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THE ATI. A VI \ (iEOKfSI AX AND NEWS TUESDAY, MAY <1. 1010.
Continued From Page 1.
Fast night, shortly after midnight, :.i3
officers went to the place. Bowen an
swered a knock at his room door, an-
then straightened himself and looked
directly at the officers.
Holds Knife in Hand.
"Who are you fellows and what do
• on w ant At-he • eked.
The officer# answered that they
wanted to talk to him and he then in
vited them into his room. He kept a
distance from them, however, and he' i
an open knife in his right hand. Bow
en appeared nervous throughout the
. onveroation of perhaps fifteen min
utes. but replied to all <4 u eric '■
promptly and to the point.
When one of them told him to “con
sider yourself under arrest" he coolly i
answered. "That’s all right, but you’ve
to Houston. li«‘ declined to talk to
officers or to tell anything about his
klnspeople or any of his business
connections except as given above.
Bowen is slight of build, perhaps 6i
foet 6 or 7 inches in height. He
weighs about 125 pounds and appears
brisk anti energetic.
He udmitfeU to officers that, he had
lived In Atlanta nearly all his life.
He denied, however, that he known
anything about the National Pencil
Factory, Leo Frank, the manager, or
any persons connected with or em
ployed in the factory.
He talked freely about some mat
ters and evasively about others. Rf-
forts to corner the young man in
every Instance proved futile.
Letter Signed "M. J. P.”
A hundred pictures in his trunk
show auto rides and picnic parties,
individual pictures and groups anti
couples. When shown them he mere
ly laughed and made a Jocular re
mark about some girl "being pretty.”
There are batches of letters and
got the wrong man."
Bowen closed his knife and handed
it to an officer and sat on the Fide of
the bed. To one officer he pointed out
h1s trunk and suitcase—a small affair
in the nature of a traveling man’s
grip. As the officers opened the trunk
they lifted out* clothes—some nice
ones that indicated a well-dressed
man—and these, with letters, post
cards and pictures, were piled on the
floor.
• If f had a gun you never would go
ihrough that trunk.” said Bowen. “The
thingy in there are mine, and not
yours 1 don’t know anything about
this affair and you’ll have to show me
strong."
Stoutly Denies Crime.
officers talked to him for more than
an hour at the police station, but
Bowen stoutly denied any knowledge
of the killing, of the young girl. He
ontinued to show nervousness,
though, and frequently inquired of
tue detectives why he should be treat
'd the way they were doing him.
If I had the least suspicion that I
this would happen to me. ] would not j
have been in Houston this* long.” he j
said. “I would have left here Sunday j
night."
Bowen \\«i> taken from the room
ing house to the police station and i
was pla. cd in a cell across the hall j
from the Chief of Detectives' offices.
He slept but little and did not undress
to lie down. This morning he was at
the < ell door early and looked hag
gard
Bowen complained of being hungry.
He declared that he was tired—al
most worn out. He walked the floor
nervously, then sat down on the side
of his cot. Next he stepped to the
grating and inquired if he was going
to be allowed to starve to death or
would tie he given some breakfast.
About 9 o’clock he was taken into a
private office with Chief of Detec
tives Peyton and Detective Andrew 1’
Shelly. He admitted that he lived in
Atlanta and had tome from that city
to Houston, but stoutly denied that he
even knew Mary Phagan,
Only Interested, He Says.
When shown the pictures in his
trunk and grip, he pointed out a num
ber of persons, ineluding several
young women, though he declared that
none of them was "Mary Phagan or
any of her kinfolk "
Bowen Well Educated.
Bowen is 22 years of age and has
light hair. He is well dressed and
well educated. He has been a book
keeper and stenographer, and claimed
that he worked in Atlanta for tho
Morrow Transfer Company. He gave
his home address as 108 Ivy Street
He claimed this was hi* first visit
TDEOULARcare
of the teeth is
taught in thou
sands of schools—
because it is worth
while. That has
been proved.
postcards.
The letters were nearly all from
young women; some of them were
! endearing ones. A few were fren
young,men friends.
Many of the letters are eigne 1
“Mary," but none Is signed "Mary
Phagan." The signature to one let-
! ter is merely the initials, "M. J. P."
