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THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
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nesday and Thursday; cooler.
EVENING
EDITION
SUFFRAGETTES
i TIT Tl WRECK
BIG CATHEDRAE
Bomb Squad Nearly Succeeds in
Attempt to Dynamite Saint
Paul’s in London.
FRANCHISE BILL IS DEFEATED
Militants Threaten to Demolish
Westminster Abbey and Poison
Prize Dogs and Horses.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON. May 7.—The suffragette
dynamite squad to-day attempted to
blow up St. Paul’s Cathedral, the larg
est and most magnificent Protestant
church in the world.
A few minutes later another bomb
was discovered near the building oc
cupied by The Star, a Liberal news
paper which has been supporting the
Government in its fight against grant
ing the franchise to women.
A third bomb was discovered in the
business district near a building oc
cupied by a firm of wholesale chem
ists. But for the vigilance of the
police and of special watchmen a
ltirg> area of London would have been
blown up.
A policeman on his beat near St.
Paul’s Cathedral saw two women
emerge from the church during the
early morning hours. His suspicions
were aroused and he investigated. At
w \4)e foot of the altar lie saw a sput
tering fuse and extinguished it with
his foot.
Near Explosion When Found.
The fuse was attached to a pow
erful bomb and had almost burned
to the ignition point when the police
man arrived. Delay of a few mo
ments would have meant the possible
destruction of the Cathedral.
The bomb was taken to Scotland
Yard where It was examined. It
was found to contain gunpowder,
guncotton and dynamite. It had
two detonators. The bomb which was
discovered near The Star office iu
Boverie Street was of similar con
struction.
Since the defeat in the House of
Commons last night of the female suf
frage bill by a vote of 266 against
219, the militants have been aroused
to a pitch of frenzy heretofore not
seen In their campaign for the vote.
Government is Alarmed.
Their anarchistic actions are caus
ing grave alarm to the officers of the
Government, who are becoming more
and more perplexed as to how to stop
the outrages.
Leaders of the militants are threat
ening to destroy all the imposing
cathredals in England.
Another threat is made to kill every
prize-winning dog and race horse.
This threat was contained in a letter
received by Miss Violet Cross, owner
of Choo-Tai, the $10,000 prize-winning
Pekinese, which was poisoned by mil
itants. The letter said:
Will Stop at Nothing.
“Madame—We are very sorry your
pretty dog was sacrificed, but our
rules must be inexorably enforced,
i>.d we arc resolved to stop at noth
ing now. Every valuable prize-win
ning dog or race horse will be maimed
or killed when the chance presents
itself until we get votes."
Never before in its history has Scot
land Yard been so active. Special
squads to deal with suffragettes are
being formed to patrol the city. A
constant guard will be kept around
Westminster Abbey, for the women
are threatening to blow up that mag
nificent edifice.
Tried to Assure Blast.
From Scotland Yard the St. Paul’s
bomb was taken to the Home Office.
It was found that in addition to the
fuse the bomb had an electrical ap
paratus to insure an explosion in
case the fuse went out. Private
watchmen have been guarding the
cathedral since the suffrage militancy
became acutely dangerous, and the
police are puzzled to ascertain how
the women entered the church with
out being seen.
A* a result of the attempt upon the
cathedral, the edifice was closed to
the public. Even foreign tourists who
were unable to prove their identity
were refused admission.
Hanging Is Urged for
Suffrage Dynamiters.
» NEW YORK. May Lady
Swayne. wife of the Governor of Brit
ish Honduras, declares hanging is the
best cure for English suffragettes who
throw bombs.
SEEK NEW CLEWS IN PHAGAN GRAVE
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VOL. XI. NO. 236.
ATLANTA. UA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1913.
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE P £S&°
Flag Drill Features
Field Day Saturday
Grammar School Childrtn to Hold
Exercises at Ponce DeLeon
Under Dr. Toepel.
A flag drill, in which 2,700 small
children will take part, will be a fea
ture of annual field day exercises
of the grammar school children Sat
urday at Ponce DeLeon Park. Dr.
Theo Toepel, physical director in th *
schools, will be in charge.
