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FIVE ARE INDICTED IN FRANK CASE WARRANTS GIVEN 10 OFFIGERS TO ~ SERVE Warrants were sworn out Friday afternoon for five men, following the finding of indictments by the Grand Jury which has been investigating the al leged bribery of Rev. C. B. Ragsdale, dismissed preachen, who testified that he was given $2OO for swearing that Jim Conley had confessed to the mur der of Mary Phagan. The five men are: Dan Lehon, chief aide of W. J. Bur.ns, accused of subornation of perjury. Rev. C.'B. Ragsdale, who told the confession story, accused of perjury. R. L. Barber, who identified the negro overheard ‘‘confess ing’’ as Jim Conley, aceused of perjury. Arthur Thurman, a lawyer, who played a part in obtaining the Ragsdale affidavit, accused of subornation of perjury. Carlton C. Tedder, co-worker with Conley’s attorney,.and who claims to have been a stool pigeon accused of subornation of perjury. A The report of the special probe committee of the Police Commission, to be submiited at the called session of the Commission Friday night, will recommend seven arrests of Burns detectives, including William J, Burns and his aide, Dan Lehon, for alleged violations of both city and State laws regulating the conduct of private de tectives. The other five whose immediate ar rest will be asked are Charles E. Sears, manager of the local Burns agency; L. C. Whitfield, W, W. (Boots) Rogers, W. D. McWorth and C. C. Tedder. Lehon and Tedder are two of the five indicted Friday by the Grand Jury in the bribery probe. Report Formulated Friday. The report was formulated late Friday at a conference between Com missioners W, A, Vernoy and A. R. King, of the committee, and City At tcrney Mayson in the latter's office Commissioner Colcord, the third committeeman, was unable to be present, but will sign the report. Detective Chief Lanford has served subpenas on the seven detectives, citing them to appear before the Commission Friday night to answer any questions that may be asked. Cases Will Be Tried. The cases will be set for trial in police court Tuesday. Two city cases are asked against both Burns and Lehon for operating a detective agency here without be ing passed on by the Police Commis sion. Sears will be charged with op ‘erating detectives who have not been approved. The others will be charged with operating without being passed on. The committee also asks that all seven be-bound over to the State courts for violation of the State law that provides that no detectives can operate without the approval of the guthorities, and that no non-resident can operate as a detective. The deputy visited the office of Ar thur Thurman and was informed that the attorney already had made the required $2,000 bond. Warrants Sworn Out. Warrants were sworn out Friday afternoon for five men, following the finding of indictments by the Grand Jury which has been investigating the alleged bribery of the Rev. . B. Ragsdale, dismissed preacher, who testified that he was given $2OO for swearing that Jim Conley had con fessed to the murder of Mary Pha e | The five meén are: Dan Lehon, chief aide of W. J. Burns, accused of subordination of perjury. L Rev, C. B. Ragsdale, who told the confession story, accused of perjury. R. L. Barber, who identified the negro overheard “confessing” as Jim Conley, accused of perjury. Thurman ls Accused, Arthur Thurman, a lawyer, who played a part in obtaining the Rags dale affidavit, accused of gubordina tion of perjury. Cariton C. Tedder, co-worker with Conley’s attorney, and who claims to have been a stool-pigeon, accused of subordination of perjury. The warrants were placed in the hands of the Sheriff for gervice and the men will be put under bonds at once, In connection with the indiotments bonds were assessed against Lebon and Barber of $2500 each against THE GEORGIAN’S NEWS BRIEFS. !Thurman and Tedder of $2,000 each, and against Ragsdale of $l,OOO. The highest bond was required in lthe first instance, it is believed, be cause Lehon is a non-resident of Georgia, and because Barber is a fu gitive from justice on an old score. The explanation of the $2,000 bond for Thurman and Tedder is that they were indicted each on two counts. Ragsdale was assessed the lowest bond, it is believed, for the reason that he probably will become a State’s witness when the cases come to trial. i Arrests Are Expected. ~ Thurman waz in the Thrower build ing mose of the forenoon. but was ex cused shortly before the indictments were returned, making it necessary for the Sheriff's officers to hunt him again to serve the bench warrant. All the arrests were expected to be made during the day. Deputy Sheriff Plennie Miner served the capias on Dan Lehon, the Burns lieutenant, whom he found in his of fice in the Healey Building. With Milton Klein as his bondsman, the detective gave the required $2,500 surety for his appearance, and was not taken into custody. Warrants Given Sheriff, Ragsdale was kept in the Grand Jury room for two and a half hours. Every angle of his connection with the case was gomne into by the Grand Jury, and it is understood that that body through its questions sought to connect Detective William J. Burns and his aide, Dan Lehon, with the al leged bribery, Macon Women Fail to March in Suffrage Parade When Pro tests Are Raised. MACON, May 21.