This is believed by the Houston po-
| liee to have been written by the Pha
gan girl.
Woman’s Bloodstained Vest.
Hahging from tin- window' of room
214 In the St. Jean Hotel was found n
woman’s bloodstained undervest. It
was of small size, as If for a girl from
14 to 16 years of age. The diecovery
, of the undervest was made yesterday
morning. A guest at the hotel-saw n
fluttering from the window and ad
vised an attache of the place. It was
wrapped in a paper and sent to the
police station.
It is believed that an effort was
made to throw' the vest out of th"
window and that it caught on the
ledge. It was not seen there before
Monday morning, and two guests at
the hotel declared that It was no;
there Sunday night. The vest wav
bloodstained toward the top of the
breast and about halfway down the
front The vest Is being held in con
nection with other properties by the
detectives.
Bowen told the officers again and
again that he had never heard of the
girl, but admitted that he knew the
place where she had worked. Bow'en
failed to explain the newspaper clip
pings containing accounts of the mur
der. He was shown them and por
tions of them were read to him. He
admitted that he is familiar wdth the
story of the crime, through reading
the papers, and said Ills interest was
simply because Atlanta is hi» home.
Bowen came to Houston Sunday
night, presumably from New Orleans,
although this has not been deter
mined. ns the prisoner declined to
talk about his arrival ns freel\ as he
did other matters. He went directly
to the St. Jean Hotel and asked for
a dollar room.
"Sorry, sir, but we haven’t got any
thing less than dollar fifty,” said the
clerk. Bowen turned and walked to
the door with his grip In his hand
The clerk tailed him. but he did not
heed it and started out. The clerk
ran to the door and explained that he
had just discovered a dollar room va
cant. The young mail returned and
registered. On the book he wrote
“Paul P. Bowen. Atlanta, Ga." boldly
There was no effort to conceal his
identity-or the city from whence he
came.
'Hu voung man went to his room
and a few minutes later went out for
supper. He had registered at 7:45
o’clock. Before 9 o’clock he was In
bis room. He did not retire at that
hour, though
Opening his grip. it developed.
Bow an read and reread some letters.
Most of them were from young
women.
He wept and then threw aside the
missives. Picking from among th'-
contents of the grip a number of
newspaper clippings, be pored over
them as if eager to get every word of
every sentence. Then He moaned
aloud “Oh, If 1 hadn’t done that!
What did 1 do it for?"
A \outh n:mv d Paul A. Bowen lived
at the Atlanta Y. M. C. A. until Feb
ruary of 1912, when he left for Hous
ton. Texas, according to Secretary J.
Bell, of the Atlanta association
Mr. Bell said Bowen was an ideal
young man and stood high in the esti
mation of tiie Y. M. C. A workers of
Atlanta. He was a clerk at the Inman
Yards of ihe Southern Railway.
Mr. Hell said that to the best of h»s
knowledge Bov.» n had not been in At
lanta since lie left tn 1912. Bow n
was living at the Y. M <\ A when
Secretary Be’! took up his duties there
and lie die not know how long Bmwn
had been in Atlanta.
Introduce the “Good
Teeth—Good Health”
idea into your family
today—every one will
profit by it, not only
in better looks, but
also in better health.
Defends Bowen.
t harles Kimball, a elerk in the
master mechanic's office al the South
ern Railway shops and a close per
sonal friend of Paul P. Bowen’s, said
this morning, when seen by a Geor
gian reporter, that lie did not be -
J lieve his friend could be in any way j
j implicated in the murder of little
j Mary Phagan.
I have just come back from the
detectives' office, where I went to car-
But be sure you select a
dentifrice that has no in
soluble grit to scratch.
Be sure also that it is
antiseptic, to check decay,
yet not over - medicated.
Be sure it is delicious in
flavor to make its use
pleasant and therefore reg
ular. Such a dentifrice is
*>* ■’ letter which 1 received from
Paul on Sunday morning:, April 27."
he said "There is nothing unusual
about the letter. It is simply a per
sonal lei ter about affairs in which
we were both interested, and my only
idea of showing it to the detectives
at all is I hat it bears a postmark
which might serve to divert sus
picion from him. The letter is dated
and postmarked l.ufkin. Texas. April
23 I gave the letter to Detectives
I Hack and Harry Scott.