Headed by Camp Walker, Confed
erate veterans, the children will form
a line of march, singing "Dixie” and
"The Star Spangled Banner.” They
will execute numerous military evo
lutions.
From 9 until 12 o’clock, competitive
athletics and running races will be
the order of the second, third and
fourth grades.
Numerous other events, under the
direction of Dr. Toepel, will make the
day interesting for the young people.
Macon’s Council to
Fight Huff Decision
City Object* to Paying Fee on Claim
for Taxes and Assess
ments.
MACON, GA„ May 7.—The City
Council has Instructed Its attorney to
appeal from the decision In the Huff
case as recently rendered by Judge
Emory Speer. The court held that
each of the intervening creditors
should pay 10 per cent of claims to
the attorneys for the ordinal com
plainants.
Council, which has a claim of near
ly *10,000 for taxes and assessments,
does not believe the city should con
tribute to the payment of attorneys
for another creditor. The city will
join with Colonel W. A. Huff in taking
an appeal to the United States Cir
cuit Court. This will delay the set
tlement In the fourteen-year-old liti
gation at least two more years.
Gov, O’Neal Leads in
Plea for Great Navy
President Wilson Is Urged to Estab
lish a Council of National
Defense.
WASHINGTON, May 7— Recom
mending a "continuing and consistent
program of naval construction,” a
committee of the Navy League called
upon President Wilson to-day and de
livered resolutions asking for the es
tablishment of a council of national
defense to formulate the country’s
naval policy and insist upon appro
priations for building battleships.
The resolutions also recommended
legislation with a view to securing
younger fleet commanders.
The delegation was headed by Gov
ernor Emmet O’Neal, of Alabama.
Marconi Is Quizzed
In Wireless Inquiry
Famoui Inventor Resents British
Investigation of Affairs of
Company He Formed.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, May 7.—Guglielmo Mar
coni, inventor of wireless telegraphy,
a witness to-day before the Parlia
ment committee investigating affairs
of the Marconi Company, declared he
resented the present Inquiry.
"1 regret that the services rendered
Great Britain by my company were
not considered worthy of higher con
sideration than this," he said.
He denied that he had ever specu
lated in the shares of his own com
pany.
Farm Trust’ Problem
Gives Senate Worry
Exemption Under Sherman Act Is
Issue in Debate Over Sundry
Civil Bill.
WASHINGTON. May 7.—Debate on
the sundry civil bill was again the
pVincipa] issue before the Senate to
day. The discussion of the bili re
volved around the clause which calls
for the exemption of farmers' asso
ciations and labor unions from prose
cution under the Sherman anti-trust
act.
This was the cause of the veto of
the sundry civil bill by President
Taft at the last session of Congress.
86 GET M. D. DEGREES.
Eighty-six seniors of the Atlanta
College of Physicians and Surgeons
will receive their diplomas Wednes
day evening at the Atlanta Theater.
Dr. John B Robins, pastor of Trinity
Methodist Church, will deliver tbe ad
dress.
Sheriff Dangerously, if Not Fa
tally, Wounded in Attempting
to Arrest Slayer.
OFFICER KILLS ASSAILANT!
—
Planter Is Assassinated in Public
Road by Neighbor, Who Steals
Horse to Escape.
VIENNA, GA., May 7.—Two men
are dead and another is dangerously,
if not fatally, wounded as the result
of trouble between two neighbors of
Dooly County, near here to-day.
The dead are P. P. Sangster and
Oscar Blow, prominent farmers. The
wounded man is Sheriff C. I. Bennett.
Excitement is so intense that fur
ther trouble is feared. Judge Walter
F. George has axljourned Superior
Court for the day, because of the kill
ings.
Early this morning Sangster was
found dead in the road, near his* plan
tation. His horse had been taken
from his buggy and ridden off, pre
sumably by hi® slayer. Sheriff Ben
nett was notified and, with K. C. Tay
lor and B. F. Cason, went to the
scene. Suspicion pointed to Blow and
the 6heriff started in pursuit of him.
He was overtaken aftef- a chase of
five or six miles.
