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2 Kow Evidence Said to Point S . ‘ atrongly to Guilt of Frank’s Chief Accuser. NEW YORK, March 24 I.eonard Aaas, of counsel for Leo Frank, who f under sentence of death in At- Anta, (ia., a 9 the murderer of Mary hnagan, declared in this city to-day Chat the defense has evidence thart ®ill cornvict Jim Conley, the negro, whose testimeny furnished the foun @ tion for the prosecution's case, Mr. Haas, who is in this city imn Q@unnection with the Frank case, said that he has secured valuable new evi dence and that upon his return to Atlanta the motion for a new trial ®ill be filed “in my own mind, there is po doubt &bout Conley’s guilt,” said Mr. Haas. ®*We have evidence which, I think, wiil uphold this charge in court. 1 am sure that IFrank will get a new &@4:a] and that he will go free.” BURNS’' BEST MEN ON CASE. Two of the most capable men in ¢he service of William J. Burns will mrrive in Atlanta soon to take charge of the investigation into the death of Mary Phagan, in the absence of their chief in New York, They are Dan Lehon, of New Orleans, superintend ent of the Southern division of the Burns agency, and Guy Biddinger, of New York, assistant manager of the Burns system. Burng' action in calling in Lehon and Biddinger, who ork with their chief only on cases of the greatest importance, indicates that the detec tive has got the threads of the mys tery in tangible shape and is prepar ing to gather them up and weave them into a solution of the crime. Lehon will be in charge of the in vestigation while Burns and Attorney I.eonard Haas are in New York work ing on certain phases of the mys tery, and he and Biddinger together are expected to work out various an gles of the case that Burns has un earthed. GRAND ASSAULT ON TORREON. JUAREZ, MEXICO, March 19.— Sunday is the date for the grand as fault upon the city of Torreon by General Villa. In the preliminary fighting north of Torreon the Consti tutionalists have been victorious. This is the information conveyed in a message sent by General Villa to day from Chihuahua to be delivered to Provisional President Carranza. The substance of the message wa9 as follows: “We expect to be in Torreer bv Sunday aftermoon. Everything going well. Enemy being driven in on all sides.” Another to the Constitutionalist manager in Juarez said that the Car ranza brigade, headed by Generalk Benavides, had fought its way south to Yermo and would enter Berme jillo in a few hours. CHARGED WITH FRAUD. NEW YORK, March 24 —The Ap pellate Division has declared Henry H. Rogers, Jr, son of the late head of the Standard Oil Company, guilty of a fraud aga‘nst the Messiah Home for Crippled Children, reversing Jus tivce Guinlan's decision that the home in suing Rogers had no case, Rogers’ “fraud” was in claiming to hold a morteage for $600,000 against the heme, which was given by the late Mr. and Mrs. H H Rogers to the Church of the Messiah. ‘The matter will now go to trial DR. SHAW TAUNTS U. S. NEW YORK, March 24.—“1f men &re so brave and superior, why don't they go down to Mexico and recever the mutilated blies desecrated by the Mexicans?” asked Dr. Anna H. Shaw in a suffrage meeting at Eras mus Hall High School, Flatbnush, Brooklyn, Dr., Shaw put her query after say fng one of the main arguments against woman suffrage was that women lacked fighting intellect. MRS. ASTOR LACKS 50 CENTS. NEW YORK, March 24—Mrs Johrn Ja. b Astor had to confess her inability to pay an admission fee of H 0 cents to witness the women's Jawn tennis championship matches in the Seventh Regiment Armory, She promised to send the money later, ond was admitted. SEVEN-YEAR FUGITIVE JAILED. DUBLIN, March 24—Dan Lewis, alins Will Thomas, a negro, is in jail here after having been a fugitive from Laurens County for seven years. He has been wanted for Kkilling an other negre, Perry Hill, on the plan tation of B. F. Fugua. He was ar rested in Estell, S, O, COLLEGE CHAMP CATCHES NAG. EVANSTON, ILL, March 24.— Howard Osbhorne, of the Northwest ern University track team, who won the “Big Nine" half-mile champion ship last week, saved Mrs. M. P. Nel son by chasing and overtaking her horse, which was running away. WOMAN SMOKERS' CLINIC. CHICAGO, Mareh 13.