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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-07
THE CASE OF OSCAR SLATER"

tainly deserves some scrutiny. Accord
ing to the evidence of his mistress and
of the servant Slater had received two
letters on the morning of December 81.
Neither of these was produced at the
trial. One was said to be from a Mr..
Rogers. a friend of Slaters in London,
telling him that Slater's wife was both
ering him for money. The second was
said to be from one Devote, a former
partner of Slater's, asking him to join
him in San Francisco.
Even if the letters had been destroyed,
one would imagine that these statements
u.s. TO the letters could be disproved or
orroborated by either the crown or the
defense. They are of considerable i'm
portance, as giving the alleged reasons
why Slater hurried up a departure which
had been previously announced as for
JanuaM ] can not find, however. that
in thehctual trial anything definite was
ascertained upon the matter.
Another point had already been scored
against the prosecution in that the seven
trunks, which contained the whole effects
of the prisoner, yielded nothing of real
importance. There were a felt hat and
two cloth ones, but none which CORE
sponded with the Donegal of the original
coat was among the outfit.
If the weapon with which the deed was
done was carried off in the pocket of the
assassin's overcoat-and it Is difficult to
say how else he could have carried it
then the pocket must, one would suppose,
be crusted with blood. since the crime was
a most sanguinary one. No such marks
were discovered, nor were the police for
tunate as to the weapon. 1t is true that
a hammer was found in the trunk, but
it was clearly shown to have been pur-
chased in one of those cheap half crown
sets of tools which are tied upon a card,
was an extremely light and fragile in
strument, and utterly incapable in the
eyes of common sense of infictng those
terrific injuries which had shattered the
old lady's skull
1t was said by the prosecution to bear
some marks of having been scraped or
cleaned, but this was vigorously denied
by the defense, and the police do not
appear to have pushed the matter to the
obvious test of removing the metal work,
when they must. had this been indeed
the weapon, have certainly found some
soakage of blood into the wood under the
edges of the iron cheeks or head.
But glance at this puny weapon
would convince an impartial person that
any task beyond fixing a tin tack or
cracking a small bit of coal would be
above its strength. 1t may fairly be said
that before the trial had begun the three
important points of the pawned jewel,
the supposed flight and the evidence from
clothing and weapon had each either
broken down completely or become ex-
ceedingly attenuated
Let US see now what there was upon
he other side The evidence for the pros
ecution really resolved itself into two sets
OF witnesses for Identification. The first
set were those who had actually seen
the murderer, and included Adams Helen
Lambie and the girl Barrowman.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-07

A Neither / did. | saw the walk"
The reader must bear in mind that
Lambie's only chance of seeing the mans
walk was in the four steps or 50 down
the passage 1t was lever at any time
shown that there was any marked pecu-
larity about Slaters walk
Now take Helen Lambie's identification
in Edinburgh, May .. 1903.
Q. How did you identify him in
America"
A. by his walk and height, his dark
hair and the side of his face9
q You were not quite sure OF him
at first in America"
A. Yes, | was quite sure"
Q. "Why did you say you were only
suspicious?'
A. 1T was a mistake"
G. What did you mean in America
by saying that you never saw his face,
il, in point of fact, you did see it so
as to help YOU to recognize it? What did
you mean"
A. Nothing"
on further cross examination she de-
clared that when she said that she had
never seen the mans face she meant
that she had never seen the broad of
it," but had seen it sideways.
UNCERTAIN WITNESSES.
Here it will be observed that Helen
Lambie's evidence had greatly stiffened
during the three months between the New
York and the Edinburgh proceedings, in so
aggressively positive a frame of mind was
she on the latter occasion that, on being
shown Slater's overcoat and asked If it
resembled the murderer she answered
twice over THAT is the coat" although
it had not yet been unrolled, and though
it was not light gray which was the col
or of her own original description.
1t should not be forgotten IN dealing
with the evidence of Lambie and Adams
that they are utterly disagreed as to so
easily fix thing as their own proceedings
after swearing that Lambie walked to
nearly the end of the hall, and Lambie
that she remained upon the door mat.
Without deciding which was right, 1t is
clear that the incident must shake ones
confidence in one or other of them as a
witness.
In the case of Adams the evidence was
given with moderation, and was substan-
TALLY the same in America and Scotland
Il couldn't say positively. This man
indicating Slater is not at all unlike
him.
@. Did YOU notice crooked nose"
\. no"
Q. Anything remarkable about his
walk"
A. go"
q, You don't swear this is the man
you saw"
\. mo, sir He resembles the man,
that is all can say"
In reply to the same general questions
in Edinburgb he said
II would not like to swear he is the
man. | am little r-sighted, lie re
sembes the man closely
BaTowman, the girl of 10. had met the
man presumed TO be the murderer in the
street, and taken one passing glance at
him under a gas lamp on a wet De-
cember's night-dinicult circumstances
for an Identification. She used these
words in New York:
THAT man mere is something like
him" which she afterward amended to
very like him" She admitted that pic
ture Of the man she was expected TO
identify had been shown TO her before
she came into the court.
Her one point by which she claimed
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-07
Daysey Mayme
and Her Folks
p, FRANCES L. GARSIDE.