When Bennett undertook to arrest
Blow the latter fired three or four
times, dangerously wounding the offi
cer. Bennett returned the fire, kill
ing Blow instantly. Bennett was
brought to Vienna in a critical con
dition. It is feared he will not sur
vive his wounds.
’Handsomest’ Waiter
Marries an Heiress
Check and Blessing From M. J. Red
ding, Baltimore Traction Mag.
nate, Father of Bride.
BOSTON, May 7.—George A La-
massee, 't‘he handsomest waiter in
Boston,” has captured an heiress.
Miss Nancy Redding, daughter of
Michael J. Redding, a Baltimore trac
tion magnate. The couple were mar
ried, It became known to-day, at the
Boston Cathedral of the Holy Cross,
on May 1,
Lamassee hails from Providence.
He was a captain of waiters at the
Folies Bergere Restaurant, New York
City. Then he came to Boston and
got a Job a month ago in the Copley-
Plasa Hotel in the Back Bay. He
waited on Miss Redding at the latter
hotel, and it was a case of love at
first sight.
The father barely got here in time
to attend the surprise wedding, but he
gave the pair a check and a blessing.
Indian 'Warriors’
Give McAdoo Fright
Braves in War Paint and Feathers
Invade U. S. Treasury De
manding ‘Wampum.’
WASHINGTON, May 7.—"Wa n-
pum, wampum, we want wampum,”
was the guttural demand made up«.-n
Secretary McAdoo to-day by four
stalwart Indians in war paint and
feathers. The unarmed Secretary >f
the Treasury, essentially a man . f
peace, was perplexed, and sougit
counsel to learn how his predecessors
had repulsed Indian attacks upon the
treasury in the past.
Dr. Charles Miller, chief of the
warrant division, who has picked up
bits of the Indian tongue by drawing
Government checks for various tribes,
approached the red men. They con
fided that they wanted their share of
the $800,000 which belongs to the
Sioux tribe of the Pine Ridge Reser
vation in South Dakota.
CONGRESSMAN WOULD ‘TAG’
ALL LOBBYISTS AT CAPITAL
WASHINGTON. May 7.—official
"tagging" of all lobbyists is proposed
in a bill introduced in the House to
day by Representative Smith, of New
York. Under the bill all firms or cor
porations employing legislative rep
resentative.® must report to the House
or Senate.
C ORONER PAUL DONE-
HOO, who has vigorous
ly prosecuted inquiry into the
Phagan case, and is making
every effort to solve mystery.
Like Strenuous Life?
Try Teddy, 3 Yrs. Old
Hasn't Last Name, but It Should be
‘Trouble’—Aak Mrs. H. E.
Granger. Hammond, Ind.!
HAMMOND. IND., May 7.—Anyone
who craves a strenuous life will be
permitted to take into his home Ted
dy—he has no last name—aged 8, who
went on record to-day as the livest
boy of his.* age in Hammond.
He was brought home by Mrs. H.
E. Granger, a Hammond charity
worker, to be sheltered until a per
manent home is found for him. The
first hour Teddy was in the Granger
home, he turned the hose on Mr.
Granger, painted the front of the
house in yellow streaks, painted the
rear of the house the same color in a
different design, exploded kerosene in
the kitchen stove and set fire to the
house, hit Poorest Granger, aged 7, in
the solar plexue with a baseball and
whipped Ellis Granger, who came to
his younger brother’s rescue.
Urge Wilson to Oust
Civil Service Board
Democratic Fair Play Association
Asserts It Has Cornered Fed
eral Poets for G. O. P.
WASHINGTON, May . 7.—Resolu
tions have been adopted by the Na
tional Democratic Fair Flay Associa
tion requesting President Wilson to
Immediately suspend the present Civil
Service Commissioners pending In
vestigation by the Senate committee
and appoint other commissioners to
take possession of all records
“The Republicans have, by manipu
lation and by executive order," the
resolution states, "covered approxi
mately 96 per cent of the positions
under Federal patronage, for the pur
pose of protecting by 'life tenure' the
'pets' of Republicans, thereby elimi
nating the possibility of a fair and
reasonable distribution of Federal ap
pointments by the Democratic admin
istration.”