--A clinie for women smokers has been established by the Anti-Cigaretie league, which has been successful in breaking of the ciga rette habit bogs who have appeared in the Juvenile Court. Many women have beert treated. o FHE GEOBGEAN'S YEWS BRIEEFS “JIM” CONLEY WILL BE CONVICTED " TANGOING CASTLES .~ SHOWN IN '‘MOVIES' Mr. anl Mrs. Vernon Castle. 4 5 q Ly . : [ O e AL A@ S\Veh £ AN S & " \\& TN SR ¢ Z TR R ke g =g el ¥ o g, i }* i ; & { oK Tl R o ¢ . 49 P L. a 9 { The real Gon- A N 2::, % = % ! est -to - goodness TSR 4% & 3’} tango by the folks : G L &y _ ‘_;', T ; y( W « L { who invented it Yy AT ARNENe. to be on exhibi- S - PAW L /"? X BN tion in Georgia | qNN G | e e ; ; o ANy § y and Mrs. Vernon . N mE ) c AR XX % § Castle, who get -' R ik ¢ %i Q _,,% { $5,500 ;. week for y "t,,-,.:' A % 5/K ; New Yorkers how A A D i the lataest , R e 7 it 98 | stepr properly, N LA § R b e T o - ¥#. 5 ! Atlanta debut in a e b v it : . W L gW e T E .i 3 : - f ? the Forsyth. Y raid L Mrs. Castie, who ::;.3:::‘, & g 3is a girl of 21, is “ 3 _:_.;.;"_ LR é easily the fore ‘3';s}':l.’-'::' . ! most tango dan i Fra Fi 5 { cer in America. i e R ¢ 4 4A S é There are tango % Edanccrn——-and the AT 3 { Castles. Vaude : P S E ) ¢ L 3 { ville managers ail . ’O. ’ ’/ ol j over the country AR | were anxious to / _:f , book them, but ‘ T 2 £ >: their popularity 0.0 ; in New York con ¥ : { tinued, and B, F. 7 &% $ Y B : ! Keith finally put k 8 ):é” ; ) their dance in te 4 : b e g “movies.” ¢.g ; | \?"\‘:‘ i . i ,\L- é ity ’ I ;eSS e o LN b 4 TSI e g DQ ?3;, P 2 i ot v)N = i é a R 2 ) LB _»\27. \ T Ris ; - — \-- s \\ </ —— = N £ A Pt g , > * 4 N + e e . Ex-Newsgirl Sues - . . . Y Millionaire Husband TAUNTON, MASS, Marehr 24— Mrs. Nan Carrigan Bates, former newsgirl at the Hotel Astor, New York, now the wife of the millionaire jewelry manufacturer, IF'rank Morton Bates of Attleboro, has sued fer di vorce, alleging cruelty, gross. and confirmed intoxication from qpium and other drugs, and wanton neg lect, 1 : When in Besten on her honeymoon Mrs. Bates declared wealth without love was emptly and that she! had married for love, SINCLAIRS QUIT ARDEN. WILMINGTON, DEL., March 24— Upton Sinclair, Socialist author, and his second wife have leflt Arden Sin gle Tax C(olony because of pointed snubs they received. The Sinclairs will remain in Bermunda, where con ditions are more congenial., This was lenrned when the author wrote from Bermuda requesting that his bunga low in Arlden be sold for the reason that I do not want to return there.” The notoriety Sinclair brought on the place when he went to jail for playving bascball on Sunday resulted in cool treatment from the trustees, JAPAN NOW WITHOUT DIET. TOKIO, March 24.—-The gravity of the Javanese political situasion was intensified to-day by the resignation of the C(Cabinet, headed by Premier Count Yamamoto® The country is without Parliament or Ministry, the Premier having prorogued the Diet vesterday. The budget has not been passed, -and a flnancial crisis is threatened, WELCOMED IN AFRICA. CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, March 24 —Tom Mann, English labor leader, who will rehabilitate the tradesunion forces in South Africa, shattered in the recent railroad strike, arrived here to-day and was enthu siastically welcomed by members of the TLador party © @"% ¢ * . Sea Fighter Named By Indian Princess y e CAMDEN, N. J, Mareh 84— An other great fighting machine was added to the United States Navy Monday when the battleship Okla homa was launched in the yards of the New York Shipbuilding Compa ny. The Oklahoma is the biggest ship ever launched on the Delaware River, The Okiahoma will carry ten four teen-inch guns of breech-loading type. The batileship was christened by Misa Lorena Cruce, daughter of Gov ernor Cruce of Oklahoma, Miss Cruce is really an Indian Princess, as her ancestors on her mother's side were high in the councils of the ;(‘"nirkus:nv and Choctaw tribes. ~ EGG ALARM TRAPS INVENTOR. NEW YORK, March 24 —Sure, Willis O'Dell, of Tarrytown, Is an in ventor. He invented an electric sig ral from a trap nest that rings every time a hen lays an egg. It rang so continually that Mrs. O'Dell decided all the hens had laid at once and the O'Dells were worth a fortune, She investigated, and found that O'Dell's ratent jock had worked too well when he had entered the coop. He was a prisoner. O'De!l had been playing at ‘chicken laying an egg” in order to ring the bell to get someone to re lease