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# The Atlanta Georgian l ead for Profit--GEORQIAN WANT ADS--Use for Results AFTERNOON EDITION VOL. XT. NO. 230. ATLANTA, OA„ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1913. 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE p ^rb° GREAT CROWD AT PHAGAN INQUEST *5* 4g» 4S* Police Claim Evidence in Murder Mystery Now Complete ANTI-JAP BILL TO PISS III SPITE IF ISON S ‘DINT' California’s Governor, in State ment, Says Bryan’s Protest Will Go Unheeded, Flies Over Isthmus With a Passenger Americans in Paris At Brilliant Wedding Francis Junkin, Rich New York Lawyer, and Widow of Multi- Millionaire Crane Married. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PARIS, April 30.—one of the most brilliant American weddings ever held in Europe to-day united in mar riage Francis T. A. Junkin, a rich lawyer ot New York and Chicago, to Mrs. R. T. Crane, of Chicago, widow of the multi-millionaire ironmaster. Mrs. Crane was married under her maiden name, Miss Emily Hutchin son. The civil ceremony took place in th e office of the Mayor of the eighth ar- rondissement and the religious cere mony was held In Holy Trinity Church. The religious rites were witnessed by a throng of well-known persons, including the most prominent mem bers of the American colony. Friends of Daniels to Rebuild His Plant Stock Company Organized at Raleigh to Aid Newspaper Hard-Hit by Recent Fire. RALEIGH, N. C., April 30.—Secre tary of the Navy Daniels has return ed to Washington, after arranging for immediately rebuilding his de stroyed News and Observer plant. The loss was $100 000 and insurance small. A movement has been begun by which several hundred of Daniels’ friends raised money for construc tion work. Each takes $100 in stork upon which a subscription to the pa per will be the annual dividend. Dan iels later may buy the stock and will hold the majority shares. He came into ownership of the paper on the same plan. Buying buck the stock he gave each former subscriber the paper for ten years. SACRAMENTO, April 30.—So far as the- results of last night’s confer ence between William J. Bryan and the California legislators are con cerned, they have not advanced the cause of the President and his Secre tary of State an inch. When the conference was over there was a general knowledge that the anti-alien bill prepared by Attorney General Webb, under the «ye of the Governor, and with the advice of that Governor's confidential friends, will be passed by the Legislature and promptly signed by Governor John- ~'on. The Governor to-day dictated a yj^atem^nt to the effect that confer ences/with Secretary Bryan are over and that the time for passing the law havcomA He said: “The conferences between the Sec retary of State and Legislature were concluded last night. We were de- itghted with Mr. Bryan and all that be said was given the most attentive and respectful consideration. Every opportunity was accorded him, and the conference closed only when he Hated he had nothing further to say. No Desire to Embarrass U. S. The members of the Government f California with unanimity ex pressed themselves as desiring to aid the national Government and in no wise to embarrass it. The spirit per vading the meetings was one of friendly co-operation and full of pa triotic purpose. “I think the majority of the legis lators felt, and I certainly do myself, that no sufficient reason has thus far been presented to cause California to halt in any contemplated legislation. Jf any law be enacted, it may be safe ly asserted, treaty obligations will be scrupulously observed. Japanese Not Singled Out. “The Japanese will not be singled out by any act. The classification made by the naturalization laws of the nation, established by the Consti tution of California, and sanctioned by the laws of other States, will prob ably be followed. "This, of course, it is our legal and moral right to do. and such enactment by California can not justly and log ically be either offensive or discrim inatory.” Significance was seen to-day in the action of the State Senate in adopting as a substitute for the pending land bill the one prepared by Attorney General Webb. The bill was adopted after Secretary Bryan had informed the legislators that the bill was not satisfactory to President Wilson. Robert, Fowler, American Aviator, Pilots Hydroaeroplane Along Route of Panama Canal. COLON. April 30.—Robert G. Fow ler, the American aviator, made a flight across the isthmus in a hydro aeroplane wfth a passenger. Fowler left Panama Beach at 0:41* a. m. He circled over Panama City and the entrance to the canal for more than half an hour, and then turned in the direction of Colon. He met strong wind currents over Cu- l<?br«, but was able to carry out va rious evolutions. He crossed over to Cristobal, and the motor began to miss fire, and then stopped suddenly, owing to the fail ure of the gasoline supply. CANADIAN PRAIRIE FIRES DAMAGE MANY FARMS .'iOOPK JAW. SASKATCHEWAN, April 30.