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ANTI-JAPBILL
PUSSES SENATE
Man of Mystery
Now Made Clear;
Big Story Coming
j
Vote 35 to 2 on Birdsall-Thomp-
son Measure After Heated
All-Night Debate.
BRYAN PARTLY VICTORIOUS
Modifies Act Barring Aliens Not
Eligible for Citizenship From
Owning Farm Lands.
SACRAMENTO, May 3. The Cali
fornia Assembly to-day voted unan
imously to suspend the constitutional
procedure and put the Senate anti
alien land bill for a final vote without
the first and second readings. Tiiis
action was taken when majority lead- i
ers in the lower House received word
from Governor Johnson that he de
sired tlris plan carried out.
Democrats in the Assembly at first
opposed the Governor’s plan, but later
voted, with the Republicans and Pro
gressives.
SACRAMENTO, May 3.—The Cali
fornia Senate, by a vote of 35 to 2,
early to-day passed the Birdsall-
Thompson bill prohibiting the owner
ship of land for agricultural purposes
In California by aliens not eligible for
citizenship in the United States. The
measure permits a three-year lease
hold by aliens. It was adopted after
an all-night session.
Secretary of State Rrvan had re
tired when the result was announced.
His secretary, Robert P. Rose, said
Mr. Bryan would decide to-day when
he will leave for the East. The ac
tion of the Senate was considered j
a partial victory for Secretary Bryan,:
vfcaac work here resulted in the bill I
being less effective against the Jap- :
anese than the Webb bill as advocat
ed by Governor Johnson. The bill |
permits the spread of Japanese farm- j
Ing colonies.
State Senator Cartwright. Demo
crat, announced prior to the roll call
that he would vote against the pas
sage of the bill, although he favored
It. He gave as his reason:
‘‘Vote to Tie U. S. Hands.”
“You are turning a deaf ear to the
best President this country has ever
had. You will vote to tie the hands
of the United States in its diplomatic
relations with Japan; the majority
has surrendered to the ‘boss’ of the
Slate.”
Consideration of the bill was be
gun at 11 o’clock yesterday morning
and continued without recess even for
luncheon and dinner. All afternoon,
until the clock in the Senate cham
ber was ordered stopped by the pre
siding officer at 11:43 o’clock at
night, the Democrats fought to delay
action by submitting numerous
amendments.
The hardest fight waged around a
resolution Introduced by Senator Cur
tin calling upon the Legislature to
delay action for two years and refer
the whole subject to the Federal
Government. Debate on this amend
ment opened early in the day and
continued until 6 o’clock, when a roll
call showed it defeated.
Threat of Referendum.
In the closing hours of the debate
on the bill itself. Senators Sanford.
Caminettl and Shanahan threatened
to invoke the referendum. They be
lieved the people of the State were
pleading for relief from Japanese ag
riculturists and that the measure does
not correct the evil.
The Senate gallery and lobby was
packed during the long session.
Many Japanese lined the brass railing
of the gallery, listening Intently to the
debate.
At no time during tne seslson did
Secretary Bryan appear in the Sen
ate chamber, although he was In the
office of Lieutenant Governor Wal
lace, hardly a hundred feet away,
until nearly midnight.
WILSON, HOME, THINKS HIS
WORK IN JERSEY FRUITFUL
FIB SUFFRAGE
IP FIFTH HE
Mrs. Wharton Lives Up to Book
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Will Parallel Divorce-Heroine
Polite Make Special Efforts to Coroner Conditionally Accepts the
Protect Women Taking Part in Earl of Cottenham’s Story That
Annual Votes Parade. Wife’s Death Was Accident,
42-CENT HAT IN EVIDENCE RECALLS DIVORCE SCANDAL
White Zouaves Entertain Specta- Married English Nobleman Fol-
torsWith Fancy Dances—No- lowing Suit in Which He Was
tables See Pageant. Named as Co-respondent.
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 in here. This is
the answer:
The Georgian has purchased a
serial story, more interesting
than any Atlanta has tyad 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 analyt
ical clearness.
Address all answers to “Litera
ry Editor, The Georgian,” Atlanta.
