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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 30.
CLOCK ‘HISSES'
ADD MYSTERY
Records Purport to Show Watch
man Failed to Register Three
Times Saturday Night.
What doe? the National Pencil Fac
tory time clock show?
Tt was the duty of Newt Lee. the
negro night watchman, to punch it
yery haif-hour. Records brought to
Ae police station purport to show
4iat Lee three times failed to punch
the clock.
But Leo M. Frank, superintendent
of the factory, told a Georgian re
porter Sunday afternoon that Lee had
punched the clock regularly and that
ttie clock record was all right.
Miaaea Ware Not Consecutive.
Accepting the evidence of the rec
ords at the police station, the case is
more beclouded by their introduction
L EO M. FRANK. Superintendent of the National Pencil
Company’s factory, still held by the police. Frank’s law
yer says he has given to the pol-ce every detail of his where
abouts to account for his time on Saturday and Sunday.
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Phagan Was Named, Weeps
for Son.
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misses w#
t^ian it was before. Although they
appear to show that Lee failed three
to punch the clock, these
vere not consecutive and the
intervals between punches never were
more than one hour.
The records show that the first al
leged “miss” was not until after 9:32
Saturday night.
Where, then, was Mary Phagan
from the time, she drew her pay at
noon—when Lee was not in the fac
tory*—until 9*32 Saturday night?
Makes Mystery Still Deeper.
And if Frank’s first statement was
not a mistake and Lee did not miss
these three punches, how would Lee
have had time to go to his home at 40
Henry Street, change a bloody shirt,
and return to the factory within a
half-hour'
The introduction of the time clock
records has served only to wrap the
erjjne in deeper mystery and to add
LEO FRANK'S FRIENDS
DENOUNCE DETENTION
to the Innumerable conflicting pieces
of evidence.
Shepards’ 7,000-Mile
Bridal Tour Ended
Former Miss Helen Gould and Hus
band Return From Long Honey
moon Trip in Europe.
NEW YORK. April 30.—Among the
passengers arriving to-day on the
Kner Breton from Southern Europe
were Mr. and Mrs. Finley J. Shepard,
&ie latter formerly Miss Helen M.
Gould: Rear Admiral Swinburne.
United States Navy, retired, and
Countess Belle Adimarx.
The arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Shep
ard ended a honeymoon trip 7,000
rtjiles long. The Shepard a were away
over six weeks and they visited Eng
land. the Continent and Egypt.
♦ Shortly after reaching New York Air.
Shepard went to the offices of the
Missouri Pacific, where he assumed
charge of his new duties as man
ager.
Leo M. Frank, superintendent of the
National Pencil Company and one of
the central figures in the sensational
murder mystery surrounding the
death of little Mary Phagan. is well
regarded by a host of friends in At
lanta. who scoff at the idea that hi
can in any way be implicated in the
horrible tragedy.
His friends are all loud in their de
nunciation of the efforts that have ap
parently been made to drag his name
Into the affair as a principal.
Mr. Frank. 28 years of age, a na
tive of Brooklyn, N. Y., came to At
lanta about five years ago to take
charge of thb plant of the National
Pencil Company. Three years later
he married Miss Lucile Selig, daugh
ter of Mrs. E. Selig, of 68 East Geor
gia Avenue, and has since made his
iiorne with Mrs. Selig.
Air. Frank is a mechanical engineer
and a graduate of Cornell University,
and prior to his coming to Atlanta
held a responsible position with the
B. F. Sturdevant Co., of Boston, Mass.
Shortly after he came to Atlanta
Mr. Frank was sent to Europe to
study the art of pencil manufacture
and is considered an expert in his
line.
Mr. Frank is popular in Jewish so
cial circles and an interested worker
in s» veral Jewish charitable organiza
tions, being president of the local
order B’nai Brith.
Several of his moK intimate friends
seen this morning, among them being
Arthur Haas, of the firm of Haas &
McIntyre; Isaac Haas, president of
the Southern Spring Bed Co., and
Arthur Heyvnan, of the firm of Dor
sey, Brewster, Howell & Heyman,
were highly incensed at the police
actions. They were, unanimous in
their characterization of him as a
clean-cut, manly man, with a zeal
for doing good for others.
“The very idea ,that he could in
any way be implicated in this* horrible
affair is simply preposterous,” sev
eral of them said.