—Despite rain and snow, prairie fires still are rapine fiercely in Southern Saskatchewan, doing im mense-damage to settler’s farms. Al ready the damage amounts to hun dreds of thousands of dollars. China Accepts Loan Despite Public Cry Minister of Foreign Affairs in Note to Powers Acts for Government. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PEKIN. April 30.—The Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs to-day handed to representatives of the for eign powers interested in the quin tuple loan of $125,000,000 to China a note accepting complete responsibility for the loan on behalf of the present and future governments of the re public. Following so close!' upon reports that President Yuan Shi Kai had de cided to resign because of the public hostility against the terms of the loan contract, this was regarded as a clev er political coup to enable Yuan to retain his political prestige. t JkA Contenders in Georgian-Sunday American Race for Twelve Shetlands Determined. * "We intend to win!” Every contestant who has entered The Georgian and Sunday American race for the twelve beautiful Shet land ponies announces hi* determi nation to win. That is the right spirit, of course. No use entering unless you intend to win. But don’t let the ambitions of oth ers deter you from trying your skill Your determination may be just as strong—may be stronger than thus, already in the race Particulars of The Georgian and , American’s pony contest are an - j nounced again to-day. And did you see the picture of one I of the ponies yesterday? Did you ever see a sturdier, more intelligent, more serv iceable little animal por- ; frayed? Well, the other eleven are l just as attractive, and the carts are \ Inquest Into Slaying of Factory Girl Begins, and Flood of New Light Is Expected To Be Thrown on the Tragedy—Lee Maintains His Story. Th Phagan inquest began to-day at police headquarters. It seemed likely when this edition of The Georgian went to press that a flood of light would be thrown on the murder mystery be fore the* day was over. Notwithstanding what the police said yesterday—that the mystery had been solved—it does not appear at this time as though it had been solved at all. Various statements have been iuade by the police officials, that so far have not been borne out by actual facts. Chief of Detectives Lanford seems to think that there is more evidence against the night watchman, Lee, than any other person, although new mystery is added to this phase of the case with the announcement that other arrests would he made to-day. Frank is still held by the police. Every effort to break Lee down and make him confess has failed so far. Handwriting experts declare that Lee is the author of the mysterious letters that were found. The bloody stained shirt that belonged to Lee is one of the most important pieces of evidence yet discovered. There has been some doubt expressed as to whether this garment really belonged to Lee. A new photograph of Mary Phagan. just the sort such fine animals are proud to pull. Naturally the children of Atlanta are all agog. Children Win Parent Over. “My children have been teasing me for a pony ever since they’ve been old enough to think of such things.” said a prominent business man yes terday. "Since The Georgian and Sunday American have been announc ing free ponies and carts the young sters won’t let me rest. 1 guess I’ll have to let them try.” Here will be keen contenders— children who have wanted a pony ever since they were old enough to, think of such things. There are hun dreds of c hildren In Atlanta who have felt just that way. Scores of them will enter the contest. We have no thought but that the contest will be a great success and will result in getting for The Geor gian and American myriads of sub scribers, the friends of the children. The point we wish to emphasize now is that this is the time to enter. It is our honest belief that most of the prize-winners will be the children who start at once. So send in the nomination blank, which is good for 1,000 votes at the start; begin saving the vote coupons from The Georgian and American from Thursday on, and start at once getting your friends to subscribe for The Georgian and Sunday American. On another page you will find the limits of the city districts, and the particulars for out-of-town contest ants, together with the scale of voting strength the subscriptions for various periods of time give you credit for in the contest Worth while work, worth while prizes—you can t afford to nay out of the pony outfit contest, if you love pomes—and who doesn’t? ‘LOOKS LIKE FRANK IS TRYING TO PUT CRIME ON ME SAYS LEE A formal statement from Newt Lee. the negro night watchman arrested after he had