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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, WEDNESDAY. APRIL SO. 1913.
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ADD MYSTERY
L EO M. FRANK. Superintendent of the National Pencil
Company's factory, still held by the police. Frank’s law
yer say3 he has given to the police every detail of his where
abouts to account for his time on Saturday and Sunday.
Records Purport to Show Watch
man Failed to Register Three
Times Saturday Night.
What does the Nattonal Pencil Fac
tory time clock show?
It was the duty of Newt Lee. the
negro night watchman, to punch it
every haif-hour. Records brought to
the police station purport to show
that 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
the clock record was all right.
Misses Were Not Consecutive.
Accepting the evidence of the rec
ords at the police station, the case is
more beclouded by their introduction
than it was before. Although they
appear to show that Lee failed three
times to punch the clock, these
ro&ses were 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
foon—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
crime in deeper mystery and to add
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 3ft.—Among thu
passengers arriving to-day on the
iner Breton from Southern Europe
yere Mr. and Mrs. Finley J. Shepard,
Ihe latter formerly Miss Helen M.
3ould; Rear Admiral Swinburne.
Faired States Navy, retired, and
’uuntess Belle . Adimarx.
The arrival of* Mr. and Mrs. Shep-
^ rd ended a honeymoon trip 7,0 Off
miles long. The Shepards were away
,v t•:■ six weeks and they visited Eng-
the Continent and Egypt.
Shortly after reaching New York Mr.
Shepard went to the offices of the
Missouri Pacific, where he assumed
i-haret* of his new duties as man-
Senate Eeport to
Favor Suffrage Act
Resolution Proposing Constitutional
Amendment Giving Women of
U. S. Ballot !s Adopted.
W ASHINGTON. April 30.—Sena-
, or Thomas, of Colorado, to-day an
nounced that .t favorable report on
a resolution proposing an amend-
j. en t to the Constitution granting
U al suffrage to men and women
u,}) be made to the Senate.
Tin* report will bo submitted im
mediately after the finance committee
concludes its w’ork on the tariff bill.
CANADIAN PRAIRIE FIRES
DAMAGE MANY FARMS
W . >SE JAW. SASKATCHEWAN,
» .,! :;«i -Despite rain and snow,
r, i fires still an raging fiercely
: ;,ern Saskatchewan, doing im-
L , ..mage to settler’s farm;, Ai-
t'ne damage amounts to hun-
s of thousands of dollars,
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 h<
can iir 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 the plant of the National
Pencil Company. Three years later
he married Miss Lucile Relig, daugh
ter of Mrs. E. Selig, of 68 East Geor
gia Avenue, and has since made his
home with Mrs. Selig.
Mr. 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, Mas*s.
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-
‘Orange Bud.' Relieved Savior of Lit
tle Kingdom From Germany,
Four Years Old.
THE HAGUE. April 30.—All Hol
land is celebrating to-day the fourth
birthday of Princess Juliana, “The
Orange Bud,” whose birth was re
garded as the saving of the Dutch
from the German war eagle. Praycis
are being offered in all churches and
various festivities are being held in
scores of towns.
For eight years after her marring?
a German Prince, Queen VV'ilh 1-
mina was childless. The Dutch
prayed for an heir to the throne, and
trembled when they thought of what
night happen if the Queen should
die and leave her German consprt
as a claimant of the throne.
Finally, the prayers of the peopb.
and the prayers or the Queen her
self. who had grown thin and sickly,
thus adding t< the fears of her sub
jects. were ap»wvred. Holland went
into j:*r<u vstti* of joy. Now the in-
-,va lure - adonis About ev.r>
ln»nsg)Ald m the kingdom.
LEO FRANK’S FRIENDS
DENOUNCE DETENTION
Holland Celebrates Southern Launderers
Princess’ Birthday End Their Convention
cial circles and an interested worker
in several Jewish charitable organiza
tions, being president of the local
order B’nai Brith.
