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THE WEATHER. Forecase for Atlanta and Georgia—Fair Friday and Sat urday. [EVENING EDITION The Atlanta Georgian latest news Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WAISiT ADS—Use for Results VOL. XI. NO. 238. WEATHER: FAIR. ATLANTA. <JA.. FRIDAY. MAY !). 1913. 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE r ^ Q NEW WITNESS SWEARS SHE HE; SCREAMS OF GIRL IN PENCIL E $35,000,000 For U.S. 1 I Railroads in Alaska* Congress Committee to Recommend Government Line—Private Roads I ’ Charged With Extortion. E AID YOUNG Striking new methods of handling patients in the Georgia State Sani tarium at Milledgeville are urged in the annual report of the board of li- rectors, submitted to Governor Brown Friday. The most Important recom mendations are: , The enactment of a steriliza tion law. applying to certain classes of criminal and defec tives, modeled after recently en acted laws of New Jersey and Indiana. A ban on the commitment of epileptics (not insane), feeble minded children, harmless seniles and paralytics and persons es caping trial by pleas of lunacy. This is a hospital and not a pris on. The report declares that poor re sults have been obtained at the insti tution in the cure of insanity on ac count of the crowded conditions and the lack of facilities for segregating and treating the curable cases apart from the criminal and hopelessly in sane. A psycophatic hospital is urged. No Provision for Children. "No provision is made in our State educational system for the care and treatment of feeble minded children." states the report. “Most of them are capable of training that will aid in their happiness and fit them for some usefulness. Only the grosser types are committed to the State Sanita rium. while the great majority are allowed to grow up without care. “Further commitment with the in sane should be stopped and some adequate provision made bv the State for these children." The report criticises the present system of confining epileptics not in sane in the sanitarium, pointing out that association with crazy persons ends to hopelessly depress them and also has a bad effect on the insane persons. A hospital for epileptics is recommended; and it is suggested [hat it should be named for T. O. Powell because of the great service he ha9 rendered the State along such WASHINGTON. May 9.—A bill providing for *he construction of Government railroads in Alaska to cost $35,000,000 or more, will be re ported by the Committee on Terri tories as soon as official reports from the several departments can be col lected to be Included In the evidence with which the committee will de fend its bill. O. L. Dickinson, of the White Pass and Yukon Railroad, testified that pri- l vale transportation companies have exacted prohibitive rates on tonnage and delayed the development of the countin'. OF TARIFF BILL Received From House and Re ferred—Hearings Are Secret. Expect Vote in Nine Weeks. ANTICIPATE MANY CHANGES Jeffries Offered Job As Sparring Partner Gunboat Smith Wants Immediate Answer—Ex-Heavyweight Cham pion Recovers From Shock. DOS ANGELES. May 9.—Jim Jef fries. former heavyweight champion of the world, is said to be slightly improved to-day following a fainting spell in which he succumbed yester day after he got the following' tele gram from Gunboat Smith, who is to box Jess Willard in San Francisco May 20: “Do you W'ant to come North and act as my sparring partner? An swer Immediately.” It is said that even Jack Johnson's knockout punch did not pain Jeff as much as Smith’s offer of a sparring partner’s job. ‘Thaw Is Father of Child/ Wife Repeats •And I'm Going to See Our Baby Is Treated Justly by Harry's Relatives,' She Adds. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PLYMOUTH, ENGLANt), May 9.— Upon her arrival here to-day on hoard the liner Olympic from New York. Mrs. Evelyn Thaw, wife of Har ry Thaw, declared emphatically and positively that her husband is the fa ther of tier bahy, a fact which he de nis?. "One has only lo look at the little darling to know'who its father is," she sftid, as she cuddled the infant. "Har ry is my husband and the father of my child. 