Is for Bowen, personally, he had a
treat many friends here in Atlanta.
COLGATE'S
RIBBON —
DENTAL CREAM
Consult your dentist about it
— ask him for a copy of the
booklet “Oral Hygiene,” pub-
liabed be Colgate £4. Company
ant! I am sure that they do not take
any stock in the theory that he had
anything to do with the murder or
was even in Atlanta at the time.
"He left here In the early part of
last spring and went to El Dorado.
Ark where he was employed in the
offices of the Rock Island lines as a
< ’erk. He later became private sec
retary to the superintendent of the St
Louis and Southwestern line. an1
spent a great deal of his time travel
ing over the lines in the superintend
ent's private car.
"1 ha\e been in correspondence w ith
him almost continually since he left
here i*d have received letters from
OH OF TOSSES!
Factory Superintendent Explains!
Every Hour of the Saturday
Phagan Girl Was Slain.
Here I* told how Frank passed the
whole <i\\ of the Saturday when Mar
Phagan was killed The following i j
taken from Frank’s testimony:
7 o'clock a. m.—Arose and dressed
home.
8—Left home for factory.
8:20—An i\f d at factors
8:50 or 9 M. D Dar • \ and other-
entered there.
10— vVent over to office of Sig Montag.
factory manager, on Nelrun Street
11— Went back to the factory office.
12— Stenographer and office boy leL
him alone in office.
12:10 p. m. Mary Phagan cam- i«M
her pay; got it and left He. heardl
her footsteps die away, aiid went on
with l)is work, thinking no mor<
about her. When she left he thought
he heard her voice in the outer of
fice.
12:15 or 12:20 L* rinlo Quinn, fore
man of the department where Mar>
worked, came
12:25—Quinn left
1 —Left the factory.
1:20—Arrived home
1:40—Finished lunch wilh hiv father
In-law.
2— Left home for factory.
2:40 Spoke to Mb- Rebecca 'arson,
forewoman in his factory, in front
of Rich’s store on Whitehall Street.
3— Arrived again at the factory.
3:10—White and Denham left; he re
mained entirely alone in the factory.
3:20 Latched the street, door behind
them.
3:45—Night Watchman Newt Lee, ne
gro. came. He let negro go away
again.
5:30—Finished work on the financial
sheet.
6- ^—Finished balancing cash; night
watchman came back Frank wash
ed his hands', and left factory, leav
ing night watchman with J. M.
Gjp.tt.
6:25—Arrived home
6:30—Wife and mother-in-law came
in just as he was telephoning to lh<
factory. Got no answer there.
7— Telephoned again. Night watch
man told him everything was all
right. He ate supper.
9:30— After smoking and reading since
supper, he went upstairs and lit the
gas heater.
10:30—Bathed.
11—Went to bed.
Sunday, April 27.
7:30 a. m.—Awakened by the phone.
Informed of the tragedy. .Went to
undertaker's shop and identified
Mary Phagan’® body as that of the
girl whom lie had paid the afternoon
before.
ATLANTA MAN TO WED
GIRL IN PHILADELPHIA
PHH.ADKL.PHIA, May 6.—A mar-
riage license has been issued here
to Harry Weinberg, an optician, of
18-A West Mitchell Street, Atlanta,
to Miss Pearl Aicovlt. 2859 Janney
Street, Philadelphia. He is 30 years
old and she is 24 They will be
married here to-day.
TURKEY FASTS 24 DAYS.
WHITE OWL. S D., May 6. Mike
Carney, a farmer, has just uncovered
n turkey front a *now bank which
drifted »ver it 24 days ago. The tur
key was emaciated but very much
alive
him front a great many points out
West."
All the local authorities were in
clined to belittle the importance of
the Bowen arrest.
Innocent, Says Lanford.
Chief of Detectives Lanford de
clared his belief in the innocence of
Paul Bowen Tuesday. He said that
the detectives of his department had
been tracing the movements of
Bowen since he left Atlanta about
a year ago after be had left the em
ploy of the Morrow Transfer Com
pany, of which he was secretary. In
all tiiis time, said the cnief of de
tectives, they were unable to find
that he had returned to Atlanta
On the contrary, Bowen had writ
ten to friends in Atlanta from va
rious points and had never suggest
ed returning home.
