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THE^ WEATHER. Forecast—Fair to-night and Friday. Temperatures—8 a. m., 58; 10 a. m., 66; 12 m., 70; 2 p. m., 72; sunrise, 5:03; sunset, 6:11. Ti ie Ati Georgian Read for Profit GEORGIAN WANT ADS - Use For Results ATLANTA, GA., Till'RBI)AY, APRIL 17, 1913. JiSL HOME EDITION A 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE r ^° Burns Awaits Cablegram From Mem phis, Believed to Relate to Broker’s Business Status, After Which, He Says, He Will Close Case at Once. Joseph W. Martin. Declined One Year; Sentenced for Ten Governor Commutes Term of Oconee County Man Who Stole 25 Cents and Pair of Shoes. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, April 17.—The Memphis, Tenn., end lias become strangely predominant in the mystery surrounding the disappear ance of Joseph W. Martin, the wealthy American, missing since April 3. Detective William J. Bums declared to-day he believed he | would be able to close up the case after he receives certain infor mation from Memphis, believed to relate to the financial status of the missing man and his cotton brokerage firm. Rumors which would remove the mystery and tragedy of the case were circulated to-day. These concerned the alleged forgery pf cotton warehouse certificates held by the Martin firm.- Burns' Men Still Searching. Burns has promised to produce Martin by mldnieht. His men still are searching the Lambeth district where Martin’s silk hat. watch chain .-.ml pocketbook were found. Meanwhile Scotland Yard is keep- ins up the quest. If the massing American does not turn up in a few days Scptland Yard will make ap plication to the court to open Mr. Martin’s strong box here to see if his papers will throw any light upon his absence. Cotton Shortage Charged. According to dispatches from Mem phis yesterday, relative to the failure of the Martin Phillips Company, the assets of the company reported,to the Federal Court Included 1,800 bales of cotton, stored in a warehouse, on which loans had been secured. There are not more than 94 bales now In the warehouse, according to the owner, who also asserts that, while he had signed receipts for 900 bales, most of it had been removed without his knowledge. Telia of $6,000,000 Deal. NEW YORK, April IT.—A $6,000,- 000 transaction, the details of which remain strangely unexplained, is at the bottom of the mysterious disap pearance in London, on April 3, of Joseph Wilberforce Martin, the Mem phis millionaire, according to N. Hill Martin, hlo brother, who sailed for England on the Campania after spending the day at the Waldorf-As toria, He declared that his brother on April 3 sent the family a cable mes sage saying that he had that day closed a deal involving the sale of 60,000 acres of cotton land in Ar kansas and Tennessee, valued at more than $100 an acre, to an Eng lish syndicate. Deal Made Through Agents. It was understood that the deal was made through his agents, Bou- sted & Anderson, a London broking and banking firm. "That night," he said, “Joe disap peared.’’ Then he told how J. Lockhart An derson, a member of the banking firm, had been the family’s only source of information since his broth er’s disappearance, but declared An derson had sent them absolutely no word concerning the several millions which Hill Martin believes must have changed hands to close the land sale. • Joe was no ‘rube.’ ” Mr. Martin declared hotly. ‘ This puts Anderson in an' awful hole. When 1 get to London he will have to do business with me In a hurry." Visited in Martin Home. Anderson, he said, came to the Fnited States last December to look over the cotton lands in the inter ests of the English syndicate, and was a visitor at the Martin home in Memphis for several weeks. "He cabled us all the events which led qp to Joe’s disappearance," Mi- Martin said. "buOhas avoided all men tion of the money my brother is sup posed to have received for his lands." Mr. Martin declared that he be lieved thire was a woman's face back of the plot. Fear For His Mother. MEMPHIS, April 17— Grief over the disappearance of Joseph W. Mar tin ar.d the bankruptcy proceedings of the Martln-Phillips Company, of which he was president, has cauaed the serious illness of Mrs. Nina D. Martin, mother of the missing cotton broker. Physicians attending her to day admitted they feared she would die. Wm.J. Harris Named 1 Director of Census : By President Wilson •Original Woodrow Wilson Man in ' Georgia’ Nominated to Succeed E. Dana Durand. WASHINGTON, April 17.