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VOL. XI. XO. 232.
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Man of Mystery
Now Made Clear;
Big Story Coming
200 Witnesses To Be Cailed
When Inquest Into Slaying of
Factory Girl Is Resumed Next
Monday—Detectives Are Busy.
Coroner Declares Inquiry Will
Not Be Made Hastily—‘Every
Clew To Be Probed Thoroughly.
Lee and Frank Are in Tower.
Grand Jury Meets, but Considers
Only Routine Matters—Was
No Truth in Report That Militia
Had Been Ordered to Mobilize.
There were no developments of im
portance in the Phagan case to-day.
This does not mean that the detec
tives and police force are not hard at
work on the mystery. They are.
Many so-called “clews” are being in
vestigated, but scores of them have
been followed up by detectives and
found valueless.
The Grand Jury met ‘his morning
and considered only routine matters.
The Phagan case was not taken up at
all.
The report that the National Guard
had been mobilized originated be
cause Adjutant-General Nash re
quested some of the officers of the
Fifth Regiment to be within call in
rase of trouble. A few members of
the Fifth Regiment were at the Ar
mory last evening, but all had re
turned home by midnight.
Inquest To Be Thorough.
Coroner Donehoo said to a Georgian
reporter that the mystery which sur
rounds the killing of Mary Phagan
is by no means solved, and that the
investigation would be carried on as
Jong as there Is a thread of evidence
to be unraveled.
“I would not be holding this jury,”
said the Coroner, “if I were satisfied
or were reasonably certain as to the
facts in our possession. A case like
this, so deeply wrapt in mystery, can
not be solved in a day, and If there is
anybody in Atlanta who is not pleased
with the progress being made, nis
public spirit should make him come
forward and lend his assistance. No
pride of office, certainly, will keep me
from taking any reasonable sugges
tion and following it for all it is
worth. It is up to the people to help
all they can.
Following Every Clew.
“And why should the public de
mand such great haste? It requires
weeks and sometimes months before
some of these mysteries can be
cleared. Investigation of the Holland
killing out at the ice house here. I re
call, went on about six weeks before
anything definite was found out. It is
only in the magazines that solutions
are forthcoming in a day.
“It is not beyond the bounds of pos
sibility that the body of Mary Phagan
will be exhumed for a further exami
nation.
The Coroner was informed to-day
of another clew which he deems wor
thy of investigation, and in all proba
bility'will subpena an important wit
ness for the hearing on Monday.
"The new clew which we have may
be a good one,” he said. “We are
following every one we can find, of
course. This one may solve the mys
tery ; who knows?"
Newest Facts in Case.
The exact facts in the Phagan case
as this edition of The Georgian goes
to press can be stated as follows:
FIRST—The Coroner's inquest
is not yet ended. It has been ad
journed until Monday afternoon
next: and until it is ended the
State is not likely to take hold of
the case except In so far as Solici
tor General Dorsey may deem it
necessary to acquaint himself with
facts that may aid him when the
Coroner’s jury renders its verdict.
After this is done the case is
turned over to the Solicitor Gen
eral. as the chief prosecuting of
ficer of Fulton County:
SECOND.—It Is reported that a
large nu.-ber of witnesses—200—
Continued on Page 2, Column 5.
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. This 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 originality, their liter
ary value and upon their analyti
cal clearness.
Address all answers to “Litera
ry Editor, The Georgian." Atlanta.
Another Revolution
Brews in Honduras
American Warship Tacoma Lies Off
Puerto Cortez to Protect
U. S. Interests.
MOBILE. ALA.. May 2— Another
ievolution is brewing in Honduras,
according to information brought
here to-day by officers of the steam
ship Livingston. Conditions in Puer
to Cortez, where General Lee Christ
mas. the famous American soldier of
fortune, is now living, are very un
settled.
The United States cruiser Tacoma
is lying in the port at Puerto Cortez
to protect American Interests in the
event of an outbreak.
The situation is so tense that sea
men aboard American steamers are
not allowed shore leave.
Wilson Tours Jersey
Urging Jury Reform
President Puts in Busy Day in Home
State—Will Return to Wash
ington To-night.
