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2 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. The American-Georgian Pony Contest Vote Coupons Hearst’s Sunday American and Aiianla Georgian PONY CONTEST VOTE COUPON. TU.SDAY, MAY 6, 1913 GOOD FOR 5 VOTES Voted for Address Voted by CARRIERS’ AND AGENTS’ BALLOT. test's Sunday Amsrican and Atlanta Georgian PONY CONTEST VOTE COUPON, TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1913 GOOD FOR 5 VOTES Voted for \ ..... . Address ...••••••• Voted by 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. 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