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VOL. XL NO. 234.
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ATLANTA, GA„ TUESDAY, MAY (5, 1913.
CENTS EVERYWHERE
Move Is Begun to Put Japanese
Question to a Vote in State
of California.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 5.—The
anti-alien b'U, as soon as it becomes
a law, will be attacked by referendum.
Word came from New "York thdt
Californians at present In that city,
consulting: their Eastern business rep
resentatives, had joined in an urgent
appeal which will 'be telegraphed to C.
C. Moore, chairman of the Panama-
Pacific Exposition Board, asking that
immediate steps be taken to petition
for a referendum on the issue, so that
it may be put squarely up to the peo
ple of the State.
The signers of this message, it is
reported, assert to Mr. Moore their
belief that the measure rushed
through the State Legislature will se
riously injure the prospects of Cali
fornia’s great world’s fair.
At the same time Assemblyman
Shearer, of Del Norte, in Sacramento,
said that the referendum movement
now is on. He asserted yesterday
that the Senate bill, as affirmed in
th; Assembly, did not fit the require
ment« of the State as regards aliens.
, s>nd especially the Japanese, and that
a recall would be made necessary.
After the recall, in his opinion, the
right sort of anti-alien legislation
• ould be enacted. He believes the
present bill is weak and that it will
not accomplish the purposes for
which it was ostensibly designed.
California to Hear
From Washington Again.
WASHINGTON, May 5.—Pending
the return of Secretary of State Bry
an to the Capital, no action will be
taken by President Wilson or the
State Department with reference to
the California-Japane8e situation. The
President to-day said that Governor
Johnson undoubtedly will receive a
communication from Washington with
reference to the bill, but that this
message will not be drafted until after
Secretary Bryan returns.
New York to Have
Season of $2 Opera
Harry Payne Whitney, W. K. Van
derbilt ahd Others Make Possi
ble the Popular Prices.
NEW YORK, May 6.—Through the
prompt assistance rendered by Otto
H. Kahn, Clarence H. Mackay, Harry
Payne Whitney, W. K. Vanderbilt and
other wealthy men of this city, a sea
son of popular opera, with the prices
ranging from 25 cents to $2, is as
sured New York.
Chairman E. K. Baird of the City
Club’s committee on popular opera
reported to-day that a season of 36
weeks of popular-priced opera will
be given at the Century Theater, be
ginning next fall. This may be fol
lowed by ten weeks of opera comique.
Forces Way in Jail
And Shoots Prisoner
Montgomery Lawyer Tries to Avenge
Slaying of Uncle—Crazy,
Says Father.
MONTGOMERY, AKA.. May 5.—W.
J. Fuller, widely known lawyer, rushed
by the turnkey at the county tail to
day, and, drawing a pistol, fired
through the bars of a big cage where
negroes were confined. A negro,
i-harged with some minor crime, re
ceived a painful flesh wound in toe
leg. Fuller intended the bullet for
another negro, Bud Hannon, charged
with the slaying of his uncle, Consta-
— hie Thurman, here last week, b it
Hannon escaped unharmed.
Fuller’s father appeared at the 1al
shortly afterward and stated he would
sue out a writ of lunacy for his son,
the latter himself now being held as
prisoner, charged with assault with
intent to murder.
CRAZED RUSSIAN FANATIC
KILLS 2, FATALLY HURTS 3
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 5.—A
Russian religious pilgrim, who had
been given shelter last night by a
farmer living near Pskov, went in
sane during the night and attacked
the family with a hatchet killing the
wife and a child and fatally wound
ing the farmer and two other chil
dren.
The maniac then tried to commit
suicide. He was arrested
BANKER SENT TO PRISON.
COLUMBUS, OHIO, May 3.— George
1 .1. Magly. secretary of the defunct
Teutonia Savings and Loan Company,
to-day pleaded guilty to the charge of
making false reports and was sen
tenced to three years’ imprisonment.
Alabama Wins Fight
For 2 1-2-Cent Fares
Federal Judge Grubb Decdes for
State in Railroads’
Test Case.
