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ENGRAVING Orders Taken TIMES-ENTERPRISE CO THE WEATHER F * Jr Toni « ht nn<1 Wednesday. HIGH CLASS JOB PRINTING AT THIS OFFICE. VOL. XXV. No. 50. THOMA8VILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON', APRIL 29, 1013. $3.00 PER ANNUM. JURY 1CIIIS1. DILLON IH SUPERIOR COURT THIS RFTEB1DH VERDICT REACHED IN A VERY SHORT TIME AND ANNOUNCED IN COURT IMMEDIATELY AFTER AFTERNOON SESSION OPEN- KD CASE CONCLUDED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, AND All- GUMKNT CONTINUFID THROUGH THIS MORNING—CHARGE OF' THE JUDGE JUST BEFORK T IIE ADJOURNMENT FOR DINNER. -liSi TARIFF BILL BEFORE JULY IS THE PREDICTION' OP UNDER- WOOD WHEN MEASURE CAME UP TODAY FOR AMENDMENTS AND CONSIDERATION. “Not guilty” was the verdict of the jury which decided the case of Mr. James W. Dillon, Jr„ charged with assault with Intent to commit murder. The case went to the Jury at about one o’clock, and as soon as the court opened at two o’clock, the verdict was ready and received by the Solicitor, who read It. Mr. F. C. Ivey was foreman. The Jrgument. The argument on the case was begun yesterday afternoon late a*ad continued through this morning. did not remember a pleasant saluta tion from Mr. Dillon. He said he saw the pistol the first time when it was drawn on him; he didn’t ee® Dillon drop the pistol, nor did he see any gun on the pavement, and he was also asked by Mr. Titus as to the size of the horse ho was rld- kig and how he was sitting when shot. It was here that Mr. Titus asked Mr. Patterson to bare his breast, and show, the Jury where the wound was going in and where the bullet came out in the back. Mr. Patter son pulled open his ehirt and show ed the Jury the scar left by the bullet. Several ladies in the court (By Associated Press.) Washington, April 29.—Toe Dem ocratic tariff revision bill advanced another stage In the House today when the reading of the measure was begun. Amendments are to be offered by Republicans and Progressives, and SUGGESTION TO WAIT FOR DI PLOMATIC TREATY WITH JA PAN BEFORE HILL IS PASSED MAY BE ADOPTED IN CALI FORNIA. (By Associated Press.) Sacramento, Cal., April 29.—ijhe second day of the conference con cerning the anti-alien land legisla tion with Secretary of State Brygu, re-inforced by President Wilson’s uepuuiicauB ana rrogressives, a*»a unswer to his telegrams of yester- some possibly by the Ways and da ^* was begun with the sentiment Means Committee majority. * of Progressive Republican majority The amendments agreed to by the virtually unchanged today. BANAL TOLLS Mr. Roscoe Luke began for the[ room left at that Juncture. The 'prosecution and he stopped at the adjournment yesterday and conclud ed this morning, after an hour’s talk. The defense was then repre sented in a lengthy argument, dis cussing every phase of tho case and the law by Mr. Theo. Titus. The concluding argument was made by wound,, he said, was in the right side, just under the arm. Mr. Patterson then, in answer to further questions, stated that he did not tell Meeks to go and kill Dau Williams, stating that ho would r.t- tend to Dillon. He said he brought a pistol to town but didn’t know who had the gun now. Mr. Braswell on the Stand. Mr. J. F. Mitchell, for the prosecu-j Mr. Braswell, the next witness for tion. j the state, said that he was on Fein- mu a. „ . .. T . berg’s corner, heard the shot and The charge of the Judge v;aa very ran * lmmedlat ' eIy acr08s the s . reet , clear and plain and touched upon to where the two were. He <uw every point of law Involved In the j Dillon on the ground and Patterson case and as requested by attorneys i ° n the horee. ' v ^ e ^ he . ?ot „ ... .. ... Dillon had his left nand on tho on both sides, assault with lntcnt bridle of Patterson's horse and pi to murder and shooting at another bis right hand a black pistol. He, with a pistol where no murder was llraswell, grabbed the right hand intended and not In self-defense was ln which the pistol was and told Dillon to give it up. He said that touched upon. I Dillon refused, stating,that he wou.d Mr. Dillon, with his fa .her, was j not un (ji Patterson's gun was tak- In court, when the verdict was read e n away from him. Ho got the gun. and there