—Husbands’' words proved stronger than women's righis last night, and consequently the much advertised parade of the Ma con Woman Suffrage Assoclation failed of its purpose. “here was a great parade, comprising delegationg and floats from the various civic and fraternal organizations, but the suf fragettes were the least represented. There was Mrs. K. L. Martin, dressed like Prince Charming, riding astride; four other young women, similarly attired; an automobile bearing At lanta suffrage dolegates, and a float in charge of Mrs, Minnie Battle, of Athens. The statement is made that the husbands of the suffragettes protested at the last minute against their wives appearing in the procession. It is also stated that the preparation of high school boys to release cats and rats into the midst of the procession ;detm‘rtd many of the women from ;gening in line. The women promoting the local anti-suffrage association are delight ed with the failure of the suffrage seekers to make good last night, (Goes to Baltimore As Railway Expert AUGUSTA, May 26.—8. W. Duer, vice president and general manager of the Georgia and Florida Railway, with headquartérs at Augusta, has tendered his resignation, effective June 1, to become railway expert for Middendorf, Williams & Co., of Balti more. He was with this firm before coming here. His successor here has not been announced. The G. & F. operates from Augusta to Madison, Fla., with branches to Millen and Moultrie, Ga. Child Labor Held WASHINGTON, May 26.- Opposition 1o the Palmer bill to bar from interstate commerce goods manufactured by child labor was voiced before the House Committee on Labor by Lewis Parker and W. E. Beattie, of Greenville, and Alexander Long, of Rock Hfll, 8. G representatives of the South Carolina cotton mills. Mr. Parker asserted that the child labor questior. £hould be handled by the State. . Stops Train to Save . Aged Man From Fire DETROIT, May Qi.j(‘harles Dwyer, a Pere Marquette conductor, stopped his train when he saw a farm house burning and rescued an aged man. Passengers extinguished the flames. Record Fruit Cro% Is Predicted by U. 8. WASHINGTON, May #6.—A record b’rcahing‘lrun cm;:l lz‘. y“o:: ’?r%otlml eie g 200 O LERH ) Commerce of the United States. y LONDON HOTELS TURNING AWAY MANY GUESTS LONDON, May 23—The beginning of the week saw hundreds of Amer icans arriving from the continent, at tracted by the warmer weather, Sev eral incoming boats have also brought an army of fashionables, as a result of which the London hotels are turn ing visitors away, This condition of affairs, with the glorious sunshine, quickly induced London to put on her best season “afr™ The West End streets present a blaze of color, while the smart ho tels and restaurants are crowded daily, many of their guests coming to numerous small dances which are the rage here just now. Claridge's is especially - full .of Americans. Mrs. Ogden Goelet has taken a suite of rooms tgere for the season, but will spend the greater part’ of the time with her ducal daughter and son-in-law, the Rox burghes. Mrs. Cary Sanger and Miss Sanger intend to remain through the summer season, although they: may pay a visit to Paris after, Miss San ger has been presented at court. ~ Phelps Dodge, who has just re turned from a tour around the world, has been giving dinner parties every night. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Unter meyer, who intends to remaln another month, have also entertained cons siderahly, s Ao Mrs. Sam Newhouse has given sev. eral very smart parties recently, but the brightest functions have . been those given by Mr. and. Mrs. Oscar L.ewissohn to many of the greatest theatrical stars. i The Carlton Hotel is at ite brights est at the present moment, numbers of American society leaders having registered, including Mr. and Mrs, Appleton Waye, Mre, W, F. Garrison, Mr. and Mrs, Harold Minott, A, de la Poer and George C. Beers. : Jules' Hurtig, the theatrical promo ter, with his bride, are here on a honeymoon trip, - ! Last Tribute Paid Gen. J. P. Graves . . By Many Friends The funeral of General Jamés P. Graves, who died Saturday in Wash ington, was conducted Tuesday from Patterson'a chapel. the Rev. A R. Holderby, pastor of the Moore Memo riésl Presbyterian Churchi and long a friend of General Graves, officiating. The pallbearers were Augustus Redding, Dr. John G. Wilkins, Colonel J. €. Woodward, 1. C. McCrory, John A. Brice, W. Woods White, H. F. West and A, H. Alfriend. The inter ment was postponed. Friends of General Graves, old and young, crowded the chapel, and the floral offerings were many and bean tiful. Dr. Helderby referred to Gen eral Graves as “‘a true friend, a vali ant soldier and the most courteous gentleman it has ever been my pleas ure to know.” Colonel J. C. Wood ward, of Clege Park, for years a neighbor of General Graves, paid tribute to him as the University