MONTGOMERY, ALA.. May 5.—
The state of Alabama won a sweep-
inis victory over the railroads to-day
when Federal Judge W. I. Crubb.
handed down a decision upholding
the state railroad commission in re
quiring the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad to establish a two-and-one-
half-cent passenger fare in Alabama.
This waa a test case for all lines.
The reduced pasenger rate lias
been a political factor in Alabama
for nearly eight years. The United
States court, through Judge Thomas
G. Jones, a few years ago, upheld
the contention of the railroads and
the three-cent rate was restored, af
ter the state legislature had reduced
It to two-and one-half cents.
Father of Twins
Feasts in Orinoco
Men Have the Big Vacations When
Children Arrive, A. S. Wil
liams Says.
NEW YORK. May 6.--Allen S. Wil
liams, lecturer, has returned from the
Orinoco. Mr. Williams said that bs-
bore he left Venezuela he found a
native just a year married, whos“
wife had presented twins to him In
a hammock in a tree top. She got
up the next day and went on with
her work. The happy father imme
diately went to bed, that is to ham
mock, and all the men and women j’
the tribe brought delicacies to him.
pampering him two weeks, while he
lay in the hammock and looked proud.
If his wife had given him only one
baby he would have had only a week
of 'feasting. The wife also vlsitsd
him occasionally gloryin^ in his fath
erhood. Nobody took any notice of
her, but she seemed to think it was
all right.
Lawnless Peruvians
Get Lawn Mowers
Enterprising American Manufac
turer Tries to Build Business In
Sterile Field.
WASHINGTON, May6— What is a
lawn mower without a lawn?—that
is what the citizens of Callao, Peru,
want to know. They have viewed with
great curiosity a sample mower sent
down there by an American manu
facturer to tempt the trade. In view
of the fact that there are no lawns
in Peru folks there have had a treat.
Consul L. G. Dreyfus reports that
It has been suggested to him that
the manufacturer might send down
more of them to be sold as curiosi
ties In the novelty stores.
Harry Thaw Denies
Child’s Parentage
Not Father, He Says, of Boy De
clared by Wife To Be
Her Son.
NEW YORK, May 5.—A denial of
fathership to the child of which his
wife, Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw, is the
mother, was issued to-day by Harry
K. Thaw from Matteawan.
“My wife and I have not been on
good terms for five years,' declared
Thaw.
Mrs. Thaw, just prior to sailing for
Europe Saturday, said the child was
two and a half years old. His name
is Russell Thaw. She calls him “Pom
pom.”
Debts Paid by Mother;
Martin May Return
It Is Believed Missing American
Will Sail from London
This Week.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, May 5.—Although the J.
Wilberforce Martin mystery remains
unsolved, It is said here that his dis
appearance was arranged by his cred
itors, to whom he owed about $300,-
ooo.
Scotland Yard received word from
Memphis that Martin's debts had
been settled by his mother. He non
is at liberty to return home. It is be
lieved Martin has returned to Lon
don and will sail for America this
week.
SENATOR KERN TO PRESS
HIS COAL PROBE DEMAND
WASHINGTON, May o.—Senator
Kern to-day declared that he would
press his resolution for an investiga
tion of conditions in the Paint Greek
and Cabin Creek coal districts of
West Virginia, notwithstanding Gov
ernor Hatfield’s statement denying
the allegations of the Senator.
LEO M. FRANK
URGES TAX FDR
sioomifcois
Others Demand Revenue From
y
Bachelors and Dogs in “Race t
• • .i
Suicide” Families.
WASHINGTON, May 5. The sun-
dries schedule to-day was under con
sideration together with the free list.
It is probable the House will com
plete theae sections of the bill this
evening and take up the income tax
to-morrow.
The income tax section as framed
exempts all incomes of lews than
$4,000 from taxation. Representative
Oillett, of Massachusetts, intends to
offer an amendment putting the limit
down so as to make incomes of more
than $1,000 taxable. He believes a
low limit will have the effect of mak
ing people take a sharper Interest In
Government finance and insist on
more rigid economy in Congress.
