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LEO FRANK IS SENTENCED TO BE HANGED APRIL 17
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Have Grudge Against Southerner
- Who Fattened Off Them in
the Past,
NEW ORLEANS, March 7.—"The
gobling of Wall Street will get you if
vou don't watch out,” as cotton ope
rators are telling one another over
their story of how the New York
niarket is going crazy because a bold
Alabama man, belicved to be J. H
Hicks, of Talladega, thought he could
raid the street and rout the bears
there entrenched.
Mr. Hicks has fattened off the hears
in the past; he is rated at $7.000,000,
and ig of such financial eminence that
recently he lent the State of Alabama
$300,000, But now, it seems, the
bears are about to “get” him, having
waited long for the opportunity
The story came out when the be
wildered operators tried to reason
why the market in futures s de
clining and still declining. touching
new low levels, hile the statistics
are generally admitted to bhe of the
most bullish character, and while spot
cotton is lling at the highest basis
of the season-—an unintelligible ne
incanny condition
Bears Have Grudge.
Then they got evidence that th
bearisgh operators of Wall Street are
hammering the market, driving downy
prices, and generally Kicking the bot
tom out of things for no -other rea
son than to “get” the bold Alabamar
presumably Mr. Hicks, for whose par
t lar hide they have” been gunning
many Seasor I'he contract market
is low, say report, because of Wall
Strect's personal animaosity
The Aliibama operator, so the story
goes, has pinched t New York bears
eason after season for fat profits,
coing North and pushing brisk and
brilliant bult campaigns be 1 the
Will Street natives could tch their
hreath
But thi time they were ving In
mbush for him s he came blithely
streetward, wit i® bull plans i
pocket The ited until he 1
( v 160,660 to 15t 0 €8 n¢
hen the d mim : the traders
I } t out on a mbh,’ I hen
{ ammered ]
’ “Dope” Is Bullish, l
To all intents and purnoses, the
market should have gone up: the
“done’ was all that way But Ihf-“
bears are out after their blood enemy
and, as the operators 1-\'v~r;\'\\!nn~‘
think from the low figures, are about |
to bag him., '
11is bullish friends can not pool m{
aid him. because there is the Sher
man anti-treust law. Meanwhile, fu
ture prices are breaking and sag
eing, while spot cotton is lusty here,
at 12% for middling. 2
HEIR TO MAKE FIGHT.
A vigorous fight will be waged by
the heirs-at-law of the late Joshua
B. Crawford against the repert of
Special Auditor James L. Anderson
tiled with the clerk of the .\‘u;u»xin\‘l
Court Saturday afternoon, which sus
tains Crawford's will and awards the
$250.000 estate, which has been lhv}
center of a bitterly contested legal
battle, unconditionally to his widow, |
Mrs. Mary Belle Crawford. |
Colonel J. 8. James, attorney for the
heirs-at-law, declared Saturday night
that the report and ruling of Audnnr‘
Anderson would only serve to momen
tarily check his clients in the fight
for the estate.
The charges of bigamy made
against Mrs. Crawford by the heirs
and their attorneys, who declared
that she was the wife of W. H. Bishop
when she married Crawford, were
dismissed by Auditor Anderson with
the statement that the evidence
shows that she had obtained a di
vorce from both Bishop and her other
husband, . R, McKinnon.
WILSON'S BIGGEST BATTLE.
WASHINGTON, Mar h 7.—The
battle royal to preveat the country
from suffering the ignominy and hu
miliation of having its laws repealed
at the demands of a foreign nation
and to save a great politi®al party
from self-stultification will begin in
both houses of Congress next week.
President Wilson's staunchest sup
porters admit that he is entering up
on the biggest fight of his political
life. His plea for the repeal of the
toll exemption clause of the canal act
has stunned all patriotic men in Con
gress by reason of its gudacity,
Letters and telegrams from consti
tuents urge these member. of Con
gress to stand firm for the American
policy and praise them for their cour
age in refusing to be cajoled or whip
red into the support of a policy that
does not meet with their approval,
“TOO POOR TO PAY LOVE BALM."
WASHINGTON, March 7.--John 8.
‘{unw_\. the millionaire mine owner of
Michigan, has filed a demurrer to the
bLreach of promise suit for half a mil
l'on dollars recently brought against
him by Mrs Ida McNabb, of Milwau
hee, Kinney insists he”is too poor to
meet such damages,
SUES PASTOR, AGED 80.