"Bowen didn’t know the girl." said
the chief. "He didn’t know the girl’s
family. It is preposterous to think
that he would make u hurried and
secret trip into the city from Lufkin.
Texas, where he was heard from in
a letter bearing the date of April 23.
and then make his way back to Hous
ton. where he was captured.
"Our disbelief in his guilt, however,
does not mean that we are going to
overlook any possibility that he
might have been concerned. He is
being held for us"
Another Defends Him.
Clarence Duncan, a student at the
Atlanta Dental College, and Bowen’s
room mate at the Young Men's Chris-
tion Association, declared Tuesday
afternoon that Bowen had not been in
Atlanta, to his knowledge, since last
June.
Brother Declares Bowen
Left Georgia in August.
NEW NAN. GA May 6.— Paul P.
Bowen, arrested in Houston. Texas,
on suspicion of complicity in the mur
der of Mary Phagan. could not hav-
been connected with the Atlanta mys
tery. according to members of hi*
family here.
Albert Bowen, a brother, said Paul
Bowen has been in the VYes*t since
last August, when ho went to Ar
kansas to work for the Rock island
Railroad. He has never been back
to Georgia since, he declared, but has
spent the time in Arkansas, Okla
homa and Texas
On April 21. Albert Bowen declared,
he received a letter from Paul, writ
ten at Alto. Texas. April 17 ami
mailed at Tyler, Texas.* April 18. in
which he mentioned having been to
Lufkin a few days before. Another
letter, he said, was written from El
Reno. Okla . April 4. and one was re
ceived Jus*t previous to that from
Warren. \rk.
The Bowen family stands well here,
the brother. Albert, and father being
connected with mercantile establish
ment* here in responsible positions.
Friends of the family declare their
belief in Paul Bowen's innocence.
H UGH DORSEY, Solicitor General of Fulton Superior Court,
now bending every effort toward the solution of the Pha
gan mystery. He is following every clew, and in every way
exerting all his powers and ability in clearing the baffling case.
Solicitor General HugFi Dorsey.
Phagan Case and the Solicitor Gen
eral’s Power Under Law—Dorsey
Hasn’t Encroached on Coroner.
By A GEORGIA LAWYER.
It is absurd to say, as some peo-
plp have been saying in Atlanta of
late, that Solicitor General Dorsey
“has taken the Phagan case from the
Coroner,’’ or has “butted in” on the
“from out the hands of a Coroner,"
because there never was a point of
time in any murder case’s history
that it w r as not more in the hands of
the Solicitor than it possibly could
have been in the hands of the Cor-
Coroner’s business in some way.
It would be equally sensible to
say that the commanding general in
a. battle had "butted in"-on a cap
tain’s business, when, as the battle
progressed, the general gave direc
tions of ohe sort and another to the
captain as to its conduct.
The truth of the matter is, Solicitor
General Dorsey has been in charge of
the Mary Phagan case ever since it
was brought to light.
Murder is a crime against the sov
ereign State, anil not particularly
against either the city of Atlanta or
the county of Fulton, save in so far as
they are a part of the State.
A murder in Atlanta is as much
Savannah’s business as it is Atlanta' \
so far as the violation of the laws of
Georgia are concerned.
Solicitor Dorsey is a State official,
and not specifically an Atlanta offi
cial. nor yet i Fulton County offi
cial.
Office Useless in Main.
For certain purposes a Coroner's
inquest sometimes is permitted under
the law prior to* Grand Jury inves
tigation Many lawyers hold, and
rightly, that the office of Coroner is
useless in the main, and ought to be
abolished. It is a relic of old English
procedure, instituted before the days
of newspapers, telephones, telegrams,
fast maiis and other quick methods
of communication.
In the absence of eyew itnesses to an
apparent murder, however, a Coro
ner's inquest sometimes may serve an
immediate purpose, and. perhaps, the
Phagan case is a case in point with
regard to that.
The Coroner is an officer entirely
ami definitely subordinate to the So
licitor General, and does not exercise
any authority except such as he may
exercise under the Solicitor.
