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NOTICE If you have any difficulty in buying Ilearst’s Sunday American anywhere in th« South notify Circulation Mana ger, Ilearst’s Sunday American, At lanta, Ga. TRA VOL. I. NO. 6. Copyright, 1913, by The Georgian Company. ATLANTA. (L\., SUNDAY, MAY 11, 1!)13. Sir Cecil Spring-Rice’s State ment to the President That He Is a “Pupil of Pauncefote” Astounds American Diplomats. Wilson Is Notified by Japan That She Will Protest Against the Land Act of California—Swift ness of Action Disturbs Him. “Spanish Prisoner” Uncovers a Victim Hoary Swindle Still Working—John Booth Sails to Rescue 1m* # prisoned Beauty. NEW YORK. May 10. That hoary relic of olden days, * the "Spanish prisoner" game, which wore whiskers when the best of the old-time Amer ican "bunko steerers" were prattling babes, was once more taken off th rt back shelf yesterday, dusted, revar nished and put on board the Kron- prinz Wilhelm, of the North German Lloyd line, which steamed for Bre- I men. The gallant American who left (" rescue the beautiful senorita and her father, whose fortune is in the hid den pocket of the portmanteau now | in the hands of the customs authori ties of Spain, gave his name as John Booth. He acknowledged that it was an assumed name. Detective Weinthal, of the Hoboken police, tried to explain to Booth that he was being victimized, but the man declared he had cut his eye teeth and knew how to take care of him self. He showed Weinthal the let ters he had received from Madrid, and said that he was sure they were genuine. DF PROF. PECK Former Columbia Instructor Tak en Home by Woman He Sepa rated From Years Ago. Ramona Borden Missing Again Girl and Mother Both Disappear ' V*V *,'•••!* v • V v • V V • V ►« • Y (MS CHUM Young Heiress Seen with Stranger Strange Psychic Powers of Den ver Girl Causing Great Interest All Over Country. Ramona Bordcu, who ran away a few weeks ago with two women, now sail to be missing again. SECOND MATE AGREEABLE REMAINS INVISIBLE ALWAYS By JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES. WASHINGTON, May 10.—"I am of the school of Lord Pauncefote and his pupil,” was the astonishing and sig nificant remark by Sir Cecil Spring- Rice. the new British Ambassador, in his first interview with the President of the United States to-day. This declaration hfcs been the talk of diplomatic Washington. It is gen erally construed as a direct announce ment of the attitude which the Am bassador will maintain in the further discussion of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty and the Panama Canal tolls. It is well known that Sir Cecil was sent to Washington at this time be cause of his intimacy with Lord Pauncefote and his acquaintance with the unwritten negotiations attending the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. It is generally understood that this remain places the Ambassador fairly on rec ord as of the Pauncefote view. Japanese Ambassador Elated. The most conservative of diplomats regard it as remarkable and signifi cant that this careful and trained diplomat, in ids first conversation with the hetid of our Government, should have so closely allied himself with the one British statesman whose name brings up inevitably the con tention between the United States and the British Government. THE JAPANESE EMBASSY IS REPORTED AS HIGHLY ELATED OVER THE CONVERSATION. John Bassett Moore, Acting Secre tary of State, refused to-day, as usual, to elucidate any of the ques tions that have been urged upon the State Department of Great Britain and Japan. The central question be fore the American Government is the coincidence of the English and Japa nese claims. The White House and the State Department have been notified by the Ambassador of Japan’s protest against the alien land act of Cali fornia as a clear controvention of the treaty of 1911. Swift Action Disturbs Wilson. This swift action of Japan, which is taken in advance of the signature to the alien land bill by Governor John son has had an awakening and dis tinctly disturbing effect upon the Ad ministration. Government officials regard the cit-1 nation as more serious and more menacing than it has ever been. Ja pan has been waiting with deep in terest the presentation of the British protest against the Panama tolis, which may be filed at the State De partment on the same day as the Japanese protest. It is known that the reply to the Japanese protest i.