'Animal Effects’ Are
Next Winter’s Style
Clothing Designers Nam* Blue Wine
Color and Taupe as ‘Right’
Colors for Wear.
TOLEDO, OHIO, May 3.—When the
style committee of the National Cloak,
Suit and Skirt Association, in session
here, reports late to-day it will tell
the women of the United States that
they are to be gowned in animal ef
fects next winter.
“Pile” fabrics will be worn. These
consist of furs made of silk and wool,
which are such clever imitations of
real animal fur that only an expert
can distinguish the imitation.
Navy blue, wine eolor and taupo
will be the sylish shades.
WASHINGTON, May 3.—’Tired, but!
confident that his trip to New Jersey
will b»- productive of good results in j
connection with jury reform. Pres
ident Wilson returned to Washington !
early to-day and at once went to the'
White House, where he attacked a
large amount of routine work which!
had accumulated in his absence. ;
Yuan Spreads Troops
To Keep China Quiet
President Is Determined to Crush In
cipient Revolutions Against
Republican Government.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PEKIN, May 3.—Determined to up
hold the republican government of
China at any cos* now that it has
been formally recognized by the Unit
ed States, President Yuan Shih Kal
to-day has 50,000 troops on the move
throughout China ready to quell any
revolutionary disturbane* s.
The President caused it to be an
nounced to-day that the revolutionary
tendencies in the southern provinces
will be crushed. The announcement
added that “Politicians in the south
ern provinces will not be allowed to
dictate the policy of the government.”
NEW YORK, May 3.—Fifth Avenue,
used to a daily parade of attractive
women, fairly reveled in the display |
I this afternoon, when over 30,000 men
| and women marched up the avenue
| eight abreast in the annual woman
i suffrage parade.
There were large numbers of men
in line, but the main body of the pa-
rade was made up of women.
There were women of all sizes and
all degrees of beauty, some afoot,
some on horseback and some in car
riages and automobiles*.
, The new suffrage hat, costing 42
| cents, 3 cents more than last year,
trimmed only with ribbon and chiffon,
feathers and flowers being tabooed,
was a feature. It was described by
Mrs. E. Livingston Hunt, chairman
of the parade hat committee, as a ,
small round hat, after the eaily sea
son’s fashion, with a s-light roil of .
the brim on one side.”
Notables and enemies of suffrage
were in the reviewing stand. Men
in the grandstand were allowed lo
smoke.
Dances were executed In Fifth Ave
nue by thfc “Suffrage Zouaves,” part
of the division of the parade ltd by
Mrs. o. H. P Beimbnt.
Police Guard Marchers.
Police precautions of an exception
al nature were taken by Police Com
missioner Waldo to protect tne women
and men suffrage marchers* from in
terference during their procession. In
order to preclude any possibility of
censure such as followed the parade
last year the police commissioner or
dered that any person making re
marks offensive to the suffragists be |
arrested.
Four inspector?' and 1,200 patrolmen
were assigned to guard the line of j
march. Ten patrolmen were assigned
to each block.
Heading the parade ,w ere delegates j
from each of tlie nine States when!
woman suffrage is in effect. Each ]
member of this advance guard carried
an American fiag. Following them
came the Women's Political Union
dressed in white, with purple, green
and white regalia, led by sixteen
horsewomen, including Miss Inez Mil-
holland. Each speaker of the union
carried a little green box to be used
a» a rostrum from which to deliver
convincing arguments in favor of suf
frage.
Zouaves Dance on Avenue.
The Political Equality Association
was led by Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont.
Included in this section was a group
of young women called the “White
Zouaves, ' dressed in dazzling white
costumes. During the halts in the
parade the Zouaves executed fancy
dances for the benefit of the specta
tors who lined the sidewalks.
In cap and gown, about 600 strong,
came the Collegiate Equal Suffrage
League, carrying their college ban- ;
ners. Next came a delegation of men
marching under the banner of the
Men's League for Woman Suffrage,
followed by delegations of women ‘
from all States where the women have
not yet been granted the right to
vote, arranged in alphabetical order
of States, This delegation closed the
parade.
