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r French ~ Fried Potatoes To be good must be nicely browned and crisp. To make them best you must have piping hot fat—so hot that most lards and compounds would scorch and color. W Swifts Silver-Leaf Lard is ideal for frying. You can heat it up to the high degree that gives best results, and it will still be clear enough tc fry -- tt" doughnuts, fritters and other delicate foods. Silver-Leaf Lard is economical because it can be used manv times. It is clean —— >l\and wholesome. Put up in tight cov- i _ — ^lered, new tin pails, under Govern- if /J ment supervision. if. (038—Use it for frying and for shortening. Mr M t. '- A You will like it. A Swift & Company U. S. A. Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Frank’s Stenographer and Girl Employee of Pencil Company Also on- Stand. Following is the testimony of the early witnesses at the Phagan inpuest today: W. W. Rogers was the first wit ness. He lives at 104 McDonough Road, and operates an automobile for himself. He said he took a party of officers to the National Pencil plant at five minutes past 3 o'clock Sunday morning. April 27. He corroborated statements of of ficers regarding the finding of Mary Phagan’s body and the notes beside it, and o€ the body being face down ward. Q. Who telephoned Frank of the murder?—A. Starnes called him and asked him to come to the" factory. Q. How long were you in front of <be pUuit before you were let in?— 7 .A- Two or three minutes. Q. Did you hear him coming?—A. W'e saw him coining down the steps with a lantern. Q. What did he say?—A. She's in the basement, white folks. Q. Was he excited?—A- No, he an swered questions coolly. Q. What did he say when you went downstairs?—A. He thought at first it was something the boys had placed there to frighten him. Q. How did he say he found the body?—A. On her face. Q. How did you find it?—A. On her face. Q. Do you remember any other questions asked him?—A. Yes, but he talked in a straight way. Q. Who went back upstairs with Lee and Anderson after Lee had been placed under arrest?—A. No one else. Q. Where did they go?—A. Into of fice, where Anderson attempted to get Frank over the phone. Lee Was Not Excited. Q/Was Lee excited then?—A. No. Q. What else did you find?—A. We looked all over the place for her hat and shoe. Then Sergeant Brown and myself walked out the back door and down the alley. When we came back I went out on McDonough Road in my ma- rhine and got Miss Grace Hicks, who, . I knew, worked at the pencil factory. 1 brought*her to town about 5:30 >r 5:45. She told 119 who the girl was. Q. Did you ever get in touch with Frank while in the office?—A. After 1 got back with the young lady Mr. Starnes called Frank again and got him. That was a little after 6. It took abqut five minutes for me to go j it to his house. V Q- Who answered the door?—A. Airs. Frank. Q. Was Frank there?—A. He was Standing in the hall behind the curtains. He was dressed, with the exception of collar, coat and hat. He asked Black what was the matter and Black d.l not answer, but told him he had ber- ter put on his clothes and go to town r with us. Frank was hoarse and Black suggested that a drink might do him 'good. Mrs. Frank’went upstairs .0 see if there was any whisky In the house, but did not find any. Says Frank Was Nervous. Q. Was he well groomed?—A. Yes: T noticed particularly that he had on a clean white pleated-bosom shirt. He was nervous, and moved about very nervously. Q. How do you know he was nerv ous?—A. By the questions he asked. He asked if anything had happened at the factory and when Black did not reply he asked if the watchman had found anything unusual. Black did not answer them, and he asked If the watchman had called him, and when we did not answer he said that he dreamed the night watchman called him about daybreak. He struck me as being highly nervous. Q. What did you talk about on the way. to town?—A. Black asked him ff he knew Mary Phagan and he asked if she worked at the factory. Said he did not know whether he knew her or not. Q. Where did you go?—A. To the undertaking establishment. Q. Did Frank see the body?—A. No. Q. Where did he go?