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GEORGIAN OFFERS $500 REWARD EXTRA r Fhe Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit GEORGIAN WANT ADS-Use For Results nn L Li m ☆ '—7 VOL. XT. XO. 228. ATLANTA. GA. MONDAY. APRIL 28. DUG. PRICE TWO CENTS. GANT IS BROUGHT FROM MARIETTA WAR SHUT Montenegrin Army Leaves Scu tari to Repulse Threatened In 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. r ! How Nations Near ! Clash Compare 1 Montenegro is Europe’s littlest kingdom, having a maximum fighting strength of 50,000 and a population of 225,000, Austria-Hungary has a popula tion of 51.340.378 arid a standing army of 1,095.000. Bpecial Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, April 28.—Advices re ceived here to-day by way of Vienna state that Crown Prince Danilo and most of the .Montenegrin troops in Scutari left that city tn-day and are marching northward. The Montene grins left only five batteries of guns In Scutari, it i^ reported. The dis patch indicated that the Montenegrin army is marching toward Antivari, the port of Cettinje, where the Aus trians threatened to land a force. Threatened with invasion by Aus tria, supported by the powers, Mon tenegro still refuses to yield, AT. Pop- viteh, Montenegrin Plenipotentiary to London, to-day handed in the reply of his country to representatives .of the English and the Continental pow ers that Scutari be given up. This reply, which was formally ten dered to the Ambassadors at the For eign Office, protests against coercion and requests that the powers again examine the question before present ing an ultimatum. •Montenegro, despite its size, de- tu hi placed on an equal foovins wit It (lie othc:- members of the Balkar, League," says the' communication. We request the same consideration and demand > he same justice given to the stronger Stales." 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 toVday was centered ->n Austria, tlie firebrand power in whose grasp is the-torch which might let the conflagration. Archduke Frau ds 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 independerft 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 preoarations. 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, tiic port of Cettinje. capital of Monienegi o. A report was circulated on the bourse that part of tile Austrian army massed in Bosnia and Herzegovina had already invaded Montenegrin soil, but this report wasplenled by Genera! Krobatlti. AusvWan minister of war. There was < arem, activity at the war office. General Vein Holz, ndorf s in charge of .the pr, parations. Near ly all the troops being sent into southern Hungary are Austrians. BASEBALL B IS SUB VOLUNTEERS . 000 310 000 - 4,1 south Atlantic league | nffiniT mm mil- I 111- VOLUNTEERS . 000 310 000 - 4 CRACKERS .... 000 001 101 - 3 Newt Lee, the negro night watch man arrested in connection with the Phagan murder, practically admitted to Detective John Black this after noon that he knows something of tin circumstances surrounding the death of the little girl. The police are con fident that Lee will tell all he knows before 0 o’clock. Lee’s admission came after lie had been “sweated" for.two hours by a corps of officers under the direction of Detective John Black, and was wrung from him by a trap which Black set and into which the negro walked. Black said: “Now, Lee, I know that you are in nocent and didn’t murder the girl, byt you knok all about it and you know who committed the crime.” Maintained He Told Truth. Black’s statement was in the form of a question and was shot at the negro after lie had sat quiet under the scrutiny of a dozen pairs of eyes. As Black leaned forward after asking the question Lee started nervously and said: "Yes. that's Hie Bod's truth, boss!" Then the negro apparently realized that he had spoken too quickly and tried to catch himself. 