1 love my baby and am go ing to see tljat it is justly treated by relatives of my husband." This Maud Muller Wants to Rake Hay She’s Also Anxious to Plow, She De clares, In Application for Farm Job. MINNEAPOLIS, May "I want to plough, clean house, make hay and drive binders in the field." says Grace Simpson in her application to the Devils Lake Commercial Club for a chance to do the same work on a farm as a man would. “The day is past when it is out of the ordinary for a girl to labor at men's work." Miss Simpson asserted "I love horses and 1 am sure that I can take just as good care of them as anv man. The city work would kill me in the summer time. I can beat some men at their own jobs at that. If I can get as good wages in the country a? I can get here t shall leave immediately.” New York Gasps at Garb of C. Murphy Chicago Baseball Magnate Dazzles Broadway With Green Hat, Striped Suit and Spotted Vest NEW YORK. May 9.—Gotham is gasping to-day over the raiment that decorated the form of O. Webb Mur phy. owner of the Cubs, when he ap peared on the streets to-day. Murphy wore a green velvet hat with a fancy bow, a tan overcoat with a velvet collar, a sassy looking black nd white striped suit, green vest with cream colored spots, a green tie with black stripes, white silk stockings, very light colored tan shoes and chamois gloves. Pope Again Giving Offioial Audiences Aged Pontiff Still Very Thin and Colorless, but Shows Unex pected Strength. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. ROME, May 9.—Pope, Pius X to day gave his first official audience since his recent illness, receiving the apostolic mission which attended the Eucharistic Congress at Malta. The members of the mission con gratulated the Pontiff upon his re covery and in turn received the Pa pal blessing. The Pontiff still is very thin and his usually ruddy face is colorless, but he shows unexpected strength. Hobble Blamed for Arson Trust's Origin Merchants. Unable to Sell Old Styles. Called on Firebugs to Destroy Worthless Stocks. CHICAGO, May 9.—Changes in styles which rendered worthless thou sands of dollars’ worth of stock in women's clothes was one of the fac tors that fostered the arson trust, ac cording to Assistant State's Attorney Frank Johnson. Dealers, finding themselves stocked with clothing that could not be sold when women decided to wear tight skirts, cal’ed the torch men into help, Johnson asserted. If you have anything to sell, adver tise in The Sunday American. Larg est circulation of any Sunday news paper in the South. Democrats Rejoice as Representa tives Pass Underwood Measure by Vote of 281 to 139. WASHINGTON. May 9.—Shortly after the Senate convened to-day the Underwood tariff bill was brought over from the House, read and re ferred to the Finance Committee. In the Finance Committee the schedule was assigned to sub-com mittee No. 1. composed of Senators Stone, Thomas, James and Simmons, and the wool schedule to No. 2— Senators Williams. Shively. Gore and Simmons. The remaining schedules were divided equally between sub committees 1, 2 and 3. Hearings on the bill will be behind closed doors, the Democrats having decided that public hearings would consume too much time. It is ex pected that three weeks will be used by the committee in considering the measures, and six weeks more in de bate on the floor. It also is considered certain that a number of changes will be made in the measure, necessitating its refer ence to the conference of the House and Senate members. On the final test in the House last night the vote was 281 to 139. five Democrats voting against the bill and two Republicans voting for it. Four Progressives supported the bill and fourteen opposed it, while one Inde pendent Progressive Joined with the majority. When Speaker Clark announced the vote in loud tones that revealed his satisfaction exhuberant Democrats hoisted a stuffed Democratic donkey over the heads of their colleagues in the rear of the chamber, a ripple of applause followed and the gavel fell on the first chapter in the history of President Wilson’s extra session of Congress. With the bill on its way to the Sen ate, there was a rush of Representa tives for their homes. In the House adjournment will be taken three days at a time beginning next week until June 1. Wiley, ‘Cow Center/ Loses Depot Fight Mathis Is Given Station by State Railroad Commission—Victor Cited Its Beauty. Wiley, the "natural center of the cow movement,” and the most popu lous town of the vicinity, with twen ty-three persons, loses its flght for an agency station on the Tallulah Falls Railroad. By order of the Georgia Railroad Commission. Mathis is the victor. The Tallulah Falls Railroad has been instructed to build a station there and put an agent in charge. Both towns are In Rabun County. They engaged in excited strife over the location of the station. Mathis built its plea on its natural beauty. CHILD BURNS TO DEATH PLAYING WITH MATCHES MACON. GA., May 9.