NEW YORK. May 2.—President
Wilson put in a busy day to-day in
his advocacy in Jersey City for the
jury reform bill. The President break
fasted at the New York home of Colo
nel House and motored at once to
Jersey City, where he conferred with
legislators said to be leaders In the
fight for the reform bill.
A motoring trip through Northern
New Jersey was planned to follow.
The President will return to Wash
ington to-night.
Forecast for Atlanta.
Fair to-night and Saturday.
Temperatures: 8 a. m., 67; 10 a. m„
75; 12 m., 79: 2 p. m. t 79. Sunrise,
4:47; sunset, 6:23.
Orders Issued to Use Three Shifts
of Men—Vessels Could Get
Through Now.
FIGHTING CRAFT IS NEARBY
Battleships Are Ready to Enter
Just as Soon as Giant Locks
Are Completed.
WASHINGTON, May 2.—
Whether the President will take
advantage of the opportunity to
mobilize a great fleet of war ves
sels on the Pacific coast, osten
sibly under peaceful auspices but
in reality to be prepared for a
Japanese invasion, is being con
sidered by Navy Department of
ficials with keen interest.
Paul T. Carroll, director of tho
San Francisco Chamber of Com
merce, has requested the Presi
dent to mobolize such a fleet to
participate in the Portola fete at
the Golden Gate October 21 to 26
next, marking the four hundrodth
anniversary of the discovery of
the Pacific by Balboa.
By JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES.
WASHINGTON. May 2.—The shad
ow of silence is thick upon the White
House. The atmosphere is repressed
and gloomy. A stenographic report
of all Bryan conferences with the
Governor and Legislature of Cali
fornia. with questions and answers,
have been laid before the President.
Mr. Wilson only says:
“I have nothing to say. 1 can not
be expected to comment upon a situa
tion so delicate.”
It is conceded at the White House
that Mr. Bryan’s mission to California
has been a complete failure.
The President declares he has done
everything possible. He now puts the
responsibility upon the Senate, an
nouncing that that body, by making
treaties and in further negotiations,
must attempt to do what he has failed
to accomplish.
Activity in War Office.
Great activity is evident at the War
and Navy Departments.
Diplomatic assurances are made
that such activity is without reference
to Japan. Thie is designed to avoid
even a remote suggestion of mobiliza
tion, which would be construed as a
hostile act by Japan.
The armored cruiser South Dakota,
at the suggestion of the State Depart
ment, has been ordered North from
Acapulco, Mexico. The armored cruis
er Colorado was ordered from the
west coast of Mexico to San Diego,
Cal. It is explained that only lesser
draft vessels are required for the Pn-
cific-Mexican ports. The Annapolis
will replace the South Dakota.
Canal Defenses Rushed,
A sudden anxiety to get the West
ern defenses of the Panama Canal
into immediate commission was evi
dent at the War Department. Five
14-inch guns are to be shipped im
mediately. The big 16-inch gun at
Sandy Hook will be first to arrive at
the Canal Zone. It has a radius of 20
miles.
The squadron now on the Pacific
Coast could not prevent a Japanese
fleet from destroying the Western ter.
minal. Fourteen-Inch gung are the
best and only protection. They are
being rushed from the Watervliet
Arsenal.
Most important of all is that the
Navy Department has plans by which
the Panama Canal can be utilized
within 50 days to shift the Atlantic
fleet to the. Pacific Coast.
Could Be Opened June 20.
At present rate of construction,
with but one eight-hour shift at
work, the locks will be completed and
the canal flooded by October 3. With
three eight-hour shifts, the gates can
be completed by June 20.
The Isthmian Canal Commission
admits that work is being rushed
with extraordinary speed. So far is
the canal itself is concerned, it could
be flooded right now to ample depth
for the passage of ships. The Gatun,
Pedro Miguel and Miraflores lock
gates, however, are not yet In place.
It is stated that even slides in the
Culebra Cut will present no obstacle.
In case of emergency, a single day’*
work could clear away sufficient
earth to let any vessel of the navy
type pass through.
The battleships Veimont, Minne
sota and Connecticut are now at Vers
Cruz, and the Idaho at Tampico,
Mexico. These vessels are wfth’.n
wttsj reach of the G&nal.
Transparent, Tight
And Short Skirts
Rapped by Blease
South Carolina Governor. Seeing Evil
Influence in Modern Faehione,
Urgee Reform.
