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THE WEATHER. Forecast—Fair to-night and Thursday. Temperatures-.8 a. m., 60; 10 a. m., 68; 12 noon, r *i; 2 p. m., 76; sunrise, 4:49; sunset, 0:21. The Atlanta Georgian Head for Profit--GEORGIAN WANT ADS-Use tor Re si It s VOL. XI. NO. 230. ATLANTA, (iA.. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1913. CENTS EVERYWHERE p £L ! i° Billy Smith 3 Pennant Aspiring War riors Clash With Champion Barons in First Game of Series at Birming ham—Musser and Foxen on Mound. RICKWOOD PARK. BIRMINGHAM, ALA . April 30.—Billy Smith’s Crackers opened up to-day in their series against Molesworth’s Barons. Musser and Foxen were the opposing Flab artists. THE GAMJS. FIRST INNING. Agler grounded to Ellam, who fumbled the ball, and he was safe on first. Al- perman flied out to Bedus. "Welchonce grounded to Ellam, forcing Agler at sec ond. Welehonce was caught off first, Foxen to McGilvrav. NO RUNS, NO HITS. Marcan grounded out, Smith to Agler. Herndon grounded out, Musser to Agler. Bodus popped out to Smith. NO RUNS, NO HITS. SECOND INNING. Smith. Long and Williams fanned. N» * RUNS, NO HITS. McBride grounded out, Williams to Agler. McGilvray lined to Alperman. Carroll beat out a slow grounder to Al perman and stole second. Ellam walked. Mayer walked Foxen fanned. NO RUNS, ONE HIT. GIRL’S DEATH LAID TO FACTOR! EVILS Working Conditions Here Wrong, Proved by Phagan Crime, Says McKelway. Dr. A. J. McKelway, president pro tem of the Southern Sociological Congress, declared to-day that if fac tory conditions in Atlanta were what they should be 14-year-old Mary Phagan never would have been slain. "If social conditions, it factory con ditions in Atlanta were what they should be here, if children of tender years were not forced to work in shops this frightful tragedy could not have been enacted." he asserted. Dr. McKelway’s remarks came In the course of a conversation in which he discussed at length the evils of child labor In industrial plants and the absolute necessity of rigid child labor legislation. A reception at the Piedmont Driv ing Club yesterday marked the close of the four-day sessions of the so ciological congress in Atlanta. Dele gates left last night and to-day for their homes. 3 DEAD IN KANSAS CITY TRAMPS’ REFUGE FIRE K\NSAS, CITY, MO.. April 30.— T rpr men are known to be dead in a fire which started in the Hurry-Up Transfer Company's office at Fourth and Wyandotte Streets this afternoon and rapidly spread to nearby houses and buildings. Three men hanging to window N’tiges in the Helping Hand Hotel < re lost when the walls of that building collapsed .and seven others believed to have been in the hotel • unaccounted for. GULLS RE>~“>E FOUR PLAYtrfS; KIRBY LET OUT MOBILE, ALA.. April 30.—Mike Finn, manager of the Gulls, to-day i< used four of his players. Malo- n: Ra forty, McGill and Pitcher Iviibj v,tie let out. The latter was - cured from the New York Club. He in : • (1 very promising at the start of the season, but has failed in his Iasi D u starts. The other three were weak with tlie stick and were but fair fielders. CHILD BURNED TO DEATH. H ARTWELL. , GA.. April 30.—Rob ert Wallace, 4 years old. was burned to death a few miles south of Hart well to-day when a large barn on his father's farm was destroyed by fire. 2 LABOR EDITORS JAILED. CHARLESTON. W VA., April 30 Charged with publishing an article to incite insurrection, Fred H. Mur- riek and John L. Ramsey, alleged to be editors of The l^ibor Argus, were arrested here to-day. LEXINGTON RESULTS. First—Selling, three-year-olds. 6 fur longs: Lady Lightning 105 (McCabe). 9.80, 4.50, 2.90, won: Tillie’s Nightmare 105 (Martin). 3.30, 2.50; Grif 110 (Bux- Also ran: Red. ivu ' pi al (Jill o.Ov, Ijrl ton), 2.90 Time, 1:15 3-5. Volita. Charles Straus. Just HAVRE DE GRACE RESULTS. First—Selling, three-year-olds, 6 fur longs: Blue Thistle 110 (Musgrave), 2, 4-5, 7-20, won; Pardner 112 (DeRonde), 8, 6-2, even; Cowl 112 cBut well), 12, 5. 2. 