wae no domonstratlon of how r ever, after Dillon had said, ''O. anv kind d— you, you will have to bo quicker ' ' ____ than that." Dillon was moving ....... .. , with the horse as It turned around, lesterday Afternoon Proceedings ofj and a , I>parently attempting to get at the Case, Told in Detail, i Patterson, who was on one side of The afternoon session was opened! the horse, trying to get off. with a resume of the examination of i Braswell said he then heard somc- Mr. Patterson by Attorney Titus. | b ° d >' say. "He has got another pis- Mr. Patterson, ln answer to a quee-! tol,” » n<1 found that Dll.on had tlon, stated that he had seen Tharlti Ihji'tJ'-two Pearl handle gu-.i In his at dinner, but didn't remember any 'oft hand He took that away from conversation relative to trouble. If' hlm - ® uns * ere pr ° du ®® d m he met Mr. Dillon. ^otU being 8. ft W„ thlrty- ,, „ .. „ ....... itwo calibre, one with a full cham- n.» ““‘w® n,7 i the black gun with one shot Dan Williams near Mr. J. W DU-l gono The com . t ordere(1 that tU e * ,to ™ that day, but that hoj Jun4 be unloaded before an examl- dldn t ask the negro If Mr. Dillon, nat | on ot tlle man -ner in whlcb they *? the More. He did not tell Dan | Were held could be gone Into by the jhat he intended to kill Mr. Dillon.: de f enda n t ’s council, on the cross He ahio stated that he told Dai examination. RrasweP. said that what he thought of him and' cussed D ,„ 0II sald that Patterson had a him out. He denied having stated, p| S tol and that he had seen It wh'lo t Y °m ifii. oo^hlng hut a negro, bu . they were trying to get the long I will kill your d boss. He said barrel black gun away from nlm. he dldn t tell Tharln at dinner that jj r Braswell said he also saw tho he was going down town and that If affalr a t the depot some mon.h6 tin nnit Til linn mnt “■nmnnnilv wmil.l l • n . . Democrats will bo voted upon later as a whole, when the bill Is reported to the House aa a formality from the committee of the whole House, the parliamentary status of the House at the present time. The consideration In the House Itself will be brief and a very quick consideration of the bill and Its amendments will he followed by its final passage. Unless the currency legislation Is taken up, says Representative Un derwood, the tariff bill could be passed by both houses, signed by the President and Congress could Journ by July 1. When the reading of the bill for amendment began. Majority Leader Underwood confied the discussion strictly to the paragraphs under con sideration, and objected to all quests for extension of time for de bate. Amendment after amendment, proposed by the Republicans, was rejected with rolling choruses of ■Noes' 1 from the Democratic side. Dissatisfaction with the prlncl. n'< plan for the solution of the alien land problem, as put forward by Secretary Bryan, was expressed by both Republicans and Democrats. Secretary Bryan has suggested; that the state permit the matter to' be taken up by the diplomatic corps and settled possibly by a now trea ty. President Wilson Interested in New Treaty Arrangement. (By Associated Press.) Washington, April 29.—Secretary Bryan’s proposition to California to suspend the passage and appllra-! tion of the Japanese legislation, un-j til President Wilson has had an op-| portunlty to negotiate a treaty with BY VOTE OF’ THIRTEEN TO ONE THIS MATTER WILL RE SET TLED AT THE REGULAR 8E8- SION NEXT DECEMBER. (By Associated Press.) Washington. April 29.—By a vote of thirteen to one, the Senate Cana' Committee today decided to put over to the regular December ses sion of Congress all queotions of Panama Canal tolls, including Sen ator Root’s amendment to repeal the free passage provision. The overwhelming vote on the question today, was taken to Indi cate that there would be no action on the tolls question for seveia' months, unless President Wilson choose to exert his influence to re-open the matter. MEXICO CITY TO T he and Djllon met “somebody would before and that there was some lit- set hurt. He also stated, in in- tie hard feeling. He said that Pat- a < * ,,est * oa ’. **J at he d,d n’t terson was in a falling position .ell Hicks that he had cursed Dil- when he got to the horse and fnat Ion for everything