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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. The Atlanta Georgian Read hor Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results ATLANTA, GA., TIIURS DAY, APRIL 17, 1913. 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE J OSEPH N. MARTIN, rich Memphis cotton broker, who disappeared in London, has caused international mys tery. Members of Senate Attack Friedmann Bill to Permit Tuberculosis Expert to Practice In Washington Meets With Opposiion. 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. “His Holiness Pope Pius X is better, but is still extremely I weak.” • This statement was made this afternoon by Monsignor Pori lin, nephew of the Pope, who has watched by the Pontiff for sev eral 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 has 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, Marchlafava and Amici, the following signed bulletin waa issued early to day from the sick chamber; HIb Holiness P<pe Plus X passed the night cal(nly. He was disturbed occasional!* by the fits of coughing, but h s bronchial symptoms are better. His tem perature was 97.8. It was observed that this bulletin, unlike most of the others which have preceded It, did not say that the Pope’s general condition is good. Trie Pontiff waa very restless during the 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. 8oothed 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 In a chapel near the sick room he played, and he seemed soothed by the hymns and chants which were in toned there. One of the attending physicians to day said: “The condition of the Pon- ,<1IT is so desperate that I do not think he will live to see Friday The Italian Government fas been notified formally of the crlt/cal plight of the Pontiff and intimation was given that death could he pxpeeted at any moment. , Premier Gllottl. who has been In Turin on a vacation, came to Horne to-day, cutting his stay short. Be fore the Premier left for Turin Dr. Marchlafava 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 Gllloti 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 the 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 Marla Sarto; his brother, Angelo Sarto, and his nephew, Monslgnor Porilin, spent the night at the Vatican, as did Dr. Amici. “Another Blessed Day.” Pope Pius was awake and conscious when the sun rose this morning. A smile spread over his face and lie Continued on Page 2, Column 1, FEAR FORGERY Probe To Follow Moore Ousting •!•#*!• »!*••!• *!• • v ■!• • •!* •!••*!* Weather Office To Be Cleaned INTO VANISHING Daiiney,SouthernerM Be Chief F Burns Awaits Cablegram From Memphis, Believed to Relate to Broker's Business. WASHINGTON, April 17. An ef- fort by Representative Hughes, of New Jersey, to obtain immediate con sideration of his bill to permit Dr. Friedmann, the noted German tuber culosis expert, to practice medicine and surgery in the District of Colum bia, called forth expressions from Senators Lodge, Smoot, Gallinger and Penrose. “I don’t want to pronounce this man a faker,” said Senator Penrose, “but I think the Senate is going out of its way to give him an advertisement. He may be a quack for all I know. “I would call the attention of the Senate to the gross impropriety of recognizing a questionable cure by an official advertisement of that char acter. This is not an occasion for maudlin sentiment.” The bill was referred to the Com- ’mlttee on District of Columbia. Negress, Slayer, Is Lynched by Blacks Sings Hymn While Being Hanged by Mob—Killed Husband With Razor. STRANDER, MtSS., April 17.—Mrs. “Matt” Musee, a negress, was lynched here to-day by a mob 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. 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 large 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. Earner with a penknife. Miss Lillian Rounds, despite the protests of her parents, had contin ued to keep company with Lamer. Young Rounds heard about the secret meetings and challenged Lamer to a fight. Lillian sided with Lamer and encouraged him during the fight, while her sister Fannie acted as sec ond for the brother. Miss Beryl Gro gan was referee. 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 tin* 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 rested and carried before Mayor Nel son, who assessed a fine equal to the amount of the tax. Then the com 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. MINISTER’S SON IS SHOT IN QUARREL OVER GIRL PARKERSBURG, W. V., April 17.— Following a quarrel over a girl early to-day, Roy Buck shot and seriously wounded Mason Morriston, son of Rev. A. T. Morriston. former member of the Legislature. Buck escaped to Marietta, Ohio, where he was arrest ed to-day and returned here. Morriston’s condition is serlour CO-OPERATION URGED AS FARMERS’ FUTURE HOPE RICHMOND, VA„ April 17.—Co- operation w r as the burden of the speeches made in the seceral sections of the conference for education in the South. Farmers were charged to stand together for mutual protection or better educational facilities, for better highways, for comforts for the home and to stand against the foe of education, morals and religion—the liquor traffic. 