1:14 2-5. Also ran: Double Five. Union Jack, Chilton Queen and Working Lad. Second—Two-year-olds, 4 V* furlongs: Willie Waddell 110 (Butwel!), 2. 7-10. out, won; Fathom 110 (Fair Brother), 6. 2. even; Spearhead 110 (Davis), GO, 10, 4. Time. :55. Also ran: Wooden Shoes, Robert Oliver, Stellata and Dally Wal ter. Third—Handicap, three-year-olds, 6^6 furlongs: Rolling Stone 105 (Musgrave). 10, 4. 2. won; Penobscot 110 (Wolfe), 12. 5, 6-2; Besom 115 (Butwell), 3, 6-5, 3-5. Time 1:02 4-5. Also ran: Grover Hughes, Sir Blaise. Flying Fairy, Mar jorie A, Ringling and Chuckles. Fourth—The Percivall selling stakes, two-year-olds, 4 1 * furlongs: Gordan 120 (J. Wilson), 1-3, out won; Mordecal 109 (Butwell), 5, 3-5, 1-5; Preston Lynn 107 (Snider). 7, 6-5, 2-6. Time. :64 4-5. Also ran. Superintendent, Milky Way. HAVRE DE GRACE ENTRIES. FIRST—Selling, four-year-olds, 6 fur longs; Horace E. 107, Spin 105, Anavri 107, Sir Marion 110. xEddie Graney 105, xOutlan 102. xTiger Jim 102, xjudge Monck 106, Patrick S. 107, Grania 106, Edith Inez 105, Lad of Langdon 107, xEmily Lee 100, Prince Chap 110. SECOND—M. and G., selling, three- year-olds: Cowl 120, xBlack Chief 111, xHenpeek 90, xNimbus 108, xClem Beachey 108, xHoney Bee 102, Miss Mo menta 111, xCharry Seed 110, xAgnier 106, xThrifty idl. THIRD—Selling, three-year-olds. 5% furlongs: xMontressor 103, xTurkey In The Straw 103. Progressive 107, xTarts 107, xFred Levy 108, xHoney Bee 101. Fourth—Susquehanna, three-year-olds, 1 mile and 70 yards: Mission 107, Ad ams Express 126, Buskin 102, Lochiel 106, Ten Point 117, Dr. Duenner 10a, John Furlong 124, Flabbergast 102. FIFTH—Selling, three-year-olds, 5*4 furlongs: Cat 110. xMalitine 105, Frank Hudson 101. xHearthstone 110, xChilton Dance 96. Tonlta 112, Schaller 106, xTheo. Cook 110. xAmericus 110. SIXTH—M. and G., selling, three-year- olds. 6 furlongs: Brvnarv 107. Mileage 113, Unbrook 101. Star Gift 110, Tactics 112. xFrog 108, xMycenae 107, Nello 110, xCutie B. 99. xlsland Queen 105. x—Apprentice allowance. Weight on Ten Point includes a penalty of five pounds. Clear: track fast. COEUR D'ALENE ENTRIES. FIRST—Selling, four-year-olds, 5 fur longs: Golfball 124, Ray Egan 121, Westella 117. Sal pearl 113, Lilian Ray 113, Ada Doyle 111, Lo Mio 111, Marie Coghill 111. SECOND—Selling, maidens, two-year- olds. 4 furlongs: In Dutch 115. Kara Vez 112, Muy Buena 110, Hyndla 107, Frances G. 107, Jessie Simpson 107, Alabama Bam 107. Princess Jaunice 107. THIRD—Selling, four-year-olds, 5 fur longs: Short Cut 124, Melts 121, Sidney Peters 121, Special Delivery 121, Gerds 117, Wanna 117. xJames Blackstock 110, xLaura Clay 108. FOURTH — Purse, four-year-olds. 6 furlongs: Lackrose 113. Dr. Dougherty 112, Salesia 109. Hying Footsteps 107, Imprint 107. FIFTH — Selling, three-year-olds. 1 mile; Jack Ellison 112, Gelico 109, Bal- cliff 109. Rose Worth 107. Flying 106, Quick Trip 106. Don Enrique 106. Helen Scott 105. SIXTH — Selling, four-year-olds. 5)£ furlongs: Rogan 112. Lescar 112. Char ley Brown 109. Robert 109, Cool 109. Ada Meade 107. Rosenta 107. Roberta 102, Sadie Shapiro 102, xAcolin 97. x—Apprentice allowance. Clear; track fast. City Offers $1,000 as Phagan Case Reward At Special Council Meeting Called by Mayor Only One Man Opposes Action. At a special session of City Council to-da^. called by Mayor Woodward, to give the city's financial aid to the ap prehension of the guilty persons in the Mary Phagan strangling case, $1,000 was appropriated as a reward to the person furnishing information leading to the ar rest of the man or men who committed the deed. The appropriation found one opponent in Councilman Thomson, who said the lure of a high award would be likely to result in the arrest and hanging of an innocent person who might be sworn to his death by some one desiring the reward. The Councilman said lie was in favor of using the money in engaging an ad ditional force of expert detectives MRS. CANDLER’S NIECE DEAD OF AUTO INJURIES $100 for Pupils for . Swat the Fly Essay Chamber