Last night, as a sort of preparation
for to-day’s parade, a suffrage
pageant was given in the Metropolitan
Opera House. Three hundred of the
most beautiful women whom the com
mittee in charge of the pageant could
secure posed in the various tableaux
and executed the dances.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
HENLEY. ENGLAND, May 3.-
Deep mystery surrounds the violent
death of the Countess of Cottenham,
wife of Charles E. P. Kenelme. Earl
of Cottenham, whose body was founj
in a thicket near Goring. She had
been shot to death. The case was
supposed to be one of murder, al
though the authorities said that the
couhtess might have shot herself.
The maiden name of the Countess
of Cottenham was Lady Rose Neviil,
Laughter of the Marquis of Aberga
venny. She was married to tne Earl
of Cottenham in 1899. They had three
children.
Absence Leads to Search.
The protracted absence of the
countess from her home led to a
search, and the body, pierced with a
bullet, was found in a clump of un
derbrush in the thicket.
There was some delay in calling
the authoriteis into the case when the
police began their inquiry. A theory
/Wes advanced that the countess had
either been lured to the lonely spot or
else in a fit of despondency had re
paired to the copse to end her life.
There was no evidence of a struggle
at the scene of death, but the ground
was hard, and it was argued that it
would require extreme exertions to
dig up the turf.
Family Denies Quarrel.
Members of the family denied there
had been a tty ill-feeling of late be
tween the earl and his w ife.
The Earl of Cottenham was the
countess' second husband. Her first
husband was John Blundell Leigh, a
rich land owner. Mr. Blundell se
cured a divorce in 1899. Within a few
months Mrs. Blundell became the
Countess of Cottenham.
The divorce suit of Colonel Leigh,
who was an officer of the guards,
was one of the biggest sc andals which
has stirred English society in the
past twenty years. The Earl of Cot
tenham was named as co-respondent.
Highly sensational testimony was in
troduced at the trial.
Older Than Husband.
The countess was much older than
her husband, and at the time of her
marriage, in 1899. satirical society
journals said “she was almost old
enough to be her husband's mother.”
After* she was divorced and married
to the earl, both she and her new hus
band were ostracised from society for
a few months, but later were rein
stated in their old places in exclusive
circles.
Half a dozen years ago the countess
caused comment by making a pet of
a baboon and taking it to society
functions with her.
Coroner Accepts Earl’s Story.
At the inquest the earl testified
that he found his wife’s body. He
advanced the opinion that his wire
had tripped and fallen and that her
firearm had then been accidentally
discharged.
As there was no witness to the
tragedy, the coroner decided to ac
cept this theory with reservation that
the case might be reopened if fresh
evidence were secured.
MAY DAY FOR SOCIALISTS.
| Atlanta Socialists are celebrating the
1 May festival to-day in a pretty stretch
of woodland near the Federal Prison. A
] temporary platform has been erected for
'dancing and speech-making,
j A Pryor Street oar to the Federal Fris
ian passes the grounds.
Plot to Assassinate
King of Spain Bared
Letter Found on Anarchist Shows
Attempt Would Have Been Made
on Alfonso’s Visit to Paris.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
MONTPELIER, FRANCE, May 3.—
A plot to assassinate King Alfonso of
Spain when he comes to France to
visit President Poincare was discov
ered here to-day. A Spanish an
archist was arrested and letter® in
volving two other men and a woman
were found.
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mus ofbloo
sums my solve
Strange Real Life Romance Will
Repeat Situation Novelist
Made Use of in Story.
Mrs. Edith Wharton.
WilsonHas a Dornick!
The Country Is Safe!
Phrenologist Explains How Destiny
of Nation Rests on Existence of
Bump on Prseident’s Head.
PHILADELPHIA, May 3.—The na
tion i® safe! President Wilson has a
dornick, and so everything will be all
right. But if he did not happen to
have that dornick, heaven only knows
what would have ha ppened to ninety-
odd million® of people.
Professor Michael Lewis, who dis
covered the existence of the Wilson
dornick. to-day explained how the
destiny of a nation rests upon the ex
istence of a dornick, which is a cra
nial protuberance, otherwise known
as a bump.