—Emmett El lis, ten-year-old son of A. J. Ellis, a Macon contractor, was burned to death in a fire which destroyed the home of D. B. Ellis, at Roberta, Crawford County, late yesterday aft ernoon. The boy had been playing with matches in the garret of the house and it is supposed that the fire start ed that nay. NEW EVIDENCE SOUGHT +• + +• + •:-«v *•* Grand Jury May Act Saturday +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +••1* *!*••?* +• + ‘IExpected To Be Held’—Frank SOLICITOR DORSEY LATE FRIDAY WAS S?" THE AFFIDAVIT OF A WOMAN WHO SWEj S A GIRL’S SCREAMS AS SHE WAS PASSI^s T AL PENCIL FACTORY AT 4:30 O’CLOCK VI OF THE CRIME, THE CRIES, WITH!’ 1 SHE SAID. WERE LOUD, THEN.DIED AW Solicitor Calls Witness to Give Depositions— Hastens to Prepare State’s Testimony. Solicitor General Hujfh M. Dorsey, as his first action after the holding of Leo M. Frank and Newt Lee to the grand jury for the murder of Mary Phagau. put out the dragnet for witnesses. A hatch of stibpenas were is sued for the witnesses to appear in his office to give testimony in the ease of “The State vs. John Doe. ” After a long conference with Defectives Starnes and Camp bell. Solicitor Dorsey assertec that action on the pari of the grand jury might be expected any time after Friday. He plain- LIEUTENANT PARK, AVIATION COf KILLED WHEN HIS MACHiNl LOS ANGELES. MAY 9.—LIEUTENANT J. ' S. A., AN ARMY AVIATOR, WAS KILLED T0-E HIS MACHINE FELL TO EARTH AT SANTA ANA ATTEMPTED A FLIGHT FROM SAN DIEGO TO I LES, TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILIT' AEROPLANE FOR SCOUTING PURPOSES IN WAR. PARK WAS HORRIBLY MANGLED. Miss Nellie Pettis, at top. who testified Against Frank at the inquest. At the bottom, Mrs. Lillie Pettis, her sister-in-aw, former employee at the pencil factory. ly intimated that a special ses sion of the jury might he con vened Saturday to consider the Phagan murder. The Solicitor declared as he left the court hous*e with a private detective whose name he refused to divulge that he anticipated the development of startling evidence before night, which, he said, would clear matters i materially. With the private detective the So- ! licitor went to the Tower and was closeted with Newt Lee. the night j watchman, for more than an hour. The form of the subpena is taken ; to mean that many of the witnesses 1 w411 submit their sworn testimony before the Solicitor General, who will thus have it in documentary form, in stead of going before the Grand Jury to give oral testimony. However, i; will be necesrary for the material or indicting witnesses to go before the) Grand Jurors in person. Lemmie Quinn, foreman in the tip- | ping department at the National Pen ei] factory, was the first of the wit nesses to be examined by the Solici- I tor. He was in Mr. Dorsey’s office u considerable part of the forenoon ami underwent a rigorous examination New Witnesses Sought. Detectives Starnes and Campbell also were with the Solicitor, and two of the Solicitor's assistants, Newton i Garner and Dan Goodlin, were dis patched the first thing in the morn ing to hunt up new witnesses of whom Mr. Dorsey had information. Foreman Quinn was called, it is understood, to clear up the discrep ancies in his testimony and the state ment he is said to have made to the E I Tired of Being Harassed, Colony at San Dieguito Takes to Warpath Against Rebels. WASHINGTON. May 9.—Tired of being raided and despoiled by every passing band of brigands, th** little American Mpxico, re' colonist Federal s olony at San Dieguito, ntly took to the warpath. When a band of fourteen outlaws swooped down upon the colony, ten reinforced by five Mexican Idlers, pursued and de feated the looteit and recovered a number' of stolen horses. Continued on Page 2, Column 1. PRAY FOR MORE CHILDREN; STORK BRINGS TRIPLETS NKW YORK, May 9.—The prayers of Lewis and Rebecca Mer were granted to-day when the stork brought them triplets. Since last January when their four children were burned to death In a fire w'hleh destroyed their home the Islers had offered up daily prayers for more children. SUICIDE EPIDEMIC AT MACON. MACON, GA.. May 9. S. D. Walk er, an Fast Macon blacksmith, to day f*nded his life with carbolic acid. This was the ninth suicide here this year. Commander'General of Ottoman • Army Uses Personal Guard to Quell Uprising. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 9. Mu tiny has developed in the Turkish army stationed along the Chatalja defenses, and it is feared a revolu tionary uprising will follow. Seditious placards were posted in the night throughout the I’rroa and Stamboul quarters of the city. Enver Bey. chief of stafT of the Turkish army, is using his personal bodyguard to patrol the' city. The guard consists of 700 picked and tried troops. Sultan Mohammed V did not attend worship in the Yildiz mosque to-day. Nicholas’ Surrender Explanation Cheered. . CETTIN.lE, MONTENEGRO. May 9. King Nicholas personally went be fore the National Parliament to-day and defended his action in giving way to the powers on the question of the evacuation of Scutari. He declared that annihilation inevitably would have followed resistance. The statement was well taken and Nicholas was cheered. Nearly all the Montenegrin troops have now left Scutari. King Nicho las feels keenly the humiliation of losing Scutari, and it again is report ed he will abdicate in favor of the Crown Prince Danilo. BY II. SMUTS Results of Friedmann Treatment Do Not Justify Confidence, Health Board Reports. WASHINGTON, May 9.—"Effects of the Friedmann cure thus far ob served do not justify the confidence In the remedy which has been In spired by well-meant publicity,’’ This Is the crux of an official state ment from the hoard of examiners of the public health service, delivered by Dr. John F. Anderson before the A merit an Congress of Physicians end Surgeons in Washington to-day. Dr. Anderson said harm may have been done by undue publicity in less ening the -confidence of tuberculosis victims in well-recognized methods it treatment. With respect to the patients under examination in New York, he said many have developed no considerable infiltrate at all and have not suffered from abscess formations. This would indicate that they must be under treatment fl long time to effect a cure, as Dr. Friedmann stated that infiltrate and abscess formations ir>- dicated more or less rapid progress toward cure. JAPANESE TIKE Bryan, After a Conference With Ambassador Chinda, Presents Views at Cabinet Meeting. ‘Children Sold Like Animals in Illinois' Conditions at ‘Baby Farms' Scored by Head of Legislature Investi gating Committee. PEORIA, ILL., May 9. Acting Chairman S. E. Lloyd of the Illinois House committee investigating "baby farms" to-day bitterly denounced conditions which the committee has found. "They think more of hay and horse* in Illinois than they do of children,” he said. "We found that babies have been bartered and sold like animals; that they have been sent out of the- State without any chance that their parents. If they are known, ever will find them again." HELD FOR $28,000 SHORTAGE. WHEELING. W. VA., May 9. -The Grand Jury to-day indicted M. S. Summers, cashier of the First Na tional Bank of Wes; Union. W. Va, and C. D. Martin, a business part ner. on a charge of embezzling $23,- 000 of the bank’s funds. WASHINGTON. May 9.—Viscount Chinda, Japanese Ambassador, had a conference with Secretary of State Bryan to-day, which lasted 27 min utes. and at which the Japanese dip lomat presented Japan’s views on the California anti-alien land law. At the close of the conference Am bassador Chinda said; “I can say nothing about the results of the con ference." Secretary Bryan declared h© could give no intimation of the result of the conference, and left immediately for the White House to attend the Cabi net meeting, where the Japanese sit uation was discussed at length. Militia Raids Office Of W. Va. Newspaper Editor and Ataiitanta Arretted on Order of Governor Who Waa Attackad Irt Publication. HUNTINGTON. W. VA.. May 9.— National Guardsman, headed by Ma jor Thomas B. Davis, raided the newspaper plant of The Socialist Labor Star to-day, arresting Editor W. J. Thompson and W. H. Gillespie and Elmer Rumble, assistants. The trio were placed In jail. The raid was inspired by Governor H. D. Hatfield, who recently was at tacked by the paper in connection with the West Virginia coal strike. Winkles, Arrested, Pleads Self-Defense Contractor Who Stabbed Architect Hal Hentz Under $300 Bond. Victim in Hospital. J. A. Winkles, the East Point con tractor who stabbel Hal Hentz. well- known architect, Wednesday after noon in Ponce deLeon Avenue, has been arrested and his bond fixed at $300. The case has not been set for trial, as the wounded man still is in the hospital. Winkles asserted that he acted in self-defense. Hentz having attacked him. The trouble grew out of a dis pute over work on a new' home for Solicitor Hugh Dorsey in Ponce de- Leon Avenue. 44 ei-Tf m TV T . r tt ft EXCLUSIVE FEATURE IN THE i he 1 om W atson 1 Know Sunday American it- i) 1 * 41