Demonstration Made
Over Home Rule Bill
Irish Nationalists Lead Applause at
First Reading in the House
of Commons.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, May 7.—Irish National
ists led a demonstration to-day when
the home rule bill was introduced in
the House of Commons and read for
the first time. The bill passed in the
House of Commons at the last ses
sion, but was rejected by the peers.
If it passes this session and again
next session in Commons It will be
come a law. irrespective of the Lords’
action.
Premier Asquith announced that
the second reading would be taken up
on the first Monday after the reas
sembling of Parliament.
FAMOUS FRENCH FENCER IS
FATALLY WOUNDED IN DUEL
SeeC'S 1 cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS. May 7.—M. Berger, famous
French fencer, was mortally wounded
to-day in a duel with M Breittmayer.
SOLICITOR DORSEY ORDERS
BODY EXHUMED IN IRE HOPE
OF GETTING NEW EVIDENCE
Inquest, To' Be Resumed Thursday,
Will Bring Out Important Facts
Not Yet Made Public—Medical
Experts To Be Called by Coroner.
New mystery was added to the Mary Phagan case on Wed
nesday. when the authorities for some reason not yet disclosed,
did not follow out the order given by Solicitor Dorsey for the
exhumation of the remains.
It was said by Solicitor Dorsey lhat he had given this order
iu the hope that new clews might be discovered.
Officer Is Seriously Injured in
Fall as He Drives Negro From
Grocery Store.
In a running pistol battle with a
negro burglar who was discovered in
the store of the Dixie Grocery Com
pany, 65 Richardston Street, early
Wednesday morning. Call Officer
Watson suffered injuries which prob
ably will keep him from his duties
for several days.
Watson, while chasing the negro in
darkness, broken only by the flashes
of the revolver®, slipped on the curb
ing and slid across the sidewalk on
his hands and knees. He was se
verely bruised and cut.
The negro, when he saw Watson
fall, quit shooting and ran into an
alley leading into Whitehall Terrace.
Watson limped hurriedly around the
block and captured a negro who gave
bis name as Woody Armstrong, as he
came out of the alley.
Four men—Call Officers Watson
and Anderson. Policeman Arnold and
‘ Boots’’ Rogers—took part in the bat
tle with the negro. A pedestrian «aw
the negro looting the grocery store
and notified the police, and the offi
cers made the run in Rogers' automo
bile. As they neared the'store, Rog
ers cut off his engine gnd lights, and
ran the automobile silently to the
front of the store. As the officers
alighted from the machine a negro
came out of the front door and
opened fire.
Draws $600 From
Bank; Disappears
Wife of Samuel Cefalu Prostrated
by His Absence—Last Seen
Monday.
Samuel Cefalu, of 48 East Georgia
Avenue, formerly a member of the
firm of Chelena & Cefalu at 64 North
Pryor Street, has disappeared aft^r
drawing $600 of his money from a
bank and his wife is prostrated.
Nothing has been seen of Cefalu
sinec about noon Monday. He sev
ered his connection with the Pryor
Street firm February 22, and since
has been running a huckster's wagon.
Monday he drove up to the store, and
asked Vincent Chelena, his former
partner, to watch his horse and wag
on for a few hours. He did not re
turn.
$250,000 OIL TANK FIRE
STARTED BY LIGHTNING
NEW ORLEANS, May 7,—Light
ning. during a heavy electrical storm,
hit the giant oil tanks of the Texas
Oil Company at Amesville, opposite
New Orleans, to-day, threatening to
wipe out the town.
Eight tanks of 35.000 barrels ca
pacity each were burning for two
hour*. The lose mpy reach *260,000.
A difference of opinion as to
the advisabilit yof the exhuma-;
tion evidently has arisen, but the
officials concerned were reticent.
Coroner Donehoo admitted that
Dorsey’s order had been given,
but said it had not been carried
out. lie would make no further
statement.