“A man who lacks a dornick,” sai l
the professor, ‘‘lacks the qualities that
make for leadership. A dorniekless
man will make many mistakes, and
perhaps plunge into ruin any enter
prise which he directs.”
‘Brazilian Trot’ Is
Latest From Paris
Joan Sawyer, Who Brings it, Says
That it Is the Only Thing in
the World.
NEW YORK, May 3. Joan Sawyer,
the swiftest turkey trotter that ever
saw Broadway, has returned from
Paris with the Brazilian trot, a dance
that is faster and more bewildering
than a combination of all the dances
so far invented.
“It’s the only thing in the world,"
said Miss Sawyer “You can dance
the Brazilian trot instead' of eating
• r drinking. In fact, if you are starv
ing it’s a perfectly good substitute
for food and drink.”
NEW YORK, May 3.—Friends oi
Mrs. Edith Wharton, the novelist, are
busy commenting on the announce- ,
ment from Paris that she is to di
vorce her husband. Edward Wharton,
whom she married in 1S85.
Their acquaintances at Lenox,
where they lived until two years ago.
caught the first glimmer yesterday of j
the reason for the sudden departure
of the Whartons from Lenox and the
retreat to foreign lands.
Then the many writings of Mrs. j
Wharton were recalled, but none so
strongly as a story concerning di
vorced life, which appeared just be
fore she left her residence in this j
country. It was called “Other Times.
Other Manners.”
It is the story of a woman, thirty
years ago divorced, remarried and
socially exiled. Then she returns toj
this country to find that her daughter
has been divorced and remarried, bul
society has made a heroine of her.
It is the tale of the difference of the
years.
Mrs. Lidcote, the book mother, is.
astounded to find that the persons*!
who had refused to tolerate her in}
years past gladly embraced her |
daughter. The moral of the tale
seems to be that one should not err
ahead of one’s generation. Here is a
passage from Mrs. Wharton’s book:
You say that it is preposterous j
that the women who didn’t object
to accepting Lelia’s hospitality
should have objected to meeting
me under her roof. And so it is;
but 1 begin to see why. It is sim- j
ply that society is much too busy
to revise its own judgments.
Probably no one In the house j
with me stopped to consider that
my case and Lelia’s were identi- j
' cal.
They only remembered that I !
had done something which, at the
time I did it, was condemned by
society. My case has been passed J
on and classified: I’m the woman ]
who has been cut for twenty
years; it’s simply a tradition to !
cut me. And traditions that have !
lost their meaning are the hard
est of all to destroy.
When Mrs. Wharton's friends re- j
called the book they all pointed out
strongly that if the reported divorce!
was true it merely meant that Mrs.
Wharton considered she had waited J
for an auspicious era for divorce
Gen, Wood Reports
On Mexican Status
Sentiment Along Rio Grande Against
Huerta, and Favors Carranza,
He Tells Garrison.
WASHINGTON. May 3. Senti
ment on the Rio Grande is favorable 1
to the Carranza movement In Mexico
and bitterly opposed to the Huerta
Government, according to Major Gen-
I era I Leonard Wood, w ho returned to
Washington to-day after an inspec-
• tlon trip along the boundary. He
I made this report to Secretary of War
Garrison.
General Wood made inquiry among
ranchers and farmers respecting dep-
I redations committed by Mexicans. He
found little complaint and could find
nowhere evidence of terrorism.
The State Department to-day re-
i reived a report that a battle was un-
I der way at Espionnza. a short dis
tance from Monclava. No details are
given. Reports from Nogales stated
j that two Mexican Federal gunboats
1 arrived Thursday at Guayamas and
are reported to have shelled Empalme
yesterday, the state troops evacuat
ing the place.
Wife Lays Husband's
Misdeeds to Liver
‘It Affects Him That Way,’ Mrs.
J. T. Thomas’ Explanation for
Cattle Stealng Charge.
J. T Thomas would be a model of
virtue and good citizenship If it were
not for his liver, said Mrs. Thomas
to-day. The wife blames that incor
rigible organ of her husband’s for his
present plight. He is held in the Ful
ton County Tower, bound over by
the Recorder or\ a charge of stealing
cattle.