that he could he didn’t see anything in .Patter- .hink or and that he took it Ilk? a son’s hand at the time. The black man and it was a good thing that he gun waa 0 f a 8 ix-inch barro’. The did for he had the stuff to make him state then rested their case, take it. (This referring to tile Mr. Titus Explained the Content ions conversation at the depot seven • Q f the Defense, months before thing happened.) The contentions of the defense in Mr. Patterson stated that they the case were then explaind in a few were in business together for some words by Mr. Titus, who said that time in Florida, but had sold out the defense expected to show there and both Had come home. He said had been trouble between the two that when riding down tho street about a negro account, and that Pat- on the day of the shooting with * — Chief Milton, of tho City Police, h« (Continued on Pago 4.) The Finest Candy 1 Made illALITY g^There can be no purer, more delicious candy than the}kind we handle. EVERY PIECE A LUSCIOUS MORSEL THAT MELTS IN YOU MOUTH; Perfect freshness is one of the many reason’s that NUNNALLY’S candy is always good. Put up in neat boxes that make a .fitting con tainer for this delicious candy. Peacock-Mash Drug Co, PHONES 105-106. RENEWED PRESSURE TO OBTAIN SETTLEMENT OF BERTS IS CALLED TO ATTENTION OF WASHINGTON. (By Associated Prees.) Washington, April 29.—Guatema la's minister here has directed the attention of the State Department to Great Britain’s renewed pressure for satisfaction for the claims of British subjects. ... — The Anal outcome of these claims Is exipected to develop an Indica tion of the Administration’s policy toward the Central American Re publics and their foreign debts. A loan of twenty to thirty million dollars by American bankers has been under way for some time but never consummated, which was in tended to pay Guatemala’s British debts. Debts of Ismg Standing. (By Associated Press.) London, April 29.—-The British Government today denied the pub lished report that it had sent aa ultimatum to Guatemala. At the Foreign Olfl.e it was said that all which had been done so far was the presentation of Great Britain gent demand for the payment ATLANTA MURDER MYSTERY Still Deepens Although F'our Men Are Arrested Pending F'urthcr Investigation of Case. Atlanta, April 29.—The detec tives have reached the point'-Ms morning ln the Mary Phagan mur der case where they are convln 'ed that the crime wa. committed .ijr a white man. Ther believe, further more, that ln J. M. Gantt, who was arrested yesterday at Marietta, they have the guilty individual, though they are by no means ready yet to assert it positively. The. thing that looks worst to. Gantt at this moment, ts that ha has not been able to give a satisfac tory account of what he was doing Sunday night. He declared at first that he was at home In bed in his boarding house at 384 East Linden street, when the crime occurred. But the landlady of the hoarding hone? swears that Gantt not only was nnt there Sunday night, but that he i hasn't been In hts room for weeks. City and another battle there may be expected at any time, according to Mexican and American refugees who arrived here today. The tension between President Huerta and General Felix Diaz Is described as being so threatening that an open rupture is believed to be imminent In Mexico City. (By Associated Press.) .....„„ „ ..New Orleans, La., April 29.—Life Japan, Is believed to be the ultimate I® concession which Japan is willing make ln deference to public feeling ln California. The Secretary's statement, which he said he would be obliged to do everything possible to Tnlnf' mlze any ill-feeling that may b< aroused," if the bill Is passed, it regarded here as marking the pur pose of the Government to become an interventor with the Japanese In any suit they may bring before the Federal courts to nullify the action of the California Legislature. President Wilson and John Bas sett Moore, counselor of the State Department, were ln early consul tation for more than an hour to day. consulting over the prospects of framing a new treaty for Cali fornia and Japan, within a reasona ble length of time. FOB SOME ACTION BY THE POWERS AGAINST MONTENE- GIIO, AND WILL ACT ON HER OWN HEHAI.F SHORTLY. (By Associated Press.) Vienna, April 29.