*- already in prepar ation and that it will take the form of an evasion of the main charge. Out of ihe dense fog which has been raised on the present questions, the one object of the State Depart ment will be to avoid direct issues and enter upon processes of delay. Character of Japan’s Protest. It is reported that Mr. Bryan’s hope is an agreement for a modus vlvendi, so as to prevent the intrusion of ihe Senate or House into the affairs, of the Stathe Department and Japan. Herr Oscar Explains His Need of Dippel Might Use Him to Carry Bricks, Says the Impresario in Reply to Consolidation Rumor. NEW YORK. May 10.—‘‘Dippel? I Oh, yes. I could use him.” commented j Oscar IIammer$tein. "Right now. I could use Dippel to carry mortar and j bricks. Yes, indeed.” This was Air. Hammerstein’s reply! to a report that he and ihe former manager of the Chicago Opera Com pany would, join forces in the pro duction of opera in New York. Asked concerning the report that directors* of the Metropolitan Opera Company have tried to induce him .o. limit his proposed grand opera productions next season entirely to works in English, he .said: ‘‘Lawyers have tried to get us to- j gether so we could come to some agreement. There has been no con ference, however, as yet. It is m true. I have talked to Otto H. Kahn about it. I have planned nothing but opera in English so far. But if I desire I shall produce in any l language 1 siee fit." Republicans May Cut South’s Delegation Hilles Calls Executive Committee to Consider National Convention to Change Representation. NEW YORK, May 10.—Charles D. Hilies, chairman of- the Republican National Committee, yesterday is sued a call for a meeting of the executive committee at the New Wil lard Hotel, in Washington, May 24. The meeting will consider the de mand for a special national conven tion to change the basis of repre sentation. Senator Cummins and other lead- era want the basis on the vote cast in each Slate for the Republican candi date for President, thus reducing th- power of the Southern States in the convention. The “Old Guard” is op posed to any change. H Doctor” No Longer; President Dislikes It Visitors Learn Title Must Not Be Used at the White House From Now On. WASHINGTON, May 10.—Presi dent Wilson, vvho’Se biographical rec ord carries a list of degrees which is tedious to read, does not like to be called "Doctor Wilson" any more. Any one who unes the prefix with his name at the White House now quickly dis j covers his error. A visitor • asked to see the Presi dent. The messenger whose ilutY it is to submit the names of callers handed in thp card, announcing that "Mr. derived to'see Dr. Wilson." The messenger was promptly ad monished that the President mas; not Continued on Page 4, Column 8. ACCIDENTS CHAMBER’S AIM Japan's protest is very bri^f and I he referred to by that title, follows the principle of the reply of! Ambassador Bryce to Secretary Knox PREVENTION OF RAILWAY refusing to arbitrate upon the Pam- i ma Canal tolls. Ambassador Bryce spoke for Sir Edward Grey, the British Minister /! Foreign Affairs, and claimed he had narrowed down the question to one, namely, that the Panama Canal act violated the Hav-Pauncefote treaty. The Japanese protest does not deal with the rights of the State of Cali fornia nor with any action that may asserts that the treaty of 1911 and the previous agreement with Japan have been violated. It maintains that it is for the United States to make proper be taken by courts or Congress, bq; Precautionary measures for the prevention of accidents, particularly in connection with railroads entering Atlanta, will be discussed at a meet ing of the committee on public safe ty of the Chamber of Commerce Fri day a’fternoon. The special matter of the elimina tion of grade crossings will be taken up. In this connection correspond ence between VV, J. Lowensteln. chairman of the commute', and Mur phy Candler, chairman of the Rail road Commission, will be read. Two Parties Reach Understanding Christian Science Cure to Be Tried. ITHACA, N. Y„ May 10.