of Commerce’s Prize Con test Open to All Atlanta School Children. The Chamber of Commerce to-day offered a prize of $100 for the best composition written by an Atlanta school child on the "Prevention of the Breeding of Flies." All school chil dren are eligible and the essay may he as long or as short as desired. The prize was offered nt the request of President Wilmer Moore of the Chamber of Commerce and Dt\ Claude A. Smith, city bacterioligist. Dr. Smith, who has made an ex tensive study of the fly, has pre pared an Instructive exhibit, depict ing the fly from the time the egg ir laid until full grown. These exhibits are put up in glass tubes and will be shown in every school building in the city. • Block New Head of Street Car Board Georgia Railway and Electric Direct ors Elect Well-Known Atlanta Business Man. PEACHES ARE RIPE The directors of the Georgia Ral way and Electric Company to-day elected Frank E. Block president of' the board to All the vacancy caused! by the death of Joseph T. Orme. Frank Hawkins, of the Third Nation al Bank, has been elected a director. Mr. Block is one of the best known business men in the South, having established the Frank E. Block Com pany and other enterprises in Atlanta He has been a director of the Georgia Rail was arid Electric Compans f«»i years. # Decatur Girls and Boys ‘Clean Up' City 4,000 Cans and Bottles Are Gathered in Effort to Make Spotless Town. five school boys, Albert Bangs, George Hollingsworth, Nathaniel Pratt, McKinney Gash and Clarence Hinton, working like beavers, re moved about 4,000 discarded tin cans and old bottles from the landscape of the„ municipality ef-Oeoatur in the "Clean-up Day” campaign conducted by the city’s Board of Trade. Not to be outdone by the boys, five girls, Dora Mayme Cole, Adelaide McLennan, Mildred Garwood, Frances Mason and Annie May McCrary, got a total number of 558 doan-ap pledges from Decatur citizens. The ‘‘Clean-up Daff - pregnant wee completed last nlghVw*tveatl*factory results. Danger in Louisiana Flood Distriot Grows Hundreds of Miles Inundated by 8,000-foot Crevasse In Levee Near Natchez. NATCHEZ, MISS, April 30.-—The flood situation throughout this section was very grave to-day. United States engineers, with a force of 800 men, at daybreak at tempted to block up the break In the crevasse which now Is 8,000 feet wide and through which the overflow wa ters of the St. John River are rushing, flooding hundreds of miles of farming lands. A die>patch from Rems', La, said that despite the efforts of more than 2,000 workmen, the weakened levees were crumbling and it was expected they would collapse before nightfall. AUGUSTA. GA April 30 Miss Kr- ' nestlne Beley, a niece of Mrs. Asa G t'andler, of Atlanta, died here to-day from injuries received Monday night, Jwhen she was struck by an automobile Lorimer’s Candidacy Amazes Senators Members of Upper House Do Not Believe Illinois Man Will Go Before People. WASHINGTON, Apr. 30—Reports that William Lorimer is to be a candidate at the primaries was received with amazement by Senators. He hopes to succeed Lawrence Y. Sherman,. Repub lican Progressive, who fills (he seat he held. “Mr. Lorimer’s title to the seat he had in the Senate was found, after two trials, to be smirched, and lie was oust ed." said Senator Ashurst. of Arizona. “If ho were to come back here with another certificate of election, no mat ter how obtained, the Senate would look Into it with great care." “He has, of course, a right to go be fore the people of Illinois." said Sena tor Bristow, of Nebraska, “but 1 do not believe the electorate wlil return him." “The people of Illinois are not likely to take his candidacy seriously," said Senator Martlne, of New Jersey $15,000 SUIT AGAINST SOUTHERN RY. IS HEARD Testimony in the case of H. P. ('ape against the Southern Railway Company In a suit for $15,000 per sonal damages was taken in the United States District Court to-day. ('ape. who was a fireman for the road, claims to have been injured in the roundhouse of the Atlanta y&rds. The suit was transferred from the Fulton Superior Court. Foreign Office Declares Monte negro Must Change Attitude or Invasion Will Follow. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. VIENNA, April 30.—The Austrian foreign office announced to-day that the Austrian Government would im mediately adopt coercive measures against the Montenegrin Government unless there Is a change of attitude at Cettinje. Envoy's Recall la Denied. LONDON, April 30.—A telegram from Cettinje state* that the report that Baron Glesel VonGieslingen. Austrian Minister to Montenegro, had been recalled, is premature. It was learned here from a semi official source that Count VonBerch- tholdt, Austrian Foreign Minister, has informed the powers that Austria will make no overt move against Monte negro until after the meeting of the ambassadors here to-morrow. A dispatch to The Neue Freie Presse announced that Italy had agreed to support Austria in any ac tion the latter might take against Montenegro. The possibility that Austria may precipitate an extensive campaign, embracing all of Western Albania, is growing. WILSON COMPLETES PLAN FOR CURRENCY REFORM WASHINGTON, April 30.- Presi dent Wilson's currency reform bill will make its appearance in concrete form in the near future. It will rep resent the views of the President on what is needed to place the monetary system of the United States on a more substantial basis. It is confidently predicted that the bill will not carry any provision pledging the United State* to a guar anty of bank deposit*. Policeman Says Boch? Was Dragged From Elevator R. M. Lasseter, the policeman on the morning watch past th e pencil factory, was called at 3 o'clock In the afternoon. He was questioned as fol lows : Q. Were you in the pencil factory Saturday night or Sunday morning? —A. I was there at 4:45 Sunday morning. Q. What did you find?—A. A para sol. Q. Where did you find it 7—A. At the bottom of the elevator shaft. 1 found there also a big ball of red wrapping twine that never had been opened. (Here the witness was shown the cord that had strangled the girl and asked if that was the kind of cord he had found. He said it was not. The cord he found was very much smaller.) Body Had Been Removed. Q. Had the body been removed when you were in the building?—A. Yes. Q- Where was the elevator?—A. I dofi’t remember; it was on the second or third floor. Q. Is the bottom of the elevator shaft of concrete, or wood, or what? —A. 1 don't know. It was full of trash and I couldn't see. Q. Did you look for signs of a struggle?—A. Yes. I saw where some thing had been dragged along the ground and 1 traced it back to tHe elevator shaft. Q. Did you find anything to indi cate that the body came down the ladder?—A. No, sir; the dragging signs went past the fool of the lad der. I saw’ them between the eleva tor and the ladder. Dragged Fram Elevator. g. You think, Hhen, that the body was dragged from the elevator?—A. Yes. Hir; I think from the evidence that it was dragged from the eleva tor. Q. Where was the umbrella?—A. In the center of the elevator shaft, closed. Before the witness was dismissed he said that he had passed the pencil factory at 1 o'clock Sunday morning and saw that the back door was closed. He said he did not pass the place again until after the body was removed. This was a voluntary statement from the witness and was not made in answer to any question. ‘The Bryan Rickey,' Capital's New Drink Served by Diplomatic Washington Barkeepers to Those Who Like It. Better Than Real Stuff. WASHINGTON, April 30 —A white-rib bon drink is now on sale in Washing ton bar rooms, tl is called the “Bryan rlckey,” and came into the city on the very heels of the grape juice diploma cy.” If promises to become popular during a part of the present Admin istration at least It is made as fol- | lows Take half a glass of grape juice, pour over cracked ice. add a dash of lemon juice and some carbonated water. Secretary Bryan's supporters who have tasted the new drink sav it is excellent. CHRISTY CHURCHILL, LAST OF KENTUCKY FAMILY, DIES LEXINGTON, KY„ April 30.