—The Austrla- Hungarlan Government Is dlssatls- fled with tho failure of tho confer ence of Ambassadors In London to Initiate any decisive action against Montenegro, and is continuing its preparation for Independent acMon. Exchanges of views are proceed ing between Austria-Hungary and Germany. T T STOP (By Associated Press.) Chicago, April 29.—Tho action against "smut songs" resulted last night ln the Introduction of an or dinance forbidding the singing of "any song, the words of which are suggestive of indency or immorality." El AGAIN ACTIVE SUSPECTED OF "SQUEALING," MAN IS SHOT BY GANG NEAR PLACE WHERE ROSENTHAL MET HIS DEATH. (By Associated Press.) • New York, April 29.—3usp»ctel of "squealing” to the District Attor ney, Jerry Malda, who was known as "Jerry the Lunchman,” met his appointed death today from gang sters' bullets, not two blocks from where Herman Rosenthal was killed last July. Five men, who are alleged mem bers of the famous Paul Kelly band of gangsters, have been arrested, In connection with the killing. UNWRITTEN EAWJOT HEEDED Flea of Darden Did Not Avail and llo Wan Convicted of Voluntary Manslaughter in Atlanta. of GO TO TOE PEN (By Associated Press.) Atlanta, April 29.—A verdict voluntary manslaughter was re turned late yesterday afternoon ii the case of Klmer T. Darden, on trial in the Superior Court here for the murder of C. M. Goddard. Dar den, who shot Goddard in the crowded waiting room of the union station here March 13, 'last, admit ted the killinj, but entered a plea guilty under the ‘unwritten iring the trial yesterday, he . Goddard with intimacy with j Mrs. Darden. * Irish Horse Traders Have l>erided j No witnesses were called by the on Atlanta Aceepta- defense during the trial,, which be- hie l’lr Funeral. {gaa this morning. Darden read be- Atlanta, markable funeral ceromoTiy tha enacted anywhere on the Amerj an continent had its yearly recurrence here this morning, when the O’Hara (’lan, the band of .nomad Irish horse traders, gathered to bury seven 4ft ll L Th . • fore the Jury a prepared statement t m . v e• j declaring that he had killed God- j dard because the latter had broken up his home. The state called as witnesses several persons who wit nessed the killing. Sentence was deferred. The cri ao women of their company who had' of Darden was found guilty, died during the past 12 months.; ^ Punishable by from one to twenty Several hundred men, women and 1 >’ ears ’ imprisonment, children, coming from all parts of North American in their big cabins on wheels, arrived in Atlanta last week for the funeral rites. Atlanta was selected years ago as vicS^r:.:: , '^r u o n f.h°e r c , 1 hec 1 , r n L u mbe r and Deveiopment Company ^ FederaJ^Court "jUtdge "JLTUi 1 ^ " tZ’ . ,t__ balraed here and kept in a tern- *““® d ' 4t * ly sentenced the ruea **, porary vault until tho time for tho roitows. j annual funeral. This year tho John R. Markley and Isaiah Mil-, tribe’s members followed seven eof- ler, of Chicago, the promoters of i fl n8 the cemetery. Four of the the company, were fined ten thou-[ dea j were young girls, two were ma- sand dollars a^id sentenced to flf~. ture women and one a 19-year-old teen months imprisonment each; W |f e , Mrs. Mamie Nelson. The fun- William H. Armstrong, Jr., of Phil- (era i services were conducted in the adelphia, former business manager, J church by Father Kennedy ln the and Charles R. McMahon, of Phlia- Church of the Immaculate Coacep- delphia, former secretary and treas-| tlorK and from the church the tribe hundred were found urer, two thousand dollars and two ma( j e | t8 way to Oakland cemetery' uiake this excuse. years each; Alfred C‘. Stewart, af where the ceremony was concluded " Mason City, Iowa, one thousand dol-: at the lot which the tribe owns. The M.WOlt GKNKRAL WOOD MARKS lare and one year in the federal I funeral procession was unique l.i TOUIt OF IIOKDKK OUTPOSTS, prison. • 'the fact that Instead of riding in (By Associated Press.) The men used the mails and news- u ver | e d carriages behind »ho hearse, No sales \riz April 29 Major- paper advertisements to se’l stork I the tribes of the clan followed in the General Leonard Wood, uiief of in Mexico, and their scheme, *he road warons, which are their homes 's’aff of the United States army wlta Government charged, was fraudu-' The tribe is popular!