Several of his most 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 Heyman, of the firm of Dor
sey, Brewster. Howell & Heyman,
were highly incensed at the pofic
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, reveral 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.
Clare D. Heidler, of Athens. Elected
President—To Meet Next Year
at Charleston.
A barbecue at the Cold Springs
Cue Club and an inspection tri
through various Atlanta laundries t<
day will bring to a close the annual
convention of the Southern Laun-
derers' Association. Many delegates
will remain over to-night to witness
a theater performance.
At the final business session at the
Piedmont Hotel, Ulare D. Heidler. of
Athens, was elected president; J. A.
I Nichols Asheville. N. (*., vice presi
dent; H. E. Raines, Charleston, S.
(’., second vice president, and H. A.
Smith, Florence, S. C., secretary and
treasurer. It was decided to meet
next year at Charleston. S. C.
President F. D. Lethco. of Char
lotte, N. presided over the ses
sion of the convention.
BLOCK COTTON SEED RATES.
WASHINGTON. April 30.—The In
terstate Commerce Commission tc
day held that rates over 1 he Louisvil
«»■*>■ Nashville «*p c’otrnrw seed from
,M , • • r- IV u . to Louisville, K>..
ay. discriminate
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Gantt’s Mother, for Whom Mary
Phagan Was Named, Weeps
for Son.
In an easy chair in front of an
open fireplace in a little Cobb boun
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 -at 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 ('aged in a
felon’s < ell—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 James 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 borne for three
long weeks, and during that time
had narrowly escaped death in an ac
cident at Copper Hill, Tenn., where
he had been working.
Late Saturday evening she receiv
ed a letter from her son. saying that
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 fill 'd 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 j
baked a cake with which to tempt;
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 everv 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 he told the mother thai
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 arms
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.
Marv Named tor Gantt’s Mother.
The grief of trie 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 nr med in honor or
her—Mary Lou Phagan. She has
rocked the dead child to sleep, sooth
ed her with lullabies and romped with
her in lighter moments. 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 T he innocence of her
son and declared that his arrest was
a terrible injustice.
"I know my boy could not do such
i terrible thing.” she cried, her tired
old body shaking with grief. “Hi
was a gcod boy I raised him right
and nothing on eariji could ever make
nie believe that he has ever done
anything wrong. I know my boy a^
] know r,o one else on earth, and I
swear that he knows no more about
the terrible crime than I know mv-
: elf.”
Feeling High in Marietta.
Feeling against the man who
strangled little Mary Phagan runs
high in Marietta, w’hile 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 woulci
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 bo\ is
released and fully exonerated of the
crime, or of any 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
bis arrest have not lessened their
high regard for him or for his fam
ily.
Young Gantt his lived most of his
life on a farm six miles from Mar
ietta. Hf was raised to manhood
there, and was and is considered one
of the finest young men the County
of Cobb lias produced. For several
year* he taught school at the old
Damp Grounds school house, and then
came to Atlanta to learn bookkeep
ing. Three weeks ago he received an
offer from Californio, and started
for the West. He was held up by
high water at Memphis and went to
work at Copper Hill. Tenn.. where
he worked for a week. Then he was
one of the victims of an elevator ac
cident, and r ime horn** to recuperatr.
He had been staving at hjs sister’s
home on Linden Avenue, and was on
his way to visUhig mother when h
was rested. ( / f ^
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Bass’ Great May
THE THOUSANDS of buyers who
have attended Bass’ May Sales in the
past will welcome with delight this an
nouncement of the 1913 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’CEock
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;
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
lc
40-inch Extra Heavy Sea Island ^7 —
Domestic, Yard “sb
Domestics, Etc. Wash and White Goods Extra Specials
Big lot of colored Crocheted Bed
59c
Spreads, worth up to
$2.00; at. choice ....