— Christy Churchill, the last member of the noted’Kentucky family from which Churchill Downs received its name, is dead here to-day. He suffer ed an attack of pneumonia during the private race meet given by Mrs. Clarence Lebus in Lexington last week. TEACHERS TAKE TESTS THIS WEEK FOR LICENSES Examination of applicants for teachers’ certificates will be held at the Boys' High School Building Fri day and Saturday. Tests prescribed by the County Board of Education will be given. , The examinations will bo for both white and co)ore4 6x>BlKiiua, Harris Appointment Reported Favorably Census Committee of Senate Gives O. K. to Nomination of Georgia Man. WASHINGTON. April 30.—The nomination of Walter J. Harris, of Georgia, to be Director of the Census, to-day w r as ordered favorably report ed by the Census* Committee. The vote was along strict party lines Senator Townsend, of Michigan, on behalf of the Republicans, will submit a minority report. BIG GUN SOLD FOR $40 TO YOUNG SWISS CADETS GENEVA. April 30.—The Swiss mili tary cadets at Thun, the Swiss Wool wich, were greatly surprised and pleased recently to receive a modern Krupp cannon from Germany, for the price of $40 The boys had started a subscrip tion among themselves to buy a Krupp gun, and the sum had reached $40 when Fr&uleln Krupp heard of the matter and “sold" the gun to the Swiss boys, probably to save their future pocket money. The cannon was one of the first to he employed at the Krupp works for automobile firing, and is a good mod el. The Swiss cadets are now study ing the intricacies of a big modern gun under an officer. Describes Finding of Body of Slain Girl and Events at Peneil Factory Before and at Time of Discovery of Crime. Newt L<*r. wiitcliiuan at tlio National Pencil Company's fac tory. who notified the poliee of the discovery of Mary Phagan‘s body, told liis complete story on the stand at the coroner’s inquest to-day. Lee was on the stand Tor more than an hour and was plied with questions intended to throw light, on the tragedy. He re plied to questions in a straightforward way, and in detail his story is substantially the same as he lias made to the reporters ever since his arrest. His most significant answers concerned his employer, Leo M. Frank, superintendent of the factory. Lee said that when he re ported at 4 o'clock for work, Frank told him to go home until 6. He declared that Frank seemed excited, hut added that lie attrib uted that excitement lo the fact 1 lint Frank had just discharged John Gantt, and might have feared trouble. He said lie reported hack for work a! fi o'clock and that a few hours later Frank called him up by phone from Ins home to ask him if tilings were all right. The witness testified that his employer had never done this before. Chief of Poliee Heavers said that Leo M. Frank, superintend ent of the National Pencil Company, would go on the stand before the coroner’s jury probably late this afternoon. The Chief said he could not force him lo testify as he was in the nature of a defendant, but Attorney Rosser said there would he no objection E. L. Sentell, on the stand this afternoon, reiterated that he had seen Mary Phagan with Arthur Mullinux at midnight Satur day night. His testimony and that of other witnesses is printed on page 4. Newt Lee's Testimony as He Gave It at the Inquest v Newt Lee, the negro night watch man, was questioned as follows Q. vYbat la your name? A. Newt Lee. Q. Where do you live A Rc*ar of 40 Henry Street. Q. What do you do? A Night watchman at the National Pencil Company. Q What kind of work do you do? A Watch and sweep up the first floor. Q. What time do you go to work? At what time? A. Six o’clock. If it is not quite 6 o’clock I go around and see if the windows are down. If it is at-6 I punc h the clock and then go around. Q. What else do you do? A. 1 go around all over the upstairs floors If I