The report published iri an early
edition of The Georgian that the body
had been exhumed was made on state
ments by officials, and that it was
for the purpose of making a micro
scopic examination of every wound on
the body for finger prints and other
clews.
It Is ufifMMBTefily the intention of
the authorities to exhume the body
again.
Dorsey Maintains Silence.
Very properly Solicitor Dorsey is
not making public every move that
the prosecution Is engaged in, nor is
he giving to the public such evidence
as he is enabled to obtain.
It would seem probably that he
exhumation will be ma(je, If not on
Wednesday, at least some other day
soon; for tlie belief Is growing that
there still may be some clews thit
are worthy of further examination.
It was reported that the finger
prints on the body were to be photo
graphed and compared w’ith the fin
ger prints of persons under suspi
cion; which may, or may not have
any basis in facts and might, or might
not be of value. After the remains
were discovered in the factory base
ment they were handled by sevral
prsons—embalmers and others—and
whether there are any finger print*
now on the body is problematic.
Chart May Be Made.
It is said that a complete chart, will
be prepared by medical experts to be
used at the trial, allowing every
wmund and mark.
Notwithstanding these speculations
as to the purpose of the exhumation.
Solicitor Dorsey declared Wednesday
forenoon that it was not for the pur
pose of obtaining a record of the fin
gerprints. One of the principal rea
sons for the action, he said, was to
get a strand of the girl s hair in or
der to compare it with the hair found
on the lathing machine in the tip
ping department at the factory. It
was at this point that the detectives
discovered blood spots on the floor
and other evidence* of a struggle.
"I cannot talk in regard to the
matter,” he said. "The body was ex
humed, it is true, at my request. But
to reveal further plans would be hurt
ful.”
Thinks She Didn’t Leave Factory.
The Solicitor is in entire accord
with the theory that Mary Phagan
never left the factory after she re
ceived her pay Saturday noon. H*
declared that if any search was being
made for the man feen with a girl
Saturday, April 26, by attaches of the
Terminal Station. It was not being
conducted under his direction.
The results of the chemical analy
sis in the laboratory of Dr. Harris in
the State Capitol have not yet been
made public. Dr. Harris would not
admit Wednesday that traces of
drugs had been found, bearing out
the belief that the girl was drugged
and rendered helpless before she wa?
slain in the factory.
All -of the remaining evidence In
the case will be presented when the
Coroner’s inquest resumes Thursday
morning at 9:30 o’clock.
It i® the purpose of Coroner Done
hoo to limit testimony to the points'
that are regarded as essential, so that
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SOLICITOR DORSEY SAYS HE IS SATISFIED WITH
THE PROGRESS MADE IN THE PHAGAN CASE
SOLICITOR DORSEt u7i WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
SAID HE WAS SATISFIED WITH THE PROGRESS MADE IN
THE PHAGAN CASE.
THE CORONER’S INQUEST ON THURSDAY WILL
PROBABLY END THAT BRANCH OF THE INVESTIGATION,
AND ALL THE EVIDENCE OBTAINED WILL BE TAKEN UP.
CONSIDERED AND LAID BEFORE THE GRAND JURY.
SECRETARY BRYAN HURRYING TO WASHINGTON
TO REPORT ON THE CALIFORNIA ALIEN LA V
CHICAGO, MAY 7.—SECRETARY OF STATE BRY'N
LEAVES EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR ‘ AS
INQT0N TO REPORT TO PRESIDENT WILSON ON THE
CALIFORNIA ALIEN LAW. BRYAN TOLD REPORTERS HE
WAS IN GREAT HASTE TO GET TO THE CAPITAL Hr
REFUSED TO DISCUSS THE MATTER IN ANY
INTIMATED THAT PRESIDENT WILSON MIGHT MAKE
PUBLIC SOME STATEMENT ON THE SITUATION.
HAWTHORNE S PLEA GLENIU TO GO ON
TD BE CONSIDERED TRIAL THURSDAV
Author’s Chances for Parole Said
To Be Bright—110 Prison
ers Want Freedom,
Mrs. Pidcock, Eloping Wife of
Railway President, Is at Her
Father’s Home. *
The Federal Prison Parole board
resumed its sessions Wednesday fore
noon with the prospect that the ap
plication of Julian Hawthorne would
not be reached before the end of the
week. Hawthorne's chances are said
to be bright. One hundred and ten
applications had been filed for con
sideration when the board began its j
deliberations Tuesday.