—In :he pitiable circumstance of an utter and hopeless mental breakdown afflict ing Prof* Harry Thurston Peck, who for more than a quarter of a century held the chair of Ancient Languages at Columbia University, his first wife, , Mrs. Cornelia Dawbarn Peck, has as sumed complete charge of the help less invalid. This with the consent of his second wife, whose financial re sources arc meager. The first wif started with him on a journey that will end in her home at Sound Beach, i Conn. Putting aside all past differ ences which caused her to divorce him in September, 1908, the first Mrs. Peck has cheerfully assumed the task of nursing the former scholar in his declining days. Believes Science Will Cure. No hope is held out by the special ists in mental diseases who have ex amined Prof. Peck while he has be^n at the City Hospital, that he can ever recover. His first wife is an en thusiast in Christian Science, and is firmly convinced that under her min istrations her former husband's rea son can be restored. There is no j doubt that even in his dazed condi- j tion of mind, he has taken great eom- ! fort in her presence. Where nurses I and doctors have proved unable to ; control him—and he has at times ha I fits of violence—the presence of t?ie first Mrs. Peck has invariably had a • aiming effect. The year following the divorce de- I cree granted Mrs. Peck against the I Columbia professor he married Miss ! Elizabeth H. Dubois, a public school i teacher of New York City, an n- structor in classics at the Morris High School. At the time the mar riage caused some comment because ■ Professor Peck in his prolific writ ings on women some six years be fore declared that against the twen tieth century "intellectual woman ev- ery man should set his face like Hint.’’ Women Have No Resentment. The present Mrs. Peck it is cer tainly known bears no resentment ! against the first Mrs. Peck because she has stepped in to care for the ' afflicted scholar. There has been a i perfectly amicable arrangement be- i tween the two women. Indeed, since , Professor Peck’s arrival at the City Hospital the first Mrs. Peck has borne the brunt of the expense. The means 'of the professor's present wife are ! very limited. He had no private for tune and when he lost his post at Columbia had to depend almost en tirely on his earnings as a magazine writer. While at one time these had been considerable, in his condtion of waning health they dwindled to noth ing at ail. On the other hand, his former wife received a financial settlement from Professor Peck at the time of the di vorce, and afterward he made divers contributions to her and on behalf of their daughter, Constance. In addi tion his first wife had property of her own. Both wives were at his bed side for a time, but a day or two ag) Mrs. Peck No. 2 left this city for a summer retreat near h^re. Her whereabouts are known only to the hospital authorities. Not Professional Healer. The former wife—who hopes to do what the doctors say cannot be done, restore Professor Peck to his mental powers —is not a professional Chris- tion Science healer. But she has a religious philosophy of her own which she avers to have found wonderful ly efficacious in the past, and she has full belief in her ability to cure h j f husband despite the verdict of the doctors, which is that he has "soften ing of the brain. Professor Peck ended his long ca reer at Columbia University following a suit for breach of promise of mar riage brought against him by Miss Esther Quinn, of Boston. She asked for $50,000 damages. This suit was dismissed, but she brought another suit for the same sum and that su;t is still pending. The scholar contested the action of the Columbia trustees bitterly and di rected his resentment chiefly against President Butler, whom he sued for $50,000 damages for slander, a suit which, however, has never been tried. He came to Ithaca as a guest of I Dr. C. H. Galiagher of this * ity. I whose home lie was staying at the. time he was stricken. Corinne Mayfield, However^ In sists That Her Companion • Is of the Flesh. DENVER. May 10.—The story of "Margie,” the little angel playmate of Corinne Alberta Mayfield, 5 years old, daughter of A. U. Mayfield, of this city, made public a few weeks ago, has created a great interest among persons who read the article, and want to know' more about the strange visitations of the spirit companion of the little Denver girl. Hundreds of letters have poured in to the Mayfield residence, at 1065 Josephine Street, and dozens of per sons have called, either out of curi osity or sincerity. Little Corinne, who possesses mys terious psychic powers, plays daily with an imaginary or spiritual play mate she always calif* by the name smvzcs of “Margie.” This little invisible companion, which ('• rinse Alberta describes as being a mere child like herself, has been the constant play mate of the Denver girl ever since she was one year old, at which tirn* she first began to lisp the name of “Margie.” The parents make no attempt at solving the mystery and students of psychology are puzzled. Ac counts of some of the strangest coincidents in connection with the mysterious ap pearance of the spirit child have, come in the mail. Is This the Spirit Child? One letter, written by an earnest woman of Rochester. N. Y., whos name and street address are with-’ held, recounts a story that is even more strange than that which is told of the little Denver girl. The letter is directed to Mrs. Mayfield, and in part reads: "Dear Mrs. Mayfield: “A few days ago I read about your little girl. Corinne Alberta, who has an invisible little playmate called ‘Margie.’ The, story I could not for get, it is so strange. The picture of your little girl which appeared in a Denver newspaper resembles a little girl we had whose name was Margie, with beautiful yellow curls and eye 4 * the color of violet. She died in June, $911*. She, too, had a great talent tor drawing, and hail she lived we believe .she would have become an artist. “When Margie was first taken sick she used to say that a little girl was in the room wit® her, * dressed in white, with white shoes and stock ings. It happened to be on a Sun day when she began sa.vtng she want ed white ‘hoes and stockings like that other little girl. Hears Cry from the Beyond. "She called for ihe-m all day and we could not get them (it being Sun day). and when Monday came and we could get them for her, siv was dead. "Dear little Margie, when we laid her away she had on her last pair of white shoes and stockings. At the time Margie was sick our other little child, sev^n months old, whom Margie loved yearly, was ill and we did not expert him to recover. I was sitting alone in the room with the baby in my arms, and though Margie had been buried two da.vs previously I heard her call out to me, ‘Baby’s better, mamma.’ It was just dawn, and I heard her speak as p! ii:,- ly as I ever did when she was hen "I am not a spiritualist, but 1 kn » Margie’s spirit came back, and I a *- not help hut \vo;i fi r do*?? that in spirit visit vour little Corinne Multi-Millionaire Milk Dealer’;- Daughter Re ported to Have Run Away Again With Mrs. White. NEW YORK, May 10 -Miss Ra mona Borden, 17-yi nr-old daughter of Gail Byrdem, multi-millionaire New York milk dealer, whose myste rious disappearance from a X* w Jer sey sanitarium several weeks ag * caused a big sensation, is to-day re ported to be missing again t Credence was given the report by announcement at the Vanderbilt Ho tel, where Mrs. Borden and her daughter have been liviftg, that both left the hotel and that their present whereabouts are unknown. The first hint that Ramona had run away again came from New Haven. Conner to which place she had gone with Mrs. Helen Seldon Whi f o. wife of a rich Cleveland, Ohio, cn-w ng gum manufacturer, on her recent run away escapade. Reported in New Haven. A dispatch from New Ha/ven re ported that a woman answering Mr:-. Whited' description nict two young girls at the railway station there, the party going to a hotel vh re they registered as "Mrs. VY. J. Whitt and daughters, N’agara Falls. N. Y." One of the girls answered t.he de scription of Miss Borden: the oth r resembled one of Mrs. Whtle’s nieces who was a member of the previous runaway party. When Mrs. White was approached n New Haven by reporters she* denied that she was the same woman who connived in *he Borden girl’s escape from the sanita rium. At the offices of Mr. Borden it was said to-day by Mr Borden's secreta y that the girls fathei had no knowl edge of her bring in New Haven. Mr. and Mrs. Borden are separated, but not divorced. M-s. Borden makes her home in Los Angeles. Cal., but came here when see re- rived news of her daughter s mysterious disappear ance several weeks o^o. Spirit Hands Bless 'Canal Will Open by Cripple; Cure Him Fall, Sa.ys Engineer Members of Faith Mission Lay In valid’s Recovery to Super natural Visitation. MIDDLETOWN, N. Y.. May 10.— Members of Faith Mission in this city declare that when they saw James Stacey suddenly start forward In the dimly TighUd chapel thcTe appeared two phantom hands over his head. A blessing seemed to be waved over him and then the hands disap peared. Stacey has long suffered from the effects of an injury which prevented him from working. He declares that on the occasion mentioned above he felt a shock and in that Instant his disability disappeared. Since then lie has been entirely well, j The storv is vouched for by Elder 1 I). II. Conitling, cashier of the First i rfi-ric! Rank, who presides over the i mission. Management of Work at Panama Promises Completion of Work by October. SAN FRANCISCO, May 10.