have time I go In the basement, but if not, I go in the basement after ward It takes me 25 minutes to make my rounds upstairs when 1 hurry. I punch every half hour. Frank Stnt Him Away. Q How many keys have you to the building? A. I had but one key which unlocks the building, Q. What time did you get to the building Saturday? A. Four o’clock. Q. Why did you get there- at that time? A. Friday was pay day, and Mr Frank told me to come at 4 o’clock Saturday, as It was Memorial Day. When I came in he sent me away again When 1 went in he came out of the outer office, rubbing his bands, and told me he was sorry he had brought me down so early, as I could have been sleeping. He* told me to go back out in town and not to get back later than the usual time of 6 o’clock. Q What's on the first floor? A Just boxes; they don't use it. Doesn't Use Elevator. Q. Where was the; elvator when you went in at 4 o’c lock? A. I don't know, cap. because the elevator doors were shut and you can’t tell where the ele vator is. But the elevator is sup posed to stay on the first floor, they told me. Q Is there a door in the basement At the ( that slides up, too. Q. Do you ever use the elevator ’ A No, sir. Q. Does the machinery have to used for the elevator to be running A I think so. Q. When you went upstairs and opened the doors on the stairway you made some noise, didn’t you? A. Yes Q. Where was Mr Frank when you went in7 Did you hear him come out of his office? A. I just saw him come out. I said, “All right, Mr. Frank." like I always do and he came out of the outer office. Q. Gould anyone he in the office and you not see them? A Yes. 3*i Heard No One in Office. Q. Did you hear any o{e talking in his office? A. No, sir. Q. Where did you go when he told you that you could go? A. I went right down and out the door I went up to Alabama Streot to Broad, and over to near Decatur Street and Central Avenue and looked at a medicine show a fat man wa< giving for negroes. Q. What time did you go back? A. Just a few minutes before 6. Q Did you* punch at 6 o’clock? A. Just at 6. Mr. Frank came on out and put cards in the clock. He then went back in the office and I went downstairs. “While 1 was there Mr. Gantt came from across* the street and said he wanted to get a pair of shoes. I told him 1 couldn’t let him in, and he asked if Mr. Frank was there. I told him yes, and that 1 would go get him. Frank Looked Frightened. "At this time Mr. F*rank came down and looked a bit frightened. I think he looked that way because Mr. Frank had discharged Mr. Gantt and thought Mr. Gantt might start some trouble. “Mr. Gantt told him he wanted his shoes and Mr. Frank, after talking a few minutes, told me to go up there with them. I did. and we found the shoe.** where he had said they were. He asked me for some paper and twine and wrapped the shoes up. He asked me if he could use the tele phone. He called up some lady and said he wouldn’t be out until 9 o’clock. He then went downstairs and out of the building. 1 locked the door be hind him and saw- him go up the street. Watched Gantt Go Out. Q What did you do then'.’ A m watched Gantt as he went out arif then I punched the clock for 6:30. Q. Did you see Gantt at 4 o’clock? A. No. Q. When Mr. Frank came and met Gantt, did you go right upstairs? A. Yes, sir. Q. Where was Mr. Frank? A. ! don’t know. Q. Did you lock the door’’ A. I un locked the door and let Gantt out. Q. Where were you when Mr. FranK came ? A. We were all on the outside when Mr. Frank gave Gantt permis sion and J went In with Mr. Gantt. Q. Did you go to the toilet and ma chinery room at 4 o’clock? A. No, sir. Q. Is there a earpet or a rug on the floor in Mr Frank's office? A. No, sir. Frank W«s Rubbing His Hands. Q When you went upetairs at 4 o’clock and said, "All right, Mr. Frank.'* md Mr. Frank came out, was he ex cited? A, Yes, sir; he was rubbing his hands. Q Was that unusual? A. Yes, sir. Q. Have you ever seen him do that, before .’ A. No, sir. i Q. When did Mr Frank ill you to