—The President to-day* sent to the Senate the nomination of William J. Harris of Cedartown, Ga.,’ as Director of the Census, to succeed E. Dana Du rand. William J. Harris, known as the original Woodrow Wilson man in Georgia, is chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee, having succeeded W. C. Wright, of New nan. to this position at the Ma con State Convention. He was for merly State Senator from the Thirty- eighth District, and served a two- year term representing Polk County. He is president of the Georgia Eire Insurance Company, an Atlanta cor poration. The presidential primary of May 1, 1912, was due directly to Senator Har ris' efforts. Through his insistence in behalf of Wilson’s candidacy, tlie executive committee finally called the primary Probe To Follow Moore Ousting Weather Office To Be Cleaned Dabney, Southerner Will Be Chief An ambitious attorney got his client a sentence of ten years instead of the one year offered by the judge before whom the case was first heard, according to evidence submitted in gathering commutation of the sen tence of Stonewall Davenport, grant ed to-day by Governor Brown. Davenport, when drunk, attacked a companion and took from him about 25 cents in money and a pair of shoes. R. R. Burger, Solicitor for Oconee County, in whose jurisdiction the caSe came, issued a warrant charg ing a misdemeanor and offered to sentence the man for one year if he would plead guilty. Davenport's attorney refused to permit his client to plead guilty and demanded an indictment by the grand jury, with the result that a sentence of ten years’ penal servitude was im posed in that court. Breckinridge Made Assistant War Chief Three Other Southerners Given Fed eral Appointments in List Sent to Senate To-day. WASHINGTON. April 17.—The President to-day sent to the Senate the following nominations: General appraiser of merchandise in the District of Philadelphia. Wil liam W. Roper, of Pennsylvania. Auditor of Interior Department, Robert W. Woolley, of Virginia. Assistant Secretary of War, Henry S. Breckinridge, of Kentucky. Judge of the District Court of Alas ka, Robert W. Jennings, of Alaska. United States Marshal for Eastern District of Texas, Benjamin R Sherrell, of Texas. Recorder of land office, Lucius Q. C. Lamar, of Missouri. Special fiscal agent of Navy De partment at London. England, Speyer Bros. Assistant Attorney General. Samuel Houston Thompson, Jr., of Denver. Son's Fingers Blown Off, Sues for $15,000 R. M. Wallace Charges Mrs. A. C. H. Matthewson With Responsibility for Explosion Accident. Through his father, Loy Wallace. ' 10 7 year-old son of R. M. Wallace, who, in September, 1911, had three lingers blown from his hand by an explosion of a dynamite cap, filed suit for $10,000 damages against Mrs. A. C. H. Matthewson in Superior Court to day. Mrs. Matthewson was charged with being responsible for the acci dent in leaving the box of caps where the boy could get them. The elder Wallace also filed j similar suit for $5,000. The suits alleged that when Mr?, Matthewson was nav|ng a street graded for a subdivision on Green wich Street, near Sells Avenue, a box ' of dynamite caps, used for blasting, was left in the highway where the children who played in the neighbor hood could get them. Mr. Wallace alleged that Loy, then 8 years old, took a cap from the box without knowing it was dangerous., and .was sTffKTfT| it wifTt a TiammeY when it exploded'and tore away three fingers of his hand. Negress, Slayer, Is Lynched by Blacks Sings Hymn While Being Hanged by Mob—Killed Husband With Razor. STRANDER, MISS., April 17.—Mrs. “Matt” Mu9ee, a negress, was lynched here to-day by a rnob of negro men after she had murdered her husband. She sang a hymn as she was being put to death. The woman attacked her husband with a razor following a quarrel. In her anger she nearly severed the head from the body. News of the killing soon spread among the negro colony, and a mob of men was quickly formed. The negro mob is the first on record to execute summary vengeance upon a woman of their own race, so far as known here. Tennessee House Arrests Hooper's Private Secretary Governor's Assistant Took Bills From Desk of Legislator—Plot, Say Regulars. NASHVILLE. TENN., Apirl 17.— The Tennessee House of Representa tives to-day ordered George C. Tay lor. private secretary to Governor Ben W. Hooper, arrested on a charge of entering the desk of Representa tive Abernathy and taking seteral bills therefrom to the Governor’s of fice. Taylor, when arrested and brought to the bar of the House, stated that he got th ebills at the request of Rep resentative Abernathy, a fusiontst, and stated that he was looking for the general appropriation measure. Regular Democrats claim that a scheme had been laid to get the ap propriation bill away from the Hou^- and prevent action until all of the runaways could return. Speaker Stanton, following the in vestigation. stated he thought Taylor hud transgressed the rights of the House, but suggested that he be ex onerated. The House refused to exonerate Taylor, but released him from custody with a warning to in future respect the rules of trie House. Proressor Willis L. Moon;. I' Library for Federal Prison Here Asked MINISTER’S SON IS SHOT IN QUARREL OVER GIRL PARKERSBURG. W. V.. April 17.