Among his employees at the pencil
factory Mr. Frank was unusually pop
ular and yesterday when he was taken
to headquarters for further question
ing by the detectives, several of the
girls and women wept bitterly and
protested loudly their belief in his
absolute innocence of any complicity
in the matter whatever.
Mr. Frank is held in high regard
by the officers of the company and
is admired and respected by those
working under him and the belief of
those at the factory is that he will
be able to establish his absolute in
nocence of any connection with the
crime.
Holland Celebrates I Southern Launderers
Princess’ Birthday End Their Convention
Senate Report to
Eavor Suffrage Act
‘Orange Bud,’ Pelieved Savior of Lit
tle Kingdom From Germany,
Four Years Old.
Resolution Proposing Constitutional
Amendment Giving Women of
U. S. Ballot Is Adopted.
WASHINGTON. April 3fi -Sena
tor Thomas, of Colorado, to-day an
nounced that a favorable report on
i. resolution proposing an amend
ment to the Constitution granting
equal suffrage to rnen and women
will be made to the Senate.
The report will be submitted im
mediately after the finance committee
concludes its work on the tariff bill.
CANADIAN PRAIRIE FIRES
DAMAGE MANY FARMS
MOOSE JAW SASKATCHEWAN
April 3o Despite rain and snow
prairie fires still are raging flerceiv
in Southern Saskatcanw im. doing im-
nunse damage to settler - farms,
ready the damage mm o hun
dreds of thousands of dollars.
THE HAGUE, April 30.—All Hol
land is celebrating to-day the fourth
birthday of Princess Juliana, “The
Orange Bud.” whose birth was
garded as the saving of the Dutch
from the German war eagle. Prayers
are being offered in all churches and
various festivities are being held ir>
scores of towns.
For eight years after her marring?
to a German Princp, Queen Will'd-
mina. was childless. The Dutch
prayed for an heir to the throne, and
trembled when they thought of what
might happen if the Queen should
die and leave her German consort
as a claimant of the throne.
I Finally, the prayers of the people.
and the prayers of the Queer her-
I self, wno dad grown thin and sickly,
I thus adding t( the ft ms of h* suL-
| jects. \\ . e answered. Holland went
’into paroxysms of jo Now t • in-
CJare D. Heidler, of Athens. Elected
President—To Meet Next Year
at Charleston.
A barbecue at the Cold Springs
Cue Club and an inspection trip
through various Atlanta laundries to
day will bring to a close the annual
convention of the Southern Lauti-
dere-rs’ Association. Many delegates
will remain over to-night to witness
a theater performance.
At the final business session at the
j Pii dmont Hotel, (Mare I). Heidler. of
I Athens, was elected president; J. A.
i Nichols. Asheville, N. C\. vice presi
dent; H. I<>. Raines. Charleston, S.
I'd. second vice president, and H. A.
Smith, Florence. S. c., secretary and
treasurer. Ii was decided to meet
next year at Charleston. S. C.
President F. I). Lethco, of Char-
te, X. C., presided over the ses
m of the convention.
SLOCK COTTON SEED RATES.
WASHINGTON. April 30.-The In-
i estate Commerce Commission to
rn- held that rate - over the Louisville
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household in the kingdom.
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In an easy chair in front of an
open fireplace in a little Cobb Coun
ty farm house, sat an aged mother,
with lines of suffering marking her
face and her white head bowed in
sorrow, praying that her son may be
found innocent of the terrible crime
for which he is held by the Atlanta
police.
For two days she sat in the same
chair, staring constantly with dry
eyes into the embers of the dying
fire, seeing in the clouds of smoke
as they swirl upward into the chim
ney. visions of her son caged in a
felon’s cell—her mind filled with ter
rible pictures of her boy struggling
with the horrors of the “third de
gree.”
The mother is Mrs. Mary Lou
Gantt. Her son is Janies Milton
Gantt, the young bookkeeper who is
held by the police as a suspect in the
terrible murder of little Mary Phagan.
Mrs. Gantt was prostrated when the
news of her son’s arrest was brought
to her Monday morning. Her boy
had been away from home for three
long weeks, and during that time
had narrowly escaped death in an ac
cident at popper Hill, Tenn., w-here
he had been working.
Late Saturday evening she receiv
ed a letter from her son. saying that I
he was coming -home Monday. The
letter was filled with messages of
love that only a mother can appre
ciate. and the heart of Mrs. Gantt
was filled with an unutterable Joy.
