Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

f — I GEORGIAN OFFERS $500 REWARD extra The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results in TV *\ 'V V \ L I j.\ ] 1 JJ L L A VOL. XI. NO. 228. ATLANTA, GA. MONDAY. APRIL 28. 1913, PRICE TWO CENTS, PAY No MOKE SUSPECT GANT TELLS HIS OWN STORY Montenegrin Army Leaves Scu- | tari to Repulse Threatened ln- : ' vasion by Austria to Oust Little Kingdom From Spoils Won. King Nicholas' Fight Against the Domination of Franz Josef Aligns Powers and Strains Re lations to the Breaking Point. How Nations Near Clash Compare Montenegro is Europe’s iittler.t kingdom, having a maximum fighting strength of 5C.0G0 and a oopulation of••029.000. Austria-Hungary has a pop u I ft- tipn of 51.340.378 and a standing •rmy of 1,095,000. BASEBALL f |R Ml I mu IS VOLUNTEERS, ooo 310 ooo- 4:1 sooth Atlanta league | mniTirirn an aan VOLUNTEERS . 000 310 000 - 4 CRACKERS .... 000 001 101 - 3 11 Spec; :! Crblc to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON. April 28.—Advices re ceived ::c. - e to-day by way of Vienna f* a'. ,j iluit (Town Prince Danilo an 1 rno5-; "f th 1 Montenegrin troops '.n ••.Pari left that city to-day and .ire marching northward. The Montene grins left only five batteries of guns in Scutari, it is reported. The dis patch indicated that the Montenegrin army is marching toward Antlvari, the port of Cettinjc. where the Aus trians threatened to land a feree. Threatened with invasion by Aus tria, supported by the powers. Mon tenegro still refuses to yield.' M. Pop- vitch, Montenegrin Plenipotentiary -c London, to-day handed in the reply of his country to representatives *f the English and the Continental pow er? that Scutari be given up. This reply, which \va> formally t> r.- to the Ambassadors at th^ For eign Office, protests against c.h i«• i >n and requests that the powers again examine the question before present ing an ultimatum. "Montenegro, despih- its size, de- pire.- to be placed on an equal footing with the other members of the Balk i;. Tie-ague,” says the eommunicati :-r,. "We request the same consideration and demand the same justice given to the stronger States.” Europe Watches Austria, Firebrand of New Crisis. VIENNA, April 28.—Threatened with the gravest possibility of war, or at least by political disruption, Eu rope's attention to-day was centered r>v Austria, the firebrand power in whose grasp is the torch which might set the conflagration. Archduke Fran cis Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, held a long conference with Emperor Francis Joseph, following a special meeting of the cabinet. Afterward it was announced that unless the ambassadorial high court sitting in London acts at once "Aus tria will take independent steps to enforce the decision of the powers that Montenegro must not possess Scutari.” Invasion Is Reported. While this announcement was be ing made Austria was busily engaged in war preparations. There was great activity at the Trieste naval depot, it being reported from there that an Austrian naval division with 10,000 troops had left there for Anti- vari, the port of Wttinje, capital <»f Montenegro. A report was circulated on the bourse that part of the Austrian army massed in Bosnia and Herzegovina had already invaded Montenegrin soil, but this report was denied by General Nrobatin. Austrian minister of war. There was extreme activity at tin war office. General Von Holzendorf is in chacg- of the preparations. Near ly ill the troops being sent into >.»uth<rn Hungary are Austrians, while.