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FREE THEATER TICKETS FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY Hip Coupon appearing at tUe right of tills page dally, and when you have a series of FOCR eoupons mall to The Sunday American. Inclosing self-addressed stamped envelope and one nest for each set of four coupons will be returned by luall. The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit--GEORGIAN WANT ADS-Usefor Results FREE THEATER TICKET COUPON No. 1 THEGEORGIAN- american Name Address Four coupon*, on*- .to a FREE rewrved earing hens daily, entitle 1 ywu ticket to the Atlanta Theater, TWThTTE's 6MLV) VOL. XI. 231. WEATHER: FAIR. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1913. 2 CENTS EVERY WHERE *&££> S "Committee Is Forced to Clear Men Accused of Graft to Protect Council.” CRNDLER IS NOT SATISFIED Chairman of Probers Says He In tends to Reconsider Thor oughly All Evidence. Commenting on the announced in tention of the Couneilmanic graft probe committee to vindicate the three Aiocusod Aldermen, Mayor Woodward to-day declared: “Nothing but exoneration by the Council's committee could be expect ed when members of Council knew of these conditions for months and never took any official notice of them. The committee Is forced to clear the accused to protect Council.” Chairman John S. Candler, alone of i he members of the probe committee, was undecided to repudiate the charges of corruption of Alderman John R. McClelland at the conclusion of ttn* investigation last night. He paid he intended to consider thor oughly ill the evidence again. The .■cn-auttee will meet Saturday to fraiii ds formal report to Council. What Accused Claimed. I -‘iiy. the defense of the three Aldermen was— Alderman J. W. Maddox admitted having bub-contracts with the city, but produced a letter from City At- -ome: James L. Mayson stating that his actions were not illegal. Alderman F. J. Spratling admitted borrowing money from beer dealers but stated it was before he was elect ed to Council and that the loans were secured on the basis of friendship and not on account of any influence he might exert in the granting of saloon permits. Alderman I. N. Ragsdale's defense was that, while he was a member of the firm of J. R. Lawton & Co., the Belling of stock to the city by*this company was contrary to his instruc tions. In other cases it was presented that he had sold worn-out stock for the city, at the request of Council and the departments, without receiving any pay for his services. * Inquiry Appears Closed. Both Alderman McClelland and Mayor Woodward said to-day that the committee could get further incrim inating evidence if it so desired. How- Auuuu suiaas uonuEnsdAui aqj ‘J3A9 dobed. Alderman Spratling told the com mittee how some of his friends in the beer business came to his rescue when he was hard pressed for funds just before his election to Council. ‘‘My indebtedness reached $12,000,” he said. “While I have paid up one- third of It during the last two years. I have a.s yet been unable to reclaim the notes held by the beer men. “All of my actions have been hon est and aboveboard.” Turng Guns on McClelland. ✓He then turned on his accuser, Al derman McClelland, and endeavored to show' why the Alderman felt ani mus toward him. “Alderman McClelland came to my office,” he said, “and told me I could get any committee chairmanship 1 desired if I would vote against tear ing down the old crematory. He tried to get m? to leave the city just be fore the vote was to be taken.” Albert Steiner, president of the At lanta Brewing and Ice Company, said that he indorsed notes fr »r $800 for Al derman Spratling, but k at he did it purely on the basi.