®* rted *o Brisradier General Hugh S. Sco.t, ^ en *‘ | * ,e very wealthy, and f ^pe-n^rt left todav for Tuscon, Ariz., to com- — , were spared at the funeral. First Flea of This Kind Kntcred in Recent Years in Fulton County. Darden from the first admitted that he followed his wife’s paramour to kill him, and he pleads solely and simply the unwritten law. Thft is the first time in many years that the defendant in a murder case hi Fulton county has based hia plea foi acquittal purely and simply on the unwritten law grounds. One of the unusual features of the case on the opening day waa the drawing of the Jury apparerf.y showed a growing opposition to criminal punishment among Fulton county citizens. 18 of the 48 jurors declared that they were opposed to capital punishment, while. a year ago scarcely more than 4 or 5 of a who would MONTENEGRINS SBEET PRIME the hearses were luxuriantly fitted, Washington. out and the floral tributes were par-! ’ rfcularly beautiful. Immediately wor | ( | that can b P remotely likened Guatemala’s"Indebiednees*^ the*^bulk 1 The P° ,,co are lookin R for * he nHwiio Came Home to Hand to King' after , the funerni the tribe mom- to that of the O’Hara Clan is the of- which she has been owing for ? Kro J anitor ‘ w,th tho ,dea that hc ! Nicholas tile Keys to the For- \ hm began to disperse to the four annual meeting of the Ruron%an the past twentv-flvo vears (knows some things he hasn’t told, tross 0 f Scutari Recently corner® of the continent, not fo meet Gypsies in the little church of St. ! but they have abandoned the Idea! Captured. Ingain until this same time next year. Marys, on the banks of »he Medl- that he is actually guilty of taej (By Associated Press.) ; when they will return to Atlanta for terranean, near the mouth of crime. | Cettlnje, April 29.—An ovation n ,M,r,,OSP similar to tha® which Rhone, where they come once a year Arthur Mulllnax. the handsome j greeted Crown Prince Danielo whew brought them this year, _ to pray for their dead and to chooso Tad, who was identified by E. 3. 3en ihe arrived here today to hand to! The one other gathering in the a queen, tell, as being with Mary Phajtan; King Nicholas the keys of tho for- j Sunday evening, and who was im- j tress of Scutari. The Queen and PREFERRED DEATH TO From Children and Woman Convict ed of Iaarceny Was Turned Loose in a Pennsylvania Town. I York, Pa., April 29.—Declaring {that she preferred death to separa tion from her two children, Mjs. Martha E. Ettie, who was commit ted to Jail last Saturday on a charge of larceny, won her release yester day by a “hunger strike." Mrs. Ettie had taken her chil dren, aged six and ten, to Jail with her, but they w'ere removed by a Children’s Society. mediately arrested, is apparently the victim of a terrible mistake. Nothing has been discovered to c >n- nect him with the crime, and his re lease is momentarily expected. The case, ln addition to its ele ments of horror, is one of the most pitiful Atlanta has ever known. Mary Phagan was a child In short dresses, a playful, innocent little girl. Another Arrest Made Today, (By Associated Pre*® • Atlanta. April 29.—l.»on M. Frank, Superintendent of the Xa- each of her ladies gavq their arm to a wounded soldier in tho proces sion to the Cathedral. tional Pencil Company factory, where 14-year-old Mary Phagan was found dead early Sunday morning, was taken to the police station this af ternoon. for additional questioning. No charge was made against him. but Detective Chief Langford inti muted that Frank would be detained i for his own protection. ‘The town*j seems to be thoroughly wrought ui over ®h»* murder, and I think this i the wisest course,’’ he said. We sell CLOTHES TAILORED-TO- ORDER, by Ed. V. Price & Co., because there are none better ob- > tainable. 2 0) 3 l Wear a suit from them this spring 3* a if and be up to the minute. We 0) 3 0 5T 3 guarantee to fit you. $15. to $50. <D 3* “ 5T Smith - Harley Shoe Co, PHONE 33 116;SOUTH JBROAD ST. NEW DRESSES ALL COLORS LATEST STYLES Also Received New BALKANESE BANDS and EDGES Louis Steyerman, The Shop of Quality On the Corner. L;.