* Slav regulars .nv being m<*\« d t • th.- northern frontiers of Austria, Newt Lee, the negro night - watch man arrested in connection with the Phagan murder, practically admitted j to Detective John Black this after noon that he knows spric hing of the j circumstances surrounding the death of the little girl. The police are con fident that Lee will tell all he knows before 6 o’clock. Lee’s admission came after he had been “sweated” for two hours by a corps of officers under the direction j of Detective John Black, and w*a ■' wrung from him by a trap » which Black set and into which the negro walked. Black said: "Now. Lee. 1 know tiiat you fire ir.- • nooeht arid ‘didn't murder the'^irl.J but ; uu knol; all about .It and yon! know who commit to <1 the critic." Maintained He Told Troth, Black's slatonmii; wns iii t'e form, of a question and was shot at the! negro after iio bad sat quiet under the Gilbert Price Opposes Dahlgren in Second Game of Series; Bailey Out. By Perry It. Whiting. • PONCE DP. LEON BALL PA UK, April 18.'- The Vote defeated tue Crack ers here this afternoon by a score of 4 to 3. Dahlgren. although wild, proved a puzzle to Bill Smith’s men. who failed to bunch their ten hit-s off him. The home boys filled rlup Lares twice in the first three innings, yet failed io s- ore. Price twirled for Atlanta. Nashville registered three in ti.e fourth on timely singles by Lindsay apei Ludwig. They also counted a run in the fifth. Bailey, who wus hurt in Saturdays game, way out of the line-up. Price secured four safe bingles. Billy Smith announced before the opening of the game to-day that Do- bard had been released to the Beaumont club of the Texas League. Williams was sent in to fill the position at short. THE GAME. FIRST INNING. Daley popped out to Dunn, ('oal'hy fanned. Callahan out, Price to Agler. NO r:l Nb, NO HITS. \gler opened the ga:~>e by gelling a l>ase on balls. Alperman grounded to Perry and Agler was forced ut second to I’ndsuy. \Vel*-'.:oi;co tiled to Callahan. Graham walked. Long also walked, fill ing the bases Smith fliefi to Calluhan. N . fU'NS, \( >. HITS. SECOND INNING. p. i y gs-oyjWlftl to Smith anil was out to Aider. ‘V«lkcii James out. Alpe.-man *o.b\Ygkr f • **t^#' secon/l. l/.ndsav om. P:Tt*e to Aglet . N(» 1H NS. Xu HITS. ,■ \\ i}l!arhs*«4|ied .<*«(’" V Daley. Dunn waU^eclr Price-huntt*d n front of uhe. ulaic ar.fi beat it lo fhTt. Agler popo.«! io Dulyv. Alpirnma lined "Ut to i'kY- j lalutn. XU RUNS. ONE HIT. > Third inning. i Ludwig grounded out t<> WilliiAfis. j Dahlgren out. Alperman to Agler. Daley ' walked. Gpalby grounded put. Smith to ) Agler. NtJ RUNS. .N.< f HITS, i Welchdnce walked. Graham ?acrifiocd | out. Ludwig to Goalby. Lofig gfppiaWL out. Lindsay to. .Schwartz.. „ Smith walked. Williams walked., Was caned out on strikes. N» > HIT NS, NO HITS. ------ ■- - - FOURTH INNING. Callahan grounded to Aider, w|k> dropped the ball, ami he was safe at first. Perry grounded to Price. wji‘) threw to second in an attempt to catch Callahan, but the throw was too late. Schwartz grounded to Price and was out at first to Alperman. Callahan and Perry advancing on the play. James walked' Lindsay singled to right and Callahan, and Perry scored. Ludwig hit a Texas leaguer back of short and James tai led. Dahlgren walked, filling the bases. Daley grounded to Williams and Lind- wn was forced at the plate to Dunn. Goalbv wefii out. Alperman to Agler. THREE LI’NS, TWO HITS. I‘rb*e singled through Liruteuy. Agler grounded to Lindsay. wh<* threw to Coalby. forcing Price a» second. Alper man hjr jp.to u double play. Ho ground ed to Lindsay. v ho forced Agler at sec ond to Goalh.v. v. iio threw Alperman o\n a* firs’ to S< ’ wartz. NO THT-NS. NO HITS. FIFTH INNiNG. VOLUNTEERS AB. R H. PO. A. E. Daley, If 3 0 « 3 0 0! Goalby, 2b 3 0 0 3 5 0 Callahan, cf 5 2 0 ’3 0 0 Perry, 3b 4 1 0 1 3 0 Schwartz, lb 3 0 1 8 0 0 ! James, rf 4 1 1 0 1 Oi Lindsay, ss 3 0 1 4 2 11 i Ludwig, c . 