11* stammered and hesitated, finally declaring sui- lenlv that he knew nothing of the affair. Tie is showing sigrm of weak ening under the grilling of the de tectives. and Mip 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 crime. You arc just seek ing to 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 was shaken with sobs. “You’d better tell us now," per sisted Blent. Still Le» was silent. Further en deavors to get him to talk were un successful. but the detectives be lieve that the black man is weaken ing and will tell all he knows before the night is over. BiF-nt is with the real estat*- firm of \V fv Tr*adwell Rr Company, and had Lee in hi« employ for about four > ears when he was w ith the ,Si*-veils Planing Mill Company. Gilbert Price Opposes Dahlgren in Second Game of Series; Bailey Out. By Percy H. Whiting. PONCE HE ' LEON BALL PARK, April -8. The Vote defeated the Crack ers here this afternoon by a score of 4 to 3. Dahlgren. although wild, proved a puzzle to Mill Smith's men. who failed to bunch their few hits off him. The home boys filled the bases twice in the first three innings, yet failed to score. Price twirled for Atlanta. Nashville registered three in the fourth on timely singles by Lindsay and Ludwig. They also counted a run in the fifth. Bailey, who was hurt in Saturday's game, was out of the line-up. Price secured four sale bingles. Billy Smith announced before the opening of the game to-day that Do- bard had been released to the Beaumont club fit the Texas League. Williams was sent in to fill the position at short. THE GAME. FIRST INNING. Daley popped out to Dunn. Goalby fanned. Callahan out, Price to Agler. NO RUNS, NO HITS. Agler opened the game by getting a base on balls. Alpernian grounded to Perry and Agler was forced at second to Yndsay, Welohonce filed to Callahan. Graham walked. Long also walked, fill ing the bases. Smith filed to Callahan. NO KI NS, NO HITS. SECOND INNING. Berry grounded to Smith and was out to Agler. Schwartz walked, .lames out. AJperman to Agler. and SchwafnrTfiT>B’ second. Lindsay out, Price to Agler. NO RUNS. NO HITS. Williams Hied out to Daley. Dunn walked. Price bunted in front of the plate and beat it to first. Agler popped to Daley. Aloermun lined out to Cal lahan NO RUNS. ONE HIT. THIRD INNING. Ludwig grounded out to Williams. Dahlgren out, Alpernian to Agler. Daley walked. Goalby grounded out, Smith to Agler. NO RUNS, NO HITS. Welohonce walked. Grahum sacrificed out. Ludwig to Goalby. Long grounded out, Lindsay to Schwartz. Smith walked. Williams walked. Dunn was called out on strikes. NO RUNS, No HITS. FOURTH INNING. Callahan grounded to Agler. who dropped the ball, and be was safe ut first. Perry grounded to Price, who threw to second in an attempt to catch Callahan, but tin* throw was too late. Schwartz grounded to Price and was out at first t«> 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 tal lied. Dahlgren walked, filling the bases. Daley grounded to Williams ami Lind say was forced at the plate to Dunn. Goalby went out, Alperman to Agler. THREE RUNS, TWO HITS. Price singled through Lindsay. Agler grounded to Lindsay, who throw to Coalby. forcing Price at second. Alper- man hit into a double play. He ground ed to Lindsay, who forced Agler at sec ond to Goalby. who threw Alperman out at first to Schwartz. NO RUNS. No HITS. FIFTH INNING. Callahan was safe on Williams error. Perry popped out to Price. Schwartz doubled io right and Callahan scored James Hied out .to Schwartz went to grounded out to Agler. hit. Welohonce walked. Graham hit to Dahlgren. who forced Welohonce a! sec ond in Lindsay. Long fanned. Smith out. Dahlgren to Schwartz. NO RUNS, NO HITS. SIXTH INNING. Ludwig walked. Dahlgren grounded io Agler. who forced Ludwig at second to Williams. Daley walked, forcing Dahlgren to second. Goalby hit into a double pla.'. He grounded to Williams, who threw out Dahlgren to Alperman. who threw to Agler. retiring Goalby. NO RIANS, NO HITS Williams made a scratch hit to Perry who was unable to throw to first in time to catch him. Dunn folded out to Schwartz. Price doubled to 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 out front Dunn to Alperman. Schwartz died to Welchonce NO RUNS. NO HITS Long grounded to Dahlgren and beat it to first for a hit Smith singled to right and Long took third. Williams grounded to Perry and went 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 Alpernian 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. Alpernian hit to Perry and Agler was forced at second to Goalby. who in turn threw Alperman out at first to Schwart z. Welchom ■« singled to center. Graham went out. Goalby to Schwartz. NO RUNS. ONE lll'T. NINTH INNING. Daley popped out. to Welchonce. Goal by was hit by a pitched ball. Callahan filed out to Long Goalby went to sec ond on a wild pitch and tried to make third and was out to Smith. NO RUNS. NO HITS. Jjyv.fg - ngled to left Smith h t through Lindsay and was safe on his error. L«*ng taking third. Williams fanned Dunn walked, filling the bases Price hit to Goa’by . witolhrew to Lind say. lording Dunn at s**.