<* of friendship. James F. Lynch, a brewer’s agent, said he loaned Alderman Spratling $600 in June. 1910, before his election to Council, on the basis of friendship. Loaned Spratling $550. T. O. Poole, of Poole & McCullough, brewer’s agents, said that he loaned Alderman Spratling $260 in July, and 4193 0, and $300 in August of the same year, but that he did not know he was going to be elected to Council. Frank M. Berry, assistant cashier of the Fourth National Bank, told how he advised the late Paul Smith, a beer dealer, not to make a loan to Mr. Spratling. .Tames W. English, president of the CRACKFRS DFFFAT BARONS: SCOBF 7 TO Man of Mystery Now Made Clear; Big Story Coming BISLAND STARS I HUT BUTTLE With Timely Hits; Price and Sloan Twirl. in a hot game by the score 7 to 4. Bisland. the Crackers’ new shortsl was the star of the game. He bco Welchonce in the second with a tin. single and also pushed another ti over the plate in the sixth with a 1< triple. He accepted several hard fl« ing chances. The Barons pushed three runs o the plate In the fourth, helped by Price’f wildness, who forced one of the over the plate. Price and Sloan did the twirling. B A S E B A L L STIIE MIS Mil THE GAME This picture is odd. Running for three days in The Georgian without any comment, it has caused endless discussion as to who It is and what it is. The Georgian has been besieged with telephone calls and letters from its readers asking for an explanation We do not wonder that you had some doubt as to why it is here. Thi» Is the answer: The Georgian has purchased a serial story, more interesting than any Atlanta has had in years. This picture typifies the ' story. Based on the picture, what in your judgment is the title or ought to be of this story? Five dollars in gold will be paid to each of the five best literary judgments received. The title of the story has al ready been selected, and it is now in a Sealed envelope in the hands of T. J. Peeples, cashier of the American .National Bank. The answers will be judged upon their literary value and upon their analytical clearness. Address all answers to “Litera ry Editor, The Georgian,” Atlanta. Continued on Page 2, Column 8. WEATHER FORECAST Fair to-night and Friday. Tem peratures: 8 a. m., 63; 10 a. m., 69; 12 m., 77; 2 p. m., 78. Sunsire, 4:48 a. m.; sunset. 6:22 p. m. Clip Free Theater Coupons To-day And See Good Show Four Entitle You to Seats at Per formance of Miss Billy Long at The Atlanta. “Number 1” of the four coupons which will entitle you to a free seat at the Atlanta Theater for a perform ance of Miss Billy Long’s stock com pany appears in The Georgian to day'. There la no contest for these seats, there is no matter of chanc e con nected with it. Coupon No. 1 appears to-day at the top of the first page. Coupon No. 2 will appear to-morrow; No. 3 Satur day and No. 4 in The Sunday Ameri can. Clip these four coupons; send them to The Georgian office with a stamped and self-addressed envelope, and re ceive a reserved seat at a good theat rical performance. DEMOCRATS PREPARE TO | DEAL COMMITTEE JOBS WASHINGTON, May 1.—As soon as the traiff bill is disposed of. the Democratic members of the House Ways ^d Means Committee, who constitute 'The Democratic commit tee on committees, will begin parcel ing out committee assignments. For ty chairmanships and about 300 com mittee memberships are to be divided among 147 members. FIRST INNING. ijcng died to Herndon. Agler Ili McBride. Alperman grounded \Ta r < an to McGilvray. NO RUNS HITS. ,'viarcan walked and went out tryi steal, Dunn to Smith. Herndon Smith to Agler. Bodus walked. Bride doubled to right and Bodus to third. McGilvray filed out to NO RUNS, ONE HIT. SECOND INNING. Welchonce doubled to center. ^ sacrificed. Carroll to Marcan, and chonce went to third. Bisland si past third and Welchonce scored. Mams singled past first Rn.i Hi* 1 second. Dunn grounded to third was safe on McGilviuj s * vi u.. the plate. Long to McGIlvray. HITS. Carroll singled to right. Price, who tossed to Bi: Carrol! at the midway. M. grown ONE RUN, THREE Sloan walked. Marcan hit to Bisla: who chucked to Alperman, forcing < Sloan at the keystone. NO RUNS, O! HIT. THIRD INNING. Agler grounded out to McGllvri Alperman doubled to right. Welchoi sacrificed, Marcan to McGilvray, a Alperman went to third. Smith grour ed out. Ellam to McGilvray. NO RUP ONE HIT. Herndon popped to Bisland. Boc walked. McBride grounded to Bislai who doubled Bodus at’ second. 