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TTTE ATLANTA GEORG TAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY. APRIL?/), 1913. 5 Governor Brown Considers Plea for Flanders Slayer, Whom He Has Respited Four Times. JudK<> Frank Saftoltl, attoim-y for IV. J McXaughtnn. th«* Bwainsbo’ > doctor whose sentem* to hang for the murder of Fred Flanders, his been stayed four times by Governor Blown, to-day petitioned the f’hi.f Executive for pardon for his client. “They will never try Mrs. Flanders who was jointly indicted for ’b tTlme," he Haiti. “1 have tried to convince the Governor that now is the time to free Dr. McNaughton.'* The fourth respite, granted, .i« were the others, until Mrs. FlantL s could be tried, expires May 9. but the case of Mrs. Flanders has bon continued until the June term. Gov ernor Brown has signified his deter mination not to allow Dt McNaugh- ton to be hanged until Mrs. FlandV *- it tried. The Governor to-da\ - i i he would consider the facts laid be fore him by Judge Saffold. He just had refused i pardon to Herr.'- Cameron, 4 negro f Johns -u County, serving a life sentence for murder. The negro's plea was 111 health, but the Governor wrote that that was no reason as all prisoners occasionally were sick and ultimate ly died.'* “Th< Inclination to panion must be curbed,” he said. 'Condensed" News as It Was in 185S| l.lhrrd Table Needed on Which to Spread Out This Old New York Paper. run.adklphia. -apm :m. in tin iiciiments of tin* Ferdinand D;v-i late, has been dl*coV> : ed probably nc of the largest newspapers In x Is tenia*. Tin* publication H tvs.nty-four I | ige». with sheets that niea UP 70 by loo Inches and then- arc thirteen (nlumiiH of news, each forty-eight I inches long. This gigantic paper that could only be read by spreading it out on a Millard t ble wan the Quadruple ( on so nation, and was lusucd fifty-four years ago by i.eorge Roberts, «»< 12 Spline Street. New York, and ran into an edition « -W.ooo espies. It sold for fifty cents a copy. Dooms Her Father, Now Retracts Story Young Daughter of Condemned Fort Smith, Ark.. Minister Confesses Herself Perjurer. FORT SMITH. ARK. April 30.— Bertha Capps, the 15-vear-old daugh ter «>f Marion Capps, a Methodist minister condemned to die for the death of his thr*e children in a fire that destroyed the Capps home last December 18. has confessed she had testified falsely against her father at his trial. It wa.« tlie testimony of the girl and that of her 13-year-old brother that convicted ,Capps. It is said the boy has also repudiated the story he told at his father's trial The con fession is to be used in the hope of obtaining a new trial. NOTED LAW EXPERT A SUICIDE. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK. April 30.—Dr. Gruntvig, a professor in the ITniversitr.of Copenhagen and an au thority on ^European law, committed 0 suicide to-fay. ALABAMA COAL AND IRON COMPANY REORGANIZES BALTIMORE. April 30.—The newly elected directors of the Alabama Company, the new Delaware corpo ration formed to acquire the property of the old Alabama Consolidated Coai & Iron Company, will meet to-day. It is expected steps will be taken to elect officers. UN SUFFRAGETTES ‘Bobbies' Ransack London Head quarters Before Crowds—Ar rest Five Militants. Special Cable to T he Atlanta Georgian. LONDON. April 30. Renewed ac tivity was Shown to-day by thu po lio in their campaign against mili tant .-uffragettes. For the second thru the headquarters «»f the Wom en's Social and Political Union in Kings Way were raided. The raid was a spectacular on#*, taking place at noon when the streets were crowded. Th«* police drove out the occupants and allowed none to enter, while de tective.