3 0 1 5 1 0 Dahlgreen, p f •’ f 3 0 0 0 3 0 Totals 31 4 4 27 15 1 CRACKERS- AB. R . H. PO. A. E. i Agler, lb . 3 0 t) 12 1 1| Alperman, 2b . 4 0 0 3 4 1; Welchonce. cf 3 0 2 3 0 o! Graham, rf 3 0 0 « 0 01 Long If 4 2 2 1 0 0 Smith, 3b 4 0 1 I 2 1 Williams, ss. 4 1 1 1 3 1| Dunn, c 3 0 0 5 2 0! Price, p 5 0 4 1 5 0 Totals .... ' ■ ’’ w. ! -i. .33 3 10 n 1 - 1 ■ 27 17 4 sr. Two-ba se bite—Schwartz, d.'i Al Price IV. Double plays—Williams to Alperman to Agler, Lindsay to Goalby to Schwartz ; Perry to Goalby to Schwarts. Struck out— -By Price. 1 ; by Dahlgren, 4. Bases on balls—Off' Price 5; off Dahlgren. 9. Sacrifice hit l Graham, Schwartz, Lindsay. » - . Umpires— -Brcitensiein and Kerm. •! SOUTHERN LEAGUE 1 r •.' . AT ALBANY. JACKSONVILLE - 103 020 040 0 0 - 10 18 2 ALBANY- 002 110 024 0 1 - 11 16 2 Warwick. Grover and Smith; Werner and Wells. Umpire. Barr. AT COLUMBUS. CHARLESTON- 0 00000000- 0 9 0 COLUMBUS— 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 X - 3 9 1 Foster and Menefee; Eldridcie and Krebs. Umpires. Moran and Glattz. AT SAVANNAH. MACON- 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7 1 SAVANNAH— 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 X -3 11 2 Roberts and Greibel: O’Brien and Humphreys. Umpire, Pender. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE ’T BALTIMORE. BUFFALO- 304000 0 0 0 -7 13 1 BALTIMORE- 001030010-7 92 Holmes and Stephens; Danforth. John son and Egan. Umpires. Carpenter and O’Toole. Called on account of darkness. All other games off rain. EADING 61 COLLEGE GAMES AT MACON. MERCER- 002000000-2 5 2 SEWANEE 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 X - 4 5 4 Eggleston and Dinkins; Hunt and R.'ce. -Umpire. Walker, AT., NEW ORLEANS— MONTGOMERY 04 0 000000-4 NEW ORLEANS 00000020 0 - 2 Manning and Donahue; William, Taylor and Angemier. Umpires, and Hart. AT BIRMINGHAM — CHATTANOOGA 0 00000000-0 BIRMINBIIAM 014000 0 2X-7 Summers, Troy and Street and Hannah; Fittery and Mayer. U Stockdale and Pfennlnger. AT MEMPHIS— MOBILE 0 0 MEMPHIS 0 0 Campbell and Brown: Kissinger and Wright. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION All games off, rain. 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 I 0 1 0 1 X - Snell. Umpires. Rudderham and 2 4 0 6 10 0 t dozen pairs of oyoF. A forward aflbr a-king th Marl oil norvou-yv an scrutiny of Black lea no question Li sa id: j “Yes, that's the God's truth, boss!” Then the negro apparently realized that he had spoken too quickly and tried to catch himself. He .stammered and hesitated, finally declaring sul lenly that he knew nothing of the affair. Hr* is showing sign. 41 of weak ening under the grilling of the de tectives. and the police are confident that he will tell his story In a few hours. Certain in their conviction that Lee knows far more about the mur der than he has told, the police de tectives called in T. V. Brent, a for mer employer of Lee. to assist in giving the negro the “third degree.” Brent plied Lee with questions for two hours. The negro was not given a chance to compose himself before a new volley was fired at him. Negro Near Breakdown. "Lee. I know you know who com mitted that crimes You are just seek ing