— Following a quarrel over a girl earl* to-day. Roy Buck shot and seriously wounded Mason Morriston, son of Rev. A. T. Morriston. former me.: her of the Legislature. Buck escaped to Marietta, Ohio, where he was arrest ed to-day and returned here. Morriston's condition ie serious. Senator Hoke Smith Asks Congress to Give $2,500 for Books for Convicts. WASHINGTON. April 17.—Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia, to-day intro duced a bill to appropriate $2,500 for the purchase of a library for the Fed eral Prison at Atlanta. Deputy Warden Wilbur O. Hawk, of the Federal Prison, when informed by The Georgian of thd introduction of the bill, said: “It is something that we need badly out hero. We have been working on the project for some time and I hope it will 7 go through. U. S. Fourteenth In Airship Equipment Has 28 as Compared to Germany’s 400; Kaiser Spent $28,000,000 In Five Years. WASHINGTON. April 17. The United States stands fourteenth among the .nations of the world in number of Government owned aero planes and in Government expendi tures for aerial navigation during the last five years. Figures compiled by the Chief Sig nal Officer of th»* Army show Ger many leads with 400 aeroplanes and ‘an expenditure of $28,000,000. The United States owns 28 aeroplane^ and spent $425,000 in five years. Other countries rank above the United States as follows: France. Russia. Italy, Austria, Great Britain. Belgium, Japan, < hilt. Bulgaria. Gfe'‘ce, Spain an J Brazil. President Said to Favor Friend of Senator Hoke Smith for the 0 Head of Bureau, WASHINGTON, April 17— ('buries W. Dabney, formerly of Knoxville Tenn., now president of tHe Univer sity of Cincinnati and connected with the Weather Bureau during Cleve land’s administration, probably will succeed Willis L. Moore, deposed c hief of the bureau. A general house-cleaning of the bu reau is impending and any political machine that Chief Moore may have constructed in that department is to be sent to the “scrap heap. It was regarded as significant here to-day that the Department of Jus tice was called upon to make the in vestigation of Moore’s conduct in of fice and that the preliminary findings, which resulted in the bureau chief’s dismissal and that of one of his sub ordinates, have not been made public in detail. In the ordinary course of events, it was pointed out to-day, an investiga tion would fiave been made by Agri cultural Department h^ids. without calling on the Department of Justice. Congressional Probe Likely. Moore’s activity in promoting his candidacy for a Cabinet post may also be probed by a Congressional committee. Congressman Fowler, of Illinois, stated to-day that his resolu tion to this end, introduced last week, will be urged. Professor Moore to-day removed his effects from tHe Weather Bureau and established headquarters at the Cosmos Club, from where, he expects to conduct a campaign of vindication. He has indicated that he favors a general investigation, covering not only th'e Weather Bureau, but also other governmental departments. Dabney a Southerner. Dr. Dabney, who will likely succeed Moore, was one of th. latter’s rivals for appointment to the Cabinet as Secretary of Agriculture. Dr. Dabney had the indorsement of Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia, and other leading Southern Di mocrats for the Cabinet. He has been a clove personal friend of President Wilson for more than a score of years and they have been closely affiliated in important educational enterprises in the past. Dr. Dabney is a Democrat and a Southerner. He was for fifteen years president of the University of Ten nessee at Knoxville. BEULAH, MISS,, RESIDENTS READY TO FLEE FROM FLOOD ROSED ALE, MISS., April I7.-Rm. idents of Beuiah, Miss., were prepared to flee to the hills to-day if the- levee broke there. The walls were still holding, although it was feared they might break at any time*. Three hun- dr°d State convicts were at work on thv weakened places all last night and to-day, Girls Are Seconds In Schoolboys' Duel One Sister Sides With Brother and the Other With Sweetheart. Another Miss Referees. CAMBRIDGE. MASS.. April 17. The story of how one sister acted as second for her sweetheart while another sister seconded their brother in a duel fought between schoolboys in which a larg* girl acted as referee, was revealed in court here to-day when William J. Rounds, Jr., son of former State Senator Rounds, plead ed not guilty to the charge of as saulting Herbert B. Larner with a penknife. Miss Lillian Rounds, despite the protests of her parents, had contin ued