Full double-bed size Bleached
Sheets, hemmed ready QQ.
for use; May Sale price, bwv
Good size, well made Bleached
Pillow Cases in the Q _
May Sale at, each OC
Fine, soft-finished English Gong-
cloth; in the Ma\ PQ -
Sale; per bolt VVW
Big lot of white checked Nainsook and’
India Linon; May Sale; per yard
Yard-wide French Percales, in light
and dark patterns; per yard
Yard-wide Brown Dress Ginrue if) natural
linen color; this sale, per yard
New Dress Voiles; plain colors and fancier
very stylish amt great bargains at, yard
Yard-wide Dress Linens in black, white
and all the popular shades; per ’yard
New Ratines in blac k, blue, pink and
natural linen color; 25c value; per yard. . .
31c
61c
7ic
10c
12c
121c
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 ('liina Silks
values 50c to 75c; <j n.
all at, per yard I ww
New Silk Striped Voiles in black, white
and ever.\ popular Spring
and Summer shade; 75c value, bwv
45-inch All-Silk Crepe de Chine,
black, white and the season’s
choicest shades; $1.50 quality
47c
Very pretty new styles in White
Pique Dresses with col.xed sailor
collars and cuffs; real value
$5.00; will go in the May Sau at
$1.95
May Millinery Sale
2,000 Ladles’ Ready-to-wear Hats and Untrimmed Shapes, including
the very newest styles in Panamette, hemp and fancy straws, in ail
colors and white ratines. Real values up to $6.00
Take choice in the May Sale for wO©
500 Ladies’ Trimmed Dress Hats in various shapes, style ^*9 QQ
and colorings; made to sell at $6 to $10. <’hoice
SPECIALS IN NEWEST SUMMER DRESSES
1,000 Ladies’One Piece Dresses in the very newest
styles for Summer; Silk Ratine, Imported Voile, All-
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
values. Choice
real values up to $15.00; this sale.
Petticoats: Underwear
A line of beautiful new All-Silk Satin
Messaline Petticoat? with under dust
ruffles; black and every stylish shad'
new narrow effect;
$5.00 values .
Ladies’ Muslin Gowns, Petticoats,
Combination Suits and Princess Slip?!
exquisitely trimmed with laces, em
broideries and ribbons; AQ|>
up to $3.00 valuer.
Ladies’ Muslin Gowns and Petticoats,
worth up to $1.00. 39©
Ladies’ Corset Covers and 1 0a
Drawers; 50c values ■ U
Ladies' Lisle-finished Undervest the
19c kind; this 50
i of i Children's Muslin i >ia i- i
nicely made; in this Oa
sale S3G
New Waists and Skirts
A grand collection of beautiful Lingerie Waists; Lace and
Embroidery trimmed and Bulgarian Waists of fine, sheer
voile—all brand new models and worth 98c
up to $3.00; May Sale price
2,000 White Lingerie Waists,
lace and embroidery trim
med; made to sell
at $1.00; choice
Exquisite Chiffon, Net, Mes
saline and Silk Waists worth
up to $5.00 and $6.00; May
X $L98
Muy Sale of 1,000 Ladies’ Skirts of light-weight all-wool
serges in black, white and colors and of novelty mixtures
mostly samples made up to sell at from $5.00 to $7.50
Take choice O
of the lot for
500 Ladies’ Skirts of flue
serges and imported skirt
ings; values up to $10.00.
May Sale
price
$3.95
1,000 Ladies’ While Pique
Skirts in newest styles for
summer wear; up to $3.00
values;
only
98c
Mission Porch Swing $1.98
Mission Porcli Swing, as illustrated ibov
•-olid o ik. complete vith chains Cil QtO
and hooks; this vale .