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 Matteawan .Asylum upon the con dition that the doctor would aecla-e Harry Thaw', slayer of Standford White, was sane. Nearly everybody in Atlanta reads The Sunday American. YOUR ad vertisement in the next issue will sell goods. Try it! Save Money By Reading the Market Basket This handy guide for the busy housewife will appear every Friday in The Georgian. Cut out this 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. READY TO SOLVE MYSTERY American Detective Has Promised to Produce Missing Million aire by Midnight. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, April 17.—The Memphis, Term., end has become strangely pre dominant in the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Joseph W. Mar tin. the wealthy American, missing since April 3. Detective William J. Burns declared to-day he believed he would be able to close up the case after he receives certain information from Memphis, believed to relate to the financial sta tus 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 of cotton ware house certificates held by the Martin firm. Burns’ Men Still Searching. Burns has promised to produce Martin by midnight. His men still are searching the Lambeth district where Martin’s silk hat, watch chain and pocketbook were found. Meanwhile Scotland Yard is keep ing up the quest. If the missing American does no turn up in a few days Scotland 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 hales, most of it had been removed without his knowledge. Tell* of $6,000,000 Deal. NEW YORK. April 17.—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 Marlin, the Mem phis millionaire, according to N. Hill Martin, his brother, who sailed for England on the Uarnpania after spending tlie 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 $1Q0 an acre, to an Eng lish syndicate. Deal Made Through Agents. It was understood that the deal was made through his agents, Bou- sted & Ander3on, 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 banfdng 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 I get to London he will have to do business with me in a hurry.” Visited in Martin Home. Anderson, he oaid, came to the United 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 up to Joe’s disappearance,” Mr. Martin said, “but has 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 there 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 and the bankruptcy proceedings of the Martin-Phillips Company, of which he was president, has caused 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. Wallie Smith’s Double Scores Long in Second Inning; Paul Musser Opposes Hardgrove on Slab; Neither Team Scores In First. By Percy 11. Whiting.^ PONCJS DE LEON BALL PARK, April 18. - Bill Smith's Crackers and the Barons met In the final game of their series here thin afternoon. Smith was particularly anxious to cop to-day’s game and make it three out of four for the series. He sent Paul Musser to the slab with Dunn behind the bat. Molesworth selected Hardgrove to op pose Atlanta in an effort to break even on the series. Mayer did the catching for Birmingham. Neither team scored In the first inning THE GAME. FIRST INNING. Marean grounded out to Agler. Mes senger was hit by a pitched hall. Senno filed out to Keating, who tried to double Messenger on second, but threw wild to Agler And Messenger went to second. Messenger tried to steal third, but was out from Dunn to Smith. NO HITS, NO RUNS. Agler slashed one to Hardgrove. who knocked down the -ball and threw Joe out at first. Alperman was retired, Marean to McGilvray. The ball hit the Birmingham second baseman in the pit of the stomach and the game was called while he recovered his breath. Wel- chonce also went out, Marean to Met Ml- Froiessor Willis L. Moore. President Said to Favor Friend of Senator Hoke Smith for the Head of Bureau. WASHINGTON. April 17.—Charles 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 chief 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 hc£Uja. 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 the Weather Bureau, but also other governmental department 0 !. Dabney a Southerner. Dr. Dabney, who will likely succeed Moore, was one of^ the latter’s rivals for appointment to the Cabinet as Secretary of Agriculture. Dr. Dabney had the indorsement of Senator Moke Smith, of Georgia, and other leading Southern Democrats for the Cabinet. He has been a cloee 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 ROSEDAI.K. MIPS., April 17.—R<- - idents of Beulah, 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 anv time. Three hun dred State convicts were at work on the weakened plai.es all last night and to-day. RACING RESULTS. AT JAMESTOWN. First Three-year-olds and up, sell ing, 6 furlongs, purse $300: York Lad 108 (Nathan), 7-5, 3-5, 1-5, won; Touch Me 109 (Ferguson). 50, 12, G; Kubla Granda 09 (McDonald), 15, o, 5-2. Time, 1:15. Also ran: The Gardener, George S. Davis, Jack Nunnally, Harcourt and Silicic. Second Purse $300, three-year-olds and up, selling, 6 furlongs: Theo. Cook 110 (Ward), 5-2, 1, 2-5, won; New Haven 110 (Corey), 7. 5-2, 1; Ethel Le- Brunie 102 (Robbins), 6. 