-oiid and Long scored. Agler filed to Goalby. ONE VOLUNTEERS AB. R. Daley, If 3 0 Goalby, 2b 3 0 Callahan, cf 5 2 Perry, 3b 4 1 Schwartz, lb 3 0 James, rf 4 1 Lindsay, ss.. ., 3 0 Ludwig, c 3 0 Dahlgreen, p 3 0 Totals 31 4 CRACKERS— AB. R. Agler, lb 3 0 Alperman, 2b 4 0 Welchonce, cf 3 0 Graham, rf 3 0 Long If 4 2 Smith, 3b 4 0 Williams, ss 4 1 Dunn, c 3 0 Price, p... *. 5 0 H. 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 H. 0 0 2 (I 2 1 1 0 4 PO. 3 3 3 1 8 0 4 5 0 27 PO. 12 3 3 0 1 1 1 5 1 Totals V A. 0 5 0 3 0 1 2 1 3 15 A. 1 4 0 0 0 2 3 2 5 17 AT ALBANY. JACKSONVILLE ! I 0 3 0 2 0 0 4 k ALBANY— 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 Warwick and Smith; Werner and 0 0 o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 COLUMBUS ill 00 1 00 0 oj : AT SAVANNAH. j MACON— 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7 1 SAVANNAH - 000001 20X -3 11 2 Warwick and Smith; Wells. Umpire. Barr. AT COLUMBUS. CHARLESTON- Foster and Mer.efee; Eldridge and Krebs. Umpires. Moran and Glattz. DIES DU o i Roberts and Greibel; O'Brien and Humphreys. Umpire. Pender. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE II l! o ^I AT BALTIMORE. o! BUFFALO lj3 040000 0 0 - . , 1 j BALTIMORE— 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 - . . ^ Holme, and Stephen,; Danfortii, John son and Egan. Umpires, Carpenter am O’Toole. All other .games off rain. SUMMARY. Two-base hits—Schwartz, Price. Double plays—Williams to Alperman to Agler, Lindsay to Goalby to Schwartz; Perry to Goalby to Schivartz. Struck out—By Price, 1; by Dahlgren, 4. Bases on balls—Off Price 5; oft' Dahlgren, 9. Sacrifice hits— Graham, Schwartz, Lindsay. Umpires—Breitenstein and Kenn AMERICAN ASSOCIATION All games off, rain. COLLEGE GAMES SOUTHERN LEAGUE AT NEW ORLEANS— MONTGOMERY 0400000..-, . . NEW ORLEANS 0000002 - Manning and Donahue; Williams and Angerhier. Umpires. Fifield and Hart. AT BIRMINGHAM— CHATTANOOGA 0 000000 - . . BIRMINBHAM 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 - Summers and Street; Fittery and Mayer. Umpires. Stockdale and Pfen nlnger. AT MEMPHIS— MOBILE 00100...... MEMPHIS 0 0 3 1 0...... . . AT MACON. MERCER 002000. . . . SEWANEE— 012000.-.. Eggleston and Dinkins; Hunt and Rice. Umpire. Walker. Campbell and Brown; Kissinger and Wright. Snell. Umpires. Rudaerham and 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. Welch om-e and third. Lindsay ON'L RUN. OjYM Grain NATIONAL LEAGUE AT CHICAGA — PITTSBURG 002 0 0003 0 CHICAGO 1000020 5 X Hendrix. Adams and Kelley: Tony. Cheney and Archer. Umpires. Brennan j and Eason. AT ST. LOUIS— CINCINNATI 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 511 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. CAROLINA LEAGUE. Score: R.H.E. i ASHEVILLE 000 002 000—2 9 3 ’CHARLOTTE . 101 050 20*—9 11 1 j Bedsill and Millinan; Vanpelt and Malcomeon. Umpire. Miller. Score: R.H.E. RALEIGH 001 112 000— 5 8 3 GREENSBORO 001 522 00*—10 10 3 Durmng and Jerosank; Taylor and Dll ,V P a tt« r *on. Umpire. Chestnut. All other games off, rain. 8 10 2iATLANTA MAN SENTENCED FOR SHOOTING A WOMAN AI GUST A. GA.. April 28. J. R McClure, of Atlanta, a former Georgia llailwa.j engineer, plead* d guilty here to-day to assault with intent to mur der. The crime was reduced to a misdemeanor, and McClure was given twelve months on the chalngang. Last fall he shot Lucile Harris here. AMERICAN LEAGUE r St. Louis Chicago not scheduled. All other games off, rain. Giving Away Dollars Noted Dixie Athlete On Trial For Arson Finger Prints Lead to Charge That Richard Webb Burned Pro fessor’s Office. LEXINGTON. KY, April 38. Richard S. Webb, former assistant football toacii at the Stale University and known throughout the West and South as an athlete, was to-day placed on trial here charged with burning the office of P. L. Anderson, dean of engineering at the university. Another indictment charges burning a public building. The -ase grows out of a rollege feud, in which practically the entire student body took sides. The chief witness for the prosecu tion is Ray Campbell, a fingerprint expert from the. Indiana Re form at or.