COLUMBIA. S. C.. May 1—The
transparent, tight or abbreviated shirt
of present-day fashions affected by
women that tends too strongly toward
outlining the figure of the wearer Is
scored as a "sinister, persuasive, In-
gratlng evil Influence" by Governor
Cole L.. Blease. who to-day gave out
a signed Interview clramptontng dress
reform.
Be fears that the modern fashions
will have a deteriorating effect on
the young men of the South by "les
sening the high regard for the virtue
and purity and sanctity of our wom
anhood which has been rharactertstlc
especially of the true men of the
South.”
The young woman of the South,
says Governor Blease, should stand
before a light and have her mother
or some near woman relative inspect
her ftlothing before going on the
streets. If the clothes pass this scru
tiny, he says, they are fit to wear, but
if not, the girl should put on more
clothes before appearing in public.
The Governor advises women's clubs
and similar organizations to at once
take up the matter of dress reform
"before it is too late."
RED-HOT ATTACK
ON JUDGE SPEER
To Print 10,000 Copies of Pam
phlet Giving His Side of the
Bankruptcy Case.
SAFE AT LAST!
IT'S GFTTiNS
So a Person ,
CROSS Jh
The
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Atlanta Banks Pay
$10,000 in New Tax
U. 8. Deposits Here Average Half
Million—Bankers Approve
Government 8cbeme.
When the banks of Atlanta begin
paying 2 per cent interest on Govern
ment deposits, the United States
treasury will be $10,000 a year richer.
It Is estimated that Government de
posits in Atlanta are about $500,000.
The figure varies little year in and
year out. When the deposits in any
one bank, not an active depository, go
over a stipulated figure, a remittance
must be made immediately to the
treasury. In the rase of banks han
tiling active United States accounts
there is some fluctuation, but very
little.
Atlanta banker* think the move
wise on the part of the Government.
They say they think it should have
been done before. Nearly all large
private corporations in the North and
East demand Interest on dally bal
ances.
SEQUEL TO COURT’S ACTION
‘’There Will Be Something Doing
Outside of the Usual,” Says
Macon Man.
MACON, GA., May 2.—In a istaie :
rnant to the public to-day, Colonel
W. A. Huff, whose $125,000 estate has
bean pending in the bankruptcy court
for fourteen years, and in which an
important decision was made yester
day by Judge Emory Speer, announce**
that just as soon as the papers can
be printed he will distribute to the
public another letter addressed to
Judge Speer, In which he will attack
that jurist as a man and as an offi
cial. He says:
“I beg to assure the public tha-i
unless the printing presses in Atlanta
and Macon are all broken down dur
ing the next ten days there will be
something doing here a little outside 1
of the usual.
Quiet Nearly Fourteen Years.
“In this connection 1 beg to call at- .
tention to the fact that for nearly i
fourteen years the newspapers, the
lawyers and the Federal court officials
of Macon have busied themselves In
keeping the Huff case well advertised
and that during all these years noth
ing has ever been written for public
by my attorneys or myesif—except
the two communications sent by me
last July to Judge Spear. One was In
the form of a personal letter ad
dressed to him and the other a com- j
municstion addressed, ‘To Whom It!
Thos* \ ,1 ,1 I
Fuiows
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Davis Street School
Wins‘Cleaning’Prize
English Avenue 8econd and Oakland
City Third in the Chamber'*
Pledge Contest.
The Davis Street School to-day was
awarded first prize offered by the
Chamber of Commerce for obtaining
the largest number of "Clean-up Day"
pledge*. Second prise was given to
the English Avenue School, and third
prize went to the Oakland City School.
The prizes for the negro schools
were won by the Grey Street School,
the Roach Street School and the
Houston Street School.
The committee which awarded the
prizes is composed of Ivan E. Allen,
Fred Houser and E. H. Goodhart. The
number of pledges obtained by each
school was not given out.
CONGRESSMEN’S CLASH ON
MILEAGE PRESAGES REFORM
WASHINGTON, May 2.— PersonalitlM
between Representative Palmer, of Penn
sylvania, and Representative Humphrey,
of Washington, which the latter at
tributed to a recent fight led by Mr.