The amendment may obtain some
support on the Democratic side if the
Democrats have the courage to shake
off caucus ties and defy the leaders.
It is doubtful if any change will be
made in the bill
An amendment by Representative
Britton, of Illinois, to make single
men pay higher taxes than married
men will be offered. Representative
Kitchin, of North Carolina, has re
ceived a suggestion that poodle dogs
in "race suicide” families be taxed in
lieu of children.
The House probably will vote on
the tariff bill Wednesday or Thurs
day.
Limited Speeds on
Without an Engineer
Whisked From Cab While Fas* Train
Rolls Through Night Toward
Church Buttes, Wyo.
Become Hysterical and Shriek
Threats as Leaders Receive
Sentence for Sunday Riots.
SALT LAKE (TTY, UTAH, May 6.
When the Overland Limited on the
Union Pacific, eastbound, neared
Church Buttes, Wyo., Sunday night,
Fireman Hurley discovered that En
gineer Alfred Nelson was missing.
Police Hunt Missing
Tallulah Falls Man
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, May 6.—Charged with
The train was stopped and run back
over the road for several miles, but
the missing engineer could not be
found. •
obstructing the police during a suf-
It is not known how long the train
Mystery Shrouds Whereabouts of
Thomas Smithson, Who Dis
appeared Last Wednesday.
Mysteriously missing since last
Wednesday, Thomas Smithson, chief
mechanic at Tallulah Falls, is being
sought Monday by the police.
Smithson disappeared in Atlanta,
and his wife, who is here aiding in
the search, fears harm may have be
fallen him.
Smithson came here Tuesday to
have some repair work done on a
house he owns at 180 Hampton
Street. He visited this place Wednes
day, made all plans for the work,
and then vanished. He is 51 years
of age.
Mrs. Smithson is at the home of
her half-brother, Alva Murdock, 55
Howell Street.
Gompers' Sentence
In Bucks Case Cut
Court of Appeals Reduces Punish
ment for Contempt to Thirty
Days in Jail.
WASHINGTON. May 6.—The Dis
trict of Columbia Court of Appeals
to-day reduced the sentence of Sam
uel Gompers, president of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, in the Bucks
Stove and Range Company contempt
case to 30 days in Jail.
The sentences of John Mitchell, vice
president, and Frank Morrison, secre
tary, were remitted and fines of $500
imposed.
Chlti Justice Shepard dissented.
fragette demonstration in Hyde Park
yesterday, Mary Nell, a member of
the Women’s Social and Political Un
ion, was arraigned to-day and sen
tenced to pay a fine of $10 or spend
three weeks In jail.
’’Sunday should be spent in religious
meditation rather than in fighting
with policemen,” observed the court,
but the suffragette said she thought
votes were more important than re
ligious meditation.
Three other women—Mrs. Barnes,
Miss Brown and Miss Lansbry—were
sentenced to fines and Imprisonment
for rlottng tn Hyde Park.
Two male supporters of the “cause’’
In the riots and six other men, ar
rested for their part in a free speech
demonstration, also were fined.
Archbald Bodkin, of the Treasury
Department, appeared as prosecutor
on behalf of the Government.
All of the women except Mrs. Flora
("General”) Drummond and Annie
Kenney were admitted to ball. The
women became hysterical and kept the
court room In a state of pandemonium
with their screams.
“You will have to carry us hero
next time,” shouted Miss Kenney.
“We will ro on a hunger strike; we
will kill ourselves,” cried Mrs. Drum
mond. Sidney Drew, the publisher
who printed the militants newspape ’,
The Suffragetta against the wishes of
the Government, apologized and sal 1
he would not publish the paper again,
so the wrarrantiagalnst.hlm waa with
drawn,
had been running without an engi
neer, but it was believed that Nel
son was knocked from his seat as the
train passed over a bridge which
spans Blacksmith Fork Greek, about
ten miles from Church Buttes.