FORT SMITH, ARK., March 7.-—
Buit for divorce has been filed at Bald
Knobh by Ellen Cash Millard pEainst
the Rev. A. J. Millard, a retired min-
Ater She is 20 and he 1s 80,
THE GEORGIAN'S NEWS BRIKFS
Frederick T.Martin,
Society Leader and
Social Worker, Dies
Frederick Townsend Martin,
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LONDON. March 9.—Frederick
Townsend Martin, wealthy New York
r, social worker and author, died to
day at the Berkeley Hotel here from
\ngina pectoris.
He suffered a nervous breakdown in
London last November.
Frederick Townsend Martin occu
pied a high place in society circles.
Member of an old New York family,
brother of the late Bradley Martin
and related te the nobility of Eng
land, Mr. Martin figured for vears in
social events here and in Europe. But
it was his views regarding the rela
tions of the rich to the poor, which
he frequently expressed, which won
for him as much prominence as his
social activities,
Mr. Martin came into public notice
in an even greater degree in 1911,
when he published his first book, “The
Passing of the Idle Rich.” This was
followed shortly by his other two vol
umes, “My Personal Experiences of
Meeting Snobs" and “The Reminis
cences of My Life."
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John D. Rockefeller
Retires to Flori
o Florida
SEA BREEZE, FLA., March 7.—To
escape the biting winds und snows of
the North, John D. Rockefeller, ac
companied by a retinue of secretaries,
arrived at Sea Breeze this afternoon
and is a guest at the Clarendon Ho
tel, where he spent many weeks jast
winter,
It is understood that it is Mr.
Rockefeller's intention to remain in
Sea Breeze until the Clarendon closes,
He seems to be in excellent health and
spirits, but declined to be interviewed.
It is said Mr. Rockefeller is very anx.
fous to get back at his favorite game
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MELBA LOSES HER VOICE.
ROSTON, March 7.—o One of the
most pathetic and dramatic incidents
on the opera stage in Boston took
place at the Boston Opera House this
afternoon when Madam Nellie Melba
appeared before the footlights in the
costume of “"Mimi”’ in “Laßoheme,”
and in an almost inaudible tone told
her audience that she had been ex
pecting to sing, but had suddenly lost
| her voice,
The ereat diva said her physician
Ihml wirned her that it would be dan
' gerous for her mo attempt to sing.
HAV.ENS IN WORLD FLIGHT.
NEW YORK, March 7.—Beckwith
Havens, who flew from Chicago 10
this city, will be one of the contest
ants in the round-the-world race for
which the Panama-Pacific Exposition
has offered a prize of $150,000, He
‘expressed his belief in the possibility
of the flight, = 1
JLATON NAMES
108 CEDRGIANS
To Represent State on American
Committee to Celebrate
Peace Day.
Governor Slaton Saturday named
the following as Georgia members of
the American committee for the cele
bration of the one hundredth anni
versary of peace among - English
speaking people:
Dr. H. C. White, chairman; Chancel
lor D. C. Barrow, Professor J. H. Mc-
Pherscen, H. .J. Rowe, of Athens; Clark
Howell, Jr.; John Temple Graves, J. R.
Gray, Rev. Dr. C. B. Wilmer, Bishop
C. K. Nelson, Rev. Dr. John E. White,
Bishop Warren A. Cand’er, the Rev,
Luke Johnson, Dr. J. J. Hall, of .4t~
lanta: Themas W. Loyless, Bowdre
Phinizy, the Rev. Howard T. Cree,
Charles ,Estes, William H. Hayne,
Charles lidgeworth Jones, Rev. Dr. Jo
seph R. Sevier, of Augusta; Bishop J 5
F. Reece, Bishop Benjamin J. Keiley,
B. N. Hancock, W. G. Sutlive, Peter
W. Meldrim, Mills B. Lane, W, J. De-
Renne, Judge W. &, Charlton, A. R.
Lawten, of Savannah; Louis Pendleton,
Bridges Smith, Rev. Dr. W. N, Ains
worth, Dapont Guerry, Robert Hodges,
of Macon; Judge S. P. Gi bert! R. W.
Page, C. E. Battle, of Columbus; C. H.