II
......5 aiken much ingenuity. a great
...r If time and more moral cour-
i -, than Lysander John Appleton
r,esessed to assemble together
.,,,,eria1s for the great reform
'' ,,.ot on which he had engaged.
,-,fr with, he did not know till
hal b.en snubbed by a galaxy OF
., ,r,ra-beaded clerks from a self
,..rtns man into a worm of the
.r,5 that the first material he must
rsr. is cardboard.
Ne did not know if it were sold by
,..ra ar by the pound, and much
foul nerriment was shown by the
..., of cold. blond headed clerks
when Tie asked.
rbsrs vas greater humiliation when
..,,r the silks to work it with,
..1 mot daring further repression he
,.,+..-r his purchases home without
,ang the cardboard stamped.
us did not know if he should go to
.afo.,,s store to get that sort OF
,-. done. or to a foundry. Rather
...a ...,, he would mark out the let
,4s himself.
r....r in his den. he iaboriously
...r.f rha needle back and forth and
.,,..,.,n.rd TO the fat pillow cushions
,.. sat onnositp him.
"a week ago" he said, lit was Pic
.,.-., l,urope. Then it was the Letter
u-r,,a.,s Friend. The next day it was
Life of Grover Cleveland, though
.h.p ISN'T Democrat in the family.
,ra am on the installnent plan!
.Tr,re is an egg beater in the kitch-
IN that will beat ten eggs at once; a
not.,fo spuceaer that is never used and
, grape vine trimmer though there
never was an apartment house with
grape zine growing in il.
ave haven't a bicycle in the family
Int she has bought a bicycle pump,
Tb, children are grown, but she yes
,erIay bought a patent nursing bottle.
and also an adjustable bird cage.
though we don't own a bird. All on
the tnstallment plan"
Lysander John pointed with his
needle at the walls. Look at these
notices. SHE hangs them there for
me. She says they will lift me from my
materialistc plane.
IF notices help. she needs one, and
have made this to hang in her room"
He bit off the thread, and proudly
held before the gaze of the pillow cush-
ion ladies' a piece of cardboard on
which had been worked in purple and
crimson and pale blue Ca mans idea of
harmony in colors) these words:
BEWARE OF AGENTS."
An appropriate Up-Lift motto for
mother,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-07

TO recognize the man was the crooked
nose. This crooked nose was not much
more apparent to others than the pecul-
iarity of walk which so greatly impressed
Helen Lambie that, after seeing half a
dozen steps of it, she could identify it
with confidence. In Edinburgh Barrow
man. like Lambie. was very much more
certain than in New York The further
they got from the event, the easier APP
parently did recognition become. Yes,
that is the man who knocked against me
that night" she said
Continued In Next Issue.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-07