- searched the organization’s letter file* anil desks. Five leading members of the union, the Misses (’air. Lecox, Barrett and Lake and Mrs. Saunders, were ar rested >n a charge of malicious de- Htnn tlon of property and taken to the Bow Street police station. The police captured evidence said to relate to the threatened reprisals of the militants if Mrs. Emmeline Pank- huivt were returned to Jail. Later the police also arrested An nie Kenney and Mrs. “General’’ Flora Drummond, two of* Mrs. Pankhurst's chief lieutenants, on warrants charg ing them with conspiracy and mali cious destruction of property. Two hundred police are on duty throughout the district, in addition to the guard around the headquarters building Israel Zangvvill. the famous Jewish author, has come <*ut as a champion of the “cause.’’ in a bitter attack upon the government he called Pre mie? Asquith's methods barbarous. Wreck Suffragette Offiices. NI: \V C A STLE-O N - T Y X K E N G., April 30.- Militant anti-suffragett- s were in action here early to-day and wrecked the offices occupied, by the local branch of the Women's Social and Political Union. Destroy Tennis Club. BIRMINGHAM. ENGLAND, April 30.—Suffragettes to-day destroyed the courts of the Billesly Tennis Club near this city. ! Friends of Daniels to Rebuild His Plant | Stock Company Organized at Raleigh to Aid Newspaper Hard-Hit by Recent Fire. RALEIGH. \. ('.. 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 lo. waa $100(100 and Insurance small. A movement has been begun by which several hundred ■ »r Da«ni<*l- trieqds raised money for construc tion work. Each takes $100 in stock upon which a .subscription to the pi per will be the annual dividend. Dan iels later may buy the stock and will hold tin* majority shares. He came into ownership of thd paper on the same plan. Buying back the stock he gave each former subscriber th< paper for ten years. ATLANTA OFFICER HUNTS •PORTLAND NED,’ FUGITIVE ANDERSON, 8. «April 30 -H. T. Gregory, of Atlanta, a postoffice In spector. was here to-day in confer ence with the District Attorney with reference to the escape of “Portland Ned.” a paroled convict, from Gov ernor Bleaae’s office last week. Gregory’ bad not heard of the es cape until he reached Seneca to-day. He left Anderson this afternoon to trail the man. Gregory landed “Port land Nod" in the Nolan 'McKinley gang some years ago. He is now wanted on a charge of robbing a post- office. San Francisco Gives Bryan Big Welcome Secretary of State Views Site of Panama Exposition and Reviews Presidio Troops. SAN FRANCISCO, April 30.— This city paid its respect* to Secre tary of State William Jennings Bryan when he arrived here to-day from Sacramento. A large crowd greeted Mr. Bryan at the depot. A luncheon in hi* honor was given by President Moore and other officials "l C’' I’ln.-i i*a Pacific Exposition. Later in- was taken on a motor trip through Golden Gate Park and at Fort Blanej a troop of cavalry met him ;nd escorted him to the old review grounds in Presidio, where all the troops turned out to meet him. Later Mr Bryan visited the exposi tion grounds He will return to Sac ramento to - in or ro w. (ALUMNI MEET TO-MORROW TO URGE SPORTS AT EMORY ! Kmury men. Internted In the move ment to restore intercollegiate ath- letlc* to the Oxford school, will gath er ut the University t'lub to-mor row night to discuss the feasibility of the project. Discussion in favor of the plan will be led by J. E. Mathews. ’13. and ■ will be engaged In by members of the Atlunta Alumni Association. WOMAN WHO INVENTED ‘HAM AND' SANDWICH DIES CHICAGO, April St).—Mrs. Mary Ann Ingram, said to have been the creator of the ham and egg sandwich and known to students at the Univer sity of Chicago merely as “Mary Ann,” died to-day. She knew every athlete who was ih training and always refused to sell pies to those who were trying to make the varsity teams. DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT NOT YET OUT OF DANGER Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON. April 30.