Palmer against the system of paying
mileage to Congressmen to-day caused
renewed discussion re-gar<lfrig mileage
reform It was predicted there would
be h reduction in the present allowance
of $175,000 for each session.
Look
For the
Want Ad Man
The speedy Carte rear,
with the “Want Ad”
man. is making the
rounds daily, giving
away money. Read the
“Went Ada” carefully.
Your name may be there
—then mark the paper
and have It ready when
he calls
May Concern.’
“It is also proper for me to state
that only a portion of my letter to
the judge was published by the pa
pers at the time. The balance of the
Utter, together with all other com
munications. will now be placed be
fore the public In pamphlet form.
“My Tims Has Arrived.”
My lime to be heard from ha? ar
rived. That J will undertake to do
my full duty by the subject in hand
my friends may rest assured."
For sending the letter to Judge
Speer last year Colonel Huff is now
under an contempt of court charge.
That letter was a moat severe in- j
dictment of Judge Speer as a man
and as a Judge. For several months
Colonel Huff has been busy collecting
evidence which he says he intends to
use in impeachment proceedings
against Judge Speer.
Practically all of his charges will |
be embodied in this pamphlet, 10,000
copies of which, he says, will be
printed.
Admits Forgeries
On Georgia Banks
I. W. Most, Arrested In South Caro
lina, Now In Jail at Wash
ington.
WASHINGTON, GA , May 2.-After
eluding arrest for three months. I. W.
Moss. 24 years old, of Lincoln County,
wanted for forgeries committed in Geor
gia and South Carolina, was arrested as
he was leaving Mount Carmel. 8. C., en
route to his home in this State, and was
brought to Washington and placed in
Jail Moss confessed and gave a list of
hit forgeries, which will total about $500
on various banks.
Moss went under tne name or G W.
Vickery,” “W. L. Brown" and ‘‘W. L.
Freeland.' He was married only a year
ago and Is the father of a four weeks'
old baby.
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Sixty Boys Mutiny
In Jail; Are Quelled
Guards With Drawn Revolvers Drive
Young Chicago Prisoners Into
Cells After Attack.
CHICAGO. May 2.—A mutiny of
boy prisoners from 1$ to 19 years
old in thecounty Jail came to light
to-day. Sixty boys attacked their
guards and drove them from the Jail
school room After failing to break
the locks on the steel doors they de
molished everything breakable on the
upper floor.
A dozen guards quelled the riot.
The prisoners, In separate cells, to
day refused to tell who planned the
uprising.
TWO DEAD IN FACTORY FIRE.
DETROIT. May 2.—Two men were
killed and property worth $100,000 was
lost when fire destroyed the plant of
the Michigan Condensed Milk Pom-
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Pilot, Captain and Flood Refugees
Lose Lives in Louisiana
River Disaster.
NATCHEZ. MISS. May J Pll jt
Geochagan, Captain Ed Prince and
twenty negro passengers are known
to have been drowned when the
steamer Concordia sank near Clayton.
La., to-day. Considerable live stojk
was lost.
There were 150 refugees from the
Black River territory on board en
route to a refugee camp here. Most
of them swam ashore or were picked
up by skiffs.
The steamer went down in view' of
scores of persons marooned in their
homes, as Clayton has been inundate!
since Tuesday. It struck a piece of
the bridge across the Tensas River
and sank immediately, only the
smokestacks and cabin of the vesfel
being visible.
The steamer was returning from the
Black River territory of Louisiana,
which is rapidly being inundated as a
result of the crevasse in the Missis
sippi River levee at St. Johns Lane,
La.
Hanna Calls on
G. 0. P. to Reunite
Ohio Bull Moose Newspaper Proprie
tor, in Editorial, Approves
Movement for Merger.
CLEVELAND, OHIO, May 2.—The
Cleveland Leader, owned by D. R.
Hanna, who contributed $177,000 to
the Roosevelt campaign fund, this
morning editorially declares for a
merger of the Republican and tile
Progressive parties.
Mr. Hanna’s newspaper approves
the action of the Republican mem
bers of the Ohio Assembly, who, in
secret season after the sine die ad
journment of the Legislature Tuea
day, arranged to call a peace confer
ence of Republicans in Ohio to make
proposal to the Progressives for a
merger of the two parties
The action of The Leader caused
considerable surprise among the poli
ticians of Ohio, as the Hanna news
paper was one of the original Bull
Moose organizations and made a hard
fight in Ohio for Roosevelt.