Lace Curtain Sale
One of the greatest sales of Lace Curtains we
ever announced will be a feature of this Mu
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:
$1.00 LACE C*URT AI Xtf at. per pair 49c
2.00 LACE CURTAINS at. per pair 79c
3.00 LACE CURTAINS at, per pair 98c
4.00 LACE CURTAINS at, per pair .... $1.69
5.00 LACE CURTAINS at, per pair $2.48
Brass Curtain Rodj,
Best Linen
Opaque
Extension Style;
Window
Shades;
this . 5 C
• ale ww
Good Spring
Rollers
19©
Genuine Fibre Rush
Porch Furniture
Fiber Rush Porch Furniture is
becoming more find 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
Filter Rush Settees, Rockers and
Chairs at. about half usual
prices:
Fiber Rush Arm Settee ...$5.98
Fiber Rush Arm Rocker . 2.98
Fiber Rush Ann Chair .... 2.98
We Give
Green
Trading
Stamps
ASS’
18 West
MstcheSI,
Near
Whitehall
Big table of Val Lace edges and
insertions; up to 25c
values; yard OG
Men’s White Hemstitched Hand
kerchiefs; worth 10c;
in this sale £6
R. & G. make Corsets in new
Summer models;
May sale price
Ladies’ 16-button Lisle
clasp Silk Gloves; 75e
and $1.00 values
44c
and 2-
39c
Big May Bargains in Newest Silks
Great. May offering of yard-wide All-
Silk Satin Messalines in plain colors
and stripes; also yard-wide Foulards in
dots and fancy patterns—eveT.v good
color and combination. These are
$1.50 Silks.
('hoice, per yard
69c
Ready-to-Wear: Millinery
May Bargain Sale of New Dresses
Extra, special sale of 500 new
Linene Dresses in natural linen
color and other popular shades;
sailor collars: 3-4 sleeves; $3.00
values
$1.00
$4.75
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 discounts. See this extra special bargain lot:
200 Ladies’ Suits of All-Wool Serges, Panamas and Fancy Mixtures;
new’ styles; all colors and black; $6.95
Extra 2d Floor Values
Ladies/ House Dresses of good wash
fabrics; $1.00
Odd lot House Dresses, made to sell
as high as $1.50;
choice wWO
Uhl Wren's Dresses of Madras. Ging
ham and Galatea cloth; sizes 6 to 14;
up to $2.00 CQa
values
Misses’ and Uhildren’s Mid A.A.rs
dy Blouses, $1.00 values
One lot of Children’s Dresses, sizes
cholc^. a ' 19©
Children's Rompers of good, 9 C)r\
durable fabrics ■ ^w
Uhildren’s Fancy Para so is 1
that were 50c; now ■ ®v
Imitation Leather Suit Cases; worth
2Se o,2 ; 50: .. in .. th . 1 " 87c
In Our Big Furniture Department
$2.50 Bed Spring Only 98c
Full double bed size 120-coil, ail-steel spring;
the regular $2.60 quality;
May Sale vO®
Art Squares, Rugs, Etc.
9x12-foot Japanese Matting Art Squares in new-
pretty patterns, only $2.48
9x12-foot Extra Super Wool Art Square In very
handsome design at $3.98
9x12-foot Brussels Art Square, real $17.50 val
ue; in this sale $9,90
9x12-foot Smith’s Axminster Art Square, thi-
$35.00 grade; only $14.95
Heavy China and Jap Mattings in new 1913
patterns; 40c grade 19 C
Extra Special—500 Small Rugs, average size
18x27 Inches; choice .....15c
27x54 Inch Rugs, good qualities and
' .$1.39
36x72-in<*h Axminster Rugs, in wide variety of
good designs, on'y $2.50
3x6-foot Brussel.-. Rugs, in bright, attractive
patterns; this sale $1.93
Best No. 1 Floor Linoleum in Inlaid style pat
terns; per yard 19c
You know what the ”Urex" Art Squares anti
Rugs are. Know that they are the best sum
mer floor coverings. Here are the genuine
Urex goods at little more than half usual price;
18x36-'i*ch Urex Rugs 39c
30x60-inch Urex Ruga 98c
6x9-foot Urex Art Squares $3.98 '
9x12-foot Urex Art Squares $5.95
Best No. 1 Floor Oilcloth in good patterns; very
special, yard 19c
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