Politician Becomes
Suffragist Martyr
Rich Englishman to Sell Luxuries to
Aid Socialists’ and Mili
tants’ Causes.
LONDON, May 5.—H. D. Harben,
of Newland Park. Bucks, a politician
ot some note and considerable wealth,
startled his friends to-day by an
nouncing he had decided to part with
his horses, land and other luxuries In
order to assist the Socialist and Suf
fragist movements with his spare
money.
Harben is a son of the late Si:
Henry Harben, president of the Pru
dential Life Assurance Company.
RAILROADS MUST PROTECT
PERISHABLES FROM COLD
WASHINGTON, May 5.—The In-
terstate Commerce Commission to
day ordered railroads to protect per
ishable freight from freezing. Here
tofore a special charge was made for
this service.
The decision today relates espe
cially to potato shipments.
SIGNS OF 'DOFF'
Coroner and County Physician
Will Have Girl’s Stomach
Examined
Tl»e reason for the delay in begin
ning the Coroner’s inquent was that
Coroner Donehoo was in Marietta up
j to 2:30 o’clock.
The body of Mary Phagan was ex
i burned by direction of the Coroner
who went to Marietta for the pur
pose. An examination of the con-
l tents of the stomach will be made
for tiie purpose of determining wheth
er the child had been “doped” before
she was atta< ked on the day of her
death.
It will probably be several days be
fore this examination can be com
pleted.
The exhumation was done very
quietly, and few people in Marietta
knew anything about it.
With the Coroner were Dr. J. W.
Hurt, County Physician, and Dr. H.
F. Harris, of the State Board of
Health, acting under the direction of
Solicitor Dorsey.
It is understood that the analysis
of the stomach's contents will be
made by Dr. Harris at the laboratory
of the State Board of Health at the
capitol.
Aside from this the State official
made a thorough examination of the
Frank’s Father-In Law
Summoned to Testify.
Frank’s father-in-law and mother-
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. E. Selig. 68
East Georgia Avenue were sum
moned as witnesses at the Inquest
late Monday afternoon to testify as
to FTank’s whereabouts on the night
of the slaying and the following
morning.
Orders for their appearance were
issued by Coroner Donehoo just be
fore the inquest was resumed, fol
lowing a short conference with Chief
Lunford.
Hearst Editorial Is
Read in Congress
Incorporated in the Record as a Part
of the Tariff Debate by Mr.
Austin, of Tennessee.
WASHINGTON. May 5.—The edi
torial cabled by W. R. Hearst from
abroad October 10, 1912, warning the
Democrats against free trade theories
and making comparisons with foreign
living conditions, was read Into the
Congressional Record during the tariff
debate by Representative Austin, of
Tennessee.
Mr. Austin was complaining against
excessive tariff cuts by the Under
wood bill and, declaring that the bill
would prove Injurious alike to busi
ness and to labor, said:
”1 want to read to you what Mr.
Hearst said about free trade. Mr
Hearst rendered splendid service to
the Democrats during the last cam
paign. He rendered especial service
to the country in championing the
cause of our Speaker, Mr. Clark.”
Mr. Austin then read the editorial.
Millionaires Work
Shift in Coal Mine
In Overalls and Gloves Harold Van
derbilt and George Baker, Jr.,
Toil With Picks and Shovels.
WILKESBARRE, PA . May 5. -
Workmen in the Truesdale mine of
the D. L. & W. Co. at Nanticoke were
given a surprise to-day when mine of
ficials told them that Harold Vander
bilt and George F. Baker, Jr., of New
York, had worked a night shift In the
mine as minors and laborers and cut
enough coal to load a regulation car.
The young men wore the regulation
outfit—overalls, blouse and a cap and
lamp. They wore gloves, which are
uncommon in the mining region.
Vice President Loomis was their
instructor and he showed them how to
cut the coal. They tolled several
hours.
ILL; COMMITS SUICIDE.