\ . who sw »• <• fingei’p;mts on a clock in Fobs to Trolley Men Urge 'Safety First' 1,000 Street Car Employees Become Members of Atlanta Public Safety League. "Safety First, Safety Always" is. (lie inscription on l onu bronze, watch fobs presented to-day to street car mot or men and cond in t,»» - by the Georgia Railway and Power Com pany. The fobs were made from a special design, m the form of medallions. They are intembyl as tokens of in* in i bersliip it: the .Atlanta Public S- League and to remind them that tit ‘first duty **f motorman *»r « »»ndticin is t< pi write public The “Want Ad" man will continue to give away dollars to the lucky ones whose name-, appear in the "Waul Ad coin inns of Tin* Georgian. and who have it marked'when he calls in the speedy t 'arterear. Your name may he. next The Georgian will pay ,$500 reward for hL\- < 'Ll T NI VE information leading to the arrest and li'oiivietion of the murderer of Mary Phagan. J. M. Ount, accused of the strangling of Mary Phagan. was brought lo Atlanta this afternoon at 4 o’clock from Marietta, where he had been under arrest in the Sheriff's office since fore noon. Fearing a demonstration from the crowd that had been wait ing at the Walton Street station for several hours, Detective Ilazlett transferred his prisoner from a .Marietta ear to a l)e eatur ear arid hail him locked up in tile police station Indore mam were awatv that he was in town. Gant, trembling and nervous, refused to talk at first. "I have nothing to say, nothing to say." he repeated to the in terrogations of the reporters. Ah Ilazlett led him to the police station. (Jam glanced appre hensively around as though he were in fear of being taken away from the officer. When no demonstration occurred. Gant, recovering his poise it a measure, turned to the reporters and declared his absolute hum eenee of nn,\ connection with the gruesome affair Makes Complete Denial "I know nothing about it," he declared. "Before God. I ain innocent of the whole affair. I have not seen Mary Phagan for three weeks. I haven’t seen her since ! left the factory three weeks ago. I had known ‘her about ten months. "I was at the factory for about ten minutes Saturday after noon, hnt lhat 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 from 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 his visit there this time was to see her in regard to making his home there perms nentiy. Contradicted by Landlady. In striking contradiction to his statement is the assertion of Alls. 1' < Terrell, of 284 East Linden Street, where Gant said he slept Saturday night, that she had not seen Gant in three weeks. I watched the .Memorial Day parade in Atlanta," said Gant, as he sal in the Marietta police station, "and after the parade was mostly over I went out to the hall game. After the game I remem bered that I had left some old shoes at the pencil factory, and d<* eided to go over and get them. I went over there at C o'clock and Superintendent Frank let me in. "He told the negro watchman to help me find my shoes, and both of them saw me get them and also saw me leave the building. "Then I went back to town and met Arthur White, who is em ployed in the pencil factory; <>. G. Bagiev, an employee of the At lanta Milling Company, and Bagiev's brother. With them T played pool in the Globe pool parlor on Broad Stri ct until 10:30 o’clock, and then I caught a ear and went home. Admits Knowing Girl Well " A cs. I knew the girl. I knew Alary Phagan quite well, but I swear to you I liad not seen her since I left the plant as an em ployee three weeks ago. I am innocent and developments will prove it." Gant answers the description of the man Edgar L. Seiitell says he saw with the Phagan girl shortly after midnight to a re markable degree, lie is about six feet lull, of slender build and dark complexion. 11 is hair is dark and inclined to curl, and he wore a blue suit and a straw hut. He said that he is twenty-four years old and that liis name was James, and not John, as Super intendent Frank had stated. Gant was arrested by Deput.l Sheriff llieks on the 1 o'clock ear. lie did not appear particularly nervous and was confident that lie would lie able to demonstrate his Innocence, hut the de- teetives with him were equally certain that tin slayer had been captured. ..... ■*««. .... RACE RESULTS ON PAGE 6.