t9 protect someone that has be friended you in the pas.'' said Brent to the negro finally. Lee did not reply, but bent his head while his body w as shaken with I sobs. “You'd bt- iter tell us now.” per sisted Brent. Still Le* waf silent. Further en deavors to get him to talk were un successful, but the detectives be lieve that the black man is weaken-j ing and will tell all he knows before the night is over. Brent is with the real estate firm • if \Y. H. Treadwell A- Company, and kad Lee in his employ for about four year- w hen lie w:m w ith the ’Stevens j error. Frier. Schwa r1z Dailahun scored. t\ elehotice ai d one nrx, oni*; Graham hi: to tm Mil -my. PACE RESULTS ON PAGE 6. Callahan was safe on William Perry popped out to doubled to right and •Tames flied out to Schwartz went to grounded out to Agler. HIT. Welch once, walked. Dahlgren. who forced Welchonce at •‘ ! ’e< und to Lindsay. Long fanned. Smith out, Dahlgren to Schwartz. No RUNS, NO HITS. SIXTH HMNIN-G. Ludwig walked. Dahlgren grounded to Agler. who forced Ludwig ai second to Williams Daley walked, forcing Dahlgren to second. Goal by bit into a double play. He grounded to Williams, who threw out Dahlgren to Alperman. who threw to Agler. retiring Goalbv No RUNS. NO HITS. Williams made a scratch hit to Perry. ho was unable to throw to first In time to catch him. Dunn fouled out to Schwartz. Price doubled t<* center, scoring Williams. Agler walked. Alper man fanned. Welchonce hit to Dahl gren and beat it to first for a hit. Gra ham out. Dahlgren to Schwartz. ONE RUN, THREE HITS. SEVENTH INNING. Callahan fouled • to Dunn. Perry grounded to Smith, who juggled the ball, and Perry was safe at first. Perry tried to steal, but was oui from Dunn to Alperman. Schwartz flied to Welchonce. NO KI NS. NO HITS. Long grounded to Dahlgren anil beat it to first for a hit Smith singled to right and Long took third. Williams grounded to Perry and werit out to Schwartz. Long scoring on the play Dunn struck out. Price singled to short and beat it out. Smith overran third and was out. Lindsay to Perry. ONE RUN, THREE HITS EIGHTH INNING. James grounded to Alperman and on his error was safe at first. Lindsay bunted to Agler and was out at first. Ludwig out, Price to Agler. Dahlgren fanned. NO RUNS, NO HITS. Agler walked. Alperman hit to Perry and Agler was forced at second to Goal by. who in turn threw Alperman out at first to Schwartz. Welchonce singled to center Graham went out, Goal by to Schwartz. NO RUNS. ONE HIT NINTH INNING. Dale> popped out to Welchonce. Goal- by was hit by a pitched ball Callahan flied out to Long. Goal by went to sec ond on a wild pitch anil tried to make third and was out t.» Smith. NO RUNS, N< > HITS. Long singled t<» left. Smith hit through IJnclsu> and was safe mi hi>* error. Long taking think Williams fanned Dunn walked, filling the base* Price hit to <ha!b>. who threw to Lind- :-a \ foj< >g Dunn a ’ second and Long scored. Aglet fLed G«alb\ ONE RUN NATIONAL LEAGUE AT CHir.AGA — PITTSBURG CHICAGO 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 5 11 3 1000020 5 X-8 10 2 Her.drix. Adams and Kelley; Tony, Cheney and Archer. Umpires. Bremym and Eason. AT ST. LOUIS— CINCINNATI 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 5 11 2 ST. LOUIS 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 X - 7 11 2 Powell and Works: Smith. Packard and Clarke. Sallee and Wingo and Mc Lean. Umpires. Owens and Guthrie. All other games off, ra in. AMERICAN LEAGUE St. Louis-Chicago not scheduled. All other games off, rain. Girl To Be Buried in Marietta