Dr. William J. Morton, convicted
with Hawthorne for misuse of the
mails In promoting a mining scheme,
has become popular at the prison. A
man of note in the medical profession,
he Immediately made himself ex
tremely useful in the prison hospital
and made friends with the other pris
oners and the prison officials.
Hawthorne's activities are mostly
centered on the prison paper, to which
he Is a notable contributor in each
issue.
Theos meeting with the Parole
Board are R. O. Ladow. superintend
ent of prisons. Department of Jus
tice; Warden William H. Moyer,
Prison Physician J. Calvin Weaver,
M. Li. Covington, parole officer; Sew
ell Key, secretary, and Frank Rod
gers, clerk.
Bryan is Silent on
Anti-Japanese Bill
Refuses to Discuss California Situa
tion Until President Has
Been Seen.
CHICAGO, MAY 7.—Secretary of
State William J. Bryan spent fifteen
minutes in a suburb of Chicago on
his way to Washington to report to
President Wilson on the California
alien law. He will arrive in Wash
ington to-morrow and will confer with
President Wilson.
The Secretary of State refused to
discuss the California situation here.
"I have a report to make to Presi
dent Wilson. He will be the first man
to hear it,” he said.
DISCORD RENDS TWO CHOIRS;
PASTOR APPEALS TO POLICE
BALTIMORE, May 7 Discordant
notes have affected two church choirs
here.
The pastor- of Bethany Church ap
plied to the police to protect the
church against a thunderous male
ginger who drowned out the rest of
the choir and refused to be sup
pressed.
At St. John's the • tyoir struck as
protect against the discharge of four-
members. They occupied rear scats
and glared at the new organist and
eight volunteers. _
Luther J. Glenn, of Atlanta, who
eloped with the wife of C. W. Pid
cock. president of the Georgia and
Northern Railway, will go on trial
Thursday morning in the court of
Judge Calhoun on a charge of aban
doning his minor children.
A formal plea of not guilty was
entered by Glenn when he was ar
raigned Monday. The case was post
poned because Sam D. Newlett, an
attorney for the prosecution, was en
gaged in another case.
Glenn, who left his wife and two
children In Atlanta for Mrs. lone
Pidcock, was arrested last month in
Houston. Texas.
Pidcock obtained a divorce from
his runaway wife and Mrs. Glenn
amended her original divorce petition
and secured a writ forcing Glenn to
remain in jail in default of $1,000
Tond to Insure Mrs. Glenn alimony
in case he should leave the State.
Glenn, from his cell in the Tower,
has bitterly arraigned his wife and
has declared that he will show that
life was unbearable with her and that
he was justified in leaving his home.
Mrs. Glenn is still in Atlanta. Mrs.
Pidcock returned with her father to
his home, and Pidcock in in Battle
('reek, Mich.
‘Prohibition Worse
Than Ohio Floods'
Brewer Declares it Would Destroy
Billion Dollars’ Worth of
Property in U. S.
LOUISVILLE, KY„ May 7.—Prohi
bition would be a greater catastrophe
than the recent Ohio floods, accord
ing to Percy Andreas, of the United
States Brewers’ Association, to-day in
an address before the second day’s
session of the National Association
of Wholesale Liquor Dealers.
"Prohibition,” he said, “would de
stroy one billion dollars’ worth of
property, and remove the means ,of
livelihood of more than a half million
of people.”
RAILWAYS MUST FURNISH
ALL SHIPPERS TARIFFS
WASHINGTON, May 7.—The
question as to whether it is un
justly discriminatory for a railroad
to furnish copies of its tariffs to ona
shipper and deny them .to another
was to-day decided in the affirmative
by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. The Commission ordered
the roads to publish their tariffs.
If you have anything to sell, adver
tise in The Sunday American, Larg
est circulation of any Sunday news
paper in the South,