of Georgia's oldest graduate, a contem porary and frisnd of Robert Toombs, Alexander H Stephens and Henry W, Grady and likewise the friend of noted men throughout . the country. Colonel, Woodward’s tribute brought téars to the eves of many. He was followed by W, Woods White and 1. C. McCrory, of College Park. . Leahy Made Major OfyFifth Regijment Captain W, H. Leahy, of the Grady Cadets, Company E, of the Fifth Reg iment of the National Guard, is re ceiving the congratulations of his friends on his elevation to the rank of major of the Second Battalion of the regiment. Captain Leahy was elected Monday night, defeatin Captain Oscar Palmour, of Company A, by one vote, At two previous attempts to elect the vote had resulted in a tie. Major ILeahy is well known in Georgia miii tary circles, having been in the serv ice sixteen years. . . Public Officials at ’ . Democrats’ Meeting Officials of the St:te, county and city will attend the meeting of the Young Men's Democratic lL.eague at the Piedmont Hotel Tuesday after roon at 5§ o'clock. Invitations have been sent out to members of all of Atlanta's political organizations by President Charies B, Sheldon, of the league, Counci! members will meet at the City -Hall at 4:30 o'clock, and atfend ‘the meeting in a body. ! JUDGE ATKINSON 10 atER PLACE IN LEGISLATURE Judge Spencer R. Atkinson, formar justice of the Supreme Court, has accepted the call of a large numbér of his fellow citizens to legislative duty, and hes agreed to become a candidate for, the General Assembly of 1915-1916, as a Representative from Fulton County. d This, in all probability, means that Judge Atkinson will be elected with~ out any sort of opposition. Fhe judge, in answering the peils tion of citlzens, says: May 28, 1914, " Messrs. Samuel M, Inman, James G. Woodward, Colonel Robert J. ‘Lawry, Messrs, Wilmer L, <+ "Moore; Robert B, Blackburn, * Hollins Randolph, James W, English, Fred J. Paxon, John E. Murphy and Others: Gentlemen=ll wish to acknowl- ~edge the receipt of the address . which you; ¢n" behalf of your -1 selves and & large number of oth ‘er of my fellow citizens, were Kind enough to present to me some days ago, requesting that I should permit you to use my name a& a candidate to be one of the Representatives of Fulton - County. in the next General As sembly of Georgila. 1y No Desire for Office. 1 'beg to say in reply to your ‘suggestion, I have long since put behind me any personal desire to hold public office, For many years the people of the State honored ‘me in that respéct in a manner doubtless far.beyond my deserts; ~and now for a mumber of years [ have been quietly engaged in pri vate pursuits, taking such inci dental interest only in the ad ministration of public affairs as enabled me ta meet the personal responsibilities of citizenship, With .this I have been hitherto content. You now say to me that in your judgment it is the desire of the people of Fulton County that T should be one among their Representatives in the General Assembly., Whatever the inclina tion of my mind might otherwise be, 1 hold it the duty of every man to contribute as much and ‘as far ag he can to promote the welfare of the community in which he lives. This, in my judg ment, is one of the non-delegable duties of citizenship., It is one from which no good citizen should desire to escape. - Free of Alliances. He should hold no conflicting obligation to any private interest whatsoever, and should be abso lutely free of all alliances which might tend to incline him to lean tfo other than the dutles of his public engagement, If, appNvach ing the subject of my again en tering the public service in this gpirit, the people of Fulton Coun ty believe that 4 can and will gserve them efficiently, and that by my service 1 may be able, within the broader -State-wide obliga tions, to assist in promoting the welfare of the people of Fulton County, and at the same time in safeguarding the interesis of the city of Atlanta, 1 shall hold my self subject to their call. SPENCER R. ATKINSON, tNotorious Filipino WASHINGTON, May 26.—Governor General Harrison, of the Philippine Ta lands, advised the War Department that the outlaw, Alameda, with more than 300 men, surrindered to the thprmo constabulary /n May 20 on the Island of ‘Mindanao. \ Dans Try to Settle . . Will Case by Fists } MELROSE, MASS., May 26-—Fresno Pan and Dakota Dan tried to settle the tamous Russell will case out of court, ‘When they were separated, with bloody noses and blackened eyves,. the fight was declared a draw ICE 10 CENTS PER 100 POUNDS, GADSDEN, ALA., May 26—While Gadsden swelters with ice at 50 cents per 100 pounds and deliveries uncer tain, Albertville, a mountain town in Marshall County, is getting ice at 10 cents per 100 pounds, although it mugt be shipped 40 or 50 miles. Two companies there are engaged in an lce war. KILLS NEGRESS IN STREETS. GADSDEN, ALA, May 26—Ed Moore, a negro 21 years old, shot Etfie Jenking, 356 years old, his sweetheart, to death on the streets eariy to-day. He then turned the gun on himself and infilcted a wound which may prove fatal, He s in jall 7