—Although the Duchess of Connaught, wjfe of the Governor General of Canada, operated | on for the second time yesterday, passed a fairly good night, physicians admitted to-day that it would be a week before she would be out of danger. King George it* making daily in quiries after tli« condition of the Duchess’ health. Our Second Anniversary Sale OF FURNITURE, RUGS and DRAPERIES Begins To-morrow, May 1st. m HI 1 dH' iMnL Ed Your opportunity to save money on high grade House Furnishings is Here and Now. An Arts and Crafts Clock fitted with a Seth Thomas movement abso lutely Free with each purchase of $10.00 or over. Goldsmith=Acton=Witherspoon Co. Life Time Furniture, Rugs and Draperies. 62 Peachtree—61 N. Broad. High School Pupils Made Drug Slaves Cleveland Pharmacists Got Boy Vic tims to Sell It, Investigators Are Told. CLEVELAND. April 30.—Hundreds nf hnv- ;tI’.i girl ■ nttendlnr to.. 'Vest Technical High SchoOl and the Cen tral 11 ik u IM.'nOO' eumcl, a le e uk.) of drugs, according to evidence unearthed by detectives employed by the State Board of Pharmacy. According to one girl victim, who stole money to buy heroin, a drug store near one high school makes a practice of selling to pupils.. Tin druggist ts said to have employed boy victims of the drug to sell it. ■When these boy* i*w fellow pupil.: Who complained of .headaches, had -..v, r,. colds or other ills they advised them to try heroin," the Investigators aid: “The adviser always had a sup ple to give away. Then It was easy In' keep ihe one who once had used the drug its clave." SMITH TO INVITE CITY PLANNERS TO MEET HERE Alex \Y Smith, chairman of the Atlanta Improvement Commission, ha - been chosen delegate to the City Planners' Conference in Chicago May He will bcur an invitation from Atlanta and the Governor asking the oils planners to select Atlanta as the place for the 11)14 conference. jji .... J 1 "i i, , /N 'I Three More Days Left to Join the Xmas Saving Club This club was opened April 21 FOR TEN DAYS. So much inter est has been taken in it, however, by young and old, that we have extended it a few days BUT WE CAN’T EXTEND IT MUCH LONGER. We will be open every day this week until 6 p. m. to receive these deposits. We urge you to come not later than Saturday. DON’T WAIT AND BE DISAPPOINTED. Travelers Bank & Trust Co. Peachtree at Walton. Branch 297 Marietta St. I * Atlanta Theatre;*|§ = Ckvlu Fr»hm»i>. ’.lt» t En»n».f. — m MARCH lireOH'DSY EVCHUtS j ^ ORCHESTRA {//air/ tSsilsrrS? <0. CO \S C£ <T*l AJS° L ’* ? #. re .*fo § °!Mestr { •Sr’No l * i ZOl a sf-Apy p/to/ e »v. , M&V ?4L«N e H n. COl'c Theater Tickets FOR READERS OF Ban and THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN IRST COUPON TO-MORROW Look for Coupon No. 1 of the Free Theater Ticket Series in to-morrow’s Georgian. The remaining three coupons of the series will appear in The Georgian on Friday and Saturday and in Hearst’s Sunday American next Sunday. Cut out and send the four coupons, of consecutive numbers, to our office, by mail, inclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope, and we will send you a reserved seat ticket for one of the Miss Biliy Long Stock Co. plays at the Atlanta Theater. Thousands of tickets are ready for distribution under this unusual offer— the most liberal ever made by a newspaper. Nothing required except the four coupons of consecutive numbers and a stamped, addressed envelope for the return of the ticket to you. p START SAVING THE FOUR COUPONS TO-MORROW HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN and THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN L? /&/ WPf _ A ^ \ «'■>- V 1 20 East Alcb~ma Street Atlanta 35 Peachtree Street \ V \ t.ur» Cl *7 N I ^ ! ri Z-rS NVrfMOO *»XOli ip- rt HOi’ -4^3 '3A3AV3 r;SK., X » >io *• si v “x vi ■ Ws ’ & f \i$> \ta Thealre|*li I f KLv. *E-I»ng.f, M»nna«rl - > S o ’< Z “ “ v,ARf r tr';vvEDrrDAy evening r,”|*: j nopurcTPa : 2 s s -- ' [3 Fbpzst r, & rn O I ± i§TB/tf¥s* t-j. -j .-;; ( fS5f-Y^S3H3Ho c5 Vw ^