Leavy.- H. F: Dußignon, W. B. Bur
rows, of Brunswick; A. \W. Van Hoose,
J. Lindsay Johunson, Seaborn Wright, of
Rome; 8. C. Dunlap, ‘o { Gainesville; Jo
seph M. Brown. of Marie{ta; Joseph
Hansell Merrill, of Thomasxille; 1. J.
Hofmaver. of Albany; €. J. Shipp, of
Cordele: T A, Parker, ol Waycross;
J. 8. Shingler,. of Ashburn; Leßoy
Hirshburg. of Buena Vista; C. 1. Benns,
of Butler; E. B. Russe'l, of Cedartown;
J.2J. Howell, of Cuthbert; T. 8. Shope,
of :Dalton; W. R. Frier, 6f Doug-
Jas;: €. M. Methvin, of Eastman;
% W..L. Skelton, Elberton; W. M. Ol
lif, Fo.kston: P. T. McCutchen, Frank
lin; Henry H. Revill, Grenville: J. A.
Morrow, Griffin: J. J. Tarver, Hawkins
ville; J. N. Holder, Jefferson; N. C. Na
pier, Lafayette: H. L. Long, Leesburg;
W. A. Shackleford, Lexington; A. W.
Latimer, Lumpkin: L. W. Mocre, Lyons;
J. C. MecAwliffe, Milledgevile; [ .nest
Camp, Monrce; C. B. Allen, Muwmtrie;
A. C. Sweat, Nashville; John H. Hodg:s,
Perry: Royal Daniel, Quitman; C. B.
Chapman, Sandersville; J. R. Millgr,
Statesboro; W. M. Hobby, Sylvarfa;
Qlifford | Grubb, “Sylvester; John A.
Smith, Talbotton: E. R. Jerger. Thomas
ville; John L. Herring T.fton; C, S. Tur
ner, Trenton: T. A. Adkins, Vienna; E.
2. Liee; Wartrenion; PF. H. Ficklen,
Washington; W. Traox Bankston, West
Point; R. O. Ross, Winder; D. C. Ash
ley, Valdosta; Mrs. Corra Harris, Pine
Tog: Mrs. J. K. Ottley, Atlanta; Mys.
\W. W. Banks, Tifton: Mrs, L. F. Pat
terson. Bainbridge: Mrs. H. H. Fitzpat
rick, Thomasville; Miss Harriet Ganahl,
favannah; Miss Fannie Lee Leverett,
Fatonton; Miss Mildred Rutherford,
Athens: Mrs. Walter Lamar, Macon;
Mrs. 8. B. €. Morgan, Savannah; Mrs.
.. W. Meakin, Fitzgerald; Mrs. O. M.
Heard, Cordele: Mrs. D. C. Pickett, Daw
son, and Mrs. H. R. Goetchius, Colum
buse,
The following are members hereto
fore designated:
William R. Hammond, Atlanta; Wil
liam -W. Lamdin, \Waycross: Henry Y.
McCord, Atlanta; Henry M. Mclntosh,
Alkany, and Rcobert L. McKinney, Ma
con,
Governor Slaton also appointed the
following persons as delegates fromn
Georgia to the tenth annual confer
ence of the national child labor com
mittee, to be held in New Orleans
March 15-18:
H. M. Stanley, Dublin: Jerome Jones,
Atlanta: J. Randolph Andearson, Savan
nah: J. P. Knight, Nashville; B. 8. Mil
ler, Columbus:! Seaborn Wright, Rome;
Rev. Dr. C. B. Wilmer, Atlanta; Hy B
King. Augusta: H. P, Meikelham, Lin
dale. Fondren Mitchell, Thomasville, and
Dr. G. W. Westbrook, Commerce.
ATROCITIES REVEALED.
WASHINGTON, March 7.—New
atrocities in Mexico were revealed to
day by Dr. J. H. Wittigenstein, a
former resident physician in Nuevo
LLeon, who presented to Secretary
of State Bryan a petition asking for
the punishment of crimes committed
against American women and chil
dren,
The wetition, which reached Sec
retary Bryan late to-day, counts the
list of indignities and murders Dr.
Wittigenstein recently presented ex
clusively. Briefly, he insists that
something must be done to make the
“lives of Americans safe in foreign
countries.”
In his complaint to the State De
partment Dr. Wittigenstein recites
the different cases which have come
to his attention. He says he is will
ing to furnish proofs of the death of
each person who is mentioned in the
petition, v
In copeluding the petition, Dr. Wit
tigenstein says:
“1 do not know, however, that
Americans in Mexico are praying tor
true protection from their native
country, they having no way to leave
Mexico, as has been suggested to
them by the United States Govern
ment." y
WILSON'S EYES NOT FAILING.