2, l. Time, 1:15 3-5. Also ran: Heretic, Queen Bee, Havell Lutz and Port Arlington. ENTRIES. AT HAVRE DE GRACE. FIRST—Three-years-olds and up, sell ing, 5 furlongs (10): Black Chief L10, Moncrief 109, Bay Thorn 107, Marjorie A. 116, Progressive 108, xBig Dipper 98, Oowel 111, Double Five 108, xRalph Lloyd 92. Magazine 113. SECOND—Two-year-olds, conditions, 4 furlongs: Mater 108, Trumps 108, Ga lea 108, Madge ; s Sister 108. THIRD— Three-years-old and up. sell ing, 6 furlongs: Auto Maid 110, Mayor- dale 104, Font 120, xCherry Seed 113. Royal Meteor 117, Madrigalian 1.12. FOURTH Harford handicap, three- year-olds and up. 5 Vi furlongs (10): Grover Hughes 117, Sir Blaise 102, Caughhill 115, Springboard 95, Light O’Life 98. Ten Point 98, Marjorie A 103, Adams Express 124, Joe Knight 99, Spohn 103. FIFTH Two-year-olds, selling. 4 fur longs (6): The Idol 111. Trade Mark 98, Chas. Connell 98, xMlss Waters 94, Sonny Hoy 110, xCarbureter 104 SIXTH Three-year-olds, conditions. 6^ furlongs (5): Discovery 98, Lysan- der 110. Fred I*evy 118, Early Light 113, Ex ter 115. xApprentioe allowance 5 pounds claimed. Weather clear: track heavy. Declined One Year; Sentenced for Ten Governor Commutes Term of Oconee County Man Who Stole 25 Cents and Pair of Shoes. 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 several bills therefrom to the Governor’s of fice. Taylor, when arrested and brought to the bar of the House, stated that he got th ebllls at the request of Rep resentative Abernathy, a fusionist, and stated that he whs looking for the general appropriation measure. Regular Democrats claim that a scheme had been laid to get the ap propriation bill away from the House and prevent action until all of the runaways could return. Speaker Stanton, following the in vestigation,. stated he thought Taylor had 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 reject the rules of the House. vray. NO HITS, NO RUNS. SECOND INNING. McBride got a base on balls. McGil vray grounded to Smith at third. Mc Bride attempted to take advantage of the fact that Smith was pulled off third, on the play and started towards third. Keating dashed over to said position, made a high jump, caught a. had throw and fell against McBride just in time to complete a double play. He was hurt as a result of the collision, but contin ued playing. Carroll singled over sec ond and stole second. Ellam wa.s walked. Mayer filed out to Bailey. ONE HIT, NO RUNS. Bailey popped out to McBride. Long hit a single to left and ran with such amazing speed to second that he trans formed it into a double. Smith singled to center and Long raced home with the first run of the game. Smith took second on the throw-in. Keating out. Carroll to McGilvray and Smith was held at second. Dunn went out, Hard grove to McGilvray. TWO HITS, ONE RUN. THIRD INNING. Hardgrove singled to right. Marean grounded to Musser and Hardgrove was out at second to Keating. Messenger out. Smith to Agler, and Marean took second Senno filed out to Welchonce. ONE HIT. NO HUNS. Mussed singled by Hardgrove. Agler bunted perfectly in front of the plate and was out at first, Musser taking sec ond. Alperman lined to Senno and Musser was doubled at second to Mar- can. ONE HIT, NO RUNS. Wm.J. Harris Named 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 Uedartown, 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 Comtpittee, having succeeded W. C. Wright, of Newnun, 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 Fire 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, the executive committee finally called the primary. 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 hi^client to plead guilty and indictment by the grand result that a sentence penal servitude was im posed in that court. permit nisfecuem demand edFLn ind Jury, witjfl the r< of ten years’ pen Boasts Cause Arrest On Slaying Charge Negro Who Bragged of Killing Ex press Messenger in January Held on Women’s Testimony His boasts that he is a slayer have thrown the shadow of the galldws across the pathway of Ed Fowler, a young negro, who 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 Fowler 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 denied he is guilty. Library for Federal Prison Here Asked 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 Pri'Km at Atlanta. Deputy Warden Wilbur C. Hawk, of the Federal Prison, when informed by The Georgian of the introduction of the bill, said: “It is something that we need badly out here. We have been working on the project for some time and I hope it will go through. WILSON IS HONORED BY BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA WASHINGTON, April 17.—Presi- dent Wilson to-day was informed of his election to the honorary presidency of the Boy Scouts of America. The council of the Boy Scouts called at tlie White House and present'd the President with his insignia of office. Masons Continue to Initiate Candidates Forty Will Have Been Carried Through 3?d Degree at Ending of Semi-annual Meeting To-morrow. Scottish Rite Masons this after noon will resume the initiation in various degrees of 40 candidates from many parts of the State, who are at- teding the semi-annual reunion at the Masonic Temple. The degree work will end to-morrow night, when the thirty-second degree will be adminis tered. As soou as the reunion is concluded. R. M. Walker, the contractor, will begin remodeling the top floor M the temple to make what It is thought will be the largest lodge the South. lodge