to keep company with Larner. Young Rounds heard about the secret meetings and challenged Larner to a fight. Lillian aided with Larner and encouraged him during the fight, while her sister Fannie acted as sec ond for the brother. Miss Beryl Gro gan was referee. PLOT BUILD TO V Testimony Helps Convict Three Who Operated in Mill District. Crusade Commended. Aroused by the sale of liquor to cot ton mill operatives and boys in the vicinity of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, ministers, women and citizen:-* of that section have started a vig orous “clean out” campaign. As a result of their warfare, three alleged professional “tigers,” all young men, were before Recorder Broyles. Jack Parr was given the limit in two cases—a fine of $500 and 30 days in the stockade, and was bound over to the State courts in bond of $1,000. Jim Black was given 30 days and was held in bond of $1,000. C. N. Hughes was fined $100 or 30 days, and bound over in bond of $500. Several women gave testimony against the three young men. Judge Broyles commended the crusaders for their aggressive warfare, and pledged himself to aid them by imposing the extreme penalty of the Iaw\ “We want to save these hundreds of young boys and young men who toil in the mills, many of whom are falling victims to these blind tigers,” ex plained one of the women. The crusade ig being led by F. S. Darraeott, special officer of the mills. Ty Ty Town Tries To Tax ‘Octopus’ Southern Express Company Asks Court’s Aid to Escape Payment of $50 Assessment. TIFTON, GA., April 17.—The town of Ty Ty and the Southern Express Company have appealed to the courts to adjust their differences. The town levies an occupation tax and the Express Company was as sessed $50. After being duly notified to pay the tax, and failing to respond, the agent of the company was ar- I rested and carried before Mayor Nel- ] son, w ho assessed a fine equal to the [amount of the tax. Then the com- t pany secured an injunction restrain ing the town from imprisoning the agent or collecting the tax. Arguments in the case have been submitted by counsel before Judge Thomas at Moultrie. He has reserved his decision. Boasts Cause Arrest On Slaying Charge Negro Who Bragged of Killing Ex press Messenger in January Held on Women’s Testimony HARRY THAW’S LAWYER INDICTED FOR BRIBERY NEW YORK, April 17.—Attorney John N. Anhut. was indicted to-day by the Grand Jury on the charge that he offered $20,000 bribe to a physician at Matteavvan Asylum upon the con dition that the doctor would decla*-? Harry Thaw, slayer of Standford White, was sane. His boasts that he is a slayer have thrown the shadow of the gallows across the pathway of Ed Fowler, a young negro, W’ho is in the Tower to-day accused of having killed H. E. Newsom, an express messenger, at Whitehall and Alabama Streets last January. The negro was held by Recorder Broyles without bail, after two negro women had testified that Fow r ler bragged to them that he stabbed Newsom to death. Other witnesses, who chased the murderer the after noon of the killing, said Fowler look ed like the fleeing man. Fowler Ueniqp* he is guilty. Save Money By Reading the Market Basket This handy guide for the busy housewife will appear every Friday in The Georgian. Cut out tliis page—it will give you many suggestions and help to reduce the high cost of living, and will eliminate the wor ry. Read the expert ad vice of Elbert L. Thorn ton at the top of the page. Aged Pontiff Shows Remarkable Im provement; Church Heads Fear He Will Never Be Able to Resume His Official Duties, Even If He Rocover Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. ROME, April 17.—The Pope was able to sit up for a short’ period this afternoon in an armchair. Discussing the Pope’s condition with the Spanish Ambassa dor, Cardinal Merry Del Val expressed fear that even though the Pope should recover from the present immediate danger of death his health would be so badly impaired that he would not be able in the future to administer the affairs of the church. He said the Papal Court feels genuine alarm over the condition of the Pope. “One of the causes for anxiety is the advanced age of the Pontiff, his years having weakened the vital organs in their functions. There have been incipient symptoms of uraemia, also. “llis Holiness Pope Pius X is better, but is still extremely weak.” This statement was made this afternoon by Monsignor Pori- lin, riephew of the Pope, who lias watched by the Pontiff for sev- < ral days. Monsignor Porilin had just come from the Pontiff s bedside when he made this announcement. Clinging to the slender thread of life with a tenacity which lias aroused the amazement and ad miration of his physicians, Pope Pius X lies close to the shadow of death, but still fighting vali antly. After