—Lucius Deason. engineer in the employ of the Panama Canal Commission for four years, to-day declared there whs no question about water being turned into the big ditch by October. "It matters not what reports have been made b\ certain visitors from th< Atlantic States,” said Deason. “All of the arrangements have been made to turn the water on at the time published, and it will certainly be done. “The work Is nearing completion. The locks and gates are virtually completed and things are in readi ness. After the water is turned on. all that will be required wilJ be th( few finishing touches. The manage ment of the canal has up to this lived up to every promise and will continue to do so in the future.” Detectives in Coroners Jury Probe Admit They Have Nothing on Which to Convict Anyone in Mys terious Tragedy of Atlanta. TESTIMONY BROUGHT OUT NO INCRIMINATING POINTS BY AN OLD POLICE REFORTER. The iiioxl sensational testimony offered at the Coroner's in- quest in ihe Pliagun case was lo:;t sight of entirely by the news papers. Juror Langford asked Detective Black, who was on the wit ness stand : " Have you discovered any positive information as to who com mitted this murder?” Detective Black replied, "No, sir. I have not! " Coroner Donehoo asked Detective Scoll of ihe Pinkerton force on the witness stand : "Have you any definite information which makes you suspect any party of this crime?” Detective Scott replied, ”1 would not commit myself. 1 am working on a chain of circumstances. Detective Black has been with me all the time on the ease anti he knows about the circum stances I refer to." As you read this over and consider it carefully, you will be im pressed by the fact that the two most important detectives engaged now for a period of two weeks on the Piiagan ease testify under oath that they have no positive information as to who committed the crime, in fact really know nothing about it at all. I am setting down here my own thoughts and ideas, without intending the slightest disrespect to any official, and further be cause ! believe i am at liberty to do so because of Scott's and Black's testimony. MYSTERY STILL WITHOUT SOLUTION. In The Sunday American of last week I published an arti cle saying that the developments of ihe preceding week had led nowhere, and that the mystery was then as dark and deep as any mystery that ever puzzled police and detectives. I can only repeat this statement to-'dav. 1 am not in the con fidence of any of the detectives, of Solicitor Dorsey, or of Cor oner Donehoo, or any of the persons engaged in the attempt to unravel the crime. I know what the average newspaper reader knows—no more, no less. I walk about the streets a great deal. I ride on the ears meet a great many people who talk a bout the terrible affair, and I believe I am right in saving Ihat the consensus of opinion now is that the police and detectives are very far indeed from solv ing the mystery. In making ibis statement I do not wish to be understood as easting reflections upon the police or detective force. The men engaged on the ease are well-meaning, but of limited experience, and they may have made mistakes. The perfect detective, like the indispensable man. does not exist. All detectives are not “man catchers.” and many detectives employ very stupid methods in their work. They can see the ob vious lliings. but they lack imagination. Their minds work like ii circular saw, and a knottv problem sometimes stops llteir minds {',0111 working entirely, just as a tangle of knots in a plank being sawed puts the saw out of business. CORONER DONEHOO VERY EFFICIENT. 1 pay my respects here to Coroner Donehoo in the way he has handled the ease. Ilis examinations of witnesses showed unusual intelligence. His questions were searching and he exhibited a zeal in the public welfare tlial must not be overlooked. But Coroner Donehoo is not a Sherlock Holmes. He performed his functions un- dt-r the law in a creditable manner. He really wasted hours in asking questions that might have been spared except that there was always a hope that a blind question might catch a witness off-guard and there would be an ensuing revelation. What did the Coroner's inquiry develop? Take first the ease of Lee. The testimony against him is that he is the only person KNOWN to have been in the pencil factory after 6:30 o'clock in the evening until the body was discovered. Frank testified that lie found three "skips” in the elock tape Lee should have punched. Sergeant 1{. J. Brown testified that Lee could not have seen the body from the place the night watchman told him he firs* saw it. Sergeant L. S. Dobbs testified that Lee. without suggestion j irom any one, said that the words "night witch’’ in one of the