1 RUNS, NO HITS. FOURTH INNING. Bisland fanned. Williams flied out Herndon. Dunn grounded out, Ellam McGilvray. NO RUNS, NO HITS. McGilvray singled to left. Can grounded to second, forcing McGilvn Alperman to Bisland. Ellam filed Williams and was safe on Wllliar error, and Carroll went to secoi Mayer hit one to Price, whicli w r as I hot to handle and was sufe on fir Ellam went to second and Carroll third. Sloan walked, forcing Carr across the plate with the tying n Marcan lined to Bisland, forcing Slo at second, Bisland to Alnerman a Ellam scored on the play. RACING NEWS ON PAGE 10. Bisland’s wild throw, Marcan go third. Herndon fanned. THREE TWO HITS. FIFTH INNING. Price walked. Long fanned, popped to Carroll Alperman sin* left, Price going to second. Wek grounded out, Sloan to McGilvray. NO RUNS, ONE HIT. Bodus grounded out. Agler to Price. McBride fanned. McGilvray grounded out, Smith to Agler. NO RUNS, NO HITS. SIXTH INNING. Smith beat out a bunt to first. Bis land tripled to right, scoring Smith. Graham fifed to Bodus, Bisland scoring. Dunn grounded to Ellam and was safe on Ellam’s error. Price filed to Bodus. Long beat out a slow grounded to short. Agler tripled to left, scoring Dunn and Long. Alperman singled to center, scoring Agler. Welchonce grounded out, Ellam to McGilvray. FIVE RUNS, FIVE HITS. Carroll walked. Ellam flied to Wel- ohonce. Mayer popped to Bisland. Prough fanned. NO RUNS, NO HITS SEVENTH INNING. Smith singled to left, started to second and on Ellam’s wild throw went to third Bisland popped to Ellam. Graham grounded out, Prough to McGilvrav, and Smith scored. Dunn popped to Carroll. ONE RUN, ONE HIT. Marcan grounded out. Bisland to Ag ler. Herndon grounded out, Alperman to Agler Bodus flied to .Long NO RUNS, NO HITS. EIGHTH INNING. McBride grounded out, Smith to Agler. McGilvray doubled to right and scored on Carroll’s single to renter. Ellam hit to Smith, who tossed to Alperman, forcing Carroll at second. Maver sin gled to left. Prough flied to Long. ONE RUN. NINTH INNING. Alperman popped to Ellam. Welchonce out. Ellam to McGilvray. Smith flied to Bodus NO RUNS, NO HITS. Marcan popped to Agler. Herndon flied to Graham. Bodus singled to center. McBride lifted to Agler. GOVERNOR CRAIG WATCHES CAR STRIKE IN ASHEVILLE RALEIGH, N. C., May 1.—Governor Craig in to-day keeping in constant touch with the street car strike situa tion at Asheville and is believed to be ready to place the militia at the dis posal of Mayor W. S. Rankin. The Governor was apprised of se rious damage to the central car barn Ias< night. More serious trouble is feared to-night _ CRACKERS . ... 010 005 100- 7 |BARONS . ... 000 300 010 - 4 CRACKERS— AB. R. H. PO. A. E. s Long, If 5 0 1 4 0 o Agler, lb • • • •. 5 1 0 7 1 0 Alperman, 2b.... • • • • • 5 0 3 5 3 0 Welchonce, cf . . WTe • 4 1 1 1 0 0 Smith, 3b 4 2 2 1 4 0 Bisland, ss 4 1 2 4 4 1 n Williams, rf .... 2 0 1 0 0 1 Graham, rf 1 0 0 1 0 0 <i Dunn, c 4 1 0 3 0 o' 1 Price, p 3 0 0 1 1 °j] Totals 37 6 10 27 13 -I 2 h • BARONS— AB. R. H. PO. A e. : s Marcan, 2b 4 0 0 1 3 0 'Herndon, rf 5 0 0 2 0 0 Ij ' Bodus, cf ....... 3 0 1 3 0 • McBride, If 4 0 1 2 0 °l f. McGilvray, lb 4 1 2 8 0 1 r i ° | Carroll, 3b 3 1 2 2 2 0‘ ‘■I Ellam, ss 4 1 0 2 4 2 g! Mayer, c 4 1 2 4 0 0 Sloan, p 0 0 0 0 1 o! i h Prough, p <i 2 0 0 0 1 0 V d Totals . ... 33 4 8 27 11 3 at 1 n F SUMMARY. t0 Two base hits—MoBride, Welchonce, Alperman. Three-base Jj hits—Bisland, Agler. Double plays—Bisland to Agler to Alper- man. Struck out—By Sloan, 3; by Price, 3. Bases on balls- -Off *• Sloan, 1; off Price, 6. Sacrifice hits—Herndon , Welchonce, Ora- E ham. Umpires—Pfenninger and Wright. ? SOUTHERN 3, LEAGUE J r r AT CHATTANOOGA. ° NASHVILLE . . . 1 4002 1 0 0 0 - 8 11 2 o CHATTANOOGA 000000000 - 0 7 4;, Flaherty and Noyes: Chappell* and Street. Umpires Kerin and Brelten- ti stein. « MEMPHIS 000031 0 2 - . . 1 „ NEW ORLEANS 00000000 - • • Harrell and Snell: Irwin and Ange mier ° AT MORIL P Umpires, Hart and Rudderham. " MONTGOMERY 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - s MOBILE 000100 0 0 0 - n Brown and Donohue; Hogg and Bro wn. o Umpires, Fifield and Stockdaie. NATIONAL LEAGUE O INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE XT BALTIMORE. 