The Solicitor assemble®. In his dis
cretion, the evidence against the ac
cused, from it makes out a case for
the Grand Jury, advises and instructs
the Grand Jury as to its duty and
rights in the matter, prepares an in
dictment for the Grand Jury’s consid
eration. which, if found true, must be
depended upon to set forth the case
against the defendant to be sum
moned to bar in such exact terms that
it may be guaranteed to withstand
ail attacks of opposing counsel in the
trial of the case.
Has Full Responsibility.
The initial and the final responsi
bility for the State’s case is in the
hands of the Solicitor General.
There never is a minute from the
time a murder is committed until a
verdict is recorded that the State's
• ause is not in the hands of the So
licitor General, over and above all
other officials. . x
He can not tab** a murder case
oner.
No man may be put in jeopardy of
his fife a second time in Georgia (save
of his own motion) in criminal pro
ceedings, but the "verdict" of a Cor
oner’s jury can not be pleaded as for
mer jeopardy.
Policemen, Coroners, Sheriffs are all
peace officers, and have their direct
and indirect duties to perform in the
presence of crime against the State,
hut never is there a time when any
one of them is equal in dignity or au
thority to the Solicitor General.
There is but one trial, upon motion
of the State, of a criminal case in
Georgia, and that is in the court
house, under the direction of the So
licitor.
If a defendant l>e acquitted, that
ends the matter. If he be convicted,
he may move for another trial or ap
peal to i competent court of review.
The State has no appeal.
Therefore, the law very properly
provides that Coroners’ findings, com
mittal hearings and Grand Jury re
turns shall be merely parts of the
process employed, or permitted, by
the Solicitor, in whole or in part,
prior to the actual trial of a case in
the court house, before the judge and
the trial jury.
There never is any question of the
Solicitor General’s supreme prosecut
ing status in the progress of a crim
inal investigation. Within the wide
and sometimes arbitrary scope of his
office he stands first in responsibility
as the State’* accredited representa
tive and agent in the prosecution.
To be sure, there are Constitutional
and statutory curbs and restrictions
upon a Solicitor General, but none of
them may be Invoked by a Coroner.
MAN TEACHER SUSPENDED
FOR WHIPPING GIRL PUPIL
ANNISTON, ALA.. May 6.—Pro-
fessor Palmer L. Williams, associate
princ ipal of the Oxford High School,
has been suspended by the board of
trustees and formally charged with
assault and battery as a result of a
severe thrashing lie is alleged to have
administered to Miss Alma Wilkerson.
daughter of T. W. Wilkerson, a dairy
man who lives in South Anniston.
DUCKTOWN COPPER’FUME
SUIT BEFORE U. S. COURT
CHATTANOOGA. TENS’., May 6.
The case of J. H. and J. P. Vestal, of
Ellijay. g5.. against the Ducktown
Sulphur. Copper and Iron Company
will be concluded in Federal Court to
day. The plaintiffs are suing for
935.000 damages for timber alleged to
have been injured by copper fumes.
5 CHILDREN BURNED. 1 DYING.
Ml’XCIE, IND.. May 6.—Five little
children were burned, one fatally,
when a kettle of boiling tar was upset
at a fadtory here. Geneva Venable,
covered with the fluid, was plunged
into cold water and became incased
in a hard cake of tar.
ACTIVELY URGED
—. ——— |
Councilmen and Officials Advo
cate Fund for Concerts Dur
ing Summer Months.
i
Music in Grant and Piedmont Parks I
at least four times a week through the !
summer is the plan actively urged oy I
park officials and a number of Coun
cilmen. Councilman Claude L. Ashley-j
Monday introduced a resolution in
Council appropriating $5,000 for the
purpose. To-day his move is backed
by strong support.
“The meager music we have had in
the parks in the past has attracted
thousands,’’ said Councilman Ashley.
“It is what the people want. This
city, especially the parks, is for the
people, and it is our duty to give theui
the amusement and recreation they
crave."
Councilman Ashley said that with
an additional gift from the Georgia
Railway and Power Company it would
be possible to have music in both
parks every evening and Sunday aft
ernoon.
“The Park Board is heartily in fa
vor of Councilman Ashley’s plan," said
J. O. Cochran, president.
Dan Carey, General Manager of
Parks, is a strong advocate of park
music.
Labor Expert Denies
Low Pay Means Vice
Declares Statement That Immorality
Is Related to Small Wages
Unjust to Girls.