Eagerly she awaited the dawning of
Monday morning, counting the hours
which must elapse ere she could clasp
her son in her arms. At the break
of day she was up and preparing'
food that he had always liked. She
baked a cake with which to temp*]
the appetite of the boy, and she don
ned the soft silk dress that he loved
to see “mother” wear.
At the sound of every footstep,
and every time the wheels of a wagon
crunched upon the hard country road,
the mother hastened to the door. But
the hours passed and he failed to
come. The warm food she had pre
pared go* cold, and the cake, made
as only a mother can make them,
stood uncut upon the table. At
length, as the hour of noon approach
ed. a buggy came down the road. A
man alighted and hurried into the
house, where lie told the mother that
her son was under arrest, charged
with the most terrible crime in the
history of the State—the murder of
little Mary Phagan.
The mother, stabbed to the heart
by the message, swooned in the a.ms
of her daughter, Mrs. George Black-
well, and was carried into the house.
For hours she lay on her bed, moan
ing and sobbing with the pain that
clutched her heart and seared her
brain.
Mapv Named tor Gantt's Mother.
The grief of me mother that her
son should be charged with such a
monstrous crime is all the more bit
ter because she has been the life
long friend of the Phagan family.
She was present when little Mary
Phagan came into the world, and the
little girl was i»: med in honor or
her—Mary Lou Phagan. She has
locked the dead child to sleep, sooth
ed her with lullabies and romped with
her In fighter m ments. She was
inexpressibly grieved when she learn
ed of the death cf the child, and the
arrest of her son has increased ner
sorrow a hundred fold.
When a Georgian reporter called
at her home yesterday the mother,
with all the power of a mother’s
love, protested *he innocence of her
son and declared that his arrest was
a terrible injustice.
“I know my boy could not do such
h terrible thing,” she cried, her tired
old body shaking with grief. “H-
was a gc od boy. I raised him right
and notiiing on earth could ever make
me believe thai he has ever done
anything wrong. 1 know m\ boy
] know no one else on earth, and I
swear that he knows no more about
the terrible crime than I know my
self.”
Feeling High in Marietta.
Feeling against the man who
strangled little Mary Phagan runs
high in Marietta, while Gantt has the
sympathy of man' The family stands
high in the business and social cir
cles of the little city, and not a man
could be found by a Georgian repor
ter yesterday afternoon who would
utter other than good about the young
man. Prominent citizens declared
that he was a young man of honor
and could not possibly be connected
with the crime. When the boy< if-
released and fully exonerated of the
crime, or of an\ connection with it,
the citizens of Marietta are planning
such a reception as will leave no
room for doubt in the minds of the
mother and of himself that the un
fortunate circumstances that led to
his arrest have not lessened their
high regard for him or for his fam
fly.
Young Gantt h is lived most of hi*
life on a farm six miles from Mar
ietta. He was raised to manhood
there, and was and is considered one
<»f the finest young rnen the County
of Cobb has produced. For several
years he taught school at the old
(’amp Grounds school house, and then
came to Atlanta to learn bookkeep
ing. Three weeks ago he received ai I
offer from California, and started
for the West. lie was held up by J
high water at Memphis and went to
work at Copper Hill. Tenn.. where
;*e worked for a week. Then he was
one of the victim - of an elevator ac-
« idem, and < «me home to recuperate.!
Hi* had been staving -a: his sister’s
home on Linden Avenue, and was on j
his wa v « v isit hit?-mother when hej
was arrested. 1
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|V|ay Sale
THE THOUSANDS of buyers who
have attended Bass’ May Sales in the
past will welcome with delight this an
nouncement of the 1013 May Bargain
Event, and it will be the greatest May
Sale in the history of the store—greater
in assortments and variety of merchan
dise, greater in values. Only a few of
the thousands of bargains are quoted in
this advertisement. Come, see them all.
Sale Will Begin
Thursday Morning
At 8 o’Clock
EVERY DEPARTMENT of this im
mense store is packed with new Spring
and Summer goods. Shelves and coun
ters are overflowing with good things
for quick buyers. Come and see what a
wonderful feast of bargains we have
prepared for you. There will be new
specials offered every day during the
sale. Great purchases will be arriving
—prices will be lower than ever known.
Yard-Wide Good Quality
Bleaching, May Sale, Yard
. 4sC
40-inch Extra Heavy Sea Island/j 7^
Domestic, Yard “8^
Domestics, Etc.
Big lot of colored Crocheted Bed
Spreads, worth up to rft.