—A. When we went Into the room the undertaker turned the child’s head and Frank sidestepped into a toilet. Q. Was Frank trembling?—A. I did not notice that he was. Q. What questions, yrere asked?— A. He asked us thejgirl’s name and we told him Mary Phagan and asked If he knew her. He said he would have to look on the payroll to find out. We went around to the factory. He opened the safe and got out his Q. Who was in the factory?—A. F Twcra 1 officers and Mr. Darley. the you just when. The stenographer and office boy left at 12 o'clock and she came in here—let’s see. 1 can tell you the exact time—It was 10 minutes past 12. I paid her $1.30.” Frank looked nervous and asked If anyone had found the envelope; that It must be around “there somewhere.'’ Q. Did you take Frank into the basement?—A. Yes, we went down. Frank ran the elevator Q. Did he say anything about the negro running the elevator?-—A. Yes. he was asked if the negro ever ran it, and he said no. Q. Had you noticed the elevator be fore?—A. No, except when we first went into the basement. <4. Where was it?—A. Above us. “Bools*’ Rogers, former county policeman who drove the police to the Pencil Factory when the first news of the Phagan slaying reached headquarters. f*veral officers and Mr. Darley, the 'foreman, went in Just ahead of us. Tells When She Was Paid. What did Frank do?—A. He Q. looked in his books, ran his finger down a column and said: “Yes, she was here.” Then he said: “Yes, she was paid off yesterday. • I can tell Q. Did you inspect the shaft then? —A. Yes. Q. Did you see anything?—A. No, but I did not have a flashlight. Q. Was anything found there later? —A. Yes, a parasol. Q. Did you make a close inspec tion when Frank went into the base ment?—A. No, we just took a casual look around, Q. When did you see parasol, hat and shoe?—A. I did not see them un til nearly 7 o’clock. The officers had them upstairs. Frank Inspected Building. Q. Did Frank inspect rest of the building?—A. Yes, and Chief Lanford and Frank, with several officers, went to the other floors and left the ne gro with me. Q. Did Frank come back into the office?—A. Yes, he came in twice while I was there with the negro. He spoke to Lee once, shook his head and said “Too bad,” Q. Did you notice the clock?—A. Yes. Frank and Darley were out there by the clock, and Frank said “I guess 1 had better change the clock.” He opened It, took out the slip and placed It by the clock while he went Into the office to get another slip. He then called to one of us and I held the lever up and found a pencil stick ing in hole. Frank asked Lee what the pencil was doing there. Lee said he put It there so he could be sure of hitting his number. Then Frank locked the box with a key. He had opened it with a key. Q. What was done with th« slip taken out?—A. Prank dared It and took it Into his office. L. A. Quinn, foreman of the depart ment of the pencil factory in which Mary Phagan. worked, testified as fol lows: Q. What is your business?—A. Ma chinist. « Q. Did you know Mary Phagan?— A. Yes. Q. What is your department?—A. Metal department. Q. What department was she In?— A. Same. Q. When did you see Mary Pha gan last?—A. The Monday before the murder. Q. Do you know her associates?— A. I know some who talked with her— girls. Q. Any boys in*that department?— A. Henry Smith and John Ramey. Q. Were they thrown together?— A. All were working In the same room. Q. When did you leave the factory? —A. Friday. Q. When were you to return?—A. Monday morning. Q. What time did you arise Satur day morning?—A. 7 a. m. you^^^H day tagu^^H q H v H r ^Ep§fi Q H \ ■gg q iK ■ “ q '•'■§ Q. !'■§ q v>« No. ■ Q. VoV N ■ RefW Q. Ho« Monday brown sufl Q. Wha| substance! factory?—J Q. Did I your being —A. I refj being then Q. When the exact been locke Q. How Ster Miss Hatu who worked Factory Sati testified as ^ She lives (4. What date did he pul on the slip?—A. 1 think It was April 26; I’m not sure. Rogers said he looked at the slip and the first punch was at 6:30 and last at 2:30. There were no misses, he saM. Q. Where was the slip taken?—A. Frank took it into the office and put It on file. Q. Did Chief Lanford take it away?