letter is published as evidence of Mr.,
Vances ability:
Prof Dixon, MA, Director Lanka OBJ
servatory, member of the "Societe Astro-
nomique de France, member of the "As-
tronomische Gesellschaft," Germany,
writes:
Prof. Clay Burton Vance:
Dear Sir-"I duly received your letter
and Complete Life Reading l am per-
fectly satisfied with your Reading; It is
in nearly all the items as exact as 1t could
possibly be. 1t seems strange that you
should refer to my suffering from throat
trouble. ! have Just had a bad attack
per year. ] shall certainly recommend
you to my friends who desire Life Read
ing"
Arrangements have been made TO give
free test Readings to all readers of The
Georgian and News, but it Is especially
requested that those who wish to avail
themselves of this generous offer make
applica ton at once If you wish dellnea-
ton of your own life, II you wish a true
and opportunities, simply send your full
name, the date, month and year of your
birth Estate whether Mr., Mrs. or Miss,
and also copy the following verse in your
own handwriting:
Your power is marvellous,
SO people write.
Please read my life
Are my prospects bright"
Send your letter to Mr.. Clay Burton
Vance, Suite 653A, Palals Royal, Paris
France. II you wish you may enclose 10
cents Stamps of your own country to
pay postage, clerical work, etc. Please
note that 5 cents postage is required on
letters posted to France. Do not enclose
coins or silver in your letter. (AdvtO
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-07

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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-07
TODAY IS INSTALLMENT.

A .corresp ondence, which was produced,
showed the arrangements which had been
made, long before the crime, for his emf
grafton, though it should be added that
the actual determination of the date and
taking of the ticket were subsequent to
the tragedy.
This hurrying-up of the departure GER
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-07
DON'T TRY TO FORCE 1T.

Dear Miss Fairfax:
am a young girl and deeply in
love with a young man five years
my senior. l have known him for
quite a while and would like to
know if he loves me. He is atten-
tive to me and seems to esteem me,
but as yet he has not told me he
loves me. Can't you tell me how to
gain his love? VERY ANXIOUS.
The man who knows a girl is trying
to secure a declaration of love from him
will take his time in making 1t.
You are showing him you are anx-
ious A fatal mistake. Just try show
ing him you don't care. And more
times than the men will ever know they
have been impelled to make an avowal
Of love through fear that ''the other
man" would make it first. If there Is no
other man, a womans wit should teach
her to give the impression that there is.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-07
NOTICE-CHANGE OF
SCHEDULE, WESTERN
AND ATLANTIC R. R.

Effective Sunday, December 8, 1912,
Train No. 81, Dixie Flyer, will leave At
lan,a at 8 a. m. instead of 7:42 a, M, as
heretofore. Train No. 70, Rome Ex-
press, will arrive Atlanta 1920 a. m. in O..
stead OF 1905, as at present. All othe
schedules remain the same.
c. e. HARTMAN,
General Passenger Agent.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-07
Advice to the
Lovelorn
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
LET LOVE HAVE ITS WAY

LET LOVE HAVE ITS WAY.
Dear Miss Fairfax
| am girl, nineteen years old. I
dearly love and am engaged to
young man. %.
My mother being dead. | keep
house for my father. My youngest
sister is five and l have another of
seventeen
Am I too young to marry, or
should | stay at home? My sweet
heart has good employment.
TROUBLED.
You are not too young to marry, anG
your sister of seventeen is not toa
Young to take up your burden at home.
Let love have it's way
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-07

claim to no spe-
cial gift of SUI
pernatural pow
ers. attempts to
reveal the lives
o ( p e o p | e
{ h o u & h the
slender @ u e S
of hand writing
and birth dates.
The undenia BILE
accuracy of his
dell n e a [ 10 n s
leads one to sur
mise that here
tofore palmists,
prophets, aStrol-
ogers, and seers
of divers beliefs
have failed to
apply the true
principles OF the
science of divi-
nation.
Asked to ex-
plain the method
by which he
gives his delin-
e a t o n s, Mr..
Vance replied:
II have simply
resurrected a n
ancient science
and moulded it
into a key to
human nature. -
49, -
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Is This Man Gifted
With Strange
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Prominent People Say He Reads Thsii
Lives as an Open Book.
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Business. Marriage, Changes, oeeu-
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What to Do to Achieve
Success2
TEST READINGS FREE TO ALL AT.
LANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS
READERS WHO WRITE
AT ONCE.