100000002 -3 96 Qalileat and Durham; Shawkey and Egan. Umplraa, Carpentar and O’Toola. Main* and Lalonae; Bailey file Umplrea nd J. lerhalter’ and Mul- -6 10 3 00003000-572 Martin and Jacklltach; Bell, Lea and igglna. Umplrea, Hayea and Nallln. -10 7 1 McGrayn and Burna; Davla, McHale AMERICAN ASSOCIATION COLUMBUS- Smith, Young and W. AT PHILADELPHIA— NEW YORK 000000 PHILADELPHIA 00000 1 Tesrau, Wlltae and Meyera; Alexander and Killlfer. Byron. At’ Pittsburg. ST. LOUIS 4000 1 2 PITTSBURG 01 000 1 Perrett and Wlngo; Camnite. Sonzalman. Roblnaon a Umpires, Brennan and Eaton. AT CHICAGA— CINCINNATI 1 30000 CHICAGO 1 20000 Johnson. Brown and Clarke: 8mlth, Toney. Leifield Owen and Guthrie. AT BROOKLYN— BOSTON 0 0 0 0 1 0 BROOKLYN 1 200 1 0 Hess. Gervals and Whaling and Rar Idan; Stack and and Orth. 0 0 0 - 0 6 1 0 0 X - 1 4 1 Umpires, Rlplsr and 0 0 2 - 9 10 I 0 3 2 - 7 13 3 nd Simon and Kslly. 1 3 0 - 8 12 4 0 0 1 - 4 5 3 and Archer. Umpire*, 0000000 1- 4 83 Reiaer and James; Kalaerllny, Link nd Clark. Umpires. Murray and Han- » 100 002 000 01 - 3 6 4 [■OLEDO— 100 200 000 00 - 2 9 1 Vaughn and O'Conner; George and Nicholson, Watson, Brown and Mar- SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE 10 0-2 0 0 X - 4 7 1 9 1 Miller. Umpire*. Klem AMERICAN LEAGUE AT NEW YORK — PHILADELPHIA 000003100-4 53 NEW YORK 001010000-2 73 Brown, Hoff. Bender and Thomas; Keating and Sweeney. Umpires, Dineen and Hart. AT DETROIT— CHICAGO 200001500-8 12 1 DETROIT 100020020- 5 83 Russell and Schalk; Mullfn, Klawitt *r and Stanage. Umplrea, Evans and Hildebrand. AT 3T. LOUIS— CLEVELAND 000102000-3 92 ST. LOUIS 010000000-1 71 Falkenburg and Cariech; Wellman a nd Agnew. Umpires. Ferguson and O'Loughlln. AT BOSTON— WASHINGTON 001001000-2 10 4 BOSTON 21101300X-8 12 1 Hughes. Boehllng, Engell and Alnem Ith; O’Brien and ^Sady. Umpires. Con nolly and McQreevy, AT ALBANY. CHARLESTON— 001000000-171 ALBANY - 104 0 0000X-593 Foster and Menefee; Duggleaby and Wells. Umpires. Barr and Glatts. AT JACKSONVILLE MACON— 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 3 3 JACKSONVILLE— 221000020 -7 10 4 O'Brien and Bryan; Stewart and Smith. Umpire, Later. AT COLUMBUS. SAVANNAH— 010100000-2 3 2 COLUMBUS— 000100000-153 Poole and Geibel; Baker and Krebs. Umpire, Moran. VIRGINIA LEAGUE. 8-'--- R.H.E. N. NEWS 000 100 001—2 7 1 r Ji> i fH . .014 OA) QG*—5 8 3 Kull and Eagan; Werdell and Garvin. Umpire. Colgate. CAROLINA LEAGUE. Score: R.H.E. GREzNSBORO 010 003 003—7 6 3 A8HGVILLE 001 103 100—6 14 4 Howard. Taylor and Donk; Waymack and Mllllman. Umpire, Cheetnutt. COTTON STATES LEAGUE. Score: R.H.E. PEf 8ACOLA . 000 000 010 00—1 8 3 CLmPKSDALE 000 001 000 01—2 8 0 Townsend and Hauser; Kraft and Br.tun. Umnir*. Hall. Watchman and Frank Go on Wit ness Stand This Afternoon—Dor sey, Dissatisfied, May Call Special Session of Grand Jury To-morrow. Coroner Donohuoo late to-day issued a commitment against Leo M. Frank, superintendent at the National Pencil Company, and Newt Lee, night watchman, charging them with being sus pected in connection with the death of Mary Phagan and remand ing them to the custody of the sheriff. They were later taken to the Tower. , Arthur Mullinaux, held since Sunday, was released. Frank’s commitment read as follows: To Jailor: You are hereby required lo take into custody the person of Leo M. Frank, suspected of the crime of mur dering Mary Phagan, and to retain the said Leo M. Frank in your custody pending the further investigation of the death of the said Mary Phagan, to he held by the Coroner of said county. Coroner Donoliqo adjourned the inquest into the death of Mary Phagan this afternoon until ‘J o’clock Monday, without the taking of any testimony. The Coroner said the adjournmeut was taken for the purpose of obtaining more clearly defined evidence. The delay is believed to be the result of a request from the police department and is interpreted to mean that the detectives are on the trail of new and important evidence not previously brought to light. The State made its first move in the Mary Phagan case t-o-dav when Solicitor General Dorsey called into conference Chief of Detectives Lanford and Chief of Police Beavers. Mr. Dorsey wanted to know just what the police have done in the case, and it was for this reason he questioned Lanford and Beavers. A new arrest was made in the Phagan case this afternoon. Detectives arrested James Con nolly, a negro employed at the National Pencil Company fac tory. Connolly i* a sweeper in the fae- f tory. The arrest was made on private Information given over the telephone to the police that Connolly had