$2.00: at. choice wvv
Full double-bed size Bleached
Sheets, hemmed ready Oft*
for use; May Sale price, bvv
flood size, well made Bleached
Pillow Cases in the
May Sale at. each WV
Fine, soft-finished English Long-
eloth; in the May
Sale ; per bolt. .
Wash and White Goods
Big* lot of white checked Nainsook and
India Liuon; May Sale; per yard
Yard-wide French Percales, in light
and dark patterns; per yard
Yard-wide Brown Dress Linene in natural
linen color; this sale, per yard
New Dress Voiles; plain colors and fancies
very stylish and great bargains at, yard....
Yard-wide Dress Linens in black, white
and all the popular shades; per yard
New Ratines in black, blue, pink and
natural linen color; 25c value; per yard...
3»c
61c
71c
10c
12c
121c
Extra Specials
Big table of Val Lace edges and
insertions; up to 25c
values; yard VV
Men’s White Hemstitched Hand
kerchiefs: worth 10c; 9<t
in this sale Cii>
R. & G. make Corsets in new
Summer models; A A 0*
May sale price
Ladies’ lfi-button Lisle and 2-
clasp Silk Gloves; 75c 39
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and $1.00 values
May Sale of 200 pieces of New Tub
Silks, including black, white. Nell rose,
light blue, tan. pink, taupe, etc.; also
100 pieces white wash China Silks—
values 50c to 75c
all at, per yard..
19c
New- Silk Striped Voiles in black, white
and every popular Spring
and Summer shade; 75c value
Big May Bargains in Newest Sil
ek. white
25c
Chine, in
47c
Ready-to-Weaii Millinery
May Bargain Sale of New Dresses
45-inch All-Silk Crepe de
black, white and the season’s
choicest shades : $1.50 quality
Dreat May offering of yard-w^fe All-
Sill; Satin Messalines in p)a>*i colors
and stripes; also yard-wide FJnulards in
dots and fancy patterns—/every good
color and combination./ These are
$1.50 Silks.
('hoice, per yard„ \.
69c
Very pretty new styles in White SPECIALS IN NEWEST SI MMER DRESSES-
Pique Dresses with coK'ved sailor
collars and cuffs; real value
$5.00; will go in the May Sail'at
onlv
values. Clioic
$1.93
May Millinery Sale
1,000 Ladies'One-Piece Dresses in the very newest
styles for Summer; Silk Ratine, Imported Voile, Alt-
over Embroidered Linen, Silk Messaline and All-
Wool Serge—-every color, black and white. These
are beautiful models; none worth less than $10.00;
many $15.00
$4.75
J\xtra special sale of 500 new
Linene Dresses in natural linen
color and other popular shades;
sailor collars; 3-4 sleeves; $3.00
$1.00
2.00ft Ladies’ Ready-to-wear H,*ts and Untrimmed Shapes, including
the very newest styles in Panamette, hemp and fancy straws, in all
colors and white ratines. Real values up to $5.00. 98e
Take choice in the May Sale for.
500 Ladies’ Trimmed Dress Hats in various shapes -tyle OSl
and colorings; made to sell at $5 to $10. Choice. SovO
Sale of Tailor Suits
Late arrivals of Ladies' Spring and Summer Tailored Suits will
go In the May Sale at less than actual cost of making. Surplus
stocks and samples secured from leading New York makers at im
mense disc ounts. See this extra special bargain lot :
200 Ladies’ Suits of All-Wool Serges. Panamas and Fanc\ Mixtures;
new styles; all colors and black; $6.95
real values up to $15.00; this sale
Petticoats: Underwear
A line of beautiful new All-Silk Satin
Messaline Petticoats with* under dust
ruffles; black and every stylish shade
new narrow effect; $1.60
$5.00 values
Ladles’ Muslin Gowns. Petticoats,
Combination Suits and Princess Slips,
exquisitely trimmed with laces, em
broideries and ribbons; O jhlif*
up to $3.00 values' QjG
Ladies’ Muslin Gowns and Pet tic - ts.
worth up to $1.00, 39C
at
Ladies’ Corset (’overs and IjRni
Drawers; 50c values
Ladies' Lisle-finished Undervest tin*
19c kind; this SO
Lot of Children’s Muslin Drawers;
nicely made; in this 8c
New Waists and Skirts
A grand collection of beautiful Lingerie Waists: Lace and
Embroidery trimmed and Bulgarian Wafsts of fine, sheer
voile—all brand new models and worth 960
Extra 2d Floor Values
up to $3.00; May Sale price
2,000 White Lingerie Waists,
lace and embroidery trim
med. made to sell
at $1.00; choice . wJR/
Exquisite Chiffon. Net, Mes
saline and Silk Waists worth
up to $5.00 and $6.00; May
$1.98
price
May Sale of 1.000 Ladies’ Skirts of light-weight all-wool
serges in black, white and colors and of novelty mixtures
up to sell at from $5.00 ti
mostly samples made
Take choice
of the lot for
$7.50.