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SCHOOL BOYS’ AND
GIRLS’ BALLOT.
GIRL ELEES FROM OLD GUARD TO GIVE
Emily Douglas, of Daytona, Fla.,
Arrested Here, Says Mother
Childhood Friends Will Present'
Bouquet From Yard in Rome
CHICAGO, May 6.—"The statement
that low wages is the cause of most
of the immorality and that immor
ality is necessary or usualy is re
lated to the girl working for small
wages is cruelly unjust. Wages
should not be accepted as a basis of
assurance of virtue or character."
This statement was made to-day by
Harry T. Powers, State Labor Com
missioner of Michigan, here to attend
the annual convention pf the State
bureaus of labor and factory inspec
tion.
The convention was opened to-day
by A. L. Garrett, of Texas, first vice
president of the organization.
Wireless Calls for
Police From Mid-Lake
Aerograms Cause Arrest of Gem
Salesmen Who Caused Reign
of Terror on Boat.
DETROIT. MICH., May 6.—Charged
with "assault on the high setffc,”
which carries a penalty of fifteen
years’ imprisonment in a Federal
prison, Robert Allan and George A.
Schurtz. diamond salesmen of New
York City, were taken off the steam
er Western States to-day and held
for the Federal authorities.
A wireless call, sent while the boat
was far out in the lake, brought de
tectives to the doc k. Both had small
fortunes in gems.
The men battled nearly all night
with officers on the boat, after in
dulging in liquor, breaking glassware
and starting fights with passengers.
DIPPEL, OPERA MANAGER,
SUCCEEDED BY CAMPINI
PHILADELPHIA. May 6—Direc
tors of the Chicago-Philadelphia Op
era Company announced this after
noon that Celefonte Campini, for
merly musical director of the com
pany. will be general manager of the
company next season.
Andreas Pippel, who resigned the
post a week ago, will receive $25,000,
which is equivalent to one year’s sal
ary, and will leave the grand opera
field in this country for three years.
CHAUFFEUR GETS 3 YEARS
FOR KILLING LITTLE CHILD
Tried to Force Marriage.
A story of flight to escape marriage
with a man she did not love war-fold
to the police Tuesday morning by
Miss Emily Douglas, a pretty 18-
year-old girl from Daytona, Fla., after
she had been arrested at the Terminal
station as she alighted from the Cin
cinnati and Florida Limited from
Jacksonville, Fla.
According to the story the girl told
Police Captain Mayo, her mother, Mrs.
M. H. Douglas, had tried to force her
to marry a man who lives in Chicago,
Ill. The would-be bridegroom, Miss
Douglas say?, is many years older
than she.
“I told mama I did not love him,"
the girl said, "and she said I had to
marry him anyway. She said he would
make me a good husband. But
wouldn’t marry a man I didn’t love, so
I ran away. I don’t want to get mar
ried. anyway. I’m too young. I want
to have some fun, and I never heard
of a married woman having any fun."
The girl left her home early yester
day afternoon. An hour later her dis
appearance was noticed, and F. W •
Haskell, who says he is engaged to
marry the girl’s sifter, left Daytona
on her trail. He arrived in Atlanta on
the next train, several hours after she
had been placed under arrest.
Haskell has volunteered to take her
back to Daytona, but the police are
holding her until they hear from her
mother.
Sister Leads Posse
In Hunt for Slayers
Fifty Men Search Kentucky Moun
tains for Moonshiners Who
Killed Revenue Officers.
P1KEVILLE, KY„ May 6.—A posse
of 50 men started to-day through the
mountains searching for John Hall,
Dave Hall and Tom Riddle, who killed
two revenue men in a battle Sunday,
The posse is led by Ada Hall, sister
of the two moonshiners, whom she
betrayed.
Families of the moonshiners are re
ported to be arming to defend them.
A feud is feared.
NAVAL STORES MEN PLAN
NEW SY-STEM OF SELLING
SAVANNAH. GA.. May 6.—Charged
with the murder of Frederick E. Col
lins. a small child, by running him
down with an automobile on March
26. Troy Newkirk, chauffeur for Mills
B. Lane, president of the Citizens’ and
Southern Bank, was to-day found
guilty of involuntary manslaughter by
a jury / in Superior Court. He was
sentenced to three years’ imprison
ment.