Attention Of the mystically inclined
seems to be centered at present upon the
work of Mr.. Clay Burton Vance, who, al
Milford chronicle., 1912-09-20

The Diamond State Telephone Co.
E, D. PRICE, Local Manager. Dover Del
Milford chronicle., 1912-09-20
DR.. Hartman Answers Questions
About The Revised Pe-ru-na

years ago. but did not realize the difH-
Guilty of overcoming the peoples no.
tions on this subject.
1 made a change in the formula OF
Pe-ru-na. Quite a radical change
A change that altered the color and the
taste and somewhat the medicinal effect
of Pe-ru-na. did this believing It was
the best thing to do under the circum-
stances.
Immediately the change appeared,
the people began to complain Of Pc
ru-na. They generally thought the
druggist was to blame, that their bot
tie Of Pe-ru-na had been tampered
with. This made bad feelings between
the users OF Pe-ru-na and the drug
gists. The druggists in some cases be-
came irritated and angered and made
complaint to the wholesalers and man
ufacturers. Thus the trade was tenn
porarily in an uproar.
After a year Of explanation the trade
quieted down and the new Pe=ru-na
took its place in the drug stores as a
popular household remedy. And yet It
has not attained the popularity that
the other Pe-ru-na had. Changing the
formula of Pe-ru-na was equivalent to
introducing a new medicine into the
drug trade, an extremely difficult
thing to do nowadays.
Pe-ru-na as it is made today is a
very excellent remedy for catarrh and
general catarrhal ailments. It Is for
sale in all drug stores and has a
slight Laxative effect, very much need
ed in these days. It seemed to me
that it was in many ways a better REM
edy than before Yet in spite Of all
explanations there is a considerable de-
mand for the old Pe-ru-na as 1t used
to be made.
have authorized the formation Of
company to manufacture 1t, under the
trade name OF Ka-tar-no. The Ka-
tar-no Co. is located in Columbus, Ohio.
and stands ready to supply the trade
with the old-time formula OF Pe-ru-na
under the name Of Ka-tar-no.
Send for free booklet. Address Ka-
tar-no Co.. Columbus. Ohio.
Milford chronicle., 1912-09-20

In response to a great many queries I
wish to make public statement concern
ing the sale Of Pe-ru-na.
No, we are not selling as much
Pe-ru-na IS we used to. The reason for
this is the change In the formula OF
Pe-ru.na.
The patent medicine business is very
peculiar and particular. A person who
has been in the habit of taking patent
medicine will notice very quickly the
slightest alteration in color, taste or
effect. It does not look as 1t used to, or
smell as 1t used to, or have exactly the
same taste IS it used to. It does not
feel exactly the same in the stomach as
before. The medicine will be promptly
returned to the drug store and a new
bottle demanded.
All this knew before changed the
formula OF Pe-ru-na, which I did six
Milford chronicle., 1912-09-20
BABYS HANDS TIED
MOTHER TELLS HOW SAXo SALVE
CONQUERED ECZEMA.

Last fall we noticed small rough
and red spots coming on baby's
hands. The skin was very dry and
she kept scratching them until they
would bleed. We lost a good deal OF
sleep with her. Finally we took her to
the doctor and he treated her several
weeks, but it kept spreading until we
had to keep her little hands tied and
dress and bandage them several times
a day they were so sore, and we used
everything we could hear of for ecze.
ma. Finally our druggist told us about
Saxo Salve. We tried it and one and a
half tubes has entirely cured her. Her
little hands are smooth and not even
SCARED, and we are so glad to tell
others what Saxo Salve has done for
us. Mrs. M. Stephenson, Lebanon, Ind"
You cannot do better than to try
SaxO Salve for eczema, tetter, ring
worm, or any skin affection-we
cheerfully give back your money If
1t does not help you.
NV. o. Moore, Druggist, Milford, Del.
Milford chronicle., 1912-09-20
O. E. MeSSiCk, D. d. :
offies over First National Bark

Teeth extracted without pain. Filings and
plates made in very best manner and at reasonable
'ei ma. Satisfaction is always guaranteed. hoss
sar ~,om have done work for are my references.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-11
PRODUCTION OF POTTERY IN 1o1i
Record Breaking Figures, Shown by Re-
port of the U. S. Geological Survey.