telephoned the police of the finding of Mary Phagan’s mu tilated oc'dy, was given to the public for the, first time to-day. In It he made a sweeping denial of complicity In or knowledge of the crime and said: * "It looks like Mr. Frank was try ing to put the crime on me," Staggering from the weariness of two days of the "third degree,’ and bleary-eyed from the persistent at tention* of detectives who went to his cell in relavs to question him. giving him little chance to rest, Lee was brought our to talk to the re porters. Lee is a dark rulatto with a bul let-shaped head in the back, thick lips, thick neck, broad nose and an appearance of slow-wittedness. "It looks like Mr. Frank was try ing to put the crime on me.” he com menced. “He told the folks that mv punch record was all right. Then he said that the'j were two or three punches missing. “I went on at 6 o’clock at the fac tory Saturday night. Gantt was there to get his shoes, but he left in about 20 minules. I didn't know the Phagan girl. I don’t know I ever saw her "Frank called r>e up that night He dicin': very often do this. "I didn’t find the girl’s body be fore, because l didn’t always inspect the whole basement on my regular rounds. Mr. Frank had told me that I needn’t go all lrrough It. every time and that's all 1 had to do was to see that there was no fir*- down there. "That shirt thev’ve got is my shirt, all right, or else it is one mighty like it. But 1 don’t know where they got it. I hadn’t seen it for most two years. There’s a barrel that I put old clothes in to tear up into rags. I got the clothes washed and then put them in there. I reckon l must have put this old shirt in there a long time ago. “This shirt I’ve got on. I’ve worn more than a we;uv. ] always change* iny shirt on Sunday and I had worn this hirt Just a week when I was arrested last Sunday morning after I telephoned th • police.” Reward $ The Georgian’s Offer of $503 EXCLUSIVE Information Leading to t Conviction of the Slayer of Mary I h'r His Caused the State, the City and Others to Qa r Add it ortai Sums. ■ The Amount Now Stands $H ;H3. ward for Arr r\d ■ ■ L 8 Li I The inquest at 9 o’clock at the police station. The witnesses and jurors were summoned to meet there instead of at Bloom field's undertaking establishment at the request of Chief of De tectives Lanford. Many persons, thinking that the original plan would be car ried out, congregated in excited and curious groups outside the Bloomfield building. When the news was spread that a change had been made there was a rush for the police station. Coroner Donehoo had on hand practically every witness who is known to have any knowledge of Mary Phagan, of the persons on whom suspicion has been cast or of the circumstances which, might have been connected with her presence in the National Pen cil Fatcory and her foul murder. L. J. Dewberry, of 302 Cooper Street, came to the inquest with the marks of an exciting experience in a fire early this morn ing upon him. Dewberry was at the home of his brother-in-law,. F. J. Coll, last night. Early this morning the building took fire and Dew berry escaped by the narrowest of margins. He was able to save his clothes and watch, but left his wallet in the flames. The re mainder of the occupants did not save their clothes. Excitement was high when the taking of testimony, but there were no signs of disorder nor of a demonstration against any of the prisoners. Light will bo thrown on the reason for the detention of Leo Frank in the police station all of yesterday afternoon and last night with the detectives insisting that he was not under actual arrest. 'The detectives have been reluctant to say anything of the re sults of the severe grillings they have given both Lee and Frank. The} will tell of these to-day when the Coroner’s jury sits and decides who shall he held for an investigation by the Grand Jury. The detectives are not satisfied with the centering of the dam aging evidence on Lee. They are working this morning on new clews which may connect others with the crime. 11 is almost as certain that two of the prisoners who have, been held in custody since the round-up of suspects began will be released to-day, as it is that the negro Lee will be held. The men who are practically assured of their freedom are Arthur Mullinax, former conductor, and J. M. Gantt, employed it the National Pencil Factory until three weeks ago. The detectives have been able to fix no strong evidence upon 1 hem. So weak was the ease against them that they were entirely ignored by the detectives yesterday. They were not “sweated.” Hmy were not even questioned. They simply were left in their ; •ells to themselves, visitors heing denied them for the most part. ; ate in the afternoon Gantt was delivered over into the charge j >f the Sheriff. ' Practically every witness who has been able to thi(ow any CASE AGAINS ELDs GRO