WASHINGTON, March 7.—Presi
dent Wilson's eves have not suffered
much from one year of presidential
activity. He journeyed to Philadel
phia to-day to find out that his eyes
were not failing him and Dr. De
Schweinitz, his oculist, made only a
slight change of lenses in the glasgek
be Weart., . 4 ;944 ‘
EXEGUTION DATE
1S HIS BIRTHOAY
He Tells Presiding Judge That
“If 1 Die It Will Be as a
Blood Sacrifice.”
Leo Frank Saturday was sentenced
by Judge Ben Hill to be hanged April
17 in the Fulton County Tower.
If the mandate of the court is car
ried out, the prisoner will depart from
life on the anniversary of the day he
entered it. He will be 30 years old
on April 17.
The solemn formality was made
the more impressive by a remarkab'e
address to the court by Frank. The
prisoner showed none of the agitation
or nervousness that might have been
expected from a person in his tragic
position.
He spoke calmly and steadily. llis
voice rose as he declared his inno
cence and asserted that he would be a
“blood sacrifice” in the évent that the
State insisted on the forfeit of his
life. At the height of his address nis
language was elofjuent, but con
trolied. :
At the r]“ssx\.l his brief speech he
said that he felt Lindly toward those
who had prosecuted him and pray~d
that God would deal leniently with
them in their térrible error.
As he concluded with the words, “I
am now ready that sentence be pro
nounced upon me,” Judge Hill,” who
had been listening attentively to i(ne
prisoner and observing his demeanor,
drew the formal document of sen
tence toward him and read from it
the dryvly worded legal phrases that
gave Frank to the hangman on Apr.l
17
To Ask New Trial.
Attorney Arnold announced to thes
reporiers that an extraordinary mo
tion for a new trial would be made,
but that Tormal notice of it would be
withheld until the return of Luther
Rosser, chief of counsel, who is ex
pected back from a trip to New York
and Washington by Monday. The mo
tion will be made on the ground of
newly discovered evidence and w.il
contain m:any of the affidavits which
have been made public recently.
Frank spent the forenoon with nis
friends in the Tower. At 10:55 o'clock
he was led from his cell by Deputy
Sheriff Plennie Miner and was taken
to the Thrower Building.
He was brought into Judge Hill's
court at exactly 11 o'clock, The res
nlar session of court had been ad
journed some minutes ‘before an-l
there were hardly more than a score
of persons who had loitered around
the building.
Arnold and Dorsey Present.
Reuben Arnold and Leonard Haas,
of counsel for the defense, met him in
the courtroom Soliciter Dorsey had
entered court some time before. Ai
torney Arnold said that he had no in
tention of asking for « life sentence
instead of the death penalty.
“Leo Frank, stand up,” commanded
Judge Hil! as soon as order had beea
obtained. .
“ls there any reason why sentence
should not be pronounced upon the
prisoner at this time?” continued the
judge: “Mr. Arnold, have you any
thing to say?”
. Attorney. Arnold replied: “No: but
I believe Mr. Frank wishes to say a
few words.”
i Frank arose and made his impres
sive statement to the court.
Bryan Loses State
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Document on Train
WASHINGTON, March 7.—Here i 3
an incident that has just come to
light in Washington:
Viscount Chinda, the Japanese Am
bassador, presented to the Secretary
of State Japan's first formal, written
protest igainst the California alien
land law on the same day that Mr,
Bryan left in haste for New York teo
deliver an address on peace.
A day or two later there arrived at
the State Department a bulky envel
ope. In it was found the Japaneso
protest, The paper, it was explained,
had been found in an alley by a Puli
man car conductor.
STRAUS TO LIVE IN WEST.
I.OS ANGELES, March 7..—Nathan
Straus, millionaire philanthropist of
New York, whose humanitarian worg
is recognized all over America, an
nounced to-day to the members of the
(*ity Club that he would, in all proba
bility, immediately arrange to make
I.os Angeles his permanent home,
DRAGGED SAFE AWAY. e
CHICAGO, March s.—Safeblowers
to-day dragged a 500-pound safe out
of the saloon of Frank Emme, car
ried it more than 100 yards down an
alley, dynamited it and obtained $35.
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