CHATTANOOGA. TENN.. May 5.—
Despondent because of continued ill
health, James Killian, of Alton Park,
a suburb, committed suicide this af
ternoon, shooting himself. He leaves
a wife and five children.
Phagan Inquest, Starting Late Mon
day Afternoon, Attracts Throng—
200 Girls and Women Summoned
As Witnesses, at Police Station.
Leo M. Frank, Superintendent of the National Pencil Factory,
was a witness late Monday afternoon in the Coroner’s inquest into
the death of Mary Phagan.
There was a sensation when it was learned for the first time
fro ml he lips of Frank that another man was in the factory aside
fro mthose already known after Mary Phagan drew her pay,
shortly after noon on the Saturday she met her death. The man
was Lemmie Quinn, foreman of the tipping department,
Frank told in detail all he knew about Quinn and his work in
the factory.
Frank was cool and collected. He answered the questions shot
at him by the Coroner without hesitation and his utterance was
distinct. He seemed absolutely sure of himself.
Holciitor Dorsey Hnd Luther Z. Rosser, attorney for Frank, oc
cupied prominent places, but Solicitor Dorsey did not interpose
any questions during the early part of the inquiry. None of the
questions direete dat Frank were objected to by his attorney.
Coroner Donehoos s questioning was uninterrupted.
Anoth reisgnfiicaut point in Frank's testimony was that he say*
he heard Mary Phagan talking with another girl as the two left
the building.
This gives strength to the report that another girl actually ac
companied Mary to the factory.
Where is this girl now?
The detectives have reported nothing of the discovery of the
girl who is said to have waited at the factory door for Mary to
come out and finally-left when some one from the factory told her
that Mary would be detained for a half hour with some work.
Factory girls called as witnesses were excused at 5:30 o'clock, in
dicating that the inqust would be adjourned with the conohudom
of Frank’s testinioney or the testimony of the Selig’s who follow
him.
INQUEST OPENING DELAYED.
The Coroner’s inquest, into the Phagan mystery did not really
begin until 3 o’clock on Monday afternoon, instead of 2 o^clook,
the hour set for the hearing.
Lo M. Frank and Newt Lee left the jail in charge of Chief of
Police Beavers, Detectives Lanford and Starnes and entered the
patrol wagon for the trip to police headquarters.
A curious crowd waited around the jail doorway to get a look
at the two prisoners.
Both men appeared nervous. Frank walked with a quick step
between Beavers and Lanford. lie was freshly shaved, wore a
dark suit and a derby hat. Starnes followed with Lee. Neither
man was’handcuffed.
They arrived at police headquarters five minutes later and were
greeted by 700 or 800 persous, who packed the corriders and
stairways of the police station.
Both Frank and Lee were taken directly to the detectives’ room
through a rear entrance, where the inquest was held.
It was necessary for the officers to cut a passageway through
the jam of humanity. Into this narrow lane Frank, with Chief
Lanford’s hand on his arm, mitered, looking neither to the right
nor the left, lie walked witlffa hurried step and appeared to be
relieved when the room, where the inquest is being held, wbr
reached.
Lee seemed less concerned and walked carelessly along from
the rear door, up the stairs and through the packed corridors.
BAR MERELY CURIOUS FROM ROOM.
The inquest room was dosed to all but those who could prove
that they had actual business inside. Sergeant Maddox stood at
the doorway and denied admittance to several hundred persons
who were eager to hear the testimony.
Nearly 200 women and young girls, most of whom are em
ployees either of the pencil factory, or of the paper factory where
Mary Phagan formerly worked, were herded into the large roll-
call room on the first floor to await the time when they should be
called upon to testify.
.Just before hte inquest was called Coroner Donehoo was closeted
in a conference with Solicitor Dorsey, Detective Lanford, Chief
Beavers and the detectives who had bee nworkiug on the ease.
Chief Lanford held subpoenas for two more witnesses whom
it was decided to earl I at, the last moment.
Before the first witness, Leo Frank was called, the eoronei/