a consultation between Drs. Marchiafava and Amici, the following signed bulletin was« issued early to day from the sick chamber: II-is Holiness Pope Pius X passed the night calmly. He was disturbed occasionally by the fits of coughing, but his bronchial symptoms are better. His tem perature u'a« 97.8. it was observed that this bulletio, unlike most of the others which have preceded it, did not say that the Pope’s general condition is good. The Pontiff was very restless during :ho night and between fits of coughing tossed in his bed. The heart action was sustained by Injections. Medicines administered internally have disarranged the Pope’s stomach and he was seized with a fit of nau sea after his breakfast, which con sisted of weak chicken broth and a thin slice of dry toast. Soothed by Chapel Organ. The Pope has become so weak that he can scarcely raise himself on his pillow and his voice Is scarcely audi ble a few feet away. His Holiness again asked to-day that a small organ 1n a chapel near the sick room be played, and he seemed soothed by th* hymns and chants which were in toned there. One of the attending physicians to day said: “The condition of the Pon tiff is so desperate that I do not think he will live to see Friday dawn.” The Italian Government has been notified formally of the critical plight of the Pontiff and intimation was given that death could be expected at any moment. Premier Gilotti. who has been In Turin on a vacation, came to Rome to-day. cutting his stay short. Be fore the Premier left for Turin Dr. Marchlufava had promised to let him know in ample time to reach Rome if the Pope neared the threshold of death. Thus to the return of Signor OiHoti deep significance is attached. Conclave Is Imminent. Although 88 years old and a val etudinarian. Cardinal Oreglia, dean of the sacred college, bore up against age and feebleness and spent the night In his robes awaiting a sum mons from the Vatican. It is che office of the dean of the sacred college to serve as head of the church gov ernment in the Interregnum between the two Popes. Cardinal Merry Del Val. Papal Sec retary of State, has wired the papal nuncios at the capitals of various countries to inform the foreign Car dinals that a conclave is imminent. The Pope’s sisters, Anna and Maria Sarto; his brother, Angelo Sarto, and his nephew. Monsignor Porilin. spent the night at the Vatican, as did Dr. Amici. “Another Blessed Day.” . Pope Pius was awake and conscious Plans, if Successful, Would Halt Building of Light Plant by City of Atlanta. Secret efforts to purchase the prop erty on which are located the closed houses of the former Tenderloin were unearthed to-day. If the efforts are successful the city will be blocked in its plan to build a municipal light and power plant in connection with the new cre matory. The city has not enough land on which to add the electric plant to the crematory, and the “houses In our midst" property is all that is available. Agents of the would-be purchasers have received assurance from the owners that they will sell. Diligent efforts to find out for whom they were acting proved futile. The informa tion that the owners are willing to sell shows that the light of Uhief J. L. Beavers, since he closed them last October, has ended in complete victory. Immediate Action Expected. Council has contracted with the Destructor Company, of New York. 10 build a $378,000 crematory and elec tric power plant. The construction of the crematory is well under way, but the contract gives Council the alter native of rejecting the $100,000 elec tric plant feature after the crematory is completed. No plans, therefore, have been made for the construction of the electric plant. Immediate action to secure this j property is expected of Council. The crematory site is located be tween the tanks of the Atlanta Gas Light Company and the railroad tracks entering the Terminal Station. Back of it are the city stables. There is just room enough for the garbage destructor on the vacant property, arid if the stables were torn away there still would not be room enough for the electric plant. Only “Houses” Available. The only available property is that occupied by the houses with boarded windows and doors on the eastern corners of Hulsey Street and Manhat tan Avenue. Another delay in the construction of the crematory was threatened to day by the announcement of Mayor Woodward that he had vetoed the $400 appropriation passed by the last meet ing of Council for grading on the cre matory site. Unless this grading is done, the work will soon be stopped. Mayor Woodward repeated he w f ould decline to approve anything regard ing the cerematory until the Supreme Court had decided upon the legality of’ when the sun rose this morning. A the contract, [ smile snread ovar hia ha