- Mrs. Thomas, visiting her husband’s
lawyer to-day, said that J. T. was not
responsible for his actions whenever
his liver got out of order.
“It seems to affect him that way,”
she said.
The lawyer went to the jail to see
his client, and confided to Day Jailer
J. T. Golden the reason* for the mis
conduct of Thomas.
Whereupon Mr. Golden suggested
that Judge Roan is one of the very
best liver regulators. Thomas is held
in jail in default of a $2,000 bond im
posed by the Recorder.
Darden’s Attorneys
Ask for New Trial
Formal Motion Filed With Superior
Court—Prisoner Still
in Tower.
Attorneys for Elmer T. Darden, re
cently sentenced to three years’’ im
prisonment in the penitentiary for
killing C. M. Goddard, filed a formal
motion for a new trial with the Su
perior Court to-day.
Darden has not been transferred
from the Tower and in the event of
the new trial being granted lie will
remain there until the second trial
ends.
FRATS CONSTITUTIONAL.
OXFORD, MISS.. May 3.—The State
Supreme Court to-day ruled that col
lege fraternities are constitutional.
Three Former Employees at Pencil
Factory Are Summoned to Testify.
Expected That Frank and Watch
man Will Be Questioned Further.
It was reported to-day that three young women, former em
ployees of the National Pencil Factory, will be important witness
es for the Coroner's jury in the Phagan ease on Monday.
I Dr. Claude Smith, city bacte-
| riologist, was asked by the po-
jlice to-day to make a chemical
j analysis of the bloodstains on
the shirt found in the back yard
of the home of Lee.
The garment was given to Or.
Sniilh by Detective Rosser. The de
tectives are hopeful that by scientific
tests and comparisons it will be de
termined whether the garment was a
■plant' or not. Dr. Smith said that
he could not make his examination
until some time next week.
Solicitor Dorsey and Chief of De
tectives Larford were closeted for two
hours to-day in a discussion of the
case. At the conclusion neither would
make a public announcement.
$1,000 Fund ts Rumored.
It was said that an effort would
he made to nave the county appro
priate Jt.Ono for a private investiga
tion.
The inquest will be resumed at 2
o’clock. Leo M. Frank h'ae. r,t,t yet
given any testimony before the Coro
ner’s jury, and it is planned for him
to he heard on Monday. It is also
likely that Lee, the night watchman,
will be examined still further. *
The police and detectives are still
busily at work on the case, but so far
as is known they have secured noth
ing of importance.
Await Coroner's Verdict.
When the Coroner’s jury verdict la
rendered the case automatically goes
to the Grand Jury. Solicitor Dorsey
and the Grand Jury will not take up
the case officially until the Coroner’s
jury has concluded its Investigation.
Many wild reports, absolutely with
out basis in fact, are in circulation.
It is emphatically declared by the po
lice that no confessions have been
made by anybody in the case. This
should put an end to the report that
Lee has confessed and Implicated
Frank.
It is not likely that the body of the
unfortunate girl will be exhumed.
County Physician Hurt says that no
further examination is necessary, as
the evidence on this point is. very
clear and exact.
Visitors Are Barred.
Visitors are not allowed to see
either Frank or Lee, although counsel
has full access to tile Tower to con
fer freely with the men.
A score of employees of the factory
are under subpena to testify before
the Coroner’s jury, but their testi
mony is not considered likely to be- of
great importance.
The release of Arthur Mullinax and
J M. Gantt indicates that the detec
tives have abondoned the theory that
the girl left the pencil factory after
receiving her pay on Saturday. -The
detectives now are of the opinion that
she was not seen on the streets again
after she entered the factory.
May Be Held for Jury.
Without seeming to forecast what
the Coroner’s jury will do, it is more
than likely that both Frank and Lee
will be held for the Grand Jury, where
the testimony or evidence will be
weighed carefully under the supervi
sion of Solicitor General^ Hugh Dor
sey.
The only statement that the law
yers for Frank make is that he is stilt
vehement In the declaration that he
knows nothing whatever about the
crime.
Mr. Rosser says that not a word
of evidence had been produced
against his client.