To-morrow Stepfather and Sister to Accom pany Body, But Mother May Not Be Able to Go. The body of murdered Mary Pha- gus, which has been at the Bloom field morgue since she was. found strangled to death Sunday morning, will be taken to Marietta to-morrow morning at 8:35 o’clock, over the W. &, A. Railroad. At noon the funeral services will be held and the body ol the child will be laid to rest in the family leu m the Marietta Femetery \\ J. •’oh man. «■ glr - stepfather, arid e: yiM e <*!' e Phagan. wi:l accompanx the bony. The mother «»! the slain child will go also if her health is such that she can make the trip in safety. Site has been pros trated -since her daughter's terrible death, and it is hardly probable that physicians will allow her to attend the funerai. !>’•. J. \V. Hurt performed an au topsy on the body late this afternoon but refused to make public the result of the examination until tlu* Coroner's jury meets Wednesday morning. ATLANTA MAN SENTENCED FOR SHOOTING A WOMAN AUGUSTA. GA.. April L’8.- J. R. McClure, of Atlanta, a former Georgia flailway e ngineer, pleaded guilty hen to-day to assault v ith intent to mur- fa II ip. teaiior. a ui month* cm shot Lie .Me «iia Inga t Harris fit COTTON STATES LEAGUE. Score. R.H.E. PENSACOLA 040 000 100— 5 9 2 CLARKSDALE 000 000 102—3 6 1 Townsend and Hauser; Peddy and Braun. Umpire. Hall. Score: R.H.E. MERIDIAN . ...... .010 000 000—1 3 1 COLUMBUS 303 000 000—6 11 1 Sparks and Gueterez: Poole and Tay lor. Umpire. Cussack. Score: R.H.E. SELMA 100 000 000—1 6 4 JACKSON 100 000 100—5 3 4 Baker and Mueller; Falrcloth and Robertson. Umpire. Williams. CAROLINA LEAGUE. Score: R.H.E ASHEVILLE C00 002 000—2 9 3 CHARLOTTE 101 050 20*— 9 11 1 BrdRil and MJIhnan: Vanpelt and Malcomson. Umpire, Miller. Score: R.H.E. RALEIGH 001 112 OOO— 5 8 3 GREENSBORO 001 522 00*—10 10 3 Durninc and Jerosank; Taylor and Patterson. Ump're, Chestnut. Score: R.H.E. W. SALEM 003 120 000 —6 7 1 DURHAM 000 000 000—0 0 1 Ray and Smith; Yon and Coveney. Umpire. McBride. VIRGINIA LEAGUE. Score: R.H.E. ROANOKE 101 110 000—4 8 0 N. NEWS 001 000 000—1 3 0 Carpenter and Lafitte; Paxson and Egan. Umpire, Colgate. Score: R.H.E. RICHMOND ... 612 001 200—12 12 0 PORTSMOUTH 010 100 000— 2 4 7 Burleson and Lusky; Verhout, Robert son. Weldell and Hudgins. Umpires. Schetter and Norcurn. Score: R.H.E. NORFOLK 000 100 000—1 4 2 PETERSBURG . 310 110 02+—8 16 1 Sheen. Saxe and Powell; Hedgepeth and Laughlln. Umpire, Kennedy. Fobs to Trolley Men Urge ‘Safety First' 1.000 Street Car Employees Become Members of Atlanta Public Safety League. “►Safety First, Safety Always' is the Inscription on 1.000 bronze watch fobs presented to-day lo street car motormen and conductors by the Georgia Railway and Power d on i- pany. The fobs were made from a special design, in the f*»rm of medallions. The;, arc ini ended as tokens of mein- b»-r* ji it 1 i*' \tlauta I’ tblD S et\ LrnpU' and lo remind them that th** fii.-i i»*;t. ?if .i tuntoritiHii or • 'undue!or is t«- l" "iiote public safety. The* Georgian will pay $500 reward for KX- CI.rSrYF information leading to the arrest and conviction of t he murderer of Mary Phagan. •I. M. Gant, accused of the strangling of .Mary Phagan. was brought to Atlanta this afternoon at 4 o'clock from Marietta, where he had been under arresl in the Sheriff's offiee since for.