The year 1911 showed the greatest
value for the production of domestic
pottery yet recorded, according to JEFF
ferson Middleton, of the United States
geological survey, in an advance chap
ter from Mineral Resources" for 1911.
The value of the pottery marketed in
l9Il was $34,5ls,560, an increase over
the value for 1910 of s733,ss2. This
increase, however, came from the lower
grades of ware and china, sanitary ware,
and porcelain electrical supplies. The
volume of business was possibly even
larger than the value would indicate,
for the general complaint, at least among
the manufacturers of white ware, has
been that the prices were low and the
margins Of profit small. 1t is signi-
ficant fact that Value of imports, which
consist almost exclusively of ware of
the higher grades, decreased $4,000
or 4.46 per cent. The continued inn
provement in quality of the domestic
pottery ware and the growing tendency
to the use of American makes will, in
Mr.. Middleton's Judgment, insure
steady growth of this industry, as is
indicated by the almost constant in
crease in domestic production and the
decrease in imports. A noteworthy de-
in the geographic extension
of the industry has been the apparently
earnest effort TO establish a pottery for
the manufacture of white ware in the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-11
GRAND TRUNK
BILL SIGNED
Gov. Foss Does Not Garry Out
His Threat
SAYS THE ROAD IS NEEDED
He Took Great Pleasure in Signing the
Bill and Believes That the Trans
portation Problem Is Not
Solved Yet.
SAYS THE ROAD is NEEDED

Boston, June ll.-Goyernor Foss yes
terday signed the southern New Eng
land railroad bill, allowing that New
England representative of the Grand
Trunk to extend it's lines to this city.
In view of the statement that he
would veto all transportation measures
unless his plans for improvements in and
about Boston We're approved, the action
OF the governor yesterday in signing
the so-called Grand Trunk bill was a
surprise to members of the legislature.
The governor expressed the opinion that
the new railroad is needed.
Governor Foss gave this statement to
the State House reporters:
1.-THE entrance of the Grand Trunk
railroad into Boston is necessary for the
future development Of the port, and de-
sirable as means of controlling
through competition, the dominant rail
road interests in this state, | therefore
take pleasure in signing the bill.
"The people of Boston and of the
entire commonwealth are to be con-
graduated that the legislature has grant
ed the petition of this important Can
adam railroad With the enactment of
this measure. one of the principal OBJ
stacles to Boston's development as
metropolis and great seaport is re-
moved. In NV Judgment, Boston will
respond Immediately by an increased de-
eelopment, industrially and in wealth
and population"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-11
EGO For Bunions
Corns, Callouses and Tired Aching, Burn
ing, Swollen and III Smelling
Feet

Rub on EZ0 and rub 5ut all soreness
and misery from poor tired out feet.
Walking is pleasure: dancing joy
after you have treated your feet TO a
rub with EGO, the refined ointment.
Don't forget the name; ECO for the
feet. the only real thing for making feet
feel fine and comfortable. 25 cents a jar
at the Red Cross Pharmacy and money
back If not satisfied Nothing Sc good
for chilblains, ehapped face and hands
and rough skin. Mail orders filed by
Eco Chemical Co, Rochester, n. Y.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-11
BOSTON MERCHANTS
START ON AUTO TOUR
Eleven Cars Carrying Trade Extension
Party on Five-Day Trip Through
New England.

Boston, June ll.-Eleven automobiles
whose occupants were members of tht
Boston Chamber of Commerce, left the
chamber soon after 0 o'clock yesterday
morning, for day trip through New
| England.
The trip is taken under the auspices OF
the trade extension committee, OF which
| Walter M, Lowney is chairman, and he
and Harry r. Wellman, vice-chairman OF
the committee and assistant to the
chairman of the directors Of the port
OF Boston, We're prominent in arranging
the details of the campaign.
There were fifty men in the party, and
| in the pilots car. which led the process
sion, there were r. d. Stidham, the pilot
and II, L. Dillingham;, the secretary for
the trip,
Worcester was the first stop of the
party, 1t was reached about III o'clock
and the merchants were met Just outside
the city by delegation from the
Worcester Merchants association, which
gave luncheon at the Bay State house.
From Worcester, the delegates proceeded
to Springfield, which was reached late
yesterday afternoon.
This morning the Boston men started
for Holvoke, and other places visited
during the day will be Greenfield, Keene,
N, H., and Brattlehoro, VT. Wednesday
will be divided between Bellows Falls,
Rutland and Burlington, Thursday, Wa
terbury, Montpelier, Barre and Wood
stock will be visited, and on Friday
there will be stops at White River June.
tion, VT, Claremont, Lake Sunapee, Con-
cord and Manchester. N. II. On Satur-
day morning there will be visit to
Nashua and from there the return trip
to Boston will be made, the arrival in
this city being at noon.