE is MONEY IN
SELLING PEACHES:
CAR NETS So CENTS

DALTON, GA. Aug. 3.-That there
is money in peaches has been proven
by Colonel S. P. Maddox, a prominent
local attorney, who possesses big
orchard
Colonel Maddox received a check for
a carload of fruit shipped by him. and
after paying alI'eXpenses the car netled
him exactly S1.62. So great was his
joy over clearing money, he told his
friends of his good fortune, and after
being highly congratulated. he insisted
on his friends letting him pay for the
drinks (soft ones). When the treating
was finished, he had exactly 81 cents Of
his profits intact in his pocket and a
broad smile on has face.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-03
HE DIES AFTER GETTING
FREE TO MARRY GIRL

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Aug. S.-A
shattered romance, in which Miss Isa
belle Garwood, of New York. reputed
to be worth $2,0OO,OOo and Dr. r. A..
Ramos, physician of Brooklyn played
the leading roles, has been brought to
light by a civil suit filed in Suffer
county by Miss Garwood against
Schneider Bros. to cancel the sale of
500 acres of land valued at S96, 600
According to Miss Garwood, she and
Dr., Ramos We're engaged to marry.
Ramos left his home in Brooklyn and
went to Reno to take up residence for
the purpose of securing a divorce. Just
after getting the divorce Ramos died.
Miss Garwood says she learned he had
been paid $500 for inducing her to buy
the land
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-03

together $4,000 in some way, and
give it to them. | vas as true to
her as any man could be | reit-
crate my former statements They
are absolutely true. stand by
them. and have had only one story
to tell.
'All three lawyers for Mrs Grace
are as black as can be- They could
not look me in the face, but turn
ed their heads away. Luther Ros-
ser told Lamar Hill shortly before
the trial that she was guilty But
the court turned away my best
Witnesses. was not allowed any
chance. Mrs Grace bought that
ring she told Of herself in Savan-
nah
He was very excited as he declare,
his
They might as well put dyna-
mite under every court house and
jail in Georgia and blow them up.
There is no justice in them" he
continued.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-03
Grace Prepares to
Ask Divorce


NE nan ".N" Aus. '.--ie''aHhE
th"i mas "les aequlttaI is an '7hSo-
lutelN folteh miscarriage OF JustieV.
Eugene Grace }lnS helpless at ms
parents nome mere, TO-DAY asserted mat
ne VIII ger divorce 'fom palsy 'Ple
Grace just as soon as ms lawyer can
procure 1t.
She knows she Is MS guilty as YOU
gentlemen sitting upon those steps
kno" H.. ne exclaimed, ansliiN The
Ne'olot makes n" olieEen'e to me so
far as getting divorce is concerned.
As soon ass ! sEaH have lived in Georgia
q year-taat VIII be, November Will
sue her upon the same charges have
already made and other charges be
sidesJand che court viii give me a
decree. pray God may give me power
to walk lus' "a hours. MIL, set myself
right III ;he eye. of tine public.
Attacks Lawyers
Ihat "om"hs a'@'L'oh'o annuity on
the stand was as 'a"ao'' Hs her wing
ability before THAT SHe vas coached
on 1t -FOUR or h\e months, continued
Craze 7'f myers h'eN Iro1 the
f'Sl "Ia' aeI .'..'i''.h' was gong u"
be. although they say mat ]ne\ ola not
All hef three lawyers were as N'"1h as
they coa'a oe, ana 'h'> '1"." not loon
me I'D the face al 'he l'I.'-
she may "' lhn".sAl va me eyes oil
men, "uj sae Is E""lN I'M inc eyes OF
Coo. nus h"' 'S--'J NuIlS '"o'l. ID
could nave ''eh iS"..''S Tor my ''uh-
.rHH FH DID,. D.. D. 40
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-03
Grace Case Georgia'S
Most Famous Trial

No criminal case since the tria! of
win Myers for the murder of Forrest
Crowley, in 1894, has compared with
that of the State VS.. Daisy E. Grace
in popular interest in the insatiate
curiosity of the crowds, in the wealth
of human interest. involved in its cir
cumstances. 1t had all the elements
which so TO make what newspaper men
call a great story"
The win Myers case had fingered in
;he memory of Atlantans as Fulton
aouny's greatest criminal drama. It
was replete with strange circumstan-
,ial evidence; it dragged through sew
eral trials to repeated convictions, It
was marked by masterpieces OF oratory
by Solicitor Charles D. Hill and it made
famous the principal counsel for the
defense, Colonel w. r Meyers Its lag
ging interest was freshened by the es-
cape from the Tower of the convicted
man. who never was captured. But it
was a sordid crime--a murder 1t lacked
the one great element which makes the
big story and sets the telegraph wires
humminG from coast to coast-the
woman in the case.
But the Grace case had everything
which goes to make up a gripping
melodrama in real life There was the
woman. the very heart of the drama;
the wounded husband. facing her in the
court room and swearing to the public
that she was guilty as hell" there
was the strangest circumstance in the
history OF circumstantial evidence-a
man found wounded by a bullet and
not actually knowing who shot him
even had he been permitted to tell his
story, there was the Woman's own sto-
ny OF her infauation for a husband
who several times attempted her life;
there was the strange evidence of the
"alihi letters and the secret which
locked a woman's lips while she lay
undor accusation for elements which
would have given Poe or Gaborieu
inspiration for a masterpiece.
Loss a Fortune of War.
80 less wonderful than the strange
threads in the evidence was the weaving
of those same threads into two sep
arato webs by the rival counsel It was
conceded by friends and foes alike that
Hugh Dorsey and his associates had
taken the fragments they had found
and woven them into a fabric truly
marvellous in its sequence. pitlessly
convincing 60 the listeners. But there
were threads missing in the warp and