- noon. Fearing a demonstration from the crowd that had been wait ing at the Walton Street station for several hours, Detective llazlett transferred his prisoner from a Marietta ear to a De catur ear and had him locked up in the police station before many were aware tha1 he was in town. Gant, trembling and nervous, refused to talk at first. • "I have nothing to sa.v, nothing to sav," he repeated to the in terrogation# of the reporters. As Hazlett led him to the police station. (Jant glanced appre hensively around as though lie were in fear of being taken away from t lif* officer. When no demonstration occurred. Gant, recovering his poise in a measure, turned to 1he reporters ami declared his absolute innn- ; ecnce of any connection with the gruesome affair. Makes Complete Denial I know nothing about it," lie declared. '' lief ore God. I am innocent of the whole affair. I have not seen Mary Phagan for three weeks. I haven't seen her since ! I left the factory tlnve weeks ago. I had known her about ten | mouths. I was at tile factory for about ten minutes Saturday after noon, Inti that was all. I got a pair of shoes there that belonged to me and left them in the near-beer saloon across the street. Then I knocked about town during the evening and Went to my home at 284 East Linden Street, about midnight. "I was at home again Sunday night and did not leave Atlanta until this morning.” Asked to explain his suspicious departure front town, Gant, accounted for it very readily by saying that it was due to a previ ous arrangement with his mother, Mrs. Mary Louise Gant, to visit her to-day at her home near Marietta. He went there frequently, he said, and bis visit there this j time was to see Iter in regard lo making bis home there pernia I nently. Threats of habeas corpus proceedings to obtain the freedom i of Gant were made to-night by .ludge George F. Gober. who is I representing the accused man, and who also is a Velative. The threats were made on ttie refusal of Chief of Detectives Lanford to give Gant an immediate preliminary hearing on the demand of Gober. Identified by Police Informer That's the man. I’m quite sure, that I saw holding the arm of a little girl on the street last Saturday night and apparently leading her toward the pencil factory," was the statement of Pi. S. Skipper, when he was brought face to face with J: M. Gant this afternoon in the police station. Skipper, who lives at 224 1-2 Peters Street, had told the offi cers earlier in the day that he had seen three men leading a cry ing, unwilling girl down Whitehall Street and then over to For syth Street. Saturday night. Gant, he declared to-night, looks like the man who had hold of her arm. E. L. Sentell also faced Gant, but he stuck to his original story that Arthur Mullinax. one of bis best friends, was the man he saw with the murdered girl. Sentell added, however, that there were three girls in the party ami a man that looked like Gant was with the second girl. It was Sentell's testimony before rlie police and detectives that made the evidence against Mullinax appear strong early iu the day. Contradicted by Landlady. ' In striking contradiction to his statement is the assertion of Mrs. F. G. Terrell, of 284 East Linden Street, where Gant said he slept Saturday night, that she had uot seen Gant in three weeks. "I watched the Memorial Day parade iu Atlanta." said Gant, as he sat in the Marietta police station, "and after the parade was mostly over I went out to the ball game. After the gatue 1 remem I bered that I Itad left some old shoes at the pencil factory, and de- cided to go over and get them. I went over there al H n clock and i Superintendent Frank let me in. Me told tin negro watchman to help me Hnd my shoes, and l Continued on Page Two. Column Six and Seven.