Verdict To-morrow
On Women’s Styles
Designtrs to Report at National
Convention on Wearing Apparel
for Next Season.
TOLEDO, OHIO. May 2. Not un
til to-morrow will the suspense of the
nation as to its styles in women’s
apparel be relieved. Then the com
mittee on styles, comprising design
ers from Chicago, Cleveland and To
ledo. will make a report to the con
vention of National Cloak. Suit and
Skirt Manufacturers which convened
here to-day.
The committee will prescribe mod
els for feminine finery for the entire
country, for the concerns represented
at this convention do business in
every State and are recognized as
authorities in the fixing of designs.
Bandit Boards Cars at Kansas City
Union Depot—-Wounded in Gun
Duel in Pullman Berth, but Escapes
With $1,500 in Cash and Gems.
KANSAS CITY, MO., May 2. A millionaire and a bandit,
were wounded in a pistol duel <>n Kansas City Southern train No.
5 early to-day during the robbery of passengers. The masked
bandit escaped with $1,500 in cash and .jewelry. A trail of blood
left by the wounded robber is expected to lead to his capture.
.(esse E. Short, dr., a millionaire mine owner of Joplin, Mo.,
is in r hospiial in a serious condition, and it is feared his injuries
may result fatally.
Bleeding from wounds he re
ceived in a pistol duel with
Short, the robber left a trail of
blood as he fled. This enabled
! officers to follow his tracks until
i h<‘ arrived at the Blue River, al
most a mile from the point
where he jumped from the train.
Here the trail stopped abruptly ,
and his pursuers expressed the
belief that he continued his
flight in a boat.
The train was just pulling out of
the depot when a tall man fan out of
the darkness of the railroad yards and
climbed up the steps of ths observa
tion cur He had a handkerchief over
the lower part of hie face and carried
tw o pistols.
Oscar Allen, a negro porter, who
saw him board the train, rushed out
und ordered him away.
Makes Negro Help Him.
The robber covered him with his
pistol and euld:
"I’m going to Dot over a trick here
You ."It down there and be quiet. L
will need you."
After the train had proceeded about
three miles rhe robber ordered Allen
to go ahead of him through the train.
Jn ihe sitting room of the observation
car were W Scare, of Neck City.
Mo., and E. A. Seaman, of Eureka
Springs, Ark. The robber's voice
trembled as he demanded their valu
ables but they offered no resistance
and gave him money and Jewelry
amounting to about $200.
Preceded by the frightened negro,
the robber then entered the chair car,
where there were about a dozen pas
sengers. all men.
'Hold up your hands," was the eosn-
mand with which the robber greeted
them. The passengers readily com
plied. The bandit passed along col
lecting their money and Jewelry.
Robbery of Chair Csr Easy.
The robbery of the chair car was
accomplished within five minutes and
surprised passengers obeyed the
the
final injunction of the robber to sit
down and remain quiet.
The Pullman car was entered next.
After robbing two passengers from
whom he secured small amounts of
money, the robber came to the berth
occupied by Short
"Give tne your money,” the robber
demanded in a whisper as he shook
the sleeping mas. When awakened
sufficiently to realize the import of the
command. Short handed over $1,080
and a large diamond stud As the
robber turned to leave. Short seized a
revolver and fired through the cur
tains. The robber returned the fli-e
and botli men emptied their weapons,
each shooting blindly through the cur
tains, which were perforated by al
most a dozen bullets. One bullet struck
Short's forehead, another went
through an arm and a third lodged in
his knee.
Robber Lsapt From Train.
Short fell back In his berth and the
robber fled toward the rear of the
train Passengers in tho other cars,
aroused by the shots, followed him
They saw him bock out of the door of
the observation car and drop from
the train, which was Just being
brought to a stop. He left blood
stains in the aisles and on the oair
platform and the passengers said 1m
appeared to be badly hurt. It xssts
believed that two of the bullets flswl
by Short struck the bandit.
C. G. Gibson, conductor in charge
of the train, when he heard the shoot
ing seized a pistol and, aocompsntod
by a porter, a brakeman and tTprsss
messenger, started for the . Pullman
car. r.
Jisfose they could-*