—A. Not then; he may have got it later in the day. Q. Are you sure there were no misses on the slip?—A. 1 would have noticed if there were. Q. Did Darley and Frank have any conversation while on the way to the station house after that?—A. Not that I remember. I was driving the car and Frank was seated in Dar ley’s lap. Q. Was Frank still nervous?—A. Yes. He still wanted a cup of cof fee. He had been anxious all morn ing to get a cup of coffee. Several times he had asked Chief Lanford if he could spare him to go and get a cup of coffee. Frank Wrote Nervously. Q. What was done at the station house?—A. When we got there the officers were having Newt Lee write for them. Q. Did he look nervous?—A. No, he was writing what they told him. Q. Did they have Frank write?—A. Yes. Q. Was he nprvous?—A. Yes, his hand was shaking. Rogers was excused and Lemmie Quinn, foreman of the metal depart ment, was called. Quinn, Foreman Over Slain Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank Al Youi Dealer.' Q. Where did you go?—A. My wife and I went uptown and had baby’s picture made. We left home at 9:30 and got to the photographer's at 10 We then came down Whitehall and stopped in the Globe Clothing store and talked to friends, and then came on down Whitehall Street and stoppid at a meat market. We were there about five minutes. Then we went to a soda fountain and then home. We reached home at 11:15 and left again at 11:45, and I went to a meat mar ket. I went from there to a soda fountain at Benjamin's Pharmacy and bought two cigars. It was a few m j- ments after 12 then. Then I went . i the National Pencil Company. Q. What did you go for?—A. To speak to Mr. Shiff. Q. Did you see Mary Phagan?—A. No. Q. What time was It when you went to the factory?—A. About 12:20. Q. Are you sure It was not after 12 when you left your home?—A. Tea. Q. How long were you at the meat market?—About ten minutes. Q. What part of the factory did you go to?—A. To the office. y. Who was there?—A. Mr. Frank. Anyone pipe?—A. No. Spoke to Frank. Q. What did you say?—A. Good morning, Mr. Frank. Q. How long were you In there?— A. About two minutes. Q. Do you know the exact time?— A. It was between 12:16 and 12:30. Q. Could It have been as late a.v 12:30?—A. No. Q. How do you know?—A. I was at another place, at 12:30. Q. Where did you go then?—A. Outside the factory. Q. Whom did you meet?—A Mr. Malsby. Cj. What did he say?—A. He said that the girls—meaning Mrs. Free man and Miss Corlnthia Hall—were >n the restaurant. Q. What restaurant did he mean?— works for tfl pany, in Mo urday mornij Montag Broj arriving th<| o’clock. Shi and 11. Slil over the phi the morning ‘‘The reg^ plant was sickness,” si to the pent out. My wl know-led gin| letters.” Q. How knowledge! know exacl Q. Would ute?—A. Q. Did y| A. Wrote twe.lve, T Q. Did yd urday morn ber. Q. Would clock?—A. 11 sighted. Tells Q. Werel during thT Q. Whif came in [ their boj gotten in| wife of up to seel (here, and' Girl Floor HAVE YOU SORE GUMS OR LOOSE TEETH? A prominent dentist, after years of experience, lias found a homo rem edy that will cure Riggs' disease, bleeding, inflamed and spongy gums, and tighten loose teeth by rinsing the | mouth. Probably you have not enjoyed eat ing for some time. Get a bottle of STYP-STRING-ANT and that dis ease of the gums and teeth will be 'cured: therefore, aiding digestion. 30o bottle at all druggists, or par- I cpI post. 55c in stamps. DeLamater- I awrence Drug Company, wholesale 1 distributors. Miss CorintIda Hall, ol piovees at the National! Tory, was a witness. Sh^ Kirkwood, at 19 Weathei and has worked at the f^ three years. She knew Mar Miss Hall was at the f| 11:45 Saturday, April 26. to get another girl’s coat, to 'he fourth floor and *1 1 the office and asked Mr. Prai^ could go to the fourth floor, accompanied by a young woman] had recently married and whoso' they were after. They saW a wop on the fourth floor. It was May ^ reft. They also saw a young woman stenographer in Frank’s office, and Arthur White’s wife in the office. White was on the fourth floor with Harry Denham and Miss Barrett. <4. Did you see any sacks on fourth White City Park Now Open th^ andi ephoiT^ Cafe a cup Q. Hotl can’t rein! Q. Did