been seen washing apme clothing in the factory. He is about 30 years old. Connolly, at the police station, told the detectives that he was washing his shirt because lie was summoned to the inquest this afternoon. The police were Inclined to attach little importance to hi« arrest. Newt Lee. the night watchman at the National Pencil Company's fac tory. will again go on the witness stand to .supplement his testimony. Lee is said to have given important Information to the detectives, after a two - hours’ cross - examination this morning iveo M. Frank, superintendent of the factory, also will be a, witness this afternoon. Calls Inquiry Hesitating. “The Investigation has been hesi tating,’ said Mr. Dorsey, before his conference with the police officials. “All leads given the police have not been followed closely and there is much more to this thing that has not been bright out. Unless some de cisive action is taken quickly the mystery will remain unsolved.” At the end of the conference, So licitor Dorsey said he had not fully made up his mind about taking over the case, but it was probable he wjould reach a decision in time to present the matter to the Grand Jury to-mor row if necessary. He told Chief Beav ers and Chipf Lanford that the writing evidence, what he considered the best possible clue, had been very badly handled by the police, particu larly so in permitting Lee to copy the note instead of dictating it to him. He said the handwriting tests had been far from thorough. He criticized two two police officials for laxity in one or two other features of the Chief of Detectives Lanford, follow ing the examination of Lee. declared that the watchman had made no con fession. or part of one, implicating himself, but that he had divulged facts which will tend to lift thq veil of my artery from the murder. * The nolice sav that Lee's new testi mony will relate directly to a conver sation that the watchman and Frank held in Lee’s cell on Monday. Talk With Frank Is Basis. According to the detectives, Lee will testify that Frank commanded him to stick to his story or they would both go to A conversation Lee had with a fel low prisoner last night in his cell. Chief lALnford said, resulted In the questioning of Lee to-day. This conversation was reported to the detectives and, working on the new lead, Lee was brought to the de tectives’ room at 9:30 o’clock this morning. Chief Beavers, Chief Lanford, Har ry Scott, of the Pinkertons, and De tective John Black questioned him for an hour, with the result that it was agreed to again put him on the witness stand. Lee. accompanied by John Black and Scott, was brought out of the conference shortly after 11 o’clock and removed to a cell. Police Spurred to Action. ‘ Now, Lee,” said Black and Scott, as they locked him up, “don’t you talk about this case to anybody but us hereafter, do you hear?” Orders were given to allow no one but the two detectives to see or talk with the watchman, and visitors, law yers and persons of all description were barred from the corridors lead ing to his cell. The announcement that the State, through Solicitor Dorsey, might in tervene and take charge of the inves tigation unless the mystery was clear ed at once spurred the police to fur ther effort late to-day. ’ Weed Out” False Clews. Detectives Starnes and Campbell continued throughout the day break ing clown the stories of the persons who have testified that they saw Mary Phagan on the street Saturday after she had drawn her pay at the pencil factory at noon. r’hief Lanford saia positively that the hunt was near its conclusion and with the completion of the tnquest the truth would be established. Mr. Dorsey was vehement In his denunciation of the manner in which the case had been handled. Dorsey Voices His Protaot. “The burden of convicting the per petrator of this horrible crime, Who ever he may be. will fall directly upon mv shoulders,” said Doraey, "and ! don’t propose, for that reason, if not lor the many others, to let H drift along. "No effort has been made to eotab- liah if the shirt said to have been found in the ash barrel baok of Lee’s home was Lee’s. “The handwriting tests on the notes have not been exhausted by U>a lire—In fact, hardly touched “Tba marks on thejohribi \