$2.98
Ladies’ House Dresse* of good wash
f fabrics; $1.00 A O/r
values
Odd lot House Dresses, mad- lo sell
as high as $1.50;
choice
Children’s Dresses of Madras, Ging
ham and Galatea cloth; sizes 6 to 1 4;
up to $2.00 AQa
values ......
Misses’ and Children’s Mid- A A
dy Blouses; $1.00 values
One lot of Children’s Dresses, sizes
2 to 6; at
Children’s Rompers of good, 19c
sale.
500 Ladies’ Skirts of fine
serges and imported skirt
ings; values up _to_ $10.00
May Sale
I price
$3.95
1.000 Ladies’ White Pique
Skirts in newest styles for
summer wear; up to $3.00
values; gg c
only
durable fabrics
Children’s Fancy Parasols 9
that were 50c; now ■
Imitation Leather Suit Cases; worth
up to $2 ; 50; in this
sale
87c
In Our Big Furniture Department
Mission Porch Swing $1.98
Mission Porch Swing, .is illustrated abov
solid oak, complete with chains $1.98
and hooks; this sale
Lace Curtain Sale
One of the greatest sales of Lace Curtains we
ever announced will be a feature of this Jin
Bargain event. Thousands of pairs of brand
new Nottingham. Saxony. Cable Net, Filet and
Irish Curtains in white and ecru sample pairs,
factory surpluses and regular stock all to go
at these sensational bargain prices:
$2.50 Bed Spring Only 9Sc
Full double bed size 120-coll, all-steel spring;
the regular $2.60 Quality; QQ.
May Sale
Art Squares, Rugs, Etc.
$1.00 LACE CURTAINS? at. per pair
2.00 LACE CURTAINS at. per pair
3.00 LACE CURTAINS at, per paii
4.00 LACE CURTAINS at. per pair
5.oJ|i LACK CURTAINS at. per pair
. 49c
. 79c
. 98c
$1.69
.$2.4?
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1 Brass Curtain
Rods.
Best
Linen
Opaque
I Extension S t
y 1 e:
W i n
do w
Shades:
1 this
I sale
5c
Good Spring
Rollers
Genuine Fibre Rush
Porch Furniture
Kilmr Hush Porch Furniture is
becoming more and more popu
lar. It is artistic, durable, com
fortable, and its cool green color
makes it the ideal Summer Fur
niture. We offer the Genuine
Fiber Hush Settees, Rockers and
(’hairs at about half usual
prices:
Fiber Hush Arm Srttec . $5.98
Fiber Hush Arm Rocker .. 2.98.
Fiber Hush Ann (‘hair .... 2.98
9x12-fojt Japanese Matting Art Squares in new
pretty patterns, only $2.48
9xl2-foot Extra Super Wool Art Square in very
handsome design at $3.98
9xl2-foot Brussels Art Square, real $17.50 val
ue; In tills sale $9.90
9xl2-foot Smith’s Axminster Art Square, tliy
$35.00 grade; only $14.9*5
Heavy China and Jap Mattings in new 1913
patterns: 40c grade 19c
Extra Special—500 Small Rugs, average size
18x27 Inches; choice 15c
27x54-ineh Axminster Rugs, good qualities and
good patterns $1.39
36x72-inch Axminster Rugs, in wide variety o(
good designs, only $2.50
3x6-foot Brussels Rugs, in bright, attractive
patterns; this sale $1.98
Best No. I Floor Linoleum in inlaid style pat
terns; per yard 19c
You know what the “Crex” Art Squares and
Rugs are. Know that they are the best sum
mer floor coverings. Here are the genuine
Crex goods at lif.tle more than half usual price:
18x36-’: ch < 'rex Rugs 39c
30x60-inch Crex Rugs 98c
6x9-foot Crex Art Squares $3.98
9x12-foot Crex Art Squares $5.95
Best No. 1 Floor Oilcloth in good patterns; very
special, yard 19c
We Give
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