DANIELS VISITS NAVAL
STATION AT PENSACOLA
PENSACOLA, FLA., May 6.—Sec-
retary of the Navy Daniels arrived
here this morning. He was met by
a committee of business men. who es
corted him to the navy yard, where
he made an inspection.
A boatload of Florida Legislators
and business men accompanied him
on a bay trip.
Mrs. Daniels was entertained at a
reception this afternoon.
ADJUDGED DEAD, COMES
BACK AFTER EIGHT YEARS
TOPEKA. KANS., May 6.—W. H.
Caldwell, who was adjudged legally
dead by the Kansas Supreme Court in
a suit by his wife for his life insur
ance. lias returned to Topeka after
an absence of eight years. He left
Kansas on account of his domestic
trouble, he says.
The Judgment for the insurance
probably will be set aside.
SLAYS JAPANESE BOY
SHE FEARED SHE’D LOSE
SAN FRANCISCO. May 6.—Be
cause she feared her little Japanese
ward, “Jimmy," was to be taken away
from her by ills mother. Mrs. Ida W.
Hale killed the 5-year-old lad and
her«elf i** home here last nigy.’.
SAVANNAH, GA., May 6.—Nava!
stores factors from Savannah, Jack
sonville, Pensacola and Brunswick
are In session in Savannah to-day to
formulate a plan which will revolu
tionize the sales end of the industry.
The main Idea of the plan is to
establish one handling agency at each
port interested, and then place all
buyers on an equal footing through
selling by grades instead of by lots.
The plan has been explained to the
Department of Justice at Washing
ton by a committee representing the
factors, and it is said the Govern
ment approves It.
BOXERS WILL STAGE BOUTS
FOR ILLINOIS LEGISLATORS
SPRINGFIELD. ILL., May 6.—
Boxing enthusiasts from all parts ..f
the State are gathering here to-day
for to-night’s boxing exhibition,
staged for the benefit of those legisla
tors who are dubious about approving
any of the various pending boxing
bills.
REAL COMEDIANS AND GOOD
CHORUS AT BONITA.
A tabloid musical comedy with
a real plot and good actors and
actresses to handle It is the
innovation at the Bonita Theater
this week.
Being a new company, it was
an agreeable surprise that was
sprung on the patrons of the
house Monday, but there has al
ways been something good at
the Bonita, and this time the
only difference was it was some
thing better.
White City Park Now Open
on Trip to Washington.
A huge bouquet of red roses picked
from the lawn where Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson lived as a girl at Rome, Ga .
will be carried to Washington and
presented to the President's wife Mav
20 by the Old Guard of the Gate City
Guard.
Mrs Wilson was a Georgia giri. a
daughter of Rev. Mr. Axson, a well
known Presbyterian minister. S.m
spent a great part of her girlhood at
Rome and knew personali> some of
the members of the Old Guard, as it
was reorganized after the war.
The Old Guard will visit Washing
ton. Baltimore, Philadelphia, New
York, Boston and other points to re
new the friendships that were made
at the rime of the historic mission of
peace in 1879. The organization will
call on President and Mrs. Wilson at
the White House, and the presentation
of the flowers will be made at that
time.
The Guard wifi leave Atlanta Mon
day morning. They will spend Tues
day in the Capital City.
According to present plans, about a
dozen Georgia women, wives and
daughters of the members of the old
Guard, will accompany them on the
trip North. Between 50 and 60 mem
bers of the Old Guard have alreadv
signified their intention of going. They
will travel by special train, coming
back by water via Savannah.
PROSECUTION RESTS IN
SHEDD TRIAL AT AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA. GA., May 6.—The State
has rested its case in the Shedd mur
der trial and the defense is expected
to consume the remainder of the day
presenting witnesses.
It is believed the defense will rely
on a probable statement by Shedd
that the shooting of "Sonny" Collin.s
was accidental.
Next week., Beautiful Bedding
Plants, 3c each. Atlanta Floral
Co., 555 E. Fair Street.
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NEXT WEEK
PAUL
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BELLE STORY. Singing Star
DICKEY
Williams. Thompson & Copeland
Famous Foot-
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