him, CARNEGIE HUNTS LOST DIME. NEW YORK, March 24 —Andrew (‘arnegie dropped a dime while at tending a National Civic Federation luncheon at the Hotel Astor. Mr, Carnegic searched for the coin and found it, together with another nickel, T. R. TO GET REVOLVER. MILWAUKEE, March 24--When C'olonel Roosevelt returns from South America, he will be presented wtin the revolver which John Schrank used in his attempt to assassinate the fur mer President. . G 91,750,000 WILL FIGHT ON RING 1 lWoman Battles in Kentucky Court to Win Estate on ‘Common l Law’' Marriage. ! LOUISVILLE, KY., March 24—A | woman's fight for $1,750,000, which | depends on a common law marriage land a “pledge ring,” is on in Judge | Fields' ceurt in the suit of Ellen Gold ien Ewald against the estate of Louis | P. Ewald. | Louis P. Ewald, an eccentric mil | lionaire ironmaster of St. Louis and | Louisville, died three years ago, }aav | ing an estate valued at about $4,000,- | 000. His will bequeathed the bulk of | the property to the three children of Ellen Golden, with whom he had livel l for years. His brothers and sisters in | St. Louis were left $15,000 each. Thay | also are contesting the will. ' Ellen Golden filed suit, claiming that zsho and Ewald in 1890 entered into a common law marriage in St Louis, | where he had met her in the under wolrd, but he gave her a ring as a pledge when he took her away from that life, and that they lived together ever after, three children being born to them. Fhe claimed a wife's share tof the estate, . ? ‘President Eager to » ' Hurry Canal Repeal | e i WASHINGTON, March 24.—Presi | dent Wilson told his callers to-day | that he was extremely anxious (9 [ bring the repeal of the coastwise ex lemmi(m clause of the Panama Canal {u(-t to a vote in the House as soon as | possible. He denied, however, that ne | had tried to foree Congress into mov. in - cooner than it desires. The bill iz expected to be taken up | Thursday for debate. Fels Wills $50,000 To His Secretary PHILADELPHIA, March 24.—The entire estate of the late Joseph Fels, single tax advocate, is left to his widow, with the exception of $30,000 willed to Walter Coates, of Middle borough, Yoerkshire, England, “as a token eof appreciation of faithfulness to me and as a man.” He was Mr. I'els’ secretary. Dog Locates Trees . . Filled With Honey LENOX, MASS, March 24—Ed ward FKitzgibbons' Scotch collie, Bess, has located more than 1,000 pounds «f honey in old trees, When she spots a tree filled with honey, she stands by and barks un.dl l her master takes notice. ' . > }Woma,n, 64, Carries . Husband From Fire CHICAGO, March 24—Mrs. Anna Leibich, aged 64, saved the life of her husband, Jaccb Liebich, aged 78. by ]t'ur'l',\ ing him out of their home when fire attacked it and the aged man was 1 overcome by smoke. | AWAKENED TO GO TO DEATH. | BOSTON, March 24.—After sieep | ing soundly all night up to fifteen minutes before his execution, when he was awakened, Willlam A. Derr was clectrocuted in the Charlestown State Prison early to-day for the murder of George k. Marsh, a wealthy Lynn (Mass.) manuiacturer, in April, 1912, As he was heing strapped in the chair Daorr issued a warning to the youth of America to abs.ain from l wrongdoing. « M e Y F Touring Car ree LN R st st DS 7 T Rotaey el 1;-4:;\"".' 0t T kAL We are ont .'j-' R Eof T to sweep éy&\g_ S A the field. g A ';‘Ql ‘.m,fi We are NOZ | | determined — to do ten times more business in the famons Reliable Made-to-Ovder Clothing than ever be fore in our history. So we are going to seleet one live man io help us in each community and cquip him with a Ford automobile abso'utely free. You may be that man i you act at ence. We do tlis beeauss we know that a representetive eun cover ten or twenty times a 8 much conntry in an &' wmo bils- make friende by the hundred —see more peopie~is hap pier and healt!ier -and mai e ton thues as much mensy both for hunself and va. & % - $lO a Day as Our Tailoring Agent Even if vou use just vour spare time yon ean easily earn from $lO a day vpward, and in the ploasantest, eas est work imaginable. Juit think! You can be your ewn bess earn a high income—drive your own automobile acd live like ® prinee 1l you will enly act st onze. . -d il Big Book Free & youuensro o Iy Sape mossere, mecemmnit SPI e anataty snd instroctioae—! you 'flh.tnL'— NOW! 3 RFLMBLE TA F. 945-CF. Juckson Reet